Accra, Jan 15, GNA - Dr Kwame Ampofo, a leading member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on NDC supporters to endorse the candidature of Dr Ekwow Spio Garbrah for him to improve on Ghana Education Trust Fund (GetFund) that he established.
He said the New Patriotic Party government would eclipse themselves with the implementation of the Free SHS programme as a major message to voters in 2020 and as the brainchild of GETfund, Dr Spio-Garbrah could submerge the free educational policy if he was given the nod.
Dr Ampofo who was speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on Dr Spio-Garbrah's campaign Message in Accra said; "We in the NDC, have a perfect antidote to any Free SHS propaganda and it is the GETFUND.
"Because GETFUND, the most important social intervention in Education in Ghana, was the brainchild of Dr. Ekwow Spio-Gabrah, the wise thing for delegates of the NDC to do, will be to elect him.
"What the NPP will do is to flaunt the Free SHS. If we elect Dr. Ekwow Spio Gabrah as Flagbearer, he will easily counter that Free SHS propaganda with the more powerful GetFUND," Dr. Ampofo said.
He said the GETFUND was a powerful monument to the competence and rich imagination of Dr. Ekwow Spio-Gabrah, while he was Education Minister under former President Jerry John Rawlings and he came up with the idea of establishing a fund that would be dedicated to financing Education.
He said the NPP which was then in opposition vehemently opposed the idea, calling it an unnecessary burden to Ghanaians, but the perseverance of Dr Spio-Garbrah enabled it to become the single most important social intervention in Education in Ghana, serving as the corner stone for infrastructural development in the educational sector.
"Dr. Spio-Gabrah is the quiet type who does not blow his horns and so many Ghanaians are not aware of this powerful story behind GETFUND. The story will become known to Ghanaians when Spio becomes Flagbearer and starts campaigning.
"Once Ghanaians become aware that this single most important intervention in Education is the brainchild of the NDC flagbearer, President Akufo-Addo's propaganda with Free SHS will fall flat since GETFUND is a superior social intervention in Education, "he added.
He therefore urged delegates of the party to elect Dr. Spio-Gabrah for 2020.


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Social media the most dangerous medium for individual, corporate public image, new Canadian poll finds
Social media is the medium most able to cause damage to the public image of an individual or organization, according to the results of a new Nanos Research poll.
Toronto-based Signal Leadership Communication Inc. (SLC), a social PR consultancy for executives dealing with digital disruption, released the poll results of 1,000 Canadians on Wednesday. The hybrid phone (land- and cell-line) and online survey was conducted as part of an omnibus survey, with a margin of error of ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
According to the survey, 84% of respondents said that social media channels such as Twitter and Facebook "can do a great deal of damage to the image of an individual or organization." Seventy-one per cent felt this was true of both online news and broadcast television, while just over half (52%) said it about print newspapers and just under half (48%) about radio, SLC said in a press release.
"The danger of social media to inflict image damage is real, so leaders need to take this powerful PR threat to their reputation seriously," said Bob Pickard, principal of SLC, in the release. "Corporate communicators – not just brand marketers – need to design social media presence accordingly and invest the necessary resources. It all starts with the leaders, with whom an often-demanding public increasingly seeks to have a direct personal connection through online networks."
The poll also found that nearly three-quarters (71%) of respondents believed that broadcast television could do a great deal of damage, 24% said it could do some damage, 3% said no damage and 2% were unsure.
Both Millenials (88%) and the "general population" (84%) think that that social media is able to damage image the most compared to other mediums. A slight majority of the general population (52%) think that newspapers can do a "good deal of damage to image," but less than half of Millenials (45%) think the same, the poll found. Radio is not seen as a very damaging medium to Millenials (36%), though almost half of the population (48%) say that it is.
"Social media increasingly shapes the way that news is produced and perceived, so it is crucial for leaders to carefully plan their approach to both traditional and new mediums," said SLC principal Janice Mandel in the release. "There is very little time today for public relations storytelling. Instead, there is a need to be nimble and respond appropriately as a story plays out. Good judgment and digital savvy are key to managing reputation."
Mandel added that "there's far more risk for something to go wrong and explode virally. If it does, the public's attention is on the leaders online – so they themselves need to understand this new digital dynamic."
Most Canadian IT professionals report some security solutions "outdated and inadequate": study
Cyberattacks costing U.S. businesses US$3.5 million annually, 79% of businesses lack strategies to manage these risks: Ponemon Institute
Increase in smart home devices adds new hacking risks: HSB cyber survey
Shipping losses continue to decline but "perfect storm" of regulation, cost savings and cybersecurity looms: AGCS
Nanos Research
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In a captivating, worldwide ministry, Anthony de Mello touched thousands through his workshops, conferences and retreats on achieving peace and happiness through increased spiritual awareness. De Mello's comprehensive course on the spiritual life is collected here for the first time as he presented it.
This volume, by the foremost student of Shaktic and Tantric thought, "Arthur Avalon," is the prime document for the study and application of Kundalini yoga. The author covers the philosophical and mythological nature of Kundalini; the esoteric anatomy associated with it; the study of matrass — the chakras, or psychic centers in the human body and their progressive awakening; and the yoga associated with this.
Anandamath is a Bengali novel, written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and published in 1882. Set in the background of the Sannyasi Rebellion in the late 18th century, it is considered one of the most important novels in the history of Bengali and Indian literature. Its importance is heightened by the fact that it became synonymous with the struggle for Indian independence from the British Empire. The novel was banned by the British. The ban was lifted later by the Government of India after independence. The national song of India, Vande Mataram, was first published in this novel.
The prologue and the first thirteen chapters of Part I were translated by Sri Aurobindo, the rest by his brother Barindra. The parts translated by Sri Aurobindo first appeared in the KARMAYOGIN, intermittently between August 7, 1909 and February 12, 1910.


And Michael I and sat down with his uncle to get all the invitation stuff finalized-we just need to approve the proof (which we got yesterday) and then hopefully they should be ordered within the next week. Woo!
I had another meeting with my alterations woman to work on my mom's dress and it is like...almost done. It's looking so good and we even figured out how to bustle it! I should only have 2 more appointments before me picking it up for the wedding (agh!)---and I have until mid April to lose weight and have the final fitting (because then we have to have it sent to be cleaned again because some of the stuff is starting to yellow again). So I must start hitting the gym and making better food choices. Pray for me.
This went right to my MUST MAKE list.
Once Upon a Time-Oh good, redemption and self sacrifice. A classic. And the Frozen storyline is gonna be done-yay!
Resurrection-Tom :( (his wife is super duper crazyyyy btw.) Oh and the government are jerks.
The Originals-Hope is adorable, Haley and Elijah were hot, and what Klaus did to their mom was...brilliant.
Modern Family-Aww man poor Claire. Poor gayncients. And oh boy...Lily...oh no.
Law & Order: SVU-Just let Olivia keep Noaaaah!
Reign-This is all very depressing.


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A: just call webClient.getPage("https://www.google.com.tr/search?q");. You don't need to call any javascript.
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Alexander Weber (Bielefeld, 4 de enero de 1978) es un deportista alemán que compitió en esgrima, especialista en la modalidad de sable.

Participó en los Juegos Olímpicos de Sídney 2000, obteniendo una medalla de bronce en la prueba por equipos (junto con Dennis Bauer, Wiradech Kothny y Eero Lehmann). Ganó una medalla de bronce en el Campeonato Mundial de Esgrima de 2002, también por equipos.

