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Sacramento Mayor Says City Warming Centers Should Open Immediately Following Repeated Calls By Homeless Advocates Chris Nichols Tuesday, December 1, 2020 | Sacramento, CA Listen / Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Warming centers are a service the city provides when temperatures dip to the mid-30s and below, but many advocates say that criteria is too strict.Andrew Nixon / CapRadio Updated Dec. 2, 2020 at 1:51 p.m. Mayor Steinberg called for the opening of warming centers at Tuesday's City Council meeting, though no definitive plans were made and no exact timetable was outlined. "We have to do this," Steinberg said. "We ought to do it and we will do it, I hope, in collaboration with our county partners." Sacramento City Manager Howard Chan added that he's already in contact with the county "about how we can open the warming centers safely, given Covid. So, we'll continue to have those conversations." County Board of Supervisors Chairman Phil Serna said he's exploring how to provide more help for those on the streets. "I hear the calls for more warming centers and appreciate the interest in relaxed criteria to open them," he said in a written statement to CapRadio. "I also appreciate the need for social distancing during this deadly pandemic, and that's why I'm consulting with our Public Health Department to explore how we might simultaneously provide relief from the elements while avoiding congregate exposure to the COVID-19 virus." Updated 4:47 p.m. Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said Tuesday he plans to request the city immediately open warming centers for unhoused individuals as overnight temperatures drop to the mid-to-low 30s. The mayor's comments come after advocates for homeless residents made numerous calls in recent weeks to open the facilities — and after one homeless man died in the cold two weeks ago. "Tonight, I'm going to call for the city of Sacramento, I hope in collaboration with the county, but no matter what under any circumstances, that we open warming centers here in our city," Steinberg told CapRadio. "Because the weather is getting colder and I believe it is the humane thing to do." Steinberg said he's not sure how quickly the centers could open, but that wants to move as fast as possible. State Government 'It Is Inhumane': Advocates For Sacramento Homeless Say Criteria For Opening Warming Centers Must Change City Manager Howard Chan may have the funding authority to open them right away, according to the mayor, though it's possible City Council would need to vote on the matter at a future meeting. City spokesperson Tim Swanson said Chan has the spending authority of up to $250,000 on any one transaction without city council approval, but "potential next steps would depend on the discussion at Council." It costs $1,900 to operate a warming center for 12 hours, according to the city. Greg Tarola, a 63-year-old unhoused man, was found dead last month near the homeless service center Loaves & Fishes in the city's River District. Advocates believe Tarola froze, though his cause of death is undetermined. Nighttime temperatures have dipped into the 30s in recent weeks. Cities in the region typically open warming centers only when it drops to 32 degrees or below three consecutive nights, in accordance with guidance from the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. Advocates say that criteria is too strict and point out that cities can choose to set their own rules for opening the centers. For now, Bob Erlenbusch, the executive director of the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness, considers this a win. "I am grateful that the Mayor is being responsive to our collective advocacy," Erlenbusch wrote in an email. "In order to save lives, I hope that the Mayor will open them immediately and discard the current inhumane weather activation guidelines and keep them open through the end of March, 2021." A yearly report by the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness showed that 138 homeless people died in 2019 in Sacramento County. That was up from 132 the year before. "Finally, for next year and beyond, I hope that the opening of warming centers is automatic as the right thing to do for our unhoused neighbors," Erlenbusch added. Editor's note: This story was updated to clarify that a city spokesperson responded to CapRadio for City Manager Howard Chan. Follow us for more stories like this CapRadio provides a trusted source of news because of you. As a nonprofit organization, donations from people like you sustain the journalism that allows us to discover stories that are important to our audience. If you believe in what we do and support our mission, please donate today. Donate Today
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Original air date: May 05, 2016BY: Todd Horwitz, Host & Senior Contributing Analyst
PUBLISHED: May 05, 2016
Human Emotion Drives the Market
Markets are in trouble, Bubba goes through the issues that are affecting the markets and explains why the market will fail. Bubba talks about the battle between the bulls and the bears stating that neither has a clue while markets are consolidating. Bubba points out that the story is always the same and that this market like all others will breakdown.Bubba talks about the upcoming jobs number due out on Friday and maintains that the markets are giving mixed signals. Bubba believes the equity markets are pricing in a bad jobs number which in turn is expected to keep the cheap money flowing. The Dollar and the bonds are totally confused by the action indicating the top is close if not already in.
Bubba joins RFD radio and Marlin Bohling to talk grains and livestock. Bubba explains the emotional side of trading in all markets as he believes that the cattle markets have hit bottom while the grains markets are at or near their highs. Bubba explains that he likes the markets and is bullish grains, but feels a sell off is near.
Bubba talks about the emotional side of trading explaining that markets are driven by the fear and greed of humans and that fundamentals, although important in the decision making process, have nothing to do with the overall trading action. Bubba explains again that humans, through different phases of emotions, always drive the market.
About Marlin Bohling
William Alfred "Bill" Whittle is an American conservative blogger, political commentator, director, screenwriter, editor, pilot, and author. He is best known for his PJ Media internet videos and short films, one of which, "Three and a Half Days", has been viewed more than 2.4 million times on YouTube as of November 2012. He is currently the presenter of Afterburner and The Firewall, and co-hosts Trifecta with Stephen Green and Scott Ott. In addition, Whittle has interviewed a number of political personalities as a PJTV.com commentator.
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Infiniti is ideal for amberjack, yellowtail and other blue fish, GT, and tuna in Japan and overseas, to be thoroughly beaten under various conditions, with outstanding lifting power and durability, and to stand the rod under heavy load so that the angler can easily withstand it. Got the action. Affinity is a versatile power rod that has intermediate properties between a GT rod and amberjack rod, and is fully compatible with tuna games.
An action design that gives enough power from the tip to the berry and uses the entire rod from the tip to the rod butt to repel with extremely little power loss. You can experience the feeling that the lure flies and the lifting power that the fish floats with the rod standing upright just by bending back at the time of casting, and you can actually improve the flight distance and shorten the fight time for many fish. I was able to confirm by hanging.
