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Researchers develop nanoparticle films for high-density data storage
by Optical Society of America
Researchers created a nanofilm that can store data holographically and is environmentally stable. Here, Shencheng Fu carries out experiments with the new film. Credit: Northeast Normal University
As we generate more and more data, the need for high-density data storage that remains stable over time is becoming critical. New nanoparticle-based films that are more than 80 times thinner than a human hair may help to fill this need by providing materials that can holographically archive more than 1000 times more data than a DVD in a 10-by-10-centimeter piece of film. The new technology could one day enable tiny wearable devices that capture and store 3-D images of objects or people.
"In the future, these new films could be incorporated into a tiny storage chip that records 3-D color information that could later be viewed as a 3-D hologram with realistic detail," said Shencheng Fu, who led researchers from Northeast Normal University in China who developed the new films. "Because the storage medium is environmentally stable, the device could be used outside or even brought into the harsh radiation conditions of outer space."
In the journal Optical Materials Express, the researchers detail their fabrication of the new films and demonstrate the technology's ability to be used for an environmentally-stable holographic storage system. The films not only hold large amounts of data, but that data can also be retrieved at speeds up to 1 GB per second, which is about twenty times the reading speed of today's flash memory.
Storing more data in less space
The new films are designed for holographic data storage, a technique that uses lasers to create and read a 3-D holographic recreation of data in a material. Because it can record and read millions of bits at once, holographic data storage is much faster than optical and magnetic approaches typically used for data storage today, which record and read individual bits one at a time. Holographic approaches are also inherently high-density because they record information throughout the 3-D volume of the material, not just on the surface, and can record multiple images in the same area using light at different angles or consisting of different colors.
Recently, researchers have been experimenting with using metal-semiconductor nanocomposites as a medium for storing nanoscale holograms with high spatial resolution. Porous films made of the semiconductor titania and silver nanoparticles are promising for this application because they change color when exposed to various wavelengths, or colors, of laser light and because a set of 3-D images can be recorded at the focus area of laser beam using a single step. Although the films could be used for multiwavelength holographic data storage, exposure to UV light has been shown to erase the data, making the films unstable for long-term information storage.
Shuangyan Liu is holding the new UV-resistant holographic storage film. The new technology could one day be used to make tiny wearable devices that capture and store 3-D images of objects or people. Credit: Northeast Normal University
Recording a holographic image into titania-silver films involves using a laser to convert the silver particles into silver cations, which have a positive charge due to extra electrons. "We noticed that UV light could erase the data because it caused electrons to transfer from the semiconductor film to the metal nanoparticles, inducing the same photo transformation as the laser," said Fu. "Introducing electron-accepting molecules into the system causes some of the electrons to flow from the semiconductor to these molecules, weakening the ability of UV light to erase the data and creating an environmentally stable high-density data storage medium."
Changing the electron flow
For the new films, the researchers used electron-accepting molecules that measured only 1 to 2 nanometers to disrupt the electron flow from the semiconductor to the metal nanoparticles. They fabricated semiconductor films with a honeycomb nanopore structure that allowed the nanoparticles, electron-accepting molecules and the semiconductor to all interface with each other. The ultrasmall size of the electron-accepting molecules allowed them to attach inside the pores without affecting the pore structure. The final films were just 620 nanometers thick.
The researchers tested their new films and found that holograms can be written into them efficiently and with high stability even in the presence of UV light. The researchers also demonstrated that using the electron-acceptors to change the electron flow formed multiple electron transferring paths, making the material respond faster to the laser light and greatly accelerating the speed of data writing.
"Particles made from noble metals such as silver are typically viewed as a slow-response media for optical storage," said Fu. "We show that using a new electron transport flow improves the optical response speed of the particles while still maintaining the particle's other advantages for information storage."
The researchers plan to test the environmental stability of the new films by performing outdoor tests. They also point out that real-life application of the films would require the development of high efficiency 3-D image reconstruction techniques and methods for color presentation for displaying or reading the stored data.
First step toward practical application of holographic memory with magnetic assist
More information: Shuangyan Liu et al, UV-resistant holographic data storage in noble-metal/semiconductor nanocomposite films with electron-acceptors, Optical Materials Express (2018). DOI: 10.1364/OME.8.001143
Journal information: Optical Materials Express
Provided by Optical Society of America
Citation: Researchers develop nanoparticle films for high-density data storage (2018, April 3) retrieved 16 July 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2018-04-nanoparticle-high-density-storage.html
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Q: Github actions: Seeking a branch level property that is visible to both pull request events and workflow dispatch events I'm looking for a configurable property in github, like a tag or a label, that meets the following requirements:

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*Is associated with a specific branch but across all commits (this eliminates tags)

*Is visible to both pull request and workflow dispatch events (I believe this eliminates labels)

The use case is that for a particular branch for which a pull request has been generated, I would like a github action to be able to determine if a heroku deployment has already been done. I was thinking of attaching a label after a deployment has been completed, but as stated above, there doesn't seem to be a way for a workflow dispatch event to access properties associated with a pull request (unless I'm missing something).
I suppose one option that always exists is to set up some type of datastore outside of github where we would maintain the deployment status, but I was hoping to avoid the extra maintenance effort.

A: After further investigation, I couldn't find a construct that matched the requirements so we ended up setting up the external data store.

