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Knebel gets the call to Detroit
It doesn't happen too often, when we watch a player in Single-A West Michigan one season gets the call up to the Detroit Tigers the next. In fact I believe Alex Avila is the last one who got that quick call up. This season it's relief pitcher Corey Knebel, who just made the move to the bigs on Thursday. The Tigers drafted Knebel just last June 39th overall out of the University of Texas, where the right-hander was a highly successful closer for the Longhorns for three seasons. After the draft, he was sent to West Michigan, where he earned a 2-1 record, a 0.87 ERA, 15 saves, 41 strikeouts, and just three earned runs in 31 games. Knebel was assigned to the Erie Seawolves to begin the season, and he has been just as successful there, going 3-0 with a 1.20 ERA, one save, and 23 strikeouts. He was promoted to the Toledo Mud Hens just a week ago, giving up no runs and striking out four in just four innings of work. When asked if he thought he'd be moving up to the Tigers this soon:
"No idea," Knebel stated to the Detroit News. "I just tried to do what I've been doing. My college coach taught me to fear no man, fear no hitter. That's just what I kind of live by. I go out there and I think I'm better."
The 6'3″ hurler certainly has the stuff to back that up. His fast ball hits up to 95 mph, and he has a nasty curve/slider combo that has made minor league batters look just silly. The Tigers look to be using Knebel to help out the depleted bullpen that has been overworked this past week. He was available to pitch in last nights' game against the Rangers, but got no further that some warm-up pitches in the ninth inning. Tigers' manager Brad Ausmus looks to be giving him a chance to get adjusted, and looking for the right time to get him into a game.
"We've seen him pitch," Ausmus said. "He has a really good curve, his makeup is supposed to be really good. He pitched in a big-time program in Texas. It's not the major leagues, but generally those guys that come out of big programs are a little bit more stable, they get to the major leagues a little faster. But we'll be learning about him on the go a little bit here, this staff, Jeff Jones, and myself."
Knebel is not the first 2013 Tigers' draft pick to get the call up (second in MLB), but he's the first one from the last two drafts. Although he was a closer at Texas, the Tigers considered him for a starting job when assigned to the minors. It's good for him that management realized how effective he is in the late innings. As a starter, who knows when he would have been able to earn a shot in Detroit's rotation.
"I do love the 'pen," Knebel stated. "I love coming out of the bullpen. I love hearing my name called. My heart gets going. As a starter, you're more relaxed. I don't think I'm a relaxed person."
To make room for Knebel, the Tigers optioned pitcher Robbie Ray back down to Toledo. We'll definitely be watching the Tigers' games closely for #49 to take the mound for his debut. We wont be as excited as his family that scattered to fly to Detroit from Austin, but we're still looking forward to it.
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Losing weight — and keeping my blood glucose in order — would be so much easier if the pantry and refrigerator weren't filled with food I don't need to be eating.
Willpower would be good, too, but I confess to not having a lot of that: If it's there, and I like it, I eat it. Even if it's something I shouldn't be indulging in.
My husband does the grocery shopping. Which is good, because I don't like to do the grocery shopping. I'm not sure he wants me to, either. He is the coupon king and I just go in and get what I want, regardless of coupons or sale items.
The problem is, he picks up what's on sale or has a coupon, whether we need it or not. "What are we going to do with pomegranate-mushroom baking sauce?" I'll ask.
"It was on sale."
Thanks to his insistence on grabbing sale items (hopefully that also have coupons), the pantry, refrigerator and freezer are stuffed. In the case of the pantry, whatever items can't be crammed into those shelves have overflowed to a cupboard I could use for storage and shelves in the hallway that were meant for storage. Storage, that is, of small appliances and large bowls; not for the world's largest collection of peanut butter, soup, pasta, and diced tomatoes.
The problem is not so much that the cupboards are stuffed; the larger problem is that there is no space for what I want. Is there space in the refrigerator to cram in that salad? How about some tuna fish for the pantry? Sugar-free frozen pops for the freezer? The answer in all cases is likely to be "no."
It would be great to nuke a frozen entrée and have that with a salad for lunch. If only…
He is thoughtful. He brings home things he knows I like. However, while I like many of the foods he searches out just for me, they're frequently in my "oops! be careful" category. So I eat them up in order to rid the house of the offending cuisine — only to find that he's stocked the larder with more. I finally had to tell him a couple of days ago (again) to please stop buying certain food items.
Maybe he will. For a while. Or perhaps he will hear me when I say I need space for the foods I buy. I can tell you he doesn't listen when I tell him to stop bringing so much food home! We have so much I can't find anything! I even have to be careful to wait until he's away from the house to put food out for agencies collecting for the food bank; he's been known to go through the bag and remove items he doesn't believe I should be giving away. (If you have 10 jars of peanut butter, what's the problem with giving away two of them? Besides, they were on sale.)
What to do, what to do? It drives me nuts, but it's one of his few faults (aside from working too late every day, using the stationary bicycle for clothes storage, taking over part of my clothes closet, letting his mail pile up on the dining room table…and I'll just stop there). Perhaps it's part of his nurturing side. He also overbuys for the cats. Probably from a closeout table, but hey…
Do you think it would work if I told him he could indulge me, but with only one item instead of enough to fill whatever empty space exists? And in small containers only? My philosophy has long been "one package, one serving" — no matter whether the package is one ounce or one pound.
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Vernon, Edward
Vernon, Edward, 1684–1757, British admiral. He entered the navy in 1700 and rose steadily in rank. A member of Parliament from 1722, he opposed the government of Sir Robert Walpole and urged war with Spain. When war was finally declared (see Jenkins's Ear, War of), Vernon won great popularity by his capture (1739) of Portobelo. However, the failure of his joint expedition (1741) with the incompetent General Wentworth against Cartagena and Santiago de Cuba led to his recall. Vernon's nickname,
Grog,was given to the drink—rum diluted with water—that he ordered served to his sailors to curb their drunkenness. George Washington's half-brother Lawrence named the Washington estate, Mt. Vernon, for the admiral, under whom he had served.
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From Weird Science #13
Harry Harrison was a science fiction writer and editor, who began his career as a comic book artist in the same genre. Born Henry Maxwell Dempsey in Stamford, Connecticut, he eventually settled in New York. After serving in the US Air Forces during the Second World War, he took art classes from Burne Hogarth.
He teamed up with his fellow student Wallace Wood and together they began producing art for Fox, Quality and Fawcett, before joining EC Comics in 1948. The pair was mostly illustrating stories for the science fiction titles Weird Fantasy and Weird Science, both sharing pencil and ink duties.
Harrison eventually broke with Wood and continued to work with Jules Feiffer and Warren Broderick at Fawcett for a while, while sharing a studio with Ernie Bache and Frank Frazetta. He was a member of the Society of Comic Book Illustrators, but left the field shortly afterwards to focus on writing and editing.
He served as an editor for Picture Week and Rocket Stories, but became best known for his 'Stainless Steel Rat' book series and the 1966 novel 'Make Room! Make Room!'. He also wrote for syndicated comic strips, creating 'Rick Random, Space Detective' with Ron Turner in Britain in 1954, and writing most of the 'Flash Gordon' newspaper strip for Dan Barry in the 1950s and 1960s.
Kelvin Gosnell and Carlos Ezquerra made three comic adaptations of 'Stainless Steel Rat' stories for 2000AD between 1979 and 1985. During his life, Harry Harrison has resided in Denmark, England, Ireland, Italy and Mexico. He passed away in his hometown Brighton, England, at the age of 87 in August 2012.


