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Investing in cruise ship stocks
The pandemic battered cruise line stocks. Here's how to buy a possible comeback.
Javier Simon
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Prior to 2020, the tide was picking up for cruise ship stocks as the industry saw substantial gains. But no-sail mandates sparked by COVID-19 brought it down. Cruise ship stocks remain in turbulent waters as uncertainty over the coronavirus lingers. But the industry may make a comeback as healthcare experts work with it to lay a framework for a safe return to sea.
What are cruise ship stocks?
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Cruise ship stocks are ownership in companies that run cruise ships and transport passengers to their destinations while offering comfort and entertainment along the way.
Projected to be valued at $23.8 billion in 2021, the global cruise ship industry includes more than 270 ships powered by more than 50 cruise lines.
But three companies own about 75% of the market share: Royal Caribbean, Carnival and Norwegian. The first two pay dividends to shareholders.
There are several ways you can get your feet wet with cruise line investing. You can buy shares of individual cruise stocks. Or you can purchase shares of an ETF that invests in multiple cruise ship stocks and possibly other stocks in the travel industry. Here's how to start:
Choose a stock trading platform. You have plenty to choose from, so be sure to compare your options to find the one that works best for you.
Open your account. Be ready with your ID, Social Security number and bank account information.
Fund your account. You'll need to transfer money to your brokerage account before you can start investing. Some platforms let you start with as little as $1.
Search for stocks. Look up stocks by ticker symbol or use a stock screener to filter the types you're interested in.
Place an order. Once you've found an investment you want, specify how much of it you wish to purchase and submit your order.
Monitor your investments. Track the performance of your portfolio by logging on to your account.
Select a company to learn more about what they do and how their stock performs, including market capitalization, the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, price/earnings-to-growth (PEG) ratio and dividend yield. While this list includes a selection of the most well-known and popular stocks, it doesn't include every stock available.
Royal Caribbean Group (RCL.US)
Royal Caribbean Group operates as a cruise company. The company operates cruises under the Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Azamara Club Cruises, and Silversea Cruises brands. The Royal Caribbean International brand provides itineraries to destinations worldwide, including Alaska, Asia, Australia, Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, the Panama Canal, and New Zealand with cruise lengths that range from 2 to 19 nights. The Celebrity Cruises brand offers itineraries to destinations, such as Alaska, Asia, Australia, Bermuda, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, the Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, India, New Zealand, the Panama Canal, and South America with cruise lengths ranging from 2 to 19 nights. The Azamara Club Cruises brand offers cruise itineraries to destinations, including Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Northern and Western Europe, the Mediterranean, Cuba, and South America with cruise lengths ranging from 3 to 26 nights. The Silversea Cruises brand provides itineraries to destinations, including the Galapagos Islands, Antarctica, and the Arctic with cruise lengths ranging from 6 to 25 nights. As of December 31, 2019, the company operated 61 ships and had 17 ships on order. The company was formerly known as Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Royal Caribbean Group was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
Market capitalization: $17151066112
P/E ratio: 57.3059
PEG ratio: 1.3105
Dividend yield: 0.0525%
Get more detailed information and learn how to buy RCL.US stock
Carnival Corporation-and-Plc (CCL.US)
Carnival Corporation & Plc operates as a leisure travel company. The company's ships visit approximately 700 ports under the Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Seabourn, P&O Cruises (Australia), Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises, P&O Cruises (UK), and Cunard brand names. It also provides vacations to various cruise destinations, as well as owns and operates hotels, lodges, glass-domed railcars, and motor coaches. The company sells its cruises primarily through travel agents and tour operators. It operates in the United States, Canada, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. As of January 28, 2020, the company operated 105 ships with 254,000 lower berths. Carnival Corporation & Plc was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
P/E ratio: 5.9852
PEG ratio: 1.41
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Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH.US)
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a cruise company in the North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands. It offers cruise itineraries ranging from a few days to 180-days calling on various locations, including destinations in Scandinavia, Russia, the Mediterranean, the Greek Isles, Alaska, Canada and New England, India and the rest of Asia, Tahiti and the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Africa, South America, the Panama Canal, the Caribbean, and Harvest Caye. As of February 20, 2020, the company had 28 ships with approximately 59,150 berths. It distributes its products through retail/travel advisor, international travel advisor, and onboard cruise sales channels, as well as meetings, incentives, and charters. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
Market capitalization: $9003138048
P/E ratio: 3.814
Dividend yield: 0%
Get more detailed information and learn how to buy NCLH.US stock
Lindblad Expeditions (LIND.US)
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. provides expedition cruising and adventure travel experiences. It delivers voyages through a fleet of eight owned expedition ships and five seasonal charter vessels under the Lindblad brand; and operates eco-conscious expeditions and nature focused small-group tours under the Natural Habitat brand. The company has a strategic alliance with the National Geographic Society. Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Market capitalization: $446731264
PEG ratio: 0
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What ETFs track the Cruise Ship sector?
You can also invest in ETFs that hold cruise ship stocks along with equities from companies in other industries. Here are some to consider:
The First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund (FXD)
Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF (RCD)
Invesco S&P 500 High Beta ETF (SPHB)
Pacer Lunt Large Cap Alternator ETF (ALTL)
ProShares Equities for Rising Rates ETF (EQRR)
VanEck Vectors Africa Index ETF (AFK)
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV)
Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF (VO)
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Cruise stocks can surge in strong economies when people have more disposable income to travel. In fact, the cruise ship business was becoming the fastest-growing sector in the travel industry in the few years before 2020.
In 2018, the global cruise ship industry was valued at about $150 billion.
In 2019, it generated $5.5 billion in economic activity in the US alone, marking a 5.3% increase from 2018, according to the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), which represents most of the globe's cruise ship companies.
This was fueled by a spike in people looking to take cruise vacations. In 2019, more than 1.37 million people boarded cruise ships that took off from US ports. That translated to an 8% increase from 2018 and a 26% increase from five years prior.
But downturns in the global economy and the wider travel industry can cause cruise stocks to take a major plunge.
