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Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado (2020) review
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Director: Cristina Costantini and Kareem Tabsch
In his native Puerto Rico, Walter Mercado was famous for his flamboyant attire - imagine Liberace partnered up with Siegfried and Roy - and vivacious personality as he gave out astrological advice (Sagittarius represent!) on television ... until his manager handed him a bad contract and he lost the rights to his own name and content. As fun as Mr. Mercado was - even in his late 80's he still had it - the documentary blows past controversy over the Psychic Hotlines that he sponsored that scammed people out of their money (I remember you, Ms. Cleo) and does everything it can to put him in a positive light, and the last half hour is hagiography: Lin-Manuel Miranda shows up to meet his idol (and gush like a fan girl) and a special exhibit is put up in Miami to honor him (and his fashion sense). But maybe his appeal came down to this: he was fundamentally a motivational speaker dishing out plate after plate of positivity, and that's what some people need. As for me, I prefer The Onion's horoscopes....


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MUFF WIGGLER :: View topic - Guitar polyfoni to midi - where are we?
Guitar polyfoni to midi - where are we?
I wonder if any of you guitarist are well informed on the state of affairs with guitar to midi transposition.
Are we still dependent on Roland or Fishman middle stations to successfully transpose strumming to midi (as in catching the chords e.g. like the Chordie app. Are there any cool new developments out there that you'd like to share with us.. Any news from NAMM2019 that flew us by?
There has been so many promising words over the years, but I have yet to see any straigh forward and elegant solutions with results that guitarist really praise. Really not keen on that Roland guitar synth.
Yeah, Melodyne works, but that's another software step that easily kills creative flow, and of course it doesn't work in real time.
The BOSS SY-300 seemed to handle poly and tracking pretty well. Not a great-sounding synth though and no MIDI to pitch conversion AFAIK.
Industrial Radio has made midi basses for years and now they have a guitar.
Wow - 4K$, and a 6 month wait. Hmmm. Can you bend strings with that fret sensing tech? I'm not seeing that in any of the demos - it's all just straight chord stuff. But I got bored and didn't watch all of them.
You can bend on the bass version that I have.
Bass builder friend of mine installs fret-trax and speaks highly of it. I have not personally tried it.
I have had almost every iteration of guitar synth (fret-trax obviously excluded), and without a doubt the best tracking etc. came from the original Roland Gr-300. Nothing can touch it for accuracy and touch/feel.
I regret selling that system on a weekly basis. I bought it on eBay in 2007 for $400 with the cord and pickup. One of the dumbest resells I ever made.
I have a modified G&L ASAT with Axon midi pickup custom installed by Gary Brawer. I run thru an Axon 100SB module using the onboard Yamaha sound card. Works very good but not perfect. Tried triggering a synth once using the midi out but mostly use her for pad beds to play against.


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Biggest American lotteries now available to Australians
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PLAYING the lottery is a long-standing tradition all over the world, but in America, it has reached an entirely new level.
After the US Powerball has passed the prize threshold of USD1 billion in 2016, America has set new standards for the game globally.
The USD1.58 billion jackpot broke the world record for the largest lottery prize and people from all over the world then turned their attention to playing American lotteries, Australians included.
Now, in 2018, the US Mega Millions has had a USD1.53 billion jackpot in the running, which has asserted the supremacy of American games in the lottery market.
Thanks to theLotter.com.au, the pioneer of lottery messenger services, Aussies have a new American Powerball game to play - and some of them have already won it online.
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US Powerball and Mega Millions - the two American lottery giants
Since 2016, the US Powerball has also set the world record for the largest lottery win on a single ticket - USD758 million, won by Mavis Wanczyk from Massachusetts in 2017.
But this is not the only American lottery to break records. In October 2018, the US Mega Millions delivered a USD1.53 billion jackpot, just shy of Powerball's world record.
While it did not boast the largest lottery prize in history, the US Mega Millions did make the biggest lottery win ever, as the USD1.53 billion was won by a single ticket purchased in South Carolina.
In the upcoming draws of 2018, the US Powerball is expected to push back on the Mega Millions, as it is currently displaying a jackpot that is bound to make it in the top five.
The ongoing feud between America's lottery giants has made the game truly epic, and each draw is cause for enormous excitement due to the large prizes they offer.
With minimum jackpots of USD40 million in both games, every draw is a lotto event in America and is available to Australian lottery fans via theLotter.com.au.
Set up in 2002, theLotter is a ground-breaking service that allows lotto enthusiasts to play the game beyond the borders of their own country.
With a wide range of international lotteries available on the platform, Australians can expand their lottery horizons globally in a secure environment.
How does theLotter work?
Users can purchase their tickets online in Australia through theLotter.com.au. Then, the company's local agents buy the official tickets from authorised retailers on behalf of the players. The tickets for US Powerball and Mega Millions are physically purchased in America and made available to Australians online. Lottery tickets are then scanned and uploaded to the users' accounts to ensure the proof of purchase.
When users buy their lotto entries on theLotter.com.au, they are the legal owners of the tickets. The service does not charge any commissions on lottery wins, so any prize won online can be collected in full after the due taxes are paid out.
Has anybody won American lotteries online?
Over the years, theLotter has made many winners all over the world.
A player with the initials M.M. played the Oregon Megabucks all the way from Iraq and he won USD6.4 million in 2015.
We can't show you his face, but here's a lucky theLotter winner (right). Contributed
With the platform's support, M.M. got to the US to collect his jackpot.
Aura D. from Panama chose another one of America's finest, the Florida Lotto. She played on theLotter and won a whopping USD30 million in 2017.
As for theLotter's biggest Australian winner, he won the US Powerball.
Dubbed the Wonder from Down Under, this player scooped the USD1 million second prize in the game in 2016, but his big stroke of luck was a long time coming.
He was one of the platform's most dedicated users, as he had been playing the lottery on a regular basis since 2003 with more than 452 wins under his belt.
With more huge jackpots coming up in the US Powerball and the Mega Millions, Australians can now be a part of America's biggest lottery draws.
With theLotter.com.au, it is extremely easy and completely safe. When the next USD1 billion jackpot comes up, Aussies can be in the race for this huge prize by playing online.
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At a practical level, if you want to absolutely minimize dilution in 2018 and you are "hot" (and thus have high leverage) … do not raise money from VCs.
Raise money from angels that don't care too much about price, e.g. raise $2m on a $50m valuation. No VC will do this type of deal (ownership too low), and potentially because of price. But in Silicon Valley, if you are super hot, you may find "play money" wealthy angels who will do these kind of deals. They are no longer uncommon.
Raise money from new funds that don't care as much, either. Most new funds are seed funds that are very price sensitive. But some, a minority, are just about getting into hot deals. They also might do $2m on a $50m valuation, or whatever. Stage-agnostic but smaller funds will do these types of unusual deals.
ICO. This is getting a little harder, but it is sure is less dilutive.
Raise money from other, non-traditional sources of capital. Offshore sources of capital, etc. More and more folks want to invest in startups with direct returns from any individual investment often being secondary.
So if you're hot and want to hack it, avoid South Park and Sand Hill. This doesn't always work. But there are far more non-traditional sources of start-up capital today than there were even just a few years ago.
Can founders force a reluctant VC to exit (assuming there is a reasonable return for all)?


Team PLP is fundraising by running the Royal Parks Half 2018. Please support us!
This stunning central London half marathon takes in some of the capital's world famous landmarks and four of London's Royal Parks – Hyde Park, The Green Park, St James's Park and Kensington Gardens.
Date: Sunday 14 October 2018?
Fundraising targets do not include gift aid.
Our fee includes an exclusive PLP tshirt that changes every year.
We try to keep entry fees to a minimum to encourage diverse participation. Peak Team PLP is around 50 runners.
Why not ask your chambers or LLP to sponsor you by purchasing your place?
PLP has been fielding 'Team PLP' running the Royal Parks Half since 2016.


