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Vote for Gleisinger for Springfield Township trustee

I write to recommend and endorse Paul Gleisinger for Springfield Township trustee. He is currently chairman of the trustees and has served our community and done a wonderful job. I ask you to consider voting for him.

Paul understands the needs of the township and the employees. He is extremely knowledgeable and able to work in the best interest of the citizens.

He is a man of impeccable character and is committed to giving his best to serve the township. With levies already on our taxes for fire and schools, Paul wants to make sure we are caring for both but not overburdening the citizens.

As a former mayor of Ontario and pastor, I have watched him and know he is committed to untiringly giving his best to make Springfield Township a continued great community to live and work in.

Springfield Township will continue to be a great place to live and work with Paul Gleisinger serving as township trustee. Your vote for Paul on Tuesday, Nov. 2, will be much appreciated.

Larry C. Collins, Ontario

The current board of Madison Township trustees Dan Fletcher, James Houser and Cathy Swank-Green had recently been debating the need to chip and seaand/or asphalt,among other township roads, Martha Avenue, Bahl Avenue and Vernon Road. These three roads are in deplorable condition, and various trustees have made several promises over the years to "fix them."

The most current promise made by Fletcher, Houser and Swank to fix them this year has recently been, as expected, broken by a majority vote (2-1) of the trustees and extended to next year.

However, keep in mind that since 2013 when Dan Fletcher took over the supervising of actual Madison Township chip and seal and asphalt resurfacing projects, the chip and seal and the asphalt work has generally been a failure. The lost money to the township for Mr. Fletcher's roadway failures is, or so I allege, in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

He is still the "supervisor' because Mr. Houser and Ms. Swank reappointed him into the position, even though they had to have been aware of his overall road improvement supervisory track record. Fletcher voted "no" on the motion to cancel the road improvement work for Martha, Bahl and Vernon roads this year even though it is getting late into the paving season, which could cause even more bad roadways.

Mr. Fletcher is a candidate for re-election this year. His road improvement escapades are merely the icing on a spoiled cakewhich includes, among other suspicious ploys, zoning irregularities, harassing citizens in township regular meetings and inappropriate meddling in fire department daily business.

If you are a Madison Township voter, please do not help to put this man back into office as a Madison Township trustee. As a township property owner and resident, I am asking you not to vote for Dan Fletcher.

David Spain, Mansfield

Chaos. This is what we have now. Consider this:We have someone infesting our White House who is incompetent, unqualified, ineffectiveand dangerous to our republic.We have threats of a mandate to force a vaccine that is untried and possibly dangerous.We have corporations jumping on this bandwagon, threatening their employees with termination if they do not submit to this egregious imposition on their persons and their liberty.

Congress receives bills longer than "War and Peace," which are chock full of hideous tax increases, intrusions into personal privacy, immoral use of taxpayer dollars to fund abortion (previously illegal), onerous regulations on energyand countless other nightmare provisions.

All while our borders are overwhelmed by illegals who are not requiredto submit to any health inspections or vaccines.And to top it off,parents of schoolchildren who are now aware of how terrible CRT isand that it is being indoctrinated into their childrenand who are confronting their school boards over this outrage are being declared domestic terroristsby the AG.You really can't make this stuff up.

Our seaports are clogged with ships that can't unload, gasoline prices have doubled in less than a yearand the governor of California addresses their serious problems by demanding that stores have an aisle of gender-neutral toys.There are other things I could add, but my heart just isn't in it.

Maureen Collins, Mansfield

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Letters to the Editor: Endorsement, Madison Township and Biden - Mansfield News Journal

Palo Alto famously loves its trees as its namesake redwood, its official seal and its recently adopted Urban Forest Master Plan loudly and proudly testify.

But despite that passion, city laws that protect local trees are somewhat weak and outdated, a conclusion that residents and city staff reached more than three years ago, when they began an effort to update the city code. Planning staff struggle with the ambiguities in the city's code, particularly its failure to address situations where trees impact accessory dwelling units or neighboring properties. Neighborhood leaders argue that the laws are too permissive when it comes to allowing developers and property owners to remove trees as part of construction projects. City commissioners observe that other cities protect a wider array of trees than Palo Alto.

