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Hi, I'm Natalie (hi, Natalie!) and I have an addiction. Or, rather, my family has an addiction. I'm not proud to admit that we are addicted to screens, especially my kids. It's not entirely a bad thing, because they've learned a lot from educational games and shows. But when I don't see my kids' eyeballs for an entire day, that's where I draw the line. I needed a way to set some screen time limits for my family. So I came up with this really fun and simple way to set screen time limits, and I'm excited to share it with you (and a free printable too!).
I came up with some screen time tokens that my kids can earn by doing simple things around the house. Every time they do chores, homework, or other good things, they can earn screen time tokens that they can save up, or spend immediately. And I have a little chart, so they know how many minutes they earn from different things.
I love how motivating these screen time tokens are for my kids! Screen time motivates them like sticker charts used to. Now all I have to do is tell them they can earn a screen time token, and they'll do anything! Sometimes I'll even give them a screen time token if I see them doing something kind for someone else, or if they do something they haven't been asked to do…. and I've noticed now that they are doing more random acts of kindness, hoping I'll give them a screen time token.
And the opposite is true too. I am happy to reward them with screen time tokens, but it's also the first thing they lose as a punishment. And if they are punished and they don't have any screen time tokens left, then they have to do the jobs to pay for their tokens.
This system has worked wonders for my family. My kids are learning how to work for something they want, and they're learning to be accountable for the good and bad things they do.
Do you think this will work for your family too?
So, I want to know… how do you limit your family's "screen consumption"? Do you have a technique that works for your family?
I love these tokens but I don't see the chart. Was it taken down? Thanks.
Love this! I got the token to print with no problem….but I don't see the screen time chart. Is that available somewhere?
Loved these printables, they should come in handy as the summer approaches. Thank you!
Loved these – but as earlier comment the page is blank when printed???
we just started something similar to this about a month ago because I felt like i woke up one day and my kids were suddenly addicted to anything with a screen. We have been using colored poker chips as our tokens, but I am thrilled to have stumbled on this free printable. Its perfect. Thank you thank you thank you. We also allow them to save their tokens and exchange for money if they would rather have cash over screen time. My son is all about the money, my girls have maxed their tokens out on electronics every chance they get. So far I have loved the system, but like anything a lot of it falls on the parents right now implementing and enforcing, which is not really my strong side. But I am determined to stick with it. Thanks again for the printable. Love it!
Mandy, I love that you've already been using this method (and then some!)… it gives me hope that it can work for my family. I'm totally going to steal your idea of letting them switch the tokens for cash. GENIUS!!!


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By Randy Rutherford - Staff Writer | Jan 13, 2021
Now that Governor Justice has again delayed the start of winter sports in West Virginia until March 1st at the earliest, I caught up with several area coaches to get their feelings on the second delay and how their teams and sport will be impacted by the decision.
Governor Justice is also the head coach of the Greenbrier East girls' basketball team so his decision hits close to home for him, too. Local area coaches are pretty frustrated and hope things will indeed start on March 1st. There are still many unanswered questions about the start up. The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission (WVSSAC) was working hard to see the abbreviated season would run smoothly, but now the WVSSAC must regroup. Most coaches feel there are not many good answers at this point.
Coach Dave Riggle, Head Basketball Coach and Head Track Coach at Paden City High School, graduated from Cameron High School in 2006 and West Liberty in 2010. He has served as the Junior High and High School Girls Basketball Coach at Paden City as well as their Athletic Director. As he enters his second year as head coach he is trying to stay optimistic regarding the season. His concern for his seniors is foremost on his mind. Ty Cain and Carson Palmer both had shortened junior seasons due to injury and both have worked very hard for their final year. Coach Riggle and Athletic Director Robert Price are again working to schedule/reschedule games beginning March 1st.
The question that is looming large for all area coaches and athletic directors is will teams be able to practice prior to March 1st, or does practice start March 1st and the season to follow?
Another unknown is the status of the14 day preseason practice requirement. If March 1st is indeed the start date for practice, does this two week requirement put spring sports in jeopardy? In smaller schools where numbers are low, there are not enough kids to have winter and spring sports at the same time. Baseball and Softball for example, if not allowed to play this year, will now miss two full years without playing a game. Coach Riggle shared, to his kid's credit, they all got together this past fall on their own and played on the outdoor court, and now his kids are traveling to The Highlands Sports Complex in Wheeling to continue practicing together.
Quoting Coach Riggle, "My biggest concern is eventually they will cancel all sports for the year." He wants all his players and parents to know that he will continue to work to prepare for the season until he is told to stop.
Coach Steve Nutter currently performs duties for two different area high schools. Coach Nutter is the Head Boys Basketball Coach at TCHS and also serves as the St Marys High School Head Coach for Boys Cross Country and Track. Coach Nutter was a member of the 2001 graduating class of St Marys High School and a 2006 graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan earning a B.S. in Business Management, MBA. He has been in coaching since 2006. He began his career coaching middle school basketball in Pleasants County. Coach Nutter has also coached basketball at various locations in West Virginia including Richwood High School, Richwood, WV and Webster County High School, Upperglade, WV. He has also served as the St Marys Freshmen Basketball Coach. Like Coach Riggle, Coach Nutter is trying to stay optimistic about the season and is proud of how his kids have reacted to the delays. Being unable to meet officially as a team has required his players to work on their own. Coach Nutter's athletes have responded by going to the Highlands to work out and playing on the outdoor courts. The only thing they have not been able to do is weight lifting on a regular basis. Quoting Coach Nutter, "I think we will be in full swing by March 1st. I believe the SSAC will allow practice to begin prior to March 1st so games can start then." Coach Nutter believes the March 1st date is a huge step in the right direction to get back to normal. He is hoping this gives his players the motivation to keep working on their own until they can come together as a team. "Tough times don't last, but tough people do," says Coach Nutter borrowing a famous line from Robert Schuller. Coach Nutter believes many students find success at TCHS only through the addition of participation in sports. "Many kids struggle without sports and need to be allowed to participate in a safe, secure and supportive environment," shared Coach Nutter.
In an email conversation with Bernie Dolan, Executive Director of the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activity Commission, I asked if March 1st is the start date for practice or games. He said he remains hopeful that March 1st will be the start date for the first contest. He also expects the winter season to be shortened and that spring sports will start later but be played. Of course all of this is dependent on the situation with COVID-19 and subject to change.
Dave Tallman, Head Basketball Coach at Magnolia High school for 28 years, expressed how bad he feels for people that have lost loved ones during the pandemic. The hardest part for him has been not being able to say good bye to those that have passed. He is staying patient and praying we have a basketball season. Dave has been very successful at Magnolia and contributes all his success to his players, fans, administration, and his assistant coaches. He knows they all will remain optimistic and welcome back 2021 with the same enthusiasm that they have had in the past.
David Tallman, Head basketball Coach at Morgantown High School for the past six years and also the son of Dave Tallman of Magnolia, says, "This is the first time in my life I haven't been around basketball during the winter, and we are bored." His players have been working, on their own, as a group with local trainers. He would like to see them back in the facilities where it would be safer for them.
After reaching out to different coaches in the area, all are trying their best to remain positive and work through these continuing delays to their seasons. Each coach remains flexible to handle obstacles but all with the best interest of the student athletes at heart. Like all area coaches, players and fans, I just hope I'm not required to write a similar article for Spring Sports.

