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Windows® 8.1 Update 1 May Bring Metro Apps to Desktop
Windows® 8 finally reaches 10% market share
Users Have Two Years to Upgrade to Windows® 8.1
Windows® 8.1 Release Date Unveiled
Will Windows® 8.1 Bring Back the Start Button?
Windows® 8.1 Will Be the New Blue with Old Features
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The incoming updates for Windows® 8 all have one thing in common - they are old features being brought back to the operating system. The first and probably most expected update in Windows® 8.1, named "Blue", is the Start button. This handy button was missed by Windows® 8 users, who requested it back from Microsoft®, which complied. Another revision will allow users to apply their desktop wallpaper to the Start background. Windows® 8 users now will have the option to change the background for tiles in the Metro menu just like on the desktop. Windows® 8.1 also will give users the option to boot to the desktop. These upgrades will send the Windows® 8 interface a bit back in time so it will look more like Windows® 7 but with an update.

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I Need My Monster written by Amanda Noll, illustrated by Howard McWilliam
When Ethan checks under the bed for his monster, he finds a note saying that Gabe has gone fishing and will be back in a week. He tries out several substitute monsters, but finds that none are as perfect as Gabe.
I Need My Monster is a 2012 California Young Reader Medal winner!
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Tips for hiring the best Windows system, network and database administrators
Contributor Russell Olsen shares his experiences in hiring Windows systems, network and database administrators and offers tips for determining the soft skills candidates should bring to the table.
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For IT managers, one of your biggest challenges in the hiring process is getting the appropriate technology people with the best technical expertise for the right job. While many hiring managers focus solely on the technical expertise of a candidate, it is equally important to consider soft skills.
I find that interviewing IT candidates is more successful if I divide the hiring process into two parts: evaluating a candidate's technical capabilities and assessing their communication skills. Although credentials, in and of themselves aren't necessarily the best indicator of technical competence, certifications such as MCSE, MCSD and relevant work experience should be a main focus of an initial conversation.
As for the soft skills part of the hiring process, I've learned two key lessons in my many years of hiring Windows systems, network and database administrators. Pay attention to communication skills and don't forget that people will always look out for No. 1.
Hiring process tip: Pay attention to the candidate's communication skills
During the personality review, try to find out what motivates the candidate: Will she fit into the organization? Am I going to enjoy working with this person? You might have found the most intelligent Active Directory engineer on the face of the planet or the woman who knows everything to know about Vista, but if she can't communicate, how can you expect this individual to assimilate into your organization or have the wherewithal to handle an emergency situation? Keep in mind that communication skills are much more than language; they are also interpersonal skills, common sense and written communication.
So how do you identify someone with the appropriate soft skills? It isn't an exact science but the following help me assess a technical candidate's soft skills during the interview process:
- Situation analysis: Give the candidate a real-world IT situation and ask him how he would use his technical expertise to solve the problem. For example, if you are interviewing a potential Windows systems administrator you might ask how he plans to use the new PowerShell functionality to be more efficient in his job. Find out how he would communicate in an emergency situation by asking him to give you a step-by-step action plan for communicating the problem to colleagues. See how he communicates under pressure. If he can't formulate a response or won't admit he doesn't know the answer, steer clear.
- Organizational fit: Employees who work well together are most likely to stick together and cooperate with one another in rough times. It is critical to understand your organization as a whole and determine how a new employee might fit into your existing team dynamics. It is not necessary for everyone on your team to become friends, but figure out how a candidate's personality and work style would fit into or complement others on the team.
Hiring process tip: Don't forget that people will always look out for No. 1
Different people are motivated by different things, but I have learned that the common thread is that people will always look out for number one. Even if you're the best boss in the world, working at the best company in the world, people look for ways to achieve or satisfy what is important to them -- whether it be money, the possibility of a promotion, learning new technologies or working on a challenging project. If you can look at a candidate at the end of the interview process and clearly understand his or her motivations, you are well on your way to determining if the candidate will be a good fit.
I use the following questions to help me determine an IT candidate's motivations for taking a job with my company:
- Will the candidate be motivated to stay with my organization? If I am hiring a Windows systems administrator, I might have more luck with a candidate that views the position with my company as a challenge or opportunity to take the next step in his or her career. If you can't clearly assess why a candidate would be motivated to stay with your company, it could be a sign that the person might just want the job out of the need for a job and not because they are excited about the opportunity you are offering.
- Is the candidate just seeking more money? I hired a candidate that told me during the interview process that the reason for leaving his current employer was because he wasn't being promoted as fast as he would like. Three weeks after he started at my company, he abruptly left. I later found out that his previous company had lured him back with that promotion. Understanding why the candidate is sitting in your office and had his or her resume out in the market place can help flag people who might not be interested in a long-term position.
- Are there events established during the hiring process that cater to the candidate's self interest? One of my favorite techniques is to establish incentives within the employment offer. If I am hiring an Active Directory expert to lead a migration, I might put a $5,000 bonus in the offer letter that is contingent on the successful completion of the migration. If it won't work to do a specific project, build an evaluation time period after which the candidate will receive a performance review and a potential compensation increase (i.e., "A performance review will be conducted after three months, at which time compensation will be evaluated.").
While there are never any guarantees, waiting for the person with the best technical expertise, good communication skills and appropriate motivation could be the secret to your success.
Russell Olsen is currently the CIO of a medical data mining company and previously worked for a Big Four accounting firm performing technology risk assessments. He co-authored the research paper "A comparison of Windows 2000 and Red Hat as network service providers." Russell is a CISA, GSNA and MCP.


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A Review of Governors Ball 2013
As the public's appetite for music festivals continues to grow, we are finding more of these music-based events popping up than ever before. Additionally, many established festivals have expanded both in size and duration, some even moving to two weekends in order to be able to accommodate as many people as possible. As this trend continues, an important question is raised – is bigger always better?
After two very successful summers of steady growth,Governors Ball took a massive leap this year when they expanded to a full 3 days of music, from 2 in 2012 and 1 in 2011. Not only did the festival increase in duration, but the size of the site on Randall's Island, which is nestled in the East River between Manhattan, the Bronx, and Queens, increased significantly – now accommodating 4 main stages. To cap it off, Founders Entertainment booked one of the better lineups of the festival season, booking quality acts from top to bottom.
Somewhere in there however, the original spirit from which the festival was established became lost. Governors Ball had originally prided itself on the fact that it contained no over-lapping sets and that it was relatively easy to catch all of the acts that were present. After looking at the stellar lineup upon it's initial release, fans who had previously attended Governors Ball had to be salivating at the chance to see all of these artists.
