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Kinsenda Project
20 km E from Kasumbalesa, DRC
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Kinsenda Project (77% ownership) — located in the DRC and is one of the world's highest grade copper deposits with resources grade at 5.5% copper. The underground mine currently being developed is scheduled to start production with full processing in the first half of 2017.
Jinchuan Group International Resources Co. Ltd. 77 % Indirect
Metorex (Pty) Ltd. 77 % Indirect
SODEMI 23 % Direct
Kinsenda Copper Corp. 100 % Direct
The Kinsenda deposit is more typical of the Zambian Copperbelt deposits and is geologically similar to the Mufulira, Chambishi and Chibuluma South mines in Zambia. The Kinsenda deposit marks the transition between the two sub-types of the Copperbelt, with deposits to the north of the Luina dome showing a strong dolomitic character with associated HG oxides close to surface.
The Kinsenda ore body is hosted in a thick sequence of coarse to fine-grained sandstones, siltstones and shales of the Lower Roan Group in the footwall of the Ore Shale Member, and is generically referred to as a "footwall orebody".
Sub parallel horst (highs) and graben (depressions) features in the pre-deposition basement are suggested by rapid variations in the thickness of the basal units of the Lower Roan both along strike and down dip. There is a strong correlation between the position of the Kinsenda deposit and the basement granite paleotopography, very similar to that of the Chibuluma South deposit. The host rocks occur as valley fill sediments in the down-faulted graben structures adjacent to growth faults that were active during sedimentation. The basement growth faults are oriented in a roughly ENE alignment and have a well-defined magnetic signature that can be traced into the basement rocks of the Luina Dome to the north of the Kinsenda deposit.
Kinsenda is a copper-only sulphide orebody consisting of predominantly chalcocite, bornite and chalcopyrite mineralisation hosted in detrital conglomerates, sandstones and argillaceous siltstones of the Lower Roan Group. The orebody consists of a number of vertically stacked, tabular mineralised zones varying in width from 1 m to 20 m, and generally occurring in the more porous, conglomerate rich zones directly below thick, less permeable siltstone rich zones
The mining method proposed in the DRA Report is called both mechanised cut and fill and longitudinal drift-andfill (in the narrow orebody areas). It is essentially very similar to what is referred to as transverse drift-and-fill in the Snowden Report. There are only minor differences in the respective layouts proposed by Snowden and by DRA and SRK considers the method to be an appropriate one given the orebody geometry and geotechnical characteristics.
Test work has confirmed that high metal recovery rates can be achieved with standard crushing, grinding and flotation processing. It is proposed that access to the mine from the surface be through decline ramps and a verticle shaft equipped with one cage only.
The proposed Kinsenda Project concentrator is designed to recover copper from a copper sulphide/ oxide orebody at a treatment rate of 50 ktpm at an average feed grade of 4.5% Cu over the LoM. It is expected that the copper sulphide/oxide orebody will be processed in a substantially similar manner as the copper ores at the Chibuluma South Mine.
The sulphide concentrate produced from the Kinsenda concentrator plant will be sold to the nearby smelters in Zambia for smelting and refining. The oxide concentrate will be transported to Lubumbashi for processing at the Ruashi SX-EW processing facility. These concentrates are planned to be transported by road. Ruashi Mining will treat the oxide concentrate on a toll basis – charge Kinsenda Sarl a tolling fee for the concentrate treated and return to Kinsenda Sarl a certain prescribed percentage of total copper in concentrate in the form of copper cathodes.
Avg. LOM
Copper Head Grade, % 4.5
Projected Production:
Copper kt 245
All production numbers are expressed as payable metal.
Total tonnes mined, LOM 6,101 kt *
Tonnes milled, LOM 6,101 kt *
* According to 2013 study.
Proven & Probable 6.1 Mt Copper 4.8 % 293 kt
Indicated 13.5 Mt Copper 5.3 % 711 kt
Inferred 7.5 Mt Copper 6 % 446 kt
Capital expenditures M USD ......
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You wouldn't be wrong to think of the Audi TT as more than car. Yes, the Audi name may be synonymous with driving like a twonk a tailgating these days, but back in the late '90s it was more closely linked to style. And that's because of the TT.
A car mainstream car like no other before it, the TT appealed to those who can read a fashion magazine and nod along knowingly. It wasn't just style though, it was substance, too.
The TT was engineering perfection, offering drivers a class-leading ride that could both thrill and excite. It was, for all its style, a proper sports car, too.
The TT has been with us since 1998, and is now in its third-generation. If you want to know what's what about the little beauty, read on as we give you a comprehensive spotter's guide.
Here's a little bit of history for you. A company by the name of NSU and another called DKW used to race in a rather famous motorcycle event. That event was, and still is, the TT. Those two companies would later go on to merge and become Audi. So, that's where the TT got its name from.
But you can't just slap a racy name on a car and hope for the best. You have to have something to back it up. Happily, the TT did. It was first revealed as a concept in the mid '90s, to much praise.
Imagine, then, when it came out in 1998 looking exactly the same. It was a revelation given that most traces of a concept normally vanish come production. The TT was different though.
