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BlueSTEM AgriLearning Center
BlueSTEM AgriLearning Center is a collaborative effort between Grazinglands Research Laboratory and Historic Fort Reno, Inc.
Historic Fort Reno, Inc. is a a nonprofit organization which is dedicated to preservation and use of the historical and cultural resources of Fort Reno. Its mission is to secure funding for restoration of historic structures, Visitor Center operations and activities, educate the public through historical interpretation, and establish those partnerships necessary for the long-term stability of the organization.
All of the proceeds from the museum admissions and events go towards restoring the historic buildings at Fort Reno. One of the buildings that was recently restored was the Commanding Officer's Quarters which serves as the headquarters for the BlueSTEM AgriLearning Center. This building was first built in 1876 then it was remodeled in 1936 by the WPA. Most recently, the exterior of the building was refurbished in 2012 by Historic Fort Reno, Inc. and then in 2014 received a federal grant to restore the interior.
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Formerly the Commanding Officer's Quarters at Fort Reno. It now serves as the headquarters for the BlueSTEM AgriLearning Center.
To learn about upcoming events, go to the Historic Fort Reno Website.
Historic Fort Reno
Fort Reno began as a military camp in 1874 in the Indian Wars Era. It was established at the insistence of Agent John Miles at the Darlington Indian Agency, to pacify and protect the Cheyenne's & Arapahos there. Troops from the 10th Cavalry (Buffalo Soldiers) were dispatched from Fort Sill, but, because of other Indian unrest, were detained at the nearby Wichita Agency at present day Anadarko. The military "Camp Near the Cheyenne Agency" for Darlington was then set up for 19 months by soldiers from the 5th Infantry and 6th Cavalry from Forts Dodge and Leavenworth under Lt. Col. Thomas Neil.
Fort Reno has a long and diverse history from its inception during the Indian Wars to its service during the Oklahoma Land Run. During WW2 Fort Reno was used at a Remounting station and a German Prisoners of War Camp. Read about our diverse history in our history section.
Today Fort Reno is managed by the Historic Fort Reno, Inc., is a non profit organization which is dedicated to preservation and use of the historical and cultural resources of Fort Reno. Its mission is to secure funding for restoration of historic structures, Visitor Center operations and activities, educate the public through historical interpretation, and establish those partnerships necessary for the long-term stability of the organization.
Fort Reno is open to the public Monday to Sunday 10am – 4pm for tours.
History of Fort Reno
Early History of Fort Reno:
In 1875, the commanding officer was authorized to select a site, on the other (south) side of the N.Canadian River, and build corrals and a wagon yard, dig wells, and set up a sawmill for the military post. According to the "Post Returns" (monthly reports) the permanent location was named "Fort Reno" in February 1876 by General Phil Sheridan, in honor of his dear friend Major General Jesse L. Reno, a Virginian, who was killed in the Civil War in 1863 at the Battle of South Mountain in Maryland.
The cavalry and infantry stationed at Fort Reno played an important role in the transition of the area from Indian Territory status to Oklahoma statehood in 1907. United States Cavalry units, including the Buffalo Soldiers (Black soldiers of the 9th and 10th U.S. Cavalry, and the 24th and 25th Infantry), and the Cheyenne & Arapaho Indian Scouts, along with the U.S. Marshal Service, maintained the peace on the central plains until the turn of the century.
The Cavalry and Cheyenne Police later operated the "beef issue" which entailed issuing the Tribes live Longhorn cattle to chase and shoot like buffalo. The Longhorns had been herded up the Chisholm Trail, a part of the also famous 1867 Texas or Abilene Trail, which divided south of the South Canadian River, a leg (or variant) of the trail going northwest to the Fort Sill – Arkansas City wagon road, then through Fort Reno lands. The famous trail continued north of Fort Reno where the issue pens were located, then across the North Canadian River and through the Darlington/Cheyenne & Arapaho Agency, on north over Concho Hill/Caddo Springs (present day Cheyenne & Arapaho headquarters), and north to join up with the main trail at the Cimarron River (called the Red Fork of the Arkansas) and the Red Fork Ranch supply and remount station (present town of Dover).
Fort Reno troops were prominent in the "Indian Wars" era of the 1870s, as related below in the historical "Cheyenne and Arapaho ………" section.
The Fort Reno troops helped locate and made several evictions of the "Boomers" from the Unassigned Lands of Indian Territory for ten years prior to the opening for settlement by the 1889 land run. The Fort Reno soldiers also assisted with the land runs of 1892 and 1894. In 1892 some Fort Reno troopers were dispatched to the Choctaw capitol of Tuskahoma to help quell a political dispute among the "Five Civilized Tribes". In 1898 Fort Reno troops distinguished themselves in the Spanish-American War in Cuba. In 1900, Fort Reno troops were sent to Henrietta where they helped quell the "Creek Rebellion" by capturing Crazy Snake and 67 of his followers. In 1906, as a result of the Brownsville, Texas incident, wherein Black troopers from Fort Brown allegedly had a nighttime shootout with civilians, an entire battalion of the Black 25th Infantry was sent to Fort Reno and discharged.
General Phil Sheridan and Scout Ben Clark
In July 1885, General Sheridan (called Little Phil) crossed the Cimarron River in Indian Territory enroute to the Cheyenne Agency. President Cleveland had ordered reinforcements to Fort Reno along with Generals Sheridan and Miles to meet with Agent Dyer and the Cheyenne leader Stone Calf. General Sheridan concluded that Agent Dyer was not aggressive enough in his efforts to disarm, dismount and put Indians onto farms near Darlington.
General Sheridan recommended to President Cleveland that all leases be terminated in Indian Territory and that unauthorized persons be removed from Indian land and that the military personnel replace the civilians at the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency. Sheridan spent time at Fort Reno during the early years, and a log cabin structure known as 'Sheridan's Headquarters' or Billet is now located on the Canadian County Historical Museum grounds in El Reno.
General Sheridan organized a Turkey Hunt that five Generals attended, led by his favorite scout, Ben Clark, longtime resident of Fort Reno, buried in the Post Cemetery.
To many Indian Wars historians, cavalry scout Ben Clark is the most notable burial in the post cemetery. Clark (1842-1914) traveled or was dispatched to lead groups throughout the Great Plains to several forts. In the Civil War he was with the 6th Kansas Cavalry. In 1868 he was assigned to Lt. Col. George Custer's 7th Cavalry at Camp Supply (Fort Supply in present NW Oklahoma) as Chief of Scouts, and led the 7th Cav south to the Washita River where they attacked the winter camp of Cheyenne "Peace Chief" Black Kettle in the controversial "Battle of the Washita" on November 27. Clark was said to have defied Custer twice Re: complaining that troops & Osage scouts were shooting at women & children; and advocated an exit plan when the campaign was threatened by warriors from other camps.
Clark came to Fort Reno from Fort Supply in January of 1878 as "Post Interpreter", to the Cheyennes, at $100 a month. He had married into the Cheyenne tribe. He, his third wife Moka (Mo-kaaay) and five of their eleven children are in the post cemetery.
In 1888, Clark welcomed and hosted famous New York artist Frederic Remington who produced several drawings and paintings inspired by his 3 months at Fort Reno. Clark was also called "Chief of Scouts" and led officers and other dignitaries on hunting trips. The Clarks lived in a log house, then moved into the remodeled one-room 1878 school/chapel (Bldg.10, to be restored). In 1908 Clark was placed in temporary charge of the post during the transition from a garrisioned fort to a Quartermaster Remount Station. Clark wrote over 400 pages of "Ethnography and Philology of the Cheyenne", mostly dictionary, which is at the Autry National Center museum in Los Angeles, CA.
Land Runs
The first land run in Oklahoma opened the Unassigned Lands for settlement. The Fort Reno soldiers who previously had extracted David Payne and the Boomers, were assigned to keep order along the outer boundaries prior to the appropriate signal of cannons and carbines on Saturday, April 22, 1889. The greater Oklahoma City metropolitan area – Guthrie from the north to Norman from the South to Shawnee from the east and El Reno from the west, were all established following the land run of 1889.
The second Land Run involving Fort Reno soldiers was the opening of part of the Cheyenne & Arapaho reservation on April 19, 1892. Prior to the land run, each member of the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribe received an individual allotment of land, mainly along the rivers and streams. The lands considered excess were opened for settlement.
Darlington Agency
President Grant's Peace Policy marked a profound change in Indian-white relations after the Battle of the Washita in 1868. Brinton Darlington, a Quaker through his membership in the Society of Friends, was appointed agent of the Upper Arkansas Agency. Darlington arrived at Camp Supply on July 6, 1869 and began looking for an appropriate location to establish the agency complex. Brinton Darlington's strong convictions in the scriptures of his faith caused him to adhere to the principles of the Peace Policy. He refused to accept a military escort into the interior of Indian Territory.
Through negotiations with the military and the Cheyennes, it was agreed that the new agency would be located on the north side of the North Canadian River. In May 1870, the agency was located within the newly established Cheyenne and Arapaho reservation created through Executive Order by President Grant. The agency was located near an adequate timber and spring water supply across the river, north and to the east of present day Fort Reno.
Work at the agency was challenging for Darlington as he was responsible for issuing the Treaty guaranteed annuities of goods and regular food rations. Many of the Indian camps preferred living near the buffalo range near the western border of present day Oklahoma. Thus, the number of Cheyennes and Arapahos living near the agency was small during the Darlington's three years as Agent.
The ultimate goal of the Peace Policy was to educate and Christianize the Indians, and to get them to farm and raise cattle. The school established for the children at the Cheyenne-Arapaho agency by Brinton Darlington was part of the United States Indian policy. Many Cheyenne and Arapaho children in the 1870's began formal education at the agency.
Darlington spent close to three years as the Agent for the Cheyenne and Arapaho people. He died on May 1, 1872 and the reports of his funeral indicate that large numbers of Cheyennes and Arapahos openly mourned as they passed his open coffin while paying their last respects. During the funeral a Cheyenne Chief spoke about the loss of this great man to the assembled group.
The agent succeeding Brinton Darlington was John D. Miles who had served as the agent for the Kickapoos.
In 1866 Congress approved legislation creating all-Black Regiments of the Army, however, with white officers.. The two Cavalry units were the 9th and 10th and the two infantry units were the 24th and 25th. The 10th Cavalry in the west earned the name "Buffalo Soldiers" from Native Americans, as a term of respect, describing not only their tenacity, but their hair, said to resemble the color and texture of the hair between the horns of the buffalo. Eventually all of the Black regiments were called Buffalo Soldiers.
The 9th and 10th Cavalry were stationed at Fort Reno beginning in 1874 through the 1880's. The Infantry units were present by the early 1900's, then transferred to New Mexico and Arizona Territories.
The Buffalo Soldiers have the reputation for effective and consistent fighting against the lawless whites, Mexicans and Indians. The Ninth and Tenth United States Cavalry were designated as the black regiments. Companies from both units passed through Fort Reno. The Fort Reno Post Cemetery is the resting place for one soldier of the 10th Cavalry soldier, six soldiers of the 9th Cavalry and seven "Walk-A-Heaps" from the 25th Infantry. Along with the white troops stationed at Fort Reno, the Buffalo Soldiers played an important role in several ejections of David Payne's Boomers from Indian Territory and preventing cattle drovers, outlaws, and "Sooners" from entering the territory prior to the land rush, as shown in historic photographs.
German Prisoners of War and U.S Army Guards
During World War II, an eastern portion, 94 acres, of the Fort Reno lands served as an internment workcamp for German Prisoners of War. Mostly from Gen. Rommel's Afrikakorp, captured in North Africa, over 1,300 Germans were brought to Fort Reno by rail. While imprisoned here, the German POW's were hired as laborers for local farmers and in 1944 built the Chapel located to the north of the Parade Grounds. The west side of the historic military cemetery is where 70 German and Italian Prisoners of War are interred. Most of these men died at other POW camps in Oklahoma and Texas. Only one Fort Reno German POW died while imprisoned at the Fort Reno internment camp.
There are 62 German and 8 Italian Prisoners of War interred at the POW Cemetery added to the west end of the Post Cemetery. A number of Germans and Italians have made special trips to view the resting place of their relatives or friends. Every year a special memorial wreath appears on Veterans' Day in remembrance of those prisoners buried at the Fort Reno cemetery. A German-American Heritage Day (Volkstrauertag) is held at Fort Reno in November.
The most famous German buried at the Fort Reno POW Cemetery is Johannes Kunze of the Tonkawa Camp. He was beaten to death by fellow POW's who accused him of being a traitor. Those charged with his murder were sent to stand trial at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where they were found guilty, executed by hanging, and buried. The death of Johannes Kunze is the subject of a novel by Vince Greene, titled "Extreme Justice".
Prison Camp guards were the U.S. Army's 435th Military Police Escort Guard Company.
An excellent book on this subject is "Behind Barbed Wire: WWII POW Camps in Oklahoma" by New Plains Review, University of Central Oklahoma, with 99 illustrations and photos, and stories from several POW camps.
Remount Station
A 21st Century person might ask, "Why were horses and mules used in 20th Century Wars?" Please read on. In 1908, Fort Reno became one of three Army Quartermaster Remount Stations for the military, a role which it served through 1947. Specialized horse breeding and training of pack mules became the central focus of activity at Fort Reno. The horses and mules were transported by rail from Fort Reno and shipped to other parts of the world during World War I and World War II. The military also made some horses available to the local farmers for breeding purposes. Social activities at Fort Reno included polo matches, horse races, horse shows and auctions, and local community activities at the Officers' Club, polo grounds, and racetrack, which no longer exist.
Fort Reno's purpose as a remount station was to raise horses and mules for any branch of the military. Reports indicate that Fort Reno was the regional headquarters, having approximately 14,000 horses and mules at various times throughout the Remount Station years. The principal Remount units were the 252nd and the 253rd Quartermaster Remount Squadrons, plus a unit of "Fort Reno Remount Cowboys", real cowboys, who broke and trained the horses and mules.
The Fort Reno Remount Troops often accompanied the pack mules and horses to other parts of the world. The horses and mules were shipped to the South Pacific, Italy, Greece, China, Burma and India for use, primarily in mountainous areas, by the Allied forces. These animals were a very important element of our nation's war effort, used for crucial supply lines and transportation, in terrain where, as one Veteran said, "There wasn't a square foot of level ground!"
Shortly after World War II, in 1948, the United States Army's Quartermaster Remount Depot at Fort Reno was closed, although animals were shipped out until 1952. The Fort has since been the site of the 6,740 acre U.S. Dept.of Agriculture's Grazinglands Research Laboratory, which hosts the Visitors Center/Museum, operated by the non-profit Historic Fort Reno, Inc
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The National Council of Bessarabia was a separatist organisation was headed by Dmitriy Zatuliveter, of the previously obscure Organization of Transnistrians in Ukraine. It arose in 2014, following the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.

