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Fortnite Sued For Infringing Orange Shirt Kid's Dance Moves And Slogan
The Orange Shirt Kid sued Fortnite's creator for copyright and trademark infringement for using his signature "Random" dance moves and catchphrase "It's also a great exercise move!" in the wildly popular videogame. The Kid shot to YouTube stardom in 2018 after posting his Random dance video and catchphrase. Fortnite is a free-to-play video game that generates income from in-game purchases, including avatars performing dances. The complaint alleges:
Like selling a cheap knockoff, Defendants sold the Random dance in-game and simply renamed it to "Orange Justice." However, the Orange Justice and the Random are one and the same. Indeed, this is made plain by the caption text that accompanies the Orange Justice that is the same as the Orange Shirt Kid's Catchphrase "It's also a great exercise move" as well as the name of the emote—"Orange Justice" is an obvious reference to "Orange Shirt Kid." Defendants did not credit Orange Shirt Kid nor seek his consent to use, display, reproduce, sell, or create a derivative work based upon Orange Shirt Kid's Random dance or likeness in Fortnite. Defendants also did not seek his consent to use the Catchphrase in Fortnite.
The Orange Shirt Kid's lawsuit is the latest in a string of similar suits alleging Fortnite creators copied other people's dance moves for sale in the videogame. The complaint references Epic Games, Inc.'s alleged copying of "the Backpack Kid's 'Floss' dance (which is known by the same name in-game)…Alfonso Ribeiro's performance of his famous dance on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air television show (named the "Fresh" emote)…and 2 Milly's 'Milly Rock' dance (named the 'Swipe It' emote)."
Posted in: 17200 Unfair Competition, Copyright Litigation, Copyright Registration-Application, Lanham Act 43(a) - 15 USC 1125 and Trademark Litigation
I'm Speaking At Bridgeport's What Makes Jurors Tick CLE Seminar (8/10)
On August 10, 2018, I have the pleasure of speaking at Bridgeport Continuing Education's "What Makes Jurors Tick?" seminar at Hotel Indigo LA Downtown. I will discuss how to successfully communicate complex and technical information to jurors. Click here for more information and to register for the seminar.
Posted in: Copyright Litigation, Patent Litigation and Trademark Litigation
Updated: August 9, 2018 10:35 am
House of Lashes Sues Kiss Nails Products for Trademark & Copyright Infringement Over Iconic Eyelashes
House of Lashes is a Southern California beauty company that sells eyelashes, beauty products, and accessories, and is well known in the beauty and eyelash industry. House of Lashes owns the federally registered ICONIC trademark (Reg. No. 4.839,324) for false eyelashes, adhesives for affixing eyelashes, and artificial eyelashes. Additionally, House of Lashes has a federal copyright registration for a photograph of its "Iconic" lashes (Copyright Reg. No. VA 1-996-524). House of Lashes' ICONIC brand of lashes is one of its most popular products and designs on the market and is sold online as well as in many stores nationwide. Additionally, House of Lashes alleges that its product's packaging is inherently distinctive because it is unique in the eyelash industry, and combines elements making it recognizable to consumers without accompanying words.
Kiss Nail Products is a competitor in the beauty industry that began selling "Iconic" brand eyelashes on websites and in stores. On April 24, 2018, House of Lashes sent Kiss Nail Products a cease and desist letter, and the latter responded that it would not be complying with the cease and desist letter and would continue to make and sell "Iconic" branded eyelashes. Thus, House of Lashes is suing Kiss Nail Products for (1) infringement of registered trademarks (15 U.S.C. § 1114), (2) unfair competition (15 U.S.C. § 1114), (3) false designation of origin (15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)), (4) trade dress infringement (15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)), (5) copyright infringement (17 U.S.C. § 501), (6) registered trademark infringement (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 14335), (7) unfair competition and false designation of origin (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et seq. and § 17500), and (8) declaratory judgment.
House of Lashes alleges money and time investment in building a loyal fan base and protecting its ICONIC trademark, including a strong social media presence with millions of followers, videos with 18 million views, and estimates over a billion impressions related to their ICONIC brand eyelashes. House of Lashes argues that the defendant's purpose in using the Iconic trademark and packaging trade dress is to cause confusion or to deceive customers. Defendant is also accused of intentionally copying the design, layout, visual presentation, and arrangement in photographs displaying the eyelashes, thereby infringing House of Lashes' copyright registrations for photographs.
Posted in: 17200 Unfair Competition, Copyright Litigation, Lanham Act 43(a) - 15 USC 1125, Trade Dress and Trademark Litigation
Updated: August 31, 2020 3:20 pm
Morphe Files Makeup Packaging Trade Dress and Trademark Infringement Declaratory Judgment Complaint
Morphe, a well-known makeup company, is suing Becca in response to threats Morphe's new eyeshadow palette's packaging constitutes trade dress infringement, false designation of origin, and palming off under the Lanham Act. 15 U.S.C. § 1051. Becca also alleges that Morphe has tortiously interfered with Becca's contract with Jaclyn Hill, a makeup artist that Morphe now works with. The palette in question is also a project with Jaclyn Hill, in which she teamed up with Morphe to create a line of eyeshadow palettes. The first palette was very popular and called "the Jaclyn Hill Palette." Morphe and Jaclyn Hill created a second set of palettes called the "Vault" collection. The announcement generated lots of publicity for Morphe and on Jaclyn Hill's Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter pages.
Pictures taken from complaint.
Morphe's Vault collection's packaging design features a white box with a silver background behind the logo and a confetti look with colors and shapes expanding from the center. The logo features Morphe's name and Hill's signature. More than six weeks after the announcement, Becca sent Morphe a cease and desist letter claiming common law trademark rights to the design. Becca mentioned their previous contract with Jaclyn Hill and stated that their palette with Hill had extensive use giving them common law trademark rights. However, Becca provided no federal registration for the packaging and allegedly had not sold, marketed or used the packaging in the U.S. for the last two years. Becca allegedly is also unable to resume use of this mark due to contractual obligations.
Posted in: Trade Dress and Trademark Litigation
Updated: August 7, 2018 6:33 pm
Protecting Charitable Organization's Trademarks From Donor Confusion: Heroes Project
July 30, 2018 | Milord A. Keshishian
The Heroes Project is a charitable organization helping veterans with mental, physical, and emotional obstacles since 2009. The Heroes Project is suing Operation Hero Project for federal trademark infringement (15 U.S.C. § 1114), federal unfair competition/false designation (15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)), common law trademark infringement, and common law unfair competition. Because charitable organizations are geared to a certain cause, the names or trademarks will sound similar and it is important to distinguish and protect the marks to avoid confusion, especially among donors.
The Heroes Project provides veterans expedition opportunities, community support, and a voice to the world. The Heroes Project does this through cycling events and mountain climbing expeditions to places such as, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Elbrus, Mount Aconcagua and more. The Heroes Project's efforts are featured on many news stations and are also supported by many well-known celebrities and musicians, increasing its popularity. The Heroes Project has used its mark for charitable fundraising since at least May 2010, including through its website, www.heroesproject.org. The Heroes Project filed a federal trademark application in 2013, which registered in 2017.
Defendant Operation Hero Project offers similar charitable activities and fundraisers aimed towards veterans. Operation Hero Project operates a website, operationheroproject.org, as well as a Facebook page under the same trademark. Operation Hero Project's activities include climbing excursions, bike rides, golf tournaments and other fundraising events. Before the lawsuit, Plaintiff alleges it sent a cease and desist letter to Defendant asserting its trademark rights, but Defendant refused to cease use of their mark in April 2018.
Posted in: 17200 Unfair Competition, Domain Name, Lanham Act 43(a) - 15 USC 1125 and Trademark Litigation
Updated: July 27, 2018 4:54 pm
Instagram Media Influencer Sues PopSugar For Stealing Pictures Asking For Millions of Dollars in Copyright Damages
An Instagram media influencer, Nita Batra, along with a class of other Instagram influencers are suing PopSugar for what could be millions of dollars. Batra runs an Instagram account with over 214,000 followers and a connected lifestyle and fashion blog. As with many other Instagram influencers, Batra generates revenue through a contract with LIKEtoKnow.it, an app and website that identifies and sells clothes based on screenshots. The Influencers' agreement with LIKEtoKNOW.it allows each influencer to monetize the pictures and information they post to their social media sites. The photographs that they post are linked to LIKEtoKnow.it's app and website, allowing users to find and buy outfits the influencers wear in their Instagram posts. Each influencer receives a percentage of the sale price when users buy products through their links. The profits earned by many influencers with hundreds of thousands of followers can be substantial.
Batra claims that PopSugar illegally took pictures protected by copyrights of many Instagram influencers, removing the referral links from which they profited, and posting the pictures on PopSugar's website with new links. These new links deprived the media influencers of their profits by directing users to ShopStyle, a website then owned by PopSugar.
Batra is suing for violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 1202) and the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)), copyright infringement, violations of the unfair competition law, infringement of the right of publicity, and intentional interference with contract. This feature allegedly cut into the profits of the media influencers and improperly used their names and likenesses without their permission. Instead of Batra and other class members receiving their commissions, PopSugar's company at the time, ShopStyle, would receive the total profit from purchases made.
Posted in: 17200 Unfair Competition, Copyright Litigation, Lanham Act 43(a) - 15 USC 1125 and Rights of Publicity - 3344
Vampire Wines Bites Into Yard House's Vampire Taco Trademark With Infringement Lawsuit
TI Beverage Group and its attorney, trademark licensor, and co-plaintiff Michael Machat are not drinking at the Yard House and nothing seems to be merry despite the consumption of tacos and alcohol. Plaintiffs appear to have more of an affinity for Vampires than Bram Stoker himself, having registered numerous Vampire related trademarks for beverages, bars, and restaurant services, including Vampire® and Dracula® for wines and Vampire Lounge & Tasting Room® for restaurant and Bar Services. Even Bella Swan doesn't think this amount of vampire love is healthy, said the star of the Twilight saga. Moreover, Sookie Stackhouse is upstaged by Plaintiffs' undying love of vampires because Plaintiffs previously sued HBO for trademark infringement for selling TruBlood beverages.
Plaintiffs claim to have recently sniffed out Yard House's sale of "VAMPIRE TACO" and use of "VAMPIRE STYLE" to excite potential customers about its food and/or beverage offerings. Yard House has also file trademark applications for Vampire Taco and Vampire Style, which are both pending. Plaintiff alleges that if Yard House "is not stopped from marketing food products and restaurants using Plaintiffs' Vampire Mark or a mark confusingly similar to Vampire, then consumers will likely be confused about the source and origin of defendant's products and services and mistakenly conclude that defendant's products or services are produced by, or associated with Plaintiffs…As a result, Plaintiffs' reputation and goodwill will be impaired." The complaint seeks unspecified damages, but Plaintiffs intend to disgorge Yard House's profits, request an award of attorneys' fees in addition to an injunction prohibiting Yard House's use of the Vampire trademark.
Click here for a copy of the complaint.
Posted in: Trademark Litigation
Say "Super Bowl" and Suffer the NFL's Trademark Infringement Traumatic Brain Injury
Every year the NFL's trademark attorneys aggressively send cease and desist letters to business using the term "Super Bowl," threatening them with the trademark law equivalent of traumatic brain injury. Even churches are not granted sanctuary from NFL's trademark and copyright infringement tentacles. Instead of battling for immunity under trademark fair-use laws, many businesses and advertisers engage in vocabulary gymnastics, e.g. Big Game, Super Sunday, to avoid the NFL's trademark onslaught. The NFL even tried to prevent use of "The Big Game" by filing a USPTO trademark application, but the NFL was forced to abandon its trick-play when numerous colleges and businesses opposed the application. Thus, to avoid legal expenses, many businesses choose to forego the battle. But not Stephen Colbert, whose Superb Owl moniker flies below the NFL's trademark radar:
Grammy Tickets, Duped Trademark Attorney, Cash, And Trademark Infringement
This is not your ordinary trademark infringement case. It involves Grammy Awards ceremony tickets, allegedly sold by now ex-Recording Academy member and trademark attorney – Matthew Blakely – to alleged swindler and trademark infringer Craig Banaszewski.
The dispute stretches back to 2012 when the Academy informed defendants that tickets to the Grammy awards were private, invitation only events and any unauthorized transfer or sale of the tickets was unlawful, would automatically void the tickets, and the ticket-holders would be deemed trespassers. Defendants complied with the Academy's take-down requests and the issue appeared resolved.
In 2013, however, attorney Blakely reportedly sold his non-transferable tickets for between $65,000 and $89,500. But when the purchasers were denied entry, they sued Blakely after he refused to refund their money. Blakely informed the Hollywood Reporter that Banaszewski claimed he was obtaining tickets to revive 80's and 90's rock bands' careers and Grammy appearances would be helpful. According to the Hollywood Reporter, "Blakely says he initially declined but then reconsidered after the guy 'reiterated interest in potentially funding the film projects for Blakely Legal clients.'"
Posted in: Copyright Litigation and Trademark Litigation
Levi's Trademark Infringement Lawsuit Against Stussy's Jeans Is Not Horseplay
July 1, 2014 | Milord A. Keshishian
Levi Strauss & Co. has been making jeans forever and owns some of the earliest trademarks registered at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. The trademarks at issue involve Levi's two-horses pulling on a pair of jeans design, one of which (pictured to the right) Levi's began using in 1886 and registered in 1980. Levi's contends that its two-horse design trademarks are famous and recognized around the world based on Levi's extensive marketing and volume of sales for over one-hundred years.
Stussy is accused of using a two-horse design trademark on a leather patch affixed to jeans and shirts that is confusingly similar to Levi's registered trademarks. Based on the similarity of the two design trademarks, it's not surprising that Levi's is steaming up Stussy's tail. Levi's alleges the striking similarity of the trademarks can only lead to one conclusion: that Stussy's infringement is will and intentional, thereby warranting trebling the amount of Levi's damages and Stussy's profits. Levi's seeks unspecified damages, but requests an award of its attorneys' fees in addition to an injunction prohibiting Stussy's use of the two-horse design trademark.
Although there appear to be no opposed decisions involving Levi's two-horse design trademark, Levi's has successfully litigated and prevailed on its back-pocket stitching design trademarks. See e.g. Lois Sportswear, USA, Inc. v. Levi Strauss & Co., 799 F.2d 867, 871 (2d Cir.1986). This should be an extremely quick horse race to the finish, i.e. settlement.


