San Francisco, The integration of IT backbone, a key component in the merger of State Bank of India (SBI) with six other smaller banks, will be completed by the end of this December -- well before the March 31, 2017, target for full-fledged amalgamation, a top official has said.
"We have already started the IT integration with our five associate banks and Bharatiya Mahila Bank. We are in readiness. This will get over by the end of the current year," said SBI Chief Information Officer and Deputy Managing Director D. Mrutyunjay Mahapatra.
"We need to do what is called data-duplication and some other schemes that need to be merged. But all entities are already on the same software platform. The plan is to complete IT merger by end of December," Mahapatra told IANS on the sidelines of Oracle OpenWorld 2016 conference.
The IT infrastructure of the associates is run from the SBI data-centre, so merging the software processes shouldn't be a challenge and neither will it cost much. "For database integration and database tuning, IT major Oracle Corp is working with us. Banks are like technology companies."
The country's largest lender is looking to add $120 billion in assets after the merger of State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State bank of Travancore, State Bank of Patiala, State Bank of Hyderabad and State Bank of Maharashtra, besides the Bharatiya Mahila Bank with it.
The complete merger process is expected to get completed by March 2017, Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya had said earlier.
"There are some timelines and processes to follow. We'll make a good effort to ensure it gets completed by March 2017. As of now, it is a realistic-enough deadline," Bhattacharya had told IANS earlier.
Post-merger, SBI -- already a 'Fortune 500' company -- will be catapulted into the top 50 banks globally at 41st position from its current 53rd ranking.


Short tour from Dar es Salaam, which takes you to visit one of the spectacular southern circuit national parks of Tanzania. A good surfaced road connects Mikumi to Dar es Salaam via Morogoro, a roughly 4 hour drive. 2 days for Mikumi National Park is more than enough opportunity to explore the wildlife.
Morogoro town to Mikumi National Park is about 107km, straight to the hotel, since the road is passing between the park dividing it into two parts you will see some animals eating grasses such as Giraffe, Antelopes, Zebras, wildbeast, warthog etc.
Early in the morning you will leave for sunrise game drive before breakfast then will go to the restaurant for breakfast (within the Park/ Mikumi wildlife restaurant). Then continue with game drive until noon, 8 hours are more than enough for game watching in Mikumi National Park.


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Vanuatu National Digital Stock Exchange and Allcoin reached a strategic cooperat
Recently, the Vanuatu National Digital Stock Exchange and the world-renowned digital asset trading platform Allcoin reached a strategic cooperation to promote the implementation of the Vanuatu Digital Country Project, providing a diversified platform for Allcoin global users to jointly help the global STO new economic development.
The First Legal Stock Exchange in the Southern Hemisphere
The Vanuatu National Digital Stock Exchange held its opening ceremony in Port Vila, the capital, on September 6th. As early as August 14th, the Vanuatu Digital Stock Exchange was officially approved and became the first digital stock exchange in the southern hemisphere approved by the relevant state government to have a legal securities trading license. This initiative also made Vanuatu the world's number one. One of a group of countries that have established blockchain stock exchanges.
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Allcoin is committed to providing the best trading solution for the world's leading blockchain projects
Allcoin is the world's top digital currency trading platform, headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, and launched the Allcoin beta in February 2016. Allcoin is part of Cascadia Consumer Electronics Corp., which has industry-leading technical strength and is committed to the development of the digital currency industry, providing a safe and free trading platform for digital currency enthusiasts.
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Cascadia Consumer Electronics Corp. is listed on the Canadian Stock Exchange CSE under the symbol CK. Digital currency is a brand-new field in which the company is involved. The company strategically layouts the application and development of the blockchain direction, and comprehensively and continuously explores and studies the blockchain technology.
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As a globally recognized digital currency exchange, Allcoin has been approved by the Vanuatu National Digital Stock Exchange's deputy license and has the qualification to establish the Allcoin Vanuatu sub-station.
This strategic cooperation also made Allcoin a platform for the pre-sale of the second station of Vanuatu Volcano. In addition, Vanuatu Volcano Coin will open the second stop pre-sale event on Allcoin. More pre-sale details can be obtained through Vanuatu and Allcoin official channels.

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Viitri Storage Containers: what's in the box?
Sometimes when we want to organize our stuff we put them inside containers; most of the time we find ourselves with mountain of boxes that we don't even remember what's inside. The Viitri Storage Container Set is one of the best choices out there to keep your space both organized and ever-so-stylish, whether it's the kitchen, office, or bathroom – it's entirely up to you.
These decorative storage containers are made from a transparent heat-resistant borosilicate glass that comes with three different colors: clear glass for those who want to keep it clean and simple, smoke glass for a more exclusive look, and if you want to be more creative you can choose the beautiful blue glass.
Another great thing that makes these containers so chic is the different glass effect, you see when the containers are filled with items the glass mirrors the light and seem to change its color.
We all know that most containers are poor in preserving our ingredients because the lack of a good sealing method, but the Viitri has an integrated silicon ring that takes care of that and it's even safe for storing liquids. It is so transparent these containers are going to be on your next shopping list.


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Burl Ives … Larger than Life …
https://myfavoritewesterns.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/burl-ives-the-original-recording-of-ghost-riders-in-the-sky.mp3Burl Ives original recording of Ghost Riders in the Sky – It was written on June 5, 1948 by Stan Jones.
Troubadour / Actor / Activist /
Philanthropist / Mason …
Widipedia: Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American actor, writer and folk music singer. As an actor, Ives's work included comedies, dramas, and voice work in theater, television, and motion pictures. Music critic John Rockwell said, "Ives's voice … had the sheen and finesse of opera without its latter-day Puccinian vulgarities and without the pretensions of operatic ritual. It was genteel in expressive impact without being genteel in social conformity. And it moved people."
The BIg Country – Burl Ives
Warfaring Stranger – Autobiography Burl Ives
Golden Boot Award
Winner 1986: The Golden Boot Awards – http://goldenbootawards.com/home.html
given to honor actors, actresses, and crew members who have made significant contributions to the genre of Western television and movies.
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Movies: Ives made 30+ movie over 40 years, including Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (with Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor)
Music: Famed American poet Carl Sandburg called Ives "the mightiest ballad singer of this or any other century"
Ives is said to have learned Scottish, English and Irish ballads from his tobacco chewing grandmother.
Recognized as an important anthologist and editor of folk music, Ives is regarded by some to be the most important folk artist of all time and played along side such folk legends Pete Seeger, Josh White and Woody Guthrie.
Ives recorded more that 100 albums.
Appearing on Broadway in "The Boys From Syracuse" (1938), "This Is the Army" (1942) and "Sing Out Sweet Land" (1944), among other productions.
Worked with Rogers and Hart
Appeared on Broadway and in films such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and East of Eden.
Ives was one of many entertainers who got caught up in McCarthyism's communist witch hunt in the late 40:
1950s: Communist blacklisting – Wikipedia:
Ives was identified in the 1950 pamphlet Red Channels and blacklisted as an entertainer with supposed Communist ties. In 1952 he cooperated with the House Committee on Unamerican Activities (HUAC) and agreed to testify. He stated that he was not a member of the Communist Party, but that he had attended various union meetings with fellow folk singer Pete Seeger simply to stay in touch with working folk. He stated: "You know who my friends are; you will have to ask them if they are Communists."
Ives's statement to the HUAC ended his blacklisting, allowing him to continue acting in movies. But it also led to a bitter rift between Ives and many folk singers, including Seeger, who accused Ives of betraying them and the cause of cultural and political freedom in order to save his own career. Ives countered by saying he had simply stated what he had always believed. Forty-one years later, Ives reunited with Seeger during a benefit concert in New York City. They sang "Blue Tail Fly" together.
Ives history and contribution to music in particular, is so comprehensive it's almost insulting – and impossible – to encapsulate it him any way. Please refer to these bios for greater information:
Wikipedia: http://www.amazon.com/wiki/Burl_Ives/ref=ntt_at_bio_wiki
IMBD Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412322/
Oldies.com: http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Burl-Ives.html
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Wireless networks allow computers to comunicate without the use of cables using IEEE 802.11 standards, also known as Wi-Fi. A connection is made from a device, which is usually a PC or a Laptop with a wireless network interface card (NIC), and an Access Point (AP), which acts as a bridge between the wireless stations and Distribution System (DS) or wired networks. An 802.11 wireless network adapter can operate in two modes, Ad-Hoc and Infrastructure. In infrastructure mode, all your traffic passes through a wireless 'access point'. In Ad-hoc mode your computers talk directly to each other and do not need an access point. The table below shows the various standards.
WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy is a security encryption algorithm that is easily cracked. For this reason, it has been replaced by other technologies.
WPA – The original WPA standard used TKIP, but was later replaced by WPA2 which uses a more secure AES-based algorithm. WPA uses a 256 bit key to encrypt data. This key may be entered either as a string of 64 hexadecimal digits, or as a passphrase of 8 to 63 characters. It is susceptible to brute force attacks when a weak passphrase is used.
RADIUS – Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) is a networking protocol that provides centralized Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) management for computers to connect and use a network service. RADIUS is often used by ISPs and enterprises to manage access to the Internet or internal networks, and wireless networks. Microsoft's answer to corporate wireless security is the use of RADIUS authentication through its Internet Authentication Services (IAS) product.
TKIP – Temporal Key Integrity Protocol was designed as a solution to replace WEP without requiring the replacement of legacy hardware. TKIP suffered from similar flaws as WEP and has been replaced by more secure encryption schemes.


