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Imported Mares Making A Mark In Australia
In The Congo's all-the-way win in Saturday's G3 San Domenico S. not only completed a notable 3-year-old stakes double for his sire Snitzel, but also further evidence of the value of bringing elite South African fillies and mares to Australia to breed with.
As his name would suggest, In The Congo is out of Via Africa (SAF) (Var {USA}), who was imported from South Africa by Nordic Racing and Breeding after the end of her stellar racing career, which saw her claim three Grade 1 level successes and be crowned as South Africa's Champion Sprinter in 2013/14.
Now residing at Newhaven Park, Via Africa has produced four foals. Her first colt, by Redoute's Choice, secured $320,000 to James Moore/Summit Racing Australia through the Newhaven Park draft at the 2019 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Now named Pleasant Endeavor, he is making good progress for trainer Ricky Yiu in Hong Kong, winning two of his six starts.
In The Congo, a $350,000 buy for China Horse Club and Newgate Bloodstock through the 2020 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, looks a future star for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, having won two of his four starts, including a very strong renewal of the San Domenico S., a race which from the past five winners has produced five future stallions.
A Vancouver filly followed, purchased by Ryan Bloodstock for $260,000 at this year's Easter Yearling Sale, while Via Africa recently produced a filly by Arrowfield Stud stallion The Autumn Sun.
Beautiful mare leaves beautiful foals
Newhaven Park's John Kelly describes Via Africa as a beautiful mare who is making a strong impression with every foal she leaves.
"She was very fast and they took her to England to race at Ascot and something went wrong and she didn't get to run there. She was a very elite sprinter in South Africa [trained by Duncan Howells]."
Fast Grade/Group 1-winning mares are a welcome addition to any broodmare band, and Via Africa had the added advantage of her genetic compatibility with such a wide range of Australian stallions.
"She's all South African blood, so it's a great outcross for the Aussie stallions. So far it's working," Kelly said.
"She's the most lovely mare and she has the best nature. She's one of the quietest mares on Newhaven. She never does anything wrong. She is very "laconic." said Kelly.
That good nature has transferred to her foals, including In The Congo, who Kelly rated very highly as a younger horse on the farm.
"In The Congo was a beautiful yearling. Obviously, he never went to the sales complex because that was the COVID year. No-one actually got to see how good he was," he said.
"He was the most magnificent yearling with that beautiful temperament. He never put a foot out of line for the whole prep. That's something she seems to have passed on and the Vancouver filly this year was the same."
Having foaled already, and produced an early season stakes winner, Via Africa is set for a quick return to the breeding barn, but it is not yet confirmed where she might go.
"We haven't really decided yet. We have to make that call in the next few days. She will either go to Snitzel or Capitalist," Kelly said.
In The Congo as a yearling
Across the Indian Ocean
Via Africa is part of a select group of South African broodmares in Australia, with Studbook data revealing only nine of them getting in foal last season. Of those nine, four are Grade 1 winners in their home country, while the other five have won at a minimum of Grade 3 level.
The expense and logistics of importing horses from South Africa has necessitated a very select approach from Australian breeders.
According to Racing Australia data, just 13 horses in the past decade have been imported to Australia from South Africa.
When you compare that to the over 750 horses that have gone the other way across the Indian Ocean in the same time period, it gives you a good sense of how rare it is for a South African broodmare to prosper in Australia.
Of those nine mares on Studbook active on Australian studs in 2020, one is a Group 1/Grade 1 producer, while Via Africa became the second of that group to produce a stakes winner thanks to In The Congo's success. A further three have produced stakes performers, while many of the rest are early in their breeding careers and are yet to have runners to the track.
The Group 1 producer is Alexandra Rose (SAF) (Ceasour {USA}), a Grade 2 winner and Grade 1-placed herself on the track. She is owned by Team Valor International and her Animal Kingdom (USA) filly Oleksandra won the G1 Jaipur S. at Belmont Park in the United States in 2020. She has also produced four other winners, including the stakes-placed Hostwin Galaxy (Redoute's Choice).
Grade 1-winning 2-year-old Asylum Seeker (SAF) (Count Dubois {GB}), has developed into a handy producer for Tara Farm, with two stakes, placegetters in Scarlet Dream (Sebring) and Runaway Girl (Sebring), as well as four other winners. Scarlet Dream, runner-up in a G1 Australian Oaks, secured $750,000 as a broodmare this year.
Chocolicious (SAF) (Kahal {GB}), another Grade 1-winning juvenile in her home country, is currently a resident at Esker Lodge and she too has produced a stakes performer in Notation (Fastnet Rock).
Sweet Sanette (SAF) (Jallad {USA}), a Grade 3 winner and placed in a G1 King's Stand S. on the track when trained out of Hong Kong by Tony Millard, has produced five winners, including Group 3-placed Sweet Rockette (Fastnet Rock) and the promising Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained filly Royal Dress (I Am Invincible).
A joint effort
Arrowfield Stud has been a supporter of bringing South African mares to Australia, notably through a joint venture with Klawervlei Stud Farm. That agreement brought multiple Grade 1 winners and South African Horse of the Year National Colour (SAF) (National Assembly {Can}) to Arrowfield, from where she produced two Grade 1 winners in Rafeef (Redoute's Choice) and Mustaqeem (Redoute's Choice).
National Colour, who has produced five winners in total, died in November 2018. The joint venture has since brought Carry On Alice (SAF) (Captain Al {SAF}), the five-time Grade 1 winner and Champion South African sprinter, to Arrowfield, where she has been bred to Snitzel on three consecutive years. Her first foal, a colt, was purchased by Mick Price Racing for $700,000 through this year's Inglis Easter Yearling Sale.
The late National Colour
Arrowfield's enthusiasm for South African-bred horses saw it secure two fillies through last year's Cape Premier Yearling Sale. Named Red Boulevard (SAF) (Visionaire {USA}) and All That Jazz (Trippi {USA}), they are in Paul Messara's stable.
The other notable enthusiast for South African bloodlines has been Sean Buckley. Grade 1 winner Dane Julia (SAF) (Ceasour {USA}) is part of his broodmare band at Barree Stud, as is Grade 2 winner Winterinthewoods (SAF) (Western Winter {USA}).
Another Barree Stud mare, Miss Ethics (SAF), who won at Grade 3 level in her homeland, and is the dam of this year's G3 Bow Mistress S. winner Ethical Solution (Shamus Award), was not served in 2020.
The notable thing that stands out when looking at the stallions which most of these South African mares visited in 2020 is that they are being bred to the best.
Sweet Sanette and Love To Boogie (SAF) (Trippi {USA}) both went to Justify (USA), Alexandra Rose and Carry On Alice to Snitzel, Chocolicious to Deep Field while Grade 2 winner Flying Ice (SAF) (Go Deputy {USA}) went to Blue Point (Ire).
Sweet Rockette as a yearling
Royal Dress as a yearling
On the other side of the pedigree page, Australian breeders will have access to a South African-bred Group 1-winning stallion in 2021, in, Yulong Prince (SAF). The son of Gimmethegreenlight makes his debut at Yulong Stud in Victoria at $9900 (inc GST).
-Bren O' Brien / tdnausnz.com.au