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For years, Terry Gilliam tried to get a movie version of Watchmen made without success, before deciding that the book was unfilmable. So what did he make of Zack Snyder's faithful, CGI-filled version from earlier this year?
During an interview to promote his new The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Gilliam revealed what he thought about Snyder's take on the classic graphic novel:
It got trashed, but there are great sequences in there, but the overall effect is kind of turgid in a certain way. I started putting it down to… you know, in the comic book, or graphic novel… They're still comic books to me (laughs)… It's like the Comedian's coffin is going into the grave with the stars and stripes on top of it and reading it in the comic book it's three panels, boom, boom and boom. On film "hhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmm…"
The pace is wrong. I was glad our version didn't get done, the one that Charles McKeown and I had wrote, because we had reduced it down to about two hours and five minutes I think and we lost so much. Comedian was cut down to next to nothing. So (Zack Snyder) did a good job, but it just felt… I also thought The Incredibles had kind of fucked it for him... [S]o much of that material had been in a quarry that everybody had been digging goodies out of and suddenly you get lost. I think Watchmen really bothered me, because I thought it should be better. It was all there. It looked right, but to me it was pace. It didn't have pace. It needed a bit more quirkiness in there. Dr. Manhattan was getting boring, frankly, and then Ozymandias by the end I thought "Oh, come on!" They lost me by the end, frankly, but it was certainly looking better than what I was going to do! (laughs)
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Yasnaya Polyana yä´snīə pəlyä´nə [key], village, central European Russia, just S of Tula. It was the birthplace and residence of Leo Tolstoy, who is buried at his estate there. The writer's home was looted during German occupation of the village in 1941, but it has since been restored and is a museum and literary shrine.
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Sep: Huawei Developer Conference 2020 (Together) announced major upcoming updates for HarmonyOS 2.0, EMUI 11, HMS(Huawei Mobile Services), HUAWEI HiLink, and HUAWEI Research, empowering global developers and ecosystem partners to provide enhanced and innovative experiences for users.
Aug: Huawei has ranked 49th on the Fortune 500 list. This year's ranking represents an 12 point jump from 2019.
Jun: Huawei ranked 45th in the latest BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Brands study, up two places from last year. 2020 is the fifth consecutive year where the annual publication features Huawei as one of the top 50 most valuable brands worldwide.
Mar: Huawei launched the HUAWEI P40 Pro+, HUAWEI P40 Pro and HUAWEI P40, the new HUAWEI P40 Series flagship smartphones featuring cutting-edge designs with ground-breaking camera innovations that radically expand mobile photography and video capture possibilities.
Sep: Huawei unveiled its ground-breaking HUAWEI Mate 30 Series at an exclusive launch event in Munich. With the Kirin 990 5G SoC, a revolutionary integrated quad-camera and its unique, iconic OLED HUAWEI Horizon Display, the HUAWEI Mate 30 Series sets new standards in every area from aesthetic design through to hardware engineering and software innovation.
Sep: Huawei unveiled the latest flagship Kirin 990 series: Kirin 990 and its 5G version at the IFA. Kirin 990 (5G) is the world's first 5G SoC. Being the industry's most compact 5G smartphone solution and the first full-frequency 5G SoC, Kirin 990 (5G) enables end users to access superb 5G connectivity experience one step ahead in the first year of 5G commercialization.
Aug: At the Huawei Developer Conference, Huawei launched HarmonyOS – a new microkernel-based, distributed operating system designed to deliver a cohesive user experience across all devices and scenarios.
HarmonyOS is a lightweight, compact operating system with powerful functionality, and it will first be used for smart devices like smart watches, smart screens, in-vehicle systems, and smart speakers. Through this implementation Huawei aims to establish an integrated and shared ecosystem across devices, create a secure and reliable runtime environment, and deliver a holistic intelligent experience across every interaction with every device.
Jul: Huawei announced its business results for the first half of 2019. In Huawei's consumer business, H1 sales revenue hit CNY220.8 billion.
Huawei's smartphone shipments (including Honor phones) reached 118 million units, up 24% YoY. The company also saw rapid growth in its shipments of tablets, PCs, and wearables. Huawei is beginning to scale its device ecosystem to deliver a more seamless intelligent experience across all major user scenarios. To date, the Huawei Mobile Services ecosystem has more than 800000 registered developers, and 500 million users worldwide.
Jul: Huawei released the world's first dual-mode 5G smartphone – the HUAWEI Mate 20 X (5G) in China, after its debut in Switzerland in May.
The HUAWEI Mate 20 X (5G) is the only commercially available 5G smartphone using a dual chipset configuration with Huawei's latest generation 5G multimode terminal chips, the 7nm Balong 5000 and Kirin 980, which support both the SA (Standalone) and NSA (Non-Standalone) 5G networks. The HUAWEI Mate 20 X (5G) received the first license to access China's 5G network in June, marking that the 5G era has finally reached consumers.
Jul: Continuing a multi-year track record of acceleration, Huawei has ranked 61st on the Fortune 500 list. This year's ranking represents an 11 point jump from last year and an impressive 68 point leap from 2017.
Jul: The HUAWEI Mate 20 X (5G) – the world's first dual-mode 5G smartphone – was certified by the Global Certification Forum (GCF), making it the first 5G smartphone in the market to pass all GCF 5G tests.
Jun: BrandZ's annual Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands study ranks Huawei 47th (up one place from last year) with an eight percent increase in brand value. It's the fourth consecutive year that Huawei has been featured in the top 50.
Apr: Huawei announced its business results for the first quarter of 2019. Huawei's Consumer Business Group continues to create value for consumers with its innovative products. Its core strategy is to deliver an intelligent experience to consumers across all scenarios. In Q1 2019, Huawei shipped 59 million smartphones. In other business segments like PCs, wearables, and smart home, Huawei has been welcomed by global consumers for its leading, innovative products and superior user experiences.
Mar: Huawei rewrote the rules of photography with the groundbreaking HUAWEI P30 Series that features the innovative HUAWEI SuperSpectrum Sensor, an optical SuperZoom Lens (5X optical zoom, 10X hybrid zoom and up to 50X digital zoom), a new HUAWEI ToF (Time of Flight) Camera, and the enhanced optical and AI image stabilization technology. With these revolutionary technologies, the HUAWEI P30 and HUAWEI P30 Pro can capture incredible photos and videos in every scenario.
Feb: At MWC 2019, Huawei launched the HUAWEI Mate X, the world's fastest 5G foldable phone. The HUAWEI Mate X won GSMA's "Best New Connected Mobile Device at Mobile World Congress 2019", the most important award presented. The HUAWEI Mate X features a Falcon Wing Mechanical Hinge design, 7nm multi-mode modem chipset (Kirin 980 + Balong 5000), and a high-capacity 4500 mAh battery supporting the world's fastest 55 W HUAWEI SuperCharge.
Huawei also introduced the updated HUAWEI MateBook X Pro, HUAWEI MateBook 13 and HUAWEI MateBook 14. These products deliver outstanding high-speed connectivity to users and bring a hyperconnected experience closer than ever before.
Jan: Huawei launched its 5G multi-mode chipset, the Balong 5000, and the first commercial 5G device powered by it, the Huawei 5G CPE Pro.