A durability-oriented guide system that balances pull-out and operability according to the power class. For heavy class PE6 and above, a long foregrip is used to make it easier to raise the rod and fight. The reel seat and grip EVA are as thin as possible so that they can be gripped easily, and the EVA is tapered appropriately to pursue functional beauty. All models are equipped with backstop double nuts that minimize reel rattling even during long-term fights.
Blanks-Blanks with an emphasis on casting performance and fighting performance, where the power difference between the tip and bat is small and power is generated by the entire rod to receive the load. Medium elastic carbon is used as the main material, and sub-carbon reinforcement is put in place, and the action that power rises smoothly from the tip to the bat without any habit. If you raise the rod, the fish will float automatically, and it has excellent durability performance for the torque that springs up.
Guide System-Double foot guide specifications that emphasize durability from tip to bat for heavy line, heavy plug casting and long fight. In addition, the larger diameter of the SIC-S ring allows the line to be released smoothly, improving the flight distance and reducing damage to the binding part.
Grip Design-A slender taper design that is easy to grip and put in force, and is durable for a long time without getting tired. The balance between the front and rear lengths is adjusted according to the lure size and fighting style assumed in each power class, and the optimum function is exhibited at each position during casting, operation, and fighting. The size of the reel seat is selected according to the size of the reel to be mounted, and the double nut system securely holds the reel foot. All models have up-lock specifications that do not touch the screw or nut of the seat during operation.
EN78 / 16 Shallow Master
Developed to use big plugs such as Ryan 250 for large baits such as dolphin fish, targeting amberjack and tuna. It supports plugs from about 100g such as standard size Bazou 200 / 96g and Ryan 200 / 93g to a maximum of 250g. The 7.8-foot length makes it easy to shake off large plugs, and is easy to withstand ultra-high load fights and long-time fights. Recommended specs for aiming for large amberjack in shallows, inviting tuna targeting up to 100 km in Mie, Aomori, etc., and shooting nabla.
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The dual-shaft shredder is a shredder with strong universality shredding technology, and can satisfy the needs for Rreduction, recycling, resourceization, harmless treatment and destruction industry. It is suitable for shredding large and hard materials such as waste aluminum, steel, household waste, and industrial waste. It can be designed according to the user's needs and the material to be shreded to maximize the efficiency.
Reducers and cutters are manufactured according to the German standard DIN regulations. The twin-shaft shredder has the best torque, know-how of cutter, stable connection of gearbox, low noise and low maintenance cost.
Applications of the twin-shaft shredder include car shredding at junkyards, wood, paper, aluminum cans, tires, used appliances, mattresses, and plastic drums.
The blade is made of SK11 special steel, and it has a long service life and good compatibility, which is convenient for maintenance and replacement of the blade. The main shaft is made of high-strength alloy steel, and through repeated heat treatment and high-precision machining, it has excellent mechanical strength, high impact resistance, and long service life.
Electric type and hydraulic type can be selected according to the purpose of the shredder. By adopting a hydraulic or electric motor with good performance, stability can be improved and power can be transmitted efficiently.
Using highly reliable electrical components such as Siemens and Schneider Electric, manual and automatic control of the rotor direction and hydraulic supply is possible, ensuring the safe operation and inspection of the machine.


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TYPOlight goes Mootools
by Leo Feyer – Announcements
TYPOlight now includes another powerful Web 2.0 plugin called Mootools. Mootols is a JavaScript framework that has become famous for its accordion effect (see moo.fx) which is now integrated in TYPOlight Open Source CMS as new content element. In order to run the effect, you will have to include a small JavaScript template into your page layout that initializes mootools. There is a default JavaScript template called moo_default.tpl which helps you getting started. If you want to create your own templates, make sure that they start with moo_ and store them in the templates folder.
While setting up mootools to work with TYPOlight, I also came across a lightbox clone which is called slimbox. Slimbox is not only smaller and more stable than lightbox, it is also 100% mootools based. Thus, we could get rid of the heavy prototype/script.aculo.us JavaScript framework by exchanging the two scripts. Now TYPOlight pages load even faster and you do not have to wait for pages to be fully loaded anymore before you can use the image gallery. In addition, slimbox supports a lot more keys to navigate the gallery (e.g. left and right).


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There is hardly any business in the present times that won't acknowledge the need for data backup for protecting the business data from any kind of loss. When we are shifting more and more digitally, the need for data backup is becoming more important than ever before. Data backup plan gives peace of mind that no matter the situation, a proper backup copy is in place and the business won't have to face any unpleasant circumstances in case of any disaster.
There are many backup options in the present era, such as local backups (external hard drive, NAS, and others) and cloud backups. But cloud backups promise more data security and accessibility we need in the present era. As cloud backup has superiority, so this blog discusses more about the usefulness of cloud backup, especially automated cloud backup.
Automated Cloud Backup – A New Reality
In this digitally advanced era, considering computers or other portable devices as the only way to store business-sensitive and personal data is no longer a safe option. When business activities are getting digitalized and automated, then why not the data backup becomes automated and digital. This is where automated cloud backup comes into action. As the name implies, an automated cloud backup provides a medium for businesses to backup data in the cloud automatically without the need of commanding every time to perform the backup.
Basically, backup software is installed in the concerned computer, which then automatically keeps backing up data into the cloud. All it needs is the internet connection to keep performing backups. You can even set the times when to perform backup so that the backup process doesn't cause any disturbance for you.
How to Pick an Automated Cloud Backup Service?
Automated cloud backup is a great way to ensure effective cloud backup, but it also requires picking the right service provider. There are many automated cloud backup services available today, but not all of them can ensure the efficiency you might be expecting. Therefore, you must properly evaluate a service before picking it. Following are some of the basic points that can help in picking the right service:
- You must be clear about what data type you want to backup and then see which service properly reflects your requirements.
- If you are going to backup sensitive data, then picking the one that provides top-notch encrypted and secure data protection is a preferred choice.
