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By Utilities Tech Outlook | Wednesday, April 03, 2019
NB Power launched a new home energy saving program to help the residents of New Brunswickers who are constructing new homes. The New Home Energy Savings Program will benefit the residents to build a home efficiently and save money. Energy efficiency will be beneficial for the economy as well as the environment. NB Power is conducting a public relation campaign to gain support for its smart meter plan. The utility wants public consultation before bringing back the $122 million smart meter plan to Energy and Utility Board (EUB) this year. The board had previously rejected the proposal stating that the advantages don't outweigh the fee to the shopper, and now, NB reported that utilities had been revised to provide financial saving benefit to the buyers.
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NB is conducting sessions with municipalities to change the people's perception on the meter. The utility has made changes with the help of previously received notes from the EUB. Former Power and Useful resource Improvement Minister Rick Doucet stated that the NB energy must be more of enterprise savvy as it operates independently from authorities; furthermore, he said that the utility must demonstrate how the spending will benefit the ratepayers before investing the money. The meter is expected to account energy usage more accurately and transmit it wirelessly to the authority which also will allow the customer to plan their energy usage better. The utility was not deterred from applying again when EUB rejected the plan. Gaetan Thomas said that more research had been done by the utility and this time dollar figure was attached to the savings rate that was mentioned in the previous year.
The meter is expected to reduce power wastage by 0.4 percent, but according to new information, power savings is supposed to be up to one or two percent. This new power saving factor will take the business case from minus $1 million to positive $10 million in savings. The savings factor couldn't be calculated previously by NB due to lack of data. Now, the smart meter request is ready to be placed again when NB is prepared.
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Logo Evolution: The Growth Of Corporate Logos
ByJake Rocheleau	Published May 2, 2016 September 24, 2021
There's a lot to learn by studying the logo evolution of major brands and well-known products. Trends change all the time and they can lead to radical design changes across societies and cultures.
I've looked into some of the world's largest companies and how much their logos have changed over time. We can learn about design techniques, cultural history, and perhaps even conclude some ideas regarding the future of logo design.
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The National Broadcasting Company has a rich history dating back to the early 1920s when radio was just picking up steam. Extant remnants of old time radio still linger across the web as a reminder of NBC's long-time growth to its modern success.
If you look at the early logo designs you'll notice they center around radio. Movies were picking up steam, but radio was in. Sometime around the 1940s-1950s NBC got more involved in television and changed up their logo to reflect a more generalized media company.
But it wasn't until 1956 that their first peacock logo appeared. The colorful peacock feathers really stand and still continue in use to this day.
Practically a story as old as time, Jobs and Wozniak founded Apple computers sometime in the mid-1970s. Their first logo was Isaac Newton under an apple tree drawn by Ronald Wayne in 1976.
The history of Apple is long and has radically changed the face of the entire world. Their colorful Mac Apple logo with the bite missing first surfaced in 1977. Since then it has undergone some aesthetic changes with transparent effects and glossy textures.
But the core Apple logo remains the same and is recognized the world over as a trendsetting corporation.
We find the history of Pepsi dates back to 1893 with a very nineteenth-century logo design.
Pepsi-Cola branded itself with the hyphenation for over fifty years since inception. It kept the same calligraphic logo with only minor adjustments up until the early 1960s.
From here Pepsi dropped the "cola" from its name and simplified the branding with a red white & blue color scheme. This still remains as Pepsi's iconic color pattern, albeit altered slightly in 2009 with a tilt in the sphere icon.
The Seattle-based tech company Microsoft and their operating system Windows have both seen many logo iterations.
A look at Microsoft's history will show that their logo went through typical fads of each decade. The 70s logo has commonplace swoopy letters, the 80s logo seems like a heavy metal band, and the 90s logo grew up and got corporate.
Windows followed a different trajectory having mostly gained notoriety in the 1990s. It has always kept the four squares with red, green, blue and yellow in each panel. But the design techniques have grown and appeared more technical over time – that is, until their recent switch over to the flat logo with a skewed perspective.
The large computer manufacturing company Hewlett-Packard has an interesting history of incorporation in 1947 with a public IPO in 1957.
As you can tell their first logo was brilliantly simple. Over the decades it seems HP has maintained this simple logo design. Color was introduced in the 80s and the dark shade of blue is now predominantly tied to their identity.
It's hard to imagine where the world would be without Google. The company first launched in 1997 and in a short twenty years has risen to the #1 search engine on the planet.
Their early logos reflect the somewhat cheesy-yet-loveable styles of '90s design. They eventually settled on a heavy bevel-and-emboss design in late 1999 which ran for more than ten years. This is perhaps the iconic Google logo that everyone knows and loves.
Since then Google has gone the way of flat design and ultimately scrapped their serif font for a sans-serif font in 2015.
Another well-known search engine Yahoo! has seen its own corporate history of logo changes. In the mid-90s Yahoo ran with brightly-colored logos that matched the design of the time.
Moving into the late 90s we see Yahoo really matured with a fun yet crisp font choice. Since the turn of the century their logo has not changed much at all. It has veered towards a purple color scheme but retains the exclamation point as a design feature.
The legendary DC Comics brand has been around since the 40s and has retained is circular logo for decades. It's only up until their latest rebranding in 2012 that they dropped the circle and moved towards a whole new concept.
But the early years all featured the capital DC letters fixed inside a circle. Somewhere in the mid-70s DC added stars into the circle. These stars morphed into future logo designs and the star symbols are now often associated with the DC brand itself.
A big player in the modern media communications conglomerate monopoly is AT&T. They've been around for a long time and the company's history dates back to the invention of the telephone with The Bell Telephone Company.
The actual inception of AT&T's globe logo was in 1983, but it kept the Bell Telephone logo for over a decade prior.
AT&T has purchased many other entities like Cingular to incorporate their branding across multiple communication mediums of landline and mobile phones.
Although technically not a corporation, Photoshop is a long-running digital design program that recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. That's a long time coming and it's beautiful to see how much Adobe has altered the Photoshop logo design.
During the early years of Photoshop it was recognized by the small eye and magnifying glass. This ended with Photoshop CS in 2003 which introduced the feather icon.
Once Adobe purchased Macromedia they updated their creative suite with a whole slew of new products. Ever since the release of CS3 in 2007 Adobe has held the two-letter iconic logo styles for all of their products, making slight color alterations with each new version.
By studying the history of corporate logos you can pick up design trends and ideologies that change over time. Larger corporations tend to be older and thus have more of a history to look into.
But you can learn a lot even from smaller companies and their affixed logo updates. This is helpful to both designers and entrepreneurs who want to understand the identity design process.
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2016 | Drama | In French, Polish, Dutch and Russian with English subtitles | 115 minutes
The story takes place in Warsaw, 1945, shortly after the end of World War II. In one of the clinics, Mathilde, a Red Cross doctor, is treating wounded and sick survivors. She is interrupted by a hysterical Benedictine nun urging Mathilde to drop everything and to follow her back to the convent. Mathilde is shocked to find a holy sister about to give birth. Not only that, but several other sisters are in advanced stages of pregnancy. The Mother Superior (Abbess) tells Mathilde that the sisters were raped by Russian soldiers. Worried that this might tarnish the convent's reputation, she implores Mathilde to keep this news confidential. Another sister gives birth to a baby. The Abbess has been telling everyone the newborn will be adopted. However, in truth, she has abandoned the baby in front of a crucifix after a baptizing. Mathilde gets orders to leave the clinic for another location. Meanwhile the Master of Novices brings three more babies to the clinics for protection. Mathilde, anguished and frustrated, implores the nuns to open an orphanage and save these newborn babies.
Lou de Laage (Mathilde Beaulieu) / Agata Buzek (Sister Maria) / Agata Kulesza (Mother Superior)
War has produced many horrors and this is one of them. The story is so well presented that the film that may unnerve some viewers. But if you can take it, this will be a film you'll long remember.
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Veteran French director Anne Fontaine approaches a spiritually and emotionally complex real-life slice of history with deftness and understated drama. Fontaine lets the inherent horror of the film's situation speak for itself, which makes it that much more startling. And she draws finely nuanced performances from her ensemble cast. THE INNOCENTS is a rare film that examines the nature of religious belief in a non-judgmental way; actually, it's more about strong, brave women protecting each other and doing what they must to survive. The starkness of the setting and the spare, fluid camerawork from cinematographer Caroline Champetier make the drama pop that much more in ways that are both shocking and enlightening.
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The film takes care to distinguish the sisters from one another in their responses to a kind of brutality that most couldn't have imagined. THE INNOCENTS resists the temptation to wallow in sentiment as the nuns give birth, and images of new mothers cuddling their newborns are kept to a minimum. What you feel is their agony, terror and confusion. The most complicated and compelling character is the severe Mother Abbess, who faces the excruciating decision between saving a baby's life and risking disgrace, or abandoning the infant. Ms. Kulesza's anguished performance conveys the weight of an almost unbearable choice, which she believes condemns her to eternal damnation.
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\section*{Abstract}
We formulate a large-strain model of single-slip crystal elastoplasticity in the framework of energetic solutions.  Numerical performance of the model is compared with lab experiments on compression of a stack of note papers.
\section{Introduction}
Elastoplasticity at large strains is an area of ongoing research that brings together contributions from modeling, mathematical, analysis, numerical simulations, and mechanical experiments. For the mathematical analysis of elastoplastic models, it is often convenient to use powerful tools from the calculus of variations, which are now able to treat quasistatic evolutionary rate-independent problems as well, see, e.g. \cite{cckham, ortiz-repetto}, or  \cite{mielke1}. The existence of solutions could be ensured by assuming generalized convexity of the strain energy, such as polyconvexity \cite{ball77}  but more  general material behavior may contradict this assumption. For example, this is manifested in shape-memory alloys (SMA) \cite{wlsc}, some magnetostrictive \cite{desimone} and ferroelectric materials \cite{shu}.

