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Our 11th annual conference
was a success!
Thank you to all who participated!
To view the conference: https://bit.ly/3WLHjAI
Passcode: F2Rn%*nt
Presentation topics include:
1. Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Staging- Dr. Damara Kaplan, Urologist, New Mexico Cancer Center
PSA, DRE, biopsy and Gleason score
Scans- MRI, CT, PSMA, bone and others
Criteria for grade groups and risk groups
2. Treatment- Dr. Thomas Schroeder, Radiation Oncologist, UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center
Use of grade/risk groups to determine appropriate treatment
Treatment options, including active surveillance, surgery (open radical, robotic laproscopic), radiation (EBRT, SBRT, brachy)
Other local treatments (laser, HIFU, cryotherapy)
3. Advanced and Recurrent Prostate Cancer- Dr. Jose Avitia, Medical Oncologist, New Mexico Cancer Center
Appropriate scans- PET/CT, PSMA, Axumin and others- to determine location of cancer
ADT- testosterone blockers, first line (Lupron, Zoladex, Eligard, Firmagon) and second line (Zytiga/abiraterone)
Testosterone absorption blockers- Casodex, Flutamide, Xtandi, Erleada, Nubeqa
Role for radiation and Xofigo
Role for Provenge and immunotherapy
Conference Presenters
Damara Kaplan, MD
Urologist,
New Mexico Cancer Center
Thomas Schroeder, MD
Radiation Oncologist,
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
Jose Avitia, MD
Medical Oncologist,
Presenter Bios
Dr. Damara Kaplan, PhD, MD, has become the first female president of the American Association of Clinical Urologists. She is the first New Mexican physician to hold the position in more than 30 years. She began her term in October and will remain president for one year. The AACU was established in 1968 to provide information about the socioeconomic and political issues that affect the urology profession and to directly influence the resolution of those issues by facilitating one-on-one communication between physicians and legislators in order to improve patient care.
Thomas Schroeder, MD, is Section Chief/Medical Director of Radiation Oncology and an Associate Professor in the Hematology/Oncology Division at the University of New Mexico Cancer Center, an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center (UNMCCC). As a clinician, his areas of research interest are prostate cancer, breast cancer, and the use of stereotactic body radiation therapy in oligo metastatic disease. His current practice includes all cancer types, but has a large component of prostate cancer. He serves as a local PI for multiple NCI cooperative group, pharmaceutical and investigator initiated trials. He is also the medical director of the radiation oncology clinics at the UNMCCC and at the Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City, NM. He serves as the Chief of the Radiation Oncology Section of the Hematology/Oncology Division. He is directly involved in faculty and staff recruitment for radiation oncology, implementation of quality control measures, and oversee all procedures and processes for the radiation oncology department. He serves as the chair of the Radiation Control Committee for the University of New Mexico.
Jose Avitia, MD, is a board-certified medical oncologist who serves as principal investigator of the Prostate Cancer trials at NMCC who works in collaboration with XCancer to bring innovative clinical trials to New Mexico. He received his medical degree from University of Illinois in Chicago. Dr. Avitia completed his Internal Medicine internship at the University of New Mexico and Medical Oncology fellowship at University of Oklahoma. Dr. Avitia is a strong advocate for patient access to education. Dr. Avitia believes prostate cancer patients should have world class care here in New Mexico. He is born and raised in Grants, New Mexico and plans to serve his beloved state for years to come.


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Stephen Cook is a visionary Strategist, Founder of V, advisor to Civil Society think tanks and commentator on leadership, the change imperative, future organisational vision, the meaning of purpose and organisational strategy. He is a passionate advocate for true brand strategy and it's critical, informing role at the centre of all socially enterprising strategy definition and societal change.
Through his proprietary methodology, Future Conduct, Stephen creates the vision, purpose and propositions, the strategic contexts, leadership advocacy, business cases for investment, innovation engines and change strategies that define Socially Enterprising Organisations, their interactions with people and the mechanisms necessary to achieve these.
In a career spanning 34 years, Stephen has defined visionary and compelling organisation futures across most market and industry sectors, for global enterprises, rapid growth start-ups, 3rd and public sector organisation's, institutions, government departments and societal initiatives - in the UK, EU and internationally. His work has informed whole organisation transformation, culture change, operational change, business re-modelling, propositions change and development, mergers and acquisitions, geography expansion and entire market behaviours.
In all his work, Stephen never loses sight of the most important question of all, 'Why? – or more importantly, 'Why not?'. His focus is always on the human condition and the behavioural mechanisms that make organisation's stand for something vital and inspire audiences and participators to believe in them and interact with them.
Stephen has delivered hundreds of speeches, talks, discussion groups, presentations, leadership forums, corporate podcasts and change strategy workshops. He is a passionate, thought provoking and motivational moderator and speaker.
He lives in West Oxfordshire and has offices in Central Oxford and London.

