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Hot Springs township Arkansas Education Attainment Charts
This section of charts contains education data for Hot Springs township Arkansas based mainly on the latest year 2019 American Community Survey census data but also the survey from Common Core Data available for Public Elementary through Secondary Schools. In Figure 1, the percent of all people aged 25 years or older, who have either graduated from high school or completed the Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED) or some equivalent certification/credential. Hot Springs township shows it has a percent high school graduates or better of 87% which is in the mid point range of other places in the area. The city with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Rockwell CDP which shows a high school graduates of 96% (11.0% larger).
In Figure 2, the percentage of people aged 25 years or older who have graduated from college/university with at least a bachelor's degree is provided. Note that the bachelor's degree is also called a four-year degree because it normally takes four years of full-time study to finish the course curriculum required to obtain the degree. This chart portrays the proportion of the population in this region who are college graduates with at least a bachelor degree or higher. In many ways, this analysis alongside the prior chart are very quick measures of the level of education in any particular area. Hot Springs township depicts it has a percent with a bachelors degree or higher of 18% which is the second most percent with a bachelors degree or higher of all the places in the greater Hot Springs township region. The city with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Rockwell CDP which shows a percent with a bachelors degree of 27% (49.0% larger).
Figure 4 shows the percentage of people 25 years of age or older who either have no schooling at all or dropped out of school before being able to complete high school. Additionally, these are people who also do not have a Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED) or some other high school level type credential/student achievement. This analysis, along with the last two charts, provides another high level review and comparative data on the Hot Springs township Arkansas educational level. Hot Springs township shows it has a percent who dropped out of school of 13% which is in the mid range of other places in the metropolitan area. The city with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Mountain Pine which shows a percent who dropped out of school of 32% (approximately 2.3 times bigger).
The next chart shows a break down of people who have received a bachelor's degree or higher advanced degree generally in a campus learning environment. In particular, Figure 6, provides the proportional breakdown of all the people who have received a postsecondary education along with what the level of advanced degree that was obtained. Note that these categories do not include any type professional development type activities such as those related to maintaining professional credentials in workshop lessons. Note Professional Degree includes medical, dental, lawyers, etc. Hot Springs township has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a doctorate degree at 3% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Rockwell CDP (3%), and #1 Lake Hamilton CDP (5%) are larger.
The chart in Figure 7 shows the broad area of academic concentration or the discipline for people who have received a bachelors degree. This high level classification is essentially the field of study for which a degree was obtained. Hot Springs township has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a science or engineering degree at 27.7% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Piney CDP (29.7%), and #1 Fountain Lake (35.5%) are larger. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a degree in a science or engineering related at 14.2% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Rockwell CDP with 14.3%.
Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Hot Springs township Arkansas region for broad educational attainment. This analysis uses provides five broad education attainment categories including: No Education/No School, Some High School, High School or equivalent, Some college or Associates Degree, and Bachelors Degree or higher. Hot Springs township has the percentage of percent of people with high school (or ged) in the middle range of other places in the local area at 31.2% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a bachelors degree or higher at 18.2% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Rockwell CDP with 27.2%. The next exhibit (Figure 11) provides detailed cross tabulation analysis that provides education success data broken out or cross tabulated by age group. Please note that the columns add to 100% and you must use the pagination buttons at the bottom of the table to see all the rows.Figure 12 is a cross tabulation analysis that shows large educational success categories and is broken out or cross tabulated by racial group. Please note that the columns add to 100% and you must use the pagination buttons at the bottom of the table to see all the rows.The final cross tabulation analysis is provided in Figure 13 and shows education success broken out by gender. Please note that the columns add to 100% and you must use the pagination buttons at the bottom of the table to see all the rows.
Hot Springs township Arkansas School Enrollment Charts
The next section of chart resources look at school enrollment by a variety of educational institutions and are categorized into a number of other groupings. Figure 14 provides the overall school enrollment by broad range of school age/level groupings. Hot Springs township has the percentage of percent of children in grades 5 to 8 less than most other places in the local area at 17.8% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people in undergraduate colleges at 20.7% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Hot Springs with 22.5%. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people in graduate or professional schools at 2.1% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Rockwell CDP (2.1%), and #1 Fountain Lake (3.0%) are larger.
Figure 15 provides a simple high level comparison of the proportion of students that are enrolled in public schools versus students enrolled in private schools in the Hot Springs township Arkansas region. Hot Springs township depicts percent enrolled in public schools very much bigger as the percent enrolled in private schools.
The next comparison provided in Figure 16 shows the proportion of students enrolled in private schools versus students enrolled public schools for students enrolled in Kindergarten through 8th grade (grade 8) or (K through 8). Hot Springs township shows percent of children enrolled in public k-8 grades substantially bigger as the percent of children enrolled in private k-8 grades.
Figure 17 provides a comparative analysis all students enrolled in a public high school versus those students who are enrolled in private high school schools. Hot Springs township shows percent enrolled in a public high school very much bigger as the percent enrolled in a private high school.
The next chart (Figure 18) provides a similar analysis to the last chart but provides the data for public post secondary education versus private higher education colleges. Hot Springs township shows percent enrolled in a public college considerably bigger as the percent enrolled in a private college.
Figure 19 shows another view of students enrolled in public or private schools-postsecondary schools or colleges/universities. This analysis shows the proportion for all graduate and professional schools (such as law or medical school) and whether those students are enrolled in private or public institutions. Hot Springs township shows percent enrolled in a public gradudate or professional school approximately 3.6 times bigger as the percent enrolled in a private gradudate or professional school.
The next chart in this series of resources shown in Figure 20 looks at the total number of students enrolled in any educational institution for each place in the greater Hot Springs township region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Hot Springs township depicts it has a total population enrolled in school of 8,233 which is the largest of all places in the greater Hot Springs township region. Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Hot Springs township is only about 0.0% the size. Also, versus the state of Arkansas, total population enrolled in school of 737,199, Hot Springs township is only about 1.1% the size.
The final chart in this series is Figure 22 and provides analysis data for the school year shown. The chart shows the proportion of kids/children that are enrolled in a pre-school public district versus those kids/children who are enrolled in a private pre-school oriented tuition institution (private salary/superintendent/etc.) Hot Springs township Arkansas has the percentage of public preschool enrollment in the mid point range of other places in the local area at 78% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of private preschool enrollment at 22% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Hot Springs (23%), and #1 Rockwell CDP (64%) are larger.
Hot Springs township Arkansas Area Schools Charts
Figure 23 lists all the schools in the area along with the school district, county location and other program information/credential such as if they are a public charter school or private charter school or magnet school. Some of the Area Schools are: Langston Magnet School, Oaklawn Magnet School, Hot Springs Intermediate School, Park Magnet School, and Hot Springs Middle School. The next illustration in Figure 24 shows the total child school enrollment for all grades (through 12th grade) at the school shown using NCES data (Common Core of Data, Public Elementary-Secondary School Universe Survey.) Looking at Enrollment for Area Schools we find that Lakeside High School ranks the largest with a value of 1,265 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Hot Springs High School (779), Lakeside Middle School (728), Lakeside Intermediate School (698), and Lake Hamilton Middle School (672). The difference between the highest value (Lakeside High School) and the next highest (Hot Springs High School) is that the enrolled students is about 62.4% larger.
