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Sunseeker is delighted to officially reveal the Sunseeker 'Famous Five' in a magnificent, all-new display of the Manhattan 55, Predator 55 EVO™, 65 Sport Yacht, 88 Yacht, and 90 Ocean together for the very first time off the coast of Dorset, England. The five new models dominated the waters as they sailed to Studland Bay in perfect formation against a breath-taking sunrise.
Revealing not one but five new models reflects the extraordinary pace of product development and a feat never before seen in the company's history. To celebrate their arrival, a special guest and friend of the brand, actor Hugh Bonneville, recently visited the boat builder in Poole to support a very special launch video. The sheer expanse of Sunseeker's presence, with its legendary shipyard set against the backdrop of the town's historic quayside made for an ideal filming location.
Hugh commented: "A few years ago, I joined the Sunseeker team at the London Boat Show and quickly came to understand that this company is so much more than a brand - it's a global family. Sunseeker don't just build boats, they build dreams and I feel very fortunate to join in the celebratory launch of these incredible new models. It's an outstanding achievement of which the iconic British company can be justifiably proud."
Joined by Sunseeker CEO, Andrea Frabetti, and Douglas Culverwell, Director of Distributor Development, Hugh experienced the Sunseeker Famous Five first-hand by going behind the curtain of this complex operation. As well as touring the shipyards that house these remarkable yachts and meeting with the teams responsible for building them, Hugh relished the exceptional interiors of the 88 Yacht, sat comfortably at the innovative SkyHelm™ of the 65 Sport Yacht, and felt right at home on the all-new X-TEND™ transforming sunbed; just some of the many latest technology innovations on board these class-leading, industry-defining models.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Jennie-O Turkey recalled packages of ground turkey in a salmonella outbreak, and regulators say additional products from other companies could be named as their investigation continues.
The recall was the first — not counting pet food — tied to a widespread and ongoing outbreak that has resulted in one death and 164 reported illnesses in 35 states.
Regulators did not say how many of those people were exposed to Jennie-O products.
The products being recalled include 1-pound packages of raw, ground Jennie-O turkey and were sold nationwide. The more than 91,000 pounds of turkey had use-by dates of early October and shouldn't be in stores anymore, but could still be in freezers. Regulators say it should be thrown away.
Jennie-O's parent company, Austin, Minnesota-based Hormel Foods Corp., said in a statement that government agencies have found the strain in the outbreak in 29 manufacturing plants from 19 companies.
U.S. Department of Agriculture officials have not named those plants or companies. The agency says it has to be able to tie a specific product to illnesses before it can prompt a recall. It notes salmonella is not considered an adulterant in raw poultry unless products can be clearly linked to illnesses.
With Thanksgiving approaching, the agency is reminding people that they should always properly handle and cook their turkeys to kill any possible salmonella. Salmonella in food is estimated to be responsible for 1 million illnesses a year, with symptoms including vomiting, diarrhea and stomach cramps.
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After success at running Fashion Optical, Morgan Gianni sets his sights on a new path: Designing an eyewear line.
If you've ever asked somebody local where they got their really cool eyeglasses, chances are good their response will be Fashion Optical. Already a mainstay in the gay business community, the Oak Lawn optical shop has become a favorite of some of Dallas' best-known celebs, from TV stars to football players to fashion icons and debutantes.
Every frame in the store's vast selection of hip and trendy eyewear is handpicked for each client from one man, who can almost instantly match a client by the perfect pair when they walk through the door.
Having a flair for fashion has always been a part of who Morgan Gianni is. As the only boy in clothing construction class in high school, he knew he was different. But he also knew he was good, and any adversity he experienced only made him stronger and more determined.
"I marched to my own drummer," he says with a laugh.
FROM DRAWING BOARD TO YOUR FACE | Gianni started out sketching frames inspired by specific clients; two years later, the finished products are for sale at his shop, Fashion Optical.
In 2006, he and his partner, optometrist Randy Atwood, added the optical shop next door to their just-leased optometrist office and combined the two into one venture: Fashion Optical. Within five years, they amassed more than $7 million in sales, thanks to the ability of customers to see the eye doctor, pick out frames and have their complete glasses manufactured all in the same place.
Fashion Optical has become one of the top places in the city to pick up unique frames from unique and edgy designers like Alexander McQueen, Versace, Emilio Pucci, Tom Ford and Alain Mikli. But this year, a new designer line debuted that will forever change the store's future — and the destiny of Gianni himself, who designed each and every one.
The m.GIANNI Collection is already selling fast, though the design and manufacturing process has been going on for well over a year.
The first two collections, Gianni says, will all be sunglasses, but expansion into traditional eyewear is the next logical progression. To create the line, Gianni often imagined specific friends and clients while working on the designs, even naming them after his inspirations. Utilizing the highest quality Mazzucchelli acetate, each frame is handmade in Japan. Unique color combinations and high-fashion accents like Swarovski crystals make each pair a showstopper.
"When I design, just like when I'm buying, I'm picturing in my mind who this is going to look good on," Gianni says. "I was inspired by all these fashion shows I've done. I noticed that other designers' frames were way too heavy, too wide or the bridges didn't fit. I wanted to change that."
Gianni started with 161 sketches that eventually became the 17 models featured in the current collection, each coming in three colors or finishes.
"It's a really long process," he admits. "I sketched out charcoal drawings, then I converted everything to millimeters and then I turned them into graphic illustrations for a look book to help shop for manufacturers."
Once he had a manufacturer he trusted with his design vision, he fine-tuned his designs, keeping a few key principles in mind.
"I wanted everything to be original and I wanted everything to fit. There's a universal fit: If you study anatomy, you realize there are averages between the brow bone and the cheekbone. Some people don't take that into consideration," he says.
