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Movie Review: Incredibles 2 *SPOILER FREE*
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We've waited 14 years for this film: The Incredibles 2 opens this weekend to about as much anticipation as any Disney/Pixar sequel can have. And while audiences have been waiting over a decade for this one, it seems like Disney has finally decided to go all-in with the Incredible-Family, pouring a lot of money into the property. But enough about that– let's talk about the movie! And don't worry: this is a spoiler-free zone.
First things first: Incredibles 2 is a FUN movie. With almost the entire original voice cast back in their roles, we settle immediately back into the action with the Parr family. Even though the first scene with them is a little predictable, it's still just a treat to watch them in action.
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Honestly, this feels more like a kinda dark Marvel movie than usual Disney/Pixar, but that is by no means a bad thing. It doesn't have the emotional gut punches that have become the Pixar byword, but this is a strength. This film instead relies on the characters' growth, stretching themselves (literally, in the case of Elastigirl, aka Helen Parr) to take the next step in their story. (If you're looking for the tears, the short "Bao" at the beginning is VERY traditional, emotional Pixar stuff.)
I have to admit that I was a little hesitant about some of the plot points hinted at by the trailers, but after seeing the movie, context is everything. Even the thing that I thought would be an annoying trope turned out to be okay because of the context. I don't want to say more because I want to leave the plot for you to discover, but they really leaned into the 1960s setting and I think that did the film a world of good.
The other thing about Incredibles 2 is that it was just plain exciting. I felt my whole body tense up at parts, and at times I forgot I was watching a cartoon, not because the animation is just that real (it's obviously not–very stylized!) but because the characters were just so believable. And can I just say how much I enjoyed getting to see the Supers, especially Elastigirl, really show their powers? It's wonderful to see them in their elements!
Before Iron Man there was Mr. Incredible
It may be easy to forget that The Incredibles came out in 2004, 4 years before Iron Man, and well before Disney's acquisition of Marvel Studios. This was only 2 years after Toby Macguire put on the blue and red spandex in Spider-Man (2002) and almost a decade after Batman Forever (1995). Superhero movies weren't the safe bet they are now and the market was far from the saturated place we have today. (This is, of course, largely thanks to Disney's Marvel push over the last decade.) That film was almost a throwback, an oddball in Pixar's world of talking toys and anthropomorphic animals.
But now? It's not just that the characters and story age well. It's that they've finally come into their own after being on the cusp of the genre's re-explosion into the industry. And I for one am glad to have the Incredibles back on the big screen. (It's also fun just to watch Jack Jack. There's a particular scene early in the film that had me laughing so hard I thought my cheeks were going to be sore the rest of the movie!)
As I said, Disney is putting a big investment into this property after a lot of years of nothing. The new "Pixar Pier" themed land in the Disney California Adventure park in Anaheim, California, opens later this month with signature featured ride, the "Incredicoaster", occupying a massive footprint on the retooled boardwalk. There are meet and greets with the characters as part of their "Pixar Fest" promotion.
Lastly, I have to agree with other reviewers who have said that this film feels like the 2nd installment in a trilogy–and I hope they are right. I'd love to go on another adventure with the Parrs. By the end, it certainly feels like there's at least one more story left to tell.
If You're Taking the Kids:
This is a really fun movie, but it is a little intense. I'd say it ranks somewhere similarly to some of the more recent Star Wars films in some ways, so if your geeklings are sensitive to intense action, loud noises, and flashing lights, be prepared. (The villain uses strobe-light effects.)
MILD SPOILER for the sake of alerting folks taking kids: Another note, because I know some geeklings personally who might be affected by this: one of the major characters introduced in the film is motivated by the death of a parent. While they don't directly show it on screen, it's an all-but situation, so if your geekling might be bothered by that, maybe read a few more reviews (that are a little more spoilery) first.
Last small notes:
The Disney signature castle at the beginning is really cool. Be sure that you're there in time to see it.
There is no after credits scene, but the music is really good so I enjoyed hanging out after.
And if nothing else has sold you yet: the 3 tiny girls at my screening in full Incredibles cosplay came out of the theater shouting "WE ARE INCREDIBLE!"' So I think that is as good a recommendation as you can get!
Are you going to see Incredibles 2 this weekend? Let's talk about it!
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GESIS Linked Open Data (LOD) project builds a trusted research graph that makes the connection between high-value collections (research datasets) and other scholarly works such as publications and grants discoverable. The focus will be to build such a graph across European and Australian data-infrastructures and demonstrating the collaboration network in the data-driven research projects. As part of this project, GESIS is implementing the Switchboard software -- developed by the DDRI WG -- to aggregate, connect and publish the research information from European data repositories. This project is a collaboration with the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) in Australia. In partnership with NCI, GESIS will create a graph of connections between Australian research datasets, Australian funding records, and European research datasets.


That the grand jury in Missouri hearing evidence in the shooting death of Ferguson teenager Michael Brown decided not to return an indictment against police officer Darren Wilson was no surprise.
The Waynesboro Police Department has charged a New York City man with several felonies after a month long investigation of credit card fraud that was sparked by an incident last month.
Faculty, staff and students of EMU gathered on the steps of Northlawn early in the fall semester to raise their hands in solidarity with the African American community of Ferguson, Missouri, where 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer on Aug. 9, 2014.
Why I am writing about Ferguson. Mo.? A young man, Michael Brown, of Ferguson, Mo., accused now of being involved in a strong-arm robbery, of a small pack of cigars, actually at most shoplifting and shoving, those of us worldwide who have seen the video provided to us so facetiously by the Ferguson, Mo., police department, can agree, was shot multiple times by a police officer and left for dead for hours, like roadkill, in the middle of a street.
With the summer months upon us, pet travel is at it's height and it's time for a reminder about the dangers of leaving your pet in a parked car.
Are you interested in learning more about law enforcement? Are you curious about the life behind the badge? If your answer is yes, then the 17th session of the Staunton Police Department's Citizen's Police Academy might be for you.
The Waynesboro Police Department arrested an Augusta County woman Saturday night on three charges after a lengthy interaction with police that started with her crashing vehicle into a tree and ended with her biting a police officer.
Tips and intelligence in the disappearance of Waynesboro Police Reserve Captain Kevin Quick led to an active 24 hours for the Virginia State Police and surrounding agencies with the case reaching as far as Northern Virginia and metro Richmond.