As a remedy, one can then recourse to higher-gradient regularizations, where the stored energy density $W$ also depends, e.g., on the second gradient of the deformation. From a mathematical point of view, this adds compactness to the model, which is instrumental in proving the existence of solutions by the direct method \cite{ball81}. Materials with such constitutive equations are referred to as non-simple and were introduced by Toupin \cite{toupin, toupin2}. Since then, many authors have elaborated on the concept so that its thermodynamical aspects  are also better understood, cf.~\cite{capriz, hooke2, forest, forest2, greenRivlin,  mierouNum, podio}. We will, however, restrict ourselves to material models where polyconvexity is sufficient for the existence of a solution. Extension to more general material models can be found in many works, here we mention \cite{RIS}.
In what follows, we will deal with a model that, in addition to elasticity, also includes the plastic behavior of the material. Plastic strain acts as an internal variable that influences the elastic behavior of the material.
In the large strain setting, we assume that
the deformation gradient $F$ is decomposed by means of the Kr\"{o}ner-Lee decomposition as
\begin{align}
    F=F^{\rm e}F^{\rm p} \ ,
\end{align}
where $F^{\rm p}:\Omega\to\mathbb{R}^{d\times d}$ and $\det F^{\rm p}=1$. We will set $P=(F^{\rm p})^{-1}$. Here $\Omega \subset\mathbb{R}^d$ is a bounded Lipschitz domain representing the specimen.
Plastic strain, $F^{\rm p}$,  represents disarrangements of atoms and $F^{\rm e}$ describes stretching and a rotation of the lattice.  Unlike $F$, $F^{\rm e}$ or $F^{\rm p}$ do not correspond to deformations, that is, they do not necessarily have to be curl-free, in general. However, we refer to a dislocation-free setting of the problem treated in \cite{mkdmus}.
Here we assume that $F^{\rm p}$ corresponds to the single-slip plastic strain \cite{gurtin}, which is defined as
$$F^{\rm p}=I+\gamma s\otimes  m \ ,$$
where $I\in\mathbb{R}^{d\times d}$ is the identity matrix, $s,m\in\mathbb{R}^d$ are mutually perpendicular unit vectors defining the glide direction $s$ and the slip plane normal $m$. Finally,  $\gamma:\Omega\to\mathbb{R}$ denotes the slip or microshear-strain and it measures the amount of plastic strain. Note that if $\gamma=0$ then $F^{\rm p}=I$, that is, $F=F^{\rm e }$ and the deformation is purely elastic.
It is also easy to see that  $\det (I+\gamma s\otimes m)= 1+\gamma s\cdot m=1$  and $P=I-\gamma s\otimes m$. We refer, e.g., to \cite{grandi1,grandi2, cckham,critplast,jkmk} for recent works on elastoplasticity.

The elastic behavior of the material is described by a stored energy density  $$W:\Omega\times\mathbb{R}^{d\times d}\to\mathbb{R}\cup\{+\infty\},$$  such that the first Piola-Kirchhoff stress tensor $S$
is defined for almost every $x\in\O$ as
\begin{align}
    S(x)=\frac{\partial W(x,F^{e}(x))}{\partial F}\ .
\end{align}
We assume that $W$ is polyconvex \cite{ball77,ciarlet,dacorogna}, that is, there exists a convex and lower semicontinuous Carath\'{e}odory function  $h(x,\cdot):\mathbb{R}^{d\times d}\times\mathbb{R}^{d \times d}\times\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}\cup\{+\infty\}$ such that for almost every $x\in\Omega$
\begin{align}
    W(x,F)= h(x,F,{\rm cof} F,\det F) \ \text{ for every } F\in\mathbb{R}^{d \times d} \ .
\end{align}
Moreover, we require that $W$ is frame-indifferent, coercive, and penalizes extreme compression and a change of orientation, i.e., it holds
\begin{subequations}\label{ass-E-1}
\begin{align}
&W(x,F)=W(x,RF) \quad  \text{ for every } R\in\text{SO}(d) \ , \\
&W(x,F)\ge C|F|^p-c_0 \quad \text{ for some } C, c_0>0, p>1 \ , \\
&W(x,F)\to +\infty \quad \text{ if } \det F\to 0 \text{ and } W(x,F)=+\infty \text{ if } \det\, F\le 0\
\end{align}
\end{subequations}
and for every $F\in\mathbb{R}^{d\times d}$ and all $x\in\Omega$.
Furthermore, we assume that the energy stored in dislocations is described by a Carath\'{e}odory function $w:\Omega\times \mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$
such that
\begin{align}\label{ass-gamma}
    w(x,\gamma)\ge C|\gamma|^r-c_0 \text{ for some } C,c_0>0, r>1, \text{ and  all } x\in\Omega \text{ and all } \gamma\in\mathbb{R}.
\end{align}
The functional
\begin{align} \label{energy_gen} \mathcal{I}(t,y,\gamma)&:=\int_\O W(x,\nabla y(x)(I-\gamma(x)s\otimes m))\,\mathrm{d} x+\int_\Omega w(x,\gamma(x))\,\mathrm{d} x\nonumber\\
&+\epsilon\int_\O |s\otimes m\otimes\nabla \gamma(x)|^\alpha\,\mathrm{d} x-L(t,y) \ ,\end{align}
expresses the potential energy in our system. The third term with $\epsilon>0$ depending on $\nabla\gamma$ is the {\it  plastic-strain-gradient} energy penalizing spatial variations of $\gamma$, see, e.g.~\cite{gurtin}. The last term expresses the work done by external force densities $f$ and $g$:
\begin{eqnarray}\label{loading1}
L(t,y):=\int_\O f(t)\cdot y\,\mathrm{d} x +\int_{\Gamma_1} g(t)\cdot y\,\mathrm{d} S\ .\
\end{eqnarray}
Here $\Gamma_1\subset\partial\O$ is a part of the boundary where we prescribe some traction.
The appearance of plastic deformation is related to energy dissipation depending on the rate of change of $\gamma$, that is, on $\dot\gamma$. Here, we follow \cite[Formula (54)]{gurtin} where the specific dissipation is given by
\begin{align}
    \delta(\dot\gamma)=\sigma|\dot\gamma|\ ,
\end{align}
where $\sigma:\Omega\to[\sigma_0,+\infty)$  is the so-called {\it slip resistance} with $\sigma_0>0$.
Consequently, the global dissipation between two states $\gamma_1$ and $\gamma_2$ is defined as
\begin{align}
    \mathcal{D}(\gamma_1,\gamma_2)=\int_\Omega \sigma(x)|\gamma_1(x)-\gamma_2(x)|\,{\rm d}x\ .
\end{align}

\subsection{Energetic solution}
In order to find a quasistatic evolution of the system, Mielke, Theil, and Levitas \cite{AMFTVL} came up with the following definition of the energetic solution, which conveniently overcomes the non-smoothness of dissipation and is generally very flexible.  Moreover, it fully exploits the possible variational structure of the problem and allows for   a very wide class of
energy and dissipation functionals. This concept has versatile applications to many problems in the continuum mechanics of solids. Additionally,  working with ${\mathcal{I}}$ and $\mathcal{D}$ directly enables us to  include higher-order  gradients of $y$ in the model or to require the integrability of some functions of $\nabla y$ if needed.

Let ${\mathbb{Y}}$ and ${\mathbb{Z}}$  be the sets of admissible deformations and slips (usually subsets of a Sobolev space) and suppose that the evolution of $y(t)\in {\mathbb{Y}}$ and $\gamma(t)\in {\mathbb{Z}}$ is studied during a time interval $[0,T]$ for the time horizon $T>0$.
The following two properties characterize the energetic solution: \\
\noindent
(i) Stability inequality - $\forall t\in[0,T],\, \tilde z\in {\mathbb{Z}},\, \tilde{y}\in {\mathbb{Y}}$:
\begin{eqnarray}\label{stblt}\mathcal{I}(t,y(t),z(t))\le \mathcal{I}(t,\tilde y,\tilde z)+\mathcal{D}(z(t),\tilde z)\end{eqnarray}

\noindent
(ii) Energy balance - $\forall\ 0\le t\le T$:
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{e-bal}
\mathcal{I}(t,y(t),\gamma(t))+{\rm Var}(\mathcal{D},\gamma;[0,t])  = \mathcal{I}(0,y(0),\gamma(0)) +\int_0^t \dot L(\xi,y(\xi))\,\mathrm{d} \xi \ ,
\end{eqnarray}
$$\text{where }
{\rm Var}(\mathcal{D},\gamma;[s,t]):=\sup\left\{\sum_{i=1}^N \mathcal{D}(\gamma(t_i),\gamma(t_{i-1}));\ \{t_i\} \mbox{ partition of } [s,t]\right\}.$$

\begin{definition}\label{en-so}
The mapping $t\mapsto(y(t),\gamma(t))\in {\mathbb{Y}}\times {\mathbb{Z}} $ is an energetic solution to the problem
$(\mathcal{I},\mathcal{D}, L)$ if the stability inequality and the energy balance
are satisfied for all $t\in [0,T]$.
\end{definition}

To prove the existence of an energetic solution, we follow the standard strategy described in, e.g. \cite{mami2, RIS}, where this program is specialized in elastoplasticity.

