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Face to Face with: Dr. Ludovic Ferrière/NHM
Frenchman Dr. Ludovic Ferrière is the curator of the meteorite collection and the impactite collection at the Natural History Museum in Vienna and best proof that a career in space does not necessarily require looking at or travelling to the stars.
Dr. Ludovic Ferrière in his office at the Natural History Museum Vienna (Chiara Cordeschi )
The Natural History Museum Vienna (NHMW) is one of the largest, oldest and most important natural history museums in the world and, thanks to its wide range of scientific collections, the world-leading expertise of its dedicated scientists and its state-of-the-art laboratories, it is a recognized center for scientific research in a wide variety of fields.
The NHMW houses several (scientific) reference collections, including the oldest meteorite collection in the world, a large number of specimens of which are displayed in the Meteorite Hall, the largest meteorite exhibition in the world.
Dr. Ludovic Ferrière is responsible for this. He is the curator of the Meteorite Collection & the Impactite Collection at the Natural History Museum Vienna.
Ferrière is a geologist by training, his specialty being meteorites and their impact craters.
The French scientist developed an early interest in rocks and minerals. To fulfill his dream of gaining as much knowledge as possible about impact craters (and also to see many with his own eyes), he studied geology and planetology at various French, Canadian and Austrian universities, including the University of Vienna. In 2011, he was hired at the Natural History Museum of Vienna as curator of the rock collection and co-curator of the meteorite collection. Currently, he is the chief curator of the NHMW's renowned meteorite collection and impactite collection. It is a position he cares for with heart and soul. Under his leadership, the entire meteorite hall of the museum, which incidentally houses the largest meteorite exhibition in the world, has been renovated, reorganized and modernized.
But this is not his only great success. Dr. Ludovic Ferrière was able to make a name for himself in expert circles with the discovery and confirmation of the Luizi impact crater in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Dr. Ludovic Ferrière mit dem Hoba Meteorit in Namibia (Dr. Ludovic Ferrière)
The French scientist is the best example that you don't have to fly to the stars to have a space career. There are many opportunities in the space sector. Ferrière advises children and young people who want to follow in his footsteps to specifically follow their own dreams. "It has never been more true than it is today, the future will not only be on Earth, but also in space. I always say 'Science is the religion of the 21st century.' Advances in science and technology have changed our lives, but also the world, and it's always better to be a part of it than to stand by like a spectator." Ludovic himself started honing his career when he was 13 years old.
Space has always interested the scientist. The "unknown," the lack of boundaries, the opportunity to learn and discover something new and different - according to Ferrière, space exploration is for and what ocean exploration was for our ancestors. Accordingly, in his eyes, the potential of the use of space is also great. The same applies to the Austrian "space". But in order to realize this 100%, more experts for space research, exploration of natural phenomena, astrobiologists and other scientists are needed. Ferrière is sure: Austria is already well established in industry and economy, but the research sector still needs support and young scientists. To the latter he advises: "Be passionate, curious and critical, and you will succeed!"
The NHM Meteorite Collection
About the discovery of the Luizi crater


