unable to get it to work, the same as the user in the link I mentioned.
and 127.0.0.3 and that didn't work either.
"LocalNode" imposes that is not mentioned?
just try that instead, but I figured LVS could do this.
Cheers, thanks for your time!


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The Corporate Government unleashed, from time to time, its paid hacks and internet trolls to try to debunk so called conspiracy theories, among which is the abstract painting of our skies known as chemtrailing.
Here's a Wikipedia article they have written for purposes of misleading the public…
False evidence of chemtrails
Ballast barrels in a prototype Boeing 747. Photographs of flight test barrels are sometimes said to show chemtrail planes. Photographs of barrels installed in the passenger space of an aircraft for flight test purposes have been claimed to show aerosol dispersion systems. The real purpose of the barrels is to simulate the weight of passengers or cargo. The barrels are filled with water, and the water can be pumped from barrel to barrel in order to test different centers of gravity while the aircraft is in flight.[35]
My question is,
How many times do we have to test for the "plane's center of gravity"?
Daily? Weekly? Yearly?
Or, can we just use computer simulation just like flying UAV drones?
Here's a well-written article about altering the earth's weather and deliberately killing its people…
Pilots, Doctors, & Scientists Tell The Truth About Chemtrails/Geo-Engineering
November 1, 2014 by Arjun Walia
One factor that's commonly overlooked when it comes to talking about human health and environmental degradation is geo-engineering and Solar Radiation Management (SRM), also known as "chemtrails." The name seems to come from the fact that various geo-engineering and SRM programs use stratospheric aresols like barium, nano aluminum-coated fiberglass [known as CHAFF], radioactive thorium, cadmium, chromium, nickel, desiccated blood, mold spores, yellow fungal mycotoxins, ethylene dibromide, polymer fibers and more.
Below is a video of multiple scientists, doctors and pilots telling the truth about "chemtrails." It's a very serious issue that's often ridiculed and thrown into the conspiracy realm. As a result I attached information from an article I recently wrote about the subject.
Below is information taken on the same subject that we recently published. I attached it to substantiate the claims made in the above video to give it more substance.
Very Brief History of Weather Modification
"Weather modification is generally considered to be the deliberate effort to improve atmospheric conditions for beneficial human purposes . Not all weather modification activities, however, have been designed to benefit everyone, and have been used for purposes of war" (1)
"The US Navy launched a weapon capable of inducing a powerful earthquake on Haiti. This time it was only a drill, and the final part of it is destroying and taking over Iran." -Hugo Chavez, (then) president of Venezuela
Weather modification dates back to the 1940′s, when the General Electric Company demonstrated that a cloud of super-cooled water droplets could be be transformed into ice crystals when seeded with dry ice. Shorty after this it was discovered that fine particles of pure silver iodide with a crystal structure similar to that of ice were effective for global weather modification. As a result:
"Silver iodide remains the most often used material in cloud seeding." (1)
The above statement was made in the 1970′s, but so much more has happened since. With silver iodide began the birth of spraying stratospheric aerosols into the Earth's atmosphere. Silver iodide spraying began in the 1950′s (1), and has since proven to be extremely toxic, especially for the environment, human and animal health. You can learn more about it here.
Aluminum is another thing. It's highly toxic and also very damaging to the environment.
The idea of spraying aluminum into our atmosphere goes way back, patents exist that clearly demonstrate the consideration of such materials that include the oxides of metals which have high emissivity. These include harmful substances like aluminum oxide and thorium oxide. A great patent example is one from the Hughes Aircraft Company that dates all the way back to 1990, that's over twenty years ago. You can take a look at it here.
Fast forward to today, with even more chemicals added to the mix, this gives us the basic gist of geoengineering programs (image below) and why so many people are concerned about them.
"We do stuff in the stratosphere all the time off-course, so it's not as though the stratosphere is absolutely pristine. But you don't want to have people going off and doing things that involve large radioactive forgings, or programs that go on for extended periods or for that matter provide lots of reactive surfaces that could result in significant ozone destruction." – (taken from the first film cited at end of article)
M. Granger Morgan, Carnegie Mellon University, University and Lord Chair Professor of Engineering and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences Member
Modern Day Spraying
"In addition to specific research programs sponsored by Federal agencies, there are other functions related to weather modification which are performed in several places in the executive branch. Various federal advisory panels and committees and their staffs – established to conduct in-depth studies and prepare reports, to provide advice or recommendations, or to coordinate weather modification programs – have been housed and supported within executive departments, agencies, or offices." (1)
These programs are conduced by the department of defense, which means they remain classified, and why so many scientists and meteorologists don't say anything about it. At the same time, all it really takes is observation.
Most of these programs are backed by the CIA and NASA, who are supporting the National Academy of Sciences with regards to geoengineering projects.(source)(source) Again, geo-engineering projects are any attempt to alter the way the planet or its weather systems operate, and as you can see, have been happening for a long time now.(source)(source)(source)(source) The weather was even modified in China for the 2008 Olympics.(source)
If you are a constant observer of the skies, as I am, it's not hard to see that something is already going on. After a day of spraying, the trails don't evaporate, they spread out and block the sun.
"Global dimming is another term people aren't familiar with, 20 % of the Suns rays are not hitting the Earth. That means there's a lot of metal up there" – Dane Wigington
Concerns have been voiced for years, by various individuals from all over the world. For example, Rosalind Peterson, president and Co-Founder of the Agriculture Defense Coalition (ADC), and x United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) employee stated at a 2007 United Nations hearing on global warming that:
"One of the things that's affected by climate change is agriculture, but some of what we are seeing is man made, but man made in a different way than what you may guess. Weather modification programs, experimental ones done by private companies, the US government, are underway and there are more than 50 operations underway across the United States. All of these impact agriculture because they change the micro-climates needed for agriculture to survive. None of these programs are done with oversight. International corporations are modifying our weather all the time, and modifying it in ways that cover thousands and thousands of square miles. Most of it is chemically altered, so what happens is that we are putting ground based chemicals that are shot into the air that change and modify our weather."
You can read more, and view that full hearing here.
Geoengineering and chemtrails are a huge issue, and when talking about climate and environmental degradation, it's something that must be mentioned, the fact that it's not is very suspicious, given the fact that they've been spraying for and modifying our climate for so long.
Dane Wigington has an extensive background in solar energy. He is a former employee of Bechtel Power Corp. and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona. He is the lead researcher for www.geoengineeringwatch.org and has investigated all levels of geo engineering from chemtrails to HAARP. He assisted Michael Murphy with his production of "What in the World are They Spraying" and has appeared on an extensive number of interviews to explain the environmental dangers we face on a global level.
This article has provides a fraction of the information that`s available out there. I highly recommend watching these two (below) documentaries on the subject and visiting www.geoengineeringwatch.org for more information. The documentaries below include much more information, and a lot of scientific data.
What In The World Are They Spraying? (Full Length)
Why In The World Are They Spraying? (Full Length)
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Obtained from the National Archives. A United States government document printed at the request of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation in November 1978.
(1) https://archive.org/stream/weatificat00unit#page/n1/mode/2up
Obtained from the NASA archives, a document prepared for the Interdepartmental Committee For Atmospheric Sciences. Prepared by Homer E. Newell, a mathematics professor and author who became a powerful United States government science administrator—eventually rising to the number three position at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in the early 1960s.
http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/documents/19680002906_1968002906.pdf
A history of weather modification programs prepared by Dr. Vermeeren, Professor At The Delft University of Technology, faculty of industrial design engineering. It's a 300-page scientific report entitled, "CASE ORANGE: Contrail Science, Its Impact on Climate and Weather Manipulation Programs Conducted by the United States and Its Allies." It was prepared for the Belfort Group by a team of scientists but presented anonymously. It was sent to embassies, news organizations and interested groups around the world "to force public debate."
(2) http://coto2.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/case_orange-5-10-2010-belfort-chemtrails.pdf
In 2009, researchers published "Modification of Cirrus clouds to reduce global warming," which proposed two methods of delivery for this same proportion of metallics to silica and the same staying power of one to two weeks. The report notes that "the proposed scenario by the IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] in 2001 is identical to the claims" in Hughes Aircraft's 1991 patent. Hughes was acquired by Raytheon, a private defense contractor, in 1997, "the same company that acquired E-systems and the HAARP contract."
The above referred to patent is linked within the article.
David L Mitchell and William Finnegan, "Modification of Cirrus clouds to reduce global warming," Environmental Research Letters Vol. 4 No. 4, 30 Oct 2009. Available by subscription: http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/4/4/045102
A 1996 report by top military personnel in the U.S., "Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025" to evidentiary details (like governmental spraying schedules, chemical orders, correct nomenclature used in airline operating manuals, and calls for geoengineering by economists) to support its notion of "heavy involvement of governments at the top level in climate control projects."
(3) http://fas.org/spp/military/docops/usaf/2025/v3c15/v3c15-1.htm
In 2007, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) published a statement that included "Guidelines for the Planning of Weather Modification Activities." Acknowledging that the modern technology of weather modification began in the 1940s, it is still "an emerging technology."
(4) http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/arep/wwrp/new/documents/WM_statement_guidelines_approved.pdf
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A test program for a new aircraft generally takes about 2 years to complete if no problems are encountered. Anything up to 5 years in the case of an aircraft like the 787 or A380 that does have problems.
So that's the answer to your question about the ballast barrels. Every day for 2-5 years.
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Q: Duplicate rows in dataset and recalculate non-auto-generated index (Python/Pandas) I have a (pandas) dataset that consists of a datetime index and several columns for different locations indicating wind speeds.
How can I duplicate the rows two times and always add one hour to the datetime index?

