The government today said spectrum allocated to mobile operators could not be shared, but permitted sharing other active infrastructure like antenna and feeder cables that could help companies check costs.
India's exports have shown a moderate sign of abetting despite the fact that the rupee has strengthened by nearly 12 per cent in the current fiscal year. As per the data released by the commerce ministry, export between April 07-February 08 has registered a growth of 22.9 per cent to $138.42 billion.
In a bid to give a relief to exporters from the costly rupee, the government has allowed refunds on tax paid by exporters on three more services- custom house agent service, banking and other financial services, commission agent service provided by an agent located outside India.
The speculation on the government's likely intervention to rein in the spiralling prices of steel and a slowdown in demand has lead to a fall of Rs 1,500- 2,000 per ton.
Investors mostly got a raw deal from the stock markets, with as many as 1,000 companies, including top five IT firms Infosys, TCS, Wipro, Satyam and HCL Tech, collectively losing over Rs 2,50,000 crore in market value in 2007-08.
Videocon Group today said it has bid to acquire Motorola Inc's global mobile handset business. "Yes, we have sent them an expression of interest to acquire their global mobile handset business.
In a landmark development, state gas utility GAIL India today signed contracts for taking over marketing of natural gas produced from Panna-Mukta and Tapti (PMT) gas fields.
Reliance Industries today announced a second gas discovery in a Krishna Godavari basin block off the Andhra Pradesh coast. The discovery was made in the block KG-DWN-2003/1, which the company had won in the fifth round of auction under the New Exploration Licensing Policy, a company press release said here.
Bharti Airtel today said it has successfully tested 3G applications with various equipment suppliers and is all set to start services as and when the spectrum was allocated.
Japanese tyre major Yokohama Rubber Company has decided to set up an automotive car tyre-manufacturing unit at Bahadurgarh. The Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation has allotted 25 acres of land for the project in Bahadurgarh.
Both the precious metals nosedived today with silver declining by Rs 985 per kg and gold by Rs 440 per 10 gm on heavy selling pressure along with bearish global cues, traders at the Bombay Bullion Association said. Gold slided to a nearly six-week low and Silver to a month's low today.
With plans to double presence to 20,000 outlets this year, Reliance Money today joined hands with Canada's Recognia, a leading provider of technical charts for stocks, that would allow its customers to know if previous patterns indicate a future rise or fall in share prices.
For the year ending 2007, Aptech Limited, the Global Learning Solutions Company, posted an impressive system-wide revenues of Rs 390.64 crore, registering a growth of 62 per cent over the previous year on a standalone basis. The PAT stood at Rs 2.46 crore.
Issuing new guidelines on sharing of infrastructure, the Department of Telecom (DoT) has said sharing the active infrastructure amongst service providers based on mutual agreements entered among them was permitted.
"Active infrastructure sharing would be limited to antenna, feeder cable, Node B, Radio Access Network (RAN) and transmission system only. Sharing of the allocated spectrum will not be permitted," the DoT said.
The licensing conditions of UASL/CMSP will be suitably amended wherever necessary to permit such sharing.
Earlier, only passive sharing of infrastructure was allowed by the DoT. Passive infrastructure includes telecom towers, shelters and repeaters.
The move is expected to further lower the infrastructure costs incurred by the service providers.
"The guidelines are aimed on reducing the input costs on telecom access providers which the telecom ministry hopes would facilitate in reduced tariff and increased tele-density in rural areas," the DoT said.
Passive infrastructure may be shared in accordance with the existing provisions of licenses for base stations and unified access services.
For giving financial incentives on infrastructure sharing in urban areas, the state governments shall be requested to charge an amount for setting up of the shared tower, irrespective of the number of service providers sharing it, that is at par with unshared tower.
For giving financial incentives for infrastructure sharing in rural areas, all the eligible service providers /infrastructure providers category-I shall be allowed to participate in the forthcoming scheme of Universal Service Obligation Fund on infrastructure sharing irrespective of the fact they were beneficiaries in the first phase of the scheme within that particular area.
India's exports have shown a moderate sign of abetting despite the fact that the rupee has strengthened by nearly 12 per cent in the current fiscal year.
As per the data released by the commerce ministry, export between April 07-February 08 has registered a growth of 22.9 per cent to $138.42 billion. On the other hand the cumulative imports for April 07-February 08 period were $210.89 billion showing a growth of 30.21per cent.
Speaking about the good exports growth, Ganesh Kumar Gupta, president, Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), said growth in exports shows the resilience of Indian exporters in the wake of rupee appreciation and decline in growth in traditional markets, Indian exporters are increasing their market access.
Exports in February 08 alone grew by 35.25 per cent to $14.23billion, while the imports in February went up by 30.53 per cent to $18.46 billion.
Economists say much of the deficit has been increasing due to high costs of crude in the international markets in the last 3-4 months as the price of each barrel of crude oil has reached $100. The 11-month trade deficit was placed at $72.46 billion against $ 49.32 billion a year-ago.
The rising imports and the widening of trade deficit are being attributed to the country reducing duties in the wake of shortages of many commodities, especially in food.
According to a CII study, exports from India are expected to touch $200 billion by 2009, maintaining an annual growth of over 20 per cent for the 2004-09 period. A CEO survey conducted by the CII on the Foreign Trade Policy said to sustain the growth of exports, the government should continue tax refund schemes such as Duty Entitlement Pass Book, Export Promotion Capital Goods, Duty Free Import Authorisation in the next fiscal as well.
The survey said exporters are looking for new export promotion schemes from the annual supplement, to be announced on April 7. The new scheme would help exporters in getting raw material at cheaper cost and make the Indian products more competitive in the international markets, it added.
The CEOs said the government should further simplify export and import procedures for small and medium enterprises, which contributes a large portion of total exports from the country.
With this, the exporters will now receive refunds of taxes paid on 16 services. Service tax paid by exporters on input services used for export goods is neutralised under various existing schemes. These are taxable services which are directly relatable to export goods and that is why a relief for the same has been given, said a finance ministry official.
Refund of taxes paid on commission to foreign agents has been a long standing demand of exporters, especially from the pharma and textile sectors. They pay about 10-15 per cent commission to agents in foreign markets. This results in a burden of around 1.8 per cent of the export value.
Commerce minister Kamal Nath had announced a refund of service tax for exporters in last year's annual supplement to the foreign trade policy.
In September last year, the finance ministry made the first-ever move to refund service tax paid by exporters on non-input services like those offered by ports and goods transport agency.
In February, the ministry had extended the service tax refund scheme for exporters to three more taxable services, taking the total number to 13. The rupee had appreciated by more than 8 per cent against the US dollar during 2007-08, hitting the exporters hard, though of late it had started falling.
The speculation on the government's likely intervention to rein in the spiralling prices of steel and a slowdown in demand has lead to a fall of Rs 1,500- 2,000 per ton. Even as the steel producers have failed to bring down their prices, secondary steel producers in the region slashed their prices in hope of announcements for cut in import duty and excise duty.
Traders in the region said since last month, the price of various varieties of steel has come down by Rs 3,000 per ton. While price of ingot steel have come down by Rs 1,500 per ton today, MS round price has come down by Rs 2,000 per ton. With the main steel producers set to meet the steel minister in Delhi today, and the government already giving indication regarding a cut in duties, secondary steel producers slashed their prices today.
Darshan Singh, managing director, Mandi Gobindgarh- based Luxmi Steels, said MS round were today selling at Rs 31,500 per ton ad ingot price had come down to Rs 36,700 per ton. "These rates have been slashed by the steel producers here, in a bid to give a fillip to the laggard business. There has been a slowdown in demand for steel in the infrastructure industry because of high prices. This decrease in demand has also led to a fall in prices," he said.
However, there has been no change in price of steel scrap and sponge iron - the main raw material for manufacture of steel. The price of steel scrap varies between Rs 27,000 per ton to Rs 31,000 per ton, while the price of sponge iron vary between Rs 27,000 - Rs 27,500 per ton. Says Amarjit Goyal, CMD, Modern Steels. "Though speculation on a 5 per cent cut in import duty has led to a fall in steel prices today, it will not have a long term effect as the international prices of steel are already very high ($800 - $900 per ton). The secondary steel producers are selling under pressure, by lowering their cost".
Agrees Pradeep Aggarwal, managing director, Shivalik Steels, said: "There has been a decline in demand of steel, leading to the prices being reduced. Moreover, there is no change in price of cold rolled coils and hot rolled coil. The government has to provide for a level playing field to the secondary producers. Thus they should abolish the import duty and lower the excise duty from 14 per cent to 6 per cent, which will in turn lead to a fall in steel prices".
The total market cap of all the listed companies in the country, however, rose by about Rs 18,00,000 crore during the fiscal, counting close to 100 that got listed during the year.
But as many as 1,000 companies, including newly listed firms, recorded a fall in their market capitalisation, while another 1,400 firms managed to add about Rs 15,00,000 crore to their valuations.
Those that witnessed a fall in their market cap include the big names of IT sector, such as Infosys, Tata Consultancy Service, Wipro, Satyam Computer, HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra, i-Flex, MphasiS, Patni Computer and Moser Baer.
Besides, firms like Tata Motors, Dr Reddy's, Cipla, Hindustan Zinc, Mahindra and Mahindra, Zee Entertainment, Jet Airways, Parsvnath, Videocon Industries, Financial Technology, United Breweries, Indian Hotels and Container Corporation also shed value.
Infosys, TCS and Wipro lost Rs 18,000-42,000 crore, while Satyam, HCL Tech and Patni lost Rs 2,000-4,500 crore.
Tata Motors, M&M, Hindustan Zinc, Cipla, Container Corp, Dr Reddy's, Tech Mahindra, i-Flex, Videocon, MTNL, Bharat Forge, Sobha Developers, United Breweries, Amtek Auto, Cadila, Wockhardt, Aventis Pharma, Ansal Properties, Aurobindo Pharma, Mindtree Consulting, Hexaware, Subex and NIIT Tech all lost between Rs 1,000-10,000 crore each.
Videocon Group today said it has bid to acquire Motorola Inc's global mobile handset business.
"Yes, we have sent them an expression of interest to acquire their global mobile handset business. It is in the initial stages and will take time but we are the only one from India to do so," Videocon Group chairman Venugopal Dhoot said.
He said the company's move to acquire Motorola's mobile phone business was in line with its expanding interest in the mobile telephony business. "We have already got licenses for offering GSM-based mobile services in all 22 circles in India and we see a synergy," Dhoot added. When contacted, a Motorola India spokesperson declined to confirm the development.
According to reports, Motorola's non-profitable handset business has been estimated to be worth about $3.8 billion as evaluated by Merrill Lynch.
While Videocon itself is on the prowl, US telecom giant AT&T is eyeing a stake in its subsidiary Datacom, which has been issued a license recently for mobile services throughout India.
GAIL signed a contract with the consortia of Reliance Industries, BG Group of UK and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)- who are the joint operators of the PMT fields lying in western offshore - for buying the entire 17 million standard cubic meters per day of gas produced from the fields.
It also signed contracts for sale of the gas to consumers, including RIL, at the government-approved price of $5.7 per million British thermal unit.
"We have this morning signed contracts to takeover marketing of the gas from this fiscal," GAIL director (marketing) B.C Tripathi said here.
GAIL, which was the official marketing agency of the PMT gas till 2005 when the petroleum ministry gave the rights to the field operators for an interim period, also contracted RIL for sale of 3.6 mmscmd of gas to its petrochemical plants.
On instructions from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) for a more uniform distribution of the natural resource, the oil ministry had in December 2007 scrapped all contracts for sale of gas produced from PMT fields and nominated GAIL for selling it to 'fuel-starved' fertiliser plants outside Gujarat.
Reliance Industries today announced a second gas discovery in a Krishna Godavari basin block off the Andhra Pradesh coast.
The discovery was made in the block KG-DWN-2003/1, which the company had won in the fifth round of auction under the New Exploration Licensing Policy, a company press release said here.
Last month, the company had informed the government that its earlier find in the block was assessed to be commercially viable for producing gas.
The second discovery has been named Dhirubhai-41 and has been notified to the government and the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons.
"We have tested 3G applications at three places - Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore - on a trial indoor spectrum given to us," Bharti Airtel president (mobility) Sanjay Kapoor said.
The DoT has already announced to allot 3G spectrum through auction and the existing players like Airtel are gearing to start 3G service which enables subscribers much faster downloading facility and also wireless broadband.
Asked whether Bharti Airtel has the technology to offer 3G mobile services, Kapoor said: "We have 3G services in Seychelles. Our license for Sri Lanka is for 3G services as well and by the time 3G services are launched in India we will have enough experience. Moreover, we have SingTel as our partner, which has wide experience of offering 3G services," he said.
Japanese tyre major Yokohama Rubber Company has decided to set up an automotive car tyre-manufacturing unit at Bahadurgarh. The Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) has allotted 25 acres of land for the project in Bahadurgarh.
Rajeev Arora, MD, HSIIDC, said Japanese investment in Haryana, which was hitherto Gurgaon and Faridabad centric, was now fanning out towards other regions of the state.
The investment being made by Yokohama Rubber Company was the first major Japanese enterprise in the Rohtak-Jhajjar belt, he said. The cost of this 100 per cent FDI project is estimated at Rs 965 crore. It is proposed to be financed entirely through the capital and internal accruals of the parent company.
The dollar bounced back against major currencies and oil prices were also quoted below $102 per barrel, following which precious metals declined heavily, traders said.
"Technical analysis, till date, is a privilege available to institutions and HNIs and the Indian retail investors have been deprived of these tools so far," Reliance Money CEO Sudip Bandyopadhyay said here.
The addition of Recognia's sophisticated automated technical analysis as an add-on feature on the platform will provide automated simplified analysis that will inform the customer about shift in trends of different stocks in the markets at one rupee per day, he said.
The value-added feature would provide additional revenue stream for the company and it expects about 10-20 per cent of its two million customers to use this facility.
Talking about the expansion plan, Bandyopadhyay said by the end of March 2009, the company would add another 10,000 outlets, taking the total number of outlets to 20,000.
The standalone audited financial results were taken on record at a board Meeting held in Mumbai. The board noted that since the statutory audit of the financial results of Aptech's joint venture Company in China is in progress, the consolidated results of the group will be published by April end.


