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Mission: To increase understanding of where and how quickly COVID-19 is spreading in the United States.
Background: With the aim of giving ordinary Americans a better understanding of trends in U.S. government revenues and spending, population demographics, and policy outcomes, USAFacts, a nonprofit, nonpartisan civic initiative, aggregates and standardizes assorted data and presents it in plain language along with helpful visualizations. The idea is to give Americans the information they need to ground public debate in facts — and assess the direction in which the country is moving, on multiple fronts, for themselves. As COVID-19 spreads across the nation, the USAFacts team has developed a map to track the outbreak from coast to coast with the aim of helping Americans better understand where the virus is spreading and how it could impact their families, commerce, and travel.
Outstanding Web Features: Coronavirus in the United States: Mapping the COVID-19 outbreak is an interactive feature that aggregates data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), state and local public health agencies, and academic institutions, including Johns Hopkins University. County-level data is confirmed by referencing state and local agencies directly. Visitors to the site get a quick snapshot view of the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. and the current death toll. Visitors also can explore a map of active confirmed cases by state, as well as regularly updated graphs of confirmed cases and deaths dating back to the first reported case in the U.S. on January 22. The site also makes the data available (under a Creative Commons license) in downloadable spreadsheet form.
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Cherie Federico is Managing Director and Editor of Aesthetica, an international art and culture magazine that addresses art within its broader cultural context. Here she talks about her career path and offers some tips on how to make it in arts journalism.
"As a kid I always wanted to be a photojournalist working for National Geographic magazine. I did a BA in English Literature and French in New York which is where I'm originally from. I got involved with the student paper, writing for the arts section. I came to the UK eight years ago to do a master's in critical studies at the University of York. During this time I set up the publication as a bit of fun.
After I graduated from my master's I did a postgraduate teaching qualification in English, also at York. I carried on doing the magazine as a hobby. After one year of teaching I decided to quit and do the magazine full-time. I was 25 and I figured 'what's the worst that can happen?' I'm 31 now so you can see how that worked out! I haven't ever looked back.
I put my success with Aesthetica down to having a vision and a dream. People tend to think small and feel inhibited by themselves. I think big. We distribute the magazine across the UK and in 17 countries globally. There's no secret. It's about planning, hard work and positive risk-taking. You have to be resilient and believe in what you're doing. Don't be afraid of taking decisions. Since I've been doing this lots of other magazines have come and gone. You can't let criticism consume you; you have to keep going."
"Pick your subject and read everything you can get your hands on. Too many writers these days lack external knowledge and only do the bare minimum when it comes to research. There's too much Googling going on. This makes for lazy writing which lacks context."
"Do work experience but don't expect to be doing any writing. Lots of people come to do placements with us. Occasionally they might get the chance to write a blog post or CD review but they need to realise that we have professional writers doing that for us. Even if you're just making tea, it's about soaking up the atmosphere, having the opportunity to ask people questions and hopefully getting a good reference. That goes a long way in this industry."


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Get ready for the Android Wear Smartwatches
January 20, 2017 December 2, 2021 Chandan Kumar
Android Wear Smartwatches
Last year, the Android Wear 2.0 update was announced to the public and it was stated that it will comprise many useful features such as standalone Google Play Store, a full QWERTY keyboard, new material UI and much more exciting. However, it was never launched and keeps on getting delayed as Google decided to launch developer preview updates in order to get rid of bugs and errors. The good news is that if you have been keenly waiting for your Smartwatch to get next Android Wear update, then your wait is over. As per some resources, it has been found that Google is finally going to launch Android Wear 2.0 at a special event scheduled for 9 February 2017. Two new Smartwatches is also supposed to be launched, both of which will be "Made by LG". Get ready for Android Wear Smartwatches.
The two new Smartwatches will be manufactured by LG, which is one of the first Android Wear Smartwatch manufacturers. The LG Watch Sport and LG Watch Style will be the first gadgets to feature new Android Wear 2.0 platform. This leak corresponds with an earlier report which confirmed Google to be partnering with a hardware company to launch two new Android wear Smartwatches.
Considering the present situation and launch period, it is expected that the LG Watch Sport and the Watch Style will be hitting the upcoming MWC (Mobile World Congress) show in Barcelona. As per the Venture Beat, the products are expected to begin selling in the US from the next day of the launch. The information about the impending LG Smartwatches had leaked last year and Android Police even published mock-ups that were claimed to be very analogous to the upcoming devices.
As per the reports, it is expected that the Watch Sport to have 14.2 mm thickness with titanium and dark blue color options while the 10.8mm thick Watch Style will include swappable straps and silver, titanium, and rose gold color options. Both will feature circular OLED displays, with the Watch Sport comprising a 1.38 inch, 480×480 resolution display and the Watch Style having a 1.2-inch, 360×360 display. The Sport will also include additional RAM (768MB versus 512MB), and a bigger battery juice (430mAh versus 240mAh).
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Lachlan Bronnach MacLean, was the 7th Chief of Clan MacLean.

Biography
Lachlan, seventh chief of MacLean, received the sobriquet of "Bronnach", or swag-bellied, on account of his corpulence. He was with his father on the fatal field of Harlaw, where he was made prisoner by Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar. During his captivity, he became acquainted with the earl's daughter, the Lady Margaret, whom he afterward married. It is not probable that he remained in confinement for any considerable length of time. He did not possess the same war-like character that distinguished his father. He appears neither to have sought, nor avoided war, but was ready for action when the time arrived.

