text:
Holidays can wreak havoc on the planet with their travel, treats, and trimmings, and Halloween is no exception. Fortunately, there are plenty of small steps you can take to reduce the impact of this spooky day on the environment. Read on to find out how to keep Halloween a treat for Mother Earth.
The Costumes Instead of buying a new costume, make one from items you already have in your home, trade last year's costume with someone else for the night, or rent an outfit. Homemade costumes are creative and often more memorable than store-bought ones. If you aren't handy with a needle and thread, don't worry -- there are plenty of do-it-yourself projects out there for the domestically challenged. Get some ideas from about.com, or try a thrift store for vintage finds. If you do decide to go the store-bought route, look for something that may be useful later on, like for a theme party, your kids' dress-up chest, or even for everyday wear.
The Trick-or-Treating When trick-or-treating, walk instead of driving from house to house. If it's too cold or houses in your area are spread
apart, drive to one central location, like a mall that offers trick-or-treating. This is also a great alternative when rain or frigid temperatures make going outside difficult. If you do go outdoors, outfit your flashlight with rechargeable batteries.
And, of course, give the kiddos a recyclable bag to use. The old standard of a pillowcase still works well for this function, or they can take a reusable shopping bag or a paper bag they've decorated.
For something more outside the box, have your kids participate in Global Exchange's Fair Trade Cocoa Campaign, a kind of reverse trick-or-treating. Instead of just taking candy when knocking on doors, kids hand adults a sample of vegan-friendly, fair-trade dark chocolate with a card that details the poverty and child labor problems in the cocoa industry that affect mainstream candy enjoyed at Halloween and year-round.
The Candy When trick-or-treaters come to your door, show off your eco pride with candy that's at least kind of good for them. (For an alternate idea, hand out non-edible trinkets, like stickers, pencils, and temporary tattoos.) Here are a few candy ideas:
The Organic Trick or Treat Candy Mix from NaturalCandyStore.com has 100-plus pieces of USDA-certified organic goodies, including mixed fruit lollipops, root beer float candy, and cinnamon rocks.
Green & Black's Organic Miniature Bar Collection has everything from cocoa-rich milk chocolate with crunchy butterscotch or roasted almonds to bittersweet dark chocolate with sour cherries or crystallized ginger.
Chimp Mints Chocolate are bars of vegan chocolate sure to satisfy your sweet tooth. All profits support the Jane Goodall Foundation.
he Decorations Don't forget that nature offers up plenty in the way of fall decorations -- think pumpkins, bales of hay, and gourds, which all can be composted when you're done. When buying pumpkins, look for organic and pesticide-free choices. The pumpkin seeds inside can be a good treat for humans and birds alike. If you buy a few decorations, try to get things that can be reused from year to year or are easily recycled. Set the ambience with soy-based candles and scary music.


text:
Section 508 Web Alternate Format
For Alternative Access to Web Documents:
Contact the ATSDR Information Center, toll free at 1-888-422-8737 which is staffed by multiple individuals during business hours, and they will assist you.
Synopsis of Section 508 Accessibility Requirements:
Section 508 requires that when Federal agencies develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology (EIT), Federal employees with disabilities have comparable access to and use of information and data as Federal employees who have no disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency. Section 508 also requires that individuals with disabilities, who are members of the public seeking information or services from a Federal agency, have comparable access to and use of information and data as the public without disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency.
Although Federal agencies have an explicit statutory obligation to make all EIT that they develop, maintain or use compliant with Section 508, the current emphasis is on newly procured EIT because it is the category that is explicitly enforceable by legal action. Procurement awards made on or after June 25, 2001, are subject to Section 508.
According to the Access BoardExternal, the Section 508 requirements do not apply retroactively to pre-existing EIT. Specifically, the "Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards: Economic Assessment," states that
"The standards are to be applied prospectively and do not require Federal agencies to retrofit existing electronic and information technology. As agencies upgrade and change their electronic and information technology, they must comply with the standards." (See Chapter 2.1 Final Standards)
It should be noted, however, that other Federal regulations and guidelines (e.g., Section 501 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act) require equal access for individuals with disabilities. Therefore, Federal agencies are required, upon request, to provide information and data to individuals with disabilities through an alternative means of access that can be used by the individuals.
Top of Page

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Greensboro, NC, November 22, 2022 – Qorvo® (Nasdaq: QRVO), a leading global provider of connectivity and power solutions, today announced that Company executives are scheduled to present at the 6th Annual Wells Fargo TMT Summit on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at 11:40 a.m. Eastern Time (8:40 a.m. Pacific Time).
A live webcast of the event will be available on the Company's Investor Relations website at the following URL: https://ir.qorvo.com (under "Events & Presentations").
About Qorvo
Qorvo (Nasdaq: QRVO) supplies innovative semiconductor solutions that make a better world possible. We combine product and technology leadership, systems-level expertise and global manufacturing scale to quickly solve our customers' most complex technical challenges. Qorvo serves diverse high-growth segments of large global markets, including consumer electronics, smart home/IoT, automotive, EVs, battery-powered appliances, network infrastructure, healthcare and aerospace/defense. Visit www.qorvo.com to learn how our diverse and innovative team is helping connect, protect and power our planet.
Qorvo is a registered trademark of Qorvo, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contact: |
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about our plans, objectives, representations and contentions, and are not historical facts and typically are identified by use of terms such as "may," "will," "should," "could," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential," "continue" and similar words, although some forward-looking statements are expressed differently. You should be aware that the forward-looking statements included herein represent management's current judgment and expectations, but our actual results, events and performance could differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. We do not intend to update any of these forward-looking statements or publicly announce the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements, other than as is required under U.S. federal securities laws. Our business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including those relating to fluctuations in our operating results; our substantial dependence on developing new products and achieving design wins; our dependence on several large customers for a substantial portion of our revenue; continued volatility and uncertainty in customer demand, worldwide economies and financial markets resulting from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict in Ukraine or other macroeconomic factors; a loss of revenue if defense and aerospace contracts are canceled or delayed; our dependence on third parties; risks related to sales through distributors; risks associated with the operation of our manufacturing facilities; business disruptions; poor manufacturing yields; increased inventory risks and costs, including under long-term supply agreements, due to timing of customers' forecasts; our inability to effectively manage or maintain evolving relationships with chipset suppliers; our ability to continue to innovate in a very competitive industry; underutilization of manufacturing facilities; unfavorable changes in interest rates, pricing of certain precious metals, utility rates and foreign currency exchange rates; our acquisitions and other strategic investments failing to achieve financial or strategic objectives; our ability to attract, retain and motivate key employees; warranty claims, product recalls and product liability; changes in our effective tax rate; changes in the favorable tax status of certain of our subsidiaries; enactment of international or domestic tax legislation, or changes in regulatory guidance; risks associated with environmental, health and safety regulations, and climate change; risks from international sales and operations; economic regulation in China; changes in government trade policies, including imposition of tariffs and export restrictions; we may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service all of our debt; restrictions imposed by the agreements governing our debt; our reliance on our intellectual property portfolio; claims of infringement of third-party intellectual property rights; security breaches and other similar disruptions compromising our information; theft, loss or misuse of personal data by or about our employees, customers or third parties; provisions in our governing documents and Delaware law may discourage takeovers and business combinations that our stockholders might consider to be in their best interests; and volatility in the price of our common stock. These and other risks and uncertainties, which are described in more detail under "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item 1A. of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 2, 2022, and Qorvo's subsequent reports and statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, could cause actual results and developments to be materially different from those expressed or implied by any of these forward-looking statements.


text:
Decarbonizing Power
Made Safer, Faster & Easier
The Situation
Bakery trays and pans are challenging to maintain and require time intensive cleaning - often with unsatisfying results. Carbon residues lead to formation of smoke in hot ovens and are transferred to bakery products. This influences the customer perception of the cleanliness in the store and puts the store image in jeopardy. Furthermore, most bakery trays are made of aluminum - a fragile metal - which reduces the pan life over time dramatically.
Our KAY Supersoak Concentrate solution can last up to one month and softens heavy grease and carbon build-up.
The Solution
KAY SuperSoak Concentrate is a proprietary blend of surfactants, alkalinity, and a metal protecting agent designed to deliver powerful soil removal without requiring personal protection equipment. It makes cleaning easier and reduces the cleaning time significantly. Bakery pots and pans are to be immersed in a solution of water and product in our safe and robust mobile tank and are to be soaked overnight. The solution can last up to one month and softens heavy grease and carbon build-up.
The Results
Real world time studies have confirmed that using KAY SuperSoak Concentrate cuts the amount of time spent washing pots, pans, utensils and equipment in half and gets ware cleaner in the process. Using SuperSoak Concentrate also significantly extends the life of the wares and saves of 15 hours a month in labor.*
- Cuts cleaning time in half
- Dramatically improves pan cleanliness
- Pans, pots and utensils last longer
- Results in money savings
*15 hours savings based on washing an average of 25 pans per day


text:
As part of your child's dental prevention program, dental sealants are often recommended to protect their permanent back teeth from developing dental decay. In fact according to the American Dental Association, dental sealants reduce the risk of cavities in molars by approximately 80%.
While establishing a good oral hygiene regimen, maintaining proper toothbrushing habits, and avoiding sticky sweets are essential for the prevention of dental decay, children's teeth often need more protection. The reason for this is that the deeply grooved chewing surfaces of the back permanent teeth can be difficult for a child to keep free of leftover food and cavity-causing bacteria. Moreover, young children do not always brush their teeth, as often or as thoroughly as they should, making them particularly vulnerable to dental decay.
Dental sealants afford additional protection from dental decay by providing a strong plastic-like protective coating for the chewing surfaces of a child's permanent back teeth. They basically fill in the pits, fissures and grooves on these teeth to seal out harmful bacteria and food particles. Beyond preventing the development of cavities, sealants may also be useful over areas of incipient dental decay to stop further damage from occurring.
Applying dental sealants is a relatively quick and painless process. They are simply brushed on in a series of steps during a child's dental visit and then cured (set) with a light wand. Sealants are strong and durable and can last for several years. The condition of your child's dental sealants will be evaluated at each checkup and reapplied if the need arises.