The cruise ship industry is interconnected with a wide variety of different industries and sectors that help keep it afloat. For instance, cruise ships need large amounts of fuel to operate. If volatility erupts in the energy sector and fuel prices rise, it may take a toll on the earnings of cruise line companies. Here are examples of other sectors that can affect cruise ship stocks.
And of course, travel restrictions can mean fewer people on cruise ships and less money in the pockets of the cruise companies. This is evident now in the midst of the COVID-19 fog.
COVID-19 has taken a toll on a broad range of businesses across the globe, one of the hardest hit sectors has been the cruise line industry.
Each of the three largest cruise ship operators saw sales sink by at least 65% for the first nine months of 2020.
As of December 3, 2020, Royal Caribbean Cruises stock had seen a one-year drop of about 33%. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings stock sank by about 56% and Carnival plunged by nearly 52%.
It's not surprising considering that on March 14, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced a "No-Sail Order" for cruise ships to prevent the spread of coronavirus. And while that order has technically been lifted, CLIA announced that its members volunteered to extend it through December 2020 in order to work with the CDC to devise a blueprint for a safe return to sea.
Royal Caribbean and subsidiary Celebrity Cruises have announced they will suspend global sailings through February 28, 2021.
The unprecedented shutdown fed the dismal picture of the industry that's far from where it expected to end the year. In fact, CLIA had projected 32 million people to board cruise ships in 2020.
Instead, the cruise ship business faced a nightmare. When the Diamond Princess in Japan saw a coronavirus outbreak in February, it was one of the largest outbreaks outside mainland China at the time. CDC data shows that through September 28, there were more than 3,000 confirmed cases of "COVID-19 or COVID-like illness cases" on cruise ships and 41 deaths.
Nonetheless, the CDC now says it's ready to help the cruise ship industry get back to business, gauging public responses to questions regarding safety measures on cruise ships. It claims approximately 75% "expressed support for resuming passenger operations in a way that mitigates the risk of spreading COVID-19." The CDC adds, "Most respondents also expressed the need for increased public health measures and accommodations for travelers, including health screening, testing, mask use, social distancing, travel insurance and refunds."
The CDC also said it plans to conduct mock voyages where volunteers play the role of passengers to test the ship operator's capacity to mitigate the risk of COVID-19.
Cruise stocks may begin to recover their previous highs as safety measures are put into place and news surrounding a COVID vaccine develops, but it will have a long way to travel.
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Cruise ship stocks are swimming through rough waters after enjoying the high seas. The sector took a major hit from COVID-19, but evidence suggests the industry is working diligently with healthcare professionals to recover. The extent to which it recovers, if at all, is uncertain.
Depending on the type of investor you are, this may look like and immense risk or an opportunity. It's important to do your due diligence and carefully analyze cruise ship stocks and your own risk tolerance before investing.
Why does it seem there aren't many cruise ship stocks?
Only three companies own about 75% of the cruise ship market. While you may have heard of numerous cruise lines, there's a good chance these are subsidiaries of Caribbean Cruise, Carnival or Norwegian.
What cruise ship mutual funds can I invest in?
You can invest in a number of mutual funds that have exposure to cruise ship stocks. But keep in mind that cruise ship stocks only make a small fraction of the holdings of most funds. Examples include the Vanguard 500 Index Fund (VFIAX) and the Fidelity 500 Index Fund (FXAIX).
How long is the no-sail rule going to last for cruise ships?
The CDC rule was technically lifted in October, but many cruise ship companies have agreed to voluntarily extend it through December 2020. Some are extending it even further, so it's best to check with the specific cruise line.
Javier Simon is a freelance investing writer at Finder. He is a certified educator in personal finance (CEPF) with a bachelor's degree in multimedia journalism from SUNY Plattsburgh. He's been featured on NerdWallet, Bankrate, SmartAsset and other major finance websites. He loves writing content that helps people understand complex financial concepts, so they can make better financial decisions. When he's not writing and researching investing concepts, he likes going to rock concerts and the movies.
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November 10th, 2010 / 6:53 pm Sean —
Faygo fuck me
bubbles and shit
November 10th, 2010 / 6:12 pm Blake Butler —
that is the hardest i've laughed all year. i'm crying
November 10th, 2010 / 6:19 pm mark leidner —
November 10th, 2010 / 6:46 pm drewkalbach —
'it's the internet, it's not real.'
hysterical, what movie is this from, i keep seeing these parodies around
The movie is Downfall
http://www.downfallthefilm.com/
thanks sean
November 10th, 2010 / 7:23 pm jereme_dean —
it's shit like this that makes me happy i decided not to stab you back in the early days of htmlg.
mark, i think you need to step up your game if you wanna wear the class clown crown around here.
also, what fucking rock does drew live under?
November 10th, 2010 / 7:36 pm Ken Baumann —
I feel like we all just had a pretty baby together. Excellent.
November 10th, 2010 / 7:41 pm Roxane —
This is just so amazing. I laughed and laughed and laughed, especially at the last two lines.
November 10th, 2010 / 7:51 pm La Petite Zine —
apparently a pretty big one, i don't know
November 10th, 2010 / 7:57 pm lily hoang —
jesus, jimmy. i teared up a little somewhere in there… from laughing. so good.
November 10th, 2010 / 8:14 pm tao lin —
i just laughed a lot, still laughing
November 10th, 2010 / 8:19 pm Joel W. Coggins —
The movie is called Downfall. The meme was only strengthened by the movie studio that owns the rights to the picture trying to take down the parodies in the past year. There are some really, really funny clips of it around the web.
Just saw Sean's reply.
November 11th, 2010 / 12:20 am Eric Beeny —
Genius, Jimmy…
i got nothin on jimmy chen, i wash his feet wearing a crown of thorns
November 10th, 2010 / 9:00 pm Adam Robinson —
I thought it was okay.
November 10th, 2010 / 10:22 pm dole —
abrasive rhetorical snippet.
November 11th, 2010 / 2:47 am Nat —
JK, JC, you've outdone yourself and everyone, especially Leidner.
November 11th, 2010 / 1:33 am Alec Niedenthal —
really fucking funny, damn
November 11th, 2010 / 2:15 am deadgod —
did 'chaplin' study with that columbia nut when she was at south carolina?
I'm not offended but I'm offended that no one's offended.
November 11th, 2010 / 5:03 am Karl —
the downfall meme is so played. at this point, you could do a version where hitler is furious when he is told by jodl that his idea of doing a downfall overdub has already been done so many times it can no longer possibly be funny
November 11th, 2010 / 5:16 am Trey —
a dub that is just the original dub
November 11th, 2010 / 5:26 am Rion Amilcar Scott —
Funny shit.
November 11th, 2010 / 7:25 am Janey Smith —
I like his hair.
November 11th, 2010 / 12:50 pm Robert Alan Wendeborn —
wait, doesn't that make you Jesus, and Jimmy, like, an apostle, possibly Judas?
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Jimmy wins agains
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I always break that ass.
November 15th, 2010 / 5:02 pm P. H. Madore —
Yeah, there are way funnier ones on YouTube. The best one was where he was bitching about getting banned from Yahoo Answers despite being number one in the Cats category or something. Whoever wrote this one wasn't as witty as they think were.
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Sinatra est un film espagnol réalisé par Francesc Betriu, sorti en 1988.

