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GIOVE-B has been connected to its ground support equipment and the process of checking out the spacecraft following the journey to Baikonur has begun. The construction of the Soyuz FG launch vehicle is under way.
GIOVE-B is in the Starsem Payload Preparation Facility at Baikonur Cosmodrome. The spacecraft has been connected to the support equipment that provides it with power and control signals and measures the performance of the various systems onboard. Rigorous testing will be performed before GIOVE-B is attached to the Fregat upper stage that will guide it into orbit.
While the spacecraft is being tested, its launch vehicle is being assembled. Air pressure testing of the launcher propulsion systems has been completed and the four first-stage boosters have been mated with the central core.
GIOVE-B is the second in-orbit validation spacecraft for Europe's Galileo global navigation satellite system. It is designed to test novel, key technologies for the Galileo network, including the triple-channel transmission of navigation signals.
The satellite carries a high-precision passive maser clock - the most accurate clock ever flown in space, and the spacecraft will be able to transmit MBOC (multiplexed binary offset carrier) signals in accordance with a recent interoperability agreement for Galileo and GPS.
GIOVE-B will have a liftoff mass of 530 kg. It was built by an industrial consortium headed by Astrium GmbH (Germany) as satellite prime, with Thales Alenia Space (Italy) as subcontractor for satellite assembly, integration and test.


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Most of them are pretty easy to understand: a crossed out iron means "do not iron", a crossed out dryer means "do not tumble dry" and so on. Other symbols are more confusing: a circle means "dry clean", a triangle means "bleach", and three dots means "high heat" inside of whatever other symbol is present. Click on the image below for a closer look.

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Quebec election post-mortem - victory for the polls
Because the polls did well, the vote projection model did well. In fact, ThreeHundredEight.com's vote projection had a smaller cumulative error than any one pollster. The total error of the vote projection was 3.5 points across the four major parties. Next lowest was Forum Research, which had a total error of 5.6 points. The performance of the polls by Angus Reid and EKOS Research were also quite strong, with a cumulative error of 6.5 and 6.6 points, respectively. Léger's final poll had a total error of 8.6 points, while Ipsos Reid's poll (out of the field six days before the vote) had a total error of 13.6 points among likely voters.
The seat projection model performed well for the Liberals, giving them 69 seats (or between 60 and 78) when the party actually won 70. For the PQ, CAQ, and QS, however, the 95% confidence interval ranges were required to capture the eventual results. The PQ was projected to take as few as 29 seats, and they won 30. The CAQ was projected to win as many as 23 seats, and they won 22. These errors occurred because of the CAQ's performance around Montreal at the expense of the PQ. Of the 10 riding-level errors where the ranges did not identify the correct winner, nine of them were seats expected to go to the PQ that actually went to the CAQ. And seven of them were in the greater Montreal area.
This wasn't the fault of the polls, exactly. The regional numbers, as an aggregate, were actually quite good. Rather, it was that the CAQ won these Montreal-area seats by the skin of their teeth. A projection model can falter if a party manages to win a lot of close races.
Overall, the right call was made in 82.4% of ridings, or 103 of 125. In those 22 errors, the confidence in the call averaged just 57.6% - so most of them were genuine toss-ups. Nine of them, actually, were called with 50% or 52% confidence, and more than half of them with 59% confidence or less. The worst call was in Masson, which was projected to go PQ with a 73% chance. That was the only case of the confidence being over 69% and being wrong.
The likely winners through the projection ranges were identified in 92% of ridings, or 115 of 125. Considering the scope for error at the local level, I think that is a very positive result.
The Liberals only greatly out-performed the polls on the island of Montreal, where it won them just one more seat than expected. They took 58.5% of the vote here, compared to the 52.1% that the polls suggested. The PQ took 17% instead of 19.7%, while QS took 12% (tying their 2012 performance) instead of 12.8%.
The vote projection in the suburbs around Montreal was very, very close. The Liberals took 35.5% of the vote here, compared to the projected 34.3%. The PQ took 28.8%, compared to the expected 30.5%. And the CAQ took 26.5%, rather than 26.3%.
Quebec City was also quite close, with all parties projected to within 1.1 points. The Liberals won the region with 37.9% of the vote to 35.3% for the CAQ.
And in the rest of the province, the Liberals, PQ, and QS were projected to within 1.2 points, and the CAQ to within 2.1 points. The Liberals won here as well, with 36.9% to 29.7% for the PQ.
More specifically in the 'regions', the PQ won in eastern Quebec with 39.1% of the vote to 37.3% for the Liberals and just 14.5% for the CAQ. In central Quebec, the Liberals had 38.2% support to 30.4% for the CAQ and 23.6% for the PQ. And in western Quebec, the Liberals had 35.4% support to 30.5% for the PQ and 25.5% for the CAQ.
The regional breakdowns show that only the PQ was over-estimated across the board: by 2.7 points on the island of Montreal, by 1.7 points in the suburbs, by 1.1 points in Quebec City, and by 1.2 points in the regions. This explains their over-estimation in the seat projection. The Liberals, meanwhile, were over-estimated in Quebec City and the regions but under-estimated around Montreal. The CAQ was over-estimated in Montreal, but under-estimated in Quebec City and the regions. Even so, we're only talking about a handful of points - a spectacular performance for the polls.
As an aggregate, of course. Individually, there were mixed performances. Forum did very well in the Quebec City and Rest of Quebec regions, averaging 1.4 points of error per party or less. It averaged 2.9 points per party of error in the Montreal area, but that is still quite good considering the margin of error for smaller sample sizes.
Léger was within 1.6 points per party in Quebec City and the regions as well, but was 3.8 points off per party around Montreal.
There was no breakdown of likely voters by region in the Ipsos poll, so it is hard to gauge. But the poll of eligibile voters did well in the regions of Quebec (2.9 points per party), but less well in the rest of the province (between 5.4 and 6.8 points per party). EKOS and Angus Reid both repeated the errors in the Montreal region that other pollsters did. GOTV operations may have been a factor here.
With all the tight races, how would the model have done if the polls for the four regions defined by the model had been even more accurate?
The Liberals would have still been called to within one seat, and the third seat for QS would have been within the likely ranges. But again the PQ and CAQ results would have fallen just outside the likely ranges by one seat for the PQ and two seats for the CAQ.