text:
Delhi to Agra day tour
Fantastic day trip to the Taj Mahal by train from Delhi, with first class train tickets, local guide, private city tour. Read More >>
Private City tour of Belgrade
Half-day private sightseeing tour of Belgrade – Kalemegdan Fortress and the stunning St Sava Cathedral. Read More >>
Shore Excursion to Sarande
The town of Sarande in Albania makes an ideal shore excursion while cruising the Mediterranean. Read More >>
Beijing to Great Wall Tour
Private one day tour from Beijing to Great Wall of China at Mutianyu, and to the gardens of the Summer Palace Read More >>
Sightseeing tour of Singapore
Half-day private city sightseeing tour of Singapore's most colourful districts, Chinatown, Kampong Glam and Little India. Read More >>
Day tour: Zadar – Plitvice Lakes
Full-day private day tour from Zadar to Plitvice Lakes National Park, with your private vehicle and driver. Read More >>
Day tours in St Petersburg
Tour St Petersburg's with visits to the Fortress and Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul, and the Church on Spilled Blood. Read More >>
Sightseeing tours of Istanbul
A distinctly different sightseeing tour of Istanbul, with the opportunity for great shopping and to explore Topkapi Palace. Read More >>
Day tour to Mostar from Dubrovnik
Private day trip to Mostar from Dubrovnik to see its famous bridge and the village of Pocitelj,both famous UNESCO Sites. Read More >>
Private walking tours Dubrovnik
Private guided sightseeing tour of Dubrovnik's charming old walled quarter, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Read More >>
Day Tour to Topola and Oplenac
Half-day private trip from Belgrade to the royal heart of Serbia and birthplace of a proud nation. Read More >>
Visit Kovačica and Vršac
Full-day private day tour from Belgrade to the wine-growing town of Vrsac, the village of Kovacica and medieval monastery. Read More >>
Day tours in Kosovo
Full-day private day tour to explore Kosovo's heritage, from the Ottomans to Mother Teresa. Read More >>
Peja and Rugova Gorge, Kosovo
Full day private day tour from Pristina to historic Peja and to admire the breathtaking scenery at Rugova Gorge. Read More >>
Day tours in Sofia
Half-day private sightseeing tour of Sofia to admire its fine churches, amongst the finest in the Balkans, and other highlights. Read More >>
Private tour guide in Tokyo
Book your own private tour guide in Tokyo for a full-day tour using the city's excellent public transport network. Read More >>
Private Siem Reap tours
A private full day trip from Siem Reap encompassing villages and countryside and the glorious Bantreay Srei. Read More >>
The Best of Angkor
This private day tour includes magnificent Angkor Wat, Ta Phrom, Bayon Temple and Terrace of the Elephants. Read More >>
Day trip to the River Kwai
Enjoy an elephant trek through the jungle, a bicycle ride and a bamboo rafting trip down the River Kwai. Read More >>
Off-the-beaten-track in Bangkok
Experience a side of Bangkok rarely seen by tourists as you step off the beaten path and in to the heart of the city Read More >>
Shanghai Highlights
Private city tour of Shanghai, visiting Shanghai Museum, Yuyuan Garden, old bazaar, Xintiandi and a cruise on the Huangpu River Read More >>
Classic private tour Beijing
Private one day tour of Beijing, exploring the home of the emperors, the greatest temple and the Summer Palace Read More >>
Terracotta Warriors day trip
Full day private day trip to see the Terracotta Warriors of Xian, and a visit to 6,000 year old settlement. Read More >>
Best Place to see Pandas
Full day private excursion to see the Pandas at the Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base with Sichuan hotpot. Read More >>
Shore Excursion to Vlora
Full-day shore excursion from Vlora, to admire medieval castles, stunning mountain views and quaint churches. Read More >>
If you haven't found the day tour or destination you are looking for, please get in touch.


text:
A few weekends ago we took a short trip to Boston for my golden birthday.
Why Boston? We've never been. It wasn't a long flight {for a 2 year old}. We only paid $75 in points for three round trip seats on Southwest. We took advantage of hotel deals, paying ~$170/night at the Hilton Boston Financial District. The city is small, walkable (we didn't have to bring a car seat) and we could do everything we wanted {minus Fenway and Harvard} in three days.
It was Mia's first time on an airplane! After going through the metal detector numerous times, not knowing what was setting it off…Doug realized it was these adorable things! Whoops!
From Boston Logan International Airport, it was a short walk to the {free} shuttle bus which took us on a short ride to the train station. After just two stops on the subway from the Airport to the Aquarium and a five minute walk to the hotel, we were ready to get some lunch near Quincy Market/Faneuil Hall Marketplace.
We ate at Durgin-Park, based on this recommendation, wanting our first taste of New England Food. Blech, I do not recommend this restaurant. We had the Baked Boston schrod, fish and chips, mac and cheese and baked beans – none of which were more than "ok". I've had better fish and chips in Chicago.
After our disappointing lunch, we made our way from Quincy Market through the bottom half of the Freedom Trail. {Mia's literally on the red brick Freedom Trail.}
We're not big history buffs nor do I enjoy taking pictures of buildings, so it didn't take long to move along the trail.
{Old State House/Site of the Boston Massacre}
{Some pretty important people buried at the Granary Burial Ground, including signers of the Declaration of Independence.}
The Freedom Trail goes through Boston Common, leading you to the the State House.
Mia's favorite part of the day {probably because she actually got to get out of her stroller} was hanging out at the playground near the {empty} Frog Pond. As you can tell by my fat giiiiirlll in a litttttle cooooat, it was cloudy and in the 40s making it pretty cold when you're walking around all day. Layer up!
After snacks in the park, we walked back to the hotel while Mia napped before dinner. This $25 umbrella stroller from Babies R Us {with the pouch} was easy to carry when folded and is clearly comfortable to sit in for hours.
Doug's Bostonian co-worker told us that Legal Sea Foods has the best clam chowder, so that's where we went for our first dinner. On a Thursday night at 7pm with no reservations, we had to wait 30 minutes for two + a high chair. It went by fast enough with drinks from the bar and aquariums for Mia to look at. The restaurant was nice, but not too nice where I felt odd bringing a child - perfect!
Despite being a chain, dinner was deeelicious. We had the lobster bisque, clam chowder, salmon, Legal's signature crab cakes with grilled shrimp and scallops and a side of rice pilaf and jalapeno cheddar polenta. The bisque was good {unlike Michael Jordan's}, chowder was nice and creamy, salmon was fresh and not fishy tasting {I normally do not like fish}, shrimp was seasoned and grilled beautifully {best I can ever remember}, scallops were good but could've been bigger and the polenta wasn't tasty so I'd pass on that. Mia happily gobbled up dinner rolls, oyster crackers, corn, fish shaped ravioli and grapes. An added bonus was that we ordered a cup of milk to go for Mia's bedtime routine.
Day 2 and 3 to come!


