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Gas Detection and Quantification Using iXblue's Sonar Systems
In collaboration with four French, Belgian and German geoscience laboratories, iXblue's sonar systems division recently mobilized its SeapiX 3D multibeam echosounder and Echoes 10,000 sub-bottom profiler to image the Laacher See. Located in the Eifel region of Germany, the Laacher See is a caldera volcanic lake measuring two kilometres across, formed by an eruption 12,900 years ago. The main goal of this scientific mission was to detect gas bubbles that would help to better understand the current activity of the volcano.
Gas can trigger volcanic and limnic eruptions and can be easily detected using hydroacoustic methods. However, its quantification has until now remained complex due to the 3D structure of clouds and the acoustic interactions between bubbles. The different bubble clouds need to be accurately mapped, to monitor their evolution and to dissociate different gas origins to evaluate the volcanic risk, which is considerable in aquatic environments.
Figure 1: Laacher See. (Photo: Shutterstock)
The use of two hydroacoustic instruments designed and built by iXblue, the SeapiX multibeam echosounder (150kHz) and the Echoes 10,000 (10kHz) sub-bottom profiler, proved to be of great help during this scientific expedition on the Laacher See. Remotely controlled at several hundreds of metres, the SeapiX sonar recorded the lake's bathymetry and different backscatter signatures of elements in the water column. The target strength backscatter signature of the elements makes it possible to distinguish fish, macrophytes and gas bubbles. Statistics were conducted on the acoustic signatures at different locations. Several concentrated colocations of gas flares were thus identified and suggested that the bubbles were very small (~35µm). This could explain why the geoscientists had not observed gas bubbles using a camera mounted on an ROV at these locations. It also raises new perspectives for improving CO2 budget modelling from volcanic bubble releases.
4D monitoring of gas flare dynamics using static SeapiX measurements
Caudron et al. (2012) recently showed that degassing underwater is one of the earliest precursors to volcanic eruptions, as observed in a caldera in the Philippines (Bernard et al., 2021). Almost ten years ago, they derived a first empirical law to estimate CO2 fluxes in volcanic lakes using single-beam echosounders (Caudron et al., 2012). However, robust methods taking advantage of high-resolution equipment, such as multibeam sonars or distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) systems, are required to provide reliable quantification. In this study, SeapiX was able to record gas diffusion in the water column as a bubbling dynamic through time. With its 120° per swath scanning and target strength gas bubble identification, this study introduces new perspectives to anticipate gas-driven volcanic eruptions.
Figure 2: Gas bubbles in 4D.
Geohazard history and gas diffusion in sediments using Echoes 10,000
The Echoes 10,000 provided high-resolution images of the architecture of the lake deposits, which could be visualized in real time using the Delph Geo Software (iXblue software suite for the acquisition, processing and interpretation of geophysical data). Derived from 30 years of expertise in low distortion and high efficiency power amplifiers, Echoes technology ensures that the acoustic signal transmitted is very close to the theoretical CHIRP waveform. The resulting seismic profiles more accurately reflect changes in the nature and texture of sediment layers. More than 40 metres of sediment penetration provided high-resolution images of the sediment architecture (with a theoretical 8cm resolution), suggesting great potential for paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic reconstruction. Indeed, combined with sedimentological analyses of sediment cores, 3D modelling of the main reflectors allows reconstruction of the past remobilization of materials derived from extreme events and potentially linked to past volcanic and/or earthquake activities. Finally, the quality of the signal revealed the presence of gas diffusion in the sediment, which was compared to the SeapiX dataset (see Figure 2 and video). Using this scientific approach, it was possible to ensure that vertical structures were indeed gas flares (and not macrophytes), and to provide the best accuracy of target strength measurements.
Thanks to the SeapiX selectivity function, different target strength signatures will help researchers to identify different categories of elements and to best understand the physics of gas bubbles, their generation, origins and dynamics. Since SeapiX was used together with a gas probe installed on the lake for long-term monitoring, it has great potential for better understanding the life cycle of gas generation by combining the acoustic data from the two different systems. It also introduces new insights for developing an automatic gas detection module using the SeapiX software.
Real-time and multiproxy hydroacoustic data contribute to ongoing and global scientific efforts to increase the predictability of volcanic and limnic eruptions. Intrinsic and spatial dynamics of volcanic gas bubbles is thus the cornerstone for developing the new generation of early warning systems that is needed for future risk assessment. Echoes 10,000 and SeapiX have a part to play in this.
Figure 3: Fish and gas bubble detection using SeapiX.
Figure 4: From top to bottom: Delph Roadmap visualization of SeapiX (red, first day) and Echoes (blue, second day) survey lines. Crosses indicate the position of profiles visible below. Red cross (SeapiX data): 2D and 3D views of backscattered signatures of elements showing the vertical release of gas in the water column. Note that the maximum distance between gas chimneys is about seven metres. Blue cross (Echoes data): Seismic reflection profiles with a roughly 30-metre gas release from the sediment (zoom area), suggesting a potential link between a main gas conduit and the four chimneys diffused in the water column.
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Archive for Italian Horror
Contamination . 7 (1993) Review
Posted in Contamination .7 with tags Contamination .7, Italian Horror, Joe D'Amato, Last Road Reviews on April 15, 2013 by Last Road Reviews
** Out of 5
Tagline- They Hunt, They Feed, They Kill, You're Next
Release Date- October 18th, 1993
Screenplay- Daniel Steel & Albert Lawrence
Director- Martin Newlin (Fabrizio Laurenti)
Starring- Mary Sellers, Jason Saucier, Bubba Reeves, Chelsi Stahr, Vince O'Neil
Released in 1993 Contamination .7, which also goes under the titles, Creepers, the Crawlers, Troll III and Troll III: Contamination Point 7, is a rather poor flick and the multiple titles is probably a way to trick people into seeing this junk. The credits list Martin Newlin as director, which is Fabrizio Laurenti under an alias (can't say I blame him for using one), but other sites also list David Hills as one of the directors, which is none other than the infamous Joe D'Amato. Regardless of if both directed the film or not its just terrible and at this point the Italian horror film, which gained some popularity on the international market in the 60s and remained popular through most of the 80s was dying by the end of the 80s and was dead by 90s, as the top filmmakers were either dead or lost their touch and in some cases the hack filmmakers were still putting out their junk with even worse results and really the only exception was Dario Argento and outside of the underrated Trauma the rest of his work from the 90s on was hit or miss. With Joe D'Amato throuh his career he bordered decent filmmaker to hack and while I personally dislike the good majority of his work he did make a truly excellent film with Beyond the Darkness and while I don't like Grim Reaper I did like what he was aiming to do with the film, which was very mixed in execution.
The plot revolves around the dumping of nuclear waste is a forest, which results in the trees in the forest coming alive and killing people. Basically there is your plot with little else except the subplot of a former couple working on their relationship.
The screenplay was written by Daniele Stoppa under the name Daniel Steel and Albert Lawrence. According to other sites Rosella Drudi & Fabrizio Laurenti also took part in the writing and its amazing that this film needed this many writers for such a poorly plotted film. The script while has a decent idea never fully works and characters are lifeless and dull with others being complete morons that are better off dead. Dialogue is often silly and while at times its meant to be funny, but a lot of the times the comedic aspect isn't intentional. The screenplay is simply a bore and while Italian horror may not always mentioned for their writing (though the 70s had some well written films) the script for Contamination .7 is complete garbage and its no surprise Italian horror died a painful death when trash like this was made.
Since only Martin Newlin is listed as director I'll only mention him. The pace of the film is quite sluggish and the overall production sloppy. There is zero suspense and tension and as the film goes on it can be quite a task to get through. As I mentioned earlier at this point Italian cinema was dead and buried and when seeing films like this it really isn't difficult to understand why. The film is poorly made the direction flat, pacing is slow and boring and with the exception of 1 scene the lack of gore further sinks this film.
Contamination .7 is a very poor film that for the good portion of the running time is a total bore and even the most die hard fans of Italian cinema probably won't feel much different than I do. This was one of the last films by Joe D'Amato as after this the good bulk of his work would be porn films and based off what I read he didn't fair much better.
Inferno (1980) Review
Posted in Inferno with tags Daria Nicolodi, Dario Argento, Euro Horror, Irene Miracle, Italian Horror, Leigh McCloskey, Three Mothers, Witchcraft on February 13, 2013 by Last Road Reviews
**** Out of 5
Tagline- Terror That's Hotter than Hell
Release Date- February 7th, 1980
Running Time- 107-Minutes
Writer/Director- Dario Argento
Starring- Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Eleonora Giorgi, Daria Nicolodi
Inferno released in 1980 is the follow-up film to Suspiria, which was a major success for Dario Argento, but Inferno is the type of sequel that you don't need to see Suspiria first and the only link are the Three Mothers, but besides that it's a mostly stand-alone film. Inferno draws a lot of mixed reaction from Argento fans with some hailing it as a masterpiece and others think it's one of Argento's weaker films and I can see both sides of the argument and personally I think the movie is somewhere in the middle despite my 4-star rating.
When it comes to Dario Argento I always say the only real weakness he has is as a writer, which is odd seeing as he started as a film critic and when he started his film career it was as a writer in 1966 and he would make his directorial debut in 1970 with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage. The script by Argento for Inferno is quite weak with an incoherent plot. Some of Argento's early films had fairly decent scripts such as his debut film Bird with the Crystal Plumage and Deep Red, but his witchcraft movies Suspiria and Inferno both suffered in terms of writing, but Suspiria was still able to shine. His Gialli are well plotted, but often lack sense at times, but the writing is a lot better in his gialli than in movies like Inferno. Not a whole lot here makes sense and any explanation given is rather vague and I suppose if you see the movie enough times things might begin to make sense, but for the most part the plot is rather messy and confusing.
The characters are kind of bland and not very well developed, which is something I find common in a lot of Argento movies. He's had some interesting characters like in Deep, Red and Tenebre, but I personally felt he never created a truly iconic character. There really isn't a lead character in Inferno if anyone it would be Mark Elliot (McCloskey), but the movie focuses on a few different characters and I think this is what sort of salvages the script since no character was really strong enough to carry the flick we get a few different people leading the way at different times.
The plot has Mark a music student traveling to New York to visit his sister, but when he arrives she's nowhere to be found as he begins to explore he like his sister learns about the three mothers, which than puts Mark in danger. As I stated there really isn't much of a plot with things happening that are quite random and while these elements normally sink a film, but Inferno still manages to work despite the lack of plot and fairly weak characters.
Like with Suspiria it was Dario Argento the director that made the movie work so well and while Inferno never reaches the level of Suspiria, Argento is able to deliver a fairly eerie movie with some decent suspense. Dario Argento never really tries to make sense out of anything, but even though the incoherent plot hurts the movie in some ways, it does allow Argento to make a movie that feels like a really bad dream; Inferno may not make a whole lot of sense at times, but it's fairly creepy and weird and has a nice nightmare type feel. However, the strongest aspect of the film is the visual look, which is simply stunning. Dario Argento has always been a visual filmmaker, but Inferno might just be his most beautiful film to look at and thanks to Blue-Underground's release of the Blu-ray we get to see this in all it's high-definition glory. The use of colors are simply beautiful and the camera shots are amazing and again Inferno is visually stunning and that in part help makes a lot more out of Inferno.
The pacing at times can be a little sluggish and even at 106-minutes Inferno can feel a little overly long; in my opinion there aren't many filmmakers that can stage a death scene like Argento and Inferno may not be his best in that regard, but he does deliver some interesting death scenes. Besides that again the pacing can be a little slow and with no real story it can make for a few slow moments, but Argento's eye for visuals does at times make up for the semi-slow pacing. The problems are more of less in the 2nd half due to the lack of plot, but like I said while the pace can be a bit sluggish and the film a little overly long, Argento's brilliant visual look keeps the film from getting boring.
