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Derby week: Your best bets for staying healthy and ER-free
From measles to E. coli, the news is full of threats to health these days, but that doesn't mean you have to let them spoil your Derby and springtime fun. Here are some tips:
Update your vaccinations: Measles smeasles? Think again. With measles making a strong comeback in the United States and other parts of the globe, it's a good time to check with your health care provider to see if you're protected. There will be many people in Louisville for Derby festivities and conceivably some of them could be from places like Washington State and New York that have had large outbreaks.
Getting vaccinated now might seem too late. But "the vaccine would begin immunity development quickly and be in effect within a week," said University of Louisville Associate Professor Ruth Carrico. "That could beat the virus incubation period."
It's also a good idea to get vaccinated if you plan to travel, said Dr. Lori Caloia, medical director of the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness. Since January, there have been more than 700 cases of measles in 22 states, with many outbreaks stemming from travelers coming back from places, such as Israel, Ukraine and the Philippines, that have been dealing with outbreaks.
Kids typically get two doses of MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine by the time they're age 6, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Some adults who may need to be immunized include people who were vaccinated between 1963 and 1967 when the vaccine might not have been effective and people born between 1963 and 1991 who may have received only one dose of vaccine, according to local health officials.
One dose of MMR is about 93 percent effective and two doses are about 97 percent effective, according to the CDC.
Don't forget about hepatitis A. The liver infection associated with unsanitary conditions and illicit drug use is no longer as big of a problem as it once was in Louisville. However, "even though it's way down, there's still a risk in the community," Caloia said.
Hepatitis A is spread when people accidentally ingest feces from an infected person when, for example, they share a joint or consume contaminated foods or beverages.
Think twice about buying food from places that might not have been inspected by the health department, Caloia said. That includes people selling barbecue out of their backyards.
"That's probably not the best place to be getting your food," she said.
Avoid E. coli and salmonella, too. Kentucky is part of a multistate outbreak of E. coli O103 from ground beef. There's also a multistate outbreak of salmonella from certain precut melon from Caito Foods in Indianapolis.
Thousands of pounds of beef suspected of being tainted with E. coli O103 have been recalled from Grant Park Packing in Illinois and K2D Foods, which also is known as Colorado Premium Foods. But "no common supplier, distributor, or brand of ground beef has been identified that could account for the whole outbreak," according to federal authorities.
With that in mind, make sure you're not eating any raw or undercooked beef, and use safe food handling practices.
Also, keep your hands clean, whether you're cooking a meal at home, grabbing a bite at the Chow Wagon or hanging out at the track.
"Hand sanitizer, even if it doesn't kill everything, is still better than nothing," Caloia said.
Drink wisely. There'll be plenty of opportunities to try out some of Louisville's signature beverages, from bourbon to mint juleps, this week, but don't overindulge. Nothing spoils Derby fun like winding up in the emergency room.
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Turtle Camp Volunteer Impact All-Star
Valentine Reiss-Woolever, or "Valentina" as she is known in Juluchuca, travelled across the world from Germany to our small town in Mexico to be our La Tortuga Viva sea turtle sanctuary coordinator for the 2018-2019 season. With seemingly endless energy, Valentine spearheaded numerous projects in the community, from sea turtle conservation and community engagement, to animal welfare and environmental education with youth. I sat down with Valentine before she left to talk about her experience at Playa Viva and life in Juluchuca.
Colleen Fugate: What was it like to work with La Tortuga Viva? What kind of projects did you help lead?
Valentine Reiss-Woolever: It was an incredible experience. Living in Juluchuca while working with La Tortuga Viva resulted in an immersive experience that taught me huge amounts both culturally and socially. I think it can be summarized with the word "convivir", to share space and experience.
We increased guest interaction with the local turtle camp volunteers, through service projects, and by launching a new night beach patrol activity for guests where they can go out and look for turtle nests with the turtle camp volunteers. We also began an Adopt A Nest program where guests can sponsor the protection of a turtle nest, providing direct support for the work of the turtle camp volunteers even after leaving Playa Viva. Through those increased interactions, two seemingly different groups, Playa Viva guests and the volunteers of La Tortuga Viva had opportunities to "convivir".
Our biggest project was done with 109 World, a group of engaged and globally minded individuals who not only fundraised to construct a new sanctuary, but actually built it with us! Working side by side, this project was incredibly important not only for our conservation work, but also as recognition for the LTV volunteers to understand the support and passion their work evokes. And we are all so excited to have 109 World coming back this coming December!
Colleen: How was your relationship with the guys from the turtle camp? What challenges did you face?
Valentina: The relationship with the group as a whole was sometimes tumultuous, but generally very positive. They're such a fun and friendly group, making Sunday morning work in the camp actually quite enjoyable! But working with a male-led group in a male-dominated culture as a woman, especially as a foreign woman, was sometimes challenging.
It was initially difficult to be taken seriously, and I had to try to make my opinions valued, while not overstepping cultural boundaries. I had to prove that my values were aligned with theirs. The German in me is often too direct for the social norms here, so I had to tone that down a bit to not come across as "brava", or too bold. I think after a few months both our differences and common ground were clear, and the volunteers are many of the people I will miss most in Mexico.
When I was leaving Juluchuca they organized my going away party and pooled their tips to pay for it. I don't think they'll ever fully know it, but I owe a huge amount of the personal growth I did this past year to them.
Colleen: Why is environmental education so important in a place like Juluchuca?
Valentina: First because the people in Juluchuca directly depend on their land, which is already facing environmental pressures, so they are among those who will suffer the most from environmental negligence. If they toss their chip wrappers on the ground and plastics fills the ocean, the fishing that they rely on is threatened. They're already seeing dramatic effects of climate change with rain changes – people are having the travel miles away for water as wells go dry.
The people here have a connection, pride and love of the local nature but conservation isn't yet a priority. Like generations of baby boomers in the United States, they were never taught the importance of protection, and there are a lot of established practices that need to change. Starting movements through education is really the only way to long-term change. It's about making conservation cool, about making it the default way of life and there will be direct benefits to the community. But people do realize their dependence on nature and the climate and they are ready to make changes. The little kids spurting out facts about pollution in rural Mexico should give us all a bit of hope!
Colleen: You were a mentor to several girls in town. Could you describe that experience and what kind of impact you think it had?
Valentina: I think I was more of a friend than a mentor, and living in an isolated area, these relationships were as much to my benefit as theirs. As I stayed longer than other volunteers, these girls were one of the only consistencies in Juluchuca for me. I tried to manage my natural reaction to turn everything into a learning opportunity, and be a friend rather than lecturing them.
I just made sure that they know that I care about them and that there's a world outside of Guerrero. I wanted them to know that they are supremely capable and that they are valued, no matter what.
The difference from hanging out with kids back home in Europe is just the importance of positive role models in their lives. The things a lot of these girls have to consider at 13 (leaving school to work, pregnancy, etc.) is something irrelevant to most privileged youth I've been around. It was sometimes difficult to feel positive about the future for some of the young girls, but important to give them support and talk about these issues when they're young.
As for impact, I think that we're all affected by the people closest to us. I don't think I made any drastic changes, but maybe helped plant a seed that will grow into a positive in the future. Or maybe just watered a seed a previous volunteer had planted.
