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1995 F50 "Supercar" Offered by RM Monterey
The Ferrari F50 was intended as an early celebration of the marque's 50th anniversary. What bowed under the bright lights of the 1996 Geneva Motor Show was the culmination of everything the automaker had learned over its five decades of existence. The F50's 512-horsepower V-12 stretched the limits of natural aspiration as it screamed toward its 8,000 rpm redline. The car's carbon-fiber tub kept the weight in check. The F50 split the difference between raw Ferraris of the past and the high-tech future.
The F50 could trace its styling roots to the Pininfarina-penned Ferrari Mythos concept presented at the 1989 Tokyo show. That car rode on a modified Testarossa platform, as it was largely a styling exercise. An icon of its era, due in part to being featured in one of the first PC video games, the Mythos was not just a virtual icon. The Sultan of Brunei is known to have commissioned at least two examples, one in red and the other in a decidedly period turquoise.
To create the production F50, Ferrari and Pininfarina turned to wind tunnels. The Mythos' basic shape remained intact, albeit with a curvier design with projector lights housed under headlight covers, deep air intakes in the front hood, a small passenger compartment, and a massive rear wing that likened it to the F40 that preceded it. Enormous center-locking 18-inch magnesium alloy wheels supplied by Speedline took the Campagnolo look from the 1980s into a new decade.
The shapely body was created from carbon fiber and was wrapped over a tub created from the same material. Solid mounts held the race-derived 4.7-liter V-12 into the car. The V-12 itself was closely related to the engine that powered Alain Prost's Ferrari 641 Formula 1 race car to five checkered flags during the 1990 racing season.
The 65-degree V-12 was placed just ahead of the rear axle. A carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer intake supplied air, while fuel was held in an aircraft-grade Sekur fuel-tank bag to keep weight to an absolute minimum. A longitudinal six-speed manual transmission shuttled power rearward to a limited-slip differential. Cooling came via an oil-water intercooler sandwiched between the transmission's lubrication system and the engine.
Underneath, the F50 utilized rose-jointed unequal-length wishbones front and rear. Bilstein was tasked with creating electronically adaptive dampers to make what was essentially a Formula 1 car with windshield wipers and a passenger seat. Unassisted power steering ensured that the F50 would live up to its predecessors. After all, the F50 was never designed to scrub mileage as it dashed across the continent. Gigantic Brembo brakes ensured that the F50 would come to a halt quickly after reaching its 202 mph top speed.
Ferrari made no effort to soften the F50 inside, either. Its dashboard was nearly unadorned, consisting of a carbon-fiber panel punctuated by three climate vents. Exposed carbon fiber was visible throughout, which, along with the manual window winders, served to remind occupants that the F50 was an exercise in weight reduction. Unladen, the car tipped the scales at just over 3,000 pounds, a remarkable feat given the power underhood, its relatively long 101.6-inch wheelbase, and the fact that the car's structure was stiffened considerably because Ferrari chose to include a removable targa roof over the passenger compartment. Put to the test, the F50 was four seconds faster around the course at Fiorino than the F40 that preceded it. Even Ferrari's then-president, Luca di Montezemolo, gushed with praise. He told Motor Trend in a 1995 review that the F50 would be "the first and last Formula 1 car with two seats."
The car hit the American market with an unusual lease program designed to prevent speculators profiting shortly after the F50s landed stateside. Of the 349 examples claimed to have been built, just 55 were earmarked for the American market, including the car offered here. Finished in popular Rossa Corsa, this example was the 16th built for U.S. delivery and was sold new by Miller Motorcars to John Hirsch of Greenwich, Connecticut. After being acquired by the principal of Ferrari of Atlanta in 2000, the car was treated to an especially rigorous service regimen. Servicing took place at both Ferrari showrooms in Atlanta and Fort Lauderdale to ensure it remained in top running condition, and it is one of just a handful of F50s known to have had the advanced fuel-tank bags replaced.
The current owner took one of the nicest original F50s at the time of its sale in 2017 and made perfection his mission. Therefore, in preparation for Ferrari Classiche certification and the 2018 Cavallino Classic, a Ferrari marque consultant who specializes in preservation was hired to oversee that every detail was handled with the utmost care. Over $300,000 was spent over a period of eight months and was not limited to a complete mechanical servicing of the engine, transmission, brakes, and air-conditioning, but also included refurbishing or replacing anything that showed the slightest bit of age with OEM parts or materials while ensuring its proper function. Work included replacing the Tubi exhausts (which are included) with the correct Ferrari OEM exhausts, mufflers, and catalytic converter. Additional parts include a new OEM Lexan, front wheels with new tires, and importing F50 cloth from Italy for the dash and rear section behind the seats. Lastly, the undercarriage was completely gone through and detailed. All invoices are included showing the methodical care the car underwent to achieve this level of condition and preservation.
The owner's mission was accomplished, as this well-known example was awarded the Coppa di Platino in its first outing at the Cavallino Classic in January 2018 and was Ferrari Classiche–certified in June 2018. The car remains in immaculate condition as both a concours winner and as an extremely well-preserved original example. The original carbon-fiber pattern remains visible beneath the Rosso paint as one would expect from an original and correct F50. Additionally, the car retains its original accessories, including the removable targa top with its original road case, as well as a complete three-piece luggage set. Furthermore, the F50 includes two sets of keys, owner's manuals, Ferrari flashlight, tire inflator, car cover, and a complete set of tools, including the wheel wrench with bag and a case of spare lightbulbs and belts.
More than 20 years after it arrived, the F50 remains an absolute high point in Ferrari's history. As both a rare U.S.-delivery car and a superlatively cared-for example, this F50 will find itself among the best of its kind for its next loving caretaker.
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Vancouver, British Columbia – December 4, 2018 – PPX Mining Corp. (the "Company" or "PPX") is pleased to announce that it has received the results of an independent Pre-Feasibility Study ("PFS") for an integrated underground mine and gold-silver recovery plant at the Company's Igor Project in Northern Peru. The PFS was prepared by Mine Development Associates ("MDA") of Reno, Nevada in accordance with the requirements of Canadian National Instrument 43-101 "Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects" (NI 43-101). Unless otherwise noted, the results below are expressed in US dollars, Canadian dollars are converted at an exchange ratio of 1.33.
Pre-tax Internal Rate of Return ("IRR") of 64% at $1250/oz gold and $16.50/oz silver, 59% post-tax; 76% pre-tax IRR with $1350/oz gold and $17.82/oz silver prices, 71% IRR post-tax.
Average Life of Mine ("LOM") cash operating costs of $601/oz gold equivalent ("AuEq") recovered and all-in sustaining costs ("AISC") of $813/oz gold equivalent LOM.
Pre-tax Net Present Value at a 5% discount rate ("NPV-5") of $37.7 million (Cdn$50.1 million) at $1250/oz gold and $16.50/oz silver, $30.1million post-tax; $46.1 million pre-tax NPV-5 (Cdn$61.3 million) with $1350/oz gold and $17.82/oz silver prices, $35.7 million post-tax.
The Callanquitas underground mine is fully permitted and has been operating for over 18 months in a test mining and bulk sampling mode. The heap leach processing facility has nearly completed the permitting process, needing only the final Permit to Initiate Operations ("F2") to begin operations. This permit is expected in December, 2018.
With the completion of the PFS, the Company is prepared to advance the Igor project into production as outlined in the PFS. PPX looks forward to completing our transition from developer to producer and becoming Peru's newest gold and silver producer.
Operating costs are subdivided into direct cash operating costs and All-In Sustaining Costs ("AISC") which include capital, reclamation, and payments to RIVI Capital for the stream financing. The PFS projects direct cash operating costs of $601/AuEq ounce and AISC of $813/AuEq ounce which would place the project near the lower quartile globally in terms of operating costs (based on World Gold Council GoldHub Q3 2018 Production Costs AISC Chart).
MDA developed the update mineral resource estimate for the Igor Project that has been utilized in the PFS in accordance with the requirements of Canadian National Instrument 43-101 "Standards for the Disclosure of Mineral Projects". The resource estimate is restricted to the Callanquitas gold and silver deposit within the Igor Project. Data from a total of 93 diamond core drill holes totaling 23,264 metres in length and 1,126 underground channel samples were used to prepare the resource estimate. The estimation methodology included establishing separate domains for higher and lower grade portions of the Callanquitas deposit, utilizing geologic criteria including structure to constrain resources. Individual model blocks are 0.5m x 2.0m x 2.5m in order to mimic the proposed and current mining method. The Inverse-Distance Cubed ("ID3") method was used to estimate sample data into the block model. As-built surveys of underground workings were used to eliminate resource blocks that have already been mined as of October, 2018. A gold equivalent ("AuEq") cutoff grade of 2.0 gpt AuEq was used to define the reported Mineral Resources. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability. There is no certainty that all or any part of the mineral resource will be converted into mineral reserves. The results of the mineral resource estimate are summarized below.
PPX Mining Corp. (TSX.V: PPX.V, SSE: PPX, BVL: PPX) is a Canadian-based exploration and development company with assets in northern Peru. Igor, the Company's 100%-owned flagship gold and silver project, is located in the prolific Northern Peru gold belt in eastern La Libertad Department. PPX is developing the Callanquitas Mine and heap leach facility to exploit high grade, underground-minable gold and silver ore. Based on the Company's Prefeasibility Study, PPX expects the Callanquitas mine to produce up to 26,000 AuEq ounces per year over a seven-year mine life at cash cost of less than US$610/AuEq ounce. Simultaneously, PPX is accelerating its exploration program at Igor in order to fully evaluate the resource potential of the entire Igor project area. The Callanquitas structure is open along strike and at depth, parallel structures are unexplored. New discoveries at Portachuelos, coupled with the Domo and Tesoros exploration targets, emphasize that the Igor Project is evolving into a district-scale project with multiple deposits and mineralized zones.