Overall Inferno was a solid if not underwhelming movie and while I don't see this as one of Argento's best flicks more along the lines of middle of the pack, but despite the flaws and they may actually out-weigh the positives, but Inferno still works for the most part and Argento fans should enjoy. The stunning visual look to go with the nightmare like feel and fairly decent suspense help make more out of Inferno than there might actually be. The film again is incoherent, but there is just something about this I really enjoy.
Burial Ground (1981) Review
Posted in Burial Ground with tags Andrea Bianchi, Burial Ground: Nights of Terror, Cult Classic, Euro Horror, gore, Italian Horror, Peter Bark, Zombie 3, Zombies on February 8, 2013 by Last Road Reviews
Tagline- When the Moon Turns Red the Dead Shall Rise
Release Date- July 9th, 1981
Rating- NR
Screenplay- Piero Regnoli
Director- Andrea Bianchi
Starring- Karin Well, Gian Luigi Chirizzi, Peter Bark, Maria Angela Giordan
There are bad movies and than there are movies on a whole other playing ground such as films like Last Slumber Party and films like this from 1981 Burial Ground, which is one of the ultimate so bad it's good movies. The film was made by Andrea Bianchi and besides this film the only other film I have seen by him is the ultra sleazy Strip Nude for Your Killer; besides those two movies I also saw Lucio Fulci's Cat in the Brain, which features gore footage from some of his later films as well as other films he was involved with and one of them being from a film called Nightmare directed by Andrea Bianchi. Strip Nude for Your Killer was a fairly well made movie that put more energy into sleaze rather than suspense, but it did have some decent tension and in terms of style it's hard to believe the same person made this film and the only thing they have in common is at times sleaze. Burial Ground is such a hack job it's impossible not to love this movie.
The plot has something to do with some professor and some discovery he made and he invites a few people over to tell them about it. Unless I missed it I'm not sure anything is made clear in regards to the discovery or the connection between the professor and his guests, but who really cares honestly? I don't think any of us go into Burial Ground for its plot. I often wonder when it comes to a movie like Burial Ground what the writer thought after the script was completed? Did the writer think he wrote a really good film or was the hack writing intentional? When watching Burial Ground one would have to assume everything was intentional but you'd be surprised. The script is absolutely hysterical with some of the worst best writing ever.
Writer Piero Regnoli delivers one of the most awesomely bad screenplays in all of cult cinema. Obviously there is no character development at all nor do the characters have any depth, but who really cares? All the characters are entertaining because they either do or say the dumbest things. Here's a sample of some of the awesome dialogue;
'You look just like a little whore, but I like that in a girl' (someday I'll have to use that as a pickup line and see if it works). We also have the amazing 'You're getting a raise out of me alright, but it has nothing to do with money'. Now tell me is that not brilliant writing?
What Burial Ground might be most famous for is Peter Bark as Michael; Peter looks like a mini-Dario Argento and he's playing a child, but its clear he was at least in his late 20s. Peter Bark has built up quite the following from this film and nobody seems to have any clue where he is now or if he's even still alive. Michael also really loves his mother, but not in a normal way. Michael is jealous seeing his mother with another man and one scene has Michael kissing his mother only not in a way you kiss your mom than he begins to slide his hand up her dress! And when his mother wants no part of it, Michael responds with 'What's wrong? I'm your son'. The screenplay is again hysterical and I have to assume much of what we have was intentional. Piero Regnoli according to the IMDb has 111 writing credits and looking through them the only ones I seem to know are Nightmare City and Lucio Fulci's Demonia and neither of those come anywhere near the brilliance of Burial Ground.
Director Andrea Bianchi delivers a film that is so bad its damn brilliant! The pace though can be a bit sluggish as its basically the same scene over and over again, but the film is actually action packed as the zombie action starts quickly. Bianchi crafts such a hack job the film is just way too much fun. Much like Strip Nude for Your Killer, Burial Ground can be quite sleazy at times and the scene most talked about is the nipple ripping scene, which has to be seen to be believed! Like I said in the opening my review besides this film the only other film I know by Bianchi is Strip Nude for Your Killer ad of course that's not counting the gore scenes from Nightmare used in Fulci's Cat in the Brain, but based of the 2 films I've seen by Bianchi I am a fan. While Strip Nude for Your Killer actually had some nice moments of suspense mixed with the sleaze, the suspense and tension in Burial Ground are so silly and campy and rather than feeling the suspense you'll be laughing at how absurd it is. The zombies also stray from the norm as we see them using teamwork at times and even using battering rams, which Nightmare City also featured scenes like that, which I assume has more to do with Piero Regnoli since he wrote both films.
The zombies look quite silly and really aren't very menacing in the least, but even with the silly makeup F/X they still look kinda cool and there is a nice amount of gore scenes as well. Burial Ground pretty much has it all; gore, zombies, hysterical dialogue, nudity and Peter Bark! If you love silly and campy horror movies Burial Ground is a must! This rates as one of my all time favorite cult movies!
Monster Dog (1984) Review
Posted in Monster Dog with tags Alice Cooper, Claudio Fragasso, Clyde Anderson, Cult Classic, Euro Horror, Italian Horror on November 29, 2012 by Last Road Reviews
Review by Dave
Tagline- The Fear, the Terror, the Nightmare, They Will Never Forget It!
Release Date- December, 1984
Writer/Director- Clyde Anderson (Claudio Fragasso)
Starring- Alice Cooper, Victoria Vera, Carlos Santurio, Pepa Sarsa, Pepita James
Released in 1984 starring rock legend Alice Cooper, Monster Dog was written and directed by Clyde Anderson also known as Claudio Fragasso and while it may be a different name, but its the same result. This was yet another turkey made by Fragasso and while I fully get his appeal on the so bad its good level I just find his films so bad they're bad. Monster Dog does nothing to change my mind in his work, but from a production side of things this might be his best film as the production values are better than the bulk of his work. But while production values might be better the quality of the film is no better than his other movies.
Vincent Raven (Cooper) is a rock star returning to his childhood home to shoot a music video; the place Vincent is returning to is the site of a bunch of murders by dogs led by a monster dog, which is a werewolf. Secrets from the past come to surface as the dogs begin to maul people.
The script by Fragasso is the typical script by him; its idiotic with poor characters no sense of plot and idiotic dialogue. Fragasso in all his years never seemed to figure anything out as a writer or director for that matter and while this isn't his worst script and if anything its one of his stronger ones, which isn't saying much since the script is a complete mess with some decent ideas, but with a hack writer you get what you pay for.
As poor as the script was the direction by Fragasso is even worse. With Monster Dog, Fragasso attempts at creating an eerie tone with a film based on suspense and not much of a shocker, but its a complete failure every step of the way as the film is poorly paced and despite running at only 84-minutes it feels like 500-minutes. Even in some of Fragasso's past work as poor as the films were at least they weren't boring, well for the most part. They were bad films and while some found them so bad their good I just found them bad, but again at least in general they weren't boring, but with Monster Dog, Fragasso delivers a boring sloppy paced movie. The gore is light and the action scenes are forgettable in general.
I actually liked what Claudio Fragasso was attempting with Monster Dog and with a director with a clue this could have turned out decent, but Fragasso isn't a good filmmaker and all he creates is a boring film with action scenes few and far between and even when there is action it's so poorly staged.
As most fans of Italian cinema know more often than not these films are dubbed even if the cast is English speaking since these films are normally shot with no sound and its all added in later and Alice Cooper didn't do his own dubbing, which is kind of annoying since we see his mouth moving, but not his voice. Cooper also lends his music talents to the soundtrack and no question Alice Cooper is one of the rock greats, but the songs used come across as B-side singles, but they were still decent tracks.
Overall Monster Dog is in typical Fragasso fashion a mess of a film; I was quite bored through most of the film and the F/X are quite poor and the Monster Dog is hysterical. If you're one of those that can find the fun in Fragasso's work you might dig this, but for those like me that dislike him this turkey is a skipper.
Black Demons (1991) Review
Posted in Black Demons with tags Black Demons, Euro Horror, Italian Horror, Umberto Lenzi, Zombies on October 15, 2012 by Last Road Reviews
Release Date- 1991
Screenplay- Olga Pehar
Director- Umberto Lenzi
Starring- Keith Van Hoven, Joe Balogh, Sonia Curtis, Phillip Murray, Juliana Teixeira, Maria Alves
While I'm far from an expert on Umberto Lenzi, Black Demons is the 4th film by him I have seen. I wouldn't say he is a great filmmaker, but he does know how to make an enjoyable movie that has enough gore and or sleaze to make up for any shortcomings he has as a filmmaker. Black Demons though in my opinion was pretty much a waste. While it did have the so bad its good moments, as a whole it was just bad really bad. I knew what kind of movie I was getting, but based on what I have seen from Umberto Lenzi I was expecting a mindless gore-fest, but sadly that's not what I got well besides the mindless part.
The screenplay written by Olga Pehar was simply horrible; the horror genre may not always be known for the scripts, but this was just bad. The dialogue is cringe worthy. The characters were terrible; while the concept was fairly decent I suppose nothing in the screenplay works at all. The dialogue is just idiotic everything is well idiotic. Black Demons is one of the worst written horror flicks I've come across and I've seen my fair share of badly written horror movies.
Umberto Lenzi is unable to build up much tension or atmosphere. The scenes are poorly paced and lack any tension throughout. Black Demons runs at about 90-min, but quite honestly it feel a hell of a lot longer than that. Umberto Lenzi can craft a sleazy fun time, but here he just falls flat. The biggest problem is the lack of action. The longer the movie goes without any the more boring it gets. In general what I've seen from Lenzi I wouldn't say they were exactly suspense filled movies, but here nothing works at all and after watching Black Demons it's no surprise Lenzi's career would go down the drain along with Italian horror. By this time Lenzi was nothing more than a hack and I suppose one can say he always was, but at least he was an entertaining hack as Cannibal Ferox is a fun movie that knocks off Cannibal Holocaust and while Holocaust is the better movie I actually prefer Ferox, but I also saw that first, but nothing here in Black Demons works at all and again Lenzi may not be a great filmmaker, but could craft a fun movie, but not here.
The acting was weak, which is to be expected but I have seen worse, but Philip Murray has to rate as one of the very worst actors I have ever seen. From the way he delivers his lines, to his movements and facial expressions he was just bad. But with that said he does help the movie in ways and helps it have the so bad its good moments. Without Phillip Murray's terrible acting Black Demons would have been a complete waste of time. Phillip Murray was amazingly bad no doubt he's one of the very worst actors of all time and due to that he can make the movie a little fun. The scariest thing about Black Demons is the rest of the actors come across as fairly decent when compared to Phillip Murray. I wasn't expecting Oscar worthy acting, but this one was pretty damn bad as far as acting goes.
Black Demons released in 1991 in many ways is the last of the 80s horror film. The movie really does look like something out of the 80s, but also what people have to remember is even though the decade ends it normally takes a year or 2 before films begin to change. So this was released sometime in 1991 so the 80s style was still there in most horror flicks at this time. But if I didn't know any better I would think this was made in the 80s and just left on the shelf.
Despite the title Black Demons this is a zombie flick and like Lenzi's Nightmare City he likes to mix things up. In many ways this is sort of a slasher flick meets a zombie flick. There is a scene with one zombie stalking one of the characters and when there is a knock at the door the zombie backs off. Also the zombies prefer to use weapons as well. That's about the only positive thing I can say about Black Demons is that is tries to be different than what dominated at this time, which was either a knock off of George Romero or Lucio Fulci or sometimes both.
Black Demons also goes under the title of Demons 3, which makes people think this was a sequel to Lamberto Bava's Demons flicks. But the title Demons 3 was thrown on for marketing and is in no way connected that series.
Bottom line is Black Demons is a very poor movie; it's too slow paced at times and when there is action it really doesn't help much. The couple of gore scenes are fairly decent, but cannot save the movie. As much as I love Italian horror by this time it was clear the horror industry in Italy was pretty much dead except for a couple of filmmakers who were able to make some good movies. I really can't think of many positive things to say about Black Demons and while you can do far worse in my opinion this one is a skipper. Perhaps one day I will revisit this, but not anytime soon.

