Earlier this month, I was on the phone with Amazon support about a recent shipment, and we got to talking about the GTX 1080ti I had ordered. He told me how he recently purchased a GPU to build a crypto miner and he was looking to buy another one soon. He said his electricity was paid by his landlord, and when I inquired about him using his Bitcoin at Newegg (who accepts Bitcoin as payment), he informed me Newegg doesn't deliver to his country.
Listening to this outsourced, Tier 1 Amazon support representative instructing me in cryptocurrency investments, I couldn't help but be reminded of the old story Joe Kennedy used to tell, probably apocryphal, about how he exited the market in 1929 right before the crash because his shoeshine boy was giving him stock tips. He reasoned that when the market was popular enough that shoeshine boys were investing in it, it was too popular for its own good.
I don't know if we're approaching a crash in the cryptocurrency markets. I'm no expert, and delving into speculation on the future of crypto, citing market analysis or complex mathematical formulas, would be irresponsible. Nor am I going to go too deep into what cryptocurrencies are. There are plenty of resources out there if you're curious.
Rather, I want to look at what could happen if Bitcoin, valued at $11,078 USD at the time of this article, suddenly tanked as one Wall Street veteran has predicted. Here are four immediate repercussions of a Bitcoin crash that help explain how a simple technology is having a real global impact.
I know I promised not to get too technical, but to understand why cryptocurrencies are an ecological disaster, you have to understand a little about how they are mined. All cryptocurrencies are based on blockchain technology. A blockchain is basically a big ledger that holds every transaction ever performed since the currency's inception. When someone performs a new transaction, say sending $10 to his family in another country, a miner takes that transaction along with several others, bundles them up, tosses in a random number, and does some math on the whole thing. If the result "fits" what the blockchain is expecting, that miner is rewarded with 12.5 Bitcoins and the bundle of transactions is added to the blockchain as confirmed.
The reason why mining is so bad for the environment is that the system is designed so that it is hard to guess what the next random number that works will be. The target time for solving a block is ten minutes. That's ten minutes regardless of how many people are trying to solve it. The system automatically adjusts complexity every two weeks to keep this solve time at ten minutes.
And so, it becomes an arms race. No more than 12.5 Bitcoins can be mined every ten minutes, so to increase your chances of being the one to solve the math problem and "win" the reward for that block, you have to throw more resources at it. More computing power means more electricity consumed. How much electricity?
The current electrical usage of Bitcoin could power over 4 million US homes and generates approximately 21,568 kilotons of CO2 per year. Every single Bitcoin transaction requires enough energy to power over 13 US homes for an entire day. (For comparison, a single Visa transaction requires the same energy as running a microwave for 4.6 seconds.) Some estimates are that Bitcoin mining will equal the current global energy usage by 2020. This is unsustainable and threatens to negate recent progress renewable energy has made in reducing climate change.
As the difficulty of solving these complicated math problems increases, different types of hardware are required for mining to remain profitable. In the very first days of Bitcoin, you could set up a mining program that used your computer's CPU, earn enough Bitcoin to offset the electricity the CPU used, and still make a little profit. As time went by, CPUs were no longer powerful enough, and people began using their GPU (graphics card), first singly, then bundled together. Today, not even a custom case full of GPUs is powerful enough to make Bitcoin mining profitable, and giant farms of ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits) have taken over the mining tasks.
However, Bitcoin is not the only player in the market. To date, there are over 1,300 different cryptocurrencies, and as many of them are still in their infancies, GPU mining remains profitable. Ethereum is the currently hot cryptocurrency, and its miners have become the bane of PC gamers, scooping up every available GPU on the market to add to their mining rigs. The $800 GTX 1080ti I purchased for my son before Christmas is now going for over $1,300 (assuming you can find one). Even mid and lower tier GPUs are becoming scarce. Two years ago, I purchased a GTX 960 for my own PC for $225. That same card is selling for $400 today.
Even if you were lucky enough to get your hardware before the boom, you may still be affected. If people can't upgrade their systems, they are unlikely to purchase the latest high-performance games. Fewer game purchases could drive developers to try to make up lost revenue either by adding more in-game purchases or by simply delaying updates or DLC.
Also, while a cryptocurrency crash would mean a glut of used GPUs hitting the market, before the crash happens it could severely affect the companies building the GPUs. While it seems like these companies would welcome the recent increase in sales, it is not as if they can magically double their production to meet demand. New factories have to be built and there is a risk that they will end up with millions of unsold units collecting dust in warehouses if the mining economy crashes. Finally, if PC gaming continues to be unaffordable, gamers could migrate to consoles instead, many never to return, affecting GPU manufacturers' future business as well. In fact, NVIDIA, maker of the most popular gaming GPUs, recently sent communications to their resellers asking them to only sell to gamers and not miners.
There are some great resources on the internet to instruct people who want to get into cryptocurrency mining. They explain how to get started building rigs, how to figure profitability, and how to continue to grow your mining operation in iterations so that you are never at too great a risk of losing money when the price goes down. One popular formula is to build a small rig, mine some coins, and only use the profits (after electricity costs are calculated) to add more hardware. Using this model, the most you are ever at risk of losing is your initial small investment.
Unfortunately, human nature being what it is, there are going to be those who have no interest in a conservative strategy. They see the last six-month growth as eminently sustainable and have gone "all-in" on crypto mining. I've heard stories of people maxing out credit cards, taking second and third mortgages on their homes, or raiding their kids' college funds to buy more and more mining hardware. If Bitcoin and other currencies tank tomorrow, these people will be holding massive amounts of debt. How they handle such a devastating loss will, of course, depend on the person, but it's worth noting that one of the top threads on the most popular Reddit cryptocurrency subreddit recently was in reference to the suicide hotline.
On the bright side, regardless of the future of cryptocurrencies, the technology they are founded on will remain. Some analysts have touted the blockchain as the greatest technological advancement since the internet itself, and new uses for it are being developed every day from tracking diamonds to managing health care to insuring fine art. Any problem that requires an immutable public ledger, the blockchain can solve. The decentralization of authoritative information sources, whether it be financial or other data, may be the first step towards the vision of a global community sci-fi has been promising us for decades.
Disclosure: I purchased an insignificant amount of Bitcoin when it was under $800 and still hold most of it.


