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The Maryland Terrapins traveled to Berkeley to face the Cal Bears on their home field Saturday for a chance to go to the College Cup in Philadelphia. I got to Cal's broadcast of the men's soccer quarter final a bit late and tuned into the game in about the fifth minute. The Terps had been whistled for three fouls but neither team had registered a shot. I need to note that the stream of the match was just that - a stream. No play by play or commentary, no clock, no score, no graphics of any kind. The stream came from a single camera positioned at midfield somewhat far from the action so some of my player identification may be a bit off. But hey! It was 99 cents. (Not really. It was free. I just had to give a shout out on Grammy weekend to Macklemore & Lewis.)
The Terps looked to be having the better of the run of play putting early pressure on the Bears' defense. The first shot came from Schillo Tshuma. He had a good look off a throw in from the upper right corner of the box but so did Cal's goalkeeper Alex Mangels who made a routine save.
The Bears began to gradually wrest control of the game flow and in the nineteenth minute the Terps got the first indication that the soccer gods might be in their side when, after a succession of quick one touch passes, Luis Fuentes ended up one on one with Terrapin keeper Zack Steffen who had come far off his line. With essentially a wide open net Fuentes' shot somehow found the far post. Cal's shot off the ensuing corner kick went well wide. The Bears continued their crisp play holding good possession and using the same crisp passing to find space in Maryland's defense. Cal made another strong attack from the left but fortune again favored the Terrapins as no one from Cal had made a strong run to the goal to take an otherwise well played cross.
Early in the twenty-seventh minute, Alex Shinsky replaced Michael Sauers for Maryland. The Terps seemed to pick up the pace over the next few minutes and just as I was noting that Shinsky seemed to give the Terps a bit of a lift, the Terps drew a foul just outside the right side of the box about parallel with the 6 yard line. Mikey Ambrose played the free kick and Shinsky headed the ball inside the near post and the Terps had a 1-0 lead after 32:56 of play.
Maryland quickly regained control of the ball on the restart and less than a minute later had a corner kick. Cal's failure to clear led to another foul this time deep in the left corner. This time Shinsky couldn't quite get around to finish and his shot in a dangerous situation sailed wide. Still, the goal and the shot seemed to settle the Terps and they played out the half with no further threats from the Bears and took their 1-0 margin into the break.
The Terps didn't need long in the second half to earn their first corner kick which came just fifty seconds into the half. Cal initially cleared the ball out of the box but it came directly back to Tsubasa Endoh who sent in another cross. Sauers had a good look at the ball but Mangels punched the ball high. Mikias Eticha had a chance on the ensuing corner but Cal's defense blocked his shot. Though Maryland would manage a few more shots this would be the Terps last real opportunity for nearly forty minutes.
On the other hand, Cal had multiple chances to even the score and take the lead. They got the equalizer on the first of those chances when Stefano Bonomo took a cross from the left side. Steffen made the initial save but couldn't control it. Bonomo took the rebound and put it in the net to tie the score at one with forty-one minutes to play. The goal clearly energized both the crowd, who had spent most of the game hooting disapproval at every foul called on the home team, and the Golden Bears who broke down the Terrapins' back line to create several more dangerous chances. None was more dangerous than in the sixtieth minute when crisp passing again caused Maryland's back line to break down a bit forcing Steffen to come far off his line again. Fortunately for the Terps keeper, a Terrapin defender, probably Suli Dainkeh circled behind Steffen and made an outstanding block to preserve the tie score.
Maryland got the go ahead and eventual game winning goal in the eighty-sixth minute when Mikey Sauers took a pass from Eticha and blasted a high shot from just outside the penalty area past a stunned Mangels. Cal pushed forward to try for the equalizer but the Terrapins defense held strong and Maryland escaped with a 2-1 win to return to the College Cup for a second consecutive year. Maryland's semi-final opponent will be a familiar one as the Terps will match up for a third time with the Virginia Cavaliers at PPL Park in Philadelphia on Friday.


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Shares of budget airline easyJet (LSE: EZJ) have been under pressure for the past year or so. From a high of close to 1,800p last summer, they're currently trading nearer 1,000p.
Elsewhere in the Travel & Leisure sector, shares of small-cap City Pub Group (LSE: CPC) have held up rather better. They're up a tad today, on the back of a trading update, and are little changed from this time last year.
Here, I'll discuss whether I believe easyJet is now a FTSE 100 bargain, and whether City Pub Group could also have investment appeal.
Strong growth prospects
You may not have heard of City Pub Group, but its boardroom is packed with industry veterans. Indeed, several directors were behind a previous highly successful enterprise, Capital Pub Company, which they founded in 2000 and sold to Greene King, after a bidding war with Fullers, in 2011.
Capital Pub Company was focused on London, but the geographic footprint of City Pub Group extends beyond the capital, with — in addition to 17 London houses — pubs as far afield as Brighton, Exeter, Oxford and Norwich.
In today's trading update, management reported "continued strong momentum" in the business, with sales for the 19 weeks to 12 May up 35% on last year. It said the company's well placed to meet its expectations for the year as a whole, and to grow its current 45-site estate to 65-70 sites by mid-2021.
At a share price of 230p, the company's market capitalisation is £141m, and it trades at 25.8 times current-year forecast earnings of 8.9p a share (up from 3.23p last year). The rating is a premium one, and the running dividend yield is a modest 2%.
I'm attracted by the group's growth prospects, its strong, property-backed balance sheet, and its proven, high-quality management team. But I think the valuation is just a little too rich at present. As such, I rate the stock a 'hold'.
Great opportunity for long-term investors
Budget airline easyJet may be a low-cost flyer, but it's a top-notch operation, in my opinion. And the business is underpinned by — look away now Thomas Cook shareholders — a market-leading balance sheet.
Profits can be somewhat variable year-to-year, with things like fuel prices and exchange rates coming with the territory. But these things ebb and flow, and it's the longer-term performance we should focus on.
I think this applies not only to the perennial variables, but also to a big one-off factor currently in play. Namely, as the company said in last week's half-year results — reviewed by my colleague Peter Stephens — "the ongoing negative impact of Brexit-related market uncertainty."
For the company's current financial year (ending September), City analysts are forecasting a 3% decline in underlying earnings to 114.4p a share from last year's 118.3p. And because the company's policy is to pay a dividend of 50% of underlying earnings, we can also expect the dividend to drop to 57.2p from last year's 58.6p.
At a current share price of 1,000p, you're paying just 8.5 times forecast earnings, and getting a prospective 5.7% dividend yield. With City analysts forecasting a return to growth next year, and easyJet being well prepared for any Brexit outcome, I believe the current weakness in the shares represents a great opportunity for long-term investors to buy into a terrific business.

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Niche MEWPs
28 August 2020
From explosion-proof booms to omni-directional scissors, the specialty access market offers a plethora of solutions to combat any challenge at hand.
Take, for instance, Bailey Specialty Cranes & Aerials, an engineering and manufacturing company in Wisconsin that focuses on specialty lifting products for niche industries.
Since 2002, Bailey has developed explosion-proof mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs.) The company produces more than 30 explosion-proof (EX) models, including articulated booms, telescopics, vertical booms and scissor lifts.
EX-designated equipment is required when work is being performed around shock or fire hazards. Many units are utilized in the aircraft industry for painting or maintenance. Recently, Bailey's EX technology was updated across its line of booms and scissors. EX booms now include enhanced spark protection, anti-spark wheel covers, electric joysticks, enhanced motor management systems and required metal shielded cabling.
Bailey's EX scissor lifts also feature the above updates, along with a platform battery condition indicator, circuit breakers in place of glass fuses and easier-to-access battery and control systems. All of Bailey's MEWPs are ANSI A92.20 certified.
Specialized MEWP focus
Indiana-based Lift-A-Loft is another designer and manufacturer of custom access products. Founded in the 1940s, the company originally manufactured truck-mounted vertical lifts to service streetlights. Today, Lift-A-Loft produces equipment for airline support, hazardous applications, aerospace support and industrial support, to name a few.
