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Apple Tree Arts thespians perform summer shows
The cast of "The Little Mermaid Jr."
Grafton – Local theatre attendees recently were able to enjoy two charming productions this summer courtesy of the young thespians from Apple Tree Arts (ATA).
Audiences traveled under the sea to the world of Ariel, a young beautiful mermaid in ATA's production of Disney's "The Little Mermaid Jr." The show was staged in the Grafton High School auditorium Aug. 5.
"It was exciting for us to premiere our summer youth musical in the Grafton High School auditorium," said Lisa Scarlett, theatre arts director. "The modern stage allowed us to use advanced technology and theatrical tools in the production.
"With our recent move back to the Grafton Town House, now we are able to offer all our programs including theatre arts in Grafton," she added.
Based upon the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale and adapted from Walt Disney's
The cast of "Hats! A Musical That Celebrates What's Underneath" (Photos/submitted)
Broadway production and film, the story is set in the magical underwater world of Ariel who longs to be human and leave her ocean world behind. Favorite songs from the show include "Part of Your World," "Under the Sea" and "Kiss the Girl."
"This popular musical has a lot of characters so it works well for our large cast of 45," explained Scarlett. Laurie Baker, theatre arts faculty member, was co-director, and the women were assisted by Ashley and Noelle Scarlett and Teddy Kiritsy. Cast members in grades three to seven were from Douglas, Grafton, Millbury, Oxford and Sutton.
What do Daniel Boone, Milliner Mille, Abe Lincoln and Queen Elizabeth have in common? It's not important what type of work or nationality each person represents — what's in each person's heart is what matters. ATA's mini-musical "Hats! A Musical That Celebrates What's Underneath" illustrated this timely theme through music and dance.
The 15 actors in grades one to two danced, sang and performed six musical numbers Aug. 5 in the production held in the Great Hall, One Grafton Common.
The rhyming script and catchy songs explored different kinds of people and hats. Songs included "The Perfect Hat for Me," "Uncle Sam is Who I Am," and "My Head, My Heart."
"This play is a musical journey about friendship and self-value. The show starts at the top of your head and makes its' way to the bottom of your heart," said Shannon May, theatre arts faculty member. May was assisted by Juliana Kallio, Madie Geoffroy and Annie May.
Apple Tree Arts offers music and theatre arts programs for all ages. The nonprofit 501 (c) 3 community school of the arts offers early childhood music classes, group keyboard lessons, private music and voice instruction, ensembles, theatre arts programs and community concerts year-round. For more information, visit www.appletreearts.org.
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Q: Extjs 7.2: Rendering issue on panel collapse Issue
I have a locking grid with a panel underneath it. When the bottom panel is collapse the grid doesn't get rendered properly.
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*This only started occurring after adding pageSize to the grid's store

*If I lower the pageSize below 48 or above 57 there are no issues (depending on the screen size) (pretty wild)

*If I remove locking from the grid the issue seems to go away

*There is a large delay when clicking collapse (2 seconds), this may be the cause for the rendering issues

*See images below depicting the issue

*The grid and the lower panel are items of an outer panel like this
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*Suspending events on beforecollapse and resuming on collapse

*Suspending the locking grid's layouts on before and resuming on after

*Stepping through the extjs code to try to see what the cause would be

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Questions & Answers: Tommy Davidson
by squarebreaker | Feb 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
In celebration of Black History Month, TV One is presenting "Way Black When," a month-long, high-profile programming designed to "reflect back on the golden age of black culture" that emerged during the 1970s, '80s and '90s.
All month, the one-hour talk show will air each weeknight, showcasing black pop culture icons across three decades — including athletes, comedians and actors. During a TV One promo shoot in Los Angeles, The Wave dropped by the set to visit funnyman Tommy Davidson, whose landmark show, "In Living Color," is central to the discussion of the final decade to be explored by the special series.
Some would say that the 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' was able to cross color lines. What are your thoughts on that?
Will Smith was somehow able to make the black experience palatable for White America — who wasn't in contact or hadn't been exposed to either the black or urban experience, which are sort of intermixed. He was a good representation that gave them more absorbency and a little more open-mindedness because the images that the media puts out are so bluntly to the other side that America doesn't understand. I think he was able to do that on the show.
Which decade — the '70s, '80s or '90s — was best for black pop culture and why?
I think the '70s was best for black pop culture because it was the first time after the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement that black Americans were accepted. It was our time to go out there and show people who we were. Just as a people, our minds were changing. It was a different movement. All of a sudden living amongst each other was a good idea, peace became a good idea, education became a good idea. It was a good time. There was a lot of coming together of the cultures and it created this landscape of tolerance.
What movie best captures the '90s black culture?
I would say somewhere between "New Jack City" and "House Party." They had the styles, the trends and what we were all about. But you would also have to include "School Daze."
What song or artist best captures the '90s black culture?
I think Biggie and Tupac coming on the scene really set the stage for every hip-hop artist that is hot right now. That is when hip-hop lyrics took on a certain individuality and a certain personality that was able to transcend all social lines. They were an important force in music and hip-hop. They are what music is now. Had they not been gone, you might not even know who Jay-Z and Kanye West are.
Was there clothing or a hairstyle that you once rocked that if shown to you today would have you embarrassed?
[Laughing] In the '90s Puffy tried to tell me. I went through a high-top fade phase, where it was short on the sides and had a box on the top. Everyone had one. [Puffy] asked me to cut my widows peak off and I was like 'Naw, I'm not going to cut my peak off.' When I watched "Strictly Business," the movie I starred in with Halle Berry back in the day, this thing was sticking out so big that I was like, "That's what he meant." On the big screen, that little thing looks like Dracula's cape, [some how] I turned into the hip-hop Eddie Munster, I don't know.
If you could relive any moment from the '90s, what would it be?
It would be my "In Living Color" experience because we were able to finally get something really funny on TV.
What was it like revisiting the '90s today?
It was good. I took another look at that period in time. That was my foundation, that is where I became a star. It happened so fast. I started out doing stand-up, then TV and movies and ended up here. I was just blessed to be a part of it.
Are there any fond memories you have of that era?
My favorite thing about the '90s was that all of the actresses and actors that I worked around all saw each other, still talked and had dialogue. Competition didn't influence our relationships. There was no separation between our relationships; we were all friends. That is the one thing I do miss. What Hollywood has the tendency of doing is creating competition and if you are not able to assimilate, you will stop friendships believing that will give you success. I miss the genuine moments.
This show is supposed to take viewers on a trip back through 'Blackness.' What does 'Blackness' mean to you?
I guess I can construe it as when blacks use to be on TV, with new shows and movies coming out all the time. That has seemed to slim up. Now you mainly just have your Tyler Perry. The '90s was an explosion of creativity. It was sort of like the Harlem Renaissance, where there were African-American poets, jazz musicians and others. We brought forth a whole new level of movie making, directing and producing. The '90s was our growth period where stars were made — Samuel L. Jackson, Halle Berry, Wesley Snipes, Martin, Will Smith. The '90s were actually responsible for the lucrative position that Hollywood is in today, yet we find ourselves asking why we aren't on TV as much any more.
Why do you think the black presence is not as frequent on television or in films as it was in the '90s?
I think it's a liberal choice on behalf of the networks and studios because they control that. It sort of reminds me of the old Negro baseball leagues versus the major leagues. They knew the men in the Negro leagues were talented, they knew they could play and they couldn't even beat them, but it was their choice if they were going to let them in the league or not. I think we are in that same position right now with television and film. It is their choice, but you would think that they would have continued to make the right choice, as they did then, since Black shows and films in the '90s provided not only lucrative benefits and creativity, but brought us together as a country.
Do you think we will ever see as many blacks on television and in film again?
I think we will. Things happen for a reason.
Photo: Tommy Davidson, who starred on the landmark 1990s series "In Living Color," is featured in the series "Way Black When." Credit: Courtesy of TV One.