His name, does not come prominently forward until the year 1427, when war was brought through the actions of King James I. James summoned a parliament to meet him at Inverness, in 1427, at which the Highland chiefs were invited to attend. As the chiefs entered the hall in which parliament was assembled, each was immediately arrested and placed in irons in different parts of the building, not one being permitted to communicate with any of the others. Two of the chiefs were immediately beheaded, and the rest sent to various prisons, where after a time some were liberated, and the rest put to death.

In 1429, Lachlan was summoned by the young Lord of the Isles, to assist him in avenging this unparalleled outrage. Joined by the Lord's other vassals, they advanced against the town of Inverness, which they burnt to the ground; they also laid waste to certain crown lands. King James I immediately placed himself at the head of a large army, and launched a surprise attack; Alexander, Lachlan, and Alexander's other vassals, were forced to surrender unconditionally, and were imprisoned in Tantallon Castle.

Marriage and children
Before marriage he had a child with the daughter of MacEarchorn MacLean of Kingerloch:
Donald Maclean, 1st Laird of Ardgour sometimes called Mac-Mhic-Eachainn Chinnghearloch. He was born out of wedlock and brought up among his mother's people.
By his first wife, Margaret, daughter of the Earl of Mar, possibly Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, he had:
Lachlan Og Maclean, his heir and successor as 8th Clan Chief.
By his second wife, Fionnaghal, daughter of William MacLeod of Harris, he had two sons:
Neil Maclean of Ross
John Garbh Maclean, 1st Laird of Coll