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This New Campaign Wants to Help Make 2016 Your Best Year Ever
And it features one of your favorite musical duos.
Ben Kassoy
Keri Goff
Justin Bieber said "sorry" plenty in 2015. This year, he's staying true to another song, "Love Yourself," by showing some self-care.
"My New Year's resolution is to quit smoking," he told People. "It's not healthy and I don't want to be someone who people are like, 'Yo, he's smoking – he's a bad influence.'"
Other celebs are following Justin's lead too. In an Ellen show interview, Ed Sheeran said he's gone cold turkey after a decade of smoking. Liam Payne plans to kick the habit too.
"I want to — it's about time," the 1D star said in an interview with Billboard. "Need to grow up now."
These guys can talk the talk (and obviously sing the songs), but research says it's harder to walk the walk. Nearly 70% of smokers want to quit, but only 4% to 6% are successful. Good news is, other studies show that providing friends and family members with resources and encouragement helps them take the first step to quit smoking.
That's the message from another pair of musicians, Kalin and Myles. The hip-hop duo is the face of Quitters Always Win, DoSomething's campaign powered by CVS Health. The campaign activates young people to make a card with tips and resources that encourage a smoker to quit.
"It's hard to do something like that on your own," Myles says. "To have that support could definitely help break the habit."
"Young people have a powerful voice," Kalin added. "[They] can be very influential."
In the campaign PSA video, the guys tell each other what to quit in the new year. Myles says Kalin needs to stop singing Aladdin shirtless to himself in the mirror. Kalin responds that Myles should stop munching on cookies under the covers. One thing they agree everyone should quit in 2016: smoking.
Oh, and procrastinating, says Myles. Then again, maybe he'll quit that later.
*Now that the ball has dropped, you can help friends and family drop their smoking habits! Learn how to do Quitters Always Win and how you could win a $5,000 college scholarship.
Related: Why One U.S. State Just Raised the Legal Smoking Age to 21
Check out Teen Vogue's February issue cover star, Amandla Stenberg.
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Justin Bieber Accused Taylor Swift of Trying to "Get Sympathy" With Her Blog About Scooter Braun

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Derby's Rolls-Royce signs new engine maintenance agreement with Air Canada
The TotalCare Flex deal will ensure the availability of the airline's Trent 700 powered fleet
Robin JohnsonDerby Business Editor
The agreement will see Rolls-Royce look after Air Canada's Trent 700 engines which power its fleet of A330 aircraft (Image: Rolls-Royce plc)
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Derby's Rolls-Royce has signed a new agreement with Air Canada which will ensure the availability of a fleet of aircraft powered by one of its engines.
To date, Air Canada's fleet of Trent 700-powered Airbus A330s has achieved more than 700,000 flying hours, with the first aircraft now reaching around 20 years in service.
Now, the airline has opted for a TotalCare Flex agreement with Rolls-Royce, which builds the Trent 700 at its Civil Aerospace site in Sinfin, Derby. The cost of the deal has not been disclosed.
TotalCare Flex is designed for owners and operators of mature engines. The agreement ensures the availability of engines until fleet retirement. It is a tailored service for airlines seeking "economical management" of older engines.
The Air Canada deal is the first to be signed for the Trent 700 and is in addition to TotalCare Flex agreements on Trent 800 and Trent 500 engines.
The Trent 700 first entered into service in 1995 (Image: Rolls-Royce plc)
The Trent 700 engine was the first of the Trent engine family to enter into service. It started powering commercial passenger services in 1995.
Since then, Rolls-Royce has developed a more powerful and efficient version of the engine, the Trent 7000, which powers the Airbus A330neo.
Rolls-Royce has developed the more powerful and efficient Trent 7000 engine (Image: Rolls-Royce plc)
Adair Swan, Rolls-Royce programme director for mature large engines, said: "This is further evidence of our commitment to transform our services, providing the right care at the right time for our customers' engines.
"The Trent 700 is our most successful engine programme and kicked off the Trent family success story.
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"As it reaches maturity, we can provide operators with this innovative and flexible service to guarantee the performance of the engine, right up to the aircraft's final day in service."
Richard Steer, Air Canada senior vice-president of operations, said: "We are pleased to be the first Trent 700 operator to adopt TotalCare Flex with a long-standing, reputable supplier such as Rolls-Royce.
"This further extends the strong business partner relationship already established over the years Air Canada has operated the fleet of A330 aircraft, and furthers Air Canada's goal to operate mature fleets in a cost-effective manner."
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Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) said it would launch its movie and TV streaming service in South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan early next year.
The move is part of the U.S.-based streaming pioneer's global expansion plans. By the end of 2016, Netflix plans to reach 200 countries, including China, where it said it was "continuing to explore options."
The streaming service will be available at launch on smart TVs, tablets, smartphones, computers and a range of Internet-capable game consoles and set-top boxes, Netflix said.
Earlier this month, Netflix started its service in Japan, the first Asian country to welcome the maker of "House of Cards" and "Orange is the New Black".
Details on pricing, programs and supported devices will be known at a later date, the company added.