Colleen: What is your fondest memory of living in Juluchuca?
The simplest moments stand out most for me. I loved walking down to the riverbed with my pup, Xolo, just listening to birds, squirrels, bugs and everything tropical. I had a lot of moments where I felt fully present on those walks. I actually think of those moments when in a stressful situation to ground me.
Also, I loved how people would just scream out "Valentina!!!" when they would see me down the street. No one here in Germany greets me with so much enthusiasm! It's common to greet people by name instead of "hi", and having the name of a popular salsa made it easier for people to remember.
Colleen: What do you hope for the community of Juluchuca over the next five years?
One of the things I learned most during my time was that the foundational issues are the same around the world. I hope Juluchuca ends the attitudes of apathy in its people, the same way I hope the public in the U.K or Germany or the States does. I hope the community empowers themselves and works actively towards the future they want for their pueblo, rather than waiting to be lifted out of a cycle. I hope they empower members of the community who are striving for more. Selfishly, I hope I'll be there to see this all soon!


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AL Immigration Law Backfires
Written by Faith Anderson on October 7, 2011
Adverse Effects of the New AL Bill
Rick Pate, owner of a commercial landscaping company in Montgomery, Alabama, lost two of his most experienced workers, both of which were in the country legally. "They just feel like there is a negative atmosphere for them here. They don't feel welcome. I don't begrudge them. I'd feel nervous too," Pate said. Pate spent thousands of dollars training the two workers to install irrigation systems before they fled. Although it's not clear how many of the estimated 185,000 Hispanic people in the state of Alabama have fled, Bill Caton, president of Associated General Contractors of Alabama, estimated one-fourth of the commercial building work force had left since the law was put into effect last week. Commercial construction is a more than $7 billion-a-year industry in Alabama.
Legislators hoped the law would help legal residents struggling from the nearly 10% unemployment. One of the new bill's authors, Republican Senator Scott Beason, said he expected short-term problems, but has received "thank you" calls from two people so far who replaced illegal immigrants who fled their jobs. "We have the best law in the country and I stand by what we've done," said Beason. On Chandler Mountain in north Alabama, tomato farmer Lana Boatwright reported that only eight of the 48 Hispanic workers she needed for harvest showed up after the law took effect. Those who did show up were visibly frightened. "My husband and I take them to the grocery store at night and shop for them because they are afraid they will be arrested," Boatwright said. Tomato farmer Chad Smith said his family stands to lose up to $150,000 because there aren't enough employees to pick the tomatoes spoiling in their fields. "We will be lucky to be in business next year," he said.
Alabama's Law Toughest in the Nation
Blake Corder, president of the Home Builders Association of Tuscaloosa, reported that Hispanic workers involved in fixing up the tornado-ravaged neighborhoods had left the area, and schools are concerned about students who have suddenly stopped showing up for class. Out of 34,000 Hispanic students, 2,285 were absent on Monday, even though state school officials have tried to assure parents that they won't turn them over to the police or deny their children an education. According to an Alabama resident who didn't want to be identified out of fear of the law said people are afraid to venture out during daylight. "People are just not going to work. They don't want to be arrested," she said. In the meantime, builders have been unable to find replacement workers and significant delays in projects are expected. Once the economy picks up and construction is back to normal, the impact will increase, said Russell Davis, executive vice president of the Home Builders Association of Alabama. "There is going to be a void," Davis said. "No question."


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DENT, John (?1761-1826), of Clapham, Surr.; Cockerham, Lancs.; and Barton Cottage, nr. Christchurch, Hants.
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b. ?1761, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Robert Dent, banker, of London and Clapham by w. Jane Bainbridge of St. James's, Westminster.1 m. 29 Oct. 1800, Anne Jane, da. and coh. of John Williamson, brewer, of Roby Hall, nr. Liverpool, Lancs., 5s. 5da. suc. fa. 1805.
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Dent was descended from an old Westmorland family, with property in the Appleby area. His father, the son of the youngest son of Robert Dent of Trainlands (1651-1702), was said to have started life as a local schoolmaster before being taken on as a clerk in the London bank of Child & Co. at Temple Bar. He became a partner in 1763, prospered and acquired a residence at Clapham as well as his town house. John Dent, who was to become a partner in the bank in 1795, successfully contested Lancaster in 1790. He may have gained an introduction there through Sarah Child, widow of his father's late partner, who married Lord Ducie, a former Member for the borough, in 1791. He built up a strong interest and retained the seat at the next four general elections, fighting expensive contests in 1802 and 1807. About 1791 Robert Dent bought a share in the manor of Cockerham, six miles south of Lancaster, but it does not appear that he or his son had a permanent residence there. John Dent later acquired a villa on the Hampshire coast, where he seems to have lived during the parliamentary recess.2
He was an active and conscientious Member, described in 1795 as 'not a first-rate orator', but 'considerably above a degree of mediocrity'.3 He gave general support to Pitt's ministry, but took an independent line on a number of issues. In his first reported speech, 18 Feb. 1793, he opposed Fox's resolutions against the war and praised the conduct of ministers. He spoke for the French enlistment bill, 14 Apr., was a teller on the ministerial side in a division on the suspension of habeas corpus, 16 May, supported the address on the suppression of seditious societies, 16 June 1794, and spoke in favour of repressive legislation, 3 and 10 Dec. 1795, having signed the London merchants' declaration of loyalty, 2 Dec. Opposing Combe's call for the dismissal of ministers, 19 May 1797, he declared that there was 'nothing the country had more to be afraid of than the effect of the inflammatory speeches delivered in that House'. He deplored the Foxite secession, 17 Nov. 1797, but failed to find a seconder for his motion for a call of the House, and supported the land tax redemption bill, 4 Apr., and the income tax, 27 Dec. 1798. According to Pitt, Dent spoke in favour of Grey's motion to reduce the Prince of Wales's establishment, 14 May 1795.4 The speech escaped the notice of the reporters, but he voted with the minority on the Prince's debts, 1 June 1795. He also voted against government for a call of the House, 22 Jan. 1800.
As befitted the Member for a slaving port, Dent was a determined opponent of slave trade abolition. On 26 Feb. 1793 he argued that abolitionist principles, 'however they might be suited to England, were destructive of the property of the planters' and that 'people should be prepared for liberty before they could enjoy it'. Some of his many other pronouncements on the subject were that abolition was an infringement of Magna Carta, 7 Mar. 1796, and that the grievances of the slaves no longer existed, as the Liverpool merchants (with whom he strengthened his ties by his marriage to the sister-in-law of Isaac Gascoyne*) had done everything possible to improve conditions on the middle passage, 1 Mar. 1799.
Dent, who in 1794 carried through a bill to expedite the administration of oaths at parliamentary elections (34 Geo. III c.73), spoke frequently on financial and commercial questions. He opposed the bill to prevent the working of canals during harvest time, 10 Apr. 1793, because it would deprive hundreds of navvies of their livelihood; called for a total prohibition of hair powder, 23 Mar. 1795, because soldiers used vast quantities of flour and servants stole it for this purpose, thereby endangering the food supply; objected to the bill protecting bankers from depredation by their clerks, 30 Mar. and 8 June 1795, on the grounds that it added to the already immense code of penal law and overlooked the basic problem of the clerks' paltry salaries; and successfully opposed a bill to prevent the stealing of pewter pots, 13 and 20 Apr. 1796, because it would tempt the industrious poor to waste their wages in the public house rather than drink at home.