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On Easter morning, Marach 31, 1929, at the 11:00 a.m. service, The Right Reverend Clinton S. Quin, D.D., Bishop of Texas, assisted by the rector, The Reverend Edmund H. Gibson, dedicated the chime of bells and the windows in the tower of Trinity Church. These memorials to the glory of God and in loving memory of John Sealy (1870-1926) were given by his sister, Mrs. R. Waverly Smith (Jennie Sealy) (1868-1938).
John Sealy "was a born leader of men, but always charitable and kindly towards all with whom he came in contact and richly deserved the love and respect universally accorded him, not only by reason of his outstanding achievements but on account of his constant and unflagging devotion to the city of his birth (Galveston), which was exemplified throughout his life and in his death." "By his will his entire estate was left ultimately to charity through The Sealy and Smith Foundation for the John Sealy Hospital.
The chime consists of ten bronze bells which were cast in Troy, New York, by the Meneely Bell Company. The series is described as follows: "3,000-pound pattern, E flat; 2,000-pound pattern, F; 1,550-pound pattern, G; 1,200-pound pattern, A flat; 550-pound pattern, C; 450-pound pattern, D flat; 400-pound pattern, D; 375-pound pattern, E flat; and 325-pound pattern, F. The large bell is in the key of F, with the other nine scaled so as to make possible the rendition of music in either of two keys. The chime is operated from a small keyboard placed near the organ console.
The bells are rung prior to the principal Sunday service and on the other days of the week at noon and five p.m. The bells are also rung on special days: John Sealy's birthday on September 15, Christmas, New Year's Day, Washington's birthday, St. Patrick's Day, Fourth of July, Navy Day, and Armistice Day.
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Amazing moonset video taken from space!
Bad AstronomyBy Phil PlaitJan 31, 2012 11:32 PM
Thanks to astronaut Ron Garan on Google+, I was alerted to some amazing footage of the Moon setting as seen by astronauts on board the International Space Station. I uploaded it to YouTube and added some comments to show you something really cool...
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[Set it to high-def and make it full screen!] Astonishing, isn't it? As the Moon sets, you're seeing it through thicker and thicker air. The air acts like a lens, bending the light upward. The part of the Moon nearer the Earth's limb gets bent up more, so the Moon looks like it's getting flattened. Watch it again; the top of the Moon doesn't appear to be affected much. It looks more like the bottom slows down and the top pushes into it. You can read about this effect in more detail in an earlier blog post
Weirdly, as I watched the video, it looked very much like the whole Moon was shrinking as it set, as if it were receding rapidly. When I saw that I knew intuitively that couldn't be real; the ISS is only moving a few thousand kilometers over the time this whole video was taken (about ten minutes), not nearly enough to see that big a change in the size of the Moon. It's 400,000 kilometers away, after all! So I measured the size of the Moon on the screen, and incredibly the width doesn't change. Do you see it appear to shrink too? It's an illusion! Funny how our brain interprets such things. As if seeing a gigantic rock moving through the sky while perched on board a football-field sized satellite moving at 30,000 km/hr isn't weird enough!
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Scientists successfully fertilize northern white rhino eggs
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There are only two northern white rhinos left on earth, a pair of females. The subspecies is extinct in the wild. Photo by Ol Pejeta Conservancy
Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Researchers have successfully fertilized several northern white rhino eggs with the sperm of the last two bulls, Suni and Saut, both now deceased.
The artificial insemination, using a technique called Intra Cytoplasm Sperm Injection, or ICSI, is the last hope for the northern white rhino subspecies. Only two females remain, Najin and Fatu.
Though the insemination was a success, it was only the first step in the artificial breeding process. Now, researchers must hope the fertilized eggs yield viable embryos. If so, the embryos will be frozen and eventually implanted in the wombs of southern white rhino surrogate mothers.
"We were surprised by the high rate of maturation achieved as we do not get such high rate -- comparable to what we get with horse oocytes -- with southern white rhino females in European zoos," Cesare Galli, a researcher at Avantea in Cremona, Italy, said in a news release. "The semen of Saut was very difficult to work with and to find three live sperms needed for the eggs of Najin we had to thaw two batches of semen."
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The breeding program is being led by scientists in Germany at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research.
Though neither Najin nor Fatu can get pregnant, they were able to provide researchers with healthy eggs. Last week, researchers announced the recovery of several eggs from the two rhinos.
"Both the technique and the equipment had to be developed entirely from scratch," Thomas Hildebrandt, professor at Leibniz-IZW, said in a news release. "We were able to harvest a total of 10 oocytes -- five from Najin and five from Fatu -- showing that both females can still provide eggs and thus help to save these magnificent creatures."
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Even if the entire project is a success and southern white rhinos carry a northern white rhino fetus to full term, it's not clear whether the babies will possess enough genetic diversity to rebuild the population.
"This whole methodology is in its infancy," Susie Ellis, the executive director of the International Rhino Foundation, a non-profit conservation group, told National Geographic. "It's a long way from developing a cluster of cells that's an embryo to having a rhino on the ground -- and then subsequently having a herd of rhinos on the ground."
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Peter Schmersal (* 5. November 1952 in Wuppertal) ist ein deutscher Maler, der in seiner Geburtsstadt sowie in Berlin lebt und arbeitet. Sein Werk ist von einer stilistischen Vielfalt geprägt, die zwischen detailreicher malerischer Ausführung und reduktiven Momenten changiert.

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Schmersal studierte von 1971 bis 1975 Grafikdesign in Wuppertal und war danach als Grafikdesigner tätig. Ab 1978 beschäftigte er sich mit der Malerei. Von 1980 bis 1982 war Schmersal Gaststudent bei Raimer Jochims an der Frankfurter Städelschule. Anschließend verbrachte er eineinhalb Jahre in Paris und dann an wechselnden Wohnorten in Deutschland.

Mitte der 1980er Jahre sind vornehmlich Stillleben, Landschafts- und Architekturdarstellungen entstanden. Den Motiven aus dieser Zeit haftet bereits eine gewisse Beiläufigkeit an, sie erscheinen in flüchtigen Momentaufnahmen, die durch eine fragmenthafte Ausführung gekennzeichnet sind. Die Stillleben zeigen klassische Sujets: Blumen, Früchte, tote Tiere und Alltagsgegenstände wie Flaschen, Servietten, Schemel oder Tische. Die Motivwahl orientiert sich, wie in der Folgezeit immer wieder, auch an historischen Vorbildern, zum Beispiel an Claude Monets Getreideschober, um in Variationen zu eruieren, inwieweit ein Motiv malerisch ausgereizt ist (vgl. Heuhaufen, 1986, und Heuballen, 1989). Es geht Schmersal folglich um ein Ausloten an technischen wie visuellen Möglichkeiten in der Malerei, die durch seine zeitgenössische Handschrift erweitert wird: "Warum gegenständliche Malerei? Kein bildnerisches Konzept, keine Gestaltung im Sinne von arrangieren oder abstimmen; keine theoretische oder optische Idee. Der Gegenstand ist Konzentrationspunkt", so der Künstler. "Was für Gegenstände? Theoretisch sind alle Gegenstände gleichberechtigt, es gibt keine Werte. Entscheidend ist der Gegenstand als Textur, als stoffliche Erscheinung in einem bestimmten Zusammenhang oder Verhältnis."