We're sure many of you have voted by now, but we also know that things come up and many have not. You can find early voting locations HERE. Tomorrow will be the last day for in-person voting and locations will be open from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm.
Here's some new information that just came out from OpenTheBooks.com. This scorecard has ratings for Congressional transparency. Above, you will see the scores for Representatives Michelle Lujan Grisham and Ben Lujan who both received an "F", and Representative Steve Pearce who received a "B".
NMBC was pleased to see that the scorecard from OpenTheBooks is non-partisan and uses objective standards to determine scores, much like we do. Here is a link to the full scorecard. For those skeptics out there, it is noteworthy that Representative Paul Ryan, Republican Speaker of the House, received the worst grade of any Congressman with an "F" with 22%.
1. This is the 2018 Legislative Scorecard, you can print it and take it with you to the polls. The scorecard shows the "grade" for contested New Mexico state House seats. Incumbents were scored on hundreds of votes over the past three years. Challengers without a voting record were given the opportunity to complete a short survey of questions based on NMBC Priorities.
2. We did candidate job interviews on some of the candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. House CD1, Land Commissioner and State Auditor. You can see how they answered our hard-hitting interview questions here.
3. Governor Race: Here is a comparison of the two Governor candidates, Michelle Lujan-Grisham and Steve Pearce, based on important NMBC priorities, which couldn't be further apart.
a) Michelle Lujan-Grisham plans to increase distributions from the Land Grant Permanent Fund (LGPF) above the economist recommended levels. She also plans to raise the state's mandated minimum wage, which often leads to increased prices for goods and services, fewer employee hours and/or jobs, and declining business operations.
b) Steve Pearce will leave the LGPF distribution at its current distribution rate to allow growth in perpetuity and lead to an annual distribution from this fund alone of $1 Billion for education and other beneficiaries in the near future. Pearce will keep minimum wage requirements as they are and instead plans to improve opportunities for workers through apprenticeship and other job training.
4.Judicial Race: This page will give you an idea on where judges stand regarding priorities of protecting the public and following the constitution. Some judges have received a "Do Not Retain" recommendation by Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC), regardless of support from court staff and police on verdicts dealing with criminals.
5. US Congressional Race CD2: The amount of money being spent and the increasing pace of 'attack ads' in the race for U.S. Congress to fill the seat that Steve Pearce is vacating is unprecedented. You can read more about the false accusations here.
6. Public Safety: Respectfulness, accessibility, solid performance, and transparency are all important issues. NMBC encourages voters in Bernalillo County and around the state to take a hard look at those who want to serve the community in an elected law enforcement position. Information on law enforcement and public safety can be found here.
7. Bonds and Amendments: Sometimes saying "no" is the responsible thing to do. Whatever the bond is supposed to be used for, voters should ask the end users (teachers, officers, firefighters, etc.) "How much money from the last approved bond issue actually made it to your level or the place it was advertised to support?" The answer is probably "not much," in which case saying no should be a consideration for the current requests.
Regarding a constitutional amendment dealing with our courts' appeals system, NMBC believes the judiciary system in place now serves the public's best interest and should not be changed via the constitution. More about both of constitutional amendments can be found at the above links to our website.
Your vote is important and it matters. Tomorrow is the last day to have your voice heard. It can literally come down to YOUR choice. Let's tell the government how to work for us!


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Q: Rollback notice is not used from Transifex Seems that "Edit approval overridden by post owner or moderator" message translation is not used from Transifex in the revision list. I've made translation about 3 months ago, but it's not used yet.

A: Long story short, when a suggested edit is overridden, we store that information as a comment in English in the database.
As of a few minutes ago, we're going to replace that comment with the localized version when generating revision descriptions. This way any other changes to the translation will be reflected on the past and future edit overrides.


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Most Wanted: A History of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List
By Mark Sabljak and Martin H. Greenberg. I'd just like to salute the copy on the back cover, which is a single ruthlessly self-compounding sentence that manages to work, somehow.
Fewer kind words for the dust jacket on this hardcover, but it's fine, aside from the bite out of the back barcode and some shelfwear. A couple of sticky spots on the flyleaf, probably sticker ghosts; there's also a small remainder mark. Otherwise, straight spine, clean pages -- a fine reading copy.
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Abortion in Nauru is only legal if the abortion will save the woman's life. In Nauru, if an abortion is induced for any other reason, the violator is subject to fourteen years' imprisonment. A woman who consents to her abortion or performs her own may be imprisoned for up to seven years.

Abortion care for refugees and asylum seekers

African refugee S99
In 2016, a young African refugee in Nauru, identified in the courts only as "S99," was raped while semi-conscious during an epileptic seizure. S99 became pregnant from the rape and sought an abortion to terminate the pregnancy. Since the procedure is illegal in Nauru, even in cases of rape, S99 requested medical services in Australia. Instead, Australian authorities sent S99 to Papua New Guinea, even though abortion in Papua New Guinea is also illegal unless the mother's physical or mental health is determined to be at risk. S99 was concerned about the legal implications and the safety of receiving abortions in Papua New Guinea because of her complications from epilepsy, so she asked her lawyer for a transfer to Australian soil. The court eventually found a responsibility in caring for the woman and ordered she be allowed to get an abortion.

Proposed abortion laws
In November 2016, Nauru's Border Protection Minister David Adeang introduced a bill to allow abortion services for refugees and asylum seekers, rather than sending them to Papua New Guinea or Australia. The bill was opposed by members of Parliament on both sides of the aisle. Critics of the bill cite the Nauruan community's staunch Christianity as one reason for opposition.

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Young Socialites Clothier is seeking young models to walk in the 2nd Annual All White Fashion Event in Detroit. The client is actively reviewing model submissions. They are seeking male and female, ages 3-19, all ethnicity and heights should apply. Wardrobe will be provided but models are encouraged to bring an all-white outfit for the fun wrap party. Models should arrive with natural looking hair and makeup. The show will take place August 12th,2017. Model arrival time is 12:30 pm- 2:00pm.
To be considered please send your photos to placement@barbizonusa.com with "Detroit Fashion" in the subject line.


