Joshua Palmerton
Last updated 10 Sep 2021 in Spear–Johnson Family.
Born: 3 Mar 1785 in , , Vermont, United States
Died: 12 Jul 1870 in Collins, Erie County, New York, United States
book-history-of-concord-1883: Erasmus Briggs, History of the Original Town of Concord, Being the Present Towns of Concord, Collins, N. Collins, and Sardinia, Erie County, New York; Rochester, N.Y. : Union and Advertiser Co.'s Print, 1883; book image (PDF), Internet Archive (https://archive.org: accessed 20 Apr 2018); original held by Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Reference Detail: Page 677 (PDF page 695)
Comment Detail: Source includes name (Joshua Palmerton).
census-us-1850-ps-ny-erie-collins-299a: 1850 U.S. Census, population schedule, New York, Erie County, Collins, page 299A (stamped) or 597 (penned); 1850 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed before 4 August 2018) ⟩ "New York ⟩ Erie⟩ Collins" image 33; citing "Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 499 (of 1009), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C."
census-us-1860-ps-ny-erie-collins-29: 1860 U.S. Census, population schedule, New York, Erie County, Collins, page 29 (form) or 119 (stamped); 1860 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed before 16 August 2018) ⟩ "New York ⟩ Erie ⟩ Collins" image 29; citing "Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, NARA microfilm publication M653 (1438 rolls), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C." [FHL microfilm 803751]
census-us-1870-ps-oh-monroe-salem-40: 1870 U.S. Census, population schedule, Ohio, Monroe County, Salem Township, page 40 (form) or page 223B (stamp sequence, not visible on page); 1870 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed before 12 August 2018) ⟩ "Ohio ⟩ Monroe ⟩ Salem" image 21; citing "Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1245 (of 1761), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C." [FHL microfilm 552744]
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Comment Detail: Source includes date (March 3, 1785) and location (New England).
Comment Detail: Source includes date (July 12, 1870) and location (Collins, Erie County, New York).
Spouse/Partner: Hannah Nichols (1793 – 1870)
Married: 26 Jan 1812
Comment Detail: Source includes date (Jan. 26, 1812).
Child: Joel Palmerton (1814 – 1815)
Child: Eliza Palmerton (1816 – ?)
Child: Elisha Palmerton (1816 – 1849)
Child: Lydia Palmerton (1818 – 1848)
Child: Joshua E. Palmerton (1820 – ?)
Child: Phebe Palmerton (1822 – ?)
Child: Joseph A. Palmerton (1824 – ?)
Child: Eunice N. Palmerton (1827 – 1852)
Child: Hannah Palmerton (1829 – 1848)
Child: James W. Palmerton (1831 – 1859)
Child: Mary Palmerton (1836 – ?)
Moved From Residence: 1809 at Danby, Rutland County, Vermont, United States
Moved To Residence: 1809 at Concord, Niagara County, New York, United States
Comment Detail: Source includes year (1809) and location he moved from (Danby, Vt.).
Comment Detail: Source includes year (1809) and location (Collins). Note that in 1809, Collins was just being populated and was not a town until 1812. In 1809, the area was part of the area claimed by the town of Concord. And while it is currently in Erie County, that county didn't exist until 1821; in the given year, the location that would become Collins was in Concord, Niagara County, New York.
Occupation: (farmer) 1810
Occupation: (farmer) 1 Jun 1850
Religion: (Society of Friends)
Comment Detail: Source includes year (1810) and occupation (farm).
Comment Detail: Source includes census date (1 Jun 1850) and occupation (farmer).
Comment Detail: Source includes census date (1 Jun 1850) and location (Collins in the County of Erie, State of New York).
Comment Detail: Source includes census date (1 Jun 1860) and location (Collins, Erie County, New York).
Comment Detail: Source includes census date (1 Jun 1870) and location (the town of Collins in the County of Erie, State of New York).
Comment Detail: Source notes that Joshua Palmerton was a "prominent member of the Society of Friends."
In 1809 Joshua traveled with Stephen Lapham, Abram Lapham, and Stephen Peters, on foot and carrying all they needed in knapsacks, to inspect and select areas in which to settle. Joshua selected lands and contracted for these in 1810. [book-history-of-concord-1883]
Joshua was a prominent member of the Society of Friends and preached widely, usually traveled on horseback, and was often sent for, from long distances, to preach funeral sermons. [book-history-of-concord-1883]
By 1870, Joshua and Hannah were living in the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Thomas and Mary Paxton. [census-us-1870-ps-oh-monroe-salem-40]
Joshua's parents may have been the son of John Palmerton (b. 3 Mar 1759 in Danby, Rutland County Vermont; d. 31 Jul 1826 in Saratoga, New York) and Elizabeth Wilbor (b. 13 May 1759 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island; d. 1853 in Collins, New York). They may have married 4 Dec 1776 in Clarindon, Rutland County, Vermont. [research-joshua-palmerton-genealogical-study]
His mother, Elizabeth Wilbor may have been the daughter of George Wilbor (b. 23 Sep 1718 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island; d. 1777) and Deborah Randall (b. 24 Sep 1721 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts; d. ?). Deborah and George may have married c. 1747 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island. [research-joshua-palmerton-genealogical-study]
Joshua's siblings, all born in Danby, Rutland County, Vermont, may have been Thankful (b. c. 1779), Elizabeth (b. c. 1781), John (b. c. 1783; d. 27 Feb 1885 in New York), Deborah (b. c. 1787), Sara (b. c. 1790), Henry W. (b. 8 Feb 1794; d. 9 Sep 1870), William Mather (b. 1796), and Edward (b. c. 1800). [research-joshua-palmerton-genealogical-study]
Joshua's sibling William and his wife Floranna (nee Delezenne) had a daughter Flora Palmerton, who married Alanson Clark. Their child Willis Gaylord Clark married Mary J. Maltby, daughter of Frederick L. Maltby. I wonder if they are related to our friend, {private} Maltby.
In the 1850 U.S. Census, a child of two years is shown in the household. The birth date is rather late for Hannah Palmerton to be having children (she was about 55), and it appears to be some 12 years after Mary and 23 years after Joseph. Could Charles be a grandchild? [census-us-1850-ps-ny-erie-collins-299a]
A 16-year old girl named Margaret Coil was living with the Palmertons in 1850. Was she a relative, friend, or just a border? [census-us-1850-ps-ny-erie-collins-299a]
Is Joshua buried in the Route 39 Quaker Cemetery, located about 1/4 mile east of Kerr-Warner Road, in Collins? The date on his headstone may be 18 Jul 1873.
In 1860, Joshua's household included his son Joseph and Joseph's family. It also included a boy of 11, Philip Weber, who was born in Germany. His relationship to the Palmertons is unknown, and he may have been a border or farmhand. [census-us-1860-ps-ny-erie-collins-29]
In 1870, Duane Palmerton (13) is listed in the census in the household of Thomas and Mary Paxton, under the entryes for Joshua and Helen Palmerton. Thomas is a son-in-law of Joshua Palmerton. Is Duane Joshua's grandson? If so, by whom? Joshua's sone James is a likely candidate. He died after Duane was born, and was married a few years before. [census-us-1870-ps-oh-monroe-salem-40]
research-joshua-palmerton-genealogical-study: "Genealogical Study: Joshua Palmerton," webpage, Tripod.com
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Hi, I'm Joe Chu, and welcome to Using dsetool. In this video we'll be taking a look at one of the most important command-line tools in DSE, and what it can do with DSE Search.