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On February 17, 1898, Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst adorned the front pages of their respective newspapers – The New York World and The New York Journal – with the same sensationalist illustration depicting the explosion of USS Maine – a cruiser sent to Havana in the wake of what would become the Spanish-American War. At a time when other, more respected newspapers exercised restraint (given the unverified reasons for the cruiser's explosion), Hearst and Pulitzer pressed on and published a fabricated telegram, which implied sabotage. While the U.S. Navy's investigation found that the explosion was set off by an external trigger, a Spanish investigation asserted the opposite, claiming the explosion was a result of something that happened aboard the ship. Historians of journalism still debate the extent to which "yellow journalism" had influenced the investigation. No matter the cause, war broke out with the U.S. blockade of Cuba in April 1898. The American victory in the war was solidified by the Paris Treaty of 1899, which granted the United States control over Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines and transformed it into a world power. The war was a turning point and had lasting effects on U.S. foreign policy over the next half century, initiating a period of external involvement driven by expanding economic and territorial interests.
As we can see from this historical episode, fake news might seem like a "new" issue, but it most certainly is not. Every communications and information revolution in history came with its own challenges in information consumption and new ways of framing, misleading, and confusing opinion. The invention of the quill pen brought bureaucratic and diplomatic writing and led to wars of official authentication (the seal). The invention of the printing press led to a war of spies and naval information brokers across the Mediterranean in the 16th century. The typewriter and telegram birthed the cryptography wars of the early 20th century.
So it goes with mass use of social media.
Fake news belongs to the same habitus of modern digital spoilers and is often discussed in tandem with trolls and bots. Most of the existing studies focus on this mischievous trio's effects on elections and computational propaganda. Yet, we are still pretty much in the dark the extent to which fake news, trolls, and bots can draw countries into war or escalate a diplomatic crisis. Can countries with good relations be pitted against each other through computational propaganda? Or is it more effective to use these methods to escalate existing tensions between already hostile governments? The recent crisis over Qatar gives us some clues.
On June 7, the FBI reported that Russian hackers were behind the hacking of the Qatar News Agency and that the statements attributed to the Qatari emir were planted by these hackers. Russia denied these reports. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates seemed to be unfazed by the possibility of a hack. According to Krishnadev Calamur of The Atlantic, this is for two reasons. First, the purportedly planted statements are viewed by many as the true positions of the Qatari government and have been for a long time. Second, the long build-up of tensions between Qatar and the other Gulf Arab states would have eventually exploded one way or another (indeed, they have before). Regardless, the situation continues to escalate and has even led to the Turkish government to offer its physical military support by passing a fast-tracked parliamentary bill to deploy more troops in Qatar.
This mess provides a good case study in exploring the effects of fake news and bot use during an international diplomatic crisis as well as the extent to which these digital spoilers affect crisis diplomacy.
Marc Owen Jones presented a good case on bot activity before and during the Gulf crisis, arguing that 20 percent of Twitter accounts that posted anti-Qatar hashtags were bots. He put forth a well-sourced case that the preparations behind the anti-Qatar digital propaganda started in mid-April, earlier than the alleged hack of the Qatar News Agency. Bot research has grown increasingly relevant in the last couple of years due to the enormous capacity of these tools to disseminate fake information on social media platforms. Fake news works by creating shock and feeding the existing belief system and emotional reality map of its intended audience. This is because sheer impossibility of immediately responding to its misleading claims in the heat of a crisis makes fake news problematic. To that end, fabricated stories don't aim to have a lasting effect, but exploit a small window of collective attention. Although social media outlets and independent websites introduced algorithmic and self-check verification tools, propogandists adapt to the changing circumstances, improving in sophistication and thereby avoiding detection continuously.
The Qatar crisis gives us an insight into how things can get far worse when fake news proliferates during crises that primarily involve authoritarian systems. Although countering digital propaganda is hard enough in open and free political systems, things get far harder in authoritarian settings. These systems limit tools and actors that might engage in checking facts, challenging narratives, and disseminating alternative frames. Although democracies do suffer from strategic surges in fake news, their ability to verify, adapt, and respond to them is superior. Information-seeking behavior is strongly embedded in social structures and grassroots politics. Authoritarian systems don't have this asset. They heavily censor and restrict information and discourage civil society from engaging in politically relevant information-seeking behavior.
To make matters worse, political systems that are structured around single individuals tend to be overly emotional by design. An inflated sense of national pride combined with a cult of leadership offer rich soil for exaggerated emotional responses to external crises. The Qatar crisis shows us that the combination of these factors renders authoritarian states far more vulnerable to the effects of fake news proliferated through bots. It also demonstrates that when faced with a crisis, authoritarian states are more likely to make hasty decisions that end up escalating the situation into a game of chicken. The danger becomes exponentially worse as the proportion of authoritarian countries involved in a particular crisis increases. If the majority of the parties to a conflict are authoritarian, it becomes too easy for external state or non-state digital actors to push them into a continuous escalation through fake news. Without an infrastructure (cyber, democratic, or civil society-wise) to counter fake news in real-time, the danger of an armed conflict increases exponentially in diplomatic crises that feature authoritarian governments.