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Oct : Huawei unveiled the HUAWEI Mate 20 Series powered by the Kirin 980, Huawei's densest and highest performing system on chip (SoC). This flagship series encompasses four devices: HUAWEI Mate 20, HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro, HUAWEI Mate 20 X and PORSCHE DESIGN HUAWEI Mate 20 RS.
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Oct: Huawei was named the world's 68th most valuable brand in Best Global Brands 2018, released by leading brand consultancy Interbrand. Huawei climbed two places from 2017, and its brand value increased by 14% to US$7.6 billion.
Aug: Huawei unveiled Kirin 980, the world's first 7 nm process mobile phone SoC chipset.
Aug: According to IDC, in the second quarter of 2018, Huawei became No. 2 in global smartphone market share.
May: Huawei is the only Chinese company to feature in the annual ranking of the world's Most Valuable Brands 2018 compiled by Forbes with a brand value of US$8.4 billion.
Mar: Huawei unveiled HUAWEI P20 series smartphones and Porsche Design HUAWEI Mate RS. HUAWEI P20 Pro scored 109 from DxOMark, which was the highest score so far.
Feb: Huawei unveiled the HUAWEI MateBook X Pro, the HUAWEI MediaPad M5 Series
Oct: Huawei announced the HUAWEI Mate 10 Series, which will open the door to new AI mobile applications by combining innovative hardware, the Kirin 970 chipset and EMUI 8.0.
Sep: Interbrand announced its 2017 Best Global Brands Report and confirmed Huawei's move to No.70. Brand valued at USD $6.676 billion, growing by 14% over the past year.
Sep: Huawei unveiled the Kirin 970 at IFA 2017. Kirin 970 was awarded IFA 2017 Best Product by Android Authority.
Aug: HUAWEI P10 took the title of "EISA Smartphone Camera 2017-2018" and the WATCH 2 was "EISA Wearable 2017-2018" from the European Imaging and Sound Association.
Jul: Huawei's 2017 H1 Smartphone shipments rose to 73.01million, a year-on-year increase of 20.6%.
Jun: Huawei was ranked No. 49 on the Brand Z Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2017 rankings.
May: Forbes released its list of the Most Valuable Brands of 2017. HUAWEI ranked the 88th with a brand value of $7.3 billion, and was the only Chinese brand making the list.
Feb: Huawei unveiled its second-edition smartwatch, the HUAWEI WATCH 2 and Porsche Design HUAWEI Smartwatch.
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Sep: Huawei and Leica announced the opening of the Max Berek Innovation Lab that will support further R&D around optical systems, VR, AR and software-based technologies.
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Aug: Huawei established Huawei HiLink Smart Home Ecosystem. Huawei HiLink smart home solutions, smart home APP and smart products of various partners were released as well.
Aug: HUAWEI P9 won European Consumer Smartphone 2016-17 at EISA Awards (European Imaging and Sound Association).
Jun: Huawei established Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Lab in France to strengthen Huawei's capabilities in basic science, especially in algorithm.
Apr: London, UK, Huawei launched the first dual Leica lens smartphone series-HUAWEI P9, setting a new standard in smartphone photography.
Mar: Huawei named Lionel Messi as its brand ambassador.
Feb: Huawei released HUAWEI MateBook at 2016 MWC. Meanwhile HUAWEI MateBook won 15 awards.
Jan: Huawei together with international luxury brand Swarovski revealed the first female Android Wear™ HUAWEI WATCH Jewel and Elegant at CES
Nov: Huawei launched flagship HUAWEI Mate 8 and released HUAWEI Watch Chinese Edition on the same day.
Nov: Huawei revealed HiSilicon Kirin 950 chipset. It is the first commercial 16FF+ mobile SoC on the market and the first that has the big.LITTLE architecture of a quad-core Cortex-A72 2.3GHz along with a quad-core Cortex-A53 clocked at 1.8GHz.
Oct: Huawei climbed to the 88th spot on 2015 Interbrand Top 100 Best Global Brands.
Sep: Google unveiled Nexus 6P, a new piece created by Huawei and Google, at the launch event in San Francesco. It was called "the Android smartphone that tempts Apple fans".
Sep: Huawei launched new flagship smartphone Mate S with innovative Force Touch technology at the IFA, in Berlin, Germany. Huawei Watch released at the same time.
Aug: Huawei P8 received "European Consumer Smartphone 2015 – 2016" award from EISA.
May: Huawei was listed in Brand Z's Top 100 Valuable Brands, ranked 16th in the tech brands. According to Brand Z, Huawei's brand value topped USD 15.335 billion in 2015.
Apr: Huawei launched annual flagship smartphone P8 and P8max with 6.8 inch screen.
Mar: Huawei opened Paris Aesthetics Center, which is staffed by 10 designers specializing in luxury design, fashion, automotive, 3D, digital, and brand strategies.
Mar: Huawei launched Huawei Watch, TalkBand B2, and TalkBand N1, the next-generation phablet, MediaPad X2, and the brands vision, "Dreams Inspire Creativity".
Sep: Huawei unveiled the several flagship smartphones, include Ascend Mate7, Ascend G7, Ascend P7 Sapphire Edition and EMUI 3.0, in Berlin, Germany.
Aug: Ascend P7 awarded 'European Consumer Smartphone 2014 – 2015' by EISA.
Jun: Huawei launched Kirin 920, the industry-leading octa-core chipset.
May: Huawei unveiled the 4G LTE Ascend P7, one of the world's slimmest smartphones (6.5mm).
Feb: Huawei introduced the 7-inch 4G LTE-enabled MediaPad X1, Ascend G6 4G smartphone, and the world's first LTE Cat6 Mobile WiFi called Huawei E5786.
Jan: Huawei launched the first LTE-enabled Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G, a high-end flagship smartphone with speeds of up to 150 Mbps, at the Consumer Electronics Show in America.
Dec: Huawei introduced Huawei's subsidiary independent brand Honor in China, and unveiled Honor 3C, 3X and E5730.
Jun: Huawei launched a new generation smartphone Huawei Ascend P6 in London, one of the slimmest smartphone worldwide.
Feb: Huawei announced the new global consumer "Make it Possible" brand campaign at the Mobile World Congress in Spain.
Feb: Huawei introduced the world's only and first LTE Cat4 Ascend P2 smartphone at the Mobile World Congress in Spain.
Jan: Huawei unveiled the 6.1-inch Huawei Ascend Mate with the world's largest screen and Huawei's first Windows Phone 8 smartphone, Ascend W1, at the CES in America.
Jan: Huawei launched the Huawei Ascend D2, a high-end flagship smartphone featuring a 5-inch HD 443 PPI Super Retina screen, at the Consumer Electronics Show in America.
According to IDC, Huawei was the world's third largest smartphone manufacturer in Q4.
Feb: Huawei launched the Huawei Ascend D1 quad, the world's fastest quad-core smartphone, at Mobile World Congress in Spain.
Jan: Huawei introduced the new Huawei P serials of fashion smartphones at CES in America by launching the Huawei Ascend P1 S(6.68mm)was the world's slimmest smartphone.
2011 Aug: Huawei debuted its cloud service, and introduced the world's first cloud-enabled smartphone, Huawei Vision.
2011 Mar: Huawei sold over one million C8500 smartphones in China within 100 days of its official launch.
2010 Sep: Huawei launched the first IDEOS smartphone with Google's Android 2.2 operating system at IFA in Germany.
2010 Aug: Total shipments of Huawei's mobile broadband products reached 100 million units.
2009 Feb: Huawei debuted its first Android smartphone and announced its cooperation with T-Mobile at the Mobile World Congress in Spain.