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That 150+mile day scenario I paint involves getting up early in the morning (car's fully charged) to take someone to the airport - 40 miles round trip, plug the car in. Take kids to school and come home, 10 miles, plug the car in. A few hours later, do a doctor's visit and some errands - another 20 miles, plug the car in. In the afternoon, pick up kids from school and do some errands, 10 miles, and plug the car in. In the early evening go visit some friends 40 miles one way and plug into their dryer outlet while spending the evening having dinner - three hours later the car is more than ready for the 40 mile trip home. That's a plausible 160-mile day. Recharge overnight and the 'tank' is full in the morning.
The point of this hypothetical scenario is to show that we could do a 200-mile day if we wanted to. Now, I've done a few >100-mile days but completely failed to keep track of the times and mileage.
The purpose of this thread is to solicit real-life maximum daily-distance-driven examples from iMiEV owners and a brief description of the type of driving you did.
I've traveled from Seattle to Wenatchee and also to Portland and back, each in a day. That's 284 miles round trip over Stevens Pass (3050') and 364 miles (with highway detours from I-5). This is only possible with DC quick chargers but it makes for a completely different experience than the runabout-town car most people assume the i-MiEV to be.
The theoretical maximum of miles driven in a day would be: 50 minutes (@60 mph) + 30 minutes fast charging (@0 mph) / 1440 minutes in a day = 18 driving & charging sessions. This would allow you to cover 900 miles if you used all 24 hours but a sane driver who wasn't involved in an endurance rally might do 400 miles over 8 hours of driving & charging.
leec - thank you so much for doing the math and posting the Quick Charge (QC) L3 CHAdeMO scenario. Wow - it indeed opens up a new world of possibilities for our iMiEV!
I've been thinking about the approach leec presented (above), whereby you drive 50 miles in 50 minutes and then spend 30 minutes Quick Charging, yielding (24hrs*50miles*60min/hr)/(50+30) = 900miles as the theoretical maximum iMiEV daily mileage using Quick Charging (CHAdeMO).
To start with, even though my own latest summary shows that my overall average wall-to wheels consumption is 4.2 miles/kWhr, because of the relatively high speed in this example I will use the very conservative EPA average rating of 3.333 miles/kWhr for this discussion.
My measured wimpy Mitsubishi EVSE charging power is 0.9kW at exactly 120vac and using my SPX EVSE gives a measured 3.06kW at exactly 240vac. This number is actually quite constant until the last hour where the BMS does its cell balancing routine and the power diminishes until cutoff. Ignoring the 10-minute timeout the BMS seems to randomly take (I suspect to recalibrate itself), and ignoring the last hour taper charge, for the sake of this discussion let's say that the Level 1 (120vac) charging is 0.9kW and Level 2 (240vac) charging is 3.0kW, from the "wall".
A charging rate of 3.0kW * 3.333miles/kWhr results in 10miles/rechargehour. To recharge the car after having driven 50 miles we get 50/10= 5 hours. Thus, we can say that we get back to the charge level we started with in five hours and fifty minutes, or 5.833hr, after starting off on our 50-mile trip. Ok, so for 24 hours that gives us 24 * 50/5.8333 = 205.7miles theoretical daily maximum using 240vac (level 2) recharging.
A charging rate of 0.9kW * 3.333miles/kWhr results in 3.0miles/rechargehour. To recharge the car after having driven 50 miles we get 50/3= 16.67hours. Thus, we can say that we get back to the charge we started with in 16.67+(50/60)= 17.5hours after starting off on our 50-mile trip (ugh!). Ok, so for 24 hours that gives us 24 * 50/17.5 = 68.6miles theoretical daily maximum using the Mitsubishi 120vac (level 1) EVSE.
We've shown that the iMiEV accepts a 12A 120vac input from non-Mitsubishi EVSEs, which, (scaling .9kWmeas/.96kWlabel) would yield 1.35kW possible at 120vac. 1.35kw * 3.33miles/kWhr results in 4.5miles/rechargehour. To recharge the car after having driven 50 miles we get 50/4.5= 11.11hours. Thus, we can say that we get back to the charge we started with in 11.11+.83hours= 11.94hours after starting off on our 50-mile trip. Ok, so for 24 hours that gives us 24 * 50/11.94 = 100.5miles theoretical daily maximum using a 12A 120vac (level 1) EVSE.
Once I get more data showing what the exact power draw is at various speeds, we can make up a table which can more accurately reflect the real world, and especially see what impact reduced speeds would have on these daily range numbers.
How close to these theoretical maximums can you get?
New here. I don't own an iMiev, although I've test driven one and have done a little research on them.
Joined just to say that the iMiev guy at our dealership said that Mitsubishi recommends limiting the fast tier-3 chargers to 2-3 a day (I think it was 2-3--he definitely said it shouldn't regularly be used multiple times a day). So just an FYI. He said it could affect the life of the batteries.
TimeTrap, welcome to the forum. You are right, and none of us would dream of using Level 3 charging repeatedly - this was just a mathematical exercise to demonstrate what was theoretically possible. On the other hand, the Level 1 and Level 2 scenarios are readily achievable without any undue battery stress.
We had to climb up to 1000 ft above sea level.
Still on the learning curve.
If you repeat that trip, I would be inclined to slow down quite a bit on the highway part of it - I think you will be surprised at the improvement.
I will be traveling this route every 2 weeks or so in the future to visit family - in the winter time as well, so I need to determine range limitations and pre-plan where it is convenient to stop & charge at available level 2 locations.
I also did experiment with some hyper-miling on this trip, - coasting in neutral coming down from the mountains on light slopes, also using B mode to recharge and decelerate on the steeper pitches & corners.
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The Washington Capitals, Hershey Bears and the South Carolina Stingrays have all made the playoffs. Both the Hershey Bears (AHL) and the South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL) are both the minor league affiliates of the Washington Capitals.
This is a huge accomplishment for the entire organization proving how well General Manager Brian MacLean has drafted players, and signed players throughout the off-season. Having all three teams in the playoffs is a huge accomplishment being one of four teams to accomplish this.
The Caps defending their Stanley Cup title finished the regular season winning the Metropolitan Division for the fourth straight year. The Caps record was 48-26-8. The Bears finished the season with a 40-25-3 record. The Stingrays had a 35-31-5-1 record.
It would be a rare accomplishment to win all three trophies. Another Stanley Cup would be great, but having a Calder Cup (AHL) and a Kelly Cup (ECHL) along with Lord Stanley would be a difficult task.
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Wellcome Launches the "Rice Donation Charity Programme" with Foodlink
By Partner Content | November 16th, 2021
Since the pandemic started, the situation for the underprivileged in Hong Kong has become harder than ever. Hong Kong's popular supermarket Wellcome has always helped to support those in need during difficult times.
Rice Donation Charity Programme
The brand launched its year-round "Rice Donation Charity Programme" across Hong Kong and Macau. To kick off the program, Wellcome announced a generous donation of HK$3,000,000 to Foodlink.
Foodlink Foundation is a registered Hong Kong charity striving to fight hunger, reduce food wastage in hotels and F&B in the city. It aims to foster nutritional wellness among those in need, and more.
Photo: Wellcome x Foodlink
From today onwards, Wellcome will donate HK$0.5 per kilogram sold from its full range of Yu Pin King rice. It's targeting to raise HK$5,000,000 to help those in need. It's applicable to the full range of 12 products from Yu Pin King rice. On the first day of every month, it will increase the donation from HK$0.5 to HK$1 per kilogram of rice sold. The same applies for three key Chinese festivals – Chinese New Year, Mid-Autumn Festival and Winter Solstice – when families will be bulking up on rice orders. For the Chinese festivals, Wellcome also donates one for every purchase a customer makes from a selection of premium food from the Yu Ping King range – You Buy One, They Donate One.
Ian Mcleod, CEO of DFI Retail Group, said: "The reason we are doing this is because rice is ingrained into Asian culture. 'Have you eaten yet' is more than just a greeting – it's a way to express our care for each other".
Aurea, Head of Operations of Foodlink, said: "The poverty rate has risen to a record high in Hong Kong. As a food support charity, our work has been seriously affected as food donation has dropped 70% during the pandemic. We are very happy to see Wellcome launch the Rice Donation Charity Programme to send our warmest regards to the needy".
The program is applicable in:
All Wellcome supermarkets and selected Marketplace and 7-Eleven in Hong Kong
San Miu Supermarket and selected 7-Eleven in Macau
Check the online "Rice Bank" to track its progress.