- Carefully evaluate the pricing plans. You must ensure that they are charging reasonable against the services they are providing.
- Consider those services that don't sell your personal information to third parties and value your privacy.
- Automated cloud backup is of no use without a convenient retrieval process. So, ensure that the service you pick has an easy and advanced data retrieval process.
- Cloud backup should also provide some additional features, like file sharing, file syncing, temporary backup of deleted files, and similar other features.
The above points are some of the basic things to consider while picking an automated cloud backup service. But you must ensure all the other requirements you are targeting before opting for any service.
Benefits of Automated Cloud Backup
Automated cloud backup is basically an advanced way of protecting your business data while ensuring continuous access to it. Following are some of the highlighting benefits associated with automated cloud backup:
Automatic Continuous Backups
The main attractive aspect of automated cloud backup is the uninterrupted, continuous, and automated backups. A cloud backup service/tool will need your assistance in the initial backup setup, and after that, the tool will start backing up data continuously with zero to minimum intervention. Most cloud backup solutions can set up a schedule to follow based on your instructions, and that can be twice-daily backups, twice-weekly backups, monthly backups, etc.
Reliable and Efficient Approach
Technological advancements have made most of the business manual processes into automated ones. So, how can one think of manual backups as still a reliable and efficient way to back up sensitive data. Manual backup is one option, but it increases the chances of errors. With automated cloud backup, a cloud backup software or service comes with a top-notch technology that has one job to do, i.e., to ensure that your data gets continuous backup. In addition, most cloud backup services perform encryption of data before storing it in the cloud. Some even provide encryption keys, so that only the user is empowered to decrypt the data. This way, the chances of data theft reduces greatly.
Cloud means anywhere, anytime access. With cloud backup, the data goes wherever you go. You only need the internet connection and your login credentials to access the data from any number of devices. In the COVID-19 pandemic, when we are already seeing the practice of work from home, cloud services are presenting the ideal solution for businesses to let their employees access work-related material easily. Most automated cloud backup services also provide a mobile app to further ease accessibility. In short, accessibility is one major benefit associated with cloud backups that give it priority over other local backup options.
Remote Storage
Automated cloud backup is an online backup of data, which means it has no connection with an on-premises storage setup. A malfunction, natural disaster, or software failure will have no impact on the cloud backed up data. This presents an ideal crashplan for small business sector and ensures business continuity.
The cost associated with local backups is quite hefty, especially for small businesses that are already struggling with revenue. You need dedicated hardware, software, and on-site storage location to backup data in a local network drive or other mediums. It also involves regular maintenance, while expanding the backup storage space is also costly and time-consuming. But with automated cloud backup, you are cutting off all the on-site hardware-related expenses. Online backup services just charge based on the storage space you are going to use and that price is a fraction of what would have cost for on-premises backup. In case you want to expand the storage space, you just have to pay the additional storage charges to the cloud provider.
Wrapping Up
Data is very valuable in the present times and no business wants to bear the situation of data loss. Business continuity comes at an edge if a business loses crucial data. Therefore, having an automated cloud backup solution integrated into your business can ensure data backup and security. With the features like remote storage, syncing services, anywhere accessibility, and similar others, automated cloud backup presents a true companion for businesses in the present era.
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Special COVID-19 Issue #8
Get practical guidance in the COVID-19 toolkit
Although we are in the midst of a surge that dwarfs the initial arrival of the novel coronavirus, at some point we will find a way to live alongside COVID-19 with greater knowledge, clarity, and control. And when an effective vaccine is available we will hopefully be able to move past it completely.
In the meantime, taking action to imagine the new normal which lies ahead will help us be best positioned to move forward and leverage the many innovations born in response to a global threat which has changed our lives forever. And the myriad inequities to which the world has been awakened might now have a sufficient glide path to bring about the transformation necessary to make life better for us all.
Taking Emotional Stress as Seriously as Physical Disorders
- More Than Ever, Healthcare Professionals Face Increased Suicide Risk (also provides CME) | MedPage Today
- Physician Burnout: 5 Steps CEOs Can Take to Fix the Problem | Health Evolution
- How to Manage Anxiety in 4 Simple Ways | SmartBrief
- COVID-19: The Invisible Impact of an Invisible Threat | Insight MD
- Update Your DE&I Playbook | Harvard Business Review
- Stop Asking Job Candidates for Their Salary History | Harvard Business Review
- Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk | Harvard Business School Working Knowledge
- How to Run an Effective Virtual Meeting: Stop Blaming Zoom! | SmartBrief
- How To Deal with The Other Pandemic Covid-19 Revealed: Rotten Bosses | Forbes
- Tame Your Inbox Like an ER Doctor | Harvard Business Review
- Seven Tips for Managing Healthcare Teamwork During a Pandemic | MPR
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Leveraging the collective expertise at SC-B and our strategic partnerships with industry leading stakeholders allows us to create tailor made and innovative solutions for our clients. We operate as a strategic partner, whether as a prime or sub-contractor, with private enterprises to secure and execute public projects through our business certifications. In addition, our experience working with federal and local governments has helped us develop an expertise in working with these agencies and research organizations.
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Gyrokinesis® is based on flowing, harmonious sequences of movement that are further enhanced by specific breathing techniques. This trains the flexibility of the spine and strengthens the entire musculoskeletal system. Moreover, body awareness and coordination will be improved. Ultimately, your newly gained flexibility of movement will also show in your personality – radiating peace of mind, a more relaxed appearance and feeling happy within your body are just some of the benefits.
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Judge rules against Trump: Taxes will be turned over to NY Prosecutors
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- August 20, 2020
Another blow to Trump and his attempt to conceal his taxes
"Justice requires an end to this controversy," US District Judge Victor Marrero wrote.
Today, US District Federal Judge Victor Marrero ruled President Donald Trump's tax and accounting records could be turned over to the New York states prosecutors office as part of a criminal investigation against the President.
Marrero's ruling is in line with that of the United States Supreme Court. Trump has been the only US President to never turn over his tax report to the public. His reluctancy to turn over his taxes has called into question his wealth and controversial business dealings. The Trump administration has a been plagued with scandals and many individuals that were hand picked by the President have been indicted or convicted of crimes.
