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Our World |	 August 29, 2019
10 Things From Ethiopia That Are Rare Or Unique
Ethiopia covers most of the Horn of Africa. But that is the least of its feats. The region is rich with history and strange things. There are wolves masquerading as jackals, rainbow-colored springs, and unique magnetic miles.
Ethiopia has many of the world's oldest wonders. But it also leads with novel projects that fight modern problems such as deforestation and Africa's water shortage.
10 Reforestation Record
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In 2016, India achieved an Earth-friendly record. The country planted 50 million trees in one day. In 2019, Ethiopia decided to break the record. They gathered lots of trees and the people to plant them. The latter included thousands of Ethiopian volunteers and staff from foreign embassies, the United Nations, and the African Union.
The planters spread themselves across 1,000 sites in Ethiopia and used special software to calculate the number of trees planted. Not only did they break India's record but the estimated total was also a huge improvement. Although the Guinness World Records still needs to confirm the feat, around 350 million trees were planted within 12 hours.
The initiative is part of an attempt to reverse the damage that stripped Ethiopia of its greenery. At one point, less than 4 percent of the country was forested. The determination to repair that percentage has seen over 2.6 billion trees planted, and 150,000 square kilometers (58,000 mi2) have been earmarked for new forests by 2020.[1]
9 Ethiopia's Oldest Human Tools
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In 2003, archaeologists trooped to Gona in Ethiopia's Great Rift Valley. What they found was remarkable—a collection of stone tools around 2.6 million years old. These were the oldest-known human tools in the world at the time.
The artifacts were crafted with the Oldowan technique, a style that subsequently became widespread throughout eastern and southern Africa before spreading to Europe. Unfortunately for Ethiopia, the Gona cache did not remain the oldest forever.
In 2015, a set of stone tools turned up in Kenya. They were 3.3 million years old, which solidly bumped Ethiopia into second place. It is worth mentioning that the Kenyan toolmakers lived long before our own genus (Homo) evolved. Scientists believe the human branch that produced the tools were either australopithecines (of Lucy fame) or Kenyanthropus.[2]
8 Unique Horses
Ethiopia's badlands are fossil-rich. In 2013, the region produced an unknown horse. Eurygnathohippus woldegabrieli lived around 4.4 million years ago, was as big as a small zebra, and ran fast.
Its foreleg bones were more sophisticated than older horse species, lending Eurygnathohippus more speed than its ancestors. This was a good thing because its environment included saber-toothed cats.[3]
The horse's own teeth were also different than the more ancient types. Damage to the enamel suggested that Eurygnathohippus represented the point where horses began to evolve into grazing animals. Their grass-scratched teeth, the longer legs, and the fact that the badlands were grasslands during their time all pointed toward life in the savannas.
This environment allowed horses to become even bigger and stronger. Eurygnathohippus added valuable insight into when the animals made the pivotal shift that led to the horses we know today.
7 Oldest Illustrated Christian Artifact
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The Garima Gospels is a sacred manuscript in Ethiopia. Some claim that its creator and namesake, a monk named Abba Garima, wrote the entire thing in a single day. This was also the day after he founded the Garima Monastery in the north of the country.
The manuscript never left the monastery, but the work was believed to be from the 11th century. This did not fit with Abba Garima's arrival in Ethiopia around AD 494.
In 2010, carbon dating showed that the "medieval" book was older. The goatskin pages were bound between AD 330 and 640. This supported the monk's legend and made the Gospels the earliest example of bookbinding.
Interestingly, the text was written in an early Ethiopian language named Ge'ez, but the drawings made the work exceptional. With the new dates, the Garima Gospels could also be the earliest illustrated Christian artifact.[4]
6 Water Harvested From Air
Water is not uniformly available in Ethiopia. Rural villagers must travel up to six hours to find water and spend 40 billion hours a year this way. Finding the precious fluid is just the beginning. Often, the kind they find is not safe to consume.
Philanthropists have tried to remedy the situation with high-tech projects. However, most fall into disrepair because Ethiopia's infrastructure cannot handle the complex and expensive maintenance that is required.
In 2014, designer Arturo Vittori found the solution—Warka towers. Named after a local tree, the vase-shaped structures were 9 meters (30 ft) tall. Made from biodegradable materials, the inner mesh trapped dew and then collected the drops in a container at the bottom.
Field trials showed that the towers could pull 95 liters (25 gal) of clean water from the air on a daily basis. Best of all, they were easy to assemble and clean and villagers could quickly learn how to build and maintain them.[5]
5 Jackals That Became Wolves
In 2011, researchers went on a field expedition to study jackals in Ethiopia. The species they had in mind was the golden jackal. The ones trotting around in Ethiopia were called either "highland" or Egyptian jackals. They were considered a rare subspecies of the true golden jackal.
During observations, the team noticed that the animals were different. They were more delicate and had whiter coats. DNA samples revealed a surprising truth. These were not jackals at all. The creatures were related to the gray wolf, making them the only members of the so-called gray wolf complex in Africa.
It would appear that the ancestors of gray wolves lived in Africa around three million years ago and this was their only surviving branch. Scientists are now pushing to rename the Egyptian jackal, perhaps as the "African wolf," in addition to figuring out its conservation status.[6]
Unfortunately, Ethiopian farmers are systematically eradicating jackals, including the newly discovered wolf.
4 Neon Yellow Hot Springs
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The Dallol Volcano is 600 kilometers (370 mi) from Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa. Like many volcanoes, it is surrounded by hot springs. Tourists flock to the site despite having to traverse dangers like acid puddles and noxious fumes. The pull people cannot resist is the strange colors of the hot springs.
Dallol, which holds the record as the world's lowest land volcano, produces funky pool shades like neon yellow, green, and orange. Located within the volcano's craters, the springs get their color from processes boiling deep below.[7]
First, magma heats subterranean water destined for the surface. Then, while flowing upward, the warmth of the water dissolves minerals like sulfur, salt, and potash. This brine gets dumped inside the craters. The hot climate evaporates the brine, and the resulting color depends on the mineral content of each spring.
3 The Oldest High-Altitude Settlement
Normal menus do not offer a serving of giant mole rat. But during the last ice age, these creatures helped a special community to survive. In 2019, a study described how researchers trekked up the Bale Mountains in Ethiopia. They were en route to Fincha Habera, an ancient settlement located 3,470 meters (11,380 ft) above sea level.
Traditional thinking dictated that humans settled high-altitude places last and then only for brief periods largely due to thin air and bad weather. However, when the team arrived at Fincha Habera, they discovered that people had stayed there for months at a time.
Incredibly, soil samples and artifacts dated to 47,000 years ago at the earliest. This placed the population in a very difficult time—the ice age. The Bale Mountains were draped in ice, and people usually move downward during colder seasons.
However, the settlement offered unusual perks. Unlike the lower valleys, the plateaus were ice-free. There was obsidian for toolmaking. Huge mole rats were everywhere and provided enough meat for the oldest high-altitude community ever discovered.[8]
2 Harlaa's Forgotten City
In eastern Ethiopia, locals of Harlaa tell legends of giants that once lived there. It is easy to see why. The area holds ancient ruins made from huge stones.
