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Launch Date 2020, November 04
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Oppo K7x Battery 5000mAh
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GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 CDMA 800
HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41 1, 41, 77, 78 SA/NSA
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Oppo K7x is Android 10, ColorOS 7.2 Phone Comes at the price of 54 and $ 345 in Pakistan.
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Oppo K7x Comes With 6GB, 128GB in Blue, Black color having Dimensity 720 5G Processor. This Smartphone Weights 194 g (6.84 oz) and carrying 5000mAh battery.
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04 November 2020 is the launch date of Oppo K7x .
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"We're injecting two immune stimulants right into one single tumor," Brody said. "We inject one tumor and we see all of the other tumors just melt away."
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This new vaccine approach focuses on dendritic cells, which Brody calls the "generals" of the immune system's army. Dendritic cells guide the response of T-cells to fight off invaders.
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At San José de moro we are helping highly-skilled local entrepreneurs create outstanding products, including quality replicas of ceramics found at this unique site.
San José de Moro is one of the most important cemeteries and ceremonial centers of the Mochica and subsequent used by Lambayeque and Chimu cultures. Hundreds of burials have been excavated since 1991 and some of the most significant finds have been seven chamber burials containing the remains of elite Moche Priestesses, and, associated with them, one of the largest and finest assemblages of ceramics in Peru, including several remarkable Moche fineline ceramics.
San José de Moro is a small, rural community of approximately 5,000 inhabitants, located on the North Coast of Peru about 700km north of Lima between Trujillo and Chiclayo. The local economy is largely agricultural, producing primarily rice, corn and onions. The average daily income for residents is approximately US$9.50 per day. The community live in and around the archaeological site, travelling across it and interacting with it daily.
SPI is inspiring and creating local entrepreneurs. Tourism and local sales have been encouraged through the construction of a visitors' center, including a workshop, store, picnic area and toilets. Led by master-craftsman Julio Ibarolla (above), a group of apprentices have learnt to produce high quality ceramics based on local designs, while a local blacksmith has created a business specializing in archaeological tools. We also expanded opportunities through a screen-printing workshop to make products decorated with iconography from the site.
SPI was awarded the First International Tourism Cares Award in 2013 for our outstanding work in sustainability and preservation at this site.
SPI built a new workshop, store and site entrance, trained the artisans in business skills, and developed exciting new product with them. The business is now self-sustaining and requires no more direct support!
To date, direct revenues to the local community have reached over $50,000, with the project representing a return on investment within four years! Our master-craftsman, Julio Ibarrola, is now able to commit himself full-time to his craft, while 11 people make and sell crafts through the business, and 11 other local indirect jobs were created.
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Much has been written on and is expected of Cameron Reddish, the No. 3 ranked player in the nation according to ESPN, and he is a player that is hard to take your eyes away from. The 6'8" Mr. Everything of one of the best teams in the country, Westtown Moose of the Friends League, showed everyone in attendance at the Kobe Bryant Classic produced by Scholastic Play by Play why we should be paying so much attention to him.
On Saturday, January 20, the Moose of Westtown took on the No. 1 team in South Jersey, the Panthers of Camden High, in a very exciting, well played game. It appeared the Moose would run away with it in the first half. T.J. Berger fired a buzzer beating trey at the end of the half from about 45 feet away to put his squad of fellow Moosemen up 45-33.
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Camden refused to go away, showing a depth of talent from across the river that should serve them well as they move towards the end of the season. Coach John Valore took on this challenge against the vaunted Moose to challenge his players. They proved their mettle and more. The packed house loved every minute of this much anticipated matchup.
Corey Greer of the Panthers, who was everywhere the entire game, fired up a 3-pointer at the buzzer of overtime from the right wing for the visitor's victory in a thriller of a game that certainly lived up to the hype. This shot followed a steal and push up court. With this 74-71 victory, Camden is now at 8-1 for the season.
Game-high points were from 6'6" senior Myles Thompson of Camden with 26. Thompson fired up and hit on five from beyond the arc. He also had 16 rebounds and 3 assists.
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Corey Greer, at 6' and 180 lbs, had 11 points, three boards and five assists. He is on recovery from a torn ACL last year and seems to be back at close to full strength.
For the Moose, even though Reddish is clearly the standout after recently being named to the prestigious McDonald's All American team, fellow big men Jake Forrester and Noah Collier had 12 and 11 respectively, and T.J. Berger popped for 16.
During the game, Reddish was seen at point guard, shooting guard, small forward, and even in the center position in the 2-3 defensive employed late in regulation by Westtown. He is a very impressive athlete to say the least. There were moments in the second half where it seemed like he might be pacing himself, possibly by design because he rarely comes out of the game. In any event, it was fun to watch such a remarkable athlete heading for one of the best college programs in history at Duke and then probably onto the NBA if all goes right. It was also equally exciting to witness all of the other talented future D1 players.
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tbb::flow::interface7::receiver< T > Class Template Referenceabstract

Pure virtual template class that defines a receiver of messages of type T.
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typedef T 	input_type

 	The input type of this receiver.

typedef sender< T > 	predecessor_type

 	The predecessor type for this node.

