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Oil Leaks, Tuning Issues, and Proper Crankcase Ventilation
by moore1 | Apr 4, 2018 | Engine Builds, News, Racing Matters | 4 comments
By Gordon Young: Is improper control of blow-by gases in your crankcase causing problems in your engine? If any of these questions below sound familiar, then read on. "Why does my engine leak oil? I took care when fitting the gaskets and seals." "Why do my valve covers persistently display oil around the breathers?" "Why does my car smell oily?" "Why can't I perfect my idle tuning?" Imagine a small tailpipe constantly pumping combustion byproducts into your engine's crankcase. In effect, this is what is happening when your engine is running. Blow-by gases entering the crankcase by leaking past the pistons and rings during the combustion process need proper evacuation. If left unchecked, they cause numerous side effects, inducing engine problems that may seem unrelated. Side effect #1: Crankcase pressure ("My engine leaks oil") The job of the Positive Crankcase Ventilation (PCV) system is to remove blow-by gasses from the crankcase by vacuum and recirculate them via the intake manifold to be burned in the engine. If the engine is producing blow-by gases faster than the PCV system can dispose of them, an increasing surplus becomes trapped in the crankcase, causing excess pressure and, inevitably, oil leaks. Even the most carefully sealed gaskets leak when confronted by rising internal crankcase pressure. A properly functioning PCV system will expel the gases from the crankcase faster than the engine produces them. In addition, the low-level vacuum draws in fresh air to the crankcase from the crankcase breather. In 99% of normal driving conditions, this is how a properly functioning PCV system works. Obviously, the gasket's job is made easier when the crankcase...
Vintage class winner: EMC attracts unexpected 600,000 views
by moore1 | Oct 31, 2017 | Engine Builds, News, Racing Matters, Top Stories | 3 comments
By Alfie Bilk: Jon Kaase has won this year's Amsoil Engine Masters Challenge Vintage class with a 473ci 1958 MEL (Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln) engine. Exploring the classic turf in distinctive fashion, it was not the first time Kaase had arrived with an unorthodox relic endowed with bewildering technology. Held annually in early October at the University of Northwestern Ohio, his entry produced 770hp with torque never less than 630lb-ft during the entire scored rpm range of 3,700-6,200rpm. The engine's peak torque was recorded at 715lb-ft. Earning a check in the sum of $13,700, it was Kaase's seventh victory at the prestigious affair, which coincided a few days before his sixty-fifth birthday. This year's Vintage rules specified factory cast iron cylinder heads and prohibited welding or the application of epoxy to the ports. Also, it was stipulated that the engine block must retain its original bore spacing and original block deck angle. A further constraint for Kaase was the fact that he had to return the MEL block to its owner, Royce Brechler, in a functioning condition. The origins that preceded the workings of a bright mind MEL engines had wedge-shaped combustion chambers formed between a flat cylinder head surface and an angle-milled block deck angle that was ten degrees off square with the bore axis. The piston crown determined the compression ratio and combustion chamber shape—a concept similar to Chevrolet's 409, a design also introduced originally in 1958. Yet to each cylinder head deck, Kaase added four slugs of round bronze bar stock by counter-boring the heads to accept them. Measuring 4.600in diameter and 1.250in tall and protruding downwards, each set...
What is core shift and why is it detrimental?
by moore1 | Sep 8, 2017 | Engine Builds, News, Racing Matters | 1 comment
How a clever concept remedied misalignment in competition engine blocks – By Archie Bosman: No other engine deficiency would have irritated racers, particularly professional drag racers of the last century, like core shift. A bitter source of anguish, they would describe it in a way not easily forgotten. "We used mostly Hemi blocks," commented "Mongoose" McEwen. "Often we would test fifteen-to-twenty blocks before finding one with consistent cylinder wall thickness. Keith Black had a method of measuring them, which typically demonstrated core-shift variations from around 0.090in or 0.100in to 0.040in. Consequently, if we raced those engines, the severity of the internal pressures usually split the cylinder walls." As you can guess, the impediment of core shift didn't debilitate just the racing Hemi; Funny Car racer "Wild Wilfred" Boutilier's reject ratio with big-block Chevrolets was similar. So there they were pencil and pad in hand, slavishly enumerating cylinder wall thicknesses, one engine block at a time. The term core shift relates to the deviation of a foundry core during the casting process. That is to say, the core moves from its original position, perhaps as a result of inaccuracies in the machining process or the setting of the mold, and leads to alignment problems when the mold is closed. Mold temperatures or pressure differentials on opposing mold walls also cause deflections of the cores. Whatever the cause, the result is evidenced by undesirable variations in wall thickness, which affects the final shape and, thus, the mechanical performance of the part. The Remedy: The problem has now been resolved by substituting multiple conventional foundry segmented cores with a one-piece major core....
Hammerhead Hemi peaks 928hp: 427ci SB Ford
by moore1 | Jun 9, 2017 | Engine Builds, News, Racing Matters | 11 comments
By Freddie Heaney: The sound of the dyno approaching 8,000rpm was almost ear splitting. It was the first Friday of June and sitting in an open wooden-framed space at Charlie Pepper's engine shop in Auburn, near Atlanta, Greg Brown's innovative Hemi heads on a Man O' War 427ci small-block Ford peaked at 928hp at 7,700rpm and generated a maximum torque figure of 674.0lb ft at 6,000rpm. Watch the video. When first tested in mild street form with around 9.5:1 compression ratio the combination yielded 602hp. Quite the accomplishment for unique and previously untested cylinder head designs. But it was not the main event nor might this be. Now, around six months later and using ported heads and intake manifold, higher compression ratio and bigger carburetor, but still employing the same stock-size valves (2.200-inch intake and 1.650-inch exhaust) the engine began the afternoon tests by generating peak power figures in the 850hp range. But with incremental timing and carburetion adjustments it eventually made its way up to a mighty 928 horsepower. Inevitable, I asked? "No, not at all, replied Brown. "Though we increased the flow in the ports from 382cfm / 260cfm to 435cfm / 290 (inlet and exhaust respectively), I would have been happy with peak horsepower numbers of around 850. Remember, ninety percent of all high performance wedge-style cylinder heads rarely exceed 800hp." Of even greater significance, perhaps the 1250cfm Dominator-style carburetor had proved to be too small during the tests and will be replaced by another that's capable of generating air flow of around 1450cfm. Was the 1250 carb an ill-advised choice perhaps? "No," said Brown, "this...
Harmonic balancers: Free advice on selecting them
by moore1 | Jul 26, 2016 | Engine Builds, News, Racing Matters, Tech How-To | 2 comments
By Archie Bosman: It's easy to underestimate the cost of a deficient harmonic balancer. But they can have a profound effect on the fortunes of the able race engine—a natural enemy of crank and bearings. With the engine running, camshafts and crankshafts vibrate torsionally (in twist) and, as the saying goes, for every action there's a reaction. Camshafts are affected by the forces related to the opening and closing of the valves while crankshafts by the combustion events. Each time the cylinders fire, torque is imparted to the crank, causing deflections—twisting it as much as 2 degrees. All of this partially complicates the timing of the valve openings as well as the cam and ignition timing to say nothing of the oppressive conditions in which the crank operates. As a result of the vibrations and deflections in both shafts, a harmonic balancer or damper is connected to the crank to absorb them. Vibrations are at their highest when furthest from the flywheel. Hence dampers are mounted on the front of the crank. Yet, on historic and vintage race engines often there was no provision at the front of the crank to mount a damper. Consequently, they might use a custom elastomer or tunable pendulum damper at the rear of the crank near the clutch. Resonance At certain engine speeds the torques imparted by the cylinders are in sync with the vibrations in the crankshaft, which results in a potentially destructive phenomenon known as resonance. This resonance can cause stress beyond what the crank can endure, resulting in crankshaft failure due to fatigue. Robert Bartlett of the noted historic...