Figure 25 show the ratio of the number of students to the number of teachers in the classroom. A good student to teacher ratio should be low because it indicates that there are less students for any one teacher to educate in a class and generally a better learning environment, better success and optimal teaching excellence. Teachers includes all educational staff such as special education teachers and any other educator. Note that distance learning (online learning/remote learning) is not included in these values. Looking at Student to Teacher Ratio for Area Schools we find that Summit School ranks the largest with a value of 4.4 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Mountain Pine High School (9.8), Hot Springs Middle School (11.6), Hot Springs High School (12.2), and Fountain Lake Elementary (12.6). The difference between the lowest value (Summit School) and the next lowest (Mountain Pine High School) is that the student to teacher ratio is approximately 2.2 times bigger.
The next chart, Figure 26, shows the racial mix of students at each location in this district of the state of Arkansas department of education.
Hot Springs township, Arkansas Education Data
Education Attainment
Figure 1: Hot Springs township, AR At least High School Education
Figure 2: Hot Springs township, AR Bachelors Degree or Better Education
Figure 4: Hot Springs township, AR School Dropout Rate
Figure 5: Hot Springs township, AR Education Attainment Breakdown
Figure 6: Higher Education Attainment (100%=All People with Bachelor or better)
Figure 7: Hot Springs township, AR Bachelors Degrees Field of Study
Figure 8: Hot Springs township, AR Bachelors Degree Obtained
Figure 9: Hot Springs township, AR Education Attainment by Level Comparison (Age 25+)
Figure 10: Hot Springs township, AR Education Attainment Detailed Comparison (Age 25+)
Figure 11: Hot Springs township, AR Detailed Education Attainment Breakout by Age Group (Age 18+)
Figure 12: Hot Springs township, AR Detailed Education Attainment Breakout by Race (Age 25+)
Figure 13: Hot Springs township, AR Detailed Male and Female breakdown of Educational Attainment
Figure 14: Hot Springs township, AR School Enrollment by Aggregate Categories
Figure 15: Hot Springs township, AR Overall Public vs. Private School Enrollment
Figure 16: Hot Springs township, AR Public vs. Private K-8 School Enrollment
Figure 17: Hot Springs township, AR Public vs. Private High School Enrollment
Figure 18: Hot Springs township, AR Public vs. Private College Enrollment
Figure 19: Hot Springs township, AR Public vs. Private Graduate or Professional School Enrollment
Figure 20: Hot Springs township, AR Total Enrolled in Schools
Figure 22: Hot Springs township, AR Public vs. Private Preschool
Figure 23: List of Schools in the Hot Springs township, AR Area (2013)
Figure 24: Hot Springs township, AR School Enrollment (2013)
Figure 25: Student to Teacher Ratios (2013) - Low Scores Are Better
Figure 26: Hot Springs township, AR School Racial Mix (2013)
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17 Illinois School Distrticts File New Funding Litigation
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Published by schoolfunding at April 17, 2017
Although the Illinois Supreme Court has, in two prior decisions, held that the courts have no authority to review school funding decisions of the legislature, 17 Illinois school districts whose per capita funding is below the state average filed a lawsuit on April 5, 2017 claiming that the state's failure to adequately fund their schools violates the State constitution. Cahokia Unit Sch. Dist v. Rauner. Plaintiffs seek to distinguish their adequacy claim from the negative State Supreme Court precedents by arguing that since the time of the earlier rulings, the State has defined the standards of the "high quality" education called for in the state constitution and has required districts to meet those standards.
According to the plaintiffs, the additional cost of complying with the Illinois Learning Standards as they now exist is beyond their financial means. They maintain that the State should select an appropriate evidence-based methodology to determine the cost to each district of achieving the Illinois Learning Standards or making reasonable progress in doing so. The State should then pay such additional annual cost.
The complaint also asserts that the huge disparity between the resources available to students in the plaintiff districts and their peers in rich districts is so great that it denies their students equal protection of the laws. Plaintiffs also make a claim under the constitution's due process clause that it is arbitrary and capricious to assess Illinois students under the Illinois Learning Standards that are neither equally nor adequately funded and that are then used to determine whether students in the plaintiff districts should be admitted into the State's public institutions of higher education.
Dr. David Lett, Superintendent of Pana CUSD #8, summarized the plaintiffs' position as follows:
The 17 districts that have joined this case so far did so because we are all at a breaking point. We as school administrators and superintendents have been forced to increase class sizes, lay off qualified teachers and eviscerate social services for students, all because the State is not living up to its constitutional obligation to adequately fund the Learning Standards it mandates. Each district has gone through its budget line by line to re-allocate dollars more efficiently. But we won't stand to see our students lose out any longer simply because of where they live.
Last February, the Chicago Board of Education filed a suit that charged that the state's education funding system is racially discriminatory. That case was filed under the Illinois Civil Rights Act, and does not raise any constitutional claims.


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So, needless to say, some of friends asked the normal questions. Are you nervous? How do you think it's going to go? Do you think you'll get along with them in real life? And of course, are you sure this is safe?
Oddly enough, my most certain answer was to the final question.
And of course it was safe, on many more levels than one. I'd written previously on how the queer community on Twitter has been nothing short of a miracle, and getting to spend time with so many of these people in real life, doing the ordinary boring things together: like cooking meals, playing board games, going on hikes, dancing around the living room after dinner, and deciding to open and finish the bottle of wine at 2:00am only deepened that sensation that these are our people.
These are the people we feel like we already know even though our only interactions have been on Twitter behind screen names and handles. These are the people who have lived so many of the same or similar experiences we have. These are the same people who get what it looks like to be doing activism on conservative Christian university campuses. These are the people who get what it's like to be in middle school or high school getting kicked off of things because of our queerness. These are the people who we don't have to explain any of the context or history to for the most part, because they already get it. These are the people who can substitute what might be a 15 minute story with just a knowing nod, because they already know exactly what you're talking about without having to hear the specific details.
And that's so healing. It's one of those things that you don't really realize until you're in a space with 15ish other people who are all just like you. They get why church is hard for you. They get why sometimes worship music triggers you. They get all those things, because they've had parallel experiences. And I'm not even sure if there's a better way to put that into words, but being able to spend those days with exclusively queer people was on just such a deep level of being known.
I've been feeling this whole time that this summer is sacred, and I think being able to experience queer camp was just another one of those odd things that felt holy over the course of the wildly turbulent year that 2018 has already shaped up to be.
I mean, there's just something holy about being able to know people for years from behind a screen and then, finally, on the intentionality of over a dozen people (and I'm sure a good helping of queer magic) that you get to put voices to Twitter handles, belly laughs to profile pictures, and real stories to Instagram stories.
And it's times like these that I'm reminded that we need community like this. It reminds us that we're truly not alone and that we always have people like us, even if they might happen to live hundreds of miles away.
I truly can't put into words everything that happened at queer camp, everything I learned about these friends, everything I learned about myself, and everything that felt so good and so right and so unifying about queer camp. It was just one of those things that recharges you and makes you feel like everything you're doing has a reason and a purpose behind it.
And for that, I'm grateful. I'm grateful for this time. I'm grateful for these people. And I can't wait until I see them all again.
Special shout out to: Caitlin, Morgan, and Nathanial for becoming those people you somehow run into the first day of camp and end up becoming your camp best friends. I love it.