While the headliners listed in the lineup carry much appeal, the strength of this overall lineup comes from it's depth. Looking at some of the top draws from previous years, many of these acts would likely be in the middle of the pack in the 2013 lineup. Additionally, genres were more balanced throughout the whole weekend this year whereas last year had two days with distinct feels with one day heavily represented by electronic acts such as Passion Pit, Duck Sauce and Chromeo and the second day featuring established indie rock acts like Beck, Modest Mouse, and Fiona Apple. There was a tangible difference in the crowds between both days last year, but looking at the 2013 lineup, each day contains a number of different music types with something for everybody.
Tickets sold for this year quicker than ever with many of the days selling out well in advance. The prospect of seeing all of these bands in the same weekend is pretty great and is ultimately the main draw of the festival. This year however, Governors Ball was much different than the previous two with a park site that was almost doubled and stages now featuring performances at the same time. Kings of Leon vs Pretty Lights. Guns n' Roses vs Nas. Thievery Corporation vs Animal Collective. Kendrick Lamar vs Cut Copy. Grizzly Bear vs the Lumineers. The xx vs Bloc Party. Kanye West vs. the Avett Brothers. These were just some of the many conflicts that people would have to figure before setting out. Of course, these aren't the worst problems in the world and typically there is no wrong answer, but these kind of decisions simply did not exist in years past.
Another major difference from years past was the weather; Governors Ball has had pretty great fortune before 2013 with two perfect summer weekends in 2011 and 2012. As the week leading up to this year's festival rolled on, it became a certainty that New York City would feel the wrath of Tropical Storm Andrea as the storm crept up the coast. Friday was one of the wettest days in recent history, continually dumping rain all over the tri-state area all throughout the day. As the day turned into the evening, the rain became even worse and was joined by heavy winds. Many people came late to the festival on Friday due to work or travel hoping to catch a glimpse of headliners such as Kings of Leon or Pretty Lights. Instead, what they found was that Randalls Island had turned into several gigantic lakes. It was impossible to avoid the murky water by the evening and several acts were cut short before finally canceling the final performances of the day. Disappointed fans streamed towards the exits all at once making it take longer than usual to leave the island and ultimately leaving a bad taste on the mouths of many. Founders Entertainment, the organizers of Governors Ball, quickly managed to do all in their power to make things right though. It was announced on Saturday morning that all Friday ticket holders would be admitted to the festival on Saturday and after shuffling much of the schedule, room was found for an early evening performance for Kings of Leon.
While it was a great relief to see the sun out Saturday morning, festival goers were soon to find out that they were not in the clear yet when it came to harsh conditions. The lakes that formed all over the site had now turned into muddy patches. Often times when you stepped your feet were in mud well over your ankles and it was a common site to find sandals and other loose shoes either buried in the mess or in trash cans. Traversing the site now understandably took much more effort and time than previous years when people flowed seamlessly from stage to stage. People tended to gather around and on the hard flooring that was laid down and fortunately there was a considerable amount of solid ground in front of the Governors Ball stage which hosted all of the headliners and several other major acts throughout the weekend.
One of the first stand out acts that we were able to catch on the Governors Ball stage were the Divine Fits. This indie 'supergroup,' which consists of Spoon's Britt Daniels, Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner and Sam Brown from New Bomb Turks, released one of the most complete albums of 2012 in A Thing Called Divine Fits. A few new tracks were just released, and it's great to see that the band is still going strong even while there is rumored activity for some of the bandmate's other projects looming on the horizon. Their live show is just as tight as the album and each note and lyric has a tremendous amount of purpose. A crowd continued to amass around the stage as they played much of their original material both old and new as well as some choice covers such as Tom Petty's "You Got Lucky" and Frank Ocean's "Lost."
A few hours later on that same stage came Kings of Leon, rescheduled from the night before. To see a a headlining band such as KoL at 6:45 seemed a little out of place, but they seemed just as excited that they got to play as everybody else in the crowd. Other than apologizing for being "21 hours late", as Caleb Followill quipped, there was very little banter as the band tried to fit as much into their 75 minute set as possible. They used this set as a chance to introduce several new tracks as well as playing tracks pretty evenly dispersed from their other albums. Towards the end of the set, the hits poured out one after another with "Use Somebody," "Closer," and "Sex on Fire" all played consecutively. With a new album on the horizon, the Kings of Leon were very glad to have had the chance to perform in front of the NYC crowd, even if it was a little sunnier than they expected it to be during their headlining set planned for the previous night.
The crowd that had gathered for the Kings of Leon swelled even more as the sun actually set. Guns N' Roses began loading up on the main stage and they were certainly most happy that they did not have a daytime performance. Their entire set was filled with fireworks and explosions and was as 80′s rock and roll as you could imagine. When they were initially announced as the headliner for Saturday, many knew not what to think of the decision. Decades after their peak and with only one original member left in the band, many had tempered their expectations. Shortly into the set, however, Axl Rose asked the crowd "Do you know where you are?" and with that everybody in attendance went crazy.
It's safe to say that Appetite for Destruction was released before a large chunk of the crowd was even born. For so many to be seeing these hits that they've been hearing their whole life was pretty phenomenal, and GNR proved why they are one of the most legendary rock bands of all time. Axl Rose commanded the entire crowd with his swagger and strut and was still able to hit all of the shrill screams and notes ever present in their catalog. All of the hits such were touched upon with a healthy dose of (relatively) new material from Chinese Democracy. A fireworks filled rendition of Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die" was one of the standouts and perhaps a tribute to the Beatle who was playing nearby that night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. When Rose needed some rest from all his movement, he took to the piano for an extended intro to "November Rain" which displayed the versatility of the whole band. Their performance capped off a great day of music and certainly left people leaving on a much higher note than they had just 24 hours ago when the event was washed away.
The muddy fields were still present on Sunday but it seems like people were much more aware of what they were getting into. You saw fewer sandals as people took Governors Ball as an opportunity to clear out their closets of a pair of sneakers that they no longer desire in the case that they didn't own rain boots. With another stacked lineup throughout the entire day, the entire festival seemed packed all of Sunday. Gary Clark Jr. pleased the fans with a sunny set of blues while on the other side of the festival Yeasayer had people in an afternoon dancing frenzy.
The Lumineers, who exploded onto the music scene with their self-titled debut album a year ago, were a huge draw and helped mix up the genres present at Governors Ball even more with some folk. Their hit single "Ho Hey" erupted into a giant sing a long that had everyone at the Honda Stage swaying along. On the opposite side of the field at the You're Doing Great Stage, the xx were gearing up for their set during the last few hours of sunlight. The minimalist sounds from the trio on stage continued to sweep over the fields providing a haunting soundtrack to the sun setting behind us. At the same time, Bloc Party were commanding a muddy dance party as the final act in the Skyy Vodka Tent.