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This Act may be cited as the "Russian-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act".
(1) The Russian Federation's increased presence in the Western Hemisphere is of concern to the United States and our allies in the region.
(2) In December 2018, the Russian Federation sent two Tu–160 nuclear-capable bombers to Venezuela for joint exercises with the Venezuelan military. The Tu–160 can carry conventional or nuclear-tipped cruise missiles with an estimated maximum range of around 3,000 miles.
(3) Russian and Venezuelan forces took part in a joint 10-hour exercise across the Caribbean in December 2018 with the Tu–160 nuclear-capable bombers.
(4) Nicolas Maduro and his regime have turned to the Russian Federation, one of its strongest political allies, for financial support during its current economic crisis and to counter international support for Juan Guaido.
(5) In January 2018, Russia sent contractors linked to the Wagner Group to provide security for Nicolas Maduro.
(6) Nicolas Maduro secured loans from the Russian Federation to be repaid through future oil exports, but fell behind on those payments in 2017. News reports in December 2018 suggest that Russian State oil company Rosneft has lent Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PdVSA) $6.5 billion partly as prepayment for crude oil, $3.1 billion of which remained outstanding as of the end of September 2018.
(7) In 2016, PdVSA secured a $1.5 billion loan from Rosneft, and PdVSA used 49.9 percent of its shares in United States-based and Venezuelan-owned company CITGO as collateral. A Venezuelan default could lead to potential Russian ownership of United States energy infrastructure.
(8) At the conclusion of a 3-day visit to Moscow in December 2018, Maduro announced $6 billion worth of Russian investment pledges focused on the oil and mining sectors as well as the export of 600,000 tons of Russian wheat to Venezuela to cover its 2019 needs.
SEC. 3. Threat assessment and strategy to counter Russian influence in Venezuela.
(a) Threat assessment.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an assessment on Russian-Venezuelan security cooperation and the potential threat such cooperation poses to the United States and countries in the Western Hemisphere.
(b) Strategy.—Not later than 30 days after the submission of the threat assessment required under subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy to counter threats identified in such assessment from Russian-Venezuelan cooperation.
(c) Form.—The threat assessment required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
(d) Definition.—In this section, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
SEC. 4. Assessment of foreign acquisition of CITGO assets in the United States.
(a) In general.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees an assessment of the national security risks posed by potential Russian acquisition of CITGO's United States energy infrastructure holdings.
(b) Definition.—In this section, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Banking of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking of the Senate.
SEC. 5. Aliens ineligible for visas, admission, or parole.
(3) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into the United States or to receive any other benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
(1) IN GENERAL.—The issuing consular officer, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry documentation issued to an alien described in subsection (a) regardless of when the visa or other entry documentation is issued.
(B) automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the alien's possession.
(B) other applicable international obligations of the United States.
(B) transmits to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations a notice of and justification for such waiver.
(2) the date on which the President certifies to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that the Government of Venezuela has returned to a democratic form of government with respect for the essential elements of representative democracy as set forth in Article 3 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter.
(1) The Bolivarian National Armed Forces, including the Bolivarian National Guard.
(2) The Bolivarian National Intelligence Service.
(3) The Bolivarian National Police.
(4) The Bureau for Scientific, Criminal and Forensic Investigations of the Ministry of Interior, Justice, and Peace.
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Paul von Franken  (* 6. Juli 1818 als Paul Franken in Oberbachem; † 8. November 1884 in Düsseldorf) war ein deutscher Landschafts- und Genremaler der Düsseldorfer Schule. Er ist bekannt als der "Maler des Kaukasus". Sein Werk ist der Spätromantik zuzuordnen.

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Paul von Franken ist in Oberbachem, heute ein Ortsteil von Wachtberg, geboren und in Godesberg aufgewachsen. Er war Sohn des Wilhelm Hugo (von) Franken (1784–1840), der von 1816 bis 1840 Bürgermeister der Bürgermeisterei Villip und zugleich von 1818 bis 1840 Bürgermeister von Godesberg, heute Teil eines Stadtbezirks von Bonn, war. Seine Mutter war Wilhelmina Regina Weiser. Der Vater hatte den Adelstitel 1826 als Standesbeamter selbst ergänzt. Obwohl der Titel der Familie endgültig 1844 aberkannt wurde, signierte Paul Franken weiter mit von Franken.

Paul von Franken studierte von 1840 bis 1842 an der Königlich-Preußischen Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf unter Wilhelm von Schadow. Dort besuchte er die Elementarklasse (1840), die Vorbereitungs- oder Malerklasse (1841) sowie die Architekturklasse (1841) von Rudolf Wiegmann, der sein Talent als "gewöhnlich" einstufte. Freundschaftlich verbunden blieb er seinen Kommilitonen Siegmund Lachenwitz und Peter Schwingen, die zur gleichen Zeit in Düsseldorf studierten. Bei Schwingens zweiter Eheschließung im Jahr 1849 fungierte er neben Lachenwitz als Trauzeuge.

Nach 1842 ging von Franken auf Studienreisen und hatte längere Aufenthalte in Brüssel, Antwerpen und Amsterdam. Von 1846 bis 1849 lebte er in Dresden und zeigte dort 1848 auf der Ausstellung der Akademie der Künste sein  Gemälde Die Vorbereitung zur Beichte. Nach seiner Rückkehr nach Düsseldorf heiratete er 1851 seine Dresdner Schülerin, die 1825 geborene baltische Malerin Helene Köber aus Mitau, dem heutigen Jelgava in Lettland. Nach Aufenthalten in Paris, Mitau, Sankt Petersburg und Moskau wohnte das Ehepaar ab 1853 in Tiflis. Dort arbeitete seine Ehefrau als Kunstlehrerin am Mädchengymnasium. Im Auftrag der russischen Regierung bereiste von Franken die Kriegsschauplätze im Kaukasus und hielt die Landschaften und Menschen dokumentarisch fest, von denen er fasziniert war. Von Franken unternahm auch Studienreisen in die asiatische Türkei und nach Eriwan.

