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I tumbled from 18k to 31k in the penultimate GW of the season. I can sulk OR feel like this:
Nostalgia & apt as it's also a World Cup year!
(Note - Fast forward the first 30 seconds).
The GW 38 Temptations:
Everton technically have nothing to play for. But Hull may be fielding a B-team in their final PL fixture of the season with the FA Cup Final in mind. It's Lukaku's last match for Everton and didn't he score a hat-trick at the stage last season?
He sort of made up for that "slip" against Chelsea by nicking in with some assists in DGW37. Liverpool will be looking to romp home with a big win v NUFC and will be hoping that City get hammered by West Ham.
Sherwood brought him in from the cold and helped him rediscover his scoring boots. Adebayor will be looking to sign off in style and help Spurs seal the remaining Europa League spot by scoring a goal or two.
The GW 38 Transfers:
3 of the 4 players I sold on the eve of DGW37 did well and scored good points! That, along with a -12 hit (I bought Vidic at the last minute), proved to be costly for my team. To top it all off my team was hit by injuries/rotations (Rambo, Rooney & Azpi were no shows), oh and yes I captained Mata, when I should have given the armband to Y. Toure. Enough of those knockdowns and let's look at GW38... It's usually notorious for big players being rested and random players being given game time. With this in mind, I decided to only buy players who still had something to play for and were playing at home against questionable opposition. I decided to re-buy Suarez (I shouldn't have sold him last week) as LFC are still mathematically still in the title race and he will be looking to break the PL scoring record. My second transfer was for his teammate - Sterling. Liverpool will be looking to win with by a cricket score for their fans and he will be integral to their brand of free-flowing football on Sunday.
The Captain:
If Aguero wasn't blighted by hamstring injuries, I may have opted for him. After all he scored that famous Championship winning injury time winner v QPR in 2012. I have retained him, but instead have given the armband to Suarez. He will be looking to end Liverpool's PL campaign on a high and if anyone will score a hat-trick on Sunday it will be the Uruguayan.
The Personal Competitive Context:
Despite having a horrific DGW37, I actually took a +7 lead in leg 1 of my Champions League final! While I had a rocky DGW37, The Fly took a huge lead in the Pundits League and is on course for an outright win! Sadly, Matej lost his Pundits Cup match and Walt got Rumbled out of the FPLH Battle Royal 2014. However, Walt got through to the Pundits Cup final! While we can't do the collective Quadruple, we are still on course for the Manchester United-esque League, Cup and Champions League Treble!
And finally...
As some of you may have heard via Twitter, I am due to semi-retire as a "Pundit" from August onwards. The blog will carry on and I may still post my team from time-to-time, but you will get less hints from me - it will be a re-jigged format. I will have a think as to what service we will provide after the World Cup.
Special thanks to this season's regular FPLH writers, as follows:
Matej - The Cool One.
Walt - The Zany One.
Fly - The Cheeky One.
Dolphin - The Statto One.
Bantasy - The Comic One.
(Also thanks to our #SpacePick & #DiamondGeezer contributors!)
PS - I am due to post my usual all-season summary & stats after GW38 (but before the World Cup). Stay tuned for them!


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7 Items That You Don't Need To Buy For Your Baby
When you are expecting a baby, you have so many things to organize such as making sure that the nursery is prepared and stocked, and making sure that you have the essential items in place towards the end of the pregnancy. That means you will want to stock up on diapers, blankets, sleepers, clothing, and bottles whether you choose to nurse or formula-feed. However, while you are adding items to your registry list, you will want to omit the following because they are simply not necessary and some can even be dangerous:
Socks and Booties – Baby socks are cute, but they clearly are not necessary, and the same goes for booties. That is because they get lost, and the sleepers that babies wear will provide their feet with the warmth and comfort that they need. They may look tempting to buy because they are so adorable but don't add them to the list because it is not worth the money. They do nothing other than provide cute decorations which you also don't need.
Crib Bumpers – Parents may think that crib bumpers are cute and add the baby extra protection but the opposite is actually true. The American Academy of Pediatrics has actually stated that crib bumpers are not safe and can increase the chances of SIDS. Babies are fine in their cribs with nothing in it and it is the safest thing for them as well.
Baby Food Maker – Why spend money on a baby food maker when you can use your own processor that you already have in your kitchen to make pureed baby food? That is completely fine to not want to buy jarred baby food from the grocery store if you prefer to make your own. But again, there is no need to use a baby food maker for that. You can use your own processor for your meals as well as the meals for your baby.
Bottle Warmer – Why spend money on a bottle warmer if you can warm up the bottle in a pot of piping hot water instead? Because it provides the same thing as the bottle warmer does. Use your existing pot and put very hot water in it to warm the bottle and it will be warmed up quickly. Additionally, if your baby is screaming for the bottle, it takes minutes for the bottle warmer to heat up. All you need to do instead is put water into a pot on the hottest setting and it will heat up quickly. Warming up the bottle in that will take less than one minute to do.
Burp Cloths – Yes, babies constantly spit up and you will need to cover your shoulder with protection when you hold the baby. However, you do not need to spend money on burp cloths since old rags and pieces of old clothing that aren't usable otherwise will keep your clothing just as protected. Save your money and utilize those items instead.
Wipe Warmer – Why would you need a wipe warmer? Because you are afraid that the cold moist wipe could upset your baby's bottom and cause plenty of crying? Yes, that is a valid concern however, you can warm up the wipe by using your own body heat by cupping your hands over it. That will have the same effect and it is a lot cheaper to do it that way too.
Baby Brush – Why need a baby brush since your baby has very little hair, and will have very little hair for a long time? You can always neaten up your baby's hair with a good old comb. Chances are you have plenty of unused combs you can use for the baby, and even if they are used, just wash it with warm water and soap and it will be usable for neatening up your baby's hair!
Now you know of these 7 items to omit when you are shopping for your new baby, or when you are creating your registry list. You will need items such as carriers, car seats, strollers, and clothing that the baby will need among other necessities. Make sure you focus on those and forget about the unnecessary baby stuff that expert marketers are trying to sell new parents who are unfamiliar with what they need to buy for their babies. These marketers take advantage of their lack of knowledge but we are telling you right here and right now not at all to fall for any of it and good luck!

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Directory of Illustration
November 25th, 2015
I got my copy of this year's Directory of Illustration a couple of days ago and it looks great! For those of you who don't know, the DOI goes out to art directors, creative directors, art buyers, and anyone else in the position to hire an illustrator in America. Fingers crossed that it gets me a bit of work!
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Pearl Street Gallery Show
October 29th, 2015
I just found out one of my paintings (Revenge) was selected to be part of the Holiday Show at the Pearl Street Gallery!