Geospatial time-frequency analysis of hashtags is a useful tool to measure crisis mobilization and escalation dynamics during digital crises. They are also good microcosms of fake news dissemination through bots. It is possible to explain bot-driven fake news dissemination in a crisis through a tandem monitoring of bot-driven hashtag proliferation on Twitter. Through focusing on the geographic and temporal diffusion of the most popular hashtags, analysts can often infer the origin point of digital spoilers and model the approximate network through which they spread. To measure the contested digital geography of the Gulf crisis, I have selected two of the most popular hashtags used between June 2 and 7: قطع_العلاقات_مع_قطر# – Cut Relations with Qatar (54,508, including variants), الشعب_الخليجي_يرفض_مقاطعه_قطر# – People of the Gulf are Refusing to Boycott (Qatar) (11,356, including variants) and used MapD engine to create time-frequency analysis. Variants imply hashtags that contained typos or shorter versions of longer hashtags.
To measure geographic diffusion of these hashtags and their smaller variants, I have used MapD to generate a time-frequency event map of two of the most popular hashtags (without mapping variants) used through the crisis.
It appears that the bulk of the initial wave advocating for cutting off relations with Qatar originated in Kuwait and spread fast, suggesting heavy bot usage. The counter hashtag was protective of Qatar and increased gradually, without the kind of significant peak its rival hashtag experienced. Anti-Qatar hashtags seem to be more organized and suggest advance preparation. Similar trends can be observed in Google searches, with peak spikes in both anti-Qatar hashtags spreading faster and remaining longer in circulation, compared to the sporadic small increases in the pro-Qatar hashtag and its rapid decline.
Regional interest diffusion over the Qatar crisis is identical in both hashtags, although the anti-Qatar hashtag (and other variants) spread much faster and at a higher rate. The scattered nature of these hashtags indicate randomized geolocation – a frequently recurring feature of bot accounts. The Qatari response seems to be less reliant on bots, but also demonstrates a lack of preparedness for the type of concerted challenge introduced by the anti-Qatar front.
Is it possible to know who's behind the combined bot activity, hacks and fake news dissemination? Attribution is very hard especially with the most sophisticated of hacks. Hackers can easily add Russian or Chinese keyboard signatures or characters in the code to suggest these countries were behind such activity. Even if bots or fake news can be traced back to one geo-signature, that location may reflect VPN use or a number of masking tools.
What we can tell from the hashtag geospatial study is that the anti-Qatar digital traffic suggests advance preparation and a well-conducted centralized effort. A very large number of tweets contain the same hashtag قطع_العلاقات_مع_قطر# whereas the Qatari response is weak and sporadic, with tweets containing clustered versions of الشعب_الخليجي_يرفض_مقاطعه_قطر#, suggesting more organic proliferation. This reinforces Jones' findings that this is indeed a crisis driven by bots and fake news with advance preparation and has little to do with whether the Qatari leader really said the statements attributed to him. Just like in the lead-up to what became the Spanish-American War, the intention to escalate was already there and the resultant information spoilers may or may not have had an effect on the decision to escalate.
At the time of writing this sentence, Qatari-owned Al Jazeera Media Network began reporting successive cyber-attacks on all its systems, websites, and media platforms. As with most cyber-attacks, this too will be hard to attribute, which adds fuel to international crises during escalation phases. The eventual attribution will also be unlikely to change much with regard to short-term political outcomes, as bot-transmitted fake news is used to seize the initiative and trigger emotional responses over a small window of opportunity. From this perspective, fake news in diplomatic crises brings some of the scholarship back from the Cold War, specifically on nuclear escalation, time constraints on decisions, cognitive bias, and prospect theory variants. This is especially the case with crises that include authoritarian states as their restrictive and centralizing nature render them the perfect victims for bot-driven fake news. When the fake news involved directly addresses authoritarian leaders or their families, escalations become especially likely.
Greater vulnerability of authoritarian regimes to fake-news during crises provides two alternatives to their leaders in digital diplomatic crises. Either these leaders will put self-restraint mechanisms in place, which will prevent them from taking drastic measures under digital crises, or they will adapt to the new realities of political communication and allow social verification structures to take root within civil society. While verification and fact-checking can be troublesome for authoritarian states, which themselves often appeal to the emotional response mechanisms of their citizens, they are nonetheless becoming security valves of national security in the cyber realm.
Diversionary politics of the digital space is now a structural aspect of world politics. Bots, trolls, and fake news will continue to be used by state and non-state actors alike to manipulate and distract attention economies everywhere in the world. Propaganda and psy-ops are old tricks, but the rapid changes in their methods continue to baffle less cyber-savvy countries and force them into making mistakes. Countries will paradoxically have to open up, rather than close down in the face of these tricks, both in order to bring in more technological expertise into the ranks of the government and also to harness the tools of civil society. These tools are often painfully frustrating for authoritarian governments, but nonetheless offer fast and reliable verification mechanisms that government organs can't provide in times of high-stakes escalation.
The Qatar crisis has shown how dangerous fake news can be, not least in the context of the Gulf. Given that a fifth of the world's oil passes through the Straits of Hormouz fake news and bots in the Qatar crisis are, in fact, global problems. With the onset of this diplomatic crisis, other countries too have to predict and plan for fake news diffusion during conflicts and diplomatic escalations and learn to operate in a system where uncertainty, confusion, and diversion become the main metric of political communication.