The line features styles for women, men and a few unisex options; each can be fitted with prescription lenses.
"I know what customers like and I have the credibility to make that statement. Different facial shapes call for different frame shapes," he says. In fact, it's his experience working on the optical side of the business that helps him stand apart from other eyewear designers. By working day in and day out with clients to find the perfect fit, he's able to translate that knowledge into creating designs that would flatter.
Bringing the first m.GIANNI Collection line to life is just one accomplishment of many to come. Not just a hit with customers, it's been getting attention from some of the biggest names in fashion.
"I have been approached to design eye wear by Jean-Paul Gaultier Eyewear to be sold at the exhibit of his collection as it travels from museum to museum," Gianni says. "As you can quite imagine, I'm very excited by this possibility."
Spoken like somebody with a future so bright, he's gotta wear shades. But like few others on the planet, they'll be his own creations.
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On Nov. 13, 2008, Dr. Straetmans held Perspectives for Natural Cosmetics–Natural Cosmetics as a Perspective, a conference on natural cosmetics that reportedly was the largest natural cosmetics event ever held in Germany. The conference was held in Cologne, Germany, and drew the participation of industry experts from different organizations.
The organizers presented a balanced program including legal aspects and an introduction of the two largest European standards for natural and organic cosmetics, as well as various topics with scientific and practical impact for cosmetic manufacturers. More than 130 attendants from five countries followed the invitation from Dr. Straetmans to participate in the conference and open discussions following the individual lectures. The evening before the conference was a perfect opportunity to get together in the beautiful location of the "bauwerk Köln," where an exhibition of intriguing pictures of microorganisms and a chamber with natural perfumes to discover, already generated the interest for next day's conference.
The program was opened with a welcome by Angelika Meiss of Cossma who guided through the program with profound knowledge of the cosmetic market by giving interesting background information and market data between the lectures. The first session started with a presentation of the two main standards in Europe, NaTrue and CosmOS, respectively. Jörg Demuth, managing director of The Organic Spa and member of the working group for the development of CosmOS, presented the philosophy and cornerstones of CosmOS, which is a European organization made up of five national certifiers in naturals.
Demuth highlighted the new standard that has been created by Cosmebio/ECOCERT of France, BDIH of Germany, ICEA/AIAB of Italy, the Soil Association from the UK and Probila-Unitrab/Ecogarantie from Belgium. The draft of the standard is currently in a public consultation process so that members of the industry can get familiar with and comment. It will be enforced in March 2009.
Vincent Letertre from Wala/Dr. Hauschka and member of the scientific committee of NaTrue, presented NaTrue as the second main standard in Europe. NaTrue was founded in 2007 by the manufacturers for natural cosmetics to ensure a strict selection of natural ingredients with a high degree of transparency. Although its main office is in Brussels, the organization is partnering with the IKW, Germany's largest industry organization for household and personal care producers. While both CosmOS and NaTrue follow similar goals with one basic aim being the promotion of natural cosmetics and increased use of organic ingredients, there are differences in the allowance of non-natural ingredients, like chemically modified natural ingredients or synthetic preservatives.
After the introduction into the standards and restrictions resulting from both organizations' guidelines, Jan Jänichen, PhD, of Dr. Straetmans gave an overview on the possibilities to produce functional ingredients in accordance with the given standards. Using only renewable starting materials and accepted chemical conversions, he showed in his presentation how a large variety of chemically processed natural ingredients, like emulsifiers, surfactants or antimicrobials, are accessible. Jänichen also presented processes like oxidative cleavage and examples of interesting raw materials for the cosmetic industry.
The more technical second session was started with a very entertaining and yet deeply scientific lecture of Gero Beckmann, PhD, member of the board of directors of Labor L+S, Germany's largest microbiological laboratory. He explained microbiological testing in depth, giving many examples of failing preservation and unexpected behavior of microorganisms. According to Beckmann, microorganisms sometimes even start feeding on preservatives like parabens if they get the chance to adapt to such systems. The lecture showed that a proper challenge test is mandatory to gain product safety. A preference for a certain test method could not be given, but the most widely used in Europe remains the challenge test according to the European Pharmacopoeia.
Fernando Ibarra, PhD, of Dr. Straetmans, followed Beckmann's presentation with the understanding of microbiology and preservation strategies for natural cosmetics, focusing on alternative and natural ingredients for preservation. Starting with the selection of traditional preservatives that are accepted by different standards, the focus was put on non-traditional systems that today are widely used throughout the world. The influence of different pH levels, of a selection of emulsifiers and of gelling agents was studied recently and presented in this lecture to show the impact of formulation parameters on the efficacy of a given antimicrobial system.
Following a lunch break, Frank Legart of PourLegart, spoke about his practical experiences as a formulator and producer of natural cosmetics. With 16 years of experience in this field and knowledge of regulatory demands, marketing aspects and technical background he was able to give an insight into the daily challenges that a restriction like natural standards bring along. Legart also focused on market data and raw material trends.
Wilfried Petersen, PhD, of Dr. Straetmans presented a study, performed by his company to identify problems with the emulsion stability of 10 selected commonly used emulsifiers for natural cosmetics. The influence of destabilizing factors like surfactants, low and high temperature or pH was analyzed and presented by Petersen in an extensive overview. This comprehensive approach was aimed to giving practical solutions for easily recognizing stability issues in formulations and giving recommendations for stabilization in selected systems.