Below is a guide for Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Pokemon Let's Go Eevee that tells you how to find legendary Pokemon and how to capture them. The method to get them all varies from Pokemon to Pokemon. Players will have to fight the legendary Pokemon before they can capture it. The battles against them will be very tough because the legendary will be around the 50-70 lv depending on the Pokemon.
We will also give you advice on which Pokémon to use to make the battles less difficult and collect all the Legendary Pokémon.
You must be able to use the secret Strong Push technique, which you can use after defeating Erika, and the secret Scivolacqua technique you can get after defeating Koga.
When you fight with Articuno it will be at level 50.
We recommend using the following Pokemon when you fight Articuno: Aerodactyl, Moltres, Omastar, Machamp, Alolan Golem, Flareon.
You must defeat Koga, the leader of the gym in Fucsiapoli, this will allow you to travel using Scivolacqua (Surf).
Use Water Slide (Surf) to navigate to the power plant visible from Route 10.
When you fight with Zapdos it will be level 50.
When you fight against Moltres it will be level 60.
We recommend using the following Pokemon when you fight against Moltres: Golem, Rhydon, Omastar, Gyarados, Lapras, Blastoise and Zapdos if you've already captured it.
You have to collect all the badges from Head Gym and defeat the Elite Four of the Pokemon League, after which you will have access to the Cerulean Cave.
Fly north until you reach Route 24.


