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Rogue Trooper is a third-person shooter video game developed by Rebellion Developments and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2006. The Wii version, entitled Rogue Trooper: Quartz Zone Massacre, was released in 2009.

The game uses several story and plot elements from the original comic. This is the second game Rebellion Developments produced based on characters from the pages of 2000 AD; the first being Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death in 2003.

A remastered version of the game was released on 17 October 2017 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, titled Rogue Trooper Redux.

Story
The story is set on the planet Nu-Earth, which is caught in the gravitational forces of two suns and a black hole (used by Southers to warp into their space station high command), where a perpetual war between the Norts and Southers is being fought, in which millions have been killed. During the war all forms of chemical and biological weapons have been used, poisoning the planet, and the troops of both sides must live in enclosed cities and only venture into the outside if wearing protective gear known as a "bio-suit". The Southers have, through genetic engineering (done by the so-called "gene genies"), developed a race of warriors who are immune to the deadly atmosphere and will therefore be superior troops, the Genetic Infantry. All of the G.I.s were made immune to all toxins, diseases, and acids (except for one). The Souther High Command deploy their secret weapon in an airborne assault, but a traitor has betrayed the secret of the G.I.s to the Norts and they are massacred during the drop. This is known as the Quartz Zone Massacre.

Rogue, apparently the only surviving G.I. (until he meets Venus Bluegenes), goes AWOL in order to track down the Traitor General responsible and avenge the rest of the G.I.s. Along the way he thwarts numerous Nort schemes, destroys some of Nort-land's highest personnel, such as Grand Admiral Hoffa and Sergeant-Kaptain Natashov.

All G.I.s possess a biochip implanted inside of the skull that contains their personality traits, memories and consciousness. After a G.I. dies his biochip can be inserted in a slot in another G.I's equipment or weapon, enabling him to control it. The biochip can later be placed into a new body, allowing the fallen G.I. to be reborn but they must be saved within 60 seconds after they died or their biochip will burnout killing the G.I. permanently. One quotation is "we're genetic infantry – even when we're dead we don't escape from war."

Gameplay
The game is a third-person shooter. Rogue's primary arsenal are his pistol and assault rifle, with the latter being upgradeable throughout the course of the game. The rifle may be outfitted with a silencer at any time, or deployed as a sentry turret. As the game progresses the player unlocks the ability to outfit the rifle with a sniper attachment, a shotgun attachment, a cluster mortar attachment, an anti-aircraft rocket launcher, and an electric beam rifle. Other weapons include deployable micro mines, incendiary grenades, scrambler grenades, fragmentation and sticky grenades plus heavy machine gun posts and flak cannons scattered across the field with occasional use of  rocket launchers and hell cannons.

Rogue's survival is ensured through clever use of the battlefield, which is generally rife with cover. He is able to fire while stationary, on the run, crouching, diving, and around the corner of any form of cover. Rogue also has the ability to unleash suppressive fire, which consumes a small amount of ammo and fires blindly from cover to intimidate enemies and cause them to find cover of their own. Enemies are highly susceptible to headshots, which will generally down them in a single strike. Another feature of gunplay is the ability to shoot an enemy soldier's air tank. Targeting the head displays a skull and crossbones, while targeting the gas tank shows a rectangular shape. Penetrating an air tank will cause enemies to run frantically and then explode, damaging any other enemies nearby.

Rogue may search fallen enemy and ally bodies to recover Salvage, the game's main resource, and a necessity for purchasing any of Bagman's supplies. Salvage is used to create all forms of ammunition and grenades, med-kits and arsenal upgrades. Scrap piles may also be found and looted for a considerable amount of Salvage.

Reception

Rogue Trooper

Rogue Trooper and Rogue Trooper: Quartz Zone Massacre received average to positive reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

The Times gave it a score of four stars out of five and called it "a third-person shooter with smooth, detailed graphics, and a learning curve set so beautifully that even non-shooter fans should love it." The A.V. Club gave it a B and said that it "doesn't approach the inventiveness of a great budget TPS like last year's Raze's Hell, but it's priced to move." However, The Sydney Morning Herald gave it a score of three stars out of five and said, "Where Rogue Trooper rescues itself from mediocrity ... is in the way it utilises Gunnar, Helm and Bagman. They all perk up with humorous quips and helpful advice, while the futuristic gadgetry is inventive." Detroit Free Press gave it two stars out of four and said it "feels more like basic training than hardcore warfare." Computer Games Magazine gave the PC version two-and-a-half stars out of five and said, "Everything about Rogue Trooper screams 'competent,' which doesn't amount to memorable or particularly inspired." Computer Gaming World gave it an unfavourable review and said, "If you take a game that's composed entirely of canned set pieces—say, Rogue Trooper—and play it over and over and over, you're going to make yourself hate it. I liked it only mildly enough the first time. So it just goes to show that in a game this thin, familiarity breeds contempt."

Awards
In 2006 the screenplay, written by Gordon Rennie, and the character Rogue were both nominated for BAFTAs.

Rogue Trooper Redux

The Redux edition received more mixed reviews than the original Rogue Trooper on all platforms according to Metacritic.

Awards
The Redux edition was nominated for the "Best Action and Adventure Game" and "Heritage" awards at The Independent Game Developers' Association Awards 2018.