Although "Everybody Happy" is only the third feature directed by Flemish filmmaker Nic Balthazar (b. 1964), it looks as if he's been making films his whole life long, since he masters and manages the language of cinema in all its various aspects just perfectly. With the Belgian premiere of "Everybody Happy" at the latest Film Festival in Oostende, Mr. Balthazar had just returned from Canada, after picking up the Best Director Award at the Montreal World Film Festival, to introduce his latest achievement in his native country.
Just like his two previous films, both based on true stories, "Ben X" (2007, also a winner in Montreal, for Best Film Debut), about a youngster, forced to go though life with autism while being bullied at school, followed by "Tot Altijd" (2012, a.k.a. "Time of My Life"), with Koen De Graeve playing the leading character of Mario Verstraete who is diagnosed with MS and in the final stages of his tragic life becomes an advocate by supporting the Belgian legalisation of euthanasia, there's now "Everybody Happy." Based on Mr. Balthazar's own intriguing screenplay, this is definitely not a comedy, but rather an in-depth character study with powerhouse performances by a tremendous cast.
Mr. Balthazar is a highly-respected, all-round and multi-talented novelist, screenwriter, film and documentary maker, among others, while his engagement as an artist also involves the awareness of global warming with its devastating consequences for the generations to come.
How did you find the perfect balance between what you were trying to tell and what you were going to show on the screen with "Everybody Happy"?
The basic message of this film could be summed up in a few words: be yourself. But that would be all too shallow, and that's the great thing about cinema: you can try to convey a very subtle message which really can't be summarized that easily. I think the story we are trying to tell is the story about this eternal debate, or this eternal fight we have with our own inner devil. We often talk about the monkey on our back who keeps hanging on every branch in our head and never hits the ground. I thought it would be interesting to show that mechanism, because once we are aware of how it works, half of the problem is solved, actually.
Yes, and we never quite found the right translation in Dutch, which shows the strength of the English language for that kind of thing, but if you talk about this stand-up comedian, it says a lot about how hard it is and what these people have to stand up to – they have to stand up to themselves, to all their doubts and frustrations, and the best stand-up comedians are the ones with their phenomenal humor and their insights about ourselves. So I have a love-hate relationship with comedy as so many of us have. The best stand-up comedy is sheer genius sometimes, while the worst stand-up comedy can be so foul, so cynical, so low, that it also shows the highs and the lows of the human brain. But it's also about standing up to yourself, and that's what we hardly ever do. We carry our own thoughts with us, our own negative thoughts, but the moment we have the courage to stand up to ourselves, then things start to happen.
If I may quote film director Fred Zinnemann, he once told me, 'I like people to be entertained, but I don't want it to be empty. I like to give some nourishment.' Isn't that exactly what you also do with your work?
Filmmaking is such a costly affair, there's so much money involved that you might as well say something substantial. I am really happy, you know: with my first two features, I can really and safely say that so many people told me and wrote me that those films meant something to them, and sometimes they changed their lives. It's a humble experience, but how happy can you be if you have enriched people's lives or even made them aware of what their own condition was. Sometimes it's so strange that we need cinema or stories to have deeper insights to what we're doing ourselves or what's going on in our own lives.
If you remember the day when you started to write the screenplay of "Everybody Happy," and you look at the final product now, has there been a whole evolution, or is the film pretty much what you had in mind when you started writing?
Do you have a special technique when writing a screenplay, maybe a favorite place to write? Are there other projects that you are also involved with during the writing process?
I'm afraid I multitask too much. It's probably not a good thing to do, it gives me more stress and I'm never satisfied, because I always want to continue doing other things as well – a theater play, TV, or a documentary, for example – until I realize why I am doing this: it kind of limits the chance of disappointment. If my theater play wouldn't catch on, I could say, 'Well, this isn't what I usually do, because I make films.' And if my film wouldn't become a big success, I could say, 'I am making a documentary now.' I build in my own mechanisms to protect myself from failure. And that's not a good thing. I wrote this screenplay without interruption, then I went on to something else, and when it got green lighted, I read it again as if somebody else wrote it. My main secret is something I stole from Mike Leigh: write your screenplay, then chuck it away when you're working with actors, tell them what the theme is about, and they can come up with a lot of things that you didn't think about before. You pick up their ideas and it has enriched all my films. Also, Peter Van den Begin and Jeroen Leenders, who are not only two great actors but also very funny and talented, have been able to add so much to the screenplay.
So far, all of your films were based on your own screenplays. What if somebody would come up to you and say, 'I got a screenplay that maybe could be of interest to you.' Would you like to read it?
I used to think I was like these singers who can't sing really well, but they're the best singers of their own songs. Like Jacques Brel: he was not a fantastic singer, but he was the best singer when using his own material. So I thought I'm probably the best director for my own screenplays. Maybe that's because I didn't go to film school, but now, after three films, and after winning the Best Director Award in Montreal, I thought, 'Hey, I must be a director now!' [laughs]. At a certain moment, there was a project in Hollywood – Spencer Baumgarten is my agent there – I worked there on a brilliant screenplay, and Matthew McConaughey was pretty much the only actor who could really play the leading character, but unfortunately the deal didn't go though. So now, if I would get a brilliant screenplay like that, I can't imagine a greater present than not having to go through the whole painful process of having to write a screenplay myself. It's very ambivalent. To me, writing is always more fun when it's done.
In the past, you have been a prominent film journalist in Flanders. Did that help you to become a film director with a view and an approach of your own?
So far, you've made three films in nine years. Is that enough for you?
That's a reasonable Belgian rate, and certainly if you write the screenplays yourself, it's pretty normal. But I do a lot of things in between, otherwise I would get a little frustrated [laughs]. On the other hand, I have been incredibly fortunate to work with Eyeworks and my producer Peter Bouckaert who handles the budget. Not every filmmaker has the opportunity to make the films that he wants to make – as I do – so I consider myself a very lucky man.
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Video Shows Virginia Deputy Rushing to Lift Car Trapping Woman in Wreck
Deputy Jon Holt won an award for saving two other lives just weeks before
By NBC Washington Staff	• Published May 20, 2021 • Updated on May 21, 2021 at 10:46 am
Bodycam video shows a heroic rescue by a Gloucester County Sheriff's deputy in Virginia who lifted a crashed car to save a woman trapped in the wreckage.
Deputy Jon Holt helped free a driver who was inside an overturned vehicle with her head pinned under the sunroof after the crash May 7, the Gloucester Sheriff's Office said. He also calmed her terrified child.
The video shows Holt rushing to help the woman as her child shouts, "Mommy!"
Holt is heard telling the child to move. The video goes dark, but Holt can be heard groaning and straining.
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Then, he asks, "Is your head clear?"
He moved the car "through sheer will and determination," because he was scared the woman's life was in peril, the sheriff's office said.
The woman moved into a safer position, and Holt provided first aid, according to the sheriff's office.
Virginia State Police then took over the scene.
The woman survived and was charged in the crash, according to state police. The charge or charges were not made public at this time for privacy reasons, authorities said.
This is the second time that Holt has been lauded as a life-saving hero.
In February, Holt was awarded Top Cop Awards from the Greater Hampton Roads Regional Crime Line after rescuing two people from a burning home the year before.
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Gift wrapping paper with all it's bright colors and beautiful design is often hard to resist. Yet it is also expensive and wasteful to produce and use. Why use resources to produce beautiful paper that will end up ripped to shreds and thrown away only a few weeks later? Should we just go without wrapping the gifts that we give to others? Most people like to give gifts with some sort of embellishment so you may want to consider cheaper "recycled" gift wrap options. Thoughtful touches and embellishments to your gift can be accomplished by reusing everyday items. The gift should be the one to do the talking right, not the paper it is wrapped in? Of course!
When wrapping a gift for a child or the big kid at heart, save the funny section from your Sunday newspaper. This will make your gift interesting, fun and may even cause the gift recipient to chuckle.
Consider reusing old hat boxes, wooden cigar boxes or tins as gift boxes. If you do this, all you need to do is add some old curly ribbon and wrap it around the box or tin and voila! This will give your gift a unique classic look.
Other eco-friendly options include reusing wallpaper, maps and magazine pages. The use of brown paper grocery bags as gift wrap will give you the chance to bring out the artist in you (or your child). In order to this, grab a handful of colored pens, crayons and stencils and create your own designs.
Many people wrap gifts using reusable items. This includes squares of colorful fabric or old vibrant sheets, which you can often find at thrift stores. The use of blankets and scarves will make your gift unique, eco-friendly and beautiful. The recipient can also use the wrapping! If you are unsure of how to make fabric wrapped gifts attractive check out Wrapagami: The Art of Fabric Gift Wraps a book with complete instructions and tutorials for fabric gift wrap works of art.
Use pieces of nature to accent gifts, these items include: seashells, leaves, holly berries, painted pine cones, and other objects of nature. Highlights these accents by using bright red ribbon, light use of glue and add glitter to give your gift some sparkle. If you need tissue paper, use shredded material from a paper shredder.
Don't let the cost of gift wrapping, or its wastefulness, take the fun out of it for you. There are many eco-friendly ways to wrap gifts. The DIY (do it yourself) approach will allow you to be creative, reuse old items and have fun. Tis the season to be creative, save money, and do something good for the environment.
Set of 3 Santa's Large Fabric Christmas Gift Bags – Can be reused year after year to wrap your children's gifts and they say 'From Santa". Too cute!
Reusable bags! If you bought Disney toys then look for a Disney tote bag to to put the gifts in…same for Angry Birds, Star Wars, or Lego. For adults there are obviously more fashionable prints. Then depending on age, the recipient has a convenient toy storage bag or a grocery shopping bag after they unwrap their gift.
Reuseit also has tons of very pretty fabric and reusable wrapping ideas, like the ones below. Check them out too!