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Marco Antonio Muñiz , better known by his stage name Marc Anthony, is an American singer, actor, record producer and television producer. Anthony is also the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy Award and five-time Latin Grammy Award winner has sold more than 12 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads. Anthony has won numerous awards and his achievements have been honored through various recognitions. He was the recipient of the 2009 Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Chair's Award. He also received the "2009 CHCI Chair's Lifetime Achievement Award" on September 16, 2009. He holds the Guinness World Record for best-selling tropical/salsa artist and the most number-one albums on the Billboard Tropical Albums year-end charts.
Birth: 1968-09-16
Nickname: Marco Antonio Muñiz
Occupation: Singer, actor, record producer, television producer
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Mark Allan Hoppus is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality best known as the bassist and co-lead vocalist for the pop punk band Blink-182.
Thien Thanh Thi Nguyen , better known by her stage names Tila Tequila, Tila Nguyen, and Miss Tila, is an American television and social media personality. She first gained recognition for her active presence on social networking websites. After becoming the most popular person on Myspace, Tequila was offered to star in her own reality television series. Her bisexual-themed dating show, A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila , aired for two seasons and became MTV's second highest-rated series premiere of that year.
Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. He has won several awards, including four Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards.
Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, PCPA , also known as Mother Angelica, was a Catholic American Franciscan nun best known for her television personality. She was also the founder of the internationally broadcast cable television network Eternal Word Television Network and the radio network WEWN.
Trevor George Smith Jr. , better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, actor, record producer and record executive. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the moniker Busta Rhymes, after NFL and CFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes. He is known for his outlandish style and fashion sense depicted in several innovative music videos as well as his intricate rhyming technique, rapping at a high rate of speed with heavy use of internal rhyme and half rhyme, and has received 11 Grammy Award nominations for his work.
If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.
My plan is just to love harder than I've ever loved before, hide nothing, and embrace that I'm an imperfect human being. Oh, and sadness - sadness is everything.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
Honestly, I like someone who is really grounded, super sweet, honest. I need them to have a sense of humor. I need them to laugh at what's funny, I need them to get jokes and be funny and be witty and sarcastic.
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Boston Public Library President Resigns Following Disclosure Of Missing Artwork
June 03, 2015Updated Jun 03, 2015 5:10 PM
Boston Public Library President Amy Ryan, who has been under fire since two prints valued at more than $600,000 were reported missing from the library, announced Tuesday that she will resign. Here's her full statement:
Amy Ryan (Courtesy BPL)
Today I am announcing my resignation, effective July 3, 2015. I am choosing to step aside at this time to allow the work of the Boston Public Library to continue without distraction.
It has been a tremendous honor to serve as President of the Boston Public Library. Together with our library team and the people of Boston, we can be proud of our daily dedication to public service; new and revitalized libraries in Mattapan, Dorchester, East Boston, and Copley Square; a community-driven plan for the future, our Compass; leadership in digital services; and our preeminent collections of distinction.
I deeply appreciate the support shown to me by the Boston Public Library Board of Trustees throughout my tenure. The Trustees are a committed and faithful group of leaders who embody the mission of a public library built by the people and dedicated to the advancement of learning.
I believe as strongly in the mission of the Boston Public Library today as when I arrived from Minnesota nearly eight years ago. I am honored to have contributed to the success of a public library system that is truly free to all and unswervingly committed to serving people of all ages and from all walks of life throughout the City of Boston and the Commonwealth.
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The Boston Public Library, where two works valued at more than $600,000 were reported missing last month, says it's investigating the possibility that pages from a music manuscript are also missing.
"Several years ago the music curator said we were missing a few pages," President Ryan told reporters after a meeting of the library's Board of Trustees Wednesday morning. "I'm looking into that with the music curator. I don't know if that's going to materialize into something or not."
Library officials learned last month that two works -- a 5-by-6-inch 1634 Rembrandt etching valued at $20,ooo to $30,000, and an 8-by-11-inch 1504 Albrecht Dürer engraving valued at $600,000 — were missing from the library's Print Collection. Boston Police and the FBI are investigating a possible crime, though Ryan said last month she hopes the prints "have simply been misfiled."
Police are also investigating the possible loss of gold coins, reported by a former library employee.
Ryan said the value of the missing music sheets is "nothing that is of the magnitude" of the Dürer and the Rembrandt, though she would not say who the composer was.
Mayor Marty Walsh said later Wednesday that no one from the library told him about the potentially missing music sheets — he found out from a reporter.
"I'm concerned about the way this stuff is unfolding," Walsh said. "It clearly seems like there's more and more missing here, and there's major problems."
When asked by reporters whether there were any additional missing materials, Ryan said, "You don't know what you don't know. That's why we are going forward in terms of getting into the inventory control."
The library said last month it was bringing in an independent firm to review security protocols and that before any items were reported missing it was already working with an outside consultant to "organize, catalogue, inventory, and recommend processes to allow better security and control over" its more than 1.3 million Print Department holdings.
Gold Coins Also Reported Missing From Boston Public Library
The Boston Public Library Is Missing Rembrandt And Dürer Artworks