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Red tape around Coffs icon turns heads on the highway
RAPT WITH WRAP: Big Banana GM Michael Lockman and Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter General Manager Richard Jones help wrap the icon. Trevor Veale
by Jasmine Minhas
Jasmine Minhas
10th Aug 2018 12:00 PM
APPEARING as though it's been cordoned off in red tape, passing motorists may be assuming the worst has taken place at Coffs Harbour's iconic Big Banana.
But there's no need for concern - the striking highway display has a considerably less sinister meaning.
In celebration of Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter's Rescue Day appeal, emergency service tape has been tied around the Big Banana today.
Rescue Day celebrates the vital role Westpac Helicopters play in responding to emergencies and saving lives across Northern NSW every day.
General Manager Richard Jones said the service's partnership with the Big Banana provided the perfect opportunity to remind the community of its important work.
"Rescue Day is an annual event we have to try and remind the wider community of the work of the helicopter and the fact that in 35 years no one has had to pay," Mr Jones said.
"It's been great, we've had a lot of toots from people driving past and there's been a lot of social media activity.
"We just want to remind people that we're a network and every single link in the chain needs to be strong.
"Our wonderful mates at the ambulance service, doctors, nurses and all the first responders in the regions play a vital role.
"It's a strong system no one needs to pay for, so a small donation from a lot of people makes a big difference."
Operating since 1973, it's the largest non-profit search and rescue and aero-medical service in Australia.
It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
To make a donation, visit: http://www.rescuehelicopter.com.au/.
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News Member for Hinkler Keith Pitt said this funding was subject to "use it or lose it"...


2. Children of classes III to XII come to library in their allotted periods and read the newspapers, magazines ,story books, reference books based on their needs and interest. Classes X XI and XII children can come to library whenever they want irrespective of library periods.
3. Children from classes VI to XII can borrow books from library to read at home.
4. The library is maintaining open access system and the arrangement of the books in the cupboards will be subject wise.
5. Books selection and acquisition will be done based on the recommendations of the subject teachers and children of higher classes.
6. Library is getting 8 daily newspapers around 40 periodicals for benefit of the children and teachers to get all round information. Educational magazines like science reporter, down to earth, terra green education today , maths today , chemistry today ,biology today, physics for you , English today, tell me why and other magazines receiving from various organizations will be made available for higher class children and teachers to provide additional subject information.
7. Library is providing necessary reading materials for science and social science exhibitions CCA competitions and assembly programs and also providing necessary reference services for the children and the teachers whenever they want.
11.library automation have been completed with E-Grandhalaya software.
12. Maintaining book reviews written by children after reading the barrowed books from the library and on every Thursday a book review will be presented by child in morning assembly.
13. children are being encouraged to donate books to library on the occasion of their birthdays, and those books are also made available for issue to students and staff. No of books donated by the children till now is 1128.
14 Maintaining the circulation of the books through bar code system .
2. Recommendations of the library committee will be followed time to time for the further improvement of the library services.