In 2017, archaeologists had a closer look. As they traced structures and unearthed artifacts, it became clear that they were standing inside a city. It could not be truly called a lost city because archaeologists have known about the site for a long time. However, they mostly ignored it.
The team behind the latest study did not regret the decision to excavate. The city yielded a wealth of items originating from as far as China and India. Apparently, it was a busy hub, from the 10th century at the earliest, where different cultures mixed and traded.[9]
There were signs of people from Egypt, Yemen, Madagascar, the Maldives, Tanzania, and Somaliland. There was a strong Islamic presence, suggesting that the city served a large network of Islamic communities in Africa as well as foreigners.
1 Unique Magnetic Strips
During the 1950s, geologists found something in the ocean. Running parallel to mid-ocean ridges were magnetic stripes. They formed whenever the crust tore and filled up with rising magma, which cooled into new slabs of seafloor.
Magnetic minerals within the magma aligned themselves with the Earth's magnetic field. This provided scientists with a view of how often the planet's field reversed its north-to-south polarity.
A few years ago, geophysicists found the first lines on land. Invisible to the naked eye, the mammoth lines streaked across the Afar Depression in Ethiopia. The so-called Tendaho Graben magnetic stripes are special because they challenge the belief that the bands only form when the seafloor expands.[10]
The new location is a thin piece of continental crust where a new ocean will arise in a million years or two. While a sea link exists, it suggests that ocean basins form much earlier than previously believed—sometimes while they are still on land.
Read more fascinating facts about Africa and its people on 20 Incredible Images of Africa Through Her People and 10 African Civilizations More Amazing Than Ancient Egypt.
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While other parties, such as grandparents, may try to seek custody, the courts prefer to place the child with the natural parents whenever possible. When parents are unmarried, Virginia favors the mother and considers the child her legal offspring.
For a father to assert parental rights, he must provide a signed birth certificate or establish other proof of paternity. In such cases, it is always best to have a family law attorney representing you. Gender no longer plays a role in preference for custody following the establishment of paternity.
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There are two types of custody in Virginia: physical custody and legal custody. Parents may share custody, or the courts may grant one parent sole custody. Having sole custody in one area does not guarantee custody in both. Sometimes, for example, parents share joint legal custody, while one parent may have sole physical custody and the other has visitation rights.
Besides the two main categories of custody (legal and physical), there are many divisions of custody that may be court-ordered.
Courts usually only order temporary custody during divorce proceedings. It is normally granted in emergency situations where the child's health and wellness are seen to be at risk.
Joint Legal Custody
Joint legal custody is what the courts usually prefer, if possible. It means that both parents share all of the important decisions surrounding their child. The parents work as a team to determine where their child goes to school, who their health care provider is, what extracurricular activities they have, and other aspects of their emotional and physical health and wellness.
Sole Legal Custody
If the courts do not feel that one of the parents is capable of making responsible decisions for their child, they may award legal custody to just one member of the couple. This is referred to as having sole legal custody of the child.
Sole Physical Custody
Sole physical custody means the child lives with one of their parents full-time. The noncustodial parent may have visitation rights and have to pay child support to the custodial parent. However, the child will spend almost all their time at the primary residence, where they are considered to live full-time.
Whether legal or physical, sole custody is usually ordered when the child's life is at stake. Situations can include one of the parents having substance abuse problems, committing domestic violence, or having been convicted of a felony.
Primary Physical Custody
When parents share physical custody, it is not always equal. The parent with whom the child lives the majority of the time is considered to have primary physical custody.
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Shared Custody
Shared custody arrangements see parents share parenting time more equally with the children. It may not always be a 50/50 split. It could be 60/40 or some other division.
How Do Virginia Courts Determine the Custody of the Child?
A judge looks at many factors to determine the custody of the child, but it all comes down to the best interests of the child. These factors can include the following.
Physical Condition of the Child
The courts will evaluate the child's physical condition, health, and wellness. Are the parents capable of maintaining their child's health, providing adequate nutrition, and making sure the child gets the health care and medication they need?
Current Relationship With Each Parent
Courts will observe the child's relationship with their parents. If the child has an acrimonious relationship with one parent, the other parent may be favored unless other factors are involved.
A child who disdains a parent, for example, for placing boundaries on them while the other lets them run free will not be considered as heavily. A child will most often look more positively on the parent who takes them to the park over the one who makes them go to school, but that does not necessarily mean the fun park parent is the better choice for custody.
In addition, the courts will examine the child's relationships with their friends, siblings, and other family members. Relationships go toward assessing the child's emotional health and well-being.
Needs of the Child
Courts will also consider the needs of the child. This includes where the child will go to school, what extracurricular activities they enjoy, and their basic clothing, food, and shelter needs. The parent best able to provide for these needs will be more heavily considered in most cases.
The Role of Each Parent in Raising the Child
In addition, the courts will examine the role of the parents in raising the child, including everything from financial provisions for the child's well-being to emotional upbringing. The courts will also consider the anticipated role that each parent may play in rearing the child in the future.
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A guardian ad litem (GAL) is a lawyer the courts appoint to represent the best interests of a child. This is necessary when the courts need to determine whether either or both parents are a risk to the child's physical, mental, or emotional welfare. A GAL is appointed if there are allegations of abuse or neglect, there is an entrustment agreement, or one parent seeks to terminate parental rights.
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The GAL is only appointed and serves during the custody proceedings. They have the responsibility of providing independent recommendations regarding the child's interests. This is different from recommending what the child wants.
How is Visitation Determined in Virginia Beach?
Visitation is the term for defining the amount of time each parent will physically spend with the child. The court will consider several factors before determining physical custody and visitation. Every decision is unique to the individual case, and courts look at variables such as the parent's work schedules, how far away they live from one another, and the school schedule of the child.
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Other Child Expenses
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Tuesday, 16 July 2019 | PTI | Washington
US President Donald Trump continued his attack on a group of ethnic minority Democratic congresswomen on Tuesday, saying those who "hate America, should "leave" the country.
"Our Country is Free, Beautiful and Very Successful. If you hate our Country, or if you are not happy here, you can leave!" Trump tweeted.
In a series of tweets, Trump defended his previous tweets and remarks against the Congresswomen as lawmakers prepared to vote on a resolution condemning his "racist comments."
Trump denied these allegations. "Those Tweets were NOT Racist. I don't have a Racist bone in my body!" said the president.
"The so-called vote to be taken is a Democrat con game. Republicans should not show 'weakness' and fall into their trap," Trump said as he indicated to make it an election issue next year.
"This should be a vote on the filthy language, statements and lies told by the Democrat Congresswomen, who I truly believe, based on their actions, hate our Country," he alleged.
"Get a list of the HORRIBLE things they have said. Omar is polling at 8 per cent, Cortez at 21 per cent. Nancy Pelosi tried to push them away, but now they are forever wedded to the Democrat Party. See you in 2020!" Trump asserted.
"If you come after the President, the Country, the Flag - he's going to defend himself. What the squad doesn't like is that Donald Trump is enforcing the very laws that are on the books that were put there by Congress." Jason Chaffetz. Also, buy Jason's great new book, POWER GRAB!" he tweeted.