Bryna Chang, a member of the city's Planning and Transportation Commission, said she was surprised to learn recently that Palo Alto's tree protection laws are weaker than in neighboring cities.

"I was absolutely shocked that despite the great pride we take in our trees and the great pride we take in being a green and environmentally conscious community, we protect our trees far less than all of these neighboring cities," Chang told the City Council on Monday, as the council considered its first update of the tree protection ordinance in 20 years.

She was one of about two dozen residents, including environmental advocates, nonprofit leaders and neighborhood activists, who supported stronger protections. Some touted the environmental and health benefits of trees, particularly when it comes to sequestering carbon, supporting biodiversity and keeping neighborhoods cool. Almost all urged the council to expand the city's tree protection laws to be more aligned with surrounding jurisdictions.

"As a resident of Palo Alto, it has been disturbing and heartbreaking to see residential lots in my neighborhood stripped of all vegetation, including beautiful large trees, prior to new home construction," Julianne Frizzell, a landscape architect who lives in Palo Alto. "Aesthetically and ecologically, removal of trees has a negative impact on neighbors, neighborhoods and the community."

While cities such as East Palo Alto, Redwood City, Sunnyvale list all species as "protected" once they reach a certain size, Palo Alto tree protection laws protect just three native species: the coast redwood, the coast live oak and the valley oak. According to the city's Urban Forest Master Plan, there are about 534 coast live oaks, 243 coast redwoods and 215 valley oaks, making these three among the most common native species in the city (that said, they are far outnumbered by imported species such as the southern magnolia, which number more than 4,000 in Palo Alto; the city also has 2,832 London planes and 2,669 liquidambars).

Among the code changes that the city has been contemplating was expanding the roster of protected trees to more of the 22 native species that are listed in the master plan -- a list that includes the bigleaf maple, the California incense cedar and the California bay. The revised approach proposed by the ad hoc committee, which includes former Mayor Karen Holman, Parks and Recreation Commission Vice Chair Jeff Greenfield, planning Commissioner Doria Summa and community activist Winter Dellenbach, calls for designating as "protected" the two oak species that are currently listed as such and adding to the list the bigleaf maple, the California incense cedar, the blue oak and the California black oak, as well as the coast redwood.

Significantly, the revision would also lower the size threshold for protected trees. Public works staff has initially proposed protecting all trees that have trunk diameters of 36 inches or greater, while keeping a lower threshold for three native tree species that currently enjoy protected status: 18 inches for the coast redwood and 11.5 inches for the other species. A change proposed by an ad hoc committee called for a diameter threshold of 11.5 inches for native tree species and 18 inches for all other trees. Holman, who now serves on the board of directors at the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, urged the council on Monday to move ahead with the various revisions.

"With one action tonight, the council can positively influence more aspects of life in Palo Alto than virtually any other single action you can take," Holman said.

Various environmentalist nonprofits, including Canopy, the Sierra Club and the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society also lobbied the city to strengthen its tree protection laws. Canopy noted in a letter that neighborhoods with street trees can be up to 6 to 10 degrees cooler than those without. Trees, Canopy argued, provide "a substantial return on investment and, even in times of drought and budget tightening, are worth their water and maintenance."

"The reasons for protecting and planting trees are clear," states the letter from Holly Pearson, a board member at Canopy, and Catherine Martineau, the nonprofit's executive director. "Among many other benefits, trees sequester carbon, combat the urban heat island effect, cool buildings, prevent soil erosion and stormwater run-off, provide wildlife habitat, and promote walking and biking on city streets."

While the council stopped short of formally adopting the code changes on Monday as many had urged, it sent a clear signal that major revisions are coming soon. Over a series of votes, the council directed staff to move ahead with an ordinance update that would reflect a host of revisions that align with recommendation from the ad hoc committee ofand its Policy and Services Committee, which reviewed the proposed changes in August. And in moves that further aim to raise the profile of local trees, the council also voted to elevate the urban forester position within the department and to designate the Parks and Recreation Commission as a forum for tree-related discussions.

