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Maurice Carlos Ruffin
The following is excerpted from Maurice Carlos Ruffin's new story collection, The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You. Ruffin is the author of We Cast a Shadow, which was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, the PEN/Open Book Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. A recipient of an Iowa Review Award in fiction, he has been published in the Virginia Quarterly Review, AGNI, the Kenyon Review, The Massachusetts Review, and Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas.
My father named his bug company "Stevens and Son" even before I came into the world. I found insects disgusting, but it was just me and him, so I did my best to keep my objections hidden. I certainly never told him about my proclivities.
I was a pretty good bug man in my teens and could tell what the infestation was by the faintest clues. Teeny tiny scratch marks on a pantry shelf were the sign of a mouse, for example. Whenever we came across something we'd never seen before—like that bellows-shaped mud nest in Ms. Berthelot's attic—I was the first to guess and was nearly always right. They were mud wasps. The males sipped nectar on swamp azaleas while the females built houses with their mouths.
I don't know if he saw me, in front of my mirror in a calico dress I'd bought at the thrift store on Carrollton Avenue.
Still, I grew tired of spending my weekends hunting vermin. My father was in his sixties and needed someone who would really put his back into the work. That's why he hired Tyronne Myers. Tyronne was into it. I had the impression that he had lived a hard life somewhere else. Yet, whenever I asked him about his past he just placed a hand on my shoulder, a situation I very much enjoyed, and chuckled.
"Can't stay wrapped in what you come from," he'd say. I was in my bedroom one night, alone I thought, when I sensed Tyronne near the door. I don't know if he saw me, in front of my mirror in a calico dress I'd bought at the thrift store on Carrollton Avenue. Quickly, I switched off the lamp, slipped on jeans in the dark, and left the house to meet my friends. The next morning, I quit. My father showed no emotion, but he took sick a year later and sold the company to Tyronne.
Years after I moved to New York to pursue a career in fashion design, I went back home. Tyronne never changed the name of the company and, to my surprise, he didn't seem shocked to see me with hair extensions and wearing a crinkled suede waistcoat of my creation. He invited me into the house he was servicing to show me something he had found. He stooped and gave me a ghostly thing, lighter than a feather and so thin the lines on the palm of my hand were clearly visible through it.
"Do you know what that is?" he asked.
"It's what moths come from," I said.
"Cocoon" is excerpted from The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You by Maurice Carlos Ruffin. Reprinted with permission of the publisher, One World. Copyright © 2021 by Maurice Carlos Ruffin.
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The interpretation of this pixel image lies in the eye of the beholder. Where one person sees a symbol of digitalisation in the arrangement of 1 and 0, another picks out the precision and aesthetic appearance of a façade.
The »Futurium« – a joint project by the German Ministry of Education and Research, scientific organisations, foundations and various research companies – aims to provide insights into the world of tomorrow and present scenarios for possible futures through exhibitions, events and the laboratory. Using two large-scale screens, visitors are able to keep these future worlds connected to the reality of the world outside.
If there is currently a major focal point in discussions about the German car industry, then it is probably the issue of diesel. Which is a shame. For a highly-promising electric car made in Germany called the e.GO Life is poised for launch. The vehicle's range is modest, but the e.GO Life was deliberately designed to be a cost-effective city car. The creative visionary behind it is the entrepreneur Günther Schuh, who co-developed the »StreetScooter« electric van acquired by Deutsche Post in 2014.
Building Information Modelling (BIM) provides new strategic solutions for the planning and realisation of construction projects as well as the operation of buildings.
With projects like the Urban Nation Museum, residential buildings like Paragon or Villa M, and the ice stadium in Schierke, GRAFT have made a name for themselves outside architectural circles too. They are currently curating the German pavilion at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice. Together with former Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Records, Marianne Birthler, and using the example of the division of Germany, the architectural practice is making an intelligent contribution to the current debate about nations, division and protectionism.
Museum visitors cannot see them, but numerous storage facilities hold valuable historical artefacts. The collections of the Tyrolean State Museums comprise millions of historical treasures, which were preserved in eleven storage facilities at eight locations until a competition was held in 2013 to build a central collections and research centre. Architectural firm Franz&Sue was selected for this with their simple but succinct idea. The massive volume disappears underground and only one flat, almost quadratic, monolithic building structure rises inconspicuously out of the ground, cutting into its hillside location.
The residential high-rise tower at 56 Leonard Street designed by Herzog & de Meuron stands for private living in the urban density of New York. Despite the compromised configuration, the building offers custom floor plans, personal open spaces, exciting views, neighbourhoods, meeting places and community spaces – and, as a special sign of user autonomy, manually opened floor-to-ceiling windows.
The outdated building Rijnstraat 8 in The Hague, which was once the location of the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Development, was transformed by OMA under the direction of Ellen van Loon into a modern office environment with exciting references to the surrounding city. Today, the government building exudes openness and transparency, which is also thanks to the opening of the ground floor and a new, large-scale glass façade.
The redesign and renovation of the area around the main station in Arnhem has taken almost 20 years. Since 1996, when it won the competition for the urban development plan, the Amsterdam architectural firm UNStudio worked on the project with engineering firm Arup. With the completion of the new station building, the project is now largely finished.
The site of a disused railway in Mülheim an der Ruhr is now home to the recently opened new campus of the Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences. The complex designed by Arge HPP/ASTOC Architects integrates eight bright, clinker-brick buildings in an open ensemble with a high-quality urban design.
Subterranean, dark and twisting, pierced by small patches of light and rays of sun finding their way through the few openings into the exhibition space at the Archeopark museum in Pavlov in the Czech Republic – the striking exposed concrete building is reminiscent of a cave.
Using precise, composed volumes with a neobrutalist appearance, Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara from Grafton Architects, based in Dublin, have succeeded in creating a striking combination of urban presence and surprising spatial qualities. The two architects won the coveted RIBA International Prize in 2016 for their design of the recently opened Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC) in Lima. The pair will be curating the 16th Architecture Biennale in Venice next year.
Architecture is an export commodity in a globalised world. Not in terms of a specific design style, but in the form of international architects, institutions and networks. The Network for Architecture Exchange (NAX), an initiative of the German Chamber of Architects, has become an established instrument and global network partner for German and non-German architects, engineers and specialised planners since it was set up in 2002. PROFILE spoke to Claudia Sanders, project coordinator of the network, about "made in Germany" and the work of NAX.
The two »Friends« high-rise apartments at the Hirschgarten in Munich are the perfect example of how urban living is changing, not only in the clear identity of the façade style, but also through the architectural implementation of a sharing concept as a future-proof living model.
Based on Mediterranean structures with low-rise buildings and narrow streets, the architectural practice Herzog & de Meuron designed an urban »fabric« for the new headquarters of BBVA bank on the northern periphery of Madrid. An oval tower soars up out of the »fabric« as a highlight and city landmark. A high proportion of glazing with slimline Schüco profiles on doors and façade units allows a large amount of natural light to penetrate the interior despite the high density.
Since its reconstruction after World War II, the Dutch harbour metropolis of Rotterdam has been an experimental field for town planners and architects. The most recent example is the new, futuristic market hall. The unusual project of the MVRDV architectural practice consists of a 100 metre-long and 40 metre high hybrid construction in the form of an urban triumphal arch. There are 96 market stalls on the ground floor, while the complex, arched construction overhead integrates 228 apartments with spectacular views of the inside of the market hall and its colourfully designed vaulted ceiling.
Trained in the fields of architecture, product design and civil engineering, Patric de Hair is a founding partner of Plan.One ccs GmbH and head of the Digital Innovation Lab at Schüco. Profile met him in Berlin to talk about the new platform Plan.One.
One of the focus topics at BAU 2017 was FACID, the flexible textile façade. With this product, the wide-ranging design freedom for the building envelope is being further extended – with the customary Schüco quality.
Until now, only humans have been capable of amassing, storing and sharing knowledge. However, experts such as physicist and science writer, Dr Ulrich Eberl, say that an attack on the most innate human trait is imminent. Intelligent systems – be it visible robots or invisible software – will be able to learn, plan and behave independently using reason and cognitive skills. Will robots then become the educated citizens of the next generation, and will we just stand and watch?
The Europäisches Hansemuseum is Europe's largest museum dedicated to the history of the Hanseatic League. It blends in harmoniously with the historical context of the old town of Lübeck, which is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Opened in 2016, the AWA boutique hotel lies in the eastern part of the small city of Puerto Varas, the tourist, cultural and social hot-spot of the lake region in Chile's Zona Sur. Here – a good 1000 km from the capital Santiago– is where the endless expanses of Patagonia begin on the Chilean side of the continent and stretch far south to the Tierra del Fuego.
3XN combine Scandinavian clarity and functionality with individual forms and precise details. Following early statement projects like the Danish Embassy in Berlin which was opened in 1999, the Copenhagen-based practice has created a variety of more internationally recognised projects in recent years, among them the National Aquarium Denmark in Kastrup and the Bella Sky Hotel in Copenhagen. Current projects for the architects include designing the new headquarters of the IOC in Lausanne.
Closed in 2006, the Val-Benoît University Campus in the Belgian city of Liège is to be given a new purpose as a mixeduse inner-city district. In an initial step, the former Institute of Construction Engineering was renovated and re-opened at the end of September as a flexible business centre available for letting.
Between Berlinʹs main railway station and the government quarter, KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten built Germanyʹs »greenest« new office construction, which is certified by the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB). With its clearly outlined volumes and rhythmically structured façade, the building offers high-quality, comfortable spaces – directly on the banks of the Humboldthafen.
The region around Ålesund is one of the most popular tourist hot-spots in Norway.
At first glance, you would expect the Sharifi-ha House with its façade made from rotatable cubes to be from one of the metropoles in the Western world. However, the innovative residential concept is situated in the middle of Tehran, the capital of Iran. And despite abstaining from ornamental elements and traditional materials and colours, it displays more affinity with the construction methods of traditional Persian houses than first thought.
Participatory design is playing an increasing role all over the world. In Europe, it is manifest in this year's architectural biennale in Venice and in the search for new housing models. We spoke to Professor Carlo Ratti, who directs the Senseable City Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a multidisciplinary research initiative, which explores the interaction of people, digital technology and the city.
The Milan-based large-scale project "CityLife" combines living, working, shopping, green spaces and public areas in one complete ensemble – a remarkable feat of architecture and town planning which also had the goal of upscaling the district near the old exhibition centre from the very beginning. The office towers designed by Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind and Arata Isozaki are already considered to be new landmarks of the Italian metropolis.
3D printing has experienced rapid development in the last ten years. The equipment and printable materials are still very expensive. However, the possibilities afforded by the process, including in the area of façade technology, are driving research forward – particularly the prospect of cost-effective customisation. In Amsterdam, a team of researchers is currently working on fabricating an entire canal house by means of 3D printing.
Intelligent urbanisation, people and buildings as well as energy efficiency and resource conservation set the pace at BAU 2015 in Munich. In line with this, Schüco presented its product and project solutions for newbuilds and existing buildings at Stand 301 in Hall B1.
Schüco offers numerous systems for private residences. Whether a newbuild or a renovation: Schüco window, door, sliding and façade systems combine energy efficiency with the most exacting demands in terms of comfort, security and design. The components can be automated and added according to your individual requirements.
Previously, individual, three-dimensional free-form façades entailed numerous special constructions. Introduced at BAU two years ago as a prototype, the Parametric System presented by Schüco this year is ready for series production. From planning and fabrication through to installation, this solution offers an end-to-end, digital data chain.
Building renovation – a topic addressed by politics and society in equal measure. A large proportion of the office and residential buildings in Germany still do not meet modern energy efficiency requirements. But clients and users want to keep the loss of utility and rent caused by renovations as low as possible. This calls for systems that feature a high level of prefabrication and can be easily installed in the existing fabric of the building.
Whether it's integrated solar shading, decentralised ventilation, automated windows or attractive façade lighting, networked building technologies are en vogue, and Schüco has intelligent and sustainable solutions to offer. In this topic studio, we will show you the ease with which these efficient technologies can be integrated into the building envelope.
Analyses show that the proportion of the building envelope that is opaque is growing. Architects are increasingly designing punched openings and ribbon windows, which means that fully transparent façade solutions are less common. As a result, Schüco presented at BAU a prototype with a closed workflow, which allows architects' concepts of façade cladding to be realised with opaque areas that can be freely parameterised.
Schüco supports investors, architects, building consultants and partners in all project phases – from the initial idea through to dismantling a façade. This includes advice on certification, designs using sustainable systems, environmental product declarations and recycling the building envelope.
The "Morgenstadt: city insights" (m:ci) project started with 10 Fraunhofer Institutes in 2012. M:ci deals with sustainable urban developments, which is a result of urbanization, increase in population and climate change.
Parametric design is an approach whereby the results of process-oriented development are displayed for the designer in real time. Marco Hemmerling, Professor of Computer Aided Design at the Detmold School of Architecture and Interior Architecture, encapsulates the essence of this process-oriented approach thus – designer and design are in direct dialogue, and the architect develops his own tool. In this way, the computer has developed from being a simple drawing tool to being a design medium with its own qualities and requirements.
profile conducted a very open and personal interview with Annette von Hagel about sustainable building, the role of the EU, the government and the Federal States in setting an example, values and value retention in architecture, energy efficiency, renovation and conversion. For Annette von Hagel, it is always about people, quality of life, and a positive future for everyone.
Under the leadership of Gerhard Hoffmann, the ifes Institute for Applied Energy Simulation and Facility Management from Cologne has devoted itself for over 20 years to a topic which is now high up on the political agenda: the energy revolution and the question of how to construct buildings energy-efficiently and use them sustainably. This is a portrait of a pioneer in the development of holistic energy and climate concepts for new and renovated buildings.
About one and a half years ago, an architectural article was published in the German weekly Die Zeit defending the house of Christian Wulff in Großburgwedel against its critics. It posited a link between problems of taste and communal values. "Residents of a town or village are part of a value community – not just economically, but also in terms of culture and architecture. The question is: what exactly are these values? And how can we agree on them?" What are we talking about when we speak of values? And how do values find their way into architecture? An article by the architectural theorist Professor Achim Hahn.
Mass customised or off the shelf: How much individuality can architecture tolerate?
People have a great deal of experience communicating with other people from which they are divided by local or temporal differences. Whether by telephone, fax or e-mail, technology has changed the way people communicate with each other. Today however, we are experiencing a phase of technological interpersonal communication which leaves previous developments in the shadows: Global networking via the internet.
Planning and construction are becoming ever more polarised: design freedom through technical possibilities on the one hand and enormous economic pressures, material, resource, and energy efficiency on the other. The challenge for architects and planners, is to combine both aspects in a positive way and thereby create an architecture in which these polarised arguments do not contradict each other.
To take each competition as potential for the practice's development and to be conscious of sustainability as a design parameter are the components of success for Henning Larsen Architects – not forgetting of course, their Scandinavian roots.
"Incredible India" aptly describes the Indian market. The property market is extremely diverse in a country with more than 1.2 billion people living in an area of approximately 3,287,590 square kilometers – nine times the size of Germany. The constantly growing market has enormous potential and planners have various possibilities to get a foothold there, maintains architect Sven Schmedes, who runs a German project management office in Mumbai.
Responsibility is a key contemporary concept. In more and more areas, people are expected to assume greater responsibility, whether it's private pension schemes as a citizen, democratic participation in civil society, or the social responsibility of companies. The Center for Responsibility Research (CRR) of The Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities analyzes the growing responsibilities placed on social players, institutions, and organizations from a cultural standpoint.
Currently, there is fierce competition between the growth regions of China and India to see who can reach the Western standard first. This is coupled with an enormous construction boom with virtually Western construction standards and with many regional peculiarities that can be planned, but that may be unpredictable.
Prof. Manfred Hegger, TU Darmstadt, is the president of the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB). For him, the issues of responsibility and sustainability are closely entwined. Only an ecological, economical, and socially responsible building can be a sustainable building.
The Schüco Technology Center in Bielefeld is one of the world's largest testing centers for windows, doors, façades, and solar technology. It has been known for quality, reliability, and longevity. A recent complete renovation and an extension have made the center even more efficient.