For the aircraft maintenance industry, Lift-A-Loft offers scissor lifts and truck-mounted units designed to meet specific needs within the airline industry. From high-reach aircraft maintenance lifts to high-speed tow vehicles, cabin service and catering trucks, each of the company's units has a specific design purpose to improve the safety and efficiency of airline ramp service and aircraft maintenance. Lift-A-Loft has been assisting airlines for over 50 years. It also has a long history with the aerospace industry, which regularly faces accessibility challenges due to large objects with unique curvatures such as rockets and satellites.
"It can be difficult in some operations to safely put workers and tools in the best positions to get the job done," the company says. "When dealing with multi-million-dollar products, these customers depend on us to provide the lift equipment solutions they need."
Lift-A-Loft has four series of scissor lifts dedicated to aerospace: SP – Series, MP – Series, SPX32 and MSP – Series. The units feature working heights between 15 and 31 feet and platform capacities up to 3,000 pounds.
Above the water
Bridge inspection is a demanding job, requiring highly trained technicians and engineers to safely maneuver specialized equipment into position in order to complete hands-on inspection and maintenance work. In order to accomplish this task, the right equipment is essential. Aspen Aerials, a Time Manufacturing Company, designs, manufactures and assembles a complete line of bridge inspection vehicles at its factory in Duluth, MN.
The company produces seven different models of bridge-inspection units, from the lightweight Aspen B-32 to the mammoth Aspen A-75.
The Aspen A-75 is a long-reaching bridge inspection unit with a horizontal under-bridge reach of 75 feet and vertical reach of 53 feet. The unit's platform can hold up to 700 pounds and the machine is fitted with stabilizing systems that allow operators to move the truck while the platform is deployed. None of Aspen's units require outriggers, which the company says is because outriggers impede the flow of vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
"Outriggers can create a lot of pressure and can sometimes damage the deck of a bridge," the company says. "Another advantage of not requiring outriggers is that the truck can move while the boom is deployed, which creates incredible efficiency for the bridge inspection team."
On the other end of the spectrum is the company's Aspen B-32, which was built to be used for access to bridges with weight restrictions. The B-32 features a horizontal under-bridge reach of 31.5 feet, a vertical reach down of 33 feet and a vertical reach up of 33.83 feet. The unit weighs between 25,000-30,000 pounds and its platform can hold up to 450 pounds. The B-32's design allows personnel to operate above ground level, even when not operating on a bridge.
Aspen Aerials also offers 180-degree rotating platforms as standard it's A-62, A-62T and A-75 models. The Aspen A-62, A-62T and A-75 also have the capability of providing inspectors with up to 16-feet of vertical working reach through the use of its telescopic fourth boom section. The fully hydraulic feature will enable users to get up and behind the deepest girders for a close-up inspection.
The company also can fit certain models with fully interchangeable platforms.
Under and over bridge inspection units
Anderson UnderBridge manufactures and assembles bridge-inspection platforms in York, SC. The company offers four models – the HP35, HPT38, HPT43 and HPT66. Each unit features 180-degrees of platform rotation, 15-minute deployment from park to project, single-lane traffic requirement, dual side deployment, deck-to-platform communications system and hydrostatic, self-propelled drive.
On the smaller end of the product lineup, the company's HP35 trailer-mounted under-bridge access unit can service more than 1,000 square feet of under-bridge area with one deck placement. It features a maximum drop depth of 17 feet, 5 inches and platform extension of 35 feet.
The HP35 is powered by an 18 hp V-twin gas engine, and the unit includes the company's patented Tower Separation System (TSS), allowing access across sidewalks and railings.
But if more reach is needed, the HTP66 will get users to where they need to go. The 66-foot, truck-mounted platform can drop 21 feet and cover 4,100 square-feet of under-bridge area. The platform can hold 1,400 pounds and meets all ANSI A92.20 requirements.
Industry solutions
Since 1974, Bridge Masters, Inc. has served the utility construction industry by specializing in bridge utility attachment and repair. The company has a fleet of Bridgewalkers, Hydra Platforms, Paxton-Mitchell Snoopers and UBIT-under bridge inspection trucks.
The company's own line of Bridgewalker inspection units features two models – Bridgewalker Type I and Bridgewalker Type II.
The Bridgewalker Type I is designed to operate in tight spaces where other similar equipment is not able. The company says it is the perfect solution for utility or inspection projects where space is limited. It can be used on a sidewalk and does not impact the flow of traffic due to its 3-foot-wide space needed to operate. Depending on the situation, it can be operated from a trailer or as a stand-alone. It features a 600-pound basket capacity and is able to hold two people. The ladder length and configuration are adjustable to meet the needs of a wide array of bridges and work situations.
Recently, Bridge Masters was called upon by an engineering firm that needed to conduct a structural inspection of a pier. The firm could not access the underside of the pier from water level, and because of the narrowness of the structure, it was impossible to use a typical lift. Also, the pier needed to stay open for visitors while the inspection was occurring.
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MRS. ROSEMEYER by Thomas C. O'Keefe (*)
The heroes, heroines and villains of the Silver Arrows era of the 1930's are all gone now, except her. On May 30, 2007, Elly Beinhorn Rosemeyer, famed sportswoman and aviator in her own right, and wife of Auto Union's masterful driver, Bernd Rosemeyer, will celebrate her 100th birthday, an extraordinary woman doing yet one more extraordinary thing in a rich but bittersweet life full of drama, adventure and tears. Although she never became a Grand Prix driver, Elly Beinhorn managed to experience something few real Grand Prix drivers would ever have the chance to do. Not once, but twice, she actually got in her husband Bernd's fire-
But before we get to Bernd and Elly and Grands Prix, how did these two daredevil lovers meet? Elly Beinhorn, Germany's Amelia Earhart, was slightly older than her husband-
The Aussies especially admired Elly and when she came into their airspace, they went out of their way to welcome her, summoning up a contingent of three RAF Supermarine Southhampton Flying Boats to accompany Elly across the shark-
Romance at Brno
The day Bernd and Elly met it all came good for Bernd Rosemeyer, in more ways than one. It was towards the end of the 1935 Grand Prix season on September 29, 1935 at Brno, Czechoslovakia for the Masaryk Grand Prix. Elly Beinhorn, who happened to be in Brno to give a lecture to a local flying club, had been invited by Auto Union to the Grand Prix as a celebrity in the paddock and Elly assumed she would be greeting Auto Union's principal driver, Hans Stuck, as the winner when all was said and done. But life had a surprise waiting for Elly when young upstart Bernd Rosemeyer beat his betters, outlasting teammates Hans Stuck and Achille Varzi of Auto Union and Alfa Romeo's Tazio Nuvolari, to win the race. Auto Union's press officer saw Elly was reticent and said to her: "Please be kind -
In this incredibly busy Summer of 1936 for both Bernd and Elly, on August 2, 1936, two weeks after her marriage, Elly was off to do a long-
As Elly was flitting around in the skies over three continents on August 2, 1936, her husband Bernd was very much on the ground at Livorno in Italy, racing in the Coppa Ciano but a bit unhinged personally. Uncharacteristically, Bernd's heart was not in the race and he was out after six laps of the scheduled 30 laps, admitting that he was preoccupied with his wife's latest solo escapade. After the race, Rosemeyer the newlywed sent this telegram to his bride: "Retired after six laps. Come home soon. You must never leave me again!" And she never did leave him after that and accompanied Bernd everywhere. As the available Auto Union archival film footage shows, the photogenic Elly is shown on the grid sitting on the edge of the Auto Union' s cockpit peeling an orange for Bernd in one scene; in another scene she is working the stop watches; in still another scene she spars with fellow flying ace, Marshal Balbo in the pits at Tripoli. Once, when Bernd had emerged from the cockpit after a difficult high-
Solo By the time of the 1936 Italian Grand Prix at Monza on September 13, 1936, Mercedes-
Perhaps the germ for the idea of Elly driving the Auto Union was that Bernd was trying to make up for Elly essentially giving up her flying career for him. Or maybe Elly trying out the Auto Union was simply a publicity stunt to keep the Italian crowd amused with this demonstration in the absence of the Other German Team, as Sarah Fisher once did, when she had an historic, three-
Elly's driving of the Auto Union was such a unique event that today it would have been captured on film; but ironically, Elly was often the one taking the film that has come down to us as the Auto Union archives so this unusual run by the only woman to have ever driven an Auto Union in race trim is lost on history. Having not had not much of a honeymoon after their marriage on July 13, 1936, with Bernd's racing schedule and Elly's three-
Auto Union had committed to send its cars to some Christmas season handicap races in South Africa, in early January 1937, where the Auto Unions would compete with Alfa Romeos, Bugattis, Rileys and ERAs and would start from the rear and catch up with the field; Rosemeyer and his friend, Ernst von Delius, were selected by Auto Union to go to South Africa.