Meanwhile, Democratic lawmakers continued to denounce Trump's tweets and said that those were racists. The House Democrats are scheduled to vote on a resolution condemning Trump's tweets later in the day.
Democrats say Trump's alleged racist tweets were targeted against Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley.
"The President's words must immediately be taken down and he must face a Resolution of Condemnation. Short of impeachment, the Congress must take action, even though such action may play into the President's playbook, which is to distract, demean and destroy all of the values we hold dear as America," said Congresswomen Sheila Jackson Lee.


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The Soviet Streamroller • 2009 • episode "8/13" • World War II In HD Colour
By July 1943, the full extent of Hitler's failed gamble in the East had become clear. After failing to deliver knock-out blows at Stalingrad and Moscow, his army was now at the mercy of the vast Soviet war machine. With its huge resources and seemingly limitless numbers of men, the Red Army slowly pushed the Germans back out of Russia through Ukraine, Poland, the Balkans and Hungary. This was war on a monster scale, pitching armies of millions against each other. But it was also a war fought by small bands of partisans, men like Tito in Yugoslavia, leading guerrilla bands against Nazi forces.
World War II In HD Colour • 2009 • 13 episodes •
The Gathering Storm
The series starts with that great paradox. How could the settlement at the end of World War One - the 'war to end all wars' - lead to an even greater conflict just a few years later ? The answer is a tale with terrible resonancy today. This film shows how the Great Depression sapped the will of the democracies of the West to face up to a new and disturbing political phenomenon - the rise of militaristic dictators, in Germany, Italy, Japan and Spain. The result was that the major powers ignored all the warning signs and allowed the likes of Mussolini and above all Hitler to begin the course that would lead the world into catastrophe. The programme ends as Hitler plots his attack upon Poland.
2009 • History
Lightning War
This film shows how the Nazis developed a terrifying new military tactic - Blitzkrieg - and how it caught first Poland and then Britain and France utterly unprepared. It charts the fall of Poland and how Hitler then conquered France in just a few weeks, an achievement that had eluded Germany throughout all the four years of World War One. It also reveals how heroic French resistance allowed the British to escape from Dunkirk and live to fight another day.
Britain at Bay
In June 1940, Britain stood alone against the Nazis. Hitler was convinced that it was only a matter of days before it sued for peace. He had more troops, a better air force and the better weapons. This film shows how close Britain came to defeat, as its exhausted air force struggled to fight all the German Luftwaffe. However, because of critical errors by the Luftwaffe commander Hermann Goering, Britain was able to regroup. Then using its brilliant team of code crackers and specially trained spies, it began the fightback, working alongside the resistance movements in the occupied territories.
Hitler Strikes East
When Hitler expounded his intention to invade Russia his generals looked at him in horrified silence. The Soviet Union was vast and had matchless resources. Hitler's whole plan depended upon striking a swift and decisive knock-out blow. Get sucked into a long, drawn-out war and Germany would surely lose. Hitler was certain his forces could do it. No one had so far defeated them. But there had never been a military gamble like it... This film takes in Stalingrad and the battle of Kursk, the biggest tank battle in all history.
Red Sun Rampant
December 7th 1941 is "a date that will live in infamy" proclaimed President Franklin Roosevelt. That was the day that Japan entered World War II, with its surprise attack upon the US Fleet in Pearl Harbour. Japan swiftly followed this up with the defeat of a huge British army in Singapore. For a while Japan was rampant in the Pacific. But gradually, America, the sleeping giant, awoke. The war that would follow would be characterised by major innovations. In particular, it saw the battleship consigned to history and the emergence of the aircraft carrier as the decisive weapons of the seas.
The Mediterranean and North Africa
Mussolini's ambition had always been to recreate the old Roman empire. The trouble was, militarily, he was a disaster. After failed attacks in North Africa and Greece, his armies were on the run. Hitler, now faced a difficult choice. Did he divert troops needed at other fronts to support his ally, or did he let Mussolini fall ? Hitler chose to support him - a decision that would spell disaster for both of them. Hitler would lose hundreds of thousands of troops. Mussolini would be assassinated. This film tells the extraordinary story of the war in North Africa and features the heroics of the tiny island of Malta as it withstood wave after wave of Nazi assault. It ends with the Allies fighting their way up Italy and Germany in retreat.
Both the Allies and the Nazis were always looking for a single knock-out blow to end the war. Britain's Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris thought the answer might lie in "strategic bombing." The idea was to blow the belt out of Germany's infrastructure and cities. This, he argued, would cripple the Nazis ability to wage a war and the ordinary people would soon lose the will to fight. But it led directly to the tragedy of Dresden, when Allied planes firebombed tens of thousands of ordinary Germans. The Germans believed that the decisive stranglehold would come from their submarines. If they could only cut American supply lines to Britain across the Atlantic, then the Allied effort would collapse. So begun a long game of cat and mouse between U-Boats and British and American convoys.
The Soviet Streamroller
Today it is easy to see D-Day as inevitable - a straightforward victory against a German army that was already all but defeated. This film explodes that myth. It charts the careful planning of the campaign, the development of specialised equipment needed for the amphibious landing. It reveals the deception plan that wrong footed Hitler. It shows how the Americans were very nearly driven off Omaha beach. If that had happened, the whole operation might have failed. The film ends with the Liberation of Paris, as the Free French forces led by Charles de Gaulle matched down the streets of the capital.
Closing the Ring
In 1944 America and Britain in the West and Russia in the East began to close their pincer around Germany. But even now, the outcome was in the balance. The film explores the Allied disaster at Arnhem and the tragedy of the Warsaw uprising, when Polish freedom fighters were abandoned to their fate by Stalin. It tells the shocking story of the Liberation of the death camps, when the full extent of the Holocaust became clear for the first time. The film ends with Hitler's last great gamble, as he threw all his last reserves against the oncoming Allied forces in the Ardennes.
The Island War
Since December 1941, a vicious war against Japan was being waged in the Pacific. The Japanese were driven back across the ocean, island by island, in savage hand to hand fighting. American dominance at sea was finally established in "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot", when radar gave the US Navy advance warning of a huge Japanese attack and the last vestiges of Japanese naval air power were destroyed. But this film also looks at the war in the jungles, in places like Burma, where new specialist fighting units - like Orde Wingate's Chindits - slowly pushed back the Japanese despite horrific conditions.
The months of the war in Europe were shocking and desperate. This film follows the British and Americans as they cross the Rhine and the Russians as they push through Poland into Germany itself. It covers the horrors of the liberation of Belsen and Buchenwald, and the final terrible street fighting in Berlin. The story culminates in the suicide of Hitler, the carving up of Germany between the Allies, and the Nuremberg trials.
Victory in the Pacific
The end of the War in the Pacific is one of the greatest and most terrible tales of modern history. The Japanese fought to the bitter end and continued to fight island by island, hill by hill. US Air Force command tried bombing Japan into submission, firebombing Tokyo but could not break the Japanese resolve. Over 200,000 people died. In the end, President Truman decided to go nuclear and the fates of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were sealed.