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Articles Banking, Finance & Financial Services	22nd Jan 2014
Home / News & Articles
Consumer Credit Column May 2012
Richard Mawrey's Consumer Credit Column May 2012
The Baby and the Bathwater
When I was a lad, an agèd relative used, when in his cups, to sing an old music hall song. It had to be sung in an 'eartrending tone and a strong cockney accent which I shall not attempt to reproduce in print (it never works, see Dickens passim). Entitled 'A Mother's Lament', the refrain ran:
(Solo)Your baby has gone down the plughole.
Your baby has gone down the plug.
The poor little thing was so skinny and thin,
He should have been washed in a jug, (tutti) in a jug.
This moving ditty always comes to mind when contemplating Government measures designed to protect consumers. The almost invariable custom on these occasions is to throw the baby out with the bathwater. To change the metaphor, as I pointed out in an earlier column, the consumerist response to mice in your kitchen is to dynamite the house to rubble. It cures the mouse problem but …
And so, a dirge will I sing for Payment Protection Insurance – the dreaded PPI. To all intents and purposes, PPI has been outlawed since 6 April 2011. The banks and financial institutions marketing PPI have been treated (retrospectively bien sûr) as fraudsters lucky not to be in the dock at the Old Bailey, savagely fined by the FSA, and obliged to pay literally billions of pounds by way of 'compensation' to customers who were allegedly 'mis-sold' PPI. They have received no sympathy from the courts. Industry challenges were contemptuously thrown out in both Barclays Bank plc & Others v Competition Commission [2009] CAT 27 and in R (on the application of the BBA) v Financial Services Authority [2011] EWHC (Admin) 999. So, as we helplessly watch the baby's pathetic cadaver being borne remorselessly away on the tide of effluent to the Northern Outfall Works at Beckton, we might ask: how? – or indeed: why?
When the PPI 'scandal' broke (which, being interpreted, means when the consumerists noticed that it existed), it was treated as if it was entirely new concept – or, to quote the tabloids, a new 'scam'. Once more, those evil men in their capitalist lairs (think caricatures by George Grosz) had devised a fiendish scheme to defraud the Little Man (caricatures by Sidney Strube) of his hard-earned. In reality, however, this kind of insurance had been around for a long time and, back in the fifties and sixties, was discussed in detail by legal writers such as Prof Roy Goode (now, of course, Sir Roy Goode QC). In those days it was often known as 'ASU Insurance' standing for 'accident, sickness and unemployment'.
By the early seventies, PPI was a sufficiently well-established institution for specific provision to be made for it in both the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA) itself and in the Consumer Credit (Total Charge for Credit) Regulations 1980. There were elaborate rules for when such a policy was or was not a 'linked transaction' under CCA section 19, whether the financing of the policy created a multiple agreement under section 18 and when the premium did or did not form part of the total charge for credit. We need not concern ourselves, however, with these arcana for aficionados. The basic point is that, back then, nobody in the consumer world, and certainly not the Crowther Commission whose report was the precursor of the CCA, considered that PPI was a wicked exploitation of the debtor, to be stamped on like a cockroach.
Indeed, nobody seems to have considered PPI to be a blot on the escutcheon of UK consumer law for (at least) the thirty years following the passing of the CCA. Furthermore, even those Ayatollahs of consumerism, the good bureaucrats of Brussels, did not see the need to proscribe it. The EU Consumer Credit Directive (2008/48/EEC) makes special provision for such insurance and legislates for its treatment in such areas as computing the charge for credit.
This is not really surprising. Credit is, by its very nature, something taken out by those who cannot afford to pay cash. Equally the payment of interest and the repayment of capital will be spread over a period of time. Any prudent debtor and, indeed, any prudent creditor will try to ensure that the payment of capital and interest is structured in a way that will be affordable for the debtor. Nobody deliberately sets up a credit agreement to fail. But, in doing this, both debtor and creditor have to make assumptions about the future, the principal assumption being, of course, the assumption that the debtor will remain in a position to service the credit. Hence the need to protect both parties against the contingency of the debtor ceasing to be able to afford to pay. Accident, sickness and unemployment are the events likely to bring this about. The key is unemployment: many people are employed on terms whereby they will receive their pay if sick or injured in an accident but unemployment can be (financially) a killer. This is particularly the case when the country is in recession and unemployment figures are increasing. (Remind me – what is the current position? It is? Well! Well! Well!).
PPI was available on the general insurance market but it was not easy to find and most intending debtors would never have had the capacity or the inclination to go looking for it. In real life, therefore, PPI was always offered by the creditor, as intermediary for the insurer. If PPI was compulsory, then the creditor would choose and impose its own insurer. Even if it was voluntary, however, the creditor would almost invariably have an insurer with whom it had links and whose products would be the only ones offered to the debtor. The customer would be sold the insurance at the same time as the credit product ('point-of-sale' marketing of insurance) and would neither ask nor be told of any other PPI product that might be available. In almost all cases (at least in recent years) the policy would be a single-premium policy and, as often as not, the cost would be added to the existing credit. As with all insurance intermediaries, the creditor would receive a commission from the insurer.
At this point, things get quite interesting. Most lawyers, applying normal rules relating to intermediaries and agents, would have thought that there might be an obligation on the creditor to disclose to the debtor that it was going to receive a commission on the insurance and possibly, if the amount was unusually high, its amount. The FSA, however, thought about the matter long and hard when compiling its then Insurance Conduct of Business rules (ICOB) as to whether there should be a duty on the insurance agent to disclose his commission and came to the conclusion that there should not. In Harrison v Black Horse Limited [2011] EWCA Civ 1128, the debtors' claim for unfair relationship under CCA sections 140A-140C was based on non-disclosure by the creditor of the (admittedly very large) commission payable to the creditor by the insurer. The claim failed because the creditor was found to have fulfilled its regulatory obligations under ICOB and the court felt it could not impose a different (and more onerous) obligation than that laid down by the appropriate regulator.
So the FSA's view was that commission was a matter between the creditor and the insurer and the debtor could legitimately be kept in the dark. So far so good.
What went wrong was that creditors became greedy. The true cost of PPI was grossly inflated so that the premium payable by the debtor was many times the cost to the insurer, and the balance was the creditor's commission. In Harrison the commission was 87% of the premium charged to the customer and that was said to be nowhere near the maximum. In essence, the creditors were buying the insurance cheap from the insurer and selling it dear to the customer.
So – the consumerists nagged the OFT and the OFT made a crafty sideways pass to the Competition Commission. Now you might have thought that the poor beleaguered credit industry, already regulated (an unkind person would say 'over-regulated') by two regulators, the OFT and the FSA, did not need a third. The industry must have felt a bit like Britain in December 1941. Fighting for its existence against Germany and Italy, it is then the object of an unprovoked attack by Japan. The Competition Commission reported in January 2009 that (surprise! surprise!) the selling of PPI was not competitive. The FSA got in on the act and hurriedly changed its insurance rules, replacing ICOB with the Insurance Conduct of Business Sourcebook (ICOBS). As a result of diktats by the FSA and the commission, PPI was, in real terms, killed off. No more single-premium policies, no point-of-sale marketing (or indeed for 7 days after sale) and so forth.
Insurance mis-selling? Well, any consumerist will tell you that it is received wisdom that all financial products are invariably mis-sold. Particularly PPI. There were lots of disgruntled people out there who had bought PPI and you know what? They hadn't got sick, they hadn't fallen under a bus and they had kept their jobs. Their premium must, therefore, have been a complete waste of money. Ergo, the insurance was mis-sold. I rest me case, m'lud.
So the banks were caned – again. PPI, though theoretically available, is no longer considered as a viable option by either creditor or debtor. And when the debtor gets sick or, as is happening all too often today, is handed the black bin-liner and the P45, he defaults. If his agreement is a hire-purchase agreement or is secured on his home, back goes the car or he and his family are turfed out of their home. There is no insurance. Tough. The creditors have a lot more bad debts. Their risks have increased and they may not choose to take those increased risks. The cost of credit will go up. Everybody loses – the debtor (who may lose his home), the creditor (which loses its security) and the insurer (which loses business). But at least, one hopes, the consumerists are happy.
And the PPI industry has been killed off, at a stroke, not by Government and certainly not by Parliament, but by the ukase of unelected regulators over whom the courts themselves have pitifully little control. The abuses, both real and perceived, could easily have been rectified with the baby still in the bath, but out went the bathwater and out went the baby.
All together, lads –
Your baby is now with the angels
He won't have to worry no more,
Your baby has gone down the plughole,
Not lost but gone before.
Richard Mawrey QC is a consumer credit expert practising at Henderson Chambers. He has been a specialist editor of Goode: Consumer Credit Law and Practice for thirty years and is co-author of Blackstone's Guide to the Consumer Credit Act 2006 and Butterworths Consumer and Commercial Law Handboo
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American Bar Association, Section on International Law, Member, Assistant Budget Officer (1997-1998), Secretary (2000 – 2001), Member of Task Force on the Globalization Of Law Practice (1997), Chair for Section's 1997 and 2003 Annual Meetings, Liaison to the ABA-American Law Institute Transnational Insolvency Project (1996); Chair of the International Secured Transactions and Insolvency Committee (and predecessor) (1995-2000.
ABA – American Law Institute, Transnational Insolvency Project, Member of Task Force on Claims and Task Force on Corporate Entities (1997 to 1999).
State Bar of California, Section of International Law, Executive Board Member (2003 – 2004).
Advisory Committee on Private International and Advisory Committee Study Group on Cross-Border Insolvency, U.S. Department of State, Legal Advisors Office, Member (1995-1997).
American Bankruptcy Institute, Member (2011 to present).
International Insolvency Institute, Member and Project (2001 to present), member of the Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in Insolvencies (2008 to present), Research Coordinator of the Committee's Project On Treatment Of Intellectual Property Licenses In Insolvencies (2013 to present).


