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E-skin able to detect changes in wind, water drops and moving ants
As scientists continue to improve the look and capabilities of robots, one of the prime areas of research is skin.
It was made by covering a magnetic sensor with a hollow polymer membrane and then embedding magnetic beads in the top part of the membrane.
The electronic circuit then converts the signals to a series of pulses of varying frequencies that reflect the amount of pressure being 'felt' on the skin.
The researchers created an artificial finger covered with the e-skin and then attached the finger to an artificial arm for testing purposes.
They report that the skin they created was able to generate pulses for pressure as small as that created by a line of ants running over the surface.
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Remote tactile sensing system integrated with magnetic synapse
Tactile sensation recognizing from surrounding environment through the direct contact of force, vibration and temperature, is regarded as a next-generation technology for applications in information gathering and transfer as well as artificial intelligence1,2,3,4.
In particular, biomimetic tactile sensors have attracted considerable attention as the core technology for replacing human sensing in minimally invasive surgery, health monitoring, robotics, virtual reality, and prosthetics5,6,7,8,9,10.
Moreover, in the near future, various types of manufacturing robots are expected to co-operate with human workers in factories, and tactile sensing is a key technology for ensuring the safety of human workers and natural motion of robots11.
However, sensors based on flexible bulk elastomers suffer from high hysteresis, low sensitivity, limited sensing range, temperature-dependent displacement, and polymer swelling23,24 due to the intrinsic viscoelastic properties of elastomer composites25.
Therefore, the development of universal tactile sensors with high sensitivity in wide working range is one of the major challenging issues for use in practical applications such as robotic skin, medical diagnostic devices, and bionic arm electronic skin (Table S1).
Several interesting approaches have been proposed for attaching flexible electrodes to human skin or fabrics via silver nanowires28, liquid metals29, and sinuous thin Si ribbons30 for reliable performance under stretching and bending.
Severe signal disturbances due to external electrical, magnetic, and thermal noise lead to various problems, as the external pressure contact sites are locates close to the physical sensing elements.
Human skin is a fascinating tactile sensing system having multiple functions for detecting external stimulations, such as pressure, shear force, stretching, sliding, vibration, and temperature, with high accuracy and reliability.
In human beings, tactile sensing is performed by the central nervous system when sensing signals from the mechanoreceptors inside the fingertips are transmitted through nerve cells by contactless methods in the synapses26,32,33.
Inspired by human tactile sensing and synaptic transmission, this paper proposes a remote tactile sensing system integrated with a magnetic synapse to overcome the above-mentioned issues of flexible tactile sensors.
The developed remote tactile sensing system consists of a remote touch tip that generates air pressure by external touch, an air tube that delivers the generated air pressure, and a magnetic synapse that transduces the air pressure into electrical signals.
Specifically, the magnetic field intensity changes as the thin elastomer membrane is deflected by air pressure, which varies under external stress from the remote touch tip and is transmitted through the air tube.
The remote touch tip, which has no electronic component, provides robustness and its tactile sensing capability is not affected significantly by external electrical, magnetic, and thermal noise even in water or harsh environments.
Physical separation of the remote touch tip and the magnetic synapse, as in the case of human tactile sensing, makes the remote tactile sensing system robust against external electromagnetic and thermal noise.
The Ecoflex membrane has an embedded permanent magnet whose position changes as the Ecoflex membrane is deflected by air pressure variations generated in the remote touch tip by external stimulations.
Previously, we developed a highly sensitive hybrid MR sensing element, which combines anisotropic magnetoresistive (AMR) and planar Hall effects (PHE), consisting of multi-ring structures (diameter, 300 µm) in a hybrid Wheatstone bridge34,35,36.
To optimize the sensitivity and dynamic range of the remote tactile sensing system, the initial vertical distance of the permanent magnet relative to MR sensing element should be less than 3 mm, which is categorized as the active distance.
A finite element model of the simplified remote tactile sensing system was developed for the correlation between pressure and magnetic distance using COMSOL Multiphysics 5.2 (hyperelastic module).
The properties of the developed remote tactile sensing system were characterized using a custom-built system that can apply precise values of pressure to the sensor and measure the output signal in terms of electrical voltage.
The output signal can be formulated in terms of the external pressure through the correlation function \({\rm{V}}=({{\rm{f}}}_{n}({{\rm{g}}}_{n}({{\rm{h}}}_{n})))={{\rm{F}}}_{n}(P)\) (see supplementary materials for function \({{\rm{F}}}_{n}(P)\)) from output signal to magnetic field, magnetic field to magnetic displacement, and magnetic displacement to external pressure.
Moreover, the remote tactile sensing system can discriminate a very high pressure resolution as it detects the placement and removal of ultralight pieces of sandpaper (30 mg each) on the touch pad (Fig. 3b), which corresponds to 6 Pa.
The measured response time (rise time) of the remote tactile sensing system, defined as the time interval between 10% and 90% of the output step height, was 40 ms (Fig. 3f), which is similar value to the response time of human fingertips in the range of 30 to 50 ms37.
For the case of bionic arm skin, the signal distortion due to the bending of (articular) joints in the finger and arm originating from the air tube needs to be minimized.
Our remote tactile sensing system consists of a touch tip that is spatially separated from the sensing magnetic synapse, and the touch tip can be placed and operated in water or extreme environments.
In addition, medical diagnosis via pulse measurement from the wrist (real-time monitoring of heart rate and relative blood pressure) was demonstrated using the developed tactile sensing system (Fig. 4d).
The remote touch tip measured the heart rate and relative blood pressure as the finger was bent to touch the wrist of a human subject gently, and measurement was ceased when the finger was unfolded, mimicking a doctor's motion (Movie S4).
The remote tactile sensing system with the robot hand successfully monitored the heart rate and relative blood pressure in situ with heart physiology information, as the output signal patterns showed that the heart rate and relative blood pressure increased after exercise.
Safety, ethical considerations, and application guidelines for the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation in clinical practice and research☆
Recording of electroencephalographic (EEG) activity immediately before, during, and after TMS is possible provided that certain technical challenges are addressed and few precautions taken (Ilmoniemi et al., 1997;
Problems related to the saturation of the EEG recording amplifiers from the TMS pulse have been overcome via artifact subtraction, pin-and-hold circuits, the use of modified electrodes which do not transiently change their shape due to the stimulus impact, and altering the slew rate of the preamplifiers.
However, in Table 2, special emphasis is placed on patient populations who might be more vulnerable to TMS due to several factors (i.e., brain damage, drug treatment or discontinuation of treatment for the purpose of a study).
Aftereffects have been observed on a variety of EEG/EP-measures including oscillatory activity over motor and prefrontal areas (e.g., Strens et al., 2002 and Schutter et al., 2003) as well as somatosensory (e.g., Katayama and Rothwell, 2007;
For the studies using conventional rTMS protocols (low frequency: 0.9 and 1 Hz, high frequency: 5–25 Hz), the direction of the aftereffect (when present) was as expected, with facilitation prevailing over suppression after high frequency TMS (n = 12 vs.
This parallels previous findings on lasting changes in neurophysiological measures after rTMS over motor areas (MEP-amplitude) without parallel changes in amplitude or velocity of voluntary finger movements (e.g., Muellbacher et al., 2000).
Although speculative at this point, it is probably safe to conclude that the time of potential aftereffects would be slightly, but not dramatically, underestimated if equated to the duration of observable behavioral effects (using safe parameters).
Yet, with the previously employed parameters (as compared to standard protocols: similar number of pulses but considerable shorter duration and lower intensity of stimulation), the duration of the effects on EEG activity (measured so far using SEP-amplitude after sensorimotor stimulation) (Katayama and Rothwell, 2007;
Recently, 24 healthy volunteers participated in 2 randomized, placebo-controlled, cross-over experiments and underwent continuous TBS (cTBS), intermittent TBS (iTBS), and shamTBS either over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (n = 12, Figure 8 coil) or the medial prefrontal cortices (n = 12, double-cone coil) (Grossheinrich et al., 2009): the only EEG aftereffects were current density changes in the alpha2 band after iTBS of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which remained detectable up to 50 min after stimulation.
Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have created electronic skin that is sensitive enough to record changes in the direction of the wind, falling drops and movement of ants.
Scientists have covered the magnetic sensors with a hollow polymer membrane, and then built in the magnetic beads in its upper part.
They report that the skin they created could generate impulses in response to even the slight pressure exerted on it by ants running across the surface.
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They didn't run to Andy and Ellie's location. Those two were to the northwest of the lawyer's contingent, and Rose's group was to the south.
Everyone, the lawyers and demons excluded, headed west, deeper into a sleeping, frozen Jacob's Bell. Evan and Isadora flew, the rest walked.
"Where can we go?" the Elder Sister asked.
"Given the local color, I'd think everyone would," the Astrologer said.
Rose felt a chill, and it was mirrored in a way by a near-simultaneous sensation from the spirit that dwelt within her. The two sensations were just different enough for it to feel uncomfortable.
"He could be a contender again," she voiced the thought aloud.
There were only the sounds of running footsteps, as everyone present digested the idea. A demon-possessed individual taking over Lordship.
It wouldn't be a long reign, Rose thought, but that might only mean more suffering in a shorter span of time.
It wouldn't have to be a long reign, whatever happened.
To Rose's right, the Elder Sister directed the Eye at a car.
The rag-wrapped elemental touched one car. Smoke billowed from under the hood, then froze in time as the Eye backed away. The elemental lagged behind the group, not fast enough to catch up after the momentary pause.
If they were going to get attacked from behind, Rose judged, better that it be the elemental than them.
"No!" Tiff, Ty, and Rose all said, together.
Blake stirred within her, and she could feel his restlessness. There was so little he could do in this situation, and as her recent encounter with Surbas had indicated, she wasn't well suited for an outright fight.
If there were battle lines, time to plan, she might have found her niche. But running and fighting on the fly like this wasn't that niche.
Could Blake provide that? Maybe, but it seemed too monumental. If he did give her something of that scale, what would the damage be? Would she be recognizable? Would he?
Which it was, quite possibly. Just not so much his fault. It was a consequence of him being who he was and her being who she was, at the time. She'd been in the mirror world then.
"Stop!" a high voice called out.
It was the little girl, Fell's niece, who had called out.
"My bird eye superpowers don't see anything," Evan said. He'd landed on the girl's shoulder.
Every set of eyes present, and there were quite a few, roved over the area.
Paige had gone still. Stage fright, or something else.
"Remember?" Isadora said, and the word was less coaxing and more pressure. Insistence.
"Then hurry," Isadora said, stern.
Paige nodded. Her eyes briefly met her twin's.
"I need light," she said, not looking away from Peter, though he was hardly equipped to fulfill the request.
The Elder Sister produced a flame.
"Brighter," Paige said, looking away from Peter.
As the light increased in intensity, Paige raised a hand, a short knife held high.
The blade caught the light, and it reflected it, casting a thin triangular beam on the houses around them.
She turned the blade to adjust the direction that the beam was cast, walking backward.
Passing over Laird's house, the blade cast shadows.
Above the door, perched, was a small figure, feathered wings spread. Below, moving across the front lawn, were two large, adult-sized shadows.
"Show yourself!" the sphinx ordered.
They weren't given a choice. She'd pushed, and whatever was shrouding them broke, stirring around them as sand, rather than snow.
The figures were still mid-stride as the shroud peeled away, closing the distance.
The Elder Sister used the light she was producing and cast it out, drawing a line of fire to block the two figures from approaching. The light from the flame made their faces clearly visible. Laird and Fell.
The Elder Sister cast out more fire, and Laird gestured, deflecting it, as the pair backed away.
Fell raised a gun, and Ty and Tiff moved simultaneously, Ty with papers in hand, and Tiff with a hand outstretched.
Nobody moved, as they settled into a light standoff, the two constructs on the front steps of the house that was supposed to be a sanctuary, the group on the road outside.
The imp had flown here, brought or resummoned the constructs.
That they had their ability to practice was scary enough.
"Someone please tell me we didn't kill them, toward the end there," Nick said.
"That we didn't?" the Elder Sister asked.
Alister looked down at his stump.
Laird raised his own hand. The ring was on his finger. No, a ring.
"That's not real," Alister said.
Laird turned the knob, and found it locked.
He raised a hand, and gestured.
The click of the locks shifting was audible.
"It seems my demesne recognizes me," Laird said.
The Elder Sister lashed out with more fire. Laird deflected it.
"Enough to stop you if you do that," Laird said, and it sounded vaguely patronizing.
The Eye lashed out, something far more intense, like the shower of sparks that might fly from an exploding transformer or downed power wires, and Laird threw himself back at the door, passing into the house.
The torrent of sparks and arcs of electricity died at the threshold of the door.
Fell had moved, too. Rose turned to look to the left, where Fell now stood, distant from the house, then reached out to touch the shoulders of Paige and the Elder Sister.
Paige, again, produced the revealing light.
The image of Fell disintegrated into sand. The real Fell was revealed as a shadow, a solid twenty paces away, more to the group's left than to the front.
Before anyone could break the shroud, he swept one arm at the ground. Snow stirred, a cloud of powder six feet high, blocking the light. When the stirring came to a stop and the light shone through, Fell wasn't there.
Rose eyed the demon above the door, then the man who stood behind it.
A mockery of a person, turned into a slow burning flame that would slowly destroy all that had tied that person to the world.