Date
AL
BA

2000-01-01 00:00:00
2.994117
4.658971

2000-01-01 03:00:00
3.367553
5.964710

2000-01-01 06:00:00
3.431327
6.633670

I have used concat to multiply the rows and could later on also add a new auto_increment column for the hours, but this is not really elegant.

A: Use DataFrame.asfreq with method='ffill':
df = df.set_index('Date').asfreq('1H', method='ffill')
print (df)
                           AL        BA
Date
2000-01-01 00:00:00  2.994117  4.658971
2000-01-01 01:00:00  2.994117  4.658971
2000-01-01 02:00:00  2.994117  4.658971
2000-01-01 03:00:00  3.367553  5.964710
2000-01-01 04:00:00  3.367553  5.964710
2000-01-01 05:00:00  3.367553  5.964710
2000-01-01 06:00:00  3.431327  6.633670

If need append next 2 rows:
df1 = pd.concat([df,
                   df.iloc[[-1]].assign(Date = lambda x: x['Date'] + pd.Timedelta('2H'))])

df1 = df1.set_index('Date').asfreq('1H', method='ffill')
print (df1)
                           AL        BA
Date
2000-01-01 00:00:00  2.994117  4.658971
2000-01-01 01:00:00  2.994117  4.658971
2000-01-01 02:00:00  2.994117  4.658971
2000-01-01 03:00:00  3.367553  5.964710
2000-01-01 04:00:00  3.367553  5.964710
2000-01-01 05:00:00  3.367553  5.964710
2000-01-01 06:00:00  3.431327  6.633670
2000-01-01 07:00:00  3.431327  6.633670
2000-01-01 08:00:00  3.431327  6.633670

A: copying can be done simply by indexing new rows like:
df.iloc[3:6,:] = df.iloc[0:2,:]

and changing the datetime index in the new rows can be done via:
df.iloc[3:6].index.hour += 1

