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Heathers is an American black comedy television series, created by Jason Micallef, that premiered on October 25, 2018, on Paramount Network. Its first season, a modern-day reboot of the 1988 film of the same name written by Daniel Waters, follows high school student Veronica Sawyer (played by Grace Victoria Cox) and her conflicts with a self-titled clique consisting of three fellow students who share the name Heather. The series was intended to be an anthology, with each season taking place in an entirely different setting from the original film.

The series was originally in development for TV Land, but it was moved to the 2018 launch slate for its rebranded sister network Paramount Network, with a premiere scheduled for March 2018. In the wake of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and the program's subject matter, Paramount Network delayed the premiere to July 2018. However, on June 1, 2018, Paramount Network's parent company Viacom dropped Heathers entirely due to continued concern for its content following the 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting two weeks prior.

Despite the premiere's cancellation in the United States, the series had already been sold in international markets where it went on to debut as previously scheduled in its original ten-episode version. It aired for the first time on July 11, 2018, on HBO Europe in select European territories.

On October 4, 2018, it was announced that the series would premiere in United States on October 25, 2018, on Paramount Network over the course of five nights. The series was edited for content by the network resulting in numerous cuts and the number of episodes being reduced from 10 to nine, with the original final two episodes being combined into one.

Despite reports by the writers that a second season, Heathers: Revolution, had a complete script, Paramount Network's president Kent Alterman announced in an interview on May 1, 2019, that there were no plans to continue Heathers following its first and only season.

Premise
In the town of Sherwood, Ohio, Veronica Sawyer (Grace Victoria Cox) is the newest member of the most powerful clique at Westerberg High School, "the Heathers"; Heather Chandler (Melanie Field), a rich girl who is fairly famous on social media for her social justice posts, and her "sidekicks" Heather Duke (Brendan Scannell) and Heather McNamara (Jasmine Mathews). Veronica has a deep-seated jealousy of the Heathers, a jealousy that turns into hatred towards Heather Chandler and the status quo she maintains. One day, Veronica is confronted with the realization that, unlike her classmates, she has no real sense of individuality and is destined to be forgotten. Joined by a jaded and aloof transfer student named Jason "J.D." Dean (James Scully), Veronica hopes to make her way through her senior year with all of her morals intact.

Cast and characters

Main
 Grace Victoria Cox as Veronica Sawyer, a self-described "good person" who struggles with her sense of identity and is a part of the most popular clique of Westerberg
 Maisie de Krassel portrays a young Veronica in four episodes
 Melanie Field as Heather Chandler, the social justice warrior leader of the most popular clique of Westerberg's senior class and the queen bee of the school. She has gained major traction on a number of social media platforms.
 Emma Shannon portrays a young Heather in the episode "Reindeer Games"
 James Scully as Jason "JD" Dean, Veronica's love interest and a new student at Westerburg with the tendency to wax poetic about the adolescent experience
 Maverick Thompson portrays a young JD in the pilot episode
 Brendan Scannell as Heather Duke, a member of the Heathers who identifies as genderqueer. She is Heather Chandler's second-in-command and does not hesitate to talk down to whomever she views as lesser than her.
 Jack R. Lewis portrays a young Heather in the episode "Do I Look Like Mother Teresa?"
 Jasmine Mathews as Heather McNamara, a biracial girl who identified as a lesbian but, after being exposed for having an affair with an adult faculty member, is outed as bisexual and becomes a social pariah. She seems to be the most naive and timid member of the Heathers with an underlying transphobia problem.

Recurring

 Deanna Cheng as Pauline Fleming, Westerberg's driven guidance counselor
 Drew Droege as Maurice Dennis, Westerberg's melodramatic art teacher
 Kurt Fuller as Principal Gowan, the principal of Westerburg High School
 Travis Schuldt as Coach Cox, Westerberg's football coach
 Nikki SooHoo as Betty Finn, Veronica's childhood friend, who secretly wants to be just as popular as her
Ella Gross portrays a young Betty in three episodes
 Cameron Gellman as Kurt Kelly, the quarterback of the Westerburg High School football team who is secretly dating Heather Duke
 Mandy June Turpin as Mrs. Sawyer, Veronica's oblivious mother
 Wallace Langham as Kevin Sawyer, Veronica's oblivious father
 Rebecca Wisocky as Martha Chandler, Heather Chandler's mother and a former stage actress who does not believe that her daughter has any talent
 Jamie Kaler as Big Bud Dean, JD's father and the owner of Big Bud Oil and Gas, an oil and gas company
 Matthew Rocheleau as David Waters, a Westerburg teacher who has an affair with Heather McNamara
 Brett Cooper as Brianna Parker/"Trailer Parker", a poor student at Westerburg High who is bullied due to her social class
 Jesse Leigh as Peter Dawson, Class President of Westerburg High School, a gossip, and a member of the "Gay Nerds"
 Romel De Silva as Kyle, one of Peter's best friends who is obsessed with the Heathers and is a member of the "Gay Nerds"
 Adwin Brown as Seth, a member of the "Gay Nerds"
 Jeremy Culhane as Dylen Lutz, a lovable loser who is picked on by most of the student body
 Christina Burdette as Jesus Julie, a religious student who is friends with Betty and Shelby
 Annalisa Cochrane as Shelby Dunnstock, a ditzy cheerleader who is one of Betty Finn's friends and is constantly undermined by the Heathers
 Sophia Grosso as Driffany Tompkins, a Westerburg student
 Allyn Morse as Annie, a Westerburg student
 Paige Weldon as Lily, a Westerburg student

Guest

 Cayden Boyd as Ram Sweeney, the best friend of Kurt Kelly and another member of the Westerburg High School football team (4 episodes)
 Karen Maruyama as Mrs. Finn, Betty's mother (4 episodes)
 Birgundi Baker as Lizzy, a new student at Westerburg High, who was raised in the foster care system and is eager to learn the ways of Heather Chandler (3 episodes)
 Reece Caddell as Lucy McCord, a childhood friend of Veronica and Betty who was murdered with a croquet mallet (3 episodes)
 Jen Zaborowski as Mrs. Zaborowski, a Westerburg teacher (3 episodes)
 Joel Spence as Mr. Chandler, Heather Chandler's father (2 episodes)
 Lilli Birdsell as Mrs. McNamara, Heather McNamara's mother (2 episodes)
 Phil LaMarr as Mr. McNamara, Heather McNamara's father (2 episodes)
 April Bowlby as Teyna, Big Bud Dean's girlfriend (2 episodes)
 Salma Khan as Amita, an influencer (2 episodes)
 James Kirkland as a disc jockey at Betty's party and the prom (2 episodes)
 Vic Chao as Mr. Finn, Betty's father (2 episodes)
 Casey Wilson as Lexi Anne, a news anchor (2 episodes)
 Evan Crooks as Jacob, Veronica's hook up at the art exhibit ("Pilot")
 Michael D. Roberts as Captain Lehman ("Reindeer Games")
 Mo Gaffney as Margie Kane ("Call Us When the Shuttle Lands")
 Josh Fadem as Dathan ("I'm a No-Rust-Build-Up Man Myself")
 Jeannetta Arnette as Mrs. Kelly ("I'm a No-Rust-Build-Up Man Myself")
 Larry Poindexter as Mr. Kelly ("I'm a No-Rust-Build-Up Man Myself")
 Jen Caldwell as Cathy Ishmael ("I'm a No-Rust-Build-Up Man Myself")
 Camille Hyde as Rebecca ("I'm a No-Rust-Build-Up Man Myself")

Special guest-star
 Selma Blair as Jade Duke, Heather Duke's step-mother, a stripper and menthol smoker who's biding her time until her 82-year-old husband dies (4 episodes)
 Shannen Doherty as Mrs. Dean, JD's mom who committed suicide when he was just a child. Doherty played Heather Duke in the original 1988 film Heathers.
 Doherty also appears as Dr. Destiny during a hallucination in the episode "Reindeer Games"

Episodes

Notes

Production

Development

On August 27, 2009, Sony Pictures Television announced that Heathers was to be adapted for television to air on Fox. Mark Rizzo was hired to write the series, and Jenny Bicks was to co-produce with Lakeshore Entertainment. The program was described as a modernized version of the original story, and all characters from the film were expected to be scripted into the adaptation.