2008 Nov: Huawei's E180 was named the 'Best Mobile Broadband Product' at the Asia Mobile Awards.
2007: Huawei achieved global recognition for its mobile WiFi design, receiving the Red Dot Design Award for the E270, and the IF Product Design Award for the E172.
2006 Jun: Huawei launched the world's fastest and most compact HSDPA USB Modem, the E220, in Singapore.
2005 Jun: Huawei's first 3G mobile phone, the U626, was awarded the 'Best 3G Smartphone' by the Charlton Media Group.
2004 Feb: Huawei exhibited China's first WCDMA mobile phone at the 3GSM Conference in Cannes, France.
2003 Jul: Huawei established its handset department.


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Very excited to be back at Corduroy in September alongside a humbling lineup of other folks working in print. I'll be showing two new wood type compositions (editions of 10) available exclusively through the gallery.
Chris and I will both be up in Portland for the opening on September 3rd, stoked to meet some of the other artists in the show and do some exploring over the weekend. First Friday in Portland is a blast so come on up!


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Acceptable Use Policy for Electronic University Resources
Computing, networking, telephony, and information resources of Loyola University Chicago are available to advance our education, research, health care and public service missions. Any access and use of these resources and services that interfere with these goals are prohibited. All who access and use these resources will abide by all applicable policies, legal and contractual requirements, and the highest standard of ethical principles and practices, when using these University resources. Breach of or disregard for access and acceptable use policies are grounds for revoking access privileges, and may lead to additional sanctions by the University, including referral to other authorities for civil litigation and criminal prosecution.
Individuals covered
This policy applies to all persons accessing and using computing, networking, telephony and information resources through any facility of the University. These persons include students, faculty, staff, persons retained to perform University work, and any other person extended access and use privileges by the University given the availability of these resources and services, and in accordance with University contractual agreements and obligations.
Systems and resources covered
This policy covers all computing, networking, telephony and information resources procured through, operated or contracted by the University. Such resources include computing and networking systems including those that connect to the University telecommunications infrastructure, other computer hardware, software, data bases, support personnel and services, physical facilities, and communications systems and services.
Policy on access and acceptable use
Computing, networking, telephony and information resources at the University, including access to local, national and international networks, are available to support students, faculty and staff as they carry out the University's instructional, research, health care, administration and public service missions. Therefore, the University encourages and promotes the access and use of these resources by the University community. However, access and use which do not support the University mission are subject to regulation and restriction to insure that they do not interfere with this legitimate work. Any access and use of computing, networking, telephony and information resources must not interfere with the University's instructional, research, health care and public service missions and should be consistent with the person's educational, scholarly, research, service, operational or management activities within the University. Those who access and use University computing, networking, telephony and information resources are to take reasonable and necessary measures to safeguard the operating integrity of the systems and their accessibility by others, while acting to maintain a working environment conducive to carrying out the mission of the University efficiently and productively.
Responsibilities regarding system and resource use
Persons who access and use university computing, networking, telephony and information resources are responsible for:
- respecting the rights of other individuals, including compliance with other university policies for students, faculty, and staff -- these rights include but are not limited to intellectual property, privacy, freedom from harassment, and academic freedom,
- exercising caution when committing confidential information to electronic media given that the confidentiality and integrity of such material are difficult to ensure,
- activity connected with the individual's assigned account,
- using systems and resources in ways that do not interfere with or disrupt the normal operation of these systems, nor interfere with the access and use of these systems and resources by others allowed to do so,
- protecting the security of access to University computing and networking systems and the confidentiality and integrity of information stored on University computing and networking systems,
- knowing and obeying the specific policies established for the system and networks they access.
- members of the University community with access to University electronic resources may not use these resources in a way that implies that the University is actually or implicitly espousing a particular view, or endorsing any person, organization, product, service or belief; similarly, they may not use the name, logos, facilities or resources of the University for any personal, commercial or similar purposes, or to participate in or intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office.
Under no circumstances, may individuals give others access to any system they do not administer, or exploit or fail to promptly report any security loopholes. Individuals must act to maintain a working environment conducive to carrying out the mission of the University efficiently and productively.
Individuals may not under any circumstances deliberately circumvent or attempt to circumvent data protection schemes or uninstall or disable any software installed by the university for the purpose of protecting the university from the intentional or unintentional disclosure of information.
Systems and network administration, and facilities management
Administrators of systems and networks have the responsibility to protect the rights of users, to set policies consistent with those rights, and to publicize these policies to their users. They have authority to control or to refuse access to anyone who violates these policies or threatens the rights of other users. They have the responsibility to notify those individuals affected by decisions they have made. Administrators of systems and networks are empowered to take reasonable steps necessary to preserve the availability and integrity of the system, to restore the integrity of the system in case of malfunction, abuse, virus, and other similar situations, and to protect the integrity of University data and other assets. These steps may include deactivating accounts, access codes or security clearances, stopping processes, deleting affected files, and disabling access to computing, networking, telephony, and information resources.
All devices deployed in the PCI environment must be documented listing Acceptable uses for the technology, Acceptable network locations for the technology, along with a list of company approved products. Additionally, all devices within the PCI environment must be labeled containing the owner, contact information, and purpose of the device.
Demand for computing, networking, telephony and information resources may occasionally exceed available resources. Priorities should be established for allocating such resources, giving a higher priority to activities that are more essential to the mission of the University.
Access to University computing resources is granted to ensure that all who use these resources are given sufficient access rights to fully perform their tasks without restriction, but no more. Please review the following policies for details of protecting information when accessing University computing resources:
- Access Control Policy
- Vendor Access to Internal Systems Policy
- Password Standards
Appeal of an administrative decision
Individuals who disagree with an administrative decision may submit an appeal of the decision to the appropriate resource manager or systems administrator. From there, a student may submit an appeal to the Dean of Students, a faculty member through their department administration either to the Provost or to the Vice President for the Health Sciences, and a staff member through their management to the Vice President for Human Resources. Individuals must submit these appeals according to any rules and procedures issued by system administrators or component administrators.
Noncompliance and sanctions
Individual units within the University may define "conditions of acceptable use" for facilities and resources under their control. These statements must be consistent with this general policy but may provide additional detail, guidelines and restrictions. Such "conditions of acceptable use" should indicate the enforcement mechanism. Where no enforcement mechanisms exist, the procedures defined in the applicable University's standards of conduct, i.e., Student Handbook (students), Faculty Handbook (faculty), and Employee Handbook and Personnel Policies (staff), will apply. Where use of external networks is involved, policies governing such use also are applicable and require compliance by individuals using these networks, which include:
- Illinois Century Network (ICN) Acceptable Use Policy
- Conditions of Use for the Abilene Network (Internet 2)
Acceptable use policies for these networks are available on the Internet. Disregarding policies and procedures concerning access and use of computing, networking, telephony and information resources may result in the denial or removal of access privileges by administrators of systems and networks, and may lead to disciplinary action under the applicable University's standards of conduct, as cited above. Additionally, such disregard may be referred to other authorities for civil litigation and criminal prosecution under applicable state and federal statutes.
Legal context for this policy
Regarding legal context, all existing laws (local, state and federal) and University policies, regulations and rules apply, including not only those laws, policies, regulations and rules that are specific to computers and networks, but also those that apply generally to personal conduct including Sexual Harassment: Faculty, Staff and Students.