Black Friday may bring on a round of cheers or groans, depending on who you speak to regarding the retail holiday. During the fiscal year, retailers in the U.S. and U.K. look forward to driving sales and revenue into the black, after offering deeply discounted prices on goods. The term Black Friday has not always been associated with shopping and GDP but has a more checkered history.
The creation of Black Friday as a retailer's holiday promised to help businesses land in the black before the year's end. Since Black Friday occurs the day right after Thanksgiving, workers would often call off sick, since the idea of getting a four-day weekend was unheard of concept.
After business owners made the connection between workers ghosting on Black Friday, the idea of offering employees overtime or bonuses encouraged them to come to work.
Black Friday has a link to unsavory Wall Street conspiracies in 1869, assaults of suffragettes in 1910, and law enforcement. Similar to spikes in crime and mayhem around a full moon, the day after Thanksgiving proved to be a headache for most police officers.
Preparing for an increase in traffic jams, fights, and other problems, Philadelphia's police department would force mandatory duty for all of their officers on Black Friday. The recurrence of humanity's less-than-desirable side coming out on the day after Thanksgiving caused the name Black Friday to become a favorite coinage with officers and the public.
On Black Friday, most people relish being part of the massive crowds that spend hours lining up in front of stores to get first dibs on discounted toys, electronics, and clothes. While other people wait for Cyber Monday to come around to shop quietly indoors, Black Friday is a monumental event most don't want to miss.
Retailers look forward to earning their highest grossing sales of the year, committing to Black Friday as being the ultimate money-making holiday.


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A former student of Sir Alexander Fleming claims the eminent scientist predicted the surge of antibiotic resistance just years after he discovered penicillin.
Dr Frankland, a British immunologist, claims Sir Fleming made the chilling warning in 1936, when he was a student at his lectures.
Sir Fleming's discovery of penicillin in 1928 marked the start of modern antibiotics.
He warned in the years after its discovery that anyone prescribing it thoughtlessly would be responsible for 'the death of man'.
Dr Frankland, who is Imperial College London's oldest alumnus, said he 'hardly knew what he was talking about', whilst being taught by Sir Fleming, who died in 1955.
'He said, which sounded incredible at the time, it will be overused because it will be so successful', Dr Frankland said.
Dr Frankland said: 'That was in 1936, so already he was anticipating what now is a great worry. As a student, I hardly knew what he was talking about.
In his many speeches around the world, Sir Fleming reportedly sounded similar warnings. In a 1945 Nobel lecture, he cited 'underdosing' by ignorant members of the public as the principal danger.
The remarks are now echoed by health experts today, as antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to human existence.
Antibiotic resistance occurs naturally, but misuse of antibiotics in humans and animals is accelerating the process, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
WHO list the growing number of infections that are becoming harder to treat due to resistance, including pneumonia, tuberculosis, gonorrhoea, and salmonellosis.
Dr Frankland worked with Dr Flemind as clinical assistant at St Mary's Hospital in central London between 1953 and 1955, The Times reports.
Due to his fame for developing a breakthrough drug, the two of them would spend precious work time dealing with Sir Fleming's fan mail.
He would receive up to 30 letters a day from patients whose lives had been saved by penicillin.
Many asked for an autograph on a reprint of his paper which announced the finding of substance benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) from the mould Penicillium notatum.
Sir Fleming was knighted for his scientific achievements in 1944, and was seen as one of the most important people of the 20th century.
Dr Frankland's time with Sir Fleming were revealed in a biography, From Hell Island to Hay Fever, The Life of Dr Bill Frankland, written by Paul Watkins.
Dr Frankland himself was responsible for the inclusion of pollen counts in weather bulletins.
He was prompted to share his pollen measuring from the air in 1963 when patients' concerns about their hayfever became frustrating.
This included one particular patient who was adamant that her hayfever was caused by her roses, while Dr Frankland knew that it was grass.
Despite being 106, he plans to publish another paper in the next year that will look into the history of mould, and how Sir Fleming identified penicillin.
Dr Franklin, who told Saddam Hussein to stop smoking in the 1970s, puts his longevity down to 'a guardian angel that looks after me'.
WHO WAS SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING?
Sir Alexander Fleming was born at Lochfield near Darvel in Ayrshire, Scotland on August 6th, 1881.
He spent four years in a shipping office before entering St. Mary's Medical School, London University. He qualified with distinction in 1906 and began research at St. Mary's under Sir Almroth Wright, a pioneer in vaccine therapy.
He served throughout World War I as a captain in the Army Medical Corps, being mentioned in dispatches, and in 1918 he returned to St.Mary's.
He was elected Professor of the School in 1928 and Emeritus Professor of Bacteriology, University of London in 1948. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1943 and knighted in 1944.
Sir Alexander wrote numerous papers on bacteriology, immunology and chemotherapy, including original descriptions of lysozyme and penicillin.
Dr Fleming died on March 11th in 1955 and is buried in St. Paul's Cathedral.