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The specification has four units:
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Dear App Developer, Stop Ignoring My Feelings
by Popi Paraschaki
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Artificial intelligence has become an increasingly integral part of our professional and personal lives. It impacts how we get to work in the morning, the news we see on our personal devices, the speed with which we can complete our jobs, and much more. Gone are the days of wonder at the implications and possibilities of the next wave of technology. Consumers expect the devices and software they use every day to cater to their needs. And developers need to take note.
Apps designed for boring tasks are abandoned at higher rates than those that inject humor and creativity. Apps that offer standard experiences rather than one bespoke to the user's intent are becoming less common. Developers need to take into consideration the intent and desire of their users and build software that matches.
What Is Emotional Design?
Emotional design is the process of evoking certain emotions in the user when using a specific piece of software. Technology that can make someone laugh, entertain them, or motivate them to try new things is increasingly more effective than utilitarian tools that just get things done.
People get bored easily, but boredom is just a lack of stimulation. It's what happens when the same repetitive tasks are performed over and over again without variation. The mind idles. It wanders. It gets boring. In a recent study on the impact of design on emotions, a pair of researchers found that emotions directly influence decision making, memory, attention, and understanding of core meaning. Design that takes this into consideration is subsequently more effective.
We already see the results of emotional design decisions in mediums like video games, where the psychological flow is meticulously engineered. The more engaged a user becomes in the game and the experience of completing the game's tasks, the more effective the game. The same concepts have been applied to a range of applications in recent years, as developers harness the power of emotions through interactive storytelling, gamification of routine tasks, and presentation of familiar concepts in creative, engaging ways. By triggering a neurochemical response in the user – the release of dopamine when experiencing something enjoyable – developers can not only make their applications more entertaining to use, but push users in specific directions in the use of those applications.
One of the best examples of gamification in what would otherwise be a "boring" experience is Duolingo. A sweeping study of nearly 140,000 users of Icelandic Online between 2006 and 2014 found that completion rates were between 2.4% and 18.2%, with a particularly low rate for first-time users. Duolingo has addressed this common drop off in language learning by heavily gamifying the process. Lessons earn you points. Streaks of completing lessons earn you more points. You get achievements and can share them with friends or family when you get more done in the app. The experience is bright, colorful, engaging, and loaded with the same kinds of charming sounds and visual cues that video games have used for decades to indicate success. The result is a 55% next day retention rate for Duolingo, on par with the average mid-grade video game, and a valuation of over $700 million.
The Role of AI in Emotional Design
Apps are the interface through which most of us interact with the world. From weather and traffic to coffee and groceries. It's all on the phone, and the best apps (the ones with the highest user retention rates), are the ones that personalize their experiences for individual users. No two people see the same listings when they login to Amazon's mobile app or order from My Starbucks. These apps use AI to learn about their users and provide a customized experience that matches not only user preferences, but factors like time of day and location.
Until now, however, most personalization is done based on user input. Their order history. When they use the app and how frequently they use the app. Machine learning is capable of so much more, able to take in a wealth of data points and customize the experience to match not only activity but emotions.
That's where app developers stand to make the biggest leaps forward in their use of AI in mobile experiences. eBay, for example, creates a personal homepage for every user that logs into its app. Hundreds of millions of people use that app and they all see something different when they log in, based not only on their search history, but their review scores, and the integration of other tools and apps on their device that use eBay data.
AI means intelligent apps that learn about their users, provide an experience unique to their current mental state, and uses data proactively to adjust in real-time. Developers need to adapt to that expectation, or their own products will be deemed ultimately "boring".
Advocating for Voice
The biggest challenge for developers is how to capture and catalog data that represents the emotional state of the user. Browser data alone can only go so far. Order history can be cluttered with purchases for family and friends. Location and time of day can be impacted by vacations or changes in schedule. Common indicators may not accurately reflect a shift in an emotional state and design transitions may be premature or excessive as a result.
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Through behavioral signal processing, AI systems are capturing and processing human speech to identify key elements that indicate emotions and emotional change. Subtle shifts in tone, volume, and cadence can indicate positivity, negativity, frustration, politeness, engagement, and anxiety in a user. This data is invaluable to app developers who can then create much more personalized AI-driven experiences for both mobile apps and voice user interfaces. For an industry looking for every advantage in better understanding the customer and catering experiences to match, voice is one of the most powerful tools at their disposal.
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October 5, 2017 Uncategorized
In my opinion, Donald Trump is Nuts as demonstrated by the insane things he says and does. Mental Health professionals have stated he exhibits Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Conway to Trump: 'You. Are. Nuts.'
George Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway President Trump Donald Trump Fox News tops ratings for coverage on Jan. 6 anniversary events Sunday shows preview: Congress marks Jan. 6 anniversary; US, Russia to hold talks amid rising tensions Democrats must close the perception gap MORE , is firing back after the president called him a "stone cold loser" and a "husband from hell."
In this famous tweet, husband of Kellyanne Conway tells Trump; "You. Are. Nuts".
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Numerous Mental Health professionals have stated Trump is "Textbook Narcissist"
According to the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), individuals with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) have at least five of the symptoms listed below;
Grandiosity with expectations of superior treatment by others
Fixated on fantasies of power, success, intelligence, attractiveness, etc.
Self-perception of being unique, superior, and associated with high-status people and institutions
Needing constant admiration from others
Sense of entitlement to special treatment and to obedience from others
Exploitative of others to achieve personal gain
Unwilling to empathize with others' feelings, wishes, or needs
Intensely jealous of others and the belief that others are equally jealous of them
Pompous and arrogant demeanor.
Trump's Narcissistic symptoms discussed in this video
Psychiatrist: Donald Trump Is Delusional Even Out Of Office
Dr. Lance Dodes, retired Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, joins Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss Donald Trump reportedly making false claims that he will be "reinstated" as president by August and why "lack of power is the thing Trump can't stand and doesn't acknowledge."
Dr. Lance Dodes joins Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss Trump's mental state as he's banned from Twitter and why he will get worse once he leaves office and faces legal jeopardy
Dr. Lance Dodes stated; "If we could construct a psychiatric Frankenstein monster, we could not create a leader more dangerously mentally ill than Donald Trump," Gartner began. "He is a paranoid, psychopathic, narcissist who is divorced from reality and lashes out impulsively at his imagined enemies. And this is someone, as you said, who is handling the nuclear codes."
"He lies because of his sociopathic tendencies that Dr. Gartner was talking about," Dodes suggested. "He lies in the way anybody who scams people does. He's tried to sell an idea or a product by telling you something that is untrue. There is also the kind of lie he has that in a way is more serious — that he has a loose grip on reality. We can say that because he lies about things that aren't that important."
"I think what that indicates is that he can't stand an aspect of reality that he doesn't want, so he rejects it," Dodes continued. "His grasp of reality, his attention to reality is loose. This is an extremely dangerous trait in a president. It actually makes him unqualified."
27 Psychiatrists Assess The Dangerous Case Of Donald Trump
In a new book, 27 psychiatrists and mental health experts asses President Donald Trump's behavior. Do his impulses explain his decisions? The book's editor Dr. Brandy Lee and Tony Schwartz, co-author of Trump's "The Art of the Deal
Trump's mental health: 'The elephant in the room'
As psychologists and psychiatrists continue to warn about President Trump's mental health, the Columbia Journalism Review called Trump's mental health "the elephant in the room. Lee Siegel, who wrote the CJR column, and Dr. Lance Dodes join Lawrence.
Trump shows what a lunatic he is (who should be institutionalized) by suggesting that injecting COVID-19 patients with disinfectant or powerful beams of light could be effective treatments.
Trump shows what a lunatic he is (who should be institutionalized) by his insane rants about Windmills
Staffers Treated Trump Like Toddler By Playing Music To Calm His Tantrums
Trump is such a narcissistic nutcase that he tried to get government lawyers to shut down and censor SNL Saturday Night Live for mocking him.
According to two people familiar with the matter, Trump asked advisers and lawyers in early 2019 about what the Federal Communications Commission, the court system, and—most confusingly to some Trump lieutenants—the Department of Justice could do to probe or mitigate SNL, Jimmy Kimmel, and other late-night comedy outlets which made fun of Trump.
This is how TYRANTS & DICTATORS behave where everyone must worship the "Dear Leader" or "Off with their heads!".
Trump thinks he's a very smart person
Mashup of Trump talking about his 'very, very, very large … brain'
Video shows Trump bragging on how he's the best at everything. Normal people don't behave like this.
Trump has said he has "One of the Great Memories of All Time" (except when admitting to remembering could get him in legal hot water… then he claims he can't remember – LOL)
Trump, The Mad King
Scaramucci: Trump's brain needs to be evaluated. He's having a full-blown meltdown
Eugene Robinson: Trump Is 'Raving Like A Lunatic And Everyone Just Shrugs'
Psychiatrist: Trump Needs Urgent MRI, Obvious Dementia Symptom
Trump Writes Insane Letter Telling Pelosi To Stop Impeachment
Trump's Psychosis On Full Display At Disgusting Minnesota Rally
Psychologist Reminds Us We're Ignoring Trump's Glaring Mental Disorders
Renowned Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert called out not just Donald Trump but the entire country for ignoring Trump's very obvious mental decline on Twitter early this week, after Trump claimed that he had "great and unmatched wisdom." The President's brain is coming apart at the seams, and something must be done about this.
Outgoing Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) told CNN's Manu Raju that some of her Republican Senate colleagues say privately that President Donald Trump is "nuts.
Senators caught on hot mic: Trump is 'crazy'
Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Jack Reed were recorded discussing President Donald Trump's lack of familiarity with the details of governing. The conversation was picked up by a hot mic.
Trump Thrives on Conspiracy Theories
TRUMP TWO MINUTE ATTENTION SPAN
The Washington Post citing inside sources say Trump has the short attention span of a child of 2 to 4 minutes
Video Title: Donald Trump's daily 'propaganda document'
Not only does Trump have a limited attention span of about 2 minutes as leaked by WH staff, he gets a folder of positive news about himself twice a day.
Trump Gets Folder Full of Positive News About Himself Twice a Day
Three current and former White House officials tell Vice News that Donald Trump receives a 20 to 25-page packet of positive news coverage and flattering tweets about him twice a day.
Speeches Limited to 4 Minutes to Keep Trump's Attention
NATO tells heads of state who will be addressing President Trump at their upcoming summit to keep their speeches between two to four minutes in order to keep his attention
Donald Trump, the President of 'Fantasyland'
Kurt Andersen joins Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss his new book "Fantasyland" that argues Donald Trump's rise can be traced to America's inability to separate fact and fiction.
White House Aides Say Trump Acting Like Spoiled, Clueless Child
Trump has a dangerous disability – George F. Will interview MSNBC
Video: Two SHRINKS talks about TRUMP's Extreme NARCISSISM
According to an article from rawstory.com, top U.S. psychologists like Harvard professor and researcher Howard Gardner have stated that Donald Trump is a textbook narcissist. The article states that "he fits the profile so well that clinical psychologist George Simon told Vanity Fair, He's so classic that I'm archiving video clips of him to use in workshops. This puts Trump in the same category as a number of infamous dictators like Muammar Gaddafi, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Saddam Hussein. And although there are narcissists out there who entertain us, innovate, or create great art, when a narcissist is given immense power over people's lives, they can behave much differently".
Read the description of Gaslighing below and see if you think it also fits Trump.
A favorite tactic of manipulators, used to obstruct and distort their victim's understanding of reality. Intentionally setting up misdeeds, and then questioning the victim's sanity for reacting to those misdeeds. Rewriting history, or blatantly denying that the event ever took place. Dismissing the victim's legitimate concerns with labels like "crazy", "hysterical" and "sensitive". Gaslighters are patronizing, unapologetic, and above all, they are cowardly. They are seeking power and control over compassionate human beings.
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Per the above article; The top US general said 'I agree' when Nancy Pelosi said Trump had 'been crazy for a long time': book
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Feature Article - September 2007
Ultraconserved DNA
Evolutionary bias drives terminology, and terminology drives thinking.
You may have heard the term, "ultraconserved DNA."
Ultraconserved DNA was first described in May 2004, when a group led by David Haussler at the University of California, Santa Cruz, reported the existence of 481 stretches of DNA more than 200 base pairs long with completely identical sequences in mice, rats and humans. 1
The paper in question focuses on segments of 'ultraconserved' DNA — sections that have stayed exactly the same throughout recent vertebrate evolution, and are identical in humans, rats and mice (see page 10). The available evidence suggests that this extreme example of DNA conservation is no accident: the sequence stays because there is a strong selective force weeding out mutations in it. In other words, it is likely to be important to its host. 2
The basic assumption behind the term is that some parts of a creature's DNA have not changed much over millions of years of evolution. That is, its DNA sequence has been "conserved." If it hasn't changed at all, then it is "ultraconserved."
This terminology is based on the assumption that all DNA sequences are the result of random mutations filtered by natural selection, rather than design. Since the ultraconserved DNA segments are presumed to be the same because they have not changed during millions of years of evolution in different creatures, the existence of ultraconserved regions cannot be used to prove that these regions have not changed for millions of years. That would be circular logic.
An Amusing Waste of Time
Certainly there is value in examining DNA sequences, and attempting to correlate DNA sequences to functional results. Comparing DNA from various creatures is useful because it advances science in theoretical ways (basic understanding of life) and practical ways (medical breakthroughs).
Unfortunately, evolutionary scientists tend to get distracted in a futile attempt to reconstruct evolutionary history. DNA analysis can never establish the way in which creatures evolved if they are not really the result of evolution. It is an analysis that is doomed to fail, which wastes time, talent, and resources. It only results in some amusing conclusions. Here is one:
Only a single ultraconserved element has so far revealed its origins. By scanning genome data, Haussler's group found that one human ultraconserved element is 80% similar to a piece of DNA found in a 400-million-year-old class of ancient fish that includes the coelacanth. The element had been shuttled into the fish genome by a genetic invader called a retroposon, but mammals have now co-opted it to boost expression of a brain-development gene called ISL1. 3
Unbelievable! They found one segment of fish DNA that is 80% similar to human DNA, and jumped to the conclusion that humans got it by a "genetic invader" and co-opted it to do something other than what it does in a fish. This is simply fanciful speculation, but it somehow got through the peer review process and was reported as scientific fact in a prestigious scientific journal.
Facts Foul Up the Theory
Unfortunately for evolutionists, ultraconserved DNA presents a difficult problem for evolutionists. Remember, these regions are supposedly conserved because they are critical to the life of the organism. Scientists intentionally damaged some of these ultraconserved regions in some mice, expecting them to die. The cause of death would show what function these ultraconserved regions performed. When they did the experiment, they got surprising results.
A colony of mice whose very existence defies logic could rewrite our understanding of human evolution, health and disease, researchers say.
[Nadav] Ahituv [a human geneticist at the University of California, San Francisco] made four mouse 'knock-outs', each one lacking a stretch of DNA between 222 and 731 base pairs long. These same stretches of DNA exist in human genomes, base pair for base pair. This 'ultraconserved' DNA is exactly the same across the long evolutionary distance between humans and mice and rats. So why the mice lived could answer fundamental questions about evolution. 4
If it is really true that these segments of DNA have remained absolutely unchanged over millions of years of evolution because any change would make the creature unfit for survival, then changing them should kill the creature. But experiments have shown that mice can live without them. Apparently, there must be some sort of redundancy in the DNA code that allows the creature to function despite damage to these "critical" regions. It is almost as if the DNA code was designed to be robust enough to withstand some damage. But if that were the case, and if mutations in DNA have been going on for millions of years at the rate evolutionists believe, then these apparently redundant regions would have showed some mutations by now.
Our Rat Relatives
Finally, we cannot help commenting on "the long evolutionary distance between humans and mice and rats." Evolutionary distance is said to be long or short, depending upon what suits evolutionists the best. The reason has to do with Animal Rights and Evolution, which just happens to be the topic of this month's Evolution in the News.
1 Erika Check, Nature, 6 September 2007, "Crashing DNA's ultraconservative party", pages 10-11, https://www.nature.com/articles/449010b
2 Nature, 6 September 2007, "Life as we know it", p 1., https://www.nature.com/articles/449001a