Dsetool actually mirrors a lot of the same functions that we've seen earlier with CQL index management commands. Well, actually it's more accurate to say that the CQL commands duplicates dsetool, since dsetool has been around and used since the early days of DSE.
While I will admit that CQL is in many ways much more convenient to use, there are still plenty of things that only dsetool can do, aside from managing your search index schema and config.
In fact dsetool is the only way that you can run certain operations on individual nodes, something that you wouldn't be able to do with the CQL commands, which work on all of the nodes in a datacenter. If you are restoring data on a node and need to rebuild indexes, do you want to do so on all of your nodes, or just that one? That's where dsetool comes in.
So here is a table with all of the dsetool commands that are related to DSE Search. There are quite a few of them, but let's take a look at them one by one to see how they work.
The classic way to create a search index is by using the create_core command. This method for creating your search index can still automatically generate your schema and config for you, if you set the generateResources flag to true. Otherwise you can provide your own resource files and set the path to those files with the schema and solrconfig file. Running the command will automatically upload and store those files into DSE, and create the search index with them. That's it really. You really just need to set the flag to automatically create the schema and config, or to provide your own. Dsetool will create the search index and index existing data in all of the Search nodes in the current datacenter. In special cases when you don't want to reindex right away, or if you only want to reindex on the node you're running dsetool on, you can use the reindex and the distributed flag to change the behavior.
Here are some examples of using the create_core command. The first example is one of the simplest, which is just to create a search index on the killrvideo videos table and automatically generate the schema and config. The command will also reindex data across all search nodes in the cluster.
The second example can be used in a situation where you don't want to reindex the existing data. It will just create the search index for killrvideo videos using the automatically generated resource files.
The third example uses the distributed flag to only reindex data on the local node.
And the last example uses the schema and solrconfig flags to specify which files to use for the two search index resources. Since only a file name is provided and not the absolute path, dsetool will expect those files to be in the current working directory.
The next command will take a look at is the reload core command, which tells DSE to reload the requested search index. Reload_core doesn't require any parameters, but usually a modified schema and / or config is provided, which will automatically be used following the reload. Use the schema and solrconfig flag that we've seen previously to set the path to the modified files. Reload_core still has the reindex and distributed flags, which works the same way as we've seen before. There is also a new flag, deleteAll, that can delete the previous index prior to reindexing. If set to true, this would cause search queries to possibly return no or partial results while table data is reindexed. The default behavior though, would be to continue to use the previous index after the reload, which should be based on the schema used previously. This could potentially return "incorrect" results depending on how the schema was changed. Of course, if the schema has not changed at all, there would be no need to reindex or to delete the previous index.
The first example here shows the killrvideo.videos index being reloaded using a new schema and solrconfig. The data for the table will be reindexed, but will continue to use the old indexes while it is doing so.
The second example reloads the search index using only a new config file. No reindexing is needed.
Finally the last example shows a situation where a new schema is provided and will be used following the reload. The search index will also drop the previous indexes and reindex data again using the new schema.
The last command when it comes to modifying the search index is the unload_core command. The command will effectively delete the search index, remove the solr_query psuedo column, and disable search queries on the specified table.
However, the resource files that you have saved for the search index are still kept, unless you use the flag deleteResources. Likewise the existing index segment files are saved as well by default, but can be deleted automatically with the deleteDataDir flag. If for some reason you only want to delete the index segments on the local node, you can add the distributed parameter and set it to false to do so.
We'll only show one quick example here to delete a search index. Here the killrvideo.videos search index is being removed with both the resource files and index segments being delete across all search nodes in the local datacenter.
Another useful command is the write_resource command, which will upload a file and save it into the solr_admin.solr_resources table in the database. Afterwards, the file can be referenced by name in the specified search index. These resource files can be used in different search components, such as the text analysis filters. For example, the StopFilter, which prevents certain words from being indexed, actually requires a list of the stop words to ignore. That list can be uploaded as a resource file and then used to set up the stopfilter in the schema.
In fact, our example at the bottom is doing exactly that. It is uploading a file determined by the file parameter located in the home directory, under resources slash stopwords.txt, and will be given the name stopwords.txt in the database, due to the name parameter. Afterwards you can then setup the stop words list for a StopFilter used in the schema for the killrvideo.videos table, but using that name stopwords.txt.
The search index schema and config are also resources, and you can technically upload these as well. However, the naming of these files can be confusing since the database keeps two version, one for the active schema or config being used, and one for the pending that will be applied after a reload. To avoid using the wrong name, it is better to just upload them when running the reload_core command.
The read resource command is our way of retrieve the contents of a resource from the database. You can specify the search index name, and name of the resource you want to read in the name parameter, and the contents will be displayed to the standard output, like the first example you see here. You can also save the contents of the resource into a file by piping the output to a file like in the second example.
The commands here show ways to view the search index schema and config. With get_core_config you can read the contents of the pending configuration, and with get_core_schema, you read the contents of the pending schema. The current parameter can be used to read the active resource instead, if set to true. Like the command read_resource, these two commands will display the contents to standard output, but can be piped to a file as needed.
Finally there is a command infer_solr_schema, that will display what the automatically generated schema would look like for a table. Of course the table needs to be defined, but the command will work regardless of whether the table currently has a search index or not.
Some useful commands when it comes to indexing existing data are the stop_core_reindex and rebuild_indexes commands.The stop_core_reindex will stop any reindexing that is currently taking place for the specified search index, on the local node. However, this will cause the indexing status to switch to FAILED, and the table data will need to be reindexed again from the beginning. You would need to run this one each node that you would want to stop reindexing on.
The rebuild_indexes is more a general DSE command that rebuilds all defined secondary indexes for a CQL table. Since the search index is technically a secondary index, you can use this command to initiate reindexing for a table on the local node. Note that if for some reason you have multiple secondary indexes defined for a table, all of of them will be reindexed. If that's the case, using the CQL REBUILD SEARCH INDEX command would be a better solution.
The examples here are fairly straightforward. The first example stops the reindexing for the killrvideo.videos search index on the local node, and the second example starts a reindex for the killrvideo.videos search index on the local node as well.
The examples will also show what sort of response to expect when these commands are executed. The stop_core_reindex does return a message indicating that the reindex was stopped. However the rebuild_index command only returns a prompt and does not respond with any useful messages.
Talking about reindexing, it would also be useful to know if a search index on a node is currently reindexing, and what the progress is. This is what the core_indexing_status command is for. The output of the command will indicate that the search index is currently indexing, or that it has failed, or has been successfully completed. Normally the command will also show the progress of the reindexing as a percentage, as well as an estimated time before completion. By default the status on the local node is shown, but the all flag can be used to check the status across all search nodes.
In our first example, the command here is checking the status of the killrvideo.videos search index, which happens to return a response saying that reindexing is finished, which means that it has successfully completed.