Motown LS: Unfamiliar hybrid
by moore1 | Mar 25, 2016 | Engine Builds, News | 0 comments
By Sam Logan: What's the motivation for adapting LS cylinder heads to a small-block Chevrolet engine? Why not just go out and buy a used LS-series? It's a modern power unit; it's bestowed with high flowing heads, it's readily available and it's affordable…all the benefits you could desire. Except there's a catch—the inconvenient fact is there's a ton of work required to get it installed properly, coupled to appreciable expenditures. If you are empowering any pre-1990s Muscle car with an LS-series engine it is usually not a simple swap. And it's not just exploring engine and transmission mounting solutions and clutch actuation, but there are EFI and ignition considerations, a fuel system design as well as numerous cooling and engine accessories questions to resolve. The fact is that mounting a pair of LS-series cylinder heads on a small-block is a much more practical solution. Likely, the most interesting new engine for 2016 will be the Motown LS. Under the insightful command of Dick Boyer, the architect of the last year's 454 Man O' War Ford block, World Products committed to foundry tooling expenses for the production of such a hybrid. It is unique. Weighing 210lb and employing standard LS deck height, the Motown LS is a cast iron small-block that accepts LS-series cylinder heads. Boyer's uncommon design made its first appearance in public at December's PRI show. Available in two versions, a street-strip and a race variant, he had displayed the former although not yet tested. When tested the 427cu in engine generated just under 640hp at 6,400rpm. Not bad for a street-based engine. The drag race version uses...
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Scouting the game: Division II state final Massillon vs. Hoban
Chris Easterling IndeOnline.com Sports Editor
Nov 29, 2018 at 10:00 AM Nov 29, 2018 at 12:53 PM
A breakdown of tonight's state title game featuring the Tigers and Knights, who are both 14-0
WHEN: Tonight, 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton
RECORDS: Massillon 14-0; Hoban 14-0
LAST WEEK: Massillon 41, Winton Woods 20; Hoban 42, Avon 7
HEAD COACHES: Massillon - Nate Moore; Hoban - Tim Tyrrell
SERIES: Massillon leads the series, which dates back to 2011, 1-0
LAST MEETING: Massillon defeated Hoban 38-16 at InfoCision Stadium in Week 6 of the 2011 season.
THREE TIGER KEYS:
1. Seize the moment: Massillon's players have spent all season talking about the goal of playing 15 weeks. Well, 15 weeks has arrived. The Tigers have, for the most part, been able to handle whatever the season has thrown at them. Now comes the biggest moment yet: A highly-anticipated state championship matchup against the three-time reigning champion in Hoban. Two 14-0 teams which have been on a virtual collision course all season. For Massillon to pull off the victory and claim its first state title in the playoff era, it has to be ready to go from the very first kickoff. Any inch given to the Knights could easily turn into a mile lost.
2. Trench life: Hoban's offensive line has been one of its strongest points not only this season, but through its four-year run of title-game appearances. Massillon's offensive line, on the flip side, has been one of its strongest points as this season has unfolded. Both teams boast big, aggressive and deep defensive lines which figure to test the offensive lines against which they square off. So, the task is simple. Whichever offensive line handles that test best figures to be the one which will help they and their teammates hold up the Division II state championship trophy at the end of the evening.
3. Minimize the miscues: Massillon has the talent to compete with Hoban. Its defense has answered the bell game after game throughout the season, while its offense has the kind of balance necessary to go at the outstanding Knights defense. Nothing will go farther toward derailing the Tigers' title hopes than an ill-timed miscue, whether it be a penalty or a turnover. Massillon can't give Hoban short field thanks to giveaways, nor can it lose the hidden-yardage battle because of errors in judgment. A perfect game isn't necessary to win the state championship. A reasonably clean game, however, probably is required.
STATS AND FACTS: The only time these two teams have met, it came on a chilly, windy and rainy night in InfoCision Stadium in the middle of the 2011 season. Massillon was on its way to a 7-3 record, missing out on the playoffs due to a heart-breaking loss to McKinley, while Hoban was staring down a 1-9 campaign. ... Massillon's 14 wins this season is a school record, breaking the 2005 state runner-up team's old mark of 13. It's also continues the best start in school history. ... Hoban's 14-0 record is also its best start in school history. The Knights are currently on a 28-game win streak, while they have won 56 of their last 59 games. ... In the last three games, Massillon has been lethal over the last three minutes or so of the first half. The Tigers scored a touchdown with one second left in the half against Whitehall-Yearling; two touchdowns in the final 3:12 of the half against Wadsworth; and two touchdowns in the final 40 seconds of the half against Winton Woods. That's a 35-0 advantage for Massillon. ... That run hasn't just featured offense. Kyshad Mack had a kickoff return for a score with 3:12 left in the half against Wadsworth, while Max Turner had an interception return for a touchdown with 21 seconds left in the half against Winton Woods. ... Speaking of Turner, that pick-6 gave him three on the season, which is ties Billy Relford's career record in that department. Turner has six picks on the season, and nine for his career. ... The focus this week has obviously been on the loss of Jamir Thomas to an ankle injury. That injury, though, will now open the door for junior Zion Phifer, who has been Thomas' comrade-in-arms in the backfield the last two seasons. Phifer has 623 yards and seven touchdowns on 126 carries this season, including a 15-carry, 76-yard, two-score fourth quarter against Winton Woods. ... Dean Clark once again had a two-way performance in the playoffs. A week after a two-catch, 32-yard, one-score offensive performance matched with an interception on defense against Wadsworth, Clark had six catches for 71 yards, as well as a fumble recovery, in the win over Winton Woods. ... After starting 2-of-9 for 13 yards in the state semifinals, Aidan Longwell was a very efficient 12-of-18 for 197 yards with a touchdown and an interception the rest of the game. He finished 14-of-27 for 210 yards with the score and the pick. ... Mack has seven solo tackles and one forced fumble to lead Massillon defensively. Clark added five solo and three assisted tackles, plus a tackle for loss, a pass break-up and the aforementioned fumble recovery. ... Tyris Dickerson is Hoban's workhorse running back, with 206 carries for 1,896 yards and 27 touchdowns. But, if Dickerson ever needs a break, Deamonte Trayanum is there with 1,231 yards and 25 touchdowns on just 89 carries. ... As good as the highly-sought-after junior Trayanum is on offense, his best position may still be on defense. He anchors the Knights' excellent defense from a safety spot. ... Sophomore Shane Hamm has completed 102-of-157 passes for 2,008 yards and 12 touchdowns. A year ago as a freshman in the Division II title game against Winton Woods, Hamm was sensational by going 8-of-13 for 243 yards with four touchdowns, while also rushing nine times for a team-high 57 yards. ... Mason Tipton has almost half of Hoban's 2,243 receiving yards this season. Tipton has 1,021 yards and four scores on 45 catches. ... Caden Clark, who went to junior high at Massillon, is second on the team with 27 catches for 601 yards and eight scores. Clark, a verbal commit to Alabama, is also a standout on the defensive line. ... Hoban's offensive line is massive, anchored by 6-foot-4, 305-pound left tackle Nolan Rumler, a Michigan commit, and 6-5, 340-pound left guard Walter Ganous. ... Matt Salopek, a Miami (Ohio) commit, is one of the leaders in the secondary at free safety. ... When Avon scored its lone touchdown against Hoban in the third quarter of the state semifinals, it marked the first second-half points allowed by the Knights since Week 4 (Ursuline). A Week 6 42-14 win over Benedictine marks the last time Hoban has allowed double digits in a game.