Synopsis
À Barcelone, un homme gagne sa vie comme imitateur de Frank Sinatra dans un club.

Fiche technique
 Titre : Sinatra
 Réalisation : Francesc Betriu
 Scénario : Francesc Betriu et Raúl Núñez
 Photographie : Carlos Suárez
 Montage : Teresa Alcocer
 Société de production : Ideas y Producciones Cinematográficas
 Pays :
 Genre : Comédie dramatique
 Durée : 112 minutes
 Dates de sortie :
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Distribution
 Alfredo Landa : Sinatra
 Ana Obregón : Isabel
 Maribel Verdú : Natalia
 Mercedes Sampietro : la femme de Sinatra
 Manuel Alexandre : Manolo
 Julia Martínez : Mme. Hortensia
 Luis Ciges : Lagarto
 Queta Claver : Clementina
 Carlos Lucena : Camacho
 Víctor Pi : Juan Cuevas Heredia
 Antonio Suárez : Rosita
 Pilar Rebollar : Begoña
 Juan Torres : Pepe

Distinctions
Le film a été nommé au prix Goya du meilleur acteur pour Alfredo Landa.

Notes et références

Liens externes

Film espagnol sorti en 1988
Comédie dramatique espagnole

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The amazonian element, Diane Hebley
The Apple Tree and other stories
Lynley Dodd
Mallinson Rendel, $29.95,
Scarface Claw
Baby Bumble and the Sock Pirates
Vivienne Joseph, illustrated by Ruth Paul
Nanny Mango
Te Papa Press, $24.95,
One swallow, as they say, doesn't make a summer, nor do four books summarise the output of New Zealand picture books this year. Nevertheless, they do represent the diversity in local publishing for children. Within that diversity lies a common link with one of today's worrying concerns: an amazonian element of belligerence and bullying, here not limited by gender and mainly low-key, but extending to dismemberment and cannibalism.
This element appears even in Lynley Dodd's collection The Apple Tree and other stories. In "The Apple Tree" (1982), a possum destroys the whole apple crop. In "The Smallest Turtle" (1982), the hatchling must dodge marauding gulls to reach the sea. Although a benign influence rules over "A Dragon in a Wagon" (1988), the harsher realities of life surface in "Sniff-Snuff-Snap" (1995), where a bullying warthog fails to protect his waterhole from turning to mud – a disaster for all who drink there. By extension, we are left pondering on how world resources should be managed.
As well as reminding us of a dark streak in her early work, the stories in Dodd's collection range from achievement and satisfaction to a such-is-life, no-win outcome. Visually, she shows a consistent command of design and colour, creating images that are always clear, satisfying, familiar (if not overtly New Zealand) when subject matter allows, and yet universal in appeal. Linguistically, she also shows a consistent command of a spare text that imbues rhythm, rhyme, alliteration and assonance with humour and verve. These qualities are also manifested in her Hairy Maclary series, phenomenally successful because its central, well-named characters fascinate young readers. Only the unnamed smallest turtle in the collection comes close to evoking the response associated with Hairy M. One is tempted to conclude that naming a character appropriately is important to characterisation and appeal.
The amazonian element returns in Dodd's 2001 release: Scarface Claw. From his first ear-splitting appearance in Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy (1983) as "the toughest Tom in town", Scarface Claw remains the natural nemesis of Hairy M and his doggy friends. This time, Scarface is the title character in essentially a cameo role study of less than 200 rhythmic, rollicking, well-honed words. Dodd calls him the roughest, toughest, boldest, bravest, fiercest of cats, wicked and fiendish. Not that he ever does anything to prove his wickedness. He's all bluster, bravado and screech, afraid of nothing. Dodd astutely selects major childhood fears as examples: thunderstorms; the dark; lolloping, leaping dogs (Hairy M. included); fire-engines; spiders. But even the toughest has an Achilles heel. Scarface sees in a mirror the "wickedest tomcat that ever you saw, the mighty, magnificent SCARFACE CLAW". Give a bully a taste of his own medicine and watch him run.
More directly, the amazonian element turns into a piratical fight in Vivienne Joseph's and Ruth Paul's Baby Bumble and the Sock Pirates. The Bumble household is stricken with a common household problem: the disappearance of one sock per pair. Here a swarm of pirates raids Baby's bedroom at night. Naturally, piratical clichés abound, from "Ahoy, me hearties" to "Yo ho ho". The story carries the listeners to its amicable end with the not-so-scary Captain sharing out his jellybeans. Some strong images make an impact: eyelids lift "like blinds"; Baby is "quiet as a moonbeam". Paul uses attractively strong but not strident colours, and she gains visual interest by varying page layouts and placement of typography. A buzzy-bee icon hints at a New Zealand setting.
But closer inspection reveals certain problems. Though some listeners may enjoy a swashbuckling tale, others will be disturbed by the invasion of a bedroom's sanctity. Joseph's text, at about 950 words, also invites pruning. Baby B. is too young to speak intelligibly to her parents, but she is old enough to sleep in a bed and play out a fantasy of fighting – albeit small – pirates, wielding a cutlass, crying, "Surrender", and giving a long speech to set the pirates free so long as they return her best stripy sock. Visual problems appear too. Paul's moderate stylising of images leads to some awkward figures and perspectives while varied angles of perception exist within the same frame. Most disturbingly, Baby's face regularly shows an abnormal width between her eyes. Moreover, to make the avenging cat's arrival scary, Paul on three occasions creates a silhouette of it featuring cut-out eyes – an impossibility. The laws of physics shouldn't be broken – even for impact.
John Walsh's Nanny Mango explores most strongly the amazonian element. In a clear, individual storyteller's voice, Walsh presents his protagonist: "This is Nanny Mango. […] People who don't know her call her Nanny MAN-go, like that soft juicy fruit from Rarotonga. But you really say it Nanny MUNG-or. It means … shark. Her father was an Irishman from Auckland, her mother was a Maori from here. […] She's a bully, and she's greedy as well." Thus his storytelling technique enables him to explain pronunciation and meaning with ease.
Because of Nanny's interfering and bullying, tohunga Uncle Rongo puts a makutu on her. This makes her indulge further her predilection for harassment. She doesn't change; she only becomes more monstrous, taking pleasure in dismembering and eating pale-skinned victims, "soft" babies too. Her favourite chant resounds with monosyllabic verbs: "Hound and harass / kick and thrash / spit and smash / grind and slash / pound and gnash /bite and bash /people and mash – / PEOPLE AND MASH / I'll eat them, I will." Indeed, she not only out-chants Jack-the-Giant-Killer's ogre, but she also out-amazons the Amazons, who abandoned or killed boy babies, but never resorted to cannibalism. Finally, when "something hard and cold broke inside" and Nanny realises she is hoha and lonely, Uncle Rongo can remove his curse. Now a changed woman, she becomes a Member of Parliament, "fighting all the bullies and greedy people", though Uncle Rongo still needs to watch over her in case she lapses into her old ways. (Such is the instability of politicians.)
The blurb for this book, perhaps because of the violence, links it with Grimm's fairy tales, but it differs in several fundamental ways from those well-honed versions we have inherited today. In particular, Walsh speaks individually and personally to his listeners. He creates an older if not elderly protagonist whereas a child or adolescent is central to the best-known Grimm's tales such as "The Goose Girl" or "Aschenputtel". Thus Walsh distances his readers from undergoing what Tolkien calls the essential processes of fairy tale: "fantasy, recovery, escape and consolation". Yet Nanny's violence is all the more repelling, being here-and-now, not once-upon-a-time or ancient legend.
As well, there is nothing good or virtuous in Nanny's past as there is in, say, Cinderella's, to justify restoration and reward. Besides, hero-villain Nanny doesn't face any retribution for her violence, even though in today's society dismemberment and cannibalism are totally outlawed. Children need to see justice done, according to Bruno Bettelheim in The Uses of Enchantment, in order to make sense of their world. In one aspect, nevertheless, Walsh's Nanny belongs to fairy tale: she experiences an important change of heart. As Bettelheim says, "The fairy tale suggests … an inner development must take place for the hero to gain true autonomy." Readers can see that such a step forward in wisdom is commendable.
In the visual presentation of his story, Walsh's instinctive, individualistic voice is matched by his instinctive illustrating style. He uses colour sensitively and powerfully to establish a strong spatial appeal in background and shadow. He develops pattern and direction from a planetary flow in curved horizons. His figures and shapes – humans, animals, trees, buildings – stand, pose, strut, dance, caper, or writhe expressively. Among his quirky details, the most intriguing are the lively cat and dog motifs on Nanny's dress. They gather their own momentum on and off her dress, mirroring her actions.
Asking readers to consider Nanny Mango as an updated Grimm's tale is probably unhelpful. In any case, its graphic violence is not used as retribution for villainous behaviour. Asking readers to take a symbolic approach probably brings them closer to the intention of this story. Bullying then appears as destructive – as do dismemberment and cannibalism – to both victims and perpetrators, turning the latter into lonely outcasts. Those who do have a change of heart can do good in society and win acceptance, even mana.
While Dodd's and Joseph's books may give young listeners an enjoyable scary thrill, Walsh's powerfully visualised, more-than-amazonian story is far from a merry romp suitable for preschoolers and young children. Older children and adolescents may respond positively to its messages, but it would probably make its most fruitful impact on parents through kindergarten or playcentre or kohanga reo libraries, persuading those who abuse their families to change their ways, and so gain the support and acceptance of their communities.
Diane Hebley is the author of The Power of Place: Landscape in New Zealand Children's Fiction (1998). She lives in Napier.
Tagged with: December 2001, Diane Hebley, Issue 51, John Walsh, Lynley Dodd, Mallinson Rendel, Ruth Paul, Te Papa Press, Vivienne Joseph
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Journal of Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials
Short Communication Open Access
Volume 1 | Issue 3 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/Nanotechnol.1.013
Green Nanotechnology: The Influence of Intermolecular and Supramolecular Interactions
Otávio Augusto Leitão dos Santos1, Bianca Pizzorno Backx1,*
1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Campus Duque de Caxias, Brazil
Bianca Pizzorno Backx, biapizzorno@caxias.ufrj.br
Received Date: September 04, 2020
Accepted Date: October 13, 2020
Leitão dos Santos OA, Backx BP. Green Nanotechnology: The Influence of Intermolecular and Supramolecular Interactions. J Nanotechnol Nanomaterials. 2020; 1(3): 104-108.
Copyright: © 2020 Leitão dos Santos OA, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
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Despite the health benefits associated with polyphenols, the bioavailability of many polyphenols limits their effects. Problems with poor solubility fast-metabolism and food preparation techniques limit the bioavailability and bioactivity of these dietary micronutrients. Encapsulation of polyphenols has shown to protect and increase bioavailability of these dietary compounds and to enhance their anticancer activity.
Nanotechnology for Water Purification – Current Trends and Challenges
Environmental pollution is a significant concern in both developing and developed countries. The pollution load in the environment accumulates as a result of anthropogenic activity. Both organic and inorganic contaminants are hazardous to living things, and their incidence and persistence have risen dramatically in current years.
Nanoscale Chitosan-Based Hemostasis Membrane
Excessive bleeding or hemorrhage in traumatic injuries is the leading preventable cause of death in the combat and civilian trauma centers. Nearly 50% of military deaths, 90% of military battlefield casualties, and 33-56% mortalities in civilian's surgical bleeding are associated with severe bleeding and can be prevented. Hence, significant and rapid hemostasis or bleeding control require innovative strategies with easy to use, stable, and inexpensive processing. Furthermore, the developed hemostatic material should ensure biocompatibility and biodegradability with non-immunogenic properties. To date, a wide variety of hemostatic powders, dressings, and bandages have been investigated as useful materials in reducing hemorrhage.