BOSTON - The trolls are winning.
"Wonder how much taxpayer cash went into this 'deep' study?"
"I think you can take all these studies by pointy headed scientists, 99 percent of whom are socialists and communists, and stick them where the sun don't shine."
"Yawn. Climate change myth wackos at it again."
"This article is 100 percent propaganda crapola."
"Speaking of dolts, if you were around in the 70s, when they also had scientists, the big talk then was about the coming ice age. And don't give me any of that carbon emission bull@!$%#."
Such nasty back and forth, like it or not, is now a staple of our news diet, and in the realm of online science news, the diatribes, screeds and rants are taking a toll on the public perception of science and technology, according to a study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Addressing scientists here today (Feb. 14, 2013) at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, UW-Madison science communication researcher Dominique Brossard reported the results of a study showing the tone of blog comments alone can influence the perception of risk posed by nanotechnology, the science of manipulating materials at the smallest scales.
The study, now in press at the Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, was supported by the National Science Foundation. It sampled a representative cross section of 2,338 Americans in an online experiment, where the civility of blog comments was manipulated. For example, introducing name calling into commentary tacked onto an otherwise balanced newspaper blog post, the study showed, could elicit either lower or higher perceptions of risk, depending on one's predisposition to the science of nanotechnology.
"It seems we don't really have a clear social norm about what is expected online," says Brossard, a UW-Madison professor of Life Science Communication, contrasting online forums with public meetings where prescribed decorum helps keep discussion civil. "In the case of blog postings, it's the Wild West."
For rapidly developing nanotechnology, a technology already built into more than 1,300 consumer products, exposure to uncivil online comments is one of several variables that can directly influence the perception of risk associated with it.
"When people encounter an unfamiliar issue like nanotechnology, they often rely on an existing value such as religiosity or deference to science to form a judgment," explains Ashley Anderson, a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University and the lead author of the upcoming study in the Journal of Computer Mediated Communication.
Highly religious readers, the study revealed, were more likely to see nanotechnology as risky when exposed to rude comments compared to less religious readers, Brossard notes.
"Blogs have been a part of the new media landscape for quite some time now, but our study is the first to look at the potential effects blog comments have on public perceptions of science," says Brossard.


Based on the thinking of Japanese style acupuncture, Fumi generally tries to bring a balance to the person as a whole in the beginning of the treatment session, then moves onto specific local areas that need an extra attention at the given moment. She generally spends a good amount of time to listen to the patient at each session, and the majority of a treatment session is done in a hands-on style. She combines various axially modalities in addition to needle acupuncture including moxibustion, cupping, Tuina massage, gua sha, Teishin, Sotai movement therapy, electro-current therapy, dietary & supplement education, and Qi Gong therapy to customize her treatment in order to achieve the optimal guidance for the individual patient. Additionally, she is also a certified practitioner for NAET (Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Techniques) and Applied Kinesiology. With NAET treatments, she hopes that she can help patients with complicated and/or severe allergies and sensitivities, which significantly affect quality of life for many.
Native from Japan, Fumi has been enjoying living in Oregon for over two decades. Before choosing the path of Oriental Medicine, she practiced a various styles of yoga including Astanga and Shadow Yoga for years and completed a 3-year yoga teacher training at Yoga Shala in 2009 with Matt Huish. Having worked in corporate environments, Fumi understands how easy to get into a potentially self-destructive habitual pattern. She hopes to bring her treatments to help people who seek for a transformation toward more grounded perception and receptivity in order to enjoy their lives more deeply while enhancing individual's innate healing capacity. Fumi graduated from Oregon College of Oriental Medicine with an MAcOM and also holds an MA in Asian Studies from University of Oregon. While she is not engaged in medicine and healing, she enjoys rock climbing, yoga, qigong, being in the nature, craft work, sewing, cooking and calligraphy.


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Williamsburg man found with 88 grams of methamphetamine
Mike Emery
RICHMOND, Ind. — Richmond Police Department officers seized 88 grams of methamphetamine, 19 grams of heroin and marijuana from a Williamsburg man Wednesday.
Joel Ryan Toney, 32, of the 8200 block of Pleasant Street now has four active cases involving drugs and firearms in Wayne County Superior Court 1. The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office formally filed charges Thursday of dealing methamphetamine and dealing heroin as Level 2 felonies and of dealing marijuana and resisting law enforcement as Class A misdemeanors against Toney.
Prosecutors also accuse Toney of being a habitual offender because of previous felony convictions for robbery and possession of a syringe. In addition, Toney has multiple drug-related convictions in Wayne County.
Judge Charles Todd Jr. found probable cause exists for the new charges and set
Toney's bond at $250,000.
The latest trouble for Toney began about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday when he was the passenger in a vehicle that did not properly stop at the intersection of North Fifth Street and East Main Street, according to an affidavit of probable cause. Toney was seen moving about inside the vehicle as a traffic stop was initiated.
Toney initially resisted being handcuffed, then when being led to an RFD cruiser, jerked away and tried to run only to trip and fall, the affidavit said.
Richmond Police Department K-9 Max indicated to the presence of a narcotics odor in the vehicle, the affidavit said. Two bags were found inside the vehicle that contained baggies of a white, crystal-like substance that tested positive for methamphetamine, an off-white powder and a tan powder that tested positive for heroin and marijuana. Officers also found syringes, Oxycontin pills and scales with residue.
The 88 grams of methamphetamine was contained in 19 baggies and one container, while the 19 grams of heroin was contained in four baggies, according to the affidavit.
Toney's arrest Wednesday was his second this month.
He was previously charged with Level 4 felony illegal possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon. That charge resulted from an Aug. 2 call to the Red Roof Inn on Chester Boulevard for a possible gunshot wound, according to an affidavit.
No evidence of a gunshot or a wounded person was located; however, Toney was found in possession of a semi-automatic handgun, the affidavit said.
Toney also was twice charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of a syringe during 2019. All four charges are Level 6 felonies.
One set of charges resulted from a Nov. 15 traffic stop when K-9 Max alerted to a narcotics odor, and the other resulted from a Nov. 23 report of a man trying to access vehicles, according to the affidavits.
In addition,Toney has a case from September 2019 pending in Henry County Circuit Court 2, court records show. That case charges him with possession of a syringe and possession of methamphetamine as Level 6 felonies and with misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana.


The Skittle is characterized by a long slim upper body which gets wider at the middle. This is not the same as the classic Pear shape as this is accompanied by a bigger bottom and saddlebags because despite their long legs, Skittles carry much more of their weight around the thighs which you've probably gone to great lengths to cover up over the years. Sadly focusing on what's below the waist often leads to neglecting your shapely arms and small waist which are real winners that many other body shapes lack.
Fortunately, the Skittle is one of the less challenging body shapes to dress well because the top half usually in good proportion so this is a great start and tops that suggest elegance are your wardrobe's secret weapon. It is quite easy to cover your larger lower part whilst accentuating the top half, just avoid going overboard by trying to cover your whole body with baggy shapeless clothes – there's not much work to do here and you don't need to hide yourself!
Skirts are good for Skittles, not above the knee or it will lead the eye straight to your thighs or even make them look bigger than they are. Trousers that hang from your bum to the floor will ease the pounds off your thighs if you do it right but never wear anything other than full length trousers or they will shorten your legs and again increase the size of your thighs. Fitted tops to show off that lovely small waist are a winner because once everyone sees how slim you are there they will already have made up their minds you're a skinny woman so won't look at your thighs!
Short cut jackets that emphasise your bum.
Anything for your top half that has some colour or detail to draw the eye upwards.
Fitted dresses with flared skirts.
High heeled shoes to make those legs longer and slimmer.
If you've decided you aren't a Skittle, you're probably in the right body group but the wrong body shape, try looking at the Pear or Bell instead.
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I find it really hard to identify my body shape. I've considered Skittle and Hourglass, and possibly also Vase and Cello. The trouble is that I can't seem to figure out whether I have a short waist or not. I wouldn't say that I have a long torso, but is it short or normal – I just don't know! Is there a trick to figuring this out?