Zu Beginn der 1990er Jahre folgen neben Stadtlandschaften vor allem Auseinandersetzungen mit dem Porträt, das ebenfalls häufig fragmentiert, nicht nur frontal, oft auch in einer ungewöhnlichen Auf- bzw. Untersicht (vgl. Andreas Bär, 1996, und Caroline Rudorff, 1999) umgesetzt ist, bis hin zu einer physiognomischen Detaildarstellung, zum Beispiel der Mund- und Augenpartien (vgl. die beiden kleinformatigen Werke Mund / Auge / Jerry Mitchell, 1996). Auch bei den zahlreichen Selbstporträts interessiert Schmersal keine homogene Bildgestalt, sondern eine Annäherung an die zahlreichen Möglichkeiten der Selbstwahrnehmung. Er scheint hier malerisch umzusetzen, was Johann Caspar Lavater bereits in seinen Physiognomischen Fragmenten (1775–1778) als "zergliedernden" zweiten Blick bezeichnet hat. Vor allem bei seinen Porträts wechselt Schmersal häufig die Bildformate, die besonders in den Rundungen des Ovals die Konturen des Gesichts akzentuieren – eine Variante, die an historische Erscheinungsformen von Bildnissen, die Form des Medaillons erinnern.

Seit Beginn des Millenniums könnte die Auswahl der Motive bei Schmersal kaum heterogener sein, vereinzelte Fixpunkte inmitten einer Vielzahl anderer Bilder, deren Umsetzung auch möglich gewesen wäre. Mit der Heraushebung als Malerei wirken sie ganz spezifisch: Das Medium verändert den Blick. Durch die sehr abgewogene Zusammenhanglosigkeit einzelner Motive (vgl. Seil, Karton, 2010, und Tüte, Seil, 2012) stellt Schmersal die unterschiedlichsten Arten von Autorenschaft, Stil, Genre und Verwertungskontext nebeneinander. So werden Farben ähnlich wie in der Pop Art kontrastreich gegenübergesetzt, zum Teil sogar in Graffiti-Manier gesprüht (vgl. Amor der Honigdieb und ich, 2011), dann kunsthistorische Vorlagen von Baldung Grien über Velàzquez bis Gustav Courbet in die Malerei der Gegenwart transformiert (vgl. Der behexte Stallknecht, 2009, und Gräfin Károly, 2005) oder, ganz allgemein, stehen Detailreichtum malerischer Reduktion, monochrome Farbflächen grob ausgeführten Schraffuren gegenüber. Motivisch gibt es weiterhin keine selbstauferlegten spezifischen Vorgaben, doch dominieren weiterhin Figur, Stillleben und Landschaft (vgl. Baumstumpf, Unterholz, 2011). Architektonische Elemente spielen im Bildrepertoire der vergangenen Jahre dagegen keine größere Rolle mehr.

Peter Schmersal weist in seiner künstlerischen Auseinandersetzung darauf hin, dass Malerei durch die Wechselwirkung zwischen Farbmaterie und Bildträger eine Bedeutung erhält. Er ist der Ansicht, "dass das Bildthema in seiner inhaltlichen Wirkung unmittelbar von seiner materiellen Textur abhängt. Das ist ein Aspekt, den ich im allgemeinen Malerei-Diskurs zu wenig berücksichtigt finde." Schmersal interessiert die bildnerisch-intuitive Intelligenz im Verhältnis zu deren Spiegelung im kollektiven Fundus. Hier liegt für ihn der Urtopos der Verwandlung begründet, gemäß der Äußerung von Henri Matisse, nach der die Bedeutung eines Künstler von den Zeichen abhängt, mit denen er die Kunst erweitert, um sie in diesem Bewusstsein wirksamer werden zu lassen.

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Einzelausstellungen
 2000: Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal; Dipinti. Opere recenti, Galerie Karsten Greve, Mailand; Porträt, Landschaft, Stillleben, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin
 2001: Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Karsten Greve, Köln
 2002: Galerie Horst Schuler, Düsseldorf; Peintures récentes, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris; Museum Baden, Solingen
 2003: Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Karsten Greve, St. Moritz
 2004: Malerei, Galerie Karsten Greve, Köln; Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf; Flowers Gallery, London
 2005: Galerie Horst Schuler, Düsseldorf
 2006: Recent Paintings, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris; Mensch, Kunstverein Lippe, Lippische Gesellschaft für Kunst e. V., Detmold; Galerie Karsten Greve, Köln
 2007: Painting, Galerie Karsten Greve, St. Moritz
 2007: Painting, Galerie Karsten Greve, St. Moritz
 2010: Galerie Horst Schuler, Düsseldorf
 2011: Malerei, Städtische Museen, Kunstsammlung Jena
 2012: Malerei, Galerie der Stadt Remscheid
 2013: Franz Paludetto, Castello di Rivera, Turin
 2015: Flowers Gallery, London; Kunstmuseum Solingen (mit Holger Bär)

Gruppenausstellungen
 1995: Das Abenteuer der Malerei, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
 1996: Pittura, Franz Paludetto, Castello di Rivera, Turin
 1997: Arbeiten auf Papier. Kunst der Gegenwart deutscher Künstler, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas
 2000: Von Angesicht zu Angesicht. Mimik – Gebärden – Emotionen, Städtisches Museum Leverkusen Schloß Morsbroich
 2002: Acht Positionen zur Zeichnung, Museum Baden, Solingen
 2004: Small Is Beautiful XXII, Flowers Gallery, London
 2006: Neue Malerei. Erwerbungen 2002–2005, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
 2007: Acchrochage, Galerie Karsten Greve, Köln
 2008: Acchrochage, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris; Small Is Beautiful XXVI, Flowers Gallery, London
 2010: Still Life, Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York
 2011: Ich – Künstlerporträts, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal
 2014: Small Is Beautiful XXIX, Flowers Gallery, London
 2015: Die Beiläufigkeit der Dinge, Overbeck Gesellschaft. Lübeck

Kataloge
 Peter Schmersal – Malerei, hrsg. von Oliver Zybok, Ausst.-Kat. Galerie der Stadt Remscheid, Ostfildern 2013
 Peter Schmersal – Malerei, hrsg. von Erik Stephan, Ausst.-Kat. Kunstsammlung Jena, Gera 2011
 Neue Malerei. Erwerbungen 2002–2005, Ausst.-Kat. Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, 2006
 Von Angesicht zu Angesicht. Mimik – Gebärden – Emotionen, hrsg. von Oliver Zybok, Ausst.-Kat. Städtisches Museum Leverkusen Schloß Morsbroich, Leipzig 2000
 Peter Schmersal, Ausst.-Kat. Galerie Karsten Greve, Köln, 1999
 Arbeiten auf Papier. Kunst der Gegenwart deutscher Künstler, hrsg. von Eva-Maria Schoofs-Kentner & Oliver Zybok, Ausst.-Kat. Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas, Wuppertal 1997
 Das Abenteuer der Malerei, hrsg. von Martin Hentschel & Raimund Stecker, Ausst.-Kat. Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf,
 Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, 1995
 Peter Schmersal. Malerei, Peinture, Paintings, Ausst.-Kat. Galerie Karsten Greve, Köln, 1990

Ehrungen und Auszeichnungen
 1993: von der Heydt-Kulturpreis (Förderpreis)

Weblinks
 Homepage von Peter Schmersal

 Bilder von Schmersal bei der Galerie Flowers East London

Einzelnachweise

Maler (Wuppertal)
Träger des von der Heydt-Kulturpreises
Deutscher
Geboren 1952
Mann

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I know that If we use PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager, it reduces the time for spending connection establishment (such as ssl handshake , tcp enter code herehandshake etc) because it reuses the connections.
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Lisa Mayer (Gießen, 2 de mayo de 1996) es una deportista alemana que compite en atletismo, especialista en las carreras de relevos.