Hockey Hall of Famer Peter Stastny was born in Czechoslovakia and made a name for himself in the NHL while playing with the Quebec Nordiques.
So it's might seem strange to Canadian hockey fans to see his son Paul (above), who plays for the Colorado Avalanche, suit up for Team USA at the Olympics.
But it doesn't seem strange at all to Paul.
Peter Stastny defected from communist Czechoslovakia in 1980 and joined the Nordiques. The Statsnys moved to New Jersey when Peter was traded to the Devils, and then to St. Louis, when Peter moved to the Blues.
"It's an honour, something I never imagined in my wildest dreams when I was younger," Stastny said of playing in the Olympics.
Peter Stastny played for Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y., and Slovakia in 1994, following the breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1993.


As we are heading full steam towards Christmas, I thought we should focus on some Christmas-themed enrichment you can use this festive season for your pets.Christmas puzzles Cardboard boxes that you can use at any time of the year can be covered in Christmas paper, if you are giving your pet a gift, you may like to hide it in the box. Try to avoid metallic or cellophane papers and use minimal sticky tape.What about a Christmas cracker? Simply cover a cardboard roll from a paper towel or a toilet roll with wrapping paper, leaving extra at the ends, add their favourite treat and twist the ends. These two ideas are great for dogs and cats, but I have also seen Rabbits have a go too.Another Christmas treat for dogs and cats, and will also helps your pets cool downs, is a milk icicle made into a festive shape. Just use watered down pet's milk and add a little food colouring (red or green), mix and pour it into a star- shaped mould and freeze.Try baking your own dog or cat treats. There are plenty of recipes online and use a tree or star cookie cutter to add that Christmas flair. Birds and small animals can have an edible string of food to decorate their environment! Slice their favourite foods thinly (eg. sweet potato, apple, pear, popcorn) use a cookie cutter to make a Christmas shape and use natural twine and a needle to thread the pieces on. Popcorn you can also colour using food dye, so you could alternate with red and green coloured popcorn!\Do remember with all new enrichment, you need to supervise your pet the first few times they use it to ensure they are not swallowing pieces that they shouldn't. Remember at Christmas to ensure that your pets only receive fresh and healthy food. Cooked bones and many human foods such as chocolate, grapes, raisins, mushrooms and onion are very toxic to our beloved pets so ensure they are safe during this festive season.DebCarnivore Keeper P.S. if you missed by blog last month, click on the link below.Enrichment: Not just for Zoos Zoo Keepers spend hour brain-storming, making and setting-up puzzles and activities for our animals which keep them mentally and physically stimulated. But just how many of us do the same at home for our beloved pets? Keeper Deb who works with our carnivores gives you some handy hints on how to keep your pets happy and lively during the day when you can't be at home.


The little Desert National Park is a nature lover's heaven.
Stretching west from the Wimmera River near Dimboola to the South Australian border, the park covers 132 000 hectares of varied and diverse vegetation. The Little Desert is home to 670 species of native plants, 220 bird species along with an impressive list of marsupials and reptiles.
One of the most popular locations in the Little Desert is Horseshoe bend, approx. 5km south of Dimboola. This camping and picnic area, along with nearby Ackle Bend, are nestled amongst the river red gums beside the picturesque Wimmera River. The river itself is easily accessed for a swim or to launch some kayaks or canoes.
The Nhill-Harrow road dissects the Little Desert and provides a great introduction to the park passing the Little Desert Nature Lodge and numerous short nature walks as it heads south from the Western Highway at Nhill.
From easily accessed idyllic campsites at Horseshoe and Ackle Bend (near Dimboola) and Kiata Camp Ground (near Nhill), to challenging 4wd tracks and multi-day bushwalks, the Little Desert National Park has a lot to offer! It is the perfect place to escape the crowds and hustle and bustle of modern living, and a great place to take the family for a weekend or extended stay.
The road into Kiata Campground in the north of the Little Desert crosses some sandstone ridges affording fantastic views of the National Park and surrounding farmland.


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Traditional Acupuncture is a form of ancient Chinese medicine which goes back nearly two thousand years, and has been used to treat a variety of illness and medical conditions. More recently, western medical acupuncture has also been widely used and accepted all over the world, including in the NHS. It is also used by many of the world's greatest athletes, sports people, and celebrities to treat musculoskeletal conditions and relieve pain.
Traditional acupuncture is based on the belief that an energy, or "life force", flows through the body in channels called meridians. This energy is known as Qi (pronounced "chee"). Practitioners who follow traditional beliefs about acupuncture believe that when Qi does not flow freely through the body, this can cause illness or injury. By inserting very fine sterile needles into channels that have become blocked, the acupuncturist stimulates the body's healing response and thereby helps to restore its natural balance. Different combinations of points are used to treat different conditions. Acupuncture is used to treat a wide range of conditions / health problems; the overall aim is to restore the body's equilibrium. Patients often notice an improved sense of well-being after treatment.
Western medical acupuncture is more commonly used in the treatment of injuries after a proper medical diagnosis. It is based on scientific evidence that shows the treatment can stimulate nerves under the skin and in muscle tissue. A possible scientific explanation for how acupuncture works is that the insertion of needles stimulates deep sensory nerves in the body that causes a release of pain-relieving substances, such as endorphins. These substances, once released in the body, can help with pain relief and assist healing. Acupuncture is also believed to increase blood flow into the area being treated and a fresh blood supply is important for tissue repair.
However, because of disagreements over the way acupuncture trials should be carried out and over what their results mean, the existence of some positive evidence does not mean acupuncture definitely works for these conditions.
All health professionals have a duty of care, ethically, morally and professionally to provide only safe and effective treatments. Therefore, like all forms of medical treatment, the chosen pathway(s) should be justified and based on clinical research evidence. A growing body of evidence-based research in the support of acupuncture is available on The British Acupuncture Council website under 'evidence-based clinical research' .
Currently, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) only recommends considering acupuncture as a treatment option for chronic lower back pain, neck pain, chronic tension head aches and migraines. NICE makes these recommendations on the basis of scientific evidence.
Everybody responds differently to acupuncture, with some having great results and others feeling little difference. NJD Sports Injury Centre use safe, effective Acupuncture to reduce pain and to treat many musculo-skeletal conditions including sports injuries. We often combine Acupuncture with other forms of treatments to provide a more comprehensive multi factorial approach.