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My cherubic angel…
poetry: it happened that night
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the maiden kiss…
Padma had only heard and been warned about sexual abuse… Was that her fate tonight?
Her heart was now pacing like there was no tomorrow. Fear of the unknown gnawed at her insides.
The giant stranger placed the phone aside and pulled down the sleeves of her dress his nails leaving painful scratches and she knew they would be visible on her pale skin sooner than later. Her her seamless strapless bra was revealed, and he further pulled the dress downward exposing her matching undies.
Humiliation engulfed her as she felt violated already. But she felt powerless to push him away. She realized she couldn't utter a word, let alone scream and her limbs were still as she trembled in fear and cold.
As he was about to tear off the last scraps of her modesty, the door slammed open, and someone barged in. She didn't know what had just happened, but the giant was removed from above her body. She heard some grunts and bangs and suddenly she was warm again… her dress was back on her body, and a coat covered her. Her chills reduced instantly.
She felt strong arms lift her as if she weighed nothing. It felt familiar, but she didn't know what she thought or felt given her haze. Then, finally, she felt him carry her out in the open, and she saw the night sky spread above like a black sheet sprinkled with diamond-like stars. The eveinig breeze provided the balm to soothe her trembling soul.
She felt him open a car door and bend towards the backseat. Right then her sharp nose, despite the ordeal she had been through, caught on a whiff of that scent. The one she had felt back in the groves outside the palace.
Padma tried to look at him as he placed her on the seat… was her mind playing tricks with her? She thought she saw those same black eyes, the endearing eyes from her dreams blurring on and off. How could it be? She was drunk for sure… But she had never consumed alcohol in her life.
She didn't know what took over; it was probably the adrenaline. She tightened her grip around his neck and pulled him down towards her. He resisted a bit, but she thought he just gave in. He came closer, and she felt his warm breath on her face. His rough stubble touched her as she lifted her chin, brushing his lips with hers.
Her heart raced… she just had her first kiss…
It was merely a peck, but the softness of her lips against his semi-soft ones caused her heart to flutter. This time there was no inner voice that told her to move away. She had never felt alive before this moment though her brain was fogged.
Was he the sliver of sunshine after the dark clouds that had just, however, above her head? She sighed, and her lips parted. She hoped his tongue would take over just as she had read in the romance novels smuggled into the palace. But to her utmost disappointment, the man moved away, his slight tinge of the vanilla a whiff of which she had from close quarters, suddenly disappeared. He didn't say a word.
He just pulled the seat belt across her, and even though he tried to avoid it, his arm grazed her chest. Her heart paced up again, but it was due to the surge of attraction for this specimen, who was just a blur. She felt him still a bit and stiffen as well. Why was this giving her a sense of déjà vu? Did this happen before as well?
He shut the door and moved to the driver's seat. Then, starting the car, he drove away from the club. She didn't know where she was headed, nor did she think of her safety which moments earlier had burdened her thoughts.
The gentle rocking of the car as it cruised along some smooth road coddled her to sleep. She tried to stay awake for the sole reason of knowing this enigma who saved her virtue and probably her life as well. At that moment, she didn't worry about what lay in store for her back in the palace. However, the more she tried to keep her lids open, to glare at the mop of hair visible above the driver seat…. gosh, the man was tall, her eyelids grew heavier, and soon she slipped into oblivion.
Someone sprinkled water on her face; the cold graze stunning her out of her slumber. But instead of her soft bed, she was on something hard.
"Padma… wake up… quick…." Aarti's whispers close to her ears irritated her. "… you scared me. Where did you disappear…?"
Wait, what was going on? Padma's head pounded like crazy. Where was she? Still in the party? No… wait. The chill breeze hit her bare legs, and she sat up immediately, the move sending a jolt of agony racing through her dizzy head.
She held her head to stop everything from spinning. It was then everything came back. The giant man walking towards her, dragging her away, and then the other guy saving her. So how did she land up in the palace?
Strange were the ways of the world. Padma had been found precisely in the exact location, on the same iron bench close to her side of the palace two years ago. At this rate she felt she would go crazy. She had no memory of what transpired two years ago, and last night was a haze. But her gut instinct told her there was something common between the two.
She realized Aarti was talking to her in hushed tones, looking wearily around. Padma followed Aarti's gaze and realized it was very early in the morning, and usually, no one came to this side of the palace that soon. There was a canopy of branches overhead, which saved them for the moment. She had to get back to her room and out of these clothes before anyone found them.
Aarti helped her as they stumbled their clumsy way into the palace, towards Padma's quarters.
Later as they freshened up and had the breakfast brought to her room by unsuspecting maids, Padma finally spoke.
"Aarti, what happened last evening..?"
"Padma, I was about to ask you the same. One moment I saw you standing with the fruit punch looking at me dance, and the next moment you were gone. I thought you must have gone to the washroom, but when you didn't turn up even after 10 minutes, I went looking for you. Imagine my fright when I didn't see you anywhere…" Aarti held her hands. "… where did you go, and how did you land up here…?"
Padma tried to recall whatever her hazy mind could and gave a gist of everything to Aarti, who looked stunned. But, of course, she omitted details about her savior or that she was fiercely attracted to the guy. Likewise, she didn't tell Aarti about the similarities between the incidents from last night and two years ago. No use stressing out the poor girl, especially when Padma didn't remember anything.
"Aarti, I don't know what went wrong, but I think there was something amiss with my drink." Padma voiced her doubt.
"But we had the drink together Padma, and I was fine."
"But how did you come back and find me here?"
"Padma, I rushed back to tell Nanasaheb. I panicked when we couldn't find you. Fortunately, I found you on that bench. Whoever that man was, we should be thankful; he saved you. Imagine what would happen otherwise…"
Padma nodded, and just then, the attendant arrived, announcing Keshav's arrival. Padma felt Aarti stiffen and hated her father that moment for creating a wedge between friends.
Keshav strode into her room and halted in his tracks the moment he saw Aarti. Aarti inturn excused herself and walked out of the room.
Padma smiled at Keshav, trying to ease the tension and invited him over to the couch. Then, she belled for tea to be brought.
"Keshav, I um…." She didn't know how to begin the conversation. Especially when Keshav intently stared at her.
She realized Keshav had grown into a handsome young man, and considering his lean muscled physique; she was sure he worked out. His fancy rimmed glasses perched on his straight nose gave his boyish face a charm of its own. He wasn't clean-shaven, and his day-old stubble was something she should have found attractive. However, it didn't induce the same feeling she had felt last night with that stranger. On the contrary, it further strengthened her resolve that she and Keshav weren't meant to be together.
"Keshav…"
They both spoke together. Padma gestured to him to continue as she was yet to frame her words.
Keshav, however, didn't smile his facial expressions like a chiseled stone.
"Padma, where did you go last night?"
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Ten Non-Horror Directors That Need to Make a Horror Film!
Mark A. Silba January 11, 2019 3 Comments 419 views 0 likes
Horror filmmaking is an art-form that some directors, voluntarily or involuntarily, have yet to explore. Some contemporary directors such as Adam Wingard, Mike Flannigan, Andy Muschietti, and James Wan have already become modern masters of horror. But what about the inverse of that? What about filmmakers that everyone loves, who've never even dared to touch the genre? Each filmmaker below is celebrated, critically and financially and could easily be argued as one of the greatest filmmakers working today. They've accomplished so much but have yet to dip their toes into the medium that brought you here today. Let's take a look at Ten Directors Who Haven't Made a Horror Film, But Need To.
