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In a rare consensus, an impressive array of some of the most prominent rabbis of this generation came together in a declaration saying that there are no longer any valid excuses: Jews must act on the Torah commandment to move to Israel.
The consensus came as the first stage in an ongoing multi-faceted project initiated by Joshua Wander, a resident of the Mount of Olives. This stage was timed to coincide with the week in which Jews around the world read the section of the Torah in which God tells Abraham to leave his father's land.
Hashem said to Avram, "Go forth from your native land and from your father's house to the land that I will show you. Genesis 12:1
"There are many sections of the Torah in which the connection to the land of Israel is not so clear," Wander told Breaking Isreal News. "But in this section, the relationship between God and the Jewish people begins with God telling Abraham to move to Israel."
The project, named appropriately enough "Bring Them Home", will be launched on Thursday with a series of video lectures given by prominent rabbis explaining why the Biblical imperative to move to Israel is in a new, more imperative stage. The five-minute videos will feature Rabbi Zeev Leff, Rabbi Nachman Kahane, Rabbi Chaim Soloveichik, Rabbi Danny Myers, Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twersky, Rebbetzin Tzipporah Heller, Rabbi Shalom Gold, Rabbi Aryeh Shapira, and Rabbi Mordechai Machlis. All of these rabbis are respected leaders in the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) movement. Several other rabbis are involved in the project but have not yet prepared video statements for release.
The English-language videos will be posted on the YouTube channel "Bring them Home-Aliyah Now" and their Facebook page.
"The target audience is specifically religious Jews," Wander said. "The message is very simple; Make aliyah now, it's time to come home."
As part of the initiative, the rabbis signed a joint declaration in Hebrew.
"To our brothers, the Torah faithful Jews living outside of Israel:
The sages of Israel, from whose words we derive life, already taught us that the mitzvah (Torah commandment) to live in Israel was established as one of the greatest of the mitzvoth by Nachmanides, Maimonides, and all the other sages who establish the law…Therefore, at this time, we are sending out a holy proclamation to those who dwell outside of Israel, to wake up and hurry, and to investigate every possible way that is in your ability to come to live in Israel. You must educate your children about the great spiritual level of those who do so and to help them in every way you can to come and dwell in the Holy Land.
This is especially true now when there is a threat to the sanctity of Israel and the Jews from outside. Every Jew who moves here will be an aid in fighting off this threat to the sanctity and will establish the future of Judaism throughout the world and will merit those who come to its aid.
The one who chooses Zion and Israel will surely merit to see miracles and wonders, and may our eyes see the return of God to Zion."
In addition to the rabbis mentioned above, Rabbi Avigdor Neventzal signed the declaration.
"It is a clear consensus across the entire spectrum of Jewish observance here in Israel that it is a mitzvah to move here. It has always been so but it is clear that we are quickly approaching a watershed point in Jewish history when everything concerning the Jewish people will change. The majority of the Jews are in Israel and the redemption is awaiting the return of the last of the exiles."
"Concerns about making a living or education are no longer as valid so the major obstacles are no longer and Israel has so much more to offer, especially to religious Jews. There is also a sharp rise in anti-Semitism which should be recognized as a serious threat to the Jews outside of Israel."
"The vast majority of even religious Jews in America do not think about Aliyah anymore," Wander said. "The rabbis are declaring that this is an obligatory mitzvah so if you decide that you cannot perform the mitzvah of aliyah, a special dispensation is required just like every other mitzvah. And this dispensation is only temporary and if you can't perform it, you have to figure out how to enable your children to perform this requirement."
Unfortunately, there is a precedent for Jews being reluctant to answer the call to return from exile. According to Jewish tradition, only twenty percent of the Jews left Egypt and even fewer returned from the Babylonian Exile.


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Telecommunications-gear giant Ericsson was adversely affected economically in 2016 by slow capital spending on network upgrades and expansion among telecom carriers. Even though mobile data usage is growing exponentially that has not translated into wireless providers' sales growth.
As a result, cost disciplines, albeit painful, have resulted in necessary budget cutting. However, cutting alone does not rebuild for the future; that also has to include additive revenues above and beyond current core competencies. To that point, Ericsson has announced that it plans for up to 25% of revenue to come from outside its traditional telecom operator customers by 2020.
We will illustrate how the company aims to achieve this through a key partnership with Cisco, providing support to the hyperscale cloud and stepping into alternative industries including utilities, transport and public safety. That means that IT organizations that do not typically see Ericsson may soon find themselves directly or indirectly impacted by the company. But first a little background.
Ericsson must build a bridge to the 5G future
Sweden-based Ericsson is a global telecoms equipment gear maker with a strong focus on mobile broadband markets. Its biggest competitors are Finland's Nokia (which recently merged with Alcatel Lucent) and China's Huawei.
Obviously, Ericsson is focusing a good deal of energy and attention on the upcoming move to next generation 5G (shorthand for 5th generation mobile networks or 5th generation wireless systems) standards. One of the many benefits of 5G will be to stream high-definition media even when users are out of reach of Wi-Fi hotspots. Another benefit will be for improving machine to machine communication of the Internet of Things (IoT), such as lowering cost and latency over what 4G equipment can provide.
However, 5G is not expected to be rolled out in scale until about 2020, and heavy market penetration of 5G services will probably not occur until 2022, but Ericsson does not have to depend upon future scenarios. It can continue to move forward with Long-Term Evolution (LTE for short), which is a current standard for high-speed wireless communication for mobile phones and data terminals in order to serve its current constituencies
Beyond its current core competencies, the company is moving forward on its own in such areas as IoT and the cloud, as well as through strategic partnerships, including a key relationship with Cisco.
Ericsson/Cisco: Synergy is in vogue again
The Cisco strategic partnership was announced by the companies in November 2015 and is essential for both. Ericsson brings strengths in wireless infrastructure equipment, managed services, and global presence and acceptance. Cisco's strengths are in IP networking equipment, cybersecurity and enterprise and IT acceptance. Together, this spells end-to-end complete networking solutions (both wireless and wired) that is mostly highly complementary.
The partnership is also working because it recalls the use of the once overused termed "synergy" where the combination is greater than the efforts of either company working alone. For example, Ericsson bundles Cisco products in over 180 countries, significantly expanding Cisco's geographical reach. Similarly, Cisco provides Ericsson access to key router markets, like China, where its major competitor Huawei is strong.
The companies' strategic target in the first year focused on telecoms, but in 2017 their efforts are expected to extend to enterprises and the public sector. Overall, Ericsson and Cisco both expect to enjoy $1 billion or more in incremental revenues by 2018.
But the alliance is not only just about selling current products. More importantly, its focus is on what the future brings that is different from today, including the devices and sensors of IoT, the enterprise cloud, and eventually 5G. To that end, the companies are pooling engineering development resources in a collaboration to create SDN/NFV (Software Defined Networking/Network Functions Virtualization) capabilities. The goal is to leverage the partners' complementary skills to accelerate customers' digital transformations.
At the recent Ericsson Analyst Day in Boston, I asked a Cisco executive how he rated the partnership. Naturally, he was very supportive of the company's extensive partner ecosystem. However, he did point out that Cisco has only two next generation partnerships: one with Ericsson and the other with Apple. That would seem to indicate the high regard in which Cisco holds Ericsson.
Ericsson's strong commitment to the hyperscale data center
In general, cloud computing is about on-demand self-service (i.e., unilaterally provisioning computing resources), resource pooling (dynamic assignment and reassignment of resources based upon demand), and rapid elasticity (quick provisioning). In comparison, hyperscale data centers rely on distributed computing environments that push cloud's characteristics to their better limits (such as higher resource utilization and lower costs).
Hyperscale cloud is often associated with the Super 7 public cloud providers (Amazon/AWS, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent). Other commercial cloud suppliers, as well, as telecom cloud operators and enterprise IT clouds do not want only the Super 7 to offer hyperscale benefits. As a result, Ericsson provides a strong offering in this potentially large market (one that should help Ericsson meet its 2020 objective of 25% in non-traditional businesses).