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Boom Town: How Wal-Mart Transformed an All-American Town Into an International Community
By Marjorie Rosen
Genres: Politics & Social SciencesHistory
In 1950, Sam Walton, founder of the Wal-Mart empire, arrived in the Bible Belt town of Bentonville, Arkansas, and discovered that the nondescript Ozarks backwater–population 2,900 white Christians–suited him just fine. Today, six decades later, Walton's legacy has left its mark. The Bentonville area is headquarters to not only Wal-Mart but also Tyson Foods and J. B. Hunt. The town's population has grown to around 30,000, and the region is now home to blacks, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Marshall Islanders, and the fastest-growing Latino population in the country.
In Boom Town: How Wal-Mart Transformed an All-American Town into an International Community, veteran journalist Marjorie Rosen explores the ever-shifting social, political, and cultural character of the United States through the microcosm that is Northwest Arkansas and the personal stories of its people. Rosen talks with a Palestinian immigrant who rose from penniless dishwasher to multimillionaire contractor–and dedicated himself to building a local Jewish community's first synagogue. A black executive hired to diversify Wal-Mart, whose arrival coincided with a KKK rally in the town square, gives his views on the controversies surrounding the company. A Mexican mother of three, fired from a chicken plant after an injury on the job, discusses her struggle to survive. A Hindu father concerned about interracial dating, a Marshallese security guard whose daughter was ignored in the ER, and many others reveal the issues and challenges facing those who make up the "boom towns" where the economy and culture are in constant flux.
An entertaining, intimate, and often moving chronicle of how different ethnicities, races, and religions come together and struggle to adapt, Boom Town combines sociology, drama, and humanity to illustrate the unpredictable movements that shape our national persona.
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(December 3, 2009 – Calgary, AB) '€" Cybera, a non-profit organization accelerating Albertans'€™ competitive advantage in research and development, is pleased to announce the appointment of Robin Winsor as President and CEO. Winsor, a Calgary entrepreneur with nearly 20 years experience in the private sector, joins the organization following Dr. Brian Unger who was appointed Interim President and CEO by Cybera'€™s Board of Directors in May 2009.
Winsor brings a strong background of experience in sectors such as oil and gas, seismic, geophysics, and medical science. He invented and developed the world'€™s first direct digital x-ray system, founding Imaging Dynamics Company Ltd. in 1991. In 2005, Imaging Dynamics won the Cool Companies Award for being an innovative and exciting place to work. In 2005 and 2006, Winsor'€™s company was among the top 10 in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 fastest growing companies. Winsor is a past winner of the Manning Innovation Award and the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Winsor holds multiple patents in the field of medical imaging and has authored standards currently in use in the medical, well logging and seismic industries. He is a member of the American Association of Physicists In Medicine, as well as the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Winsor studied geophysics and artificial intelligence at the University of Edinburgh.
Following Winsor'€™s appointment, Unger will continue to serve on Cybera'€™s Board of Directors and Cybera'€™s International Strategic Advisory Committee.