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Scientists have recently tried to create a chimera by injecting human stem cells into a pig embryo. The purpose of this experiment is to address the shortage of donor organs and see if they could be grown within a non-human organism.
Namely, these organs would be used in future for organ transplantations into human beings who will technically be a part pig, known as chimeras.
Chimera can be created into 2 ways. The first one is by transplanting organs from one species to another but the risk of rejection here is very high. The second one is by injecting human cells into a non-human embryo so that they can grow together with the embryo and thus form a hybrid.
The scientists of the Salk's Institute's Gene Expression Laboratory have been trying 4 years to enable the human cells and the pig embryo to grow together and survive without rejection.
According to them, humans and pigs have very similar organs but the gestation period of pigs is much shorter which implies that the transplanted organs will grow faster.
The scientists have created 186 later-stage human-pig embryos that survived. They have estimated that each embryo was made up of 0.001% human cells. This percentage is extremely low which means that human-pig embryos took much longer to develop.
The research has also shown that human cells can develop fully functioning organs alongside pig cells. Scientists hope that in future they will be able to create human-compatible organs in this way.
Once the percentage increases enough so that the hybrid organs will not be rejected by humans, many ethical questions will be raised.


The BAA North East Region are holding a FREE study day at Durham County Cricket Club. This day is free to attend and is open to all audiology professionals, not just BAA members. Programme highlights will include: CMV Screening and Newborn NHSP pathway, Tinnitus in children and Paediatric BAHA.


Ah, the monotony daily grin.
Isn't eating at a diner whilst in full super-heroine regalia just asking for a super-villain to trash the joint?
Phone booths are a lot harder to find these days.
Who else sees a potential love triange forming (Talia -> Carmen -> Greg ->?)?
Also, who else thinks that Carmen isn't the only one with a secret ID in their little study group?
Is having SUPER LONG AND LUSCIOUS HAIR also a power? Cause it looks like she has more when in her alter ego then when she's back to normal.