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History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) by Livy
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Book I Chapter 32: Election of Ancus Martius. War with the Latins.
On the death of Tullus, the government in accordance with the original constitution, again devolved on the senate. They appointed an interrex to conduct the election. The people chose Ancus Martius as king, the senate confirmed the choice. His mother was Numa's daughter.
At the outset of his reign - remembering what made his grandfather glorious, and recognising that the late reign, so splendid in all other respects, had, on one side, been most unfortunate through the neglect of religion or the improper performance of its rites - he determined to go back to the earliest source and conduct the state offices of religion as they had been organised by Numa. He gave the Pontifex instructions to copy them out from the king's commentaries and set them forth in some public place. The neighbouring states and his own people, who were yearning for peace, were led to hope that the king would follow his grandfather in disposition and policy.
First war of Rome with the Latins
In this state of affairs, the Latins, with whom a treaty had been made in the reign of Tullus, recovered their confidence, and made an incursion into Roman territory. On the Romans seeking redress, they gave a haughty refusal, thinking that the king of Rome was going to pass his reign amongst chapels and altars. In the temperament of Ancus there was a touch of Romulus as well as Numa. He realised that the great necessity of Numa's reign was peace, especially amongst a young and aggressive nation, but he saw, too, that it would be difficult for him to preserve the peace which had fallen to his lot unimpaired. His patience was being put to the proof, and not only put to the proof but despised; the times demanded a Tullus rather than a Numa. Numa had instituted religious observances for times of peace, he would hand down the ceremonies appropriate to a state of war. In order, therefore, that wars might be not only conducted but also proclaimed with some formality, he wrote down the law, as taken from the ancient nation of the Aequicoli, under which the Fetials act down to this day when seeking redress for injuries. The procedure is as follows:
-- The ambassador binds his head in a woollen fillet. When he has reached the frontiers of the nation from whom satisfaction is demanded, he says, "Hear, 0 Jupiter! Hear ye confines" - naming the particular nation whose they are -- "Hear, O Justice! I am the public herald of the Roman People rightly and duly authorised do I come; let confidence be placed in my words." Then he recites the terms of the demands and calls Jupiter to witness: "If I am demanding the surrender of those men or those goods, contrary to justice and religion, suffer me nevermore to enjoy my native land." He repeats these words as he crosses the frontier, he repeats them to whoever happens to be the first person he meets, he repeats them as he enters the gates and again on entering the forum, with some slight changes in the wording of the formula. If what he demands are not surrendered at the expiration of thirty-three days - for that is the fixed period of grace - he declares war in the following terms: "Hear, O Jupiter, and thou Janus Quirinus, and all ye heavenly gods and ye, gods of earth and of the lower world, hear me! I call you to witness that this people" -- mentioning it by name -- "is unjust and does not fulfill its sacred obligations. But about these matters we must consult the elders in our own land in what way we may obtain our rights."
With these words the ambassador returned to Rome for consultation. The king forthwith consulted the senate in words to the following effect: "Concerning the matters suits and causes, whereof the Pater Patratus of the Roman people and Quirites hath complained to the Pater Patratus of the Prisci Latini, and to the people of the Prisci Latini which matters they were bound severally to surrender, discharge, and make good, whereas they have done none of these things -- say what is your opinion?" He whose opinion was first asked, replied, "I am of opinion that they ought to be recovered by a just and righteous war, wherefore I give my consent and vote for it." Then the others were asked in order, and when the majority of those present declared themselves of the same opinion, war was agreed upon. It was customary for the Fetial to carry to the enemies' frontiers a blood-smeared spear tipped with iron or burnt at the end, and, in the presence of at least three adults, to say, "Inasmuch as the peoples of the Prisci Latini have been guilty of wrong against the People of Rome and the Quirites, and inasmuch as the People of Rome and the Quirites have ordered that there be war with the Prisci Latini, and the Senate of the People of Rome and the Quirites have determined and decreed that there shall be war with the Prisci Latini, therefore I and the People of Rome, declare and make war upon the peoples of the Prisci Latini." With these words he hurled his spear into their territory. This was the way in which at that time satisfaction was demanded from the Latins and war declared, and posterity adopted the custom.
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Home Staging & Design - What is Home Staging ?
What is Home Staging ?
"Home staging" is not a new term, but for many homeowners and real estate agents the concept of "professional home staging" is shedding new light on how to promote a home in the real estate marketplace. In past years, homeowners were left to their own discretion as far as preparing for home showings. Though they could occasionally rely on an agent for instructions, more often than not real estate agents were just as perplexed at working out the details as the homeowner.
While agents are experts in the field of selling and closing, many are not design savvy. Agents usually know exactly what factors can help sell a home. It's just not always easy to get a home into selling condition in a timely manner without some sort of experienced assistance. Professional home stagers are practiced in the art of preparing a home for resale. They work with the "flow" of a home, eliminate clutter, edit and arrange furniture, and even assist in enhancing curb-appeal. With the aid of a professional home stager, your house can make a notable first impression on potential homebuyers.
As the real estate industry often stresses, the first impression is the key factor in selling your home. Typically a potential buyer has made up their mind ten seconds after they step in the front door. They were already forming an opinion as they pulled into your driveway! That really doesn't leave too much room for fault. To achieve the greatest possible outcome, the home truly needs to be presented in the best possible manner, the second it hits the market! Contact us today, and we will help you get your home show ready!!
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Why we chose a set or pre-defined Chart of Account
Doug Levin
One of the many questions we get is why we didn't allow 100% changes to the chart of accounts, and it's a good one.
There were three primary benefits:
The yellow categorization engine requires a set chart of accounts (it can never categorize to an account you create)
It allows for faster setup for new users
It also allows for consistency between companies for users like bookkeepers or entrepreneurs who work in many.
To help make this work Cheqbook allows the creation of up to 100 personalized accounts, and you can also group any of them (set or user created) into subgroups for subtotals in your reporting.
Yes, there are disadvantages to this approach:
You cannot rename the existing accounts (or the yellow engine won't know what it's supposed to be).
You cannot turn off the existing accounts (or the yellow engine may categorize to a closed account).
The number of personalized accounts you can create is limited to 100 (originally this was 10, then 20, but now it's set at 100. This discourages the abandonment of the set accounts as well as keep financial reports manageable since every 40 or so accounts adds another page to a balance sheet or P&L).
Despite these limitations we ultimately decided that it was good to be different, since most other software has abandoned the set chart of accounts approach and we believe it does have great value for many users.
Douglas Martz February 16, 2018 01:26
Yellow is only good for the first time a transaction is recieved, if a user is using the system correctly. most all businesses use the same vendors over and over, with similar transactions, so after one or two weeks most all transactions should be coming in blue if a user cares about his proper books,. so as a trade off to do this (not allow manipulation of current assets) or and not allow the inability to have more than 100 custom accounts because it minimizes the effectiveness of "yellow" is, in my opinion, a weak reasoning to not allow 250 or more custom accounts that would not respond to yellow.
Edited by Douglas Martz February 16, 2018 01:29
Doug Levin February 16, 2018 02:51
Yes, you are correct. As you categorize transactions the blue engine learns and takes over.
However for new users and new vendors the yellow engine gives them a solid preliminary answer.
Also, this gets into the issue of how varied our users "keep" their books. We have users that are religious about going all green (eventually "reviewing" everything) and others at the other extreme that only categorize their reds.
Plus 250 custom accounts with data would turn a financial statement into an 8 page monster.
At the time we settled on 100 it was still early before launch during testing, when it possible to change. Now it would be very very challenging.
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Moving Safety should be a #1 priority for anyone going through the relocation process. Moving is stressful enough on its own, but an injury or incident can multiple the stress levels moving causes exponentially. Oz strictly trains its movers with a safety regiment to ensure that our jobs are not ruined by injuries to our crews or anyone around the moves. We are happy to now share these protocols with you to help you prevent a moving day catastrophe that threatens you or someone helping you move's safety.
There are so many reasons why movers should never work alone. Communication is perhaps the biggest advantage of a moving team; another set of eyes and ears can help identify any potential pitfalls during the move. This dynamic only works if the moving team is prepared to guide their partners however they can.
Like with other physical activities, stretching before a move can be effective in preventing muscle cramps and other injuries. It's especially important to stretch your legs if your move involves going up or down stairs, or involves a long carry process.
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Most heavy items, like furniture, televisions or beds require more than one person to carry them to get them moved anywhere, even a few feet. Even with another person on the team, proper lifting technique is still important in preventing injury. "Simultaneous" lifting is key, as the two forces used to move these heavy items need to work in tandem. If one person is putting down or lifting an item when their partner is stagnant, both are at risk of injuring themselves. Use a simple "3-2-1" countdown before picking up or lifting an item to keep in sync, and always communicate with your lifting partner if your motion is going to change while transporting a heavy item.
Most people are familiar with this saying, and it's no joke: a proper lifting body motion can help fend off pain and injury during and after a move. At Oz, we say "lift with your knees", because that is the area of the body where the work is really taking place. To pick up items, movers should squat, and not bend with their backs.
Moving is a stressful process, as we said, so it's easy to understand wanting it to be over ASAP. But it is very important to take your time in certain situations, especially in tight clearance areas, and going up and down stairs. It is very common that inexperienced movers handling an item closer to the top of a staircase can "push too much" onto their partner on the bottom, which could cause a painful injury. In this case, movers need to literally go "one step at a time". The extra time spent making sure a move is being handled properly is much less than the time you'll spend in recovery if something goes wrong.
Think ahead when dealing with any debris or excess items. If they become obstacles that movers can trip or slip on, they can cause a gruesome fall. Clear the path for a move before lifting anything; items like packing tape, boxes, box cutters, dollys and others should either be stored or disposed. In moving, cleanliness is a big key to safety.
Some items are more likely to cause problems than others - such as fragile items, non-symmetrical items, oddly shaped items, or extremely heavy items. Gripping and lifting most household items is easy, but not everything can be handled with the same technique. When in doubt, try reading our blogs on moving tough stuff, or conduct a simple google search on your item.
The best way to prevent a moving injury is to have someone else move for you. At Oz Moving, our movers are trained and experienced to prevent injuries and damage during a move. Moving companies familiar with the most common layouts and idiosyncrasies of the housing in the area they move around in, so they are familiar with the most common mistakes and slip ups people make and know how to prevent them.