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December 7, 2017 / Features / Galleries & Museums
The Pool Man's Joy
BY DAVID NOH
David Hockney's "A Bigger Splash," 1967
; Acrylic on canvas. | © DAVID HOCKNEY/ ©TATE, LONDON 2017 (PURCHASED, 1981)
The one emotion that you come away with from the David Hockney retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — and, indeed, that you experience all through your viewing of it — is joy. He is living proof that great art needn't be dark, tortured, or full of angst.
Hockney comes instead from blessedly more accessible schools of art, like those of Boucher, Fragonard, and Toulouse-Lautrec, where, largely, pleasure and its depiction represent the project at hand — in his case, in images of Southern California, portraits of friends, and even his earliest work, in which he staked out a personality and unique style that have remained remarkably consistent for the last 60 years. It's a marvelous, truly inspiriting show, especially when you consider that the artist is now 80 and still paints every day, better than ever, his mastery over his trademark, vivid Fauvist palette and uniquely skewed perspective displaying a now magisterial confidence and ageless brio.
For me, the most striking discovery of this show, comprising some 60 paintings, as well as drawings and photocollages, curated by Ian Alteveer, are those early works, from the 1960s, which came well before, but look like nothing so much as the vividly urgent, graffiti-strewn canvases of the East Village scene in the 1980s. Although cleaner and somewhat more Brit-decorous, they particularly remind one of Jean-Michel Basquiat, who surely must have had a hard look at these quite brilliant mixed media, sometimes collaged assemblages, replete with commercial product imagery of Colgate toothpaste, Alka Seltzer, and Typhoo tea, as well as highly personal, scrawled graffiti. But, where Basquiat's on-canvas scribblings dealt with race and oblique self-empowerment, Hockney's wording shows him to be nothing short of an absolute pioneering gay activist, sneaking subversive messages of queerness onto his canvases, like little gay affirmations ("Come on, David, admit it." "Ring me anytime at home").
Artist David Hockney gets a dazzling retrospective at the Met
Hockney's very first important artistic statement was this youthfully energized proclamation of his homosexuality in the early 1960s, a time when that was a punishable offense in the eyes of the law. Existing in a sexually free utopia (where he's probably always lived, at least in his own fertile mind), there's a bracing and beautifully forthright innocence — as well as sly knowingness — to these bold little fillips in boldly rendered paintings like "Cha Cha Cha," which celebrates that life-enhancing staple of gay life, dancing in a club, or "We Two Boys Together Clinging," which was inspired by a Walt Whitman poem, as well as the headline of a news story about a hiking accident, "Two Boys Cling to Cliff All Night."
The mystery, if any, in Hockney is how on earth did this working class boy from the northern boondocks of Britain grow up with such total self-acceptance and bravado and go on to mature with such a seemingly neurosis-free constitution. Born in the seaside town of Bradford in 1937, the fourth of five children, Hockney's father instilled in him a pride of self, to never be ashamed of his Yorkshire roots or thick accent, and to always stand up for his rights. His beloved mother was vegetarian and a staunch Methodist. Dad — a conscientious objector in World War II — was a humble clerk in an accountant's office but had interests in painting and invention. Hockney remembered the smell of the paint of the sunrises with which his dad had decorated the doors of their home, saying that instilled the desire to become a painter in him.
David Hockney's "Domestic Scene, Los Angeles," 1963
; oil on canvas, 60 x 60". | PRIVATE COLLECTION © DAVID HOCKNEY
His innate drawing skill from early youth brought him to the Royal College of Art in London, where his talent was evident, but he nearly didn't graduate due to his refusal to write a final essay, feeling that his artwork should be all that was required of him. The school bent in favor of his gifts and already burgeoning recognition and gave him a diploma. He had his first one-man show in 1963, age 26, and, in 1966, his painting "Peter Getting Out of Nick's Pool," won the John Moores Painting Prize at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.
"Peter" was Peter Schlesinger, an American art student he met while teaching at UCLA, who became his lover and most famous muse, for it is he who figures most prominently in Hockney's signature, sometimes homoerotic California pool studies, often in the nude. By 1964, Hockney had fallen deeply in love with the sunny, open ambiance and gorgeous, youthful populace of Los Angeles, such a far cry from his own gray, chilly roots and moved there to live. The real mark of any great artist is their ability to change the way we see things and, certainly, Hockney's wondrously stylized vision of his adopted home — with its ubiquitous palm trees, swimming pools, and sunbaked inhabitants — happens to still be most cultured people's idea of the City of Angels.
Hockney's work paid no mind to art trends, like minimalism and various forms of abstraction, and was always supremely presentational, opening a veritable visual diary of his long and fruitful life. Also figuring prominently in the show are Hockney's marveloulsy witty portraits of certain flamboyant personalities, who were mostly his good friends — Warhol, Cecil Beaton (not at all happy wth his likeness, he said, "How could he like me if he sees me thusly?"), Henry Geldzahler, W.H. Auden, the lovers Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy (who amusingly seem to be in some kind of a snit). His 1970 life-sized masterpiece, featuring Ossie Clark, the brilliant fashion designer who would be tragically killed in 1996 by a crazy male lover, and his wife at the time, lovely Celia Birtwell, one of the most visited paintings in Britain, is on loan from the Tate Gallery and, like all of the famous and even not so renowned works on display, it fairly leaps off the wall at you brilliantly, in a way a reproduction simply cannot.
David Hockney's "Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy," 1968
; acrylic on canvas, 83 1/2 x 119 1/2". | PRIVATE COLLECTION © DAVID HOCKNEY
Hockney's latest, brilliantly colored work of his idyllic Hollywood Hills studio and sylvan surroundings addresses what he refers to as "reverse perspective," inspired by his findings of the writings of Russian mathematician and art historian Pavel Florensky, who made a case for art that eschewed traditional perspective, in favor of the skewed layouts of ancient Russian icons as well as Egyptian and Asian works. Conceptually, the new work is something of a continuation of his so-called "joiners," the paintings of winding Los Angeles roads and fractured interiors that he achieved through the use of multi-layering Polaroid photos he'd taken of a particular view.
Those Polaroids were but one step in Hockney's long and continuing exployment of modern technology in his work, all of which appear in the show: In 1985, Hockney used the Quantel Paintbox, a computer program that allowed him to sketch directly onto the screen, and lately he has been into art applications on his iPhone and iPad.
Hockney, who refused a knighthood in 1990, smokes a pack a of cigarettes a day, and holds a California medical marijuana verification card, enabling him to legally buy weed, turned 80 on July 9, and to see him today is something of a shock. One rather envisions him as his preternaturally youthful, eminently iconic self, healthy and stocky, with that shock of bleached blonde hair — his touchstone reference to his beloved Southern California — and round tortoise shell specs. He now has gone gray, uses hearing aids, and is stooped in his posture, but his energy certainly seems undiminished.
According to a New York Times interview, the artist has someone in his life whom he describes as "my faithful companion of 15 years," Jean-Pierre Gonçalves de Lima. Asked if they intended to marry, Hockney said no, adding "Marriage is about property. When you get divorced, you know it's about property."
Beaton, who was one of his first benefactors, buying a painting of his when he was an art student for 40 pounds — which enabled Hockney to take his first trip to New York — I think definitively described him: "We could not be further apart as human beings, and yet I find myself at ease with him and stimulated by his enthusiasm. For he has the golden quality of being able to enjoy life... Life is a delightful wonderland for him."
DAVID HOCKNEY | Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave. at E. 82nd St. | Through Feb. 25: Sun.-Thu., 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 10 a.m.-9 p.m. | $25; $17 for seniors; $12 for students | metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2017/david-hockney
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This is a fantastic history of what we currently think of as the tech industry. Walter Isaacson's history is extremely well written and eminently entertaining. As a nerdy kid who grew up loving computers in the late 70's and throughout the 80's, I had heard some of these stories before in part, but in each substory covered, Isaacson dives much deeper.
Starting with the stories of Charles Babbage (inventor of the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine) and Lady Ada (the first programmer, Mr. Isaacson follows the progression of the development of the computer. Alan Turing's entertaining yet tragic story is covered in detail as are his counterparts across the pond in America who are working on similar breakthroughs. The creation of Eniac and it's role in the Cold War. The early history of the personal computer is covered in detail. The foundations of Intel and the 8008 processor. Xerox Parc being 15 years ahead of their time (probably more). Hewlett and Packard starting up their company in a garage. The home-brew computer club. Pre-Apple computers. Apple computer's garage start up with Woz and Jobs. The foundation of Microsoft with Bill Gates, Paul Allen and Steve Ballmer. There's even a bit of coverage of the evolution of the internet from early ARPAnet to BBSes and Compuserve to AOL and then the web in general. This is pretty much a skim discussion as you could do whole books on most of these things. Still, it helps bring it all together and makes for a pretty satisfying end.