A Guide to Separating the Signal from the Noise in Material Handling Automation.
Labor is becoming harder to find, more expensive and difficult to retain.
If this situation has you looking for piece picking automation solutions during your trip to ProMat this year, don't be overwhelmed by all the shiny robotic objects on display at the McCormick Center.
We have categorized picking automation offerings into six "evaluation buckets" that make it easier to focus your energy.
The what: The simplest automation alternative is no automation! Simply having workers travel the warehouse and pick the product is a valid solution.
The good: There is no technology investment cost.
The bad: By definition this category is a labor-intensive way to address the use case.
Pro guidance: This is not a viable, long term strategy if your goal is to have greater labor efficiency over time and/or address the current labor pressures. Next.
The what: Simple technologies like put-walls, voice pick, RF pick and other add-ons can supplement the manual picking process that give some increased efficiency but don't fundamentally change the pick process.
The good: These methods augment and automate parts of it for added efficiency at low to medium cost.
The bad: They provide only a medium bump in throughput.
Pro guidance: It's not enough, folks.
The what: Automation that is physically built into the facility, like conveyors, shuttle systems and ASRS.
The good: A good fit for stable, high-volume use cases with little variability.
The bad: High initial cost and effort of deployment. Invasive installation into the physical environment. With that upfront cost there is also an ongoing maintenance cost and the requirement to hold extra inventory. Most problematic for dynamic businesses will be a lack of flexibility. Businesses with seasonal volume or mix changes and dynamic business conditions will require more flexible solutions.
Pro guidance: For appropriate use cases fixed automation achieves very high throughput and increases labor efficiency significantly, but is only appropriate for high-volume, stable, long-term investments.
The good: Achieves high throughput and high labor efficiency for big businesses that can afford a hefty investment in both funds and time.
The bad: Requires a build out with changes to the physical infrastructure and a potentially long and large deployment investment to get up and running. With these solutions there is also a requirement to hold more inventory to support the workflow. These are non-collaborative, meaning workers and automation cannot co-work in the same space.
Pro guidance: Must be designed to handle peak fulfillment but can be flexed by adding robots, stations and personnel. Again, these systems are only a good fit for high-volume, very stable fulfillment requirements where very little flexibility is ever anticipated.
The what: Collaborative autonomous mobile robots or mobile carts.
The good: Newer robotic solutions are typically lower cost and do not require a physical build out. They assist the pickers and are highly flexible to business cycles and volume changes. Workers and robots coexist in the same physical space and pickers can operate 'hands free'.
The bad: The follow-me, lead-me, wait-wait-for-me dependence create a ceiling for the throughput and efficiency attainable and limits workflow flexibility – the workflow is constrained by the speed of the workers.
Pro guidance: These solutions are a good first step in robotic automation but have a built-in ceiling on the labor efficiencies they can achieve because they are constrained by the speed of the worker.
The what: Next generation technology. Robots work collaboratively but independently from workers in the warehouse.
The good: Robots run collaboratively in the same space as the workers—but workers are not forced to interact with the robots at all. Removing this constraint enables a much higher throughput.
The bad: A picking application is required and the workers are not entirely hands free.
The better: Independent AMRs tick every box in the robotics advantages checklist. Inexpensive. Extremely flexible and scalable. Worker friendly. Optimal throughput.
Pro guidance: Years of materials handling automation has been building to this approach, where workers and robots each operate at their maximum efficiency, with zero interference.
We hope this guide helps you to narrow your search so you can focus in on the best technology solution for your fulfillment operations—and your business bottom line.
LOWELL, MA — February 21, 2019 — NextShift Robotics, a provider of autonomous mobile robot solutions for automated order fulfillment and warehouse materials management, will be demonstrating its unique No Following / No Waiting robotic workflow solution in Booth S4675 at ProMat 2019, to be held April 8-11, 2019 at Chicago's McCormick Place.
NextShift will demonstrate a fundamentally different autonomous mobile robot workflow for material handling. The unique value of the NextShift solution is based on robots that can load and unload containers autonomously. This breakthrough capability allows workers, materials and robots to be treated completely independently within a highly flexible materials handling workflow. NextShift exploits the independence to achieve significantly higher warehouse throughput and dramatic process-based cost savings.
ProMat 2019 registrants can pre-schedule an appointment to see a demonstration of NextShift's innovative No Leading, Following or Waiting robotic materials handling system.
ProMat is the leading conference and exhibition for manufacturing, distribution and supply chain equipment and systems. ProMat provides a showcase for powerful solutions and innovations the industry. ProMat features over 950 solution providers offering the latest technologies driving productivity improvements. There will be over 100 show floor seminars, including town-hall-style sessions on autonomous vehicles and sustainable facility solutions.
NextShift Robotics designs and manufactures collaborative, autonomous, mobile robotic systems that increase productivity in manufacturing and distribution centers. Founded to revolutionize material handling for e-retailers, 3PLs, OEMs, manufacturers, and brick and mortar businesses, NextShift autonomous robots work with, but independently from, warehouse staff to optimize the fulfillment process by increasing labor efficiency, order velocity, and warehouse capacity utilization. Visit www.nextshiftrobotics.com.
Hy-Tek Material Handling, Inc. is the premier single-source provider of material handling solutions for a wide range of industries. Since 1963, Hy-Tek and its best-in-class industry partners have been providing customers large and small with turnkey solutions. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Hy-Tek serves customers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico from offices in Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. Visit www.hy-tek.com.
Lowell Massachusetts, 12-10-2018, NextShift Robotics, a provider of fundamentally different robotic workflows for material handling in distribution and manufacturing recently demonstrated the ability of its robots to climb 8+ degree ramps.
A real-world robustness has been designed into NextShift robots with the understanding that the surfaces aren't always flat and pristine. This is an invaluable differentiator when dealing with the realities of logistics.
Why is that important? Because in many cases material handling workflows must move between buildings or onto mezzanines with open grating. Unless you have a robot that is designed to handle these surfaces and inclines you won't be able to support your workflow.
Often people don't discover this limitation in their robots until they run into it in their facility. Robots without this ability will simply stop, essentially getting stuck in the facility until someone comes to rescue them. Having to rescue stuck robots runs counter to the value proposition of 'robotic automation'.
Next Shift robots don't get stuck. NextShift robots are built for the real world of logistics and manufacturing.
We asked a cross-section of industry influencers, practitioners and executives the question: "What are the barriers to adopting Autonomous Robotic workflows in fulfillment?" and got some fascinating answers. That input helped us create a white paper titled The Amazon Effect & Robotics Adoption in Fulfillment that reveals five perceived barriers that may be keeping you from revolutionizing your fulfillment operations using autonomous mobile robots, along with some insider recommendations on how to mitigate those barriers.
It often takes influential "first movers" to demonstrate the real results that get the rest of the industry going. Of course, distribution centers have been adopting automation and robotics since the invention of the assembly line. Our research shows that a good first step step is to initiate small scale AMR deployments that demonstrate efficacy, then scale up. Happily, AMRs are extremely cost-effective and easy to add incrementally. They can be rolled out with very little impact on existing infrastructure. Companies may start with a small product category or a selected area of the warehouse then scale by phasing in more robots.
What we found was implementing an AMR solution does not trigger expensive infrastructure reconfigurations, physical plant remodeling, worker retraining, and system integration fees. Instead, labor efficiency drives ROIs that can be measured in months, not years. The cost of AMR is a fraction of the cost of alternative approaches such as, conveyors, and fixed automation. Robots and pickers can work side by side, allowing existing (brown-field) DCs to be quickly and easily retrofitted with no disruption in daily output. The DC can keep fulfilling the core business as AMRs are added, something not possible with conveyor or other fixed automation conversions.
Our conversations revealed that initially, vendors provided robot hardware that required extensive custom software programming to integrate with existing warehouse and order management systems. But today's next-generation AMR technology optimizes the entire workflow by managing orders, workers and robots independently for the highest level of benefit. Because of advances in the maturity of the solutions, today's robust, mature, comprehensive software-hardware systems integrate more easily with base systems, are easier to administer, and manage.
Our interviews revealed that some warehouse and fulfillment teams fear that their existing systems will have to be modified to meet the robots' requirements. This is an understandable fear, but today's robotic solutions come coupled with a mature software system. The WMS (or equivalent) sends orders and the robotic system sends back completions. To the WMS, the AMR software is just another picker to send orders to, and that picker sends a notification back when the product has been picked.
In our experience, AMR technology is a major job satisfaction improver that dramatically reduces stress and physical strain on workers, while raising accuracy. This leads directly to better worker retention.
For some, there is a perception that employees and management are predisposed not to embrace robotics as a worker-friendly productivity booster. The managers we spoke to praise robotic workflows as a way to retain core workers while relying less on temporary and flex help. Reducing touches and the human mistake rates that are inherent to manual systems results in higher productivity, process quality, and fewer unhappy customers. Win-win.
In an era dominated by growing ecommerce demands and shortages of labor, workflows must be transformed. The more execs we talk to, the more we find who consider autonomous mobile robots to be the most significant replenishment power-up available to warehouse teams today. When robots work completely untethered from workers and are independent from the orders being picked, each element can be scheduled and optimized specifically. This is only possible with robots that can pick up and place containers without any worker intervention.
We've found that the most common barriers to AMR adoption are largely based on misperceptions that are easily swept aside. Early adopters are finding out how little real risk is involved in adopting game-changing AMR automation. For more about overcoming these five "barriers," read our whitepaper.