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They impact negatively on aquatic vegetation and birds, as well as damaging river banks through burrowing. They also carry a number of diseases harmful to humans and domestic animals.
Waterways Ireland has urged people to report any sightings of the rodent to them and the National Parks and Wildlife Service so eradication measures can be undertaken as quickly as possible.
In 2017 concerns were raised over the possible spread of the coypu in Cork after one was photographed swimming in the River Lee.
The rodent was believed they have been breeding in the Curraheen River area over the previous two years.
Ten coypu were removed from the river the year before.


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The TSO plays "Modern Broadway"
photo by Stuart Lowe
When conductor Steven Reineke led the Toronto Symphony Orchestra through the Phantom of the Opera overture to kick off Monday night's performance of "Modern Broadway"- the first of four performances through Wednesday that mark the end of the TSO's Pops season- part of me worried that the evening's selections would, like the film scores concert I reviewed in April, skew towards a very liberal interpretation of the word "modern", meaning not modern at all.
Another part of me wasn't all that worried because it's impossible to worry when listening to a world class symphony take you through an all-time great score like Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera.
Reineke was in a bit of a jam from the outset with the concept of "Modern Broadway" with most contemporary musical theatre works eschewing classical orchestrations in favour of small bands and modern sounds. Lush scores that really give the TSO's violin section something to bite into are a thing sadly mostly of the past. So there was really no escaping the past when it came to programming, despite the concert's name. Hence opening with a 1986 classic.
The clever compromise struck between then and now allows for a balanced program that can fully showcase the orchestra without misrepresenting the current musical theatre landscape. The orchestra took centre stage for instrumental medleys counting down the top five longest running musicals in Broadway history (Phantom, Chicago, The Lion King, Cats, and Les Mis). The concept allowed for the inclusion of the giants of the genre because the chosen giants were pieces that are still very much going concerns on Broadway, all either currently playing or very recently closed. Under Reineke's cheesily but infectiously enthusiastic baton, the TSO buzzed with energy through the sort of musical theatre pieces that bury themselves in your heart and make you want to rise out of your seat- the deeply danceable "Jellicle Ball" and "All that Jazz", or immutable classic "Do You Hear the People Sing".
Between the longest-running countdown, featured soloists Betsy Wolfe and Jeremy Jordan spotlighted big numbers from a selection of musicals that mostly could be called "modern", re-orchestrated for symphony accompaniment if necessary. Amidst a few songs that definitively capture the last few years of Broadway history (Dear Evan Hansen's "Waving through a Window", Waitress' "She Used to be Mine"), some pieces were clearly chosen just to show off the voices or because they're favourites of Reineke (Stephen Schwartz's much-sung "Meadowlark" is neither modern nor technically Broadway but Wolfe sounded excellent on it so why not). Wolfe's warm lower register is beautiful in the verses of "Maybe this Time", the Cabaret anthem that most strained the modern guideline, and the sturdiness of her belt was admirable though the tonal quality of her upper register is too sharp-edged for my taste. She fared better in the classically tinged soprano style of the Bridges of Madison County duet that led into intermission over the more grounded character-focused "Summer in Ohio" by the same composer Jason Robert Brown. Oddly my favourite Wolfe vocal came in subtle Once ballad "Falling Slowly", the least 'Broadway' song of the night.
Though no sane person would ever cast endlessly affable new dad Jeremy Jordan as awkward teen Evan Hansen, he kicked off the vocal performances with an excellent rendition of the famously difficult "Waving through a Window" made all the more difficult by comparison to Robert Markus' near perfect iteration playing just across the street at the Royal Alex. (In fact, no fewer than seven of the shows featured in Modern Broadway are either currently or about to be running in Toronto and the surrounding area- Mirvish has DEH and Book of Mormon right now, Lion King and Waitress coming this summer, then Cats and Phantom in the winter; Stratford just opened Little Shop of Horrors). Jordan is a little underused in the first half of the concert- miscast as Evan Hansen then featured only in duets- though he gets his chance to shine after intermission with an all-time tenor anthem (Miss Saigon's "Why God, Why?") followed by his signature number, the Newsies power ballad that put him on the Broadway map- "Santa Fe".
It sounds like hyperbole but I promise it's not when I say that Jeremy Jordan is my favourite singer in the world. There's something magical about his textured tenor, the sincerity in his tone, the absurd power of his top notes which he seems to reach without reaching at all. Even in a concert setting, Jordan roots every song in character and emotion and carries you into the moment with him (a performance element that Wolfe awkwardly refused to engage with in their duets, consistently singing to the audience when Jordan was singing to her). I've seen him many times now and he never disappoints, his casual open-book onstage persona and impactful vocals never failing to surpass the bar set by memory and reputation and top-notch YouTube material. Jordan was great in the Last Five Years movie, and the OBC recording of Newsies is excellent, but there's something about him live onstage that doesn't translate when recorded. You have to see him. You can sit way high up in the balcony, he'll still get to you. There's an a capella passage just before intermission that feels like finding the answers.
At the end of the day, Jeremy Jordan's the reason to see Modern Broadway at the TSO. Reineke's put together a great program that plays the hits without ignoring what's actually new (though I will say I was surprised that Hamilton's "You'll Be Back" didn't make the cut; the omission of the biggest musical in the world is a bit glaring). The TSO sounds fantastic as always and they looked cute as a button coming out after intermission decked out in their Raptors gear to cheer on the hometeam in Game 5. Modern Broadway would be a worthwhile night at the symphony even with just any male soloist. But they don't have just any male soloist. They have Jeremy Jordan. He's the kind of singer who can make your heart feel lighter; see him live while you have the chance.
Published: Tuesday, 2019/06/11 - 12:31
Toronto Symphony Orchestra

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Q: Find first match following another string, python regex multiline I know many flavors of these questions have been asked, but I am having a bit of trouble getting a regex statement working to address my specific problem.
I have a large number of functions with different names but the exact same format and I need to find the first match following a specific function name.
Note that I am searching through a C file using python.
 writecwp_positionStatus(int      action,
        u_char   *var_val,
        u_char   var_val_type,
        size_t   var_val_len,
        u_char   *statP,
        oid      *name,
        size_t   name_len) {

static long     intval;
static long     old_intval;

switch ( action ) {
    case RESERVE1:
      if (var_val_type != ASN_INTEGER) {
          fprintf(stderr, "write to mib not ASN_INTEGER\n");
          return SNMP_ERR_WRONGTYPE;
      }
      if (var_val_len > sizeof(long)) {
          fprintf(stderr,"write to mib: bad length\n");
          return SNMP_ERR_WRONGLENGTH;
      }
    intval = *((long *) var_val);
      break;

    case RESERVE2:
      break;

    case FREE:
         /* Release any resources that have been allocated */
      break;

    case ACTION:
         /*
          * The variable has been stored in 'value' for you to use,
          * and you have just been asked to do something with it.
          * Note that anything done here must be reversable in the UNDO case
          */
        old_intval = starting_int;
        starting_int = intval;
      break;

    case UNDO:
         /* Back out any changes made in the ACTION case */
         starting_int = old_intval;
      break;

    case COMMIT:
         /*
          * Things are working well, so it's now safe to make the change
          * permanently.  Make sure that anything done here can't fail!
          */
      break;
} return SNMP_ERR_NOERROR;

}
In this example I want to find the first "old_intval = starting_int;" following the function name "writecwp_positionStatus".  There will be many more functions with the same exact body but different names.
My thought was to set up a capture group to match:
(function name)(everything in between including newlines)(line to replace)

I tried a bunch of different options such as, but seem to be off by just a little each time:
(writecwp_positionStatus\(.*\s)((.*\s)*?)(\s*old_intval = starting_int;)

A: I would suggest this regex instead.
(writecwp_positionStatus[\s\S]*?)old_intval = starting_int;([\s\S]*)

Here, the approach is to capture everything from the function-name to the statement to be repalaced by capture group 01 and then match everything after the staement by capture group 02
\s -> whitespace character (a space, a tab, a line break, or a form feed).
\S -> non-white space character.
*? -> ? after quantifiers makes them lazy/non-greedy.

