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Bristol Airport has commissioned a survey of the southwest to see whether we wanted the airport extended. They asked 217 people (so not very many at all) and extrapolated from there. They told them that the airport would be expanding from 10 to 12 million (which it isn’t – it’s from 8 million to 12 million). From this they deduced that 71% of people in the southwest are for the expansion of Bristol Airport.
Although it’s a YouGov survey, don’t be fooled into thinking that’s some kind of objective, government-led thing. This was commissioned and paid for by the airport – so no conflict of interests there! We have no idea of the methodology, though even a cursory glance would render the results invalid. Being asked whether you want to see growth from 8 million to 12 million or from 10 million to 12 million is a slip of the pen far too far!!
Anyone who has ever had anything to do with statistics understands that there is no neutral and they tend to be generated via a format which promotes and pursues an agenda. We wouldn’t like to say what that is without looking closely at the methodology but, despite requests, no such undertaking to provide it has been given. | [
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012: 9:15 AM
Development of Technologies to Achieve Highly Accurate Measurements of Infrared Spectra From Space
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For the past decade NASA's Earth Science Technology Office has made substantial investment in technologies to enable the measurement of the complete infrared spectrum using Fourier Transform Spectrometers on orbiting satellites. These measurements, at extremely high absolute accuracy, form the basis of a climate data record that can be used to diagnose climate change. We have developed several sensors and associated technologies that enable measurement of the infrared spectrum at the Earth's surface, within the atmosphere (from aircraft), and at the top of the atmosphere (i.e., from space). We will discuss these technologies and present the roadmap for developing sensors that will ultimately be deployed as part of an operational climate observing system. | [
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Objective: To investigate the clinical characteristics and pregnancy outcomes in pregnant women with left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC). Methods: The clinical data of seven pregnant women with LVNC from January 2011 to December 2021 in Beijing Anzhen Hospital,Capital Medical University were retrospectively analyzed, including age, gestational age of symptom first occured, LVNC history, clinical symptoms, New York Heart Association (NYHA) cardiac function class, echocardiography, blood brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), treatment and the maternal and fetal outcomes. Results: Five cases were diagnosed before pregnancy, of which there were three women with medication; one case diagnosed in the month of pregnancy; one case diagnosed at 36 weeks of gestation. NYHA cardiac function was grade Ⅰ in four cases and grade Ⅱ in three cases before or during the first trimester of pregnancy. Of the five pregnant women who underwent echocardiography, there were one case of left ventricular insufficiency, three cases of mild left ventricular dysfunction and one case of normal left ventricular function before or during the first trimester of pregnancy. Of the five pregnant women to the second and third trimester of pregnancy, there were one case of grade Ⅳ, one case of grade Ⅲ, two cases of grade Ⅱ-Ⅲ and one case of grade Ⅱ in NYHA class ; three cases of left ventricular insufficiency, two cases of normal left ventricular function by echocardiography four cases had cardiac symptoms at 15-24 weeks of gestation and were treated with medication. In four cases, blood BNP increased to 214-1 197 ng/L during pregnancy, and were 89-106 ng/L after termination of pregnancy. There were 4 cases with arrhythmia. Indications for termination of pregnancy: LVNC complicated with heart failure in two cases, LVNC complicated with decreased cardiac function and threatened preterm birth in one case, complicated with pregnancy at full term in two cases, LVNC complicated with severe pulmonary hypertension in one case, and left ventricular dysfunction in one case. Cesarean section in four cases in the third-trimester, in one case in the second-trimester, and forceps curettage in two cases were taken. Two full-term infants,two preterm infants were born without LVNC. Conclusions: Women diagnosed with LVNC and low left ventricular ejection fraction before pregnancy are more prone to decreased cardiac function during pregnancy. Carrying out pregnancy risk assessment and strengthening the multi-disciplinary team management of high risk factors in pregnancy are conducive to achieve good pregnancy outcomes.
目的： 探讨妊娠合并左心室心肌致密化不全（LVNC）孕妇的临床特征和妊娠结局。 方法： 回顾性分析首都医科大学附属北京安贞医院2011年1月至2021年12月收治的7例妊娠合并LVNC孕妇的临床资料，包括年龄、症状首发孕周、LVNC病史、症状、心功能分级、超声心动图检查、血脑钠肽（BNP）、治疗及母儿结局。 结果： 7例妊娠合并LVNC孕妇中，妊娠前诊断LVNC 5例，其中药物治疗3例；妊娠当月诊断1例；妊娠36周诊断1例。妊娠前或妊娠早期心功能Ⅰ级4例，Ⅱ级3例；超声心动图检查5例，其中左心功能不全1例，轻度左心功能障碍3例，左心功能正常1例。妊娠至中晚期者5例，其中心功能Ⅳ级1例，Ⅲ级1例，Ⅱ~Ⅲ级2例，Ⅱ级1例；超声心动图检查左心功能不全3例，左心功能正常2例；4例妊娠15~24周出现心脏症状，予药物治疗；血BNP水平升高3 | [
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This week, Apple unexpectedly announced the second-generation full-size HomePod, about two years after it discontinued the original smart speaker.
The updated HomePod, priced at $299, joins the HomePod mini in Apple’s line of home and TV products with several new changes and features. A lower launch price, slightly modified design, and feature set are expected to make the second-generation HomePod more successful than its predecessor, which failed to capture mainstream market share, ultimately leading to its discontinuation. Below, we’re highlighting what exactly has changed with the second-gen HomePod compared to the first-gen smart speaker.
Faster service performance and Siri
As part of the new HomePod, Apple has included the S7 processor, the same chip found in Apple Watch Series 7, which powers room detection, advanced computational audio, Siri and more. The S7 chip is an upgrade to the A8 chip, which powered the first-generation HomePod and the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The chip will help improve the experience of using Siri and services like Apple Music and iHeartRadio.
Fewer microphones and tweeters
The next-generation HomePod has four built-in microphones, compared to the first-generation HomePod’s six-microphone system. Even if users are across the room, away from the speaker and listening to music, the HomePod’s microphones allow them to summon Siri and control their HomePod.
The latest HomePod also has fewer tweeters than the original first-gen model. Apple’s spec sheet reveals that the new HomePod has five tweeters around its base, compared to seven on the original smart speaker. The tweeters help boost HomePod’s acoustic performance by optimizing “high frequencies to produce detailed, articulate audio with stunning clarity.” The reduction in the number of tweeters and microphones was likely a cost-cutting measure by Apple. Whether this will result in a noticeable drop in audio performance is currently unknown.
Temperature and humidity detection
The reintroduced HomePod offers temperature and humidity sensing, something missing from the original HomePod, but also coming to HomePod mini thanks to a future 16.3 software update.
HomePod’s built-in temperature and humidity sensor can measure indoor environments, allowing users to create automations that automatically close blinds or turn on a fan or heater when a certain temperature is reached in a room, for example. This information is exposed in the Home app like any other smart home accessory.
Easily detachable power cord
Original first-generation HomePod
Unlike the original HomePod, which required force to remove the cable, the new HomePod has an easily detachable power cable, allowing users to quickly disconnect the cable from the speaker for travel or storage. The original HomePod came with the cable attached, and Apple didn’t recommend trying to forcefully disconnect it.
Larger backlit touch interface
One of the notable design changes with the updated HomePod is a larger backlit touch interface on top. Compared to the original HomePod, the new model features a significantly larger interface that glows and illuminates in different colors to show various speaker states and when Siri is in use.
Lighter and shorter design
The dimensions on Apple’s website for the second-generation HomePod help put the updated model’s size and form factor into perspective relative to its predecessor. The new HomePod weighs 5.16 pounds, compared to 5.5 pounds for the original smart speaker. The updated HomePod is also 6.6 inches tall, up from 6.8 inches. Both HomePods have the same width of 5.6 inches.
U1 ultra-wideband chip and thread
The new HomePod supports Thread, a connectivity standard for smart home devices that improves connectivity by allowing Thread devices to communicate directly with each other over a low-power mesh network. The original HomePod lacked Thread support, and only the HomePod mini had support.
The new HomePod also has a built-in U1 Ultra Wideband chip, which detects when other U1-equipped devices, like newer iPhone models, are nearby and allows them to quickly transfer audio to the smart speaker.
What hasn’t changed
With the new HomePod, two things haven’t changed: the lack of Bluetooth support and inline audio. Unlike other speakers, the new HomePod, like the previous generation model and the current HomePod mini, cannot function as a standalone Bluetooth speaker. Users must pair HomePod with their iPhone or iPad and use Apple’s AirPlay standard or Siri to play audio. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the new HomePod doesn’t feature an audio jack, optical audio port, or any other port. All interaction with the HomePod is done wirelessly using Apple devices. | [
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Real-Time Anomaly Detection of Short Time-Scale GWAC Survey Light Curves, Tianzhi Feng, Zhihui Du, Yankui Sun, Jianyan Wei, Jing Bi, and Jason Liu. In Proceedings of 6th IEEE International Congress on Big Data, June 2017. [paper]
Ground-based Wide-Angle Camera array (GWAC) is a short time-scale survey telescope that can take images covering a field of view of over 5,000 square degrees every 15 seconds or even shorter. One scientific missions of GWAC is to accurately and quickly detect anomaly astronomical events. For that, a huge amount of data must be handled in real time. In this paper, we propose a new time series analysis model, called DARIMA (or Dynamic Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average), to identify the anomaly events that occur in light curves obtained from GWAC as early as possible with high degree of confidence. A major advantage of DARIMA is that it can dynamically adjust its model parameters during the real-time processing of the time series data. We identify the anomaly points based on the weighted prediction result of different time windows to improve accuracy. Experimental results using real survey data show that the DARIMA model can identify the first anomaly point for all light curves. We also evaluate our model with simulated anomaly events of various types embedded in the real time series data. The DARIMA model is able to generate the early warning triggers for all of them. The results from the experiments demonstrate that the proposed DARIMA model is a promising method for real-time anomaly detection of short time-scale GWAC light curves.
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There is far more to emerge preparation, shade choice, paint application and clean up than meets the eye. Without the proven skills and the appropriate tools, taking on house paint as a DIY job can become a horrible experience – home owners may underestimate the roughness of the job included and end up damaging a couple of cardinal guidelines of house paint:
Applying water based paint over oil based paint which leads to peeling off as well as blistering.
Not making use of unique guide when applying dark shades.
Painting over bare wood.
Painting over discolorations as well as water leakages.
Falling short to get rid of old falling short paint effectively.
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Mario Ohlberger (Uni Münster): Model Order Reduction and learning for PDE Constrained Optimization and Inverse Problems
Wednesday, 20.12.2023 14:15 im Raum M5
In this talk we focus on learning based reduction methods in the context of PDE constrained optimization
and inverse problems and evaluate their overall efficiency.
We discuss learning strategies, such as adaptive enrichment as well as a combination of
reduced order models with machine learning approaches in the contest of time dependent problems.
Concepts of rigorous certification and convergence will be presented, as well as numerical experiments
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Bond Order and Lengths - Chemistry LibreTexts
The available data on bond energies suggest a relation of the same form, between bond energy E and bond length R, where l and m. The available data on bond energies suggest a relation of the same form, between bond energy E and bond length R, where l and m. Bond order is telling us the number of bonds, so BO=3 is a triple bond and more energy would be required to break it (than a double or single.
The length of the bond is determined by the number of bonded electrons the bond order.
Bond Lengths and Energies
Generally, the length of the bond between two atoms is approximately the sum of the covalent radii of the two atoms. Bond length is reported in picometers. Therefore, bond length increases in the following order: To find the bond length, follow these steps: Draw the Lewis structure.
Look up the chart below for the radii for the corresponding bond.
Find the sum of the two radii. CCl4 Determine the carbon-to-chlorine bond length in CCl4. CO2 Determine the carbon-oxygen bond length in CO2. Therefore, bond length increases in the following order: To find the bond length, follow these steps: Draw the Lewis structure.
Look up the chart below for the radii for the corresponding bond. Find the sum of the two radii. CCl4 Determine the carbon-to-chlorine bond length in CCl4. CO2 Determine the carbon-oxygen bond length in CO2.
Bond Energies - Chemistry LibreTexts
Trends in the Periodic Table Because the bond length is proportional to the atomic radiusthe bond length trends in the periodic table follow the same trends as atomic radii: The Lewis structure for NO3- is given below: Therefore, the bond length is greater in CO2.
Therefore, when chemical reactions occur, there will always be an accompanying energy change. For an exothermic chemical reaction, energy is given off as reactants are converted to products.
For an endothermic chemical reaction, energy is absorbed as reactants are converted to products.
In some reactions, the energy of the products is lower than the energy of the reactants. Thus, in the course of the reaction, the substances lose energy to the surrounding environment. Such reactions are exothermic and can be represented by an energy-level diagram in Figure 1 left. In most cases, the energy is given off as heat although a few reactions give off energy as light.
In chemical reactions where the products have a higher energy than the reactants, the reactants must absorb energy from their environment to react. These reactions are endothermic and can be represented by an energy-level diagrams like Figure 1 right. Technically Temperature is Neither a Reactant nor Product It is not uncommon that textbooks and instructors to consider heat as a independent "species" in a reaction.
Relationship between bond length, bond energy, and order? - CHEMISTRY COMMUNITY
While this is rigorously incorrect because one cannot "add or remove heat" to a reaction as with species, it serves as a convenient mechanism to predict the shift of reactions with changing temperature. A more accurate, and hence preferred, description is discussed below.
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3.3. Responsiveness to light (phototaxis)
Phototaxis or the movement of bees towards light can be compared between individuals by measuring the time a bee needs to reach a light source in an otherwise dark arena (Fig. 3). The dark arena (a bucket standing upside down to form a light-proof arena) is illuminated by green light emitting diodes with a maximum light intensity of 5600 mcd. The diodes are driven by 4 V power supply. Different relative light intensities are achieved by using neutral density filters. Twelve LEDs are fixed in the arena with opposite LEDs having the same light intensity. The LEDs are covered by a ground glass. The following logarithmic order of relative light intensities is suggested: 100 %, 50 %, 25 %, 12.5 %, 6.25 % and 3.125 %. At the maximum (100 %) intensity, the 520 nm stimulus has an intensity of 560 lx measured directly at the ground glass.
The phototactic behaviour of bees naturally depends on their locomotor behaviour. Therefore, it is necessary to study this factor independent of illumination. The length of the walking path the bee covers in a specific time in complete darkness can be measured and an average walking speed can be calculated (Erber et al., 2006). These measures should be compared between individuals to test whether differences in phototactic behaviour are causally linked to differences in locomotor behaviour. An example of how to determine the phototaxis of honey bees is given here:
1. Release an individual bee into the dark arena.
2. Videotape its behaviour till you remove the bee from the arena.
3. Measure the walking path length of the bee during 30 seconds in the dark arena.
If you do not possess a computer program for doing this, simply follow the replayed walking path with a pen on the monitor after covering it with transparent film.
4. Switch on one of the light sources with the lowest intensity.
5. As soon as the bee has reached it, switch on the opposite light source of equal intensity
6. Take the time the bee needs to get from the first LED to the second LED of the same intensity.
7. Repeat this procedure three times, so that you can average the walking times of a bee to one light intensity over four trials.
8. When the bee has reached the lowest light intensity for the final time, switch on the next higher light intensity and so forth.