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German composer and violinist Johann Pfeiffer (1697 - 1761) was born in Nuremberg and made a career as concertmaster in various orchestras throughout southern Germany. Much of his life was spent in Bayreuth, working for the court of Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Bayreuth, teaching her
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German composer and violinist Johann Pfeiffer (1697 - 1761) was born in Nuremberg and made a career as concertmaster in various orchestras throughout southern Germany. Much of his life was spent in Bayreuth, working for the court of Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Bayreuth, teaching her composition and violin. During his lifetime, he composed a variety of orchestra and chamber music, including this Concerto in B-flat Major in three movements: Allegro ma non troppo, Andante, and Allegretto. In this edition, Victor Van Puijenbroeck has created a piano reduction of the orchestral score and also has adapted the lute part to be played on guitar. Included are parts for both lute(the part has been adapted from lute tablature to modern notation) and guitar (capotasto).


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How to make a solar system with an old spaceship
Oct 20, 2021 brooklyn projects, solar system project by	admin
How to build a solar-powered interstellar spacecraft in a space shuttle hangar.
The article was written by Mattias Pertter and originally published on November 24, 2017.
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How to Build a 3D Printed Studio in 10 Minutes
Sep 17, 2021 1776 project, beginner woodworking projects, brooklyn projects, magnolia projects, project based learning by	admin
How to build a 3d printed studio in 10 minutes.
It's a technique that has been around since the 1960s, but it's never been easy.
Today, you can design your own 3D printer from scratch, but the process is still an undertaking that requires a lot of time and patience.
With a new program called 3D Maker, you may be able to get a little help with that process.
3D Designer, a project based learning platform, will allow you to print a project for a friend or a coworker.
The program is available for Mac and Windows, but is currently available only on MacOS.
A list of the programs available to download is available at the bottom of this article.
As you might imagine, you'll need to have a good understanding of 3D printing.
This is particularly important for 3D Modeling, where you'll want to be able not only to model things in 3D, but to design things for them.
If you've never used 3D Builder before, here's a brief overview: 3d builder allows you to use the built in tools for your 3D modeler, and print your 3d models in your preferred file format, such as Maya, Cg, or 3DS Max.
In this case, it's a simple, free program that comes with a lot more features than the others.
You can download a free copy of 3d designer here, and then follow the instructions to set up your printer.
After you're finished building, you will have a 3.3×3.3mm printer.
To actually print something, you need a 3x3mm print head, a 3mm filament, and a 3rd party 3D modeling software such as Ultimaker, 3DMAX, or MakerBot.
Here's what you'll do.
First, you should be able go into 3D designer and download the print head.
There are a few different sizes of 3mm print heads, so the size you choose will depend on your printer, but in general, you want one that will fit inside a standard 3mm printer, and one that can print with a 3-axis printer.
If you don't have a printer, a few of the smaller sizes are available for you to download here: MakerBot 3.7mm MakerBot 3.7-3.8mm MakerBot 3-3mm MakerSpin Ultimaker Mosaic I chose the MakerSpins, because they were the only ones that fit my 3D Printer, but you can download some others here: MakerSpinner The software you'll use to design your 3-D model will be a free tool called 3ds Max.
You can find a list of all the 3D models available for download here.
You will need a free 3d printer, or you can make one yourself.
If you have a 2-axis 3D machine, you're probably going to need to purchase a printer with a 1-axis design feature.
Make sure you check the price on the website before you purchase, but a free 2-D printer can be had for less than $200.
To print, open 3ds max, and select the option "3D printing with 3ds MAX".
In the window that pops up, select your printer (the 3-ds printer is the default, but if you want to customize your design, you could use the software 3ds-maker for that) and click "print".
You should be prompted to choose a file format.
3D printer settings Once you have your printer ready, you just need to click "build" on your new 3d model.
Once it's built, the software will download the model files for your printer and print them out.
A 3d print head is one of the most common things you'll print.
It's not too difficult to use, and it takes about 5 minutes to print and assemble a 3ds print head with your printer as a guide.
The only downside to 3d printing is that it requires a little bit of practice.
Because of the design features, 3d Designer will require you to create and test your designs.
Assembling a 3DS print head will take a few minutes and is best done while you are still sitting at home.
Before you can begin, you have to choose an option for your file type.
For most 3ds printers, you don'st need a file type unless you want something a bit more advanced, and you don"t want to pay a lot for something that is going to be hard to use.
We"ll be using the 3ds printer option, but for a
Bloomberg Puts China in the Spotlight
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How The Phoenix Project Is Bringing Real Estate to Brooklyn
Jul 26, 2021 brooklyn projects, project zorgo, the phoenix project by	admin
Brooklyn Projects is a startup based in Brooklyn, New York that uses blockchain technology to make real estate transactions easier.
It uses smart contracts, an open source software protocol, to process transactions.
The project launched on April 14, 2018, and its primary goal is to make property ownership simpler, more efficient, and more accessible.
The Brooklyn Projects team hopes to make it easier for developers and buyers to move between different neighborhoods and communities.
The team has created a crowdsourcing platform to encourage the adoption of its software.
The platform has been created with the aim of facilitating property ownership, and developers will be able to register for a "token" and pay a fee to access it.
The token will be used to fund the team's development of the platform, as well as to help with its funding, according to Brooklyn Projects.
The Brooklyn Projects developers also announced that it has raised $25,000 in seed funding to create the Brooklyn Projects Platform for Real Estate, a project that aims to improve the way that people buy and sell real estate in Brooklyn.
The platform is intended to help developers and the public better understand the real estate market and the properties they own, Brooklyn Projects co-founder Adam Pascual said in a statement.
The startup is aiming to create an ecosystem that will allow developers to use smart contracts to facilitate the purchase and sale of real estate.
"It will enable developers to build on this platform and make it accessible to everyone, regardless of their skills or expertise," he added.
Pascual and his co-founders are in the midst of creating the platform with help from Brooklyn Projects' founders, Adam and Jonathan Miller, and the company's investors, Andreessen Horowitz, Fidelity Investments, and Sequoia Capital.
The group has set up an initial coin offering (ICO) that is slated to close on September 20.
It has raised more than $150,000 from investors, including The Carlyle Group, Andreas Fink, and The Carlylean Group.
Brooklyn Projects is using blockchain technology for its platform, which uses an open-source software protocol called ERC20.
This is the same protocol used by Ethereum, an Ethereum-based blockchain platform.
"Blockchain has been around for years, and we're excited to bring it to our community and to our customers," Brooklyn Projects CEO Jonathan Miller said in an email.
"Ethereum has been adopted by many developers to make things easier for people, but we believe we can take it to a whole new level of ease.
ERC19 is a popular protocol, but not everyone understands it.
We want to make sure we're communicating with developers, making sure they understand the protocol, and making sure that the information is understandable."
In an interview with Bloomberg, Pascually said Brooklyn Projects wants to be the first real estate platform that offers a real-time and real-value market for real estate transaction.
"The platform has the potential to bring value to the city and to the community, but the real value is the value that comes from owning property," he said.
The idea for the Brooklyn Project was born out of an incident in which a Brooklyn Heights resident was unable to sell her house because it was under water.
The developer of the Brooklyn Heights property wanted to sell it, but because the house was underwater, the owner had to sell the property.
The buyer then decided to build a home on top of the house.
The developer was able to sell his house, and then the buyer sold the house, according.
The developers are hoping to use this as a model to create other properties that can be sold underwater, Pescual said.
The project has been in the works for over a year.
Pescual added that the team hopes that its platform will help improve the real-estate marketplace, particularly for low-income neighborhoods.
Brookville Projects is working to help ease the process of selling a home by allowing sellers to register their real-life addresses and purchase the property for the buyer's benefit.
This could include moving the property to a different location, changing the address to a more appropriate address, or renting a different address to move it to.
The company will also make it possible for buyers to receive payment for the real property they have bought, as long as they are registered in the correct district.
The process of buying and selling real estate will be similar to what would be possible with other types of transactions.
For example, if a buyer wants to move their house, they could register their address and register their purchase for the seller.
The real estate business is booming, and Brooklyn Projects hopes to help accelerate that boom, according a Brooklyn Projects spokesperson.
Brookland Projects, which will also use the Brooklyn Platform for the Real Estate Marketplace, will also help improve neighborhoods and businesses by using smart contracts.
The company is using ERC-20 to create its platform.
What does a new Brooklyn project mean for tech firms?
Jun 17, 2021 brooklyn projects, cricut maker projects, flat stanley project by	admin
It is an understatement to say that there is a lot of buzz about Brooklyn Tech.
For those who aren't aware, the Brooklyn Tech Project (BTP) is a partnership between three tech firms that are trying to build a new community around Brooklyn.
They are Flat Stanley, a design studio in New York City, the New York Tech Hub, and Brooklyn Tech Partners.
Each project has a unique vision for how to reimagine the city in terms of its tech economy.
For instance, Flat Stans project aims to bring back a vibrant culture of design and entrepreneurship in the heart of the city.
And New York's Tech Hub is trying to transform Brooklyn into a global hub for technology.
These startups are trying a lot to do what they believe to be a more inclusive tech economy in the city, and for many Brooklynites, it is a dream come true.
What do these startups plan to build?
There is no clear timeline yet for how the three firms plan to expand their respective businesses and create new jobs.
The projects are not necessarily aimed at startups, though, but rather to create new industries, which are currently mostly limited to the tech sector.
In other words, it could be that the new ventures are more interested in finding creative solutions to problems in the community that would otherwise be left to the private sector.
It is also unclear how the new Brooklyn tech hubs will work.
The Brooklyn Tech Projects has a limited budget, and it is unclear if the firms are willing to invest in hiring additional staff to handle the workload.
The companies also have to decide whether or not to build an office.
This is where things get a little confusing.
According to the Brooklyn Housing Authority, Brooklyn Tech partners and Flat Stanes office are both required to be at least 25 percent leased.
If you live in Brooklyn, the process of finding an apartment for a Brooklyn Tech partner could be very, very difficult.
There are several ways to find an apartment in Brooklyn that are not directly connected to the projects, including the city of New York and the Brooklyn Nets basketball team.
The companies have also had to find other locations to put their offices, so they could use a nearby public park or other public space in Brooklyn.
So far, the companies have not yet decided on an exact location for their offices.
So what do the projects look like?
Each of the three companies are working on various projects in Brooklyn including:The Flat Stakes, a new neighborhood designed by Flat Stane Architects.
It is located in the historic Central Park neighborhood.
The New York Hub, a $300 million tech hub in the Flatlands neighborhood.
It was recently completed and is located near the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
The Brooklyn Tech Partnership, a project that has been building for several years.
It's located in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, which is close to the Bay Bridge and is also close to Brooklyn Tech's office.
The Flat Tech Projects is working on a new building in the Brooklyn Borough of Manhattan, which would house a coworking space, a hotel, and retail.
The project is not yet complete, but it is set to open later this year.
Brooklyn Tech Partners is developing a new office space in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
It has offices in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Delaware.
The NYC Tech Hub and Brooklyn City Council have teamed up to create a new, large public park in Brooklyn called Brooklyn Park, located at 34th Street and Lexington Avenue.
It will be the first large park in New Yorks history.
The City of New Haven has been working to redevelop and open new businesses and buildings on vacant land in the East Village, Brooklyn.
They have partnered with the Flat Stanozys, Flatland and Flatstanes to build four businesses in the space.
The Brooklyn Nets, a team of five former NBA stars who now play for the Brooklyn Dodgers, have partnered up with Flat Stannys, BrooklynTech Partners and Brooklyn Hub to redevelop the historic Flat Street district on the Lower East Side.