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Home ❯ India Travel Guide ❯ Coimbatore Travel Guide
Coimbatore is a well-known city located in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is in fact the second largest city in the state. It is located on the banks of Noyyal River. The city is one of the biggest exporters of jewelry, poultry, wet grinders and auto components. This tier 2 city is a major textile hub of the country. There are several textile research institutes that are located here such as South India Textile Research Institute, Central Institute for Cotton Research, etc. There are several tourist attractions located in Coimbatore such as The Gass Forest Museum, V. O. Chidambaranar Park and Zoo, Eachanari Temple, etc.
Covering attraction's type of Coimbatore: Art Gallery, Botanical Garden, Car Museum, Church, Forest Museum, Lake, Temple, Hindu Temple, Water Park, Zoo, etc.
Top Tourist Places in Coimbatore
#. Attraction (Top 11 Places)
1 . Eachanari Vinayagar Temple2 . Gass Forest Museum3 . GeDee Car Museum4 . Infant Jesus Church5 . Kasthuri Sreenivasan Art Gallery6 . Kovai Kondattam7 . Marudhamalai Temple8 . Perur Pateeswarar Temple9 . TNAU Botanical Gardens10 . Ukkadam Valankulam Lake11 . VOC Park and Zoo
Eachanari Vinayagar Temple, Coimbatore
Eachanari Vinayagar Temple | #1 of Top 11 Places to Visit in Coimbatore
Eachanari Vinayagar temple is dedicated to Hindu God Vinayagar. It is located in Eachanari village which is at a distance of 12 km from the city of Coimbatore. The temple showcases the Dravidian style of architecture. The idol of Vinayaga located here is 6 feet in height and 3 feet in diameter. It is believed that when the idol was transported in a cart from Madurai for installation, the axle of the cart got broken and where this happened, the temple was built. Devotees from all across the state and even from abroad come here to pay their respect to the presiding deity.
📌 Location & Address
Pollachi Main Rd, Eachanari, Coimbatore
▩ Place Category & Type
Religious Place - Temple, Hindu Temple
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Family, Solo
⏰ Fees & Timings
05:00 am to 09:00 pm, No entry fee
Gass Forest Museum, Coimbatore
Gass Forest Museum | #2 of Top 11 Places to Visit in Coimbatore
Gass Forest Museum is a natural history museum located at Cowley Brown Road, RS Puram West, in Coimbatore. It is run by the government and is located within Forest College Campus. It was established in the year 1902. This museum is a must-visit for all nature lovers. It has a huge collection of forestry artifacts and other timber products. There is a 3D diorama that depicts wildlife in its natural habitat that has been made a part of the museum.
Cowley Brown Road, RS Puram West, Coimbatore
Museum - Forest Museum
Family, Kids
It is open from 09:00 am to 01:00 pm and then from 02:00 pm to 05:00 pm. It is closed on Saturday and Sunday and on all Central Government Holidays.
GeDee Car Museum, Coimbatore
GeDee Car Museum | #3 of Top 11 Places to Visit in Coimbatore
GeDee Car Museum encompasses a wide variety of automobiles with an emphasis on innovation and design. The prime motive of the museum is to create awareness among students as well as the general public about different technologies that have been used in cars. The museum has unique cars on display such as Japanese cars, French cars, American cars, Spanish cars, etc. Founded by notable industrialist and philanthropist GD Naidu, this Museum has been dedicated to several innovative personalities who in spite of lack of education or money were still able to give a lot to the growth of the automobile sector. Mr. GD Gopal is the Managing Trustee of the museum.
President Hall Building, 734, Avinashi Rd, Race Course, Coimbatore
Museum - Car Museum
Friends, Kids, Family
09:00 am to 05:00 pm. Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, Sundays, Monday close, Entry fee Rs 50 for adult, Rs 20 for child.
Infant Jesus Church, Coimbatore
Infant Jesus Church | #4 of Top 11 Places to Visit in Coimbatore
Infant Jesus Church is supposedly a miraculous church located in the city of Coimbatore. Here the Catholics celebrate the image of the infant Jesus of Prague. Both parish and the shrine have been established in the 1960s. It draws huge crowds for its nine Thursday novena Masses to the Infant Jesus and seven Sunday Masses. This church primarily serves the Tamil speaking community of Coimbatore. The mass also takes place in five other languages. The motto of this shrine is. "The more you honor me, the more I will bless you". It lays emphasis on prayer as the main way of reaching out to the Lord.
Thirupathi Nagar, Coimbatore
Religious Place - Church
Family, Friends, Kids, Couple
6.30 am to 6.30 pm, No entry fee
Kasthuri Sreenivasan Art Gallery, Coimbatore
Kasthuri Sreenivasan Art Gallery | #5 of Top 11 Places to Visit in Coimbatore
Kasthuri Sreenivasan Art Gallery culture center was built and conceptualized by Mr. Kasthuri Sreenivasan, who was one of the most renowned textile stalwarts of the country. The collection of textiles, statues, paintings, and other forms of art, that you see here are simply fantastic. They are in fact a feast to the eyes. A lot of students come here for an educational visit. The art gallery also has an air-conditioned auditorium with a capacity of 220 seats. This auditorium is available for seminars, meetings, workshops, and other cultural activities. The art gallery exhibits works of both upcoming and established artists from South India in the Culture Centre.
Avinashi Rd, Civil Aerodrome Post, Coimbatore
Museum - Art Gallery
10:00 am to 06:00 pm, Entry fee is Rs 20 Per person
Kovai Kondattam, Coimbatore
Kovai Kondattam | #6 of Top 11 Places to Visit in Coimbatore
Kovai Kondattam is a lovely theme park that is located at a distance of 2 km from Perur Temple. There are several rides here such as water slides where you and your family can have a fun-filled time. Both water rides and dry rides are available in this eco-friendly theme park. Tamil actor Vijay built this theme park. It serves as a wonderful venue for parties, conferences, and corporate events. So if you are in a mood for a thrilling adventure head straight to Kovai Kondattam with your friends and family.
Kalampalayam, Coimbatore
Fun n Activity - Water Park
Family, Friends, Couple, Kids
10:00 am to 6:00 pm, This water park has an entry ticket of Rs 600 for adults and Rs 550 for children.
Marudhamalai Temple, Coimbatore
Marudhamalai Temple | #7 of Top 11 Places to Visit in Coimbatore
Marudhamalai Temple is a well-known 12th-century hill temple. It was built during the Sangam period by the Tamil kings. It is regarded as the 7th House of Lord Murugan. The presiding deity of the temple is Marudhamalai. Around this temple there are several water bodies such as Snake Charmer's spring, Maruda Theertham, these are known to possess some medicinal properties. At the southern end of the temple, there is a staircase that takes you to Pambatti Siddhar cave. A connecting tunnel that takes one from Lord Murugan's sanctum sanctorum to Siddhar's cave was built by Siddhar. It is believed that this place was used to worship the Lord.
Temple Rd, Marudhamalai Adivaram, Coimbatore
06:00 am to 8:30 pm, No entry fee
Perur Pateeswarar Temple, Coimbatore
Perur Pateeswarar Temple | #8 of Top 11 Places to Visit in Coimbatore
Perur Pateeswarar Temple is dedicated to Hindu God, Shiva, and his consort Parvati also known as Pachainayaki. It is located in the western part of Coimbatore at a distance of 7 km from Noyyal River. It was built in the 2nd century by Karikala Chola. The temple has been patronized by poets such as Kachiappa Munivar and Arunagirinathar. The pillars of this temple demonstrate the architectural skill of Tamil sculptors. This is the oldest temple in the state. Every year a classical dance week is celebrated here. The most notable dance schools located in this city and in other cities of the country take part in this dance week.
Perur, Coimbatore
7:30 am to 09:00 pm, No entry fee
TNAU Botanical Gardens, Coimbatore
TNAU Botanical Gardens | #9 of Top 11 Places to Visit in Coimbatore
TNAU Botanical Gardens contain some rare varieties of herbs, trees, and shrubs. It is spread across an area of nearly 300 acres. People who are keen to explore and study the Mother Nature are regular visitors to this garden. The garden is extremely well maintained and contains a wide variety of flowers such as carnations, marigold, roses, lilies, chrysanthemums, etc. The entry fee to the garden is INR 10. The best time to visit TNAU Botanical Gardens is when the flowers are blooming and the garden is very colorful. In fact, an annual flower show is held here in the month of January. The gardens are maintained by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.
Marudhamalai Rd, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, P N Pud, Coimbatore
National Park - Botanical Garden
The TNAU Botanical Gardens opens all day between 8:00 AM to 11:15 PM. The entry fee is Rs 10.
Ukkadam Valankulam Lake, Coimbatore
Ukkadam Valankulam Lake | #10 of Top 11 Places to Visit in Coimbatore
Ukkadam Valankulum Lake is a popular lake located in Coimbatore situated between Sungam bypass road and Trichy Road. A railway track passes over this lake. A wide variety of birds such as purple moorhen, little grebes, etc are a regular visitor here. The lake is spread across an area of 1.295 square kilometers. It is a popular spot for nature and bird lovers. The canals from the Noyaal River feed this lake. In fact, the lake also gets water from the Selvachinthamani Lake that is located at the northern extremity. This place takes you on a magical journey to a land of beauty.
Between Sungam bypass road and Trichy Road, Coimbatore
Nature Sites - Lake
No spacif timings and No entry fee
VOC Park and Zoo, Coimbatore
VOC Park and Zoo | #11 of Top 11 Places to Visit in Coimbatore