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David Copperfield (Written by Charles Dickens) Book Summary and Characterization
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The summary of the Charles Dickens's book David Copperfield. Information on the theme, story, characterization and critique of David Copperfield.
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David Copperfield; a novel by the English author Charles Dickens, published in 1850. It was first issued in monthly parts from May 1849 to November 1850. From its initial appearance, it has been the most popular of Dickens' novels. It is also the most directly autobiographical of his works, and he himself called it his "favourite child."
Story and Characterization.
David Copperfield is in the form of a first-person narrative. David, from the vantage point of maturity, surveys the vicissitudes of his life beginning with his infancy. Fatherless six months before he is born, the boy grows up with his pretty young mother and the faithful servant Peggotty. This happy existence is shattered by his mother's marriage to the gloomy and cruel Mr. Murdstone, who, especially after her death, subjects the boy to mental and physical deprivation. At the age of 10, David is sent to London to work in a wine merchant's warehouse. He finally flees from the humiliation and oppression he experiences there to find refuge with his great-aunt Betsey Trotwood. From then on his fortune is in the ascendant. He has, on the whole, happy years at school in Canterbury and in a London law office, and ultimately, after much strenuous application, he embarks on a successful career as an author.
However, the book is dominated less by David's professional advancement than by his relations with a vast and varied group of characters: the Peggottys of Yarmouth, the mercurial Micawbers, Mr. Wickfield of Canterbury and his deceptively "umble" clerk Uriah Heep, and Steerforth, David's self-indulgent school friend—to mention only a few of the lovable, humorous, or grotesque figures who form strands in the web of David's life. These strands intertwine to create tragic climaxes like Steerforth's seduction of Daniel Peggotty's niece "Little Em'ly," or comic ones like Mr. Micawber's unmasking of Uriah Heep. Through most of the novel runs the strand of David's two loves: his youthful infatuation with the foolish little Dora Spenlow, who becomes his "child-wife" but—as the "little blossom" she is— soon wilts and dies; and the abiding, but only slowly recognized love of the strong-minded Agnes Wickfield, with whom he is at last united.
Critique.
Although David Copperfield gives the impression of artlessness and even improvisation, it is carefully planned and designed. Characters appear and reappear and are placed in thematic relation to one another. Within the immense variety of the work there is a basic unity of emotion and theme: the reader learns of the necessity of perseverance through hardships and the importance of the discipline of the heart—he learns because David learns, for at the heart of the book is the growing personality of David himself.
The peculiar emotional truth of David Copperfield is closely connected with its autobiographical nature. Though David is not altogether Dickens' alter ego, his character and career bear numerous similarities to the author's. Many of the other characters have real-life models, notably Mr. Micawber (Dickens' father) and Dora (Maria Beadnell, Dickens' first love). Above ali, David's experiences in the warehouse are a direct —and the only—transcription of the darkest and most painful part of Dickens' own boyhood.
However, while the novel is of great interest to the biographer and psychologist, its artistic merits have made it a classic in its own right. The glorious humor that, despite some melodramatic parts, pervades the whole, has not worn or become dated, but it is particularly the evocation of childhood—its modes of perception, its joys, and its griefs—that makes David Copperfield a work without parallel in English fiction.
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Russian music among records taken from Hitler's headquarters
The strains of Tchaikovsky played by a Polish Jew may once have wafted through Adolf Hitler's headquarters, according to a German magazine report.
The weekly Der Spiegel said the daughter of a World War II Soviet military intelligence officer showed it a collection of about 100 records her father took from the Reich chancellery in Berlin when the city fell in 1945.
Alongside predictable recordings such as the overture to "The Flying Dutchman" by Hitler favorite Richard Wagner, the collection included works by composers from Russia, whose people were regarded as subhuman by Nazi ideologues, according to the report.
Among the works reportedly taken by Lev Bezymenski were an aria from Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov" and an album of Tchaikovsky works featuring star violinist Bronislaw Huberman - a Polish Jew - as a soloist.
"I find this grotesque," Der Spiegel quoted Bezymenski's daughter, Alexandra Beyzmenskaya, as saying. "Millions of Slavs and Jews had to die as a result of the Nazis' racial ideology."
It was not clear exactly whom the records belonged to, whether Hitler himself actually listened to them, or exactly where in the chancellery they were found.
Der Spiegel published a photograph of one record with a blue label reading "Fuehrer headquarters" and carrying an inventory number.
According to the report, Bezymenskaya only stumbled on the records, which were kept in the attic of the family dacha outside Moscow, in 1991. Three years ago, it added, she persuaded her father to write about the collection.
"These were recordings of classical music performed by the best orchestras of Europe and Germany with the best soloists of that time," Bezymenski wrote. "It surprised me that Russian music also was there."
Bezymenski, who after the war became a historian and a professor at Moscow's military academy, died in June at age 86, according to Der Spiegel. His daughter, it reported, has yet to decide what to do with the collection.