Public Member Functions

virtual 	~receiver ()

 	Destructor.

bool 	try_put (const T &t)

 	Put an item to the receiver.

virtual bool 	register_predecessor (predecessor_type &)

 	Add a predecessor to the node.

virtual bool 	remove_predecessor (predecessor_type &)

 	Remove a predecessor from the node.

virtual void 	internal_add_built_predecessor (predecessor_type &)=0

virtual void 	internal_delete_built_predecessor (predecessor_type &)=0

virtual void 	copy_predecessors (std::vector< predecessor_type * > &)=0

virtual size_t 	predecessor_count ()=0

Protected Member Functions

virtual task * 	try_put_task (const T &t)=0

virtual void 	reset_receiver (__TBB_PFG_RESET_ARG(reset_flags f=rf_reset_protocol))=0

virtual bool 	is_continue_receiver ()

Friends

template<typename R , typename B >

class 	run_and_put_task

 	put item to successor; return task to run the successor if possible.

template<typename X , typename Y >

class 	internal::broadcast_cache

template<typename X , typename Y >

class 	internal::round_robin_cache

template<typename U >

class 	limiter_node

 	put receiver back in initial state

template<typename TT , typename M >

class 	internal::successor_cache

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template<typename T>

class tbb::flow::interface7::receiver< T >

Pure virtual template class that defines a receiver of messages of type T.

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United States v. Wecht: When Anonymous Juries, the Right of Access, and Judicial Discretion Collide
Seton Hall Law Review, Vol. 40, p. 763, 2010
48 Pages Posted: 18 Aug 2010 Last revised: 30 Sep 2010
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The United States was a young country in 1807 when proceedings began in Aaron Burr's treason trial. The former vice president sat accused of treason for allegedly conspiring to wage war against the United States. By all accounts, the trial was such a spectacle that the country had not seen anything like it before, even during the colonial period. Although newspapers at the time virtually ignored the courts, the Burr trial "captivated the American public's attention," and the newspapers happily obliged the public's interest. The news reports were so invasive and the editorials were so provocative that Burr alleged that the coverage prejudiced the jury against him. Acknowledging that some jurors might have formed opinions, Chief Justice John Marshall, serving as the trial judge, instructed the jury to remain open to the evidence and witness testimony. Despite the prejudicial media coverage, the jury acquitted Burr of treason.
Since 1807, courts have occasionally witnessed high public interest in criminal trials. In the early 1920s, the newspapers and public carefully followed the Sacco and Vanzetti arrests and murder trial. The media coverage continued throughout the defendants' appeals and right up to their execution. Reporters even tracked down the original jurors from the trial - seven years after the guilty verdicts - to ask whether, in hindsight, they thought that the trial was fair. The intensity and pervasiveness of the media's trial coverage, however, took on a new character in the 1950s with the advent of television and the growth of broadcast news.
The justice system witnessed one of the first modern media frenzies in the 1954 murder trial of Dr. Samuel Sheppard. The prosecution accused Dr. Sheppard, a "handsome, 30-year-old" doctor from an Ohio suburb, of brutally murdering his pregnant, thirty-one-year-old wife. The press's daily trial coverage included "[a]bout fifty reporters from newspapers, news services, radio and television networks, with perhaps twenty still and movie camera men...swarmed over the court house. Except [for] eight or ten seats in the last row, all places in the court room not occupied by participants and attendants [were] filled by the press. Not only were critics concerned about the fairness of the process to Dr. Sheppard, the trial also raised serious questions about the privacy of jurors because of the pervasive media coverage."
During the years following the Sheppard trial and Dr. Sheppard's appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States in Sheppard v. Maxwell, the legal community recognized the need to address how the media covers high-profile trials and the negative influence excessive media coverage can have on the trial itself. Congress also embraced the idea of greater judicial discretion and control over criminal proceedings. As a result, district courts have relied on case law, statutes, and their inherent judicial authority to address intense media coverage, including withholding jurors' identities from the public by using anonymous juries. In contrast, because of the media's First Amendment right of access and the inherent benefits of public trials and media scrutiny, the Supreme Court has voiced concern over excessive judicial measures that close proceedings from the public eye. For these reasons, in 1986, the Supreme Court adopted the "experience and logic" test. The "experience and logic" test seeks a balance between too much and too little public access under the First Amendment by instructing courts when proceedings must be open or may be closed.
Courts determine whether the "experience and logic" test weighs in favor of a First Amendment right of access by examining both the historical openness of the proceeding and the benefits and detriments of public access. If a First Amendment right attaches, then a presumption of openness applies. A court can close a proceeding and overcome this presumption only when detailed, case-specific findings reveal the necessity of closure. On the other hand, when the First Amendment does not attach, the courts need not overcome a constitutional burden to close the proceedings. Thus, courts have far greater discretion and control over the trial process when a First Amendment right does not attach because they do not need to overcome a constitutional presumption of openness.
The "experience and logic" test and the stability it achieves have worked well, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upset the status quo in United States v. Wecht ( Wecht II). In Wecht II, the Third Circuit held that the media has a First Amendment right of access to the names and addresses of prospective jurors. Yet legal tradition and policy considerations weigh against the Third Circuit's holding under the "experience and logic" test.
If Wecht II endures, district judges will lose a significant amount of discretion over the jury-selection process and will no longer control when or how the court releases prospective jurors' identities to the public in high-profile trials. Instead of using their inherent and statutory discretion, courts would first need to rebut a strong, constitutional presumption - rather than a common-law presumption - that the jurors' identities are publicly available. By making it more difficult for the district courts to exercise their discretion during jury selection, Wecht II ignores the history that led to the "experience and logic" test and the delicate policy balance that the Supreme Court and Congress achieved.
This Comment contends that, under the "experience and logic" test, the First Amendment does not apply to prospective jurors' identities during jury selection. Therefore, the First Amendment does not require that courts disclose prospective jurors' identities to the public when the parties have not finished jury selection in a high-profile case that lacks safety concerns. Part II of this Comment introduces the concept of the anonymous jury and the source of the district judge's authority to empanel an anonymous jury. Part II also presents the constitutional issues raised by an anonymous jury and the current case law addressing those issues. Part III discusses the unprecedented decision in Wecht II, which creates a constitutional right to obtain the identities of prospective jurors. Part IV analyzes the ways in which the Wecht II court misapplied the "experience and logic" test. Part IV also evaluates the potential effects of Wecht II and how, if followed, it might substantially affect the balance achieved between media-access concerns and concerns for juror privacy and systemic integrity.
Keywords: anonymous jury, jury, judicial discretion, right of access, united states v. wecht, media coverage, experience and logic test first amendment, high profile trial, high profile case, juror privacy, juror identity, united states v. barnes, third circuit, free speech, free press
Fersko, Seth A., United States v. Wecht: When Anonymous Juries, the Right of Access, and Judicial Discretion Collide. Seton Hall Law Review, Vol. 40, p. 763, 2010. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1660242
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Brexit: Protocol gives North 'significant market advantage' over Britain
Traffic passing close to the border between Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland just outside Newry, Co Down, © PA Archive/PA Images
By David Young, PA
The Northern Ireland Protocol has placed the region at a significant market advantage over competitors in Britain, a senior Stormont official has said.
The unfettered access Northern Ireland has already secured to the EU market was what the rest of the UK was striving to achieve in trade negotiations, Andrew McCormick told an Assembly committee.
Mr McCormick, who heads up the Executive's work on Brexit, was giving evidence to the Executive Office Committee on last week's agreement on the operation of the protocol.
The protocol was designed to maintain a free-flowing border on the island of Ireland.
It will see Northern Ireland remain in the single market for goods and apply the EU customs code at its ports.
Under its terms, Northern Ireland companies will have tariff-free access to the Irish Republic and the wider EU.
Mr McCormick told committee members that counterparts in Britain were keen to secure similar terms already achieved by Northern Ireland.
"That's actually of course a very significant market advantage and any time I talk to Edinburgh, they're saying, 'Well, you know we'd like that too' and many traders across the water would like to have that access to EU markets," he said.
"In a way it's what the trade negotiations are all about – the conditions for GB to have access to sell into the single market and how to get a zero quota/zero tariff trade deal and they're having to go through an intense year of negotiations.
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"But we've got it in the protocol, guaranteed and secure – so that's definite."
Mr McCormick insisted the terms of the protocol would not change regardless of whether a wider UK/EU trade deal materialised.
"There's no mechanism by which they could be overturned," he said.
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4. Mistrzostwa Świata w Lotach Narciarskich odbyły się w dniu 18 lutego 1977 w Vikersund na skoczni Vikersundbakken K-150.