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What's your position on queuing?
I refuse to queue for nightclubs. My girlfriends and I, walked away from "Radio" in Aldwych, because we had to queue just to have drinks.
But for some bizarre reason queueing around Westbourne Grove in search of brunch, is perfectly acceptable on a weekend afternoon!
A couple of Sundays ago, post bake-sale, we wondered around Westbourne Grove in search of a cool spot for breakfast. Everywhere was busy, the weather was scorching hot!
Bloody French, Granger & Co, Daylesford ...all packed.
For some reason we didn't mind standing in the queue for 202, though.
There was a breeze and they very kindly offered us a glass of water, while we were standing there too.
It must have been our good mood from a smiley Sunday morning ...hmm.
Their avocado vinaigrette was wonderful. It has become a usual on our daily eats at home, with a hint of garlic - perfect!
And as a a fan of fresh, homemade lemonade - their retro version was cool and subtle!
Now, although I'm not a big fan of sausages, their little Italian stogies were rich and spicy and the perfect accompaniment to picture-perfect eggs!
Who would have thought that at the back of a bookshop hides such a lovely brunch spot?


British Waterways is important as an organisation due to the way in which waste was historically delivered to the Rattlechain site via the canals that surrounded the Trinity Street Factory. Of specific concern is the use of shovels, barrows and planks to load and unload barges, and the extent of any toxic waste spillage into the canal system.
Our questions mainly cover dredging operations involving the organisation and issues of local history along the Birmingham Canal Navigations.
British Waterways maintained not just the canals, but the buildings, locks and other structures associated with the canals, and in particular, clearing canals by dredging silt that had built up within them.
"Until July 2012 British Waterways was the public corporation that cared for the 2,200-mile network of canals and rivers in England, Scotland and Wales. Its role was to ensure that the waterways could be used for all to enjoy, now and for many years to come.


A week or so ago (in this thread)Munawwar introduced me to Arduino. Arduino is an open source hardware and software microcontroller development platform -- and it is simply fantastic.
Developer Innumeracy: The Exabytes are comming!
Coming from a Mathematics background I have always prided myself on a keen interest in "theory". Generally speaking if you understand the theory then the techniques are pretty easy to pick up.
I don't know if this was posted previously or not but I think this was an interesting talk by Jesse Schell about the future... a place that I really really really don't want to live.
People have always categorized me, given my interests in mathematics and programing, as "Left Brained". Often this is in contrast to their own right-brain artistic tendencies. Generally I don't mind but recently my analytical minds has been questioning this label.