It was clever, too. On top it was cutting edge, using laser welding in its construction. Underneath, however, it was a simpler beast. It used the same platform as the A3, Octavia and Golf. But that was no bad thing; it was a good platform. And it was even better when Audi bolted its all-wheel-drive Quattro system to it, making for maximum road holding in the process.
To spot a Mk1, you need to look for a sleek, domed design. Think of it as two face down crescent moons, of you will. The arches are heavily stamped into the sides of the bodywork, while the bumpers front and back are seamlessly blended into the profile of the TT. It's a sleek, smooth design.
TT fact: The Mk1 was subject to much controversy due to not being fitted with a rear spoiler, resulting in cars crashing. A recall was ordered to address the issue.
For the second-generation TT, Audi played things mean. In 2005 it released a concept of the new TT, but in a 'shooting brake' guise, which got gear-heads the globe over all tight in the trousers.
However, unlike the first car, the concept was just a concept, and there were no plans to put it into production. Shame. Still, we did get a new TT out of it. And as you'd expect, it was a clever bit of kit. It employed more aluminium in the panels up front, so as to further refine the near perfect weight distribution.
Again, the Mk2 TT shared its underpinnings with other cars from the Volkswagen Audi Group, namely the A3, Golf, Leon and Octavia. But again, this was no bad thing.
The familiarity of the mechanicals meant that the cost could be kept down, both in terms of purchase and maintenance. Also, this was the first TT to be offered with a diesel engine, as was the trend at the time. Needless to say, Audi knows better now!
To spot a Mk2 TT, you're looking for the same familiar shape of the Mk1, but with more refined, sculptural lines. There is a deep swage line on either side of the bonnet, too, leading to the inner edge of the now diamond-shaped headlights.
The front grille also changed, becoming a giant piece that spans from the lower edge of the bumper up to the bonnet.
TT Fact: The TT was the fist car to be offered in right-hand drive with a DSG (double clutch) gearbox.
Again, Audi got our hopes up and dashed them almost immediately. Not only was the concept for the Mk3 a shooting-brake, it was also built to be an off-road machine, which showed the TT in an entirely new light.
Yes, the notion diluted the sports car appeal, but it was still cool. There was also a five-door concept, which again was in off-road guise. They were both great illustrations of what could be done, but they never saw the road sadly.
What we did get was still pretty good. It followed the 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' mentality of TTs past, and that was just fine.
The platform was again shared, and once more was available in petrol and diesel guise. The interior was given a significant freshen-up, with a greater emphasis being put on ergonomics over design.
To spot a Mk3 TT, you need to look for sharp, almost angry headlights that point into a clean-cut, hard-edged 6-sided grille. The arches are still prominent on either side, though the encroachment into the bonnet is minimal now.


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Kinder leiden häufiger unter Epilepsie als Erwachsene. Forscher wollen nun herausgefunden haben, dass im kindlichen Gehirn Epilepsien vorwiegend durch GABA-getriggerte Neuronen ausgelöst werden, während im erwachsenen Gehirn dies eher durch Überaktivitäten von Glutamat-gefeuerten Neuronen geschieht, wobei GABA hier eine bremsende Wirkung hat.
Die Forscher vermuten, dass auf Basis dieser Erkenntnis neue Medikamente entwickelt werden können und dass die heute in der Epilepsiebehandlung dominierenden GABAergen Antiepileptikas (Topamax, Gabapentin,...) dem kindlichen Gehirn sogar Schaden zufügen könnten.
A major mystery in epilepsy research has been why infants are more prone to seizures than adults and how those seizures progress to chronic epilepsy. Now, researchers have discovered that central to those seizures in the developing brain are neurons triggered by the neurotransmitter GABA. They say their findings could lead to new ways to treat seizures in newborns. Also, they say, their findings suggest that the use of drugs that enhance GABA action may be particularly harmful to the newborn brain.
In adults, epilepsy is caused by hyperactivation of neuronal receptors triggered by the neurotransmitter glutamate. This excess activation unleashes the storm of uncontrolled nerve cell firing that underlies epilepsy. In contrast, in adults the neurotransmitter GABA acts on its receptors to inhibit neurons. Loss of this inhibition is also involved in epilepsy.
Neurotransmitters such as glutamate and GABA are chemical signals that one neuron launches at its neighbor across connections called synapses.
Yehezkel Ben-Ari and colleagues decided to explore a possible role of GABA-controlled neural circuitry in seizures in infant animals because it was known that, while GABA excites immature neurons, it changes to an inhibitory neurotransmitter in adult neurons.
In their experiments described in the December 8, 2005, issue of Neuron, they used a preparation in which they isolated in three separate compartments the left and right hippocampi of baby rats and the nerve fibers connecting them. The researchers studied the hippocampus because it is the brain area central to epilepsy.
With this experimental arrangement, they could use drugs to block GABA receptors and/or induce electrical seizure in one hippocampus and analyze whether such manipulations influenced seizure activity in the other. Such a spreading influence is a sign that individual seizures have caused development of a chronic epileptic state.