The HDS 8000 (Hyperscale Data System 8000) is its hyperscale cloud entry in Ericsson's Cloud System. It is built in collaboration with Intel on the Intel® Rack Scale Architecture. This architecture supports a disaggregated datacenter environment where pools of compute, storage, and networking resources can have their individual components (such as processors, hard drives, and switches) replaced independently as needed.
The whole rack acts as one large virtualized server with shared cooling and power. The components are connected using a fully optical interconnect using silicon photonics chipsets. The optical interconnect eliminates the traditional capacity and distance limitations that constrain electrical connections. The net result is the ability to more efficiently pool resources with the concomitant better resource utilization and lowered energy consumption. The HDS 8000 also contains the HDS Command Center, a management platform which also supports advanced analytics, automation, orchestration, and asset governance. This software-defined infrastructure efficiently controls resource pools based upon real-time analytics.
The bottom line of the HDS 8000 is what Ericsson calls "disruptive economics." Lifecycle management and TCO (total cost of ownership) from traditional IT server architectures to resource pooling in a software-designed infrastructure. This breaks the traditional 3 to 5-year IT refresh cycle where entire systems had to be forcibly replaced, often highly disruptively.
Instead, individual components in each HDS 8000 resource pool (processing, storage and networking) can be upgraded and easily replaced without disrupting the whole. This extends the lifetime of the customer's overall IT investment, since still useful components are not forcibly replaced, while at the same time enabling customers to take advantage of advancing technology. Lower TCO also results from less personnel investment in making upgrades, managing component failures and more efficient resource utilization than traditional architectures offer.
Ericsson beyond telecommunications
Ericsson is with no doubt a company in transformation. First from hardware to software and now from a single industry portfolio and sales to multiple industry portfolio and sales, including utilities, transport and public safety. Ericsson has great potential to create significant value across these industries due to its technology and services leadership, global scale, local presence and trust highly valued on the market. Ericsson strategy beyond Telco embraces 1) excel in focus industries mentioned above 2) expand with selected solutions across industries and 3) explore and establish new focus areas, all addressed through horizontal offerings in Network Infrastructure and Services, IT application, modernization and cloud infrastructure, digital business-critical systems, including security, IoT application platform and digital marketplace.
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If an IT vendor is big enough and mature enough, it will eventually face economic challenges that it has to confront. The question is then how well it responds to often tough economic realities. The giant IT vendor community has had some successes (Dell and IBM come to mind), but also some well-known failures.
In our view, Ericsson will likely be counted among the successes, although its path may take longer than expected and not always offer a smooth ride. The company is well positioned to benefit from mobile communications' great growth potential and IoT is still in its infancy. Ericsson's partnership with Cisco fills in numerous product and market gaps, and also aids the ancillary (to Ericsson) trend of digital transformation. Finally, other efforts such as the hyperscale data center initiative and HDS 8000 solutions should lead to revenues outside its traditional base. Overall, Ericsson appears to be pursuing a well-balanced path that maximizes its existing qualities while developing the strength required to pursue new opportunities.


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Mimi from Berlin
Mimi cuddles in her basket, it's so soft and warm and she is dreaming of
New York.
How it all started
Mimi, a kitty cat from Germany, goes onto an adventurous trip to the big city of New York and makes a lot of new friends.
A story about true friendship where it does not matter where you are from or what language you speak.
Comic Cat & Mimi
Mimi's best friend is Comic Cat, a black and white cool cat with a cap and a great passion for drawing.


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Google Home: Your Digital Assistant At Home!
Personal assistants are very popular tools to help you get organized and search for things quickly through voice commands. Many digital personal assistants are found in mobile devices such as Siri for Apple devices, Google Now for Android devices and Microsoft's Cortana. Looks like digital assistants are moving from mobile devices to your home! In this article, we are shedding light on this new technology.
About a year and half ago, Amazon has released an intelligent speaker called "Echo". It can receive voice commands from anywhere in your home and act upon them. Lately, Google has entered the competition with its new speaker called "Google Home". Google Home is a Wi-Fi speaker, set with microphones that can be used for many purposes at your home.
Google Home helps you carry on everyday tasks, such as setting the alarm, reviewing and editing your schedule, making calls and many more. All these tasks can be done through issuing voice commands from anywhere across the room. Google Home is in always-listening mode to receive your voice commands at once. Google connects your smart home system easily. Having a smart home system, you can turn lights on and off, get temperature feedback and many other things by employing the trending Internet of Things technology.
Surely, you can also use it for entertainment. You can ask Google Home to play a song or increase volume. Google Home connects to the cloud to stream your music with the highest quality. You can stream videos as well, just tell Google Home to play your favorite TV program for example and it will appear on your screen. Another special feature in Google Home is that you can use it to control other speakers in your home. That would not require complex setup.
Finally, you can search anything on Google using Google Home. You can ask about a certain historical fact or the score of a game you missed. You can basically ask about anything you would search on the traditional Google search engine. The most interesting thing here is that Google Home doesn't only know about general knowledge, but it also keeps learning about you and your personal habits. This is done through modern artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques. However, that may introduce privacy issue but Google says that learning will only happen under your permission.
Google Home will be available for consumers later this year. However, no pricing has been announced yet. Google Home is now considered the only available competitor to Amazon's Echo. This competition is very useful to this new market and it looks like that we are going to get more intelligent devices like these in the near future.


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It's hard to believe Inbee Park hadn't played an LPGA Tour event from last June until this February. But after the putting display she put on Sunday at the HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore – en route to a course record 8-under-par 64 – Park announced to the world she was back in a big way.
The 28-year-old, who captured this event in 2015, struggled with a major thumb injury a year ago and only returned to the golf course to capture the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympics in August before shutting it down for the rest of 2016.
She finished T25 at her LPGA Tour debut a few weeks ago at the Honda LPGA Thailand before Sunday's victory, padding her Hall of Fame resume.
"I thought it might take maybe a couple months to get back out on the Tour and to get my rhythm back. I thought I was going to be just a little bit rusty. That's how I felt last week," said Park. "This week was totally different. Especially the final round was just what I wanted."
Park got off to a fairly pedestrian start, making pars on her first four holes. But then in a stretch of 10 holes, Park made seven threes. She managed to hold off a charging Ariya Jutanugarn – who shot a final-round 66 – who did everything she could to capture the South Korean.
It was not to be, however. Park, almost leisurely, made the HSBC Women's Champions her 18th LPGA Tour victory.
"My putting was amazing today, obviously," explained Park, who made 27 putts after hitting 17 of 18 Greens in Regulation. "Yesterday I was really disappointed with my putter. I couldn't make any putts yesterday and obviously I made up for it today."
"Today was pretty much, everything I looked at, it wanted to drop in. It was very consistent ball-striking all week, and obviously there were a lot of birdie opportunities out there and I was able to convert many of them today," continued Park.
Jutanugarn, No.2 in the Rolex Rankings, stayed with Park for most of Sunday but was eventually undone by a bogey on the par-4 12th. Although she bounced back with birdies on the next two holes, that one misstep was all Park needed to separate herself from the pack at the Tanjong Course.
But Jutanugarn said it was great to play with Park on Sunday, who she said is an inspiration to her.
"I'm really happy about my game, especially this week, and today, I had so much fun. You know, I have so much fun playing with Inbee. She's awesome. She's the best player," she said. "I learned a lot from her. She's very calm. I feel like she makes every putt. I think she didn't miss one putt today."
Michelle Wie was also undone by just one bad hole Sunday.
She came to the par-5 5th after two-straight birdies, and the lead. However, she four-putted from close range and ended up with a double-bogey 7. Her even-par round was enough for a tie for fourth, her first top five finish on the LPGA Tour since 2014.
Brooke Henderson started her day 5-under through nine holes, but couldn't get anything going on the back nine, making eight-straight pars and finishing with a 6-under-par 66. Still, her tie for fourth was her first top five of the young 2017 season.