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Q: Could you use "Atrophy" to describe hair? Take for example a woman in a concentration camp, how her hair slowly becomes more unmanageable/mangy the longer she's there because she isn't using all of the tinctures and conditioners she used to use before.
Example sentence: "She wanted nothing more than lotion for her cracked skin and conditioner for her atrophied hair."
If this is NOT correct or even the most fitting word, would you tell me what would work best without saying "slowly getting more dry and frizzy"?

A: Interestingly, it seems that this use might be acceptable.
From Collins via The Free Dictionaries

atrophy (ˈætrəfɪ)
  n, pl -phies

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*(Pathology) a wasting away of an organ or part, or a failure to grow to normal size as the result of disease, faulty nutrition, etc

*any degeneration or diminution, esp through lack of use

  vb, -phies, -phying or -phied
  to waste away or cause to waste away

So, the implication is that there is degeneration or wasting away. And this could apply to each individual hair. They're frizzy because they've wasted away, individual scales have fallen off and the hair is dry.
That said, I would consider it an unusual choice of words in this context given definition 1 above. It's more usual to apply this to an organ or some fleshy part. You can tell that from the synonyms given in thesaurus.com:

atrophied
  attenuated
  famished
  lean
  shrivelled
  starved
  thin
  undernourished
  withered
  anorexic
  bony
  gaunt
  haggard
  lank
  scrawny
  skeletal
  skin-and-bones
  skinny
  underfed

And also from the ngrams. If you follow the links to the few cases where "atrophied hair" is actually used, it is normally along with "follicles".
My own preference, would be to use malnourished. If you check with a quick google search, "malnourished hair" gets about 6x the hits that "atrophied hair" does. The conditioner would provide nourishment for the hair. It's probably a safer choice.

A: A simple google search reveals that the term "atrophy" has been used time and again in the field of Medicine, but my own preference would be "deteriorated" or even "malnourished" like Pam has mentioned above.

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We need Bold action on Darfur from the next president.
Last night, both Senator McCain and Senator Obama spoke with conviction about ending the genocide in Darfur.
It was an important moment for everyone who cares about stopping the violence and bringing peace and protection to the people of Darfur.
We need bold action on Darfur from the next president. And so Americans from all backgrounds, parties, and faiths are adding their voices together and signing postcards calling on the next president to act.


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Philippia lutea is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Architectonicidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1822 door Lamarck.

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Jim is the founder of the Persevera training studio in New York City. He has been in the trenches training clients, educating and mentoring other personal trainers and researching the latest science since 1988. His clientele includes Wall Street financiers, business leaders, celebrities, journalists, artists, athletes and other trainers.
Jim's journey to prominence in personal training began when he was in high school. Despite lacking the physical prowess of many of his peers, he diligently pursued his goal of performing at a high level in various competitive sports. He quickly found that the traditional training approaches that worked so well for the genetically gifted seemed to be ineffective for him. His obsession to break through barriers and unlock his own potential prompted him to develop a targeted approach to health, nutrition and fitness that he has continued to perfect over more than a quarter of a century.
Realizing that most successful people have average genetics and limited time— but also a competitive desire to look and feel their best— Jim tailored his protocols so that busy professionals could achieve exceptional results safely and without the unreasonable time commitment that so often derails health and fitness ambitions. Jim's passion is to help Persevera's members attain the physical and mental joy that he has achieved for himself. His revolutionary training system has inspired a passionate loyalty from his clients, many of whom have been training with him for over fifteen years.
Jim has been featured in Vogue, Men's Vogue, Self Magazine, New York Magazine and on Eyewitness News.
One of Jim's favorite activities is taking the ice with his teenage son to skate through an hour of grueling hockey drills. Many of his friends and clients are looking forward to the day when he'll agree to branch out and take hip hop dance classes with his daughter. If that should ever come to pass, we'll do our best to videotape it for your viewing pleasure!