1860 kehrte er nach Deutschland zurück und lebte in Godesberg und Düsseldorf. Von seiner Ehefrau hatte er sich getrennt, weil sie ihm untreu geworden sein soll. Weiterhin malte er kaukasische Motive. 1860 wurde er Mitglied des Düsseldorfer Künstlervereins Malkasten. Als er 1884 schwer erkrankt war, kam auf sein Bitten seine Ehefrau nach Düsseldorf, um ihn zu unterstützen. Im gleichen Jahr starb er dort im Alter von 66 Jahren. Frankens Nachlass, eine Reihe von Gemälden, Studien und Zeichnungen mit Motiven aus dem Kaukasus, nahm seine Ehefrau mit nach Tiflis.

Seine 1856 geborene Tochter Helene Franken heiratete 1875 den Forschungsreisenden und Ethnographen Karl von Hahn (1848–1925).

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 1841: Bildnis des Vaters Wilhelm Hugo von Franken
 1848: Die Vorbereitung zur Beichte
 1850: Der Arztbesuch
 um 1850: Karawanserei
 1851: Fischhandel
 1855: Kaukasische Landschaft
 1859: Ansicht von Tiflis
 1859: Kasbek
 1859: Obsternte in Mingrelien
 1862: Ein Duchhan
 1863: Wachtturm im Kaukasus
 1864: Ansicht aus Kolchis
 1867: Kosakenlager bei Tiflis
 1866: Der Analabar in Tiflis
 1878: Kaukasische Landschaft
 1879: Am Ufer des Rioni,
 Kosakenlager bei Tiflis
 Die Verwüstung von Tiflis durch die Perser
 Der Jungfrauenturm (Qiz Qalasi) in Baku am Kaspischen Meer

Frankens Nachlass wurde später auf seine Enkel verteilt und befindet sich heute vielfach in Privatbesitz. Einige Werke gelangten nach Moskau und St. Petersburg. Andere gelten als verschollen, sind jedoch durch Ausstellungskataloge noch bekannt. Auf internationalen Auktionen erzielen seine Werke regelmäßig hohe Preise, was auf die Seltenheit kaukasischer Sujets in der Malerei des 19. Jahrhunderts und auf die hohe Nachfrage osteuropäischer Käuferschichten zurückgeführt wird.

Literatur

 Carsten Roth: Franken, Paul von (1818). In: Saur Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Die bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker. Mitherausgegeben und begründet von Günter Meißner. K. G. Saur, München/Leipzig 1992–2010, ISBN 3-598-22740-X, Band 44: Franconi–Freyenmuth (2005), S. 84.

Weblinks

 Paul von Franken, Auktionsresultate im Portal artnet.de
 Kaukasische Landschaft (1878), Artikel und Ausschnitt aus der Sendung Kunst & Krempel (Bayerischer Rundfunk/BR Fernsehen, Ausstrahlung vom 11. Februar 2017)

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Maler der Romantik
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A word about band conditions - I actually prefer worse conditions as it allows me to concentrate on one or two bands rather than having to make decisions about the higher bands. It also reduces the temptation to chase after multipliers on higher bands rather than focusing on rate. No more. I am focusing strongly on running with mult chasing on the 2nd radio almost exclusively. My strategy is changing, and it seems to be working.
Special thanks to Keith, KJ8DO for loaning me his Alpha 91B amp.
160 meters and 9 band DXCC!!!
I finally got my DXCC on 160 meters. The last entity to confirm was ZA1WW in Albania. Thankfully it was via LoTW so there was no need for a trip to the card checker.
How hard was it? Not as hard as you think, but no cakewalk either.
The key to 160m operating is listening. "If you can't hear 'em you can't work 'em" is especially true on this band. For this reason I have done extensive research on receiving antennas, noise floor and operating techniques to maximize SNR. I fought many pileups, including some rare (on topband, anyway) entities in far off places like Cote d'Ivoire, and Annobon Island.
Anyway, I enjoy this for now and bask in the glory of 9 band DXCC!!
As I sit here I am working FT8 on 160 meters. It's a great mode to kill time and get some DX, states or new friends in the log. But this mode is not without controversy. Let's explore some of the controversies and see what can, and should be done. Or not.
LED lamp QRM - solved!
Last week I became really scared because I turned on 40 meters and there was AC buzz all over. I have a relatively quiet noise floor which is advantageous for contesting and DXing, and my fear was that my neighbors had bought some cheap device with a switching power supply that would spew noise all over the HF bands. Or was it the new fridge we bought? Or was it something else? Thankfully cooler heads prevailed and I went about finding the noise source methodically. Watch how I got it done!
Troubleshooting The very first thing I did was to get a shortwave radio and verify that the noise was there. Indeed, a portable shortwave radio confirmed that it was there. Actiually, I used my Kenwood TH-D74A in general coverage shortwave mode. It works well for this purpose.
The next step was to shut off the main breaker in the house. We did that, and the noise was gone. This alone was a huge sigh of relief! The noise was inside this house, and this means I had full control over it, at least.