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THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. Have a seat. Welcome to the White House, and congratulations to Jimmie Johnson on winning his fifth straight Sprint Cup Championship.
Before we start, I do want to acknowledge some people who are here today. First of all, an outstanding American, somebody who's been a great friend and advisor to me, General Ray Odierno, the incoming Army Chief of Staff, is here. So please give him a big round of applause. (Applause.) We've got a host of members of Congress. I'm not going to name them all, but they're all big NASCAR fans. They're right here in the front row.
Brian France, the CEO of NASCAR, and his wife Amy couldn't make it here because of the storm. But I want to thank them for everything that they do.
It's great to welcome NASCAR back to Washington. It's great to have Number 48 parked outside. (Laughter.) I was just telling these guys I'm not allowed to drive much these days — (laughter) — basically just my golf cart at Camp David — which is called Golf Cart One. (Laughter.) True. (Laughter.) But I will say that it's pretty tough to look at Number 48 and not want to jump in and take a few laps — although I'm sure Jimmie would not be happy if I was doing that.
The last time many of these drivers were here, Jimmie was celebrating his third straight championship. He's got a couple more titles under his belt now, but another big change in the Johnson house — he and Chandra are now parents of Genevieve Marie, who was born late July. So, congratulations on that. (Applause.)
I told Jimmie you cannot beat daughters. And I know Jimmie is pretty excited to be a dad. He whipped out the iPhone with the pictures on it the minute I asked about it. (Laughter.) In fact, I hear that he is in charge of taking Genevieve Marie to music class. And because of his unique work schedule, Jimmie is usually the only dad there. (Laughter.) But that's a good sign of being a good dad.
So Jimmie has got a lot to be proud of. And that's especially true when you think of what it means to win five championships in a row. NASCAR is a sport where anything that can go wrong will go wrong at some point during the season — similar to being President. (Laughter.) That's true even for the best drivers. And with so much extraordinary talent that is going bumper to bumper in every race, just making the Chase is hard enough, let alone winning the whole thing.
And that's why Jimmie is not just one of the best drivers of all time — he's up there with some of the great sports dynasties. If you think about it, only the Boston Celtics, the Yankees and the Canadiens have ever won more than four titles in a row. And now Jimmie is breathing down the necks of Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty for the most NASCAR titles ever, which is not bad for the son of a machine operator and a school bus driver who still has plenty of seasons ahead of him.
Jimmie's talent has been to make a very difficult, demanding sport look easy. But this year, the Number 48 team also showed its toughness. They entered the last race of the Chase trailing, and ended up pulling off an extraordinary comeback.
And if you ask Jimmie, he'll give credit to that team, led by owner Rick Hendrick and crew chief Chad Knaus, who couldn't be here today. We also need to give credit, though, to the other Chase drivers up here who want Jimmie to know that the second he makes a mistake, they will be ready to knock him out of the victory lane. (Laughter.)
I did observe that lately there's been some trash talking in NASCAR. (Laughter.) I thought I was watching WWF. (Laughter.) But that's good. You got to have a little feistiness, and these guys are extraordinary competitors. And that's what makes this sport so exciting to watch — because everything can come down to just one race, one pit stop, one split-second decision.
Now, what also makes NASCAR special is the difference that it makes in the lives of so many people, especially our troops and their families. And I personally thanked all these guys for what they've been doing on behalf of military families, who are obviously huge fans of NASCAR.
Last month, the drivers and staff toured Walter Reed hospital, served dinner to 400 wounded warriors and their loved ones. NASCAR has been a huge supporter of the Joining Forces program that Michelle and Dr. Jill Biden have set up to support military families. This morning, Jimmie made a special visit to the Pentagon to spend time with folks over there. And later this week, NASCAR will be honoring our military and first responders again in Richmond the night before the anniversary of 9/11.
So I want to congratulate Jimmie. I want to congratulate all the drivers who are on the stage for their extraordinary success, for the success of NASCAR, and for everything that they do for our country.
Good luck heading into this year's Chase, everybody. We will all be watching.
So thank you very much. And I think — Jimmie, do you want to tell me what you got here?
MR. JOHNSON: Absolutely. Well, first of all, thank you for having us here. We all greatly appreciate it. And on behalf of myself and our race team, Lowe's Motor Sports team, we have some gloves here that were worn in Las Vegas when I won. I wanted to present them to you –
THE PRESIDENT: That's pretty sharp.
MR. JOHNSON: — the helmet we gave you the last time we were here.
THE PRESIDENT: I will wear the helmet and the gloves when I'm driving — (laughter) –
MR. JOHNSON: Heloing –
THE PRESIDENT: No, Golf Cart One. (Laughter.)
MR. JOHNSON: I had to ask. Be safe. (Applause.)
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Riz Khan hosts a program for Al Jazeera English and in this twenty-two minute segment, he leads a discussion about the possibility that democracy hinders economic growth.
Khan asks, "Is a centralized system, such as China's one party, better than democracy for growth?"
Both India and China became countries about the same time. In 2008, India's GDP was $1.16 trillion and China's was about three times larger at $4.33 trillion.
There is a debate in India that China's one party political system has allowed China to modernize and improve lifestyles easier and faster than India's democracy.
His first guest speaker is Tarun Khanna, a professor of the Harvard School of Business, who does not agree with the argument that India's democracy is the cause of slow growth.
His opinion is that democracy may be a faulty option but it is the best of the faulty options we have. However, he says it is true that India's democracy has underperformed.
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A listener to the program sends a message from Facebook. "All a country needs is purposeful leadership, security, vision, and justice for all. China has demonstrated all this, unlike India."
Professor Huang disagrees with the Facebook comment.
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Regarding a dictatorship, Huang says a dictatorship wouldn't work in India. The culture is too complex.
Kahanna agrees that a dictatorship wouldn't work in India and says India has to improve its democracy.
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Professor Huang then says that democracy is not a solution to solve all of society's problems. There has to be more than free elections. However, an authoritarian system is also not the answer. He says, take the strengths of both India and China and figure a way to take advantage of them—to make them work.
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Chinese Cinema in Global Perspective. 2022 Best
This paper explores Chinese Cinema in Global Perspective. Paper details: write a well-organized essay of about 800-1000 words that presents a clear argument and comparative analysis of two primary sources (films).
Chinese Cinema in Global Perspective.
Fall 2022 For your Midterm, please write a well-organized essay of about 800-1000 words that presents a clear argument and comparative analysis of two primary sources (films). You should also engage the ideas in at least one secondary source. Please submit your complete, correctly formatted essay Choose and answer ONE (1) of the following essay questions (100 points). Keep the following in mind: 1. Construct a clear, well-rounded thesis / argument. 2. Analyze and discuss TWO (2) films within the framework of your central thesis / argument. 3. Integrate and engage ideas in at least ONE (1) secondary source of relevant scholarship or theory.
Be sure to accurately cite the author and title of the text(s) you are referring to. 4. Follow correct formatting guidelines (MLA or Chicago Manual of Style) for all references and bibliography (list of works cited). 1. The films Song at Midnight (Yeban gesheng 夜 半 歌 聲 , 1937) and Street Angels (Malu tianshi 馬路天使, 1937) are two of the earliest sound films made during the "Golden Age of Chinese Cinema." Yet, they are very different from each other in tone and style. Song at Midnight is considered to be China's first horror film, while Street Angels is a realist work that is often considered to be a masterpiece of Chinese left-wing cinema.
Critically analyze these two films in a comparative framework by highlighting each work's key themes, cinematic techniques, innovations, and meaning shortly before the outbreak of war. Note: If you wish, you may critically compare and discuss other films of this First Golden Age of Chinese cinema in the 1930's. You may find and view more films here: https://chinesefilmclassics.org 2. What is the May Fourth Movement, why is it called "The Chinese Enlightenment," and how is the "New Woman" trope central to this political, social, and cultural movement?
Analyze and critically compare two films that engage the "New Woman" theme by focusing closely on key aspects of story and plot; characterization and performance; set design; and cinematography. In your film analysis, consider the ways in which these films contributed to the May Fourth "New Woman" discourse. 3. When we look at post-war Chinese films, we see the emergence of two types of films. On the one hand, in the film Crows and Sparrows (Wuya yu maqe 乌鸦与麻 雀, 1949), we see the realistic portrayal of social reality along with an urgent sense of political. intervention and a focus on the masses.
On the other hand, in a film like Spring in a Small Town (Xiaocheng zhi chun 小城之春, 1948), we see a more lyrical portrayal of characters' inner worlds and feelings. Describe these different cinematic modes by discussing these two films in a comparative framework. Focus closely on key themes, cinematic techniques, and messages each film conveys. Note: If you wish, you may critically compare and discuss other post-war films of this Second Golden Age of Chinese cinema in the late 1940's. You may find and view more films here: https://chinesefilmclassics.org 4. What is Chinese revolutionary cinema, when did it emerge, and what was the purpose of these films?
How are these films effective at communicating and bolstering communist revolutionary ideals? How are women represented in these revolutionary films, and for what purpose? Choose two films and discuss them in a comparative framework. In your essay, you may discuss either realist film or revolutionary opera, or compare these to genres to each other. Analyze the aesthetics and cinematic techniques of this genre by describing the music, dance, stage design, acting, cinematography, and ideological messages of these works. 5. What is the "Fifth Generation of Chinese Filmmakers" and why was this generation so important?
Why are these filmmakers called "a new avant-garde? What are some of the most important innovations that they introduced to Chinese filmmaking? What are some of the key themes, techniques, and aesthetics they engaged in their cinematic work, and how do these films reject and subvert socialist realist cinematic modes? Choose two Fifth Generation films and analyze them in a comparative framework. https://youtu.be/VY5OJEMs59g
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Carl Craig will throw his annual Detroit Love party/Photo courtesy Rebel Butterfly PR.
The first batch of official Movement afterparties have been posted on the festival's webpage, with many more events circulating on the social medias these past days. It used to be that one could simply hit the ground in Detroit and go where the party takes you, but with so many events now selling out via pre-sale, the early bird now gets to do the worm. With that in mind, sooner than later is the name of the game when pre-planning your after parties.
Things kick off early with Danny Tenaglia playing the official opening party at Populux on Friday May 27. The New York house legend doesn't make it to the Midwest very often and house heads still speak in awe about his 2012 Movement boat party performance, so this kick-off event will either set the stage for the whole weekend, or make the following three days anticlimactic. It's well worth the risk.
Elsewhere over the weekend, a slew of beloved brands bring back their patented Detroit flavor, including Carl Craig's Detroit Love party with guests Seth Troxler and Dubfire, Kai Alce's eighth Deep Detroit soiree with Chez Damier and Alton Miller, and Interdimensional Transmissions' annual No Way Back warehouse party with New York promoters The Bunker, which—if you haven't been watching—has become a singular source for veteran Detroit talent having their "moment," with Mike Servito, Derek Plaslaiko, BMG, Erika, Carlos Souffront and Patrick Russell.
In addition to the Detroit natives, plenty of out-of-town imprints that have left significant marks on Movement's afterparty landscape return, including San Fran promoters DAX hosting their third OK, COOL party with Seth Troxler, The Black Madonna, Craig Richards, and Mood II Swing/ Los Angeles techno mainstays Droid Behavior will deliver their fifth Interface | Scene party in the D with Perc, Kyle Gieger and Headless Horseman. Dirtybird will also offer their 10th annual Who's Afraid of Detroit throwdown with Justin Martin, J.Phlip, and Aldaran.
And of course, some new names are venturing into the late-night melee, backed by heavy-hitting DJ talent. Maceo Plex is bringing his Ellum label night to Movement for the first time and Adam Beyer's long-revered Drumcode imprint will also make its Detroit party debut. Plus, legendary Berlin techno club and label Tresor is throwing their first ever Detroit event at Movement 2016 with Moritz Von Oswald and Regis after a 25 years spiritual partnership with the Motor City.
And this is just a sample of the 50-plus events we'll likely see listed by the time Memorial Day comes around, in addition to the main event at Hart Plaza. Get geared up to stay up, again.
Movement Festival goes down May 28-30. Tickets to the main festival and afterparties are onsale now.


This design aims to develop a marketing plan of white wine for female consumers. The name of the wine is "Wine, Beautiful", which is also a homophone for "the most beautiful" in Mandarin Chinese. In so doing, the product embodies the beauty of oriental drinking culture and draws potential consumers' attention. The design of the logo combines three different aspects – the colour of oriental rouge, the appearance of petals and the pattern of ink wash painting – and thus lends the wine the impression of a traditional Chinese product. The four different product variations – peony, lotus, camellia and apricot flowers – imply a reference to the "Four Beauties" of Diaochan, Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun and Yang Guifei in Chinese mythology. They are inspired by these historical figures, who allegedly had a magical influence on the kings and emperors of their times, and endue the herbal wine with additional cultural vitality. The lovingly drawn illustrations of flowers and bushes, as well as the slightly tapered shape in the middle part of the bottles are both specially aimed at the female target group.
"Wine, Beautiful" fascinates with its brilliant implementation. The packaging design is meticulously crafted to the last detail and both graphically and formally custom-tailored to address the target group. The discreet colouring pairs with a simple form without frills, imbuing the extensive set of wines with a premium high-quality image.