On September 12, 2012, it was announced that the television network Bravo would begin developing a Heathers reboot unrelated to the earlier announcement by Sony Pictures Television. The storyline was to pick up twenty years after the events of the film when Veronica returns home to Sherwood, Ohio with her teenage daughter, who had to contend with the next generation of mean girls, all named "Ashley". They were to all be the daughters of the two surviving Heathers. Neither Ryder nor Slater were attached to the project. In August 2013, Bravo declined to order the series.

On January 13, 2017, TV Land ordered a newly developed iteration of the series, described as an anthology dark comedy set in the present day. The series was set to be written by Jason Micallef and Tom Rosenberg, with Gary Lucchesi serving as an executive producer for Lakeshore Entertainment. On January 13, 2017, Heathers was ordered to series at TV Land.

On March 16, 2017, it was reported that the series would move to Paramount Network, a planned rebranding of TV Land's sister network Spike. On June 1, 2018, however, it was announced that Paramount Network had dropped the series due to concerns over its content in the wake of recent school shootings in the United States. It was reported that the series' producers had begun to shop the series to other broadcasters, and that writing for a potential second season had neared completion, which would take place in an entirely different setting than the first season and original film. By July 16, 2018, it was reported that both Netflix and Freeform had passed on the series. On October 4, 2018, it was announced that Viacom and Paramount Network had reversed their decision on the series and that, following various edits and a reduction in episode count from 10 to 9, the series would premiere on the cable network on October 25, 2018.

Casting
On October 11, 2016, it was announced that James Scully and Grace Victoria Cox had been cast in the male and female leads J.D. and Veronica. Later that month, Melanie Field, Brendan Scannell, and Jasmine Mathews joined the main cast as the titular "Heathers" (Heather Chandler, Heather Duke, and Heather McNamara, respectively). On November 22, 2016, it was announced that original film cast member Shannen Doherty had been cast as a pivotal character in the series' pilot episode. It was later reported that she is set to appear in three of the first season's episodes in total. On June 23, 2017, Birgundi Baker and Cameron Gellman signed onto the series in the recurring roles of Lizzy and Kurt, respectively. On July 6, 2017, it was reported that Selma Blair had been cast in the recurring role of Jade, "the gold-digging stepmother to Heather Duke" who is described as "a stripper menthol smoker who is rough around the edges, but with a bit of glamour to her."

Filming
In November 2016, the series' pilot began production in Los Angeles, California. Principal photography for the rest of the first season took place from spring through fall of 2017 in the Chatsworth area of Los Angeles. Locations utilized for filming included the Rancho San Antonio which is being used to portray Westerburg High School.

Release

Marketing
On August 28, 2017, the Paramount Network released a teaser trailer for the series alongside a series of posters, each depicting a different character. On February 18, 2018, the first official trailer for the series was released. Beginning on February 12, 2018, a series of promotional posters, each depicting a different character, were released. On October 23, 2018, a clip from the series featuring Selma Blair as her character Jade was released. A day later, a second clip was released and a day after that a third clip was released as well.

Premiere
The series was initially set to debut on March 7, 2018. However, on February 28, 2018, it was announced that the premiere would be delayed in light of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Paramount Network released a statement explaining their decision saying, "Paramount Network's original series Heathers is a satirical comedy that takes creative risks in dealing with many of society's most challenging subjects ranging from personal identity to race and socio-economic status to gun violence. While we stand firmly behind the show, in light of the recent tragic events in Florida and out of respect for the victims, their families and loved ones, we feel the right thing to do is delay the premiere until later this year." On March 14, 2018, Viacom suspended programming across all of its networks, including Paramount Network, for 17 minutes due to its support of student-led protests and campaigns that emerged in the wake of the Stoneman Douglas shootings.

On May 1, 2018, it was announced that the series would officially premiere on Paramount Network on July 10, 2018. On June 1, 2018, it was reported that Paramount Network had dropped the series entirely, and that it would be shopped to other networks. Viacom executives became increasingly uncomfortable with airing the program due to its themes; another major school shooting, the 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting, had occurred in May 2018. Keith Cox, the network's president of development, noted that the pilot had been filmed "before the climate changed", and that "the combination of a high school show with these very dark moments didn't feel right".

On October 4, 2018, it was reported that the series would premiere on October 25, 2018 on Paramount Network over the course of five nights. The series was edited for content by the network resulting in numerous cuts or changes including the removal of a scene in the finale where Westerburg High School is blown-up and the altering of a scene in episode 5 that featured a first-person video game with teachers holding guns. Ultimately, the edits resulted in the number of episodes being reduced from 10 to 9, with the Paramount Network's dedicated application and website on October 22, 2018. Following the premiere of the final episode on October 29, 2018, a Heathers-themed episode of Lip Sync Battle was slated to air featured guests including Melanie Field and Brendan Scannell.

Following the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting on October 27, 2018, Paramount Network decided to pull episodes seven and eight from their schedule and declined to broadcast them on television. The two episodes had previously been made available on Paramount Network's official website and application on October 22, 2018. The ninth and final episode ultimately aired on October 29, 2018 as originally scheduled.

Distribution
Though Paramount Network had pulled the series, the production companies involved with the show had already sold the series' international broadcast rights. The series airs on HBO Europe in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia. It started airing twice a week on July 11, 2018 on HBO Europe streaming service with a weekly run airing on television beginning in September in those territories. Additionally, HBO Europe subscribers in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden started getting episodes twice a week on the streaming service on July 11, 2018. Subscribers in Spain and Andorra got the first three episodes on HBO Europe streaming service on the same date, with the remaining installments dropping on July 18, 2018. Additionally, HBO Europe subscribers in Portugal, Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea, Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe begin streaming the series on a future date. Digiturk licensed the series in Turkey and Cyprus for premium subscribers with weekly episodes launching July 20, 2018. In Greece, OTE began broadcasting one episode a week starting on July 15, 2018. In Iceland, Síminn's video-on-demand service began streaming the series on July 12, 2018. In Australia, every episode of the series launched on September 28, 2018 on Stan. In the United Kingdom, the series is available in its original 10 episodes version on StarzPlay.

Soundtracks
Coinciding with the American premiere of the series, Lakeshore Records released two soundtracks for the series. On October 12, 2018, Lakeshore released Heathers - Original Television Series Soundtrack featuring songs from the series by various artists including DJ Shadow, Poison, and Peggy Lee. A limited vinyl edition was released in Urban Outfitters stores on January 25, 2019. On October 19, 2018, Lakeshore released Heathers - Original Television Series Score consisting of the show's original score composed by Chris Alan Lee.

Reception
The series was panned by critics and fans alike on both the initial release of the pilot episode and the official premiere of the series. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds a 29% approval rating with an average rating of 5.38 out of 10 based on 21 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Despite promising performers, Heathers aspirational angst is let down by its blunt, misguided attempts at social commentary." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 40 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed to average reviews."

