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Agate takes out IBM storage award
Brad Howarth (ARN) 19 February, 1997 14:20
Agate Technology has received the Australian Distributor of the Year Award for sales of its hard drive storage products for 1996.
IBM's general manager for storage systems for Asia/Pacific South, Fernando Casas, said Agate easily beat its three competitors in Aust-ralia, doubling the sales of its nearest rival.
Agate's managing director, Hugh Evans said his company only began distributing the IBM products in 1995, but they now comprise a significant component of Agate's revenue, Agate being the leading distributor of IBM storage products in Australia.
While Casas said sales growth in Australia isn't quite as strong as other countries, such as Korea, Evans feels the Australian market is nonetheless a strong one, due in part to an increased interest in RAID.
"The hard disk drive business, particularly in Australia and New Zealand, is really market driven," said Evans. "The hard disk drive is one thing that hasn't really changed in nature over time. The dealers are well educated, and because they are well educated they know what they want, and the demand is very strong."
Evans said market drive is coming from three areas. "The first area is multinationals, the second area is the local system integrators, and the third area is the other resellers who are either building or integrating on a small scale, or are doing a lot of upgrading or repairs."
He feels a number of factors have contributed to Agate's success with the IBM storage products. "I think it's good stock availability, we're quick to respond to market requirements, and our warranty service is very good. If somebody has a server that fails they want to have it up and running on the same day.
"And we're very market driven. We change very quickly as the market changes; we try and change that one step ahead of the market."
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DeSantis Suspends Tampa Prosecutor Who Vowed Not to Criminalize Abortion
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MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida suspended the top prosecutor in Tampa on Thursday, accusing him of incompetence and neglect of duty for vowing not to prosecute those who seek or provide abortions.
In a startling announcement, Mr. DeSantis, a Republican, suspended from office Andrew H. Warren, the elected state attorney of Hillsborough County. In June, Mr. Warren, a Democrat, was among 90 elected prosecutors across the country who vowed not to prosecute those who seek or provide abortions after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Florida imposed a 15-week abortion ban in April.
The decision immediately raised concerns among Democrats, including Mr. Warren, who say that the governor has become increasingly heavy-handed.
Mr. DeSantis said that the abortion statement and other actions by Mr. Warren amounted to "incompetence and willful defiance of his duties," and that the prosecutor's approach to the job left Mr. DeSantis with no choice but to suspend him.
"When you flagrantly violate your oath of office, when you make yourself above the law, you have violated your duty, you have neglected your duty and you are displaying a lack of competence to be able to perform those duties," Mr. DeSantis said to cheers at the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, where he was flanked by a gaggle of uniformed sheriffs and police chiefs.
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The suspension of Mr. Warren, a rising Democratic star and frequent DeSantis critic who is serving in his second term as the chief prosecutor for the 13th Judicial Circuit in Hillsborough County, evidently came as stunning news even to his office, which had planned a Thursday afternoon news conference to announce a development in a cold murder case. The conference was canceled after Mr. DeSantis announced Mr. Warren's suspension on Thursday morning.
Mr. Warren said in a statement that his suspension "spits in the face of the voters."
"Today's political stunt is an illegal overreach that continues a dangerous pattern by Ron DeSantis of using his office to further his own political ambition," Mr. Warren said, adding, "The people have the right to elect their own leaders — not have them dictated by an aspiring presidential candidate who has shown time and again he feels accountable to no one."
The law enforcement officials who appeared with Mr. DeSantis expressed frustration with Mr. Warren for not prosecuting certain crimes. "Andrew Warren is a fraud," said Brian Dugan, a former chief of the Tampa Police Department.
The sheriffs and police chiefs took turns praising Mr. DeSantis and criticizing liberal-leaning cities — New Orleans, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco — by name. Anti-abortion groups also applauded Mr. DeSantis.
"Want to know why some people are moving to Florida?" Mr. DeSantis said. "Because their communities are no longer safe, thanks to prosecutors who think they know better."
Even in a state where governors and prosecutors have been known to tussle in the open, Mr. DeSantis's intervention — and his trumpeting of it — left officials in Florida flabbergasted. Under Florida law, a governor can suspend state officials for wrongdoing that includes neglect of duty, incompetence, malfeasance, drunkenness or commission of a felony. Mr. DeSantis's Republican predecessor, Rick Scott, tended to suspend elected officials only after they had been charged with a crime.
In 2017, when Aramis D. Ayala, a Democrat who was then the state attorney in Orlando, startled the state by saying she would not seek the death penalty in any cases, Mr. Scott reassigned more than two dozen cases to another state attorney's office. But he did not suspend Ms. Ayala, who did not seek re-election after her term and is now running for Florida attorney general.
Mr. DeSantis has been much more aggressive. Shortly after taking office in 2019, he suspended Sheriff Scott Israel of Broward County, a Democrat, faulting him for his handling of the mass shooting at a Parkland high school in 2018, even though Mr. Israel had not been criminally charged. Mr. Israel unsuccessfully appealed his suspension to the courts and the State Senate and later lost a re-election bid.
Mr. DeSantis is up for re-election in November and has faced growing criticism from Democrats that his approach to governing has become increasingly authoritarian. On Thursday, the two leading Democrats vying to challenge him, Representative Charlie Crist and Nikki Fried, the state's agriculture commissioner, reacted to Mr. Warren's suspension by referring to Mr. DeSantis in statements as a "wannabe dictator" (Mr. Crist) and a "dictator" (Ms. Fried).
Miriam Krinsky, the executive director of Fair and Just Prosecution, which put out the statement against criminalizing abortion that Mr. Warren signed in June, called his suspension "an unprecedented and dangerous intrusion on the separation of powers and the will of the voters."
"Governors don't hand pick elected prosecutors, the voters do," she said in a statement. "With this outrageous overreach, Gov. DeSantis is sending a clear message that the will of the people of Hillsborough County matters less than his own political agenda."
Mr. Warren was elected to a second four-year term with about 53 percent of the vote in 2020. He was one of many prosecutors who were backed in 2016 by groups supported by the billionaire liberal investor George Soros. Mr. DeSantis did not name Mr. Soros on Thursday but seemed to allude to him, saying that Mr. Warren had run a campaign funded by out-of-state donors. Mr. DeSantis himself has amassed a campaign war chest brimming with out-of-state donations.
"Criminalizing and prosecuting individuals who seek or provide abortion care makes a mockery of justice," Mr. Warren and the other prosecutors said in their joint statement in June. "Prosecutors should not be part of that."
Mr. Warren had previously criticized Mr. DeSantis for enacting anti-protest legislation and creating an election crimes office.
In his remarks on Thursday, Mr. DeSantis cited a second statement from Fair and Just Prosecution that Mr. Warren signed that pledged not to criminalize "transgender people and gender-affirming health care."
"I don't think the people of Hillsborough want to have an agenda that is basically woke, where you're deciding that your view of social justice means certain laws shouldn't be enforced," Mr. DeSantis said.
Kitty Bennett contributed research.
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Image caption The script translates: "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah"
A school district in the US state of Virginia has closed all schools on Friday after a geography lesson that included Islam sparked vociferous complaints from around the country.
Students were asked to trace Arabic calligraphy in an exercise some parents said amounted to indoctrination.
Officials said the schools were closed out of an "abundance of caution" and there were no specific safety threats.
School administrators say a different lesson will be used in the future.
One week ago, students at Riverheads High School were studying the Middle East and were asked to trace a piece of Arabic calligraphy that translated to: "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah".
Some pupils refused the assignment and parents accused the teacher of indoctrination.
Officials with the Augusta County school district were quick to point out that the study of a region's religion and language are included in geography lessons.
However, anger built up and by Wednesday complaints had become so numerous that the school's doors were locked and monitored.
By Friday, the messages - described as profane and hateful - had increased and the decision was made to close the schools.
Officials said that no specific threats were received, but law enforcement officials and the school district board recommended the closure because they were being cautious.
The lesson was intended to illustrate the complexity of the Arabic language, they said, and not meant to promote any religious system.
But future classes will use a different, non-religious example of Arabic.
The decision to close the schools has drawn criticism as well.
"It looks like fear wins again," a resident told the News Virginian newspaper.
On the paper's Facebook account, locals have been debating the closure with one man saying, "our patriot forefathers are rolling in their graves," and another rhetorically posting, "how do these terrified people leave their houses every day?"