Touted as a means of achieving maximum 3D performance by, effectively, using two or more graphics cards in tandem, multi-GPU technology is here to stay. Namely, a dual heat pipe cooler that utilizes Heatpipe Direct Contact technology to get the heat from the GPU into the heat sink assembly and dissipated into the airflow around the card as quickly as possible. The factory overclocked versions of the HD have been pouring out of the doors of AMD's partners. Have you ever felt like you've run out of space on your desktop? With each issue packed full of powerful news, reviews, analysis, and advice targeting IT channel professionals, ChannelPro-SMB will help you cultivate your SMB customers and run your business more profitably. ASUS is one of the leading motherboard and video card companies on the planet.
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# Reference info:
# https://s1.solacity.com/docs/PVI-3.0-3.6-4.2-OUTD-US%20Manual.pdf
# http://www.drhack.it/images/PDF/AuroraCommunicationProtocol_4_2.pdf
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# Developer note:
# vscode devcontainer: use the following to access USB device:
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import logging

from aurorapy.client import AuroraError, AuroraSerialClient

from homeassistant.config_entries import ConfigEntry
from homeassistant.const import CONF_ADDRESS, CONF_PORT, Platform
from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant
from homeassistant.exceptions import ConfigEntryNotReady

from .config_flow import validate_and_connect
from .const import ATTR_SERIAL_NUMBER, DOMAIN

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async def async_setup_entry(hass: HomeAssistant, entry: ConfigEntry) -> bool:
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    comport = entry.data[CONF_PORT]
    address = entry.data[CONF_ADDRESS]
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            return False
        except OSError as error:
            if error.errno == 19:  # No such device.
                _LOGGER.error("Failed to connect to inverter: no such COM port")
                return False
            _LOGGER.error("Failed to connect to inverter: %s", error)
            return False
        else:
            # If we got here, the device is now communicating (maybe after
            # being in darkness). But there's a small risk that the user has
            # configured via the UI since we last attempted the yaml setup,
            # which means we'd get a duplicate unique ID.
            new_id = res[ATTR_SERIAL_NUMBER]
            # Check if this unique_id has already been used
            for existing_entry in hass.config_entries.async_entries(DOMAIN):
                if existing_entry.unique_id == new_id:
                    _LOGGER.debug(
                        "Remove already configured config entry for id %s", new_id
                    )
                    hass.async_create_task(
                        hass.config_entries.async_remove(entry.entry_id)
                    )
                    return False
            hass.config_entries.async_update_entry(entry, unique_id=new_id)

    hass.data.setdefault(DOMAIN, {})[entry.entry_id] = ser_client
    hass.config_entries.async_setup_platforms(entry, PLATFORMS)

    return True

async def async_unload_entry(hass: HomeAssistant, entry: ConfigEntry) -> bool:
    """Unload a config entry."""

    unload_ok = await hass.config_entries.async_unload_platforms(entry, PLATFORMS)
    # It should not be necessary to close the serial port because we close
    # it after every use in sensor.py, i.e. no need to do entry["client"].close()
    if unload_ok:
        hass.data[DOMAIN].pop(entry.entry_id)