This 13-minute film focuses on the CRIIGEN study. It presents the conditions in which the study was carried out in a context where Monsanto did not allow any independent study to be made with its seeds. The research was conducted secretly, but everything was done according to good laboratory practices. Professor Gilles Eric Seralini and Doctor Joel Spiroux explain why this study is the first of its kind. It goes much further than all other studies in terms of the research period (two years instead of the three-month maximum limit). We are shown the method and the flagrant results in the sketches. The mortality rate is six times higher with transgenic food, as well as with Roundup alone. We see the many glaring tumors with which the rats are affected. The images are shocking. It is asked that these studies be replicated for all GMOs that have already been licensed.
A moratorium on all agricultural and food GMOs is demanded.
This 90-minute film provides information on the CRIIGEN study (conditions and results) as well as understanding on how this was able to come about. A long road was travelled to meet with officials in Brussels: Commissioner Dali, director of EFSA, the GMO risk-assessment agency in Brussels, who is in charge of this issue for the European Commission, and the pro-GMO lobby. We gain greater comprehension of the logic behind this all, the role of pro-GMO lobbies, and the reasoning of pro-GMO scientists such as Professor Fellous, who does not understand that one-, two-, or three-month studies should even be requested… The film also introduces us to political figures such as Corinne Lepage and Marie-Christine Blandin, who share their experience, and to scientists who are more critical of GMOs: Jacques Testard and Fr�d�ric Jacquemart, in particular, who lead us to understand the limits of current knowledge on these issues.


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David Axelrod, left, and Karl Rove, right. Andrew Harnik and Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo
Karl Rove, David Axelrod Visit UW-Green Bay With 'Point/Counterpoint'
2 Former Presidential Advisors On Opposite Political Ends Engage About Civility
By Patty Murray
Thursday, April 4, 2019, 12:10pm
Karl Rove was a senior advisor and chief of staff for former President George W. Bush. David Axelrod was a chief strategist for former President Barack Obama.
Though they are on opposite ends of the political spectrum, both men described themselves as friends as they joked before reporters and a group of students on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus on Wednesday. Their ultimate message was that civility can prevail even under severe political circumstances.
The two tour the country with their "Point/Counterpoint" presentations. The goal is to get people off the cable television news cycle and to talk to one another.
Rove said Wisconsin acknowledged that it's a solidly purple state. "You were a battleground state in 2004, you were a battleground state in 2008 and '12 and '16," he said.
Axelrod interrupted by saying, "which is great news for all of your advertisers."
Rove agreed, adding that, "families with children should not watch television throughout most of the election cycle."
In terms of Wisconsin politics and the close state Supreme Court race, Axelrod said low turnout in Milwaukee might have turned the race toward conservative-leaning Brian Hagedorn.
"It will be because Milwaukee did not turn out," he said, adding that Democrats, "do not want to write off any part of the state, but you definitely have to get a strong vote out of Milwaukee."
Axelrod and Rove took questions from students and shared anecdotes from their time serving in the White House.
UW-Green Bay Goes Big With Campus Composter
UW-Green Bay Waiving Application Fee For Technical College Transfers
New Chancellor Named At UW-Green Bay
UW-Green Bay Students Create Products To Improve Quality Of Life For Older Adults
Finalists Named In UW-Green Bay Chancellor Search

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Murali to raise cash for Sri Lanka war-displaced
Million dollar project will be the second for Muralitharan's charity, the Foundation of Goodness. (FILE)
Published Monday, March 28, 2011
Sri Lanka's legendary bowler Muttiah Muralitharan plans to travel overseas to drum up funds to build a sports complex for war-displaced civilians.
Muralitharan, who holds the world record for 800 Test and 538 one-day wickets, wants to build the centre in northern Sri Lanka to build a new life for thousands of children in the former war zone.
"Financially we are not a wealthy country. But we have to help these people to rebuild their lives. I plan to travel abroad and talk to people, to raise money to build the facility," he said.
The million dollar project will be the second for Muralitharan's charity, the Foundation of Goodness, after having set up a similar project in a tsunami-hit southern coastal village of Seenigama.
The two-year project in Mankulam, 300 kilometres north of Colombo, aims to build a sports centre, a school, English and IT training centres and an Elders' Home.
Muralitharan, who will quit international cricket after the World Cup, said he is reaching out to cricketers overseas to contribute.
"Cricket unites communities, and we can use the game to reach out and help those who are less privileged than us, to make their lives a little bit easier," the 38-year-old said.
His Seenigama project raised funds from cricketers and administrators in England and Australia. Canadian pop-star Bryan Adams donated a swimming pool.
The government restricted access to the war zone during the decades-long ethnic conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels that ended in May 2009.
He said the lack of access meant people living overseas are still unaware of the suffering and hardship war-displaced civilians are going through, to rebuild their lives.
Sri Lanka estimates some 300,000 civilians were displaced during the final months of the conflict.
On Sunday, England cricket legend Sir Ian Botham described his shock at the destruction and hardship that Sri Lanka's war-displaced civilians have had to face, following his tour of the region.
Botham said he was "horrified" to hear tales of young children dragged off to fight the decades-long war.
"I was completely shocked. The scenery was unbelievable. Flattened lands for miles, houses shelled, treetops burnt," he told reporters after visiting the project site at Mankulam.


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[NEWS] Homecoming for the Hub
From Al Dia News:
It has been two weeks since Hub of Hope found themselves without a venue to run their mobile homeless services center. After being booted from Suburban Station and scrambling to find a new space in the same vicinity, Project HOME proudly announced today that the Hub will reopen for the rest of the winter at its first location beneath 2 Penn Center.
"I think the main thing is that we're just really excited," Orrick told AL DÍA. "Not having the space really made us appreciate the space we had."
For the last three years, Hub of Hope has been providing much-needed social services to Philadelphia's homeless in the concourse of Suburban Station. Prior to that, they worked out of a space between 2 Penn Center. Landlords of the Center City underground have been generous enough to donate space for the cause.
Project HOME in the News / Hub of Hope
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How To Self-Overcome Like Friedrich Nietzsche
"Here the ways of men divide. If you wish to strive for peace of soul and happiness, then believe; if you wish to be a disciple of truth, then search." ~Nietzsche In German Überwindung means self-mastery, or self-overcoming. Überwinden means to overcome. Mensch means man, or human. So 'Self-overcoming Human' seems to be the most accurate translation of Übermensch. Nietzsche used the Overman as a personification of potential genius, demonstrating that Truth moves, and moving,
How to Count Coup on The Gods
"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it." ~Moliere Realize, here at the outset: the only reason the gods exist in the second place is because our fear of death exists in the first place. This understanding is crucial toward making your "coup stick" robust enough to count coup on the gods. When it comes down to it, our death anxiety is the bedrock of our vanity, our fallibility, our imperfections, our hypocrisies, and our stress. It's no wonder that the gods
How to Become a Cosmic Hero
"In this kind of ontology of immanence, what we are describing is not a creature who is transformed and who transforms the world in turn in some miraculous ways, but rather a creature who takes more of the world into himself and develops new forms of courage and endurance." ~Ernest Becker What is a cosmic hero? Cosmic heroes are rare individual who have transcended the codependent state and achieved a Meta state through independent courage. They have reconditioned cultural co
Notion Versus Opinion: The Importance of Thinking Rather Than Believing
"What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite." ~Bertrand Russell On a long enough timeline, the plasticity of the brain—to include personality and perception—tends to become rigid and stuck, conservative and content, dogmatic and inflexible. One must fight against the decay of plasticity in order to maintain it. Maintaining plasticity and flexibility in thinking requires self-awareness, self-interrogation, and self-overcomi
Heyoka As Archetype: Counting Coup on Culture
"When gods die, they always die many kinds of death. Away with such a god. Better no god, better to produce destiny on one's own account, better to be a fool, better to be a god oneself." ~Nietzsche In a world drowning in religion but thirsty for spirituality, the sacred clown archetype, more specifically the Heyoka archetype, is the panacea of our time. It's the vital force of nature that can provide the magic elixir we need to heal our profoundly sick society. When outdated