Nature to Nations
Nature to Nations explores the rise of great American nations, from dynastic monarchies to participatory democracies. What lies behind these diverse and sophisticated governments? Answers emerge from an archaeologist excavating America's oldest temple in the Peruvian Andes, a tribe initiating a new chief at a ceremony surrounded by cedar totem poles in the Pacific Northwest, an expert reading ancient hieroglyphs from a sarcophagus to tell a forgotten history of Maya kings, and the return of an ancient shell wampum belt to the birthplace of democracy near Syracuse, New York.
2/4 • Native America • 2018 • History
Color footage of British royalty, including Queen Victoria, Edward VII, and the Windsors.
1/3 • Britain in Color • 2019 • History
Gladiators: Back from the Dead
Up to one million gladiators are thought to have died in arenas across the Roman Empire. Seventy-five were recently found in a single cemetery in York. Two thousand years ago, York was a Roman stronghold, a staging ground for the push against the Scots. Apart from ancient Italy, Roman Britain had the highest density of gladiatorial arenas in Europe. As part of a routine building inspection in the outskirts of York, archaeologists discover an ancient Roman burial site. It soon became apparent the find was anything but routine. Of total 80, 75 of the skeletons were men, a much higher majority than would be expected in a family grave site. The height, build and signs of musculature made the men much bigger than that of the average Roman man. A closer inspection of the bones also revealed a number of cut marks and fractures, evidence the men were no strangers to violence. Most disturbing of all most of the men had been brutally decapitated. Could the men be gladiators?
Race for the World's First Atomic Bomb
The personalities behind the creation of the world's first atomic bomb were as extraordinary, and often as explosive, as the science they were working in. This is the inside-the-barbed-wire story of the men and women who worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos. Through first-hand accounts and never-before-seen interviews, this documentary looks inside the atomic insiders' hearts and minds, their triumphs and failures, their bravery in the face of paralyzing fear and, ultimately, their war-winning and world-changing accomplishments.
The Jazz Age, the 1920 bombing of Wall Street, the market crash, and other seminal moments of America's Roaring 20s - carefully colorised, frame by frame, for the first time.
S1E1 • America in Colour • 2017 • History
Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles explores the roots of one of the most profound innovations in the human story - civilisation - in the first episode of an epic series that runs from the creation of the first cities in Mesopotamia some 6,000 years ago, to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Starting in Uruk, the 'mother of all cities', in southern Iraq, Richard travels to Syria, Egypt, Anatolia and Greece, tracing the birth and development of technology and culture.
1/6 • Ancient Worlds • 2010 • History


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John R. Delaney AOC G2460PF The AOC G2460PF is a well-priced, well-equipped 24-inch monitor with good gaming chops, though its gray-scale and viewing-angle performance could be better.
By John R. Delaney
April 22, 2016 5:04PM EST
Reasonably priced. Good gaming performance. AMD FreeSync anti-tearing technology. Generous feature set.
Narrow viewing angles. Weak gray-scale performance. Slightly skewed greens.
The AOC G2460PF is a well-priced, well-equipped 24-inch monitor with good gaming chops, though its gray-scale and viewing-angle performance could be better.
If you've been itching to get your hands on an FreeSync-enabled display, but have found the prices prohibitive, check out the AOC G2460PF ($249). This 24-inch gaming monitor uses AMD's FreeSync anti-tearing technology to deliver smooth gaming action, and it offers a quick pixel response, speedy refresh rates, and low input lag. It's loaded with ports and comes with a fully adjustable stand, but its color and gray-scale performance can't touch our Editors' Choice for midsize gaming monitors, the excellent, but pricey BenQ XL2420G. Still, the G2460PF is definitely worth a look if you're on a budget.
BenQ XL2420G
AOC G2460PG
BenQ SW2700PT
Philips Brilliance LCD Monitor with Nvidia G-Sync (272G5DYEB)
BenQ XL2430T
LG 24GM77
Acer XB270HU
BenQ XL2730Z
LG 34UM67
Acer Predator X34
Asus MG279Q
Acer Predator XB271HK
The G2460PF looks nearly identical to its Nvidia G-Sync-enabled stablemate, the AOC G2460PG. Its 1,920-by-1,080 Twisted Nematic (TN) panel is housed in a 2-inch-thick, matte-black cabinet and is framed by thin, black bezels. The display has a maximum brightness of 350 nits, a variable refresh rate of up to 144Hz, and a 1-millisecond (gray-to-gray) pixel response. Whereas the AOC G2460G sports a strip of green trim on the bezel, the G2460PF's lower bezel has a strip of red trim and comes with a matching cable-management bracket.
The cabinet is supported by a stand that offers pivot, height, tilt, and swivel adjustability. You can also remove the mounting arm and use the VESA-compliant mounting holes to hang the monitor on a wall using an optional mounting kit. Four function buttons beneath the lower bezel provide access to the setting menus, where you can adjust Brightness, Contrast, Gamma, Dynamic Contrast Ratio, and Overdrive (pixel response). There are six picture presets (Standard, Text, Movie, Sports, Game, and Internet) and five Game modes, including FPS (First-Person Shooter), RTS (Real-Time Strategy), Racing, and two user-defined modes. A pair of 2-watt speakers provides moderately loud audio output, but not much bass.
The G2460PF lacks the Dialpoint crosshair-aiming and Ultra Low Motion Blur (ULMB) features that you get with the AOC G2460PG, but it does offer plenty of I/O ports. The rear of the cabinet holds a DVI port, a VGA port, an HDMI port, and a DisplayPort. The HDMI port pulls double-duty as an MHL port that can be used to connect to and charge compatible devices, such as tablets and phones. Also around back are three USB 2.0 ports (one upstream, two downstream), an audio input, and a headphone jack. The right side of the cabinet holds two additional USB 2.0 downstream ports. The G2460PF comes with HDMI, DisplayPort, and VGA cables. It is covered by a three-year warranty on parts, labor, and backlight.
The G2460PF handled our gaming tests with aplomb. The panel's 144Hz refresh rate and speedy 1-millisecond (gray-to-gray) pixel response combined to deliver crisp, stutter-free action on our Crysis 3 (PC) and Grand Theft Auto V (Sony Playstation 4) gaming tests. Ghosting was not an issue in testing, and gameplay was relatively smooth. As smooth as it was, enabling FreeSync made Crysis 3 appear noticeably smoother and more fluid. An input lag (the time it takes for a monitor to react to a controller command) of 10.1 milliseconds, as measured by the Leo Bodnar Video Signal Lag Tester, means you have a good chance of beating your opponent to the draw. Our fastest monitors, the BenQ SW2700PT and the BenQ XL2430T, measured a lower lag time of 9.5 milliseconds.
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Out-of-the-box color accuracy is decent, but has room for improvement. As shown on the chromaticity chart below, red and blue colors, which are represented by the colored dots, are closely aligned with their ideal CIE coordinates, which are represented by the boxes. Green, however, is almost completely outside of its box. This is fairly common with TN panels (we saw similar performance with the AOC G2460PG), and in this case, the skewed greens do not result in tinting or oversaturated colors.
Gray-scale performance was also sketchy. The G2460PF was able to display dark and middle shades of gray from the DisplayMate 64-Step Gray-Scale tests, but the three lightest shades appeared white. Highlight detail in my test images appeared a bit washed out as a result. As with most TN panels, color shifting is evident when viewed from an extreme top, bottom, or side angle.
