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Cr Kate ‘Cycleways’ Wilson —(disingenuous) fails constituents

█ Cr Kate Wilson says cycleways will bring myriad benefits to Dunedin.

ODT Online Sat, 25 Jul 2015
Why Dunedin is investing in cycling
By Craig Borley
Dunedin appears divided over the cycle network. Some see it as unnecessary. Others see it as vital. ODT reporter Craig Borley spoke to Dunedin city councillor Kate Wilson, chairwoman of the infrastructure services committee, about why the city is investing in cycle infrastructure.
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█ The Dunedin City Council is sleep-walking to yet another poorly thought out cycleway project. (ODT)

### ODT Online Thu, 20 Aug 2015
Time to put brakes on cycleway
By Hilary Calvert
OPINION Somehow, the Dunedin City Council has been so beguiled by the gift-horse that is the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) that it seems to have completely forgotten to carry out its proper role of looking after the interests of the citizens of Dunedin in respect of the State Highway 1 cycleway plans.
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ODT 26.8.15 (page 8)
– shot in a half-lit Dunedin café off the beaten cycle paths

ODT 26.8.15 Letter to editor Wilson Diehl Hopkins p12

█ Proposed: Separated cycle lanes to run along north and south one way routes, between Botanic Garden and Queens Gardens.

### ODT Online Thu, 10 Sep 2015
Dedicated cycle lanes get closer
By Craig Borley
Nationally-funded separated cycle lanes along Dunedin’s one way system are now two steps closer as the project moves swiftly through the New Zealand Transport Agency machine.
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NZTA said it had resolved to:
• Incorporate high turnover short term parking for businesses, particularly those reliant on short stay kerbside parking and deliveries
• Incorporate medium term parking close to the hospital and museum.
Updated plans were now being prepared to show where the parking would be included. The plans will be available for public comment at the end of the month.

ODT 11.9.15 (page 16)

ODT 11.9.15 Letters to editor Hopkins Pillans Oaten (1) p16

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24.12.13 Daaave’s $47 million Christmas present to Jinty. We’re paying.
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17.11.13 Cull and MacTavish… “Have you fixed the debt crisis?”
14.11.13 Cycle lane explosions and puncture kits (SPOKES grenades launch)
8.11.13 Dunedin Separated Cycle Lane Proposal [how to make a submission]
29.10.13 DCC (EDU) invents new job! [GigatownDunedin]
19.10.13 Cycle lobby games and media tilts
24.9.13 Mediocrity and lack of critical awareness at DCC [council reports]
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28.3.13 DCC DAP 2013/14: Portobello Harington Point Road Improvements
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5.11.12 DCC, NZTA: Cycle lanes controversy

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15 responses to “Cr Kate ‘Cycleways’ Wilson —(disingenuous) fails constituents

  1. Simon

    I think the headline beside Kate’s photo says it all. DCC’s woes…
    Woes as described by Webster’s Dictionary: calamity, disaster, suffering.

  2. Keith McMillan

    Not only is the cycle way unnecessary it creates a muddled thoroughfare and an expense which any thinking person would realize Dunedin can’t afford. If NZTA has money to waste it is time that their budget was examined.

  3. Calvin Oaten

    Cr Kate Wilson slips evasively around the matter of parking loss mitigation by weakly saying she hasn’t heard of what mitigation measures staff might (or not) be planning. As the chairman of the Infrastructure Services Committee I find it either a distortion of the truth or plain incompetence for her to state that. Especially when the Frederick St site and the tentative $7.5m figure is essentially common knowledge.

    NZTA’s Simon Underwood uses ‘weasel words’ when he says there will be consideration of some short-term parking close to the hospital and the museum. Another example of evasive language. Never mind though, as long as the dopey councillors suck it up all will proceed to plan.

  4. Gurglars

    Ms Wilson clearly went to the school of Doublespeak as epitomised by Peter Sellers, the goons and the ministry of silly walks, or was that silly cycleways!

  5. Elizabeth

    On that important ‘note’, Gurglars, a tribute to Cycleway Kate:

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    Peter Sellers & The Goons – Unchained Melody (1955)
    Novelty Song From The Pink Panther Himself!
    Music: “Unchained Melody” by Peter Sellers (iTunes)

  6. Gurglars

    Perhaps, the real reason for increasing cycleways.

    More opportunities for the tax gatherers the mobile traffic cops!

    Will they get souped up bicycles to ensure no escape or will Plod have to be recruited from the unemployed Commonwealth games cyclists?

    Or were the traffic islands meant to slow down fleeing cyclists escaping their due contribution?

    These questions and more will be answered by Harland, Wilson and Spokes in the ODT soon.

  7. Gurglars

    Stop Press.

    Hopefully Dave, Jinty and the rest of the cyclemads watched the best of Top Gear tonight on Prime.

    jeremy and his merry men completely take the piss out of the British cyclists representatives including , wait for it the British cyclist advisory board chairmen and their equivalent of spokes persons.

    Some of Jeremy’s ideas include showing that being righteous like Martin Luther King , JC and John Lennon did not save you as will not being righteous necessarily save cyclists.

    Jeremy also concludd after cycling around London ( in which driving a car is impossible) the major lack of consideration came from bus drivers ( clearly the losers in the cycle wars) and that car drivers were generally careful of cyclists, although cyclists who jumped red lights were a major contributer to cycle accidents.

    Find it on Utube its a great belly laugh at the stupidity of the cycle proponents in local and national government.

  8. photonz

    Now that the maze of traffic islands has been removed from Hargest Cres, drivers in Coughtrey and Richardson Streets now have a choice of three centre-lines.

    I saw cars driving directly at each other today and only swerving at the last minute.

