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At FH Chicago, we work hard, have fun, do good, and win awards. From our vantage point 23 floors above Chicago's Magnificent Mile, our creative, collaborative, diverse, "what-if" culture sets the stage for delivering game-changing work for our clients, which include some of the world's most well-known brands in the food and beverage, financial and professional services, and healthcare industries. Our team is excited and proud to work with these household names every day, delivering expertise in all aspects of corporate communications and consumer brand marketing — from media and influencer relations to crisis and issues management and everything in between.
FleishmanHillard is an entrepreneurial, collaborative environment that values talented, creative people who like to work with others to create cutting-edge programs for our clients. More than 90 percent of FH clients work with teams from more than one geographic location, and across multiple practice offerings. We believe a diverse team brings a wider range of personal and professional experiences and perspectives, and we recognize that diversity and inclusion benefit our agency, our clients, and the communities in which we work and live. To that end, we strongly encourage applications from women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, veterans, and individuals with disabilities.
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The Green Fiscal Policy Network organizes regional workshops and other events on topics related to the role of fiscal policies in the transition to an inclusive green economy. Information on upcoming, recent and past events organised by the Network, our partners and other organisations can be found below.
Fossil fuels subsidies impede sustainable development, drain national budgets and divert resources from other priorities such as health and education. In addition, they undermine public health and social welfare, driving air pollution, congestion and climate change. Understanding the size of fossil fuel subsidies is a key step towards enhanced transparency and can ultimately support efforts to reform inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. A new methodology developed jointly by UNEP, OECD, and the IISD's Global Subsidies Initiative provides an internationally agreed approach to…Find out more »
The Global NDC Conference took place in Berlin between the 12 and the 14 of June 2019. The aim of the Conference is to inspire and enable policy makers and practitioners to accelerate the pace and scale of transformational change through NDC implementation in order to reach the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement. A session dedicated to green fiscal policies focused on creating mitigation incentives and mobilizing revenues for climate action through environmental taxes and subsidy reform. The session…Find out more »
On the 13th of April, the World Bank hosted the launch of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action, during the 2019 WB/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C.. This follows the Sherpa meeting in Helsinki in February 2019, where key documents were drafted to guide the Coalition, including a set of common principles on the use of fiscal policy and public finance to support climate action. The newly formed Coalition aims to become a platform to promote fiscal policies, mobilization…Find out more »
On March 27th, 2019, an expert meeting on "Economic instruments for the internalization of environmental costs" co-organized by the Green Fiscal Policy Network was hosted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC). The objective was to discuss economic policy strategies and instruments that contribute to the achievement of the climate goals, as well as their link to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The experts present at the meeting discussed whether climate policies could become…Find out more »
The 31st "Regional Fiscal Policy Seminar" organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC) took place in Santiago, Chile on March 25th and 26th, 2019. The seminar is a vital forum for dialogue on fiscal policy in the region, bringing together international experts from authorities, international organizations, academia, civil society and the private sector. It was kicked-off with a presentation of this years "Panorama de Political Fiscal en America Latina y el Caribe" publication.…Find out more »
During the fifth "Regional Dialogue about Climate Finance in Latin America and the Caribbean" organized by the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica, the Green Fiscal Policy Network and UN ECLAC hosted a session on the creation of framework conditions for the mobilization of internal resources for low carbon development. This event allowed participants to share experiences on the progress made to date in achieving NDC goals, and to discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with meeting those…Find out more »
Within the framework of Guyana's Green State Development Strategy (GSDS), a national development plan providing long-term vision and guidance for Guyana's economic, social and environmental development, the Guyanese Ministry of Finance together with the Partnership for Action on the Green Economy (PAGE) and the UN Environment Programme organized a technical workshop on the role of fiscal policy for the GSDS. The workshop discussed i.e. the overall context and financing strategy for the GSDS, in particular the role of fiscal policies…Find out more »
The Paris Agreement calls for all financial flows to be "consistent with a pathway towards low GHG emissions and climate-resilient development." In practice, scaling up private finance and redirecting public investment will be key. Two promising areas to incentivise private investment are blended finance and fiscal policy. On the one hand, by using a combination of sources of concessional funding to leverage private investment, blended finance instruments are delivering both attractive returns to private investors and climate outcomes. On the…Find out more »
The 19th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation (GCET19) took place in Madrid, Spain from 26-28 September 2018. The Green Fiscal Policy Network organised a side-event at the conference on 'Delivering the Paris Climate Agreement - The role of green fiscal reforms in the transport sector'. This event examined how green fiscal reforms in the transport sector can support countries' efforts to mitigate GHG emissions and mobilize climate financing to meet their commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement. SPEAKERS AND…Find out more »
The Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting aims to support governments to "green" their fiscal policy and embed environmental sustainability commitments and green growth within budget and policy frameworks. This implies using national expenditure and revenue processes to support climate and environmental goals towards sustainable and resilient societies. This side-event hosted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in collaboration with UN Environment and the governments of France and Mexico, took place during the 2018 High Level Political Forum…Find out more »

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Japan and China have successfully extracted methane hydrate—ice crystals with natural methane gas locked inside—from the ocean floor near their coastlines.
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The Indo-China Game in the Global Toy Industry Relocation
In 1967, Mattel opened its first factory in Taiwan to manufacture Barbie Dolls, a decision often referred to be a trailblazer for the outsourcing phenomenon that made East Asia the workshop of the world. 20 years later, as the Taiwanese industrial ecosystem matured and wages increased, Mattel moved its production to China where wages were significantly less. Over the next 20 years, China emerged as the manufacturing powerhouse and at its peak produced 80% of the world's toys, with the US being its largest customer.