9. Make sure that you switch off one light source before the next one is turned on.
10. To analyse phototaxis of different groups, compare walking times between groups or treatments.
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responsiveness, locomotion was shown to be independent of gustatory
responsiveness (Erber et al., 2006;
Tsuruda and Page, 2009). Using this assay, Rueppel et al. (2007) demonstrated that bees of different ages do not
differ in their phototactic behaviour, if behavioural role was not accounted
for. Tsuruda and Page (2009) compared the visual responsiveness of bees of the two
genetic strains of Page and Fondrk (1995) which differ in their foraging
preferences. This assay is ideally suited to study visual responsiveness
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in the processing of visual stimuli. However, one has to bear in mind that
using this assay one cannot make statements about the bee's perception of the
visual stimuli, because behavioural responses are recorded, not the activity of
Fig. 3. Phototactic behaviour of honey bees in a dark arena. The arena is illuminated by infrared light, which the bees are blind for. The phototaxis arena can be illuminated by twelve light sources. Two opposing light sources (light emitting diodes, LED) are of the same relative light intensity. The walking paths of a bee (yellow) are displayed for four walks between LEDs of low light intensity (A) and for four walks between LEDs of high intensity (B). The location of the respective light sources is indicated by asterisks. While the bee takes many detours when walking towards an LED of low intensity, its walking paths towards a high light intensity are direct. | [
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Land a boost for Gin Gin ag students
Council gives green light to school usage
GIN GIN State High School will soon have one of the largest agricultural farms in the region after Bundaberg Regional Council approved its application to use adjoining land.
The land is located within the Gin Gin Reserve with 80ha managed by the council and 26ha by Department of Natural Resources and Mines.
While the council-managed land has been approved the DNRM-managed land was still awaiting approval.
Principal Robin Rayner said the school already offered its students an agriculture program that engaged with local farms for field trips.
But Ms Rayner said the program was currently limited to students at risk of leaving school.
“By bringing this extra area in, we’re hoping we can expand to more students,” Ms Rayner said.
“It will be much easier to have the 70-minute lesson or 140-minute lesson (at the school).
“When you go out to a property, you basically spend half a day out.”
Ms Rayner said a farm would allow the school to offer a larger array of certificates and have an increased focus on property management and animal husbandry.
“I think it’s one of the great advantages of being in a rural area – that there’s huge value about being in touch with nature and the land,” she said.
As the agriculture farm would be located within the Gin Gin Reserve, Ms Rayner said the school would not be able to clear land for crop
Principal Robin Rayner By bringing this extra area in, we’re hoping we can expand to more students.
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Since 2010, our global team of researchers has been studying the patterns of the Dealership Management software purchases by customers around the world, aggregating massive amounts of data points that form the basis of our Dealership Management software market size and forecast assumptions and perhaps the rise and fall of certain Dealership Management vendors.
Custom data cuts related to the Dealership Management software market are available:
Some of the Dealership Management apps that we have been tracking include: CDK Global DMS, Dealertrack F&I, Autoline Drive DMS, DealerSocket Auto/Mate DMS, AutoFi Platform, Dealertrack DMS, CARFAX Dealership Management, vAuto Provision, Frazer DMS, Pinnacle DMS, Autosoft DMS, CDK Lightspeed EVO, HDDS TALONes, Advent DMS, DIS Keystone, DeskManager, Reynolds and Reynolds ERA-IGNITE, ABCoA Deal Pack, CDK IntelliDealer DMS, Dealertrack incadea.dms and many others.
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After the wide acceptance of her hit debut single and official music video “Thank You” in April 2018, creative singer, songwriter and passionate worshipper, Tope Ilori kickstarts her 2019 musical journey with the release of a new single titled “Ayo” (Joy) and a lovely official music video to go with it.
According to her, “The greatest joy of all is the joy of salvation, which is unending. ‘Ayo’ tends to celebrate the joy of our salvation in Christ Jesus. ”
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SWRA753 August 2022 IWR6843
Products designed with TI Industrial mmWave radar sensors in the United States must comply with the regulations set by the Federal Communications Commision (FCC). Currently, the FCC regulates fundamental emission levels for the 60 GHz band as shown in Table 1-1, which can also be found in the TI mmWave Radar Device Regulatory Compliance Guide.
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|61-61.5||+40 dBm||+43 dBm||No specified limit|
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Notice there are two regulated bands. The narrower band of 61-61.5 GHz limits average radiated power to +40 dBm and peak radiated power to +43 dBm. The wider band of 57-71 GHz limits peak radiated power to +10 dBm and peak conducted power to -10 dBm. This leaves product designers with two options: to either operate with a wider bandwidth or with a higher transmit power. More bandwidth increases range resolution, but higher transmit power increases the detection range. TI's suggestion for balancing these tradeoffs can be see in Figure 1-1.
For both the high-bandwidth/low-power and low-bandwidth/high-power cases, it is crucial to measure peak conducted power and peak radiated power accurately. While peak radiated power can nearly always be measured directly, peak conducted power at 60 GHz may be infeasible to measure directly, due to constrained board layouts or because there are no conducted traces to measure on devices that use TI antenna-on-package technology. In cases where it cannot be measured directly, conducted power can be computed by measuring the overall effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP), then subtracting the antenna gain.
Additionally, if using multiple transmit antennas at once for BPM-MIMO or beamsteering, there is a factor of 10log10(Nantennas) that is added to account for constructive interference.
The high-bandwidth/low-power configuration provides the most precise range resolution (3.75 cm) that TI radar devices offer. This enables the device to distinguish between multiple targets, even when they are spaced closely together. In use-cases like building entry and occupancy detection, maximizing range resolution unlocks the ability to distinguish between multiple people in the scene. Similarly, when using TI radar to monitor vital signs, increased range resolution allows the device to detect minute changes in position, enabling non-invasive measurement.
While the maximum bandwidth value of 4 GHz provides great range resolution, the restrictions on transmit power may result in reduced detection range in a high-bandwidth/low power configuration. Different targets require more or less transmit power to be detected. The amount of transmit power to detect a particular target may depend on factors like distance, angle, surrounding scenery and the target's radar cross-section.
Those running a high-bandwidth/low-power configuration should pay special attention to your transmit power to ensure compliance with both the peak radiated and peak conducted FCC limits. In the high-bandwidth/low-power configuration, Pradiated must be less than +10 dBm and Pconducted must be less than -10 dBm. Although both the conducted and radiated limits must be observed, depending on the antenna gain value, only one of the two limits will become the limiting factor, and the other limit will be met automatically as a result. Case 1 in Figure 1-2 demonstrates that when the antenna gain is below +20 dB, then keeping the peak conducted power below -10 dBm ensures that the peak radiated power stays below the +10 dBm limit, since Pradiated = Pconducted + G (see Equation 1). Case 2 in Figure 1-2 demonstrates that when the antenna gain is above +20 dBm, then keeping the peak radiated power below +10 dBm guarantees that the peak conducted power stays below the -10 dBm limit, since Pconducted = Pradiated - G (see Equation 1).
Mimicking any of the TI antenna designs (ISK, ODS or AOP) without a radome or lens should result in a maximum peak antenna gain of +7 dB. This is covered by Case 1 in Figure 1-2, where the peak conducted power will be the limiting factor before peak radiated power becomes relevant.
To set the bandwidth and power for a TI radar device, you must specify a profileCfg, a line used to configure chirp settings in the TI-provided demos. The profileCfg example below sets a high-bandwidth/low-power chirp configuration with the relevant bolded parameters.
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Commander Pixman - First Blood
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DescriptionNew retro action-platformer for the iOS platform! Fast-paced action, gun with your hands, 135 levels to master, hundreds of enemies to kill and thousands traps to avoid! Everything is packed with retro style and responsive controls!
Guide trapped Andrew "Pixman" Blazkowicz to leave the alien base. Destroy every creature, jump over treacherous holes and traps on his way. Find your rocket and get the hell out of there!
FEATURED AS "NEW & NOTEWORTHY", "WHAT'S HOT" in USA, Germany, Canada, Australia and other countries! Wonderful reviews on TouchArcade, TouchGen, AppSpy, PocketGamer, 148Apps! So many people can't be wrong.
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CITY workers are ditching cars and using "office bikes" to get to and from meetings as employers search for new ways to promote healthier, greener workplaces.
Staff at the Heart Foundation SA's Hutt St headquarters use the two-wheel mode of transport to get around the CBD and near-city locations.
The organisation used a Department of Transport, Planning and Infrastructure community grant, officially launched today, to buy a bike for employee use during office hours.
The YWCA and urban and regional planners URPS, based on Fullarton Rd, also used the grant to buy staff bikes.
Others are using Bicycle SA's Bike Fleet venture, which started late last year and provides businesses with a fleet of bikes, as well as training and maintenance.
Heart Foundation SA cardiovascular health director Wendy Keech said staff use a travel plan to cycle to meetings and events.
"The staff bike is used instead of the pool car to get to locations in the city," she said. Bicycle SA chief executive Christian Haag said employers were increasingly looking at better health and transport options.
The Transport Department grants allow businesses to apply for funding for projects that encourage greener travel choices. Applications close on Friday, March 15.
For more information, visit www.dpti.sa.gov.au
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This tutorial guides you step by step to make an animation in Scratch.
Here’s how to make an easy and fun dance party animation on Scratch 3.0. In this Scratch coding tutorial, learn how to make your favourite sea animals dance by changing their costume. This tutorial is perfect for new Scratch coders.This easy animation tutorial uses Scratch MIT which is a perfect tool for new coders. Learn how to make a game in Scratch 3.0, in this beginner-friendly scratch tutorial. | [
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Here at CrazyHood.com in association with Crazy Hood Productions are proud to announce “The Weekly Rap”. This is a series dedicated to featuring independent artists. Every Monday we’ll feature music from five different artists, one song each. This week we’d like to welcome Johmpo & BeatsNdaHood, joMi, MBKSwiTCH & Mysfit, A.C. Mustafa, Phonk P & Whatamess and Joel Marshall! to The Weekly Rap!
Johmpo- “Convinado” featuring BeatsNdaHood
Johmpo & BeatsNdaHood teamed up on their new song “Convinado”. Johmpo originally from Ecuador & BeatsNdaHood originally from Peru, along with LudonBing have been making waves throughout the Miami Music Scene.
joMi- “Cold Blooded” featuring MBK SWiTCH & Mysfit
“Cold Blooded” portrays the feeling of smoothness over a grungy record, although polar opposite in definition. Lyrically; metaphors go over anyone’s head who’s solely focused on the paralleled production by Mysfit. Musically, “Cold Blooded” is a contrast all the way around when examining joMi’s approach on the record versus MBK SWiTCH. joMi offers two, fast, compacted, and purposeful verses while MBK SWiTCH delivers laxed smooth unequivocal vocals. In summary, “Cold Blooded” is a humble testament from both artists as to why they do music and where they place themselves in comparison to their current environment.
Produced by Mysfit
Engineered by G. Cardona
Mastered by Alphonso Crawford
Recorded by Dirty Laundry Records LLC
Photos by Ozzy Torres
A.C. Mustafa – “Dead Calm”
Upcoming artist from St. Louis. A.C. Mustafa has been influenced by greats like Nas, Hov, Snoop, Scarfacen OutKast to some of the newer goats like a Kendrick Lamar, J.Cole & Freddie Gibbs. “I make authentic hip hop” A.C. continues; “Releasing my first album independently so far probably my biggest goal right now, after feeding my family.”
Phonk P – “Fuck Niggaz” featuring Whatamess
Phonk P is the latest addition to the ranks of talented hip-hop Artist from the Compton/Los Angeles, CA area. Music became a conscious outlet for his creativity, while providing listeners with meaningful knowledge, and club bangers. Discovering music came later in life for Phonk P, as he wanted to pursue professional football. Only playing college football for the first two years, P dropped out of college to start rapping.
Joel Marshall – “YOUR LOVE.”
Joel Marshall is an upcoming artist from Los Banos, California. “I set vibes that increase levels around me. Always out to see people win🤞🏽.” Joel continues, I’ve been doing music for 3 years, a part of the group UNDERDAWGS. Joel is here to keep pushing music and energy to anyone.
SUBMIT YOUR MUSIC
If you’re an independent artist that would like to be featured in The Weekly Rap, please submit your music for consideration. Every Monday we’ll feature music from five different artists, one song each. Here’s your chance to get some exposure!
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Bonnie J Brown for Second City Style Magazine
The Trapeze Line, the bubble dress, the smoking tuxedo jacket, the pea coat, the woman’s pant suit…
While the list could go on indefinitely, this is just an abbreviated
inventory of fashion fads turned closet classics created by one man, Yves Saint Laurent.
Known for adapting street fashions into runway creations, Laurent has
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At the tender age of 17, Laurent won a contest for his design of an A-symmetrical draped dress which afforded him the recognition of becoming Christian Dior’s very own personal assistant,
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A skill Laurent seemed to have complete control of was the ability to construct perfectly tailored garments for women, yet drape them in a way to make them look graceful.
After Dior’s death, not more then four years later, Laurent became the lead designer for the largest couture house in France.
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If you are considering making the move to the cloud, then you are among the thousands of businesses this year that are in the process of, or are at least considering moving off-premise. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the market leader in cloud computing and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (Iaas), and has continuously gained momentum by offering the latest in cloud technologies and attracting major corporations including Netflix, Adobe, and (most recently) Salesforce.
So if you have decided to move from a traditional, in-house IT environment to a virtualized, scalable, and elastic cloud environment via AWS you have a few choices. You can try to conduct the migration yourself or you can hire an IT managed service provider who specializes in managed cloud and DevOps for AWS. Utilizing the services of a managed cloud provider offers you and your business many advantages. Here are a few of them.
Keeps Items from Falling Through the Cracks
As part of your managed AWS cloud migration, your managed service provider conducts an audit of all of the components of your existing IT infrastructure as well as places where data and other information are stored. These are all carefully mapped out and double-checked throughout the process to ensure that all of the items currently living on-premise are migrated and replicated accurately in the cloud.
Conducting a cloud deployment on your own could mean that some of your data “falls through the cracks,” in that it doesn’t get moved to the cloud. Or while en route to the cloud, your data can become distorted or corrupted. Your managed service provider has years of expertise and training in AWS migrations and deployments, and will take all of the necessary steps to ensure that your cloud environment is the exact replica of your on-premise environment, so you can conduct business as usual.
Limits Disruptions to Day-to-Day Business
You and your team have enough going on, the last thing you need are major service disruptions due to the migration of your IT infrastructure to the cloud. Your managed service provider will create a plan of action that migrates your IT environment to AWS in a way that is the least disruptive to your business. For example, they can configure archive and non-essential data to migrate to AWS during normal business hours. More mission-critical components can be transitioned after working hours. Your managed IT services provider can also make sure that all of the components are situated in AWS and working exactly (if not more efficiently) than they were when they were on-premise.
Reducing the Strain on Employees
For small businesses that have few members of their IT team, extra assistance in major projects like a cloud migration is greatly appreciated. If an IT department (or team, or even the one IT guy in the company) is charged with moving the business to the cloud, it can create major delays in other IT projects. It also would most likely require a lot of overtime to make sure the migration occurs in as short of amount of time as possible. When you have help with your AWS migration and deployment, you save time, and can reduce extra workloads on your existing IT staff so they can focus on other areas that need attention. | [
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Yes, It's almost here folks. I can get my License by February! So, I have gotten my own truck! My dad's friend's brother was getting rid of a 1984 Chevy, slightly rusted, and he asked my dad's friend if he knew of anyone that could use a truck. The friend said,"Well, I know this guy who has 6 kids, and one'll be driving soon. Lemme ask him"
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Serene Airis the newest Pakistani Airline and is ready for launch its operations very soon. The company is hoping to start its domestic air flight operations in Pakistan very soon and will start international operations later as well.
Theres no confirmed date announced yet. The will start domestic flights in a first and then international flights will be added as well.