On the franking regulation bill, 11 Mar. 1795, Dent bridled at the insinuation that Members had abused their privileges en masse, but failed in his attempt to secure information on the subject. His motion of 13 Apr. for inquiry into abuses of franking in the public offices was carried by 53 votes to 41 and, although he did not get very far with the issue, being 'unexpectedly' opposed by ministers, on 20 May he exposed the extent and cost to the country of these malpractices. On 8 Feb. 1796 he confirmed his intention of proposing a tax on dogs, the proceeds of which he envisaged as being 'appropriated solely to the relief of the poor'. He brought it forward on 5 Apr. 1796 with an alarming tirade against dogs which, along with later speeches on 15, 25, 27 Apr. and 12 May, was joyously seized on by the opposition wits and earned him the lifelong soubriquet of 'Dog' Dent. Pitt eventually came out against the plan as it stood and reintroduced it as a revenue earning measure.
Dent defended the Bank of England, 19 Dec. 1796 and 28 Feb. 1797, when he complained that 'nothing but personal animosity had passed' in the debate on the appointment of the secret committee, 'from which he inferred that the Ins wanted to keep in, and the Outs to get in'. His statement that the Bank was equal to all difficulties but the exigencies of 'a war wantonly made against us by a people who had denied the existence of a Being' provided Sheridan with a target for his wit. He supported the suspension of cash payments, but wished the issue of bank-notes to be limited, 22, 24 and 27 Mar., and was a teller for the majority against Pulteney's motion for the establishment of a new Bank, 30 May 1797. He opposed Pitt's proposal to give a bonus to subscribers to the loyalty loan, 31 May, and, when rebuked by Rose for his allegation that some of Pitt's advisers were guilty of jobbing, he replied:
He had supported the measures of ... [Pitt] ... because he thought he deserved his confidence, and while he thought so, he should continue to support them; but he could not think equally favourably of many who were near him.
This stand earned him the praise of The Times, where it was stated that Dent stood to gain financially from the bonus, as his firm had invested £50,000 in the loan.5 He opposed a proposal to allow protestant Dissenters to hold militia commissions without taking the sacrament, 27 June, and attacked the canal duty bill as 'totally impracticable' and 'unjust in principle', 3 July 1797. He voiced reservations about the triple assessment, 4 Dec. 1797, did not vote for the third reading, 4 Jan. 1798, and argued that the income tax would unfairly penalize holders of short annuities, 17 Dec., but strongly supported it in principle, 27 Dec. 1798. He called for relief for Liverpool and Lancaster merchants, 2 Oct. 1799, disapproved of corn bounties unless they were applied to imports from the Baltic, a source of Lancaster trade, as well as to American grain, 7 and 17 Mar., but welcomed the issue of Exchequer bills, 23 Apr. 1800. He seconded his brother-in-law's motion for a bill to amend the Combination Act, 30 June, and on 19 July 1800 opposed the grant to the Sierra Leone Company, of which he was a persistent critic.
Pitt's resignation disturbed Dent, who on 16 Feb. 1801 demanded an explanation for 'this sudden desertion of his office, when united wisdom and vigour were necessary to save the state from ruin'. He joined opposition in calling for inquiry into the Ferrol expedition, 19 Feb., supported an attempt to increase a quorum of the House to 60, 18 Mar., and voted for Grey's censure motion, 25 Mar. 1801. He set his face against Elford's country banks forgery bill, 14 May and 9 June, when he remarked that transportation would be just punishment for bankers who defaulted on their bills. He had reservations about the redemption of Exchequer bills, 16 Nov. 1801, but supported it 'to give all the necessary power to ministers' in case France broke the peace. On the bread assize bill, 2 and 7 Dec., he stated his wish for a more comprehensive plan, including the establishment of mills under parochial control, and he was strongly in favour of the continued prohibition of distillation from corn, 27 Nov., 9 and 14 Dec. 1801.
Dent grew increasingly dissatisfied with the Addington administration, particularly on commercial questions, and in the session of 1802 he and his brother-in-law began to co-operate with the 'new opposition'. After discussions with him on the state of the nation in February, French Laurence told Earl Fitzwilliam that Dent 'thinks with us'.6 He spoke and voted in support of the Prince of Wales's financial claims, 31 Mar. 1802, again on 4 Mar. 1803. He approved the continuance of Bank restriction, 21 Apr., but attacked the export and import duties, 27 Apr. 1802. On 4 May he obtained leave to introduce a bill to abolish bull-baiting, inspired, so Windham sneered, by the 'old fanatical cry of the dogs of Hudibras against lewd pastimes',7 but it was thrown out on its second reading, 24 May. Criticizing the tonnage duties, 14 Dec. 1802, he urged government to pay more attention to the welfare of the country's commerce and tried unsuccessfully to increase the naval augmentation from 10,000 to 25,000 men, 11 Mar. 1803, despite a declaration of his confidence in ministers. He obliquely referred to the rumour of shady dealing on the Stock Exchange by Sir Thomas Troubridge*, a lord of the Admiralty, but dropped the matter after explanations, 16 Mar., though he remained suspicious. Dent, who supported the St. Pancras poor bill, 21 Mar. and 1 Apr., had by now attached himself to Canning and was both a provider and an attender in the series of dinners to promote Pitt's return to power.8 He voted for Patten's censure motion, 3 June, criticized the property tax bill, 13 July, and was in the minority on Fox's motion for a council of general officers, 2 Aug. 1803. He supported the Liverpool merchants' petition for the fortification of the port, 1 Dec., objected (as a stockholder) to details of the East India bonds bill, 6 Dec. 1803, made some inaudible observations on the property tax and the volunteer consolidation bill, 29 Feb., and spoke and voted for inquiry into the Irish insurrection, 7 Mar. 1804. Listed 'Pitt' at about this time, he voted against government on the state of the navy, 15 Mar., the volunteer consolidation bill, 19 Mar., and in the divisions of 16, 23 and 25 Apr. 1804 which brought it down. He defended the bankers indemnity bill, 26 Mar., and on 24 Apr. moved for inquiry into the operation of the loyalty loan, but was defeated by 100 votes to 76. He had more to say on this subject, seeking to safeguard the interests of subscribers, 10 July 1804.