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Another new rumor about the next (next) version of Windows. Let me state upfront: I dont buy this one at all but I post it here just for entertainment value (hey it's Sunday and there's nothing else going on).
The (somewhat reliable in the past) mystery blogger MSNerd posted the following on his/her blog a couple of weeks ago.
The Xbox is another story altogether. With a heady mix of rumors, tips and speculation, I am now stating that Xbox codename "loop" (the erstwhile XboxTV) will indeed debut a modified Win9 core. It will use a Zune HD-like hardware platform—a "main" processor with multiple dedicated assistive cores for graphics, AI, physics, sound, networking, encryption and sensors. It will be custom designed by Microsoft and two partners based on the ARM architecture. It will be cheaper than the 360, further enabling Kinect adoption. And it will be far smaller than the 360. It will also demonstrate how Windows Phone could possible implement Win9's dev platform on the lower end.
So much wrong with this it's not even funny. Timeline for Windows 9 -really? News to me. New version of xbox in 4 to 5 years? Seems like a long time to me. Microsoft and two partners are working on Windows 9 – really? I could have sworn that partners are working on Windows 8.
The whole thing is so ridiculous that I wont even post a link to it.


Our NEW Vienna villa will make guests swoon…from the sheer glass floors with waterfall and rockpool views, bottomless infinity daybeds overhanging a spectacular precipice to the chromotherapy waterfall shower and amazing Road Runner Diner.
Paying homage to the world's most romantic cities, Clifftop's Vienna villa entices guests to lose themselves in an oasis of romantic seclusion.
Every tile, every plank of reclaimed wood, every rustic feature wall… has been handpicked to indulge the senses. To set the perfect romantic stage, guests are invited to shape their experience with mood lighting that wends its way throughout the villa and transforms its personality at the touch of a digital colour wheel.