While China has for many years occupied an important position in the toy production market, pressures like those previously witnessed in Taiwan are visible. Cities in Southern China like Dongguan that housed the world's biggest and the most efficient toy manufacturing facilities are now observing heavy exodus of these factories to several Asian countries.
Factors such as an exponential rise in wages, increased production costs and changes in the Renminbi exchange rate have depleted China's competitive edge in this industry. In addition, the Chinese government is pushing for the transformation of its industrial economy to higher technology and service-led activities, with little consideration for labour-intensive and cost-sensitive industries like Toys. The US-China trade was has increased the pressure on toy manufacturers and accelerated the industry relocation strategy. As per industry estimates about 800-1000 toy factories in China have either been closed down or have shifted overseas.
Why India — "Make in India" for the World
As China's cost advantage diminishes, a noticeable and deliberate movement towards automated and technologically advanced manufacturing can be noticed. However, as 2/3rd of all toys manufactured per year are new, it becomes necessary to change toy production lines on a frequent basis, making it difficult to automate the entire process. This structural limitation of the industry makes India a lucrative opportunity for manufacturers.
100% foreign ownership is permitted in a toy manufacturing facility registered in India. In the recent past, a few Chinese companies have reportedly entered strategic alliances or Joint Ventures with their Indian partners to establish toy manufacturing units in India.
Clusters for modern toy manufacturing exist around all major India cities such as Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Ahmedabad, and Kolkata. All cities have large organized industrial parks available for organized manufacturing. In addition, foreign companies can also find ready built buildings for rented accommodations. These rental arrangements are cheaper than several competing South East Asian economies.
As per industry experts, toy factories in India offer cost savings of around 15-20% on average (based on ex-factory cost). Some of the advantages of considering India as a toy manufacturing cluster are:
1. Low labour costs
• The average minimum wage for contract workers in India is $ 148 per month (INR 10,000) and $ 234 in China.
• While countries like Vietnam and Thailand also have cheaper labour but India is the only country that helps set-up large factories with thousands of workers like China hosted for the last two decades.
2. Young Population
India vs. China Demographic Comparison
• More than 50% of the population is below the age of 25 and more than 65% below the age of 35. It is expected that, in 2020, the median age of an Indian will be 29 years, compared to 37 for China and 48 for Japan.
3. Preferential Policies for Exports
• Besides the growing domestic market, India has the potential to serve as a key export hub. India has several Special Economic Zones (SEZs) that are located closer to the container seaports, which makes export consignments more competitive.
• Toy manufacturing clusters located near cities like Chennai, Mumbai-Pune-Bengaluru belt have the appropriate skills and geographical advantage to support the growth of this industry.
4. Availability of Skilled Labour
• India has developed as a strong manufacturing ecosystem for the automobiles and engineering industry. There are nearly 25 million people working in the automotive sector and India is the 5th largest manufacturer of cars in the world.
• The automotive sector has a lot to offer the toy industry - because cars have a lot of highly engineered, plastic injection moulded parts. Therefore, when car part suppliers move into the toy industry, they tend to bring greater discipline and more advanced processes and capabilities with them.
5. Large and Fast-growing Domestic Consumer Market
• The Indian toys market was worth $ 1.3 bn in 2017, registering a CAGR of 15.8% during the year 2010-17. The market is further projected to cross $ 2.9 bn by 2023, at a CAGR of 13.9% during 2018-2023.
• India set to become third-largest consumer market by 2030. Consumer spending in India is expected to grow from $ 1.5 tn at present to nearly $ 6 tn by 2030.
Under the Make in India initiative, the government has highlighted 25 sectors where the country has either a competitive advantage or a strong aspiration to strengthen its manufacturing ecosystem. The Government of India should capitalise on the flux within the Toy Industry and establish a proactive strategy to attract companies looking to move out of China. The global toy industry is witnessing significant movement at the moment. Hasbro, a US multinational, which is among the top three toy company in the world, has announced plans to shift 40% of its order book from China by the end of 2020. Of this, India is likely to attract about $ 400 mn to $ 1000 mn over the next 4-5 years. Even smaller Chinese companies, such as Pals Plush, have realised the advantage of producing in India and begun to move operations here. Hangzhou, China-based soft toy manufacturer moved its operations to Sri City (Andhra Pradesh), investing over $ 3.5 mn and creating over 600 jobs.
To know more about foreign trade and FDI in India visit our resources section.
- https://theweek.com/articles/531104/china-toying-world
- https://www.india-briefing.com/news/labor-market-india-structure-costs-18264.html/
- https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade-War/Chinese-toymakers-shift-overseas-as-trade-war-bites2
- https://www.populationpyramid.net/china/2017/
- http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=184089
- https://www.toyteamindia.com/single-post/2017/04/16/Why-India-For-Toy-Manufacturing
- https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/india-poised-to-become-third-largest-consumer-market-by-2030-wef-report-119010900296_1.html


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"Why Ham Radio Endures in a World of Tweets," by David Rowan, is pretty good. If it mentioned CW (Morse Code), it would be even better. But it still captures much of the essence of Amateur Radio, and I commend it to anybody who might wonder what is still appealing about Amateur Radio in this age of cell phones, email and Skype. You can read it here:
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The Enduring Appeal of Ham Radio
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First Shipment Arrived!
The first part arrived today! No longer just a bunch of penciled lines drawn on paper, this antenna project is starting to come together. My patient wife took this picture right after I tore into the package.