In addition to broadening the list of protected species, the revision effort would introduce several other new policies. One aims to address what staff called a "loophole" in the code -- the more stringent requirements for removing trees as part of a development proposal than for cases not involving new construction. This creates an incentive for developers to remove trees in advance of an application, said Peter Gollinger, the city's acting urban forester. To address that, the add hoc group and the Policy and Services Committee proposed a 36-month moratorium on development for any property that removes a protected tree.

Another revision creates an appeal process for instances in which a protected tree is proposed for removal in the absence of a development application. With the change, the person removing the tree would have to notify all neighbors and property owners within 600 feet of the property in writing about the tree removal. Everyone within 600 feet will have the option of appealing the removal.

The revised ordinance will undergo reviews in the coming months by the Parks and Recreation Commission and the Architectural Review Board before returning to the council for approval in March or April. Mayor Tom DuBois and council member Lydia Kou both supported a faster timeline but ultimately acceded to the process laid out by staff, which includes additional outreach to the broader community.

"Proposed changes like significantly expanding the categories of protected tree species could potentially impact many or even most properties in the city," Public Works Director Brad Eggleston told the council. "While we know in our outreach process we never manage to reach everyone who might be interested, we do want as much as possible to avoid people being surprised when they learn that an existing tree on their property has become protected and that impacts what they're allowed to do."

Some council members supported a more deliberate approach. Council member Greg Tanaka wanted to know more about the costs of adopting and enforcing the new laws, as well as of raising the urban forester position in the City Hall hierarchy (he was the only council member who voted against elevating the position). Council member Alison Cormack also supported more outreach and analysis before deciding on expansion of the list of protected species. She and Tanaka both opposed DuBois' motion to modify the definition of "protected trees" to include any tree at least 15 inches in diameter (despite their opposition, the provision passed by a 5-2 vote).

"I am absolutely open to adding species to the list and potentially reducing the size of the diameter, but I am not comfortable this evening making those decisions," Cormack said. "I don't feel we've been presented with enough information to be confident in making those decisions."

Others favored faster action on what they characterized as a critical issue. While Cormack asked her colleagues what problem the city is trying to solve with the code changes, Vice Mayor Pat Burt noted that it's "not a single problem and it's not a single benefit."

"That's one of the great things about this," Burt said. "We simultaneously address noise and heat and air and water pollution and aesthetics and climate impacts and the natural habitat even slowing of traffic."

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ASHLAND, Ky. (WOWK) Predictions for a colder winter could mean higher heating bills and Kentucky Power is sharing some tips to help customers prepare their homes or businesses for colder weather.

Kentucky Power says taking some simple measures for energy efficiency can help customers save money and still stay warm and comfortable during the winter months. These include:

Kentucky Power says community action agencies also offer several programs including the companys HEART and THAW winter assistance programs.

The Home Energy Assistance in Reduced Temperatures (HEART) program provides income-qualified residential customers who have electric heat with $115 per month of assistance between January and April and $58 to non-electric heat customers during that time. Applications for the HEART program begin in November.

The Temporary Heating Assistance in Winter (THAW) helps customers facing hardships and who are in need of more limited assistance. Those who qualify can receive up to $175 toward their electric bill. The program is available on a first-come, first-serve basis between January and April or until the designated funds run out. Applications for the program begin Jan. 10, 2022.

Those looking to apply can find their local community action agency office atwww.capky.org.

Kentucky Power says their customers can also sign up for an average monthly payment plan designed to level out bills over a 12-month cycle based on a rolling 12-month average to avoid summer and winter rate spikes.

According to Kentucky Power, any customers who do not qualify for HEART OR THAW, but are still struggling to pay their electric bill can get help through the companys 24-hour Customer Operations Center by calling 1-800-572-1113 to discuss payment options. They can also visit the companys website.

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An endangered Hawaiian monk seal rescued earlier this month after fishing line was found in its mouth was also suffering from toxoplasmosis.

