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Terms and Conditions
Thank you for your interest in participating in the DER Trial.
By clicking the 'Accept' button at the end of the registration form, you agree to abide by the following terms and conditions.
1 Reading this agreement
In this agreement:
(a) words that are written in bold have the meaning given to those terms in clause 10 of this agreement; and
(b) headings are provided for convenience and do not affect the interpretation of this agreement.
2 Term
The rights and obligations in this agreement start from the time you click the 'Accept' button at the end of this document and terminate on the earlier of:
(a) the end date;
(b) the date on which you advise us in writing that you no longer wish to participate in the DER Trial;
(c) the date on which we advise you that your participation in the DER Trial is terminated, including under clause 3(b); or
(d) the date on which this agreement is terminated by either party pursuant to clause 7(a).
3 Solar Smart Monitor installation
(a) Prior to you commencing the DER Trial, we will conduct an assessment of your premises to determine whether it is suitable for participation.
(b) If we are unable to conduct an assessment of your premises or your premises are found, for any reason, to be unsuitable for participation in the DER Trial, we will notify you in writing and your participation in the DER Trial will end.
(c) If your premises are found to be suitable for participation in the DER Trial, we will arrange a time with you to install the Solar Smart Monitor.
4 Your commitments
(a) You agree that:
(1) if you are selected to participate in the DER Trial you consent to us installing the Solar Smart Monitor at your premises;
(2) you have the authority to approve the installation of the Solar Smart Monitor at your premises;
(3) (without limiting clause 4(a)(1)) if you are a tenant, you have obtained your landlord's consent to participate in the DER Trial (which includes the installation of the Solar Smart Monitor at your premises);
(4) we will own the Solar Smart Monitor unless and until ownership is transferred to you under this agreement;
(5) you will properly and safely keep and maintain your solar photovoltaic system at your premises;
(6) you will not take any steps to damage the Solar Smart Monitor or prevent the user data being transmitted to us; and
(7) you will take all reasonable steps required to enable us or our contractor to access your premises to install the Solar Smart Monitor and, if required, to repair and maintain the Solar Smart Monitor from time to time.
(b) If any information provided by you to us changes, you must tell us within three days of you becoming aware of any such change. This information includes if you vacate or sell your premises.
5 User data and intellectual property
(a) All intellectual property which is created as a result of, or in relation to, the DER Trial (including the user data and any intellectual property in relation to the user data), vests in us on its creation. You agree that you have no rights in relation to this intellectual property or to any of our existing or future intellectual property that we contribute to the DER Trial.
(b) You acknowledge and agree that we may use the user data for any purpose, including for purposes that are not related to the DER Trial, provided that we do so in accordance with our privacy policy.
(c) Without limiting clause 5(b), we may use, reproduce, adapt, modify, communicate, license, broadcast, distribute, publish, commercialise, disseminate and exploit the user data for any purpose.
6 Solar Analytics Dashboard
(a) If your premises are found to be suitable for participation in the DER Trial and we install the Solar Smart Monitor, we will also pay for you to access the Solar Analytics Dashboard.
(b) We cannot guarantee the accessibility, reliability, accuracy or performance of the Solar Analytics Dashboard as it is provided by a third party.
(c) We will give the provider of the Solar Analytics Dashboard your name, address, contact details, Solar Smart Monitor serial number and details of your solar photovoltaic system so that you may receive the benefit of the Solar Analytics Dashboard. You consent to us providing this information to the provider, provided that we do so in accordance with our privacy policy.
(d) Before you can access and use the Solar Analytics Dashboard, you will need to register for the Solar Analytics Dashboard. We will provide you with details regarding how to register to use the Solar Analytics Dashboard.
(e) The provider of the Solar Analytics Dashboard may require you to agree to their terms and conditions of use before granting you access to the Solar Analytics Dashboard. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are comfortable with the provider's terms and conditions.
(f) We will only pay for you to access the Solar Analytics Dashboard during the term of this agreement.
(g) If you wish to continue using the Solar Analytics Dashboard after the term of this agreement ends, you will:
(1) be responsible for procuring continued access from the provider of the Solar Analytics Dashboard; and
(2) be responsible for all costs associated with the continued access to the Solar Analytics Dashboard.
(h) We will not be obliged to do, or continue to do, anything to ensure that you obtain or maintain continued access to the Solar Analytics Dashboard.
(i) Without limiting clause 8, we will have no liability whatsoever for the provision of the Solar Analytics Dashboard and we do not endorse or recommend any of the content or products advertised on the Solar Analytics Dashboard.
7 Termination
(a) Either party may terminate this agreement at any time by giving written notice to the other party.
(b) If this agreement terminates on the end date, ownership of the Solar Smart Monitor will pass from us to you on the end date.
(c) If this agreement terminates before the end date you must, if requested by us, allow us or our contractor to access your premises to remove the Solar Smart Monitor from your premises.
(d) If you request, at any time within 30 days from the termination or expiration of this agreement, for the Solar Smart Monitor to be removed, we will arrange for its removal from your premises. If you do not request for the Solar Smart Monitor to be removed within this timeframe, we will not be obliged to remove the Solar Smart Monitor, but may do so at our discretion.
8 Liability
(a) Subject to clause 8(b), we are not liable to you for any loss, damage or liability of any kind (including without limitation any consequential loss) arising from or in connection with your participation in the DER Trial, for our administration of the DER Trial or in connection with this agreement.
(b) Nothing in this agreement is to be taken to exclude, restrict or modify any rights of recovery or compensation you may have under the Australian Consumer Law or any condition, warranty or guarantee that we are prohibited by law from excluding, restricting or modifying. All other conditions, warranties and guarantees, whether or not implied by law, are excluded.
9 General
(a) If all or a part of this agreement (a "provision") is void, unenforceable or illegal in a jurisdiction, it is severed for the purposes of that jurisdiction. The remainder of this agreement is of full force and effect and the validity of that provision in any other jurisdiction is not affected. This clause has no effect if the severance alters the basic nature of this agreement or is contrary to public policy.
(b) This agreement is governed by the law in force in Western Australia from time to time and you and we irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Western Australia.
(c) This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and us about its subject matter and any previous agreements, representations, understandings and negotiations on that subject matter cease to have any effect.
