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Frequency of Hawking Radiation of Black Holes
Volume 1, Issue 4, October 2013, Pages: 45-51
Received: Sep. 18, 2013; Published: Oct. 30, 2013
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Dipo Mahto, Dept. of Physics, Marwari College, T.M.B.U. Bhagalpur-812007, India
Brajesh Kumar Jha, Deptartment of Physics, L.N.M.U. Darbhanga, India
Krishna Murari Singh, Dept. of Physics, Marwari College, T.M.B.U. Bhagalpur-812007, India
Kamala Parhi, Dept. of Mathematics, Marwari College, T.M.B.U. Bhagalpur-812007, India
In the present research work, we calculate the frequencies of Hawking radiations emitted from different test black holes existing in X-ray binaries (XRBs) and active galactic nuclei (AGN) by utilizing the proposed formula for the frequency of Hawking radiation f=8.037x1033kg/M(HZ)and show that these frequencies of Hawking radiations may be the components of electromagnetic spectrum and gravitational waves. We also extend this work to convert the frequency of Hawking radiation in terms of the mass of the sun (Mo)and then of Chandrasekhar limit (Mch), which is the largest unit of mass.
Electromagnetic Spectrum, Hawking Radiation, XRBs and AGN
Dipo Mahto, Brajesh Kumar Jha, Krishna Murari Singh, Kamala Parhi, Frequency of Hawking Radiation of Black Holes, International Journal of Astrophysics and Space Science. Vol. 1, No. 4, 2013, pp. 45-51. doi: 10.11648/j.ijass.20130104.15
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Strike Back: Silent War
Sky 1 / Cinemax drama about the actions of Section 20, a secretive branch of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).
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Strike Back: Project Dawn (Season 2) – Sky1 – Sun 21st August 2011 at 9pm
Strike Back: Vengeance, (Season 3) – Sky1 – 2nd September 2012 at 10pm
Strike Back: Shadow Warfare (series 4) – Sky 1 – 28th October 2013 at 9pm
Strike Back: Legacy (series 5) – Sky 1 – 3rd June 2015 at 9pm
Strike Back: Retribution (series 6) – Sky 1 – 31st October 2017 at 9pm
Strike Back: Retribution (series 6b) – Sky 1 – 31 January 2018 at 9pm
Final Season: 8 (Final)
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Strike Back, strikes back! The show returns with a new cast (and more things exploding).
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When will season 4 – strike back be on sky? UK
Season 4 (Shadow Warfare) was on last summer. The fifth and final season was due to air similarly this summer. However, Sullivan Stapleton (the Australian who plays the American as opposed to the American who plays the Brit) was recently injured filming in Thailand. This will reportedly delay production by six months. What effect that will ultimately have on broadcast remains to be seen.
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Season 5 has been announced on Sky.com…….please update.
Its due later this year!!
It is correct. As you can see, it list season 5 as airing in Autumn 2014. Season 5 is also the final season or the show, so it is ending.
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Season 4 has already aired in the US & is available to download from many torrent sites!
It hasn't finished airing in the US and no proper fans of the show will steal it online
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By Yesenia Robles and Sam Park Oct 11, 2019, 3:49pm MDT
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By the end of the year, the Adams 14 school district will have up to four new faces on its five-member school board.
Voters in the district, which includes much of Commerce City and some parts of Thornton, will select three out of five candidates running in the Nov. 5 election.
No one signed up to run for the fourth seat, which is for a two-year term replacing Bill Hyde, who resigned in February. That means that after the election, the newly elected members and the current board member Connie Quintana will have to declare a vacancy to call for applicants, and will appoint someone to serve the two-year term.
This year, Adams 14 became the first district in Colorado to hire a private, for-profit consultant to take over day-to-day operations. The State Board of Education ordered the district hire an external manager in an effort to improve the academic achievement of students in the district after it had failed to improve on its own. The teachers union has filed a lawsuit challenging the state's order. That case is pending a decision.
The teachers union also made endorsements in the school board race. Describing them as candidates who can "change the trajectory" and "take back local control" of the district, the union is supporting Ramona Lewis, Regina Hurtado, and Reneé Lovato.
Three of the candidates refused to answer Chalkbeat's questions despite repeated requests.
The candidates who did respond mention the district's agreement with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. That's an agreement that Adams 14 entered into in 2014 after a federal investigation found the district had been discriminating against Hispanic families, students and staff, and violating the educational rights of students who didn't speak English fluently. In part because of turnover in district leadership, the district has not yet complied with everything it agreed to do. You can read more about that, here.
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I-TEAM: Excess trash hauled away after complaints from residents at Towers of Jacksonville
Residents of senior housing community in San Marco said it hadn't been collected for about a week
Published: November 29, 2022, 4:18 PM Updated: November 30, 2022, 12:40 PM
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Editors note: Since the original publication of this article, the owner of the housing complex contacted News4JAX with new information, which has been added to this article.
The owner of a Jacksonville housing community for seniors said they are beginning to clean up piles of trash that accumulated at the Towers of Jacksonville after the I-TEAM brought them the complaints of residents.
Spokespersons for the city of Jacksonville and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) told the News4JAX I-TEAM on Tuesday that they were looking into reports of garbage that had piled up at a senior housing community in San Marco.
Residents said Tuesday morning that trash hadn't been collected for at least a week. By 4:30 p.m., a spokesperson for the housing community said the trash had finally been hauled away and that waste collectors would return Wednesday.
Joan Howard said she has been living at the Towers of Jacksonville about five years. Earlier in the day, she showed the I-TEAM two dumpsters full of trash behind the building. A large pile of garbage bags and a discarded mattress laid next to it Tuesday morning.
"The smell, the stinkiness, the bacteria and everything — it's awful to smell," Howard said. "It's awful to look like that."
The I-TEAM observed clogged trash chutes and piles of foul-smelling garbage bags in trash rooms on several floors of the building.
"It's very stinky, and it's going to cause the roaches," said resident Rhonda Riggins.
"We need some help," Howard said. "We need some help in this elderly senior building."
The Retirement Housing Foundation, which owns the Towers of Jacksonville, said through a spokesperson Tuesday afternoon the issue stemmed from the private trash hauler. The spokesperson said they had been in communication with the waste collection service since last week to alleviate the problem, and they had been assured that the trash would be picked up Monday.
"When that didn't happen, we called them again for a Tuesday pickup, and they said they would be unable to pick the trash up today – and didn't give us a reason why," the statement reads. "So we had another company come in to pick up the excess trash." They said their usual contractor assured them they will pick up the dumpster trash Wednesday.
The spokesperson said Retirement Housing Foundation is still working to determine what happened and will be monitoring the situation to make sure the dumpster garbage gets collected.
The Towers of Jacksonville houses low and fixed income seniors, according to its website. The website also states that rent costs are subsidized by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Residents told the I-TEAM that not all units are subsidized for low-income residents.
A spokesperson from HUD said they were looking into the issue, in a response to the I-TEAM's request for comment.
A city spokesperson spoke to the I-TEAM earlier in the day, saying a private hauler is contracted to pick up waste at the Towers of Jacksonville. A comment reads: "We have looked into this and there seems to be a solution, but we are not at liberty to discuss details because this is a private transaction between the property and the hauler."
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How does pay at southcentral Pa. jobs compare to Amazon's $15 minimum wage?
Jim Hook, Chambersburg Public OpinionPublished 6:00 a.m. ET Oct. 17, 2018
Amazon earlier this month announced a minimum wage of $15 an hour for its U.S. employees, but the pay rate is already making its way into in the Cumberland Valley.
Big box warehouses in recent years have been driving the economy in the Interstate 81 corridor from Harrisburg to Martinsburg, W.Va. About one of every eight people working in Cumberland County works in warehousing or trucking, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. More than one in 10 works in the industry in Franklin County.
Local unemployment is below 4 percent. With the tight labor market, employers are having a harder time finding people, according to L. Michael Ross, president of the Franklin County Area Development Corp.
Distribution warehouses are posting available jobs and hosting job fairs in preparation for the annual holiday shopping season.
"I think most of ours are already there," said L. Michael Ross, president of the Franklin County Area Development Corp. "It goes to the labor environment. Companies are doing what they have to do to recruit and retain folks. In most cases that's around $15 an hour."
A review of local job postings, however, puts the typical starting pay rate around $14 an hour, about 7 percent lower than Amazon's minimum. That's a difference of nearly $500 for a worker working the entire holiday season.
Amazon announced its minimum wage would be raised to $15 an hour for all employees on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. The Amazon fulfillment center in southeast Salem opens in 2019. (Photo: MICHAELA ROMÁN / Statesman Journal)
Amazon, the business that upended the retail industry, operates more than 100 warehouses across the U.S. The Amazon fulfillment center in Carlisle has posted help-wanted ads promising up to $15.75 an hour until Oct. 31 and up to $16.50 an hour starting Nov. 1. That's when Amazon's minimum wage takes effect nationwide.
Amazon's move will have repercussions beyond retailers and will put pressure on any company that operates a distribution center, according to Gerald Storch of the retail consulting firm Storch Advisors.
"This will lead to a general increase in minimal wages in all industries," he said.
Storch said that the wage increase also will widen the gap between the healthy retailers, such as Amazon, Walmart and Target, and the struggling ones, which won't be able to afford to compete on salary.
"The weaker retailers have been cutting costs and squeezing every penny," Storch said. "They are in a very tough place."
Amazon's move has renewed debate about raising the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. The online giant also said it will push Congress to increase the minimum wage.
Amazon, whose value topped an awesome $1 trillion in September, has been under political and economic pressure to pay its employees more.
"We listened to our critics, thought hard about what we wanted to do, and decided we want to lead," said Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO.
Others say Amazon and other companies are having difficulty finding help as the economy booms and unemployment hits near records. Amazon will need more than 100,000 workers to pack and ship boxes during the holiday season. Recent job postings peg pay for Amazon warehouse workers at $12.25 an hour in Omaha, Nebraska, $13 in Baltimore and $16.50 in New York.
The impact of a tight labor market is hitting manufacturers, according to Ross. Manitowoc in Shady Grove is paying $18.71 an hour for entry-level welders and more than $16 an hour to would-be welders as they train for certification.
"They are doing that because that's what the market dictates what they have to pay," Ross said.
Working in a warehouse involves staying on your feet on concrete for long hours and lifting up to 60 pounds.
Warehouses in Franklin and Cumberland counties add about 5 percent to their workforce for the Christmas surge, according to the state Center for Workforce Information and Analysis. Last year they hired 820 people between August and December.
Warehouse employment in the two counties drops off after the first of the year, but employment in any one month is about 55 percent more than what it was five years ago. The industry has added 5,000 jobs since 2013.