Let $\Gamma_0\subset\partial\O\setminus\Gamma_1$ be of positive $d-1$ dimensional Lebesgue measure.
Let $p_y>d$ and let  be such that $\int_\O W(x,\nabla y_0(x))\,\mathrm{d} x<+\infty$. Define
\begin{align*}
&{\mathbb{Y}}:=\{y\in W^{1,p_y}(\Omega;\mathbb{R}^d): y=y_0 \text{ on } \Gamma_0\} \ ,
\qquad
{\mathbb{Z}}:=\{\gamma\in L^{r}(\Omega)\cap W^{1,\alpha}(\Omega)\} \ .
\end{align*}
\begin{proposition}\label{prop:existence}
Assume that $\mathcal{I}$ and $\mathcal{D}$ are as above, $L\in C^1([0,T]; W^{1,p_y}(\O;\mathbb{R}^d)^*)$, \eqref{ass-E-1} and \eqref{ass-gamma} hold, $1/p+1/r=1/p_y<1/d$, and $\alpha>1$. Let the initial condition $(y^0,\gamma^0)\in{\mathbb{Y}}\times{\mathbb{Z}}$ be stable.  Then an energetic solution exists.
\end{proposition}

{\it Sketch of  proof.} The proof can be obtained following the one in \cite{mami2} or \cite{fm}, where a more general setting is considered. Here, we only sketch it in a few steps for the reader's convenience and for the case of time-independent boundary condition $y_0$.

\noindent
Step 1: Consider a partition $$0=t^0_\tau<t^1_\tau<\ldots<t^K_\tau=T \ ,$$ set  $\tau=\max_i(t_i-t_{i-1})$ and suppose that the partition for $N+1$ is a refinement of the partition with $N$ time steps.  Take the initial condition $(y^0_\tau,\gamma^0_\tau)=(y^0,\gamma^0)\in{\mathbb{Y}}\times{\mathbb{Z}}$.
Define the following sequence of minimization problems:
For $k=1,\ldots, K$    solve
\begin{align}\label{incremental}
\min_{(y,\gamma)\in{\mathbb{Y}}\times {\mathbb{Z}}}\mathcal{I}(t_\tau^k,y,\gamma)+\mathcal{D}(\gamma_\tau^{k-1},\gamma)\
\end{align}
and denote a solution by $(y_\tau^k,\gamma_\tau^k)$. The existence of a solution is a standard application of the direct method of calculus of variations.

\noindent
Step 2: The solutions to \eqref{incremental} are stable. Moreover, we have the following:
 \begin{align}\label{e-disc}
\int_{t_\tau^{k-1}}^{t_\tau^k}\partial_t \mathcal{I}(s,y^k_\tau, \gamma^k_\tau)\,\mathrm{d} s \le \mathcal{I}(t^k_\tau,y^k_\tau, \gamma^k_\tau)+\mathcal{D}(\gamma_\tau^{k-1},\gamma_\tau^k)-\mathcal{I}(t^{k-1}_\tau,y^{k-1}_\tau, \gamma^{k-1}_\tau)\\ \nonumber
\le \int_{t_\tau^{k-1}}^{t_\tau^k}\partial_t \mathcal{I}(s,y^{k-1}_\tau,\gamma^{k-1}_\tau)\,\mathrm{d} s\ .
\end{align}
Take $(\tilde y,\tilde{\gamma})\in{\mathbb{Y}}\times{\mathbb{Z}}$. We have $\mathcal{I}(t^k_\tau,y^k_\tau,\gamma^k_\tau)+\mathcal{D}(\gamma^{k-1}_\tau,\gamma^k_\tau)\le \mathcal{I}(t^k_\tau,\tilde y,\tilde{\gamma})+\mathcal{D}(\tilde{\gamma}, \gamma^{k-1}_\tau)$. We further estimate $\mathcal{D}(\tilde{\gamma},\gamma_\tau^{k-1})-\mathcal{D}(\gamma_\tau^{k-1},\gamma_\tau^{k})\le \mathcal{D}(\tilde{\gamma}, \gamma^{k}_\tau)$, which proves the stability.
The upper estimate in (\ref{e-disc}) follows by checking the minimality of $(y_\tau^k,\gamma_\tau^k)$ against $(y_\tau^{k-1},\gamma_\tau^{k-1})$, that is,
\begin{align*}
\mathcal{I}(t^k_\tau,y^k_\tau,\gamma^k_\tau)+\mathcal{D}(\gamma_\tau^k,\gamma^{k-1}_\tau)&\le \mathcal{I}(t^k_\tau,y^{k-1}_\tau,\gamma^{k-1}_\tau)\\
&=\mathcal{I}(t^{k-1}_\tau,y^{k-1}_\tau,\gamma^{k-1}_\tau )+\int_{t_\tau^{k-1}}^{t_\tau^k}\partial_t \mathcal{I}(s,y^{k-1}_\tau, \gamma^{k-1}_\tau)\,\mathrm{d} s\ .\end{align*}

The lower estimate in (\ref{e-disc}) is implied by the stability of $(y_\tau^{k-1},\gamma_\tau^{k-1})$, that is,
 \begin{align}\mathcal{I}(t^{k-1}_\tau,y^{k-1}_\tau, \gamma^{k-1}_\tau)\le \mathcal{I}(t^{k-1}_\tau,y^{k}_\tau, \gamma^k_\tau)+\mathcal{D}(\gamma_\tau^{k-1},\gamma_\tau^k)\nonumber\\
 =\mathcal{I}(t^{k}_\tau,y^{k}_\tau, \gamma^k_\tau)+\mathcal{D}(\gamma_\tau^{k-1},\gamma_\tau^k)-\int_{t_\tau^{k-1}}^{t_\tau^k}\partial_t \mathcal{I}(s,y^k_\tau, \gamma^k_\tau)\,\mathrm{d} s\ .\end{align}

Then define the piecewise constant interpolants constructed from $\{(y^k,\gamma^k)\}_k$ and denote them by $(y_\tau^K,\gamma_\tau^K)$. In particular, we define
\begin{eqnarray} (y^K_\tau(t),\gamma^K_\tau(t)):=(y^{k-1}_\tau, \gamma^{k-1}_\tau) \mbox{ if } t\in[t^{k-1}_\tau, t_\tau^k)\ ,\  (y_\tau(T), \gamma_\tau(T)):=(y^K_\tau,\gamma^K_\tau)\ .\end{eqnarray}
Using  \eqref{ass-E-1} and \eqref{ass-gamma}  we get the following apriori bounds which are independent of $\tau$:
$$
\|y^K_\tau\|_{L^\infty((0,T);W^{1,p_y}(\O;\mathbb{R}^d))}\le C\ ,
$$
$$
\|\gamma^K_\tau\|_{L^\infty((0,T);L^r(\O))}\le C\ ,
$$
and
$$
{\rm Var}(\mathcal{D},\gamma^K_\tau;[0,T])\le C \ .$$

\noindent
Step 3: The existence of an energetic solution is now obtained by passing to the limit as $K\to\infty$ (as the time discretization is refined) in the energy inequality proved in Step 2 and checking the stability of the limit. Note that the dissipation functional $\mathcal{D}:{\mathbb{Z}}\times {\mathbb{Z}}\to\mathbb{R}$ is sequentially continuous with respect to the weak $W^{1,\alpha}(\O)$ topology.
\hfill
$\Box$

\begin{remark}
It is shown in \cite{mami2} that time-dependent Dirichlet boundary conditions can be considered in the above proposition  if
$y_0\in  C^1([0,T]\times\O;\mathbb{R}^d)$, $\nabla y_0\in BC^1([0,T]\times\O;\mathbb{R}^{d\times d})$ and $|(\nabla y_0)^{-1}|\in L^\infty(\O)$. Here $BC^1$ stands for bounded and continuously differentiable maps.
\end{remark}

\section{Compression experiment}
Following the idea of \cite{wadee} we perform a compression experiment on a stack of papers.
Compression tests were performed using a custom-made experimental setup, where blocks of paper sheets were used as testing material; see Fig. \ref{fig_comprSetup}. The dimensions of the block were 75 $\times$ 75 $\times\sim$42 mm$^3$ (height $\times$ width $\times$ thickness) and placed between two thick aluminum plates so that the sheets were parallel with the plates and placed on the steel platen. The aluminum plates were bolted together using four steel screws (near each corner). Thus, the block was confined from the sides and from the bottom, and loading was applied from the top by means of a brass panel slightly longer and narrower than the top face of the block. Three compression tests were carried out using the Instron 5582 universal testing machine with a constant cross-head speed of 0.075 mm$\cdot$s$^{-1}$ giving an initial strain rate of 10$^{-3}$$\cdot$s$^{-1}$.

