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Octogenarian drummer sets the pace for band(July 12, 2010)
It is in the eighties under the afternoon sun and the drummer is in his eighties as the noisy and fun climax to the Lakeside Pleasure Grounds final contribution to the week long Warminster Festival ended on an upbeat note.
The Warminster Brass Band led by director Mike Nunn played to scores of music lovers on Sunday afternoon and it soon became a case of 'musical chairs' as half of the audience kept moving to follow the shade.
As the park vibrated to the lively tunes passers-by paused to enjoy the sight of the bandstand being used for its original purpose.
"It should have been the occasion to play 'Nice one Cyril - Nice one son' as the drummer is an octagenarian Cyril," Paul Macdonald told on-lookers.
One band member with her cornet created 'only the crumbliest, flakiest moment' in the coolest possible way as an ice-cream made an appearance.
The Brass Band meet each Monday evening at St. John's Church Hall and are always looking out for new members.
"We are looking at forming a junior band," explained Mike Nunn. "Anyone interested should call our secretary Pat Cutler on 215200."
The 14 musicians return again next week and the bandstand hosts visting bands on more Sundays sponsored by Warminster Town Council.


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I absolutely love checking out new bars and hanging out to try a couple great cocktails. There always seems to be at least one memorable bar that becomes a favorite when I'm exploring a new city. Alley Cat Lounge was the one that did it for me in Savannah. I met up with another solo traveler to enjoy a few drinks with for my final night in Savannah. Just enter the doors found in an alleyway off W. Broughton Street, then go down a flight of stairs.
We grabbed a couple seats at the dimly lit bar and went over the newspaper menu. Very cool! We started off with a couple tasty tiki cocktails, the Mai Tai and Fogcutter. Cheers!
Our bartender took such great care of us and it was a pleasure watching him make a variety of drinks. The couple next to us bought us a couple delicious shots served in cute little tiki cups. Thanks! I also ordered the P/C Southside made with gin, pomegranate, cucumber, mint, and lemon.
The cocktails were incredible, so we had to try a few more.
Alley Cat Lounge was awesome. The cocktails were amazing and the service was excellent. What a hidden gem! It was a great way to end the night. I was finally ready to call it a night and walked back to the hotel. I was heading back home the following afternoon.
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Is Truck Platooning Closer to Becoming Legal?
Truck platooning has been gaining attention just as much as truck automation in the past several months. As the truck industry continues to suffer from a shortage of drivers, the legislative demands causing issues, and rates continuing to increase, it seems that the carriers' proposal for truck platooning might be considered.
Platooning could provide fleets with increased fuel efficiency and safety by taking advantage of the equipment options that are already available in trucks including the lane keeping and automatic braking features.
What Is Truck Platooning?
Truck platooning consists of two or more trucks traveling in a single line while maintaining a close distance, usually between 50 to 80 feet between the individual trucks. Further, the trucks used in platooning are equipped with safety and driver assistance smart technology features that require minimal reaction from the drivers following the lead vehicle.
The technology used in truck platooning helps regulate speed through CACC (cooperative adaptive cruise control), which enables the trucks to accelerate, decelerate and brake simultaneously. The trucks that would be used in platooning are equipped with electronic controls on the engine and braking systems that are activated by the radar sensors installed on the exterior of trucks.
Ultimately, truck platooning would reduce the distances between vehicles and help to increase roadway access and alleviate the accordion effect for other travelers. Similar technology and sensor controls also exist in the newer passenger motor vehicles, whereas settings can be activated to regulate speed and maintain a specific distance from the vehicle ahead.
According to the North American Council on Freight Efficiency, two-truck platooning could increase fuel economy by approximately 7%. This is a significant savings, considering the industry spends more than $100 billion annually on fuel. Another cost-saving advantage it offers is the reduction of aerodynamic drag for the trucks following.
Many States Open to Truck Platooning
Even though truck platooning offers fuel efficiency and increases road capacity for other drivers, currently 34 states ban truck platooning, as a violation of the "following too close" rule. However, with the technology advancements and improved safety of digitally tethering the trucks, some of the states are adopting the platooning practice.
Overall the state regulations that have hindered platooning fall under one of two categories that fall under the umbrella term of "following too close." Currently 24 states fall into the category that requires trucks to maintain a specific measurable or timed distance from other vehicles on the roadways. While 26 states are more lenient, mandating that trucks allow a "reasonable and prudent" distance.
According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, 19 states have either lifted the ban, or at minimum agreed to implement a platoon testing program, opening the roadways for trucks to use the travel method as long as they are equipped with the automatic emergency braking feature and electronic vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems.