Local pay for working as a warehouse associate ranges from $8.50 an hour for Chartwell Staffing Solutions at an unnamed warehouse in Mechanicsburg to $17.80 an hour at the Target warehouse in Chambersburg. Both jobs offer bonuses. Chartwell promises a $50 bonus for working 40 hours a week. Target has a $1,000 sign-on bonus after 90 days for those hired to the distribution center before Oct. 26.
Here's a sampling from job searches on Indeed and Google:
$13 to $14.50 an hour for Randstad Inhouse Services at the Ulta Beauty Distribution Center in Chambersburg. Temporary positions with a chance to become permanent.
$13 to $15 an hour for Axiom Staffing Group at a warehouse for "a growing company in Chambersburg." Potential for overtime and holiday pay.
$13 to $16.50 a hour for Capstone Logistics at Staples distribution center in Chambersburg. Part-time.
$12 to $18 an hour at Dot Foods Williamsport, Md. Night work.
$14 an hour at UPS in Carlisle.
$14.43 an hour or $16.33 an hour at SuperValu Inc. in Carlisle.
$15 an hour or $16 an hour at Allen Distribution in Carlisle.
$13.30 an hour at Office Depot/OfficeMax in Newville.
$12 an hour at Value City Furniture in Carlisle.
$11 an hour to $13 an hour from REM Staffing at warehouse in Carlisle.
$13.25 an hour to $13.50 an hour for Ranstad at DB Schenker in Carlisle.
$12.30 an hour for Adecco at a Newville warehouse.
$13 to $17.50 an hour at Macy's warehouse in Martinsburg, W.Va.
Cumberland County leads southcentral Pennsylvania counties in warehousing and trucking jobs. Cumberland County firms employ 17,300. Leigh and Luzerne counties each have about 15,500, Dauphin 11,650 and York 10,100. More than 6,200 work in warehousing and trucking in Franklin County.
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Daly-Engel, T., Smith, R. L., Finn, D. S., Knoderbane, M. E., Phillipsen, I. C., & Lytle, D. A. (2012). 17 novel polymorphic microsatellite markers for the giant water bug, Abedus herberti (Belostomatidae). Conservation Genetics Resources , 4(4), 979-981.
Abstract: The giant water bug (Abedus herberti) is a large flightless insect that is a keystone predator in aridland aquatic habitats. Extended droughts, possibly due to climate change and groundwater pumping, are causing once-perennial aquatic habitats to dry, resulting in serious conservation concern for some populations. A. herberti also exhibits exclusive male parental care, which has made it a model organism for studying mating systems evolution. Here we describe 17 novel polymorphic microsatellite loci developed for A. herberti. Number of alleles per locus ranged from 2 to 15, and average observed and expected heterozygosities were 0. 579 and 0. 697, respectively. These loci can successfully resolve both population genetic structure among sites separated by 3-100 km (F ST = 0. 08-0. 21, P < 0. 0001), and divergent mating strategies within local populations, making them highly useful for conservation genetics studies of this vulnerable species. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Daly-Engle, T., Smith, R., FinnDS, ., Knoderbane, M., Phillipsen, I., & Lytle, D. (2012). 17 novel polymorphic microsatellite markers for the giant water bug, Abedus herberti (Belostomatidae. Conservation Genetics Resources , 4, 979-981.
Goforth, C. L., & Smith, R. L. (2012). Subsurface behaviours facilitate respiration by a physical gill in an adult giant water bug, Abedus herberti. Animal Behaviour , 83(3), 747-753.
Abstract: Abedus herberti is an aquatic bug that carries a subalar store of atmospheric air for use during submersion. When submersed, adult bugs routinely show two patterns of behaviour we call gaping and dynamic gaping. We studied these behaviours to determine when they are expressed and tested the hypothesis that the behaviours serve a respiratory function. Gaping and dynamic gaping occurred when bugs were positioned sufficiently deep in water that they could not refresh air stores without releasing their hold on the substrate and floating to the surface. Gaping and dynamic gaping occurred more frequently as water depth increased, and bugs performing these behaviours remained submersed longer than bugs that did not express these behaviours. Bugs permitted to express gaping and dynamic gaping remain submersed longer than bugs that were experimentally prevented from performing the behaviours. Bugs also remained submersed longer in high oxygen water than in low oxygen water. We conclude that gaping allows the subalar air store to function as a physical gill and that dynamic gaping is a form of behavioural ventilation. Adult A. herberti are buoyant and must swim or hold onto a substrate to remain submersed. Extending submersion time increases predatory efficiency, reduces the frequency of surfacing, saves energy and reduces predation risk. © 2011 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour.
Goforth, C., & Smith, R. (2012). Subsurface behaviors facilitate oxygen uptake by a physical gill in an adult giant water bug, Abedus herberti (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae). Animal Behavior , 83, 747-753.
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Goforth, C. L., & Smith, R. L. (2011). Respiratory morphology of the Abedus herberti Hidalgo egg chorion (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae). Journal of Morphology , 272(7), 796-801.
PMID: 21472766;Abstract: Although giant water bugs (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) are large, aquatic insects known for their obligate paternal egg brooding behaviors, little research has focused on the structure of their eggs. The respiratory requirements of developing embryos likely created selection for brooding, so a thorough understanding of the respiratory morphology of belostomatid eggs could help explain how brooding behaviors facilitate embryonic gas exchange. This study used scanning electron microscopy to document the respiratory microstructure of the eggs of Abedus herberti, a back brooding giant water bug. The exochorion is similar to that of other belostomatids in texture and organization except that the respiratory region is confined to the uppermost quarter of the egg. This is the area exposed to the atmosphere by encumbered males. A plastron network made up of densely packed vertical projections demarcates the boundary between the respiratory and nonrespiratory regions of the chorion. The internal chorion is composed of alternate air-filled and denser layers that likely facilitate the movement of oxygen from the aeropyles at the top of the eggs to the developing embryonic tissues. © 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Smith, R., Goforth, C. L., & Smith, R. L. (2011). Respiratory morphology of the Abedus herberti Hidalgo egg chorion (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae). Journal of morphology , 272(7).
Although giant water bugs (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) are large, aquatic insects known for their obligate paternal egg brooding behaviors, little research has focused on the structure of their eggs. The respiratory requirements of developing embryos likely created selection for brooding, so a thorough understanding of the respiratory morphology of belostomatid eggs could help explain how brooding behaviors facilitate embryonic gas exchange. This study used scanning electron microscopy to document the respiratory microstructure of the eggs of Abedus herberti, a back brooding giant water bug. The exochorion is similar to that of other belostomatids in texture and organization except that the respiratory region is confined to the uppermost quarter of the egg. This is the area exposed to the atmosphere by encumbered males. A plastron network made up of densely packed vertical projections demarcates the boundary between the respiratory and nonrespiratory regions of the chorion. The internal chorion is composed of alternate air-filled and denser layers that likely facilitate the movement of oxygen from the aeropyles at the top of the eggs to the developing embryonic tissues. J. Morphol., 2011. © 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Smith, R., Kern, K. B., Stickney, R. E., Gallison, L., & Smith, R. L. (2010). Metronome improves compression and ventilation rates during CPR on a manikin in a randomized trial. Resuscitation , 81(2).
We hypothesized that a unique tock and voice metronome could prevent both suboptimal chest compression rates and hyperventilation.
Smith, R. L., Schnack, J. A., Schaefer, E. F., & Kehr, A. I. (2008). Ticks, Amblyomma rotundatum (Acari: Ixodidae), on toads, Chaunus schneideri and Chaunus granulosus (Anura: Bufonidae), in Northern Argentina. Journal of Parasitology , 94(2), 560-562.
PMID: 18564766;Abstract: This communication provides notes on 2 species of toads, Chaunus schneideri and Chaunus granulosus, infested with ixodid ticks, Amblyomma rotundatum, from the provinces of Corrientes and Formosa in northern Argentina. Chaunus schneideri is a new amphibian host record for A. rotundatum, a species previously reported to parasitize other anurans and also reptiles. We examined 74 ticks on 5 toads. All ticks were A. rotundatum; all adults were females, and all developmental stages were randomly attached to host body parts. Ticks remained attached to one of the toads for from 7 to 17 days after the host was captured. One toad, encumbered with 33 ticks, was moribund when found and died shortly thereafter. © American Society of Parasitologists 2008.
Smith, G., Trumbo, S. T., Sikes, D. S., Scott, M. P., & Smith, R. L. (2007). Host shift by the burying beetle, Nicrophorus pustulatus, a parasitoid of snake eggs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology , 20(6), 2389-2399.
PMID: 17956400;Abstract: Recent work [Ecoscience (2000) vol. 7, 395-397] suggests that the burying beetle Nicrophorus pustulatus may have undergone a remarkable host shift, exploiting snake eggs rather than carrion as resources for breeding. We conducted behavioural and physiological experiments to examine the hypothesis of a host shift and to formulate hypotheses on its origin. Two congeners of N. pustulatus, Nicrophorus orbicollis and Nicrophorus defodiens did not respond to snake eggs with typical breeding behaviour. When N. pustulatus male-female pairs (n = 14) were presented with clutches of snake eggs, the number of offspring but not the mean size of offspring varied with snake egg mass, indicating effective regulation of brood size. When breeding on turtle eggs, N. pustulatus had a more variable response than when exploiting snake eggs, suggesting that turtle eggs are not a primary resource for breeding. Nicrophorus pustulatus presented with both snake eggs and a mouse carcass combined and exploited the two resources within the same nest (10 of 12 trials). Mouse carcasses and snake eggs were treated differently. Carcasses were moved, buried and stripped of hair in a manner characteristic of burying beetles, whereas snake eggs were not moved or buried. Females that discovered a mouse carcass also had a significantly greater juvenile hormone increase than did females discovering snake eggs. Some responses to the two resources, however, were similar. Female N. pustulatus oviposited rapidly in response to either a mouse carcass or snake eggs, and males elevated sex pheromone emission in response to either resource. The efficient use of snake eggs, the ability to regulate brood size and the different responses to snake eggs and carrion suggest that N. pustulatus is well adapted to exploiting snake eggs for breeding. The use of snake eggs by N. pustulatus has potential implications for conservation of oviparous reptiles. © 2007 The Authors.
Vu, Q. M., Nguyen, H. H., & Smith, R. L. (2007). The termites (Isoptera) of Xuan Son National Park, northern Vietnam. Pan-Pacific Entomologist , 83(2), 85-94.
Abstract: Subterranean termite species, their habitat preferences and nest habits at Xuan Son National Park, a lowland and lower mountain evergreen and limestone forest in northern Vietnam, were investigated in 2002 and 2003. A total of 234 collections were obtained from 588 sampling sites, on 12 transects, among four different habitat types. Fifteen species in eight genera and two families were recorded. Termitidae was the dominant family with six genera and 12 species. The genus Odontotermes with five, contained the largest number of species. Five species were new records for northern Vietnam: Odontotermes maesodensis Ahmad, 1965, Nasutitermes ovatus Fan, 1983, Pericaptitermes latignathus (Holmgren, 1913), Pericaptitermes nitobei Shiraki, 1909 and Bulbitermes laticephalus Ahmad, 1965. The inventory included eight fungus-growing species: Macrotermes barneyi Light, 1924, Ma. annandalei (Silvestri, 1914), O. yunnanensis Tsai et Chen, 1963, O. hainanensis Light, 1924, O. formosanus Sharaki, 1909, O. maesodensis Ahmad, 1965, O. graveli (Silvestri, 1914) and Microtermes pakistanicus Ahmad, 1965. Five species: M. barneyi, O. yunnanensis, O. hainanensis, O. formosanus and M. pakistanicus occurred in all habitat types. The scrubland/grassland habitat contained 14 species, forest habitats 12 species, cultivated lands eight species and residential areas contained only six species. In forest habitats 56.2% of sample plots yielded termites, in scrubland/grasslands 54.5%, 32% of plots on cultivated land produced termites and in residential habitats only 18% had termites. Six species identified are considered special pests because their activities weaken earthen structures: M. pakistanicus, M. barneyi, M. annandalei, O. yunnanensis, O. hainanensis and O. formosanus. Nesting patterns of surveyed species are noted with special attention to species that inhabit earthen structures.