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Lost an ear? This 3D printer will make you a new one
By SJ Azar published 16 February 16
Humans will be plug and play
A new system to print 3D models using human tissue has been developed by researchers at the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine, USA.
The idea behind the research was to create stable tissue to replace areas of damage in the human body, and while this isn't the first time a 3D printer for organs has been developed, it is still an impressive achievement.
A mix of hydrogel and biodegradable polymers form the structure of the tissue as the nozzles position them in specific layers, and 3D imaging of the missing or damaged part dictates the precise shape on the platform.
Bioprinting 3D tissue or organs poses the tricky question of how to keep cells alive throughout the print cycle. The challenge was overcome in this instance by allowing the cell-laden hydrogel to absorb nutrients via transporting pathways built into it.
You can see the printer in action below:
This isn't the first time we've written about the Wake Forest School of Medicine's 3D printing projects either.
If this technology continues to provide stable solutions to tissue manufacturing, it will allow our health services to roll it out, and could even turn up in our homes one day, letting us literally patch ourselves up.
"We believe regenerative medicine promises to be one of the most pervasive influences on public health in the modern era." says Anthony Atala, MD, Director of the Institute.
Images and video credit: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
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Q: How to update table based on row index? I made a copy of an existing table like this:
select * into table_copy from table

Since then I've made some schema changes to table (added/removed columns, changed order of columns etc).  Now I need to run an update statement to populate a new column I added like this:
update t
set t.SomeNewColumn = copy.SomeOldColumn
from t

However, how do I get the second table in here based on row index instead of some column value matching up?
Note: Both tables still have equal number of rows in their original positions.

A: If you have an ID on it, you can do this:
update t set
    t.SomeNewColumn = copy.SomeOldColumn
from
    table t
    inner join table_copy copy on
        t.id = copy.id

If you have no way to uniquely identify the row and are relying on the order of the rows, you're out of luck, as row order is not reliable in any version of SQL Server (nor most other RDBMSes).

A: You cannot join the tables without a key to define each row uniquely, the position of the data in the table has no bearing on the situation.
If you tables do not have a primary key you need to define one.

A: You could use this to update them by matching ids
UPDATE
    t
SET
    t.SomeNewColumn = other_table.SomeOldColumn,
FROM
    original_table t
INNER JOIN
     other_table copy
ON
    t.id = copy.id

or if you don't have the ids you might be able to pull out something by using ROW_NUMBER function to enumerate the records, but that's a long shot(I haven't checked if it's possible).

A: If you're updating, you'll need a primary key to join on. Usually in that case, the others' answers will suffice. If for some reason you still need to update the table with a resultset in a certain order, you can do this:
UPDATE t SET t.SomeNewColumn = copy.SomeOldColumn
FROM table t
    JOIN (SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY id) AS row, id, SomeNewColumn FROM table) t2
        ON t2.Id = t.Id
    JOIN (SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY id) AS row, SomeOldColumn FROM copytable) copy
        ON copy.row = t2.row

You get the new table and its row numbers in the order you want, join the old table and its row numbers in the order you want, and join back to the new table so the query has something to directly update.

