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Become a member of 516 ARTS today!
Murals & Public Art
Internship & Volunteering
Fulcrum Fund
About 516 ARTS
Funders and Partners
Contemporary Art for Everyone
516 ARTS is a non-collecting contemporary art museum in the center of Downtown Albuquerque that celebrates thought-provoking art in the here and now. Our mission is to connect contemporary artists and diverse audiences. 516 ARTS presents relevant exhibitions and public programs, which feature a mix of local, national, and international artists and inspire curiosity, risk-taking and creative experimentation.
Founded in 2006, 516 ARTS engages with timely themes such as the environment, immigration, and the north/south axis of cultural exchange with a focus on Latin America. Our public programs include collaborations with museums and organizations around the region and beyond, public art projects, guest speakers, public forums, the 516 WORDS literary series, workshops, performances and special events. Education programs include exhibition tours for schools and community groups with curriculum support materials for teachers, youth activities, and hands-on workshops with guest artists.
In 2016, 516 ARTS was selected as a partner in the Regional Regranting Program of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. 516 ARTS launched the Fulcrum Fund, an annual, competitive grant program providing funding directly to artists for artist-organized activities in our region.
516 ARTS is committed to providing a dynamic, creative and inspiring space where individuals can gather to discuss, explore and learn about contemporary art and relevant issues and topics of our day. We actively seek inclusivity in our exhibitions and public programming, as well as in our board, staff, public space, and work environment. We strive to create experiences that are welcoming, relevant and accessible to people of diverse backgrounds. We seek to be active participants in celebrating the diversity in our community, while exploring topics such as socio-economic class, education, the environment and immigration. We continually evaluate our programming, exhibitions and staffing in relation to our goals of enhanced audience engagement and the reflection of diverse perspectives. We do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, age, gender identity, religious affiliation or national origin and believe that our unique differences, ideas, preferences and perspectives contribute to a rich, vibrant and meaningful fabric that unites us all.
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GOVERNING BOARD:
• Suzanne Sbarge, President
Founder/Executive Director, 516 ARTS
• Lauren Tresp, Vice President
Director & Publisher, Southwest Contemporary
• Gabriel Castro, Treasurer
Director, Presbyterian Medical Group Practice Operations
• Helen Juliet Atkins, Secretary
• Rebecca Black
Former international development professional, US Government
• Jon vanGaasbeek
• Kathleen Metzger
Vice President, Southwest Neurosurgical Associates
• Tim Price
PNM Foundation
• Julianna Silva
Business Alchemist, Silva Strategies
• Pamela Weese Powell
CEO and Co-Founder of the Dakota Tree Project
AMBASSADOR COUNCIL:
Michael Berman, Artist, Environmental Activist
Andrew Connors, Director, Albuquerque Museum
Devendra Contractor, Architect, DNCA
Jim Enote (Zuni Pueblo), Executive Director, Colorado Plateau Foundation
Roger Fragua (Jemez Pueblo), President, Cota Holdings, LLC
Melinda Frame, Filmmaker, FRAME+WORK, LLC
Tom Guralnick, Executive Director, Outpost Performance Space
Andrea Hanley (Navajo), Curator, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian
Deborah Jojola (Isleta Pueblo), Artist
Jane Kennedy, Fundraising Consultant
Arif Khan, Director, UNM Art Museum
Josie Lopez, PhD, Curator of Art, Albuquerque Museum
Karl Orozco, Visual Arts Educator, Albuquerque Academy
Marla Painter, Community Organizer
Adolphe Pierre-Louis, Photojournalist, Albuquerque Journal / Actor / Musician
Henry Rael, Program Officer, McCune Charitable Foundation
Mary Anne Redding, Curator, Turchin Center for Visual Arts, NC
Rick Rennie, Historic District Improvement Company
Mark Rohde, FAIA, RMKM Architecture PC
Augustine Romero, Artist, City of Albuquerque, South Broadway Cultural Center
Sommer Smith, MediaDesk, Co-founder & Creative Director
Claire Stasiewicz, MBA, Anderson School of Management, UNM
Rob Strell, Strell Design
Tonya Turner Carroll, Co-owner Turner Carroll Gallery
GOVERNING BOARD BIOS:
Suzanne Sbarge, President
Founder/Executive Director of 516 ARTS
Suzanne Sbarge is the Founder and Executive Director of 516 ARTS which she launched in 2006 in partnership with the McCune Charitable Foundation. In her approach to arts administration, she focuses on contemporary art and interdisciplinary projects in an educational context, with an emphasis on collaboration among artists and organizations. She previously directed Magnifico Arts, Inc. (in the same building as 516 ARTS) and the Harwood Art Center. She has led numerous collaborative arts projects which have garnered national and international attention, including Species in Peril Along the Rio Grande, HABITAT: Exploring Climate Change Through the Arts, Digital Latin America, ISEA2012 Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness, STREET ARTS: A Celebration of Hip Hop Culture & Free Expression, and LAND/ART. She holds a BA in Art History and Studio Arts from Barnard College in New York and an MA in Art Education from the University of New Mexico. As a visual artist herself, she has brought her own particular creativity and passion for the arts to her leadership work in New Mexico for over two and half decades. She was born and raised in Connecticut and has lived in Albuquerque since 1989.
Lauren Tresp, Vice President
Publisher, Southwest Contemporary
Lauren Tresp is the publisher of The Magazine of Southwest Contemporary, New Mexico's leading contemporary arts magazine since 1992. In her time as publisher and owner of Southwest Contemporary, she launched the publication's first comprehensive digital platform, oversaw the first total redesign of the magazine since its founding, and worked to increase transparency, diversity, and inclusion throughout the publication's editorial coverage and team contributors. She has been writing professionally about contemporary art since 2013. She has a Master of Arts in Humanities from the University of Chicago, where she studied Medieval and Renaissance Art History, and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and History from UCLA.
Gabriel Julio Castro
Director of Presbyterian Medical Group Practice Operations
Gabriel Julio Castro serves as a Director at Presbyterian Healthcare Services. He has worked in healthcare for 21 years and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Radiology Management and a master's degree in business administration. He is a 2021 Leadership Albuquerque class member scheduled for graduation in June 2021, and an Albuquerque Business First 2018, 40 under Forty honoree. Gabriel was born and raised in Northern New Mexico and the importance of "community" was inculcated to him early on by his family and community elders.
International Development Professional, US Government
Rebecca Black completed her BA in Political Science at the University of Michigan and her Masters in City Planning in Economic Development at MIT. She served as the Economic Development Planner and then the Executive Director of Allston-Brighton Community Development Corporation in Boston where the Mayor proclaimed Rebecca Black Day honoring her contribution to Boston's neighborhoods. Since 1992, Rebecca has worked for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) performing different senior roles in many cities including: Washington, DC; Warsaw, Poland; Pertoria, Africa; Delhi, India; Kabul, Afghanistan; Bamako, Mali; and Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Helen Juliet Atkins
Helen Juliet Atkins is an interdisciplinary artist from Albuquerque, New Mexico. She received a BA in Studio Arts from the University of New Mexico in 2016. Her studio practice, public works, and community engaged projects often focus on the intersection of art and social justice. Atkins is a 2018 recipient of the inaugural Women in Creativity "Shine" Award, which honors creative women and their community impact. She is a co-founder of Plates Against Patriarchy, a visual arts and storytelling project that challenges patriarchal systems of power. Atkins currently serves on the Albuquerque Museum Board of Trustees. While working on collaborative projects, she is also building a body of work that explores notions of experience and identity. This work has been shown in galleries nationally and internationally.
Jon van Gaasbeek
Jon was born and raised in Albuquerque. He attended Highland High School and UNM where he received an associate degree in engineering and a BA in architecture.
After college he moved to Los Angeles where he worked at various architectural firms and became a licensed California architect. Eventually he took over the architecture office he was working for. He specialized in renovating high-rise buildings and tenant improvement projects. His clients included CBRE, UBS, Keller Williams, the Director's Guild, the Producer's Guild, the Writer's Guild, 15 Minutes Entertainment, AARP and LA Fitness.
As his parents aged, he found himself coming back to Albuquerque more and more often and realized he wanted to move back. He merged his firm with another practice and moved back in 2017.
Tim Price
Community Relations & Foundation Giving Analyst, PNM Foundation
Tim Price is Community Relations & Foundation Giving Analyst at the PNM Foundation. He grew up in Artesia, NM, and graduated from UNM in 1985. He lived between New York City and Los Angeles before coming home to Albuquerque 15 years ago. As a production designer in the film industry, he worked with several interesting celebrities and directors. He was also a functional artist with permanent pieces at the Gallery of Functional Art in Santa Monica. His love for art continued as he helped curate and hang Project Angel Art at the Pacific Design Center in 1990 and participated in Divine Design for several years. Tim was active with AIDS Project Los Angeles and Project Angel Food. In Albuquerque, he taught lighting at the Art Center Design College and has worked for PNM and PNM Resource Foundation for 15 years.
Julianna Silva
Julianna is the Founder and CEO of Silva Strategies, an Albuquerque firm that offers finance operations and business strategy to overlooked business owners so that they can transform their systems and workflows into thriving businesses.
Prior to launching her firm, Julianna excelled at non-profit management, most recently as COO of Family Friendly New Mexico, a local non-profit supporting employers to implement family friendly workplace practices. She was VP of Special Programs & Marketing at WESST, a statewide non-profit with a mission to provide consulting, training, and lending primarily to women and people of color.
In 2014, she received a recognition award from The New Mexico Technology Council as a "Women in Tech" leader. She was recognized in 2015 by the Small Business Administration as the New Mexico "Women in Business Champion of the Year."
Pamela Weese Powell
CEO & Co-Founder of the Dakota Tree Project
Pamela Weese Powell is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of the Dakota Tree Project (DTP), a nonprofit organization in Albuquerque, NM that focuses on high-heat, low-income neighborhoods to combat systematic disparities in the urban tree canopy. Pamela has a BFA and BA from UNM and an MFA from Hunter College. In 2016, she was recognized as a Woman of Influence by ABQ Biz Journal. Her board experience is vast including Immediate Past Chair of the ABQ Museum Board of Trustees, Past Chair and Board Member of Paws & Stripes, and acts as the Everytown for Gun Safety Lead for the ABQ City Gun Violence Prevention Team.
Suzanne Sbarge, Executive Director, suzanne@516arts.org
Claude Smith, Operations Director, claude@516arts.org
Viola Arduini, Program Director, viola@516arts.org
Daniel Ulibarri, Education & Digital Engagement Coordinator, daniel@516arts.org
Joni Thompson, Finance & Grants Manager
Kevin Paul, Marketing & Development Coordinator, kevin@516arts.org
Rachelle Pablo, Curator, rachelle@516arts.org
Ruza Posich, CNM Work Study Intern
Lucinda Aaker, Amy Biehl Student Senior Project
Mandy Funchess, Schlenker & Cantwell, Auditor
Caroline Blaker, Aquarian Web Studio, Web Presence
Traducciones Sanagus, Translation
Physical address: 516 Central Ave. SW
P.O. Box 4570 Albuquerque, NM 87196
info@516arts.org
Open Tuesday–Saturday 12–5pm
516 ARTS is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which is the ancestral homelands of the nineteen Puebloan nations that was shared with the Mescalero and Jicarilla Apache nations, the Utes, and later the Diné.
Web Design, Web Development, and Maintenance by Aquarian Web Studio