V O Chidambaranar Park and Zoo is an amusement park and zoological garden that houses approximately 890 different species of animals. This includes 335 birds, 54 reptiles, and 106 mammals. It is spread over an area of around 4.5 acres. It takes around 2 to 3 hours to see the whole park. The place is popular among nature lovers, adventure seekers, and photography enthusiasts. The place has a park and children's play area located inside. The park encompasses a toy train, aquarium, and Jurassic Park. You will find around 200 species of trees inside the park.
Jail road, ATT colony, Gopalapuram, Coimbatore
National Park - Zoo
Family, Friends, Kids
It is open all days of a week from 10:00 am to 7:30 pm, Entry fee is INR 10 for adults
City FAQs
Coimbatore City FAQs:
𝒬. What is Coimbatore famous for?
𝒜. Coimbatore,known as the Manchester of South India,is famous for textiles. Coimbatore must not miss the dazzling array of shops selling Kanchivaram, Benares and designer sarees at Cross-Cut Road.
𝒬. What is the best time to visit Coimbatore city?
𝒜. Best time to visit Coimbatore is between the months of July and March. Coimbatore receives heavy to average rainfall in the monsoons and the weather in the winter stays at its best.
𝒬. Coimbatore is the city of which Indian state?
𝒜. Coimbatore is a city in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. To the northwest is the centuries-old, Dravidian-style Arulmigu Subramaniyaswami Temple, Marudamalai.
𝒬. Does Coimbatore city have an airport?
𝒜. Coimbatore International Airport is the primary airport serving the city of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. It is located within the city at Peelamedu, about 10 km from the center of the city.
𝒬. What are the names of railway stations of Coimbatore city?
𝒜. Name of railway station(s) in Coimbatore city: Coimbatore Junction, Podanur Junction, Coimbatore North Junction, Peelamedu, Singanallur, Irugur Junction, Periyanaickenpalayam railway station, Madukkarai, Tiruppur Somanur railway station
𝒬. What are the top malls or shopping places of Coimbatore?
𝒜. Malls and Shopping places in Coimbatore city: Brookefields, Fun Republic Mall, Prozone Mall, Unitea Mall, Singapore Plaza, Asoka Plaza
𝒬. What are the famous religious places in Coimbatore?
𝒜. Famous Religious places in Coimbatore city: Sidhapudur Sree Ayyappa Temple, Eachanari Vinayagar Temple, Sri Jayamangala Anjaneyar Thirukoil, Arulmigu Patteeswarar Swamy Temple, Arulmigu Avinashi Lingeshwarar Temple, Arulmigu Maruthamalai Murugan Temple, Palamalai Ranganathar Temple, Arulmigu Koniamman Temple, Naga Sai Mandir
𝒬. What are the places for fun and activities in Coimbatore?
𝒜. Fun and Activity places in Coimbatore city: Dare 2 Escape (Flagship Store), Pogo Funz, Castle Town, KART ATTACK CHILDRENS PLAYGROUND, The Play Factory, Funway Entertainment, VOC park and zoo, Siruvani Fun World, Happy Trails Indoor Theme Park, Kovai Kondattam Amusement Park, Gass Forest Museum, FunzXtreme, Gravity Hop Trampoline Park
𝒬. List out the inter-state bus terminal and major bus stands of Coimbatore city.
𝒜. Following are the names of major bus terminals of the Coimbatore city: Gandhipuram Town Bus stand, Gandhipuram Thiruvalluvar Bus stand, Gandhipuram Omni Bus stand (Near G.P. Signal), Singanallur Moffusil and Town Bus stand, New Bus stand (Near Saibaba Temple)
𝒬. Does Coimbatore city have any metro rail facility?
𝒜. No. Currently metro rail facility of Coimbatore city is under proposal or construction.
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The boys had to work hard for their scores today at the Vans US Open of Surfing. Check out the best images from the Junior Men Quarterfinals.
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Clean morning conditions for the redemption Round at the main event of the Vans US Open of Surfing. Here are the best photos of the day.
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If you anticipate a shortage of U.S. workers to perform agricultural or temporary/seasonal work, you may be eligible to receive help through the H-2A Temporary Labor Certification Program. Basically, this allows a U.S. employer to hire foreign workers on a temporary basis to perform agricultural work when there are not sufficient U.S. workers available.
File the ETA 790 form to the State Workforce Agency between 60 and 75 days before the date of the expected need of workers. Please submit to cdle_flc@state.co.us.
After approval by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, submit to U.S. Department of Labor between 45 to 60 days before the date of need preferably online at https://icert.doleta.gov/.
You will be advised by USDOL on advertising requirements for U.S. workers.
The local workforce center representative will contact you to conduct a pre-occupancy housing inspection which must be approved before permission from USDOL is granted to bring in foreign workers, which is usually 32 days before that date of need.
You may find the necessary forms, latest information about other visa programs administered by USDOL and prevailing wage requests at http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/.
H-2A Employer Guide - An overview of getting certified to bring in foreign labor for agricultural work.
Prevailing Wages - An overview (by USDOL) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), which requires prevailing wages to be used for hiring foreign workers.
H-2B Visas - Information provided by the US Department of Labor (USDOL) on filing a H-2B visa, temporary non-agricultural program.
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Buoyed by Iran and Russia, Assad Gains Confidence to Test Israel
Keywords:IranIsraelSyria
Recent developments on the northern front are not encouraging. Last week, Syria shot an SA-5 anti-aircraft missile at an Israeli Air Force plane on a routine reconnaissance flight over Lebanon. The air force responded by bombing the anti-aircraft battery's radar. Then, on Saturday, rockets were fired from Syria at the Golan Heights.
When added to the fact that Syria and Iran have been trading threats with Israel, these incidents might indicate an attempt by the Syrian government and its allies to dictate new rules of the game to Israel in the north.
Since the Syrian civil war began in 2011, Israel has been the one who generally dictated the rules to Damascus and Hezbollah. It set red lines – preventing the smuggling of sophisticated arms to Lebanon and responding to all fire at Israel from Syrian territory – and generally enforced them.
The Syrian government usually absorbed these blows, pretending the spit was rain. Either it completely ignored Israeli attacks on arms convoys in its territory, or it made do with uttering empty threats. Hezbollah, in contrast, managed to set its own red lines by responding to an attack on an arms convoy that had already entered Lebanon (in 2014) and to assassinations of Hezbollah officials which it attributed to Israel.
But, the circumstances have changed over the past few months. Syria's Assad regime has recovered some of its self-confidence thanks to its military victories against the Syrian rebels, achieved with massive help from Russia, Iran and Hezbollah.
Moreover, Iran wants to enjoy the fruits of these victories, however limited they are, by acquiring economic assets in Syria and increasing its military presence there. Currently, that presence consists mainly of the Iranian Revolutionary guards and Shi'ite militias.
Additionally, in early September, a precision missile factory in Syria was bombed, allegedly by Israel. That was a major blow to the regime, and Syrian President Bashar Assad threatened to respond.
Last week's anti-aircraft fire can be seen both as Syrian retaliation and as an attempt to deter Israel by warning that its planes will no longer enjoy the broad freedom of action they have exploited in recent years. Then, a few days later, came the rocket attack in the Golan.
Though fighting between the regime and rebel forces has recently resumed in that area, the rockets were fired very early in the morning, at a time when no real fighting was occurring. If this was "stray fire," as the Israel Defense Forces termed earlier cases in which Syrian rockets and mortars landed in Israel, it was of a highly unusual nature.
Thus, it's reasonable to think this was a Syrian or Iranian trial balloon, which was meant to deter Israel. After all, it occurred just two days after Iran's chief of staff visited Damascus, and during this visit, both countries threated to respond to any Israeli military move.
Nor has Israel kept mum. The prime minister and defense minister have both warned of the growing presence of Iranian forces and Shi'ite militias in southern Syria and threatened action against them.
Maj. Gen. (res.) Amiram Levine wrote in an op-ed in Yedioth Ahronoth on Sunday that Israel's harsh language is unnecessary and is liable to lead the country into a military conflict it presumably doesn't want. Levine's criticism isn't wholly apolitical; he campaigned unsuccessfully to become the Labor Party's chairman earlier this year. Nevertheless, there's a lot of sense in what he says.
Until now, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has managed the Syrian front cautiously and wisely, upholding Israeli interests while keeping the situation from deteriorating into war. But the new circumstances raise the stakes of every Israeli move and require extra caution.
While Netanyahu has emphasized the flaws and the dangers of the world's 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, senior defense officials are more focused on developments in Syria. They are especially worried about Iran's growing proximity to the border in the Golan Heights.
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has demanded an increase in the defense budget in response to Iran's moves in Syria and the possibility that the nuclear deal will collapse. For the same reason, he wants to accelerate the IDF's timetable for arms acquisitions.
This is a well thought out position that has some logic to it. But, it could also be interpreted in Tehran as indicating that Israel has plans for an offensive operation sometime in the future.
Source www.haaretz.com
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#include "mbedclient.h"

