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Anteros – Going Through The Emotions
"As cheesy as it may sound, if you do not have any self-love or self-respect – you will absolutely not find those feelings in someone else"
By Conor Giblin
Anteros are a four-piece from London, fronted by vocalist Laura Hayden, with Joshua Rumble on bass, Jackson Couzens on guitar and Harry Balazs on drums. They've been on our radar since they released their infectiously catchy single 'Breakfast' back in 2016. Since then, they've supported the likes of Two Door Cinema Club and White Lies and have relentlessly tackled the UK festival circuit with sensational performances at prestigious festivals such as Glastonbury and Reading & Leeds. We chatted to Laura about how the subject of anxiety has appeared in their lyrics over the years, the ridiculous beauty standards that women are subjected to and much more…
Hey Anteros, what are you up to at the moment?
Hi! We are currently recording our debut album.
Laura, you come across as a very bold and confident live performer – have you always been so confident?
I always find it funny when someone says that. On the inside, I am VERY nervous. It took a while for me to find my feet on stage, to figure out how I wanted to carry myself – I wouldn't even let go of the mic stand. For such a long time, I was scared of being judged, that I found myself not enjoying the performance aspect as much as I wanted to. To me, that defeated the purpose. When we opened the Other Stage at Glastonbury a couple of summers ago, it hit me that I would regret not enjoying it down the line… so I let go. That's what I've been doing ever since.
In 'Bonnie', you sing about dancing care-free, like no one is watching, and Bonnie sounds like a character that you're in awe of and that you want to emulate. Is that the case?
Completely. I feel like, as girls and women, we are constantly being pressured to look or act a certain way. We spend our teens and twenties picking ourselves apart, instead of learning how to love ourselves, and appreciate the individuality of girls and women around us. I wrote 'Bonnie' about the girl I wanted to be, who turned out to be the woman within me.
'On The Moon' seems to be about someone who wasn't very supportive of you… What advice would you give to any of your fans who feel like they aren't surrounded by people who support them?
It's so easy to fall into a bad relationship. It took me a few toxic relationships to understand that really, it starts with yourself. As cheesy as it may sound, if you do not have any self-love or self-respect – you will absolutely not find those feelings in someone else. I would rather have a handful of good friends than one hundred flakey ones, and I would rather be single than in a relationship where my emotional needs are not being met.
How important has music been to your mental health?
We always say that songwriting is like therapy for us, it is very cathartic. It's a great feeling, being able to let out any doubts or drama. The more sensitive the subject, the more upbeat we try to make it sound. Now we feel like there's a time and a place when we can open that can of worms and turn something that hurt us into something we can dance to.
For what in your life do you feel most grateful?
We feel grateful for our families, friends, for music, and for each other.
Complete this sentence: "Ace mental health for me means…"
Accepting myself & those around me.
What advice do you offer to friends when they are feeling overwhelmed?
It's always so much easier to see things when you are on the outside. Aside from offering a clearer perspective, every situation is different, so it really depends on what has caused these feelings.
What three songs lift your spirits?
'Me Julie' – Ali G feat. Shaggy
'Thriller' – Michael Jackson
'Alright' – Supergrass
Do you have any routines that help you through stressful situations, such as right before a live performance?
90% of the time we are in great spirits before gigs. The stress of driving and loading in is over. We tend to all have dinner together between soundcheck and our set. It's usually just the four of us, which is fun. It's good to try and establish some routine if we are travelling a lot.
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Efficacy of different doses of ketamine as a bolus in major depressive disorder
Background: Major depressive disorder is a severe, heterogeneous, common medical illness and a leading cause of disability throughout the world that poses a significant public health issue. Previous studies have shown rapid antidepressant effects following a single administration of ketamine. This study aimed to assess the impact of route of administration and dose of ketamine for the reduction of depressive symptoms and compare the effects of different doses and methods.
Methods: A double-blind clinical controlled trial was done on 100 patients with a primary diagnosis of major depressive disorder who were assigned into two groups of 50 subjects at a dose of 0.5 mg/kg and 0.75 mg/kg ketamine and each group was divided into two groups of 25 subjects following a single dose of intravenous bolus and infusion of ketamine. The patient's severity of depression was evaluated with Hamillton Depression Rating Scale and Beck Depression Inventory scores after 2 days, 7 days, 30 days and 60 days of ketamine administration, then the results were compared between groups.
Results: According to Hamilton and Beck score, the treatment response in investigated patients was 64% and 60%, respectively.
Conclusions: These data suggest that ketamine effect is related to drug dose and type of administration. The dose of 0.75 mg/kg of ketamine is more effective than 0.5 mg/kg and a bolus injection of low-dose ketamine (0.5 mg/kg) is more effective than infusion and in high-dose ketamine (0.75 mg/kg), there was no difference between the methods of drug administration.
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نوع مطالعه: Original Article | موضوع مقاله: psychiatry
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DOI: 10.22088/cjim.9.3.220
Kheirkhah F, Tayyebi G, Rabiee S M, Moghadamnia A, Bijani A. Efficacy of different doses of ketamine as a bolus in major depressive disorder. Caspian J Intern Med. 2018; 9 (3) :220-227
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World Bank secretly finances Asian 'coal boom,' group says
2015 was the first year in which average surface temperatures were a full degree Celsius above the pre-industrial benchmark
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Washington (AFP) - The World Bank is indirectly financing a boom in some of Asia's dirtiest coal-fired power generation despite commitments to end most funding for the sector, a development advocacy group charged on Monday.
The power plants, which contribute to climate change and deforestation as well as premature deaths due to illness, are cropping up from Bangladesh to the Philippines, all with financing provided by financial intermediaries supported by the Bank, said a report produced by the organization Inclusive Development International.
In a policy shift in 2013, the Bank said it would end virtually all support for the creation of coal-burning power plants, supporting them only in "rare circumstances" where there are no viable alternatives.
However, since that pledge, 41 coal projects have received funding from banks and investment funds supported by the World Bank's private-sector arm, the International Finance Corporation, according to the report.
In response to questions from AFP, Frederick Jones, an IFC spokesman, said the global lender took the report seriously.
"It raises important long-term questions about how we need to create stronger markets for clean energy and create incentives for countries and the private sector not to invest in coal, but rather in renewable energy," he said.
Jones added that since 2005 the IFC had already invested more than $15 billion in renewable energy, energy efficiency and other areas, and had mobilized $10 billion more.