RW22, a 13-year-old seal, was transported from Oahu to the Marine Mammal Centers Ke Kai Ola in Kailua-Kona. The animal is receiving care for the disease along with fishing gear ingestion, malnutrition and other ailments.

RW22 was discovered on Oahu on Oct. 4 when a tip came in through the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) marine wildlife hotline regarding the animal with a fishing line in its mouth.

NOAA experts worked with the Hawaii Marine Animal Response and community members to locate the seal and were able to successfully rescue RW22 on Oct. 6. The team initially transported the seal to NOAAs Inouye Regional Center where an x-ray revealed the ingested fishing gear.

Due to RW22s deteriorated condition, NOAA determined additional care was necessary and initiated travel plans. The US Coast Guard airlifted the seal that same day on a C-130 aircraft, to Ke Kai Ola Marine Mammal Center on the Big Island.

This monk seal is a challenging case because were treating for toxoplasmosis, a complex and potentially deadly disease that requires daily management, says Dr. Sophie Whoriskey, The Marine Mammal Centers Hawaiian Monk Seal Conservation Veterinarian. As the only partner organization permitted by NOAA Fisheries to treat and rehabilitate Hawaiian monk seals, were proud to be able to support patients like RW22, and we will do everything we can to give this endangered animal a second chance in the wild.

Experts say toxoplasmosis, which is spread into the environment exclusively via cat feces, is one of the main threats and leading causes of death facing the endangered Hawaiian monk seal population in the main Hawaiian Islands.

Initial results from RW22s blood work confirmed the animal has been exposed to toxoplasmosis, an extremely worrying result due to the historical poor long-term prognosis for this disease. Toxoplasmosis can cause brain infections and muscle tremors, the latter of which veterinarians observed in RW22.

The Centers team has started RW22 on a treatment plan to immediately tackle the disease and, in consultation with NOAA, has prioritized stabilizing the 13-year-old animal before considering surgery to remove multiple ingested single-pronged hooks and other gear from his esophagus and stomach, according to a press release from the Marine Mammal Center.

The Centers veterinary experts are sedating RW22 daily for treatments and are tube feeding him to help boost his hydration and nutritional status. Despite the ingested fishing material, RW22 has been responding well to feedings. He is also being evaluated for a possible left eye injury.

RW22 made the trip from Oahu to Kailua-Kona with the help from local responders.

This was a great team effort, and NOAA is very appreciative of the incredible rapid response by all involved, said David Schofield, NOAA Fisheries Regional Stranding Coordinator. Everyone moved as quickly as possible to get RW22 into rehabilitative care for his best chance at survival.

With no vaccine available for toxoplasmosis, officials say preventative measures must be taken by the general public. To help protect endangered Hawaiian monk seals like RW22 from toxoplasmosis, simply dispose of cat litter in the trash, keep cats safe indoors and tell community about how they too can prevent this disease from harming more marine mammals.

The public should keep a safe distance from monk seals and report sightings on Hawaii Island to the Centers response team at the 24-hour hotline: 808-987-0765.

Report hooked, stranded, or entangled monk seals to the NOAA Fisheries statewide toll-free hotline at 888-256-9840. NOAA Fisheries also recommends these best practices to reduce injuries to monk seals when fishing.

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Hawaiian Monk Seal Being Treated For Toxoplasmosis, Other Ailments at Ke Kai Ola - Big Island Now

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(Reuters) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is both the busiest and the slowest federal circuit in this country when it comes to deciding civil appeals.

According to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the 9th Circuit closed nearly 1,800 civil cases between September 2019 and September 2020, more than twice as many as the next-busiest circuit, the 2nd. With that heavy caseload, it's understandable that the average time from the notice of appeal to a final order from the 9th Circuit was 15.3 months, well behind the next-slowest 12.1-month decision lag in the 10th Circuit.

Jones Day, however, will apparently not have to wait that long for the appeals court to decide whether it can force Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and two Orrick partners to comply with its subpoenas in an arbitration that Jones Day has brought against an ex-partner who joined Orrick in 2019. On Monday, a 9th Circuit motions panel granted Jones Days motion to expedite the appeal. Briefing will conclude in early December and the case will be placed on the calendar for next February.