    return unload_ok


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Souths players 'absolutely' standing by club doctor despite allegations
NRL off-field behaviour
By Sarah Keoghan
October 6, 2020 — 2.10pm
South Sydney players say they will "absolutely" stand by Andrew McDonald after the NSW Police and the NRL integrity unit launched investigations into allegations levelled against the club doctor last week.
A investigation reported in The Australian on Thursday outlined a number of serious allegations against Sam Burgess and accused the club's doctor of treating the former captain during a drug-fuelled episode in 2018.
The report claimed McDonald treated Burgess with a liquid tranquilliser after allegedly writing the prescription in another person's name. The allegations have not been proven and Burgess has strongly denied all the allegations in The Australian's reporting.
Burgess stood down from his role as Rabbitohs coaching assistant but McDonald remains on staff and worked for the Rabbitohs on Sunday at ANZ Stadium.
State of Origin hopeful Campbell Graham declared on Tuesday that players were behind McDonald.
"All they are are allegations," Graham said. "There has been nothing that has come out proven."
Sam Burgess. Credit:Getty
When asked how Tom Burgess was coping with the allegations surrounding his brother, Graham said he was doing "great".
"As far as the squad was concerned we were all pretty locked in on the game," he said about Sunday's elimination final. "There was a real key focus on what we needed to do and that was to win and that's the mindset we've got."
But it was ultimately coach Wayne Bennett and senior players who made sure the side were focused amid the outside noise, Graham said.
"Wayne is always really good at getting you into a good mindset for a game he's getting us focused on Saturday night," he said. "Last week was the same as any other week, we knew what we had to do and we went out and did it."
South Sydney doctor Andrew McDonald. Credit:Getty
Cameron Murray said that "no outside influences" affected the club last week ahead of their 46-20 win against the Knights on Sunday night.
Murray said that Adam Reynolds above all carried the team through the club's troublesome week.
"It's been big," he said. "Reyno [Reynolds] stepped up along with Cody Walker and Damien Cook – I think they really stepped up for the majority of this year in what were some pretty big shoes to fill, seeing a lot of our leadership boys leave last year."
South Sydney come up against the Eels in a do-or-die clash on Saturday.
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London, 15 May 2019, MEFD – Middle East Forum for Development (MEFD) held an event in the House of Commons today regarding the persecution of Iran's ethnic and religious minorities. The event was chaired by Jim Shannon MP, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for International Freedom of Religion or Belief.
Speakers included Professor Javaid Rehman, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Mosa Zahed, executive director of MEFD, Qusay Doraghi, representative of Ahwaz Human Rights Organisation (AHRO) UK, Jamshaid Amiri, representative for Western Balochistan at Baloch Human Rights Council and Yunes Mukri, Member of the Kurdish Democratic Party.
During his opening remarks, Jim Shannon MP stated that "Iran's disadvantaged religious and ethnic minorities remain subject to entrenched discrimination", and that those who dare to speak out against violations of their political, cultural and linguistic rights "face arbitrary arrest, torture and other ill-treatment, grossly unfair trials, imprisonment, and the death penalty".
Mosa Zahed emphasised the importance of the event arguing that "it provides a platform to representatives of Iran's minority groups to raise awareness about the plight of their communities." He further remarked that "MEFD will continue to organise these panel events in the near future".
Professor Javaid Rehman commended the initiative of the event and stipulated that the Iranian authorities continue to "heavily persecute ethnic and religious minorities", arguing that their members' "political and civil rights are being denied" and that there is "no equal access to justice", and explained that the government continues to deny him access to the country to be able to conduct his investigations. Professor Rehman further specified that authorities target Iran's minority groups by charging them with "moharebeh" (waging war against god) or "mofsed fel-Arz" (spreading corruption on earth), which carry the death sentence, and continue to extra judicially execute ethnic minorities.
A panel of representatives from Iran's minority groups discussed the plight of their communities at the event.
Qusay Doraghi presented his paper on the environmental issues and its impact on the human rights situation of minority groups. He argued that the Iranian authorities "disproportionately targeted…Kurds, Ahwazi Arabs, Azeris and Balochis" and that these groups reported "political and socioeconomic discrimination, especially in their access to economic aid, business licenses, university admissions, job opportunities, permission to publish books, housing and land rights."
Jamshaid Amiri argued that "the assimilation of ethnic and religious minorities in Iran started since the establishment of the Islamic Republic." He specified that "the Balochis live in the poorest province of Iran and only ask for their basic rights to be respected." Jamshaid further stipulated that "local people are tried for drug trafficking in the region of Iran's Sistan and Balochistan province, but that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is in actual control of the drug trade."
Yunes Mukri specified that "the Kurds of Iran have been systematically discriminated given that they disagreed with the establishment of the Islamic Republic right from the start and rejected its founder Ayatollah Khomeini." Yunes further raised the plight of the "Koolbars" (backpack carriers) in Iran's Kurdistan underscoring that "due to a lack of infrastructure, industry and widespread unemployment in Kordestan province, the people are forced to engage in Koolbari [carrying goods and loads on shoulders] in order to be able to feed their families".
Jim Shannon pledged to disseminate all the findings to the members of the APPG for International Freedom of Religion or Belief and all agreed to continue working closely together in order to effectively raise awareness about the plight of Iran's minority groups.
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Britain must relinquish political expediency for a principled approach to Iran's human rights crisis
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IBM's THINK 2021: Processors & Code?
May 19, 2021 clabbyanalytics
From the outset of IBM THINK 2021, a many-session teleconference, the company made it clear: "IBM is '100% in' on augmented intelligence (AI) and the hybrid cloud." Session after session and product discussion after product discussion reinforced this message. But hearing, and seeing, are two different senses. What I heard was: "AI, hybrid cloud, AI, hybrid cloud, AI, hybrid cloud…" But what I saw was processors and code.
I have always been a firm believer that owning microprocessor development is crucial to advanced system design. Companies that make their own microprocessors can tune and hone those microprocessors to perform certain functions. And, by so doing, they can create distinct competitive advantages, open new markets, and deliver significant processing speed and security advantages to their customers. Processors are crucial to market differentiation, as well as to workload execution.
I have also long believed that application development is too complex. Developers have to figure out how to best design a program (the program workflow); they have to learn specific programming languages; then they have to write their programs, debug them, tune them, test them, then deploy and maintain them. It would be much simpler in an ideal world if an application owner could simply describe a process flow to a system and have the system write the code needed to execute the process flow. What I heard at THINK is that IBM is starting to head in that direction by enabling AI to speak "the language of machines."
This report focuses on the critical messages that IBM delivered at THINK 2021 around processors and coding.
First things first: Comments on the THINK Video Conference
In years past, IBM THINK (and its predecessor events with other names) have been large (10,000+ people and scores of sessions) where users, business partners and IBM executives convened to share messaging, learn new skills, learn about new technologies and network with other practitioners. But, with the COVID risks, this event has gone the videoconferencing route for the past two years. And, as much as I liked the in-person events (primarily because they give me a chance to meet with users to understand their challenges better), and with vendors (who tell me what is really going on in the marketplace), I must admit I like this electronic format a lot better from an "IBM messaging" and "logistics" perspective.
Regarding messaging, there were often situations at in-person events where I wished to attend sessions that overlapped with others I wanted to attend. With the electronic recorded videoconferencing approach, I can better tailor THINK sessions to address my needs – without missing any of interest to me. It's like a buffet – you can choose what you want and consume as much as you want on the topics of genuine interest to you.
The other thing I like about the recorded format is that I can stop a presentation, rewind it, and replay statements that may not have been clear – or that I need to note. With recorded sessions, you don't miss a thing. And, most of the videos include closed captions at the bottom of the screen – so in case you want clarity, you can always refer to the written subtitles.
As for logistics – have you ever gone to a presentation and realized it was not what you expected? Suppose a session does not meet your needs using this videoconferencing perspective. In that case, you simply terminate the video and move on to the next one (no embarrassing need to stand up and leave a conference room while a speaker is presenting…).
As much as I liked the in-person format, I like the videoconference format even more.
Back to the THINK messaging
Arvind Krishna, IBM's Chairman and CEO, opened the conference with descriptions of IBM's hybrid cloud and AI missions. In a hybrid cloud, IBM's mission is to modernize mission-critical workloads with cloud services across public and private clouds. In AI (formerly "artificial intelligence," now being referred to as "augmented intelligence"), IBM sees its mission as "making sense of large amounts of data" and using AI to automate processes. Both technologies, IBM believes, are vital to accelerating business transformation (rebuilding entire business models into flexible core processes that speed services to enterprises and their customers).
But here's the fun part (at least for me…). Mr. Krishna also spoke about IBM's CodeNet initiative and IBM's foray into 2 nanometer (nm) chip design. (I love this stuff).
Project CodeNet
Back to my idea that humans should determine a business need, articulate a process to achieve this need, and then relay that process verbally to a computer that can generate the code and algorithms to implement that process. It will be a long time until this scenario becomes a reality – but someday, it will happen.
In the meantime, steps are being taken to reach that goal – and one such step is a new discipline known as "AI for Code." The idea behind this is to simplify code writing and deployment for software developers. Using AI-based technologies (such as natural language processing and other AI innovations), combined with intelligent code analysis and compilation techniques, AI tools can be used to automatically streamline code development, performing such tasks as code searches, summarizations, one-coding language-to-another-coding-language translations (to help modernize legacy software – restructuring older monolithic applications into microservices), and much, much more.
In the area of computer vision, there is an extensive data set repository for imagery known as ImageNet. This repository provides code examples for comparison and experimentation, benchmarking tools to test and streamline imaging programs. Using these tools to simplify the development of powerful algorithms has enabled developers to deliver image understanding capabilities more quickly to market, thus acting as a catalyst to speed advancements.
With its "Project CodeNet," IBM has now done the same for the field of AI. Its stated goal is "to provide the community [with] a large, high-quality, curated, open-source dataset that can be used to advance AI techniques for source code." It intends to do for the field of AI for Code what ImageNet has done for computer vision – to act as a catalyst for AI for Code development, benchmarking and experimentation.
Today, AI techniques are already being used to generate computer code. But the task of programming does not end with the generation of code. Developers need to manipulate code to modernize it, fix bugs, speed performance, make code more secure and ensure compliance with regulations. Project CodeNet provides developers with code examples and AI-based tools that automatically address the testing and deployment of code using AI tools and techniques. This data set can be used for instructional purposes to help developers frame AI for Code problems and learn how to more rapidly and efficiently benchmark and deploy AI for Code solutions.
There are other initiatives in AI for Code, including Codata, Ponicode, TransCoder, and OpenAI GPT-3 model. But comparatively, IBM eclipses these other solutions in terms of scale. CodeNet offers solutions for 4,000 coding problems, 14 million code examples, over 500 million lines of code, and supports 55 programming languages including C++, Java, Python, Go, COBOL, Pascal, and FORTRAN – though the most frequently-used examples are written in C++, C, Python, and Java.
IBM's 2 Nanometer announcement triggered thoughts
Twenty years ago, I published a book called "Visualize This" that described an evolving vision of the "sensory, virtual Internet" where various technologies would contribute to sensory experiences over the Internet (the book was sort of whimsical, and the vision is still evolving…). But, in the first draft of that book, I wrote that I couldn't see microprocessor chip technology being shrunk to less than seven nanometers – I just didn't see how that could be physically possible (even my reviewers didn't believe me – so I [regretfully] adjusted that number upwards to 20 nanometers).
So, imagine my surprise when I learned that IBM had designed a chip using "nanosheet technology" that can fit up to 50 billion transistors using 2-nanometer design into an area smaller than a postage stamp! Impressive. (What this means is that a chip such as this can deliver 45% higher performance and use 75% less energy than today's 7nm designs).
But this IBM advancement sent my mind wandering in another direction. I haven't been paying much attention to IBM's other microprocessors lately, so I listened to a couple of THINK video broadcasts on IBM's POWER processors, and to a few mainframe presentations.
In the POWER processor space, 20 years ago, IBM's POWER processors used to be a volume chipset (found in IBM's Power Systems and predecessor lines – as well as seen in Microsoft's Xbox game system). But, over time, Microsoft moved elsewhere – and Power Systems evolved into specialty processors for accelerated computing tasks.
In a blog last year, I wrote: "Power Systems offer a microprocessor that is distinctly different from z & x86 processors. POWER processors offer extremely fast I/O; they can be closely integrated with graphical processing units (GPUs) to achieve extremely high performance levels; and they offer very tight security. They have access to massive amounts of main memory. These differences mean that there are workloads that Power Systems can process most assuredly better than x86-based servers." But, when I wrote this, I was unaware of IBM's forthcoming POWER10 microprocessor.
On August 17, 2020, IBM announced its new POWER10 design aimed at enterprise hybrid cloud computing and accelerated applications, including AI applications. The new chip will roll out in the second half of 2021 using a 7nm form factor with an expected improvement of up to 3x greater processor energy efficiency, workload capacity and container density than its predecessor POWER9 microprocessor.
I also learned that the new chip has support for Multi-Petabyte Memory Clusters (MPMCs) using a new technology called Memory Inception. This technology will significantly improve cloud capacity (thus supporting IBM's Hybrid Cloud strategy) while reducing the cost to process memory-intensive workloads (last year, I wrote about the cost advantages of this technology and approach).
But, under the covers, a chip of this design will also be excellent for processing large-model AI inference models. And that observation brings me to a point I mentioned in the opening paragraphs: being able to design your own microprocessor gives computer makers a distinct competitive advantage over those forced to utilize commodity chip designs. POWER10, with its massive memory management and MPMC clusters for cloud capacity, as well as its superior suitability in processing AI applications, shows how microprocessors can be used to support major corporate initiatives (in IBM's case: hybrid clouds and AI).
In another THINK session, IBM's general manager for System z, Ross Mauri reported that IBM saw great success with its z microprocessor being used for traditional transaction processing workloads and on-chip analytics. By supporting analytics on a System z, IBM customers do not need to Extract/-Transform/Load (ETL) their data to other machines for analytics processing because they can keep their data at one protected location. Again, this is another example of why owning microprocessor development creates a competitive advantage for IBM because the z chip was modified a few years back such that it could better process analytics workloads.
Even though IBM's THINK conference has had to be delivered virtually for the past two years, it is still a highly effective means to get caught up on the company's latest strategies and product offerings. I would argue that it may even be more effective than doing the in-person conferences, given the ability to playback presentations and the ability to attend more sessions without missing any due to scheduling conflicts.
As for the highlights of THINK 2021, there were plenty of hybrid cloud and AI-focused video presentations that provided insights into IBM's various strategies and product offerings. But, for me, the conference took me in slightly different directions: toward microprocessors and coding. IBM's announcement of "CodeNet" is highly significant because it represents a means to better-educate programmers on the use of AI to speed program development and deployment. That gets us one step closer to programming nirvana: the day when we'll be able to talk to computer systems and have them program themselves.
As for IBM's latest microprocessor developments, they emphasize the importance of owning your own designs. IBM's 2nm processor is a huge step forward in speed with less power consumption. And IT executives who want really fast, in-memory database processors and super-fast hybrid clusters need to look very closely at IBM's POWER10 design. For large volume transaction processing, as well as ETL-less analytics processing, there's nothing better than a System z.
As much as I like the new videoconference THINK format, I hope that it returns to an in-person event next year. There's something to be said for the camaraderie element of rubbing elbows with like-minded people with different insights on IBM and the industry.
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A chat with composer and developer Tom Erbe. Tom has become legendary in the Mac music community for creating SoundHack, the free spectral sound processing software. Tom has been involved with various other projects from his own music to the creation of an electronic violin and spatial audio processing for NASA. I spoke to Tom about music and technology on the Mac on the eve of the release of new realtime audio plugins inspired by SoundHack.
PK: Let's start by talking about past work, since I think that's how many people know you best (for now, anyway, until they see the new plugins). Do you mind being known as "the guy who developed SoundHack"? I think you're something of a celebrity for having been behind this landmark piece of Mac software.
TE: Not at all. SoundHack was my main thing for a long time, and I poured a lot of effort into it. It was the place I put my ideas. I did have something of a mission with SoundHack. I wanted to take some computer music techniques that were only used in academia, and get them out there so that all types of musicians could use them.
PK: And it would seem you've succeeded. I'm always impressed by the number of people using this one little application, and in such a variety of ways, even today. Have you been surprised at all by the response, or how it's been used?
TE: It grew rather slowly at first . . . but yes, it was surprising.
PK: Have there been any sounds or music that came out of work with SoundHack that surprised you?
TE: Surprising sounds are one of my favorite things. I did like it when I saw the IMAX film on the Titanic. There were some convolved sounds of underwater screaming. Bruno Degazio (sp?) did that soundtrack. Now musicians are more familar with spectral techniques, so it's not so easy to identify SoundHack in the mix anymore. That's good news, people are going far beyond the easy and obvious.
PK: Yes, absolutely! And maybe as people get more used to these techniques, too, even in SoundHack, that will continue to drive people to try for the unexpected. For me, at least, I know part of why SoundHack stays in my Dock is that I still find, with convolution especially, sounds that surprise me.
TE: Convolution is one technique that keeps SH alive. It's not so easy to pull off in real time, though some people are getting closer. Using it as a sampling reverb is a great direction, but I think that it is as a cross-synthesis tool that convolution really shines. It is so unexpected how two sounds will resonate through each other.
TE: That's it... SoundHack does a convolution on the entire "impulse" file, with no dividing into smaller chunks. That gives a phase shift that is as long as the impulse window. You not only get transformation of the frequency components, but also a cross-synthesis of the envelope/articulation of the sounds as well.
PK: Yes, and it seems that hearing both at the same time (rather than as separate components) is part of what makes that effect so interesting.
TE: When you say "no one has implemented it quite like you", I have to admit, the implementation in SoundHack is about as simple of an implementation as possible!!!
PK: Yes, simple, though musically very effective, so isn't it odd, in a way, that no one else has tried something that simple?
TE: Actually most of the things I put in SoundHack, I put there because I knew that noone commercially would touch these processes. They were considered too slow to be marketable.
PK: Do you think any of these processes have a future in semi-realtime / quasi-realtime applications? Of course, we've already come a long way from leaving your Mac II to "think" about a convolution overnight.
TE: It's hard to predict which way things will go. But I will definitely be continuing my work, and most of my direction is now in real-time implementation. Convolution is one process that is waiting for faster computers.
PK: Which brings us to your realtime plugins . . .
TE: I had decided about 5 years ago that SH had gone as far as it could go. I am now reimplementing and extending most of the SoundHack processes into a series of plugins. I am trying to implement them in the order of the algorithms speed, hoping that computers will get faster as I finish them. Right now I am about to release a set of filters based on the binaural filter and the spectral dynamics processor from SoundHack.
PK: Excellent! So it really is like SoundHack Live. I expect the appeal will be even broader, with the plugin format. That's +binaural, +spectralgate, and +spectralcompand, as described on your site.
TE: +morphfilter will be in the first set, too, though it doesn't have any history in SoundHack. It is a pair of FIR filters, with drawable and/or learnable shape, adjustable positive and negative depth, and morphing between the two filters.
PK: So, perhaps by the time you're done we will have a convolution filter!
PK: Join us later this week for the conclusion to this interview, with more on the new plugins among some other closing thoughts, and Tom's connection to the new Gehry-designed Disney Hall in Los Angeles. Don't forget, you can add thoughts on anything in this issue and discuss with us by hitting the comments link.