Damien Chazelle: Whiplash (2014), La La Land (2016), First Man (2018)
Damien Chazelle is one of the freshest faces on the auteur scene. His breakthrough, Whiplash, wasn't a horror picture, despite being one of the most upsetting films of 2016. Chazelle is known for getting the finest performances from his actors/actresses, garnering three Oscar acting nominations through his three films (more than likely 5 if Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy get nominations). Powerful performances are something horror often lacks, yet are pretty incredible when included (just look at Hereditary).
Now that Get Out broke into the awards scene, maybe Chazelle will realize you can make horror and be an Oscar darling at the same time. He doesn't have a next film slated to direct, but at just 33, we can assume he has all the time in the world to tackle a more, sinister, project.
Ava DuVernay: Middle of Nowhere(2012), Selma(2014), A Wrinkle in Time(2018)
For those of you who never saw DuVernay's Selma; first off, how dare you? Second off, there's a scene that takes place on the Edmund Pettus Bridge that shows a group of non-violent black protestors trying to march and then being viciously attacked by a group of local police. The scene is as dark, upsetting, malicious, and tense as anything seen in recent horror.
DuVernay may have made a middling Disney flick last, but it's common knowledge that she knows how to direct not just a horrific scene, but an emotional one as well. Her next film is an adaptation of the DC comic, The New Gods. That scene in Selma may hold us over for now, but we're not giving up hope that the filmmaker/activist can bring something refreshing and poignant to the genre.
Cary Fukunaga: Jane Eyre(2011), True Detective: Season 1 (2014), Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Cary Fukunaga gained traction with his eight-episode anthology, True Detective, which is currently contended as one of the best seasons of television, ever. The director knows his way behind the camera and can bring the suspense, shown similarly in Beasts of No Nation.
Fukunaga is no stranger to horror; he co-wrote the screenplay for It (2017) which sits as the number one most successful R-rated horror film of all time, and was at one time slated to direct the Stephen King adaptation. Bond 25 is the director's next gig (which will surely take up a chunk of his time) but if it's as lucrative as everyone expects, the director will have open field for his next venture, and a horror film could absolutely be in the cards.
Spike Jonze: Being John Malkovich (1999), Where the Wild Things Are (2009), Her (2013)
Spike Jonze is a great filmmaker, just not very fruitful when it comes to directing features. The director has made four films in an almost 20-year span, but each one is just as unique and intriguing as the last. As great as his directing may be, his writing is even more creative and that ingenuity brought to a horror film would be something special.
Orthodox is one thing Jonze is not and some of the most rewarding horror flicks break the rules. Jonze has been keeping himself employed directing music videos for seemingly every artist out there, but in this new R-rated "Stephen-King-assance" there's surely a novel that could catch the filmmakers, and our, eye.
Rian Johnson: Brick (2005), Looper (2012), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Rian Johnson is currently one of the most polorizing directors between those who think he made the greatest Star Wars film to date and others who feel he destroyed their childhood. What almost everyone can agree on is that he is a master filmmaker. The art of making a horror film is to have a vision, stick to it, and deliver on it; Johnson knows how to deliver his vision.
Looper is a gritty and dirty look at sci-fi while Brick brings that same grime to high school drugs; just thinking of what he could do when focusing on not just entertaining, but terrifying, is quite exciting. Next up for Johnson is Knives Out, a classic murder mystery; it's not exactly horror, but we'll take it!
Paul Thomas Anderson: Boogie Nights (1997), There Will Be Blood (1998), The Master(2012)
Many call Paul Thomas Anderson (PTA) the greatest working director. But since his magnum opus, There Will Be Blood, was released more than a decade ago, the director has lost his touch a bit. What better way to get back in the favor with fans and audiences than to helm a beautiful and complex horror film.
The man obviously has the talent and lavish to bring something in the vein of Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) or Michael Haneke (Funny Games), that's if the director truly wants to craft something of this sort. Director Lenny Abrahamson (What Richard Did, Room) took a stab at horror (no pun intended) and crafted an overly-pretentious film in The Little Stranger. We'd love if PTA went into horror, just as long as he showed restraint when necessary and left his prestige at the door.
Kathryn Bigelow: The Hurt Locker (2008), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Detroit (2017)
Screen Craft has an article detailing The Eight Ways Horror Movies Scare the S**t Out of Audiences. One of those ways is called, "The Anticipation;" anyone who saw Bigelow's 2008 best picture winner, The Hurt Locker, knows that anticipation can be downright terrifying. People often pit suspense and horror against each other, but a filmmaker like Bigelow could surely assimilate the two.
Bigelow has of late taken an interest in raw and real action-dramas, but what if she took her years of skill and craft and put it too something a bit more frightening? There's hundreds of horror films that mimic reality and bringing a sense of levelheadedness and practicality to one could produce a shocking concoction.
Ryan Coogler: Fruitvale Station (2013), Creed (2015), Black Panther (2018)
Ryan Coogler may only have 3 features to his name, but they're some great films to have under one's belt. Fruitvale Station showed his ability to conjure emotion, Creed demonstrated his ability to explore the craft, and Black Panther his ability to command a massive set/film. Though he lately has dealt with major studio pictures and most horror films are usually smaller budgets, he knows how to craft a damn fine film regardless of the recources.
Much like DuVernay, Coogler showed in Fruitvale Station that he knows how to show the horror of real life. Not all horror has to be ghosts and ghouls; Coogler given a script reminiscent to Halloween, Green Room, or The Last House on the Left could effortlessly deliver an instant classic.
Christopher Nolan: Memento (2000), The Dark Knight (2008), Dunkirk (2017)
There's not much to say about Christopher Nolan that already hasn't been said, so I'm going to focus on two men who seem to come with him: writer Jonathan Nolan and cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema. Jonathan Nolan has written most of Nolan's scripts (at least, the best of them) and heads HBO's Westworld; the man knows how to write a clever screenplay and if given reign to put in some horrific elements, could scribe something quite harrowing.
Van Hoytma has shot Nolan's last two films (Interstellar and Dunkirk) and has an eye that could rival veteran cinematographers Emmanuel Lubezki (Children of Men) and Roger Deakins (Blade Runner 2049). Let him throw some disturbing images into frame and Hoytma could bring the shrieks. The trio don't have anything on the docket for the future, though Hoytma is shooting the Brad Pitt starring sci-fi drama, Ad Astra, coming to screens this year.
Denis Villeneuve: Prisoners (2013), Sicario (2015), Arrival(2016)
He's already made film's about child kidnappers, giant spiders, violent cartels, aliens, and robots; seems like Villeneuve should just make a horror film already. The Canadian born filmmaker is the hottest on the scene and has yet to make a bad film (his lowest rated film on Rotten Tomatoes is Enemy with a 72%). Prisoners and Sicario have some truly unforgettable scenes, in both content and aesthetics; if the level of passion and genius he put into those he brought to a horror flick it could redefine the genre.
Villeneuve's next film, a remake of Dune, may please some genre fans, but a true horror film from (perhaps) the greatest working director should be a wish that every horror-geek possesses.