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The Story of DISNEYLAND
The Story of DISNEYLAND: What's In A Name?
With his dreams having outgrown the small parcel across the street from The Disney Studios and Disneylandia proving to be unfeasible, Walt Disney began seriously talking about building a theme park. His brother, who had to find the money for Walt's various dreams was very skeptical about this park. Amusement parks of the time were dingy, seedy and had bad reputations. Of course, Walt's park wouldn't be any of those things, but Roy was unwilling to risk the company on this venture. Undeterred, Walt setup his own company and began making plans for DISNEYLAND.
This caused problems with outside shareholders of Walt Disney Productions. As Walt began seeking his own financing, they were alarmed and urged Roy Disney to rein his brother in. After all, Walt Disney Productions owned all rights to the Disney name, didn't it? The answer surprised even Roy.
The first name used for the company was "The Disney Brothers Studio". Marketers at RKO, which distributed Disney's films, eventually convinced the brothers that the movies would be easier to sell to theaters if there was one personality associated with them. As the creative genius behind the films, it was Walt's name that went on the films.
As Roy discovered, however, no legal documents had been drawn up granting Walt Disney Productions the rights to Walt's name. There was nothing the company could do to stop Walt from using his name to build a theme park; as a matter of fact, he could order the company to stop using his name. This could cause problems for the company in the future if Walt and Roy had a falling out and Walt chose to exercise his rights. Roy had to fix this problem and settle the trademark issue once and for all.
Roy grudgingly agreed to help finance DISNEYLAND if Walt came to an agreement with the company about the continued use of his name. Overjoyed that his brother was finally onboard, Walt signed the trademark agreement and DISNEYLAND, Inc was formed as the legal entity that would own and operate DISNEYLAND Park.
To manage his name and business interests, Walt Disney setup his own company with a name that is near and dear to this website- Retlaw Enterprises. Retlaw would own the DISNEYLAND Railroad, the DISNEYLAND Fire Station and the DISNEYLAND Monorail.
With the trademark issue resolved and Roy onboard with the idea of his brother's Magic Kingdom, the road to DISNEYLAND was clear. Or at least, clearer than before.
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0 Microsoft CEO and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith on Sunday issued a violent blog article, attacking the US government "hoarding" network weapons, for such extortion software to provide a convenient attack. "The loopholes in the hands of the government have leaked to the public domain and caused widespread damage," he said, "and this has happened many times, and if it is analogous to conventional weapons, it is like the US military part of the Tomahawk missiles." The Wanna Cry Serbian virus incident affecting the world has been around for a few days, and the virus has caused hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide to be used by hospitals, businesses and government departments.
Microsoft China was investigated on cross-border tax evasion
2 Reuters quoted a report by Xinhua News Agency said, Microsoft has paid a sum of $ 140 million in taxes to the Chinese authorities. This is also the Chinese authorities on the implementation of the first cross-border tax evasion cases play a major blow.
China Xinhua News Agency published an article on Sunday, said a US multinationals must pay 840 million yuan in taxes and interest to the Chinese government, but we still have to pay more than 100 million yuan in taxes each year. This article, referring to the company's name, only the letter "M" in lieu of that, and said that it is a global Fortune 500 company, and in 1995 in Beijing to establish a wholly owned subsidiary. Microsoft is the only one consistent with this description of the company.
Microsoft announced the completion of $ 2.5 billion acquisition of Minecraft
2 November 9 news, Microsoft's Xbox business leader Phil Spencer on Twitter on Saturday announced that it has completed a $ 2.5 billion acquisition of "Minecraft" developer Mojang deal.
Spencer said: "The transaction was formally completed today, we welcome Microsoft Studios Mojang came to our family.." Minecraft "excited about the possibility of communities."
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Q: How do you unit test methods with hard/impossible inputs to hardcode? I have the following problem. I have a method which takes two other custom objects to work. This objects are required by the method because they have the information that the method requires to perform its operations. Normally, you could mock the objects and just hardcode the API of this objects.
The problem here is that the methods that this objects return is hard/impossible to replicate by hardcoding because it includes images and arrays with several parameters. This complicated data is used by the other object to perform some calculations, and this method is suposed to format the output and make some graphical analysis with the output data.
I have checked Should each unit test be able to be run independently of other tests? on how to do this, looking for a way of testing this method which doesn't include to construct the two objects needed inside the test but I have found nothing that solves this problem.
My question is: Should I just use my objects constructors to test this method or there's another cleaner way to test this method?
Pd: I'm working in python, but I hope to find a language-independent solution