IT support is typically viewed as solving the problems an individual or company may be having online. IT stands for Information Technology and otherwise may be regarded to as technical support. On most occasions, a company will offer this support and help with computer technology to those requiring their service.
Of course, not everyone is fully trained or has the understanding of solving computer related issues. Concepts can be extensive and there are only so many hours in each day. As such, companies dedicate themselves to offering this assistance and are fully trained at providing support.
Until reading this article, you may have heard the term IT support and dismissed it as something not concerning you. However, there's every chance you have contacted and been assisted by an IT support company in the past.
For an IT support company, their goal is to provide a solution to customers that will solve their individual problem. There are a number of ways to go about this and you'll be able to find out more later in this piece.
What is IT support? IT support works in many ways and all depends on the product or service you are trying to use. If you have purchased a technological product from a shop for instance, the chances are that company will have it's own support team available. This includes household names such as Apple, Blackberry, Panasonic and Sky.
If you have any queries about the product or are having trouble in some way, you can simply contact the support team. This support can be received in plenty of ways. Telephone assistance used to be the common way to speak with an advisor, but nowadays it's really easily to speak to the support team online via a live chat system.
Of course, for products physically purchased from a particular store, you can also get assistance by returning to the shop – if you prefer a face-to-face approach.
Who is IT support for?
IT support is typically available for any customer who has bought a product or pays for an on-going service. Often, there's a free support service for a certain period of time – ensuring the customer is able to fully set-up the product/service without any initial issues. If there is no IT support offered, you can easily find a company who'll help rectify your problem – usually for a fee.
Larger companies will also require IT support from time-to-time in order to ensure their business continues running efficiently and effectively. If your company requires continual support you may have a specific team in place dedicated to this side of the business.
How can I get IT support?
Large businesses may also have their own dedicated IT support team, who are continually on hand to deal with problems that occur.
What are the types of IT support?
Time & Materials Support: As you would expect, customers pay for the time spent and materials used in dealing with IT issues. This rate is pre-arranged and will span the time it takes for the problem to be resolved.
Block Hours Support: Essentially, the business will pay for a certain number of hours and these can be used as and when necessary. Depending on the contract these can be used over a monthly or yearly basis, for example.
Managed Services Support: The final IT support option is managed services, whereby you'll again pay a pre-determined fee. This contract includes 24/7 support and will also include the technician visiting your business if the issue can't be rectified remotely.
If you run into IT problems, there will be a company to offer a helping hand – and unless under guarantee, you'll need to pay a fee for this service. Of course, the more help and assistance you require, the more you'll pay and in turn, it may be worth signing a long-term contract.
IT support teams work efficiently and are often available 24/7, so your issue won't remain as such for very long. Any questions or problems can frequently be dealt with in just minutes, so you'll be back up and running in no time at all. For more complex situations, the technician will be happy to spend hours on the phone helping you rectify the matter.
Each IT support team is different but you should get everything you need through their service. If you find the issue comes back or it hasn't been sufficiently dealt with, call them back and get the service you're paying for – This is your money after all.
You should now have a better understanding about IT support, what it is, how it works and whether you need it. It's good to know there's loads of help out there for you to take advantage of, so find your IT support company today.
Premier Choice Internet provides businesses all over the UK with professional and affordable IT support for their website. This ensures companies can focus their attention on the aspects that matter, such as growth and customer service. With a 24-hour remote support service, Premier Choice Internet ensure a secure and safe infrastructure is in place to prevent problems occurring. There is also an emergency IT support service available to non-contracted clients too.


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Zar de Bulgaria fue el título de los gobernantes búlgaros en el Primer Imperio búlgaro, Segundo Imperio búlgaro y el Reino de Bulgaria.
Zar es una forma derivada del título César de la Antigua Roma. Se utilizaba para denotar la autoridad suprema de un gobernante, dada por Dios en la Iglesia ortodoxia búlgara y rusa.

Para obtener una lista de los gobernantes de Bulgaria, véase Anexo:Monarcas de Bulgaria.

Historia

El jan Tervel fue el primero en recibir el título de «César» del emperador bizantino Justiniano II en agradecimiento por la ayuda brindada en su restauración al trono imperial. El título era el segundo en importancia del Imperio bizantino y estaba reservado para el heredero al trono, que formalmente casi equiparaba al gobernante búlgaro con los basileos bizantinos y reconocía la legitimidad del estado búlgaro. No hay información de que Tervel lo haya utilizado para denotar su poder en Bulgaria, sino solamente como título secundario en las negociaciones con los bizantinos.

En 913, el knyaz Simeón I de Bulgaria recibió el reconocimiento por el título de zar (basileo de los búlgaros) durante el sitio de Constantinopla, pero seis meses después Bizancio se retiró del reconocimiento. En 925, aprovechando la debilidad del Imperio bizantino, Simeón se proclamó mismo «zar de los búlgaros y los romanos». En 927, con un tratado, el título de zar (César) fue reconocido por Bizancio así como el gobernante búlgaro Pedro I, hijo de Simeón. Al crear una autocéfala se estableció el statu quo de la Iglesia ortodoxa búlgara y todos los gobernantes posteriores se denominaron «zar».

A principios del siglo , el zar Kaloján negoció con el papa Inocencio III: prometió reconocer la supremacía del Santa Sede sobre la iglesia búlgara (incluso se concluyó una unión entre ellos), siempre que el papa confirmara los títulos de zar y patriarca de Bulgaria.  En su correspondencia con el gobernante búlgaro, sin embargo, Inocencio hasta el último lo nombró solamente como rey (rex), que en la jerarquía medieval era más bajo que el de zar (emperador).
El 22 de septiembre de 1908, la Independencia de Bulgaria fue declarada y el Principado de Bulgaria, estado vasallo del Imperio otomano, fue proclamado como Reino de Bulgaria. En consecuencia, el príncipe Fernando de Sajonia-Coburgo-Gotha aceptó el título restaurado de zar.

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Amnesty criticised after stripping Alexei Navalny's 'prisoner of conscience' status
Spokesperson for jailed opposition leader claims human rights group was 'fed crap' by Russian sources
by Chas Newkey-Burden
Alexei Navalny tries to take his seat on his flight from Berlin back to Moscow in January
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Amnesty International has come in for criticism after stripping Alexei Navalny of his status as a "prisoner of conscience".
How the world reported Alexei Navalny's arrest
What does Alexei Navalny's 'return from the dead' mean for Vladimir Putin?
What do the Navalny protests mean for Vladimir Putin?
The human rights group, which recognised the Russian opposition leader as a prisoner of conscience after his arrest last month, said it had reversed its decision "in light of new information" about comments Navalny has made in the past about migrants from Central Asia.
Amnesty said it had been "bombarded" with complaints about Navalny's views and "couldn't ignore them", but a spokesperson for the organisation in Moscow told the BBC that he believes the complaints were part of an "orchestrated campaign" to discredit Vladimir Putin's most prominent critic.
An anonymous Amnesty employee also told Russian news site Mediazona that the campaign may have been led by "people in different countries at Russia Today (RT)", the Kremlin-funded news organisation. They added that at least two complaints cited a Twitter thread by RT columnist Katya Kazbek in which she called Navalny an "avowed nationalist and racist".
In 2006, Navalny co-founded Narod, "a nationalist-democratic movement", and also attended the Russian march, an annual rally in Moscow of "nationalist and ultra-right groups", The Times reports.
In a series of online videos entitled "Become a Nationalist", he also compared people from the North Caucasus, which is home to many Muslims, to "cockroaches" and said that homeowners should be able to use lethal force to defend their homes.
Navalny's "nationalist streak" has "made it difficult for the Kremlin to portray him as a puppet of the West", Politico says. However, Amnesty said that some of Navalny's remarks "reach the threshold of hate speech, which contradicts Amnesty's definition of a prisoner of conscience", The Moscow Times adds.
Leonid Volkov, chief of staff for Navalny's campaign during the 2018 presidential election, tweeted that Amnesty had been "fed crap" by the Russian state and "liked it". Kira Yarmysh, a spokeswoman for Navalny, added in a tweet that the decision was made at the request of "state propagandists", describing the move as "a total disgrace".
This is not the first time Amnesty has withdrawn prisoner of conscience status from a well-known political figure. In 1964, it disqualified Nelson Mandela after he defended the African National Congress's use of organised political violence.
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Wikipedia To Shutdown in Protest of SOPA
Written on January 17, 2012 by Chris Martin
Wikipedia announces plans for a 24-hour shutdown on Wednesday in protest of SOPA and PIPA.
Wikipedia's English language site will go offline for 24-hours in protest of SOPA and PIPA, two proposed legislations that may potentially harm 'the free and open Internet'.
The protest which is scheduled on Wednesday was announced by Wikipedia Co-Founder Jimmy Wales through a series of tweets.
Wikipedia, the most-widely used online encyclopedia, currently ranks as the sixth most popular website according to Alexa, and is estimated to have an average of 25 million visitors daily.
Reddit Plans 12-Hour Blackout to Protest SOPA
Reddit announces plans for a 12-hour blackout to protest SOPA and PIPA.
Social news sharing website Reddit announced plans for a 12-hour blackout on January 18 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
The decision was announced in an official blog post written by the site's administrators on Tuesday, January 10th. It states that during the 12-hour period, the usual user-submitted content will be replaced by "a simple message about how the PIPA/SOPA legislation would shut down sites like Reddit".