On Pitt's return to power, Dent was initially listed under 'Grenville', but he warmly supported the additional force bill, 8 June, and in September 1804 was listed among the ministry's supporters. He was a teller for the minorities against the slave trade abolition bill, 7 and 25 June, and condemned it out of hand, 12 and 27 June. The same day he dismissed the claims for redress of the calico printers, advanced by Sheridan, and he welcomed the counterfeit dollars bill as a boon to bankers, 2 July 1804. Thereafter, his contributions to debate became markedly less frequent. He voted against the censure of Melville, 8 Apr., and replied to Sheridan's attack on the government on the question of proceedings against the printer of the Oracle, 2 May. After John Jeffery, Member for Poole, had moved for papers to support his vendetta against St. Vincent's naval administration, 10 May, Dent moved for a return of naval promotions 1795-1804, 'in order to probe things to the bottom, and draw a comparison' between St. Vincent and Earl Spencer. The motion, amended to cover the period 1793-1805, was agreed to. After Sidmouth's resignation from the ministry, Dent had hopes of a junction between Pitt and the Foxites and tried to promote it with a dinner, but nothing came of it. In July 1805 Pitt, at Canning's instigation, offered him a baronetcy, but he declined it, so he told Canning, on finding that his wife 'has a great ambition to be called Mrs Dent, without any addition or alteration'.9
Dent opposed the 'Talents', voting against the repeal of the Additional Force Act, 30 Apr., and the American intercourse bill, 17 June 1806. When Jeffery renewed his ill-fated attack on St. Vincent, 10 May, Dent seconded the motion for inquiry but, probably primed by Canning, he did not pledge himself to support Jeffery's object and expressed a conviction that St. Vincent's conduct 'would stand fully vindicated'. He complained of the effects of the assessed taxes on holders of small annuities, 9 June, seconded Mildmay's motion for a vote of thanks to the volunteers, 11 July, taking the chance to attack Windham's defence plans, and warned against hasty action on the proposed distillation of sugar, 30 Dec. 1806. He was one of the die-hards who voted against the slave trade abolition bill, 23 Feb. 1807. He spoke against Sheridan's calico printers bill, 23 Apr. 1807, supported the Portland ministry while Canning remained a member of it and derided Petty's attempt to salvage his sinking fund scheme, 14 July. Much vexed by frivolous petitions against his return after the general elections of 1806 and 1807, he raised the matter in the House, 22 July, and got leave to introduce a bill to stiffen the regulations governing recognizances, 6 Aug., but it foundered two days later for want of a quorum. His next reported speech was not made until 13 June 1809, when he justified the taxation of foreign money invested in public funds. Earlier in the year he had made himself known at Poole, along the coast from his villa, by canvassing for the unsuccessful candidate at the by-election caused by Jeffery's appointment to office, and he subsequently announced that he would not stand for Lancaster at the next general election.10
Dent 'delivered himself up hand and foot to Canning' when the latter resigned and remained one of his 'little senate' during his period out of office. He was said to be 'barking very loud', but failed to persuade his brother-in-law to join him. He voted with Canning for the address, 23 Jan. 1810, but was absent from the division on the Scheldt expedition three days later. One ministerialist reported that 'Dent runs everywhere with a double prophecy, that the government must fall' but also that 'Canning alone can save it if offered a carte blanche', and he voted against government in their defeats on Lord Chatham's narrative, 23 Feb. and 5 Mar. He voted with government in the first three divisions on the Scheldt, 30 Mar., acting as a teller in the second and, according to Canning, who set his friends free for the final division on the exculpatory resolution on the retention of Walcheren, he then went away, though there was a report that he had voted against ministers.11 He voted with Canning for the release of John Gale Jones, 16 Apr.; for sinecure reductions, 17 May, and against parliamentary reform, 21 May 1810, and obeyed his summons to come up and vote against government on the Regency proposals in January 1811, but was said to be 'in mournful rapture' over Perceval's splendid performance on the 17th, 'mournful, as he confessed, because forced to vote against him'. He spoke against the Sierra Leone Company's grant, 8 Apr., and, set 'at liberty' by Canning 'to vote as he likes' on the gold coin bill, he grudgingly accepted it as a temporary measure, 17 July, after opposing Creevey's motion to disallow the votes of Bank directors. He voted for Turton's censure motion, 27 Feb., rose from his sick-bed to vote against government on the orders in council, 3 Mar., only to be shut out of the division, and was in the majority for a remodelling of administration, 21 May 1812. He spoke against Burdett's motion for inquiry into conditions in Lancaster gaol, 3 July, and defended Greenwood the army agent against Cochrane Johnstone's attack, 29 July 1812.12
At the general election of 1812 Dent canvassed Poole with some confidence and tried to entice his fellow Canningite Huskisson to join him, but, claiming that 'the government and Carlton House have moved heaven and earth against me', he had to abandon the attempt. Canning was willing to offer him his surplus seat for Petersfield, but he must have declined it, even though he was said to be 'very sore at having no seat' and to be eloquently vilifying the Prince Regent 'for having him beaten' at Poole. He remained attached to Canning, who in 1813 planned to 'descend to the coast, where Dent, like another Scylla, barks from his cliff at the passing sail'. After Canning's reconciliation with ministers in 1814, Dent applied for a baronetcy but he was too late, as Canning, on the point of departing for Lisbon, told Huskisson: 'How could I guess the Dog's wish to be Sir Dogby, when he so positively denied it? Has Mrs Dog changed her mind, I wonder?'13
He successfully contested Poole in 1818 and voted with government on Tierney's censure motion, 18 May, and the blasphemous libels bill, 23 Dec., but was in the minority on the cash payments bill, 14 June 1819. He defended the method of balloting for the inquiry into Bank restriction against radical strictures, 3 Feb., and criticized Sir James Graham's London clergy bill, 24 Mar. 1819.
During his last years, Dent was tortured by tic douloureux and he made at least one attempt to end his life by throwing himself off the cliff near his villa, but 'it was not high enough to kill him'.14 He died 14 Nov. 1826.
Ref Volumes: 1790-1820
Authors: M. H. Port / David R. Fisher
- 1. London mar. lic. 11 June 1760.
- 2. J. Wilson, Biog. Index (1808), 329; Gent. Mag. (1827), i. 179; Hilton Price, London Bankers, 36-37; VCH Lancs. viii. 92, 95.
- 3. Parl. Portraits (1795), ii. 168-9.
- 4. Geo. III Corresp. ii. 1247.
- 5. The Times, 2 June 1797.
- 6. Fitzwilliam mss, box 60, Laurence to Fitzwilliam, 12, 24 Feb. 1802.
- 7. Spencer mss, Windham to Spencer, 6 Jan. 1802.
- 8. Harewood mss, Canning to his wife, 25 Apr., 20, 21 May [1803].
- 9. Leveson Gower, ii. 87; PRO 30/8/120, f. 243.
- 10. Add. 38739, f. 29; Lancaster Recs. 46.
- 11. Lonsdale mss, Ward to Lonsdale, 24 Nov. 1809, 3 Feb., 31 Mar. 1810; Brougham, Life and Times, i. 470-1; Phipps, Plumer Ward Mems. i. 338; Harewood mss, Canning to his wife, 27 Jan., 23 Feb., 6, 24 Mar., 1 Apr. 1810; NLI, Richmond mss 73/1697.
- 12. PRO 30/29/8/5, f. 539; Lonsdale mss, Ward to Lonsdale, 18 Jan. [1811]; Add. 38738, f. 94; Phipps, i. 450.
- 13. Add. 38739, ff. 29, 40, 54, 70, 274; Bankes mss, Canning to Bankes, 19 Oct. 1812; Grey mss, Goodwin to Grey, 5 Feb. 1813; Canning and his Friends, i. 400.
- 14. Spencer mss, Lady to Ld. Spencer, 6 Sept. 1825.