Why the special treatment for Jones Days appeal? I wish I could tell you. Jones Day, which did not respond to my email query on the 9th Circuit case, filed its motion for an accelerated appeal under seal, along with a sealed motion to keep filings confidential. Orricks opposition is also sealed, as is Jones Days reply. All that briefing will remain secret for the time being: In Mondays order, 9th Circuit Judges Margaret McKeown and William Fletcher said the seal will stay in place until the three-judge panel that will hear the appeal issues a ruling on Jones Days confidentiality motion.

I know, arbitration is supposed to be confidential. But its too late for secrecy in this case. We already know the key facts, thanks to Jones Days own efforts to enforce its subpoenas for documents and testimony from Orrick and Orrick partners Michael Torpey and Mitchell Zuklie.

As I told you in August, Jones Day initiated the JAMS proceeding in Washington, D.C., in 2020 against ex-partner Michael Buhler, whom it accused of breaching his partnership agreement and fiduciary duty when he was in negotiations to leave Jones Day for Orrick. At the time, Buhler was representing a Jones Day client before an arbitration panel that included an Orrick partner. When Buhlers potential conflict came to light, the Orrick partner stepped down from the panel, but Jones Days client told the firm that Jones Day was responsible for the extra cost and delay. Jones Day, in turn, wants Buhler to pay.

Those facts became public in a decision last May from D.C. Superior Court Judge Alfred Irving. Jones Day had petitioned the D.C. court to enforce compliance with the Orrick subpoenas issued by the JAMS arbitrator, retired federal judge Benson Legg. Irving dismissed Jones Days petition, ruling that he did not have personal jurisdiction over Orrick, which is based in California, and that Federal Arbitration Act rules required Jones Day to bring its petition in federal court. (Additional details about Jones Days fight with Buhler, including Buhlers counterclaim for nearly $2 million in allegedly unpaid earnings, subsequently emerged in the Global Arbitration Review.)

Jones Day in August turned to San Francisco federal court to enforce a re-issued summons for discovery from Orrick. The firm said the court had jurisdiction because, among other things, the JAMS arbitrator, Legg, planned to hold a hearing in California to take the Orrick partners testimony. In a publicly filed motion to expedite, Jones Day asked U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar to speed up the briefing schedule because Legg had set a hearing date in early September. Orricks lawyers at Williams & Connolly said in their opposition brief which was also publicly filed that Jones Day had created its own purported emergency by delaying its enforcement petition and pushing for an arbitrary hearing date.

Tigar ruled on Sept. 7 that he did not have the authority to compel compliance with the arbitration subpoenas. The FAA rules, he said, require petitions to enforce an arbitration summons to be filed in federal court in the district where the arbitration is seated, which, in this case is Washington, D.C. The judge rejected Jones Days argument that the seat of the arbitration can move to different districts for hearings before the arbitrator, though Tigar acknowledged precedent to the contrary from a trial court in Manhattan in 2019s Washington National Insurance Co v. Obex Group LLC, which was affirmed by the 2nd Circuit in 2020.

In the only public filing in Jones Days appeal of Tigars ruling the firms response to the 9th Circuits mediation questionnaire Jones Day said the main issue on appeal will be the trial judges holding that enforcement petitions must be filed in the district designated as the place of arbitration, rather than the district in which witnesses have been summoned to appear.

I get that Jones Day is in a rush to conclude the Buhler arbitration, which, according to a filing in the trial court, had been scheduled for a merits hearing in September. (Presumably, that date has been pushed back.) Jones Day also mentioned in a brief to Tigar that the JAMS arbitrator had experienced medical issues. Perhaps that is why it asked the 9th Circuit to expedite its case.

My point is that we dont know. We dont know how the firm convinced the 9th Circuit to expedite its case. We dont even know how Jones Day justified confidentiality for its motion to expedite, since its motion to seal is also ... under seal. And thats despite the D.C. judges public revelation of the facts of the underlying arbitration and Jones Days own public motion to expedite the trial court proceeding.