The G2460PF drew 30 watts of power during testing while set to Standard mode (it does not have a power-saving mode). That's identical to the BenQ XL2420G, and pretty much in line with the AOC G2460PG (32 watts). However, the BenQ XL2420G offers an Eco mode that reduced power consumption to 14 watts.
With the AOC G2460PF, you can take advantage of AMD's FreeSync anti-tearing technology without spending a fortune. Its low input lag, speedy refresh rates, and multiple gaming presets will appeal to gamers of all stripes, and its generous feature set provides lots of connectivity options and ergonomic adjustments. That said, its color and gray-scale performance are less than ideal, as is its viewing-angle performance. If your budget allows, consider our Editors' Choice for midsize gaming monitors, the BenQ XL2420G. It uses Nvidia's G-Sync technology to prevent screen tearing and offers superior color and gray-scale performance to the G2460PF, but it'll cost you a lot more.
Bottom Line: The AOC G2460PF is a well-priced, well-equipped 24-inch monitor with good gaming chops, though its gray-scale and viewing-angle performance could be better.
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Mental Health Awareness: An iPad Telepresence Program Makes the Grade
by Brian Young | Jun 28, 2018 | Industry, Telemedicine
Barriala B. Kpuinen, a nursing student at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota, used her thesis to ask the question: "Would giving patients an iPad in their homes for telemedicine purposes help improve and maintain their health?"
Kpuinen's research led her to the Range Mental Health Center (RMHC) in Virginia, Minnesota. RMHC is a 250-employee agency that serves 7,000 patients annually across 6,800 square miles and five counties with multiple programs. Kpuinen brainstormed with Janis Allen, chief executive officer for RMHC, to determine which RMHC program the study could most benefit.
RMHC's Challenges
Kpuinen and Allen chose RHMC's outpatient mental health clinic because of the expectation that a virtual care program could also help RMHC address one of its own larger challenges: reducing no-shows and cancellations of outpatient therapy appointments. The large geographic area served by RMHC can create transportation issues for patients; inclement weather or the patient being too tired to commute the long distance – that result in cancellations. The severity of some patients' chronic mental health conditions also causes many no-shows and cancellations. Together, these result in significant financial losses for RMHC.
The three-month telemedicine program was funded by Arrowhead Health Alliance (AHA), a northeastern Minnesota mental health agency that serves the Arrowhead Region in Minnesota and provides mental health crisis services through U.S. Department of Human Services (DHS). AHA gave RMHC 13 iPads – three with Wifi — and 12 patients were recruited for the program.
Vidyo was chosen for the video technology because AHA had an existing relationship with the DHS, Vidyo customers for more than a decade. AHA's Telepresence Coalition serves 350 accounts on the DHS network, so AHA used Vidyo for Allen's program as well. RMHC implemented the iPad program in September 2017. Vidyo was also installed on computers in two outpatient offices as well as on the laptops of seven therapy providers and one RMHC employee, all of whom provided telepsychiatry to patients.
To participate in the program, patients who cannot visit any of RMHC's offices in person sign a telepsychiatry program agreement, after which a therapist delivers an iPad to the patient's home. The iPads are preprogrammed for simple one-click access to the therapist's Vidyo room. Patients are sent text reminders the day before their appointment; if a patient doesn't show up for an appointment, the agency follows up by phone. If a patient misses multiple appointments, they discuss with the therapist whether they want to participate in teletherapy. If not, RMHC arranges to have the iPad returned to the office and given to another patient.
RMHC implemented the iPad teletherapy program in September 2017.
iPad Program Results
RMHC tracks patients' iPad therapy progress with several assessments and a brief psychiatric exam. Allen noted that the program results showed:
Some improvement in lowering patients' depression scores.
A reduction in the number of no-shows and cancellations. Prior to the study, patients met with their therapists approximately once every other month or two. During the study, they saw their therapists twice a month.
The amount of time measured indicates promise that the consistent connection with a therapist is helpful.
That consistent connection is one of the top program benefits Allen cited, noting that a stable relationship with the same therapist positively impacts the patient. With Vidyo, if the therapist or patient moves away, they can easily maintain the relationship.
Most therapists and patients responded favorably to the program. RMHC measured patients' experience using Vidyo technology in such areas as quality of connection and overall communication. The results showed that 100% of users rated their experience as "excellent" or "good."
"Patients are really excited about having the option to connect virtually," Allen continued. "One particular patient was so physically exhausted upon her arrival at one of her on-site appointments, and so worried about how she was going to get home, that she wasn't able to engage effectively in any useful skill-building."
With the success of the iPad program, Allen has some future plans for expanding the Vidyo solution. She would like to install it on more of RMHC's providers' laptops so that they can easily attend weekly clinic meetings which are held across the country. She also plans to work with law enforcement and RMHC's crisis team to have Vidyo available to police officers and in emergency rooms so that RMHC can better coordinate crisis services.
"We're talking about our crisis lines becoming part of the 911 system so that both parties can respond to a mental health-related call," Allen explained. "This way, a police officer, equipped with Vidyo, can contact a mental health specialist when responding to a mental health-related call." She noted that this would provide multiple benefits, including:
Allowing a coordinated assessment to determine whether or not a patient needs to go to the ER, creating a team approach to helping an individual who is experiencing a mental health episode.
Reducing unnecessary visits to the ER where patients have to sometimes wait hours to be assessed.
Reducing filling ER beds with patients who are not being admitted for medical purposes
With one question by a student, RMHC found an effective answer to a big challenge in virtual care.
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has just issued RFA-GM-14-011,Modeling the Scientific Workforce (U01). Participating components of NIH include the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR). NIGMS and OBSSR are committed to employing data-driven, scientifically rigorous tools to develop a stable scientific workforce and recognize that there is a need to look beyond individual programs in isolation and pursue a systems-based approach to the study of scientific workforce dynamics. Advances in computational methods and system sciences suggest that it is possible to build models of the scientific workforce that will inform our understanding of workforce dynamics, support development and management of interventions and training programs, and guide the collection and analysis of data necessary for program design and management. The NIGMS and OBSSR understand that computational models are one tool among many used to guide policy and process. The OBSSR is specifically interested in supporting work to model the behavioral and social science workforce.
Note that this is a Cooperative Agreement: A support mechanism used when there will be substantial Federal scientific or programmatic involvement. Substantial involvement means that, after award, NIH scientific or program staff will assist, guide, coordinate, or participate in project activities.
Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to contact one of the Scientific/Research Contacts listed in the announcement as soon as they decide they want to apply.


Once you have joined a class, the name of your child cannot be modified. However, if you see a mistake, you can quit the class, join it again and add the correct name.
To do so, click on the little arrow next to the class name in the menu "class" and "quit the class". Then, click on the icon to join the class, choose "parent" and enter the class key. Before selecting your child, click on "modify", you will then be able to change the name. Confirm, select the child who's name has been modified and then click "ok".