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Ekiti Election 2014: We Will Win Based On Performance – APC
Stakeholders in the politics of Ekiti State have expressed confidence that the 2014 Governorship Election in the state would not have any form of confusion witnessed in Anambra State, as the performance of the State Governor guarantees success.
The Interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State, Jide Awe, alongside a House of Representatives Member from Ekiti State, Bimbo Daramola, made the declaration on Channels Television's weekend breakfast programme 'Sunrise' where they discussed the 2014 election in the state.
Also on the programme was a member of the editorial board of The Nation Newspapers, Bolade Omonijo, who was unsurprisingly neutral, expressed fears about the coming elections, not just in Ekiti State but in Nigeria.
Citing the words of his lecturer back in the university, who likened Nigerian politics to a situation of warfare, Omonijo regretted that since then till 2014 nothing had changed, and that can be blamed on the leaders who have made people to lose confidence in the process having cast many votes that did not count.
Making reference to the Anambra State election of 2013, he said he hoped that the leadership of Ekiti State would make the difference to ensure that the Anambra state election scenario does not occur.
Referring to an earlier 'Sunrise' interview with the State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, where the Governor spoke about his antecedents and the value he has placed on integrity, Omonijo believed that the people managing Ekiti have something to offer and with their antecedents and pedigree they would be more mindful of the points they want to make to the people rather than get desperate at the polls.
Daramola, also towing the line of depending on personal antecedents and integrity as the tool for political success, stated that what his party, the APC, has going for them in Ekiti is their verifiable performances in all sectors.
Asides commending the State Governor for his performance, he also reeled out his activities as a Member of the House of Representatives, with emphasis on his commitment to service and his fulfillment of pre-election promise to do his best for his people as the driving force behind his confidence. He said: "I know the mandate I carry does not belong to me"
Daramola, speaking about Nigerian politics, decried the gap between the leadership and the followership; he stated that as long as the political leaders remain far away from the people they govern "we are always going to have issues…so we need to close the gap."
He blamed the gap between both parties as being the reason why money becomes a major feature during campaigns. He explained that when the electorates are aware that they would not matter to a politician when he gets to office, they begin to have the mindset of grabbing what they can before the election when they seem to matter.
This, he said, is why politicians become desperate and willing to do anything to manipulate the elections, as they are aware that they do not have the support of the people. He however assured that the APC in Ekiti State would have no reason to become desperate as they have earned the people's support.
He vowed that he would stand down from the House of Representatives if any of the developmental achievements claimed by Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, were found to be untrue.
Daramola also blamed the purported failure of the 2013 elections in Anambra and Delta states on lack of transparency from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. He posited that the struggle for power always leads to attrition which also leads to friction, but power means many things to different people and thus the approaches would differ, if only INEC could be fair in its duty.
The Interim Chairman of the APC in Ekiti State, Jide Awe, also corroborated Daramola's views about the election.
He said that the aims and objectives of any political party are to participate effectively in elections, which is like the examination to assess their performance, assuring that as far as the 2014 was concerned "we are well prepared for the election" adding "this is not our first election."
He said that what the Governor has done in the state has made the job easier for the party, so "we only need to mobilize people at the grassroots to pay back the government for the good job they have done, there is no way the opposition can override us."
He said that the 3years of APC leadership in Ekiti State has been far better than the 7 previous years of the opposition in the state, boasting that "we are sure the people will reward us", adding that for the APC to maintain its strength in the state, it would only need to maintain its current leadership.
Awe also expressed reservation about the electoral commission, INEC, but said that the APC is making efforts under the aegis of Congress of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP in collaboration with other agencies to ensure safe and fair elections in the state.
While Omonijo also expressed concerns about security, Daramola warned that the next 6 months would be the most important for Ektiti state to move forward. He appealed to the Chairman of the INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, to be transparent.
The Party Chairman, Jide Awe called on INEC, Police and the people to be open. He emphasized that INEC should ensure that voter registration is done well and the list of voters are displayed on time as experience should come to bear in this coming election.
Daramola sounded again that the election would be won on the basis of performance and Governor Fayemi has delivered that.


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FLAGSTAFF, United States — The Navajo Nation is seeking potentially millions of dollars from Urban Outfitters Inc. over clothing, jewellery and other merchandise bearing the tribe's name that the popular retailer has sold.
The clothing chain asked a federal judge in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Wednesday to limit how far back in time the tribe can go to seek money over the company's products, which included everything from necklaces, jackets and pants to a flask and underwear with the "Navajo" name. The judge did not issue an immediate ruling.
The tribe's lawsuit alleging trademark violations has been working its way through the courts for more than three years. Efforts to settle the case featuring two unlikely foes have failed as the tribe seeks vast sums of money from the company that also owns the Anthropologie and Free People brands.
Here are things to know about the case:
The Navajo Nation wants revenue from products sold by Urban Outfitters and its subsidiaries under the "Navajo" name dating back to 2008. The actual amount isn't quantified in court documents, but it could amount to millions of dollars.
On some claims, the tribe wants all the profits generated from the Navajo-themed sales. On others, it wants $1,000 per day per item, or three times the profit generated by marketing and retail of products using the name.
Urban Outfitters says the tribe deserves nothing from 2008 to when the lawsuit was filed, arguing that the company has been burdened by the tribe's unreasonable delay in asserting its alleged rights.
The tribe's 2012 lawsuit alleges violations of federal and state trademark laws, including the Indian Arts and Crafts Act, which makes it illegal to sell arts or crafts in a way to falsely suggest they're made by American Indians.
Urban Outfitters says "Navajo" is a generic term for a style or design. The company wants a judge to determine it hasn't infringed upon the tribe's rights and to cancel the tribe's federal trademark registrations.
The geometric prints popular in clothing often are inspired by Native American designs. Urban Outfitters said it started using the "Navajo" or "Navaho" name on its products and in marketing as early as July 2001, when the fashion trend was in full swing.
Its subsidiaries followed suit, with the companies selling cuffs, necklaces, jackets, pants, a flask and panties, among other merchandise. The companies said they quit selling the products after hearing of the tribe's lawsuit.
The Navajo Nation holds trademarks on the "Navajo" name for things like clothing, footwear and online retail sales.
The lawsuit against Urban Outfitters is the first such action taken by the tribe in federal court to assert its trademarks. Former Navajo Nation Attorney General Harrison Tsosie has said the tribe twice protested the unauthorized use of "Navajo" before it sued and sent at least four dozen protest letters afterward.
The tribe relies on its members and an agreement with a Texas-based company that licenses the "Navajo" name to monitor use of the term and alert the tribal government to possible trademark infringement.
The Navajo Nation refers both to the tribal government and to the 27,000 square miles that make up the tribe's reservation in Arizona, Utah and New Mexico — the country's largest. About 180,000 of the 300,000 Navajo tribal members live on the reservation. The tribe's population is second only to the Cherokee Nation.


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A rich vein of artistic talent exists in the Highlands and Moray. It might be inspired by the beauty of the landscapes and vistas found where mountains meet the Firth. Or perhaps our comparative isolation on the outermost fringes of Europe lends a unique perspective.
Jane Yeadon, a highly acclaimed and best-selling author, is a "daughter of Moray", having been born and then lived in this part of the world for much of her life. Petite and always busy, with a perpetual good-humoured smile, Jane puts me in mind of the industrious and endearing little wren.