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Celebrating its bicentennial in 2019, Memphis has long been marked by a certain baroque, ruined quality both sad and beguiling. But the city these days feels re-energized. Neighborhoods once downtrodden and abandoned – South Main, Binghampton, Crosstown and others – are being reinvented with kitschy boutiques, hipster lofts, daring restaurants, welcoming microbreweries and design-minded revamps of old buildings, all dripping with Memphis' wild river-town spirit. Poverty is still prevalent, and some neighborhoods are considered unsafe at night, but the vibe overall is one of optimism and local pride.
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Angel of Yahweh
Angel of Elohim
Possible christophany
The (or an) angel of the LORD (מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה malakh YHWH "messenger of Yahweh") is an entity appearing repeatedly in the Tanakh (Old Testament) on behalf of God (Yahweh).
The term malakh YHWH, which occurs 65 times in the text of the Hebrew Bible, can be translated either as "the angel of the Lord" or "an angel of the Lord". The King James Version usually translates it as "the angel of the LORD"; less frequently as "an angel of the LORD". The Septuagint (LXX) sometimes uses ἄγγελος Κυρίου (an angel of the Lord), sometimes ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου (the angel of the Lord): in Genesis 16:7-11, it gives first the form without the Greek article, then, in all the subsequent mentions with the article, as in the anaphoric use of the article.
A closely related term is "angel of God" (mal'akh 'Elohim), mentioned 12 times (2 of which are plural). Another related expression, Angel of the Presence, occurs only once (Isaiah 63:9).
The New Testament uses the term "angel of the Lord" (ἄγγελος Κυρίου) several times, once (Luke 1:11–19) identified with Gabriel. See also: Archangel Gabriel
Examples of use of the Hebrew term מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה are found in the following verses, here given in the King James Version translation:
Genesis 16:7–14. The angel of the Lord appears to Hagar. The angel speaks as God in the first person, and in verse 13 Hagar identifies "the LORD that spake unto her" as "Thou God seest me".
Genesis 22:11–15. The angel of the Lord appears to Abraham and refers to God in the first person.
Exodus 3:2–4. The angel of the Lord appears to Moses in a flame in verse 2, and God speaks to Moses from the flame in verse 4.
Numbers 22:22–38. The angel of the Lord meets the prophet Balaam on the road. In verse 38, Balaam identifies the angel who spoke to him as delivering the word of God.
Judges 2:1–3. An angel of the Lord appears to Israel.
Judges 6:11–23. An angel of the Lord appears to Gideon, and in verse 22 Gideon fears for his life because he has seen an angel of the Lord face to face.
Judges 13:3–22. The angel of the Lord appears to Manoah and his wife and, in verse 16, tells them to offer to the LORD if they are to make an offering ("And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah […] if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD."). Later Manoah thought he and his wife will die for they "have seen God"
Zechariah 1:12. The angel of the Lord pleads with the Lord to have mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah.
Zechariah 3:4. The angel of the Lord takes away the sin of the high priest Joshua.
The Greek translation of the Old Testament known as the Septuagint translates the Hebrew phrase מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה as ἄγγελος Κυρίου, "angel of the Lord" or as ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου, "the angel of the Lord". "Owing to the Hebrew idiom, this may mean no more than 'an angel of God', and the Septuagint renders it with or without the article at will."
The KJV and NKJV capitalize "Angel" in the Old Testament references to "the Angel of the Lord", while using lower-case "angel" in the Old Testament references to "an angel of the Lord" (and in the New Testament references). Most versions, including NASB, RSV, ESV, etc., do not capitalize "angel" in the mentions of "angel of the Lord".
The term "angel of God" (Heb. mal'akh 'Elohim) occurs 12 times (2 of which are plural). The following are examples:
Genesis 31:11. The angel of God calls out to Jacob in a dream and tells him "I am the God of Bethel".
Exodus 14:19. The angel of God leads the camp of Israel, and also follows behind them, with the pillar of fire.
Judges 13:9. The angel of God approached the wife of Manoah after the Lord heard Manoah.
In addition, there are mentions of God "sending an angel", of which the following are examples:
David is depicted interceding for the people to end the plague (1 Chronicles 21) in this 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld
Exodus 23:20-21. The LORD says he will send an Angel before the Israelites, and warns them to obey the Angel's voice, and that the Angel "will not pardon transgressions" because the LORD's "name is in him".
Exodus 33:2. God says he will send an angel before the Israelites, and that God will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
Numbers 20:16. The LORD sent an angel and brought the people of Israel forth from Egypt.
1 Chronicles 21:15. God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but then repented and told the angel to stay his hand.
2 Chronicles 32:21. The LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria.
In the New Testament the Greek phrase ἄγγελος Κυρίου (aggelos kuriou – "angel of the Lord") is found in Matthew 1:20, 1:24, 2:13, 2:19, 28:2; Luke 1:11, 2:9; John 5:4; Acts 5:19, 8:26, 12:7, and 12:23. English translations render the phrase either as "an angel of the Lord" or as "the angel of the Lord". The mentions in Acts 12:11 and Revelation 22:6 of "his angel" (the Lord's angel) can also be understood as referring either to the angel of the Lord or an angel of the Lord.
An angel of the Lord who is mentioned in Luke 1:11 identifies himself as Gabriel in Luke 1:19.
Most appearances of the "angel of the Lord" leave the reader with the question of whether it was an angel or YHWH who appeared. Apart from the view that "the angel of the Lord is just that – an angel", a wide array of solutions have been offered, such as making the angel an earthly manifestation of God, some kind of avatar of God or the pre-incarnated Christ.
In the Catholic Encyclopedia (1907) Hugh Pope writes: "The earlier Fathers, going by the letter of the text in the Septuagint, maintained that it was God Himself who appeared as the Giver of the Law to Moses. It was not unnatural then for Tertullian […] to regard such manifestations in the light of preludes to the Incarnation, and most of the Eastern Fathers followed the same line of thought." Pope quotes the view of Theodoret that this angel was probably Christ, "the Only-begotten Son, the Angel of great Counsel", and contrasts Theodoret's view with the opposite view of the Latin Fathers Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory the Great that it was no more than an angel, a view that, he says, "was destined to live in the Church, and the Scholastics reduced it to a system". As an exponent of this view he quotes Augustine, who declared that "the angel is correctly termed an angel if we consider him himself, but equally correctly is he termed 'the Lord' because God dwells in him." He indicates, however, that within the Catholic Church the opposite view was also upheld.
Angelic Council, Orthodox icon of the seven archangels, left to right: Jegudiel, Gabriel, Selaphiel, Michael, Uriel, Raphael, Barachiel. Beneath the mandorla of Christ-Immanuel (God is with us) are representations of Cherubim (blue) and Seraphim (red).