\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width = 0.7\textwidth]{Fig_scheme.png}
\caption{Experimental setup of the compression test.}
\label{fig_comprSetup}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

The video recording was performed using the Panasonic HC-V180EP-K camera with full HD resolution (1920 $\times$ 1080 px$^2$). The front side of the paper block (i.e., perpendicular to the normal of the sheets) facing the camera was sprayed with black acrylic paint in order to create a speckle pattern for the digital image correlation (DIC) analysis. \emph{Ncorr} scripts implemented in MATLAB were used for the computation of DIC with the following parameters: subset size of 15 px and spacing of 5 px. A detailed description of the \emph{ncorr} DIC algorithms is available in Refs. \cite{Blaber2015, ncorr}.

The obtained compression curves are shown in Fig. \ref{fig_simres3} (left) and exhibit an intermittent plasticity character manifested by means of several pronounced stress drops during loading. These results, supplemented by the DIC data, show that serration corresponds to the gradual formation and propagation of localized ``zig-zag'' deformation bands referred to as kinking, as can be seen in Fig. \ref{fig_simres1} and \ref{fig_simres2}. It can be observed in Supplementary video \cite{figshare} that all load drops correlate with the formation of kink bands. Kinking is a deformation mechanism often observed in layered systems of different scales when compressively loaded parallel to their basal planes \cite{hagihara,plummer}. During loading, the layers first undergo an elastic buckling which is then followed by a nucleation of so-called ripplocation boundaries driven by strain redistribution from high-energy in-plane bonds to low-energy out-of-plane bonds \cite{plummer}.

\section{Numerical verification}

We implement a numerical method for the mathematical model to verify that the model is capable of reproducing the main features of the results obtained in the physical experiment. The model was suggested in \cite{conti-dolzmann-kreisbeck}
Since we wish to relate the outputs also to the fully rigid analysis of \cite{conti} and since the precise elastic constants of the material used in experiments are unknown, we abandon the quest for quantitative comparison and adopt the 2D setting in our computations, i.e., $d=2$.
Imitating the setup of the experiment, we take a rectangular region $\Omega$ of material and subject it to loading through a prescribed displacement of the upper edge in the vertical direction.
The lower edge is fixed and the lateral edges are allowed to move only in the vertical direction (see Figure \ref{fig_setup}).
The elasticity of the material is assumed to follow the neo-Hookean model with a single slip system having glide direction $s = (0,1)^T$ and slip-plane normal $m = (1,0)^T$.
External forces are not considered, i.e., $L=0$,  except for the prescribed time-dependent Dirichlet boundary condition at the upper edge of the domain, from which the energy functional \eqref{energy_gen} takes the specific form
\begin{multline}
\label{num_func}
\mathcal{I} (t,y,\gamma) = \int_{\Omega} \Big\{ C \left( |F^e|^p-d^{p/2} - 2\log (\det F^e) \right) + D (\det F^e -1)^2 + \alpha \operatorname{tr} \left( (F^e)^TF^e M \right) \\
+ \beta | F^p |^r +  \epsilon | \nabla F^p|^{\alpha} \Big\} \, {\rm d}x
\end{multline}
if $\det F^e>0$ and $+\infty$ otherwise.
We consider $p>2$, $\alpha=r=2$ that implies that $\gamma\in L^{\tilde r}(\O)$ for every $1\le\tilde r<+\infty$, so then we can assume that, in fact, $2\le r<+\infty$ is arbitrary.
Here, $q=(y,\gamma)$ is the state described by deformation $y\in W^{1,p_y}(\Omega;\mathbb{R}^2)$ and slip $\gamma\in W^{1, 2}(\Omega)$,
coefficients $C,D,\alpha,\beta,\epsilon$ are positive material constants and the elastic and plastic parts of deformation gradient read
\begin{eqnarray*}
&&F^e(y,\gamma) = \nabla y(x) ( I - \gamma(x) s \otimes m ), \qquad F^p(\gamma) = I +\gamma(x) s \otimes m.
\end{eqnarray*}
Furthermore, the term containing $M$ in  \eqref{num_func} is taken from \cite{schroeder} and describes  the transverse isotropy inherent to the stack of paper sheets; here the matrix $M = m\otimes m$ characterizes the material symmetry along the direction $m=(1,0)^T$.
The integrand of \eqref{num_func} is polyconvex and thus microstructure formation
will not occur.
In conjunction with the coercivity of the functional, the existence of a minimizer in ${\mathbb{Y}}$ for a fixed $\gamma \in {\mathbb{Z}}$ is guaranteed.

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width = 0.8\textwidth]{domdescr}
\caption{Setup of the numerical test and example of a finite element mesh.}
\label{fig_setup}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

In order to calculate the rate-independent evolution of the system, we employ the dissipation distance between two states with slip magnitudes $\gamma_1$ and $\gamma_2$ defined by
$$ \mathcal{D}(\gamma_1,\gamma_2)=\sigma \int_\Omega |\gamma_1(x)-\gamma_2(x)|\,{\rm d}x\ . $$
In the numerical simulations, we discretize the given time interval $[0,T]$ into $K$ subintervals of equal length $\tau = T/K$  separated by the time points $t^k = k\tau$, $k=0,1, \dots, K$.
The time-discretization of the rate-independent evolution model then leads to the minimization problem
\begin{equation}
\label{num_minprob}
    q^{k+1} \in \operatorname{Arg} \min_{\widetilde{q}=(\widetilde{y},\widetilde{\gamma})} \left( {\mathcal{D}}(\gamma^k,\widetilde{\gamma}) + \mathcal{I}(t^{k+1},\widetilde{y},\widetilde{\gamma}) \right),
\end{equation}
where the superscript $k+1$ denotes the time instances $ t^{k+1}$ at which the quantity is evaluated, while the dependence of the energy $\mathcal{I}$ on $t^{k+1}$  emphasizes the presence of a time-dependent Dirichlet boundary condition.
As mentioned above, it can be shown that the time interpolants of its solutions converge to the corresponding energetic solution.

For spatial discretization, the rectangular region is partitioned into a regular triangular mesh and the functionals $\mathcal{I}, \mathcal{D}$ are approximated using the finite element method (FEM) \cite{ciarletfem}.
In particular, we use linear $\mathcal{P}^1$-elements for both the position vector variable $y(x)$ and the scalar-valued slip variable $\gamma(x)$, obtaining their piece-wise affine approximations $\widehat{y}(x), \widehat{\gamma}(x)$.
Hence, the trial functions for the discretized state $q(x)$ have the form
$$ \widehat{q}(x) = (\widehat{y}_1(x), \widehat{y}_2(x), \widehat{\gamma} (x)) \in V_h \times V_h \times V_h, $$
where $V_h$ stands for the subspace of piece-wise affine functions on the triangular partition.
We denote the standard FEM basis functions of $V_h$ by $\{\varphi_i\}_{i=1}^{N}$, where $N$ is the number of nodes in the mesh, i.e., $\varphi_i$ is a hat-like function with value $1$ at the $i$-node and with value $0$ at all other nodes.
Then we can write
\begin{equation}
\label{num_basisexp}
   \widehat{y}_j(x) = \sum_{i=1}^N a^i_j \varphi_i(x), \; j=1,2, \qquad \widehat{\gamma}(x) = \sum_{i=1}^N b_i \varphi_i(x)
\end{equation}
for some set of coefficients $\{a^i_1,a^i_2,b_i\}_{i=1}^N \subset \mathbb{R}$.
All coefficients $\{ b_i\}_{i=1}^N$ are free, while some of the values of $a^i_j$ follow the imposed boundary conditions.
Namely, for nodes $i$ on the lower edge of the domain $a_1^i, a_2^i$ are kept constant (equal to initial values) throughout the computation to realize a fixed boundary, for nodes on the upper edge $a_1^i, a_2^i$ are chosen so that the time-evolving Dirichlet boundary condition is satisfied, and finally, for nodes on the lateral edges, we keep $a_1^i$ equal to their initial values to express the restriction on horizontal displacements.
Hence, denoting the set of indices of free coefficients $a_1^i, a_2^i$ by $I_1, I_2$, respectively, and plugging the expansions \eqref{num_basisexp} into the functional in \eqref{num_minprob}, we obtain a nonlinear functional
\begin{multline}
\label{num_discrmin}
    H^k
    \left(\{a_1^i\}_{i\in I_1}, \{ a_2^i\}_{i\in I_2}, \{b_i\}_{i=1}^N \right) \\
    = {\mathcal{D}}^{\delta} \left( \sum_{i=1}^N b_i^k \varphi_i, \sum_{i=1}^N b_i \varphi_i \right) + \mathcal{I}^{k+1} \left( \sum_{i=1}^N a^i_1 \varphi_i, \sum_{i=1}^N a^i_2 \varphi_i, \sum_{i=1}^N b_i \varphi_i  \right)
\end{multline}
to be minimized
over the free variables $\{a_1^i\}_{i\in I_1}, \{ a_2^i\}_{i\in I_2}, \{b_i\}_{i=1}^N$ at each time level.
We remark that the functional $\mathcal{D}$ has been replaced in the numerical implementation by its smoothed version
\begin{equation}
    \label{num_regul}
\mathcal{D}^{\delta} (\gamma_1,\gamma_2)=\sigma \int_\Omega \sqrt{\delta^2 + |\gamma_1(x)-\gamma_2(x)|^2} \,{\rm d}x\ ,
\end{equation}
where $\delta$ is a small positive parameter.