Serene Air is going to operate with at least three Boeing 737-800 (NG) aircrafts initially, for which a Regular Public Transport license for domestic operations has been granted by Civil Aviation Authority.
However it is necessary for new airlines to complete two years of domestic flight operations before launching international flights.
The first Boeing 737-800 aircraft of Serene Air flying out of Renton City where the Boeing factory is located.
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Mizuta, Naoki; Aoki, Takeshi; Ueta, Shohei; Ohashi, Hirofumi; Yan, X.
Proceedings of 27th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-27) (Internet), 5 Pages, 2019/05
Enhancement of safety and cooling performance of fuel elements are desired for a commercial High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR). Applying sleeveless fuel elements and dual side directly cooling structures with oxidation resistant SiC-matrix fuel compact has a possibility of improving safety and cooling performance at the pin-in-block type HTGR. The irradiated effective thermal conductivity of a fuel compact is an important physical property for core thermal design of the pin-in-block type HTGR. In order to discuss the irradiated effective thermal conductivity of the SiC-matrix fuel compact which could improve the cooling performance of the reactor, the maximum fuel temperature during normal operation of the pin-in-block type HTGR with dual side directly cooling structures are analytically evaluated. From these results, the desired irradiated thermal conductivity of SiC matrix are discussed. In addition, the suitable fabrication method of SiC-matrix fuel compact is examined from viewpoints of the sintering temperature, the purity and the mass productivity.
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Proceedings of Asian Symposium on Risk Assessment and Management 2018 (ASRAM 2018) (USB Flash Drive), 6 Pages, 2018/10
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JAEA-Technology 2018-003, 97 Pages, 2018/07
The decay heat used for effectiveness evaluation of the prevention measures against severe accidents in the prototype fast breeder reactor Monju was evaluated by applying the updated nuclear data libraries based on JENDL-4.0, reflecting the realistic core operation pattern, and setting the rational extent of uncertainty. The decay heats of fission products, the actinide nuclides such as Cm-242, and radioactive structural materials were calculated by FPGS code. The decay heat of U-239 and Np-239 was evaluated based on ANSI/ANS-5.1-1994. The calculation uncertainty of each decay heat was evaluated based on summation of uncertainty factors, C/E values of reaction rates obtained in Monju system startup test, and so on. Furthermore, the decay heat evaluation method based on the FPGS90 was verified by the comparison of the results of the decay heat measurement of the two spent MOX fuel subassemblies in the experimental fast reactor Joyo MK-II core.
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JAEA-Technology 2018-002, 70 Pages, 2018/06
HTFP code is code for calculation of additional release amount of fission product (FP) from fuel rod in high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) after stop of fission. Minory changed Fornax-A code also can calculate that. Therefore, release behavior of Cs calculated with HTFP code was compared with that calculated with minory modified FORNAX-A code in this report. Release constants of Cs evaluated with minory modified FORNAX-A code are rather different from default values for HTFP code.
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Proceedings of INMM 58th Annual Meeting (Internet), 8 Pages, 2017/07
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Books of the World Series -Brazil
Literature, food, art, natural beauty - the world has a lot to offer and books can bring it all right to your armchair. This month we bring you a selection of some of Brazil's most enticing bibliographic offerings.
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In following issues, we'll tour India, Australia, Kenya, Denmark, and Thailand, so be sure to join us on our round-the-world journey!
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I love Halloween, and I Love costumes! I did middle school and high school theater as well as community theater. It was great! My favorite part came when the costumes arrived. I loved playing someone else, and that love of costumes hasn’t faltered yet. It still continues today. While I am trying to decide what to be this year for Halloween, I figured it would be fun to look back at my husband and I through the years and at some of the ridiculous costumes we wore! Oh the memories!
Let’s start in college. This gem is either a toga costume, or a Halloween costume, but either way it was dressing up. Our sorority decided to be Native Americans. I am not sure exactly what The Captain’s fraternity decided to be, but if I remember correctly they wore Sombreros.
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Beer Man and Beer girl was another classic. This was the first Halloween Party in our new home! I am seeing a trend with the tights though….should I be worried???
I’m not sure what Halloween’s we are missing here since we’ve spent 10 of them together including this year, but that’s ok. I think you get the idea by seeing these. We’ve had some great times together! Happy almost Halloween!!! I hope you have a great time in whatever you do! | [
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In recent years, local differential privacy has received much attention because of its advantages of not requiring trusted third parties, less interaction, and high efficiency. However, the existing frequency estimation mechanism under local differential privacy for set-valued data fails to take into account the privacy sensitivity differences of inputs, and treats all data equally, which will over-protect the non-sensitive data and lead to low accuracy of estimation results. To address this problem, the set-valued data utility-optimized local differential privacy (SULDP) model is defined. SULDP considers the case that the original data domain contains both sensitive and non-sensitive values, and allows for a reduction in the protection of non-sensitive values without weakening the protection of sensitive values. Further, five frequency estimation mechanisms suGRR, suGRR-Sample, suRAP, suRAP-Sample and suWheel are proposed under the SULDP model. Theoretical analysis confirms that the proposed schemes can achieve exactly the same protection on sensitive data compared with local differential privacy mechanisms, and improve the accuracy by loosening the protection of non-sensitive data. Finally, the new schemes are evaluated on real and simulated datasets, and the experimental results demonstrate that the proposed five mechanisms can effectively reduce the estimation error and improve the data utility, among which suWheel mechanism achieves best performance. | [
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Is Homebirth/Out of Hospital Birth Safe?
This is probably the MOST frequently asked question. It is also a very valid question because of course you need to know what is safe for Mama and for baby. Midwives are trained professionals that have acquired certain skills used in hospital settings AND skills that have been around for centuries, but which are not practiced in hospitals today. Midwives are trained to know when it is necessary to go to the hospital for additional help because something is not normal. During your prenatal care, labor and birth, we look for certain indicators to make sure the pregnancy is going well and it is safe to have an out of hospital birth. In the event that you need to transfer to the hospital, your midwife will go with you and be a support person and an advocate for you.
For more info please visit this site to view statistics to help ease any fear or any type of concern you may have: https://mana.org/research/homebirth-safety
What Type of Midwives Are Available and What Training Do They Have?
Great question! There are a couple different types of midwives, including CNMs and CPMs. First, Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs) are Registered Nurses who continued with their education to obtain a Masters degree to become a CNM. Most CNMs practice in the hospital. They are able to practice outside of hospital settings, but they don't often do so. Second, Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) are skilled, independent professionals who are trained in out of hospital deliveries and do not practice in hospitals. CPMs have met the qualifications set by the North American Registry of Midwives. Obtaining this credential requires completing a rigorous process of training and participation in over 50 births, and it can take anywhere from 2-10 years depending on circumstances. In Utah, CPMs have the option of becoming licensed midwives with the state (LMs).
Is It Cheaper To Have a Baby With a Midwife?
It is usually a lot cheaper to have a baby with a midwife either at home or at a birth center than in the hospital. The reason for this is that midwives care for you from the beginning of your pregnancy all the way to 6 weeks postpartum. These services are usually covered by one all-inclusive bill of anywhere between $3000-$7000, which includes all the care you need unless there are further complications that arise during the pregnancy or birth.
Why Should I Use a Midwife Instead of a Doctor?
Midwives have a more holistic approach to pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum. They work with your body and help prepare it for birth with resources that aren't used by doctors or in hospitals. Midwives will generally recommend chiropractic care, massages, craniosacral therapy, childbirth classes, foot zoning, herbs, homeopathic remedies, essential oils and other holistic modalities to prepare your body for labor and birth. Certified Professional Midwives are also able to carry certain medications such as pitocin, methergin and lidocane in the event of a hemhorrage, need to suture or other complications treatable outside of the hospital.
When Should I Begin to See a Midwife?
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Logomania is definitely back with a Bang! Fendi is set to launch a logo-centric capsule collection celebrating the house’s iconic FF emblem. The logo was first conceived by Karl Lagerfeld in 1965 and stands for Fun Fur. Both the archival square-shaped logo as well as the updated rectangular version will be used in the line-up. When asked if the Logo had evolved Silvia Venturini Fendi said “absolutely, in the Eighties, it was more ostentatious, a logo was meant to show that you had made it. Now young people like it and they are at the beginning of their professional life. It has a fashion connotation, it stems from the street, it’s a sign that you belong, and it’s often paired with sportswear.”
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TYPE: Carrier-borne torpedo-bomber, strike fighter. Project
ACCOMMODATION: Pilot and navigator
POWER PLANT: Two twin-coupled Rolls-Royce “Merlin” RM.14.SM, rated at 2,200 hp
PERFORMANCE: 360 mph at 15,000 ft
COMMENT: In autumn 1944 the Fairey Corporation was asked to assess the feasibility of adapting its original tandem, twin engine research studies to a new naval strike platform as a replacement of the troublesome Fairey “Spearfish”. The new aircraft was planned for use aboard the new 46,000 t “Malta”-class aircraft carriers then under development and as power units two tandem-coupled engines were proposed: The Rolls-Royce “Tandem Merlin” (Project A) or alternatively the Rolls-Royce “Twin Griffon” (Project B). Either design was intended to be a single-seat aircraft, although there was the possibility for adding a rear compartment for a navigator.
During March 1945, Fairey redesigned the “Project A’s” overall specifications. The plane would still employ the Rolls-Royce “Merlin” twin-coupled power plant, but the new version was streamlined and compacted. The aircraft was a cantilever, mid-wing monoplane, with an all-metal, monocoque fuselage, the centre wing section was built integral with the fuselage and the outer wing panels could be hydraulically folded for carrier operations. It had an internal weapons bay to hold a torpedo, retractable ASV Mk. XV surface search radar mounted behind the bomb bay, contra-rotating propellers, and a stronger outward retracting conventional landing gear with a tailwheel. The cockpit was positioned high above the engine and offered an excellent view for the pilot, the navigators position was behind the cockpit in a separate copula operating a remote-controlled Frazer-Nash FN 95 barbette holding two 12,7 mm M2 Browning machine guns.
With the end of WW II and the upcoming turbojet- and turboprop-engines as well as the cancellation of all orders for new “Malta”-class aircraft carriers the Fairey design was abandoned. Nevertheless, in the post-war period this design influenced the development of the successful carrier-born anti-submarine aircraft Fairey “Gannet” (Ref.: Unicraft, 24). | [
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Gordon Banks is concerned that a lack of international competition is undermining Joe Hart after a week in which doubts were raised about the under-pressure England goalkeeper.
The Manchester City man was unconvincing throughout England’s 4-2 defeat to Sweden and was at fault for the third and fourth of Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s four goals.
And Banks, who was between the sticks for the Three Lions’ 1966 World Cup triumph, believes the lack of quality back-up brought about by the “sad” international retirement of Ben Foster is key to this.
“I feel sad for people that do that, and I find it a little bit disrespectful [of Foster],” said Banks, who regardless rates Hart highly.
“All players should want to play for their country, and be proud of getting selected. Certainly in was dead proud to be walking out on to that pitch.
“While this is happening, there’s nobody pushing Joe Hart. He needs somebody to keep him on his toes and playing good every game.”
Beyond West Brom’s Foster, manager Roy Hodgson’s options extend to Celtic’s uncapped Fraser Forster, QPR second choice Rob Green, Bursaspor’s Scott Carson, John Ruddy of Norwich and Birmingham’s inexperienced Jack Butland, but not one fills Banks with confidence.
“It’s very hard to see who would be the one to put Hart under pressure,” said Banks, who added that goalkeeping was more difficult in the modern game.
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The world of fine dining is shining a spotlight on two New England cities that usually sit in shadows of their bigger neighbors.
The finalists for the James Beard awards were announced Wednesday and a chef from Lynn, Massachusetts, and a restaurant in West Hartford, Connecticut, are on the short lists for best in the country.
Rachel Miller, of Lynn French-Vietnamese seafood restaurant Nightshade Noodle Bar, was nominated for the Outstanding Chef Award, while West Hartford Peruvian place Coracora was nominated for the Outstanding Restaurant Award. The Quarry, a fine dining restaurant in Monson, north of Bangor in Maine's highlands, was nominated for Outstanding Hospitality.
Five New England chefs will duke it out to be named best in the Northeast:
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- Valentine Howell of Krasi, Boston
- Christian Hunter of Community Table, New Preston, Connecticut
- Sherry Pocknett of Sly Fox Den Too, Charlestown, Rhode Island
- Yisha Siu of Yunnan Kitchen, Boston
- Renee Touponce of The Port of Call, Mystic, Connecticut
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Giselle, one of the oldest classical ballets in the repertoire, and certainly one of the greatest Romantic era ballets, is to be performed by the United Ukrainian Ballet at the London Coliseum this month.
In a new interpretation by internationally renowned choreographer, Alexei Ratmansky, Giselle will feature guest performances by English National Ballet’s Romanian principal Alina Cojocaru and the Company’s Ukranian soloist Katja Khaniukova. Viktor Oliynyk, conductor of the National Opera of Ukraine, will lead the English National Opera Orchestra.
The 60 dancers of the United Ukrainian Ballet are all in exile, and are supported by the United Ukrainian Ballet Foundation, formed to provide training and employment for the dancers until they are able to return to their homeland. Under the artistic direction of Igone de Jongh – former principal dancer with the Dutch National Ballet – the dancers are based in the Dutch Centre for Ukrainian Dancers in The Hague, and the non-profit Foundation will, in the longer term, raise funds to support Ukraine in the reconstruction of the cultural heritage of the country which has been destroyed by the war.
Alexei Ratmansky, Artist in Residence at American Ballet Theatre, is regarded as one of the great choreographers of our time. Born in St Petersburg and trained at the Bolshoi Ballet School in Moscow, he has choreographed ballets for the Mariinsky Ballet, the Royal Danish Ballet, the Royal Swedish Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Kiev Ballet and the State Ballet of Georgia, and also created works for Nina Ananiashvili, Diana Vishneva and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Winner of a Golden Mask Award by the Theatre Union of Russia, he became Artistic Director of the Bolshoi Ballet in 2004, during which tenure the Bolshoi Ballet was named ‘Best Foreign Company’ in 2005 and 2007 by The Critics’ Circle in London. Ratmansky was made Knight of the Order of Dannebrog by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark in 2001 and was awarded a 2005 Benois de la Danse prize for his creation of Anna Karenina for the Royal Danish Ballet. He received a Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for The Bright Stream in 2006, was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow for 2013, and won a second Benois de la Danse prize in 2014 for his Shostakovich Trilogy – a co-commission with ABT and San Francisco Ballet – for which he also received a Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for Best Classical Choreography in 2020.
Having both Russian and Ukranian roots, Ratmansky left the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, where he was choreographing a ballet, on 24th February this year, in favour of supporting the Ukranian dance and ballet world, working with Igone de Jongh, with whom he has collaborated for many years.
Giselle was initially the result of the collaboration of three French artists – Ballet Masters Perrot and Coralli, and composer Adolphe Adam. The composer, together with librettists Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile Gautier, was commissioned to create a vehicle for ballerina Carlotta Grisi in 1841. Inspiration was drawn from the poem Fantômes from Victor Hugo’s Les Orientales, which told of a Spanish girl who died after a night of frenzied dancing, and a passage in prose entitled L’Allemagne by German poet, writer and literary critic Heinrich Heine, about a Slavic tale of supernatural maidens called Wilis, young brides-to-be who die before their wedding day.
The original ballet tells of a frail young peasant girl who is betrayed by her beloved, the aristocratic Count Albrecht, as a result of which she dies of a broken heart. Giselle finds herself in a moonlit glade surrounded by the supernatural Wilis and their queen, Myrtha. Albrecht enters the glade to lay flowers on Giselle’s grave, and is summoned by Myrtha and her Wilis to dance to his death. Giselle – ever forgiving, and touched by his exhaustion – pleads for mercy on his behalf, and Myrtha ultimately frees him from the vengeance of the Wilis.