However, Jones conceded that IFC policy did not prohibit equity clients from funding coal plants, meaning the institution might be indirectly exposed to the industry.
This is despite the fact that IFC loans to financial services industry players are not intended to finance coal-related projects and targeted lending is "ring-fenced" to prevent this, according to Jones.
The report's release coincided with the start of this week's high-profile annual meetings of the Bank and the International Monetary Fund, as the world's finance chiefs gather to discuss efforts at poverty reduction.
Campaigners in recent years have been sharply critical of the IFC's support for third parties in the financial services sector, such as banks and investment funds, saying they can represent an end-run around environmental and social safeguards that apply to projects directly supported by the IFC.
Financial-sector lending now accounts for 52 percent of the IFC's long-term commitments, according to IDI, which jointly produced the report with other advocacy organizations including the Bank Information Center and Accountability Counsel. Founded in 2011, IDI is an advocacy organization focusing on human rights and ethics in development.
- Seeking compensation tough -
The IFC does not identify the end recipients of financing received by such intermediaries.
That can make it difficult for people harmed by such projects to demand compensation or seek redress, the report said.
However, through an analysis of records, the report identified 56,127 megawatts of new coal capacity funded indirectly by the IFC.
These included the planned 1,360-megawatt Rampal power station in Bangladesh, to be situated on the edge of the sprawling Sundarbans mangrove forest, which is home to endangered species and supports the livelihoods of two million people.
The report said the World Bank itself declined to support the project, which could threaten the Sundarbans with air and water pollution. But six local banks, all IFC-financed, agreed to support the project instead.
The report also cited power construction in the Philippines, where coal burning is estimated to result in almost a thousand premature deaths annually and where more than thirty environmental activists were killed in 2015 alone.
IFC-financed banks have supported at least 20 new coal projects since 2013 in the Philippines.
They include the proposed 540-megawatt Lanao Kauswagan power station, which is expected to begin operations next year and may threaten marine life in nearby Panguil Bay and the livelihoods of fishing communities, Inclusive Development International said.
"While the IFC has tried to distance itself from the projects funded by its intermediaries, the fact is that these banks are brazenly disregarding the IFC's environmental and social requirements," David Pred, IDI's managing director, said in a statement.
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Randall Wallace on his was West!
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. . . . . So they loaded up the trucks and went to, well El Paso Robles actually! Ah the Beverly Hillbillies, remember the series? Well it's wine and not Black Gold or Texas Tea that have brought it back to my mind as I've been engaged recently in an interesting project – shipping Spanish wines to California!
Californians Randy and Marianne Wallace have been living in Moraira for about four years but have now decided to return to their roots to set up an e-shopping business, Spanish Tienda, selling authentic, quality Spanish products to fellow Hispanofiles in the Golden State. I think they are onto a winner – all things Spanish are of great interest to American citizens, with Spanish now being the second language of the country.
Randy and Marianne have been researching for some considerable time and have now left to tie up the loose ends, Stateside, and finally to launch this new enterprise. Pivotal to their business will be their Spanish wine list, short but well chosen initially, and no doubt building as time goes on. I've been acting as consultant and it's my job to handle the Spanish wine side in their absence. As you can imagine we had to taste several wines!
For the moment we have settled on two bodegas – well known to Cork Talk readers: Bodegas Dominio de la Vega and Bodegas Vicente Gandía Plá, which, coincidentally are quite close to each other inland from Valencia.
Whilst the priority requirement was of course the good quality of the wines there are other factors that have to be considered too. Clearly the price point is crucial, there are many hidden expenses to add to the price of the actual wine – transport, of course, but also duty, tax, temperature controlled warehousing etc. However we have also been considering the style of wine and the grape varieties used.
Like anyone else, Californians like to celebrate – and what better way to do just than by popping the cork of some top quality Cava. So Spanish sparklers had to be on the list, white and rosado. Also, whilst California is awash with Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and, to a perhaps lesser extent, Merlot, they are often of a similar, big and oaky style. Spanish Tienda would like to offer the same varieties but with a difference.
Clearly the super Spanish grape variety, Tempranillo, really should be showcased across the pond but also we believe it's time to spread the word about Utiel-Requena's jewel in the crown, the indigenous Bobal, whose soft and silky, fragrant red wines are quite unique.
There's also a place we believe for some Sauvignon Blanc based wine and why not one with the be-loved Chardonnay as well as super, aromatic Spanish Moscatel in the blend? We have one, and it's lovely!
Let's Seal the Deal - with Wine, of course!
Having done the hunting and gathering it was time just before they left to invite Randy and Marianne to dinner to tasted the wines on trial to taste both without and with food – there's no point in being anything other than rigorous in our selection, the success of the wine side of the business depends on it!
Dominio de la Vega delivered a host of wines from which to choose – we started, naturally with the fizz. I've always been a great believer in their Brut cava, for the price I honestly believe you cannot find better. At a blind tasting you'd expect this wine to be at least 10-15 Euros, it retails for about 5! Their Brut Reserva with that elegant bottle, is justifiably touted as a cava with Champagne beating qualities and the excellent retail price tag of approximately 14 Euros – another way that it beats Champagne, hands down.
Dominio de la Vega's Pinot Noir Rosado Cava's label speaks of what is to come – lovely pink flower petals on the nose with good Pinot fruit and the added value of finesse and elegance. A new wine to me, their Sauvignon Blanc/Chardonnay/Moscatel is such an aromatic wine that the heady perfume leaps from the bottle the moment the cork is pulled. On the palate it there is a fruit cocktail mix of gooseberry, pineapple, banana, peach and raisons – all derived from the varieties used, but also a refreshing acidity with floral and green notes too.
In the same shaped bottle with the same label their 100% Bobal 2009, blew us all away (good American expression, huh?). It's had six months in oak adding depth to the super, dark brambly fruit, slight caramel and violet notes. There's a touch of cinnamon with added spice of sweet paprika and even a passing fragrance of creamy Danish pastry!
Their Madurado en Barrica 2008 is made with Bobal, Cabernet and Syrah and has dark plum skin and blackcurrant on the nose and a rounded integrated oak note from it's four months in French wood. We opted for the 2006 Crianza, Bobal Cabernet and Syrah again, but with more time in oak. It's a developing wine that will last – not that we expect it to stay on the shop shelves for long! Finally the 2004 Reserva swaps Syrah for Tempranillo and is a super example of why it is so good living in Spain!