As these states revise their FTC statutes, the ones with the major truck routes connecting the states will benefit truck platooning the most, with the long distances being traveled across the country seeing the most impact on fuel efficiency as well as a reduction in traffic congestion.
Benefits of States Allowing Platooning
With states becoming more open to truck platooning, there are several other advantages too.
Using the technology that is already in place will improve overall travel safety across the various states. Also, the electronic safety features utilized in platooning oftentimes have faster reaction times than humans. For example the emergency braking is automatically activated when the sensors detect a discrepancy in the distance between vehicles and/or abrupt change in speed, whereas human reaction time is dependent on reflexes and attentiveness.
Although the fuel savings advantages were previously mentioned, the long hauls of truck platooning will allow fleets to increase profits on such routes. Conversely, the states that cater to truck platooning will earn more favor and business from fleets.
Why the Topic of Legalization is On the Rise
Truck platooning is being pushed as a way to improve both safety and efficiency on the roads. In addition to the truck platoons that involve all trucks being manned, as technology advances, the industry plans to implement a platoon that consists of a lead driver followed by as many as three truck trains, which are wirelessly connected. This will help alleviate the truck driver shortage and overcome the FMCSA (HOS) Hours of Service Regulations.
The American Trucking Association estimates the industry is in need of approximately 60,000 truck drivers and that number is forecasted to rise to 100,000 over the next few years. This shortage is already increasing costs for carriers and consumers. The trucking industry is crucial to the American economy, so changes must take place.
There are several factors causing the driver shortage, which include individuals retiring while others seek new employment because they find the new HOS and ELD regulations too restricting.
The FMCSA HOS requires specific rest periods and imposes strict limitations on driving hours. The platooning of wireless trucks would enable two drivers en route to rotate as the "pilot driver" and cover more miles on a long distance delivery, while still adhering to the FMCSA regulations.
The FMCSA rules were initiated as a way to improve safety and reduce driver fatigue. In 2015, more than 3,000 individuals died in vehicle accidents that involved professional trucks and according to the U.S. DOT, among the accidents that, 90% of the crashes were linked to human error. The advanced technology used in truck platooning would improve safety ratings.
Fortunately legislative changes are underway, as more states get onboard with permitting testing and updating statutes. In addition to the legal aspects, it will also be important for individual motorists to recognize the use of truck platooning in order to improve roadway safety.
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When last we saw Our Hero, Professor Bruce E. Johansen, he was living down the unbearable shame of having resigned from the Investigating Subcommittee of CU's Standing Committee on Research Misconduct—the subcommittee charged with taking a look at various fabrication and plagiarism charges leveled against then-Professor Ward Churchill. Johansen resigned his post on the five-member subcommittee after it came to light (here on PirateBallerina, and unbeknownst to me, the day before in the Boulder Daily Camera) that he'd already voiced his high opinion of Churchill several months previous. After he resigned from the subcommittee (along with fellow pro-Churchillite Robert A. Williams), Johansen grumbled a bit, and then fell off our radar.As Paine points out, Johansen defended more than Churchill's "free-speech rights in public":
Apparently, however, PB did not fall off Johansen's radar. Thanks to a PB reader, Waldo Pepper, I've become aware that Johansen recently published a book entitled Silenced! Academic Freedom, Scientific Inquiry, and the First Amendment under Siege in America (Praeger Publishers, 2007), wherein Johansen demonstrates how loathing turns to obsession, and obsession turns to fabulism. From the very first page of the book's Preface, Johansen wallows in an ecstasy of imagined martyrdom while twisting the facts to substantiate his later characterization of me and PB:Very quickly, some Denver print and broadcast media, fed by an anti-Churchill Web site, Jim Paine's pirateballerina.com, busied themselves questioning Williams's and my impartiality because we had defended Churchill's free-speech rights in public, a matter that was not under investigation.
I can't speak for the "Denver print and broadcast media" but I can say that what PB highlighted was public praise for Churchill's scholarship from both men. From Johansen: "The present controversy has focused on only a tiny fraction of Prof. Churchill's work. I have read some of his books, and find them to be well-argued and intensively documented in a scholarly manner. He occasionally has referenced my work, and he has done so properly." From Williams: "...[A]nyone who's followed the field of American Indian Studies for the past three decades would immediately recognize Ward Churchill as an important scholar, writer and advocate, whose published works are widely cited and relied upon." Churchill's scholarship, and his writing, and his documentation—I believe—was under investigation.Yes, yes it was. Read the whole thing, for it is--funny? Ludicrous? Pathetic? Sickening?--all of the above, and amply demonstrates how easily left-wing academics mistake a florid persecution complex for scholarship.