    Not that it’s anything new. Parts of Richardson St have had two centre- lines for months.

    The whole thing has been a disastrous waste of money, and I see in today’s paper the best Dave Cull can do is make flippant remarks over the wastage.

    I’m not sure if that’s proof of just not caring, or proof of gross incompetence. Though I suppose being mayor and not caring is gross incompetence anyway.

  9. Elizabeth

    Received from Douglas Field (Mick), he says:
    “Here is one that I overlooked posting on YouTube some time ago so I have put it up now even though it is a bit out of date. The cockup is now well understood even by Kate I suspect and one of the guys responsible has been ‘disappeared’.”

    Douglas Field Published on Sep 30, 2015
    Kate’s Cockup in Sth Dunedin 24 8 15
    A spoof on the now aborted attempt to provide cycleways in a part of the city inhabited by the lame the halt and the blind. It highlights the stupidity of the Dunedin City Council and its transportation planning councillors.

  10. Elizabeth

    Aside. Is Kate still planning to run for ORC ? After the publicly recognised TITANIC mess with Dunedin cycleways’ multiple design failures and cost blowouts under her chairship at DCC.

    ### ODT Online Wed, 4 Nov 2015
    Demands on time lead councillor to put Middlemarch café on market
    By Shawn McAvinue
    A Dunedin city councillor is preparing to kiss goodbye to her Middlemarch café. Kissing Gate Cafe owner Kate Wilson said she had put the café in Swansea St on the market because it was time-consuming juggling her café commitments and work as a councillor.
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  11. Jacko

    What a missed photo opportunity. Last night on Ch39 we saw the destruction of part of the Portobello cycle way, and thousands of ratepayers’ dollars down the drain. But where was old Kate. She has been the council’s page 3 girl for photo opportunities for cycleways, and appears not to miss an opportunity. She was nowhere to be seen last night at the destruction site. Bugger a missed opportunity, Kate.

  12. Jacko

    Kate didn’t miss the photo opportunity tonight. Big time on Ch39 tonight, fronting for the rail trail, wanting more money.

  13. Elizabeth

    Fantastic Project

    ### Thu, 15 Jun 2016
    Nightly Interview: Kate Wilson
    The Otago Central Rail Trail Trust has negotiated the conditional purchase of the Hyde Railway Station. Trust Chair Kate Wilson has been spearheading fundraising efforts and she joins us now to talk about the importance of the purchase.
    Ch39 Video

    DONATE to Help Purchase the Hyde Railway Station
    Read more about the Otago Central Rail Trail Trust project and how you can help at the Givealittle page:

  14. Gurglars

    I’d like to get an invite to the party put on by the seller of the Hyde Railway station.

    I can hear his guffaws from 70 miles away.

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The Grapes of Wrath (1940, John Ford)

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I don’t question his documentation of squalor in the Depression — I’m actually quite sure things were worse than the book implies. But in storytelling terms, this is lethal, not least because it seems to me to translate to a very simple and privileged viewpoint cast upon the people in it, who become Steinbeck’s mouthpieces. I can’t speak to whether I’d still consider this criticism valid, but on viewing the film for the first time in over a decade, I found that if the novel commits such a crime, John Ford’s film version amplifies it to startling and uncomfortable degree. Far from being the humanist or even socialist screed that was likely designed, the film seems wholly dedicated to paring its human occupants down to a simple monolith of the working poor (and in the background, the monolith of the rich). I have no problem whatsoever with the Joads, the farming family on a forced trek to California for labor, shown having an awful time of making do. My problem is that they are only illustrations, and an opportunity to actually cast a revealing light on purportedly “down home” poor “folks” is missed completely by a director like Ford who should damn well have known better (though he’d repeat the error with How Green Was My Valley one year afterward).

The chief virtue I did carry away from the 400-odd pages of Grapes was its unflinching sense of life, its lack of compromise in depicting the objective reality of American life among the disenfranchised. Then and now, that makes a viewing of Ford’s film more heartbreaking because — inevitably, for a film from the studio era — it’s nearly unrecognizably whitewashed, shoehorned into a cubbyhole of cutesy Oakie stereotyping and pandering condescension toward what it all but directly terms “the little people.” This might be most damaging at the conclusion: whereas the novel closes with the powerful image of Rose of Sharon offering her breast milk to the starving man, the film ends with a blandly ideological series of speeches; though it leaves the fate of Tom Joad (a sympathetic Henry Fonda, whose performance is far beyond the material he’s given) up in the air, its ambiguities are trite compared to the real issues facing the world and the country at this crucial time. Censorship neuters the film before it even starts.

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He provides as well the only relief from all the talking-down Ford, Steinbeck, and screenwriter Nunnally Johnson are guilty of here; again, there’s no issue with presenting an oppressively bleak portrait of the Joads’ lives, but to render the Joads themselves so docile and one-dimensional and saddle them with the ugly, toothless rubric of the purportedly simple-minded is to fall victim to the same sort of prejudice that the characters are meant to encounter in the novel and film. Of course it means well — oh lord, how it means well — but as we see so often even with modern white privilege, meaning well is often nearly as lethal and dishonest as the alternative. If the film’s tsk-tsking attitude weren’t uncomfortably Hollywood enough, we have as well the constant urge to make everyone speak in speeches, to stuff mannered writerly nonsense into the mouths of characters we’re otherwise expected to believe are dumb as posts and don’t we gosh darn love ’em for it. Alfred Newman’s treacly score adds to the sense that what we’re really seeing is staunch conservative Darryl Zanuck’s idea of what good-hearted pinkos wanted to see at the movies. And the money, of bloody course, rolled right on in.

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Is the E20. app compatible with an iPad?

No, it’s a mobile-only app.