In a negative review, Daniel Fienberg of  The Hollywood Reporter described the series as "a pale imitation" of the 1988 film, and went on to say that, "Having the high school tyranny associated with a gang of students who, in a different era, might have been marginalized produces a dark and almost reactionary undercurrent in which the disenfranchised aren't being bullied, but rather are wielding identity politics and political correctness as weapons". Leigh Monson of Birth.Movies.Death was similarly negative saying that she saw in the show's dynamics "a longing for the good old days when non-whites and queers knew their place." Monson concluded, "Heathers is a hateful, bigoted exercise in regression hiding behind the guise of dark comedy, and I can only hope it doesn't gain the Trumpian audience it so clearly craves." Samantha Allen of The Daily Beast panned the series saying, "If you believe that kids these days are fragile "snowflakes," that political correctness is running amok, and that LGBT people are now society's true bullies, this new Heathers is the show for you. The premiere of the rebooted cult classic, now airing for free online, takes place in a universe — clearly a fictional one—where the football team is oppressed and yesteryear's fat, queer, and black victims now rule the school with manicured fists. The show feels like it was written for aging Fox News viewers who get angry about people's gender pronouns — which is odd because it's clearly being marketed to a young and therefore progressive-leaning audience who may not remember the ... original."

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2010s American black comedy television series
2010s American high school television series
2018 American television series debuts
2018 American television series endings
2010s American anthology television series
Paramount Network original programming
Body image in popular culture
Murder–suicide in television
Suicide in television
Television series about bullying
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Television shows set in Ohio
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We are celebrating Ten Thousand Waves' 38th birthday with 38 sakes in 38 days at their splendid Japanese restaurant, Izanami. Today we continue our conversation about how temperature affects the flavor and body of sake.
Our 25th sake is Dewatsuru hot. Dewatsuru is a kimoto junmai with a milling rate of 65% produced in the original old-style kimoto brewing method. This week we have been tasting only two sakes, Cabin in the Snow and Dewatsuru, and noting the differences when served room temp, hot and chilled. Mateo told us that many people insist on drinking sake hot and the one that Izanami suggests to be served that way is Dewatsuru. Drinking this sake hot reminded me of the old days of drinking sake only much, much better. We thought this paired nicely with Chef Kiko's corn fritters and crispy brussels sprouts.


Cuballama, with currently more than 1 million users is a voice call and mobile recharge service oriented to Cuban customers. We were responsible for creating, escalating and maintaining their infraestructure. We developed, maintained, optimized and escalated their custom CRM for internal use and web, android and ios apps for end users, as well as their server infrastructure. When we started working with them they had no mobile apps and an infraestructure that struggled to support around a tenth of their current estimated number of users. As of today, Cuballama has grown to accommodate users in the millions with a solid and robust infraestructure, as well as having mobile apps and services capable of supporting current and future demand.


If dandysm is defined broadly as a cult of self that requires the mise en scene of one's life, David Bowie is to me the ultimate dandy as he went as far as staging his death. Along the way, he gave unprecedented access to his archives to the Theatre and Performance curators Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh for the blockbuster exhibition "David Bowie is…" that took place at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2013 before touring internationally. The exhibition revealed that the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology made the musical retrospective a viable possibility by allowing a complete immersion in the artist's universe. I wanted to pay tribute to this tour de force as I went to visit "Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains", an exhibition that uses the same model.
Victoria Broackes is again at the head of the curatorial team that is bringing the same immersive experience for the first international retrospective of Pink Floyd. The show coincides with the 50th anniversary of the band's first album 'The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn'. It starts with the psychedelic underground London scene that saw the start of the band's journey and makes you travel swiftly alongside them over time.
Sprinkled throughout the exhibition, one can see the connection between the band and visual arts from Hokusai to Rene Magritte via their high sense of performance.
Their political stance is also present with their texts that are still relevant today and acts such as the wall that are unfortunately current themes. I was lucky enough to see The Wall built at the 02.
All in all, it is therefore not too surprising that Roger Waters of Pink Floyd opened is American tour in Kansas City with a strong political statement.
The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains, Until October 1st, 2017 at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
I'm a Londoner so i have no excuse for not seeing this.
I was able to go on a weekday which helped. I didn't spot the Magritte influence. Hokusai has an exhibition out at the moment I think. Sure it will be very good.


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A Bacillus phage is a member of a group of bacteriophages known to have bacteria in the genus Bacillus as host species. These bacteriophages have been found to belong to the families Myoviridae, Siphoviridae, Podoviridae, or Tectiviridae. The genus Bacillus includes the model organism, B. subtilis, and two widely known human pathogens, B. anthracis and B. cereus. Other strains of Bacillus bacteria that phage are known to infect include B. megaterium, B. mycoides, B. pseudomycoides, B. thuringiensis, and B. weihenstephanensis. More than 1,455 bacillus phage have been discovered from many different environments and areas around the world. Only 164 of these phages have been completely sequenced as of December 16, 2021.

Genome diversity
Bacillus phage are classified based on their genome sequences. The total sequence length ranges from 7,826 (in phage pMC8) to 509,170 bp (in phage pHS181) with the GC content of these phage being an average of 38.25%.

Within Bacillus phage there are 12 clusters (A-L), 28 subclusters, and 14 singletons. Clusters are groups of related genomes with the 12 clusters showing at least 50% homology between phage.  Singletons are phage that have no significant nucleotide similarity to others. The most conserved genes within the Bacillus phage include those that encode tail proteins and other structural proteins, holin, and a site-specific recombinase. One group of gene that is highly variable between Bacillus phage are tRNA genes. The role of phage tRNAs largely depend on their bacterial host, hence the number could widely differ depending on the specific strain of bacteria.

Characteristics given are cluster assignment, number of subclusters (Sub.), number of phages in the cluster, host species from which the phages were isolated, the average genome size, average percent GC content, average number of ORFS, and the morphotype. Species abbreviations are Bacillus anthracis (A), Bacillus cereus (C), Bacillus sp. (B), Bacillus megaterium (M), Bacillus pumulis (P), Bacillus subtilis (S), Bacillus thuringiensis (T), and Bacillus westenstephanensis MG1, (W). Family/morphotype abbreviations are Tectiviridae (T), Podoviridae (P), Siphoviridae (S), and Myoviridae (M). UK is unknown/unreported.