In most OVI cases, drivers submit to field sobriety tests (i.e., walk and turn, eye test, and one leg stand). Where an OVI stops ends in an arrest, the officer in nearly every case reports that the driver "failed" the tests. But just because a driver "fails" a field sobriety test doesn't mean there is no hope.
There are still opportunities to challenge the administration and admissibility of field sobriety tests in OVI cases. Particularly where the officer improperly instructed or improperly demonstrated the tests (which will most often be apparent on the dash cam video).
In one recent case – Cleveland v. Krivich, 2016-Ohio-3072 – is an example of a case where field sobriety tests were thrown out because the officer improperly instructed the driver on how to do the tests. Even though the driver "failed" the tests, the officer's failure to properly instruct meant that the whole case was eventually thrown out in this particular case.
Defendant was stopped by State Highway Patrol after he was seen driving without his headlights. Defendant did not immediately stop for the officer. During the stop, Defendant fumbled with his wallet and struggled to comply with the officer's demands.
The arresting officer also noted the smell of alcohol, and Defendant refused a breathalyzer test. This prompted the officer to administer three field sobriety tests: the horizontal gaze nystagmus (HGN), the walk-and-turn test, and the one-leg stand.
The officer testified that Defendant failed all three field sobriety tests, and therefore he arrested Defendant for an OVI.
Defendant filed a Motion to Suppress the evidence of the field sobriety tests due to incorrect testing procedures by the arresting officer. Defendant also argued that the suppression of the field sobriety tests will make his arrest unlawful.
Under R.C. 4511.19(D)(4)(b), an officer's testimony about how a driver did on a field sobriety test is only admissible if the officer complied with the NHTSA testing standards. This compliance must be demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence. The State may demonstrate the NHTSA standards through testimony or by introducing applicable portions of the manual.
In this case, the arresting officer testified that he was not up to date with the most recent version of the NHTSA manual, and he had not been up to date with any version since 2000 when he first became an officer. He did not know, for example, that bloodshot eyes are no longer a clue of impairment (and have not been since 2009).
Further, all three field tests he administered were administered improperly.
He did not know that after 2009, bloodshot eyes are no longer recognized as a cue for intoxication.
Because he did not properly administer the test, the HGN (eye) test was improper and not admissible.
Instructed the driver to walk nine steps, heel-to-toe, then turn around and walk back, but he did not demonstrate how to complete the turn.
Did not instruct the defendant to keep his hands at his side during this test.
Because the officer did not instruct and demonstrate to the defendant how to walk during this test, the walk-and-turn test was improper and not admissible.
In this case, all three tests were suppressed because the City failed to demonstrate with clear and convincing evidence that the arresting officer complied with the NHSTA standards and the applicable portions of the manual were never introduced.
With field sobriety tests suppressed, does an officer have probable cause to make an OVI arrest?
Potentially. Even if the sobriety tests are suppressed, an officer may still testify to actions, statements, and other observations made during a stop. But, an officer must prove that at the moment of arrest he had sufficient information that a reasonable person would suspect the Defendant was driving under the influence based on the totality of facts and circumstances.
In this case, without the field sobriety tests, the court found that the arresting officer lacked probable cause to arrest Defendant for an OVI. The case, then, was thrown out.


This regal strapless dress 19208 is embellished with contrasting bead work. Featuring a strapless neckline with a partially opened back, enclosed by a hidden zipper. The entirety of the gown is made from a thick Mikado material that is very figure flattering. The midriff area offers a contrasting beaded design that scatters down to the hips.