Marius Petipa, Premier Maître de Ballet of the Imperial Theatres in St Petersburg from 1871, staged four revivals of Giselle between 1884 and 1903, and it’s this final version on which most interpretations have since been based. Ratmansky’s interpretation is based on the Petipa version as well as revivals of the ballet from the | [
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WASHINGTON: U.S. private employers hired the fewest workers in two years in April, likely hampered by persistent labor shortages, raising the possibility that overall job growth slowed last month.
The ADP National Employment Report on Wednesday showed a broad slowdown in hiring, with job gains in the leisure and hospitality industry also the smallest since late 2020. Companies with less than 50 employees saw a decline in payrolls.
“While hiring demand remains strong, labor supply shortages caused job gains to soften,” said Nela Richardson, ADP chief economist.
“As the labor market tightens, small companies with fewer than 50 employees, struggle with competition for wages amid increased costs.”
Private payrolls rose by 247,000 jobs last month, the smallest gain since April 2020. Data for March was revised higher to show 479,000 jobs added instead of the 455,000 initially reported. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast private payrolls would increase by 395,000 jobs.
The ADP report is jointly developed with Moody’s Analytics and was published ahead of the release on Friday of the Labor Department’s more comprehensive and closely watched employment report for April.
It has, however, a poor record predicting the private payrolls count in the department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics employment report because of methodology differences.
“Job growth will slow over the course of 2022, not because of a lack of demand for labor, but a lack of supply,” said Gus Faucher, chief economist at PNC Financial in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
“The tight labor market is pushing up wages, adding to inflationary pressures in the U.S. economy.”
The Federal Reserve is expected to hike interest rates by half of a percentage point later on Wednesday, and likely to start trimming its asset holdings soon.
The U.S. central bank raised its policy interest rate by 25 basis points in March.
Government data on Tuesday showed there were a record 11.5 million job openings on the last day of March, which pushed up the jobs-workers gap to a record 3.4% of the labor force from 3.1% in February.
According to a Reuters survey of economists, private payrolls likely increased by 385,000 jobs in April after rising by 426,000 in March. With further gains in government employment expected, that would likely lead to an increase of 394,000 in nonfarm payrolls. The economy created 431,000 jobs in March.
A separate report from the Commerce Department on Wednesday showed the trade deficit surged to a record high in March, confirming that trade weighed on the economy in the first quarter and could remain a drag as businesses replenish inventories with imported goods.
The trade deficit accelerated 22.3% to $109.8 billion in March amid a record increase in imports. Economists had forecast a $107 billion deficit.
The government reported last week that a record trade deficit sliced 3.20 percentage points from gross domestic product in the first quarter, resulting in GDP contracting at a 1.4% annualized rate after growing at a robust 6.9% pace in the fourth quarter.
Trade has subtracted from GDP for seven straight quarters. Imports of goods and services jumped 10.3% to $351.5 billion, outpacing a 5.6% rise in exports to $241.7 billion.
Imports of goods were boosted by industrial supplies and materials, which increased $11.3 billion to $76.4 billion, the highest since July 2008. Petroleum imports in March were the highest since December 2014.
Consumer goods imports rose $10.0 billion to a record $83.1 billion, lifted by apparel, household goods, footwear, toys, games and sporting goods.
Capital goods increased $5.2 billion, while imports of motor vehicles and parts rose $3.2 billion.
Imports of services increased $0.9 billion to $52.7 billion, reflecting rises in transport and travel, but charges for the use of intellectual property decreased $1.2 billion.
“What the huge demand for imported goods does show is that America may have more of a demand problem than a supply problem,” said Christopher Rupkey, chief economist at FWDBONDS in New York.
“As long as import demand keeps setting records, it shows the Fed has to keep pushing interest rates up and up because American consumers and businesses are not done buying yet and strong demand keeps the inflation fires burning.”
Exports of goods were supported by a $7.4 billion increase in industrial supplies and materials, which reflected rises in shipments of crude oil and natural gas liquids. Motor vehicle and parts exports increased $1.0 billion.
Exports of services increased $1.2 billion to $71.1 billion in March. They were lifted by gains in transport, travel, financial services and other business services. | [
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In a sequel to the much-praised Dogs of War, Honey the genetically engineered bear takes a ride in Jimmy the Martian's head and starts a revolution on the Red Planet.
Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Lincolnshire before heading off to Reading to study psychology and zoology. He subsequently ended up in law and has worked as a legal executive in both Reading and Leeds, where he now lives. Married, he is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor and has trained in stage-fighting. He's the author of the critically acclaimed Shadows of the Apt series and his novel Children of Time was the winner of the 30th Anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award.
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'Funny, appalling, gruesome and uplifting (often at the same time), Bear Head is propelled by a cracking plot that balances dystopian satire with a palpable sense of moral peril' * Daily Mail *
'An absolute whammy of a read, and a must for anyone who enjoys a smart, fast-paced, hugely entertaining blast of speculative fiction... Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Adrian Tchaikovsky has successfully combined weighty, thought-provoking moments, with a Trump-like baddie, full-on action and smirky humour... This is one of those books where you can just throw yourself and abandon yourself to a fabulous story, knowing you will be entertained throughout' * LoveReading *
'A rousing good read' * Guardian *
'A thought-provoking novel... Bear Head is a triumph. Its story is fascinating, with unexpected events occurring throughout. It's a novel filled with compassion and characters that are very easy to empathize with' -- Geek Dad
'Adrian Tchaikovsky has done another marvellous job of humanising his bioform characters: bears, dogs and other animals with varying amounts of modifications and intelligence. Their attitudes and thought-processes are extrapolated in thoughtful and interesting ways and we are even offered an insight into the way that a distributed intelligence would work... A thrilling and fun sequel to Dogs of War that expands the universe in new and profound directions' * SF Crowsnest *
'A wonderfully strange blend of a story that sits somewhere between Total Recall and Johnny Mnemonic with just a touch of Animal Farm thrown in for good measure... With a prescient focus on political landscapes and how manipulations of them can manifest on both sides of an argument, Bear Head works just as well as a thought-provoking science fiction as it does a political thriller' * SciFiNow *
'Adrian Tchaikovsky's talent in creating imperfect, believable characters has always been one of his strengths and this continues here... It combines superb storytelling, emotion and leaves the reader thinking long after finishing. If you like intelligent SF, I can't recommend this enough' * Birmingham SF *
'If you're a fan of Black Mirror, this classic dystopian book will have you hooked within the first few pages. Smart, fast-paced, and razor-sharp, this book is surprisingly funny while still remaining deeply thought-provoking' * Daily Express *
'A fast-paced, two-planet, head romp with plenty of humour and more than a smattering of cyber-punk. It's more than a tad political too, touching on legal rights, abuse of power, control and suppression... Largely fun and thoughtful, though occasionally gruesome and unsettling' * Concatenation * | [
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Agritech is a small but fast-growing segment of the start-up universe that’s aiming to improve or disrupt the global food and agriculture industry.
Over the past five years, funding in agritech start-ups across the African continent has been rising consistently, according to data from Disrupt Africa, with hot spots emerging in Kenya and South Africa.
While African agritechs raised more than Sh6.4 billion in 2020, up 23.7 percent from the previous year, they still represent 8.6 percent of all start-ups across the continent. Kenya has led the way mainly because of deals in the last two years, including the $85 million raised by GRO Intelligence, and other big deals involving Twiga Foods and Apollo Agriculture.
These investments in African agritech are quite timely as agriculture and food security in Africa have been under the pressure of many challenges such as low productivity, lack of knowledge and exposure to new farming techniques, and limited financial support.
Add to that, Africa’s weather is unpredictable, its population is exploding, and farming practices deplete the farm soil and exacerbate deforestation and water scarcity. Farmers often lack technical expertise and young people are migrating from rural areas and into cities. Furthermore, African farmers will need to increase their productivity to provide food and economic growth to support its growing population.
Poor digital literacy and unwavering respect for traditional ways of working still persist. Africa remains the most food-insecure region in the world and a net importer of food. Finally, we are also in the very early days of understanding what funding models work. And we can’t forget the existential threat of the climate change.
These challenges are prompting investments in newer technologies. Lately, there has been an increased use of various technologies in agriculture in Africa, such as Internet of Things (IoT), open source software, cloud computing, artificial Intelligence, drones, and big data analytics.
Many tech start-ups have developed solutions targeting various aspects of agriculture, including finance, supply chain, retailing, and even delivering information on crops and weeds. These solutions are accessible to farmers through front-end devices such as smartphones and tablets, or even SMS.
Some agritech start-ups in Africa have come up with solutions that have led to an increase in productivity of the farms. Drones are a breakthrough technology, helping farmers oversee their crops, and manage farms. They capture photos of crops, soil or weeds, giving insights to farmers, saving time and energy, while also helping them find potential issues which could impact the productivity.
Other technologies enable smart farm management through the use of networked sensors providing details of the crops, soil, equipment or livestock.
There are also new financial services for farmers, covering credit, farm inputs, insurance and market access through machine learning, remote sensing, and mobile technology.
There is a need for wide adoption of these tools to benefit Africa.
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Central Public Works Department (CPWD) has revealed in report that the Central government has made up its mind to approve the construction of 44 “strategically important roads” along the India-China border.
In the report added that around Rs 21,040 crore will be invested by the government to build roads in Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh for this purpose.
The detailed project reports (DPRs) for the roads have already been submitted to Cabinet Committee on Security – which is headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi – for approval.
It is expected that the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and the CPWD will be given the responsibilities to build these roads. It is to be noted that the BRO and CPWD are currently constructing 73 strategic roads along the India-China border, out of which 61 is being built by the BRO, which comes under the Defence Ministry. | [
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Use Hunter's version of gibbed tools to replace worlds folder in your patch files
to do that just get the patch.dat and patch.fat files you're using from your Far Cry 2\Data_Win32 folder and back them up. Then drag patch.fat on Gibbed.Dunia.Unpack.exe from the tools and copy this worlds folder into the unpacked files, then drag the patch_unpack folder onto Gibbed.Dunia.Pack.exe, rename the patch_unpacked.fat and.dat files it creates to patch.fat and patch.dat and replace your patch files in data_win32
IMPORTANT: Looks best when you have your ingame gamma slider to 1 instead of the default 0.9
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Prince's genre-bending music, his advocacy for artists' rights and his deeply original stage presence influenced an immeasurable number of musicians, so it came as no surprise that New Orleans Jazz Fest artists would find ways to tip their caps to the star, who died Thursday (April 21).
From Janelle Monae's heartbreakingly honest tribute to a young brass band at the Kids' Tent warming up with "I Would Die 4 U," Prince was everywhere -- both on stage and off.
Festival-goers wore purple details in honor of the artist's signature color and welcomed the various musical tributes with shouts of appreciation and dancing. Among the musical tributes:
- Monae's evocative, grief-stricken tribute.
- Sharon Jones talked about her own Prince story, when the man himself stepped onstage while she was performing "When I Come Home" in Paris to play guitar with her. At Jazz Fest, she dedicated the song to him.
- Kermit Ruffins sang "Purple Rain."
- Nick Jonas covered "I Would Die 4 U" and "Purple Rain," noting, "Let me just say, so so good to be here today. Y'all are making us feel very welcome, and I appreciate it. I love you, too," he said. "I'm gonna play a song now by a legendary, legendary performer.... We're celebrating a beautiful life and a beautiful legacy."
- The Top Cats tackled "Let's Go Crazy."
- Before borrowing the intro of "When Doves Cry" to lead into her own "Stars," Grace Potter said: "While I'm in the middle of a bunch of songs who don't belong to me, I'd like to take a moment and lift my cap and spread love here all the way into the stratosphere for the king of all princes. The artist formerly known as one of my favorites of all time, a huge influence on me. I know he wouldn't want us to be too bummed about it and enjoy this weekend and next weekend and all the music in between. So, if you can do one thing this weekend, don't party for yourself. Party for Prince."
- Govt Mule likewise covered "When Doves Cry."
- Anthony Brown and group therAPy did an instrumental "1999," then changed the lyrics of "I Would Die 4 U" to "Jesus died for you" at the Gospel Tent.
- Frank Scurlock, a New Orleans activist and philanthropist, present a memorial to the late pop superstar with skywriting in the skies over the Fair Grounds.
- Maxwell gave a few statements about how much Prince and his music meant to the world before asking the crowd to shout, "We love you, Prince!"
- Preston Shannon's rousing cover of Prince's "Purple Rain" brought the house to its feet.
We know there were more -- and maybe more to come next weekend -- so let us know what Prince tributes we missed in the comment stream below.
Watch the second-line for Prince in New Orleans. | [
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For some reason, Shirayuki was looking down at me with a terrifying expression.
“Keep your eyes open.”
Shirayuki pointed her fan at me. I didn’t understand what she meant. Her business with me was done. Why couldn’t she just leave me alone? I closed my eyes again. I felt a tremendous impact on my cheek this time.
I bit my tongue. Blood flooded my mouth. When I opened my eyes, Shirayuki pointed her fan at me again.
Words filled with rage came into my vision.
“I said keep your eyes open.”
My cheeks still hurt so bad. I closed my eyes, confused. The next moment, I felt another impact.
Shirayuki was looking down at me, her left hand clenched into a fist. Her pale fingers were red. She grabbed my collar and pulled me close. I wondered where she got such power from such a small frame. Then right in front of me I saw her eyes burning with rage.
She gave me a sharp glare. Her fan flipped and stopped right before my eyes.
The tip of the paper, sharp as a blade, was pointed at me. I yelped, and Shirayuki’s expression softened a little. The fan moved away. I crumpled to the ground and coughed violently.
Shirayuki ran her free hand once more.
There were new words on the fan.
“Yes. It is all your fault.”
Words of blame directed at me. A chuckle escaped my throat. She seemed to have something to say to me, too.
Then I will take it all.
I shouldn’t close my eyes and run away.
My vision blurry, I waited for her next words patiently. Wearing a furious look, she moved her brush.
“It is all your fault. If it weren’t for you, my pride would not have been wounded. If it weren’t for you, I could have fulfilled my long-awaited wish of dying by my brother’s hands. If it weren’t for you, I would not have cried back then. I would not have howled as I mourned my brother’s death. All of that was your fault. Your meddling self entered my life so rudely and trampled all over my pride when no one asked you to.”
I recalled the incident with the Minase clan. It seemed like a long time ago already. It felt like years since I witnessed the summoning of a god with Mayuzumi.
Shirayuki’s eyes were burning with anger. Reading her impassioned cries, I bit my lip. She was right. I had nothing to do with the Minase clan and had no right to interfere.
What was I thinking back then?
Shirayuki’s words went on. The fan shut and unfurled.
In my hazy vision, I saw words I didn’t expect to see.
Shirayuki regarded me with a very calm gaze. She smiled and nodded. The fan closed and opened again. Slowly, she ran her brush across it, as if to get her point across.
“You saved me.”
Saved? Who? Her?
Shirayuki nodded in response to my unvoiced questions. This time she ran the brush firmly.
“That fact will never change, no matter what.”
Closing the fan, she wrapped her arms around my head and embraced me without hesitation. Like a mother, she repeatedly stroked my messy hair. I could smell ink from her kimono. My heart pounded in my ears.
Her chest was so warm.
Shirayuki hugged me tight once more before letting go.
“Can a man who saw someone drowning and did nothing mock the man who jumped into the water? Was that all you really wanted to do? You wanted to help, didn’t you? You wanted to save them, didn’t you? You wanted to do something, didn’t you? That much is true, isn’t it?”