Applications
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References

External links
 The Bacillus Phage Database

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Hands on: Acer Predator Triton 300 SE review
13 January 2021 aioappz Reviews
Whilst the ongoing pandemic has forced CES 2021 to go digital, we managed to get a few hours with the upcoming Acer Predator Triton 300 SE gaming laptop, which is a great deal longer than what we would have had during the physical event. In ordinary circumstances we would be running around the convention floor, desperately trying to get enough time with a product to give it a fair first impression.
The Predator Triton 300 SE is a small, but powerful gaming laptop that will feature up to an 11th Gen Intel Core-i7 H35-series processor and the freshly-revealed Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 laptop GPU. You can also expect up to 24GB of DDR4 RAM and storage options of 258GB, 512BG and 1TB.
Acer is promising clock speeds of up to 5 GHz, which we couldn't verify due to a lack of benchmarking or thorough tests, but it certainly got us excited for any opportunity to spend more time with the device in the future.
The Acer Predator Triton 300 SE will be available from £1,399 (around $1,900, AU$2,500), but no release date has been confirmed.
The first thing we noticed is that the Acer Predator Triton 300 SE is very heavy for a laptop this size, weighing in at 1.7KG. The all-metal chassis is solid, with a distinctive lack of any cheap plastic in the design. Having carried it around for a short while, you can't ignore the heft that will be present in your carry case or laptop bag, but it does give the machine a reassuring feeling of being hardwearing and resistant to damage.
The Predator Triton 300 SE sports a 14-inch full HD display with a 144Hz refresh rate for any competitive FPS players that are looking for a new machine, and the back of the monitor has a sleek, minimalist finish. With no RGB lights or garish logo on display, you could use the Acer Predator Triton 300 SE as a very serviceable professional laptop for your work or study needs, as well as your gaming hobby.
We're seeing the popularity for gaming laptops with a muted aesthetic booming right now, likely with the rise of remote working resulting in more demand for hybrid devices, but the Predator Triton 300 SE is one of our favorites so far.
That isn't to say of course that you cant have the flashy RGB gaming look if you want – the keyboard is delightful to type on and can have its lighting fully customized or switched off entirely in the included Predator Sense software. An issue we did face was the placement of the power button on the keyboard layout, though this would be easy to adjust to after some use.
Located at the top left is a 'turbo' button, which will activate the one-click overclocking boost. This currently results in the powerful Aeroblad fans roaring into action, but as we couldn't run any benchmarks we can't confirm if this actually makes a difference to the laptop performance.
The Predator Triton 300 SE has a wide range of ports, including Thunderbolt 4, USB 3.2 Gen 2 and HDMI, and the device charging port is located on the left side. Acer has stated that you can expect up to 10 hours of battery life, but this isn't something we could confirm during the hands-on.
The audio was great quality too, with optimized bass and decent volume. The built in microphone includes some nice features such as keystroke suppression for noisy games and far-field pickup for when you're not hunched over the laptop.
Early verdict
Whilst the overall time spent with the Acer Predator Triton 300 SE was short, it's left us keen to put it through our usual rigorous testing standards soon. With the above-mentioned specifications, it's likely that this will be a solid choice for players looking to jump onto the next-gen gaming train without having to sacrifice portability in favor of a bulky desktop.
The laptop feels incredibly sturdy and well designed, and is almost incognito as a gaming orientated machine when the rainbow RGB backlight on the keyboard has been switched off, which also makes it a fantastic buy for anyone looking for one device that can support both professional work or study with the high power requirements to play the latest AAA game titles. Be it on a train, in a hotel room or just as a home-based laptop, these hybrid-designed gaming laptops have caught our attention for 2021.
The Predator Triton 300 SE has the makings to be a fantastic achiever in all areas, but only benchmarking and further tests will prove if there is performance to support its outward beauty. Whilst the time spent with the Acer Predator Triton 300 SE was short, we will remember it fondly until our paths cross again.
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Усадьба Строгановых — архитектурный ансамбль в историческом центре Нижнего Новгорода. Главный дом и флигели усадебного комплекса построены в 1824—1829 годах. Автор проекта — бывший голицынский крепостной архитектор П. С. Садовников. Усадьба расположена в западной части исторического района Нижнего посада, является одной из архитектурных доминант и ценным памятником русской архитектуры и градостроительства первой половины XIX века.

Строгановская усадьба представляла собой необычный комплекс, предназначавшийся для размещения конторы Строгановых, возникшей в связи с их активной предпринимательской деятельностью на Нижегородской ярмарке. В усадьбе практически не проживали.

Ансамбль состоит из четырёх строений по адресу Рождественская улица, 45: главного дома, двух флигелей и каменной ограды. С 1960 года стоит на государственной охране. Весь комплекс сегодня — объект культурного наследия Российской Федерации.

История

Предыстория
С конца XVII века Нижний Новгород стал для рода купцов Строгановых стратегической точкой, так как здесь располагались склады для добываемой в их вотчинах соли. В городе располагалась вотчинная контора. С деятельностью Строгановых была связана и постройка одного из значительных храмов России рубежа XVII—XVIII веков — Рождественской церкви, поблизости от которой находилось владение купцов.

Согласно генеральному межеванию города от 1792 года, вблизи Рождественской церкви имелись три владения, два их которых не застроены. Третье, вблизи реки Волги, включало каменный амбар и деревянные строения. В процессе планировочных работ периода русского классицизма начала формироваться современная линия Рождественской улицы. План-съёмка города от 1799 года показывал, что застройка улицы была ещё разреженной, а участок будущей усадьбы пустовал. Планом 1770 года было заложено возведение по красной линии улицы сплошной каменной застройки. Подобное решение было утверждено и высочайше утверждённым планом 1804 года.

В 1824 году утверждён новый план Нижнего Новгорода, связанный со строительством Нижегородской ярмарки. Петербургский архитектор В. Гесте, автор плана, значительно расширил зону застройки улицы и запроектировал набережную единым фасадом. На улицу должны были выходить фасадами жилые дома, а на набережную — хозяйственные строения. На месте усадьбы была намечена проектируемая застройка. Территория была разбита на два владения, что указано в «Табели Нижегородской и городской думы» первой четверти XIX века. Первый план, на котором зафиксирован комплекс усадьбы относится уже к 1853 году.

Проектирование

История строительства усадьбы подробно изложена в «Деле о строительстве усадьбы» — «Книге Нижегородской соляных и вотчинных дел конторы о расходе денег по построению вновь каменного дома, начавшегося в 1824 г.». Историк архитектуры С. М. Шумилкин указывал, что этот крайне редкий исторический документ подробно описывал процесс строительства, охватывая период с конца 1824 года, начала подготовительных работ, до 1829 года, когда была окончена отделка фасадов и внутренних помещений. Заказчицей усадьбы выступала графиня С. В. Строганова.

Указанный документ проливает свет на авторство усадьбы, проектных чертежей которой не обнаружено. 19 августа 1825 года в период активного строительства главного дома в Нижний Новгород прибыл петербургский архитектор П. Иванов и пробыл в нём до октября. В отчётных материалах нигде не указано имя архитектора, как автора проекта. Однако в научно-популярных работах он часто указывается как автор или соавтор зданий вместе с архитектором П. Садовниковым без указания ссылок на источники.

Материалы ленинградских исследователей Е. Н. Рахманиной и Ю. В. Трубиной (1973) и книга В. А. Цалобановой (2011), посвящённые истории строительства и реставрации строгановской усадьбы Марьино, позволяют установить авторство усадьбы Строгановых в Нижнем Новгороде. П. Иванов был крепостным архитектором Строгановых и как помощник участвовал в строительстве резиденции Марьино. Ведущим архитектором был ученик одного из основоположников русского ампира А. Н. Воронихина, Пётр Семёнович Садовников, бывший голицынский крепостной архитектор. Как указывает С. М. Шумилкин, именно он мог разработать проект усадьбы, в то время как П. Иванов выступал помощником, осуществляя контроль за строительством.

Строительство
 Сентябрь 1824 года: заготовка строительных материалов. С осени 1824 года по июнь 1825 года заготавливали бутовый камень.
 12 мая 1825 года получено разрешение (билет) у городской полиции на постройку каменного дома. Землемер Г. Зубов выполнил разбивку участка. 7 июня отслужен молебен — официальная дата начала строительства.
 Июнь — октябрь 1825 года: произведена каменная кладка главного дома. Кладку стен вела бригада каменщиков, в которую входили крестьянин М. И. Бочкарёв с товарищами Балахнинской округи.
 После завершения кладки бригада каменщика М. И. Бочкарёва занималась оштукатуривнием фасадов и внутренних стен, кладкой печей. Известь поставлял крестьянин Г. Бухарин с товарищами Горбатовской округи вотчины графа Д. Н. Шереметева. Белый камень для облицовки цоколя — балахнинский купец В. Рукавишников.
 Плотницкие работы вела бригада во главе с крестьянином костромской губернии Кологривской округи Я. Михаловым.
 Железные работы (поставку скоб, подстав) выполнил кузнец монастырской вотчины Я. Моторин с товарищами.