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The adults-only Princess Resort and Spa in Punta Cana is a low-key all-inclusive resort with all the standard amenities and a super-affordable price tag.
Recent searches on Cheap Caribbean turned up rates of around $750 for five-day, four-night packages in October (including round-trip flights from major U.S. cities). That'll get you three meals a day, snacks, and unlimited drinks -- and with five different restaurants and three bars on the property, there's more than enough variety.
If Cancun makes you think of a senior-year spring break, think again. Located on the Yucatán Peninsula, Sandos has a surprisingly refined and relaxed atmosphere, even though it is just a stone's throw from the Hotel Zone, offering easy access to more action. A Three-night package start at $649, including airfare, but if you really commit to saving a $10 a day, drop it all on a six-night stay for around $1,000.
Packages include all meals and drinks at five restaurants and three bars, 24-hour room service, and unlimited access to the minibar. Guests can also take advantage of multiple water activities, like snorkeling and sailing, as well as land sports, like golf and tennis.
Photo courtesy of Red Mountain Resort.
Up for a totally unique all-inclusive experience? Red Mountain offers a different kind of vacation that focuses on relaxation and self-paced adventure. The Essential Adventure Retreat offers three meals a day, your choice of accommodation, and enough activities to feel like summer camp.
Guests have access to daily hikes through stunning Zion National Park, unlimited fitness classes, indoor and outdoor pools, bikes, and walking trails. It's also a great place to travel solo. And with packages starting at $265 a day, it is a little more expensive than the tropical vacations, but you'll save on domestic airfare. Fly out on a Monday morning and return home on Friday, so you'll have a weekend to ease back into real life.
Photo courtesy of Melia Braco Village.
Does your dream vacation involve a private beach with views as endless as the rum punch? Look no further than the Melia Braco in Rio Bueno. This all-inclusive resort has the vibe of a small village, rather than a mega hotel. Packages include unlimited dining at six restaurants, access to the beach, and two beautiful pools (plus a swim-up bar). You could also just enjoy 24-hour room service on your balcony.
If your idea of the perfect getaway is staying in a secluded tropical oasis without a care in the world, Melia Braco is the place for you. Prices start at around $700 for four nights, with flights.
Photograph courtesy of Dreams La Mareas.
The Dreams Las Mareas resort in El Jobo, Costa Rica, is great for all kinds of vacations -- and all kinds of travelers. Set just on the edge of the mountains, the atmosphere is spectacular, with a white, palm-studded beach. It's particularly well-suited to families, because kids stay and eat free, and there's plenty to do.
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Kansas rallies past Ohio State, will face Kentucky in NCAA title game
Posted at 10:37 PM, Mar 31, 2012
(CNN) — The University of Kansas men's basketball team squeaked by Ohio State late Saturday night, setting up an an NCAA tournament championship showdown with top-seeded Kentucky.
Hours earlier, Kentucky defeated Louisville in its own semifinal. The Wildcats and the Jayhawks will play Monday night for the title at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. Both teams squared off earlier in the year with Kentucky pulling off a 75-65 win.
Under coach John Calipari, Kentucky posted a 32-2 record over the course of this season — with its only losses coming at the hands of Indiana and Vanderbilt, the latter coming in the Southeastern Conference tourney.
It entered the 68-team NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed in the South bracket, and the favorite to win it all in the eyes of many pundits. The team was led by Anthony Davis, a freshman who was recently named the Associated Press college basketball player of the year.
But a win in Saturday's contest against Kentucky's in-state rival, Louisville, was hardly a given. The Cardinals, for one, had a head coach with a national title to his credits — Rick Pitino, who ironically won that distinction in 1996 as head coach at Kentucky.
Louisville entered the NCAAs with momentum after winning the Big East Tournament. The Cardinals battled the Wildcats tough throughout Saturday's game, tying the score, 49-49, at one point early in the second half.
But the Wildcats eventually pulled away, winning by a 69-61 margin.
Ohio State and Kansas entered the night's second tilt as No. 2 seeds, having both defeated the top seeds in their brackets — Syracuse and North Carolina, respectively — in the Elite Eight.
The Jayhawks were paced by forward Thomas Robinson, this season's lone unanimous AP All-American pick. On the other side of the court was the Buckeyes' Jared Sullinger, who himself earned first-team honors for the second straight year.
On Saturday night, Ohio State jumped ahead early, carrying a 34-25 advantage into the half. But Kansas stormed back after the intermission, notching the game up at 38-38 with 14 minutes left in the game.
The rest of the game was nip-and-tuck, with rarely more than a few points separating the two teams and several lead changes in the final minutes.
Kansas edged ahead with just over a minute to go and held on, thanks to some pivotal free throws and an Ohio State lane violation call, for a 64-62 victory.


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Awesome. Many thanx guys. So now we have Secret Assignation 4 & 5. Are there Secret Assignation 1-3?
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Raws of the first one have not been found.
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Naomi Ackie to Play Whitney Houston in New Biopic, 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody'
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From Town & Country
In the past few years, the musical icon biopic—a distinct sub-genre of films, which are often titled after one of the subject's songs—has come into vogue. Bohemian Rhapsody, about Queen's Freddy Mercury, and Rocketman, about Elton John, are two notable examples. Now, a much-anticipated Whitney Houston movie will be added to the group.
I Wanna Dance With Somebody is being produced in collaboration with Houston's estate, allowing the filmmakers to reproduce all of Houston's hit songs. An all-star team is behind the picture, including producers Clive Davis, a music industry legend, and Pat Houston, Whitney's sister-in-law and former manager.
Here, find all the information about the upcoming movie.
Naomi Ackie will play Whitney Houston.
After a worldwide search, the team behind I Wanna Dance With Somebody finally landed on their star. The BAFTA winner is best known for her roles in Netflix's The End of the F***ing World and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
"We spent the better part of the last year in an exhaustive search for an actress who could embody Whitney Houston," said director Stella Meghie, per the Hollywood Reporter. "Naomi Ackie impressed us at every stage of the process. I was moved by her ability to capture the stage presence of a global icon while bringing humanity to her interior life."
Photo credit: Barcroft Media - Getty Images
Ackie also earned praise from producer Clive Davis, who worked with Whitney Houston throughout her career.
"Naomi Ackie's screen test was so powerful, it sent shivers up my spine. Although Whitney's incomparable vocals are used for all the songs, Naomi's extraordinary acting range enables her to masterfully capture Whitney's unique charm, star power, and, of course, her personal struggles," Davis said, via THR. "Naomi is the real deal and I can't imagine a better choice for this iconic role."
Pat Houston, too, applauded the casting decision, and supports Ackie in playing her late sister-in-law.
"All Whitney fans have an appetite for perfection when it comes to Whitney and her legacy," Houston said. "To transform someone into a matchless icon is virtually impossible. But with careful consideration, Naomi Ackie was selected based on her quality performances and her deep commitment to emerging into the woman that we all loved. We look forward to taking this journey with her."
Photo credit: Kevin Winter - Getty Images
An impressive team is working behind the scenes.
Alongside Davis and Pat Houston, Sony TriStar assembled a skilled group to put the film together, headed up by director Stella Meghie. Known for The Photograph and Everything, Everything,this will be the Canadian filmmaker's biggest feature to date.
Oscar nominee Anthony McCarten, who wrote the screenplay for 2018's Freddie Mercury biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, is attached to pen the script. According to People, the story of I Wanna Dance With Somebody will be "very frank about the price that super-stardom exacted" while also being "the moving tale of a simple Jersey girl trying to find her way back home."
The movie is slated for a Thanksgiving 2022 release.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, there's still a ways to go before we'll be seeing the feature. But that just means you have plenty of time to listen to the six-time Grammy winner's musical oeuvre in preparation.
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Real Madrid and Brazil left back Marcelo, full name Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior has been charged by the Spanish prosecutors of defrauding the local authorities of nearly half a million euros (€490,000).
In the complaint filed the public prosecutor said the defender, who joined Real Madrid in 2007, had used the tax structure seeking an "illegal fiscal benefit".
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Синъити Фудзимура (р. 4 мая 1950) — японский археолог, фальсифицировавший некоторые (или многие) свои находки и ставший причиной скандала, связанного с вопросом об истинной древности наиболее ранних материальных свидетельств культурной деятельности первобытных людей на Японских островах в доисторический период.

Успех
Фудзимура заинтересовался археологией ещё ребенком, когда обнаружил на заднем дворе своего дома черепки керамики Дзёмона. Окончив школу, он устроился на работу в производственную компанию. В 1970-е годы он начал изучать археологию и заниматься ей всё более профессионально, а также познакомился с другими археологами. В 1975 они создали НКО, которая обнаружила и исследовала множество мест в Северной Японии, почти всегда находя новые артефакты. Обычно их обнаруживал сам Фудзимура, которого даже прозвали за это «божественными руками».

Исследования группы позволили существенно продлить «в старину» археологическую летопись японского палеолита. Эти открытия вошли в исторические учебники и не подвергались сомнению со стороны большинства специалистов, хотя исключения из этого правила тоже были и некоторое количество скептически настроенных учёных опубликовали критические статьи.

Разоблачение
23 октября 2000 года Фудзимура и его команда объявили о новой находке в месте, известном как Камитакамори около  (ныне Курихара). Артефакты были датированы, время их создание оценили в 570 000 лет назад.

5 ноября 2000 газета Mainichi Shimbun опубликовала фотографии Фудзимуры, копающего ямы и захоранивающего в них артефакты, которые его команда затем обнаружила. Снимки были сделаны за день до объявления о находках. В интервью газете учёный сознался в подлоге.