She wrote the words, opening and closing the fan several times. Incredibly comforting and kind words. Which is why I didn’t deserve them.
Nevertheless, she went on.
“You are the man I love. Be proud. And hold your head high.”
She put on a gentle, lovely smile.
“I will not allow you to say that you deserve to die.”
The fan snapped shut. Silence descended. Several seconds later, the sound of the cicada’s cries returned. She stared at me silently. I couldn’t say anything. Words left unsaid reverberated in my mind. Words that I had screamed within me in response to Higasa’s remark.
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Baker pitches zoning change to boost housing supply
BOSTON — Flanked by two top economic development officials, Gov. Charlie Baker told lawmakers Tuesday that the gap between housing demand and supply "poses the most serious long-term hurdle to continued economic growth" in Massachusetts, and pitched a plan that municipalities said they can get on board with.
Local officials have long resisted changes to state zoning laws and Baker called the housing gap "one of the thorniest issues" for the state and local governments. But municipal leaders said Tuesday the governor's proposal to make it easier for cities and towns to build more housing would be effective and would not infringe upon local decision-making authority.
"It has been decades since this state produced enough housing to keep up with demand. The result has been predictable. A limited supply creates overheated demand and rising prices," Baker told the Housing Committee. "Young people, seniors, young, working and middle class families can't afford to rent or buy a home here in the Commonwealth."
Baker's bill would allow cities and towns to adopt certain zoning changes by a simple majority vote rather than the existing requirement of a two-thirds supermajority vote.
"The legislation is simple," Housing and Economic Development Secretary Jay Ash said. "If a municipality wants to allow changes to its zoning that foster the creation of more housing, then the voting requirement is a simple majority."
Under the governor's bill, municipalities would need only a simple majority vote of their legislative body to reduce house lot sizes or other dimensional restrictions, allow mixed-use zoning in a downtown area, create cluster zoning for houses, adopt so-called smart growth zoning policies, and allow accessory dwelling units, according to Ash.
"Do you have any idea how difficult it is, with an 11-member city council, to get a supermajority on zoning changes?" Newburyport Mayor Donna Holaday said in her testimony in support of the governor's bill. "This is a very, very important tool."
Ellen Allen, a member of the Norwell Board of Selectmen, said her town will often get 60 to 65 percent support for zoning changes, but "can't quite get things over the finish line" because of the current supermajority requirement.
"Almost no zoning issues in our town pass the two-thirds (voting requirement) because not very many people want to take the time to read those kinds of off-putting zoning bylaw changes in our warrants, to be perfectly frank, and because they're just afraid for change," she said.
Local officials support the governor's bill because it makes it easier for them to make changes if they want to, but does not require cities or towns to make any changes to their zoning.
"If a municipality does not want to change its zoning, it does not have to," Ash said Tuesday.
That aspect of the governor's plan was key to winning the support of local officials. Geoff Beckwith, executive director of the Massachusetts Municipal Association, said the organization has opposed previous efforts to change state zoning laws because they have been "very restrictive and taken away authority for communities to make decisions."
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1- We have narrations that state Imam al-Jawad (a) was dark skinned. Some narrations indicate that Imam al-Redha (a) was also dark skinned.
2-Some historical accounts state that the enemies of Imam al-Redha (a) made racist remarks against him for being dark, and they would mock him. Sometimes they would even write a poem trying to disgrace the Imam for being dark. For instance, this is a racist line of poetry they said to the Imam:
وقالوا انه رب قدير *** فكم لصق السواد به لصوقا
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Scope and arrangement
The Hemingway legal files collection contains the records of Hemingway's lawyers Maurice J. Speiser (1929-1948) and Alfred Rice (1947-1969). The papers include letters, contracts, and documents concerning foreign and domestic licensing of Hemingway's work for stage, ballet, radio, film, and television; litigations concerning the use of his writings and libel cases; and the management of Hemingway's estate (both property and literary) before and after his death. Present throughout the collection are letters and telegraphs (mostly carbon copies or typed copies) from Hemingway to his lawyers, letters to his family concerning his estate and legacy, and two bank deposit books in Hemingway's hand. In his communications with his lawyers, Hemingway expressed his thoughts on licensing material for adaptation and asked questions on international copyright and libel laws. He occasionally provided updates on writing progress and news on travel and other personal activities.
The Hemingway legal files collection is arranged in three series:
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The Legal Rights and Permissions Requests series contains Hemingway's legal dealings with domestic and foreign movie, television, radio, recordings for the blind, stage, and publishing companies. Hemingway received a barrage of requests to publish and adapt his novels and short stories. Without a literary agent, his publisher, Charles Scribner's Sons, filtered these requests directly through Hemingway's lawyers Maurice J. Speiser (from 1929 to 1948) and Alfred Rice (from 1945-1969). Much of the materials are retained carbon copy responses from the lawyers to rights requests and re-typed copies of Hemingway's letters. These document contract negotiations for 22 of Hemingway's short stories and novels.
Among the prominent adaptations documented are Paramount Pictures' For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Twentieth Century Fox's The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952), Warner Brother's The Old Man and the Sea (1958), and a CBS television production of For Whom the Bell Tolls (1959). Also of note are communications regarding the aborted Ernest Hemingway Theatre television series, proposed in 1955 by Republic Pictures, which planned to create 39 episodes based on Hemingway short stories. Additionally, Speiser and Rice communicated with Columbia Pictures, MCA, MGM, RKO, and Universal Pictures, along with various magazine and anthology publishers. International business included rights permissions for companies in Australia, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, and Sweden. Of note is a folder of letters to the editor of Cosmopolitan magazine both praising and disparaging Hemingway's writing, with one letter impugning his character and morality.
The Estate series contains some additional rights and permissions dealings, managed by Hemingway's executors.
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The Litigation series documents Hemingway's legal conflicts concerning copyright, international piracy, and libel, as well as Hemingway's testimonies given in court cases. The copyright and piracy cases relate to the unauthorized publication of translations of Hemingway works overseas. These include suits in Argentina, India, Italy, the Netherlands, and Russia. Libel cases were both against and on behalf of Hemingway. Of note is a series of letters between Hemingway and Speiser concerning a possible Canadian libel suit over "The Snows of Kilimanjaro." The complaint came from the widow of Canadian air force pilot Lieutenant Colonel William Barker, who is briefly mentioned in the short story. Hemingway heard of Barker's murderous escapades from several Canadian aviators who were present at the incident. Also of interest is Hemingway's testimony for the case Easton vs. 20th Century Fox fought over Alfred Hitchcock's movie Lifeboat (1947). This file includes a copy of Hitchcock's telegram asking Hemingway to write the script for the movie.
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The Hemingway Estate series consists of material concerning Hemingway's last will and testament, property deeds, inventories of possessions, assignment of copyrights, ownership of manuscripts, establishment of trusts for Hemingway's children, and estate issues after his death.
Much of the series centers on Hemingway's house and property, including an extensive library, in Cuba that had been seized by the Cuban Government. These files hold an official appraisal of the Cuban property, which consists of a detailed description and 6 photographs of the house and land; a room-by-room description of the contents of the house; a partial list of Hemingway's library left in Cuba; and tax claim documents submitted by Mary Hemingway to the federal government. Also of note are five photographs and various magazine clippings that Mary Hemingway sent to Rice depicting their home library. The images are largely undated | [
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Planet FWD is a food-tech startup building a regenerative food platform to satisfy and grow consumer demand for climate-friendly food products and ensure that farmers are valued for their work as stewards of the land.
Planet FWD uses the magic of food to help reverse climate change by making craveable snacks from regenerative ingredients.
Planet FWD wass founded in 2019 by Julia Collins. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Planet FWD sources from farmers whose practices help capture carbon from the atmosphere. The company is also creating a regenerative food platform, connecting brands and consumers who are hungry for climate-friendly ingredients to farmers and suppliers who are using regenerative practices.
Planet FWD has raised $2.7M in a Seed round on Mar 12, 2020. The investment was led by BBG Ventures, other participating investors include Cleo Capital, Maveron, Kapor Capital, Incite Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Jane VC and F7 Ventures. | [
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Fukushima - The fate of contaminated waters
Fast mixing due to oceanic eddies
July 9, 2012/Kiel. As a consequence of the Fukushima catastrophe, radioactive material was released into the Pacific Ocean. The spreading of the contaminated waters over the next decade was investigated by scientists at GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel using numerical high-resolution Ocean models.
Read the full story at environmentalresearchweb:
Behrens, E., F.U. Schwarzkopf, J.F. Lübbecke and C.W. Böning, 2012: Model csimulations on the long-term dispersal of 137Cs released into the Pacific Ocean off Fukushima. Environmental Research Letters, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034004
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No matter the amount of maintenance you do on your vehicle, some auto repairs are unavoidable. Although excellent maintenance can help car owners avoid large, expensive repairs, some issues are common for all vehicles. The most common issues include:
- Tire damage or under-inflation
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- A reduction in air filter efficiency or a blockage
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Damaged or Under-Inflated Tires
Under-inflation is a common tire issue, especially in the winter. The cold weather can cause tires to lose pressure and eventually, if not addressed, low pressure tires will blow out, leading to vehicle damage and potentially dangerous situations. It’s, therefore, very important to ensure your tires are properly inflated throughout the winter. Your tires should be checked and, if needed, inflated once a week. To avoid tire damage, your tires should also be checked intermittently and rotated according to the manufacturer’s specifications. You should always replace your tires when the tread is excessively worn, or the sidewalls are severely punctured and/or cracked.
Oil/Oil Filter Issues
Oil and oil filter replacements are perhaps the most common vehicle repair. Over time, oil filters become worn and may need to be checked or replaced. A vehicle’s oil should also be changed regularly, and the schedule will depend on the make and model as well as how and where you drive. Canadian weather may necessitate a shorter period between oil changes. Other fluids, like coolant or antifreeze, should also be checked and changed every few months. If you don’t know how to check and change your fluids yourself, take your vehicle to a reputable shop to avoid a potentially costly car repair. Edmonton drivers trust Computerized AutoPro for efficient and affordable car maintenance and repair services.
Malfunctioning Spark Plugs
Malfunctioning spark plugs usually indicate that your engine needs a tune up. Engines should be tuned up at least once a year. For most, a tune up is usually a part of fall maintenance. This tune up is designed to carry your vehicle through the winter and spring. However, spark plugs should be replaced occasionally, the timing of which will depend on the plug and vehicle type.
Inefficient of Damaged Brake System
No vehicle should or could (legally) operate without a functioning brake system. Brake systems are subject to a great deal of wear and tear and drivers should pay close attention to the condition of their brakes and take their vehicle to a mechanic when they suspect that the brakes are worn or need attention. The frequency with which you will need to replace your brakes will depend on factors like the amount that you drive and how you brake. If you’re looking for an expert opinion on an issue you’re experiencing with your vehicle, contact us to book an appointment today. | [
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Jimmy is a lovely, confident, young pup.
He enjoys playing with all the other dogs in his foster home and loves his human family too.
He will grow into an active and intelligent young dog so is looking for a home that can provide plenty of exercise, stimulation and love.
He will benefit from going to puppy classes so he can learn all the skills needed to become a confident adult dog.
Inquiries about Jimmy or any of the other puppies and dogs available to Animal Welfare League Far South Coast branch on 0400 372 609.
The adoption fee of $375 includes desexing, microchipping, 2 puppy vaccinations, flea, tick & worm treatment plus vet check. Prices are subsidised in the hope that rescue pets will be people's first choice and that eventually we will be able to stop unwanted litters.
Potential dog owners will need to have secure fencing and suitability to the needs of the animal.
For cats and kittens to adopt, call RSPCA Sapphire Coast Branch on 0419 267 799.
Clean up after your pet
Did you know that failure to remove your pet's droppings from public places may result in a hefty fine?
By confining your pets to your property, or keeping them on a lead when walking and picking up and disposing of droppings, you help assist in preserving public open space privileges for both owners and pets alike.
Bega Valley Shire Council provides disposal bags for dog faeces in some areas but owners should always be prepared and carry their own bags for this purpose.
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This pasta is vegan-friendly, but not gluten-free. Sold by the pound.
Dried pastas can be stored for up to 12 months from manufacture.
Ingredients: Organic Whole Wheat Semolina Flour, Water
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How do you feel each morning? Wide awake or bleary eyed until eleven o’clock?
I know many people who make the claim, as they stumble around in a morning, that ‘they are not a morning person’, some even say, “I don’t do mornings!”
Why are some people ‘morning people’ and others ‘night owls’?
There are many theories and some point out that each of us has a different biological clock. Some scientists say that it is part of our DNA. It’s probably though, in many cases due to our modern lifestyles. Since the invention of electric lighting, television and the Internet we can stay active all through the night if we wish.
The industrial revolution created a work environment where people needed to be in a certain place (often a factory or office) for a certain length of time. Today this is still the case for many people. Our lives, including sleep revolve around employment and with so many other things to do or entertain us in our leisure time our internal clocks can get messed up.
The majority of us spend little time in daylight compared to artificial light which also must have an effect on us. If you find that mornings are difficult times, is there anything you can do to improve the way you feel? Probably a key to becoming a morning person is getting to sleep early enough and at a regular time. Experts agree that regularity of sleep is key to good health. Going to bed and getting up at the same times each day do work to help us get the best from our sleep. It’s a known fact that night shift workers can suffer problems created by having to cope with change in their sleep pattern. Here is some information from The National Sleep Foundation on these effects.
Of course, being a non-morning person, doesn’t really matter if you can achieve what you need to do during the rest of the day or evening.
Are you a morning person?
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WEATHER BLOG: Rain ComingWhile a chill in the air reminds us that Winter is just around the corner, this November's actual temperatures have been well above normal.
WEATHER BLOG: Chance For Rain AheadThe clouds are here to stay with us tonight and much of tomorrow.
WEATHER BLOG: SundaySoggy travel day for those returning home for the Thanksgiving weekend.
WEATHER BLOG: Mild November TempsDespite clouds, it has been another nice and mild afternoon for late November. A cold front slowly sagging south will change that for tomorrow.
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WEATHER BLOG: A Pleasant DayA very mild holiday this year, with temperatures running from 10 to 18 degrees above normal!
WEATHER BLOG: Thanksgiving ForecastA great start to the Thanksgiving holiday!
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Rani Mukherji is ecstatic as ‘Mardaani’ hits the screen on Friday. This is Rani’s first release post marriage to Aditya Chopra and now that she is married she feels that pregnancy is not a hindrance in the way of work and career only if her directors are ready to work with her. She says her pregn
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Boat Race in Nainital
|A Boat Race on Nainital Lake|
Boat races on the Nainital Lake are celebrated events of Nainital for more than a century now. Here is an old classical photo of one shared by a friend Harish Bhatt on Facebook. It was originally a black and white picture but has been retouched with digital color by this blogger.
Nainital is best described as a blue lake surrounded by lush green hills of oaks and pine and undergrowth of ferns and sweet wild flowers with mountain springs and snow covered peaks, the abode of the goddess Naini Mata when not resting in the snow white peaks of Nanda Devi with her sister Sunanda Devi.
May Nainital be protected from the ravages of human lust and greed, may the goddess not be compelled again to wash the town and its people into the lake once again as she did more than a hundred years ago but instead grant them heavenly peace, contentment and tranquility filled with beauty, and may Nainital forever remain the place from where a cry for protecting the planet from human damage forever rise, and may it not be distracted by lust, a weakness Nainitalites have fought with for long and as seems to have happened with the most recent crusader of Nainital in the world.
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The US will deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to Romania later this year, the US European Command (EUCOM) has announced. It will be the first operational deployment of THAAD to Europe.