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Razor-thin victory for Van der Bellen
Green Party candidate Alexander Van der Bellen has won Austria's presidential election, beating Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party by a narrow margin of roughly 31,000 votes. The country has shown that its political landscape is more colourful than many believe, some commentators write with relief. Others view Hofer's strong showing as an alarm signal for all Europe.
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Right-wing parties like the FPÖ are gaining ground with a growing number of voters by combining their nationalist ideologies with leftist economic policies, columnist Anne Applebaum writes in The Washington Post:
"The rise in support for all of these parties is usually attributed to the wave of immigrants coming to Europe from Syria and North Africa. While anti-immigration is an emotional touchstone for all of them, hardly anyone has noticed that national socialist parties are also picking up voters bored by the business-friendly socialism of the center-left and the pragmatism of the center-right. Maybe it's not surprising: A generation has now passed since the collapse of Soviet Communism. Centralization, nationalization and protectionism all seem like new ideas to people who don't remember them. Few remember the poverty they created, or the corruption."
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In Alexander Van der Bellen the Austrians have elected a pro-European who is not afraid to criticise the EU, Der Standard writes:
"The former Green Party leader and economics professor was always an advocate of integration, even back in 1994 when his party colleagues were still saying no to EU accession. The fact that he has a critical mind, that he doesn't blindly support the EU and that he will push for more progress on ecological and social issues is even an advantage. Austria must free its Europe policy from black-and-white thinking and foster rational debate on its future in Europe. Van der Bellen has announced that he wants to unite the country and lend an ear to critics and Eurosceptics: a good recipe against the right. If he can do this he will be a great president."
The Daily Telegraph (GB) / 25 May 2016
Right-wing populists score points with softer tone
The Freedom Party and other right-wing parties in Europe have been able to gain the support of large sections of the population by toning down their messages, The Daily Telegraph comments:
"Up until now, the intense negative feelings such parties provoked has limited their support, especially in one-on-one contests – it was notable in France for example that the National Front barely expanded its vote share between the first and second round of the elections and therefore failed to win any regions. However, such parties are increasingly moderating their core messages and fusing anti-immigration policies with more centre-Left economic ones, they are able to broaden their appeal beyond their traditional base. It is striking that young voters, who many would assume to be more cosmopolitan in outlook, are ready to vote for such parties."
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Austria's more likeable side has won
Südostschweiz believes Van der Bellen's election can indeed bring change to Austria:
"In a few weeks on an emotional rollercoaster a nation plunged to the depths of right-wing populism, made a little detour on a ghost train to the past - and suddenly now everything is different. … This election of a Green president does not express the mood in the country, but it could change that mood. Austria is uneasy and has been chronically bad-tempered for some time now. But Austria is not as right-wing as other countries tend to believe. And Alexander Van der Bellen is an Austrian to the core. With his easygoing temperament, his self-irony, his tolerance and resilience against unreasonable conformism and both left and right-wing narrow-mindedness, he embodies the congenial side of the Austrian identity. It wouldn't be surprising if the Green president turned out to be a highly popular head of state."
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Austrian politics now more colourful
Traditionally dominated by the SPÖ and the ÖVP, the elections have made Austrian politics more diverse, Kurier believes:
"Headlines like 'A country divided' and 'Austrians at loggerheads' are superficial and short-sighted. On the contrary: the political camps have become more flexible. For the first time tens of thousands of dyed-in-the-wool socialists and conservatives have voted for a member of the Green Party or the Freedom Party - though many did it holding their noses. Once you've voted for another party you're no longer a core voter. And depending on who's running, when the next election rolls around you might be tempted to say: the individual counts more than the party. ... Austria's political landscape has become more colourful - and more unpredictable."
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The Financial Times, by contrast, sees no reason to breathe a sigh of relief:
"By coming within a whisker of making Norbert Hofer the first far-right European head of state since the war, voters there have normalised the Freedom party, whose revisionism and anti-Semitism used to be considered unacceptable. The victory of Alexander Van der Bellen, the Green party candidate, is not a cause for complacency. The size of the vote for Mr Hofer will benefit other parties, such as the National Front in France, that are pursuing a strategy of 'decontamination'."
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Hofer's policies triumphed long ago
Anyone who believes that Van der Bellen's victory has staved off a shift to the right in Austrian politics has another thing coming, Novi list warns:
"Hofer may not have been able to take the presidential palace by storm, but his policies have long since triumphed - not just in Austria but in much of Europe. If chance had given the victory to Hofer, he wouldn't have been able to push through his outrageous policies. Not because the president hardly has any powers, but because his far-right policies have already been implemented by the Social Democrats and the so-called moderate right. With border closures, razor wire, the cap on the number of refugees and one of the toughest asylum laws around, Faymann had already shaken the EU to its very foundations and prevented a joint European solution to the refugee crisis."
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Kristine Schlegelmilch is the IP attaché for the U.S. Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, covering the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and all U.N. intellectual property-related issues. Kristine has been an attorney-advisor with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Office of Policy and International Affairs for five years, covering IP-related multilateral trade issues and IP enforcement issues in South Asia.
Most recently, she was detailed to the White House's Office of the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator as senior advisor for international affairs, and took part in developing the administration's 2013-2016 Joint Strategic Plan on IP Enforcement. Kristine previously served as deputy director of the Office of Intellectual Property Rights for the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration.
Originally from the Seattle area, she holds a J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law, and M.B.A. from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
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Aside from the issuance of patents and registration of trademarks, the USPTO has a statutory mandate to advise the President and all federal agencies, through the Secretary of Commerce, on national and international intellectual property (IP) policy issues, including IP protection in other countries. In addition, the USPTO is authorized by statute to provide guidance, conduct programs and studies, and interact with IP offices worldwide—and with international intergovernmental organizations—on matters involving IP.
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Q: Chrome Extension - Failed to execute 'getImageData' on 'CanvasRenderingContext2D': The canvas has been tainted by cross-origin data I'm trying to implement some JS library on Chrome extension that scans all images if contain nudity. Anyway, doing that by trying to read the context of canvas for each image, I'm having the exception below. This will happen on every page. I don't understand why I'm having this exception and how should I handle/avoid it.
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P.s. The most similar issue to this that I found in StackOverflow is this below:
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But this is not a duplicate, also I didn't fully understood the answer of it.