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Stealth Technologies
How Code Breakers Work
Breaking the Code
More complicated ciphers require a combination of experience, experimentation and the occasional shot-in-the-dark guess. The most difficult ciphers are short, continuous blocks of characters. If the cryptographer's message includes word breaks, spaces between each enciphered word, it makes deciphering much easier. The cryptanalyst looks for groups of repeated ciphers, analyze where those groups of letters fall within the context of words and make guesses at what those letters might mean. If the cryptanalyst has a clue about the message's content, he might look for certain words. A cryptanalyst intercepting a message from a Navy captain to command might look for terms referring to weather patterns or sea conditions. If he guesses that "hyuwna" means "stormy," he might be able to crack the rest of the cipher.
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Breaking the code carved into the ceiling of the Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland reveals a series of musical passages.
Many polyalphabetic ciphers rely on key words, which makes the message vulnerable. If the cryptanalyst correctly guesses the right key word, he can quickly decipher the entire message. It's important for cryptographers to change key words frequently and to use uncommon or nonsense key words. Remembering a nonsense key word can be challenging, and if you make your cipher system so difficult that your recipient can't decipher the message quickly, your communication system fails.
Cryptanalysts take advantage of any opportunity to solve a cipher. If the cryptographer used a ciphering device, a savvy cryptanalyst will try to get the same device or make one based on his theories of the cryptographer's methodology. During World War II, Polish cryptanalysts obtained an Enigma Machine and were close to figuring out Germany's ciphering system when it became too dangerous to continue. The Polish exchanged their information and technology with the Allies, who created their own Enigma Machines and deciphered many of Germany's coded messages.
Modern high-level encryption methods rely on mathematical processes that are relatively simple to create, but extremely difficult to decipher. Public-key encryption is a good example. It uses two keys -- one for encoding a message and another for decoding. The encoding key is the public key, available to whomever wants to communicate with the holder of the secret key. The secret key decodes messages encrypted by the public key and vice versa. For more information on public-key encryption, see How Encryption Works.
The complex algorithms cryptographers use ensure secrecy for now. That will change if quantum computing becomes a reality. Quantum computers could find the factors of a large number much faster than a classic computer. If engineers build a reliable quantum computer, practically every encrypted message on the Internet will be vulnerable. To learn more about how cryptographers plan to deal with problem, read How Quantum Encryption Works.
In the next section, we'll look at some codes and ciphers that remain unsolved, much to cryptanalysts' chagrin.
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Hands-on Activity: Find Your Own Direction
Find Your Own Direction
Subject Areas: Earth and Space, Geometry, Measurement
Plot Your Course - Navigation
Where Is Here?
Nidy-Gridy: Using Grids and Coordinates
Northward Ho! Create and Use Simple Compasses
How to be a Great Navigator!
Vector Voyage!
The North (Wall) Star
Navigating by the Numbers
Stay in Shape
Trig River
Accuracy, Precision and Errors in Navigation: Getting It Right!
Close Enough? Angles & Accuracy of Measurement in Navigation
Computer Accuracy
Sextant Solutions
Topo Map Mania!
Where Is Your Teacher?
The Trouble with Topos
Classroom Triangles
Topo Triangulation
Triangulate: Topos, Compasses and Triangles, Oh My!
You've Got Triangles!
Navigational Techniques by Land, Sea, Air and Space
Nautical Navigation
Navigating at the Speed of Satellites
State Your Position
GPS on the Move
GPS Receiver Basics
Making GPS Art: Draw It, Walk It, Log It, Display It!
GPS Scavenger Hunt
Not So Lost in Space
A Roundabout Way to Mars
Satellite Tracker
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Students create compasses
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Students create their own simple compasses using thread, needle and water in a bowl — and learn how it works.
Engineers put careful thought into designing compasses that are accurate, precise, durable and inexpensive. To accomplish this, they must thoroughly understand the orientation and strength of the Earth's magnetic field. Scientific concepts such as magnetic declination are important to engineers who design digital compasses that compensate for this effect.
Explain that a compass is a tool of measurement that shows direction.
Describe how a compass works.
Explain that engineers use and develop compasses.
Explain the relationship between navigation technology and other fields of study (that is, magnetic declination).
MS-PS2-5. Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. (Grades 6 - 8)
Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence that can meet the goals of the investigation.
Forces that act at a distance (electric, magnetic, and gravitational) can be explained by fields that extend through space and can be mapped by their effect on a test object (a charged object, or a ball, respectively).
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Describe methods and equipment used to explore the solar system and beyond (Grade 8) More Details
thread, ~12 inches (~30 cm)
1 or more packing peanuts (the non-biodegradable type) or other small pieces of Styrofoam™
1 plastic bowl (such as a margarine tub) large enough to accommodate the needle
1 paper clip
2 common straight pins
Find Your Own Direction Worksheet, one per student
To share with the entire class:
a few strong magnets
a few hand compasses
red or black electrical tape, 1 roll
Find Your Own Direction Worksheet (doc)
Find Your Own Direction Worksheet (pdf)
Visit [www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/cub_navigation_lesson01_activity3] to print or download.
Students learn how to determine location by triangulation. After the process of triangulation is described, students practice finding their locations on a worksheet, in the classroom and outdoors.
Students create and use simple compasses made from a bowl of water, strong magnet, stick pin and Styrofoam peanuts. They learn about cardinal directions and how compasses work, learning that the Earth's magnetic field has both horizontal and vertical components.
Middle School Activity
Students learn to identify the common features of a map. Through the associated activities, students learn how to use a compass to find bearing to an object on a map and in the classroom.
In this lesson, students are shown the very basics of navigation. The concepts of relative and absolute location, latitude, longitude and cardinal directions are discussed, as well as the use and principles of a map and compass.
I have a question for everyone today! What if you were trying to get to your friend's house, and you knew that you needed to head north, but you didn't know which way north was? What would you do to figure it out? (Possible answers: Look at where you are going, follow landmarks, use a map, use a compass.)
Today we are going to talk about compasses. Does anyone know how a compass locates directions? (Collect answers from the class). Do you remember that our planet is one big magnet and has a large magnetic field? Well, a compass is a tool that indicates the magnetic field on the surface of the Earth and determines the direction it is facing based on the magnetic field. A compass is an excellent way to determine how to move in the direction you need to go.
Engineers help design new and improved compasses, including digital compasses and compasses for use in GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) receivers. These engineers definitely have to understand the Earth's magnetic field to accomplish this. Does anyone have any ideas about why an engineer would want to use a compass? Well, engineers use a compass to help them know where a building should be constructed or to determine the direction of a river for a bridge project. Engineers need to make sure that they do the best job they can on their projects, including making sure that a building, or bridge or structure is erected in the right place! The owner of the project would be pretty upset if the engineer messed up, right? So, engineers use compasses and direction to make sure that they build things in the right spot.
Today, we are going to make a simple compass that really works! In fact, you can take your compass home and show your family and friends how it works.
The first compasses were just lodestones — a naturally occurring magnetic ore — on small sticks placed in a bowl of water. This simple device pointed to the pole star and so was used, therefore, for navigation by early mariners. Shortly after the first compasses were used, people discovered that an iron or steel needle that had been touched or rubbed with a lodestone would also align with the pole star.
The Earth's magnetic field has a shape like a strong bar magnet placed near the center of the Earth with its S pole near the north geographic pole and its N pole near the south geographic pole. The Earth's magnetic field, which is three-dimensional, is inclined at about 11 degrees from its axis of rotation. A compass is just a magnet held on top of a pivot so the magnet can rotate freely. A compass points in a direction that lies along the magnetic field at the point. There is also a component of the magnetic field perpendicular to the surface of the Earth.
Gather materials and make copies of the Find Your Own Direction Worksheet.
Divide the class into teams of two students each.
Hand out the worksheets.
With the students:
Make an X in the center of the outside bottom of the bowl using electrical tape.
Fill the bowl with enough water (about half way) so that the compass paperclip will be able to move.
Cut a piece of thread about twice as long as the height of the water in the bowl. Tie one end loosely to a packing peanut. Tie the other end to a paper clip. Make sure the thread is neither too short (it is too short if it pulls the peanut under the water) nor too long (the thread and anchor allows the peanut to float to the sides of the bowl).
Magnetize the compass "needle" (straight pin) by stroking it one direction with the magnet (you will need to stroke it at least 20 times).
Figure 1. Compass for measuring Earth's magnetic field in a horizontal plane.
Copyright © Jeff White and Matt Lippis, ITL Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
Stick the compass needle (straight pin) through the center of a packing peanut with the paperclip "anchor."
Place the pin/peanut/paperclip assembly into the bowl of water (see Figure 1). What happens? (The magnetized straight pin should rotate to be oriented north/south. Verify orientation with a real compass.) Have students record answers on their Find Your Own Direction Worksheets.
Have students walk around the room with the compass they made. What happens to the compass needle as you move about the room? (Answer: it should always rotate so that it is pointed north/south.) Have students record answers on their worksheets.
Hold the compass flat near the top of any iron or steel object in the room (the most common steel objects in a classroom are filing cabinets and garbage cans, but any object than contains steel — small refrigerators or radiators, for example — will work). What happens when the compass is near the topmost part of the object? (Answer: the needle should point at the object.) Move the compass down to the bottom of the steel object, still holding it flat. What happens? (Answer: the needle should flip around 180 degrees.)
cardinal directions: The four principal directions on a compass: north, south, east and west.
compass: An instrument that uses a magnetized metal bar to indicate the direction of the Earth's magnetic poles.
engineer: A person who applies her/his understanding of science and math to creating things for the benefit of humanity and our planet.
lodestone: A naturally-occurring magnetic rock.
Discussion Questions: Solicit, integrate and summarize student responses.
What if you knew you needed to head north to get to a relative's or friend's house, but you did not know which way is north? How would you proceed? (Possible answers: Look at where you are going, follow landmarks, use a map, use a compass.)
How does a compass locate directions? (Answer: A compass indicates the magnetic field on the surface of the Earth and determines the direction.)
Prediction: Ask students to predict what will happen if we float a magnetized needle in water (Answer: The needle will point north.)
Worksheet: The attached Find Your Own Direction Worksheet allows students to record their observations during the activity.
Formation: Have students form a large "X" with groups of students pointing toward the four cardinal directions. Use the compass to resolve any directional disagreement among the students.
Remind students to be careful when sticking the pins through the packing peanuts. Peanuts may crumble, making it easy for students to poke their fingers.
Remind students to return their pins to a designated place so they do not get lost or stuck in the carpet.
Students need to stroke the needle in one direction only. Rubbing the needle back and forth will not magnetize it strongly. If they do not stroke the needle enough, it will not be strongly magnetized.
Some students might also realize that the compass and needle point at a direction that is not true north. This is magnetic north. If students are interested, show map and the change in inclination for the compass that can be made to compensate and show true north.
Have students conduct research to compare magnetic north and true north. Ask them to identify which they found (magnetic north or true north) in this activity.
Have students investigate more properties of compasses: take the pin and packing peanut assembly out of the water and remove the thread and paper clip. Press another straight pin into each side of the packing peanut. Rest the compass between two drinking glasses with the pins on the rims. What happens?
Use the compass to test an aluminum can. Label the ends of the can with their corresponding magnetic poles and the date. Then turn the can over. Over the next few days use the compass to test the magnetization of the can. When the direction of the magnetization of the can has changed, label the ends of the can with their corresponding poles and the date. How many days does it take for the can's polarity to change?
Have students investigate how electric current affects a compass. Hans Christian Oersted was a science professor in the 1800s who noticed that electric current made the needle of a compass move. Have students research his experiment at: http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/whmfield.html
For very young students, conduct the activity as a teacher demonstration in front of the entire class.
For lower grades, provide more hands-on help.
For upper grades, have students complete the Northward Ho! activity, which is similar to this activity but for grades 6-8.
Chapman, Michael A. aeroCOMPASS. May 26, 2005. NASA Langley Reserch Center. Accessed December 6, 2006. www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/home/index.html
© 2006 by Regents of the University of Colorado
Jeff White; Matt Lippis; Penny Axelrad; Janet Yowell; Malinda Schaefer Zarske; Abby Watrous; Jay Shah
The contents of this digital library curriculum were developed under grants from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education, and the National Science Foundation (GK-12 grant no 0338326). However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policies of the DOE or NSF, and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government.