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"...Achieved nothing worthy of memory"
coinage and authority in the Roman empire c. AD 260-295
Clare Rowan
Department of Ancient History
Review of Ragnar Hedlund, "...Achieved Nothing Worthy of Memory". Coinage and Authority in the Roman Empire c. AD 260-295. Studia Numismatica Upsaliensia 5. Uppsala: Uppsala Universitet, 2008; ISBN: 9789155471200.
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2009/2009.03.11/
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Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Massage Training Courses- FHT Accredited.
This Lomi Lomi massage training course is perfect for therapists who want to offer their clients the ultimate massage, most clients state that it is the best massage they have ever experienced following their treatment. It is a unique healing massage derived from the ancient Polynesians and more specifically the master healers of Hawaii. One of the alternative names for Lomi Lomi is the 'Loving hands' massage. The therapist works gently yet deeply into the muscles with continuous flowing strokes, totally nurturing the body and enabling the recipient to relax, give in and simply be. Lomi Lomi helps to release any energy blockages within the body and assists in balancing the physical, mental and emotional well-being. This full body massage is given in fluid, rhythmic motions using the forearms as well as the hands, Some describe the feeling like gentle waves moving over the body or several therapists working simultaneously. Another unique feature is that different parts of the body may be massaged at the same time, for example one shoulder may be being massaged and at the same time the opposite leg. It is an experience that overwhelms the mind with sensation as the lomi lomi therapist uses intuitive movement, breathing, rhythm and focused intention in long, flowing strokes up, down, under and over the body. Lomi Lomi massage begins and ends with prayer or awareness setting an intention for the individual's healing and health in alignment with their highest good.
A balancing and harmonising treatment - it really is a blissful experience.
All candidates are required to hold a recognised level 3 massage qualification.
Please note: This course requires candidates to have a basic level of fitness.
Candidates will be continuously assessed by the course tutor to ensure all criteria and standards are met. You will complete a short test paper to attain whether you have met this criteria. 100% pass rate to date.
Certificate in Lomi Lomi Massage accredited by The FHT-Federation of Holistic Therapists. Please check with your insurance provider that this qualification is accepted before enrolling onto the course. Infinity Training Academy cannot be held responsible as all candidates accept our 'Terms and Conditions' on enrolment.
Save ££££££ on training, travel and accommodation costs as well as time with our unique in-house training service, let us come to you! If there are four or more therapists wanting to learn any of our therapies contact us via the enquiry form and tell us your requirements and we will contact you with the best possible price and dates. Due to our increasingly busy schedule please allow four weeks notice. Interested? Contact us here.
Training takes place at our beautiful training academy in Melbourne, Derbyshire. Location, travel and accommodation information will be sent to you following enrolment. To book a course please complete the on-line booking form or if you have any questions please Call Sue on 07971987940. We look forward to welcoming to onto our courses.
£395.00	Fee includes, tuition, training manual, materials, assessment & certification.
Carol Harvey, Treatment Manager, Champneys.
I just want to say thankyou for providing the beautiful space and content of the lomilomi massage course I've just attended. I can honestly say it was one of the best courses I've ever attended...and I've been on a few!
Sonia our teacher was absolutely amazing. ..so knowledgeable, fun and such a calming aura about her. Put that with having two other amazing lovely like minded women on the course with me and you've made one of the most positive happy fun yet educational experiences I've had in the holistic field. I drove home on such a high!! They say lomilomi is a healing spiritual massage...well I've certainly had a healing spiritual experience whilst doing this course and will take the lomilomi spirit of love and aloha away with me and keep it in my heart for life!
compassionate, caring and deeply moving massages to date. As a massage therapist I had been both interested and curious about the techniques used in this massage and enrolled on the course- but nothing could prepare me for the 3 days of what I can only describe as "pure heaven" that awaited me.The giving of this wonderful massage is the best massage in my opinion it is delivered with such sensitivity,care and above all empathy for the client . I have to say though, this would not have been possible without the very soul of Sue who was truly inspiring. Sue has a deep passion and committment to all who enrol on her courses to bring out the best, to encourage and emphasises she is only an email or telephone call away for any questions, help or advice if needed once the student has left- I am totally in awe of this wonderful teacher whose committment to the comfort and well being of her "client" and students, has never ceased to amaze me.
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The ScoliPAIN™ program is NOT dangerous or risky and is available for adult patients who are skeletally mature, whether they are in college or putting their children through college.
How Does the ScoliPAIN Program Work?
Provide the right tools, specific equipment, training, and personal one-on-one coaching and supervision during exercise for scoliosis.
Design a treatment program that addresses all aspects of the adult scoliosis deformity, as well as its consequences.
Use expert skill and experience gently, providing fast pain relief and improved physical function.
Develop a long-term scoliosis lifestyle plan to further stabilize your spine by using a scoliosis exercise system incorporating specialized, (patent pending) scoliosis exercise equipment, in combination with neuro-muscular support to prevent postural collapse, further degenerative changes, and curve progression.
There are many potential therapies patients may use when participating in the ScoliPAIN™ program.
The conventional medical approach to scoliosis treatment for adults has been consistently absent or marginalized. Since the conventional model of scoliosis treatment involves: 1) wait and see; 2) bracing; and 3) surgery, adults do not fit within this neat and clean treatment box. Therefore, adults with scoliosis find themselves with few options, such as pain medications, pain injections, or radical pain management procedures like rhizotomies. However, none of these options actually corrects the cause of chronic back and hip pain. Adults with scoliosis have chronic pain because, well, they have scoliosis! Effective treatment for scoliosis-related pain should obviously be designed to stabilize or reduce the scoliosis, even in the adult patient.
Most medical physicians will tell you that scoliosis cannot be corrected in adult patients, but that's just simply not true. In a September 2011 study published by Dr. Morningstar, titled, "Outcomes for adult scoliosis patients receiving chiropractic rehabilitation: a 24-month retrospective analysis," patients in the study demonstrated improvements in their scoliosis, pain, and/or daily function. These results were maintained even two years after the therapy was completed. It is important to state that these improvements were not achieved by treating the pain directly, but by directly treating the underlying scoliosis and improving it. No other study to date has shown this level of result, with this many patients, over as long of a period of time.
Recent studies also suggest that the incidence of scoliosis in peri-menopausal and postmenopausal patients may be as high as 30%. This is compared to an incidence of only 3-5% in adolescent populations. It has been theorized that the reason for this surge in occurrence in adult females may be due to the hormone changes associated with menopause and their effects on bone mineral density and muscle strength. Therefore, it is imperative that adult patients with scoliosis be comprehensively evaluated so that they can be treated as completely as possible.


The Naturalest Naturalist: Citrine Wagtail Twitch!
Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola) had only knowingly graced North American soil once before November 14th, 2012. The first record was a mind-boggling two-day affair from Starkville, Mississippi just over 20 years ago. On the 14th, Dave and Adele Routledge decided to check the birds down a seemingly random farm road in the Comox Valley. The whole Comox Valley looks great for birding, with the Courtenay River Estuary being one of the most obvious features. Why Dave and Adele chose to head to the other side of Comox Rd. that day and head down that dirt lane is a mystery, but they were amply rewarded for thinking outside the box! Having experienced Yellow Wagtail some 50 years ago back in England, Dave knew he was looking at a wagtail when he found an unusual grey-and-white bird bobbing its tail. He made several keen observations and presumed it was a Yellow Wagtail. The description left no doubt that he had observed a wagtail, but no diagnostic features that separated it from other wagtails were mentioned. I felt obliged to inquire why he thought it was a Yellow - an Eastern Yellow Wagtail (M. tschutschensis) to be precise with modern taxonomy - and not one of other potential options. I mentioned Grey Wagtail (M. cinerea) and White Wagtail (M. alba) as other likely candidates to show up, but didn't even think of adding Citrine to the mix as it had never been recorded in Alaska.
Dave decided he had better go back out and go over the identification in greater detail. Amazingly, he returned to the wagtail's original location two days later and managed to relocate it. After longer looks in better light, the identification shifted towards the White Wagtail camp based on the more plain-faced appearance, grey back, two broad white wing bars, and white forehead. The feature that didn't add up for White, though, was the lack of any kind of black markings on the chest. At this point, no photos had been taken but the shifted identification and up-to-date sighting put a handful of birders into action the next day. Mike Bentley was one of the few that made the journey and he came prepared with his camera and finally the bird was documented! Once the photos were posted to BCVIBIRDS, the real excitement began. Word soon spread that this looked like a classic 1st-winter Citrine Wagtail. I grabbed my Birds of East Asia field guide, thumbed through to the wagtails, and could immediately tell why I couldn't come to grips with the bird being one of three more expected wagtail species. CITRINE... expletive deleted... WAGTAIL!
Luckily I had already made travel arrangements to go up and see the wagtail. Jeremy Kimm and I had just attempted a big day on Saturday and decided rest was for the weak. He was a real trooper and picked me up at 5 a.m. even though I was the wrong direction. We picked up his brother, Jason, in Duncan on the way up to the Comox Valley and the three of us were on location just after 8:30 a.m. I rarely make my way up to the Comox Valley, so I was able to put some unfamiliar faces to familiar names as Dave Robinson, Art Martell, and Terry Thormin were there scouring the area for the wagtail. Additionally, one familiar-yet-enigmatic face was in attendance as Keith Taylor had made the drive up the night before to be there for first light, and Mike Yip was sporting the long lens in hopes of getting some primo documentation. They informed us they had not yet located the wagtail. That all changed five minutes later when Art scanned around edge of the southwest corner of the field. I was right alongside Art when he exclaimed "There it is!" He notified the others and soon we were all taking in full frame views of the bird in our scopes!
The field marks were all there for a 1st-winter Citrine Wagtail: white completely framing its grizzled auriculars, a clean grey back with no hints of olive or brown, white supercilia connected by white over the bill, immaculate white undertail coverts, and two bold, white wing bars.
The next task was to get some photos to document the bird. After all, we were dealing with a first Canadian and second confirmed North American record. The bird was quite cooperative and everyone was very respectful of the bird's space, knowing that birders from the Lower Mainland were on their way. Eventually I managed to get some decent shots when the Citrine Wagtail was at its closest. I even took some poor footage of the bird to document its call. Later we were joined by a half-dozen or more Lower Mainland birders that made the ferry trip over and, needless to say, they were happy twitchers! I don't think I need any more commentary on this amazing bird, but I will close this out with a big congratulations to Dave and Adele Routledge for their amazing find!
Giant crowd... from a British Columbia perspective!
Incredible bird, Jeremy - and great job documenting it. Pretty jealous over here on the "other" coast (Newfoundland)!!
Picked a great fall to dash off, haha. I'm sure you guys will be reminding me of this for years to come!
Though I'm not too sour---Gilbert's Whistler and a few lifer herps tomorrow!