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//const char *kACryptHEXFormatUpper = "%02X";
//const char *kACCryptHEXFormatLower = "%02x";
//
//#pragma mark -
//#pragma mark To String
//
//CFStringRef ACMDataToHEX(CFDataRef data, bool upper) {
//	CFStringRef final = NULL;
//
//	CFIndex dataLength = ( data ? CFDataGetLength(data) : 0 );
//
//	if ( dataLength >  0 ) {
//		const UInt8 *dataptr = CFDataGetBytePtr(data);
//
//		CFMutableStringRef temp = CFStringCreateMutable(kCFAllocatorDefault, dataLength * 2);
//		const char *formattype  = ( upper ? kACryptHEXFormatUpper : kACCryptHEXFormatLower );
//		CFStringRef format      = CFStringCreateWithCString(
//                                                            kCFAllocatorDefault,
//                                                            formattype,
//                                                            kCFStringEncodingUTF8 );
//
//		for ( int i = 0; i < dataLength; ++i ) {
//			CFStringAppendFormat(temp, NULL, format, dataptr[i]);
//		}
//
//		if ( format ) {
//			CFRelease(format);
//		}
//
//		if ( temp ) {
//			final = CFStringCreateCopy(kCFAllocatorDefault, temp);
//			CFRelease(temp);
//		}
//	}
//
//	return final;
//}

#pragma mark Randon String Generator

CFStringRef ACMRandomString(uint32_t length) {
	CFStringRef final = NULL;

	CFMutableStringRef temp = CFStringCreateMutable(kCFAllocatorDefault, (CFIndex)length);
	assert(temp);

    int numchars = (int)strlen(kACMECryptChars);

	for ( uint32_t i = 0; i < length; ++i ) {
		uint32_t rand = arc4random() % numchars;
		UniChar c = kACMECryptChars[rand];
		CFStringAppendCharacters(temp, &c, 1);
	}

	if ( temp ) {
		final = CFStringCreateCopy(kCFAllocatorDefault, temp);
		CFRelease(temp);
	}

	return final;
}

#pragma mark Key Management

SecKeyRef ACMGetPublicKeyX509(CFDataRef certData) {
    SecKeyRef keyRef = NULL;

	CFIndex length = ( certData ? CFDataGetLength(certData) : (CFIndex)0 );

    if ( length > 0 ) {
        SecCertificateRef certRef = SecCertificateCreateWithData(kCFAllocatorDefault, certData);
        SecPolicyRef policy = SecPolicyCreateBasicX509();
        SecTrustRef trust;
        OSStatus status = SecTrustCreateWithCertificates(certRef, policy, &trust);

        SecTrustResultType trustResult;
        if ( status == errSecSuccess ) {
            status = SecTrustEvaluate(trust, &trustResult);

            if ( status == errSecSuccess ) {
                keyRef = SecTrustCopyPublicKey(trust);
            }
        }

        CFRelease(policy);
    }

    return keyRef;
}

#pragma mark Symmetric Encryption / Decryption

#pragma mark Assymetric Encryption / Decryption

CFDataRef ACMEncrypt(CFDataRef data, SecKeyRef publicKey) {
    CFDataRef final = 0;

	CFIndex dataLength = ( data ? CFDataGetLength(data) : 0 );

    if ( (dataLength > 0) || (publicKey) ) {
        size_t max = SecKeyGetBlockSize(publicKey);
        size_t cipherBufferSize = max;
		const uint8_t *fullthing = CFDataGetBytePtr(data);
        const size_t inputBlocSize = cipherBufferSize - 12;
        uint8_t *cipherBuffer = malloc(cipherBufferSize);
		CFMutableDataRef temp = CFDataCreateMutable(kCFAllocatorDefault, cipherBufferSize * dataLength);
		assert(temp);

		uint32_t maxlength = (uint32_t)dataLength;

        for ( size_t block = 0; (block * inputBlocSize) < maxlength; ++block ) {
            size_t blockoffset = block * inputBlocSize;
            const uint8_t *chunk = fullthing + blockoffset;
            const size_t remainingsize = maxlength - blockoffset;
            const size_t subsize = (remainingsize < inputBlocSize ? remainingsize : inputBlocSize);

            size_t actualSize = cipherBufferSize;

            OSStatus status = SecKeyEncrypt(
                                            publicKey,
                                            kSecPaddingPKCS1,
                                            chunk,
                                            subsize,
                                            cipherBuffer,
                                            &actualSize );

            if ( status == errSecSuccess ) {
				CFDataAppendBytes(temp, cipherBuffer, actualSize);
            }
            else {
                printf( "Unable to encrypt data. Status: %ld", (signed long)status);
				CFRelease(temp);
                temp = NULL;
                break;
            }
        }

        if ( temp ) {
			final = CFDataCreateCopy(kCFAllocatorDefault, temp);
			CFRelease(temp);
        }

        free(cipherBuffer);
    }

    return final;
}

CFDataRef ACMDecryptWithKey(CFDataRef data, SecKeyRef key) {
    CFDataRef final = 0;

	CFIndex dataLength = ( data ? CFDataGetLength(data) : 0 );

    if ( (dataLength > 0) && key ) {
		size_t max                 = SecKeyGetBlockSize(key);
        size_t cipherBufferSize    = max;
        const uint8_t *fullthing   = CFDataGetBytePtr(data);
        const size_t inputBlocSize = cipherBufferSize;
        uint8_t *cipherBuffer      = malloc(cipherBufferSize);
        uint32_t maxlength         = (uint32_t)dataLength;
		CFMutableDataRef temp      = CFDataCreateMutable(kCFAllocatorDefault, dataLength);

        for ( size_t block = 0; block * inputBlocSize < maxlength; ++block ) {
            size_t blockoffset = block * inputBlocSize;
            const uint8_t *chunk = fullthing + blockoffset;
            const size_t remainingsize = maxlength - blockoffset;
            const size_t subsize = (remainingsize < inputBlocSize ? remainingsize : inputBlocSize);

            size_t actualSize = cipherBufferSize;

			OSStatus status = SecKeyDecrypt(
											key,
											kSecPaddingPKCS1,
											chunk,
											subsize,
											cipherBuffer,
											&actualSize );

            if ( status == errSecSuccess ) {
				CFDataAppendBytes(temp, cipherBuffer, actualSize);
            }
            else {
                printf("Unable to encrypt data. Status: %ld", (signed long)status);
				CFRelease(temp);
                temp = NULL;
                break;
            }
        }

		if ( temp ) {
            final = CFDataCreateCopy(kCFAllocatorDefault, temp);
			CFRelease(temp);
        }

        free(cipherBuffer);
    }

    return final;
}

#pragma mark Hashing

//#pragma mark Signing
//
//CFDataRef ACMHmac(CFDataRef data, CFStringRef key, ACHMACAlgorithm alg) {
//	CFIndex dataLength = ( data ? CFDataGetLength(data) : 0 );
//	CFIndex keyLength  = ( key ? CFStringGetLength(key) : 0 );
//
//	CFDataRef final = NULL;
//
//	if ( (dataLength > 0) && (keyLength > 0) ) {
//		int digestLength;
//		switch (alg) {
//			case kACHMACAlgSHA1:
//				digestLength = CC_SHA1_DIGEST_LENGTH;
//				break;
//			case kACHMACAlgSHA224:
//				digestLength = CC_SHA224_DIGEST_LENGTH;
//				break;
//			case kACHMACAlgSHA256:
//				digestLength = CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH;
//				break;
//			case kACHMACAlgSHA384:
//				digestLength = CC_SHA384_DIGEST_LENGTH;
//				break;
//			case kACHMACAlgSHA512:
//				digestLength = CC_SHA512_DIGEST_LENGTH;
//				break;
//			default:
//				digestLength = CC_MD5_DIGEST_LENGTH;
//				break;
//		}
//
//		const char *keyptr = CFStringGetCStringPtr(key, kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
//		const char *dataptr = (char*)CFDataGetBytePtr(data);
//		unsigned char *chmac = malloc(digestLength);
//        memset(chmac, 0, digestLength);
//
//		CCHmac(alg, keyptr, keyLength, dataptr, dataLength, chmac);
//        final = CFDataCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault, chmac, digestLength);
//
//        free(chmac);
//	}
//
//	return final;
//}