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Les  (FIPS) sont des standards publics développés et publiés par le gouvernement des États-Unis pour l'usage des agences gouvernementales non militaires et entrepreneurs gouvernementaux (government contractors). Beaucoup de standards FIPS sont des versions modifiées des standards ANSI, IEEE, ISO, etc.

Quelques standards FIPS ont été originellement développés par le gouvernement des États-Unis. Par exemple, les standards pour encoder des données (ex. : code pays), mais plus significativement, des algorithmes de chiffrement tels que Data Encryption Standard (DES) (FIPS 46) et Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) (FIPS 197).

Plusieurs de ces standards ont été progressivement retirés, dans une logique de rapprochement avec les normes internationales ISO.

Exemples de standards FIPS

 FIPS 10-4 : Liste des codes de pays et des codes de régions (retiré le )
 Code de pays (FIPS 6-4)
 Code des états (FIPS 5-2)

Ils sont similaires ou comparables à (mais non identiques à) l'ISO 3166, ou le standard NUTS de l'Union européenne.

  : norme s'appliquant aux produits informatiques destinés au traitement sécurisé des données sensibles.

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The new H2O 1800 PLUS series from DT Systems is expandable into a two- or three-dog unit simply by buying add-on collars. Another new feature with the H2O PLUS is a transmitter with a No Slip Soft Grip soft rubber coating for a firmer, more comfortable and more effective grip.
All H2O PLUS units have a one-mile range with 16 levels of nick and constant stimulation, a rechargeable waterproof collar and a floating transmitter. The H2O 1820 PLUS has a vibration feature. The H2O 1830 PLUS Comes with a beeper/locator.


The South Elementary School Chess Club won first place out of 18 school teams at the National Education Chess Association (NECA) tournament held recently in Stamford. The seven member South School team was led by Jenna Ho, who placed first out of 35 players in the First Grade section, and Nathaniel Moor, who won first place in the Elementary Open section. Both finished the tournament with a perfect score, winning each of their four games. Luke Van Dussen also had a strong showing, finishing second place in the Primary Novice section, as did Joseph Ho, who finished in 6th place in the Elementary Open section. Henry Chandra made a significant contribution to the final team standing in his first -ever chess tournament and South School received valient efforts from Thomas Crehan and William Cox. Despite having only seven players present, South School outplayed teams with twice as many players and finished on top of local chess powerhouses, such as Brunswick and Whitby Schools. This was South School's best team victory at a NECA tournament and a historic first place finish.
For more information about the South Elementary School Chess Club, please contact Joseph Ho at josephho75@yahoo.com.


I am heading away on another overseas holiday! 5 weeks away this time, and you'll be amazed at our itinerary! (who knows what itinerary means?).
But let's start at the beginning.. I hope you follow my journey and have fun with me along the way.


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Chronologie du cyclisme
2017 en cyclisme - 2018 en cyclisme - 2019 en cyclisme
Le résumé de l'année 2018 en cyclisme.

Par mois

Janvier
  : le Sud-Africain Daryl Impey remporte le Tour Down Under, première épreuve World Tour de la saison. Il devance au classement général Richie Porte et Tom-Jelte Slagter.