The second command uses the progress flag to also return the percent complete and the estimated time left, if the search index happens to be currently reindexing. The response here shows that the killrvideo.videos search index is indexing, at 21% complete, and there is still about 7 minutes before the reindexing is done.
The final example shows the all flag being used, and the command returning a list of nodes, identified by ip address, and the reindexing status for each one.
Index_Checks is a pretty interesting command, as it returns statistics and diagnostic information about a search index. The may help to answer certain burning questions like whether data for a particular search index and node has been reindexed before, or how many documents are currently indexed locally for a search index. However, most of the statistics provided may not be particularly useful for anyone but an advanced user of DSE Search or Solr.
The example here shows the index_checks command running on the killrvideo.videos search index, with the following example output.
Here the doc statistics show current number of documents indexed for the search index on the node, all-time max number of documents, and count of deleted documents.
The version starts out at 2 if there is existing data has not been indexed yet. However the version number will increase while indexing, either from reindexing or with CQL writes. This value is not synced across Search nodes so eventually you'll start see different versions on different nodes.
Finally the last statistic that I'll describe here is the current, which, will be false while reindexing is taking place or has failed, and true when finished.
The list_index_files command is a handy way to see the current index segment files written to disk for a search index, without having to navigate through the file system to see. In addition the command will also display the disk usage and encryption statistics for each of the index segment files as well.
Last but not least is the perf command, which actually has quite a lot of sub commands and options. I'm going to defer explaining this command for now, and do so instead in a later video.
We're finally done going over all of the great, useful dsetool commands. How much of them do you remember right now? Don't worry, go do this exercise and you'll definitely be able to remember more of dsetool.
And now it's time for an exercise!
Ok, I'm done talking. Do this exercise while I catch my breath.


Section 39 of CGST Act 2017: Furnishing of Returns
Aug 30, 2018 CGST Act 2017 Kewal Garg
Provisions under Section 39 of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act, 2017 relating to "Furnishing of Returns", are as under:
Section 39 of CGST Act 2017: Furnishing of Returns (CHAPTER IX RETURNS)
(1) Every registered person, other than an Input Service Distributor or a non-resident taxable person or a person paying tax under the provisions of section 10 or section 51 or section 52 shall, for every calendar month or part thereof, furnish, in such form, manner and within such time as may be prescribed, a return, electronically, of inward and outward supplies of goods or services or both, input tax credit availed, tax payable, tax paid and such other particulars as may be prescribed:
Provided that the Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, notify certain classes of registered persons who shall furnish return for every quarter or part thereof, subject to such conditions and safeguards as may be specified therein.
(2) A registered person paying tax under the provisions of section 10 shall, for each quarter or part thereof, furnish, in such form and manner as may be prescribed, a return, electronically, of turnover in the State or Union territory, inward supplies of goods or services or both, tax payable and tax paid within eighteen days after the end of such quarter.
(3) Every registered person required to deduct tax at source under the provisions of section 51 shall furnish, in such form and manner as may be prescribed, a return, electronically, for the month in which such deductions have been made within ten days after the end of such month.
(4) Every taxable person registered as an Input Service Distributor shall, for every calendar month or part thereof, furnish, in such form and manner as may be prescribed, a return, electronically, within thirteen days after the end of such month.
(5) Every registered non-resident taxable person shall, for every calendar month or part thereof, furnish, in such form and manner as may be prescribed, a return, electronically, within twenty days after the end of a calendar month or within seven days after the last day of the period of registration specified under sub-section (1) of section 27, whichever is earlier.
(6) The Commissioner may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, by notification, extend the time limit for furnishing the returns under this section for such class of registered persons as may be specified therein:
Provided that any extension of time limit notified by the Commissioner of State tax or Union territory tax shall be deemed to be notified by the Commissioner.
(7) Every registered person, who is required to furnish a return under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) or sub-section (5), shall pay to the Government the tax due as per such return not later than the last date on which he is required to furnish such return.
Provided that the Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, notify certain classes of registered persons who shall pay to the Government the tax due or part thereof as per the return on or before the last date on which he is required to furnish such return, subject to such conditions and safeguards as may be specified therein.
(8) Every registered person who is required to furnish a return under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall furnish a return for every tax period whether or not any supplies of goods or services or both have been made during such tax period.
(9) Subject to the provisions of sections 37 and 38, if any registered person after furnishing a return under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) or sub-section (5) discovers any omission or incorrect particulars therein, other than as a result of scrutiny, audit, inspection or enforcement activity by the tax authorities, he shall rectify such omission or incorrect particulars in such form and manner as may be prescribed, subject to payment of interest under this Act:
Provided that no such rectification of any omission or incorrect particulars shall be allowed after the due date for furnishing of return for the month of September or second quarter following the end of the financial year to which such details pertain, or the actual date of furnishing of relevant annual return, whichever is earlier.
(10) A registered person shall not be allowed to furnish a return for a tax period if the return for any of the previous tax periods has not been furnished by him.
Amendments History:
1. The words 'in such form and manner as may be prescribed' in sub-section (1) substituted with the words 'in such form, manner and within such time as may be prescribed' vide CGST (Amendment) Act, 2018.
2. The words "on or before the twentieth day of the month succeeding such calendar month or part thereof" in sub-section (1) omitted vide CGST (Amendment) Act, 2018. Thus Last date for filing of return i.e 20th of succeeding month, deleted from the Act and now timeline/ period is to be prescribed/ notified separately.
3. Proviso to sub-section (1) inserted vide CGST (Amendment) Act, 2018.
5. The words 'in the return to be furnished for the month or quarter during which such omission or incorrect particulars are noticed' in sub-section (9) substituted with the words 'in such form and manner as may be prescribed' vide CGST (Amendment) Act, 2018.
6. The words 'to which such details pertain' inserted in Proviso to sub-section (9) vide CGST (Amendment) Act, 2018.
Govt. has notified the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act, 2017 on 12 April, 2017 followed with various CBIC Notifications on commencement date for various Sections/ Provisions thereof from time to time. Govt. has further notified the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) (Amendment) Act, 2018 on 30 Aug. 2018 followed with CBIC Notification on commencement date of various Sections/ Provisions thereof from 1 Feb. 2019 vide Notification No. 2/2019 Central Tax dt. 29 Jan. 2019 except for amendments where the date of commencement is different from 1 Feb. 2019 and has specifically been mentioned in the CGST Amendment Act, 2018 itself.
Other GST Related Posts:
Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST):
CGST Act/ Definitions CGST Rules/ Forms
CGST Notifications CGST Rate Notifications
CGST Circulars CGST Orders
Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST):
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IGST Notifications IGST Rate Notifications
IGST Circulars IGST Orders
Union Territory Goods and Services Tax (UTGST):
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Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn speaks at a news conference Wednesday, April 3, 2019, in Pewaukee. Hagedorn, a conservative, led liberal-backed Lisa Neubauer by 5,962 votes out of 1.2 million cast, based on unofficial results with all precincts reporting. Ivan Moreno/AP Photo
Justice Brian Hagedorn Downplays Political Ties At Public Swearing-In
New Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Strengthens Court's Conservative Majority
By Laurel White
Wednesday, August 14, 2019, 5:55pm
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Brian Hagedorn was ceremonially sworn in on Wednesday, marking the beginning of his 10-year term.