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Q: How can I select a node with specific value of one attribute and maximum value of another attribute in XPath? For example, I have an XML:
    <?xml version="1.0"?>
<list>
    <pos matnr="10017571" charg="1045825700" atwrt="108" labst="610" />
    <pos matnr="10017572" charg="1045825700" atwrt="108" labst="600" />
    <pos matnr="10017573" charg="1046186400" atwrt="108" labst="2730" />
    <pos matnr="10017573" charg="1046117000" atwrt="108" labst="5200" />
    <pos matnr="10017573" charg="1046055000" atwrt="108" labst="3507" />
    <pos matnr="10017574" charg="1045911400" atwrt="108" labst="50" />
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    <pos matnr="10017574" charg="1046117000" atwrt="108" labst="5500" />
    <pos matnr="10017574" charg="1046186400" atwrt="108" labst="2410" />
</list>

So, how can I select a node with specific value of one attribute and maximum value of another attribute in XPath? I need something like this (not works):
xmlDocZ.selectSingleNode("//pos[@matnr='10017574' and @labst[not(.>//@labst)]]");

Result must be:
<pos matnr="10017574" charg="1046055000" atwrt="108" labst="14230" />

A: Oh, I got it by my self. This works fine:
xmlDocZ.selectSingleNode("//pos[@matnr='10017574' and @labst[not(.//pos[@matnr='10017574']/@labst)]]");

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Update: Here is the story from The Star. And here is "The People's Court"!
The Daily Nation coverage is here.
The website is a joint project between AfriCOG and InformAction and is an attempt to present in public all the evidence around the recent elections. Some of that is from the cases filed at the Supreme Court, but it will also include material and information from citizens, observers and others. Citizens will be provided a location to post /Number to send text messages in order to submit any information and evidence they gathered so that the complete truth on the recent elections can emerge.
Importantly, The People's Court will be an accountability mechanism on the IEBC and the Supreme Court. Analysis of the Court's decision will be posted on the website hoping to engender critical and constructive discussions on why they took the decision that they did, in the face of the evidence that will be presented.
The People's Court gives the public unique access to all the evidence filed at the Supreme Court in the Civil Society petition challenging the election process.
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Lars Kraume's The People vs. Fritz Bauer (Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer) is a powerful and convincing reminder of the suspect politics of early postwar West Germany (and some of its allies, including the US). Although occasionally clunky in dialogue and staging – one wonders if it were initially intended primarily for German TV – it does an admirable job of a historically and politically complex story delivered in unusually moving terms.
It's fine material for a procedural, but director and co-writer Lars Kraume badly muffs the film's pacing such that long stretches of tedious character development leaves the investigation's revelations rushed, and even nonsensical.
Gelungenes Portrait eines jüdischen, sozialdemokratischen, schwulen Heldens, der unermüdlich für Aufklärung kämpfte und gegen ein Nach-Nazi-System (BND-Vorläufer Gehlen wusste seit '52, wo Eichmann steckt und wie er sich nannte), das sich heutzutage ernsthaft Leute zurückwünschen.
A really wonderfully done film about dealing with your past and standing up for your future. Gorgeously shot, with great dialogue and acting. No big action, or twist at the end. Just an interesting plot with interesting characters. Highly recommend.
In Ausstattung und Darstellung ein sehr präziser Film. Die geschilderten historischen Zustände skandalös.
Thriller politico ambientato dopo la seconda guerra mondiale. Ben realizzato e abbastanza intrigante.


Moonlight—Barry Jenkins' masterful film about the life of a queer black man which was widely hailed as one of the best movies of 2016—went into the Golden Globes on Sunday as one of the favorites to take home some major prizes. But there was increasing dismay as, again and again, the film kept losing, and movies like La La Land—a musical about two white people in love—kept dominating, even in unexpected categories like Best Screenplay.
By the time the Best Motion Picture—Drama award arrived at the very end of the evening, it felt like Moonlight was going to be snubbed entirely—a shocking outcome. Luckily for everyone, the Globes swerved at the last minute, handing Moonlight the night's biggest prize. The audience stood and cheered.
Jenkins accepted the award with grace and elegance, and then the evening was over. Crisis averted.


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    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/widget/NumberPicker$3;->this$0:Landroid/widget/NumberPicker;

    #calls: Landroid/widget/NumberPicker;->postChangeCurrentByOneFromLongPress(ZJ)V
    invoke-static {v0, v2, v3, v4}, Landroid/widget/NumberPicker;->access$300(Landroid/widget/NumberPicker;ZJ)V