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France to host decisive Repechage tournament for Rugby World Cup 2019
Ozgur Tore
World Rugby has announced the venue for the Rugby World Cup 2019 repechage tournament as the Stade Delort in Marseille, France.
Four teams will compete in the round-robin format event to be played across three match days on Sunday 11 November, Saturday 17 November and Friday 23 November 2018.
The repechage tournament is a new concept for Rugby World Cup qualification and represents the last opportunity for a team to qualify for Japan 2019 with four nations fighting it out to secure the twentieth and final place at the Rugby World Cup.
Last weekend Hong Kong confirmed their place in the repechage with a convincing 77-3 aggregate victory over the Cook Islands. They join Canada who were confirmed in the repechage in February following their defeat to Uruguay in the Americas play-off over two legs.
The third team will be decided when Germany face Samoa in Heidelberg on Saturday 14 July (kick-off: 16:00 local time). The winner will qualify automatically for the Rugby World Cup while the loser will join the repechage. Samoa head in to the game in a strong position for automatic qualification following their 66-15 victory in the first-leg of the play-off in Apia.
The line-up will be completed on August 18 when the Rugby Africa Gold Cup comes to a conclusion with the champions qualifying directly for Japan 2019, and the runners-up entering the repechage.
The winner of the repechage will enter in to group B at the Rugby World Cup alongside reigning champions New Zealand, South Africa, Italy and Africa 1.
The Stade Delort in Marseille is a 5,000 capacity venue which has previously hosted rugby and major sports events in France's second largest city in the Provence region.
The announcement follows hot on the heels of the French Rugby Federation's successful hosting of the record-breaking Under 20 Championships across three venues in southern France last month and comes ahead of France's hosting of Rugby World Cup 2023.
World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont said: "The repechage tournament is going to be a very hotly contested event with the ultimate prize of a place at the Rugby World Cup at stake. Marseille can look forward to three matchdays of thrilling rugby between nations from four different continents.
"Following the outstanding success of the recent World Rugby U20 Championship in southern France, we are delighted to partner with the French Rugby Federation again to deliver this important tournament as France continues to advance its preparations for hosting the Rugby World Cup in 2023."
French Rugby Federation President Bernard Laporte said: "I am delighted that France will be hosting the repechage tournament for the Rugby World Cup 2019. It's a very important event as four teams will compete in Marseille to get the last seat for the Rugby World Cup in Japan. By hosting this tournament, FFR reinforces its commitment to help develop rugby worldwide. It's also a pretty glimpse to the Rugby World Cup #France2023. I wish to thank the SMUC Rugby which partners with FFR to ensure the success of such an event."
Demand for tickets to the Rugby World Cup in Japan has been phenomenal with over 2.5 million ticket applications in the initial sales phases. The next opportunity to secure tickets begins on September 19 with the opening of the General Ticket Sales Ballot open to the general public. Fans who have been unsuccessful in securing tickets so far are encouraged to keep trying as tickets are still available for all matches and in all categories, across the entire tournament. With such exceptional demand for tickets, fans are being urged to buy exclusively from official channels to avoid being let down. For more details visit www.RugbyWorldcup.com/buy-official.
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I guess this is what being an visual artist means, out there, or in here, alone with my imagination and my own ability (TBD) to express it in some way that is appealing. As my first solo show speeds at me with what is starting to feel like a mighty force. The overwhelming feeling that I am having at this moment, is that I am afraid, nay terrified, of my first "Solo" show.
Solo, from the Latin Solus, Solo is from the Italian Solo and is defined as (in addition to a musical solo)...something undertaken or done alone (Webster). 1. Alone, by oneself, unattended, unaccompanied, lonely, lone, lonesome 2. only, single, just one, unique, sole (Oxford).
A clear description of a most frightening experience for us human social creatures...or for me anyway. help. Please mark you calendars for February 7 and come join me at CORE Gallery...lord knows I'll be ready for some company by then!
A snapshot from my studio, acrylic works from 2013 and beyond.
January 29 is now less than 3 months away and I am weeks behind on upkeep and content for both my blog and my work site. I have been heads-down hammering away in my studio. I will be opening a month long solo show at CORE Gallery in Pioneer Square on January 29 thru February 22, 2014. I will be sharing the gallery with Sculptor Michael Harrison (check out his cool stuff!). We will be having a public reception on First Thursday art-walk, February 6, 2014 and a private invitation only artist's reception on Friday, February 7th. Please mark your calendars to come join us on February 7th!!
In the coming weeks I'll be posting a few sneak peeks at some of the stuff I will be hanging. I will not be participating in the December Open Studios at Gasworks Galleries as it is just too much to try and clean up shop in the midst of my insane work plan. I have painting work to do (lots of it!), framing and hanging prep, marketing, materials, signage and invitations -- ACK!!! All the non-glamorous stuff of a working artist.
I also wanted to share a quote from a patron who recently received the painting of mine she purchased from photos on the website, "Subject: LOVE!!! Email: Oh my goodness, Kalindi! I am in love with the painting - I hadn't noticed the sparkly details in the photos..." AS, 10/16/13.
While all of my paintings don't include sparkles, ALL I can ask is that if you can, please come to my show, because I know that seeing my work in person is a very different experience than what the online photographs online can offer...and I would love to see you!


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FC Pjunik Erevan (armenski: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Փյունիկ Երեւան) je nogometni klub iz armenskog grada Erevana. Osnovan je 1992. godine i najpopularniji je nogometni klub u Armeniji.

Ime "pjunik" na armenskom znači "feniks".

Osnovan je 1992. godine. Jedan je od najpopularnijih armenskih nogometnih klubova od utemeljenja armenske premijer lige 1992. godine. Osnovan je kao Homenetmen Yerevan. Pod time je imenom nastupao do sezone 1995./96., kad je preimenovan u Pjunik. Nakon što je dvaput osvojio naslov kao Pjunik, uslijedili su financijski problemi u klubu koje klub nije uspio riješiti te je klub ugašen 1999. godine.

Naslovi
Pjunik je dvanaest puta osvojio naslov prvaka države, četiri puta državni kup, te šest puta superkup.

Prvaci Armenije (12): 2001., 2002., 2003., 2004., 2005., 2006., 2007., 2008., 2009., 2010., 2015., 2022.
 doprvaci: 2011.

Osvajači kupa Armenije (4): 2002., 2004., 2009., 2010.
doprvaci kupa: 2006.

Osvajači superkupa Armenije (8): 2002., 2004., 2005., 2007., 2008., 2010., 2011.
doprvaci superkupa: 2003., 2006., 2009.

Vanjske poveznice
Službene stranice
Armenski nogometni portal

Pjunik

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What is the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award?
The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award is given every year to the best book for beginning readers.
Who is the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal named for?
Theodor Seuss Geisel also known as Dr. Seuss, a famous author and illustrator.
For more information, visit the Theodor Seuss Geisel website.
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Korean trademarks are searched in the whole world! (News Letter No. 326)
1.	Korean trademarks are searched in the whole world!
According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the Global Brand Database which is a trademark search service operated by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has started the Korean trademark search service since the end of November 2015.
The Global Brand Database's internet address is www.wipo.int/branddb.
For the information cooperation, KIPO and WIPO exchanged an MOU to exchange IP information in November, 2014. Accordingly, the information of about 3,000,000 Korean trademarks was added to the Global Brand Database.
Thereby, the Global Brand Database provides about 24,490,000 trademarks of 26 countries/organizations including the Republic of Korea, the US, Germany, Japan, etc. in the world.
Anyone in the world can more easily search Korean trademarks through the Korean trademark data service provided by the Global Brand Database. Further, this database is expected to greatly assist foreign companies which seek to obtain Korean trademark rights and to advance into Korean markets.
2.	Korean leading IP policy capability and experiences were passed to ASEAN
The International Intellectual Property Training Institute (IIPTI) of KIPO and WIPO jointly held a '2015 WIP Asia-Pacific Regional IPR Seminar' from November 23 through 26, on the subject of 'Effective implementation of ASEAN countries' intellectual property development plans'.
ASEAN established an ASEAN IP strategic plan for ten (10) years (2016~2025) to strengthen the cooperation and policy capabilities in the IPR field. This is an effort to implement successful IP strategies to strengthen the IP infrastructure, expand the IP ecosystem and to set up the mechanism for promoting the use of IP in the ASEAN countries.
As one effort, 22 officials and 3 experts in the IP field of 12 ASEAN countries including Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar, among others, visited the Republic of Korea.
In this seminar, the participants learned detailed strategies and polices of the advanced countries including the Republic of Korea in the IP field. Therefore, this seminar is considered to be a beneficial opportunity for the participants to learn the strategies for national IP and economic development.
3.	The number of applications for counterfeiting trademarks greatly decreased
According to KIPO, the number of applications for counterfeiting trademarks filed by October 2015 totaled 286 (averaging about 29 per month), rapidly decreasing to 1/18 of a total of 6,276 (averaging about 523 per month) for 2014. In addition, the number of the relevant registrations greatly decreased from a total of 133 cases in 2014 to a total of 17 in 2015.
Further, there were many small merchants or new small business owners who were unfairly damaged by those that had filed applications for counterfeiting trademarks and registered the counterfeiting trademarks and then sent warning notices stating that the small merchants or new small business owners infringed their trademark rights and requesting settlement money or royalty payments.
To eradicate the applications for counterfeiting trademarks which are in full swing, KIPO selected this issue as one of the governmental normalization core tasks of 100 abnormal subjects and has strongly carried forward the intensive policy measures.
First, KIPO intensively controls a trademark broker by selecting an applicant of an application for a counterfeiting trademark in doubt, listing the applicant in an examination system, performing a strict examination of this application and strengthening an examiner's ex officio investigation and objection to register the trademark filed in the application which is of a doubtful unfair purpose.
4.	Patent trend for user-customized advertisement
As the information technology (IT) environment, such as supply and spread of internet, smart devices, has been popularized, the paradigm of advertisement has been changed.
Facebook which is a global enterprise has provided the customized advertisement through the 'Custom Audiences' since 2012. Google announced to start a 'user-customized advertisement service' at the end of this year or the beginning of the next year.
According to KIPO, the number of patent applications related to online advertisement methods, which sharply increased in 2012, continued increasing over the last 3 years. Specifically, 682 patent applications were filed during the first half of 2015 and therefore more than 1350 patent applications will be expected to be filed by the end of this year.
One thing to note is that the advertisement methods have evolved such that the advertisement is combined with the cutting-edge technology (such as recognition of an user's sensibility, realization of virtual space for experiences, etc.) to provide various information, rather than provide simple general information.
Administrative procedures for Taiwanese patent applications to be filed Korean companies become convenient (News Letter No. 327)
KIPO provides the Chinese to Korean machine translation service through KIPRIS from December 1, 2015 (News Letter No. 325)