#include "mbed-client/m2minterfacefactory.h"
#include "mbed-client/m2mdevice.h"
#include "mbed-client/m2mobjectinstance.h"
#include "mbed-client/m2mresource.h"

#ifdef TARGET_LIKE_MBED
#include "minar/minar.h"
#include "test_env.h"
#endif

#include <time.h>
#include <stdio.h>

// Enter your mbed Device Server's IPv4 address and Port number in
// mentioned format like 192.168.0.1:5693
const String &BOOTSTRAP_SERVER_ADDRESS = "coap://10.45.3.10:5693";
const String &BOOTSTRAP_SERVER_DTLS_ADDRESS = "coap://10.45.3.10:5694";

#ifdef SIXLOWPAN_INTERFACE
const String &MBED_SERVER_ADDRESS = "coap://FD00:FF1:CE0B:A5E1:1068:AF13:9B61:D557:5683";
const String &MBED_SERVER_DTLS_ADDRESS = "coap://FD00:FF1:CE0B:A5E1:1068:AF13:9B61:D557:5684";
#else
const String &MBED_SERVER_ADDRESS = "coap://10.45.3.10:5683";
//const String &MBED_SERVER_ADDRESS = "coap://10.45.0.152:5683";
const String &MBED_SERVER_DTLS_ADDRESS = "coap://10.45.3.10:5684";
#endif
const String CLIENT_NAME = "secure-client";

const String &MANUFACTURER = "ARM";
const String &TYPE = "type";
const String &MODEL_NUMBER = "2015";
const String &SERIAL_NUMBER = "12345";
const uint8_t STATIC_VALUE[] = "Static value";

#ifdef TARGET_LIKE_LINUX
#include <unistd.h>
#else

#endif

MbedClient::MbedClient()
#ifndef TARGET_LIKE_LINUX
:_led(LED3)
#endif
{
    _security = NULL;
    _interface = NULL;
    _register_security = NULL;
    _device = NULL;
    _object = NULL;
    _bootstrapped = false;
    _error = false;
    _registered = false;
    _unregistered = false;
    _registration_updated = false;
    _value = 0;
}

MbedClient::~MbedClient() {
    if(_security) {
        delete _security;
    }
    if(_register_security){
        delete _register_security;
    }
    if(_device) {
        M2MDevice::delete_instance();
    }
    if(_object) {
        delete _object;
    }
    if(_interface) {
        delete _interface;
    }
}

bool MbedClient::create_interface() {

    M2MInterface::NetworkStack stack = M2MInterface::LwIP_IPv4;
    #ifdef SIXLOWPAN_INTERFACE
            stack = M2MInterface::Nanostack_IPv6;
    #endif

    /* From http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers:
       "The Dynamic and/or Private Ports are those from 49152 through 65535" */
    srand(time(NULL));
    uint16_t port = (rand() % (65535-49152)) + 49152;

