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By Dag Solstad
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232 pp. New Directions. Paper, $15.95.
By Dag Solstad
Translated by Steven T. Murray
224 pp. New Directions. Paper, $15.95.
The Guggenheim is, like so many great buildings, a selfish one. Art looks weak there — the sallow light, the weird pitch of the walkways — and the lovely shock of its high-whipped white circles relies on it being surrounded by hundreds and hundreds of plain old unambitious squared-off townhouses.
Is experimental fiction the same? The novel famously arose as the first true art of the emerging middle class — cheap, portable and domestic in its concerns, equally removed in nature from the priest's breviary and the groundling's farce. In that light it could be argued that the radicalism of "Ulysses" depends completely, epiphytically, on "Middlemarch" and its kind of realism. Even the exaggerated formal unconventionalities of the '70s (Thomas Pynchon, William Gaddis, Donald Barthelme) have now been fed back into the novel's original source code, giving us writers who can, like Lydia Millet and Jonathan Franzen, comfortably incorporate postmodern touches into books that are nonetheless essentially in the tradition of "Middlemarch."
But there's another, crucial element to the story. From the novel's early days, there have been writers who worked experimentally not out of a sense of play or rebellion, but because it's the only path they found toward otherwise elusive ideas. Franz Kafka's fiction does not seem primarily aimed at confounding our expectations of fiction — he invented the tools he needed to describe his times, the way James Cameron ended up with a raft of accidental patents after every movie because he had to have a shot there was no other way to get. The same goes for W. G. Sebald, or Claudia Rankine, or Kazuo Ishiguro. And for the strange, stirring, troubling Norwegian novelist Dag Solstad.
Solstad, who's 76, is eminent in his home country, but only in the last few years has an excited literary hum begun to accompany his name here. That excitement has been chiefly in reference to his enthralling short novel "Shyness and Dignity." Now we have two more of his books to consider in English translation, "T. Singer" and "Armand V."
They're characteristic of Solstad's work. Each features a male protagonist in crisis. Each, like "Shyness and Dignity," analyzes the huge gap between the open-ended promise of university and what Alan Hollinghurst calls "the dense tangled stasis of adult life." Above all, both are — like all of Solstad's fiction that has reached these shores — obsessed with the question of what precisely composes an identity, a self. In his world, every person is a machine for making a vast array of random facts cohere. The fragility of that state both terrifies and obsesses him.
"T. Singer" begins as its title character, a man in his 30s, moves to the remote town of Notodden, "many cheerless kilometers inland," to become a librarian. He is nobody, even to himself — particularly to himself. "To other people, he might appear as a distinct and clear personality, but in his own mind he is vague, even anonymous, which is what he prefers." He suffers from bursts of agonizing shame about minor incidents when he's shown the wrong version of himself to a friend, since they suggest his lack of any stable character.
In prose fittingly unbroken by the consoling narrative endpoints and fresh starts of chapter breaks, Solstad moves Singer through the decades that follow his arrival in Notodden. First there are his initial hours in town, marked by a long, dreamlike sequence in which he meets an important business executive, who gives him dinner and a foolproof system for gambling on sports before falling entirely out of the novel. Then ineerily frictionless succession Singer marries a woman, becomes a single father and finally decides, almost arbitrarily, to return to Oslo.
There's nothing to hold in "T. Singer," which is what makes it so dismaying — neither the madness of Knut Hamsun, nor the ludicrousness of Cesar Aira, nor the misanthropy of Thomas Bernhard, nor the tenderness of Philip Roth, the novelists to whom Solstad seems closest in style. "He was a mystery to himself," Solstad writes. "No one could deny him the right to make that claim." The only consistency in Singer's life is his bewilderment at it, his conviction that his circumstances have nothing to do with him.
This problem is even more explicitly pressing for the title character of "Armand V.," "a fit man in his 60s" whose outward life has a profound formal meaning — he is an ambassador, his every action filigreed by ritual, his existence a testament to the structures of society — with no relation to his internal one. Like Singer, he is in a sustained and genuine panic at his emptiness. (Real emptiness, not anhedonia, which would be a far more comforting and clichéd philosophical situation.) What saves him from despair is "the rush of history … piercing his empty, insignificant individuality, filling it up."
That reprieve is cut off, however, when his son enlists in the military to fight alongside the Americans in Afghanistan. "Armand V." is very definitely political, as much of Solstad's early work apparently was, and it's his worst mode; the book concludes with a scene in which an American diplomat's head transforms into a pig's head, a piece of subtlety that would make Dan Brown blush. (I hate this kind of direct symbolism in art. It kills meaning, rather than offering it. Solstad's own countryman Henrik Ibsen both took the device to its uppermost heights and slaughtered it in the process.)