What I'm holding in my hand is something I found on ebay, sold by NC4RY: a "Dipole hanger for the 4′ mast poles, offset with pulley." It was only $22.30, shipped, and it is supposed to fit on top of the 1.75″ O.D. aluminum military mast that I've ordered from K4TMC. Hopefully this hanger will save wear and tear on the balun at the feedpoint of the antenna, which would otherwise be banging against the mast if it was hung right from the mast itself. It will also hopefully save wear and tear on our ears. I'd rather not hear the balun slapping around up there, not to mention the halyard. We enjoy hearing halyards slapping against masts at a marina, but we'd rather not have that going on right over our bedroom! This offset hanger should solve both these problems.
The antenna I'm planning to hang from this thing is a 40-10m New Carolina Windom, hung as an inverted-V with as shallow of an angle as possible. (If you're paying attention, you'll notice that I'm planning on putting the off-center feedpoint at the apex, which I've read is not ideal. More on this and my reasons for selecting the New Carolina Windom in another post.) I'm planning on homebrewing the antenna, so the next shipment I'm eagerly awaiting is Understanding, Building & Using Baluns & Ununs, by Jerry Sevick, W2FMI. Before I cut any wire, I want to have the 4:1 current balun and the RF choke ready to go. I've only wound one balun in my life, and I barely had a clue what I was doing, so I figure I better read up on it. Between the cost of the book and materials, I know I might not be saving much over a commercially-made balun. But this way I'll learn something in the process! Isn't that what real hams are supposed to do? I'd rather not just be an appliance-operator.
Another shipment arrived today, too — the inexpensive but high-quality Velleman VTSS5U 50W Solder Station. I ordered it on the recommendation of WB5RVZ for working with surface-mounted components in the thrifty Softrock Ensemble RXTX kit that should arrive next week. These Softrock radios are an amazing buy. You can catch a glimpse of what they can do on W4AX's spectacular WebSDR page. Make sure you click on "View | all bands." He has four $20 Softrock Lite II receivers operating simultaneously, served up on this page from a Linux/Ubuntu server in his mind-boggling shack.
Eventually I'll make a trip to Radio City for antenna wire, coax, a tripod mount, connectors, etc., but it's fun to order these things on the web and watch them trickle in via USPS, UPS, and FedEx.
Filed under Antennas, New Carolina Windom, Softrock
Keeping Ham Radio in Its Proper Place
I have really been enjoying the whole exercise of planning my HF antenna installation. It is refreshing to stretch my mind in ways that it normally doesn't get stretched. It's not every day that a pastor does trigonometry! And the whole thing is like a puzzle that I am aching to solve. So many factors weigh in on the decision, like radiator-efficiency, radiation pattern, bandwidth, power-handling capability, structural strength, durability, aesthetics, and matters of space, budget, and time.
In a future post I'll elaborate on the particulars of my own situation. I'd enjoy elaborating on those things now, but I have more enjoyable — and more important — things to do. You see, tomorrow is Sunday, and I must finish my preparations for worship.
And that is the point of this post. There are many more important things to do than ham radio. That is an important lesson to learn, and if I get a chance to Elmer a new ham I'll do my best to teach it to him. We must keep ham radio in its proper place. It is only a means to an end — and a very small (and usually dispensable!) means, at that. The end is what matters.
If we could only remember that, it would change the way we operate. It would change the very way we have QSO's.
Filed under Affections, Elmering, Priorities
Rediscovering Ham Radio
After years of infrequent use, my radios finally wound up in boxes when I moved from the Twin Cities out to Granite Falls, MN a couple years ago. But recently, I got the itch to set them up again. This time the itch started when I had to renew my license, about a month ago. Something about getting that renewed license in the mail brought back fond memories of soft static from my old Hammarlund HQ-170A, hearing CW while tuning up the Heathkit DX-100 for another evening in a world that few of my friends could understand.
Suddenly, I wanted to feel the straight key and the paddles moving under my fingertips again, with my finger on the dial of my Kenwood TS-430S. But until I got an antenna set up, that would have to wait — and there wouldn't be any antenna-work until the snow melted. In the meantime, I've been savoring the process of preparation for that day. It's been a treat mulling over an antenna design while tracking down the boxes with my equipment in them.
While chafing at the wait I even bent to the task of studying for the Extra Class exam, and last week made the trip to the Twin Cities to take it. It all happened so fast that I'm still a bit astonished; it's hard to believe that after all these years, I finally hold an Extra Class license. The first person I called was my father, NØARQ. If it weren't for him, I probably would never have become a ham 33 years ago at the tender age of 10. I only wish I could have shared the news with my Elmer, Joe McDonald, WØIYT. I lost touch with him years ago, and now he's a silent key.
But that brings me to the point of this blog. I want to do for some budding ham what Joe did for me. I want to be an Elmer, not only because I want to give something back, not only because I feel like I owe it to my fellow hams, not only because I fear that my beloved CW is dying out, but because I want to do everything I can to rescue ham radio from what it has become. That may sound a bit grandiose to some, and perhaps more than a bit quixotic to others, but there it is. Frankly, it is as much selfish as it is selfless.
You see, I don't just want to rediscover ham radio. I want to rediscover the ham radio that once was, but is now hard to find. The only way that's going to happen is if we have a significant culture change on the airwaves — and the only way I can think of to do that is to help one ham at a time. I want to do my best to start new hams in the right direction, to help them imagine ham radio for what it could be, not for what it is.
This blog will be about my journey to get back on the air, get my skills polished up, and find someone to Elmer. Along the way, I'll reminisce about my own experience in ham radio, and I'll critique the state of ham radio today. I'll also venture an opinion on how we got here, and what it will take to improve the hobby.
Comments are welcome from all who deport themselves as ladies and gentlemen. May we converse here the way we ought to be having our QSO's — charitably, humbly, thoughtfully, and constructively.