"I got off to a great start, 5-under through nine holes, and only one birdie on the back. But I gave myself a lot of great chances today and I was able to capitalize on a lot of them," said Henderson. "It was nice to see my name up on the leaderboard, so hopefully over the next few weeks I'll see more of that."
Mirim Lee moved into the top 10 after firing a 7-under-par 65 – the low round of the tournament for a couple of hours, until Park put the finishing touches on her spectacular Sunday round – thanks to eight birdies and just a lone bogey. She recorded her second-straight T8 this week in Singapore.
World No.1 Lydia Ko was unable to get anything going Sunday, and her even-par round left her in a tie for ninth, her second straight top-10 finish.
The LPGA Tour is off next week before heading to the Bank of Hope Founders Cup in Phoenix, Az. starting March 16th.


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The 13 Best New Hip-Hop Songs This Week
Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things much easier for you. Instead of sorting out nearly everything that released this week, we've narrowed it down to strictly the best of the week, saving you plenty of time.
Expect to see selections from the established stars, the next wave of new talent, the up-and-comers and everyone else in between. If your song is fire enough to beat the competition, it'll take one of the weekly spots. You can trust us on this one; follow our lead and you'll never get laughed off the aux cord again. Your friends will finally trust you with playlists; it'll be wonderful. In addition to that, you can check back every week for the latest and greatest tracks. You'll always have somewhere to turn to each week, being sure to find some songs you'll dig.
Enjoy this week's list, featuring new songs from Westside Gunn ("Ritz Barlton" with Estee Nack), Doechii ("Bitch I'm Nice"), Key Glock ("Diapers") and more. See you next week.
"Ritz Barlton"Westside Gunn and Estee Nack
"Bitch I'm Nice"Doechii
"Diapers"Key Glock
"Ms Porter"$not featuring Night Lovell
"One Time"Dro Kenji
"Houston Girls"Rob49
"In The UK"NLE Choppa
"Ok, What R U Saying"SSGKobe
"Steppas"Yo Gotti, Moneybagg Yo, 42 Dugg, EST Gee, Mozzy, Blac Youngsta
"Holy Spirit"K Camp
"Body Language"Shordie Shordie
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Price, Reynold Boscomb (1844)
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Identifier: DC0256s
Scope and Contents The collection contains an assortment of covers, postmarked envelopes, from 1839 to 1899, arranged chronologically. The bulk of the collection consists of 27 covers with various Davidson College, N.C. postmarks and includes 6 illuminated covers decorated with engravings of the Old Chambers Building. Three additional covers with Davidson College, N.C. postmarks are mounted individually on sheets with notes and were assembled by Paul Freeland (1925). One of these is one of the illuminated...
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Maryland Horse Industry Forum
August 6, 2009
Show Place Arena
Prince George's Equestrian Center
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m
Guest of Honor: Governor Martin O'Malley
Registration Fee: FREE
Only your time, attention and critical thinking skills are needed.
The Equiery is pleased to sponsor the 2009 Maryland Horse Industry Forum If you have a stake in the Maryland equine industry, then you need to be at the Show Place Arena on August 6.
From racing and slots to trails and greenways, from education to zoning and land preservation, Maryland's equestrian community faces a myriad of challenges. What should be done? Where should we focus our efforts? Horse Park? Import/Export facility? Should Maryland focus resources on acquiring more public lands? Or should the State instead offer incentives for conservation and trail access easements on private land? Should the Maryland Office of Tourism help to better promote equine-related tourist activities, such as guided trail rides and attending the races? How can the Department of Economic Development help the average horse business? Should the Maryland Insurance Commission do more about equine insurance?
Governor O'Malley wants to know your thoughts!
Over 300 industry, state and local leaders attended the 2004 Forum, including the Governor. That Forum provided the raw ideas for scores of initiatives, many of which have been accomplished or are in the process of being accomplished (click here for a 2004 Forum report)
Don't miss you opportunity to voice your thoughts! Register today.
(You can pick and choose those topics which most appeal to you; for an actual schedule, please visit Maryland Horse Forum
Infrastructure, and Competition Venues
How can we increase the number of facilities available for small and large competitions, support and improve the facilities we already have, and attract new business from outside the state? Should the State continue to pursue the concept of a State Horse Park? Should the State pursue other infrastructure projects, such as an international import/export and quarantine facility, new University research facilities or labs?
Who should attend? Show and event managers and organizers, leadership from local horse show associations, trainers, competitors, breeders, dealers, veterinarians, scientists, researchers, government and university officials, and operators of support businesses (feed suppliers, tack, equipment).
Labor Issues
How can we recruit and hire for positions, make workers compensation insurance coverage more affordable, educate the workforce we have, and those attending equine management programs at local colleges and universities? How do we utilize foreign labor sources? Discuss how to cope with HB2 Visa labor restrictions and determining if O-1 and O-2 Visas are options for your labor force.
Who should attend this session? Farm owners and managers; show owners and organizers; immigration specialists; representatives from the Farm Bureau; federal lawmakers working on immigration issues; insurance agents; directors of college and university equine management programs.
Zoning, Land Use and Land Preservation
How can the equestrian community ensure that the policies created by local planning and zoning authorities are compatible with horse keeping and horse businesses? Which "conservation" definitions support horse operations and which do not? Do agricultural enterprise zones work for horse businesses? Which zoning terms are best suited for lesson and boarding stables? Do land preservation programs work for maintaining horse farms? What is the role of the equestrian community in preserving agricultural land and greenspace? Participants are encouraged to bring their own community's planning and zoning definitions.
Who should attend this session? Farm owners concerned about their current or future zoning; any horse person working – or thinking about working in a horse related enterprise- or wishing their planning and zoning were different in their county; developers seeking to incorporate horses into their communities; local government planners; members of conservation and preservation boards.
Legal Matters, Liability and Insurance
Can anything be done to reduce farm/stable operations liability and the cost of insurance? Discuss equine limited liability laws and Maryland's contributory negligence laws and their affect on insurance rates and availability. Is it time for an equine limited liability law in Maryland? Are there other legal mine fields we need to be wary of?
Who should attend this session? Stable owners and operators, show/ event organizers and managers, hunt clubs, and horse club or organization that hosts events or activities with horses; insurance agents; lawyers and attorneys who specialize in liability and negligence; members of the State insurance commission; State lawmakers.
The Future of Maryland Racing
What can we do to secure the future of MD's racetracks, horsemen and racehorse breeders? Will slots be enough to ensure the future of horse racing in Maryland? What can we do to regain national/international prominence? Leaders in Maryland racing, including track owners, are being offered the chance to present their visions for the future of their businesses specifically and Maryland racing in general. The floor will also be open for members of the audience to present their thoughts, concerns, hopes and visions.
Who should attend? All stakeholders in racing, including but not limited to, race horse owners, trainers, breeders, owners of supporting businesses (such as tack or farrier services), members of the Racing Commission, State lawmakers, track owners and potential track owners, spectators and the betting public, lovers of the racing breeds, owners and trainers of former race horses.
Trails and Public Lands
How can we grow and preserve Maryland's equine friendly trails and camping facilities? Discuss linking trail systems and integrating State/locally owned public trails; needs for bridle and carriage trails; funding; ensuring that lands donated to State or local government for horses are used for the purpose intended; acquiring public easements on private land for access to park trails; ensuring that the equestrian community is represented on planning and zoning boards.
Who should attend? Leaders in local trail clubs and organizations, officials from the Department of Natural Resources and from Maryland National Capital Park & Planning Commission, officials from county and local park systems; officials from the State Highway Administration; local and state lawmakers.
Promoting and Marketing Maryland Horse Businesses
If horses and horse people are going to thrive in Maryland, we need more members of the general population to be interested in our existence and invested in our success. How can the industry work with the State of Maryland to:
– help members of the general public appreciate horses and horse people and what they contribute to MD life,
– help more MD citizens to feel that their own interests align with the interests of the equestrian community,
– promote Maryland as an equine tourist destination, and
– attract more horse businesses to start up or to locate to Maryland?