Février

Mars

Avril

Mai

Juin

Juillet

Août

Septembre

Octobre

Novembre

Décembre

Grands tours

Tour d'Italie

  Vainqueur : Christopher Froome (Team Sky)
  : Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb)
  : Miguel Ángel L̟ópez (Astana Pro Team)
  Classement par points : Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors)
  Meilleur grimpeur :  Christopher Froome (Team Sky)
  Meilleur jeune :  Miguel Ángel L̟ópez (Team Sky)
 Meilleure équipe :  Team Sky

Tour de France

  Vainqueur : Geraint Thomas (SKY)
  : Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb)
  : Christopher Froome (SKY)
  Classement par points :  Peter Sagan (Bora Hansgroe)
  Meilleur grimpeur : Julian Alaphillipe (Quick-Step)
  Meilleur jeune : Pierre Latour (AG2R)
  Meilleure équipe :  Movistar
  Super-combatif : Dan Martin (UAE)

Tour d'Espagne

  Vainqueur : Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott)
  :  Enric Mas (Quick-Step Floors)
  : Miguel Ángel López (Astana)
  Classement par points : Alejandro Valverde (Movistar )
  Meilleur grimpeur : Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal)
  Classement du combiné : Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott)
 Meilleure équipe : Movistar

Principales classiques

Monuments

Classiques World Tour majeures
  E3 Harelbeke :  Niki Terpstra (Quick-Step Floors)
  Gand-Wevelgem :  Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe)
  Amstel Gold Race :  Michael Valgren (Astana)
  Flèche wallonne :   Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors)
  Classique de Saint-Sébastien :   Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors)
  EuroEyes Cyclassics :   Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors)
  Bretagne Classic :
  Grand Prix cycliste de Québec :
  Grand Prix cycliste de Montréal :

Nouvelles classiques World Tour
  Cadel Evans Great Ocean Race :  Jay McCarthy (Bora-Hansgrohe)
  Circuit Het Nieuwsblad :  Michael Valgren (Astana)
  Strade Bianche :  Tiesj Benoot (Lotto-Soudal)
  À travers les Flandres : Yves Lampaert
  Grand Prix de Francfort :
  RideLondon-Surrey Classic :  Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe)

Principales courses par étapes
  Tour Down Under :  Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott)
  Tour d'Abou Dhabi :  Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
  Paris-Nice :  Marc Soler (Movistar)
  Tirreno-Adriatico :  Michał Kwiatkowski (Team Sky)
  Tour de Catalogne :  Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
 Tour du Pays basque :  Primoz Roglic
  Tour de Romandie :
  Tour de Californie :
  Critérium du Dauphiné :  Geraint Thomas (Sky)
  Tour de Suisse :
  Tour de Pologne :
 / BinckBank Tour :
  Tour de Turquie :  Eduard Prades (Euskadi-Murias)
  Tour du Guangxi :  Gianni Moscon (Sky)

Championnats

Championnats du monde

Championnats du monde de cyclo-cross

Hommes
Wout van Aert

Femmes

Championnats du monde sur piste

Hommes

Femmes

Championnats du monde sur route

Principaux champions nationaux sur route

Principaux décès
  : Lyli Herse, cycliste française à 90 ans
  : Karl-Heinz Kunde, cycliste allemand à 80 ans
   : Carlo Brugnami, cycliste italien à 79 ans
  : Walter Boucquet, cycliste belge à 76 ans
  : Miguel Pacheco, cycliste espagnol à 86 ans
  : Arnaud Geyre, cycliste français à 82 ans
  : Roger Rioland, cycliste français à 93 ans
  : Eugène Van Roosbroeck, cycliste belge à 89 ans
  : Michael Goolaerts, cycliste belge à 23 ans
  : André Le Dissez, cycliste français à 88 ans
  : Andrés Gandarias, cycliste espagnol à 75 ans
  : André Desvages, cycliste français à 74 ans
  : Arie den Hartog, cycliste néerlandais à 77 ans
  : Nino Assirelli, cycliste italien à 92 ans
  : Andreas Kappes, cycliste allemand à 52 ans
  : Armand de Las Cuevas, cycliste français à 50 ans
  : Javier Otxoa, cycliste  espagnol à 43 ans
  : Jesús Rodríguez Magro, cycliste et directeur sportif espagnol à 58 ans
  : Alves Barbosa, cycliste portugais à 86 ans
  : Jimmy Duquennoy, cycliste belge à 23 ans
  : Dieter Kemper, cycliste allemand à 81 ans
  : Roger De Breuker, cycliste belge à 78 ans
  : Jonathan Cantwell, cycliste australien à 36 ans
  : Gottfried Weilenmann, cycliste suisse à 98 ans
  : Lee Min-hye, cycliste sud-coréenne à 33 ans
  : Bernard Gauthier, cycliste français à 94 ans
  : Jean Baldassari, cycliste français à 92 ans