Todd NØART
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I've made good progress on several boat projects in the past few months. I'll go into more detail soon, but for now I'll just tell you the leaky faucet that snowballed into an extensive refit is no longer leaking.
After a few months of a lot of work and a little play, I decided it was time to plan a birthday week sailing trip to celebrate.
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San Francisco State University
Department of Geography
Geography 316: Biogeography
The Biogeography of... The North American Coyote (Canis latrans)
by Edward Kim, student in Geography 316, Fall 2001
|Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: Canis latrans
Fig. 1 Source: www.lioncrusher.com
Description of Species:
Canis latrans, or better known as, the North American coyote is one of eight members of the genus Canis that comprise the taxonomic family of Canidae. The family of Canidae consists of, Canis lupus; which is the wolf of Europe, Asia (C. Lupus pallipos), North America, and the Arctic, Canis niger; the red wolf of North America and the Texas Gulf region, Canis latrans; the coyote of Northern and Central America, Canis aureus; which is the Asiatic jackal of South Asia and North Africa, Canis adustus; which is the side striped jackal of Africa, Canis simensis; consists of simenian jackal and the North East Africa Dog, and Canis familiaris; the common house dog. Other species under the family of Canidae are the red fox, grey fox, and the swift fox. According to Fox (1971), The Canidae are carnivorous mammals, with only four complete digits behind [on their hind feet] and five on the front [feet] ," which means that they are meat eaters and walk with their toes touch the ground.
Canis latrans of North America is often mistaken for the wolf, however, coyotes are usually slimmer and smaller than the wolf. The male coyote, on average, weighs from 9-23 kilograms (15-45 pounds) with an overall length with tail of 120-150 centimeters (40-60 inches), and stands 58-66 centimeters (15-20 inches) high at its shoulder. The female coyote usually tends to be four-fifths as large as the male coyote. Coyotes reach sexual maturity within 1 to 2 years of age and their mating season lasts from January to March with a gestation period of 58-65 days. An average litter of a coyote den consists of 6 pups per year and they live for an average of 15 years. Once the pups are born, both parents watch them closely for the first three weeks until the age of 12-15 weeks when they are taught to hunt. Still, between 50-70 percent of all young coyotes die before adulthood. Also, of the young that die 80 percent is the result of human trapping, shooting, poison, or other control methods.
Fig. 2 Source: www.mis.org
The fur of the coyote population is generally a tawny gray with dark areas on the hind part of back where the black tipped hair becomes wavy. The legs, paws, muzzle, and the back of the ears are yellowish in color, while the throat, belly, and the inside of the ears are white. The tail is dark on top and a light fawn color on the underside with a black tip. However, coyotes that reside within high elevations tend to have fur that is darker, thicker, and longer, while the underside is nearly all white. Also, the tails of coyotes have a white tip.
The coyotes fur is long and well suited to protect itself from the environment and this also allows coyotes to blend well with their surroundings during different seasons.
Fig. 3 Source: www.lioncrusher.com
The coyote, through its elongated nose, has a highly developed sense of smell, which is used to detect prey and carrion. Their sense of smell is also used to detect the scent left behind by other coyotes as territorial markers. For territorial markers coyotes use urine along with a scent that is released from a gland located at the root of its tail. Due to the use of territorial markers coyotes practice competitive exclusion, which is when a species takes over an area of another species. This is a limiting factor, which is a form of interspecific competition that is resource dependent.
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Fig. 5 Source: Desert USA
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With its social life built around the mated pair, the coyotes natural habitat is the open grassland, but it will travel to wherever food is available. Coyotes usually inhibit all life zones of the Desert Southwest from the low valley floors to the crest of the highest mountains and mesas. Beuler (1973), mentions, The coyote prefers an open or partially wooded habitat to dense forest, and is perfectly at home where there are few trees in plains and deserts (Beuler 1973). Also, coyotes are intolerant of both the extreme cold and immense heat. In addition, some studies done in the desert, valleys, and low foothills, show that coyotes occupy a range of about 10-12 square miles (Bueler 1973).
|Fig. 7 Source: www.tonys-litho.com.com
When hunting, the coyote often hunts its prey by its excellent sense of smell, and then stalks it for 20-30 minutes before striking in order to fatigue its prey. Bueler (1973) writes, Coyotes probably have as varied a diet as any carnivore." Coyotes are known to feed on rabbits, rodents, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, carrion (including each other), all sorts of vegetable matter, and even small pieces of tanned leather. In a comprehensive study done on the results of a stomach analysis of over 8,000 coyotes, Bueler (1973) mentions, One stomach contained 20 almost whole mice, as well as a song sparrow. The remainder of the diet is filled by domestic livestock, large game animals, birds, non-mammalian vertebrates, insects, and vegetable matter."
|Fig. 8 Source: www.blarg.net
Natural History:
The coyote has evolved from its ancestor, the Miacias, since about 40 million years ago. Today, the coyote inhabits most of North America, Central America, and parts of Canada. Sheldon (1992) writes, On the North American continent coyotes are now the most widespread wild members of the Canidae." Also, in the last 100 years their range has expanded outward from a distribution centered in the western United States (Sheldon 1992).