(d) The rights, powers and remedies provided in this agreement are cumulative with and not exclusive of the rights, powers or remedies provided by law independently of this agreement.
(e) No amendment or waiver of any clause in this agreement will be valid or effective unless made in writing and duly executed by you and us, in the case of an amendment or waiver by you, if you are, or us if we are, giving the waiver.
(f) We may amend this agreement at any time by giving notice to you of those amendments and your continued participation in the DER Trial will be taken as acceptance of such amendments.
(g) Nothing in this agreement excludes, restricts or prejudices any of our rights or remedies under any law or subsidiary legislation including without limitation, the Metering Code.
10 Definitions
agreement means the legally binding contract that is created between you and us on the terms and conditions set out in this document when you click the 'Accept' button at the end of this document.
Australian Consumer Law means Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) as in force as a law of the Commonwealth of Australia under that Act, and as in force as a law of Western Australia under the Fair Trading Act 2010 (WA).
consequential loss includes any consequential, indirect or special loss, loss of opportunity, loss of anticipated savings, loss of profit, loss of revenue or business or damage to reputation.
DER Trial means the trial run by us to investigate, amongst other things, the effect of weather on customer load and how to optimise the electricity network.
end date means 31 December 2020.
intellectual property means all rights resulting from intellectual activity whether capable of protection by statute, common law or in equity, including copyright, discoveries, inventions, patent rights, registered and unregistered trademarks, design rights, circuit layouts, the right to have confidential information kept confidential and all rights and interests of a like nature, together with any and all documentation relating to such rights and interests.
Metering Code means the Electricity Industry (Metering) Code 2012 (WA).
our, us or we means Regional Power Corporation, trading as Horizon Power.
premises means the premises which you own or rent and which you notified to us when you registered to participate in the DER Trial.
provider means the third party who provides the Solar Analytics Dashboard.
Solar Analytics Dashboard means the application that allows you to access the user data or part thereof online through your computer or mobile device.
Solar Smart Monitor means the energy meter device and data sensor that is installed, or to be installed, at your premises to measure the user data.
user data means any data transmitted by the Solar Smart Monitor, including but not limited to information relating to voltage, nett active power, nett reactive power, nett current, DER active power, DER reactive power and frequency.
you or your means the account holder or authority who registered to participate in the DER Trial.


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|Penrith District Council formed
|13th May Penrith Proclaimed a Municipality, James John Riley was elected the first Mayor
|First Council Chambers erected on the corner of Henry & Evan Streets, architect David McBeath
4th March
|St Marys proclaimed a Municipality
30th April
|Foundation stone laid for Electric light Station.
5th May
|Electricity generating plant came into use
26th July
|Mulgoa proclaimed a Municipality, Arthur Winborn Stephen was elected the first Mayor
26th July
|Castlereagh proclaimed a Municipality, A L Hough was elected Mayor
|Old Council Chambers: photo shows Clyde Mitchell leaning on back of truck, to the right are Bert Field (deputy town clerk) and Ern Orth (town clerk). Joe Elliot (health inspector) on the white horse. Penrith Council had a truck similar to this one which was owned by Main Roads Board until about 1940. Jim Buckley (Heather Corr's grandfather) drove the truck
19th February
|Penrith Council ceased to generate its own electricity – an end of over 40 years of power generation in Penrith
6th May
|Opening of Penrith Council's free Library in the School of the Arts, Margaret Kinsella was librarian.
|Additional council Office buildings, this building was relocated to land next to Penrith Council Chambers. The building was originally used to house aboriginal children from Darwin in WW2, out near St Thomas' Church at Mulgoa. The right hand side of the building was used for general offices, and left hand side was the Town Clerk's office.
Another secondhand building was erected at rear of this building a little later. Used by engineers dept. At the rear of these buildings were some open type sheds used for mechanical repairs of trucks, graders etc.
10th November
|Last Meeting held in the Council Chambers located at Evan and Henry Streets Penrith.
24th November
|First Meeting held in the then new Council Chambers located at Station and Henry Streets Penrith.
14th November
|Penrith proclaimed a City.
25th October
|Emu Plains transferred from Blue Mountains City Council to Penrith City Council.
6th March
|The 'New' Penrith City Council Library opened on the corner of Henry and Evan Streets, by the Hon E Wetherell, Minister for education.
|Penrith Council Administration Centre in Henry Street opposite the TAFE opened to provide temporary additional accommodation until the Civic Centre was built, this building closed in December 1993.
|The old RAAF Barracks site was purchased by the council for $1.725 million to build a new Civic Centre incorporating the Chambers administrative centre and library, pictured is the site before construction starts.
|Construction of the new Civic Centre started.
7th December
|Civic Centre opened for business, except for the library which opened on the 8th January 1994.More information on the Civic Centre
|Chambers located on the first floor of the Civic Centre were used for the first time.
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Dark Horse has the Conan license, Dynamite has the Red Sonja license. But luckily the two know how to work together…
Last year it was announced that there would be a crossover between the two properties written by Gail Simone and Brian Wood.
Although, to smooth troubled waters, they may need a different writer.
Hence Jim Zub being tapped to co-write the series with Gail instead.
I talked with Jim about the project earlier today at San Diego Comic Con.
Rich Johnston: Obviously you are now typecast as a fantasy writer.
Jim Zub: I have whored myself out to all the sword and sorcery that will every be. I love it though! I loved reading on Bleeding Cool, Jim is doing a new fantasy probably, either D&D or Conan, these are the only two he hasn't done.
RJ: And it was both!
JZ: I laughed when I read that because I knew it was both and couldn't say anything.
We talked about how his new Image series Wayward could give him a new career bent.
JZ: I would be happy, the great thing about teen characters, the crucial point in their lives, its they are making important decisions about who they are going to be, its the reason why the X-Men or the New Mutants or Runaways have that kind of audience, those kind of properties that tap into teenage, I don't want to say angst, who they are going to be who they are deciding they are going to be. I think it's a powerful metaphor. Would I be happy if Wayward grabbed people in that level? Of course it would be a thrill.
RJ: Editors are a cowardly and lazy bunch, they see someone can write one kind of comic, so we'll give them all of this kind of comic…
JZ: That's an easy thing to say but they can only work off what evidence they have. If they look at it and see a clear contact point there why not. The rumour is that Marvel is going to a bunch with their supernatural properties built off of Doctor Strange, well this guy does cool supernatural things, these seem like natural contact points.