Notes et références

Cyclisme en 2018
Actualité sportive en 2018


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Analysis and Synthesis
Richard Baron's largely philosophical blog.
Turing's secret papers
This year, we mark the hundredth anniversary of Alan Turing's birth. One celebration, among the less publicised but also among the most fitting, has been the release into the public domain of two of his wartime papers on mathematical aspects of cryptography. The release was announced by GCHQ, here:
http://www.gchq.gov.uk/Press/Pages/turing-papers-released.aspx
It seems that the papers were not released earlier, because their contents were still considered to be sensitive. It was thought to benefit the UK to have the information while others did not have it, and (presumably) while others did not even know that the UK had information of this precise nature.
This raises an interesting general question. If a country's authorities have scientific or technical information, and feel that the country can gain a significant advantage over other countries by keeping it secret, should the information be kept secret?
An argument for release of the information would be that if the information is useful to someone, it is likely to be useful to others too, and its release might well promote economic development. It is not hard to think of examples. Encryption systems help commerce, by facilitating financial transactions where there would otherwise be a risk of diversion of funds to criminals. Knowledge of the vulnerabilities of encryption systems helps developers to make the systems more secure. Algorithms for the management and distribution of military supplies could be useful in commercial logistics, allowing goods to be stored and distributed at the lowest possible cost. If the detailed technology of radar and of jet engines, both largely developed in the run-up to war and during wartime, had been kept as military secrets, long-distance travel would not have become as convenient as it did in the 1950s and 1960s. And so on.
It is tempting to say that decisions must be made on the facts of each case, and that general principles would be very difficult to find, and of far less importance than specific facts. But we should not give up quite so quickly.
One could, for example, adopt the reasonably general principle that when the usefulness of information to others would be purely military, there would be a strong presumption in favour of keeping it secret. It may be desirable to help the world's economy, but when it comes to potential military uses, a country could be argued to be fully entitled to put its own interests first. One difficulty in applying this principle would be that it is all too easy for the military, and the security services, to see only the military uses of information, and to be unaware of commercial possibilities.
Alternatively, one could adopt a utilitarianism that gave no special weight to one's own country. Then, if the consequences of secrecy and of disclosure could be computed (which they could not be), or plausibly estimated (which might be possible), the decision on whether to disclose each piece of information could be reached by a mechanical procedure.
One could row back a little bit from this generous principle, and adopt a utilitarianism under which the interests of the citizens of one's own country were weighted more highly than the interests of others. But it would be hard to make a case for a precise difference in weighting. There would only be a plausible range. Counting each of one's own citizens as twice as important than each non-citizen might be defensible, particularly when one's own citizens formed a small minority of the world's population, so that the total weight assigned to one's own citizens was still considerably less than the total weight assigned to all non-citizens. Counting each of one's own citizens as 100 times more important as each non-citizen would not be defensible, regardless of population. One would also have to balance the potentially incommensurable economic and security interests of one's own citizens (and of non-citizens, to the extent that their security would be affected by the release of the information). And one would have to bear in mind that a boost to the world economy from an invention that new information makes possible can lead to a boost to the economies of many nations, including those that do not directly exploit the invention.
It is never going to be easy to make the right decisions, even assuming that there are right decisions to be made. One reason why this is so is that the specific facts of each case are bound to have a substantial influence on the decision, and it is in the nature of the case that those facts must be kept secret unless the decision is to publish. Only general principles can be debated publicly, and those general principles can only take us so far.
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The New SL65 AMG - Sportiest SL Class Ever
AMG dream machine with revolutionary transmission and 525 hp V8 engine
Emotional performance courtesy of cutting-edge engineering: the new Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG in a nutshell. The roadster is powered by an AMG 6.3-liter V8 engine developing 525 hp and 630 Nm � which makes it today's most powerful model with a V8 naturally aspirated engine in its class. The SL 63 AMG comes exclusively with the all-new, innovative AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT 7-speed sports transmission. The newly developed power transfer concept features a compact, wet start-up clutch that replaces the conventional torque converter. The resulting direct connection to the powertrain, together with the double-declutching and Race Start functions, guarantees an extremely emotional, supremely dynamic driving experience. The SL 63 AMG sets new standards in the open-top sports car segment thanks to this outstanding drive combination and the retuned, even more agile AMG sports suspension based on Active Body Control � turning it into the sportiest SL-Class ever.
The new SL 65 AMG will also be launched alongside the SL 63 AMG. Thanks to its 612 hp AMG 6.0-liter biturbo engine developing 1000 Nm of torque, the V12 top-of-the-line model delivers effortlessly superior refinement in its purest form. Both Mercedes-AMG SL-Class Roadsters also hold in store extraordinary thrills and breathtaking dynamism thanks to the hallmark AMG equipment features. The vario-roof, which opens in 16 seconds and is also available in an optional glass version, continues to ensure an unrivaled driving experience.
The AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT 7-speed sports transmission is an all-new, unique concept, available exclusively in the new Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG. It combines the best of two worlds: the sporty, direct and agile feedback of a manual transmission and the maximum convenience of an automatic transmission. Fitted with seven speeds, four drive modes, a double-declutching and Race Start function, the AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT 7‑speed sports transmission offers unprecedented versatility. MCT stands for Multi-Clutch Technology and only employs clutch elements to perform gearshifts.
The high-tech transmission is designed for high torque and maximum revs up to 7200 rpm. It also comes with sufficient reserves even under the highest loads thanks to its high-performance oil cooling system. An all-new, sophisticated electronic transmission control unit fully controls and monitors all processes. A new two-stage torsion damper effectively eliminates vibrations. The AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT 7-speed sports transmission has been developed jointly by Mercedes-AMG GmbH and Daimler AG, although it will be used exclusively in AMG high-performance vehicles. It is produced at the Mercedes-Benz Esslingen-Hedelfingen production facility, Europe's largest manufacturer of planetary gear sets.
Four drive modes for tailor-made driving pleasure
At the heart of the new AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT 7-speed sports transmission lies the wet start-up clutch, which runs in an oil bath and replaces the previous torque converter. Thanks to its low rotational inertia, the transmission responds instantaneously and dynamically with no slip. Accelerator pedal movements trigger an instant traction response. Fitted with four drive modes: "C" (Comfort), "S" (Sport), "S+" (Sport plus) and "M" (Manual), the transmission provides gearshifting with no loss of tractive force and supports customized control strategies for maximum driving pleasure. In "C" mode the gearshifts are comfortable, coupled with a "soft" accelerator response set-up for outstandingly smooth power transfer. In "S" mode the engine and transmission interact with more "bite": the engine speed is allowed to reach a higher level in each gear; the downshifts also feel more spontaneous. The gearshifts are around 20 per cent faster than in "C" mode. Switching to "S+" mode cuts another 20 per cent off shift times, while "M" is the sportiest mode: here the AMG 6.3-liter V8 engine has even more bite, added to which the transmission shifts gear another 10 per cent faster � a reduction of 50 per cent compared with "C" mode. In "M" mode the gearshifts take just 100 milliseconds.
Ultra-fast, spontaneous multiple downshifts are another forte of the new MCT sports transmission. For instance, kickdown lets you move straight from seventh down to fourth gear or from fifth to second. In the "S" (Sport), "S+" (Sport plus) and "M" (Manual) modes the automatic double-declutching function is active. Every manual or automatic downshift is accompanied by precisely metered double-declutching � from "S" through "S+" to "M" incrementally. And this not only adds to the driver's emotional experience: the virtually load-free downshift minimizes load-change reactions, which pays dividends particularly when braking into a bend on the racetrack.
New AMG DRIVE UNIT with innovative Race Start function
The new AMG DRIVE UNIT is the central control unit for the AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT 7-speed sports transmission and all driving dynamics functions. The driver can change gears either using the new AMG selector lever with its leather/carbon-fiber finish, or by nudging the AMG steering-wheel shift paddles. On the left next to the selector lever is the electronic rotary switch to select the four drive modes including activation of the new Race Start function. Underneath are three buttons for additional functions: the first controls the ESP� function, the second the ABC suspension system. The third adorned with AMG lettering is used to store the selected transmission drive mode and the suspension set-up. Briefly pressing the AMG button brings up the configuration options, while holding down the button allows you to program the required set-ups.
The Race Start function takes driving dynamics to an entirely new level: it enables the SL 63 AMG driver to call on maximum acceleration, while ensuring optimum traction of the driven wheels. While the vehicle is at a standstill, the driver needs to activate the ESP� sports function and press the brake pedal with their left foot. Having preselected the Race Start program using the rotary switch, a confirmation message comes up on the AMG central display. The driver then simply needs to confirm the Race Start function by pulling the "Up" shift paddle once, fully depressing the accelerator and taking their foot off the brakes. The optimum start-up engine speed is set fully automatically and the SL 63 AMG accelerates away in an instant � as an option even up to the top speed. The driver does not need to shift gear manually; the AMG transmission changes gear with lightning-fast shift times.