I love the holiday season and the memories from my childhood that it reminds me of. Today, I think about spending time with family, and the time I will have off from my graduate school studies. The holidays can also be hectic and stressful at times if you let them. So many nurses find this to be their most stressful time of the year. With trying to manage their career schedules, family demands, and bringing it all together can be hard on anyone.
Every day I see nurses who exhibit signs of being burned out. They may show up late, are not engaged in their work, have a poor attitude, are not team players, and are showing signs that they have lost that fire they once had for patient care shortly after graduating from nursing school. I believe all nurses at their core want the best for their patients and is the main reason they entered nursing in the first place. However, many nurses find after a few years they lose this passion for the profession and find themselves dreading every day they must go to work.
Sleep is a major issue for many nurses and health-care workers in general. We are a very go-go profession that will not stop until our body makes us. Switching back to day shift has helped me a lot on this. Here are some things I have done to help increase my quality of sleep. These principles I have learned over the past ten years are universal for sleeping at night or during the day. I have had experience with both and here is what I have learned.
Finding a way to get to sleep at a normal time after working night-shift is often challenging for most nurses and other professionals. To fall asleep and stay asleep the night after finishing your last shift, you need to be intentional about getting back on track if this is your plan. Personally, I want to get back on track, because my wife usually wants to go to bed around 10 pm. Currently, I work four night shifts in a row during the week and leave work by 800 am. It takes me about 35 to 45 minutes to get home in the morning. A longer drive than most nurses. With the advice in this article, I can fall asleep by 10 pm on Friday night and wake up Saturday at 630 am and feel rested. Also, I sleep normally throughout the weekend until I start my first night shift on Monday night.
Being a nurse for the last ten years has been challenging on my sleep patterns at times. There are many things you can do to ensure you get to sleep quicker and stay asleep. We all want a deeper, quality sleep to feel rested when we wake up. These techniques work if you are sleeping during the day or night. So here goes!


Today, Mondo is releasing limited edition 18" x 24" screen prints of the beautiful, chiaroscuro cover art for both films. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola did the art for Cronos, which has a limited run of 185. B.P.R.D. artist Guy Davis did the art for The Devil's Backbone, which has a limited run of 210. Both prints are $45.
Mondo will place the screen prints for sale at a random time today, so be sure to follow @MondoNews on Twitter to get your prints before they run out.
You can check out both of the posters in the gallery.


This is a wonderful gift to show your support. We have chosen a beautiful 18 inch Good Luck helium balloon as well as a gift box lined with tissue paper. You can choose from any of our optional extras such as chocolates, cake, wine, and a cuddly bear. We also welcome you to include a special message to make this gift that much more personal.


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Born in 1969, Adirondack Red Wings players, Binghamton Rangers players,
Chicago Wolves players
Columbia Inferno players
Detroit Red Wings players
Flint Spirits players
Hamilton Steelhawks alumni
Missouri River Otters players
New York Rangers draft picks
New York Rangers players
Niagara Falls Thunder alumni
Ottawa Senators players
Richmond Riverdogs players
Sheffield Steelers players
Dennis Vial
Position Defence
Shoots Left
Teams Flint Spirits
Binghamton Rangers
Adirondack Red Wings
Columbia Inferno
Verdun Dragons
Missouri River Otters
Richmond Riverdogs
Born April 10 1969 (1969-04-10) (age 50),
NHL Draft 110 overall, 1988
Dennis Vial (born April 10, 1969 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada) is a retired professional hockey player who played in NHL with the New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, and Ottawa Senators. He played defence and shot left-handed.
Career Edit
After playing with the Hamilton Steelhawks in the OHL for 3 years, Vial was drafted by the New York Rangers in the 6th round, 110th overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. That year he went back to the OHL and played with the Niagara Falls Thunder, followed by a year with the Flint Spirits in the IHL for the 1989–1990 season, scoring 35 points in 79 games and registering 351 penalty minutes. Throughout this time Vial established himself as a hard hitting enforcer and defenceman and got the call up midway through the 1990–1991 season to join the Rangers. He played in 21 games before being traded to the Detroit Red Wings that same season, appearing in another 9 games. Vial then split the next two seasons between the Red Wings and the Adirondack Red Wings of the AHL.
Prior to the 1993–1994 season Vial was traded from the Red Wings to the Tampa Bay Lightning. He was left unprotected in the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft and was picked up by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim a few weeks later. Finally, in Phase II of the Expansion draft Vial was picked up by the Ottawa Senators, with whom he made his greatest NHL impact. With a Senators' lineup not deep in talent, Vial was able to make the team and play full time, and in 1993-94 he was given the team's Frank Finnigan Award as its most improved player. He led the Senators in penalty minutes, major penalties, and fighting majors. Known as a fearless combatant, Vial's time in Ottawa was highlighted by a long, intense, and often bloody feud with Rob Ray of the divisional rival Buffalo Sabres.
Unfortunately, Vial's aggressive and all-out playing style resulted in many injuries throughout his career and he played in at least half of the games in a season only twice. His last season in the NHL was the 1997–1998 season.
For the next 7 seasons Vial played with a number of minor league teams including two years in England in the BISL. He retired following the 2004–2005 season where he played in the UHL with the Missouri River Otters and Richmond Riverdogs.
British Ice Hockey League Brawl/Suspension Edit
In 2001, while a member of the British Ice Hockey League's Sheffield Steelers, Vial incited a much publicized brawl against the Nottingham Panthers which resulted in the league handing out several suspensions totaling 28 games and fines worth 8,400 pounds ($18,750) Vial was suspended for six games and fined 750 pounds ($1,675 Cdn) for offences including instigating the brawl by cross-checking Nottingham's Greg Hadden, and squirting water at fans in the stands.
Britain's Press Association described the event, which escalated into a 36 man bench clearing brawl, as "one of the worst scenes of violence ever seen at a British ice hockey rink."
Career statistics Edit
1985–86 Hamilton Steelhawks OHL 31 1 1 2 66 -- -- -- -- --
1986–87 Hamilton Steelhawks OHL 53 1 8 9 194 8 0 0 0 8
1987–88 Hamilton Steelhawks OHL 52 3 17 20 229 13 2 2 4 49
1988–89 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 50 10 27 37 230 15 1 7 8 44
1989–90 Flint Spirits IHL 79 6 29 35 351 4 0 0 0 10
1990–91 Binghamton Rangers AHL 40 2 7 9 250 -- -- -- -- --
1990–91 New York Rangers NHL 21 0 0 0 61 -- -- -- -- --
1990–91 Detroit Red Wings NHL 9 0 0 0 16 -- -- -- -- --
1991–92 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 20 2 4 6 107 17 1 3 4 43
1991–92 Detroit Red Wings NHL 27 1 0 1 72 -- -- -- -- --
1992–93 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 30 2 11 13 177 11 1 1 2 14
1993–94 Ottawa Senators NHL 55 2 5 7 214 -- -- -- -- --
1994–95 Ottawa Senators NHL 27 0 4 4 65 -- -- -- -- --
1997–98 Chicago Wolves IHL 24 1 3 4 86 1 0 0 0 2
1998–99 Chicago Wolves IHL 55 1 4 5 213 -- -- -- -- --
1999–00 Sheffield Steelers BISL 26 2 5 7 82 7 0 1 1 10
2000–01 Sheffield Steelers BISL 42 3 7 10 171 8 0 2 2 20
2001–02 Columbia Inferno ECHL 68 8 11 19 137 5 0 0 0 4
2002–03 Columbia Inferno ECHL 69 3 15 18 158 17 0 1 1 27
2002–03 Verdun Dragons QSPHL 2 1 0 1 7 -- -- -- -- --
2003–04 Columbia Inferno ECHL 54 5 15 20 101 4 0 0 0 20
2004–05 Missouri River Otters UHL 46 0 4 4 66 -- -- -- -- --
2004–05 Richmond Riverdogs UHL 29 1 7 8 19 -- -- -- -- --
NHL Totals 242 4 15 19 794 -- -- -- -- --
Dennis Vial's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
Video of Vial in a fight with Rob Ray April 10, 1996
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The Global Chinese Art Auction Market Report by artnet and the China Association of Auctioneers (CAA) offers an in-depth look at the 2017 market for Chinese art and antiques in 2017.
for Chinese art and antiques in 2017.