Palmarés internacional

Referencias

Esgrimidores de Alemania
Esgrimidores en los Juegos Olímpicos de Sídney 2000
Medallistas olímpicos de esgrima
Medallistas olímpicos de bronce de Alemania
Medallistas olímpicos de bronce de Sídney 2000
Nacidos en Bielefeld

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Q: Get value from entrySet of HashMap and send it to new activity I have markers on my map and I have used a HashMap to store extra data which is numbers. I have used the markers as keys and the values as numbers. An example is like below:
HashMap<Marker, String> hash = new HashMap<Marker, String>();

Marker marker1 = googleMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(
        new LatLng(randomLocation1[0], randomLocation1[1]))
                .title("Waiyaki")
                .icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory
                .defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_GREEN)
));
hash.put(marker1,"24354345");

Marker marker2 = googleMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(
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                .title("Parklands")
                .icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory
                .defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_GREEN)
));
hash.put(marker2,"34354353");

I would like when the user clicks on the infowindow of a particular marker, the values in the entrySet of that marker to be sent to a new activity. The sample code of what I have done is below:
googleMap.setOnInfoWindowClickListener(new OnInfoWindowClickListener(){
    @Override
    public void onInfoWindowClick(Marker arg0)
        for (Entry<Marker, String> entry : hash.entrySet()) {
            String value = entry.getValue();
            Intent I = new Intent(MainActivity.this, NewActivity.class);
            I.putExtra(value, isFinishing());
            startActivity(I);
        }

    }
});

There is something wrong with the code above but I do not know what exactly. Some help please...and also a sample code as to how I will send the value to a new activity.

A: To send a number associated with the marker replace the code
I.putExtra(value, isFinishing());

with
I.putExtra("markerNumber", value);

Within the MainActivity use the following code to get the value:
String markerNumber = getIntent().getExtras().getString("markerNumber");


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The best new band in Britain?
by Lorraine Carpenter
Palma Violets are the latest band to don the buzz crown, coronation care of the infamous British music press. Cult MTL caught up with the guys ahead of their Montreal debut, on their way back east from Coachella.
Palma Violets
England has always been quick to place its young bands on a pedestal. The weekly and monthly music papers and magazines have long splashed "best new band in Britain" across their covers, featuring the buzz band of the moment. But as the cliché goes, they're also infamous for building them up just to knock them down.
London's Palma Violets have only been a band for a year and a half, but there's reason to believe that they have staying power. Their debut single, "Best of Friends," was selected as top track of 2012 by the NME, which also handed them the Best New Band statuette at its annual awards ceremony. Released by Rough Trade in February, Palma Violets' debut LP, 180, produced by Pulp's Steve Mackey, proved that they're more than a one-shot deal.
I caught up with the band, who've been on the road since October, a few days after they'd wrapped their second consecutive weekend at the Coachella festival in Indio, CA. When I called bassist Chilli Jesson, they'd just left San Francisco.
Lorraine Carpenter: You guys work fast.
Chilli Jesson: Yeah, I suppose we do. We've still got a lot to do, but it's been a very interesting year and a half.
LC: What are you looking at right now?
CJ: Scenery that reminds me of the British countryside. I quite like it. But Americans have funny taste. We were just stopped between a Subway and a McDonald's.
LC: Fast-food intersection?
CJ: Yeah, one of those, in the middle of nowhere.
LC: I saw your Coachella set from the first weekend, live. On YouTube.
CJ: I'm told that one was good!
LC: It was. What was it like playing the same festival two weekends in a row?
CJ: There's a very strange sense of déja vu. It felt like Coachella Day 526 by the end of it.
LC: What do bands do during the week in between?
CJ: Some bands don't gig, they just hang out and get a tan, but we went out and did shows. We did some with Franz Ferdinand, and played L.A.
LC: Coachella has always struck me as a quasi-British festival, because they've always booked so many U.K. acts. What was it like playing alongside bands that were superstars when you were a toddler?
CJ: Seeing the Stone Roses and Blur was massive — we're all big fans. But Nick Cave as well, and Sparks! I got to see Sparks, who I never thought I'd see. And Spiritualized are great…and British.
LC: So you guys are Blur people, not Oasis people? I can't tell from your music, really.
CJ: It's mixed opinions in this band. [Yelling to the rest of the guys] Blur or Oasis? I'll have to say 50/50. Oh no, one more vote for Blur — Oasis got overruled! But Damon Albarn is a bad man. ■
Palma Violets headline, with openers Guards, at Club Lambi (4465 St-Laurent) on Saturday, May 4, 9 p.m., $21.10
Lorraine Carpenter was born in Montreal and studied communications and journalism at Concordia. She co-founded Cult MTL in 2012 following 12 years at the now-defunct Montreal alt weekly the Mirror, where she worked in editorial as copy editor and music editor. She's dedicated to supporting the cultural scene in Montreal.


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Home TOP STORIES Maersk's Chief Operating Officer quits
Maersk's Chief Operating Officer quits
By Jite EriabieNov 12, 2019
Soren Toft. PHOTO CREDIT: Tradewinds
The Chief Operating Officer of A.P. Møller–Mærsk, Soren Toft has resigned from the role and will leave Maersk to pursue other opportunities, Maersk said in a statement Monday.
Toft's departure is effective immediately.
Toft's responsibilities as COO will be taken on by Søren Skou, Maerk's CEO, effectively immediately until a replacement is found.
Toft also served as Chairman of Maersk Container Industry and Board Member of Hamburg Süd Advisory Board.
Toft started in the COO role in 2014 after previously holding the position of Head of Network Planning at Maersk Line.
During his time as COO, Toft was responsible for the global operations of Maersk's liner businesses and oversaw Maersk's acquisition and integration of Hamburg Süd. Other notable events occurring during his tenure included the 2M Alliance launch with MSC, the 2016 reorganization of A.P. Møller–Mærsk, the delivery of Maersk's second-generation Triple-E vessels and other newbuild programs, the Maersk Honam incident, and most recently Maersk's decarbonization efforts.
"I have worked with Søren for many years, and I appreciate Søren's many contributions to A.P. Moller–Maersk. He leaves an agile and strong operating organization and we all wish Søren the very best in the future," Søren Skou said.
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Tour De Yorkshire expected to be delayed until 2021
Wednesday 29 April 2020, 11:56am
The sixth edition of the Tour de Yorkshire is expected to be delayed until next year as the region grapples with the coronavirus outbreak.
Organisers announced last month the race, which had been due to take start this Thursday in Beverley and finish on Sunday in Leeds, had been postponed due to the pandemic.
The possibility of rescheduling it for later in the year was held open, but Welcome To Yorkshire chief executive James Mason now accepts everything is pointing towards 2021 as a more realistic target.
"The longer this goes on the more likely it is that it will be next year," Mason told the PA news agency.
"The sensible thing now would be to look into where it would fit into the calendar next year because there are too many imponderables as to when mass sporting events can take place again and they're all backing up."
Welcome To Yorkshire organise the race in partnership with the Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO), but their French partners have been preoccupied with rescheduling the Tour de France and other WorldTour races, while Welcome To Yorkshire works to support constituents at home.
While no definitive decision has been made regarding the Tour de Yorkshire, Mason is not interested in staging it late in the season simply to tick a box.
"We want to use the Tour de Yorkshire as the recovery vehicle, that catalystto kick start Yorkshire tourism," Mason said.
"We don't want to put it on just to sneak it in this year when we may face inclement weather or we risk putting the race on and undoing the spectacle it could be, when if we can do it at a more appropriate time we can really use it to celebrate a rebirth and recovery of tourism in Yorkshire.
"We have to be realistic and say time is running out for this year because we could be months away from sport happening."
The sixth edition of the race, which is a legacy event of the 2014 Grand Depart of the Tour de France in the region, is the final one on the existing contract between Welcome To Yorkshire and ASO.
Mason is keen to secure a long-term future for the race and has kept lines of communication open with his French partners, but contract talks have been put on ice.
"It is not the appropriate time to discuss extending the contract," Mason said. "When things get back to something resembling normal we will plan the next edition and that's when the contract negotiations can start again.
"We want a long-term future, now more than ever as having this enforced fallow year will make anyone who maybe didn't see the value in the race realise how important it is, and those who have always supported it will have additional thirst for it to come back."