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Zero-hours workers feel excluded finds ACAS Research
Recently released research by ACAS has shown that workers on zero hours contracts feel excluded, and that this represents a challenge to employment relations.
The report brings together recent research in the area with the views of employers and employees who had used the ACAS helpline about zero-hours contracts. It found that workers on the controversial contracts often feel excluded from the sense of security, fairness and trust that is associated with permanent contracts. It also highlighted a lack of transparency over contractual arrangements for zero-hours workers, with many not even knowing they were on such contracts.
Brendan Barber, Chair of ACAS responded to the report, saying "our analysis reveals that many workers on zero hours contracts experience a deep sense of unfairness and mistrust that go beyond the use of exclusivity clauses. A lot of workers on zero hours contracts are afraid of looking for work elsewhere, turning down hours, or questioning their employment rights in case their work is withdrawn or reduced. This deep rooted 'effective exclusivity' can be very damaging to trust and to the employment relationship."
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SOCNET: The Special Operations Community Network > U.S. Naval Special Warfare > Navy SEALs
Operation Redwing 28 Jun 2005 19 Americans KIA Afghanistan
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agonyea
Location: Bama Country
Lest we forget, there sacrifice to this nation. Thank-you for your service!
Operation Redwing anniversary
Posted By Uncle Jimbo
Three years ago today 19 brave men gave their lives on Operation Redwing in Afghanistan. It was the most tragic day in Naval Special Warfare history and devastated the 160th SOAR as well. Godspeed to all these men and their families. We leave on Monday for Denver for a 4th of July event and some time with the family of Danny Dietz as the first part of our tribute to these men. Marcus' book tells the story in Afghanistan we aim to tell more about the men who lived great lives before that day.
There is a memorial today in San Diego and most of the families will be there. Marcus Luttrell will throw out the first pitch at the Padres game.
Eleven Navy SEALs and eight Army commandos died June 28, 2005, during a battle between U.S. forces and Taliban fighters in the Konar province of Afghanistan. The dead included men trained, stationed or living in San Diego County. Only Petty Officer 1st Class Marcus Luttrell survived. He will throw the first pitch at tomorrow's Padres game. The tribute will include Navy Leap Frogs parachuting into Petco Park and a fly-by of four Navy F-18 fighter jets
SEAL Team:
Lt. Michael P. Murphy
Petty Officer Matthew Axelson
Petty Officer Second Class Danny Dietz
The service members killed-in-action on the crashed helicopter include:
Nightstalkers:
Staff Sgt. Shamus O. Goare, 29, of Danville, Ohio
Chief Warrant Officer Corey J. Goodnature, 35, of Clarks Grove, Minnesota.
Sgt. Kip A. Jacoby, 21, of Pompano Beach, Florida
Sgt. 1st Class Marcus V. Muralles, 33, of Shelbyville, Indiana
Master Sgt. James W. Ponder III, 36, of Franklin, Tennessee
Maj. Stephen C. Reich, 34, of Washington Depot, Connecticut.
Sgt. 1st Class Michael L. Russell, 31, of Stafford, Virginia
Chief Warrant Officer Chris J. Scherkenbach, 40, of Jacksonville, Florida
SEALs:
Chief Petty Officer Jacques J. Fontan, 36, of New Orleans, Louisiana
Senior Chief Petty Officer Daniel R. Healy, 36, of Exeter, New Hampshire
Lt. Cmdr. Erik S. Kristensen, 33, of San Diego, California
Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffery A. Lucas, 33, of Corbett, Oregon
Lt. Michael M. McGreevy, Jr., 30, of Portville, New York
Petty Officer 2nd Class James E. Suh, 28, of Deerfield Beach, Florida
Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey S. Taylor, 30, of Midway, West Virginia
Petty Officer Second Class Eric Shane Patton, 22, of Boulder City, Nevada
Rest now gentlemen and enjoy a drink in the Hall of Heroes
"And the fallen Angels took to flight transformed into fierce beasts, and fell upon their prey" Dante
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Operation Redwing
On June 28, 2005, deep behind enemy lines east of Asadabad in the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan, a very committed four-man Navy SEAL team was conducting a reconnaissance mission at the unforgiving altitude of approximately 10,000 feet. The SEALs, Lt. Michael Murphy, Gunner's Mate 2nd Class (SEAL) Danny Dietz, Sonar Technician 2nd Class (SEAL) Matthew Axelson and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (SEAL) Marcus Luttrell had a vital task. The four SEALs were scouting Ahmad Shah – a terrorist in his mid-30s who grew up in the adjacent mountains just to the south.
Under the assumed name Muhammad Ismail, Shah led a guerrilla group known to locals as the "Mountain Tigers" that had aligned with the Taliban and other militant groups close to the Pakistani border. The SEAL mission was compromised when the team was spotted by local nationals, who presumably reported its presence and location to the Taliban.
A fierce firefight erupted between the four SEALs and a much larger enemy force of more than 50 anti-coalition militia. The enemy had the SEALs outnumbered. They also had terrain advantage. They launched a well-organized, three-sided attack on the SEALs. The firefight continued relentlessly as the overwhelming militia forced the team deeper into a ravine.
Trying to reach safety, the four men, now each wounded, began bounding down the mountain's steep sides, making leaps of 20 to 30 feet. Approximately 45 minutes into the fight, pinned down by overwhelming forces, Dietz, the communications petty officer, sought open air to place a distress call back to the base. But before he could, he was shot in the hand, the blast shattering his thumb.
Despite the intensity of the firefight and suffering grave gunshot wounds himself, Murphy is credited with risking his own life to save the lives of his teammates. Murphy, intent on making contact with headquarters, but realizing this would be impossible in the extreme terrain where they were fighting, unhesitatingly and with complete disregard for his own life moved into the open, where he could gain a better position to transmit a call to get help for his men.
Moving away from the protective mountain rocks, he knowingly exposed himself to increased enemy gunfire. This deliberate and heroic act deprived him of cover and made him a target for the enemy. While continuing to be fired upon, Murphy made contact with the SOF Quick Reaction Force at Bagram Air Base and requested assistance. He calmly provided his unit's location and the size of the enemy force while requesting immediate support for his team. At one point he was shot in the back causing him to drop the transmitter. Murphy picked it back up, completed the call and continued firing at the enemy who was closing in. Severely wounded, Lt. Murphy returned to his cover position with his men and continued the battle.
An MH-47 Chinook helicopter, with eight additional SEALs and eight Army Night Stalkers aboard, was sent is as part of an extraction mission to pull out the four embattled SEALs. The MH-47 was escorted by heavily-armored, Army attack helicopters. Entering a hot combat zone, attack helicopters are used initially to neutralize the enemy and make it safer for the lightly-armored, personnel-transport helicopter to insert.
The heavy weight of the attack helicopters slowed the formation's advance prompting the MH-47 to outrun their armored escort. They knew the tremendous risk going into an active enemy area in daylight, without their attack support, and without the cover of night. Risk would, of course, be minimized if they put the helicopter down in a safe zone. But knowing that their warrior brothers were shot, surrounded and severely wounded, the rescue team opted to directly enter the oncoming battle in hopes of landing on brutally hazardous terrain.
As the Chinook raced to the battle, a rocket-propelled grenade struck the helicopter, killing all 16 men aboard.
On the ground and nearly out of ammunition, the four SEALs, Murphy, Luttrell, Dietz and Axelson, continued the fight. By the end of the two-hour gunfight that careened through the hills and over cliffs, Murphy, Axelson and Dietz had been killed. An estimated 35 Taliban were also dead.
The fourth SEAL, Luttrell, was blasted over a ridge by a rocket propelled grenade and was knocked unconscious. Regaining consciousness some time later, Luttrell managed to escape – badly injured – and slowly crawl away down the side of a cliff. Dehydrated, with a bullet wound to one leg, shrapnel embedded in both legs, three vertebrae cracked; the situation for Luttrell was grim. Rescue helicopters were sent in, but he was too weak and injured to make contact. Traveling seven miles on foot he evaded the enemy for nearly a day. Gratefully, local nationals came to his aid, carrying him to a nearby village where they kept him for three days. The Taliban came to the village several times demanding that Luttrell be turned over to them. The villagers refused. One of the villagers made his way to a Marine outpost with a note from Luttrell, and U.S. forces launched a massive operation that rescued him from enemy territory on July 2.
By his undaunted courage, intrepid fighting spirit and inspirational devotion to his men in the face of certain death, Lt. Murphy was able to relay the position of his unit, an act that ultimately led to the rescue of Luttrell and the recovery of the remains of the three who were killed in the battle.
This was the worst single-day U.S. Forces death toll since Operation Enduring Freedom began nearly six years ago. It was the single largest loss of life for Naval Special Warfare since World War II.
The Naval Special Warfare (NSW) community will forever remember June 28, 2005 and the heroic efforts and sacrifices of our special operators. We hold with reverence the ultimate sacrifice that they made while engaged in that fierce fire fight on the front lines of the global war on terrorism (GWOT).
-NSW-
OPERATION REDWING KIAs- On June 28, 2005, three of four SEALS on the ground (Murphy, Dietz, Axelson) were killed during combat operations in support of Operation Red Wing. ON the same say, a QRF of eight Navy SEALs and 8 Army Night Stalkers were also killed when the MH-47 helicopter that they were aboard was shot down by enemy fire in the vicinity of Asadabad, Afghanistan in Kumar Province.
SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Lt. (SEAL) Michael P. Murphy, 29, of Patchogue, N.Y.
Sonar Technician (Surface) 2nd Class (SEAL) Matthew G. Axelson, 29, of Cupertino, Calif.
Machinist Mate 2nd Class (SEAL) Eric S. Patton, 22, of Boulder City, Nev.
Senior Chief Information Systems Technician (SEAL) Daniel R. Healy, 36, of Exeter, N.H.
Quartermaster 2nd Class (SEAL) James Suh, 28, of Deerfield Beach, Fla.
SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2, Virginia Beach, Va.
Gunner's Mate 2nd Class (SEAL) Danny P. Dietz, 25, of Littleton, Colo.
SEAL Team 10, Virginia Beach, Va.
Chief Fire Controlman (SEAL) Jacques J. Fontan, 36, of New Orleans, La.
Lt. Cmdr. (SEAL) Erik S. Kristensen, 33, of San Diego, Calif.
Electronics Technician 1st Class (SEAL) Jeffery A. Lucas, 33, of Corbett, Ore.
Lt. (SEAL) Michael M. McGreevy Jr., 30, of Portville, N.Y.
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (SEAL) Jeffrey S. Taylor, 30, of Midway, W.Va.