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The zodiac signs describe how we approach various situations or engage in relationships. Aries is a masculine cardinal fire sign, which makes it the most dynamic, assertive sign in the zodiac. The Ram wants to be first off the starting line and finish first. He finds nothing appealing about being in second or third place. Whenever you approach a situation with an intense desire to get what you want, you are using the Aries energy in your chart.
Taking a leadership position. Act on your ideas instead of waiting for someone else to take the lead.
Being assertive. Fear can stop you in your tracks. Aries won't back down from his convictions.
Retaining your independence. Aries is a ram, not a sheep. You won't find him lost in the crowd.
Getting out of your comfort zone. Aries is the pioneer, not the wagon train that follows.
The self-confident Aries can bounce ideas off other people and then take steps that will assure his success. Comfortable with his own decisions and actions, the Ram moves ambitiously toward his goal.
Taken to the extreme, the dynamic Aries energy can turn into impulsive, intolerant aggression. Leadership turns to tyranny when Aries becomes angry, militant, pushy, and is always "in your face." Interest in projects and relationships can fade if they are no longer seen as exciting. Lacking staying power, the restless and reckless Aries then sets out to find the next thrill, the next big score.
The outer planets are not included here. Unless they are heavily weighted in your chart, their influence is less personal.
When the Moon is Aries, there is an active emotional life. Moods are infused with enthusiasm and spontaneity. Quick, impulsive responses can lead to emotional flare-ups.
With Mercury in Aries, the mind is alert and original. The thought processes are quick and decisions are made rapidly.
Venus in Aries is demonstrative and passionate. Aries is attracted quickly and can lose interest just as quickly so there may be many short-lived relationships.
Mars is the planetary ruler of Aries. Mars here creates exceptional physical energy. Self-gratification can come at the expense of personal relationships.
Jupiter in Aries cries out for freedom. Interest in religion, politics, and philosophy encourages self-development and personal growth. May be overly optimistic.
Saturn in Aries reduces impulsiveness and increases the drive for success. Action is less spontaneous and more organized.
There is much to be admired in Aries' courage, daring, and absolute need to be who they are—"warts and all," as they say. Tap into your Aries energy when you are hesitant to promote yourself or your ideas. Use Aries' spontaneity and enthusiasm to feel fully alive.


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ALS Won't Stop J.P. Whalen From Becoming His Own Advocate
Clayton Castle — Dec. 20 2017
"He said, 'I'm not going to die from it. I'm going to live with it for as long as I can."
It all started with a playful afternoon with his granddaughters.
"I tried to do a cartwheel and my right arm gave out on me and I fell," J.P. Whalen said. "I kind of crumbled to the grass."
Whalen, an otherwise healthy 65-year-old Baxter resident, saw a number of doctors and specialists after what he thought was a rotator cuff issue. However, the diagnosis was far more serious.
"I think it was December 21st or 22nd of 2015 when I was formally diagnosed with ALS," Whalen said.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also know as ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease, is a neurological disease that kills the neurons which control voluntary muscles. The prognosis is typically very poor.
"It didn't register, until [the doctor] said, 'the prognosis is you have 24 to 36 months to live,'" Whalen said.
The news is hard for a patient to hear, as well as the family. J.P.'s wife Donna has been by his side before and ever since the diagnosis.
"When he did, it was like somebody socked me in the jaw," Donna Whalen said. "I just couldn't quite believe [it was] ALS."
Awareness of the disease spread in 2014 with the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which raised over $100 million dollars for the ALS Association to aid in finding a cure for the disease. As for J.P. Whalen, he is working on becoming his own advocate, including being one of the first patients in Minnesota to receive Radicava, a medicine used to slow the progress of the disease.
"I happened to run across a friend of mine who used to work at the hospital here for Essentia Health who worked on that floor," Whalen said. "And she said they do infusions there for chemotherapy, why can't they do the Radicava for ALS."
J.P. receives his Radivaca treatments at Essentia Health, where he will go in 10 days straight for infusions followed by 14 days off. Two years into the disease, however, he and Donna want to raise awareness and show that accepting the news is the hardest step.
"Once you come to an acceptance of what you have and what you have to face, it's a big hurdle you've overcome," Whalen said.
While ALS may slowly be taking his physical body, JP's spirit has never been stronger.
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JP has been a family friend my entire life and he is an inspiration to all. Thank you so much for doing this piece.
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JP is a wonderful man full of caring and belief… thank you for sharing…


The new Under Wraps Pullover, White Anahatasana LS, Capoeira print Wunder Under Pants and Energy Bra. I like the looks of the pullover.
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@Beth - I know. The North America buyer is terrible.
I'm still on the fence on the Capoeira, but the ladies modeling them sure look like they're having fun!
The mesh pants, on the other hand, are definitely on my "not" list. Sorry, but I just don't think they're flattering on anyone.
I like the Capoeira pants, but the color combo is not good. there should be some yellow and green in there. I do have to admit that the photos above make the clothes look desirable.
The messy pants remind me of nylons for some reason.
I like the print. Does anyone now if they are the denim luon?
@ anon 4:56 pm - they are denim and running small. You might want to size up if you order them.
Agree ....Capoeira looks great on some of these models. The Metta High Times Mesh - on the other hand - across the board fugly.
I hope the North American buyer reads your blog; cause I AGREE, they are terrible. I find myself loving alot of the Australia, Fritish and Hong Kong items so much better.
@Beth - I think they are promoting the capoeira (and probably upcoming prints) more is because they are inspired by Rio De Janeiro. Rio Olympics are in 5 months so I'm thinking its purposely tied in to that.
So far not impressed with anything new. Good for my spending freeze for February! Lol!
Don't get me started on all the product North America has missed out on and product discrepancies between the US and Canada. Seriously, North America should get a shot at all new product and if for some reason that is not possible then North America Buyer please take some pointers from Hong Kong and Australia's buyers.