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The Mack Trucks Historical Museum is the home of historical documents and artifacts from Mack's long and storied history as the leading American truck manufacturer and world-renowned brand name. With more than 80,000 photos on file along with it's exhibits, this museum would make anyone nostalgic.
Among the antiques in the Museum's collection is one of the original sightseeing buses built by Jack and Augustus Mack. The gas-operated, open-air bus carried up to 26 tourists at a time around the streets and sights of Chicago in the summer and New Orleans in the winter for 25 years before returning to Mack as the anchor of its antique truck collection.
Also in the collection is a 1911 Mack Jr. that shared the streets with horse-drawn wagons as it made it's rounds delivering dry goods and produce. It's the final truck design attributed to the Mack brothers before they sold their company to investors in 1911.
If you were to come across an old AB truck under a tarp in a barn, there was a record made when it was built. The company's been doing it for every chassis manufactured since 1905, and except for a few rare cases, all those records are filed here.
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Men's Basketball / April 2, 2007
Lickliter To Lead Men's Basketball Program
Watch the Media Conference: Live at 4:45 pm
Watch the Public Introduction: Live at 6 pm
Listen: CBS Sports Seth Davis and Clark Kellogg on Lickliter
Listen: Bill Raftery, Jim O'Connell and Kevin Harlan on Lickliter
Listen: ESPN's Andy Katz on Lickliter
Listen: Former Butler Bulldogs Thad Matta and Brandon Miller on Lickliter
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IOWA CITY — The UI Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has scheduled a media conference for Tuesday at 4:45 p.m. to officially announce Todd Lickliter – the 2007 NCAA Division I Coach of the Year – as the new head coach of the UI's men's basketball program.
The UI has also scheduled an open-to-the-public event from 6 to 7 p.m. on the playing floor of Carver-Hawkeye Arena. That event will be the first public appearance of Lickliter as head coach of the Hawkeyes. The North, South and West Entrances of the Arena will open at 4:30 p.m. and the media conference will be broadcast live on the videowalls inside the facility.
"I've always had the greatest admiration for the University of Iowa and its men's basketball program. I was excited about the opportunity to interview and, afterward, I was extremely excited. It was clear that we shared a common approach and vision for a successful basketball program and the experience of being a student-athlete.
"My wife and my family and I are looking forward to being a part of the Hawkeye family, a family that I know extends well beyond the boundaries of the Iowa City community and the state of Iowa."
Todd Lickliter
"I've always had the greatest admiration for the University of Iowa and its men's basketball program," said Lickliter. "I was excited about the opportunity to interview and, afterward, I was extremely excited. It was clear that we shared a common approach and vision for a successful basketball program and the experience of being a student-athlete.
The 51-year-old Lickliter was named the 2007 NCAA Division I Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches after having guided Butler University to a school and Horizon League-record 29 victories. The Bulldogs were co-champions of the Horizon League and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship with victories over Old Dominion and Maryland prior to losing to defending national champion Florida.
Lickliter's sixth season as head coach at Butler – his alma mater – was filled with firsts and bests. The Bulldogs opened the season with a 40-point win at Tulane and then defeated Notre Dame, Indiana, Tennessee and Gonzaga to win the 2006 NIT Season Tip-Off.
Butler won its first 10 games in 2006-07 – a mark that included a victory over Purdue and matched the second-best start and fifth-longest winning streak in the history of the men's basketball program at BU. The Bulldogs were ranked among the nation's best for 16 consecutive weeks and became the first Horizon League team to crack the Top 10 the week of Feb. 5.
"Todd Lickliter is a proven winner at the highest level. He has a strong commitment to academics and his Midwestern values are a perfect fit for Iowa.
"I love his passion for the game of basketball, his passion for his players, and his strong desire to become a Hawkeye."
UI Director of Athletics
Gary Barta
All counted, Lickliter's 2006-07 Butler squad defeated three teams that were ranked in the Top 25 at tip-off and recorded eight victories over teams that participated in the 2007 NCAA Tournament. Lickliter's six-year record at Butler is an impressive 131-61 and includes invitations to post-season play four times and two appearances in the NCAA's Sweet 16.
"Todd Lickliter is a proven winner at the highest level," said UI Director of Athletics Gary Barta. "He has a strong commitment to academics and his Midwestern values are a perfect fit for Iowa.
"I love his passion for the game of basketball, his passion for his players, and his strong desire to become a Hawkeye," Barta added.
Lickliter and his wife, Joez, have three sons, Ry, Garrett and John.
Live video of both the media conference and the public event will be available free inside Hawkeye All-Access, the multi-media section of hawkeyesports.com, the official world wide web site of the Iowa Hawkeyes.Fans interested in watching the events online will be required to register, however, registration is free and takes only a minute to complete.
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT LICKLITER
"He's a good hire; the guy can really coach it up. Everyone in Iowa is going to be smiling a lot over the next few years."
Van Colemam, recruiting analyst, to the Iowa City Press-Citizen
"Todd has done a remarkable job at Butler. His teams are fundamentally sound and execute as well as anyone in the country. Iowa has hired a great basketball coach."
Greg McDermott, head coach, Iowa State University, to the Des Moines Register
"The hire is a home run, it makes perfect sense. Todd brings a winning attitude and he brings ability. Best of all, he's coming from a place at Butler, that has a winning culture. He will establish a winning culture at Iowa, in their recruiting, in relating to alumni, and his ability to coach. It's a slam dunk for the Hawkeyes."
Seth Davis, CBS Sports
"Todd is a high quality, class individual, and a terrific coach. I just have great, great respect for him. He does a lot of good things in managing his kids, developing his players and how he coaches the game.
"I'm a big, big fan of Todd's. For what he represents between the lines, but even more importantly how he goes about trying to develop those young men as student athletes under his leadership."
Clark Kellogg, CBS Sports
"He's done such a great job for so long, and it's not a fluke either. He had kids who believe in the system. They are unselfish and play together. They do all the things that terrific coaches get their people to do.
"Everybody has been impressed with what he has been able to do. I think Iowa is very fortunate. Iowa fans will enjoy him, and his style. I think he will be able to attract kids who fit the way he wants to play. I think the future is bright."
Bill Rafterty, TV and Radio Analyst
"Todd's one of those guys, he's a coaches coach. He takes a team and he gets them to play above their level. When you look at what he did this year; in the Horizon League, they were picked to be down, and yet they come out and knock off teams from the Big Ten, the Big East, the ACC; they ran through the pre-season NIT, it was due to his coaching, and he's been that way for years there.
"When you talk to people and they ask about the best coaches, Todd Lickliter is going to be on the list. Maybe the general public doesn't know him, but everyone inside basketball definitely does."
Jim O'Connell, Associated Press College Basketball Writer
"I did the second round game when Butler had the win over Maryland. I thought his team was well coached, very well organized. The substitution pattern was terrific, he knew exactly when to take a guy out and when to bring a guy in. Throughout his career, that has been his trademark, very well coached and well prepared teams. No program can ask for more than that."
Kevin Harlan, CBS Sports
"It's a great hire for The University of Iowa. Coach Lickliter has been very successful at the mid-major level, especially in the Midwest. He's obviously proven himself in the NCAA Tournament. I don't see why Iowa can't continue its great tradition of being a Big Ten contender under Todd Lickliter. The Butler track record certainly speaks for itself."
Andy Katz, ESPN College Basketball Analyst
"First and foremost, I think, everyone who has followed what Butler has done in the past; in his six years at Butler, he has taken two separate groups of players at Butler to the `Sweet 16′. As good a coach as he is, I think he's a better person. He's a great family man.
"He's great to his players; players love to play for him. He treats people in general the right way. He's a very humble person, yet at the same time, ultra-competitive, which, I think, translates to his teams. He gets his players to buy into team basketball, to play together. With all that said, that combination has been a great success for the teams that he has coached."
Brandon Miller, Former Butler player under Todd Lickliter
"Number one, I'm excited for Todd. I think Iowa is getting a great person and a great basketball coach. I played for Todd; I coached with Todd; and Todd coached for me. The job Todd did at Butler University, for the time he was there was incredible. I think that adding him into the league, we are adding a quality person and a quality coach."
Thad Matta, Head Coach, Ohio State University
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Boise State has a 12,500-ticket allotment valued at $1.94 million. The tickets count as part of the school's payout, which is about $3.25 million in total.
The remaining tickets are worth $480,000. So if none are sold, the Broncos' payout drops to about $2.75 million. That's still enough to clear about $1 million from the trip.
Tickets still can be purchased through the Boise State Athletic Ticket Office (426-4737) and boisestatetickets.com.
Part of the problem for Boise State is the Fiesta Bowl is undercutting the school on tickets. Today, you could buy tickets in section 403 for $75 (plus fees) from the Fiesta Bowl and tickets in section 404 for $150 (plus fees) from Boise State.
The Fiesta Bowl, under its contract with the College Football Playoff, was required to provide most of the schools' tickets at $150 or less. The result: Boise State is selling tickets in many sections for less than bowl organizers, but in some sections for twice as much.
Mid-year junior college transfers can sign with four-year schools on Wednesday. Former Texas A&M safety Kam Miles plans to sign with the Broncos that day, he said Monday via text. Miles spent this season at Butler Community College in Kansas. He can enroll at Boise State in January.
Here is the post on Miles from when he committed.
TCU coach Gary Patterson was named the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award recipient on Monday.
Boise State coach Bryan Harsin was one of eight finalists.
We'll have a lot of Fiesta Bowl coverage this week. Boise State is opening its practices to the media Tuesday and Thursday. The coordinators will speak to the media Tuesday, Harsin has a press conference Wednesday and quarterback Grant Hedrick and defensive end Beau Martin are available for interviews Thursday.
The Broncos scatter for Christmas break Dec. 23 and meet in Arizona on Dec. 26.