Now to replace the statement, we can use another regex:
\1 >>>I am the replacement<<< \2

Here,
\1 -> Everything before the statement.
\2 -> Everything after the statement.

To understand better, do experiments here. I hope this is what you wanted.

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Q: Why decltype() yelds a pointer to reference? I'm trying to get a better knowledge about iterator_traits and found a snippet of code on a C++ textbook. So I've added some code to make it executable with the aim to understand the behaviour of that said compile-time mechanism. The complete program looks like so:
template<typename C>
    using Iterator_type = typename C::iterator;

template<typename Iter>
    using Iterator_category = typename std::iterator_traits<Iter>::iterator_category;

template<typename Ran>
void sort_helper(Ran beg, Ran end, std::random_access_iterator_tag)
{
    sort(beg, end);
}

template<typename For>
void sort_helper(For beg, For end, std::forward_iterator_tag)
{
    std::vector<decltype(*beg)> v {beg, end};
    sort(v.begin(), v.end());
    copy(v.begin(), v.end(), beg);
}

template<typename C>
void sort(C& c)
{
    using Iter = Iterator_type<C>;
    sort_helper(c.begin(), c.end(), Iterator_category<Iter>{});
}

void test(std::vector<std::string>& v, std::forward_list<int>& lst)
{
    sort(v);
    sort(lst);
}

template<typename C>
void print(C& c)
{
    for(auto it = c.begin(); it != c.end(); ++it) {
        std::cout << *it << '\n';
    }
    std::cout << '\n';
}

int main()
{
    std::vector<std::string> v { "Bicycle", "Hoovercraft", "Rocket", "Airplaine", "Bus", "Submarine" };
    print(v);

    sort(v);
    print(v);

    std::forward_list<int> lst { 2, 81, 3, 0, 4, 34, 23, 11 };
    print(lst);

    sort(lst);
    print(lst);

    return 0;
}

The compilation fails telling that a pointer to reference is given:
memory:1723:16: error:
  'pointer' declared as a pointer to a reference of type 'int &'
typedef _Tp*              pointer;

and the error stack brings to the following line:
in instantiation of template class 'std::__1::vector<int &,     std::__1::allocator<int &> >'
  requested here
std::vector<decltype(*beg)> v {beg, end};

this compiling either on Mac OS and on a Linux machine with g++.
I managed it to work modifying the involved part like so:
auto i = *beg;
std::vector<decltype(i)> v {beg, end};

Can you please give me a clearer explanation on why the decltype() function is returning  a pointer to a reference? I've read some other questions regarding the decltype type function on SO and also have read the specifications but neither brought me on the right path, nor examining the full compiler stack of output messages was of any help.
Thank you in advance for any consideration.

A: The problem is that the decltype yields a reference type (you cannot make std::vector of).Why is that so is answered here in-depth.
You can fix it by either of the two ways:

*

*use std::remove_reference<decltype(*beg)>::type

*use std::iterator_traits<For>::value_type


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Tom's old man, Peter Bignell, started Belgrove Distillery on his Kempton farm back in 2008 after a bumper rye crop led him down the path of building his own still and turning his excess grain into whisky.
As a long-time homebrewer, Tom wasn't quite as keen on whisky as Peter but the space in a back shed did encourage him to turn his long-standing love for brewing into a profession. So, in 2015, he and his wife Carla launched T-Bone Brewing Co, taking its title from a high school nickname of Tom's, at Belgrove Distillery's Kempton home.
When the brewery first launched, Tom and Carla initially focused on getting the T-Bone name – and, of course, its kegs – across the wider state, but the plan was always to give the brewery its own space. And, with the couple living in Hobart, the idea was to ensure the next stage of T-Bone took shape closer to home.
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(200376) 2000 QL99 es un asteroide perteneciente al cinturón de asteroides descubierto el 28 de agosto de 2000 por el equipo del Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research desde el Laboratorio Lincoln, Socorro, New Mexico, Estados Unidos.

Designación y nombre
Designado provisionalmente como 2000 QL99.

Características orbitales
2000 QL99 está situado a una distancia media del Sol de 2,531 ua, pudiendo alejarse hasta 3,090 ua y acercarse hasta 1,973 ua. Su excentricidad es 0,220 y la inclinación orbital 5,508 grados. Emplea 1471,43 días en completar una órbita alrededor del Sol.

Características físicas
La magnitud absoluta de 2000 QL99 es 16,1.