The opening reception will be on November 7th from 4 to 8pm. I'm also participating in South Boston Open Studios that weekend so I'll be at the Distillery Gallery in South Boston from noon to 5:30pm, and the opening atPearl Street Gallery from 6 to 8pm. I would be honored if you would come by either Open Studios or the show opening and say hello.
If you can't make it to the opening, the show at Pearl Street will be up until December 20th, but check the website for gallery hours because I don't think they're open too often.
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New Studio
September 10th, 2015
After mere hours of searching and sending one email out, I found a new studio to work out of. I'm happy to announce I'll be working out of a new studio on K Street in Boston and participating in Open Studios South Boston. Pictures to follow!
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Panda tattoo
August 13th, 2015
A friend asked me to do a quick panda tattoo design for her while I'm on vacation and I was happy to oblige. Here it is!
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Nirvana Chocolate Designs
June 18th, 2015
A few months ago I was hired by the lovely people over at Nirvana Chocolate to redesign their main line of 4 chocolate bar wrappers. They were looking for a something Scandinavian-themed (with the exception of the coconut bar) and they wanted animals with personality. I thought it would be fun to post a little timeline of my process since this was a fairly typical job, workflow-wise.
Every project starts with sketches. My lovely clients and I got together and discuss exactly what they were looking for and I made sure I understood the purpose of the redesign, the client's likes and dislikes, and their expectations. After that, I headed home to start visualizing the ideas. Here's a small selection of the first batch of sketches…
After this phase, we met again and narrowed it down to one critter for each label. I did more detailed sketches for each label.
With a bit of tweaking things here and there…
we move on to the color phase.
And eventually come out with a product that everyone is happy with!
The best part about this project was the free samples. Every single one is delicious! These chocolates will be available for wholesale through the Nirvana website. I'm not sure exactly when, but I believe they will be in stores for individual sale sometime after that. Stay Tuned!
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Apple Pointillism Color Study
December 22nd, 2014
Just thought I would share a color study I did for Color Theory class this semester. The goal was to create a realistic apple with form and light using only the primary colors and pointillism. It's a completely different way of working for me, that's why I wanted to share it. This past semester has really taught me to open up my working process and explore new mediums and happy accidents. As I spent time to reflect and process the last year, I'm excited to bring all my newfound knowledge to my working process and create new and more sophisticated work in 2015. Here's to growing and exploring in the new year. Cheers!
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RAW Showcase in November
October 9th, 2014
Big News! I will be participating in another RAW Artist showcase in downtown Boston. I did one in 2013 and it was tons of fun!. Here's all the info you need:
When: Sunday November 16th
Where: Rumor, 100 Warrenton St., Boston, MA
Price: $15.00
If you would like to buy a ticket, please click on this link and then click on "Buy a ticket for this artist":
Thanks in advance for your support and I hope to see you all there!!
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Nashua River Mural in Fitchburg, MA is complete!
September 5th, 2014
After many long weeks of working tirelessly to complete this mural, it's finally done! We are sincerely thankful to everyone who supported us financially, artistically, and morally through the process. It's been a wonderful learning experience and I'm so excited to continue working outside and painting art for the public to enjoy for years to come.
Photos can be seen on the "Murals and Public Art" page of my website, or you can check it out on Facebook.We are also still accepting donations at our online fundraising page.
Many thanks to everyone again and we hope to have an unveiling at the Blacksmith Festival on September 28th. If you have a mural opportunity in the New England area, please contact me!
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Marion Stoddart Mural Fundraiser!
July 7th, 2014
Hi everyone! I am trying to raise funds to paint a mural in Fitchburg, MA along with the very talented artist, Jon Allen. It will be to commemorate the community activist, grassroots organizer, and kickass woman, Marion Stoddart. Please consider donating a few dollars to our cause. We need to buy paint, supplies, and rent scaffolding (it's a huge building) and this all costs way more money than we can afford. We feel very passionately about this project and I hope you can help!
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Revival Gallery One Year Anniversary Show
April 29th, 2014
I'm really excited to be a part of the Revival Gallery One Year Anniversary Show. It's taking place THIS FRIDAY May 2nd, 2014 from 6pm to 9pm.
The gallery, located in downtown Fitchburg, MA, is a reclaimed space aimed at promoting community art, projects, fairs, and festivals. Please come down and support a really noble cause and help them celebrate their 1 year anniversary!
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Extractive Industries
- I. Introduction
- 1. Why a Source Book?
- 2. Opportunities and Challenges
- 3. The Extractive Industries
- II. Cross-Cutting Topics
- 4. Transparency and Accountability
- III. The Extractive Industries Value Chain
- 5. Policy, Legal and Contractual Framework
- 6. Sector Organization and Institutions
- 7. Fiscal Design and Administration
- 8. Revenue Management and Distribution
- 9. Sustainable Development
Oil and Gas
No commercial deposits of petroleum have been discovered, although the country has substantial reserves of coal (>500Mt), utilized for power generation, and coal-bed methane (largest gas field in Southern or Eastern Africa) which is yet to be fully exploited.
Mining - Minerals
Zimbabwe is rich in mineral resources including coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals and diamonds and nationally about 40 minerals and mineral-based commodities have been produced. It is the world's seventh largest producer of lithium (2%), and sixth largest producer of chrysotile asbestos (4%) and vermiculite (2%). Gold, platinum group metals (PGM's) and chrome form the principal endowments. Zimbabwe is estimated to have 13% of the world's chromium reserves, mainly in the Great Dyke. Chromite production declined by 27% in 2008 with Zimbabwe accounting for 4.7% of total output from Africa. In the last two years the country has slipped from the world's fifth to eighth largest chromite producer. In the African continent Zimbabwe has the second largest reserves and is the second largest producer of PGM's after South Africa. In 2008 it registered a 4.2% increase in platinum production. In terms of world production the country is ranked fourth for platinum (2.3%) and fifth for palladium and other PGM's (1.7%). Gold production, which was the traditional mainstay and foreign currency earner, has plummeted over the past five years with the closure of several mines. 2008 production was half that of 2007 and was one sixth of the 2004 output. Zimbabwe is now ranked the tenth largest gold producer in Africa with the main contribution derived as a by-product of PGM production. In 2008 production decreases were also registered for ferrochrome by 24.4%, mined nickel (25.4%), asbestos (44.7%), phosphate rock (57%) and coal (19%). Iron ore production remained unchanged but pig iron and steel production ceased. Diamonds were one of the few mineral commodities with a production increase (14.7%) and in 2008 Zimbabwe was rated as the seventh largest producer in Africa.
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Clean River Alliance annual "Fun Raiser" at the Rio Nido Roadhouse, featuring live music by the Northbay's premier reggae band Sol Horizon, spaghetti sauce cook-off contest, dinner and silent auction.
Bring the whole family to this fun evening of dining & entertainment for a great cause.