Which director would you be most excited to see a horror film from? Let us know in the comments!
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Led by a pair of sensational sophomores in big man Ben Borja and fleet-footed guard Vernave Gustilo, the Okkodo Bulldogs captured a hard-fought 73-67 win over the Guam High Panthers in the IIAAG Boys' Basketball League on Tuesday night at the Okkodo gym. Borja and Gustilo worked a potent inside-out game that held off the Panthers in the final minutes of the game. The Panthers suffer their third-striaght loss after starting out the season 5-0.
"Coach said keep on driving it in. You don't play to lose, you play to win so you just got to keep attacking," Gustilo said.
It was that aggressive mindset that helped the Bulldogs gut out a win over a tough Panthers squad. With the scored tied at 63 midway through the fourth quarter, it was either team's game. Eddie Garza's jumper from the left corner pulled the Panthers in front 65-63 but the Bulldogs' Christian Acosta answered with a headfirst drive to the hoop plus the foul that knotted it at 65.
Gustilo then blew past his defender and maneuvered his way amongst a sea of outstretched arms for a layup to put the home team up by two points. The Panthers' Lewis Harris was fouled on the next play and the team captain split his free throws to make it 67-66. The Bulldogs then raced the ball up the court and handed it off to Gustilo. With the defense zoning in on Gustilo around the top of three point line, he took three quick dribbles, went straight to the hoop and dropped a dime to a cutting Borja for the layup right underneath the bucket.
The Bulldogs did the same thing on the next play as Gustilo got the ball from the right side of the key. This time the Panthers help defense stuck to Borja, which allowed Gustilo to find an open lane for another layup to extend the lead to 71-66. The Panthers knocked in a free throw and with less than 30 seconds to go in the game to cut the lead down to five.
Gustilo responded by making his last foray into the paint but was fouled on the drive. He got up, calmly sank both free throws that sealed the victory in an exciting back-and-forth battle. 'We focus on one game at time. Our main game is the one that's coming up,' Gustilo said.
The six-point margin of victory was the biggest point differential of the game as neither team could completely break free. The Bulldogs even found themselves down by one point going into the second half but back-to-back Panther turnovers in the opening minute of third quarter resulted in two straight fast break layups for Karl Melencio that put the home team up 30-29. Even after a big 12-4 run that was capped by Melencio's putback, the Bulldogs were only ahead 38-34.
The Panthers showed off some nice shooting as Austin Hines and LJ Aguon buried triples late in the third quarter. Hines also had a couple of strong drives with about a minute left that got him to the free throw line where he put the visitors up 53-54 going into the final quarter.
Borja finished the game with an impressive 16 points, 13 rebounds and eight blocks. Gustilo lead his team with 13 points, while Melencio and Garren Reyes each scored 12 points apiece. Shaun Bulala chipped in 11 points for the Bulldogs who improved their record to 7-1.
Hines had a game-high 18 points for the Panthers and Aguon finished with 16 points. Harris added 15 points along with 13 rebounds and Garza scored 10 points.
In the junior varsity game, the Panthers came out on top 54-51.
JFK 63, FD 56 – (JFK) Kurtis Silva 20 pts., (JFK) Billy Belger 14 pts., (FD) Bruce Merrill 16 pts.
Southern 51, Sanchez 47 – (SHS) Dom Afaisen 17 pts., (SSHS) John Buan 12 pts.


THE International Monetary Fund's warning last week that Singapore's slower inflow of foreign workers could hurt growth and competitiveness should not prompt Singapore to relax its manpower policies, said deputy labour chief Heng Chee How yesterday.
Instead, this danger is precisely why Singapore must press on with restructuring for productivity gains, said Mr Heng, who is also Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office.
He was speaking at the hospitality sector's Excellent Service Award ceremony, organised by the Singapore Hotel Association.
The IMF had said Singapore faced external risks such as a slowing global economy, and gains from raising productivity would take time.
But a U-turn on foreign manpower policy would "erode the incentive for us to invest in upgrading our economy", said Mr Heng.
The excellence award shows upgrading is important to the hospitality sector, he said. Now in its 20th year, it is given to service professionals from seven industries, such as banking, retail and land transport. This year, the hospitality sector awarded a record 3,095 staff from 105 companies.
Higher productivity is not just about speed or technology, but also creating value by doing things better, said Mr Heng.
"Everyone in the industry knows the tremendous value of the employee who can keep delighting customers, (and by doing so) helps the company produce more and repeated business."
He cited award winners such as Mr Kenneth Ng, 32, concierge team leader at the Grand Hyatt.
To help an elderly guest who had damaged his tooth late at night and had an early flight the next morning, Mr Ng persuaded his own family dentist to open his clinic and attend to the guest.
Mr Ng won the SHA Outstanding Star Award for the hotel sector, the highest accolade.
Winning the same award for the non-hotel sector was Mr Mohamed Kaiash Mohamed, 52, senior customer service officer at the Singapore Cruise Centre.
Good service gives a good impression not just of the company, but also the country, said Mr Mohamed: "The brand, at the end of the day, is Singapore."


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The only pitcher to win two All-Star games, Bob Friend spent 15 of his 16 big league seasons with Pittsburgh. He was the Pirates opening day starter seven times, in 1954, 1956-57-58 and 1960-61-62. Friend holds several other unique distinctions. In 1955 he became the first man to lead the league in earned run average while pitching for a last-place team. He was the winning pitcher in the last game the New York Giants played at the Polo Grounds in 1957. When the Mets played their first game there in 1962, Friend was Pittsburgh's starter. During an April 1963 game with Cincinnati, he surrendered the first of Pete Rose's career record 4,256 hits.
Friend came from an athletic family. His older brother, Paul, played outfield for Purdue University and was the Boilermakers' 1942 MVP. A great high school baseball and football player in West Lafayette, Bob also played basketball and was a golfer. Friend signed with the Pirates in 1950 and compiled a 12-9 record that year at Waco (Big State). One of his wins was a no-hitter against Wichita Falls. Friend finished the year at Indianapolis (American Association), winning two of six decisions.
The Pirates were the National League's worst team in the years following World War Two, finishing higher than seventh only twice between 1946 and 1957. In 1950 Branch Rickey took over as general manager and began rushing talented young players to the major leagues. Friend joined the Pirates pitching staff in 1951 with only one year of professional experience. In his first four years he won 28 games against 50 losses. Pitching for a last-place team in 1955, he went 14-9 and his 2.84 ERA led the league. Friend had a 2-1 record in All-Star competition. He started and won the 1956 contest and took a loss in relief in 1958. He started the first of two All-Star games in 1960 and earned the victory.
Relying on a fastball and a sinker, Friend led the NL with 22 wins in 1958. He slipped to 8-19 the following season, but his 18-12 record in 1960 helped Pittsburgh win the pennant. Although Friend lost his only two decisions against the New York Yankees, the Pirates won the World Series. In 1961 he struggled to a 14-19 season, but in 1962 he went 18-14. His five shutouts tied for the N.L. lead. Prior to 1966 the Pirates traded Friend to the Yankees, and that June the Yanks sent him to the Mets. Friend was 6-12 with the two New York clubs and retired after the season.