The strongest section of "Armand V." is actually a digression about a college friend of Armand's named Paul Buer, lasting nearly a third of the novel. Though they are barely friends later, Paul represents, Solstad says in an atypical moment of passion, "the time when you were just starting out and up until your mid-20s … when everything is going on at the present moment."
"When everything is going on at the present moment." This is the essential Solstadian complaint, how hauntingly early our lives are decided and how simultaneously stupid and painful living seems in the middle age that follows, "the dreamlike, fragmentary inactivity … left after the usual phases of a human life have been lived." I was initially resistant to the trick that "Armand V." is written entirely in footnotes to a nonexistent novel, precisely the kind of facile experimentation still treated too reverently in criticism. But as I read on I realized that Solstad's footnotes actually are innovative, for the way they bear out his disturbing idea that adult life is merely a succession of footnotes to youth. Those footnotes aren't a cute trick, in other words. They deepen his themes.
All of the whispers have been right: Solstad is a vital novelist. "Armand V." is a lesser work than "T. Singer," and neither can match the astonishment of Shyness and Dignity, his masterpiece about a teacher who storms out of class and wanders Oslo contemplating his errors. But all three are riveting, restlessly searching out new shapes to confront their author's ongoing subject of absolute existential doubt. Solstad isn't messing around. "If you have a why to live, you can bear almost any how," Nietzsche said. But what if, like Singer, you don't? Most authors would offer us at least the salvation of, say, love. Solstad dismisses that emotion as a "remnant of puberty," not much more. How rare and terrible it feels to encounter truly unsentimental art. After finishing these two novels I had an immediate urge — really — to go read "Middlemarch." The Solstad was too real.


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A Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) used by MaineDOT aided maintenance crews by providing visual aids to track storms, recommending treatments, extending trend forecasts, and creating training opportunities.
Experience using the MDSS for a specific corridor in Maine in the winter season of 2006-2007
September, 2007
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The methodology involved a careful tracking of each of 12 winter storm events, coupled with a reconstruction of the crew's decision processes and treatment actions throughout each event. The documentation of the event reconstruction included the maintenance of logs by the Scarborough crew as well as post-event telephone interviews with the crew and their supervisor.
The evaluation focused on MaineDOT's experience with the MDSS during the first year of use, in the winter season of 2006-2007. Although the evaluation did not identify quantitative benefits, it did find evidence that the MDSS provided qualitative benefits that are likely to become stronger as the maintenance crew gains more experience using the MDSS and the application is improved.
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- The MDSS provides enhanced notification capability of storm events with its Geographical Information System (GIS) radar and National Weather Service (NWS) platform, which enabled the system to track storm events across the state. The GIS platform generated visual representations of observational data obtained from Road Weather Information Systems/Environmental Sensor Stations (RWIS/ESS) and Automated Surface Observing Systems (ASOS) on road maps. The maintenance crews using the MDSS indicated the visual aids were useful to them in the essential task of using forecasts to determine treatment options.
- The MDSS consolidated a set of treatment recommendations that crews used in their decision-making for pavement treatment operations. The MDSS tailored road treatment recommendations on corridor-specific conditions that incorporate traffic levels, air and pavement temperatures, and the effects of prior treatments. The crews found that the recommendations from the MDSS added value to the existing mix of forecasts and observations. For example, the MDSS included new data on bridge frost potential, pavement-temperature trend forecasts, and wind and blowing snow potential.
- Although MaineDOT relied primarily on the crews to obtain information about conditions on the road, such as observations of pavement temperature, the MDSS extended crew observations with trend forecasts.
- By installing and using the MDSS for winter operations, MaineDOT created an opportunity to provide training for maintenance crews throughout the state, which had the effect of raising the skill level of all of MaineDOT maintenance crews.
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A Case Study of the Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) in Maine
Author: Chris Cluett (Battelle) and Jeffery Jenq (Battelle)
Published By: United States Department of Transportation ITS Joint Program Office, HOIT 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, DC 20590
Source Date: September, 2007
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Are sharks really dangerous? After all, you're more likely to be killed by lightning or faulty wiring on your Christmas tree than by a shark [source: McCarthy]. Death by bee sting occurs far more often than death by shark [source: Burgess]. In the water, you're more apt to drown or be injured by your own surfboard than be hurt by a shark [source: Martin].
Researchers love to throw around statistics like these to redeem sharks. Here's another juicy one: In 1987, more than 8,000 dogs bit humans in New York City, while there were 1,587 reported instances of a human biting a human in the Big Apple. That same year, there were 13 shark attacks in the entire United States [source: ISAF]. Statistically, it would seem that a person was more likely to be bit while riding the New York City subway than swimming in the ocean.