Army Night Stalkers
3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Hunter Army Air Field, Ga.
Staff Sgt. Shamus O. Goare, 29, of Danville, Ohio.
Chief Warrant Officer Corey J. Goodnature, 35, of Clarks Grove, Minn.
Sgt. Kip A. Jacoby, 21, of Pompano Beach, Fla.
Sgt. 1st Class Marcus V. Muralles, 33, of Shelbyville, Ind.
Maj. Stephen C. Reich, 34, of Washington Depot, Conn.
Sgt. 1st Class Michael L. Russell, 31, of Stafford, Va.
Chief Warrant Officer Chris J. Scherkenbach, 40, of Jacksonville, Fla.
HQ Company, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Master Sgt. James W. Ponder III, 36, of Franklin, Tenn.
U.S. Navy SEALs are the maritime component of U.S. Special Operations Command and the Navy's special operations force. The SEALs take their name from the elements in which they operate – sea, air and land. Experts in special reconnaissance and direct action missions – SEALs continue to successfully execute DoD's most important warfighting missions in the GWOT
Padres to commemorate Operation Red Wing
UNION-TRIBUNE
DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO: A gametime tribute will be held tomorrow at Petco Park to mark the third anniversary of Operation Red Wing, which saw the largest loss of life for the military's special-operations community since World War II.
AdvertisementEleven Navy SEALs and eight Army commandos died June 28, 2005, during a battle between U.S. forces and Taliban fighters in the Konar province of Afghanistan. The dead included men trained, stationed or living in San Diego County.
Only Petty Officer 1st Class Marcus Luttrell survived. He will throw the first pitch at tomorrow's Padres game. The tribute will include Navy Leap Frogs parachuting into Petco Park and a fly-by of four Navy F-18 fighter jets.
First American Military Inc. is coordinating the commemoration. –R.R
armorer1
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Today was 3 year mark. I've found myself thinking about it alot. I was in Baghdad at the time and saw part of it from the Predator UAV feed in the TOC. We saw enemies coming up the mountain, the IR buzzsaw (which ironically Marcus describes in his book). RIP Men.
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safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
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Conquer Life.
RIP Warriors. Thank you for your sacrifice.
"..We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today who sheds his blood with me shall forever be my brother..."
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glassiam
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RIP....gone but never forgotten.
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SHOOB
Authorized Personnel
I was going through some photos that my brother sent me from Bagram. That very day he snapped some shots of the guys heading out. If I can I will post them with approval.
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Sweep the leg...
I met Danny while he was in SQT. He was a solid guy and very humble.
I had just gotten out of the military and was working for Gold's Gym when I walked in one morning and saw Danny's photo on the big screen TV. My first thought was that he had done something great, and for some reason it never crossed my mind something bad had happened... I dropped my stuff and walked over to see what was going on. I just remember thinking, "No fucking way..."
Sad day... RIP SEALs. RIP Soldiers.
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I am into Champagne
Location: Too low, too fast, etc.
There is Memorial with statue of these SEAL (SEAL Axelson has 'home town' of city where Memorial is located) very close to where I live at this time. If any would be interested, it would gladly go with digital camera to capture some good photograph of it. I will then send photograph to you with electronic mail.
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montyburnz
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I'll take you up on that offer. Matt was my partner for the PT test to see who made it into indoc. We were the first class to have the 5 1/2 week "indoc" prior to 1st Phase. I also helped fix his, Murph's, and Suh's MK 12's up during our CERTEX (what used to ORE for the older Frogs....) Email: Lbarker167@aol.com....thanks!!
Today is the 4 year "anniversary" since we lost our brothers in Operation Red Wing...please take a moment to remember their sacrifices. I still remember watching the Predator feed in the TOC in Baghdad like it was yesterday...RIP men...you are all missed.
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Today (06.28.2009), in remembrance of Operation Red Wings there was a park dedication ceremony to commemorate our soldiers KIA on June 28, 2005. A huge debt of gratitude and a "THANK YOU" to these brave soldiers and their loving families for their ultimate sacrifices.
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Home » Sports » August Start Date On The Cards For Clare LGFA Club Championships
Clare LGFA Chairman David O'Brien. Pic by Arthur Ellis
August Start Date On The Cards For Clare LGFA Club Championships
Derrick Lynch
The 2020 Clare Ladies football club championships are currently provisionally set to begin on August 10, according to chairman David O'Brien.
Kilmihil were due to get the defence of their title underway this month, with the first two rounds originally pencilled in for June. That plan was scuppered by the outbreak of Covid-19, with Monday night fixtures now likely to utilised in order to counteract a packed local Gaelic Games calendar.
The Cooraclare clubman confirmed that the county final weekend is planned to be on September 20, meaning the championship will be run off over a six week period. O'Brien outlined that clubs have been contacted over the last few weeks and the board are now awaiting feedback on what teams will be vying for honours this year. He also confirmed that underage competitions will be taking place for ladies football in Clare.
"We already had structures in place for the U-14 and U-16 age groups and while the U-16 will run as planned, we have decided that the U-14 league will also be the championship. The U-16 and U-12 competitions will get going first and then we will have the U-14 and minor later on. At the moment, we have asked clubs to let us know what they have in terms of numbers and teams so that we can put a final structure on it. Some clubs have two or three teams but they may not be able to field that many this year due to the Covid-19 crisis" he explained.
The decision to explore the option of playing championship games on Monday nights is one O'Brien feels is borne out of necessity, with a packed sporting calendar to come over the next few months.
"We have been liaising with the camogie board in terms of fixtures to avoid clashing, but we felt that with the men's championship going to be on the same time as us, it could be tight to get venues at the weekend. That is why we looked at playing on the Monday nights. If clubs want to play any day across the weekend, we can try to do that too but we have looked at the Monday nights for a lot of games. We are not too out of sync in terms of our fixtures as our county final would have been on the same weekend regardless. It just means that we have to fit the earlier rounds into the timeframe now over a shorter period. We are also looking at the option of playing games on a home and away basis up to the final because we feel it is not fair for a host club to have their Covid supervisor on duty for all that needs to be done. We will be discussing that when we sit down with the fixtures committee. It is obviously a situation that is changing rapidly so we will be watching how things play out but that is how we are looking at the moment" he stated.
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phlat wrote: ... If the electric was cut, I'm assuming it would be a bit of a disaster, only recovered by manual operation from that point?
My power went out a few times last month, and when it came back on the BM asked if I wanted to resume or quit! So I resumed of course.
Unfortunately it never beeped for the hop additions. A little inconvenient, but at least I didn't have to re programme to start from where I could only guess it stopped.
That is handy to know Dan, I am always worried if the power goes out while I am brewing.
I thought the way that phlat did above....that it would be a manual procedure from the cut off point, at a guess.
I would buy a 50L with the 25L pipe if I could go back in time. I would do my own recipes with the 25L pipe first, then repeat the good ones with the 50L.
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I have a 50L BM and to be honest the lift out of the kettle was a struggle. Im borrowing a lifting hoist from work for brew day, I just hope the sheds roof can take the weight!! But moving from a 5 Gallon system to a 50 L system, made it more of a chore than fun!!
I brew less because of the volume so I dont need to. I have the 25 malt pipe too but I never use it!!
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Beerkench wrote: I would do my own recipes with the 25L pipe first, then repeat the good ones with the 50L.
That's how I use mine.
ChilliMayne wrote: I have a 50L BM and to be honest the lift out of the kettle was a struggle. Im borrowing a lifting hoist from work for brew day, I just hope the sheds roof can take the weight!! But moving from a 5 Gallon system to a 50 L system, made it more of a chore than fun!!
If the hoist works, then I'm sure you'll find it less of a chore. I couldn't brew with the 50L malt pipe without the hoist for fear of bringing on lower back problems!
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going for the 50L version.
paddye wrote: going for the 50L version.
I was going for the 50 model, but changed my mind when i put the order.
The reason i changed my mind was that i'm afraid that the malt pipe would be quite heavy with the 50 model, and i really would like to be able to brew on my own without asking my wife for help.
Another thing that helped the decision was that the 16A fuse needed would limit me to brew in certain places of my house (kitchen or washing room) since most rooms have 10A fuses.
I also really like to brew, so i don't mind doing it a bit more often.
I have been doing biab and carrying 2x20l buckets up two flights of stairs in my mates house without any problem so I figured this cant be that bad. if it turns out too mutch I can always put a pulley in the ceiling. I got the short pipe too so I can play with smaller batches while I perfect the recipe. cant wait for it to arrive, neither can my new 5 y.o. brew mate (obviously she wont be near the hot stuff).
It is right on the edge, make sure you are straight on to the a good ring main ans not a spur.
......and certainly no miles of extension.
I know that it's a bit late for this input, but I have a 20L and have never regretted not getting the 50L.
I like to brew and to drink different types of beer and think that I'd struggle to get through 50L batches.
In an ideal world though I would really like another BM 20L to go with the one that I have, so that I could brew two different brews at the same time.
+1 I really like the 20l size. Easy to handle. I don't drink a huge amount, normally a stock of about 12 crates bottled... when 3 become free (36 bottles) I put another brew on.
I don't I want or need a 50 - it would perhaps be more of a hindrance than a benefit. Certainly don't want a gen2.