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The last presentation was given by Claudia Valder of Frey & Lau who spoke about the restrictions and possibilities of designing natural perfumes. After an introduction showing the legal background and technical limitations resulting thereof, Mrs. Valder exemplified the way from customer briefing to a fragrance for natural cosmetics, also talking about the implications of the formulation on the selected perfume. Toxicological aspects as well as further cosmetic functions of some fragrance components were also presented. This vivid talk ended with a practical demonstration of fragrance samples that illustrated the possibilities in composing modern perfumes with only natural components.
The active participation of so many members of the cosmetic industry perhaps implies that the long term engagement of so many members may allow to find another expression than "trend" for this growing part of the cosmetic industry. The success of this sector has also triggered activities in multinational companies and there will be more growth of the market for natural cosmetics in the years to come.


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The Limits of Neuroscience
Time and time again college students are up all night writing a paper they should have started a week ago or cramming for an exam they are going to take the next day. How many times have you compromised your sleep to get things done? How many times have you found that you couldn't concentrate on what you were doing, making the whole process longer? What if I were to offer you a pill that would let you use your brain at its full capacity?
In Limitless, the protagonist, Eddie Morra, finds this pill and it changes his life. He goes from being a recently-dumped, struggling writer into being a superhuman that no longer needs to sleep. Not only does he finish his novel in the matter of four days, he also manages to win a ridiculous amount of money from the stock market and to get back with his ex-girlfriend, Lindy. By the end of the movie, he is running for United States Senate, being considered for presidency, and has become superhuman due to the change in his brain chemistry after his use of the drug.
Unfortunately, I must inform you that this movie is far from being based on a true story. Not only is the fact that we only use twenty percent of our brains a myth, but neuroscience, as a field, is not developed enough to be able to use what we know about the brain in order to make a pill that allows us to do even half of what Eddie Morra did in the movie.
James Kakalios, a physics professor from the University of Minnesota comments on the movie, saying that even though there are chemicals available known to improve brain functioning and that medical science may soon develop drugs that make us smarter, "Taking a pill and becoming a supergenius? Mmmm, that's kinda crazy. That understanding of neurochemistry far eludes us at this stage." He goes on further to support that the claim that we only use twenty percent of our brain is a myth. He says, "We use all of our brains. We don't understand a lot about how the brain works, but evolutionarily, everything in the three-pound hunk of meat on the top of your head is there for a reason."
It is suggested that the way that the media depicts neuroscience is problematic because it uses distorted data in order to back up false claims. A study by Diane Beck, a psychology professor at the University of Illinois suggests that this is because neuroscience studies explain human behavior in a seemingly simple way by citing biological data, which is considered more reliable than other types of data concerning human behavior. This study is further supported by another study done by researchers at Colorado State and UCLA that asked a group of undergraduate students to assess the validity of an argument based on data given to them. The argument was that, because both watching television and doing math problems activate the temporal lobe, watching television improves our mathematical ability. Participants of the experiment who were shown bar graphs "supporting" the data were less likely to find the claim convincing than were participants who were shown a brain scan, even though both pieces of data were cryptic. The assumption that what we know about the brain is directly related to what we know about the mind and human behavior suggests that the field of neuroscience is far more developed than it actually is. Although we have made great strides in the field of neuroscience and the field is rapidly developing, movies like Limitless imply that there is no gap between the science of the mind and the science of the brain.
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Here is Episode 4 of The Mom Crowd Show! McKenna and I filmed it right after we finished running a 5K. So you get to see us in all our sweaty glory. Thankfully you can't smell us. I also got to innterview my friend, Kristin, who is a mom of two boys and has lost 90 pounds! Watch the video and hear how she did it!
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Greipel Powers to Stage 4 Victory in Tour Down Under 2014
Evans went into the stage with a 12 second lead over fellow Australian and rival Simon Gerrans but at the end of the day that had been whittled down to seven seconds due to a concerted assault by the GreenEdge team.
Precious seconds were on offer early in today's stage that departed from the cosmopolitan Adelaide suburb of Unley and headed out through the Adelaide Hills to the beautiful Fleurieu Peninsula for a 149 kilometre stage with 115 thousand fans treated to some sensational racing action.
The first Adam Internet intemediate sprint was contested at Echunga, 25km into the stage which meant the pace was on from the start with the contenders anxious to claw back time on Evans.
Gerrans was set up superbly by his team mates and claimed the maximum three seconds to close his deficit on Evans to nine seconds. His GreenEdge team mate, Matt Goss, was second ahead of Nathan Haas (Garmin-Sharp) who claimed a one second bonus.
"Today it went pretty well with the time bonus I was after," said Gerrans. "Our plan was to chase the first breakaway if it was within reach before the first intermediate sprint, and if not, we'd target the second.
"We eventually managed to do both," said Gerrans. I'm pretty happy with that."
After the furore of the early pace Frenchman Axel Domant (AG2R - La Mondiale) and Australian Cameron Wurf (Cannondale) eventually rode clear and at one stage were more than four minutes ahead of the peloton.
The only Skoda King of the Mountain climb of the day was at at the 96 kilometre mark at Myponga where Domant took ten points ahead of Wurf. Not long after Australian Adam Hansen (Lotto-Belisol) led the chasing group across to add four points to his tally and hold onto the green polka-dot jersey for another day.
Crosswinds and an energetic chase split the peloton with around 40 riders, including the main overall contenders, riding into the front group. The fact the second Adam Internet sprint of the day at Yankalilla, 30 kilometres from the finish, was fast approaching also added intensity to the pace with Team GreenEdge hoping Gerrans would score another bonus.
He did, but not the mamimum because Garmin-Sharp steered Haas through to steal the three seconds. Gerrans had to settle for second place and two seconds while Italian Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) grabbed a one second bonus.
Bike trouble struck for Evans just before the sprint but after a bike change, and with assistance from his team mates, he rejoined the leaders.