In considering her literary career, Jane admits to being a "late developer" having first pursued her dream of a long and varied career in the nursing profession that included being a midwife and a district nurse in the Highlands. Indeed, her rich and varied experiences have provided much material for her greatly admired books.
Jane puts her love of the written word down to a "writing gene" that flows through her family. Her parents, Elizabeth and Ian Macpherson, were already established authors and journalists when they took up a tenancy on Tombain, a small farm on the edge of the Dava Moor between Forres and Grantown-on-Spey, where Jane and her elder sister, Elizabeth, were born. Ian managed to combine writing with farming and his novels are judged to have made a significant contribution to Scottish twentieth century literature.
Sadly, Jane never knew her father as he was tragically killed in a motorbike accident when she was just six weeks old. After his death, her mother Elizabeth took to writing a weekly column in "The Bulletin and Scots Pictorial", under the title "Leaning of a Gate" followed later by a column for the Glasgow Herald entitled, "In the Country". Many years later, in 2005, this led to Jane's first foray into the writing world when, in collaboration with her sister Elizabeth, they assembled many of their mother's articles into a book appropriately entitled, "Leaning on a Gate" published by Librario Publishing and described by Sue Macgregor as a valuable account of Moray farm life.
In Jane's latest novel "Telling Tales", published in 2015 by Black and White Publishing, she illustrates her mother's strict discipline towards her writing regime, as follows: "Tomorrow is Monday, the day our widowed mother chooses to be herself writing newspaper articles about everyday life on an upland Morayshire farm. Since family discord isn't her chosen subject, we're not useful material. Now, bonded in the adversity of a having a mother who's about to forget she is one, we hurry to grab our coats……" In her book Jane describes her own life from a childhood perspective. The story is told in an engaging manner that brings immediacy to the recollections of her early years, free from care and worries.
Although times must have been difficult in that post-war era, her young life sounds full and rich, complete with a large and varied supporting cast that includes Dod, the farm manager, Smithy, the land girl together with Frankie, an ill-tempered Ayrshire bull and Duck, to name but a few. She also vividly describes "going on holiday to see Granny in Nairn". It transpires that Granny, Isabel Cameron, was also blessed with the "writing gene", having written books and telling gripping tales in which Jane and her sister Elizabeth were always funny, clever heroines.
Jane's first three books chronicle her life throughout a long and varied career in the nursing profession.
Her first book titled, "It Won't Hurt a Bit", published by Black and White in 2010, is the story of how she decides to leave her beloved farm, where she was raised, to take up nursing. Against the backdrop of the Swinging Sixties when the world finally shrugged off the privations of the war years, to find a new freedom and liberation, especially for women, Jane describes her many adventures as a nursing trainee. With her warm and unique sense of humour, Jane describes her new friends and events that patterned their lives from the gruelling training to scary matrons and difficult patients.
A second book, "It Shouldn't Happen to a Midwife", followed two years later in 2012. This sequel tells of Jane's escapades following her basic training when she moved onto an exciting new life as a student midwife at the Royal Maternity Hospital in Belfast. With new challenges and colleagues, she is thrown in at the deep end and quickly discovers that straightforward births in the R.M.H are a rare occurrence. All this is set against Belfast's divided community as it inevitably plunges towards "the Troubles" that are soon to blow it apart.
"Call me Sister", published in 2014, chronicles Jane's fulfilment of her dream to become a district nurse Ross-shire in the Highlands. Again, a cast of quirky characters is beautifully portrayed, recalling Highland life from a bygone age, which although recent, is now all but disappeared. An entertaining counterpoint is provided by Jane's experiences when doing her training in Edinburgh – from the countryside to the capital. This part of her story includes an amusing scene recalling how she meets up with her future husband, David, whose family owned a hotel in Forres. After her marriage to David, Jane moved to Forres where she continued to enjoy her nursing career at the local Leanchoil Hospital.
Jane is a well-known and popular member of the community. Accompanying her down the High Street is to experience waves and greetings from all directions. Although Jane's two children, Joanne and Mark, have inherited their mother's adventurous spirit and travel the world, the writing gene has yet to manifest itself in them. But should they follow their mother's example, there's still plenty of time. More recently Jane has been working on a collaborative project with the Anderson's Primary School to produce a children's book titled, "The Ancient Secret of Cloven Hill" in which she draws on inspiration and ideas directly from the children.
Always generous of her time and expertise in supporting other aspiring writers, Jane is an active member of ForWords, the Forres writing group where her advice, together with her ever- cheery good humour are much valued and appreciated. Jane's followers are eagerly anticipating her next book.


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One of our favourite places to visit on safari is Ruaha National Park in southern Tanzania, the largest, but maybe least explored of Tanzania's national parks. The lifeline of the park is the Great Ruaha River that unites several smaller streams on its way from the Southern Highlands through the Usangu wetlands. The gentle, undulating landscape is dotted by ancient baobab trees that bear the signs of the numerous elephants inhabiting the park.
There are several accommodation possibilities within the park – from high-end lodges to the comfortable park-owned cottages and bandas. Having stayed at the cottages during our previous stays, we wanted to be even closer to nature this time and decided to go camping.
The public campsite No. 1, also called Tembo (elephant) campsite, is situated in the Msembe area close to the park's headquarters, on the riverbank of the Great Ruaha River.
Now in September – at the end of the dry season – the once forceful river had partly dried up and was narrow and shallow. However, as it is one of the few water sources that remain, animals congregate around it, and the riverbed at the campsite is especially frequented by elephants.
When we arrived at the campsite in the afternoon, a family of elephants was cooling off in the Great Ruaha River and we enjoyed watching them from the top of the riverbank. The little family emanated calmness and peace, their ears flapping slowly, low rumbling noises of content vibrating through the air. It is amazing how silent these giants move, gently rocking back and forth when walking while feeling comfortable and happy.
On the other side of the riverbank, three male elephants slowly alighted into the riverbed, grabbing bits of grass and leaves with their trunks, constantly eating. After a little bath, they moved along the riverbank in search of the sparse green vegetation. Later, they decided to cross the river, the water reaching just above their ankles. They started slowly moving towards us, still eating along the way.
Soon it became obvious that they were heading for the campsite. The biggest and boldest of the three males seemed curious about us. His trunk was curled upwards, sniffing the air, as he approached, then he would snatch at the grass, pretending to eat. He was now really close and my heart started beating faster. He was massive, and I was feeling small and humble. I was overwhelmed by his presence.
We realised then that he had decided to climb the riverbank just where we were sitting, and hastily, but moving slowly, we retreated backwards without disturbing him.
Within the blink of an eye he was already on top of the riverbank, still eyeing us with interest, sniffing the air with his trunk. The other two males were shier than their leader, and followed him more hesitantly. He passed behind our car, giving it a thorough consideration with his trunk – luckily we had removed all the eatables from the car earlier! He then gave us a last glance over the top of the car, before ambling away.
We were all very excited. Meeting an elephant on foot, 'eye to eye' so to speak, is very different from watching them from the safety of a car. One can feel the power within their massive bodies, while they soft-footedly, and without making a sound, move past you.