EUCOM said in an 11 April press release that the THAAD system from the Fort Hood, Texas-based 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade from the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command would be integrated into the NATO ballistic missile defence (BMD) architecture during a limited period of scheduled maintenance and updates of the Aegis Ashore missile defence system in Deveselu, Romania.
A NATO official told Jane’s on 14 April that the long-planned and scheduled Aegis Ashore update is part of the regular maintenance of all Aegis systems, most of which are ship based.
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LLB General Meeting 2022
Vaduz, 6 May 2022. At the 30th Ordinary General Meeting of Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG (LLB), shareholders approved all the proposals of the Board of Directors. Accordingly, the dividend rose from CHF 2.20 to CHF 2.30 and Leila Frick-Marxer was elected as a new member of the Board of Directors. Karl Sevelda was re-elected for a second term of office.
Dividend climbs to CHF 2.30
On account of the long period of planning uncertainty in connection with the corona pandemic, the General Meeting was held without the personal participation of shareholders. In exercising their rights, shareholders were able to vote in writing or electronically. 75.4 per cent of the share capital, or 3'027 shareholders exercised this right, representing a very high voting turnout. The vote count resulted in a very high approval rate for all the proposals of the Board of Directors.
Elections at the General Meeting
The General Meeting elected Leila Frick-Marxer, Balzers, as a new member of the Board of Directors for a term of office of three years. "In the person of Leila Frick-Marxer, we can welcome to the Board of Directors an acknowledged expert in Liechtenstein and European law, and especially banking and investment fund law. I am looking forward to collaborating with her", said a pleased Board Chairman, Georg Wohlwend, in commenting on the election of the Liechtensteiner, who works at a prestigious law firm. The election was necessary as a result of the stepping down of Patrizia Holenstein, whose maximum term of office of nine years ended at the General Meeting. Georg Wohlwend thanked her for her valuable service to the LLB Group: "For nine years, Patrizia Holenstein has been a highly competent and much valued member of the Board. We would like to express our sincere thanks to her for the extremely positive collaboration and wish her all the best for the future." Board member Karl Sevelda, Vienna, was re-elected for a second term of office of three years. Shareholders also re-appointed KPMG (Liechtenstein) AG, Vaduz, for a further year as the external auditors. Furthermore, the General Meeting granted official discharge to the Board of Directors, the Executive Board and the external auditors.
Dividend of CHF 2.30 per registered share
Shareholders approved the 2021 annual reports and financial statements of LLB AG, Vaduz, and the LLB Group. They voted in favour of the distribution of the balance sheet profit for 2021 proposed by the Board of Directors and resolved to pay out an increased dividend of CHF 2.30 in comparison with CHF 2.20 in the previous year. The decision was based on the long-term, prudent and attractive dividend policy defined by the Board of Directors.
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Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Meets with British Foreign Secretary
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Abu Dhabi, Rabi'I 22, 1439, Dec 10, 2017, SPA -- Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, met here today with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
During the meeting, they discussed the latest regional and global developments as well as the importance of joint coordination to address existing challenges, including terrorism, extremism and violence, to realize security and stability in the region.
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Today’s IMDB Top 250 Guest Review comes from Cameron of Cameron’s Pit Of Terror. Thanks for being a part of this IMDB project, Cameron! Now let’s see what he has to say about Pan’s Labyrinth, IMDB rank 106 out of 250…
There are still some movies up for grabs if anyone wants to do a guest IMDB Top 250 review. You can find the list of remaining films HERE. See the full list & links to all the reviews that have already been done HERE.
Pan’s Labyrinth is quite simply a fairytale for adults. Without being afraid to feature faeries and other mystical creatures, it provides a frank and often unpleasant insight into aspects of human nature; precisely what Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm and so on originally intended their stories to be before the rose-tinted lens of Hollywood made them fluffy children’s stories. Set in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, we follow young Ofelia through her traumatic experiences in both real and fantasy worlds. The episodes in these worlds alternate constantly throughout the film as the plot threads slowly become more intermingled with each other, images begin to repeat themselves between the worlds and common aims become more and more apparent, blurring the lines between fairytale and reality in Ofelia’s eyes (and our own) while the majority of the characters around her are set in dismissing her stories, much in the way they are stubbornly set in their beliefs in the wider world; a flaw that costs a number of them greatly.
Vidal is a male transposition of the fantasy trope, the evil stepmother, who is shown to be a less-than-pleasant character from the offset through very subtle nuances rather than blatant exposition. The feeling that he’s “a bit of an arse”, are soon compounded to sheer hatred by the quick and effective introductions of various deplorable sides to his character. More than just being the ‘evil stepfather’ by being nasty to Ofeila, he is a brutal, dictator-esque military general whose disgraceful acts and traits are mirrored in many of the creatures Ofelia encounters. Despite this, slight weaknesses are shown in him preventing him from being two-dimensional but not going as far as to make him at all sympathetic. Every character is portrayed as three-dimensional, “human”, with weaknesses and strengths rather than a cookie-cutter frame-filler. This applies from the leads whose traits are explored in some depth, down to characters that feature only for a minute; their nature is exposed through the smallest actions such as hesitating briefly before killing a fallen enemy; stopping to compose themselves before a horrific medical procedure; the list goes on.
Visually the film is at least as stunning as has become the accepted standard for a Guillermo Del Toro film, probably in fact setting the precedent for this expectation. Colour palettes, shapes and presence of natural life separate the real and fantasy worlds, but it would be possible to pause the film at any point, set in either realm, and be presented with a beautifully imagined and composed image. Everything is shot with a calm steadiness; the incredible, unique creatures aren’t given sensational coverage, making them seem more real and paradoxically more sensational, while the occasional brutal violence is framed like any other scene, and shown in single, mundane takes, enhancing the horror and emotional impact of the actions rather than giving them any sense of spectacle or, conversely, detachment.
This is a film that doesn’t so much attempt to balance the fantasy with the horror and despair of the real-world setting; the beautiful, mystical imagery with the brutal, unpleasant window into human nature. It blends them together into one continuous fable and one utterly believable universe. While being almost consistently dark and moody, it is an enthralling film that even after multiple viewings I find myself returning to for the noxious, bittersweet charm that is still unlike that of any other film I have seen.
Excellent review, Cameron. I really loved this flick too. One if the darkest fairy tales ever committed to the screen and still Del Toro’s finest work. I wonder if he’ll ever better it? I doubt it!
Agree it’s his finest movie – it’s brilliant! Wish we’d get more movies like this one.
Thanks again for the review, Cameron! And thanks for the David Bowie picture – I’m always happy to have any excuse to have a David Bowie picture on my blog! : )
Thanks for letting me be part of it! I’ll use any excuse for a David Bowie / Labyrinth reference!
Thanks! I’m definitely a fan of Del Toro and his films in general, but this one really is something special.
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Despite a compressed, three-year window to develop and test
the lithium-ion battery pack for Chevy's new Volt electric vehicle, experts say
there's a good chance the technology will prove to be durable and dependable
when it hits the streets later this year.
know definitively what the failure mechanisms will be for this battery," says
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GM's reputation is on the line with the Volt. Said to be the biggest program in
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that warranty because our confidence (in the battery) has increased
significantly," says Rob Peterson, a spokesman for GM. "What our engineers
accomplished over a short period of time - when you take into account the
batteries, suppliers, electronic controls, manufacturing and dealer training -
is really impressive."
For engineers, the Volt program has also been a genuine
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Chevy Volt electric vehicle early in 2007, the timing appeared to be next to
impossible. In a scant three-and-a-half years, the technical staff faced the
prospect of studying a new material, building prototypes, working with
suppliers, understanding failure modes and then squeezing years of simulated
life into a few months of battery testing - all while the car itself was still
"In the past, innovation and invention was
done before the technology was assigned to a vehicle," Peterson says. "This was
different. Here, we decided to do the innovation and invention on a parallel
path with the vehicle development."
From an engineering perspective,
the short development time raised questions, particularly where the battery was
concerned. Some wondered if two years of testing on the Volt battery would
provide an accurate snapshot of its capabilities under real-world conditions.
Others asked if General Motors' engineering team could feel confident that they
had correctly identified the most likely failure mechanisms for the battery.
"The danger with a new technology
is that maybe you're testing it the old way - the way that mattered for previous
generations of products," says Steven Eppinger, a professor of management
science and innovation at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "But you're
not always aware of the failure modes for the new technology. It might fail in
a different way. That's always the danger of innovation."
Surprisingly, experts say that the
compressed test period isn't a big issue. The vast majority of engineered
products are subjected to accelerated life tests. "In most products, the kind
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says. "If it's charging or discharging, heating or cooling, loading or
unloading, it can be accelerated."
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say, is to determine which tests are right. In batteries, charge/discharge
cycles are often the key, and those can be done relatively quickly. "I can get
the amp-hours in and out, and I can easily simulate 10 years in less than a
year," Swan says. "If I know that the degradation mechanism is associated with
time and temperature, I can choose the right driving cycle and I can do those
tests at elevated temperatures. If nothing else, it will give me the warm,
fuzzy feeling that I'm getting the number of years I want out of the battery."
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conditions. The giant automaker has invested $8 million to double the size of
what already was "the largest and most technically advanced battery lab in the
U.S." Located at the company's Warren, MI, campus, the lab spans 63,000 sq ft
and houses a growing team of approximately 1,000 engineers. It's also equipped
with 176 test channels, 42 thermal chambers, shaker tables for structural
integrity testing, a battery tear-down area and an integrated test automation
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We consider the microfoundations controversy from the perspective of economic evolution. Although the analogy between biology and economics has been noted before, it has rarely focused on clarifying the micro–macro distinction in economic theory and modelling. The micro–macro debate is more developed in biology than in economics owing to a greater degree of specialisation and a greater degree of interaction between various sub-disciplines. The task for economists is to distinguish between insights directly relevant for economic theory and ones that hinge on unique features of biological systems. We argue that both micro and macro processes drive economic change and that macroeconomic change cannot be explained by microlevel optimising alone. We show that debates in biology about group selection and punctuated equilibria are relevant to understanding economic evolution. The opposition of reductionism and holism is of little use and, in its place, a hierarchical approach is proposed. This allows for both upward and downward causation and interaction between levels.
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4 posts tagged sherlock holmes
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Nicholas Meyer (Star Trek II, IV, VI; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution) talked with Hollywonk recently about the overlapping fandoms of Star Trek and Sherlock Holmes:
Well, Spock is surely another riff on Holmes, isn’t he? In Star Trek 6, he implies that he is descended from Holmes. When the movie played, and it was a very successful film, you could walk into any theater, and the moment Spock said this one line ( “An ancestor of mine maintained that if you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains – however improbable – must be the truth.”) half the audience roared because they got the reference. So that’s how I know Star Trek people and Holmes people have a big overlap.”
Which is only going to get bigger, with the modern-day Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) appearing in the much-anticipated Star Trek Into Darkness.
Star Trek’s fandom is legendary. It saved the show from cancellation, and had Paramount planning a sequel despite an expensive debut film – 1979’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture – that turned out to be less than stellar.
But Nicholas Meyer wasn’t thinking about all that when he met with Harve Bennett to talk about a Star Trek sequel. He just wanted to make a movie. Bennett showed him the first Trek film, which cost $45 million and asked, “Do you think you could make a movie twice as good for half the money?”
Meyer’s response: “Well, I don’t know if I could make anything as good much less twice as good, but I do know they’ll never give me $45 million, so I could definitely do it for half the money.” He actually did it for even less than that, making Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan for about $11 million, as Meyer details in his book, The View From the Bridge.
Becoming the savior of the beloved franchise, as he is considered by many, was the furthest thing from his mind. “I had never seen Star Trek, so saving it, the importance of saving it the possibility of saving it, were not what I was concerned with,” he said. But Meyer did know from franchises, and sci-fi: He had already earned an Oscar nomination for his Sherlock Holmes story, The Seven Per Cent Solution. And he had written and directed Time After Time, in which H.G. Wells chased Jack the Ripper from 1800s London into ‘70s San Francisco.
Meyer gave Star Trek a future by looking to the past – to the Hornblower novels he loved as a kid, and to lessons of his Oscar-nominated Sherlock Holmes story, The Seven Per Cent Solution, and Time After Time, in which H.G. Wells chased Jack the Ripper from 1800s London into ‘70s San Francisco.
Because he wasn’t too wedded to what Star Trek had been, he was able to reimagine it as something richer. Our conversation:
Some highlights, from Hornblower to script challenges, to taking his heroes seriously:
Nicholas Meyer discovered Sherlock Holmes as a boy, and always knew the legendary detective reminded him of someone. But it took a schoolmate’s question — is your psychoanalyst dad a Freudian? — to clarify things.
His father’s answer: “When a patient comes to see me, I’m not really applying any theories, I’m just asking a bunch of questions. I’m curious to know what people say, how they say it, what people don’t say. I’m curious about their body language, are they punctual. I am in short, trying to look for clues from them about why they are unhappy.” Young Nicholas knew he’d found his personal Holmes, an inspiration on many levels. “I said, it’s like detective work what you do. And he said ‘very like.’”
Years later, Meyer wrote a best-selling book and an Oscar-nominated screenplay that imagined Freud and Holmes crossing paths, and now, with Sherlock Holmes fever as strong as it’s ever been, The Seven Per Cent Solution has been released on Blu-ray. Meyer took some time to talk with us about the film, his deep involvement in its production, and how the flaws of Sherlock Holmes are part of what makes him such an enduring hero.
On The Seven Per Cent Solution, and Holmes as an addict rather than the confident hero:
It’s not a Sherlock Holmes story, it’s a story about Sherlock Holmes, which is not quite the same thing.
Holmes was a cocaine addict, and this is a story that tries to account for the origins and also the cure of that addiction. A lot of people said, “ | [
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This work is a continuation of the investigation into the effects of the adoption of an organic farming regime in the uplands, on the dynamics of plant species and plant communities. The work comprises six vegetation trials: three investigating the differences between dynamics of organically and conventionally managed sub-units of each type of vegetation system on the unit (temporary ley, improved hill, semi-natural), two which investigated the effects of different UKROFS approved PK fertilisers on the composistion of improved hill and in-bye swards, and one which is investigating the effect of different sources of external nitrogen inputs on the composition of an in-bye sward. The vegetation was monitored using 1m2 quadrats, surveyed either annually or beennially, depending on the dynamics of the system. The vegetation data were used to quantify diferences in species abundance over time, and as inputs for a community level model. The model used the National Vegetation Classification (NVC) as a reference point for comparison with the vegetation communities identified at Redesdale were placed in ordination space along with fixed positions of the NVC communities which typify these. The temporaral movement in ordination space, of the Redesdale communities indicate the response of each management unit to the applied regime. The NPK fertiliser trials finished in 1996 after 6 years, and the N trial is now in its third year. Although in all trials the sward exhibits a very dynamic response to the environmnet, there have been no differences between treatments. On the less dynaic improved hill and semi-natural (native hill) communities, analysis at both the quadrat-scale and community-scale has shown that the behaviour or organically managed sites appears to be the same as the parallel conventionally managed system. This suggests that environmental and general management variables exert a greater influence on the dynamics of the system that differences between both management regiemes. As monitoring has only taken place over a six year period, it is too early to say whether there are any differences in the dynamics of the semi-natural vegetation. Of particular interest on the semi-natural vegetation trial is the increase (not significant) in cover of Calluna vulgaris on the heft where the stocking rate was reduced by 30%. The organic management system adopted at ADAS Redesdale, has aimed to elevate and maintain a high cover of Trifolium repens on the improved and intensively managed leys. The quality of the organic in-bye swards has been consistently better in terms of raised Trifolium repens and reduced weed populations than in the conventional in-bye. However, the dynamics of these swards appear too respond more to site specific environmental forcing variables than to a particular variant of management regime. | [
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Erumena Amata, who is a 64-years-old woman and a virgin has finally married.