The main draw for Sunday, and for many the entire weekend, was Kanye West. The controversial rapper, who is known almost as much for his antics and tabloid appearances as he is his music, recently announced that he has a new album (that came out June 18th), which is called Yeezus. He has also released a few new tracks and Governors Ball proved the perfect testing ground for his new sound. It also happened to be the perfect venue for him to celebrate his own birthday which was on Sunday as well.
His set opened up with pounding percussion and flashing lights for his new song "Black Skinhead." As the title implies, the song is a very aggressive song featuring as much screaming as singing from West. Yeezy continued with new tracks, playing "New Slaves" in front of a gigantic screen zoomed in on his face in black and white. His style for the new songs is much different than previous albums, relying much more on rhythm and electronic beats and the vocals seem to come at you a lot harsher than previous albums. Barking dogs and images of hooded klansmen flashed by on the screen reinforcing the tones that are present in these tracks. Another new track had Kanye proclaiming "I am a God" over throbbing techno beats. Clearly, Kanye is not trying to shy away from the controversial. "Honestly, when I listen to the radio, I don't wanna be there no more. I don't give a fuck about outside opinions" he stated at one point Sunday night and after hearing some of the new tracks we could most certainly agree with him.
That's not to say that Mr. West is completely avoiding the hits now. Popular tracks from all of his albums were touched upon, such as the recent "Mercy" off the GOOD Music compilation Cruel Summer, "Power" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, "Heartless" from 808s and Heartbreaks, and "Jesus Walks" from College Dropout. Many of these songs seemed to have adapted to some of the new styling present in Yeezus and were delivered with more powerful beats and shouting from Kanye as he breathes new life into his classics. West closed out his 100 minute set in a grand fashion performing "Stronger," a rap remix of Rihanna's "Diamonds," an extended "Runaway," and a reprise of "Black Skinhead." As people flooded out of Randalls Island after his set, they certainly left eager to see what's in store with this new album.
While the tropical rain and mud fields quickly come to mind when thinking of Governors Ball 2013, they are overshadowed by some spectacular performances from artists spanning all generations and genres. This festival took a tremendous leap this year in terms of scale as well as where it stands when compared to festivals across the country. You must give Governors Ball a lot of credit for being so ambitious, and hopefully it continues to evolve into a permanent institution in New York City. You can click here to view some more photos from the entire weekend.
Here's to a sunny and mud-free Governors Ball in 2014!
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2016 3rd PRME Chapter Meeting DACH
(Frankfurt, Germany, 4 November 2015) – PRME Chapter DACH hosted its 3rdPRME Chapter Meeting DACH (Germany, Austria & Switzerland) at Frankfurt School of Finance and Management in Frankfurt, Germany, 4 November 2015. The 1st PRME Chapter Meeting DACH, in February 2014 set an important milestone in the journey of the Chapter DACH, which was built upon in the 2ndPRME Chapter Meeting DACH, in October 2014.
At the meeting, Jonas Haertle presented on the PRME initiative's current standing, as well as its short-term (2016) and mid-term (2017-2018) outlooks. The rollout of the recently launched Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was highlighted. Haertle stressed that for actions towards the achievement of the SDGs to occur at PRME signatory institutions, PRME Regional Chapters must act as facilitators.
Jurgen Janseen of the UN Global Compact Local Network Germany (GC LN-D) continued the conversation on SDGs, stating that the GC LN-D has been adopting the SDGs in a reserved manner. He stated that the (re) formulation of the German National Sustainability Strategy could provide some orientation and incentive for companies. Moving forward, GC LN-D will continue focusing on human rights and integrity, climate policies, supply chain management, and reporting. Furthermore, Janssen stated that he will advocate for the integration of a PRME DACH representative in the GC LN-D steering group.
Antonio Hautle presented on behalf of the UN Global Compact Local Network Switzerland (GC LN-CH). Top priorities for this group include business and human rights, the extractive and financial industries, and new forms of collaboration with academia (in cooperation with PRME Chapter DACH). Hautle will also advocate for an adequate representation of PRME Chapter DACH in the GC LN-CH.
Rudi Kurz presented on behalf of the UN Global Compact LEAD and PRME and spoke about his participation in the discussion of the project "Shaping the Future Business Leader" at the Global Forum.
Georg Muller-Christ presented on behalf of the Working Group "Hochschulen and Nachhaltigkeit" within the UNESCO Decade Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), which ended in 2014 and has been replaced with the Global Action Plan (GAP). There is a chance that PRME will be able to cooperate with the German UNESCO group moving forward.
During the meeting, the topic of "Advancing DACH" was stressed. This will occur through the following:
- 3rd RME Research Conference and 4th PRME Chapter Meeting DACH
- Membership
- Student Initiatives
- Michael Wihlenda presented on the World-Ethos Institute at Tubingen University, which is initiating an innovative approach for student engagement: the "World Citizen School." The initiative has pioneered student engagement through a "bottom-up" initiative, and also just recently delivered its first PRME SIP report. A webinar has been developed to follow up and to cater the results to business schools in order to help them initiate a World Citizen School at their own institution.
- DACH Working Groups
- Program/Curriculum Development: Johannes Dickel and Alexander Herzner presented preliminary outcomes of the working group, which held workshops 2 February 2015 and 28 September 2015. The next workshop will be held on 15 February 2016 at MCI, Innsbruck. The group will focus on the development of a framework based on PRME and adapted to particular needs of engineering and management education programs, a certificate to acknowledge extracurricular student engagement in areas of ethics and sustainability, and engaging students in the SIP reporting process. Successful actions have taken place through the first annual Winter School, MCI's pilot-project for a certificate in Responsible (Self-) Management, and support through an innovative model pilot to engage students in the SIP reporting mechanism by elaborating suitable sustainability metrics in their business ethics courses.
- Responsible Management Education (RME): Bernd Banke presented a draft outline of a joint project on "Universal Social Responsibility." The purpose of this project is to build an online-database integrating relevant materials to assist in implementing responsible business in institutions while fostering collaboration between PRME members. This working group is happy to welcome colleagues from other PRME DACH signatory schools interested in collaborating (please contact Bernd Banke, Reutlingen University, firstname.lastname@example.com, ++49 7121 271 6013).
- Strategy/Mission Statement: This working group is currently exploring ways to conceptualize an instrument designed to reflect the way signatory schools have integrated the PRME in their mission statements as well as to offer them guidance for improving this key process. This working group is happy to welcome colleagues from other PRME DACH signatory schools interested in collaborating (please contact Lutz E. Schlange, University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur, email@example.com, ++4181 2863966).
The PRME Chapter DACH steering group was also discussed. Current members of the steering group are confirmed to serve for another year: Reinhard Altenburger (Krems), Johannes Dickel (MCI Innsbruck), Rudi Kurz (Pforzheim), Lutz E. Schlange (speaker, Chur), Michael Wihlenda (Tübingen), and Heike Brost (Frankfurt). The re-election of the steering group will occur at the PRME Chapter Meeting DACH in 2016. Considerations were made to supplement the steering group with members of the UN Global Compact local networks D, A, CH. This step would induce a change of the PRME Chapter DACH Terms of Reference.