If one was to go on a date with someone, they might come across as though they are looking for a relationship. Thus, if the other person wants the same thing, this is going to have a positive effect on them.
However, if these two people met through the internet, this is likely to be something that has already been made clear. And if the other person hadn't said that this is what they wanted online, there is the chance that they wouldn't even be on date.
Now that they are together, it will give them the opportunity to get to know each other better, and to find out if they are compatible. As even if they believed that they had a connection beforehand, it doesn't mean that this is actually the case.
Trough talking over the phone and over a screen, both of them could believe that they are going to get on really well. One of them could find that the other person is funny, and the other could believe that the other person is easy going, for instance.
So now that they are together for the first time, both of them might find that it's as if they are with someone else. This could cause both of them to feel let down, and as though they have been wasting their time.
Alternatively, this could be a time when everything seems to go to plan; with them getting on like a house on fire. Once their first date has come to an end, they could soon find a time to get together again.
But even if two people were to come into contact with each other in the real world, there is still no guarantee that their first date would be any different. For example, two people could meet on a night out and, when the met again, they might not have a connection.
In addition to this, one of them might want to settle down with someone, and the other might not want to settle down at this stage in their life. This could be something that will become clear more or less straight away, or it might come out into the open once the date is over.
It could be said that even if one of them feels let down, it won't be because they were lied to. What it will come down to is that they had certain expectations and, as these were not met, it caused them to experience pain.
In this case, one will have set themselves up to suffer as opposed to being taken for a ride by someone else. But regardless of whether they had expectations in place, at least they will be able to move on and to find someone who does want what they want.
If one wanted to have a relationship and another person said that they wanted the same thing even though they didn't, it would be far worse. In the short-term, it would be far easier for them to deal with.


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New $1.3m Mental Health Stepped Care Model in Melbourne's outer-east
Eastern Melbourne PHN (EMPHN) is funding Mentis Assist $1.3 million to deliver a new Mental Health Stepped Care Model in Melbourne's outer-east over one year starting July 2018.
Federal Member for Deakin, Michael Sukkar MP, said the initiative will fund Mentis Assist to provide mental health services across the continuum – for people requiring low intensity to higher levels of support.
"Millions of Australian are effected by mental health issues every year and the Turnbull Government is investing in services such as this with an emphasis on recovery, to improve outcomes for people both directly and indirectly impacted," he said.
EMPHN CEO, Robin Whyte, said the service is especially for people who live or work in Maroondah, Knox or the Yarra Ranges and are experiencing disadvantage.
"Around 40 percent of the community in which we work will experience a mental health issue at some time in their life and many more will be indirectly impacted," she said.
Mentis Assist CEO, Terry Palioportas, said the organisation has a long history as a service provider on the Mornington Peninsula and south-eastern areas of Melbourne.
"Mental health issues rarely occur in isolation, so the service takes a 'whole of person approach' to consider other physical health, alcohol and other drug, family and social functioning issues, as well as education and employment needs," he said.
Referrals to the service can be made by anyone including GPs and other health providers, schools, social services, other organisations, or people will be able to refer themselves.
Developed in line with mental health reform across Australia, the model utilises counsellors, psychologists, social workers, mental health nurses and peer workers, as well as innovative eHealth technology.
The service provides group therapy, psychological intervention and care coordination, working closely with a person's GP to ensure their overall health and wellbeing is managed.
The service will be accessible from four main sites throughout the outer eastern suburbs including Ringwood, Healesville, Boronia and Knox, with additional satellite sites available across the region.
Referrals to the model will be available via Mentis Assist or EMPHN's Referral and Access Team from July.
This initiative is supported by funding from the Australian Government under the PHN program.
www.emphn.org.au/mh-steppedcare
Media enquiries: Claire James, EMPHN Marketing and Communications Manager, claire.james@emphn.org.au 0425 887 397.
Eastern Melbourne PHN is a Primary Health Network funded by the Australian Government to improve the care and support people receive from health services. We aim to improve the health of our community by ensuring people receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time. www.emphn.org.au