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Consumer Advisory to AW's American readers - be careful, there are some dodgy travel agents out there. If you are offered the trip of a lifetime to Annabel's nightclub to meet the cream of London society, ask to see a guest list beforehand as there is a distinct risk of your getting fobbed off with a crowd of Decent usual suspects instead:
when Paul Wolfowitz asked to meet some of Britain's leading journalists, The Observer's Nick Cohen found himself sitting next to John Lloyd and Charles Moore, drinking champagne
and Wolfie was probably buying the drinks, too.
I don't like Wolfowitz, but there is only so much pain you want him to suffer.
On the other hand this may give us an indication into the difficulties Nick has in supporting the middle class lifestyle he feels he is deserved. Sipping champagne at Annabels and hanging around with Charles Moore probably isn't affordable on £100k a year.
I don't like Cristina Odone who seems to have built a career on nothing but being in the right place and getting her name known.
Come to that I don't like Sarfraz Manzoor either.
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http://www.democratiya.com/review.asp?reviews_id=94
where he quotes Orwell who said, 'Do remember that dishonesty and cowardice always have to be paid for. Don't imagine that for years on end you can make yourself the boot-licking propagandist of the Soviet regime, or any other regime, and then suddenly return to mental decency. Once a whore, always a whore.'
But fails to look in the mirror. Whore indeed.
In that review Cohen says:
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Hinesville police arrest man in attempted child molestation case
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Posted: Jan 7, 2020 / 11:33 AM EST / Updated: Jan 7, 2020 / 11:35 AM EST
HINESVILLE, Ga. (WSAV) – The Hinesville Police Department arrested a man in an attempted child molestation case last week.
On Tuesday, Dec. 31, officers arrested 43-year-old James Pritchard of Midway after he contacted a 14-year-old Hinesville girl for "indecent purposes".
Pritchard was trying to meet up with the child, and was met instead with law enforcement officers. He was arrested without incident and now faces charges including Enticing a Child for Indecent Purposes and Criminal Attempt to Commit Child Molestation.
Pritchard is being held at the Liberty County Regional Jail pending a $20,000 bond.
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Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey is a book by Mikhal Dekel published in 2019. In it Dekel reconstructs her father Hannan's journey as a child refugee fleeing Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. Hannan was one of nearly 1,000 child refugees who travelled from Central Asia to the Middle East as they fled the conflict in the aftermath of the amnesty for Polish citizens in the Soviet Union which allowed for a large scale evacuation of Polish civilians from the USSR accompanying the Polish Anders' Army. The book includes archival research, memoir, and travel reportage from Poland, Russia, Uzbekistan, Iran and Israel.

The New York Times wrote that the experiences of these children had been "little researched and reported" prior to Tehran Children. The book examines the "profound dislocations – geographical, familial, psychological – of the first stages of the German invasion of Poland," leading to an exodus in which the children endured Soviet Gulags, the "starving regions of Communist Uzbekistan, until they found refuge in Iran." The Times noted "Tehran Children suggests pathways for further research into a wide range of topics," including American Jewish leadership during World War II. the Jewish Agency in Palestine, Polish-Jewish relations, and Bukharan Jewish communities, along with questions about the psychology of survival. "'Tehran children [is] not simply another detail of the Holocaust but a matter of enduring existential, psychological and moral reflection."

Reviewers have drawn comparisons between the events recorded in Tehran Children and the experience of child refugees around the world through the present day. The Guardian writes: "what makes Dekel's study so valuable is not just its assiduous detailing of one family's fate during the second world war, but how it also makes us reflect on our current era, with its mass migrations of desperate people fleeing conflict and hardship only to meet inflamed nativism and the desire to shift responsibility for their fate from one country on to the next."

Tehran Children is a finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize in 2020.