The Jones Day appeal will set important precedent on the Federal Arbitration Acts definition of the seat of arbitration. At the very least, the rest of us ought to know the rationale for keeping a lid on the firms motion to rush the case.

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In Pharmagona Limited v Taheri,(1) the High Court refused to seal and issue a contempt application as the breach, if it had occurred, was only technical, and it was therefore inappropriate for the application to succeed.

Facts

The claimant alleged that some of its employees, the defendants, had committed fraud by using fake invoices to misappropriate company funds. The defendants argued that they were whistle-blowers and that the fraudulent transactions were actually carried out by one of the company directors to illegally export goods to Iran. A freezing order was granted against the defendants in February 2018 to prevent them from disposing of or dealing with assets located within the jurisdiction up to a value of 500,000. The claimant was also awarded judgment in its favour on the main claim in January 2020.

Following this, it came to the claimant's attention that unilateral notices had been registered against the defendants' property by two individuals. These individuals, who were friends of the defendants, had entered into loan agreements with the defendants at their request to assist their families living in Iran. The defendants agreed to repay the loans with interest, but were unable to do so, resulting in the notices against their property for repayment. When the claimant became aware of the notices, it threatened to bring contempt proceedings on the grounds that the defendants had breached the freezing order by entering into the loan agreements.

The claimant originally raised a contempt application in draft form before the court in July 2020. At the time, the judge struck the unissued application out on the basis that it was intended to harass the defendants and amounted to an abuse of process. The claimant appealed the decision but the Court of Appeal refused it, directing that they apply instead to the High Court again to vary or set aside the order.

Decision

The High Court refused the claimant's application to seal and issue the contempt application. The judge decided that any breach of the freezing order by the defendants was merely technical, as the defendants were, in reality, unable to use the monies freely. The judge made the following key points:

Moreover, the judge emphasised the principle set out in Sectorguard plc v Dienne plc that contempt applications would be construed as an abuse of process if their potential outcome (if successful) was so small in value to the claimants "to make the exercise pointless, viewed against the expenditure of court time and the parties' time and money".(2) As the defendants did not have assets at their disposal, and the claimants were not contending that the loan agreements were for any purpose other than to assist the defendants' families, then there would be no real benefit to granting the contempt application to force the defendants' compliance with the freezing order. The judge did not make a decision on the claimant's motive behind the application but had in mind the findings of the judge in the first instance decision, who had decided that the application had been brought vindictively, without a legitimate aim, and with the intention of harassment.

Given the technical nature of the alleged breach, and the principles governing contempt proceedings, the judge felt that it would be inappropriate to seal and issue the claimant's contempt application.

Comment

This decision illustrates that the courts will likely view contempt applications through a "real world" lens and will be reluctant to allow such applications where the relevant breach is technical and of no real effect. Those making contempt applications should therefore be careful to present a strong case, and not pursue mere technical breaches. Further, while not explicitly decided here, the courts will likely attach weight to the motive behind a contempt application: where it amounts to harassment of the defendant, the courts may not look kindly upon such behaviour.

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High Court refuses permission for unissued contempt application where breach of freezing order only technical - Lexology

Sustainable efforts such as wind farms or solar parks will no longer be able to get off the ground in Tolan and Schuen-Duvland because the network will not be able to discharge the electricity it generates. That is why additional high voltage stations are needed, including the 150 kV station at Schwen-Dowland and the 380/150 kV station at Holstern.

Bergen of Zoom City Councils largest party, GPWP, does not want a station in Agricultural Avergenbolder near Holstein and believes grid operator Tenneth A4 should reconsider Ster van Lebelstrod on the motorway. The place was briefly pictured, but eventually fell apart because there were houses.

The choice, made by Berkeley politicians, has implications for the construction site of the 150 kV station in Schwen-Duvland. The stations will be connected underground, with cable not exceeding 30 km for technical reasons. Osterland is only in the picture as the construction site for the Scorsese station, just a few kilometers away from the Brabant station to Lefebvre.