Miettinen, M., Kaitala, A., Smith, R. L., & Ordóñez, R. M. (2006). Do egg carrying and protracted copulation affect mobility in the golden egg bug?. Journal of Insect Behavior , 19(2), 171-178.
Abstract: Golden egg bug Phyllomorpha laciniata (Heteroptera, Coreidae) females oviposit on male and female conspecifics that carry ova until they hatch. Embryos benefit from being carried because of diminished risks of predation. Female carriers are never the parents of carried eggs, and males are only rarely the fathers of any carried eggs. Eggs develop and hatch without being carried in the laboratory. Egg carriers may be viewed as victims, exploited by females that encumber them with eggs. The intensity of selection favouring resistance to egg carrying should be proportional to the costs of this behaviour. One possible cost could be a reduction in mobility caused by carried eggs. We compare movement rates among encumbered and unencumbered golden egg bugs of both sexes. Protracted copulations (often exceeding 20 h) typical of this species and mating may also cause reduction in bugs mobility. Therefore, we also evaluate rates of movement of coupled pairs of bugs. Our results indicate that egg loads do not affect the mobility and speed of either males or females. However, copulating pairs are significantly slowed as compared to single bugs. Thus protracted copulations have a clear cost in rates of movement and possibly risks of predation, but there are no apparent mobility costs for egg carrying. © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.
Lytle, D. A., & Smith, R. L. (2004). Exaptation and flash flood escape in the giant water bugs. Journal of Insect Behavior , 17(2), 169-178.
Abstract: Although behaviors may remain highly conserved through evolutionary time, the ecological functions they serve can undergo surprising transformations. We used phylogenetic, correlational, and experimental evidence to show how a >150-million year-old behavior, which originally evolved to facilitate migration, has been co-opted for flash flood escape in two distantly related giant water bug species (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae). Using behavioral experiments with simulated rainfall, we showed that species from flash-flooding as well as non-flash-flooding environments are capable of rainfall response behavior (RRB), the ability to use rainfall as a cue to abandon an aquatic habitat. The results suggest that, in addition to allowing individuals to escape flash floods, RRB is the proximate mechanism generating a well-established ecological pattern: The correlation between rainfall and migration to seasonal breeding habitats that has been documented in 13 species throughout the family. Placing RRB in phylogenetic context reveals that for several taxa the behavior is an exaptation (a trait evolved for one function but later co-opted for another) for escaping flash floods. For Lethocerus medius, rainfall response behavior is an addition exaptation because the behavior is used to initiate migration to seasonal rain pools (ancestral function) as well as for flash flood escape (co-opted function). In the distantly related Abedus herberti, rainfall response behavior is a transfer exaptation because it has been co-opted exclusively for flash flood escape and the ancestral function has been lost. These findings emphasize that a phylogenetic framework is needed to fully understand the origins and ecological significance of behaviors.
Kaitala, A., & Smith, R. L. (2002). Do golden egg bugs (Phyllomorpha laciniata: Heteroptera, Coreidae) require conspecifics for oviposition?. Journal of Insect Behavior , 15(2), 171-180.
Abstract: Golden egg bug (Phyllomorpha laciniata) females lay eggs on the bodies of conspecifics of both sexes. We investigated to what extent reproduction depended on the availability of conspecifics as oviposition substrate and the acceptability of the host plant as an alternative oviposition substrate in the absence of conspecifics. Mated females were placed in experimental enclosures each containing a sprig of fresh host plant. Each experimental female was subjected to one of three treatments: isolated from conspecifics (solitary), paired with another female, or paired with a male. Solitary females laid a few eggs on the host plant but then stopped laying eggs, and solitary females laid significantly fewer eggs than those enclosed with another female or a male. Females enclosed with a male laid no more eggs than those enclosed with a female. When two previously isolated females were later enclosed together, they soon renewed oviposition. Females in nature contained significantly more oviducal eggs than did females that were enclosed with other females for a short period. Thus the availability of suitable conspecifics as oviposition substrate stimulates the deposition of mature eggs, and reproduction depends on the presence of conspecifics of either sex as oviposition substrate.
Kaitala, A., & Smith, R. L. (2002). The bug that lays the golden eggs. Natural History , 111(2), 32-37.
Hoekstra, J. D., & Smith, R. L. (1999). Descriptions of the final instar larvae of Argia sabino Garrison and Argia pima Garrison (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington , 101(4), 887-896.
Abstract: We illustrate and describe the final instar larvae of Argia sabino Garrison 1994 and Argia pima Garrison 1994 based on preserved exuviae and larvae from Sabino Creek, Arizona, U.S.A. A dichotomous key is provided to integrate A. sabino and A. pima into an existing larval key to North American Argia spp.
Hoekstra, J. D., & Smith, R. L. (1998). Distribution and habitat of Curicta pronotata (Hemiptera: Nepidae) in southeastern Arizona. Entomological News , 109(5), 366-368.
Abstract: Curicta pronotata is known from western Mexico and southeastern Arizona. Previous accounts of the species' Arizona distribution draw from only a few collections and localities. Distributional records clarifying the range and habitat of C. pronotata in Arizona are reported here.
Smith, R. L., & Horton, C. (1998). Fish predation on giant water bug (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae) eggs in an Arizona stream. Great Basin Naturalist , 58(3), 292-293.
Lokensgard, J., Smith, R. L., Eisner, T., & Meinwald, J. (1993). Pregnanes from defensive glands of a belostomatid bug. Experientia , 49(2), x12-176.
PMID: 8440354;Abstract: The aquatic bug Abedus herberti (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) secretes a mixture containing four pregnanes (desoxycorticosterone (I), pregnenolone (II), progesterone (III), and 3α-hydroxy-pregn-5-en-20-one (IV)) from its cephalic glands. Pregnanes had previously been characterized from the defensive glands of aquatic beetles (Dytiscidae) and shown to be deterrent to fish. It may be specifically under predation pressure from fish that A. herberti and Dytiscidae evolved their comparable defenses.
Smith, R. L., & Larsen, E. (1993). Egg attendance and brooding by males of the giant water bug Lethocerus medius (Guerin) in the field (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae). Journal of Insect Behavior , 6(1), 93-106.
Abstract: Males of the giant water bug Lethocerus medius (Guerin) typify their monobasic subfamily, the Lethocerinae, in that they do not brood eggs attached to their backs as do males of all members of the subfamily Belostomatinae. Exclusive male parental investment as expressed in the Belostomatinae is extremely rare behavior among animals, and evolution of the trait is obscure. Lethocerus medius males apparently remain with their mates through oviposition and are consistently found in attendance of eggs after the female has departed. This behavior may enhance paternity assurance at no cost in opportunity for polygyny. Two double clutches of eggs were found, from which we infer the potential for polygynous matings and shared parental investment. Male L. medius brood attended egg clutches above the surface of the water, where they may moisten them, shade them, and defend them against predation. Egg attendance/brooding by L. medius and other Lethocerus species may represent a plesiomorphic state from which paternal back- brooding evolved in the Belostomatinae. © 1993 Plenum Publishing Corporation.
Zeh, D. W., Zeh, J. A., & Smith, R. L. (1989). Ovipositors, amnions and eggshell architecture in the diversification of terrestrial arthropods. Quarterly Review of Biology , 64(2), 147-168.
Abstract: Comparison with the Parainsecta (Collembola, Protura) suggests that the ovipositor, amnion and complex chorion are novel features acquired early in the evolution of the insects. Insect diversity is probably at least partially a consequence of this suite of egg-stage characters which reduced constraints on suitable sites for egg deposition, and enabled insect lineages to diversify into previously inaccessible niches. The self-sufficient insect egg, resistant to osmotic rupture, desiccation, and drowning, may explain the low incidence of postzygotic parental investment among insects relative to other terrestrial arthropods. Ovoviviparity, viviparity and parental egg care may have inhibited the evolution of such eggs in other terrestrial arthropod taxa. Cladistic data suggest a historical association between diversification and expansion in type or range of habitats utilized for oviposition and larval development. Insects would probably have been unable to exploit the potential of holometaboly and flight without the capacity to ensure egg survival in the wide range of oviposition substrates provided by terrestrial environments. -from Authors
Zeh, D. W., & Smith, R. L. (1985). Paternal investment by terrestrial arthropods. Integrative and Comparative Biology , 25(3), 785-805.
Abstract: Paternal investment in terrestrial arthropods occurs in three contexts. Prezygotic investment includes indirect contributions to offspring through nutrients provided o the male's mate. Biparental care refers to joint male and female care of offspring. Finally, exclusive paternal care occurs when only the male invests in offspring following oviposition. Examples of exclusive paternal care are known in insects such as assassin bugs (Reduviidae), harvestmen (Opiliones), and millipedes (Diplopoda), although it is far more common in a group of secondarily aquatic insects, namely, the giant water bugs (Belostomatidae). Biparental care is also uncommon and is best developed in burying beetles (Silphidae), dung beetles (Scarabaeidae), and termites (Isoptera). The most pervasive type of paternal investment appears to be prezygotic in the form of spermatophore products and other "nuptial gifts" provided to the female parent.The evolution of paternal investment is a complex process and no single hypothesis nor evolutionary pathway appears adequate to explain the diversity of paternal investment strategies in terrestrial arthropods. As is the case with other animal groups, paternal investment is correlated with certainty of paternity and male territoriality. Ecological factors also appear important, especially in the way these influence the ability of males to enhance the survivorship of offspring and/or the fecundity of their mates. Physically harsh or biotically dangerous habitats and ephemeral, highly prized, productive resources are all associated with high levels of paternal investment. Finally, the indirect sperm transfer strategies common to many terrestrial arthropod species seem to preclude males from contributing materially to their offspring by dissociating parent from progeny. This dissociation may explain in part the relative paucity of high levels of paternal investment by terrestrial arthropods. © 1985 by the American Society of Zoologists.
Smith, R. L. (1979). Paternity assurance and altered roles in the mating behaviour of a giant water bug, Abedus herberti (heteroptera: Belostomatidae). Animal Behaviour , 27(PART 3), 716-725.
Abstract: Natural selection theory predicts that male brooding giant water bugs, Abedus herberti Hidalgo, should possess paternity assurance mechanisms and have altered roles in courtship. Mating behaviour of this species was studied to check these predictions. Females were aggressive in courtship, but male 'display' was an essential element. Copulation always preceded oviposition, and copulation and oviposition were cyclical events under male control. Females engaged in cyclical polyandry in the laboratory, and this threat under natural conditions presumably favoured the male-dominated system of alternating bouts of copulation and oviposition. Male and gravid female bugs seemed equally eager to exchange brooding services for eggs under laboratory conditions. Courtship roles are discussed in relation to relative parental investment and availability of eligible males. © 1979.
Smith, R. L. (1979). Repeated copulation and sperm precedence: Paternity assurance for a male brooding water bug. Science , 205(4410), 1029-1031.
Goforth, C., & Smith, R. (2012, January). The respiratory behaviors of Abedus herberti (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) . 2006 ESA Annual Meeting. Indianapolis, Indiana.