Hagedorn, who was officially sworn in to the court earlier this month, was backed by conservatives during his campaign. His ascension strengthens the conservative majority on the court, bringing it to 5-2.
But during his public investiture ceremony at the state Capitol, Hagedorn downplayed his partisan affiliation.
"I'm not pro-Republican or pro-Democrat, I'm not here to advance any agenda other than faithful application of our constitution and our laws," he said. "I will be a pro-law judge."
During his campaign, Hagedorn received financial support from the conservative group Americans for Prosperity, as well as the Republican State Leadership Committee. Hagedorn also has strong ties to former Gov. Scott Walker. He served as Walker's chief legal counsel from 2011 until 2015, until the former governor appointed him to an open seat on the District 2 Court of Appeals.
But the new justice said political work is behind him.
"My days of advocating for particular issues or clients are no more," Hagedorn said. "This robe does not empower me to be your philosopher king. This robe does not empower me to enforce my personal moral views, or policy preferences or political views on anyone else."
State Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience Roggensack was one of several speakers at the ceremony. In her remarks, Roggensack spoke to the importance of judges' impartiality.
"The law must be applied evenly to all who bring contest to the Supreme Court to resolve," she said.
Roggensack said Hagedorn is up to that task.
"I do not expect that the public will always agree with his decisions — goodness knows, they certainly don't always agree with mine," she said. "However, I am very confident Justice Hagedorn will be an independent and intellectually honest justice."
Hagedorn replaced longtime liberal-backed Justice Shirley Abrahamson on the court, who announced last year she would retire after more than 40 years on the bench.
Hagedorn faced criticism during his campaign for blog posts he wrote during law school that compared homosexuality to bestiality and called Planned Parenthood a "wicked organization."
He was also criticized for his position as founder and board member of Augustine Academy, a private Christian school in Delafield where the code of conduct prohibits teachers, students and parents from participating in homosexual activity.
Hagedorn defended himself against those attacks by saying he would be impartial on the bench, despite his personal convictions.
During the Capitol ceremony, Hagedorn's wife, Christina, reflected on those campaign attacks.
"We cannot let their message that you cannot be a person of faith and a faithful judge win," she recalled telling her husband.
Hadegorn defeated Lisa Neubauer, a fellow appellate court judge, by less than 1 percentage point to take the seat on the state's highest court.
Wisconsin's next Supreme Court race will be next April, in which conservative-backed Justice Daniel Kelly will run to keep the seat he was appointed to in 2016 by Walker.
Liberal-backed candidates Ed Fallone, a Marquette University law professor, and Jill Karofsky, a Dane County judge, are running against him.
Hagedorn, Neubauer Set Spending Record In Wisconsin Supreme Court Race
Hagedorn Outraises Neubauer In January In State Supreme Court Race
Eric Holder's Group Spending $350K To Help Supreme Court Candidate Lisa Neubauer
Hagedorn, Neubauer Spar Over Political Ties During Supreme Court Debate
Supreme Court Hopeful Hagedorn Stresses Impartiality Despite Conservative, Religious Leanings


dugoutdiscs
Vinyl Discoveries, Music Musings & Expat Observations
Doug: Alive! A four-part flashback on a teen fling with Kiss
August 15, 2016 September 2, 2016 / dugoutdiscs
Part Two: The Army
Among the small core group of friends that I'd made after moving to Nashville as a young teen, James was the most adventurous. He always did things first. He had the first girlfriend. (Though I tacitly sat out that race for reasons which would become clear to me a few years later.) He smoked the first cigarette, drank the first beer, heard "Stairway to Heaven" before any of us, thanks to his older brother's record collection. But he wasn't a juvenile delinquent or a bad influence in any alarming way. With blonde wavy hair, a crooked grin and a gregarious demeanor, he was basically a good Southern boy. Just a touch more fearless than the cadre of quaking 8th-graders he hung around with.
When I confessed to him my cowardly retreat from the "Alive!" album cover– detailed in Part One of this series— James vowed to check it out for himself. It's weird now to think that he couldn't look it up online or say "Kiss albums" into his phone and have it appear within a nanosecond. No, in those days you had to track stuff down via old-fashioned shoe-leather sleuthing. Or in this case, sleuthing via James' brother's van. After what probably involved some begging and a promise or two to assume household chores, James got his bro to chauffeur him to the Harding Mall, where he followed my directions to the back of the head shop/record store and found the album. And as I'd hoped he would, prayed he would, he bought it. He went home and played it and reported its awesomeness to me the next time I saw him at school. We made plans to listen to it together on the following Saturday with two other neighborhood friends, Randy and Steve.
The weekend came and the four of us gathered at James' house in his rec room. We plopped ourselves in front of the stereo console, Charles Chips and Cokes at the ready, as James put side one of "Alive!" on the turntable and lowered the needle. Crowd noises emanated from the speakers, growing in volume until an anonymous, highly excitable announcer bellowed, "You wanted the best and you got it! The hottest band in the land, Kiss!" Then, piercing screams and cheers, a swaggering guitar riff, an explosion – had to be stage pyrotechnics– and we were off. For a double album, it seemed to zip by in no time. Aside from a drum solo on side three that dragged on a little too long, most of the tunes clocked in at an easily digestible three to four minutes. They bore appealingly succinct titles– "Strutter," "Black Diamond," "Cold Gin"– and were nearly identical in structure and theme. Crunchy, catchy guitar riffs supported shout-along lyrics touting sexual prowess, bacchanalian drinking habits and general bad-ass behavior.
We were instantly smitten. Before this momentous listening party, James, Randy, Steve and I were pretty close buds. After it, for a time, we became an inseparable band of brothers. Kiss was now the focus of our relationship. We all procured our own copies of "Alive!", of course, and dedicated as much of our allowances and lawn-mowing money as possible to Kiss-related paraphernalia: T-shirts, posters and patches, lunchboxes, you name it. When my family went on vacation to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, I was thrilled to find a Kiss t-shirt that I hadn't yet seen in Nashville in one of the town's tourist-trap shops. I bought it and when we returned home, I wore it to school. Envious stares tracked me through the halls. Kids were like, "Where did you get THAT?" That was by far the highest my cool factor has ever been.
When Kiss' next album, "Destroyer," came out, we all got that too. Again, the cover was breathtaking, the music formulaic and, to our young ears, perfect. And we all enrolled in the Kiss Army, the band's official fan club. One of the few artifacts that I've hung onto from this fervent phase is my Army memorabilia folder, complete with "induction" certificate, where I long ago scrawled my name in crude Bic pen letters on the provided blank line.
For Halloween, we dressed as… who else? James got to be Gene because he had claimed that right with his trailblazing purchase of "Alive!" I chose Paul, my favorite band member after Gene; Randy was Peter and Steve was Ace. Our costumes and accessories, cobbled together in James' garage with his dad's woodworking tools and in our moms' sewing rooms, were DIY in the extreme. For my platform shoes, I sawed off chunks of plywood, nailed them to an old pair of desert boots, then spray-painted the boots black. My "guitar" was also plywood, with an inlay of white poster-board, courtesy of the local dime store. My "black leather" pants? Tights pulled over an old pair of cut-off jeans. And my top was a black mock turtleneck cut down the front to the navel, hemmed into a deep-V to show off my hairless, barely pubescent chest, then outlined with glue and glitter. My mom did my make-up and teased my hair. She was, and is, a way-cool mom.