Bodegas Vicente Gandía Plá offered us their full, new Fina del Mar range. These 2009 vintage wines are incredibly well priced. The Tempranillo is deep and dark coloured with tinned strawberries joining hands with blackberry fruit and a touch of oak. The Merlot has black pepper and floral notes and the Blackcurrant and Green Peppered Cabernet Sauvignon is perfectly approachable for such a young wine – a virtue emanating from fruit picked at optimum ripeness. Their Chardonnay is light, easy drinking and will contrat well with the blockbusters of California!
A WELCOME RETURN TO THE WINES OF ONE OF SPAIN'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS BODEGAS!
I haven't written about the wines of Bodega Miguel Torres for a couple of years now. I promise you this is not a knee-jerk reaction to the criticism I received once accusing me of being in the pay of Señor Torres, so complimentary was I about his wines. A serious wine critic must be impartial and I know that I am, and was being so when I was heaping praise on this bodega which in some ways may be considered more of a Spanish Institution rather than just a winery.
Bodegas Miguel Torres survived the dreadful troubles of the Spanish War (including heartbreaking vandalism of the building and the barricas which housed its super wines) and the subsequent depression here in Spain, whilst establishing a practically unheard of export trade, particularly in the USA.
Bodegas Miguel Torres is a shining example of how big can be beautiful – and this bodega isn't just large, it's huge! It now makes wines in several different areas of Spain, not only in its own backyard of Penedés, as well as in other countries, including Chile and the USA, where the current Miguel's sister, Marimar Torres makes world class wines, specialising in Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
You can imagine my delight therefore, when I was in Barcelona earlier this year, to be able to enjoy a tasting with Mireia Torres, Miguel's daughter! This elegant, erudite, almost aristocratic and yet very charming young lady – certainly knows her wines and indeed, understandably has an unshakeable belief in them. Mireia has not only grown up with Torres wines but has of course studied wine too. Like many in the Torres wine portfolio, it's an unbeatable blend!
Manso de Velasco 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon is their best wine from Chile. The vineyard from which the grapes were handpicked is 100 years old, the must (juice) has a lengthy maceration and stainless steel fermentation is followed by a year in French Oak. It's a wine that speaks of super-mature, opulent fruit, subtle oak and bags of sunshine tempered by adequate acidity gained from higher altitude. NB as it's from Southern Hemisphere Chile it's roughly 6 months more advanced in its development than a European wine of the same vintage.
Perpetual 2007 is from Priorat and again is their flagship offering from this wonderful wine area where the steep mountainsides which are home to the vineyards are difficult to work but are so well drained. Also whilst the soils contain little nutritious material to feed the vines they are nevertheless full of minerals that make such an impact on the wines.
The vines for Perpetual are an average of 55 years of age. It's a small production and the wines have a marked minerality with very dark fruit combining with spices, liquorice and some black pepper and for me just the faintest hint of the spray one might sniff when cutting a dark green pepper. It's a big wine in the mouth (15·5% abv) and enough fruit, acidity and tannin to develop for 10 more years!
The high alcohol content surprised me. Torres is not known for abundance of alcohol (except maybe in their brandies!) and yet this is an unusually high abv (alcohol by volume). Mireia explained that over the last years all their wines are coming in with a higher abv – a natural result of climate change. There is more sunshine, higher temperatures and this results in more sugar in the grape – it's the sugar that is converted to alcohol!
It's a problem that is occurring to such an extent in Australia that some areas can no longer make good wine as the phenolic development of the skins (a crucial part of winemaking) is not keeping apace with the sugar development of the juice. Typically, for such a broad thinking bodega, Miguel Torres boffins are on the case with plans to make sure that this does not happen here.
For example their blends will be changing with more of the naturally lower alcohol varieties being in used to lower the overall abv. Plantings will be at higher altitudes, more leaf coverage will be encouraged and different rootstocks will be considered.
Mas Borras 2007 is 100% Pinot Noir – a notoriously difficult variety to perfect, but one that will reward the grower's patience with some masterly wines. Grown in Penedés at about 500 meters above sea level in a specific vineyard whose soils and aspect to the sun have been carefully considered for this variety, the wine has acidity and tannin aplenty at the moment but with a lovely rich depth of fruit, again some liquorice and minerality too. Nine months in one and two year old oak and time in bottle in the cellar finish the wine. It's a Torres classic!
Finally, for this tasting at least, we tried the wine that perhaps made Miguel Torres famous – Mas La Plana. The 2006 vintage is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, there was a dreadful downpour during the normal harvest time, but these grapes were harvested afterwards when drying winds had done a perfect job in making sure that the grapes arrived at the winery in perfect shape.
The juice was in contact with the skins for 4 weeks to extract all the colour, flavour and tannin that are required to build a wine to last of perhaps 20 years! At the moment dark fruits come from the depths of this wine, with noticeable tannin and some minerality but it is not the finished product. This wine is one to buy now and bury in your cellar for say another 5 years and then to taste and plan when you will imbibe the rest of the case. It's going to be a wonderful wine!
MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY FAGUS ALONE!
Avid readers (so that's Claire, my brother and my Aunty Joyce, I guess) may remember my December article 'The Costa News Top Ten'. This annual article is gaining interest and, dare I say, fame and influence each year. For me it's very difficult to write as I have to squeeze into just 10 places the best Spanish wines I have tasted for Cork Talk during the year.
You can imagine the difficulty as there are so many wonderful exclusively Spanish wines from which to choose. It end's up with me having to split the points I award to each wine, by decimal point to reach a final top ten conclusion and even then there are usually two who share a place, 3= for example, as it is just impossible to decide between them.
As is my custom, when the list is finally completed and awaiting publication in all four titles of the Costa News Group, I send it also to those bodegas who have made it into the Top Ten. Whilst I'm not saying that this is the major 'prize' that such bodegas receive each year it is nevertheless important recognition to them as it is often the English speaking public, i.e. Costa News readers, who are buying their wines here in Spain.
I often receive letters of acknowledgement and thanks. In the case of Bodegas Aragonesas, DO Campo De Borja, a leading light in the DO that sadly seems to be overshadowed in many consumers' blinkered minds by the perhaps more illustrious and certainly more famous DOs that surround it (La Rioja, Navarra and Cariñena), I received further samples too!
Our friends John and Mary have long been admirers of Bodegas Aragonesas' perhaps most famous wine, Fagus de Coto de Hayas. Indeed it is this wine that causes John, a confessed Cabernet Sauvignon aficionado and dedicated fan, to stray away from his favoured variety and appreciate (equally?) the charm of Garnacha – the variety responsible for this super wine (90 points in Vinos de España's excellent Gold Guide; and 91 points in Peñin).