This should not be shocking - there was a 20.5% chance (or about one in five) of the CAQ having its result fall above the high projection band. But there was only a 7.5% chance that the PQ's result would fall below the low projection. That an incumbent government under-performed to such a great extent says more about how motivated the PQ's supporters were than it does about the projection model. It also shows how well the CAQ did - under normal circumstances, they should not have been able to win all those close races.
The six ridings in which the winner would not have been identified by the likely ranges were Borduas, Chambly, Iberville, Masson, Mirabel, and Saint-Hyacinthe. It is no coincidence that these were all CAQ victories in which the PQ was favoured. It is also no coincidence that they were all actual pick-ups by the CAQ in the same region of the province. There was a serious and disproportionate CAQ gain in these regions that went over-and-above what should normally be expected to happen.
This marks the second consecutive election in which the polls do a good job of tracking a race, making all the hard work put into this site worthwhile. The seat projection model performed decently with the polls, and very well with the actual results. In my view, the difference between the results and the model tells us something about what happened last night, rather than about the errors of the model itself. If humans behaved in a way that was uniform and easy to predict, models like mine would be right in 99% of cases. It is where it is wrong that we see real politics at play.
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Charlevoix resulting in Marois defeat in her own riding was the surprise of the night that resulted in PLQ going up to 70 from pollster's predicted 69ReplyDelete
I'd suggest (as I did before the election) that there was a considerable amount of anti-PQ strategic voting going on. I don't think that's something that you can predict from polls (maybe there'd be a hint on the second preference numbers). I think the best you can do is widen your min-max ranges to make sure that cases like the PQ here are captured by your model. I'd suggest that for the popular vote too, since the PQ fell just outside your minimum popular vote value too.ReplyDelete
Otherwise it seems like a pretty good result for you. Thanks for the great coverage of the race and all the hard work!Replies
The ranges will be updated with the results of this election, so a lower floor for the incumbent party will be the result.Delete
Great. This is really the first example of the governing party under performing in your projections isn't it? It wouldn't surprise me if over the long term further elections slowly push that min number downward for the governing party too.Delete
I can't help but shake my head at CAQ's results though lol. First they under perform on seats in 2012, now they over perform.
Ryan I would recommend looking at the Ekos latest poll for evidence of strategic voting for the Liberals. This poll asked a number of insightful questions, including a) likelihood of vote changing b) party voted for in previous election c) party of choice federally d) most important issue to voter.Delete
The Liberal vote came mostly from previous Liberal voters, was the least likely to change, voted Liberal federally, and was disproportionately concerned with the economy (shorthand for referendum). The new Liberal vote came from the CAQ, the QS, but mostly from voters who did not vote in the last election. These new votes shifted early in the campaign (with Peladeau's sovereignty speech) and held until election day.
If you ask the right questions, you could get every indication that this was a strategic hardcore federalist vote that the PQ reinforced with every speech. Even Couillard's so-called gaffe on language (supporting bilingualism) actually reassured this core vote.
I don't know about the rest of you but to me there are two significant things here.ReplyDelete
First of course is the swing to the Liberals.
But possibly of even more importance is the shift from the PQ to the CAQ. A major shift ?Replies
I would love it if the CAQ supplanted the PQ as the primary opposition in the province. I've always thought the soft separatism of the ADQ and CAQ made a lot more sense than the PQ's approach, and the CAQ generally has much more sensible economic policies.Delete
I don't think the swing to the Liberals is really significant, it just means people who don't want a referendum went to the safe option. It was an anti-PQ vote, not a for-PLQ vote. Had the campaign gone on one or two more weeks, I strongly believe the PLQ vote would have fallen too, to the profit of the CAQ. I believe the CAQ swing is much more significant and will dramatically change the Québec political landscape for the next few years.Delete
On the other hand, the PQ's tumble is quite important; they have a tough 4 yeas ahead of them. Where will they position themselves? The right doesn't seem to favour them, will they return to centre-left or will they keep moving into right territory with the PLQ and CAQ? Will they push for a sovereignty option or will they push that back until further notice? Who becomes their new leader?
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The PQ lost 15 points among Francophones in 4 weeks two more of campaigning and the PQ would have found themselves with support in the teens. The PLQ may have suffered in a longer campaign but, I think the momentum was against the PQ. A longer campaign would have placed the PQ in third place.Delete
The PQ needs to win back at least some CAQ and QS supporters if they hope to return to the government benches. I think the pressure for the PQ to turn right will be strong. Fiscal and economic issues are becoming more important especially as interest rates rise and debt servicing begins to eat into an already tight budget. The PQ also needs to regain its credibility on the economy. Most ballot box issues are pocket book issues.
How the PQ goes through the leadership process will be interesting. I hope they take a more democratic approach than the BCNDP.
Great job, as usual.ReplyDelete
Yes Eric an excellent job, thanks.ReplyDelete
Hi Eric,ReplyDelete
I'm looking for raw data showing the number of votes per candidate, per riding. Is that publically available anywhere ? I could re-type it in from your site, or from any news outlet, but it there was an official source to download it from, it would be way easier.
P.S.: Good job on the prediction !
Great analysis!ReplyDelete
I think there is fairly strong evidence that the ethnic vote turned out this time:ReplyDelete
Fatima Houda-Pepin lost to Gaetan Barrette in La Piniere
PQ Diane De Courcy (Language Minister) lost in Cremazie (Muslim Pop 6150)
PQ Leo Bureau-Blouin lost in Laval-des-Rapides (Muslim Pop 5130)
Also, the riding of Ungava in northern Quebec has been a PQ stronghold. It has a population of over 6000 First Nations people, mainly in the Autonomous Nunavik region. The district only has 26,000 electors. It went Liberal for the first time since the founding of the PQ in 1970.
I'm hoping someone will release exit polls. It will be interesting to see some of the various ways in which the votes fractured. We don't even know what the linguistic breakdown is, though I'd imagine we can postulate based on the overall accuracy of the polls.ReplyDelete
Anyone who wants to get into a more political as distinct from numbers discussion this link will help.ReplyDelete
The projections for my simulator, using the poll average from the site, gave me:ReplyDelete
However, I had cheated and removed the trend from Marois's riding, allowing her to win in Charlevoix-Côte-de-Beaupré. If I hadn't done that and let my projector do its job, I would have predicted her losing to the PLQ, giving:
Those results are pretty close to the actual results, only 9 seats would need to switch to a different party. I had underestimated the CAQ, but that was mostly due to the PQ being overestimated by 1,5%, and in that zone, it was the difference maker in a few ridings, especially against the CAQ. In total, I would have been wrong in 16 ridings and right in 109, for an efficiency of 87,2%.