 Октябрь 1825 года: главный дом покрыт листовым железом под руководством слесаря Ф. Куренёва.
 1826 год — закончен первый флигель. 1827—1828 гг. — второй восточный флигель, предназначавшийся под размещение конторы Строгановых. Одновременно с флигелями были возведены две каменные стенки, соединявшие по фасаду Рождественской улицы флигели и главный дом.
 Сентябрь 1827 года: установлен железный балкон главного дома со стороны реки (не сохранился). 58 деревянных балясин были выточены токарем Е. Ивановым.
 Конец 1827 года: окончены отделочные работы главного фасада. Лепные работы выполнил крестьянин Ярославской губернии Даниловского уезда М. Кодызалов, изготовивший 80 модульонов дорического ордера для карниза (утрачены), триглифы и 59 лепных розеток.
 Лето 1828 года: рядом со вторым флигелем построена небольшая каменная баня.

Во внутренних помещениях усадьбы не проводилось сложных работ: во флигелях были покрашены стены второго этажа; в главном доме — покраска стен, выстилка полов второго и третьего этажа паркетом в шашку, возведение лепных карнизов в комнатах второго этажа. Окраску стен выполнил живописец, дворовый человек графа Шереметева К. Иванов. Документы «Дела о строительстве усадьбы» позволили установить первоначальное колористическое решение зданий:
 Все наружные стены были окрашены охрой;
 Крыша главного дома, флигелей и воротных стен, а также навесов над входами — зелёной краской;
 Створы пяти дверей в торговые помещения, ворота и калитки по Рождественской улице — в чёрный цвет.

К концу строительства в 1829 году усадьба Строгановых включала три крупных здания. Планировочное решение было выполнено в рамках основного приёма русского классицизма: симметрии размещения построек.

Дальнейшая история
В 1860-х — 1870-х годах происходили наиболее крупные изменения в архитектуре усадьбы. В 1864 году по проекту помощника архитектора нижегородца И. К. Кострюкова флигели усадьбы были достроены до линии набережной. Между ними был построен одноэтажный корпус служб с проездом. Новые постройки завершили речной фасад усадьбы.

В 1872 году по проекту нижегородского архитектора Н. А. Фрелиха изменился парадный фасад главного дома. Изменения были связаны с приспособлением торговых лавок (палаток) главного дома под жилые помещения. Высокие прямоугольные входные проёмы были частично заложены и превращены в окна. По второму этажу возведён широкий на три окна балкон (сохранился).

В конце XIX — начале XX веков деревянная парадная лестница была заменена на четырёхмаршевую чугунную, выполненную из стандартных элементов, выпускавшихся петербургской фирмой Сан-Гали. Согласно отчёту последнего владельца усадьбы С. А. Строганова (1904), использование помещений усадьбы практически не изменилось. Доходных помещений не было, квартиры отдавались служащим бесплатно. Нижний этаж главного дома был занят под конторы, второй этаж пустовал, третий занимал управляющий конторой.

Архитектура

К началу XXI века усадьба сохранила в основном свой изначальный классицистический вид и внутреннюю планировку основных зданий. Особенность композиции придают высокие каменные ограды с калитками и проездами, образующими сплошную стену. Кубический объём главного дома выступает композиционным ядром ансамбля. Протяжённые объёмы флигелей ограничивают пространство внутреннего двора. Подобное объёмно-пространственное построение было впервые применено в нижегородской архитектуре и повлияло в будущем на формирование подобных крупных городских усадеб, возведённых на Рождественской и Нижнеблаговещенской (сегодня Черниговской) улицах (например, усадьба Голицыных). Усадебные постройки — один из первых примеров высокого классицизма с безордерным построением фасадов в застройке городе.

Историк архитектуры Е. Ю. Агеева относила усадьбу к стилю русский ампир. По мнению исследователя, свойственная ампиру сдержанность декоративного убранства в облике усадьбы была смягчена хорошими пропорциями объёмов зданий и добротностью прорисовки элементов убранства.

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Архитектурные памятники Нижнего Новгорода
Усадьбы Строгановых
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Self-assembling nanomaterial offers pathway to more efficient, affordable harnessing of solar power
(Photo : Andrew Levine) In this illustration, DPP and rylene dye molecules come together to create a self-assembled superstructure. Electrons within the structure absorb and become excited by light photons, and then couple with neighboring electrons to share energy and create additional excited electrons that can be harvested to create solar cells.
Solar rays are a plentiful, clean source of energy that is becoming increasingly important as the world works to shift away from power sources that contribute to global warming. But current methods of harvesting solar charges are expensive and inefficient--with a theoretical efficiency limit of 33 percent. New nanomaterials developed by researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York (CUNY) could provide a pathway to more efficient and potentially affordable harvesting of solar energy.
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Let's Talk Coffee 2018 brings its unique mix of coffee producers, buyers, and other stakeholders in the supply chain together for three days of presentations, discussions, social events, and community-building.
By Kenneth R. Olson
Hundreds of coffee producers, roasters, NGO representatives, and people all through the seed-to-cup chain met this week in Cartagena, Colombia, for Let's Talk Coffee (LTC).
The historic city of Cartagena, Colombia, shines at night. The city is host to this year's Let's Talk Coffee event.
Coffee importer Sustainable Harvest has held LTC throughout Latin America since its launch in 2003 in Oaxaca, Mexico, with smaller versions also occurring in recent years in Rwanda and Australia.
David Griswold, the founder of Sustainable Harvest, has said that his vision behind LTC was to bring together stakeholders in the coffee supply chain to meet face-to-face and build long-lasting and profitable relationships for everyone.
After each session, LTC attendees post specific action items and strategies to address the issue.
Sessions at this year's LTC have focused heavily on finding a response to the latest C-market madness in which the price has fallen below $1 per pound, which is below the cost of production for many farmers.
Innovations in technology, brewing, roasting, and marketing have been featured as possible routes to profitability for farmers and their business partners. Increasing consumption within coffee-producing countries is seen as a strategy to sell more coffee, build a coffee culture, and provide a hedge against the whims of the C market in the future.
James Hoffmann of London's Square Mile Coffee Roasters spoke about the need for a new social contract between coffee buyers and sellers that benefits both sides and shares risk more equally.
James Hoffmann, of London's Square Mile Coffee and 2007 World Barista Champion, gave a presentation in which he said it was time for a new social contract between coffee producers and buyers. Specifically, he proposed moving away from the C market, basing coffee prices instead on a value that both buyers and sellers can agree to, creating a beneficial relationship for both. "There's no reason," he said, "that we have to be tied to the C market. If I were a farmer I would never sign a contract that was tied to the C market."
2018 World Barista Champion Agnieszka Rojewska re-created her winning performance from Amsterdam for the LTC attendees.
Current World Barista Champion Agnieszka Rojewska gave the audience a treat by re-creating her title-winning performance, and then also served 200 attendees her signature drink, which had been pre-prepared and which required her to pull hundreds of shots throughout the previous evening to make enough for everyone. "I never thought I'd be serving my signature drink to so many people," she said. "I'm more nervous than I was in Amsterdam."
Members of the Arhuaco indigenous group in Colombia—who are also coffee growers—shared a blessing with the LTC audience before addressing the pressing concerns presented by climate change, and how it's affecting their community.
The keyword at LTC is talk, and while there are many presentations, many of the most illuminating exchanges come when attendees have the opportunity to talk about their experiences working in coffee. For example, after a panel on new brewing techniques, one farmer asked why should he care about a brewer that costs thousands of dollars when he's still using a hand-pulper that his father bought in the 1940s. It was a reminder that all links in the chain do not have access to the same income and technology as others, and the challenges that some face are not the same as what others do.
Agnieszka, similarly, turned a few heads when she said, "I know you as coffee farmers are often poorly paid, but I, as a barista, am also poor." She said the barista profession in Poland is low status and poorly paid. "My parents still think I'm crazy for doing this," she added.
A fixture at every LTC event is Sevan's Grill, started by Sevan Istanboulian, where roasters take turns preparing food and serving their grower partners.
Improving the incomes for both the producers and the baristas can create a more sustainable and more viable future for everyone involved in coffee. At least that's the hope—and one of the goals of events like Let's Talk Coffee.
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Thanks, Torrey! Fixed.
Torrey Lee says:
I believe let's talk coffee started before 2013
Maybe 2003.
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Oprah Winfrey during Global Citizen Prize Awards Special Honoring Changemakers In 2020 Shaping The World We Want, in a screen grab made public on Dec. 19, 2020, in New York City.
Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images for Global Citizen
Winfrey's Harpo Sues to Stop 'Oprahdemics' Podcast Name Use (1)
By Samantha Handler
Aug. 10, 2022, 8:02 PM; Updated: Aug. 10, 2022, 8:45 PM
COURT: S.D.N.Y.
TRACK DOCKET: 1:22-cv-6787 (Bloomberg Law Subscription)
Oprah Winfrey is seeking to protect the trademark rights of her famous brand and iconic "O" logo by shutting down an academic podcast incorporating her name in its nomenclature.
Harpo Inc., founded by Winfrey, sued two professors, Kellie Carter Jackson of Wellesley College and Leah Wright Rigueur of Johns Hopkins University, over the use of Winfrey's first name in the title of their podcast Oprahdemics.
The trademark infringement suit was filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday, alleging that the professors and the podcast's production company sought to profit off of the ...
Samantha Handler