Friend, who earned an economics degree from Purdue, was active in the fledgling players association. He served as the Pirates' player representative for ten years and was the NL player representative for five years. From 1967 to 1975 Friend served as controller of Pennsylvania's Allegheny County. In 1976 he joined an insurance brokerage, eventually becoming a vice president. Friend was inducted into the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979. His son Bobby toured with the Professional Golfers Association.


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Opening and Blessing Ceremony for BELTEI International Institute
(Campus 11 Psa Touch)
On the 20th of October 2011, team leaders and staff of the BELTEI Group celebrated the opening and blessing ceremony for BELTEI International Institute (Campus 11 PSA Touch) at building Nº 1796 #, National Road Nº 5 , Sangkat Tuol Sang Ker, Khan Reus Sey Kev, Phnom Penh City, presided over by His Excellency Ly Chheng, Director-General of BELTEI Group and Lok Chumteav together with the BELTEI management team representatives from all campuses.
H.E Director-General explained that, this Campus is a seven-storey reinforced concrete building with 60 rooms and a basement for parking. There is a top floor area where students can practice exercises and relax when they have a break. His Excellency also explained that the BELTEI International Institute was established on the 1st of January 2002; today there are 11 campuses, which are owned by BELTEI with management teams, staff and teachers totaling 930— 349 females. There are 20,547 students—9,846 females who are currently studying at BELTEI International Institute, The Institute has created BELTEI Group in accordance with a certificate from the Ministry of Commerce, No 1812 ពណ.នតកdated on May 17, 2007, which provides for 3 potential services 1-BELTEI Construction, 2-BELTEI Tour, 3-BELTEI Education. BELTEI Education is divided into 3 main parts –BELTEI International Institute, BELTEI International University and BELTEI International Relations.
A–BELTEI International Institute: All buildings have 7 floors, and there are 5 main programs; 1-Khmer General Education (Grade 1-12), 2-English as a Second Language (ESL) from Pre-school to Level 12, 3-Faculty of Foreign Languages, 4-Computer Training Courses, 5-International Test Preparation Courses, TOEFL and ICDL.
B–BELTEI International University: This university is being built with 12 floors including a basement for parking. There are 6 main faculties including: 1-Faculty of Business Administration 2-Faculty of Education, Arts, and Humanities 3-Faculty of Laws and Social Science 4-Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality 5-Faculty of Engineering and Architecture 6-Faculty of Information Technology and Science.
C–BELTEI International Relations: BELTEI International Relations is at BELTEI International Institute, Campus 10 (AngTeuk Olympic). It was established for 4 main purposes 1-Overseas Study Service, 2-Student Exchange Program, 3-Field Study and 4-Institutional Development. BELTEI International Relations was established in order to communicate as well as to cooperate with other well-known universities overseas in the United Kingdom, the United States, Malaysia, and other countries around the world, to join in Memorandums (MOUs) between BELTEI International Institute and those overseas universities by implementing the international standard principles of transferring students to study overseas for one semester, one year, or according to 1+3, 2+2, or 3+1programs. It means that the students who complete Foundation Year at BELTEI International Institute can pursue their study at overseas universities in year 2, 3, or the last year in order to take degrees from those universities automatically.
H.E expressed his profound thanks to students, students' parents and guardians who always give supports and trust to BELTEI International Institute resulting in the continuous development up to now and, students who study at BELTEI International Institute could obtain a high quality education in accordance with the 4 mottoes, namely: "Quality, Efficiency, Excellence, Morality, Virtue."
Finally, H.E officially announced BELTEI 11 International Institute (Psa Touch Campus) open from this day on.
21/10/2011:Blood Donation by 216 Members of the BELTEI Management team, staff, teachers and students 06/10/2011:The MOU Signing Ceremony between BELTEI International Institute and Cambridge Tutors College, UK
11/09/2011:BELTEI Management Team paid a visit to the soldiers at the border 12/08/2011:School Reopening Day of a new academic year 2011-2012 and a Graduation Ceremony
11/07/2011:IT and Entrepreneurship Seminar co-organized by BELTEI and Universiti Kuala Lumpur 10/06/2011:Study Tours of BELTEI International Institute' Students
10/05/2011:Opening and Blessing Ceremony for BELTEI (Campus 2 PhsaToul Tum Poung) 29/04/2011:BELTEI's outstanding student got the first place for the Country Level
21/04/2011:The MOU Signing Ceremony between BELTEI International Institute and UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR,Malaysia 23/03/2011:The Study Visit to the United Kingdom of the Delegation of BELTEI International Institute
22/02/2011:The MOU Signing Ceremony between BELTEI International Institute and York St John University 26/01/2011:Her Majesty's Ambassador, Andrew Mace and H.E. Sean Borath awarded the Certificate at BELTEI
12/01/2011:Monthly Meeting of BELTEI Group's Management Team 06/12/2010:BELTEI International Institute co-organized the Education Malaysia Carnival
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Home Championship Aston Villa The Attacking Changes Dean Smith is Making to Jack Grealish's Game
The Attacking Changes Dean Smith is Making to Jack Grealish's Game
Overrated. Future England star. Premier League bound. Championship standard. Those are just some of the perceptions that are made by supporters when referring to the much-talked-about Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish.
In the last six months, the Claret & Blue star has had two bites of returning to the Premier League; at first with his boyhood club in May, which resulted in them losing the play-off final to Fulham at Wembley. And then, he had the opportunity of joining Tottenham, but new investment at the then financially-stricken club saw the midfielder remain in B6.
Whether Grealish has the qualities to play at the top level remains open for debate. But, the arrival of Dean Smith is changing the way Villa's academy product is playing as we will analyse below:
Sit Deep With Bruce
In the five games Smith has been in charge of Villa, Grealish has been more forward-thinking when he has been without the ball. During Smith's first few training sessions with Grealish, he worked on the midfielders off-the-ball work rather than what he can do with it.
This resulted in the 23-year-old taking up positions higher up the pitch rather than the deep (ish) positions he used to find himself in under Steve Bruce, as you can see below.
In this instance, Grealish is just coming into the shot with no Villa player inside the penalty area. Credit: Wyscout
In the opening game of the season, when Villa beat Hull City 3-1 away from home, not only was the team less attack-minded than they are now. But Grealish would not run beyond the striker like he is now, nor would he position himself inside the penalty area when the ball is behind him with a teammate.
Once again, Villa's number 10 is behind the ball and no player in a Claret & Blue shirt is inside the six-yard box. Credit: Wyscout
The same can be seen during Villa's 2-2 draw at home to Brentford earlier on in the campaign when Smith was still in charge of the London club.
Here, Grealish is picking up the ball in the pocket of spaces. You will see a change later on in the piece. Credit: Wyscout
Villa are attacking with the ball on the right-hand side. Once again, Grealish is making no attempt to position himself in the penalty area. But that soon changes below. Credit: Wyscout
More forward-thinking with Smith
However, since Smith's arrival, the boyhood Villa fan has instructed his defensive unit to press higher up the pitch, with the full-backs hugging the touchline in the opponent's half and anchor-man Conor Hourihane playing the role as the deepest midfielder. Added with that, midfield duo Grealish and John McGinn have been drilled to press higher up and make those runs into the penalty area.