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What Effect Will Brexit Have on the UK Cannabis Industry?
Brexit is the news event that everyone's talking about; whether you live in the UK or are merely an onlooker gawking at various news sites, Brexit is never far from anyone's tongue.
What people are most concerned with are the long term effects of Brexit, both economically and individually. How is trade going to work? What about border crossing and Visa applications? Even fishing rights are up in the air now.
However, there's one thing that many commentators haven't yet thought about – what does this mean for the UK cannabis industry? Wait… there's a UK cannabis industry? And Brexit is going to affect it? How?
You might assume that there exists absolutely no cannabis industry in the UK due to the fact that cannabis is still illegal. Well, not quite; it's not all illegal.
CBD is legal as a food supplement, provided it conforms to the EU regulation of having a THC content of less than 0.2%, as well as being marketed as a food supplement and not a medicine.
Additionally, it is not available in major pharmacies, instead only sold in nutritional stores like Holland & Barrett. This means that you won't really be able to find anything of significant potency, instead having to settle for food grade amounts.
However, there's also a thriving industry of cannabis growers, only of the… less than legal variety.
With cannabis prohibition comes illegal cannabis growing operations, so it makes sense that, according to the Institute of Economic Affairs report by Christopher Snowdon, there were over 255 tonnes of cannabis sold as part of the cannabis black market in the year 2016/2017. This 255 tonnes reportedly cost consumers £2.6 billion.
Additionally, according to the report, the majority of British-consumed cannabis is grown within the borders of the UK, with supplemental quantities being smuggled in from the Netherlands and the USA. With the UK leaving the EU, there are bound to be massive changes to the way in which cannabis is viewed in the UK.
This is, of course, completely ignoring the government sanctioned cannabis growing operations.
Cannabis has more uses than just getting high – even ignoring the medicinal application, cannabis is a widely grown plant for the purpose of textile creation. Hemp fiber makes excellent rope, clothing, and even building materials. However, in an effort to curtail the ability of the average British farmer from growing cannabis in their back yard, the Home Office has been granting licenses for the legal cultivation and processing of cannabis since 1993.
These lucky few even have access to exclusive business advice and support services to allow them to grow their hemp fiber with ease.
This has actually caused some controversy with regard to cannabis legalization, because if it were to be legalized, those few with the license would lose their monopoly on producing it. This has created an ironic hypocrisy where the people currently able to grow cannabis are those most against its legalization.
A perfect example of this is the Home Office minister, Victoria Atkins, who refused to provide evidence in support of cannabis legalization. Despite it being her actual job to provide information to the government regarding cannabis legalization, she instead recused herself.
Mrs. Atkins is a perfect example of hypocrisy, because her husband holds the largest government license for growing legalized cannabis and hemp products. By refusing to provide testimony, she increased the likelihood that cannabis would remain illegal – and it did.
This sanctioned growing operations result in very little cannabis being made available to the consumer, as they're primarily focused on producing textile products or medical marijuana for research.
So, what about present law? What is the UK's current stance on marijuana and how will that be changed by Brexit?
Currently, as you might imagine, cannabis is considered an illegal narcotic.
Classified originally as a Class C drug, it was moved to Class B in 2009, meaning those caught in possession of it face much harsher penalties than many other drugs.
There is a huge amount of users of cannabis in the UK, both for recreational purposes and even for animal feed – it's so popular as a bird seed that one British bird, the Common Linnet, is named in latin after cannabis seeds (Linaria Cannabina).
However, the illegality of cannabis has been challenged many times in the courts, with only very recently there being any kind of movement towards legalization.
As of 1st November 2018, cannabis as a medicinal drug was officially legalized, thanks to the media attention on two boys suffering from epilepsy. It is possible, with a doctor's prescription only, to obtain legal medicinal cannabis for the purpose of treating epilepsy.
This differs from the USA's current legalization of CBD-rich cannabis strains for epileptic patients, because the varieties available to UK epileptics contain a similar amount of THC and CBD.
This means that, even in some small way, the UK government has legalized the consumption of THC.
However, now that Brexit is approaching, how is the UK's policy on cannabis going to change? Are we going to see a tolerance for the drug, possibly even legalization?
The European Union is an institution with a somewhat difficult to understand political hierarchy.
Unlike the United States of America, with its strong federal government and then weaker state governments beneath it, the EU operates on a strangely mixed system.
While they do have a federal government in the EU leadership and the EU Supreme Court, the ultimate autonomy on laws, regulations and enforcement falls on the individual countries.
This means that the laws regarding cannabis consumption, possession and cultivation vary from country to country. Considering the EU has open borders between each of its countries, this obviously causes some serious problems with regards to cannabis enforcement – it's quite easy to simply move it from a legalized country to an illegal one.
This means that UK's separation from the EU shouldn't, in theory, affect its cannabis policy. However, while the EU doesn't actively control its member countries' exact laws, it does have the power to enforce general guidelines which each country is pressured to accept.
This includes things like its policies on human rights and the economy, but also extends to its policies on drugs.
Currently, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction categorizes cannabis as only allowed for "medical and scientific purposes". Despite this seemingly rigorous restriction on cannabis' uses, they also recommend extreme leniency when it comes to being caught by law enforcement.
A great example of this is Portugal, a country that has completely decriminalized the consumption of narcotics. This doesn't mean that they're legal to take, or available in local businesses, but it means that you won't be prosecuted for possessing any.
This lax ideology on drug use has spread throughout Europe, with countries gradually decriminalizing or just generally not enforcing their harsh drug laws.
The reason this is relevant to Brexit is that, once the UK leaves the European Union, the island nation won't benefit from the influence of its more liberal countries.
Public opinion has gradually shifted to a more conservative ideology in recent years, such as the rise of the right-wing UKIP and the Brexit vote itself. It's entirely possible that, with the UK cutting its ties to the EU and its supreme government, the UK will now begin to shift towards even harsher penalties for drug use.
Despite the Liberal Democrat Party, as well as the Green Party, officially supporting full cannabis legalization in their manifestos, people have failed to vote sufficiently for those parties so as to change politicians' minds.
With the loss of the European Union, its supreme courts, and its ability to mediate disputes within individual countries, the UK might find itself with a much harsher governmental policy on narcotics.
Final Thoughts – What is the Future of Cannabis in the UK?
What exactly happens next is anyone's guess – before anything happens, the UK needs to decide to what degree they're going to divorce themselves from the EU.
If the UK splits from the EU with no deal, you can expect a completely new set of laws, as well as possibly a complete rescinding of the previously lax laws regarding possession, and potentially the legalization of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
However, if it is a "soft" Brexit, meaning one still with a great deal of EU influence and legislative control, then it's possible that the UK's policy on cannabis might continue its shift towards legalization.
This also depends on whether or not the UK keeps its current Conservative party – despite David Cameron's promises of eventual legalization in 2005, the party has been strictly against any form of legalization of cannabis.
In the meantime, the current UK cannabis industry, including the illegal growers for recreational use and the license-holding cultivators creating hemp and medical marijuana for epilepsy, will not notice any kind of change.
Until Brexit is completed, no one has any idea whether it will be a good thing or a bad thing for cannabis. Only time will tell.


Apologies for the late posting as I am quite occupied these days.
Today's dinner is Sushi King in MetroPoint Kajang.
There's a winter promotion here whereby SK will introduce new menus until 31st Dec 2013. Also if you want to purchase the new membership card, you can start renewing now. RM20 voucher give away upon signing or renewing your card!
SK have updated their menus incorporating calorie value contents of each food items.
My wife and I ordered Tempura Soba which are our all time Favourites.
We also had sushi dip with soya sauce and wasabi. It's delicious.
1. The food ia great.
2. The staffs are friendly.
3. The service is good.