I'm all about graphic tees that have a vintage feel. I recently picked this one up from H&M for under $15 bucks and it has pretty much been in constant rotation in my wardrobe. I paired it with black skinny jeans, Valentino pumps and these silver aviator sunglasses from Sicky. I've become a big fan of the LA brand of sunnies. Their sunglasses is a celeb favorite and have been spotted on celebs such as Gigi Hadid, Jennifer Lopez and Rachel Bilson (to name a few).


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Army of Two and Zombi now available for free through Xbox Games with Gold
Every month Microsoft gives a few free games to Xbox Live Gold members as part of their subscription.
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Starting today, gamers can download Army of Two and Zombi for Xbox 360 and Xbox One respectively. All Xbox 360 Games with Gold are backward compatible so even those who only own an Xbox One can enjoy the former. Army of Two will be free until the end of the month while Zombi will be available until February 15, 2018.
Army of Two is a third-person shooter with a strong story. The plot begins in 1993 in Somalia when Elliot Salem and Tyson Rios are part of the Ranger Regiment. If follows their journey after a high profile assassination and the consequences of their actions. Despite not getting amazing reviews, Army of Two garnered a lot of praise from gamers which helped it become a franchise.
Updated, January 15, 2018: It appears that for some users, these titles aren't yet free. Ensure the promotion has propagated to your region before completing a checkout.
Zombi launched on Wii U many years ago but eventually came to current-generation consoles. The game is a first-person survival horror title set in London during a zombie apocalypse. You have to survive the ravenous hordes but there's also a larger plot. The player is contacted by the Prepper, a mysterious figure who tasks them with finding a cure for the infection.
Be sure to check out both of these games if you're an Xbox Live Gold member. Army of Two holds up rather well even after all these years and Zombi is almost as entertaining as Killing Floor 2.
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Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev spoke at the Closing Ceremony of the Universiade in Kazan.
At the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan, the Russian team won 155 gold medals. This is 41% of the total number of gold medals (353), which were awarded at the Universiade.
Hungary's goalkeeper was the decisive factor in the men's water polo final at the Universiade, said Balazs Levente, the head coach of the Hungarian squad.
Sergey Seiranov, the head of delegation of the national team of Russia, summed up the results of the national team at the Universiade in Kazan.
The women's national rugby 7 team of Russia won gold medals at the Universiade because it was a united whole in the final game, said Marina Petrova, a player of the national team.
The World Championships won't be easy for the Russian women's national water polo team, according to the final match of the Universiade, the world-class athlete in water polo, the sports minister of the Moscow Oblast, Oleg Zholobov said.
On July 17, the shooting competitions ended at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.
Water polo competition at the 27th Summer Universiade was completed on July 17. It involved 259 athletes from 13 countries.
Water polo Competitions at the Universiade were of the Olympic Games' level in intensity and organization, said FISU Technical Delegate (water polo) Nikolaos Vasileiou.


Here's further proof that pandas are probably the most chill animals on the planet.
According to USA Today, an 8-year-old girl had the frightening experience of falling into a panda enclosure in China on Saturday, but managed to escape. Luckily for her, the pandas didn't seem to mind their little intruder.
According to The Huffington Post, the girl fell to the bottom of the enclosure, about six and a half feet below the viewing area, and was not seriously injured. After the girl escaped, she was taken to the hospital for further examination. It's unclear exactly how she fell, but it seems she was knocked off a retaining wall.
Visitors and guards scrambled to help the girl out by lowering a bamboo rod down for her to grab, but a video of the ordeal shows that it seems that she wasn't in immediate danger. Pandas in the enclosure, though curious, look like they're only just doing what everyone else is doing: stopping and staring.
Even though they get rather close to the girl, they don't seem to have any interest in harming her. Or much interest in her being there at all, really. But hey, it's something to watch, right?
Still, the research center put up signs after the event warning guests to stay back from the animals, as they are not as "docile" as they may appear, according to The Huffington Post.
Of course, falling into an animal enclosure is a truly serious and dangerous situation. Regardless of whether the animal is predatory or not, falling in can run a risk of many types of injury. Plus, animals usually aren't too keen on having random humans invading their space, like a pack of cheetahs in a safari park in the Netherlands who attacked a family that left their car.
Fortunately, the pandas at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province are pretty casual and cool. Pandas from this research center have visited zoos all over the world.
But, even though these particular pandas seem totally relaxed an cuddly, it's still best to exercise caution and don't try this at your local zoo.