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Admidio is a free online membership management, which is optimized for clubs, groups and organizations. It consists in addition to the classic management of members a lot of modules that can be installed and configured to a new or existing homepage.
Registered users of your homepage have among other things access to predefined and freely configurable membership lists, people profiles and an appointment overview out of Admidio. In addition, members can be put in groups together and can be assigned to properties. You can look for member properties, as well.
For whom Admidio intended ?
If you're not sure yet whether Admidio has the required functions or if they are implemented in accordance with your ideas, you can have a look at demo installation Demo or our documentation Help Watch.


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.class public final Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;
.super Ljava/io/InputStream;
.source "AssetManager.java"

# annotations
.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/EnclosingClass;
    value = Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;
.end annotation

.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/InnerClass;
    accessFlags = 0x11
    name = "AssetInputStream"
.end annotation

# instance fields
.field private mAsset:I

.field private mLength:J

.field private mMarkPos:J

.field final synthetic this$0:Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;

# direct methods
.method private constructor <init>(Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;I)V
    .locals 2
    .parameter
    .parameter "asset"

    .prologue
    .line 618
    iput-object p1, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->this$0:Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;

    invoke-direct {p0}, Ljava/io/InputStream;-><init>()V

    .line 619
    iput p2, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->mAsset:I

    .line 620
    #calls: Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->getAssetLength(I)J
    invoke-static {p1, p2}, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->access$100(Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;I)J

    move-result-wide v0

    iput-wide v0, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->mLength:J

    .line 621
    return-void
.end method

.method synthetic constructor <init>(Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;ILandroid/content/res/AssetManager$1;)V
    .locals 0
    .parameter "x0"
    .parameter "x1"
    .parameter "x2"

    .prologue
    .line 613
    invoke-direct {p0, p1, p2}, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;-><init>(Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;I)V

    return-void
.end method

# virtual methods
.method public final available()I
    .locals 4
    .annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/Throws;
        value = {
            Ljava/io/IOException;
        }
    .end annotation

    .prologue
    .line 629
    iget-object v2, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->this$0:Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;

    iget v3, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->mAsset:I

    #calls: Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->getAssetRemainingLength(I)J
    invoke-static {v2, v3}, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->access$300(Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;I)J

    move-result-wide v0

    .line 630
    .local v0, len:J
    const-wide/32 v2, 0x7fffffff

    cmp-long v2, v0, v2

    if-lez v2, :cond_0

    const v2, 0x7fffffff

    :goto_0
    return v2

    :cond_0
    long-to-int v2, v0

    goto :goto_0
.end method

.method public final close()V
    .locals 3
    .annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/Throws;
        value = {
            Ljava/io/IOException;
        }
    .end annotation

    .prologue
    .line 633
    iget-object v1, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->this$0:Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;

    monitor-enter v1

    .line 634
    :try_start_0
    iget v0, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->mAsset:I

    if-eqz v0, :cond_0

    .line 635
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->this$0:Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;

    iget v2, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->mAsset:I

    #calls: Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->destroyAsset(I)V
    invoke-static {v0, v2}, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->access$400(Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;I)V

    .line 636
    const/4 v0, 0x0

    iput v0, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->mAsset:I

    .line 637
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->this$0:Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;

    invoke-virtual {p0}, Ljava/lang/Object;->hashCode()I

    move-result v2

    #calls: Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->decRefsLocked(I)V
    invoke-static {v0, v2}, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->access$500(Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;I)V

    .line 639
    :cond_0
    monitor-exit v1

    .line 640
    return-void

    .line 639
    :catchall_0
    move-exception v0

    monitor-exit v1
    :try_end_0
    .catchall {:try_start_0 .. :try_end_0} :catchall_0

    throw v0
.end method

.method protected finalize()V
    .locals 0
    .annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/Throws;
        value = {
            Ljava/lang/Throwable;
        }
    .end annotation

    .prologue
    .line 666
    invoke-virtual {p0}, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->close()V

    .line 667
    return-void
.end method

.method public final getAssetInt()I
    .locals 1

    .prologue
    .line 615
    iget v0, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->mAsset:I

    return v0
.end method

.method public final mark(I)V
    .locals 5
    .parameter "readlimit"

    .prologue
    .line 642
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->this$0:Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;

    iget v1, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->mAsset:I

    const-wide/16 v2, 0x0

    const/4 v4, 0x0

    #calls: Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->seekAsset(IJI)J
    invoke-static {v0, v1, v2, v3, v4}, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->access$600(Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;IJI)J

    move-result-wide v0

    iput-wide v0, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->mMarkPos:J

    .line 643
    return-void
.end method

.method public final markSupported()Z
    .locals 1

    .prologue
    .line 626
    const/4 v0, 0x1

    return v0
.end method

.method public final read()I
    .locals 2
    .annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/Throws;
        value = {
            Ljava/io/IOException;
        }
    .end annotation

    .prologue
    .line 623
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->this$0:Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;

    iget v1, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->mAsset:I

    #calls: Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->readAssetChar(I)I
    invoke-static {v0, v1}, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->access$200(Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;I)I

    move-result v0

    return v0
.end method

.method public final read([B)I
    .locals 4
    .parameter "b"
    .annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/Throws;
        value = {
            Ljava/io/IOException;
        }
    .end annotation

    .prologue
    .line 648
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->this$0:Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;

    iget v1, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->mAsset:I

    const/4 v2, 0x0

    array-length v3, p1

    #calls: Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->readAsset(I[BII)I
    invoke-static {v0, v1, p1, v2, v3}, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->access$700(Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;I[BII)I

    move-result v0

    return v0
.end method

.method public final read([BII)I
    .locals 2
    .parameter "b"
    .parameter "off"
    .parameter "len"
    .annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/Throws;
        value = {
            Ljava/io/IOException;
        }
    .end annotation

    .prologue
    .line 651
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->this$0:Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;

    iget v1, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->mAsset:I

    #calls: Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->readAsset(I[BII)I
    invoke-static {v0, v1, p1, p2, p3}, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->access$700(Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;I[BII)I

    move-result v0

    return v0
.end method

.method public final reset()V
    .locals 5
    .annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/Throws;
        value = {
            Ljava/io/IOException;
        }
    .end annotation

    .prologue
    .line 645
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->this$0:Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;

    iget v1, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->mAsset:I

    iget-wide v2, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->mMarkPos:J

    const/4 v4, -0x1

    #calls: Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->seekAsset(IJI)J
    invoke-static {v0, v1, v2, v3, v4}, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->access$600(Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;IJI)J