Relationship of this policy with others
This policy supplements the Rights and Responsibilities for the Access and Use of University Computing, Networking, Telephony and Information Resources policies and the Access and Acceptable Use of Public Access Computing and Networking Facilities and Services. These policies are available and can be found on the Loyola University Chicago website. The University reserves the right to change the information, requirements and procedures announced in this policy. This policy will continue to be in effect until a further revision is required and promulgated. Consult the campus computing center or the appropriate system administrator for information on other policies, procedures or directives that supplement this policy.
- September 4, 2009: Initial Policy
- October 22, 2012: Corrected links
- August 8, 2014: Add "Access" clause for PCI Compliance
- October 13, 2014: Add PCI 3.0 labeling requirements
- May 11, 2015: Annual review for PCI Compliance
- April 21, 2016: Annual review for PCI Compliance
- October 25, 2016: Changes to section "Responsibilities Regarding System and Resource Use" as Approved by President's Cabinet.
- April 19, 2017: Annual review for PCI Compliance
- July 10, 2018: Annual review for PCI Compliance
- Aug 8, 2019: Annual review for PCi Compliance


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Peacock couple makes Springfield home
A pair of peacocks has taken up residence in Springfield, leaving neighbors to speculate about the birds' origin.
Residents of Crestview Drive said the peacocks — one male, one female — arrived in mid-June and began roosting on top of a blue Cape Cod house with one of the highest rooflines in the neighborhood.
But whether the peacocks are beautiful birds or a neighborhood nuisance, "it all depends on whose porch they're standing on," said Marsha McCray.
"They're always looking at themselves in the storm-door glass," Gary McCray added.
So far, the McCrays, who live around the corner from the birds' favorite nesting spot, have been spared the worst of it — the peacocks only occasionally wander into their yard or onto their driveway — but other neighbors said the birds can be much bigger pests.
"They 'hoop' a lot," Charlie Masterson said, referring to the birds' calls. "It can get pretty noisy once they get started, and sometimes they'll come scratch at the rock around our front walk."
Masterson, who lives across the street from the birds' roost, said the peacocks are up on the roof most nights by eight o'clock. They're usually still there when he leaves for breakfast at 5:30 a.m., he added.
"They very seldom get worked up, but sometimes the old boy will ruffle his feathers," Masterson said. "The worst that happens is if they get stirred up, they let it all go. That's when you get the hose out and have to wash it off."
Neighbors who have been feeding the birds said they seem to like grapes and breadcrumbs. Talon Thornton, director of the Henson Robinson Zoo, said peacocks are natural omnivores who will eat just about anything.
"Whenever there's a picnic across the street at Center Park, ours have a tendency to make their way over after the picnic to forage for food and make their way back in time to roost in the evening before sunset," Thornton said.
The zoo's peacocks — seven males, one female and three chicks — are all accounted for, Thornton added.
Neighbors who contacted the zoo about taking the peacocks said they were told that peacocks travel in groups called "parties" and are often reluctant to accept new members.
Attempts to catch the two peacocks have been unsuccessful. After Sangamon County Animal Control failed to net the birds with standard dog-catching supplies, a group of neighbors devised their own strategy.
They left a trail of grapes and breadcrumbs into an open garage, then waited across the street with the door's remote control.
"The male was way back deep in the garage, but they (the neighbors) kept waiting for the female to go in," Gary McCray said. "She wasn't having it."
Peacocks aren't known for their intelligence, said Thornton, but like most animals, they try to evade capture.
"Ours know what a net is, and if they see someone walking around with a net, they're pretty elusive," he said.
The biggest problem with peacocks in residential areas stems from the mess.
"Ever been on a golf course in early spring when all the geese are out? It's like that — kind of hard to miss," Thornton said. "Peacocks have high metabolisms. They 'go' a lot."
Once novel, the peacocks are losing their appeal among Crestview Drive residents. They also have begun to worry how long the birds can make it on their own — peacocks can survive the winter, but only if they have someplace to take shelter from the wind, Thornton said.
By calling attention to their unusual neighborhood pets, residents hope someone will come forward and claim the peacocks, or else provide them a new home on a farm.
Elle Moxley can be reached at (217) 788-1532 email@example.com.
Peacock facts
--Only male birds are called peacocks. Females are called peahens. Together, they are known as peafowl.
--Families of peacocks are called bevies. Groups of peacocks are called parties.
--Peacocks are native to Southern Asia and Malaysia. The Indian peacock is the national bird of India.
--A peacock can live for up to 20 years in the wild.
--Peacocks are usually monogamous in the wild and might become "heartbroken" if left alone.
--In the springtime, males strut to show off to females. "If there's not a female around, they'll show off to just about anything," said Talon Thornton, director of Springfield's Henson Robinson Zoo.
--Contrary to popular belief, peacocks can fly. Gary McCray said the birds have no trouble traveling from one yard to the roof of the house across the street.


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The B.C. Lions hope a major front-office change can turn around the CFL club's sagging fortunes.
The Lions announced Thursday that former Edmonton Eskimos executive Ed Hervey will take over as the club's general manager from Wally Buono, who has held the post since 2003. Buono will coach a final season in 2018 to help with the transition and will continue as vice-president of football operations.
The announcement comes after disappointing season that saw the Lions finish last in the CFL West Division at 7-11 with Buono in a dual coach/GM role. But Hervey said Buono's continued involvement with the team was a selling point when considering the GM job.
"I don't think I would have made the commitment to come here if he wasn't committed to being the head coach," Hervey said at his introductory press conference. "Number two, with Wally as vice-president he gives me someone to work with (and) bounce things off of. I'm still a young general manager, and his wealth of knowledge and experience … who better to have around?"
Hervey was general manager of the Edmonton Eskimos for three seasons from 2013 to 2016, building a Grey Cup-winning team in 2015. But he was criticized in Edmonton for restricting media access to Eskimos players, and when he was fired on April 7, 2017, Edmonton president Len Rhodes cited a "philosophy in the way we do business" as part of the reason.
Hervey denied obstructing media access while with Edmonton.
"The locker room has always been the coach's decision and will always be the coach's decision, and will be supported by the organization," Hervey said.
Buono is the CFL's all-time leader with 273 coaching wins and had served as the Lions GM since 2003.
After an encouraging 5-2 start in 2017, injuries and inconsistent play plagued the Lions the rest of the way as they spiralled to a 2-9 finish and missed the CFL playoffs for the first time since 1996.
"My time with the Lions has been memorable to say the least, but right now my sole focus is working with Ed to build a championship team in 2018," Buono said in a statement. "This past season was tremendously frustrating for all of us, but today's announcement is the kind of change I believe our organization needs, our fans want to see and something we can build on moving forward."
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By Margaret M•
Jul 27, 2019
This second course in the Computational Thinking Specialization was every bit as good as the first. It provided solid opportunities to learn about and work with the titular concepts but more importantly, it arms teachers with spectacular activities to use as well as potential student pitfalls. In short, a lot of excellent, potent information presented in a fun and pleasing package.
By Lauren M•
Feb 11, 2019
The content of this course is good. However, there are some mistakes in the course that make it difficult to complete assignments. I reached out in the ways available to me on the website to help remedy these mistakes, but I was not contacted about them and the mistakes were not fixed.


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Industrial hemp production becomes legal under North Dakota state law as of January 1, making it the first US state to do so. But while the state Agriculture Department is ready to start handing out licenses next month, it cautions potential farmers that they can't actually begin growing hemp until they are licensed by the state and are approved by the federal government.