Who should attend this session? Anyone operating an equine-related business dependent upon attracting "non-horse people," including (but not limited to) spectator events, guided trail rides, horse rental operations, carriage operations, pony ride businesses, bed & breakfasts, beginner lessons stables; managers of equine camping facilities, members of local Chambers of Commerce; representatives from State and local offices of business enterprise and tourism.
Unwanted Horses
How do we measure the problem of unwanted horses, can we solve the issue in MD, and what can be done regarding the lack of options for euthanasia and disposal of equine? How do zoning and landfill regulations affect disposal? Are large animal composting businesses a foreseeable disposal alternative?
Who should attend? Breeders, dealers, operators of large equine programs, managers of equine rescues, animal welfare officials, animal control, owners and managers of abattoirs and rendering companies, owners of large animal cremation businesses, land planners, State vets, representatives from Maryland Department of Agriculture.
Going Green
How can we encourage best management practices (water, soil, nutrient, manure, waste, runoff, etc.) on all equine operations? Are the federal, state, and local programs in place equipped to help operators go "green"? Are organic practices compatible with modern equine husbandry practices? How can we better promote horses as environmentally friendly?
Who should attend? Public and private horse farm owners and/or managers, product manufacturers, owners or managers of tractor and equipment companies, builders and excavators, land planners, animal health care providers, pasture managers, educators.
The 2009 Maryland Forum is being organized by the Maryland Horse Industry Board and the Maryland Horse Council.
Who's Who on the 2009 Maryland Horse Forum Strategic Planning Committee:
James B. Steele – Chairman, Manager – MD Horse Industry Board, Shamrock Farm
Jane Seigler, JD – President – Reddemeade Farm
Sharon Roberts – Exec. Vice President – Cloverleaf Standardbred Owners Assoc.
Steuart Pittman – President, Operator – MD Horse Council, Dodon Farm
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Chapter 1
2nd May 2062
My whole life, it's tormented me, Dr Xie, and I need to know. Why did my mother kill herself?
Jun forced herself to reread the sentence. It had been a long time since anyone had called her Dr Xie, and even longer since she'd been answerable to anyone. What was the woman looking for, absolution? Guilt was Jun's second-worst feeling.
The late afternoon sunshine seared through the bleached Venetian blinds and made a stockade silhouette on the wall. Jun drained the last of her tea and discarded its cup in the sink. Its porcelain made a shrill clatter in disapproval. The inside of Jun's home was her sanctuary, with the relieving cool caresses from the air conditioner, and the quiet moments of solitude. The undemanding silence was her companion in the morning before lectures, and her afternoon conspirator as she graded assignments and reviewed her study plans. But today the silence made her anxious, and the chilled air rattled her bones.
Her eyes drew back to the Interface and the shrift mail. That part of her life seemed a false memory, like shadows without substance. Looking back, the suicide had been the pivot that defined her life; she'd never worked in research again. Jun's finger hovered over the screen, threatening the recycling bin icon, but she couldn't quite bring herself to erase the mail. She relinquished the Interface down on the counter, relishing the snap sound it made as it hit the resin work surface. The past had already spent its allowance of her time, she wouldn't give it any more credit. Wastefulness was her fourth-worst feeling.
Wastefulness generally wasn't tolerated. Everything these days was versa-purposeful and adaptable by design. Her gaze drifted outside to their street. White identikit houses lined up like pills, deflecting the sun's heat, but conserving its energy. Algae-festooned walk-lights stood tall and arched like soldiers' arms saluting photosynthetic victories; access roads panelled with radiavoltaics, harnessed energy from the sun. Things with one-dimensional functionality were redundant, dismissed by a world that needed to be smarter and sustainable. No, one-dimensional things weren't dismissed, Jun imagined a synthesised United Adaptive-voice correcting her, they were evolutionally retired.
Telestream on, she consciously commanded. There would be something on here to distract her. The largest wall in the kitchen illuminated with eighteen screens of documentaries, news, and entertainment shows. She decided on the news. The neuronal chip nestled above her cranium connected with the Stream and, thanks to the silent impulse of her conscious request, switched to the broadcast. A report flashed up on the screen.
Missing girl the sole survivor in family 'mini-massacre'.
A holographic anchor woman appeared in front of her. She was a mirror-image of Jun herself when she was younger, with dark, straight hair to just below her jawline, and mahogany eyes set in a supple skin. Jun smeared a hand over her own thinning face and smoothed out a soft ripple. The report began, and she immediately regretted her decision.
'Authorities are on the lookout for the sole survivor, witness and suspect in the murder of a Russo-Chin Province family late yesterday evening. Police were called to a home in the Ulan CMCD at 11.30pm last night, to find the dead bodies of Aaden, and his wife, Hani Chirchir with gunshot wounds to the head. The couple's sixteen-year-old daughter, Kodi, raised the alarm, claiming to have escaped a home invasion. No possible motives have been released as yet, but reports suggest that Kodi Chirchir has become a key person of interest. Fleeing the scene after questioning by the family bereavement unit, security logs indicate that she switched off the family's home computer, allowing two unidentified men to break in and murder...'
Jun consciously commanded the Stream to shut down. She didn't want to hear any more. One bereaved daughter was quite enough for an afternoon; they were following her like shadows. A chill reverberated through her body at the thought of Kau in that girl's position. Twenty-four and her only child, Kau was impulsive. He made important decisions as blithely as drawing air, seemingly without reason or concern. Jun never had that luxury. As a schoolchild, her still-growing shoulders had felt the responsibility of the world collapsing on them. Trying to mitigate against the widening mouth of the Yangtze or the smog clouds in Beijing, that despite the masks, stung her throat and eyes. Jun was glad that their mountainous atmosphere offered very little threat in that regard. Her eyes drew to the forest in the distance, where somewhere amongst the trees and peaks lay the United Adaptive headquarters, the bases spread like bear pits protecting the jewel in their crown, Lake Baikal.
Fan's Intuimoto came into view and punctured her thoughts; its transparent, bullet-like chassis darted up the access road to their home. He was early. He wouldn't typically be back for another hour at least. There were two bodies in the car instead of the usual one. Kau was with him. Her stomach lurched. They should both still be at work; something must have happened.
Kau's car door swirled open; Fan's followed, prompting Jun to stand up and smooth out the creases in her white linen house-dress, annoyed she hadn't thought to press it earlier. The house computer chimed and recited its pre-programmed greeting as the door opened. Jun stifled an eye-roll, even after all these years it still grated.
'Welcome home Mr Li and Mr Li junior. It's great to have you back. The time is 16.49pm, and the temperature outside is 43°C. It is a temperate 15°C in the house. There are no scheduled plans for this evening.'
Jun heard the house door shut behind them and Kau talking to Fan, casual and light. The upward inflexion and steady rhythm of his voice rippled a warmth across her chest; he sounded well.
'Kau,' she said, walking into the hallway to greet them both. He looked like he'd put on a little weight and his face was less defined. She wrapped her arms around him and breathed him in slowly. His torso felt bigger, softer; her arms didn't fit around him like they usually did. She brought her hands to either side of his mouth and thumbed his cheekbones. He probably hadn't been exercising, even though it was United Adaptive, UA, policy to take at least one hour per day. He was a powerful swimmer and had won a scholarship at Oxford University in the North Euro Province. She still had his trophies, though Fan insisted they be moved from the sitting room to his bedroom when he left home for his studies. It had felt like she was packing his childhood away. She found herself keeping his most prized trophy pride of place amongst the family photographs - their Pix - a flourish of her pride.
'Bǎobèi, how are you? You're looking well, who's been feeding you?' she said, ruffling her hand through his hair, which had grown too unruly around his face.
'Yes, yes,' he said, patting her hand away, and then kissed it. 'No one's been feeding me either – you do like to needle, don't you? I've just not been able to swim as much as I'd like, but nothing to worry about. Let's go inside, and we can talk about it properly.' Kau walked through into the kitchen, and Jun heard cupboard doors open and glasses making a clink on the work surface.
'Is he okay?' she said to Fan, softly enough so Kau couldn't hear.
Fan nodded; his starched collar remained taut. Even after the blazing sun they'd endured today, Fan's diligence was unflappable. He kissed her cheek and guided her through into the kitchen.