We went to a neighborhood Halloween party that night, where we were the kings. Everyone wanted to know how we made our outfits! We also hit up some houses for candy, shocking our neighbors senseless. It's for sure my favorite Halloween of all time. Afterwards, I kept the components of the costume for a while. The platform shoes sat on the floor of my closet, neglected under successive piles of dirty clothes. The turtleneck top lingered on a hanger above, its glitter gradually flaking off until the time—likely a couple years later when my family was preparing to move to Atlanta—the entire costume was bequeathed to the rubbish gods. I'm not sure what happened to the guitar.
There is a picture somewhere of the four of us, snapped pre-Halloween party by mom in the foyer of our house, posing in all our regalia. We look magnificent. I've thought about that photo often over the decades and I've tried and tried to find it among my belongings, but so many years have passed between then and now and I've relocated so often, packing haphazardly each time, that the photo has gone missing. Hopefully it's stuck in a book somewhere and one day I'll take that book out of a storage box and I'll flip to the right page and gasp with relief. For now, I only have a photo of me alone, taken in that suburban Nashville hallway before I ventured out with my mates. No longer merely a doughy, dweeby teen, but a painted and preening rock god to rival the real Paul Stanley. If only for a night.
Stay tuned for Part Three, "The Show," to be published soon!
Part One: The Cover
Part Three: The Show
Part Four: The Breakup
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Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC-2016)
Monterey: IEEE, 2016.
Radiation of the Microwave Generator on Electron-Oscillator Flows at Forced Synchronization by an External Signal
Mozgovoi Y. D., Khritkin S. In bk.: Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC-2016). Monterey: IEEE, 2016. P. 343-344.
An approximate model of discrete multibeam generator based on the use of equivalent oscillators is offered. Formation of the antenna radiation field in a three-dimensional approach on the example of a cylindrical ring radiator is considered. Each ring consists of a large number of dipoles oriented in a longitudinal direction. It is shown that the type of pattern depends on the ratio of the phase velocity of waves excitation dipoles to the speed of light.
Interaction of the Ring Systems of Electron and Positron Macroplasmoids with Considering Vector Potential Field
Macroscopic quantum interaction processes of ring systems of electron and positron macroplasmoid taking into account fields of vector potential are investigated. The non-stationary self-consistent problem of the charged particles movement taking into account interaction of wave fields, Coulomb forces and a magnetic field is solved.
Research target: PhysicsElectronics and Electrical Engineering
Priority areas: engineering science
Keywords: vacuum electronicshigh power microwavesTWTcathodesklystronsTHz deviceselectron opticsgyrotrondevice modeling
P.: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2013.
IVEC 2013 is intended to be a forum of information and discussion between the various players in the field of vacuum electronics: device users, manufacturers and operators, government/institutions, academics, and students. Submissions from all groups are encouraged. IVEC 2013 will provide the right place for the exchange of scientific and technical information and will foster collaboration and cooperation in the vacuum electronics domain both at European and worldwide level.
Added: Jun 1, 2013
Dynamics of the Davydov-Scott soliton with location or velocity mismatch of its high-frequency component
Blyakhman L. G., Gromov E., Onosova I. V. et al. Physics Letters A. 2017. Vol. 381. No. 17. P. 1490-1492.
The dynamics of a two-component Davydov-Scott (DS) soliton with a small mismatch of the initial location or velocity of the high-frequency (HF) component was investigated within the framework of the Zakharov-type system of two coupled equations for the HF and low-frequency (LF) fields. In this system, the HF field is described by the linear Schrödinger equation with the potential generated by the LF component varying in time and space. The LF component in this system is described by the Korteweg-de Vries equation with a term of quadratic influence of the HF field on the LF field. The frequency of the DS soliton`s component oscillation was found analytically using the balance equation. The perturbed DS soliton was shown to be stable. The analytical results were confirmed by numerical simulations.
Monterey: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2014.
IVEC was originally created in 2000 by merging the U.S. Power Tubes Conferences and the European Space Agency TWTA Workshops. Now a fully international conference, IVEC is held every other year in the U.S., and in Europe and Asia alternately every fourth year. After the successful and enjoyable meeting in Paris, France in May, IVEC 2014 will return to its beautiful U.S. location in the city of Monterey.
Added: May 1, 2014
Optimization of a Sheet Electron Beam Interaction With a Slow Wave
Pchelnikov Y., Yelizarov (Elizarov) A. A. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 2014. Vol. 61. No. 6. P. 1661-1665.
The TWT model based on placed in parallel impedance electrodes is used to analyze effectiveness of a sheet e-beam interaction with the in-phase mode of a slow wave excited in the impedance electrodes. The impedance approximation was used for presentation fields of E- and H-waves by zero and ±1 space harmonics, respectively. The generalized formula for the coupling coefficient, characterizing the interaction effectiveness, was used to demonstrate the its dependence on the e-beam thickness and the gaps between the impedance and screen electrodes. The obtained dependences on the e-beam tunnel geometry and the operating frequency were compared with that calculated for a cylindrical beam in a conventional helix.
Beam–Wave Interaction in the Passbands and Stopbands of Periodic Slow-Wave Systems
Solntsev V. A. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 2015. Vol. 43. No. 7. P. 2114-2122.
A method of analysis of beam-wave interaction in passbands and stopbands of periodic slow-wave systems (SWS), based on the use of the finite-difference equation of excitation of such systems by an electron beam, is presented. In contrast to equations of a well-known beam wave interaction theory it includes the local coupling impedance, that characterizes the interaction of electrons with the total field of two waves (forward and counter-propagating) of the slow- wave system and does not tend to infinity at cutoff frequencies. It allowed to develop a general theory of interaction of electron beams and waves in passbands and stopbands of slow-wave systems without using their equivalent circuits. A study of beam wave interaction in the folded waveguide-type SWSs has been performed. An elementary analytical calculation of electro-dynamic characteristics of such SWSs necessary to study the interaction is given. Specifies of interaction in passbands and near cutoff frequencies of periodic SWSs are considered. Amplification conditions in stopbands of such slow-wave systems are discovered. Properties of the beam-wave interaction at the cutoff frequency where the folded waveguide is an analog of multi-gap open resonators used in such electron devices, as an orotron, are examined.
Added: Sep 7, 2015
Исследование усиления в полосах пропускания и запирания замедляющих систем мощных ламп бегущей волны
Назарова М. В., Солнцев В. А., Колтунов Р. П. и др. T-Comm: Телекоммуникации и транспорт. 2012. № 10. С. 76-81.
In this study with using of the small-signal theory of discrete electron-wave interaction in the passbands and stopbands resonator slow-wave systems (SWS) of power traveling-wave tubes (TWT), obtain the characteristic equation for the propagation constants of the 4-electron waves produced in the interaction of the electron beam forward and backward electromagnetic waves of SWS. The analysis of solutions of this equation, which allowed to establish the specific characteristics of these waves are compared with the known properties of electron waves in a "smooth", such as helical SWS. On the basis of solving the boundary value problem for the SWS segments were simulated and found gain of multisection TWT with transparent section and stopsection, as well as, the distribution of fields and currents along the stopsection.