$30 adults, $15 kids under 16, age 10 and under free. Includes spaghetti dinner with salad and garlic bread. Vegan & gluten-free options will be available.


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This hard ride starts off on the 2005 Rusty Nuts Southern Cross. After having a great trip around the South Island and completing the first two checkpoints (Bluff and Cape Reinga) there were only two to go before heading home.
Check point three was at East Cape and this involved riding from Te Araroa to the Cape and back on a mostly gravel road. This was a bit of blast but once back on the tar and heading over the hill to Hicks Bay the bike started misbehaving in the corners - it was sliding all over the road.
I quickly realised that the rear tyre was going down and turned off into Hicks Bay and parked up at the store. Here we confirmed the diagnosis and pulled a small piece of wire out of the tyre. Now what?
In the bottom of my pack I had an old tyre pando that I'd had for at least 15 years and never used. We whacked this in and were loaned a foot pump (brand new, off the shelf) by the good folk at the shop which we used to put plenty of pressure in the tyre.
Things looked pretty good - no goop or air leaking out the hole but I was looking at a 200km ride back to Whakatane to get the tyre repaired - would it hold the whole way? What if it didn't - would I get to that last checkpoint at Cape Egmont by 12pm the next day? Was I doomed to bomb out on my first Southern Cross?
I started off taking things really easy - especially in the corners - expecting the repair to let go at any stage. After about the first 20km or so everything was still all good so I upped the pace a bit. After all it was either going to let go all at once or go down slowly - may as well get as close to civilisation as possible.
Miraculously I made it into Opotoki where I went into the first garage I saw to check the tyre pressure. The repair was holding up awesomely well - I didn't even put any more air in it! Now to get to Whakatane and get the tyre fixed properly.
We got into Whakatane at around 2pm and found the local Suzuki shop (Underwood & Wilkins) and they set to work on the puncture. By the time Mark & I had a late lunch they were finished and we were ready to hit the road again - but not before visiting Repco for another tyre pando, after all that first one had proved to be a good investment.
We made it into Te Kuiti by about 7pm and knew that we had the ride beat. Sure enough, no more dramas - just a quiet ride down to Cape Egmont, pick up the badge and off home. Mission accomplished but not without a little drama!
Part Two
This damn tyre is cursed!
I can't remember exactly where we'd been but we were coming back from Wanganui and we'd taken some of the back roads out behind Marton and ended up on the gravel. We'd just got back onto the tar again and the rear end got that wayward feeling - oh no, not again.
I limped it into Marton and pulled into a garage. Whipped out the month or two old tyre pando and stuck it in. I then pumped the tyre up pretty hard and we hit the road home.
This time I'd either done something wrong or the hole was just to big for the pando to seal (or maybe the pando was just too damn new). Every now and again Mark could see a squirt of sticky goo shoot out of the tyre and he was wondering if we were going to make it home. I was pretty oblivious to this and kept on going.
I must have really pumped that tyre up 'cause it made it home and I never had a problem with it. I did have a problem cleaning the goo off the swingarm and muffler though and the inside of the mudguard had a nice stripe on it for the rest of it's days...
Never the less I wasn't going to trust that tyre again and it was off to the bike shop for a new one first thing Monday morning. Oh and a tubeless tyre puncture repair kit which lives permanently under my seat - I hope I never have to use it!


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The most common solution to connectivity issues with a Vertical Docking Station is to reinstall the cables in the dock to ensure alignment. Follow the steps here first.
My Thunderbolt displays or peripherals do not work when connected through the dock
The preinstalled cables in the Vertical Dock for the MacBook Pro with Retina display are miniDisplayPort and are not compatible with Thunderbolt technology. All you have to do in this case is remove the extension cables and install your Thunderbolt cable in their place. Please note that the port voids on the dock are designed to work specifically with Apple and Henge Docks cables and not all 3rd party cables may fit.
Since upgrading to the new macOS I can no longer connect using the dock
It is possible that this is coincidental. Firstly, we recommend doing the cable reinstall that is outlined above. If that does not resolve the issue, reset the NVRAM on your MacBook following the steps here. If that still does not resolve the issue, download and reinstall the macOS update from the App Store.
When using the dock I am getting a kernel panic.
Hardware-induced kernel panics can be caused by a myriad of things. The most common is corrupt NVRAM. The easiest fix for that is to simply reset the NVRAM. It may also be caused by an issue with the system cache. While you can find software that will allow you to clean up your system cache, it may be easier to have this done by a professional.
It is very important that the firmware on your MacBook is up-to-date. If you have just upgraded to a new version of macOS it could simply be that a firmware update for one or more of your devices has not been pushed yet. In cases like this, you may want to check the manufacturer website for updates. The vertical dock itself does not require firmware updates.


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Author Q&A: Netflix Veteran Patty McCord on how Freedom and Responsibility Built a Great Company Culture
As Chief Talent Officer at Netflix, Patty McCord helped create an onboarding document based on the principles of freedom and responsibility. Then it went wildly viral.
By: Anne Fisher
What's the mojo behind your company culture? For Patty McCord, it's about turning employee empowerment on its head.
Chief Talent Officer at Netflix for 14 years, McCord titled her new book Powerful because, she says, "every new hire walks in the door with power. Companies feel they need to talk about 'empowering' people because they have so many dumb policies and procedures that take that power away."
Netflix achieved its legendary fast growth (jumps in revenue as high as 30% quarterly for several years running) by "treating people like adults," McCord says—giving them the leeway to rely on their own judgment in almost every situation, while demanding superb, no-excuses performance.
That approach to employee performance has become highly influential.
The book's subtitle, Build a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility, likely has a familiar ring for a good reason: "Freedom and Responsibility" is the name of a 124-page set of PowerPoint slides that Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg called "the most important document ever to come out of the Valley."
Written by McCord and Netflix founder Reed Hastings over the decade from 1997 to 2007, it spells out how Netflix manages its people, and what it expects from them. "The Freedom and Responsibility deck," as it's known in Silicon Valley, went viral in 2008, and has gotten over 15 million views so far.
It's also the basis for McCord's book. "We had no idea it would get so much attention," McCord says now. "It was originally an onboarding document. We walked new hires through it in small groups of 8 or 10."
"As the ideas in it evolved, it really changed the way we evaluated candidates," she adds. "We realized we could have high-performing people in every single job—if we could define beforehand precisely what excellent performance in each role would really look like."
Monster recently spoke with McCord about the Netflix approach to hiring the best person for every job and creating a dynamic company culture.
Q. Talk a bit about what you mean by "treating people like adults" and the "freedom" part of the equation.
A. A big part of the Netflix culture is about stripping away the red tape that slows people down, like requiring them to get authorization to spend money. If you're a PhD in math who needs to get approval from the finance department to spend $5,000, that's a waste of time. Making people jump through these silly hoops just makes them cynical, and rightly so.