Still, sharks and the possibility of attack continue to terrify us, thanks to movies like "Jaws" and sensational news reports. For many, sharks represent the unknown and the unknowable. While we can forgive some of those 8,000 dogs for biting us, sharks don't show the same types of emotion, which makes it easy to paint them as mindless man-eaters. Sometimes the statistics support our fears. In the past few years, the number of shark attacks has risen slightly, although that's likely due to more people engaging in recreational water activities, as opposed to hungrier sharks.
Any shark that measures more than 6 feet (1.8 meters) is a potential threat to humans because it's big and because it likely has adaptations, such as more developed jaws and stronger teeth, that have enabled its large size [sources: Burgess, Ritter]. These sharks may not be specifically trolling for human flesh, but if they were to take a sample bite, they could do some serious damage.
While the most dangerous shark may always be the one that's swimming right towards you, it's worth remembering that of the almost 400 identified shark species, less than 10 percent have been implicated in an attack on a human [source: Martin]. Of the approximately 30 species that have attacked, which are the most dangerous? Let's sift through the attack statistics, the stereotypes and the sharp teeth to find out.
Shortfin Mako
This list won't include the biggest shark, the whale shark, which eats by filtering little pieces of plankton out of the water and is thus uninterested in humans. But this list does include the fastest shark, the shortfin mako, which has been clocked at 20 miles (32 kilometers) per hour [source: Allen].
Although the shortfin mako has only been blamed for eight unprovoked attacks and two human fatalities, it ranks second only to the great white shark for attacks on boats, notching up 20 in comparison to the great white's 95 [source: ISAF]. In one report, the mako's bite was enough to sink the boat in three minutes [source: Allen]. For this reason, the shortfin mako may be the most dangerous shark for fishermen.
Conversely, fishermen are dangerous to the mako, which is a prize catch in the game-fishing world because of its speed, aggression and long jumps out of the water. When hooked, the mako becomes extremely violent, sometimes harming the fishermen or the boat in the process. It's used to putting up a fight; its main prey, the swordfish, often attacks it in the course of the hunt. Novelist Zane Gray once wrote that a look into the mako's eyes revealed "a creature that would kill as he was being killed" [source: Lineaweaver].
Some of these incidents with fishermen are considered "provoked," so the mako ranks slightly higher in provoked attacks than unprovoked. Because the mako lives in deeper waters, fishermen and divers might be the only two groups that need to worry about this vigorously strong fish. Divers report that the mako swims in a figure-eight pattern with its mouth open as it tries to determine whether to attack [source: Compagno].
On the next page, see which shark has a taste for sailors.
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
The oceanic whitetip may only have seven unprovoked attacks and two fatalities on the books, but that's because it might be getting away with many of its crimes by not leaving any evidence. Marine explorer Jacques Cousteau ranked this shark as one of the most dangerous for its brazenness in evaluating prey [source: Bright].
Found in deep waters, this shark became a primary enemy during times of war, when soldiers ended up in the water after their transport was attacked. Known for being the first on the scene of a shipwreck, this shark likely gobbled up many servicemen not reflected in the statistics. Most notably, the whitetip is thought to be responsible for eating many of the men aboard the Nova Scotia, which sunk in World War II and suffered more than 800 casualties [source: Bester].
The whitetip is probably one of the most abundant large fish in the ocean. Divers who encounter the fish report that this is a shark with attitude and boldness, unperturbed by the divers' defense mechanisms. It persistently and aggressively investigates divers.
The whitetip isn't the only deep-water shark known to take an interest in whoever's bobbing in its feeding area, though. On the next page, meet the blue shark.
Blue Shark
Here's the good news: You don't have to worry about a blue shark stalking you while you frolic in the waves a few yards from your beach blanket. This aquatic predator, who can grow in excess of 12 feet (3.6 meters) in length, prefers to remain in waters at least 1,150 feet (350 meters) deep. That's where it finds its dinner: small bony fishes, like herring and sardines, and invertebrates, like squid, cuttlefish and octopi. It's also been known to scavenge on dead marine animals and steal from fishermen's nets.
And that brings us to the bad news: Although blue sharks aren't known to be particularly aggressive -- especially compared to their nastier cousins the bull sharks -- they won't always turn their noses up at a potential meal of human flesh, either, if you happen to be shipwrecked or floating on your seat cushion after surviving a plane crash. Reportedly, blue sharks have circled unfortunates bobbing around in their feeding grounds, and have been known to take exploratory bites [source: Florida Museum of Natural History]. That said, between 1580 and 2010, there've only been 32 (just 32!) reported blue shark attacks, including four unprovoked attacks that resulted in fatalities [source: International Shark Attack File].