Моделирование мощной ЛБВ с запредельной секцией ЗС на основе теории дискретного электронно-волнового взаимодействия
Шабанов Д. С. В кн.: Актуальные проблемы электронного приборостроения АПЭП-2012. Материалы 10-й юбилейной Международной научно-технической конференции, 19-20 сентября 2012 г.. Саратов: Саратовский государственный технический университет, 2012. С. 79-83.
In the study presents an approach to the modeling power TWT with stopband sections on the basis of the theory of discrete electron-wave interaction. Designed TWT without the use of equivalent circuits of SWS and with use of local coupling impedance and the characteristic equation of degree four.
A study of the discrete electron-wave interaction for the passbands and stopbands of TWT slow-wave systems
Solntsev V. A., Koltunov R. P., Shabanov D. S. In bk.: Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC/IVECS-2012). Monterey: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2012. P. 263-264.
The fourth power algebraic characteristic equation is obtained for the wave number of the individual electron waves that exist in periodic slow-wave systems(SWS) with discrete electron-wave interaction. The study of properties of these waves and the solution of the corresponding boundary-value problem have been performed. It has allowed to find some properties of electron-wave interaction which are different or are identical to the SWS with discrete interactions or "smooth" SWS, for example helical SWS.
Pchelnikov Y., Yelizarov (Elizarov) A. A. In bk.: Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC-2013). P.: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2013.
The model based on coupled impedance electrodes was used to analyze effectiveness of a sheet e-beam interaction with the in-phase mode of a slow wave. The coupling coefficient, characterizing the interaction effectiveness, was calculated using derivatives of the equivalent parameters, the specific capacitances and inductance. The calculated coefficient was compared with that of a cylindrical e-beam in a helix.
Generalized error-locating codes and minimization of redundancy for specified input and output error probabilities
Zhilin I., Kreshchuk A., Zyablov V. V. Journal of Communications Technology and Electronics. 2015. Vol. 60. No. 6. P. 695-706.
Generalized error-locating codes are discussed. An algorithm for calculation of the upper bound of the probability of erroneous decoding for known code parameters and the input error probability is given. Based on this algorithm, an algorithm for selection of the code parameters for a specified design and input and output error probabilities is constructed. The lower bound of the probability of erroneous decoding is given. Examples of the dependence of the probability of erroneous decoding on the input error probability are given and the behavior of the obtained curves is explained.
Odd-frequency superconductivity induced in topological insulators with and without hexagonal warping
A. S. Vasenko, Golubov A. A., Silkin V. M. et al. arxiv.org. cond-mat. Cornell University, 2017. No. 1606.00905.
Радиовысотометрия - 2010: Сборник трудов Третьей Всероссийской научно-технической конференции
Екатеринбург: ООО «Форт Диалог-Исеть», 2010.
Kinetical processes in the non- equilibrium nitrogen-oxygen plasma//
Kostinskiy A., Matveev A., Silakov V. Preprint IOFAN. PL. Gen. Phys. Insth, 1990. No. 87.
Kinetical processes in the non- equilibrium nitrogen-oxygen plasma
Upper bounds on violation of Bell-type inequalities by a multipartite quantum state
Elena R. Loubenets. quant-ph. arXiv. Cornell University, 2011. No. 1108.0263.
История отечественной электроники
Т. 2. М.: ЗАО "Издательский дом "Столичная энциклопедия", 2012.
Сборник трудов IV Международной конференции и молодёжной школы "Информационные технологии и нанотехнологии" (ИТНТ 2018)
Самара: Предприятие "Новая техника", 2018.
Современные проблемы автоматизации расчётов надёжности
Жаднов В. В., Жаднов И. В., Полесский С. Н. Надежность. 2007. № 2. С. 3-12.
Communications in Computer and Information Science
Dudin A. Vol. 356: Modern Probabilistic Methods for Analysis of Telecommunication Networks. Belorusian Winter Workshops in Queueing Theory, BWWQT 2013 . Heidelberg; NY; Dordrecht; L.: Springer, 2013.
This volume presents new results in the study and optimization of information transmission models in telecommunication networks using different approaches, mainly based on theiries of queueing systems and queueing networks .
Экологические риски в пригородных и межселенных территориях. Электронный атлас
Гунько М., Зотова М., Кашницкий И. С. и др. М.: Институт географии РАН, 2013.
Public sector e-innovations. E-government and its impact on corruption
Proskuryakova L. N., Abdrakhmanova G. I., Pitlik H. Science, Technology and Innovation. WP BRP. Высшая школа экономики, 2013. No. 04/STI/2013.
The paper aims at assessing indicators and individual elements of e-government of selected countries in 2009-2010, and the interrelation of e-government with corruption in the public sector. The authors explore possible causal and dependency relations of the established interlink between e-government and public sector corruption. Although it is universally acknowledged that corruption is an evil, there is much debate over which determinants of corruption are important. Using econometric analysis for sizeable country samples the authors verified the closeness of interrelation between e-government indicators and ICT Development Index indicators, such as online services quality and ICT usage, on one hand, and the level of perceived public sector corruption, on the other hand. The major research papers were analyzed, along with international rankings and databases of international organizations. Based on the analysis recommendations for overcoming international e-government measurement constraints are put forward, as well as suggestions for future studies of the topic.
Альтернативные подходы к построению моделей измерительных приемников для виртуальных исследований в области ЭМС
Лемешко Н. В., Захарова С. С. Труды Научно-исследовательского института радио. 2013. № 1. С. 40-45.
Разработка методов и средств для проектных исследований надёжности радиоэлектронной аппаратуры
Кн. 2: Разработка моделей надёжности для проектных исследований надёжности радиоэлектронной аппаратуры. М.: МИЭМ, 2010.
Equal Weights Coauthorship Sharing and Shapley Value are Equivalent
Karpov A. V. Science, Technology and Innovation. WP BRP. Высшая школа экономики, 2012. No. 03.
The publication credit allocation problem is one of the fundamental problems in bibliometrics. The solution of this problem provides the basis of further research. There are two solutions which do not require any additional information: equal weights measure and Shapley value. Until recently Shapley value is not used because of hardness of computing. The paper justifies the equal weights measure by showing equivalence with the Shapley value approach for sharing coauthors performance in specific games.
Разработка модели фликерметра для вертуальных исследований кондуктивных помех в электросетях
Захарова С. С., Лемешко Н. В. Труды Научно-исследовательского института радио. 2012. № 4. С. 48-54.
Developing a statistical framework for the measurement of enabling technologies and their applications: draft guidelines for collecting and interpreting technology data
Gokhberg L., Fursov K., Perani G. Working Party of National Experts on Science and Technology Indicators. DSTI/EAS/STP/NESTI. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2012. No. DSTI/EAS/STP/NESTI(2012)9/ANN1.