Overview
The group released a manifesto on a Russian-registered website in which it decried "discrimination" against ethnic minorities in the region, and called for far greater autonomy in the Budjak region  even while nominally rejecting separatism. Ukrainian authorities took swift action, with the SBU making two dozen arrests. This led one Ukrainian site to claim that the movement had been "smothered in its cradle".

Party of Regions and Bulgarian minority leader in the Budjak, Anton Kisse, have been denying any connection to the movement and even rejected it.

There have been some speculation that the organisation sought to ultimately create a "Bessarabian People's Republic" and link with separatists in Moldova's Gagauzia and Transnistria. However, the lack of a land connection between Budjak and the latter was crucial in the project's demise.

See also
 Luhansk People's Republic
 Donetsk People's Republic
 Republic of Stakhanov
 Luhansk status referendum, 2014
 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine
 Novorossiya (confederation)

References

History of Odesa Oblast
2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
Separatism in Ukraine
Russian irredentism

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Q: Driving a motor using a MOSFET, Raspberry 4b, and a converter Edit:
I was using a wrong MOSFET both IRF740 and IRF530 have gate to source voltage around 20 V and I used 3.3 V which is too low. Next time look ones with 3.3 V.
I am designing a circuit for driving a DC brushed motor using a Raspberry Pi and an N-channel MOSFET.
At first, I tried to drive the ~5 V motor using my Raspberry Pico, with 3.3 V, which 'interestingly' was a failure. Later, I found it was probably because of low current, but that's not the point.
After a week, I returned to the motor, as I really want to make it spin. This time, I used a Raspberry Pi 4b and a boost converter with a MT3608 IC. I thought 3.3 V from the GPIO would be too low for the motor to spin, as when using the Raspberry Pico before, so I set it to around 7 V and it turned too fast.
Next time, I used the buck converter with a LM2596 IC. In this case, even when I set the converter to the bare minimum of 1 V, there was enough speed for the motor. I think this was probably because of the rising current with lowering the voltage, as in a regular transformer.
But I didn't like to switch the two converters using GPIO at 100 Hz and like 3 V for controlling speed and high torque.
So there comes a MOSFET into play. I am a complete noob when it comes to MOSFETs. It took some time to understand that it's not collector, base, and emitter, but source, gate, and drain, and that the gate pin is the left on the MOSFET, not the middle one, etc.
After studying how a MOSFET works, I went to the local electronics parts shop and got this IRF740, a 400 V, 10 A beast. I thought it was a bit over the too, but it doesn't matter; at least I am unable to burn it out. So this is my circuit:

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The circuit didn't work. Testing the MOSFET separately, it didn't conduct any current, so I looked into the datasheet of IRF740 and found this value: Drain-to-Source Breakdown Voltage: 400 V, which I thought of as the voltage to switch, or in this case a completely wrong MOSFET for my use right now. So I went to the store once again.
I bought IRF530, 60 V, 14 A and looked for an explanation of the values in the datasheets. If I understand correctly, I have looked for a wrong value. The correct one (probably) is Gate Threshold voltage. Which both have as around 3 V - perfect for my 3.3 V pins. I still don't know why the first one didn't work, not in the circuit or separately.
I tested my new IRF530 MOSFET in the same circuit and was happy I found a voltage using a multimeter. Removing 3.3 V from the gate, the current still went through. I restarted the Raspberry and, even didn't connect the pin to the gate, the current went still through. I don't know why. Searching on the internet, I found that you need some pull-down resistor or something like that.
I now have three options:

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*Find out how these tricky MOSFETs work.