The appearances of the "angel of the Lord" are in fact often presented as theophanies, appearances of YHWH himself rather than a separate entity acting on his behalf. In Genesis 31:11–13, "the angel of God" says, "I am the God of Beth-el". In Exodus 3:2–6 "the angel of Yahweh" (מלאך יהוה) appeared to Moses in the flame of fire, and then "Yahweh" (יהוה) says to him: "I am the God of thy father". Compare also Genesis 22:11; Judges 6:11–22. At times the angel of the Lord speaks in such a way as to assume authority over previous promises (see Gen. 16:11 and 21:17). According to the New American Bible, the visual form under which God appeared and spoke to men is referred to indifferently in some Old Testament texts either as God's angel or as God himself.
Another interpretation builds on the usage by which ancient spokesmen, after an introductory phrase, used the grammatically first person in proclaiming the point of view of the one they represent.
Another proposal is Samuel A. Meier's interpolation theory, which holds that, originally, stories in which there is ambiguity between Yahweh and the "angel of Yahweh" were written with Yahweh himself delivering the message. Later, copyists inserted the term mal'akh before the divine name to modify the narratives, in order to meet the standards of a changing theology which more strongly emphasized a transcendent God. If the term mal'akh is removed from these passages, the remaining story fits neatly with a "default" format in Near Eastern literature in which the deity appears directly to humans without an intermediary. The addition of mal'akh does not require any change in the form of the verbs connected to it, since both mal'akh and a deity such as Yahweh or Elohim are of masculine grammatical gender and since the noun before which mal'akh is introduced remains unaffected on the consonantal level. On the other hand, the removal of the word mal'akh from the narration usually makes it more coherent and in line with its Ancient Near East literary context.
Although Wojciech Kosior favours this interpolation theory, he mentions some unsolved difficulties connected with it: the large number of similar theophanies in which the word mal'akh has not been added to the names of Yahweh and Elohim and the fact that it is never associated with names such as El-Elyon, El-Shadday or El-Ro'eh worshipped by the biblical Hebrews.
Further information: Christophany and Pre-existence of Christ
The early Fathers of the Church, such as Justin Martyr, identify the angel of the Lord as the pre-incarnate Christ whose appearance, i.e. Christophany, is recorded in the Hebrew Bible. On the reason why some early Christians viewed Jesus as the angel of the Lord, Susan Garrett says:
[The logic behind the] reading of Jesus into accounts of the angel of the LORD went deeper. Many Jews before and during the time of Jesus were deeply interested in angels. Some understood the angel of the LORD as a being completely separate from God—a sort of angelic vizier or righthand angel, who served as head of the heavenly host and in other important capacities, including as a mediator between God and humans. Further, some Jews routinely appropriated language used in Scripture to describe the angel of the LORD and used it to characterize certain of God's attributes, including God's word, glory, wisdom, spirit, power, and name—almost as if these aspects of the Deity were themselves independent angels. In other words, quite apart from Christianity there was talk among ancient Jews of God's word, God's glory, and so forth in terms highly reminiscent of the angel of the LORD. So, when early Christian authors like Justin Martyr connected Jesus with God's word and that word, in turn, with the angel of the LORD, they were not inventing from scratch so much as adding a new layer to well-established ways of reading Scripture.
The Hellenistic Jewish philosopher Philo identified the angel of the Lord (in the singular) with the Logos.
In Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Louis Goldberg writes: "The functions of the angel of the Lord in the Old Testament prefigure the reconciling ministry of Jesus. In the New Testament, there is no mention of the angel of the Lord; the Messiah himself is this person."
On the other hand, Knofel Staton says: "The idea that this angel was Christ is unlikely for many reasons, which include the following:
1) God never said to any angel (including the 'angel of the Lord') 'you are my son' (Heb 1:5) …"; Ben Witherington says: "The angel of the Lord is just that – an angel. [… T]he divine son of God […] was no mere angel of the Lord, nor did he manifest himself in some observable form prior to the Incarnation."
Jehovah's Witnesses teach that the angel who brought the Israelites into their promised land and would not pardon transgression because God's name was in him (Exodus 23:20-21) was "God's firstborn Son", the pre-existent Christ, also called the archangel Michael, the Prince of the people of Israel mentioned in Daniel 10:21, a created being called "the Son of God" because created with qualities like those of his Father. See also: Jesus
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This sketch represents a copy of Claude Lorrain's, Seaport with the Villa Medici 1637 (Uffizi Gallery, Florence),1 the only visual study of a painting made by Turner during his visit to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence in 1819. It is also his largest and most detailed record of a work by the seventeenth-century French landscapist (circa 1604/5–1682), the artist whom he most admired and was most consistently in his thoughts during his Italian travels. Cecilia Powell has noted that Turner may have been prepared for his first sight of this work by his friend, H.W. Williams, whom he met in Scotland in 1818. Williams wrote a near-contemporaneous description of Claude's 'exquisite and perfect' picture which was later published in 1820.2 Further copies of paintings by Claude can be found in the Remarks (Italy) sketchbook (Tate D16848, D16849, D16850; Turner Bequest CXCIII 80, 80a, 81).
Turner may have seen Claude's painting again during his second trip to Italy in 1828 when he stopped in Florence en route to Rome. The composition subsequently formed the basis for Regulus (Tate, N00519),5 Turner's own version of a Claudian seaport which he painted and exhibited in Rome during the winter of 1828–9. The canvas was later reworked for display in Britain in 1837.
Reproduced in colour in Solkin (ed.) 2009, fig.31, p.70.
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Incorporation January 28, 1960, as a General Law city.
Location Southeast section of Los Angeles County, approximately six miles east of downtown Los Angeles.
Areas 6.6 square miles (4,160 acres)
Airports Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is located approximately 30 miles west, and the Ontario International Airport is approximately 40 miles to the east.
Freeways Commerce is directly served by the Santa Ana (I-5) and Long Beach (I-710) Freeways, and is located in the center of the entire Southern California freeway network.
Railways The rail spur service within the city is provided by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and Union Pacific railroads.
Harbors The port of Long Beach is 20 miles to the southwest and the port of Los Angeles is 25 miles to the southwest.
Public Transit Commerce has its own municipal bus system which carries approximately 800,000 passengers annually. No fare is charged. The Montebello Bus Line and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) also serve the area. The Metrolink commuter trains stop at the Commerce station daily.
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est le second album écrit et enregistré par le groupe de indie rock The Narrative. Cet album a été mis en vente le  par The Record Collective. L'album est produit par Bryan Russell a Red Wire Audio.