In reality, blue sharks (Prionace glauca) have far more to fear from people. An estimated 10 to 20 million of them are killed by humans each year. Many blue sharks are killed when they become entangled in fishermen's nets and others are slaughtered for their fins, which are sold on Asian markets for making shark fin soup, a delicacy [source: Florida Museum of Natural History].
Blacktip Shark
If you're a Florida surfer, you may already be familiar with the blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus), since the species reportedly inflicts 16 percent of the shark bites on surfing enthusiasts in your state. Blacktips also have chomped on humans along other parts of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, and off the waters of South Africa and the Caribbean.
If there's an upside to this, it's that the species, which prefers depths of around 10 feet, only averages about 5 feet (1.5 meters) in length and just 40 pounds (18 kilograms) in weight, and seldom inflicts anything more than a minor wound [source: Florida Museum of Natural History]. There've been 42 documented attacks on humans by blacktip sharks, but just one resulted in an unprovoked fatality [source: International Shark Attack File].
Though blacktips usually prefer saltwater, they also are often seen near shore around river mouths, bays, mangrove swamps and in other estuaries. They get their name from the distinctive black markings on the tips of their fins. They have stout bodies with a moderately long, pointed snouts and high, pointed first dorsal fins. They're dark gray-blue or brown on their upper bodies, with white underbellies and a distinctive white band across their flanks. Blacktips feed primarily on small schooling fishes like herring and sardines, but they also eat bigger bony fish like catfish and grouper and have been known to make a meal out of some types of small sharks, stingrays, crustaceans and squids.
We'd be remiss if we didn't add that like many other shark species, blacktips have more to fear from humans than the other way around. They're caught by fishermen, who sell their meat for human consumption or to be used as fish meal to feed animals. Their fins are also sold in Asian markets for making soup. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies blacktips as "near threatened" around the world and "vulnerable" in the northwest Atlantic region [source: Florida Museum of Natural History].
Nurse Shark
If the nurse shark were a person, it might have a chip on its shoulder about its name, which isn't nearly as ferocious-sounding as "bull" or "tiger." But while the nurse shark certainly doesn't tend to human beings like an RN, its name is somewhat appropriate insomuch that the shark is generally non-aggressive and typically swims away from people. The species (Ginglymostoma cirratum), which grows to between 8 and 9 feet (2.4 and 2.7 meters) in length, is concentrated in shallow waters in the Caribbean, and off the coast of south Florida and the Florida Keys, but is also found along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas [source: Florida Museum of Natural History].
Fortunately, even in the rare instances when a nurse shark does attack a human -- so far, 52 times, with no recorded fatalities -- the bite isn't powerful enough to be lethal [source: International Shark Attack File]. The downside is that the nurse shark's small mouth is attached to a large pharynx that enables it to suck up food and latch onto it. In fact, its grip is so vicelike that, in some cases, rescuers have had to use surgical instruments to free victims.
Fortunately, humans aren't the nurse shark's preferred meal, of course; the species feeds mainly on stingrays, octopi, squids, clams and crustaceans. They're nocturnal animals that rest on sandy bottoms or in caves and crevices during the day, and they often gather in groups of as many as 40. Nurse sharks have rounded, stubby heads with set-back eyes, and long caudal (tail) fins, which account for more than a quarter of their total length. They range from light yellowish tan to dark brown in color, and young nurse sharks have small black spots on their bodies. While nurse sharks are not endangered, their population in Florida has decreased in recent decades. [Source: Florida Museum of Natural History]
Requiem Sharks
Requiem sharks actually are a family of 12 genera and approximately 50 species. They have a funereal-sounding name, and for spear fishermen, in particular, they can be a lethal menace. That's because fish skewered and struggling on a spear emit low frequency vibrations, which requiems can detect with their highly sophisticated sensory organs. Once they've arrived in the vicinity of the catch and can smell blood, their aggressive instincts can take over. That's not a good thing, if you happen to be in the water with them, because the strong-swimming, torpedo-shaped predators, who travel either solo or in groups, have big mouths filled with sharp, serrated teeth [source: Randall]. Various types of requiem sharks have attacked humans 56 times, with seven unprovoked fatal attacks on record [source: International Shark Attack File].
What makes the sharks even more frightening is that a few of requiem species, such as the grey reef shark, have a distinctive threat posturing. The sharks will swim laterally, toss their heads in an exaggerated fashion, arch their backs with their pectoral fins held downward, and snap their jaws menacingly. If you see a shark doing that, it's best to move slowly away. Requiem species vary in size, but the biggest can exceed 24 feet in length, often making them the biggest bullies on the block [source: Beller].