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Appius Claudius Pulcher (? – Kr. e. 212) római politikus, a patrícius Claudiusok nemzetségének tagja, a Kr. e. 249-ben consuli rangot viselő Publius Claudius Pulcher fia volt. A második pun háború során ívelt fel karrierje, és ekkor is halt meg.

Kr. e. 217-ben aedilis volt, Kr. e. 216-ban katonai tribunusi rangban részt vett a katasztrofális vereséggel végződő cannaei csatában. A vereség után Scipióval együtt a sereg maradékai Canusiumban főparancsnokká kiáltották ki. Kr. e. 215-ben praetori megbízást kapott, ilyen minőségben a hadsereg maradványait Szicília felé vezette, hogy megakadályozza Hierón unokája, Hieronümosz csapatainak és Hannibal hadainak egyesülését. Nem járt sikerrel, de Kr. e. 214-ben is a szigeten maradt propraetori rangban, Marcus Claudius Marcellus legatusaként; a hadműveletek során a leontinói tábor és a flotta tartozott felügyelete alá. Kr. e. 212-ben consulként társával, Quintus Fulvius Flaccusszal az átállt Capua ostromára indult. Ezt félbehagyva még hivatali évének lejárta előtt visszatért Rómába, ahol kijelölte a következő év consulait, majd egy évre meghosszabbított parancsnoki megbízással visszatért Capua alá. Itt röviddel a város kapitulációja előtt összecsapott a punokkal, és az ütközetben halálos sebet szerzett; halála előtt hiába próbálta lebeszélni consultársát a capuaiak elleni véres bosszúról.

Három fia ismert: Appius Kr. e. 185-ben, Publius Kr. e. 184-ben, Caius pedig Kr. e. 177-ben volt consul, Kr. e. 169-ben pedig censor.

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Although the Feast of the Visitation (May 31) is not given special emphasis in the Sulpician liturgical calendar, it is nevertheless a celebration consonant with the ideals of founder of the Sulpician, Father Jean-Jacques OLIER.
This feast is rooted in the biblical account narrated in Luke's Gospel of the visit Mary made to her relative, Elizabeth, after her miraculous conception of Jesus (Luke 2:39-45). Elizabeth herself, despite her old age, had conceived a son who would be known as John the Baptist and would be the precursor of Jesus, the Messiah.
A distinct feature of Father Olier's spirituality, which he shared with other members of the so-called French School of Spirituality, is his devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. All elements of Mary's life were important to Father Olier, and many of his writings expound many aspects of Mary's life as giving a model for priests and seminarians. In the Visitation one sees an encounter between two humble women who were both touched by God's grace, but in different ways. Mary, the recipient of the greater revelation in bearing the Word-Made-Flesh, the Savior of the World, visits her kinswoman to share her joy. In response, the baby in Elizabeth's womb leaps for joy, a sign of the greatness of Mary's Son.
In several texts, Father Olier draws attention to Mary as a "tabernacle" or "receptacle" for the Most High, Jesus Christ, her Son. His famous prayer, now known as the Prayer of Father Olier, begins with the words: "O Jesus, living in Mary, come and live in your servants…." This is an acknowledgment that Mary, bearer of the Incarnate Word, is the sacred vessel who brought forth the Savior for all humanity and who can now dwell within His servants, especially priests, who continue to bear him to the world. She is an essential element in the mystery of the Incarnation. Her "Visitation" brings forth joy and prepares for the apostolic mission.
The Visitation began to be celebrated first among Franciscans in the thirteenth century. But it quickly gained popularity. In 1389, Pope Urban VI instituted the feast for the universal Church. The feast, now celebrated on 31 May, is situated between the Annunciation (March 25) and the feast of John the Baptist (June 24), following the biblical sequence of events.
May this feast of the Visitation inspire all disciples of Jesus Christ to bear Him and His message of salvation to the all the world!