Their experiments revealed that the GABA-triggered neurons were involved in seizures in the immature brains and also that those seizures did lead to development of an epileptic state. They found that these GABA-triggered seizures featured so-called "fast oscillations" of electrical activity that are required to transform a "naive" network of neurons into an epileptic one.
In other experiments comparing immature and adult rat hippocampi, they found that although GABA-triggered neurons were also involved in seizures in adult brains, they were not required for development of epilepsy, as they were in immature hippocampi.
The researchers concluded that their studies showed that fast oscillations involved in seizures "are also directly implicated in epileptogenesis in the immature brain and lead to the production of a persistent chronic epileptic condition."
As the neuronal network matures, however, the density of synapses triggered by glutamate increases and the contribution of GABA-triggered synapses to fast oscillations and development of epilepsy decreases, they wrote.
"This information may be important both for understanding the deleterious consequences of seizures in newborns and for developing new therapeutic treatments for seizures in young infants," wrote Ben-Ari and colleagues. "Specifically, the permissive action of excitatory GABA suggests that GABA-acting drugs may exert deleterious actions at an early developmental stage in humans."


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Kris Jenner's younger sister looks just like her famous sibling after undergoing a five-hour facelift.
Inside Edition was there throughout Karen Houghton's surgery and witnessed the incredible results.
Before the surgery, the 55-year-old — who is the aunt of Kim Kardashian and her notorious sisters and brother — explained why she wanted to go under the knife.
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She was given local anesthesia while Dr. Talei carried out his work. She was even able to talk. "You're a good doctor," she told him.
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Videogame History 101 : Why We Love The New Evoland 2
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The history of video games is an interesting one, and what made the first Evoland game unique is that it led you, the player, across the history of the adventuring-roleplaying genre. While the game was a very short one (had about 3-4 hours of play), it was an interesting idea: evolving the gameplay and the graphics from 2D NES-era RPGs to 3D adventures and mobile Pay-2-Win games of today. The game was liked well enough to warrant a more fleshed out sequel, which we received just now, in August, in the form of Evoland 2.
What is Evoland 2 ?
Evoland 2, unlike its predecessor, is a full-fledged game, with about 25 hours of gameplay in it, and it even has a story involving time traveling, which sets the stage for the game genre transformations quite nicely: when you go into the future, you'll arrive in a fully 3D space, and when you go back to the past, the graphics devolve into NES or SNES-like 2D top-down view.
When you look at the Steam store page for Evoland 2, you might be very confused – what exactly is this game? Well, it contains everything in little bits – from Space Invaders, to Street Fighter, to Mario, Zelda, and classic Final Fantasy 3-6 era RPGs, it has everything the Nintendo systems had over the years. You will be playing through the story mostly in the 2D or 3D RPG mode, with little doses of Mario-like dungeoneering, some bossfights thrown in here and there in various game types and modes, and a lot of time travel is involved, especially in the second half of the game. The game itself is quite linear; you cannot travel freely from era to era, the game dictates itself.
Also, Evoland 2 is not a full-fledged RPG; it has a very simple, RPG-like leveling, where you gain XP from killing monsters and coin from monsters and breakable objects. XP will increase your level, which in turn increases your Attack, Defense or Max Life. Most of the time, when you are not in Final Fantasy-like Active Time Battle or Fire Emblem-like tactical mode, so for about 90% of the game, you will fight in real-time, with one normal sword slash and 1-3 special attacks, depending on your party members available at that time. There is also some gear you can buy, and cards you can collect for a simple, Hearthstone-like mini-game, which only has minions to attack with.
Well, how difficult is the game?
Those RPGs of old were known for their difficult puzzles and combat. Evoland 2 has a LOT of puzzles, some harder others, and the game doesn't feature area maps or objective modes telling you where to go next. You have to talk to NPCs, pay attention to the dialogues and often figure it out for yourself, or do trial-and-error. Some boss battles are quite unbalanced and frustrating, such as the Bomberman-like battle or the Space Invaders-like sequence's 3 bosses. There is no way you can outlevel them, so it involves a lot of trying to finally get through them.
All in all, I found Evoland 2 to be an interesting game, and it is much better than the first one, but is can sometimes be frustrating, especially at boss battles and several harder puzzles. This game is not for those who need written guidance to complete levels, as sometimes it can take a lot of time to figure out several parts. Or you can just Google several YouTube videos and gameplays, but that takes out the fun of this old-school-inspired game. Fans of old games might appreciate this game better than younger players, as it has a LOT of references to older classics hidden in gameplay, events and dialogues.
If you've had the chance to play, let us know, did the Evoland sequel live up to your expectations?
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Hosting the Oscars is as thankless a task as performing the halftime show at the Super Bowl. Sure, it's an honor to be invited, but you have to do an extraordinary job like Prince or Steve Martin to get any accolades at all. Pull off a passable but lackluster Maroon Five- or Neil Patrick Harris-level performance and you'll receive loads of scorn. It's no wonder the Academy had such a difficult time finding a host for this Sunday's ceremony, after Kevin Hart stepped down amid the revelation of some homophobic past tweets. This year, the Oscars will not have a traditional host.