"It's been a nervous day with the wind and GreenEdge really took control of the race putting the whole team (on the front) for the intermediate sprints," said Evans. "The first one didn't go favourably for me and the second one was even worse.
"Looking at the numbers, we have four stages favourable to GreenEdge and two for me, so numbers-wise it's not in my advantage but of course Willunga will be important," said Evans of tomorrow's Queen stage that ends atop Old Willunga Hill. "Certainly if GreenEdge keep going for the intermediate sprints they can eat away at seven seconds pretty quickly.
"It's certainly not my area of expertise and Simon is good in the sprints and has a very, very good team for that.... but we'll see what happens on the way to Willunga. With the finish line at the top I think everyone is going to be looking at Willunga of course, and it goes back into my area of racing and experience.
"Of course to win the race I'm going to have to do something pretty special there."
Gerrans tried to grab more seconds on Evans at the finish but just missed out placing fourth across the line.
"It would have been great to finish one place higher and get more time bonus but a flat bunch sprint finish isn't my speciality," said Gerrans. "With two stages to go, the race for the overall win remains wide open. The race is far from won."
Meantime Greipel, who was pipped for the win in Sunday's People's Choice Classic and was second again in the San Remo Pasta Stage 1, had earmarked today as his and he was piloted to the finishing straight by the Lotto-Belisol express. Right behind him was team mate Jurgen Roelandts from Belgium with Italian Elia Viviani (Cannondale) third.
"I was always confident that I'd win something here. In the inaugural criterium in Adelaide and in stage 1, I just made mistakes but that can happen in sprinting," said Greipel.
"Before today's stage, I thought this would be the first day for a sprint," said the German champion who in 2012 also won the stage into Victor Harbor and holds the event record for the most stage wins. "Coming first and second says enough of the great work our team Lotto-Belisol has done today.
"It was nervous all along, Team GreenEdge had six guys at the front of the bunch but we put pressure on them after the intermediate sprint," Greipel explained.
"I know the area of Victor Harbor pretty well. I know the last climb too. It's quite open to the wind. The way we rode as a team makes it a well deserved win," he said.
It was a bonus that Roelandts held on for second place.
"I was a bit nervous with 8 kilometer to go because we had all the pressure to win," said Roelandts. "We hit that last chicane with André in perfect position and after leading him out, I sat up a bit, but when I saw no one coming around me, I restarted my sprint to finish second.
"That's always nice for the points and the confidence, knowing the work over the winter has paid off."
Lotto-Belisol had more reason to celebrate with Adam Hansen doing the hard yards for Greipel but still managing to hold on to the Skoda King of the Mountain category. But he admits his aim now is a high overall place (he is currently sitting in 12th place).
"To win with André is why we're here and today was our big goal with him," said Hansen. "I just stayed near him as much as possible during the stage and did my job when attacks went in the final hill. I closed the gap to the attackers and made sure I had my guys in a good position to lead André out.
"He's one of the best sprinters in the world so we always believe in him to be able to win," said Hansen.
20 year old UniSA-Australia rider, Jack Haig, had a fabulous day in the saddle finishing with the lead group to grab the Cycle Instead Young Rider jersey.
"With all the crosswinds, it was a question of staying out of the gutter. The bunch split and I was the only young rider up there I think. Anyway the kid from FDJ [Kenny Elissonde] wasn't so I take the jersey over from him," explained Haig. "I have a really good chance to win this jersey tomorrow because I'm a good climber.
"This is my first Santos Tour Down Under, it's amazing!"
The Europcar Most Competitive Rider for the stage was awarded to Wurf who says his ride was motivated by past events.
"What happened in the Giro (Tour of Italy) last year (was) every time I went into a breakaway, Elia Viviani got a good result, so he did today too." said the former rowing champion.
"I attacked again in the final climb to get the sprint trains disorganised. I was hungry today because I was very disappointed yesterday to not get the position I wanted up to Corkscrew climb."
"With Jens Voigt as part of our race roster, we also have a bit of a competition running for being the rider who attacks the most," explained Wurf of Team Trek Factory Racing who scored yesterday's Europcar Most Competitive Rider award.


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'Obi-Wan' Series Will Be One 'Standalone Season'
In early 2020, the Obi-Wan Kenobi series coming to Disney+ was suddenly put "on hold" right as the show looked to be gearing up for production. Rumors swirled, and when the dust settled the show's original writer, Hossein Amini, was replaced by Joby Harold. Then the pandemic hit, and the story faded to the background.
This week, we finally got an update on the show's progress from Ewan McGregor. While discussing his new Apple TV+ series Long Way Up with Entertainment Tonight, he revealed that his Obi-Wan show is still moving forward and gearing up for production to now begin in the spring of 2021. Saying he was "really excited" about the show, McGregor also revealed that the current plan is for Obi-Wan to be a miniseries, not an ongoing show on Disney+ like The Mandalorian:
McGregor noted there aren't any plans, yet, for a second season of Obi-Wan. 'As I understand, it's a standalone season,' he said. 'We'll see. Who knows?'
McGregor remains a busy actor with a thriving film career who also likes to occasionally record himself traveling on a motorcycle for shows like Long Way Up, meaning it might be difficult to lock him into a regular TV schedule. If Obi-Wan is a hit, it's probably much more feasible that it becomes an irregular series of miniseries, with Obi-Wan getting into occasional adventures when McGregor's hectic life allows. Either way, they gotta make the first season of the series first, something that has not ben particularly easy so far.
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For electric vehicle owners who long for the freedom of the open road, range anxiety has been a constant source of concern.