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Understanding and controlling the molecule that made the universe
Trihydrogen, or H3+, is acknowledged by scientists as the molecule that made the universe. In recent issues of Nature Communications and the Journal of Chemical Physics, Michigan State University researchers employed high-speed lasers to shine a spotlight on the mechanisms that are key in H3+ creation and its unusual chemistry.
H3+ is prevalent in the universe, the Milky Way, gas giants and the Earth's ionosphere. It's also being created and studied in the lab of Marcos Dantus, University Distinguished Professor in chemistry and physics. Using ultrafast lasers – and technology invented by Dantus – a team of scientists is beginning to understand the chemistry of this iconic molecule.
"Observing how roaming H2 molecules evolve to H3+ is nothing short of astounding," Dantus said. "We first documented this process using methanol; now we've been able to expand and duplicate this process in a number of molecules and identified a number of new pathways."
Astrochemists see the big picture, observing H3+ and defining it through an interstellar perspective. It's created so fast – in less time than it takes a bullet to cross an atom – that it is extremely difficult to figure out how three chemical bonds are broken and three new ones are formed in such a short timescale.
That's when chemists using femtosecond lasers come into play. Rather than study the stars using a telescope, Dantus' team literally looks at the small picture. The entire procedure is viewed at the molecular level and is measured in femtoseconds – 1 millionth of 1 billionth of a second. The process the team views takes between 100 and 240 femtoseconds. Dantus knows this because the clock starts when he fires the first laser pulse. The laser pulse then "sees" what's happening.
The two-laser technique revealed the hydrogen transfer, as well as the hydrogen-roaming chemistry, that's responsible for H3+ formation. Roaming mechanisms briefly generate a neutral molecule (H2) that stays in the vicinity and extracts a third hydrogen molecule to form H3+. And it turns out there's more than one way it can happen. In one experiment involving ethanol, the team revealed six potential pathways, confirming four of them.
Since laser pulses are comparable to sound waves, Dantus' team discovered a "tune" that enhances H3+ formation and one that discourages formation. When converting these "shaped" pulses to a slide whistle, successful formation happens when the note starts flats, rises slightly and finishes with a downward, deeper dive. The song is music to the ears of chemists who can envision many potential applications for this breakthrough.
"These chemical reactions are the building blocks of life in the universe," Dantus said. "The prevalence of roaming hydrogen molecules in high-energy chemical reactions involving organic molecules and organic ions is relevant not only for materials irradiated with lasers, but also materials and tissues irradiated with x-rays, high energy electrons, positrons and more."
This study reveals chemistry that is relevant in terms of the universe's formation of water and organic molecules. The secrets it could unlock, from astrochemical to medical, are endless, he added.
MSU scientists who contributed to the Nature Communications paper included Nagitha Ekanayake, Muath Nairat, Nicholas Weingartz, Benjamin Farris, Benjamin Levine and Ned Jackson. Researchers from Kansas State University also contributed to this study.
MSU scientists who contributed to the Journal of Chemical Physics paper included Ekanayake, Nairat, Matthew Michie, Weingartz and Levine.
This research was funded by the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation.
(Note to media: Please include link to the original papers in online coverage: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07577-0; https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5070067)
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What's a Rough Cut?
February 19, 2019 David Fairman
Last weekend I exported the first full version of DEBT. It's a "rough cut," the first draft assembly of a movie.
So what does that really mean? For me, it meant a full edit of the picture and dialogue, some actual music in places, some temp music in places (which is music taken from other sources that we don't intend to use in the final version), very few sound effects and no visual effects or color correction. It was really the most bare bones version of the story you can throw up on a screen and actually watch start to finish. I explained it as 'Bambi on ice' - up on it's legs, wobbly and not very secure, but a foundation by which to see the whole thing together. That may not be true for every editor, but that's been my process.
So why do it?
I screened this draft in front of a couple producers and the lead cast of the movie. There's something about seeing a story from beginning to end with an audience. Scenes that feel very strong on their own can drag or even seem completely unnecessary in context with other sequences around it. Items that seem to make sense cease to do so.
Additionally - and I've heard editors/directors say this as well and I can't explain it - when you are watching the movie with other people, you notice things you otherwise wouldn't. Pacing issues become apparent where they weren't before, you can feel the saggy parts of the edit in a way that you can't when watching by yourself. It's a very strange phenomenon but it seems to work out that way every time.
We also had a kind of "focus group" after the film. I asked everyone to take notes as it went and afterwards we discussed for at least an hour. That type of feedback is invaluable and brought to light some things I'd never thought of previously.
So you screened a rough cut...that means it's almost done, right?
Sort of? Maybe? It's possible? Not even close?
Having never edited anything this long before, I'm just honestly not sure. It feels like a good deal of the heavy lifting (getting the entire story up on its feet) is done. But the next level of revisions on this or any project could range from "tightening and tweaking" to completely restructuring and, in essence, rewriting the story via editing. I'll let you know...
There are also several other key steps that can be very time consuming. ADR, or "Automated Dialogue Replacement" (sometimes called "Additional Dialogue Recording" or "Looping"), is the process of recording lines of dialogue that either were not captured cleanly during filming or need to be changed. And that includes grunts, groans and other action sounds you'd hear in a fight scene (check out Hugh Jackman here and then feel like you want to run through a wall). This is much more common than people probably expect - on some big-budget Hollywood films 60% or more of the dialogue is recorded after the fact. We most likely will not do that much, but it's still a fair amount and time consuming.
Then there's actual sound design - adding sound effects and mixing the dialogue to the environment. There's also the music scoring, which our producer Jeff Giroux has been working on and includes both composing original music and finding/selecting preexisting sources for the soundtrack. There's visual effects - of which we don't have a ton in the movie but there are some, especially in the fight scenes. And finally there's color correction and grading, which is adjusting the specific color and exposure qualities of the image, scene by scene.