This isn't the first time this has happened, though. There was a rudderless show in 1939, and after the departure of longtime master of ceremonies Bob Hope, the Academy dropped the host format completely from 1968 to 1970. In fact, we can blame Bob Hope for a lot of this: He set such a high standard for so many years, followed by fellow exemplary emcee Johnny Carson, then Billy Crystal's somewhat madcap yet still respected approach to the awards. People usually look to these three, the most prolific hosts (19, 5, and 9 times, respectively), as the communal gold standard. Why did they soar when so many before and after them did not?
There's a specific, tricky alchemy necessary for a successful Oscar host. Here it is.
1. The host must be beloved and respected by not only Hollywood but also the audience
Take Bob Hope, for example. A former vaudevillian and host of his own variety series on radio and specials on television, he knew how to command a stage. Hope was a social Hollywood insider, with the perfect persona for an Oscar host: He was a respected performer who the audience loved, but he had a self-deprecating humor that was never going to overshadow the stars he was introducing. He was also a consummate ad-libber, an ideal talent for the host of the biggest awards show of the year where many unexpected things might happen (we can only imagine what he would have said about the 2017 Moonlight/La La Land mixup). Luckily, a lot of Hope's Oscars routines are still available on YouTube, where we can enjoy one-liners like "Look at those Oscars, isn't that something? Looks like Bette Davis' garage," and "Welcome to the Academy Awards. Or as it's known at my house, Passover," a nod to the fact that he was never nominated for an acting award (though he would eventually receive several honorary Oscars over the years).
Hope was a gimme. Someone like Seth MacFarlane, not so much. One funny throwaway line on a previous awards ceremony led to MacFarlane's disastrous 2013 hosting gig, which bottomed out with the sexist musical number "We Saw Your Boobs," referring to the films when certain actresses went topless. The over-the-top humor that (sometimes) serves MacFarlane well on shows like Family Guy and American Dad was not palatable enough for the mainstream Academy Awards. The following ceremony, the Academy asked Ellen Degeneres to come back after a seven-year gap.
2. The host has to be noticeably comfortable on a stage in front of hundreds of millions of people
It's got to be the most intimidating gig in the world, knowing that even your smallest flub (you had one job, John Travolta) will be pored over for not just days but possibly years to come. Remember how even Madonna clammed up singing "You Must Love Me" from Evita in 1997? The deer-in-the-headlights Oscars debuts from Degeneres and Jon Stewart were understandable, but not that fun to witness. Both hosts were noticeably looser and much better during their second stints. (Notably, Stewart's return gig opened with a filmed bit about how all the other previous hosts—Crystal, Martin, Chris Rock, and Whoopi Goldberg—turned the gig down.)
Self-assured performances by Carson made it look easy, his monologues filled with jabs at Los Angeles traffic and weather, which landed with the home crowd while making the viewers out there in TV land feel like they were in on the joke. He also played up the vital self-deprecation factor, poking fun at his well-publicized divorces: "You don't realize what a thrill it is for me to appear someplace without being subpoenaed." As the longtime host of The Tonight Show, Carson was used to turning the attention over to people even more famous than he was.
3. The host has to be be aware that they are not the star of the show
It's Hollywood, where the hierarchy starts at the top with movie stars like Julia Roberts and George Clooney and works downward. Carson obviously got that, as have talk show hosts like Degeneres, Stewart, and Jimmy Kimmel. Their main job is to make other people seem more interesting. This makes them solid candidates for awards-show hosting: Though the man currently behind The Tonight Show's desk, Jimmy Fallon, veers into the making-it-all-about-him territory, his Glee-inspired Emmys opening is still a high-water mark.
But stars are stars, so when you give someone like Jerry Lewis a microphone in front of the whole world, you have to be prepared not to get it back for a while. Lewis' mid-'50s antics impeded the proceedings, even though he was paired with co-hosts like Celeste Holm who did their best to rein him in. Chevy Chase also made a major misstep on his first and only solo Oscars turn, greeting his audience with "Good evening, Hollywood phonies." Not a team player? Out of there.
There's only one successful rogue instance that comes to mind, and that's Chris Rock's dressing down of #OscarsSoWhite in 2016. His monologue is brutal, less a performance than a lecture, but in the second year in a row with no black acting nominees, well-deserved. Rock said: "Is Hollywood racist? You're damn right Hollywood's racist," despite being a town "with the nicest white people on earth: They're liberals." He called out Hollywood as "sorority racist. It's like, we like you, Rhonda, but you're not a Kappa." The next year, Moonlight took home the big prize.
4. The host is encouraged to give the stars a light dusting, but there are limits
This is where Ricky Gervais went so wrong at the Golden Globes, steering into mean-spirited territory. He went right after the Hollywood Foreign Press, the organization behind the event, and one of its more inexplicable, category-agnostic darlings in 2010: "I'd like to quash this ridiculous rumor going around that the only reason The Tourist was nominated was so the Hollywood Foreign Press could hang out with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. That is rubbish. That is not the only reason. They also accepted bribes."