Keynote presentation in PDF Keynote 1.
In 1985 the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to make several bands of the wireless spectrum available without a government license. The so called "garbage band of 2.4 GHz" was allocated to equipment such as microwave ovens. Since 1985, this band could also be used for Industrial, Medical, and Scientific (ISM) purposes.
The move by the FCC has unleashed a wave of innovations in the telecommunication industry that fundamentally changed humans experience and the interaction with networks. This wave of innovations manifests itself in the introduction of affordable networking technologies capable of satisfying users' needs in terms of mobility and connectivity. Among those technologies the Wi-Fi networking based on IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN (WLAN) standards has distinguished itself as the technology of choice for the masses to satisfy their networking requirements at an affordable cost. With the recognition of its economic benefits, more unlicensed spectrum is becoming available by the different administrations around the world. Unlicensed spectrum now extends from sub GHz bands (< 1 GHz) to millimeter wave (mmWave) bands in the vicinity of 30-60 GHz. Several networking technologies are planning to capitalize on the availability of these bands. In addition to Wi-Fi, LTE- advanced (4G) and next generation wireless networks (5G) are also planning to make use of the unlicensed bands.
This talk focuses on technologies operating in the unlicensed bands and how they evolved with the spectrum availability. The talk will highlight the role of these technologies in networking, their economic impact, and expected contributions to future technologies such as 5G. The talk will also address coexistence issues between the different communication technologies operating in the same band.
Osama Aboul-Magd: is a director at Huawei Technologies, Canada Research Center where he is responsible for WLAN research and standards. He graduated from Cairo University with a degree in Electronics and Electrical Communications. He obtained his M.A.Sc and Ph.D degrees from the University in Toronto, both in Electrical Engineering. After graduation he joined Bell-Northern Research, the research arm of Northern Telecom where he worked on the planning and development of a number of netwkring technologies including Frame Relay, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Carrier Ethernet, Multi-Protocol Lable Switching (MPLS), and Wireless LAN (WLAN).
During his career Dr. Aboul-Magd participated in many standards development organizations. Most recently he led the effort at the IEEE 802.11 working group developing the first WLAN standard achieving data rates in gigabit range, a.k.a. 802.11ac. He is now the chair of the 802.11ax task group working on the development of the next generation WLAN with emphasis on improved efficiency in dense deployment scenarios.
Keynote presentation in PDF Keynote 2.
Luigi Atzori is Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Cagliari (Italy) and Research Associate at the Multimedia Communications Laboratory of CNIT (Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni).
L. Atzori research interests are in computer networking, with particular emphasis on service management for Internet of Things and in wireless sensor networks, and multimedia communications, with a focus on multimedia QoE and wireless video streaming. L. Atzori is senior member of IEEE, chair of the Steering Committee of the IEEE Multimedia Communications Committee (MMTC) and co-chair of the IEEE 1907.1 standard on "Network-Adaptive Quality of Experience (QoE) Management Scheme for Real-Time Mobile Video Communications". He is the coordinator of the European Marie Curie Initial Training Network on QoE for multimedia services (www.qoenet-itn.eu), which involves ten European Institutions in Europe and one in South Korea. He has been the editor for the ACM/Springer Wireless Networks Journal and guest editor for the IEEE Communications Magazine, the Springer Monet Journal and the Elsevier Signal Processing: Image Communications Journal. He is member of the editorial board of the IEEE IoT, the Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks and the Advances on Multimedia journals. He served as a technical program chair for various international conferences and workshops. He served as reviewer and panellist for many funding agencies, including FP7, Cost Action, Italian MIUR and Regional funding agency.
The integration of physical systems with networked sensing, computation networks and embedded control with actuation has led to the emergence of a new generation of engineered systems, the Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). Such systems emphasize the link between cyber space and physical environment (i.e., time, space, and energy). CPS represents the next generation of complex engineering systems. They are large scale dynamic systems that offer significant processing power while interacting across communication networks.
CPS will help to solve the grand challenges of our society, such as, aging population, limited resources, sustainability, environment, mobility, security, health care, etc. Applications of CPS cover a wide band of economic, medical, and entertainment sectors. It includes; Transportation: automobiles, avionics, unmanned vehicles and smart roads; Large Scale Critical Infrastructure: bridges, mega buildings, power grid, defense systems; Health Care: medical devices, health management networks, telemedicine; Consumer Electronics: video games, audio/video processing, and mobile communication. Building Cyber-Physical Systems is not a trivial task. The difficulty arises from the existing gap in modeling and computing of the physical and cyber environments. The design process require new theories, models, and algorithms that unify both environments in one framework. None of the current state-of-the art methods are able to overcome the challenges of developing the unified CPS design paradigm.
Dr. Magdy A. Bayoumi is the Z.L. Loflin Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair Professor at The Center for Advanced Computer Studies (CACS), University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette). He was the Director of CACS, 1997 – 2013 and Department Head of the Computer Science Department, 2000-2011. Dr. Bayoumi has been a faculty member in CACS since 1985. He received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University, Egypt; M.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from Washington University, St. Louis; and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Windsor, Canada.
Dr. Bayoumi has graduated about 70 Ph.D. and 150 Master's students. He has published over 500 papers in related journals and conferences. He edited, co-edited and co-authored 10 books in his research interests. He has been Guest Editor (or Co-Guest Editor) of nine Special Issues in VLSI Signal Processing, Learning on Silicon, Multimedia Architecture, Digital and Computational Video, and Perception-on-a-Chip. The latest Special Issues has been on "System-on-a-Chip," IEEE Proceedings, 2006. He has given numerous invited lectures and talks nationally and internationally, and has consulted in industry. He is an IEEE fellow.
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New World: Creating for Tomorrow
Creative Guide: Create a 3D world in AR with WWWesh Studio
As part of New World, our collaboration with Today at Apple, we developed a series of step-by-step Creative Guides which allow you to complete a project, guided by a leading creative.
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As part of New World, we worked with five artists, designers and photographers on a series of Creative Guides, designed to teach you tangible skills in an engaging and hands-on way. In these Guides, you'll have the chance to follow along the stages of a project step-by-step. Whether you're interested in learning more about poster design, how to create imagery in AR or the process of composing portrait photography, at the end of each Guide, you'll have completed a full project and will have new skills to take into your own creative practice.
WWWesh Studio is a multidisciplinary creative studio based in Paris, run by Pierrick Sancé and Antoine Jourdan. The team handles every form of creative output, from concept to art direction to production, and works across a variety of physical and digital projects. The studio is just as comfortable designing a new football kit or a record sleeve for an emerging artist as it is creating high-concept computer-generated imagery and motion graphics for a client like Nike.
For their Creative Guide, Pierrick and Antoine are going to be teaching you how to create an AR experience in Reality Composer which imagines how exhibitions will work in the New World. Bookmark this page before you begin as you'll be switching between applications. There are eight Steps in the process altogether:
Step 01: Imagine an exhibition for the new world.
Step 02: Find visual references.
Step 03: Set the title of your exhibition.
Step 04: Find the assets you want to use.
Step 05: Import your objects into Reality Composer.
Step 06: Compose your scene.
Step 07: Add behaviours and triggers.
Step 08: Export your usable AR experience.
Make sure you share whatever you make during this Guide on social media. Use #CreativeNewWorld and #TodayAtApple for a chance to be featured on It's Nice That, and be sure to tag @wwwesh.studio so that Perrick and Antoine can get a look in too!
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Examples of WWWesh Studio's work to date: Decathlon / Lockdown Challenge (Copyright © WWWesh Studio™, 2020)
What you need to complete this Guide
The AR outcome of this Creative Guide is designed to be completed on iPhone or iPad with iOS 14 or later, and we'd suggest using Mac or iPad for the research phase of the project (Steps 01-03). Below is a list of apps you'll need to complete the Guide – all of which are already installed on your device, or free to download if not.
Preview lets you view images and edit some file types, like jpegs and PDFs, and is available on your Mac.
With Notes, you can capture a quick thought, create checklists, sketch ideas and more across iPad, iPhone and Mac.
Reality Composer is a powerful tool that makes it easy for you to create interactive augmented reality experiences with no prior 3D or coding experience.
The Files app makes it simple to view and manage your files from iPad or iPhone.
Augmented reality (AR) sounds intimidating but by using Reality Composer, you can create amazing interactive outcomes in a really intuitive way, with no prior experience. Before you get into the crux of WWWesh's Creative Guide, spend a minute getting used to where things are within the Reality Composer interface, playing around with the default grey square. Don't worry though, we'll talk you through some specifics of how to use the app when you get to Step 05.
A preview of some of the work you'll be guided through making during this Guide
Have a play in Reality Composer, to get used to the very basics
Apple Creative Pro Tips
Throughout this Creative Guide, you'll find tips and tricks on all the technical aspects of WWWesh's brief from our Apple Creative Pro. Just as they would be on a visit to your local Apple Store, they're on hand to offer guidance and help you unlock the full potential of whatever device you're working on. Keep an eye out for the Apple Creative Pro Tip box as they can help with everything from what a USDZ file is to how you can edit 3D assets.
Get started with WWWesh's asset pack
WWWesh has pulled together a suite of assets from Sketchfab which you can use to create your exhibition. They're large files so start downloading them now while you work through the first Steps of the Guide. To download the whole folder, use the zip file, or take your pick from those that are unzipped to choose individual assets. If you'd rather model your own 3D assets or find others on Sketchfab, that's also fine – we'll get to that in Step 04.
Download Sketchfab assets
Before we dive into anything technical, it's important to first solidify the concept for your immersive and interactive exhibition. Your brief here is to picture a future where nature and technology have evolved in symbiosis, so start to imagine what you think that future will look like, and what kind of atmosphere you want to create within your "scene". It's up to you how you begin to get your thoughts down here – you can use the Notes app to jot down some thoughts or sketch some basic ideas, or work with pen and paper.
If you're completing this Guide on iPad, you can use Split View to scroll through the article while completing each stage in another programme, at the same time.
WWWesh Studio: Due to the current situation, most cultural institutions and museums are closed and we are working more and more on virtual exhibition and experiential projects. So we thought it would be interesting to explore the possibilities of Reality Composer in this sense.
You are the curator and scenographer of your New World Exhibition so first start to define the subject. When we think about the New World, we imagine a lot of progress in different fields. We know about scientific innovations and new technologies. Still, one area that remains in development is the combination of science and technology in connection, like an augmented nature. It is a field that is intriguing and disturbing but also inspiring. Seeing the natural world and digital innovation live together is refreshing because it opens up new evolutionary perspectives. It feeds our imagination... Our environment's general atmosphere is going to be reassuring – a sense of wonder, a surreal discovery, as if we were in a science fiction film.
Now that you have an idea of what kind of scene you want to create, it's helpful to gather visual references which convey the atmosphere you have in mind. Look at films, photography, books, anything you can get your hands on, as these will prove invaluable later on in the process. Aim to gather at least five to ten images here.
"Image research is an essential part of our process because it allows us to frame our thinking and visualise an idea."
WS: After defining an angle, we first came up with references from our own imagination. We are unconsciously nourished by a cultural background of books, films, and the latest scientific and technological progress. Then we pushed our research into a quest for images to expand the aesthetic possibilities. Image research is an essential part of our process because it allows us to frame our thinking and visualise an idea.