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Is Crypto Culture Changing the Livelihood of Digital Art Objects?
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What is Digital Information, and How is it Collected?
Collecting is an innate human tendency. It's habitual when folx search for new material possessions, acquire trinkets, hold onto familial belongings, and long for nostalgic ephemera. And while collecting is an inherently human trait, the majority of individuals do not classify themselves as collectors. For most people, an image of an everyday collector depicts someone who ardently seeks, accumulates, and catalogs gatherings of particular objects whether they be vintage fashions, floral teacups, or Pokémon cards. An everyday collector sees value in keeping, protecting, and archiving the objecthood of things when others might not. They do their best to ensure that the value of their desired objects remains known and high.
Museum, Wonder of Everyday Objects in New York; Stamp Collecting; Coffee Cups of the World on Display at the Ora Gallery in New York. All photos by Henry Hargreaves.
Through technology, humans collect digital data and digital objects every day, and people who participate in contemporary technology use––owners of computers, smartphones, and hard drives––are natural everyday collectors. Desktops hold piles of downloaded documents; iPhones store countless MP3 files; and social media feeds catalogue thousands of digital images. This sort of mundane collecting goes unrealized for a handful of reasons. For one, it is often a passive act as individuals hoard digital objects without recognizing it. Digital data does not take up tangible space, and digital clutter is generally quickly accumulated. Secondly, collecting digital data is precarious––a file can be as easily deleted as it is downloaded (it vanishes as quickly as it appears). Thirdly, digital data is not often considered rare and therefore is seldom considered valuable if it stays in its digital state. This low valuation occurs because files can be copied, duplicated, transformed, and transmitted endlessly. Duplicating a JPEG is a simple (and obsolete) feat in comparison to copying and recreating a physical one-of-a-kind Royal Doulton cup and saucer. Furthermore, a physical ink-jet print of a digital photograph is exponentially more valuable than the JPEG file from which the printed image derived from.
Digital Clutter
The storing of digital data is an incredibly important method of archival preservation for numerous individuals and institutions. Contemporary art institutions, for example, utilize digital archives which serve as secondary catalogs and counterparts to that of physical objects and archives. Digital archives frequently include images of artworks rather than the artworks themselves and may also contain copies of artwork authentications, research documents, and documents with pertinent information surrounding the history of an artwork. These secondary digital archives often act as information systems, and are frequently used by institutions to keep track of physical artworks, provide the public access to art catalogs, and to develop curatorial programming. Although digital archives are vital trackers for galleries and museums, they do not replace the objecthood and merit of physical and authentic art collections.
Lack of digital rarity and scarcity is the reason for why digital art, up until the last few years, has been predominantly considered a low form of art-making and undesirable to major contemporary art collectors. Art historian Perla Innocenti states that, "Digital objects - including digital artworks - are fragile and susceptible to technological change," and therefore, "there are theoretical, methodological and practical problems associated with documentation, preservation, access, function, context and meaning of digital art…" Other forms of physically material art such as painting, sculpture, and photography, which can be easily identified as original, limited edition, collectible, and preservable have long been considered high forms of art, making them marketable in the contemporary global art industry. As Innocenti argued in 2012, "We no longer debate whether it is appropriate for museums to collect contemporary art. But despite the visibility and the status of media and digital art, many interactive and more complex digital works are still underrepresented even in leading museum collections." For decades institutions have been hesitant in championing "A strictly techno-centric approach to media preservation…because digital art is not static or tied to a physical medium in the same way that analog art is."
Digital Archives Hammer Museum
The medium of digital art has become increasingly popular over the past several years despite these challenges. New technology advancements as well as developed platforms for viewing digital art have unfolded through social media spaces, online exhibition websites, and virtual reality arenas. These virtual spaces provide the opportunity for digital artists to circulate their art through strictly digital means. This increase in the exposure of digital art hasn't necessarily propped digital mediums into marketable realms of the contemporary art industry because while these platforms have increased the viewership of digital art, they haven't solved the practical issues that accompany the collecting, preserving, and authenticating of digital art. Despite the reality that digital art medium is not new, the field of digital art has only recently become regarded as a collectible and profitable art medium. Many attribute this shift to developments associated with cryptocurrencies and crypto technologies.
Digital Art and the World of Crypto Culture
In the perspective of the Tate, digital artists are those who create art through digital means; digital art is frequently "computer generated, scanned or drawn using a tablet and a mouse." Marie Chatel describes digital art as "technological arts, with fluid boundaries offering many possible interpretations of the terminology. She states that, "The term itself has evolved through time and whereas computer art, multimedia art, and cyber-art were standard in the 1960s-90s, the rise of the World Wide Web added a layer of connectivity resulting in a shift in language." Different forms of digital art include, but are not limited to, mediums such as digital painting, digital photography, digital sculpture, animation, and Bitmap images (GIFS). As Katherine Thomson-Jones and Shelby Moser argue, "In its broadest extant sense, 'digital art' refers to art that relies on computer-based digital encoding, or on the electronic storage and processing of information in different formats—text, numbers, images, sounds—in a common binary code." Digital artworks are often creative pieces that exist solely in the digital realm to be viewed through some sort of computer interface or screen.
Pierre Huyghe, The Host and the Cloud, 2010. Film, color, sound, 2:01:30 hours. Courtesy de l'artiste et de la Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris/New York. © ADAGP, Paris 2016 for the work of the artist. Photo: Ola Rindal.
For 13 years, from May 1, 2007 to January 7, 2021 the digital artist Beeple (Née Mike Winkelmann) created one digital artwork per day. His greater series known as "everydays" includes individual artworks, which Beeple made through "ad hoc and unfiltered" processes, "with some pieces taking many hours and others dashed off in a matter of minutes…" Known for their provocative nature, his illustrative, digital pictures often capture an essence of the current time by responding to relevant societal and global events.
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In creating a singular artwork every day for several years, perhaps as a modern day comparison to that of conceptualist artist On Kawara's Today series, Winkelmann developed, "a framework for himself to freely experiment with creative tools ranging from 3D software to photography." As Jesse Damiani argues, Winkelmann has "built up a library of assets that he can then reappropriate into new work—lending a level of quality that belies the fact that these pieces may have only taken an hour to generate. This is also how he's able to publish 3D artwork that engages directly with political moments and memes in real time." His ironic and wittily dark pictures can be downloaded for free via his website as digital wallpaper attachments. Alternatively, unique and authentic variations (that cannot be freely downloaded) are available for purchase via the blockchain platform and digital art market space, OpenSea.
Left: Humans Day Number: 4647 1/19/20 downloaded wallpaper from Beeple's website. Right: Beeple's process image of Humans from his website.
On February 25, 2021 Christie's, one of the world's leading auction houses, opened bidding on a modified series of Beeple's work titled Everydays: The First 5000 Days (2021)–– acclaimed to be "a monumental digital college," and "a unique work in the history of digital art." This moment introduced the world's first ever major auction for a "wholly digital blockchain artwork." Bidding for the work closed on March 11, 2021 and after the first seven days of the auction, the initial suggested bid of $100 USD has transformed into a stupefying bid of over $3 Million USD. By the time of its sale, the piece sold for a whopping $69.3 million, making it one of the most expensive auction works by a digital audience. Christie's states that by, "Marking two industry firsts, Christie's will be the first major auction house to offer a purely digital work with a unique NFT (Non-fungible token) — effectively a guarantee of its authenticity — and to accept cryptocurrency, in this case Ether, in addition to standard forms of payment for the singular lot." For those who are unfamiliar with the intricate worlds, vocabularies, and interfaces that pertain to crypto technologies, the information surrounding this auction process, sale, and condition of Everydays: The 5000 Days may be difficult to grasp. Simply understood, this sale demonstrates that through crypto inspired technologies digital art can be made authentic, purchasable, and highly valuable.
Art Installation N°1 by Carlos Marcial. Rhett Dashwood / YouTube
Crypto technologies are complicated in nature, yet everyday engagement with crypto culture continues to rise, and the use of these blockchain platforms as well as purchasing of cryptocurrencies has become a common practice for many individuals worldwide as a means of coordinating investments and substantiating finances. In a 2018 Ted Talk viewable on YouTube, the artist Gordon Berger proclaims blockchain to be "a revolutionary technology," that "can make something that is digital equally or more valuable than something that is physical." Berger furthers his discussion by asking the crowd: who is familiar with blockchain technology? Limited audience members raise their hands in agreement. He continues: who is aware of what bitcoin is? The majority of audience members raise their hands with familiarity. Berger states that "blockchain is the technology behind bitcoin, but it is far bigger than just that. You can imagine bitcoin as just one simple application that uses the blockchain to send money around, the same way that Gmail is one application that uses the internet to send emails around. Blockchain technologies can be used in many different spheres and industries, not just cryptocurrencies."
According to Luke Conway, "a blockchain is a type of database," whose purpose is "to allow digital information to be recorded and distributed, but not edited." Hyperallergic journalist Rea McNamara articulates, "blockchain is a form of financial technology that acts as a permanent ledger distributed across multiple computers rather than just one. It's basically a distributed database—a living, breathing spreadsheet operating in real-time—that audits itself." Blockchains utilize built in protections within their networks and are "incorruptible." They are extremely efficient at securing information.
Installation view of "Blockchain Visionaries," 2016; courtesy Simon Denny; Galerie Buchholz, Cologne/Berlin/New York; photo: Timo Ohler; Simon Denny, Blockchain Future States trade fair booth with custom postage stamp: 21Inc [with Linda Kantchev], 293 x 400 x 300 cm, 9th Berlin Biennale, 2016. Courtesy Simon Denny ; Berlin Biennale. Photo : Hans-Georg Gaul.
Online marketplaces such as OpenSea (which Beeple uses to sell various digital artworks), Nifty Gateway, and SuperRare are platforms that utilize blockchains to facilitate the sale of tokenized digital art. Julius Bär explains that "Tokenisation is the process of using a blockchain to issue a digital token: a unique string of numbers that can be used as a digital representation of a physical asset." Bär elaborates, saying, "What's unique about blockchain-based tokens is that they cannot be copied, forged or––once created––altered in any way." Within the digital art market, when a digital artwork is purchased through cryptocurrency it is tokenized to become an entirely unique entity or, what is referred to as, a non-fungible token (or NFT). Non-fungible tokens cannot be swapped or exchange "like for like." Instead, an NFT ensures that a digital artwork is sold and transferred to its buyer in the same way that a physical painting would go from the seller's possession directly into the buyer's possession and remain there until sold again. Through blockchain technology and tokenization, digital art can be made rare and, therefore, owned, collected, and re-sold. These advancements mean that digital data is no longer strictly considered precarious, copyable, and of little worth, rather digital objects are seen as quantifiable assets.
Blockchain Transaction Process Diagram Courtesy of Investopedia
As Christie's recent auction of Beeple's artwork demonstrates, the exclusive contemporary art world–– the industry that makes up leading artists, galleries, and auction houses––is excited and ready to explore the potential effects that blockchain and NFT technologies have on the history of art. The everyday art world––regional artists, art consumers, art historians, cultural thinkers, and those who engage in visual culture––find these new technologies intriguing, but perhaps daunting. Some individuals are hesitant and critical of engaging in the cultural craze that crypto technologies have incited due to technological inconsistencies of crypto technologies and the mass ecological footprints that digital data mining creates. These criticisms should not be ignored; however, the issues raised do not alter the idea that blockchains and NFTs are promising for the future of digital art history for diverse reasons.
Implied Gallery, online digital gallery space created by Olly Bromham