#Banting. Wow – what a total way to mess with my head. As a fat person (none of us are blind) I am very well informed about food – all types. Hell, I've eaten enough of it. What I do know is that in my head you always reach for the low fat or non fat in everything. It is like a learned behaviour, and here comes @proftimnoakes and turns it on its head.
My blogger friend, @SharonVW has been doing incredibly well and I am incredibly proud of her…. and incredibly jealous so naturally I had to give it a bash. Okay Sharon is also doing a nice amount of exercise where I walk to @KillarneyMall …. First part was getting hold of the book, "Real Meal Revolution" which was a struggle I have to tell you. I left my card everywhere over a period of about three weeks and the only response I received was from @readerwarehouse in @norwoodmall – seriously.
I started my first #banting week last week Monday. I weighed in this morning, exactly 4kg lighter. Shocked and stunned!
I am still learning, so I cut out all obvious carbs, as well as all sugars. I have always drank lots of water so I have continued but it is harder in winter. I have eaten when I am hungry, and not just because it is a meal time. I have changed all my low fat everything to full cream. I add cream to my coffee, cooking with butter…. eating more eggs than usual, more protein. I have tried nuts which I don't actually enjoying eating but I am experimenting. I have included LOTS of mushrooms and changed cheese to mature cheddar. Also eaten more tomato. Hardest thing this week was walking away from a bar one milkshake at Wimpy!
One week in I am not experiencing wild cravings. I did have one baby tiny potato with sour cream this week and did eat it very slowly and actually tasted it. I realised how I usually just eat and swallow, I don't actually taste every bite… okay except when we were at @budmarsh_lodge a couple weeks ago. I lingered on every bite. So maybe it is a bit like smelling the roses in a food way. LOL The other thing that I have found a bit difficult is only having water, tea or coffee. I usually do drink fruit juice… imagine all those sugars… eish.
Not the most fascinating of blogs I have ever written, forgive me. Between Tour De France, replying to Social Media Diva mails it has been a hectic morning.
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Well done Wenchy! LCHF FTW!
Be prepared…. after the first month, your weight loss will slow and should average at about 1kg per week.
Been the easiest lifestyle change I have ever made…. 25kg's down and counting!
I was hoping for 1kg this week so 1kg a week would be wonderful. Very well done on your weight loss. I am very inspired and proud of you.
Thanks so much Wenchy! I still can't really believe it!
Thank you…. doing my best.
Me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It seriously messes with your head!
Good luck and I'm proud of you.


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Protesters get jail time for pie attack on Jewish senator
By	Dan Klein	 August 31, 2011 6:20 pm
NEW YORK (JTA) — Two protesters were sentenced to 30 days in federal prison for throwing a pie in the face of U.S. Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan.
Ahlam Mohsen, 24, and Max Kantar, 23, both of Michigan, attacked Levin in August 2010 while Levin was meeting with constituents in a deli in Grand Rapids. Kantar read a statement before Mohsen hit Levin in the face with the pie. After being arrested, Kantar acknowledged that his message had been "lost."
Levin, who is Jewish, was targeted because of his role as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He was unharmed.
According to mlive.com, U.S. District Judge Robert Bell criticized Mohsen and Kantar at their sentencing for attacking the senator even after Kantar had been given the opportunity to share his views.
A 2008 article on the anti-war site Information Clearinghouse attributed to a Max Kantar provided a "translation dictionary" of "the unspoken meanings" of terms referring to "U.S. Foreign Policy, Israel and International relations." In it he defined "anti-Semitism" as "An accusation usually used to define criticism of Israel's ongoing war crimes" and Israel's "Right to Exist" as "Israel's right to continue outwardly racist policies … apartheid … [and] a genocidal siege on Gaza."
Meet Lloyd Wolf, a Jewish photographer who captured photos of the Capitol mob
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By	Shira Hanau	 January 12, 2021 10:26 am Updated January 12, 2021 1:04 pm

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This mug is shaped like a golden South American fertility idol giving birth. Lidded with a metallic gold glaze. Based on an actual greenstone carving in the pre-Columbian collection at Dumbarton Oaks. The artifact is presumed to depict the Aztec goddess Tlazolteotl. Scientific analysis by the Smithsonian, though, shows the Dumbarton figure to be a probable fake from the late 1800s. Other scholars are less certain, but express similar doubts. The golden version of the idol was made famous in the 1981 film, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, where Jones retrieved it from a booby-trapped pedestal. After the first run of fifty, the Witch Doctor made a second smaller run of 25 to help fill the demand.