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Published: January 4, 2021, 2:24 am Updated: January 4, 2021, 5:02 am
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Local activists say they will continue to honor King through their own work
China's manufacturing recovery weakens in December
A woman and a child wear masks to protect from the coronavirus pass by a sale sign outside a mall in Beijing Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. China's manufacturing activity improved in December but at its weakest rate in three months as the economy recovered from the coronavirus pandemic while its trading partners struggled with rising infections, according to two surveys. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
BEIJING – China's manufacturing activity improved in December but at its weakest rate in three months as the economy recovered from the coronavirus pandemic while its trading partners struggled with rising infections, according to two surveys.
A monthly purchasing managers' index issued Monday by a business magazine, Caixin, slipped to 53 from November's 54.9 on a 100-point scale on which numbers above 50 show activity expanding. A separate PMI by an official industry group, the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing, declined to 51.9 from the previous month's 52.1.
China is the only major economy on track to record positive economic growth in 2020 while the United States and Europe struggle with rising case numbers that have prompted governments to re-impose travel and business controls.
Sub-indexes of exports and employment in both surveys rose but at a slower rate than December.
"We expect the economic recovery in the post-epidemic era to continue for several months," economist Wang Zhe of the Caixin Insight Group said in a statement.
Caixin said a sub-indicator of business confidence in its survey dipped to a three-month low.
"We need to pay attention to the mounting pressure on costs" due to higher raw material prices, Wang said. That is "particularly important" as regulators decide how to withdraw economic stimulus.