If I have a business account with Emirates NBD can I open an E20. account for another business using the same mobile number?

Yes you can, as long as it is a different business than the one registered with Emirates NBD.

If I have an account open with another bank, can I still open an E20. account?

Yes, you can!

How long does it take to open an E20. account?

Applying for an account from the app only takes minutes. After we receive your account number, it will take us 2-4 working days to verify your account so you can start transacting.

How much do I need to pay to open an account?

Opening an account is completely free!

Can more that one user sign in to the account at once?

No, only one user can sign in to the account at once.

Can I create more than one E20. account?

You can open one account per legal entity, so it is not possible to open several E20. accounts for the same company.

The number of legal entities you can open accounts for is not limited though.

Can I create an account in a different currency than AED?

No, however we are working on introducing foreign currency accounts soon.

Do I have to be a UAE resident to open an account?

Yes, you currently need to be a resident in the UAE to open an E20. account.

When will my card/welcome pack be delivered?

Once you open your account, your card should arrive between 2-4 working days.

Which payment gateways does E20. use?

For Cards, it uses Network International. For Local Payments, it uses UAE FTS. For International Payments, it uses SWIFT.

Is there any fee to account closure?

Nope, it's completely free. You can close your account at any time, although we wouldn’t want to see you go!

Account Details
Are there limits on my balance?

No, there are no limits on your balance.

Does the account offer any interest?

No, we don't offer any interest on your account balance.

Are there any minimum balance requirements for my account?

Not at all! We won't charge you any minimum balance or subscription fee.

Are there any financial transaction fees?

Yes, you will be charged a standard fee of AED10.00 per financial transaction.

Are there any non-financial transaction fees?

Yes, specific non-financial transactions such as requesting letters and physical statements will be charged. The schedule of charges will soon be available on the E20. website.

Can I use my card internationally?

Yes, you can.

Are there limits on my transactions?

Yes, there are daily limits on some transactions, such as:

  • Outgoing bank transfers: AED 1 million
  • Cash deposits at Emirates NBD cash deposit machines: AED 500,000
  • Cash withdrawals at Emirates NBD ATMs: AED 100,000
  • Debit Card transactions: AED 250,000
Can I deposit cheques?

Yes you can, through Emirates NBD and Emirates Islamic cash deposit machines only.

Will I get a cheque book?

Yes, a complimentary 25-leaf cheque book will be delivered along with your Debit Card once you open your account.

Banking Features
Which operating systems can I use?

We're currently available on iOS only.

Can I make contactless (NFC) payments using my card?

Yes, your debit card is equipped with contactless payments.

Can I make an international transfer?

You can only make local transfers for now, however we are working on adding international payments soon.

Can I pay my employees’ salaries through WPS?

Currently, this service is not available. However, we are working on including it in our next release.

Can I set a daily transaction limit?

Currently, it is not possible to set daily transaction limits. However, in the future, you will be able to set it by card and account.

How do I?
How do I request for an authorized bank statement?

For now, you can only view it online. We are working on making this available for you soon.

How do I withdraw cash from my account?

You can withdraw cash out from any Emirates NBD and Emirates Islamic ATM for free. E20. charges a little fee of AED2.00 for withdrawals using other ATMS in the UAE.

How do I close my account?

You can close your account at any time. Just send us an email to support@e20.me and our team will help you.

How do I activate my card?

Once you receive your card, you will be able to activate it throught the E20. app.

How do I change my username?

Your e-mail ID is your username, so you cannot change your username.

How do I change my password/PIN?

You can change your PIN or password yourself through the E20. app. Just go to Profile & Settings, and then select "Security". If you have any problems, just reach out to us by calling us on 600-503320.

How do I deposit cash into my account?

You can deposit cash through any Emirates NBD cash deposit machine.

How do I collect a returned cheque?

We will mail it to you for a small fee.

How do I make a payment on the app?

It’s simple! Just create a beneficiary and make a direct transfer or add their invoice into the app and pay the expense once it's due.

How do I transfer money?

It’s simple! Just create a beneficiary and make a direct transfer or add their invoice into the app and pay the expense once it's due.

How do I freeze/unfreeze my card?

You can freeze and unfreeze your debit card instantly, directly through your E20. app.

What should I do if a bank transfer I'm expecting hasn't arrived?

Check with the sender to make sure that the payment is not on hold at their bank and that they have entered your account details correctly.

In some cases, we also have to do our due diligence before processing payments, so some transfers may take up to 3 working days to show in your account.

I lost my card, what should I do?

Don't worry, you can easily freeze your card through the E20. app. Simply open the Account screen, click on Card Settings, and select 'Freeze card'.  If you happen to find your card, select ‘Unfreeze’ and you’ll be able to use it again.

If you're sure that your card is lost or stolen, let us know straight away us by calling us on 600-503320.

Why isn't my recent transaction appearing on the app?

Try refreshing the app – this will help to make sure you're looking at the most up to date page. All transactions should show up in your account immediately. However, sometimes there may be a short delay. Please check back in a few hours after the time you made a transaction.

If you still can't see the transaction, contact us for help.

Is there a charge to freeze/unfreeze my card?

No it is free of charge.

What should I do if I haven't received my card yet?

Let us know by calling us on 600-503320.

Some of my payments are tagged wrongly, can I change that?

Yes, easily! Just click on the icon next to the payment and change the category.

Some of my payments are tagged wrongly, can I change that?

Yes, easily! Just click on the icon next to the payment and change the category.

I forgot my password. What should I do?

Go to the login page and select "Forgot password".

I forgot my username. What should I do?

Your username is your email ID. If you have forgotten it, contact us for help.