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Last night, I was walking home from work wearing my new raincoat. This thing is incredible. It's a Gortex shell that is very waterproof. So much so that I didn't even realize it when it started raining. You'd think that's a good thing, right? But my briefcase, which was slung over my shoulder, got soaked! I had an umbrella, but not realizing that it was raining I never opened it up.
This isn't just a story on my foolishness. There are many examples of fantastic design that insulate the user from what is going on outside and cause him/her to lose important situation awareness. I read once of a plane incident where the autopilot adjusted so seamlessly to a lost engine that the pilot didn't know that it was lost. When he took over the controls to land the plane, it veered sharply to the left (2 engines on one side, only 1 engine on the other side). Without some quick thinking, he might have crashed. I am sure he had some nauseated and frightened passengers.
So what is the lesson of the story? There is a user requirement that we often forget about: transparency in automation. When designing automation, make sure that it isn't so good that the user loses important features of situation awareness. I have heard of workers who monitor an automated production process and after a few years of Six Sigma performance they completely forget how to run it manually. If/when the automation does fail – the line is shut down.


Lorries and two diggers are used to steal €2.3m in a highway robbery in southern Italy.
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US network CBS says it has rejected a request by Egypt not to air an interview with its president.
US employers add 312,000 jobs in December, far more than expected.
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Scientific name: Salminus maxillosus
Other names: dourado; pirayú; dorado; tigre de los ríos.
The first reference about the golden dorado dates back to 1542, when Cabeza de Vaca found in Parana's River a great fish that he included on his diet: the Pira-yuba (yellow fish), whose best piece was the head, and from which medicinal oil could be extracted as well.
Weight and measures: The average size of the golden dorado is about 6 to 22 pounds, it depends on the environment. The largest recorded size was 100 cm length and 31.4 kg (69 pounds), captured at the confluence of the rivers Tarija and Bermejo.
Distribution: Golden dorado is a South American native species that can be found in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil. There are four types: Salminus affinis, Salminus Hilarii, Salminus brevidens and Salminus maxillosus; the last two are native from Argentina and found in different north-centre basins of the country. As regards its distribution in other countries, Dorado lives in the warm waters of the Amazon system in South America.
Habitat and life cycle: Golden dorado needs two different areas in its life cycle: one to feed and another to reproduce, migrating constantly between them, sometimes reaching distances of 1500 km. Usually, this fish migrates upstream to spawn during October, November and December when there is an increase in the flow because of the high rainfall, an important factor in the reproduction of the species.
Their reproduction is external and occurs once a year. Female deposits the eggs, which are fertilized by the male. By means of the stream, the eggs are drawn to areas of calm waters, where they remain until they hatch. Hatching occurs at 24 ATU (Accumulated Thermal Units), i.e. if water remains at an average temperature of 24 C ° per day, hatch happens in one day.
Male specimens are smaller than females, they rarely exceed 8 kg (17.6 pounds) in weight and live up to 9 years, while females can exceed 15 kg (33 pounds) in weight and live up to 25 years. Males reach sexual maturity during the second year of life, while females reach it on the third.
Physiognomy: Dorado are golden colored fish, with large heads and powerful jaws filled with sharp conical teeth. Its head takes up to one fourth of the body total length, and one forth of it is occupied by the jaw. This fish has strong and important operculum's that protect the branchial system, and it has a large stem since it swim a lot.
Diet: Trophic migrations are usually associated with the sábalo (Prochilodus lineatus), their main food prey, to whom it's linked throughout the entire life cycle.
After hatching they only feed on its yolk sac, by the time it is finished and their jaws have developed the juvenile stage begins. At first, they feed on protozoa, zooplankton and micro-crustaceans, then on larger organisms such as crabs, shrimp, insects and small fish. Once the adult stage is reached, Golden Dorado turns piscivorous, i.e. eats different types of fish such as catfish, bream and mainly sábalo, also small mammals, reptiles and birds.
Conservation: In 2005, Argentina´s Congress declared Dorado a species of national interest by Law No. 26.021. Regulated by Decree No. 381/2005, the law ratifies an initiative of the Environmental Ministry, which sought to enhance the conservation of species threatened by commercial fishing and the construction of dams that interrupt their migration.
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Calabasas woman freaks out after picking up what she thinks is a dog toy
By Shelly Insheiwat, FOX 11
CALABASAS, CA (FOX 11) - A Calabasas woman picks up what she thinks is her dog's rope toy, but was in for a big surprise!
Imagine seeing a rope your dog uses as a play toy in your back patio and picking it up to put it away.
Except that rope... was a live baby rattlesnake!
Can't blame the woman for running away like she did.
But, it's a good reminder that when it gets hot, the rattlers like to come out and just like us, and look for a cool place to hang out.
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Haindl, M., and M. Havlíček, "Bidirectional Texture Function Simultaneous Autoregressive Model", MUSCLE, (Pisa, IT, 13.12.2011-15.12.2011), vol. 7252, Pisa, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 149-159, 2012.
This paper describes a simple novel compound random field model capable of realistic modelling the most advanced recent representation of visual properties of surface materials - the bidirectional texture function. The presented compound random field model combines a non-parametric control random field with local multispectral models for single regions and thus allows to avoid demanding iterative methods for both parameters estimation and the compound random field synthesis. The local texture regions (not necessarily continuous) are represented by an analytical bidirectional texture function model which consists of single scale factors modeled by the three-dimensional moving average random field model which can be analytically estimated as well as synthesized.
The bidirectional texture function (BTF) is the recent most advanced representation of visual properties of material surface. It specifies its appearance due to varying spatial, illumination, and viewing conditions. Corresponding enormous BTF measurements require compact mathematical representation for visual fidelity preserving compression. We present a novel BTF model based on a set of underlying three dimensional moving average random field (3D MA RF) models. 3D MA assumes the texture considered as a product of a convolution of an uncorrelated three dimensional random field with a three dimensional filter which completely characterizes the texture. The BTF model combines several spatial factors, subsequently factorized into a set of 3D MA representations, and range map to produce the required BTF texture. This enables high BTF space compression ratio, unrestricted texture enlargement, and reconstruction of unmeasured parts of the BTF space. We also compare proposed model with its simpler two dimensional variant in terms of colour distribution fidelity.
Real world materials often change their appearance over time. If these variations are spatially and temporally homogeneous then the material visual appearance can be represented by a dynamic texture which is a natural extension of classic texture concept including the time as an extra dimension. In this article we present possible way to handle multispectral dynamic textures based on a combination of input data eigen analysis and subsequent processing of temporal mixing coefficients. The proposed method exhibits overall good performance, offers extremely fast synthesis which is not restricted in temporal dimension and simultaneously enables to compress significantly the original measured visual data.
The Bidirectional Texture Function (BTF) is the recent most advanced representation of visual properties of surface materials. It specifies their appearance due to varying spatial, illumination, and viewing conditions. Corresponding enormous BTF measurements require a mathematical representation allowing extreme compression but simultaneously preserving its high visual fidelity. We present a novel BTF model based on a set of underlying mono-spectral two-dimensional (2D) moving average factors. A mono-spectral moving average model assumes that a stochastic mono-spectral texture is produced by convolving an uncorrelated 2D random field with a 2D filter which completely characterizes the texture. The BTF model combines several multi-spectral band limited spatial factors, subsequently factorized into a set of mono-spectral moving average representations, and range map to produce the required BTF texture space. This enables very high BTF space compression ratio, unlimited texture enlargement, and reconstruction of missing unmeasured parts of the BTF space.