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Scannell Hat Trick Leads U.S. to 8-1 Victory Over Finland
HockeyJanuary 9, 2023
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ÖSTERSUND, Sweden – Behind a four-point (3G, 1A) performance from forward Maggie Scannell (Wynanskill, N.Y.), the U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team topped Finland, 8-1, in the second game of preliminary-round action at the 2023 IIHF Under-18 Women's World Championship.
"I thought we played a pretty thorough game as it went on," Katie Lachapelle (Lewiston, Maine), head coach of the 2023 U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team said. "I thought our first period was okay, the second period we got in to a lull, but the third period we answered back and were playing really well."
The U.S. opened the scoring 2:56 into the game when Maggie Scannell (Wynantskill, N.Y.) roofed a rebound glove side right outside the crease to give the U.S. an early 1-0 lead. Despite the early tally, the game remained a tight back-and-forth contest through the first, with both teams getting shots on net.
Samantha Taber (Tewksbury, Mass.) doubled the U.S. lead with a little over five minutes left in the period, taking a Joy Dunne (O'Fallon, Mo.) outlet pass through the neutral zone and splitting Finland's defense up the middle, before roofing a backhand shot over Suvi Saarninen's shoulder to give Team USA the 2-0 lead.
Early in the second, Finland's offensive pressure resulted in a goal when Neea Pelkonen snuck a close-range shot past U.S. netminder Layla Hemp (Chanhassen, Minn.) to cut the lead down to 2-1.
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Show up about 10 minutes before the service begins and enjoy warm greetings, fresh coffee and a light breakfast in the fellowship hall. Feel free to come as you are and dress comfortably. This is a contemporary church service that includes praise music, contemporary Christian music and sometimes hymns. This service includes a time of sharing praises and prayer requests and a message from the pastor.


What's the gift you always wanted and never got?
Meo: What's the gift you always wanted and never got, Perkins?
Perkins: A pink Powerwheel! I was one of the only kids on the block who didn't have one. It was on my list every year from first grade to fifth. The parents never came through. They must have been worried I would run over my baby sister or take off into the woods never to be seen again. What about you?
Meo: That yellow Sony Walkman, the one with the gray buds that threatened to rupture your ear drums. I circled that thing in every catalogue we ever got. Sure, I got a portable cassette player with all the features the Sony had, but it wasn't the same.
Perkins: I remember the Walkman. I never owned one, but I did have a Discman. What was so special about the yellow one? Did its neon glow stop traffic?
Meo: First. I had a Powerwheel. It was awesome. Pow-Pow-Powerwheels. Pow-Pow-Powerwheels. Power makes 'em go! The Sony was special because other people said it was. Much like the iPod these days, which I do not own. I'm told, years later, the Sony was a piece of junk. The cassette player I had, it didn't even have a brand, never died. If I could find it, I could probably jam my bootleg copy of "The Razor's Edge" into it and rock out to "Thunderstruck." You have a car now. Does this ease your old wounds?
Perkins: I'm guessing you and your Powerwheel were pretty cool. Did you listen to your Walkman while bombing around in your Powerwheel? I will never get over the pink Powerwheel. When I have children, I am so buying them each their own Powerwheel. I still bother my parents about it. And how can you not have an iPod? You are quite possibly the last man on Earth not to have caved in to those adorable advertisements.
Meo: I won't join the Apple cult ... What's funny is I recently explained all this to my mom; why I wanted the Sony; that it was a status symbol more than a music player. She completely understood. And now, 20 years later, I understand her and my dad's rationale. Same stuff, less expensive. Name shouldn't matter. I use that philosophy with just about everything I buy now. Bang for the buck. And I own a Sony Walkman MP3 player. It's fantastic. Or it was until it went through the wash. Bottom line: Moms are smart.
Perkins: Sadly, there is no cheap version of the Powerwheel. I suppose the next step down could be a Cozy Coupe, otherwise known as the Fred Flintstone mobile. I'll never get over it. My Honda Accord is no Powerwheel. My relatives call my mom the "safety officer," and she probably was being a cautious mother. I totally would have tried to take out my sister.