Erumena is the sister of Bollywood actor, Fred Amata also shared some photos about the wedding as his sister chose to do it at the age of 64.
After a lot of people depressed her that she is not going to get a man to marry her because of her age.
This woman didn’t give up, she prayed to the Almighty God to help her and God never fails she has married now.
So she declared this information on BBC News Pidgin that, peoples has been teasing her for not getting married because of her age.
She added that, whenever her friends got married, she becomes happy for them and she always tells God to do the same thing in her life.
Everything year she keeps on encouraging herself that she will spend the last month at her husband’s house.
She said the bitter part is that the child born at her face has grown up and has even gotten married with a kid.
In fact, this woman has suffered a lot as people keep on discouraging and laughs at her every time she had disputes with them.
On her wedding day, she made a speech that she cannot call her friends as bridesmaids or flower girls because of their age so she will rather call them maids of honour.
She married pastor Benjamin Akpoghene Adaiah which took place in Lagos and was attended by close friends and family members.
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Searching for the perfect dog to become your new furry family member is about more than just finding a pup that is cute, available, and won’t break the bank. There are so many things to take into consideration before you settle on the dog breed you want. You need to think about the size of the dog versus the size of your home, how active a dog is compared to how active you are, how low or high-maintenance a dog is and how that fits into your lifestyle, and the age of the dog (if you’re adopting) versus how much care you’re able to give. Of course, having an emotional connection with the animal is important as well, and a big part of that is if your personalities fit. Sometimes, turning to your zodiac sign to find out the perfect dog breed for you isn’t a bad idea.
Your zodiac sign can reveal a lot about your own personality traits and what you really want and need out of life… and that’s all really important to think about when settling on a dog. For example, if you’re a quiet, introverted person who doesn’t like physical activity, you probably don’t want to get a dog that needs a lot of exercise and attention.
If you’re a Gemini, you someone who is seen as adaptable, smart, outgoing, friendly, passionate, and a bit impulsive at times. You have a super charismatic personality, and you love to be the center of attention. You’re also spontaneous and constantly hopping from one thing to the next, never afraid to let your voice be heard. You love to be around others and to feel loved — a dog is a great companion for you.
1. Pembroke Welsh Corgi
A corgi is kind of like the Gemini of dogs: they are affectionate, outgoing, strong, and friendly. They love to be around others, but they aren’t super needy, and they are also smart and fun to be around. These sweet dogs will make a perfect little friend for you.
2. Labrador Retriever
Like you, Gemini, Labrador retrievers are super smart and adaptable, and they are known for being incredibly friendly. What most people love about Labs is that they get along with everyone and they are always down to have fun – sort of like you. They’re also full of energy and will definitely keep you from getting bored.
3. Bichon Frise
As a Gemini, you love to learn and try new things while also having an uplifting energy about you. This is basically the same as a Bichon Frise. These little dogs love to have fun, they’re full of energy, and they’re always down for an adventure. They will keep up with your outgoing side, but they’ll also be down to snuggle when you need to keep things more calm.
4. Jack Russell Terrier
Jack Russell terriers are not for everyone, mainly because they are extremely smart, curious, and full of high energy. But they’re great for you, Gemini, because you’re pretty much the same way. The last thing you want is to get bored quickly, and this kind of dog will definitely keep you on your toes.
5. Golden Retriever
Sweet, smart, and loving, Golden Retrievers are a great companion for anyone, especially Geminis. They are super playful and will keep up with your spontaneous side, but they’re also cuddly and loving for some serious snuggles.
6. Shiba Inu
As a Gemini, you’re the sign of twins, which means you have two sides: you love to be social and energetic, but you also appreciate your downtime. A Shiba Inu is great because they can have a lot of energy for playtime, but they can also just hang on their own. They also have a really pleasant personality that will work for you.
A Chihuahua might be small, but they are full of energy and personality. They love to do new things, explore, and be adventurous, so they’re great for you when you just want to try new things. They’re also very social and friendly, so you can bring them everywhere!
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An airport employee is being charged in federal court with unlawfully entering an aircraft in violation of security protocols.
Blessing Shallome Ndayishimiye is accused of accessing a JetBlue aircraft that was parked at Portland International Airport as the flight crew prepared to depart for Boston on Aug. 17, 2017.
The Port of Portland said the airport worker made “unauthorized access” to the aircraft while it was its gate and passengers were on board.
Ndayishimiye was removed from the aircraft and interviewed by the Port of Portland Police Department. The FBI was notified of the case.
All of the passengers and bags had to be removed and re-screened. The flight was delayed for about 2 hours, according to flight data, but eventually made a safe flight to Boston.
The Oregonian/Oregon Live reported that Ndayishimiye was trying to fly to Boston without having to pay for a ticket. The paper also reported that Ndayishimiye had tried to get two bags into the aircraft’s storage compartment but was unable.
Ndayishimiye was initially booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center as the DA’s Office reviewed the case. The DA’s Office opted not to file any criminal charges and sent the case to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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My family of origin called me Hard-Hearted Hannah because of my ability to contain my emotions. To be honest, that was self-preservation. I learned not to cry after repeatedly being told that if I did cry I would be given something real to cry about. As a rule, I tend to cry more often about happy or beautiful things than about sad things, and even then my “crying” consists of a few tears coming to my eyes and maybe then trickling down my face. But lately I think all my emotions are sitting just below my skin, and the slightest nick can free them to flow like blood from a shaving cut. I have had a few ugly, ugly cries this week. I feel raw all the time these days.
I don’t know if it is stress or anxiety or fear or gratitude or joy. I’m all over the place. I’m trying to think of this as a good thing. As if emotions that have long been buried are now coming to the surface and maybe once this passes I will be cleansed, at least for a while. That would be comforting to know.
But maybe this isn’t a one off. Maybe this is my new state of being. Maybe I know, at long last, I am in a safe place to experience and show my emotions and be myself. Or maybe I have grown in confidence or in self-love and acceptance. I’m not sure. It’s uncharted territory either way, and all the water works have me confused.
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Aspherical parts are installed in various optical instruments. At present, a higher form accuracy is required for aspherical parts to improve the resolution of the optical instruments. To meet this demand, an arc envelope grinding method has been developed. In the arc envelope grinding process, a spherical shaped grinding wheel is used and the form error of the cross-sectional profile of the grinding wheel is transcribed to the workpiece profile. Therefore, the grinding wheel should be trued previously. However, the form error of the grinding wheel cannot be removed perfectly. To reduce the affect of the form error of the grinding wheel, compensation grinding must be carried out. In this work, the wheel path of a new compensation grinding method is proposed for a high NA value of the workpiece. Tests using the new compensation grinding method demonstrate the reduction in the form error of aspherical parts. | [
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The School’s Founder, J. Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) is regarded globally as one of the greatest thinkers and educators of all time.
He did not expound any philosophy or religion, but rather talked of the things that concern all of us in our everyday lives, of the problems of living in modern society with its violence and corruption, of the individual’s search for security and happiness, and the need for mankind to free itself from inner burdens of fear, anger, hurt, and sorrow. He explained with great precision the subtle workings of the human mind, and pointed to the need for bringing to our daily life a deeply meditative and spiritual quality.
Krishnamurti had a passion for inquiry and the pursuit of truth. His numerous books explore the nature of human consciousness and the possibility of its transformation through inquiry and insight. Krishnamurti engaged in dialogue with many modern thinkers, commentators, politicians, and scientists, including Aldous Huxley, Iris Murdoch, Ivan Illich, Bernard Levin, Indira Gandhi, and David Bohm.
Visit the Krishnamurti Bookstore to order books, audio, video, and more. The following books on education are recommended reading for parents whose children attend Oak Grove School:
Education and the Significance of Life
Letters to the Schools – Volume I
Letters to the Schools – Volume II
Beginnings of Learning
Krishnamurti on Education
Below are additional text and video links on the intent of the school:
Krishnamurti On Education – Talks and discussions held in India by J. Krishnamurti with the students and teachers of schools at Rishi Valley School in Andhra Pradesh and Rajghat School in Varanasi.
Because one of his primary concerns was “right education,” Krishnamurti founded Oak Grove School in 1975. The intent of the Oak Grove School is for students to develop the intellectual capacity and skills necessary to function with excellence in society, and at the same time to develop a foundation for inquiry into perennial questions of human life. Consistent with the views of its founder, the school does not subscribe to any creed or ideology. Rather, it assists students in the open-minded investigation of enduring human issues. Krishnamurti maintained that if young people learn to see how they are conditioned by race, nationality, religion, tradition, and beliefs, they will discover for themselves how to be fully intelligent human beings.
Education and Conditioning – Public Discussion 3 Ojai, California, USA – 12 April 1977
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Optimised for use with digital SLR cameras the 70-300 f4.5-5.6 DG Macro lens is an ideal addition to a basic DSLR kit. Capable of macro photography, this lens has a 1:2 maximum close-up magnification at the 300 mm focal length. It's the ideal high performance lens for portraits, sports photography, nature photography, and other types of photography that frequently use the telephoto range.
The Nikon D40 and D40x were the first Nikon cameras without a built in auto focus motor. This has now been followed with the D60 camera. This means that any lens used with the D40 D40x and D60 will need an auto focus motor built into the lens. Many Sigma lenses have been re-designed to incorporate a built in motor, allowing autofocus when used with all Nikon cameras, including the D40 D40x and D60.
This lens is fully compatible with the Nikon D40, D40x and D60 camera which require a built-in motor. | [
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Sister Patrice Marie
At the age of 21, after four years as a registered nurse, Mary Margaret Kelly followed her heart and became a Sister of Providence. One of the great joys of the last 60 years was being a foundress of the Sisters of Providence mission in Argentina, where she remained for 17 ½ years. She returned for a visit in 1993-94.
Born in Olympia in 1928, she attended St. Michael School and graduated from Olympia High School. She realized at a retreat that she had a vocation to religious life, but her mother, a convert to Catholicism, was not so sure. Mary Margaret graduated from St. Peter School of Nursing in Olympia and came to Seattle to complete her college degree with two other nursing school graduates. She entered the religious community in 1954, made first vows at Mount St. Vincent, Seattle, in 1956, and professed final vows in 1959.
Served as nurse in Argentinian oil towns
Sister Mary Margaret spent six months as a medical-surgical RN supervisor at Providence Portland Medical Center, and three years as a nursing supervisor at Providence Medford Medical Center. Next, she helped close down the School of Nursing in Portland as its assistant director.
Named to go to Argentina, she wore a white missionary habit with a plain veil as she served as a nurse in two oil towns, Comodoro Rivadavia and Caleta Olivia. In preparation for that adventure, she spent four months in Cuernavaca, Mexico, studying Latin American culture and language. The experience would prove particularly beneficial in a later ministry in Yakima, Wash.
Earned pastoral education certificate
Sister Mary Margaret returned to the United States in 1980 and enrolled in Gonzaga University’s CREDO program for spiritual and theological renewal, in Spokane. Next was a year’s training in pastoral care services at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland. A one-year replacement appointment at St. Joseph Medical Center, Burbank, turned into nearly a decade.
In 1991-92, Sister Mary Margaret earned a certificate in clinical pastoral education at St. John Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, Calif. “I learned what to do and not do; what to say and not say,” she said. With that preparation, she accepted a pastoral care position at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Yakima, Wash., in 1992. Pastoral care quickly became her second-favorite ministry. “It is special being able to help others, gaining insights into their spiritual life and my own,” she said. “It helps me to grow.”
Sister Mary Margaret later volunteered at a food bank, and as chaplain at Providence Mount St. Vincent in Seattle. Today, she is retired and resides at St. Joseph Residence, Seattle. “That I have been able to be a Sister of Providence is a joy,” she has said. “I wouldn’t do anything else.” | [
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What are steel pipe shrinkage and expansion?
The high frequency of pipeline usage in industries such as construction, engineering, and manufacturing is self-evident. One of the important technologies is pipeline diameter reduction. So, what is pipeline diameter reduction? Firstly, diameter change refers to the change in the cross-sectional area of the pipeline, including two forms of pipeline expansion and reduction. However, when conducting pipeline diameter reduction operations, we must know the specific pipeline specifications and models in order to carry out reasonable design and selection.
1、 Pipe diameter reduction specifications
The specification of pipeline diameter change actually refers to the change in pipeline diameter, usually represented by DN. For example, DN150 represents a pipe with an inner diameter of 150mm. When performing pipeline diameter reduction operations, it is necessary to know the DN values before and after the reduction and compare them in order to reasonably select the size of the reduction.
2、 Pipeline reducing model
The model of the pipeline refers to the material and diameter of the pipeline. Usually, commonly used pipeline materials include steel, aluminum, copper, etc. Among various materials, different pipe diameters are also included. For example, the diameters of LSAW pipelines include 416mm, 914mm, 1420mm, etc.
In addition, the model of the pipeline also needs to consider its wall thickness. Under the same diameter, the wall thickness of pipes made of different materials also varies. Therefore, when performing diameter reduction operations, it is also necessary to pay attention to whether the wall thickness of the pipes can meet the requirements of use.
3、 How to choose the appropriate model and specification
When performing pipeline diameter reduction operations, we need to select appropriate models and specifications based on specific usage needs. Firstly, when selecting materials, it is necessary to consider factors such as the purpose of the pipeline and environmental temperature. Secondly, when selecting the pipe diameter, factors such as fluid flow rate and velocity need to be considered.
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What is the liquid mirror telescope used for?
Liquid mirror telescopes work in a similar manner to regular telescopes, apart from the use of a liquid as the source of light collection. Most liquid mirrors use mercury to obtain accurate views of the night sky.
How do liquid mirror telescopes work?
The concept is simple: spin a pool of liquid and its surface curves into a parabolic shape – by coincidence, exactly the shape needed for a telescope mirror to focus light. Using a reflective liquid like mercury, a telescope mirror can be made quickly and relatively inexpensively.
Why do astronomers use liquid mirrors?
Astronomers often use this tactic, called “drift scanning,” when they make observations with conventional telescopes, because it provides a very efficient way to image a large area of sky. Because they must be kept spinning, large liquid mirrors are prone to distortions.
Is mercury reflective?
Mercury is used to make mirrors becauuse of its strong reflective powers. Mercury and most of its compounds are extremely toxic and must be handled with care.
What do you think is the difference between a solid mirror and a liquid mirror?
The liquid and its container are rotated at a constant speed around a vertical axis, which causes the surface of the liquid to assume a paraboloidal shape. Compared to a solid glass mirror that must be cast, ground, and polished, a rotating liquid-metal mirror is much less expensive to manufacture.
What are liquid mirror telescope made of?
Liquid mirror telescopes are part of the next generation of super telescopes. A liquid mirror is made of a strongly reflective liquid (like mercury, for example) that rotates so that its surface curves and takes the shape of a paraboloid, which will direct and concentrate light to the focal point of a telescope.
When did they stop making mercury mirrors?
Mirror makers stopped using mercury in the 1840s, instead switching to silver nitrate, which is still used today. Purpose of the Mercury: During the 16th century, liquid metals were used in the production of mirrors.
How do you know if a mirror is worth anything?
Often time, there will be a mark indicating the maker and origin. Hand-forged fasteners will be noticeably less uniform than their machine produced counterparts. The material of the frame can be telling as well; an antique mirror will feature wood, wood veneer, plaster composition, or metal.
Are mirrors made from liquid?