*Use a BJT transistor instead, though I don't know if it can handle the current.

*Use an analog pin from the Raspberry and hope it will work.

A: You need to use a MOSFET designed to be used with logic levels. The gate threshold in the datasheet is the level at which it will barely conduct. Look at the graph instead. Note that 3.3V is not shown. When using a MOSFET as a switch, you always want to be on the left side of the graph, where the lines are nearly vertical (low voltage drop).
Second, be sure to put an inverse diode across the motor. Otherwise the inductive kick can blow out the MOSFET.
The gate impedance is nearly infinite, even a tiny bit of static electricity can turn it on. Always use a pull-down, unless you can guarantee that it is always driven. A MCU will not drive until the pin is programmed as an output, a pull-down is wise. 10k - 100k is a good value for your application.

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Once upon a time (last week) I made macarons for the first time and then made them twice more the same day. Sometimes I'm just weird like that, but this time it was because I totally screwed up the first try. Don't worry, I'll tell you why. So why did I make them for a second and then THIRD time? Well, the second batch was awesome and I had leftover filling so I made the third batch. The third batch also gave me an excuse to try a different cookie color.
I had heard the horror stories about baking macarons, and if you look online, you can see the countless number of websites that are dedicated to tips for making the "perfect" macaron. It was almost enough to scare me away, but they're just so damn cute I couldn't resist at least trying. Plus, these things take five ingredients, so it wasn't going to be a huge loss if they didn't turn out.
The key to non-lumpy macarons seems to be in the almond meal. I used store-bought finely ground almond meal and ground it for a minute in my mini food processor. When I make these again I will likely search out some almond flour that is even more pulverized from the start. In the almond meal I used you can also see the dark specks of the almond skin in there, which I might like to avoid in the future. It's not a huuuuuge deal to see those little specks in there, but they are noticeable, even in the end.
I don't know why, but sifting is one of my least favorite things to do in baking. At any rate, I sifted the almond meal and powdered sugar together. Even thought it looked like the almond meal was ground as fine as can be, there were a surprising number of teeny tiny almond bits that got sifted out. Would I ever skip the sifting for these? Nope.
The almond meal and powered sugar are set aside and then it's time to whip up some egg whites. This is the step that resulted in my first batch not working out. The first time I made these I didn't whip the egg whites enough. In the end, the batter was too thin and spread out too much. The second time I whipped the egg whites I made damn sure I got stiff peaks. I whipped these egg whites for 7-10 minutes. That's a long time in handheld-mixer time, but it had to be done.
Then I folded in the almond meal and powdered sugar into the whipped egg whites. I also added a big drop of gel food color at this point so that it would be mixed in at the same time.
It looks kinda weird and chunky at first, but all of the ingredients really do eventually mix into a nice, smooth batter.
I lined two baking sheets with parchment and piped on some 1 1/2 inch circles… or as close to that as I could get. They were let to hang out on the counter for 15 minutes while the oven preheated. They should be left to sit out anyway so that the outside of the macarons begin to form a bit of a crust. The end result will be a delicate "shell" on the outside, and a soft and almost chewy inside.
I made two entirely different batches to make two different colors.
When the cookies were baked and totally cooled, I paired similar sizes together.
I have to admit that I also made macarons because I wanted an excuse to use cookie butter. If you're not familiar with this, it has a slightly thicker consistency than peanut butter, but it's made of cookies instead of peanuts. If you have a sweet tooth and like cookies, it's pretty amazing by the heaping spoonful.
You can use it straight out of the jar, but I wanted something a little lighter. I made a three ingredient filling with 1/2 cup of each: cookie butter, softened cream cheese and powdered sugar.
Are these macarons I made perfect? No. Hell, it was my first day ever making them! Are they good. YES. And best yet, they're not at all scary to make. There is really nothing here to be intimidated about. My third batch turned out even better than the second which was leaps and bounds better than the first. It's just going to get better from here!
Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Sift almond meal and powdered sugar together and set aside. If the almond meal isn't fine enough, grind it in a food processor until it's fine enough for most of the meal to be sifted.
Whisk egg whites with a hand mixer until they're foamy. Add the pinch of cream of tartar and continue beating until soft peaks form. Reduce speed and gradually add extra fine sugar. Increase speed and beat the eggs until stiff peaks form (this took me 7-10 minutes).
Add the almond meal and powdered sugar to the stiff egg whites. If coloring the batter, place a bit of gel food coloring on the end of your rubber spatula before you begin folding the mixture with it. Liquid drops of food coloring might change the texture of the batter, so it's not recommended.
Fold the mixture with a rubber spatula using short strokes at first. The batter will be very stiff. Use bigger folds once batter loosens. When batter is ready, it should fall from the spatula in a thick ribbon.
Transfer the mixture to a piping bag. Pipe 1 or 1 1/2 inch rounds on the parchment lined baking sheets. Let piped macarons stand uncovered for 15 minutes to form a crust.
Decrease oven temperature to 325 just before placing the fist baking sheet in the oven. Bake one baking sheet at a time for 10 minutes, turning halfway through. After first batch has baked, oven temp should be increased to 375 then decreased to 325 just before the 2nd baking sheet goes in.
Let the macarons cool completely on the baking sheet. Once cooled, make your macaron sandwiches with your filling of choice – the cookie butter recipe below is great!
Place the cookie butter, cream cheese and powdered sugar into a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until thoroughly combined. It's ready to use!