    .line 646
    return-void
.end method

.method public final skip(J)J
    .locals 9
    .parameter "n"
    .annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/Throws;
        value = {
            Ljava/io/IOException;
        }
    .end annotation

    .prologue
    const-wide/16 v7, 0x0

    const/4 v6, 0x0

    .line 654
    iget-object v2, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->this$0:Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;

    iget v3, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->mAsset:I

    #calls: Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->seekAsset(IJI)J
    invoke-static {v2, v3, v7, v8, v6}, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->access$600(Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;IJI)J

    move-result-wide v0

    .line 655
    .local v0, pos:J
    add-long v2, v0, p1

    iget-wide v4, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->mLength:J

    cmp-long v2, v2, v4

    if-lez v2, :cond_0

    .line 656
    iget-wide v2, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->mLength:J

    sub-long p1, v2, v0

    .line 658
    :cond_0
    cmp-long v2, p1, v7

    if-lez v2, :cond_1

    .line 659
    iget-object v2, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->this$0:Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;

    iget v3, p0, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager$AssetInputStream;->mAsset:I

    #calls: Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->seekAsset(IJI)J
    invoke-static {v2, v3, p1, p2, v6}, Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;->access$600(Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;IJI)J

    .line 661
    :cond_1
    return-wide p1
.end method

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Home Software Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Delivers More Control
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Delivers More Control
By Sean Michael Kerner | December 08, 2011
Red Hat (NYSE:RHT) is out with the second major update to its flagship Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution release. The RHEL 6.2 release provides improved resource management, virtualization and storage capabilities.
RHEL 6 first debuted in November 2010 and was updated in May 2011 with the RHEL 6.1 release. One of the major changes in the RHEL 6.x series over the previous RHEL 5.x branch is support for cgroups (control groups) to control system resources.
"Cgroups debuted in RHEL 6.0, so the concept isn't new but what is new in RHEL 6.2 is the ability to set capacity limits," Tim Burke, vice president of Linux Engineering at Red Hat, told InternetNews.com.
Burke explained that previously the way cgroups worked was with ratios for capacity, for example setting a 40 percent of CPU policy. He noted that the trouble with this approach is that if, for example, there were three virtual guests running on a system, each controlled with a cgroup setting for one-third capacity, if two systems were idle, the third could consume all of the systems resources. With the new ability to specify capacities for I/O rates, CPU cycles and the like, there is now a bounded ceiling.
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What better way to play a relaxing game of golf than in the 18 hole Afandou Golf Course in Rhodes. The golf course is well kept and appeals to all ages and for those who want a relaxing day out with a nice outlook.
Afandou Golf Course Bay, (22 km from Rhodes Town), on the road from Rhodes Town to Lindos, is home to the only course on Rhodes. Although not a challenging course, it has an atmosphere and feel, it is great for a day out.


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At 100%, broadband coverage in the 30188 ZIP code is comparable to the rest of Georgia - 95%, and comparable to broadband coverage across the U.S. - 95%.
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Autistic Self Advocacy Network applauds President Obama's inclusion of workers with disabilities in executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contractors.
Inclusion of disabled contractors means real pay for thousands of workers with disabilities.
Washington, DC — February 12th, 2014 — The Autistic Self Advocacy Network, the premier national advocacy organization run by and for Autistic Americans, issued a statement today praising the Obama administration for including workers with disabilities in today's executive order raising the minimum wage for employees of federal service and concession contractors to $10.10/hour. After initial statements from administration officials that disabled workers now being paid less than minimum wage under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act would not be included, the disability advocacy community spoke out clearly and unequivocally on the importance of including workers with disabilities in the executive order. After a two week advocacy campaign by dozens of disability rights groups, the executive order due to be signed today will include workers with disabilities now under Section 14(c).
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network, working jointly with the Collaboration to Promote Self-Determination and a wide variety of cross-disability and labor organizations, called upon President Obama and Secretary of Labor Tom Perez last week to include workers with disabilities in the executive order in a joint letter and an active grassroots campaign which drew national support and attention. In response to remarks made by Secretary of Labor Tom Perez after the State of the Union stating that the White House lacked the authority absent congressional action to include workers with disabilities in the executive order, ASAN produced a legal memorandum analyzing and outlining the President and the Secretary of Labor's authority to take such action.
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization run by and for Autistic people. ASAN's supporters include Autistic adults and youth, cross-disability advocates, and non-autistic family members, professionals, educators and friends. Its activities include public policy advocacy, community engagement to encourage inclusion and respect for neurodiversity, leadership trainings, cross-disability advocacy, and the development of Autistic cultural activities.
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This is an updated version of a story that first appeared on forward.com earlier this week.
Orthodox Jews convicted of or charged with child sex abuse in Brooklyn should have their identities protected because of the community's "tight-knit and insular" nature, prosecutors claim in a response to The Forward's request for information about the cases.
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No Names of Orthodox: Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes says the ?tight-knit? nature of the Orthodox community makes it impossible to disclose the identities of abuse suspects without also identifying their victims.
Rejecting the request under the state's Freedom of Information Law, the Brooklyn district attorney's office stated that Orthodox Jews deserve a blanket exemption from the usual public disclosure rules.
Brooklyn prosecutors, working in the office of District Attorney Charles Hynes, claimed that Orthodox Jews are "unique" in that releasing the names of suspects would allow others in the community to identify their victims.
"The circumstances here are unique," Assistant District Attorney Morgan Dennehy wrote in an April 16 letter to the Forward. "Because all of the requested defendant names relate to Hasidic men who are alleged to have committed sex crimes against Hasidic victims within a very tight-knit and insular Brooklyn community, there is a significant danger that the disclosure of the defendants' names would lead members of that community to discern the identities of the victims."
The policy quickly came under fire from community groups, children's advocates and legal experts.
Agudath Israel of America, an Orthodox umbrella group that usually supports Hynes's approach to combating abuse in the community, came out against the decision to claim a blanket exemption.
Rabbi David Zwiebel, who is Agudath's executive vice president and a legal expert, said that a policy of withholding names of perpetrators should not be "across the board" in any community, according to Agudath spokesman Rabbi Avi Shafran.
Instead, Zwiebel believes that the release of defendants' names should be evaluated on "a case-by-case basis," Shafran said.
Although Brooklyn District Attorney Hynes has long resisted requests to identify Orthodox sex suspects, the letter is believed to represent the first time his office spelled out why it specifically singled them out for preferential treatment.
Dennehy cited the state's civil rights laws in denying the Forward's request for the names of 85 Orthodox Jews arrested on sex charges during the past three years. The Forward made its request in December 2011 after prosecutors announced that scores of Orthodox Jews had been charged under a special program designed to encourage the community to come forward with information.
He did not explain whether prosecutors had concluded that there was anything specific about each of the 85 suspects that might make it possible for others to determine the identity of the victim from the identity of the suspect.
He also did not explain whether such a blanket exemption might be granted to other similarly "tight-knit" communities in the borough. And there were no details about what criteria prosecutors would use to determine whether a particular group should be granted such preferential status.'
Dennehy also claimed that revealing the names of abuse suspects could harm the operation of the D.A.'s special hotline, Kol Tzedek, or the Voice of Justice, which was set up three years ago to encourage Orthodox abuse victims to come forward. Disclosing suspects' names could cause victims to lose faith in the hotline, which, in turn, would "interfere with law enforcement investigations or judicial proceedings," he claimed.
Marci Hamilton, a law professor at Yeshiva University, said that prosecutors' refusal to release the suspects' names or other information about their alleged crimes amounts to "enabling" abusers.
"I think they are complicit in what enables these kinds of perpetrators in these kinds of communities if they are going… to refuse to publish names of any child sex predators," Hamilton said. "When names of perpetrators are made public, their other victims are empowered to come forward and the whole community is given the power to identify and stop them and other predators."
Hamilton added, "What the D.A.'s office is doing, unfortunately, is playing right into the hands of the abusers."
Laura Ahearn, executive director of the advocacy group Parents for Megan's Law, said disclosure laws must be applied equally to everyone.
Her group advocates for enforcement of the rules mandating identification of sex offenders. The issue came to national prominence after the 1994 rape and murder of Megan Kanka in suburban New Jersey by a convicted sex offender living on the family's block.
"[Hynes's] decision to withhold names is likely leaving the public vulnerable," Ahearn said.
Daniel Mullkoff, a legal fellow with the New York Civil Liberties Union, said there was no good reason to withhold the names of abuse suspects from the public.
"In this case, the public has raised concerns about what the district attorney is doing," he said. "Withholding of this information is without a legal basis and denies access to just the type of information that the public records law seeks to make public."
In October 2009, Hynes's office redacted the names of 26 Orthodox Jews on a list of those charged with sex crimes. A Freedom of Information Law request submitted by the Forward to see those names was refused.
When Hynes last year trumpeted the arrests of 85 Orthodox Jews on sex crimes charges since 2008, he again refused to release the suspects' names.
He cited the need to protect the identity of victims. Yet that same week, Hynes issued a press release publicizing the name of a non-Jewish man convicted of raping his girlfriend's daughter. Hynes released the man's name, the neighborhood where he lived and the victim's age, enough information for any neighbor to identify the girl.
Hynes even refused to name 14 Orthodox defendants who were convicted of sex crimes, 10 of whom pleaded guilty. They were sentenced to between one month and 20 years in jail. Although some of those cases were covered in the media, several were adjudicated without public scrutiny.
An additional 24 people were released on probation after pleading to reduced charges, or after their cases were dismissed. Again, it is likely these cases were not reported in the media.
Marc Klaas, whose 12-year-old daughter, Polly, was abducted from the family's Petaluma, Calif., home in 1993 and murdered, said he was very concerned about Hynes's policy of withholding suspected sex offenders' names.
Klaas said it was particularly wrongheaded to withhold the names of people who have pleaded guilty to lesser crimes, which would allow them to avoid having to register as sex offenders.
"The public has the right to know who these individuals are, so they can use that information to protect themselves against those individuals," Klaas said.
Contact Paul Berger at berger@forward.com or on Twitter @pdberger
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Paul Berger was a staff writer at the Forward from 2011-2016, covering crime and healthcare issues, such as sex abuse, circumcision, and fraud. He is a fluent Russian speaker and has reported from Russia and Ukraine. He also likes digging into historicalmysteries.