Oscars hosts are a bit more genteel, and usually (MacFarlanes and Lewises notwithstanding) know when to quit. Poking fun at the rich, beautiful, and famous is just part of the fun for the ordinary schlubs like ourselves watching at home. These quasi-pointed comments are better received when they come from a person generally considered the pinnacle of nice, like Degeneres. So when she made a big deal out of Jennifer Lawrence's falling-down-at-the-Oscars habit in 2014 (on the stairs to the stage the year before, on the red carpet that night), even Lawrence was doubled over. "If you win tonight, I feel like we should bring you the Oscar."
A well-respected absurdist like Steve Martin also gets a bit of leeway. Like his 2010 dig at frequent nominee Meryl Streep, who usually gets her share of ribbing during the Oscars broadcast: "Everyone who ever works with Meryl Streep always ends up saying the exact same thing: Can that woman act, and what's up with all the Hitler memorabilia?" A joke at the host's own expense is always well-placed, and Martin also pulls those off with aplomb, like this closing remark in 2001: "Hosting the Oscars is like making love to a beautiful woman. It's something I only get to do when Billy Crystal is out of town."
5. The host should take risks, but only if they're the right ones
It's a shame that Neil Patrick Harris, who offered the most energetic hosting opening number in the history of the Tonys in 2013, bombed so spectacularly on the Oscars stage in 2015. He tried hard, but in the wrong ways. His opening number was a tepid version of his Tonys one, he took the stage in his underwear, and he spent way too much time on a magic stunt that involved a locked briefcase. His fellow Oscar writers should have warned him that that laborious gag was doomed from the start.
Oscar viewers like flashy and short; it's a stumper why producers keep foisting so many extended montage sequences on them. The fearless Whoopi Goldberg—both the first solo black Oscars host and the first solo female host, with the cachet of being an Oscar-winner herself—was able to win the audience over immediately by taking a fashion cue from Queen Elizabeth I on a night when Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench were both nominated for playing the monarch. Her opening remarks: "Good evening, loyal subjects. I am the African Queen." Another hosting gig in 2002 featured her in Moulin Rouge gear. These costumes were not only fabulous visual jokes—they also carried a bit of the vital "I don't give a fuck" factor. It's the Oscars, but so what: Can't we still have fun with it? Granted, sometimes that "I don't give a fuck" factor can swing too far the other way, most famously with James Franco's passive performance and Anne Hathaway's increasingly frenetic attempts to liven up the proceedings in 2011.
Case in point: Billy Crystal kicked off his Oscars legacy in 1989 by putting a cough drop in his mouth and doing tap-dancing sound effects into a handheld mic. Even Jack Nicholson cracked up. Crystal's reputation as host is now more closely tied to elaborate filmed intros that insert him into the nominated films, but he clinched the gig by reminding the Oscar audience that they were there to have a good time. In all the pomp and circumstance, sometimes that's easy to forget. It's why Hugh Jackman did so well in his sole hosting outing in 2009, just by offering us a surprisingly sincere and energetic pared-down song-and-dance routine in which he admitted, "I haven't seen The Reader," due to everyone being in line to see Iron Man again.
Jackman is a perfect example of the many multi-hyphenates in contemporary Hollywood. Any of us could come up with a short list of prospective hosts in a matter of moments: Tiffany Haddish. Kate McKinnon. Donald Glover. Melissa McCarthy. Lin-Manuel Miranda. Maya Rudolph. Jon Hamm. Tom Hanks. Ellie Kemper. Will Ferrell. Billy Eichner. And with only two solo female hosts (Goldberg and Degeneres) and two solo black hosts (Goldberg and Rock) in 90-some years, Oscar hosting could definitely benefit from a more diverse lineup.
Will the Oscars suffer from not having a host this year? Probably not. There likely will still be some sort of opening number (not of the 1989 Snow White singing "Proud Mary" with Rob Lowe variety, hopefully; Crystal started off the show the following year by asking about the applause: "Is that for me, or are you just glad I'm not Snow White?"), but the lack of a monologue will probably make for a shorter show, always a good thing.
After all, most years we don't see the host much post-monologue, anyway. They introduce a few people after a costume change, and maybe incorporate a cute stunt, like Ellen DeGeneres' record-setting selfie or Jimmy Kimmel's running gag of a jet ski being awarded to the person giving the shortest speech. This year we won't have that touchstone person on the stage at the end, offering some version of the perennial wisecrack, "Wow, those four hours just flew by, didn't they?" But by that time we'll likely be asleep/too drunk to care. Or just relieved that Price Waterhouse made sure the Best Picture envelope went to the correct movie.
Of all Oscar-host high points, though, the greatest of all was by no one mentioned above. It was elegant actor David Niven's shining moment, when a streaker strode across the stage in 1974, flashing a peace sign. After the shock of the crowd subsided, Niven deadpanned, "Isn't it fascinating that the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings." That kind of grace under pressure is something all Oscar hosts aspire to, and most of us can only dream of.