The next PRME Chapter DACH steering group meeting will occur in March/April 2016 in Vienna. Additionally, the 2016 Research Conference and PRME Chapter Meeting DACH will occur at IMC Krems on 9-10 Nov 2016.
For a detailed outcomes document from the 3rd PRME Chapter DACH Meeting, please view the Meeting Minutes and Presentations.
For opportunities to engage with the Chapter, please view the upcoming Winter School details and flyer resources.


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Davis Furniture is one of Hypothetical's first clients and still one of still one of our busiest. Davis manufactures high-design contract furniture and they came to us with a brief Hypothetical is ideally suited to fulfill: extending their imaging capabilities beyond the walls of a photo studio by designing spaces that perfectly complement their products and brand.
Hypothetical's work for Davis to date has included still images for catalog, web and social media and animation for trade shows and online sharing.
Still images typically start with inspiration boards where we set out the general look. This is all about what style complements the product – is it a traditional private office, a modern tech firm, an expansive gathering space? It's like location scouting with one huge advantage – we can mix and match architectural elements from different spaces with lighting that may not ever be available on location and finish with design ideas of our own.
Hypothetical's animation work has been instrumental in effectively telling Davis' product stories. Many of Davis' products can be configured to fit individual spaces and come in a wide variety of finishes. Our animation has allowed Davis to show how flexible their products are


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How to install Node.js on WebFaction
Installing Node.js on WebFaction only takes a few minutes and a handful of commands.
1. In the WebFaction control panel, create a new "Custom app listening on port" application. Make a note of the port number it generates. You'll also need to assign the app to a "website" and associate the website with a domain. For example purposes, let's call the app "node" and let's say you pointed it to "node.username.webfactional.com".
2. SSH into your WebFaction server. Now we need to download the Node source. First we'll cd into the node folder that was generated for our app, create a new directory to hold the source files, and then download and extract the tarball.
cd ~/webapps/node mkdir src cd src curl http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz | tar xz --strip-components=1
3. The next few commands will take care of the installation. Note that Node will be installed in your HOME directory and that the Node binary will be located in
./configure --jobs=1 --prefix=$HOME make install
4. When installation is complete you can check to make sure that all is well and that Node is on your PATH by typing
which node or
node -v.
$ which node ~/bin/node
5. At this point Node is ready to go but there are a few other things you should install. Most importantly, the Node package manager npm.
curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
With npm installed, you may want to take the opportunity to install some other goodies like CoffeeScript and Forever.
npm install -g coffee-script npm install -g forever
6. Now we can try running Node. Create an
app.js file with the following Hello World code, replacing the port with the port your webapp is listening on. Then run
node app.js. If you open "http://node.username.webfactional.com" in your browser you should see the Hello World text.
var http = require('http'); http.createServer(function (req, res) { res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'}); res.end('Hello World\n'); }).listen(1337, "127.0.0.1"); console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/');


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Garth Daniels on the morning of Thursday 9 April 2009 was released from the Thomas Embling Forensicare Facility, a prison which the psychiatrists in practise there call a hospital(sic). But, Garth Daniels is still NOT FREE...he has a residential restriction imposed on his freedom.
Garth Daniels has committed no crime, he has no charges pending, he has not been tried by a court of law... Garth Daniels is not psychotic...yet Dr.Grant Lester a Thomas Embling psychiatrist who signed the release papers chose to impose a restriction on where Garth Daniels should live.
Is this the State of Victoria, Australia? A state which hosts a Charter of Human Rights and Responsiblities Act endorsed by our Attorney General and Deputy Premier, Mr. Rob Hulls?
Of what relevance is the Declaration of Helsinki or the Nuremberg Codes to a patient, when a psychiatrist at a forensic facility may dictate where one must live? Is it not bad enough that these psychiatrists decide and dictate the disease with reference to their DSM rather than listen to the patient?
Garth Daniels besides his photography has a love of music that includes Reggae ...and he often echoes the words of that freedom song of Bob Marley..."Get up stand up for your rights..." It seems that the only pathway to get up and stand up for your rights is through the judical system... and it should be no surprise that this will be persued vigorously..."Get up stand up for your rights..."


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Dosa is India's favourite breakfast, says survey
When you think of breakfast, which is the dish that comes to mind? One would imagine that it would differ depending on which part of the country you're in. But it seems like the rather healthy option of the south Indian dish Dosa is a pan India favourite, as it recently emerged as the most preferred breakfast for Indians in metro cities across India.
According to reports quoting a recent survey by food ordering app Swiggy, dosa is listed as the top 3 most ordered breakfast dish across the metro cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru and Pune. The survey is apparently based on online breakfast orders in more than 12,000 restaurants across eight cities, according to a TOI report.
The study also found that most Indian households still prefer traditional Indian breakfasts such as poha and parathas instead of their global counterparts.
According to reports based on the survey, Delhiites also liked chhole bhature and parathas, with dosa coming in at No. 3, Mumbaikars liked bun maska along with their masala and plain dosas, and Punekars chose the healthy sabudana khichdi and poha. Bengaluru, with the highest number of breakfast orders, clocked in masala dosa, idli-vada and poha as the top 3 most ordered dishes for morning meal.
The one city to buck the trend was Hyderabad, which registered bread lukmi, Spanish omlette and chicken sandwich as the three most ordered breakfast option.
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How your castoff smartphone can fight deforestation, in real time
Satellite images have helped conservationists get a much clearer picture about the extent of illegal logging and other deforestation activities that are devastating rainforests around the world, but new technology from startup Rainforest Connection could prevent it in the first place.
The system, pieced together using upcycled Android smartphones, sensitive microphones and a cloud-hosted software application, is mounted randomly 20 feet or 30 feet high in the tree canopy. There, it "listens" in real time for indications of logging, such as chainsaws or other human activity. Similar systems are in place in cities for detecting gunshots.
If something amiss happens, the Rainforest Connection (RFCx for short) system sends a warning signal wirelessly: it can piggyback on existing cellular networks, even if the signal isn't strong enough to handle a voice call. Each system can cover roughly one square mile of rainforest.
"Anyone in the world can receive the alert; the key piece is to have someone on the ground who is going to show up there and do something about it," said Dave Grenell, one of the San Francisco-based company's co-founders.
Listening to the rainforests' cries for help
Up to 90 percent of destructive rainforest logging is linked to illegal operations, according to data from Interpol. RFCx figures that if its technology can protect one square mile of this habitat, it is worth the equivalent of taking 3,000 cars off the road. "The pace of this problem and the rate at which things are moving in terms of the black market and the large-scale destruction it is causing means we need a different approach," Grenell said. "We have to do much more."