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Source: Cowboys' rift bigger than T.O., Romo
Source says defensive players support Owens
The rift between Dallas Cowboys stars Terrell Owens, Tony Romo and Jason Witten is wider than just those three players, a source inside the team's locker room told ESPN's Ed Werder on Friday.
The source told Werder that the majority of defensive players on the team supports Owens' contention that Romo is overly reliant on Witten and often throws into coverage trying to get him the ball while ignoring Owens in a situation where he could make a play.
One starting player told Werder: "We are not together as a team, and that includes the coaches."
Dallas defensive back Terence Newman told ESPN's "First Take" on Friday that reports of a rift are blown out of proportion. Newman said that Owens hadn't said a bad word to anyone, and that, as a defensive player, he'd like Owens to get the ball more.
Newman said that offensive coordinator Jason Garrett has an open-door policy and both Romo and Witten, along with wide receiver Patrick Crayton, had been in to talk to their coach.
He also said that team chemistry is "great," but insinuated that when Cowboys coaches make a mistake, they shift the blame to others and the players have noticed it.
In his weekly radio spot on 1310 "The Ticket" in Dallas, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said a meeting took place with Roy Williams, Crayton, Owens and Garrett. He said it was nothing out of the ordinary.
"[Owens is] interested in the ball to win the game," Jones said. "He knows if he can get the ball, we have a better chance to win the game. We all agree with that."
Jones said that he visited with Owens for 10 or 15 minutes during practice on Thursday, but said the subject of the meeting with Garrett did not come up. "Not that he [Owens] feels slighted or he feels like there's some type of favoritism going on," Jones said.
Jones also said that Garrett encourages "continual communication."
Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said reports that the team is in turmoil are untrue. "I don't agree," he said.
"Enough talking. We need to get it done," Phillips said.
The comments come a day after a source who speaks regularly with Owens' teammates told ESPN that Owens believes Romo and Witten -- close friends and road roommates who arrived at Dallas in the same offseason -- hold private meetings and create plays without including Owens.
Owens believes these discussions have worked to his detriment and that Romo seeks to deliver the ball to Witten, regardless of whether Owens is open.
Owens didn't speak to reporters in the locker room on Friday, The Associated Press reported. The Cowboys held a team meeting Friday morning, but neither Phillips nor players provided much details.
"This has nothing to do with the media or anyone else who is not a Dallas Cowboy," Williams told The Associated Press. "I am a Dallas Cowboy, therefore I am loyal to the Dallas Cowboys."
Deluged with questions about whether the Cowboys (8-5) are trying to mend divides at a crucial point in the season, Phillips dismissed the reports.
"Everything is set straight as far as I'm concerned," he told The Associated Press. "I think the players, too. We'll see."
Owens declined to discuss the situation on Thursday outside the Cowboys' locker room. As he walked toward the players' lounge at Valley Ranch, ESPN asked Owens if he would answer questions and he said, "Nope.''
But later Thursday, Owens told The Dallas Morning News: "I'm not jealous of Witten. I'm not jealous of nobody. I can take the approach that I got paid, so screw everything, but that's not me.
"I just want to win. I'm not trying to create a war of words with anybody. I thought we had a productive meeting, and I just talked to Jason about Tony reading the whole play because other people are open besides Witten."
Witten appeared Thursday afternoon on ESPN Radio 1050 in New York.
"Tony and I have been friends for a long time, way before either one of us were playing that much," Witten said. "I don't think we're drawing up many plays together to be completely honest, but I don't think Terrell feels that way. I think he knows he's a playmaker, and we try to go to him, and we have other guys we try to get the ball, too."
Information from ESPN's Ed Werder and ESPN.com's Matt Mosley is included in this report