RJ: So will you be writing The Doctor Strangettes ?
JZ: In my dreams. Doctor Strange was my guy, I loved D&D, hewas a wizard and a superherom he's everything. He was my dude but I'm not writing Doctor Strange.
RJ: Now Conan/Red Sonja was previously announced earlier with a different creative team….
JZ: I was approached by Gail to jump on Conan/Red Sonja, she had a broad idea where she anted to go with it, she asked me to jump on board, I don't have much context for what happened before, you'd have to talk to David at Dark Horse.
And handily the editor was right there to task.
RJ: The book was originally announced from Gail Simone and Brian Wood, what happened?
David Land: Um… it just didn't work out basically. It's that simple. We announced it very early, you always run a risk of putting out inaccurate if you put it out so early
We went off half cocked and it turned out that wasn't what the project was after all.
RJ: So Gail and Jim are fully cocked?
DZ: Fully cocked.
JZ: Wow, that's going to be the headline quote, But scripts are already done and we're rolling away on it.
What era do you plan? You've got them when they're youthful, in their prime and their older years. Gail's really cool idea was to show them over the course of years. There's three different times, years pass between each major chapter.
RJ: Not one crossover but three crossover?
JZ: You get this epic breath of time, you're building up a relationship with the two of them, they meet when they are young and impetuous and they're not even fully formed in who they are and then when they meet again, they've changed, tempered into adults and some decisions they've made to lead hem to that point have paid off and how they react to each other is now quite different. You get these characters but you get different aspects of them, who they grow to be, the maturity, the time that builds up on them, the detritus that builds up on them.
So in many ways in many ways what's cool is we get this playground of a broader story structure, we have Conan before he ever meets Bêlit and an aspect of the story after she's died, that's a real pinnacle moment of who he is and who he becomes and playing off Sonja in that context.
You can literally have call backs to your own story…
You literally can, Jim!


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A Heartbreaking Loss
Blue Hose Men's Soccer Falls to Campbell in Big South Championship 1-0
Jan Hoffelner made four crucial saves in regulation, but a golden goal from Campbell's Gideon Betz in the 99th minute gave the Camels a 1-0 win and the Big South Conference men's soccer tournament title on Sunday at Martin Stadium.
How It Happened
Both goalies played stellar games, making highlight-reel saves when their team needed it. Campbell's Samuel Lechuga made four saves and didn't allow a goal during the entire Big South Tournament.
In the 27th minute, Jordan Barbara nearly curled a free kick into the upper 90, but Lechuga was able to track it and make the diving save to keep the game scoreless.
Campbell nearly took the lead in the 56th minute when Thibaut Jacquel headed a corner kick on goal that Hoffelner saved and pushed into the left post.
The winning goal was set up when Michael Barrow sent a high ball into the Presbyterian area that Alemu Mercer-Miko chested down to Betz, who met it with a right-footed strike that beat Hoffelner.
Presbyterian finished with a 12-10 edge in shots, including Sergio Pinto's effort less than three minutes into overtime that rolled just wide of the left post.
Jan Hoffelner, Marcos Kitromilides and Victor Menudier were all named to the All-Tournament team for their excellent play throughout the tournament.
"We want to thank our three seniors for their hard work, dedication and for helping elevate the program to what it is today," said head coach Jonathan Potter.


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We all know how this goes. People everywhere start making lists in December- all kinds of lists! Favorite films of 2014, favorite television shows of 2014, favorite songs of 2014, favorite albums of 2014, and of course, the most famous list (apart from the bucket list), a list of New Year's resolutions. My New Year's resolutions always seem to be the same things, which probably says a lot about what kind of person I am (procrastinator; lazy). BUT, I'm not here to talk about resolutions. Not yet. I want to talk about something I've been working on since February of this year. Do you remember when Brooks Wheelan, the unfortunately short-lived SNL writer-turned-cast member, made a video-a-day of his life for a year? In case you don't, you can watch it now so you'll know what I'm talking about.
In case you didn't watch it (you're a moron if you didn't), it's a seven minute long video composed entirely of one-second clips from all 365 days in 2013. It's set to Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) by Arcade Fire and Maps by Yeah Yeah Yeahs. It's genius, and it makes you want to get out and make the most of your life. I decided that I would do the same thing in 2014. However, I started in February (because I didn't see this video until February) and I kind of stopped recording every single day sometime in the summer. I had a really good record going and I broke it one day completely by accident, beat myself up about it (because that's the kind of person I am), and decided that from then on, I would just record moments when I saw fit. So I've been working on this video, and I've been editing it all in AfterEffects, and I'm hoping to have it done by New Years Eve so I can have it completed and start a true video-a-day for 2015.
Have you ever attempted the video-a-day/second-a-day? If so, post yours in the comments, I'd love to watch them!
Here's a link to what I've done so far (kind of a trailer because I was really amped about the whole concept of this in the beginning)


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Would you like to use your current location as a start point?
Darwin to Perth. A long drive, but plenty to see in the heart of Australia.
Created 31/01/2013 10:39:46 PM
By mrdarrencollins
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Amazing eggs Benedict - perfect start to the long journey ahead.
After this point, there is no turning back! The road is long....
Be sure to stop for a photo by the sign
Watch out for the kangaroos at dusk and dawn
Most famous for the Sav Blanc - well worth a visit
Amazing view over the water


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Bella Hadid, Gigi Hadid, and Kendall Jenner.
Photo by @bellahadid.
Adriana Lima jetted to Turks and Caicos.
Photo by @adrianalima.
Joan Smalls had a chill stay-cation.
Photo by @joansmalls.
Taylor Hill and Elsa Hosk were working hard for Victoria's Secret, or hardly working, on the beach.
Photo by @taylor_hill.
Emily Ratajkowski had a glorious reunion with carbs.
Photo by @emrata.
Irina Shayk ditched the fashion herd.
Photo by @irinashayk.
Alessandra Ambrosio went to Disneyland with her kids.
Photo by @alessandraambrosio.
Alexandra Elizabeth and Hollie-May Saker collapsed after Paris.
Photo by @alexandraelizabethljadov.
Mica Arganaraz visited Mayan ruins.
Photo by @micarganaraz.