text:
This privacy policy covers the data you provide us or we have collected from you or about you. It explains why we collect your data and what we do with your data therefore please read this notice carefully.
Our services, website or app may include links to other independent websites and services not provided by us. As these sites and services are independent they are not under our control and as such we have no responsibility for content on these sites or services and have not approved or checked their privacy notices.
This privacy policy may be subject to change and this page will be updated accordingly.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 and General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679, the data controller is CLEAR RESIDENTIAL LETTINGS a company registered in England under company number 4462300 whose registered address The Park House, 2-3 Brunswick Place, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 2AN.
What information do we collect from you or ask you to provide?
We typically ask you to provide the following personal details and information:
- Your full name, address and other important contact details (fixed phone line number, mobile phone number, email address and postal address).
- We are required by law to collect information relating to your identity to comply with the Immigration act and 2017 Money Laundering Regulations.
- We are required to conduct conflicts of interests under regulatory obligations and will ask for information on your close connections.
- If we are letting your property or renting through us we will need to set up an approved tenancy deposit account for you and arrange for rental payments. As such we will require your bank details.
- In order to find a suitable property for you we will ask for information on any access requirements which may consist of special category personal data including details of disabilities or other relevant health information.
- In order to send relevant marketing material and information about products and services that may be of interest to you we will require details about your area of interest.
- We will collect information aboutvisits to our website and usage (which enable our website to remember information about you and your preferences) and use of our site. [Please read our Cookie Policy for further details.] This can include website visit information, including [the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL),] [clicks through from and to our site (including time and date),] [products viewed by you or searched for'] [page response times,] [any download errors,] [length of visits to certain pages,] [page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs),] [methods used to browse away from the page and the phone number used to call our office or customer service number.
- Technical information, such as devices you use to connect to our app or website, the device location data unless this function has not been disabled by you on your device, [the Internet protocol (IP) address of your computers connection to the Internet,] [your login information,] [time zone setting,] [browser versions and browser plug-in types and version,] [platform and operating system].
- Any communication between you and us including correspondence via telephone and email when you have contacted us with an enquiry on our service or product.
We may be required by law to collect your personal data (to meet our obligations to prevent money laundering and fraud for example) or under the terms of any contract we have with you. If you are unable to provide the data required when requested, we may be unable to perform or provide the contract or service that we have or are trying to enter into with you In this case, we may have to cancel the product or service you have asked us to supply, but you will be notified if this is the case as soon as possible.
On what basis do we process the information we collect from you?
Under current data protection legislation we have legal grounds to process your personal data are as follows:
- In order to perform a contract for a product or service to which you are a party, or to undertake the necessary process before entering into a contract with you for that product or service.
- We have your explicit consent to the processing of your personal data for one or more specific purposes, namely 1) electronic marketing by us where you have given us consent and/or 2) to process your Special Category Personal Data described above. You can still receive our services without providing marketing consent.
- It is a necessary requirement as part of our legitimate business interests, unless our interests are overridden by the interests, rights or freedoms of individuals affected (such as you). A number of factors are considered to determine this, such as our correspondence and conversations at the time you provided the data, your expectations from the processing of the data, the type and nature of the data, and the impact of us processing your data. Our legitimate interests include processing your data to promote and improve product and services provided by us and to develop a better understanding our customers' interests and our knowledge of the market in which we operate and for the day to day administration and the technical aspects of our service and products.
- In rare circumstances and to comply with legal obligations.
- In order to protect your interests or the interests of a 3rd party; and/or
- Where it is required for official purposes or is in the public interest.
Why is your information required and how will we use it?
Your personal information will be held and used in the following ways:
- To provide you with our products and services for which we are obligated.
- We may be required to share your information with others to provide a product or service for which we are obligated to you or where acting as agent for a third party on your behalf.
- As part of our regulatory and statutory and obligations, including [identity verification, prevention of money laundering and fraud and for the assessment your credit worthiness.
- We may communicate and have contact with you during the course of providing our product and services, for example dealing with your requests and enquiries.
- Your data may provide statistics that can be analysed to plan for future products and services and help manage our business.
- Where we have your permission to do so or if you are an existing customer your data will be used to provide you, or to enable third parties to provide you with information about goods or services we believe may be of interest or relevant to you. where we choose to contact you by electronic means (including e-mail or SMS) with information about our own goods and services similar to those which you have already obtained from us or negotiated to obtain from us. You can unsubscribe from marketing messages at any time.
- Your usage of our website, app and other online services will be tracked and maybe used to improve these services.
- You may be notified of changes to our products or services
- Your data will be used to ensure our website, app and other online services are presented to you in the relevant format for your device or computer.
How long is your data stored with us.
Your personal data will be retained for different periods depending on the product or service we provide you. This may be a longer period than that for which we need to hold your data to provide those services, i.e. where we are under regulatory or statutory duties to hold your data for a longer period or need to retain it in the event of a legal claim or complaint.
Who do we share your personal information with.
As part of our daily business activity we may pass your data to service providers in order for us to deliver the services you expect from us. These include but are not limited to other companies providing you a service linked to our own, cloud computing host providers and technical support service providers.
We will also pass your details where necessary to your legal services and possibly the legal services of other parties to your transaction. We may also disclose your personal information to third parties:
- Your personal data will be disclosed to any prospective buyer or seller in the event that we buy or sell any business assets.
- Should we sell our company the personal data held by us will be considered part of the sale and transferred to the 3rd party acquiring the business.
- If there is a legal duty or regulatory obligation with which we must comply or to protect the rights, property, or safety of our company, our customers, or others we will disclose or share your personal data. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of credit risk reduction and fraud protection
Prior consent will be obtained from you before we share your information with third parties for marketing related purposes.
Data and information security.
Your data will be held on secure servers which may or may not be located in the EEA (European Economic Area). All reasonable operational and technological measures have been put in place to safeguard your data, our content and our systems from any unauthorised access. Wherever possible any identifiable information will be secured, encrypted or minimised.
Parts of our system may be accessible by our customers and users. This access will be password protected. If you have been given a username and password which enables you to access certain parts of your data on our systems it is your responsibility to keep it confidential. Under no circumstances should you disclose or share it with anyone.
User rights
Accessing and updating your information.
It is your right to request a copy of the personal data and information we hold about you. This is known as a data subject access request. It is also your right to request that information we hold about you which may be incorrect, or which may have changed since you first told us, is updated or removed. There is no charge for this service. Please send requests to Mr Darren Harvey, Clear Residential Lettings, The Park House, 2-3 Brunswick Place, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 2AN - Data Protection Officer.
Deletion of your information and data.
It is your right to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to store and process it. It is your right to ask us to delete or remove your personal information and data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we no longer have your consent for us to process it (as explained below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to delete your personal information and data to comply with local law. Note, however, that it is not always possible to comply with your data and information deletion request for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.
Withdrawing your consent.
It is your right at any time to withdraw any consent you have given us to process your personal information and data. Please note if you withdraw your consent it will not affect the lawfulness of any processing of your personal data we have carried out before you withdrew your consent. Your consent preferences can be changed at any time by contacting us at Clear Residential Lettings, The Park House, 2-3 Brunswick Place, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 2AN.
Restricting or objecting to our use of your data and information.
It is your right to ask us to suspend the use of your data and information in certain scenarios, or object to our processing your information and data where we are relying on a legitimate interest ground (or those of a third party) and you believe it impacts on your fundamental freedoms and rights, or where your data and information is being processed for direct marketing purposes. Each case will be investigated and in some cases where you object, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your data and information which override your freedoms and rights.
Often your data is essential to the supply and delivery of a service provided by us to you. Please note that if you want us to restrict or stop processing your data and information this may impact on our ability to provide that product or service. Depending on the extent of your request we may be unable to continue providing you with our service.
Questions, concerns or any other enquiry relating to the way we process and use your data and information is being used can be sent to Mr Darren Harvey, Clear Residential Lettings, The Park House, 2-3 Brunswick Place, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 2AN - Data Protection Officer.
The moving of your data and information to another organisation.
If your data and information is processed by automated means where consent for us to use your data and information has been provided by you or where we used the information to perform a contract with you, it is your right to request that a copy of your personal data and information be sent to you or to another organisation, for example when you are dealing with a different service provider. These requests are free of charge. If you would like us to move, copy, or transfer your data and information please let us know by email to firstname.lastname@example.com. We will respond to you within one month after assessing whether this is possible, taking into account the technical compatibility with the other organisation in question.
Complaints about the use of your personal data and information.
Complaints regarding the use of your personal data and information will be investigated. If you wish to raise a complaint on how we have handled your personal data and information, you can contact us to have the matter investigated by writing to Mr Darren Harvey, Clear Residential Lettings, The Park House, 2-3 Brunswick Place, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 2AN - Data Protection Officer.
If you believe we are not handling or processing your personal data and information in accordance with the law or if you are not satisfied with our response to a data information complaint or request you can complain to the UK data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office. Further details can be found at www.ico.org.uk or 0303 123 1113.