Global auction sales of Chinese art and antiques totalled $7.1 billion in 2017, an increase of 7% year-over-year. The ultra-high-end market saw a record volume of sales, buoyed by a burgeoning private museum sector in China. Meanwhile, the middle and lower end of the market—where over 99% of transactions take place—showed signs of a continued correction running since 2015. At its peak, the Report notes total auction sales in mainland China accounted for over 40% of the global total.
Amongst key findings the Report found the demand for top-quality lots with established provenance to be stronger than ever. In both mainland China and overseas, there has been a marked boost in the ultra-high-end market of lots valued ¥100 million ($14.2 million) with the 38 lots sold in this price bracket, more than doubling the number in 2016, and almost 10 times that of 2013. Notably, a Chinese artist has entered the $100 million club for the first time, when in Beijing, Twelve Screens of Landscapes by Qi Baishi sold at Poly International for a record-breaking $140 .9 million, making him the sixth most expensive artist ever sold at auction, and the first Chinese artist to enter the $100 million club, thereby joining the ranks of Picasso, Modigliani, Bacon, and Munch.
The USA saw a 62% increase in the total sales value of Chinese art and antiques year-over-year, largely bolstered by a single auction, "Important Chinese Art from the Fujita Museum" at Christie's New York, (New York, 15 March 2017, Sale 14319) , which raised over $262 million achieving more than what North America sold in Chinese art and antiques over the entire previous year.
The downside is that as the market increasingly turns towards high-end art and antiques, payment default or delay continues to be an ongoing problem in mainland China and where also the mid- and low-end markets saw smaller auction houses still struggling to trade profitably. Of the 18 lots sold above ¥100 million in 2017, only two were paid in full as of May 15, 2018.
While the general sell-through rate of Chinese art and antiques overseas saw a significant dip in 2017, continuing the overall downward trend of the past few years, the market for 20th-Century and Contemporary Chinese Art remained strong overseas. As the market downsized and the quality of lots rose, the average price increased by 19% to reach $207,423, thereby exceeding the previous market peak in 2011. The sell-through rate also remained high at 60%, well above any other sector overseas.
The average price for fine Chinese paintings and calligraphy also reached a historic high at $32,855 in mainland China. Although, this growth is still largely supported by the boom in the high-end market, the middle market continues to shrink in size, and the overall sell-through rate dropped to its lowest level since 2010.
was President Trumps' proposed 25% import duty on Chinese goods regardless of the port of origin., announced after the publication of the Report. The tariff would, of course, have had little effect in China itself, as China prohibits most art exports. The biggest "exporters" of Chinese art are the major auction houses where a 25% tariff would probably have had the effect of reducing bidding by potential US buyers at sales who would face the tariff on importing them into the US. They might also hesitate to send items abroad for sale, risking the tariff being imposed on unsolds returned to them. However, strong lobbying by the art trade in the States effectively made the case for the removal of Chinese art and antiques from the tariff list.


Aux Anciens Canadiens is located in one of the grandest houses in old Quebec—it was first built in 1675 as Maison Jacquet. The restaurant is full of character, since much of the house was kept in its former state (the decorative wainscotting is original). Anything that's new is inspired by the building's history, like the caramel-colored recessed cupboards. The name of the restaurant comes from a book by author Philippe-Aubert de Gaspé, who resided here from 1815 to 1824. The service is fantastic, friendly, and thoughtful, while the menu is traditional but beautifully executed. Try the smoked-bison parmesan fondue or the wild caribou served with a confit of carrots.


One Drive will allow you to synchronise files (Desktop, Pictures, and/or Documents folders) between the cloud and a local folder – that means if you change it on the computer it is changed in the cloud.
Using the One Drive software which is available for just about any platform – Android , Apple and Windows , plus smartphone and tablets you can access your files.
Your backed-up files on One Drive offer ransomware protection which means you can recover previously saved versions from the cloud.
One Drive means you can easily share files, photos, and even entire folders with friends, co-workers, and family members.


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$184/month for a deductible of $500 and coverage of $600,000 for a 2,190 sqft 3 bed, 1 bath home built in 1975.
$93/month for a deductible of $8,000 and coverage of $600,000 for a 2,090 sqft 3 bed, 1 bath home built in 1945.
$213/month for a deductible of $1,000 and coverage of $900,000 for a 4,940 sqft 5 bed, 2 baths home built in 1970.
$89/month for a deductible of $13,000 and coverage of $550,000 for a 1,670 sqft 4 bed, 1 bath home built in 2013.
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$83/month for a deductible of $500 and coverage of $350,000 for a 1,250 sqft 2 bed, 1 bath home built in 1975.
$96/month for a deductible of $14,000 and coverage of $800,000 for a 2,780 sqft 5 bed, 1 bath home built in 1975.
$64/month for a deductible of $12,000 and coverage of $550,000 for a 2,240 sqft 3 bed, 1 bath home built in 1943.
$64/month for a deductible of $500 and coverage of $250,000 for a 1,090 sqft 2 bed, 1 bath home built in 1948.
$35/month for a deductible of $11,000 and coverage of $250,000 for a 1,110 sqft 2 bed, 1 bath home built in 1945.
$101/month for a deductible of $8,000 and coverage of $500,000 for a 1,570 sqft 3 bed, 1 bath home built in 1944.
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We used a paid service with Speakeasy (which by the way is going out of business this week) to do our conference calls. The main reason we used them was because participants were able to join a scheduled call without entering an access pin to join the call. Another feature was that you were able to set up the system to call you when the scheduled conference call begins (which by the way helped as a reminder to get on the call when your working on something else). Most people are out on the road and reality no one wants to enter a 1 to 7 digit pin when you call in. Most people don't even want to go through an operating service when calling into any 1-800 number ( there's just no time when you're busy). I would suggest giving your customers the option of enabling or disabling an access pin for participants, and also allowing admin/users to register any phone number they can dial from without entering a pin. A "no pin" access feature in audio conference calling is what most people want and look for.
Just letting you know that the ability to enter a converence without a pin is already available for Apple/iOS devices. Unfortunately, there are some differences in the iOS and Android operating systems that make implementation of certain features more or less complicated on the two OSs.