For most of its history the range of building materials available in Glastonbury was limited by the difficulty of transporting them. Thus, for all but the major buildings, it was the normal practice to have a timber frame with a wattle and daub filling or to build cob (mud) walls and to use thatch on the roof. The frame, as well as it's infill, was covered with a thin clay, daub, plaster or cement stucco and then lime washed to keep out the weather. Knight's fish shop in Northload Street and a number of the Market Place facades show this. For important roofs good timber would have to be brought in. In the late 15th century St John's Church roof was made from 16 oak trees brought the 20 miles from Witham Friary by ox teams.
The local quarries around the Tor produced Torr Burr which was useful only for rubble walls. For dressed stone laid in courses with fine joints (ashlar) or for fine moulding and detailed carving oolitic limestone was used. The Abbey developed quarries at Chelynch near Doulting which still produce a small quantity of stone. This fine limestone was also sold to the Bishops for the building of Wells Cathedral.
Blue lias limestone has also been used extensively. This stone was quarried at Street and Keinton Mandeville well into this century and was particularly useful for floors as an alternative to the decorated tiles made by the Abbey. It was used for walls where rubble would be too poor but Doulting stone too expensive to cart and work. There are early examples in the transepts of St John's Church and a later one at the Victoria Nursing Home in Fishers Hill. It was used by Abbot Turstin for some of his high quality Norman re-building. It can be polished like Purbeck Marble but often does not weather well (see the capitals in St Joseph's Chapel). The quality of the available lias stone deteriorated and production had all but finished by the 1950's.
Much of the inside and outside carved work was painted. Examples are the arms on the George Inn and the Camel Tomb in St John's Church. Many walls other than ashlar, again both inside and out, were coated with a layer of plaster or cement stucco and then lime washed and often coloured. Walls of reused ashlar in Bove Town show remains of the stucco and colouring.
After 1539 the major source of building materials was the Abbey, although not every old reused stone in Glastonbury can automatically be claimed to come from its Church. The first action of the new owners was to take the lead from the roofs to be used on fortifications in the Channel Isles.
Much of the Abbey was as we now see it by the mid 17th century, with the exception of the Abbot's Lodging, which was pulled down in 1713 to build the original Abbey Grange in Magdalene Street. However, workmen were still employed breaking stone in the Abbey for road repairs at the beginning of the 19th century. The first owner to conserve the ruins was the lawyer John Fry Reeves in 1825.
In addition to being used for cob walls, or to fill in the wooden frames, the plentiful clay was used from the 18th century to make bricks and tiles. Brick works are identified at the junction of the New Wells Road and Old Wells Road near Tin Bridge in 1811 when John Down was mayor and moulding his name on his bricks. Subsequently, the north of Edmund Hill was being used all along the Wells road— Avalon Brick and Tile Works (later ECC Joinery), Edmund Hill Pottery (later the County Council yard) and another brick and tile works at Cox's Close by the entrance to St Dunstan's School. All of these kilns had been worked out or closed down by the 1950's when bricks were only available from Bridgwater and then even further afield.
Until clay tiles were available the roofs of a few important buildings were covered with lead but most had thatch or stone tiles. With the improvements in transport of the 19th century slate was imported from Wales.
The intrinsic character of the ordinary buildings was formerly imparted by the craftsmen who built and adapted them. They were required to work without detailed plans, which were not prepared for most building work until well into the 19th century. These Glastonbury craftsmen developed a local style as they learnt from their predecessors and from the buildings around them. They interpreted the needs of their customers taking into account the materials available and what was thought to be fashionable at the time. This tradition was enriched in the 19th century by the influence of Frederick Merrick who developed a team of craftsmen with more than average skills in restoring mediaeval buildings which they also used on the decoration of many new ones. Ninety of his men were employed on the building of Butleigh Court for Buckler and his son John Merrick similarly had a large team rebuilding the Abbey ruins for Caroe in Edwardian times.
The proportions and details of doors and windows evolved gradually with many buildings, ecclesiastical and secular, being continually modified and updated according to changing need or fashion. In Glastonbury early windows had mullions of stone or wood with leaded glass, often in iron frames set in stone surrounds. From the 18th century small panes were held between gradually narrowing wooden glazing bars with opening casements or, increasingly, sliding sashes. The proportions of the windows became taller and the glazing bars thinner until, in Victorian times, with the development of plate glass, the glazing bars were often removed leaving the original details only on the top floor of a house.
Stone walls often had windows and doors framed by the more durable brick from the late 18th century on. Most Glastonbury houses had simple six panel doors, although some early eighteenth century ten panel doors survive and in late Victorian times doors with semi circular headed panels were popular. Where there was no fanlight above the door the top two panels were often glazed.
The replacement of windows and doors to different designs is one of the things that can greatly devalue a building, both aesthetically and in resale value, particularly if it is one of a group or terrace and the owner's insensitivity is even more obvious. The modern door with an in-built semi-circular mock fan light is particularly offensive almost everywhere other than on a modern mock Georgian estate house. Fortunately it is now possible to buy replacement doors and windows to traditional designs and, where necessary, in modern materials.
In more recent times, with most building materials being bought from national suppliers, to achieve a harmonious range of materials used on adjacent buildings reflecting a local character needs particular care. Such results have now come to depend upon the skill and imagination of the person preparing the specifications as well as the builder who has to carry them out.


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Esther García Rodríguez (Cedillo de la Torre, Segovia, 1956)  es una productora cinematográfica y directora de producción española, considerada una de las mujeres más destacadas del cine español. Desde 1986 trabaja con Pedro Almodovar y es directora de producción en El Deseo. También ha destacado por el desarrollo de un modelo de producción asociado a la independencia autoral y por su impulso de nuevos valores en la dirección cinematográfica.  Ha producido 90 películas y numerosas series de televisión. Ha sido premiada con 6 premios Goya por trabajos como 'Acción mutante', 'Todo sobre mi madre', 'La vida secreta de las palabras' o 'Relatos salvajes' y con el Premio Nacional de Cinematografía 2018.

Trayectoria
Comenzó en el departamento de producción como secretaria con la película Pim, pam, pum… fuego (1975) de Pedro Olea. Su primera película como directora de producción fue en 1976 con Curro Jiménez en una época en la que las mujeres entraban en el cine sólo en los departamentos de maquillaje, vestuario o secretaría. Posteriormente empezó a trabajar con diversas productoras como auxiliar de producción, ayudante de producción y jefa de producción, con directores como Fernando Trueba, Mariano Ozores, Gonzalo Suárez, Emilio Martínez Lázaro o Fernando Colomo.

En la década de los 70 y 80 es productora de películas como Los bingueros (Mariano Ozores, 1979), Sé infiel y no mires con quién (Fernando Trueba, 1985), El año de las luces (Fernando Trueba, 1986), La vida alegre (Fernando Colomo, 1987), El pecador impecable (Augusto M. Torres, 1987) o la serie televisiva Los pazos de Ulloa.

Desde 1986, con Matador, trabaja al lado de Pedro Almodóvar, y, desde 1987 con La ley del deseo y los primeros pasos de la productora El Deseo, asume el puesto de directora de producción. Además de todas las películas de Almodóvar también ha sido directora de producción de El espinazo del diablo (2001), de Guillermo del Toro; Acción mutante (1993), de Álex de la Iglesia; La fiebre del loco (2001), de Andrés Wood, Eyengui, El dios del sueño (2003), de José Manual Novoa o series como Los sin tierra, de Miguel Barros.

Ha destacado también por el apoyo a nuevos realizadores y realizadoras como Mónica Laguna (Tengo una casa), Daniel Calparsoro (Pasajes), Félix Sabroso y Dunia Ayuso (Descongélate y previamente en la serie televisiva Mujeres), Belén Macías (El patio de mi cárcel), Lucrecia Martel (La mujer rubia, La niña santa y Zama) o Julia Solomonoff (El último verano de la Boyita).

Ha realizado cameos como actriz en Hable con ella (2002), donde hacía de oficial de prisiones, en La piel que habito (2011), como presentadora o como controladora aérea en Los amantes pasajeros (2013).

Comprometida con la igualdad Esther García es miembro de la Asociación de Mujeres Cineastas (CIMA) e impulsora, junto a otras 80 realizadoras españolas de El tren de la libertad, un documental colectivo sobre la marcha en la que participaron miles de personas en defensa de la ley vigente de aborto y los derechos de la mujer. Esther García afirma que apenas el 8% de las películas que se producen en España son dirigidas por mujeres y "aún sigue habiendo pocas mujeres en los puestos clave: guion, dirección, producción, fotografía, montaje, composición musical".

En 2018 fue reconocida con el Premio Nacional de Cinematografía. Recogió el galardón el sábado 22 de septiembre en el festival de San Sebastián. El jurado indicó en su fallo que "Esther García cuenta con una trayectoria de más de 30 años en ámbito nacional e internacional. Ha desarrollado un modelo de producción asociado a la independencia autoral y es muy activa en el impulso de nuevos directores. Igualmente ha destacado en coproducciones, especialmente con Latinoamérica".

Premios y reconocimientos

Premios Goya

Medallas del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos

Premios a su trayectoria

En septiembre de 2018 fue distinguida con el Premio Nacional de Cinematografía por su trayectoria de más de 30 años en el ámbito nacional e internacional, convirtiéndose en la primera mujer productora que obtiene el galardón.

Referencias

Productores de cine de España
Ganadores del Premio Goya a la mejor dirección de producción
Nacidos en la provincia de Segovia


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Macrophages are immune cells that engulf and digest invading bacteria and tidy up dying cells or the remnants of dead ones. The activity of macrophages must be tightly controlled to prevent the cells from doing any harm.
Dominik Rückerl an immunologist at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, led a team including Nouf Laqtom from the King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to investigate microRNAs, the tiny fragments of RNA that help regulate the activation of macrophages. They publish their findings in the journal Blood.
The researchers surgically implanted Brugia malayi nematodes into the lining of the abdominal cavity of mice to promote macrophage activation. They identified three types of microRNAs that were up-regulated in helminth-induced macrophages, while one was down-regulated.
Further tests in cell culture found that one of the three up-regulated microRNAs, called miR-378-3p, was induced by the, a cell-signalling protein Interleukin 4. Both experiments showed that miR-378-3p targets the Akt signaling pathway, meaning that Akt mediated signals are essential for IL-4 induced macrophage proliferation.
The researchers suggest that targeting the Akt pathway could be an important way to control this form of macrophage activation, which can lead to tissue damage and promote tumor growth.
"MicroRNAs rarely act in isolation, or target a single gene. We are looking more broadly at multiple microRNAs regulated by IL-4 and identifying their targets," says Judi Allen, principle investigator for the study. "We hope to have a fuller picture of the pathways that are regulated by microRNAs in alternatively activated macrophages."