Being the kind of people they were, Bernd and Elly decided to fly the Taifun to South Africa, swastika design on the tail as they took off from Berlin, Bernd acting as chief mechanic and Elly as the driver/pilot this time. Interviewed about the trip on film just after it happened, Elly reported that "Bernd is a very skilled mechanic . . . he made sure our Argus engine was always in tip-
Bernd and Elly: Sidesaddle at the Nurburgring
Bernd had lost a hard fight at the AVUS against Mercedes-
America and the Vanderbilt Cup Race
Bernd Rosemeyer was able to win four Grands Prix for Auto Union that year, but the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup race at Roosevelt Raceway on Long Island in New York was the most prominent of his wins. It was an interesting, perhaps pivotal, visit to New York for Bernd and Elly in the Summer of 1937 for the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup race.
The organizers of the race, in order to accommodate the European schedules of the Grand Prix teams and induce them to come, had moved the race up from the American July 4th Independence Day Holiday to July 3, 1937. It was hoped that the race would be a kind of historic confrontation between the Indianapolis 500 race cars that had just competed in the 1937 Indy 500 and the European Grand Prix cars, 30 starting entries in all from all sorts of machines. The German teams, including Rudi Caracciola and his wife Alice "Baby" Hoffman, and Bernd and Elly, traveled to New York by the SS Bremen, and there is footage of the rival drivers and their wives sunning themselves and playing shuffleboard during the Atlantic Crossing on the deck of the Bremen and frollicking in the swimming pool below deck. The Auto Union Typ C's for Rosemeyer and Ernst von Delius and their transporters were stored in the hold of the Bremen along with the Mercedes-
It was a sad but profitable weekend for Bernd and Elly as Bernd's first prize was $20,000, a considerable sum of money. Also, at home, Rosemeyer's victory would mean another promotion in the SS, which Bernd had been involuntarily drafted into, this time from First Lieutenant to Captain. I try to imagine the sunny Bernd Rosemeyer in World War II as an SS Officer grilling a hapless English POW under the glare of a light bulb shone in his face saying "Tell me the truth: what did you really think of my race at Donington in 1937?"
What Bernd and Elly did with at least some of their winnings was revealing as to their true state of mind in the middle of 1937, after four years of Hitler's rule. Although trotted out by the Nazis as the ultimate Aryan couple, the affable, handsome blonde Rosemeyer and his attractive and accomplished aviator wife, none of the German drivers and their wives were committed Nazis, the Rosemeyers being the least among them. Interestingly, this is what they did with the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup winnings: as a hedge against future events, Bernd and Elly opened up a bank account at a New York bank and into the account went a portion of the $20,000 prize money. Many years later, when Elly Beinhorn became aware of a group of American woman pilots who wanted to honor Amelia Earhart with a U.S. Postage Stamp, Elly remembered that long ago weekend on Long Island when her husband won the race but Elly lost a fellow flyer. She tracked down the New York bank account she and Bernd had established and the proceeds were used to support the campaign to honor Amelia Earhart. On July 24, 1961, the U.S. Post Office issued an Amelia Earhart 8¢ stamp featuring an artist's rendering of the winsome pilot and her Electra, to commemorate her last flight 24 years earlier. Naturally, Amelia Earhart's was an "Air Mail" stamp.
Bernd Jr.
Elly had been pregnant during this trip to America for the Vanderbilt Cup race and at Nurburgring, for her joyride in the Auto Union after the Eifelrennen; on November 12, 1937, Bernd, Jr. was born (Tazio Nuvolari was his Godfather, and, as an adult, Bernd, Jr., came to be a friend of the German Ferrari driver, Wolfgang von Trips, so Bernd's son was being looked after!). A charming picture dated January 25, 1938, has come down to us of Bernd Sr. holding 10-
Rekord: The Auto Union Streamliner
Six months after the Vanderbilt Cup race in the Summer of 1937 and three days after that picture with Bernd Jr. was taken, the Bernd and Elly fairytale ended abruptly on a winter's day, January 28, 1938, on a windswept autobahn that ran between Frankfurt and Darmstadt, Germany, a highway where the German teams were gathered to compete for one kilometer and one mile speed records. One day before the tests, Bernd flew his new plane, a Klemm, to Frankfurt to be ready for the record runs. Elly wanted desperately to be at the record run but was giving a sold-
The engine size of the Auto Union Streamliner had been increased from 6.1 litres to 6.5 litres and the horsepower was up to 560 bhp from 525 bhp for the standard 1937 engine. Continental tires had also come up with a new batch of larger tires for the larger 24-
Rosemeyer had only been a Grand Prix driver for three years but his good looks and charm, his 10 Grand Prix victories and his brave, committed driving style, whether he won or lost, made him a national hero. The German nation mourned his death. Naturally, the Nazis claimed Rosemeyer as well, with widow Elly receiving condolences from the likes of Adolph Hitler and Rudolf Hesse. But Elly was having none of it, and wanted Bernd to be buried with a simple prayer and priest and threatened to walk out of the self-
In time, Elly would heal; in time, she would re-
100 Wonderful Years
She is far from forgotten. A Messerschmitt Taifun like Elly's that survived the war has been restored by Lufthansa and in May 1993, it was named the "Elly Beinhorn" and her name in script is stenciled on the fuselage. Elly baptized the plane herself at 86 years old and the plane, appropriately, is a fixture at weekend airshows, the kind of venue where flying began for Elly Beinhorn. Indeed, even at 100 years old, the fame of Elly's name brings endorsement deals, a recent example being a clockmaker, Askania, having introduced the Elly Beinhorn collection of women's watches, "for strong women with slim wrists." How appropriate, a timepiece to remember this timeless woman.
Happy Birthday, Mrs. Rosemeyer.
Author's Note:
Elly Beinhorn was a fabulous writer as well as an ace flyer. She wrote Mein Mann, der Rennfahrer (My Husband, the Racing Driver) in what she called "The darkest hours of my life." In 1986, Silver Arrows expert Chris Nixon worked with Elly on an English translation called "Rosemeyer!" which has been relied upon here. Aldo Zana's unique interview with Elly on her 96th Birthday and his analysis of the details of Rosemeyer's fatal accident can be found on Leif Snellman's indispensable Golden Age of Grand Prix Racing website.
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Congress returns to work this week with a critical deadline looming: the expiration of an additional $600 per week in federal unemployment benefits it created to help workers through the coronavirus pandemic.
More than 25 million unemployed people are receiving some form of unemployment benefits. But the additional $600 weekly that Congress added in March will expire in a matter of days if lawmakers don't act. The lapse in benefits would be devastating not only to the economy but also to those Americans still struggling to pay bills on time, including rent.
Megan Gaddini of Portland, Oregon said she had been looking for a new marketing job when the pandemic struck earlier this year. Her husband works in the film industry and projects dried up; they've both relied on the extra benefits to pay their expenses.
If Congress doesn't replace the extra benefits, people won't be entirely cut off, but they'll be left with state-funded benefits that average about $364. Gaddini said she and her husband each receive less than $300 in state benefits.
"If we lose the extra $600, we aren't going to make it," Gaddini, 37, said in an email. "We have a mortgage, we have a child, we have bills. What do we choose to not pay?"
Most Senate Republicans oppose extending the added unemployment benefits at their current level, arguing that the boost in income is incentivizing the unemployed not to return to work amid a pandemic.