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An assay was developed for quantitation of the antigenic relationship between viruses, by modification of the indirect ELISA. The principle of this method is to estimate the epitopes not shared between the related viruses, after titration of the antibodies specific to the common epitopes as in a blocking ELISA. In practice, varying concentrations of purified virus are preincubated with a fixed dilution of heterologous or homologous antiserum and the unbound antibodies present in the mixture are back titrated with virus particles bound to microtitre plates. The antigenic relationship is described in terms of differentiation index (DI) and total antigenic reactivity (TAR). This method has been used to quantitate cross-reactivity between two geographically different isolates of Oryctes baculovirus.
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Ep111: Discovering The Sound of Your Soul and Your Heart's Truth with guest Morgan Bolender
Morgan Bolender and I first met at Grace Cathedral, after Danielle LaPorte's book tour for White Hot Truth. Morgan had opened for Danielle, and I was blown away by her song, Mary Oliver. I stopped by where she was selling CDs and asked if she did podcast interviews (something I never do) and she said yes. After a couple of emails back and forth while Morgan was on a nation wide house concert tour, we found a time to speak. She joins me today to share about discovering the sound of your soul.
Morgan is pretty amazing, and that's putting it lightly. After graduating college, she moved to Kona to be a 3rd grade special education teacher. But that didn't light her up, and she found herself, as many of us find ourselves, stuck in that place where you know you can "keep going in social prestige with something that 'sounds good' while doing something on the side that felt like a devotion to my heart's truth" but she quickly realized that she couldn't do that, because it would never feel fully in integrity. As she tells me, she "can't be anything BUT my heart's truth."
She shares the story of how she left teaching, and you need to listen because it is truly filled with magic and discovery. Wayne Dyer often talks about how when you are living in intention, you will find the right people, the right things, fall into place and that is exactly what happened for Morgan when she began her journey to find her heart's truth.
What I love so much about our discussion is that Morgan is someone who is deeply curious. She follows her gut to things, even when they are scary or painful, and she does so in the earnest name of growth. She started out her journey being truly afraid to sing, but realized that singing was her gift and her calling, and followed it. It takes a lot of strength to do the things that scare us, and those fears often stop us before we can get to the heart of our own truths. Morgan pushed beyond that.
I love that she shares about her song, Mary Oliver, as well. It's a song about her own journey, and it's a journey so many of us can relate to. We get started out on a path that we are praised for, one that might feel like the right thing to do. And then somewhere along the way we wake up and realize that it feels constricting and wrong and there's something else that calls our name.
The sound of our soul is near to the heart of joy. I'm so grateful that Morgan has followed her heart and put her voice out there for all of us to hear.
In this episode, Morgan and I talk about:
– How she was introspective and oddly serious as a child, with solitude bringing her joy
– Her song writing process with partner Scott
– Her journey from being a teacher to becoming a singer and song writer that started with her saying "Take me where I need to go"
– Living on an organic farm and hearing her own voice singing for the very first time
– Following your fears and growing
– Discovering the sound of your soul with Morgan Bolender
– How she pitched Danielle LaPorte and all about her singing in Grace Cathedral
– Her blog, The Unraveling
– What resistance has looked like for her: trying her very hardest in her creative pursuits, and breaking down the BS that comes with being self taught (and feeling like that is a badge of honor)
– What brings her joy: little joys, hugs, and setting intentional time
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What:Shares of Qunar Cayman Islands, Ltd. fell more than 16.6% Monday as the broader Chinese stock market pulled back. Qunar also revealed significant management changes.
So what: The primary culprit behind today's plunge appears to be the former; The Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index plunged a harrowing 6.9% Monday, while the Shenzhen Composite Index dropped 8.2% after a new report showed China's manufacturing sector contracted at the end of 2015.
Even as China halted equities trading in response, many U.S.-listed China stocks fell as a result. That included a nearly 3% decline in Ctrip.com , which completed a share swap roughly nine weeks ago with Baidu in exchange for shares representing around 45% of Qunar's voting interest.
With that in mind, likely exaggerating Qunar's decline today was its management shakeup, which included appointing Zhenyu Chen (formerly head of Qunar's mobile business group) as Qunar's new CEO, Qiang Zhang (former head of the destination services business group) as chief operating officer, and Xiaolu Zhu (former Senior Director of Strategy and Investor Relations) as its new chief financial officer. Note that Zhang, for his part, was only just promoted to his role at the destination services group in September, when Qunar announced a separate organizational realignment just prior to the Ctrip deal in October.
Consequently, Qunar's co-founder, CC Zhuang, is stepping down from his post as director and CEO, and Yilu Zhao will step down from her post as CFO. Both Zhuang and Zhao will serve as senior advisors until the end of the first quarter. Qunar also announced three new independent directors to be added to its board -- Jimmy Lai, Jianmin Zhu, and Ying Shi.
Now what: But this management shift isn't particularly surprising in light of Ctrip taking a significant stake, and and as the two companies prepare to make the most of their partnership. As Chen stated in today's press release, Qunar and Ctrip together hope to "build a more robust travel eco-system in China and Bring long-term synergies and value to our shareholders."
"I wish the very best for the cooperation between Ctrip and Qunar," added Zhuang, "and believe that the potential for the two companies will be tremendous."
In the end -- and regardless of what the broader Chinese stock market is doing at any given moment -- that's why I think Qunar investors would be wise ignore these kinds of wide wings, and instead focus primarily on whether this new partnership bears fruit as expected.
The article Why Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd. Stock Plunged Today originally appeared on Fool.com.
Steve Symington has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Baidu. The Motley Fool recommends Ctrip.com International. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