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The White House has pledged $7.5 billion from a bipartisan infrastructure law to go toward improving and increasing the national charging network. The plan would create new public chargers both for local commuting and longer-distance traveling.
The announcement comes on the heels of commitments from some of the nation's most popular automobile brands, including General Motors, Volvo and Lexus, to expand their electric vehicle offerings.
A big barrier to buying an electric vehicle, Vice President Harris said as she described the White House's plan, is figuring out where and how to charge it.
"Well, when we install public chargers in rural, urban and suburban neighborhoods, we make it easier for people to go electric. It's that simple," Harris said.
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Also included is an additional $2.5 billion in competitive grants for communities to "ensure that charger deployment meets Administration priorities such as supporting rural charging, improving local air quality and increasing EV charging access in disadvantaged communities," the White House said in a statement.
The administration says that by no later than Feb. 11, it will publish guidance for states and cities to "strategically deploy EV charging stations to build out a national network along our nation's highway system."
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By no later than May 13, the Department of Transportation will issue guidance for chargers in the national network "to ensure they work, they're safe, and they're accessible to everyone."
Pete Buttigieg, who oversees the Transportation Department, and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm this week signed a memorandum of understanding to create a Joint Office of Energy and Transportation to support developing the charging network.
"We are embarking on a transformative path to modernize the way we get [...] around in this country, making sure all Americans have the option to choose electric vehicles and spend less at the pump while making our air healthier," Granholm said in a joint statement.
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While building the infrastructure will not happen overnight, Timothy Johnson, a professor and chair of the Energy and Environment program at Duke University, pointed to the speed at which the U.S. was able to adapt to the growing need for gas stations between the 1920s and 1930s, building a brand new sector from a threadbare starting point.
"We went from pretty much nothing in 1920 to a couple hundred thousand pumps in the 1930s," he said. "We have electricity infrastructure, so adding chargers isn't as big of a deal. We've done it before, we can do it again, and I think under easier conditions this time."
Despite the progress in increasing the number of chargers, all chargers are not created equal. While the $7.5 billion plan is a historic investment in the future of electric cars, the number is half of what the administration had originally proposed for the same number of chargers.
That means that rather than installing Level 3 operating chargers that can nearly fully replenish a car's battery in anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes, the administration will likely implement more Level 2 chargers — like the kind usually found usually found at homes and office buildings — that can take upwards of 20 hours to fully juice one.
The price tag for Level 2 chargers rings in at a few thousand dollars, whereas Level 3 chargers are 50 to 100 times as expensive, according to The Verge.
Still, the plan was hailed by environmental activists as a win in the fight against climate change.
"The Biden administration's EV charging action plan brings us another step closer to a much-needed national charging network," said Simon Horowitz, associate of Environment America Global Warming Solutions. "Transportation is currently the No. 1 source of global warming emissions in the United States, with vehicle pollution fueling the climate crisis everyday. It's critical that we drastically reduce our pollution to protect our planet."
The infrastructure bill also addresses EV batteries
Industry experts have raised concerns about the speed at which the car batteries are produced as well as their environmental impact.
The infrastructure bill, under which the electric vehicle charging station program is funded, allocates $3 billion in competitive grants to accelerate the development of a North American battery supply chain. It also includes an additional $3 billion in grants aimed at expanding the United States' battery manufacturing capabilities as well as establishing battery recycling facilities.
The charging network announcement comes alongside an additional effort, set by executive order, that sets a target to make half of all new cars sold in 2030 zero-emissions vehicles.
Recent market changes suggest that, while ambitious, the nation is better positioned to achieve that goal than in years past, as a number of barriers to electric car ownership — like a lack of charging stations — have fallen.
"The more it comes to seem normal, the more people will be willing to buy an electric vehicle," said Johnson, the Duke University professor.
According to a June Pew Research Center survey, just 7% of Americans said they owned an electric vehicle, but nearly 40% said they were very or somewhat likely to seriously consider buying an electric vehicle for their next car.
And for drivers concerned about the price of electric cars as opposed to their gas-powered counterparts, Johnson said that as the cost of lithium battery production continues to fall, America approaches a "magic cost threshold" for electric vehicles, where the price gap between gas-powered and electric vehicles will narrow.
A data analysis by Kelley Blue Book shows that the average cost of an electric vehicle dropped 10.8% from 2020 to 2021, while the average cost of a traditionally powered vehicle rose 2.2% in the same period.
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You can use Lync Server 2013, Persistent Chat Server to enable multiple users to participate in conversations in which they post and access content about specific topics, including text, links, and files. Although users can communicate in real time during a session, the content of each session is persistent, which means that it continues to be available after a session ends.
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Class, Education, and the Republican Field
Among Republicans who make less than 25k a year 73% view Palin favorably but only 38% say they like Romney. Expand that to less than 50k a year and the gap closes but is still pretty wide- 75% with a positive opinion of Palin to 46% for Romney.
At the top of the pay scale it's a different story. Among GOP voters who make 75k on up the two are equally popular, with each seen positively by 66%. And when you restrict it those who make over 100k, Romney becomes the more popular one at 74% to Palin's 61%.
The divide is even wider on education level, at least at the low end. Among Republicans who have no schooling beyond high school 78% view Palin favorably while only 29% have a positive opinion of Romney. Expand that group to people who have some college education short of a four year degree and the gap narrows a little bit but remains wide at 72% favorable for Palin and 45% for Romney.
If Romney's going to win the nomination in 2012 he probably has to convince downscale GOP voters that he understands and shares their values and isn't just some rich guy who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. And Palin's going to need to be able to convince wealthier Republicans that she's not just a social conservative, but also someone who can bring good leadership to the table that helps businesses and the economy.