Centre-back duo Axel Tuanzebe and James Chester are on the edge of the area. Conor Hourihane is in the middle of your picture. Credit: Wyscout
Now Villa's CB's are on the halfway line rather than their midfielders. Left-back Neil Taylor (far left) is also higher up the pitch. Credit: Wyscout
As a result of Villa being higher up the pitch, Smith can push Grealish into more attacking positions where he is thinking more like a striker rather than a playmaker.
Rather than collecting the ball in those pocket of spaces, Grealish is now thinking more like a goalscorer. Credit: Wyscout
In the first image above, you can see during Villa's 3-0 win away at Derby County a fortnight ago, Grealish was not sitting in those pocket of spaces outside of the penalty area. Instead, he was acting like a second striker as Villa tried to suffocate their promotion rivals as high up the pitch as possible. In the second image below, Villa have two midfielders, plus striker Tammy Abraham in the area. Not seen before under Bruce.
In the earlier image against Brentford, Grealish was outside the area. Now, he is thinking like a striker and looking to make that goalscoring run. Even though the ball is not played to him, the intention is there. Credit: Wyscout
In the next image, Grealish is looking to run beyond striker Tammy Abraham as he attempts to win a header.
Credit: Wyscout
More goals to come?
One area where Grealish can be rightly criticised for is his lack of goals. The Solihull-born player has only netted on nine occasions in the second tier of English football. But could that change under Smith?
As mentioned above, Smith is changing Grealish's game in the final third and the way he is thinking without the ball. This has resulted in some success, but what the long-term outcome of this is, once again, remains to be seen.
During Villa's 2-0 win at home to Bolton last month, Grealish's hunger to now run beyond the striker did pay off when he netted against Phil Parkinson's men.
As you can see from the two images above, Grealish is beyond striker Abraham, who has the ball as Grealish is on the shoulder of the opposition defender. As a result of that change in mindset, he opens the scoring for Villa when Abraham plays him through on goal.
There is no doubt that Grealish is still wanting to collect the ball deep in Villa's half, but the more Smith works on his game, the more advanced positions he will take up. As a result, supporters will see his most-critiqued area improved; scoring goals! At times, Grealish's strength is his weakness. He has this great ability to pick the ball up from deep and run at opposition players into the final third. However, if his starting position is much higher up the pitch and he is spending less time on the ball then it could perhaps result in him being more efficient in front of goal.
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Thailand – Patent on Traditional Knowledge (Pueraria Candollei) – Thai Supreme Court Decision No. 4783/2549
January 11, 2010 January 31, 2018 by mirandah
Pueraria Candollei (also known as Peuraria Mirifica), commonly known as Thai Kudzu, is an herb often found in various parts of Thailand. Thai people have long traditional knowledge on the use of this her. The Pueraria Candollei is mostly found in mixed forest where two or more dominant species grow. Researchers in various countries discovered that this herb is useful in medical and cosmetic applications. The inventions containing Pueraria Candollei were patented in many countries such as Thailand, Japan, and U.S.A. Pueraria Candollei is well known as Elixir for old-aged people. The demand is from those who believe that this herb can extend their lives and improve their health. It is also noted that teenagers should not consume it. As the Pueraria Candollei is well known as Elixir, there is a big market for this product targeting mature adults.
In Thailand, a product patent entitled "Herb Ingredient from Pueraria Candollei" was granted in 1999 as Patent No. 8912. After grant of the patent, the patentee advertised the patent in a newspaper and publicly informed other manufacturers to stop producing/selling the patented product. These manufacturers later filed a suit against the patentee and claimed that Patent No. 8912 is invalid as it lacks novelty and inventive step. Generally, there must be an allegation of infringement first before the alleged infringer can take action to revoke the patent. However, in this case, the Supreme Court allowed Plaintiffs, which are manufacturers of the product from Pueraria Candollei, to take an action to invalidate the patent even without infringement allegation.
During substantive examination before granting a patent, Patent Examiner must conduct prior art searches to ensure that the invention is novel and has inventive step. However, at the time of grant of the said patent, such traditional knowledge was not well-documented and available for search in a database. In this case, the Plaintiffs presented to the court that the "Herb Ingredient from Pueraria Candollei" has been published since 1931, which is merely a write-up of known traditional knowledge at that time.
The 1931 publication discloses the two main ingredients of the product, which are Pueraria Candollei and milk. In Patent No. 8912, the patentee claimed 3 additional ingredients. The Patentee tried to argue that the formula in Patent No. 8912 is different from 1931 publication in this respect. According to the patent specification, the 3 added ingredients comprise (1) sweetener, (2) herbs, and (3) colouring and odour enhancing substances, which could be added from 0%-50%. In addition, the abstract of Patent No. 8912 uses the word "and/or" in respect of (1) sweetener, (2) herbs, (3) colouring and odour enhancing substances. In view of the foregoing, the court found that the addition of these 3 ingredients is optional and the only inevitable ingredients are Pueraria Candollei and milk, which are anticipated by the 1913 publication.
Furthermore, the patent specification of Patent No. 8912 does not include experimental data that show positive results and how these results were achieved. Hence, it was not persuasive to the court that the added ingredients would give significant effect to the product.
From the above fact, the Supreme Court found that the 1931 publication anticipates Patent No. 8912, and its Court Decision No. 4783/2549 (2006) upholds the decision of Central Intellectual Property and International Court (IP Court) to revoke the Patent No. 8912 entitled "Herb Ingredient from Pueraria Candollei" for lack of novelty and inventive step over common general knowledge as evidenced by the 1913 publication.
Therefore, a piece of particular knowledge becomes common general knowledge when it is generally known and accepted without question by skilled persons without inventive ingenuity; in other words, when it becomes part of their common stock of knowledge in the art.
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No offense, but I don't get why you hate the idea of 4X so much.
First of all, SE will have a planetarium mode like now, completely seperate from the 4X game, which you can completely ignore if you wish to.
Second, SE isn't really planned to have huge space battles and planetary conquest(that's not the priority right now, at least) and it will mostly just be you, going around and colonising, researching and exploiting for resources.
Third, it would be extremely impractical to explore space for research without some kind of resource exploitation and colonies. Every time you would run out of fuel, for example, you'd have to go back home, essentially highly limiting how much the player can explore.
Fourth, I personally think that it would be unrealistic not to have colonisation/exploitation systems. Virtually any space-faring civilization would most likely want to expand to other planets for safety and resources - any civilization of this technological advancement would most likely need a lot of resource, some of which would probably be too scarce on their homeworld.
Ultimately, in my honest opinion, this split is completely unnecessary.
Imagine if this amazing game was for mac. You should try to make it suitable for mac by making the folder a .jar folder!
Please do this because I run a mac.
Since most new users seem to head straight for the forum to make their suggestions without reading the FAQ, the best way to avoid redundant threads and suggestions would be to have a giant link to the FAQ at the index page of the forum. It should be the first thing there, before any of the categories.
Especially if it has words like WARNING or BAN emphasized somewhere in there.
Maybe actual text would be better though, since non-native (or non-English) speakers can actually translate it to their own language.
Looks great! I think the last two sentences should be in yellow due to their importance.
As you can see I'm new here.
SpaceEngine is fabulous program and I'm blessed to cross my (virtual) path with it.
I got one question though, and if it's silly... just tell me.
Can we have, beside all the others data - and escape velocity speed for (selected) space body ?