    .line 651
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Five Indians Earn All-CIF Honors
By Jim Riggio On June 21, 2016
The spring sports season was a memorable one for Burroughs High. The boys' volleyball team reached the CIF Southern Section Division 2 final. The softball team went to the Division 3 semifinals. The baseball team earned a share of the Pacific League crown and pole vaulter Sarah Prystupa reached the state meet in track and field.
Thus it comes as no surprise that Burroughs was well represented in postseason awards.
Three senior volleyball players, Ryan Van Loo, Andrew D'Almada and Cameron Capili earned All-CIF honors.
"It's just an incredible achievement to get three guys on the All-CIF team and all three of them deserve it for their excellent play throughout all of the CIF playoffs," Burroughs volleyball coach Joel Brinton said. "They continually led us each and every night."
D'Almada, who earned All-CIF honors for a second straight season, thanked his teammates for helping him.
"I wouldn't have been able to get it without everyone on the team," D'Almada said. ":This season has been an amazing experience. The hard work every single one of these guys put in from August up until May 28 during the state championship (was amazing)."
In softball, sophomore pitcher Presley Miraglia was selected to the All-CIF team.
Baseball player Kyle Nicol was selected to All-CIF second team, a list that wasn't officially released by the CIF Southern Section.
"I think he deserves to be on the first team," Burroughs coach Craig Sherwood said. "He had a tremendous year. I'm happy for him and I'm proud of him."
(Photo by © Ross A. Benson)
Van Loo, a 6-foot-3 setter who is headed on a scholarship to Lewis University, was named to the All-CIF team for a second straight year.
Also the Pacific League Player of the Year, Van Loo had 1,125 assists, 108 kills and 21 serving aces.
D'Almada, a 6-5 outside hitter, also was named to the All-CIF team for a second straight season.
He had 492 kills, 142 digs and 42 ½ blocks for the season.
Cameron Capili, also an outside hitter, made the team. The 6-foot-1 senior had 353 kills, 239 digs and 47 aces.
The trio helped Burroughs put together a 31-6 record, losing in the CIF title match to Oak Park. The Indians redeemed themselves in the Southern California state playoffs by defeating Oak Park in a rematch.
Miraglia posted a 20-4 record in leading the Indians to the semifinals before losing to eventual champion Grand Terrace High.
She had 183 strikeouts in 158 1/3 innings and had a 1.50 earned run average.
"She's a great player," Burroughs coach Doug Nicol said. "I think she's on pace to be one of the best athletes ever to come out of Burroughs. She's one of the best pitchers in Southern California and we're lucky to have her."
Nicol, who signed with Cal State Northridge, posted a 7-2 record in 56 2/3 innings. He had 66 strikeouts and just 14 walks, posting a 1.48 ERA in leading the Indians to a share of the Pacific League crown.
His biggest game was arguably in the final of the Easton Tournament, when he pitched a two-hit shutout and struck out 14 Harvard-Westlake batters in helping his team to a 1-0 victory.
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FIVE KIDS, MOM DIE IN CRASH.
A DEFECT IN VANS IS BEING INVESTIGATED IN THE ACCIDENT.
Fort Lauderdale - Six of seven family members heading home from a holiday outing were killed when a van slammed into theirs in a rain-slicked intersection, Florida Highway Patrol investigators said.
A federal investigator was en route Friday to see whether a possible defect in Chrysler vans contributed to the deaths in the collision.
MARK ALEXANDER, 35, of Coconut Creek, survived the crash Thursday night that killed his wife, SHARON; their children, JIMMY, 5, and CAROLINE, 4; and three of MARK ALEXANDER'S children from a previous marriage, SARAH, 12; JAIME, 11, and AMANDA, 7. They lived with their aunt a few blocks from the intersection.
The impact with another van tore apart the right side and rear of the red minivan, throwing the five children out as the vehicle spun, the Florida Highway Patrol said. At least three were still strapped into a seat that flew out of the van.
SHARON ALEXANDER, 36, died at the scene, as did four of the five ALEXANDER children; JIMMY, CAROLINE, JAIME and SARAH. AMANDA was flown to Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, where she died at 4:30 a.m. Friday.
MARK ALEXANDER was in good condition Friday at North Broward Medical Center.
SCOT BRETT NAIDUS, 31, of Tamarac, driver of the white Dodge commercial van that hit the ALEXANDERS' vehicle, was in serious but stable condition at Broward General. NAIDUS was not up to being interviewed, a relative said late Friday.
An investigator from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was on his way to Florida on Friday, said spokesman Tim Hurd.
Just last month, the government reported rear lift gates in Chrysler minivans had popped open in 51 accidents, with 74 passengers thrown out and 25 deaths reported. Some people had been thrown out of the rear, some still in seats that also flew out.
"significant" and could have been powerful enough by itself to tear the seat out, FHP Capt. Rich Rossman said.
Investigators said no evidence showed that either vehicle braked before the collision.
And officials could not say which of the two rear seats was thrown from the ALEXANDERS' van.
Friday, five members of Sarah Alexander's drill team at nearby Rickards Middle School were called out of class Friday morning and told their friend had died. They were allowed to go home for the day.
Friday afternoon they were out at the accident site, spray painting messages to their lost friend on a sheet of wood, decorated with a twig from a Christmas tree lot across the street, on a bus bench and all over the sidewalk.
"We (love) you forever," one message said. "See you in heaven."
"It made us feel better," Tiffany Howerin said.
"This is the only time today they have not been crying," said Linda Kirvjanik, one of the girls' mothers. "They were just sitting around the house. I said 'Let's just go there.'"
Amid the shards of plastic, glass and metal, one of the friends found one of Sarah's earrings in the street.


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Banff Centre for the Arts and New Acquisition
Nicole Stanbridge, AGGV Curator of Engagement, visited the Banff Centre for the Arts in October to meet artists participating in the EARTHED residency. The program is described as one that "investigates the confluence of ethics and aesthetics in search of alternative structures to raise cultural and political awareness of urgent environmental issues." This five-week session was led by UK based artists Ackroyd & Harvey, whose work intersects art, activism, architecture, biology, ecology, and history.
Included in this year's residency was Victoria-based artist Tara Nicholson, who was producing a 25 print portfolio from her Arctic Claims series that has been commissioned for the AGGV's permanent collection. A selection of three works from this series was featured in the 2017 project Water Work Space at the AGGV.
The portfolio will include photographs from the various sites Nicholson has visited as part of her research for Arctic Claims, these include: the Arctic Station on Disko Island, Greenland; the Arctic Research Institute in Inuvik; the Canadian Satellite Research Station and the Distance Early Warning Line in Tuktoyatuk; Pleistocene Park and the Northeast Scientific Station in Siberia.
Through the Banff residency Nicholson was also able to experiment beyond the two dimensional photograph into the realm of ceramics. Inspired by what she saw in northern Russia, she worked on creating obscure bones, perhaps similar to the mammoth bones that emerge from the rapidly melting permafrost in Siberia.
Photography Nicole Stanbridge, Tara Nicholson
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Apple is today celebrating an important milestone: the sale of its one billionth iPhone. Despite iPhone sales declining over the past two quarters, Apple is still selling enough devices to have reached this milestone in the nine years since the original iPhone launched.
At a meeting with employees at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, CEO Tim Cook stated that "iPhone has become one of the most important, world-changing and successful products in history." And he's not wrong: the first-generation iPhone, which launched in June of 2007, essentially started the smartphone revolution.
Looking at iPhone sales data paints an incredible picture. Despite the nine-year history of the iPhone, Apple has sold just under half a billion iPhones in the last two years, which illustrates the huge growth Apple has achieved.
While sales are declining year on year, Apple is still posting impressive figures for each quarter. In the last three months the company sold 40.4 million iPhones, which is down on the 47.5 million devices in the same quarter last year, but enough to post $24 billion in revenue from just the one product. In comparison, Microsoft's entire quarterly revenue was $20.6 billion.
Apple will see its typical spike in iPhone sales next quarter thanks to the release of the iPhone 7, which is expected to be unveiled in September.
If Apple can't push as many units as they were, won't they just raise the price per phone?
"we generously gave our workers at Foxconn a 10 cent an hour wage increase. With sales being off, this backed us into a corner where profit margins were so slim, we couldn't guarantee our world class customer service to remain as such. Accordingly, it is with great regrets, and heavy hearts, we must announce a $100.00 (US), increase in suggested retail price of the iPhone >( insert model # here)<.
It would be nice to have a global minimum wage for companies based in first world countries which has to be topped up by the local wages. These steps will go some way to stop exploitation.
I personally am responsible for 7 of those phones sold and I will be moving from iPhone 6s+ 128GB to the iPhone 7+ 256GB.
My iPhone has been an INVALUABLE workhorse in making my Youtube videos. I'm earning a little over $2000 a month from Youtube alone and it not only pays for my Hellcat and Jeep SRT but has paid for my Administration masters degree.
Youtube paid OFF my student loan debt.
Couldn't have done it without iPhone.
Good for Apple, that company was just about done for at one point.
The conversation Gates/Jobs had at that one interview is something every IT Pro needs to see.
While I am no Apple fan I have no issue with their mojo.
It makes technology accessible for tech-illiterates and thats good for everyone.
Mcdonald has sold billions upon billions of hamburgers. You usually get these phones for an equivalent monthly cost if you ate hamburgers every day like I do (not really), so nothing new.
The 1-billionth iPhone buyer was also given a free gold-plated iWatch.
Yeah well, if you're doing all that well with YouTube, you should probably show some mercy toward your followers and spring for a real camera.
If you are the Bigtruckseries I found then you are just lying out of every orifice. That account has less than 20k subs and the most popular video has less than a million views and is over 2 years old. You probably don't even make money since you probably aren't monetized and if you were I expect a few dollars a month maybe. So either put up your link to this multi-million sub account or admit you are a raging iFan who has to lie to make himself feel better about his iObsession.
@camakazi You missed all the good stuff. "bigtruckseries" is practically an entertainment empire.
I am scared though,that someday someone will invent a "Steady Cam" harness for those iCraps, and then Hollywood will be quaking in it's Monolo Blahniks. "Oh no, is this the end of summer movies as we know them"? Well, judging by the sampling I just linked from YouTube, not hardly, not yet.