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I think you are overstating the issue. Palin is still popular with wealthy GOP voters (66% with 75-100K and 61% with over 100K) while Romney is not popular with lower-income GOP voters and GOP voters who have not finished college or just attended high school.
In other words, she's close to him among the wealthy GOP voters but he's miles away from her among non-wealthy GOP voters. - August 24, 2009 at 11:40 AM
- Jeremy said...
Tom, kudos to you for following that methodologically embarrassing 'birther' poll with something that can give some hard data to say what you wanted to say all along - the ignorant support Palin.
To give a bit of a different spin, though, your useful numbers show that Palin actually has great favorables across the board, and the cheese powder on the 'birther' cheese puff you tried to serve up has been soundly buried by your subsequent work - Palin as the exclusive provenance of the ignorant doesn't stand up to these numbers at all. She has enviable support all the way up and down the educational and income ladders.
And for elections purposes, those unwashed masses out there get just as many votes as you or I, and our government is actually designed to let them trump the elites whenever they want to. - August 24, 2009 at 1:59 PM
- Jeremy said...
Hi Tom,
Can you tell us where we can get the complete numbers on this? You haven't told us anything here about Palin's support among people with Bachelors degree and higher (Why is that?)
This poll says some fascinating things about what's happening in this field and digging deep will yield good strategic information. - August 24, 2009 at 2:15 PM


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Doctoral student: Vinutha Magal Shreenath , Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH), Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems
Opponent: Professor John Gero, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Designing in large-scale engineering systems is a difficult cognitive task undertakenby experts. Knowledge of experts continually changes as they are confrontedwith similar by different problems in designing in such systems. However, it is alsoimportant that designers are presented information that is representative of the system,and that they are cognizant of activities on a system scale so they can create diversechoices for designs in early phase of design process.Data Science has been proven to be effective at informing people for decisions atimmediate horizons. But the use of data science to drive long terms designs whereexperts have to make the right series of decisions i.e. designs is yet unknown. The useof data science is to inform decision makers of activities at system scale.In this thesis, I have looked at how data science can be used to create knowledge indesigners for designing in large scale systems. I have also investigated further questionsregarding imitation of expertise using AI, and in generating similar knowledge bycreating diverse options in design.The results point out that data science can indeed inform designers, change theirdesigns and hence create knowledge. They also point out that design cognition inexperts can be partly imitated in data science itself, through careful modeling of theill-defined problem in design. This therefore points to a promising future directionwhere data can be used as an interface between human thinking and machine learning,by translation of conceptual forms such as differential diagnoses and cognitive artefactsusing data.


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Idolatry, the Lord's Supper, and the Body of Christ
Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say. Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ? Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one bread. Look at the nation Israel; are not those who eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar? What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything or that an idol is anything? No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?
The Two-Sided Error of the Corinthians
What 1 Corinthians 10 is about is the way the Corinthians had overestimated the power of the Lord's Supper as sacramental food, and had underestimated the purpose of the Lord's Supper as spiritual fellowship with Christ.
In other words, they saw eating the bread and drinking the cup as a kind of sacramental antidote to any ill effects that might come from tasting the poison of idolatry. And so they overestimated the power of the Lord's Supper.
And they failed to see that the purpose of eating the bread and drinking the cup was to share in the life of Christ and to fellowship with him as one body. And so they underestimated the purpose of the Lord's Supper, and thus its true power in the fight against idolatry and sin.
And both their overestimation of its power to immunize, and their underestimation of its purpose to nourish fellowship with Christ, made them vulnerable to sin. And not only to sin, but to entanglement with demons.
The Tremendous Seriousness of Such Error
And so what we are dealing with here is something tremendously serious in the life of the church. The Lord's Supper is precious beyond words as a gift from Jesus to his church not only as a reminder of his death for us, but also as an occasion when he draws near to nourish our intimacy with him and strengthen us by his shed blood and his broken body. And yet it is possible to overestimate the power of the Lord's Supper and actually make it an encouragement for sinning.
And so I want us to unpack these two mistakes that the Corinthians were making. The aim is that we not make them ourselves, but rather have a biblically balanced view of the Lord's Supper.
Idolatry Is the Dominant and Key Theme
The first thing we need to notice is that idolatry is the theme that holds this chapter together. Our text began in verse 14 with the command, "Therefore, my beloved, flee idolatry." Then again in verse 19 Paul says, "What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?" Then in verse 28 he says, "If anyone should say to you, 'This is meat sacrificed to idols,' do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for conscience' sake." Then notice back nearer to the beginning of the chapter in verse 7: "And do not be idolaters, as some of them [the Israelites] were."
So running through the whole chapter is this concern with idolatry there in Corinth: verses 7, 14, 19, 28. The pagan sacrifices to idols in Corinth were a tough issue for the church. Do you eat the meat used in such sacrifices when it's resold in the market? Do you go to dinner in a person's house when they might use such meat? Can you participate in the ceremonies themselves? Idolatry was not a merely theoretical issue in Corinth. It was a real life everyday problem. And it still is today, though the idols and the sacrifices have changed.
1. Overestimating Its Power
The first mistake some of the Corinthians made was that they overestimated the power of the Lord's Supper to make them immune to the destructive effects of this idolatry.
Paul takes this up in verses 1–14. What Paul shows here is that the Corinthians were saying, "I eat God's sacramental food. I drink God's sacramental drink. I've been baptized into Christ with water. I am safe and secure and so nothing can threaten me, not even participation with my old friends in the feasts of idolatry. The Lord's Supper and baptism make me secure."