Lineisy Montero kicked back on the beach.
Photo by @lineisymontero.
Kendall Jenner hung out with her girl, Hillary.
Photo by @kendalljenner.
Imaan Hammam was all smiles back home in Amsterdam.
Photo by @imaanhammam.
Cat McNeil blew off some steam.
Photo by @catmcneil.
Dilone went for a ride.
Photo by @_dilone.
Lotta Volkova went with Clara Deshayes to Marseille.
Photo by @claradeshayes.
Grace Mahary stretched her legs.
Photo by @gracemahary.
Molly Bair made herself comfortable.
Photo by @molllsbair.
Herieth Paul stopped by Ohio.
Photo by @heriethpaul.
Mariacarla Boscono hoarded all the Italian cookies she got in Milan.
Photo by @bellahadid.
Issa Lish was lit in Paris.
Photo by @issalien.


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Because terrorists are people, too.
Omar Khadr faces five war crimes charges that include murder.
In July 2002, Omar Khadr threw a grenade that blew up an American soldier in Afghanistan.
Khadr was wounded and captured during this same firefight.
After his capture a video was found that shows Khadr toying with detonating cord as other men including Abu Laith al-Libi assemble explosives in the same house that had been destroyed in the firefight. He was also seen planting landmines while smiling and joking with the cameraman. It has been suggested that these were the same landmines later recovered by American forces on a road between Gardez and Khowst- Wiki.
Khadr was injured in the firefight and begged to be killed…
But US medics saved his life.
Instead, of facing death, Khadr may be set free.
Khadr's lawyers are working on a plea deal.
The AP reported:
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A plea deal that would reportedly keep a Guantanamo prisoner in custody for eight more years isn't sitting well with a key witness against him: a former Army sergeant who was partially blinded and lost a friend in the firefight that led to the alleged al-Qaida militant's capture.
Layne Morris said Friday that Canadian-born Omar Khadr should get at least 20 years in prison, and perhaps much longer.
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"They ought to lock him up until he's no longer a threat, and if that's for the rest of his life, so be it," Morris said in an interview with The Associated Press a day after Khadr's lawyers disclosed they were negotiating a possible plea deal.
Khadr, who was 15 when he was captured following the firefight in Afghanistan in 2002, was originally scheduled to go on trial Monday at the U.S. base in Cuba. He faces war crimes charges that include murder for allegedly throwing a grenade that killed Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer, a special forces medic from Albuquerque, New Mexico. If convicted, he faces a maximum life sentence.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper continued Friday to avoid wading into reports that a plea deal is in the works for Canadian Omar Khadr.


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When not taking a wholly unnecessary trip to the American Pie cash machine, Jason Biggs is still trying to make sincere, earnest films like Grassroots. He's also grown quite fond of making humorous attempts at viral videos on today's hot topics, like when he mocked the naked KONY guy, or his latest video, an "unreleased audition" for Magic Mike.
Biggs' wife, Jenny Mollen – the same wife that bought him a blowjob from a prostitute – leaked the video on Twitter through the couple's "personal assistant". Basically, they're in their own little world of comedy, apparently, and the only reason that I'm bringing this up is because I was concerned that Biggs was the first person to have thought of this. But he wasn't. There are more. Each as "hilarious" as the next.
So prepare yourself for the outlandish, as Biggs reads Matthew McConaughey's lines and does a dance to Ginuwine's "Pony". Spoiler alert: It's funny because he's out of shape and can't dance.


text: Dr. Kailey Marshall, O.D. is the newest addition to our practice. An Orange County native, she graduated from the Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum right here in Fullerton. Dr. Marshall completed her Bachelors of Science in Psychobiology from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Marshall has a passion for helping people achieve clear, comfortable vision and maintain healthy eyes. She also loves working with children and is happy to examine even those under age three. Dr. Marshall's family has roots in Argentina, she is fluent in Spanish and happy to recommend the best places to find authentic empandas in the OC. In her free time she likes to cook, travel, spend time at the beach and see live music.


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"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living." – Marcus Tullius Cicero SOME DAYS Yesterday I was soaring the skies flying high just like a kite above the ocean's waves. Today I fell hard on … Continue reading
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Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach
Thruway Motorcoach is Amtrak's system of Amtrak-owned intercity coaches, locally contracted transit buses, through-ticketed local bus routes, and taxi services to connect Amtrak train stations to areas not served by its railroads, or stations which are disconnected temporarily due to service delays or track maintenance issues. Train and Thruway Motorcoach tickets are purchased together from Amtrak for the length of a passenger's journey, and the connections are timed for convenient dedicated and guaranteed-reliable transfers between the two services. In addition to providing connecting service to unserved areas, some Thruway Motorcoaches operate as redundant service along well-established passenger rail corridors to add extra capacity.