Sabal palms, live oaks, egrets, pelicans, a river, a lagoon, a seashore - the abundant natural beauties of Sebastian are in large part why people move here. Most of early Sebastian was built on land between a river and a lagoon. And it was the proximity of those bodies of water that made the place so attractive to the early settlers. The St. Sebastian River is a freshwater tributary, fed by rainfall and by smaller creeks and rivulets that drain the land between the Atlantic Sand Ridge, which runs more or less parallel to the present day location of US 1 and the Florida East Coast Railway. With prongs running to the north and south, the river drains the basin between those sand ridges. It is the principal tributary of the Indian River lagoon in the Sebastian area. A western prong of the river, which existed when the area was settled, became part of the C54 drainage canal. The Indian River lagoon forms the eastern border of the Sebastian area, and the St. Sebastian River forms the western boundary.
More than any other event, it was the sinking of the 1715 Spanish Plate Fleet off the coast of Florida that gave the Treasure Coast its name. A fleet of twelve ships left Havana, heavy laden with Spanish treasure and was driven into the Florida coast by a hurricane between the St. Lucie and Sebastian Inlets. In 1988, not far from the Sebastian Inlet, treasure hunters found an estimated $300,000 in pieces of eight, jewelry and other artifact that had been waiting on the bottom since 1715.
The first settlements in Sebastian date back to the 1880's when 40 pioneers migrated to a village south of the St. Sebastian River. By the time of the "Gay Nineties" not only Sebastian but Roseland as well had a post office. With the arrival of Flagler's locomotives along with the development of icehouses for pack, commercial fishing became a stronghold in Sebastian. Fishing of the subsistence and recreational varieties had flourished in the area since the time of the Ais Indians. It didn't take long for the fishing business to expand. Sebastian had begun to emerge as a small fishing village by the end of the century. One of the original commercial fishing families, Archie Smith and Bascomb Judah still operate from their original fish house located on Indian River Drive. Today, Sebastian has a Working Waterfront that showcases the rich cultural history of the fishing industry. The fishing industry is alive and thriving today, along with plenty of water based activities, quaint river view lodging, and waterfront restaurants that offer up the local fish of the day! Whether its grouper, flounder, snapper, clams, Florida lobster, or blue crabs, you're sure to get your taste of fresh Florida fish!
America's entire National Wildlife Refuge System was first established in Sebastian in 1903, when President Teddy Roosevelt agreed to protect pelicans and other birds in a sanctuary known as Pelican Island by signing an order making it the first Wildlife Refuge in the country. The City of Fellsmere, to the west of Sebastian, enjoys a rich history. Noted as the first city to allow women to vote south of the Mason-Dixon line after the reconstruction and the first in offering the convenience of packaged sugar in the state. Within Indian River County, Fellsmere boasts the first library, the Marian Fell Library, still here today, and the Town of Fellsmere Subdivision, as the first Master Planned Community. Also the first hotel, public school and railroad depot were built in Fellsmere.