and was ashamed of being not as strong.
making of it such an offering.
expired, its finite span come to an end.
faith is tested and found wanting, hope is lost.
what we are and what we shall become.
we longed to break our bonds and dance.
surge of life before the cycle of decay begins.
fields, and groves; and we have just begun to live.
It has begun, will be—and we shine on. Amen.


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Tax bill and your tuition: Here's what to expect
by Katie Lobosco @KatieLobosco December 16, 2017: 10:24 AM ET
Republicans reveal final tax plan details
Republican leaders backed away from several controversial proposals to change education-related tax breaks.
They have agreed to save the student loan interest deduction and keep tuition waivers for graduate students tax-free. The final version of the tax bill would also expand the use of 529 savings accounts to include expenses for private K-12 education, as well ask keep tax credits for those currently paying for college.
The legislation was unveiled Friday, and lawmakers in both the House and Senate are set to vote next week.
Here is what the bill will and won't do for your education expenses.
Student loan interest deduction saved
You will still be allowed to claim a deduction of up to $2,500 for the interest you pay on your student loans each year.
About 12 million people benefited from this tax break in 2015. It can be claimed without itemizing your taxes, but it's only available to certain borrowers, depending on their income.
The benefit is gradually reduced once your modified adjusted gross income reaches $65,000 for singles, or $135,000 for couples, and completely phased out for singles who earn more than $80,000, and couples who earn $165,000.
The deduction can save taxpayers as much as $625 a year, though most see a smaller benefit.
Graduate student tuition waiver tax spared
The bill spares graduate students from having to pay income tax on tuition waivers -- something that was proposed in the House version of the bill.
The measure was protested by graduate students across the country who worried it would increase their tax bills by thousands of dollars.
An estimated 145,000 graduate students who teach or do research for their university receive tuition waivers from the school.
Related: Will Obamacare survive the tax bill?
Employer tuition reimbursement is still tax-free
Employers can give workers up to $5,250 tax-free to help pay for tuition, and the award will remain tax-free under the bill.
About half of employers offer the benefit, according to the Society for Human Resource Management.
How do you think tax reform will affect you? Share your story with CNNMoney here.
529 savings accounts expanded
The bill expands the use of 529 savings accounts so that you can use the money saved to pay for both college and K-12 education.
Currently, money invested in a 529 account grows tax-free but can only be used for college expenses.
Under the new bill, up to $10,000 can be distributed annually to pay for the cost of sending a child to a "public, private or religious elementary or secondary school." The money could also be used for some expenses connected with a homeschool, the bill says.
The changes would apply to distributions made after December 31, 2017.
Death and disability loan forgiveness tax repealed
The bill excludes student debt forgiveness from taxable income for the borrower if they become permanently disabled. It also excludes forgiveness in the event of death if there is a co-signer on the loan.
It will apply to federal and state student loans discharged after December 31, 2017 -- but will not apply to any after December 21, 2025.
American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning credits remain untouched
Despite proposed changes to these credits in an earlier House bill, both the American Opportunity Credit and the Lifetime Learning Credit will remain the same.
The AOC is worth up to $2,500 per student for each of the first four years of college. An earlier House bill would have expanded the benefit to a fifth year, but that provision was omitted in the final version.
The credit is gradually reduced once your modified adjusted gross income reaches $80,000 for singles, or $160,000 for couples, and completely phased out for singles who earn more than $90,000, and couples who earn $180,000.
The earlier House version would have scrapped the LLC, but it will live on under the final bill. It's a smaller benefit, worth up to $2,000, and is available to people under a lower income cap. But it can be claimed for each year you're enrolled in college.
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UK's first coal mine in three decades gets go-ahead
The coal mine in Cumbria will produce fuel for steel-making
Thursday 8 December 2022
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The government has approved a new coal mine in Cumbria.
Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, argued the coal mine would have an "overall neutral effect on climate change" and the "likely amount of coal used in steel making would be broadly the same with or without the development of the proposed mine".
West Cumbria Mining's plan for a coking coal pit near Whitehaven was initially approved by the county council in 2020 but the decision was later withdrawn – coking coal is classed as a critical raw material, one that the steel industry is currently reliant on.
The government has previously delayed the decision to approve or dismiss the planning application for the Cumbria coal mine.
The government's independent climate adviser, Climate Change Committee Chair Lord Deben had previously said the project was "absolutely indefensible" and would damage the UK's leadership on climate change.
COP26 President Alok Sharma was also critical and said that the project would be a backward step in the UK's climate efforts.
Greenpeace UK Policy Director Doug Parr said: "Only a month ago, Rishi Sunak was claiming he wanted to make the UK a 'clean energy superpower'. Now he has approved the first new coal in over thirty years.
"The UK Government risks becoming a superpower in climate hypocrisy rather than climate leadership. How can we possibly expect other countries to rein in fossil fuel extraction when we are building new coal mines here?"
Commenting on the government's decision to approve a new coal mine at the Whitehaven site in Cumbria, Tom Fyans, Interim Chief Executive Officer at the countryside charity CPRE, said: "This absurdly retrograde decision will shackle us to the past at the precise moment the steel industry is transitioning to an environmentally sustainable future.
"Instead of grasping the opportunity to lead the world in a clean and green industrial revolution, here we are clinging onto the dirty coal that powered and poisoned the Victorian era."
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It was a day of connecting and building bridges with business ideas.
I was chatting with a friend about how to help his budding startup that held a great deal of promise, using my photography and while in the midst of making lunch during our conversation, this heart remained in the water after I drained pasta. It was as though the green light was flashing that inspiration was taking part in the conversation too.
I went out for a walk later that same day, despite the humidity and rain, looking to savor the trees beginning to change.
I'd felt a little discouraged about romance, spending more time wondering negatively than feeling in awe of the romance I already have in my life, when I found this on the trail out of nowhere.
And as if to hammer the point home, I saw another one before getting close to the house.
There are days where I the ability to see all these hearts is something of a super power and I love being able to share that power, or whatever other name there is for it.
It's always been and will always be about love.