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Russian Assault Rifles & Machine Guns Thread: #1
KoTeMoRe
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Re: Russian Assault Rifles & Machine Guns Thread: #1
KoTeMoRe on Wed Feb 08, 2017 2:00 am
Cyrus the great wrote:
I've been asking a flurry of questions and so I hope that I'm not annoying people here, but I have learned a lot from posters on this forum, so please bear with me. I have some more questions:
The AK-12 was able to achieve 1 MOA - which is astonishing... and the AK-400 purpotedly surpasses this -- which would make it a sub MOA rifle. Is this possible in an assault rifle? Am I wrong to assume that the AK-400 should be more reliable than the genuine SIG 550 series in Swiss service?
It isn't astonishing at all. Firing a lower impulse round and with a flat trajectory helps immensely at 100m. The AK400 doesn't surpass it, it's about 2MOA/2.5MOA a tad better than the AK74M, but it's a compromise and a "modernization".
The AK MA (Dragunov MA) is said to be a MOA gun at 100.
With the right barrel the AK in 7.62 can become a MOA; 1.5MOA gun. The Galil achieves that with a twice the weight of the barrel vs AKM.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/08/19/galil-ace-review/
Cyrus the great on Wed Feb 08, 2017 8:31 am
KoTeMoRe wrote:
Thanks for these answers, mate.
What did Kalashnikov Concern do to the AK-12 that made it more accurate than the AK-400? I was under the impression that a short-stroke piston would significantly reduce recoil and increase accuracy. The AK-400 also has a free float barrel and so this was yet another feature that I perceived to be a plus to accuracy,although it may produce carrier tilt. I understand that the AK-12 has a long-stroke piston with lightened internals but I really am surprised that it could be more accurate than the AK-400. The AK-400 should not be considered a modernization if it achieves less accuracy and inferior ergonomics to the AK-12. What is the difference between a conventional short-stroke piston and a reverse short-stroke piston.
TheArmenian
TheArmenian on Wed Feb 08, 2017 11:50 am
magnumcromagnon wrote: So there's been talk about a secretive deep modernization of Pechneg 7.62, I wonder what it could mean. OK KoTeMoRe, have at it:
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fvpk.name%2Fnews%2F174253_sekretnyii_pulemet_rossii.html&edit-text=&act=url
There's nothing secretive about the compromises made to obtain the PKP. And there was no such thing when it comes to the two different weapons shown in the picture.
The biggest of them was the decision to have a fixed barrel, instead of a QCB (Quick change barrel) and have an airflow ventilation through a sleeve instead of relying on swapping barrels.
The problem started when the PKP got out of the platoon Squad automatic weapon role (in lieu of RPK) and became, because of its qualities in this role, a GMPG and started getting mounted on everything. You can see that the first "modernization" is in fact a return to PKM standard with a CQB, an integral M1913 style rail and the possibility to use the PKM for close combat or sweeps by adding a vertical grip. The other huge factor is the muzzle device that should play a role in reducing the felt recoil (inverted deflector principle like the AKS74U).
There are some cons IMO, the integral rail system has forced them to put the iron sights on the front of the top cover, which may be a problem for zero holding as it stands just atop of the feed tray and ammo band. The return to a QCB clearly shows this is a modernization of the PKM rather than the Pecheng.
The second monster is just a Spetznaz toy, it features a dual controls and triggers, completely over the top. But hey, bullpup PKP....
How often are QCBs carried into battle.
I don't recall a single instance where I saw them used in battle.
Arctic_Fox
Location : Brazil
Arctic_Fox on Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:55 am
Lots of toys
From: Otvaga2004
KoTeMoRe on Fri Feb 10, 2017 11:32 am
Arctic_Fox wrote: Lots of toys
What did we say? MA is going to take the cake. ZID is going to cry once again.
TheArmenian wrote:
As long as I remember I have seen two kits in Donbass in 2014 and a whole flurry of them in 2008. While in Donbass it might have been used for real, in Ossetia it was part of regulation so.
But the issue with the PKP is this, the moment you need sustained fire, you are going to think CQB, it's not if you're going to use it but when.
This doesn't mean the PKP was a mistake, only that some things need to be retained at GPMG level, while the PKP is great, scratch that, outstanding RPK replacement when all things are considered. We know they've been tested in Yemen, we've seen it both.
Guest on Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:36 pm
Our M-84s are coming from the factory in crates without replacement bores. However... on the frontline in the 90s you could see them appearing now and then in some weird ass bags in pairs because it was simply needed as sustained fire was regular appearance. And during my NCO school we had spares on shooting range for M-84s.
Cyrus the great on Sat Feb 18, 2017 3:40 pm
If Russia had replaced the 7.62x54 with the 6x49mm, what measures could have made it possible to mitigate the barrel wear from such an incredibly high velocity round?