With the news of a Nintendo collaboration with Universal Studios, many fans are excited for the theme park possibilities. Will there be a Mario Kart ride? How about a Pokémon one? Well, ten years ago, there was an entire amusement park in Japan dedicated to Pocket Monsters.
Dubbed Pokémon The Park 2005 (and, like the future Wii game, called "PokéPark" for short), the temporary theme park was only opened for a limited time. Located in Nagoya, it kicked off in March 2005 and ended its run that September. The following year, a limited-time-only PokéPark opened in Taiwan in June and wrapped up on September 24.
Over on 2ch, net users have been looking back at Pokémon The Park 2005 by posting pictures and commenting how fun it all looked. Remember, this theme park wasn't designed to be permanent, so think of it as a traveling fair. With Pocket Monsters. How cool is that?


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292.—(1) Subject to subsection (3), where any goods of a company are taken in execution, and, before the sale thereof or the completion of the execution by the receipt or recovery of the full amount of the levy, notice is served on the sheriff that a provisional liquidator has been appointed or that a winding-up order has been made or that a resolution for voluntary winding up has been passed, the sheriff shall, on being so required, deliver the goods and any money seized or received in part satisfaction of the execution to the liquidator, but the costs of the execution shall be a first charge on the goods or the money so delivered, and the liquidator may sell the goods or a sufficient part thereof for the purpose of satisfying that charge.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), where under an execution in respect of a judgment for a sum exceeding £20 the goods of a company are sold or money is paid in order to avoid sale, the sheriff shall deduct the costs of the execution from the proceeds of the sale or the money paid and retain the balance for 14 days, and if within that time notice is served on him of a petition for the winding up of the company having been presented or of a meeting having been called at which there is to be proposed a resolution for the voluntary winding up of the company and an order is made or a resolution is passed, as the case may be, for the winding up of the company, the sheriff shall pay the balance to the liquidator who shall be entitled to retain it as against the execution creditor.
(3) The rights conferred by this section on the liquidator may be set aside by the court in favour of the creditor to such extent and subject to such terms as the court thinks fit.
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The Thirty-Six New Views of Mount Fuji takes its starting point from Katsushika Hokusai's Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, a series of color woodblock prints that depict Mount Fuji from thirty-six different perspectives. They draw upon his motifs and those of other Western and Japanese artists, juxtaposing an idealized historical view of Mount Fuji and Japanese culture with the actual reality of contemporary society.
The images constitute a social critique while simultaneously posing a series of questions related to art history and the possibility of satire in contemporary society. As if through gaps in the clouds, the views offer random glimpses into the development of post-World War II Japan.
By comparing the often humorous and witty disparities between the original and the recomposed images, Seisai invites viewers to examine the differences between traditional and contemporary Japanese culture.
Edo-period Japan was a formidable consumer society, but it was also one based on an impressive model of sustainability. By contrast, modern consumer society cares too little for sustainability, and its reckless use of the earth's resources has led to the destruction of our environment. Though the focus of the images is Japan, the broader issues, such as environmental destruction and mindless consumption, will strike a chord with viewers everywhere.
Deeply informed by Japan's artistic tradition, the Thirty-Six New Views of Mount Fuji will encourage viewers to engage both aesthetically and intellectually on a broad range of issues. At the same time, many of the images are playful and fun, incorporating ideas of asobi (play), so important in traditional Japanese art. They will appeal to a large audience, both specialist and nonspecialist.
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Technical analysis: Combustion secret to Ferrari 2016 hopes
Ferrari is bullish it can start the 2016 Formula 1 season on the top step of the podium. Franco Nugnes looks at the Italian squad's plans to make the step to beat Mercedes in Australia.
Formula 1 teams well know the PR dangers that come from over-promising and under-delivering, which makes Ferrari's recent bold statements of intent about a winning start in Melbourne intriguing.
President Sergio Marchionne is adamant that from the first race, Ferrari must be a Mercedes-beater. But is this all just wishful thinking, or does he know something that those outside the team are unaware of?
Here, we look at the design avenues that Ferrari have been looking at in a bid to overhaul the Silver Arrows, especially when it comes to closing down the horsepower deficit the Prancing Horse has faced.
Engine focus
Perhaps Marchionne's optimism of an attacking start is based on the reality of encouraging data that is coming out of Maranello, both in terms of aerodynamics and, more significantly, on the engine front.
And could it be in the latter area – with it widely accepted that much of Mercedes' dominance has been based on its brilliant power unit execution – where Ferrari has made some significant gains.
300 bar pressure
According to Motorsport.com sources, Ferrari's focus in engine development this winter – helped by an easing of development restrictions – has been on the combustion chamber of the new 059/5 V6 engine.
It is suggested that chief designer Lorenzo Sassi has pushed for an innovative direction, both in terms of packaging but also in terms of performance.
One target that has been set has been to reach a 300 bar pressure in the combustion chamber, much higher than last year's figures that were understood to be around 220-240 bar.
Operating like a diesel
Ferrari's aim is to reduce the ignition time, and make the engine operate in a similar way to a diesel with auto-combustion.
If you can get the fuel to burn before the ignition spark, through high pressure within the chamber, then that will deliver a substantial increase in power. It's easy to say but very complicated to carry out.
Variable intake trumpets
Variable trumpets assembly
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Achieving that target can be improved by bringing fresh air inside the combustion chamber, and Ferrari has decided to optimise this area with variable geometry.
Although variable intake trumpets (PICTURED) were banned in 2014, they were allowed from last year, although Ferrari did not pursue that route initially.
Last year, Ferrari has its compressor and intercooler between the cylinder banks (SEE MAIN IMAGE) – but these are now set to be moved to make way for the variable intake trumpets. There will also be bigger air and water intercoolers than last year.
Temperature issues
Higher pressure inside the combustion chamber to create auto combustion will obviously result in higher operating temperatures – perhaps up to 1100 degrees Centigrade.
This is why cooling has become a big focus too – especially with there being a limit of five engines for the 21 grands prix scheduled to take place this year.
Closer partnerships
Well aware of how Mercedes has made good gains through its close relationship with Petronas, so too Ferrari is working in unison with its fuel supplier Shell, to deliver a product that fits in with the characteristics it wants.
With Magneti Marelli too, there has been revisions to the injectors to ramp up the pressure to 500 bar – and a new carbon fuel pump.
Ferrari is also eager to ensure that performance gains do not compromise reliability, with engine chief Mattia Binotto having utilised facilities at AVL Graz under the supervision of Wolf Zimmermann, a specialist who brought with him knowledge from Mercedes when he joined in 2014.
Work ongoing
It is clear Ferrari is leaving no stone unturned in its bid to deliver on the high targets being set by Marchionne. With still more than one month to go before the first test, its efforts are not easing off, but the proof of its work will only come when cars hit the track for the first time.
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Although the phrase has its origin in the Baroque period, when it refers to perspectival illusionism, use of trompe-l'œil dates back much further. It was (and is) often employed in murals. Instances from Greek and Roman times are known, for instance in Pompeii. A typical trompe-l'œil mural might depict a window, door, or hallway, intended to suggest a larger room.
A version of an oft-told ancient Greek story concerns a contest between two renowned painters. Zeuxis produced a still life painting so convincing, that birds flew down from the sky to peck at the painted grapes. He was then asked by his rival, Parrhasius, to pull back a pair of very tattered curtains in order to see the painting behind them. Parrhasius won the contest, as his painting was the curtains themselves.
With the superior understanding of perspective drawing achieved in the Renaissance, Italian painters of the late Quattrocento such as Andrea Mantegna and Melozzo da Forlì began painting illusionistic ceiling paintings, generally in fresco, that employed perspective and techniques such as foreshortening in order to give the impression of greater space to the viewer below. This type of trompe l'œil illusionism as specifically applied to ceiling paintings is known as di sotto in sù, meaning from below, upward in Italian. The elements above the viewer are rendered as if viewed from true vanishing point perspective. Well-known examples are the Camera degli Sposi in Mantua and Antonio da Correggio's Assumption of the Virgin in the Duomo of Parma.
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Announced today at Alpha Software's Worldwide Developer Conference 2014, the SaaS Framework automatically adds all the necessary components to transform an app created in Alpha Anywhere into a commercial SaaS app
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BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alpha Software Corporation today announced the availability of the SaaS Framework, built on top of the highly-productive low-code Alpha Anywhere application development and deployment environment, which enables developers and entrepreneurs to quickly build offline-capable mobile and web business applications.
As interest in entrepreneurship reaches an all-time high, businesses and entrepreneurs are turning to SaaS to achieve many benefits such as low overhead costs and scalability. But building a successful SaaS application can be a complex task involving many different layers. The software must be easy to use and functional on multiple platforms such as desktops and mobile, performance requires well-written code and a well-designed database, and security is paramount.
Alpha Software has addressed these challenges with the customizable SaaS Framework, which provides all the necessary pages and components that are standard with most SaaS business apps, such as user authentication, free trial status and client portals. The SaaS Framework is suitable for all the product stages, from prototype to full product. It also provides valuable components required for scalable database design and multi-tenancy applications. Native Alpha Anywhere user security is incorporated into the SaaS Framework to create a secure and flexible security model.
"SaaS applications can be very profitable for developers and entrepreneurs but the development of these applications can pose many challenges, from security to scalability to performance," said Richard Rabins, Alpha Software Corporation CEO. "By adding the new SaaS Framework capabilities into the Alpha Anywhere environment that our customers have come to rely on, we're further enhancing the appeal of Alpha Anywhere. It is not only the ideal environment for rapidly building enterprise-grade offline-capable mobile and web applications, but it now also becomes a secret weapon for developers and entrepreneurs who want to get their commercial mobile and web SaaS app to market quickly and cost effectively."
"Alpha Anywhere streamlines the process of creating mobile and web business apps, which would otherwise be very costly and time-consuming," said Scott Moore, Co-Founder, PetSitClick.com and DwellPoint.com. "I've launched two successful SaaS businesses using Alpha's environment. Alpha Anywhere and the SaaS Framework allowed me to create apps easily, without hiring outside developers, and enabled me to focus on running and growing my businesses."
Apps created in Alpha Anywhere with the SaaS Framework can be hosted at the location of the developer's choice. Alpha Software offers hosting through its partnership with Zebrahost.net who manages the installation, setup and support on IBM/Softlayer servers around the world. Zebrahost has years of experience hosting applications built with Alpha Anywhere. It offers a very scalable hosting solution that can match the dynamic needs of a SaaS product, and can scale up and down as needed, therefore allowing for very low operating costs for the SaaS owner.
The SaaS Framework is an add-on to Alpha Anywhere that activates pre-written pages and code, including:
All Alpha Anywhere Features and Updates
Free Trial Status
Signup and Login Pages
Helpful information on Database Design and Component Design
Fully Scalable Architecture
Optional Training, Mentorship and Support by Alpha Anywhere SaaS Experts
For more information, please visit: http://saas.alphasoftware.com/saas_features.html.
About Alpha Software Corporation
Alpha Software empowers a wide range of business application developers with innovative development and deployment products that offer significant productivity gains. Alpha Anywhere is the complete front-end to back-end, prototype-to-production environment for rapidly developing and deploying enterprise-level, cross-platform mobile and web business applications that work offline. For over a decade, developers and business leaders in tens of thousands of organizations in over one hundred countries have cost-effectively deployed enterprise applications with Alpha Software products in-house and in the cloud. For more information, visit www.AlphaSoftware.com, follow us on Twitter at @AlphaSoftware.
Alpha Anywhere is a trademark of Alpha Software Corporation, Burlington, Massachusetts. All other product and company names and marks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.
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Alpha Software announced the availability of the SaaS Framework, built on top of the highly-productive low-code Alpha Anywhere application development and deployment environment.