Liste des chansons
Toutes les chansons sont écrites et composées par Suzie Zeldin et Jesse Gabriel.

Membres
 Suzie Zeldin - chanteur, piano
 Jesse Gabriel - chanteur, guitariste
 Charles Seich - batterie
 Ari Sadowitz - guitariste
 Will Noon - batterie
 Bryan Russell et Justin Long - Producteur
 Karen Preston - Album art

Notes et références

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THE COUNTRY'S waste could be reduced through incentives that push private developers to better management of construction materials, creating an economically healthier sector alongside healthier homes and reduced environmental impacts.
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This would improve the health of the property sector while also ensuring a better environment and healthier residents, he said.
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Q: Why do i have a problem rendering this 'Loading' component in react? I have 2 components which use the same data which I am fetching from a json-server.
One component uses the data as shown below:
function Home(props) {
return (

                <RenderCard item={props.dish}
                    isLoading={props.dishesLoading}
                    errMess={props.dishErrMess} />

                <RenderCard item={props.promotion}
                    isLoading={props.promoLoading}
                    errMess={props.promoErrMess} />

                <RenderCard item={props.leader}
                    isLoading={props.leaderLoading}
                    errMess={props.leaderErrMess} />

);}

The other component uses the data as shown below:
const leaders = props.leaders.map((leader) => {
    return (
        <RenderLeader leader={leader} isLoading={props.isLoading}
            errMess={props.errMess} />
    );
});

Both the RenderLeader and RenderCard components have a similar structure with an if-else loop to display loading animation or error messages along with the actual content.
function RenderLeader({ leader, isLoading, errMess }) {
if (isLoading) {
    return (
        <Loading />
    );
}
else if (errMess) {
    return (

{errMess}

    );
}
else
    return (CONTENT)

The problem is that the loading animation and the error message are being displayed for the Home component but NOT for the other component which has exactly similar structure. Moreover, the data is being actually fetched for the second component, its just that it wont display the loading animation and error messages. What is wrong with this ?
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This is how i invoke them both:
<Home
                dish={this.props.dishes.dishes.filter((dish) => dish.featured)[0]}
                dishesLoading={this.props.dishes.isLoading}
                dishErrMess={this.props.dishes.errMess}
                promotion={this.props.promotions.promotions.filter((promo) => promo.featured)[0]}
                promoLoading={this.props.promotions.isLoading}
                promoErrMess={this.props.promotions.errMess}
                leader={this.props.leaders.leaders.filter((leader) => leader.featured)[0]}
                leaderLoading={this.props.leaders.isLoading}
                leaderErrMess={this.props.leaders.errMess}

            />

<Route path='/aboutus' component={() => <About leaders={this.props.leaders.leaders}
                            isLoading={this.props.leaders.isLoading}
                            errMess={this.props.leaders.errMess} />} />

A: Home Component works fine since it renders individual cards. Whereas for the below structure,
const leaders = props.leaders.map((leader) => {
return (
    <RenderLeader leader={leader} isLoading={props.isLoading}
        errMess={props.errMess} />
);
});

if props.leaders is empty, it cannot iterate and hence RenderLeader will never get called. Hence when props.isLoading is true, the props.leaders will be empty and the above arrow function will return nothing. And once the props.leaders is populated, the above function gets called, but props.isLoading will already be set to false.
That is why the loading icon or the error message was not displayed.
You can modify the calling as,

       <Media list>
            <RenderLeaderList leaders={props.leaders} isLoading=
                   {props.leadersLoading} errMess={props.leadersErrMess}/>
       </Media>

and create a new function called RenderLeaderList like;
function RenderLeaderList({leaders, isLoading, errMess})
{
      if(isLoading)
      {
        return(
         <Loading />
        );
      }
      else if(errMess)
      {
         return(

{errMess}

         );
      }
      else{
         if(leaders!=null)
         {
            const leaders_map = leaders.map((leader) => {
            return(

                    <RenderLeader leader={leader}/>

            );
          });
         return (

                {leaders_map}

        );
    }
}

}
to make it work.
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Following the impeccable and astounding success of the first Organic Chemistry competition held at Ahfad University for Women (AUW) in December 2016, under the technical assistance agreement between AUW and the American University of Beirut (AUB) represented by the Office of the Vice President for Regional External Programs (REP), the second Organic Chemistry competition (OC2-AUW) in Sudan took place on October 8th, 2017. Both events have been organized by Prof. Bilal Kaafarani, in coordination with AUW and the Office of REP. The aim of these competitions is not only to enhance students' knowledge and interest in organic chemistry, but also to continue to create transformative education across borders that started with the first organic competition hosted at AUB in 2011. This was fostered through taking the OC competition from a contest at the level of AUW students (OC1-AUW) only, to one which is open to all universities across Sudan (OC2-AUW). The next competition (OC3-AUW) is scheduled to take place on December 17, 2017 and will be open to universities across Africa.
OC2-AUW witnessed a record number of participants from 12 universities across Sudan. The 96 teams (two participants per team) competed in a thrilling, fun, and invigorating atmosphere which resonated throughout both rounds of stimulating questions. The contest was being livestreamed on YouTube and broadcasted to a second hall where distinguished guests and faculty members from various Sudanese universities were watching the event. In preparation for the contest, a demo session was held on October 7 to familiarize participants with the contest's setting, regulations, and procedure. The demo session also allowed the teams to practice using clickers to answer the questions. On the day of the competition, participants' excitement and enthusiasm prevailed throughout the whole event. The competition was composed of two rounds of questions. By the end of the Round I, 63 teams had qualified to compete in Round II and automatically advanced to participate in OC3-AUW in December. During the second round, excitement escalated as bonus points were given after each question, to the top five teams with the fastest responses. Round II was over, and it was time to announce the top 3 winning teams: there was a tie between two teams!
Breaking the tie between the second and third place teams necessitated a "sudden death" round of questions. Tension was in the air...the question was displayed, and the poll was open. The two teams deliberated the multiple options and the poll was closed! Results were announced by Dr. Kaafarani and certificates with monetary cash awards were distributed to the top 3 teams, by representatives from both AUW and AUB.
To add more uniqueness to the contest's atmosphere, all participants headed out of the contest hall in a march videotaped by a drone. The march was concluded with a group photo with all the participants.