'I wasn't expecting both of you, and so early,' Jun said. Their Ai-ssistant, Qin, appeared at Jun's conscious command; Jun's chip and Qin's software connected quicker than a heartbeat. Despite Fan's irritation, Jun had insisted on naming Them. She had always named their Ai-ssistants when she had worked in labs. Admittedly, that was a long time ago and it was largely frowned upon these days, but Jun considered it only respectful. 'I haven't thought about supper yet, what would you like darling?' she said, mentally going through Kau's favourite dishes. 'What about braised eggplant?' Qin had pre-prepared some earlier that week. 'We can have Manchow soup to start?'
Kau nodded gratefully.
'I would suggest Egg Drop soup,' Fan said scrolling through his phone, for work no doubt, before his gaze fell back on Jun.
Jun blinked at Qin as she gave her a conscious command. Egg Drop soup it was.
As the eggplant warmed in the oven and Qin began to set the table in the dining room, Kau fidgeted with his hands in that way he did before he had something important to say.
'I have something to tell you. A good something. I have a new job. I didn't want to mention it until it was all agreed, and then I've not come up for air in the past couple of weeks, but it's exciting. I'm doing work of substance.'
'Oh!' Jun pursed her lips and looked to Fan; his eyes didn't meet hers. 'That is a surprise...' Kau had been working in the Migration, Integration and Inter-community Development team for the Province for the past two years. He'd done well for himself. There was plenty of work with the perpetual calendar of migrations.
'I was headhunted by the UA. I've been working with them on…' he stopped and licked his lips. 'Special projects.'
Warmth drained from Jun's face, and her mouth turned stiff and dry.
She looked at Fan; his eyes had a steeliness that she'd come to depend on, two ball bearings that had the power to pierce at will or gravitate to stability. She wanted to ask him if he knew about Kau and the role, but of course, he'd known. Forty years working for the UA meant at the very least he'd sanctioned the decision; at worst, he'd instigated it. He should have talked it over with her, but then, he knew what she would have said. Even after all their years together, he still struggled to play as a team. Jun willed his face to reassure her, a nod in agreement or a weary smile, but he didn't. 'What do you think about this?'
Fan shrugged. 'If it's what he wants to do...'
'Do you think he knows what he wants?'
Kau groaned. 'Why are you talking about me like I'm not here?'
Jun touched his shoulder in acknowledgement. He was young, and there was so much he still had to learn, but he insisted on throwing himself in both feet first, regardless. It was so typical of Kau to make a big decision without thinking it through. Once you were in the UA, it was hard to navigate your way out; her internal compass had never recovered.
'Are you still helping with the migrations in the Governance department?' That work suited him, playing to his strengths of creating order and structure, along with his capacity for warmth and compassion. Kau was sensitive and had emotional depth, traits Fan didn't appreciate in his son. It made her feel so much closer to him; their relationship that little bit more special.
Kau's eyes shifted from Fan to Jun, then back again. 'I can't tell you. It's restricted information.'
Restricted information. Words Jun had heard so often from Fan. Words she'd said herself enough times too over the years at the lab. From Kau's optimistic lips, they were alien. She studied his face to see if he was holding back a smile. She'd seen smirks from others often enough when they'd uttered those words; a silent exultation of power. Jun's fingers turned the string of her apron around her index finger until the skin pulsed. She saw Fan's eyes following her fingers but didn't stop.
'This project is revolutionary. The UA is building a specialised team and need someone with my experience. It's a great opportunity.'
Fan sidestepped to Jun and tugged at her fingers; the apron string fell limp.
She raised her voice, something she seldom did. 'Kau, have you thought this through? Your father,' she looked at Fan and began again more softly, 'I'm sure will agree, was always at work. Even now he's forever working. They expect, no demand, your full attention and loyalty.'
'You don't trust me to make my own decisions?'
Kau's forehead creased and Jun felt his displeasure, finding herself in the shade when she'd been basking in the sun.
Fan sloped from Jun's side to stand next to Kau's.
Jun shook her head. 'You don't have to accept just because they've made you an offer. I don't want you to make the same mistakes I did.' And she had made mistakes. One had been allowing her mother to convince her that joining the UA lab would be good for her career. Another had been letting her father's constant sniping wear her down - the UA didn't expect 'no' for an answer. She had preferred it at the hospital; working with the intimacy of the problems, and the immediacy of her solution.
Kau looked at his father as though he already knew the answer to the question he was about to ask. 'I guess you won't be coming to the welcome dinner they're throwing me?
Jun's heart tugged. Qin came back into the kitchen and began to pull out ingredients for their meal.
Kau looked at Jun as though there was something he wanted to say, but clearly thought better of it, and instead turned on his heel and stormed out the kitchen. Jun tried to call after him, ask Kau to not be angry with her…but it seemed he'd taken her resolve with him as he walked away.
In the doorway opposite her, Fan stood and waited until finally, they heard Kau's old bedroom door close. That sound usually filled her with reassurance.
'Egg drop soup, right?' Jun said as Qin placed a pan on the hob. It glowed to life.
'You were out of line,' Fan said, his voice quiet, that flash of gunmetal in his eyes.
Jun looked at Qin and consciously dismissed Them away. She didn't like Them being privy to certain conversations; it made her feel exposed in a way that never bothered Fan.
'No, I was out of the loop,' she gave Fan a brief smile before pouring the broth into the pan, enjoying the satisfying spit and hiss as the silky spindles bubbled with the heat.
'What would it look like if we didn't go?'
She stirred the broth, slow and steady. Fan was right, of course, they would have to go. She felt his hands around her shoulders, and his lips lightly dust her cheek.
'I'll look after him. I've always looked after you both,' he said quietly.
He had. He'd always been by Jun's side, steering her steadily, and she needed him to do it again. The weight of Fan's hands on her shoulders made stirring hard work, their unspoken words mixed and churned with the broth.
'Remember the subject that took her own life? Before we got married and fell pregnant with Kau?' She turned her back to the pan and faced him, curling the apron tie around her finger again, slowly and beneath his gaze.
Fan's eyes flickered with recognition.
'Her daughter got in touch with me today.'
Fan reached beyond her to stir the broth. 'Saying what?'
'She's in a bad way - wants to know why her mother killed herself. I'll be damned if I know; it was twenty-five years ago. Why would she want to bring it up now?' Jun pulled the tie tighter against her finger.
'Can I read it?'
Jun handed him her tablet, and he scanned the mail. His eyes briefly met hers before he re-read it. The broth murmured, blowing fat bubbles behind her.
'What was her name?'
'The subject? Odgerel Zaye.'
'Can you help the daughter, this…Solo?'
'I could tell her why we observed her mother and her capabilities, but not much beyond that. It was so long ago...' The broth simmered, popping and frothing angrily behind them.
'I don't think any good can come of it. For either of you. I don't think you should contact Solo.' His arms found their way around her and squeezed, the way he always did when he'd given her the answer she'd been looking for. 'It's for the best, my love.'
She let out a sigh and uncoiled the string from around her finger; the skin tingled as the blood circulated again. 'You're right. That's all I needed to hear.'
5th May 2062
The waiters bobbed through the tables like they were ballroom-dancing, holding their serving platters closer than partners. It was a rare sight that Ai-ssistants weren't attending, but then The Inspiro Dining Rooms was the place to go if you were feeling indulgent or celebrating. In the United Adaptive's case, it was often both. The Inspiro was well-known for being the place where deals were brokered during the formative years of the United Adaptive and Global Governance Alliance. Only 20 minutes' drive from the UA HQ, Province dignitaries from around the world flew in to talk crisis management and globalised commercial solutions, while the UA negotiated and procured contracts over the finest vodka and baijiu. Meanwhile, the rest of the world was lurching from one disaster to the next, the death toll lowering the global population by over 20% - a number, Jun had read, was akin to the 1800s.