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Izsév (tudi síj in redkeje luminóznost, ter nepravilno svetlost ali svetilnost) (oznaka L) je v astronomiji količina energije, ki jo astronomsko telo izseva na enoto časa, oziroma oddana moč sevanja v obliki fotonov. Izsev v fizikalnem merilu ustreza svetlobnemu toku, oziroma skupnemu izsevanemu svetlobnemu toku. Največkrat, še posebej zgodovinsko gledano, v astronomiji govori o izsevu zvezd, izraz pa velja tudi na primer za galaksije ali druga telesa.

Merjenje izseva

Izsev zvezd se meri na dva načina: navidezno, ki vključuje le vidno svetlobo, in bolometrično (skupno izsevano energijo). Bolometer je merilna priprava, ki meri izsevano energijo na širokem pasu z absorpcijo in merjenjem toplote. Kadar ni naznačeno, izsev pomeni bolometrični izsev, katerega izpeljana enota SI je watt ali je izražen s Sončevim izsevom L⊙, ki je enak 3,827 · 1026 W.

Izsev je resnična konstanta, neodvisna od razdalje. Meri se kot absolutni izsev, ki odgovarja navideznem siju, oziroma bolometrična magnituda odgovarja bolometričnemu izsevu. Za razliko je navidezni sij obratno kvadratno odvisen od razdalje. Vidni sij se po navadi meri z magnitudami navideznega sija, ki so logaritemske.

Izsev zvezde

Izsev je pomembna značilnost zvezd, ki pomaga primerjati med seboj različne tipe zvezd na diagramih kot sta spekter-izsev ali masa-izsev.

Točkasto svetilo naj seva enakomerno v vse smeri. Votla krogla s središčem v svetilu bo od znotraj v celoti osvetljena. S povečanjem polmera krogle, oziroma razdalje od točkastega svetila r, se povečuje tudi površina krogle S, zaradi česar se sorazmerno s kvadratom razdalje zmanjša gostota svetlobnega toka j:

Izsev zvezde (), če se jo misli kot idealno črno telo, s polmerom r in efektivno površinsko temperaturo TE, je dan prek Stefan-Boltzmannovega zakona:

kjer je σ Stefanova konstanta.

Zgledi

Sonce

Za Sonce s polmerom r⊙ in površinsko temperaturo T⊙ je:

Gostota svetlobnega toka s Sonca na zunanjem robu Zemljinega ozračja je enaka (solarna konstanta):

 je tukaj srednja razdalja med Zemljo in Soncem (astronomska enota). V njegovem zveznem spektru ustreza 1 W približno 100 lumnov. Na površju Zemlje je zaradi absorpcije gostota svetlobnega toka manjša. V jasnem vremenu je približno 1 kW/m2, v oblačnem pa še manj. Gostota izsevanega svetlobnega toka s Sonca j⊙* je:

Zvezde glavnega niza

Če se deli enačbo za izsev s Sončevim izsevom, se dobi izraz za izsev v Sončevih enotah:

Za zvezde iz glavnega niza, je izsev povezan z maso z eksperimentalno dobljenim izrazom:

oziroma v Sončevih enotah:

Tu je m⊙ Sončeva masa. Lepo se vidi da so izsev, temperatura, polmer in masa zvezde povezani.

Navidezni sij na dani razdalji

Magnituda zvezde je logaritmična količina njenega izmerjenega navideznega sija. Navidezni sij je opazovana količina z Zemlje, absolutni izsev pa je navidezni sij na razdalji 10 parsekov. Z danim vidnim izsevom (in ne celotnim) je moč izračunati navidezni sij zvezde z dane razdalje:

oziroma z danim navideznim sijem Sonca , ki znaša -26,73m:

Kako svetla bi bila zvezda podobna Soncu na razdalji 4,3 svetlobnega leta, na razdalji najbližje zvezde α Kentavra?

Zvezda z navideznim sijem 0,45m bi bila zelo svetla, vendar je α Kentavra z navideznim sijem -0,01m in izsevom (1,519 L⊙) videti svetlejša.

Leta 1856 je Norman Robert Pogson ugotovil, da fotometrične meritve zvezd z navideznim sijem 1m dajo stokrat večjo vrednost  svelobnega toka na dani razdalji astronomske enote v fizikalnem merilu od tistih z magnitudo 6m. Na ta način je formaliziral Hiparhov sistem razvrstitve z logaritemskim merilom, kjer vsak interval ene magnitude ustreza spremembi gostote svetlobnega toka 1001/5 ali približno 2,512 krat. Tako je zvezda z magnitudo 1m prbližno 2,5-krat navidezno svetlejša od zvezde z magnitudo 2m in podobno naprej. Na polagi takšnega merila ima vsaka zvezda z magnitudama med 5,5 in 6,5 magnitudo 6m in naprej. S takšno matematično strogostjo bi morala imeti zvezda z magnitudo 1m magnitudi med 0,5 in 1,5, tako da zvezde z manjšim izsevom od 0,5 ne bi spadale sem, kakor tudi najsvetlejše zvezde z negativimi vrednostmi. Zato se rabi širša definicija zvezde z magnitudo 1m tudi za vsako zvezdo z magnitudo manj kot 0,5, na primer za Vego.

Izsev na dani razdalji in absolutni izsev

Podobno je moč izračunati izsev na dani razdalji in absolutni izsev:

Kakšen je izsev Sirija? Sirij je oddaljen 8,6 sv. l. in ima absolutni izsev -1,47m.

Izsev Sirija je tako 23-krat večji od Sončevega.

Svetla zvezda z bolometrično magnitudo -10m ima izsev 106 L⊙, temna zvezda z absolutnim izsevom +17m pa ima izsev 10−5 L⊙. Absolutni izsev je neposredno povezan z izsevom, navidezni sij pa je tudi funkcija razdalje. Ker je moč z opazovanji meriti le navidezni sij telesa, je za določitev njegovega izseva potrebna ocena njegove oddaljenosti.

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(Turn off the beater bar when vacuuming a shag rug to prevent tangling the long fibers.) Brush out pet hair: A vacuum will sometimes leave pet hair behind. Use a stiff brush to remove the hair, brushing in the direction of the nap of the rug.... 21/01/2008�� I am moving and am stuck with cleaning the apartment cause my roommate left earlier in the month. She and I both have long hair and it's all over the carpet.
21/01/2008�� I am moving and am stuck with cleaning the apartment cause my roommate left earlier in the month. She and I both have long hair and it's all over the carpet.... There are models out there that would do a good job to clean hair strands, both long and short, so the idea might not be a bad one after all. Even when you don�t want to cut and vacuum your hair at the same time, you aren�t completely out of luck.
Read the directions and leave the shampoo on your rug for as long as indicated. When the time comes, hose down the rug again. It�s important to rinse all the shampoo out, so you aren�t left with any residue.... A carpet (or rug) rake designed for removing pet hair, looks not unlike a pet brush on a long handle. Typically, they have thin metal or plastic bristles that penetrate to the root of carpet fibers. Typically, they have thin metal or plastic bristles that penetrate to the root of carpet fibers.
18/10/2017�� Steps on how to clean a shag rug.
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12/07/2007�� You know what works is a carpet cleaner machine. I have a hepa vacuum that works really well, but when I use my carpet cleaner machine its amazing the hair that comes up.