What if LB didn't go back to save the Mac in 97?
someone brought up SYW which made me think of the original GOS and all the wasted years and time LB had in waiting for the Mac.
what if he didn't listen to the label at the time and didn't go back then? FM would be playing small fairs now, if they'd even still exist. you know, always evolving and new band, the way Mick likes it!
original Gift of Screws was a masterpiece and should have been released as it was originally intended. in retrospect - although i know he would not agree plus he made tons of money because of it and he likes the FM legacy piece that he'd never had if they didn't reform and regain respect in the late 90s - Lindsey shouldn't have listened to the record label back in the 90s, and shouldn't have gone back to save FM from the laughing stock it became at that point. he should have released Gift and kept releasing solo stuff or collaborating with other people. his 20 last years could have been so much more productive if he was not repeatedly stifled by waiting for the Mac.
The reality is that OOTC didn't sell much better than Time, and Street Angel was Stevie's worst selling album. The combined sales numbers of all three would still have been a disaster by Fleetwood Mac standards. Be under no illusion, they all needed that reunion. The Dance didn't save the band, it revived everyone's failing careers.
i'm not talking about sales or commercialism. the Dance saved Fleetwood Mac as a brand and a commercial entity, no doubt there.
LB needed that reunion if he wanted to be commercial again. but for his opus, that reunion screwed him up. so it depends what you mean as a career. his creative career got stifled and screwed, not saved by any means.
early 90s was the time of grunge. i'm not saying that LB's inertia and propensity to wait didn't add to all this. once when he decided he's not going for commercial anymore, which happened seemingly around the time of his Soundstage release or maybe right before Under The Skin, he became free and started releasing stuff... in the holes of time Mac allowed him.
Lindsey would have been just as unknown as he is now.
FM would have been playing fair circuit or not exist and would not have today's legendary status.
Stevie - hard to tell, she's always been a climber. she may have stayed a laughing stock or maybe she would have done eventually stuff like AHS anyway. but she most probably would have been far from a legendary icon she is now.
LB being back with the label now is once again screwing him up now. he should have taken the money he made with FM in the past and started his own little indie label. nurture some artists he cares about.
LB needed that reunion if he wanted to be commercial again.
And that's exactly why he did it. He wasn't riding in on his white horse saving Fleetwood Mac, he was raising his own profile. They were all doing that, except Christine, who was going out on a high note.
but for his opus, that reunion screwed him up. so it depends what you mean as a career. his creative career got stifled and screwed, not saved by any means.
The fact that he recruited Mick, John and Christine to back him up tells me that he approached the project in a way that gave it durability as to how it could be released from the gitgo. Otherwise, why bother going there? He knew that the situation at the label was fluid as far as his music was concerned.
Richard has always rejected commercialism. He turned down The Eagles. He was always on a more intrinsic, cultural journey with his music. Lindsey was part of one of the most commercial bands ever, and sought commercial success/fame and fortune.
I don't disagree. Why anyone with a big enough name would go that route anymore is puzzling, especially someone like Lindsey, who isn't especially commercial, which is part of his appeal.
actually, you are projecting what you want to see, on both Lindsey and Christine (and sure, i'm also talking about what *i*want to see, here). if he refused, there would be no saving the Fleetwood Mac. the other 4 were there for the start of the Mac demise, so their reunion would have been meaningless without LB.
Rob Cavallo said that he / record company practically forced LB's hand. he was gonna go out with the solo album, and tried couple of times - first time they told him he should do FM reunion / the Dance instead since he's been inactive. next time when he tried putting it out again (in 2001), they told him to wait (for SN's solo stuff that she was doing, riding the reunion coattails solo instead of recording with the band - whoever was managing her was a genius!) and put it out as SYW. i'm not saying he went with it completely unwillingly, but what i am saying is that his products would have been much stronger if he released them solo instead of SYW. and there would have been more products instead of a practically a decade wait for FM / SN solo. yes, less people would hear it, but let's face it - other than Peacekeeper which was played extensively on the mainstream radio, nobody other than FM hardcores knows other SYW songs.
The fact that he recruited Mick, John and Christine to back him up tells me that he approached the project in a way that gave it durability as to how it could be released from the gitgo. Otherwise, why bother going there?
wouldn't be the first time he recruited them for solo stuff - starting from Trouble. these were his friends / family, people he knew. he recruited them for other projects too, like SN for Egan stuff. Mick may have had ulterior motives, but as far as LB goes, looking at all of this now, he was mostly just emotional and stupid or went with familiar and many many times got screwed by macsters as far as his output goes.
although like i said above, in the 90s he still had aspirations as far as being commercial artist, he let that go only in the early 2000s (and therefore, Castaway Dreams).
glad you don't disagree. going with the label has downsides as far as the output goes, and as we can see with this newest FM clusterf*ck after label changed the order and dates of his solo releases. that said, i think label has been good to BuckVie and they did push them nicely. so he won there, but so far is not winning as far as the solo side goes. we'll see.
i mean don't get me wrong, i don't think LB would agree with me for a second. i think he's probably more-less happy with the path he took, money he made, plus he's probably thinking karma etc. this is just my opinion as a fan of his music, someone who sees i could have gotten so much more from him if he never went back to FM. on the other hand, i've never heard of him before seeing Second Hand News from the Dance on MTV in the 90s, so if he never rejoined i may have never knows any of his music!
In 1997, the members of Fleetwood Mac — Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie and Stevie Nicks — reunited for its first full-length concert since 1982 to commemorate the anniversary of their phenomenally successful album Rumours. Filmed over three nights in an intimate setting at a sound stage in Los Angeles, the band performed songs that have since become among the best known in rock history, including "Don't Stop," "The Chain," "Go Your Own Way," and "Dreams" as well as new songs, including "Bleed to Love Her" and "Temporary One."
Even though he first did the acoustic solo of Big Love on the OOTC tour, it was that performance on The Dance that propelled Lindsey to legendary status.
They've been using The Dance for PBS pledge drives for twenty years, now. It has nothing to do with marketing the upcoming tour.
Rob Cavallo said that he / record company practically forced LB's hand. he was gonna go out with the solo album, and tried couple of times - first time they told him he should do FM reunion / the Dance instead since he's been inactive.
He had just toured in 1993. He hadn't been that inactive, especially by their standards.
He could have released it as a solo album in 1999 or 2000 and still wouldn't have been competing with Stevie. Something, maybe the situation at the label, maybe first time fatherhood, maybe a mix of different factors, kept him from going that route, and it really can't be blamed on Stevie or the band. He CHOSE not to release it as a solo album.
Yeah, but not like that. Before, Mick, Christine, and Lindsey all made cameos on each other's albums. When Mick's involvement was announced (prior to the announcement of Fleetwood Mac's breakup), it was clear that he was going to be an integral part of the project, not just making a few cameos. And then "Twisted" came out a month or so later.
lol it's just your interpretation that he chose so i'm not really sure why you are choosing to do all caps for it?
it was Rob Cavallo's words, not mine, about being inactive. it was from 1993 through 1997 i guess, which may have been a long time then, even though in snail current FM pace 4 years might not be long. but yeah, you can argue with Cavallo about that.
have you ever seen Lindsey's Behind the Music? that's where those quotes i'm talking about are from. also at the time, that BTM is all about his upcoming solo album. it ends with - "the solo album is coming!" he obviously tried to do it, and we have no idea how much of his choice it was to eventually roll it into FM after all. fatherhood had nothing to do it at that point, they show his 2 kids in that BTM. everyone else had kids and works, i really don't get why people keep bringing that up as some kind of impediment for the members of this band.
interestingly, the PBS thing doesn't show Big Love performance.
Because it ultimately was his choice.
have you ever seen Lindsey's Behind the Music? that's where those quotes i'm talking about are from. also at the time, that BTM is all about his upcoming solo album. it ends with - "the solo album is coming!" he obviously tried to do it, and we have no idea how much of his choice it was to eventually roll it into FM after all.
However, that decision wasn't up to the others. Mick, Stevie, and John had no say as to whether or not Lindsey released a solo album. They could only agree to have it become a Fleetwood Mac album.
fatherhood had nothing to do it at that point, they show his 2 kids in that BTM. everyone else had kids and works, i really don't get why people keep bringing that up as some kind of impediment for the members of this band.
Because Lindsey is always talking about profound things. He would be the most able to take a break from music to enjoy fatherhood. Mick and John have to work when they can, but Lindsey was in a place where he didn't have to. I dunno. He could and maybe should have just released it in 1999-2000. Then he could have started from scratch with Stevie and done the type of album he's been wanting to do since SYW.


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Laureato in giurisprudenza, giornalista e uomo di fiducia del leader del Partito Nazionale Contadino Iuliu Maniu, Coposu fu membro del Partito Nazionale Contadino (PNȚ - romeno: Partidul Național Țărănesc) fino alla sua interdizione da parte delle autorità comuniste nel 1947. Dopo la messa al bando del partito fu arrestato e detenuto per 17 anni, durante la fase stalinista del regime comunista in Romania.

Leader dell'opposizione della Romania postcomunista, dopo la rivoluzione romena del 1989 rifondò ufficialmente il PNȚ con il nome di Partito Nazionale Contadino Cristiano Democratico (PNȚCD) (romeno: Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat) e ne fu presidente tra il 1990 e il 1995. Nel 1991 fu promotore della coalizione politica Convenzione Democratica Romena (CDR) (romeno: Convenția Democrată Română) e ne fu il primo presidente, sostenendo la candidatura alla presidenza della repubblica di Emil Constantinescu nel 1992. Coposu fu eletto Senatore nel 1992, mantenendo l'incarico fino alla morte.

Famiglia e infanzia
Corneliu Coposu nacque il 20 maggio 1914 a Bobota. Il padre, Valentin Coposu, era prete della Chiesa greco-cattolica rumena a Bobota, membro del concistoro, arcidiacono e, dal 1929, decano del distretto di Șamșud, nonché dottore in teologia, specialista in lingua aramaica, amico e collaboratore di Iuliu Maniu. In qualità di parroco, durante la prima guerra mondiale, Valentin Coposu fu inviato dall'esercito austro-ungarico al fronte in Galizia (Europa centrale). Il primo dicembre 1918 fu delegato per Bobota all'assemblea di Alba Iulia, che sancì l'annessione della Transilvania alla Romania al termine della prima guerra mondiale. Valentin Coposu morì nel 1941, mentre era prete a Coșlariu, vicino Blaj, dove si era rifugiato dopo il Secondo arbitrato di Vienna del 1940, poiché considerato poco gradito da parte della comunità ungherese e reputato colpevole di aver parteggiato contro questa.