I've been in a bit of a daze lately. I've been feeling disconnected from the rest of the world for a while now and so often when I try to reach out, to find some common ground, I find the earth's been salted by screeds of hate or the hands on the other side would rather push me back into the darkness. Or that there's nothing out there that sees me enough to even push back.
I walk around in life alternately invisible to the point that people run into me with carts, skip past me in lines, stare through me and like piece of meat hung out for dogs. Drivers are either honking and licking their car windows at me or their cutting me off and merging into me because they don't know I exist.
I'm one of those people who always feels most alone in a crowd. It's one of the reasons I almost didn't go to my first Bouchercon. It's one of the reasons the last one I attended left me feeling less-than-excited for the next.
People talk about the crime fiction community as a tribe, the readers and authors who make up that group gush about one another — especially during Bouchercon each year. And if one of their beloved members struggles, they rally. Which is wonderful. Except, that it's not so much a tribe as a high school with segregated lunch room tables. Oh, sure, they all come together against threats from SFF High or Literary Prep, but halfway through the pep rally, you find Noir and Cozy in a stand off in the hallway or Romantic Suspense talking crap about Historical's outdated do.
Then, if my nightstand is any indication, I'm not feeling so much loyalty to the school anymore. I've been sneaking off to make out with poetry and weird experimental stuff dressed in all black with safety pin piercings, with essays and academic theory and manuals. Maybe that's why I keep flunking. Maybe that's why I have no lunch table in the cafeteria.
In metaphor, just like real life high school, I'm eating in the hallway with a book.
And like the endless teen movies about how hard it is to be the popular kid and how awesome it would be to be the geek and "no care what people think" (because only popular kids think that's how it works), traditionally published authors will tell you how hard it is to keep everyone happy, to meet deadlines, to worry about royalties and readership and whether a series will get continued or a standalone will get accepted or the next book will earn out. Rich people also write about how hard it is to find a nanny on the Upper East side, but from the hallway that sounds like a problem of privilege, too.
Traditionally published authors who aren't happy can quit or self-publish and build on the readers they already have. They can use their platform to do all sorts of things. Maybe not the things they really want to try, yet, but they certainly have options.
Spent a whole day without anyone speaking to me but the barista who muttered "thanks" with my change.
Spent another day largely mute except for a brief exchange with Jeremiah Healy, who was warm and charming and I'm sorry he's gone.
Hit on by a presenter, then assured by his coworker he was harmless. Was asked if I could move in the bar later. Moved to my car and went home (was sipping sparkling water — no DUI worries).
Brief chat with Michael Palmer, who was far too accomplished as a person to be that nice to me, especially in light of being invisible to nearly everyone else.
Asked to join some ladies at a table by the pool, but they talked to themselves so I have no recollection of who they were. Spent the whole time wondering if they'd notice if I left.
And I get that I'm often quiet and awkward in public. I get that a lot of writers are. But when I'm out in crowds like that I make an effort to smile at people, to make small talk if I don't feel I'm intruding. Yet, I can only sustain that for so many hours without reciprocation.
That said, despite feeling recharged by changing up my surroundings, and taking the train down and interacting with random people was interesting, I left feeling somewhat like a ghost capable of touching physical objects. I bought books at three tables, but I never felt like I was "participating." I didn't feel connected to the event in any way and my longest exchange of the day was with a woman who needed reassurance she was on the right train platform.
Of course, the Miami Book Fair has a strong Latin and literary flavor and I'm an outsider there. I'm a tourist. I read poetry and translated stories, but I am not their audience. I'm just cheating on my old school. I'm spicing up my reading list with mangoes and cayenne and accent marks. I'm picking up chapbooks and trying to find a voice in them because I feel I've lost my own.
And so, when it comes to Crime Fiction High School, I am not only a freshman in the hallway eating a stale sandwich, I'm an exchange student (surely the other school got the better deal) in a hallway at the bottom of America's Wang, 1000 miles from the first cafeteria in which I had no place to sit.
Anyone else feel disconnected? Invisible? Alone? Or is that just me?