Another example is vacation policy. Most companies keep a list of 10 holidays celebrated in the Christian U.S., and everybody takes those days off. But that just doesn't work globally. So Netflix lets local managers and their teams make all decisions about time off.
If you look at most human resources policies and count the cost of administering and policing them—and then consider the time and effort employees spend finding ways to work around them—you have to ask, "What if we used all this time and energy on something that actually matters to the customer?"
Q. What interview questions worked best for you in finding the talent Netflix needed?
A. Great hiring is like painting a house: It's all in the preparation. We came to realize that, before you even start looking for candidates, you need a very clear idea of, first, why are you hiring someone now for this role? What problem are you trying to solve? How will you measure success in the job? What would success look like, say, six months from now? Then tailor your interview questions to the specific situation. Most interviews go wrong because they're too broad and general.
One question we often asked was, tell me about a time you produced results independently. Or, tell me about a time when you wished you had done something differently, and why. For me, the ideal hire was sometimes a "rebel" type who was yearning to leave a structured bureaucracy, to accomplish something he or she couldn't do there.
Q. How can you get a sense in interviews of how candidates would perform as team members?
A. One of the best things you can say to a candidate is, tell me about a time you were on a great team, and what was great about it? People's faces light up. You know, so many managers in Silicon Valley try to make employees happy by hiring chefs and masseuses and putting pool tables in the break room—it makes me crazy.
Instead, go ask people what in their careers so far has made them happiest, and it's always something that forced them to do their very best work, improvise, use all their talents, and take risks in order to reach a goal. And very often they speak in glowing terms about their teammates, and how everyone pulled together.
My point is, what makes people happiest at work is always that feeling of having achieved something that was hard. It's never, "The day we had the martinis."
Q. You write in Powerful that letting people go is a crucial part of putting the right person in every job. Could you explain?
A. Lots of companies pride themselves on employee retention, but what a weird thing to measure success by!
Very often, people are hired to perform a specific task or solve a particular problem. When that's done, it's perfectly okay to let them go, to make space in the company for high performers in new functions, or with different skills.
But of course, it has to be done respectfully. People have to leave with as much advance notice as you can give them, as well as severance pay, references, and contacts. Help them leave feeling proud of what they've done for you. It matters in recruiting top talent. You want to make sure your company has a reputation as a great place to work.


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Andiswa Mlisa took the helm of the South African National Space Agency's (SANSA) Earth Observation directorate as managing director in October 2017. Having listened to industry, she's now ready to realise her and the agency's grand ambitions.
Since taking office, Mlisa spent her first ten months in consultation with the agency's clients, which along with her own expectations are now informing the directorate's turn-around strategy. Having previously worked in the private sector and for international earth observation organisations such as AfriGEOSS, she says "you expect national entities will do certain activities, and then you don't get that. And so, I've been wondering, what holds one back?"
The answer turns out to be funding and purpose, and Mlisa is determined to overcome both to help grow SANSA beyond South Africa.
Satellite-based earth observation has gained global popularity in recent years as a tool for economic growth and social development. But the industry is undergoing major changes such as new sensor types (e.g. cubesats), privatisation, free and open access satellite data (e.g. Landsat; Sentinels) and technologies such as cloud storage and processing – all of which bear on the traditional role of space agencies.
To ensure its relevance in coming years, SANSA (and its earth observation directorate in particular) is working on a turnaround strategy. "One of the major things that we are debating right now is going back to our legislative mandate," says Mlisa. The reason behind this is funding. "We're told every day that government does not have money. So now we're talking about sector development as one of the key things for our new strategy."
In March this year SANSA hosted the Space for National Development Week to consult industry about their needs as users. "The community has a clear expectation, and they are able to articulate the enabler and the facilitator that they want SANSA to be for the provision and coordination of satellite imagery that they want. Our task now is to say, how do we meet that requirement?"
From this consultation SANSA determined the need for high resolution (spatial, temporal and spectral) imagery. The agency is considering a multi-sensor multi-user licensing approach, but without a sustainable funding model the contracts with potential vendors have not yet been finalised. In the meantime, the directorate is developing a report on the past 12 years of the SPOT multi-user license, while the Department of Science and Technology has commissioned a report from the CSIR on the economic value of space, including of the value derived from national satellite imagery such as the SPOT Mosaic.
Mlisa hopes that the findings of these reports (scheduled to be published this year) will not only further clarify user requirements, but that it can help secure funding for high-res national imagery according to the new approach.
"We're looking at increasing tasking capabilities for government, because then we're supporting decision-making. The space agency's interest is to make sure that South Africa comes first." In this lies the trade-off between building national satellites and meeting immediate user requirements through contracts for imagery from international vendors with sensors portfolios that allow a multi-sensor approach.
Considering the major funding challenge of a national satellite programme, imagery acquisition is the more likely option. Whether through a national satellite programme or by developing earth observation services and products, SANSA plans to expand into Africa using its knowledge of a developing country: "When we develop the system in South Africa, we're looking at developing systems that are fit for a developing country, which puts us into a neat position to take that product into the African continent. This is where SANSA wants to go."
For now, growing the local sector is her priority. In an attempt to grow the local sector, Mlisa has been in talks with the Department of Trade and Industry to convince them to look beyond manufacturing to advancing the products and service development, "where earth observation really plays". She's also investigating a potential research, development and innovation fund. "That's an instrument we'd like to sit within SANSA, because with that we can connect the research agenda, sector development, and it builds a bridge between the two."
"If at the end of my five years we could be SANSA for the people, with the people, I'll be very happy," says Mlisa. "That SANSA becomes the enabler."
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Top executives of U.S. operations for three Japan-based commercial truck builders have told FleetOwner that production at their parent companies' truck plants remain halted in the wake of the devastating earthquake and resulting tsunami that dealt massive twin blows to Japan almost two weeks ago. All three of the OEMs—Hino, Isuzu and Mitsubishi Fuso—had rolled out new truck models at the NTEA Work Truck Show earlier this month in Indianapolis.
"The damage to our Fujisawa and Tochigi plants was minimal," Shaun Skinner, executive vp & gm of Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, reported to us today. "The decision was made to keep both plants idle this week due to continuing concerns for the recovery effort and the need for electrical power to those in need.
"Additionally," he continued, "the team in Japan is still working to assess the impact on all our parts suppliers. I believe we will have a clearer picture next week of the impact to the supply chain and better understanding of the overall disruption to our production. "
Skinner had told FleetOwner a week ago that dealer stock and the port supply of Isuzu trucks here in the U.S. is currently good, but that "it is impossible to know right now what the longer term disruption will be, if any."