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Rolf Hanson, "Hic et Nunc"
Stockholm, 5.4–28.4 2018
Galleri Andersson/Sandström is proud to introduce our first exhibition with Rolf Hanson. Hanson's exhibition Hic et Nunc subsequently means that the gallery will work with Hanson henceforth. The exhibition comprimises paintings from 2010 to 2018.
Rolf Hanson is a key figure in Swedish art history and has been a painter per se his entire career since he began in the early 80s. His work is known by its great artistic freedom as he uses unquestionable technical skills as well as a thorough carefulness while acting out a respectful disrespect for the various stylistic traditions and conventions of traditional painting. Rolf Hanson possesses an incomparable feeling for the interaction between color and form, light and shadow. His paintings has a certain weightiness and unity, force and vitality which is coupled with an intangible something. Something that reaches towards another dimension – a dimension of the inexplicable. Rolf Hanson is never convenient; he does not dwell on what is reliable or admired. He rather takes steps to ensure that he remains open and in quest of new terrain, yet to be explored. In the end of Lars Nittve's essay for Hanson's exhibition at Rooseum in 1995 (which Nittve curated), he writes:
"…to Hanson, though, the main question is likely something different: how to find the precise point of resistance, of friction, of dissonance, that will allow him once again to put the maximum pressure on convention – on painting; that will make you feel that the art's narrow constraints are about to burst wide open; or, to use a well-worn but wonderful cliché, that will make the art sing".
Even though painting is Hanson's signum, he has also exhibited photographs and prints, and has in collaboration with Källemo done furniture and objects.
Rolf Hanson was educated at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm 1974-79 and debuted in 1981 with an exhibition at Galleri Blanche in Stockholm. Hanson has since then exhibited extensively at galleries and institutions, including important presentations at Moderna Museet, Stockholm 1985, ROSC 88, Dublin, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö 1995, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 1998 and Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsinborg 2006.
He represented Sweden at the Venice Biennale in 1988 in the first Nordic Pavilion and won the first prize in the Carnegie Art Award 1999.
Rolf Hanson's work is represented in public collections such as Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Kiasma, Helsingfors, Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Borås Konstmuseum, Norrköpings Museum, Helsingborgs Konstmuseers samling, Östergötlands länsmuseum, Sundsvalls Konstmuseum, Västerås Konstmuseum, Nyköpings Konstmuseum, Blekinge länsmuseum, Gävle Konstmuseum and Henna and Pertti Niemistö Collection of Contemporary Art.