In November 2009 we went to their house for a top tasting which included Fagus and made me re-consider the placing for that year's Top Ten. Fagus made it, with 92·5 Costa News Points, in 5th place.
Luis Maza, Commercial Director of Bodegas Aragonesas sent me 4 wines to sample so it was only fair to repay the compliment and invite John and Mary too. Of course hangers-on(!) Hal & Jan, Ron, Jean & Eileen(!) got wind of it and suddenly we had a quorum!
The first wine was the Coto de Hayas Roble 2008 made from a blend of Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon and with the benefit of 3 months in new American Oak. Each variety is harvested and fermented separately and subsequently blended together for the oak and ageing. For the purposes of this tasting the wine was the entry level – a considerable step up from many entry levels for sure. Good fruit, some noticeable acidity and tannin which mellowed during the evening and in fact was very laid-back the next day when I enjoyed the wine even more. Decant the wine and it will be instantly ready!
Coto de Hayas 2008 Garnacha Centenaria is the sort of wine that will convert any slave to Cabernet! This wine, as the name implies, is made from Garnacha vines of more than a hundred years of age, vines planted in the 19th Century! The low consequently low yield is harvested by hand and there follows a long maceration where the rich juice takes on colour, tannins, acidity and flavour – bags of it!
Must (juice) from vines of this age should be handled with care – oak ageing is good, but it has to be subtle and not too long. French oak and three months only seems to be perfect as this wine is excellent. On the nose it's full of rich dark, brambly fruit initially which with some time in the glass develops into a rich well-toasted coffee bean aroma too. In the mouth the richness fills the senses as well as the palate and there is a long finish as well.
Coto de Hayas 2005 Reserva is made from Garnacha too, 40 years old this time and with characteristic dark fruit aromas and flavours. However it's relative youth allows the winemaker to be a little more generous with the oak. It's had 15 months in French and American oak plus of course time in bottle maturing in the heart of the bodega until the time for its release onto the market.
The rich, mature fruit handles the oak perfectly and the two combine to give depth of flavour and a lasting finish. There's the brambly blackberry fruit with some toasted vanilla from the American oak and some leather notes from the French with a slight dark chocolate note as you swallow. Lovely.
Well the above proves that man shall not live by Fagus alone – but if you had to, it drink only Fagus it wouldn't be a bad option! Fagus de Coto de Hayas 2006 certainly deserves its place in the Costa News Top Ten, and in your cellar.
During the current economic, crisis which continues to bite here in Spain, we've been tending to dine out rather less frequently than in previous, more stable years – you're perhaps the same? So a restaurant meal is more of an occasion than just a meal out. Much to the chagrin of those with whom we dine, I'm always the last to order – the wine list takes precedence over the menu for me.
I always consider the House Wines – sadly though I'm often disappointed. There are still plenty of restaurants who see house wines as no more than a cash cow, rather than a statement about the quality of the establishment into which the client has just walked. Twas never thus in my restaurants.
So I find myself perusing the fine wines list whilst those about me are navigating through the straits of starters and main courses. I look first of all for the number of DOs represented – I'm almost totally deflated if I see a full page of Rioja's with but a few other areas mentioned as an after thought. Less so, but it still happens I'm afraid (clearly such restaurants need to visit www.colinharknessonwine.com to see how I can help them!). Whatever happened to diversity in a country so rich in different wine styles and top quality wines?
Recently I've started searching for the DO Toro section, eschewing the more glamorous areas of production, looking for top quality but without the top price tag. DO Toro will deliver! I've really come to love the wines from this North Western outpost of Spain, almost adjacent to Portugal, whose deeply coloured wines combine power with elegance, speaking so eloquently of their terroir with a heady blend of minerality, dark red fruit and subtle oak.
When I find the wines of Bodegas Palacio de los Frontaura y Victoria listed (sadly this is not often enough though) I know I have found my choice. I love all the wines I have tried from this bodega and that includes the recent addition to their portfolio, a wine made in nearby Ribera el Duero which will no doubt be appearing on the appropriate page soon.
I first came across this bodega when I received a press release some years ago from Virginia of their PR Dept. My comment that, whilst it was interesting to receive the news I really needed some samples too, was heeded and some bottles speedily winged their way to me. I was delighted with the standard as they acted as more than worthy ambassadors for the area from whence they came.
Vega Murillo is young, their entry level wine from 100 % Tinta de Toro. There's no oak with this wine, and it doesn't need it either. It's fresh and fruit driven and is a wine to enjoy with friends. Sure you can drink it with food, but it doesn't need it – if you like a young wine but one with some depth and character, try this, it knocks sports of many that try but fail to fulfil that role. The Worl Cup is still on – drink it as you enjoy the festival of football!
Dominio de Valdelacasa Cosecha 2006 is made from 100% Tinta de Tora (aka Tempranillo) selected from vineyards whose kilos per hectare rate is low ensuring richer grapes at harvest time. Macerated for 22 days to extract deep colour and plenty of flavour from the skins and then fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel the wine is dark in colour with subtle oak influences. It's enjoyed 6 months, mostly in French oak but with a lovely vanilla American oak lick too.
There's a touch of pencil lead and shavings on the nose but with dark red, intense fruit compote, notes too ensuring that the wood complements rather than dictates the taste.
Frontaura Crianza 2005 is made from old vines. Stainless steel maceration and fermentation again, though this time a lengthier stay in exclusively French oak. When the cork pops the room is filled almost instantaneously with that wonderful aroma with which those of us who have toured bodega cellars are so pleasantly conversant.
The vineyards are about 700 metres above sea level, intense summer sunshine is tempered by far cooler night time temperatures allowing the grapes to ripen fully and yet to retain crucial acidity. It's all about rich, mature dark fruits, laced together with complementary oak giving off a touch of liquorice with leather notes and a slight dark chocolate and well toasted Columbian coffee bean finish. I love this wine!
And so to Nexus, the new wine and indeed the first in a planned range of Ribera del Duero wines whose attractive purple label and foil have already won it some design awards. It's the Crianza 2005 made from veteran Tempranillo grapes but the style is vivacious with fruit to the fore and a balancing oak presence which lets you know that whilst it is easy drinking it's also a serious wine, with depth and subtlety too. It's a sensual, very feminine wine and one that the ladies will certainly enjoy, not just because of its quite stunning presentation but because of its elegance. This wine is a certain winner and I for one cannot wait to taste the others when they come on stream.