text:
Media Options
- Mohamed Nasheedousted president of the Maldives.
- Jon Shenkdirector of The Island President, a new documentary about Mohamed Nasheed's climate activism.
In part two of our interview with ousted president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, he describes the battle for democracy in his country after he was forced out at gunpoint in February. To his surprise, the United States instantly recognized the man who took his place. Nasheed was a longtime pro-democracy activist who was jailed for six years under former dictator Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's rule. The coup became news across the globe in part because Nasheed has become an internationally recognized leader in the effort to address the root causes of climate change. The Maldives rise just 1.3 meters above sea level, making his nation and other island states extremely vulnerable from rising sea waters due to global warming. We also speak with Jon Shenk, director of a new documentary about Nasheed's life, "The Island President," which is now playing in theaters. [includes rush transcript]
AMY GOODMAN: We spend the rest of the hour with the former president of the Maldives. The tiny island Indian [Ocean] state remains in a state of political turmoil two months after the country's first democratically elected president, Mohamed Nasheed, was ousted in what he has described as a coup at gunpoint. To Nasheed's surprise, the U.S. called the coup "constitutional."
In 2008, Mohamed Nasheed beat the longtime ruler of the Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, in the country's first free and open election. Prior to the vote, Nasheed was a longtime pro-democracy activist who was jailed for six years. At the time, he was described as the "Mandela of the Maldives." Nasheed now insists the February 7th coup was led by supporters of the former dictator.
The coup became news across the globe in part because Nasheed has become an internationally recognized leader on climate issues, as he urges the world to do more to save small island states from rising sea waters. Ousted Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed once held a cabinet meeting underwater to highlight the threat of global warming to the Maldives. He also pledged to make the Maldives the first carbon-neutral country and installed solar panels on the roof of his presidential residence.
President Nasheed's rise to power and climate activism is the focus of a new documentary called The Island President. This is an excerpt.
PRESIDENT MOHAMED NASHEED: If we can't stop the seas rising, if you allow for a 2-degree rise in temperature, you are actually agreeing to kill us. I have an objective, which is to save the nation. I know it's a huge task. I've been arrested 12 times. I've been tortured twice. I spent 18 months in solitary.
We won our battle for democracy in the Maldives. A year later, there are those who tell us that solving climate change is impossible. Well, I am here to tell you that we refuse to give up hope.
AMY GOODMAN: Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed was ousted in a coup two months ago. That's an excerpt from the film The Island President. Juan Gonzalez and I recently interviewed President Nasheed when he was here in New York along with filmmaker Jon Shenk. I asked President Nasheed how Western governments responded to the coup in the Maldives.
MOHAMED NASHEED: …encouraged by the European position. The British government, for instance, refers to Dr. Waheed as the former vice president, not as the president. The European governments have not recognized the new regime in the Maldives. We hope that the U.S.—
AMY GOODMAN: The European—
MOHAMED NASHEED: The European Union.
AMY GOODMAN: —countries, the European Union.
MOHAMED NASHEED: Yes, including the United Kingdom, and especially—
AMY GOODMAN: And yet, the U.S. has.
MOHAMED NASHEED: And yet, the U.S. has. And, you know, we were a British protectorate since—until 1965, and we do believe that they understand what happens in the Maldives, you know, fairly accurately. We would hope that the United States government would again reassess the facts and realign their policies with more—more according to the facts on the ground.
JUAN GONZALEZ: What about other countries that obviously have a lot of influence, like China and India? What have their stances been?
MOHAMED NASHEED: You know, India has been taking a similar stand. China has been taking a similar stand.
AMY GOODMAN: To the United States?
MOHAMED NASHEED: To the United States. So, you know, we have these bigger powers trying to talk about a unity government. But we've been trying to tell them, "Look, what the coup is doing is unifying Gayoom; it's not unifying the country." There is no unity of the country by the coup, but it would unify Gayoom.
AMY GOODMAN: Well, President Nasheed, you have a long history of activism in the Maldives. You certainly know adversity. I want to turn to an excerpt of the film by Jon Shenk called The Island President, that looks at your role in opposing the dictatorship in the Maldives before you became president. Voices that you will hear in this part include the Maldives dissident Mohamed Zuhair, Laila Ali, the wife of President Mohamed Nasheed. It begins with Nasheed.
PRESIDENT MOHAMED NASHEED: After graduation, I came back to the Maldives. By this time, the state had become more and more repressive. So we decided that it would be good to come up with a magazine.
MOHAMED ZUHAIR: Nasheed and I and a few others began a publication called Sangu, which was a political publication.
PRESIDENT MOHAMED NASHEED: It was talking about two things: corruption and human rights abuse. It was very critical of the regime. One night, at about 3:00 in the morning, they came to my house. They raided my home and took a whole lot of papers.
LAILA ALI: They came in. They took him away. It was in the middle of the night. I mean, we had heard so many stories of what they were doing in the jails and all that, so it was terrifying, you know, really.
PRESIDENT MOHAMED NASHEED: I refused to give a confession. So, because of this, I was taken to a corrugated iron sheet cell. The whole cell is five feet by three feet. You had a mat. That's all.
AMY GOODMAN: Mohamed Nasheed eventually went into exile but returned to the Maldives to lead a fledgling pro-democracy movement. This is another excerpt of The Island President.
MOHAMED ASLAM: I would be lying if I tell you that I wasn't afraid. But—and he keeps telling us all the time, you know, "You must get courage from each other. So, stand by together."
PRESIDENT MOHAMED NASHEED: Demonstrations were taking place all throughout the country. There were huge demonstrations in Fares-Maathodaa, Thinadhoo, Kinbidhoo, Ukulhas—you know, many, many, many islands. This was spreading like wildfire. It just finally came to a point that Gayoom had to relent, and he had to allow free and fair elections.
AMY GOODMAN: That's Mohamed Nasheed just before the election that led to his presidency in 2008. You were tortured in the Maldives as a political dissident. We were just listening to you and saw your jail cell. Explain what happened to you. Where—talk about your background, why you came to be first a dissident and then the president.
MOHAMED NASHEED: Well, I came back after university in 1989, 1989. And then we started bringing out a small magazine, a political magazine. I had no intention of doing anything so large. But suddenly, the magazine, people started reading it. And six months down the line, they arrested—they de-registered the magazine and arrested all of the editorial board and tortured us heavily. And they wanted a confession, a televised confession, out of me saying that what I did was wrong, and this was, you know, fueling disharmony, and I was not for unity, and so on.
AMY GOODMAN: How did they torture you?
MOHAMED NASHEED: The cell that you just saw, I was in it for 18 months. I was in chains. I was also chained to the power generators of the island. And I would be routinely beaten up. I would be fed glass mixed with my food. Oh, my god, it's, you know, any horrendous imagination that you can come up with, it happened there. And so, it's really, you know, up to the torturer's imagination to do what you wanted to. The whole idea was to get a confession out of me. But I was just too silly not to give a confession. I wouldn't recommend anyone not to do that, to do what I did. You know, instantly, it's much better to give a confession. Facing all that torture is not something that anyone should be faced with.
We have tried—we have cleaned the police. We have cleaned the jails. No one was tortured in the last three years. No one was unduly, unconstitutionally arrested during the last three years. And—but unfortunately, we were not able to clean the police force as much as we would have wished, and therefore there were elements of them inside, and there was, you know, these 200 policemen who finally came out and overthrew the elected government.
Gayoom's jails and the extent of torture that was happening there, finally, in 2004—you know, they were so complacent as to drop a dead body into the boy's mother's home, saying, "This happened last night. Just bury him." But this mother refused to do that, finally, and then she brought the body out to the streets, out to the hospital, and everyone saw it. And the whole country went out on the streets that night and that day, and then again the police and the military came out and shot seven people. So, after that, I left the Maldives, and we started our party in exile. During this time, I was MP for Malé, a member of parliament for Malé. Now, it's really—
AMY GOODMAN: Malé is?
MOHAMED NASHEED: The capital island. First, I was elected as the secretary for the ward, and then they arrested me. And when they released, the people again elected me as MP for Malé. And then they again arrested me. And then the people elected me as president of the country. And then they have again overthrown me. I'm sure that the people of the Maldives do want democracy, and they want to have a decent life. And they want to be free from fear, free from intimidation, ill treatment and torture.
AMY GOODMAN: What was Gayoom doing during the time of your presidency? I mean, you were tortured? Did Gayoom take direct responsibility for your torture, the 18 months that you were held, let alone the other people who were in the same situation?
MOHAMED NASHEED: No. No, he didn't. And we were not able to investigate that. We were not able to bring him to the courts, because the courts were his hand-picked judges, and we were not able to reform the judiciary. And so, he's always been safer. He was in the Maldives for a few days a month, and then he would always be living actually in Malaysia. He has just returned after the coup. And both his children are in government ministries as ministers. And all his associates and cronies are back in the government.
JUAN GONZALEZ: So you have no doubt that he had a major role in the—in this now—the conspiracy that you later discovered had been building for months.
MOHAMED NASHEED: Yes. I mean, I have no doubt now, and no one else would command such capacity to pull something so brilliantly seamless as this. And it's him. You would find his fingerprints all over the place. The chief—the gentleman who was out—not so gentle, rather—who was out on the streets doing this, he is now the defense minister. And the three—the two main leaders of the coup, one is the chief of police, the other is the defense minister now. And the present chief of police is a renowned torturer. I've known him for ages. And, you know, we are in a very, very sad situation, and we need to get out of this.
JUAN GONZALEZ: And Jon Shenk, do you see a possible sequel or a part two of this saga in a new film?
JON SHENK: It is highly dramatic. It's amazing. And the thing about the film—in the film, you'll see a strong connection that Nasheed makes between, you know, the fight for democracy and good governance and the civil rights that come with that, and the fight for human rights and civil rights that come with, you know, the fight for climate justice. And this is just another in a series of events in the Maldives that brings those points home.
AMY GOODMAN: Now, Jon, you made this film, The Island President, not to cover the coup—in fact, it's not included in the film, because the film came out before that—
JON SHENK: Right.
AMY GOODMAN: —but because of the climate activism of this remarkable president that we have rarely seen in the world. Can you talk about what you chronicle in the film, the whole issue of taking on climate change?
JON SHENK: Well, you know, when President Nasheed stepped into office, he had already spent a lifetime, you know, 20-something years of, you know, being a street activist to try to bring democracy to the Maldives. And he stepped into office, and he—I think he said to himself, you know, "What can I do now? What's the next step?" And one of the logical next steps for the Maldives, especially, since it's such a low-lying, vulnerable country, is the fight against climate change. His nation, his people, and then, by extension, tens of millions, hundreds of millions of people in the world's rights are in danger due to, you know, the global temperature rise. So it was a natural step for him, but a hugely brave one. You know, he had this kind of bottom-up mentality of taking to the streets and, you know, doing peaceful protest in the Maldives to bring democracy there. He brought that same mentality to the world stage. But instead of sitting in on the streets, he basically brought his fight to global leaders in sort of the big, powerful countries of the world who ultimately control the destiny of the world in the climate arena.
AMY GOODMAN: Give us a climate geo—place your country in the context of climate change, and even the geography of your country. What does it mean? What you have been saying at the U.N. climate change conferences, bring it home for us. What would happen to the Maldives? What is happening to them? What does climate change mean to you?
MOHAMED NASHEED: Well, we are a front-line state in the climate issue. We would be the first to be hit in any imbalance to the environment, or to nature, rather, because we are so precarious, we are so fragile, and we are just 1.3 meters above the sea. So any slight rise in the levels of the sea would have—we would have serious consequences of coastal erosion. We already have 16 islands where we are having to relocate people. We have 70 islands where we have water contamination because of saltwater intrusion into our freshwater lens. We fish for a living, and we do it one by one. We do not purse seine. And to do one-by-one fishing, you have to raise the school of fish by baiting it. And the school of fish would come because of temperature differences. Now, when ocean temperatures change, our fish cache dwindles. We also have our coral reefs. That is the first line of defense for the islands. And because of ocean temperature changes, we are increasingly seeing coral bleaching and the corals dying. So, therefore, we are having to go into very, very big adaptation programs.
Now, you know, embankments, water breakers and desalination plants, these are very expensive issues. These are very, very expensive programs, infrastructure programs. So to cover that, we had to have a proper government. We had to come up with a proper tax system, where the government had enough revenue. So we introduced income tax, corporate tax, and a goods and services tax. The government never had income streams as this before. They were always living with one-off revenue measures. They would be selling something and getting some money and then doing it, but not a sustainable income stream from any taxation. We introduced a social protection program, where everyone had free Medicare, everyone was given health insurance. We introduced an inter-island transport system. We gave pension to the elderlies, to the single mothers, to orphans and to the disabled. So, you know, we had a very strong social protection program. Now, taxation and the social protection program was not liked by the big businessmen—tax, of course, because we were taking money out of them; the social protection program, because we were liberating people from their clutches. In the absence of the social protection program, the islanders and everyone always had to go to these businessmen and beg them for a prescription or beg them for some money for anything.
AMY GOODMAN: President Mohamed Nasheed, ousted from the Maldives two months ago. We'll come back to our conversation with him and the filmmaker Jon Shenk, who made a film about Nasheed's life called The Island President, in a few seconds. Stay with us.
AMY GOODMAN: I spoke with President Mohamed Nasheed, ousted by a coup in the Maldives two months ago, along with my colleague Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now! co-host. We also spoke to the filmmaker Jon Shenk, who did the film The Island President. We go back to President Mohamed Nasheed.
MOHAMED NASHEED: Coming up with a state was not the idea of the dictatorship. Neither was it the idea of the funders of the dictatorship, Gayoom's cronies. So they didn't like it. And also, at the same time, there's been Islamic radicalism creeping into the Maldives since the 1970s, and Gayoom, coming from Azhar University—Gayoom, remember, was Hosni Mubarak's friend, university mate, and they actually grew up together.
AMY GOODMAN: In Egypt?
MOHAMED NASHEED: In Egypt. So, Maldives was being really quite radicalized through Gayoom's preaching and talking about Islam, all the Islamic rhetoric, as well. And in the—halfway down during the early '90s—
AMY GOODMAN: You are Muslim also?
MOHAMED NASHEED: Yes, I am a Muslim. During the '90s, Gayoom suddenly realized that there were other branches of radical Islam who were not in league with him. And in the absence of legal political peaceful activity, any dissent was actually available through really just extremists. So young people were joining these groups, not necessarily because of their—any religious belief, but I—my belief, mainly because they wanted to challenge the status quo. So, there was a really—this is a really explosive situation. And we must understand, even with the coup, there were about 70 radical Islamists in the military. We've known about that, but I never knew that they were under a single command. So, that formed the backbone of the coup. And Gayoom and the police and the businessmen were able to plug into that and come out with this revolt.
Now, we beat the Islamists in the first presidential election. In the parliamentary election, they did not get a single seat. In the local government election, out of 1,081 seats, they only won four seats, only because we didn't contest for these four seats. We just wanted to have them around. But now, after the coup, they have three cabinet portfolios, they are calling the shots in the military, and they have a number of junior government ministerial portfolios. And, you know, this can't be in the interest of anyone. This is so strange, and I really don't understand why democratic forces cannot understand that and why democratic forces cannot push us towards an early election.
AMY GOODMAN: President Nasheed, talk about the various ways you have made the issue of climate change a global issue in your own country. The underwater cabinet meeting that you held, talk about that.
MOHAMED NASHEED: Well, you know, we—our means are very, very modest. We can't go in for big advertising campaigns, and we cannot really compete with oil companies at all. So we decided, you know, how do we get the message across? We understood the gravity of it, the seriousness of it. So, to bring the message across, we had an underwater cabinet meeting. And I like diving, and, you know, most of our cabinet members like diving, as well. Dr. Am Jameel, we had to teach her how to do it. But I think it brought the message. You know, yes, it was kind of light in entertainment, but the serious message was there. The idea was that if you did nothing, this is what the Maldives would be. So I think that did register among many, many, many, many people.
We also went to Copenhagen for the climate conference hoping that there will be a deal, that there will be an international understanding that would limit carbon emission, that would control global temperatures rising more than 1.5 degrees from what it is now, and have 350 parts per million of carbon in atmosphere and nothing more than that. This was what we were aiming at. This is what we were driving at, to see if they can have a proper, legally binding agreement.
Now, when I went there, I found that there was so much mistrust between nations. You know, even nations who kind of weren't against each other were not able to come together, because they just didn't trust each other. Now, for instance, India, United States and China, they were saying the same thing, but because of so much mistrust—of course, they were not saying the things that we would like them saying. But my feeling, my understanding—and then you had the Europeans who were saying almost the same things as we were doing. So, you know, for instance, the representative of Tuvalu was so against the Europeans, but basically, you know, the Europeans were saying the same thing as what Tuvalu was saying. So, you know, there was so much mistrust through all what has happened.
AMY GOODMAN: But you really embarrassed the Obama administration by really pushing hard for this cap on carbon emissions at a time when the U.S. was pushing in the other direction. And I wanted to ask about that WikiLeaks document that came out with the State Department cables, that a great deal was made of, saying that you were offered or were asking for $50 million from the United States, and that ultimately you signed onto the Copenhagen Accord because of a promise of this.
MOHAMED NASHEED: No, no, we were not offered anything. We were not given anything, and we've never been given anything. I—we signed to two degrees, because that was a middle ground between us and the Americans, the Chinese, the Brazilians, the big emitting countries.
AMY GOODMAN: That you would go from 1.5 to two degrees Centigrade.
MOHAMED NASHEED: One-point-five to two, but also the document did say that they would review it within a period of five years and come back to 1.5. I thought the Copenhagen agreement was a reasonable agreement. I thought it was a success. And I still believe that it was an agreement among heads of states. I saw them all. There were 25 of them. They said yes.
AMY GOODMAN: Ousted President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives. The documentary about his life is called The Island President_. You can go to our website for the again">conclusion of that interview.
Tuesday, Democracy Now!'s Sharif Abdel Kouddous will join us to talk about the latest developments in Egypt. He's just flown in from Cairo. On Tuesday night, he's receiving the Izzy Award from the Park Center for Independent Media in Ithaca, New York, at Ithaca College. He'll be speaking there at 7:30 p.m. at Phillips Hall.