After initialization of the coefficient $a_j^i, b_i$ to represent the undeformed configuration, i.e., setting $(a_1^i,a_2^i)$ equal to the $(x,y)$-coordinates of $i$-th mesh node and $b^i=0$ for all nodes, the numerical computation at further time steps proceeds as follows.
At the beginning of each time step, the coefficients $a_j^i$ in \eqref{num_basisexp} corresponding to the mesh nodes located on the upper edge of the domain are updated to represent the prescribed displacement at the current time $t^k$.
Subsequently, the resulting function $H^k$ from \eqref{num_discrmin} is minimized over the free variables $\{a_1^i\}_{i\in I_1}, \{ a_2^i\}_{i\in I_2}, \{b_i\}_{i=1}^N$, and the result is fed as input to the next time step.
The minimization is carried out using the function {\sl fminunc} from MATLAB's Optimization toolbox \cite{matlab}.
This function is based on a trust-region optimization algorithm \cite{conn}, which requires as input the function $H^k$, its gradient, initial guess for solution, and optionally also the sparsity pattern of the Hessian of $H^k$.
The function $H^k$ and the finite-difference approximation of its gradient are evaluated using the vectorized algorithm of \cite{mosval}, which produces a significant speed-up of the computation.
The initial guess is taken as the solution in the previous time step for the elastic part $a_j^i$, and as zero for the plastic part $b_i$.
In the minimization procedure, it might be physically meaningful to distinguish between two approaches: to minimize over both elastic and plastic variables at once, or to alternately minimize over the elastic or plastic part while keeping the other part temporarily fixed.
However, in this case, no difference was observed in the impact of the order of minimization on the numerical results.

In the specific simulation, we consider the deformation in the time interval $t\in [0,100]$ (in seconds) of the rectangular region $\Omega = (0,42)\times(0,75)$ (in millimeters), whose upper edge is compressed with constant speed according to $y(t,x_1,x_2) = (x_1,75-0.18t)$.
Time is discretized into $K=76$ steps of length $\tau=1.3125$, and the undeformed region $\Omega$ is divided into a triangular mesh with 4184 elements and 2182 nodes (see Figure \ref{fig_setup}).
The values of the remaining parameters are selected as follows:
material constants in the energy functional \eqref{num_func} are $C=0.6$ GPa, $D =0.2$ GPa, $\alpha = 0.1$ GPa, $\beta = 20$ kPa, $\epsilon =500$ N, $\sigma = 1$ kPa,
the regularization parameter in \eqref{num_regul} is $\delta = 10^{-5}$,
the perturbation to calculate a finite difference approximation of the gradient of $H^k$ is $10^{-8}$,
the infinite value for $\det F^e \leq 0$ in \eqref{num_func} is realized by penalty $10^6$ on individual triangles,
integration over triangles uses the second-order quadrature rule,
and finally stopping criteria in the trust-region minimization algorithm are TolX $=10^{-10}$ for step and TolFun $=10^{-4}$ for function values.
The elastic constants are chosen so that their order of magnitude corresponds to the experimentally measured values reported in \cite{schulgasser, yokoyama}.

\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width = 0.8\textwidth]{figdispl}
\caption{Comparison of displacements in $x_1$- and $x_2$-directions obtained in the experiment and numerical simulation. The images in the left column show experimental observations at the time when the vertical displacement of upper boundary is around 12 mm and when the kink-bands reach the lower boundary. The right images show numerical results at the same vertical displacement of upper boundary by 12 mm, a little after the kink-band structure appears in the simulation.}
\label{fig_simres1}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[h!]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width = 0.8\textwidth]{figstrain}
\caption{Comparison of strains obtained in the experiment (left column) and in numerical simulation (right column). The images were taken at the same load conditions as in Figure \ref{fig_simres1}.}
\label{fig_simres2}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[h!]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width = 0.95\textwidth]{figcurve}
\caption{Comparison of stress-strain curves obtained in the experiment and in numerical simulation. Curves for three independent experiments are shown, where the lowest curve (experiment \#1) corresponds to images displayed in Figures \ref{fig_simres1} and \ref{fig_simres2}. In experiment, kinks form gradually one by one due to finite speed of sound, while in simulation they form all at once, which leads to a later appearance of kinks and hence a slightly later drop in the load.}
\label{fig_simres3}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

The results obtained by implementing the above described model are summarized in Figures \ref{fig_simres1} (for displacements), \ref{fig_simres2} (for strains) and \ref{fig_simres3} (for displacement-load curves), together with the results of the experimental analysis.
Despite a simple mathematical model, surprisingly good qualitative and even quantitative agreement is reached.
In particular, the simulation succeeds in reproducing the formation of wedge-like kink-bands of the same type as in experiment, and the displacements and strains show identical deformation patterns.
The lack of an accurate quantitative match is mainly due to the fact that only a two-dimensional model is used and the detailed elastic properties of the paper sheets used in the experiment are unknown.

We remark that the color-bar range for the displacement in $x_2$-direction in Figure \ref{fig_simres1} is different for experiment and simulation mainly due to the fact that only a part of the material region is analyzed owing to limitations of the experimental setup.
Even if the region is adjusted, a complete match is not gained, as can be predicted from the difference in $x_2$-strain in Figure \ref{fig_simres2} -- notice the different range of color-bars for experiment and simulation.
This discrepancy is thought to be caused mainly by the fact that in experiment the stack of papers is not compressed in a thin region at the left and right boundaries (this is visible in the upper left and upper right corners of the figure), which allows for a relaxation of stresses near the lateral boundaries.

Regarding the dynamics, in the real phenomenon kink-bands are formed one by one in sequence, as can be confirmed in the repository \cite{figshare}.
On the other hand, the mathematical model is quasi-stationary, and thus all the kinks appear at once as soon as sufficient energy is stored to allow for the plastic deformation.
Nevertheless, these issues can be addressed by a straightforward refinement of the basic model, and therefore, the results show that the proposed mathematical model is capable of capturing the important features of the deformation mechanism.
Moreover, the results indicate that the rate-independent evolution provides an "elastically regularized" approximation for the completely rigid problem of \cite{conti}.

Movies of the experiments and numerical simulation are available at
\href{https://figshare.com/projects/Elastoplastic_deformations_of_layered_structure/132212}{Figshare} \cite{figshare}.

\section*{Acknowledgements}
Martin Kru\v{z}\'{i}k and Jan Valdman were supported by the GA\v{C}R project 21-06569K.
Martin Kru\v{z}\'{i}k also thanks the ESI Vienna for its hospitality during his stay in January-February 2022.
The research of Karel \v{S}vadlenka was supported by JSPS Kakenhi Grant numbers 19K03634 and 18H05481.
Support in the framework of Visegrad Group (V4)-Japan Joint Research Program -- Advanced Materials under grant No. 8F21011 is gratefully acknowledged by Daria Drozdenko and Kristi\'{a}n M\'{a}this.