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Tariff Shocks: The Role of Value Chains in Europe
By Raju Huidrom, Carlos Mulas-Granados, Laura Papi, and Emil Stavrev
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The Czech Republic exports only a small number of cars and car parts directly to the United States, but it's likely to suffer significant economic damage if that country were to impose tariffs on auto imports. The reason: the Czech Republic supplies parts that are used to build cars exported by other European countries.
Europe's auto industry is one of many that are part of global value chains, in which different stages of manufacturing are dispersed among several countries. Because almost 70 percent of European exports are linked to value chains, tariffs imposed on products shipped by one country can affect many others. That is why, as we explain in a recent study, it's important to view manufacturing through the prism of value chains when assessing the potential economic impact of tariffs or other economic shocks.
We need to distinguish between two yardsticks: gross value and value added.
Two yardsticks
To do that, we need to distinguish between two yardsticks: gross value and value added. When a German resident buys a Volkswagen shipped from a factory in Bratislava, the purchase is recorded in gross terms as a Slovak export to Germany. But though that car was assembled in Slovakia, engine parts and other components came from third countries that provide a higher share of the value added to the final product than assembly does.
Distinguishing between traditional gross export measures and valued-added exports is especially important for Europe because the difference between the two is large; exports of other European countries to Germany are 8.3 percent of GDP in gross terms but only 2.9 percent of GDP in value-added terms.
To understand the importance of value-added measures, consider a scenario in which the United States imposes a 25 percent tariff on imports of cars and car parts. Gross exports of cars and parts from the European Union to the United States are 0.3 percent of EU GDP. The subsequent output loss for the EU is estimated at 0.1 percent of GDP, taking supply chain linkages into account. But only half the impact is in sectors and countries directly affected. The rest is transmitted via other sectors and trading partners along supply chains. Losses are distributed across more European countries than gross export data would suggest.
Let's return to the case of the Czech Republic. Its direct exports of cars and parts to the United States are negligible in gross value terms. But in value added terms, the Czech Republic would rank fourth among European economies most hurt by car tariffs.
Our study also looked at how a big change in the pace of growth in the United States, China, or Germany—the three world trade hubs—would affect Europe through value chains. Our main conclusion was that growth spillovers from the United States and China are sizable, with larger effects on economies that are more exposed to them in terms of value-added exports.
On the other hand, we estimated that a growth shock that originates in Germany would have a smaller impact. This probably reflects the German economy's smaller size relative to the United States and China. Also, Germany's open and diverse economy is relatively resilient, so it was not a major source of independent shocks in the post-1995 period that we analyzed. Still, Germany could transmit shocks originating elsewhere, and its impact might be larger if growth were to be driven more by domestic demand. That was the case during the period around the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990.
These findings could be helpful for policymakers: measuring exports through value-added indicators gives a more precise picture of the distributional impact of potential trade shocks. And a better understanding of how trade shocks propagate through value chains could help formulate offsetting measures as well as policies to help the people who most likely to be affected.
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The Monday After: Indiana vs. Wisconsin
James White and the Badgers torched Indiana, which should not be allowed to play Wisconsin again until the Hoosiers put together a defense that graduates from the Pop Warner level. The Battle for the Axe is up next.
By Jackson Dahlquist Nov 18, 2013, 12:13pm CST
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We're going to keep this post short and sweet because let's be honest, Saturday's game against Indiana was a flat-out joke.
Seriously, though. Wisconsin has now won nine consecutive meetings with the Hoosiers -- each one of them in blowout fashion -- and until Indiana gets any semblance of a defense, I don't think this game should even be played in the years ahead.
The weather sucked Saturday and maybe that played a factor in the Hoosiers' pitiful performance, but they didn't even get off the bus. I was expecting a fairly easy win for UW, but not utter domination.
Did we learn anything new on Saturday? No. Did anybody truly impress or underwhelm? No. The Badgers whooped up on a far inferior opponent just like they should have. Therefore, I'm electing to shy away from breaking down our likes and dislikes as we have all previous weeks.
I suppose I do have a few thoughts and need to preview the Gophers a bit, so here is your brief Monday-after diagnosis.
My favorite aspect of Saturday's game against Indiana was that the fly-sweep running attack has been brought back into the fold -- only it was Jared Abbrederis doing the running. Teams were beginning to key in on Melvin Gordon and his homerun-hitting capabilities with that play, but rather than abandon it completely, offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig has decided to vary things up a bit.
Abby carried it three times for 86 yards, and I only wish he'd been allowed to tote the rock once more so that Wisconsin could have put a fourth rusher into the hundred-plus-yards category.
Congrats to James White on his record-breaking 93-yard score to commence Saturday's onslaught. White is really back in a groove that he had a couple years ago.
Also, Corey Clement is a grown man. My goodness is that kid going to be good in the years ahead. Wisconsin's third tailback was just named the Big Ten's Freshman of the Week for the second time this season, and Clement would be starting on likely more than half of the other Big Ten teams. That's ridiculous.
Finally, the 3-4 defense is awesome. Indiana supposedly had a high-powered attack heading into Saturday's contest. The Badgers made the Hoosiers' O seem like a floundering Pop Warner team.
What needs to improve
Special teams gets the nod here for me. As much as the offense and defense both excelled Saturday, you've got to look at an area that is neither great nor terrible.
I'm more than pleased with how Jack Russell has stepped in and continues to drill 30- to 40-yard field goals with consistency, but let's see what happens when there is some pressure riding on his right foot.
Mostly. I knock the special teams unit because Kenzel Doe just isn't a good football player. For a guy with his athleticism, he really doesn't do much of anything. Doe's botched punt on the fair catch in the first half forced the coaching staff to put Abby in for punt returning duties, and as consistent as Abby has always been in that area, I don't like the idea of Wisconsin's only true outside threat being jeopardized on the special teams unit.
We have all seen that throughout his career, Abby has shown some frailty, and as the season winds down, the Badgers can ill-afford to lose him with bowl season approaching.
The now ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers. Hard to believe it, but the Battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe will feature two teams ranked in the top 25 of the BCS standings.
A win Saturday in the Twin Cities would make it a 10th consecutive victory in this rivalry series for Wisconsin, but I don't think it is going to be easy.
It's pretty remarkable how Minnesota has rallied around the health problems of head coach Jerry Kill, and you know that the Gophers will be hungry to end Wisconsin's nine-game winning streak against them on their home turf.
After Minnesota was blown out on the road at Michigan to drop to 4-2 on the season, I thought the Gophers had officially hit that mid-season tailspin we've seen from them the past few seasons. But this year's squad clearly has a stronger inner fortitude, and though they're the Badgers' biggest rival, it is good to see the Minnesota program back on solid ground.
Plus, if Wisconsin can walk away with a 'W,' the Badgers might actually move up in the polls and draw at least a little respect nationally.
Looking at the current BCS rankings, Wisconsin needs to move up five spots over the next two weeks to be eligible for a BCS at-large selection, and a win over a fellow top-25 team would bump them up a couple spots at least I would think.
Prediction: It will be a struggle at times, but if the Badgers can get past an early score from Minnesota, then I think UW ends up rolling.
I anticipate the Gophers coming out of the gates Saturday like there is no tomorrow, but Wisconsin's just too steady, especially on the ground. Abby breaks it open in the third quarter with a fly-sweep touchdown run, and the Badgers move to 9-2 with a 38-21 win.
Week 12: Wisconsin 51, Indiana 3
Week 12 grades: UW essentially perfect vs. Indiana
Week 12 offense review: Run game dooms Hoosiers


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Two performances of Diversionary's "Next Fall" to include panel with discussion with faith leaders
SDGLN Staff
Discount available for SDGLN readers who purchase tickets by March 4
SAN DIEGO -- In conjunction with its current production of "Next Fall," Diversionary Theatre has put together a panel of faith and secular leaders for a conversation about faith, religion, and belief and how they shape our lives and our relationships immediately following the shows on March 8 and 15.
In the Tony-nominated play by Geoffrey Nauffts, the relationship between two gay men who have vastly different religious beliefs is explored. Despite their differences the couple, Adam and Luke, share their love while coming to terms with their differences.
The panel discussions will include a number of well-known faith leaders, including Rabbi Laurie Coskey, executive director of Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice of San Diego County (ICWJ); Rev. Dan Koeshall, senior pastor at Metropolitan Community Church; Jeannie Burke, a Buddhist Chaplain; Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal of Tifereth Israel Synagogue; Chris Harris, Canon for Congregational Development at St. Paul's Cathedral; and Debbie Allen, president of The Humanist Fellowship of San Diego.
Coskey, Koeshall, and Burke will sit on the March 8 panel, and Rosenthal, Harris, and Allen speaking on March 15.
PFLAG San Diego will host a reception at 6:45 pm on the night of these special shows. Showtime is 7:30 pm with the panel discussions immediately following.
Tickets to the show are $31, however a discount offer is available for SDGLN readers who purchase tickets prior to March 4 - details are below.
Diversionary Theatre is located at 4545 Park Blvd. in University Heights.
Exclusive ticket offer for San Diego Gay & Lesbian News readers:
Readers who purchase tickets using the promo code BELIEVESP will get $4 off general admission tickets. The offer is good for tickets purchased before March 4 and is subject to availability. The discount is not valid in combination with other offers or discounts.
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Roots Artisan Block print Mini Beach robe is an artisanal product which is printed by delicate touch of the human hand, by using the linden tree block and natural dyes derived from the roots of herbs. Since it is printed by human hand, it is not always symmetrical and may have imperfections which even makes it more special.
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Swedish fantasy power metal act Twilight Force has signed on with Nuclear Blast Records. The foundation for what is now Twilight Force was laid out in 2011, with a quest to bring back the golden age of epic symphonic power metal.
By combining strong melodies with orchestral arrangements and fast tempos, Twilight Force wanted to create an intense and memorable listening experience; immersing the audience in a magic universe filled with wonder, heroic tales and mesmerising mythical worlds. Using their vast experience from previous musical endeavours, their classical training and technical proficiency, they started working intensely and meticulously in their studio in the heart of Sweden, the Twilight Forge.
The band commented: "Sound the Horns of Triumph! It is with great exuberance that we can finally reveal that a legendary Scroll of Allegiance has been sealed. Twilight Force have entered into a pact with Nuclear Blast, and will henceforth stand proudly alongside venerable acts such as Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, Sabaton and Blind Guardian. This wondrous covenant will unlock magic portals to kingdoms unknown, and help us guide humans and kindred spirits alike into our mystical glorious realm. So, now is the time to rejoice! The Knights of Twilight's Might shall rise!"
The band continues: "We are currently working fervently and meticulously in the studio, the Twilight Forge, to complete the second opus of Twilight Force. We aim to create something that will take power metal to new heights - it will be a milestone for us and hopefully for the genre, and far exceed our debut album in both length and sound quality. Expect a fast-paced adventurous and bright listening experience, both through tonality, storytelling and even sound design. It will be a sparkling magical adventure filled with lore, virtuosity, memorable melodies and majestic soundscapes previously unheard-of in the genre. We are working to transcend our own sound from the first album, and develop it into something new and fresh, but still keep the essence of power metal intact. The currently untitled adventure metal album is scheduled for a September 2016 release on Nuclear Blast Records."
Nuclear Blast's Head of Promotion and A&R, Markus Wosgien, commented on the signing: "It was love at first sight. Their debut album rotated endlessly and after I had the chance to convince myself from their live qualities on tour, the mission was sealed. Their symphonic, like an arrow and hyper-melodic power metal may polarise, but Twilight Force make matters satisfying, honestly and with loads of lifeblood. Everyone who likes the early Rhapsody records, who appreciates Stratovarius' classics and who counts Dragonforce as one of their favourites, will be enthusiastic about Twilight Force for sure. The point, that the band consist of really smart guys in addition, made it very easy for all of us to find common ground and to develop a clear vision. We're looking forward to a fertile cooperation and their upcoming album, its' demos suggest something big."
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>>> but it is 0.5 GHz difference!
>> seen little if any correlation.
> 2.3 GHz, I am going to run tests and report the results.
necessarily scale the same way.
> But FSB was bumped up substantially (from 400 MHz in 2002  to 1600 MHz now).
>>> Barcelona was not very encouraging.