"I think most people would rather have a job that's going to be there for months, not a benefit that's going to be there for three or four," Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) told CBS4, a Miami television program, over the weekend.
"But at the same time, we can't ignore employers saying to us that they've tried to rehire people and who are unwilling to come back as long as their benefit is there because they're actually making more this way," Rubio continued.
More people are losing their jobs, and that means there are so many more people applying to the jobs I'm applying for. Megan Gaddini of Portland, Oregon
When lawmakers created the extra jobless pay as part of the CARES Act in March, there was a general assumption that pandemic conditions would improve after a few months. But the coronavirus is now surging, particularly in states such as Florida that reopened their economies against the advice of public health experts.
"More people are losing their jobs, and that means there are so many more people applying to the jobs I'm applying for," Gaddini said. "I'm not getting any calls for interviews. It's way different than in February."
The fight over whether and at what level to extend the added federal unemployment benefits is shaping up to be one of Congress' biggest as it races to craft the next coronavirus relief package ahead of its annual August recess.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is expected to unveil a bill this week representing his party's opening bid during the negotiations. It's unclear how much of the added federal unemployment benefit boost it will preserve, if at all. The proposal is said to focus mainly on providing more funding for schools and coronavirus testing, as well as liability protections for businesses from lawsuits dealing with the pandemic.
The details will likely be hashed out after McConnell meets with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, and after a Senate Republican conference meeting on Capitol Hill later this week.
Republicans are aiming to hold down the cost of the fifth coronavirus relief package to about $1 trillion. House Democrats passed their own, broader $3 trillion bill two months ago.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) blasted the GOP approach in a letter to his caucus on Monday, reminding them that a final product will require Democratic support in both chambers of Congress.
"From what we understand from press reports, Leader McConnell's bill will prioritize corporate special interests over workers and main street businesses, and will fail to adequately address the worsening spread of the Coronavirus," Schumer wrote in the letter. "This one-party approach to this legislation is the same approach that delayed the passage of the CARES Act and the subsequent interim emergency relief legislation, failed on policing reform, and it won't work this time around either."
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When I listen to Champagne Colored Cars, I'm reminded of one of 2016's biggest surprises for me, Tiny Moving Parts' Celebrate. Both Celebrate and Champagne Colored Cars' debut self-titled EP are mathy emo albums with more than just a little post-hardcore influence – but both manage to be so much damn fun. Now, to be sure, Champagne Colored Cars is significantly less technical than anything Tiny Moving Parts has ever released, and to me, that's a bit of a bonus; it gets tiring sometimes when every band wants to be "American Football But Heavy."
The band throws some trumpet into "I Eat Stickers All the Time Dude," and it's a cool mix to hear horns over screams. The next track, lead single "Super Silver," finds the band channeling Sorority Noise's blend of pop-punk, emo, and post-hardcore, with a jittery but catchy hook. It's a nice burst of energy before the post-rock inflected closer.
"Radiant" ends the album with a nice gradual build to the heaviest moment of the record, which finds vocalist Tyler Perkins practically audibly shredding his throat. It ends up as the most powerful song on the EP, which is fair praise for a debut as impressive as Champagne Colored Cars. Here's hoping the followup is just as impressive.


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Looking to integrate Chelseas into your wardrobe? It helps to have context on how they've been worn in the past, as well as how modern makers have updated the classic boot for today's tastes. We give you the low-down below.
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Choosing what to wear each day should never be a traumatic experience. When it comes to waking up and hitting the ground running, lingering on your outfit is the last thing anyone needs. Your wardrobe should have variety without being overabundant. In order to maintain a cohesive look, there are many accessories we can adorn ourselves with, but the right pair of shoes is something no one should take for granted.
Contrary to what Little Orphan Annie had to say, you're never fully dressed without a solid pair of shoes. Whether they are used for running, leisurely strolls through the park, or long hours standing at work, it's important for your overall health for you to have a decent pair of shoes. Of course, no one wants to sacrifice their good looks for a comfortable shoe.
This is where the Chelsea boot becomes your new best friend. The Chelsea is a must-have for any closet, simply because it can go with almost any look and was designed for comfort. You won't have to worry about changing between work and play, because they're a standout boot that fits right in.
History of the Chelsea
The first Chelsea is said to have been invented specifically for Queen Victoria by her personal shoemaker, J. Sparkes-Hall. He made a shoe that the Queen could put on and take off with ease, utilizing Goodyear rubber for an elastic side to make them ankle-height. As it was intended to serve as a royal riding shoe, the design was naturally quite comfortable–a perfect fit for the paddock or daily walks throughout the palace.
Eventually, the boot gained popularity in the 1950's and 60's with its adoption by the mods and rockers of the day. The mod movement was centered in a small area of London called Chelsea, and as the subculture gained popularity so did the area itself. Chelsea thus became known for its hip, artsy flare.
The youth participating in the movements of the time found a common ground in wearing the elastic-sided ankle boot. It began to make its way onto the feet of legendary rock groups such as the Beatles, and the Who, and eventually made its way around the world. Even Han Solo can be seen sporting a pair of white Chelsea boots while donning a stormtrooper uniform.
And so, the boot fit for a Queen's leisure transformed into a cultural icon–an everyman's staple with edge.
The Chelsea Boot Today
Chelseas have come a long way from the simple riding boot of yore; it's now one of fashion's most quintessential accessories.
Sleek, sexy–it maintains just enough edge to add a subtle punky flare to any outfit. It is as timeless as the Beatles' discography, enduring generations of changing trends.
Although variations exist, there's a standard formula when it comes to Chelsea boots:
- Pull-on loops – These were designed and added to the Chelsea in order to make it easier to slip on. They are located on the back of the shoe and occasionally on the front as well. Many brands have taken to adding their signature on the loop, such as Dr. Martens and Blundstone.
- Elastic goring – Goring is the part of the shoe that's located on the side. It's the soft elastic portion, which helps the wearer put the shoes on or take them off.
- Upper/Vamp and quarter – This is the part of the shoe that covers your foot. The Vamp is the front, and the quarter is the back. With a Chelsea, the vamp and quarter are one piece that connect right below the elastic goring.
- Ankle height – There isn't a defined size when it comes to Chelsea, but it should rest either on or close to your ankle. There are some versions that are lower and some slightly higher but never so high as to hinder the wearer from slipping them on and off with ease.
What to Consider When Making a Purchase
It isn't feasible for everyone to make a trip to the local cobbler for their own pair of bespoke footwear, but that doesn't mean you just go out and buy any old shoe. Shopping has turned into something we do while sitting down on the couch with our favorite sitcom streaming in the background. Once we know our size, we kind of just scroll and click our way through the stores. All the more reason to know what you're getting yourself into.
Luckily with Chelsea boots there isn't much to consider. The boot is so versatile its functionality is endless. If you want to buy for longevity, you might choose leather over suede. If you're searching for something best suited for tough, outdoor exposure, consider a durable rubber outsole. Comfort and stability are also important, so look for boots that offer orthotic insoles.
The Skinny on Wearing Chelsea Boots
Back when they began gaining notoriety in the 60's, it became obvious the silhouette of the boot flattered the straight legged style that was so popular at the time. The same is true today.
Skinny jeans, leggings, or cigarette-legged chinos are all enhanced by the addition of Chelsea boots. The boots can help elevate a simple t-shirt and jeans. So, go ahead and throw on an old band shirt and your favorite pair of jeans–you'll step out in style and appear to have a well thought out look.
Suede offers a more textured appearance and makes a great fit for a casual vibe. Black is notorious for going well with any outfit, but to liven it up, burgundy, or blue might be more your taste. Make sure your pants aren't too long, you'll want them to sit where you can still see the elastic goring. Go crazy, it's considered a flexible boot for a reason!
Work or Leisure
Even when you're sitting in the office all day, a bad pair of shoes can take your focus away from your work. No one needs uncomfortable shoes in addition to an uncomfortable setting, god forbid you have to walk around in them.
If you're looking for a boot that is as stylish as it is comfortable, then look no further. Chelseas pair nicely with a suit and tie, or a pair of slacks and button-up shirt. You won't just look good, you'll feel good. For a more refined look go with the leather options in either black or brown; this will appeal to your boss's potentially strict dress code but also crossover into weekend wear.