Glenn Ellis, vp—marketing & dealer operations for Hino Motors Sales U.S.A., told FleetOwner that, as of yesterday, "we have had NO disruption to our production in our Williamstown, WV plant. The Hino plants in Japan are closed through Wednesday (Japan time). A determination for Thursday and Friday will be made on Wednesday.
"Hino Japan is working with our supply base on a daily basis and at this time, we do not anticipate any disruption to our plant in West Virginia for the foreseeable future," he stated.
Ellis had last week told FleetOwner that the areas around Hino Motors' Japanese plants were not heavily impacted, but had added that "there are some suppliers in the regions that have been impacted [and] that could have an effect on the plants at some point, but it is really too early to tell."
Todd Bloom, president & CEO of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, told FleetOwner that the offices in Japan were not scheduled to re-open until today, leaving him "not in a position to give you any new information" adding that he will keep us posted.
Last week, Bloom had advised FleetOwner that Mitsubishi Fuso's Japanese offices and plant were not damaged, and he stated then that there was "no news at this point" to report.A news story posted by IndustryWeek.com states that Sweden's Volvo Group will "resume some production in Japan next week" at its UD Trucks plants near Tokyo and that the OEM "estimates that the production of trucks outside Japan will not be affected" by the natural disaster in Japan.
According to the IndustryWeek report, following inspections and repairs Volvo has estimated that UD Trucks production in the Tokyo area "should be able to resume on a limited scale on March 28." And with regard to sub-suppliers, "the company said that intensive efforts are in progress aimed at surveying all stages of the supplier chain" but estimated that "the production of trucks outside Japan will not be impacted to any major extent."
However, manufacturers are feeling the impact of the disaster on the global supply chain. For example, General Motors has announced halting production of its Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickup trucks at its Shreveport, LA, plant at least for this week "due to a parts shortage resulting from the crisis in Japan," per a company news release.
GM stated that is currently has a sufficient number of those vehicles on had to meet customer demand and that "at all other plants in North America, we continue to run normal operations."
And according to a news item in the March 21st print edition of Ward's Automotive Reports, at least one major Japanese component supplier is earning its customers to brace for potential parts shortages in the wake of the crisis in its homeland.
"Due to this disaster, we have infrastructure disruptions at present in the surrounding regions, and anticipate consequent production and delivery delays in a matter of days," said a message sent by Aisin Seiki to its customers and obtained by Ward's, as noted by associate editor Byron Pope in the report.
"We will deliver the goods as usual that are ready for shipment," the message went on. "As for the orders subject to delay, we will inform you of details as soon as we confirm the situation."
As pointed out by Ward's, Aisin supplies everything from transmissions to engine systems to both care and truck makers and the bulk of its 165 facilities are in Japan.


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Ryan Duffy Will Travel Anywhere for a Good Story
By Ashley Fetters
Photography by Bjorn Iooss
Ryan Duffy didn't become a professional investigative journalist until he was out of college, but in a way you could say he got his start as an obsessive investigator long before that — in record-store CD aisles in his hometown of West Orange, New Jersey.
A seventh grader with a newfound love of Green Day, Duffy suddenly found himself desperate to know everything there was to know about punk rock. So he created a system: Buy a CD, take painstaking note of who was thanked in the liner notes, and doggedly research from there. His discovery of Lookout! Records led him to bands like Operation Ivy, for example; eventually, he remembers, he'd track down faraway record shops that sold the music he wanted to hear next, and then he'd beg his dad to drive him there.
"I might sound like an old man yelling at the wind saying this," he says, laughing, "but when I look back on that, it made me truly love the bands I found. Just because I put so much sweat equity into finding them."
Talk to Ryan Duffy for even a few minutes and it's clear he's still a guy with an insatiable appetite for knowledge — and a good story. Now 35, Duffy is a hyperproductive, fast-talking multi-hyphenate with projects in TV, investigative journalism, and sports media, which allow him to traverse the planet learning everything he can and then relay it to an audience.
Left: Ryan wears the Chambray Button-Down in Blue Band Collar, and the Stretch Weekday Warriors in Monday True Blue
Right: Ryan wears the Cotton Linen Henley in Heather Oat Grey and the Italian Brushed 5-Pocket Pants in Onyx
Duffy grew out of his punk phase eventually and moved on to chasing other kinds of fascinations (though not before setting up a makeshift concert-promoting business in his high school years, or before recording a couple of albums as the lead "yeller" for a punk band in his college years). He enrolled at NYU to study journalism, and before he even finished school, he was a regular contributor to what was then a small, quirky magazine called Vice.
Duffy went on to spend a decade with Vice; he famously accompanied Dennis Rodman on a visit to North Korea for a reporting trip in 2013, and today he says it was almost certainly the "most terrifying" project he embarked on there. (Their trip was predicated on one wacky transaction they'd proposed: If Vice brought Rodman and the Harlem Globetrotters to visit the famously NBA-obsessed, Chicago Bulls–obsessed Kim Jong Un and put on some basketball clinics for North Korean youngsters, Kim would grant Duffy's crew permission to bring in their cameras and document life in Pyongyang. "That was a wild ride, to say the least," Duffy remembers with a laugh.)
Duffy has also created and starred in shows such as Now What with Ryan Duffy, an online HuffPost docuseries that sent him around the world to profile people working to create solutions to the planet's biggest environmental and geopolitical crises. To provide just one example, his work on Now What gave him the opportunity to follow an eccentric group of scientists and artists from Berkeley, California, to the small town of Kwendin, Liberia, where they installed clean-energy power generators to give the town its first-ever electric light. "To see a light switch flipping on and watch six-year-old kids who had never seen lights go, 'Ooooh,'" he says, "I will never forget that singular moment for the rest of my life."
Ryan wears the Riviera Short Sleeve Shirt in Olive, and the Selvage Stretch Jeans in Surrey Black Wash
Today Duffy's schedule is overgrown with ambitious projects: He runs the production company RDD Media, reports as a correspondent for the National Geographic series Explorer, and oversees development for the Derek Jeter–founded website The Players' Tribune. Before his Bonobos shoot in January, he'd just returned home from a stint following environmentalist Buddhist monks as they intervened to prevent deforestation in Cambodia. Prior to that, he'd been in Russia investigating the emergence of fight clubs within the soccer-hooligan scene. And trips like those are wedged into his calendar between jaunts around the globe for his in-development series Away Game, which takes sports figures to the birthplaces of their chosen games. Recently he took American football players to "this sleepy English country town" called Ashbourne, in Derbyshire, where residents play "this insane kind of medieval football game that's a combination of football, rugby, and boxing. It runs through the streets and it's this crazy spectacle," he says.
To fully understand what Duffy aims to do nowadays, though, you might first have to understand who his heroes are. Duffy grew up with a passionate admiration for Hunter S. Thompson, and today he counts Jon Stewart and the generation of news humorists he emboldened — like Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, and Trevor Noah — among his inspirations.