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Evaluation of a modified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin for filling access holes of screw-retained implant prostheses
Prashant Deshmukh
This study evaluates a modified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin (M4M) as a candidate material for filling screw-retained implant access hole. Its characteristics were compared with a conventional composite resin (CR) with or without a bonding agent (BA) or a ceramic primer (CP). Ceramic blocks were divided into five groups, including (A) CR, (B) CR with BA, (C) CR with CP and BA, (D) M4M, and (E) M4M with CP. Shear bond strengths were measured after 5000 times of thermocycling. Groups A, B, and D were excluded from further tests as they showed no adhesion. A cylindrical cavity (2.5 mm diameter, 3 mm depth) simulating access hole was prepared in a ceramic block and glazed to evaluate micro-leakage and wear test of groups C and E. The results were statistically analyzed with Mann–Whitney test (p < 0.05). Shear bond strength of groups C (7.6 ± 2.2 MPa) and E (8.6 ± 1.0 MPa) was not significantly different. In micro-leakage analysis, average wear depth and wear volume, group E (7.5 ± 3.3%, 59.3 ± 12.9 μm, 0.16 ± 0.04 mm3) showed significantly lower values than those of group C (45.6 ± 24.4%, 76.0 ± 16.4 μm, 0.28 ± 0.03 mm3). It is suggested that the combination of CP and M4M can be one of feasible systems to fill the ceramic access holes of the implant upper structure. © 2014 The Authors. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part B: Appl Biomater, 103B: 1030–1036, 2015.
Screw-retained implant restorations were preferentially used from the 1980s to the early 1990s, for its advantages of being retrievable and cement free, although the esthetic outcome and the control of the occlusion were regarded as drawbacks.[1] Also, chipping of the ceramic at the occlusal surface was reported.[2] Cement–retained-implant technique has since been developed, and the results that are close to the natural teeth restorations could be achieved. This procedure is esthetically easier and reduces cost and time3; however, it can be a major cause of peri-implantitis if the excess cement is not completely removed.[4-6] Since the computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technologies have been developed, screw-retained implant-supported fixed partial dentures placed directly on the implant without an abutment, became a new approach. This CAD/CAM fabrication provides a greater passivity of fit compared with conventional casting fabrication methods.[7] Screw retention is thus considered as an optimal choice by many clinicians.[8] Although screw access holes have mainly been filled with photo-polymerizing resin composites, the clinical results were disappointing. Within a few months after filling, clinicians often experienced leakages at the access hole margins.[9] Because of poor bond strength to glazed ceramic surfaces and insufficient wear resistance of the composite resin (CR), the loss of access hole filling was also reported as one of the common prosthesis-related complications.[10] There are few studies that refer to filling procedures of the screw access hole. CR combined with opaque shades appeared to give a better esthetic outcome.[11] A novel technique, which bonds a pressed ceramic plug into the screw access channel of an implant restoration[12] seemed to be efficient, although the cost performance and extra chair time should be considered for patients. Improving the filling of access holes with a suitable material might expand clinical indications of screw-retained implant-supported fixed partial dentures. Recently, a modified 4-META (4-methacryloxyethyl trimellitate anhydride)/MMA-TBB (methyl methacrylate-tri-n-butyl borane)-based resin was introduced. It is an acrylic-based adhesive resin containing reactive prepolymerized filler particles.[13] The material polymerization is initiated by tri-n-butylborane (TBB) which has been used in 4-META–based resins for a long time.[14] This material shows an excellent bonding performance to teeth, ceramics, and metals when appropriate primers are used.[15, 16] It also presents higher wear resistance compared with the conventional acrylic resins.[16] The purpose of this study was to evaluate bonding performance and wear rate of modified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin combined with a phosphoric acid monomer primer as a material filling access holes of screw-retained implant restorations.
The materials used in this study are presented in Table 1. They include a ceramic block, VITA VMK Master EN1 (VITA, Bad Säckingen, Germany), a phosphoric acid monomer ceramic primer (CP): UCP (Super-Bond Universal Ceramic Primer, Sun Medical, Moriyama, Japan), a photo-polymerizing nanohybrid composite (Fantasista, shade A2, Sun Medical) and its accompanying photopolymerizing bonding agent (BA; Hybrid Bond, Sun Medical) and a modified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin (Bondfill SB, Sun Medical). The components of modified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin and phosphoric acid monomer CP are presented in Table 2. The ceramic blocks (n = 50) with 10 mm × 10 mm × 5 mm dimensions were prepared and fired in a ceramic oven (Cerafusion MS-1200, Sekisui-denshi, Nagahama, Japan) at 930°C. They were divided into five groups according to different pretreatments and materials (Table 3). For the micro-leakage and wear tests, only groups presenting adhesion to the ceramic surface were evaluated with 10 specimens for each group and test (n = 40).
Table 1. Materials UsedMaterialProduct NameBatch NumberManufacturerCeramicVITA VMK32850VITACeramic primerSuper-Bond UCPLiquid A: FS1Liquid B: FW1Sun MedicalCompositeFantasista(A2) VM11Sun MedicalBonding agentHybrid BondEW2Sun MedicalAdhesive compositeBondfill SBLiquid: ET1Powder Light: ER12 Catalyst V: ER2Sun Medical
Table 2. Components of Modified 4-META/MMA-TBB Resin and Ceramic Primer TestedMaterialCompositionLiquidMethyl methacrylate (MMA), 4-META, polyfunctional methacrylatePowderPMMA, TMPT prepolymerized filler, PigmentPolymerization initiatorTBB, TBB-O, HydrocarbonCeramic primerLiquid A: Methyl methacrylate, Phosphate ester monomerLiquid B: Methyl methacrylate, 3-(trimethoxysilyl)-propyl methacrylate
Table 3. Conditions of Pretreatment, Bonding, Filling, and PolymerizationGroupPretreatmentBonding AgentFilling MaterialPolymerization ConditionANoneNoneNano-hybrid composite resin (Fantasista)Light irradiation 20sBNonePhotopolymerizing bonding agent (Hybrid Bond)Nano-hybrid composite resin (Fantasista)Light irradiation 20sCPhosphoric acid monomer ceramic primer (UCP)Photopolymerizing bonding agent (Hybrid Bond)Nano-hybrid composite resin (Fantasista)Light irradiation 20sDNoneNoneModified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin (Bondfill SB)Auto polymerizationEPhosphoric acid monomer ceramic primer (UCP)NoneModified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin (Bondfill SB)Auto polymerization
Shear bond test
The shear bond strengths between the ceramic blocks and the filling materials in each group were tested first to determine groups which have interest to evaluate micro-leakage and wear resistance test. The test procedure is illustrated in a flow chart (Figure 1). Each ceramic block was fixed into a brass ring using a self-curing resin, and then the ceramic surface was ground flat with a #600 SiC paper (Carbimet Paper Discs, Buehler, Lake Bluff, IL). Bonding areas were restricted using a 10-μm-thick masking sheet (Double-stick tape, Nichiban Co., Tokyo, Japan) with a 4.8-mm diameter circular opening onto the flattened ceramic surfaces. Specimens were divided into five groups as follows: group A: composite resin (CR); group B: bonding agent (BA) and CR; group C: ceramic primer (CP), BA and CR; group D: modified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin (M4M); and group E: CP and M4M (Table 3). For groups A and D, no surface pretreatment was performed. For group B, only the BA was applied at the surface before the filling of CR. For groups C and E, CP was applied as follows: a mixture of an equal amount of liquid "A" and "B" of the CP was applied to the surface and air blown. For groups B and C, the BA was applied for 20 s and air blown for 5 s, then photopolymerized using a polymerizing unit (Translux CL, Panaheraeus, Osaka, Japan) for 3–5 s. A PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) ring mold (8 mm outer diameter × 4.8 mm inner diameter × 2 mm height) was placed over the bonding area using a double-stick tape. Each filling material was applied to the surface through the mold. For the modified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin groups (D and E), the base liquid was activated by adding TBB initiator (3:1 ratio), and powder/liquid mixture was applied to fill the space inside the PTFE mold ring, using a brush-dip technique until the filling was completed. The resin was left for 10 min to complete autopolymerization. For the nanohybrid composite groups (A, B, and C), the space was filled by incremental method. Each increment (1 mm thickness) was photopolymerized for 20 s. The mold was removed after the complete polymerization. For each group, 10 specimens were used for this test. The specimens were left for 1 h after the polymerization and then thermocycled (Thermal shock tester D type, Thomos Kagaku, Tokyo, Japan) at 5°C for 1 min and 55°C for 1 min alternatively for 5000 cycles. Then, their bond shear strengths were measured using a universal testing machine (SHIMAZU AG-IS, Shimazu, Kyoto, Japan) with a 1.0-mm/min crosshead speed. The data were statistically analyzed using Mann-Whitney test (p < 0.05).
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Flowchart of shear bond testing. [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue, which is available at wileyonlinelibrary.com.]
Micro-leakage test
Specimen groups (A, B, and D) that showed no bonding to the flattened ceramic surface (#600 grit) were excluded from micro-leakage and wear tests; therefore, CP/nanohybrid composite group (group C) and CP/modified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin group (group E) were compared. The procedure is illustrated in a flowchart (Figure 2). For each group, 10 ceramic blocks were used. To simulate the access hole, a cylindrical cavity with 2.5 mm in diameter and 3 mm in depth was prepared at the center of the ceramic block with a diamond bur (JM STERI DIA straight cylinder flat end type, NTI-Kahla, Kahla, Germany) with cooling water. The ceramic block was then placed in the ceramic oven set at 930°C to obtain a glazed surface inside the cavity. For these specimens, CP was applied to the glazed ceramic cavity surface and air blown. For group C specimens, the BA was applied to the cavity surface and left for 20 s, then the excess bond was removed by air blown for 5 s before photopolymerization of BA for 3–5 s. The cavity was filled by incremental method with the conventional resin composite and photopolymerized for 20 s for each layer (1 mm thickness). For group E specimens, the modified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin was filled into the cavity with a brush-dip technique after applying the CP. Subsequently, the restored surfaces were finished by wet polishing with #2000-grit SiC paper to obtain a sufficiently flat surface. All specimens were left for 1 h at room temperature and then subjected to 5000 cycles of thermocycling (Thermal shock tester D type, Thomos Kagaku, Tokyo, Japan). The specimens were then stored in a 1% methylene blue solution for 24 h, and rinsed with running water to clean the surface. They were then sectioned vertically with the Isomet saw (Buehler, Lake Bluff, IL), and the depths of dye penetration between the filling materials and the glazed ceramic were observed with a digital microscope (Keyence VHX-900, Keyence Corp., Osaka, Japan) of 50-fold magnification. The micro-leakage ratio (%) was obtained by comparing dye penetration depth against depth of the cavity. The mean value of the measurements obtained at left and right sides was used as the result of each specimen. The results were statistically analyzed with Mann–Whitney test (p < 0.05).