A: SRP

The problem here is that the methods that this objects return is hard/impossible to replicate by hardcoding because it includes images and arrays with several parameters. This complicated data is used by the other object to perform some calculations, and this method is suposed to format the output and make some graphical analysis with the output data.

This sounds like a lot of work/responsibility for something that you call a "unit". For example, it makes no sense for both image processing and graph outputting to be tested as a single unit. Those are two completely independent behaviors.
I support RobertHarvey and Kain's suggestion of breaking this down in smaller chunks. It's going to dramatically improve your testability and reduce the complexity of your inputs and outputs.
Unit testing with large input data
Let's assume you've broken down your logic, and you're trying to unit test the image processing logic. For the sake of example, let's say the logic counts how many pixels of each color there are in the image.
This is an appropriate unit test, but the image is still a non-trivial data set to construct out of nowhere. So how do you define this test data?

The problem here is that the methods that this objects return is hard/impossible to replicate by hardcoding because it includes images and arrays with several parameters.

Unit tests don't limit you to having to hardcode inputs in the test method itself. What is important is that the values of the input data are considered a fixed given, i.e. the test presumes a specific input. For simple data, that's trivially done by hardcoding it, but that's not feasible for larger data sets.

looking for a way of testing this method which doesn't include to construct the two objects needed inside the test

The simple solution here is to include an actual image in your test project, and simply read that image's file content. If I know that myImage.jpg contains 110 black pixels and 890 white pixels, I can write a unit test that asserts these values are the output of the image processing logic.
Just like how you decide an arbitrary value when hardcoding something, you can use an arbitrarily decided image file.
It doesn't have to be a literal image file. It could also be a hardcoded string that you keep in a separate file, e.g. a TestImages class with static string properties containing the base64 file content.
I would try to work with image files where possible, simply because it's easier for a test writer to understand which image they're using in their test. The minor performance hit from reading the file is negligible since unit tests aren't written to be performant to begin with.
Note: The same answer/principle applies to any unwieldy large data sets, not just images. Simply define them elsewhere and refer to them in your unit test. For example, in a unit test for an import script that had to process a massive XML file, we simply had a collection of XML files with particular representative data cases which we used.

A: "Should I just use my objects constructors to test this method or there's another cleaner way to test this method?"
Yes to both.
Yes. It sounds like you have a complex case and simply using your existing objects to test the third is pragmatic. You can argue about whether its a unit or integration test later.
Yes. The cleaner way would be to mock the parameter objects with some classes which have the same interface but are populated by some static data.
In order to achieve this second cleaner method I would suggest

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*Make sure you are passing interfaces rather than concrete objects

*Make a serialiser for your objects that can write them or the results of any method calls to a file.

*Make a simple object with no logic which matches the same interface

*Populate it from a file created by the serialiser of a real object.

Obviously this is more work. But its good work. If you find that you can't do it due to some complexity of your objects then it suggests that there may be a problem with your overall design.
Mostly when people object to these "best practice" style answers it's not because it's impossible, it's because it questions their design decisions. Sometimes its because they have an exceptional case. But if you have an exceptional case there's no way for us to know unless you post all your code and the answer will be specific to your case.


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Krirk University  () is a university in Bang Khen District, Bangkok, Thailand. Founded as the Languages and Professions School in 1952, it was named for its founder, Dr. Krirk Mangkhlaphrik (เกริก มังคละพฤกษ์). It was upgraded to institute of higher education in 1970 as Institute of Social Technology (Krirk) and upgraded to university status in 1995. The university today is organized into tree faculties and Politician communication and International College.

Faculties
There are three faculties and two college.

 Faculty of Business Administration,
 Faculty of Liberal Arts,
 Faculty of Law.

There are two colleges

 International Colleges,
 Political communication College.