Watch the video below, taken by Beate Apfelbeck, of the curious elephant bull


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A two-wheeled (geotagged) spin on migration, conservation, and fine Ale
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The BIRDS AND THE BEErS bicycle tour came into orbit in March, after I was given a scholarship by Rich Carkson to attend the International League of Conservation Photographers summit and workshop in Jackson Hole this May. It's truly a dream for me to be able to meet, make photos with, and learn from a group of some of the most outstanding photographers of our generation who are really trying to make a difference with their work--I just couldn't figure out how I wanted to get to Jackson to be there!
My new Nikon camera equipment has a built-in GPS capability (with an aftermarket part that I ordered from Bryan in China) that stamps each picture with latitude, longitude, altitude, and compass bearing information. This means that my galleries and other stuff from the journey (including current location) can be referenced geographically on a map. I've decided to give it a shot. My initial route plan, trip bits, and images are located here.
On BEErS
In 2005, I set out on a bicycle tour from Alaska to Argentina. Along the way, I picked up a camera and looked outward obsessively through its rectangle in attempt to interpret what was going on in the world around me. My understanding was not gained through traditional scientific method but rather by a simple gut feeling forged during two years of traveling over the earth's surface on two wheels.
At the end of my journey I decided that, rather than go back to a corporate software sales job, I would devote my work to capturing images that demonstrate what's happening to our planet and hopefully inspire change back home. However, after completing my dream of cycling 18,000 miles across the world, I was both relieved and anxious at the same time—I needed a few beers to replenish my carbo-load and let my new life soak in. Since then, I've realized that the key to any successful bicycle tour is tippin' back a few brews along the way.
On BIRDS
I love bird watching. I think that birds are the stewards of our planet. They have a lot in common with a traveling photographer—always on the move migrating across the earth's latitudes. In spring, millions of em' fly north from South America to Alaska through the Pacific Flyway zone of Central Oregon, Idaho, and Wyoming. These states also happen to harbor flocks of some of the most spectacular cycling routes and microbreweries in the country.
So there you have it. Why not ride my bike from Warshington State to the Jackson Conservation Summit, watch BIRDS, and drink a few BEErS as I contemplate making pictures along the way?
On Photogeekdomness
This is also an excellent opportunity to practice using my new Nikon camera gear with GPS geotagging capability, multi-media production kit, and Google photo-mapping applications that I will probably use for my next, really big photographic project:)
The result of my first round of tinkering is this Geotagged series of maps that you can use to follow the trip.


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Short term signal: DOWN Intermediate term signal: DOWN Comment: After three days of sideway action I thought that the bears will not manage to break bellow the range, but here we are.... 1682 was the line in the sand and after the price moved lower both signals are pointing down now. On the weekend I wrote pullback to 1650-1660. SPX500 touched the upper boundary of the range and we will see what happens in the next several trading days. Expected behavior for: - the big slide lower has begun - 1 day, max 2 days pause around 1650 and sell off. - only a pullback - the huge bar is selling climax and we should see some bottoming in the next two-three trading days. Levels to watch SP500: - 1682 is now resistance - 1650-1660 important support. If this is only a pullback, the price should not move bellow this area. - 1598 is major support.
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Today was pretty lazy, other than the irritating incidents this morning. I hung around the apartment until the afternoon, and then I went and drove my circuit of Jindo dogs that I like to visit (2 breeders and 2 solitary dogs). I try to socialize and sometimes feed the some of the less-than-cared-for Jindos on the island, and it feels like it gives me a purpose. Plus, some of my students have given me some sort of highly unflattering Korean nickname that I believe translates approximately as "dog-girl", and so if they're going to call me that, I might as well live up to it.
I went to the grocery store and got some dish soap and another bag of dog food, and then headed back home to Gunnae. I went for a walk just a little while ago in the dark, as it means that nobody's outside to point and stare. I don't mind it most of the time, but it does get a little old sometimes to be a constant spectacle.
Tomorrow I may go to Jodo. I wanted to go today, but the weather didn't shape up until later in the afternoon. It takes me about 40 minutes to drive to the ferry, and I don't particularly want to get up hugely early, so I'll have to check the schedule. I emailed the high school teacher (who speaks essentially fluent English and is really friendly), since she said she wanted to hang out sometime, but I haven't heard back from her yet.
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Boskiep 2 is a convenient stopover or holiday base, an affordable self-catering flat for business travellers, sales representatives, tourists, etc.
Stunning views from this three storey Manor House in the heart of Magoebaskloof. The house, of historic value, was built by Italian Prisoners of World War II and has been lovingly restored in keeping with the architecture and style of the period.
The house is scenically placed next to the Haenertsburg Trout Association's trophy dam with great views over the dam and indigenous forest. The house accommodates 6 adults and 2 young children, sharing with their parents in the master bedroom.
Glenogle Farm is a privately owned estate hidden amongst the pine plantations in the beautiful mountainous area of Magoebaskloof. This picturesque farm boasts horses, a magnificent dam stocked with trout as well as 2 Luxury self catering units.
Cheerio Trout Fishing & Holiday Resort is situated in the beautiful Cheerio Valley. Sleeps from 28 - 33 guests.
Zwakala River Retreat is situated on a privately owned farm in the beautiful Magoebaskloof Mountains in the Limpopo Province. Our accommodation includes cosy cottages, a guest house and a private camp site located next to a tranquil river in the mountains
L'Orange one of the oldest houses in Haenertsburg. It was built back in the early 1960s. Karen Boyum (a humanitarian and founder of Thusanang) and two friends, bought the property in 1968. Karen is one of Haenertsburg Village's valuable, "old stock." Kare
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Tracking 75 Billion Data Points and Over $5 Billion in Cloud Spend, Cloudability Releases 'State of Cloud 2018' Report
Groundbreaking Study Reveals Real-World Trends in Cloud Technology Adoption, Spend and Usage
Mar 14, 2018, 12:00 ET
PORTLAND, Ore., March 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloudability, the True Cost™cloud management platform, today announced the release of its report, State of Cloud 2018, a real-world study that analyzed data from over 1,500 companies representing $2.5 billion in cloud spend, 75 billion data points, 3 billion CPU hours and 700M unique compute resources. Conducted over the course of the calendar year 2017, the study provided deep and nuanced insight into cloud technology adoption, spend and usage. Cloudability will unveil the study results as part of a live webinar focused on translating these insights into competitive differentiation today at 11:00 a.m. PDT / 2:00 p.m. EDT.
Among the most revealing insights, the study found that out of hundreds of cloud services, only four account for the majority, or 85% of spend. These include Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), with 58.7% market share; Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), with 9.9% market share, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) with 9.3% market share and Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) with 6.3% market share. With only 10% of workloads estimated to have moved to the cloud, Cloudability forecasts both continued migration to cloud and for the existing cloud services distribution to hold steady in the near term.
The study also found that Moore's Law continues to hold for cloud compute as companies continue to adopt current generation Amazon EC2 families. At the beginning of 2017, 42% of companies used legacy compute instances, with 58% using current generation instances. By the end of 2017, just 30% of companies remained on legacy compute instances, while 70% had moved to current generation instances. These trend lines indicate that organizations are continuing to take advantage of the advances in improved processor, memory, storage and networking options. Cloudability is also seeing companies breaking the traditional three year data center hardware renewal cycle, instead moving to a 12 month cycle in the cloud.