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Grand 12 Inches, Vol. 4 by Ben Liebrand
CD 4 (Alternative and Pop)
1 Georg Kranz - Trommeltanz (Din Daa Daa) 6:19 (original 12" version)
2 Roy Ayers feat. Ubiquity - Running Away 6:56 (original 12" version)
3 Level 42 - Love Games 7:26 (original 12" version)
4 MaiTai - History 7:19 (original 12" version by Rutger Kroese)
5 Mantronix - Got To Have Your Love 8:24
6 Pointer Sisters - Automatic 6:08 (original 12" version)
7 Quincy Jones - Ai No Corrida (I-No-Ko-ree-da) 6:16 (original 12" version)
8 GQ - Disco Nights 5:15 (original 12" version)
9 Laid Back - White Horse 5:45 (original 12" version)
10 Jam & Spoon-Follow Me 12:29 (original 12" version)
11 George Kranz - Din Daa Daa (Acappella / Dub-Version) 3:06
Notes by Ben Liebrand
Finally a master recording of this track so you don't have to listen o that nasty vinyl transfer that has spread over the world on some CD's As a bonus, the Acappeela / Dub version is also included as track 11.
Excellent track which would fit any relaxed house set. Nice continuous groove and vocals that sound totally as if they were meant to work on the dancefloor right now. Great fender rhodes chords sounding totally retro up-to-date. Good stuff!
Mark King playing the bass like a god. Slap that bass! Saw them perfrom in Cartouche back then. The stage was only a foot and a half high and people where so close to the band members that you could touch the strings of his bass without even having to reach.
Dutch production by Eric van Tijn and Jochem Fluitsma. This 12 version was made by Rutger Kroese. Rutger, always going his own dourse kind of dissappeared without trace.
If you know where he is....
5 Mantronix - Got To Have Your Love 8:24 (Club mix with bonus beats)
Lightyears ahead of the competition this track still sounds as if it were completed today.
Although you do encounter this track now and then, it hardly ever is the 12" version. So here it is!
Chas Jankel's original is also great, but here is master-producer Quincy Jones' remake from 1981
This track appears in many forms and lengths, this one however sounded the most un-processed, un-remixed and authentic.
The A-side being a sugar sweet reggea track called Sunshine Reggea, it was this B-side why everyone jumped on Laid Back. Totally wacked, crazy out of your skull electronic Disco. A bit noisy it does sound, but perhaps that is one of the nice we-don't-give-a-rat's-derriere things about it
By now you should know that this series is not a regular dance classics series. It is the stuff Ben Liebrand is made of and being a DJ for almost 30 years I come across many styles and inflluences, not only very old ones but also some more recent stuff. This is an example of such a track that simply is true inspiration to even the most experienced and wordly DJ's. No conventions here, no standard build-up, no rules, no limits, no boundaries, no worn out sounds, no more-of-the-same, no let's-please-the-A&R-guy, no let's-stick-to-this tempo, no need for continuing drums, with propably "the mother of open trance breaks without drums".
As promised, the acappella/dub mix just as rare as the original and here presented in the best quality that was to be found (including contacting Georg himself) Special thanks to Stefan Trapp :)
Hemmy Wapperom for going along on this quest for perfection.
Special thanks for digging up these masters go to:
Frans vd Kamp (NL), Eric Ten Bensel (NL), Roel Spee (NL), Eberhard (Germany), Peter Schouten (NL), Marcel Hergaarden (NL), Frank Rivero (Mexico) , Kees Franken (NL), Hemmy Wapperom (NL), Eri Komozaki (Japan), Yuko Suzuki (Japan), Angelina Arts (NL), Stefan Trapp (Germany), Donovan (NL), DJ Ed (NL), Gerard van Dijk (NL), Marcel Kivits (NL), Gertjan Hugers (NL), Jurgen Korduletsch (U.S.A.), Rob Robles (UK), Darren Salmieri (UK), Jan Willem van der Laan (NL) and the members of Mixfreaks.
So what is missing:
Obviously, Kraftwerk, the absolute fathers of all sequencer based dance music. Unfortunately, there was no way to contact Ralf Hutter (who I once met in a much to noisy club in Germany) other then riding a bike through his hometown and hoping to catch up with him if I saw him by chance. I have been told that even EMI records does not have a proper means of bidirectional communication. Nevertheless, great respect to Kraftwerk (and if anybody knows a way to contact them).
Bobby Orlando was missing on part 1, 2 and 3......but.....
I managed to incorporate no less than 5 Bobby Orlando productions on Grand 12 inches part 4
Telex : Moskow Diskow. Was missing from Grand 12 inches 1,
I succeeded in getting it! It is now available on Grand 12 Inches 2 !!!
Harry Thumann : Underwater. Was missing from Grand 12 inches 1
I found Baby Records, and it is now available on Grand 12 Inches 2 !!!
Even with part 4 finished,
tracks still not available for licensing included Planet Rock. George Duke : Broken Glass and Herb Alpert's 'Rotation' and the track 'Beyond'
Also the tracks by Poussez and the Players Association were not available for licensing at this moment. And not one decent master could be found of Amii Stewarts knock on wood.
Maybe next time....
http://rapidshare.com/files/38897344/BLCD4.rar
Thanks for great music! Unforunaly track 10 Jam & Spoon-Follow Me is missed :(
Спасибо за прекрасную музыку! К сожалению, в архиве отсутствует 10-й трек Jam & Spoon-Follow Me :(
sad to say but link died
"Forbidden to be shared" :(
don't use rapidshare pls
and thx in advance
Will you be posting this again??
PLEASE I beg you re-post this!!!!!
Thank you up front...............
awesome BLOG by the way
It was very interesting for me to read that post. Thanks for it. I like such themes and everything that is connected to this matter. I definitely want to read more soon.
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A hard foul can be as effective as a block sometimes.Benny Sieu/JS
Really good to see Tom Enlund writing about the possibility of Yi Jianlian and Charlie Villanueva playing together as the 4/5 combo. The pair combined for the last couple minutes of the Lakers' game following Bogut's sixth foul, which worked well because a) Phil Jackson did the Bucks a favor and immediately yanked Andrew Bynum and b) both guys' free throw accuracy was useful down the stretch. Then they stole a couple minutes together against Dallas on Saturday. Will Larry K go to the option in the future?
"Not to take anything away from Dallas' (centers), but they're not providing a whole lot of offensive punch for their team," said Krystkowiak. "It's not like (Yi or Villanueva) would necessarily get buried down in the post and would have to defend against a big center. That would probably be my focus - defensively making sure we could guard the other team and also keep in mind rebounding.
"If they can hold their own on the glass, then it would be something where I think we could pose problems for the other team in terms of spreading the floor and making one of their big guys have to come out and have to guard one of them, provided we're not giving stuff up."
Everyone always seems desperate to get CV and Yi playing for stretches at small forward, but so far LK has shown a strong preference against going big at the 3. CV has played 41% of the available minutes at PF and just 1% of the minutes at SF, while Yi has gotten 51% of the PF minutes and 2% of the center minutes. The greater significance of the possible pairing is that Yi being able to play some at center could lengthen Villanueva's tenure with the Bucks.
I've been harping on Andrew Bogut's emergence as a shot-blocker for a few weeks now, and Charles Gardner takes a deeper look at the team's sudden improvement in the art of denial. After finishing last season as the league's worst in shot-blocking, the Bucks entered Saturday's game fifth in the NBA. In the article Bogut talks a bit about his swatting strategy:
"If you get there late in this league, you're going to get dunked on," Bogut said. "I try to meet 'em at the block. If you meet 'em any later, guys like (Atlanta forward) Josh Smith, you saw what he did the other night.
"On big guys, you wait until they leave their feet, then you leave your feet. That's what I tried to do with (Andrew) Bynum, although I got called for a couple fouls."
While the Bucks won't be striking fear into the hearts of opposing teams overnight, they're doing their best to make opponents think twice when they venture into the paint. Bogut, Yi, Villanueva and Mason all had big blocks down low to deny lay-ups against Dallas. But just as important may have been Bogut's hard foul on Nowitzki (see above) in the first half, sending Dirk to the floor for a couple minutes.
Everyone's been trying to peg Yi as "the next __" for quite some time, and Nowitzki is the name that comes up most often. Following the win over Dallas, Tom Enlund asked Larry Krsytkowiak about Yi's performance against his possible archetype.
"I just assume that Yi doesn't know anybody," said Krystkowiak. "We watch a lot of personnel and individual film and he didn't share with me that he's familiar with him. Yi spends a lot of time in the film room because every game he plays, it's at least two or three (new) people that he may see that he may be matched up against. So he's becoming a student of the game. He has to understand tendencies and other team's personnel."
I think at the moment I'd say his "best case" would be a combination of Nowitzki and Chris Bosh. Outside of his 2/2 performance from deep in Houston he really hasn't looked for his three point shot, but it appears that will be a part of his game in the future. Physically Yi reminds me most of Bosh, wiry strong and certainly quicker and more explosive than Dirk. Down the road his playing style might be similar to Dirk's, mixing in post stuff with perimeter shots and opportunistic drives. Yeah, I think we'd all be OK with that.
In the meantime Yi still has a ways to go in terms of figuring out how to score against big bodies down low, which is the one area of his game that has been worse than I expected it to be (don't tell Dirk, though). You get the feeling that he's still figuring out what he can and can't get away with against NBA athletes, which in fairness should be somewhat expected given he was always taller and more athletic than his CBA opponents. According to 82games, Yi's eFG% inside is a paltry .308, with 27% of his shots blocked. That's easily the worst among the Bucks' players not named Charlie Bell, but he also boasts the best eFG% on jump shots (.500) on the team. Given his length and athleticism there's little excuse for his ineptitude aside from inexperience and a lack of strength. Athletically he flies up and down the court and moves extremely well laterally, but his reported 37" vertical isn't quite the sort of pogo-stick hops some had advertised. Not that I'm complaining--as an all-around athlete he's still something of a freak for a guy of his size, and if he doesn't become a 20 ppg guy down the road it won't be for a lack of athleticism.
So apparently Ramon Sessions isn't finding this whole D-League proposition very challenging. Following up on his 27/10 debut, Sessions lit up the Sioux Falls Skyforce for 34 points (11/17 fg), six assists, and six rebounds in Tulsa's 117-109 win.
Jim Paschke writes that the Bucks' players had their annual business seminar last week.
Jeramey at The Bratwurst brings up a sore subject among Bucks fans: Tim Thomas. By the way, did I miss something or is the #5 excluded altogether from the Bucks' jersey number countdown video that they show before games?