Formalities of Formalwear
When it comes to formalwear it is crucial to have well-fitting clothing. You'll want to stand out, but not because your clothes are too big or too small. As far as footwear is concerned, the Chelsea can find its place in a formal setting, as long as you consider a few key factors.
You'll want to try to avoid suede. The textured aspect of suede will clash with a streamlined suit or tux. Stick with leather, it will add an elegant touch to the rest of your ensemble. You'll also want to avoid extremely vibrant colors. A formal setting is no place to show off your new baby blue boots. Instead opt for a sleek black boot.
Home on the Range
Traditionally, the Chelsea was envisioned as a riding boot. Its equestrian roots are partly why it became such a comfortable boot to begin with. Of course, variations of the classic boot have popped up here and there for over a century.
The Australian work boot, for example, is a rugged version of the Chelsea. It has all the standard features but brings the focus back to its intended use for riding or hard physical work.
In fact, there are quite a few boots on the market that employ a more robust take on the timeless style. They usually have a slip-resistant outsole and water-resistant upper. You can look your best while on the farm, on your feet all day at work, or hiking a trail.
For a classic look, choose a pair that boasts a pre-worn feel in a dark brown or russet, that way dust and dirt will be less noticeable. You'll want to stick with a water-resistant leather to avoid fading.
Final Considerations
You'll find that the Chelsea is as easily obtainable as it is wearable with almost every manufacturer producing their own version of the boot. It's an accessory that can accompany you through many of life's arenas.
How do you wear your Chelsea boots?
Although the Chelsea boot has a reputation of being an adaptable addition to your wardrobe, it is always good to consider your intentions before purchase. You wouldn't want to end up with a lackluster color if you're wanting to pop, and you wouldn't want to feel too casual if you're wanting them to fit in around the office.
However, it should be easy to add the Chelsea boot to your closet and it is worth doing so. This guide should help you to find your footing and make your early morning outfit hunt a lot less stressful.
Got any tips on how to wear the famous Chelsea boot? Share them with us below!


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In 2015, Dr. James DeLine founded the Center for Special Children to care for Amish and Old Order Mennonite people in the state of Wisconsin. Throughout his practice, Dr. DeLine had encountered many rare genetic conditions leading to his collaboration with specialists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The genetic work has brought together the State Laboratory of Hygiene and clinicians from the School of Medicine and Public Health.
The State Laboratory of Hygiene has developed fast, low-cost diagnostic tests for more than 30 conditions. Funding for these tests came from grants from the Wisconsin Partnership Program in the School of Medicine and Public Health. Vanessa Horner, director of cytogenetic services and molecular genetics, and Mei Baker, MD, co-director of the newborn screening at the State Laboratory of Hygiene, are among those working to develop these tests. Christine Seroogy, MD is one of the many clinicians who provide clinical services for the Center for Special Children working to diagnose and treat these conditions.


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When I talk about sewing my own bras and panties, one of the comments I hear most often is, "I can't do that, I don't have a serger!" Well, I'm here to tell you that you don't need a serger to sew knits! Is it nice to have a serger? Of course! But, if I can be honest, most of the time I don't use a serger when sewing panties; the raw edges are usually (but not always) covered with elastic and only the side seams have exposed edges. Since I can sew a basic pair of panties in under half an hour, it doesn't seem worth the trouble changing out the threads on my serger. So, if not a serger, do you need any special stitches? The answer is yes, and I'll bet your machine has them! Below I'll share the two essential stitches needed to sew your own bras and panties, and two other stitches that are nice to have. Straight Stitch
Zigzag Stitch
Zigzag stitch is also what we use when applying elastics. While the width of the zigzag stitch used can vary with the width of the elastic, I usually use a medium width and length. Shown at left is 3.5 width and 2.4 length. If you want to learn more about applying elastics, you can find the video series here on my YouTube channel Those two simple stitches are the very basics for what you need to start sewing your own panties and bras. Here are two more stitches that, while not necessary, are very helpful for these projects. Lightning Stitch
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Gordon Davis on top of deck of #11 battery in a photo taken by his friend, "Wild Bill." He's wearing clothing designed to keep heat off: insulated socks, thermal long underwear, blue jeans, flannel shirt, hooded sweat jacket, yellow canvas pants and jacket, steel toe boots with one-inch wood clogs, hard hat, face shield, glasses, respirator, and mittens/gloves.
Gordon Davis worked in many different positions during his almost 40 years at Sparrows Point. He began his career in the coke ovens two weeks out of high school, in 1974. A Baltimore native and second-generation steelworker, Davis shared these photographs ranging from the 1950s (taken by his father) through the late 1980s.
Click on the photographs to read his descriptions. You can read more about his time at the mill in this blog post.


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It is hard to be a South African sometimes.
As a white South African, i sit with the heavy injustices of colonialism and apartheid in my rear view mirror all the time.
As a black, coloured or indian South African, they live in the consequences of colonialism and apartheid as well as a worldwide uplifting of whiteness to the detriment of everything else.
As a male, we sit with a horrific pandemic of violence towards women and children in particular, although violence to all genders is also out of control.
But one of the hardest things to get my mind around a lot of the time is the government. And the accompanying corruption.
You ANC nothing yet.
With all of the issues we face as a nation – as individuals and families and communities and race groups and genders and more – it would be a huge undertaking for any government to face all of that and be able to turn it around.
That assumes the government is trying. And the majority of South Africans will tell you just how trying our government is, but not in the same positive way. Because despite the history of the struggle and how we got to where we are now, it just feels like the record that plays on repeat is that of CORRUPTION.
The Record that Plays on Repeat is that of Corruption
We're not surprised any more when we hear about it. We stopped being surprised a long, long time ago. And just as a new week brings with it the likelihood that in the Western Cape the DA under the guise of the City of Cape Town are readying to dehumanise a new community of struggling human beings just trying to survive through yet another illegal eviction, so we anticipate the next news of millions of relief funds that end up in some parliament minister's back pocket.
A government without corruption that had at its heart the best for all of its people would likely still be facing a tremendous uphill, but you have to think that movement in education and transport and sanitation and employment would have somehow grabbed the imagination of the people and possibly had us all believing in the myth of that unreachable rainbow once more.
Black people cry "Racism!" with lives that don't appear to matter [not in the same way] and white people cry "Farm murders!" while even cricketers have joined the harmony of voices belting out "All lives matter!" Money continues to be poured into an airline that is not allowed to fly and we play time-the-meal on another daily round of Loadshedding [the reality show the whole country gets to play].
Are we just a bunch of Maskholes?
i am an eternal optimist. i tend to believe that the goodies are going to win. But when it comes to something as easy as wearing a mask and social distancing [for those of us with the comfort and privilege to be able to do this easily – it's obviously a very different story for those living in township spaces] we have shown how useless we are at that. So is there any hope that we can mobilise ourselves and turn things around without the government?
i have seen some amazing incredible stories of South Africans coming together in these times to feed and clothe and help and look after those who are facing tremendous need. i have been a part of a bunch of those stories. They give so much life. But i also occasionally slip and read the comments section. And realise just how messed up and inhuman some of us can be and seem to really embrace.
So i don't know. i want to stay hopeful and in that regard i will continue to do what i can to be the difference i want to see. With my time and my money and my skills and my connections. And hope that others will continue to do what they've been doing. And dream that even more people will join the general good that has been happening all around. As i've said from the beginning of lockdown, i think we only get through this together.
So many opportunities for growth
White people – being trapped at home and even having time of disconnect that load-shedding can bring is an excellent opportunity for us to work at being better people when it comes to the other races that make up this country [92% of the rest of this country just by the way!] – there is so much online that you can educate yourself with, but if you need a push, why not start with these five short video clips which you can encourage your friends to watch as well and then talk about what you heard and saw. Or else this growing number of videos that will eventually be 50 Ideas for white people asking 'But what can I do? when it comes to race.