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Applied Materials Launches Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
SuCCESS2030 (Supply Chain Certification for Environmental and Social Sustainability) is the company's 10-year roadmap for creating a more sustainable supply chain
Initiative is a key part of Applied's broad commitment to ESG goals and targets announced today
Key suppliers pledge to adopt shared goals and strategies for reducing emissions, conserving resources and promoting ethics, human rights, diversity and inclusion
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc. today unveiled a major new initiative aimed at creating a more sustainable and just supply chain for semiconductor and display manufacturing.
SuCCESS2030 (Supply Chain Certification for Environmental and Social Sustainability) will optimize material and parts selection, procurement, packaging, warehousing, transportation and recycling to reduce energy and emissions and conserve resources. The initiative also aims to promote ethics, human rights, diversity and inclusion throughout the supply chain.
"As part of Applied Materials' commitment to sustainability, we are extending our focus beyond our own operations to include our supply chain, where we expect positive impacts will be magnified throughout the industry," said Stephen Gustafson, Vice President, Operations and Aftermarket Quality. "Thank you to our suppliers for joining us in this shared initiative."
"The industry-leading SuCCESS2030 initiative being announced today aligns with Intel's 2030 corporate responsibility goals and is core to building a responsible and sustainable end-to-end supply chain for the future of semiconductors," said Shaheen Dayal, Vice President of Fab Technology Sourcing at Intel. "Together, we are invested and share the growing sense of urgency to address broad challenges no one can tackle alone and can only be solved by collaborating across major organizations, industries, and countries."
Under the SuCCESS initiative, Applied's assessment of supplier performance and capabilities will now require the following shared commitments:
Reducing supply chain carbon emissions by moving to intermodal shipping that reduces the industry's reliance on air freight, with an interim emissions reduction target of 15% by 2024.
Transitioning the supply chain to recycled content packaging, with a target of 80% by the end of 2023.
100% elimination of phosphate-based pre-treatment of metal surfaces by 2024.
Development of a diversity and inclusion strategy that captures key metrics and meaningful actions to increase the percentage of spend with women- and minority-owned businesses and increase the representation of women and other underrepresented groups with demonstrated improvement by 2024. Work with our trade associations to significantly grow the pipeline of diverse talent available to the industry by 2030.
Compliance with the Responsible Business Alliance Code of Conduct 6.0 and Applied Materials' Standards of Business Conduct and Human Rights Policy.
The initiative is part of a broad commitment to ESG principles and targets that the company's President and CEO, Gary Dickerson, outlined today during a keynote address at the 50th annual SEMICON West.
The SuCCESS initiative strengthens Applied's ESG supply chain strategy, which includes supporting ethical labor practices, responsible minerals sourcing and other programs in adherence to industry-wide doctrines including the RBA (Responsible Business Alliance) Code of Conduct, SEMI guidelines and Applied's Standards of Business Conduct.
The initiative will be managed through the new Applied Materials SuCCESS Office which will oversee metrics and conduct compliance audits, training and coordination with participating companies. Applied is also adding a new Sustainability category to its annual Supplier Excellence Awards program beginning in 2021.
Joining Applied in supporting the SuCCESS initiative are key suppliers from around the world including: Advanced Energy, Benchmark Electronics, Inc., Foxsemicon Integrated Technology Inc., NGK INSULATORS, LTD., Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. and VAT.
Supply Chain Comments
"Applied Materials' SuCCESS initiative is aligned with our continuing commitment to conserve resources through reduced energy and water use and improved recycling practices," said Yuval Wasserman, CEO of Advanced Energy. "AE's early participation with Applied Materials' initiative is consistent with our adherence to ISO 14001 environmental management standards."
"As an organization, we are committed to providing a safe and respectful workplace for our employees and conducting business in a socially responsible and sustainable way," said Jeff Benck, President and CEO of Benchmark. "Applied Materials is helping the semiconductor supply chain become more mindful of how we can continue to preserve and protect our resources, and we're excited to contribute to the SuCCESS initiative."
"We welcome any measures that help us reduce our carbon footprint," said Kevin Chiu, CEO and President of Foxsemicon Integrated Technology. "We will support Applied Materials' SuCCESS initiative by evolving our logistics mix to include a greater percentage of intermodal shipping options."
"Our sustainability mission is to preserve the global environment, foster the development of industry, create a brighter energy future and contribute to the wellbeing and happiness of people around the world," said Hiroto Matsuda, Sr. Vice President, Group Vice Executive, Process Technology Business Group at NGK INSULATORS, LTD. "Having recently celebrated 101 years in business, we are well aligned to support Applied Materials' SuCCESS initiative."
"Supply chain resiliency is about more than speed of operation and just-in-time delivery," said Jim Scholhamer, CEO of Ultra Clean Holdings. "Today's supply chain leaders recognize we have a shared responsibility as environmental stewards that demands we pool our innovation to overcome collective challenges. We thank Applied Materials for leading this effort."
"We are dedicated to using natural resources sustainably, in a way that reduces negative impacts on the environment," said Mike Allison, CEO of VAT. "The Applied Materials SuCCESS initiative serves as an important call to action for the industry to continue to embrace responsible supply chain practices."