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Bayer posts final analysis of Essure adverse events to FDA
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Bayer has posted its final analysis of adverse events reported for its permanent birth control implant Essure taken from social media and met the requirements of the variance from standard reporting requirements granted by FDA.
The final report includes one month of additional data. In that one month, March 2021, the number of adverse event reports submitted to FDA normalized after the surge at the start of the year.
Only one of the new reports derived from a social media post made since 2019. As it has done previously, FDA cautioned that "reports do not necessarily represent unique cases, but rather events identified in comment threads from social media posts."
Bayer stopped selling Essure in the U.S. in late 2018, following tens of thousands of reports of complications in patients that ranged from pain to device migration and breakage and facing a mountain of litigation. At the time, 49 deaths had been linked to the implant.
Bayer has stood by the safety of the product and called its move a business decision.
Approved by FDA in 2002, the device consists of metal coils inserted into the fallopian tubes to block the passage of an egg. Scar tissue forms around the implant to prevent pregnancy.
Bayer asked FDA for a variance from medical device reporting (MDR) requirements after it received adverse event information as part of litigation. FDA granted the request and gave Bayer one year to process all reportable adverse events contained in the information it received.
With the publication of the fourth and final analysis report, Bayer has met the FDA request ahead of schedule. The previous reports each covered a three-month period. Bayer had another three months to complete its analysis but the final report only adds one month to the dataset.
In that month, Bayer submitted 5,312 variance MDRs to FDA, well down on the more than 10,000 it filed in both January and February. The number of serious injury and malfunction variance MDRs also fell from the start of the year to a level in line with that seen in 2020.
The only figure that ticked up was deaths. Bayer dealt with most of the death variance MDRs at the start of the process, submitting 53 reports to FDA in the first month. Across the second and third reports, Bayer never submitted more than seven death variance MDRs in a month. In the last month, Bayer filed 14 death variance MDRs.
Again, the reports cover historical social media posts and do not necessarily represent unique cases. Most of the variance MDRs relate to social media posts made between 2014 and 2016. Only 476 of all 33,492 variance MDRs with posting dates submitted by Bayer, and just one of the latest batch of reports, related to posts made since 2019.
The submission of the final report completes the reporting of the litigation information. It is unclear whether the process has generated any knowledge, with FDA noting that "the nature of the information limits the ability to draw conclusions as to whether the device, or its removal, caused or contributed to any of the reported deaths or other events in the reports."


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«Нити судьбы» (, ) — дебютный роман испанской писательницы Марии Дуэньяс, опубликованный в 2009 году издательством Temas de hoy. Роман получил положительную критику, был издан тиражом в более чем 3 млн экземпляров и впоследствии переведён на более чем два десятка языков мира. Роман был признан самой читаемой книгой в Испании 2012 года и экранизирован на телевидении каналом Antena 3 в 2013 году. Главную роль в телеверсии романа сыграла актриса Адриана Угарте. Роман издан на русском языке издательством «АСТ» в 2013 году в переводе Н. А. Огиенко.

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Исторический и шпионский роман повествует о жизни молодой модистки Сиры Кироги, покинувшей родной Мадрид накануне Гражданской войны 1936 года вместе со своим женихом Рамиро и волею судеб оказавшейся брошенной в одиночестве в Тетуане, столице Испанского Марокко. Главная героиня романа открывает ателье высокой моды, где её клиентами становятся видные и влиятельные представители испанского общества.