This would be another blow to the politics of Schuan-Duviland. Austerland is not a serious option. Konsrijk is a fertile land north of the Sealand Bridge, which is sandblasted between N256 and Zierikzees industrial area. The Councils largest body, the Leaf Souven-Duvland, will submit an amendment to further inquire into Boulder on the other side of N256 during Thursdays Council meeting.

According to Dennetts schedule, Schoen-Duvland will have to make a decision by the end of this year and not after Bergen of Zoom. Network strengthening near Schouwen-Duiveland, Tholen and Bergen op Zoom should be completed by 2025.

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Brabant people are arguing about the high voltage station for Geeland - Cheraw Chronicle

Recently, the Metaverse has become popular. Both investors and industry people have their own insights, but the concept of Metaverse in different populations is not exactly the same. What is the charm of the Metaverse?

The original meaning of the Metaverse

At present, the Metaverse is still not a rigorous academic concept. Wikipedia describes it as a 3D virtual space with link awareness and sharing features based on the Internet future through virtual augmented physical reality. Unlike e-sports games such as Glory of Kings, which are played in dozens of minutes, the Metaverse are persistent and once they start, they go on forever. In addition, the Metaverse is also open and offer richer interactions than simply making big moves and running around.

Zuckerberg defined Metaverse as the next-generation platform after the mobile Internet or the figurative Internet. The prospectus for Roblox described the virtual world in terms of identity, friend, immersion, low latency, diversity, location, economy, civilization. It has detonated the technology and capital circles. In 2021, the first Roblox share of the Metaverse concept was listed and the major Internet giants with large chips entered. The market became lively.

Of course, the Metaverse world that is difficult to distinguish from reality may be far away from us, but with the continuous development of AR/VR, cloud computing, AI and 5G technology, the realization of the Metaverse is indeed more possible.

The giants are heading to the Metaverse

Facebook (FB.US): It is a pioneer, and the founder Zuckerberg believes AR/VR will surpass smartphones and personal computers as the next-generation of mainstream computing platform. And he said that if we do well, I think in the next five years, we will effectively shift from a cognitive social media company to a Metaverse company.

Apple (AAPL.US): It completed the AR on-chip system (SoC) that powered the helmet and the physical design of two other chips in 2020 and is now ready for trial production. Apples first AR/VR headset will be released as early as 2022, but it could also be delayed if the device cant be completed in time.

Nvidia (NVDA.US): It announced that Omniverse, the worlds first simulation and collaboration platform to base the Metaverse would be open to millions of new users. As a large chip company, they have begun to layout the Metaverse platform, which shows that Metaverse is full of temptation.

Baidu (BIDU.US): It set up a VR sub-venue at the world conference, launched a Xi soil virtual space platform based on 5G, Baidu cloud mobile technology and a new upgraded multiplayer interactive platform, so that people who can not attend personally can experience the virtual space of this technology event.

WIMI Hologram (WIMI.US): It has also recently participated in the Metaverse exploration. WIMI Hologram itself has technical advantages, and years of technological accumulation has laid a foundation for the exploration of the Metaverse. WIMI Hologram specially set up the Holographic Metaverse Division to develop the underlying holographic technology of the Metaverse, has metaverse software imaging detection and recognition technologies, force to embed holographic AR content into virtual applications; About Knowledge application, WiMi Hologram has established nearly 5000 holographic virtual IP rights content; About hardware, WIMI Hologram launched the holographic XR head-mounted display product WiMi Hologram SoftLight. These are the key to entering the Metaverse market and preserving the leading position in the next era.

ByteDance reportedly invested RMB 100 million for Metaverse company Beijing Code Qiankun Technology Co., Ltd., whose main products include teen social networking and UGC platform Reworld, RMB 9 billion for VR startup Pico. In addition to ByteDance, Netease invested IMVU parent company (Together Labs), the worlds largest avatar social networking platform. Tencent invested in Robloxs US $150 million Series G round in February last year.Soul, a social platform that failed to go public, changed its marketing slogan to social Metaverse for young people.

Facing the Metaverse, experts say lively.