Rose clenched her hands, and was surprised to find that she was already clutching Alister's one hand, squeezing it painfully hard rather than forming a fist.
They're taking the city like it's effortless. They've got vestiges like Laird to take these key points, or remove key players, and they've got Johannes for the North End.
On the other side of Alister, Ainsley stepped a fraction closer to him, and slipped a phone out of her pocket. She began dialing, without looking.
"We lose a number of allies, I take it," the Elder Sister said.
"I can't locate him anymore, but he's out there. Circling us. I've never seen him like this," the girl said.
"You'd stalk. Hunt. Solve problems," the Elder Sister said.
We're the problem he's solving right now, Rose thought.
But the inverse was true, too. Except her side was the one with the time limit, with pursuers on the way. These vestiges were a problem to solve.
Like the novice illusionist dealing with Fell.
Most of the group was facing outward now, wary for an attack from any direction. The atmosphere grew a touch more tense after the sphinx's statement.
"I learned how to stop doing that on my second day of studying illusions," Emily said.
"Well aren't you precocious," Peter said, affecting a tone. Ainsley jabbed him. Paige simultaneously shot him a disgusted look.
"In more ways than one," Ty said, sounding a little defeated. Maybe a little broken.
He looked so tired. Rose was a little startled to see it. It was like looking at her mom and seeing how she suddenly looked fifty, instead of just looking like mom.
She had to do something, and the best thing she could do was help work through this problem.
He very deliberately looked up at the ceiling above him.
Ainsley brought the phone to her ear, hand over the mouthpiece. Instructions for those within the house.
Laird smiled a little. Smug. The Behaims had a way of looking so smug.
"What do you want, Laird?" Rose called out, hoping to distract him.
"What do you think?" Laird asked.
Rose looked at the doorway. The front step was scorched, the snow there melted, where the Eye had struck.
"Because books," Ainsley said. "Magical paraphernalia. Better to keep visits short.
"Is there a back door?" Rose asked.
Alister snapped his head in Ainsley's direction. Ainsley nodded.
Too many conditions. These vestiges made life so difficult.
No time to plan, if proper plans were even possible.
Her eye fell on the shadow of someone on the upper floor, peering through a window.
We'll figure it out in the process.
Alister and Ainsley broke away. Without communicating anything overtly, they'd already chosen their respective directions.
Alister headed for the front door. Ainsley sprinted for the back.
The group had the knights, they had the sphinx, they had the Eye.
Rose had to hope they could deal with Fell.
Her eyes were on the demon.
What was it? Not ruin, not darkness.
What plane did it operate on? Not madness, not feral. Abstract?
It brought back the dead. Defied natural order. But they weren't truly dead. They were memories, tainted ones.
The choir of sin was one of the hardest to deal with. It required certain human conventions to combat. Of those conventions, one stood out.
But Blake was there, stirring to life, almost eager to have something to supply.
She closed her eyes, wincing in pain as the memories were pushed to the surface, the scenes distorting, fragments missing.
As if she'd lose the memories in the end, as a price for having them supplied.
But it was a near-perfect recall. Being in church. Reading the words, the tips for pronouncing Latin.
The Latin words, ones she didn't even understand, flowed from her mouth, as the memories were supplied, one after another.
Words became a chant, and, the chant became song. A hymn.
The hymn made for a pattern, structure, the religion it evoked made for years of tradition and symbolism, reinforced by the collective of man.
To ward off what she hoped was an imp, designed or born to work against mankind on an intrinsic level.
The imp stirred in reaction.
Gunshots rang out, and people at the edges of Rose's group dropped.
The sphinx and the imp both lunged at the same time. The sphinx reaching for Fell, way off to the right, the imp going for Rose.
Ty did what he could to erect a barrier, throwing papers into the air, drawing an image, but the imp bypassed it. Wrong kind of defense for this threat.
The Astrologer glowed, a different collection of points of light, and a great ram appeared in the air.
"Brute force works!" the Astrologer shouted.
Rose nodded, raising her voice as she resumed the hymn.
But even though the imp was held at by, shadows all around them grew deeper by the second.
And, worse, Alister and Ainsley were at the house, with no backup.
Another gunshot. Ty fell backwards, and the movement seemed oddly fake, it was so slow, out of sync with the noise.
The blood was real, however.
Rose only managed to glimpse Fell for an instant before he was gone.
She managed to keep track of the words. It was hard, because a number of letters were pronounced differently from how they were written, and the words weren't quite words that came naturally, though they were vaguely familiar. It mandated focus.
The imp was up there, almost posing in the air, legs crossed, arms and wings spread, fragments of bone and feathers radiating around it, staring through its mask of bone.
Fell stepped out of shadows, gun pointed at Rose's head.
She already knew moving would, barring magical aid, do nothing. One couldn't dodge bullets. Unless, maybe, they were Blake, or a certain small sparrow.
Instead, she met his eyes with her own.
She pushed Conquest into her gaze. The glare of a tyrant, a condescending, arrogant, unflinching stare.
It was, as it happened, a connection of sorts. Conquest had dominated Fell's life, controlled the man's destiny. For this effigy of Fell, well, it was one more connection to use.
With her own gaze, she could see the connection snap into being, the taint dancing along it, reaching out to attack Rose by another angle.
She'd maybe made him hesitate in pulling the trigger for a second, maybe two. But she'd opened herself up to ruin. Look away, and he'd shoot. Stare, and he'd use the connection between eyes, windows to the soul, to consume her.
She kept up the hymn, because to do otherwise would doom all the others, and she stared Fell down, as he brought about her end.
The connection was broken. Rose blinked.
A mermaid's tail slapped left, then right, as she tore into Fell.
Bloody strings and tatters hanging from between narrow, fishlike teeth, Green Eyes looked at Rose with one intact eye glowing in the gloom.
Green Eyes spat out a gobbet of flesh, then dove into deeper snow, disappearing beneath.
She hadn't been with the group. Rose had barely even thought about her.
Blake hadn't given Rose a connection to the mermaid. No fondness.
That momentary look that she'd been given, it left her feeling uneasy.
She'd seen horrible things, but the mermaid was somehow one that Rose felt would linger more in her mind while she tossed and turned at night. Perhaps it was due to Green Eyes' connection to Rose, or the very human loathing that emanated from a very inhuman form.
Growing up, Rose had been well educated in just how close to home and heart that particular kind of loathing could get.
Alister was at the door, and Laird was standing on the opposite side. Alister couldn't approach, but Laird couldn't back away.
Rose felt something change. A shift in pressure, like a door to the outside opening. Ainsley had broken down the barrier.
One small advantage gained, another major move by enemy forces.
The lawyers were here. At the far end of the street. Ms. Lewis and Mr. Levin. Johannes and Faysal were absent.
The house wouldn't work as a hiding place. They couldn't get to Laird and defeat him in time, especially within his own demesne.
They couldn't leave him there unmolested, either.
Isadora pounced on the edge of the roof, where a window jutted out. She clawed at it with a great leonine paw, but did no damage.
Laird's wife and children were just past the glass.
The glass shattered from within. The sphinx worked to help them out, pulling the two boys against her chest.
The Eye had reached the ground floor. He passed within the doors, and the walls on either side of him lit up, as if they'd been doused in gasoline and touched with a match.
The rest, Rose included, ran as a mob, and it wasn't pretty, nor was it organized. They didn't have a destination.
Still, they put distance between themselves and the lawyers.
Isadora's focus was on the house's interior. The bottom floor was already blazing, and the upper floor was joining it.
If Laird was capable of putting the fire out, he would have already.
"Don't hesitate!" Isadora shouted, louder, an order.
One of the boys reached, shouted something Rose couldn't hear over the fracas, over her own voice singing the hymn loud enough to maybe keep the imp away.
There was a scream. The same sort of scream that had come from the Shepherd. One that went beyond simple sound, reverberated to the soul, and not in a good way.
Isadora twisted her head and body away, not looking, she spread her wings, and she leaped from the roof.
With the boys, but not Laird's wife.
She couldn't fly with a burden, so she landed close to the group instead. She dropped the boys near Paige, then ran alongside the group, wings folded.
Alister and Ainsley were following, catching up, and the Eye followed behind, neither catching up nor falling behind.
Rose looked at the house, and she saw the fires taking it. Less than a minute had elapsed in total.
She looked for and spotted the connection between the boys and Laird. She saw it break, dissolving.
Her eye turned to look at the pursuers.
They were falling behind, but that was no guarantee that they'd stay behind. They did what they did for a reason, and if a diabolist like them was reckless, the diabolist would lead a short, unfortunate existence.
If they'd wanted to attack, back at the edge of the Library, they could have been a lot more aggressive than they had.
A desire to avoid recklessness was part of it. Another part of it was that they did have the tools to utterly destroy their enemy. They could act in a measured, deliberate fashion, and each action would be meaningful. Claiming Johannes had been one such action. Claiming Faysal through Johannes had been another. Even sending Laird here, to deny the group one kind of sanctuary, it had probably been decided with care and strategy.
If Rose's allies kept running, they would eventually tire. They would make mistakes, or get whittled down.
In the now, however, Rose knew they needed respite. They needed a chance to get everything in order, and plan, or discuss.
The hymn passing through her lips, she realized they did have one answer.
She gestured at Ty, and it maybe said something that she'd reached out to him, that she'd thought of him as quickly as she did.
She touched her index fingers together at the second knuckle, one horizontal, one vertical.
Quicker than most gave him credit for. Creative.
Rose shook her head. She repeated the gesture. The hymn continued, almost an afterthought.
He looked back. Rose joined him, glancing back. She caught a glimpse of the imp, following at a greater distance, slowly backing off, but she didn't see the lawyers at all.
They'd relocated. Taken another path, or headed to another destination.
Rose feared they'd beat her group to their next destination as well.
If they didn't, well, that was almost as bad. It meant they were up to something else altogether.
"Enchantment," the little girl said. She was part of a smaller group, including Laird's boys and Evan.
Rose's ability to follow the girl's line of thought was almost interrupted by her recollection that Johannes' music could captivate children. In the children's story, the Pied Piper had rounded up all the children of Hamelin.
"Helping," the girl said, between pants.
It was, Rose realized. Now that she looked for it, she could see how the route was getting clearer, shorter. They were skipping the occasional city block.
She stopped singing the hymn, in part because she was getting out of breath. The imp was gone, faded into the shadows of the sunless sky above them.
They reached the church in half the time it should have taken, and there were no enemies waiting for the there.
Sandra stood at one side of the door, alone, no Duchamps with her.
Mags stood on the other side.
Rose's group was sweating despite the cold, panting, many of them with lungs and throats raw from sucking in gasps of cold air.
"Thank you," Rose told Sandra.
Her teeth were chattering, and it wasn't entirely due to the cold. The adrenaline was still thrumming through her, and Conquest wasn't keeping it all at bay anymore.
She wasn't sure if that had something to do with the damage that had been done to Conquest through Fell, or if it was just that she was reaching the end of her rope.
"May we come in?" Rose asked.
He moved on. Rose followed. She didn't consider herself regular enough to matter, and she was too tired to find the words.
"Hey Blake," Mags greeted her.
She turned, saw that Nick was behind her, and reached to Nick's side, drawing the man's machete from his side, metal gliding against sheath.
She swung the weapon around, stopping just shy of swinging it into the side of Mags' throat.
"As I recall, there's only one faerie in Jacob's Bell that's that bad with names," Rose said.
Rose's hand shook as she lowered the machete.
She handed it back to Nick.
On a level, she felt almost delirious, making her way to the front of the Church.
Others were gathered within. The faceless woman, the revenant. Summoned things. Goblins. Practitioners from Sandra's camp. Scattered Behaims. The junior council. The Briar Girl.
Ellie was here, as were Andy and Eva. Ellie sat alone, looking very bewildered.
Mara was absent, but that wasn't a great surprise.
Still in there, Blake? she wondered.
A little less active, recently. Had he hurt himself, moving things around? Or had Conquest hurt him, during one of the instances where she'd drawn on Conquest for power?
Or was he just being good, trying to minimize damage?
She noted the entry of the mermaid into the church. The mermaid gravitated toward the faceless woman and revenant. At the back, while Rose was right at the front. The mermaid was seated before Rose even reached the front row.
Rose found a spot by Alister. A part of her wondered if she should sit there, or if it would be weird. She'd never dated, never had friends, even. The memories in her head were of dating girls, but Blake hadn't been so kind, or so unkind, as to give her the attraction or anything like that. They were incidental elements, hastily carved out and included in the collection of memories meant to imply familiarity, teamwork, friendship, bonds.
Now, removed from everything, it felt weird to sit beside Alister.
Need to get Blake out, she thought. It wasn't a healthy thing, to keep him so close. Either he would spread his influence and start to take her over, she would digest him, or they'd remain like they were, and steadily erode one another.
The Thorburns were settling in just behind her. Ellie had gravitated this way.
It made for an odd combination, with the Behaims having already positioned themselves in anticipation of Alister taking the customary spot of the Behaim leader.
A bit of a family reunion, this. Rose twisted around in her seat, arm on the back of the pew, to look at them.
Rose had tensed. It was, very possibly, a very bad sentiment to express so loudly in this church, around so many individuals and groups who had reason to hate diabolists, while Rose's efforts in the other direction were comparatively very small and very recent.
Christoff was scowling, but he hadn't argued.
"So. Sister. What's with… that?" Peter asked.
"Stop," Paige said, putting a hand to her face.
"Couldn't have said it better myself," Peter said.
Haggard, worn, having been to the Abyss and back in several cases, many of the Thorburns were now acting so casual.
The benefit of being survivors, maybe. Screwed up, but survivors.
Rose heard a clearing of a throat, and turned to see Mags at the front, just before the altar.
"As ambassador, I'll be leading us through this meeting," Mags said.
Now we just have to survive what comes next, Rose thought.