Nature abounds with examples of mutualistic relationships. Think of bees pollinating flowers whose nectar nourishes the bees, or clownfish that fight off predators of anemones that in turn provide habitats for the clownfish. Each species benefits the other, and together their chances of survival are better than if they lived apart.
Now scientists at MIT have found that such mutualistic relationships aren't always set in stone. Depending on environmental conditions, once-simpatico species can become competitors, and in extreme cases, one species can even drive the other to complete extinction.
Studying two similar strains of yeast, the researchers found that this deterioration in relations is marked by multiple transitions in the species' degree of codependence. What's more, such mutualistic relations tend to break down in more "benign" environments, such as nutrient-rich conditions, in which each species isn't required to rely solely on the other to survive.
The researchers have published their results today in the journal PLOS Biology. The team is led by Jeff Gore, the Latham Family Career Development Associate Professor of Physics at MIT, and includes Tim Hoek, who performed most of the experiments as a research intern in MIT's Physics of Living Systems group; Eugene Yurtsev, Tommaso Biancalani, and Jinghui Liu of the same group; and Kevin Axelrod of Harvard University.
In laboratory experiments, Gore and his colleagues studied the interactions between normally mutualistic strains of yeast that cross-feed, each producing a needed amino acid for the other.
The researchers supplied gradually increasing amounts of nutrients to the yeast and observed population changes in strains grown both together and apart. They found that in nutrient-poor conditions, both strains did better together than they did alone, forming more mutualistic relationships in which each strain depended heavily on the other. The opposite was true in conditions with more plentiful nutrients: The strains seemed to do worse together, with one dominating strain that grew in size while the other dwindled and eventually collapsed.
Interestingly, as the amount of nutrients gradually increased, the relationship between the strains, originally mutualistic, transitioned through multiple phases before devolving into competition, and even extinction of one partner. With just a small amount of extra added nutrients, the strains established an "obligate mutualism," in which they were obliged to co-exist in order to survive. With more nutrients, a "facultative mutualism" took hold, in which the two strains could survive on their own but did better together. With even more nutrients, this relationship gave way to "parasitism," in which one strain thrived while the other's population plummeted.
Finally, when the researchers added the highest concentration of nutrients to the strains, they observed that the yeast's previously mutualistic relationship completely broke down: The strains were both worse off growing together, with one strain outcompeting the other for nutrients, eventually driving the weaker strain to extinction.
From their experiments, the researchers developed a simple model to predict the type of mutualistic relationship that would develop between the two strains, given how their populations changed over time.
However, there may be a limit to the extent to which a mutualistic relationship can break down. The researchers note that the two strains of yeast they studied were genetically very similar, and had very similar resource requirements, feeding off similar nutrients to stay alive. This "niche overlap" may predispose a genetically close pair of species to completely break from each other in benign, nutrient-rich conditions, and instead compete for the same resources.
Mutualistic pairs such as clownfish and anemones, or, similarly, ants and acacia trees, may be sufficiently different in their nutritional requirements that they would likely not end up in complete collapse.
"We think the degree of niche overlap will influence how far along the mutualism-parasitism spectrum you would go, when the environment becomes benign," Gore says.
Ultimately, the group's results may help scientists better understand the ways in which interactions in nature can change with a changing environment.
This research was supported, in part, by the Allen Distinguished Investigator Program and an NIH New Innovator Award.
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With the midterm elections coming up, we were troubled by the very real impact voter suppression could have on voter turnout and election results, particularly here in Texas. So we partnered with the grass roots community at Let America Vote to create a social campaign to raise awareness of voter suppression and direct people to take action, whether it's a voter at risk of suppression or someone passionate about the cause.
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Rayon heir Stephen Courtauld (of Courtauld Gallery fame) and his wife Virginia (Ginie) built an art-deco mansion next to a 15th-century medieval hall between 1933 and 1937. From the impressive entrance hall with its dome, African black-bean-panelled walls and huge circular carpet with geometric shapes, to the black-marble dining room with silver-foil ceiling and heavy black doors decorated with lacquered animal figures, it appears the couple had taste as well as money.
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A £1.7 million refurbishment has opened up areas previously closed to the public. These include the decorated map room off Ginie's boudoir, where the couple plotted their extensive travels, and the basement, converted to a deluxe air-raid shelter during the Blitz. The couple also, rather fashionably for the times, had a pet lemur – the heated cage, complete with tropical murals and a bamboo ladder leading to the ground floor for the spoiled (and vicious) 'Mah-jongg' is also on view.
A royal palace was built on this site in 1305 and was, for a time, the boyhood home of Henry VIII, before the Tudors decamped to Greenwich. Little of that palace remains, apart from the restored Great Medieval Hall incorporated into the mansion. Its hammerbeam roof is generally rated the third best in the country, behind those at Westminster Hall and Hampton Court Palace. The 8 hectares of gardens include a rockery and moat with working bridge.
Visitors view the mansion's 20 rooms on a self-paced tour with an entertaining handheld multimedia guide.
Eltham Palace is equidistant – about a 20-minute walk – from Eltham and Mottingham stations (trains from London Bridge).
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What do you think the value of lapis per diamond is read the post below first.
so in my store i sell lapis pieces(not blocks.) for 6 diamonds a stack so if we go by that it's 10.6 lapis pieces per diamond so we round up and it's 11 lapis pieces per diamond spent but if round down it's 10.
10 splits better at 5 but 11 could split at 6 by rounding up. Also half of 6 could be 3 if we use 11 for quarter diamond prices.
Let me know what you think the worth is and 9 might be a good option too since it's could be worth 1 block.
edit i could always raise my price for lapis or lower it this is a voting to get a general idea what to price it as.
edit. if i sold the lapis at 7 diamonds per stack it would equal 1 diamond per block.
so far we got a 9 and 11 i voted 9 just cause it will be easier to trade with i wanted to show the results without voting but it won't let me change it now.