Using the results of the election, I get:
On the seat total, only 4 seats would need to switch over to the CAQ to have the actual results (3 from the PLQ and 1 from the PQ). I would have correctly predicted 111 ridings and been wrong in 14, for an efficiency of 88,8%. I find this results pretty good for my simulator's first run, especially since it's something I did in my spare time for fun. However, I find that the 88,8% with the actual results is too close to the 87,2% of the polls.
By making a slight modification to how my riding algorithms are calculated, using the poll average, I get:
The PLQ and QS's seat numbers are correctly projected, but the PQ and the CAQ are still quite off with 8 seats needing to switch between them. I would have correctly predicted the outcome of 111 seats out of 125, for an efficiency of 88,8%, the same as my previous version's actual results efficiency.
Using the actual vote results however, I get:
Only QS is correctly projected, but overall, only 6 seats need to switch to the CAQ (2 from PLQ and 4 from the PQ), which would be 2 more than my previous version. Riding per riding on the other hand, it becomes more accurate, with only 10 mistakes out of 125, so 115 correct projections, for an efficiency of 92%. I will therefore keep this version.
Clearly you were caught out (to the extent you underestimated the CAQ seat count) by the large number of toss-up PQ/CAQ seats. You calculate the probability of victory in each seat for the party in the lead. Would it be practical to assign (for example) 0.57 seats to the PQ if its probability of victory in a given seat were 57 per cent, and report an expected seat count using the sum of the fractional seat counts? (For reporting purposes, of course, you might have to round up or down to the nearest integer.)Replies
That is an interesting idea. But the probabilities are calculated only for the leading parties. In other words, when a seat is projected with 57% confidence, it means there is a 43% chance another party will win it - not necessarily one party in particular.Delete
If I used the extreme ranges, and when a seat was not seen to be at play in those ranges put the confidence at 100%, and distribute the remainder to the parties seen at being in play in other ridings, I'd get the following:
So, actually worse (error of 29.4 seats instead of 28).
If I applied the percentages to only the first two parties in any riding, then I would have gotten:
The error would have been 24.5 seats, which is better. Arguably, though, it is better to have projected a strong PLQ majority and over-estimate the PQ than to suggest it could have been a minority and be a little better for the CAQ.
Nice little tribute to Flaherty.
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If Cliff (5-0, 0.27 ERA) isn't the NL Pitcher of the Month for June, there needs to be an investigation by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The highest scoring team in the American League came to town on Tuesday and all Cliff did was pile on zeroes, his third straight complete game shutout. Last Phillies pitcher to do that was Robin Roberts in 1950 (July 22-30).
His scoreless streak is now 32 innings, longest for the Phillies since reliever Larry Andersen had 33 in 1984.
So, Cliff finishes June allowing one run in 42 innings. That's filthy.
Oh, one more thing, he drove in a run but a pair of two-run homers, one from Domonic and the other from Shane, gave him a cushion. His five wins this month have been 3-1, 7-1, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0. Phillies top three starters now have 9, 9, 10 wins.
Tuesday is the only day of the week in which the Phillies have a losing record, 3-9. Cliff owns one of those losses, May 31, 10-2, to Washington. That was his last defeat.
Club record for consecutive shutouts is four by Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1911 . . . Phillies have 50 wins in 80 games. Last time they did that in 50 or fewer games was 1993, #50 coming in that club's 71st game . . . Phillies ERA in interleague play is 6.64 . . . Win was Charlie's 594th with the Phillies, putting him in a third-place tie with Danny Ozark . . . Of the seven relievers in the Phillies bullpen, five have pitched for Lehigh Valley this season . . . Phillies became the first team to reach 2 million in attendance.
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RHR Michael Schwimer recorded his 4th save in Lehigh Valley's 6-3 win at Buffalo . . . CF Derrick Mitchell's 3-run homer (#13) capped a 6-run ninth that lifted Reading to a 9-7 win at Altoona . . . RHS Jonathan Pettibone (7-5) took the loss in Clearwater's 7-1 defeat at Lakeland . . . Lakewood lost, 4-3, in 14 innings at Hagerstown. RHR Chase Johnson fanned 4 in 4 hitless, scoreless innings . . . Williamsport lost its second straight in Auburn, 6-1. They've been outscored 19-9 in the 2 games . . . With 6 different players getting 2 hits each, the Gulf Coast League Phillies coasted to a 9-2 win against the Pirates.
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1916: The Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds played a nine-inning game with just one baseball. That's very hard to believe.
1961: With three home runs at Philadelphia, including a tenth-inning shot to win 8-7, Willie Mays becomes the fourth major-league player with three or more home runs twice in one season. Manager Gene Mauch's efforts to conceal his starting pitcher and force Alvin Dark's hand has a Phillies lineup including hurlers Don Ferrarese (batting leadoff, playing center field), Jim Owens (third, right field), Chris Short (seventh, catcher), and Ken Lehman (ninth, pitcher) against San Francisco. When Dark sends a lefty to the mound, Mauch replaces Ferrarese. Dark then replaces Billy O'Delll with Sam Jones. Mauch replaces Lehman with Dallas Green after two batters. All the maneuvering takes three hours and twenty (20) minutes
1987: In the first game of Philadelphia's doubleheader sweep of Pittsburgh, Steve Bedrosian records his twelfth consecutive save (in twelve appearances) to break the major-league record set by Sparky Lyle in 1975.


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What a difference a week makes.
Just a few days ago, Jesus Navarro, an undocumented immigrant, was denied a kidney transplant, the Contra Costa Times reported. UCSF reportedly denied the transplant because of his illegal status. UCSF said the issue was never immigration status, but instead the status of his insurance. Navarro did not have the necessary insurance to pay his bill. UCSF also insists they never denied the transplant.
Either way, all that has changed. Both Navarro and UCSF said Thursday they are confident that he will have the money to secure insurance and therefore get the surgery.
The university says Navarro will receive a kidney from his wife. His kidney disease-projected death sentence has been commuted.
Chalk up the victory to the compassion of a kidney transplant recipient (from a Nicaraguan immigrant) and an online petition organization.
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Within days, 130,000 individuals signed a petition on Change.org, the organization that housed the effort.
This speed-of-light reversal is a compelling story. But behind the story is yet another example of how the Internet has become a 21st Century launching pad for public opinion.
Just think about what's happened in the past few weeks: Congress reversing course on piracy legislation, the Susan G. Komen Foundation doing an about face on its decision to end funding of Planned Parenthood, and now this.