About Applied Materials
Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMAT) is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. Our expertise in modifying materials at atomic levels and on an industrial scale enables customers to transform possibilities into reality. At Applied Materials, our innovations make possible the technology shaping the future. Learn more at www.appliedmaterials.com.
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Congratulations to Tommy O'Leary for being chosen as April's Athlete of the Month! Tommy's success in and outside of Del Val is a direct result of the goals he sets and works hard to achieve, along with his positive and encouraging attitude towards his fellow athletes.
What is one difficult Crossfit movement that you recently achieved and what was your game plan for achieving it?
A bar muscle up. I practiced before and after class and listened to my coaches suggestions. I think it took me 5 months to get one and I was able to get 3 rounds in the CrossFit Games Open workout 16.3.
How has your mindset towards life/ fitness/ nutrition changed since starting Crossfit?
It has changed dramatically over the last two years. I'm constantly thinking about how I can improve both my fitness and nutrition. It has taught me that everything is attainable.
What's one piece of advice or one tip that a Del Val coach gave you which has stuck with you?
Haha. The more I think about this question the one piece of advice I got from coach Jacki when i first started was "you're not gonna die, I swear." I constantly tell myself that in the middle of a tough WOD.
Name two of the most memorable PR's you've set.
Recently I finished DT in under 10 minutes and improved my Fran time by 3 minutes.
Currently I'd be stoked to get a ring muscle up. Also I've been shooting to get down to 205 lbs.
How do you balance married life and work while still finding time to attend class?
Married life is great! My wife loves that I started CrossFit, except how much I talk about it. I make time for class after work or before.
Playing basketball or soccer with my wife and daughter, golfing, and surfing.
Favorite thing about Del Val?
Definitely the community. The athletes and staff at Del Val are the reason I love going so much. I've been last to finish WODs a lot in the past two years and the fact that people never stop cheering for you is amazing. Not like any other gym I've been to.


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The US Army has placed a major order with sole bidder Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rocket pods.
The UK Royal Navy is continuing efforts to explore the use of unmanned craft after welcoming into service the new Maritime Demonstrator For Operational Experimentation vessel, also known as Madfox.
State tests of the Russian nuclear submarine Belgorod are expected to begin in May.
This would mark a significant milestone in a programme that has experienced a series of setbacks and restarts since the submarine was laid down in 1992.
France is making progress on its next-generation aircraft carrier and FDI frigate programmes, with additional details of design phases and vessel construction respectively. However, the delivery timeline for the first-in-class FDI vessel appears to have slipped slightly.
In the US, the Biden administration has given its blessing to the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) missile defence programme, overcoming fears that this initiative — a brainchild of the Trump presidency — would be cancelled. Ben Vogel discusses Jason Sherman's report.
Air Editor Tim Martin reports on Swedish company Saab's recent flight test of a 3D-printed hatch for Gripen. What does this mean for future frontline maintenance and repair?
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Senior Editor Naval Richard Thomas is on the line with Asia Pacific Editor Gordon Arthur for an overview of the recent political and defence news from the region.
Conversation topics include the military parade in Myanmar on 27 March, attended by representatives from Russia, China, India, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Laos, Thailand, and Pakistan; latest steps by China to boost its presence in the South China Sea; a collaborative agreement between South Korea and Israel to market loitering munitions; and scepticism about progress in the Attack-class programme for the Royal Australian Navy.
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Q: SymPy's "function_range" doesn't work for seemingly simply functions I'm trying to determine the range of a function, in this case a polynomial. My program already uses a lot of SymPy functions so I thought I could use the function_range function from the sympy.calculus.util module.
For the polynomial 1/2*x**4-2*x**2-1/4*x over the domain R doesn't work, and outputs this error:
>>> from sympy import S
>>> from sympy.abc import x
>>> expr = S(1)/2*x**4-2*x**2-S(1)/4*x
>>> function_range(expr, x, S.Reals)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/base/data/home/apps/s~sympy-live-hrd/66.426491309333028408/sympy/sympy/calculus/util.py", line 223, in function_range
    for critical_point in critical_points:
  File "/base/data/home/apps/s~sympy-live-hrd/66.426491309333028408/sympy/sympy/sets/sets.py", line 1375, in __iter__
    "The computation had not completed because of the "
TypeError: The computation had not completed because of the undecidable set membership is found in every candidates.

Considering that this function is perfectly continuous and not very complex, I really don't understand why SymPy can't determine the Range, as it's a rather simple one. Am I doing something wrong with the input? Are there alternatives to SymPy for doing this?