Given that the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) remains opposed to legalizing the production of the marijuana relative -- the two plants are different cultivars of the cannabis plant, one grown for its oils, seeds, and fibers and the other to get you high -- North Dakota wheat, beet, and soybean farmers probably shouldn't be thinking about switching over anytime soon. That despite the fact that their cousins on the other side of that line in the trackless prairie that marks the US-Canada border in the area are growing it like crazy, sending it across the border, where it can be processed and sold as hemp products, and taking their US dollar profits back home.
In several bills passed since 1999, the North Dakota legislature has approved industrial hemp cultivation. Last month, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem gave his approval to implementing rules crafted by the Agriculture Department, whose head, Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson, has been a leading proponent of the potential new cash crop. On Monday, the rules won final approval in the legislature.
"The administrative rules committee of the Legislative Council has reviewed the rules and has not recommended any changes," Commissioner Johnson said in a press release Monday. "After Jan. 1, 2007, North Dakotans will be able to apply for licenses to grow industrial hemp."
But he also warned that the feds remain an obstacle. "Our rules clearly state that persons who hold licenses to grow industrial hemp must also obtain permission from the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). It will be up to the DEA to allow producers to compete with other countries for the profits from this potentially valuable crop."
Under the North Dakota rules, producers must consent to a criminal background check and document the amount of harvested hemp sold. Their fields must be provided with geopositioning instruments to track their location, and planted hemp seed must contain less than 0.03% THC, the primary psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.
Johnson told the Associated Press he had no illusions of hempen hills in North Dakota anytime soon, but that he hoped to pressure the DEA to act. "We'll see where it goes," he said. "Hopefully, North Dakota will be the first state where producers can grow hemp for legitimate uses. Nobody has ever put something like this in front of the DEA," he said. "We want to make industrial hemp happen. We have put these rules together in such an airtight fashion that we know we are not going to have illicit drugs being grown in North Dakota," Johnson said.
The DEA doesn't care. Hemp contains traces of THC and thus falls under the purview of the Controlled Substances Act, DEA Washington spokesman Steve Robertson told the AP. "There is no differentiation between hemp and marijuana," Robertson said. "The regulations for hemp are the same as they are for marijuana." [Ed: Robertson of course is lying -- yes, lying -- the CSA clearly gives DEA the authority to grant hemp growing licenses.]
But perhaps some frustrated North Dakota farmer with a hemp license will take the agency to court. And then perhaps the US can join the list of civilized countries that allow hemp production, with North Dakota in the vanguard.


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How to Explain the Latest Elmo Sex Scandal News to Your Kids: an Illustrated Guide Starring Spider-Man and My Little Pony
You thought you were out of the woods on explaining the Elmo sex scandal. Well you were wrong. Dead wrong. Puppeteer Kevin Clash, beloved for creating Sesame Street's Elmo character and also for creating this sex scandal, now faces three accusers who claim that Clash trolled gay phone chat lines to find underage teenagers to seduce at his home. And now you're asking yourself, "which gay phone chat lines, exactly, for research?" And also, "how can I tell my kids?"
Luckily for you, Gawker is here with another edition of "How to Explain the Elmo Sex Scandal to Your Kids." As with our previous installment, simply read the text aloud to your children while showing them these photos, featuring many of their favorite characters.
The Tale of Elmo and His Several Underage Male Friends
the Sequel to The Tale of Elmo and His Adult Male Friend
A re-enactment staged by Caity Weaver, Jim Cooke & Max Read
This is a story about Elmo, Elmo's three friends, and the spirituous elixir that is Fame.
Once upon a time, there lived an Adult Male Friend who became famous when he told a fib that his friend Elmo had invited him to a grown up sleepover when he was just an Adult Male Boy. Thanks to this fib, the Adult Male Friend got lots of money to buy candy. When people got mad at him for fibbing to get money, he told everyone that he had been fibbing when he said that the first fib was a fib. He said that "fib" was actually a truth. He said he would give back all his candy money if people would stop calling him a fibber. No one could.
But this story isn't about him. It's about Elmo and two of Elmo's other friends.
One silly sally day, Elmo left Sesame Street for good. He hugged all his friends goodbye and told them he would miss them. He didn't want to leave Sesame Street, but people had started to whisper that Elmo was a fibber. Sesame Street is a place for learning, not for lying, and certainly not for sex crimes, so Elmo had to leave.
Why did Elmo have to leave Sesame Street? Well, another friend of Elmo's — a friend named Cecil — told everyone (again) that Elmo was a fibber.
Like Elmo's first friend, Cecil said that Elmo had misbehaved with him when he was just a little boy. Cecil said that he had met Elmo while calling numbers he wasn't supposed to call when he was 15. He said that Elmo wasn't a muppet at all, but a dirty old troll who "trolled gay telephone chat line rooms" looking for boys to misbehave with.
One of the bad things Cecil and Elmo did was wrestle with their clothes on inside the house where anything could get knocked over.
One day, Cecil and Elmo couldn't be friends anymore because Elmo was a bad influence. Cecil says the bad things he did with Elmo scarred him, like when you skin your knee on the sidewalk, only this scar was invisible because it was on his soul.
He asked Elmo to give him $5,000,000 to say "Sorry" for the invisible scar.
After Cecil, another one of Elmo's friends said that he had met Elmo while making bad phone calls too. This friend didn't want to tell anyone his name, so everyone called him "John Doe." "John Doe" is like a mask for your real name.
John Doe went to Elmo's fancy apartment in The Big Apple. John Doe didn't know who Elmo was, but he saw pictures of him with famous people, so he knew Elmo must be important. Elmo gave him bad-tasting apple juice that was just for adults, even though John Doe wasn't an adult.
Then Elmo pretended to be John's daddy...
...but not in a way most daddies would act.
Elmo also poked John in an uncomfortable place that daddies should not touch.
John did not like this, and he and Elmo stopped being friends.
After John Doe and Elmo stopped being friends, John Doe decided to write a book about what it was like to spend time with famous friend. He thought someone might pay a lot of money for the book some day, because Elmo has a lot of fame.
And fame is very expensive.
Dramatis Personae
Elmo . . . Elmo
Cecil . . . Derpy Doo
John Doe . . . Spider-Man
A Lawyer . . . The Obamarator
Dolls furnished by Kyle Wagner and Adrian Chen


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The labs of Qiang Zhou and Jim Hurley, professors in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, have been leading the efforts to investigate a new approach to treating HIV. MCB graduate student Zichong Li profiles their work in this Berkeley Science Review article.
Department News
Below are articles from various sources about members of MCB and their research.
Grant Schroeder, an IB major and undergraduate researcher in Professor Richard Harland's lab, was awarded the prestigious 2017 University Medal. Given to the most distinguished graduating senior on the UC Berkeley campus, he will speak at the upcoming campus-wide commencement and is joined by four runners up who are also distinguished scholars in their own right. Grant is off to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to do research and experiment with stem cell therapies for skeletal tissue regeneration.
Giana Cirolia, an MCB undergaduate (Biochemistry) and researcher in Professor Andrew Dillin's lab, is one of four runner-ups for the 2017 University Medal. After graduation she plans to continue in research.
MCB is pleased to announce a new program designed to enhance interactions with industry. The MCB Industrial Affiliates Program (IAP) offers innovative companies the opportunity to recruit outstanding students and postdocs from our top-ranked department, exposure to cutting edge research, and rewarding scientific exchange with our faculty. The IAP launch event will be held on May 12th. Please visit our website or email firstname.lastname@example.com for more details.