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The ballad of Baby Doe: historical accuracy and gender ideology in the characterization of Augusta and Babe Doe
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Hoffmann, Kari Ragan
In 1956, The Ballad of Baby Doe, an American opera by composer Douglas Moore and librettist John Latouche, premiered in Central City, Colorado. This quintessential American opera is all the more powerful because of its true-life origins, a facet which enriches the story greatly.Although the story is based on the real lives of the Tabors, and makes only minor adjustments to the historical accuracy in order to fit operatic convention, it unfortunately perpetuates gender ideology by choosing to portray these women with great dichotomy from who they truly were. Suzanne Cusick, noted feminist musicologist encourages us to "read with different eyes the sources others have read before (us), to ask different questions of the traditional archival sources and thus to find some of the answers." When applying this concept to the two principal heroines, Augusta and Baby Doe, there is a great deal of comparative analysis with regard to cultural convention, misogynist attitude and the perpetuation of gender ideology between their historical characters and their operatic portrayal. Furthermore, music is a powerful medium and it is imperative to consider its influence on the listener with regard to the cultural and social ramifications.In The Ballad of Baby Doe we are presented with two paradoxically portrayed females who in reality were historically similar in their power, strength and independence as women living in the Victorian era. However, for the purposes of making a more effective drama, Moore and Latouche depict them as complete opposites musically and textually and further perpetuate gender ideology.
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Last month, I traveled to the Rheingau and Rhinehessen, and learned about the shift in Germany toward terroir-driven winemaking, particularly with dry Riesling, as well as the organic and biodynamic movement there.
Back in New York, I've been spreading the Riesling gospel. But of course, I would have been remiss if I limited it only to what's going on in the Old World. The Finger Lakes is producing wonderful Riesling, and I wanted to not only mention that region in general, but highlight the strides taken by innovative winemakers like Kris Matthewson, of Bellwether Wine Cellars, toward natural winemaking – which is not really a trend, in that area. For other natural Finger Lakes wines, look for Bloomer Creek and Eminence Road.
Check out my article on the new generation making German Riesling for Vine Pair here . . .
my more domestic-focused Riesling piece for Eater, here.
And . . . go drink some Riesling.
Although I realize that the 4th of July is supposed to be celebratory and leisurely, I think this year in particular calls for some reflection on what America is and how it became this way. I am not naive enough that America's legacies of inequality and injustice are news to me, but it does seem that this state has become gravely exaggerated over the last year or so.
On Friday, I visited the MoMa and walked through the incredible "Migration Series" paintings that Harlem-based artist Jacob Lawrence made in 1941. With his astonishing technique that is at once childish and basic yet unique and awe-inspiring, Lawrence tells the story of the migration of Southern blacks to America's northern cities, starting around 1910. Normally, the series is split between the MoMa and the Phillips Collection in DC, and it's incredible to see them altogether.
I also ready an article by Rachel Aviv, certainly one of the most important journalists working today, about a case where a black man was sentenced to death for killing his baby, in a black township of Louisiana. It's currently not behind a paywall ("Revenge Killing," in the current issue of the New Yorker) and I urge you to read this nuanced account of a story that seems to me representative of many broader, structural problems in America today. A legacy cannot be wiped away quickly, and so much work has been done to change our society already, but at the very least we can use this holiday to reflect just a little bit on who we are, and what there is to lament as well as celebrate.


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Carly Schaffner is the Managing Editor of Trucks.com. She is a veteran journalist and communicator who has previously worked for Financial Times, Thompson Reuters and Toyota Motor North America. She can be found on Twitter: @carlyschaffner.
Matt Mostafei, product manager for Audi's new e-Tron electric crossover, explains the German automaker's electric vehicle strategy.
Hyundai's newest crossover is aimed directly at first-time buyers with a flair for trendy living and small item hauling.
Toyota is giving its new-generation Highlander a more chiseled look and more off-roading capability including all-wheel-drive.
Lincoln is replacing its MKC with the Corsair, another small crossover that designers shaped like a dancer and engineers loaded with ingenuity.
Mercedes-AMG is refreshing its GLC 63 SUV and coupe with performance-inspired exterior and interior design as well as a host of new available technologies.
Three-row midsize GMC Acadia SUV competes with Subaru Ascent and Volkswagen Atlas.
On a five-hour journey down the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica, a family packed in a Toyota HiLux tackled miles of unpaved mountainous terrain before arriving at a surf mecca.
Infiniti's QX Inspiration concept hints at the automaker's intention to develop an electric luxury SUV to complete with the likes of Tesla, Audi and Jaguar.
The Ford Ranger midsize pickup, which goes on sale in January 2019, earned top fuel economy marks from the EPA.
Lexus' new extended RX L is more luxurious than the five-passenger variant, but the third row is not the reason to buy it.
Cadillac's new 2019 XT4 subcompact crossover represents a turn for the brand that aims to attract a younger customer base.