I can't promise an ETA for this on Android devices but our product team has been working on this.


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Like all Pentax-M series lenses, the 200mm f/4 is sharp, small and beautifully constructed.
This is a good, inexpensive telephoto prime lens that works just fine as a tube lens with an infinite objective.
SMC Pentax-M 200mm f/4, which gives me 10:1 as a tube lens using a Nikon CFI BE 10X NA 0.25 infinite objective. A good, inexpensive telephoto prime lens that works just fine as a tube lens with an infinite objective.
Nikon, Mitutoyo and Leica Infinite objectives all achieve their rated magnification using a 200mm tube lens.
Therefore with a 10x infinite objective, expect to achieve 10:1 using this lens, which in the case of APSC means a view of 2.37 by 1.57 mm.
The filter diameter of the SMC Pentax-M 200mm f/4 is 52mm which is a little annoying as the rest of my Pentax stuff is 49mm. The lens is constructed with 6 elements in 5 groups.
The colour rendering is superb, especially for blues, and the image quality is uniform across the whole APSC frame. It has a very marked depth to shots - almost a 3D type of look.
The 8 aperture blades are a nice touch, chromatic aberration is under control one stop down and at f/5.6.the SMC Pentax-M 200mm f/4 seems to have great uniformity across the frame and no feeble zoom-type centring issues.
The lens also seems to give better than expected results when coupled with a moderate teleconverter, for example a 1.5x. This potentially makes it usable to push a 10x up to 15:1.
The SMC Pentax-M series of lenses were launched in the very late 1970s, a compact successor range of lenses to the first multicoated plain SMC series. This was the second series using the then revolutionary K mount. Being -M series there is no auto aperture with this lens series, which differentiates it from the successor SMC-A series of Pentax lenses. It is thought that the -M designation maybe a nod to the then Asahi factory in Mashiko. Optically they benefit from the SMC coating and perform significantly better on today's colour cameras than the earliest Pentax lenses which were designed for black and white, and can therefore show aberration with colours not being corrected for colour use.
Hi Johan, A complete newbie here. Excellent website and article! If you don't mind me asking you a few specific questions, I saw your recommendations about the Nikon 10x objective and I just ordered it. I have a canon T31 cropped sensor camera and a full frame canon 6D. Reading here and there, My understanding is that I need an adapter to connect the rear end of the nikon objective to the front end of a 200 mm prime lens (or a zoom lens) to make it work. I have a canon 70-300 zoom lens which has a 58 mm filter size, so I order Nikon CFI M25 microscope objective to M58 58mm adapter (www.ebay.com/itm/Nikon-CFI-M25-microscope-objective-to-M58-58mm-adapter-/221786920722?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33a387d712) the questions are: Is my logic correct? Do you think this adapter will work? Is there anything else I should place in between the objective and the front of my Telephoto zoom lens to make it work?.
Should work if you have the right CFI adapter. You don't need anything between them =).
This is more of a question. Excuse my ignorance what is a tube lens?


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"JAMAICA FAREWELL" is a calypso song about the beauty of the West Indian Islands. The lyrics for the song were written by Lord Burgess (Irving Burgie). He was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1926. His mother was from Barbados, and his father was from Virginia. The song first appeared on Harry Belafonte's phenomenally successful album, Calypso. (The very first long playing album to sell over one million copies, and it charted for a record 96 weeks.) The single recording reached the top ten. The Kingston Trio, who led the folk revival of the late 1950s, took their name from the title of this song ("Kingston town"), though they only recorded it many years later, in 2006.
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all tracks for the Criminal Queers Soundtrack were Engineered, Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by the immeasurable Jesse Parsons. words cannot convey gratitude enough.
"Criminal Queers" is a film by Chris Vargas and Eric Stanley.
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Old Filth is the story of Sir Edward Feathers, a successful lawyer and then judge, now retired. The novel moves back and forth in time, revisiting his childhood and formative years as well as focussing on his last attempts in the present to deal with the past after the death of his wife.
Feathers is known as 'Old Filth' -- the 'Filth' standing for: "Failed in London Try Hong Kong". That's what Feathers did, but only at the end of the book is it revealed how he wound up there, and the Hong Kong years that made him are almost entirely ignored. Instead, the focus is on the years that really made him -- into the man he was, if not yet the success.
Feathers was born in Malaya, his mother dying shortly after giving birth. His father, a District Officer in the outback, never showed much interest in the child. For a few years the boy was raised near him, but then, as he approached school-age, he was shipped off to Wales to a foster family, moving on after that to first one, then another boarding school.
Two of Feathers' cousins stay in the same home in Wales, but those three years are elided over, with, at first, only a hint that something must have happened here. Though he has little contact with them in the decades that follow, it is the cousins, Babs and Claire, that he also eventually seeks out in his dotage, to come to terms with it all.
Each station of Feathers' early life is marked by abrupt loss as he moves on to the next -- his mother, Ada, the Malay girl who raised him, his cousins. At school he at least makes a good friend, Ingoldby, and it's at the Ingoldbys' that he spends his vacations for years to come, practically adopted into the family -- really, the only one he's ever known. But the Ingoldbys too have their issues and problems; ultimately they also can't be the substitute family he needs.
Feathers has some luck with the figures that come into his life, nurturing souls such as Ada, his first schoolmaster, and the Ingoldbys, but it's not the same as family. His father, a shattered soul, is completely unable to communicate with the boy, and barely exists in his life. His two aunts are golf-mad loons (somewhat exaggerated comic figures, but so ridiculous that Gardam gets away with it). A rare case of paternal involvement in his life comes when World War II has started, and the father wants to have the nearly adult Feathers evacuated to Singapore. It becomes a decisive journey in Feathers' life, but certainly not in the way anyone had expected or hoped.
The book keeps its biggest surprises for the end: who Feathers served in World War II, what happened back in Wales -- explaining, in large part, why he never became a family man himself, his marriage remaining childless. Oddly, in pulling together the loose ends -- in filling in the blanks -- the novel becomes looser, less rather than more satisfying. Gardam foists what seems like unnecessarily much on Feathers: less might well have been more. Yet this fraying is also appropriate: Feathers is already very old by the end, and his mind no longer always entirely clear. Set in his ways, there's a lot of the world around him he is ill-adapted to (including driving ...), yet he still insists on getting his way, fumbling and bumbling as he does so.
If the story itself isn't ultimately entirely satisfying, Old Filth is still a very good read. Gardam fills her book with remarkably independent souls, living in their own worlds, and almost all of them are remarkably well drawn and presented. Feathers and Mrs. Ingoldby are particularly successful characters, but many of the minor characters are exceptionally well-done too -- enough that one can almost overlook the surfeit of quirkiness (there's little normality to be found here). The book is also filled with memorable scenes, often mere small exchanges or events, but, in Gardam's hands, they're all remarkably telling.
This is very good storytelling, of an order rarely found, with a surprising balance of melancholy and humour. There are perhaps a few too many too-scarred characters, and there's the strange message that the only way of achieving happiness seems to be to live in a world entirely of your own making (social contact is more of a bother than anything else to most of the book's characters), but it's presented so well that one can hardly object.