Seattle Athletic Club Downtown is pleased to have relationships with some of Seattle's most respected businesses and would like to thank our Platinum Members by giving them special discounts to these businesses.
We are Escape Artists, a community of travel professionals against the magnificent backdrop of Cascadia, a bio-region encompassing Northern California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Our world-renowned and award winning escapes range from educational small group tours, to custom-crafted private travel, from family adventures and self-drive itineraries, to meaningful corporate adventures and international journeys. Blending the best of our natural wonders, wildlife encounters, culinary bounty and urban enchantments, thoughtfully designed just for you; the curious, sophisticated and responsible traveler.
Platinum Member Benefit: 15% any tour + $50 additional discount for SAC corporate events. Must show platinum membership card and photo ID.
Farinaz's exclusive designs employ high quality Italian and French shirting. Located at The Bravern in Bellevue.
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Handmade skis out of Colorado.
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We are delighted to offer Lost River Winery which is located across the street from SAC. Demystifying wine and bringing joy to your table from the Methow Valley since 2002.
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PEDIWORX first introduced the new approach to foot and nail care to US customers in 2009. With radical departure from the traditional standards of "slough and buff" nail services, Pediworx views and practices foot and nail care as a complete integral system that allows an individual customized treatment approach that addresses every single customer's need from basic pedicure or manicure to specialized treatments, to maintain healthy lifestyle. Pediworx also offers waxing, Reflexology and Rejuvenation.
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For more than 27 years Rudy Project has been committed to technology and technological innovations that offer unique solutions for athletes and weekend warriors. Rudy Project is an Italian company which provides the highest quality sunglasses, goggles, and helmets for almost any activity you can imagine. From snow to sun, Rudy Project has lead the way with innovation and style. SAC and Rudy have partnered to bring our members an optics option that is the best in the market.
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Located next door to SAC are 3 fabulous restaurants owned by Tom Douglas. He has 12 restaurants in Seattle, with plans for more, and a farm near Prosser that supplies much of his company's produce. He also runs a bakery, produces spice rubs and sauces, writes cookbooks and co-hosts a weekly radio show, among other things.
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We see a lot of DIY plumbing attempts and some of them are just too funny not to share. Not all of us are meant to be plumbers, thank goodness, since the world also needs so many other amazing professions. Plumbing isn't as easy as it looks or as easy as the person in the plumbing department at the local hardware store makes it sound. Many small DIY projects go just fine for handy homeowners, but there are those that are epic fails.
This week we would like to highlight a project where the homeowner was experiencing a stoppage in their bathtub. The homeowner, not having an accurate understanding of how the drain lines work and where they are actually connected, took a drill to his tub. The homeowner drilled through his porcelain tub several times, which of course, allowed his tub to drain, but not where he thought it would. The water drained into the ground beneath the tub and after several weeks of usage created quite a flooded mess. While we feel for this homeowner as the tub had to be replaced, his wife was thrilled at the mistake because it was the catalyst to the bathroom remodel she had been wanting for several years.
The moral of the story, if your tub is draining slow and you'd like to attempt this repair on your own, please don't get out the drill. Tub stoppages are usually caused from excessive hair down the drain. A great option to try and clear that hair on your own is to take a metal coat hanger and extend it apart fully. Turn one end into a small hook and gently fish the hook end into the drain. Be forewarned, this is not a clean project. Be sure to have a plastic bag nearby to put all the hair into. If this doesn't solve your problem you'd be best served to hire a professional plumber to clear the drain. You may be tempted to dump drain cleaning chemicals down your drain but this rarely works and can cause damage to your pipe if your drain line isn't ABS.


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The Politics of Sentiment: On Comparative Worth
New School for Social Research: Anthropology
Affective States
Taught By: Ann Stoler
This course starts from two premises: (l) that sentiments articulate the personal and the political in historically specific ways; and (2) that sentiments are historically located social phenomena with specific genealogies. In this course, we draw on work in anthropology, history, philosophy, political science, and literary criticism to explore the changing ways in which thought and feeling, rationality and passion, reason and sentiment have been set off from one another and understood to provide vastly different assessments of the world. One central focus is on sentiment as an index of relations of power and as a tracer of them. We'll look at humiliation, irritation, jealousy, compassion, and boredom through a variety of lens: with respect to social inequality, governance, humanitarianism, subversion –these we'll treat in history and in formation. We'll look at what are considered discrete, singular sentiments, but also those that don't go by their name, those embedded in other practices, that combine with other performatives to produce their force. An "excuse" is not a sentiment but it is charged with them. Some feelings and affects may be subjacent or manifest, with different "weighting." What does it take to understand them, what are the conceptual methodologies we can bring to bear on working through the politics of sentiment? How does sentiment transform the terrain and epistemology of politics? Course requirements include commentaries on the readings, two short essay reflections, a presentation of your first essay. Participation is essential. There is no exam nor final paper. Some of the books, essays, and book chapters, we'll be thinking with (and sometimes against) are: Hirschman, Albert. 1978. The Passions and the Interests; Steedman, Carolyn, 1986. Landscape for a Good Woman; Miller, William, l997. The Anatomy of Disgust;Sontag, Susan. 2003. Regarding the Pain of Others; Boltanski, Luc, Distant Suffering; Ilouz, Eva, 2007. Cold Intimacies; Ngai, Sianne. Ugly Feelings.
College: New School for Social Research (GF)
Department: Anthropology (GANT)
Add/Drop Deadline: January 9, 2023 (Monday)
Online Withdrawal Deadline: January 18, 2023 (Wednesday)
Days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Date Range: 1/9/2023 - 1/20/2023


The selection of letters from SWAN auditory scanning can be accomplished using the phone's own sensor inputs (i.e. the touch screen, accelerometer or proximity sensor). However, using them may be impossible because of insufficient feedback, or a user's lack of dexterity. It's highly desirable therefore, that an external switch, specifically designed for use by the disabled, can be used with SWAN via a 3.5mm jack socket.
To interface these switches to the android smartphone, electromagnetic coupling will be used (details here). A microswitch, for example, can be connected to a coil of wire and a battery via a resistor to limit the current to around 60mA. The coil is placed on the phone, when the switch is closed a magnetic field is generated by the coil, and is detected by the geomagnetic sensor on the phone.
9 V battery, microswitch, 150 ohm resistor, coil of 30 turns of 46 SWG wire, cable ties.
Instead of the microswitch, any commercial AAC switch could be incorporated into this interface via a 3.5mm jack socket.
The simplicity of this means that those of a hacking nature should be able to make such an interface with little effort, from materials at hand, or from a scrapyard or dump. I plan to produce a video showing how quick and easy such a build is, with only parts gleaned from a scrap car.
In order that the magnetic interface can be used for purposes other than AAC, pads and traces will be on the board for optional components (a transistor & resistors) and connections (to a PIR device for example, see here).


The Division of Humanities & Fine Arts (HFA) in the College of Letters and Science is excited to launch a new series for our undergraduate students, hosted in conjunction with Career Services. In this inaugural meeting of Pizza with the Humanities: Conversations about Careers, we will discuss careers as related to education and training in the Humanities and Fine Arts, and we will provide dinner (pizza) and dessert to all attendees.
Students will have the opportunity to hear from HFA alumni and to take part in group conversations facilitated by career counselors, academic advisors, and HFA staff. We will discuss topics such as career resources, diverse career paths, pursuing intellectual interests and strengthening marketable skills, and a host of related issues.
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Ronnie Wood Remembers Rolling Stones Fans Throwing Vegetables at Prince
Billy Dukes Published: October 6, 2011
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Rolling Stones fans can be tough. During a recent broadcast of Ronnie Wood's radio show, the guitarist told a story about Prince being targeted by the rock band's fans. During a 1981 tour stop, the crowd chucked cabbage at the "Kiss" singer.
"The audience didn't really know how to take him," Wood said. "So he had a few cabbages thrown at him on the early Stones tours that we took him on, but now he's come on and he is such a great performer." (This story, of course, brings up one very important question: Who brings cabbages to a rock concert?)
It was Prince's clothes the audience took exception with. Wood described "a rain mac and stockings and suspenders." Two flashy, enigmatic singers was clearly one too many for Rolling Stones fans in the early '80s.
"I've had the pleasure of playing with him at some of the after-show gigs that he does… and his band is really cool," Wood said. He goes on to describe Prince as a "quiet and quite a reserved guy. Once you plough through his security team and get through to him he is quite a genial guy and very soft-spoken, but very talented."
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As investigators identified 50 people believed to be involved in Tuesday's terrorist strikes, USA mounted pressure on Pakistan to compel its ally Taliban in Afghanistan to hand over Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden, widely suspected to be behind the attacks that left thousands killed.
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More than 250 Indians are among those feared killed, injured and missing following the terrorists' attacks on the World Trade Center, where a large number of Indians go for work.
The 19 NATO allies, in a powerful message of solidarity with the United States of America today agreed to invoke the collective defence clause of the North Atlantic Treaty, if Washington determined that yesterday's terrorist attacks were masterminded from abroad.
Britain is becoming a focal point for investigations into Saudi renegade Osama bin Laden's global network of terrorist activities, according to well-placed sources in London.
Diplomatic observers here believe that the USA is moving methodically, first preparing ground diplomatically before launching the inevitable military strikes against suspects of the September 11 unprecedented terrorist attacks in the USA.
Frightened Afghans today braced for possible US retaliation for terror attacks on New York and Washington as Arab residents fled the capital or began digging trenches on the outskirts of the city.
Arab nationals in Kabul were reported to have evacuated the Afghan capital today as other residents began digging trenches in anticipation of possible US retaliation for Tuesday's terror attacks.
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The first Afro-Asian Games, scheduled to be held here in November, are being postponed but a final decision would be announced tomorrow after a meeting between the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, and the Sports Minister Ms Uma Bharti.
Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee has expressed serious concern about members of the NRI Sikh community in the USA being the targets of the discernible backlash against the Arabs in that country.