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Maximillion Cooper Net Worth 2020
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Maximillion Cooper is a famous skateboarder and racing car driver who is probably most famous for being the founder of the 'Gumball 3000' race. He is also a well-known entrepreneur. Now let's have a close look at Maximillion Cooper's net worth in 2020.
Maximillion Cooper, also known as "Maximillion Fife Alexander Cooper" was born on June 7, 1942, in Stone, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. There are no records of his parents or his siblings on any websites or his social media accounts. Also, he has never mentioned them in any of his interviews.
According to some reports, Cooper was a brilliant student in high school. Right from childhood, he was always an achiever and never gave up on his goals. There is no confirmation of the name of his primary school or the place where he did his high schooling.
After graduating from high school, for further education, Cooper attended St, Martins College of Arts and Design. He graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design. His hunger for knowledge didn't stop, and he earned another Bachelor of Arts honors degree in Law from Sussex University.
Cooper had his fair share of dating and dated plenty of women in his time. Then he met Julie Brangstrup. The couple dated for many years before tying a knot. The couple had great chemistry between them and had a lot of common interests. Julie is a Danish, who was the Vice president and the co-founder of 'Gumball 3000'. The couple were married for many years and blessed with four kids. Due to their personal differences, they got divorced.
Currently, Cooper is married to hip-hop and rap artist, Eve. The couple had a lavishing wedding in Ibiza, Spain. The couple met when both of them participated in the rally for a clothing brand, Puma. The couple dated for few years before tying a knot.
'The Gumball 3000' started at the party in London, where numerous celebrity friends of Cooper took part in a race traveling from London to Rimini and back. The route passed through various major cities including Paris. The race is basically a celebrity motor rally of 3000 miles which takes place on public roads. The basic idea behind the race is to combine cars, music, fashion, and entertainment into one big event. It is an annual event which takes place in Britain.
Every year, the race takes place at different places. There has been a lot of controversies and criticism regarding the race. In 2007, two non-participant pensioners died in an accident in Macedonia. The non-participants were hit by the car from a rally. The rally car was later stopped for over-speeding, and their license had been taken from them.
Till now, eighteen races had taken place. Last race, in 2017, was from Riga to Mykonos. The race started in Riga passing through places like Warsaw, Budapest, Athens and finally Mykonos.
Cooper has also published a book called 'Gumball 3000 the annual: 2003 Rally'. The book was not the best seller, but its content had all the information one wants to know about the rally. He published the book under his own company 'Gumball 3000 Merchandise Limited'.
Cooper has also documented a documentary named '3000 Miles'. It was filmed during one of his 'Gumball 3000' rally. He released his second movie 'Gumball 3000 LDN 2 NYC' six years ago.
Maximillion Cooper is one of the talented businessman and entrepreneur who made good use of his talent. He has never been nominated for any major award in his entire life.
Net Worth of Maximillion Cooper
The estimated net worth of Maximillion Cooper is approximately $55 million. His main source of income has been his earnings from 'Gumball 3000' rally. Also, he earns quite a decent income from his other business ventures.
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What you really want to do first is scroll down to where it says, referring pages for anchor phrases. All that is is the anchor text distribution to that site. As you can see here this looks like a very natural link profile. Brand name, a product that they had, no text, URL, shopping cart, wireless government. These are the keywords that were related to what that site was about. Okay?
Yes, I know, it seems backwards that you'd have to compete in an auction for a domain name that may never be caught. Other people feel the same way and many don't compete as a result of that. But that's the way the drop catching service was set up. Who knows, it may mean less competition for you since others do not like that model, which benefits the company rather than the user.
Your course of action really depends on how much work and effort you can put into the expired domain. If you're barely able to maintain and optimize your current site, you probably want to just 301 redirect the old site (note: see my amended comment above about the link value not likely to be passed). If, however, you're more creative and have some time on your hands, you can try your hand at crafting a microsite. If you really know your stuff and are experienced at making money off various websites, you'd probably do well with the third option.
I am a rather gray-hat affiliate marketer by trade, but I"m looking more into going into local SEO and blogging ventures that I feel will be most sustainable. I am having serious moral issues with using any of my link building strategies, but the one I'm struggling morally and long-term strategy-wise is the use of a manufactured link-juice-flowing-thick private blog network. I believe the majority of these will ultimately fall by the wayside in the future when their social value and content are proven to lack substance by machine reading and advanced social metrics.
Also note the Expired Domain Plugin is a lifetime "per user" license, so if you have multiple ScrapeBox licenses registered to the one email address purchasing the Expired Domain once will activate the plugin for all your ScrapeBox licenses with the same email for life. The plugin is a one-time payment and is not a monthly or yearly subscription, all updates are free.
The bottom line is, drop domains deliver traffic. How come? When people register a drop domain and build a website on that domain, they often attract backlinks. They also can update their website and generate a community or a brand. Whatever the case is, there are four things that happen that results in traffic for those websites. They create a backlink footprint, which drives direct traffic. This backlink footprint also produces SEO benefits. The more these website owners promote their website, the more goodwill they build up in their target niches and online communities. Finally, the more they manage their online blog, website or information site, they gain some sort of presence on social media.
The easiest and least time consuming option is to 301 redirect the old domain to your existing site. This tactic obviously works best if both sites are in the same sector and are targeting the same keywords; otherwise, if you have a pet supply site and you buy an old Texas Hold 'Em poker site, a redirect probably might raise some eyebrows among the search engines. If, however, your site is brandnamepets.com and you buy onlinepetsupply.com and 301 redirect the domain over, you're inheriting a lot of topical and appropriate links.
While traffic, as an abstract, is fairly easy to understand and get, getting it on a consistent basis is another matter entirely. That's why a lot of affiliate marketers who are serious about generating online traffic are quickly paying attention to drop domains. Drop domains is not a new phenomenon. People have been registering drop domains for many years now to scoop up traffic that those domains still attract. However, as Google continues to crack down, and as more social media platforms impose anti marketing rules, or rules that have an anti marketing effect, drop domains have become more prominent in the online marketing landscape. If you would like to tap into a fairly easy and potentially powerful source of online traffic, consider drop domains.
It's easier to rank higher with expired domains: Depending upon your domain age, page authority, trust flow, expired domains tend to rank really well when compared to new domains. Most new domains don't have any DA, page authority or trust flow so it's really harder to rank well in Google. This won't happen with the expired domains as they are already established well and might be getting decent amount of traffic from search engines.
Backorders don't take place if a domain name expires at a registrar that has an auction partner, unless no bids are placed at that auction partner prior to the expiration date. Backorders (when domains are "caught") only happen when a domain name goes through the full lifecycle and expires, is removed from the registry's database, and becomes available for new registration.
Hi, I purchased a .org domain in a Godaddy auction, actually the closeout auction so it had been renewable and then available as a closeout after 36 days. I purchased the closeout domain because I was thinking of using it as a catchy anagram. I instead offered it to the Trademarked company to purchase for a nice sum of money, and now they are threatening to file legal action against me for "Domain Squatting" saying that I purchased it in bad faith. etc… The way I see it, is it was available for them to renew for 26 days, and if it was not owned by them they had a window of 10 days to purchase the name before I did in the regular auction. What's your thoughts on this?
GoDaddy Auctions is a marketplace where GoDaddy lists domains that have expired and are in the renewal grace period. Apart from these GoDaddy also lists other domains, but the expiring auctions at GoDaddy are the most popular. Based on the percieved value of the domain, domainers and SEOs bid on these auctions. If the original owner does not renew the domain, the top bid wins the auction and gets the domain name.
If you buy a dropped domain from Snap or Namejet, the backlinks seem to be worthless for SEO. They are valuable for traffic if it's targeted to your site. Go ahead and 301 redirect into your site because it's the traffic from the back links that is worth something. I use the Google URL builder to redirect these names so you can see the domain the traffic is coming from.
Hi Kulwant, these are great tips as usual. I particularly like the way to tell us to check the google pagerank in case the domain has been banned – that could lower the usefulness of the domain quite a bit. One thing though, don't you think that buying domains is sometimes immoral? Like sometimes you accidentally buy a domain of somebody elses website who forgot to renew.
From a most basic perspective, any website or platform on the internet that allows people to post a link which goes to an outside site is a potential source of traffic. However, traffic sources are not created equal. Some traffic sources are very problematic. For example, if you were to go to social media sites and just share content and links, chances are, somebody at some time will object to that practice. They would say you're spamming. It's very easy to get your affiliate account shut down because people complain. Similarly, you could be blogging for what seems like forever and fail to get much love from search engines.
Finally, we'll look at a bit of a different animal in the expired domains world and that's pending delete. To do that just click on the pending delete button which is right next to the Go Daddy Auction's button. What this does is it shows you domains that aren't quite deleted yet. So, they're right before they get into this deleted category in expired domains. They're going to be deleted, so they haven't been renewed by whoever registered them, so they're going to get dropped.
Okay. So, let's move on to our next tab crawl from search query, something look at the settings. So if you want to limit the amount of results that you cruel per search query, you can tick that and specify, so if you only want to crawl the top three or ten results from each search query, you can enter that there. He'll just go to the end of the search. Next setting, results on Google skip the domain if it's in the majestic million, so the majestic million is just something from majestic, it's a free resource that majestic SEO makes available that shows the most popular hundred domains.
The following TLDs are now fully supported with a deleted list and a droplist (pending delete list). .hn, .ht, .rw, .cr, .gl, .gy, .gs, .om, .qa, .ir, .pe, .com.pe, .tc, .ky, .th, .co.th, .ke, .co.ke, .uz, .kz, .pm, .re, .tf, .wf, .yt, .sx, .gd, .gi, .kg, .mu, .im, .ug, .sb, .tl, .st, .sm, .so, .sn, .pf, .nyc, .cloud, link, .ms, .mk, .af, .bi, .pr, .com.pr, .nf, .nc, .dm, .bo, .ki, .iq, .bj, .am, .as, .ax, .fo, .mg


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//  @author raver119@gmail.com
//

#include <system/op_boilerplate.h>
#if NOT_EXCLUDED(OP_roll)

#include <ops/declarable/headers/parity_ops.h>
#include <ops/declarable/helpers/axis.h>
#include <ops/declarable/helpers/roll.h>

namespace sd {
namespace ops {

CONFIGURABLE_OP_IMPL(roll, 1, 1, true, 0, 0) {
  auto output = OUTPUT_VARIABLE(0);
  auto input = INPUT_VARIABLE(0);
  int inputLen = input->lengthOf();

  bool shiftIsLinear = block.width() == 1;
  std::vector<int> axes;
  std::vector<int> shifts;
  if (block.width() > 1) {
    REQUIRE_TRUE(block.width() == 3, 0, "roll: 3 arguments required for roll - input, shifts and axes. But %i given.",
                 block.width());
    auto axesI = INPUT_VARIABLE(2);
    auto shiftsI = INPUT_VARIABLE(1);
    REQUIRE_TRUE(axesI->rankOf() == shiftsI->rankOf(), 0,
                 "roll: shifts and axes should be the same rank, but %i and %i given.", (int)shiftsI->rankOf(),
                 (int)axesI->rankOf());
    REQUIRE_TRUE(axesI->lengthOf() == shiftsI->lengthOf(), 0,
                 "roll: shifts and axes should be the same length, but %i and %i given.", (int)shiftsI->lengthOf(),
                 (int)axesI->lengthOf());
    helpers::adjustAxis(axesI->lengthOf(), axesI, axes);
    shifts.resize(shiftsI->lengthOf());
    for (sd::LongType i = 0; i < shiftsI->lengthOf(); i++) {
      auto shift = shiftsI->e<int>(i);
      if (shift < 0) {
        shift -= input->sizeAt(i) * (shift / inputLen - 1);
      } else if (shift != 0) {
        shift %= input->sizeAt(i);
      }

      shifts[i] = shift;
    }

  } else {
    int shift = INT_ARG(0);
    if (shift < 0) {
      // convert shift to positive value between 1 and inputLen - 1
      shift -= inputLen * (shift / inputLen - 1);
    } else if (shift != 0)
      // cut shift to value between 1 and inputLen - 1
      shift %= inputLen;
    axes.resize(block.getIArguments()->size() - 1);
    if (axes.size())
      shifts.resize(axes.size());  // emplace_back(shift);
    else
      shifts.push_back(shift);

    for (auto& s : shifts) s = shift;