Continuing the process of creating the parameters within which you will later create, it's time to choose a title for your exhibition. Aim for something memorable and snappy, and which clearly conveys your intentions. Start by pooling keywords or look to your research for inspiration. The title you choose will set the tone for everything you create later on so spend some time making sure its right. For their exhibition, Pierrick and Antoine have chosen the title, Utopian Symbiosis.
WWWesh used Notes to jot down some keywords and set the title of its exhibition
WS: This title comes from our intention for this exhibition. "Utopian" is an ideal, a world where nature and technology are not placed as two distinct and opposed entities but as two which depend on each other. "Symbiosis" is there to emphasise the importance of nature and technology evolving together. The title also helps visually. This utopia is our ideal representation of nature and technology, so we can be really playful in our choice of flowers, colours, etc.
It's at this point that your exhibition will really start to come to life visually, as you gather the assets you need to build your scene. If you're using WWWesh's assets, have a dig through the download and decide which you would like to use (if you need to download those now, you can here). If you're sourcing your own, a library of assets is available within the Reality Composer app and from websites such as Sketchfab. You can also use the 3D design tools in Reality Composer to model your own objects.
The most important part of this stage is the application of your curation skills – be sure to choose objects which tell the story you want to tell and which convey the theme of your exhibition, pulling on the references you gathered in Stage 02.
Some of the assets used by WWWesh: Rock by WWWesh Studio
WS: Our visual references guided us here in terms of shape, colour, and composition. Looking at them, we also defined several categories of assets we needed: Minerals, Faunas, Floras, Planets and Technology.
When we think about nature, we think about life, fauna and flora. We want to see jellyfish floating in the air as if they are dancing. The jellyfish is a fascinating and mysterious creature. It is one of the first organisms to have evolved on Earth. Its graceful movement, whose fluidity is like an aquatic dance, reveals a terrible passive weapon. This animal seemed to us to be the most suitable to represent the animal presence in our scene between the flying predator and its intriguing fascination. The vegetation depends on the climate in which we evolve, so we have imagined plants of large sizes, with striking colours... a kind of augmented vegetation. This allows us to immerse ourselves in a universe composed of familiar elements with a dreamlike appearance. The landscape is made up of rocks that make up the ground and floating stones to create a curious atmosphere, devoid of gravity or as if time had stood still.
Technology is represented by satellite-like objects, rotating antennas, which float in our environment. The link between these two worlds is the monolith. When we see this object in levitation, in reference to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, we know that it is not from nature. Still, as it is levitating, we wonder about its origin and its function. Is it made by humans, by extraterrestrial life, or by artificial intelligence? The shiny dark matter calls out to us and attracts us.
Download your New World Assets here.
With your array of assets decided upon, you can begin creating your AR experience. First, open Reality Composer on iPhone or iPad and tap Create Document before importing your assets into the app. You can then have a go at moving, scaling, rotating and deleting objects. Follow the instructions outlined in the video below to do so.
How to import and place assets in Reality Composer
WWWesh importing assets into its scene
Once you have a few 3D assets in your scene in Reality Composer, you can preview how the AR experience works using the "AR" button – it's a fun way to quickly see your progress, as well as test the scale and composition of objects. You can hit this button at any point during the creation of your scene.
The Preview AR icon
AR preview button in use
This is one of the most creative parts of the process. With all of your 3D assets in Reality Composer, and with the knowledge of how you move, scale, rotate and remove objects, you can start to arrange and compose your scene to tell a story. Think about what you want "visitors" to encounter first and how will they move around your exhibition. Try playing around with different layouts and see how that affects the tone of the scene, keeping in mind the atmosphere you want to create.
WWWesh composing its scene
WS: We chose to arrange our elements randomly, in order to create a feeling of immersion in a space where nature has regained its rights. To create our general atmosphere, we first imported the objects which will be stationary, then the objects that will be in motion. We also integrated objects according to their position in the space. First, the low objects (on the ground, like grass, stones), then the flying objects to give height (like plants or antennas) which link the ground and the sky.
Our environment's general atmosphere is meant to be reassuring. We wanted there to be space between our elements so that the spectator can discover the scene while moving around inside it. We, therefore, arranged the objects in such a way as to not overload the scene.
An essential element, which is not material, is the presence of sound. We attributed a general ambient sound to the monolith and more punctual noises to particular objects, always to create dynamism and bring a sense of wonder. (More information on how to do this in Step 08.)
"We wanted there to be space between our elements so that the spectator can discover the scene while moving around inside it."
What makes this exhibition different from the traditional kind, is that users will be able to interact with their environment, and it will respond to them. To make that possible, you now need to add "behaviours" and "triggers". Simply put, behaviours are the way an object moves (or sounds), in response to a trigger; this can be a tap, the start of the scene, proximity to the camera or a notification.
Below is a video that shows how to add behaviours and triggers to your objects. Begin by completing all of this Step using one object, then move onto the others in your scene.
Behaviours and triggers
WS: For the objects in your scene, there are two possibilities. The object already has a behaviour (from its USDZ file, an animation can be predefined), in which case, launching the scene prompts this behaviour. It is then possible to add a second trigger or a second behaviour. The second possibility is that the object does not have a behaviour. In this case, it will be necessary to define one.
The jellyfish [in our scene] already have a pre-defined behaviour that imitates their real-life movement, but their position remains static. So we added a rotating aleatory motion [an orbit in Reality Composer] to them which we alternate with the satellite's orbit. These two elements intersect above, in front, and around the spectator according to their position, to create life between our technological objects and our animals. If the spectator touches the moving satellites, they will emit a sound that will follow them as they move through the scene.
How WWWesh made its jellyfish orbit
If your objects move and collide around the scene, you can assign different materials to them which will change the physics of how they move (this is only possible with USDZ files). Concrete will drop quickly – whilst plastic and rubber will bounce around a bit more. To do this, tap the object, then the properties icon. In here, navigate to physics.
A trigger is like a switch; it is used to initiate a defined action from an element. There are five types of triggers: Tap, Scene Start, Proximity to Camera, Collide, and Notification.
These triggers can be categorised into two types of commands:
Direct, following a sensor; at the start of the scene, tap, or the proximity to the camera.
Indirect, a chain reaction; collision with another element or a notification from a code.
For this tutorial, we are only interested in the direct triggers but if you feel comfortable, you can go further.
In this Guide, we're focussing on the triggers, Scene Start, Tap, and Proximity to Camera
"The goal is to create surprise and wonder to immerse the spectator in your new world."
The monolith is the most simple element in our scene, but just as intriguing. It creates a connection between our two worlds: nature and technology. We decided that when the AR is launched, the monolith will levitate slowly above the ground as if it is calling for action. This is our main trigger. When hit, it falls to the ground, and the whole scene is set in motion. Everything else begins to move in symbiosis, through slight movements and interactions, according to the user's action.
It is essential to keep in mind that the spectator will move around in the environment, exploring the elements as they go along. The goal is to create surprise and wonder to immerse the spectator in your new world.
WWWesh's scene set in motion using behaviours and triggers
One of the most exciting aspects of AR, is the interactive experience it creates. But you need to export your exhibition before anyone can "visit" it. Pierrick and Antoine outline how you can do this, below.
Utopian Symbiosis
WS: An exhibition is made to be seen. We advise you to share it with others to immerse your friends and family in your universe!
Share your exhibition by tapping the "More" button on the top right, choose "Export", then "Project" and select your preferred sharing methods. You can use Airdrop if you want to explore your project with your friend at the same time or iMessage if you are not physically with them.
To finish off their Creative Guide, Pierrick shares some of his hopes for what you may take forward into your creative practice.
Through this Creative Guide, I would like people to understand the creative process, from the idea through its exploration. It's essential to define where you want to go, as that will drive the project's thinking, from your research to the final concept. It is also important to leave space to experiment with Reality Composer and Augmented Reality's new tools in general. It is through experimentation that we explore new creative opportunities and push the boundaries of our knowledge.
But this process is only a model. It is important to adapt it to your way of thinking. We look forward to discovering and being amazed by what you can do.
Look out for these icons when exporting your exhibition
"It is through experimentation that we explore new creative opportunities and push the boundaries of our knowledge."
WWWesh's exhibition: Utopian Symbiosis
We'd love to see your New World Exhibition, so make sure you share what you've created on social media for a chance to be featured on It's Nice That. Include the title of your exhibition, use the hashtags #CreativeNewWorld and #TodayAtApple, and tag @wwwesh.studio.
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Ruby joined the It's Nice That team as an editorial assistant in September 2017 after graduating from the Graphic Communication Design course at Central Saint Martins. In April 2018, she became a staff writer and in August 2019, she was made associate editor.
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Try out our other Creative Guides. We'll be publishing five in total throughout New World, across a range of disciplines from leading creatives.
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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Min Yu, Dr Sanja Bojic, Dr Gustavo Figueiredo, Dr Julian De Havilland, Professor Anne Dickinson, Professor Francisco Figueiredo, Professor Majlinda Lako
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The cornea is a self-renewing tissue located at the front of the eye. Its transparency is essential for allowing light to focusonto the retina for visual perception. The continuous renewal of corneal epithelium is supported by limbal stem cells(LSCs) which are located in the border region between conjunctiva and cornea known as the limbus. Ex vivo expansionof LSCs has been successfully applied in the last two decades to treat patients with limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD).Various methods have been used for their expansion, yet the most widely used culture media contains a number of ingredientsderived from animal sources which may compromise the safety profile of human LSC transplantation. In this studywe sought to understand the role of these components namely adenine, cholera toxin, hydrocortisone and triiodothyroninewith the aim of re-defining a safe and GMP compatible minimal media for the ex vivo expansion of LSCs on humanamniotic membrane. Our data suggest that all four components play a critical role in maintaining LSC proliferation andpromoting LSC self-renewal. However removal of adenine and triiodothyronine had a more profound impact and led toLSC differentiation and loss of viability respectively, suggesting their essential role for ex vivo expansion of LSCs. Replacementof each of the components with GMP-grade reagents resulted in equal growth to non-GMP grade media, howeveran enhanced differentiation of LSCs was observed, suggesting that additional combinations of GMP grade reagentsneed to be tested to achieve similar or better level of LSC maintenance in the same manner as the traditional LSC media.
Author(s): Yu M, Bojic S, Figueiredo GS, Rooney P, deHavilland J, Dickinson A, Figueiredo FC, Lako M
Journal: Experimental Eye Research
Date deposited: 29/09/2016
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URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2016.09.008
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Ната́н Штра́ус (; ,  — , ) — американский промышленник, филантроп, гуманист, один из самых знаменитых и успешных коммерсантов в американской истории, основатель и совладелец крупнейшей американской сети универмагов «RH Macy & Co», а также владелец сети универмагов «Abraham & Straus». Потратил практически весь свой личный капитал на помощь беднякам Нью-Йорка, сионистское движение, библиотеки и здравоохранение. Активно выступал за обязательную пастеризацию молока. Построил станции пастеризации молока в 36 городах США. Открыл детские медицинские центры в Тель-Авиве и Иерусалиме. В память о нём в 1927 году названа Нетания — город в Израиле.