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Geography, media, and communications have been closely linked since the 16th Century. Just as the advent of the printing press changed the media landscape, so too did it change that of geography and cartography. The printing revolution, along with new instruments of measurement led to a prolific expansion of mapping activates in the 16th Century, producing increasingly detailed birds eye views of the world. These views from above worked to serve as tools of possession, the elevated position of the explorer and cartographers and the commanding view provided by the maps mirrored the divine gaze of God, positioning the commissioner of the map in a seemingly omniscient position, solidifying their position of control, changing perceptions and relationships with space itself. In this way, the Cartographic Gaze was the precursor to the surveillent gaze, epitomized by Bentham's Panopticon and the work of Foucault. A number of texts have already examined the linkages between geography, media and communications; Innis's (1950) classic text on Empire and Communications; Falkheimer and Jansson's (2006) Geographies of Communication explores communication theory's spatial turn, and conversely Adams and Jansson's (2012) examination of geography's communicational turn. Yet, as we move further and deeper into a digitized world we are bombarded with ever more instruments of measurement (big data, algorithms, UGC, VGI etc.), ever more far reaching versions of the printing press (Web 2.0, Social Media etc.), and the waters are muddied further by the development of Participatory-GIS systems, and the (re-)birth of Neogeography which purportedly offers up a challenge to the status quo (Goodchild, 2009; Haklay, 2013). Thus, it becomes essential that, just as we might question the 16th century map makers, we must now question data analytics, algorithms and their architects, the media, and those who claim to contest the cartographic gaze; to ask, 'did you find the world or did you make it up?' to quote Winnicott (cited in Corner, 1999). The media, data analysts and neogeographers all sit in-between the virtual and the real creating new forms of virtual time and space that are then superimposed onto territorial spaces (Potts: 2015). These new virtual spaces are still so too controlled and mediated from above by new omniscient digital Gods, propelled by their search for profits.
This call for papers aims to bring together the disciplines of geography and communication to draw out and challenge a number of problematic discourses in relation to power, knowledge and representation, recognizing not only that each are material and symbolic, but also that each particular place representation is contingent and unique (Hall, 1980). As the world, the media and our communications tools become increasingly digitalized and data driven we are increasingly constructing myths through algorithms, visualization, codification and mediation, of all which require us to rethink and interpret signs and their connotations (Hall, 1997; Barthes, 1972). Late twentieth century communication and information technologies have produced such a blurring of what is real and what is representation that the two can no longer be distinguished (Corner, 1999). Geography has often been concerned with the scales of state, capital, power, knowledge and representation, leading many theorists to cross the divide between disciplines; Michel de Certeau, Pierre Bourdieu, David Harvey and Henri Lefebvre being clear examples. It is then perhaps, through combining the knowledge of geographers, media and communication theorists and social theorists that we can better understand the twenty-first century's increasing spatialization of thought and experience.
Themes may also include but are not limited to the following:
Maps as tools of communication
Communication infrastructure and power relations
Representation and communications
Cultural Geography and the media
Geography and communication
Spatial dimensions of technology
Geospatial data analysis for communication
The geographies of data visualization
Participatory GIS
Counter-mapping and tactical media
Globalization, cartography and inequality
Adams, P. C., & Jansson, A. (2012). Communication geography: A bridge between disciplines. Communication Theory, 22(3): 299-318.
Barthes, R. (1972). Mythologies. 1957. Trans. Annette Lavers. New York: Hill and Wang.
Corner, J. (1999). The agency of mapping: Speculation, critique and invention, pp. 213-252 in The Map Reader: Theories of Mapping Practice and Cartographic Representation (eds. M. Dodge, R. Kitchin and C. Perkins), Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
Falkheimer, J., and Jansson, A. (eds.) (2006) Geographies of Communication: The Spatial Turn in Media Studies. Göteborg: Nordicom.
Goodchild, M. (2009). NeoGeography and the nature of geographic expertise. Journal of Location Based Services, 3(2): 82-96.
Haklay, M. M. (2013). Neogeography and the delusion of democratisation. Environment and Planning A, 45(1): 55-69.
Hall, S. (1997). Representation & the media. Northampton, Massachussetts : Media Education Foundation.
Innis, H. A. (1950). Empire and Communications, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Potts, J. (2015). The New Time and Space, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
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I walked into my mom's room and I saw this beautiful, linen, graphic, electric blue cropped, sharp-shouldered bolero hanging on her dresser. I said, "wow mom, this jacket is so cute!" She said "this ol' thing!" The bolero is by Cache, circa 1988. I asked my sis to take a quick pic of this jacket because I thought it was worthy of sharing with our readers. Turns out my hair combined with the bolero made this whole look a bit retro but fun! Also, the boots belonged to mom's from the 1970's. I wear these daily, the most comfortable boots ever!


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What if I need my dumpster in Valera picked up early?
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Trash or junk removal makes more sense if you would like another person to load your old items. It also functions nicely if you would like it to be taken away immediately so it is outside of your own hair or in case you simply have a few large items; this is probably cheaper than renting an entire dumpster.
A roll off dumpster is delivered to your project location and left there until you need a truck to haul it and your debris away. They generally have open tops as well as a door on the front. This makes it simple for workers to load a wide selection of debris into the dumpster.
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HomeCompany ProfileTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company - Driving technological progress
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company – Driving technological progress
By Santo
What Is TSMC?
Manufacturing semiconductors is a very competitive industry and monopolized by the leading manufacturers. They often dictate technological progress for the world at large. The industry has a few companies that make their chips at foundries, and others customize chips for clients.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) is one of the most successful manufacturers of semiconductors, started in 1987. The company has an environment of thriving global customers and partners along with technologies and design enablement solutions.
TSMC currently has worldwide operations in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Brief History Of TSMC
TSMC was started in 1987 by Morris Chang and became the world's first semiconductor manufacturer. It has since been leading in the field. Mark Liu and C.C. Wei took over as leaders after Morris Chang retired in 2018.
TSMC was registered on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1993 and on the NYSE in 1997. TSMC's annual revenue growth rate in 1994 was 17.4% in and earnings growth was 16.1%.
From its inception to now, the various clients of TSMC are Apple, Huawei Technologies, Qualcomm, Spreadtrum, Alphabet, and Allwinner Technology, amongst many more.
Businesses that dabble in programmable logic devices have used TSMC's factory before and continue to do so. A few integrated device manufacturers commission development of their chips to TSMC.
TSMC produces thirteen million wafers equivalent to 300 mm and chips with nodes that process 2 microns to 5 nanometers each year. TSMC was also one of the first companies to start engineering five and 7-nanometer merchandise.
They are also the first company to greatly promote the technology of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) chip design. EUV fabrication is the finest resolution technology a company can harness when producing chips and other technical products.
Progress Of TSMC Since Its Launch
With its headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan, TSMC has produced 281 distinct process technologies and manufactured 11,617 products for 510 customers in 2020. They provided the widest range of advanced packaging technology services.
It is also one of the first companies to have 5-nanometer production capabilities. Having the ability to produce 5-nanometer chips requires having access to the best and most progressive technology available.
Since its establishment in 1987, TSMC has steadily grown to be one of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers. It was also one of the first Taiwanese companies listed on the NYSE. Since its launch, TSMC's foundry has produced state-of-the-art wafers and chips.
Being the first of its kind, TSMC's foundry has developed a reputation of being the most efficient and advanced wafer producer. It's revenue is equivalent to 50% of the revenue generated by the semiconductor industry.
It has made itself indispensable and gained trusting partnerships with the consumers.
They also exceeded production in 2006 when they produced 7 million 8-inch equivalent wafers. Companies around the world trust TSMC with their integrated circuits due to the advanced process technologies, pioneering design services, and product quality.
TSMC has fabricated operations of two advanced 300mm wafer fabs, four 8-inch wafer fabs, and one 6-inch wafer fabs in Taiwan, Camas, Washington, Singapore, and Shanghai, China.
The main vision of TSMC is to be the most progressive and forward-thinking technology and foundry services provider to fabless companies. They want to be a powerful competitive force in the semiconductor industry by partnering with the leading technology companies.
To attain the vision, they are following 3 steps:
Being a leader in technology and getting competitive with leading IDMs
Being a leading manufacturer
Providing the most efficient and beneficial products from the silicon foundry
The motto of TSMC is to be the most reliable technology and capacity provider for the integrated circuit industry for years to come.
How Does TSMC Make Money?
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, started in 1987, is one of the world's leading semiconductor companies and is also listed on both the Taiwan Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). You can buy the shares in both USD and the New Taiwan dollar.
The company's market capitalization as of 2020 is $423.96 billion and has over 49,000 employees. If you're curious about their functions, keep reading.
Having the semiconductor industry is crucial in the production of electronics. They conduct research, design, and produce chips used in phones, radios, televisions, medical equipment, and video games. Therefore, any device you use has a semiconductor.
TSMC's website states that it produces more than 10,000 products for almost 500 clients worldwide. The corporation manufactures chips for some of the biggest tech giants of the world. One of the most important clients is Apple. TSMC produces A-series chips for them.
Apple is one of TSMC's biggest clients and accounts for one-fifth of its total revenue.
In Your Ear and Everywhere
TSMC has hundreds of clients, and Apple is their biggest one. You can categorize their customers based on their needs into three categories – integrated device manufacturers, systems companies, and fabless companies.
TSMC takes up production outsourced by Fabless companies. They are corporations that design and sell chips but do not produce them. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has also started outsourcing its production models to organizations like TSMC.
TSMC does not use its name on products as it is a pure-play foundry. This benefits companies that wish to sell authentic products. TSMC has worldwide clients. The company's largest market lies in the North American regions that generate over 65% of the revenue.
Morris Chang founded TSMC in 1987 to fill the market's need of having a foundry for semiconductors. It builds integrated circuits designed by other companies. Before TMC's establishment, companies manufactured chips in their factories.
The emergence of TMC changed the way the semiconductor manufacturing industry functions. It took over the market between fabless design firms, pure foundries that only manufacture, and integrated circuit factories invested in both.
The chip-making industry is also very capital-heavy, and it's the reason to applaud TMC for breaking into it and emerging as a global leader.
There is a severe chip shortage and increased wait times on delivery in times of a pandemic, increasing the importance of TMC's timely production.
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All are welcome at the prayer group meeting on the second and fourth Monday of each month.
Prayers are offered for the world, the church, the local community and for those who are sick or bereaved.
There are a number of different groups who meet locally.
This group enjoy a shared meal followed by a discussion on a topical subject or text. 'We make the road by Walking' by Brian McLaren was recently studied.
The group is as large as it can be at the moment. If you are interested in 'cloning' this format telephone 015394 33205.
This group studies a range of material. Recently looking at videos and books in the 'Book by Book' series by Richard Dawes and Paul Blackham.
This group is organised by Rev Nick Hallam. Invited speakers debate a topical issue and receive questions from the audience.
Just come along. Look out for when.
Contact 015394 33205 if you are interested in joining.
This group meet and have a walk. They sometimes stop for refreshments.
Contact Graham Sutton on 015394 34056 if interested in joining this group.
The group read a book and then discuss it. Titles explored have included: ' The Practice of the Presence of God' and 'Celebrating Discipline'.
The Bereavement Support Group meetings are friendly and informal; there is no fixed agenda or formal structure. Those who have come along agree that they find it helpful to share experiences and problems and help support each other. We offer an open invitation to anyone interested in coming along.
Come and enjoy the Autumn series of talks/discussions entitled ' When Love comes to Ambleside' about what happens when we follow Jesus and let his love flow. Each session will be individual as they will be led by different members of our community.
We will enjoy a drink and a piece of cake during the evening.