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This family accidentally booked tickets on the Pride Flight to New York - and loved it
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Zach Barack is the first openly trans actor in a Marvel film.
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The popular skincare brand reportedly rejected a proposed commercial, which included two men touching hands, by saying: "We don't do gay at Nivea".
First gay couple to play Wimbledon doubles hope to tackle homophobia in tennis
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"The world isn't as simple as a straight white guy."
This bookstore had the perfect response to backlash against Drag Queen story time
After their drag queen story time was disrupted by a vandal last week, this Denver bookstore answered critics with a great list of book recommendations.
The group behind Boston's 'Straight Pride' parade received 'suspicious envelopes' in the mail - filled with glitter
The group's slogan is 'It's great to be straight'.
Billy Porter is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
"I'm in Hollywood for good now bitches!"
The positive response to Hamish Macdonald's relationship shows how far we've come
It was a simple acknowledgement of new love, and those who were really happy to hear about it.
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News and views from our transgender community.
Miley Cyrus celebrates trans and non-binary bodies in new music video
The singer just dropped the music video for her track 'Mother's Daughter'.
People are loving the new trans character on 'Jessica Jones'
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Janet Mock makes history with lucrative new Netflix deal
"So proud to join the ranks of digital content moguls as the first trans woman to call her own creative shots at a major content company."
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It's not just that I learned to accept my voice for what it is - I learned to enjoy for its particularities, qualities germane to my current hormonal make-up.
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'The Lion King' actor Billy Eichner says he played Timon with 'gay sensibility'
"I'm certainly not going to shy away from it."
Comedian Billy Eichner is bringing an extra dose of camp to Disney's live-action remake of The Lion King, admitting that he played the role of meerkat Timon with "gay sensibility". In an interview with BuzzFeed, Eichner reflected on the r...
LGBTIQ+ talent dominate Emmy Award nominations
Hannah Gadsby, Billy Porter, Laverne Cox, Ellen DeGeneres, 'Queer Eye', 'Special' and 'Schitt's Creek' are all nominated.
It is a great day for LGBTIQ+ on-screen talent, with queer actors, comedians and TV shows dominating the 2019 Emmy Awards nominations. Pose actor Billy Porter continued to make history, becoming the first openly gay black man to be nominat...
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"Scarlett Johansson looks so good in the new Lion King"
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LGBTIQ+ pioneer Alan Turing is finally getting the acceptance he deserves
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The doll is being released to honour the 50th anniversary of David Bowie's iconic 'Space Oddity' track.
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Why this Christian mum wore a rainbow sash to her son's wedding
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'I knew that I loved my son, and nothing would ever stop me from loving my son. But I had some thinking and some praying to do. Lots,' Vanessa wrote in a self-penned blog. Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/10/religious-mum-marries-g...


The Children have authority wherever the Light is, witch, and where the Light is not, we bring it."
The Children of the Light are a military organization dedicated to finding Darkfriends and rooting out evil and corruption wherever it may be found. Their zeal and military prowess makes them dangerous opponents. Their headquarters is the Fortress of the Light in the city of location:amador in location:amadicia. While they claim no political allegiance, for they are only loyal to the light, they effectively rule the country of Amadicia.
They typically refer to themselves as the Children. They are commonly referred to by others though, as "Whitecloaks" due to their snowy white cloaks, which they wear in all seasons and keep immaculately clean. This is not a name favored by the Children themselves.
The current Lord Captain Commander of the Children is Pedron Niall, one of the Five Great Captains of the Westlands.