It must be mentioned that I "fly" with just camera panning around and not with real ships, I'm not sure would they... solve this... problem by themselves, I mean their mass, energy vs gravity thing, you know, but I really love to just "fly" on my own way. Ships, in a way, blocking my view you know.
That information is already there: open the "wiki" information screen, using the left control panel or the [I] key. Go to the "Physical" screen. At the bottom, 1st cosmic velocity is orbital speed at the surface, and 2nd cosmic velocity is escape velocity at the surface.
Thank you HD. I'm looking forward for some newly found entertainment in SE.
Just a random idea came to my mind a while ago.
Why them must be smooth? This have no physical sense.
I have a suggestion, a simple one.
You know, for example when you are in the bottom of the ocean and its very dark, so it would be good if we could have, like a "lantern" of something like this to iluminate.
Its very boring going to the Settings all the time and put more shining.
Thats my idea, its simple and a little stupid but it would be cool.
When I saw Salvo's message I thinked the same but with a bit of mental juggling I'm starting to consider the idea quite logical.
Space Engine accounts for geometrical distortion of light near the black hole but doesn't account for the wavelength distortions of light. Near the black hole, the light losses more energy. To arrive to our eyes it has been redshifted. In fact the engine should consider this changes in the frequency of light sooner or later. I suppose that the issue is a lot more complicated that what I'm going to say but maybe what Salvo said has somo truth in it.
From our point of view, the light sources that are near (near angularly) from the boundary of the black hole have to be more redshifted that the other sources. If we get the light source closer to the boundary the redshift is so high that light from stars enters the infrarred and then microwaves and so on. That passage from deep red to infrared must be like a gradient that makes light intensity vanish like if there where a black athmosphere around the black hole. I don't know what are the proportions, or if this is totally negligible and we can see only a sharp black edge for the black hole but is interesting to learn about this because maybe all the usual pictures of black holes are a bit non-rigorous.
I was under the impression he meant to make the solid black circle part of the black hole (what people generally think of as being the event horizon, but it actually isn't) a more smooth in appearance. It should be a perfect circle, but graphics make it seem pixelated or aliased. Perhaps introducing a black atmosphere effect could improve the appearance.
At least that's what I think he's suggesting anyway. And I'm not sure how a black atmosphere could be used to simulate gravitational redshift. Light climbing out of the gravity well is redshifted, but light falling into it is blue shifted, as seen from perspective of a stationary observer. For an observer looking at a background object behind the hole, there is no shift at all because the two effects cancel each other.
Perhaps introducing a black atmosphere effect could improve the appearance.
Or just wait for proper anti-aliasing to be implemented.
And I'm not sure how a black atmosphere could be used to simulate gravitational redshift.
It couldn't be. The most you could do is adjust the atmosphere so you see a red color along the horizon and blue above. In principle this sounds like a good idea, but in practice its a terrible idea.
If I use a black atmosphere then you can't see anything. There is no distortion effect due to a shader edit.


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Funcinpec 3G fracas widens
Deputy Prime Minister and Funcinpec secretary general Nhek Bun Chhay in 2009.
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/
Friday, 18 March 2011 09:57Meas Sokchea and James O'Toole
Deputy Prime Minister Nhek Bun Chhay has acknowledged that one of his advisers served as a paid representative of a firm that transferred a 3G telecommunications license to a Hong Kong-based company from which Nhek Bun Chhay has been accused of accepting bribes.
Former Funcinpec member Bun Tha, publisher of the Khmer Amatak newspaper, filed a complaint against Nhek Bun Chhay with the Anticorruption Unit this week accusing the deputy prime minister and Funcinpec secretary general of agreeing to use his political influence to aid an unnamed Chinese telecommunications company working with the Hong Kong-based firm Speedy Best Technology.
The complaint is based on documents circulated earlier this year including an alleged contract dated June 7, 2008, stating that Nhek Bun Chhay and another company, Kahua Industry Investment Co Ltd, had obtained a 3G telecommunications license from the government that they agreed to transfer to Speedy Best.
Speedy Best was apparently created as a joint venture between Funcinpec and the unnamed Chinese company, according to the contract. The contract states that Nhek Bun Chhay agreed to use his "influence and power as General Secretary of Funcinpec Party and deputy prime minister" to aid the Chinese company.
Nhek Bun Chhay has rejected the contract as a forgery but has admitted serving as a "witness" to a transaction in which Speedy Best paid Kahua US$5.8 million for an 80 percent share of a 3G license.
Some $2.5 million of this payment was then diverted to Nhek Bun Chhay as a "loan", the Funcinpec secretary general said, adding that his adviser, Ith Sarik, had received $500,000 for serving as a Kahua representative in Cambodia.
"I borrowed $2.5 million through my advisers' bank accounts. The first is Mr Hong Long, who received $1.5 million, and the second is Mr. Ith Sarik, who received $1 million," Nhek Bun Chhay said. "From my adviser Ith Sarik I only received $500,000, because he was paid $500,000 for being a representative of Kahua in Cambodia."
In a statement issued Wednesday, apparently from Guangzhou, China, Kahua chairman Chan Bei Chuan said Nhek Bun Chhay ultimately "received in cash from Mr. Hong Long only US$1,000,000.00 and from Mr. Ith Sarik only $500,000.00".
"The transferring of 80% shares and the cost of US$5,835,600.00 is only the business between Kahua Industry Investment Co Ltd and the Speedy Best Technology Co Ltd under the witness of Gen. Nhek Bun Chhay," Chan said.
"The Kahua Industry Investment Co Ltd agreed to credit to Gen. Nhek Bun Chhay … a loan of the amount of US$2,500,000.00."
An additional contract document obtained by The Post, dated August 12, 2008 and signed by Chan and Nhek Bun Chhay, states that the $2.5 million loan "shall be reduced … from the 5% profit given to Mr.
Nhek Bun Chhay in 3G telephone company Kahau [sic] Industry Investment Co Ltd."
Joe Heng, an associate partner at the Malaysia-based accounting firm Baker Tilly Monteiro Heng, whose business card is copied on one of the alleged receipt documents, said this week that he had never heard of any of the parties in the transaction and had not been involved.
Nhek Bun Chhay said yesterday that Speedy Best's 3G license had since been revoked by the government, and that Kahua had "another business" in Cambodia but was no longer working in the telecoms sector. Minister of Posts and Telecommunications So Khun said he was travelling and could not comment, as did the ministry's director general, Mao Chakrya.
Kahua and Speedy Best representatives could not be reached for comment.
Nhek Bun Chhay said yesterday that he had used the loan he received to renovate Funcinpec headquarters in Phnom Penh. Funcinpec president Keo Puth Reaksmey said, however, that he was unaware of the transaction.
"So far, the Funcinpec Party has never borrowed money from anyone to resolve a problem," he said.
Simon Perkins, CEO of mobile operator Hello, said he had never heard of either Kahua or Speedy Best being involved in the telecoms sector. These companies, he added, are likely "just covers for something else".
According to the Hong Kong government's business registry, Speedy Best was established in April 2007 with just 10,000 Hong Kong Dollars (US$1,282) in registered capital. The company's listed director is Tsuyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese national.
Funcinpec has been wracked by internal divisions since the return to politics last year of former party leader Norodom Ranariddh, who now heads the Norodom Ranariddh Party.
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