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Keepers of the Mountain: How One Bedouin Woman Is Carving a New Path for Sinai's Tourism
Mirna Abdulaal
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The vastness of the Sinai desert is juxtaposed with the small and hidden spaces that Bedouin women hold. Yet, when one enters these spaces, one realizes that their inner world stretches across the desert, and represents a deeper, multi-faceted and complex world that intersects with our own world.
For Bedouin women, part of their heart is inside their home, and the other part is in the mountains and desert. When I stepped inside Um Yasser's home, I felt only a part of their hearts that held stories and dreams that were much larger than their space. Sitting beside her daughter, Yosra, and her cousin, it did not take time for the conversations to crystallize and for us to connect through common interests and emotions we hold as women, such as our favourite jewelry, fabrics, scents and Egyptian series and films as Souad Hosni was playing on their television screen.
Um Yasser is the first ever Bedouin woman to work as a tour guide on the Sinai Trail – Egypt's first long-distance hiking trail and the leading Bedouin run hiking trail in the Middle East. I only went hiking trips with male guides, yet this time, I was curious to not just catch a glimpse of Sinai's natural beauty, but also the beauty found in its people – the women, the children, and the family as a whole.
After we drank our tea, we talked about their ambitious dreams, as Um Yasser shared with me her hopes of growing her tourism business and bringing people from all around the world to Sinai. "I want to learn more and understand more how the tourism industry works. I wish I could speak or sit with those in the industry and authority to find new opportunities, new ways of growing my tourism business, and see how I can improve. My dream is to see more tourism in Sinai, reaching 100 people for every trip, because everything stopped after the COVID-19 pandemic," she says.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Um Yasser stayed inside her home without work. Tourism is her sole means of earning income, but it is also more than that – it is also where she found passion in work.
"There isn't another Bedouin woman who loves tourism work as much as I do, and who is able to hike these long distances in just two days. I do this work because I love it, and because there is no other work opportunity to help me survive. When tourism stops, I also stop. I want to work because I love work, I don't like to simply sit at home."
No Bedouin woman in history ever worked in tourism before, but after Um Yasser, more women became encouraged to do so. "After I've started working, more women became convinced that this isn't eib (shameful) for a Bedouin woman to work in tourism, but that this is work, and work is not shameful. When they (Sinai Trail) first told me about this job, I was over the moon. I wasn't afraid to work, but I was very excited that I finally got the opportunity to be part of something that will help my family and myself."
Um Yasser is also passing on her legacy to her daughter to become a tour guide. "I always tell her to walk with me and explain to her how the tourism industry works. It isn't just about hiking, but also engaging with the tourists and sharing with them a glimpse of our culture. Tourism is about people and culture, which is why I try as much as possible to bring with me pieces of Bedouin culture. It involves a lot of cultural exchange and communication that she needs to be prepared for."
As part of Sinai Trail's fall trips this year, the two-day trip with Um Yasser was with the Hamada tribe, the smallest and oldest tribe in the region and included a visit to the high mountains known as Hajar el Nimr, the Leopard's Rock.
Her group, which included me, would wake up in the early mornings to pray and hear the sounds of the birds and animals outside. We would then light a fire, drink a warm cup of tea, and have breakfast with fresh Bedouin bread as we studied at our surroundings with more mindfulness; looking around and seeing the desert, the mountains, and the sky.
Initially, Um Yasser began by guiding only women on the trail. But today, she leads mixed groups. Her knowledge of the desert was unmatched. No matter where she went, she found a way to guide us deeper into the desert. In the clear and serene atmosphere, she would sing for us songs and poems, pick fresh herbs and plants, and laugh with her sister along the way. We also sometimes relax very high up in the mountains where the air was fresh and clean, while sipping our Bedouin tea and looking over the clear horizon in pure silence.
Whenever one of us felt a little too tired to continue hiking, she pushed us back up and told us with a powerful voice, "A Bedouin woman is a keeper of the mountains. We love the mountains. You have to build strength like the Bedouin woman."
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The opportunities for demand response in Europe are growing — and REstore is raising money to grow with them.
On Thursday, the Antwerp, Belgium-based startup announced a €7 million ($7.5 million) Series C capital round, to expand operations from its home country and the U.K. to France and Germany, and beef up its data analysis and control platform for the industrial and commercial customers it's tapping for flexible electricity load.
In the past four years, REstore has grown from a few megawatts of industrial load to more than 1 gigawatt of peak load under management, serving more than 80 industrial customers including Arcelor Mittal, Praxair, Sappi and Barclays. Its revenues grew 700 percent from 2013 to 2014, and since the end of last year it's increased its share of "95 percent reliable" load from 250 to 350 megawatts — a measure of how much can offer equal or better certainty than natural gas-fired power plants of being there for grid needs.
REstore's new round, led by existing investors LRM, Axe Investments, Ark Angel Fund and other individuals, brings its total capital raised to €11 million ($12.5 million), according to Thursday's announcement. REstore wants to grow its always-available portfolio to more than 2 gigawatts by 2018, and "that's steep growth, and that requires some capital," co-CEO Jan-Willem Rombouts said in a Thursday interview.
It's also seeking to expand to "a European-wide scale," he said, to match an expanding set of opportunities for turning flexible loads like steel smelters, freezers, pumps, fans and manufacturing lines into grid resources.
Europe's demand response needs aren't driven by summertime peak loads, like they are in the United States. Europe does have some wintertime electric heating loads — but the bigger drivers are the system-wide effects of the continent's growing share of intermittent wind and solar power, REstore co-founder Pieter-Jan Mermans said.
First of all, "our power plants are increasingly being mothballed. That's a trend that's crystal clear, and will not be reversed any time soon," he said. "Secondly, the penetration of intermittent renewables continues to grow, which means real-time volatility on the grid."
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Capacity markets are one way to solve the issue of power plants being shut down, he said. That's the form of demand response pioneered in the United States by companies like EnerNOC and Comverge, in which these aggregators bid alongside power plant operators to commit to meeting future peaks in grid energy demand, and then deliver on them years later.
While the majority of U.S. demand response is through capacity markets, Europe has just started to create the structures that allow demand-side resources to participate. Belgian transmission system operator Elia got the ball rolling last year by opening up market bids for 2 gigawatts of capacity to meet winter power shortfalls.
The U.K. held its first capacity auction in December, and while the lion's share of the 45 gigawatts or so of winning bids went to power plants instead of demand response, REstore also won some of them, Mermans said. REstore also competes against a host of demand response companies in the U.K., including EnerNOC, Kiwi Power, Flexitricity, and Honeywell and partner Stor Generation.
The next big capacity market to open up is France, Mermans said. Starting in 2016, French grid operator RTE and other transmission system operators (TSOs) will start asking the country's power suppliers, i.e. power plant owners, to offer capacity certificates to qualified parties on an over-the-counter market.
Out of France's entire 90 to 100-gigawatt wintertime peak load, about 6 gigawatts of capacity is expected to be needed to fill in gaps that can't be met by the country's nuclear and fossil fuel-fired generator fleet, "and that's obviously where demand response can compete," he said. Competitors in this market are Actility, Voltalis, and Energy Pool, the demand response aggregator majority-owned by French grid giant Schneider Electric, which has a big presence in France's existing capacity programs.
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The second opportunity lies in primary reserves markets, he said. These correspond to frequency regulation or ancillary services markets in the U.S., which operate on a minute-by-minute — or second-by-second — basis for generation or load reduction that can help balance grid imbalances.
In the United States, companies like Enbala Networks, Powerit Solutions, Demansys and Viridity Energy are providing this kind of fast-acting load control. It's a pretty cost-effective way to give the grid the flexibility and reliability it needs to run amidst more complex and variable conditions, compared to building energy storage systems or tapping power plants.
Back in 2013, REstore was the first European company to network and control building loads for primary reserves markets run by Belgian TSO Elia. Since then, it's started to apply the same technology to similar programs, like the Firm Frequency Response program started by U.K. grid operator National Grid early this year, which opens up roughly 1,000 megawatts for qualified participants, Mermans said.
France is the latest market to allow demand-side resources to participate in primary reserves markets, which opens up the opportunity to compete for a share of about 600 megawatts of fast-acting grid resources, he said. That market is "worth several hundred million Euros per year," according to RTE's web site.
Still, that's only a slice of what Mermans estimated is a Western European-wide primary reserve market of some 3,000 megawatts. A lot of that remainder lies in Germany, the country at the epicenter of the continent's energy market disruptions.
German utilities like RWE and E.ON are marking multi-billion dollar annual losses from power plants that can't generate power at prices competitive with government-supported solar and wind power. E.ON announced in December that it's planning to split its business into one unit managing its traditional power assets, and another focused exclusively on renewable power, efficiency and distributed, customer-sited energy activities.
Data to prove out demand response's capabilities for regulators
Advanced demand response capabilities could be a natural fit for this new grid-edge utility business model, as could virtual power plants, microgrids and other ways to organize distributed, demand-side grid resources as grid assets and energy market participants. But so far, Germany's regulatory structures haven't moved as quickly to create markets to allow third-party demand response providers like REstore to play a role in that transition, Mermans said.
"The big question is, how the regulatory landscape will evolve," he said. "Germany has been the country that has not been very welcoming for demand response. It's very simple — it's all about the fact that you have four big integrated utilities that prefer to run their power plants in a profitable fashion, and prefer to shut the market from substitutes that are much cheaper."
At the same time, European demand response companies are working on opening those markets, he said. One important player in Germany is Entelios, a startup that brought the first demand-based capacity to Germany's secondary reserves market, and was bought by EnerNOC last year. Here's a map from the Smart Energy Demand Coalition industry group that ranks different countries' openness to European Commission directives to include demand-side resources in broader energy efficiency and carbon reduction goals.
One of the big questions for European grid operators is how reliable, flexible and scalable demand-side resources can be in meeting grid needs. After all, electricity isn't just a commodity to be traded for grid needs for factories, warehouses, data centers, office buildings and other end customers – it's the lifeblood of keeping their businesses running smoothly and profitably.
That's why REstore is going to spend some of its new funding on expanding the capabilities of its Flexpond software platform, Rombouts said. In particular, it will be boosting its data analytics capabilities, to put the immense amounts of data it's pulling from its customer sites to new uses.
That could open up new possibilities for REstore's customers to put fast, automated power controls to use in managing exposure to risk on spot energy markets, or predicting and mitigating peaks in energy consumption that trigger high demand charges, he said.
"As an aggregator, we believe we are uniquely positioned, as we log massive amounts of this behind-the-meter data," he said. "We are really looking for patterns in the way that power is consumed. We want to learn what power is truly flexible."
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Warriors' Klay Thompson suffers leg injury, severity unclear
Nov. 18, 2020 at 4:24 pm Updated Nov. 19, 2020 at 11:34 am
FILE – In this May 29, 2019 file photo Golden State Warriors basketball guard Klay Thompson speaks to the media before practice for the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors in Toronto. Thompson announced Monday, July 1, 2019 his decision to stay with the Golden State Warriors for $190 million over the next five years, meaning the five-time reigning Western Conference champions have their 'Splash Brothers' backcourt of Thompson and Stephen Curry locked up long-term. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP, file)
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Golden State guard Klay Thompson injured his lower right leg during a pickup game in Southern California and will undergo tests Thursday.
"You can be hopeful, you can be concerned, probably all those things combined, and until we know more tomorrow I'll save my … I'll just hope for good news," general manager Bob Myers said after Wednesday night's NBA draft.
The team announced the injury without providing further details about the severity or any timeline for his availability with training camp starting Dec. 1 and the season beginning Dec. 22. Thompson was scheduled to be evaluated, and Myers expected to know more Thursday. Myers said the athletic trainers and possibly coach Steve Kerr would head to Southern California to accompany Thompson.
"I guess this business teaches you to wait to hear for sure on any of these things," Myers said. "Obviously dealing with some of the injuries we've dealt with in the last couple years, it doesn't harden you, it doesn't make it easier but I was hoping we were through all that and maybe we are. Maybe there's good news coming. But certainly not a normal draft, not a normal day."
Myers said Thompson's injury had Golden State consider altering its draft decisions Wednesday night but the Warriors stuck with their plan to select Memphis center James Wiseman with the No. 2 overall selection.
This could be a severe blow for the Warriors, who finished worst in the NBA last season. Thompson didn't play at all during the coronavirus-shortened season as he worked back from surgery for a torn ACL in his left knee. He suffered that injury in the deciding Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors.
LeBron James posted on Twitter: "Praying a lot (at)KlayThompson is cool!! Like it's super minor."
"I think he just as much as anybody wants to know what's going on, trying to stay positive," Myers said. "Klay doesn't like missing five minutes of anything, he was probably bummed to leave the pickup game."