Véase también
 Lista de asteroides del (200301) al (200400)
 Cuerpo menor del sistema solar

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Circunstancias de Descubrimiento: Planetas Menores Numerados

Asteroides del cinturón principal
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos por el Linear
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos desde el Laboratorio Lincoln
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos en 2000
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*Gloria Foster was born on this date in 1933. She was a Black actress.
Gloria Foster was born in Chicago, Illinois. As a young child, she was put into the custody of her maternal grandparents. Eleanor Sudds and her grandfather, Clyde Sudds, raised Gloria Foster on a farm. Foster never knew who her father was, and she moved to Janesville, Wisconsin, with her grandparents after her mother was hospitalized for a mental illness.
As Foster continued her education, she returned to her hometown and attended the University of Illinois, where she participated in plays but did not focus on them. She took many different classes, including forensics. Foster was unsure what occupation to pursue until her godmother introduced her to the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. After she auditioned and was accepted, she knew theater would be her passion. She was one of the few African Americans at the Goodman School of Drama focusing on her study of acting. During her studies at the Goodman School, she also "learned professional acting skills in the Court Theater at the University of Chicago."
One of her most influential instructors was Bella Itkin, who cast Foster in many classical roles. Her next step was moving to New York to pursue a career on Broadway. In the early 1970s, Foster was admitted to a unique graduate program in education at UMass.In 1967, Foster married actor Clarence Williams III. They met on the television show The Mod Squad, where she made two guest appearances. The two also were together in a movie, The Cool World, in 1964. In 1984 they filed for divorce but remained friends.
While Foster did not have many close relatives, it is known that she stayed in contact with her sorority sister, Cicely Tyson. Tyson stated that, although they did not see each other often, their telephone conversations often lasted for hours. She was a member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Instead of searching for fame by trying to be in many different productions, Foster searched for roles in which she would be able to perform to the best of her ability. She once said, "Young people today, I think, are thinking in terms of a stepping stone. I don't know that I ever thought that way. It sounds ridiculous, but I was always thinking in terms of a more difficult role". She read many scripts but chose only ones that spoke true to her. By the end of her acting career, she was rewarded with three Obie awards, for In White America (1963) and A Raisin In the Sun, and was in the Broadway production of Having Our Say (1995).
Gloria Foster died on September 29, 2001, at age 67. The cause of her death was diabetes, and her ex-husband, Clarence Williams III, announced her death. A memorial was held at Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn on October 15, 2001. Many of her close friends, actors, and actresses who had performed with her came to attend the funeral. Martin Duberman, the author of In White America, told the audience that "she embodied it. At the end of the scene each night, there were tears streaming down her face, her body was trembling, but her dignity was intact ... Foster had to be covered with blankets in order to calm her shaking". She is interred in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.
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Brandon "The Truth" Vera is set to fight in Manila on December 5 2014
The world will soon witness potentially one of the greatest bouts in ONE Championship history when two of the greatest warriors, ONE Heavyweight World Champion Brandon "The Truth" Vera and two-division ONE World Champion Aung La N Sang, square off at ONE: CENTURY in October for the light heavyweight title.
Vera made a decision to challenge Aung La earlier this year, so he sought the permission of ONE Championship Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong.
Aung La successfully defended his title against Ken Hasegawa at ONE: A NEW ERA last March. Vera congratulated him on his win before humbly and respectfully challenging "The Burmese Python" for the light heavyweight title.
"I wasn't very comfortable doing that inside the cage. It was Aung La N Sang's time to shine, but I've been wanting to become a double titleholder – a champ-champ – and I've always wanted to challenge for the ONE Light Heavyweight World Title," said Vera.
"I just happened to be in Tokyo, the next event I wanted to compete on is in Tokyo, and I think it would be a beautiful main event or co-main event."
"When I went in there, I was very nervous – not about challenging, but doing it in the most respectful way that Aung La deserves – especially after he just won his ONE Middleweight World Championship bout against Ken Hasegawa," he explained.
"It was super weird and super nerve-wracking – kind of awkward, but kind of awesome at the same time. I got to talk to Aung La after we got out of the cage and now I'm feeling more comfortable about challenging him like that."
During that moment, Vera referred to Aung La as a "man among men," describing him as a father, a good role model, and a true martial artist — a person everyone can look up to and aspire to become.
"Aung La is younger than me, but as a whole, he is a man among men, and I do put him in a different category to other people. He's very well-rounded in life. He's an alpha male in the most respectful and polite manner. If the world was full of Aung Las, the world would be a better place," said Vera.
The Filipino-American heavyweight is looking forward to his match with Aung La in October if they're both healthy. Vera, who is on a four-bout winning streak, shared that he is excited to next face Aung La, whom he believes can take him past the first round.
With a professional record of 25-10-1, Myanmar's hero is currently enjoying a six-bout winning streak through five knockouts and a submission. Vera respects Aung La's power, skill, and heart and has studied and analyzed his fighting style.
"This is really hard to break down because I can't really pick apart Aung La's game. We're almost related. His coach came from my coach. We train the same, we know the same hardships, we've been through that grind," Vera said.
"His new coach [Henri Hooft] was training with my former head kickboxing coach Rob Kaman – they've been sparring with each other since they were 17 – so our style is almost the same."
A win means Vera will hold both the light heavyweight and heavyweight championship titles. Having fought some of the biggest names in martial arts, he is confident that he has the upper hand in the upcoming bout.
"I think the biggest difference between us is our experience," he said.
"During his matches, I look for those little holes he still has because of his lack of experience. I'm not going to outpace Aung La, I'm not going to outwork Aung La. I'm not going to be a bully because that's impossible. He's been through the same system."
"I have to find holes in Aung La's game and exploit them while he's doing the same thing to me. We come from the same school, the same train of thought, so this is why I'm super excited for this match," he added.
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TRC was thrilled to get an email from Break O'Day Council on the north of Tasmania's east coast this week thanking us for our work and advising that their application to the Regional Jobs and Investment Program to build the St Helens MTB Network has been successful, and they have $1.5 million in Federal funding coming their way. This was the final piece of the funding puzzle for the project which involves the Bay of Fires Descent as well as the St Helens Network. It goes with the state government funding of $1 million and previous federal funding of $1.6 million for the Bay of Fires Descent. Council has also allocated about $600,000 to the project. TRC has completed a number of related projects in north eastern Tasmania, including strategic planning for new trails, and measuring the economic impact of mountain biking in the region. "It is great to be starting to see the long term impact of our work in this beautiful part of the world," said TRC Director Janet Mackay on hearing the news.
Equally as thrilling was the news that the Red Centre Adventure Ride for which TRC recently completed the concept and feasibility had been fully funded with an allocation of $12 million from the NT Turbocharging Tourism Action Plan. "Given the plan was only completed in January it is extremely exciting to see it fully funded so quickly and it will be wonderful so see that on the ground as well" said Janet. "This is another ride that everyone will want to do".