LOS ANGELES – September 7, 2012 – T3fun today announced a full lineup of events for Hellgate Global players this September that will challenge all to a heated battle against the demons of Hell. The minions of evil have mercilessly charged their way into the once-safe abode of the humans, but with more powerful equipment now available for Earth's defenders, surviving the onslaught just got easier. Players can expect tons of rewards and deals this month, especially those who are fortunate enough to encounter the Auspicious Merchant Beelphegor!
Gear Up! – Tired of demons laying waste to your character? Fear not. Simply upgrade your weapons or armor to +10 or +12 within the event period, submit a mail inquiry and your precious equipment will be upgraded instantly to +11 or +13, respectively.
Auspicious Merchant – Listen to the call of the Auspicious Merchant as he pawns his wares for palladium or auto-dismantlers. Bargain hunters should be on alert to meet the lucky Beelphegor. Who knows? You might just get the rare item you've long been searching for.
Breached! – Green Park Station is under assault! Demons of all shapes and sizes will be randomly spawned to bring death and destruction to the area. It's up to you and your unyielding strength to protect the base and show Hell's armies who's boss.
Above and Beyond – Want an extra bang for the premium items you've been purchasing? Ten players who purchase premium items will be randomly selected each week to win special prizes that will be distributed at the end of the month. The top five spenders at the end of the event will be receiving a very rare, unique prize.
Hellgate Global continues to present a wide array of exciting and rewarding events that keeps the community bursting with energy. This September will prove to be a challenge for all types of players. The fight for the survival of the human race is at its fever pitch in Hellgate Global!
Download the official press kit for Hellgate Global.
T3 Entertainment is a major Korean MMO developer and publisher of online games with branches in Korea, Great Britain, China, Taiwan, and Japan. Its name was established in the Asian market with the blockbuster hit 'Audition' and has been quickly expanding since, with over 300 million current users in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. With a large work-force and skill in the development of online games, T3 Entertainment has won a "Best Game of the Year" award on numerous occasions for its various titles. In conjunction with HanbitSoft, the company operates an online games portal consolidating its latest and most popular Free-to-Play MMO titles, found at www.T3Fun.com. For more information about T3 Entertainment, please visit www.t3.co.kr.
Formed in April 2008, Redbana Corporation is the North American publishing arm of Korea's leading videogame developer and publisher, T3 Entertainment. With the considerable support of its parent company, Redbana ultimately aims to take a place among the elite interactive entertainment studios in the North American market by offering the most high-quality and entertaining online games in the world that appeal to a wide audience of consumers. The company has released Audition Online, a rhythm-based online dance game with more than 300 million registered players worldwide, and most recently launched CardMon Hero, a popular Korean card-summoning MMORPG, while continuing development on the fast-paced hack-and-slash MMORPG Mythos. For more information about Redbana, please visit www.redbana.com.


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Tracuateua Marine Extractive Reserve ( is a marine extractive reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil.
It is used for small-scale farming and fishing, but the main activity is scavenging for crabs. The reserve is suffering from growing human pressure leading to dwindling stocks of resources.