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Still a prototype, the machine could one day help curb electricity and freshwater shortages
Maria Temming
8:00am, July 12, 2019
UNDER THE SUN Solar panels with water purification devices mounted on their backs (illustrated) could produce freshwater and electricity simultaneously.
Wenbin Wang
By mounting a water distillation system on the back of a solar cell, engineers have constructed a device that doubles as an energy generator and water purifier.
While the solar cell harvests sunlight for electricity, heat from the solar panel drives evaporation in the water distiller below. That vapor wafts through a porous polystyrene membrane that filters out salt and other contaminants, allowing clean water to condense on the other side. "It doesn't affect the electricity production by the [solar cell]. And at the same time, it gives you bonus freshwater," says study coauthor Peng Wang, an engineer at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
Solar farms that install these two-for-one machines could help meet the increasing global demand for freshwater while cranking out electricity, researchers report online July 9 in Nature Communications.
Using this kind of technology to tackle two big challenges at once "is a great idea," says Jun Zhou, a materials scientist at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China not involved in the work.
In lab experiments under a lamp whose illumination mimics the sun, a prototype device converted about 11 percent of incoming light into electricity. That's comparable to commercial solar cells, which usually transform some 10 to 20 percent of the sunlight they soak up into usable energy (SN: 8/5/17, p. 22). The researchers tested how well their prototype purified water by feeding saltwater and dirty water laced with heavy metals into the distiller. Based on those experiments, a device about a meter across is estimated to pump out about 1.7 kilograms of clean water per hour.
"It's really good engineering work," says George Ni, an engineer who worked on water distillation while a graduate student at MIT, but was not involved in the new study.
"The next step is, how are you going to deploy this?" Ni says. "Is it going to be on a roof? If so, how do you get a source of water to it? If it's going to be [floating] in the ocean, how do you keep it steady" so that it isn't toppled by waves? Such practical considerations would need to be hammered out for the device to enter real-world use.
W. Wang et al. Simultaneous production of fresh water and electricity via multistage solar photovoltaic membrane distillation. Nature Communications. Published online July 9, 2019. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10817-6.
J. Rehm. A new 2-D material uses light to quickly and safely purify water. Science News. Vol. 195, March 16, 2019, p. 15.
A. Witze. More than 2 billion people lack safe drinking water. That number will only grow. Science News. Vol. 194, August 18, 2018, p. 14.
M. Temming. A new way to turn saltwater fresh can kill germs and avoid gunk buildup. Science News Online, December 11, 2018.
L. Hamers. Perovskites power up the solar industry. Science News. Vol. 192, August 5, 2017, p. 22.
T. Sumner. New desalination tech could help quench global thirst. Science News. Vol. 190, August 20, 2016, p. 22.
T. Sumner. Solar panels are poised to be truly green. Science News Online, December 6, 2016.


Tire blowouts can come at unexpected times, causing serious injuries to pedestrians and other motorists alike. As a car owner, you are required by law to take care of your tires so as to prevent potential blowouts. If you have been involved in a car accident caused by damage to your tires, read on to learn when a tire blowout may or may not make you liable for injuries to others.
As a driver, you are required to drive responsibly and prudently so as to avoid an accident. If a flat occurred unexpectedly while you were driving as a normally prudent person would, such as observing the speed limit and road signs, you may not be liable for any damages caused by the tire blowout that you couldn't avoid.
For example, if you were driving reasonably, but encounter a flat caused by debris on the road or some other uncontrollable event, you may not be found responsible for any ensuing accident. However, if you reacted unreasonably to the flat -- say by swerving hard or hitting the breaks--resulting in injuries to others, you may be liable even if the tire blowout was out of your control.
Although the law may not require you to be an expert on the mechanics of your car, you are still required to take reasonable care to avoid tire blowouts while on the road. This means that you have the duty to inspect your tires for any notable defects and keep your vehicle off the road until the problems are fixed.
Drivers who drive until their tire threads are nearly worn out may be responsible for an accident caused by a flat on the road. You are also responsible for noticing any damage to the tires. For instance, if there is a nail lodged in a tire that causes a flat, you may not be able to claim that you weren't aware of the issue if an accident occurs.
In your duty to inspect your tires, you are required to take your car for regular maintenance. If your mechanic failed to notice a defect they should have seen when you last brought your car in for maintenance, they might be found liable for your crash instead of you. Automotive specialists that install your tires improperly or use the wrong type of tire for your car model could also be found liable for accidents caused by a flat.
If you were involved in a traffic accident of any kind, make sure to speak with a lawyer from a firm like Swartz & Swartz P.C. They can help you navigate the tricky waters of auto accident liability.