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Rig tour: Deep Purple's Steve Morse
By Total Guitar
Guitars with four pickups and the importance of midrange; Steve Morse reveals all with his Deep Purple rig
Whether playing in Dixie Dregs, Flying Colours or here with the legendary Deep Purple, Steve Morse has proved to be one of the most unique guitar voices in rock.
He's also used that creative mind to collaborate with Ernie Ball and Engl on some new approaches to versatility with his signature guitar line and amp.
As Deep Purple headed out on an arena tour in support of latest album InFinite, Steve showed us around his rig and the ideas behind it with a special preview of a new prototype model too.
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Ernie Ball Music Man Steve Morse Signature
"This is my number one – with serial number one; Sterling [Ball] gave me serial number 2 at the NAMM show last year.
"I'll be using this for three or four of the songs tonight. It's got a new neck with stainless steel frets this time. The other neck had 10 refrets and was just worn down too much, because each time they had to shave it when they pulled the frets off and level it. It was just too low.
"The idea was based on my Telecaster with four pickups. It's a better version of that; more in tune, better harmonics and, more importantly, it can be the closest thing to mass produced. They're handmade but they're made in a factory so I can get one off an assembly line and play it in five minutes.
"When I was a kid I learned that electric guitars are pieces of wood screwed together... the pickups were kind of the magical part. I had to understand electricity to know more about them, but once you do there are lots of things you can customise. Let's dive in and see what we can do to make it sound different.
"I wanted a clean sound, something I could fingerpick, something that sounded a little country and southern rock, classic humbucking and maybe some classic single-coil. I wanted all these sounds available to me and there was no guitar back then that would do it.
"A big part of these guitars that makes the sound is the spacing between the pickups. The neck pickup has to be where it is. That's why my guitars don't have 24 frets, if I did the neck pickup would be inside a bit and it would sound so much more typical and have that generic high-end neck pickup sound.
"I like the warmth that it has here and when the two pickups are blended together there's no phase distortion. They sound very clear it's just the perfect spacing, in my opinion.
"I also keep the single-coils away from the strings and one of the reasons is if I'm playing through a tube amp with distortion, I can go to the single-coil pickup, turn the guitar down to about two and now I have a fraction of the gain but it's very clear because the single coils have more harmonics."
Ernie Ball Music Man Steve Morse Y2D
"There are more possibilities on these guitars because of the pickup switching system. Not every possibility is represented, just the ones that I would use.
"However, during the course of playing live shows I discovered there are five sounds I constantly use. Those are my go-to sounds and they're combinations. With a regular five-way switch I couldn't reach them.
"We used a multi-pull switch, so you could change the wiring to whatever you want in the positions. It was Sterling Ball's suggestion: 'Can you make it simpler with the switching system?' Dudley Gimpel, the guitar luthier at Music Man suggested a multi-pull switch [using direct wiring] for this.
"This is the perfect battle conditions guitar for a rock player who needs different sounds.
"We have a couple of different tunings – we'll shift to a drop tunings for a couple of songs so then there's a whammy-bar version in drop tunings, as well as a straight one. Then there's a regular tuning whammy-bar guitar."
Ernie Ball Steve Morse 30th Anniversary Prototype
"This is the most simplified version.
"For the first time ever it's got an active circuit. I've been resisting this for a long time, but I know John Petrucci and Steve Lukather's guitars have these and they always sound great.
"So I agreed to try it and it gives me a different sound, a more modern sound. And I agree I'm not the most modern guy. I use it during the show and there's nothing else that will get the sound. It's two humbuckers, and Dudley at Music Man made these. Again with the multiple switch it's possible to do anything [with coil split and combinations]. The transparent [plexi] plates were originally a plastic like my other models but when I saw the finish I thought it was criminal to cover it up.
"We always keep the scale and length the same and it will fit into a student-size gig bag, I hold it under my arm and it will fit right on board in the overhead [luggage]. It's not a huge guitar but it's got everything you need. In fact, it's longer scale than a Firebird."
TC Electronic Hall Of Fame Reverb
"I've used these kind of pedals constantly, and I always have since the [Dixie] Dregs days when I had an Echoplex through a separate amp. There are two effects loops on the Engl.
"One has the reverb and the TC reverb allows me to make my own setting and program it into their database. You can then retrieve it online as a Toneprint, transferring it via your pickup with your phone.
There's lots of detail, it's not a spring reverb but something more like a studio reverb. The TC pedals are also great because on the back there's a dip switch where you can select what they call dry kill, it means you only get 100 percent effect. And, you know, I really love that because then you don't need much of it to hear the effect.
"So I'm not blending it with the dry signal, I'm just adding it to the dry signal through a second amp. So I have my wet amp that's just sitting there waiting to do something most of the night and when I press on a pedal, and that's when it's used."
TC Electronic Flashback Delays
"One is for my long delay. Again, it's a Toneprint they let me make. It's got some modulation in it and a nice fall-off of the frequency on the repeats so it doesn't stay clinically digitally exactly the same as it repeats. It's going through the separate amp so it never enters the dry tone. The dry tone is the guitar into my main Steve Morse signature amp. That never changes.
"I have another one set on a shorter delay with the same Toneprint. It gives me a kind of chorus effect. Also if you're playing loud it's good to bring out parts if you're doing a rhythm. You can make a part stick out between the vocal phrases. It's something I do a lot; dancing around other people's featured parts. If Don's playing a solo he leaves a little hole for me to play. Fill in the holes and make more syncopation, rather than just chugging along, because when you chug along and someone else is doing something, the soundman is liable to turn you down. It doesn't sound so much like a band."
TC Electronic Quintessence Harmony
"This pedal is a luxury I have with Deep Purple. This one is an octave above that I use for The Surprising to simulate some of the 12-string overdub I did in there.
"Doing an octave up is a risky proposition so a little goes a long way! But I use octave down for a few things as well."
Ernie Ball volume pedals
"When I add delay I put it through via the wet signal only."
Keeley Compressor
"This is great for rhythm stuff, compacting it, but it raises the noise floor without any gain at all so I have to be very careful with it. But it's truly excellent for the clean stuff."
Engl Steve Morse Signature 100
"Channels one and two you can set everything on six, plug anything into it and if it doesn't sound great, your guitar lead is broken!
"Channel one is clean. My medium distortion is everything on six on channel number two. It's very versatile for rock 'n' roll – I can play any Deep Purple song with this.
"If you're taking a solo and you don't want to turn up the guitar too much, you can bring out more midrange for the solo. Maybe that doesn't work so great for the rhythm but this amp has a separate channel just for the midrange stuff. And that's channel three. We got the most out of it that we could without using active EQ .
"The idea is to use the tube technology, the old-fashioned, class A approach, and bring the most out of it. This is very natural, it's much more gentle than the midrange boost of a Vox but it's also it's very convincing because you can suddenly shift the sound.
"I concentrate on what is left after the bass drum is playing, and the cymbals and snare drum are hitting, and the Leslie is rotating. All the frequencies seem to be the low and the high end. What you're left with is the guitar in the midrange. For me, the whole thing lives in the mid range.
"That's why what can seem like not too much of a big change in the midrange, can actually make a really big difference out front. I guess my third channel is the closest thing I have to Ritchie Blackmore's tone. It's got a silky sort of distortion more than fizz.
"The fourth [sound that I use] is the same thing but with the noise gate and higher gain switch selected. It's more for soloing or lines."
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Title: Research Laboratory Betatron Files, 1941-90
Series Number: 11/10/12
Acquired: 11/1/76; 12/3/82; 3/22/95
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Physics
Courses in chemical physics and higher physics were listed in the 1868-69 catalogue.1 In 1870-71, the Board of Trustees listed Stillman W. Robinson as professor of Physics, and, in 1871-72, they listed Physics and Astronomy as a "department of study."2 Course catalogs for 1876-77 through 1890-91 refer to a "course in physics" as part of the curriculum of the four schools in the College of Engineering.3 In 1886, the Physics course was divided, offering a general course, and one for engineering.4 Until 1889-90, when Samuel W. Stratton assumed teaching responsibilities in Physics, the courses were usually taught by the heads of the departments of Mechanical and Mining Engineering.5 Upon Stratton's formal appointment as Assistant Professor of Physics, the scope of instruction in Physics was expanded and Physics emerged as separate department in 1890-91.6
Graduate work in Physics leading to the Master's and Ph.D. were offered through the Graduate College after its establishment in 1907. The first Ph.Ds. in Physics were awarded in 1910, and an undergraduate program leading to the Bachelor's of Science in Engineering was approved in 1917 and the first B.S. was awarded in 1923.7 The aims of the department are to offer "a curriculum in engineering physics to give . . . training in fundamental physics and mathematics." The department has "extensive facilities for instruction and investigation in physics."8 Physics is available as a field of concentration and as a major leading to the Bachelor's of Science degree within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.9
1. Catalogues and Circulars, 1868-69, pp. 26-27.
2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 4th Report, 1870-71, p. 45; 5th Report, p. 56.
3. Catalogues & Circulars, 1876-77 to 1890-91.
4. Board of Trustees Transactions, 13th Report, 1884-86, p. 159.
5. Board of Trustees Transactions, 15th Report, 1888-90, December 10, 1889, p. 114.
6. Board of Trustees Transactions, 15th Report, 1888-90, June 10, 1890, pp. 148-49, 160.
7. Board of Trustees Transactions, 24th Report, 1906-08, June 10, 1907, p. 133. Board of Trustees Transactions, 1916-18, June 25, 1917, pp. 392-93.
8. Undergraduate Study Catalog, 1969-70, p. 266.
9. Undergraduate Programs, 1987-90, p. 274, 287-88.
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Description: Physics Research Laboratory (PRL) betatron correspondence with Allis-Chalmers, Los Alamos and other laboratories, on experimental work, the operation of the laboratory building and project funding. The series includes copies of patents issued to the betatron group (1944-54), correspondence with the patent lawyers concerning interference cases and pending applications, betatron financial reports (1943-47), operating manuals for the PRL (1942-58), seminar reports of the betatron researchers, Office of Naval Research reports (1946-47), and correspondence of Donald Kerst with Illinois colleagues and staff at other laboratories while he was at Los Alamos (1943-45), as the director of the betatron project at the PRL (1945-53), while working with the Midwest Universities Research Association (1953-57) and after he left the University of Illinois (1957-63). The series includes design calculations and drawings, correspondence with suppliers and sub-contractors, and betatron installations in other locations (1947-50); and correspondence, photographs, news releases and clippings, publications and reports on the history of the betatron 91941-77), cyclotron (1948-59), and linear accelerators (1965-90).
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An adult rhinoceros in Africa, during his late night walk, falls in a dug pit lined with spikes to die a slow and painful death. Another rhino in India touches a cable wire that sends 11Kwatt jolt through its massive body, electrocuting it. Their horns are pulled out. Price of each horn being: US$450,000. Deep inside a tiger sanctuary, a carcass is laced with deadly poison as bait for the unsuspecting tiger. The tiger eats the dead meat only to die a horrific death. Price: On request ─ because every little body part of tiger is shamefully high to quote. An unsuspecting Slow Loris is trapped. Its canine teeth are brutally extracted using pliers, without any anesthetic, to prevent it from biting. It is joined by hundreds of others as a major consignment. It endures this painful hell and infection only to be sold for $.4, 500 Pregnant mothers are killed to get the unborn fetal lamb. The fetal pelt is made into exquisite fur. A coat made of broadtail fur of 30 fetal lambs fetch anywhere between $13,000 ─ $25,000. (Source: http://treesouls.com/wildlife-conservation/illegal-wildlife-trade-in-india-the-blackmarket- of-life/) The instances of this gory trade are varied many and more horrific than the other. Trade in wildlife has reached unprecedented levels. From small time poaching and hunting, it has grown into a well-organized, sophisticated network across the world, which carry out a trade ring worth an estimated 6 to 20 billion dollars worldwide (MoEF, 1994), second to narcotics trade in magnitude. The global wildlife trade includes primates, ivory from African elephants, orchids, live birds, reptile skins, butterflies, animal furs, and tropical fish.
China has always been the biggest consumer of the wildlife produce, placing itself on the first spot. This comes as no surprise as traditional Chinese medicine comprises of the natural flora and fauna in its various forms. USA accounts for an estimated 70% of the world's illegal wildlife trade. USA is the emerging biggest consumer and grandest market for illegal wildlife trade. The west European countries and Far East form the third largest chunk of buyers while Africa, central Asia and the Caribbean are emerging as the largest sellers of illegal wildlife products. India, home to many species like tiger, elephant, rhino, snow leopard, and musk deer, which are highly valued in this trade, has consequently become a target for poaching and export of wildlife products. Wildlife Trafficking and Trade in India India prizes itself in its natural wealth and bio diversity. The number of plants and animal species contained in our national boundary are innumerable and priceless. Boasting of varied climes, abundant and exquisite flora and fauna makes India an ideal destination for nature lovers, tourism and now - the illegal traders of wildlife. India is one of the leading suppliers of the most coveted wildlife products like Tigers, rhinos, birds, plants. India is strategically placed between the supplying and buying countries. It has the twin advantage of abetting this trade - and it does it pretty well. Many countries import many wildlife and its products from India. This has made many species to fall in the categories of vulnerable or endangered species and even go extinct. Man is not sparing any species starting from deer to tigers to owls. Illegal wildlife trading is as frequent as man's greed in India.
The manufacturers and sellers of articles of art and craft made of ivory challenged the 1991 Amendment to WLPA that prohibited trade in imported ivory. They had not disposed of the ivory within the stipulated period. The High Court upheld the amendment. On appeal, the Supreme Court examined the constitutional challenge and held that the prohibition of import of ivory is fully justified under Art 19 (6) of the constitution. 'A trade which is dangerous to ecology may be regulated or totally prohibited.' Implementation of Directive Principles is within the expression of restrictions in the interest of the general public. Balancing the social interest and the fundamental rights, a total prohibition is reasonable. Justice SB Sinha held: The principal object for which dealing in ivory imported from Africa had been prohibited was to see that while holding the stock the people may not deal in Indian ivory which may be procured from illegal killings of Indian elephant. The Amending Act indirectly seeks to protect Indian Elephant and to arrest their further depletion. Wildlife forms part of our cultural heritage. Animal plays a vital role in maintaining ecological balance. The amendments have been brought for the purpose of saving the endangered species from extinction as also for arresting depletion in their numbers caused by callous exploitation thereof. It was held that not only trade or occupation in relation to ivory in question is prohibited but possession or any transfer thereof in any manner whatsoever is prohibited under the Act subject, however, to the provisions of sub-sections (1), (3) and (6) of 49-C of the Act.
CJI, S.B. Sinha & Arun Kumar.
animals, namely, Whale, Walrus, Hippos and Warthog; it was urged, they cannot be included in the term 'ivory' within the meaning of the provisions of the said Act. FINDINGS: In the connected matter in Indian Handicrafts Emporium & Ors.Vs. Union of India & Ors. (Civil Appeal No. 7533 of 1997) disposed of this date; this Court upheld the constitutional validity of the provisions of the said Act. This Court held that in terms of Sub-Section (7) of Section 49-C of the Act all persons in general and traders in particular have become disentitled from keeping in their control any animal article including ivory imported in India. This Court further held that as a logical corollary to the said finding, the statutory authorities would be entitled to take possession of such ivory in terms thereof; the purport and object of the Act being to impose a complete ban on trade in ivory. A complete prohibition has been imposed in the trade of ivory (whether imported in India or extracted by killing Indian elephants) for the purpose of protecting the endangered species. The purport and object of the Act, as noticed in the judgment in Indian Handicrafts Emporium (supra), is that nobody can carry on business activity in imported ivory so that while doing so, trade in ivory procured by way of poaching of elephants may be facilitated. The Parliament, therefore, advisedly used the word 'ivory' instead of elephant ivory. For the purpose of determination of the question, only the dictionary meaning of the term 'ivory' was considered. The object of the Parliament was not only to ban trade in imported elephant ivory but ivory of every description so that poaching of elephant can be effectively restricted.
G.R. Simon and Others etc.
M. Jagannadha Rao, C.J., Anil Dev Singh and Manmohan Sarin, JJ.
In this case there are batches of writ petitions filed by the manufacturers, wholesalers and dealers engaged in retail trade of tanned, cured and finished skins of animals. Petitioners are also engaged in retail trade of articles made of skin, hereinafter referred to as the animal articles. The petitioners in the above writ petitions had challenged the introduction of provisions of Chapter VA in the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 by Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 1986, together with notification issued hereunder as being violative of Article 19(1) (g) read with Articles 300 and 300A of the Constitution of India. The petitioners claim to have applied for licenses and were granted licenses in various categories and claim to have carried on their business as valid license holders. The schedule to the Act was amended in 1927 which included snake skin and the authorities stopped permission for export of snake skin. The impugned Act rendered jobless the petitioners who carried on their legitimate trade, business and occupation, without any compensation. The petitioners, who had lawfully acquired skin and skin articles of animals already killed and had invested huge amounts of money, were deprived of their sources of livelihood. It resulted in extinction of fundamental rights of the petitioner under Article 19(1) (g). Court vides interim order made on 23-1-1987 permitted the petitioners to make the declaration of stocks.
The petitioners had been provided under the Act a period of two months to dispose of their stocks and as noticed above in fact as a result of petitions filed and orders passed, the petitioners have enjoyed the opportunity to sell for a period of nearly six years till February, 1993. Accordingly, the petitioners cannot have any legitimate grievance of denial of opportunity in this regard. Neither the State nor the Bharat Leather Corporation and the State Trading Corporation are under any legal obligation to buy the stocks of the petitioners in acceptance of the one time sale proposition advanced by the petitioners. The petitioners are also not entitled to any further time for disposal of stocks. The stocks of the petitioners would, therefore, be liable to be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. The provisions of Chapter V-A, introduced by the Amending Act of 1986 to the Wild Life Act of 1972 were held valid. Hence for the aforesaid reasons the writ petitions were dismissed.
Point here to be noticed is that India does not take long to abide law to any illegal activity but there is no authority to cross-check if the laws are strictly followed or not. Law is violated without fear and no stringent action is taken against it. Moreover, the law procedure is too lengthy to be implemented that illegal activities takes a new irreversible turn in the meantime.
Hindustan Times: 20th October, 2010 Wildlife poachers can soon be jailed for a minimum of seven years and fined at least Rs 30 lakh for killing endangered species, and the country will have two bodies to regulate international wildlife trade. The law ministry on Tuesday approved over 100 amendments in the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, bringing it in tune with wildlife protection laws across the world by including regulation of species not native to India, a requirement under a global convention on wildlife. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh said the bill, which strengthens the powers of forest and enforcement agencies, will be introduced in the winter session of Parliament after getting the cabinet's approval. To provide the highest degree of legal protection to the most vulnerable animals against poaching, the amendments have put tigers, whose population is said to be less than 1,411, in Category 1. Other endangered animals in this category include lions, elephants, rhinos, crocodiles and antelopes. Killing an animal in Category 1 could attract a minimum jail term of five years and maximum of seven. The fine prescribed ranges from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 1 crore. For species under Category 2, including endangered birds, the jail term suggested is between three to five years and fine of up to Rs 3 lakh.
Hard News Magazine: 19th October, 2010 In a historic judgment a Delhi court awarded six years imprisonment - the maximum term mandated by the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act - to notorious wildlife trader Sansar Chand, also known as the Veerappan of north India. The case dates back to 1995 when he was caught red-handed with a leopard skin. Chand is considered responsible for the complete wipe-out of the big cat from the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan. According to wildlife law enforcers, around 250 tigers have fallen prey to Chand's vicious demand for tiger parts. This judgment has brought cheer to many conservationists who hope it can dissuade people from entering and pursuing the banned trade.
Naval personnel detained five fishermen and seized two boats along with 1600 kg of sea cucumber, an endangered marine species, in Rameswaram. Sources said sea cucumber poaching came to light when personnel of Naval Detachment of Rameswaram carried out random check on mechanised boats, which were seen near the Kothandaramar temple shore. While six fishermen of a boat, which had 900 kg of sea cucumber, escaped after abandoning the boat, five fishermen of another boat were secured with 600 kg of sea cucumbers, which were alive when they were brought to the shore. Later, they were produced before the Judicial Magistrate court in Rameswaram, which ordered 15 days judicial custody. On the direction of the court, sea cucumbers were destroyed.
(Source: http://www.wwfindia.org/about_wwf/enablers/traffic/news_from_trafficking_trade/) Long way to go… Wildlife trafficking has grown into such a lucrative number that it testifies the fact that there is no end to man wants, greed and insensitivity. The trade has spread in all sections of society and continues to grow. If left unchecked, this will soon spell the end of several ecosystems on which man depends. India is still plagued with illiteracy, poverty etc. this only pushes the need for quick money, without giving a second thought to its consequences. India lives in mindset that views animals as resources that should be used, when in need. To protect animals requires a sea change in the way animals are seen. India has wildlife laws that are very stringent but have no means to enforce them. Reason is corruption. The money is spent on good causes but mostly reaches the wrong pockets. The main need of the time is waking up of people sensitivity towards this issue. They should start feel for the country and its ecology rather than their own greed. Ignorance, coupled with insensitivity, rules. Active cooperation of the public is needed. There should be more a participatory approach to wildlife conservation. Though government is trying to look the matter from new perspective and the involved officials are doing a committed job but a lot is demanded from the common man. The consequences have to be imprint into them so that their duty overheard their greed.
Wildlife extinction is so connected with all eco-systems that a slight tilt in its balance causes unimaginable disturbances in our normal life we are the direct and indirect consumers of life. The change needs to come within us. We must understand and curb the ways in which we are contributing to the offence. Stop buying wildlife and wildlife parts and products made by using them. If there are no buyers, there will be no sellers and no poachers then. We must be a part of organizations who indulge in protecting the wildlife. We must educate people and spread awareness. We must report any instance of illegal trade that we come across. We must realize that these ecosystems have sustained mankind for so long. And now, it's our turn to sustain it.