    _interface = M2MInterfaceFactory::create_interface(*this,
                                              CLIENT_NAME,
                                              "test",
                                              60,
                                              port,
                                              "",
                                              M2MInterface::UDP,
                                              stack,
                                              "");

    return (_interface == NULL) ? false : true;
}

bool MbedClient::bootstrap_successful() {
#ifdef TARGET_LIKE_LINUX
    while(!_bootstrapped && !_error) {
        sleep(1);
    }
#endif
    return _bootstrapped;
}

bool MbedClient::register_successful() {
#ifdef TARGET_LIKE_LINUX
    while(!_registered && !_error) {
        sleep(1);
    }
#endif
    return _registered;
}

bool MbedClient::unregister_successful() {
#ifdef TARGET_LIKE_LINUX
    while(!_unregistered && !_error) {
        sleep(1);
    }
#endif
    return _unregistered;
}

bool MbedClient::registration_update_successful() {
#ifdef TARGET_LIKE_LINUX
    while(!_registration_updated && !_error) {
        sleep(1);
    }
#endif
    return _registration_updated;
}

M2MSecurity* MbedClient::create_bootstrap_object(bool useSecureConnection) {
    // Creates bootstrap server object with Bootstrap server address and other parameters
    // required for client to connect to bootstrap server.
    M2MSecurity *security = M2MInterfaceFactory::create_security(M2MSecurity::Bootstrap);
    if(security) {
        if(useSecureConnection){
            security->set_resource_value(M2MSecurity::M2MServerUri, BOOTSTRAP_SERVER_DTLS_ADDRESS);
            //TODO: remove these, when bootstrapping server supports DTLS
            delete security;
            return NULL;
        }else{
            security->set_resource_value(M2MSecurity::M2MServerUri, BOOTSTRAP_SERVER_ADDRESS);
            //TODO: refactor this out
            security->set_resource_value(M2MSecurity::SecurityMode, M2MSecurity::NoSecurity);
        }
    }
    return security;
}

M2MSecurity* MbedClient::create_register_object(bool useSecureConnection) {
    // Creates bootstrap server object with Bootstrap server address and other parameters
    // required for client to connect to bootstrap server.
    M2MSecurity *security = M2MInterfaceFactory::create_security(M2MSecurity::M2MServer);
    if(security) {
        if(useSecureConnection){
            security->set_resource_value(M2MSecurity::M2MServerUri, MBED_SERVER_DTLS_ADDRESS);
        }else{
            security->set_resource_value(M2MSecurity::M2MServerUri, MBED_SERVER_ADDRESS);
        }
    }
    return security;
}

void MbedClient::test_bootstrap(M2MSecurity *security) {
    if(_interface) {
         // Bootstrap function.
        _interface->bootstrap(security);
    }
}

M2MDevice* MbedClient::create_device_object() {
    // Creates device object which contains mandatory resources linked with
    // device endpoint.
    M2MDevice *device = M2MInterfaceFactory::create_device();
    if(device) {
        device->create_resource(M2MDevice::Manufacturer,MANUFACTURER);
        device->create_resource(M2MDevice::DeviceType,TYPE);
        device->create_resource(M2MDevice::ModelNumber,MODEL_NUMBER);
        device->create_resource(M2MDevice::SerialNumber,SERIAL_NUMBER);
    }
    return device;
}

void MbedClient::execute_function(void *argument) {
#ifdef TARGET_LIKE_LINUX
    if(argument) {
        char* arguments = (char*)argument;
        printf("Received %s!!\n", arguments);
    }
    printf("I am executed !!\n");
#else
    _led == 0 ? _led = 1 : _led = 0;
#endif
}

M2MObject* MbedClient::create_generic_object() {
    _object = M2MInterfaceFactory::create_object("Test");
    if(_object) {
        M2MObjectInstance* inst = _object->create_object_instance();
        if(inst) {
            inst->set_operation(M2MBase::GET_ALLOWED);

            M2MResource* res = inst->create_dynamic_resource("Dynamic",
                                                             "ResourceTest",
                                                             M2MResourceInstance::INTEGER,
                                                             true);

            char buffer[20];
            int size = sprintf(buffer,"%d",_value);
            res->set_operation(M2MBase::GET_PUT_POST_ALLOWED);
            res->set_value((const uint8_t*)buffer,
                           (const uint32_t)size);
            res->set_execute_function(execute_callback(this,&MbedClient::execute_function));
            _value++;

            inst->create_static_resource("Static",
                                         "ResourceTest",
                                         M2MResourceInstance::STRING,
                                         STATIC_VALUE,
                                         sizeof(STATIC_VALUE)-1);
        }
    }
    return _object;
}

void MbedClient::update_resource() {
    if(_object) {
        M2MObjectInstance* inst = _object->object_instance();
        if(inst) {
            M2MResource* res = inst->resource("Dynamic");
            if( res ){
                char buffer[20];
                int size = sprintf(buffer,"%d",_value);
                res->set_value((const uint8_t*)buffer,
                               (const uint32_t)size);
                _value++;
            }
        }
    }
}

void MbedClient::test_register(M2MObjectList object_list){
    if(_interface) {
        _interface->register_object(_register_security, object_list);
    }
}

void MbedClient::set_register_object(M2MSecurity *&register_object){
    if(_register_security) {
        delete _register_security;
        _register_security = NULL;
    }
    _register_security = register_object;

}

void MbedClient::test_update_register() {
    uint32_t updated_lifetime = 20;
    _registered = false;
    _unregistered = false;
    if(_interface){
        _interface->update_registration(_register_security,updated_lifetime);
    }
}

void MbedClient::test_unregister() {
    if(_interface) {
        _interface->unregister_object(NULL);
    }
}

void MbedClient::bootstrap_done(M2MSecurity *server_object){
    if(server_object) {
        set_register_object(server_object);
        _bootstrapped = true;
        _error = false;
        printf("\nBootstrapped\n");
    }
}

void MbedClient::object_registered(M2MSecurity */*security_object*/, const M2MServer &/*server_object*/){
    _registered = true;
    _unregistered = false;
    printf("\nRegistered\n");
}

void MbedClient::object_unregistered(M2MSecurity */*server_object*/){
    _unregistered = true;
    _registered = false;

#ifdef TARGET_LIKE_MBED
    notify_completion(_unregistered);
    minar::Scheduler::stop();
#endif
    printf("\nUnregistered\n");
}

void MbedClient::registration_updated(M2MSecurity */*security_object*/, const M2MServer & /*server_object*/){
    _registration_updated = true;
    printf("\nregistration updated\n");
}

void MbedClient::error(M2MInterface::Error error){
    _error = true;
    printf("\nError occured Error code %d\n", (int)error);
}

void MbedClient::value_updated(M2MBase *base, M2MBase::BaseType type) {
    printf("\nValue updated of Object name %s and Type %d\n",
           base->name(), type);
}