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Challenge Total Madness Player Preview: Stephen Bear
It is still wild to me that Stephen Bear is on the Challenge. Bear is a legitimate celebrity whose relationships get documented by tabloids in the United Kingdom. The guy was on multiple seasons of Ex on the Beach, won the Celebrity Edition of Big Brother UK, and even hosted the UK version of How Far is Tattoo Far.
Dropping Bear onto the Challenge is like if you put Casper Smart on an actual season of the Challenge. I was going to compare it to Ronny or Vinny of the Jersey Shore, but I think Ronny & Vinny have a bit more clout. Bear's time on the Challenge has been up and down. He's been a speeding bullet ricocheting all across the game, hooking up with multiple girls (Georgia, Laurel, Kayleigh), creating a bond with Theo, and rivaling with Wes and Rogan.
I think Bear has been one of the luckier cast members in recent seasons. In terms of actual ability, he has shined in some moments, but as a whole, his skill-set is limited. Partially, due to his gameplay. Bear could be a better player if he worked on his cardio and if he formed solid alliances. I don't seriously consider him a contender until he proves he cares about losing or anything in life. All MTV cares is he makes it to the halfway point so that he's worth his appearance check.
Introducing Bear: His first dalliance with reality television was the UK reality series Shipwrecked (the same show Big T comes from). He then went on to find himself on Ex on the Beach Series 3, where his wild antics and hookups would gain him fame. They later recast him for the All-Star version of the show. Bear followed that up with an appearance on Celebrity Big Brother, where his poor behavior got him a final warning from production, as well a "forever nomination," where each eviction, he would be one of the two people that UK fans could vote out of the game. His behavior incensed production, but fans loved the cheeky bastard as they voted him the winner of the season.
Bear represents both the best and worst parts of reality television. Yes, he is entertaining, but at the same time, does he cross the line too often? As someone who covers the show, a character like Bear is fantastic because he hooks up with people, gets into fights, has excellent confessionals, and says wildly stupid things that I can tweet about. At the same time, he is a total dick.
When he debuted on War of the Worlds 1, he shocked me by finishing second place in the opening purge. Bear picked Da'Vonne, which was a shocking choice. Together, they were underwhelming in most daily. However, Da'Vonne killed the eliminations for them and gained them safety for four total weeks when you account for the power of the relic. He was set up well by having an alliance with Theo, Ash Cain, and himself, where each had strong female partners. They should have dominated the game as their only real opposition was Wes. Instead, Wes kept winning challenges and putting them into eliminations. Once the game went solo, Bear had to go into elimination by himself and got physically dominated by Kyle.
During War of the Worlds 2, Bear got flat outplayed by everyone else in the game. Bear spent too much time trying to shag Laurel, Kayleigh, and Georgia at the same time, that by the time he figured out he was on the outside of the UK alliance, he was too far gone. Bear did get an elimination win over Wes but then was swiftly beaten by Joss in mousetrap Hall Brawl. At least Bear didn't get swept 3–0 as he did against Kyle.
Bear has skills and potential; it's just he doesn't have the desire to become a champion.
Player Vitals
Stephen Bear: 30 Years Old, 5'9, 176 lbs, 2 Seasons, 3–2 Elimination Record, Highest Finish: 7th Place Male War of the Worlds 1
Skills and Physical Strength: Old profiles of Bear from when he debuted on television (around Ex on the Beach), they listed at him at 140 lbs. He has put on a considerable amount of muscle since then. Sadly, he is still much smaller than most of the Challenge's big men. This is a crucial detail as Bear's specialty is speed and physicality. While Bear could probably demolish someone in his size range, he will get flung by bigger guys like CT, Rogan, and Kyle.
Bear is fast on his feet and has killed the daily challenges where you have to turn your brain off and sprint through an obstacle. When the daily challenges require more problem-solving and endurance, then we begin to see Bear struggle. It's somewhat representative of his actual attention span. It's hard for a guy to run 10 miles when he shows no commitment in life.
SSMP (Social, Strategic, Mental, and Political) Game: He knows how to charm females, but Bear can't keep himself to one woman. On WOTW 1, he was hooking up with Georgie, yet, he was also trying to get with Nany. Last season, he had bathroom hookups with Laurel, snogs with Kayleigh and Ashley, and then cuddle sessions with Georgia. Bear's living the dream of many men, but from a political and social perspective, he is only exposing himself as these women won't feel the need to protect. Likewise, their friends may want to throw him in for using their friend.
CT was able to get away with that strategy on Rivals 2. Cory was not able to get away with that strategy on Dirty 30. Bear is much closer to being a Cory than a CT, especially when you throw Teen Moms into the equation. The only puzzle he solved was during the opening purge of War of the Worlds 1, but it's been said that he copied Ashley Cain (the 1st place finisher).
Eliminations & Winning Potential: His first elimination win came down to whether DaVonne had better forearm strength than Shaleen (she did). Bear's second elimination was a Pole Wrestle against Gus, where they tied 1–1, while DaVonne won 3–0, resulting in Bear/Day winning 3–1 overall. He then got demolished by Kyle in an altered version of Balls In. Bear made Kyle look like LeBron in their elimination, where even Bear would get the ball first, Kyle would swat it out of his hands.
If the elimination is something climbing related, or a knot so fast where players have to be quick on their feet, Bear is fantastic. Bear outran Wes in their elimination on War of the Worlds 2, and his elimination against Joss was even in terms of speed, he just couldn't deal with Joss's size and physicality.
Bear displays heart in these eliminations, but if you have no significant skills outside of being quick on your feet, your rank in the house immediately drops. You can't be as loud as Bear unless you're damn good.
Can Bear win? No. Until Bear plays the game like a competitor versus just as a reality star; then we can't consider him as a potential winner. However, fans of his and MTV definitely do not want him to tone down his personality. Bear making it ten episodes into a season would be a win for him and production.
Bear's Overall Rating: 76/100
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United Arab Emirates – Economic, Social, and Institutional Analysis
Home / United Arab Emirates – Economic, Social, and Institutional Analysis
By Tadeus Dobrovolskij and Sophia Freynhofer
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Grasping the economic environment of a country is important to businesses and organizations for several reasons, such as the timing and nature of decisions regarding investment and market expansion, or, conversely, divestment and downsizing. Here are three examples: delayed investment decisions during periods of overall economic expansion could mean a loss of market share that is difficult to redeem. Choosing the right kind of financing of strategic investments anticipating deflationary or inflationary tendencies may considerably reduce the real cost of funds. Recognizing structural economic changes early on can guide investment and provide an early mover advantage in expanding industries and segments.
With this economic and country analysis we aim to deepen the understanding of current conditions, underlying factors and choices that have created them, and future perspectives for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Government, and, most importantly, for companies and organizations operating in or with – or planning to operate in or with – the UAE.
The UAE has developed from a juxtaposition of Bedouin tribes to one of the world's most modern and wealthy States in only about 50 years. This is not only thanks to the country's oil reserves, which are the world's seventh largest, but also thanks to a capable leadership making continued circumspect investments and a wide-ranging economic liberalization strategy combined with strong Government control. The UAE works as a modern State, grounded in tribal loyalties and Islamic values. UAE rulers are supreme in their decision-making power, so that policies can be implemented swiftly and with little bureaucratic delay. The Government operates guided by strategic plans that aim at balanced and durable development and prosperity for the country's citizens; it has been able to achieve evident progress towards most of its strategic goals.
Economic growth has been impressive and steady throughout the history of this young confederation of emirates with brief periods of recessions only, e.g. in the global financial and economic crisis years 2008-09, and a couple of more mixed years starting in 2015 and persisting until 2019. Between 2000 and 2018, average real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth was at close to 4%. The UAE leadership has driven forward economic diversification efforts already before the oil price crash in the 1980s, and the UAE is nowadays the most diversified economy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Although the oil and gas sector does still play an important role in the UAE economy, these efforts have paid off in terms of great resilience during periods of oil price fluctuations and economic turbulence. Unless global economic disruptions and regional tensions escalate, we expect growth to pick up again in the UAE in 2020-21, supported by expansionary fiscal policy interventions and new investor friendly laws.
As impressive as economic growth has been population growth in the UAE: the total population has increased from just about 550,000 in 1975 to close to 10 million in 2018. This growth is mainly due to the influx of foreign workers into the country, making the national population a minority. We expect population growth to gradually slowdown in the coming years. This is, on the one hand, due to a shift towards a knowledge-based economy and lower demand for labor in lower productivity sectors such as construction (also due to an asset bubble that has built up over the last years). On the other hand, this is also due to the effect of the country's Emiratization policy, which will bring more nationals, Emiratis, into the labor force and private sector employment in higher productivity sectors, reducing demand for highly skilled foreign labor.
The UAE features a unique labor market system, in which residence in the UAE is conditional on stringent visa rules. This system is a major advantage in terms of macroeconomic stability, as labor supply adjusts quickly to demand throughout economic business cycles. This allows the Government to keep unemployment in the country on a very low level of less than 3%, and it also gives the Government more leeway in terms of macroeconomic policies – where other governments often need to make trade-offs between fighting unemployment and fighting inflation.
Inflation has been picking up in 2017 and 18. Contributing factors were the introduction of a value added tax (VAT) of 5% in 2018 as well as higher commodity prices. Despite the Government's expansionary fiscal policy and a growing economy in 2018 and at the beginning of 2019, prices have been dropping in late 2018 and 2019 owing to oversupply in some sectors of importance to consumer prices. We expect inflation in 2019 to remain below 1%, but to pick up again in 2020, as the Government will stay on its current course and growth will pick up.
The introduction of the VAT has provided the Government with an additional source of income – approximately 6% of the total revenue in 2018, or 27 billion United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED) – affording its fiscal policy more independence from oil and gas-related revenue, which constitutes about 36% of the total Government revenue. While the Government may still adjust the exact arrangement of the VAT, we do not expect any new taxes in the foreseeable future. Additional taxes would destroy one of the UAE's main enticements for businesses to operate in the country and put a heavy burden on the economy.
The UAE's monetary policy is in the service of stability and predictability, as the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) keeps a peg to the US Dollar (USD) and moves interest rates close to the Federal Funds Rate. This policy makes sense in the current situation of global and regional economic and geopolitical uncertainty. Also considering the fact that exports have become the main driver of the UAE's economic growth (the contribution of international trade to GDP grew from 31% in 2017 to 33.5% in 2018, outpacing overall GDP growth for the period), and the fact that the AED is currently undervalued, a departure from this policy – and particularly the peg – would negatively affect this important part of the UAE economy in the short term.
In the mid- to long term, however, we expect the UAE leadership to give up the peg. The peg will become less important, as the UAE transitions to a knowledge-based economy – and becomes yet more independent from the oil and gas sector (oil is currently still being traded not in AED, but in USD). On the contrary, it will become more and more important for the Government to have monetary policy at its free disposal to target inflation, shun too heavy reliance on taxes, and avoid situations where decisions on exchange rates and interest rates contradict fiscal policy measures – as has been the case in recent years, where monetary policy has limited fiscal policy effects on economic expansion. We expect that the UAE will take such a step-in coordination with other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, in order to prevent a negative impact on exports.
Slower economic growth between 2015 and 2019 can be attributed to several factors affecting both demand and supply. The share of trade with Qatar is not big enough for the blockade to have had a significant impact in that context. Nevertheless, removing the blockade would lead to an expected output growth of 0.7% of GDP.
Within the UAE, prosperity is highly unequally distributed along geographic, national and gender factors, as well as skills levels. Nevertheless, inequalities do not show in the form of any remarkable social tensions, which is thanks to – among other factors – the leadership's strong legitimacy, and cultural norms that tend to accept inequality. On the contrary, the UAE population ranks among the happiest globally. We do not expect this environment to change in any significant way, also because population growth should slow down a bit, reducing social pressure. It is important for businesses to consider such social and cultural factors, in order to successfully hire and manage people.
Proactive and farsighted leadership makes a difference in terms of laying the foundations for a country's long- term development. The UAE offers businesses a strong enabling environment: stable political and macroeconomic conditions, a future-oriented Government, good general infrastructure and ICT infrastructure. Moreover, the country has made continuous and convincing improvements to its regulatory environment and is generally a top country for doing business.
The weaker points remain the level of education across the UAE population, limitations in the financial and labor markets, barriers to trade and some regulations that hinder business dynamism. The major challenge for the country, though, remains translating investments and strong enabling conditions into knowledge, innovation and creative outputs. To do so, the UAE Government should continue removing obstacles to collaboration and trade, continue its strong and proactive course on educational and innovation policy and pursue further reforms in the labor market so that all available talent, including women, flows where it can add most value. As for businesses, they need to reckon with some constraints to getting highly qualified employees for the time being, which can make "importing" such employees necessary.
Considering their position in a natural-resources dependent region, characterized by perennial political and societal divides, the UAE finds itself in an intricate global, regional and local risk landscape. Major risks include the deteriorating international economic environment, with potential impacts on trade, and climate-inaction as well as climate-action. Additional challenges include a younger population, the expanding role of women, and the large expatriate population. The UAE has been taking credible steps internationally, regionally and nationally to enhance resilience, economy and governance and has shown a capacity to evolve in order to meet present and future demands. We give the country good chances that it will be able to continue its current path of success.
Where the Government's effectiveness has been more mixed is in the area of environmental and climate- related policies. Nevertheless, sustainability is a priority for the UAE Government, backed by substantive funding and a number of initiatives, giving business a particular opening here to come in with environmental technologies and solutions.
Tadeuš Dobrovolskij
Partner - EMEA
Tadeuš grew up the son of an entrepreneur and was exposed at an early age to the challenges and stresses of growing and transforming businesses. He has since built his career leading transformational projects for Fortune 500 companies in Germany, Egypt, UK and Lithuania, where he developed his passion for working with diverse, multicultural teams. His engagements spanned telecom, technology, transportation and venture capital industries.
Sophia Freynhofer
Associate Partner - Switzerland
Sophia has built her expertise in the public and the private sector, where she brought important strategy and marketing innovations thanks to her relentless drive, ability to build relationships and fresh thinking. Understanding the human brain and behaviour and applying that understanding to achieve collective progress and better results in her areas of expertise is her passion – personal and professional. She also loves dancing and outdoor sports.
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Marchal of Mazowieckie Voivodeship offers a special scholarship and support to post-graduate students. Students studying at the two final years may apply. This is for students who study in Mazowieckie Voivodeship only.
Post-graduate students who want to apply for this scholarship must be the citizens of Poland. They must live in the area of Mazowieckie Voivodeship. Students should have started writing their PhD thesis. The topic of their dissertation must be in the field of mathematics-science.