Duffy loves that Thompson and the "gonzo" journalists of his era believed reporting didn't have to be strictly confined to the communication of facts and figures in a super-dry, informational-exchange way. What today's news comedians did, meanwhile, "was say, 'Look, we can add in a little bit of humor and storytelling to this in the service of communicating what otherwise can be a tough pill to swallow,'" Duffy says. "In that way, I think what Stewart and those guys did is similar to what the gonzo guys did a generation ago."
Ryan wears the Spring Overshirt in Washed Blue Denim, the L.A. Tee in Heather Midnight, and the Stretch Washed Chinos in Jet Black
So what does a mile-a-minute guy like Duffy, with his wide range of projects and interests, do when he wants to gather his thoughts? "Nothing does it for me in the way that running does," he says. Having recently relocated with his girlfriend from New York to Los Angeles, he's discovered that this is more of a challenge in his new hometown than his old one: "If you've been running in New York for 15 years and think you're a good runner, go run up essentially a 90-degree incline in Runyon Canyon and you will convince yourself otherwise real quick," he says with a laugh.
Duffy's outdoor runs, though, are where he finally finds the "clarity of thought" to come up with his best ideas. Because even in his off-hours, staying committed to making learning about the world as entertaining as it is vital remains his top priority.
"It is truly amazing," he says. "My job is ... I ride in a sidecar, you know? I'm not doing anything of any import, that's for sure; sometimes I wonder if I'm actually getting in the way of doing things of import. But I can attach my wagon temporarily to people like that, and that is awesome."


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A good blaze
Fire is an important element in the natural world and in the lives of people the world over. A crucial part of human survival for centuries for food preparation, it also provides warmth and protection. It can be one of the most destructive forces on the planet when it burns out of control. Today, fire is still used to warm homes and cook our food. It is relaxing and reconnects us to our ancestors and to nature itself. Like all skills, there is a way to build a good, efficient fire with as little smoke as possible.
1. Use seasoned, dry wood instead of green or wet wood. You can order this from a firewood supplier. If you have your own firewood, let it sit all summer until it is dry before you use it. You can let it lie in the sun and cover it with a tarp when it rains.
2. Open the damper on your wood burner, if you are using one before lighting the fire. The damper is opened by turning the switch or knob on your stove, usually at the front. You can do the same with a fireplace with a damper control.
3. Begin your fire with newspaper and some kindling to get cold air up and out of your chimney to avoid a back draft of smoke.
4. Place two or three smaller, seasoned wood logs in the fire. Do not smother the fire with too much wood. Stack the wood, leaving gaps in between logs for air flow.
5. Open a window or door, if you think you are not getting enough air flow into the room and through the fireplace or stove.
6. Add larger, seasoned logs to the fire after the smaller logs are burning well and the fire is smoldering.
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Clean your stove pipe, if you are using a wood burner. You can do this yourself with the right brushes from your fireplace store. You can also hire a chimney cleaning service to do this once a year.
8. Position bricks under your fireplace grill to create better air circulation.
9. Use dried wood and avoid windy areas when making an outdoor fire.
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Lidl's U.S. stores are too big and too expensive, CEO says. But more are in the works.
Lidl, the German grocer that has built several stores on the East Coast, including 16 in North Carolina, may have overreached, according to its leader.
Lidl's U.S. stores are too big and too expensive, Klaus Gehrig, CEO of the group that owns the grocery store chain, recently told the German publication Manager Magazine. He said the company did a poor job choosing locations and didn't recognize Americans' shopping preferences, such as for prepared food.
Last year, Lidl opened one store in Raleigh and another in Wake Forest. A third is expected to open in Cary, where plans have been approved. The Cary property owner declined to comment.
Gehrig said 20 stores will open this year, which falls short of the company's plan to open up to 100 stores by this summer.
A spokesman for Lidl in the U.S., Chandler Ebeier, told The News & Observer on Tuesday that a 100-store ceiling was set in the wake of speculation that the company planned to open hundreds or thousands of stores within a year.
Lidl has opened 48 stores in six East Coast states and plans to open more, Ebeier said by email. He said other sites are being developed in the U.S., but the company isn't ready to announce them yet.
The Charlotte Observer, which first reported on the magazine interview Tuesday morning, said construction of a Lidl in Mooresville has been temporarily suspended, and progress has slowed at another Lidl site in Charlotte.
Lidl is part of a surge of discount grocers that have increased their presence in the United States. The company commissioned a study from UNC-Chapel Hill earlier this month that found Lidl stores force competitors to lower prices by an average of 9 percent.
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Southern Cross Travel Insurance takes top spot
Southern Cross Travel Insurance (SCTI) took away top honours in the 'Travel Insurance' category at this year's ProductReview Awards.
More than 110,000 online consumer reviews were put under the lens and reviewed against a number of criteria, including a star rating, for which Southern Cross Travel Insurance achieved 4.7/5.
Launched in 2003, ProductReview is Australia's longest-running and most trusted reviews website, giving consumers the opportunity to provide honest product feedback. With over one million reviews written on the site to date, the award winners represent the best and most reliable purchasing choices available to Australian consumers in 2017 and 2018.
Southern Cross Travel Insurance launched in Australia in 2009 to offer comprehensive travel insurance to Australian consumers, with benefits including 24/7 worldwide emergency assistance and free cover for kids.
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In addition to the ProductReview recognition, SCTI also recently won the Canstar Outstanding Value International Travel Award for 2017, with CANSTAR acknowledging SCTI's highly competitive premiums, online claims services, unlimited medical and evacuation cover, as well as a travel delay benefit of up to $30,000.
"More and more travellers want peace of mind that they are covered should the unexpected happen overseas, and as a result, are putting more thought into the choices they make when it comes to booking insurance. Websites like ProductReview are an invaluable resource in helping consumers make the right choices. At Southern Cross Travel Insurance, we pride ourselves on making our customers holidays memorable for all the right reasons, starting from the moment they book their insurance with us" adds Chris.
With more than 4.5 million Australians researching on the platform every month, Gabe Palomares, Editor of ProductReview, says knowledge and research are driving today's purchasing decisions more than ever before.
"With more than 9 million overseas trips taken by Aussies last year, the Australian traveller has never been more discerning. Southern Cross Travel Insurance won the 2017 ProductReview.com.auAward due to having the highest amount of positive feedback from our members this year for a quality product and excellent customer service."
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Nazi train discovered in Poland. Experts say it is 99% credible.