I haven't done an article about one of my relatives for a while; but recently I discovered a story about a man called William Page while researching my Plymouth Pages. I found this story incredibly interesting and is why I am sharing it with you today!
To start I will give a little insight to my Page family of Plymouth. My Page line, that you'll know if you have read and remembered the article a few months ago 'Using A Will', came through my Shire line of Crewkerne and then into Plymouth. Following this line back got me to a William Page, a merchant, who had 3 'fully known' children that I can tell from the parish records baptised in the 1580's. It is likely he had a few more possibly including Gilbert Page, who may have become well known in Barnstaple - but that's another story!
At around 10 O'Clock at night on the 8th of February, while the wealthy merchant was in his bedroom, Tom knocked quietly on the door of the house in Woolster Street, to which Robert answered and let him in and Ulalia gave them the go ahead to do it on the night. William, being awake, asked Robert who was at the door and at which point Robert pounced on William and put up a fair fight between the two but with Tom entering the fight - it was too much for the elderly miser. Robert grabbed a handkerchief and tied it around William's neck to which he kept scratching at the handkerchief and his neck until he had passed out from suffocation. To make sure he was dead they went on to brake his neck against the side of the bed before laying him out onto the bed as if nothing had happened. Robert then went into Ulalia's chamber (not the same bedroom as she had recently just given birth to a still born child) to tell her that the deed was done and Tom left the scene.
About an hour later, Robert called out to Ulalia "Mistress, let somebody look into my master's chamber, methinks I heard him groan" - to which she got her maid to check on him. She first felt his dead head which was cold and stiff so asked Ulalia to get a warm cloth, to which she got and gave to the maid to place on his feet. She then felt his cold and stiff legs to which she stated that her master was dead. Ulalia asked Robert to get her father, Nicholas Glanville, and one of William's sisters to which she told Robert to say "make haste if ever she would see her brother alive, for he has been taken with the pull".
There was no idea of any murder that had taken place, until Mrs Harris, one of William's sisters noticed there was blood on his body and traced it back to his neck. Nicholas and Mrs Harris then moved his neck and noticed it was broken. Mrs Harris immediately went to the Mayor, Walter Peperell, who came with some of the town people to the house and found that the dead man had been killed that night. Upon discovering this, the mayor sent Robert to prison.
On the following day, the 9th, Robert was questioned and admitted that Tom and himself were paid to do so by George and Ulalia. Also on this day Tom got married to Isett Saunders and in the midst of the celebrations was arrested and also taken to prison. George was on his way back from London, where he had written and sent a letter to try and stop the murder but it didn't arrive until after the murder was committed, and he was also taken to prison, in Exeter, with the rest. Ulalia also was questioned, but not just by the Mayor but Sir Francis Drake (yes him) and other local magistrates as well, to which she responded that "I would rather die with George than live with William" or words to that effect. She was also taken to prison ready for The Lent Assizes which would take place in Barnstaple rather than Exeter due to the plague that year.
Unto thy Child, whose yeares are yet but greene.
Well maist thou rue with teares that cannot dry.
Which was the cause that foure of us must dye.
Than to behold mine own untimely race.
The prisoners to be trailed arrived in Barnstaple, about a month after, on the Monday 16th March, including the four from the murder of William, and were held at the Castle Green and some at the bailiff's house. On the 18th, Judge Edmund Anderson took charge of the trails and sent a total of 18 people to the death penalty, including Ulalia for petty treason with George, Robert and Thomas for murder. Ulalia's Uncle Judge Glanville was present at the trial but did not send any of them to death as that was Anderson's job.
On the 20th March, George, Robert and Thomas were lead up to the gallows and hanged for their part in the murder. Ulalia was burnt at the stake as that was the punishment for petty treason at the time. George, Robert and Thomas were buried on the same day in Barnstaple and what was left of Ulalia in Bishop Tawton also on the 20th.
It is also said by Shakespeareans that William Shakespeare (yes him, also) wrote the play 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' based on this - obviously changing a few details as the story passed to him and twisting it himself to make it into the play. This story has been passed around since then which has caused variants to the story but using records from the time I have created this version based on records and the outline of story to be more accurate.
I hope that you have found this story interesting and if you know anything about the Plymouth Pages or/and related to them feel free to comment below!