Up to €3.8m worth of technology is to be invested in a new fleet of taxis that will feature a variety of high-tech security features unseen before on Dublin streets.
The fleet of taxies rolling on to Dublin streets by Xpert Digi Taxis will be equipped with in-car CCTV cameras, emergency panic buttons and an integrated global positioning system (GPS). The company's chief executive Vinny Kearns said the emphasis will be on security and driver safety.
"We want to set new standards for the Irish taxi industry and our No 1 aim is security and peace of mind for both passengers and drivers. There is a definite need for a safe and secure taxi service in this country and Xpert Digi Taxis will provide this service. We carried out a feasibility study for this new concept and we also visited a number of taxi operations in other European countries as part of this research. Xpert Digi Taxis is based on the best practice that we have seen in other countries," said Kearns.
The company will operate initially in the Dublin area and has 200 taxis on board from today. A nationwide rollout of the service is on the cards and the company expects to have 2,000 taxis on the road within the next three years.
As well as the uniformed drivers, CCTV cameras, panic buttons and GPS systems, the new taxis will feature a chip & PIN credit and laser card terminal.
The in-car CCTV cameras will use Bluetooth technology to interface with an in-car XDA 2i device and images will be stored for 48 hours and may be examined in the case of complaint. The XDA will also be used by the drivers to receive job notifications from the dispatch centre.
It is understood after signing a deal with Conduit the new company will become the first taxi firm in Ireland to have a dedicated call centre. It is understood Conduit will deploy 16 staff to operate the call centre.


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6 Ways Stress Is Destroying Your Relationship
by Alex Jane September 12, 2015 December 14, 2020
Tension is just a psychological and physical reaction to a risk. It's naturally designed to be considered a short term problem to obtain us out-of a harmful or dangerous situation. In society it's become persistent and endemic also it comes with a disastrous impact on both body and mind within the long term, because the chemicals of stress—adrenaline and cortisol—are very corrosive, so it can cause all kinds of physical and emotional issues," says McGrail. The irony is that if you can get yourself in the mood, sex actually Reduces stress, says McGrail. "Sex actually helps reduce stress due to the secretion of endorphins. It also is good for the heart, immunity and both testosterone and estrogen levels," says McGrail.
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1. Fatigue
Excessive fatigue is a by-product of stress; if you're tired you are not likely to want to engage in intimacy, which takes energy, says McGrail.
2. Physical Reactions
If your mind "believes" it is under threat it can reduce libido in both men and women; even prevent a man from gaining an erection and a woman from being able to become aroused and lubricated. "Adrenaline and Cortisol (stress chemicals) are the antitheses of serotonin, prolactin and oxytocin, the feel good chemicals (endorphins) associated with happiness and intimacy," says McGrail.
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3. Ruined Mood
Everyone who has had a rough day and emerged crabby knows stress affects moods: "For example, when the economy is bad we see so many men come in and get treated for erectile dysfunction," says Sexual Health MD Dr. Jed Kaminetsky. The reason for this is that so many people's (men in particular) identity is focused on being successful, and having monetary gain. If they cannot do that, and don't feel content, the rest of their body begins to shut down—starting with their sexual stamina.
4. Relationship Stress
When a couple are constantly jockeying for position and control, the hormone oxytocin (that promotes bonding, intimacy and empathy) is reduced, says Dr. Jeanette Raymond, a psychologist and expert on stress and its impact on relationships. Both parties are in defensive posture and neither wants to "give" themselves up in a vulnerable situation like sex. "Stress hormones like cortisol and cytokines set them up for fight or flight, not close intimate connections. However sexual power games may arise—rough sex, S & M, sex where one partner ridicules the other in terms of their sexual prowess or ability to last," says Raymond.
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5. Anxiety Stress
When you stressed, are you in the mood to be 'in the mood'? Many of us aren't. Stress from anxiety, fear, anger results in a depletion of energy and a lack of libido, says Raymond. "Men may experience erectile dysfunction or premature ejaculation and impotency. Women may experience painful intercourse as their vaginal muscles tighten and there is no oxytocin to lubricate the vaginal walls. Foreplay is restricted and desire curbed," says Raymond. We also may not feel sexy, ourselves. Stress caused from the source is chronic, weakens the immune system and causes headaches, gastric and skin problems that interfere with the feeling of being attractive and desirable, says Raymond.
6. Lack of Validation Stress
Stress from this source alters the feeling of desire to be with the person who doesn't appreciate or validate your efforts and sacrifices, says Raymond. The need for validation supersedes libido. It changes the nature of the relationship from equal partners to parent/child, with the latter role person desperate to be noticed and attended to. In this scenario, sex is a no-no!
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Neither option getting you anywhere. Pressing power for 10 or 32 seconds (or longer) just reboots to same bootmenu. Volumekeys as sugested in some similar priv posts does not help either.
Choose continue the boot up using mute button?
May I suggest that you post this concern on Twitter @BlackBerryHelp or the experienced Android users in Android Central and XDA. Good luck! Hope you get this thing done.
Thanks was worth a try, already posted on twitter, only got the 32s power button tip, which did not work. Now I am waiting for BlackBerry support to call.
Kind of surpized that this happened out of the blue... if the September Patch would have been interupted ok, can corrupt the OS. But only on WiFi with no interaction is strange.
OK talked with BlackBerry support, they referred to autoloader. Unfortunately that seems to have bricked the phone completely, as autoloader initiated wipe, the phone is now 30hours blinking and vibrating every second no progress in autoloader whatsoever. Does no longer turn off or react in any other way.
Next step send in for repair/ replacement.
Blame it on BlackBerry. They don't know how to troubleshoot Android issues. Better have it replace since it's still under warranty.
i Need firmware autoloader ABB046 - June 2018 update. thank!


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Углеро́дная нанопе́на — аллотропная модификация углерода, представляющая собой мельчайшую сетку из углеродных нанотрубок и кластеров.

Структура
Нанопена состоит из углеродных кластеров низкой плотности, нанизанных на нерегулярную трёхмерную сетку с периодом 5,6±0,4 Å. Каждый кластер имеет диаметр около 6 нм и содержит порядка 12000 атомов углерода, соединённых в графитоподобные слои, имеющие отрицательную кривизну, благодаря семиугольным включениям в шестиугольную структуру. Это противоположно структуре фуллеренов, у которых углеродные слои имеют положительную кривизну из-за пятиугольных включений.
Крупномасштабная структура углеродной нанопены сходна с аэрогелем, но её плотность в 100 раз меньше плотности углеродного аэрогеля.

Содержание водорода — менее 100 млн−1, совокупное содержание других атомов — менее 500 млн−1 (в том числе Fe+Ni — менее 110 млн−1).

Физические свойства
Углеродная пена представляет собой очень лёгкий порошок чёрного цвета. Плотность нанопены — порядка 2÷10 мг/см³. Это одно из самых лёгких твёрдых веществ (для сравнения, плотность воздуха 1,2÷1,3 мг/см³).

Углеродная нанопена имеет большое удельное сопротивление 10÷30 МОм·м (при комнатной температуре) которое убывает с нагреванием, то есть она является полупроводником. Таким образом, электропроводность нанопены гораздо меньше, чем у углеродного аэрогеля. Это связано с тем, что углеродная нанопена имеет многочисленные неспаренные электроны, наличие которых Роде объяснил тем, что в ней содержатся атомы углерода с тремя связями. Это обусловливает полупроводниковые свойства нанопены.