Like many innovations, public pressure via the Internet has a plus and a minus. The plus is that hundreds of thousands of people have found ways to present their opinions to public policy makers who respond to pressure.
In other words, it's a new way of forging a direct connection between those who are governed with those elected to lead us.
But there is a minus, too, or at least the potential for a minus. In a representative democracy, numbers don't always tell the story.
Because large numbers, even majorities, pressure policy makers, their opinions of the moment may threaten smaller, less organized groups. Rushed opinions may also violate basic constitutional guarantees.
Public opinion is not always right, especially public opinion of the moment. Just think about the public's demand to incarcerate Japanese-Americans at the start of World War II, or the public's rush to prosecute Iraq in 2003 for what turned out to be unfounded reasons.
We sometimes forget that we elect policy makers to give them the comfort of deliberation--to consider issues over a period of time to avoid rushing to judgment.
Three cheers for Jesus Navarro and those who fought to right a wrong. This sweet moment should not be swept aside cavalierly.
But let's remember that rushed public opinion can take on the qualities of mob rule, and in a representative democracy, such actions may not always generate the best results.
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Robert William Melbourne, September 1896
Cabinet card portrait by George Renwick of Burton-on-Trent, Negative #16601
Image © and courtesy of James Morley & What's That Picture
James Morley recently sent me scans of a group of cabinet cards by Burton-on-Trent photographers George Renwick and Richard Keene Junior which he purchased at an auction. Quite apart from my interest in Burton studios, this group includes some fine identified and dated portraits, which enabled me to do some background research on the subjects. The first four in the series were clearly taken at the same sitting - the negative numbers appear to have been 16599-16602, although one of them is not legible.
Negative #16602
The birth of Robert William Melbourne was registered in the September quarter of 1892 at the Burton register office. He was born in Burton-on-Trent, the only child of Charles James Melbourne (1858-1935) and Elizabeth Janet Smith (1860-1925), who were married in 1891. At the time of these portraits he would have been about four years old, plus or minus a couple of months. It's even possible that the visit to the photographer was a celebration of his fourth birthday.
Negative #16599
Robert's father was a commercial clerk who, by the time of the 1901 Census, had become manager of a brewery. I have been unable to discover which of the nineteen Burton breweries mentioned by Kelly's 1900 trade directory for which he worked. The largest, controlled by the firm of Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton, covered an area of 160 acres, but there were many smaller ones, and the area had become famous for the quality of its ales.
Negative # not legible
Robert William Melbourne continued to live in Burton until at least 1940 - I found an entry for him in a directory of that date at 128 Station street - but I'm not sure whether he married and/or had children.
Possibly Charles James Melbourne, c.1895-1900
Undated cabinet card portrait by Richard Keene Junior of Burton-on-Trent
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Charles James Melbourne was born in 1858, also at Burton, one of three children of brewer's clerk Charles James Melbourne (1826-1878) and his wife Helen Beck. Charles James senior was, in turn, born in Belper, youngest son of a nail manufacturer William Melbourne (c1783-1846) and his first wife Phebe Williams (c1786-1828). He was therefore a brother to Ann Melbourne, the wife of photographer George White (c1810-1880) of Chesterfield and Blackpool.
Probably Robert W. Melbourne and his mother Elizabeth Janet née Smith, c.1893-4
Undated cabinet card portrait by George Renwick of Burton-on-Trent, Negative #14693
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Robert William's mother Elizabeth Janet Smith was born at Tutbury in 1860, one of eight children of an engine smith James Smith and his wife Janet Mackie, both of Scottish origin. Although they lived first in Tutbury and later in Hatton, William Smith worked as a brewer's engineer, presumably in Burton. He had emigrated from Renfrewshire, Scotland to Staffordshire around 1852.
Although the Melbourne family had lived in Belper for several generations, the other three of Robert's grandparents were born in Scotland. This strong Scottish heritage obviously influenced his parents' choice of the "Bonnie Prince Charlie" style of clothing worn for the two portraits by George Renwick.
Card mount designs from George Renwick's Burton-on-Trent artisitic & photographic studio, c.1876-c.1916
George Renwick (1849-1919) operated a studio in the Staffordshire town of Burton-on-Trent from around 1876 until at least 1916. Initially, he appears to have operated form his parents' home at 105 Station Street, but by 1880 he had moved into premises at 20 Station Street and remained there until 1905. Between 1905 and 1912 he moved to Bank Square.
One of the cabinet cards has a rather crumpled tissue protector depicting a rural scene with pond, tree and windmill. These tissue protectors, although very commonly used at the time, have often not survived. Many, like this one, were generic although some had the photographer's name printed on them.
Another of the photographs in James' collection was enclosed in a translucent envelope with the studio's name and address printed in brown ink, as shown above. In my experience, even less of thes envelopes appear to have survived.
Many thanks to James Morley for the opportunity to feature this collection of portraits.


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Newark, NJ – Leading academics from around the country, prominent jurists, and leading practitioners and public interest attorneys will speak at the symposium "A Legal Education Prospectus: Law Schools & Emerging Frontiers in Curriculum, Lawyering, and Social Justice," to be held at Rutgers School of Law–Newark on Friday, April 17, 2009. This symposium, sponsored by the student journal Rutgers Law Review, will explore the methods used by innovative law schools to equip graduates with legal theory and prepare them to become well-rounded professionals with social and global awareness. The afternoon panel, sponsored by Professor Paul Tractenberg's Centennial Seminar, will include alums who assumed integral roles in three landmark New Jersey cases: Abbott v. Burke, In re Baby M., and In re Quinlan.
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Curricular Innovation and Technology in Law Schools: New Paradigms in a New Century (10 am)
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Professor Peter Martin, Cornell University Law School
Dean David Van Zandt, Northwestern University School of Law
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Ida Castro, Commonwealth Medical College
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Less than one month to go until the first competition day of the 2011 Kite Course Racing World Championships in Sylt, Germany, and 60 of the worlds finest course racers from 23 nations representing 5 continents have already registered so far.
The event will be held from June 27 (registration day) till July 3rd and offers a 15000 Euro prize money fund as well as important points for the world ranking.
Registrations are still coming in and the remaining slots are filling up quickly. All eyes are set to a tight battle between the pre-dominant North American competitors from the past years and the strong European fleet, more used to the conditions on the windy little island in the north sea. Also some interesting entries from South America pomise to make racing very interesting.