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Depending on your patching process the way you structure and create Software Update Groups in Configuration Manager 2012 may vary. At quite a few customers I see a scenario where the monthly patch review board spawns a spreadsheet with the Updates to be released into the environment. Having to create a Software Update Group based on that spreadsheet manually can be a time consuming task for the Configuration Manager administrator.
With the new powershell cmdlets available in Configuration Manager 2012 Service Pack 1 I found out it was really straightforward to automate the creation of the Software Update Groups and populating them based on a csv input file. For someone like me, having very little experience with Powershell and scripting in general, it only took a few hours of playing in my lab to accomplish this. Lets have a look at the steps I've walked through.
Example of a .csv input file.
As a source for input we will use a csv file. As you will see later on, this type of file is very easy to use with powershell. If you need to start from an Excel (.xls, .xlsx) file you can easily save it in csv format.
The input file usually contains a lot of information on the updates to be deployed. The most common ones are the Article ID, Bulletin ID and the description of the update itself. I decided to use the description field as it is most likely a unique field. Fields like the Article ID and Bulletin ID can be applicable for multiple updates (eg for different updates per CPU architecture).The screenshot shows an input file from my lab.
Final part of this step is to copy the file on a dedicated folder on the site server.
The Import-csv cmdlet will be used to read the information from the input file. Based on the Displayname of an update we will use the Get-CMSoftwareUpdate cmdlet to determine the CI_ID that each update has in Configuration Manager. We will need the CI_ID's as input for the New-CMSoftwareUpdateGroup cmdlet to populate the newly created Software Update Group.
There are two pieces of information we will need as input for the script: the path and name of the input file and the name of the new Software Update Group to be created. We should be able to provide these as parameters for the script and prompt for them in case the administrator forgets to specify them.
Save the script in the dedicated folder on the site server where the input file was saved previously.
Connecting to Powershell via the Console.
When running the script you can provide the required parameters immediately: the first one is the name and location of the input file and the second one is the name of the new Software Update Group. In case you do not provide them you are prompted.Notice that upon succesful creation of the Software Update Group the details of that SUG are shown. The LocalizedDisplayName property shows the name that was provided as input parameter for the script.
it is not make sure to refresh the view. Optionally you can change the name of the Software Update Group by modifying its properties.
To check the membership you can either double-click the Software Update Group or right-click and select show members.
Conclusion: given the fact that I am not a scripting expert, there is probably much room for improvement on the script. As I am eager to learn more on Powershell with ConfigMgr I will further work on optimizing the script in the future. For now I have a quick and easy solution to create my Software Update Groups and save a lot of time.