Liquid mirrors cost less to construct than conventional solid glass mirrors which are expensive to cast, grind and polish into a precisely parabolic shape. The primary mirror has a diameter of 4 m and consists of a base fluid covered in a 1 mm layer of mercury.
What is a mercury mirror?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mercury mirror can mean: A glass mirror created by mercury silvering.
Is a mirror a liquid?
No, it does not! Probably the idea that glass is a liquid came from observing old window glass, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top. This gives the appearance that gravity may have caused the glass to slowly flow. However, glass does not flow over time!
Why do vampires not show up in mirrors?
According to the mythos, vampires are unable to see their reflection in mirrors, and, surprisingly, the reason why is because of how mirrors used to be constructed. That simple layer of silver is what kept vampires from being able to see their faces in a mirror in the time of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. | [
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I just spotted this new international poster of Percy Jackson 2 Sea of Monsters, the upcoming adventure fantasy movie directed by Thor Freudenthal and starring Logan Lerman in the lead role as the demigod Percy, the son of Poseidon:
“Percy Jackson has had an unnervingly quiet school year. But then he discovers that the magical borders protecting Half Blood Hill are failing. Unless something is done, the camp will be attacked by demons and monsters. The only way to restore power to the camp’s borders and to save their home is to find the mythical Golden Fleece. And the only who can undertake this dangerous quest are Percy and his friends. Embarking on a treacherous odyssey into the uncharted waters of the Sea of Monsters (known to humans as the Bermuda Triangle), they battle terrifying creatures, an army of zombies, and the ultimate Evil.”
There’s also a new amazing trailer:
PERCY JACKSON 2 SEA OF MONSTERS
There’s a dangerous quest ahead, you don’t want to miss it!
The cast includes Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Brandon T. Jackson, Douglas Smith, Leven Rambin, Nathan Fillion, and Stanley Tucci.
In theaters: August 7, 2013. | [
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(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 4. We vehemently
reject the statement issued by Armenia's Ministry of Foreign
Affairs on December 4, 2023, in which it was claimed that an
Armenian soldier was killed as a result of fire purportedly opened
by Azerbaijan, the commentary of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry
on Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs' statement says, Trend reports.
"The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Azerbaijan refuted
the misinformation and bogus allegations, stating that the
information released by Armenia was false.
The Armenian side's bogus assertion is aimed to conceal the
disorder and chaos in its armed forces. Armenia, which delayed the
peace agreement proposals for more than 70 days, is now
jeopardizing the possibilities for normalization with such
With such statements, Armenia also intends to generate fake
tension in border areas and attract the attention of third-party
Azerbaijan, for its part, will continue its peace and
reconstruction efforts in the post-conflict period and will
steadfastly oppose any attempts to undermine this process", the
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Why are BharatPe founders now suing Ashneer Grover
BharatPe founders are not done throwing lawsuits at Ashneer Grover, who had a bitter exit from the fintech major. In January this year, BharatePe co-founder Bhavik Koladiya took Grover to court. Barely two months after that, Shahsvat Nakrani, another co-founder of the company, has now moved the court against the former Shark Tank judge over unpaid shares.
Why does this story matter?
- The BaharatPe-Ashneer Grover saga refuses to go away. The animosity between the company and Grover began at the beginning of last year.
- It took a turn for the worst after his wife was fired, and he was forced to resign as the managing director. The corporate battle has now turned into a legal one with various dimensions.
Nakrani alleges Grover has not paid for the shares purchased
BharatPe was founded by Nakrani and Koladiya in 2018, with each owning 50% of the company. Grover joined the company as a co-founder in the same year. He purchased 2,447 shares from Nakrani and 745 from Koladiya. In the new suit, Nakrani alleges Grover is yet to pay for the shares he purchased and wants them back.
Koladiya sued Grover first
While Nakrani is still at BharatPe, Koladiya is not a part of the company. It was, however, Koladiya who first sued Grover. Koladiya is suing to reclaim his shares. He had to let go of his shares in the company due to his past conviction for credit card fraud in the US. People usually pledge such shareholding to existing stakeholders with a call-option agreement.
Grover did not honor the agreement: Koladiya
According to Koladiya, he triggered the agreement to get his pledged shares back in 2018. However, while Nakrani honored the agreement, Grover refused to do so, Koladiya said. Suhail Sameer, the former CEO of BharatPe, had earlier said he was not aware of the existence of such an agreement. Grover and Sameer had a fallout, which resulted in a bitter war of words.
Grover may lose his stake if claims go through
Grover currently owns about an 8.5% stake in BharatePe. Out of that, 3.09% was claimed by Koladiya, and 1.4% was not vested. If Nakrani's claim goes through, Grover will be left without anything in the company. Therefore, the current lawsuits by the two co-founders can be looked at from that angle - an attempt to rid Grover of any claims in the company.
Grover reacted in his typical fashion
BharatPe has filed a criminal lawsuit against Grover
The two suits by BharatPe are in addition to the criminal suit filed by BharatPe against Grover and his wife. The company is seeking up to Rs. 88.67 crore in damages for alleged cheating and embezzlement of funds. In a recent hearing of the case, BharatPe said there is no possibility of settlement between both parties. | [
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Chevron Patterns are all the rage. This graphic style can be found everywhere from area rugs to handbags! Designers are playing with color and scale to bring renewed life to this classic pattern!
I'm loving it!
over-scaled for high impact handbags
a huge trend in stationary and paper goods
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Validation of the volume of fluid method for free surface flow over a stepped spillway14 December 2010
Stepped spillways are one of the main energy dissipaters in hydraulic structures. In this research work, numerical modelling of water flow over a stepped spillway in parallel physical modelling is presented. The computational fluid dynamics code Fluent was used to predict the main features of flow. This included the determination of water surface, the development of swirling flow, and resulting pressures over the steps. For all the cases considered, the predicted water surface profiles and pressures over the length of spillway were in close agreement with the experimental measurements. This study indicates the capability of a numerical model using the VOF technique to predict the flow variables over the complex stepped spillway. | [
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Pancit- Fried Rice Noodles with Veges and Chicken
- 1(8.8oz) pkg
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- garlic cloves, chopped
- carrot, julliened
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- cabbage, shredded
- 2 stick
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How to Make Pancit- Fried Rice Noodles with Veges and Chicken
- 1Soak rice noodles in warm water for 20-30 minutes. Meanwhile, fry the vegetables on sesame oil.First onion, celery,then cabbage. Then you can add the rest of the vegetables. Fry them for about 15 minutes.
- 2Add cooked meat, fry for 5 minutes until heated through.Add the spices (except paprika).
- 3Drain the noodles and add to veges mixture.Fry for about 10 minutes. Add the soy sauce. Add a little more oil as needed.
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Monday, December 29, 2014
Fallout on Mars Mission
We can send a man to the moon, but we can’t stop his teeth from falling out along the way.
One would think zero gravity would prolong bone strength because of the low impact, but, according to the Academy of General Dentistry, astronauts in space lose bone density and mass up to 10 times faster than the earth-bound. At that rate, a journey to Mars could be long enough to cause tooth loss! (This is disconcerting news for the Mars Society, which is dedicated to Mars exploration and settlement.)
So, why is space so bad for teeth? As the bone repair mechanisms in the body shut down in space, bone thickness rapidly degrades and the body is depleted of calcium. (That’s good news for the Aeronautical Milk Advisory Board.) Once back on earth, though, the problem will stop, but the damage already done will be permanent.
Kinda makes you think twice about moving to Mars.
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I've received excellent care here in the ER, with my primary care physician, and with the orthos for neck issues. Admin staff is very responsive and professional and are pushing for the best possible care in a rural area. Facility looks great with the remodel. I highly recommend staying in town and getting your care here!
I am absolutely blessed to have the opportunity to receive medical care from Cobre Valley Hospital. The staff was phenomenal, the care was compassionate and everything that health care should be. Dr. Miller and Bo were my surgeons (my 31 stitches are hardly noticeable after just two weeks. Zero infections or pain. Little to no scaring). Kresta and Danielle were my caregivers throughout my stay. Exceptionally patient, understanding and an absolute pleasure to be around. BO YOU'RE A BADA$$!! Thanks for the perfect stitching!- Santiago M. AKA the guy who tore a 4 inch hole in his arm during a boating accident
I went for surgery and the surgical staff was extremely kind, and helpful. They answered my questions about the process and explained what I needed to do after the surgery. Dr. Hanson is an excellent surgeon and answered all my questions. Care and concern were constantly expressed.
I go into the ER with excruciating chest pain like I have never experienced in my life at 6am. This ER just wants your money and does NOT care about helping. I got every test done under the son and even the nurses said I probably don't need this done. The doctor visited me ONCE and everything else was done by the nurses. I was there from 7am-5pm and given multiple different medications to see what worked and a X Ray then a CT Scan. I had a conversation with the Dr about the medication I would be receiving after I left and He completely changed it too medications that we already tested out while I was there that did NOT work. I asked to change and he wouldn't. My diagnosis was a complete guess by the Dr. Do NOT go to this ER, If it wasn't for the fact I always fainted in my house I would of drove to the valley. Can't wait to see my bill for absolutely nothing. I am now at my house in the SAME exact pain as I walked in the door. Thanks for nothing!! Crooks
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Hemispheric hypodensity (HH) or ‘black brain’ on CT scan of the head following severe head injury in infants and toddlers.
It is characterised by:
- loss of grey-white differentiation of the affected hemisphere
- loss of definition of basal ganglia (check)
- Involving all three vascular territories despite the vessels being patent.
- HH can be unilateral or bilateral
HH is commonly seen following a non-accidental injury (NAI) to the head. It is particularly noted in the cerebral hemisphere with the overlying subdural haematoma. However, it can occur with accidental injuries too. Based on the HH itself, the mechanism (i.e. accidental vs non-accidental injury) cannot be inferred.
Of the patients seen in hospital for non-accidental injury (NAI), 25-50% have either unilateral of bilateral HH.
By the time a patient with bilateral HH dies, he/she would have accrued other brain abnormalities; as a consequence in these patients pathological changes specific to HH are difficult to ascertain. However, not all patients unilateral HH die of the injury. Later pathologioca examination of the brainsof these patients upon their later demise show:
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HH might be due to mis-match of metabolic demand and substrate delivery. This is because of hypodensity findings i) multiple foci, ii) patuent blood verssels and iii) instances of unilateral occurence.
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Pebble Beach hosts horse show
About 70 riders compete for prizes
Seventy riders competed at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center's horse show on Sunday.
"It's a great place to bring horses and riders. It's casual. You can haul in for the day and allow them to school," horse trainer Benson Carroll said.
Riders competed for ribbons and prizes, like halters and horse-clothing items.
"I did pretty well," rider Sarah Ertl said. "I did a few jump-offs."
The youngest rider was about 6 years old, and the oldest was 60 years old.
Many felt it was a fun competition, which included 4-foot fences and fancy footwork. Riders were able to get their horses to walk, trot and canter.
"There's been a lot of community support for these horse shows. A lot of riders want to compete locally," High Point Show Management Managing Director Marcy Wehde said. | [
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Jesse Leigh Glass Votive Candle
Jesse Leigh glass votive altar candle from Flaming Idols. Jesse Leigh is a non-binary actor best known for their role as Bobbie Yang on the sitcom Rutherford Falls. While Bobbie starts out as a personal assistant to a museum director, they eventually are elected mayor of their town. Jesse says, “It's been really refreshing these past couple of years to see scripts that contain nonbinary and transgender characters who were happy with themselves.“ You might light this candle and look to Jesse for inspiration and guidance in: Acing an audition or interview, exploring your gender without judgment, creating strong bonds with co-workers Candle is hand-poured with soy wax and burns for approximately 10 hours. Glass votives are 2.5in high and 2in wide at the base. Each votive is affixed with an opaque sticker with an image of a person and on the opposite side, a translucent sticker with biographical information about the person. Stickers are water-resistant.
• Made in United States • Dimensions: 2″ x 2.5″ (5.1 x 6.4 cm) • Weight: 8 oz (226.8 g)
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Submitted to: Applied Entomology and Zoology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/2/2018
Publication Date: 6/1/2018
Citation: Machtinger, E.T., Yang, X., Chen, J., Li, A.Y. 2018. Repellency and toxicity of five ant defensive compounds against the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13355-018-0559-7.
Interpretive Summary: Lone star ticks are important pests that can transfer pathogens that can cause disease in humans and animals. These ticks are common, aggressive, and expanding in distribution over the United States. There are public concerns over the safety of common repellents like DEET, so it is necessary to investigate more naturally derived compounds as potential repellents against lone star ticks. USDA-ARS scientists conducted a study to evaluate repellency of several natural compounds against ticks. Two of the test materials, decylamine and MT-710, were found to be as repellent as DEET, but were not as toxic. The results suggest these naturally derived compounds may offer alternatives to DEET and other traditional repellents.
Technical Abstract: + The lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, is a vector of several important human and animal diseases. This tick species has rapidly expanded in its geographic distribution, and its aggressive behavior has increased the risk of tick-borne diseases in these new areas. Repellents are recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for protection against tick bites. DEET is the most common repellent, but public concerns over safety have increased the need for alternative safe and efficacious tick repellents. Several naturally derived animal compounds have been tested against other species of ticks or other arthropod pests, but not against A. americanum. Based on EC50 values obtained using a vertical paper bioassay, decylamine and MT-710 (a 2-tridecanone formulation) were found to be as repellent as DEET, and those two substances along with 2-tridecanone were as effective as DEET at EC95. Lone star ticks were more susceptible to the toxic effects of DEET in glass vial assays than all ant defensive compounds/formulations. The results suggest that these ant defensive compounds are likely more effective as repellents, but do not have the toxic effects as DEET on lone star ticks. Suitability of these compounds for use as personal repellents, as well as on a landscape scale should be explored. | [
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Cleen Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, says it has organised a training for stakeholders from the police oversight agencies on human rights documentation and management.
The Foundation also said that the training becomes imperative owing to the growing rate of misconduct among some security personnel.
This was disclosed by the Executive Director of the foundation, Comrade Gad Peter, who spoke at the opening of the training in Jos,
He explained that the training would strengthen the capacity of the oversight bodies and other law enforcement agencies toward addressing the menace of police brutality and create a robust relationship between the men of the force and the public.
”Cleen as an organisation has been a safety and police-friendly organisation; we have been working closely with the police and other security agencies toward a better policing in Nigeria.
“Basically, this programme is a capacity building workshop for agencies who are in charge of investigations and sanctioning of police officers that have erred.
”What we are doing is trying to strengthen their capacities to ensure that the public know their existence and we are hoping that we will be able to create the desire awareness in that regard.
“This engagement will further enable the ordinary Nigerian on the street not to take laws in their hands when they are in conflict with uniform personnel; rather they will report and when that is done, appropriate actions will be taken,” he maintained.
Peter added that the training would further ensure a more professional, effective police and efficient policing in communities.
He identified participants at the event to include stakeholders from Federal Ministry of Police Affairs, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Public Complaint Commission, Police Service Commission and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), among others.
The Executive Director, who decried the quantum of damage caused by the 2020 End-SARS protest, said that the training would address such issues.
”During the EndSARS protest lives were lost, manpower and other economic resources well, it is something we will not want a repeat.
”This training is important because it will ensure that we have a police that is effective and professional and one that the public will have confidence in.
”This will also enable the public to know their roles and support the police to function well,” he said.
In a brief remark, Mr Tony Ojukwu, the Executive Secretary, described the training as ”apt”.
Ojukwu, represented by Mr Halilu Adamu, the Deputy Director, Civil and Political Department of NHRC, said that the exercise would ensure total protection of rights of citizens.
Participants at the training were drawn from states in the North-Central and North-East geopolitical zones. | [
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