Following the release of Aphex Twin's latest LP Syro, Richard D. James shared a barrage of unreleased material last week in conjunction with the first part of his Noyzelab interview.
Well, the second part of the interview has now been released and with it comes another whopping collection of never-before-heard sounds. Available for download through Aphex Twin's Soundcloud page, the Modular Sounds collection features 21 tracks, primarily consisting of material made on Buchla and Serge modular synthesizers, though there are also outtakes from his performance at the Barbican, clips made with a Roland System 700 and an early version of Syro track "CIRCLONT6A [141.98][syrobonkus mix]."
It's an interesting listen for any diehard fan, and you can see the full interview over here for James' in-depth commentary on the new collection of songs. Syro is out now via Warp and you can listen to Modular Trax below.


Shopping with one young child is difficult. Shopping with two young children is almost impossible. You either have to take a double stroller, search for the few shopping carts with two seats, or place one child directly into the cart.
In our Buggy Bench Review here we found that it made shopping with two children much easier. It creates a second seat in a regular shopping cart. This is a perfect cart cover for moms of twins or two young children.
Occasionally you will find a store that has a couple shopping carts with two seats, but generally there is only one seat per cart. That's why you will love the Buggy Bench if you are the mom of two young children. It allows you to place one child in the regular shopping cart seat, and then place a 2nd child in the attachable Buggy Bench.
You don't have to worry about your child getting up and turning around when they are using the Buggy Bench. After they slide their legs through the openings, you can fasten a safety belt that keeps your child safely in place.
Your child can use this cart seat once they hit the recommended age of eight months and are sitting up on their own. They can continue to use this product until they reach 40 pounds, which means it is perfect for an older baby or toddler.
Unlike other bulky cart covers, it is very convenient to take the Buggy Bench along with you on shopping trips. It folds flat so you can easily store it in your car or a diaper bag.
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The Buggy Bench attaches to the cart with four sturdy straps. It may take you 2-3 minutes to get all four straps fastened. Once you have done it a few times, you get faster. Those extra couple of minutes are worth it to be able to take your two young children to the store hassle free.
If you are the mom of twins or two young children, check out the Buggy Bench. It makes shopping with two little ones so much easier.