Event registration is still open following this link: http://www.kitesurf-worldcup.com/registration/
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DOWNERS GROVE, IL – In an effort to keep children safe and parents worry-free this summer, the Illinois Tollway and Illinois State Police District 15 have scheduled free Kids Identification and Safety Seat (K.I.S.S.) events over the Fourth of July holiday weekend in South Holland and Glenview. Parents, grandparents and caregivers are invited to stop by and create free kids' identification cards and get help with child safety seat inspections.
A free K.I.S.S. event will be held on Friday, July 5, at the Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis on the Tri-State Tollway (I-294/I-80) in South Holland. Another K.I.S.S. event will take place on Saturday, July 6, at the Kohl Children's Museum located at 2100 Patriot Boulevard in Glenview. Both events take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
"K.I.S.S. events provide free safety seat checks and I.D. cards to help keep children safe," said Illinois Tollway Executive Director Kristi Lafleur. "With more than 80 percent of safety seats in Illinois installed incorrectly, these events provide a valuable service and peace of mind for parents, grandparents and caregivers when they're on the road."
At the Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis on July 5, safety seat inspections will take place in the southbound side parking lot, while kids' I.D. cards will be processed inside the pavilion. The event also will feature a K-9 demonstration at noon and the Roll-15 rollover simulator to demonstrate the importance of wearing seat belts.
A touch-a-truck display will allow kids to climb aboard and get behind the wheel of a 26-ton Illinois Tollway snow plow or a Highway Emergency Lane Patrol (H.E.L.P.) truck, as well as get a close-up look at Illinois State Police motorcycles. In addition, goodie bags with giveaways and coupons for free and discounted items will be provided by the Chicago Southland Convention and Visitor's Bureau, the Volo Auto Museum, South Holland Fire Department and oasis tenants, including McDonald's, Panda Express and Auntie Anne's.
Kohl Children's Museum will offer a variety of children's activities and $2 off admission for those who participate in the July 6 K.I.S.S. event. Safety seat inspections will take place in the museum's parking lot, while kids' I.D. cards will be processed inside. A Tollway H.E.L.P. truck will be on hand for children to climb aboard and explore.
2013 K.I.S.S. events also offer parents and caregivers the opportunity to have identification cards created for children age 3 and older. Specially trained professionals will take kids' photographs and fingerprints and gather vital information to include on three personal identification cards – one for home and two for a wallet or purse. This information will not be stored by police, but rather, used by parents and others in the event of an emergency. In 2012, District 15 issued nearly 400 kids' identification cards.
More than 2,100 children – almost two children per minute – are reported missing every day in the United States. Law enforcement and others need proper identification that is immediately available before they can take action. Many lost children can be located if parents immediately provide police with an accurate description of the child.
K.I.S.S. events will also provide certified child passenger safety technicians to inspect and install child safety seats and help drivers stay up-to-date with the latest safety seat information and educational materials. Properly installed safety seats eliminate a potential distraction for drivers and significantly reduce the risk of injury or greater tragedy for children in the event of an accident. And yet, 80 percent of child safety seats in Illinois are improperly installed.
"Child safety seats are critical to saving lives and preventing injuries," said District 15 Captain Joseph Perez. "But, it's important that the child safety seat is installed properly to reduce the chances of a child being injured in a car accident."
Nationally, car crashes are the number one killer of children ages 1 through 12, according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA). Each day, an average of three children age 14 and younger are killed and another 469 are injured in motor vehicle crashes. In Illinois, 36 children age 14 and younger were killed in traffic accidents in 2011, the latest year for which statistics are available.
Research on the effectiveness of child safety seats has found them to reduce fatal injury by 71 percent for infants younger than 1 year old and by 54 percent for toddlers 1 to 4 years old in passenger cars, according to the NHTSA. Over the period 1975 through 2011, an estimated 9,874 lives were saved by child restraints for children under the age of 5 in passenger vehicles.
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K.I.S.S. events also offer a convenient way for drivers to make sure they comply with Illinois law, which requires that whenever a person is transporting a child under age 8, the person is responsible for properly securing the child in an appropriate child restraint system. Last year, District 15's certified child passenger safety seat technicians checked a total of nearly 350 child safety seats.
To participate, parents, grandparents and caregivers should bring child safety seats, children and the vehicle in which the child safety seats will be installed. Information on recalls, correct positioning, correct sizing to protect the child most effectively, plus additional safety information and resources will be offered at these events.
K.I.S.S. events are scheduled at a variety of locations along the 286-mile Illinois Tollway system throughout Northern Illinois. For more information about K.I.S.S. events, visit the Tollway's website at www.illinoistollway.com.
About the Illinois Tollway
The Illinois Tollway is a user-fee system that receives no state or federal funds for maintenance and operations. The agency maintains and operates 286 miles of interstate tollways in 12 counties in Northern Illinois, including the Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88), Veterans Memorial Tollway (I-355), the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) and the Tri-State Tollway (I-94/I-294/I-80).


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Gov. Jerry Brown ended one of the Capitol's hottest guessing games Friday afternoon, announcing that he had signed a much-disputed measure, SB 202, that moves all future initiatives to the November ballot.
No more initiatives will be allowed on the June primary ballot.
In so doing, the governor has given a tremendous boost to his union allies who helped elect him. Labor is extremely worried about a pending initiative, backed by business interests, that would limit how much campaign cash could be collected from members for political campaigns.
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Unions have beaten back such measures before, but they would've been at a disadvantage in trying to beat it in June, when voter turnout is traditionally low. Moving the pending measure to November, in a presidential election year, gives labor much more leverage.
SB 202 was the creature of last-minute closed-door maneuvering in the closing hours of the legislative session.
It was never clear what Brown would do. But in his signing message Friday, he said, "The idea of direct democracy is to involve as many voters as possible. This bill accomplishes that objective."
Brown's signature is sure to infuriate Capitol Republicans, since it undoes part of a budget compromise approved last year, by delaying a vote on increasing the state's rainy day fund. Republicans will see this as a betrayal and a further worsening of the toxic atmosphere that pervades the Capitol.
Late Friday afternoon, Republican attorney Charles Bell filed a letter with the attorney-general's office, indicating that a referendum is being launched to let voters decide the fate of the newly-signed law.
Brown's move also angers another key group.
Broadcast executives are extremely unhappy, since moving initiatives to November cuts off a lucrative source of advertising dollars for TV stations up and down the state.
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Fire, EMS, and PD frequencies in Eastern CT (New London, Windham & Tolland counties). Trunked systems: CT State Police Digital Trunked system (Troops C,D,E,F,H,K).