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An advertisement for the posts of Scientific Assistant-B, Technician-B have been published by DCSEM (Directorate of Construction Services and Estate Management) on its web address dcsem.gov.in for 10th, 12th, B.Sc, Diploma. Candidates who want to get a job in DCSEM can apply for this notification after matching the prerequisite qualification required for the vacancy . The job location will be Mumbai. Applications must be submitted before 21-09-2015. For more details like eligibility criteria, age limit and salary read further.
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Why The Planet Needs You To Get Rowdy8 August 2018
On a national and international level, political action on climate change has been slow-moving and absurdly, fatally bureaucratic. The largest emitters, both currently and historically, continue to emit amounts of carbon that will condemn our planet to a future of unmitigated warming and climatic disaster if something is not done very, very soon. Unfortunately, most politicians are trying to maintain their popularity and be re-elected in the short-term, and the economic pain and social change that will necessarily accompany action on climate change is antithetical to these goals. Action will have to come from the people.
There are many dedicated environmental activists currently working, but there are also significant challenges facing them. According to Lucy Turton, an UMSU environment department office bearer, "climate activism in so-called Australia is basically a lot of the same people taking on a lot of the work." There is a widespread reluctance to become deeply involved in activist movements, which Turton believes is caused by "a combination of factors: lack of training, lack of time, lack of willingness or understanding about campaign strategy and direct action." Additionally, she points out, "the negative press from the media and government regarding activism definitely doesn't help people feel compelled to stand up and get in the way." Too often, activists are portrayed as overly aggressive or unreasonably discontented. This perhaps explains why, as Turton suggests, "it's usually people who are already vilified or discriminated against who are the ones doing this work… First Nations people, queer people, young people, People of Colour, retirees and the elderly." They already know that when activists yell and throw things, they are not overreacting—it is what must be done in defence of innocent lives.
Of course, it is not only negative media portrayals that drive people away from radical activism—it is also, undeniably, more difficult than engaging in other ways. "It's 10 times easier to get solar panels and use public transport than it is to get people together, organise, plan, and undertake mass civil disobedience," Turton says. She argues that there has been an exerted effort to push people who want to see change towards "individual micro-change"; that "corporate interests and the politicians who benefit from [them]… have convinced a lot of people to put their energy into lifestyle change by putting the burden of change onto individuals rather than corrupt structures," with the result that "even a lot of activists… remain convinced that 'change from within', which is basically having some rallies and asking nicely, is enough to fix plenty of big systemic problems."
We need to see a change in our attitudes towards disruptive action—to stop seeing passionate activists as rude or pushy. We need to see them and admire their willingness
to stand up and fight for what they believe in, for this kind of passionate engagement to be something we aspire to rather than shy away from. Turton believes that "activism is becoming kind of 'cool' in a hollow way, like … with Stop Adani's media presence getting to the point that wearing badges or buying earrings that say 'Stop Adani' is seen as trendy." This could lead to a watered-down form of political engagement in which performativity passes for activism; however, Turton thinks "trading off the current 'trendiness' of self-identifying as an activist could be used to our advantage, so long as we meet that with actually training people in campaign strategy, community organising, and an awareness of tactics." If activism is sexy now, this could help in breaking down negative perceptions—the idea of environmental activists as "dirty hippies", for example.
But attracting more people to the movement is not enough. "I think the issue isn't so much about quantifying the amount of people involved in action on climate change, but rather the quality of engagement and the strategic value of that work," Turton says. "It can be heartening to see millions of consumers using KeepCups or governments finally banning single-use plastic bags, or even large turnouts at rallies like the People's Climate March … but as far as radical and long-term change-making goes … what needs to happen is more radical action that really gets in the way of business as usual."
In the end, the necessary changes won't come from polite, government-approved marches. It will come from direct action—disruptive, confrontational, and often deeply uncomfortable for people raised to respect authority and not inconvenience others (as most of us are). We must remember that rudeness and rowdiness are not the greatest crimes
we can commit, not by a long way. Future generations won't remember activists as impolite or angry. They will remember them as the ones who made all the difference—or who tried to.


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I was on the cover of every magazine. I couldn't really go anywhere. I didn't feel comfortable in my own skin. I was alone. I didn't trust anyone,the actor, 35, tells details to the People magazine.
At least Black Hawk Down was a great film, a great role from him.