Hundreds of students, faculty, researchers, and community members gathered on Sproul Plaza on Earth Day to participate in the March for Science rally. The event was organized by MCB graduate students, and featured MCB Professor Nipam Patel and other graduate student speakers.
In a formal ceremony in Tokyo today, the 2017 Japan Prize in the life sciences was presented to the two inventors of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool that is revolutionizing biological research and medical treatment -- MCB Professor Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin.
HHMI Investigator and Chancellor's Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology John Kuriyan has received the 2017 Stein & Moore Award sponsored by The Protein Society. The award recognizes eminent leaders in protein science who have made sustained high-impact research contributions to the field.
Ryan Morrie, a graduate student in the Feller Lab, has been awarded the 2017-2018 University of California Dissertation-Year Fellowship for his outstanding scholarly achievement and future academic potential. He was also recognized for his involvement in scientific outreach with diverse local elementary school children through the Bay Area Scientists In Schools (BASIS) program.
Congratulations to Professors Jamie Cate and Christopher Chang for being elected members of the esteemed American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
MCB graduate student Nicole Haloupek's lovely article in the Berkeley Review is featured front and center on the UC Berkeley home page today. Read the full article, "Color by Numbers," which highlights the fascinating work of the Patel Lab (including grad students Ryan Null and Rachel Thayer) and other researchers on campus examinig the science behind color.


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"... the dynamics of investment in a difficult economy, or to the capabilities and challenges inherent in different broadband technologies (Phone call from CEO Randall Stephenson to FCC chairman Julius Genachowski on Nov. 23)", according to the story in the Washington Post, By Cecilia Kang.
See "AT&T ramps up lobbying effort against net neutrality at FCC" - here.
"The FCC has also met with Public Knowledge, the Open Internet Coalition, and Amazon -- who are all in favor of open Internet rules. MetroPCS has met with officials, urging against rules [see here why]. If the FCC were to pursue a net neutrality rule next month, its ability to do so would likely be challenged in courts, analysts say".


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The Royal Peacock Opal Mine offers guests a chance to mine their own opals. All you find are yours to keep!
Digging is allowed May 13 through Oct. 15, WEATHER PERMITTING. No reservations are needed; however, PLEASE SIGN IN at the Gift Shop before starting to mine!
If you have never mined for opals before, or even if you have, we will be happy to show you the basics and get you started. Staff are on-site throughout the day to answer questions and offer advice as needed.
When signing in at the Gift Shop office, you will choose from several different types of mining, as follows.
Bank Digging
Bank Digging costs $190/day/person. And, it is hard work! However, it may offer the best chance to find a noteworthy opal. In bank mining, you work ground that has never been moved or sifted before.
We prepare the mining banks in the off-season. Using heavy equipment, we remove hundreds of feet of clay "over-burden." That exposes sloping, near vertical "banks" or terraces of opal-bearing substrate.
The work of bank mining involves knocking fresh material from the bank, typically with a pick or rock hammer. We recommend removing no more than a hand's thickness at a time. It is important to work evenly, and not to "under-cut" the bank. Undercutting can create dangerous rock-fall conditions for yourself and others.
Often, the sound of your pick hitting glass may be the first sign that you have found something. The next step is to use small hand-tools to dig the specimen out. Typical tools include ice-picks, sharpened screwdrivers, and rock chisels. (See: Tools needed for mining)
Depending on the type of opal you find, you may wish to place it in a bucket of water once you have fully extracted it. For some types of opal, this will prevent cracking and crazing that could result from rapid drying. With other types of opal, such as limb casts, soaking could cause any remaining wood to expand and crack the opal. If in doubt, consult on-site Royal Peacock Opal Mine staff.
Children under 12 are not allowed to dig in the bank.
Click the photos below for a pop-up slideshow of bank mining at the Royal Peacock Opal Mine
Raking the Tailings
Another, less expensive (and less strenuous!) option is to mine the tailings. It costs $75/person/day.
The "tailings" comprise mounds of looser material that can be sifted through using garden rakes (although picks can be useful, too, for breaking up clods).
Sometimes the opals found in the tailings were previously missed by bank diggers. Other times, they were dumped there by the backhoe during initial bank preparation, or routine daily site work. Each morning, the backhoe clears debris left by miners the previous day, while also removing material to keep the bank stable and safe.
The work of mining the tailings consists of raking through material. While raking, keep an eye out for unusual colors and shapes, and listen for unusual sounds!
Children are valuable helpers, because they are low to the ground, and often have excellent eyesight. Children 12 and under mine free with paid adult (mine dumps and tailings, only)
Click the photos below for a pop-up slideshow of dump and tailings mining at the Royal Peacock Opal Mine
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Do you need to run antivirus software on a smartphone?
If you have a phone running Google's Android operating system, it's a good idea. In the smartphone world, malware is largely an Android problem, say security experts. That's not to say that Apple's iOS and Microsoft's Windows Phone are invulnerable. But Android presents a bigger and, in some ways, easier to crack target, according to the experts.
"The number of Android devices is huge," said Ragib Hasan, an associate professor of computer science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham who studies smartphone malware. "It makes sense for cybercriminals to focus on that platform."
According to a study released by the Department of Homeland Security in July, 79 percent of the identified smartphone malware threats were targeted at devices running Android. Most of the remaining threats — 19 percent of the total — were focused on Symbian, an older mobile operating system that never got much traction in the United States.
Meanwhile, Apple's iOS, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile devices each targeted by less than 1 percent of the malware.
Because hundreds of millions of devices today run Google's operating system, "it's very easy to hit a lot of Android users with one kind of malware," said Peter Stelzhammer, co-founder of AV-Comparatives, a nonprofit organization that tests and rates antivirus software.
And the threat is growing. By the end of June, there were some 718,000 malicious or high-risk Android apps, security firm Trend Micro reported in August. While that total is a small fraction of all the malware targeted at Microsoft's Windows PC operating system, it was up 41 percent just from the end of March.
About half of malware threats identified by the Homeland Security report were Trojan horses, or Trojans, which are malicious programs disguised as legitimate ones. The ones targeting Android devices typically use text messaging programs to send text messages to phone numbers that automatically trigger a payment from the user's account. Often those charges can be in the hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
Another set of smartphone threats come in the form of rootkits, which are malicious pieces of software that hide in the background of a device and record keystrokes, locations and passwords. Yet another threat comes from application stores that impersonate Google's Play store to trick users into downloading malicious software.
Android is targeted not just because it's popular, but also because of how it works, security researchers say.
iPhone users generally can't download apps from any place other than Apple's App Store. Similarly, Microsoft only allows Windows Phone users to download software from its Windows Phone store. By contrast, Android allows users to install software from a variety of locations, not just from Google Play. While there are plenty of legitimate Android storefronts around — Amazon operates one, for example — some aren't scrupulous about screening out bad applications.
Android users can help protect their devices by not downloading apps from places other than Google's Play app store, security researchers say. Google screens the apps in its store for malicious code, and Android users can now have Google remotely screen apps on their phone that were downloaded elsewhere, said Adrian Ludwing, an Android security engineer at Google.
Thanks to that service and other built-in security features on Android, users don't really need to run other antivirus programs, Ludwing argued, noting that Google itself dissuades employees from running such software on their devices. Google's data indicates that while the number of malicious apps is increasing, the frequency of infections is low and stable, he said.