These nocturnal animals are loyal animals
staying together with a mate for years in order to raise a litter of pups. Coyotes also
have a social organization, which consists of: packs, resident pairs, solitary residents,
nomads, and aggregations. Thus far, these social organizations are highly variable and
According to Fox (1973), Colbert (1939) proposes that the domestic dog is descended from Eurasiatic wolf, but its ancestry is complicated by the effects of the domestication of dogs in different areas, followed by back crossing with wild dogs and trading dogs over continents." The genus Canis is a member of the dog family, Canidae, which belongs to the mammalian order Carnivora (Nowak 1978). Canidae ancestry is traced back to the Miacis, which were small civet-like carnivorous mammal with short legs and a long body. The Miacis lived about 40 million years ago during the Eocene-Oligocene transition. However, during the Oligocene (12-14 million years ago), two North American types evolved from the ancestor Miacias; these were the large heavy long tailed Daphaenus and the smaller yet slimmer Cynodictis (Fox 1971). The Daphaenus decedents became quite large in the Miocene, about 10 million years ago. The Cynodictis, on the other hand, evolved with retractile claws for arboreal existence. From the Daphaenus and the Cynodictis evolved the Temnocyon, which again, evolved into the modern hunting dog of Africa and India. Other species that evolved from the Miocene were the Cynodesmus of North America, which developed into large hyena-like animals. The Cynodesmus is an example of convergent evolution because of other species such as the Borophagus and Hyaenognathus that evolved from it. Borophaginae are important to note because these were the largest and most dominant canids of this Pliocene epoch, although they are now extinct (Nowak 1978). According to Fox, an offshoot from the Cynodesmus in the upper Miocene was the Tomarctus, which developed the wolf, fox, and wild dog (Fox 1971). Finally, from the Tomarctus evolved the Canidae family, which is the family of the Canis latrans. The coyote is the most primitive member of its genus in North America, when compared to the wolf.
|Fig. 9 Source: www.gwis2.circ.gwu.edu
to Desert USA (2001), The ubiquitous coyote is found throughout North America from
eastern Alaska to New England and south through Mexico to Panama." Also, coyotes have
recently been discovered in western Newfoundland and evidence shows that they have been
crossing over on ice sheets from Nova Scotia. Though, coyotes tend to stay in the wild,
human intervention such as clearing of forests, provision of carrion from domestic
livestock, and removal of the wolf are some reasons of coyote expansion in to urban areas
in search of food and shelter.
Map of Distribution:
Fig. 10 Source: Canadian Wildlife Service
Other interesting facts:
The coyote is a nocturnal animal and is most active during the night; however, if man threatens it, it will hunt during the day. The name coyote is a Spanish adjustment of the original Aztec name coyotl. The Latin name Canis latrans means, barking dog," and it was named by Thomas Say in 1833. Coyotes are very adaptable and utilize a wide range of habitats including forests, clearcuts, farms and woodlots. They prefer habitats which do not contain wolves. Coyotes, because of their tolerance for human activities, can occasionally be seen near farm buildings and at the edge of towns.
In order to communicate with other coyotes, they will howl, yelp, bark, and huff. When howling the coyote is communicating with others in the area to let others know that it is there. Yelping for a coyote is a celebration or criticism within a small group of coyotes and this is often heard during the day among pups or young animals. However, the bark is thought to display threat when a coyote is protecting or den or meal. Huffing by a coyote is usually used to call pups without making a great deal of noise.
Fig. 11 www.lioncrusher.com
|Fig. 12 Sources: www.lioncrusher.com
Also, the coyote is capable of galloping at 40 kilometers per hour and able to reach
speeds up to 64 kilometers per hour. They also swim well and its agility is incredible,
while possibly unique in the animal kingdom. This is useful to the coyote when escaping
from wolves, black bears, mountain lions, and eagles, which are the animals that prey on
the coyote. Coyotes are also known to harass
farmers and their livestock, however, they eat some agricultural pests and in some areas
are protected for this reason. Coyote fur is used for coats and pelts can be sold for up
to $17. Coyote pups often are kept as pets.
|Fig. 13 Source: www.lioncrusher.com
Atkins, David L. [August 26, 1999]. "Mammalian
Order Carivora." Available: www.gwis2.circ.gwu.edu [October 25, 2001].
Bueler, Lois E. 1973. Wild Dogs of the World. New York, NY. Stein and Day Publishers.
Canadian Wildlife Services. [October 25, 2001]. Hinterland Whos Who. Available:
http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/hww-fap/coyote/coyote.html [October 25, 2001].
Desert USA. [June 10, 1996]. The Coyote. Available: http://www.desertusa.com/jun96/du_cycot.html [October 25, 2001].
Ewer, R.F. 1973. The Carnivores. Ithaca, NY. Cornell University Press.
Fox, Michael W. 1971. Behavior of Wolves, Dogs and Related Canids. New York, NY. Harper and Row.
Giles, Eugene. 1960. Multivariate Analysis of Pleistocene and Recent Coyotes (Canis latrans) from California. Pp. 369-390. In California University v.36, no. 3-8. Publications in Geological Sciences. California: University of California Press.
Nowak, Ronald M., et. al. 1978. "Evolution and Taxonomy of Coyotes and Related Canis." Coyotes: Biology, Behavior, and Mangement. New York, NY. Acedemic Press. Pg. 3-15.
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We have so much to be thankful for this year! God has blessed us so much!
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Mike's surgery went great! Thank you, Lord! He was really groggy yesterday but he's feeling a lot better today. Dr. Maskill did such a great job!
Garrett is coming home tonight and we are so excited! Actually, I'm a little nervous too, but it's time for him to come home. We miss him! He's been having a lot of fun with Grandma and Grandpa S, though. Here are some pictures they sent.
We were going to have a quiet relaxing weekend at home. God had different plans.
Saturday morning, Mike was on his way to sight in his rifle with a guy he works with. They got into a pretty minor accident. The guy's truck took a pretty brutal beating but, thankfully, no one was hurt. Mike was helping the guy who hit them bend the bumper off of his tire. He was standing on the side of the road where there was a pretty steep hill. He must have been putting too much weight on his heel because he heard a pop, and he had torn his Achilles. Thankfully, the doctors I used to work for got us right in Monday morning and he's having surgery on Wednesday (we don't know sure what time yet). I know this doctor well, and feel very confident that he will do an excellent job.