From 1999 to 2019, California state law[1] only allowed tickets for California routes to be sold as part of train journeys.[2] However, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 742 on October 8, 2019, which repealed this bill.[3]
Amtrak establishes temporary Thruway Motorcoach service when normal rail service encounters disruptions.[4]
Thruway Motorcoach routesEdit
- Philadelphia to Quakertown/Allentown/White Haven/Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania (service provided by Martz Trailways)
- Philadelphia to Atlantic City, New Jersey (through-ticketed NJ Transit Atlantic City Line rail route)
- Harrisburg to State College/Altoona/Ebensburg/Johnstown/Greensburg/Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (through-ticketed Greyhound route)
- Pittsburgh to Cleveland, Ohio
- Pittsburgh to Columbus/Dayton, Ohio/Indianapolis, Indiana (through-ticketed Greyhound route)
- New York City to LaGuardia Airport/JFK Airport (through-ticketed New York Airport Service route)
- Portland, Maine to Bangor (through-ticketed Concord Coach Lines route)
- Boston to Newburyport, Massachusetts/Portsmouth, New Hampshire (through-ticketed C&J Trailways route)
- New London, Connecticut to Foxwoods Casino (through-ticketed SEAT route)
- Boston to Manchester/Concord/Berlin, New Hampshire (through-ticketed Concord Coach Lines route)[5]
- Boston to Manchester/Concord/Littleton, New Hampshire (through-ticketed Concord Coach Lines route)[6]
- Wilmington, Delaware to Dover, Delaware/Salisbury, Maryland (through-ticketed Greyhound route)
- BWI Airport Amtrak station to Kent Island/Easton/Cambridge/Salisbury/Ocean Pines/Ocean City, Maryland (operated by BayRunner Shuttle)
- BWI Airport Amtrak station to Frederick/Hagerstown/Cumberland/Grantsville, Maryland (operated by BayRunner Shuttle)
- Buffalo to Jamestown, New York (through-ticketed Coach USA Erie route)
- Westport, New York to Lake Placid, New York (operated by Ground Force 1)
- Albany, New York to Bennington/Manchester, Vermont (through-ticketed Vermont Translines route)[7]
- Syracuse, New York to Cortland/Dryden/Ithaca/Elmira (service provided by New York Trailways)[8]
- Elmira, New York to Williamsport and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with many intermediate stops (service provided by Fullington Trailways)
- Jacksonville to Lakeland, Florida via Ocala
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Substitution for Amtrak trainsEdit
Thruway Motorcoaches are also substituted in place of an Amtrak California train on the following unnumbered segments:
- Fresno - Bakersfield (one early morning southbound trip)
- Oakland – San Jose
- Van Nuys, Los Angeles to central Los Angeles (one southbound trip)
- Central Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
Thruway Motorcoaches can also be used as an alternative to the Amtrak Downeaster on the following segments:
- Boston (North Station) to Dover, Exeter, or Durham/UNH – one northbound (Bus 8619) and one southbound (Bus 8618) (C&J bus)- this segment can be reserved through Amtrak ticketing systems
- Boston (South Station) to Portland, Maine – Portland/Boston Flexpass is valid on Concord Coach or Downeaster runs between Portland and Boston – no reservations required (The Downeaster serves Boston-North Station, while Concord Coach serves Boston-South Station)
Replaced Thruway Motorcoach serviceEdit
Thruway Motorcoach service has been replaced by through-ticketed local transit on the following California segments:
- San Jose – Santa Cruz: Highway 17 Express
- San Jose – Monterey: Monterey-Salinas Transit Line 55
- Auburn – Grass Valley: Gold County Stage Line 5X
- ^ SB 804 (Perata) 1999
- ^ "California Thruway Buses Reach Hot Vacation Spots". Amtrak. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ^ https://www.gov.ca.gov/2019/10/08/governor-newsom-issues-legislative-update-10-8-19/
- ^ "Thruway Motorcoach Service and Accessibility." Amtrak. Accessed July 27, 2008.
- ^ Berlin and Conway, NH, Concord Coach Lines. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ^ Littleton and Plymouth, NH, Concord Coach Lines. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ^ Vermont Shires Connector, Vermont Translines. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
- ^ Amtrak, Trailways team up to serve towns off the tracks, Times Union. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ Route 5, Piedmont Authority for Regional Transit. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ^ Vacations in North Carolina by Train and Thruway Bus, Amtrak. Retrieved 2017-08-25.


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Annihilators Rules Solaris 7
Posted 22 April 2018 - 02:54 PM
Russ Bullock and the devs, I'm calling you out. Please take an extremely close look at them and how they dominate Solaris 7. They need to be fixed ASAP.
Posted 22 April 2018 - 03:11 PM
Posted 22 April 2018 - 03:16 PM
In my MCIIB I could beat anything that was not an ANH. Never did beat one either.
Posted 23 April 2018 - 12:43 AM
Posted 23 April 2018 - 01:12 AM
Dire wolf - the closest to Annihilator clan mech, still he is not a match to it, although clans have less available tonnage.
Posted 23 April 2018 - 02:26 AM
Theirfore its a complete different beast compared to a 1v1 match. In 1v1 you can put two people of the same skill in two different mechs and you will then see a trend of what mech is better over time.
Posted 23 April 2018 - 02:55 AM
Also, in terms of Solaris, the present clan 240 tons restriction is obsolete - or maybe is it my only opinion?
Posted 23 April 2018 - 07:09 AM
Posted 23 April 2018 - 08:19 AM
Ebins, on 22 April 2018 - 02:54 PM, said:
Yes, they dominate Div1, but nerfing their quirks is gonna hurt them plenty in game modes where their shortcomings matter - e.g. anything but Solaris. The damn thing's an absolute beasts in S7's setting, but their slow speed, huge size and less-than-stellar ability to peak & poke means they actually need their quirks to be as viable as they are elsewhere.
They could arguably take a small nerf without it affecting their viability too much, but if it's not breaking them outside of S7, it's probably not enough to bring them down to par in S7.
I'd rather see PGI buff the less viable Assaults. Not like the DWF couldn't do with a couple points of additional armour, it's not exactly a dominant Mech in 12v12, is it? Same for the Atlas. Put that thing in Div1 and crank the armour quirks up another notch. The hardpoint limitations and geometry are going to hold it back in other game modes anyway.
Posted 23 April 2018 - 03:37 PM
Posted 24 April 2018 - 10:32 AM
I mean, I'm certainly not a top tier pilot either, but at my skill level, so far, I don't really have any objection to fighting Annihilators.
Posted 24 April 2018 - 06:08 PM
Posted 25 April 2018 - 10:39 AM
Edited by Christophe Ivanov, 25 April 2018 - 04:56 PM.
Posted 25 April 2018 - 10:54 AM
Christophe Ivanov, on 25 April 2018 - 10:39 AM, said:
I particularly like the idea of this, although I don't dare try it with MRMs. It just seems like such an inviting target if you can break vertical cover and just see the tip of the Annihilator's head, because they never have weapons that high.
Posted 26 April 2018 - 08:31 AM
But who has tried to beat it? I've played it alot with my 6xLBX2+6 small pulse Dire. I haven't bothered to change it because it's doing about average so I can play it there, but I can also take it to FP in particular.
But the thing is, I've not seen anyone seriously trying to make a build that can beat the Annihilator with something other than Annihilator. All other Dire's that I've seen have been rather easy kills with a LBX2 Dire having 14 tons of ammo.That's how optimal my Dire is for S7. I haven't checked the Fafnir hardpoints but the ones I've seen have less chances to even beat most other mechs, than the Anni.
All I see is complaints about Annihilator but no attemps to beat it.
Edited by Teer Kerensky, 26 April 2018 - 08:31 AM.