Tokyo securities pointed out that AR/VR and other technologies are becoming increasingly mature to build channels in and out of the Metaverse. AR/VR technically solves the problem of interaction between virtual world and real world.AR/VR will become more accessible and usable as the technology matures along with price cuts and market penetration. Technology also improves user experience.The development of 5G, cloud computing, Blockchain and other technologies also provide support for the construction of a Metaverse virtual world.

At the same time, Sealand securities believes that although the current Metaverse is still in the early stage, there are still many elements of the Metaverse has not been realized. The real realization of the Metaverse requires the promotion and support of technology. In the medium and long term, the Metaverse is expected to bring innovation in the virtual world, promote the co-prosperity of all links of the industrial chain such as game content, community, education, commodity trading, artificial intelligence and VR/AR, Blockchain, and then bring new increment.

Xiao Feng, a Blockchain research expert, believes that the Metaverse is the highest form of human digital survival. In the Metaverse, participants can experience a more colorful life. The Metaverse is also the human society and world, but it is the persons virtual society and the digital world.

When the technology is mature enough and people participate in the Metaverse. They can have a completely different identity and experience another life in another virtual world.

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Marine Wildlife Around IrelandOne of the greatest memories of anyday spent boating around the Irish coast is an encounter with marine wildlife. It's a thrill for young and old to witness seabirds, seals, dolphins and whales right there in their own habitat. As boaters fortunate enough to have experienced it will testify even spotting a distant dorsal fin can be the highlight of any day afloat. Was that a porpoise? Was it a whale? No matter how brief the glimpse it's a privilege to share the seas with Irish marine wildlife.

Thanks to the location of our beautiful little island, perched in the North Atlantic Ocean there appears to be no shortage of marine life to observe.

From whales to dolphins, seals, sharks and other ocean animals this page documents the most interesting accounts of marine wildlife around our shores. We're keen to receive your observations, your photos, links and youtube clips.

Boaters have a unique perspective and all those who go afloat, from inshore kayaking to offshore yacht racing that what they encounter can be of real value to specialist organisations such as the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) who compile a list of sightings and strandings. The IWDG knowledge base has increased over the past 21 years thanks in part at least to the observations of sailors, anglers, kayakers and boaters.

Thanks to the IWDG work we now know we share the seas with dozens of species who also call Ireland home. Here's the current list: Atlantic white-sided dolphin, beluga whale, blue whale, bottlenose dolphin, common dolphin, Cuvier's beaked whale, false killer whale, fin whale, Gervais' beaked whale, harbour porpoise, humpback whale, killer whale, minke whale, northern bottlenose whale, northern right whale, pilot whale, pygmy sperm whale, Risso's dolphin, sei whale, Sowerby's beaked whale, sperm whale, striped dolphin, True's beaked whale and white-beaked dolphin.

But as impressive as the species list is the IWDG believe there are still gaps in our knowledge. Next time you are out on the ocean waves keep a sharp look out!

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Northrop Grumman press release

Installed across the U.S. Navy Fleet, Northrop Grumman continues to support U.S. and NATO surface and submarine naval platforms around the world, said Todd Leavitt, vice president, naval and oceanic systems, Northrop Grumman.

Beginning with the first gyroscope installed on USS Utah (BB-31) in 1911, Northrop Grumman has built a reputation as an industry leader and partner with the U.S. Navy in navigation, positioning and sensing systems. Today, the AN/WSN7 is the U.S. Navy Program of Record for INS on all surface combatants equipped with AEGIS weapons systems (Ticonderoga-class missile cruisers; Arleigh Burke-class destroyers), all Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, amongst other U.S. and allied vessels.

The AN/WSN7A is the U.S. Navy Program of Record for all Los Angeles-class, Sea Wolf-class and Virginia-class submarines, and provides the same level of performance and accuracy as the AN/WSN7, in a modified form factor fit for subsurface use.

Northrop Grummans broad range of assured positioning, navigation and timing (A-PNT) systems provide precise, survivable, secure, resilient and agile solutions for sea, land, air and space.

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US Navy Receives 500th AN/WSN-7 Inertial Navigation System - Naval News