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est un seinen manga de fantasie de Kōta Hirano. Il est prépublié depuis le  dans le magazine Young King Ours et a été compilé en cinq volumes en . La version française est éditée par Tonkam.

L'intrigue se base sur une incursion à la fois historique et fictionnelle puisqu'elle rassemble et oppose de nombreux personnages historiques réels issus d'époques et de pays différents dans un monde où diverses races issues du folklore traditionnel de la fantasy (elfes, nains, kobolds, dragons, etc.) coexistent avec les humains et où certains êtres sont pourvus de pouvoirs surnaturels (parchemins d'invocations, pyrokinésie, entre autres).

Une adaptation en anime par le studio Hoods Drifters Studio est diffusée entre octobre et  sur Tokyo MX au Japon et en simulcast sur J-One et Wakanim dans les pays francophones. Trois OAV sont ensuite commercialisés entre  et .

Histoire
Toyohisa Shimazu, jeune samouraï participant à la bataille de Sekigahara, à l'époque du Japon féodal, se retrouve soudain plongé dans un autre monde. Rapidement, il découvre que plusieurs autres guerriers renommés ont dérivé dans cette dimension. Le jeune homme se retrouve plongé dans une guerre sans merci dont il ignore encore les tenants et les aboutissants, guerre qu'il doit mener aux côtés de deux célèbres figures historiques japonaises, Oda Nobunaga et Yoichi Nasu, avant d'être rejoint par d'autres combattants et stratèges issus de diverses époques, tels Hannibal Barca et Sundance Kid.

Ces personnages historiques sont tous des combattants ou des stratèges militaires et politiques rompus à l'art de la guerre (parfois les deux). Deux personnages, fictifs quant à eux, sont à l'origine de l'apparition de ces figures guerrières dans ce monde : l'agent Purple et une jeune fille vêtue de noir nommée Easy. Tous deux enlèvent ces guerriers et tacticiens du monde réel par un système de portes dimensionnelles (le transfert semble toujours s'opérer quand les personnages concernés sont au bord de la mort) pour mener par leur biais une lutte indirecte dont les motifs restent encore inconnus. Les personnages concernés se trouvent divisés en deux groupes. Les Parias, envoyés par Easy, désirent détruire le monde tandis que les Drifters, envoyés par l'agent Purple et aidés par l'organisation Octobre, une guilde de magiciens, sont censés les en empêcher.

Personnages

Drifters

Protagoniste de l'histoire et célèbre samouraï du clan Shimazu qui prit part à la Bataille de Sekigahara en 1600. Alors qu'il retenait l'armée ennemie pour permettre à son oncle de s'enfuir, il fut transporté dans l'autre monde par l'agent Purple. Bien qu'il ait eu du mal à réaliser ce qui lui arrive, il fera rapidement équipe avec Oda Nobunaga et Nasu no Yoichi pour survivre dans ce nouveau monde. Son incroyable détermination et son sens de l'honneur l'amèneront malgré lui à devenir le leader de la résistance des Drifters contre l'empire Orte et les Parias. Il est âgé de 30 ans à son arrivée en tant que Drifter.

Daymio important de la période Sengoku de l'histoire du Japon. Fils de Oda Nobuhide, un seigneur de guerre mineur qui ne possédait que peu de terres dans la province d'Owari, Oda Nobunaga a passé sa vie sur les champs de bataille et a conquis une grande partie du Japon. Mais il fut trahi par l'un de ses généraux, Mitsuhide Akechi et alors qu'il aurait dû mourir dévoré par les flammes dans son château de Nijō il fut transporté par l'agent Purple dans l'autre monde et devint un Drifter. Manipulateur, voire démoniaque, il tente de convaincre Toyohisa de prendre la tête de la rébellion, préférant manipuler les événements que d'y prendre effectivement part, fatigué par les nombreuses trahisons qu'il a subies dans le monde réel. En réalité, il est fort probable que Nobunaga renvoie l'image de son propre fils sur Toyohisa. Il est âgé de 47 ans et approche donc de la cinquantaine.

Samouraï archer pendant la Guerre de Genpei, Nasu no Yoichi est ironiquement le plus jeune de la troupe alors qu'il vient de l'époque la plus reculée et est donc âgé de 19 ans. Il a une apparence féminine bien qu'étant un homme c'est pourquoi Toyohisa le prend au départ pour une femme. Son passé est très trouble et il semble rongé par les remords quand il repense à sa dernière bataille au service du seigneur Minamoto no Yoshitsune. Ses capacités au tir à l'arc le rendent redoutable à distance mais il reste vulnérable au corps à corps.
Hannibal Barca
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
La Horde Sauvage (Butch Cassidy et Sundance Kid)

Téléporter par l'agent Purple au moment de son crash en pleine mer le 01er août 1945, Naoshi Kanno fait une entrée fracassante en pleine bataille face à des dragons. Ce qui ne le dérange que quelques secondes avant d'ouvrir le feu sans sourciller.

Commandant du 301 eme escadron du 343eme Air groupe, il était chargé de la défense du territoire japonais. Impétueux, casse-cou, il manque de culture générale internationale et ne définit les gens qu'à travers les puissances de l'Axe ou les Alliés. De ce fait, Scipion l'Africain,  a maille à partir avec lui, puisqu'au moment de l'intrigue, l'Italie n'est plus dans l'Axe.

Proche de Tamon Yamaguchi, son caractère bouillant, ses prises de risque en font le rival de Shimazu Toyohisa avec qui il se chamaille constamment. Il est âgé de 24 ans lors de son arrivée chez les Drifters.

Tamon Yamaguchi

Parias
Le Roi Noir
Un personnage au corps meurtri dissimulé sous une longue tunique à capuche. Son corps semble présenter les marques de graves sévices. Il dispose du pouvoir de multiplier toutes les formes de vie (des graines de blé jusqu'aux cellules d'un être vivant). Chef autoproclamé des Parias et de leur armée de monstres de toutes sortes, il cherche à créer une civilisation nouvelle pour remplacer l'humanité. Des théories de fans soutiennent qu'il s'agirait en fait du Christ.

Jeanne d'Arc
 L'héroïne de la Guerre de Cent Ans entre la France et l'Angleterre. Jeanne a été brûlée sur le bûcher pour hérésie quand elle avait 19 ans mais semble avoir été secourue par Easy juste avant de mourir. Elle dispose désormais de pouvoirs surnaturels qui lui permettent de générer et de contrôler le feu.

Gilles de Rais

Chevalier français et compagnon d'arme de Jeanne d'Arc pendant la Guerre de Cent Ans, il sombra dans la folie après que sa protégée a été envoyée sur le bûcher pour sorcellerie. Persuadé qu'elle irait en enfer, il se décida à commettre les pires méfaits possibles pour la rejoindre. Devenu un paria dans ce monde, il est équipé d'une longue lance et est quasiment invincible sur le champ de bataille.
Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova (Анастасия Николаевна Романова)
 La plus jeune fille du dernier tsar de Russie, Nicolas II. Les bolchéviques ont assassiné Anastasia et toute sa famille quand elle avait 17 ans. Maintenant, Anastasia veut prendre sa revanche en gelant le monde entier avec les blizzards surnaturels.