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by Megan Rowling | @meganrowling | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Wednesday, 4 December 2019 16:54 GMT
Dried-out maize plants are pictured in a drought-hit field near Sittensen, between the northern German cities of Bremen and Hamburg, Germany, August 18, 2018. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
Heatwaves put Japan and Germany high up the list of countries suffering the worst losses from extreme weather
(Adds info on Japan, quote from U.N. climate chief)
By Megan Rowling
MADRID, Dec 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Worsening heatwaves are taking a heavier toll on rich as well as poor countries, according to an annual ranking that measures the damage done by extreme weather to human life and economies.
The Global Climate Risk Index, published on Wednesday by environmental think-tank Germanwatch, rated Japan as the most weather-affected country in 2018, hit by a triple whammy of extreme summer heat, torrential rainfall and the most powerful typhoon in a quarter-century.
Germany, another industrialised country, was in third position as its hottest-ever April-July period led to the deaths of more than 1,200 people and widespread drought in 2018.
India - in fifth position - suffered one of its longest-ever heatwaves that year, bringing water shortages, crop failures and riots, on top of monsoon floods and two strong cyclones, Germanwatch said in a report.
"Recent science has confirmed the long-established link between climate change and the frequency and severity of extreme heat," it added in a statement.
In 2018, the severe summer heatwave in Japan killed 138 people and caused more than 70,000 people to be hospitalised with heat stroke and exhaustion, the report said.
Across Europe, scientists calculate extreme heat spells are now up to 100 times more likely than a century ago, it added.
The report noted that the impact of heatwaves on African nations may be under-represented due to a lack of data.
Powerful storms, meanwhile, left a trail of destruction in 2018, with the Philippines second in the climate risk index due to large losses inflicted by top-strength Typhoon Mangkhut.
Madagascar was the fourth most weather-hit country as two cyclones killed about 70 people and forced 70,000 to seek refuge.
In Kenya and Rwanda - seventh and eighth in the index - seasonal rains were much heavier than normal, causing floods that destroyed homes and livestock and fuelled diseases.
A temperature indicator measures 41.0 degrees Celsius in Kumagaya, north of Tokyo, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo, July 23. 2018. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
Laura Schaefer, a policy advisor with Germanwatch, told journalists at the U.N. climate talks in Madrid that the index results showed that the "signs of climate crisis", on all continents, could no longer be ignored.
"But climate impacts most existentially hit developing countries and communities around the world - and create a real climate crisis for millions of people," she said, adding that the poor had the fewest resources to cope.
Between 1999 and 2018, seven of the 10 places most affected by extreme weather were lower-income developing nations, with Puerto Rico, Myanmar and Haiti at the top, Germanwatch said.
In the past 20 years, nearly half a million deaths were directly linked to more than 12,000 extreme weather events worldwide, while economic damages exceeded $3.5 trillion, the report said.
At the U.N. climate talks on Wednesday, Chile's environment minister, who is presiding over the conference, and U.N. climate chief Patricia Espinosa told journalists Latin American nations were vulnerable to weather disasters fuelled by climate change, highlighting the need for them to become more resilient.
Espinosa said her own country, Mexico, suffered every year from droughts, floods and wildfires.
"It is not about whether this year it will be bad. No, it is about how bad and where?" she said. "This is the reality of almost all the countries in the region."
Germanwatch joined developing states and aid agencies in urging U.N. negotiators to regularly assess the needs of vulnerable countries struggling with "loss and damage" linked to climate change, and provide new funding to repair it.
Wealthy nations have long resisted pressure to stump up such finance, beyond expanding insurance programmes. But as the cost of extreme weather increases globally and planet-heating emissions continue to rise, that pressure is growing.
Renato Redentor Constantino, head of the Philippines-based Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities, said it was "plainly unacceptable" that those suffering the most had done the least to cause the problem, given their historically low emissions.
"The extreme weather events we have been facing are a result of emissions that the world failed to eliminate," he said.
(Reporting by Megan Rowling @meganrowling; editing by Laurie Goering. Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, climate change, women's and LGBT+ rights, human trafficking and property rights. Visit http://news.trust.org/climate)
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SKOBAN game or solve LEGO labyrinth.
- NFC comunication with bot ?
- manipulation with objects, make gripper?
I designed about 8 types of bots with precise magnet aliment.
Also with 0,8mm and 1,6mm thicknes and with 4layers coil.
New board finished, I am decided for separated controller board. I think new board is much better designed only one moving track is divided with vias and also I doubled vias for highher current.
Board is only 0.6mm thick to improve force of bottom moving track.
New moving platform with 1mm precision.
Microbot - Button control - WORKING !!!
Just I waiting for smaller magnets, but it is GREAT !!!!!
I searching samples of pyrolytic graphite.sheets, but without success now.
you can make a sokoban game!
Hey, when the new PCB board is coming? Waiting to see your new video with the touch controller.
I am exhausted with other projects, 1-3 weeks. I need redesign moving matrix.
This is awesome!! Any chance you can render the schematic as an image for KiCad peeps like me :) I'm also a little confused as to how the matrix of fields works. From what I can tell, you turn on a bunch of lines at once, but the bot is most attracted to the closest one?
I also tried replicating the SRI patent but had problems with the magnets. In retrospect I should actually measure them and make sure they are strong enough for it to work.
Nice! Instead of making a ouija board, I would suggest to make a watch based on this technology.
Very cool. What kind of voltage/currents are you using for the electromagnets?
I am sorry, I have broken lab ampere-meter. Standard 5V 2A phone charger.
USB tester show consumption 2.3A 9W ... voltage drop to 4V On move only.
Hmm... now that I notice that it resembles an ouija board. Have you consider doing a halloween version?
on video I directly connecting 5V adapter.
I repeat on board 3 coils, simple loops only (you can check in galery), if you switch 1-2-3 repeatedly magnet go forward, otherwise 3-2-1 magnet go back. on board is on top layer y coils and bottom is for x. my first idea was to use coil matrix 8x8 colis but when I look detail on SRI video the use only simple lines and to board is connected only 3-4 wires. I tested on one my old board with long track directly powered can move magnet. In theory you can with only 6 signals move robot on unlimited 2D space.
I am waiting for mosfets to control it with mcu and smaller magnets.
In the demo video, what are you using to actuate the movements? Is each swipe just sequencing which order the coils are energized?
Very cool proof of concept!
An Arduino compatible learning board.
You are about to report the project "2D actuator move micro robot in X/Y 2D space", please tell us the reason.