Семья
Натан Штраус родился в немецком городе Оттерберг, земля Рейнланд-Пфальц. Он был третьим ребёнком в еврейской семье Лазаря Штрауса (1809—1898) и Сары Штраус (1823—1876). Кроме Натана, в семье ещё были ещё братья и сестры:
Эрмина Коэн (Штраус) (1846—1922), Исидор Штраус (1845—1912) и Оскар Соломон Штраус (1850—1926).

В 1854 году семья Штраус эмигрировала в США и обосновалась в городе Тэлботтон, штат Джорджия, где они открыли магазин. После окончания Гражданской войны семья из Джорджии переехала в Нью-Йорк, где отец Лазарь Штраус организовал компанию «L. Straus & Sons» специализирующуюся на производстве и продаже посуды.

Все сыновья семьи Штраус преуспели. Исидор Штраус совместно с братом Натаном был совладельцем крупнейшей американской сети универмагов: «RH Macy & Co», а также в течение короткого времени был членом Палаты представителей США. Младший брат Оскар Соломон Штраус был государственным секретарем Соединенных Штатов по торговле и труду в кабинете президента Теодора Рузвельта с 1906 по 1909 годы. Оскар Соломон Штраус стал первым еврейским министром в американском правительстве. Впоследствии служил послом США в Турции (1909—1910) и был советником президента Вудро Вильсона.

28 апреля 1875 года Натан женился на Гурхерц Лине (, 1854—1930), у них родилось 6 детей, среди них Сисси Штраус (), ставшая женой Ирвинга Лемана, главного судьи Апелляционного суда.

В 1912 году во время крушения «Титаника» погибли брат Натана Исидор Штраус и его жена Ида.

Карьера
Натан Штраус и его братья начали продавать посуду в торговой сети «RH Macy & Co» и стали партнерами в «Macy's» в 1888 году, а позже, в 1896 году, ещё и совладельцами. В 1893 году Натан и его брат Исидор выкупили долю Джозефа Векслера в компании «Abraham and Wechsler», которая занималась сухим хранением грузов. Компанию, которая базировалась в Бруклине, братья переименовали в «Abraham & Straus».

В конце 1880-х годов Натан Штраус начинает государственную службу в Нью-Йорке.

В 1889—1893 годах — президент Нью-Йоркского совета по вопросам здравоохранения.

В 1898 году отказался баллотироваться на пост главы города Нью-Йорк от Демократической партии.

Гуманитарная деятельность
С 1892 года Натан развернул активную благотворительную деятельность в области пастеризации молока, чем дал множеству детей шанс выжить. В конце XIX — начале XX века детская смертность в Нью-Йорке была высокой — во многом из-за плохого молока, но в то время о пастеризации молока не только не задумывались, но даже считали это вредным для продукта и бесполезной тратой денег. Поводом для Натана стала смерть новорожденной дочери из-за зараженного молока во время путешествия семьи по Европе. Вскоре после этого на ферме Штраусов умерла внешне здоровая корова, но вскрытие показало, что у животного был туберкулез. Штраус понял, что дети заражаются и умирают от инфицированных коров, и что разработанная Луи Пастером в 1860-х годах технология нагревания и быстрого охлаждения молока убивает опасные микроорганизмы и делает молоко безопасным. Натан и его жена из личных источников профинансировали открытие лаборатории для пастеризации молока для детей и для борьбы с детской смертностью от туберкулеза.

Штраусы стали строить молочные станции в бедных районах и добиваться, чтобы всё продаваемое молоко подвергалось пастеризации. Кроме пастеризационной лаборатории в районе «Ист-Ривер пирса», был открыт склад для хранения пастеризованного молока, где молоко раздавалось неимущим. Чтобы не делать из раздачи молока подачку, что Натан считал унизительным, он взимал символическую цену в 5 центов за дневную порцию молока. Для тех, у кого не было и этих денег, через Армию спасения распространялись «молочные купоны».