The system already has been at the center of a limited test in Western Sumatra, Indonesia, but RFCx this week is getting far more aggressive about delivering on its mission. Not only is the company launching a $100,000 Kickstarter campaign — complete with a video featuring environmentalist Neil Young — to build up its financial support, it is teaming up with the Zoological Society of London to bring the technology to the equatorial forests of Cameroon, where it will be used to fight both deforestation and poaching. It will probably take about 30 systems to cover the area being considered for the pilot.
"We think this could be a critical new tool for protecting large areas of rainforest," said Chris Ransom, program manager for ZSL in Africa, in a statement. "We're excited to deploy it this year in collaboration with our local partners in Africa."
RFCx is hoping to get three to five more pilots going this year, in places including Brazil and Indonesia, Grenell said.
What makes this approach intriguing is that it uses technology that's already available, which helps keep costs for most of the components relatively low, said Topher White, RFCx co-founder and the project's technical lead. "It's all about doing what you can with the technology that is available," he said.
The challenges of designing and deploying the devices
For those who wonder how the RFCx system will find a cellular signal in the middle of a rainforest, consider that most systems will be deployed at the edge of rainforests where there's usually pretty good coverage. The bigger problem has been figuring out how to contract for the service; in Indonesia, for example, there are no monthly plans, so RFCx had to piece together service from several carriers, White said.
While it has been fairly straightforward for the RFCx team to get their hands on donated smartphones, a bigger challenge has been figuring out how to keep them powered up. The solution was a customized solar array using crystalline wafers wired in series, which provide about 12 watts daily, or enough to cover about three-quarters of the technology's power needs, according to White. "This is the only place where we have had to be particularly innovative," he said.
RFCx also needed to create a sealed waterproof housing filled with desiccants to protect the innards from moisture and extreme temperatures. Security was easier to sort out: the entire system is camouflaged so well that the RFCx team actually has had trouble finding them to deal with maintenance. If someone does manage to find one and tries to remove it, the smartphone's accelerometer will show that it's being moved, and where, making it relatively simply for authorities to track it down.
"We haven't encountered this situation yet, but when we do, it will be exciting," White said.
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A car bomb killed at least 14 people after midday prayers in a Baghdad square yesterday. The mainly Shiite area also came under attack in late May, when a bomb killed 23 people in the square. A3Teen died distract tiger
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Two off-duty Israeli soldiers hiking in the West Bank died in an attack by Palestinian gunmen yesterday, the military said. The soldiers returned fire, killing one attacker and wounding another. A5Cities give green to go green
Cities are luring residents to adopt energy-saving practices by offering financial perks for going green, including cash rebates and low-interest loans. One city said it's stepping in because the federal government hasn't done enough. A8METRO & STATE Sheep without wool gain favor
"Hair sheep," which produce no wool and are specially bred for their meat, are growing in popularity among Ohio farmers looking to meet increased demand for lamb and save on the cost of shearing. B1
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Dr Angela Kedgley earned her PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Western Ontario in 2009. She then worked as a Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia before joining Imperial College in 2011, where she currently works as a Lecturer in Biomechanics in the Department of Bioengineering.
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In 2009, Dr Kedgley obtained her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Western Ontario in Canada, during which she developed a fluoroscopic radiostereometric analysis (RSA) system, which was used to measure human joint kinematics. While at the University of Western Ontario she worked as a lecturer, teaching orthopaedic biomechanics for three years. She then obtained a postdoctoral fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, which provided her with the opportunity to work at the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility at the University of British Columbia.
In 2011 she moved to the United Kingdom and took up a position as a Research Associate in the Department of Bioengineering with the Osteoarthritis Centre of Excellence (now the Musculoskeletal Medical Engineering Centre) at Imperial College London. That project focused on building subject-specific finite element models of the knee for use in osteoarthritis research, something that is an ongoing theme of the Centre's research.
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So now that Lent is over, we can go back to eating chocolate! This is the perfect way to celebrate Easter. This bread pudding is irresistibly good with just the right amount of richness. It is best served with a warm caramel sauce and some vanilla bean ice cream.
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The Graduate Employees Organization at the University of Michigan has publicly denounced the school's choice of General Motors CEO Mary Barra as commencement speaker.
U-M announced in March that Barra, the first female CEO of GM, would give the speech during graduation exercises at the Big House on Saturday, May 3.
Barra became GM's first female CEO Jan. 15, and since then she's been at the center of a public controversy surrounding the Detroit-based automaker: the delayed recall of 2.6 million vehicles for ignition switch defects linked to at least 13 deaths.
GEO has between 1,200 and 1,300 members, according to a representative, and represents between 1,700 and 1,800 graduate student employees.
The GEO's leadership, which includes about 50 representatives of different U-M departments, passed a resolution in mid-April that calls for U-M to rescind Barra's speaking invitation. The resolution cites GM's recall controversy and alleged human rights violations by the company.
"It's part of a larger discussion that has been going on campus [about] the impact of the corporatization of the university," said Diana Sierra, a Ph.D. student studying history and women's studies who drafted the resolution.
"I don't anticipate that they will respond," she added. "Even if it is a symbolic gesture, I think it's important."
Commencement for the Class of 2014 is set for 10 a.m. Saturday, and U-M has no plans to rescind Barra's invitation to be the keynote speaker.
"We are honored to have Mary Barra as our spring commencement speaker and we look forward to hearing her remarks on Saturday," said U-M spokesman Rick Fitzgerald.
Barra, 52, has worked for GM since she was 18. She gave a commencement speech at Kettering University in 2013. She graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from there in 1985, when it was called the General Motors Institute.
An honorary degree committee at U-M recommends commencement speakers and honorary degree recipients to university leader Mary Sue Coleman. The committee is comprised of faculty members, alumni, students and several vice presidents. The committee is chaired by Janet A. Weiss, dean of U-M's Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies.
Barra in April was featured on the cover of Time's 100 most influential people in the world. Her segment in the magazine was titled "The Executive in the Hot Seat."
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My first job out of college was working for the U.S. Forest Service in Rutland, Vt. Unfortunately, lunch choices in this town were limited, and I ate most meals at the family-run Sandwich Shoppe. Pricing was in line with my entry-level salary — today, you can still get a big meatball sub there for $6. However, after months of nonstop patronage, the experience began to wear thin.
In happy contrast to Rutland, many well-regarded Boulder eateries now offer reasonably priced lunch specials. The burger deals at Pinyon and Oak and the lunch combination at Pizzeria Locale all hover around $10 for a satisfying sit-down meal with beverage. The latest entrant in this category is downtown Boulder's Salt Bistro, which now serves a "farm-to-table" lunch for $9.