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Forza 5 races to Gamescom with new screenshots
Humad Ali Shah
As expected, we've seen a lot of new things at Gamescom this year. One of the interesting things are new screenshots for the upcoming Xbox One exclusive, Forza Motorsport 5. In the screenshots, you can see Laguna Seca and Spa Francorchamps, two very popular tracks, as well as some cars. The developers have also given us a few details about the game and have revealed to be working with Calspan, the tyre manufacturer to make the game as realistic as possible.
"Developing and improving the driving physics has, in many ways, become the central pursuit for the Forza Motorsport series," said creative director Dan Greenawalt. "We are always chasing that perfect simulation where we can accurately recreate the infinite variables of driving in the digital world. At the same time, that pursuit is always tempered by the limits of what we know about the science of vehicle dynamics and the properties of high performance materials.
"For Forza Motorsport 5, we have an incredibly powerful console at our disposal in the Xbox One. To make the most of that power, we had to collect data on tire variables that have never been isolated – to refactor our understanding of tire technology through the lens of a much more powerful console; one that could handle the increasingly complex formulae of heat, slip and weight transfer that our increased understanding demands.
"Thanks to the power of the Xbox One and our Calspan partnership, we are implementing truly cutting edge
scientific understanding of tire physics, suspension geometry, and aerodynamics – we're not implementing the recommendations of last year's text books, we're running the tests that will write the vehicle dynamics text books of the next several years."
You can view the screenshots below.
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          value:        value,
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          instance:     instance,
        }

        request(:post, ENDPOINT, gateway_message(data_point))
      end

      #
      # Wraps the datapoint per doc.
      #
      def gateway_message(data)
        {
          data: data,
          timestamp: Time.now.to_i,
          proto_version: 1,
        }
      end

    end
  end
end


Aaron Cook Dot Com ™ - Life, Blogging, Money.: I Want One of These Sooo Bad!
Video notes: This amazing video was shot from the cockpit of a conventional RC (radio controlled) airplane. On the airplane is a wireless pan-and-tilt camera that transmits the video to the "pilot" on the ground. The video itself is viewed through a pair of VRGs or VR glasses (also known as Virtual Reality goggles), which have a built-in gyroscope that senses every movement of the goggles.
Just move your head and the camera will pan and tilt to perfectly correspond with your movements. The result is something quite amazing and beautiful. It's almost as if you're really up there flying!
Unfortunately, this isn't a product you can buy in stores (yet). It's a total do-it-yourselfer. And I give two thumbs up to the guy to started doing it!