I am so excited about this event. My boys and I have been invited to preview the Milk and Cookies Art Show presented by Toms Shoes and Active Ride Shop. What's special about the show is that it features creative work from kids — the artists of the future! The show unfolds on Saturday, March 12th, 1-5pm at the Irvine Spectrum Center. Pieces will be available for purchase – proceeds will be donated to Seeds Art and Education, Inc. and the JLA Project. You can check out the Milk and Cookies event page on Facebook as well.


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North Texas Universities Make the Grade
In addition to this annual report, online job website Glassdoor listed their top 10 in-demand jobs in North Texas. Between these two sources, we're seeing trends emerging within a few careers, specifically nursing and engineering.
For nursing programs, said the US News ranking, several North Texas universities made the top 100 graduate programs, including Texas Woman's University, Texas Christian University, Baylor University and the University of Texas at Arlington. And, it's no surprise that nursing ranks fourth on Glassdoor's list of in-demand jobs in North Texas. With a one of the fastest growing populations in the U.S., North Texas has a steadily increasing demand for healthcare professionals. There are currently more than 630 open nursing jobs in the region according to Glassdoor.
Engineering also made it on both lists, with U.S. News listing University of Texas at Dallas and University of Texas at Arlington in the top 100 graduate programs. Glassdoor aggregated online data to determine there are nearly 300 job openings for Systems Engineer landing them seventh on the list of top 10 in-demand jobs in North Texas. This growing demand for engineers can be partially attributed to the retirement of Baby Boomers in the workforce. The average age of engineers at many international companies based in North Texas, like Lockheed Martin and Texas Instruments, is more than 40 years old.
The U.S. News and World Report ranking also had North Texas schools listed in various other categories including law, primary medical care, medical research and counseling.
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Q: Issue with setting selectedRow for UIPicker I have an issue with setting initial value for UIPicker.
I have:
UIPicker in my storyboard. Connected to TableViewController (I have static table) class as IBOutlet:

class SettingsTableViewController: UITableViewController, UIPickerViewDelegate, UIPickerViewDataSource {
    //Variables
    let pricePerHour: Float = 0
    let defaults = UserDefaults.standard
    let currencies = ["USD", "RUR", "UAH", "BYN", "NIS"]

    //IBOutlets
    @IBOutlet weak var isTimeCafeSwitch: UISwitch!
    @IBOutlet weak var pricePerHourTextField: UITextField!
    @IBOutlet var currencyPicker: UIPickerView!