If there's a silver lining to all this, it's that requiems are voracious eaters who normally dine on a lot of other creatures besides humans, including sharks and rays, squid, octopuses, lobsters, turtles, marine mammals and sea birds [source: Randall]. Large and fierce members of the Requiem family, like the bull shark and the tiger shark, are especially dangerous to humans. We'll get to them in a couple of pages.
Sand Tiger Shark
Researchers who've observed sand tiger sharks say they generally aren't aggressive toward humans unless provoked, but that's not much consolation if you're a fisherman and find yourself confronted with the predator's prominent, jagged-looking teeth [source: Florida Museum of Natural History]. Sand tigers have attacked humans 77 times, though, miraculously, only one of the attacks proved fatal [source: International Shark Attack File].
The species (Carcharias Taurus) is found in most warm seas throughout the world, except for the eastern Pacific. In the western Atlantic Ocean, sand tiger sharks range from the Gulf of Maine to Argentina, and are commonly found in Cape Cod and Delaware Bay during the summer months. They're most often found close to shore, at depths ranging from 6 to 626 feet (1.8 to 190 meters), but are also found in shallow bays, coral and rocky reefs, and sometimes also in deeper areas around the outer continental shelves.
Sand tiger sharks are large and bulky, with flattened conical snouts and long mouths that extend behind the eyes; they sometimes have dark reddish or brown spots scattered on their bodies. Females can reach a maximum length of more than 10 feet (3 meters); males are usually just under 10 feet.
As previously mentioned, sand tigers have a hearty appetite -- for herrings, mullets and rays, among other things -- and they sometimes hunt in schools and cooperate by surrounding and bunching their prey. Sand tigers are fished for food in the north Pacific, northern Indian Ocean and tropical west coast of Africa. The IUCN classifies sand tigers as a "vulnerable" species [source: Florida Museum of Natural History].
Tiger Shark
Tiger sharks aren't looking to specifically eat humans, but then, they weren't specifically looking to eat lumps of coal, cans of paint, packs of cigarettes or Senegalese drums either. These items have all been found in the bellies of tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier), which are known for their ability to eat just about anything [source: Parker]. So while other sharks may just want a sample to find out if a person is edible, the tiger shark is less likely to let go once it's taken a bite.
If a tiger shark does decide to continue eating, you're in for an unpleasant experience, to say the least. Their jaws have elastic muscles, which allow them to swallow pieces of prey much larger than what might seem possible. And little can be done once you're in the grip of the tiger shark's razor-sharp teeth, which can chomp through anything. Many a crunchy sea turtle has fallen prey to those teeth despite a hard, protective shell.
Those teeth, which can puncture and rip apart prey in a matter of seconds, have been responsible for a total of 157 attacks, including 27 unprovoked fatal attacks [source: ISAF].
Which shark is dangerous because it can lurk near oblivious swimmers? Find out on the next page.
Bull Shark
The bull shark's statistics are pretty impressive. With a total of 121 attacks, which includes 25 unprovoked fatal attacks, this shark has already earned its spot as one of the three most dangerous sharks. The bull shark is as aggressive as its name implies, and one of its victims has described an attack as similar to being hit by a truck [source: McCarthy].
Technically, the tiger shark surpasses the bull shark in terms of numbers of attacks and fatalities. But many researchers think that the bull shark gets off easy in terms of statistics and may actually be responsible for many of the attacks pinned on tiger sharks and great white sharks. Most notably, the 1916 shark attacks on the New Jersey coast, thought to be the inspiration for "Jaws," were more likely conducted by a bull shark, rather than the great white that took the blame [source: Parker].
The bull shark is dangerous simply because it's more likely to come into contact with humans than some of these other sharks. It can live in both salt and freshwater, and the bull has been spotted in water so shallow that humans are walking around in it. What's more, they're fairly territorial about their homes, so a person out for a simple stroll could be agitating bull sharks without even knowing it.
If you've seen the movie "Jaws," you can probably guess what shark tops our list. Click to the next page to find out if you're right.
Great White
You don't become the subject of a movie like "Jaws" without being dangerous in real life as well. Indeed, the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) leads all other sharks in attacks on people and boats, as well as fatalities. Currently, the great white shark has been connected with a total of 403 attacks, including 247 unprovoked attacks and 65 fatalities [source: ISAF].
In 2001, "Jaws" author Peter Benchley claimed that he couldn't have written the book in this day and age, knowing what he knows now about great white sharks [source: McCarthy]. The great white is just not the mindless killing machine that was depicted on the silver screen. This shark is extremely curious, though, and may bite humans to determine if they would make a good meal. They generally don't return for seconds, though, because a human simply isn't a very good meal for them. These sharks much prefer the fatty blubber of seals and sea lions.