В тот же день на пресс-конференции Фудзимура признался в содеянном и принёс свои извинения. Он утверждал, что «находился под воздействием неконтролируемых позывов». Он помещал предметы из собственной коллекции в пласты земли, которые должны были «свидетельствовать» об их большей, чем в реальности, древности. В Камитакамори он закопал таким образом 61 из 65 артефактов, а ранее он таким же способом сымитировал обнаружение древних каменных изделий на острове Хоккайдо. Он заявил, что допустил подлог только в этих двух случаях.

Японская археологическая ассоциация исключила Фудзимуру из числа своих членов. Специальное расследование Ассоциации пришло к выводу, что почти все его находки были сфальсифицированы.

Последствия
В серии статей, опубликованных в японском журнале Shūkan Bunshun 25 января, 1 февраля и 15 марта 2001, высказывалась догадка, что каменные инструменты, обнаруженные в пещере Хидзиридаки (聖嶽洞窟遺跡) в префектуре Оита также являются подложными, а , профессор Университета Бэппу, причастен к группе, подделывавшей открытия наряду с Фудзимурой. Кагава покончил с собой, оставив предсмертную записку, в которой утверждал, что невиновен.

Его семья подала иск о диффамации против Shūkan Bunshun. Суды в двух инстанциях решили, что журнал должен выплатить компенсацию и опубликовать извинения. Журнал подал апелляцию в Верховный суд Японии, но в сентябре 2004 и она была отклонена. Извинения были опубликованы в выпуске от 2 сентября.

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Profile Response – Yvette Sterbenk and Glen Cook, Corning Museum of Glass Corning, NY | How Will We Live Tomorrow?
Corning, NY, the Crystal City, is home of Corning Glass. Founded in Brooklyn as Brooklyn Flint Glassworks in 1851, the company moved to Corning in 1868 to be nearer to the Pennsylvania coal needed to fuel the furnaces, raw materials needed for glass, and inexpensive Italian labor. It changed its name too reflect its new location. Corning became a leader in developing consumer products, including Pyrex, Corning Ware, and Corelle. In 1951, the company's 100th anniversary, Corning established the Museum of Glass as an independent non-profit. Corning has always stressed new product development; 10% of its budget is earmarked for R&D. In the last half of the twentieth century, Corning's focus moved away from domestic glass products toward fiber optics and specialty glass. In 1996 they sold off all their domestic glass production, though their most famous products still bear their name. Now Corning manufactures the 'keystone' glass components many products. Just as Corning manufactured the first glass for Edison's light bulbs, it now produces the ultra-thin, tactile glass screen on our smart phones and wide screen TV's and more than half the fiber optic cable in the world.
"I had a conversation with a geologist today, talking about the arrow of time. The future stands in the shadow of the past." Glen brings out two glass samples. One is piece of 3"x5" glass circa 1780, the kind that filled colonial windows, and which we value now for its handmade quality. The second is fusion process glass, circa 2000. It is so flat and smooth; if the sample were expanded over the area of a football field its thickness would vary less than the width of a pencil lead. It is a distortion-free surface far beyond what the eye can discern.
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I love shooting after sunset – the limited dynamic range of twilight, the rich colors in the sky after the sun has long gone, the twinkling lights of a distant city, the trails of car lights along a freeway.
The problem comes when you try and estimate the exposure in these lighting conditions. If you have an old school film camera, your meter may not work at such low light levels, or you may not even have a light meter on the camera.
Your hand-held light meter might get you a reading – but it's most likely going to have to be a spot meter (not cheap), and even then, you have to figure out what to point it at, and what that reading would mean for a 'correct' exposure.
Your modern digital camera might be a good bet – the metering is more advanced, you often have a live view histogram to view exposure information, and you can at least review your shots as you go, and make adjustments accordingly. But even modern meters can be easily fooled by bright point sources, or highly contrasty scenes – and photography after dark is full of both!
So here's where you roll back the clock to 1968, and pick up The Jiffy Calculator – For Night-Light Exposures.
This is a cardboard 'slide rule' – given away on the cover of Popular Photography in 1968, and originally designed by one S. P. Martin.
Mr Martin's idea was simple – list out a range of possible lighting conditions that the night-time photographer might face – number them from lightest to darkest.
You go down the list and find the nearest fit to your lighting conditions, then find that scene number on the front of the calculator, and slide the internal ASA film speed card to match your film ASA against the selected scene number.
So in this case, maybe I'm shooting a night scene, dimly lit – and I'm using 50 ASA film.
I've matched 50 ASA against scene #19.
Now I look across to the F-Stop column, and find the aperture I'm using.
Let's say f/22 in this case – so looking at f/22 I see an exposure time of 4 minutes next to it.
I transfer these settings across to my camera, and take my shot.
Now if this is digital – I'm probably good to go.
But if it's film, then I need to take film's reciprocity failure into account – unfortunately film's response in low light is anything but linear, so a good practice is to take additional shots at 1 stop either side of the recommended settings.
This bracketing should get me a clean, well exposed shot.
Now this may all seem terribly old fashioned, but time hash't changed the basic physics behind these exposures, so information from 1968 is just as relevant in 2014.
And it gets you in the ballpark on the first shot – no more guessing and cursing.
You can find the original Jiffy Calculator on EBAY, or modern printed versions in online stores, or you can go DIY and print and make your own.
Just download and print this PDF, and you could have your own Jiffy Calculator, in a jiffy!
Worth slotting into your camera bag – it'll save you a lot of time and frustration.