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The QNAP TS-332X looks to be a rather simple NAS system. Unlike its counterparts which has a hot-swappable disk bay design with individual drive trays, this NAS system requires users to remove the whole enclosure in order to install or change hard drives. We thought that it could be likely be a cost factor that has led to this design. Hot-swappable disk bays are likely to cost a lot more. Since the TS-332X focuses on affordability, perhaps QNAP has decided to take this feature away.
At the front of the NAS, we can see quite a number of LED indicator lights. At the top, there is a status LED, which shows the state of the NAS. For example, if there are configuration issues with the system, this LED will turn red or blink. Similarly, the network indicator light also shows network activity. The third LED is for the USB port that is found at the bottom. Furthermore, there are also individual activity and health status LED indicator lights for the 3 x hard drives and 3 x M.2 SSDs that can be fit in the NAS. The front USB 3.0 port supports a feature known as "One-Touch Copy", which allows the contents of an external drive to be quickly copied into the NAS.
At the rear, we spotted a 90mm fan that actively keeps the drive and internal components cool. There are a total of 3 network ports found on this device – 2 x GbE LAN port and 1 x 10GbE SFP+ port. It's quite a weird design consideration for QNAP to include a SFP+ port instead of a 10GbE RJ45 port. A usual RJ45 port is a lot more common in the market, and could be compatible with more 10Gbps devices. On the other hand, they have chosen to use 2 x Gigabit LAN port for their RJ45 ports instead. We would have preferred to see at least 1 x 10GbE RJ45 port, but it seems that this was the design choice of the QNAP designers.
Moving on, there is a 3.5mm audio jack output. You can connect the QNAP TS-332X to an external speaker system and enjoy networked music right out from the NAS. Below this jack is two more USB 3.0 ports for external storage devices.
The QNAP TS-332X does not come with a tool-less design. In order to install or have access to the physical hard drives, users will have to need a screwdriver to remove the screws that secures the enclosure. Once these screws are removed, the plastic enclosure will slide out to reveal the hard drive cage and the main board.
All three drives will then be placed vertically within the NAS. The hard drive trays also slides out easily and does not require any additional tools for hard drive installation. Moreover, the hard drive trays also support drives in 2.5″ form factor as well. A simple connector is attached to the hard drive cage, which connects all the hard drives to the main board that is mounted on the side of the NAS.
On the board, we found 3 more M.2 slots for further SSD expansion. Interestingly, this NAS system comes with a standard DDR4 SODIMM. In fact, if you have some spare cash to spare, it could be worthwhile to upgrade the RAM of QNAP TS-332X to a higher capacity. This whole system is powered by an ARM based processor that has been optimized for storage solutions. It also has accelerated data encryption and decryption capabilities.
Installation of the M.2 SSD was straightforward. QNAP specially designed a little ledge that keeps the SSD into place. Even though we were glad to see that QNAP included the support of M.2 SSDs within this setup, it was a pity that these slots only supported the SATA interface. Perhaps due to the limitations of the chipset, they weren't able to support NVMe based PCIe M.2 SSDs. Such a feature, when paired with 10Gbps network connection would really give rise to a strong proposition of a high-performance storage system.
For our setup, we included a Samsung 860 EVO SSD and 2 x Seagate IronWolf Pro 14TB drives. The QNAP TS-332X is connected to the QNAP QSW-804-4C 10G Ethernet Switch via SFP+, which gives us a direct 10Gbps bandwidth for our local networks. For our test system, we had it connected to the same switch with a QNAP QXG-10G1T 10GbE Network card. Yes! We're 100% 10Gbps network compatible!
It's easy to get the QNAP TS-332X installed. To get started, we simply followed the instructions that were indicated on a sticker on the enclosure. Even though we don't have the habit of reading the instructions booklet unless totally necessary, we realized that perhaps that was not required in the first place at all!
Based on the stickers found on the NAS, we simply had to visit install.qnap.com. To move on, we clicked on initialize, which kickstarts the whole installation process. We found this NAS discovery service very user friendly, as the process was really fuss free.
Moving on, we then had to create an account with QNAP and setup cloud access to this NAS. This makes it straightforward at a later stage for us, as we can easily access our files from our NAS from anywhere, as long as we have an internet connection. Once this was done, we were instructed to proceed with the configuration of the NAS device itself. At this point of time, the software also searches for the latest firmware and prompts the user to update the NAS as well.
For a start, we had to create an administrator user account, which will be used to execute all further settings on the NAS. Moving on, the setup will guide you through in setting up the date/time, network, and activation of various share services such as Windows, AFP and NFS. For those who don't know too much about all these terms, you can simply just tick everything and your NAS should work with most operating systems.
With that completed, we were done with this part of the setting up!
Perhaps the most challenging part of the setting up process is the creation of disk volumes. The QNAP TS-332X has a couple of ways to create a disk volume for file sharing. It is actually not easy to understand the different methods that could fit the best for your use case, but there are always recommendations and default settings that are embedded in the instructions. Those really helped us a lot in getting this up.
To get started, we had to create a storage pool, which is like an abstract layer on top of the physical disks. The storage pool will then allow users to treat all storage drives as one, and only view available storage for volume creation. For our setup, we set up our two hard drives in RAID 1 mode, which mirrors data between the two drives for redundancy. Our SSD is a separate entity by itself. The QNAP NAS also helps to extend the SSD lifespan by setting up over-provisioning profiles, which prevents the SSD from getting filled up that will affect its performance and reliability.
Based on the available size within the created storage pool, we can proceed with the creation of volumes. As we chose Qtier storage pool earlier, all the SSD and Hard drive will be seen as one pool. Frequently accessed data is automatically moved to faster drives, and less active data to slower drives.
To set the baseline for our performance test, we must consider the raw performance of the hard drive. You can see the performance results of the Seagate IronWolf Pro here.
With the mapped drive, we did a CrystalDiskMark test on the network volume. Interestingly thanks to the Q-tier system and proper data caching system within the NAS, we were able to achieve speeds that were higher than what the hard drive has to offer.
The read and write performance to and from the NAS via Windows SMB protocol looks promising. Thanks to the 10Gbps network, we were able to get more than 200MB/s for our file transfers. Of course, if we simply transferred files between SSDs instead of hard drives, the speeds would be even higher.
This test also shows the possibilities of a 10Gbps equipped NAS. Other NAS would only max out their transfer speeds at 125MB/s, but we were able to surpass that and reach the 200MB/s mark, which is largely bottlenecked by the hard drive.
On the LAN speed test, when uploading and downloading a file, we were surprised to see read speeds reaching 5783Mbps (722MB/s) and write speeds of 2499Mbps (312MB/s). This could be attributed to the caching of the files on the SSD and perhaps the DRAM of the NAS.
NAS performance tester stated that the average transfer speeds of the NAS were at 294.88MB/s write and 344.57MB/s read.
The QNAP TS-332X's most promising feature is its 10Gbps network interface, which allows the NAS to edge over competing products in the same price segment in terms of performance and features. This also sets the NAS apart from many other SME focused systems in the market. But in a bid to save on cost and reduce its price, it lost hot-swappable disk bays. If you are are fine with that compromise, and are looking to upgrade to something faster without breaking the bank, the QNAP TS-322X NAS will be a right choice.