    for (unsigned e = 0; e < axes.size(); ++e) {
      int axis = INT_ARG(e + 1);
      REQUIRE_TRUE(axis < input->rankOf() && axis >= -input->rankOf(), 0,
                   "roll: axe value should be between -%i and %i, but %i was given.", input->rankOf(),
                   input->rankOf() - 1, axis);
      axes[e] = (axis < 0 ? (input->rankOf() + axis) : axis);
    }
  }

  if (block.isInplace()) output = input;

  shiftIsLinear = (axes.size() == 0) || (input->rankOf() == 1);
  sd_debug("Roll: Shift is linear %d Shift is %d, first dimension is %d\n", (int)shiftIsLinear, (int)shifts[0],
           axes.size() > 0 ? axes[0] : 0);
  bool shiftsSumZero = false;
  auto shiftSum = 0;
  for (auto& s : shifts) {
    shiftSum += s;
    sd_debug("Roll: Shift  is %d\n", s);
  }
  // all zeros is no op
  if (shiftSum < 1) {
    sd_debug("Roll: No shift needed. Shift total was %d\n", shiftSum);
    if (!block.isInplace()) {
      output->assign(input);
    }
    return sd::Status::OK;
  }

  if (shiftIsLinear) {
    helpers::rollFunctorLinear(block.launchContext(), input, output, shifts[0], block.isInplace());
  } else {
    helpers::rollFunctorFull(block.launchContext(), input, output, shifts, axes, block.isInplace());
  }

  return sd::Status::OK;
}

DECLARE_TYPES(roll) {
  getOpDescriptor()
      ->setAllowedInputTypes(0, sd::DataType::ANY)
      ->setAllowedInputTypes(1, sd::DataType::INT32)  // TODO: all ints in future
      ->setAllowedInputTypes(2, sd::DataType::INT32)
      ->setAllowedOutputTypes(sd::DataType::ANY)
      ->setSameMode(true);
}
}  // namespace ops
}  // namespace sd

#endif

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Outrageous Fortune: Chapter 14
Free Fiction, Outrageous Fortune, Web Novels / By Kathleen McClure and Kelley McKinnon
Miss the beginning? Start HERE.
"I'm sorry," Rory said, holding up one hand, as if in school. "A what again?"
"Calculator," Eitan repeated. "A machine used on ancient Earth for advanced mathematics."
"Like an arithmometer?"
"Only in the same sense the Errant is like a weather buoy," Eitan told Rory. "But look." With a rattling of cutlery, he shoved aside the plates he'd emptied and leaned his left arm on the table while his right hand pointed to the device. "On the Earth-made calculator, these keys allowed the user to perform advanced computations, not only multiplication or divisions but also statistics, probabilities, exponential functions."
"And I bet that would be impressive if I understood what half of it means."
"It means," John said to Jagati as Eitan straightened, "we have a problem."
"Why?" Her glare shifted to the captain's. "Because knowledge is power and power corrupts?"
"I've always thought that was bollocks," Rory said, cracking his neck. "Three days," he reminded everyone as they turned their glares in his direction. "Three days hunched over a tri-level Kairos."
"We get it," Jagati said. "You're a miracle worker. A genius. A god among dodgers."
"I was na' asking for—"
"We have a problem," John cut in, bringing them back on point, "because this kind of tech is outlawed."
"But Apian Law only forbids advanced tech," Jagati said. "Computers, artificial intelligence, programmable weaponry. It doesn't say a thing about fancy adding machines."
Eitan looked up to see her glaring at the machine, arms crossed over her chest. Next to her, Rory wore his trademark expression of fascination while his fingers twitched at his side. As if, Eitan thought, they itched to get a hold of the calculator and learn what it could do—and then crack it open to see how it did it.
Both viewpoints were equally dangerous, as neither took into account what they were looking at.
"Believe me," he said to them, with a short nod towards John, "this is precisely what the Apian laws speak of. These buttons?" He pointed to three that read HEX, OCT and BIN in turn. "These represent three numerical systems the Earthers used to create computer code. Primitive, compared to what our ancestors had available to engineer and colonize Fortune, but…" He withdrew his hand and looked at John. "You are right to be concerned. If anything, you are not worried enough. The mere knowledge of such a device is forbidden. I don't care to imagine what might befall anyone the Keepers found in possession of an operating model." He glanced at Rory. "A stint in the Barrens would be the soft option."
"Which begs the question," John drew Eitan's attention back, "given those prohibitions, how did you come to see these designs in the first place?"
"I—" He paused, rubbed at his beard with the stump, and said, "I learned about them at university."
"Chandrasekhar offers a course on illegal tech?" Jagati's skepticism was impossible to miss.
"Trudeau required a term on the ethics of Earth technologies," John told her.
"As did Chandrasekhar." Eitan nodded. "But this was something different."
"Different how?" Jagati asked.
"During my fourth term I became involved with a group with technocrist leanings. They were interested in expanding on the university's teachings, as they believed Fortune's children deserved full access to Earth's technological legacy."
"And?" Jagati prompted when he hesitated.
"These students were in contact with an underground archivist who had in his possession the design specifications of several Earth-made devices."
"Such as the specs for an ancient Earth calculator," Rory suggested, taking up Jagati's forgotten mug and draining the dregs of her tea, then making a face because it had long ago gone cold.
"Such as," Eitan agreed, turning his eyes down to the calculator.
"So," Rory began, setting down the empty mug, "what do we—"
"Toss it," Jagati said, cutting him off. "Dump it in the Oracle and forget we ever saw the smogging thing."
"We can't," John said, then looked at her. "We can't. Even if the Keepers didn't catch us illegally dumping, too many people already know about this, and they know we have it. We can't just toss the thing without painting a target on our backs."
"Great," she said with an ill-tempered shrug. "Just smogging great."
"It's nae all bad," Rory said. "I mean t'say, as long as it's here, can we not take it out for a spin?"
"Not a chance."
"Are you crystal mad?"
"There's no need t'get snippy." Beset from all three sides, Rory removed his hand from where it had been about to flip the power toggle. "It might not even work."
"How would you know one way or the other?" Jagati asked.
"I've a head for maths, myself," Rory said. "With Eitan's help, I'm betting we could determine if it were operating to spec."
"No doubt we could," Eitan said. "But I am with Jagati in this. We should destroy the device. Now. Before we set down in Nike."
"If we destroy it we won't be able to set down in Nike," John said. "Or anywhere else. Sameen hired us—"
"Sameen set us up to retrieve contraband tech," Jagati tossed in. "To my mind, that means we owe her dick."
"And there will be other jobs," Eitan added, bolstered by Jagati's support. "Fortune is large. Larger now the war is over."
"Not large enough to outrun a bad rep," John countered. "And when word gets out the Errant doesn't deliver? We were scraping the bottom of the hive before this. What happens when the jobs dry out altogether?"
Eitan's head was shaking. "It would be worth the risk."
"Worth our lives?" John asked. "Sameen isn't the only player involved. Tariq is also out there, and he's proven more than willing to kill for that machine."
"There are worse things than death," Eitan said, his fist clenching.
"Yes," John agreed, "there are. Watching others die needlessly comes to mind."
"Boys." Jagati moved to stand between the John and Eitan. "You're both a queen's dream, so why don't we all step back and take a breath before Rory gets hurt."
"Oy!"
"And not that I don't agree with you, because I do." Jagati turned to face Eitan. "But isn't this a pretty extreme reaction, given your interest in the tech back in the day?"
He looked at her. "Back in the day I was young and arrogant enough to believe Fortune could be trusted with Earth's knowledge. Suppose the calculator works as intended," he added, glancing at the others. "Would the users be satisfied exploring Euclidean geometries? Would they delve into the possibilities of base 60 maths or attempt to map the route of infection of Midasian Fever? Or would Sameen, or Tariq, or whoever Tariq meant to sell it to use the device as the jumping point for the next technological advance? And what, do you suppose, that next advance might be? Programmable detonators? Guidance systems for airborne missiles? Earth had all of those, and more. What would the Midasian boffins turn their minds to, do you think? Because if we allow this machine into the world, I promise we will find out."
"All of which, I'll grant, is a valid point," Rory said as the other two digested the argument, "but it also assumes this particular calculator is the prototype. We've no way of knowing, do we, how many of these wee mechanicals have been built?"
"I wish that made me feel better," Jagati said.
"And even if it is the only one," John picked up Rory's argument, "the draco's effectively out of the shell. Someone has already built this thing, and could easily build themselves another."
"Not easily." Eitan shook his head. "You have no idea what went into this—"
"I would if you'd let me open it."
"—the manufacture of the processors alone would be next to impossible," he overrode Rory's comment.
"What's a proc—"
"Even for someone with the design specs?" John ignored Jagati's poke to the shoulder as he cut her off.
"Even so," Eitan confirmed. "Because those specs were created based on records from Earth, designed for Earth manufacturing, Earth-made supplies, and Earth power sources. Meaning the someone who made this calculator had to retro-kit the internal workings to suit what is available on Fortune now."
"And do it without anyone knowing it was being done," Rory added, with more admiration than Eitan was comfortable with.
"Would that be hard?" Jagati asked. "The keeping the work a secret bit, I mean."
"Try ordering a coil of fine-extruded copper," Rory said, running a hand through his already tousled hair. "It's easier t'buy a full crate of crysto-plas cartridges for your shooter."
Again, silence fell as all four stared at the seemingly innocuous device.
"What we need is more intel," John finally spoke.
"And I tell you, there is not any amount of intel significant enough to justify keeping this machine intact."
"And while your opinion is valued, I am still the captain of this airship, and that means it is on me to decide how this issue is dealt with. Unless you've changed your mind about my abilities in the past fifteen minutes?"
The tension, which had eased momentarily, stretched anew.
Had there been anything, the slightest hint of weakness in the other man, Eitan would have followed through on the tacit challenge, but John remained steady, the epitome of ballast to his mercurial crew, so, after a moment in which it seemed no one dared breathe, he let his head dip in acceptance.
"Very well," John replied, showing neither relief nor pride—an enviable quality in a leader, to Eitan's mind.
John then looked at Rory, who shrugged his acquiescence, and at Jagati, who waved her hands in brief surrender.
"So," she asked, "how do we play this?"
John looked around the table. "As I was saying, we can't make a firm decision without more information, and, at present, there is only one person I know of able to provide it."
"You are going to keep the meeting with Sameen," Eitan guessed.
"You mean we are," Jagati told John, firmly. "No way you're meeting this broad without backup."
"That may be wise," he said, to her visible surprise, then looked at Rory. "Meanwhile I know you were planning to check in with Jinna, but—"
"But you'll be wanting me to stay behind and watch the 'ship."
"Not at all. But I was hoping you'd be so kind as to post a package on your way to see her?"
Rory's eyes widened, then narrowed. "A package?"
"Did you forget someone's birthday?" Jagati asked.
"No," John said to Jagati, "and yes," he told Rory.
"And what's to be in this package?"
"It doesn't matter," John said. "All that matters is that the package itself is about that size," he said, and nodded at the open box.
"That? What? Ahh…" Rory grinned as the crystal sparked. "You're wanting a decoy, then."
"Only as a precaution," John said.
"Why?" Jagati asked. "I mean, we left Tariq in the dust, so who are we worried about?"
"It strikes me that Sameen might be concerned that we'll have discovered the nature of the cargo and taken steps to protect her interests. Beyond that, I'm not certain we can discount Tariq. He strikes me as the determined type." He looked at Rory. "You'll need to be convincing. If anyone's watching, we want them to believe the calculator is in your possession."
"What fun," Rory decided.
"And I'd like you to act as his backup," John said to Eitan.
"And grateful I'll be," Rory said, "but shouldn't whoever's playing backup be a mite more discreet?" He looked at Eitan. "I've never seen you so much as cross a room without bodies tripping over themselves to get your teleph exchange."
"It is not that bad," Eitan protested.
"Actually," Jagati said, "it's kind of that bad."
"Forgive me, I should perhaps say it does not have to be that bad."
"Uh huh." Jagati's eyebrow rose. "So you're saying you have an Off switch?"
He considered that. "I suppose that would be the best way to describe it, yes."
"Oy then, is this a sensitive thing?"
"Yes, it is a…sensitive thing," Eitan told Rory. "One I would be more than happy to explain to anyone who wishes a primer on neurochemical attractors and the conscious suppression of—"
"No, but thank you for offering," John cut in.
"I'm good," Jagati added.
"I'd like to know," Rory pointed out. "But it can wait."
"Glad to hear it," John said dryly. "Now, I suppose I should find somewhere to hide this thing."
Eitan frowned. "You are not bringing it to Sameen?"
John shook his head. "As you said, we don't know what anyone might do with such a device, so, for now at least, our best option is to keep it safe."
As he spoke, a complex five-note trill sounded from the galley's radio box.
"That's Nike field's call sign," Jagati said.
"Perhaps that's our docking assignment." John looked at Rory, who offered a wry fist to the heart in salute and crossed to the other side of the galley. As Rory took the communication, John gingerly lifted the calculator from its nest of cotton. "Lighter than I'd have thought," he told the others before giving his head a shake and heading for the galley's starboard door.
"So." Jagati nudged Eitan in the shoulder. "You were part of a radical technocrist student movement in college?"
Despite the gravity of the situation, Eitan felt the smallest tug of a smile. "I was experiencing a rebellious phase."
"Yeah?" Her eyes slid sideways. "What was the rebellious phase's name?"
"Galileo. He was quite... persuasive."
"I just bet he was." She left him with a slap on the shoulder before heading off to make her own preparations.
And so we move forward, he thought, following.
He could only hope they were not moving towards utter disaster.
"Oy!" Rory called from the radio as Eitan passed into the forward passageway. "Who's to do all these dishes, then?"
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Leandro Trossard has his say on rivalry with Crystal Palace after latest dramatic encounter
Eastbourne Borough rocked by high-level resignations
Liam Rosenior exits Brighton to join Phillip Cocu's Derby County
Brighton chairman Tony Bloom gave high praise to Liam Rosenior who has left to join Championship club Derby County, as part of new manager Phillip Cocu's first-team coaching staff.
By Derren Howard
Wednesday, 10th July 2019, 3:33 pm
Liam Rosenior (Getty)
The former Albion right-back, who turned 35 yesterday, had been a member of Simon Rusk's under-23 coaching set up since hanging up his boots just over a year ago.
Bloom said, "Liam has become a firm favourite here at the club since he joined us from Hull City. He played a crucial role in our promotion to the Premier League, and was an important part of the squad during our first-ever season at that level.
"Since retiring from playing last summer, we have seen Liam's coaching ability first-hand working with Simon Rusk's under-23s. Liam has made no secret of his desire to coach at first-team level, and so, while we are very sorry to see Liam leave the club, we fully understand the opportunity which is available to him and the reasoning behind why he has chosen to join Derby County.
"On behalf of all at the Albion, I would like to thank Liam for his superb service and consummate professionalism as both player and coach, and wish him all the very best for his future coaching career."
He now takes up his first senior coaching role at Pride Park as part of the backroom team of former PSV and Fenerbahce manager Cocu, and has flown to Florida to link up with the club's pre-season training camp.
The son of former Fulham, QPR and Bristol City striker Leroy, Liam Rosenior joined Albion in the summer of 2015, brought in as one of Chris Hughton's first signings of that transfer window, and went on to make 51 appearances for the Seagulls.
In his first season, the club missed out automatic promotion and fell short in the play-offs, but a year later Rosenior was part of the Albion squad which celebrated the club's promotion to the Premier League.
After calling time on his playing career – which also saw Rosenior represent Bristol City, Fulham, Reading and England under-21s – he stayed with the club and took the role of assistant coach for the club's under-23s, playing his part in the team's impressive first foray in the top division of Premier League 2.
A keen student of the game, Rosenior combined his coaching role with a media career as one of Sky Sports' main Football League analysts, and during the final year of his playing career he wrote a weekly column in the Guardian.
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"Fragrant, warming and delicious curry-tinged soup, lovely over rice. Adjust curry paste to increase or decrease heat. Curry paste is available in jars in Asian stores and the international aisle of many grocery stores."
Heat peanut oil in a large sauce pan over medium heat. Stir in chopped onion, and cook until softened and translucent, 3 to 5 minutes. Add red bell pepper and continue to cook for 3 to 5 more minutes, until softened. Stir in the curry paste and cook for 1 minute. Pour in the coconut milk and slowly bring to a simmer.
Once coconut milk begins to simmer, stir in cubed monkfish, and simmer 7 to 10 minutes, or until the fish is firm and the center is no longer opaque. Stir in fish sauce, lime juice, and cilantro before serving.
So I thought this was great but my guests were blown away by it. They kept asking me if I really made this.... Not sure how I feel about that but it gives this recipe 5 stars.
It was lacking extra zing. I think it could have used some freshly squeezed lemon juice to add some tang.