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MASERU – The Movement for Economic Change (MEC) has threatened to pull out of the ruling coalition government if the state insists on charging its leader, Selibe Mochoboroane, with treason. The charges relate to an alleged plot to topple the then Prime Minister Thomas Thabane's government in August 2014, when Mochoboroane was the minister of communications, science and technology. His co-accused, Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader Mothetjoa Metsing was the deputy prime minister. The army attacked police stations and the State House, forcing the then Prime Minister Thabane to flee the country claiming the attacks were an attempted coup.
The trial failed to take off in February after Mochoboroane and Metsing filed a constitutional court application for an order barring the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Hlalefang Motinyane, from prosecuting them. MEC's secretary general, Napo Moshoeshoe, told Public Eye yesterday that government's defiant stance ran contrary to the spirit of the agreement signed by then government and opposition in October 2018, under the tutelage of Southern African Development (SADC) envoy Justice Dikgang Moseneke.
Signed by then then Deputy Prime Minister Monyane Moleleki, on behalf of government and then official opposition leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, Clause 10 of the agreement enjoined government to ensure that Metsing and other opposition leaders would not be subjected to any court proceedings during the national reforms process. The agreement was first lambasted by the Attorney General, Haae Phoofolo, who branded the deal a "mere gentlemen's agreement" that should be revisited to cure its constitutionality. Clause 10 of the agreement was subsequently outlawed by the Constitutional Court in November 2018.
Thabane's government collapsed in May this year and the latter is now the official leader of opposition while Mokhothu is deputy prime minister. "Our intention to pull out of government is not a threat as such. Our expectation was that the new government, which we are part of, will remember the 2018 agreement. "We became part of the new government well aware that there was an agreement and expecting that it would be honoured," Moshoeshoe said.
In February this year when Motinyane insisted that the treason trial should go ahead, Metsing and Mochoboroane petitioned the constitutional court to annul its November 2018 judgment that outlawed Clause 10. This prompted Moseneke to write to Thabane informing him that the trial should be stopped in line with the 2018 agreement to defer criminal trials until after the implementation of the multi-sectoral reforms. In his letter on March 29, 2020, Moseneke told Thabane that any action or process in contravention of the letter and the spirit of the 2018 government-opposition agreement would not be welcomed by the SADC.
"Prime Minister Thabane's government collapsed and a new government which we are part of was formed. If this new government decides not to heed SADC's latest call which is still fresh in our heads, MEC will be left with no option but to step aside," Moshoeshoe said. "Our leader cannot continue to be a minister when he is in court facing a treason trial. He will step down as minister and focus on the trial. That means MEC will have to withdraw from government because we will not appoint a junior party member to be a minister when the leader quits. When our leader quits as a minister, the whole party will withdraw from government," he added.
After the new government was formed, Mochoboroane filed for the postponement of the constitutional case arguing the new government needed to consult before making a final decision on whether or not the treason trial should proceed.He said Lesotho had an obligation to implement the 2018 SADC-brokered agreement to stop trials of politicians pending completion of the national reforms process. Lesotho could not revoke its own municipal law to avoid her international obligations, he added.
Under the agreement, the parties also committed to the spirit on inclusiveness to resolve the issues connected with the country's political instability and security crisis and agreed to work hand in glove in implementing the national reforms in which all political leaders have a significant role to play. But in her replying affidavit, DPP Motinyane, insisted her office was independent of the executive.She said it was, therefore, unacceptable for Metsing and Mochoboroane or the executive to interfere with her decision to charge the duo with treason.
"I have satisfied myself that the applicants have a case of treason to answer. It would be unwise, in my view, to submit my decision to charge the applicants for reconsideration by the executive only because there is a new Minister of Law, Leuta Nqosa Mahao, and a new prime minister, Dr Moeketsi Majoro. For the record, my position on the charges faced by applicants has not changed," she said. "For the record, I am not part of the executive branch if our regime of separated powers is put into proper perspective and context. "It is a component of the doctrine of separation of powers that the courts have a constitutional obligation to ensure that the exercise of powers by the branches of government occurs within constitutional bounds," she added.
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After spending ample time outside this weekend, I came away with more than a few mosquito bites. The hypochondriac in me couldn't help but worry about getting Malaria from the annoying blood-suckers. However, if getting Malaria is anything like the new single from Torch, maybe it won't be all that bad. Backed by the enigmatic boardwork of Scram Jones, Torch gets things started off right, showcasing an aggressive, brash flow sure to have lesser emcees running for the hills. While the MMG signee provides more than expected on the lyrical tip, Fred Da Godson and Styles P. sweeten the deal with guest verses that are hotter than a Malaria-induced fever. If you enjoyed contracting Malaria, you won't want to miss the rest of the fresh material in store on Torch's upcoming release, No AC VOL. 2.