Academic programs
Krirk University offer for bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctorate degrees in Thai. University also offers international programs in which Chinese is the language of instruction by native speakers and offers bachelor's degree, master's degree, and doctorate degree

Notable alumni
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 Mario Maurer actor and model
 Chintara Sukapatana actress

External links
 English website
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1951 establishments in Thailand
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SAINT PAUL – Today, the Minnesota Department of Commerce, under the direction of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC), released the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for Enbridge's proposed Line 3 pipeline project that was submitted to the PUC.
By order of the PUC, the FEIS was prepared by the Minnesota Commerce Department, with assistance from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
The State of Minnesota's environmental review process and ultimately the FEIS are intended to inform the PUC's subsequent permitting and approval processes and describe mitigation measures that may be available.
The purpose of the FEIS is to inform the public and decision-makers of the proposed actions, assess potential environmental consequences, identify potential mitigation measures and reasonable and feasible alternatives, and to address the no-action alternative.
The FEIS is available on the Minnesota Commerce Department's Line 3 webpage. Copies are also available for viewing at public libraries listed on the webpage.
The release of the final document follows a public comment period that began when the draft version of the environmental impact statement was issued on May 15. The comment period ended on July 10 and included 22 public meetings in the proposed pipeline project area.
Nearly 2,900 comments, either written or transcribed at the public meetings, were received on the draft document. All comments are included in the final report, along with responses to substantive comments on the draft indicating changes that have been made to the FEIS.
Minnesotans will have the opportunity to provide comments to the PUC on the adequacy of the FEIS.
After its agenda meeting on August 22, the PUC is expected to issue a formal notice about the timeline and procedures for the public to submit comments on the adequacy of the FEIS. The notice will be posted on the PUC website.
After this public comment period, an administrative law judge (ALJ) from the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings will prepare a report to help the PUC make its determination about whether the FEIS is adequate.
Was prepared in compliance with the procedures of the Minnesota Environmental Policy Act and applicable state rules.
In addition to the public comment period on the adequacy of the FEIS, there will be a separate series of public hearings and an evidentiary hearing this fall on Enbridge's certificate of need and route permit applications for the proposed project.
These hearings will be presided over by an ALJ from the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings. At the public hearings, Minnesotans will be able to submit comments, present evidence and ask questions about the proposed project. A formal notice of these hearings, including dates and locations, will be posted on the PUC website.
After these hearings, the ALJ will submit a report to the PUC with findings of facts, conclusions of law and recommendations about issuing a certificate of need and a route permit for the proposed project.
To issue the certificate of need, the PUC will determine if the project is in the state's best interest. If the PUC grants the certificate of need, it will then determine the most appropriate route for the project.
Based on its current schedule, the PUC is expected to decide on Enbridge's certificate of need and route permit applications in the spring of 2018.
Enbridge is also required to secure other permits from federal and state entities, as well as approvals from various tribal and local entities for activities, related to constructing and operating the project.
Enbridge is proposing to construct a new oil pipeline in Minnesota that would follow the existing Line 3 pipeline from the North Dakota border near Hallock to an Enbridge terminal in Clearbrook. From Clearbrook eastward, the proposed pipeline would follow a new right-of-way, south of the existing Line 3, ending at an existing terminal in Superior, Wisconsin. Enbridge has proposed that the existing Line 3 would be decommissioned and left in place after the new pipeline is installed and operational.


FORMER ANC MP Samuel Nxumalo was honoured by the community for his selfless service to the country and his leadership.
The 86-year-old Nxumalo busted Shangaan tradition in 2010 when he handed over chieftainship to his son Busa while he was still alive. He is also credited with helping to educate many local children.
The deputy chairman of the Limpopo House of Traditional Leaders, Eric Mdabula, was one of the speakers who heaped praises on Nxumalo.
"You taught us all a good lesson when you realised that you were getting old, and instead of clinging to your chieftainship position you handed it over to someone young who will be of service to the community," saidMdabula.
Other speakers included the executive mayor of the Vhembe district municipality Tshitereke Matibe, Strike Manganyi, a motivational speaker from Munghana Lonene FM, local doctor Isaiah Ndhambi and Limpopo MEC for local government and housing Joe Maswanganyi.
The Mashobye and Magona communities under the Gidjana tribal authority, led by his son Busa, honoured Nxumalo as part of H eritage Day.
Advocate Andrew Chauke was one of the people who testified on Nxumalo's role in educating the young in his community. He told the gathering that he would not have been where he is today had it not been for Nxumalo.
"My father did not want us to go to school but the chief came to my home and forced us to go to school against our parents' will and we are now all educated in my family," said Chauke.
Nxumalo was also showered with gifts by the community, which included money and furniture.
Nxumalo said he would use the money to start a bursary trust to assist kids who did well in maths and science in their Grade 12 examinations.
"I have some funds which I have put aside for that initiative and other funds will come from donations," he said.
Nxumalo is also a former school principal, who later became a homeland leader. He was the chief minister of Gazankulu homeland before he joined the ANC.
The chief also participated in the Codesa negotiations, which ushered in a new political order in South Africa.
The new chief has vowed to follow in his father's footsteps and is now the chairman of the Vhembe House of Traditional Leaders.


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We love the internet & pop culture. Our free time is spend playing Settlers of Catan, checking Reddit, updating our blogs, Googling Wikipedia articles and watching everything on Netflix. And our shows this weekend will showcase these 'skills'.
Featuring the most tech savvy, hilarious and pop culture filled improv games in Nashville. 'Crowdsourced' is back! Bringing to life Texts From Last Night, Yahoo! Answers, Wikipedia, and more! If you don't want to shout out a suggestion, make sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook- we'll be creating scenes and games from your tweets and posts. For once, bringing out your phone in the middle of a performance isn't rude, it means that you're part of the show!
Our Iron Songwriter in residence Boo Detch will be performing at this Friday's 8pm show & we never want to make things easy for her so we have challenged her to write in 45 minutes a song based on your favorite celebrity's twitter account & their crazy tweets.
And The Pop Culture Show! Featuring games inspired by art in the world as we know it. Movies, music, TV, authors and more. We're nerds. We admit it. And it will be entertaining.
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Kiddies of Craft
City of Craft makers' market launches its first spring event with a spotlight on young vendors.
By Kelli Korducki
City of Craft bunting banner by Rosalyn Faustino. Photo by Celine Kim.
City of Craft Spring
Trinity St. Paul's United Church (427 Bloor Street West)
Saturday April 21, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
$1 (Kids 12 & under: FREE)
Lliam Booth draws things. "Planes, vans, dinosaurs [and] monsters" are among his favourite subject matter. Each drawing takes him, he estimates, "about a minute" to complete. He embarked on his artistic enterprise "when I was four."
Lliam is five now.
The young artist and his three-year-old sister Piper are among eight vendors under the age of 14 being featured in this weekend's City of Craft makers' fair, the first springtime edition of the popular (and usually Christmastime-exclusive) handmade market. Lliam's drawings (which are made into buttons) are among several different items up for grabs.
City of Craft co-founder Becky Johnson says the idea to incorporate kids into the mix was inspired by the Crafty Wonderland fair in Portland, Oregon. She also knew a number of kids from within the craft community who would fit into the event nicely. But working them into the holiday show never seemed to work.
"For me, part of the appeal of producing a spring show in general was being able to fiddle with the craft fair format more than I'd like to for the holiday show," Johnson explains. "The idea to have youth vendors has been in my mind for a while, but doing it at the holiday show never felt right." Johnson cites the December event's production demands and two-day schedule as reasons for holding off on young vendor participation.
Liam and his buttons. Photo by Arounna Khounnoraj.
Sisters Azzurra and Sonika Woodfine, aged 9 and 8, respectively, sell an assortment of handmade goods through their Golden Moon Treasures handmade enterprise. The pair work in different mediums; Azzurra crochets hats from yarn her mother, Krystyn, has spun, while Sonika makes block-print bookplates.
The girls are looking forward to the upcoming craft sales—Azzura admits that the prospect of making some cash is "something I've really wanted"—but, like true makers, they're most enthused by the creation process itself. "Making the stuff is really fun," says Azzura.
"I just want to do everything I can to give them positive experiences in hand-making and business," says Johnson. "After all, a good chunk of kids today are going to end up in jobs that have never existed before. Supporting their ingenuity and self-reliance feels like a really good investment."
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/* restituisce la matrice di adiacenza a partire dall'array di celle del modello passato come
parametro, tale matrice andrà poi passata come parametro alla funzione di partizionamento dello spazio esterno
che gli aggiungerà le righe mancanti
Per la presentazione di domani passiamo a larFacets direttamente la Md pronta*/
lar.Model.prototype.getMdFromCells = function (numVerts, cells) {
	/*var vertices = model.vertices;
	var cells = model.cells;*/
	var matrix = lar.utils.zeros(cells.length, /*vertices.length*/ numVerts);

	for (var i = 0, l = matrix.length; i<l; i++){
		for (var j = 0; j<cells[i].length; j++){
			matrix[i][cells[i][j]]=1;