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E&E Trading

Icon Orthodox The Virgin & Child from Hagia Sophia- RARE Medium Replica #03-01

Sale price $49.88 Regular price $99.99

Currently available for immediate shipment.

The Virgin who occupies the center of the apse semidome is represented enthroned with the Child seated in her lap. She rests her right hand on the Child's right shoulder, and her left, which holds a handkerchief, on the Child's left knee. The figure is complete except for an area of loss (roughly o.80 m. high and 0.70 wide) on the Virgin's left side corresponding to her left forearm and elbow, the Child's left hand, and part of the upper cushion placed on the throne. There is, furthermore, a fissure, caused by a structural crack in the shell of the semidome, which runs down the middle of the figure to the apex of the central window. It is clear that the mosaic was executed at a time when the semidome had already undergone the deformations it exhibits today.

Beautiful rare Christianity Byzantine Eastern Orthodox  Religious Icon.

To see a short video of original piece (from Hagia Sophia), please click here.

This replica was made with Gypsum Stone. Hand made replication process has extensive aging process.

This replica is glued on black color painted board. (back of the board is not painted.) You can display by hanging on your wall or on an easel.

This hand made piece can be a nice gift or perfect display unit for your home.

Pictures are taken in different light exposure for you to see clearly and decide per environment you will be displaying.

Each replica is unique since touch ups are different due to artists' work. Dimensions are different for each replica but we are indicating dimension ranges below.

Dimensions: (Approximately)

Dimension variations(longer or shorter) can be about 1" for width and height.

Board Dimension: 8"x10"

Board Thickness: 1/4"

Replica Dimension: 7.5"x9.5"

Replica Thickness: 1/2"

Shipping: Standard Shipping
Ships to: Continental USA Only
Local Pickup: Available
Return Policy: Please see our return policy
Please read our Terms & Conditions. By purchasing an item from our store, buyer acknowledges and accepts our terms and conditions.

Our company's Certificate of Conformance is available free of charge if requested. (No Manufacturer CofC).

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Tobacco's "Eruption" cools down with High Tides's remix

Usually when you think of Black Moth Super Rainbow, Tom Fec, or his solo project Tobacco, sleazy beats and fuzzed-out production come to mind. Ultima II Massage debuted a couple of months ago as the wonderfully grotesque follow up to 2010’s Maniac Meat. The album is pretty ugly (in a good way), but Tobacco has his tender moments.

San Diego’s High Tides cuts through the edge of leading single “Eruption (Gonna Get My Hair Cut at the End of the Summer)” to get to some smooth, laid back synth waves. The hazy 80s glow and endearing chord progressions leave me wanting more from the relatively unknown High Tides. He has (or perhaps, they have) only released a few original tracks and a Black Moth Super Rainbow remix that I could find. Maybe this will be the start of more good things to come from High Tides this year.

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Catch Tobacco on tour:
July 14 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
July 15 - Allston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
July 16 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl
July 17 - Philadelphia, PA - the underground arts
July 18 - Richmond, VA - Gallery 5
July 19 - Millvale, PA - Mr. Small's Funhouse
September 8 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
September 9 - Seatlle, WA - Neumos

"Eruption (High Tides Remix)"

Chillwave · Electronic · Indie · Synth

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The artificial intelligence will determine malfunction of the car by its noise

For certain many of you observed more than once a situation when the driver of the car listens to the car and tells something in the spirit of “pancake, apparently, something with the motor” though on your hearing a sound absolutely routine. Some experienced employees of auto repair shops can define malfunction even by someone else’s machines. Generally, the artificial intelligence from the Israeli company 3DSignals will be engaged in similar. The AI system created by them using the principles of deep machine studying listens attentively to the sounds made by mechanisms and looks for in them signs of the arising malfunctions.

(Whether it be the engine of the car or the assembly conveyor) specialists of the company 3DSignals install ultrasonic microphones which are capable to record acoustic vibrations in the range from nearly 0 to 100 kHz on the necessary equipment. The data collected by these microphones are transferred to a cloud service where the sites of global neuronic network which are expressly allocated for this purpose are engaged in their processing. At a deviation of fluctuations from normal indexes the system reveals possible type of malfunction and reports about it to the owner.

The analysis of noise by means of AI

Now 3DSignals already cooperates with a number of the companies of sector of the heavy industry and conducts negotiations with the firms planning to develop in the future networks of self-governed taxi robots. According to one of founders 3DSignals Yaira Lavi,

“The passenger of such taxi never even will think of technical condition of the car. In that case the car has to be able to define existence of prerequisites to emergence of malfunction and in time to arrive to repair shop where it will undergo the corresponding upkeep, and our company will give such opportunity to all clients irrespective of in what corner of the globe they are, and from the number of cars in their vehicle fleet”.

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Kanha Tiger Reserve

Kanha Tiger Reserve

Kanha Tiger Reserve is embraced by the dynamic range of Satpura in Madhya Pradesh and testifies to be one of the finest wildlife reserves in the world. Kanha Tiger Reserve holds a treasure for every individual who strives to unravel the hidden secrets of natural heritage, with its crystal clear streams and mesmerizing landscapes. A safari in the lush green forests of Kanha national park is bound to refresh the childhood memories of every child who’s read Rudyard Kipling’s ‘The Jungle Book’, as his bestseller has been driven by the beauty and magnetism of one of the largest hubs of tigers in India.

Location: Madhya Pradesh

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Conversation – RECYCLE – It Makes Cents (2:00pm)

We all know the catchphrase ‚ÄúReduce, Reuse, Recycle.‚Äù But did you know it takes the same amount of energy to produce ONE new soda can as is does to produce TWENTY recycled soda cans? This demonstration will show you why the three Rs are so economical for the economy, how it can save YOU money, and how easy it is to make the three Rs part of your life. Compost demonstration included.