text:
Originally published: 2007/9/3
One of my biggest pet peeves in the field of Japanese as a second language is the 「が」 particle being called the "subject particle". This misleading terminology comes from my second biggest pet peeve, which is educators trying to artificially tie Japanese into English language concepts. I think one of the problems is that Japanese teachers, especially native speakers, really don't understand their own language from a conceptual point-of-view and more importantly how it logically differs from English.
I can illustrate how stupid it is to call 「が」 the subject particle in the following simple dialogue.
Looking at the last sentence, if 「クレープが」 is indeed marking crepe as the subject, we can only assume that Aさん wants to go to Harajuku because the crepe wants to eat. But that doesn't make any sense! In reality, 「クレープ」 here is supposed to be the object of the sentence, the subject being Aさん, who wants to eat crepe.
The most simple conclusion, if you insist on thinking in English, is that the 「が」 particle can either represent the subject or the object of the sentence. But why would you use the same particle to represent something completely so different as the subject and the object? And to make things even worse, consider the following dialogue.
If you throw in the fact that the 「は」 can also be the subject OR the object, it's no wonder that Japanese particles seem so confusing! It's natural that students can never figure out the difference between 「は」 and 「が」 because it seems that either can be used to indicate the same things in English. This is where Japanese teachers should really beat into their heads that the concepts they're looking for such as the subject does not exist in Japanese.
The subject traditionally indicates who or what is doing the verb in the sentence but 「は」 only indicates the topic. For example, 「今日は忙しい」 doesn't mean that "Today is busy", it means "As for today, [I, he, she, we, they] is/are busy." Only when we translate into English are we forced to create the subject by context. In this case, the translation might be "I'm busy today."
The 「が」 particle also does not indicate the subject, it only identifies the unknown. For example, 「クレープが食べたいから。」 is identifying that it's because crepe is the thing that he/she/we/they wants to eat. In English, the subject would be "it" as in, "It's because I want to eat crepe". But because Japanese doesn't even have a subject, there is no need for such a construction.
This is why I've been calling the 「が」 particle the "identifier particle" for the longest time, and you should too because that's what it does. There is no such thing as a subject in Japanese so it makes no sense to have a "subject" particle. (Please feel free to do the double quote sign while saying "subject" in "subject particle".)
For further reading, I highly suggest this blog post: 「日本語に主語はあるのか?」.