Well, as a nice surprise for you, I'd like to share that if journalist and author Indira Nadoo can grow all her herbs and many of her vegies on a 13th floor balcony, then I reckon you have a fighting chance.
We had a very small backyard in Wishart and I'd also like to say that we grew almost every vegie we needed out there and still had plenty to sell to Food Connect and share with neighbours and family. So, it's not so daunting is it? Mind you, we did make good use of vertical space, the side of steps, trellises and walls to grow our lovely food plants, and if we didn't like it we didn't waste space growing it.
My favourite plants over summer that enjoyed a small space more than the big vegie patch included lettuces, carrots, kohl rabi, asparagus and spring onions. I've successfully grown tomatoes in hanging baskets, herbs in cane baskets and cabbages in pots. When I worked at Hawkins nursery many, many moons ago, we often made up troughs and pots of vegies and herbs for customers who had small spots.
You do need to choose the right container, a good organic mix, plant, eat then replant with a bit of fertiliser, but it's that easy. The combinations and how close to plant are the thing that needs a bit of nutting out, but I can help get you started with that.
Square metre (or square foot) gardening is also a popular planting method, especially in cooler climates. I've found that this intensive form of vegetable production can work well for those little 1 metre square raised beds you purchase from Bunnings. Not all plants are suitable for growing in these, but once you get the soil right, it's a matter of dividing the bed into a grid pattern and planting a certain number of seeds or seedlings into each square. The number of plants per square depends upon the size and spread of each plant. The 1 metre becomes full, lush and extremely productive.
If this has inspired a little tingle in you to get started, you can go it alone or you can join the Gardening in Small spaces Workshop. Check the workshops page for the next workshop.


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Ford and Another v Minister for Justice
Respondent/Defendant: Minister for Justice and Equality
Judgment Date/s: 19 Nov 2015
Judge: Eagar J.
Category: Residence, Visa
Keywords: Residence, Visa
Country of Origin: Ireland and Nigeria
URL: https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/51d7377f-7996-45cd-ac33-6a4c18793bb7/2014_IEHC_123_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH
The applicants were a married couple. The first applicant, the wife, was an Irish national. She had three children from another relationship who were all Irish citizens and aged approximately 21, 12 and 6. Her husband was a Nigerian national. She was introduced to him by a mutual friend in or around 2010 and they maintained contact via telephone and social media, including Skype, thereafter. She met him in person in the United Kingdom in January 2011, after which they commenced a relationship which continued after he returned to Nigeria in February 2011. Thereafter they maintained their relationship by electronic and telephonic communication. In October 2013 the first applicant travelled to Nigeria and remained there for two weeks, during which time the applicants were married. She did not intend living in Nigeria and assumed that her husband would be able to join her in Ireland.
In or around December 2013 / January 2014, the second applicant applied for a visa to join his wife in Ireland. His application was refused by the Minister for Justice in April 2014. He applied for a review, in the course of which his wife submitted a letter outlining their relationship and how they had maintained contact since they had met. She referred to daily telephone calls between them and also contact on Facebook and Skype. The review was not successful, a decision being made in June 2014 to uphold the refusal of the visa. An article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) consideration was carried out, which noted that the couple had never lived together, that he was not dependent on his wife, and at the time they married, she could not have had any expectation that he would be permitted to join her in the State. It was considered that refusing the application would not breach their right to respect for family life under article 8(1) ECHR.
The applicants challenged the refusal of the review. They contended that it breached their rights under Article 41 of the Constitution and was unreasonable in assuming that the marriage could, in effect, be continued without their living together and on the basis of the first applicant's visiting Nigeria.
The High Court quashed the decision.
It considered that the letter and the manner in which the couple had kept in contact did not appear to have been considered in the appeals officer's decision. It also considered that the refusal was vitiated by the fact the bulk of the consideration of family rights had been under article 8 ECHR and that insufficient consideration had been given to Article 41 of the Constitution. In its view, family rights under Article 41 were not merely theoretical and their essence had to be respected. The refusal decision, however, effectively compelled the married couple to live apart and represented a very significant interference by the State with the core principle valued and protected by Article 41.
The High Court quashed the refusal of the visa.
This decision emphasises the extent to which novel means of communication, such as social media, can be important in establishing the existence of article 8 ECHR rights and similar constitutional rights for the purpose of making immigration-related applications, such as an application to join a spouse or, in the context of international protection, an application for family reunification. The decision also indicates that, when assessing such applications and the "family rights" at play,, decision-makers should give proper regard to the provisions of the Constitution, and not restrict their focus to article 8 ECHR.


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Graduate Research Workshops
Thu Nov 1, 2018 5:00PM - 6:00PM
"An abominable sort of conceited independence": Walking Women in 19th-Century British Literature
Author: Trish Bredar
Thursday, November 1
339 O'Shaughnessy
In nineteenth-century Britain, women's walking carried complex and often negative social connotations. Though a sedate stroll around the garden was considered a desirable, genteel form of exercise for ladies, anything beyond this carefully circumscribed activity was linked to a certain wildness and rebelliousness at best, and at worst to destitution and prostitution. This paper argues that, through their literary representations of female mobility, women writers of the time period were able to leverage walking as a tool for critiquing and resisting prescriptive gender ideologies. Drawing examples from Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, and Adam Bede, I theorize literary walking as an individualistic mode of social resistance which serves as a powerful tool for women writers but whose efficacy stems in large part from its exclusion of non-white, working-class, and non-able-bodied subjects.
Trish Bredar is a PhD student in English and a Gender Studies graduate minor. She received her MA in English from the University of Colorado–Boulder. Her work focuses on women's physical mobility in the nineteenth-century British novel, with a particular interest in literary depictions of walking. Her work on Charlotte Brontë appeared in Victorians: A Journal of Culture and Literature and a piece on the poetry of Charlotte Smith is forthcoming from European Romantic Review.