Though it had a reputation for welcoming the world's socio-political elite, The Inspiro kept a modest, understated air; folded away in the mountains that mirrored the careful consideration of its napkins. Jun scanned the room, her eyes unable to rest on one place. The dining room held at least seventy tables; the low-lighting accented their dusky tablecloths. To anyone else, The Inspiro offered a warm welcome. Despite her instincts, this was Kau's night, and it was vital she laughed at the right moments and cooed with interest at others. What Jun wanted more than anything, was to put her mind at rest. Reassure herself that Kau wasn't making a terrible decision, that she wasn't letting her son walk into the lion's den, as she had.
Jun felt a hand on her waist and turned to see Fan, who gave her one of his 'looks'; a silent question, checking if she was alright. He knew she hated these kinds of things. It had been so long since she had mixed with the UA establishment. She had, thankfully, been spared from attending social things with his work. The endless demands it put on him, and his irritability at the slightest probing was enough to know it was a door best kept closed. Perhaps he sensed her resentment of the UA's demands on his time. Not to mention the business with the Public Service Announcements, although they'd never brought it up again after that night, the night that Odgerel had died.
It had been a few days since Solo's mail. Despite Fan's reassurances that it was for the best, the guilt and anxiety had wound itself around her, not him. She had barely been able to sleep with it dancing around in her head.
Fan squeezed her waist, pulling back her consciousness. She kissed his cheek and tried to filter through the snippets of mundane conversations that jangled like coins in a jar. The women were nestled together with the men like macaroons, only sandwiched more tightly and with perfectly-styled hair. One of them, she noticed, had long elegant fingers which swirled around her face as she spoke. Jun fumbled in her pockets for a piece of thread to wind around her finger.
The party began to sit down, and Jun was thankful to be next to Fan and Kau. Opposite her, a bear of a man pulled out his chair.
'It's Jun, isn't it?' he said. 'Fan has obviously been part of the UA Family for some time-'
'And very well-respected too,' a bronzed woman to Fan's right interrupted. She was younger than Jun, by a good twenty years. Her hair, which Jun expected to have been oil-black at one time, had a peppering of grey. Jun wondered how her husband felt about it, the times his wife put the UA before important family meals like Fan often did, or holidays disturbed by calls or mails. A fleeting thought flashed across her mind and left an unpleasant taste in her mouth - what if that hadn't been their situation at all, but exclusively hers?
A woman sat next to the bear-man. She had a whippet-thin face, which was glued to her phone. She liberated a glass of wine from the table like she was scooping a handful of bubbles and threw it to the back of her mouth with abandon. Wiping a stray drop from her mouth, she said. 'Almost as long as Anton, though the jury's out on the respected…'
The bear of a man Jun now understood was Anton, looked at the Whippet from the sides of his eyes. He carried on, 'You also worked for the UA at one time?'
Jun felt twenty eyeballs on her. Her mouth didn't want to work.
'Jun was a Neuroscientist, specialising in mental cognition,' Fan boomed around the table, making sure everyone could hear. 'She was part of the UA's dedicated global Neurological and Brain Augmentation Team, until we had our son.'
When she had been Dr Xie, she'd pioneered the Cognitive Repair and Rejuvenation program in Tiantan Hospital, and driven the Memory-Cloud project for the Neuroscience Research Institute, in Beijing. Her star had then risen to the United Adaptive. There had been the thrill of leading observations and procedures, and the rush of unlocking the brain's potential. These days, thrills were exclusive to her students.
'You don't work for Them anymore?' The Whippet said and momentarily stopped punching into her phone. She looked at Jun as though she had said something outrageous, and went to grab her wine again, but Anton moved the glass away. They glared at one another.
'I lecture Neuroscience at the University of Russchin,' Jun nodded politely, keen to shut the conversation down. A few of them exchanged glances around the table, before talking amongst themselves. The Whippet took a call. The younger Jun would never have joined an institution like Russchin. But after Kau, it had been impossible to join another lab or hospital. Doors closed in her face until gradually, she stopped looking for them. Her analytical mind accumulated the commonalities of her rejections and studied them like cells in a Petri dish. Her evaluation pointed only to one source. Thankfully, an old professor with connections at Russchin had made a generous introduction. She'd eased herself into the rhythm of education, conducting her orchestra of students, encouraging them to create the music that had abandoned her. She was sure a few ex-colleagues' eyebrows had been raised, and smirks barely-stifled, at her appointment. A product of national border dissolution and Provincial autonomy, what Russchin lacked in heritage and gravitas, it had made up for with independent spirit. Till of course, inevitably, the United Adaptive assumed control.
Jun could hear Kau talking about his new job, beside her; how it offered 'a life-changing opportunity that before now, the Earth simply couldn't…'. His tone was urgent, his body hummed with enthusiasm. He quietened his voice, perhaps aware he'd caught her attention, and she heard no more. That was the most he'd talked about it in her presence, saying he didn't want to breach security, in a tone not too dissimilar from an Ai-ssistant. As he'd said it, Jun's skin pricked as though it had turned into pins. She tried, discreetly, to listen in but felt someone's eyes on her, like a warm and sticky breath against her neck. Her eyes met Anton's; he smiled, and she felt obliged to reciprocate.
'You asked me about my time at the UA,' Jun said and felt Fan turn and stiffen beside her. 'Tell me about yours? How long have you known my husband?'
Anton smiled and gave a lazy laugh. 'Fan, your wife asked me how long I've known you?'
'The simple answer would be too long.'
'When we were both a lot younger, well, I was a lot younger. You've always been past it haven't you, old boy?' Anton's laugh crunched around the table like churned gravel.
'Old enough to know all the skeletons rattling around in your closet,' Fan said, and reached for his wine. He didn't often drink, but he was already on his second glass.
Anton clapped; his paws thundered together so loudly a few people from other tables turned to look at him. 'Ha!'
'Do you work in Geology as well?' Jun said to Anton, trying to navigate the conversation to calmer waters.
The Whippet had finished talking on her phone and returned to the conversation, glass in hand. 'Geology?'
'In my former life, yes, Helena,' Anton said glowering at her. 'But I'm afraid, we're not able to talk about what Kau and I are up to. At least, not yet. All in good time though,' he said and winked at Kau.
Helena threw back another glass of wine and abruptly excused herself to get some air. Jun didn't want her to leave. She was refreshing compared to the stiff necks around the table, and her gut feeling about Kau joining the UA hadn't abated. Perhaps Helena could help inch the dial one way or the other. She hoped for Kau, it was the other.
'I'll join you,' Jun said. As she stood up, Fan readied himself to move.
'Are you sure?' he said quietly.
'I'll be fine.' She patted his shoulder and wondered whether she would.
Helena had already started towards the terracotta-tiled courtyard, which was interspersed with small Weeping Cherry Trees, their deep rose-pink buds cheerfully drooping. A couple of men in linen-suits turned as Helena and Jun joined them out on the courtyard. They took a few steps back from the bungalow-style building, and moved towards the undulating peaks in the distance, and the more immediate shadows in the courtyard. Jun collected a glass of water along the way. She handed it to Helena.
'You're not at all what I expected,' Helena laughed. Her smile slowly disappeared, tip-toeing away as if it had never been there in the first place. 'I've never spoken to anyone in that... position, before.
What was hiding behind Helena's carefully-phrased words? Their eyes gripped one another, but neither spoke.
'How do you feel about Kau joining the ranks?' Helena said, finally filling the silence.
Jun remembered Kau and Fan's words before they left. 'It's his decision…or so he and his father keep telling me. How do you find working 'in the ranks'?'
Helena shook her head. 'I'm not a bureaucrat, but we all work for the UA in one way or another, right?'
That was true, especially in the UA heartland. It was difficult to find jobs or prospects that weren't funded, even partially, by the UA. Not just in their Province, but in the world. It hadn't always been that way. Not when she'd started out.
Helena swallowed her water hungrily. 'I'm a producer. The evening news on Channel RC1 and the Weekly Adaptive Affairs show on Channel UniProv.'
That explained the frantic calls and messages. The RC1 – Russo-Chin Province 1 channel reported all the news from their Province. The Weekly Adaptive Affairs show curated the notable highlights from all the Provinces globally and discussed their united impact. Her fingers would be on many pulses. Likely she'd know something about most people in that room. No wonder the men from the courtyard had shied away.