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If you're a fan of Android, then you must be familiar with the new OnePlus 6T entering sales recently, and now we have it in for a review! We can see many improvements – display, in-display fingerprint scanner and battery – but there are also some drawbacks such as the loss of the 3.5mm audio port with which the company proudly boasted before removing it. This was a true gunshot to the head of their hard earned credibility since OnePlus was considered to be perhaps the only company that listened to their fans.
All previous devices by OnePlus arguably had the fastest OS, so let's see how this time the 6T performed, but before we do that let's peek into the box of the 6T and see what we got inside.
Design has stayed quite the same – we still have pretty much the same old white box with the model number in the middle, but this time, around the box there is a red ribbon where "OnePlus Community" is defined as "A collection of individuals possessed of a tremendous understanding and superior taste in the finest technology. What's most important, is that they're a part of what we do – and that includes you." Quite deep, isn't it? Anyway, inside the factory box there is the phone itself, of course, user manuals, a SIM tray tool, new stickers, an invitation to the OnePlus forum, 3.5mm to Type-C adapter as well a DASH Charge charging adapter and a DASH Charge Type-C cable. It was speculated earlier that OnePlus wanted to change the name of their superior charging system to Wrap Charge, but it seems that the name change is still not authorized.
Let's now deal with the phone!
OnePlus has a long tradition of using Optic AMOLED displays, and in a word, they look – outstanding. It's true that Samsung's Super AMOLED displays are superior, but this matrix reproduces black colors much deeper, and also the color accuracy is amazing. Inside the settings, the 6T offers sRGB mode, and it also fully covers the DCI-P3 color profile. That said, the colors are really good, but it comes with a price – sunlight legibility is not something to boast with, and we'd say it's even worse compared to the predecessors.
A huge improvement is the display size itself, since this time we have a 6.49" display with the aspect ratio of 19.5:9. We're sorry for compact phone lovers, but this phone isn't something you can use single handedly – you will have to use both hands. Anyway, all views are more than sharp since we have the same old FullHD resolution. This is one of the first phones that used the sixth generation of Corning Gorilla Glass that, the manufacturer claims, should withstand drops from the height of 1 meter.
This phenomenal flagship is another device by OnePlus that uses the same, strongest chipset by Qualcomm – the Snapdragon 845, which is paired with either 6 or 8GB of RAM as before, but this time we see little changes in user available memory. We no longer have the version with 64GB of storage, so the 6T comes with either 128 or 256GB of internal storage. As this phone was included in the beta testing of the Android 9.0 Pie, it's only natural for it to come with the Pie out of the box, which it does.
This device performed excellently in terms of performances, both in benchmark tests and user experience-wise. All tasks are executed immediately, while games are fluent with stable framerate even during very heavy use. The new version of OxygenOS, 9.0.5, offers new customization options. You can tailor the accent color to yourself while previously we only had a few presets. Also the Always-On display is now removed and in its place now we have the Ambience display that gets activated by touching the display or simply placing the phone upright. It also offers many customization options that will do a good job as a replacement to the LED notification light that has also been removed. It needs to be even further improved though, because, for example, the screen will light up every time you go over a hole while driving which can be quite distracting. Another of the settings found here is the gesture navigation – simply swipe from the bottom to get back to the start menu, swipe and hold to enter task manager or swipe from the right bottom corner upwards to go back a step – very easy and useful. We have the new in-display fingerprint scanner, for the first time in OnePlus phones, but make sure to take your time to register the fingerprint, because if you rush it, the phone will have some trouble recognizing your fingerprints later on. However, when it's been set up correctly, it works great.
Your call speaker is placed in its natural position, above the notch on the front panel, and we can barely even see it. Even though it's smaller than it was, that won't be an issue since the sound is crystal clear and more than just loud, but sadly we can't say the same for the loud speaker. OnePlus didn't bother to implement stereo sound into their flagship, which is something that has become standard even in mid-rangers, and even the Nokia 2.1 has it, and it's an entry level phone! The main speaker provides sharp and quality sounds, but it's not particularly loud which you'll definitely notice while gaming without headphones.
Cameras placed into the last two generations of OnePlus phones, the 6T included, are their biggest downsides. Don't get us wrong though, the phone really makes good, clear photos, but the second sensor has the same purpose as the primary one. It'd be nice to see a wide-angle secondary sensor, or telephoto, but no – we have the same old setup. We have a 16 megapixel and a 20 megapixel sensor, both of which have the angle of view of 25mm. We did see an improvement regarding software manipulation of a photo, especially in night time mode. What this mode does is it prolongs the exposure letting more light in the camera, but on the other hand, the quality is sacrificed. We think it's better to stick to the normal shooting mode.
Speaking of the photo quality, in good lighting you can really make impressive photos, with nice colors and dynamic range, but with slightly noticeable noise that, on the other hand, you can only see when you zoom into the less bright parts of an image. Portrait mode also does a good job separating the subject from the background, the edges are natural and perfected. It's available on the front side as well and it also performs nicely.
While we're at it, the front facing camera provides more than just good results for a 16 megapixel sensor. Most manufacturers try to cram as many megapixels as possible into the front facing camera, clever marketing we'd say, however, 16 megapixels is more than enough to make a good selfie. HDR mode on the front camera doesn't do that good of a job as on the back, details get lost under artificial dynamic range making photos blurry.
Once again, the video mode performed remarkably well, just as it was in the previous iteration, and there is also the electronically stabilized 4K 60fps support which is just waiting to explode of details.
OnePlus 6T, just as the earlier OnePlus 6, has all new connection options, so much new that the older ones are completely forgotten. As we've mentioned earlier, the 3.5mm port has been removed in order to implement new technologies, for example the in-display fingerprint reader, but inside the factory box there is a Type-C to 3.5mm adapter. All 6T phones are DualSIM devices and they don't support any sort of storage expansion. On the bottom there is a USB Type-C connector while the NFC sensor is also here.
Supported wireless connections are:
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac double band with WiFi Direct, DLNA and HotSpot
Bluetooth version 5.0 with A2DP, aptX HD and LE
GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS and Galileo
USB 2.0 with OTG
Supported network frequencies are:
2G GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
3G WCDMA: 800, 850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100 MHz
3G TD/SCDMA: 1900, 2000 MHz
4G LTE: 700, 750, 800, 850, 900, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2100, 2600 MHz
4G TD-LTE 1900, 2000, 2300, 2500, 2600 MHz
Compared to the last year's OnePlus 6, the battery in the T version has been increased to 3700 mAh. The 6T also performs better in terms of autonomy with around 7 hours of screen on time which translates to around a full day's heavy use with gaming, viewing videos etc. Regular software updates only add up to autonomy, and the company really tries to optimize battery consumption as best as possible.
Good old DASH charge system is still here, but this time it's not branded as such. We're a bit sad that we didn't get the new Super VOOD charging system with whopping 50W of power that Oppo phones got. Oppo, vivo and OnePlus are three brands led by the same company and they share their technology, which means that we can expect to see the new charging technology in the new iteration of the OnePlus.
OnePlus has once again succeeded in creating one of the best, if not the best premium flagship at the lowest possible price point. There is also the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 which is substantially cheaper, but its build quality just isn't on par. We can expect improvements in the camera field in the future, and we believe that OnePlus is capable to deliver even better results. If you're planning to buy this phone, don't hesitate, it's our warm recommendation.
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Reasons for and against it
Price, the best premium phone for the money
OxygenOS still the fastest UI
Excellent color reproduction
In-display fingerprint scanner
Thunder Purple color option
Longer autonomy
DASH Charge still performs great
No 3.5mm headphone port
Same camera hardware as on the OnePlus 6
Sunlight legibility is not the best
OnePlus 7T Pro to support 5G connectivity
OnePlus releases screen recorder for the 6/6T
OnePlus 7 coming to Europe, UK and Asia
OnePlus 7 Pro update improves the camera
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Thank you so much for today arrangement and taken lots of beautiful photos. For sure, plan to enjoy Okinawa Blue Ocean again soon.
I really love the view under water and the experience of feeding fish and looking into the blue cave. The coaches were very nice and professional and they really helped us enjoy the trip. Hope we can go next time and dive deeper into the sea :D Thank you so much!
I enjoy the dive and snorkling very much although the sea condition is bad that day and we need to change to another location rather than to 青の洞窟. All the staff are nice guy and gave me a good Okinawa experience.
It was perfect, this is the best team we could get for our honey moon ! Those people take a good care of their customer to ensure they could make the greatest underwater trip. And the spot is also marvellous. Thanks again !


Trigard Memorials: Are you embracing your human instincts?
Are you embracing your human instincts?
With Memorial Day being just a few days ago, I find myself, as I am sure most you do as well, reflecting on my own lost loved ones. I also find myself thinking about the many different beliefs of memorialization that we see in our industry. As human beings, in my opinion, it is our instinctual desire to memorialize a loved one after they die. We see it everywhere we go. We see it in the wooden crosses on the side of the road and the flowers and candles placed on the front door steps of a celebrity after they die.
Isn't it our obligation as memorialization experts to embrace this desire and help families memorialize their loved ones the way they want? Remember, you are the experts and we help families create unique memorials every day. It is important to use your knowledge and passion to empower families to understand the importance of permanent memorialization. It's our job to help them see the value in creating a place for future generations to share stories and create new memories. You will be surprised how your knowledge of memorialization and your passion will translate into better sales for you and more value for the family.
I encourage you to embrace the "instinctual desire" we all have and ask the hard questions to find out what the families you serve need. In the end, they will thank you for creating the perfect memorial to honor their loved one.
How are you showing your appreciation?
Are you letting your fears get the best of you?
This is a digital world. Are you embracing it?
Is memorialization losing its importance?


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Building Milestones: Sunshine Coast Architecture Awards - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Building Milestones: Sunshine Coast Architecture Awards
Thursday 8 April–Saturday 1 May
The Sunshine Coast is home to diverse and ingenious architectural design and several examples can be found on the University campus.
This year the Sunshine Coast Architecture Awards, in association with the Australian Institute of Architects, will be held at the University of the Sunshine Coast Gallery.
The exhibition will feature significant contemporary buildings that have contributed to the character of the Coast and a public speaker forum on Saturday 24 April will feature nationally recognised architects to provide insights into the design process.
Participating architects in the 25 year retrospective include: Rex Addison; Graham Bligh (BVN); Lindy Atkin and Stephen Guthrie (Bark); Lindsay and Kerry Clare (Architectus); Tim Ditchfield (Middap Ditchfield); Ken Down (Core); John Mainwaring (JMA); Geoffrey Pie; Gabriel Poole; Robert Riddel; Dan Sparks; Shane Thompson (BVN); Don Watson (Project Services); Elizabeth Watson-Brown; Hamilton Wilson; and Con Zahos.
The public speaker forum will provide contrasting perspectives with the following guests:
Lindy Atkin and Stephen Guthrie (Bark Design Architects, Noosa) and Shane Thompson (BVN - Bligh Voller Neild Architecture, Brisbane).
Dr Phillip Daffara (Futuresense)—Curator of Building Milestones, will act as Master of Ceremonies for the forum.
Date: Saturday 24 April 2010
Time: 10:30am to 12noon
Venue: University of the Sunshine Coast Art Gallery
Please note: The forum is free but there is limited seating. RSVP essential by calling 07 5459 4645 or emailing gallery@usc.edu.au by 20 April.
This program has been made possible through the assistance of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council Grants Program, Rockcote and the Australian Institute of Architects.


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Dr Keith Thompson has been working at the AO Research Institute Davos (ARI) since 2015, and is currently a member of both the Bone Focus Area and the Musculoskeletal Infection Program.
He completed his bachelor degree in Pharmacology at the University of Aberdeen in 1998, where he subsequently completed a masters degree in Toxicology in 1999. Between 2000 and 2003 he conducted his doctoral studies in the field of antiresorptive bisphosphonate drugs and osteoclast biology, also at the University of Aberdeen. In 2006 he was awarded an Arthritis Research UK Traveling Fellowship to visit the laboratory of Jack Martin and Matthew Gillespie at St. Vincent's Institute in Melbourne. Upon returning to the University of Aberdeen in 2008 he was awarded an Arthritis Research UK Non-Clinical Career Development Fellowship, the aim of which was to gain new insights into the interactions between immune cells and resident bone cells in both normal and chronic inflammatory disease states.
His current research interests include immunomodulatory approaches to enhance bone healing, and a wider interest in immunotherapeutic strategies aimed at promoting tissue regeneration and the prevention of bacterial infections.