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Most non-trunked Fire and EMS frequencies in Eastern CT. This includes New London County in Southest CT as well as Windham and Tolland counties in Northeast CT. Receiving equipment located in the Northeast section of Norwich, CT. Includes dispatch, operations, fireground, tactical, back-up and intercity frequencies. Also crossband, mobile repeater and RF link frequencies are scanned. This is a good feed to hear low power tactical chanels in and around the Northeast (Taftville / Occum) section of Norwich. Area PD frequencies also, including the CT State Police Digital Trunked System (Troops C, D, E, F, H, K). This feed includes all local, regional, and statewide interoperability frequencies available for use in Eastern CT (i.e. STOCS) I would like this feed to be what the listeners want. Feel free to make suggestions to firstname.lastname@example.com.
At this time I have limited reception of Groton and and do not receive New London. Waterford's new digital trunked system is not received on this equipment, but the full simulcast on 33.94 is.
During certiain active incidents, this link may be locked onto channels pertaining to such incidents.
Specific information for frequncies received on this link: City of Norwich Fire Department- All career dept. which covers the City Consolidated District (Downtown urban core; 3.5 square miles). They are dispatched on 154.205 (158.985 repeater input). They operate on this frequency for medical calls, MVA's etc. All incidents where three or more units are operating utilize a low power tactical channel for on-scene communications. Tac 1 (158.8125) is the primary frequency used. Alternate tactical channels are Tac 2 (154.205 direct) and Tac 3 (151.040). The five surrounding districts in Norwich are covered by five separate volunteer companies. They are dispatched and operate on 33.66 and utilize the low power tactical channels for on-scene communications. Norwich Police primarily use Channel 1 for their operations (39.90). Channel 2 (39.86) is the backup when needed. They also utilize tactical channels for special operations (155.19 & 155.55). Ambulance service for the City is provided by American Ambulance Service Inc., a commercial ambulance company. All of their EMS operations take place on 155.22. These operations include emergency calls as well as routine transports which they provide for a large geographical region. They also utilize channel 2 (153.455) for their wheelchair van operations and as a backup to channel 1 when needed, however this frequency is not on the feed.
The Town of Preston (Preston City & Poquetanuck FD's) and the Town of Ledyard (Ledyard & Gales Ferry FD's, Ledyard Vol. Ambulance) are dispatched by the Ledyard Emergency Communication Center (Station "R"). All FD calls are dispatched on 33.58, Ledyard Ambulance is dispatched on 453.925. A new frequency (460.3375) is also being utilized. All of these frequencies are used in different manners for different situations by all departments. The Ledyard Police Department is technically dispatched by CT State Police Troop E on their digital trunking system. However, PD units communicate quite regularly with LECC on 453.8375. Preston EMS is handled by the FD's. Preston is covered by CSP Troop E.
The Town of Montville FD's are dispatched by "Station M" in Montville. They utilize a high-band repeater system which incorporates two main transmitters located in separate areas in town (151.0025 & 159.3525 outputs). The Mohegan Tribal FD, located in the Town of Montville, covers the Mohegan Reservation and Mohegan Sun Casino. They utilize the facilities 900mhz trunked system as well as their own low-band system (33.04). They are dispatched by the Mohegan Tribal Dispatch (Station U). Normally, all FD transmissions are simulcasted on 33.04. The Town of Montville PD is dispatched by Troop E on their digital trunked system. They communicate with Station M on 159.3675.
The frequency 33.80 mhz is used to to dispatch virtually all fire and E.M.S. agencies located in Windham and Tolland Counties. Agencies located in northern and western New London county which are dispatched by Quinebaug Valley and Colchester dispatch centers respectively are also dispatched on this frequency. This incorporates numerous agencies that are located throughout 37 different cities and towns.
Quinebaug Valley(QV) dispatch center dispatches 38 different Fire and EMS agencies located in 17 different towns throughout Windham County and northern New London County. All of their dispatching is done on 33.80 as well as an alpha page system. their main operating frequencies are 460.60 (repeater out) for fire and EMS; 33.90 for fire; 33.88 for EMS; 453.375 for some of the North Towns. They also utilize numerous other cross-band, link, and tactical frequencies. Vist their website, www.qvec.org for detailed information on the frequencies, as well as the towns and departments covered. Most towns in their area are serviced by the CT State Police Troops E and D.
Willimantic Dispatch(WW) dispatches fire and EMS for Willimantic / Windham and other surrounding towns. They primarily operate on 460.625(Willimantic career fire); 33.64(Windham area depts), and 33.90. Willimantic is served by their own PD. Most of the Windham area towns are protected by CSP. They also dispatch the Town of Franklin FD on 33.72 mhz.
The Town of Waterford is served by a combination Volunteer/Career Fire Dept. They currently are dispatched and operate on a new digital trunked system as does the PD, which is not received at this location. However, all FD transmissions are currently simulcast on their old low band frequency of 33.94 which is received by this feed.
I currently do not have the ability to receive any FD or PD transmissions from the City of New London which both operate on the Waterford digital trunk system. There is a seperate feed providing New London FD.
The town of Groton CT is covered by multiple fire departments/fire districts, made up of a combination of career and volunteer personnel. They are all dispatched by Groton Fire Alarm. GFA utilizes a multiple channel (Tac Channels) high-band system. All fire and EMS calls are dispatched on Tac 1 (151.295). The majority of the time Tacs 1, 2 & 3 are used for most operations. This system is a simplex radio sysyem. My location only receives GFA, and rarely if ever, receives mobile or on-scene communications. There is a very good Groton feed on Radio Reference.
North Stonington CT fire & EMS are dispatched by GFA but operate on their own frequencies; NSFD (151.235), NSAA (155.925). Both of these frequencies are repeater systems.
The following towns are dispatched by Quinebaug Valley Emergency Communications (qvec.org) with law enforcement provided by the CT State Police: Sprague, Lisbon, Griswold, Voluntown, Scotland, Canterbury, Sterling, Chaplin, Hampton, Brooklyn, Killingly, Pomfret, Eastford, Thompson, & Woodstock. Some of these towns have more than one fire district and all are Volunteer. The town of Plainfield fire is also dispatched by QV, but has it's own PD which operates on 453.85.
The town of Putnam has two districts: East Putnam, which is dispatched by QV and serviced by CSP, and the Special Service District which is covered by the Putnam PD (159.09 simplex). The FD is dispatched by station WA in Putnam, which is also the same dispatch center as the PD. The FD is dispatched on 33.80 mhz and operates on 154.355.