Including Physics and Astronomy, Space and Climate Physics, Earth Sciences, Physiology, Cell and Developmental Biology, and the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Birkbeck.
The MSc programme in Planetary Science has a curriculum which is drawn from a variety of academic departments within UCL, including Physics and Astronomy, Space and Climate Physics (Mullard Space Science Laboratory), Earth Sciences, Physiology, Cell and Developmental Biology, and the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Birkbeck College. The programme thus has a strong interdisciplinary flavour, in line with the ethos of the Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck.
The combination of taught courses, tutorials and project work allows prospective students to study a wide variety of topics related to planetary and space environments, such as: planetary interiors, atmospheres and magnetospheres; the impact of the space environment on human physiology and life; and the application of current knowledge to investigations of extrasolar planets - worlds in other stellar systems.
For current and topical information relating to the Planetary Science degree, please see the UCL-Birkbeck MSc Planetary Science Facebook page.
The MSc programme in Planetary Science aims to provide students with a sound knowledge of the underlying principles which form a thorough basis for careers in these and related fields, enable students to develop insights into the techniques used in current projects and allow an in-depth experience of a particular specialised research area. In addition they are meant to develop the professional skills for students to play a meaningful role in industrial or academic life, and give students the experience of teamwork, a chance to develop presentation skills and learn to work to deadlines.
The programme includes a number of lecture courses relevant to the discipline and tutorials on programming languages (Python, Fortran, C, Matlab), observational astronomy (at the UCL Observatory) and signal processing (in collaboration with the new UCL's Centre for Doctoral Training in Data Intensive Science). The students are also encouraged to attend departmental specialist seminars relevant to the MSc course.
A research topic is included so that 50% of the marks are made up by completing an individual task.
An extended literature survey on a topic related to your research project. Students start work on an Individual Project during the first term. This will involve attachment to any of the appropriate research groups within the Departments. For more information see the information below.
Some set topics for individual projects have been selected by potential supervisors, and lists will be available at the start of the first term. Alternatively students can suggest areas in which they are interested. It is, however, essential that the subject of the chosen project is relevant to the programme, and a willing supervisor is also required. Discussions with the MSc Tutor and potential supervisors start in October and a project title must be defined, and a supervisor appointed, by 31st October. Work begins in the first term, usually literature survey and related background work. Progress, plans and difficulties are outlined in an initial report due in the middle of the second term (see the Programme Calendar for the exact date). Assessment of the project is based mainly on the final report, but other components also contribute. It is important that students read and follow the individual project guidelines (a copy of which is included at the end of the handbook).
'Modelling the Effect of the Solar Wind on the Structure of Saturn's Plasma Disc': This project is mainly theoretical, and aims to develop a simple numerical treatment of the 'shielding' magnetic field which arises from currents flowing at the boundary of Saturn's magnetosphere. For particular orientations of the planetary dipole, this 'shielding' field is expected to distort the planet's equatorial plasma sheet into a 'bowl-like' shape, as revealed by Cassini spacecraft observations. Knowledge of the Matlab package is an advantage, but time for learning 'the basics' will be allowed. Supervisor: Prof Nicholas Achilleos (Physics and Astronomy).
'Projects in Geophysics': Projects are offered by UCL Earth Sciences.
Projects about Exoplanetary observation, modelling and dedicated missions': Projects are offered by the European Research Council-funded team Exolights. Exolights aims at understanding the nature of exoplanets through a comprehensive programme of observations and interpretation of their atmospheric chemistry and structure. Exolights is also leading the effort for a new generation of dedicated space missions to perform exoplanet spectroscopy. Supervisor: Prof Giovanna Tinetti (UCL Physics and Astronomy).
'Projects in space instruments': Projects are offered by Dr Giorgio Savini (UCL Physics and Astronomy).
'Projects about Mars geology': Projects are offered by Birkbeck College.
'Projects about Lunar geology': Projects are offered by Prof Ian Crawford (Birkbeck College).
'Projects about Astrobiology': Projects are offered by Dr Louisa Preston (Birkbeck College).
'Projects about Observational Astronomy at UCLO': Projects are offered by Dr Giorgio Savini (UCL Physics and Astronomy and UCLO).
'Simulating cometary sodium tails': Comets have two main types of tail: the ion or plasma tail, composed of ions that have joined the solar wind flowing past the comet, and the dust tail, composed of solid particles accelerated away from the Sun by radiation pressure. There is a third type of tail, seen in only a few bright comets, that comprises neutral sodium atoms that are accelerated away from the Sun by radiation pressure. The strength of the anti-sunward force varies strongly as a function of the atoms' velocity component towards or away from the Sun. The project would involve the analysis of images of actual sodium tails, and the development of a computer simulation of the tails to attempt to reproduce their characteristics. Supervisor: Prof Geraint Jones (MSSL).
'Projects involving analysis of data from space missions such as Venus Express, Mars Express and Cassini'. Projects are offered by Prof Andrew Coates, MSSL.
'Projects about the preparation of the PLATO space mission (ESA-M3 mission to detect new extrasolar planets)'. Projects are offered by Prof Alan Smith's team at MSSL.
'ExoMol: Molecular line lists for exoplanet and other atmospheres': With the discovery that exoplanets are ubiquitous, the emphasis Has shifted to trying to characterise them. This is done by studying molecular spectra gives rise to a major demand for laboratory data. The ExoMol project, as funded by the European Research Council (ERC), aims to provide comprehensive data on the spectroscopy of all molecules which thought to be important components of exoplanet atmospheres. This will be done by constructing, testing (against laboratory experiment) and using appropriate theoretical models for each molecule. There are a number of openings for student projects in this area: calculating molecular cooling functions, partition functions, linelists for simple (diatomic) molecules and constructing tables of experimental energy levels. The student will join a team working on this problem. Supervisor: Prof Jonathan Tennyson (Physics and Astronomy).
'The diagenesis of organic matter in stromatolitic carbonate': This project will involve petrographic analysis of organic matter in Precambrian stromaolites by optical microscopy. Mineral groups such as carbonates, phosphates, sulphides, oxides, phylloscilicates and others will be mapped correlatively by micro0Raman imaging to investigate their relationship with organic matter. Samples of exceptionally-preserved stromatolitic carbonate from the late Paleoproterozoic Belcher Group are available for petrographic analysis. These will be complemented by stable isotope analyses of carbon in organic matter and in carbonate to provide constraints on the carbon cycle. Results will help to determine how diagenetic processes affect the preservation of organic matter and a view of how it operated after the Great Oxidation Event. Supervisor: Dr Dominic Papineau (UCL Department of Earth Sciences).
The department is now open for applications for entry in September 2019 and applicants should apply online.
Students are advised to apply as early as possible due to competition for places and before 26 July 2019. Any late applications received after this date will only be considered after all those received by the closing date.


Any function of INTACH (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage) invariable turns out memorable with its meaningful content. If it was the Teacher Training program for Heritage Clubs which saw a heritage walk clubbed, the inauguration of Heritage Clubs in KLE International Bharatesh Central School, Halaga, Dnyan Prabodhan Mandir and Bharatesh English Medium School was where students presented about local heritage, Monday's event was on par.
As part of the INTACH Founder's day function, INTACH organized a small event at the office of Freedom of Association (FOA) on Picket road, Camp ( Besides Hotel La Camp). If you've passed by and wondered about this unique looking building, you definitely missed the event.
Vinod Doddanavar, Co-convener of INTACH Belagavi chapter, presented on his experience with restoration of temples at Halasi and Beniwad (Hukkeri Tk). It is one thing to intend to do something and another one to actually rustle up restoration work. His anecdotes on how they kept the temple's old charm intact while embracing new techniques and the help that came about in fund raising was worth giving a ear.
And then the FOA team presented their experience of restoring a dilapidated but rustic building, replete with large windows, arches, the quintessential backyard and the wood work. Sadiq Desai and Bharat Gouripur shared their experience with local materials in creating some conversation-starter pieces like the Waffle Table, the use of huge unpolished copper roundels for lamps, the fancy looking wall which is infact all the old layers of paint scrapped, the earthy feel of the floor and the walls all decked up in pristine white, adorned with awesome clocks. The place is a showpiece of how some bright brains can change the look of a building with local materials. Both the restoration works speak of passion and dedication and screams 'Focus' in bold.


Gazprom, a gas giant owned by the Russian government has recently revealed that it will soon start monitoring and executing business contracts using blockchain technology.
This development was announced by the company's CEO, Alexey Miller, at a recent meeting which had the Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev in attendance.
CEO Miller also made it known that the recent development is done alongside the Gazprombank— a state-owned bank (a Gazprom subsidiary and Russia's third-largest bank).
Miller also noted that the new system is accessible to everyone involved in the process and just like with all blockchain driven project, the network is tamper proof.
The gas giant will launch the system by working with notable industrial consumers to implement the blockchain-based automated processes.
In this feedback, the Prime minister was quite positive. According to a recent report detailing his response to the prime minister reportedly stated that blockchain technology has a "promising" future in the Russian economy, as well as in the activities of companies like Gazprom.
blockchain and smart contract technologies for the automation of planning and accounting processes in fuel supplies.
Gazprom Neft, which is the third largest oil producer in Russia, and a subsidiary of the company, reportedly started testing DLT to improve logistics and procurement management.