Работой Натана были крайне недовольны фермеры, так как его деятельность приводила к дополнительным тратам. Фермеры утверждали, что пастеризация якобы вредна для здоровья. В 1895 году фермерам и их политическим сторонникам удалось привлечь Натана Штрауса к суду, где он получил условный приговор за якобы «порчу продукции, в частности, молока». Но Штраус продолжает создавать станции по пастеризации молока во всех частях города за свой счет. Эта борьба продолжалась много лет и завершилась в 1914 году, когда был принят «Закон об обязательной пастеризации». Это произошло уже после того, как в 1898 году Штраус стал президентом департамента здравоохранения города и немедленно пожертвовал оборудование для пастеризации городскому сиротному приюту. Натан и Лина Штраус построили 297 молочно-пастеризационных станций в 36 городах, используя только свой личный капитал.

Результатами этой филантропической деятельности стали следующие показатели:
 в 1891 году «молочная» смертность составила 24 % в Нью-Йорке, каждый четвёртый ребёнок умирал, не дожив до года, а из  детей, которых кормили пастеризованным на станциях Штрауса молоком, умерли только 6;
 на национальном уровне смертность детей снизилась со 125 на 1000 детей в 1891 году до 15 в 1925 году;
 по подсчётам ряда историков, Натан Штраус непосредственно спас жизни  детей.

Для борьбы с туберкулезом Натан открыл туберкулезный профилакторий в городе Лейквуд, штат Нью-Джерси, а позднее, в 1909 году, этот центр был переведен в город Фармингдейл того же штата.

В своей книге «Болезнь в молоке: исцеление — пастеризация» Натан и Лина Штраус писали: «Кормление детей непастеризованным молоком было основной причиной заражения их туберкулезом, брюшным тифом, скарлатиной, дифтерией и другими заболеваниями. Статистика детской смертности выглядела так: 1890 год — 25 % младенческих смертей в США, 1903 год — 15 % по США (в Нью-Йорке, где к этому времени пастеризация стала нормой, — 7 %). На сегодня детская смертность от молока составляет менее 1 %».

Таким образом, благодаря Натану Штраусу были спасены сотни тысяч детских жизней, и в 1911 году он был избран делегатом от США на Международном Конгрессе по защите детей в Берлине и также делегатом Конгресса по борьбе с детским туберкулезом в Риме.

Кроме всего, благотворительная деятельность Натана Штрауса не ограничивалась только пастеризацией молока — во время экономической депрессии 1893 года Штраус использовал свои молочные станции для продажи угля по самым низким ценам (5 центов за 25 фунтов) для тех, кто мог платить. Кто платить не мог, получал уголь бесплатно. Он открыл дома с меблированными комнатами для бедняков на  человек, где за 5 центов человек получал кровать и завтрак и организовал  обедов за 1 цент. В своих компаниях одним из первых работодателей США Натан начал субсидировать обеды своих работников после того, как заметил, что двое подчиненных в его компании голодали, чтобы сэкономить деньги и прокормить семью. В 1916 году, во время Первой мировой войны, он сдал в аренду свою яхту «Sisilina» береговой охране США, и на все полученные деньги закупал еду для осиротевших во время войны детей. Впоследствии на деньги Натана Штрауса кормили возвратившихся с войны солдат.

За двадцать лет до смерти на одном из обедов в его честь Натан Штраус сказал:
Я часто думаю о старой поговорке: «Мир — это моя страна, а делать добро — это моя религия. Перефразировав эту поговорку, я хотел бы сказать: Человечество — это мои родственники, а спасение детей — это моя религия, и у этой религии есть тысячи последователей».

Натан Штраус умер в возрасте 82 лет, истратив бо́льшую часть своего капитала на нужды малоимущих людей.

Израиль
В 1912 году Натан впервые посетил Землю Израиля, и эта поездка изменила его жизнь. Как раз в это время его брат Исидор с женой Идой погибли в катастрофе на лайнере «Титаник». Натан, который тоже должен был плыть на этом корабле, отнесся к трагедии как к «знаку свыше» — что его жизнь была сохранена для помощи ишуву в Палестине. Натан Штраус создал там общественную научную школу для девочек и приложил огромные усилия в борьбе с малярией, трахомой и лёгочными заболеваниями. При Пастеровских институтах Иерусалима и Тель-Авива он открыл детские медицинские пункты помощи имени Натана и Лины Штраус и взял на себя их финансирование.

Израильский город Нетания на берегу Средиземного моря назван в честь Натана Штрауса. Его именем названы и улицы в Израиле.

Связь Штраусов с Анной Франк
Сын Натана Штрауса — Натан младший (1889—1961) проходил обучение в Принстонском университете, откуда в 1908 году уехал на учёбу в Гейдельбергский университет, где познакомился с молодым ученым, историком искусств Отто Франком. Отто поступил на работу в «Macy's» и вместе с Натаном Штраусом младшим отправился в Нью-Йорк. В 1909 году у Отто умер отец, и он вернулся в Германию, где женился, работал, воевал в Первую мировую войну на стороне Германии, но его семье пришлось покинуть страну из-за антисемитизма нацистов. Одной из дочерей Отто была Анна Франк.

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Литература

 Nathan Straus

Промышленники США
Меценаты США
Персоналии:История Израиля
Филантропы, помогавшие еврейским организациям
Персоналии:Сионизм


A new casting technique makes the Chopper II propeller more durable than ever. The new Chopper II, an improved version of the original Chopper propeller, works well on heavier boats that need bow lift. The enhanced bow lift reduces drag, increasing the efficiency of the boat and improving overall performance. The Chopper II permits higher engine mounting on the transom for greater speed. Designed to run 50+ MPH. Equipped with a rubber hub in 20-25hp.
Q: Will this go straight onto a stock 2017 Mercury 20 hp 4 stroke short shaft? Or do modifications have to be made to the hub?
A chopper II can except a prop shaft diameter of .696, 10 spline, this would be a two stroke. The hub needs to be modified to fit a 20/30 HP four stroke.
I called Mercury propellers and they indicated that the 20 - 25 four stroke's have the 14 spline prop and a smaller prop shaft, .600 diameter.
The Vengence is not a performance prop like the chcpper.


Ferrari's line of highly successful V8-engined road cars began with the 308 GT4 2+2 of 1973. The newcomer's wedge-shaped styling - by Bertone rather than the customary Pininfarina - was not universally well received, but its performance certainly was, and a new two-seater car using the same power unit debuted in 1975. Built on a shorter wheelbase, the beautiful 308 GTB marked a welcome return to Pininfarina styling.
The 308 was superseded by the mechanically similar but larger 328 in 1985. By increasing both bore and stroke, the quattrovalvole engine's capacity was raised to 3.186 cc which, together with a higher compression ratio, revised pistons and an improved Marelli engine management system, lifted maximum power to 270 bhp at 7,000 rpm. Top speed was raised to within a whisker of 160 mph ( 258 km/h ) with the sprint to 60 mph covered in 5,5 seconds. On the outside, the addition of Testarossa-style moulded bumpers, a deeper rear valance and an optional roof spoiler could not disguise its underlying beauty. Motor magazine observed : "in our book, this is still the most beautiful of all contemporary exotics - a gorgious looking car."
This GTS version is finished in classic red Rosso Corsa with black Nero leather upholstery.
Meticulously maintained and preserved, this Ferrari is a true icon of the 1980's.