Il nonno paterno si chiamava Grigore Coposu, prete e amico di Gheorghe Pop de Băsești (presidente dal 1903 al 1919 del Partito Nazionale Rumeno della Transilvania). Per tale motivo durante le elezioni del 1906 subì le violenze delle autorità ungheresi. La madre era figlia del decano Iulian Anceanu, parroco e decano di Surduc, discendente da una famiglia nobile imparentata con l'ex primo ministro Alexandru Vaida-Voevod.

Il 15 settembre 1919, all'età di 5 anni, Corneliu Coposu fu iscritto alla scuola di confessione rumena unita di Bobota, che terminò il 28 marzo 1923. Frequentò il Liceo Sfântul Vasile cel Mare di Blaj e a 16 anni si iscrisse alla facoltà di Diritto e scienze di stato dell'Università di Cluj. Dopo la laurea, nel 1934, frequentò un corso di dottorato, conseguito dopo 3 anni. Nello stesso periodo divenne un campione di sollevamento pesi nel club sportivo universitario. Nel 1933 fondò la sezione locale di Cluj del Partito Nazionale Contadino (PNȚ) e, nel 1935, fu eletto presidente dell'Unione degli Studenti Democratici dell'Università di Cluj e della Gioventù Nazionale Contadina.

Gioventù
Una delle dimensioni fondamentali delle attività intellettuali e politiche di Coposu fu relativa all'attività giornalistica. Nei primi anni di professione (1935-1940) fu legato al quotidiano vicino al PNȚ di Cluj La Nuova Romania (rumeno: România Nouă), diretto da Zaharia Boilă. Dopo la cessione della zona della zona nord-ovest della Transilvania all'Ungheria di Miklós Horthy, Coposu si ritirò a Bucarest, rivestendo il ruolo di collaboratore del giornale dei rifugiati transilvani.

Nel 1937, nell'ambito del "processo Skoda" nel quale Romulus Boilă fu accusato di corruzione nella gestione di un contratto relativo ad una vendita di armamenti, Coposu fu accusato di essere in possesso di documenti riservati. Come da successive dichiarazioni di Coposu, questi provavano che il re Carlo II di Romania aveva esplicitamente richiesto che nel processo fosse coinvolto Iuliu Maniu, come conseguenza delle critiche di quest'ultimo sulla relazione clandestina fra il re ed Elena Lupescu. Coposu fu condannato a tre mesi ed un giorno di carcere. La pena fu scontata in condizioni speciali: biancheria personale, cibo da ristorante, cameriere privato e porta della cella non chiusa a chiave. Nello stesso periodo in carcere conobbe l'attivista Ana Pauker, detenuta per le sue attività illegati condotte per conto del Partito Comunista Rumeno.

Il 17 novembre 1937 venne riformato dall'esercito per ragioni mediche. Nel rapporto del 33º reggimento artiglieria, Coposu risultava obeso e con disturbi funzionali.

Inizio della carriera politica
Corneliu Coposu iniziò la sua carriera al fianco del leader del PNȚ e amico di famiglia Iuliu Maniu. Nel 1937 diventò il presidente della sezione del PNȚ del Distretto di Sălaj e poi venne eletto segretario generale aggiunto del PNȚ. Al fianco di Maniu, Coposu aveva imparato a condurre il partito in condizioni difficili, prima sotto la dittatura di Carlo II e poi sotto il regime reazionista di destra di Ion Antonescu. Assisté agli scontri e alle negoziazioni tra Maniu e il monarca, ai patti politici conclusi tra il PNȚ e i partiti di opposizione per limitare gli effetti della dittatura personale del re, al colpo di stato ai danni di Antonescu da parte di Michele I del 23 agosto 1944 e all'emergere del PCR.

Sotto il regime comunista
Dopo il 1945 Coposu entrò nel mirino degli attivisti comunisti, che contro di lui avevano condotto una battaglia propagandistica e contribuito alla sua persecuzione da parte delle autorità del regime. Il direttore di Scînteia, Silviu Brucan, ad esempio, aveva richiesto la sua condanna a morte di fronte al tribunale militare.

Il 14 luglio 1947 fu arrestato con l'intero gruppo dirigente del PNȚ, nell'ambito della cosiddetta "messa in scena di Tămădău" (una finta possibilità di fuga all'estero architettata dal PCR e finalizzata ad arrestare gli esponenti del PNȚ, tra i quali anche Ion Diaconescu e Iuliu Maniu). Fu tenuto in custodia cautelare fino al 1956 senza essere processato. In quell'anno venne celebrato un processo per alto tradimento della classe lavoratrice e per crimini contro le riforme sociali. Fu condannato ai lavori forzati a vita e messo in carcere in regime di isolamento fino al 1962. In 17 anni fu tradotto da un carcere ad un altro (al Ministero degli Interni, al carcere Malmaison di Calea Plevnei a Bucarest, al penitenziario di Pitești, al penitenziario Văcărești a Bucarest, al penitenziario di Craiova, al penitenziario di Jilava, al penitenziario di Bragadiru (Ilfov), al campo di lavoro di Ghencea a Bucarest, a Ocnele Mari, a Costanza, Aiud, Râmnicu Sărat e altri).

Fu liberato il 9 luglio 1962 dal carcere di Râmnicu Sărat, per poi essere trasferito per due anni con obbligo di domicilio nel comune di Rubla, nel Distretto di Brăila insieme a Ion Diaconescu, Ion Huiu e Virgil Solomon. Allo stesso modo, la moglie, Arlette Coposu, fu rinchiusa in diversi penitenziari, prima di morire di cancro il 27 dicembre 1965.

Nell'aprile 1964 venne rimesso in libertà, al termine di 17 anni di detenzione. Fu assunto come operaio non qualificato presso una fabbrica di parti meccaniche a Bucarest. Il leader comunista Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, che lo aveva conosciuto prima del regime, tuttavia, gli aveva proposto un incarico di avvocato nel Consiglio di Stato, invito neanche preso in considerazione da Coposu. Tra il 1964 e il 1989 fu quasi costantemente sorvegliato dalla polizia politica comunista, la Securitate. A tal riguardo il dossier riguardante la sua posizione era composto da 38 volumi e 17.000 pagine.

Negli anni novanta, nel quadro del dibattito sul numero delle vittime del regime tra il 1947 e il 1964, Coposu riferì di circa 282.000 arresti e 190.000 morti in carcere.