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Homage to Pimp My Ride
2020 was a forgetful year for many with the COVID pandemic taking over the globe. However, it stands out among EV modding fanatics as the foundation year of our brand: Pimp My EV.
Every company has to think their way through one of the hardest choices – choose a brand that portrays their product in an eye-catching fashion. We went for a bold choice with our brand name, paying our respects to the TV show that made bold look cool.
Gen Y and MTV fans will recall a show by the name of "Pimp My Ride", all the way back in 2003. One of the earliest vehicle customization shows that paved the way for other shows that have become a part of our households and routines today.
It was a one-of-a-kind show, that didn't play by the rules, wasn't afraid to step out of the line, and was a hit among people. Be it Orange County Choppers or Monster Garage, none of them would have happened without Pimp My Ride.
Celebrities like Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared on the hit TV show. (Source)
Pimp My Ride wasn't hosted by some up and coming music sensation that mirrored the nation's youth. Forget it, that would have been the easy way out.
It was either 48 year-old DJ, "your boy," Tim Westwood or the one and the only Xzibit who were given the job. That's right!
Speaking of bold TV shows, Pimp My Ride once featured Danny Dyer making a hand print to leave in a participant's car. Name a single show in the history of television that would think of something this inventive. Our guess? You can't. Such was the ingenuity of this masterpiece.
The world might have taken steps towards inclusivity, but this standard of television is considered unacceptable by a global station like MTV. Imagine the banter and trends the show would have gotten in the age of Twitter.
The truth is, we simply weren't ready to deal with a show of this caliber. Period.
If you want to relive the show's glory, there's a whole treasure chest anticipating you on YouTube. If you had no idea this show ever existed, you have much to learn. Look this up ASAP!
A Land Cruiser cum yoga studio. Pretty functional, right? (Source)
The show was known for making cars that looked like trash look amazing, as well as giving them some absolutely ridiculous upgrades-- one car owner even got a badminton net in the back of his car.
The show was renowned for loading even the most ordinary cars with over-the-top ridiculous upgrades. One car owner went as far as to install a badminton net in the rear of his car. A true sports lover indeed!
You could literally bet your bucks that there'd be some over-the-top rims and an eye-catching custom paint job in every episode.
The number of upgrades that Xzibit and his crew pimped that were downright crazy. The vehicle trunks or beds often became the home for the most ridiculous of additions.
We mean things like a fireplace, hot tub, even a waterbed were placed into these rides. Guess they wanted to make the ride feel a little more… homier? We don't know. But one thing's for sure, that they weren't the type to stop at ordinary things. They wanted to raise the bar and they surely did their job. A pickup truck was given an entire bed-mounted pool table.
The pickup truck with a pool table was real. See for yourself. (Source)
The show's wild success proved to be the perfect inspiration for our brand name. It was modern, hip, and related with most of the car lovers out there. It was definitely ahead of its time. Pimp My Ride was sadly taken off air in 2007, but the car modding mania it influenced, still lives on to this very day.
Once considered a slang, we've embraced the word Pimp with open arms and continue to normalize it with our promotions and advertising. We are living in the age of inclusivity
All calls to our hotline are greeted by an unhesitant, rather confident "This is Pimp My EV, how can we help?" We have normalized the "P" word here at the office and we continue to make it accessible and promote it wherever we can.
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Spelling is essential for student success in writing and reading, yet traditional methods can be both boring and ineffective. Strategies that work for struggling students are fun, adaptable and personal.
Beginning spellers make more progress from developing phonemic awareness -- understanding how alphabet letters represent sounds. Through whole-class activities, guided reading and one-on-one reading sessions, students should identify words that contain a particular sound and locate the letter(s) responsible for that sound. For example, students could discover that "s" and "c" make the same sound in words like "face" and "fast." This type of deliberate phonics instruction has been found to be more effective in promoting future reading success than the whole-language model of learning spelling through natural exposure.
When students engage in word-sorting activities, they find patterns that will help them begin to develop their own spelling strategies. Although popular word-sort programs such as Words Their Way and Making Words are widely available for purchase, teachers need only choose a spelling pattern and print a list of 10 to 20 related words. For example, students can explore the difference between "long a" and "short a" by sorting a list of words like "hat" and "hate." Noticing how the final "e" changes the sound of the "a" will help students read and spell similar words that aren't on their list. These types of word-sort activities are easily adaptable for differentiated learning.
Students should have opportunities to explore the classroom, the hallways and their own books for new words and sounds. Taking 15 minutes to conduct a "long a/short a" scavenger hunt will engage your reluctant spellers and interest your competitive students, while building physical activity into their day.
Many students enjoy keeping a personal dictionary in their desks. They can personalize the cover and divide the interior into sections such as "spelling tricks and patterns," "new words," "word families" or "common mistakes." Personal dictionaries can be an excellent tool to help teachers monitor how each individual child is progressing as a speller, since each student will need different words to support his writing and reading interests. A simpler method is to tape a list of spelling words on each student's desk until they are mastered.
Students learn spelling patterns from games such as Scrabble and Bananagrams. They can also play simple spelling games on the board. "Add, Drop, Trade, Change" requires no extra materials and can be played with any word -- the challenge is to change the word by adding, dropping or replacing any single letter, or to switch the position of any two letters within the word. The game is finished when no more changes can be made. Spelling games can be part of your regular schedule or a special activity for students who finish other tasks early.
If formal spelling tests are expected, consider using an alternate scoring method. Traditionally, spelling is marked either correct or incorrect, and students receive a score for the entire quiz. Giving students a score for each word can help them see what patterns they understand and what still needs work. For example, if "school" is a spelling word and a student writes "sckool," a score of 5/6 for that word more accurately represents his progress than an "x."
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US ramps up pressure on Netherlands to fall in line with China chip policy
Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte speaks with US President Joe Biden. The US has been putting pressure on the Netherlands to block exports to China of high-tech semiconductor equipment. The Netherlands is home to ASML, one of the most important companies in the global semiconductor supply chain.
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Washington has its eyes on the Netherlands, a small but important European country that could hold the key to China's future in manufacturing cutting-edge semiconductors.
The Netherlands has a population of just over 17 million people — but is also home to ASML
, a star of the global semiconductor supply chain. It produces a high-tech chip-making machine that China is keen to have access to.
The US appears to have persuaded the Netherlands to prevent shipments to China for now, but relations look rocky as the Dutch weigh up their economic prospects if they're cut off from the world's second-largest economy.
ASML's critical chip role
ASML, headquartered in the town of Veldhoven, does not make chips. Instead, it makes and sells $200 million extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines to semiconductor manufacturers like Taiwan's TSMC.
These machines are required to make the most advanced chips in the world, and ASML has a de-facto monopoly on them, because it's the only company in the world to make them.
This makes ASML one of the most important chip companies in the world.
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US-Netherlands talks
US pressure on the Netherlands appears to have begun in 2018 under the administration of former President Donald Trump. According to a Reuters report from 2020, the Dutch government with drew ASML's license to export its EUV machines to China after extensive lobbying from the US government.
Under Trump, the US started a trade war with China that morphed into a battle for tech supremacy, with Washington attempting to cut off critical technology supplies to Chinese companies.
Huawei, China's telecommunications powerhouse, faced export restrictions that starved it of the chips it required to make smartphones and other products, crippling its mobile business. Trump also used an export blacklist to cut off China's largest chipmaker, SMIC
from the US technology sector.
President Joe Biden's administration has taken the assault on China's chip industry one step further.
In October, the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security introduced sweeping rules requiring companies to apply for a license if they want to sell certain advanced computing semiconductors or related manufacturing equipment to China.
ASML told its US staff to stop servicing Chinese clients after the introduction of these rules.
Pressure on the Netherlands to fall in line with US rules continues. Alan Estevez, the under secretary of commerce for industry and security at the US Department of Commerce, and Tarun Chhabra, senior director for technology and national security at the US National Security Council, reportedly spoke with Dutch officials this month.
"Now that the US government has put unilateral end-use controls on US companies, these controls would be futile from their perspective if China could get these machines from ASML or Tokyo Electron (Japan)," Pranay Kotasthane, chairperson of the high-tech geopolitics program at the Takshashila Institution, told CNBC.
"Hence the US government would want to convert these unilateral controls into multilateral ones by getting countries such as the Netherlands, South Korea, and Japan on board."
The National Security Council declined to comment when contacted by CNBC, while the Department of Commerce did not respond to a request for comment.
A spokesperson for the Netherlands' Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it does not comment on visits by officials. The ministry did not reply to additional questions from CNBC.
Last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed the "growing convergence in the approach to the challenges that China poses," particularly with the European Union.
But the picture from the Netherlands does not appear as rosy.
"Obviously we are weighing our own interests, our national security interest is of utmost importance, obviously we have economic interests as you may understand and the geopolitical factor always plays a role as well," Liesje Schreinemacher, minister for foreign trade and development cooperation of the Netherlands, said last week.
She added that Beijing is "an important trade partner."
— CNBC's Silvia Amaro contributed to this report
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Mój anioł atróż – amerykański film fabularny z 1970 roku w reżyserii Jána Kadára. Zdjęcia do filmu zrealizowano w Nowym Jorku

Fabuła
Morris Mishkin to starszy, bardzo religijny Żyd, mieszkający w Nowym Jorku. Ma bardzo ciężko chorą żonę, Fanny. Morris jest krawcem, lecz nie może pracować. Dlatego brakuje mu pieniędzy na podstawowe potrzeby, nie mówiąc o lekach dla żony. Sytuacja wydaje się beznadziejna. Pewnego dnia, w kuchni Morrisa i Fanhny, zjawia się czarnoskóry mężczyzna. Przedstawia się jako anioł, zesłany przez Boga. Chce pomóc małżeństwu wybrnąć z ich trudnego położenia.