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Why I Love Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Tim Etheridge	Fandom, Movies, Prequel Trilogy	 February 5, 2020
Welcome to my latest series of articles called "Why I love Star Wars". This is a series that was inspired by reading Ken Napzok's Why We Love Star Wars: The Great Moments That Built A Galaxy Far, Far Away, a countdown of the top 100 moments from Star Wars that made him love it all, including canon stories from every medium. As I was reading this book, I found myself thinking of some of my own favourite moments and wanted to discuss them.
While there are certainly some films that I do not like as much as others, every movie has some wonderful moments that I would always say outweigh the bad, so for that reason I wouldn't say that I hate any of the Star Wars films. With the way that too much Star Wars talk has gone down a dark hole in recent years, hopefully reminding ourselves of the great moments and focusing on the positives will help the fandom recover.
Why I Love Star Wars:
Unlike in the book, I will not put the moments in any specific order (I do things like that enough in my Top 10s!) as the order would probably change on every viewing. Today I will be looking at Revenge of the Sith
Beware: this will contain spoilers for the movie!
Order 66
With thousands of Jedi around at the start of the movie, but A New Hope having set up that the Jedi are "all-but extinct", I think we knew that some serious stuff was going to go down in this movie. I don't know if any of us were ready for Order 66 however. Seeing Anakin and the clones marching into the Jedi Temple is tense, but then we cut away to Obi-Wan and Cody on Utapau and are reminded how far away they are from Palpatine's plans on Coruscant… until Obi-Wan rides away on the varactyl just as Cody gets the order from Palpatine. Without hesitation, he orders his troopers to fire on Kenobi, and we see him and the varactyl fall into the water below. As if the varactyl's cry is not hard enough for us to take, John Williams' music becomes beautifully tragic as we see Ki-Adi-Mundi, Aayla Secura, Stass Allie and Plo Koon all killed by their troops while Yoda feels their deaths through the Force while the battle rages on the beach below. Returning to Coruscant and seeing he Jedi gunned down in the Jedi Temple, things can't get any worse… until we see Anakin activate his lightsaber to kill a group of younglings! No wonder this was the first in the saga to get a 12A (in the UK, PG-13 in the USA) rating!
"You were the chosen one!"
Once it was clear that Anakin was turning to Vader, it soon became clear that we were setting up for a monumental battle. While the fight itself is great, the real moment that gets me is in the aftermath. Anakin lies just above the level of the lava missing 3 of his limbs, while Obi-Wan looks down on him from the high ground. And so we get one of my favourite lines from the Prequel Trilogy and pure emotion from both Ewan McGregor (Kenobi) and Hayden Christensen (Vader):
"You were the Chosen One! You were supposed to destroy the Sith, not join them. Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness."
"You were my brother, Anakin! I loved you."
They have been good friends for 13 years and been through so much together. That is so clear in Obi-Wan's lines, as is how far Anakin has fallen to be so consumed by fate. I still wonder why Kenobi walks off as Anakin burns: does he think that Vader deserves a slow and painful death? Or can he still not bring himself to kill his old friend even as he burns? I can't help but feel as well that this is even more impactful having seen the pair's relationship throughout The Clone Wars.
Opera scene
I'm generally more of a fan of the action scenes, but as I have grown older, I have come to really appreciate the more subtle moments of the saga. None more so than the scene at the opera. Palpatine starts by giving Anakin Grievous' location, before switching to his real business: turning his future apprentice towards the dark side. Telling Anakin that the Jedi are plotting against him and the Republic, but playing on Anakin's shaken faith. Anakin continues to defend the Jedi, so Palpatine switches to a new tactic: the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise, playing on Anakin's fears for Padmé's life. While John Williams's score is dark and foreboding, you can see Anakin being tempted, while Palptine's smirk while saying how ironic it was that Plagueis could not save himself from death is a great subtle hint that he was Plagueis' apprentice.
Binary Sunset
What a way to end not just a film, but also a trilogy and (we thought at the time) the saga. While Bail Organa takes Leia back to Alderaan to adopt her, Obi-Wan takes baby Luke to Tatooine. Going to the Lars Homestead, he gives Luke to Beru and watches on as she takes him over to Owen. Owen and Beru have their new charge and as the movie ends, we see them look out over a binary sunset. In just this scene we get a softer version of Luke's Theme and then the Force Theme, once again tying back to the original film. Though the Binary Sunset was not the scene that introduced us to Luke, it feels like the one where his adventure begins, so to go back to that moment both visually and musically with the final shot of the Prequel Trilogy was a beautiful way to tie everything together.
Force connection
Sometimes, the words that aren't said are the strongest. While Mace Windu and his fellow Masters go to confront Palpatine, Anakin waits in the Council Chambers. Padmé meanwhile is at her apartment. Feeling some connection, the pair look out the windows towards where they know the other is and you can see that unspoken connection. This scene is so beautiful and works as a great reminder that Anakin isn't falling to the dark side due to a lust for power, but instead because he wants to save his wife from the death he has foreseen.
What are your favourite moments from Revenge of the Sith?
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How do you escape East Germany? You do it with planning.
In 1978 two families living in the East German town on Possneck decided to escape the shackles of the Soviet-controlled land. Poverty and despair were the unifying characteristic of the people. Crossing the border was dangerous. They called this region the "death-zone." People had been killed on the spot for escape attempts. How did the two families do it? They got their hands on nine hundred square meters of fabric and a gas burner. They built a hot air balloon and flew to West Germany.
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In a related report by The Inquisitr, we take a look at the available Doom 4 rumors and how ID Tech 6 might affect how the game is played.
I'm paraphrasing here, but John Carmack famously once said Doom is all about shotguns and demons. It's all about one lone warrior defending what's left of the world against a horde of invading pinkies without needing to make quips like Duke Nukem. But it compared to recent series like Call Of Duty and Halo the gameplay also moved lightning fast in comparison, with action being fairly fast-paced and fluid. Even since Counterstrike, modern games have tended to slow things down a notch.
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Global markets continued to march upwards as optimism on US-China relations and a solid start to the earnings season kept the momentum going. US credit rallied steadily throughout the week, fuelled by successful new issues, improving liquidity, and tenuous progress on US/Chinese trade relations. The primary market printed just over $25bn of paper this week with major banks like Citigroup, JPM, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley all launching deals after posting mixed Q4 earnings reports. Across the pond, UK Prime Minister May had a busy week, facing a Brexit vote defeat while surviving a "no confidence" vote the following day. UK banks rallied on the news as traders anticipated a delay of the March withdrawal deadline and increased possibility Brexit might not happen at all.
Canadian credit felt robust despite rising diplomatic tensions with China. Spreads generally tightened by 5 or more basis points, and the positive tone enabled patient issuers to launch some long-awaited deals. Ontario Power Generation printed a 30-year deal that came at a significant concession, ending the week 13 bp tighter as investors appear starved for long-term paper.
Global credit continued to grind tighter last week, buoyed by news on Friday that Congressional leaders reached a temporary agreement to reopen the US government. Credit curves steepened with 10y bonds trading 5 basis points tighter while 3-5y bonds traded up to 15 bp tighter. Investors have been buying secondary paper as new issue supply has underwhelmed expectations, and dealers have seen inventories significantly reduced. JPMorgan led the way on the new issue front last week, with a $2 billion 8-year bond deal that priced at the tight end of expectations but still ended the week 7 bp tighter.
Canadian credit followed the theme with investors reaching for paper and dealers scrambling to cover shorts. Credit spreads were generally 5-10 basis points tighter across all sectors. Three new deals priced, with Algonquin Power earning deal-of-the-week status with a 300mm 10y green bond priced at a spread of +264. The deal generated significant demand from a multitude of clients and finished the week trading 18 bp tighter.
Decent corporate earnings and a surprisingly dovish US Fed spurred global credit markets to continue the 2019 rally last week. On Wednesday the Fed appeared to acquiesce to White House pressure, holding rates steady and suggesting they would be 'patient' with future rate hikes. Chairman Powell went even further in his post-meeting press conference, stating that the current level of interest rates is within the range of neutral policy. That's a stark contrast to just 3 months ago when Powell declared rates were 'a long way from neutral'. Post-announcement the US rate curve steepened while credit rallied. Friday's US jobs report surprised to the upside, and continues to allay fears that the economy is slowing. BMO became the second Canadian bank to issue "bail-in" bonds in the US market, printing a 5y note at +92. The deal was met with a decent buyer base from both US and Canadian investors and traded a few basis points tighter on the break.