text:
X-ray studies and fundamental calculations are helping physicists gain molecular level insight into the workings of some magnetic shape-memory materials, which change shape under the influence magnetic fields. Shape-memory materials could potentially serve as light weight, compact alternatives to conventional motors and actuators. But developing practical devices will require creating materials that exhibit much larger changes in shape than most of the known shape-memory materials. A paper appearing in the April 25 issue of Physical Review Letters reports on the efforts of a team of Japanese physicists who probed the changes in a magnetic shape-memory material at the molecular scale. The work is highlighted with a Viewpoint article by Antoni Planes (Universitat de Barcelona) in the April 25 edition of APS Physics (physics.aps.org).
The new research focused on a shape-memory alloy made up of nickel, manganese and tin. In its ideal form, the alloy is a crystal with each element occupying specific crystal locations relative to one another. In some versions, however, excess manganese atoms replace some of the tin atoms. Although the compositional change is slight, it can have significant effects on the alloy's behavior. X-ray spectroscopy allowed the researchers to observe the microscopic characteristics of the alloy to see precisely how the excess manganese atoms affect the alloy's behavior.
By studying the way that composition affects a shape-memory material, and comparing measurements to theoretical calculations, it will be possible to understand what makes the materials work, and allow physicists to develop new and improved varieties shape-changing metals.
Also in Physics:
Does quantum mechanics play a role in critical phenomena?
Quantum interference effects can, in theory, lead to the emergence of new particles carrying exotic quantum numbers at a critical point. Rajiv Singh (University of California, Davis) wonders, how good is the evidence that this happens?
About APS Physics:
APS Physics (http://physics.aps.org) publishes expert written commentaries and highlights of papers appearing in the journals of the American Physical Society.


text:
U.K. Blasts BT Monopoly On Rural Broadband Project
Leaks suggested that auditors would be tough on BT and the government's rural broadband project, but the final report is even worse than expected.
As predicted back in June, the U.K.'s National Audit Office (NAO) has delivered a highly critical report on the progress the country's making toward universal superfast broadband delivery.
What those earlier stories, based on unauthorized leaks of an early draft to a national British newspaper, didn't make clear: That the official spending regulator would be this skeptical about the project's chances of success -- or this tough on the government's commercial "strategy," which more or less read, "give all the work to the phone company."
The context is London's plans for making high-speed broadband as available as possible to the widest range of the British population, even in less commercially attractive areas like the deep country. That program has now been probed by the NAO, and it is not that impressed with what it's seen.
Specifically, the study says the government target of 90% coverage across the country by May 2015 will be missed by almost two years. Indeed, a mere nine of 44 defined rural target areas would reach the targets by then. Four areas (Highlands and Islands, Cumbria, Norfolk and Suffolk) could even miss a revised 2017 target, as local governments had not yet committed to help.
[ BT's chief exec is turning public servant. See BT CEO Poached For Parliament Role. ]
A key part of the problem is that there is almost zero market competition to speed it up; dominant U.K. telco BT has been awarded all 26 contracts assigned so far, and, in the report's gloomy view at least, there's no prospect of any other bidder coming forward to challenge it for the remaining 18.
As a result, "The rural broadband project is moving forward late and without the benefit of strong competition to protect public value," concluded Amyas Morse, head of the NAO.
How different it all seemed when the plan to offer fiscal support to suppliers to build out high-speed networks was dreamed up by Broadband Delivery UK, the government unit in charge of opening up more access. Back in 2011, the government promised Brits Web speeds and coverage meant to be "the best in Europe."
At one time, no fewer than 16 suppliers expressed interest in bidding for rural broadband contracts; nine made it to the next stage of seeking approval. The report says the way the government tinkered with the process, combined by unhelpful EU rules that delayed the approval process, forced all bidders out except for BT. (The last alternate supplier, the U.K. end of Fujitsu, dropped out of the process in March 2013.)
That means less choice for government and customers, plus it stoked suspicions that that company's perceived dominance of the U.K. fiber market will get further strengthened, which would stifle competition that might bring prices down for consumers (urban or rural alike).
As an example of what it means, the study points out that BT's costs contain a very high 40% for staff charges, plus offer a payback model based on an assumption that only 20% of properties will sign up for superfast broadband within seven years of it being enabled. The NAO says this is a very conservative assumption, far lower than figures suggested by either industry experts or international comparisons.
In strict cash terms, according to this study, the government at one time looked to BT to eat 36% of the cost of each new rural broadband project. Now, that's more like 23% -- landing the already hard-pressed British public purse with an unexpected shortfall of £207 million ($307 million). All in all, that means BT can look forward to at least £1.2 billion ($1.8 billion) of public money out of the rest of the project.
BT told the U.K. media, "Deploying fiber broadband is an expensive long-term business and so it was no surprise that others dropped out as the going got tough." It also said the 23% figure is inaccurate, with the real figure more like 38%.
About the Author(s)
You May Also Like


text:
The market size for global low-code development platforms is expected to hit USD 27.2 billion by 2022, a huge shift from USD 4.32 billion in 2017. We can't help but wonder if software is heading towards a low-code/no-code (LCNC) future. But let's take a step back, what exactly is low-code?
LCNC refers to a method of development that allows non-technical individuals to create software solutions relatively quickly and easily. Such platforms aim to make software development accessible to more professionals so that they do not have to rely as much on their engineering team.
Does that mean that we don't require software engineers in the future?
Join us to better understand what exactly LCNC is about, the implications of this on the coding industry and coders, and explore areas where businesses can flourish by adopting such platforms.


text:
It is the US taxpayer that really spends $400 per gallon of gas in Afghanistan.
Someone makes a lot of money here!
The Pentagon pays an average of $400 to put a gallon of fuel into a combat vehicle or aircraft in Afghanistan.
The statistic is likely to play into the escalating debate in Congress over the cost of a war that entered its ninth year last week.
Pentagon officials have told the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee a gallon of fuel costs the military about $400 by the time it arrives in the remote locations in Afghanistan where U.S. troops operate.
"It is a number that we were not aware of and it is worrisome," Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), the chairman of the House Appropriations Defense panel, said in an interview with The Hill. "When I heard that figure from the Defense Department, we started looking into it."
The Pentagon comptroller's office provided the fuel statistic to the committee staff when it was asked for a breakdown of why every 1,000 troops deployed to Afghanistan costs $1 billion. The Obama administration uses this estimate in calculating the cost of sending more troops to Afghanistan.
The Obama administration is engaged in an internal debate over its future strategy in Afghanistan. Part of this debate concerns whether to increase the number of U.S. troops in that country.
The top U.S. general in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, reportedly has requested that about 40,000 additional troops be sent.
Democrats in Congress are divided over whether to send more combat troops to stabilize Afghanistan in the face of waning public support for the war.
Any additional troops and operations likely will have to be paid for through a supplemental spending bill next year, something Murtha has said he already anticipates.
Afghanistan — with its lack of infrastructure, challenging geography and increased roadside bomb attacks — is a logistical nightmare for the U.S. military, according to congressional sources, and it is expensive to transport fuel and other supplies.
A landlocked country, Afghanistan has no seaports and a shortage of airports and navigable roads. The nearest port is in Karachi, Pakistan, where fuel for U.S. troops is shipped.
From there, commercial trucks transport the fuel through Pakistan and Afghanistan, sometimes changing carriers. Fuel is then transferred to storage locations in Afghanistan for movement within the country. Military transport is used to distribute fuel to forward operating bases. For many remote locations, this means fuel supplies must be provided by air.
One of the most expensive ways to supply fuel is by transporting it in bladders carried by helicopter; the amount that can be flown at one time can barely satisfy the need for fuel.
The cheapest way to transport fuel is usually by ship. Other reasonable methods to provide fuel are by rail and pipeline. The prices go up exponentially when aircraft are used, according to congressional sources.
The $400 per gallon reflects what in Pentagon parlance is known as the "fully burdened cost of fuel."
"The fully burdened cost of fuel is a recognition that there are a lot of other factors that come into play," said Mark Iden, the deputy director of operations at the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), which provides fuel and energy to all U.S. military services worldwide.
The DESC provides one gallon of JP8 fuel, which is used for both aircraft and ground vehicles, at a standard price of $2.78, said Iden.
The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James Conway, told a Navy Energy Forum this week that transporting fuel miles into Afghanistan and Iraq along risky and dangerous routes can raise the cost of a $1.04 gallon up to $400, according to Aviation Week which covered the forum.
"These are fairly major problems for us," Conway said, according to the publication.
The fully burdened cost of fuel accounts for the cost of transporting it to where it is needed, said Kevin Geiss, program director for energy security in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations and Environment.
And moving fuel by convoy or even airlift is expensive, according to the Army news release from July 16, which quoted Geiss. In some places, Geiss said, analysts have estimated the fully burdened cost of fuel might even be as high as $1,000 per gallon.
Energy consumed by a combat vehicle may not even be for actual mobility of the vehicle, Geiss said, but instead to run the systems onboard the vehicle, including the communications equipment and the cooling systems to protect the electronics onboard.
Some 8o percent of U.S. military casualties in Afghanistan are due to improvised explosive devices, many of which are placed in the path of supply convoys — making it even more imperative to use aircraft for transportation.
According to a Government Accountability Office report published earlier this year, 44 trucks and 220,000 gallons of fuel were lost due to attacks or other events while delivering fuel to Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan in June 2008 alone.
High fuel demand, coupled with the volatility of fuel prices, also have significant implications for the Department of Defense's operating costs, the GAO said. The fully burdened cost of fuel — that is, the total ownership cost of buying, moving and protecting fuel in systems during combat — has been reported to be many times higher than the price of a gallon of fuel itself, according to the report.
The Marines in Afghanistan, for example, reportedly run through some 800,000 gallons of fuel a day. That reflects the logistical challenges of running the counterinsurgency operations but also the need for fuel during the extreme weather conditions in Afghanistan — hot summers and freezing winters.
With the military boosting the number of the all-terrain-mine resistant ambush-protected vehicles (M-ATVs) in Afghanistan meant to survive roadside bombs, the fuel consumption will likely rise even higher, since those vehicles are considered gas-guzzlers.
The Pentagon comptroller's office did not return requests for comment by press time.
Source: The Hill