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Evaluation Tool for Aligning Open Education Resources To Common Core Standards Now Available at OER Commons
CONTACT: Chad Colby (202) 419-1570, ccolby@achieve.org
Lisa McLaughlin, ISKME, (734) 730-3747 or lisam@iskme.org
WASHINGTON – November 15, 2011 – Achieve and the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) today announced a new tool for users to rate the quality of open education resources (OER) for teaching and student learning. The tool will allow educators to rate the quality of these resources for teaching and student learning, align these resources to the Common Core State Standards, and evaluate the extent to which the individual resources align to specific standards.
"There are millions of open education resources on the Internet and we now have a way to evaluate their quality," said Stephen Pruitt, Achieve Vice President of Content, Research, and Development. "This tool will help educators identify the potential effectiveness of the resources and predict if they will help students become college- and career-ready."
"This tool dramatically increases the value of open resources by enabling educators to align content to the Common Core Standards directly within OER Commons," said Lisa Petrides, president of ISKME. "Now educators can use curated lesson plans, courses, and learning modules with readily available information about how these materials meet the highest standards for learning."
OER Commons, publicly launched in February 2007 by ISKME, provides a curated library and knowledge base for the search and discovery of open educational resources. Created with and for educators, students, and self-learners, OER Commons provides useful classroom materials that help students engage with rigorous subject matter. As a network for teaching and learning materials, the OER Commons offers engagement with resources in the form of social bookmarking, tagging, rating, reviewing, and online professional development to use OER.
To help states, districts, teachers, and other users determine the quality of the resources, Achieve created a series of evaluation rubrics. These rubrics are available online at www.achieve.org/oer-rubrics). To allow users to apply these rubrics and evaluate the quality of instructional resources, Achieve partnered with ISKME to develop this online evaluation tool.
OER Commons is now hosting the tool and its resulting evaluation data on (www.oercommons.org). ISKME is also making the Achieve OER Evaluation tool available and providing technical support to other organizations who would like to use the rubrics for resources found outside of OER Commons, ensuring a rich dataset of Common Core aligned content across the Web.
The release of this tool comes after the U.S. Department of Education's recent announcement of the Learning Registry on Monday, November 7 at the State Education Technology Directors Association Leadership Summit in National Harbor, Md. The Learning Registry is a joint effort between the federal government, nonprofit agencies, and private companies to create a permanent network of digital learning resource providers.
Educators and school administrators from across the country at the state and district level have been trained to use the Achieve OER Evaluation Tool, and have provided an initial pool of rating metadata. This metadata will be shared through the Learning Registry with other interested repositories.
Created in 1996 by the nation's governors and corporate leaders, Achieve is an independent, bipartisan, nonprofit education reform organization based in Washington D.C. that helps states raise academic standards and graduation requirements, improve assessments, and strengthen accountability. Achieve is leading the effort to make college and career readiness a national priority so that the transition from high school graduation to postsecondary education and careers is seamless. In 2005 Achieve launched the American Diploma Project Network. Starting with 13 original states, the Network has now grown to include 35 states educating nearly 85 percent of all U.S. public school students. Through the ADP Network, governors, state education officials, postsecondary leaders and business executives work together to improve postsecondary preparation by aligning key policies with the demands of college and careers. Achieve partnered with NGA and CCSSO on the Common Core State Standards Initiative and a number of its staff served on writing and review teams. More recently, Achieve was selected to manage the PARCC assessment consortia. The 25-state PARCC consortia were awarded Race to the Top assessment funds to create next generation assessments in math and English aligned to the CCSS. For more information about the work of Achieve, visit www.achieve.org.
The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (www.iskme.org), located in Half Moon Bay, Calif., is a global leader in research and practice around data use, open education, and social learning in the education sector. An independent, non-profit organization established in 2002, ISKME is well-known for its OER Commons initiative (www.oercommons.org), as well as its award winning international research on knowledge management in the education sector.
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This summer, the U.S. Census Bureau will test how a question about citizenship will impact responses for the 2020 census.
From June 13 through Aug. 15, approximately 480,000 households nationwide, including in Houston, will receive self-response questionnaires near identical to the official 2020 Census form. Half of the households will be asked whether they are U.S. citizens.
"This test is not to determine whether or not we're including the citizenship question on the 2020 census," said Victoria A. Velkoff, associate director of the bureau's demographic programs.
Rather, the goal is to detect a significant difference in self-response rates between those asked about citizenship and those who are not. This would help the bureau plan out its marketing and how to do follow-ups with people who don't self-respond, officials said during an update on Census planning.
It's up to the courts to decide if the 2020 Census will ask about citizenship.
In March 2018, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the Census Bureau, called for the inclusion of the question on the 2020 Census. The last time a citizenship question was asked was in 1950. Ross's rationale was to assist the Department of Justice in enforcing the Voting Rights Act, by providing a count of voters in areas where voting rights violations were alleged or suspected.
The decision quickly drew backlash and multiple lawsuits were filed questioning Ross's motivation.
A New York federal judge blocked the citizenship question in January, but the Trump administration has requested that the U.S. Supreme Court take up the issue.
One of the central concerns over the question is how it could impact responses. Local and national groups say the question could keep non-citizens, even legal permanent residents, from filling out the form out of fear the information would be shared with other federal agencies including immigration officials.
"I find that the need for accurate citizenship data, and the limited burden that the reinstatement of the citizenship question would impose, outweigh fears about a potentially lower response rate," Ross said last year in response to those concerns.
Yet the fear of a lower response rate remains.
Jannette Diep, executive director of the Houston nonprofit Boat People SOS, noted that during Hurricane Harvey, many Vietnamese immigrants in Houston refused federal aid because of their distrust in the government and fear of possible repercussions from receiving government assistance — even in a state of emergency.
Having the federal government ask a citizenship question will lead to population under counts. "If that question is on there, people will not fill out the form," Diep said.
Census data determines how many representatives a state gets in Congress, and determines how much funding goes toward communities.
Laura Murillo, president and CEO of the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, noted that if the Houston population count is about 20,000 short, it could mean $17 million gone in public funds.
The very idea of including a citizenship question is a "political play to marginalize our community," she said.
That sentiment was shared in focus groups and surveys conducted by the Census Bureau between February and April 2018. Fifty-three percent of survey respondents incorrectly believed that the purpose of the U.S. Census is to locate individuals living in the country without documentation.
The survey also found that 59 percent of respondents said they didn't trust the federal government with their information. And more American-born respondents expressed that distrust than those born outside the country.
Focus group participants also noted political discourse targeting their ethnic group as a reason why they wouldn't fill out the census.
Census officials said they will need to rely on community partners to dispel any misconceptions over the U.S. Census and ensure enough people feel compelled to fill out the form.
Yet Diep, whose nonprofit worked alongside Census staff in 2010, noted that community partners feel stuck.
Informational materials were made available to the public well in advance of the 2010 Census, Diep recalled. Within Houston's Vietnamese community, some are currently not aware that a count of the U.S. population will even take place next year. Unlike for the 2010 count, no major public advertising has been done yet.
Community partners like Boat People SOS will now to work harder to inform Houstonians about the census, all while assuaging fears from noncitizens.
"People are so confused," she said.
She now worries the summer test will add to the confusion depending on how well the bureau markets it as just a sample test.