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Delivered flat packed, the Foxglove Arch will need to be assembled before it can be used.


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These are features that make sense in the context of the
[high-level goals](HighLevelGoals.md) of WebAssembly but are not considered part
of the [Minimum Viable Product](MVP.md) or the essential [post-MVP](PostMVP.md)
feature set which are expected to be standardized immediately after the
MVP. These will be prioritized based on developer feedback, and will be
available under [feature tests](FeatureTest.md).

## Great tooling support

This is covered in the [tooling](Tooling.md) section.

## Dynamic linking

This is covered in the [dynamic linking](DynamicLinking.md) section.

## Finer-grained control over memory

Provide access to safe OS-provided functionality including:
* `map_file(addr, length, Blob, file-offset)`: semantically, this operation
   copies the specified range from `Blob` into the range `[addr, addr+length)`
   (where `addr+length <= memory_size`) but implementations are encouraged
   to `mmap(addr, length, MAP_FIXED | MAP_PRIVATE, fd)`
* `dont_need(addr, length)`: semantically, this operation zeroes the given range
   but the implementation is encouraged to `madvise(addr, length, MADV_DONTNEED)`
   (this allows applications to be good citizens and release unused physical
   pages back to the OS, thereby reducing their RSS and avoiding OOM-killing on
   mobile)
* `shmem_create(length)`: create a memory object that can be simultaneously
  shared between multiple linear memories
* `map_shmem(addr, length, shmem, shmem-offset)`: like `map_file` except
  `MAP_SHARED`, which isn't otherwise valid on read-only Blobs
* `mprotect(addr, length, prot-flags)`: change protection on the range
  `[addr, addr+length)` (where `addr+length <= memory_size`)

The `addr` and `length` parameters above would be required to be multiples of
[`page_size`](AstSemantics.md#resizing).

The above list of functionality mostly covers the set of functionality
provided by the `mmap` OS primitive. One significant exception is that `mmap`
can allocate noncontiguous virtual address ranges. See the
[FAQ](FAQ.md#what-about-mmap) for rationale.

## More expressive control flow

Some types of control flow (especially irreducible and indirect) cannot be
expressed with maximum efficiency in WebAssembly without patterned output by the
relooper and [jump-threading](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_threading)
optimizations in the engine. Target uses for more expressive control flow are:
* Language interpreters, which often use computed-`goto`.
* Functional language support, where guaranteed tail call optimization is
  expected for correctness and performance.

Options under consideration:
* No action, `while` and `switch` combined with jump-threading are enough.
* Just add `goto` (direct and indirect).
* Add new control-flow primitives that address common patterns.
* Add signature-restricted Proper Tail Calls.
* Add proper tail call, expanding upon signature-restricted proper tail calls, and
  making it easier to support other languages, especially functional programming
  languages.

## GC/DOM Integration

See [GC.md](GC.md).

## Linear memory bigger than 4GiB

WebAssembly will eventually allow a module to have a linear memory size greater
than 4GiB by providing load/store/etc. operations that take 64-bit index
operands.

Of course, the ability to actually allocate this much memory will always be
subject to dynamic resource availability.

Initially, it will likely be required that a program use all 32-bit indices or
all 64-bit indices, and not a mix of both, so that implementations don't have
to support both in the same program. However, operators with 32-bit indices and
operations with 64-bit indices will be given separate names to leave open the
possibility of supporting both in the same program in the future.

## Source maps integration

* Add a new source maps [module section type](MVP.md#module-structure).
* Either embed the source maps directly or just a URL from which source maps can
  be downloaded.
* Text source maps become intractably large for even moderate-sized compiled
  codes, so probably need to define new binary format for source maps.
* Gestate ideas and start discussions at the
  [Source Map RFC repository](https://github.com/source-map/source-map-rfc/issues)

## Coroutines

Coroutines will [eventually be part of C++][] and is already popular in other
programming languages that WebAssembly will support.

  [eventually be part of C++]: http://wg21.link/n4499

## Signature-restricted Proper Tail Calls

See the [asm.js RFC][] for a full description of signature-restricted Proper
Tail Calls (PTC).

Useful properties of signature-restricted PTCs:

* In most cases, can be compiled to a single jump.
* Can express indirect `goto` via function-pointer calls.
* Can be used as a compile target for languages with unrestricted PTCs; the code
  generator can use a stack in the linear memory to effectively implement a custom call
  ABI on top of signature-restricted PTCs.
* An engine that wishes to perform aggressive optimization can fuse a graph of
  PTCs into a single function.
* To reduce compile time, a code generator can use PTCs to break up ultra-large
  functions into smaller functions at low overhead using PTCs.
* A compiler can exert some amount of control over register allocation via the
  ordering of arguments in the PTC signature.

  [asm.js RFC]: http://discourse.specifiction.org/t/request-for-comments-add-a-restricted-subset-of-proper-tail-calls-to-asm-js

## Asynchronous Signals

TODO

## "Long SIMD"

The initial SIMD API will be a "short SIMD" API, centered around fixed-width
128-bit types and explicit SIMD operations. This is quite portable and useful,
but it won't be able to deliver the full performance capabilities of some of
today's popular hardware. There is [a proposal in the SIMD.js repository][] for
a "long SIMD" model which generalizes to wider hardware vector lengths, making
more natural use of advanced features like vector lane predication,
gather/scatter, and so on. Interesting questions to ask of such an model will
include:

* How will this model map onto popular modern SIMD hardware architectures?
* What is this model's relationship to other hardware parallelism features, such
  as GPUs and threads with shared memory?
* How will this model be used from higher-level programming languages? For
  example, the C++ committee is considering a wide variety of possible
  approaches; which of them might be supported by the model?
* What is the relationship to the "short SIMD" API? "None" may be an acceptable
  answer, but it's something to think about.
* What nondeterminism does this model introduce into the overall platform?
* What happens when code uses long SIMD on a hardware platform which doesn't
  support it? Reasonable options may include emulating it without the benefit of
  hardware acceleration, or indicating a lack of support through feature tests.

  [a proposal in the SIMD.js repository]: https://github.com/tc39/ecmascript_simd/issues/180

## Platform-independent Just-in-Time (JIT) compilation

WebAssembly is a new virtual ISA, and as such applications won't be able to
simply reuse their existing JIT-compiler backends. Applications will instead
have to interface with WebAssembly's instructions as if they were a new ISA.

Applications expect a wide variety of JIT-compilation capabilities. WebAssembly
should support:

* Producing a dynamic library and loading it into the current WebAssembly
  module.
* Define lighter-weight mechanisms, such as the ability to add a function to an
  existing module.
* Support explicitly patchable constructs within functions to allow for very
  fine-grained JIT-compilation. This includes:
    * Code patching for polymorphic inline caching;
	* Call patching to chain JIT-compiled functions together;
	* Temporary halt-insertion within functions, to trap if a function start
      executing while a JIT-compiler's runtime is performing operations
      dangerous to that function.
* Provide JITs access to profile feedback for their JIT-compiled code.
* Code unloading capabilities, especially in the context of code garbage
  collection and defragmentation.

WebAssembly's JIT interface would likely be fairly low-level. However, there
are use cases for higher-level functionality and optimization too. One avenue
for addressing these use cases is a
[JIT and Optimization library](JITLibrary.md).

## Multiprocess support

* `vfork`.
* Inter-process communication.
* Inter-process `mmap`.

## Trapping or non-trapping strategies.

Presently, when an instruction traps, the program is immediately terminated.
This suits C/C++ code, where trapping conditions indicate Undefined Behavior at
the source level, and it's also nice for handwritten code, where trapping
conditions typically indicate an instruction being asked to perform outside its
supported range. However, the current facilities do not cover some interesting
use cases:

* Not all likely-bug conditions are covered. For example, it would be very nice
  to have a signed-integer add which traps on overflow. Such a construct would
  add too much overhead on today's popular hardware architectures to be used in
  general, however it may still be useful in some contexts.
* Some higher-level languages define their own semantics for conditions like
  division by zero and so on. It's possible for compilers to add explicit checks
  and handle such cases manually, though more direct support from the platform
  could have advantages:
  * Non-trapping versions of some opcodes, such as an integer division
    instruction that returns zero instead of trapping on division by zero, could
    potentially run faster on some platforms.
  * The ability to recover gracefully from traps in some way could make many
    things possible. Possibly this could involve throwing or possibly by
    resuming execution at the trapping instruction with the execution state
    altered, if there can be a reasonable way to specify how that should work.