text:
Cable Testing & Re-certification
Whether installing new cable, or troubleshooting existing cable, cable testing plays an important role in the process. Common tests for datacom cabling include length, wiremap, attenuation, NEXT, DC loop resistance, and return loss.
As networks evolve, so do the requirements of the cabling infrastructure to support them. New standards are continuously being developed to provide guidelines for cabling professionals when installing, testing, troubleshooting, and certifying either copper and fiber. Whether it's 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX or 1000BASE-T, there are specific requirements and potential pitfalls in implementing these technologies. And 10GBASE-T, it becomes even more critical to keep current with the latest proliferations in cabling and cable testing.
Cable testing provides a level of assurance that the installed cabling links provide the desired transmission capability to support the data communication desired by the users.
Types of Cable Testers
Cable test instruments are designed with a variety of focused features for particular field tasks. They vary in price, performance, and application. Depending on the task the field test instrument performs, it can be classified into one of the three hierarchical groups: certification, qualification, or verification. While some features overlap between test tools, each group answers a unique testing need and provides a different level of operational assurance.
Levels of Cable Testing
Certification – guarantees cabling system compliance to industry standards
Certification instruments are the only tools that provide "Pass" or "Fail" information in accordance with industry standards. In the North America market, the prevalent industry standards organization dealing with the transmission capabilities of structured cabling, is the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). In the international markets, the Electro-technical commission of the International Organization for Standards (ISO/IEC) creates and maintains standards for telecommunication cabling.
Certification test tools determine whether a link is compliant with a category (TIA) or class (ISO); for example, category 6 or class E. Certification is the final step required by many structured cabling manufacturers to grant their warranties for a new cabling installation. The DSX-5000 Cable Analyzer™ has become the premier certification tester in the market for professional data communication installers, as well as network infrastructure staffs.
Qualification – determines if an existing Cabling link can support certain network speeds and technologies
Qualification is a new category of testers in the industry that meets the emerging needs of network technicians who do not install new cabling, but need to troubleshoot operating networks. Qualification testers perform tests that decide whether an existing cabling link will support the requirements for "Fast Ethernet" (100BASE-TX), Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), or Gigabit Ethernet. These test tools furthermore allow the network technician to quickly isolate cabling problems from network protocol or addressing problems. Qualification test tools, such as CableIQ™ Qualification Tester, include all the capabilities of verification test tools but they are more powerful in that they perform an assessment of the cabling bandwidth and identify defects that affect the bandwidth. Qualification testers do not execute the battery of tests prescribed by the standards to be considered a "certification tool."
Verification – verifies that cable is connected correctly
Verification test tools perform basic continuity functions, they assure that all wires in a cabling link are connected to the proper termination points and not to any other conductors. In twisted pair cabling, it is critical to maintain the proper pairing of the wires. Better verification test tools also verify wire pairing and detect installation defects like "split pairs". Verification test tools may also assist in troubleshooting by providing a toner to locate a cabling link. Verification tools sometimes include additional features such as a Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR) to determine length of a cable or distance to a break or short circuit. These test tools do not provide any information on bandwidth or suitability for high-speed data communication.


text:
Less than three weeks ago, its support was touted in publicly funded advertisements endorsing a controversial $143 million water plan. Now it appears the Sierra Club is bailing out.
"We believe that prudence now dictates reconsideration of dredging of the Rivanna Reservoir as a key element in a long-term water supply plan," reads a letter from the Club's Piedmont Group to the water authority and local lawmakers.
The letter [RTF], sent Wednesday, April 16, by conservation chair Thomas Olivier, appears to deliver a blow to public officials who have, despite grassroots pleas to reconsider dredging, maintained an impressive show of steadfastness toward the official plan. The dredging option was shelved three years ago after nine-figure estimates from a single firm with an uncanny knack for making millions studying the local water supply.
"We are aware that in recent weeks, various knowledgeable individuals have asserted that dredging the reservoir could be conducted responsibly for far less than the estimate available at the time of our endorsement of the water plan," says the letter, which also references the "thousands of trees" that would be lost in the current plan to clear-cut over 180 acres in Ragged Mountain Natural Area.
"I am thrilled by the courage and wisdom of the Sierra Club," says Betty Mooney, a leader in the fight against the official water plan.
The Sierra Club's move puts it on the opposite side of the debate from several other environmental groups including the Piedmont Environmental Council, the Nature Conservancy, and Friends of the Moorman's River.
Likewise, Charlottesville City Manager Gary O'Connell, who serves on the board of the Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority, has become a key proponent of the plan-- and claims that City Council shares his vision for a reservoir that controversially would run under Interstate 64 and require a 9.5-mile pipeline to keep it filled.
"I see no one on Council who wants to retreat from the plan," says O'Connell in a March 14 email.
In the same email, sent to Authority director Tom Frederick and obtained under a Freedom of Information request, O'Connell notes that Councilors, instead of waiting for the May 6 hearing called by the mayor to explore dredging options, were actually planning to meet in closed session at their regularly scheduled meeting March 14 to discuss paying for the plan. "That moves us one step closer," O'Connell writes.
A month earlier, O'Connell boasted that a majority on the five-member body supported the plan-- which has yet to earn federal approval, but which has been granted a key state permit.
"At this point," wrote O'Connell, "I have 3 Councilors for sure saying they support the permit, period, with no qualification."
However, in interviews conducted in recent days with all five councilors, only former mayor David Brown expresses unqualified support for the existing proposal.
"I feel like we have a good plan," says Brown, calling recent assertions about dredging unfairly simplistic. He blasts the Hook for "doing a disservice to the community" by omitting specific dewatering land acquisition costs from alternate dredging scenarios and for omitting voluntary minimum flows for the Moorman's and Rivanna Rivers in asserting that dredging alone can supply the community's 50-year water needs. "I think it's not really comparing apples to apples," he adds.
But councilor Holly Edwards, along with fellow councilors Julian Taliaferro, Dave Norris, and Satyendra Huja, say they're looking forward to hearing more about dredging at the May 6 hearing Norris called to discuss the issue. "I want to have an open attitude and an open spirit," says Edwards.
Opponents of the official plan have expressed outrage that the Authority relied on a single engineering firm to steer the community away from dredging the existing Rivanna Reservoir. In 2005, local policy boards dismissed dredging as impractical after the firm, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based Gannett Fleming, issued a series of dire predictions, eventually claiming that dredging might cost as much as $225 million.
Several private contractors interviewed by the Hook, however, allege that dredging could cost less than 10 percent of that amount and could actually provide revenue streams in the form of soil sales to consumers, sand sales to contractors, and possibly even a runway extension for the nearby Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport.
"I think the Hook has done us all a service by bringing this back," says John Cruickshank, the chair of the executive committee of the local Sierra Club chapter.
As reported last week ["Revealing docs: Dredging foes run up the tab," April 17], Gannett Fleming was hired with a very specific mission: to implement a 2002 community water supply plan for $798,000 in fees. Arriving, however, at a time when the Water Authority was without a director, the company was able to secure a series of contract amendments from the five-member Authority board.
Gannett Fleming didn't just abandon the original mission, blaming what it alleged were faulty data; the company crafted an entirely new proposal. Along the way, the company has earned over $3 million from water-buyers, with more than $2.5 million more in billings set for designing the new dam.
Gannett Fleming's moves mean that the 2002 plan, which was estimated to cost $13.2 million, has been replaced with a $143 million plan that involves a new pipeline as well as clear-cutting about 54,000 trees-- over 180 acres-- to create a new Ragged Mountain dam whose reservoir would lap at the embankments on both sides of Interstate 64.
City Council has the power to stop this new plan without even pausing to vote-- simply by refusing to sell land for the new reservoir.
If Council doesn't change course, water rates-- which have aleady doubled since the drought of 2002-- will double again under the capital spending budget the Authority approved in late March, as the Hook reported last week. And yet that capital plan contains no provision for the pipeline that's supposed to be the linchpin of the new water plan. In other words, rates could go far higher than another doubling.
Exactly how much local water bills will climb when all components are tallied remains unknown, but in the email exchange with O'Connell in February, Frederick revealed that water users aren't finished paying for Gannett Fleming.
"I've negotiated a small contract amendment (within the contingency you've authorized) for Gannett Fleming to prepare a presentation that largely refreshes what has already been studied," Frederick informed his board February 13.
O'Connell thought it best to keep that presentation under wraps a little longer.
"I suggest you not bring forward anything publicly until the City Council approves the utility budget in May," writes O'Connell [PDF]. "[That] approves the City funding for the water supply project."
If it is true that Gary O'Connell recommended keeping information from the public until Council approved the utility budget, I think he should resign. If he refuses to do so, I hope that Council will convince him that it is time to go. It is bad enough to support a flawed water plan that will cost tax payers $143 million, and to refuse to consider cheaper, more environmentally friendly alternatives. But to try to keep information from the public in order to push that plan through? That is highly unethical and we deserve better in our City Manager.
We've deserved better in our City Manager for years - this kind of behaviour from O'Connell is nothing new. He somehow has managed to position himself so that the Council thinks they work for him. Watch the meetings - they defer to him (and "staff") constantly.
I have to agree with you, MusicLover. Cole Hendrix was the last decent city manager we have had in recent history.