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Der Kanton Nîmes-5 war bis 2015 ein französischer Wahlkreis im Arrondissement Nîmes, im Département Gard und in der Region Languedoc-Roussillon. Er umfasste einen Teil der Wahlberechtigten der Stadt Nîmes und wurde 2015 im Rahmen einer landesweiten Neugliederung der Kantone aufgelöst. Nîmes besteht seither nur noch aus vier geografisch neu zugeschnittenen Kantonen.

Der Kanton bestand aus einem Teil der Stadt Nîmes. Die Kantonsgrenzen wurden zuletzt 2004 verändert. Zuletzt umfasste der Kanton die Stadtteile:
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Interoperability (or the lack of it) stands out as one of the major obstacles to the expansion of the Internet of Things. As we've discussed on this blog, the lack of a common platform for Internet-enabled devices to communicate on has resulted in a balkanized IoT landscape. Nest's smart thermometer and smoke detector communicate and share information famously, but if you want to link them with some smart appliance from GE or LG, you're out of luck.
AllJoyn is an open source peer-to-peer platform for connecting devices on The Internet of Things. (Image courtesy of The Linux Foundation.)
But that may soon be changing. On Tuesday, The Linux Foundation announced a new, cross industry consortium of major IT infrastructure makers, software vendors and electronics firms. The AllSeen Alliance is tasked with developing a common, open source platform that allows hardware and software firms to unite their creations, regardless of their brand – and provide basic security features, to boot.
The Alliance counts electronics giants like Panasonic, Qualcomm, LG and Sharp as members. Other charter members include retail giant Sears and networking equipment maker Cisco Systems.
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Members will contribute engineers and material support to develop what is described as an "open framework" based on AllJoyn, a peer-to-peer networking platform created by Qualcomm and designed to facilitate connections between a heterogeneous population of intelligent, mobile devices.
"This goes far beyond simply defining a standard and hoping people will adopt it," wrote Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin in a blog post. "This is working code that everyone can freely use. By adopting the same code base this project will enable higher levels of compatibility needed for a world of billions of connected devices."
AllJoyn provides what is described as a "common set of service frameworks for allowing things near you (proximal) to share information seamlessly with each other regardless of operating system, platform, device type, transport layer or brand." The framework comprises an SDK and code base of service frameworks for basic intra-device networking features like device discovery, connection management, message routing and security.
The AllJoyn security model supports application level encryption and authentication. Authentication is managed using SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) and is conducted application-to-application using the AllJoyn interface. Objects can implement both secure and non-secure interfaces depending on the requirements of the application, according to information published by the AllSeen Alliance.
Backers also argue that an open source platform will offer a big security improvement over islands of poorly vetted, proprietary code.
Interoperability is a major obstacle to growth of The Internet of Things.
Initially, the Alliance said that AllJoyn will provide services that allow compliant devices to identify each other and perform basic handshakes, as well as onboarding to local area device networks, user notifications, device management and audio streaming. The AllSeen Alliance will produce developer tools and operate a compliance program to ensure that Alliance standards are being properly implemented, according to an Alliance FAQ.
With the Internet of Things on a course to mushroom in the years ahead, issues like security, data privacy and interoperability have come to the fore. The Linux Foundation said that open source platforms like Linux are the best hope for heading off a confusing, expensive environment dominated by incompatible devices and frameworks.
"History has proven that open source software and collaborative development can speed complex technology challenges that when those challenges are overcome, unleash new opportunities for consumer experiences," Zemlin wrote. "The AllSeen Alliance aims to take a page from the Linux and open source playbook to deliver the connected home and business of the future while helping to turn those analyst forecasts into real revenue for the world's most innovative companies and new experiences for consumers and business users."
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Мария Исабель Селаа Диегес (, род. 23 мая 1949 года, Бильбао, Бискайя) — испанский политический и государственный деятель. Член Испанской социалистической рабочей партии. В прошлом — министр труда и социальной экономики (2018—2021), официальный представитель правительства Испании (2018—2020), советник по образованию, университетам и исследованиям  (2009—2012), вице-спикер  (2008—2009), депутат Генеральных кортесов Испании от Алавы с 21 мая 2019 года по 21 февраля 2020 года, депутат Баскского парламента от Бискайи с 25 ноября 1998 года по 12 мая 2009 года и с 20 ноября 2012 года по 2 августа 2016 года.

Биография
Родилась 23 мая 1949 года в Бильбао, административном центре провинции Бискайя.

Получила степень бакалавра философии и литературы, английской филологии и права и учёное звание профессор бакалавриата.

В 1987 году стала главой аппарата советника по образованию, университетам и исследованиям правительства Страны Басков . С 1991 года была заместителем советника по образованию, университетам и исследованиям правительства Страны Басков . С 1995 года была главой аппарата советника юстиции, экономики, труда и социального обеспечения правительства Страны Басков . В период с 1998 по 2009 год и с 2012 по 2016 год она была депутатом баскского парламента от провинции Бискайя. С 25 марта 2008 года по 3 апреля 2009 года она была первым вице-спикером баскского парламента. С 9 мая 2009 года по 14 декабря 2012 года она занимала должность советника по вопросам образования, университетов и исследований в правительстве Страны Басков под руководством Пачи Лопеса.

7 июня 2018 года получила портфель министра образования и профессиональной подготовки и одновременно портфель официального представителя правительства Испании в первом кабинете Санчеса. 13 января 2020 года получила портфель министра образования и профессиональной подготовки во втором кабинете Санчеса.

На парламентских выборах 28 апреля 2019 года избрана депутатом Конгресса депутатов от избирательного округа Алавы. Переизбрана на досрочных выборах 10 ноября 2019 года.

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Депутаты конгресса Испании от провинции Алава
Депутаты Парламента Страны Басков
Женщины-политики Испании
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