Grandma and Grandpa S picked up Garrett Sunday night. He's going to be staying with them for a couple of days, until we get a little more settled, after surgery. We miss him so much, it's so weird not having him here!
Recovery is going to be a long, difficult process. After surgery Mike will be non-weight bearing for at least two months. He'll be put in a splint after surgery, for two weeks. Then, he'll be in a cast for 6 weeks. After that he'll finally go into a walking boot and will begin to slowly put weight on his foot. He'll be going to physical therapy a lot, to regain function and muscle. Mike should be able to recover with no long-term damage. Thank you, God!
Torn Achilles.
Torn Achilles.
I know I'm late, and I know everyone has been waiting patiently for Garrett's 10 month pictures! We went up to Marion for Halloween and I forgot my camera, sorry. Happy 10 month Birthday, Little Man, a couple of days late! Mama and Daddy love you so much!
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If you've turned on a computer lately, then you have probably heard about the EPIC news Alexander Wang announced on his Instagram page. In video form, Wang announced that sport luxe is finally coming to H&M, with his eponymous brand at the helm of an H&M/designer collaboration. Needless to say, we've been smiling ever since.
Wang's announcement over the weekend was as good as it gets for fashion collab news—that is, until we heard about Mary Katrantzou's collab with Adidas Originals.
According to Elle UK, the London-based designer and queen of graphic prints has signed on to produce a footwear and clothing collection for Adidas originals. According to sources, Katrantzou's '"iconic, hyper-colour, kaleidoscopic" patterns and signature prints will be at the forefront of the collaboration, which will launch in autumn.
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Kolya Abramsky edited the book Restructuring and Resistance, Diverse Voices of Struggle in Western Europe, and is involved in anti-authoritarian global anti-capitalist networking processes, at the global, European, and local levels, with a current focus on renewable energy.
Christophe Aguiton is a leader of the French Association to Tax financial Transactions to Aid Citizens (ATTAC) and the European March Against Unemployment.
Ruli Agus is a leading member of the Federation of Indonesian Peasant Unions and the global network Via Campesina.
Michael Albert coordinates the www.zmag.org network and is the author of many books on participatory economics and the progressive movements, including Realizing Hope, Parecon, Remembering Tomorrow and Moving Forward.
Samir Amin directs the Third World Forum in Dakar, chairs the World Forum for Alternatives, and has authored numerous books on global capitalism, including, most recently, Beyond US Hegemony : Assessing the Prospects for a Multipolar World and Memoirs of an Independent Marxist.
Franco Barchiesi, an Italian, holds a PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and teaches in African Studies at Ohio State University in the United States.
Tord Bjork is cofounder of the Popular Movements Study Group and is a member of Friends of the Earth Sweden, Network Institute on Global Democracy and Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam.
Heinrich Bohmke is a filmmaker and legal activist based at the Centre for Civil Society in Durban.
Patrick Bond directs the Centre for Civil Society in Durban, and has authored, most recently, Looting Africa and Talk Left Walk Right.
John Catalinotto is a journalist and lecturer at City University of New York, who has represented the International Action Center at tribunals in the U.S. and in Vienna and Belgrade.
Peter Custers is the author of Capital Accumulation and Women's Labour in Asian Economies and Questioning Globalized Militarism.
Arturo Escobar is based at the University of North Carolina in the United States where he is Kenan Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, and author of the influential book Encountering Development.
The Group of Nineteen who authored the Porto Alegre Manifesto is comprised by prominent scholars and activists Aminata Traoré, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Eduardo Galeano, José Saramago, François Houtart, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Armand Mattelart, Roberto Savio, Riccardo Petrella, Ignacio Ramonet, Bernard Cassen, Samir Amin, Atilio Boron, Samuel Ruiz Garcia, Tariq Ali, Frei Betto, Emir Sader, Walden Bello and Immanuel Wallerstein.
Michael Hardt is a professor of literature at Duke University, Durham, the United States, and coauthor (with Toni Negri) of Empire and Multitudes.
Sergio Haddad is president of the Brazilian Association of NGO's and executive secretary of. the Acao Educativa Assessoria Pesuisa e. Informaçao, a Sao Paulo-based organisation for adult-education research.
Dorothea Haerlin is with ATTAC-Germany and the Berlin Water Table.
François Houtart was for three decades professor at the Catholic University of Leuven and presently co-directs the World Forum for Alternatives and Centre Tricontinental.
Madhuresh Kumar is a researcher and social activist, CACIM programmes coordinator, secretary of the Kolkata civil organisation Unnayan, collaborator on the books World Social Forum: Challenging Empires and Talking New Politics, and author of Globalisation, State Policies, and Sustainability of Rights.
Peter Marcuse is a lawyer and planner who teaches urban planning at Columbia University in New York City, and who has authored Globalizing Cities and Of States and Cities.
Steve Martinot has worked as a machinist, truck driver and union organiser, presently teaches at San Francisco State University, and recently authored The Rule of Racialization.
Antonio Martins, a founder of the World Social Forum and International Council member, has worked in many alternative papers in Brazil, and is responsible for the Brazilian edition of Le Monde Diplomatique, as well as serving as a facilitator of ATTAC-Brazil.
Francine Mestrum is a Belgian social scientist and specialist on development issues (and author of Mondialisation et pauvreté), and an activist with ATTAC.
Prishani Naidoo is an activist and researcher with the Anti-Privatisation? Forum, and a post-graduate student at the Centre for Civil Society.