Canadian credit continues to perform as strong earnings and a lack of primary supply pushed secondary paper tighter. Spreads tightened 5-7 basis points for the week led by Financials and REITs. Utility company Bruce Power was a notable underperformer as recent issuance from comparable Algonquin Power placed significant selling pressure on the name. Wells Fargo surprised investors on Friday with the first Maple deal of the year, printing $1bn of a 5yr note at +132. The deal priced relatively cheap to US WFC notes and rallied tighter in secondary trading.
Signs emerged last week that the global risk rally may be running out of steam as macroeconomic unpredictability crept back into investors' minds. The State of the Union address on Tuesday was deemed underwhelming as Trump was unwilling to allay fears of another government shutdown next week. Suggestions that US and Chinese leaders would not meet until the end of the month increased chances of a prolonged trade war between the two countries. In Europe, growth expectations continue to decline amid signals that Italy may already be in recession. Scotiabank became the second Canadian bank in two weeks to issue a US $ bail-in note. The new 5-year bond priced right on top of the recent BMO issuance and struggled to hold new issue spread given the generally soft tone.
Canadian credit was similarly affected by global events but managed to close the week better given solid technicals. High beta financials and maples underperformed while deposit notes and utilities were mostly tighter. Canadian National Railway was the sole Canadian issuer of the week, printing 800mm between two tranches. The deal priced right on the screws, trading about 1 bp wider at the end of the week.
Credit markets maintained a positive trajectory throughout the week as another government shutdown was avoided and US-China trade talks reportedly made progress. A disappointing retail sales number on Thursday, the lowest print in ten years, sent US treasury yields tumbling back towards the lower end of their 6-week range. Credit spreads edged tighter throughout the week but were hindered somewhat by steady new issuance. The investment grade primary market printed just under $40bn of new paper this week, highlighted by Altria's $11.5bn jumbo multi-tranche deal to finance its acquisition of electronic cigarette company JUUL. The deal managed to build a $50bn book and traded up to 12 bp tighter than issue. Away from Altria however concessions were light and often there was not much value to be found, adding to signs the current risk-rally may be close to running its course.
Canadian credit traded in a narrow range as a solid slate of earnings and repercussions of positive trade talks balanced out surprisingly weak manufacturing sales. Investors continue to await new issue supply to dislodge sleepy markets as some of the usual suspects (i.e. the banks) are finding cheaper sources of funding in foreign markets. Brookfield Properties was the only deal this week, printing 350mm of a 7yr at a very modest concession. The deal was trading 6 bp tighter by the week's end.
Global credit edged modestly higher last week on hopes that US-China trade negotiations will show meaningful progress. US credit markets lagged other markets as new issue supply combined with a holiday-shortened week stemmed any meaningful rally. European credit, on the other hand, continues to move tighter on hopes the British government will choose to delay rather than face a messy "hard" Brexit. The new issue market kept up its torrid pace, and with new issue concessions proving elusive investors are forced to be selective.
Canadian credit enjoyed a positive week with Energy leading the way on higher oil prices and REITs performing as recent new issues demonstrate the depth of demand for the sector — two new deals priced for a total of $1.45bn. Enbridge Pipelines issued $1.2bn of 10y and 30y tranches while Artis REIT issued a small 2yr fixed with a large concession to secondaries. Both deals performed well with Artis, in particular, finishing the week 12 basis points tighter from launch spread.
The upward momentum in credit markets paused last week as mixed trade headlines, disappointing economic data and heavy new issue supply caused spreads to modestly widen. Investors struggled to digest just under USD 40 billion of new supply last week, well ahead of expectations, and recent jumbo deals such as Pfizer, Merck and Dell all finished the week trading wider than launch. The European Central Bank reacted to a spate of weaker economic data by announcing long-term financing incentives to Banks and suggesting rates would stay lower for longer.
Canadian credit outperformed, but the overall tone was defensive and we finished the week with spreads modestly wider. A late week sell-off in oil prices and a solid slate of new issues kept credit markets on the back foot. Investors received just over C$5 billion of primary issuance balanced across the Financial, Auto and Utility sectors. Bank of Montreal added to recent bank deals with C$2 billion of 5yr bail-in paper. Most of the deals finished the week flat or slightly wider than issue due to general weakness and heavy supply.
Despite mixed macroeconomic news including Brexit, trade negotiations and slowing economic data, global credit and equity markets proved resilient. The U.S. reported solid retail sales and CPI data early in the week, providing confidence in investors without potentially altering the Fed's dovish course on rate normalization. It was another active week in the primary market, printing $25bn of paper, $13bn of which was bank issuance. Bank of America, Citigroup and JPM all issued deals that launched with a decent concession and are trading 2-3 bp tighter with little selling on the back of the deals. European credit was well bid given a tumultuous week for Theresa May. After May's revised deal was defeated earlier in the week, the second and third votes of the week ruled out a "no-deal" Brexit on any future date and an A50 extension was passed.
Canadian credit traded either side of unchanged throughout the week as widening of new issue curves balanced out tightening in front end secondary credit. This week saw $1.5bn of issuance from Ford, Canadian Western Bank and CP Railway. Most of the issues were met with solid demand and pushed out spreads in their respective secondary curves while the new issues were a couple tighter.
Global credit outperformed other risk assets given turbulent headlines around the world this week. Fed Chair Powell's surprisingly dovish tone, fears of a global growth slowdown and a growing fear of a hard Brexit kept investors on their toes. Mr. Powell took all rate hikes off the table in 2019 while guiding its balance sheet tapering on Wednesday, sending Treasury yields significantly lower and triggering fears of a growth slowdown in the US. Weak manufacturing data out of Europe later in the week compounded to the growth fears, triggering a sell-off in equities to close the week. Despite the macro developments, IG credit finished the week either side of unchanged while Financials were 2-3 bp wider due to the fall in interest rates.
Canadian credit finished the week relatively unchanged as REITs and Financials widened out on fears of slowing growth while Utilities and new issues performed well. It was a busy week for the Canadian primary market, printing just under $3bn of credit focused mostly in the long end of the curve. Most of the deals performed well with decent concessions and very small investor fills. Inter Pipeline Inc. was the highlight of the week, issuing their first 60NC10 Hybrid at 6.875% and traded up to 26 bp tighter on the break.
Global credit markets proved resilient in the last week of March, finishing on a positive note despite fears of slowing global growth, yield curve inversion, a lack of Brexit resolution, and ongoing global trade issues. US credit spreads finished the week modestly tighter as the market comes to terms with a lower range for treasury yields and dovish talk from the Federal Reserve. New issue activity was brisk, capped by an $11 billion issue from communications giant Broadcom on Friday.
Stronger-than-expected GDP figures for January helped Canadian credit finish the month on a positive note. The beat sent government bond yields 7 bp higher on Friday while futures prices cut the odds of a 2019 rate cut by 50%. Telus ($TCN) led the way on the new issue front with a $1 billion deal launched on Friday. Attractive pricing and expectations that this would be the only deal from Telus this year drove heavy investor demand, fuelling the largest book of investors for a non-financial deal in Canadian history. The deal performed very well and traded 4 basis points tighter to close out the week.
Despite a strong first quarter there has been a growing sense that the pain trade in credit was tighter spreads, and last week saw a strong move to coincide with government yields moving back to the top of the trading range. A lack of bad news provided sufficient catalyst, though improved Chinese economic data, a long extension to the Brexit deadline and lower than expected new issue supply all contributed to the optimism. Spreads were anywhere from 5-10 bp tighter, led by Financials and Energy. Saudi Arabia's Aramco (A1/A+) provided most of the excitement in terms of new US Dollar deals, issuing $12bn across 5 tranches. A "fear of missing out" mentality undoubtedly led to an order book in excess of $85bn, but in the end the deal priced too far through Saudi sovereign spreads and has struggled to perform in secondary trading.
Canadian credit tightened given positive macro economic developments around the world. Credit spreads tightened by 5 bp on average, led by Maple issuers and Financials. The biggest underperformers were low beta product like Infrastructure and Utilities.
Global credit spreads were able to finish out a holiday-shortened week with modest tightening in Canada and Europe while the US was unchanged to slightly weaker. In the US, healthcare bonds came under pressure with concerns that Democrats are looking to reform the industry post-2020 elections. CVS, UnitedHealth and Cigna spreads were all 5-10 basis points wider for the week. New issue activity exceeded expectations as the US banks used solid quarterly earnings reports to springboard new deals. Most deals priced with increased concessions due to softer demand, and were able to close marginally tighter in secondary trading.
Canadian credit continues to catch up to US spread tightening from earlier in the month. Spreads finished the week 3-5bp better on the back of strong inflows into corporate bonds and surprisingly robust retail sales. Bank of America ($BAC) was the sole issuer in the Canadian primary market last week, printing $1bn of 6NC5 bonds. The deal was moderately attractive compared to BAC's USD paper and finished the week trading 2 bp tighter.