Location

The Tracuateua Marine Extractive Reserve is in the coastal marine biome and has an area of .
It includes the estuary of the Tracuateua River, Quatipuru bay and the coast to the east.
65.71% of the reserve is in the municipality of Tracuateua, Pará, and 0.71% is in the municipality of Bragança, Pará.
The reserve adjoins the Caeté-Taperaçu Marine Extractive Reserve to the east.
The reserve differs from other coastal marine reserves protecting mangroves in that it includes fields within its area and fish in freshwater ponds.
Vegetation is mainly mangrove species of the genera Rhizophora, Avicennia and Laguncularia.

As of 2015 about 30,000 people depended on the reserve for their living. There were about 130 families living within the reserve and 2,200 coming from outside.
The user population as of 2016 was about 2,500 families of farmers, either small landowners or leaseholders.
The main activity is scavenging for crabs.

Administration

The Tracuateua Marine Extractive Reserve was created by decree on 20 May 2005 and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.
It is classed as IUCN protected area category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources).
An extractive reserve is an area used by traditional extractive populations whose livelihood is based on extraction, subsistence agriculture and small-scale animal raising.
Its basic objectives are to protect the livelihoods and culture of these people and to ensure sustainable use of natural resources.
The deliberative council was created on 20 November 2007.
The reserve is open only to visitors with special permission.

The European Union funds the Tracuateua Project, which is coordinated by AUREMAT (User's Association of the Tracuateua Marine Extractive Reserve).
The project operates in four marine extractive reserves in the municipalities of Tracuateua, Bragança, Viseu and Augusto Corrêa in the Salgado region of the state of Pará.
The purpose is to reduce predatory activities and strengthen sustainable production, marketing and processing of extractive products.

Issues

Issues include a growing population of users and outsiders, leading to reduction of stocks of fish and shellfish, dependence on middlemen for marketing and loose animals in the reserve.
Horses were let loose after people began using motorbikes, and horses and buffaloes now invade the fields where the users grow tobacco and cassava, damaging the crops.
There are conflicts between the residents and bird hunters.
Meros, a type of large grouper, were once common but are now endangered due to over-fishing.

Notes

Sources

2005 establishments in Brazil
Marine extractive reserves of Brazil
Protected areas of Pará
Protected areas established in 2005

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Le Dýrafjörður est un fjord de la région de Vestfirðir (les fjords de l'ouest) situé entre l'Arnarfjörður et l'Önundarfjörður qui mesure  de long et  de large à l'embouchure. Il fait maintenant partie de la municipalité d'Ísafjörður.

Deux collines, de chaque côté du fjord : le Sandafell () au sud et le Myrafell () au nord, bloquent la vue de sorte que la totalité du fjord n'est pas visible depuis le fond. Il s'ouvre comme une porte au cours de la navigation et certains disent que c'est ce qui lui a donné son nom (dyr : porte) mais, d'après le Landnámabók, il aurait été appelé ainsi d'après un certain Dýri, du Sunnmæri.

Sur les deux rives, un relief adouci a permis l'établissement de quelques agglomérations à l'intérieur du fjord. Au fond se trouvent les vallées de Gláma, créées par un ancien glacier.

Sur la côte sud, en contrebas du Sandafell, se trouve le village de Þingeyri, fondé au , où se tenaient auparavant un parlement (þing) et un marché. Non loin se trouve Haudalakur où vivait le hors-la-loi Gísli Súrsson. Une route passant par le désert de Hrafnseyrarheiði vers l'Arnarfjörður reste fermée pendant l'hiver ; la construction d'un tunnel est prévue pour relier Dýrafjörður à Arnarfjörður. Sur la côte nord, une bonne route permet d'aller de Gemlufallsheiði à Önundarfjörður.

Le vieux manoir et l'église de Nupur se situent en aval du Myrafell sur la côte nord. Une école y a été fondée en 1907. Elle fut école de district jusqu'en 1992, date à laquelle elle devint un hôtel pendant l'été. Il existe d'autres églises, celle de Myrum sur la côte nord et celle appelée Hraunskirkja (église de lave) à Keldudal en face sur la côte sud, mais cette dernière n'est plus le siège d'une paroisse, la  vallée ayant été désertée. Une autre église existait auparavant à Sandur mais elle a été transférée à Þingeyri.

Colonisation
Quatre colons découvrirent le Dýrafjördur : Dýri, de qui le fjord tient le nom et qui aurait vécu à Hálsum, Erik, de Keldudal, Véteinn Végeirsson, de Haukadal, et Þórður Víkingsson, qui s'installa le premier à Alviðra. On prétendait que Þórður était le fils du roi Harald Ier de Norvège, ce que conteste Guðbrandur Vigfússon.

Personnalités
 Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon, grammairien islandais du , est né dans le Dýrafjörður.

Galerie

Notes et références

Liens externes
  Site de Þingeyri

Fjord en Islande
Fjord de l'océan Atlantique
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Welcome back everyone to another week of snippets in 8 sentences from authors of all genres. Each week we share a sample of a previous book or upcoming book or sometimes a work in progress. Go here to check it out www.wewriwa.com. This week I'm continuing with the next book in my Warlord series so it's a work in progress. I've managed to avoid getting the blurb done but I'll have to face the music soon. LOL.
The story is about the best friend of my hero in Honor Bound. Last weeks 8 showed Argan, a warlord who thought he knew exactly what he wanted from life, watching two of his friends who have found love and he's starting to reevaluate things. My heroine is just what the tough warlord needs.
Puffs of air escaped her parted lips as Shaina leaped from one boulder to the next. Loud grunts ahead, warned that the Gorn she and her men tracked were not far ahead.
"Hettle," she cursed as her feet skipped and slid down the rocky incline, kicking up red dust on the trail.
Justan glanced back and hesitated, silver eyes alight.
"Don't," she growled. If the others considered her a weakness, Shaina wouldn't stand a chance resisting Ivak's attempts to rest her rule away.
Lips firm, he nodded abruptly and increased his pace down the slope. Fortunately, the other three men with them missed the byplay.
Nice writing, Michelle. You put me in the scene, sliding down the slope with her.
Love the cursing – hettle. Lots of tension. Good 8.
Your eight bristles with tension and excitement.
Really great details. You do an amazing job of creating a taut scene while giving us a touch of backstory. Nice!
Love the action and tension here. Great snippet!
A very exciting excerpt, loved the political considerations she has to wrestle with, as well as the physical challenge of the hunt. Great 8!
Loved the action and tension between them.


Jasmin daily : APRIL FAVORITES + MIX IT MONDAYS LINK UP!
I love recapping the month, looking back on what I've worn, what I love and what I hate as well as which trends I gravitated towards. However, today I am especially excited because I am cohosting the lovely Lauren from the blog Fizz and Frosting's, Mix it Mondays link up. This is a link up I look forward to every week because as you all know I love finding ways to re-wear items and Lauren does just that! So make sure you link up with us, we would love to see your style, and if you don't already follow Lauren you really should!
Linking up with Hello Monday, #HowISpring, and Weekend Snapshots!
So many great looks! Thanks for co-hosting!
Great post. As summers are almost here these trends will be helpful for looking beautiful. I liked all your outfits. Hoping of buying some of these.
Hey! Looking beautiful. Would like to buy the same outfit for this summers especially the shorts. I usually remove all hairs from my legs before wearing shorts by using hair removal creams.