AMG 6.3-liter V8 naturally aspirated engine with 525 hp
The AMG 6.3-liter V8 engine teams up with the AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT 7-speed sports transmission to form a perfect partnership for dynamic driving pleasure and outstanding performance. The SL 63 AMG accelerates from 0 to 62 mph in 4.6 seconds before quickly going on to a top speed of 155 mph (electronically limited). The high-revving naturally aspirated engine generates 525 hp at 6800 rpm from a displacement of 6208 cc, delivering maximum torque of 630 Nm at 5200 rpm. The unique combination of high-revving concept and large displacement achieves the best of both worlds: high pulling power at low engine speeds coupled with exhilarating high-revving flexibility � right up to 7200 rpm.
The AMG V8 is packed with a wealth of fascinating racetrack technology, including the lightweight, extra-rigid closed-deck crankcase and cylinder walls with a revolutionary TWAS coating as well as the valve train designed for high engine speeds with bucket tappets in the cylinder heads. The vertical arrangement of the intake and exhaust ports together with the variable intake manifold featuring two integral throttle flaps results in superlative cylinder charging and high power output.
The sophisticated electronically controlled fuel supply provides a consummately spontaneous response to accelerator movements in all driving situations; the AMG sports exhaust with two oval, chromed twin tailpipes guarantees the characteristic AMG V8 vocals. The tri-metallic coating used in the catalytic converters results in a faster response from a cold start, more efficient emission control as well as superior long-term durability. The SL 63 AMG fulfills all standard exhaust emissions limits such as EU 4 and the specific requirements of the U.S. market (LEV-II, On-Board Diagnosis II and oxygen sensor diagnosis).
AMG sports suspension based on Active Body Control and 3-stage ESP�
The dynamic drive unit finds its perfect match in the SL 63 AMG suspension. The AMG sports suspension based on Active Body Control has been further enhanced and not only comes with new spring and damper tuning but also completely modified elastokinematics. The front axle bearings, the spring links and the torque strut along with individual strut bearings at the rear have been retuned to deliver greater agility and shorter stopping distances. In partnership with the optimized speed-sensitive power steering the SL 63 AMG now feels even more direct and livelier � enabling the driver to fully utilize the linear steering and oversteer/understeer characteristics typical of a sports car, especially on winding roads or a private racetrack. The AMG sports suspension based on Active Body Control also enables the suspension set-up to be customized. At the push of a button, the driver can select a sporty, firm response with reduced roll angles, or go for a comfort-focussed setting for excellent comfort on long journeys.
Also new is the 3-stage ESP� with sports function. This system provides three different settings and is the logical development of the AMG ESP� philosophy. The driver can choose between the settings "ESP ON", "ESP SPORT" and "ESP OFF" by pressing the ESP� button in the AMG DRIVE UNIT � the activated setting is shown in the central display in the AMG instrument cluster.
AMG high-performance braking system and 19-inch AMG light-alloy wheels
The AMG high-performance braking system rises to the exacting requirements associated with consummate driving dynamics. The front wheels are equipped with internally ventilated, perforated 360 x 36-mm composite disc brakes with six-piston aluminum fixed calipers, while deceleration at the rear comes courtesy of internally ventilated, perforated 330 x 26-mm brake discs with four-piston fixed calipers. The result is the shortest stopping distances, outstanding sensitivity and remarkable resistance to fading.
The 19-inch AMG light-alloy wheels with their alluring triple-spoke styling and titanium gray finish plus high-sheen star on the center of the wheel are also new. 255/35 R 19 (front) and 285/30 R 19 (rear) tires are fitted to the 8.5 and 9.5-inch-wide wheels. The 19-inch AMG light-alloy wheels with their striking design blend in harmoniously with the new AMG bodystyling.
New AMG bodystyling ensures clear differentiation
The appearance of the SL 63 AMG now gives away its exceptional status more than ever before. The new-look front apron with a more pronounced wedge shape, black-painted radiator grille, larger cooling air intakes and lower transverse fin painted in black harmonizes perfectly with the redesigned front end of the SL‑Class, giving it a decidedly masculine aura. The distinctive AMG bonnet more than hints at the unique power unit underneath. Bi-xenon headlamps with their dark surrounds, and large round fog lamps set well to the side in chrome surrounds also emphasize the vehicle's width. The hot air from the additional engine oil cooler in the front wheel arch escapes through side air outlets in the front apron. New exterior mirrors featuring LED indicators with a pronounced arrow shape catch the eye as do the matte-silver-painted AMG trim panels on the front wings with "6.3 AMG" lettering.
The AMG bodystyling also includes the AMG side skirts and the powerful AMG rear apron with its large black diffuser insert. A visual and acoustic feast comes in the guise of the AMG sports exhaust with two chromed twin tailpipes. The AMG spoiler lip on the boot lid reduces lift especially at high speeds.
Interior featuring new AMG sports steering wheel with three-spoke design
The interior of the new SL 63 AMG offers an alluring combination of exclusive equipment details and a dynamic, practical look. The eye is drawn to the new AMG ergonomic sports steering wheel with its three-spoke design and aluminum AMG shift paddles. The grip area is specially shaped and covered in perforated leather, while the vertical spoke is embellished by a silver-colored insert. Behind sits the new AMG instrument cluster with "6.3 V8" lettering on the rev counter and the new-look instrument cluster trimmed in nappa leather with double topstitching above the round gauges. As soon as the ignition is switched on, the speedometer and rev counter needles rotate in unison around the dials to their maximum values and then instantly revert to their original positions.
The AMG main menu integrated in the AMG instrument cluster displays the currently engaged gear including recommended upshifts, the "RACETIMER" with lap times, information on the engine oil temperature and battery voltage, along with the activated transmission drive mode including Race Start and the selected ESP� mode. New, exclusive equipment for the SL 63 AMG with AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT 7-speed sports transmission includes the AMG selector lever in a leather/carbon-fibre finish and the stylishly integrated AMG DRIVE UNIT with rotary switch for the four drive modes and buttons for ESP�, suspension set-up and the AMG mode.
Standard-fit AMG sports seats with optional AIRSCARF
The standard specification also includes fine nappa leather upholstery, genuine carbon-fiber trim and the multi-way electrically adjustable AMG sports seats with multicontour and memory functions, seat heating, AMG-specific perforation pattern and seat design, and AMG badge. The optional AIRSCARF neck-level heating system is a new addition. At the push of a button, it blows warm air through the head restraints � providing open-air motoring pleasure even if there is a chill in the air.
The new SL-Class also features the new-generation telematics NTG 2.5. The sophisticated units combine ease of use, logical menu structure and consummate entertainment. Features include speed-sensitive volume control, a keypad for entering telephone numbers and radio frequencies, an MP3-compatible CD or DVD player as well as a Bluetooth interface that wirelessly links a mobile phone to the hands-free system. The COMAND APS features a high-resolution 6.5-inch color display, LINGUATRONIC voice-operated control system for audio, navigation and telephony, a music library function to store audio files and an SD memory card slot.
SL 65 AMG with biturbo V12 producing 612 hp and 1000 Nm
Top of the line in the exclusive 12-cylinder roadster segment is the SL 65 AMG. Its AMG 6.0-liter V12 biturbo engine produces 612 hp with maximum torque of 1000 Nm � unrivaled figures even four years after the market launch. The SL 65 AMG accelerates from 0 to 62 mph in just 4.2 seconds, impressive testimony to the outstanding power of the AMG V12 engine; top speed is 155 mph (electronically limited). Power in the SL 65 AMG is transferred by the AMG SPEEDSHIFT five-speed automatic transmission with three drive modes; a multi-disc limited-slip differential with a lock factor of up to 30 per cent also guarantees optimum traction.
Visual features which distinguish the V12 top-of-the-line model from the SL 63 AMG include a lower transverse fin painted matte silver in the front apron, "V12 BITURBO" lettering on the matt-silver-painted trim panels on the front wings and the AMG sports exhaust with two chromed twin tailpipes featuring the V12 styling. The new AMG bodystyling including AMG bonnet and AMG spoiler lip is also part of the standard specification for the V12 top-of-the-line model. 255/35 R 19 (front) and 285/30 R 19 (rear) tires are fitted to the new 19-inch AMG twin-spoke forged light-alloy wheels painted titanium grey with a mirror finish. In tune with its incomparable driving dynamics the SL 65 AMG comes with a large AMG high-performance braking system using ultra-high-performance composite brakes at the front and rear. The front wheels are equipped with 390 x 36-mm brake discs while 360 x 26-mm discs provide the deceleration at the rear.
Nappa leather upholstery in the new AMG V12 diamond-pattern design
The exclusive nappa leather upholstery on the AMG sports seats and door center panels with its new AMG V12 diamond-pattern design catches the eye in the interior of the SL 65 AMG. "V12 BITURBO" lettering on the rev counter adorns the new AMG instrument cluster. As with the SL 63 AMG, the new AMG ergonomic sports steering wheel with its three-spoke design and aluminum AMG shift paddles is also included.


Windy, wet, wobbly, wonderful. Four words that would best describe the conditions on this second day of passage and how everyone feels in general with what they have achieved so, especially since the sea sickness meds have kicked in. Morning watch started out with a carefully pitched sotto (didn't want to wake the people below that just got off watch) yet rousing rendition of the star spangled banner. Spirits remained high for the rest of watch with a few mysteries from the night before being cleared up in the grey light of day. Eshed really is just that bendy! It was cold though almost like a good summers day at home in Donegal- wet and windy! But with everyone happily ensconced in his or her wet weather gear and excited for what the day had to offer watch ended to fast for some. After a traditional Argo fourth of July lunch, we were educated on the characteristics of bony fish and some of the basic principles of journalism. Argo continued to rock and roll on forwards eating through the miles, and with warm home made fourth of July cookies on board nothing tonight throws at any of the watches can possibly bring us down! Carm my lil' possum hopefully chat you soon!