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The unedited version of Mobile Couch 53 in Logic Pro X.
For this process, I use Apple's Logic Pro X, which is essentially a grown-up (and relatively expensive) version of Garageband. For a long time, I used Audacity for this part of the process as well as cleaning and processing my audio files. The key to editing is really just to have an editing tool capable of multiple tracks, as this will allow you to edit each host individually. For the purposes of simplicity, I'll explain what I'm doing in Logic Pro on OS X, but most of the concepts should translate to other multi-track editors relatively easily.
The first, and most basic, step is to bring in your pre-processed audio files, which should just be a matter of dragging your files in from Finder and dropping them in place.
If you're using recordings from multiple sources (like two hosts that record their own end of a Skype call), you might discover that the dialogue is out of sync, causing hosts to be speaking out of turn, or having different conversations at the same time.
To fix this you need to line up your tracks. The best way to nail this is to use a combined recording, which can be made using Piezo or Audio Hijack to record the audio directly from Skype (during your recording session, obviously). This will give you an extra audio file that you can drop in, use to line up your various tracks, and then remove once you're happy.
Once you've got it all lined up, cut the overhanging bits off of the start and end. I'll usually take the time to find the start and end of the actual episode, and cut all of my tracks at those to points, removing the excess audio so that I'm left with just the relevant dialogue.
I find the fastest way to get through the actual editing is to do it in passes. Looping over a 5-10 minute segment a couple times, I first remove all the bits I no longer want, stitch it all back together, and then listening through and making adjustments as I go.
Jake recalls a story about Steve Jobs and his robot factory.
In my first pass, I'll remove any silence from the track that isn't speaking. Because Jake and I record in the same room, we can get a little bit of cross-contamination which gives the audio a bit of an echo. This step also ensures that there's no weird breathing happening while people are speaking.
I should note that I don't remove every instance of those first three things. Sometimes they add to tone, or character. The key is to remove the ones where they stop the natural flow. Sometimes this is obvious (like my giant "um" when I first start speaking), but if you're not sure, leave it in for now.
Performed some pretty major surgery on Jake's story.
Note the three additional cuts that I made without removing audio, and the small part of the pause I removed towards the end of the segment. I make these so I can reduce the length of these pauses, making the sentence sound a little more fast-paced. Again, I don't remove all the silence at these points, all I do is remove enough to tighten them up.
Once I get far enough, I'll stop listening to the audio and go back and stitch up all the spaces between the blocks. To do this I simply drag them all forward and crossfade between them (for Logic you'll need to enable "Advanced Tools" in preferences and then switch the drag mode to "X-Fade" in the top right of your editor).
Don't crossfade into words if at all possible. Leave enough silence for crossfading between the blocks, and if you must (because there was a harsh breath right before or following a word), keep the crossfade short to ensure it sounds natural.
Apparently we lost 20 whole seconds with that edit. Dang!
I'd consider that a huge improvement. I haven't dramatically altered the overall feel of the story, and it sounds pretty natural. I'd almost argue that it sounds more natural than the original. I'll take that as a win.
Once you're happy, you can move on to the next segment, and repeat this process until you run out of audio.
The final version of Mobile Couch 53 in Logic Pro X.
What you should end up with is a better sounding show, and likely shorter too! I cut 23 minutes out of this episode of Mobile Couch, and I didn't even remove any actual conversations. There's a few more tricks that I have up my sleeve (which I'll share soon), but with a bit of practice, you should be able to achieve a similar result.


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In addition, STS supported the development and management of the quality assurance processes for the data collection, including providing planning and oversight of data collection that took place in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan, with over 19,000 EGRAs administered in 1,265 schools. STS also conducted the data cleaning, analysis and reporting writing on the EGRA and SMES survey results.


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Q: A second order non-linear ODE system While doing some mechanics calculations, I happened to produce the following system of equations $$-my'' -mg\sin a(x) + 2my = 0$$ $$-mgy\cos a(x)-mra''(x)=0,$$
Or more simply:
$$y'' +g\sin a(x) - 2y = 0$$ $$gy\cos a(x)+ra''(x)=0,$$
where $r,m,g$ are constants. Here $y$ and $a$ are both functions of the independent variable $x$. Is it possible to solve this system for the functions $y$ and $a(x)$? Since these equations are not linear, I don't know how I should approach this problem.

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Tori has taken to calling me Mommy and she says it about every minute or so. It drives me a little batty, but I am trying to be patient and grin and bear it. She has a lot of requests and lot of questions, which I don't always know the answer to.
On another note, I took the time to fix her doll's wild hair, and she isn't fond of that at all. She hasn't removed the dog tails, but it's coming. She likes the wild and crazy look I guess.


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package reflect.cpp;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.io.StreamTokenizer;
import java.io.StringReader;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Simple template engine. Using the map of values and actions, it builds parameterized strings.
 * The expected forms of the macros are: $macro, ${macro} and (only for
 * actions) ${macro: argument}.
 *
 *
Template tmplt = new Template();
 *tmplt.put("first", "Hello");
 *tmplt.put("second", "World");
 *tmplt.put("to_upper", new Template.Action() {
 *    @Override
 *    public void onCall(Object host, StringBuilder sb, String arg) {
 *        sb.append(arg.toUpperCase());
 *    }
 *    @Override
 *    public void onCall(Object host, StringBuilder sb) {}
 *});
 *System.out.println(tmplt.eval("${to_upper: $first}, $second!"));

 *
would produce
 *
HELLO, World!