While some scientists say that surfers on their boards may look like seals from below, it may just be a youthful mistake. Some researchers think that the sharks mistaking surfers for seals are the juveniles of the species, who are in the first stages of adding seals and sea lions to their diet [source: McCarthy].
Whether it's mistaken identity or not will certainly matter very little to the poor person who does get trapped in these infamous jaws. As for being a "taste bite," the great white takes a pretty big taste, as it's able to consume 20 to 30 pounds (9 to 14 kilograms) of flesh with each bite, with the force of each bite measuring over 1 ton per square inch [source: Dingerkus]. With one bite like that, death can occur from bleeding to death or internal organ damage.
Most swimmers needn't worry about running into a great white shark though; they usually stay in deep waters and are fairly rare. But that elusiveness serves to make them even more frightening to some.
To learn more about sharks, dangerous and otherwise, have a look at the links on the next page.
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This piece of fantasy flash fiction is from the youngest contributor to Stranger Views, 16 year old Annie Kenworthy. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we did.
"You can't get on my bus like that, son" the driver said stubbornly, folding his tattooed arms over the steering wheel with a look of disbelief on his face. He looked at the boy dripping from head-to-toe in wet, slimy mud and shook his head sympathetically. "Sorry, I can't have you making a mess in here."
The already seated passengers leaned out of their comfy seats to gawp at the soaked boy at the bus-stop. It was a small, unpopular bus that travelled down small country lanes to a miniscule, remote village, meaning that not much drama ever occurred on this bus, unless you count the time Old Marge accidentally let her cat, Tibbles, lose, which of course wrecked havoc among the more peaceful elders on the bus. The drivers were usually quite lenient when letting on passengers but, apparently this time, no meant no. The young boy made a rude gesture at the driver and stormed back to the grotty bus-stop to wait for the next bus. Everyone else resumed their normal position as they carried on driving amongst the heavy morning traffic, chitter-chattering like mother hens.
Suddenly they found themselves screeching to a halt, throwing the passengers forward with an uncomfortable 'Oomph'. Everyone started to complain loudly, speculating at the driver about whether the bus had broken down or if he was simply incompetent, when out of nowhere, the bus driver started to scream. Then slowly, as one by one they realised what was the matter, they all joined in too, screaming in a panicked, frenzied manner. All them fixated on the same thing, directly in front of the bus; a girl.
Not just any old girl, the most beautiful, most fascinating, most alluring girl your eyes could ever see; light radiated from her pale bare skin, like an orb of pulsating beauty. Her hair billowed around her shoulders like a delicate pink halo, her pin-prick cerulean eyes seemed to entice you into her image, like she was hypnotising you into falling in love. Around her chest was a single leather corset, laced up inches above her navel, which was pierced with a single silver bar. Her legs and thighs were bare, apart from matching leather shorts, fitted tight around her shapely hips.
But the most striking thing about her were the elegant rose and ebony wings, protruding from her back, encasing the air around her like a guardian of the atmosphere, and out from her silky cherry pink hair were two single, majestic black horns which looked so natural and normal compared to the luminosity she released.
She raised her arm, her palm pointing accusingly towards them ,her hands were covered in metal gloves, which covered her wrist and ended in sharp, claw-like talons that looked like they had been plucked from a mechanical bird, as if to stop the already stationary bus and in a flash of blinding green light, the windscreen had smashed into billions of pieces and fell, painfully onto the driver like a waterfall of crystals, although he still did not react, nor did any of the passengers still gazing in awe.
The young girl, who didn't look any older than 17, walked effortlessly towards the vehicle, one foot in front of the other like an experienced model on a Parisian catwalk, carrying on past the door, she trailed her finger tips casually along the length of the bus, with the windows rippling and bursting as she passed. Pirouetting, eyes focused on a middle-aged woman with several wounds across her face seated three quarter of the way down; she gracefully walked back until she was stood in front of the woman.
"Where is she?" She said staring into her blank, emotionless eyes. Her voice was low, and she was hissing through her teeth but her voice wasn't by any means menacing, but more desperate and demanding. The woman in question continued to stare, aggravating the girl even more. She raised her slender right arm and, without touching the vehicle, swept the bus on its side. The agonising sound of metal scraping across the tarmac started the passengers screaming again, causing immense struggle to try and get out of the now smoking wreckage, which had now ignited and was throwing flames around the empty road. The screams had attracted attention, local residents and passers-by were hurrying to the wreckage and fire-engines and police cars' sirens could be heard in the distance.