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Brands Are Turning To The Ocean In Their Quest To Make Fashion More Sustainable
March 9, 2021 By Francisco Solís
Although we don't have a crystal clear idea on the amount of plastics entering our oceans each year, one thing is certain: it's a major concern that's gaining the attention of brands from around the world hoping to help clean up this major problem.
As more people become concerned with the overwhelming amount of plastics found in our oceans, a new trend is emerging among fashion brands: taking this waste and recycling it into textiles for everything from clothing to fabrics and accessories. Fashion doesn't have to be wasteful.
From sunglasses to skateboards, the array of products being made from recycled ocean plastics is growing so rapidly it's dizzying. Read on for a list of four brands making great products with recycled ocean plastics.
Patagonia is a major player in the fashion game and it's also leading the charge when it comes to environmental sustainability. In fact, it was the first outdoor retail brand to start manufacturing fleece with recycled plastic bottles in 1993, and it continues to be a leader of the movement throughout the decades since.
This company has removed over four million pounds of trash from the ocean and its coastlines. It makes bracelets out of the trash they collect, and for each sale, they pledge to pull one pound of plastic from our oceans and coastlines. They also make plastic-free reusable water bottles, for which it makes the same pledge and now they have a line of face masks.
Using derelict and retired fishing nets recovered from the Chilean coast, Bureo makes everything from sunglasses (in partnership with Costa) to skateboards and Jenga sets.
To date, the brand has helped remove over 1.5 million pounds of trash from our oceans and coastlines through organized cleanup efforts open to all. And they make some super cool accessories that anyone would be proud to have in their collection.
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P-23 had been tracked in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area since she was just a few weeks old. She had established her own home range and had three litters of kittens.
Using telemetry, a biologist with the National Park Service discovered her body off to the side of Malibu Canyon Road just north Francisco Ranch Road.
P-23, a 5½-year-old female, was part of a study by federal biologists. Researchers started following her when she was just weeks old, she was monitored as she left her mother, and she was tracked as she established her own home range and had three litters of kittens.
Kate Kuykendall, a spokesperson with the National Park Service, says this kind of long-term tracking can offer invaluable insights into how mountain lions live.
"Any time you lose a mountain lion, it's sad because, of course, you get a little bit attached to their stories of survival. From a biological perspective, it's also sad because mountain lions are low density animals. So the loss of a breeding female in the mountains is disappointing," Kuykendall told KPCC.
In this file photo, biologists from the National Park Service hold P-23, one of two mountain lion kittens found in the Santa Monica Mountains. P-23 went on to found her own home range and had three litters of kittens. She was found dead near a road this week.
Her youngest offspring are two one year-old kittens, P-54 and an unnumbered cat. Both are expected to survive without her.
P-23 approaches a kill in the Santa Monica Mountains, 2014.
P-23's premature death shows the challenge facing the cats as they try to navigate the region's roads.
Since 2002, the National Park Service has documented 18 mountain lions that have been struck and killed by vehicles in the Santa Monica and Santa Susana Mountains.
Freeways also hem in mountain lions and lead to inbreeding. P-23's father was P-12, who was also her grandfather. She later mated with him as well.
"There's many challenges to survive as a mountain lion in this area, whether its roads or rat poison," Kuykendall says. But the number one cause of death is mountain lions killing other mountain lions.
"Most all the deaths of mountain lions are, at some level, related to people," says Seth Riley, a wildlife ecologist with the National Park Service. He says although mountain lions kill each other in areas far from people, he says, "It's more common because the animals in the Santa Monica mountains are hemmed in by freeways. Young animals aren't able to disperse so they end up getting into these fights more frequently."
P-41, a male mountain lion, was found dead in the Verdugo Mountains in October. A necropsy revealed he had six different anti-coagulant rodenticides in his body.
Officials with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will perform a necropsy on P-23. It should be completed in about a month.
In 2013, P-23 has a brush with fame. A startled cyclist was riding by when he spotted her dragging a deer off Mulholland Highway and a passing driver stopped to take a photo of the scene. The image went viral on Facebook.
In this 2013 photo, P-23 drags a deer off Mulholland Highway as a cyclist happened to ride by.


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A self-taught musician, Fabrice Moreau was interested in painting before devoting himself to the drums. Since 1994, he puts his talent as an accompanist at the service of great names in French pop : Patrick Bruel, Jean-Louis Aubert, Alain Souchon, Arthur H, Mathieu Boogaerts etc...
Passionate about jazz since adolescence, his first steps are made with Michel Portal in 2006. Then followed concerts as a sideman for Flavio Boltro, Pierrick Pédron, Rémi Vignolo, Xavier Richardeau, Éric Legnini, Sylvain Beuf, Bojan Z...
In 2008, he joined the Guillaume de Chassy trio for the album Faraway So Close, where he was noticed for "the finesse of his playing. "The same year, he took over from Antoine Banville in the trio of double bassist Jean-Philippe Viret alongside Édouard Ferlet. He recorded four albums with this group, which won awards at the "Victoires du jazz" awards in 2011 and 2020 (best group of the year).
Drummer very much in demand and very present on the current jazz scene - we find him in leading projects such as Stéphane Kerecki's quartet (Victoires du jazz Album instrumental de l'année 2015) or Airelle Besson's quartet - Fabrice Moreau is also a composer and painter constantly seeking to renew himself.
His work as a composer and painter will lead to the creation of his group and the exhibition of his works during a residency at the Comptoir de Fontenay sous Bois in 2016/2017. The recording of his first record as a leader will follow: Double portrait (released in 2019 on the Incises label) in which also appear unpublished reproductions of his paintings. The group is composed of Ricardo Izquierdo (tenor sax), Antonin-Tri Hoang (alto sax and bass clarinet), Jozef Dumoulin (piano), Matyas Szandai (double bass) and Nelson Veras (guitar).
The critics are unanimous:
Choc Jazz Magazine "Pure dreaming"
Telerama "Album which impresses by its rigour of composition"
"Fabrice Moreau plays as he paints...his compositions create silence as well as sound"
Le Monde "Delicacy and precision of sound"
For more info fabricemoreau.com


Discussion in 'runDisney' started by pxidst119, Jan 26, 2019.
I am running the Star Wars 5K in April. Can anyone give me an idea of how long it would take me to pick up my race packet and get to MK? I will have a car and going directly to pick it up from the airport before heading to the park. Just trying to get an idea for what time I could start scheduling FP+ for that day. Are there long lines to pick up?
I have experienced lines, but expect 15 minutes from the time you roll into parking lot to park and walk, it is never a close walk. Then give another 30 minutes to get the bibs/shirt and back out to car.
An hour at ESPN is what I would plan then your drive time to the park. Google maps is your friend for drive times.