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Guest on Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:07 pm
If Russia had replaced the 7.62x54 with the 6x49mm, what measures could have it made it possible to mitigate the barrel wear from such an incredibly high velocity round?
Chrome-lining basically, nothing else on large scale would be suitable from the financial aspect.
Thanks, Militarov
The 6x49mm has a velocity of 3,700ft/s out of a 24 inch barrel and so a chrome lined barrel could mitigate barrel wear to a certain extent. I read that the 6x49mm wored out barrels after just 5, 000 rounds - a third of the lifespan of a 7.62 barrel.
Reducing the velocity to 3, 200 ft/s could also help - with just a slight loss in performance. You could probably achieve 3, 200 ft/s out of a 14 inch barrel with that round. The 6x49mm is only 1 gram heavier than the 5.56 and delivered 3200J of energy and so it's really unfortunate that it was never adopted.
KoTeMoRe on Sat Feb 18, 2017 5:45 pm
Structure. Treatment. Self-treatment.
Structure: Thicker barrels for integrity.
Treatment: Chroming would be of another world.
Self-treatment: Special polymers to ease scraping and outright self maintenance on the field.
From a cost perspective. 1/2 are a given, 3 very unlikely given the sheer volume.
KoTeMoRe wrote: Structure. Treatment. Self-treatment.
Thanks for this informative response, KoTeMoRe.
A heavier barrel would definitely go a long way to strengthening the barrel and dissipating the heat, but what kind of weight would be incurred if a 16.3 inch barrel was made heavier? The AK-400 currently weighs 3 kg flat... so
how much heavier would it become with a heavier barrel?
As you have pointed out, increasing the quality of the chrome lining and structural enhancements of the barrel are the only financially tenable measures that can be undertaken. I maintain that the 6x49mm would still be incredibly effective even if the propellent was reduced -with the attendant decrease in velocity from 3, 700 ft/s to a more reasonable 3, 200 ft/s. Could this kind of velocity be achieved with more advanced propellents and an increase in barrel pressure in a 14 inch barrel?
GarryB on Sun Feb 19, 2017 7:48 am
I would suggest not reducing the muzzle velocity... the point of the round is that higher velocity.
To reduce barrel wear driving rings on the rounds made of the new plastic driving bands they developed for cannon shells and bullets should eliminate barrel wear with no loss of performance...
Cyrus the great on Wed Feb 22, 2017 12:45 pm
GarryB wrote: I would suggest not reducing the muzzle velocity... the point of the round is that higher velocity.
I really do appreciate this response, Garry.
If these plastic driving bands prove durable and cost effective, then they should also be employed in current rounds like the 5.45. The 6x49 seems like an ideal round due to its competitive lightweight design, superb accuracy and its incredible power.
The round is only 1 gram heavier than the 5.56 while producing almost 2x the energy and is undoubtedly more accurate, especially at longer ranges. The 6.5 rounds that have garnered so much attention in recent years are still too heavy but the 6x49 strikes the perfect balance. It could pass through barriers with ease. The air pocket feature of the 5.45 could be incorporated into a future updated version of the 6x49mm.
Unfortunately, the 6x49mm is a victim of the Soviet fall and may never be adopted due to costs.
GarryB on Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:54 am
If these plastic driving bands prove durable and cost effective, then they should also be employed in current rounds like the 5.45.
The issue would conditions.... will it still be effective as a driving band at sub zero temperatures.
Of course if they do work and reduce barrel wear then the use in current calibres would be interesting. Boosting the muzzle velocity of existing rounds by 20-30% would be interesting with the new bands and new powder... of course iron sights would need to be recalibrated...
Since the end of the cold war they have introduced half a dozen new calibres in small arms... both in small scale specialised rounds but also in large numbers too.
The 9x19mm for pistols... the 9 x 21mm that will hopefully replace it (ie Viper pistol (SR-1) and SR-2 SMG both use the 9 x 21mm).
The 12.7 x 55mm specialist round to suppliment the 9 x 39mm quiet round... their 9mm version of the Lapua magnum in their 9.3x69mm round for long range use.
They are developing new families of small arms... now is the time to introduce a new calibre... especially if it can replace older obsolete calibres like 7.62 x 54Rmm.
The huge irony is that before WWI Federov was experimenting with a 6.5mm round for his avtomat... in the end they used a similar calibre in the form of the Japanese 6.5x50.5R rimmed round... whose kinetic performance is very similar to the modern 7.62 x 39mm AK calibre... 120 odd grain bullet at about 650m/s... compared with the AK round with a 122 grain bullet at 710m/s. The smaller calibre round would retain energy over greater ranges so at 300m they would be very similar.
Arctic_Fox on Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:19 am
АЕК-971 review by Константин Лазарев (Konstantin Lazarev)