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King Saha shoots himself in the foot by assaulting Bebe Cool during the UMA elections
The way you carry yourself in life, especially in leadership, will frequently dictate how you manage difficulties. People will respect you and, more significantly, they will not trust your sense of direction as a leader if you appear vulgar or a warmonger (to the point of personally attacking people against you). (King Saha shoots himself in the foot by assaulting Bebe Cool during the UMA elections)
Even if he disagrees with others, a leader must always respect himself and inspire the same emotion in others. This is the type of leader UMA requires. That is something that every musician should understand.
The Uganda Musicians Association is a fantastic project. However, the association's leadership quality will have a significant impact on the initiative's future. Leadership is not like entertainment, where wars and attacks are used to delight audience members.
Even if such attacks occur, the revelers want them to be musical rather than physical. When it comes to the leadership of a musicians' organization, though, it's no longer about entertainment, but about molding the economic future of a country. It's all about wisdom, integrity, and, above all, unity.
UMA has come a long way and still has much further to go. The last thing UMA needs is a leader who will divide the organization and lead to its demise even before it reaches its intended purpose. King Saha appears to possess all of the characteristics of a leader who will lead this organization to its demise.
I've been watching his reactions to Bebe Cool's endorsement of a different presidential candidate than him. I was dissatisfied with Saha's handling of these issues. Bebe Cool offered his own rationales on why one candidate is superior than the other.
Among the many reasons, the most important to me were that the person must know English, be able to interpret policy and communication, and have a minimum degree of education. These were, and continue to be, valid reasons. That is, without a doubt, exactly what UMA requires.
Now, for me to add to that, UMA requires a tolerant and respectful leader. A leader who will find it easier to bring musicians together and inspire others to join, and who will respect people even when they have opposing viewpoints and focus on finding a common ground for these opposing viewpoints.
UMA does not, and will not, require a leader who defends himself by using personal attacks, or a leader whose first concern is to humiliate those who hold opposing viewpoints. In this case, if Bebe Cool, as an aspiring leader, was able to call a press conference and highlight his views (which were quite valid) on what a true leader in UMA should be, what was so difficult about Saha doing the same and responding to Bebe Cool's divergent views and actually demonstrating that he meets those basic minimum requirements? Any leader does the same thing.
On the contrary, Saha rushed to the studio and recorded 'Zakayo,' a song aimed at Bebe Cool, and as if that wasn't enough, he went on to imagine that 'revealing' how Bebe Cool was paid for dowry would win souls over.
With all due respect to Saha, I believe that his level of counter-argumentation is timid and inept, and that he lacks leadership abilities. It rather demonstrates that if Saha is elected president of the UMA, he will reply to opposing viewpoints with personal attacks rather than rational solutions.
It also demonstrates Saha's intolerant leadership style. He will foment discord and marginalize those who oppose his leadership. As a result, he is a poor leader, and his attacks on Bebe reveal how bad of a leader he is for the institution. If he can do that to Bebe Cool, musicians should expect Saha to do the same to anyone else if he has the ability.
If he truly despises Bebe Cool, he should have pretended to welcome differing viewpoints and shocked the music industry by demonstrating that, despite their feud, he will respect Bebe Cool's differing viewpoints and continue to prove that he meets all standards and goes above and beyond what the Gagamel boss set. However, he responded in a cowardly and inept manner.
The way other candidates for the same job have responded to their detractors has made Saha appear out of place. Saha appears to be too young for leadership based on Cindy's handling of interviews about her criticism. For the time being, he is a better songwriter than a leader.
Saha also needs to understand that having Bobi Wine's support does not make him a better leader. Youths are becoming more aware of the realities of their desires. Bobi Wine's endorsement isn't enough to make Saha a stronger leader. His demeanor (especially when dealing with detractors) is what reveals his leadership potential (this is a reality).
If Bebe Cool's press conference was meant to reveal how Saha will react to being exposed as the terrible leader that he is, Saha has demonstrated his inadequacy as a leader, and artists must vote carefully. They do not need to vote for the candidate backed by Bebe Cool, but they do need to vote for the best candidate for the job, which is not someone with Saha's leadership skills.
Saha needs to rethink his tactics and properly sell himself for the job. He needs to learn to say less than necessary and see that the more he says, the more common he appears, the less in control he appears, and the more he puts the people who approved him to shame.
Good leaders make an impression by doing more than they say. The more he talks, the more likely he is to say something stupid again, and UMA does not need a leader like that. At least not in the beginning
If he can't preach unity before assuming power, how will he do it once he has it? Will he behave logically when he obtains power if he can't respond to critics any other way than by attacking people's wives and families? Will he be able to handle people with opposing viewpoints respectfully once he gains power? (King Saha shoots himself in the foot by assaulting Bebe Cool during the UMA elections – celebrity jazz ug )
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The classic radar-based LED Speed Displays aim to influence driver behavior by showing them their speeds driven. It's an efficient way to reduce speed by 15-18% and increase traffic safety. Different speeds can be displayed in different colours, pictures of kids on the front plate and various LED-pictures like Smileys create even more awareness.