I used this answer as an example for setting initial value.
But I am getting NSRangeException because I suppose that I'm trying to set value for UI picker before it was fully initialized. I have added some prints into my code to show the issue:
func numberOfComponents(in pickerView: UIPickerView) -> Int {
    return 1
}

func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, numberOfRowsInComponent component: Int) -> Int {
    print("Picker view initialized - getting number of rows")
    return currencies.count
}

func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, titleForRow row: Int, forComponent component: Int) -> String? {
    return currencies[row]
}

func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, didSelectRow row: Int, inComponent component: Int) {
    defaults.set(currencies[row], forKey: "currency")
    print(GenericStuff.currency)
}

//System functions for view
override func viewDidLoad() {
    print("View did load")
    currencyPicker.dataSource = self
    currencyPicker.delegate = self

    //To dismiss keyboard
    self.view.addGestureRecognizer(UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self.view, action: #selector(UIView.endEditing(_:))))
}

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    print("View will appear")

    //Set value for currency picker
    currencyPicker.selectedRow(inComponent: currencies.index(of: GenericStuff.currency)!)
    print("Tried to set selectedRow")

    pricePerHourTextField.text = String(describing: defaults.float(forKey: "pricePerMinute"))
    isTimeCafeSwitch.isOn = defaults.bool(forKey: "isTimeCafe")
}

And here is my output:
View did load
View will appear
Picker view initialized - getting number of rows
Picker view initialized - getting number of rows
Picker view initialized - getting number of rows
Picker view initialized - getting number of rows
2017-07-20 01:20:42.163 CafeManager[8135:265457] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSRangeException', reason: '*** -[__NSArrayM objectAtIndex:]: index 4 beyond bounds [0 .. 0]'

So as I can see the sequence is:
viewDidLoad is called - here I set delegate and datasource.
viewWillAppear is called - here I tried to setSelected for UIPicker
UIPicker started initialization.
It looks like I have concurrency issue here, but not sure how to fix it properly. And I really wonder how it worked in mentioned example. Tried to put selectedRow to viewDidLoad - same result.

A: Okay, I've found the reason: Do not write code in the night.
I have used wrong function.
I used:
currencyPicker.selectedRow(inComponent: currencies.index(of: GenericStuff.currency)!)

Instead of:
currencyPicker.selectRow(currencies.index(of: GenericStuff.currency)!, inComponent: 0, animated: true)

And it works fine.

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Film Review: Suspiria (2018)
May 10, 2019 by Talking Pulp	in Film Review, Reviews and tagged 2010s, 2018, Chloë Grace Moretz, Dakota Johnson, Dario Argento, fantasy, film, horror, Italy, Jessica Harper, Luca Guadagnino, Mia Goth, mystery, occult, review, thriller, Tilda Swinton	| Leave a comment
Also known as: Suspíria: A Dança do Medo (Brazil)
Release Date: September 1st, 2018 (Venice Film Festival)
Directed by: Luca Guadangnino
Written by: David Kajganich
Based on: Suspiria by Dario Argento, Daria Nicolodi
Music by: Thom Yorke
Cast: Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Angela Winkler, Ingrid Caven, Elena Fokina, Sylvie Testud, Renée Soutendijk, Christine LeBoutte, Fabrizia Sacchi, Małgosia Bela, Jessica Harper, Chloë Grace Moretz
K Period Media, Frenesy Film Company, Videa, Mythology Entertainment, First Sun, Memo Films, Amazon Studios, 152 Minutes
"Movement is never mute. It is a language. It's a series of energetic shapes written in the air like words forming sentences. Like poems. Like prayers." – Madame Blanc
There had been rumors of a Suspiria remake for years. I never thought it would actually happen, as it was in developmental hell and it isn't a film that needs to be remade. The original was unique, haunting, effective and super stylish. In fact, it's one of my favorite films of all-time.
So I was definitely against the idea of a remake. In fact, in my original Suspiria review, I referred to the upcoming remake as "cinematic sacrilege". But something changed when I saw the trailer for this film.
This was a motion picture that was drastically different and certainly appeared to be its own thing only vaguely inspired by its source material. I was intrigued and once I realized that it was directed by the very talented Luca Guadangnino, who most recently did the Oscar nominated Call Me by Your Name, I was even more intrigued.
Unfortunately, this didn't get a theatrical release near me but knowing that it was distributed by Amazon Studios, I figured I could just wait until it was available for free with my Prime membership. Once it was, I wasted no time in checking the film out.
I ended up being pleasantly surprised by this movie and even though it isn't on the level of the original, it exceeds it in some factors.
Primarily, the acting in this picture is utterly superb and it is only enhanced by Guadangnino's direction. He was able to capture very intimate moments, without the support of dialogue, in a way that added a mystique to the haunted proceedings.
Guadangnino also didn't take his style cues from Argento's original, which is actually a very, very good thing. This version of Suspiria was incredibly visual and stylized but in a new and unique way. Instead of employing the intense vivid and contrasting colors of Argento's patented giallo visual flair, the color palate here is more subdued, full of dark earth tones and a grittiness. However, Guadangnino does sprinkle in some giallo-esque highlights. I think it is clearly an homage to Argento but it is done so subtly that someone unfamiliar with the original picture will miss it.
I thought that both Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton really owned their roles in this film, especially Swinton who had to play triple duty where two of her characters presented real performance challenges. Also, I was really impressed with Mia Goth and her ability to truly wear dread on her face and in her body language.
While the score by Goblin is absent, like the lack of giallo visuals, it is a good thing here. This film's score by Thom Yorke has real character and it works quite well with the narrative and visual tones. While it is very hard to top that Goblin score, what we get with this film fits pretty flawlessly. Trying to mimic the sounds that Goblin did in 1977 would most likely have been a distraction.
This film also benefits from using the old school method for building suspense. While the picture may feel slow at parts, there really isn't a wasted moment and everything serves the purpose of adding layers towards the story's big climax.
As far as the climax goes, it has a pretty shocking twist that almost adds a feeling of disorientation to a sequence that almost comes across as sensory overload. It's a lot to bear in a film that crawls by at a relaxed pace but it's is quite incredible when you get to this point in the film.
That being said, I thought that some of the stuff in the finale was a bit over the top and a bit cheesy. I don't want to spoil anything by pointing out the details but the whole thing hits you in the face like a hammer and by this point, you are mentally spent and the grotesque and hokier bits are buried under the weight of the whole sequence.
And despite my reservations about a few things with that finale, it is that moment that really made this film work for me. It truly showcased that Guadangnino might have started with Argento's premise but in the end, he crafted his own creation that was much more complex but emotionally and intellectually deeper than the original. That alone allows this motion picture to justify its existence.
I look at remakes like I look at cover songs: if an artist can improve on the source material in some way or present it differently but still well, then it serves a purpose.
In the end, this is a motion picture that shocked and surprised me. While I still prefer the original, this remake is one of the absolute best horror films of the last decade.
Pairs well with: the original Suspiria and it's first sequel Inferno.
Film Review: Call Me by Your Name (2017)
September 12, 2018 by Talking Pulp	in Film Review, Reviews and tagged 2010s, 2017, Armie Hammer, Brazil, drama, film, France, Italy, Luca Guadagnino, review, romance, Sundance, Timothée Chalamet	| Leave a comment
Release Date: January 22nd, 2017 (Sundance)
Directed by: Luca Guadagnino
Written by: James Ivory
Based on: Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman
Music by: various
Cast: Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois
Frenesy Film Company, La Cinéfacture, RT Features, M.Y.R.A. Entertainment, Water's End Productions, Sony Pictures Classics, Warner Bros., 132 Minutes
"We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to make yourself feel nothing so as not to feel anything – what a waste!" – Mr. Perlman
I didn't get to see this in the theater, where I intended to check it out. It wasn't the highest on my list of "awards worthy" films last year and I had a big list to work through. Plus, I'm not in an area where "awards worthy" films are looked at as all that important. But hey, everyone around here is really excited for that Bumblebee movie.
Anyway, I finally caught this on the Starz app, it's still there, if you've been wanting to see this highly lauded motion picture.
The film is about an American named Oliver (Armie Hammer) that comes to live with an Italian family for the summer. The son, Elio (Timothée Chalamet), quickly develops a crush on Oliver. As the film progresses, Elio's feelings towards Oliver are found to be mutual and we go along with him on his journey of self-discovery: trying to understand what attracts him, what love is and how to deal with the overwhelming emotions of being a passionate young man.
The film is heartbreaking at its lowest emotional moments and not just for Elio but for a few characters. At the same time, there's hope and positivity in Elio learning to accept and find comfort in who he is. Luckily for him, he has loving and understanding parents. And while this does end on a sad note, I guess there's a sequel in the works for some reason, even though it really isn't necessary and sort of takes the impact away from the ending, knowing that these two characters will meet again.
The framework of an uncertain future is pretty much what makes the final moments work. And yeah, I guess the future is still uncertain but this takes some of the story magic away. Besides, I had incredibly strong feeling for the first few people I had sex with but at 39 years-old, I've moved on a half dozen times. That's what life does, it moves on, you meet new people and what was once intense emotional pain was just something that happened lifetimes ago. Elio should never forget the experience but he also shouldn't be crippled by it as life moves forward.
I thought that both Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet did a fantastic job. However, I thought their physical age differences, at least how they appeared in the film, were pretty drastic. Oliver is supposed to be 24 in the story but Hammer looks over 30. Elio is 17, which is well over the age of consent in Italy, but he looks 15. 7 years isn't a big deal and Elio being 17 probably only seems weird in the U.S., where some states have the age of consent set at 18 and where the media is pedo crazy and we obsess over sex offenders. But in the film, the age difference looks greater than the original story intends. And I don't think that their ages are actually mentioned in the film. It's really not a big deal but Hammer looked much older than just being some college student living abroad for a few months.
The film moves kind of slow but it's still well put together and it at least looks beautiful. Luca Guadagnino certainly has an eye for style and understands how to make his visuals a true accent to the narrative and the emotion unfolding on screen. While I was vehemently against anyone remaking Suspiria, I'm kind of intrigued by his vision for it after seeing this film and seeing the trailer for that film. I'm hoping that Guadagnino uses the same key crew members for that film, as this picture is so rich, visually.
In the end, I enjoyed this but it isn't something I think I'd ever watch again. It looks beautiful, it told a good story but I feel it is also overblown due to its subject matter, which is the type of thing Hollywood snobs love because their progressive nature means that they have to push those politics and ideas into the mainstream. Which honestly, distracts from this just being a really good movie and just makes it one of many films that Hollywood has to prop up to prove that they're not bigots anymore. But a lot of them are pedos and this doesn't help that image, just sayin'.
Again, this is a good film. Picture of the Year nominee? Not really. But then again, most of the films that get that distinction aren't worthy. Now if Timothée Chalamet fucked a fish man, this would have won all the big ones. Bestiality trumped gay sex this past year but gay bestiality would've broke the Academy.
Pairs well with: In recent years, Moonlight and Lady Bird.