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A Conversation with Peter Twal
September 14, 2018 · by Jess Rizkallah	· in Uncategorized.	·
"I try to remember in all that I do–poetry included–that I am a product of the generosity of other hearts, and it's important for me to reciprocate the love however I can."
"…Twal's genius is in the way he knows exactly when to yield the floor to imagination, which wonders and wanders through love and loneliness and friendship and grief in a million fascinating ways throughout Our Earliest Tattoos. 'I will love my monster,' Twal writes, and then he proceeds to show us."
Peter Twal is the author of Our Earliest Tattoos, selected by Fady Joudah and Hayan Charara as the winner of the 2018 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize from the University of Arkansas Press. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The Believer, Best New Poets, Kenyon Review, West Branch, Pleiades, and elsewhere.
Every year the University of Arkansas Press together with the Radius of Arab American Writers accepts submissions for the Etel Adnan Poetry Series and awards the $1,000 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize to a first or second book of poetry, in English, by a writer of Arab heritage. The series editors are Hayan Charara and Fady Joudah. Along with Peter Twal, other winners of the prize include Jess Rizkallah's THE MAGIC MY BODY BECOMES (2017) and Zaina Alsous's A THEORY OF BIRDS (2019). The prize is named in honor of the world-renowned poet, novelist, essayist, and artist Etel Adnan, who has published nearly twenty books in English, including The Arab Apocalypse, regarded as "one of the most important works of literature" after the Lebanese Civil War; In the Heart of the Heart of Another Country, "a mix of prose, poetry, political insight, philosophic speculation, and historical remembrance honed to mineral perfection"; and Sea and Fog, winner of the Lambda Literary Award. MELUS called Adnan "arguably the most celebrated and accomplished Arab American author writing today."
JR: Congratulations about your book! I'm so floored to read it. How has the process been, from the making to the submitting to the winning to the editing to the place you're at now?
PT: A million thanks, Jess! It's an honor to follow your sensational debut.
To say the least, it's been wild. I feel like my emotional range has expanded beyond what I thought possible, start to finish throughout the process. Sometimes, I'm so grateful it takes everything in me to keep from randomly hugging strangers. Other times, I am terrified that the book is actually coming out! What if people don't like it? Or worse—find it boring. We all want to be read, seen. It's a secondary thought, but that this may not happen frightens me. But most days, it's extreme elation and trying to dance in place Oh So Inconspicuously.
Confession time: the stack of books on my coffee table is getting shameful. My wife Erin just completed her dissertation defense, and I'm just not good with shelves; so, our book tower is becoming more and more Jenga-like—babies, beware.
My contributions to that stack, closest to the top right now, books I'm either reading for the first time or re-reading: The Trees The Trees by Heather Christle, The Real Horse by Farid Matuk, Tunsiya/Amrikiya by Leila Chatti, and Footnotes in the Order of Disappearance by Fady Joudah.
A line I'm particularly taken with right now comes from Farid's book: "Inside, I took out what punctuation I could to make more room for you." Man, what? That's gorgeous. That may be the most loving thing I've ever read.
That is so remarkably loving. It makes me think about the way we all write poetry toward the goal of making it an active force in life. I'm thinking about this in the context of relationships with loved ones, with people we meet in passing, and also within communities we keep. How has poetry's role in how you move through your life changed over the last few years?
Though it isn't the case for all writers, my poetry really benefited from the time I spent at Notre Dame pursuing my MFA. Tons of folks do just fine without the degree, and Lord knows there are problems surrounding MFA programs that shut certain people out, enable others, etc., but I truly needed that time and space to better understand my art, learn and unlearn a million different things. I was also fortunate enough to have gained unbelievable friends in graduate school and grow personally; so, I just wasn't ready for the whole experience to be over. The passing of those two years meant it was back to the world of engineering, having a day job, that whole thing. My greatest fear was that I would slip into a routine of 80+ hour work weeks like before and never have the time or energy to invest in my art. Luckily, that didn't end up happening, and I eventually realized that my engineering career was not a hindrance or obstacle to my writing (and vice versa). It was the perfect catalyst, the palate cleanser I need to keep myself grounded when poetry gets the best of me. Now, when I sit down to write, it feels more like I am sitting down with an old friend than working towards some sort of goal–a friend you sometimes want to strangle but, like, one you will always adore.
I feel like obsession is a universal poet thing. Is obsession a big part of your life as a poet? What is its relationship to your poetry?
Oh, totally. I don't know if it's always a healthy relationship though. Too easily, my obsessions shift from what I'm writing about to what I've written. I'll cling to a draft and need weeks away from it before I'm ready to revise.
This to say, I am (for the most part) grateful for my impulse to linger, to give inanimate objects a made-up voice, and laugh at their jokes. It's truly a thrill when others absorb your obsessions through artistic osmosis as well. We all sort of live for that, right?
Definitely! I find myself seeing patterns in life that I may not have caught before reading certain poets. I think of Lorca's lizards, his moons. I was even reading Etel Adnan and my mind threw lines from her toy soldiers to yours! Are there poets that have written their obsessions into what you notice around you?
I don't know how pervasive these are in my everyday life, but they certainly jump to my mind first right now: Johannes Goransson's endless campaign against taste, Kaveh Akbar's palpable appreciation for wonder, and Marosa di Giorgio's fascination with finding danger in just about any single thing.
There is a playfulness to many of your poems but it never leaves me stranded. I find myself my feet still planted firmly on the ground, my eyes ricocheting to all the whens and whats and wheres you're pointing out, sparks flying. I can only imagine what the inside of your head is like as you encounter all of your poems before they are poems. Before the words come to you, where in your body do you feel all this?
Favorite question so far! My throat—that's it. My emotions get the best of me all the time. Been that way since I was a kid. So in one sense, my heart's to blame, but when you toss in my weird guilt complex and the need to confess things, it amounts to a welling up in my throat.
I love that. It makes me think of the throat chakra and since you say your heart is sort of to blame, the heart chakra, too.
The Throat chakra is about the expression of yourself: Your truth, purpose in life, creativity. Note that this chakra has a natural connection with the second chakra or sacral chakra, center of emotions and creativity as well. The throat chakra's emphasis is on expressing and projecting the creativity into the world according to its perfect form or authenticity." (.)
The fact that you feel it in your throat and in a way that wells but does not stay stuck – it emphasizes to me just how spiritual and necessary poetry is, not a mode, but a Something, a current, a movement through you and of you. I'm not sure I have a follow up question, but I wanted to share that association I had.