Flowchart of micro-leakage testing. [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue, which is available at wileyonlinelibrary.com.]
Wear test
Ten other specimens were prepared in the same manner as the micro-leakage analysis for both groups C and E, except surface polishing with #2000-grit SiC paper to obtain a flat surface. Subsequently, they were subjected to the three-body generalized wear test.[17] The specimens were oriented to the center of specimen holders and mounted to the wear device. A polyacetal stylus (6.4 mm diameter) hit the specimens perpendicularly with a 75-N load at a rate of 1.5 times per second using a slurry of 50 µm PMMA powders as an artificial food bolus for 400,000 cycles (Figure 3). The worn surfaces of specimens were measured by a noncontact 3D scanner (Keyence KS-1100, Keyence Corp., Osaka, Japan) every 100 μm interval with 0.01 μm accuracy. Both average wear depth and wear volumes of the specimens were then calculated with the software: KS-Analyzer (Keyence Corp). The results were statistically analyzed with Mann–Whitney test (p < 0.05).
Flowchart of wear testing. [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue, which is available at wileyonlinelibrary.com.]
The results of bond shear test demonstrated that A, B, and D groups, in which the tested restorative materials were used without the ceramic pretreatment, had no bond strength regardless of the use of the BA for the conventional CR. On the contrary, when the CP treatment and BA were applied before the filling of composite (group C), it exhibited 7.6 ± 2.2 MPa bond strength. The CP combined with 4-META/MMA-TBB resin (group E) showed 8.6 ± 1.0 MPa bond strength. All specimens in groups C and E exhibited a significant cohesive fracture within the ceramic, not an adhesive failure mode. The statistical analysis showed that there was no significant difference between groups C and E (Mann–Whitney test, p = 0.13). The results of micro-leakage and wear tests are presented in Table 4. A typical specimen after dye penetration for each group was shown in Figures 4 and 5. In group C, the dye penetration ranged from 14.6 to 94.3%, with the average value being 45.6 ± 24.4%. On the other hand, those of group E ranged from 2.3 to 13.6% and 7.5 ± 3.3%, respectively. There was a significant difference between groups C and E (Mann–Whitney test, p < 0.05). The results of wear test showed that the average wear depth of group E (59.3 ± 12.9 μm) was significantly smaller compared with that of group C (76.0 ± 16.4 μm). The volumetric wear value of group E, ranged from 0.09 to 0.21 mm3, whereas those of group C, ranged from 0.23 to 0.32 mm3. The average wear volume of group E was 0.16 ± 0.04 mm3, whereas that of the group C was 0.28 ± 0.03 mm3. The statistical analysis showed that there was a significant difference between groups C and E (Mann–Whitney test, p < 0.05).
Table 4. Results of Micro-leakage and Wear TestsGroupDye Penetration (Mean ± SD) Unit: %Wear Depth (Mean ± SD) Unit: μmVolumetric Wear (Mean ± SD) Unit: mm3C45.6 ± 24.476.0 ± 16.40.28 ± 0.03E7.5 ± 3.359.3 ± 12.90.16 ± 0.04
Typical specimen after dye penetration (group C): (a) top view and (b) section view.
Typical specimen after dye penetration (group E): (a) top view and (b) section view.
Surface morphology of worn specimen (group C).
Surface morphology of worn specimen (group E).
The access hole is cylindrical and comparable to Class-I cavity. This configuration creates higher stresses during the polymerization process of resin; therefore, the incremental filling method is adopted to minimize the stress.[18] However, a screw access hole is recognized as a small cavity, and the filling mode is believed to give little influence on the wall adhesion.[19] Clinically, access hole bottom is covered with a soft material such as gutta-percha, PTFE, or temporary cement. Photopolymerizing resin composites have been widely used to fill the ceramic access holes of the implant upper structures; however, they have unfortunately less favorable prognoses.[20-22] It is reported that the use of a CP is mandatory to achieve optimum bonding of the composite to ceramic surfaces.[23] In this study, a modified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin was selected as it was indicated to restore tooth wear and wedge-shaped defects. According to the literature, a proprietary CP enhances the bond strength of the modified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin to the ceramic surface.[24-28] As simulated access holes consisting of glazed ceramic surface were tested, a pretreatment with a CP containing phosphoric acid monomer : UCP was suggested. The values of shear bond strength obtained in this study were lower than those reported in the literature,[23] inherent values should be higher as all of the specimens exhibited cohesive failures inside the ceramic. This unexpected breakage of ceramic specimen could be explained by various reasons. The feldspathic ceramic used in this study was made in the same manner as conventional ceramic implant-supported fixed partial dentures and are mechanically weaker compared with machinable ceramic blocks used in other studies.[29, 30] In adult orthodontic practice, bonding of orthodontic brackets to glazed ceramic surface has been a challenge for years.[31] In this field, if the adhesion has bond shear strength of 6–8 MPa, the bonding system is considered as clinically acceptable.[32] In an access hole filling procedure, shear bond strength is not mandatory as in orthodontic treatment, although bonding ability and wear resistance are considered to be significant factors. Modification of the ceramic surfaces by silicate blasting or acid etching procedure gives a reliable adhesion.[33] However, in intraoral treatments, including the access hole filling, decontamination of blasted or acid-etched surfaces cannot be easily achieved by means of a ultrasonic bath immersion technique.[34] Moreover, in access hole filling, such treatment is biologically not suitable. Especially, a hydrofluoric acid treatment needs considerable precautions.[35] According to the previous study[36] with photopolymerized CR to the tooth surface, the depth of dye penetration is approximately 1 mm from the top of the cavity. In this study, group E showed a 7.5 ± 3.3% dye penetration (0.18 ± 0.08 mm), which remained at superficial areas. Group C demonstrated a 45.6 ± 24.4% dye penetration (1.07 ± 0.61 mm). This result is probably related to the adherent substrate, that is, glazed ceramic, which is most difficult to bond. The filling material evaluated in this study is a hybrid material consisting of a 4-META/MMA-TBB adhesive resin and trimethylol propane trimethacrylate (TMPT) prepolymerized filler. The photopolymerized CR used in this study has a resin matrix consisting of triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA) and urethane dimethacrylate (UDMA) polymers and various fillers, including TMPT filler, micro-filler, and nano-filler. The TMPT filler possesses capacity to copolymerize with resin matrix having abundant polymerizable double bonds on its surface.[13] An improved wear resistance of CR was reported to be achieved by adding TMPT filler.[37] In the case of modified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin, TMPT fillers are in a flexible acrylic matrix, although the amount of TMPT filler is lower than that in nanohybrid CR used in this study. The low wear values of group E in this study might be due to the flexibility of the acrylic matrix that has an aptitude in lower brittleness. It has been reported that the polymerization of MMA is not inhibited by exposure to air when TBB is used as a polymerization initiator.[14] These characteristics give to modified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin an advantage of avoiding gap formation between the cavity and the filling material compared with photopolymerizing CR during the polymerization process. It seems that the polymerization starts concomitantly inside the material, the surface of the cavity wall and the top of the access hole. An adequate sealing result of filling with this acrylic resin might be attributed to bonding potential of the specific phosphoric acid monomer CP and a unique polymerization character of TBB. The generalized wear test has been used to evaluate the wear rates of various restorative materials when they are used to restore occlusal cavities.[38, 39] Wear rate is an important factor to predict the functional outcome of an access hole filling material. Several materials were compared using the three-body wear test, and the wear volume results were 1.5 mm3 for an acrylic resin, 0.3 mm3 for a flowable CR, and 0.9 mm3 for a modified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin.[15] A tooth-brush wear test demonstrated the same tendency.[16] In the current study, the wear volume of group C and group E were 0.28 and 0.16 mm3, respectively. It was shown that group E exhibited significantly less wear value compared with previous value, whereas group C demonstrated values close to the previous wear test conducted on a large material surface. Perhaps the bonding of the filling material to the surrounding ceramic influenced the wear stress. The bonding property of the 4-META/TBB acrylic resin might reduce the polymerization stress at the cavity surface. Polymer structure also influences the wear rates. As this acrylic resin contains MMA monomer, the set polymer possesses linear polymer segment; therefore, the material has a superior flexibility compared with conventional CRs. The elastic modulus of this modified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin exhibited 1.9 MPa, which is equivalent to that of conventional acrylic resins,[40] whereas a conventional nanohybrid CR exhibited 7.9 MPa. The flexural strength of the modified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin (66 MPa) is close to an acrylic resin (60 MPa), which is lower than a flowable CR (115 MPa).[12] This low flexural strength might absorb the wear stress and keep the integrity of the cavity wall adhesion. The influence of elastic modulus and flexural strength on the wear resistance is also reported.[41] Regarding the surface morphology of worn specimens, the wear patterns of groups C and E were different. This difference may relate to the amount of filler; however, it probably was more likely to be due to the stress concentration. When marginal debonding occurs, concentrated stresses provoked by polymerization shrinkage will be released and resulted in accelerated wear at marginal area.[42] As the diameter of the access hole cavity is small (2.5 mm diameter), the wear defect pattern is spreading to the entire surface in group C Figure 6. On the other hand, the wear defect existed only at the center in group E Figure 7. In a small cavity configuration, polymerization stress in the material might be a key factor rather than the quantity of filler or hardness of the filling material. Wear depth was also different in groups C and E (Table 4). The average wear depth of group E was 59.3 ± 12.9 μm, whereas for group C, the value was 76.0 ± 16.4 μm with a significant differences (p < 0.05, p = 0.035). This difference of results is explained by the tenacity of the modified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin. Each grain of filler is strongly attached to the flexible acrylic matrix and difficult to be detached. Based on the results with the limitations of the current study, it is concluded that E group showed a significantly less micro-leakage value and lower wear values compared with group C. The combination of the modified 4-META/MMA-TBB resin and phosphoric acid monomer CP can be one of indicating systems to fill the access holes of the implant upper structure. Further clinical studies may confirm these results.
The authors thank Sun Medical for their material supply.
Sunmedical
Sunmedical (Mumbai)