text:
This article is more than 1 year old
'Delayed' Facebook iPad app claims lead coder casualty
'Feature complete', still no release, so developer takes job at Google
The release of a Facebook iPad app remains in stasis despite the fact that it has been worked on for the best part of a year. Now a lead developer at the social network has quit the firm and vented his frustrations about the delay.
Jeff Verkoeyen initially wrote on his blog, as spotted by TechCrunch, that he had ditched his job at Facebook for a new role at Google after the iPad app had been shelved – due to what has been described as "tense negotiations" between Apple and Mark Zuckerberg's firm.
Facebook, it has been reported, has been pushing for deeper integration into Apple's upcoming operating system, iOS 5.
Verkoeyen said it had been "five months since the app was feature-complete".
He added: "Needless to say this was a frustrating experience for me. The experience of working on this app was a large contribution to the reasons why I left Facebook."
Unsurprisingly, the two tech giants have remained quiet about Verkoeyen's comments, who has since tweaked his blog post to remove any mention of the iPad app.
"If you're coming here from any of the press earlier today, I want to emphasise that my experience with Facebook over the past few years has been incredible and that I was simply recounting my experiences over the past few months related to my work at Facebook," he said in an updated message.
All of which appeared to suggest he may have upset Facebook and/or Apple with his original juicy spill. ®


text:
Politically Connected PPW Bike Lane Foes Are Fighting Their Own Neighbors
If the goal of the Prospect Park West bike lane lawsuit is to smear the Department of Transportation and sow doubt about the city's street safety initiatives, it's already doing a bang-up job. The Post and the Daily News both ran pieces yesterday basically lifting arguments straight out of the plaintiffs' complaint [PDF] without a shred of analysis. Both papers repeat the same basic distortion: Bike lane opponents are fighting DOT's agenda. But that's not really what's going on here.
The plaintiffs — the group of politically-connected residents who go by "Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes" and have the backing of former DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall, who happens to be married to Senator Chuck Schumer — are mainly fighting their own neighbors. If the DOT's efforts to make streets safer citywide become a casualty in this fight, that's collateral damage.
Let's be clear: Residents of Park Slope asked for the Prospect Park West project. The idea for a two-way, protected bike path did not debut with DOT's April 2009 presentation, as the Daily News suggests. It was not imposed, in the words of the Post's Rich Calder, "to push an anti-automobile agenda." The initiative to slow down speeding traffic on Prospect Park West and give people safer space to walk and bike predates Janette Sadik-Khan's tenure at DOT. It came from people who live in the neighborhood — people who organized and attended public meetings and put together ideas for how to improve local streets.
These are the people whom the "Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes" and their corporate litigator-turned-pro bono counsel, Gibson Dunn's Jim Walden, are fighting.
They are fighting the results of a community organizing effort that goes back to the days when Iris Weinshall was in charge of DOT. In 2006, well before Sadik-Khan became transportation commissioner, rampant speeding on Prospect Park West and Eighth Avenue emerged as a top concern at the Park Slope Civic Council's annual traffic and transportation forum. Shortly thereafter, another neighborhood group, the Grand Army Plaza Coalition, made it a core goal to create safe bike access to and through Grand Army Plaza.
A physically protected bikeway on Prospect Park West would address both those concerns, and in June 2007, Community Board 6 requested that DOT study a two-way separated bike lane on Prospect Park West [PDF] when it approved plans for a bike lane on Ninth Street (a project initiated on Iris Weinshall's watch and completed under Sadik-Khan). Sadik-Khan's DOT then received 1,300 signatures requesting the bike lane, gathered by the group Park Slope Neighbors, before coming back to CB 6 with a proposal, which was approved by the full board in June 2009.
A year later, the lane was installed. Radar surveys commissioned by DOT showed that the incidence of speeding dropped dramatically after implementation, and bike counts jumped substantially. The principal goals of the project, to reduce dangerous speeding, improve bike access, and get cyclists off the sidewalk, had been achieved. In a survey of 3,000 Brooklynites conducted by City Council members Brad Lander and Steve Levin and CB 6, more than 70 percent of Park Slope residents said they wanted the lane to stay.
But because the public process did not produce a result that pleased the plaintiffs, bike lane opponents have mounted a concerted campaign to embarrass and discredit the DOT and the neighborhood advocates most closely associated with the project (including my former editor at Streetsblog, Aaron Naparstek). The lawsuit is the inevitable culmination of that campaign. In the narrative laid out in the plaintiffs' complaint, none of the public process before DOT's 2009 proposal ever happened. There were no community workshops to identify problems with the existing streets. There was no public demand for safer biking and walking. There's only the DOT and the "radical bike lobbyists."
Whether the lawsuit has any legal validity is beside the point now. As a PR strategy, the plaintiffs' complaint marginalizes broad public sentiment within their own community by naming DOT and Janette Sadik-Khan as defendants. DOT is getting tried in the press, while the wealthy insiders who are circumventing the public process with "pro bono" assistance from a top campaign contributor to Chuck Schumer are mostly getting a free pass.
As you can see in the Daily News, the Post, and Walden's face-off with Lander on Inside City Hall last night, the opposition is relying heavily on the fact that traffic injuries on Prospect Park West increased from four during the second half of 2009, to five during the second half of 2010, after the street was redesigned.
The thing is, high-quality studies of traffic-calming projects rarely use year-over-year comparisons to evaluate effects on street safety. They use multi-year averages of injury data instead, especially to track events subject to bias from random variation. Statisticians know to look at numbers from several years to dampen the effect of outliers and statistical noise. In this federal study of traffic-calming projects, for instance [PDF], the "before" data uses multi-year averages covering time frames as long as 23 years. Not a single before-and-after case study cited in the report compares merely a single year's data to the following year's data. The methodology that Jim Walden and the PPW plaintiffs insist should have been applied to Prospect Park West is as simplistic and misleading as their insistence that the idea for the redesign was imposed from above.
In its injury and crash report on Prospect Park West, DOT used a three-year average for its "before" data, sampling only the last six months of each year to align with the six-month "after" study conducted during the second half of 2010. In his complaint, Jim Walden says that this method "deviated from DOT's usual approach in reporting its crash statistics." Walden conveniently ignores other DOT studies that employ multi-year data sets on traffic injuries, like this report on the recent Allen and Pike Street redesign [PDF], which also used multi-year averages to measure injury rates before the installation of a traffic-calming project.
DOT used a six-year average for "before" data on injuries in the Allen and Pike report. Why a three-year average for Prospect Park West? I can't speak for DOT, but according to the plaintiffs' own complaint, the city changed the signal progression on Prospect Park West in 2007. The period from 2007 to 2009 would thus be the longest possible time frame to collect injury data on Prospect Park West as it was engineered before the bike lane was installed.
There was no "shaky math." Data was not "manipulated." A group of powerful people just don't agree with their neighbors, so they have decided to litigate.


text:
Why should I subscribe?A subscription to TodayInAshland lets you personalize your experience here. Your subscription allows you to receive email notifications when new information is posted to this site, such as news releases and calendar events.
As a subscriber, you may also choose to be reminded about any upcoming calendar event. Just choose any event from the calendar section, ask to be reminded about it, and indicate how many days in advance the reminder should be sent. The system will then notify you about the upcoming event via email when that day arrives.
Your New PasswordOnce you have submitted the information above a randomly generated password will be sent to you. After you have logged in you will be able to set up your personal preferences. You may also change this password once you have logged into the site for the first time.


text:
Auction Closed
Harley Davidson Knucklehead and VL Springer Horn Lot #228N
This is part of the Jon Neuman Collection Auction. Jon is a well known early Harley Davidson motor builder and owner of Sagebrush Cycle. These are from his personal collection procured over many years of owning and searching for Harley Davidson Motorcycles and early Harley Davidson Parts. All items are selling AS IS and ALL SALES ARE FINAL. No Exceptions. This is a live and online auction. Bidders are responsible for reviewing pictures and email with questions, come to available preview, but it is your responsibility to review info and pictures and bid accordingly. Bidders are responsible for winning bids. purchases over $3500 is money wire preferred. Payment within 72 hours of winning bid. Bidders are encouraged to come and pay and pick up in person at auction location on Monday, March 27th, 2023 from 8-1PM at auction location. Parts and other items have Shipping available at Buyer Expense. Buyer's will pay the shipper directly. Preferred Shipper is Craters and Freighters in Dallas, TX. Buyers/Bidders can Contact them at 972-840-8147 or [email protected] for quotes and pickup of your items. Smaller Items may be shipped out of Postal Annex or Fed Ex, we will contact you. The catalog is selected motorcycles and parts and more. There will be many more parts that are for onsite bidders only. So we hope that you can come and celebrate this fabulous collection.
Share This Item
You can bid on this item at the following auction:
Vintage Harley Davidson Motorcycles & Parts Auction- The Jon Neuman Collection
- Auction Type
- Live On-Site With Online Bidding
- Date
- Sunday March 26, 2023
- Time
- Location
- Crashed Toys Building- 7777 John W. Carpenter Freeway, Dallas, TX, 75247 View Map


text:
Our Boothbay Harbor Shop
Friday, 06 January 2017 00:00
We'd like to invite you to our shop in beautiful Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
Our telephone number is: 207.350.4244
Visit us at 5 Boothbay House Hill in Boothbay Harbor, Maine or at our website and explore the ever-changing and exciting world of Olive Oil. You will be amazed at the quality, the taste and smell, the newfound simplicity of preparing exquisite meals, the unlimited pairing opportunities and the ultimate in healthy cooking. Come to Eventide Specialties where our home and hearth are waiting for you … come where oil and water mix!
Great care is given as each loaf is handled with devote reverence . . . bread, the staff of life. Music & song fill the bakery as the dough is kneaded and formed. As the yeast begins to bring the loaves to life, the kitchen's warmth beckons . . . and now we also offer fine wines and cheese!