 */
public class Template {

	/**
	 * Action called to get a replacement for a $macro.
	 */
	public static interface Action {
		/**
		 * Called for argument-less macros ($macro and ${macro}).
		 *
		 * @param host the host recently set by {@link reflect.cpp.Template#setHost(java.lang.Object) setHost}.
		 * @param sb the destination for the replacement.
		 */
		void onCall(Object host, StringBuilder sb);
		/**
		 * Called for macros with an argument (${macro: arg}).
		 *
		 * @param host the host recently set by {@link reflect.cpp.Template#setHost(java.lang.Object) setHost}.
		 * @param sb the destination for the replacement.
		 * @param arg the argument of the macro.
		 */
		void onCall(Object host, StringBuilder sb, String arg);
	}

	private static class StringAction implements Action {

		private String m_str;

		StringAction(String str) { m_str = str; }

		@Override public void onCall(Object host, StringBuilder sb) { sb.append(m_str); }

		@Override public void onCall(Object host, StringBuilder sb, String arg) { sb.append(m_str); }

	}

	private Map<String, Action> m_actions = new HashMap<String, Action>();
	private StreamTokenizer m_st = null;
	private Object m_host = null;

	/**
	 * Constructs a new instance of Template.
	 */
	public Template() {}

	/**
	 * Clears the current contents of the macro map.
	 */
	public void clear() { m_actions.clear(); }

	/**
	 * Sets the host for the macro expansion. This object will be provided
	 * to all actions called for the template.
	 *
	 * @param host the host for the actions.
	 */
	public void setHost(Object host) { m_host  = host; }

	/**
	 * Adds value macro.
	 *
	 * @param key the macro name
	 * @param replacement the value of the macro
	 */
	public void put(String key, String replacement) {
		m_actions.put(key, new StringAction(replacement));
	}

	/**
	 * Adds action macro.
	 * @param key the macro name
	 * @param action the macro replacement action.
	 */
	public void put(String key, Action action) {
		m_actions.put(key, action);
	}

	private String nextToken() {
		int token;
		try {
			token = m_st.nextToken();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			return null;
		}
		switch (token) {
		case StreamTokenizer.TT_NUMBER:
			final String num = String.valueOf(m_st.nval);
			if (num.equals("0.0"))
				return ".";
			return num;
		case StreamTokenizer.TT_WORD:
			return m_st.sval;
		case StreamTokenizer.TT_EOF:
			return null;
		default:
			char ch = (char) m_st.ttype;
			return String.valueOf(ch);
		}
	}

	private void eval(StringBuilder sb) {
		String tok = nextToken();
		while (tok != null) {
			if (!tok.equals("$")) {
				sb.append(tok);
				tok = nextToken();
				continue;
			}
			tok = nextToken();
			if (tok == null) break;
			boolean block = false;
			if (tok.equals("{")) {
				block = true;
				tok = nextToken();
				if (tok == null) break;
			}

			final String name = tok;
			String arg = null;

			if (block) {
				tok = nextToken();
				if (tok == null) break;
				if (tok.equals(":")) {
					StringBuilder collect = new StringBuilder();
					tok = nextToken();
					if (tok == null) break;

					if (tok.trim().isEmpty()) {
						tok = nextToken();
						if (tok == null) break;
					}

					int depth = 0;
					while (tok != null) {
						if (tok.equals("{")) ++depth;
						if (tok.equals("}")) {
							if (depth == 0) {
								arg = eval(collect.toString());
								break;
							}
							--depth;
						}
						collect.append(tok);
						tok = nextToken();
					}
				}

				if (tok.trim().isEmpty()) {
					tok = nextToken();
					if (tok == null) break;
				}
				if (!tok.equals("}"))
					throw new RuntimeException("Unbalanced { found");
			}
			if (m_actions.containsKey(name)) {
				Action a = m_actions.get(name);
				if (arg == null || arg.isEmpty())
					a.onCall(m_host, sb);
				else
					a.onCall(m_host, sb, arg);
			} else {
				System.err.print("Unknown action: " + name);
				if (arg != null)
					System.err.print(":" + arg);
				System.err.println();
			}
			tok = nextToken();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Evaluates macros in the given template and adds the result
	 * to the StringBuilder.
	 *
	 * @param sb the result of the operation
	 * @param tmplt the template to evaluate
	 */
	public void eval(StringBuilder sb, String tmplt) {
		StreamTokenizer st = m_st;
		StringReader rd = new StringReader(tmplt);
		m_st = new StreamTokenizer(rd);
	    m_st.wordChars('_', '_');
	    m_st.ordinaryChar('/');
	    m_st.ordinaryChar('\'');
	    m_st.ordinaryChar('\\');
	    m_st.ordinaryChar('"');
	    m_st.ordinaryChars(0, ' ');
	    try {
	    	eval(sb);
	    } finally {
	    	m_st = st;
	    }
	}

	/**
	 * Evaluates macros in the given template and returns it as a string.
	 *
	 * @param tmplt the template to evaluate
	 * @return evaluated template
	 */
	public String eval(String tmplt) {
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		eval(sb, tmplt);
		return sb.toString();
	}
	/**
	 * Prints the evaluated template. Shortcut for out.println(template.eval(tmplt)).
	 *
	 * @param out the stream to print to
	 * @param tmplt the template to evaluate
	 */
	public void println(PrintStream out, String tmplt) {
	    out.println(eval(tmplt));
	}
}

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University of Puget Sound Director of Vocal Studies, Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano makes her LMC debut on Saturday, December 2 at the Frye Art Museum.
The other half of the one-hour program will be international performing and recording artist Hilary Field, guitar, performing works of her own composition. Find out more about Hilary at hilaryfield.com.
Le paon (The peacock) – The peacock is described as waiting in his finery for the peahen he is to marry. She does not appear, but his vanity makes him confident that she will come tomorrow.
Le grillon (The cricket) – The cricket returns to his home at the end of the day and obsessively puts it in order, before burrowing deep into the earth.
Le cygne (The swan) – The swan is distracted by reflections in the water, confusing the image of his own neck for a woman's arm. Each time he plunges his beak into the water vainly fishing for reflections he brings out a worm, and so grows fat.
Le martin-pêcheur (The kingfisher) – A fisherman is pleased and proud that a beautiful kingfisher has just perched on his fishing rod before eventually flying on.
La pintade (The guinea fowl) – The guinea fowl is ugly and belligerent, attacking the hens and even the turkey in the farmyard. She occasionally gives them some respite when she leaves the yard to lay an egg out of sight, in the countryside.
*Song descriptions taken from Wikipedia.org.
For detailed program information see our web calendar.
All of our concerts are FREE and open to the public.
Seattle, WA — Wednesday, May 10, 2017 — Top aspiring classical music artists, living, working or studying in 19 western states, will compete for cash-award prizes at the Ladies Musical Club of Seattle (LMC) 29th annual Frances Walton Competition on Saturday, June 3, 2017 at a NEW VENUE, Magnolia Lutheran Church, 2414 31st Avenue W, Seattle, WA. The 15 final competitors of piano, voice, strings and wind instruments are between the ages of 20 and 35. They will compete for 4 solo-winner spots from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and all four winners will perform a free concert that evening at 7:30 p.m. for the public. The day-long competition, featuring fifteen 20-minute recitals, is also free and open to the public. All are welcome to attend this family-friendly day of music. Free parking is available on the public streets or in the LDS parking lot across the street.
The 2017 Competition will feature artists who studied at The Juilliard School of Music, Curtis Institute of Music, University of Minnesota, Guildhall School of Music, Saratov State Conservatory, University of Southern California, Royal Academy of Music/London, Colburn Conservatory, University of Washington, Bard Conservatory of Music, Indiana University, University of North Texas, Western Washington University, Norwegian State Academy of Music, Conservatorium van Amsterdam and Academy of Music of Lausanne/Switzerland, among others. Many have earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree.
Joining competitors from Switzerland, Australia, Korea, Russia, China and six western U.S. states, are local musicians from Seattle, Kenmore, Gig Harbor and Tacoma. The artists will be performing on the piano, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, saxophone and guitar. Soprano and alto vocalists also will be competing. Competitors' cities of residence, schools of study and performance schedule on June 3 follows.
In September 2017, the competition winners will take part in two LMC-hosted statewide outreach tours, visiting Washington state communities underserved by classical music. While on tour, the musicians will present public concerts, school assembly performances and master classes. The 2017 Frances Walton Competition and Tours are organized by members of the Frances Walton Competition Committee, chaired by LMC trustee Gail Perstein. To fund this educational and career-supporting opportunity for classical musicians, please visit LMC's website at lmcseattle.org and click on the "donate" button.
Previous Frances Walton Competition winners include: renowned soprano Heidi Grant Murphy (in 1987), who is in demand by worldwide opera companies and symphony orchestras; award-winning soprano Anne-Carolyn Bird (in 2003), who made her Metropolitan Opera debut in the 2006-2007 season; violist Mara Gearman (in 2003), a member of the Seattle Symphony; pianist Natalya Ageyeva (in 2002), founder and artistic director of the Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle; guitarist Hilary Field (in 1993) featured in the March 2017 Classical Guitar magazine; and cellist Darrett Adkins (in 1993), currently on the faculty at both Oberlin and Juilliard schools of music, to name a few.
Seattle's oldest cultural organization, Ladies Musical Club, was founded in 1891 by a group of 24 women musicians. Its original mission was to foster an appreciation of classical music in the cultural life of the city. Artist performers hosted for more than a century by LMC make up a Who's Who list of classical music stars. These include such luminaries as Sergei Rachmaninoff, Geraldine Farrar, Fritz Kreisler, Marian Anderson, Artur Schnabel, Igor Stravinsky, Isaac Stern, Marilyn Horne, Alicia de Larrocha, Canadian Brass, Emanuel Ax, Beaux Arts Trio, and many more. See the entire list from 1900-1995. Celebrating its Quasquicentennial (125th anniversary) in 2016, Ladies Musical Club is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, consisting of 150 intrepid women. LMC's mission is to foster classical music through education, performance and awards.
For more information, visit LMC's new website at lmcseattle.org.; and "Like" Ladies Musical Club of Seattle on Facebook.
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Each of the four final solo winners will be featured.
The following schedule is also available on LMC's website at www.lmcseattle.org.
Each artist will perform for 20-minutes.
Saratov State Conservatory 2007-2013 Master of Music in Piano Performance.
University of Oregon 2015 – current. Second Master of Music in Piano Performance.
Academy of Music of Lausanne (Switzerland), 2007- 2010: Bachelor of Arts in Music.
Hilary Field was a 1993 competition winner and is a member of LMC. She can next be seen performing with us on October 6 at the Seattle Art Museum. An active member of the club, she volunteers regularly with our Music in Schools program and is currently member of the LMC board of Trustees.