This meal includes a half sandwich, a side (such as soup or salad) and what the restaurant dubs "a tiny treat dessert." Like the mix of antique exposed red brick contrasted with the modern lighting fixtures that characterize Salt's ambience, this lunch menu melds elements of the old and new. You can order a slider version of the venerable Tom's Tavern burger as part of this special, but those seeking something more contemporary may opt for the chickpea and quinoa fritters.
Vegetarian friend Margot did just that, and received a portion of coarsely textured morsels that resembled a more muscular take on falafel. These came accompanied by triangles of fluffy flatbread and cooling yogurt sauce. These were better than most meatless selections by virtue of their nutty flavor and considerable heft.
A light touch marked the local honeycrisp apple salad, available for a $2 upcharge. These fruits live up to their name, and their namesake qualities were balanced by the addition of romano cheese, celery and cider vinaigrette.
Friend Carin's similarly priced beet salad married the earthy characteristics of area vegetables with exquisitely creamy soft cheese.
Both Carin's open-faced tuna salad and the chicken curry sandwich ordered by my third companion, Shirly, were well-executed and held no surprises. While I'd be surprised to find out these dishes were made to order, each possessed a recently prepared freshness with balanced but not too assertive seasoning.
Shirly lauded the tomato soup as something she would "take a bath in." While I don't know if I would incorporate this preparation into my ablutions, I can certainly attest to its fine balance of sweet and acid, making for a lively flavor. A witty addition was a petite wedge of grilled cheese sandwich floating in the soup.
I had the Reuben, which swaps in pork belly for the traditional corned beef, making for a more decadent sandwich. Some bits were slightly crisp, almost bacon-like, while others were moist and tender, making for a unique mouthfeel. I dropped a buck on the crisp pickles, of which Margot was particularly fond, noting that they weren't too soggy or briny.
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The age-old question – how can social media benefit my SEO? – shows no sign of going away and, indeed, appears to be a hotter topic than ever (its popularity probably increasing as the disciplines of organic search and social marketing become ever more intertwined). Historically, the answer to this question would have been short and simple: social media – at least, links posted on social media – has no positive impact on your website's SEO value. This is because of a little tag called 'nofollow', which prevents authority being passed forward and is attached to all links posted on the major social networks (who want to preserve their own value by stopping it being given away through the billions of links they host).
In recent years, however, search engines – particularly Google, through which nine out of ten searches are made in the UK – have found themselves unable to ignore the growth of social networks as powerful word of mouth referral systems. So many people use the likes of Twitter and Facebook to share links with friends and peers that continuing to exclude them from their reckoning (especially Google, which looks as links as being like 'votes' or recommendations for a website – even more applicable a concept in the context of social media) was no longer a viable option for search engines. This led to a slight shift in stance and concession from the likes of Matt Cutts, distinguished engineer at Google, that social 'signals' do now play a small part in the organic ranking algorithm. Thanks to the presence of that 'nofollow' tag, the direct influence remains small – some experts suggest the factors relating to social amount to no more than one per cent of the total algorithm used to rank sites in search results. For this reason, the advice is that you should never do social for the sake of search, but always for its own uses and benefits.
Despite the technical barriers to social media being a quick and scalable route to generating inbound links, creative marketers have in the past few years found a way to not just incorporate but get the best use out of social networks for the purpose of acquiring links. In the post-Penguin landscape, your ability to get people to link to your website rests more than ever on the quality of your content and how unique, fresh, informative and useful your company's communications are. So the first step in earning links is to produce content – whether that's written text, videos, photographs, animations – that people deem worthy of being linked to. Merely producing interesting content, however, might not be enough. You could spend all day reciting the world's funniest joke over and over, but if there's no one there to hear it, no one is going to laugh (and also that would be quite strange – surely you must have better things to do than stand around on your own repeatedly telling the same joke). For that reason, the second – vital – step in earning links is to raise awareness of your content, with one valuable route to that being through social media.
Creative content marketers nowadays use social media as a way of getting their content in front of the most relevant audiences, which can ultimately end up with their websites generating actual, traditional, SEO-beneficial inbound links from new found advocates. To get to that point, you have to use social networks in the way they are intended, building up a genuine network of relevant followers, people interested in your industry and potentially in your business. Having spent time cultivating this network, you can distribute content among it, which, if engaging enough, will be re-shared by your followers, expanding its reach to thousands more people each time. From there, one of the people who has seen and engaged with your content needs only to blog about it on their own website and link to yours for you to get back that SEO value you'd miss from a Twitter or Facebook link. This approach really works, too: we produced and shared via Twitter an infographic on behalf of one of our clients and ended up generating more than 7,000 page views – plus press coverage from the BBC among others – as a result.
Of course, taking this approach to earning links requires a complete understanding of your audience and their interests. There's no point – not least because you're unlikely to generate much uptake – in distributing the wrong content, or, perhaps worse, the right content to the wrong people. Background research should be a precursor to any social-based content marketing campaign. One simple way of better understanding your audience is to ask them, either through customer focus groups or interviews, what questions they have about your industry and business and what topics they are interested in reading about. This will help you to produce a content marketing campaign of real interest and relevance to your audience, increasing the chance of it being picked up through social channels and generating inbound links for your website.
One other area which requires a detailed understanding of your audience, and which crosses over with search marketing (in this case, its PPC strand) is paid social advertising. Here, the negative impact of not properly targeting your activity can be worse than just having content fall on deaf ears. With cost-per-click/engagement models similar to paid search advertising, everything shown to and potentially clicked by the wrong audience members is a waste of money. Happily, targeting your paid social ads is in many ways more straightforward than doing the same with your organic content. The likes of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn give you the ability to easily define audiences to who you'd like to show ads, based on parameters such as location, age, gender (even job role and seniority in the case of LinkedIn) and so on. One of the biggest pitfalls in paid social advertising is in not being careful enough with this targeting, for example, showing ads to users who fall outside the geographical reach of your business, which can result in wasted costs being incurred. Having a clear picture of your target market and using all the targeting options offered to you by the social networks' ad platforms should see you avoid that scenario.
All of which is not to say that social advertising cannot tell you anything new about your audience, or help you discover new potential customers. One example of this would be another client of ours, who, previous results showed, had a core customer base of males aged 18 to 25. When this data was applied to a Facebook ad campaign targeting that demographic, the results were not as expected (very few conversions were achieved from the targeting). However, testing showed the campaign did convert very well among women aged 35 to 45, a previously untapped target audience for the business. This was made the main focus of the campaign and the results rocketed. Meanwhile, Twitter ads – whose self-serve platform is a recent addition to the paid social ad toolkit – provide a very useful means of discovering new followers for your brand, without necessarily having first to specify exactly who they are. One of the cool things you can do with the platform is set your ads to be shown to followers of other people and businesses. These may be market leaders in your industry, journalists or key consumer advocates and by putting your adverts in front of their followers you are giving yourself access to a potentially huge new audience, with the added benefit that you'll only pay money for those who follow your business, retweet your ad or otherwise engage with it.