First and foremost, blockchain technologies are able to certify an artworks provenance, metaphorically and physically. In a 2018 panel at Art Basel Robert Norton expressed that blockchain technologies allow artists to time stamp data and certify that an artwork was made at a certain "moment in time." When artists use this technology, it " becomes a very valid form of evidence for the future and potentially helps protect them from fraudulent activity or unauthorized reproductions, and hopefully preserve value in the statement of those works." With this, artists can easily authenticate digital artworks by proving their origin. These technologies allow artists to produce work in digital editions with a traced record of the editions' origins as well. Furthermore, multimedia artists who create artworks that exist both physically and digitally, are able to authenticate the portions of their work that exist in the digital realm. Additionally, Bär maintains that "Blockchains are also enabling new ways of interacting directly with artists, creating direct markets between artists and collectors and paving the way for new forms of patronage." In most parts of the world, visual artists are some of the only creative producers who do not receive resale royalties for their productions as once a work is sold, it is no longer the financial property of the artist. Jess Houlgrave, co-founder of Codex Protocol states that blockchain users can potentially "create alternative ownership models, " for digital art, "whereby we either use smart contracts to enforce resale royalty payments or we can create fractional ownership models where an artist can retain an equity stake in their work and benefit from its ongoing performance." Thus, artists and artist foundations can infinitely continue to profit and gain recognition from their work.
Robert Alice BLOCK 21 (42.36433° N, -71.26189° E) 1/1 Unique NFT (Non-Fungible Token) with GMT encoded states. BTC V0.1.0 Codebase Section: 6,763,009 - 7,085,056; Robert Alice, Block 21. Bitcoin-themed artwork artwork depicts the complete codebase of Bitcoin. Image: Robert Alice/Ben Gentilli
Interestingly, innovators, artists, and digital connoisseurs are excited about blockchain technologies because they believe that blockchain creates accessible platforms for direct artist and consumer interaction. Even though these technologies are now used to facilitate the sale of major artworks, blockchain technologies often operate on a micro level and offer peer-to-peer interactions. Houlgrave expresses that for her, "this space is all about diversity and it's about diversity of people," and artists of different backgrounds, geographies, political, philosophical, and educational perspectives. Gordon Berger states that "one of the main concerns of physical art is that it functions in this highly exclusive art market with many intermediaries." Blockchain allows digital artists and consumers "to function in this totally open ecosystem regardless of your age, race, or education."
Screen shot of work posted by Owi Liunic on Instagram
In a highly digital world, crypto technologies are giving credence to the sort of everyday digital media that individuals might normally pass off as disposable and unworthy. For some, this shift in thinking is seen as optimistic and for others it is hair-raising. Through 2020 to 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic has shaped the way that humanity sees and engages with the digital world. With each new day, the digital realm metamorphosizes and society recognizes that the digital world is, in part, the real world. Virtual systems are affecting all facets of life and harbouring large effects on the history of digital creation. Undeniably, crypto culture is creating new means of human interaction with money, data, and even energy production, which in certain circumstances is concerning. The possibilities that crypto culture presents for artists and the history of artistic digitization seem invigorating, notable, and promising. As with any sector of the art world, positive strides are met with conflict, but sometimes conflict opens space for more contemplation, creation, and critique. Is crypto culture actively changing the livelihood of digital art objects? It will take time to realize the full effects of crypto art and to see how artists will truly engage with crypto technologies in the long term.
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Star Trek Tricorder-Like Device Made To Scan Food
By Crewman Becky | March 27, 2014 - 8:04 pm
We've been seeing quite a lot of new Star Trek inspired devices being developed lately. Many of them similar to tricorders. While several of these new diagnostic tools are focusing on the medical side of the tricorder functionality, we found one the other day (thanks to our friend Drew) that is focused on analyzing food.
This new tool, by TellSpec is designed to scan your food, right on your plate, and tell you what's in it and how much. If this new scanner hits the market, functioning as described, it will be a great tool for those watching calories for weight loss and those looking to stay within safe dietary parameters for diabetes and other health concerns. While it isn't quite to the consumer-ready phase (they're still working on making it as small and good looking as the design calls for), it is well on its way to living up to all of the goals these developers have set for it.
What problem can TellSpec solve?
You want to know what's in your food before you buy it, before you order it, and before you eat it – because the quality of your health depends on what you eat. Many foods contain chemicals and allergens that you want to avoid, but it can be difficult to know whether these chemicals and allergens are in your food or not. How can you tell if your food contains the nutrients you need? What about things like sodium or trans fats that you might be trying to avoid? Food labels can give us some information if they're available, but they are not always intelligible and some ingredients may not even be reported. TellSpec tells you about allergens, chemicals, nutrients, calories, and ingredients in your food before you buy it, order it, or eat it.
When you beam the light in the TellSpec scanner at a food product, some of the photons in the light are absorbed, which raises the energy states of the molecules in the food. Lower-energy photons are then emitted back. The spectrometer inside the TellSpec scanner sorts these photons by wavelength and counts them. The resulting numbers, called a spectrum, describe the chemical compounds in the food. This spectrum is uploaded to TellSpec's analysis engine where it's analyzed and correlated with other reference spectra. Information about allergens, chemicals, nutrients, calories, and ingredients in the food is then downloaded and displayed on your smartphone.
The inventor of TellSpec, Isabel Hoffmann, started pursuing the idea of this product when her daughter began having health problems that were later found to be food and environment triggered.
Isabel Hoffmann's daughter fell sick after the family moved to the U.S. from Europe. The 14-year-old's illness got progressively worse — hives, low blood pressure, tremors and light sensitivity — to the point that she had to drop out of school. To make matters worse, no doctor could determine what was causing the chronic illness.
Hoffmann, a serial entrepreneur who helped launch a preventive health clinic in 2001, took matters into her own hands. She brought her daughter to Dr. Neil Nathan, of Gordon Medical Associates in Santa Rosa, Calif., who'd written a book called, On Hope and Healing: For Those Who Have Fallen Through the Medical Cracks.
Dr. Nathan diagnosed Hoffmann's daughter with mold toxicity, likely Aspergillus Penicillium, which causes severe allergic reactions and sensitivity to gluten, dioxins and other allergens. "He was dead right," says Hoffmann. "We went back home and tested the house and learned we had high doses of Aspergillus and Penicillium mold in the bedroom."
It had taken more than a year for Hoffmann to hear a proper diagnosis and learn the empowering information that could help her daughter get better. The family moved to a mold-free environment and the teenager started a new diet; symptoms vanished, she went back to school and her grades skyrocketed.
"That's when I thought, "Oh my God, how many people go through life suffering so much? And almost giving up — with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Fibromyalgia — and resigning themselves to what they have, without a hope to be better?" says Hoffmann.
What's being designed is:
The world's first handheld device able to scan food so consumers know more about the ingredients before they buy or eat the food. TellSpec brings together spectroscopy and a unique mathematical algorithm in a revolutionary system that can analyze the chemical composition of foods. This system consists of a convenient handheld wireless scanner communicating with a fast cloud analysis engine. These work together to gather the spectrum of your food, analyze that spectrum, and display information about the food in an easy-to-understand interface on your smartphone.
Read more here and at TellSpec
(Source: TellSpec, Mashable)
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There's a Cold War nuclear bunker for sale in Northern Ireland and it hasn't been touched since the 1980s
Alison LynchTuesday 9 Feb 2016 8:30 am
We think it's got kerb appeal (Picture: REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne)
If you've ever fancied living in a nuclear bunker in Ballymena, just outside Belfast, Northern Ireland, then you're in luck.
A lovely bunker has just come on the market, and it hasn't been touched since the 1980s and the end of the Cold War era.
The 46,383 square foot, two-floor, 236-bed, bunker was built by the UK government in the late 1980s to protect key officials from a potential Russian nuclear strike.
It is believed to be one of the last and most technically advanced bunkers built in the UK.
And you can now purchase it from the Office of Northern Ireland's First Minister and Deputy First Minister for £575,000.
It comes with all its original 1980s fixtures and fittings, including some pretty retro tech.
All the original computers are still there (Picture: REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne)
Just in case you need a refresh (Picture: Aidan Crawley/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
There's space for 235 guests.
The sleeping quarters (Picture: AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
You also get your own conference and control rooms – seriously lacking from most properties you see on the market, in our opinion.
For when you need to call official house meetings (Picture: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
Your very own control room (Picture: Peter Morrison/AP Photos)
'Since completion in 1990, the building has been maintained in a 'fit and ready state'' for any nuclear attacks, 'but was never actually used for its intended purpose,' the listing with Lambert Smith Hampton reads.
The main generator room could probably power half of Northern Ireland (Picture: Reuters/Clodagh Kilcoyne)
It doesn't have any actual windows, but on the plus side, in the event of a nuclear attack, the building could operate in a shut-down capacity for 30 days.
Someone's also left a stash of canned food from the late 80s in the kitchen, which includes biscuits, stewed steak, instant dried skimmed milk, chocolate sweets, and carrots. All the essentials.
They left you some tinned food and biscuits (Picture: AFP/PAUL FAITHPAUL FAITH/AFP/Getty Images)
Plus, you've got your decontamination chambers.
We reckon it would be a great party house.
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Plant based diets have numerous health benefits.
There is plenty of evidence to show that the healthiest diet contains a rich array of fruit and vegetables, whole grains, beans and nuts. Dr. Walter Willett, chair of the Nutrition Department at Harvard, recently said that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables plays a significant role in reducing the risk of the major Western chronic diseases.
In their study of 50,000 male health professionals, Harvard scientists have found that men who ate red meat as a main dish 5 or more times a week had 4 times the risk of colon cancer compared with men who ate red meat less than once a month. Heavy consumers of red meat were also twice as likely to get prostate cancer.
In another study from Harvard, high-fiber diets rich in fruit and vegetables were associated with lower levels of systolic and diastolic blood pressure while meat intake was associated with higher systolic blood pressure values. Other epidemiological studies suggest that regular consumption of fruit and vegetables protects against risk of stroke.
A study from Uruguay found that a high intake of fruit and vegetables was associated with a low risk of bowel cancer. Lettuce, apples, and bananas especially showed a significant protective effect. In a recent British study, the daily con-sumption of fresh fruit was associated with a 24% reduction in mortality from heart disease, a 32% reduction in mortality from cerebrovascular disease and a 21% reduction in all causes of mortality compared with a less frequent consumption of fruit.
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma accounts for about 3% of cancers in the US and affects about 43,000 Americans each year. Its incidence has increased 75% over the past 2 decades. It is now the fifth leading cause of cancer mortality. Concerning the 35,000 post-menopausal women who participated in the Women's Health Study in Iowa, 104 of the women, after 6 years, were diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Their dietary habits were compared with the rest of the women in the study. Women who ate four or more hamburgers a month had nearly twice the risk of NHL compared with the women who ate fewer than four. Elevated risk of NHL was associated with consumption of animal fat and red meat. A greater consumption of fruits was associated with a lower risk of NHL.
Americans who want to reduce their risk of cancer should limit their consumption of meat and alcohol, according to the American Cancer Society. In their recently revised Guidelines on Diet, Nutrition and Cancer published earlier this year ACS suggests that consumers need to emphasize foods from plant sources (fruit, vegetables, whole grains, pasta and beans) and limit the intake of high-fat foods (especially from animal sources) and limit consumption of meats (especially high-fat meats). Over 500,000 deaths due to cancer occur in the US annually, and proper dietary choices are an important way to reduce the risk of cancer. While some are touting the benefits of alcohol for heart disease, even a moderate intake of alcohol may significantly increase the risk of breast cancer.
In the Nurse's Health Study from Boston it was observed that excess protein increases the risk of forearm fractures but not hip fractures. Women consuming over 95 gm protein/day had a 22% increased risk of forearm fracture compared with women consuming less than 68 gm/day. The increased risk of osteoporotic fractures was seen for animal protein but not for vegetable protein.