Geoffrey Pleyers, is FNRS Post-doctoral Researcher at the University of Louvain (Belgium) and an associate researcher at the Centre d'Analyse et d'Intervention Sociologiques (Paris) and at the Centre for the Study of Global Governance (L.S.E.). He attended the first five World Social Forums as well as the 2006 Polycentric WSF in Bamako.
Ruth Reitan is based at the University of Miami's Department of International Studies, and authored Global Activism and The Rise and Decline of an Alliance: Cuba and African American Leaders in the 1960s.
Jai Sen, director of CACIM, is an architect, urban designer and a civil campaigner on dwelling, labour, planning and rights related issues, and co-editor of World Social Forum: Challenging Empires.
Subir Sinha is Lecturer in Development Studies and Chair of the Centre for South Asian Studies at the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies, and a scholar activist on social and environmental issues, the history of Indian development, contemporary social movements, neoliberalism and civil society, and transnational development regimes.
Teivo Teivainen is chair of the politics department at the University of Helsinki, teaches at the San Marcos University in Lima, coordinates the activities of the Network Institute for Global Democratization in the Americas, and authored or coauthored books including Enter Economism Exit Politics, A Possible World, Dolar Un Voto and El poder mundial y desafíos democráticos.
Marko Ulvila is a Finnish free lance researcher and democracy activist based in Tampere, the member secretary of Democracy Forum Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam – Finland, and chairperson of NIGD.
Ruby van der Wekken is the NIGD's World Social Forum coordinator.
Ahmed Veriava is a Johannesburg movement activist, an analyst with Research and Education for Development, and a masters student at the Centre for Civil Society in Durban.
Peter Waterman, is a British scholar-activist of international labour and social movements, and co-editor of World Social Forum: Challenging Empires and author of Los nuevos tejidos del internacionalismo y la solidaridad' (The New Nervous System of Internationalism and Solidarity).
Chico Whitaker, winner of the 2006 'Right Livelihood Award', is a WSF cofounder, a former city councilor for the Workers Party (resigning in 2006 due to political disagreements), and author of The Challenge of the 'World Social Forum.
Akimoto Yoko is a member of ATTAC-Japan and of the Asian Pacific Workers Solidarity Links editorial committee.
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DevOps is one of the practices that is rapidly being adopted by both large-scale enterprises as well as medium to small digital organizations. But there still exists some confusion about what DevOps is, given its many definitions. Some experts classify it as a set of modern IT practices while other experts call it a culture or a movement. To help you understand the concept better, here's an overview of what DevOps is, its benefits and best practices.
What is DevOps?
The term DevOps, as you can guess, is a combination of 'development' and 'operations.' This will help define what Dev Ops does – bringing together software developers and operations teams to work collaboratively.
DevOps can thus be defined as a combination of software development practices, tools and cultural philosophies designed to enable organizations to rapidly reduce the systems development lifecycle and deliver applications and services faster than was possible using traditional development and operational practices.
It is important to remember that DevOps is not a technology or standard – it extends beyond that to a wider cultural change for organizations.
How DevOps Works
A Gartner report describes DevOps as a "change in IT culture focusing on rapid IT service delivery through the adoption of agile, lean practices." The aim of DevOps is to remove the silos of the development and operations teams. Often in DevOps, the two teams will work as one across the application lifecycle, assisted by an integrated QA and security teams.
DevOps teams automate processes that are manual and time-consuming. Technology stack and tools help in operating applications rapidly and help engineers in reducing dependency on other teams which enables the team to deliver results faster.
DevOps Best Practices
The DevOps model works with a few crucial practices that enable organizations to streamline processes and thus innovate faster as per market requirements. For example, one of the key practices is to perform frequent small updates which allow them to fix bugs soon after deployment. DevOps models will provide incremental and more frequent updates and deployments than any standard model that organizations may have used previously.
Continuous Integration
Continuous Integration is a development practice in which developers integrate code into a shared repository daily. This daily integration allows for the early detection of bugs and errors, which leads to faster problem-solving. This also reduces the time taken for validation and release of new software updates.
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Delivery is a software engineering approach which requires teams to produce software in short cycles, ensuring that the software can be reliably released at any time. Code changes are automatically built and tested. The software is released manually.
Microservices is a software development technique and approach where an application is built as a set of smaller services. In a microservices architecture, services are usually fine-grained with lightweight protocols. Developers can use different frameworks or programming languages to write microservices. These can be deployed either as a single service or as a group.
Infrastructure as Code
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a practice in which infrastructure is provisioned and managed using code and software development techniques, like version control and continuous integration. IaC helps reduce the complexity that is responsible for making a manual configuration inefficient.
Continuous Monitoring
Continuous monitoring is a must in a DevOps model as it allows for the early detection and fixing of errors. There are two kinds of monitoring in DevOps – server monitoring and application performance monitoring. Continuous monitoring ensures improved stability as teams can measure the performance in a much more efficient manner.
Collaboration & Communication
Open and increased communication and collaboration across teams is one of the hallmarks of DevOps culture. Automation of software delivery process and DevOps tooling ensures and encourages collaboration by combining workflows of the development and operations teams so that they are no longer siloed. This results in open communication across teams including sales, which enables everyone in the organization to be on the same page.
Benefits of DevOps
The benefits of DevOps are plenty. Speed is of the essence these days for all business. DevOps ensures that organizations can innovate faster and adapt to changing markets better.
Practices like continuous integration and continuous delivery automate the software release process in a DevOps model. DevOps helps organizations scale up their infrastructure and development processes reliably and results in increased and significantly improved collaboration between teams.
Organizations that have adopted the DevOps model reap its benefits like improved stability, security and increased app deployment speed. At Tricon, we enable you to produce quick and efficient software products and services while improving operational performance. Contact us to find out more about how our DevOps services can help you.