Bob Gedert

Bob Gedert, Director, Austin Resource Recovery

Bob is the Director of the Austin Resource Recovery Department for the City of Austin (formerly named the Solid Waste Services Department). He is responsible for a 400 employee operation that provides direct services to Austin citizens, including trash, recycling, and yard trimmings collection, street sweeping, litter and dead animal pickup, household hazardous waste, and the implementation of the Austin Zero Waste Plan.

Formerly, Bob operated the residential and commercial recycling service for the City of Fresno Department of Public Utilities, providing services to all single-family, multi-family and business customers within the City of Fresno. He led Fresno from a 29% recycling diversion rate in 2003 to a 75% recycling diversion rate in 2008 through the expansion of recycling and composting services to residents, businesses and schools.

Bob was the Chief of Recycling for the State of Indiana under three governors, and has written many state statutes in Indiana and Ohio supporting recycling efforts. He¬†is considered a leading national expert in Zero Waste program implementation. Bob is nationally recognized amongst his peers in the National Recycling Coalition as pioneering cost efficiencies in trash collection systems through the implementation of zero waste programming.

He has taught environmental ethics in several universities as a visiting guest lecturer, including most recently Yale University. He co-authored the Austin Resource Recovery Master Plan, outlining the implementation roadmap of Austin’s approach toward Zero Waste.

Robin Schneider

Robin Schneider, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund, Electronics TakeBack Coalition

Under Robin‚Äôs direction, Texas Campaign for the Environment took a leading role in the campaign to close the Grandfather Loophole in the Texas.

Clean Air Act, for which she was dubbed the ‚ÄúBest Advocate for Breathers‚Äù by The Austin Chronicle.

She is a Vice Chair of the Electronics TakeBack Coalition and played a key role in successfully convincing Dell, Apple, Samsung and other TV companies to support and start producer takeback recycling programs. She is a leading voice for producer takeback and recycling issues at the Texas State Capitol.

In 2004, TCE won a second ‚ÄúBest of Austin‚Äù award (in conjunction with Dell) for ‚ÄúThe Best New Partnership‚Äù from The Austin Chronicle. Robin was named a ‚ÄúGreen Giant‚Äù by Austin Monthly in April 2007.

Under Robin‚Äôs direction, TCE has also been working with landfill neighbors to impact local trash and recycling issues and statewide legislation. In addition, she was an early advocate for Zero Waste policies and helped shepherd the adoption of Austin‚Äôs Zero Waste goal and plans. Robin is also the Executive Director of TCE‚Äôs sister organization TCE Fund. She serves on the Board of Earth Share of Texas for TCE Fund.

DustinFedakoDustin Fedako, Founder and CEO, Compost Pedallers

Dustin is the founder and CEO of The Compost Pedallers, a bike-powered compost recycling company that collects organics from Austin homes & businesses and connects them to a network of urban gardens to grow food, instead of landfills.¬† By approaching¬†Austin¬†through the lens of¬†as an urban ecosystem, the Compost¬†Pedallers have built an innovative closed loop model for organic resource management, diverting 500,000 pounds from the landfill, saving¬†31,619 gallons of diesel fuel,¬†and donating over $12,000 of compost to local gardening¬†initiatives.
A proponent of rewiring the food system and supporting urban agriculture, Dustin sits on the Sustainable Food Policy Board for the City of Austin and¬†has served on the board of The Food is Free Project since 2012.
He is passionate about building market-based, paradigm-shifting solutions that address pressing social and environmental challenges, and has helping launch four impact organizations since grabbing his B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin in 2011.

Greg Anderson, Director of Operations at Austin Habitat for Humanity, ReStore

¬†Greg joined the Austin Habitat team in January 2015 after spending five years at City Hall as Policy Director for Austin Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole. He has more than 15 years of experience in real estate development, including the 360 Condominium Tower and the Austin Habitat for Humanity Community Home Center. Greg is the Vice-Chair for the Dawson Neighborhood Planning Contact Team, serves on the Airport Advisory Commission and the Bike Austin Board. Greg brings a strong business background to Austin Habitat and is tasked with expanding our product line to include multi-family and live-work properties and furthering the ReStore‚Äôs mission of being a recycling hub. Greg received both his MBA and his undergraduate degrees in Urban Studies and Geography and the Environment from the University of Texas at Austin.


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Frequently Asked Questions

How long will I be in the center after my procedure (recovery period)?

Recovery periods vary from person to person and from procedure to procedure due to length of each surgery. A rule of thumb is that you can usually expect that longer procedures will require longer recovery periods and shorter procedures require shorter ones. For a half hour procedure, you might have a half hour recovery period. For a one hour procedure, you might have a one hour recovery period. The average recovery is between half an hour to an hour and a half.

May my family accompany me?

Family members may join patients, if they choose, up until the time of their procedure. At that time, we ask that family members remain in the waiting room until the procedure is complete.

What happens behind the scenes of my procedure?

There are many people behind the scenes that perform to an exemplary level allowing your time at our center to be special. There are instrument technicians processing equipment, OR technicians pulling, preparing and assisting in your case and office staff that collect information. Prior to your procedure, your insurance benefits are verified by office staff. Your charts are reviewed by nurses and anesthesia and your case is prepared by OR technicians. The entire team at East Memphis Surgery Center works toward the same goal: we want to exceed your expectations.

Who should I call if I have questions before or after my surgery?

Questions related to surgery itself or preparation should be directed to East Memphis Surgery Center at (901) 747-3233. Specific questions related to your specific case or problems afterward should be directed to the surgeon’s office. In the case of an emergency call the physician office for the on-call physician or report directly to the emergency room. You are always welcome to call the our center for direction in a non-emergent situation.