Men – being stuck at home and even having time of disconnect that load-shedding can bring is an excellent opportunity for us to work at being better men to the women and children around us who are under attack. And if it's not us, to start speaking to our friends about these things and challenging us all to live better, from hearing a woman's "No!" to being aware of how our presence on the same side of the road can feel like a threat. There is also a helpful list of tips and ideas to consider over here. Use this present situation as an opportunity to do some work with your friends. With those in your whatsapp groups who share inappropriate 'jokes' and comments. With your sports teams.
Story-tellers – Come and visit our Character Stories for Children channel and take a look around. With over 60 stories already there and two brand new ones every week, consider putting your hand up, creating a character and sharing your own story with the kids who tune in regularly. If you're a story writer, consider writing a short story for one of our characters to read. If you're a musician then how about a kid's song? If you're a parent of young children i hope you have been taking this opportunity of new and exciting stories every week.
Christians – there is a great opportunity her to truly interrogate your faith. Spend some time asking what the Bible has to say about issues of Justice that are prevalent in the world today. Have some conversation about what Jesus' response might be to the call of 'Black Lives Matters'. Listen to or read a preach on it. A lot of people are busy talking about this online and so there are lots of resources present. But in a time where churches are mostly not meeting in their buildings, take some time to think about how your church does things, who makes the decisions, who is represented, who is missing… and more.
In the absence of a working government
This is where i keep returning to – we can wait for government and we can moan about it or throw stones, but that's not going to change anything. Best we can do is just get on with it and change ourselves and then work on the world around us. For this i have continued hope because i have seen it happen and happening and the hope is that more and more people join the movement and we finally realise that the ants outnumber the crickets.
i mean, i'm hoping we do. That really is where my hope lies these days. That those who want to be part of creating a better world are more than those doing their utmost best to burn it to the ground. Including government. Which is so very very sad.
But as for me and my house – we will continue to wear masks and stay at home as much as possible. We will continue to commit our money and time and skills towards projects and people and organisations that seek to make a difference, especially when it comes to systems and structures that need to be challenged and dismantled and redesigned and more…


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A notice issued by the Prime Minister's Office appears to suggest that Laos could enter into bilateral Fast-Track immigration policies with Vietnam and China.
The notice, which began circulating on social media this afternoon, states that the risks and challenges of Covid-19 remain steep and that a second wave could occur at any time and without warning due to continual outbreaks among neighboring countries and around the world. The notice continues that because of this, it is necessary to redouble efforts in regard to measures for prevention and control of Covid-19 to ensure that a second wave does not occur in Laos.
The notice stresses the need for the Ministry of Public Security to ensure its immigration officials strictly carry out their duties in border control and enforcement, and that individuals found illegally entering the country must be tested for Covid-19 prior to being sent for quarantine in a government-designated location, and that the local population must be informed when such illegal entry occurs.
Secondly, police in Vientiane Capital and all provinces have been instructed to redouble efforts to ensure that entertainment venues and karaoke bars remain closed. Those that violate regulations are to be warned and fined or risk having their operating license revoked.
Thirdly, the notice suggests that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should coordinate with the National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control and other relevant agencies to continue to prepare for the implementation of a Fast-Track immigration policy with Vietnam and China.
Finally, the notice calls on local authorities to continue disseminating information regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, including the dangers and risks involved and the potential for a second wave. It asks that local authorities continue to inform residents of prevention measures.
According to Lao Phattana Daily, the Fast-Track immigration policy discussed in the notice refers to bilateral legislation that would allow certain privileges for individuals such as diplomatic staff, technical experts, and foreign labor for special projects, in relation to entry and exit procedures, namely that the 14-day quarantine period would be waived. At present, the new policy is being deliberated with the countries of Vietnam and China and remains under consideration.
The Fast-Track idea has raised concerns about a second wave of infection in Laos from imported cases after groups of Chinese had been found entering northern Laos illegally in recent weeks, and a Korean national became the 20th case of Covid-19 in Laos after more than a hundred days without an infection.
Meanwhile, Vietnam has been plunged back into a second wave after local transmission of a new strain of the coronavirus was found in Danang, with the country now suffering 384 active cases.


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Accelerate your digital transformation
Digital transformation seems to be the topic of every executive event these days; its needs, its requirements, and its potential for generating rapid innovation and breakout growth. Yet, too often the pitch misses the most important point. What does "digital transformation" really mean? Or more specifically, what does it mean for my business?
Why transform?
Ultimately, it's the rate of technology innovation, and the pace at which your business can respond, that really drives market share. In this sense, digital transformation is less a lofty goal for trendy businesses, and more a critical imperative for all modern businesses.
The truth is that while customer problems rarely shift (they continue to seek solutions to the same challenges they've always had), it's customer expectations that have skyrocketed with the rise of new technology. Customers want their original problems solved, but faster, cheaper, and more effectively than ever before. So, while customer problems change slowly, you must move to solve them at lightning speed.
However, not just any action will suffice. Hasty decisions based on uninformed opinions can lead to more mess and misfortune than you wish to imagine. Winning organizations have discovered that the secret is to engage customers and co-create business innovations together with those customers, thereby continuously transforming how they work and what they deliver.
How to accelerate your transformation
From working with global businesses and industry leaders, Fastly and I have identified the steps to success and the stumbling blocks to avoid. By empowering your people with the permission and tools to experiment cheaply and learn quickly with customers, your organization holds the key to unlocking endless innovation, continuous transformation, and growth. The question is: what are you willing to transform about yourself and your organization to make it happen?
Leading businesses are moving decision-making control, and therefore the capacity for rapid product innovation, into the hands of the teams closest to their customers – teams who are at the edge of the organizational and technological systems, where the information is the richest.
Increasing the rate of product innovation means enabling teams to respond to opportunities and issues in real-time with speed and safety. Speed relies on giving authority to the teams with the best information to take action. Safety means providing them with the tools to recognize, respond, and recover from the results of those actions without harm.
A trillion reasons to transform
There's a simple reason that technology-led business such as Amazon and Apple are tipping over trillion-dollar valuations, and past giants like GE fading out. They put technology capabilities into the hands of their teams to make data-informed decisions based on customer insight at speed.
By connecting your teams to real customer feedback, you can co-create outstanding experiences together with your customers. In a fast-paced world, quick customer feedback loops transform the speed at which teams can identify problems and incorporate insights into your products and services, out-innovating your competition.
To make this work, control and capability needs to be moved from leaders at the core of the organization to the teams working closest to systems and customers at the edge of the organization, then scaled up as you succeed.
The power of performance
When you're pinning the world's most inspirational content, waiting isn't winning. Pinterest discovered the power of putting the teams at the edge of their organization in control. They did this by empowering the teams closest to customers to make site pinning and customer experience product changes, and the capability to measure the performance impact of each change in real-time. The result? Customer engagement in the application increased by 10-30% when pin saving got faster. The bonus? A new culture of performance excellence spread across all the teams within their organization.
No team wants to create a poor customer experience, but this unintentionally happens when they are unaware of the real impact of their new product "innovation." Product performance relies on teams being made aware — and rapidly — about how their contribution helped or hindered the application they delivered before customers start socializing their dissatisfaction.
Pinterest put the power and tools in the hands of every team making changes to measure and understand the effects of their actions on product performance in milliseconds. When teams get better visibility very quickly, better behaviors emerge.
Empowering a team with the tools to gather, measure and monitor the impact of their efforts for each new release helps position Pinterest ahead of the pack. Increased awareness prompted increased accountability for the consequences of each change and its effect on customer engagement. Teams took ownership of issues and championed better practices across the organization, with customers and the company both getting a better return as a result.
Rapid response breeds customer satisfaction
In a highly competitive market, providing customers with poor or inaccurate options doesn't just frustrate them, it drives them away. Businesses must not only respond to customer complaints and requests, but they must do so quickly, seamlessly, and consistently. But it can be costly and complex to provide the highly customized, personalized, and relevant search results customers expect. As a result, many businesses fail to deliver. The impact is slower responses, higher costs, and potentially stale and inaccurate information.