Periodo postcomunista

Già nel 1987, Coposu riuscì ad eludere la vigilanza della Securitate e ad informare i leader dei partiti democristiani occidentali dell'esistenza di un nucleo clandestino che si assumeva il ruolo di continuatore del PNȚ in Romania. In seguito alla rivoluzione del 1989, Coposu rifondò il partito, con autorizzazione del Tribunale di Bucarest dell'8 gennaio 1990, con il nuovo nome di Partito Nazionale Contadino Cristiano Democratico (PNȚCD), con l'aggettivo "cristiano" che rimarcava l'affiliazione all'Internazionale Democratica Cristiana. Coposu ne fu presidente dal 1990 al 1995.

Nella Romania postrevoluzionaria Coposu assunse un ruolo di primo piano nell'organizzazione delle proteste contro il potere egemonico del nuovo presidente della repubblica Ion Iliescu e del suo partito, il Fronte di Salvezza Nazionale, che furono collegate al fenomeno delle mineriade, autentiche incursioni armate da parte dei minatori finalizzate a reprimere le proteste.

Da leader dell'opposizione, il 26 novembre 1991 supportò la nascita della coalizione di centro-destra Convenzione Democratica Romena (CDR) (rumeno: Convenția Democrată Română), collettore politico che comprendeva i membri di 14 fra partiti e piattaforme civiche (il PNȚCD, il Partito Nazionale Liberale, il Partito Social Democratico Romeno, l'Unione Democratica Magiara di Romania, il Partito dell'Alleanza Civica, il Partito dell'Unità Democratica, l'Unione Democratica Cristiana, l'Associazione degli ex Detenuti Politici della Romania, Alleanza Civica, il Sindacato "Fratellanza", l'Unione Mondiale dei Rumeni Liberi, Solidarietà Universitaria, l'associazione "Romania Futura"). Primo presidente fu eletto Corneliu Coposu. Alle Elezioni presidenziali in Romania del 1992 il partito sostenne la candidatura di Emil Constantinescu che, però, fu sconfitto da Ion Iliescu.

Nel maggio 1995 Coposu fu nominato Ufficiale della Legion d'onore, titolo onorifico conferito dalla Repubblica Francese. Il 6 ottobre 1995 ebbe luogo presso la sede della Casa degli Uomini di Scienza di Bucarest la cerimonia di conferimento dell'onorificenza da parte dell'Ambasciata di Francia.

Morì nel novembre 1995. È sepolto al Cimitero di Bellu di Bucarest.

Eredità
Alla morte la guida del PNȚCD fu presa da Ion Diaconescu, mentre Emil Constantinescu fu eletto presidente della CDR.

Nel 1996 in Piața Revoluției a Bucarest fu posto un busto in memoria di Corneliu Coposu, realizzato dallo scultore Mihai Buculei. Si trovava simbolicamente di fronte al monumento a Iuliu Maniu.

Nel 2014 fu celebrato il centenario della nascita di Corneliu Coposu. La "Fondazione Corneliu Coposu" (coordinata dalle sorelle di lui, Flavia Bălescu e Rodica Coposu, e dagli studiosi Cristian Fulger e Ionuț Gherasim) organizzò nel corso dell'anno una serie di attività commemorative e di pubblicazioni di diversi volumi, tra questi:

  (volume che riunisce testi su Corneliu Coposu o dedicati a lui. Tra gli autori Cristian Fulger, T.C. Zarojanu, Michele I di Romania, Claudiu Marcus, Emil Constantinescu, Ana Blandiana, Doina Alexandru, Cardinalul Lucian, Vladimir Tismăneanu, Marin Pop, Dan Pavel, Doina Cornea, Matei Gheboianu, Bogdan Murgescu, Ioan Stanomir, H.R. Patapievici, Romulus Rusan, Paul Lăzărescu, Cicerone Ioanițoiu, Liviu Hagea, Nicolae Noica, Nicolae M. Constantinescu, Răsvan Dobrescu, Mircea Popa-Zlatna, Ion-Andrei Gherasim, Marilena Rotaru, Christian Mititelu, George Arion, Simina Mezincescu).

Opere
 Semnele timpului
 Mărturisiri: Corneliu Coposu în dialog cu Vartan Arachelian
 Confesiuni: Dialoguri cu Doina Alexandru
 Dialoguri cu Vartan Arachelian
 Armistițiul din 1944 și implicațiile lui
 Retrospective asupra istoriei contemporane
 Țara Sălajului
 Din cele trecute vremii
 Jurnal din vremuri de război
 Plânge Ardealul!...- Mărturii de epocă despre Dictatul de la Viena, Emil Boșca-Mălin, Corneliu Coposu, Constantin Hagea, Victor Papilian
 Calendarul Ardealului 1943, Constantin Hagea, Iustin Ilieși, Corneliu Coposu

Onorificenze

Note

Bibliografia

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Articoli biografici

Politici del Partito Nazionale Contadino
Politici del Partito Nazionale Contadino Cristiano Democratico
Politici della Convenzione Democratica Romena
Anticomunisti rumeni
Senatori della legislatura 1992-1996 della Romania
Ufficiali della Legion d'onore

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Josephine Effah-Chukwuma (born 29 September 1966) is a Nigerian development specialist and advocate against domestic violence who founded Sophia's Place, the first battered women's shelter in Nigeria  She is the founder and executive director of Project Alert established in January, 1999 which provides medical assistance to injured female victims through public fund sourcing and also provide legal services to victims.

Background and education
Effah-Chukwuma is an English and Literature graduate from the University of Calabar  with a master's degree in Development Studies with Specialization in women from the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, Netherlands. She was born into a family of 7 and married to Barr. Innocent Chukwuma.

Career
She worked for a newspaper called The Diplomat until 1992 when she went for her master's degree after which she joined The Constitutional Rights Project, an institution founded by Clement Nwankwo.

She has saved a lot of women through her NGO Project Alert. In May 2001, she launched a shelter project known as Sophia's place (the first battered women's shelter in Nigeria) – a temporary shelter for victims of domestic violence. For eight years, the shelter operated in a rented building.

In 2010, Project Alert was able to acquire its own building for its shelter project through funds raised at the Ngo's 10th Anniversary Shelter Fundraising event in 2009 and funds received from the African Women Foundation, AWDF, Accra Ghana.

She is a member of several organizations which include Lead Consultant at Justice for all (J4A) Programme 1.4 Voluntary Policing, President at Our Lady of Apostle Old Students Association, Founding Member at Association on Research in Civil Society in Africa, AROCSA and also an Ashoka fellow since 2002.