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June 15, 2019 ManInBlack Film Reviews, General Film Reviews
An Elephant Sitting Still (Da xiang xi di er zuo)
China (2018) Dir. Hu Bo
The world is not a nice place at the moment, a sad but true fact which haunts us all on a daily basis. Many have their own ways of dealing with it – some face it head on with varying degrees of success, others concede to the dog eat dog mentality and join the darker forces, whilst the easiest for many is simply to run away.
Four lives in Jingxing County are about to become unwittingly intertwined, linked only by the urban tale of an elephant sitting in a zoo in Manzhouli completely ignoring the world around it. Petty thug Yu Cheng (Zhang Yu) feels guilty when his best friend commits suicide in front of him having found out Cheng slept with his wife. Meanwhile, the reign of terror of his school bully younger brother Yu Shuai (Zhang Xiaolong) comes to an end after falling down a flight of stairs during a scuffle with Wei Bu (Peng Yuchang).
Wei Bu decides to run away than face the consequences of Cheng getting his revenge, deciding to head to Manzhouli. Wei asks classmate Huang Ling (Wang Yuwen) to join him but she is embroiled in an affair with the school's vice-dean (Xiang Rongdong). To raise money, Wei sells his prized pool cue to pensioner Wang Jin (Liu Congxi), currently pondering his own future as his son and daughter-in-law want to put him in a home.
There is a prevalent, nagging sense of this near four-hour film being a valedictory statement from first time director Hu Bo, every frame is filled with an impending sense of elegiac hopelessness and despair, painted with a pale, dour colour palette. Tragically, the bitter irony of this is that Hu committed suicide shortly the film was completed, aged just 29 making this his first and last cinematic outing.
Knowing this beforehand watching makes An Elephant Sitting Still an uncomfortable, morbid viewing experience – learning about it afterwards frames the film as an epic suicide note, if this really was the case. Any film with such a long run time will seem like a daunting prospect to sit through, especially arthouse cinema. Some directors are able to make every second vital to the story, like Sion Sono's Love Exposure or Masaki Kobayashi's The Human Condition trilogy; Hu Bo is closer to Tsai Ming-liang in taking his time and filming everything even if it is nothing.
A lot of what drives the main cast to want to runaway is the selfishness of others and how easy a solution it is. Wei Bu wants to save being killed in revenge for Yu Shuai, Cheng wants to escape the guilt of his best friend's suicide, Wang Jin resents going into a home just because a closer catchment area will help his granddaughter's schooling, and Huang Ling is keen to avoid public humiliation.
Shot in natural light, the grey shadowy veneer instantly denotes a melancholic tone that barely lets up – even in the broad daylight, the air is thick with an ominous atmosphere from the dreary cloudless sky. That every character is flawed in some way or a victim of other's selfish ways paints a morose picture of a community that happiness forgot, as nary a smile is seen here.
But the darkness isn't limited to the aesthetic – Wei Bu's friend carries a gun belonging to his father as protection but would rather hide behind Wei, explaining how he is forced to stand up to Yu Shuai instead. The actual cause of the fateful tussle reveals a home truth about Wei's father, pressing two of Wei's red buttons in one go, yet he is still the bad guy in this scenario with Shuai's bullying seemingly a non-issue in the wake of his injuries.
The suicide of Cheng's best friend borders on the comical the way he simply takes a running leap off the balcony (off camera), yet any remorse felt by Cheng and his newly widowed lover is about the death and not the affair. But Cheng has already resigned himself to being a career scumbag and is only seeking revenge for his brother out of duty, a distraction from revealing how shaken he is by his friends suicide.
Redemption is not what anybody seeks in this scenario, though few deserve it. Some are victims of their own folly as much as the actions of those embroiled in it, illustrating the sad truth that self-preservation is always top priority. When one person does try to fix the trouble they've caused they only make it worse, but would the outcome have been any different if the truth had been told at the very beginning?
For a story about running away, it concludes that this isn't always going to guarantee that all problems will disappear – if anything, it will simply present a new set of problems just in a new location. In other words, they are all trapped by their own guilt, actions, selfishness, or pride wherever they go, so maybe toughing it out is the best option in wiping the slate clean.
After almost four-hours of inert meandering and drawn out, angsty, cod-philosophy, the closing scenes are a huge comedown, almost separate from the rest of the film, that seems to resolve very little, even with its enigmatic denouement. Had it come after 90-minutes or so, maybe it would have sat a little better but pushing the four-hour mark makes it even harder to accept as a satisfactory conclusion.
I have no doubts I personally would have warmed to An Elephant Sitting Still had Hu Bo listened to the producers and cut the run time in half as its greatness would have shone through more brightly. Others will undoubtedly get more from the languid presentation and ponderous atmosphere than I did; however, the biggest shame is that we will never get to see where Hu Bo would have taken us next. It's rare such a poignant debut is also a tragic swan song.
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Secretary of State Gardner expects Democrats to set midterm primary election turnout record
Top election official says 90,000 Democrats, 90,000 Republicans will vote Tuesday
John DiStaso
Political Reporter
Secretary of State William Gardner
Secretary of State William Gardner said Friday he expects Democrats to set a party record next week for turnout in a midterm primary election.Gardner told WMUR said he expects about 90,000 Democratic ballots to be cast, easily topping the previous Democratic midterm primary record of 69,965 in 2002.He said he expects about the same number of Republican ballots -- 90,000 --to be cast But he said that number will fall far short of the record number of GOP ballots cast in a midterm September primary. That record was 155,952, also set in 2002.Gardner's prediction for the total number of ballots cast on Tuesday – about 180,000 – will be about 19 percent of the total number of registered votes in the state. He said that as of Thursday, there were 957,045 registered voters in New Hampshire – 400,122 registered undeclared voters; 291,120 registered Republican voters and 265,495 registered Democratic voters."One factor that has always had a considerable effect on primary turnout is when the highest office on the ballot is uncontested, and Republicans have that this time," he said.While Democrats have a primary election for governor between former state Sen. Molly Kelly and former Portsmouth Mayor Steve Marchand, Republican Gov. Chris Sununu is unopposed for his party's nomination.That is why, he said, he expects Democrats to set a record and Republicans to be substantially below their record. But at the same time, he expects the number of ballots cast to be about equal between the two major parties.Gardner said that as of Thursday, there were 308 registered Libertarians in the state and he expects about 500 Libertarian ballots to be cast on Tuesday. Libertarians also have a primary for governor between Aaron Day and Jiletta Jarvis.Undeclared voters are able to choose among the three parties' ballots in primaries. They can, if they wish, immediately return their party registrations to undeclared immediately after casting ballots.In September 2014, Republicans had a gubernatorial primary while then-Gov. Maggie Hassan was unopposed. Republican turnout was 121,454, while only 43,3598 Democratic ballots were cast. There were a total of 862,471 registered voters at the time; the overall turnout was 19 percent.Gardner also stressed that overall turnout in New Hampshire is also much higher during presidential election years than in non-presidential election, midterm years. But he said Democratic turnout is traditionally higher in presidential years than in non-presidential years, while Republican turnout tends to be higher in midterm elections than in presidential years.
CONCORD, N.H. —
Secretary of State William Gardner said Friday he expects Democrats to set a party record next week for turnout in a midterm primary election.
Gardner told WMUR said he expects about 90,000 Democratic ballots to be cast, easily topping the previous Democratic midterm primary record of 69,965 in 2002.
He said he expects about the same number of Republican ballots -- 90,000 --to be cast But he said that number will fall far short of the record number of GOP ballots cast in a midterm September primary. That record was 155,952, also set in 2002.
Gardner's prediction for the total number of ballots cast on Tuesday – about 180,000 – will be about 19 percent of the total number of registered votes in the state.
He said that as of Thursday, there were 957,045 registered voters in New Hampshire – 400,122 registered undeclared voters; 291,120 registered Republican voters and 265,495 registered Democratic voters.
"One factor that has always had a considerable effect on primary turnout is when the highest office on the ballot is uncontested, and Republicans have that this time," he said.
While Democrats have a primary election for governor between former state Sen. Molly Kelly and former Portsmouth Mayor Steve Marchand, Republican Gov. Chris Sununu is unopposed for his party's nomination.
That is why, he said, he expects Democrats to set a record and Republicans to be substantially below their record. But at the same time, he expects the number of ballots cast to be about equal between the two major parties.
Gardner said that as of Thursday, there were 308 registered Libertarians in the state and he expects about 500 Libertarian ballots to be cast on Tuesday. Libertarians also have a primary for governor between Aaron Day and Jiletta Jarvis.
Undeclared voters are able to choose among the three parties' ballots in primaries. They can, if they wish, immediately return their party registrations to undeclared immediately after casting ballots.
In September 2014, Republicans had a gubernatorial primary while then-Gov. Maggie Hassan was unopposed. Republican turnout was 121,454, while only 43,3598 Democratic ballots were cast. There were a total of 862,471 registered voters at the time; the overall turnout was 19 percent.
Gardner also stressed that overall turnout in New Hampshire is also much higher during presidential election years than in non-presidential election, midterm years. But he said Democratic turnout is traditionally higher in presidential years than in non-presidential years, while Republican turnout tends to be higher in midterm elections than in presidential years.