Obsada
 Zero Mostel jako Morris Mishkin
 Harry Belafonte jako Alexander Levine
 Ida Kamińska jako Fanny Mishkin
 Milo O'Shea jako doktor Arnold Berg
 Gloria Foster jako Sally
 Barbara Ann Teer jako Welfare Lady
 Eli Wallach jako sprzedawca w delikatesach
i inni

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

 http://www.portalfilmowy.pl/film,21691,1,Moj-aniol-stroz.html#ekipa

Amerykańskie dramaty filmowe
Amerykańskie filmy z 1970 roku
Filmy wytwórni United Artists
Filmy kręcone w Nowym Jorku
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A St Ives man is running up a mountain to help those in need of a lifesaving blood stem cell donation.
Mark Wishart, from St Ives, hopes to raise hundreds of pounds for Delete Blood Cancer UK by taking part in the Midnight Mountain Half Marathon in the Brecon Beacons on June 25.
Mark decided to fundraise for the charity as his father-in-law has blood cancer. He is also doing it to raise awareness of how people could save the life of someone with a blood cancer by registering as a potential blood stem cell donor with the charity.


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TENA and Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia unite to help Aussie men tackle incontinence
Incontinence. It's one of the most common, but highly stigmatised, health concerns among Australian men and now the focus of a new partnership between TENA, leaders in incontinence products, and Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA).
The new three-year partnership between TENA and PCFA will provide tangible support to those inflicted with incontinence post prostate cancer surgery. TENA will also be the flagship sponsor of PCFA's Annual Community Conversations Conference held during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month every September.
TENA Marketing Manager, Mishael Raban, said the initiative, which brings together prostate cancer patients and their families with clinicians and health professionals, would make a difference for tens of thousands of Australian men by providing information and support, and enabling the conversations that, to date, have been taboo.
"About 13% of Australian men are living with urinary incontinence, and 1 in 5 suffer from bowel incontinence.
"It's a major health concern that has a significant impact on the wellbeing, social connectedness and workforce participation of those affected, with estimated costs to the health care system of $1.6 billion each year.
"Many men experience incontinence without realising there are options for treatment and management. This new partnership aims to empower Australian men by providing them with armour they can trust."
PCFA CEO, Professor Jeff Dunn AO, said world-leading products and support needed to be made more available to men.
"Every day, close to 60 Australian men will hear the news that they have prostate cancer. Many of them will go on to have surgery and treatment that results in some form of temporary or long-term incontinence.
"The impacts of prostate cancer and the side effects of treatment, such as incontinence, can be devastating if unaddressed.
"This campaign aims to bring incontinence out of the shadows, equipping men with the support they need and raising community awareness so we breakdown the stigma that drives many men to suffer in silence."
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After rinsing with PBS four times for 15 min each, sections were incubated with antidigoxigenin antibody conjugated to horseradish peroxidase at RT for 30 min. After incubation with the antibody, the peroxidase activity was examined by exposing the sections to a solution containing 0.05% dia-minobenzidine and 0.01% H2O2 in Tris buffer (pH 7.6) for 3-6 min at RT. The sections were counterstained with 1% methyl green. For control experiments, the enzyme incubation step was omitted.
Experiments were repeated a least three times, and representative chemiluminescence was first scanned using a Power Macintosh computer (G3; Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA) equipped with a ScanJet 6100C scanner (Hewlett-Packard Co., Greeley, CO). Quantification of the scanned images was performed according to the NIH Image version 1.61 software (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD). Data are expressed as the mean ± SEM of three experiments. Statistical analysis was performed by one-way ANOVA using SPSS version 11.0 software (SPSS, Chicago, IL).


I went to the Bay of Fundy for the food.
That may be a strange way to choose a hiking trip, but I had to narrow down the possibilities somehow. Road Scholar offers 5,500 educational tours in all 50 states and 150 countries. I knew I wanted a trip where the learning was mixed with lots of physical activity — and for driving to my destination to be a possibility — but there were still a bewildering number of choices. Then I chanced upon a hiking tour hosted by a historic seaside inn serving a three-course candlelit dinner every night. There was something about tides, too, but I was busy picturing lots of fresh seafood. I signed up.
The Bay of Fundy, located between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada, is famous for having the highest tides on earth. The tide's vertical range is 50 feet or more. The amount of seawater that flows in and out of the Bay of Fundy with each daily tide cycle is more than the combined flow of all the world's freshwater rivers.
That makes for some unforgettable sights and experiences. Boats bobbing in the harbor at high tide are sitting on the ground at low tide. When the tide is out, hikers can walk far out onto the ocean floor and explore sea caves that are otherwise underwater. When the tide comes in, it's strong enough to change the flow of rivers, as at Reversing Falls in St. John.
Travelers who go further into the Bay of Fundy can see other phenomena as well. Tidal bores on some rivers bring a surge of water so dramatic that surfers and rafters ride the waves as they travel inland up the river. Near Moncton, eons of tidal action have carved the Hopewell Rocks, intriguing sandstone formations with pine trees growing out the top, sometimes called sea stacks or flowerpots.
The emphasis of Road Scholar's Exploring the Fundy Trail tour was on hiking and learning about the area and those remarkable tides as we walked. All hikes were near the tiny village of St. Martins, population 314. We hiked between five miles and seven miles every day, on the ocean floor after the tide had gone out, into sea caves, over salt marshes, on old fisherman trails and through deep Tolkien-esque woods. A guide well-versed in local flora and fauna as well as history accompanied us, stopping every now and then to point out something of interest.
Then she'd pull up a plant I wouldn't have noticed, and offer us a taste. The tiny green leaves of winterberry tasted minty, the grass-like goose tongue green was salty, and another plant tasted like Dijon mustard.
I'd gone to the Bay of Fundy for the food. I just hadn't realized I'd be foraging for it as we hiked.
The Bay of Fundy is a place with a long memory.
The American Indian name for the St. Martins area means "haunt of the hooded seal," hinting at a place named so long ago the climate was much colder than it is now, since hooded seals haven't lived there for a very long time.
Samuel de Champlain arrived in the Bay of Fundy in 1603, establishing the oldest permanent European settlement north of Florida. French settlers known as Acadians followed and built ingenious dikes on the salt marshes to keep out the sea water so they could farm the rich land. Such dikes are still visible outside St. Martins today. During a series of wars in the 18th century, Britain claimed the land and kicked the Acadians out, resettling some in Louisiana where their descendants became known as Cajuns.
After America's Revolutionary War, King George gave land in St. Martins to defeated colonists who'd been loyal to him. A sign on an old meeting hall that still stands on the main road of St. Martins reads "LOL No. 16." LOL does not stand for "laughing out loud." It stands for "Loyalist Orange Lodge," named after Loyalists who'd originated in Orange County, New York.
St. Martins was the second richest community in the entire British Empire during the heyday of wooden shipbuilding, but its fortunes changed with the age of steam, when wooden ships were no longer state of the art. People gradually moved away to find other work, leaving the quiet village that is there today.
However, the brief span of human history is nothing compared to geologic time and the tales the rocks can tell. The area is home to Stonehammer Geopark, where the rocks track history from one billion years ago to the most recent ice age. One fascinating detail has to do with rock at the Bay of Fundy matching rock found in Europe and Africa, remnants of when supercontinent Pangea broke into pieces some 200 million years ago.
As I'd hoped, fresh seafood was among the choices every day, including the rich chowder famous in the area. When our hosts announced lobster for our farewell dinner, it confirmed for me the soundness of my strategy of visiting the Bay of Fundy for the food. Ever-faithful to Road Scholar's educational mission, they even taught us how to eat it.
There's only one thing we ate the entire week that I didn't love. Dulse is a dried seaweed that locals eat like potato chips. Although the deep purple color is beautiful, for me the appeal ended there. It has a fishy, salty taste, and a rubbery consistency that reminded me of Bandaids. However, our hosts said dulse is adored by the people who've grown up with it. Families keeping their favorite dulse-growing locations a secret until it's time to harvest it into mesh bags or pillow cases, then spread it out to dry in the sun.
Early the last morning after I'd loaded my car for the drive home, I stood on the rocky beach and watched the sun rise above the bay. Walking back to my car, I passed a community planter filled with salad greens, tomatoes and edible flowers. A sign invited me to take anything I wanted, as long as I left some for the next person. I picked a nasturtium and popped the peppery-tasting flower into my mouth. It seemed a fitting way to end the trip.
After all, I went to the Bay of Fundy for the food.