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Top 10 Lovely Anime [Best Recommendations]
9:00 AM April 28, 2016
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Callum May
Top 10 Lovely Anime
Anime can be intense, fantastical and even inspiring. With an ability to present an accurate representation of an artist's vision and exceed the limits of reality, animation is a valuable medium that can make dreams come alive. Where else can you find a sci-fi series about idols and dancing mecha? (That's Macross by the way)
However, sometimes we don't need the ridiculous, but rather, a small hint of fantasy to show us an ideal depiction of reality. These are anime that embrace the word "Lovely". Whether it's a reality where a giant like Goda can get a girlfriend in Ore Monogatari or a reality where country life doesn't just involve racist farmers, anime can take us to a better place. So here's 10 of those sort of shows.
10. Plastic Memories
Aired: April 2015 - June 2015
Starting with a trio of Dogakobo shows, the studio is responsible for some of the best character animation in the business, with directors such as Masahiko Ohta and Yoshiyuki Fujiwara who have worked to perfect the world of comedy anime. However, unlike the next two shows, Plastic Memories' comedy is used for a purpose other than making us laugh. Instead, it's used to balance out the tragedy that's at hand within the very premise of the show.
In a science fiction world, artificial intelligence known as "Giftia" are brought into everyday life, implemented into society as friends, family or co-workers. However, after a certain amount of time, they hit an expiration date and must be deactivated. It's an allegory for terminal illness and we must watch as our main character Tsukasa has to deal with losing the girl he fell in love with so quickly. It's a tragic story but its portrayal of relationships and making the most of our time is absolutely lovely.
9. Love Lab
Aired: July 2013 - September 2013
Love Lab is, as the title of this article implies, lovely. Whilst on the box, it's a series about learning how to get a boyfriend, in practice, it's a series about trying really hard to make friends. With Masahiko Ohta's usual charm that has brought us some of the best comedy series of recent years, Love Lab's series of jokes balance out the tension involved with Riko's constant lying. But the real charm here is the characters.
Of course, Riko is undeniably brilliant and works as the perfect counterpart to Maki, but the steady addition of new cast members (a common narrative technique in high school comedies) plays around with a lot more dynamics, giving the series a wider range of character comedy as well as the opportunity to branch out into its excellent abilities with physical comedy, taking advantage of its status as one of the best examples of character animation in the business.
8. Three Leaves, Three Colours (Sansha Sanyou)
Aired: April 2016 - Present
And as a finale to a wonderful trio of Dogakobo shows, Sansha Sanyou or Three Leaves, Three Colours, is a wonderful slice of charm to the genre of high school comedy series with all-girl casting. We've had the "ojousama" character archetype many times before and in the past, it's often been used as a way to quickly define bullies or generally unpleasant people. However, both Wakaba Girl last year and Sansha Sanyou have different ideas in mind.
Sansha Sanyou follows a rich girl who has been struck by debt and had to learn to live like a commoner. With a lack of social skills and the complete inability to make friends, it's up to her friends Futabu and Teru to befriend her. The show is airing right now and it's something that you just can't stop loving.
7. Invade! Squid Girl (Shinryaku! Ika Musume)
Aired: October 2010 - December 2010
Squid Girl is an icon. Not only for squid kind, but for comedy anime as a whole. Following an invader from the sea, out for revenge against the humans, Squid Girl quickly assimilates into human society as she's quickly accepted. It's absolutely bizarre in the most wonderful way and is one of the reasons Tsutomu Mizushima is regarded as one of the best comedy directors out there.
Comedy anime can often struggle with creating new scenarios and stories for a limited range of personality, but that is something Squid Girl never has a problem with. Each of the characters exist within a huge variety of eccentricities that allows the series to get involved in these lovely character stories as well as these hugely varied plotlines.
6. Barakamon
Kids are assholes. They're noisy, annoying and just sit around playing Minecraft all day. But as I mentioned before, anime has the ability to project a new reality. Whilst this reality doesn't involve dragons or witches, it's just fantastical enough to portray Naru in a way that doesn't make you feel like throwing her off a cliff. And that's what's lovely about Barakamon. Naru is the perfect cure to Handa's personal grudges and darkness.
It's not just a story about improving yourself, but one that shows how country life and opening up our hearts can improve us all. It's a 'Dummy's Guide to Happiness' disguised within an important narrative. There's one easy way to describe Barakamon and thankfully it's scattered throughout this article. It's lovely.
5. Shirobako
Aired: October 2014 - March 2015
I mentioned Tsutomu Mizushima earlier in regards to Squid Girl and his legacy as one of the biggest names within comedy anime and Shirobako only works to concrete that position. In its rare position of being an anime about anime production itself, it offers a view into the studios that make some of a favourite shows and introduces us to the roles involved. But it's not as dull as it sounds and the ability to show this large cast come together is something incredibly valuable.
Whether it's watching Miyamori drive around the city searching for an animator or Zuka going for her next role, it offers a charming view on the anime industry. Not only is it valuable for anime viewers wanting to find out more about the industry, but it's also a really lovely slice of life series that stands up on its own merits as something exceptional.
4. Cencoroll
Episodes: Movie
Aired: July 2009
Cencoroll is amazing. Not only is it a great little film about these extraordinary shapeshifting creatures known as Cenco, but its production is amazing as well. The entire film was a solo project by the character designer behind Tsuritama and Digimon Tri, Atsuya Uki. Solo projects are extraordinary and the ability to animate a 20 minute film by yourself is admirable to say the very least. Uki's direction depicts what could be presented as something dramatic or dark in a really nice way.
It's a monster movie that's delivered in an almost surreally calm way. It's strange, wonderful and extraordinarily creative. It limits dialogue whilst the action is presented through a series of transformations and clashes that you just can't see elsewhere. It's rare to see an action series presented in this way and there's something lovely about the presentation that puts it up there with some of the best anime short films.
3. Silver Spoon
Farm life is hard. Waking up early, feeding animals and checking on crops every morning is enough to kill a person. It isn't really something you wouldn't want to see in a piece of entertainment, but whilst Silver Spoon doesn't gloss over this, it's quick to provide the good size of the agricultural life, even if most of it is bittersweet. The series doesn't require our approval or ask for our investment, but rather, presents its world authentically.
There's nothing lovely about having to raise a pig for the slaughter, but the lessons Hachiken learns aren't just specific to farm-life itself and deliver something far wider and far more important. The relationship between Hachiken and his classmates is something that just wouldn't work in any other high school slice of life and Silver Spoon takes every opportunity to offer something unique.
2. Flying Witch
Magic realism isn't an uncommon genre, particularly within anime, but it's rare that we see a magical element implemented so carefully so as to keep the show grounded. Of course, Majimoji Rurumo follows the same basic premise of a witch staying with a normal family, but the presentation and how these fantasy elements affect a realistic world are entirely different. In this world, the magic side of things is only there in relation to character comedy rather than the narrative itself.
Flying Witch is airing this season and in just a few weeks, it's already taken the top spot for many people. Much like Silver Spoon, Flying Witch is determined to show a world far from city-life, but with the entirely different goal of creating atmosphere rather than something thematic. Character relationships are at the forefront of Flying Witch and instead of it being specifically about her witch powers, the attitude other characters have towards them are what the series is really interested in portraying.
1. Non Non Biyori
And finally, standing tall over the genre of Slice of Life is the exceptional Non Non Biyori. Whenever I talk about the portrayal of life in the countryside, it's always in some relation to this beautiful series. Non Non Biyori has very little interest in delivering a core narrative as the very concept directly contradicts with the series' approach to narrative as a whole, preferring to give us snippets of what are to be regarded as typical moments and allow them to expand into these smaller anecdotes.
With phenomenal background art and stunning direction, Non Non Biyori's atmosphere is second to none. The sounds of cicadas and grass swaying in the wind delivers a noticeable difference from the usual sounds of business that we've grown so accustom to. Quiet is valuable and by the end of Non Non Biyori you'll realise just how important it is to creating an ideal world that you'll want to jump inside your screen so as to never return to reality again. It's so goddamn lovely that no part of reality can ever compare.
So there are 10 of the most lovely anime out there. There's many more that I could throw onto this list as anime is the perfect genre for giving us these worlds and moments that trump reality in every way possible. Let me know what series you find to be lovely in the comments section below.
Author: Callum May
Hi, I'm Callum or 'Canipa' as I'm occasionally referred to online. I enjoy long walks on the beach, reading dramatic poetry and studying philosophy... or I would if watching anime didn't sound way more fun! Usually focused on watching shows seasonally, I'm always keeping up with whatever's new. I'm also always taking the opportunity to promote the greatest anime of all time, Chronicles of the Going Home Club. Watch Chronicles of the Going Home Club. You can also find me on TheCanipaEffect.com
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Q: iOS Swift 5 Realm Results w/ UITableView blocks UI I'm building an App based on the Realm Database. I have a overview screen with 5 UITableViews which are all powered by a Results in conjunction with a NotificationToken. So in total, I have 5 Results and 5 NotificationTokens (each with a different kind of Object).
This overview screen is displayed in the second tab of a UITabBarController. When I run the app for the first time and select the overview tab, it takes a noticeable time till the tab shows (~1s).
What can I do to either speed up the loading time or keep the UI responsive while the Results are loaded?
The Results load all entities of their object type. All are sorted by a "name" key path.