Углеродная нанопена обладает сильными парамагнитными свойствами, а при температуре ниже ~92 К (точка Кюри) становится ферромагнетиком с узкой петлёй гистерезиса. Поле насыщения — 0,42 СГСМ-ед./г. Она имеет «постоянный» магнитный момент сразу после изготовления, но это состояние сохраняется лишь в течение пары часов. Это единственная форма углерода, которая притягивается к магниту при комнатной температуре.

История открытия
Впервые получена в 1997 году группой учёных из Австралии, Греции и России, работавшей в Австралийском Национальном университете в Канберре под руководством  Андрея Роде при исследовании взаимодействия лазерного излучения с углеродом. В опыте использовался Nd:YAG-лазер с частотой следования импульсов 10 кГц

Получение
Углеродную нанопену получают лазерной абляцией стеклоуглерода в среде аргона при давлении ~1÷100 Торр. При этом углерод нагревается до 10000 °C и застывает в форме нанопены.

Применение
Благодаря очень маленькой плотности (2÷10 мг/см³) и большой площади поверхности (300÷400 м²/г), углеродная нанопена может быть использована для хранения водорода в топливных ячейках.

Полупроводниковые свойства нанопены могут быть использованы в электронике.

Химическая нейтральность и стойкость нанопены открывает широкие возможности применения нанопены в медицине:
 магнитные свойства нанопены позволяют вводить её в кровоток и отслеживать течение крови в мельчайших капиллярах при помощи магнитно-резонансной томографии;
 поскольку нанопена хорошо поглощает инфракрасное излучение, то, введя её в опухоль, можно было бы уничтожить последнюю, облучая инфракрасным светом, поскольку нанопена нагревалась бы гораздо сильнее, чем соседние здоровые ткани.

Ссылки
 Учёные создали новую форму углерода  — Membrana.ru
 Crazy carbon nanofoam loves magnets — ABC Science Online

Примечания

Аллотропные формы углерода
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In civil cases, you have a right to have your personal injury case heard by a judge or a jury. In most situations, victims want to be able to tell their story to a panel of their peers. Juries also provide results that are consistent with the thinking in the area where the accident occurred. In that way, they give a result that is going to be accepted in the community.
Not every case should have a jury, however. Your Cooper City personal injury attorney will be able to examine your situation and determine whether asking for a jury is a good idea for you.
If you have ever served on a jury, you know their basic functions. However, the vast majority of people called for jury duty will never have to perform that service. As a result, many people do not appreciate what the jury does in a personal injury case, such as a car accident or a slip and fall situation. Generally speaking, the jury will perform the following functions.
Juries are the fact-finders in the case. This role is absolutely vital. The jury will listen to all of the evidence presented and decide who or what they want to believe. This process involves determining which witnesses are more credible or believable. It also includes an examination of physical evidence as well. Some evidence will not be as strong as others, and it is up to the jury to decide which evidence will influence their decision.
The judge will provide comprehensive instructions to the jury on their role and what the law in that particular case is. The jury then decides, based on their review of the facts, whether specific legal qualifications are met. For example, in a car accident case, the judge may tell the jury that to prove negligence, the plaintiff must have shown that the defendant was driving on the wrong side of the road. As a jury person, you determine whether the defendant was driving on the wrong side of the road, and if so, then you would make a finding that they were negligent.
Once the jury has applied the law to the facts, they will come up with a verdict. In criminal trials, the verdict is generally just guilty or not guilty, but in civil suits, verdicts are often more complicated. A jury will determine whether one party was at fault, and, if so, how much the victim's damages should be. This two-part examination requires first determining whether the injured party has proven their case and then setting out a specific dollar amount for an award of damages.
Being on a jury panel can be both emotionally and physically draining. It requires a lot of focus. Nonetheless, juries provide a way for victims to obtain a result that is based on the views of the community as a whole, not just an insurance company, judge, or a couple of lawyers.
If you have been involved in an accident, you need to talk to a Cooper City personal injury attorney. Don't wait to get an experienced lawyer involved in your case—call The Law Office of Bradley Hartman at 954-438-1000 for a free consultation.


NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 19 – World 3,000m steeplechase champion Beatrice Chepkoech has been named in the final shortlist of five for the 2018 IAAF World Female Athlete of the Year Awards.
The Commonwealth Games silver medalist had been named in an initial list of 10 with votes from fans across IAAF Social media platforms seeing her squeeze into the top five in line for the top award when the ceremony is conducted in Monaco next month.
The IAAF Council and the IAAF Family cast their votes by email, while fans voted online via the IAAF's social media platforms.
The IAAF Council's vote counted for 50% of the result, while the IAAF Family's votes and the public votes each counted for 25% of the final result. Voting closed on 12 November.
Chepkoech ran a brilliant race to shave eight seconds off the steeplechase World Record at the Monaco leg of the IAAF Diamond League, running eight minutes, 44.32 seconds to cap off her wonderful season.
She had earlier on bagged silver at the Commonweal Games in Gold Coast Australia, running in the 1500m. She also had a super season at the Diamond League, winning seven of the eight races in the circuit.
Chepkoech also won the African title at the Senior Athletics Championship in Asaba, Nigeria, before heading to the Continental Cup in Ostrava where she also picked the crown.
She will vie for the ultimate crown alongside Belgian heptahltete Naffi Thiam who also won the crown last year, British sprinter Dina Asher-Smith, Colombian triple jumper Catherine Ibarguen and Bahamian sprinter Shaunae Miller-Uibo.


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The Story of the Costume Drama
One of the greatest pleasures of costume drama is, of course, the costumes. Stories set in different places and times invite us into their world and tell us about their characters through the details and artistry of the wardrobe. Whether it is a real-life couple who were world-renowned fashion icons like the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in Edward & Mrs. Simpson or a legendary bawdy heroine like Fanny Hill , the costumes are an integral part of the story-telling. Costume designers study fashion, history, and literature and actors often say that their performances are inspired by the feel of the clothes. Many work closely with costume designers to help create their characters. Whether it is the high collars of the Victorian era or the high waists of Jane Austen's characters a century earlier, from the exquisite hand embroidery on a lace-trimmed ball gown to the correct placement of the sleeve buttons on a soldier's uniform, from the lacing on the corset to the plume in a hat and the starch in an apron, the costumes help make the story real and enthralling. On this new DVD, the designers tell their stories, with comments and appearances from stars like Helen Mirren, Alex Kingston, Keira Knightley, Gillian Anderson, Jeremy Irons, John Hurt, Daniel Radcliffe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ioan Gruffudd, and Colin Firth. This is an outstanding behind-the-scenes documentary that is sure to give you a better appreciation of costume drama and remind you of favorites from the BBC you want to re-watch and new series you want to try.
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