The landmark decision has been a part of a slew of bad news for the embattled president within the last twenty four hours. Last night the world saw former President Obama rip Trump to pieces in a the televised Democratic Convention. Obama painted Trump as a president that did not put in the work to be Commander in Chief and his is more concerned with enriching himself and his friends.
Then today, Steve Bannon, one of the Presidents closest friends and former campaign and White House staffer, was arrested on fraud for embezzling millions from a questionable charity to build a Southern Boarder Wall.
Trump is quickly starting to realize his path to re-election will be different. His racism and hate speech is no longer being consider cute or controversial by the mainstream media.


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Tesla stock: 7 things investors can expect on Battery Day
Ahead of Tesla's highly anticipated Battery Day, we highlight some key things that investors can look forward to.
Tesla's highly anticipated Battery Day, which has faced several delays since its reveal a year ago, is finally taking place at 16:30 ET on Monday 21 September 2020.
CEO Elon Musk has promised that the event will be 'big', with 'mind blowing' battery technology to be unveiled.
Below, we look at what analysts say investors can expect during the inaugural show-and-tell.
Battery Day: What are analysts saying?
Morgan Stanley analysts, who rated the Tesla stock 'equal weight' alongside a target price of $272 a share – representing a downside of 38.5% from 18 September 2020's closing price of $442, said their main expectations include:
1. Capacity
'We are prepared for Tesla to target Terawatt scale battery capacity plans. Currently, we forecast Tesla to produce 439 GwH of batteries for their in-house production and 3rd party supply (combined) by 2030, accounting for just over a 26% share of the global EV battery market. Will Tesla target 1TwH by 2035?'
2. Higher battery manufacturing/production efficiency
'With Maxwell, there would be theoretically a 16x production capacity increase by skipping the wet toxic chemicals to create the cathode, which then has to be dried and baked-off and needs a lot of floor space and ovens to meet that process.'
3. A doubling of energy density
'Battery density using the DBE system shows greater than 300 Wh/kg with a path to over 500 Wh/kg. By comparison, Tesla's most advanced (2170) battery today is around 247 Wh/kg.'
The analysts further noted that this implies a potential 20% expansion of current highest density, adding that this could lead to vehicles with significantly more range – and could potentially push Tesla Model 3 to about 400 miles per charge.
4. Improved battery life
'Battery life also shows improved durability with almost 2x improvement as Elon Musk recently stated "…the car battery pack is around 3-to-5,000 miles, but the newly designed pack that will go into production for next year is design[ed] explicitly for a million miles of operation with minimum maintenance…''
5. Goodbye Cobalt?
'Tesla has been spending a great deal of effort on researching new chemistries themselves to reduce and remove cobalt from the mix.'
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6. Lower batter cell cost
'The prevailing view is that battery cell cost can decline at a compound rate of 6% to 7% from just over a $100/KwH level today. Could Tesla communicate plans to potentially double this rate of deflation or to target $50/KwH or less by mid or latter this decade?'
7. Tesla could emerge as a full-stack battery competitor
'Overall, the market appears to be leaning towards Tesla being a faster moving partner with scale that expands the market for all, and investors are likely looking to reengage on existing battery makers post-battery day.'
Tesla is 'trading at twice of its worth', says investor
Meanwhile, Ross Gerber, President and CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management, told IG that he is 'expecting some big breakthroughs' from the Tesla stock around Battery Day.
The self-proclaimed 'long-term Tesla investor' said that while Tesla is a 'high risk investment', it is now a 'highly valued higher risk investment'.
When asked why the stock is so divisive between bulls and bears, Gerber said that's because 'Tesla is disrupting the energy and auto industry, and many of the analysts and people on Wall Street have been cosy with energy and autos for their entire careers'.
'And these are huge trillion dollar industries that are being disrupted and basically destroyed by Tesla. So a lot of what you are seeing is pushback from the forces who don't want to see Tesla be successful,' he added.
Nevertheless, Gerber admitted that Tesla is now 'trading at about twice of what I think it's worth'.
'Now, it might be warranted but we're in a bubble and we're at the beginning stages of this bubble. And once they start to pull some of this back, the bubble bursts very quickly. So I caution tech investors when buying high priced technology stocks,' he said.
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Have you heard of Reframing before in Finance?
Have you ever seen it in a textbook? Well it happens a lot in good Sales & Counselling, however it is also a key skill for finance professionals and accountants who wish to become more influential, impactful and have more fun and meaning in our careers.
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Tuesday was another busy day in the operating rooms with several big cases. While some of the soft-tissue cases can take less than 30 minutes, then bony cases take between an hour and two hours complete.
- 13-year-old boy: bony procedure
- 30-year-old man: soft-tissue procedure
- 31-year-old woman: bony procedure
- 33-year-old woman: soft-tissue procedure
- 34-year-old woman: bony procedure
- 36-year-old woman: bony procedure
- 39-year-old woman: soft-tissue procedure
- 50-year-old woman: bony procedure
The complex bony cases require more equipment, specifically power instruments. Because we bring all our own instruments, we have to create the schedule to allow time for the hospital to sterilize the power instruments between bony procedures.
Several of us went up to the patient rooms after lunch to visit patients. The nurses and translators reviewed post-operative instructions with Monday's surgical patients and their families. Others on the team provided comfort care, including distributing toys, providing essential oils with instructions, and decorating the casts of the younger patients. It gets a bit chaotic -- the patients are roomed 3 or 4 to a room and an entourage of people, casts, and crutches manages to quickly fill any remaining space in the patients' rooms.
The day's last patient was a 13-year-old boy. We try to schedule the younger patients earlier in the day because it's hardest for them to tolerate the pre-surgery fasting and just the general stress of being away from their families prior to the procedure. Even with a pre-operative sedative, this young man was nervous and the hallway was not a calming place.