Posted 26 April 2018 - 09:17 AM
Teer Kerensky, on 26 April 2018 - 08:31 AM, said:
But who has tried to beat it? I've played it alot with my 6xLBX2+6 small pulse Dire. I haven't bothered to change it because it's doing about average so I can play it there, but I can also take it to FP in particular.
But the thing is, I've not seen anyone seriously trying to make a build that can beat the Annihilator with something other than Annihilator. All other Dire's that I've seen have been rather easy kills with a LBX2 Dire having 14 tons of ammo.That's how optimal my Dire is for S7. I haven't checked the Fafnir hardpoints but the ones I've seen have less chances to even beat most other mechs, than the Anni.
All I see is complaints about Annihilator but no attemps to beat it.
Here's what I have tried so far:
1. Vote in maps that allow you to duke around the Anni and exploit its slow speed. Result: It's actually not a terribly slow 'Mech, there are 3/5 maps that the Anni does very well on, so tactical map voting is out.
2. Attempt to get behind using slight speed advantage, best guess of Anni location and seismic sensor. Result: Works occasionally, most pilots will have seismic to counter this.
3. Shoot out weapons or legs. Result: Too much armour, the Anni will always out damage you in a straight up fire fight.
4. Trap Anni on high / low ground. Result: Anni actually has great pitch range, there are few places where this is possible.
5. Out range / snipe / poke. Result: Impossible, as the map size and arrangement of cover and obstacles is such that even with a ~50 kph top speed, they will be able to dominate the map and eventually push you into a corner.
With two pilots of equal skill, the Anni is always the better choice, it will always win, there are no downsides to picking this 'Mech in division 1.
The only possible issue I can see with the Anni is that with the common dakka builds, it relies on high face time to defeat you. You will rarely see an Anni twist to avoid damage unless it's running LB-X's. Therefore, perhaps it will be easier to head shot than most other 'Mechs. This does of course require you to take aim, at which point there is nothing stopping our friend, the Heavy Gauss Anni from evaporating you in return.
Posted 26 April 2018 - 10:02 AM
Golm, on 22 April 2018 - 03:16 PM, said:
In my MCIIB I could beat anything that was not an ANH. Never did beat one either.
I've beaten many annihilators with the 2b, but there are definitely some annihilator builds/pilots that are unbeatable with a mkII
Edited by Dionnsai, 26 April 2018 - 10:02 AM.
Posted 26 April 2018 - 04:06 PM
Not all of Solaris 7.
I really want to thank you for your hyperbole though. It's important to blow things out of context and proportion, I mean otherwise how can anyone take what you're saying seriously?
Posted 26 April 2018 - 05:00 PM
Aim for Annihilator side torsos or legs, but keep on target once you pick, either way. For the early match, you want to keep your distance and fire as much as possible from cover.
On 'Mech Factory, it's best to engage from the opposite side of the central areas on either end of the arena, where there are horizontal bars, since they happen to be at a perfect height for you to shoot between them while preventing full engagement from all of the Annihilator's weapons most of the time. If they start heading to come around one side or the other, aim to keep them on the opposite side. If you're behind cover, stop moving and use your audio to listen to their footsteps while facing directly through the cover in the direction of their last known location. It will quickly become evident which side they're attempting to flank you on, and you can move in the opposite direction either before they break cover on that side, or just afterward, so you can light them up with an alpha on the way. If they try to climb a ramp, just get away, and engage at range as opportunities present, between cover. If they avoid the above mentioned areas, then you'll just have to sustain stick and move gameplay until you can close for a kill shot. Often, if they do avoid the above areas, you'll have plenty of opportunity to shoot their legs between breaks in cover.
If you notice them trying to leg you, you'll want to close to facehugging distance before the match is over, before they manage to remove a complete leg. They can't bring their weapons to bear on your legs at point blank range, so it'll prevent the legging attempt entirely and force them to instead take your torsos, after they've already wasted time/DPS trying to knock a leg off. The best way to do this is to force them to come around cover to get to you and then rush them from a starting point that is already as close as possible. If you don't feel you can close the distance in time, just play keep away until they get frustrated and push your cover. This strategy is the primary reason I don't aim for legs from the outset of a match, since it means you wasted your early shots too if you didn't manage to leg them before they got close to legging you in return. If you both end up legged, you still lose your speed advantage, which is the only thing keeping you alive most of the time.
This QKD build is barely fast enough to circle strafe some of the slower Annihilators, but I'm not very good at determining how slow they are early enough to use this reliably. If I do get into a situation where I'm able to circle strafe them I'll usually try to take a leg off, if it's convenient to do so, since they're the only components you can reliably shoot from almost any angle. Rear torsos are almost as good, since they're often very lightly armored, and your 80 point alpha can *always* break through and do some real damage to a torso.
Use the jump jet to drop from platforms without taking leg damage, so you can surprise them from another angle. Also use the jump jet to break vertical cover at least once per match, since your weapons are high mount anyway, and they rarely expect this, even when they can hear your jump jets.
The Annihilator is extremely slow to bring weapons to bear, so often I can get a full alpha off before they can return fire, and I'm back behind cover by the time they fire(like between the pillars on Steiner Arena. Don't be afraid to cut a shot short if you think they're lining their shot up too quickly, it's better to avoid the return fire. This QKD build has plenty of ammo to hit 600+ damage in a match so long as you're accurate, which is plenty to destroy an Annihilator. I often end up with 800+ damage against ANH and DWF opponents.
Remember that it's almost always better to fire both MRM40 as a pair. The ghost heat takes you from 23 heat to 24.61 heat, which is really a marginal difference, especially since you almost always have the option to cool behind cover between shots.
Once you've closed for the final kill, usually after you see a bare CT, start chain firing the MRMs to save heat. Aim at the "neck" and/or "head" if your opponent tries to shield their CT by turning slightly to one side during the final showdown.
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Assults can't dance with other assults so I don't think legging or ST destruction is going anywhere. Dire with 3xUAC5 2xUAC10 has nominal DPS of 17. That is what I'm currently trying. Double tap for a while, take cover to cool off and unjam, repeat until either is dead. I find the biggest problem to be hitting CT only.
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Salem Harvest
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"When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you."