The 5th biennial Composites Innovation will take place on 20th - 21st June 2018 at the Nottingham Conference Centre, Nottingham, UK, with particular focus on innovation related to the automation of processes for light-weighting and increased composites production rates.
The programme, now available on the website at https://compositesinnovation.com/programme-2018/, features experts in automation from across sectors including aerospace and automotive. Keynote presentations are being provided by Richard Collins, Technology Analyst for IDTechEx, and Henry Sarel-Cooke, Business Development Manager for GKN Wheels and Structures.
The conference programme has sessions to cover automated material placement, digital manufacturing, high volume manufacturing, design, machining and cost.
Sponsorship and exhibition packages are available in a variety of packages to suit all budgets, providing an opportunity to engage with the conference audience, whilst benefiting from added online presence.


The first Adelaide good food guide has just appeared. It is called the Adelaide Food Guide 2006 and it surveys the whole state. Flicking through the guide I noted that the Best CBD Lunch was at Georges on Waymouth. Feeling peckish I wandered over and found the place was packed but they arranged a spot for me out on the pavement.
The food is modern Italian and is excellent. To find out a little more about what was going on I asked my waiter if I could meet George. 'I'm George', he replied so later when it had quietened down he joined me in a glass of local shiraz.
George Kasimatis had been running a restaurant in Canberra and saw a business opportunity in Adelaide and made the move west a few years ago. His background got more interesting as we talked. He began working in the family milk bar when he was seven years old. Now this turns out to be the famous milk bar in the suburb of Manuka that has been operated by the same family for at least 40 years. The Easter egg displays were a special highlight and I believe still are.
My brother and I opened our first liquor shop in Manuka in 1975 and many a time grabbed a coffee and sandwich at the Kasimatis milk bar. George and I reckoned he may even have served me.
Georges on Waymouth is serving really good bistro style food and when in Adelaide I recommend you give it a try. The wine list is also taking shape.


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Touch 'n Go dormant policy not a user's favourite
by Ahirul Ahirudin
Touch 'n Go
Written by Ahirul Ahirudin
KUALA LUMPUR – December 13, 2017: Last month Touch 'n Go Sdn. Bhd. (TNGSB) received an international industry awards but it appears that there are still some complaints against it in terms of customers' satisfaction.
The Mole today went to a Touch 'n Go Hub at Nu Sentral to get public feedback, particularly on its policy which allows the company to deactivate a card after 12 months of inactivity.
Many of those interviewed expressed dissatisfaction with the policy, which is a part of the terms and conditions for the use of the card.
Some even went as far as to describe the condition as unfair.
One of them, who only wanted to be known as Kumar, said it is wrong for TNGSB to freeze the money he put in the card just because there were no transaction for some time.
"Years ago, I received this card for free and I never knew that there were such policies that allow TNGSB to freeze my money after a period of inactivity," said Kumar from Puchong.
"To make things worse, I was told I would have to pay a dormant fee that increases if the period of inactivity is longer," he added.
According to the terms and conditions, a Touch 'n Go card will automatically be deactivated if there is no transaction for twelve months.
A dormant fee of RM 5.30 is charged to the card holder for every six months of inactivity after the card's deactivation. This would be for seven years or until the balance of money in the card is depleted.
An elderly lady, who requested anonymity, commended the TNSGB customer service team at the hub for helping her solve the invalid card issue but said she thinks the policies could have been better.
"They told me I have to register the card online in order to proceed with the refund, which is a hassle for someone my age," she said.
"I wish their policy is friendlier for non-tech geek like me."
Another lady, who only wanted to be known as Rose, said a Touch 'n Go card has become a necessity for everyone after almost all toll booths in Malaysia went cashless.
"Many will have more than one Touch 'n Go card just in case they forget to top up the balance of the card they normally use. Of course the extra cards will not see action most of the time but with this invalid card policy, I'm worried I may not be able to use those even when I need it," she said.
A staff at the hub gave a few tips on how to avoid being caught up with the problem.
For starters, use the card at least once a year to avoid deactivation.
Those who prefer to have an extra card for emergency can use their identification card and reload money in it. It functions exactly like a Touch 'n Go card without any expiration date or dormant fee to worry about. It's perfect for an emergency card.
Attempts to get an official response from the company were not successful .
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How AR Works
08 August 2019UkraineMedia
While it's not 100% certain, there's a good chance you've interacted with AR at least once or twice. You may have played Pokemon Go, watched a football game with the red line projected across your screen to show the first down line, or used Ikea's AR app when furniture shopping.
AR technology is showing up in our offices, homes, stores, and elsewhere. But what does this mean, and how does it work? What does all of this terminology mean? How do these 3D models, holograms, and interactive displays work? Keep reading to learn more.
What is Augmented Reality?
Augmented reality is the superimposition of digital elements onto the physical world. This is in contrast to virtual reality where a full headset or other enclosure puts the user in an artificial environment. With AR, users see, hear, touch, and otherwise experience the existing environment. AR is used to introduce videos, sound, images, and graphics.
Augmented reality apps often use a physical trigger or marker, or a devices GPS capabilities to connect digital information with a specific physical location. To use the example of Pokemon Go, your phone broadcasts your location, and the software uses that to show a Pokemon character in your field of view.
Today, you can interact with four different subsets of AR. These are:
Marker Based
Markless
Super Imposition Based
Projection Based
The Sword of Damocles And Other Early Adoptions
Back in the late 1960s, two scientists invented a head mounted device that would project very rudimentary computer graphics that the wearer could see. This was called the Sword of Damocles. Later in the 1970s, an artificial reality lab called Videoplace. The innovations there were later used in video and film production.
Brief history of AR
AR in the 1960s. In 1968 Ivan Sutherland and Bob Sproull created a first head-mounted display, they called it The Sword of Damocles. Obviously, it was a rough device that displayed primitive computer graphics.
1990 was the first year that the term augmented reality was used. It was coined by David Mizell and Thomas Caudell, two researchers at Boeing. This decade also saw the development of Virtual Fixtures. This is a technology that superimposes sensory information over the users field of vision in order to enhance their performance during challenging tasks.
Finally in the 2000s, Hirokazu Koto developed and released ARToolKit. This open-source SDK laid the foundation for many developers to use this technology for a variety of applications. Today, Google Glass, Microsoft HoloLens, and Niantic's Pokemon Go have put AR technology in the hands of the average person.
With augmented reality, images and videos can be seen on screens, through glasses or headsets, on handheld devices, through headsets, and through mobile phones. It uses depth tracking, simultaneous location and mapping, sensors, cameras, and inputs received from the users own actions. In some cases, the devices are specifically designed for AR in others, multipurpose devices like smartphones are used.
AR requires most of the same components that computers have. They need RAM, CPU, Bluetooth or WiFi capabilities, GPS, and GPU. They also need some way to determine speed, velocity, orientation, and direction.
Digging Deeper Into The Types of Augmented Reality
Markerless Augmented Reality - This is also known as location or position based. It uses a compass, GPS, gyroscope, and accelerometer to broadcast the user's location. This is the form of augmented reality that bases what you say on your current location. It's applications include navigation, use in events, and location based pop-up advertising.
Marker-Based Augmented Reality - This uses an image or object to kick off the AR experience. For example, a QR code that is scanned with a smartphone, or a trigger image that is snapped with an iPad. The interaction between the device and the trigger image informs the AR technology of when and where to broadcast the content. For example, scanning a trigger image at a museum could result in a 3D model of a display being shown.
Superimposition - This takes an original view of a particular space and replaces it with one that has been augmented. Object recognition is key in this technology. This AR is used in the IKEA app that allows users to see what pieces of furniture will look like in their homes. It's also used in fashion apps that allow users to see what shoes or clothing look like without having to try them on in real life.
Projection-Based - This involves projecting light onto a physical surface so that people see an image or images that appear to exist in real time. These holograms have been used in concerts, in films, and other applications.
AR Devices
Mobile devices, such as smartphones, tend to be the most popular for AR applications. They are readily available and widely used already. Users can download AR apps, or their devices existing capabilities can be used. These are often used in sports, business, educational, and social applications.
Augmented reality glasses are wearable devices that bring virtual images into the wearers vision. These include Google Glass and Hololens. Some manufacturers have begun developing AR contact lenses as well.
There are also devices that are created not just for AR, but for specific applications within AR. One example of this would be a device that is specifically created to wear on a football helmet, or one that sends information to a fighter pilot during training.
Final Thoughts: Applications For AR Technology
Now that you know a bit more about AR tech, you may be wondering how and where it could be applied. The possibilities are endless. It can be used in automotive applications, aviation, travel and tourism, gaming and toys, marketing, education, healthcare, warehousing and distribution, transportation, and more.