The paper provides a number of proposed draft operational guidelines for technology measurement and includes a number of tentative technology definitions to be used for statistical purposes, principles for identification and classification of potentially growing technology areas, suggestions on the survey strategies and indicators. These are the key components of an internationally harmonized framework for collecting and interpreting technology data that would need to be further developed through a broader consultation process. A summary of definitions of technology already available in OECD manuals and the stocktaking results are provided in the Annex section.
Added: Jan 9, 2013


World|Israeli Leaders Seek to Keep Gaza Withdrawal on Track
Israeli Leaders Seek to Keep Gaza Withdrawal on Track
By Joseph Berger
With the Palestinian government in disarray, Israeli party leaders tried Sunday to prevent disarray within their own government so that a parliamentary majority can be formed to proceed with a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been running the government for several weeks without a parliamentary majority, met with Shimon Peres, the leader of the Labor Party, to discuss how Labor, which strongly favors the withdrawal of Jewish settlers from Gaza, might join Mr. Sharon's dominant Likud Party in a unity government.
But Mr. Sharon finds himself in the challenging position of a ballet master, trying to bring together many quarreling performers into an exquisitely intricate dance.
Although he could secure a parliamentary majority of 61 with Likud's 40 seats, plus 19 from Labor and the 15 from the current Likud ally Shinui, those numbers may not be enough to achieve his goal. Perhaps half of the members of Mr. Sharon's own party strongly oppose the Gaza disengagement plan.
To win the support of some of the Likud dissidents, he is also talking to leaders of two ultra-Orthodox religious parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism. But many secular Labor and Shinui members feel uneasy about joining with groups that might press for increased subsidies for their schools and more religious control over public life.
''He has a problem of political arithmetic,'' said Arye Naor, a public policy professor at Ben Gurion University. ''Only if he succeeds in bringing in Shinui and an Orthodox party together in one way or another, then might he have a majority in the Likud and the Knesset.''
Nevertheless, the hourlong breakfast meeting between Mr. Sharon and Mr. Peres was useful enough that talks between Labor and Likud teams got off the ground Sunday night near Tel Aviv.
Meanwhile, Yasir Arafat, the president of the Palestinian Authority, had to grapple with a prime minister who has said he wants to resign, and a popular revolt in Gaza against Mr. Arafat's appointment of a cousin as chief of security.
Mr. Arafat met with the prime minister, Ahmed Qurei, for four hours on Sunday at Mr. Arafat's West Bank compound in Ramallah. Afterward, a spokesman said Mr. Arafat had again refused to accept Mr. Qurei's resignation.
There was a report that Mr. Qurei had told a journalist that he would reconsider his resignation if Mr. Arafat met certain demands. He did not elaborate, but when Mr. Qurei formed his government last fall Mr. Arafat rejected his original choice for interior minister, Nasr Yousef, and forced the appointment of Hakam Balawi instead. It may have been significant that Mr. Balawi left the Saturday cabinet meeting before any of the other ministers.
But Mr. Qurei, who has been unhappy during his tenure with Mr. Arafat's unwillingness to cede real authority over security, still plans to meet with the Palestinian cabinet on Monday to work out plans for a new government -- which would be the third in little more than a year.
While the discussions over a new Palestinian power structure continued, so did protests against the leadership of Mr. Arafat and some of his recent appointees. Early Sunday, masked gunmen belonging to an offshoot of Mr. Arafat's Fatah movement stormed a building housing offices of Moussa Arafat, the cousin appointed to be security chief, in the Gaza city of Khan Yunis. They set fire to two offices and several cars and took 10 rifles. The protesters said Moussa Arafat was unacceptable and symbolized the cronyism and corruption of the Palestinian Authority.
Later Sunday, in Rafah in southern Gaza, shooting broke out between militants of Al Aksa Martyrs Brigade and people from the headquarters of the Palestinian military intelligence service, led by Moussa Arafat. At least 12 people were wounded.
Also Sunday, a third official in Gaza quit to protest Moussa Arafat's appointment. The navy chief, Gomma Ghali, submitted his resignation, joining Maj. Gen. Amin Al-Hindi, an intelligence chief, and Rashid Abu Shbak, the head of preventive security, both of whom resigned Friday.
Moussa Arafat responded to the protests in a rare news conference, saying that they would pass ''like a summer cloud'' and that he was ready to go to battle with any enemy, external or internal.
The breakout of a deeper lawlessness in Gaza is seen by many residents and Israeli military officials as the consequence of a power struggle between Yasir Arafat and younger challengers like Muhammad Dahlan, for years the leader of the Preventive Security Force in Gaza and someone favored by Israeli, European and American officials as strong enough to run Gaza.
''I feel insecure,'' Om Ahmad, a 29-year-old woman who lives in Gaza City, said of the conflict between Mr. Arafat and Mr. Dahlan. ''I cannot trust any of these two people who are fighting. Each is fighting for his own interest and power.''
Yasir Arafat's chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, said Mr. Arafat was determined to end the anarchy in Gaza.
''The lawlessness we witnessed in our streets must come to an end,'' Mr. Erekat said. ''Every effort is being exerted to restore public order.''
Mr. Peres, the Labor leader, said the political distress in both Israel and the Palestinian Authority might not be a coincidence.
''As we make clear that the date for our leaving Gaza is becoming closer, so they have decided to get organized,'' Mr. Peres said in an interview in his Tel Aviv office after the meeting with Mr. Sharon.
Mr. Peres said he had told Mr. Sharon his three conditions for a unity government -- a firm timetable for withdrawal from Gaza, an overture to some Palestinian officials to take part in the withdrawal, and a pledge to proceed with the withdrawal in parts of the West Bank as well. He said Mr. Sharon did not reject his conditions, although he did raise some of his own.
For example, Mr. Peres said Mr. Sharon had told him he did not think he could pass a bill providing compensation for Gaza's 7,500 settlers until next month. Mr. Peres wanted such a law passed this month.
But Mr. Peres said Mr. Sharon seemed amenable to the idea of a Palestinian ''partner' in the disengagement, although he did not believe it could be Yasir Arafat.
Mr. Peres, with an appreciation of his rival's predicament, said Mr. Sharon could cobble together a parliamentary majority of 61 seats without Labor, but not a majority that would support his withdrawal plan.


HP's new 3D printer gets serious, heads to high-volume factories
The Jet Fusion 5200, designed for large-scale manufacturing, could create more profound changes than the more common 3D printers used to build prototypes.
Stephen Shankland
May 9, 2019 11:34 a.m. PT
This Kupol 3D-printed helmet uses an interior protective layer made of absorbent thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) that can be made with HP's Jet Fusion 5200 printer.
You can't print a new lung or Stradivarius violin yet, but a new HP 3D printer announced Thursday takes a big step toward making the technology more useful.
The Jet Fusion 5200 is designed for high-volume manufacturing. That's a market with more potential for profound change than the more common 3D printers used to build prototypes or, like HP's earlier Jet Fusion 4200, for small-scale production. HP, a giant in more conventional printing on paper and increasingly other materials, too, didn't disclose prices.
3D printing, which creates objects by laying down tiny "voxels" of material layer by layer, is transforming manufacturing. It's good for turning a 3D model crafted inside a computer into physical object, even those with complicated shapes or weight-saving internal voids.