Grigori Raspoutine (Григорий Ефимович Распутин)

L'Empire Orte
Adolf Hitler
Tristement célèbre dictateur responsable de la montée du nazisme en Allemagne et des exactions ayant conduit à la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Hitler est le Drifter responsable de la création de l'empire Orte 60 ans avant le début de l'histoire actuelle. Il est décrit comme un homme de talent par le Comte Saint Germain. Ses dons d'orateur lui ont permis de rassembler les foules et de créer un nouvel ordre plus juste mais seulement pour les humains, les non-humains des territoires conquis comme les elfes ou les nains étant soit persécutés soit enfermés dans des camps de travail forcé. Les circonstances de sa mort dans ce monde restent troubles puisqu'il se serait suicidé (comme dans le monde réel) et sa mort entraîna le début des rébellions contre l'empire Orte.

Comte Saint-Germain

Personnage excentrique et androgyne de la haute noblesse de l'empire d'Orte, il fut le premier noble à s'allier à Hitler pour créer l'empire Orte. Il est un également un Drifter et était un aventurier français du  autour duquel gravitent nombre de mythes et légendes. Cela dit il est exaspéré par l'incompétence des dirigeants actuels de l'empire Orte et craint que la dislocation de l'empire lui fasse perdre tout ce qu'il possède. Voila pourquoi il décide de s'allier aux Drifters pour s'assurer un avenir et leur propose d'organiser un Coup d'État. Venant de la période historique des lumières et possédant une grande culture, il est capable de reconnaître beaucoup de Drifters si ceux ci lui disent leur nom.
Aram

Capitaine de l'armée de l'empire Orte, il se montre impitoyable envers les non-humains et n'hésite pas à les tuer par pur plaisir sadique.

L'organisation Octobre
Abe no Seimei
Drifter et fondateur de l'organisation de mages Octobre, il hait les parias et fera tout ce qui est en son pouvoir pour les vaincre. Dans le monde réel il était un Onmyōji (sorcier) très connu dans capitale japonaise. Ainsi lorsqu'il dit son nom, il est reconnu par Nobunaga mais pas par Shimazu ce qui le consterne.
Olmine

Mage originaire de ce monde, elle sert l'organisation Octobre et voue une admiration sans bornes pour Abe. Son pouvoir est de faire jaillir des murs de terre ce qui est très utile dans les combats. Elle est reconnaissable à sa poitrine très développée ce qui lui vaut quelques moqueries de la part de Nobunaga.
Ham

Autres

C'est lui qui est responsable de l'arrivée des Drifters dans ce monde. Il a l'apparence d'un homme respectable et est également connu sous le nom d'agent Purple. Ses intentions sont inconnues et il semble être en éternel conflit avec Easy.
Easy
Jeune fille responsable de l'arrivée des Parias dans ce monde. Elle est en conflit avec Murasaki et lui demande sans cesse de reconnaître sa défaite. Mais devant son dédain envers elle, elle a tendance à s'énerver ce qui crée des situations comiques. Son nom serait en fait une anagramme.
Marsha

Mark

Shara

Liste des volumes

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Anime
Un clip anime réalisé par Rôyoji Nakamori et Masanori Komine est commercialisé avec le dixième volume dHellsing Ultimate''.

Une adaptation en anime est annoncée en . Un OAV de 36 minutes est paru en  avec l'édition limitée du tome 5. La série télévisée est ensuite diffusée à partir d' sur Tokyo MX au Japon et en simulcast sur J-One et Wakanim dans les pays francophones. Il s'agit de la première série à être proposée en version française en simultané avec le Japon.

Une seconde saison est annoncée en  à la fin de la diffusion du douzième épisode de la première saison. Les treizième et quatorzième épisodes sont sortis directement en DVD en , suivi d'un quinzième épisode en .

 Distinctions
La série est nommée pour le Prix Manga Taishō en 2012.

 Références Édition japonaiseÉdition française'''

Liens externes

Série manga
Manga paru dans le Young King Ours
Manga des années 2000
Manga publié par Tonkam
Manga de science-fiction
Série d'animation japonaise
Animation réalisée par Hoods Entertainment
Série diffusée sur Wakanim