Why do I have to come to the center 1 hour before my procedure?

There are two reasons. One, sometimes physicians get ahead of schedule and it is important that the next patient be available and ready for their procedure. Two, patients go through an assessment phase by nurses and anesthesiologists in preparation for their procedures. This takes time and, so that no patients feel rushed, it is important that all involved have time to make their contribution to your care.

Why do I have to pay my deductible and co-insurance at the time of registration?

The policy of this center, as with many health care facilities across the nation is that patients pay their portion of co-insurance and any remaining deductible at the time of the procedure. This helps to keep the collection prices down, thus the cost of doing business at a minimum. Ambulatory surgery centers are paid 46% less than hospitals, on average for procedures, and thus, efficiency of care including collections, is extremely important.

Why should I choose an ASC over a hospital?

ASCs (Ambulatory Surgery Centers), including East Memphis Surgery Center are known for their efficiency of care, quality outcomes and low cost of care in comparison to their hospital competition. Ambulatory surgery is our specialty and thus, we have established a reputation for excellence in what we do. We aim to “exceed the expectations” of you our customer. We and our Surgery Partners affiliates have succeeded in that goal of over 90% of our customers before you, we have confidence we will do that for you.

Will I owe more after the procedure than what I paid at the time of registration?

Sometimes patients do owe more after the procedure because the physician performed more than was anticipated at the time of registration and/or there were implants and supplies used that were unknown at the time of registration.


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EASY Reference Partner

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Launched in 1999, iXlog is a professional expert team of freelance SAP consultants who joined together to form the company iXLOG Unternehmensberatung GmbH so as to offer and further develop intelligent SAP solutions for businesses. With its 20 highly-qualified employees, iXlog currently has two locations in Germany (Hofheim im Taunus / Freiburg im Breisgau), as well as in Switzerland (Kreuzungen) and Austria (Bad Hofgestein).

iXlog focuses on providing competent, individual consulting, customized IT solutions as well as process accelerations and optimizations for your company. iXlog accompanies you during implementations or optimizations in the SAP environment, and closes the gaps between the individual departments. It achieves this through its processing expertise on the one hand, and through the technical solutions SAP Business Workflow, SAP Fiori, Jedox BI and SAP BI on the other.

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Monday, May 7, 2018

Your Monday Morning Kona

Kona is not just a kind of coffee from Hawaii, it is a kind of dolomite that is so old it thinks it is marble.

It takes a polish.

The rock can also take some fine details.
Kona dolomite comes from the Kona hills near Marquette, Michigan.
I wonder what it would cost to have a coffee cup carved from it.  Then I could have a cup of Kona, even when I am drinking the cheapest, instant swill.

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  1. That would be interesting... Never heard of it! LOL


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Magpie 360 Tours

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If a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, a Virtual Tour is Worth a Thousand Pictures

Virtual tours are made by carefully and professionally combining a sequence of 360-degree spherical still images. This gives a simulation of an existing location that allows people to see it from any electronic device, anywhere, and at any time. These tours are finding their applications in all types of businesses, especially the ones where site locations are of vital importance.

While text is important for search engines, businesses are relying on visual content for their audiences. One type of visual content that will be at the forefront of your business is the walkthrough or virtual tour. With the increase in the use of social media sites, people prefer visual content.

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One of the most enduring trends in the electronics industry is miniaturization. Advances in semiconductor technology, such as the implementation of wide-bandgap (WBG) MOSFET and diode devices, emphasize reducing the size of electronic components while significantly improving performance. Smartphones, wearables, and tablets are just a few examples of the numerous devices that utilize the latest semiconductor technologies. However, reliability remains a concern when components and devices downsize and become more compact.

Miniaturization is not only intended for mobile devices. The utilization of WBG semiconductor components in power conversion systems allows for smaller footprints and greater efficiency with lower energy losses during the energy conversion. Other key advantages include reducing audible noise and the miniaturization of passive components (all with the benefit of PCB real estate reduction).

However, due to the ever-increasing number of electronic components integrated into smaller geometries, miniaturized devices have become increasingly susceptible to electrical noise or interference. While the use of higher frequencies in WBG devices helps to minimize audible noise, it produces more high-frequency emissions and requires more complex designs to meet emission requirements by regulatory agencies. For these reasons, EMI suppression capacitors play a crucial role in the electronics industry, with the need for more miniaturized solutions under critical electrical and environmental applications.

Reliability Challenges Due to Miniaturization of Semiconductor Devices

Two significant concerns come from the miniaturization of power devices with high voltages and higher frequencies: more inductive noise and greater heat losses. These challenges can have a significant effect on the reliability and performance of electronic devices.

Along with miniaturization, many of these devices face the challenge of operating within severe environmental conditions throughout their extended lifespan. Specific examples include:

  • Electric and hybrid vehicles expected to withstand higher temperatures and extreme thermal shock cycles.
  • Miniaturized solar micro-inverters and smart energy meters with expected lifetimes of up to 25 years without servicing, in different field environments.
  • Data and communication systems with less and less space to work with (and, therefore, higher power density per square foot requirements) to improve the efficiency of the electronic infrastructure.

Challenges of Metallized Polypropylene Film Technology in EMI Suppression Applications

In the latest EMI suppression film technology developments, manufacturers are achieving excellent protection of film elements by utilizing new materials and improving the capacitor manufacturing processes. In this way, products can withstand severe operating conditions that would otherwise lower their reliability and performance. However, enhancing the reliability levels under high temperature, humidity, and bias (THB) conditions in miniaturized capacitors can be particularly challenging.