Many of our patients wait on gurneys in the hallway outside of the operating rooms. There's a constant flow of people moving from room to room, taking equipment or supplies to one of the operating rooms, or just getting from here to there. Add to that equation a mix of voices speaking multiple languages and it can be overwhelming. The doctors got together to discuss his case, so he had a group of strangers surrounding his ankle speaking in a language he didn't understand -- not that the medical terms are simple to understand even in your native language.
Thankfully, we have enough people here that he had someone to sit with him while he waited and comfort him during the actual surgery. Other than the small children, most of our patients are awake during their procedures, so they can hear what's happening even if they cannot feel it. This young man was full of questions: Would he be able to run when it healed? How much time would he be away from school and his friends? What would he do during Tet (the massive new year celebration)? The combined efforts of Mai, one of our translators, and Devin, our aromatherapist, actually had him singing at one point while the surgeons did their work. He was full of questions The human part of the equation is an important part of helping the patients while we're here.
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Fishermen's license issued by the Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries in Rockland, Me. to George F. Stinson of Searsport, Me. to engage in lobster fishing, dated July 1, 1923
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So you've created your profile on Upwork.
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I'm going to walk you through that process now.
Let's start from the top.
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I'm going to walk you through this as though I'm creating my own profile again from scratch. What you'll see is exactly how I'd do it now.
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The more detailed you can be here, the better.
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Similarly, where it says "What skills do you offer clients?"… you're allowed to choose 10 here. So do your best to choose all 10.
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This next one is pretty straightforward.
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Unless you've just started learning your new skill and have absolutely zero experience doing it, don't say you're just "Entry Level."
Chances are, if you've been playing around and dabbling with the skill for a while, you're more of an Intermediate, perhaps even an Expert.
So don't cut yourself short — you'd be surprised how much you actually know. When it doubt, aim higher, not lower.
We'll continue chugging along in the next one.


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Natural experiments reveal whether investments in neighbourhoods make a difference, says Richard Harries
Appearing before the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee last month, Michael Gove laid out his four priorities for the new Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities. These, he said, were to strengthen and improve local leadership and living standards, raise the quality of public services, and "restore and advance pride in place".
For my money, the fourth item on the list is the most interesting. It comes closest to the spirit of levelling up, but it is also fiendishly difficult to determine. How do you know if local people are proud of their neighbourhoods and towns? And how can you measure whether pride is increasing or decreasing?
And, most importantly in this particular case, when government makes an investment—whether it is through the UK Community Renewal Fund, the Community Ownership Fund or the Levelling Up Fund itself—how will it know if it has made things better?
Complex world
This is not a new problem. Since at least the 1970s, successive governments have tied themselves in knots trying to show that their investments in communities have made a difference.
Scientists developing new medical treatments such as vaccines face a similar problem: how do you show your treatment or intervention has worked, given the complexity of human lives and modern society? In medicine, the gold standard for answering this question is the randomised controlled trial: some patients get the treatment, others a placebo, and their outcomes are compared.
Applied to communities, though, this raises practical and ethical challenges. How can a new library or a renovated park be given to some residents and not others?
In a report published today, Power to Change, the foundation for community businesses, sets out how it has solved this problem. Its approach uses some of the same techniques for analysing data from natural experiments that were awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Economics.
Power to Change is fuelled by a belief that when local people come together to address an unmet need in a democratic and business-like way, they improve both their own lives and their neighbourhoods. This is a bold claim, reaching way beyond asking whether this or that community business has delivered its funded project and associated key performance indicators.
Neighbourhood watch
The report, Empowering Places? Measuring the impact of community businesses at neighbourhood level, presents results from projects run in Wigan, Bradford, Leicester, Grimsby, Plymouth and Hartlepool. Part of a multimillion-pound investment running from 2017-22, the work shines a light on the difference the programme made between 2018 and 2020.
The crucial aspect of Power to Change's approach was to ask not only what these six places were like but also what we would reasonably expect them to be like, given their specific characteristics.
To work out these expectations, Power to Change used data from the Community Life Survey. Run by central government, this national survey asks citizens nationwide more than 140 questions about the state of communities.
At the same time as the national survey was in the field, residents in the six neighbourhoods under investigation also received hyper-local booster surveys. These covered the same questions as the national survey, administered in the same way.
The key next step was to construct a separate 'control' group for each neighbourhood. This was done by dividing England into 32,844 areas, technically known as lower layer super output areas, and then finding the 10 per cent of these that most closely matched each of the neighbourhoods under investigation.
The matching was based on six axes that together represent more than 40 socio-demographic characteristics, such as deprivation, accommodation type, ethnicity and age.
So, for example, in the 2018 survey, 48 per cent of residents in the Plymouth neighbourhood said it was important for them to be able to influence decisions about the local area. However, the expected figure from the control group with the same socio-demographic characteristics was 55 per cent.
Spot the difference
Power to Change repeated the entire exercise in early 2020. This allowed them to track both the real neighbourhoods and their doppelgängers over time. This showed not only whether things had got better or worse, but also the effect of Power to Change's investment on the size and direction of any change.
In Plymouth, for example, the proportion of people seeking to influence local decisions had risen to 58 per cent, compared with just 51 per cent in the control group. In other words, Plymouth had gone from being seven percentage points worse than it should have been in 2018 to being seven percentage points better in 2020—a net increase of 14 percentage points over the two years.
The evidence from this approach, called difference-in-difference analysis, is not quite as robust as that from a randomised controlled trial. But it is certainly good enough to test whether community-based interventions really make places better for the people who live there.
It's a radical new way to evaluate place-based programmes. The results published today are fascinating and Power to Change deserves credit for including everything, warts and all—things didn't get better everywhere.
If Gove genuinely wants to restore pride to local places, then the novel methodology developed by Power to Change could offer a statistically robust way of measuring the success of the government's multibillion-pound programme to level up the entire country.
His department should adopt this difference-in-difference analysis as the centrepiece in its measurement, monitoring and reporting. Tony Blair's Labour party took 'Things can only get better' as its campaign theme tune. This government could be the first to show that they really have.