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DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) is a wireless communication standard that defines how a device, such as a cordless phone, connects to a base using a certain frequency. DECT technology was initially developed in Europe, but is now used worldwide under a small range of different names and frequencies.
How does DECT technology work?
DECT works over radio frequencies exclusive to the technology, normally from 1880-1900 MHz in Europe. It connects a 'Fixed Part', most frequently a phone base station, to a 'Portable Part' – usually a handset.
What are the benefits of DECT technology?
The wireless nature of DECT handsets allow for freedom to move around your workspace.
You can send a much higher quality voice signal with DECT technology. This permits the use of High Definition (HD) voice, which provides a much more accurate and clear sound for the listener.
DECT 6.0 is the name given to the US version of DECT. It operates on a slightly higher frequency, from 1920-1930 MHz.
Unlike traditional analogue corded phones, which are significantly easier to intercept and listen to, this newer technology is much more secure. Encryption is also available, to provide increased privacy. Frequency-hopping is an option that will allow you to avoid both interference and to prevent the possibility of eavesdropping by a third-party.
GAP (Generic Access Profile) is an interoperability requirement present in the majority of DECT phones. It allows any GAP-compliant DECT base to be able to function with any GAP-compliant DECT handset, at least to make phone calls.
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Carl Gustav Jung (/jʊŋ/; Swiss German pronunciation: [ˈkarl ˈɡʊstaf jʊŋ]; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. His work has been influential not only in psychiatry but also in anthropology, archaeology, literature, philosophy and religious studies. As a notable research scientist based at the famous Burghölzli hospital, under Eugen Bleuler, he came to the attention of the Viennese founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud.
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Congratulations with the anniversary!
Понедельник 29th Март 2021
Last week, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the X-102!
The X-102 is the second X-Yachts model launched and it was a true cruiser/racer with a center cockpit. The boat was designed for IOR's ¾ Ton upper rating limit of 24.55ft.
X-102 "Soldier Blue", won the 3/4 Ton World Championship in 1981 and was skippered by Ib Ussing Andersen, helmed by Jens Christensen with tactics by Lars Bo Ive, all now of North Sails fame. Lars and Niels Jeppesen did also participate in the same championship, in another X-102, taking the seventh place.
In 1982, "Lille du" won the same title and gave X-Yachts a head start in the international yachting arena.
It was in the X-102 models, X-Yachts began placing heavy parts like the engine, batteries, and tanks in low, central positions, to optimize the sailing capabilities.
The X-102 is a world class X-Yacht worth remembering and is still a very popular model.
Hull Length: 10.02 m
Draft: 1,9 m
Mainsail: 34,1 sqm
Genoa 1: 31,7 sqm
Spinnaker: 70 sqm
Production Years: 1981 — 1987
Number Built: 173
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ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) here on Saturday rejected all the allegations leveled by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan against the commission.
ECP spokesman said that there was no truth in allegations of Imran Khan regarding the Election Commission.
The statement comes an hour after Imran Khan said that the "Election Commission of Pakistan is behaving like Election Commission of PML-N".
"We want to give a message to the ECP, NAB and our judiciary and will ask them to fulfill their responsibility," he said while addressing the participants of Pakistan Ehtesab March at Shahdara, Lahore.
Responding to the accusations, the ECP spokesman said that the commission is an autonomous body and that it has no links with any political party.
"All members were appointed in consultation with the opposition parties," he added.