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Israeli Forces Shoot Syrian Shepherd near Lebanese Border
TEHRAN (defapress) – Israeli troops shot and wounded a Syrian shepherd near the border with Lebanon under the pretext that the shepherd had crossed the border into the occupied territories.
Publish Date: 19May 2020 - 15:13
The Lebanese satellite television station al-Manar reported that the Israeli forces opened fire on the Syrian shepherd working on a farm in the Kfarchouba Hills area, which is on the Lebanese side of the UN-drawn Blue Line.
"A short while ago... troops spotted a suspect who crossed the Blue Line from Lebanon" into Israel, the military said in a statement, Press TV reported.
"The suspect was injured from fire and is being evacuated to a hospital … in Israel," it added.
The Lebanese military identified the man as Mohamad Noureddine Abdel al-Azim, a cattle herder and Syrian citizen.
Lebanon said it was following up on the incident in coordination with the UN peacekeepers who patrol the Blue Line. The United Nations marked out the line between Lebanon and Israel in 2000.
Israel and Lebanon are technically at war.
In 2006, Israel launched a 33-day war on Lebanon, in which about 1,200 Lebanese, most of them civilians, lost their lives.
Israel violates Lebanon's airspace on an almost daily basis, claiming the flights serve surveillance purposes.
Lebanon's government, the Hezbollah resistance movement and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) have repeatedly condemned the overflights, saying they are in clear violation of UN Resolution 1701 and the country's sovereignty.
UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which brokered a ceasefire in the war of aggression Israel launched against Lebanon in 2006, calls on Tel Aviv to respect Beirut's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
In the occupied territories, an Israeli court convicted a Jewish settler of racially motivated murder in a 2015 arson attack that claimed the lives of a Palestinian couple and their baby in the occupied West Bank.
On July 31, 2015, a large fire broke out after settlers threw firebombs and Molotov cocktails into two Palestinian houses in the town of Duma, located 25 km southeast of Nablus, setting them ablaze while their inhabitants were asleep.
The arson attack killed 18-month-old baby, Ali Dawabsheh, and critically wounded his father and mother, Sa'ad and Riham, who later succumbed to their injuries.
The triple conviction of Amiram Ben-Uliel, 25, can result in a potential life prison sentence. He has argued that Israeli investigators obtained false confessions from him under duress.
Ben-Uliel would appeal the verdict at Israel's supreme court, his lawyer said.
Israeli settlers have in recent years carried out various attacks on Palestinian property in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem (al-Quds) under the "price tag" slogan.
Price tag attacks are acts of vandalism and violence against Palestinians and their property as well as Muslim holy sites.
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Thanks to all who joined us for 2016 Christmas Show!
FROLICS ETC . . .
Woody Regan at the Piano!
Thanks to all who joined on October 21!
...Let's Go On With The Show!
Jim Allen at the Piano!
(343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788) on Friday, November 30th, at 7:00 pm.
Twitter Stream the other night when the popular music awards were being presented on TV.
night's show). I can't wait!
UPCOMING SHOWS ! ! !
BRONWYN'S ANNUAL HOLIDAY CLASSIC !
St. Patrick's Day with Bronwyn!
Surprise Guest was Tony Bennett!
Debuting a Brand New Christmas Song!
Jerry Scott at the Piano!
Catch Bronwyn & Friends Each Monday!
Jerry Drake's Big Band Variety Show.
included actress Louise O'Brien of Sing Along With Mitch fame!
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at the Times Square Art Center.


This ladylike Diane von Furstenberg shirtdress has vintage charm with a tie detail at the nipped waist. Fold-over collar and button placket. On-seam hip pockets. Short sleeves. Unlined.
When I first saw the dress on the website I liked it immediately, but I had some hesitations because I didn't know if it would look good on me and after buying it I seriously considered returning the dress. But the moment I wore the dress it looked so good on me better than it looks on the model and the material is really good doesn't look bad at all. Also it really compliments the figure if you have anything you don't like about your body it will hide it and make you look good.


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Spanish Proficiency Exercises
Spanish Proficiency Exercises is a compilation of brief video clips in which native speakers of Spanish from various locations throughout Latin America and Spain demonstrate various language tasks. The site incorporates proficiency topics, divided by level of dificulty: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, Superior. The specific topics include video clips, vocabulary lists, phrases lists, and mini-grammar explanations.
Distance, Time, and Velocity Time Calculations, Part 1
You will learn:How to calculate the velocity from a distance time graph, how to calculate acceleration from a velocity time graph, and how to calculate distance covered.
Might of the mother-in-law
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Hilton Als on Gus Van Sant's Milk
Critic Hilton Als speaks with Michael Shae about Van Sant's film in light of Harvey Milk's experiences as a gay man in the 1950s and 1960s, and about Milk's personal and political legacy.
CCA Industrial Design Senior Thesis Exhibition Promo
The Game Show: From Dog Toys to Tops to Zombies May 10, 2012, 6-9 p.m. Astro Studios 348 6th St., San Francisco, CA 94103 Director: Tomas Wischerath (see www.leftlane-productions.com)
American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915—Artist Kara Walker Discusses
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Face of Depression
This photographic e-book is a collection of Individuals' Identities through netnographic approach. People from all over the world have contributed their photographs to help others understand actual faces of depression.
Renaissance Art Introduction, Part I
The first of of a simple three-part slideshow introducing Renaissance art, this discusses Van Eyck, Boticelli, and Da Vinci. Very basic biographical and conceptual background is given. NOTE: Boticelli's Venus, a nude, appears. Note: no sound-pictures and text only. (65 slides, 5 minutes)
Journeys Through Sociology: Raquel Sosa
In this interview Dr. Raquel Sosa shares how she was drawn to sociology as a means of addressing social problems and inequalities. She also discusses her efforts to support and develop interdisciplinary research, particularly in the context of Latin American scholarship. Finally, she concludes with a discussion of how she approaches her work as both a sociologist and a political representative within Mexico City government. This is part of a series of interviews with the 22 members of the Execu
Women Fight for Peace
Instructed by a dream and organized in prayer, leymah Gbowee and thousands of everyday women in liberia -- both Christians and Muslims alike -- confronted warlords and a corrupt president to successfully fight for peace and dignity in their war-torn nation. "I realized that every problem we encounter on this journey, I'm going to rise above it and lead these women because they trusted me with their lives and their future," says Gbowee. Journal guest host lynn Sherr interviews leymah Gbowee and
Babbage: Thinking with your tentacles
The secret to the intelligence of the octopus lies in its genome and scientists explore how big data disrupts the principle of anonymity
Capitol Crimes
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They Himalayas
The highest mountain range in the world is far-reaching and holds within it an exceptionally diverse ecology. Coniferous and subtropical forests, wetlands, and montane grasslands are as much a part of this world as the inhospitable, frozen mountaintops that tower above. (50:38)
Critical Thinking Video for Children, Part 4
Part 4 of 5 of a series from CriticalThinking.org developing critical thought processes.
Conic Sections - Circles - Yay Math
This video is an introduction to circles. The instructor explores the effect of changing parameters in the equation and graphing circles on a co-ordinate plane. He also instructs how to find the radius, center, and points on circumference. White board in a class setting, some interaction, engaging, several examples of increasing complexity. The discussion is clear and understandable. (06:49)
Climate's Dusty Clues
David McGee is a paleoclimatologist whose work focuses on reconstructing past changes in extra tropical atmospheric circulation and hydrology. He has explored this area through studies of dust blown out of the world's drylands and deposited in the ocean; changes in dryland water balance as reflected in closed-basin lakes; and studies of precipitation source and amount recorded in stalagmites. These studies involve a variety of types of data, but at the center of all of them are uranium-series
D-Day Revisited
As America honors heroes who have fought and fallen for their nation, Bill Moyers Journal presents "D-Day Revisited," a special one-hour broadcast which follows a group of World War II veterans back to Europe to speak about their wartime experiences-some of them unlocking memories they had been keeping inside for nearly 50 years. Featuring excerpts from the Bill Moyers' 1990 documentary From D-Day to the Rhine, "D-Day Revisited" includes the latest information about the veterans featured in the
SAT Prep: Test 6, Section 9, Part 3
Students, improve your math SAT score! The instructor uses an electronic chalkboard to model problems. This video is appropriate for high school students. Uses a textbook (the official SAT study guide) commonly found in bookstores, but it is not absolutely necessary as the narrator does all work on the screen. Problems 11-14 on starting on page 746.
John Q. Adams Address the Supreme Count, Part 1
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