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By NG'ANG'A MBUGUA
The Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill 2019, which is sponsored by Gem MP Elisha Odhiambo, is seeking to compel mobile phone companies to form separate arms to manage any other business they engage in outside telecommunications services.
In a move that could complicate the business environment for the telcos, the Bill says they will have to apply for licences "from the respective regulators of any industry or sector ventured into".
They will also be required to "legally split or separate the telecommunciations business from such other business.
Parliamentarians have in the past unsuccessfully pushed for Safaricom to split its telecommunications service business from its mobile money transfer platform, M-Pesa.
M-Pesa, Airtel Money set for split in new Bill
Friday June 21 2019
An M-Pesa outlet. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Safaricom #ticker:SCOM , Airtel and Telkom Kenya will be required to split their telecommunications business from their mobile money transfer and lending units if a Bill set to be presented for debate in Parliament is passed into law.
The mobile phone giant earlier this year unveiled yet another service for overnight lending, known as Fuliza, which moved in excess of Sh6 billion in the first few weeks of launch. Safaricom offers this service in addition to the 30-day lending service, M-Shwari.
Should MPs pass the Bill proposed by Mr Odhiambo, Safaricom will have to keep separate financial statements for the mobile money transfer and lending units and any other businesses it ventures into besides facilitating phone calls, short message services and data.
Similarly, Telkom Kenya and Airtel, which are set to merge, will be required to hive off any other businesses they engage in outside the core telephony services.
Companies with existing businesses will be given six months to comply if the Bill is passed into law and assented to by the President.
The Bill warns that anyone who flouts the proposed regulations and fails to obtain the relevant licences for their respective businesses will be liable to a fine "not exceeding ten million shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both".
If passed as is, the Communications Commission of Kenya (CA) will be required to inform Parliament about the compliance levels by the telcos, first within six months after the Bill becomes law and once a year thereafter.
"The amendment will further aid in control of anti-competitive practices by the large industries in the sector," says the MP in the memorandum of objects and reasons for the Bill.
This clause appears targeted at Safaricom, which controls over 70 percent of the mobile phone services market largely on the strength of its money transfer and lending services. Multiple attempts to declare Safaricom a dominant player have failed in the past.
Besides separating the revenue streams, telcos will also be required to compensate consumers for dropped calls at the rate of Sh10 for every call dropped for up to three dropped calls a day. The telcos will, however, be exempted from compensating consumers where a call is interrupted by a third party.The Bill says this measure is meant to guarantee quality services "at just, reasonable and affordable rates for all consumers".
Mr Odhiambo says the amendment is aimed at compelling telcos to invest in infrastructure that will guarantee quality of service to consumers.
He also proposes the creation of a "Universal Service Fund" to be managed by the CA and whose purpose will be to increase access to mobile telephone services countrywide "and promote innovation in information and communications technology services.''