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What can I do to either speed up the loading time or keep the UI responsive while the Results are loaded?

That depends where that time is being spent.
1. Large Realm file
If the Realm file is large, memory-mapping it may be a computationally-expensive operation. If this is the case, you could use Realm.asyncOpen(...) to asynchronously open the file on a background queue, delivering the opened Realm on the given callback queue (e.g. main queue).
2. Large Number Of Objects
If you have a very large number of objects, perhaps you could restructure your data model to reduce that number?
For example, say you have an isDeleted boolean property on your model, and you manually synchronize those delete operations in your RESTful web API at a later time when your app has connectivity. Instead of keeping all those objects, you could have a new model (e.g. WebOperation) containing just the information you need to perform that operation rather than the full object (e.g. {operation: 'delete', id: '1234'}.
3. Computationally-Expensive Query
If either (or all) of your queries are computationally expensive, you could perform them asynchronously on a background thread. By adding a notification block to a Realm collection (e.g. a Results), if you don't access the Results synchronously, the notification block will run the query in the background, delivering the Results in an .initial notification on the originating thread only when the query has been evaluated, which offloads the query operation to a background thread, freeing up your UI thread.
4. Under-Optimized Query
Some queries are faster than others. Experiment with different ways to structure your query, measure and compare the results. Pick the most efficient variant.


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Jennifer Lopez: 15 Facts You Didn't Know (Part 1)
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Jennifer Lopez has had a career spanning more than two decades, and she's still going strong. While much of this singer's life has been put on display to the public, there are still some rare and little-known facts that most people don't know. Here, we present 15 things you probably didn't know about Jennifer Lopez. Check out part one below, and stay tuned for part two, coming soon!
Number Fifteen: Jennifer Lopez Was a Successful Actor Before She Became a Singer
Remember Selena? The 1997 film launched Lopez to fame long before she became famous for singing. Before she forayed into singing, some critics were skeptical that she would be able to make it in the music industry. Oh, how wrong those critics were.
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Number Twelve: She Is an Executive Producer for the ABC Family Series The Fosters. As if you weren't convinced this star was talented enough, she's also an executive producer! The series premiered in 2013, and the show revolved around a lesbian couple who are raising biological, adopted and, of course, foster children.
Number Eleven: She Will Star in a Cop Drama. In case you haven't seen the advertisement, Lopez will star in a series called Shades of Blue, set to premiere in early 2016. Her character's name will be Detective Harlee Santos.
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Number Nine: Fame Runs in Her Family. Jenny from the block isn't the only famous Lopez sister! Her sister, Leslie, is a talented opera singer, and her younger sister Lynda has worked as an NBC news affiliate in New York.
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