Nazi train discovered in Poland. Experts say it is 99% credible.Read more ›
Nazi train discovered in Poland. Experts say it is 99% credible.Read more ›
Ukraine is facing a "hidden emergency" because of the government's failure to plan for nearly 1.4 million people uprooted by the war in the east.Read more ›
An estimated 1.3 million Ukrainians have been internally displaced since the conflict began and many have sought refuge in the western cities of the country.Read more ›
Article by Rick Lyman: WARSAW — Volodymyr Zelenyuk knew it was time to bolt when the pro-Russian separatists came to the carwash he owned in the eastern Ukrainian coal town of Antratsyt and demanded his help making and repairing weapons. "Either you help them, or you die," Mr. Zelenyuk, 28, said. So he grabbed his wife, their passports, two backpacks […]Read more ›
During nearly a year of conflict between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian government forces in eastern Ukraine, neighbouring Poland has received less than 3,000 of the 674,000 Ukrainians that have fled the country.Read more ›
Poland evacuates Ukrainians of Polish descent in one-off rescue mission from Donetsk and Luhansk regionsRead more ›
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Poland to pay reparations to two Saudis being held in Guantanamo Bay.Read more ›
Around 1000 protesters gathered in front of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam to demonstrate against Israel's attacks on Gaza. (August 3, 2014)Read more ›
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Of course, it was obvious that information such as bank details, private addresses and similar would be censored - there's no reason for information of that type to be made public, but a cross party Estimate Committee has now stated that there will be no change in plans to also remove data other than that protected by law.
Geoffrey Robinson, Labour's MP for Coventry North West who has been called "saintly" since it emerged his expenses were among the lowest of all MPs (though let's not forget that he was forced to relinquish his treasury position in 1998 after widespread controversy over his business dealings and background), has questioned whether or not the Committee's actions are legal and is awaiting an answer from Commons leader Harriet Harman as to whether or not publication can go ahead according to the current plans. Hugh Tomlinson QC, who led the campaign to get the details published under the Freedom of Information Act, says that redactions of this kind will breach existing court orders.
Geoffrey Robinson, though considered "saintly" in comparison to some MPs and their expenses claims, is nevertheless a close ally of Gordon Brown and is awaiting information from Harriet Harman as to whether or not the expenses details can be published in heavily edited form. It should be noted that as a multi-millionaire, he probably doesn't need financial help in the form of Parliamentary allowances. Though in the interests of fairness, that didn't stop many others."It can only be assured by a legal view from the government that is being obtained from Harriet Harman and we look forward to getting this," says Mr. Robinson. Ms. Harman is herself a QC.
As the Government desperately tries to show the public that they can be trusted in the hope of perhaps having a slightly less embarrassing time come the General Election than they did in last week's council elections, can they really not see that if we are to ever put faith in them again we need full details?
Protecting the MP who bought something a bit embarrassing from a Dutch mail-order company may seem a necessary act, but we need to know it all just so we're certain that we're also getting the full low-down on what all the other MPs have been up to (details on just 150 MPs have been printed in the news to date). We need to know.
Parliament has dug itself into such a deep hole that only 100% transparency and honesty can ever pull it back out. If they leave out anything other than data protected by law, we just cannot be certain that we're getting the full story.


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Party Fowl Featured on Nashville Brunch Blog
"New hot chicken spot Party Fowl is pretty awesome. Not only does it have a frat-tastic punny name, but they serve chicken all day–even for breakfast. Now this alone is not that unique in Nashville, as the hot chicken craze has led to poultry breakfast plates at all of Nashville's hippest joints. But Party Fowl has chicken in 5 of their 8 brunch options–Hot chicken being the bird of choice in 2 of them. It was a little strange at first to see a brunch menu so chicken-centric, but I got over that pretty quickly." Read more of this review.


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Year's final North Huntingdon yard waste pickup set for December
North Huntingdon officials announced that the final pickup for the fall yard waste collection program will be conducted during the week of Dec. 9 by Waste Management.
Residents are asked to place leaves and other yard waste in biodegradable paper bags, which are available at home improvement stores and other retailers.
Bags should be placed curb side by 6 a.m. on the regular refuse collection day.
New logo gets nod
After reviewing numerous examples of logos in a variety of colors during the past several weeks, North Huntingdon commissioners approved a new logo that will be used on the township's website, vehicles, letterhead and other materials.
The new logo uses the Norwin School District's blue and gold colors in an abstract "sun over the mountains" image that represents North Huntingdon's hilly terrain, proximity to recreation in the Laurel Highlands and position as a transportation hub with access to Route 30 and the turnpike.
Animal-control services
A contract for animal-control services in the township was awarded to Hoffman's Boarding Kennels in Delmont.
The company will be paid $485 a month for the term of the agreement, which runs from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31.
Surplus vehicles sold, donated
The board agreed to accept the bids submitted for the following vehicles that were advertised on the online government auction site Muncibid:
• 1997 Ford F-350 crew cab pickup truck to Charles Moyer for $692.
• 1998 International 4800 truck to Bobby Gerhardt for $20,000.
• 2009 Ford Crown Victoria to James McDermott for $1,400.
• 2010 Chevrolet Impala to Robert Wright for $1,375
Commissioners also agreed to donate a surplus Ford Crown Victoria police vehicle to Rescue 8, which is part of the township's emergency medical service.
Appointments, resignation
• A resolution was adopted to appoint certified public accountant Mark C. Turnley to conduct the independent audit for fiscal year 2014.
• Commissioners accepted the resignation of Dave Brough as a township representative to the Western Westmoreland Municipal Authority board.
• Brian Carlton was appointed to fill an unexpired term on the WWMA that runs through Dec. 31, 2018.
• Mike Faccenda Jr. was appointed to the township's recreation board to fill an unexpired term that runs through Dec. 31, 2015.


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"Interesting to work with growers that have this equipment"
Benoit Janny
Testimony of a technical & quality manager working for the marketing desk of a growers' association:
"We are a growers' association based in Isère region (France), that gather 25 growers/packers over four departments (Ardèche, Drôme, Isère and Loire). It has its own sales company that markets the productions of its 25 members, and among them, several are equipped with Janny MT controlled atmosphere modules. From our point of view, it is pretty interesting to work with growers that have this equipment. For example, with Williams' pears it works out well for us because it allows us to spread out the packing period, and so we can extend the sales period.
We work with growers that produce from 200 to 700 tons of pears, and large controlled atmosphere rooms with capacities of hundreds of tons do not suit well for the size of our organizations. Being able, during several weeks, to daily open 300 kg storage units is really interesting, considering that the quality of the pears is maintained in the modules, it allows us to satisfy our clients.
With cherries too this equipment looks interesting, not necessarily to extend the sales period, but already to ensure the continuity of our offer during the production season. If ever the weather conditions make harvest more difficult during several consecutive days, having growers that have put cherries in CA modules allows to use a buffer stock, and so to keep on selling on a regular basis. We encourage our growers to invest in this equipment, so that together we are able to answer this kind of issue, and to satisfy our clients' demands if bad weather happens during picking up time."