— Leviticus 23:22
What does a dictate to Moses from several millennia ago have to do with any of us in the year 2014? Based on the mission of local nonprofit Salem Harvest, everything. The founding board of directors took to heart the practice of gleaning the fields of local growers because they understood that the need for food in our community wasn't limited to a single holiday season; instead, it is an every month, every day necessity.
As stated on the organization's website, Salem Harvest connects farmers and backyard growers with volunteer pickers (some 3,000 volunteers since the organization started in 2010) to harvest fruits and vegetables that otherwise would go to waste. Half of each harvest is donated to the Marion-Polk Food Share or its affiliated food pantries, and volunteer pickers take home the remainder.
Since its inception, Salem Harvest has donated nearly a quarter-million pounds of produce to help alleviate hunger in our community. As of August — with much of the harvest season still to come — the nonprofit had already donated 112,629 pounds of food in 2014.
None of this incredible effort could have happened without the support of the organization's all-volunteer board of directors, 3,000 volunteers, the farming community and some 13 sponsors.
Salem Harvest still faces challenges as well. Goals for 2014 and 2015 include: developing more partnerships with growers to expand the network of farmland for harvesting; educating the community that Marion-Polk Food Share provides fresh produce in addition to canned goods; and partnering with 25 Master Gardeners to teach people how to grow food in their own backyards.
But the nonprofit's number-one challenge is the same as that faced by all farmers: the weather. Last year, donations dropped due to poor growing conditions — and no dictate from any past millennia could change that. So let's all hope for a fruitful close to the 2014 harvest season.
Contact Salem Harvest
Phone: 503-400-6618
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com (to volunteer); firstname.lastname@example.com (to donate crops); firstname.lastname@example.com (other questions)
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Investigators be trained in judicial academies: CJ
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa, who also heads the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan, (LJCP), on Monday observed that training of investigation officers and prosecutors should be carried out in the judicial academies across the country to improve their professional standards.
Chairing a meeting of the commission, he pointed out grey areas in investigations and emphasised that investigating agencies needed to chalk out such mechanisms where not only the culprits of the offence were identified but were also convicted under the relevant provisions of the law.
"The system needs to provide the truthful evidence and the apprehension of false evidence be totally eliminated," the top judge said.
The committee in its last meeting held on Jan 7, had decided that the police reforms may be prioritised for implementation, and in this context, the complaint redressal mechanism and police investigation may be taken up firstly.
The main agenda of the meeting was to discuss the implementation of public complaints redressal mechanism, the measures to improve quality of investigation and criminal justice reforms.
The committee noted that the LJCP could engage with the federal and provincial judicial academies in arranging modules/courses for improvement of the professional standards of the investigation. The committee said that in its next meeting it would deliberate upon measures to improve the quality of investigation.
The meeting was attended by Punjab IGP Amjad Javed Saleemi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IGP Dr Naeem Khan, Sindh IGP Dr S.K. Imam, Balochistan IGP Mohsin A. Butt, Islamabad IGP Amir Zulifiqar Khan, AJK IGP, Salahauddin Khan, and Gilgit-Baltistan IGP Sanaullah Abbasi as well as former IGPs Tariq Khosa, Shoukat Javed, Tariq Parvez,
Dr Shoaib Suddle, Syed Masud Shah, and Afzal Ali Shigri.
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Genre: Contemporary Romance
Summary: Despite dumping her unfaithful fiancé, Janet Cooper has a hard time getting rid of him as he continues following her around, begging for her forgiveness.
Janet soon realizes her troubles are just beginning, especially since her new business partner Eric is an irresistible hunk and she has promised herself a three-month hiatus from sex.
But as her ex-fiancé gets more and more aggressive in his pursuit of her, she turns to Eric for strength and friendship, sending her ex into jealous rages.
The least of her problems becomes her fantasies of Eric and resisting her urges as she begins to see that playing with fire could leave her scarred for life.
Playing With Fire is the first in the Sweet Redemption series.
As Janet reached the elevator and the doors were about to close, she heard a male voice call out:
She held the elevator.
For a moment, she wished she had let it close when the man entered, for she was struck by something she hadn't felt since she was eighteen when she fell madly and completely in love for the first and only time with a guy who broke her heart irreparably a few years later.
The vision before her was a man like she thought only existed in movies, and only then with the right lighting and camera angles: tall, broad shoulders, smoldering blue eyes, thick, glossy dark hair.
When he smiled at her, she thought for a moment that she had literally turned into a puddle. Then she felt silly when she realized her eye level hadn't actually changed and she was still human, so she managed to smile back.
Her embarrassment didn't help—she knew her cheeks had flushed at being stuck in such a small space with such a specimen, and that it would show even through her brown skin.
She couldn't think and felt like her brain had shorted and shut down. She could only feel, emotions whirling in side of her for the minute or so it took to get to the seventh floor. At least it felt like a minute, as her body screamed at her—desire, longing, and shame coursing through her.
She tried not looking at him, focusing on the elevator buttons, then the floor—everywhere but at the Adonis next to her in a suit. But even his smell mocked her valiant efforts. His cologne, after-shave—whatever it was almost made her dizzy.
She thought she saw him smiling at her discomfort out of the corner of her eye, so she looked directly at him and immediately regretted her mistake.
His devastating grin erased her plan to firmly and confidently say hello.
How am I suddenly fourteen? she wondered. Some cute guy, clearly very fit under his suit with a firm jaw, and a beautiful smile, standing about six feet four and looking the epitome of an alpha male—and she loses it?
Get it together! she told herself as the elevator door opened.
The man indicated for her to exit first and she managed to do that, but she stood there, trying to get her bearings and remember why she was on this floor in the first place.
"708," he said in a voice that climbed up her spine. "I take it you're here for the Cooper reception?"
She nodded dumbly, then fell into step with him.
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All-Clad is gearing up for the launch of a new ovenware line in its d3 cookware collection this fall.
The company, which renamed its classic stainless steel cookware collection in late 2017, dubbing it d3, will add ovenware to the line. It will launch at Williams Sonoma in October.
The stainless ovenware is developed with tri-ply bonding, providing users with durable, warp-resistant ovenware that is ideal for baking, broiling and roasting at high temperatures, the company said. The pieces are also metal utensil safe, oven and broiler safe up to 600 degrees Fahrenheit, and is also dishwasher safe, according to the company..