"What happened, son? Have a seat and tell us everything" A policeman and a paramedic had helped a bleeding boy to an ambulance, having just arrived, and had sat him on the step. The boy looked up at the questioners with pure fear in his eyes, which were filled with tears.
"There was a girl, she…" He was cut off in mid-sentence by a loud boom coming from the smouldering metal carcass as a small section exploded slightly and landed by a rubber tyre. As a fireman rushed over, the paramedic turned back to the boy, "Sorry, you were saying about a girl?" A look of genuine confusion wavered over the boys face and he stammered, "What girl? There wasn't any girl?"
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The Montclair Mayor and Council approved an $18,900 contract on Sept. 4 with Community Grants, Planning & Housing LLC to serve as an administrative agency for Montclair's affordable housing stock.
The company will oversee 129 affordable housing units built through the Housing Trust Fund located at Siena, Valley & Bloom, Residence and other locations throughout town.
The Cranbury-based company replaces the former administrative agency Piazza & Associates. The contract includes $8,150 to maintain the affordable housing waiting list of more than 3,000, town planner Janice Talley said. Additionally, the governing body approved an updated Housing Trust Fund spending plan through 2025.
"The new company will reach out to each occupant annually to make sure they still reside there. During the first year, new protocols for the waiting list will be added, including making communications in digital and online format. There's a large inventory of units and the new company will better serve and respond to people on the waiting list. There's also new procedures for local preference to get into certain units," said Talley.
Montclair has 600 affordable housing units, but only 129 fall under the Housing Trust Fund. The rest were built through public money through the state's affordable housing program and are open to residents throughout the state. They include residences at The Siena, Montclair Mews, Bay Street Commons, Montclair Residences and Montclarion II.
The upcoming Seymour Street development housing will include an affordable housing component with preference to Montclair residents.
Montclair NAACP Housing Committee Co-Chair William Scott said the waiting list of 3,000 people seeking housing from Montclair and beyond reflects the ongoing issue of too little supply for the demand.
"If you've got 25 affordable housing units and a waiting list of 3,000, you're not advancing the ball," Scott said. "Montclair has roughly 14,000 housing units, around 40 percent renters, and thousands who cannot afford the rent. Montclair renters are at the mercy of the market."
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Effecting change through advocacy helped Montclair provide up to 20 percent affordable housing set asides with each development. The NAACP chapter has successfully lobbied for the higher percentage for some zoning areas like Lackawanna, but high rents and rent increases will continue to be an issue without municipal rent controls, Scott noted.
Montclair adopted the Housing Trust Fund Spending Plan on Oct. 8, 2002. Amended plans were approved on Aug. 5, 2009 and Jan. 26, 2012, according to the resolution.
The Council on Affordable Housing granted substantive certification to the township in 2009. Since then, the township proposed a consent order with Superior Court to permit collection and expenditure of development fees for affordable housing as indicated in the updated spending plan that projects fees and expenditures through 2025.
The new spending plan approved this week includes projected revenues of $1,203,000 through 2018. The town will spend $225,000 to rehabilitate 15 units and dedicate $182,885 to render units more affordable to households earning 30 percent or less of the median income by region.
Montclair collects developer fees for commercial and residential construction, which go into the Housing Trust Fund. The rates are 1.5 percent of equalized assessed value per house, 2.5 percent for non-residential construction. All development subsidizes new affordable units, as well as the rehabilitation plan for existing units, Talley explained.
Details of the contract with CGPG to administer the affordable housing on the 129 units include sections on affirmative marketing, household certification and affordability controls, processing requests from unit owners, enforcement, and recording of project files, inventory, bank accounts and monitoring reports on resale and rental units.
The median rent is $1,422 in Montclair. Low and moderate-income household guidelines in Montclair are $44,000 and $71,000, respectively.
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Cloud computing is the latest technology in the web world that is playing a crucial role in expanding the growth of business organizations. In simple term, cloud computing is a utility model, used by both the large as well as small-scale companies to host their data centers, applications and processes online through the internet by paying determined fees.
In order to improve the work performance of your business, you need to choose the best cloud computing company or cloud service provider. To help you to make the best possible decision, we bring you this blog post. Today, we will explore the list of top cloud computing companies and cloud service providers that will help you find the best solution according to your needs.
We bring you the list of cloud providers specialized in computing, but most of them also offering hosting and storage options as well.
1. Syscon-inc
Syscon-inc is a well-reputed cloud computing service providers that aims at offering advanced and powerful options such as configuration flexibility, stable infrastructure, cloud solution options and much more that can help you manage your business resources with ease.