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Indi 7
Take communication into your hands.
Jump-start your communication, learning, and language journey with Indi 7, the all-in-one AAC tablet for communicators on the go.
Indi 7 comes complete with integrated, extra loud speakers, your choice of communication software, a whole ecosystem of support, and a 30-day money back guarantee for peace of mind.
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Indi gives you the power to express yourself
Unlike other tablets, Indi 7 was designed specifically for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). Created to be heard, Indi 7 comes with all user needs fully integrated - including capabilities that even go beyond speech communication like Environmental Control Units, Infrared, access to social media, email, and texting.
Indi 7 is ready to go right out-of-the-box and allows users to start communicating immediately – without the frustration of complicated setup time.
Indi 7 is designed around your needs
the 7" tablet fits right in your hands allowing for continuous use, anywhere, anytime.
Numerous access methods
such as switch-scanning, head-mouse, and touch with keyguards, are all compatible with Indi 7.
Exceptionally loud
output from integrated, outward-facing speakers feature quality and clarity optimized for speech.
speech communication with features like Environmental Control Units (ECUs), Infrared (IR), and access to social media, email, and texting.
Indi and the power to be you
Who is Indi for?
Indi is an ideal solution for non-verbal, late talkers and verbally limited users who can interact with a device using their hands, and/or individuals with more significant physical disabilities who can use a switch or head-mouse. Individuals of all ages with speech and language disabilities, including non-verbal Autism, children with Autism, and people with Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, and other intellectual disabilities can all benefit from Indi.
What makes Indi unique?
You can order Indi directly from Tobii Dynavox and get it within days, all for an affordable price. And unlike other off-the-shelf tablets, since Indi is an all-in-one communication solution, you don't have to worry about setting up different components or going to multiple sites for assistance – it's all right there for you.
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Snap + Core First gives you the power to fulfill your potential
Learning language, achieving literacy, and becoming an independent communicator is a journey with many stages. Tobii Dynavox Snap + Core First meets each communicator wherever they are on that journey and evolves with users as they grow. It's designed to be the most intuitive and engaging symbol-based software solution on the market. The Snap + Core First pageset includes a wide variety of pre-designed button layouts, a full range of Acapela voices, and comes with free cloud storage backup so you don't have to worry about complicated setup, just download the app and start communicating! In addition, bilingual English/Spanish pages are now available.
What makes Snap + Core First unique?
Snap + Core First builds on Tobii Dynavox's years of experience delivering AAC solutions. It brings the best parts of our previous titles together to create a focused solution for symbol communication. This attention on AAC users who primarily use symbol-based communication has allowed us to create an intuitive user experience unlike anything before. And if you are looking for a symbol-based communication app for iPad, Snap + Core First is also available on iTunes.
Communicator 5 - efficient communication in all forms
Tobii Dynavox Communicator 5 is a software package designed to help individuals with communication disabilities communicate more efficiently. It comes with language content intended to match every AAC need. You can customize content through easy-to-use editing tools and communicate via text or symbols, as well as high-quality speech for face-to-face communication.
With a modern user interface, improved workflows, smart functions and easy access for caregivers, you can keep language up to date and communicate more efficiently.
What Makes Communicator 5 Unique?
Communicator 5 is designed to help individuals with verbal disabilities communicate more efficiently. With a modern user interface, improved workflows, smart functions and a built-in setup guide, you can start communicating quickly. Personalize your experience with an array of options such as unique pagesets, voices, and built-in functions to support message banking.
A Comprehensive Ecosystem of Support
Snap + Core First is supported by an unparalleled ecosystem of content and a library of resources to help you learn and grow your literacy and communication skills. Created by leading professionals in the field, Snap + Core First's broad range of supports will help to ensure successful language development.
Pathways for Core First
Pathways is a free, one-of-a-kind companion app for Core First. Designed to facilitate successful use of Snap + Core First software, Pathways is a unique learning gateway that will enhance your partner communication skills and features an interactive goal setting tool, lesson plans, and materials, cheat sheets, and videos to help you make the biggest impact on user success.
Pathways is also available as an online version accessible directly from your web browser.
Core First Lessons and Core First Books
Free, downloadable Core First Lessons are designed to support the numerous free Core First Books we offer. The lessons focus on 3 key goals - to teach what each word means or how it is used; the position of the word in the system; and finally how the words work in connected text.
MyTobiiDynavox.com
With Snap + Core First, you can back up all your files to the cloud via myTobiiDynavox.com, ensuring you'll never have to worry about losing what you have created. Also, this is an excellent way to practice remote editing and modeling. Remote editing is important for parents or SLPs who want to make changes to their child's pagesets while their child is still using the device for communication, and modeling is one of the best strategies for teaching someone how to use the device.
The Accessible Literacy Learning (ALL) Reading Program
The ALL program, created by Dr. Janice Light, Ph.D. and Dr. David McNaughton Ph.D., of Penn State University, is an evidence-based approach designed specifically to teach basic reading skills to students who are non-verbal and require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).
Boardmaker Student Center app
Boardmaker Online offers a host of tools to support Speech Language Pathologists and Special Ed Teachers as they provide instruction to students. The Boardmaker Student Center app is where students of all abilities can go to access activities assigned to them through Boardmaker Online. The app brings the power of personalized visual supports and symbol-adapted educational materials.
Live and Recorded Webinars
There are an abundance of live and recorded webinars available for free on TobiiDynavox.com. Webinars ranging from beginner to advanced will be available for Snap + Core First. Some webinars will be eligible for ASHA CEU credits.
Expertise and support you can trust
Our products are the innovative result of a highly-experienced team from Tobii Dynavox made up of educators, clinicians, PhDs, engineers, and professionals who are passionate about empowering others to reach their full potential. We work every day to help people communicate and achieve literacy so they can live richer and more independent lives.
Service and support is easily available from one place, Tobii Dynavox, for all your Indi with Snap needs. Indi comes with a 2-year manufacturer's warranty and 90 days of telephone support to get you up and running quickly.
The optional Support360(SM) warranty comes with telephone support and covers any device repairs, no questions asked! Support360 is available for $299 for one year, $549 for two years, and $799 for three years. In addition, you are able to purchase telephone only support for $99 per year.
Learn more about the Support 360 Warranty or to purchase.
Tobii Dynavox also offers the most comprehensive support in the industry. Find all our support information at: www.tobiidynavox.com/support. In addition to email support, you can browse our knowledge base and find plenty of other support materials.
Snap + Core First Communication Board
Snap + Core First Brochure (French Canadian)
Technical Support and Warranty
Service and support are easily available from one place, Tobii Dynavox, for all your Indi 7 needs. Indi 7 comes with a 2-year manufacturer's warranty and 90 days of telephone support to get you up and running quickly.
The optional Support360 warranty comes with telephone support and covers any device repairs, no questions asked! Support360 is available for $299 for one year, $549 for two years, and $799 for three years. In addition, you are able to purchase telephone only support for $99 per year.
Type/Model Tobii Dynavox Indi 7
Operating system Microsoft® Windows 10 Pro
Screen 7" (17.8 cm)
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200 px
Touch Panel Multi-point Capacitive Touch
Weight 1.27 lbs (.57 kg)
8 x 5.7 x 1.4 in
(20.3 x 14.5 x 3.65 cm)
2 × 31mm
4 ohm, 3.5 W
Microphone 1 × Analog Microphone
Intel Atom Z8350 – 4 Cores, 2MB Cache,
RAM 4 GB RAM
Flash Storage 64 GB eMMC
1 Micro-B USB 2.0
Headphone/Microphone Jack
12 VDC Charging Port
3-Axis Gyro, Accelerometer, Compass,
1 × Power On
1 × Volume Up and Volume Down
WLAN IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth® Bluetooth 4.0 / BLE
Rear-facing: 5 Megapixels
Front-facing: 1.3 Megapixels
Power & Battery Built-in 23.7 Wh Lithium Ion Battery
Battery Run Time 6 hrs. normal usage
Battery Charge Time <4 hrs
Windows Language
Supports all Windows 10 languages
and language packs (download may
be required)
Provides extra protection and a keyguard holder for your Indi 7 or T7 device.
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I love the subject of self-expression. If you do it well, you'll thrive and go far, but if you do it badly, you'll struggle and go nowhere!
Speaking up and speaking well is one of the best forms of self-expression. When I say speak well, it isn't a matter of being well spoken, it is about speaking in a calm and eloquent manner. In other words using appropriate words and actions. It isn't always about she who shouts the loudest gets heard, it is more about what you say, how you say it and the impact you make!
The best example of this is when I ran a workshop a couple of years ago for a group of Family Practitioners around Motivational Interviewing. There were 6 women, and all but one of them were quite vocal and expressive about the work they were undertaking with their clients as well as the challenges they had in moving them forward. Their clients were a mixed bag of people who were coping with mental health issues, addiction, homelessness and parenting.
The group took part in practical exercises then fed back about their experiences, while speaking with much passion and expression. It was the turn of the quiet lady, who was the least senior of the group and had only been in her role for a few months, to speak. She came across as quite shy and at one point I wondered if she had been out of her depth with the group of other women, who were quite strong and expressive with their opinions. This lady paused, took her time then spoke. When she delivered her feedback her voice was calm and measured and her words were appropriate for the situation. She stunned the room into silence and this was gold to me, because I was amazed too. I can't remember word for word what she said, but what I can tell you is that what she said was incredibly thought provoking. In essence she was getting people to raise their empathy, a key component of emotional intelligence (EQ).
Put your hand up and keep it there until you say your piece and others sit up and listen. Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, mentions, in a TED talk, a time when she gave a talk at a conference. After she spoke a woman came up to her and gave her some negative feedback, which had upset her a little. The woman fed back that Sheryl had only taken questions from the men in the room. She then asked the woman why she didn't put her hand up and the woman said she did, but as Sheryl said she wanted one more question the woman put her hand down. What Sheryl said she got from this was that if you have your hand up, keep it there until that person comes to you. I would add that you could be helping someone else in the room to get the answer to the question they may be too afraid to ask. Has this ever happened to you?
Be calm and measured when you speak, because people who appear to be in rant mode eventually become white noise after a while then get ignored. If you have something to say, say it and make sure people can hear you clearly and understand your words. You'll be much more respected that way, like the lady I mentioned earlier.
If you don't like something say so then offer a solution. I can remember earlier in my career complaining about something and really going on about it. My boss, at the time, very calmly said to me "If you don't have a solution, be quiet." It was an important lesson for me and one I remember every time I want to see change. We live in a world where change happens on a regular basis and we have the power to make things easier or harder for ourselves or others. When you offer a solution, where others a running around like headless chickens, you are in a much better position to be listened to and influence.
If you are an emerging female leader and this article interests you, follow this blog for more tips on raising your EQ for effectiveness, or like the Impact Coaching & Consultancy page for more up to date information on future workshops and courses, or to sign up to get our newsletter.