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Q: How to determine cluster on EM-Gaussian Mixture clustering with 2 or more variables I'm trying to compute EM Gaussian Mixture clustering algorithm.
As I found in Bishop(2009), it explained the algorithm.
Which is we have E-step and M-step in the iteration process. And we could compute the responsibilities for component $k^{th}$ for data point $\textbf{x}_n$ where denoted as $\gamma (z_{nk})$.
$\gamma (z_{nk}) = \frac{\pi_k N(\textbf{x}_n | \mu_k , \sum_k)}    {\sum^{K}_{j=1} \pi_j N(\textbf{x}_n | \mu_j , \sum_j)}$
As I understood, the $\gamma (z_{nk})$ is in 2D matrix form where the row shows the data point and column shows the cluster. After the final iteration, we can determine the cluster for each data point by take the maximum value for each row. However, I'm trying to compute 2 variables, which is I have to expand the matrix into 3D, and my question is how can I figure out the final cluster for each data point since each variable produces different cluster.
For example,

A: You don't go into 3d tensors, and you also don't want to assign to the maximum (then you're essentially just doing k-means).
You want to use a multivariate Gaussian, so you still get one density per point and cluster. You normalize these to one, and put every point into every cluster according to these probabilities. So a point inbetween of two clusters will be 0.5 in one ,and 0.5 in the other.

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Women love women. Women need women. And when they come together there is a magic that happens that can't happen in any other circumstance of life. We understand in each in a way that no one else can understand us. We connect in a way that is unique to us. When you're having a difficult moment, who is the first person you want to talk to? One of your gals! Maybe your mom, your best friend or even your tarot reader. She's the person who gets you, always, and even when she doesn't, she knows how to remind you of how perfect you are.
When I think of the women I have in my life, there is no other word that would better describe how I feel about them than proud. I love the women of my life. Each and every one of them are like a trophy to me, that I cherish deeply. These ladies are the ones that have seen me at my rawest, who have picked me up in pieces, who have cheered me on when I was trying to reach my goals. They have been my greatest teachers and are what make up the quality of my life. They were the hardest thing to leave behind when I left Canada to come live in Mexico.
I generally like to keep a tight knit clan of women in my life, but moving to Mexico has forced me to meet new people, make new friends, build new partnerships. It was hard at first because all I wanted was my crew. My girls. But every time I meet a new woman, I'm amazed at her uniqueness and awesomeness. Some days I dream of my business being so big, that they could ALL work with me, because I love them so damn much.
Who are the ladies that remind you that everything is gonna be alright, like Bob Marley says? I'm not going to ask you to make a list and connect with all of them to catch up on time. There is nothing to catch up with the true ladies of your life. I just want you to sit and think of them. Simmer in the amazing feeling that fills you up when you think of your female clan. And when you do see them next time, or text them or talk on the phone, really take it all in. INJOY the moment and be fully present with this amazing female-being that you are so lucky to have in your life.
I've had friends popping back into my life lately that I haven't seen in so long, but that have been dear friends for over 15 years. My best friend from elementary school messaged me this week on Facebook to tell me that she dreams of me often. My heart swelled just knowing that our connection is so strong, that even if we never get to see each other, we're always on each others subconscious mind. Friendship is priceless. Cherish it all because friends are family at the end of the day.
To all my women out there (you know who you are), I love you!


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Kawaida ist ein Jazz-Album von Tootie Heath. Es wurde am 11. Dezember 1969 aufgenommen und zunächst 1970 unter dem Namen von Tootie Heath (Kuumba-Toudie Heath) bei dem Label O'be Records veröffentlicht. 1975 erschienen die Aufnahmen als gemeinsames Album von Herbie Hancock und Don Cherry auf dem britischen Label DJM Records.

Das Album
Albert "Tootie" Heath arbeitete seit seiner Rückkehr in die Vereinigten Staaten 1968 mit Herbie Hancock zusammen, zu hören auf dessen Blue-Note-Album The Prisoner. Hancocks erste Band nach dem Ausscheiden bei Miles Davis hatte im November 1968 Premiere; 1969 ging er mit ihr auf Tournee. Sowohl die Musik des Pianisten als auch seine persönlichen Einstellungen waren in diesem Jahr stärker von politischen und sozialen Diskussionen zur afroamerikanischen Kultur in den USA geprägt; Hancock nahm in dieser Zeit auch den Swahili-Namen Mwandishi (dt. Der Komponist) an. Wenige Wochen nach dem Rhythm-and-Blues-beeinflussten Album Fat Albert Rotunda entstanden Anfang Dezember 1969 die Aufnahmen zu Kawaida (dt. Tradition), denen ein einmonatiges Engagement im London House in Chicago vorausging.