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On one of the sides of the warehouse, there is a third picking station that also carries out replenishment tasks. It has the necessary equipment to do the job, such as a scale, a scanner and a computer.
The JCH miniload AS/RS for boxes is managed by Mecalux's Easy WMS warehouse management software, which controls and coordinates its operation at all times.
It is a very efficient system, which performs various functions, among which is the assigning of locations and storing of boxes, removal of the goods, and order picking.
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It will be 2016 soon.
Didn't 2015 fly past? I can still remember the countdown to 2000 like it was yesterday; maybe I am showing my age, but it's true; 2000 seems like a few years ago!
This past year, for me, has been one of learning and accepting.
Learning; as always from experiences which I have had to live through; some good, some not so good.
Accepting; there is a lot I am asked to accept, some things I find easier to accept while other things I still struggle with.
I don't make resolutions, I probably should, but I don't.
I make a 'hope' list.
I simply hope that 2016 will be a little kinder to us all.
I hope we don't have to make any unscheduled hospital visits.
I hope Ethan sees this coming year through as (relatively ) well as he has 2015.
I hope the toddler stops being a dictator and that the treeager he will become is a happy little dude, with less 'Ethie' habits.
I hope J is happy. I hope he continues his hard work in school and at home. I hope he knows how loved he is.
I hope D gets through his final year in college with a job he loves waiting for him at the end of it.
I hope I can continue to write as honestly as I have been, even when there are times that I feel I really shouldn't be so honest.
I hope our little family gets to make some more wonderful memories throughout 2016; and I hope these memories don't upset me. Sometimes I get overwhelmed when we know we are creating a memory for us all to carry with us for the rest of our lives; for example Ethan is seeing Santa next week, this Santa has invited us all to visit when his workshop is closed to the general public. I have no doubt I will get emotional.
I hope I can still be received so well by my readers ; I've not been writing a blog for long and I can't express how heartwarming it is to receive messages of support or messages asking after Ethan and his little brothers.
I hope 2016 goes slower than 2015 …for many, many reasons; Hunter Syndrome being the main one.
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Mimas (moon)
Mimas /ˈmaɪməs/, also designated Saturn I, is a moon of Saturn which was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel.[11] It is named after Mimas, a son of Gaia in Greek mythology.
Mimas with its large crater Herschel. Other bright-walled craters include Ban just left of center near top, and Percivale two thirds of the way left of Herschel. (Cassini, 2010)
Discovery date
17 September 1789[1]
Saturn I
/ˈmaɪməs/[2] or as Greco-Latin Mimas (approximated /ˈmiːməs/)
Μίμας Mimās
Mimantean,[3] Mimantian[4] (both /mɪˈmæntiən/)
Orbital characteristics [5]
Semi-major axis
Eccentricity
Orbital period (sidereal)
0.942421959 d
Average orbital speed
14.28 km/s (calculated)
1.574° (to Saturn's equator)
Satellite of
415.6 × 393.4 × 381.2 km
(0.0311 Earths)[6]
Mean radius
198.2±0.4 km [6]
490000–500000 km2
32600000±200000 km3
(3.7493±0.0031)×1019 kg [7][8]
(6.3×10−6 Earths)
Mean density
1.1479±0.007 g/cm3 [6]
Surface gravity
0.064 m/s2 (0.00648 g)
0.159 km/s
Synodic rotation period
Axial tilt
0.962±0.004 (geometric)[9]
≈ 64 K
Apparent magnitude
12.9 [10]
With a diameter of 396 kilometres (246 mi), it is the smallest astronomical body that is known to still be rounded in shape because of self-gravitation. However, Mimas is not actually in hydrostatic equilibrium for its current rotation.
3 Physical characteristics
4 Orbital resonances
5 Anomalous libration
6 Exploration
7 In popular culture
DiscoveryEdit
Artwork depicting the Mimas discovery telescope
Mimas was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel on 17 September 1789. He recorded his discovery as follows: "I continued my observations constantly, whenever the weather would permit; and the great light of the forty-feet speculum was now of so much use, that I also, on the 17th of September, detected the seventh satellite, when it was at its greatest preceding elongation."[11][12]
The 40-foot telescope was a metal mirror reflecting telescope built by Herschel, with a 48-inch (1,200 mm) aperture. The 40 feet refers to the length of the focus, not the aperture diameter as more common with modern telescopes.
Mimas is named after one of the Giants in Greek mythology, Mimas. The names of all seven then-known satellites of Saturn, including Mimas, were suggested by William Herschel's son John in his 1847 publication Results of Astronomical Observations made at the Cape of Good Hope.[13][14] Saturn (the Roman equivalent of Cronus in Greek mythology) was the leader of the Titans, the generation before the Gods, and ruler of the world for some time. The Giants were the subsequent generation, and each group fought a great struggle against the Gods.
The customary English pronunciation of the name is /ˈmaɪməs/,[15] though some people attempt a more 'authentic' pronunciation, /ˈmiːməs/.[16]
The Greek and Latin root of the name is Mimant-,[17] and so the English adjectival form is Mimantean[18] or Mimantian,[19] either spelling pronounced /maɪˈmæntiən/ ~ /mɪˈmæntiən/.[20]
Physical characteristicsEdit
Further information: List of geological features on Mimas
Cassini view of Mimas's trailing hemisphere, showing craters up to 6 km deep and 1-km-deep chasmata (grooves). The large crater near center is Morgan; Arthur is close to the lower right limb. Pelion Chasma is faintly visible as a horizontal trough left of Arthur and below Morgan.
The surface area of Mimas is slightly less than the land area of Spain. The low density of Mimas, 1.15 g/cm3, indicates that it is composed mostly of water ice with only a small amount of rock. Due to the tidal forces acting on it, Mimas is noticeably prolate; its longest axis is about 10% longer than the shortest. The ellipsoidal shape of Mimas is especially noticeable in some recent images from the Cassini probe.
Mimas's most distinctive feature is a giant impact crater 130 km (81 mi) across, named Herschel after the discoverer of Mimas. Herschel's diameter is almost a third of Mimas's own diameter; its walls are approximately 5 km (3 mi) high, parts of its floor measure 10 km (6 mi) deep, and its central peak rises 6 km (4 mi) above the crater floor. If there were a crater of an equivalent scale on Earth (in relative size) it would be over 4,000 km (2,500 mi) in diameter, wider than Australia. The impact that made this crater must have nearly shattered Mimas: the surface antipodal to (opposite through the globe) Herschel is highly disrupted, indicating that the shock waves created by the Herschel impact propagated through the whole moon.[21]
The Mimantean surface is saturated with smaller impact craters, but no others are anywhere near the size of Herschel. Although Mimas is heavily cratered, the cratering is not uniform. Most of the surface is covered with craters larger than 40 km (25 mi) in diameter, but in the south polar region, there are generally no craters larger than 20 km (12 mi) in diameter.
Three types of geological features are officially recognized on Mimas: craters, chasmata (chasms) and catenae (crater chains).
Mimas maps – June 2017
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Mimas maps – November 2014 (enhanced-color)
Northern and southern hemispheres
Trailing and leading hemispheres
Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute / Lunar and Planetary Institute
Orbital resonancesEdit
A number of features in Saturn's rings are related to resonances with Mimas. Mimas is responsible for clearing the material from the Cassini Division, the gap between Saturn's two widest rings, the A Ring and B Ring. Particles in the Huygens Gap at the inner edge of the Cassini division are in a 2:1 orbital resonance with Mimas. They orbit twice for each orbit of Mimas. The repeated pulls by Mimas on the Cassini division particles, always in the same direction in space, force them into new orbits outside the gap. The boundary between the C and B rings is in a 3:1 resonance with Mimas. Recently, the G Ring was found to be in a 7:6 co-rotation eccentricity resonance[clarification needed] with Mimas; the ring's inner edge is about 15,000 km (9,300 mi) inside Mimas's orbit.[citation needed]
Mimas is also in a 2:1 mean-motion resonance with the larger moon Tethys, and in a 2:3 resonance with the outer F Ring shepherd moonlet, Pandora. A moon co-orbital with Mimas was reported by Stephen P. Synnott and Richard J. Terrile in 1982, but was never confirmed.[22][23]
Anomalous librationEdit
In 2014, researchers noted that the librational motion of Mimas has a component that cannot be explained by its orbit alone, and concluded that it was due to either an interior that is not in hydrostatic equilibrium (an elongated core) or an internal ocean.[24] However, in 2017 it was concluded that the presence of an ocean in Mimas' interior would have led to surface tidal stresses comparable to or greater than those on tectonically active Europa. Thus, the lack of evidence for surface cracking or other tectonic activity on Mimas argues against the presence of such an ocean; as the formation of a core would have also produced an ocean and thus the nonexistent tidal stresses, that possibility is also unlikely.[25] The presence of an asymmetric mass anomaly associated with the crater Herschel may be a more likely explanation for the libration.[25]
ExplorationEdit
Pioneer 11 flew by Saturn in 1979, and its closest approach to Mimas was 104,263 km on September 1, 1979.[26] Voyager 1 flew by in 1980, and Voyager 2 in 1981.
Mimas was imaged several times by the Cassini orbiter, which entered into orbit around Saturn in 2004. A close flyby occurred on February 13, 2010, when Cassini passed by Mimas at 9,500 km (5,900 mi).
In popular cultureEdit
When seen from certain angles, Mimas resembles the Death Star, a fictional space station and superweapon known from the 1977 film Star Wars. Herschel resembles the concave disc of the Death Star's "superlaser". This is coincidental, as the film was made nearly three years before Mimas was resolved well enough to see the crater.[27]
In 2010, NASA revealed a temperature map of Mimas, using images obtained by Cassini. The warmest regions, which are along one edge of Mimas, create a shape similar to the video game character Pac-Man, with Herschel Crater assuming the role of an "edible dot" or "power pellet" known from Pac-Man gameplay.[28][29][30]
GalleryEdit
Mimas is the tiny white dot in the lower left. (Click to enlarge view.)
Mimas, silhouetted against Saturn's northern latitudes.
Mimas, behind the F Ring.
Mimas viewed by Cassini looking distinctly egg-shaped.
Mimas and mountain
(October 22, 2016).
Mimas before Saturn's limb (color added)
(February 13, 2010).
Mimas mosaic with mostly high resolution.
Mimas displays subtle color differences
(false-color).
Mimas' albedo features on crater walls (Herschel at lower right)
Mimas texture map
Temperature map overlay of Mimas, commonly said to resemble Pac-Man.
List of natural satellites
Mimas in fiction
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