How Paul Warns the Corinthians
Now that is a grave mistake. And the way Paul shows it up is by comparing the blessing of the Christian ordinances of baptism and the Lord's Supper to the blessing of God on Israel when they went through the water of the Red Sea and ate miraculous manna in the wilderness and drank miraculous water from desert rocks. Watch how he gives his warning to the Corinthians who are relying on the power of food and drink to keep them safe from God's judgment.
1 I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud [i.e., the pillar of cloud that led Israel], and all passed through the sea [i.e., the Red Sea at the Exodus from Egypt]; 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea [i.e., Israelites were blessed by God with a kind of "through the water" deliverance just as remarkable as yours]; 3 and all ate the same spiritual food; 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ [i.e., the manna and the miracle water were types, as verse 6 says, of what was to come, namely, the food and drink of the Lord's Supper]. 5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness [i.e., died in the wilderness and were kept out of the promised land]. 6 Now these things happened as examples [or types] for us, that we should not crave evil things, as they also craved. 7 And do not be idolaters, as some of them were.
Seeing the Error the Corinthians Were Making
Now we can see the mistake the Corinthians were making. They were overestimating the power of the Lord's Supper (and baptism) by thinking that if they just ate this food and drank this drink, God would be pleased with them and they would be safe from his judgment, even if they went on participating in the idol feasts of their Corinthian friends.
This is frighteningly close to the way millions of professing Christians view the Lord's Supper today—as a grace dispenser, a sacramental antidote that immunizes against all forms of worldly idolatry. If you show up and eat and drink, you are safe. And the rest of your life can be just as entangled in secularism and sin as all the rest of the world.
To this Paul says, No. You are not safe. Verse 12: "Let him who thinks that he stand take heed lest he fall." The Lord's Supper does not protect from the judgment of God if we go on craving and grumbling and idolizing the way the world does. Israelites came to ruin in the wilderness (v. 5). And the same thing could happen to you.
That was their first mistake: they overestimated the power of the Lord's Supper to protect them from the destructive effects of idolatry. They substituted sacramentalism for personal holiness.
2. Underestimating Its Purpose
The other mistake they made was that they underestimated the purpose of the Lord's Supper as spiritual fellowship with Christ.
The Lord's Supper is not an external, automatic impartation of divine protection. It is an experience of personal, spiritual fellowship with Christ. In the eating and drinking by faith we nourish ourselves on the blessings purchased by Christ's shed blood and broken body. And so this Supper really does help protect us from destruction by making us want to flee idolatry not by making us secure in idolatry.
Sharing in the Body and Blood of Christ
Let's see how Paul brings this out. Verse 14 says, "Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry." Then he asks them to judge carefully what he says (v. 15), and then in verse 16 he gives his argument that should empower them to flee idolatry—and it's an argument from the nature of the Lord's Supper. This Supper really is powerful, but not the way the Corinthians were using it. He says, "Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ?"
Now what does this mean? This is what will make us want to flee idolatry—flee from the pagan feasts where idols are worshiped (v. 14) because in the Lord's Supper we are sharers in the blood of Christ and sharers in the body of Christ (v. 16). What does "sharing in the blood of Christ" and "sharing in the body of Christ" mean? Does it mean that we drink the physical blood and eat the physical body of Christ? Or is there another meaning? There are two clues in the immediate context, one in verse 18 and one in verse 20. Both these verses use this idea of "sharing." (See also 1:9.)
Sharing in the Benefits Purchased by Them
In verse 18 Paul says, "Look at the nation of Israel; are not those who eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar?" Now this does not mean that they eat the altar. It means that they share in the benefits of what happens on the altar. On the altar God removes guilt and forgives sin and makes peace and establishes a fellowship of thanksgiving and love. So to be a sharer in the altar is to share in all those things that God is doing at the altar.
This is probably what Paul means in verse 16 when he says that the bread is a sharing in the body of Christ and the cup is a sharing in the blood of Christ. When Christ was sacrificed on the cross and shed his blood and gave his body for us, God was removing guilt and forgiving sin and making peace and establishing fellowship with all who believe. And the purpose of the Lord's Supper is to receive from Christ the nourishment and strength and hope and joy that come from feasting our souls on all that he purchased for us on the cross, especially his own fellowship. We share in the body and the blood by sharing in the benefits that they bought—including, as verse 17 says, our unity in the body of Christ (as we saw last week from Ephesians 2:11–22).
Submitting to and Entering into Fellowship with Christ
Then verse 20 uses this word "sharers" again, and helps us see more of what verse 16 means. Start in verse 19: "What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? [Here he is guarding himself from a misinterpretation: he is not against participation in idol feasts because idols of wood and stone are anything.] No [v. 20 says], but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons."
So here is the key word again: sharers. What does it mean? Again it does not mean that we eat demons when we eat meat offered to idols. It means that we get entangled in their power. We submit to them. We become vulnerable to them. We enter into some kind of fellowship. We affirm them in some way and give them leeway in our lives.
So, that is also part of the meaning in verse 16, when it says that the cup is a sharing in the blood of Christ and the bread is a sharing in the body of Christ. It is a getting entangled with Christ and a submitting to Christ and being vulnerable to him and giving him leeway in your life and entering into fellowship with him. This is why we call the Lord's Supper "Communion." It is a communing with Christ rather than with demons.
Powerful Against Idolatry
And so what the Corinthians were underestimating was the real power of the Lord's Supper that comes from its true purpose, namely, to deepen and strengthen our participation in the benefits of the cross, or to nourish our fellowship with Christ himself. And the reason this is powerful against idolatry is given in verse 21: "You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons." You can't. Because when you truly partake of the cup and the table of the Lord, you are being nourished and satisfied by the Lord, and loving the Lord, and delighting in the Lord, and trusting the Lord and fellowshipping with the Lord. That's what it means to share in the blood and body of Christ—to sit with Jesus at the banquet of the benefits of his death. In that kind of experience idols and demons lose all their attraction and all their power.