So despite a lot of the postproduction process being in the rearview, there is still a great deal of work remaining. But each milestone like the rough cut moves the film a little bit closer to finally publishing for others to see.
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For nearly three decades, experts have predicted that the office towers will empty, as people work from home in their blue jeans and bunny slippers.
But not yet, and likely not soon.
While telecommuting has grown, as technology infiltrates the home and workers demand more flexibility, it's far from sweeping the US.
"There are still people insisting that by the year 2000, there will be 40 or 50 million people telecommuting," says Christena Nippert-Eng, sociology professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. "They're wrong."
Those who study the trend see two obstacles: Plenty of people don't want to work where they live; and plenty of managers worry about workers they can't see.
"The biggest reason people haven't left the office is because they have employers who aren't willing to trust them to work from home," Ms. Nippert-Eng says. "Unless that changes, you will continue to see only small increases [in telecommuting]."
About 11 million Americans telecommute, estimates New York-based research group FIND/SVP Inc. That compares with 4 million who worked from home for an outside company in 1990.
To promote the concept, a coalition of nonprofit, government, and corporate groups have dubbed next week "telecommute America week."
One of the biggest myths about telecommuting is that workers who do it stay parked at home every day.
"A lot of people think telecommuting is an all or nothing deal," says Robert Moskowitz, president of the American Telecommuting Association in Washington. Instead, he says, most telecommuters spend one to three days a week at home. Typical hours: 18 to 19 a week, according to the FIND/SVP survey.
In fact, consultants suggest that it's dangerous not to put in some face time with the boss.
Telecommuting isn't meant to last forever, either. Most workers do it for nine to 18 months, until a promotion or change in duties brings them back to the office, says Gildon Gordon, who runs a telecommuting consulting firm in New Jersey.
The success of these arrangements varies widely. Those who trade their suit for sweats cite increased productivity and better balance of work and family. Mr. Gordon says 5 percent or fewer telecommuting arrangements fail.
Take Mary Beth Swibes, a systems consultant at Sears, Roebuck. For three years, she's worked from her home in Hoffman Estates, Ill., two days a week. Before, she drove 65 miles to work - two hours, each way.
The new arrangement means an extra eight hours a week at home and a boon to her family life.
"It has kept the atmosphere uplifted at home and at work," says Ms. Swibes, who heads the telecommuting program for Sears's information systems department. "During the two days I'm working from home, I can help my daughter do her hair and listen to stories and fix breakfast. And in the evenings, I can close the door at 4 and be at home at 4:01."
But telecommuting doesn't always work. Nippert-Eng has found that 1 in 5 arrangements fail. Some workers missed their office colleagues. Others complained the dog next door barked too loudly or people at the office weren't supportive.
"People should look at telecommuting as something that is right for certain jobs, certain employees, and certain managers," Mr. Gordon says, "but not everybody."
Indeed, plenty of jobs simply can't be done from home. It's pretty hard to build a car in your living room.
Yet even managers find that setting up shop at home can help productivity. At AT&T, for example, 48 percent of 36,000 US-based managers telecommute, six days a month on average.
"People have to have a good dose of self-discipline and self-motivation to make this work," Gordon says. "If they don't, then they risk falling prey to all the normal household distractions ranging from the refrigerator to the TV."
And you must be able to handle isolation. Merrill Lynch puts potential telecommuters through a two-week simulation in a lab where workers can only use the phone and e-mail to deal with colleagues.
If you've got a boss who won't let you out of his or her sight, you can probably forget about telecommuting, experts say. Even open-minded managers must work to keep telecommuters in the loop.
"It's interesting to note that some of the same managers who might be skeptical or nervous about whether people can work from home," Gordon adds, "are the same ones who work from home themselves."
Telecommuting works best at companies with formal policies, experts agree.
Merrill Lynch rolled out a formal telecommuting program in April 1996. Currently 400 employees nationwide participate. Only one dropped out, because she missed the social interaction, says program director Camille Manfredonia.
About two-thirds of Fortune 500 firms have employees who telecommute, consultant Gordon estimates.
Those that do it report increased productivity (although they admit it's hard to quantify), lower real estate costs, and high retention and morale.
"Employees love the flexibility, but their supervisors tell us they see increases in productivity and moral," says Susan Sears, AT&T's telework projects director, who telecommutes from her Phoenix home.
Consultants say most people should telecommute because it will improve their productivity, not as a substitute for child care or elder care.
Most say there's no proof that telecommuting is a career-ender. And many managers say those employees who telecommute tend to display the skills they look for in promotable people.
"I always tell prospective telecommuters that if your No. 1 objective is to move up as far and as fast as possible ... then you probably shouldn't telecommute," contends Gordon, "because you'll obsess over it, and it will become self-fulfilling."
* Get the right work space. Setting up at the dining room table won't do. You need your own room where you can close the door. As far as equipment (computer, fax, phone), most companies negotiate what they will pay for case by case.
Mary Beth Swibes, who has telecommutes two days a week, bought a fax and phone, and her employer, Sears, paid for her laptop, an extra phone line, and phone bills.
That includes your co-workers, family, even pets. Let your neighbors know that just because you're at home doesn't mean you'll sign for all their daytime deliveries. And make sure your spouse understands that being close to the kitchen doesn't mean dinner will now be served promptly at 6.
Decide how you will start and end your work day. "With the home office right there, we hear from some employees at the beginning that it's hard to stop working," says AT&T's Susan Sears.
* Keep in touch with your boss and your team members.
Ms. Sears travels sometimes twice a month from Phoenix to New York to meet with co-workers.
And Greg Schall, a Hewlett-Packard computer engineer near Atlanta who has worked at home for three years, invites the nine people on his team to his house every other month for a home-cooked meal. "My only rule," he quips, "is no business is allowed to be discussed."
* Don't be a recluse.
"We don't advise that the classic introvert [is] the best telecommuter," says work-at-home consultant Gildon Gordon, "because that person, left to his or her own devices, would just scroll away in their home office, and I don't think that's wise for anybody."