Metallized polypropylene film technology (MKP) is currently the mainstay of EMI suppression capacitor solutions due to its excellent high voltage per micron and ultra-low, stable DF capabilities. Perhaps most importantly, it also has the best self-healing properties compared to other film dielectric technologies. However, combining high temperature and humidity conditions often has a drastic effect on MKP material when an AC or DC voltage is applied, resulting in accelerated degradation and potentially catastrophic failures of the capacitors. The reason for this is the phenomena of electrochemical corrosion in the zinc metallization.

Figure 1: The applied voltage drives reactions in the electrochemical cell. The corrosion rate is directly proportional to Temperature, Humidity, and Voltage Bias.

Stress Testing to Ascertain Reliability

A well-accepted accelerated life test standard for active and passive components in the electronic industry is the Temperature-Humidity-Bias (THB) test, with levels of 85°C and 85% relative humidity under AC or DC bias conditions. For many years, designers in various industries (including automotive, energy, consumer, and industrial) have used this test to ascertain the reliability of their final products for up to 25 years of operation under severe climatic conditions. More recently, the THB test has been recognized as an IEC standard for EMI suppression film capacitors.

The table below shows the different Temperature-Humidity-Bias (THB) testing conditions per IEC Standard:

Grade Test Condition A Test Condition B
I 40°C / 93% RH 21 days 85°C / 85% RH 168 hours
II 40°C / 93% RH 56 days 85°C / 85% RH 500 hours
III 60°C / 93% RH 56 days 85°C / 85% RH 1,000 hours

Table 1: 60384-14 Am .1 Ed.4 Fixed capacitors, .2 Humidity Robustness Grades

Capacitance |ΔC| ≤ 10%
Dissipation Factor 0.024 for CN ≤ 1 μF

0.015 for CN > 1 μF

Insulation Resistance > 50% of the applicable limits

Table 2: Capacitance, Dissipation Factor, and Insulation Resistance requirements.

Figure 2: An example mission profile with high temperature and relative humidity conditions in Central Florida, USA, with humidity reaching levels of 100% and average month of 83%

Designers needing to ensure that their products pass the THB evaluation and emission certification have encountered several challenges; for instance, it can be difficult to obtain the required technology and include multiple EMI suppression capacitors into already component-dense circuits. There are also higher power requirements within a limited board space to take into consideration. See below examples of circuit designs with a limited footprint surface for EMI suppression capacitors, X2 and Y2.

Figure 3: Example of extreme design consideration for X2 capacitors on a PCB area limitation on high energy density PS with WBG semiconductor designs

Miniaturizing Safety Capacitor Constructions: Challenges and Solutions

Some of the constraints of EMI suppression capacitors correlate to the film quality and protection surrounding it. The amount and type of resin used, the epoxy filling the surrounding of the capacitor element, and the material and thickness of the radial box encapsulating them all play vital roles in a product’s reliability. Moreover, there is a mechanical challenge in manufacturing capacitors with smaller capacitance values; lower capacitances require less film and metallization material, making the product more susceptible to damage due to humidity.

KEMET’s Solution: The R52 Miniaturized X2 Suppression Capacitor

KEMET’s R&D team has studied and experimented with unique solutions to address the challenges of designing EMI suppression capacitors that meet THB test requirements without sacrificing miniaturization and reliability. The first KEMET harsh environment solution was the F862, X2 series based on an enhanced MKP technology that met the AEC-Q200 qualification for automotive applications. The F863, X2, followed a few years later, providing a more compact and cost-driven solution for a consumer-oriented market.

The latest EMI suppression solution from KEMET is its new R52, X2 capacitor with harsh environment capabilities, exceeding previous solutions and passing the latest IEC-60384-14 humidity robustness test with a Class IIB classification. It achieved 500 hours during an accelerated life test under 85°C and 85% relative humidity at rated voltage. See the image below for the maximum, average, and minimum capacitance drift for the R52 family.

Figure 4: R52 Capacitance Drift

The R52 series successfully passes stringent tests while also providing a solution for space-constrained applications. The table below shows a comparison of KEMET’s R52 technology with those of three competitors’ EMI solutions using one particular part number, a capacitance of 0.47 µF, and 15 mm lead spacing. On average, the R52 physical volume is 60% smaller than any other X2 solution with the same range of capacitance values in the market.

X2 310 VAC

B x H x L
(mm x mm x mm)

% In Volume vs. KEMET R52 X2
C: 0.47 µF, (9 x 12.5 x 18)

A 11 x 19 x 17.5 +81%
B 11 x 18.5 x 18 +81%
C 13.5 x 22.5 x 18 +170%

Table 3: KEMET’s R52 compared to leading competitors.

The R52 technology reaches capacitance levels of 10µF, 15µF, and 22 µF. The plot below shows the current capabilities for capacitance values at 10 kHz: 22 µF: 5.7 A, 15 µF: 4.5 A, 10 µF: 3.6 A.

Figure 5: R52 Current Capabilities at various frequencies

The high capacitance and current capabilities of KEMET’s R52 allow it to function as an excellent EMI suppression solution both across and in series with the mains on high energy density designs requiring a high level of filtering capability on a broad spectrum of frequencies. A good example is in variable frequency drives and EV fast-charging systems where designers prefer to utilize high-capacitance, certified EMI suppression capacitors together with AC and DC filtering solutions to mitigate harmonic content on the output of the drives and converters. The R52 is also suited for use in capacitive power supplies and power line communication systems.

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He has previously operated in communication roles at Vanier College, Montreal, and served as Deputy Director of Leaders International in Washington, DC, working to provide leadership training and opportunities with high school students around the world.

He is a Staff Senator representing the College of Engineering at NC State, serving as the 2021-22 Chair of the Communications Committee, and is an active participant in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association's (ECEDHA) communicators group, in addition to serving on the ECEDHA Source Editorial Board.