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David Abbott and the Giant Ad Factory
About 10 years ago, the late David Abbott wrote a memo (remember them?) to his colleagues at Abbott Mead Vickers. The memo is well worth a read. It started: "It's very hard to become a good advertising agency – it's perhaps even harder to remain one."
Abbott went on to decry the trend to throw volume at a problem. His particular example concerned the number of creative teams within his agency set to work on a brief for Volvo. Seven teams had prepared 50 scripts to show to the client – a client that the agency had held for (then) about 20 years and therefore was very familiar with. Running through the merits of having one team fully committed to the problem at hand, the memo concluded: "….the alternative is unthinkable. A giant ad factory where quantity is more important than quality."
It always used to be parroted that size was essential in media. It's easy to see the rationale; if you weren't the biggest you couldn't use the maximum leverage against the big, bad media owners. There was always a grain of truth in this, as yes volume is clearly important. But what volume buys you, above a louder voice and a bigger stick is access to the best people, and the ability to invest in both the brains and the technology that will ultimately lead to the best tools and thus, one would hope the most insightful plans.
Marry insightful plans with buying clout and you're off to the races.
But at the same time the 'size is all' argument is a lazy one. It's nonsense to suggest as many did during the farce that was the aborted merger between Publicis and Omnicom that a new, giant Publicom would somehow automatically relegate GroupM to also-rans in the 'my discount is bigger than yours' stakes.
It is equally absurd to think that once an agency scales the volume heights to sit proudly at the top of the tree then the competition all suddenly start to achieve comparatively less-good prices from sales teams. Agencies come and go; even GroupM won't be the largest for ever more; I have little doubt that when that awful day dawns they will still be pretty good at negotiating prices.
There is also the counter argument that it is more affordable for media owners to hand out goodies to smaller agencies than to the big guys. A variation on this theme was promoted by Leo Burnett in Chicago when I worked there in the 1990's. Burnett's media operation was amongst the biggest in the US, but they always maintained their real advantage was being in Chicago, and thus away from the industry gossip and the sharing-of-discount stories that infected the New York scene at the time
The concern is that the 'big is good, so biggest must be best' argument starts to be believed by those doing group negotiations. Apart from leading to a most unattractive arrogance in behaviour, surely whether GroupM (or anyone else) gets the best prices against some notional, and flaky norm matters less than that they bring together great insight and great prices? And yet in the perennial battle between buyer and planner the victory, and the industry's focus therefore seems to have gone to the buyer.
This is a short road to nowhere for the media agencies. The problem is that once this becomes a commodity price-driven game then as agencies you have to play it with procurement professionals, who are in many cases supremely good at what they do (and regularly rather better than your average media trader).
How can you win the argument that as an agency you value planning above all else, when you can't (by the agencies' own admission) convince anyone to pay you for it?
The large media agencies have invested in good planners, systems and research. In the same way that Abbott Mead as a large agency is able to attract top talent, so it goes with the media agencies.
David Abbott's point in his memo is that his agency must always believe in its own abilities to deliver what it felt the client needs, which as we all know may not be the same thing necessarily as what the client thinks he wants.
So it should be with the media agencies although here the mantra might be that what's best for the client is certainly not always best for the agency. It would be a pleasant change if agencies spent more time focussed on how to maintain the integrity of their plans throughout the trading process. Failing to maintain this integrity is setting the agencies back years as advertiser trust is eroded, apart from being behind the general sense of unhappiness amongst staff at agencies, as we said here a little time ago.
It seems clear that fewer people than before want to work in "a giant ad factory where quantity is more important than quality".
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About Harris Tweed
Harris Tweed, or Clo Mor (The Big Cloth) is the only fabric in the world governed by its own Act of Parliament.
From start to finish the cloth is in the hands of skilled and experienced artisans who oversee every stage of production utilising generations of knowledge to produce a product worthy of the name Harris Tweed.
Furthermore a 1993 Act of Parliament underpins the unique status of Harris Tweed and decrees that genuine Harris Tweed must be made from pure virgin wool which has been dyed and spun on the islands and handwoven at the home of the weaver in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
The rare character and beauty of Harris Tweed is attributable to the fact that is the only fabric produced in commercial quantities by truly traditional methods anywhere in the world. Hundreds of distinctive patterns developed over the centuries, each unique but unmistakably Harris Tweed with its characteristic subtle designs in complex natural shades.
Unusually the wool is dyed before being spun, allowing the weaver to blend a multitude of colours into the yarn. With each thread containing a myriad of different colours a cloth of great depth and complexity is produced. Just look closely to reveal the true nature of your Harris Tweed.
There are also an extensive catalogue of designs to delve into from an array of Plain Twills and traditional Herringbones to more complex Plaids and all combinations thereof. Harris Tweed is also adventurous enough to be woven into contemporary and unconventional patterns and we continue to explore possibilities with clients with each new season.
Soft, tactile, breathable, warm, colourful, sustainable, adaptable…the old image of coarse, scratchy, dour tweed simply does not exist these days. While still retaining its heritage of practicality and longevity, the Harris Tweed of today extols all the qualities and virtues of a truly luxury 21st century fabric.
This extract is from the Harris Tweed Authority – you can read more here http://www.harristweed.org/
Visit the shed
If you are in Harris, and would like to visit the shed, you are very welcome. Please get in touch first if you can to make sure that I am there!
taobhtuathtweeds@gmail.com
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News 31 Mar 2011 last update:6 Aug 2012
Cargill to open rebuilt feed mill
Cargill Animal Nutrition will on May 1, 2011 start producing at their new facility, known as the Feed Depot at Letterkenny (Pennsylvania, US) which replaces the feed mill that was destroyed in a fire on Feb. 12, 2010.
"While we lost our mill in the fire, we never lost our commitment to the dairy and livestock producers in this region," said Rob Sheffer, regional general manager for Cargill Animal Nutrition.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the fire, which was estimated to have caused between $5 million and $8 million in damage. A cause of the fire has not been determined.
State-of-the-art equipment
The new mill features state-of-the-art feed batching software to give maximum precision in customizing feed to match customer needs.
The mill will have expanded mixing capacity and flexibility, which will allow for improved efficiencies, larger batches and faster delivery.
Other upgraded features include a fully automated grinding and receiving system and grain-banking bins available to store customers' grains as needed.
It will also feature one of the most advanced short-mixing systems in the industry, with a computerized bar-coding approach that tracks micro-ingredient levels in feed formulations.
Increased capacity
With 20% increased production capacity, the mill will produce 120,000 tons of feed per year. It will primarily serve dairy farmers and livestock producers in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Since the fire, Cargill has been serving customers from its other production facilities in Lebanon and Martinsburg, Pennsylvania.
Construction on the new mill has been underway since September 2010. An open house of the facility is scheduled for early June.
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Q: EPPlus formatting value from formula I have an Excel spreadsheet generated with EPPlus. The last column contains the total for the entire row using a formula.
ws.Cells[rowIndex, colIndex].Formula = formulaString.ToString().Substring(0, formulaString.Length - 1);