So I went back to Minnesota and got back together with my old friends – ended up getting back together with my high school girlfriend for a while – and I didn't do any filming for 18 months.Despite his hiatus, Hartnett wasn't ready to say goodbye to Hollywood forever. He eventually returned to the movie industry and starred in as many as 10 independent films – only to realize the buzz he had once created had died down.
It may not be quite right to say, but life and the milieu in which he left, it is totally sick. Very often almost the only way to survival is it that, a man go away.
When a man knows what he is and what he wants, he can of course also return.


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John Kaminski
March 21 2006
The Iron Curtain was a phrase commonly used in the 1950s to describe the post-World War Two partitioning of Europe. The sinister label was used to convey the lockstep conformity of thought and action demanded by the old Soviet Union of the hapless Eastern European nations it controlled.
John Kaminski is a writer who lives on the Gulf Coast of Florida whose Internet essays have been seen on hundreds of websites around the world. His latest collection, Recipe for Extinction, is now available at http://www.johnkaminski.com/. He is also the author of two collections of essays, America's Autopsy Report and The Perfect Enemy, many of which have been published individually on hundreds of websites around the world. In addition, he has written The Day America Died: Why You Shouldn't Believe the Official Story of What Happened on September 11, 2001, a 48-page booklet aimed at those who still believe the government's highly questionable version of events. For more information and announcement of release dates, keep track at http://www.johnkaminski.com/


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The Manatee River has always been the lifeblood of Palmetto. Samuel Lamb founded Palmetto in 1866. The city was chartered in 1887. The first postmaster, Joel Hendrix is considered the father of green vegetable shipping. He shipped tomatoes from Palmetto to northern markets. Mr. Hendrix determined how many days it would take to do that so he started picking his tomatoes before they were mature and wrap them in paper. By the time they got to the northern market, the tomatoes were red. The river is used more for recreation today. People fish boat and kayak. The river is always going to be an important part of the city's livelihood here in Manatee County. Its population is between 12,500 and 15,000, depending on the time of the year.
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Thanks to a lot of innovations in technology, more and more products make our lives easier today. Aside from the common convenience, many gadgets offer a better sense of protection than our typical door locks, not to mention the advances in alarm and monitoring systems.
So, if you are curious to find out which newest gadget will fit right into your home, here are five items you may want to buy.
- Smart Locks
Smart locks are becoming more popular in most homes today. When the first models launched, it was mostly used for a business or work establishment. Given that it offers a convenient way of security, it is no surprise that most folks prefer to switch from regular door locks to smart locks.
Today, there are many different types of smart locks available with a variety of ways for entry. You can choose among fingerprint scanning, iris scanning, facial recognition, and even voice recognition. If you prefer a simpler one, you can always stick with a digital keypad lock for keyless entry. Visit https://www.locksmithsydney.com.au/residential-locksmith/ to learn more tips about residential locks, both mechanical and digital ones.
- Video Doorbell
Whether you are an introvert or you want to keep an eye on who might be at your door, doorbells that come with an HD video camera is a great addition to your home security system. Just like the smart locks, there is also a variety of video doorbells available in the market today. You can either opt for a model with a simple live video feed of your doorway or choose one with a more sophisticated analyzing system. Whichever you choose, being able to see who's at your doorstep while lying comfortably in bed is still cool by itself.
- Home Monitoring System
Installing a monitoring system at home is one of the best choices you can make, especially if you have kids. There are many different kinds of monitoring systems,but it mostly does the same thing. Choose a system with at least a couple of cameras, although it will depend on what or who you want to monitor. It is always best to place the cameras somewhere out of reach of children or pets if you have any. Also, choose common spots in the house such as the front door and the living area. Home monitoring systems are great because you can check to see what is going on at home easily by connecting the feed through an app. You might be anywhere in the world,but you can still have a view of your home right on your phone.
- Security Cameras
It may be common, but security cameras are still one of the best gadgets you can install at your home. Aside from having an external monitoring system to watch out for possible burglars or trespassers, you can also use the feed monitor your household, including you.
- Motion Detector System
Aside from security cameras, motion detector systems are great security gadgets,especially for outdoor use. You can set it up in your front and back door as well as your driveway so you can know if anyone is trying to break in. Check outhttps://www.locksmithsydney.com.au/car-lockouts/ for more tips on security.
Final Word
Security gadgets may be too much for some, but as long as it offers you better protection, then it should be worth more than its price. Be sure to choose high-quality ones and consult a professional when necessary to avoid putting your money to waste.