So anyway, I was reading your poetry on the train and when I read "I'm the rain man of counting eyelashes" I yelped. What a cool line! Your poems are full of moments like this. It makes me wonder, do you have a collection process? What does that look like? Are you an archivist before you write or an archivist because you write?
Thank you! & wow, I'd never considered that distinction, but I love it. I think I'm an archivist before I write. At least, I hope so. My favorite poems are the ones that make me feel alive. I latch onto them like a dead battery does to a charged one, waiting for the jolt, you know?
Daily, I jot down random lines, images, sounds, bits of conversations or even words that catch my attention until my "bank" is full. Then, I sit down to write. Dr. Frankenstein and what not. Take a bunch of dead and make something hideous or lovely. Bring the poem to life.
Also, there's this T.S. Eliot quote: "A poet's mind is perfectly equipped for its work when it is constantly amalgamating disparate experience." I strive to keep my mind busy in this way and stockpile my archive, doomsday-prep-style.
What is your favorite snippet in your archives right now?
Back in March, Stephen Hawking passed away. When I heard the news, I wrote this down:
Stephen Hawking died today.
He died in his sleep, they said.
He didn't die in his sleep, his research said.
It's a pretty unexciting snippet, but it's tied to the theory of the multiverse–infinite timelines, universes, possibilities, etc. That's like a super rudimentary, pop culture-esque explanation of the multiverse, but it's an idea I've been fascinated with for some time now. In short, I'm writing a Stephen Hawking poem, and it's got me Real Jazzed.
Do you want to speak to the significance of the Toy Soldiers in your book?
Throughout the book, there's a thread of images which stems from an interest in (but also aversion to) footage I used to see on Arab news stations. Forever ingrained in my mind are shots of lifeless bodies being hoisted onto stretchers, blood-soaked women wailing, and rubble in all directions. And this was just the evening news, you know, that my folks watched for maybe 10-15 minutes. I think of this often. Years later, it's still a struggle to digest that devastation.
But that's how it should be. Why should any aspect of war seem like simple addition or subtraction? And yet, we're trained to feel this way. From the start, as kids, down to the toys we're gifted. Enter: toy soldiers. Their poses are violence epitomized, on the precipice of taking a life or having one taken from them. But their faces are smooth, green, purposefully deprived of expression to make it all easier to digest. And I played with them without thinking twice.
So really, including the toy soldiers alongside graphic imagery is meant to be a reminder of how palatable war is made in American culture and that we should double-take, in the very least, when we encounter these things.
That is so profound. As a fellow Arab-American, I know what you mean and feel moved by this meaning and device. I think how you have in your own way synthesized this part of the hyphenated experience is an example of how Arab-American poets are writing from every imaginable register – which is the most obvious statement, but the American habit of tokenization forces us to repeat this again and again. The way we craft proves what we always say about Arab-America not being a monolith, but rather so necessarily, brilliantly prismatic. In a conversation with Hayan Charara, you said something beautiful about how you picture your Arab-American identity. Would you like to repeat it here, or elaborate on it?
Sure thing! The gist of it was that I see generosity as a defining metric for my "Arabness," as modeled for me by my folks and others. Chiefly, leaving a homeland to create another for later generations is a sacrifice I will never know, but it was commonplace for so much of my family. So, I try to remember in all that I do–poetry included–that I am a product of the generosity of other hearts, and it's important for me to reciprocate the love however I can.
Does your work as an Electrical Engineer find its way into your poetry?
Perhaps not literally in content but very much so at the level of process. In truth, engineering and poetry are quite similar. It's just invention & iteration. Creation & cultivation. Everything we build can be improved upon which is, like, THE most thrilling curse.
A specific example though: poetry as circuitry. When I write or revise, equating elements of the poem with parts of a circuit really snaps things into perspective for me. What's the power supply of the poem? Its resistance? Where are the short circuits? The images with the highest capacitance? And so on. Is that weird? It's probably weird.
What's your favorite memory about birds?
My old job took me all over the place. This one time, in Eemshaven, Holland, a buddy Klas and I were walking to a little tavern just outside of a shipyard where we'd docked. Must've been the witching hour because they came out of nowhere, about half-a-dozen seagulls, swooping down on us like bombers, picking at the hoods of our sweatshirts and shrieking something vicious. We probably came too close to a nest or something. Anyway, we bolted, chased for a good twenty yards or so, eventually emerging unscathed. Anymore, I don't play when I see a seagull. They have my respect, ugly as they are.
How does environment affect your writing?
I totally organize my life by place. There's this coffee shop by Purdue's campus where I pretty much wrote my whole book. I'd sit down, throw on some headphones, read a bit, and watch people, and write. But like, writing at home? I just can't do it. I crave visual noise, need to be in the right space, physically, in order to work, which is probably tied to some weird loyalty complex (guess I'm full of those?), but I digress.
What's something you want to shout from the rooftops?
DON'T EXPECT ME TO DO THE EMOTIONAL WORK OF CARING WHEN YOU KILL A CHARACTER IN YOUR TV SHOW OR MOVIE IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THE WORK OF ASKING ME TO.
What's something you want to whisper to a tree?
Are you afraid of heights?
Who are your influences, both poetic and not?
My wife, Erin. LCD Soundsystem. My family. Patricia Smith. The TV show Community. Electricity. Ross Gay. Good coffee. Almost all film and television, really. Erin. Raymond Carver. Etel Adnan (lol, of course). Dean Young. My faith. Heather Christle. Kindness. Darwish. Adonis. & Erin. & Erin.
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Tags: arab american writers, etel adnan, interview, interviews, our earliest tattoos, peter twal, poetry, university of arkansas press
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Hawaii is full of microclimates. If it's raining and cloudy on one part of an island - chances are it's sunny and hot on another part!
Be aware that maps of Hawaii can be contradictory. Even maps from official sources may not be complete or correct, especially with regards to smaller communities. However, this creates a wonderful opportunity for adventure and will encourage you to start up friendly conversations with the locals!
Did you know? Many islands share cities with the same name. Kailua, Waimea and Wailua can all be found on multiple islands, and the list of duplicates goes on. So be careful when searching for a particular city and make sure you are looking on the right island.
Have fun being confused! Sometimes people refer to the same city or area by different names. An example is Kailua-Kona on the Big Island being referred to as Kona or even Kailua.
Waikiki is not an official city in Hawaii. It is just a commonly used term to refer to a specific part of Honolulu proper. If you see an address with Honolulu, the location may or may not be in Waikiki (but the zip code can help you in figuring this out, Waikiki is 96815).
The Big Island is commonly divided into districts (circulating clock-wise): Hamakua, North Hilo, South Hilo, Puna, Kau, South Kona, North Kona, South Kohala, North Kohala. Be aware of them because: 1) They aren't cities and 2) You may be directed to them by locals or fellow travelers.
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