Colchester Emergency Communications (KX) dispatches Fire and E.M.S. for the Town of Colchester that primarily operates on 33.82 mhz. They also dispatch the towns of: Bozrah, Salem (Salem & Gardner Lake Depts.), Hebron and Lebanon; all of which primarily operate on 33.90 mhz. They also dispatch the Towns/Departments: East Haddam, East Hampton, Haddam Neck, and the Middlesex Hospital paramedics. In the very near future, the services provided by KX will be consolidated with, and provided by QV.
CT State Police Recived on this feed: Troops: C,D,E,F,H,K (Digital Trunked System). All dispatch and unit to unit talk groups are provided, as well as many special event talk groups. However, talk groups of a sensitive nature are not provided.
Frequencies for many towns in the southern most region of New London County (shoreline towns) are on this feed. The reliability and quality of these frequencies varies.


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robertfeol necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 60 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
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The website, ShortTermRetirement.com, is receiving a massive overhaul such that it attains a more corporate looking, clean/web 2.0 structure. As such, we want the logo to reflect this. The logo should feature the words 'Short Term Retirement' as principal text in the logo, and additionally I will need a second implementation of the logo hat has smaller text of 'The', above the words in smaller font, and 'program', under - that way, I can have a specific logo for 'The Short Term Retirement Program' in addition to 'Short Term Retirement', which is the principal design. PLEASE NOTE: I DO NOT need two logos, just a minor textual variation on one logo.
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The first step is to create a Job that handles the unzipping of the file
The job then passes that file to a transformation that takes the enclosed .csv file, processes it and inserts it into a database:
I have created a file for you to download a working example. In order to run through this example you need to perform the following:
- Download the "PDI - UNZIP AND PROCESS FILE.ZP" file and extract its' contents into a directory called "PDI - UNZIP AND PROCESS FILE"
- Open up Pentaho Data Integration (do not connect to the repository)
- Open the following job: "unzip.kjb"
- Open the following transformation: "populated database from unzipped file.ktr"
- In the transformation, open up the "Table Output Step"
- Select the "SQL" button and then select "Execute", then click "ok" and "close" on the next two dialog screens.
- NOTE – We are using a database that comes with Pentaho for testing purposes
- Now you can go to the job and run the job. The following will happen:
- The zip file contents will placed in the main directory "PDI - UNZIP AND PROCESS FILE.ZP" and be called sales_data_{timestamp}.csv
- The job will then take the location of that .csv file and pass it to the transformation, which will take that file and insert it into the database


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This article or section contains lore taken from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the manuals, and official bonus maps.
Neeloc Greedyfingers was a goblin merchant who Grom Hellscream met while overseeing the harvesting of lumber from Ashenvale Forest. He offered to sell Grom his wares (including some goblin shredders which were capable of felling trees at a much faster rate than Grom's laborers) at cost if the chieftain would do him a favour. Greedyfingers explained that the bear-like furbolgs, who had been relatively harmless in the past, had been getting increasingly hostile and attacking him and the other goblins in his group. He wanted Grom to get rid of them. The Warsong chieftain took the deal and made good use of the shredders after slaying the furbolgs and their chieftain.
- "- Ah, greetings, good orc! Strange to see one of you in these parts
- "- Hmm. Well, there's this a tribe of bear men, called furbolgs, in this region that's been giving." us trouble.If you kill the chieftain, we'll sell our goods for you at cost. We might even let borrow a few shredders!"
- "Ahh, thank you! Now, these shredders will cut trought those trees in no time!"
Greedyfingers went on to open and operate a shop in the vicinity of the city Orgrimmar after Durotar was founded called Neeloc's Outpost. It can be found in the orc chapters of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.


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Monument couple gets $174,000 in subsidies for long-missing adoptive sons
The smiles of the carefully groomed boys gleamed as they posed for school pictures.
Dylan Bryant and Austin Eugene Bryant appeared to be well-cared for. Their hair was meticulously combed. Austin looked a bit bookish with his wire-rimmed glasses. By all appearances these children were loved.
"You couldn't have asked for better people," Mary Hider, the biological mother of the boys, said of her kids' adoptive parents. They also adopted her youngest boy, David, when he was about 15 months old.
Hider held that opinion for 12 years, until she learned at least one of her sons had been kept in a locked footlocker. He had been tortured, handcuffed and Tasered. By then Dylan and Austin were missing.
The Bryants initially put on a good front, pretending to be the ideal parents. Over the course of a decade, the couple would adopt nine foster children. They had one child of their own. Their lives revolved around their kids.
But the school images falsely portrayed what was really happening to them.
Hider said she wished she could have kept her sons and raised them herself, but she realized why she couldn't keep them.
Between the ages of 7 and 14, Hider was repeatedly molested. A doctor later diagnosed her with severe depression, bipolar disorder and post traumatic stress syndrome, she said. She was on medications that made her sleep through the day.


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What is tongue thrust?
Tongue thrust (also called "reverse" or "immature" swallow) is the common name given to orofacial muscular imbalance, a human behavioral pattern in which the tongue protrudes through the anterior incisors during swallowing, speech and while the tongue is at rest. Nearly all young children exhibit a swallowing pattern involving tongue protrusion, but by the age of 6 most have automatically switched to a normal swallowing pattern. (Wikipedia).
Why is it a concern?
Dentists and orthodontists are concerned with the effects of the tongue and facial muscles on the occlusion (how teeth fit together) of teeth because of the evidence proving that too much tongue pressure against the teeth on the inside and an unequal amount of facial muscle pressure from the outside – as is the case with a tongue thrust swallow and/or incorrect tongue resting posture – may result in a malocclusion or misalignment of the teeth – the resting posture of the tongue and facial muscles play an even more vital role: If the tongue is constantly resting against the front teeth and the upper lip in short or flaccid (weak and flabby), the front teeth will be pushed forward.
Thus, correcting this tongue thrust using special speech techniques will play a crucial role in any good orthodontic treatment, making the treatment's results long lasting and much easier to achieve.
What are some signs of having a tongue thrust problem?