The BonCie has their first activity EVER coming up!! Let's see what these plants have to say! Answers were given by Bart Sprenkels, the Chairman of the committee.
What is the name of your committee and give a short description.
The name BonCie got his name from Bonsai, which means ''plant in pot'' in Japanese. We are therefore responsible for all the plants in the Protopolis.
Why was this committee set up to begin with?
The BonCie was set up initially because we wanted a bonsai tree in the Protopolis. The idea expanded into a desire for more plants in general in the Protopolis. To make this happen the committee was set up.
You all have special committee function descriptions, what do those mean?
This activity will be your first if I'm correct, what exactly will we be doing?
Yes!! Coming Wednesday (13/2/'19) we are organizing a "Plant Pot Painting" activity. We are hyped and looking forward to it! It is a stand-alone sequel to the fund raising activity that we did when the committee was still wearing diapers, where we sold plants to the members of Proto. It is going to be a lot of fun, where everyone can pour their creative soul into their own flower pot. We will provide all the materials such as paint, brushes, glitters and those googly eyes to help you make your pot as beautiful as possible!
Are there any other activities you are thinking of organizing?
Oh, we have a couple of ideas, like a bouquet workshop and an automated care system for your plants, but these are all just ideas that came from a brainstorm session. After coming Wednesday, we will start thinking about a possible next activity!
If you had to pick a plant that needs to exist forever and one that can go extinct in your opinion, what would those be?
Weeds need to go! Especially those hardy annoying weeds that you can never get rid of in your garden. Seriously, no one likes weeds. I am sure! And for the plant that can exist forever and ever: Christmas trees.
Do you have a nice anecdote or fact about the committee?
During the first couple of weeks when setting up the committee, we were thinking of naming our committee PhotosintheCie.


Is it by Boing? No it's not! =O Many thanks to tate for pushing me forward >_< Many hugs to boing for making his awesome walls so I can use them as a reference XD I wouldn't have added so many buildings if it weren't for the fact that the realistic ones didn't fit +_+ This is basically an easy concept, which is somewhat like my Shinn wall. The first thing you'll porbably realize is that there are no textures! *gasps* yes...anyway... The text was a bit tricky to configure, but I'm keeping it dark to make it blend. hmm...it's not neccessary, but I'll just put it there for fun ;D I just decided to upload this wall because I really need to get on to my hw T_T yes...hw on spring break *boohoo* Guess that's enough, peace.
I love the bg and the colors are awesome! The buildings are really cool as well. All in all, nicely done!
Wow, Rey looks so fine :D . The bg also match with Rey's hairs and his expression. It's really worth for my new favs! Good job...hope to see more graphics from u soon :) .
COOL! I do do love the sky you made ^_^ Just the building bothers abit but you really did your best with it ^_^ Fav+ from me, sweetie >__<!
its rey! so cute! the skay looks realistic to me.
NICE !>>>>> I really like ur bg pluz it really fits in with REY !
Nice wall. Love the buildings. Yeah, and the bg too.
No textures...Good thing you didn't put anywhere but on the wall that somehow probably couldn't be seen. But, I really like the way you did the textures. It's like been carved into the wall.
You've done a fantastic job with this wall. I must admit it does look like boing's wall ^^"
Great job on the buildings. They're simple-looking but fits the bg and scan very well. I also applaud you for the nice use of shading and highlighting in the buildings.
Overall, I find the yellow bg very warm and fuzzy. Good use of stock photo as well. Nice work!
Rey is just so cool here! ^_^ Great wallie!
Such a great wallie! Rey looks so cool ! The bg n light of the dask are all perfect! I love it!
I like the skyscrapers, they're all so sharp. And the yellow, dark sky. That's nice too.
I LOVE this! Well done, well done!
Rei isn't my fav chara of destiny, but this wall is so cool that I've download it.
I really like the colors used, it fits well with Rei's face expresion.
Wow! I like this iron-like buildings in the background.
*dies* OMFG that is the absolute BEST Rey wallpaper I have ever had the fortune of stumbling upon! 10x congratulations!
How do u ever make those bgs?
That's really really really wonderful.
Rey! <3 I love this! And I love him!
awesome!....a rey wa|| i haven had much luck in looking 4 a coo| rey wa||...the txt is nicely blended in the shadows of the buildings...nice wa||ie...great job done on dis pic...cool!