'There's been a new development with a Province-led story we're reporting on. The girl whose family were killed, and she survived. Whoever did it, tried to break in again. They were looking for the home-comp hyperframe, but the Police took it with them.'
'It's awful,' Jun said, remembering the news segment a few days earlier, just after she'd read Solo's note. 'I can't believe what they're saying, that the girl had anything to do with it...she's so young.'
Helena shrugged, and Jun kicked herself for being so clumsy. She didn't mean to slam Helena's reportage.
At that moment Kau appeared, looking apologetic. 'Papa wants to check you're okay?' he said and looked at them both.
Helena gave a sly smile. 'Check up on us more like.'
Kau gave a nervous chuckle, 'Yes, I suppose.'
'We're talking about the Chirchir family,' Helena said and tapped her fingers on the glass, a crystallised heartbeat. 'You know that story?'
'Not much,' he said. 'The job's been full-on. Ignorant to admit, I know,' he said and gave a bashful smile. 'I'll go back and tell them you're alright.' He paced back to the table.
'You do that,' Helena mused after him.
But Jun had stopped listening. Her mind was stuck in the stickiness of Solo. She and the Chirchir girl were both orphans, of sorts. Solo had her father, at least. She thought about Kau in Solo's or the Chirchir girl's position. She would want someone to support him. Jun might not have the answers to Solo's questions, but could still help her in some way, maybe reach a new level of understanding. Solo was someone's child after all, and she was someone's mother.
The only other someone that mattered, and the one she'd need to convince, was Fan.


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Right below that are the instructions for gaining the charts. If you are deep into the course and did not read this then perhaps you are rushing and jumping straight to the test. We recommend that you slow down and read the material. Navigation is a complex topic.
Here for simplicity is the link to the Coastal Navigation full training pack from Amazon. In the course there is also a link to download a free chart so that you can take to the store to print out.


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AbstractIf you are in the area, come by and say hi afterwards. See you there!
The Natural User Interface (NUI) is the next revolution of human-computer interaction. Microsoft Surface has shown the potential of multi-touch NUIs to uniquely engage users, and multi-touch tablets and displays are becoming more and more common. In this presentation, Joshua will cover fundamental NUI and multi-touch concepts and discuss multi-touch development options with WPF 4 and Silverlight. You will learn about raw touch input and the manipulation API and see the differences between WPF and Silverlight multi-touch development. If you are interested in creating rich, engaging multi-touch interfaces for the web or client, then you won't want to miss this presentation!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Speaking about NUI at CapArea.NET Silverlight SIG
Recent NUI videos and links
Researchers at University of Lancaster are coordinating cell phone accelerator data timing with touch data on a touch table to uniquely identify users. When a user uses the phone to touch surface they can create user specific reactions, such as pulling data from that phone, as opposed to another person's phone. Of course, the phone needs to run some software and already be paired via bluetooth or Wifi but this is an interesting idea about sensor fusion.
Ina Fried has a good write up about a new Microsoft Research project by Andy Wilson, one of the founders of the Surface Computing group at Microsoft, and his team. They've taken Surface Computing a step further and using ceiling-mounted projectors and depth cameras (perhaps borrowing a bit from Kinect technology), have turned an entire room into a Surface. A standard wood table-top is now touch-sensitive Surface.
The interesting thing with this is that it can detect presence and coordinate interactions between the interactive zones. The video shows them picking up a video from the table, carrying a representative dot across the room and putting it onto a wall to play the video. They also show a menu system created in a column of air where you select an item by hovering your hand in the right place. The menu items are projected onto your hand.
The interface and interaction technique are still clunky and unrefined, but this is still a research project and they're exploring new capabilities. I think about these types of future interactions a lot. We're going to be seeing more and more of this integrated interactions and reacting to presence as well as touch in the future.
Manual Deskterity
Mary Jo Foley updates us about another Microsoft Research project, Manual Deskterity. A video of Manual Deskterity was released earlier this year and now the team has published a paper with more details of their findings and user research. The project focuses on multi-modal and bi-manual (two-handed) interactions.
They use an IR light pen and Microsoft Surface but the techniques are applicable to any type of pen and touch system. (Mary points out a connection to the leaked Courier videos last year and the InkSeine project.) Note that most commercial tablet PCs available today that support stylus and touch only allow one at a time. You'll need special drivers to do both at once.
Bill Buxton, "NUI - What's in a name?"
Bill Buxton recently gave another presentation about NUI, this time at the Microsoft Development Center in Copenhagen. The presentation is about 60 minutes with another 30 minute Q&A. It combines some of his previous speeches this year with a few new things. I'd encourage you to plan some time to watch this, even if you've already seen everything else he's ever presented. He has a great way of breaking down difficult-to-understand topics and making you see things in a new way.
Monday, October 4, 2010
I'm a Microsoft Surface MVP!
On Friday, October 1st, I got an email that I was hoping to get for a while. It started:
Dear Joshua Blake,
Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2010 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding contributions in Surface technical communities during the past year.
The Microsoft MVP Award provides us the unique opportunity to celebrate and honor your significant contributions and say "Thank you for your technical leadership."
The email went on to tell me how to log in to the MVP site and that I should be expecting an award package.
The Microsoft MVP is a year-long award with new and returning MVPs announced every three months. The Surface MVP category was created just before the last cycle of MVP awards that went out July 1st. Dr. Neil from nsquared in Australia holds the honor of being the first Surface MVP since he made it in during the last cycle.
This cycle adds Dennis Vroegop in Netherlands, Rick Barraza from Cynergy in San Diego, CA, and me from InfoStrat in DC, bringing the number of Surface MVPs to four in the world. You can see our MVP profiles here. I'm very excited, proud, and humbled to be recognized among the best of the Surface community.
I have to say thanks for all of my readers and supporters. I plan to continue to contribute to the community and encourage others to do so as well. There are many new and exciting things coming up, both from me and InfoStrat as well as within the Surface community. It's going to be a great year!


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LG Electronics today announced another 3D offer, this time in its notebook line-up. To take you in the immersive 3D world, the 15.6-inch LG A510 count on Intel's Calpella platform, NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M graphics card and 3D LED LCD display.
The A510 has a metallic look with unique exterior finish and subtle LED lighting around the touchpad that changes color according to the system status. It comes with 15.6-inch 3D LED, according announcement Full HD display and inside there are Core i7 840QM or 740QM quad core processors, GeForce GT 425M graphics card with 1GB DDR3, SRS TruSurround HD audio,a LED fingerprint reader, HDMI 1.4 port and a Blu-ray drive.
The 3D ready laptop also ships with polarized glasses, a set of clip-on 3D lenses for regular glasses-wearers and pre-loaded with the TriDef software, which converts 2D into 3D content. The LG A510 is available in two colors- blue-black and champagne gold and will arrive in Asia, South America, the Middle East and Africa starting in October 2010.


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Bressler, Amery & Ross won an appeal in Palm Beach County, FL, of the dismissal of a property damage case on behalf of an insurance client.
The underlying case involved homeowners in Haverhill, FL, who sued the insurance company in a dispute over a water damage claim.
Bressler was litigating the case in Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County.
On the eve of trial, the plaintiffs attempted to change their expert witness and engaged in other tactics which resulted in a strong ruling by the lower court, according to Bressler Principal Hope C. Zelinger of the firm's Miami office, who led the defense team on the case.
"Throughout the course of litigation, Plaintiffs, as well as Plaintiffs' counsel, demonstrated a pattern of willful, intentional and contumacious disregard for this Court's orders and the Rules of Civil Procedure, as it relates to discovery deadlines, appearance at depositions, and the like," the judge ruled.
The ruling came after several hearings and "last chance" orders by the Court and in response to a Bressler motion to strike the pleadings with prejudice. The Court conducted a Kozel hearing and dismissed the case with prejudice, Ms. Zelinger said. (A Kozel hearing requires a factual showing under a six-part test as to why a harsh sanction should be imposed in a case.)