Read: The best 3D printers in 2019 for beginners and budget creators
So far you can't push a button and get something as complex as a car engine or running shoe, but gradually more components of such products can be 3D printed. It's a vision grand enough that fans call it the fourth industrial revolution.
Another development that'll help bring that about is a partnership with BASF that'll let customers 3D print with the flexible plastic called thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) with the HP Jet Fusion 5200. One customer: wind turbine maker Vestas, which will use it for impact-absorbing clamps. HP also showed off a helmet made using the material internally.
The HP Jet Fusion 5200 3D printing system won't fit on your desk.
Most 3D print jobs today use more conventional plastics, though HP in 2018 introduced its Metal Jet 3D printer for making metal products. Those need to be finished with a process called sintering before they're ready for use, though.
The 3D printing industry is still maturing, said Clément Moreau, chief executive of 3D printing company Sculpteo, an HP partner. For example, it was outbid by a traditional manufacturing company on a recent contract to manufacture some elements of a train station. "3D printing large metallic parts is quite expensive," he said.
But Sculpteo also is encountering a lot of clients in architectural markets where people need to do things like see whether different parts will fit together or envision different possibilities for new buildings. For example, Sculpteo has been involved in a project to restore the abbey atop France's famous Mont-St.-Michel, and Moreau expects similar work after the devastating fire at the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
"People will definitely need a lot of engineering mockups and visualization mockups to really see what will happen," Moreau said.
Originally published May 9, 12:15 a.m. PT.
Update, 11:34 a.m.: Adds comments from HP partner Sculpteo.
Discuss: HP's new 3D printer gets serious, heads to high-volume factories


Luxury 'Sky garage' apartments planned for Melbourne
By David Bonnici, 12 Jul 2018 Car News
Who needs Netflix when you can chill with your own supercars in your posh apartment?
Melbourne could soon join Dubai, New York and Singapore by having luxury apartments with sky-high parking spaces.
Property developer Growland wants to be the first to bring the concept to Australia with its 20-storey Neue Grand project on St Kilda Road, which will feature 19 apartments that will each take up an entire floor.
The well-heeled owners will be able to place their car in a German-designed automated parking lift via a turntable, which will take it up to their apartment and park it behind a glass box adjacent to their living area. Unfortunately, they won't be able to ride up the lift in their car, as there's actually a law against that.
Once the resident vacates their pride and joy, it will be whisked to the appropriate level at high-speed and automatically parked within the 350-square-metre apartment's garage space.
The residents themselves will enter their apartment using fingerprint recognition software, the convenience of which will partly make up for the massive first-world problem of having to get out of their Aventador at the ground floor.
Owners will also have a basement parking space for their "everyday" car.
How much would you expect to pay for such an apartment? Well, if you have to ask you probably can't afford it, but expect anywhere from $6 million, with the penthouse exceeding $30 million – supercars not included.
Before you go rushing to make a deposit, it's worth noting that while the Neue Grand apartments have been given the nod, the sky garages are yet to be confirmed.
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The Ethical Investor: Why ESG funds invest in FAANG stocks, and expert views from Jaaims' Tui Eruera
The Ethical Investor is Stockhead's weekly look at ESG moves on the ASX. This week's special guest is Tui Eruera, the founder of AI-based investing platform, Jaaims.
The US and China surprised the world this week by announcing a joint declaration on a 'Climate Cooperation Pledge' at the closing days of the COP26 summit in Glasgow.
The joint statement brings together two of the world's biggest greenhouse gas polluters in a rare show of cooperation, at a time of great political tension.
Both countries have pledged to work together to rein in climate-damaging pollutions, including plans to reduce methane emissions and cooperation in renewable energy policies.
Meanwhile, US stock markets reached new heights over the past two weeks, touching all time highs.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq has been hovering at record levels, and that's been partly fuelled by the increasing number of ESG funds that pour money into so-called FAANG stocks.
FAANG comprises Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google – which combined make up a third of the Nasdaq 100 index.
But why are tech stocks so appealing for ESG fund managers?
According to Refinitiv's Robert Jenkins, the answer is simple: "These companies tend to not be known as carbon emitters, and therefore seem like safe bets to front up an ESG portfolio."
It does seem these giant techs have lofty sustainable goals.
Facebook, for example, announced earlier this year its goal of reaching net-zero across its supply chain by 2030.
Amazon has ordered over 100,000 fully-electric delivery vehicles from Rivian, with further plans to invest $100 million in reforestation projects around the world on the way to zero carbon by 2040.
But some asset managers are sceptical, citing immediate pressing issues that need to be addressed first.
Issues such as Apple's lack of transparency on forced labour, or the persistent allegations against Amazon's workplace safety.
And then there's Facebook, which has been constantly fighting negative perceptions since the Cambridge Analytica data scandal in 2015.
ESG interview with Tui Eruera, founder of AI-based investing platform Jaaims
Jaaims is an automated online trading application that uses artificial intelligence tech to analyse, predict and make calculated stock trades on your behalf.
What do you see as the main outcome for ESG investors from the COP26 summit?
"The fact that ESG factors are driving investment decisions is nothing new, but what is rapidly changing is that ESG is no longer an afterthought, or a hygiene check before investing.
"Indeed, the reverse is true – companies that underperform in ESG won't even make it past first base with investors.
"COP26 will expedite this as investors seek to hold companies accountable, especially as our own Government is perceived as slow to this on our behalf.
"Rather than simply looking for opportunities to invest in companies that are directly solving ESG problem, investors are also looking more closely about what companies are doing to transition their business.
"This is paving the way for AI solutions so investors don't need to wade through greenwash and subjectively evaluate opportunities against the principles of responsible investment. For a trading platform like Jaaims, AI is essential because the markets move quickly."
Do you see a market bubble forming around ESG investing at the moment?
"We don't see ESG investing as a bubble as there is no ESG sector per se.
"ESG factors are key part of the operations of every single company on the planet, and pressure on these companies to improve will not abate.
"Investors are not just looking at companies that solve ESG problems through technology, they are also seeing opportunities to invest in companies across all sectors … that are making strides to improve their ESG impact.
"Meeting ESG standards is now table stakes, and technology is allowing investors to build this into decision making at the outset.
"We now have the ability to fully automate trading based on ESG criteria, which meets the demands of traders who care about the impact of their investments, but need to be able to trade quickly to take advantage of the speed of the markets."
Closer to home, what's your take on PM Morrison's latest EV strategy?
"From an investor perspective this is an exciting area. More government investment in infrastructure will accelerate take-up of EVs.
"For investors it's not just a matter of piling into Tesla stocks. Investors are also looking at what the large incumbent car manufacturers are doing to retain market share, as well as supporting infrastructure like charging stations and lithium batteries.
"The US is where investors are getting direct exposure to EV stocks, whereas in Australia exposure is more indirect through mining companies, for example, that are producing battery components."
To that end, what are some of the ASX stocks that you recommend for ESG-minded investors?
"Within the Jaaims app, some of the well credentialed ESG buying opportunities are Altium Ltd (ASX:ALU), Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) and Charter Hall Group (ASX:CHC).
"This is based on our AI algorithm that use over 250 news feeds and over 10 million pieces daily indicating that they are vigilant about their ESG requirements, and appear undervalued compared to their peers at the moment."
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