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India man jailed for killing wife with cobra in Kerala
An Indian man who killed his wife in May last year by means of a deadly snakebite from a cobra has been sentenced to two life terms. More than a year after the crime, Sooraj Kumar, as the man is called, was convicted for his actions.
BITTEN BEFORE
Kumar was arrested last year after his 25-year-old wife Uthra died as a result of the snake bite. Her death was supposed to look like an accident, but her family became suspicious when Kumar began pressuring them to repay the dowry, BBC News reports. They also found it strange that Uthra was also bitten by a snake two months before her death. While she was still recovering from her first injury, she was bitten a second time with a fatal outcome.
TWICE FOR LIFE
Kumar confessed that he was behind both acts. He starved the snakes for a week to increase the chances of his wife dying from a bite. He then released the snakes on her while she was sleeping in bed. He has now been sentenced to two life terms. His parents and sister have also been arrested for destroying evidence and their involvement in the murder.
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'The UK no longer has to circle the EU like a moon'
The fact that Boris Johnson has maintained a consistent line in the Brexit saga earns him compliments in his own country
By: N. Peter Kramer - Posted: Monday, December 28, 2020
"From the moment Johnson decided to give full support to the Leave campaign, he has at least been fairly consistent in his Brexit line."
by N. Peter Kramer
The fact that Boris Johnson has maintained a consistent line in the Brexit saga earns him compliments in his own country. He gets even pats on the back from the most critical (anti-Brexit) observers. Tim Shipman, chief of politics at The Sunday Times who wrote a damning book 'All out war' about the Brexit negotiations, thinks that 'madman' Johnson deserves praise for the agreement. 'His critics', Shipman writes, ' like to scoff at his fanatic about Churchill, but they, too, can hardly deny that he has become one of the most consistent politicians of his generation'. Also Laura Kuensberg, head of politics at the (anti-Brexit) BBC, agrees: 'The politician who was said to never be able to keep his promises has succeeded in fulfilling his most important commitment, to get the UK out of the EU with an agreement' .
Of course, the newspapers which were always Brexit-minded, bring out the censer. The Mail on Sunday, for instance, calls Johnson ' a human bulldozer' who despite all the harassment and opposition -especially from Barnier – has hold firmly. As a result, the EU made concessions, after a last minute interference by Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen. In his first press conference after the deal had been reached, Boris Johnson said: ,We have taken back power; we are back in control of our money, our borders, our laws and our waters. We no longer have to circle the EU like a moon'.
From the moment Johnson decided to give full support to the Leave campaign, he has at least been fairly consistent in his Brexit line. He resigned from Theresa May's government because he felt she was listening too much to the EU's demands and was even humiliated by Brussels. Johnson managed to become her successor as prime minister and, a year ago, win convincingly the elections on the promise of finalising Brexit. He is again the undisputed leader of the Conservatives. When he handed Labour a landslide election defeat a year ago, he had already achieved that status. But the corona crisis has put him in trouble. A week ago he was still under fire in the friendly press. That criticism has stopped. With the agreement he puts an end to the 'eternal' debate about the EU that has split his party in two for years.


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Old palazzo with a modern twist
October 9, 2016 admin	Uncategorized
The combination of modern and antiques – is the main feature of the interior of the magnificent palace built in the 13th century in Rome. At the same time, a mix of old and new is striking, and it is a sign of high professionalism of the design. Antique items updated, refreshed and presented with a modern twist (such as a couch in the bright upholstery, and the whole building in general). Novelty and modern design approach is also evident in the color combinations. On the one hand, it's fine, deep and fairly self-sufficient tones (deep blue, turquoise, crimson, gold). On the other – they are present in an interior that was not quite typical for the old interiors of the past centuries. Streamlined shape, soft lines, simple silhouettes – interior looks simple, but very elegant and clearly felt the high style. Palazzo for those who appreciate classical music and its legacy in modern design ideas!
Monochrome Swedish flat (57 sq. M)
ENTRANCE Swedish real estate agency is different from its competitors not only first-class objects in the sale, but also the beautiful creative photography apartments. Photos on their website are very stylish and artistic, often with the processing and filters on the interior looks even more inspiring. Today we have a monochrome one-bedroom apartment of 57 square meters. m. Look!
Photographer Ragnar Omarsson
Ragnar Omarsson was born in Reykjavik, but in 17 years, went to Italy to embody his childhood dream to become a photographer – he studied at the Faculty of "Graphic Design" in one of the prestigious schools of Florence. Next, in search of opportunities for professional growth, he moved with his wife to Stockholm, where he works to this day. His talent was quickly spotted by leading interior design companies in Scandinavia (including IKEA) with which Ragnar became very tightly together. All the best of Scandinavian design can be found in his wonderful portfolio. Enjoy!
Luxury historic 19th century mansion classic interior in London
From the grandeur of this luxury mansion classic interior in London takes your breath away! built house of the 19th century was once the residence of the famous artist, here housed his studio and gallery. Interestingly, even the structure was partially damaged during a bombing in World War II. Before designer Rose Uniacke task was to preserve the existing structure of the building and restore the original elements of interior design – in short, to restore its former glory. For these purposes, the work had attracted the best artists who used traditional techniques of restoration. Indeed, the design team was able to return to this magnificent house of his soul!
classic interior, London
Charming white interior of apartment in Stockholm
Tell me how they do it? How can Scandinavians so easily create such an incredibly harmonious white interiors, filled with life and light, if this is not cool and not boring! Scandinavian designers are truly masters of their craft. Just look at the colors of the game – taken as a basis white, but with the addition of barely noticeable tones and pastel shades, interior like blossoms. Nothing extra in this interior – everything is perfect in white…
scandinavian style, Stockholm, white interior
Great classic interior in Moscow
This is just the very infrequent case where luxurious, rich classics performed by interior designers does not look vulgar and tasteless. Even the gold surface and expensive materials are not present here in order to show the customer an unlimited budget, but to harmoniously complete the elegant and slightly museum (in a good way), the classic style of the interior. Sophisticated forms, beautiful art, great moldings – really high-quality and very interesting work of the interior designer.
Paris hotel with a Scandinavian twist
Despite the fact that the furniture and decor for the hotel COQ Hotel was made by French manufacturers, interior circumferential thought of Scandinavian design. Minimalist, often austere room obviously not overwhelmed furnishings, what to say, if the beds in the majority even without the head, but instead only the hanger cabinets.
Paris, scandinavian style
Refined French chalet in the Alps
The French have always been distinguished elegance and simplicity. Both of these principles are implemented in the design, created for this magnificent alpine mountain-palace home. In the design of a lot of wood and fabric, the interior is very soft, light, gentle. House sets on relaxation, both physical and spiritual. Tactilely perceptible heat from the space helps to find peace after a day out in the mountains in the fresh crisp air.
Still a little bit of inspiration from Scandinavian style Sandberg art
The inspiration for his drawings on the wallpaper designers Sandberg receive contemplating the magnificent nature and landscapes native Sweden. Each sketch is drawn by hand by masters, every print is its own little story – that's why branded wallpaper Sandberg as a small masterpiece of Scandinavian art. Today we have another piece of beautiful pictures of the latest company catalogs. Enjoy watching!
A collection of shells home decor in the interiors of Hollywood homes
Pastel and delicate, this house looks like a museum of Natural History – the owner keeps her collection of seashells, which she started collecting from childhood and now those seashells serve as a home decor. Marine Wealth added wool carpet, which she painted Alexander paints on textiles, and a coffee table, which in the past was an army cot. » Read more
small wooden house in a beautiful style Spanish interior design
This modest wooden house in Spain can boast of impressive dimensions, besides, most of the rooms have sloping ceilings, which imposes certain restrictions on the work of the designer. But nevertheless you see a really beautiful example of Spanish interior design style with a little touch of classics in interior. The hardest thing was a dining area: the hosts enjoyed a fairly overall furniture that had to fit into the narrow space between the supports holding special ceiling structure in mind. And that's fortunate, because it is the inhabitants of the master bedroom – the room is very spacious, there is even equipped with a mini-living room with a sofa by the window.
spanish interior design
Bungalow with elements of ethno style home decor in Australia
The interior of a bungalow with Ethno style home decor by the sea no longer resembles anything in Sydney that it was built over 50 years ago. Meryl and John completely changed the face of the house with three bedrooms and transformed it into a stylish and authentic space. Simple furniture is perfectly combined with vases, figurines, cushions in ethno style – the wooden floor and white walls are madly all these accessories. Perfect home decor accents with the touch of ethno style in Australian interior.