Richard Harries is associate director of the Institute for Community Studies, a research institute powered by the Young Foundation
A version of this article also appeared in Research Fortnight


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Keeping love and friendship alive in a long distance relationship isn't always easy.
But for this homeless dog that fell for a woman who lives on the other side of the globe, his perseverance would eventually pay off.
Olivia Sievers often travels between her home in Germany to Argentina for work, and it was there that she met a special dog named Rubio.
But the flight attendant had no idea that an unexpected meeting with a street dog would end up giving her a friend for life.
Earlier this year, a German stewardess named Olivia Sievers was on one of her many visits to the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. Because of her job, she often flies overseas, and when she's in Buenos Aires, she always stays in the same hotel.
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Thanks to SRF's online Eurovision platform, it's already been a very long road to Stockholm. But, following the December 6 Expert Check, we're now just one step away from knowing who will represent Switzerland at Eurovision 2016!
All 19 acts announced last month performed in front of the expert check jury in Zurich during a marathon day (and night) of performances, all hosted by Sven Epiney. Jurors judged the acts on live competency, vocal skills and stage presence. Eight hours later the juries began deliberations and we now know the six acts who will sing in the final of Die Grosse Entscheidungsshow 2016, which takes place on February 13. They are…
Die Grosse Entscheidungsshow 2016 finalists
Bella C — "Another World"
Vincent Gross — "Half a Smile"
Stanley Miller — "Feel the Love"
Rykka — "The Last of Our Kind"
Theo — "Because of You"
Kaceo – "Disque d'or"
Stéphanie Palazzo was originally one of the six, but was disqualified as her song "Perché mi guardi cosi?" had been published prior to 1 September 2015. She was replaced with Kaceo.
Watch our interview with Vincent
Expert Check jury panel
Tanja Dankner – Singer and vocal coach
Rafael Antonio – Choreographer from Germany
Daniel Meister – SRF's Eurovision editor
Catherine Colombara – RTS
Andrea Bignasca – RSI
Who you do want to represent Switzerland in Stockholm?


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CS 430: Lecture 2 – Syntax
Dear students,
Today we look at the first steps of how a program becomes an executable. The source code that we write is a foreign language to the computer. It must be translated into a language that the machine does know. That's the job of the compiler or interpreter. Translation is a process with multiple stages. Only two of these stages concern us at this point in the course: lexing and parsing.
Both of these stages deal with the syntax of a language. By syntax, we mean the structure or form of expressions in a language. In these stages we are not at all concerned with semantics—the meaning—of the language. Consider the expression i++
. Syntactically, this expression is an identifier i
followed by operator ++
. Semantically, this expression evaluates to the original, unincremented value bound to the name i
and has a side effect on incrementing i
. Today we focus on syntax and ignore semantics.
Lexing is the task of grouping the individual characters into coherent chunks. These chunks are called tokens or lexemes. You are familiar with many tokens: public
, main
, ;
, ++
, return
, 3.14159
, and so on.
To recognize a particular kind of token, we build a little machine. Rather than code this machine, we'll just think about how it works using a diagram. For example, here's a machine for recognizing integer literals:
In the nothing yet state, which is where we start, we haven't read any of the characters in the source code. If we see a digit, we move to the saw digit state. If we see more digits, we stay in that state. Alternatively, suppose we see a hyphen first. Then we'd go into the saw hyphen state. If we then see a digit, we'd find ourselves in the saw digit state.
When we encounter a character that isn't legal for our current state, we stop reading. If the state is an accepting state, then we've found ourselves a legal token. Accepting states are marked with a double outline. If we're not in an accepting state, then we have bad source code and we issue an error. For example, if the source is -a
, we read the -
, land in saw hyphen, and cannot transition on a
. We're not in an accepting state, so we reject this text as it's not an integer literal. On the other hand, if the source is 8675309 * 2
, we read the digits 8675309
, land in saw digits, and cannot transition on the space. We're in an accepting state, so we record the token and then try lexing another token using the remaining input * 2
What would a machine for recognizing identifiers look like? In many languages, identifiers must start with a letter or an underscore. Subsequent symbols can be letters, numbers, or underscores.
Single-letter identifiers like i
will drop us off in saw alpha. These are valid identifiers, so we make this an accepting state. It's legal to have more than one. There's a rule in lexing that the machine matches as much of the input that it can. The source ii++
will yield a single identifier token for ii
rather than two for i
and i
. Same with ++
What would a machine for recognizing string literals look like? We only accept strings that have both opening and closing quotation marks. Nearly any character can appear between them. Another quotation mark is not possible unless we escape it. We add an extra state to our machine to handle escaped characters.
To build a complete lexer, we construct state machines for all the different kinds of tokens in our language and then mesh them together. One way to implement a lexer is with a loop and a bunch of conditional statements. The end result is an array of tokens. Each token generally has three properties:
- token type (e.g., identifier, integer literal, semi-colon, right parenthesis, …)
- source text (sometimes the text is implied by the token type, but not always, as is the case for identifiers)
- location
This list of tokens is passed along to the next stage of translation: parsing.
When you read a book, you take in a sequence of tokens. To make sense of the sequence, you parse the words and punctuation according to the grammar of the language. You figure out the subject, the verb, and direct and indirect objects. So too must the compiler or interpreter parse the tokens from the lexing phase. It does this by fitting the tokens to the grammar of the programming language.