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• Necessary appliances, including combined stove and oven, and many cabinets complete the galley kitchen.
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Meal prices to remain at present levels in Muhlenberg schools
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Justin Bortz and his sister Susan Carr, who died June 10 at 65 of cancer. Bortz will hold a benefit concert tonight for the Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance in her memory.
By David Johnson |
PUBLISHED: July 14, 2016 at 1:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 19, 2021 at 5:10 a.m.
Meal prices in the Muhlenberg School District won't increase for the 2016-17 school year.
The school board is set to vote on the pricing next week.
Students will pay $1.55 for breakfast and $2.25 for lunch in the elementary and intermediate schools. Middle and high school students will pay $2.50 for lunch.
High school students will have a select meal option for $2.65. Adults will pay $2.05 for breakfast and $3.30 for lunch.
In other business Wednesday, the district accepted a donation of $146 from Reading Baseball LP. The money is for C.E. Cole Intermediate School students' participation in Reading's Outstanding Student Program.
The funds will be used for supplies.


It's been a bit of a tough week in London, but here are a few ideas on what to see and do if you are venturing up to the capital.
1. 42nd Street, Theatre Royal Drury Lane: having opened for previews on Monday, audiences are already raving about this production directed by Mark Bramble and starring Tom Lister and Sheena Easton.
To book tickets visit: Ticketmaster.co.uk, Discount Theatre.com, Theatre Tickets Direct.co.uk, Love Theatre.com, Theatre People.com and UK Tickets.co.uk.
2. An American in Paris, Dominion Theatre: featuring classic songs by Ira and George Gershwin, this eagerly anticipated musical officially opened in the West End earlier this week. Read Love London Love Culture's review here.
An American in Paris tells the story of a young American GI pursuing his dream to make it as a painter in the aftermath of war.
Following a chance encounter with a beautiful young dancer, the 'City of Light' becomes the backdrop to a sensuous, modern romance of art, friendship and love.
To book tickets visit: Ticketmaster.co.uk, Last Minute.com, Love Theatre.com, Theatre People.com and UK Tickets.co.uk.
3. Diana: Her Fashion Story, Kensington Palace: the enduring popularity of Princess Diana continues as Kensington Palace explores her life through the clothes that she wore from her young days as a debutante through her marriage to the Prince of Wales and her ongoing charity work to offer a new perspective of her life. On display until 2018, it is extremely popular so advance booking is recommended. Read Love London Love Culture's thoughts here.
4. Love in Idleness, Menier Chocolate Factory: Trevor Nunn returns to the work of Rattigan following his successful production of Flare Path. This production stars Eve Best, Helen George, Anthony Head and Edward Bluemel. Discover what critics have been saying here.
5. School of Rock, New London Theatre: still wowing audiences at the New London Theatre, School of Rock is now booking its stay in the West End until January 2018. It has recently been nominated for three Olivier awards and won Best New Musical at the WhatsOnStage Awards. To book tickets visit: Ticketmaster.co.uk,Last Minute.com,Love Theatre.com, Theatre People.com , Theatre Tickets Direct.co.uk and UK Tickets.co.uk.


3 years in year 4 and 4 years in year 2.
I have been working within an outstanding school for the past seven years and during that time I have worked within both key stages. I have therefore had to ensure that my own teaching has remained outstanding and I am aware of what outstanding looks like across subjects and year groups. I am currently the assessment coordinator, in charge of mathematics in KS1 and am a forest school leader, so I have observed learning in a range of contexts and from a variety of perspectives.
I was an ECAW lead teacher when I worked in KS2 and through this role I had to support several other schools in the local area.
As part of my teaching school alliance, for the past two years, I have been supporting middle leaders in other schools including schools in special measures, focusing particularly on how to raise standards in mathematics through the use of outstanding teaching and assessment. Each school that I have supported has gone on to make considerable improvements in the opportunities they are providing children and are now better at monitoring progress, so that the improvements could continue once I had left.
Having worked in both key stages and through keeping up to date with new initiatives, I have a broad understanding of mathematics teaching, but particularly on how to raise the ability of the lowest achievers.
I was recently involved in producing a new assessment aid, with other leaders in Reading for mathematics, so that teachers are supported now that levels have been removed. I regularly meet with other assessment leaders and make sure that I am up to date with all the latest arrangements for assessment in primary schools.
I have had to support other teachers from a range of other schools and who were in different stages of their career, which means that I have developed the personal qualities necessary for helping guide and support other colleagues and leaders to success.


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Menashe Noy is a film, television, and theatre actor. Noy studied at Tel Aviv University's Department of Film and Television Studies and became a household name when he joined the ensemble cast of the cult satire programme, The Cameric Five that aired between 1993-1997. Highlights of his other TV acting credits include The Bourgeoisie, M.K. 22, On Any Saturday, Papadizi (which started out as a YouTube web series and was later commissioned by Israeli cabler, YES), and Taxi Driver.
Highlights of his film credits include Saint Clara (Ari Folman and Ori Sivan, 1996), Dogs are Color Blind (Orna Raviv and Yohanan Raviv, 1996), Beep (Amit Hecht, 1997) whose script Noy co-wrote with the director, Rutenberg (Eli Cohen, 2001), Made in Israel (Ari Folman, 2001), Henry's Dream (Eitan Green, 2003), Gift from Above (Dover Kosashvili, 2003), Year Zero (Joseph Pitchhadze, 2004), Policeman (Nadav Lapid, 2011), Sweets (Joseph Pitchhadze, 2013), Big Bad Wolves (Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, 2013), Gett – The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz, 2014), and Working Woman (Michal Aviad, 2018).
Noy has also appeared on various theatre stages over the years. In 2012, he starred in the Israeli Cameri Theatre's adaptation of Harold Pinter's The Lover alongside his wife, actress Keren Mor.
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Fusion – Argon calling
As scientists study approaches to best sustain a fusion reactor, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory investigated injecting shattered argon pellets into a super-hot plasma, when needed, to protect the reactor's interior wall from high-energy runaway electrons.
Nuclear—Out of this world
If humankind reaches Mars this century, an Oak Ridge National Laboratory-developed experiment testing advanced materials for spacecraft may play a key role.
Tyler Gerczak: 'Moonlighting' for nuclear fuels
Ask Tyler Gerczak to find a negative in working at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and his only complaint is the summer weather. It is not as forgiving as the summers in Pulaski, Wisconsin, his hometown.
Nuclear—Tiny test fuels
For the first time, Oak Ridge National Laboratory has completed testing of nuclear fuels using MiniFuel, an irradiation vehicle that allows for rapid experimentation.
Nuclear—Deep space travel
By automating the production of neptunium oxide-aluminum pellets, Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have eliminated a key bottleneck when producing plutonium-238 used by NASA to fuel deep space exploration.
Reactors—Salty scenarios
Scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory performed a corrosion test in a neutron radiation field to support the continued development of molten salt reactors.
Nuclear—Advancing molten salt reactors
Experts focused on the future of nuclear technology will gather at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the fourth annual Molten Salt Reactor Workshop on October 3–4.
ORNL produces rare ruthenium isotope for atom smashing experiment
A tiny vial of gray powder produced at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the backbone of a new experiment to study the intense magnetic fields created in nuclear collisions.
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