The Speedpacer Displays offer a tight-knit grid of LEDs to display larger, more complex text and digits as well as a large front plate for digitally printed pictures to deliver a clear message to the driver and show the importance of situational awareness.
The Matrix Displays allow for large LED-pictures to be displayed in great resolution. It's designed to be used as a radar-triggered variable message sign, that displays a wide range of road signs as well as a Speed Display. By setting different speed and time thresholds, you can select what appears at a certain time of the day.
It has been proven to affect the driver in different ways: The main aspect is giving the driver feedback on his own speed, to which most react by taking their foot off the accelerator if they are too fast. Social control is another aspect, which relies on the fact that other people can observe the drivers speed. Due to the fact that Speed Displays are not used to fine drivers but to educate them, there is a high acceptance for such signs within the population. Compared to conventional road signs there is no accustoming effect because the flashing LEDs do not allow for the brain to get used to the sign.
All in all, Speed Displays are a great way to visibly increase safety of school zones, playschools, cross-walks, busy city limit entry roads and premises.
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Once this is done, supporting documents may be uploaded to your application. You may upload documents yourself following the instructions.
Detailed application instructions are located in the document on the right.
You should have your cover letter, resume and unofficial transcript completed, saved and ready to attach to your application. Your cover letter and resume should be saved as one document.
The system will time-out after 20 minutes of inactivity. If this happens, your information will be lost. This is an important reason why you should have your documents saved and ready for attaching.
Pay special attention to the fields that are marked with an asterisk (*). You will not be able to submit your application without completing these fields.
The system will allow for attachment of your cover letter, resume, transcripts and letters of recommendation. We recommend that you put your cover letter and resume in one flowing document before you upload it to your application. Your list of references can also be included at the end of your resume document. If, in the future, you wish to add additional attachments, you will have the option to add updated documents (see instructions).
An automatic email message will be sent to you confirming receipt of your resume. Because our official method of communication is by email, you should have one before you apply to work at GRCC. If you do not already have an email address, there are many free sites that provide this service, including Google Gmail and Hotmail. Once you have created an email address, please return to our website to apply for the position you are interested in.
The appropriate College staff will review your application information. If you meet the minimum qualifications and an opportunity exists, you may be contacted. This process may take several weeks.
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Back in September Nadine from Sparkle Pr kindly sent me the 100% Natural Australian Jojoba Oil to try and I'm so glad I did. This oil has made such a difference to my skin, especially having dry and sensitive skin and Eczema too! I had heard of Jojoba before but I never knew what it was until Nadine approached me when I then did some research into this oil.
"Pure Jojoba is so incredibly versatile, gentle and safe for all skin types that it is the 'go to' bottle for many skin needs. As the only plant in the world known to produce a wax similar to our own skin's sebum, it is able to penetrate deep into the skin. These ingredients nourish, soothe and deeply moisturise. Jojoba's unique structure means it is non- greasy (it is not an oil), and is very quickly absorbed."
I love this JoJoba Oil because it's scent free! Sometimes you can find an incredibly amazing oil, but it has the most disgusting smell you'd ever smell, but this isn't the case with the JoJoba Oil! As well as this, although it is called the JoJoba Oil, it isn't actually an oil; it is a liquid wax meaning it isn't greasy on the skin which is perfect for if you're using this as a face moisturiser.
I have been especially using this on my legs as this is the dryest area of my body and it has worked wonders! This product has lasted all day on my legs and by the end of the day, my skin still isn't dry and flakey. (Apologies for TMI). But you can use the JoJoba Oil for your body, cuticles, face, hair, hands and lips. What a multi-purpose product with so many benefits! I have also just found out you can use this as a makeup remover, oh my! How did I not know this beforehand? I am definitely going to give this a go.
I also love the packaging of this product, the way the box opens is incredible; I have never seen anything like it! Not only is the box a beautiful design, but how the colour of the box represents the colour of the liquid wax is so aesthetically pleasing and definitely a selling point for this brand!
Overall, I absolutely love this Jojoba Oil. Not only does it keep my skin moisturised, but it also keeps it nourished and it soothes it at the same time! Everything you need in a daily moituriser or skin protector! No matter where you use this product on your body, you will be able to see the benefits from it! Unfortunately having to suffer with dry, sensitive and eczema prone skin it can be rather difficult finding skin care products which do not irritate my skin but this has shown me not all products are going to cause a skin reaction and I can start to be more adventuous with my skin care routines! You can also pick this up in Holland & Barrett to save shipping it over to the UK!
I've been looking for a super moisterising product this winter for my dry and eczema prone skin! Looks like I've found something to try!
I've never used 100% Jojoba oil but I have used products that contain Jojoba oil. I love trying out new oils.
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