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Pros and Cons of iPhone 8 And 8 Plus
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Two new flagships from Apple, the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus were launched a few months back. Armoured with some pretty awesome features, both the iPhones have their own charm and specialty. However, celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, Apple made an extra effort to launch something bigger and something better – the iPhone X. Customers were confused whether to buy one of the earlier released iPhones – iPhone 8 and 8 Plus or to wait for the iPhone X. Now that all the three smartphones are available, here is a quick run over on the pros and cons of iPhone 8 and 8 Plus that will help you make a decision.
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List of Pros and Cons of iPhone 8 And 8 Plus
Pros of iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus
The screen of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus is superb. The True Tone is amazing! There are sensors present which assess the ambient light brightness and color. The smartphone then uses this information to balance the display. The balancing involves correction of illumination and white point depending on the light of the surrounding that the user is present in. It basically renders the exact kind of white in any light condition to make reading comfortable for your eyes. This makes iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus more readable under direct sunlight. Your screen will be blue and cool when you are outdoors but will have a warm hue when you are using it indoors. The wide color gamut offers rich colors which make the screen powerful.
Pictures and Videos are Superb
This is one of the best pros of iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. Both of the phones offer 12 MP dual rear camera and a 7 MP front shooter. The portrait mode in the iPhone 8 Plus is something you definitely want to have around. Various lighting modes such as Stage Lighting, Studio Lighting and more can be applied while taking the picture or after the shot.
Taking videos with the phones is a pleasure. You get the 4K recording at 60 p and 240 fps slow motion at 1080 p. The slow motion that Apple offers in its flagships have unlimited duration and produce an immense slowdown for high-speed recording. You can also record at full HD. The 4K video at 60 frames per second is a feature which most costly video recording cameras don't offer. You'll get crisp and smooth videos in a superb resolution.
A11 Bionic Chip Makes Your Phone Smarter and Faster
The powerful A11 Bionic Chip in the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus is an incredibly powerful. There are six cores – four high-efficiency cores make it 70% faster and the two high-performance cores make it 25% faster than its predecessor A10 Fusion. The new GPU is pretty efficient and matched the effort of the earlier A10 Fusion GPU using just 50% of the energy. A11 Bionic comprises a custom-designed graphics processor which offers a 30% performance boost from the Imagination-based processor of A10 Fusion.
Less Costlier
iPhone 8 has a 2 GB RAM and the iPhone 8 Plus has a 3 GB RAM and has been priced at $700 and $800 respectively. The processor and screen are almost the same with a little difference in the pixels. The cameras too are the same except for some additional effects in the iPhone X. The iPhone X offers a bit bigger screen with almost same specs and the same 3 GB RAM but with a whopping $200 extra, priced at $999.
From the A11 Bionic chip to iOS 11 there have been upgrades in both the iPhones. Both the phones are fast and work wonderfully whether you are browsing, gaming, texting, etc. The iOS 11 itself has so many upgrades and additional features that you will not get enough of it.
Cons of iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus
Wireless Charging Costs You Extra
It is high time that Apple included wireless charging in their flagships as its competitors have been offering it in their handsets. Now that they are offering the wireless charging facility you need to pay an extra amount to utilize it. The USB-C charger and cable together cost about $75.
Face ID Not Present
Next in the list of cons of iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus is the Face ID feature. Face ID is one of the most important features that Apple hasn't included in the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. The iPhone X offers this feature which not only unlocks your phone but it is also used to easily make purchases and payments. The feature is not only exciting but useful too.
Same Old Look
When Apple launched the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus people expected a change in the look. However, the smartphones have almost the same dimensions like their predecessor with a mild difference in their size. This is one of the reasons why users wanted to wait and see the iPhone X. The dimensions of the iPhone X are completely different and the look has been changed as well. What's more, the Home button has been removed to give it a new and improved look.
iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are both amazing phones to buy. With the pros and cons listed above, it will be easier for you to decide which one to pick the phone that would work best for you.
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Meet the Top 5 Most Influential Millennial Women in US Politics.
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Meet the Top 5 Most Influential Millennial Women in US Politics US Politics, these women are impressive. A record number of women will serve in Congress next year after a surge of female candidates ran for office in this year's midterm elections, and the House's freshman class will be the most diverse in history.
Here are a handful of the most influential young women in American government, according to Apolitical's 100 most influential young people in government around the world.
1. Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democratic Socialist from the Bronx and the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.
In November, the 29-year-old Latina became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. Ocasio-Cortez campaigned on a deeply progressive platform that included supporting single-payer healthcare, abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, and introducing a Green New Deal for the environment — while rejecting corporate donations to her grassroots-powered effort.
2. Rep. Elise Stefanik, a New York Republican and the second-youngest woman ever elected to Congress.
New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik is, at 30, the second-youngest woman ever elected to Congress (after Ocasio-Cortez). During her four years in the House, Stefanik has voted to loosen gun control, repeal Obamacare, and expand federal Pell grants for a low-income student. A Harvard graduate, Stefanik got her start in politics in President George W. Bush's White House and later worked for Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign.
3. Drew Zachary, co-founder of The Opportunity Project and senior user experience advisor at the US Census Bureau.
Drew Zachary has for years used data and technology to further economic development in underserved urban, rural, and tribal communities. She previously served as a policy adviser on President Barack Obama's Domestic Policy Council, where she co-founded the Opportunity Project— which made data accessible for families looking for affordable housing and schools for their kids, for community leaders looking for data on the populations they serve, and for policymakers in need of data to help determine how to distribute resources.
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4. Mary Elizabeth Taylor, the Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs in the Trump administration.
Mary Elizabeth Taylor, 29, joined the Trump administration in the White House legislative affairs unit and later served as a chief aide in charge of presidential nominations. In the latter role, she helped with the selection of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and dozens of other nominations. In October, the former aide to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell became the assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs, a high-ranking foreign policy post.
5. Cassandra Levesque, a 19-year-old incoming New Hampshire State Legislator.
Cassandra Levesque, a 19-year-old Democrat from Barrington, New Hampshire, will become the youngest member of her state's House of Representatives next year. At 17, Levesque led a campaign in to ban child marriage in her home state, where girls as young as 13 and boys as young as 14 were allowed to marry. Last May, the state senate raised the minimum marriage age to 16 in a unanimous vote. Levesque, now a sophomore in college, said she'll keep pushing to have the age raised to 18.
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Kuków-Folwark – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie podlaskim, w powiecie suwalskim, w gminie Suwałki.