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Last Wednesday night the Gardens Conservancy was joined by more than 250 guests in bestowing its 2019 philanthropy award to Christine Aylward during the annual?Evening in the Gardens?benefit held at the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens.
Palm Beach may still be disoriented from not having to navigate roadblocks, delays and detours during Christmas and New Year's holidays. Apparently, the lack of annoyance may have bewildered the driver of a Ferrari that recently drove off the North End dock and into the channel. Purposely, according to the local police. Yet another, this time a Mercedes, backed into a shop on South County Road crashing through a plate-glass window. Only on Palm Beach, where everyone is a someone somewhere at sometime for something, are some identified only by the car they are driving, making perhaps for a J. G. Ballard science-fiction scenario. Then again, off-islanders are named for their slightest offense, as what makes for "news" on Palm Beach is too often more Colbert than Flaubert.
My latest venture to the Ann Norton Sculpture Garden has led to a greater appreciation for Norton's artistic works, long overlooked if not disparaged. Today's fascination with Midcentury-Modern design — its minimal lines, functional forms and institutional color wheel — is a turnaround from the insignificance it was once relegated not so long ago.
Sculptor Gino Miles stands next to Splendor, specifically created for the exhibition at the Ann Norton Sculpture Garden. "Contours in Metal" runs through May 12th, 2019.
Nonetheless, it is probably the current exhibit of Gino Miles' sculpture, described as "elegant minimalism," juxtaposed with Ann Norton's more monumental pieces that for me enhance her historical and aesthetic importance. This led me to wander over to The Four Arts and take a fresh look at the nearly 20 works installed at the Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden.
Along with Miles's sculpture, the Denver-based Tansey Contemporary gallery has organized an exhibition of glass artists, including the work of Murano Maestro Lino Tagliapietra, for the Ann Norton, reminding us of the fine line between artists and artisans, craftsmen and sculptors. And then a look at a local craftsman sixth-generation tagliapietra (It. "stonecutter") Rick Herpel who recreates history utilizing many of the same tools as sculptors but for utilitarian ends rather than the pursuit of some higher aesthetic.
Although picture-perfect weather, Ann Norton's guests gathered beneath the tent for the program in close proximity to the service bars and buffet.
The evening honored Christine Aylward with the 2019 Ann Norton Award for Philanthropy.?Congratulations! Matt Lorentzen served on the executive host committee along with his wife Helene, an ANSG? trustee. The host committee also included Peter & Ruth Derow, Mary & Irwin Ackerman, Nick Korniloff & Pamela Cohen, and Sheryl Maher & Blaine Phillips.
Bob and Susan Wright ?served as the event chairs with Frances Fisher, founding chair, and Sally?&?Bill Soter, honorary chairs.
ANSG trustee Sarah Benitz and her mother Ann Benitz. stand next to?Moonlight, a work by Gino Miles.
The Gardens Conservancy event coincided with the Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Art Fair set to open the following night. Customarily, the Ann Norton showcases the work of one of the fair's prominent sculptors but this year sculptor Gino Miles was joined by prominent glass artists, making for a first at ANSG.
The Palm Beach Modern?+ Contemporary Art Fair offered a shuttle for fairgoers to tour the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens.
Gino Miles' sculptures provided contemporary counterpoints to the Midcentury Modern style of Ann Norton's work.
On the afternoon of the opening, guests from one of New York's historic house gardens toured the Ann Norton's two-acre garden led by Frances Fisher and Margaret Horgan, director of community engagement.
Aja.?100" H Stainless steel. $52,000. The Ann Norton benefits from the sale of the exhibition's artworks.
In contrast to the Ann Norton's more immediate presentation of outdoor artworks, at The Society of the Four Arts' Philip?Hulitar Sculpture Garden works tend to be set apart from the landscape. Pictured above, a work encircled with a hedge.
On temporary exhibit, Edwina Sandys' painted aluminum 12-foot?Eve's Apple?highlights the role of sculptural expressions that rival the landscape rather than appear to adorn it.
Australian glass artist Clare Belfrage's work.
A Japanese glass artist based in Los Angeles,?pictured above,??Kazuki Takizawa's??Minimalist BW Threads?are set atop marble.
Close-up, work of Lino Tagliapietra, regarded as one of Murano's "Maestro" glass artist who works in Seattle and Murano.
In 2010, Rick Herpel gave the Simsbury Free Library a copy of his great-grandfather 카지노 가입즉시쿠폰William Mansfield Ketchin's 300-page memoir documenting the family's brownstone buildings constructed from the 1850s to the 1920s in Connecticut's Simsbury-Avon area, the quarries they owned, and the tobacco and construction business that eventually brought the family to South Florida. After WW II, Rick's father Henry Herpel set up an offshoot of his mother's family-owned Ketchin Tile & Brick Company, then based in Ft. Lauderdale, in West Palm Beach. William Ketchin came to Georgia Avenue, where the company is still located, to help his granddaughter's husband organize the business. It was first known as the Ketchin-Herpel Floor Tile Company.
Rick Herpel stands between?a?pair of urns also?installed?at the entrance to 610 North County Road, known today as the Howard Stern house designed by Chicago architect Stanley Tigerman.?In 1986?Martin Trust demolished the existing classic Treanor & Fatio house of C. Michael Paul, supplanting?it with a?Tigerman?early-1990s?approx.?20,000-square-foot?villa. The balustrade was designed by architect John Gosman for Peter and Leni May?during their renovation of?Casa del Sud?at?1410 South Ocean Boulevard. In January 1994 the Mays sold the undesignated historic 1920s oceanfront estate for $10 million?to the?elusive?Jeffry and Barbara Picower whose fortunes?crossed paths with Ivan Boesky and Bernard Madoff.? ?
"I really learned from working with and complying with the standards set by Palm Beach best architects and designers and having them as mentors, among them,?John Volk, Henry Harding, Kemp Caler, Sidney Neil, Mark Hampton, John Gosman, and William Johnson?of?Wyeth, King & Johnson.
While Herpel's is still located on Georgia Avenue, it has become a national and international business, expanding into the Caribbean.
Having studied design and drawing at the Norton School of Art, Herpel has been involved in every aspect of production. To his right, the parrots? cast from Barwig's originals at Mar-a-Lago.
Herpel designed two double-story 3,500-square-foot warehouses near his workshops?inspired by Emperor Akbar's architectural heritage in Agra.
The parapet crestings were modeled from Agra Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage site, that served as the emperor's residence during the Mughal Dynasty until the capital of India was moved from Agra to Delhi.
Clearly, the arch design is a variant of the interior hallway arches in Agra Fort's Diwan-I-Am.
A few of the remains from some of Palm Beach's most prominent 20th-century buildings.
Herpel Collection, Mizner Industries. Pictured above, several of Herpel's collection of Mizner Industries-manufactured flower pots and tiles. Located in the back right row, a pair of Egyptian water jars with handles, as documented in the original Mizner Industries catalog.
Herpel Collection, Las Manos Pottery. What sets Herpel's collection of Mizner artifacts apart from most of what is available in many online offerings or antique shop sales is that his works are embossed with the actual original Mizner stamp:?Las Manos Pottery - Handmade - Palm Beach. Priceless.
"My father brought this Chinese garden Centennial home during the mid-1950s from the pre-demolition sale at the Mizner-designed Playa Riente," said Herpel. Now, a centerpiece in a front garden.
Herpel Collection.?Building Paradise: Addison Mizner's Legacy?exhibition by the Historical Society of Palm Beach County at the?Johnson History Museum, West Palm Beach.
Herpel Collection.?Building Paradise: Addison Mizner's Legacyexhibition.?"The frogs were set around a fountain as water spouts," said Herpel.
Rick Herpel. Whether recreating history for the restoration of the Bok Tower in Lake Wales, the Ford House on Jupiter Island, the William Paley house on Lyford Cay, Arthur Vining Davis' 1950s penthouse atop the Boca Raton Hotel & Club, or a Buddhist temple in Miami,?Rick Herpel built on his family's legacy that began 170 years ago with outcropped brown stone cut from quarries with steel-headed wooden mallets creating flat-arched window surrounds, cutting and laying walls for schools and churches, and engineering bridge abutments.? But instead of cellar basements and cemetery monuments, Herpel's workshops utilized molds to cast concrete columns, cornices, and floor tiles that have become as synonymous with today's Palm Beach style as a Lilly or a blue blazer.?