Wedged into the Manhattan skyline, comes an experience unlike any the world has ever witnessed. VR World is more than any theater or gaming center that has come before it. It is a center for human interaction, culture, and brand participation that encourages its audience to play, create and explore their world. The next evolution of virtual reality is on New York City's landmark 34th Street.
VR World surpasses brick and mortar, fusing it with digital immersion. Launching with over 50 content pieces spanning multiple genres from entertainment to social impact, music, art, sports, gaming, science and more, VR World showcases the best of VR content, technology, haptic devices along with everything in-between.
VR World's mission is to catalyze the adoption of VR by merging culture and technology. We make headway for the industry by making VR more accessible to consumers, companies, content creators and product developers. Through the integration of immersive theater and a unique interior design, this massive technology incubation and cultural center engages visitors in a multi-sensory journey that goes beyond the headset. It presents the technology through a beautifully curated cultural medium that is relatable and rooted in bringing people together.
Our content is curated to show the best of many genres, taking advantage of the scope and size of the physical space to allow our viewers to deeply explore the medium. In addition to digital content, an immersive story plunges viewers into multiple levels, challenging them to discover hidden intricacies of the space. VR World is designed to be friendly and beautiful, and to serve as a center for exploration at the deepest levels, leaving visitors inspired and excited to return.
VR World is an absolute must for anyone living in or visiting New York City. Located in midtown Manhattan, two doors down from The Empire State Building, it lives in cultural heart of the city. This flagship location will make its debut with a series of special events that facilitate new dialogue about this emerging industry. The space is also available as a private event venue for brands, thought leaders, and organizations seeking to engage with this medium. Within the year, VR World will launch a fellowship program and co-creation space for the top VR and AR artists and developers.


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Ondo deputy governor breaks silence on reported animosity with Akeredolu
By Adejayan Gbenga Gsong	 On Sep 25, 2019
The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Agboola Ajayi has cleared the air over the alleged hostility between him and his boss, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.
According to Ajayi who spoke while celebrating his 51st birthday at the Government House, Akure, the Ondo State capital, unknown to people even within the governor's cabinet, he has the best working relationship with Akeredolu.
The Deputy Governor who further stressed that the sponsored media attacks on his person lately is expected, noted that the state is heading towards a political period, particularly with the governorship election coming up next year.
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He described the move as unnecessary, pointing out that what God has destined cannot be rewritten by any human.
While calling for the continued support of everyone for the Akeredolu-led administration, Ajayi emphasized that the governor is down to earth with his primary aim to ensure that Ondo State is at par with the comity of industrialized states in the country.
"All that is being written about me is expected. This is a political period where politicians get to hear all manner of cooked up stories.
"Prior to the last governorship election in the state where my boss (Akeredolu) emerged, I told him (Akeredolu) that I will support him in any way possible. Initially, I don't have interest until he picked me as his deputy.
"I have served at the ward level, local government level, state level and at the federal level. So, there is nothing that I'm looking for that God has not done for me. I'm a fulfilled man.
"Let's continue to pray for the governor. It is not easy to lead a state. Even within one's family, it is not easy.
"Whenever I'm with him, his concern is always about Ondo State. All he wants is the greatness of Ondo State. Those that are very close to him, know him very well that he meant well for the state.
"A lot of people are saying a lot of things about me and the governor. There is never a time I have been to him that he has refused my requests. He has never reduced anything allocated to my office.
"All that is being said are fabrications, there's no need to pay attention to such," Ajayi said.
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Branduals make it easy to add designs created according to visual identity standards to the guide, making it easy to re-use and enhance them in the future and keeping you aware of which designs and approaches were already used. Re-use instead of re-create the same assets.
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Remember all those rumors we heard about the iPhone 5? Originally, the iPhone 4S was a budget model releasing at the same time as the 'real' model.
Apparently, there was some truth to that, according to a new rumor.
CNET published a story claiming that former Apple CEO Steve Jobs' last project with the company before his death was the iPhone 5, and that he wasn't involved in the iPhone 4S because he couldn't split his time between the two. As we've heard, CNET maintains that the device is a complete redesign of the iPhone 4, and is thinner than its predecessors.
Another story from 9to5Mac parses the CNET information, which comes from an anonymous source, with news reports and a touch of speculation to put together what might have been the backstory of the iPhone 4S launch, and the iPhone 5 delay. They speculate, probably rightly, that Jobs' final project was meant to be announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June, along with iOS 5.
The trouble was with iOS 5. Integrating the Siri features into the software was taking longer than expected, and as WWDC drew near, it became clear that the iPhone 5 wasn't going to be ready to be announced. Hence, the breaking of tradition that pushed the iPhone announcement deep into the fall – every other iPhone to date has been announced at WWDC.
Meanwhile, the iPhone 4S was already completed and basically ready to go, but the iPhone 5 continued to suffer problems. Asian manufacturer Foxconn reportedly had some issues with the next big iPhone, and it wasn't able to keep up the volume necessary to make a big launch. The Wall Street Journal quoted Foxconn's founder, Terry Gou, as saying that it was having trouble getting all the phone components into a device so thin. This suggests he was talking about the iPhone 5, not the mostly unchanged iPhone 4S.
As September rolled around, it was becoming clear that the iPhone 5 wouldn't be ready for prime time, and Apple shifted its plans to launch just the iPhone 4S as a flagship device along with iOS 5. According to 9to5Mac, the iPhone 5 will be on its way in summer of 2012, which would make sense as a return to normalcy for Apple and putting the launch of the next handset in line with contract upgrades from AT&T iPhone 4 buyers.
CNET reports that the iPhone 5 will likely become a "cult classic" device as more information about Jobs' final project comes to light. In the meantime, the iPhone 4S looks as though it's on-pace to set some serious sales records, having moved 4 million units in just its first weekend, according to Apple. And it will still be in position to become a budget model next June, as Apple (may) have originally intended.