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After canceling 'Rift 2' overhaul, Oculus plans a modest update to flagship VR headset – TechCrunch
Facebook's virtual reality arm may soon find itself in the unfamiliar position of playing catch-up with hardware competitors.
Last week, TechCrunch reported that Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe had decided to leave Facebook partially due to his "fundamentally different views on the future of Oculus" and decisions surrounding the cancellation of a next-generation "Rift 2" project.
The company's prototype "Rift 2" device, codenamed Caspar, was a "complete redesign" of the original Rift headset, a source familiar with the matter tells us. Its cancellation signified an interest by Facebook leadership to focus on more accessible improvements to the core Rift experience that wouldn't require the latest PC hardware to function. Iribe did not agree with the direction, with a source telling us that he was specifically not interested in "offering compromised experiences that provided short-term user growth but sacrificed on comfort and performance."
Former Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe sharing details on the Oculus Rift in 2015
In the wake of the overhaul's cancellation, the company will be pursuing a more modest product update — possibly called the "Rift S" — to be released as early as next year, which makes minor upgrades to the device's display resolution while more notably getting rid of the external sensor tracking system, sources tell us. Instead, the headset will utilize the integrated "inside-out" Insight tracking system which is core to Facebook's recently-announced Oculus Quest standalone headset.
The "Constellation" tracking system on the current-generation Rift offers precise accuracy thanks to the static external sensors that track the headset and Touch controllers. While the Insight system would likely offer users a much more simplified setup process, a clear pain point of the first-generation product, "inside-out" tracking systems have greater limitations when it comes to the lighting conditions they work in and are generally less accurate than systems with external trackers.
While Oculus has long led the way on hardware advances, this release could be seen as the company playing catch-up with competitors like Microsoft, which has partnered with OEMs including Samsung, Lenovo and LG to release headsets on its Windows Mixed Reality platform that also feature inside-out tracking as well as higher resolution displays than the Oculus Rift.
"While we don't comment on rumors/speculation about our future products, as we shared last week, PC VR remains a part of our strategy and is a category we will continue to invest in. In addition to hardware, we have a robust software roadmap and are funding content well into 2020," an Oculus spokesperson told TechCrunch.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg introducing the $399 Oculus Quest
There are some clear benefits for Oculus pushing iterative hardware in an iPhone-like "S" manner, especially around affordability, as a more drawn out device life cycle gives both Oculus and PC component manufacturers time to reduce VR's high barrier to entry in terms of cost.
The cancellation of its Caspar "Rift 2" project, does suggest a less aggressive pace of innovation for the company with its flagship premium VR product. The move away from a redesign could alienate early adopters and send them to other platforms. It could also lead Oculus into a situation where new titles that take advantage of the latest systems aren't compatible with Rift hardware.
At its Oculus Connect developer conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared that the Oculus Rift, Quest and Go represented "the completion of its first-generation of VR products." As Zuckerberg continues to double-down on his long-term goal to bring 1 billion users into VR, the need to build the Oculus user base is growing more important but it's unclear how essential the company believes leading the high-end PC VR market is to defining that early mainstream success.
Thomas Reardon and CTRL-Labs are building an API for the brain – TechCrunch
Unu raises $12 million to build new electric scooter – TechCrunch
The core feature of a foldable phone is, of course, its foldable screen and it is also the biggest hurdle for smartphone makers who want to get into this market. There are extremely few companies producing flexible screens and those often have exclusivity arrangements with certain smartphone makers. Samsung Display, for example, supplies Samsung Electronics' with the foldable screens for the Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip but it might soon start selling these components to Chinese smartphone manufacturers.
The exclusivity may sound good for Samsung's mobile business but it definitely isn't for Samsung Display. The latter is already starting to feel the heat of the competition as more display makers start eating into its share of the OLED market. It needs another advantage to make it the preferred supplier of device makers and that may happen by opening up orders for its foldable screens to other manufacturers.
According to ETNews, Samsung Display will be supplying foldable displays to Chinese phone makers this year. This will include both kinds of screens that have been seen on the Galaxy Z Fold, which folds left and right, as well as the Galaxy Z Flip that folds up and down. Samsung Display will still of course reserve most of its panels for Samsung Electronics, giving it the upper hand when it comes to quantity.
This wouldn't be the first time that Samsung Display tried to sell its foldable screens to another manufacturer. Huawei, which uses BOE's foldable screen, was testing Samsung's panels but that was put on hold after the Chinese OEM was hit with US export sanctions. Potential customers for Samsung's foldable screens reportedly include OPPO and Vivo.
At the moment, Samsung Display has the upper hand as it is the only one so far using Ultra-Thin Glass or UTG, though that could change soon as BOE catches up. This shift in the display market could mean that we will soon find even more foldable phones this year, which will hopefully also include more affordable options.
There is really no love lost between Apple and Facebook even as the latter has to begrudgingly yield to Apple's rules if it wants any place on iPhones and iPads. That won't keep Facebook from airing its grievances any opportunity it can and the latest comes from founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself during the company's quarterly earnings call. In no unclear words, Zuckerberg paints Apple's controversial new anti-tracking policy not as something just to protect users but also to protect its own vested interests.
It might boggle the mind that Zuckerberg would paint Apple as one of Facebook's biggest competitors given that their businesses don't exactly intersect. That, however, isn't exactly true anymore in one very specific sense. Facebook's top exec pretty much pits iMessage and FaceTime as direct and fierce rivals to Facebook's own Messenger and WhatsApp.
He goes on to say that Apple's new privacy policies are really meant to drive out the competition as it puts Apple's first-party apps at an advantage with private APIs and special permissions that third-party apps will never have access to. Apple's apps are also pre-installed on iPhones and iPads, of course, and Facebook is seemingly losing Android partners willing to risk their customers' ire in preloading Facebook apps.
Facebook's rhetoric about Apple's anti-competitive privacy policy ingeniously plays into the antitrust complaints that have been hurled against it by the US Department of Justice, among others. By playing the victim card, it is trying to show that it isn't quite the monopoly it is presented to be and is an even smaller player compared to Apple.
Naturally, Zuckerberg also reiterated Facebook's repeated warnings to advertisers how the upcoming privacy changes in iOS will affect ad revenues, including its own. Apple, however, shows no signs of backing down and will implement those changes in full this year.
iPhone, iPad, Mac, Services net sales all rocket up in Apple Q1 2021
Today's earnings call for apple showed blockbuster success in basically every respect. If we're looking at net sales by category, Apple's shown growth in iPhone net sales, net sales of iPad, Mac, "Wearables, Home, and Accessories," and Services, both year-over-year and compared to the three months ending just before this quarter, ending in December of 2020.
This quarter's financial results showed iPhone bringing in $65,597 million USD. The same quarter had Mac net sales at $8,675 million and iPad had net sales of $8,435. Net sales for the quarter for Wearables, Home, and Accessories were $12,971 million, while Services rang up to $15,761 million.
This same quarter last year showed Apple with $55,957 million in net sales for iPhone, $7,160 million for Mac, and $5,977 million for iPad. Wearables, Home, and Accessories had a net sales of $10,101 million for the quarter, and Services racked up $12,715 million.
While Apple brought in a $91,819 million in net sales for this quarter last year, this year's net sales ramped up to $111,439 million. Almost impossibly, Apple had the same net sales in this quarter last year as it did for their quarter that ended in September of 2020. Both net sales came in at $91,819 million USD.
The rise VS this quarter last year might've been expected, given the rise of COVID-19, but remember: This quarter's results end in December of 2020. As such, this same quarter last year is Apple's three months that end in December of 2019. That's right up to but not including the point at which COVID-19 forced the world into quarantine. Once we see Apple's next earnings report (in another three months), we'll REALLY start to see some bang-up growth year-over-year.


Julien De Smedt's numerous prizewinning projects have helped to re-energise the discussion of contemporary architecture. The Founder and Director of JDS/Julien De Smedt Architects & MWA/Makers With Agendas, which has offices in Brussels, Copenhagen and Shanghai, has received many global awards, including a Henning Larsen Prize, the Maaskant Prize for Architecture, an Eckersberg Medal and the Mountain won MIPIM 2009 and WAF best residential 2008. In 2004, his Stavanger Concert Hall was named as the World's Best Concert Hall at the 2004 Venice Biennale and the Maritime Youth House won the AR+D Award in London.


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