As a mobile-first business, HotelTonight's success relies on their ability to instantly respond to customers with the latest information about the best hotels closest to them. Recognizing how crucial responsiveness was to their customers (and their own bottom line), HotelTonight took action.
By moving their product responsiveness capability closer to their customers at the edge, HotelTonight found they could return results to site visitors in less than 50 milliseconds, and gain an 80% reduction in traffic to their central systems. Faster and more accurate results increased customer conversion and loyalty, while cheaper application and infrastructure costs allowed HotelTonight to invest more time and effort in transformative innovation in other areas of the company. Improving responsiveness and quality of service was a key step in their transformation.
Learn fast and scale safely
Innovative organizations know how rarely grand plans survive first contact with real customers. Instead of relying on hope, they develop the capability to respond and adapt to the realities they discover. This requires cultivating a culture of experimentation and learning — one that many organization struggle to adopt.
Big ideas with big releases often result in big bang failures.
By taking an experimental approach and working at speed with small, safe, and targeted releases, organizations can effectively manage the risks that are inherent in innovation and enable teams to make better judgements when faced with situations of extreme uncertainty.
By providing teams with a platform to explore uncertainty with safe-to-fail experiments and fast feedback loops, teams can scale up solutions when they see success, and rollback gracefully when they see undesirable results.
The Financial Times took this approach by testing new features with specific subsets of 1-10% of customers in their digital platform before releasing the product innovations to their entire site. Giving teams the power and tools to segment new deployments and target tests allowed teams to create safe-to-fail experiments to gather evidence of what worked and what didn't before rolling out new features across the board.
Without control or the capability to experiment and release iteratively, your teams have no option but big-bang releases with potential big-bang failures. When teams have tight feedback loops with customers, they gain evidence-based insight to inform intentional or corrective action. Their control over product development, innovation and satisfaction scales up with their level of customer understanding. It's exactly this process of scaling up safely based on evidence of success that meant the Financial Times could move quickly and intelligently.
Co-create with customers to transform your company
Companies like Pinterest, HotelTonight, and the Financial Times are moving ahead by moving control and capability to the edges of their organizational and technological systems.
Your business innovates best when you empower the teams closest to your customers. Speed and safety transform how you work, what you work on, and the results you achieve. Co-creating with customers not only delights, but exceeds their expectations.
Taking your first step to transform
You may be surprised to learn how the smallest step can have the biggest impact on your business. You don't necessarily need a big budget or a big team. You can, and should, start small with speed and safety.
Identify one area of your organization that you want to see move faster and co-create with customers, and start to cultivate a new culture of experimentation and learning. Give your teams at the edges the control and tools to turn their efforts into business impact. Test, tune and see the results in seconds, and scale from there.
In the next post in this series, we'll look more closely at how organizations that focus on performance — both of their systems and their people — are leaders in the digital transformation game.


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- The list below includes 511 free or cheap things to do in or near Methuen, Massachusetts, including 110 different types of inexpensive activities like Movie Theaters, Bike Paths, Comedy Clubs and Music Venue.
- From Methuen Rail Trail to Methuen Town Forest, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in Methuen and in nearby cities within 25 miles like Lowell, Salem, Manchester and Beverly.
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Authentic Mexican tacos, chimichangas, and entrees entice diners at each of Casa Blanca's four locations
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Situated in the heart of the city, Methuen Rail Trail is approximately two and a half miles in length. The trail that connects to the Granite State Trail System is made for walkers, runners, and cyclists.
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Methuen Town Forest is an outdoor recreation area that includes a network of rugged and challenging trails for hiking and biking, as well as a beach area on the edge of the lake.
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The Methuen Memorial Music Hall is a grand recital and events facility. Prominent for hosting wedding ceremonies and notable events, the Merry Music Hall Christmas and holiday open house dates are as prominent as the association that supports them.
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Located at the Sahara Club Middle-Eastern restaurant and lounge, Jocko's Jazz features nationally and globally-touring jazz musicians and combos every Tuesday night. Jocko's Jazz offers memberships, and features reduced covers for club members.
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A 20-screen movie theater, AMC Loews Methuen 20 displays first-run feature films using digital projection. The theater provides a concession area with food and drinks, reclining seats, theater rentals and stadium seating.
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Loew's Theatre at the Loop is a movie multiplex that features 20 auditoriums. It shows primarily first-run Hollywood films, with occasional festivals, special events, and other presentations, and offers a variety of concessions.
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Dick's Beantown Comedy Escape @ Park Grill & Spirits takes place every Friday and Saturday evening with local and national comedians. Besides regular shows, they are also available for corporate and holiday parties.
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Lawrence Heritage State Park restores historic buildings and offers special exhibits and education about the community's history. The park includes a visitor center, walkway, boathouse, and two recreational parks.
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Offering a variety of Irish specialties, The Claddagh Pub has a selection of beers to choose from, from Irish cider to Kentucky bourbon barrel ale. The pub has a full size stage that features live performances from touring rock bands.


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Training exercises are in place including citizens, critical infrastructure providers, volunteers and emergency services. Exercises are organised at a national level. The city now shares this experience with other cities and supports their resilience development by developing training activities for other cities.
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Fourth Annual Floyd Temple Alumni Game Slated for Saturday
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Held in conjunction with Homecoming and K-Club weekend, an array of former players are dusting off their gloves in preparation for the Fourth-Annual Floyd Temple Alumni game, held each year to honor legendary KU baseball coach Floyd Temple, at Hoglund Ballpark Saturday, October 31.
"I think one of the great things about attending the University of Kansas is that you're a Jayhawk for life," current head coach Ritch Price said. "Our former players love to come back to campus to experience the entire KU atmosphere. From the football game, to campanile, to hanging out on Massachusetts Street after the game with former teammates, they embrace it. It's a great day to be a Jayhawk."
Temple, the winningest head coach in program history, passed away in 2012. As the skipper of Kansas baseball for 28 seasons (1954-81), Temple amassed 438 victories to supplement a .524 winning percentage. After coaching, Temple served as an assistant athletic director from 1981-92.
Last years' event featured over 30 alumni members including Temple's son, Biff, who was invited to toss out the first pitch. There were several other familiar faces in the crowd as former Major League pitchers Chuck Dobson and Marty Pattin served as honorary captains for the alumni squad. Dobson hurled in the majors for nine seasons while Pattin tossed for 13.
Lawrence will be electric during Halloween weekend and Price is expecting another tremendous turnout this year. Aside from the football game, the volleyball squad welcomes Baylor to town for a highly touted conference match.
"The special part about it for me is seeing the pride that the former players have for KU when they come back for this event," Price said. "I want the current guys to realize that when they go out and shake the hands of the alumni before the game, that is going to be them one day. I want that bond to exist between our current and former players."
The parent weekend festivities kickoff with a team scrimmage scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Friday, October 30. The first pitch of the alumni game is slated for 10:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Prior to the three-inning game, alumni are welcome to take batting practice off of coach Price and a buffet will be served in the Trombold Lounge of the McCarthy Family Clubhouse from 10 a.m. to noon for alumni and their guests. Hoglund Ballpark will be open to all fans who would like to catch the action between the current and former players.
The weekend concludes with a 12:30 p.m. team scrimmage Sunday, November 1.
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My primary research interests are Investigations on Enhancing the Power Grid Resilience, Power system Restoration, Distributed Generation and Microgrids and Blackstart studies. During my PhD at National Institute of Technology Calicut my research focus was mainly on the formulation of novel resiliency indices for the grid and development of an optimal framework for enhancing the grid resilience under extreme events |
- B.Tech (Government Engineering College Thrissur)
- M.Tech (UCE, Rajasthan Technical University)
- Ph.D (National Institute of Technology Calicut)
Development of Novel Metrics and Models using microgrids for enhancing the grid Resilience
Journal Publication:
- Rohit K. Mathew, Ashok S. and Kumaravel S. "An Efficient and Fast Fault recovery algorithm for a Resilient Grid under Extreme Events", Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects,org/10.1080/15567036.2019.1652371, 2019.