Whether you're conducting paid or organic marketing through social media, success will rely on you having an accurate understanding of your audience and using that to produce content that will be of real interest to them, then distributing/targeting it in such a way as to maximise its visibility to potential advocates and, ultimately, customers. While social media can cross over with SEO and PPC campaigns and be useful to both, any marketing you carry out through social networks should be done not for the sake of search, but always for its own unique uses and benefits.


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Recently asus re-entered the smartphone fray in india with its zenfone series , launching 3 smartphones. And zenfone 5 has taken the lead among them , even though the market is flooded with smartphones this phone's charm is quite impressive which makes it a tough competition for many high-end devices . Zenfone 5 has taken a spoon from many smartphone's mouth of this price range and doing really good so far. Its a budget phone costing just 10k (8gb) and 13k (16gb variant) with pretty cool specifications at this price range.
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The Gift of the Gavel Raises Cash for Rural Charities
In July, 18 year old Jack Walton, a budding auctioneer from Worcestershire, set off on his charity fundraiser, travelling over 1,000 miles, to raise money for two rural charities; Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) and RSABI (Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution).
Two months later with 24 livestock auction marts under the hammer, Jack Walton has finished his travels, his gavel is at rest and he raised a huge £7316.97.
Jack's journey started at Dingwall and Highland Livestock Auction Mart in Invernesshire and finished at Truro in Cornwall. Sponsored by the Three Counties Agricultural Society, his journey has been exhilarating, informative and has raised money for two charities which support the farming communities in times of financial difficulties.
Journey began on Tuesday 19th July when he visited coupled with
an exhibition highlighting the work of the two charities, Jack
auctioned off one pen of fat lambs with the market's commission
being donated to the fund.
Following his visit to Dingwall, Jack visited 24 auction marts including; Stirling, Hexham, Clitheroe, Worcester, Hereford, Salisbury, Acklington and many more in-between.
Commenting on the completion
of his challenge and journey, Jack said:
"I am completely overwhelmed with the response I have received throughout the summer. I have met the most wonderful people, auctioned some tremendous livestock and I am very grateful to all the marts that have supported me and to everyone who has donated so generously to the charities.
"The last six weeks has been an experience that I will never forget and has certainly cemented what I know are the foundations for a career in auctioneering. I would like to thank all of my sponsors including, JG Animal Health, The Three Counties Agricultural Society and Glendale PR and Marketing for their support throughout my journey."
Ken Nottage, Three Counties Chief Executive, said:
"What a fantastic and unique idea for raising money for charities which are close to Jack's and our hearts here at Three Counties. We are proud to have supported Jack on his journey and the amount he has raised is incredible. Congratulations Jack and we wish you all the best for your time at university."
Inspired by his Grandfather,
renowned Suffolk
breeder, Michael Walton from Roseden Farm in Northumberland,
Jack has always had a keen interest in livestock marketing, commenting:
"For as long as I can remember I've loved attending livestock marts with my Grandfather and was always itching to have a go on the rostrum. My journey not only raised a significant amount of money for charity, but also gave me the opportunity to meet people within the industry and gain knowledge and experience."
In September, Jack will set off on a journey of a different kind as he heads off to the Royal Agricultural University, to read Rural Land Management, with the aim of fulfilling his dreams of one day becoming an auctioneer.


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The Three ''W's'' !
Wizards Warlocks and Witches
the main ingredients for Halloween
add goblins lizards and snakes
then you've a night that could make you scream
They concoct their brews and spells
with evil thoughts smells and thrills
adding a few bitter critters
the green potions getting much thicker
Some seem to think that this happens
on this, one night of fear
this haunting night so full of fright
the Three ''W's'' fearfully cheer
They have practised all year long
so much time to make their spells strong
their special night the tasting night
they won't worry if it's wrong
No matter what the outcome
of lumpy slime green potion
joy comes from the reaction
of the humans throat contraction
They stand and stir with glee
with discarded bones from tea
three fibulas held by the fibroids
as they laugh making cackling noise
This night of Halloween
as the doors are rat-a-tat tatted
will you open the door with a smile
if the Three ''W's'' offer you their green vile ? !
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Haha! Sue..have you been peeking into my recipe book?? Love the poem, very good writing.
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Great poem Sue, yep Halloween is the time of year that all the spooks comes out of hiding. lol
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Really good poem Sue, there will be some Three 'W' knocking on our door this night of Halloween. I think my daughter and her Boyfriend Lee will scare those who knock upon our door tonight.....hehehe :vv more 4:
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By JAMES HIGDON
December 09, 2014
To understand Kentucky politics you have to understand this: When it comes to coal, there is no difference between Democrats and Republicans. There is no red Kentucky or blue Kentucky. There is only charcoal black. And Kentucky politics is a coal miner's daughter.
With roughly 61,000 jobs directly or indirectly linked to the industry and some $4 billion in annual revenue, the state's devotion to coal is all but carved in stone. One law in the state, for example, allows energy companies to cap renewable energy to one percent of production, saving the remaining 99 percent for coal.
"The coal folks want people to burn coal," says Wallace McMullen, the conservation chair for the Sierra Club's Kentucky chapter. "In Kentucky, the coal-state mentality has equally blinded them all"—Democrats as well as Republicans.
Which means when Louisville's civic leaders try to improve the city's environmental health, it's not just Republicans in Washington like incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell standing in the way, but Democrats in the state capital of Frankfort, too.
Just ask John Yarmuth, Louisville's congressman since 2006. Yarmuth is a vocal advocate for alternative energy, as opposed to someone like Alison Lundergan Grimes, who quite visibly advocated for coal without mentioning alternatives during her unsuccessful campaign to unseat McConnell.
Yarmuth, the only Kentucky congressman endorsed by the Sierra Club, won his re-election handily and outperformed Grimes in Louisville by 12,295 votes — and his Congressional district doesn't even include all of Jefferson County. Many of those Yarmuth-but-not-Grimes voters held the environment as their chief concern, and were upset with Grimes for trying to be more pro-coal than McConnell. When she said in her gun-themed TV ad that she "disagree[d] with Obama on coal and guns," that wasn't some political half-truth, as her critics and some of her supporters wanted to believe.
"Of all my supporters, environmentalists were the most concerned with Alison," Yarmuth says. "More so than African-Americans, LGBT, labor or immigrant groups," because coal was one of the few policies Grimes took a stand on. And for environmentalists, it was on the wrong side.