To explore the notion of a grammar, let's work with an imaginary language where you can store, add, and print integers. Here's an example program:
a = 10 puts a puts a + 1 a = a + 1 b = a puts a + b
We express the grammatical rules of this language using a notation called Extended Backus-Naur Form (EBNF). A program is 0 or more statements, which leads us to this rule:
program -> statement* EOF
A statement can either be a puts
statement or an assignment, which leads us to this rule:
statement -> identifier = expression | puts expression
An expression can either be an integer literal, a variable name, or an addition, which leads us to this rule:
expression -> integer | identifier | expression + expression
These expansion rules are called productions. There are six of them in this grammar. Some of the symbols indicate what kind of token is expected. Other symbols indicate that another production needs to be applied. These latter are the grammar's non-terminals, while the symbols standing in for tokens represent the terminals. Every grammar has a special starting non-terminal, which is usually listed first. In this case, that symbol is program
There are various algorithms for implementing a parser. The most intuitive way is to write a function for each non-terminal, with if statements to choose which productions to apply and loops to repeat. In pseudocode, that might look something like this:
def program() statements = [] while token isn't EOF s = statement() append s to statements return new Program(statements) def statement() if current token is identifier id token = current token assert equals token e = expression() return new Assignment(id token, e) else if token is puts e = expression() return new Puts(e) def expression() if current token is integer return new Integer(current token) else if current token is identifier return new Variable(current token) else a = expression() assert plus token b = expression() return new Add(a, b)
This method of parsing is called recursive descent. It's a human-friendly algorithm. There are a number of tools that will take in your grammar and automatically generate a parser. The algorithms they use tend to be more complex than recursive descent, and we won't examine them. If translating source code seems interesting to you, consider taking CS 432.
There are several kinds of grammar-related ideas that you are expected to know as a computer scientist. The first is how to derive an utterance or sentence from its grammar. Suppose you have the string xoxox
and this grammar:
S -> x Z Z -> o x Z | o x
A derivation is a sequence of expansions that goes from the starting symbol to the string, applying one production at a time until only terminals remain, like this:
S -> x Z -> x o x Z -> x o x o x
As grammars get more complex, we see that sometimes we have decisions to make when deriving. Consider this grammar for composing boolean expressions out of boolean literals and the binary logical operators:
P -> P || Q | Q Q -> Q && B | B B -> true | false
Here's one way we might derive the expression true && false || true
P -> P || Q -> Q || Q -> Q && B || Q -> B && B || Q -> true && B || Q -> true && false || Q -> true && false || true
Notice how we only expand the leftmost non-terminal at each step? When we stick to this pattern, we end up with a leftmost derivation. This is the kind of derivation that we see in a recursive descent parser. Other kinds of parsers expand the rightmost non-terminal, producing a rightmost derivation, which would look like this for our expression:
P -> P || Q -> P || true -> Q || true -> Q && B || true -> Q && false || true -> B && false || true -> true && false || true
Parse Trees
In addition to derivations, you will encounter tree representations of how an utterance is parsed. The root of the tree is the starting symbol. Its children are the terms of the production that is applied. Any non-terminals have children of their own. The terminals are leaf nodes.
For the expression true && false || true
, we have the following parse tree:
There are not leftmost or rightmost versions of parse trees. The same tree effectively shows all non-terminals at a particular level of depth expanded in parallel.
A nice feature of parse trees is that they make clear the precedence of the operators. The operators that appear lower in the tree have higher precedence. In our example expression, &&
is lower and therefore has higher precedence.
The lower-higher comparison is only valid as a precedence check if the operators do not have the same distance from the start symbol in the grammar. If the operators do have the same distance, they have equal precedence. For example, suppose we have the following grammar:
S -> S + T | S - T | T T -> integer
The +
and -
operators have the same precedence because they are both one production away from S
If +
and -
have the same precedence, how then do we know which one gets evaluated first? Let's examine the leftmost derivation of 5 - 2 + 1
We have this corresponding parse tree:
The rules of the operators' associativity are baked into the grammar. Subexpressions are forced by this grammar to appear in the left operand, which means that these operators are left associative. Left associative operations are evaluated from left to right.
Let's see another example with our boolean expression grammar. Suppose we have the expression false || false || false
. We have this leftmost derivation:
P -> P || Q -> P || Q || Q -> Q || Q || Q -> B || Q || Q -> false || Q || Q -> false || B || Q -> false || false || Q -> false || false || B -> false || false || false
Is the ||
operation left associative or right associative? It's left associative. This grammar, just like the last one, pushes nested operations down in the left child.
Do you know any operations that are right associative—that are evaluated from right to left? Many of the unary operators are, as evidenced by !!true
. The unary and exponentiation operators tend to be right associative.
Let's add productions to our arithmetic grammar to support a right-associative exponentiation operator. This was our original grammar:
S -> S + T | S - T | T T -> integer
Exponentiation has higher precedence, so we want to force it to be lower in the parse tree than +
and -
. We also want to force nested exponentiations to be in the right child in order to make it right associative. Both of these wants are satisified by this new grammar:
S -> S + T | S - T | T T -> U ^ T | U U -> integer
Grammars are neat. They unite the language instincts inside of us with the precision and formality needed for translating source code. But not just any grammar is acceptable. We must avoid ambiguity.
An ambiguous grammar is one that allows us to derive the same utterance more than one way. Have a look at this grammar:
A -> V = E E -> E # E | V V -> a | x | y | z
Let's start deriving a = x # y # z
using a parse tree:
When we go to expand the first E
in E # E
, we find that we have a choice. We can use either the E # E
production or the V
production. If we apply E # E
, we arrive at this tree:
If we apply V
, we arrive at this tree:
Ambiguity is a bad feature to have in a grammar. We don't want different compiler implementations producing different programs from the same source code. We'd remove this particular ambiguity by fixing the associativity of the #
operator. To make it left associative, we'd use this grammar:
A -> V = E E -> E # V | V V -> a | x | y | z
The notion of a grammar lies behind every programming language that we use. The grammar enforces the operator precedence and associativity. The grammar informs the design of the parser. The grammar impacts the quality of error messages.
If you want to write a programming language, the best place to start is by writing the grammar. The rest of your work falls out from there.
Even if you don't want to write your own language, understanding the role of grammars will make writing code in existing languages feel less like a game of chance. You don't need to appeal to a higher power to get your code to compile. You just need to follow the grammar.
Grammars also help explain some of the syntactic choices that language designers make. Those semi-colons and curly braces, for example, make writing the parser easier.
Here's your TODO list:
- Follow the study guides for modules 2 and 3.
- Be ready for lab on Thursday and a quiz on Friday.