The line features a jelly roll pan, as well as both baking pans and roasting pans in two different sizes. The line also contains a cooling rack as part of the collection. The cooling rack has a lattice design to prevent food from from slipping through and is oven safe up to 445 degrees Fahrenheit.


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The Telegraph—Calcutta, India—September 30, 2009
However, the study conducted by researchers at the Harvard Medical School and Hospital for Special Surgery in Boston and New York respectively, does not reveal any such link between poor footwear and pain among men.
While the physiological mechanisms for the foot pain are still unclear, the researchers say their findings suggest that either women's feet are more sensitive to poor footwear choice than men's feet are, or fewer men than women choose poor footwear.
The study, which analyzed shoewear patterns among 3,378 persons between 2002 and 2008, has found that 13 percent of women, but less than 2 percent of men, wore shoes that the researchers classified as "poor."
The researchers have classified high heels, pumps, sandals and slippers as poor shoes; hard-soled leather shoes, rubber-soled shoes, cowboy boots and specially-designed shoes as average shoes; and athletic shoes and casual sneakers as good shoes.
Earlier studies have shown that high heels are unfavourable to function and comfort.
"High heel shoes may alter foot structure and alignment... while sandals and slippers are considered to lack the support of a conventional shoe," Howard Hillstrom, a team member at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, told The Telegraph.
The findings of the study will appear next month in the journal Arthritis Care & Research.
The researchers said poor footwear would vary from person to person.
The study found that among women, those who wore good shoes were 67 percent less likely to experience ankle or heel pain than women who wore average shoes. The researchers defined good shoes as those with better fit, foot posture, and shock absorption features.
They said each heel strike during a step may produce a biomechanical shock of 3g to 7g where 'g' is the acceleration due to Earth's gravity. Good shoes have softer soles and use special materials or air chambers to smooth the shock wave.
The researchers believe poor shoes could modify the biomechanics of feet over time.
But scientists say their study wasn't aimed at matching foot types with footwear. Additional research will be needed to examine the role of footwear designs on foot function, taking into account the structure of specific foot types, Hillstrom said.
Sandals, for instance, could be a source of confusion because they come in myriad designs. A previous study of sandals with three dimensional elements - a cupped heel and arch support - had shown that it was comfortable for individuals with mild to moderate flat feet.
Young women, the researchers suggest, should make careful choices about shoe type to avoid the risk of foot pain later in life.
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How do we build a people's movement? We start with vision. Prophetic moral vision seeks to penetrate despair, so that we can believe in and embrace new futures. It does not ask if the vision can be implemented—questions of implementation are of no consequence until the vision can be imagined. The slaves didn't get out of slavery by first figuring out how to get out; they got out because they were driven by a vision that said, "Oh freedom over me. / And before I'd be a slave / I'd be buried in my grave / And go home to my Lord and be free."
If we are going to have a real populist movement in this country, we have to reinstate an imagination that is not driven by pundits but by a larger vision. Most of the time, your greatest vision comes in your darkest night, because it is then, Martin Luther King Jr. said, that you see the stars. Populist movements don't build when everything is fine. A populist moral vision is a form of dissent that says there's a better way, there's a moral way.
I believe we are in the middle of a Third Reconstruction—and that we are facing the reaction to it. The First Reconstruction was built and led by a multiracial Southern fusion movement after the Civil War. It was crushed by the nation's acceptance of Jim Crow, as codified in the Supreme Court's Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896, and by decades of white terror attacks on black people. The Second Reconstruction can be traced to that glorious day in May, sixty years ago, when nine white men in black robes said no forever to the evil system of Jim Crow in Brown v. Board of Education. For the next fourteen years, young and old, rich and poor, white, black and brown risked their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to repair the breach in God's human race. In 1968, with the murder of King, the destruction of the organizational infrastructure of the Southern freedom movement and a clever propaganda campaign based on racist appeals to white voters, "Southern Strategy" extremists began what has become nearly a half-century effort to dismantle the gains of the Second Reconstruction.


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Proactive Tips on Managing the Organizational Change Curve
General Tips for Handling Organizational Change
Handling large-scale changes such as restructuring management, instituting new quality standards or re-engineering work flow processes to meet new government regulations necessitates developing a phased approach and communication to dispel rumors and anxiety. Managing the organizational change curve as an ongoing process or methodology involves analyzing the situation at hand, preparing a written plan (including a vision of the future environment), implementing activities and monitoring the progress. By recognizing that people respond to change in different ways, managers can help the whole project team adjust as quickly as possible. By communicating what processes will change, why the changes will benefit the company in the long-term and when the changes will impact the project team, the project manager can avoid resistance and complacency. Then, the team can focus its time and energy on completing project activities without undue distraction.
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Tips for Handling Change at the Beginning of the Change Management Process
Once the need for an organizational change as been proposed, managers need to get their company's executive leaders to support the change and endorse implementation plans. Managers must determine if their team has the skills and knowledge to function in the new organizational environment. If not, they should arrange for training and development to precede any organization change.
Tips for Handling Change During of the Change Management Process
Once organizational change begins, such as restructuring activities, managers should recognize that disruption and stress impact employee's attention to project details. People need time to adapt to new policies and procedures. Some employees may experience a sense of loss. By acknowledging change can be difficult, managers can help their teams adjust to the new environment. As employees accept the new organizational structure, they begin to figure out how they can function effectively despite the structural, cost-cutting, process or strategic modifications.
Tips for Handling Change Once the Change Management Process Completes
Once the organization has completed its transition, managing the final stage of the organizational change curve involves analyzing the results of all activities. By proving that success criteria were met, managers can validate the value of the organizational change. This establishes credibility for any future changes that may occur in the current dynamic, global marketplace. At this point, managers must assess the accuracy of timing estimates so they can use this data in future change management activities. Managers should reward employees who actively led activities and embraced new strategies quickly.
Successfully supporting employees during a transitional period typically involves planning and organization. Leaders can help their employees adjust to organizational change by creating awareness about impending changes and clarifying the reasons for change. Involving employees in decision making also helps them adapt more quickly. Business change as become inevitable as technology advancements occur regularly. Managers who help advocate new ideas and innovative approaches to solving problems can alleviate problems. Successful project teams overcome obstacles and seemingly formidable constraints so they can deliver results on time and within budget. Adaptive organizations react positively and agilely to change, making them more likely to succeed in the long term.