In Hancocks Band spielte neben Tootie Heath (Kuumba) auch der Bassist Buster Williams (Mchezaji); hinzu kamen bei den Aufnahmen zu Kawaida zwei Musiker aus der Band von Ornette Coleman, der Schlagzeuger Ed Blackwell und der Trompeter Don Cherry (Msafari), des Weiteren Tooties älterer Bruder, der Saxophonist Jimmy Heath (Tyari), Tooties Neffe James Mtume an den Congas sowie für ein Stück der Perkussionist und Flötist Billy Bonner (Fundi). Mtume war ein Schüler von Maulana Karenga, der am Black Studies Department der California State University unterrichtete, sich mit der Identifikation der Afroamerikaner mit afrikanischer Kultur, Identität und Spiritualität beschäftigte und dafür Kawaida als philosophischen Begriff prägte.

Die Musik von Kawaida, zu dem James Mtume fast alle Kompositionen beisteuerte, beruht auf verschiedenen Elementen der damals gegenwärtigen Jazzavantgarde von John Coltrane und der fünf Jahre zuvor gegründeten Musikerkooperative Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) in Chicago. Die Harmonien des ersten Titels Baraka erinnern an McCoy Tyner, Dunia an das Spiel von Elvin Jones mit Coltrane. Maulana ist eine frei angelegte Improvisation für Flöte und Glocken, über die die Musiker Swahili-Texte sprechen und singen. Nach 1:30 spielen Hancock und am gestrichenen Bass Williams ein elegisches Thema, das zu einem rhythmischen Riff führt, der wieder an John Coltrane erinnert. Es folgt ein ausgedehntes Saxophon-Solo von Jimmy Heath, dann ein melodisches Trompetensolo Don Cherrys, bevor wieder Perkussion und Geklatsche einsetzen. Im Titelstück Kawaida rezitieren über einem perkussiven Klangteppich die Bandmitglieder nacheinander die sieben Prinzipien (Nguzo Saba) von Kwanzaa

Die Titel
 Kawaida (O'Be 301, Trip TLP 5032, Mercury BT-5015 (Japan), DJM Records DJSLM 200)
 Side A:
 Baraka (Mtume) 9:53
 Maulana (Mtume) 13:20
 Side B:
 Kawaida (Mtume) 8:08
 Dunia (Tootie Heath) 8:29
 Kamili (Mtume) 3:34

Editorische Hinweise
Nach verschiedenen LP-Veröffentlichungen auf unabhängigen Labels erschienen die Aufnahmen als Compact Disc auf dem niederländischen Label Mandarim Records (MR-04028) 1996, außerdem unter Hancocks Namen in der Lowprice-Reihe The Jazz Masters: 100 Años de Swing (Folio Collection EF 20015).

Rezeption des Albums
Bob Gluck wies in seinem Buch über die Bandprojekte Herbie Hancocks um 1970 darauf hin, dass Kompositionen des Albums wie Dunia und Maulana musikalische Stilmerkmale der künftigen Mwandishi-Band Herbie Hancocks vorwegnahmen – Kollektivimprovisation, texturaler Schwerpunkt, ausgedehnte Soli und kleine Instrumente, besonders Perkussion.

Nach Ansicht von W. S. Tkweme war das Projekt stark von James Mtume geprägt, auch wenn es unter dem Namen seines Onkels Tootie Heath veröffentlicht wurde.

Der Allmusic bewertete das Album mit vier Sternen; es sei "an adventurous octet date".

Einzelnachweise

Album (Jazz)
Album 1970
Herbie-Hancock-Album

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The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs
By Walter Isaacson | September 16, 2012 0 Comments
His saga is the entrepreneurial creation myth writ large: Steve Jobs cofounded Apple in his parents' garage in 1976, was ousted in 1985, returned to rescue it from near bankruptcy in 1997, and by the time he died, in October 2011, had built it into the world's most valuable company. Along the way he helped to transform seven industries: personal computing, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, retail stores, and digital publishing. He thus belongs in the pantheon of America's great innovators, along with Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Walt Disney. None of these men was a saint, but long after their personalities are forgotten, history will remember how they applied imagination to technology and business.
In the months since my biography of Jobs came out, countless commentators have tried to draw management lessons from it. Some of those readers have been insightful, but I think that many of them (especially those with no experience in entrepreneurship) fixate too much on the rough edges of his personality. The essence of Jobs, I think, is that his personality was integral to his way of doing business. He acted as if the normal rules didn't apply to him, and the passion, intensity, and extreme emotionalism he brought to everyday life were things he also poured into the products he made. His petulance and impatience were part and parcel of his perfectionism.
One of the last times I saw him, after I had finished writing most of the book, I asked him again about his tendency to be rough on people. "Look at the results," he replied. "These are all smart people I work with, and any of them could get a top job at another place if they were truly feeling brutalized. But they don't." Then he paused for a few moments and said, almost wistfully, "And we got some amazing things done." Indeed, he and Apple had had a string of hits over the past dozen years that was greater than that of any other innovative company in modern times: iMac, iPod, iPod nano, iTunes Store, Apple Stores, MacBook, iPhone, iPad, App Store, OS X Lion—not to mention every Pixar film. And as he battled his final illness, Jobs was surrounded by an intensely loyal cadre of colleagues who had been inspired by him for years and a very loving wife, sister, and four children.
So I think the real lessons from Steve Jobs have to be drawn from looking at what he actually accomplished. I once asked him what he thought was his most important creation, thinking he would answer the iPad or the Macintosh. Instead he said it was Apple the company. Making an enduring company, he said, was both far harder and more important than making a great product. How did he do it? Business schools will be studying that question a century from now. Here are what I consider the keys to his success.
When Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, it was producing a random array of computers and peripherals, including a dozen different versions of the Macintosh. After a few weeks of product review sessions, he'd finally had enough. "Stop!" he shouted. "This is crazy." He grabbed a Magic Marker, padded in his bare feet to a whiteboard, and drew a two-by-two grid. "Here's what we need," he declared. Atop the two columns, he wrote "Consumer" and "Pro." He labeled the two rows "Desktop" and "Portable." Their job, he told his team members, was to focus on four great products, one for each quadrant. All other products should be canceled. There was a stunned silence. But by getting Apple to focus on making just four computers, he saved the company. "Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do," he told me. "That's true for companies, and it's true for products."
After he righted the company, Jobs began taking his "top 100" people on a retreat each year. On the last day, he would stand in front of a whiteboard (he loved whiteboards, because they gave him complete control of a situation and they engendered focus) and ask, "What are the 10 things we should be doing next?" People would fight to get their suggestions on the list. Jobs would write them down—and then cross off the ones he decreed dumb. After much jockeying, the group would come up with a list of 10. Then Jobs would slash the bottom seven and announce, "We can only do three."
Focus was ingrained in Jobs's personality and had been honed by his Zen training. He relentlessly filtered out what he considered distractions. Colleagues and family members would at times be exasperated as they tried to get him to deal with issues—a legal problem, a medical diagnosis—they considered important. But he would give a cold stare and refuse to shift his laserlike focus until he was ready.
Near the end of his life, Jobs was visited at home by Larry Page, who was about to resume control of Google, the company he had cofounded. Even though their companies were feuding, Jobs was willing to give some advice. "The main thing I stressed was focus," he recalled. Figure out what Google wants to be when it grows up, he told Page. "It's now all over the map. What are the five products you want to focus on? Get rid of the rest, because they're dragging you down. They're turning you into Microsoft. They're causing you to turn out products that are adequate but not great." Page followed the advice. In January 2012 he told employees to focus on just a few priorities, such as Android and Google+, and to make them "beautiful," the way Jobs would have done.
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Walter Isaacson is president of the Aspen Institute. He has been chairman and CEO of CNN and managing editor of TIME magazine. He is the author of several books including the US bestseller BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: AN AMERICAN LIFE.
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