Interstate 35 (I-35) runs for 407 miles through Texas, going through such cities as San Antonio, Austin, Waco and Dallas. I-35 has been nicknamed the "spine of Texas" since at least the 1980s.
Interstate 35 (abbreviated I-35 or IH-35) in Texas is a major north–south Interstate Highway running from Laredo near the United States-Mexico border to the Red River north of Gainesville where it crosses into Oklahoma. Along its route, it passes through the cities of San Antonio, Austin, and Waco before it splits into two auxiliary routes just north of Hillsboro. Interstate 35E heads northeast where it passes through Dallas. Interstate 35W turns northwest to run through Fort Worth. The two branches meet up in Denton to again form Interstate 35, where it continues to the Oklahoma border. The exit numbers for Interstate 35E maintain the sequence of exit numbers from the southern segment of Interstate 35, and the northern segment of Interstate 35 follows on from the sequence of exit numbers from Interstate 35E. Interstate 35W maintains its own sequence of exit numbers.
In Texas, Interstate 35 runs for just over 407 miles (655 km), which does not include either the 85-mile (137-km) segment of Interstate 35W or the 97-mile (156-km) segment of Interstate 35E. Texas contains more miles of the overall length of Interstate 35 than any other state, almost one-third of the entire length.
As vacationing Texans reach the halfway point between Dallas and San Antonio on Interstate 35, they can share a dining tradition that started in the 1850s.
For many Texasn, trips down the spine of Texas are planned carefully for travel time to coincide with lunch or dinner at the Stagecoach Inn.
They cluster along Interstate 35, the economic spine of Texas— biotechnology around San Antonio, computer industries around Austin. Austin's computer boom (even troubled ibm is expanding there) has contributed in turn to a boom in construction and housing.
Professor Bradshaw observed that while the counties along "the spine" of Texas—Interstate 35—tended to be growing and young, many of the adjacent, agrarian counties were aging and shrinking.
By the time it was over, the spine of Texas, Interstate 35, was littered with manufactured home repos from Dallas to San Antonio.
With the completion of Interstate 35, nicknamed "the spine of Texas," Temple emerged as a major transportation center.
Drivers' complaints in 1949 sound familiar today: Sometimes it takes 40 minutes to drive a few miles between Temple and Belton.
Driving is a bummer nowadays, but other unprintable words described traffic 65 years ago. Interstate 35 — nicknamed "the spine of Texas" — took decades of planning and negotiating. And now, driving is still perilous as contractors widen the section through Temple.


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Ukraine conflict: Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian peace talks sound more realistic as MoD state Russia advance in Ukraine 'stymied'
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has indicated progress in the peace talks with Russia.
By Stephen Mcilkenny
Talks between Ukraine and delegates from Moscow took place on Tuesday with the Ukrainian President issuing a video address last night on the round of negotiations.
He told those watching "the positions in the negotiations already sound more realistic." but added that "time is still needed for the decisions to be in the interests of Ukraine".
In the address he said: "Our delegation also worked on this in negotiations with the Russian party. Pretty good, as I was told. But let's see. They will continue tomorrow.
"As before, the enemy is confused. They did not expect such resistance.
"They believed in their propaganda, which has been lying about us for decades. They still can't recollect themselves. But they have already begun to understand that they will not achieve anything by war.
Ukraine-Russia: 'Feelings of guilt that I was safe, and my family was still ther...
"Their soldiers know this. Their officers are aware of this. They flee the battlefield. They abandon equipment.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has indicated progress in the peace talk with Russia (Photo by HANDOUT/UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SER/AFP via Getty Images)
"We take trophies and use them to protect Ukraine. Today, Russian troops are, in fact, one of the suppliers of equipment to our army. They could not imagine such a thing in a nightmare."
Talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are set to continue later with Mr Zelesnky confirming that talks would continue tomorrow.
President Zelensky will also address US Congress today.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) says Russia's advance in Ukraine has been stymied by a lack of manoeuvrability, which has been "adeptly exploited" by the Ukrainian forces.
In its latest defence intelligence update, the MoD wrote on Twitter: "Russian forces are struggling to overcome the challenges posed by Ukraine's terrain.
"Russian forces have remained largely tied to Ukraine's road network and have demonstrated a reluctance to conduct off-road manoeuvre. The destruction of bridges by Ukrainian forces has also played a key role in stalling Russia's advance.
"Russia's continued failure to gain control of the air has drastically limited their ability to effectively use air manoeuvre, further limiting their options.
"The tactics of the Ukrainian armed forces have adeptly exploited Russia's lack of manoeuvre, frustrating the Russian advance and inflicting heavy losses on the invading forces."
Volodymyr ZelenskyUkrainePresidentMoscowTwitter


Hey all, finished my conversion recently. Never had any issues with my shore power or the electrical in the bus until the other day.
If I plug my bus into a shore power circuit with a GFI anywhere in the circuit, the shore GFI automatically trips, instantly. I have nothing being powered in the bus to provide that kind of electrical overload to trip the shore GFI. My shore power/AC line only provides power to outlets in my bus and I have nothing plugged into them. To clarify, the breakers in my bus do not trip, the shore power GFI outlet does. To note, I do have a GFI in my bus.
If I plug into a different circuit with no GFI's in the line, no problems at all. Is this a sign I wired something incorrectly?
Also - I bought a little heater that says not to use an extension cord. I imagine it's because people use to small of a gauge of wire and for the distance run, it's a fire hazard. If I provide the correctly sized wire for the current being drawn at that specific distance, is it still a hazard?
Is your neutral bonded to ground in you box on the bus. The GFCI is finding something that is grounded that shouldn't be.
Breakers are there to protect wiring from overloads. GFCI's are there to protect people and to do that they monitor the hot and neutral for an imbalance. They will trip when reading an imbalance of a few mil-amps. Moisture at your plugs can cause GFCIs to trip and I've heard of many bad GFCI outlets causing problems.
"Twas me, I'd switch off all my bus AC breakers then try plugging into a GFCI protected outlet. If the shore panel outlet doesn't trip, switch on each breaker until one trips the outlet GFCI. Once you know which circuit is involved it's a matter of checking your connections and appliances on that circuit.
I have purchased a number of load centers that came out of the box with the bonding jumper installed.
I suspect that could be your problem.
I must admit I was confused when I bought the breaker panel.
Seems to me the connections for neutral and the ground connect to two different bars in the box, however, the bars are connected by metal machine screws. I would assume this is the issue, contact between the neutral and ground?
Did I purchase the wrong type of box or could it be meant for something else?
I couldn't get a picture uploaded to this thread but got it loaded as the first pic in my album.
Hire a licensed electrician to check out your install. Accidentally mixing neutral and ground in your bus can lead to what is called "hot skin" where the bus is waiting for you to step out, touch the ground and complete the circuit. This gets even more complicated when you add a genny to the works so ask about that too. On the bright side, it isn't usual to supply a secondary circuit (like in your bus) from GFI circuit.
I check every pedestal at every campground before hooking up. Always.
If your neutral and ground bars are both screwed to the box with metal screws with no insulation between the neutral bar and the box then it is bonded to ground. This will trip a GFCI when plugged in. If this is the case you may be able to find some insulating brackets for your neutral bar.
Not only will this trip a GFCI it could possibly electrify the frame and body of your bus if the box is grounded to the frame and plugged into a non GFCI. I believe the neutral should only be bonded to ground if an onboard power sources such as a battery bank with inverter or generator is used.
If your not real familiar with AC wiring hiring an electrician is a good idea. You dont want you or a loved one to get electrocuted or have a fire start.
Also +1 on the tester and checking before you plug in.
Had to disconnect the ground in the panel on the bus. Makes sense as I'm not sure it would do anything as a shore power line or hookup from inverter. Stopped blowing the GFI though.
That's not a good idea. You want your panel and bus connected to ground to ensure any short would go to ground and trip a GFCI or breaker. If ground is not connected your entire bus could be electrified. You just need to make sure neutral is not connected to ground inside the bus. The GFCI detects any connection between hot or neutral and ground. You may also have problem in your wiring somewhere else. It would be best for you to have an electrician review your installation.


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Does it Pay to Attend a State University as an Out-of-State Student?
Published by Stuart Nachbar at June 23, 2020
I live in New Jersey, a state that has a very good flagship state university. But college-bound students love to become out of state students someplace else. New Jersey is a fairly small state, land area-wise. It's not like being from Philadelphia or Pittsburgh and deciding to attend Penn State. If you come from either city, you have a three-hour drive to State College. It's almost impossible to have a three-hour drive to Rutgers-New Brunswick from anyplace in the Garden State.
Is it really worth the extra dollars to stray further from home?
In some cases it might be. Here's a few good reasons to stray.
Your state schools do not offer your desired major.
In some states there are exchange programs where students may pursue a degree at a state university in a neighboring state at a discounted rate of tuition and fees.
You want to go where the jobs are.
Students in creative fields want to work in places where creatives are concentrated or places that are the largest audience for their work.Going to school in a large cultural center such as Los Angeles, Minneapolis or Seattle has advantages over going to college in a college town.
You cannot get into the flagship state university or the top public liberal arts college.
Visit any state university today. Chances are they have received more applications from students who live in California, Illinois and Texas. These are all states where the flagship school is extremely selective.
You can't get into the academic program you want at your flagship state university.
This is especially true of programs in fields such as engineering, nursing and pharmacy where the flagship is considered to be one of the best in the field.
Your state has a very small or exceptionally weak economy.
There's no better examples than the Midwestern states that serve the auto industry: Indiana, Michigan and Ohio where so many jobs were lost that are unlikely to return. Other schools such as the University of Maine or the University of New Hampshire are located in states that do not have a large industrial base. Those who have grown up in these states may prefer to live in a place where they are likely to find more job opportunities.
You qualify for the most generous merit-based aid packages.
The University of Virginia, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the University of Georgia offer generous fellowships to undergraduates. So does Rutgers, through the Presidential Scholarship program. When you're comparing one fellowship to another, the decision is more likely to come down to fit.
You can afford and want the very best school that you can get into.
Students who apply to the most selective state universities that are also quite welcoming to out-of-state students–the University of Virginia, University of Michigan, College of William and Mary and Georgia Tech, to name examples–are often considering these schools against private options.
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