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Fear Of FOMO
What do you miss out on, by worrying about missing out?
By Thomas Anderson | February 17, 2019
It's pathological; it's a mental condition.
For most of us, however, we understand reality, but still we have a sneaking suspicion way back in the depths of our psyches, a sense of unease and horror that can be the reason for all kinds of weird behavior. We rush to be first to plunk down our hard earned cash for the 'once-in-a-lifetime, never-to be-repeated sales' events at our local Walmart, spending whole nights in line in shivering cold just to save $11.79 on a new Kraplon sweater.
It's a contagious disease of 'me first.' And even the most jaded and blasé of us looks upon the available opportunities to select the latest so we can ditch the rest. We all have the notion that the person who makes the pioneering effort is somehow worthy of a higher regard and has proven themselves more worthy of our adulation than those who follow. "I am the inventor of the Tuna Dream sickle!! But Toledo wasn't ready."
Which leads us to FOMO - Fear Of Missing Out: Be the first!
One who is not the fashion leader, the avant garde, first in line is somehow relegated to a vastly inferior position in the hierarchy of those who have made achievements. Christopher Columbus is well known, but who were those other guys that followed his lead. Vasco da Gama? Phooey! They were somewhat famous people in their time, but their names are hardly heard today.
Nobody wants to be an 'also-ran.' Everybody wants the acclaim due when their ideas and tastes are copied by others. Everybody wants their contributions known. And they want to be first doing something, no matter how stupid and inconsequential.
From the red-neck teen screaming "Watch 'is y'all!" as he tries desperately to juggle kitchen knives while jumping off the high board, to the motorcycle leaps of Evel Kneivel, the daredevil in us is desperate for attention. It is this compulsion that leads to FOMO.
Mostly we are minimally involved in these things, dabbling, in a rather unserious way. We spend a little time, a little money, put up with a little inconvenience, to achieve our tiny need for notoriety.
But there are those among us, like the teen boy above, who will go to great lengths to push his ego upon us. And these people let their FOMO get out of control.
FOMO: Anxiety that an exciting or interesting event may currently be happening elsewhere, often aroused by posts seen on social media.
- Oxford English dictionary
And that is it. The nutshell is that simple. There are a lot of us who do not want to be left out. We are social animals and we want to be included.
We are the beings who make up Tom Wolfe's "The Kingdom of Speech," (This writer's last article) who make our own rules for compliance in our little sects with their own particular rules for fitting in. We are the sentient ones who demand notice for ourselves and our actions. We are separate from animals, made so by our intellect and demonstrated by our capability of speech, but we have enough in common with them to have the same needs for approval and acceptance.
But, unlike FOMO, the Kingdom of Speech is peculiarly human. No other species - none - share in the level of communication which humans enjoy.
There are many species which revel in the ability (or necessity) to flaunt themselves in the way that humans do. Birds come to mind as the most obvious example, with their haughty ways, preening and grooming at the most inopportune times. All the simian species are guilty, as are the cats and others.
This seems to be a trait of many of us. We can all laugh at our own FOMO compulsions just as we can cry over them also.
FOMO is both the mechanism by which approval is given and is the human need to receive it. The whole reason for Facebook and its ilk is FOMO. And the success of social media demonstrates the fact of this need in our society.
The Bezoses in happier times.
A case in point: Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man.
Mr. Bezos has decided, after a quarter-century of marriage to the same woman, that he will split with her - a move that may cost him half his fortune. Mr. Bezos founded Amazon with his wife in 1993 in a Seattle garage, working tirelessly for many years building the business with his wife at his side.
For more than two decades, Mr. Bezos had built a public persona of a low-key billionaire who did the dishes every night, had a happy home life, valued frugality and was a bit of a nerd at work.
Spending his life as a low-key workaholic, he led Amazon to the very top of modern business, putting all of his competition far behind him.
But then, with the predictable expansion of his business into movie and television production, our rock-steady businessman gets a case of arrested development when he finds the opportunities available in the world of entertainment. Who could resist the lure of sharing a table with Mick Jagger and Scarlett Johansson, or rubbing shoulders with other big stars. It sounds like Mr. Bezos is making up for his FOMO in spades.
Bet Jeff never thought he'd end up here!
Tales of the rich and famous are replete with the story of the sturdy businessman being converted into the hell-raising middle-aged turncoat who ditches the wife and pursues 'other interests.' It seems that FOMO is a common thread in this story, too.
From the table of the stars to the Touchdown Club of the SEC team, there are celeb wannabes seeking their gratification in every way they can.
Much of our FOMO fascination goes past, and is relatively harmless. Most of us spend our lives living with this minor obsession which we hold in line, only allowing seasonal bursts of fervor which we hide at all other times. But, there are some who have a much more involved case of the disease.
And, in these cases, disease it becomes. FOMO is a symptom of many of the ills that dwell in our society.
From Forbes magazine: Recent studies have shown that FOMO is often linked to feelings of disconnection and dissatisfaction, and that social media fuels it.
- Forbes magazine
Does all this talk of something that you know you participate in to one degree or another make you question your sanity? Does the implication that social media is somehow unhealthy make you question the way you spend your time? It should.
Social media is the culprit in much of the mental anguish that people go through these days. They bring it upon themselves. All the fear and loathing that is the subject of the conversations that otherwise perfectly sensible people have within their groups on social media becomes far more in all aspects than it really is.
If you're concerned with what social media is doing to your head, there is a test. It is certain to be reliable and can be trusted to reveal even the most deep-seated psychological effects of modern life. And it's only two pages long!
Just kidding. No test will reveal the depth that social media has influenced our society. Questions about how social media has assumed such a large role in our society have arisen, and are awaiting our response - but blaming it all on FOMO won't help.
Thomas Anderson is a multi-state registered architect and an ex-Air Force electronic technician, who is a keen observer of the human condition. Read other Scragged.com articles by Thomas Anderson or other articles on Society.
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Do You Have FOMO: Fear Of Missing Out?


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Capodacqua è una frazione pedemontana del comune di Foligno (PG), appartenente alla Circoscrizione n. 6 "San Giovanni Profiamma–Belfiore–Vescia–Capodacqua–Pontecentesimo".

Il paese si trova ad un'altezza di 371 , 13 km a nord-est di Foligno, all'inizio della valle del torrente Roveggiano, che poi confluisce nel fiume Topino. La strada che attraversa il borgo funge da collegamento tra l'arteria della via Flaminia (che porta a Nocera Umbra) in pianura, e la strada statale 77 della Val di Chienti che scorre sull'altopiano di Colfiorito. Ad un paio di kilometri dal centro, si trova anche la stazione di Capodacqua-Pieve Fanonica, posta lungo la linea Roma - Ancona. Secondo i dati Istat del censimento 2001, i residenti sono 197.

Storia
Nell'Età del ferro, questi luoghi erano abitati da popolazioni umbre. In particolare, partire dal VI-V secolo a.C., la zona circostante Capodacqua venne occupata da popolazioni di umbri plestini, che qui lasciarono necropoli, santuari e fortificazioni in altura, come quella di monte Burano. I resti di un probabile tempio pagano fanno pensare che quest'area rivestisse una certa importanza anche in epoca romana, quando qui passava il diverticolo della via Flaminia che raggiungeva le alture di Colfiorito.

Conosciuto nel Medioevo come Castrum e Fortillitium Capudacque (dal latino caput aquæ, partenza dell'acqua), il luogo venne dotato di un castello da Ugolino III dei Trinci di Foligno nel 1387, a guardia di quello che era un diverticulum della via Flaminia.

Il 26 settembre 1997, come molti altri paesi della zona, Capodacqua è stato danneggiato da un evento sismico particolarmente intenso. In tale occasione, i danni agli edifici sono stati tra i più ingenti dell'intero territorio in conseguenza di ciò è stato realizzato un campo container a poca distanza dal centro storico.

Economia e manifestazioni
Le numerose fonti e sorgenti hanno sempre, nei secoli, fornito forza motrice a molini e frantoi, e sono attualmente utilizzate per gli acquedotti di diverse città. In particolare, la risorgiva che nasce ai piedi del castello dei Trinci venne captata nel 1925 e grazie ad una galleria di filtraggio di ben 110 m, alimenta l'acquedotto delle città di Foligno e Spello.

Per quanto concerne l'agricoltura, la coltivazione dell'ulivo e della vite sono piuttosto diffuse, assieme alla tartuficultura. Negli ultimi anni alcuni produttori si sono cimentati nella coltivazione di zafferano.

La seconda domenica dopo Pasqua si celebra la processione di san Domenico Abate, patrono del paese. Tra luglio ed agosto, invece, si svolge la sagra paesana denominata Festevolezze.

Monumenti e luoghi d'arte
 Castello dei Trinci (Rocca), con torre pentagonale e mura perimetrali. Finemente restaurata e utilizzata come struttura alberghiera, nel corso dei secoli è stato usato anche come residenza vescovile ed infine come cava per materiali da costruzioni;
 Fortezza di Poggio di Galestro (Fortillitium Galestri), sovrastante il castello e acquistata da Ugolino Trinci;
 Castel Salvino, posto in cima ad un colle (631 m) di fronte alla fortezza di Galestro;
 Resti di un viadotto romano, sul tracciato della Flaminia antica, in località Pieve Fanonica;
 Santuario della Madonna del Castello, con un affresco del XIV secolo;
 Chiesa parrocchiale di Santa Maria ed Anna;
 Chiesetta di S. Cristoforo di Orchi.

Sport

Associazioni sportive
 Associazione Sportiva Capodacqua.

Discipline
 Escursionismo
 Mountain bike: vi si svolge il trofeo "Bruno Fancelli"
 Pattinaggio
 Calcetto
 Tennis

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Frazioni di Foligno

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In a large bowl combine butter, brown sugar and white sugar; cream together until mixture is light and fluffy. Add eggs, beat until mixed. Add milk and vanilla, mix thoroughly. Add flour mixture, stir until well blended. Add oats, chocolate chips, nuts, and cherries; stir until mixed.
Bake 8-10 minutes; makes 6 dozen cookies.