- Rohit K. Mathew, Ashok S., Kumaravel S. and Anuranj N J. "An Improved Algorithm for Power Distribution System Restoration Using Microgrids for Enhancing Grid Resiliency", Electric Power Components and Systems Journal., vol. 46, no. 16–17, pp. 1731–1743, 2018.
- Rohit K. Mathew, Ashok S. and Kumaravel S. "Analytical Modeling for Assessing the Impact of DG on Distribution system Reliability", International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research., vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 507–512, 2015.
- Rohit K. Mathew, Ashok S. and Kumaravel S. "Resilience assessment using microgrids in radial distribution network", IEEE 7th Power India International Conference PIICON 2016, Bikaner, pp. 6–9, 2016.Anuranj N J, Rohit K. Mathew, Ashok S. and Kumaravel S. "Resiliency based power restoration in distribution systems using microgrids", IEEE 6th International Conference on Power Systems ICPS 2016, IIT Delhi, pp. 1–5, 2016.
- Rohit K. Mathew, Ashok S. and Kumaravel S. "Resilience assessment of Electric Power Systems: A scoping study", IEEE Students' Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science, MANIT Bhopal, pp. 1–4, 2016.
- Amit Bhimte, Rohit K. Mathew, and Kumaravel S., "Development of smart energy meter in LabVIEW for power distribution systems," 2015 Annual IEEE India Conference (INDICON), pp. 1–6, 2015.
- Rohit K. Mathew, Ashok S. and Kumaravel S. "Impact of rooftop Solar PV based DG on reliability of distribution systems", International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment. Towards Sustainable Growth, ICEPE 2015, NIT Meghalaya,pp. 1–6, 2015.
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- Introduction to Engineering Design
- Energy Auditing and Management
- Smart Grid
- Non-Conventional Energy Sources
- Power Systems
- Basic Electrical Engineering
- Instrumentation Techniques
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- He will play Joe Sandoval, the patriarch of the Sandoval family, a wealthy vineyard-owning family in the Sonoma Valley. He took a small vineyard owned by a former rival and turned it into a wine and beverage empire, alienating many, including members of his own family, along the way. More than just a savvy corporate fighter, he can do every job there is to do on a vineyard, but finds himself at a crossroads when an enemy from his past resurfaces.


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Exotic Setting and Masterful Performances Steal the Show in Latest Hulu Thriller
Saint X
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Year Released: 2023 -
Runtime: 8 x 45m episodes
Developed by: Leila Gerstein
Cast: Alycia Debnam-Carey, Josh Bonzie, West Duchovny, Jayden Elijah, Bre Francis, Kenlee Anaya Townsend, Betsy Brandt, Michael Park
Where To Watch: premieres on Hulu on April 26, 2023
RAVING REVIEW: Hulu's latest venture, SAINT X, is a psychological thriller inspired by Alexis Schaitkin's novel. It follows the puzzling mystery of a young woman on a Caribbean vacation, which drives her sister to seek the truth. While I haven't read the book, I could feel the roots of what the book would have been in following the series narrative.
The series plays with the idea of various timelines, switching around to tell the story and slowly uncover the details behind it all. SAINT X examines the events that lead to the tragic incident and the subsequent fallout. While I appreciate actively showing the two timelines, it also creates problematic issues when focusing on the characters. The accomplished cast, featuring Alycia Debnam-Carey as Emily, Josh Bonzie as Gogo, West Duchovny as Alison, and Jayden Elijah as Edwin, let the story shine as the performances become natural to the story instead of feeling forces.
Debnam-Carey's portrayal of Emily is mesmerizing but demands more depth as the plot advances. The visually stunning, exotic setting could have been utilized more effectively. Josh Bonzie's performance as Clive, a resort employee entangled in the aftermath of Alison's disappearance, steals the show. While the series addresses the discrimination and exploitation rife in the tourism industry, it could have delved deeper into Clive's character to challenge surface-level issues.
SAINT X would profit from honing its storytelling methods and adopting a fresh approach to conventional tropes. Greater emphasis on horror elements and dynamic visuals could have enhanced the overall impact. Moreover, the dialogue occasionally comes across as stiff, and some plot developments resemble the true-crime dramas the show critiques.
SAINT X weaves the lives of various characters, and this intentional back and forth creates false narratives, leading the viewer to believe something when that wasn't the central focus. I think the unique take on the past vs. present was intriguing but ultimately hurt the series slightly. The bouncing around felt a bit jarring, but as a whole, I still really enjoyed the style used and the story being told.
Regrettably, SAINT X falls a little short of its potential. What begins as a promising premise has difficulty keeping that pace up over the extended runtime. This ultimately could have been edited down to a lengthy film runtime and accomplished most of the same endgame without so much filler. The series is still worth checking out for a binge or may work even better if you spread it out over days or weeks. That might help some of the redundancies feel less noticeable.
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Funeral services for William S. Rieken, 78, of Wayne township who died Sunday, May 27, at the Mercy Hospital, Anamosa, were held yesterday at 2 o'clock at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Wayne Township. Rev. F. H. Kehren, Lutheran minister, officiated.
Mr. Rieken was born August 21 1866, at Marz (Marx) East Friesland, Germany, a son of Sebastian and Helene (Bohlen) Rieken. He was confirmed in Germany in 1881, Mr. Rieken came to Jones county from Germany when he was a young man 15 years of age. He has farmed near Anamosa for more than fifty years. He was regarded as one of the successful farmers of Wayne township. As a young man he worked in Scotch Grove and near Monticello. He was married January 6, 1888, to Emma Helgens in the Zion Lutheran church, Wayne township, by the Rev. C. Mardorf. They became the parents of seven children and were privileged to live together 57 years. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1938. He is survived by his wife; five daughters, Mrs. Meta Dirks, Mrs. Lena Dirks, Mrs. Ella Connolly, Mrs. Augusta Farmer, and Mrs. Laura Stambaugh, all of Anamosa, and two sons, William of Monticello, and George, also of Monticello. He is also survived by nine grandchildren. One of his grandsons, Clarence Dirks, is in foreign army service in Germany. Submitted by: Steve Hanken
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Engines and the new scoring system
I've said before that awarding the Championship to the driver with the most wins won't necessarily make for better racing; you just don't get to be a Formula One driver unless you have the will to win. There are too many good drivers and it takes too much hard work to get to F1 to be really happy with anything other than first place. Second is just the first of the losers. But could the FIA's new scoring system actually harm the racing spectacle rather than improve it? It raises some interesting questions.
My biggest worry is that it won't produce a championship that is as close run as we have had the last two years. Thanks to the old points system, introduced to minimise the Schumacher effect of one driver running away with the Championship after a few races, we didn't know until the last lap of the last race of 2008 who was going to be crowned Champion. Will it be likely, or even possible, that we can have the same tension under the FIA's new scheme?
Then there is the effect on those teams in the mid-field and those at the back of the grid. Often the closest and most exciting battles in a race are for the lesser places. Will drivers still race as hard for 5th and 6th position when they know it won't really make a difference for them, especially in the later part of the season? I know, this goes against what I said earlier about a driver's innate aggression but it could be disheartening to know that under the old scheme a driver could still have a long shot at the Championship but under the new scheme they really have no chance.
It is also interesting to consider how the new engine rules could interact with this system. Jenson Button pointed out the possibility of a team having a great start to the year and not having to work much for the rest of the season:
I think the public will struggle to understand why a driver with 60 points can become champion instead of the one who has 100. I understand the logic behind it and I find it interesting. For sure it's an incentive to always go for the win, but it seems risky too – after nine races, we could find ourselves with a driver that has already won the title and can stand still eating ice cream, while the guy in second in the standings is just 18 points behind.
The new engine rules for 2009 state that a team may only use eight engines. If a driver uses a ninth a penalty is applied. It is conceivable that a team could use a fresh engine in each of the first 8 races of the season and if they won them all then the penalties the driver would receive in later races wouldn't matter as he would have already sown up the Championship by the middle of the season.
A crazy idea? I don't know. It is a fairly extreme interpretation of the rules and a big gamble but in theory it could work.
We won't really know the full effect of the decision until the season gets underway but I still think FOTA's points plan was a better solution.


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