text: Despite highly optimistic expectations over the past decade, mobile payments are yet to take off successfully. Repeated failures show that mobile payment platforms are complex to launch. We propose a multi-level framework for analyzing the success and failure factors mobile payment platforms. We use a longitudinal case of mobile payments in South Korea to illustrate the framework. Our results show that three consecutive failures could be explained by essential conditions that were not fulfilled at different levels of the framework. The current attempt displays better potential at each level. Ultimately, the outcome of this fourth attempt is likely to be more positive than for the other previous ones.


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Kratom is known as this natural pain killer and mental enhancer that can improve your performance ad ability – and Borneo kratom is one of the best products in the market. Aside from the fact that it can reduce and alleviate pain, it is also a natural euphoria that can also help drug addicts during their withdrawal stage. So, what's special about this special strain, anyway?
Borneo Kratom: About the Strain
One of the specialty about the Borneo kratom is its variants – depending on the locations where the kratom is grown and developed. Because Borneo is quite wide and vast, consisting on different climate, weather, and land structure, the products are also variants. That's why you can have green, white, and also red kratom from Borneo. The different strains will also affect the function and potency of the products
Borneo kratom is considered one of the best because of the high level of the alkaloid. Alkaloids are the main reasons why kratom is a natural anxiety relief and mood improvement. Some users even say that when you can combine several strains of the kratom together, you can achieve the best outcome and effect. Some kratoms are known for its best pain relief while some are best for the mood treatment. If you can combine these different kratoms, you can achieve the best outcome and effect from the mix.
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As it was mentioned before, Borneo kratom consists of different strains with different effects. So, what are they?
- Red vein kratom. This is one of the most popular variant, mostly referred to its natural euphoric trait, pain relief, and also addiction withdrawal symptoms. This type of kratom can last to 4 hours to 6 hours. This is the perfect kratom for new users.
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The present paper explores the short span compression tester (SCT) as a means to experimentally determine the transverse shear moduli of paper. These moduli, which are known to be difficult to determine by any other means, are of importance for the behavior of paper during tissue manufacturing and in the converting and embossing of paperboard. Testing was conducted on paper of two different grammages both in MD and in CD. By applying the Timoshenko-Engesser theory for buckling of shear compliant materials, estimates of the transverse shear moduli were obtained through the measured SCT values and standard measurements of the Young's modulus and the thickness. These estimates were evaluated by detailed FE-analyses of the SCT setup incorporating initial geometrical imperfections representative for real test conditions. It was found that the Timoshenko-Engesser theory gives estimates of the transverse shear moduli that are within an accuracy well applicable for most engineering purposes. The results suggest that the method is at least as accurate as any other, more involved, method that could be used for the purpose.
An innovative creping simulator for tissue has been developed to meet the requirements set by both industrial needs, such as speed and process step duration, and research ambitions, such as flexibility for modifications and efficient operation. Some of these factors can be difficult to achieve with the previously introduced simulators. Lower speeds and much longer process step times can jeopardize results when, for instance, the drying time of chemicals is longer and the speed of creping is slower than in a tissue mill. The newly developed simulator has been used to investigate the effects of paper grammage, creping angle, temperature of dryer, speed and the horizontal force experienced during tissue creping. Results show good agreement with results of industrial-scale tissue production, with the exception of shrinkage which was greater. It was observed that the grammage influences the final thickness and the shrinkage of creped sheets, and that creping speed affects the creping frequency, thickness and shrinkage. The temperature of the surface of a sled mimicking the Yankee cylinder was shown to influence creping frequency and thickness. The horizontal friction force during creping appears to increase if drying temperature is lowered.


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Passenger Airlifted In Fayetteville Accident
A Nissan, driven by Shane D. Locklear of Shannon, failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of Stoney Point and Braddy roads last night.
Dusty Locklear, of Red Springs, a passenger in the Nissan was airlifted to UNC Hospital.
Adam T. Hipwell, of Raeford, was pulling a camper with his vehicle. The camper had two propane tanks on it.
Hipwell and Shane Lockwood were transported to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.
The accident is being investigated.


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Google is reportedly building social gaming startup called Arcade. Expected to boast of elements of a trivia game, the Arcade could make its debut this summer.
Founded and co-owned by Michael Sayman, a 21-year old Google Project Manager, the project will focus mainly on social gaming with friends on mobile devices.
Michael Sayman came into the limelight earlier also. He served Facebook as an intern at age 17 and impressed Mark Zuckerberg with the creation of 4 Snaps, a social picture snapping and guessing game. Later he created a video-centric social app called Lifestage for Facebook. At that time he was 19. The app was created to complete against SnapChat.
For those who want to know the functionality of the Social Gaming app, there is not much info available as the development of the Arcade is in an early stage. A Google spokesman reads,
It's a very early experiment, so there aren't many details to share right now.
The Social Gaming Startup is part of Google's Area 120, which is a side-project assistant. It allows employees to use 20 percent of their time to work on passion projects.
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Reports suggest the games obtainable at Arcade are currently not linked with any social network; instead, users will be allowed to create their account using their phone number. Google perhaps is considering this project as a social-media venture for the reason that once a game expands its size, it would interest social network by itself.
It's not the first time when we see Google building social gaming startup, Niantic Labs' Pokemon Go was also an internal startup at Google before going separate ways.
As of now Google's experience in the development of games is extremely confined due to the resignation of Google's chief game designer from his position. It is said that he was extremely frustrated with the disinterest of his superiors in development of a video game.
However, with Sayman working on the development of Arcade, Google again has a proficient game creator on-board. Reports also suggest that Sayman received a budget from Google to hire staff as well as to design, market and finance his own social gaming startup with less risk.
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