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Pro Vice Chancellor - Research And Innovation
at Charles Sturt University
Support the Universities research strategy
Strategic leadership opportunity in Research and Innovation
Lead quality research income/impact projects
Full Time, Fixed Term (5 years)
Executive remuneration package in the range of $249,285 to $311,606 p.a.
You will provide leadership for HDR research training, external funding, research reporting, and analysis of research performance (including Excellence in Research Australia and Engagement and Impact submissions), research innovation, business development and, where appropriate, research commercialisation.
You will be responsible for maintaining currency of policy related to research, HDR, research commercialisation (including IP), and building Charles Sturt Universitys research innovation capability and success. Essential to the role is the provision of active leadership in these areas and ongoing sector scanning and monitoring developments in government and industry.
You will build research capacity and community engagement opportunities and capitalise on the synergies between all parts of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research and Engagement Portfolio and across the University.
To be successful you will have:
A PhD and a distinguished record of research
Demonstrated leadership and management skills in a university environment
Excellent understanding of national/international research priorities, opportunities and challenges
Strong knowledge and understanding of research translation, commercialisation of intellectual property and of research performance metrics across disciplines
Ability to promote consultative planning and decision making, to develop a sense of unity, cooperation and common purpose amongst staff, and to support organisational and cultural change as needed.
Charles Sturt University is a young and growing university committed to developing far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish. We make a significant contribution to the prosperity and vibrancy of our rural and regional communities, with a reach and impact across Australia and internationally. We work together with industry, communities and students to create new thinking, inspire each other and make a positive and progressive contribution to the world.
Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research and Innovation Charles Sturt University plays a critical role in building strong, vibrant regional communities with intellectual, economic and social capital. We work hand-in-hand with our industries and communities in teaching, research and engagement. Growing from our historical roots, we share our knowledge and expertise as a significant regional export industry and we bring strength and learning from this back to our regions. Charles Sturt University aims to be an anchor institution in its communities and be recognised as an agent of change through impactful solution-driven research, locally, nationally and internationally.
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research and Engagement Portfolio is integral to the delivery of initiatives within the Our Communities Focus Area of the Charles Sturt University Strategy 2022. The strategy also focuses on creating social and economic value from our campus network, including the commercialisation of research.
Charles Sturt University is a community-minded organisation with strong links to industry, government and other educational institutions. We focus our research and infrastructure to create long-term impact, locally and globally. We inspire our communities and ensure we work with them to deliver tangible benefits. CSU offers a great work-life balance, professional development opportunities and generous financial benefits.
Charles Sturt University is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Applications are encouraged from Indigenous Australians; people with a disability; women (particularly for senior and non-traditional roles); people who identify as LGBTIQ; and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Applicants are expected to apply online and address the selection criteria in the position description. If you experience difficulties applying online or for further information on completing the application process please visit our how to apply page or contact us.
Additional information is available in the position description or by contacting: Professor Heather Cavanagh | Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Engagement) | Email hcavanagh@csu.edu.au | Ph: 02 6582 9375 Closing Date: 11 pm, 4 August 2019
Wagga Wagga New South Wales Australia
Charles Sturt University was established in 1989, building on a tradition of excellence in teaching and research spanning more than 100 years. It aims for excellence in education for the professions, strategic and applied research and flexible delivery of learning and teaching.
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
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$ko_test = 0
$kill_test = 0
$asserts  = []
$test_start = Time.now if Object.const_defined?(:Time)

# Implementation of print due to the reason that there might be no print
def t_print(*args)
  i = 0
  len = args.size
  while i < len
    str = args[i].to_s
    begin
      __printstr__ str
    rescue NoMethodError
      __t_printstr__ str rescue print str
    end
    i += 1
  end
end

##
# Create the assertion in a readable way
def assertion_string(err, str, iso=nil, e=nil, bt=nil)
  msg = "#{err}#{str}"
  msg += " [#{iso}]" if iso && iso != ''
  msg += " => #{e.message}" if e
  msg += " (mrbgems: #{GEMNAME})" if Object.const_defined?(:GEMNAME)
  if $mrbtest_assert && $mrbtest_assert.size > 0
    $mrbtest_assert.each do |idx, str, diff|
      msg += "\n - Assertion[#{idx}] Failed: #{str}\n#{diff}"
    end
  end
  msg += "\nbacktrace:\n\t#{bt.join("\n\t")}" if bt
  msg
end

##
# Verify a code block.
#
# str : A remark which will be printed in case
#       this assertion fails
# iso : The ISO reference code of the feature
#       which will be tested by this
#       assertion
def assert(str = 'Assertion failed', iso = '')
  t_print(str, (iso != '' ? " [#{iso}]" : ''), ' : ') if $mrbtest_verbose
  begin
    $mrbtest_assert = []
    $mrbtest_assert_idx = 0
    if(!yield || $mrbtest_assert.size > 0)
      $asserts.push(assertion_string('Fail: ', str, iso, nil))
      $ko_test += 1
      t_print('F')
    else
      $ok_test += 1
      t_print('.')
    end
  rescue Exception => e
    bt = e.backtrace if $mrbtest_verbose
    if e.class.to_s == 'MRubyTestSkip'
      $asserts.push "Skip: #{str} #{iso} #{e.cause}"
      t_print('?')
    else
      $asserts.push(assertion_string("#{e.class}: ", str, iso, e, bt))
      $kill_test += 1
      t_print('X')
  end
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    $mrbtest_assert = nil
  end
  t_print("\n") if $mrbtest_verbose
end

def assertion_diff(exp, act)
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  "      Actual: #{act.inspect}"
end

def assert_true(ret, msg = nil, diff = nil)
  if $mrbtest_assert
    $mrbtest_assert_idx += 1
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      diff = assertion_diff(true, ret)  unless diff
      $mrbtest_assert.push([$mrbtest_assert_idx, msg, diff])
    end
  end
  ret
end

def assert_false(ret, msg = nil, diff = nil)
  if $mrbtest_assert
    $mrbtest_assert_idx += 1
    if ret
      msg = "Expected #{ret.inspect} to be false" unless msg
      diff = assertion_diff(false, ret) unless diff

      $mrbtest_assert.push([$mrbtest_assert_idx, msg, diff])
    end
  end
  !ret
end

def assert_equal(arg1, arg2 = nil, arg3 = nil)
  if block_given?
    exp, act, msg = arg1, yield, arg2
  else
    exp, act, msg = arg1, arg2, arg3
  end

  msg = "Expected to be equal" unless msg
  diff = assertion_diff(exp, act)
  assert_true(exp == act, msg, diff)
end

def assert_not_equal(arg1, arg2 = nil, arg3 = nil)
  if block_given?
    exp, act, msg = arg1, yield, arg2
  else
    exp, act, msg = arg1, arg2, arg3
  end

  msg = "Expected to be not equal" unless msg
  diff = assertion_diff(exp, act)
  assert_false(exp == act, msg, diff)
end

def assert_nil(obj, msg = nil)
  msg = "Expected #{obj.inspect} to be nil" unless msg
  diff = assertion_diff(nil, obj)
  assert_true(obj.nil?, msg, diff)
end

def assert_include(collection, obj, msg = nil)
  msg = "Expected #{collection.inspect} to include #{obj.inspect}" unless msg
  diff = "    Collection: #{collection.inspect}\n" +
         "        Object: #{obj.inspect}"
  assert_true(collection.include?(obj), msg, diff)
end

def assert_not_include(collection, obj, msg = nil)
  msg = "Expected #{collection.inspect} to not include #{obj.inspect}" unless msg
  diff = "    Collection: #{collection.inspect}\n" +
         "        Object: #{obj.inspect}"
  assert_false(collection.include?(obj), msg, diff)
end

def assert_raise(*exp)
  ret = true
  if $mrbtest_assert
    $mrbtest_assert_idx += 1
    msg = exp.last.class == String ? exp.pop : nil
    msg = msg.to_s + " : " if msg
    should_raise = false
    begin
      yield
      should_raise = true
    rescue Exception => e
      msg = "#{msg}#{exp.inspect} exception expected, not"
      diff = "      Class: <#{e.class}>\n" +
             "    Message: #{e.message}"
      if not exp.any?{|ex| ex.instance_of?(Module) ? e.kind_of?(ex) : ex == e.class }
        $mrbtest_assert.push([$mrbtest_assert_idx, msg, diff])
        ret = false
      end
    end

    exp = exp.first if exp.first
    if should_raise
      msg = "#{msg}#{exp.inspect} expected but nothing was raised."
      $mrbtest_assert.push([$mrbtest_assert_idx, msg, nil])
      ret = false
    end
  end
  ret
end

def assert_nothing_raised(*exp)
  ret = true
  if $mrbtest_assert
    $mrbtest_assert_idx += 1
    msg = exp.last.class == String ? exp.pop : ""
    begin
      yield
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      msg = "#{msg} exception raised."
      diff = "      Class: <#{e.class}>\n" +
             "    Message: #{e.message}"
      $mrbtest_assert.push([$mrbtest_assert_idx, msg, diff])
      ret = false
    end
  end
  ret
end

##
# Fails unless +obj+ is a kind of +cls+.
def assert_kind_of(cls, obj, msg = nil)
  msg = "Expected #{obj.inspect} to be a kind of #{cls}, not #{obj.class}" unless msg
  diff = assertion_diff(cls, obj.class)
  assert_true(obj.kind_of?(cls), msg, diff)
end

##
# Fails unless +exp+ is equal to +act+ in terms of a Float
def assert_float(exp, act, msg = nil)
  msg = "Float #{exp} expected to be equal to float #{act}" unless msg
  diff = assertion_diff(exp, act)
  assert_true check_float(exp, act), msg, diff
end

##
# Report the test result and print all assertions
# which were reported broken.
def report()
  t_print("\n")

  $asserts.each do |msg|
    puts msg
  end

  $total_test = $ok_test+$ko_test+$kill_test
  t_print("Total: #{$total_test}\n")

  t_print("   OK: #{$ok_test}\n")
  t_print("   KO: #{$ko_test}\n")
  t_print("Crash: #{$kill_test}\n")

  if Object.const_defined?(:Time)
    t_time = Time.now - $test_start
    t_print(" Time: #{t_time.round(2)} seconds\n")
  end
end