"I hardly saw the point in voting for someone that almost stubbornly refused to stand out as anything other than 'not Mitch,'" said Meghan Levins, a chef in Louisville's burgeoning farm-to-table scene. She voted for Yarmuth, but not Grimes. "The coal issue really is a sticking point with me because I think it's so ridiculous to imply that there is such a thing as 'clean coal.'"
Yarmuth hasn't been hurt politically by his pro-environmental positions. His views are in line with voters like Levins, who represents Louisville's political base and favor a sustainable energy policy at the risk of "a speculative increase in price," as Yarmuth puts it.
"Part of what we deal with in Kentucky is the coal culture, which is a larger political factor than the economics of coal," he adds. In Yarmuth's estimation, voters in the coal-mining regions see advocacy for alternative energy as "an attack on their way of life," which is "more impressionistic than dollars and cents."
This emotional response to the culture of coal is what coal operators leverage for political might in election seasons. Democrats in Kentucky either support this message or remain too afraid of it to challenge it in statewide races. This is something that national activists have difficulty understanding about Kentucky politics: any elected Democrat outside of Louisville is as pro-coal as any climate change-denying Republican.
Grimes is a prime example. Grimes's defense of coal wasn't just some last-minute campaign stunt; her family's relationship with coal goes back decades. Her father, Jerry Lundergan, was the chairman of the Kentucky Democratic Party under Gov. Wallace Wilkinson, who once proposed building a 41-story skyscraper in Lexington called the World Coal Center. Before that, Gov. Julian Carroll testified before Congress about how important strip mining was to Kentucky's economy, and Kentucky's current governor, Steve Beshear, sued the EPA in 2010 for blocking state-issued coal mining permits. All three governors are Democrats.
James Higdon is a freelance writer based in Louisville and author of The Cornbread Mafia: A Homegrown Syndicate's Code of Silence and the Biggest Marijuana Bust in American History. He can be reached at @jimhigdon. Full disclosure: His father, Jimmy Higdon, is a Republican state senator in the Kentucky state legislature.
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An aerial view of most major Australian cities shows only the occasional green patch, stark against an endless procession of grey concrete roofs, paths, car parks and bitumen roads.
As our climate grows inexorably hotter, it's not unusual for city dwellers to experience daily temperatures more than 7°C higher than those living outside the built-up areas. And such temperature rises in our urban spaces can't all be blamed on climate change. We have created urban heat islands in our cities by removing the best natural air-conditioning: plants. When we erect concrete jungles, we trap heat rather than regulating it through our flora.
Now gardeners are joining forces with architects to restore a little greenery to our cities by taking advantage of a little-used space – the roof.
"Interest in green roofs is growing substantially around the world," says Australian landscape architect Jock Gammon.
Living, breathing air-conditioners
One of the most significant benefits of green roofs is their immediate cooling effect, which goes beyond the insulation properties of a layer of soil and plants.
"As the plant transpires water, it reduces surrounding air temperatures and cold air drops down the face of the building. With enough roof gardens, there can be a significant effect on cities," says architect Paul Downton, who is the co-creator of Adelaide's groundbreaking Christie Walk eco-development.
Gammon says that a green roof also enhances the performance of solar panels by reducing their operating temperature, making them more efficient.
Canada's Ryerson University predicted that the city of Toronto could reduce its ambient air temperatures by up to 2°C if around eight per cent of the city's buildings had green roofs – a total area of around 5,000 ha. They estimated a resulting annual energy use reduction of 114 MW and a corresponding saving in
greenhouse gas emissions of 56,000 tonnes.
Green roofs can also improve air quality. A 1996 NASA study found that a single fig tree purifies 10 cubic metres of air a day; other research showed that one square metre of grass removes about 0.2 kg of particles from the air each year.
In cities, clean rainwater quickly becomes dirty stormwater run-off, but this can be captured instead by green roofs. While plants release some water back into the atmosphere, the rest can be naturally filtered for use by building residents.
Downton names some further benefits: "As well as being quite beautiful, visually, green roofs bring back habitat and increase biodiversity in an area."


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2020 Audi A6 Avant; Specs, Interior, Hybrid Engine
Here is The 2020 Audi A6 Avant, Racy, spacious, technological and safe are the cards on the table of the new Station Wagon of the House of the four rings.
4.94 meters long, 1.89 wide and 1.47 meters high, the 2020 Audi A6 Avant is not only an evolution but a real revolution. At Ingolstadt, in fact, to draw the new Avant no longer started from the bodywork of the sedan, Rielaborandola and adapting as happened until the old generation, but have thought well to carry on the two projects simultaneously.
2020 Audi A6 Avant Redesign
Identical in muzzle and design up to half the car, the new A6 Avant picks up from his sister sedan the MLB Evo platform and some stylistic choices. Compared to the past, however, it appears more slender, racy and athletic while guaranteeing more space on board and a generous load capacity (from 565 to 1,680 liters). A result made possible thanks to a roof no longer inclined towards the tail but rather slightly raised, to a more dynamic lighting Matrix Led (identical to that adopted on the sedan), with generous wheel arches overlying alloy wheels of up to 21 inches and Revisited calender.
Interior; Plenty Of Tech
In the interiors, however, the major novelties have affected the entire bridge, now much more digital and technological, and the infotainment that is updated to that already seen on the Audi A7 and A8. The instrument panel is entirely digital with 12.3-inch screen, the head-up display projects the most important information in front of the driver and the central console receives two digital screens, one from 10.1 "for the multimedia system and the other from 8.6" for the Air conditioner. The circle closes the most valuable materials and high-level finishes to embellish an increasingly comfortable cockpit.
2020 Audi A6 Avant Engine Specs; The era of the hybrid
To push the German premium Station Wagon We will think new petrol and diesel engines, some of these adopters the mild-hybrid system at 48 volts. It starts from the 2.0 litre TDI from 204 hp with automatic gearbox S Tronic dual clutch and 7 ratios, it continues with the 3.0-liter V6 TDI from 231 or 286 hp and ends with the 3.0-liter V6 TFSI from 340 hp.
Both V6 variants are combined with the Tiptronic automatic transmission to torque converter and 8 ratios and use the 48 Volt mild-hybrid system. The integral traction is, instead, insertable on the 2.0 TDI but permanent integral for the V6 engines, in the four Ultra version with self-locking central differential and clutch pack in the rear differential. There are also, even if optional, the rear steering axle, the rear sports differential with torque vectoring function and 3 different types of trim (sport trim, adjustable dampers and shock absorbers with pneumatic springs) as well as the Classic with steel springs.
Finally, having taken up a great deal of technology on board the latest Audi A8 and A7, the security systems and driving assistance sector also could not fail to receive a welcome upgrade. In fact, we find the adaptive cruise control with start & stop and Lane maintenance, automatic emergency braking with avoidance of collisions and obstacles, the recognition of the physical condition of the driver and the intelligent blocking of Goalkeeper.