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Like Unfettered before it, the contributing writers of Unbound were allowed to submit the tales they wished fans of genre to read—without the constraints of a theme. It is an anthology filled with some spectacularly wonderful stories, each one as diverse as its creator.
A new Landover story from Terry Brooks. A new Dresden Files story from Jim Butcher. A not so welcoming entrance into the Citadel by Rachel Caine. A new Broken Empire story from Mark Lawrence.
Todd Lockwood contributed the cover artwork and Stacie Pitt contributed the interior artwork.


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I just installed the Rokos v8 on a 64GB Samsung class 10 microSD card. Got it running on the Raspberry Pi 3 just fine.
sudo: ./resize-sdcard.sh: command not found.
sudo apt-get upgrade on the system.
Is there another command I should be using instead?


Modest Mussorgsky wrote both the libretto and the music for Boris Gudonov, a masterpiece of music and theater.
Presented at the San Francisco Symphony's Davies Hall, June 14 – 17, 2018, there were at least sixteen artists involved in the creation of the multi-media, semi-staged production. This includes artists: Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor and Music Director of the SFS; Ragnar Bohlin, SFS Chorus Director; Andrew Brown, director of the Pacific Boy Choir; stage director, James Darrah; lighting designer, Pablo Santiago; video designer, Adam Larsen; associate video designer, Hana S. Kim; scenic and costume designers, Emily Anne MacDonald and Cameron Jay Mock; choreographer, Christopher Bordenave; assistant lighting designer, Alexa Oakes; assistant to the director, Sergey Khalikulov; production stage manager, Angela Turner; assistant production stage manager, Julie Chin; supertitles, Ron Valentino; Russian diction coach, Yelena Kurdina. This list does not include the full cast, the members of the two choruses, the dancer/actors, or the IATSE Stagehands or Theatrical Wardrobe members who make a production click along backstage so that onstage, theater can happen.
The effect of this network of collaborations was enormous and impressive. To describe the semi-staged productions presented by Michael Tilson Thomas: The orchestra is on stage. The cast of the opera performs in front (downstage) of the orchestra, on stairs or a ramp that goes alongside of the orchestra and across the back of the orchestra (upstage and literally up–on a higher level than the orchestra). The walls on the sides of the orchestra were wrapped in order to project images and video onto them. At the beginning of the opera, Russian texts/Cyrillic letters were projected as the six dancer-actors crawled on the stage floor or stooped over to paw through pages of books and papers. Other times, the projections were multi colored, looking like colored oil on slides. Watching the projections change was fascinating and rarely took my attention away from the music, singing, acting, and general progress of the plot.
The cast of dancer/actors were highly skilled movers and as a group had a strong presence on stage. They took various roles. Sometimes they were peasants, sometimes vicious ruffians. The director did not spare them or even the leading singers from doing the physical work of fighting or torturing another actor. There were a few times this audience member could not figure out why they were doing what they did. There was a point when they each picked up a red-orange piece of cloth, kept it in hand, and waved or flipped it around. That action's peculiarity was its main distinction. Could it have symbolized celebration of Boris' ascension to Czardom? Only a guess. The actions and the fabric did not seem to add up to a coronation or to a protest.
No one person is given credit in the program for the overall vision of the presentation or for coordinating the artists accomplishing so many different aspects of the production. Without knowing for sure, it seems most likely that MTT called together the director and designers who could put his ideas into real time onstage. It is a huge achievement.
On the SF Symphony's video of brief interviews with MTT and the costume designers, the costume artists describe taking great efforts researching the costumes of Boris' era. In performance, some costumes created a sense of time and place and added power to seeing these particular people going through terrible experiences–some of their own making. At the same time, Boris Gudonov (Bass, Stanislav Trofimov) and Prince Shuisky (Tenor, Yevgeny Akimov) wore gray, slightly baggy, 20th century, business suits. Why? Boris also wore glasses and a wristwatch. That could not have been an accident with so many people back stage and in the cast available to remind him to take them off. Were they generic, gray suits or were they meant to symbolize a particular time? Were they meant to reflect on Khrushchev during his visit to the US? How would that contribute to the development of the opera? It's puzzling. Andrei Shchelkalov (portrayed by Baritone, Aleksey Bogdanov ) also wore a suit. His had a Victorian aura perhaps only because, as I remember it, it was dark and had a vest.
The story of Boris Gudonov is a puzzle itself. The history is murky; nothing is clear except confusion and danger. An imposter, dressed in a glittering white costume, takes the throne at the end. it is another example of the lies that become reality in the era and the opera. It is not a satisfactory resolution of the rule of a Czar said to be a monster, but history seldom has tidy resolutions. The impact of this production was powerful and alarming: an oncoming MACK truck of music, drama, historical horror. In his video interview, Michael Tilson Thomas calls it a "sonic spectacular." San Francisco Symphony's magnificent production was most definitely that.
This entry was posted in Hedgehog Highlights and tagged Aleksey Bogdanov, Boris Gudonov, Davies Hall, Michael Tilson Thomas, Modest Mussorgsky, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Franciso Symphony, Stanislav Trofimov, Yvegney Akimov on June 27, 2018 by Leslie.


Women - scared of investing or just in need of better alternatives?
An interesting article was published on the News.com.au website today written by Kate Perry - Women Scared of Investments. Kate looks at the lack of confidence on the part of women to tackle investment decisions. Of course this is a broad generalisation but it is based on a report released by the Financial Literacy Foundation - the Women Understanding Money report.
I wonder whether there may actually be a cultural dimension to this discussion. My wife has a Chinese heritage with her family living in Indonesia for a couple of centuries. Two of her Aunts, from her mother's side, are very much the investors in their families. One is actually what might be referred to as a day trader. From my brief involvement with the Chinese community in Indonesia and Australia, Chinese women are not particularly shy in making investment decisions.
However I digress, I wonder whether the issue might actually be that investment scenarios, especially in terms of non bricks and mortar decisions, are not appropriately developed or explained to women in Australia and it is this explanation that is the key to their hesitancy.
There seems to be a lot of bravado / ego in investment circles. I imagine that this is a function of investors looking for that next best investment and the belief that they have found the answer. My sense is that women don't respond as well to this bravado but would much prefer to have investment decisions accurately and carefully set out based on hard facts not hopes or dreams.
Some of us mere males might suggest that we can see the female approach to decision making when it comes to their domain - shopping. Why does it take so long? Why do we have to check out every single store before making the decision? Just pick up the .... and let's get going! When it comes to purchasing decisions, women are very calculating and want all the information and possibilities on the table before making their choice. Or at least that's what they tell us.
On this point, I actually think women also want to see value for money in all transactions that they make. The level of fees charged by some financial institutions can make it difficult for that value to be identified.
Anecdotally, my business partner and I often comment when we meet with couples that it is the female that seems to get our philosophy before the male. (Another broad generalisation) We have an investment philosophy that is based on academic research clearly setting out what investment returns have been through history and how best to capture those returns in an investment portfolio. I think this is what women in general are looking for rather than the "trust me, I am an expert" line.