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Q: SICP exercise 1.37: My iterative solution got the right answer but got wrong in 1.38 My iterative solution to SICP 1.37 is
(define (con-frac n d k)
  (define (iter i result)
    (if (= 1 i)
        result
        (iter (- i 1) (/ (n i) (+ (d i) result)))))
  (iter k (/ (n k) (d k))))

(con-frac (lambda (i) 1.0) (lambda (i) 1.0) 11)

(define (euler-d i)
  (if (= 2 (remainder i 3))
      (* (/ 2 3) (+ i 1))
      1))

(define (e)
  (+ 2 (con-frac (lambda (i) 1.0) euler-d 9)))

(e)

It returns:

Welcome to DrRacket, version 5.2.1 [3m].
Language: SICP (PLaneT 1.17); memory limit: 128 MB.
0.6180555555555556
2.39221140472879

It should be return:

Welcome to DrRacket, version 5.2.1 [3m].
Language: SICP (PLaneT 1.17); memory limit: 128 MB.
0.6180555555555556
2.718283582089552

I don't know what's wrong with my solution.

A: You are off by one in the iter.
In
  (define (iter i result)
    (if (= 1 i)
        result
        (iter (- i 1) (/ (n i) (+ (d i) result)))))

change (= 1 i) to (= 0 i.
  (define (iter i result)
    (if (= 0 i)
        result
        (iter (- i 1) (/ (n i) (+ (d i) result)))))

The test using phi doesn't catch this since all numerators and denominators are equal.

A: As has been pointed in @soegaard's answer, there's a simple off-by-one error in your code. Just replace this line:
(if (= 1 i)

With this one - it's a bit more idiomatic than asking if (= 0 i):
(if (zero? i)

... And that's all!

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Best part of my day today: eating dinner while watching a Scarlet Tanager take a bath in our little pond. Both the male and female came in for a bath.
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North Texas Data Center Chooses FSG for Mission Critical Facility Expansion with Zero Downtime
Quality Technology Services (QTS) is a leading provider of data center solutions that offers more than seven million square feet of QTS Mega Data Centers throughout North America and Europe. For QTS, the ability to flex with customers to solve any data problem is central to their mission. When the time came to expand the capacities and capabilities of its mission-critical North Texas data centers, QTS needed an electrical contractor with flexibility at the core of its mission, too. For data hall expansion projects at its North Texas facilities, QTS and GC Turner Construction turned to FSG.
For each project, FSG was tasked with upgrading uninterruptible power supply (UPS) capacity to service new power distribution units (PDUs) that would deliver power to servers, networking hardware, telecom equipment, and other devices located within the new data halls. In some cases, additional lighting was required to service the new spaces and FSG delivered and installed fixtures to meet this need. Once the PDUs were installed, FSG technicians conducted complete acceptance testing on all new equipment to verify that all components were fit for service and ready to go.
No business likes downtime, but for QTS uninterrupted operations are a matter of business survival. The data hall expansion projects at its North Texas locations were completed on time and to their exact specifications, ensuring that the mission-critical service they provide their customers remained online and available. When selecting FSG to complete the electrical work scope for these expansion projects, QTS and Turner Construction were reaching past technical capability to select an electrical services contractor with a proven track record of reliability as well.


1) SMU found its STAR linebacker: Kyran Mitchell started at the star linebacker spot and made an early impact. He shined on East Carolina's second and third series. He read ECU quarterback Blake Kemp perfectly on a third down and picked off his pass. On the next drive, he sniffed out a counter play and prevented ECU running back Chris Hairston from a big gain. The very next play, he recovered from a cutblock near the hash marks to assist on a tackle on a screen pass to force a fourth down. He gave up a 35-yard completion, but he also didn't have any safety help. He's more of a linebacker than a defensive back, which I think SMU needs given its struggles to stop the run.
2) Jeremiah Gaines is here: SMU's tight end had three catches for 90 yards in the first half. Sixty of the yards came on a touchdown pass off a deflection, but he showed his speed as he outran ECU's secondary to the end zone. On another catch, he came out the backfield, easily dispatched a blocker and took a short pass for 15 yards. Gaines' play made Courtland Sutton's quiet first half much less of an issue. SMU's offense will be much more dangerous if it gets a consistent second threat in the passing game.
3) Read-option struggles continue: James Summers came in at quarterback in the second quarter and ran the read-option well right away, leading ECU to two touchdowns on his first two drives. He kept SMU off-balance by waiting until the last minute to keep or pull on read-options. Darrion Richardson expertly contained Summers on third and three with 20 seconds to go in the first half, but other than that, ECU ripped off big gains on the ground with Summers at quarterback, totaling 306 yards rushing.
4) Courtland Sutton is human after all: East Carolina made a point to neutralize him, and he had just four catches for 51 yards. Before a 22-yard catch in garbage time, his longest catch went for 11 yards. ECU did a great job taking away SMU's deep passing game. Pirates free safety Travon Simmons frequently provided help from his free safety spot and showed off his range. He also broke up a would-be Xavier Castille touchdown.
5) SMU's offensive line regressed: The line had made great progress so far this season, but fell apart by giving up seven sacks in the second half. In SMU's first four games, a lot of the sacks were coverage sacks, sacks away from the tackle box or the result of Davis holding the ball for too long. But the line was beat a little more today and even struggled to contain four rushers on one sack. But worst of all, it failed to create holes in the running game against a stout ECU front seven. SMU manage 40 rushing yards on 29 carries. That won't win games in Chad Morris' power spread offense.