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No, I said... What kind of bird are you?
I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween. Greg and I dressed up as Suzy & Sam from Moonrise Kingdom (the clothed versions). Sadly, his coonskin cap that I ordered didn't arrive until the day after. But I still think we looked great. Elvis was... Elvis. We just had to.
October was a crazy busy month, and I can't believe November is not only here, but a week in. I'm hoping to get caught up on blogging over the next couple weeks though, so stay tuned.
Suzy and Sam costumes made me smile as big as I can remember smiling. You two are awesome.


PITTSBURGH — Linebacker James Harrison was the center of attention at Tuesday's organized team activity workout. And it had nothing to do with football.
Instead, Harrison was grilled by reporters over his decision to skip Thursday's White House visit by the Steelers.
The Steelers will be honored by President Barack Obama for their victory in Super Bowl XLIII.
Harrison pointed out that no one in the media questioned him in June of 2006 when he skipped the Steelers' White House visit in honor of their win in Super Bowl XL.
Yes, Harrison's profile has changed.
Four years ago, he was a backup. Now he's the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year and a Super Bowl record-setter for that 100-yard touchdown return of an interception.
Also, Obama has obviously developed a close relationship with Steelers' chairman Dan Rooney.
Rooney stumped for Obama during the 2008 presidential election. In return, Obama nominated Rooney, a proud Irishman, as the U.S. ambassador to Ireland.
And what will Harrison be doing Thursday when his teammates are at the White House?


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Dura House, Cupar, Fife, KY15 5SZ
9,897 sq ft(919.46 sq m)
Dura HouseCupar, Fife, KY15 5SZ
9,897 sq ft (919.46 sq m)
8.7 Ac (3.52 Ha)
B Listed Scots Baronial country house
Set in wooded grounds close to St Andrews
Upgraded in 1970s but now requiring refurbishment
Practical layout for modern occupation
Large, well laid out rooms. 9,897 ft2
Magnificent Scots Baronial country house in private setting close to St Andrews
Dura House dates from the 18th century but may incorporate an older structure, said to date from the early 1600s. The house was extended into its present form in 1861 by the Edinburgh architect James Milne.
The house has the most magnificent front façade with a front facing gable flanked by spires above the front door which has a pediment and coat of arms. The south elevation also has battlements, crow stepped gables and three further spires. There is a square tower in the north east corner.
Internally the house has a simple and practical layout and the rooms are highly functional. An entrance vestibule with tiled floor gives access to a reception hall with wooden pillars and an open fireplace. The dining room is off this hall.
A back hall leads to an office, cloakroom and kitchen with AGA and Agamatic, water heater, orange topped units and arches to a breakfast area and larder.
A splendid wide staircase leads to the first floor where there is a bedroom with tower shower room and separate family bathroom and laundry.
Double doors lead to an inner hall with a cupola above and parquet floor. There are three fine reception rooms and a bedroom off this hall. The drawing room has a white marble fireplace and connecting doors to a library with fireplace and built in bookshelves. The billiard room or ballroom at the end of the hall has a grey marble fireplace and full height window.
The second floor is arranged in three suites of rooms. The main stairs lead to a landing with three bedrooms and a bathroom off. A second landing connects to three further bedrooms. The final bedroom with its dressing room is at the top of the back stairs.
The main stairs continue up to a large, floored loft. The back stairs lead up to the tower.
To the rear of the house is a useful range of outbuildings comprising a garage and stores on the ground floor and workshops above.
The grounds extend to about 8.7 acres and comprise the gravel sweep and lawns around the house and woodland.
Strictly by appointment with Savills - 0131 247 3738.
Mains water and electricity. Private drainage.
Heating from diesel fired boiler. Cooking and hot water from kerosene fired AGA and Agamatic.
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Dura House is in Fife Council Tax Band H.
Dura House and Dovecote are listed Category B. The Gate Piers (and Gate Lodge) are listed Category C.
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The Gate Lodge and adjoining land is owned by the seller's family.
Standard fixtures and fittings are included in the sale.
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Dura House is set in over 8 acres of its own, wooded grounds in the rolling countryside between St Andrews and Cupar. There are far reaching views from the tower at the top of the house.
Cupar is an active market town with a variety of shops and services. The nearby village of Pitscottie has a café. The Peat Inn, one of Scotland's best known restaurants, is close by.
St Andrews, renowned worldwide as the 'Home of Golf', is only 7 miles away. There are now seven golf courses at St Andrews including the Old Course which regularly hosts the Open Championship, the 150th scheduled to be played there in 2021. There are many other golf courses in the area including The Dukes Course, Kingsbarns, Crail and Elie. St Andrews is also well known for its university which is one of the oldest in Britain (founded in 1413).
Access by rail, road and air is good. Cupar railway station is on the main Aberdeen to London line and provides a link to Dundee and Edinburgh. Edinburgh Airport, with its increasingly wide range of domestic and international flights, is 43 miles away.
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