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Volume 50 (2009) Issue 4
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Optoelectronic Characteristics of UV Photodetector Based on ZnO Nanopillar Thin Films Prepared by Sol-Gel Method
K. J. Chen, F. Y. Hung, S. J. Chang, S. J. Young
K. J. Chen
Institute of Microelectronics & Department of Electrical Engineering, Center for Micro/Nano Science and Technology, National Cheng Kung University
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Institute of Nanotechnology and Microsystems Engineering, Center for Micro/Nano Science and Technology, National Cheng Kung University
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S. J. Young
Keywords: ZnO, thin film, nanopillar, iridium
DOI https://doi.org/10.2320/matertrans.MER2008371
Published: April 01, 2009 Received: October 10, 2008 Available on J-STAGE: March 25, 2009 Accepted: February 09, 2009 Advance online publication: - Revised: -
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ZnO thin films were prepared on a quartz substrate by sol-gel method and a UV photodetector was constructed on the ZnO thin films, with a circular spiral structure in contact with 30 nm IrO2 electrodes. The ZnO thin films were crystallized at various crystallized temperature (600∼700°C) for 1 hour in pure oxygen atmosphere, and were then analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to investigate the thin film crystallized structures. From photoluminescence (PL) and I-V measurement, the 650°C thin film not only possessed a better crystallization but also had nanopillar structures that revealed an excellent characteristic of UV photodetector.
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123 new Covid-19 cases and more deaths confirmed in Hull and East Riding
Covid-19 continues to claim lives in the region
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Entrance to Covid-19 ward 7 at Castle Hill Hospital
Coronavirus case numbers continue to fall in East Yorkshire but the virus continues to claim more victims.
After 14 deaths were confirmed between Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital over the weekend, two more were announced on Monday.
As a result, the death toll in Hull and the East Riding climbed to 389.
The two losses of life both occurred on Sunday but were reported as part of Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust's data on Monday.
The latest statistics released by the Government also show that 123 new cases were confirmed in the 24 hours up to 9am on Monday.
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Sixty six positive tests were conducted in Hull, taking the total number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began in the city to 10,895.
In the neighbouring East Riding, 57 new positive diagnoses were confirmed, taking the total to 10,295.
Hull's cumulative infection rate since the start of the pandemic is now 4,194 - meaning more than four per cent of the population have had Covid-19.
In the neighbouring authority area, that figure is at 3,017.5.
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Nationally, the Government said a further 189 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Monday, bringing the UK total to 61,434.
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Q: Broken timer or something else I have some program what must help me, but i cant handle timing.
Hire is a code:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
#include <time.h>
#include <Windows.h>

double diffclock(clock_t clock1) {
    clock_t clock2 = clock();
    double diffticks = clock1 - clock2;
    double diffms = diffticks / (CLOCKS_PER_SEC / 1000);

    return diffms;
}

int main()
{
    int wait = 134;
    clock_t fullbetween = clock();

    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
        Sleep(wait / 5);
        cout << wait / 5 << "  ";
    }
    cout << endl << "finish in " << diffclock(fullbetween) << " ms" << endl;
    return 0;
}

C++ version. same result:
#include <iostream>
#include <chrono>
#include <ctime>
#include <thread>
#include <Windows.h>

int main()
{
    int wait = 134;
    auto start = std::chrono::system_clock::now();

    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(wait/5));
    }
    auto end = std::chrono::system_clock::now();

    auto int_ms = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds> (end - start);

    std::cout << std::endl << "finish in " << int_ms.count() << " ms" << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

134 / 5 = 26 is ok. But in last "cout" it shows that all that iteration taked about ~170ms, not 130 as expected. Why this is happening ?
Sry about my engl.

A: The documentation for the Sleep function at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/win32/api/synchapi/nf-synchapi-sleep says

Suspends the execution of the current thread until the time-out interval elapses.
The system clock "ticks" at a constant rate. If dwMilliseconds is less than the resolution of the system clock, the thread may sleep for less than the specified length of time. If dwMilliseconds is greater than one tick but less than two, the wait can be anywhere between one and two ticks, and so on.

Ticks are typically 15.6 ms on Windows systems (64 ticks per second), so 26 becomes 31.2.
This is the time after which it is possible for the suspended thread to become active again, there is no guarantee that it will start executing immediately. So your five sleeps become 156ms plus a little overhead.
The documentation continues with mitigations for this behaviour, and warnings that the mitigations will affect system power usage and so on.

To increase the accuracy of the sleep interval, call the timeGetDevCaps function to determine the supported minimum timer resolution and the timeBeginPeriod function to set the timer resolution to its minimum.

A: In std::this_thread::sleep_for documentation (found here)

It is stated that the function blocks the execution of the current
thread for at least the specified sleep_duration.
It may block for
longer than sleep_duration due to scheduling or resource contention
delays.

So your code will take at least 135ms to execute.

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Веро́ника ме́лкая () — многолетнее травянистое растение, вид рода  семейства .

Распространение и экология
Кавказ: Большой Кавказ (от истоков реки Белой до Самура), Малый Кавказ (хребет Муровдаг); Азия: Турция (Арарат). Описан с Арарата.

Произрастает на мелкощебнистых и увлажнённых склонах альпийского пояса; на высоте 2700—3500 м над уровнем моря.

Ботаническое описание
Корневища тонкие и многочисленные. Стебли высотой 2—5 см, рассеянно опушенные или голые, почти нитевидные, сильно разветвлённые, распростёртые, укореняющиеся, с приподнимающимися короткими ветвями.

Листья длиной и шириной 5—8 мм, обратнояйцевидные, лопатчатые или округлые, цельнокрайные или с едва заметными несколькими тупыми зубчиками, на коротких черешках. Прицветные — уменьшенные, почти сидячие, эллиптические.

Кисти верхушечные, короткие, малоцветковые, иногда имеются в пазухах верхних листьев немногочисленные кисти, превышающие листья, рыхлые, малоцветковые, на коротких цветоносах. Прицветники продолговато-яйцевидные или эллиптические; цветоножки прямые или отклонённые, в 2—4 раза длиннее прицветников и чашечки, беловолосистые. Чашечка с четырьмя обратнояйцевидными или продолговатыми, с клиновидным основанием долями, на верхушке тупыми, по краю беловолосистыми; венчик голубой, вдвое длиннее чашечки, диаметром около 7 мм; отгиб венчика колесовидный, с тремя округлыми и одной округло-почковидной долями.

Коробочка сплюснутая, несколько длиннее чашечки, более менее округлая, длиной около 4 мм, по ширине превышает длину, опушённая или почти голая, выемчатая, двулопастная. Семена немногочисленные, плоские, почти округлые, мелкие, слабо морщинистые, с большим рубчиком.

Таксономия
Вид Вероника мелкая входит в род  семейства  порядка .

Ряд ботаников этот вид относит к синонимам .

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There did appear to be a problem with packaging as there was a short lived offer of a case for ££40.00 sans box. Naturally I bought a couple.
I wouldn't be surprised to learn of stashes in places like Hong Kong, which cerrtainly had VA when I was out there in 2011-13.
The thing that strikes me is the exceedingly old hops that are used in both the 1999 ('93) and 2016 ('09). Did John mention this at all?
Why would London Pride necessarily use the same hops as Vintage Ale? I'm not entirely sure how to read the brewing logs there, nor am I terribly familiar with Fuller's brewing techniques, so I'm probably just missing something. Thanks.
I've only seen parti-gyling on the homebrew level where the post-boil blending tends to be skipped since there's less concern about a consistent product and whatnot.
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