"The cloud is something that is a profoundly big change, quite literally serving as one of the underpinnings of the fourth industrial revolution. Yet we realized that as we've watched the cloud grow, disrupting some industries while creating exponential new industries and business models, there have been few extensive real-world studies that pinpoint where cloud is and where it's heading" said Erik Onnen, CTO, Cloudability. "With State of Cloud 2018, we wanted to liberate our massive data set, share the insights we are seeing across billions of dollars of cloud spend and help the entire ecosystem - enterprises, devops teams, cloud vendors and industry watchers - to get a better understand of cloud adoption and usage trends."
Additional major study findings included:
Standard compute families are still king: 43% of companies continue to provision most of their compute workloads on standard instances such as T1, T2, M3, M4 and M5. High CPU instances such as C3, C4 and C5 follow closely behind, with 24% of companies provisioning these compute dense instances. 23% of companies provision on memory dense instances, 10% on high IO instances and just 1% on GPU dense instances. That said, growth rates for high IO instances show that customers are increasingly deploying production scale databases in cloud. In the past year, high IO instances grew by 351%, trailed in growth by GPU dense (84%), standard/general purpose (82%), high CPU (77%) and memory dense instances (56%).
Serverless computing continues to see rapid growth: Serverless growth across AWS Lambda and Azure functions continues to see a rapid growth with serverless gaining increased traction. A quarterly breakdown of growth rates over 2017 indicated that serverless grew 100% in Q1, 138% in Q2, 321% in Q3 and 667% in Q4.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are growing at a rapid clip: Cloudability continues to see high growth rates related to GPU based instances, despite the instance's smaller percentage of overall compute spend on compute. A quarterly breakdown of growth rates over 2017 indicated that GPU instances grew 100% in Q1, 183% in Q2, 252% in Q3 and 357% in Q4. Cloudability also found that AWS Sagemaker held 33.5 % of GPU based instance market share, trailed by AWS Rekognition (32.5%), AWS ML (24. 7%), AWS Polly (5.9%), AWS Comprehend 2.7% and AWS Lex 0.6%.
The full Cloudability State of Cloud 2018 report, which includes additional detailed and extensive findings, can be found at http://get.cloudability.com/ebook-state-of-cloud-2018.html.
About Cloudability
Cloudability is a True Cost™ cloud management platform that empowers enterprises to run their cloud like a business. Offering the industry's most precise insight into every aspect of cloud usage in real-time, Cloudability ensures enterprises in all phases of cloud migration run their business with cloud financials they can trust. Adopted by a majority of the top 50 Fortune 100 companies across the retail, financial services, healthcare and media sectors, Cloudability helps both enterprises and cloud-native companies leverage advanced analytics, automation and machine learning to transform their cloud infrastructure data into a new source of competitive value, providing disruptive advantage over time. Cloudability is venture-backed and based in Portland, Oregon. For more information, visit www.cloudability.com.
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Division II leader Connelly Construction made it six straight wins with a doubleheader sweep to highlight the week's action in the Valley Independent Softball League.
Connelly took a 5-0 lead in the first inning and was never threatened in posting an 11-3 triumph over Jesse's in the opener.
Leading the way at the plate with three base hits each were Dave Gruttadauria, Tom Kiley, Carl Dzienkewicz and James Homa. Matt Fanelli scattered 11 hits in twirling the win.
Mike Sardo went 3-for-3 to pace Jesse's. Tony Lepri and losing hurler Kevin Brown notched a pair of hits apiece.
Jumping out to a 4-2 first-inning lead, Connelly's was on top the entire game as it completed a sweep of the Barbers with a 14-8 victory in the nightcap.
Dom Bailey and Mike Smith led the winning offensive charge with three base hits apiece. Mike Matosian, Josh LaRue, Dzienkewicz, Homa, Dennis and Tom Kieley all notched a pair of hits each. Fanelli was the winning pitcher.
Rob Kurdy homered and banged out three doubles to lead Jesse's. Chris Beleske, who drove in four runs, and Sardo added two hits apiece. Brown took the mound loss.
Kut-Rite Hair Shop eked out a 5-4 win over the Militia in their double header opener.
Pete Silva led the way both with the bat and with the glove. He banged out three hits and handled 11 chances flawlessly at shortstop. Joe Orlando contributed a pair of hits.
The Militia got two base hits apiece from Matt Hurd, Mike Bernardo and Kevin Fuchs. Fuchs also played well defensively in left field.
An eight-run third-inning broke open a tie ball game and launched Kut-Rite on to a 14-4 nightcap triumph.
The Militia took an early 3-1 lead before Kut-Rite tied things up at 3 after two and then took charge with a third-frame outburst.
Nick Lifrieri, Mark Maas and Paul Raymond, who was winning pitcher both games, led the victors with three base hits each. Jack Liedke, Brian Valeria, Greg Bastek, Eric Nelson, Dave Arroyo and Silva, who drove in four runs, added two hits each to the Kut-Rite total.
Jimmy Hoffman's 3-for-3 led the Militia offense. Angel Cruz had a pair of hits. Alex Orosz hurled both games.
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There are those that feel that Democrats like Senator Bernie Sanders, who is racking up the early caucus and primary wins, and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are pushing the party too far to the left and flirting with socialism.
And some members of the party are pushing back, trying to bring the discussion back to a more centrist tone. Just last week, we wrote about the 13 candidates – about half of whom are actually Democrats – looking to unseat Ocasio-Cortez.
And as the Democratic Party struggles internally with people straying too far away from what the party has stood for in the past, the Republican Party is dealing with the same.
But while Democrats are concerned about people moving too far from the center to the left, Republicans critique other Republicans for straying too far from the right to the center.
Such is the case with Joe Caldarera, who is running for the Republican nomination for Congress against Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis. The winner would face Congressman Max Rose, a Democrat who was elected to represent Staten Island and South Brooklyn, a district that voted solidly for President Donald Trump.
Rose's decision to vote for impeaching the president has energized Republicans in a district that was already in danger of being flipped back to red.
But according to Caldarera, Malliotakis is no Republican at all!
The former prosecutor laid out his case against the assemblywoman in a recent press release titled "The People v. Nicole Malliotakis."
The evidence:
• Malliotakis once told the Daily News editorial board, likely during her recent run for mayor, that she regretted voting for Donald Trump.
• She told ABC News that if she was a member of Congress, she would not vote to repeal Roe v. Wade.
• Malliotakis does not support suspending DACA and wants to keep New York a sanctuary city.
• Malliotakis voted for extending rent control.
"Over the course of this case, we the People will be entering more votes and more public statements into evidence that will demonstrate beyond any reasonable doubt that Nicole Malliotakis' public record is as liberal as they come," Caldarera said in his statement, committing fully to the legal-themed forced metaphor. "I'm confident that a jury of our peers will vote their conscience and return a verdict of guilty of being a liberal for Nicole Malliotakis."
When the National Republican Congressional Committee announced its round of 2020 Young Guns, a list of up-and-comers that should be on the political radar, both Caldarera and Malliotakis were on the list.
Whatever, call us when Caldarera gets a sandwich named after him!