Wow. This is a nice challenge. For starters, I'm going to assume we're talking about Director 7, so we can use rotation. If you're using a previous version of Director, you'd need to use the Rotation effect that is part of the Effector Set for AlphaMania (a great Xtra). I'm also going to use some of Director 7's "dot syntax" in my Lingo to help people make that transition to the more concise coding.
In the behavior library palette that ships with Director 7, James Newton wrote a terrific behavior called "Drag to Rotate". We'll start with that behavior. Drop that on your spinner sprite. This will take care of the all rotation while the user has the mouse held down.
We'll start with a behavior I'll call "freeSpin", which will continue the rotational motion, applying a friction factor so that it slows to a stop. Note: I'm not using any real physics here, just a simple linear deceleration.
The idea is that while the mouse is being held down, on every exitFrame, we'll set a property to the rotation of the sprite as it changes. Then, when the mouse is released, we'll compare the current rotation to the rotation from a frame ago. This change in rotation over the duration of one frame is effectively our "speed" of rotation. So, we'll just continue that rotation in the same direction, subracting our friction factor from the speed on each exitFrame until the speed drops to zero. Make sense? Here's the demo and the behavior.
Download the sample movie in Mac or PC format.
In the exitFrame handler, you'll notice that I actually track the rotation value of the sprite for the previous 2 frames. After playing with this demo a while, I found it to be more dependable using the value from 2 frames ago.
In the mouseUp handler (and the identical mouseUpOutside handler), I start by setting pSpeed to the difference between the current rotation and the rotation 2 frames ago. I had to account for some special possibilities. For example... let's say that you spin the sprite counter-clockwise. 2 frame ago, the rotation was 10 degrees, and upon release, the rotation is 350 degrees. The sprite has traveled 20 degrees, but pSpeed will result in... current rotation - previous rotation = 340. When actually, the rotation should be -20. So, I assumed that it's impossible for someone to spin the spinner more than 180 degrees in a period of 2 frames. Therefore, if the pSpeed is greater than 180, I subtract 360 to get the real pSpeed. Similarly, if pSpeed is less than -180, I add 360.
After figuring out all the pSpeed and pDrag information, I set a flag and the exitFrame handler repeatedly calls the spinToStop handler to decelerate the rotation. Since rotation is a float value calculated to four decimal points, the chances that rotation would be decelerated to exactly zero are slim. So, I just put a switch in the handler that stops the spinDown at the point where (the absolute value of) pSpeed is less than the friction factor.
Now, let's handle the "spinClick" behavior. Start by reading your Lingo Dictionary for the term "mod". This will be critical in this behavior because of the fact that the value for rotation doesn't "wrap". By that, I mean that if you rotate the spinner exactly 2 times, the rotation doesn't equal zero... or even 360. It's 720. So, as you spin the spinner around and around, the value will continue to go way up or way down. We'll want to convert that value back to a scale between zero and 360.
We'll set this up so that the author can specify which sound member, which sound channel, and how many clicks there are in a revolution. In the beginSprite handler, we'll set pAngle equal to 360 divided by the number of clicks (pDivisions). We'll also set pFlag to #quiet, so that it doesn't click immediately when the sprite appears (no matter where the rotation is set.) I'm using the pLastRot property again, to track the previous point of rotation. However, this property isn't reset every frame.
On every exitFrame, myRot is set to the rotation of the sprite mod 360. That "mod 360" converts it to a value between -360 and 360. The next lines convert a negative value to the corresponding angle between zero and 360. If pFlag is set to #quiet, it checks to see if the spinner has moved more than 10 degrees. If so, pFlag is set to #ready -- meaning that it will check to see if it should play the click sound.
When pFlag is #ready, it two possibilities which will result in a click. The actual "clickpoints" can be represented as "myRot mnod pAngle". Remember that pAngle is simply 360 divided by the number of click points in a revolution. The handler checks to see if myRot is within 10 degrees of a click point, and if so, it plays the click sound. Another possibility is that in this particular frame, we're not within 10 degrees of a clickpoint, however, we're rotating so quickly that we've passed a clickpoint. So, if myRot - pLastRot is greater than pAngle, we play the click sound as well.
One improvement you might want to make on the spinClick behavior is to change the cast member based on how fast the rotation is moving (so that the pitch is higher when it's faster.) That's pretty ambitious and I had enough to worry about otherwise. I'll leave that challenge for you.
set the itemDelimiter to "."
put whichSector into field "display"
The only tricky part to this behavior is that when you calculate myAngle divided by pRange, you get a float value with 4 decimal places. But we want to convert that to an integer which will correspond to one of our segments, right? The problem is that if you use integer(myAngle/pRange) it doesn't just drop the decimal places, it rounds the result. However, even if the result is 7.9950 (for example), we want the sector to be 7. So we don't want to round, we just want to drop the decimals. In order to do that, I just set the itemDelimiter to the decimal point, then grabbed the first item in the string as the segment. Then, I plug that into a case statement to convert that integer into the name you gave each segment.
In this behavior, I assumed a maximum of 12 sectors, but you can add more if you need. Having extras won't cause any problems.
I think that's everything you'll need. Good luck with your project.


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Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil
Posted on November 2, 2017 November 2, 2017 by WW2Truth
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The sensational book by Gerard Menuhin, son of the famous violinist Yehudi Menuhin.
Gerard could no longer bear the lies being perpetrated against Germany and risked all to unmask what he called the "biggest lie in history" and the mightiest fraudulent criminal enterprise in mankind's history—the Holocaust industry.
In this, his first book in English, Gerard Menuhin breaks through every taboo barrier.
"The Holocaust is the biggest lie in history. Germany has no blame for the Second World War." He also makes a case for Adolf Hitler being the only statesman in the modern era who could have liberated the enslaved people of planet Earth from the clutches of organized world Zionism."
"I suppose it began with a sense, nothing more. Not even a vague sentiment, let alone the certitude that what the average child is taught about major historical events is a pack of lies. It was just a lurking mental itch. My father never spoke of the war, any more than he spoke of anything negative or disagreeable or, indeed, about the past at all, if he could help it.
I never gave the subject much thought, occupied as I was with my daily drudgery, until the Nineties, when, while I was ordering the contents of my deceased grandparents' house, I chanced on a copy of the National Zeitung, the patriotic German newspaper to which my grandfather had contributed a column for several years during the Sixties.
Due to the exceptional nature of the twelve years of National Socialism, a large and growing body of lurid fiction and alleged fact has materialized, based on its dramatic superficialities rather than on any study or comprehension of its socialist policies, and inspired by a particular agenda.
Sobriety rejects sensationalism. A perusal of reputable historical sources, some of them quite hard to find, helped me to form my own opinion. The most powerful persuasion, however, did not come from the rather dry accounts in my reading, but from the perfectly straightforward deduction that a people with the traditions and culture of the Germans did not almost overnight become barbarians and commit mass murder."
Gerard was punished for breaking ranks and declaring himself on the side of truth.
In 2005, he was fired from his position as chairman of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation after giving an interview in the Deutsche Stimme newspaper in which he said:
"An international lobby of influential people and organizations is trying to keep the Germans under pressure. Some nations — mainly America, but other Europeans, too — are profiting from an obedient Germany."
He also called on Germans to stop paying taxes and thus protest at the outflow of German funds to the European Union. "People cannot be eternally exploited in this way," he said, "as long as there is a budget deficit, no German public money should flow abroad."
In his regular column with the Nationale Zeitung newspaper, Gerard condemned Jewish "souvenir hunters" who gather evidence in Germany to help them to lodge financial claims for wartime persecution.
TELL THE TRUTH AND SHAME THE DEVIL By Gerard Menuhin.
Have you ever asked yourself why the world won't come to rest? Why your parents, grandparents or great-grandparents had to die in wars that never should have occurred in the first place?
A book of monumental importance for the people of the world today. Many know that something is not right in the world. Nations engage in perpetual war while bankers and armaments makers line their pockets from the carnage. The average citizen of the world has been cut out of the decision-making process of government, whether he lives in a democracy, republic, theocracy or dictatorship.
All the while, the ruling elite grow stronger and richer as the real producers struggle to survive. Behind the scenes, events are controlled by a coterie of ethnic puppetmasters who work their marionettes in high places out of public view. How did this world get to the dark place it is today?? Who could have stopped it and what can we do today?
The book consists of three sections. The first section concerns Adolf Hitler, his character and intentions, and the real causes leading up to the outbreak of WWII, including the actions of the real culprits and the rejection of the great lie.
The second section enlarges on the activities of the real culprits, provides a historical overview of their progress, their nature, their power over finance and the media, and the methods by which they achieved it. It includes insights into Freemasonry, the European revolutions, the influence and control of education and foreign policy, the creation of the EU, the New World Order and the evolution of the plan through the same powers and their proxies, since the 17th century up to the present.
The third section concerns the First and Second World Wars (what the author refers to as "the Second Thirty Years War"), their conception, funding and inescapable continuity; current laws against freedom of expression, and the evolution of the Orwellian state; the importance of U.S. support for the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War, and Communism's significance in the plan; the true origins of the enemy; Palestine's occupation and its fate as an example of our common fate; plus much more.
The text is interspersed with "Memos from Today," that emphasize its relevance by citing current events. Hundreds of quotes are included from a wide range of authoritative sources, original and translated. The last pages of this manuscript comprise conclusions and predictions.
The narrative is dense and packed with facts, and backed by expert testimony. At times, the style is personal, even casual, and absolutely non-intellectual. It has been assumed that a personal touch makes the contents more accessible.
The author is the son of the great American-born violinist Yehudi Menuhin, who, though from a long line of rabbinical ancestors, fiercely criticized the foreign policy of the state of Israel and its repression of the Palestinians in the Holy Land.
Read it. Think about it. Distribute it to others. This is a book that can make a difference!
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This is a very good review of this important book. The book's author has made a major contribution to the debate and helped those in search of the truth. No doubt, there will be attempts to censor or ban this work.