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Жойси Кавалканти (, 12 марта 1949, Форталеза) — бразильская писательница.

Биография
Росла на родительской фазенде под городом Собрал. В 1979 году создала в штате Сеара литературную группу. Переехала в Сан-Паулу. Закончила Колорадский университет в Боулдере по специальности «литературное мастерство» (1985). Выступает как журналист, литературный организатор, читала лекции по женской литературе в университетах США, Аргентины, Франции. Основательница и президент Сообщества бразильских писательниц. В 2009 году организовала в Нью-Йорке под эгидой Бразильского фонда искусств первый Международный конгресс писательниц.

Книги
 Изнутри наружу/ De dentro para fora (1978, роман)
 Ребро Евы/ Costela de Eva (1980, роман)
 O discurso da mulher absurda (1985, новеллы)
 Ближайшие враги/ Inimigas íntimas (1993, роман, премия Ассоциации художественных критиков Сан-Паулу; англ. пер. 2001)
 Дьявол, сосущий манго/ O cão chupando manga (2001, роман)
 Longos trechos de dias líquidos (2010, роман)

Примечания

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I was born an identical twin. My parents were very young when we were born. Just 21 years old with a 2 year old toddler already. It must have been extremely challenging for them to have these three babies to take care of when they were just babies themselves. My brother was born legally blind and never really felt comfortable in his own skin. He wasn't very loving or even kind to my sister and I. We always had each other ever since we were just one cell that split into two. We shared the same room until well into our teenage years. Most of the time it wasn't by choice, but the few times we lived in a house big enough to have our own rooms we always ended up in the same bed every single night. We were very poor and moved around more times than I can count. It really didn't matter too much to me because I always had my sister there. We had our own language that no one else could understand. We grew out of it eventually, but always had that personal connection that really can't be explained. When we were 18 months old we came down with mumps. This was just before they came out with the vaccine. My sister got better, but I didn't. I was lethargic, had a fever and my head hurt constantly. My mother took me to the pediatrician over and over again telling him that something was wrong. He kept dismissing it as just a virus that was lingering. Finally after the fifth visit in two weeks she called him again. He thought for a moment and told my mother to bring me right back in because there was one more test that he didn't do. When we got there he tried to bend my head forward to touch my chin to my chest. I failed the test and my mother and the doctor looked at each other in fear. He immediately did a spinal tap. Positive. My back had already started to curve throwing my shoulders back in an unnatural state. I spent some time in the hospital recovering not realizing at the time that my mother's actions saved my life. My sister wanted to visit me all the time. I don't remember the nights in that I'm sure I blocked it out being the first time we were ever separated. When It was time to go home my mother and sister met me at the door. My sister ran up to me throwing her arms around me and said, "What's the matter honey? You got a boo boo?" Fast forward to when we were three I remember some of that day. We had just returned from grocery shopping and my mother was unloading the car. My sister jumped into the driver's seat and accidentally pushed the gear into neutral. Our driveway was a hill so the car started to roll backwards. She got scared and jumped out. The door pushed her under the car and the front tire ran over her entire right side. My mind blocked out that part, but I do remember seeing my dad clear as day jump off the lawnmower and over the fence to the driveway. He landed on his back but got right back up. That's the only part I remember of that day. At the hospital they found several broken bones and severe internal injuries in her pelvis. The injuries were so alarming that my parents were accused of sexual abuse and none of us were permitted to see her for a week. I don't remember that week either but I'm told that I didn't eat, sleep or want for anything but my sister. What I do remember was the day we went to pick her up. My mother and I met her at the door. She was standing there in the glass doorway holding two wooden blocks up against the window. One was red and one was blue. As soon as I could I ran in, threw my arms around her and said, "What's the matter honey? Did you get run over by a car?
This particular story is really cool and sweet, but in retrospect I feel like it resembles my innate predisposition to being a codependent. Something I struggled with my whole life.


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