##
# Performs fuzzy check for equality on methods returning floats
def check_float(a, b)
  tolerance = 1e-12
  a = a.to_f
  b = b.to_f
  if a.finite? and b.finite?
    (a-b).abs < tolerance
  else
    true
  end
end

##
# Skip the test
class MRubyTestSkip < NotImplementedError
  attr_accessor :cause
  def initialize(cause)
    @cause = cause
  end
end

def skip(cause = "")
  raise MRubyTestSkip.new(cause)
end


text:
D.E. Karn and J.C. Weadock Generating Complex
2742 North Weadock Highway
D.E. Karn and J.C. Weadock Generating Complex has 35 groundwater monitoring wells, 26 of which have been polluted above federal advisory levels based on samples collected between October 07, 2010 and September 19, 2017. Groundwater at this site contains unsafe levels of lithium, arsenic, boron, sulfate, beryllium, molybdenum, cobalt, lead and radium.
Consumers Energy's D.E. Karn and J.C. Weadock Generating Complex are located in Essexville, Michigan adjacent to the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. The site has two power plants that include 821 MW of coal capacity. Weadock began operating in 1940, the two coal units at Karn began operating in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and two natural gas units at Karn began operating in the mid-1970s. According to Consumers Energy's website in March 2015, the plants burn over two million tons of coal, 57 billion cubic feet of natural gas, and 4.4 million gallons of fuel oil per year.
The plant's two coal-fired units are planned for retirement in 2023. Consumers Energy plans to replace that power through wind energy. Consumers Energy will continue to operate units three and four at Karn, which run on oil and natural gas.
The area authorized for disposal of solid waste includes historical Ponds A, B1, B2, C, D1, D2 and E, which includes settling basins, clarification ponds, and ash transport ditches. The Bottom Ash Pond located immediately to the south of historic Pond A is regulated under the CCR rule. The Complex is listed among the U.S. EPA's potential damage cases, indicating that it has polluted groundwater or surface water at levels which threaten human health and the environment. You can find the industry-reported data here.
For more information on the D.E. Karn and J.C. Weadock Generating Complex, see EIP's 2019 National Coal Ash Report .
Monitoring Wells Wells reporting one or more exceedances for at least one pollutant.
Wells not shown Locations for the following wells are unavailable:
Download the complete dataset to access monitoring information for these wells.
No exceedances
One or more exeedances
Upgradient
Downgradient
Other designation
Well "halo" size corresponds to mean concentration. Please note that some wells may not be visible on the map due to overlapping locations.
Pollutants monitored and above guidelines
Tip: Click on a contaminant to view wells that have recorded exceedances. Click again to remove the filter. arsenic beryllium boron cobalt lead lithium molybdenum radium sulfate
Pollutants monitored and below guidelines
antimony barium cadmium chromium copper fluoride mercury selenium silver thallium
Pollutants not monitored
ammonia, cyanide, gross alpha particle, gross beta particle, hexavalent chromium, manganese, nickel, nitrate, nitrite, strontium, tritium, uranium
Facility last updated on Friday, July 19, 2019 05:00:29 PM EDT
Ashtracker is built by the Environmental Integrity Project on a dataset compiled from industry-reported monitoring records. Monitoring histories available through Ashtracker will expand as EIP continues to process new and existing groundwater data.
Copyright © 2013-2018 Environmental Integrity Project. All rights reserved.


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First Cruise Line Officially Requires Vaccines — Will Others Follow?
By Richard Simms
One cruise line has notified passengers that as of May 2021, vaccinations will be required before they can set sail. This, of course, raises the question: Will other cruise lines soon follow suit, and will the legality of such a move be challenged?
(Photo courtesy of Pixabay)
No Exceptions, Across The Board
In the United States, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings CEO Frank Del Rio has admitted that the lines he oversees are looking into the legal issues surrounding vaccine-related requirements.
And despite rumors to the contrary, Carnival Cruise Line's Brand Ambassador John Heald made it clear that the company he represents has made no announcement regarding a vaccine requirement.
But it is British-based Saga Cruises which has become the first line to officially make vaccination a pre-sailing requirement.
MORE: Carnival Cruise Line Addresses Vaccine Rumors
In making the announcement this week, Saga Cruises said that passengers must have received both doses of the vaccine at least 14 days before they are set to board.
Despite the new rule having come down on January 20, 2021, the company made clear that it applies to any bookings made before that date as well.
On a page designed to answer questions regarding various scenarios that might arise — from having been vaccinated less than two weeks prior to only part of a travel party having received both required doses — Saga makes it clear there will be no exceptions to the rule.
Under these scenarios, they offer to work with would-be cruisers to reschedule their sailing.
Spirit of Discovery (Rendering courtesy of Saga Cruises)
As for those who are simply not interested in being vaccinated for whatever reason, they will not be able to sail under the current guidelines.
"We have made the decision not to allow a guest to travel with us if they choose not to receive the vaccine," the site makes clear. "The majority of our guests fall into the at-risk age bracket and our priority is their safety and wellbeing."
What About Crew Members?
Interestingly, Saga does not have a similar requirement for crew members. "Our focus in the first instance is on our guests and ensuring all of them have been vaccinated," the site reads. "We have comprehensive… protocols in place to protect our crew, including quarantine and regular testing and as soon as crew can be vaccinated, they will be."
MORE: 15 New Cruise Ships Debuting in 2021
While Saga's decision where passenger vaccinations has no bearing on how things will proceed in America, it's worth noting that many of the protocols which will be put in place in the U.S. are similar to those already rolled out in other countries.
Richard Simms
Richard is the executive editor of Soaps.com and the author of several novels. Given his love of eating, drinking and gambling, it's astonishing how long it took him to discover the joys of cruising. While he has more Twitter handles than most people have limbs, you can most easily reach him at @howrudeareyou.
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text:
import { Component, OnInit, Inject } from '@angular/core';
import { Router } from '@angular/router';

import { User } from 'firebase/app';

import { AuthService } from '../../shared/services/auth.service';

import { AngularFireDatabase } from 'angularfire2/database';

import { Bid } from 'types/bid';
import { Offer } from 'types/offer';
import { Auction } from 'types/auction';

@Component({
  selector: 'sell',
  templateUrl: './sell.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./sell.component.scss']
})
export class SellComponent {
  private router: Router;

  private auth: AuthService;

  private dbFirebase: AngularFireDatabase;

  private bid: Bid;
  private offer: Offer;
  private auction: Auction;

  private bookKey: string;
  private auctionKey: string;
  private currentUser: User;

  selectedModality: string;
  modalities: string[];
  exchange: string;
  due: Date;
  minDate: Date;
  maxDate: Date;

  constructor(router: Router, auth: AuthService, db: AngularFireDatabase) {
    this.router = router;
    this.auth = auth;
    this.dbFirebase = db;
    this.modalities = ['Venda', 'Troca', 'Leilão'];
    this.exchange = '';
    this.selectedModality = '';
    this.minDate = new Date();
    this.maxDate = new Date();
    this.minDate.setDate(this.minDate.getDate() + 1);
    this.maxDate.setDate(this.maxDate.getDate() + 31);
  }

  ngOnInit(): void {
    this.auth.currentUser().then(user => {
      this.currentUser = user;
    });
    let _url = this.router.url.split('/');
    this.bookKey = _url[_url.length - 1];
  }

  sell(): void {
    this.offer = new Offer(this.currentUser.uid, this.exchange, this.selectedModality);
    if (this.selectedModality === this.modalities[3]) {
      this.createAuction();
      this.dbFirebase.object(`books/${this.bookKey}/offers/${this.auctionKey}`).set(this.offer);
    } else {
      this.dbFirebase.list(`books/${this.bookKey}/offers`).push(this.offer);
    }
  }

  private createAuction(): void {
    let self = this;
    this.auction = new Auction(this.currentUser.uid, new Date(), this.due);
    this.bid = new Bid(new Date(), this.exchange);
    this.dbFirebase.list('auctions').push({
      ...this.auction,
      due: this.auction.due.toJSON()
    }).then(auction => {
      self.auctionKey = auction.key;
    });
    this.dbFirebase.list(`auctions/${self.auctionKey}/bids`).push(this.bid);
  }

}