		}
	}
	return matrix;
}

/*operazione inversa */
lar.Model.prototype.getCellsFromMd = function (Md) {
	var new_cells = []; // Rappresentazione "LAR by Spini-Marino" delle celle, 0 = Punto1, 1 = Punto2, 2 = Punto3...

	for (var n = 0; n < Md.length; n++) {

		var b_cell = Md[n];
		var new_cell = [];

		for (var p = 0; p < b_cell.length; p++) {

			var point = b_cell[p];

			if(point === 1)
				new_cell.push(p);
		}

		new_cells.push(new_cell);
	}
	return new_cells;
}

function larFacets_simple(model, dim, bool) {	// LA COPPIA SETUP-LARFACETS è STATA RIASSUNTA TUTTA QUì
	/* In questa versione stiamo assumendo che le celle del modello di input siano proprio la matrice Md,
	quindi contangano sia le celle del modello che le celle esterne al modello */

	var V = model[0];		/* Ho preso i dati in questo modo, perchè il cells contenente anche le celle esterne non è
							 un modello valido, per cui non si può fare model.cells e model.vertices */

	if(!bool)
		var Md = model[1];	// Versione con input = Md
	else
		var Md = lar.Model.prototype.getMdFromCells(V.length, model[1]);;	// Versione con input = celle

	var Md_trans = numeric.transpose(Md);	// Uso la libreria numeric.js

	//var A = numeric.dot(Md, Md_trans);		// Uso la libreria numeric.js
	var A = matrix_util_accel.dense_product(Md, Md_trans);

	var app = [];		// Variabile d'appoggio per prendere le coppie di righe d'interesse su cui poi fare l'AND bit a bit
	for(var i = 0; i < A[0].length; i++) {
		for(var j = 0; j < A.length; j++) {
			if(A[i][j] >= dim && i < j)		// Il famoso GE, ossia greather equal della dimensione di input
				app.push([i,j]);
		}
	}

	var new_cells_binary = [];		/* Le nuove celle sono rappresentate in forma binaria,
	con uno zero se il punto non è presente, un uno altrimenti */

	for(var k = 0; k < app.length; k++) {

		var num1 = app[k][0];		// Numero della prima riga della coppia k-esima
		var num2 = app[k][1];		// Numero della seconda riga coppia k-esima

		var row1 = Md[num1];		// Prima riga della coppia k-esima
		var row2 = Md[num2];		// Seconda riga coppia k-esima

		var cell = [];

		for(var l = 0; l < row1.length; l++){		// AND bit a bit
			if(row1[l] !== row2[l])
				cell.push(0);
			else
		 		if(row1[l] === 0)
		 			cell.push(0);
		 		else
		 			cell.push(1);
		}
		new_cells_binary.push(cell);
	}

	var new_cells = lar.Model.prototype.getCellsFromMd(new_cells_binary);

	return (new lar.Model(V, new_cells));
}

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Microbiological Effectiveness of Mineral Pot Filters in Cambodia.
: Mineral pot filters (MPFs) are household water treatment (HWT) devices that are manufactured and distributed by the private sector, with millions of users in Southeast Asia. Their effectiveness in reducing waterborne microbes has not been previously investigated. We purchased three types of MPFs available on the Cambodian market for systematic evaluation of bacteria, virus, and protozoan surrogate microbial reduction in laboratory challenge experiments following WHO recommended performance testing protocols. Results over the total 1500 L testing period per filter indicate that the devices tested were highly effective in reducing Esherichia coli (99.99%+), moderately effective in reducing bacteriophage MS2 (99%+), and somewhat effective against Bacillus atrophaeus, a spore-forming bacterium we used as a surrogate for protozoa (88%+). Treatment mechanisms for all filters included porous ceramic and activated carbon filtration. Our results suggest that these commercially available filters may be at least as effective against waterborne pathogens as other, locally available treatment options such as ceramic pot filters or boiling. More research is needed on the role these devices may play as interim solutions to the problem of unsafe drinking water in Cambodia and globally.


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Daily News Wrap-Up: KPI Global Bags Order to Build a 12.5 MW Captive Solar Project
We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service propose a 465 MW Solar Project in Wisconsin
Srinwanti Das
Other, Renewable Energy
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world:
KPI Global has announced that it has bagged an order for executing a solar project from Anupam Rasayan India. Slated to be developed for a 12.50 MW capacity, the project has been received under the captive power producer category, the company said in a BSE filing. The company has received the letter of intent for the project.
We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service have proposed to purchase the Koshkonong Solar Energy Center, a planned 465 MW solar and battery storage project in south-central Wisconsin. If approved, the project would be the largest renewable energy project in the state. This is the third large-scale solar and battery project announced in 2021 by We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service, the largest utilities in WEC Energy Group. The Koshkonong Solar Energy Center would feature 300 MW of solar generation and 165 MW of battery storage, which can store solar-generated power and provide customers with round-the-clock power. The project is planned to be built in Dane County, Wisconsin. The total investment is expected to be $649 million.
The Federal Constitutional Court, in an order, said that the German government needs to more clearly define the reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions for the period after 2030. Upholding the Federal Climate Change Act, 2019, the bench noted that the current outlines of the nation's climate targets lack sufficient specifications. German policymakers have been asked to set out the measures they will use to achieve the climate targets.
Slovenia's Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy will co-finance small-scale solar units. They have issued a financial support decision for the call for proposals to co-finance the construction of new small-scale solar facilities. The total amount available under the call for proposals is €10 million (~$12.02 million), with the Cohesion Fund contribution standing at €5 million (~$6.01 million).
German auto giant Volkswagen has presented a roadmap for climate-neutral mobility. The company aims to cut CO2 emissions in Europe by an average of some 17 tonnes per vehicle by 2030, 40% less than in 2018. The motor vehicle manufacturer has pledged to invest €14 billion (~$16.83 billion) in decarbonization by 2025. The firm has also declared that electricity for its plants in Europe and North and South America will be switched to renewables by 2030. The company said it would source 170 GWh of solar power annually.
Srinwanti is a copy editor at Mercom India, where she writes and edits news stories across the clean energy spectrum. Prior to Mercom, she has worked in book publishing at Macmillan Publishing House and Integra and honed her editorial and writing skills in both online and print media such as Reuters, Times Group Books, The Times of India, and Pune Mirror, covering local to international stories. More articles from Srinwanti Das.
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