[edited to use Rationals instead of Floats]

A: The exact solution of the cubic equation needed to find the max/min of the quartic expression does not lend itself well to making comparisons needed to find which extremum is the lowest. You can calculate the value on your own by telling solve not to use exact cubic solutions like this:
>>> maxmin = FiniteSet(*[eq.subs(x,i) for i in solve(eq.diff(), cubics=False)])

The limits of the quartic are both positive and infinite at +/-oo
>>> limit(eq,x,-oo)
oo
>>> limit(eq,x,oo)  # must also be oo since function is even
oo

The minimum value the function attains is
>>> maxmin.inf
-2*CRootOf(8*x**3 - 16*x - 1, 2)**2 - CRootOf(8*x**3 - 16*x - 1, 2)/4 +
CRootOf(8*x**3 - 16*x - 1, 2)**4/2
>>> _.n()
-2.35737693115205

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← if the nurse comes in …. part 4. this time she does!
it's the tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth.
It starts back in September just days before we go on holiday. I crack a filling. My dentist is on holiday, so the choice is wait a few weeks or see the locum. I choose the latter. It's like a scene with the mad dentist from Little Shop of Horrors. He's almost most standing in the chair as he drills out the old filling. It takes a week or so for the ache in my right jaw to go.
And now it's back. From my ear to my chin. Codeine does nothing to alleviate the pain and I manage to get an emergency appointment with my own dentist, who's now looking tanned and relaxed. It turns out to be an abscess. There's a dead tooth sitting above it. The very one I had filled. It'll have to come out, but not yet.
The warfarin is the problem. He wants to wait 4-5 weeks so that I can see my GP and sort out a plan for coming off the warfarin while he pulls the tooth. I've never had a tooth abscess before – my sympathies to all those who have – but I have dealt with pain and discomfort before. A dental abscess would certainly make it into my top 10 list of things to make my eyes water. He prescribes a course of antibiotics; "once they kick in you should feel more comfortable".
I don't think I've had a tooth out since school days – laughing gas, a nice sleep and a bloody hanky. Now it's local anaesthetic. So I'll be awake. When I get home I google tooth extraction and immediately wish I hadn't. The web is full of gruesome images of bleeding gums. So don't search for that particular topic if you're in anyway squeamish.
It gets worse under the heading 'things that can go wrong'. It can take 8 hours for the mouth to stop bleeding. I could swallow the tooth if the dentist is clumsy and drops it. I didn't check if my dentist is prone to dropping things. I give up at this stage; I just don't want to know any more.
Next day at the gym I'm just settling down to a session on the exercise bike when one of the nurses asks how I am. I mention the toothache. She looks at me as if I've done something very rude in a place where you shouldn't do rude things. Before I know it, I'm off the bike and sitting on a chair in the middle of the room. People are watching. I think she's going to give me a detention, but she gives me a cup of tea instead. It turns out that exercise and dental abscesses do not mix (especially while on antibiotics). Exercise increases pressure on the abscess (through various nerve pathways running up from the abdomen) and there's a risk that the abscess will spread from the jawbone to other part of the skull and ultimately, the brain.
Assuming the antibiotics kill off the infection I can come back next week. Oh no I can't. I'm having a flu jab a few hours before the next gym class. Flu jab and exercise is also a no-no. The needle can damage the tendons in the upper arm so they need to heal for 24 hours before being put under any pressure. It's frustrating but it is also reassuring. These people have my interests at heart.
I visit my GP for a plan of action; he looks up from his computer screen when I enter the consulting room. "I haven't seen you since you went to Australia. How are you?" I can't imagine many GPs remembering that one of their patients went on holiday 6 months ago. I explain about the abscess. There's a sucking of teeth and a hint of a frown; "It's very difficult to stop bleeding from the mouth." My INR is currently 3.1; "It needs to be 1". INR gives a measure of how quickly or slowly blood clots. A normal person (i.e. someone not taking warfarin, or any other anti-coagulants) will have an INR of 1. My current reading suggests my blood will take 3.1 times longer to clot than the norm, which is not ideal when having a tooth out.
Tooth day is eventually scheduled for 4th December. I can stop taking warfarin 5 days before that. My GP suggests a blood test on the morning of the appointment, before I see the dentist, just to make sure that my INR has indeed dropped enough to make the tooth removal safe. He also prescribes another course of antibiotics; "you've got a long wait. We don't want it tuning nasty." No – we don't. I just want the tooth out and whatever it is they do to abscesses, done. I do not want it going walkabout. A visit from the tooth fairy would be in order though. I don't know what the going rate for tooth fairy visits is these days, but I'm sure someone will enlighten me.


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Smalltown newspaper praised for standing with immigrants
Tuesday, Jun 18, 2019
PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn.—A small weekly newspaper in western Minnesota is receiving praise for a column that took a tongue-in-cheek approach to stand up for diversity.
Last month, the Pelican Rapids Press posted high school graduation pictures on its Facebook page, including pictures of Somali students. After one Facebook commenter said the newspaper was displaying "Anti-Americanism," managing editor Louis Hoglund used the pen to fight back.
In a June 12 column, Hoglund sarcastically declared his paper was "Anti-American."
Hoglund invited the Facebook commenter to write a letter to the editor, and to attend a multicultural festival which he said "promises to be a shameless show of unpatriotic pageantry a visual spectacle sure to reinforce what it means to be American."
More than 100 people commented on Hoglund's column. One person said it was a "fantastic response to hate."
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