I conclude with this word of application. Today's text concerning the Lord's Supper is really about what you do when you are not at the Lord's Supper. It's about the threat of idolatry in your life every day. It's a word from God that says, What you just experienced with Christ in the Lord's Supper dare not—cannot—be profaned this week by your sitting down at the feast of idols. You know what they are in your life. So I say in the name of Christ and in the words of Paul: Flee from idolatry this week. For at this table this morning you have sat with Jesus at the banquet of the benefits of his death, and such an experience dare not be profaned.


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A Boise, Idaho, man seen sitting on the floor of the U.S. Senate during the riot at the Capitol last week turned himself in Tuesday.
Josiah Colt turned himself in to Ada County Jail Tuesday afternoon, according to Ada County Sheriff's spokesman Patrick Orr. Colt is at the jail on a federal U.S. Marshal's hold, according to Orr.
CNN reports that Colt was the man captured in a Getty Images photo climbing down the facade of the viewing gallery in the Senate chamber and sitting in Vice President Mike Pence's chair.
The Idaho Statesman reports federal court records do not show charges being filed against Colt as of Tuesday night, but they could be filed under seal.
Five people died, including a woman who was shot by Capitol Police, according to Metro Police Chief Robert Contee. A Capitol police officer also died from injuries received during the riot. The other three people died of unknown medical emergencies.
The FBI is still looking for information that will identify some of the people involved. If you witnessed unlawful violent actions, the FBI is urging you to submit any information, photos, or videos that could be relevant by clicking here.
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— FBI (@FBI) January 10, 2021
This article was written by Meredith Spelbring forKIVI.


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At the end of most previous recessions, hiring has increased among state and local governments, helping the broader economy to recover.
That's not happening this time around.
Layoffs have started to taper off, and tax receipts are starting to improve. But states are still a long way from bringing their workforces back up to pre-recession levels. And cities and counties remain in greater fiscal peril.
The employment report released last Friday showed that state governments had hired 2,000 more people in March, but those gains were more than offset by 3,000 jobs lost at the local level.
Altogether, state and local governments are still down nearly 700,000 positions, compared with April 2009.
So, while the public sector is no longer creating a drag on the overall employment picture, as it was just a few months ago, it's not likely to turn around and help things out much for the foreseeable future.
"Communities are glad they've hit bottom, but they're not expecting that the bottom is a trampoline and they're going to bounce right back up," says Geoff Beckwith, executive director of the Massachusetts Municipal Association.
Caution Remains The Watchword
After years of big drops, tax collections have been improving, particularly for states. From the middle of 2009 to the third quarter of last year, total tax receipts increased nearly 11 percent, thanks mainly to healthy growth in income and sales taxes, according to a Government Accountability Office study released last week.
But states still haven't caught up to where they were before the recession. Their total revenues this year are expected to be $659 billion, according to the National Association of State Budget Officers.
That's still well under where they were back in 2008, when they took in $680 billion. Since that time, populations have grown and costs have risen in areas such as education, health care and unemployment insurance.
Since President Obama took office, the federal government has repeatedly sent billions out to states and localities to stave off job losses, particularly among schoolteachers, but the funds haven't been enough. California alone has lost 32,000 teaching positions since the 2008-'09 school year.
"State and local governments are just going to be unable to carry out the programs that they did before, because there aren't the revenues," says Sujit CanagaRetna, senior fiscal analyst for the Council of State Governments.
Need Not Apply
Some states are still struggling. The Washington state Legislature, for instance, is currently meeting in special session in hopes of finding $1 billion in savings between now and June 30.
"We're definitely still in a job-shedding mode," says Ralph Thomas, spokesman for the state's Office of Financial Management.
That's not the case in most states. Nearly every state, during the recession's trough, either laid off workers or imposed furloughs, hiring and salary freezes — or some combination of all those things.
In most states now, workers who leave are likely to be replaced, which wasn't the case a couple of years ago. But few state agencies are in anything like an expansion mode.
Even where budgets have become more robust, there's still concern about the fragility of the economic recovery and worries about rising education and Medicaid costs.
And, particularly in states governed by Republicans, increases in revenue may be devoted not to hiring but to tax relief. Tax cuts are viewed by many GOP leaders as a better way to stimulate economic growth and job creation than expanding government programs.
In Oklahoma and Kansas, legislators are seriously considering abolishing income taxes altogether.
"There's more of a feeling than there was even a few years ago, if the money is there, legislators don't want to use it to return or add jobs to the state payroll," says Matt DeCample, spokesman for Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe, a Democrat. "You've still got a pretty strong sentiment where, if there is additional funding available, that's not going to be the first place legislators are going to want to use it."
Fear Of Fixed Costs
By this point following the recession of the early 1980s, government hiring had already started to pick up, according to Tracy Gordon, a fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution.
State budget officials are highly conscious of the fact that new employees bring with them considerable additional costs, in the forms of pensions and health benefits.
"For every employee who's hired, there's a great deal of awareness that along with that comes a very expensive health insurance bill," says Beckwith, the Massachusetts municipal league official.
Cities and counties remain in more dire straits than states — in part because states have taken their fiscal troubles out on them by cutting various local funding programs.
Local governments also rely heavily on property taxes, which remain flat because of the weak housing market. That means public sector employment is likely to remain sluggish for quite some time, because the bulk of the jobs are actually at the local level. (Much of what states spend their money on is not personnel costs, but writing checks to service providers such as school districts and hospitals.)
With 14.1 million employees, local government payrolls are now at their lowest level since February 2006.
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