They help different businesses to take the RIGHT data to the cloud for the productive work flow. They keep productivity and security of their clients at the highest levels and always offer the first-rate services to their clients and customers.
Syscon comes with advanced cloud solutions, including private cloud hosting, email hosting, app hosting, etc.
2. Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure is the best cloud service providers as it offers a variety of cloud-based functions and features.
It supports virtual machines and pure storage services, SaaS services, gateways, networks and applications based services to their clients and customers. Overall, Microsoft Azure offers 50 cloud services with an objective to meet the requirements of their clients.
Furthermore, you will get Azure Software Development Kit, which is integrated with monitoring software, visual studio, best CPU, RAM and of course, storage options. It also offers tons of MS apps and integration options such as VPN, APIs and a lot more.
3. Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud Platform is undoubtedly one of the most reliable cloud infrastructures across the web market. It allows you to compute everything – from the virtual machines with proven price to the completely organized app development platform. It also provides load balancing; best CPU/RAM/storage options, auto-scaling features and a lot more.
To an addition, Google cloud platform offers rapid and reliable networking with a ton of security features that are compliant with ISO 27001, SSAE-16, SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3 certifications.
It also offers some of the advanced features such as batch processing, Windows and Linux support, persistent disks, and local SSD.
4. Amazon Web Services
Over millions of customers are using AWS to enjoy the cloud computing services. It is one of the most reliable cloud computing software that offers an extensive range of infrastructure, software, and platform as a service.
It also provides auto-scaling, virtual servers, load balancing, and big data services at the most reasonable price. You can even "rent" some part of CPU, RAM and storage power plus Oracle database.
Moreover, Amazon Web Services offers plenty of networking options and you can enjoy a virtual private cloud, DNS, etc. It also offers some of the robust integration options such as APIs, IP, etc.
Security options offered by AWS are excellent. They are PCI DSS compliant that has ISO/IEC 27001 and EU Directive 95/46/EC.
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When it comes to the best cloud service providers other than the Microsoft, Google and Amazon, then CloudSigma is considered to be the best solution.
It offers a complete suite of IaaS and SaaS services and also offers some of the high-powered features that can take your business to the next level. Some of the advanced features are:
- CloudSigma offers a ton of cloud solution such as Standard public cloud, Hybrid clouds, Dedicated public cloud resources, On-premise clouds, and Dedicated servers.
- CloudSigma is high in security as data is encrypted and also has a couple of certificates.
- It is an ideal solution for big data. It means you can rent terabytes of storage, easy to migrate and the network connection is quick and reliable. So if you want to store your big data, opt for CloudSigma services.
- It offers the flexible pricing options for both the small as well as large scale businesses.
Overall, CloudSigma is one of the most advanced cloud computing companies for you.
6. e24Cloud.com
It is one of the most scalable, user-friendly and powerful cloud computing companies on the web. They aim at providing the stable infrastructure, configuration flexibility, and other services that can help you manage your resources more effectively and efficiently.
However, e23Cloud.com is not the topmost cloud service provider, but still it provides some of the stunning features to small and medium scale businesses, such as:
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- e24Cloud offers an instant connectivity which is stable with over 99,99 availability.
- There are plenty of free or affordable features, particularly for transferring your data.
- It offers APIs that can help you integrate to Amazon Web Services with ease.
- Quick and reliable customer support.
Essentially, e24Cloud is a quick, simple and also a powerful solution if you have a small or medium scale business.
7. RackSpace
RackSpace is one of the leading cloud computing providers, offering tons of advanced services across the world. It comes packaged with the variety of excellent features that can help you in many ways.
They provide fully support to all types of clouds and cloud services, including storage, and developer's tool. But is the best solution because of its networking services because it offers:
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So, if you are looking for the best networking option, you should opt for the RackSpace cloud computing company.
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Dimension Data comes on the top of the list when it comes to the best cloud computing providers. It offers a complete range of cloud services to help you manage all of your resources with efficiency.
The Company aims at offering world-class private cloud computing services with the on-premise or dedicated infrastructure. Even, they offer the best public cloud services with on demand provisioning of CPU, RAM, Storage and networking.
Plus, they have high SLAs (service level agreements) and also offer multiple Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery features. They offer excellent security services such as encrypted data, VPN options, a robust firewall and PCI DSS compliant.
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It is another reliable cloud computing company that offers stability, flexibility and robust features.
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In fact, you can have additional storage, managed services and hosting, disaster recovery as service, big data options and a lot more.
10. Right Scale
Right Scale is a universal cloud computing service provider that believes in offering quality service that can help you manage all your resources with ease . You can approach this company if you want to utilize the best cloud solutions at the most reasonable price.
That's all.
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