See you next time.
P.S. It's time for a haiku!
Languages have rules
We learn to follow them young
What they are, later


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text: Lupita Nyong'o is headed Off Broadway! 2013's breakout star is set to make her New York stage debut when she stars in Eclipsed, a 2009 play written by The Walking Dead's Danai Gurira, later this year. The play, directed by Lisel Tommy, is described as a "feminist reading" of the Second Liberian Civil War. Set in 2003, Eclipsed follows a group of women who are abducted and made the wives of a rebel commander. The show will begin previews on September 29 and will run at the Public Theater from October 14 to November 8.


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Vodafone: Governments have direct access to our Network Data Centers.
The world's second largest mobile carrier and network provider Vodafone has confirmed statements that some governments has direct access to their Data Centers. The company has over 400 million users around the world. Vodafone revealed this in a Law Enforcement Disclosure Reports.
This is the first time the company has broken its silence over surveillance by governments. Many government authorities have direct access to the network Data Centers which allows them to listen and record all the conversations.
While their are some nations whose governments have given an explanation and warranty for the surveillance, at the same time there are some countries where government and security authorities don't provide a pre-notice or explanation on the surveollance, such countries include:
• India
• Egypt
• Hungary
• Albania
• Qatar
• Malta
• South Africa
• Romania
• Turkey, and more…
The Guardian told in its reports that some countries are even attaching wires directly to the Data Centers of the network providers.
The network provider said, "In our view, it is governments – not communications operators – who hold the primary duty to provide greater transparency on the number of agencies and authority demands issued to operators."
Vodafone has denied revealing the names of the countries and security authorities because it could lead to banning of the license of the company and even imprisonment of its staff.
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White Sox pitcher Charlie Robertson fired a perfect game, beating the Tigers, 2-0, in Detroit. Robertson never had a winning record in eight seasons in Chicago, compiling a White Sox career of 49-80 and 4.44 ERA.
Robertson's perfect game only took one hour and 55 minutes to complete. He struck out six. Earl Sheely drove in both Sox runs in the second inning with a single.
Orestes"Minnie" Miñoso was acquired by the White Sox as part of a three-team deal involving Kansas City and Cleveland. The seven-player deal resulted in Miñoso becoming the team's first Black ballplayer.
Miñoso used his blinding speed and power to become the American League Rookie of the Year for 1951 (from The Sporting News, but not the baseball writers) by hitting .324 with 10 home runs, 76 RBIs and 31 stolen bases. He'd be named to the All-Star team six times in his career representing the Sox. His No. 9 would be retired by the club in 1983.
White Sox shortstop Luis Aparicio was shown sliding into a base on the cover of Sports Illustrated. The headline read, "The Players With Magic. Luis Aparicio of the White Sox."
The Hall of Fame player would lead the American League in steals nine consecutive years while playing remarkable defense.


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Llandyrnog, St Tyrnog
The E window has much reset glass of c. 1500, reminiscent of Gresford. Centrepiece is the Crucifixion with beautiful ministering angels from which streams the Blood of Christ to five of the Seven Sacraments: Penance, Mass and Extreme Unction, Holy Orders and Matrimony; also panels with Apostles and Creed Scrolls, St James the Great and St John. On the left is a panel with fragments that have some splendid faces and a fine St Mark; the tracery lights have a Coronation and Annunciation and 4 female saints: Marcella, Winifred, Frideswide and Catherine: above are a bishop and archbishop.
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The Black Keys & St Vincent at Bon Secours Wellness Arena (Greenville, SC -Dec. 13, 2014)
12/13/14 is a once in a lifetime date and that very night was indeed a epic memory forever in time. The Black Keys who are one of the biggest bands around performed at Greenville's South Carolina's Bon Secours Wellness Arena with the critically acclaimed St. Vincent as the opening act. I was in attendance with Vizonz Photography and we were so grateful to get some great photos from these two white hot acts. This was a leg of the Turn Blue World Tour and the proud Akron Ohio duo brought the stadium rock and roll epicness.
The openers St. Vincent was quite the pleasant surprise as I have heard nothing but great things about them. The Buzz has been huge on the upstart band which has gain much critical acclaim from Rolling Stone Magazine to NPR. I always like to see a breath of fresh art act like St. Vincent who really blew me away. I watched her perform with the remaining members of Nirvana as they inducted them to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the very next night on television. Needless to say they are one to keep your ears lended to.
The Black Keys are the biggest rock band in the country who seem to do no wrong in putting out some great records the past few years. Its bluesy, soulfly, and hard rocking style has made some of the more exciting music that has been put out in many years as well as bringing back the experience of being at a big time venue rock show. The Black Keys have had tremendous commercial success which has earned them many Grammy awards. The new album is not as uptempo as the albums of the past but has many moments where you get lost in the lyrics and musical arrangements. Wanna thank all of the staff for being so kind and professional at the Bon Secours Wellness Center. They were nice enough to let us get some wonderful shots close to the stage.
(all photos were taken by Vizionz Photography Vizionz Photgraphy)
Bon Secours Wellness Arena
650 North Academy St
Greenville, SC 29601
United States


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Fifth Third Bank will unveil its new regional headquarters in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday morning in the landmark One Woodward building in downtown Detroit.
About 90 employees have moved from the former headquarters in Southfield to 31,000 square feet on the 25th and 26th floors of the building, which was designed by the iconic architect, Minoru Yamasaki. Yamasaki designed the building in 1962 for the Michigan Consolidated Gas Co. It was his first skyscraper, and elements from its design were used when he designed the World Trade Center, which was destroyed on 9/11. The building, which is owned and operated by Dan Gilbert's Bedrock Real Estate Services, is now called the Fifth Third Bank at One Woodward. The bank will move in about 80 more employees onto the 12th and 13th floors in late May or early June for a total of 62,000 square feet. Previously, the bank's regional headquarters was in the 1000 building of the Southfield Town Center.Fifth Third Bank to unveil new headquarters Wednesday
Gilbert building rechristened Fifth Third Bank at One