## Additional integer operations

* The following operations can be built from other operators already present,
  however in doing so they read at least one non-constant input multiple times,
  breaking single-use expression tree formation.
  * `int32.rotr`: bitwise rotate right
  * `int32.rotl`: bitwise rotate left
  * `int32.smin`: signed minimum
  * `int32.smax`: signed maximum
  * `int32.umin`: unsigned minimum
  * `int32.umax`: unsigned maximum
  * `int32.sext`: `sext(x, y)` is `x<<y>>y`
  * `int32.abs`: absolute value (is `abs(INT32_MIN)` `INT32_MIN` or should it trap?)
  * `int32.bswap`: reverse bytes (endian conversion)
  * `int32.bswap16`: `bswap16(x)` is `((x>>8)&255)|((x&255)<<8)`

* The following operations are just potentially interesting.
  * `int32.clrs`: count leading redundant sign bits (defined for all values, including 0)

## Additional floating point operations

  * `float32.minnum`: minimum; if exactly one operand is NaN, returns the other operand
  * `float32.maxnum`: maximum; if exactly one operand is NaN, returns the other operand
  * `float32.fma`: fused multiply-add (results always conforming to IEEE 754-2008)
  * `float64.minnum`: minimum; if exactly one operand is NaN, returns the other operand
  * `float64.maxnum`: maximum; if exactly one operand is NaN, returns the other operand
  * `float64.fma`: fused multiply-add (results always conforming to IEEE 754-2008)

`minnum` and `maxnum` operations would treat `-0.0` as being effectively less
than `0.0`.

Note that some operations, like `fma`, may not be available or may not perform
well on all platforms. These should be guarded by
[feature tests](FeatureTest.md) so that if available, they behave consistently.

## Floating point approximation operations

  * `float32.reciprocal_approximation`: reciprocal approximation
  * `float64.reciprocal_approximation`: reciprocal approximation
  * `float32.reciprocal_sqrt_approximation`: reciprocal sqrt approximation
  * `float64.reciprocal_sqrt_approximation`: reciprocal sqrt approximation

These operations would not required to be fully precise, but the specifics
would need clarification.

## 16-bit and 128-bit floating point support

For 16-bit floating point support, it may make sense to split the feature
into two parts: support for just converting between 16-bit and 32-bit or
64-bit formats possibly folded into load and store operations, and full
support for actual 16-bit arithmetic.

128-bit is an interesting question because hardware support for it is very
rare, so it's usually going to be implemented with software emulation anyway,
so there's nothing preventing WebAssembly applications from linking to an
appropriate emulation library and getting similarly performant results.
Emulation libraries would have more flexibility to offer approximation
techniques such as double-double arithmetic. If we standardize 128-bit
floating point in WebAssembly, it will probably be standard IEEE 754-2008
quadruple precision.

## Full IEEE 754-2008 conformance

WebAssembly floating point conforms IEEE 754-2008 in most respects, but there
are a few areas that are
[not yet covered](AstSemantics.md#floating-point-operations).

IEEE 754-2008 NaN bit pattern propagation is presently permitted but not
required. It would be possible for WebAssembly to require it in the future.

To support exceptions and alternate rounding modes, one option is to define an
alternate form for each of `add`, `sub`, `mul`, `div`, `sqrt`, and `fma`. These
alternate forms would have extra operands for rounding mode, masked traps, and
old flags, and an extra result for a new flags value. These operations would be
fairly verbose, but it's expected that their use cases will specialized. This
approach has the advantage of exposing no global (even if only per-thread)
control and status registers to applications, and to avoid giving the common
operations the possibility of having side effects.

Debugging techniques are also important, but they don't necessarily need to be
in the spec itself. Implementations are welcome (and encouraged) to support
non-standard execution modes, enabled only from developer tools, such as modes
with alternate rounding, or evaluation of floating point expressions at greater
precision, to support [techniques for detecting numerical instability]
(https://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~wkahan/Mindless.pdf).

To help developers find the sources of floating point exceptions,
implementations may wish to provide a mode where NaN values are produced with
payloads containing identifiers helping programmers locate where the NaNs first
appeared. Another option would be to offer another non-standard execution mode,
enabled only from developer tools, that would enable traps on selected floating
point exceptions, however care should be taken, since not all floating point
exceptions indicate bugs.

## Integer Overflow Detection

There are two different use cases here, one where the application wishes to
handle overflow locally, and one where it doesn't.

When the application is prepared to handle overflow locally, it would be useful
to have arithmetic operations which can indicate when overflow occurred. An
example of this is the checked arithmetic builtins available in compilers such
as
[clang](http://clang.llvm.org/docs/LanguageExtensions.html#checked-arithmetic-builtins)
and
[GCC](https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Integer-Overflow-Builtins.html).
If WebAssembly is made to support nodes with multiple return values, that could
be used instead of passing a pointer.

There are also several use cases where an application does not wish to handle
overflow locally. One family of examples includes implementing optimized bignum
arithmetic, or optimizing JS Numbers to use int32 operations. Another family
includes compiling code that doesn't expect overflow to occur, but which wishes
to have overflow detected and reported if it does happen. These use cases would
ideally like to have overflow trap, and to allow them to
[handle trap specially][]. Following the rule that explicitly signed and
unsigned operations trap whenever the result value can not be represented in the
result type, it would be possible to add explicitly signed and unsigned versions
of integer `add`, `sub`, and `mul`, which would trap on overflow. The main
reason we haven't added these already is that they're not efficient for
general-purpose use on several of today's popular hardware architectures.

  [handle trap specially]: FutureFeatures.md#trapping-or-non-trapping-strategies


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Tower at 1301 Gervais is a high-rise office building in Columbia, South Carolina, and the tallest building in the city not located along the Main Street corridor. Built in 1973, the tower has dark glazing with anodized aluminum columns to give it a dark, uniform-colored appearance. The top floor of the tower holds a private club with views of the city. It was originally constructed for Bankers Trust as their headquarters. It was the tallest building in the city at its completion until the Palmetto Center was topped out on January 23, 1983.

In 2020, the Tower at 1301 Gervais was identified as having an employer who employed an individual who tested positive for Covid-19.

References

See also
John Henry Devereux
St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church
List of tallest buildings in Columbia, South Carolina

Buildings and structures in Columbia, South Carolina
Skyscrapers in South Carolina
Skyscraper office buildings in South Carolina
Office buildings completed in 1973


Let's go to the retirement home and gyrate wildly dressed only in garter belts and veils!
Then we can make antifreeze and grain alcohol cocktails, steal a bulldozer and do donuts on the golfcourse!
Honey, get me a coffee can and a stick. It seems my id has escaped again.
Tell her to bring an elk and some lard, too!
9 Excellent use of the puppet! Kudos!
8 puppet #1 isn't that good. #2 and #3 great.
7 i like how ted's expression seems to be perfect in each panel --J.
7 More cerebral than a lot, which is why it's better than most!
6 Cute idea, but nothing spectacular. Afg.
6 BP's got far superior strips than this.
5 Cute, but didn't get a chuckle.


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Tux Paint és un editor d'imatges de mapa de bits de codi obert (un programa per crear i processar imatges de mapa de bits) destinat a nens d'entre 3 i 12 anys. Tux Paint combina una interfície senzilla, amb divertits efectes de so. El projecte fou iniciat el 2002 per William J Kendrick que continua mantenint-lo i millorant-lo, amb l'ajuda de nombrosos voluntaris. Escrit en C, empra biblioteques auxiliars lliures i es publica sota llicència GPL. Es vist com a alternativa de programari lliure a un producte de programari educatiu comercial similar, Kid pix.

Visió de conjunt
Tux Paint va crear-se inicialment per al sistema operatiu de Linux, ja que no hi havia cap programa de dibuix adequat per a nens disponible per a Linux en aquella època. Està escrit en el llenguatge de programació C i utilitza diverses biblioteques de codi font obert, incloent-hi la SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer).

Característiques
Tux Paint no és un programari d'edició de gràfics típic (com GIMP o Photoshop), ja que està dissenyat per ser utilitzable per nens a partir de 3 anys. Amb una interfície d'usuari intuïtiva, icones, efectes de so i text per ajudar a explicar com funciona el programari. La interfície, els efectes de so i la mascota de dibuixos animats (Tux, el pingüí de Linux) estan dissenyats pensant en els nens.

Eines de dibuix
Com la majoria de les eines de d'edició de gràfics, Tux Paint inclou brotxes, goma d'esborrar, i eines per dibuixar línies, formes poligonals i text. També proporciona varis nivells de desfer i refer.

Així mateix inclou una bona quantitat de filtres i efectes especials que es poden aplicar al dibuix, com difuminar, esvair, fer que el dibuix sembli com pintat amb guixos, etc. Estan disponibles sota l'eina «Magic». A partir de la versió 0.9.18 estan en forma de Plug-in, es carreguen en l'engegada del programa i estan programats en una API en C creada expressament, d'aquesta manera qualsevol pot programar nous filtres i afegir-los al Tux Paint.

També hi ha disponible una àmplia col·lecció d'imatges disponibles sota llicències que permeten la redistribució i que poden ser inserides en el dibuix amb l'eina «Segells». A data de gener de 2019 hi ha més de 1000 imatges disponibles.

Altres característiques
A mesura que s'ha afegit característiques noves al Tux Paint, també s'ha anat afegint opcions de configuració que permeten als pares i professors activar-les o desactivar-les per ajustar-se millor a les necessitats dels seus nens o estudiants.

El Tux Paint s'ha traduït a més de 100 llenguatges, Els efectes de so també es poden localitzar i els sons descriptius dels segells també es poden traduir.

Per desar o obrir no cal escriure el nom del fitxer ni designar el directori, a l'usuari se'l presenta una col·lecció de miniatures entre les quals triar.

Versions

Referències

Vegeu també

 GCompris
 Tux (la mascota de Linux)

Enllaços externs
 Web oficial del Tux Paint
 Projecte Tux Paint a SourceForge.net
 Tux4Kids
 La galeria dels artistes

Programari gràfic lliure
Editors d'imatges de mapa de bits