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Youth and society
1. Let's talk about Belarusian youth organizations. What youth organizations do you know?
2. Have you ever joined a youth organisation? Why (not)?
3. What questions would you like to ask a person who has joined a new international organization?
4. What issues would you recommend to discuss at a monthly meeting of a debate club?
5. A lot of young people in Europe work in hospitals and kindergartens as volunteers. What do you think attracts them to do this kind of work?
1. Let's talk about Belarusian youth organizations. What youth organizations are there in your country? Are you a member of any youth organization?
Today young people try to take an active part in social life. They join different clubs, groups or societies. There are some informal youth groups: skinheads, hippies, punks, religious groups and political and non-political youth organisations in my country.
Different religious youth groups aim at helping elderly people or working in hospitals. They also involve young people into music and drama festivals.
The largest non-political organization is the Scout Movement. The membership is voluntary, they have a special badge, a training programme and the motto «Be Prepared». They develop such skills as honesty, obedience, patriotism, kindness. The Belarusian Pioneer Movement is a part of the Scout Movement.
One of the organizations connected with political parties is the Youth Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (YCND) which cooperates with the National Union of Students. They organize meetings, demonstrations and festivals.
The most important youth organization in Belarus is the BRSM. The BRSM was founded in 2002. Its goals are to promote patriotism and moral values. The BRSM organizes such activities as camping, sporting events, concerts, volunteer work, charity and different demonstrations.
I'm a member of the BRSM. To tell the truth, I was forced to join it. I think that youth organizations should help young people to socialize but it is not my case.
1. When was this organization founded?
2. What are the goals of this organization?
3. What events do you organize?
4. How many members are there in your organization?
I woul recommend to discuss how to involve young people into active social life and how to organize some important events.
5. A lot of young people in Europe work in hospitals and kindergartens as volunteers. What do you think attracts them to do this kind of work?
There are always a lot of people who agree to work without any pay. I think they want to be helpful. When you help other people it gives you a sense of importance and necessity. And you feel better because you make the world better.


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News Releases for February 2010
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Interest Rates Remain the Same for the Second Quarter of 2010
IR-2010-22, Feb. 26, 2010 — Interest rates for the calendar quarter beginning April 1, 2010, will remain the same.
Feb. 28 is Last Day for Special Tax Option for Haiti Relief Donations
IR-2010-21 Feb.19, 2010 — Taxpayers wishing to claim their Haiti relief donations on the tax return they are filling out this season must make those donations by the end of this month.
IRS Approves Second Round of Issuance by Indian Tribal Governments of Economic Development Bonds
IR-2010-20, Feb. 11, 2010 — Seventy-six tribal governments awarded a combined $1.005 billion of bond issuance authority.
IRS Suspends Tax Practitioner for Preparing False Tax Returns
IR-2010-19, Feb. 5, 2010 — A CPA has been suspended for twelve months from practice before the IRS by the Office of Professional Responsibility.
IRS Debunks Frivolous Tax Arguments 2010
IR-2010-18, Feb. 5, 2010 — The 2010 version of a discussion and rebuttal of common frivolous arguments made by those who oppose compliance with federal tax laws has been released.
IRS Seeks Members for Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee 2010
IR-2010-17, Feb. 4, 2010 — The IRS announced it is accepting applications to fill vacancies on the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC), which provides feedback on the policies, programs and procedures of electronic tax administration.
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This is an exquisite, museum quality female Stingray specimen called Heliobatis radians (Order: Rajiformes; Family: Dasyatidae), and one of only two species of ray from the Green River Formation. This stingray has been back and comes with a French Cleat, ready to hang. Like modern stingrays, this extinct genus had spikes on its tail. The preservation is fantastic and the preparation is as good as it gets. This one is known to be a female due to the absence of claspers used by the male in mating.
Rays belong to the Chondrichtyes, as do the sharks. All have an inner skeleton made of cartilage. Since cartilage comprises more organic material (collagen and elastic tissues) than bone, it decays more rapidly. As a result, fossils of cartilaginous fishes generally are rare. The cartilaginous fishes appeared in Silurian time, and their ancestors remain one of the most successful groups of marine animals. This ray has a restored tail and small repairs to its raylike skeleton. It is an amazing display piece.


Now finally, in regards to combat: Combat is terribly unbalanced as the Pirates use EOC against players as if it's pvp.
RSGoldHub.com has the best customer service compared to any other game currency/power leveling service, I have ever been in business with.
I just disassembled my Rod-o-Matic, whilst my aura was active and the xp did not count towards the high scores, so now I know siphoning and disassembling both don't count towards the high scores (yet again roughly another 500k xp wasted, in a sense, testing this theory).
It has also been noted that Jagex wish to create a solid lore surrounding this minigame, which is why we are all here today!
Runescape Legends, Jagex's card battler based on their popular MMO Runescape, has now been released on Steam.
Overall, construction is extremely outdated content. Many players used their Player Owned House to organise parties and other facilities.
We know the accesibility towards 'stuff to do' will be partly locked behind the level requirments POP has set.
Jagex must have been at least somewhat aware they were doing something stupid and that it might not be as popular as anticipated. Releasing content that's dead from day one isnt very nice yes? So of course you targeted the hard-core gamers by forcing them to do it.
With them, we're bringing some changes to the way that the tech trees work, providing new task-related gameplay within Invention, giving you more focus as you train the skill.
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Virginia governor Bob McDonnell announced today that ICF International, the Beltway-based strategy and tech consultancy, will open a new Henry County-based BPM operations center that will bring hundreds of high-paying jobs to the state. The $15 million project will create 539 much-needed jobs in the small county in southern Virginia, which is struggling with double-digit unemployment. State development groups hailed the transformative potential of ICF's arrival in Martinsville, VA.
"This is an epic day for the people of Henry County and the City of Martinsville," said Debra Buchanan, a top official at the County. "ICF International is the type of company that can transform a community." McDonnell echoed that sentiment. "This project is truly transformational for Henry County," he said. "After a highly competitive process, the company determined that Henry County offered the right location in the Patriot Centre Industrial Park and an available workforce eager for the opportunity. An investment of this caliber, as well as more than 500 new jobs, is tremendous news for Southern Virginia."
The state and the county had to fend off aggressive competition from Georgia, Maryland, Tennessee, and West Virginia, each of whom sought to land what amounts to an economic stimulus in its own right. To make Henry County appear the most favorable site for conducting its business, a coalition of Virginia development organizations cooperated to secure millions in incentives and tax breaks for the consultancy. For example, Gov. McDonnell OK'ed a $500,000 grant from the Virginia Governor's Opportunity Fund, and the project also benefited from more than $2 million in Virginia Tobacco Indemnification money. Virginia probably always had an edge in the bidding process though, considering its proximity to DC, home to many of the firm's government and government contractor clients.
ICF described Henry County as offering "a robust economy, a pro-business climate, a high-quality workforce, and an outstanding quality of life for ICF employees." Sudhakar Kesavan, ICF's chairman and CEO, welcomed Henry County locals to the recruitment process. "We are pleased to open this new operations center in Henry County and to build our workforce from local residents," he said in a press release.
Henry County registered an unemployment rate of 11.6 percent in February, which the Virginia Business Journal says is among the highest in the state.
Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ICF has 3,700 employees worldwide (pre-operations center) and lists on Nasdaq (ICFI).


Haiti has seen less than 50 percent of the aid promised by the international community in the days and weeks after a deadly earthquake hit the country last year, according to Haitian Ambassador to The Bahamas Antonio Rodrigue.
Rodrigue said the Haitian people and government are not satisfied with the pace of reconstruction in the year since the tragedy claimed the lives of more than 300,000 people.
Among them were the ambassador's brother, his aunt, friends and colleagues.
Rodrigue said in recent times the reconstruction has been more consistent than in the initial months after the earthquake.
But Haiti lacks the resources needed to nurse it to health. The international community has estimated that it would take$10 billion to reconstruct Port-au-Prince.
"We don't have that money,"the ambassador pointed out in an interview withThe Nassau Guardianyesterday.
Though he spoke at the embassy, it remained closed throughout the day as Haitians commemorated the first anniversary of the tragedy.
"In the beginning there was a funds appeal for the international community to contribute,"the ambassador said.
Rodrigue noted that much of the funds donated to Haiti have been channeled through non-governmental organizations, presenting a challenge to the coordination of international aid.
As it struggles with reconstruction, Haiti is also fighting a cholera outbreak that has already claimed more than 3,000 lives.
"That slowed a little bit the[progress]of the reconstruction efforts because the government has to focus on dealing with that epidemic in Haiti,"Rodrigue said.
There are still more than 800,000 people living in tent cities. In the immediate aftermath of the disaster, approximately two million people were without homes.
The Haitian government wants everybody by the end of 2011 to be out of the tents and in transitional shelters or homes, according to the ambassador.
Rodrigue noted that because the earthquake hit the capital city, it impacted the heart of government. An estimated 20 percent of civil servants were killed.
Asked what kind of Haiti he prays to see in another decade, Rodrigue said the Haiti he wishes to see is the kind of country Haitians everywhere also want.
"We want to see our country first of all get up, get back[on]its feet, be rebuilt in a better way, be on the path of development,"he said.
"This way we know we would be able to give a better choice to our citizens and they will be happy to stay home, not go away.