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Miejscowość mogła powstać już w XVII wieku. W 1703 roku król August II  nadał folwark Kuków Marcinowi Korbuttowi, czemu ostro sprzeciwili się kameduli z Wigier. W 1710 roku folwark Kuków należał już do kamedułów (kamedulska kwatera podprzeroślska). 10 września 1745 roku w Kukowie podpisano "Inwentarz Ogólny Dóbr Funduszowych Klasztoru Wygierskiego Xięży Kamaldułów, przez Generalną Kommissyą JKMci y Rzeczyposlitey sporządzony". W 1775 roku folwark kukowski, oprócz dworu, obejmował wieś Kuków, Krzywólkę, Bród, Białą Wodę, Prudziszki, Żywą Wodę, Osowę, Potasznię, Zusno, Zdrojczysko, Siwek. Według spisu z 1796 roku pod "folwark Kuków z awulsem Zdrojczyska" podlegały wsie pańszczyźniane (Kuków, Osowa, Krzywólka, Bród, Potasznia, Żywa Woda, Biała Woda) oraz wsie czynszowe (Prudziszki i Zusno). Folwark obejmował 238 gospodarzy z rodzinami. W 1796 roku dobra kamedułów z Wigier zostały upaństwowione przez Prusy, a w 1800 roku zakon został skasowany. Do powstania styczniowego folwark Kuków miał różnych dzierżawców. W 1868 roku folwark Kuków został nadany rosyjskiemu gen. lejtn. Mikołajowi Goneckiemu, który przekazywał go w dzierżawę. Po I wojnie światowej majątek rozparcelowano, część ziemi przeznaczając dla powstającej szkoły rolniczej.

Od 15 października 1928 roku do 1 września 1939 roku we wsi działała Szkoła Rolnicza Żeńska w Kukowie, kierowana od grudnia 1928 roku przez Anielę Puciatycką. Przeznaczona była dla 50 dziewcząt, a nauka w niej trwała rok. 1 września 1937 roku na mocy zarządzenia ministra wyznań religijnych i oświecenia publicznego reorganizacji publicznych ludowych szkół rolniczych żeńskich nazwę zmieniono na: Publiczna Szkoła Przysposobienia Gospodyń Wiejskich w Kukowie Jej absolwentką była m.in. Jadwiga Dziekońska ps. "Jadzia",  łączniczka Armii Krajowej, podporucznik.

W latach 1954–1972 wieś należała i była siedzibą władz gromady Kuków-Folwark. W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość administracyjnie należała do województwa suwalskiego.

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Feral pigs flummox Puerto Rico, infiltrate communities
By DÁNICA COTO
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Thousands of Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs are snorting and squealing their way across Puerto Rico in what many fear has become an unstoppable quest to eat and reproduce on an island struggling to stop them.
They forage through gardens and farms, knock over trash cans and leave pungent trails of urine and excrement, stopping occasionally to bathe if they find potholes full of rainwater. The former pets — or descendants of former pets — have reproduced at such an alarming rate that the U.S. territory declared a health emergency last year so federal officials could start eradicating them.
It's the latest non-native species to invade communities in Puerto Rico like iguanas and caimans did before them, although these are proving particularly hard to control and can't be killed for food because they carry so many diseases.
Crews from Georgia, Alabama and Florida helped remove 500 pigs in four days last August, but the swine are so numerous and scattered that officials had to reconvene and come up with a new plan they launched several weeks ago, said Gustavo Olivieri, Caribbean district assistant supervisor for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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"It was out of control," he said of the hundreds of pigs concentrated in just one impoverished area in Puerto Rico's capital. "We realized there were way more animals than we anticipated."
The problem started about five years ago after people began buying the pigs as pets without knowing they would grow to weigh 250 pounds or more. Olivieri said the pigs multiplied after Hurricane Maria struck in September 2017 as a powerful Category 4 storm because some escaped their confinement while others were set free by their families.
While there are no official numbers, Olivieri said he estimates there are now thousands of pigs roaming across Puerto Rico, with 67 of the island's 78 municipalities reporting sightings.
He said that while feral hogs are a problem in the U.S. mainland, it is nowhere near the level of what's happening with the Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs in Puerto Rico. There are no species of pigs native to the island, whose signature dish is arguably lechón asado, or roast pig, thanks to the Spaniards introducing the species in the early 1500s.
On a recent afternoon, pigs of all sizes rummaged through piles of garbage and mingled with roosters and dogs in Cantera, a neighborhood in the capital of San Juan that has long been neglected by the government. Broken glass clinked beneath the tiny hooves of baby pigs as they scurried about while sows stood their ground as nearby drivers slowed down, some smiling.
Community leaders said they understood the attraction that some people feel toward the pigs: "When they're small, they look real cute," said 31-year-old Valerie Figueroa, adding that some Puerto Ricans who live near the pigs use social media to give the littles ones away as pets.
So it's a struggle to make people understand how much trouble they cause, she said as she opened a brochure that she created and printed herself titled, "Problems with garbage? Problems with pigs? If you answered Yes, this document is for you."
Inside the brochure are pictures of a makeshift corral that fed-up neighbors have built to fence in the pigs and prevent them from entering their community. To residents who insist on feeding the pigs despite being told they're extremely smart and will return to the same place for food, Figueroa encourages them to drop the leftovers off at the corral.
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The problem goes beyond the smell and knocked-over garbage cans. Figueroa said her aunt tripped when one pig chased her and then bit her on the knee, which required surgery. Another neighbor, 52-year-old Jesús Laracuente, said they've invaded his garden, where he once grew pigeon peas, taro roots, tomatoes, pumpkins and coriander.
"All I have left is three little plantain trees," he said.
A couple of blocks away, 36-year-old government worker Luis Meléndez fixed a flat tire in front of his home as a sounder of swine rooting across an abandoned park, flicking their short little tails.
"They squeal all the time," he said, adding that they don't let him sleep. "They're a disaster."
The pigs start reproducing before they're a year old, and they can give birth to up to 10 piglets at a time, Olivieri said. That's a challenge, especially given their high survival rate, lack of natural predators on the island and willingness to eat nearly anything, he said, adding that they can't be killed for food because they carry about 30 different diseases, including various types of herpes.
Given the animals' intelligence, scientists tried a new approach after last year's captures. They studied the pigs' habits and behaviors and what kind of traps worked best. They did stakeouts in the field, noting that some groups of pigs were attracted only to corn while others were enticed by fruit.
The project to eradicate them could take a couple of years. Once the pigs are trapped, Olivieri said, they are taken to a facility owned by Puerto Rico's Department of Agriculture and euthanized in a humane way.
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That process has drawn sharp criticism from animal rights groups such as Women United for Animal Welfare, who decry the killing of pigs and demand they be relocated to a safe area until someone can find a home for them or a sanctuary can be built. More than 65,000 people have signed a petition backing such proposals.
Meanwhile, the president of Cantera's neighborhood council says residents can only wait.
"We realized this situation had gotten out of control," said Gertrudis Calderón. "It's become a health problem."
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