"At this juncture, there is no sanction available to the Court that would provide adequate address for the substantial prejudice suffered by the Defendant as a result of Plaintiffs' and Plaintiff's counsel's continued non-compliance with Court orders and the Rules of Civil Procedure," the judge ruled. "The Court has carefully considered all of the factors addressed in … Kozel …and finds that there are no lesser sanctions than the striking of the Plaintiffs' pleadings that would achieve a just result in this case."
The plaintiffs' appealed the lower court ruling. In the appeal, Bressler argued that Circuit Court Judge Lisa Small had acted properly in dismissing the case.
On March 28, 2019, the Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed the lower court ruling in a 3-to-0 decision, saying that Judge Small had not abused her discretion in dismissing the case with prejudice.
Also working on the case for Bressler was associate Nicole Houman.
About the Women Litigators in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale Litigation Practice of Bressler, Amery & Ross
The two Florida offices of Bressler, Amery & Ross have 17 women litigators, at least six of whom have chaired or co-chaired final hearing arbitration/trials in the last year. Even more unusual is that many of the trial teams are all women. In the Miami and Fort Lauderdale offices, the firm has three women principals, three women counsel, and 11 women associates who litigate.
Bressler, Amery & Ross won an appeal in Palm Beach County, FL, of the dismissal of a property damage case on behalf of an insurance client.


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Years ago, Steelers fans were screaming at their televisions on draft day for the Black & Gold to draft running back Larry Johnson with their first round pick in 2003. The Steelers traded up with the Kansas City Chiefs and drafted safety Troy Polamalu while the Chiefs ended up drafting Johnson at #27. Johnson had to sit behind Priest Holmes for years before getting the starting job and has always been a distraction to the Chiefs throughout the years.
Johnson was released by the Chiefs on Monday and several analyist are claiming Johnson may indeed land with the Steelers. While Johnson is attractive from a big back standpoint, he is less attractive from a distraction standpoint. Not only that, the Steelers have no room on the roster for him. Even with Carey Davis injuring a hamstring Monday night, he is more of a fullback and special teams contributor. Neither role that Johnson is accustomed to. Sure you could release Davis, Arnold Harrison or Stefan Logan, but you still have too many bodies per game day hats. There is no way Rashard Mendenhall, Willie Parker or Mewelde Moore are made inactive on game day. It just will not happen.
If there were to be an injury to Mendenhall, then and only then would Johnson become an option, but the Steelers also have a couple of running backs on the practice squad they could activate as well in the form of Isaac Redman and Justin Vincent. Nothing would make the Penn State alum more happy than to come back home and play for the Steelers, but right now, there is no need nor room at the inn.


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"Nothing in you that has not died will ever be raised from the dead," states C. S. Lewis in Mere Christianity. The implications of that statement leave me pondering my attitudes and choices needing change, but the process of change isn't too appealing. Resurrection is impossible without death, and death on the installment plan is how it plays out in my daily living. My final breath is only the last part of a long death sequence in my life.
Sometimes we excuse our negative attitudes and self-centered thinking believing that such mind-sets are just part of our personality and, therefore, acceptable. We aren't sure if we would know our self if our personality didn't have the imprint of our world for its source. Yet in order to have the mind-set of Jesus, old mind-sets have to die. "Unless you have given up yourself to Him you will not have a real self," C. S. Lewis explains.
So here are a few things I am currently seeing die in my own life:
- The need to be fully understood by most people
- The desire to work less as I grow older
- Unacceptable ways of communicating my frustrations
- A hope that all my children and grandchildren will live close by
Who knows what I will look like as these are raised from the dead by the resurrected One.
How is death on the installment plan working for you? What does your current death wish look like? I've shared mine—now you share yours.
In Him together, Susan Gaddis


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The death of Roy Smart on October 18th, 2014 should be marked. There have been few people in the life of the village whose influence , in the last four decades, and partnered with his wife Janet, has been of so much value.
Roy and Janet moved to Hazelwood Farm, over forty years ago, from Purtington and they raised two daughters, Lucy and Rosalind.
Roy & Janet were often seen as a team, so it is sometimes difficult to separate individual achievements. Despite this Roy was very single minded and focused intently on whatever tasks he set himself.
With this in mind it is not surprising that he was an enthusiastic and successful long-distance runner. He started with the Crewkerne Running Club at age fifty, but despite this late start he completed thirty Marathons , eleven in London, but also seven in the Snowdonia area , which he particularly enjoyed.
Roy was greatly interested in printing, and produced and published the Somerset Magazine, based in Crewkerne, for many years. His understanding of the new printing and imaging technology which was one of the building bricks of the digital revolution, starting some thirty years ago, was of great value to our community. He often came to the rescue of the Joint Parish Magazine when a difficult pre-printing problem arose, and he took over full responsibility for the magazine's production when he became Editor in 2003, a post he held until 2010. He also used this expertise in helping village organisations print and produce the many posters and other items needed.
Roy played an active part on the Parish Council the 1970s and 80s; he was Parish Clerk from 1974 until 1979, and became Chairman of the Council between 1983 and 1986. As Parish Clerk he introduced a revolutionary piece of technology to the Parish Council. From 1975 onwards the Minutes were typed instead of being inscribed by hand in the Minutes Book!
Roy was also involved with the Jubilee Hall Management Committee during the 1980s. With Janet he played the important role of raising the neccesary funds and of organising the planning and building of the Committee Room and new kitchen .
Roy was always willing to help .Whether it was a lighting task, for Penny Pargiter's memorable pantomimes, or another event, he was always ready to scramble up a ladder to fix a light, or hang stage curtains.
If help was needed in the Winsham Shop, behind the counter or whatever, Roy was there. He was also very active in his Chairmanship of the Recreation Ground Management Committee.
Janet & Roy also continued the Open Garden Days that were very popular, and Roy was very active in this, coordinating the many Winsham gardens that participated, and acting as a guide in his own.
The passing of Roy Smart is deeply felt, but not only by his family and close friends. The Parish and all who knew him will not find the like again anytime soon and he will be greatly missed.
Anne Rose & John Sullivan
This tribute appeared first in the Joint Parishes Magazine in December, 2014


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While ANYONE can be at risk of identity theft, helping someone with cognitive impairment or a dementia diagnosis is an amplifying factor in considering risk.
I am a huge advocate of helping an individual maintain dignity, meaning and purpose, but want to suggest a few ways to minimize the risks of fraud and identity theft.
1) CREATE A UNIQUE EMAIL PASSCODE. The number of breaches to our online accounts means that if you use repeating passcodes, you need to make sure your email has a unique passcode. Some scams include monitoring your email and sending a message to your Financial Advisor or Mortgage Lender with NEW instructions and can lead to a major financial loss. I was surprised that some fraudsters are putting the work into this one, but after one client had over $40,000 wired out of her IRA to a new bank account, I learned how prevalent the threat of this occurring has become. The next time your financial advisor calls you to confirm you requested the money, be THANKFUL. They are doing this to protect you and your money.
2) DON'T USE THE COMPUTER FOR FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ACCESS. I recommend having the computer used to connect with friends online not have any financial access URLs saved or passcodes stored. Too often, I have had a client respond to a pop-up, or have someone call saying they are "APPLE SUPPORT" and get access to the computer. If you are using it to connect to financial accounts, there is an increased risk of identity theft and fraud.
One of my colleagues walked in to help a client to see someone in the online banking and trying to transfer money out of the account. Thankfully they shut off the computer before any money was taken — but that was too close for comfort. We had a sweep done of the computer and removed the saved links and discussed with him why we did this, and how we could help him access this information in other ways. He is happy he can still get email and access the Zoom calls with his church.
3) SET UP TEXT ALERTS FOR FINANCIAL ACTIVITY. I have done this for my own accounts, and have set this up for clients so I know when money is being spent from the bank and credit card accounts. It's just a simple way to ensure we get a first alert on any fraudulent activity.
The best offense is a good defense and I hope this give you a few ideas on how best to support a loved one. Suggested.