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Movie Review: 500 Days of Summer (2009)
By Brad Brevet
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel in 500 Days of Summer
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Perhaps what I appreciate most about 500 Days of Summer is that it doesn't try too hard, which it very easily could have considering its fractured style of story-telling. As a result, it won't be looked at as quirky or even indie as much as it will simply be referred to as a good film. First time feature director Marc Webb has chosen a witty and down-to-earth romantic dramedy as his debut and he does it without stereotypes or catchphrases, and as a result it earns my respect.
The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tom and Zooey Deschanel as Summer. Tom dreams of being an architect, but is stuck writing for a greeting card company, which does little for his career but makes good use of his belief in true love, a belief that comes into play as Summer is hired as a secretary. However, Summer's outlook on life couldn't be any further from Tom's. She is more of a live-in-the-moment kind of girl and the idea of settling down just isn't in the cards. Of course, this doesn't stop the two from forming a 500 day relationship that ends with Summer breaking up with Tom followed by Tom's efforts to get her back. The best part, I can tell you all of this and not spoil a single moment of the film… Like I said, unconventional.
From the outset, we are told 500 Days of Summer is "not a love story" as it is pieced together using a variety of the 500 days of Tom and Summer's relationship showing you when and where things went wrong and never in linear order, but don't assume there isn't a method to the madness. Comedic blends into dramatic which blends into heartache as all the courtship trappings are on display and anyone that has ever been in a relationship is likely to find a connection.
As soon as the film began my first concern was the non-linear storytelling would be used to such an extent it would become annoying and gimmicky. Fortunately, Webb has whittled this feature down to a compact 95 minutes making sure the audience is concentrated on what is going on in the story and not feeling interrupted by the next bit of time travel, but I really think another 5-10 minutes and it would have unraveled. Luckily, solid editing, acting and directing keeps this one moving at a brisk pace all while dealing with the problems everyone faces and does it with characters we can relate to.
Neither Joseph Gordon-Levitt nor Zooey Deschanel would be considered A-list actors, but there is no denying they are two well-liked (and possibly adored) actors by the movie-going community. I would even go so far as to say those that watch these two on a regular basis will find themselves cheering for both sides in this story, even though your heart leans more toward Tom and his plight. But the great thing is you aren't rooting against either side.
Off the top of my head I couldn't think of a better pair to pull this story off as they both bring a level of humanity to the film grounding it in reality. Deschanel's unique look is definitely not the sultry female Hollywood most often falls for, but when she's in a film your attention immediately goes to her wide eyes and delicate voice. So much so, she even made Jim Carrey's Yes Man a decent watch last year. And while Gordon-Levitt isn't an A-lister (yet), he is on the cusp, and the best thing about him is he has done it without sucking at Hollywood's teet in an effort to get a leg up.
Levitt may be starring as the Cobra Commander in the upcoming Paramount toy commercial G.I. Joe, but it will be films such as the 2005 cult favorite Brick, Kimberley Peirce's Stop-Loss and 500 Days of Summer that will keep his career kicking, and people are taking notice. Next up for Levitt is a role in Christopher Nolan's Inception, while he recently finished filming Hesher with Natalie Portman. 500 Days of Summer looks to be the jumping-off point in what is likely to be a major career and a well deserved on at that.
If I were to find fault in this film they would be a few nitpicks that keep it from being a stand-up-and-applaud kind of film, but that isn't to say it isn't worthy of praise. We need more films like 500 Days of Summer and we need more stars like Deschanel and Levitt. Without relying on typical romantic comedy scenarios, 500 Days is a film that comes off as effortless. A lot of work must have gone into bouncing the story of Tom and Summer around while making sure it never derailed, but you can't tell. Whether we are watching Tom suffer through his dead-end job or singing with animated song birds, it is all engaging, entertaining and original — three descriptors rarely used with movies nowadays.
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Panathinaikos will keep up the talks with Michael Essien's representative over the weekend hoping to reach a deal within next week.
The Greens have offered a wage in the region of 1,5 million euros per yer to the Ghanian midfielder who contract at Milan expires at the end of the season.
It is believed, though, that Essien is asking for 2 million euros which Panathinaikos are reluctant to pay.
The Greek club will wait Essien's answer until next week to see if they can clinch an agreement, otherwise they will look for alternative options.


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During the Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews, which will be held on Thursday, October 25, 2018, the Kenya Service Learning team will be holding a garage sale in the cafetorium from 1:30 to 8 pm. We invite you to help support the students in our school who will be traveling to Kenya with Me to We in May 2019. Come on out to find some bargains and support these awesome students looking to learn more about our local and global community.
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Navigation Tools that Helped Us Traverse the Seas before Modern Technology
Thu, Jul 7th 2022, 03:11
The world was never as interconnected as it is today. But modern global trade and transport are all based on the innovations of our predecessors. To honor those that came before us and enabled us to ship goods from one end of the globe to the other, let us go back and take a look at the most important navigation tools that were used in the past.
If you are interested in the history of navigation or wish to know how we got to where we are today, this article is for you. Even if history is not your field of interest, you might be surprised how similar some old ship navigation equipment is to modern tools. So let's start.
The astrolabe is an ancient instrument that can be traced to the late Roman era, namely the 6th century CE. According to some records, it was invented by a woman named Hypatia from Egypt, although that fact may be pure myth. In any case, by the early Middle Ages, the use of astrolabes was widespread in Europe and the Middle East.
The astrolabe was primarily an astronomical tool. As a matter of fact, some people who study or have an interest in astronomy today still learn to use the astrolabe. The astrolabe became one of the earliest navigation tools when it was adopted by mariners – that version is called the mariner's astrolabe.
Mariners would use the astrolabe for celestial navigation. They would use the Sun or stars to calculate their latitude vertically and find out their current location. While it was in use, the astrolabe served as a minor status symbol, right up until it was replaced by the octant and sextant.
The sextant is another old tool for celestial navigation. It was (and is) used to determine the angle between the horizon and the Sun, Moon, or a star, consequently calculating the latitude and longitude. It came into widespread use in the mid-18th century.
The sextant consists of an arc that is marked in degrees, a movable arm, two mirrors, and a telescope that is mounted on the frame. By lining up the telescope with the horizon and manipulating the arm (and knowing the time of day) sailors could calculate their latitude within a few hundred meters.
The sextant replaced the octant as the octant could only calculate latitude, while the sextant can be used to also determine the latitude (although another invention was needed before latitude could be determined accurately, which we will get to later in the article).
As far as the name of the octant and sextant go, both stem from Latin. Sextus means 1/6, as the sextant arc has 60 degrees, i.e. a sixth of a full circle. The same is true of the octant – from Latin octans or 1/8 of a circle, due to its arc of 45 degrees.
The first sextants were relatively large, cumbersome devices. Later advancements in maritime technology allowed the production of smaller sextants. And while the sextant is an old invention, (modern) sextants are still used on modern ships and planes.
It is not possible to talk about vintage navigational tools without devoting time to the compass. When it comes to navigation, the compass is used to tell the four cardinal directions. But when it was invented in China (the first historical record of a compass is from around 206 BCE), it was used for ritualistic purposes.
Only about 800 years later was the compass used for navigation. The Chinese consider the compass one of their Four Great Inventions – the other three being papermaking, printing, and gunpowder. The earliest compasses used loadstone in a ladle (a magnetized iron ore). The loadstone would spin and align itself with the Earth's magnetic field.
Some Interesting Facts
Here are some additional fun compass facts:
The second version of the compass was an iron needle magnetized by loadstone placed in a container filled with water.
A dry compass is when a magnetized iron needle is placed in a bubble of air
Magnetic compasses point to the magnetic north pole, not the true North on a map.
The pelorus looks much like a compass, but it does not have magnetic needles and does not tell cardinal directions. Instead, this marine navigation system was used to tell whether the ship was going forward or backward. Based on the alignment with the lubber line (the fixed line running the center of the length of the ship), ancient sailors could tell the bearing of the ship
It was supposedly named for Pelorus, Hannibal's pilot. Interestingly, the Polynesians used the pelorus for stellar navigations before they used the compass. The pelorus, although a modern version, is still used on today's ships. It is primarily used for piloting ships when they are nearing shore and for judging the distance between other vessels.
Chip Log
A chip log was an early instrument that was used to tell the speed of a ship. In its design, it is very simple. It was a spool of rope with knots tied at even intervals, attached to a wooden board. When a ship navigation officer would need to tell the speed, he would drop the board in the water.
The board would remain more or less in place and the rope would unwind as the ship moved away. The sailors would count how many knots would unwind for a set amount of time, thus telling the speed of the ship.
This practice of counting knots is where the modern measurement of a ship's speed – knots – originates.
Lead Line
Finally, we get to possibly the oldest navigational instrument. If not the oldest, certainly one of the earliest recorded ship navigation tools – the lead line. It was used by sailors to tell the depth and take a sample of the seabed.
A hollow lead weight was attached to a line, which was then placed in the water to assess how far away the seabed was. A ball of animal fat was also placed in the lead weight – the materials from the seabed would stick to the fat, allowing ancient sailors to determine the composition.
John Harrison, the Problem Solver
Even with all of the ancient navigation tools at their disposal, there was one problem that ancient mariners could not overcome – telling the correct longitude when out of sight of land. To accomplish this, sailors needed to accurately tell the time aboard their ship and the time at a fixed location, which was not possible until the invention of John Harrison.
John Harrison invented the first true chronometer. It could accurately measure the time at a fixed location (the Greenwich Mean Time was used). When the time at the current location of the ship was measured by observing celestial bodies and compared to GMT, sailors could tell their longitude.
The process is more complex, but that is the principle. With the invention of the marine chronometer, John Harrison enabled sailors to measure both their longitude and latitude, ushering in the era of modern ocean navigation.
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Madeleine Bunting, née le  à Oswaldkirk dans le Yorkshire du Nord, est une journaliste et essayiste britannique. Elle publie principalement ses éditoriaux dans The Guardian mais participe aussi à des émissions de radio et de télévision.