But other security experts warn that even Google Play isn't 100 percent safe. A Symantec researcher reported last month that the security company had found some 2,500 scam apps in Google's storefront that were posted between the beginning of the year and the end of August.
The apps typically promise to connect users with pornographic websites, but frequently charge users $1,000 or more to sign up. Symantec found that 1,000 of the apps were listed in August alone, although many were deleted quickly.
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True Progressivism
A new form of radical centrist politics is needed to tackle inequality without hurting economic growth
BY THE end of the 19th century, the first age of globalisation and a spate of new inventions had transformed the world economy. But the "Gilded Age" was also a famously unequal one, with America's robber barons and Europe's "Downton Abbey" classes amassing huge wealth: the concept of "conspicuous consumption" dates back to 1899. The rising gap between rich and poor (and the fear of socialist revolution) spawned a wave of reforms, from Theodore Roosevelt's trust-busting to Lloyd George's People's Budget. Governments promoted competition, introduced progressive taxation and wove the first threads of a social safety net. The aim of this new "Progressive era", as it was known in America, was to make society fairer without reducing its entrepreneurial vim.
Modern politics needs to undergo a similar reinvention—to come up with ways of mitigating inequality without hurting economic growth. That dilemma is already at the centre of political debate, but it mostly produces heat, not light. Thus, on America's campaign trail, the left attacks Mitt Romney as a robber baron and the right derides Barack Obama as a class warrior. In some European countries politicians have simply given in to the mob: witness François Hollande's proposed 75% income-tax rate. In much of the emerging world leaders would rather sweep the issue of inequality under the carpet: witness China's nervous embarrassment about the excesses of Ferrari-driving princelings, or India's refusal to tackle corruption.
At the core, there is a failure of ideas. The right is still not convinced that inequality matters. The left's default position is to raise income-tax rates for the wealthy and to increase spending still further—unwise when sluggish economies need to attract entrepreneurs and when governments, already far bigger than Roosevelt or Lloyd George could have imagined, are overburdened with promises of future largesse. A far more dramatic rethink is needed: call it True Progressivism.
To have or to have not
Does inequality really need to be tackled? The twin forces of globalisation and technical innovation have actually narrowed inequality globally, as poorer countries catch up with richer ones. But within many countries income gaps have widened. More than two-thirds of the world's people live in countries where income disparities have risen since 1980, often to a startling degree. In America the share of national income going to the top 0.01% (some 16,000 families) has risen from just over 1% in 1980 to almost 5% now—an even bigger slice than the top 0.01% got in the Gilded Age.
It is also true that some measure of inequality is good for an economy. It sharpens incentives to work hard and take risks; it rewards the talented innovators who drive economic progress. Free-traders have always accepted that the more global a market, the greater the rewards will be for the winners. But as our special report this week argues, inequality has reached a stage where it can be inefficient and bad for growth.
That is most obvious in the emerging world. In China credit is siphoned to state-owned enterprises and well-connected insiders; the elite also gain from a string of monopolies. In Russia the oligarchs' wealth has even less to do with entrepreneurialism. In India, too often, the same is true.
In the rich world the cronyism is better-hidden. One reason why Wall Street accounts for a disproportionate share of the wealthy is the implicit subsidy given to too-big-to-fail banks. From doctors to lawyers, many high-paying professions are full of unnecessary restrictive practices. And then there is the most unfair transfer of all—misdirected welfare spending. Social spending is often less about helping the poor than giving goodies to the relatively wealthy. In America the housing subsidy to the richest fifth (through mortgage-interest relief) is four times the amount spent on public housing for the poorest fifth.
Even the sort of inequality produced by meritocracy can hurt growth. If income gaps get wide enough, they can lead to less equality of opportunity, especially in education. Social mobility in America, contrary to conventional wisdom, is lower than in most European countries. The gap in test scores between rich and poor American children is roughly 30-40% wider than it was 25 years ago. And by some measures class mobility is even stickier in China than in America.
Some of those at the top of the pile will remain sceptical that inequality is a problem in itself. But even they have an interest in mitigating it, for if it continues to rise, momentum for change will build and may lead to a political outcome that serves nobody's interests. Communism may be past reviving, but there are plenty of other bad ideas out there.
Hence the need for a True Progressive agenda. Here is our suggestion, which steals ideas from both left and right to tackle inequality in three ways that do not harm growth.
Compete, target and reform
The priority should be a Rooseveltian attack on monopolies and vested interests, be they state-owned enterprises in China or big banks on Wall Street. The emerging world, in particular, needs to introduce greater transparency in government contracts and effective anti-trust law. It is no coincidence that the world's richest man, Carlos Slim, made his money in Mexican telecoms, an industry where competitive pressures were low and prices were sky-high. In the rich world there is also plenty of opening up to do. Only a fraction of the European Union's economy is a genuine single market. School reform and introducing choice is crucial: no Wall Street financier has done as much damage to American social mobility as the teachers' unions have. Getting rid of distortions, such as labour laws in Europe or the remnants of China's hukou system of household registration, would also make a huge difference.
Next, target government spending on the poor and the young. In the emerging world too much cash goes to universal fuel subsidies that disproportionately favour the wealthy (in Asia) and unaffordable pensions that favour the relatively affluent (in Latin America). But the biggest target for reform is the welfare states of the rich world. Given their ageing societies, governments cannot hope to spend less on the elderly, but they can reduce the pace of increase—for instance, by raising retirement ages more dramatically and means-testing the goodies on offer. Some of the cash could go into education. The first Progressive era led to the introduction of publicly financed secondary schools; this time round the target should be pre-school education, as well as more retraining for the jobless.
Last, reform taxes: not to punish the rich but to raise money more efficiently and progressively. In poorer economies, where tax avoidance is rife, the focus should be on lower rates and better enforcement. In rich ones the main gains should come from eliminating deductions that particularly benefit the wealthy (such as America's mortgage-interest deduction); narrowing the gap between tax rates on wages and capital income; and relying more on efficient taxes that are paid disproportionately by the rich, such as some property taxes.
Different parts of this agenda are already being embraced in different countries. Latin America has invested in schools and pioneered conditional cash transfers for the very poor; it is the only region where inequality in most countries has been falling. India and Indonesia are considering scaling back fuel subsidies. More generally, as they build their welfare states, Asian countries are determined to avoid the West's extravagance. In the rich world Scandinavia is the most inventive region. Sweden has overhauled its admittedly huge welfare state and has a universal school-voucher system. Britain too is reforming schools and simplifying welfare. In America Mr Romney says he wants to means-test Medicare and cut tax deductions, though he is short on details. Meanwhile, Mr Obama, a Democrat, has invoked Theodore Roosevelt, and Ed Miliband, leader of Britain's Labour Party, is now trying to wrap himself in Benjamin Disraeli's "One Nation" Tory cloak.
Such cross-dressing is a sign of change, but politicians have a long way to go. The right's instinct is too often to make government smaller, rather than better. The supposedly egalitarian left's failure is more fundamental. Across the rich world, welfare states are running out of money, growth is slowing and inequality is rising—and yet the left's only answer is higher tax rates on wealth-creators. Messrs Obama, Miliband and Hollande need to come up with something that promises both fairness and progress. Otherwise, everyone will pay.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline "True Progressivism"
From the October 13th 2012 edition
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The NGO vessel was granted permission to dock at Emilia-Romagna's only port on Saturday. SOS Mediterranee says 58 unaccompanied minors were among those onboard.
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