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Interface Multiset.Entry<E>

Enclosing interface:
Multiset<E>

public static interface Multiset.Entry<E>

An unmodifiable element-count pair for a multiset. The Multiset.entrySet() method returns a view of the multiset whose elements
 are of this class. A multiset implementation may return Entry instances
 that are either live "read-through" views to the Multiset, or immutable
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          Returns the count of the associated element in the underlying multiset.

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getElement

E getElement()

Returns the multiset element corresponding to this entry. Multiple calls
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Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

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 entries a and b are equal if:
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New York, California and Texas are the top three states that are home to the majority of African expats, according to the US Census Bureau.
A five-year estimate of the American Community Survey released last year indicates that there are currently 1.6 million African born people are living in the United States.
The three biggest African-born populations in America come from the three most populous countries in Africa — Nigeria (14%), Ethiopia (10.4%) and Egypt (9%).
Some of the major metropolitan areas with sizable African communities include New York City, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Columbus, Philadelphia, Providence, Wilmington, Minneapolis-St Paul, Seattle, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Atlanta, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland and Fremont.
The numbers further show that Africans in the United States tend to be more educated in comparison with other recent immigrant groups.
On a national level, according to the same census, 41% of the African-born population in the United States obtained bachelor degrees or higher between 2008 and 2012 compared with 28% of the overall foreign-born US population.
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Q: Difference in CSS media query syntax When I learned to write CSS3 media queries the syntax that was shown to me is this:
@media only screen and (max-width: Xpx){}

Xpx meaning any number you enter of course. As of late, I have seen several other devs, here on Stack mostly, writing CSS media queries simply like this:
@media (max-width: Xpx){}

When I go to websites like Mozilla's Documentation pages and W3Schools.com, they seem to use it the same way I am, like in my first example. Something else I learned a long time ago is not to write code if I don't know why I am writing it. After seeing that the syntax of the query could be written without the 'screen only' part, I have to ask, what is the difference in how I am writing my CSS media queries, and how other developers are writing theirs?

A: only screen means just that: only for screens (as opposed to being for all kinds of media, such as print outs).

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A team of astronomers from the University of Washington has created a "habitability index for transiting planets" to help guide the ongoing search for life beyond Earth.
Powerful telescopes are coming soon. Where exactly shall we point them?
Astronomers with the University of Washington's Virtual Planetary Laboratory have created a way to compare and rank exoplanets to help prioritize which of the thousands discovered warrant close inspection in the search for life beyond Earth.
The new metric, called the "habitability index for transiting planets," is introduced in a paper accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal by UW astronomy professors Rory Barnes and Victoria Meadows, with research assistant and co-author Nicole Evans.
The Kepler Space Telescope has enabled astronomers to detect thousands of exoplanets, those beyond our solar system — far more than can be investigated one by one. The James Webb Space Telescope, set for launch in 2018, will be the first able to actually measure the atmospheric composition of a rocky, possibly Earth-like planet far off in space, and so vastly enhance the search for life.
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But access to such telescopes is expensive and the work is methodical and time-consuming. The Virtual Planetary Laboratory's index is a tool to help fellow astronomers decide which worlds might have the better chance of hosting life, and so are worthy of focusing limited resources on.
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Barnes, Meadows and Evans ranked in this way planets so far found by the Kepler Space Telescope, in its original mission as well as its "K2" follow-up mission. They found that the best candidates for habitability and life are those planets that get about 60 percent to 90 percent of the solar radiation that the Earth receives from the sun, which is in keeping with current thinking about a star's habitable zone.
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"This innovative step allows us to move beyond the two-dimensional habitable zone concept to generate a flexible framework for prioritization that can include multiple observable characteristics and factors that affect planetary habitability," said Meadows.
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Postdoctoral Fellow for Bio-MEMS Research in Joint KAUST-HKUST Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory
Post-doctoral fellow for Bio-MEMS research in Joint KAUST-HKUST Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory
The Joint KAUST-HKUST Micro/Nanofludics Laboratory is a collaborative project between The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). This international partnership focuses on latest Micro/Nanofluidics research. The collaborative effort realizes the establishment of state-of-the-art Micro/Nanofluidics laboratories at both HKUST and KAUST campuses. As part of the collaborative research agreement, HKUST is now actively seeking post-doctoral fellows to participate in this long-term research collaboration between the two world-class institutions.
Applicants should possess a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or related science or engineering disciplines. The applicants should have some research experience in MEMS or microfluidics. The applicants should be willing to work in micro electroporation chip for DNA transfection and drug delivery, supervised by Prof Yi-Kuen Lee at HKUST.
Successful applicants will be employed by KAUST in a 2-year contract (with a provision of renewal). They will station at HKUST during the first year of their contractual service and be transferred to KAUST when/after the new KAUST campus opens in September 2009. The applicants will assist as required in setting up research laboratories at KAUST campus. At HKUST, the recruited post-doctoral fellows will conduct research work in the Joint KAUST-HKUST Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory with HKUST's Faculty members from Departments of Physics, Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering, and engage in regular seminars relevant to the area of Micro/Nano-fluidics.
Salary is highly competitive and will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The start date of the contract will be September 1, 2008. Successful applicants also receive attractive compensation and benefit packages provided by KAUST. KAUST will be responsible for actual recruiting decision, appointment offers and employment benefits.
Interested applicant should send his/her cover letter, detailed resume and names and contact details of at least TWO referees to Executive Officer, Miss Sanna Hui by email: [email protected], fax: (852) 2358-1652 or postal mail: Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Please also c.c. your e-mail to Prof Yi-Kuen Lee ([email protected])
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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is a dynamic, front-running research university. HKUST focuses on both pioneering research in the fields of science, engineering, business and management, humanities and social science, and innovative teaching and learning. The world-class standing of faculty members and a well-designed research infrastructure have seen HKUST achieve numerous, ground-breaking discoveries, and the university has been ranked among leading academic institutions worldwide. Strong links with top universities, organizations and businesses, internationally and in Mainland China, create future career opportunities. English is the medium of instruction and administration. For more information about HKUST, visit http://www.ust.hk/eng/
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ali asghar keyvani says:
i am a Bsc student in mechanical engineering departement of urmia university / iran. i am working about MEMS.
i have been participated in some Ms classes as: finite element methods, continum domain vibrtion, nonlinear dynamics and etc.
i just dispose some articles and one of them is accepted to be presented in icnn2008:"on the sensitivity increasing of a bio disease detector".
an other on is submitted the IEEEMEMS conference 2009 sorrento italy." investigation of bending and stretching effects of a drug delivery micro-pump"
some other rticles tht can be submitted soon are named:
" on a MEMS based dynamic temperature remote senor based on transverse vibration of a bi-layer cantilever" and " a novel approach to study of NEMS"
my resurch intrests is:
MEMS/NEMS
FEM/BEM/FDM
non linear vibration and perturbation methods
i have teching assistant experience for:
1.mechanical vibration
2.mechanics of materils II
brifly i have almost nothing low than a MSc student and my english skil is not bad at all.
i want to ask you that is it possible for me to be with you for MSc study and research assistantship.