Bunting suit des études d'histoire au Corpus Christi College de l'université de Cambridge. Bunting obtient une bourse post-doctorale pour étudier les sciences politiques et enseigner à l'université Harvard.

Elle commence à travailler pour The Guardian en 1989 comme journaliste généraliste, puis se trouve chargé des affaires religieuses, de l'Europe et des questions de développement économique avant de devenir rédactrice puis éditorialiste.

Bunting défend la foi religieuse et s'oppose à l'athéisme.

En , Bunting est nommée directrice de Demos un think tank londonien. Elle prend ses fonctions début septembre mais démissionne en octobre à la suite de différences avec les gestionnaires concernant la direction que l'organisation devait prendre. Bunting retourne alors au Guardian.

Bunting est mariée et le couple a trois enfants.

Œuvres
 The Model Occupation: The Channel Islands Under German Rule, 1940-45, HarprtCollins (1995)   (reprint (2004) Pimlico, )
 Willing Slaves: How the Overwork Culture is Ruling Our Lives, HarperCollins (2004)

Notes et références

Liens externes

  Éditoriaux de Bunting
  Biographie de Bunting sur le site du Guardian
  Who Comments? – Madeleine Bunting

Journaliste britannique
Collaborateur du Guardian
Étudiant de Corpus Christi College (Cambridge)
Professeur à l'université Harvard
Naissance en mars 1964
Naissance dans le Yorkshire du Nord


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The phone will be sold by Amazon India and will be available for purchase on February 6. You can head to the official page to sign up for a notification when it begins.
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The Nokia 8.1 runs Android 9 pie out of the box. It is an Android one phone, so it will get two years of software updates. It is powered by a 3,500mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging.


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"Corporate treasurers certainly have wakened up to the fact that when it comes to the banks they've dealing with, things can happen," said Matthew Dunn, senior manager in Deloitte's treasury risk management practice. "Things can happen fairly quickly. As we saw in the crisis, even large banks could not exist anymore overnight. It really can happen that fast."
The crises resulted in many conversations between corporate treasurers and their banks, said Greg Kavanaugh, head of the global liquidity product team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. "Whether it was the economic crisis in 2007-2009 or the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, we witnessed clients rechecking their policies, rechecking their counterparties and checking where they stand with them," Kavanaugh said.
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The center of Tokyo has a fusion of traditional things and new mystery.
Akasaka, Minato Ward, is the place where the skyscraper-filled business district and historic architecture mix.
Let us tell you about a walking route that allows you to quickly enjoy the charms of Akasaka! It is also great for a morning run.
Pass temples, high-rise apartments, capital freeways, State Guest House, Meiji Kinenkan, and during the autumn foliage season, Ginkgo Avenue. Pray at Nogi Jinja Shrine.
Then relax and enjoy a nice cup of coffee and brunch at a New York-style cafe in Roppongi.
Once you experience the allure of the big city of Tokyo, you will definitely be captivated.
01.Shunpachi Akasaka
The fruit and vegetable store is located on a street lined with apartments and skyscrapers. The community-based greengrocer offers strictly selected fruits and vegetables. Sometimes they sell smoothies featuring seasonal vegetables and fruits as well as vegetable sticks. Have a bite of seasonal fruits or vegetables at the beginning of your walk to replenish your energy. Then the steep slope called Sanpunzaka awaits!
*There are many slopes in Minato Ward, each of which has a name. Signs stand near the slopes and some explain the history. Sanpunzaka was named after the three silver coins (sanpun in Japanese) that were once the additional charge for a rickshaw, due to the steepness. Enjoy the view of both sides of the slope that is aligned with several temples.
Address:7-8-12 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Business hours:10:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Access from hotel: 1 minute
28 minutes from Shunpachi Akasaka
02.Akasaka Palace (State Guest House)
Look at the forecourt, the main building of Akasaka Palace, and its exterior during public hours. Check the schedule on the website before visiting, because such dates are limited. You can make a reservation to visit or just casually go without reservation.
Akasaka Palace is called Geihinkan, which means a guest house for welcoming and entertaining guests, such as sovereigns and prime ministers from other countries.
Enjoy the unique atmosphere of the fascinating building and garden. It is a delightful place to see! Sometimes there are makeshift shops and stalls selling goods, beverages or food.
Address:2-1-1 Motoakasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Business hours: Opening hours: 10:00-17:00 (admission free, visitors accepted until 16:00)
*The palace is opened to the public irregularly. Check with the website before visiting. (The English website: http://www.geihinkan.go.jp/geihinkan/akasaka/koukai_e.html) Access from hotel: 38 minutes
03.The Ginkgo Avenue in Jingu Gaien
Walk along the avenue, starting at Akasaka Palace. You will find Meiji Kinenkan on your right. It is the wedding hall of Meiji Jingu, located on premises with rich foliage despite being in the center of Tokyo. If you are lucky, you may see a wedding ceremony and a bride in a beautiful kimono.
Pass the nearby Jingu Stadium and find the avenue leading to Aoyama Street. It is lined with ginkgo trees, whose leaves turn yellow in autumn.
Besides the autumn leaves that are only visible for a short period, enjoy the variety of events and festivals held there, such as fireworks shows and beer gardens in the summer.
Address: 2-1 Kitaaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access from hotel: 22 minutes
21 minutes from The Ginkgo Avenue in Jingu Gaien
04.Nogi Jinja Shrine
Nogi Jinja is in a tranquil location despite its urban surroundings. It enshrines Maresuke Nogi, the famous soldier from the Meiji period.
Take beautiful photos of the photogenic path lined with red torii gates!
The shrine opens at 6:00 a.m. Go there early to avoid crowds and explore as much as you like.
An antique market is held on the fourth Sunday of every month, although it is cancelled if it rains. You may find a terrific bargain there.
Address:8-11-27 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Business hours: 6:00-17:00
Access from hotel: 8 minutes
21 minutes from Nogi Jinja Shrine
05.Mercer Brunch
Relax at a chic New York-style cafe and have brunch after enjoying the diverse glamor of Tokyo.
If you are starving and crave something substantial, steak is the choice for you! It is one of the regularly featured morning and brunch menu items. We recommend the brioche French toast! The popular dish is based on brioche specially prepared for French toast. The crust is crispy with a lovely aroma. The center of the brioche feels soft like rich custard pudding! There are twelve brunch menu items, including salads, in addition to French toast and steak. In the evenings, the cafe turns into a place for adults. The fireplace at the center lights the dimly lit cafe. Enjoy Italian cuisine that mainly includes meat dishes in a luxurious space. The popular French toast is also available in the evenings.
Address:4-2-35 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Mon. to Fri.:10:00-15:30 (last call: 3:00 p.m.)
Sat., Sun, and national holiday: 9:00-18:00
Mon. to Sun. and national holiday: 18:00-23:30 (last call: 22:30)
Convenient locations, close to major stations when sightseeing.
Expanding throughout Tokyo and Kyoto
opening on August 10th, 2018
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