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This Might Actually Be the Most Weirdly Boring Star Trek "Action" Figure Ever Made
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Vedek Bareil
I mean, let's be real: who among us doesn't own a few action figures of spiritual leaders?
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Toys and CollectiblesAction figures, statues, exclusives, and other merchandise. Beware: if you look here, you're probably going to spend some money afterwards.
Star Trek has never been the most, ugh, toyetic of franchises. Cool ships, weird aliens, big teams of characters to collect, sure, but it's a franchise about exploration and science more than it really is about action. That's not stopped Star Trek toy lines though, leading to some very weird merch... like this exciting figure of an alien monk.
I never really had any of Playmate's Star Trek figures when I was growing up in the '90s—I was a bit older than the target audience by the time I really discovered the franchise (you may be surprised to hear that I was a Star Wars kid growing up!), so the company's range of Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager figures passed me by. This is why, when I was looking up pictures for an essay about Deep Space Nine's use of the Bajorans as the template for a Star Trek show from a non-Federation perspective (specifically, pictures of some of the Bajoran Vedeks' silly pope hats), I was amazed to find this:
I can't tell what the sadder thing in this packaging is, the "Bajoran Action Base" or the Vedek Bareil pog knockoff.
The toy at the very top of the Christmas list for every kid (aged 4 and up) in 1994: a Vedek Bareil action figure.
DS9 fans will know Bareil as the milquetoast, yet well-meaning, popular foil among the spiritual leaders of Bajor's unnamed faith to Vedek (eventually Kai) Winn, who was more of a sinister sneaky political opponent that would go on to be a villainous figure in the show's wider philosophical storylines. Bareil was just... a nice, dull guy in a robe who Kira eventually developed a brief and equally dull relationship with before he was killed off. Presumably because he was a bit dull! Not really the first character you'd leap at the chance to get an action figure of, is it? I mean, when you're listing a goddamn candleholder as one of his hot accessories, you know you're getting desperate.
But like I said, the characters of any Star Trek show aren't really what you'd consider prime action figure candidates in the first place—they're not really soldiers, they're scientists and engineers, captains and pilots, characters prized for their ability to talk their way out of situations and only very occasionally phaser their way out of them, too. It's hard to convey those traits in a playable action figure, because let's be real, most kids playing with action figures wanna smush them together in a grand battle, rather than recreating the finer details of Federation treaties or what have you.
Still, there have to be a zillion other Star Trek characters worthy of an action figure before poor Vedek Bareil ever was. I'd make a joke about a Morn action figure, but hey—they apparently did one of those too, so what do I know?
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Habay-la-Neuve (en gaumais : Hâbâ-la-niëf, en luxembourgeois : Nei-Habech, en allemand Neu-Habich) est une section de la commune belge de Habay située en Région wallonne dans la province de Luxembourg.

Véritable centre de la commune d'Habay, Habay-la-Neuve dispose de toutes les infrastructures nécessaires pour son expansion (administration communale, centre sportif, écoles, entreprises et tissu associatif important).

Les habitants de la localité sont appelés en gaumais les Tchantchans alors que ceux d'Habay-la-Vieille sont appelés les Quaquirans.

Géographie
Le village est traversé par la route nationale 40 reliant Arlon et Mons, ainsi que par la route nationale 87 reliant la frontière française à Lamorteau et Parette (Attert), près de la frontière luxembourgeoise.

Histoire

Les premières traces de l'occupation humaine à Habay-la-Neuve remontent aux . Une villa gallo-romaine non encore étudiée se trouve au Châtelet.

Au Moyen Âge, il existait deux châteaux forts, situés au-dessus de l'actuel étang de Bologne (dont le nom provient d'Otto de Boulonia, premier seigneur des lieux) et au-dessus de l'actuel Châtelet.

L'histoire du village est caractérisée par les forges préindustrielles qui ont existé du .

Le village est apparu dès le  autour des forges, la première étant celle située sur l'étang de Bologne, les suivantes se sont créées au Pont d'Oye, au Châtelet et à la Trapperie (Habay-la-Vieille). À chaque création d'une usine, un étang devait être creusé afin de pouvoir profiter de la force hydraulique pour les soufflets, etc.

Pour travailler dans ces nouvelles usines, les ouvriers ont construit leurs maisons entre Bologne et le Chatelet ; ainsi ils ont progressivement créé le village. Ces habitants venant principalement de Gaume, ont continué à utiliser le patois gaumais, ce qui place ce village en Gaume, bien que la majorité de la superficie de la commune d'avant la fusion se situe dans la forêt d'Anlier, en Ardenne.

La découverte du charbon a rendu inutile le charbon de bois et donc les sites des forges situés en lisières nord et sud de l'Ardenne ont progressivement cessé leurs activités sidérurgiques, qui se sont déplacées soit sur les mines de charbon (Charleroi par exemple) ou sur les mines de fer (Longwy par exemple).

À la fin du , certaines usines d'Habay-la-Neuve ont été reconverties (fabrique de papier à partir de tissu...).

Les barrages hydrauliques ont un temps été utilisés pour la fabrication d'électricité.

Puis le calme de la forêt est revenu sur des sites fortement transformés par la présence des lacs industriels.

En 1983, l'ancien bourgmestre Benoît Halbardier inaugure le complexe sportif le pachis (en patois : pachî) qui propose aujourd'hui de nombreux stages estivaux.

Anecdote

Le nom de Louvain-la-Neuve aurait été suggéré par Simon-Pierre Nothomb, originaire d'Habay-la-Neuve, par analogie à ce déplacement de population ayant conduit à la création d'une nouvelle agglomération.

Vers 1790, à Habay-la-Neuve non loin du lieu-dit « Aux Roches » ; le plafond de la vieille demeure familiale d'un cultivateur « s'ouvrit à la fin d'un repas et creva avec un fracas ressemblant à celui du tonnerre, laissant alors s'abattre une giboulée de pièces d'or ».
Lors de la reconstruction, le bienheureux homme n'abandonnait jamais sa demeure où y étaient conservés « 55 sous d'or de très bon gabarit ». Mais lorsqu'il dut le faire pour s'approvisionner au village, il cacha sa manne providentielle dans une anfractuosité rocheuse à quelques mètres de là.
Malheureusement le cultivateur fit une chute mortelle à cheval. Peu avant de succomber à ses blessures, l'homme offrit son trésor à l'Église en confiant à l'abbé Waltzing son récit. L'abbé entreprit immédiatement avec deux hommes de main une recherche acharnée de cette donation mais en vain.
D'autres recherches infructueuses se sont succédé mais à la suite de nombreux incidents, on évita de parler de ce trésor que l'on considérait dès lors comme damné...
Toujours est-il que 200 ans plus tard, les 55 pièces d'or gardent leur secret.

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Commune avant fusion dans l'arrondissement de Virton
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The Font de Gaume cave is the last cave containing prehistoric polychrome paintings which is still open to the public. Others like the nearby Lascaux caves and Altamira caves in Spain have had to close due to the damage caused by carbon dioxide in the breath of visitors. To preserve its paintings Font de Gaume restricts the number of visitors who can enter the caves each day.
Whilst the caves were known to locals they were only 'discovered' and their importance realised in 1901. The paintings were made during the Magdalenien period at about 17 000 years BC.
There are more than 200 polychrome paintings in the caves. The majority of these are bison and the next largest group is horses. Interestingly the main food group at the time was reindeer but this is not the main animal depicted. Horses were not generally eaten by pre-historic man and yet these are one of the most frequently painted animals. There are also mammoths painted on the walls of Font de Gaume. Only about 30 of the paintings can be seen during the tour but apparently these are the best ones.
As well as paintings there are also engravings on the walls and, interestingly, even the paintings first had the outline carved into the rock before being 'coloured in'. The main colours used are black, red and a mix of the two giving a brown colour.The natural contours of the rock were used to emphasise the shape of the animals indicating a sophistication previously unexpected for pre-historic man. As at Lascaux there are also symbols painted and engraved whose meaning we have not yet discovered.
The main frieze at Font de Gaume is a group of five bison. Another key frieze is a mixture of bison and deer and there is also a painting of a male reindeer licking a female reindeer.
The Font de Gaume caves are mentioned in Patricia Schultz' best selling book - 1000 Things to Do Before You Die. So if you are creating your 'bucket list' here is one to add.
The Font de Gaume caves are found near to Les Eyzies. Entrance is limited to 200 people a day and so booking is necessary. The caves are often booked up a month in advance. A small number are reserved for sale each day but in high season you will need to arrive early (around 8am) to have a chance of getting one of these. The entrance to the cave is quite high up in the hillside behind the car park and ticket office but there is a nice wide path leading up to the entrance.
Tours are available in English - make sure you ask when you book.
Cameras are not allowed in the caves and nor are bags to prevent these accidently touching and damaging the paintings. There is a locked area next to the entrance where bags are locked for the duration of the visit. Our picture is used courtesy of © CMN Paris.
The caves are open every day except Saturdays.
Tickets cost 7.50€ full price and under 18s are free (in family groups).
The Lascaux caves are nearby and if you are interested in pre-historic cave paintings they really are not to be missed. Of course at Lascaux the original caves have been closed to the public to preserve the paintings but the replica is superb - you really would not know the cave and painting is a copy and the paintings are wonderful.
Only 1km away is the Grotte du Grand Roc. This is a cave full of stalactites and stalagmites rather than prehistoric paintings and is incredible. The ceiling is absolutely covered in tiny stalagmites and they have formed lovely little grottos.


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