I use the Calculate() method after assigning the formula:
ws.Cells[rowIndex, colIndex].Calculate();

Then is use this to format the cell:
ws.Cells[rowIndex, colIndex].Style.Numberformat.Format = "### ### ### ###";

The formula is correct, but when I style the cell, if the value of the cell is 0 it just makes it blank. If the cell has a value greater than 0 it styles perfectly.
Anyone encountered this problem?

A: That is pretty much what it should be doing. The # basically means its an optional number and shows nothing it is not there or 0.  This is an excel thing and not really epplus.
I think what you want is
ws.Cells[rowIndex, colIndex].Style.Numberformat.Format = "### ### ### ##0";

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-or-delete-a-custom-number-format-83657ca7-9dbe-4ee5-9c89-d8bf836e028e?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

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At the end of a two-hour meeting last night (Monday) Plaid Cymru councillors forming the 28-strong opposition group on Carmarthenshire County Council unanimously resolved to present two motions of no confidence in the Council's leadership.
The first is a motion of no confidence in Chief Executive, Mark James.
The second is a motion of no confidence in three members of the Council's Executive Board – Leader, Kevin Madge, former Leader Meryl Gravell and Deputy Leader, Pam Palmer. These three current members of the Executive Board were on the Board when it made decisions which have been branded unlawful by the Wales Audit Office.
Plaid are also calling for an extraordinary meeting of the full council and for the Chief Executive to be suspended pending a full investigation.
Opposition group Leader, Councillor Peter Hughes Griffiths said his group will ask for an emergency meeting of the full council, to be held immediately and in advance of the budget-decision meeting which is scheduled for 19th February.
He said that Plaid Cymru members took no joy in bringing forward the motions but the highly-damaging Wales Audit Office reports were serious enough to warrant such actions.
Cllr Hughes Griffiths added that Council Leader Kevin Madge should immediately suspend the Chief Executive pending a full investigation.
Speaking after the group meeting on Monday evening, he said:
"The serious and damaging findings of the Wales Audit Office reports required swift action. It is not the job of councillors or the council's leadership to challenge and undermine the integrity of the independent Audit Office – these reports should be accepted and their recommendations implemented.
"The group I lead is increasingly concerned by the attitude of the Council leadership and called an urgent meeting of the council to discuss the reports' findings.
"After an informed meeting, we have regrettably decided to present two motions of no confidence in both the Chief Executive and three members of the Executive Board.
My members take no joy in bringing forward these motions, but the highly-damaging report findings are serious enough to warrant this action.
"We believe an extraordinary meeting of the council should be called immediately, and in advance of the budget-decision meeting scheduled for 19th February. We have signed a request to the Council Chair and will be presenting that official request to him.
"In the meantime, and now considering the involvement of the police, I call on the Council Leader, Kevin Madge, to suspend the Chief Executive in order for a thorough investigation to take place into the findings of the Wales Audit Office reports."
I hear that kevin Madge has called an extraordinary meeting after the budget meeting where only the 2 illegal payments will be discussed.
I.e. no chance of any decision on what to do about it all.
We can't go on like this with no action taken despite overwhelming evidence of misuse of public money.
I presume the next statement will be that the council will wait for the police to investigate before making a final decision.
Suspension is a neutral action, no-one loses pay etc but in a case where the most senior officers appear to have acted illegally, they cannot be allowed to continue working.
Also, the issues in the case of the Council leader are not just related to the illegal payments, but to other aspects of his administration and judgement.
Previously, all motions to council likely to embarrass the Leader have been referred back to the executive and are dismissed.
I doubt if that would be the proper action in this case with so many of the exec implicated in all this.
This is a lame duck council until we sort ourselves out and we should start a.s.a.p.
m1books said...
Thank you Cneifiwr for your continuous, speedy and riveting updates. Your keyboard must be red hot and you must be close to repetitive strain injury!
Plaid have rightly stated what we are all shouting for - this has NOW got to be the way forward. The CEO & EB are sounding like fools - they have lost their last shreds of dignity and respect.
When are you going to report on the budget meeting? Very strange there seems to be a silence in repect of this very important issue?