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A SUPERTRONIC health screening day is being held at the Red Cow Moran Hotel on Saturday and Sunday, July 27 and 28.

Medical herbalist Patrick Murphy will be hosting an energy health screening open day using the Supertronic health screening device, which, non-invasive, tests the acupuncture and meridian points in the fingers and both hands.

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Does The Polar Vortex Over The Eastern United States Mean Global Warming Is Over?

Not particularly.  Record temps are going on in Australia, and it has been warmer over the North Pole and in Moscow than in parts of the eastern US.  November set an all time record for world average temperature and December was well above long term averages, despite it being colder than normal in that all important eastern US.

That noted, it must be recognized, and has been by serious climate watchers, that indeed the rate of increase of average global temperature has slowed substantially in the last 10 years, if not completely halted, although the global warming deniers spout on about it being 15 years, which is not the case given that 1998 was an outlier way on the upside.  In any case, global average air temperature is not clearly rising at this time, even as the polar vortex now exiting the US does not prove this.

However, this does not mean that global warming has stopped.  Curiously enough, warming above that predicted appears to be happening in the oceans below 700 meters.  The main models used by the IPCC observers model the air, the surface water, and the deep water.  Air is now not warming as much as predicted, but the deep ocean is doing more so than predicted.  Looking at the total surface, it looks like warming is still going on, although I recognize that the models are not doing a good job of explaining why we should be seeing this particular pattern.  But one must expect that warming at the depths will at some point manifest itself in the higher levels.  Maybe we do not need to worry about warming of the air for a few years, but we may well face much worse warming of the air in the not too distant future when this comes bubbling up, as it were.

There is also the matter discussed by Martin Weitzman in Philadelphia about how climate outcomes probably exhibit fat tails due to nonlinear dynamics effects.  But we do not know how to deal with such matters in policy terms.

Finally, I am not going to take sides in the matter of what the polar vortex shows or what caused it.  There is a serious argument that it may be due to global warming, the "warm ocean, cold continent" effect theory, which others dispute.  However, there is also the fact that contrary to the claim of Rush Limbaugh that the term "polar vortex" was cooked up for this particular event, its first use appears to have been in 1974 when it was invoked as part of the then seriously considered theory that we were moving into a new ice age and was part of that.

BTW, I have noted this before, but will repeat it again, just in anticipation of somebody handing me the standard story.  Yes, by 1974 and certainly the later 70s, the ice age theory was falling out of fashion and not appearing in academic papers, basically a media scare phenomenon by then, although in fact it was not until about the mid-70s that global average temperatures began to rise again after a period of gradual decline starting in the 1940s.  However, there was a close debate over global warming versus cooling in the early 70s, with the academic papers evenly split in 1971.  It was CO2 versus aerosols.  What tilted the argument was that aerosols fall out of the atmosphere quickly, whereas CO2 does not.  But this was not factored in properly in 1971 and in fact global cooling was going on, so there was a real debate at that time, even though it was basically over by 1975.

Wallfly said...

The thing about the ice age theory, recalling from grade school, was that climatologists first encountered evidence of a relatively rapid onset of earlier Ice Ages in the late 60's(and as far as I know the idea that the start of glaciation can start much more quickly than the pre-1970's view is still valid).

Yeah, lots of media scare, though I also think some academics were anxiously impressed by the fact that the onset of an glaciation might not be at all gradual. said...

You are right. In the early 70s I worked for the late Reid Bryson, one of the main climatologists who found the evidence for this rapid entry (and exit) from glacial periods. This is still accepted, and is one of the pieces of evidence for Weitzman's argument for fat tails in climate outcome distributions, with the many positive feedbacks in the complex nonlinear climate system easily able to generate such outcomes.

Shag from Brookline said...

Is Gore-Tex the answer to polar vortex? Recall the Seinfeld episode with George Costanza wearing a Gore-Tex bulky jacket on a cold NYC night. Query: Was Gore-Tex named after Al Gore in response to his global warming claims? said...

It is really unfortunate in my view that Gore became so strongly identified with this issue. It contributed to the partisanizing of it that has led us to the point where any sort of action by Congress is now impossible, given that the GOP has been taken over by deniers, although the latter might have happened anyway due to the influence of certain corporate interests.

It is also the case that he was wrong about some things, which has made this easier for those crticizing him on partisan grounds. Thus, he made a big deal about Katrina, but there is no scientific consensus about the impact of warming on hurricanes. It looks like it might increase intensity of them due to warmer oceans, with both Katrina and Sandy examples. But this is offset by a tendency to have fewer, dramatically seen in 2013 due to warming leading to more sand coming out of Africa in the air, which tends to suppress hurricanes. One rarely hears about that, even after the flop this past year of some people making forecasts of a massive hurricane season that did not happen.

BTW, the scientific consensus that warming is happening remains in place, despite the last decade not clearly having a warming trend in the atmosphere. But this has already been explained in my main post.


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I have been a photographer in Vermont for twenty-five years and have often found inspiration in the state’s light and landscapes. As a freelance photographer on assignment for state and national publications, I’ve travelled many Vermont backroads and savored the bucolic landscapes of the Green Mountains. Assignments for The New York Times, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Vermont Life and The Vermont Land Trust have taken me from southern Vermont to the Northeast Kingdom. In the past I would hire an airplane once or twice a year to photograph the myriad patterns on the land, from snaking rivers to orderly apple orchards. For the past three years, I’ve been using a drone to photograph Vermont’s verdant landforms shaped by man and nature. The views from above create new ways of seeing Vermont’s landscapes, a bird’s eye perspective on the place we call home.

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