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Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Willie Barcena this weekend at Planet Gemini in Monterey
Comedian Willie Barcena has become a favorite of Jay Leno. Barcena has appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" 10 times. Barcena's comedy special, "Deal With It" also debuted on Comedy Central in May 2009.
Barcena will headline this weekend at Planet Gemini in Monterey. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and show starts at 8:30 p.m. Visit www.williebarcena.com for more info.
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Chicago's wild child Vic Mensa has been walking on the dark side. He's been dabbling in emo music and experimenting with his sound, which has been divisive for his fans. Still, Mensa has never been the type of artist to let the world's depiction of him steer him off his path. With that in mind, Mensa has returned to take control. Hooligans is an 8 song EP that mixes hard-hitting lyricism and emotional introspection.
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This artist's view shows how the light coming from the surface of a strongly magnetic neutron star (left) becomes linearly polarised as it travels through the vacuum of space close to the star on its way to the observer on Earth (right). The polarisation of the observed light in the extremely strong magnetic field suggests that the empty space around the neutron star is subject to a quantum effect known as vacuum birefringence, a prediction of quantum electrodynamics (QED). This effect was predicted in the 1930s but has not been observed before.
The magnetic and electric field directions of the light rays are shown by the red and blue lines. Model simulations by Roberto Taverna (University of Padua, Italy) and Denis Gonzalez Caniulef (UCL/MSSL, UK) show how these align along a preferred direction as the light passes through the region around the neutron star. As they become aligned the light becomes polarised, and this polarisation can be detected by sensitive instruments on Earth.
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First Signs of Weird Quantum Property of Empty Space?
VLT observations of neutron star may confirm 80-year-old prediction about the vacuum
By studying the light emitted from an extraordinarily dense and strongly magnetised neutron star using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers may have found the first observational indications of a strange quantum effect, first predicted in the 1930s. The polarisation of the observed light suggests that the empty space around the neutron star is subject to a quantum effect known as vacuum birefringence.
A team led by Roberto Mignani from INAF Milan (Italy) and from the University of Zielona Gora (Poland), used ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile to observe the neutron star RX J1856.5-3754, about 400 light-years from Earth [1].
Despite being amongst the closest neutron stars, its extreme dimness meant the astronomers could only observe the star with visible light using the FORS2 instrument on the VLT, at the limits of current telescope technology.
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This wide field image shows the sky around the very faint neutron star RX J1856.5-3754 in the southern constellation of Corona Australis. This part of the sky also contains interesting regions of dark and bright nebulosity surrounding the variable star R Coronae Australis (upper left), as well as the globular star cluster NGC 6723. The neutron star itself is too faint to be seen here, but lies very close to the centre of the image.
Credit:ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Neutron stars are the very dense remnant cores of massive stars — at least 10 times more massive than our Sun — that have exploded as supernovae at the ends of their lives. They also have extreme magnetic fields, billions of times stronger than that of the Sun, that permeate their outer surface and surroundings.
These fields are so strong that they even affect the properties of the empty space around the star. Normally a vacuum is thought of as completely empty, and light can travel through it without being changed. But in quantum electrodynamics (QED), the quantum theory describing the interaction between photons and charged particles such as electrons, space is full of virtual particles that appear and vanish all the time. Very strong magnetic fields can modify this space so that it affects the polarisation of light passing through it.
Mignani explains: "According to QED, a highly magnetised vacuum behaves as a prism for the propagation of light, an effect known as vacuum birefringence."
Among the many predictions of QED, however, vacuum birefringence so far lacked a direct experimental demonstration. Attempts to detect it in the laboratory have not yet succeeded in the 80 years since it was predicted in a paper by Werner Heisenberg (of uncertainty principle fame) and Hans Heinrich Euler.
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Colour composite photo of the sky field around the lonely neutron star RX J1856.5-3754 and the related cone-shaped nebula. It is based on a series of exposures obtained with the multi-mode FORS2 instrument at VLT KUEYEN through three different optical filters. The trail of an asteroid is seen in the field with intermittent blue, green and red colours. RX J1856.5-3754 is exactly in the centre of the image.
"This effect can be detected only in the presence of enormously strong magnetic fields, such as those around neutron stars. This shows, once more, that neutron stars are invaluable laboratories in which to study the fundamental laws of nature." says Roberto Turolla (University of Padua, Italy).
After careful analysis of the VLT data, Mignani and his team detected linear polarisation — at a significant degree of around 16% — that they say is likely due to the boosting effect of vacuum birefringence occurring in the area of empty space surrounding RX J1856.5-3754 [2].
Vincenzo Testa (INAF, Rome, Italy) comments: "This is the faintest object for which polarisation has ever been measured. It required one of the largest and most efficient telescopes in the world, the VLT, and accurate data analysis techniques to enhance the signal from such a faint star."
"The high linear polarisation that we measured with the VLT can't be easily explained by our models unless the vacuum birefringence effects predicted by QED are included," adds Mignani.
"This VLT study is the very first observational support for predictions of these kinds of QED effects arising in extremely strong magnetic fields," remarks Silvia Zane (UCL/MSSL, UK).
Mignani is excited about further improvements to this area of study that could come about with more advanced telescopes: "Polarisation measurements with the next generation of telescopes, such as ESO's European Extremely Large Telescope, could play a crucial role in testing QED predictions of vacuum birefringence effects around many more neutron stars."
"This measurement, made for the first time now in visible light, also paves the way to similar measurements to be carried out at X-ray wavelengths," adds Kinwah Wu (UCL/MSSL, UK).
[1] This object is part of the group of neutron stars known as the Magnificent Seven. They are known as isolated neutron stars (INS), which have no stellar companions, do not emit radio waves (like pulsars), and are not surrounded by progenitor supernova material.
[2] There are other processes that can polarise starlight as it travels through space. The team carefully reviewed other possibilities — for example polarisation created by scattering off dust grains — but consider it unlikely that they produced the polarisation signal observed.
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San Miguel, San Roque, Grecia, Alajuela, Costa Rica
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This home construction site is located in San Miguel, Alajuela, Costa Rica, in Grecia county. This mountain property with city and mountain views is situated in the tropical dry forest of Costa Rica. The land area of this home construction site is a total of 1,354.66 square meter (14,581.38 square feet).
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Total Lot Size 1,354.66 m² (14,581.38 sq ft)
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Location San Miguel, San Roque, Grecia, Alajuela, Costa Rica Country Costa Rica State Alajuela County Grecia District San Roque City/Town San Miguel Location Type Mountain, Suburban Geographic Type Dry Forest View Type City View, Mountain View Elevation 1,000.00 m (3,280.84 ft) Precipitation Moderate Average Temperature 25 °C (77 °F)
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