FaithRFID NFC (near field communication) is a set of ideas and technologies that enable smartphones and other devices to establish radio communication with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, typically a distance of 10cm or less.
Anyone can buy blank FaithRFID NFC tags and then write customized data to them. Type 1 and Type 2 tags can be written to multiple times. These tags can also be permanently locked, or encrypted, so that no one can manipulate the data. Type 3 and Type 4 tags can only be written to once, like a CD or a DVD, and they lack the security of types 1 and 2.
The tags can be entirely passive and require no power of their own. They have users store and retrieve data for years. It requires close proximity which can actually be an advantage in noisy environments.
Sometimes referred to as smart tags, are embedded chips that can go in just about anything and transfer the data or instructions on them via NFC. They will appear in a flood of products and promotional items where bits of digitized information might come in handy.
The tags allow reading a variety of physical objects. This NFC tag is with adhesive backing and can operate normally when attached to metals. Mobile NFC is making the 'internet of things' a reality, opening the world of applications to new audiences, including advertisers, marketing agencies and potentially to every consumer using a mobile smart phone.


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The Future of Music Coalition (FMC), by counsel, the Media Access Project, respectfully replies to comments filed in this proceeding. FMC also describes below certain steps it has taken to produce additional data which will assist the Commission in assessing the impact of consolidation in radio ownership.
FMC is a not-for-profit collaboration between members of the music, technology, public policy and intellectual property law communities. It seeks to educate the media, policymakers, and the public about music and technology issues, while also bringing together diverse voices in an effort to come up with creative solutions to some of the challenges in this space. Working as it does within the grassroots and music communities, FMC has a unique vantage point from which to view how radio consolidation has affected musicians and other citizens across the country.
These brief reply comments address industry comments claiming that increasing concentration of radio ownership is compatible with the public interest. FMC disagrees. Contrary to arguments that economies of scale would increase the diversity of radio programming, experience demonstrates that niche formats addressing significant but minority tastes have been abandoned as ownership concentration increases.
FMC believes that the FCC's mandate to serve the public interest requires it to insure that the creative gene pool of our nation is constantly replenished. As demonstrated by the fact that Ozzy Osbourne was recently welcomed to Washington by the President of the United States, history teaches that what is mainstream today was yesterday's avant garde.
As Consumer Federation of America and others have already demonstrated in this and other ongoing ownership proceedings, the economics of broadcasting encourage group owners to aggregate their program offerings in the middle, rather than seek new and different artistic perspectives.
In addition to maintaining or reducing the number of stations which can be owned in given markets, FMC also calls upon the FCC to abolish, or at the very least limit, the use of Local Market Agreements (LMAs), joint sales agreements and other arrangements designed to permit existing licensees to control additional stations in markets in which they have "maxed out." While some broadcasters have filed comments characterizing these practices as benign and beneficial, this is far from true. Even when properly operated, LMA's and similar arrangements allow incumbent licensees to extend their monopoly over news, format and other programming decisions.
The larger problem with Local Market Agreements (LMAs) is that they often are NOT properly operated. Absent FCC enforcement, licensees can and do abdicate all responsibility for programming and operation to others. While the Commission has addressed a handful of cases in which LMA's have been abused, see, e.g., Manahawkin Communications Corporation, 17 FCCRcd 342 (2001); Hicks Broadcasting of Indiana, LLC, 13 FCCRcd 10662, 10677 (1998) (HDO); Choctaw Broadcasting Corp., 12 FCC Rcd 8534 (1997), its enforcement has been largely limited to instances in which aggressive complainants have forced action, and not from any affirmative effort to review compliance and insure that broadcasters are not violating Commission ownership rules.
Additionally, FMC wishes to stress that the Commission can also address shortcomings in program diversity by adding voices to the marketplace of ideas. Low power radio is unques-tionably the best such mechanism, and FMC urges the Commission to expedite action on LPFM applications and to expand the service. FMC also supports the shared time proposal advanced in this proceeding by the Minority Media Telecommunications Council.
B. What has been the effect of such radio station consolidation on the radio industry.
In addition to collecting data about the radio industry, FMC is conducting an analysis of radio charts in three selected genres over the past ten years. FMC has accessed archival Radio & Records charts and is building a comprehensive database that indicates such things as how long singles were in rotation, on how many stations nationwide, and other information, over a ten-year period.
FMC has also contracted with a social research firm to conduct a nationwide telephone survey to poll the public about its opinions about and satisfaction with commercial radio in the United States.


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You will notice as part of the background to this site's pages an image from the cover of Playbill vol. 121 issue 1 (Jan. 2005) for the 2005 Roundabout Theatre Company/Studio 54 encore production of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures (originally staged in 1976). This stylized image of a female Noh theater mask with gunboats in place of eyes alludes to the 1853 arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry's "Black Ships" (kurofune) that signaled the end of Japan's 200 years of selective seclusion from the rest of the world. Sondhem's musical focuses on a tangle of individual lives, high and low, irrevocably altered by this event. Used by Permission. All rights reserved, Playbill, Inc.


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Печера Хімсульська розташована в  Абхазії,  Гудаутському районі, на  Бзибському хребті.
Протяжність 150 м, проективна довжина 30 м, глибина 120 м, площа 170 м², об'єм 630 м³, висота входу близько 2200 м.

Складнощі проходження печери
Категорія складності 2А.

Опис печери
Починається колодязем діаметром 3 м, який через кілька метрів звужується і переходить в камін шириною близько 1,5 м, На глибині −60 м камін призводить до зали, дно якої вкрите великим осипом. Із залу починається колодязь діаметром 1,5-2 м завглибшки 25 м. Колодязь виводить до перемички, з якої починаються колодязі глибиною 13 і 26 м. На дні 26-метрового колодязя осип, що круто йде в непрохідну щілину.

Закладена в нижньокрейдових вапняках.

Історія дослідження
Відкрита і досліджена в 1972 р. експедицією томських спелеологів (кер. В. Д. Чуйков).

Див. також
 Бзибський хребет

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Печери Абхазії
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