One or more of the following conditions may clearly indicate tongue thrust disorder and should be investigated further with an evaluation of speech pathologist:
- Tongue protruding between or against the upper and/or lower "front teeth" when forming /s/, /z/, /t/, /d/, /n/, /l/, or /sh/
- Frequent open-mouth resting posture with the lips parted and/or the tongue resting against the upper and/or lower teeth
- Lips that is often cracked, chapped, and sore from frequent licking
- Frequent mouth breathing in the absence of allergies or nasal congestion
Treatment of tongue thrust and subsequent articulation disorders
To correct tongue thrust, speech pathologists prescribe exercises designed to promote a normal swallowing pattern, as well as correct speech production. In the evaluation session the patient will be given swallowing and articulation inventory tests. If only "pure" tongue thrust is found without any articulation errors then usually three sessions are enough.
At this evaluation session the patient will be given the main set of drills against tongue thrust that he has to do on a daily basis for 60 days following this session. A second session will be scheduled 4 weeks later to follow up on the results of this oral physiotherapy and consider adding another set of drills for the next 4 weeks after which the third session is scheduled with follow up on the results.
If the patient has misarticulated consonants (usually the high pitched ones: /s/ , /z/ , /sh/ , /ch/ , /ts/) – then each sound will have to be corrected in a 8-session weekly speech therapy while doing the same oral physiotherapy for 60 days – as well as specially designated speech drills to correct each sound…The good news are that by successful correction of one sound we may correct another (for example: correcting the /s/ may solve the problem with the /ts/ sound).
Gal Levy M.Sc. CCC-SLP, has more than 21 years of experience in clinical treatments of Voice, Fluency, Articulation and Language. Gal is working as a school based SLP, Home health SLP and in his private practice at Frisco, TX. He also writes professional articles on various speech disorders and state of the art treatments on Google's new Encyclopedia, Helium and AC writers websites. Gal participated on Community Focus radio monthly shows with Dr. Griffin advising KEOM 88.5 FM listeners on voice, fluency and tongue thrust clinical issues.


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Novak Djokovic outlasted a rejuvenated Roger Federer to close out the men's Wimbledon championship in a thrilling final, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 5-7, 6-4.
Djokovic had a 2-1 lead after three sets and a match point in the fourth, but the 32-year-old Federer reminded everyone of who he was as he rallied back to win the set and necessitate five for the championship.
Federer pushed Djokovic in the final set, but Djokovic held on to close out the match and win his second Wimbledon title. The victory pushes Djokovic back into the top spot in the ATP rankings.
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The Bush administration seeks exemptions from the Montreal Protocol on behalf of 54 US companies and trade groups. The international agreement seeks to phase-out the pesticide methyl bromide—an odorless fumigant that is a major ozone depletor—by 2005. [Natural Resources Defense Council, 2/7/2003; Panna, 2/7/2003; New York Times, 2/7/2004] The administration's request cites a loophole in the protocol which allows countries to seek exemptions for "critical uses," as long as they do not represent more than 30 percent of their baseline production level. But the Bush administration's request amounts to 39 percent. [Natural Resources Defense Council, 2/7/2003; Panna, 2/7/2003; New York Times, 2/7/2004] The businesses applying for the exemptions, primarily farmers and food producers, would be permitted to use up to 21.9 million pounds of methyl bromide for the year 2005 (see (February 28, 2004)). [New York Times, 2/7/2004]
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A week-long UN meeting ends in a stalemate after objections are raised over the US's request to use 21.8 million pounds of the pesticide methyl bromide in 2005. The request threatens to reverse an international treaty's mandated phase-out of the ozone-depleting substance. Signed in 1987 by 183 countries including the United States, the Montreal Protocol calls for the complete phase-out of methyl bromide use by 2005, but allows limited exceptions in cases where the elimination of methyl bromide would be impractical or lead to significant economic disruption. The US delegation, comprised of Bush administration officials and agribusiness interest groups, asks to use 39 percent of baseline usage levels set in 1991. The request would be a significant increase over the 30 percent usage levels currently permitted for the years 2003 and 2004. [Associated Press, 11/15/2003] Arguing that the US's request is too high, delegations from the European Union and other nations refuse to agree to the exemption. In an unprecedented move, further debate on methyl bromide is deferred to an "Extraordinary Meeting" to be held in March 2004 (see March 24-26, 2004), where the US again will push for the 39 percent figure. [Global Environmental Change Report, 12/2003]
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The Bush administration files a request with the United Nations for additional exemptions from the Montreal Protocol's phase-out of the pesticide methyl bromide. In February 2003, the US applied for exemptions for 54 businesses, primarily farmers and food producers, to use some 21.9 million pounds of methyl bromide for the year 2005 (see February 7, 2003). The new request would add 1.1 million pounds to this figure, to be used by producers of cut flowers, processed meats and tobacco seedlings. Though the signatories of the treaty are permitted exemptions for "critical uses"—as long as the requested exemptions do not represent more than 30 percent of a country's baseline production level—the US requests both exceed the allowable limit and twice the sum of requests from all other countries. "[T]he exemptions sought by the United States for 2005 and 2006 would cause a surge in American use of methyl bromide after steady declines," notes the New York Times. [New York Times, 3/4/2004]
Signatories to the Montreal Protocol meet in Montreal to negotiate the awarding of "critical use" exemptions for the pesticide methyl bromide (see February 7, 2003)
(see (February 28, 2004)). On the last day, an agreement is reached granting 12 industrialized countries exemptions which will allow them to use 13,438 metric tons of methyl bromide for the year 2005. The countries are Australia (145 metric tons), Belgium (47), Canada (56), France (407), Greece (186), Italy (2,133), Japan (284), the Netherlands, Portugal (50), Spain (1,059), the United Kingdom (129) and the United States (8,942). The total tonnage of methyl bromide that will be used by the United States is approximately twice that of all the others. [Environment News Service, 3/29/2004]
Bush administration officials ask the UN to allow US industries to use an additional 458 tons of methyl bromide, an ozone-destroying pesticide that is slated for elimination by an international environmental treaty (see March 24-26, 2004). The 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer calls for gradually phasing out methyl bromide use by January 1, 2005, but allows for critical use exemptions in limited cases thereafter. The additional increase request brings the US's total exemption for the year 2005 to 9,400 metric tons of methyl bromide, more than all other nations' requests combined, and well over the 7,674 metric tons used by US agribusiness in 2002. [Pesticide Action Network Updates Service, 12/10/2004; Environmental Science & Technology, 1/12/2005] Though the stated goal of the Montreal Protocol is to gradually phase out methyl bromide use, the head of the US delegation to the UN and Bush appointee Claudia McMurray will later tell a reporter, "I can't say to you that each year the numbers [of pounds used] would automatically go down." [Seattle Times, 11/28/2005]
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