Jaden and Alphy are in Dubai, holidaying. They will be gone a month. That leaves me on my own, which means I face the gravest threat to my very existence, something that every person on his own, in India faces. The prospect of having to eat out. Eating out in India means your insides are going to be turned inside out.
I don't care what Eric Schlosser says in his book, 'Fast Food Nation', I am praying we can someday have the kind of fast food outlet spread in India the way its in the US. I don't care about calories and the other 'nuclear proliferation' kind of threat fast food brings. All I want is affordable, yet more importantly, clean hygienic food. That's next to impossible to come by in India. Eating out here means you are at the mercy of cooking techniques that redefine molecular structures of food products. Take for example Oil, you can never tell how old and how used the oil is in any cooking process at any fast food outlet in India. Oh, you telling me I can eat steamed food? I am not too sure if the batter's really fresh. In fact I am not sure about anything that comes out of a fast food kitchen in India.
Wish Eric Schlosser can come live in India. some day. May be then he'll denounce his own book and extol what to me can be a lifesaver, American fast food!


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Q: Mac OS X -> stickies are sometimes scrollable, sometimes not I'm on a macbook pro and the stickies app is often acting up.
Sometimes I am able to use the trackpad with two fingers to scroll inside it (on the right side there is still no scrollbar, but it still scrolls) and sometimes I can't.
Any ideas how to fix this?
Thanks

A: I can replicate this: scrolling works with a wheel mouse but not trackpad for me. It's probably a bug in Stickies. You can report it at http://bugreporter.apple.com
I tried a replacement like StickEmUp, but that appears to be based off the same code, with the same bug.
As a workaround, you can drag-select to cause the text to scroll up and down.


As Eden Hazard blitzed through Arsenal's defence in the 25th minute on Sunday, it was perhaps the defining moment in what could have been a tight match. Arsenal's lack of central defensive midfield cover was again exposed. Yet on the touchline, Jose Mourinho was again smiling, revelling in how he had once more outthought his nemesis Arsene Wenger.
It was the sort of situation that Nemanja Matic deals with on a day to day basis. The consistency in which Mourinho's 'monster' Serbian does his business is to be admired by everyone. Whether it be breaking up play, finding the right pass, winning aerial duels or just simply putting in the hard yards, Matic seems to have it all at the heart of Chelsea's midfield.
When he returned to Stamford Bridge in January, many were surprised at Matic's hefty £20 million price tag, considering his failure to break into the Blues' first team during his inaugural stint at the club. Deep inside however, Mourinho knew that it was money very well spent. He got his man.
Since then, Matic's performances in Chelsea's midfield have been the catalyst in the Blues' ominous performances this season. His physical presence was something Chelsea were craving ever since the fall from grace of Michael Essien, who now seems a distant figure at the club in which he made his name.
Is Matic the perfect holding midfielder?
It is indeed Matic's physicality that makes him a threat. His ability to break up play with ease has won him many admirers, not least Arsenal fans who have become frustrated at Wenger's failure to add steel to the Gunners' midfield this summer.
Yet it is this campaign so far where he has gone to another level. Before his dominating display against Arsenal, in which he ran 6.09 kilometres in the first half - more than any other Chelsea player - Matic had a tackles per game average of 4, as well as an average of 1.6 interceptions per 90 mins.
Even though Matic's breaking up of play has impressed many, it is also his composure on the ball that is so crucial to Mourinho. There he was, against Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday night, with three players around him, nowhere to go and then, in a instant, he saw the run of Oscar in behind and slipped him in with ease. It was a masterclass of midfield play.
Matic's averages 57.6 passes per game, 0.8 key passes per game, as well as a passing accuracy of 86.1%. And although it is not as impressive as his midfield compatriot Cesc Fabregas, it underlines the all-round balance that he brings to the team.
Before Matic was it again on Sunday, Sky pundit Graeme Souness knew just how important the Serb is to the Chelsea cause: "Matic's thoughts are not about getting on the ball and doing something really cute and clever on the ball by scoring a goal or finding a pass for a goal", the Scot explained.
Matic is a luxury that many other teams cry out for. He allows the star names of Hazard, Fabregas and top-scorer Diego Costa to take the plaudits while he just carries on tackling, heading and passing. He ranks among the top six Premier League midfielders for tackles and headers won and clearances and recoveries completed.
He also allows Mourinho to delve into any tactic he wishes, whether it be sitting back - much like Chelsea's 1-1 draw with title rivals Manchester City - or just controlling the game against slightly weaker opposition. The former Benfica man's versatility in midfield makes him a valuable asset to any side, let alone the Premier League's title favorites.
And as Matic tackled Danny Welbeck and quickly closed down Tomas Rosicky, forcing the Czech into an error towards the end against Arsenal, Mourinho just smiled, it was the sort of performance that he has come to expect from his 'monster'. He knows he can rely on Matic everywhere Chelsea go.
If Chelsea are to win their fourth Premier League crown this season, many of the plaudits will go to Costa's goals, Fabregas's assists and Hazard's skills.
However, Chelsea fans should not forget how big an impact Nemanja Matic makes for them on a consistent basis. He could be a key figure in the 2014/15 Premier League title race.


The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh has said here yesterday that the Govt of India`s Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) will hold a series of regular "stress relief" and rejuvenating programmes including Yoga, workshops, sports, cultural events, etc. for IAS, Civil Services and other government officers in order to help them maintain a conducive frame of mind and ensure a harmonious well-being. At the same time, DoPT has also mooted a "stress management" segment in the Induction course for new employees joining State Services in the three States of Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, and based on the experience from these three States, the same practice would be replicated in other States as well.
Increasing accountability and rising expectation level in administrative work tend to take their toll, said Dr Jitendra Singh and therefore, in-house provisions for stress management are called for. In this context, he referred to a two-day "Stress management" programme for officers being organized at New Delhi on 28th and 29th of this month followed by a Yoga course for officers beginning from April in forty different centers across India.