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Russia shrugs off Merkel's call for no-fly zone in Syria
In Multipolarity
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Hurriyet Daily News (Turkey), Feb 17, 2016
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov has shrugged off German Chancellor Angela Merkel's proposal to consider a no-fly zone over Syria, saying it could only be done with Damascus' consent.
Angela Merkel, speaking to German Bundestag on Feb 17, 2016 (Hannibal Hanschke, Reuters)
Gatilov said any no-fly zone would need to be approved by the Syrian government and endorsed by the U.N. Security Council, the Associated Press reported.
Merkel renewed Feb. 17 her proposal for a no-fly zone in Syria, saying it could be done by an agreement between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, his backers and the coalition fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
"It would be helpful if there were an area in Syria where none of the parties to the conflict launched aerial attacks," AFP quoted Merkel as saying before the German parliament.
"We can't negotiate with the terrorists of the Islamic State [ISIL], but if we were able to reach an agreement between anti- and pro-Assad forces on a kind of no-fly zone, in the sense of a sanctuary for the many refugees, then this would save many lives and aid the political process about Syria's future," she said.
Merkel had said in an interview published on Feb. 15 that it would be "helpful" if there were areas where no side would carry out aerial bombardments – "a kind of no-fly zone."
A German Foreign Ministry spokesman told reporters on Feb. 17 that Merkel's suggestion came in the context of what was agreed upon in Munich, that a humanitarian corridor should be established to deliver aid to Syrian civilians, and hostilities should cease, hopefully in the next day or two.
"That is not in the spirit of the resolution that was passed by the U.N. Security Council in December and also not [in the spirit of] the attempt to reduce the violence," Merkel said.
Spokesman Martin Schaefer said "If both can be implemented, then that will be the basis to protect the people who are on the Turkish border, maybe 40,000 to 70,000, from attacks from the air and on the ground."
Schaefer gave no further details, however, on how such a no-fly zone would function.
Gatilov's statement comes as Russian warplanes continue to strike militant positions around Aleppo in support of a Syrian army offensive. Russia has said it will continue to strike extremists in Syria despite a planned truce.
On the same day Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the U.S. was against a no-fly zone in Syria but this did not prevent Russian planes from flying over Syria.
"But look, Russian warplanes swarm there and thousands, tens of thousands of are being oppressed," Erdogan said Feb. 17 in an address in Ankara.
Merkel repeats call for 'some kind of no fly zone' in Syria, Reuters, Feb 17, 2016
Germany revives calls for no-fly Zone in northern Syria, by The Associated Press, in New York Times, Feb 17, 2016
DAMASCUS, Syria — Germany revived calls Wednesday for a no-fly zone in northern Syria — an idea that once might have greatly helped the beleaguered rebels and protected civilians from bombardment but now is more complicated, dangerous and unlikely due to Russia's air campaign supporting President Bashar Assad…
Tide turns in the battle for SyriaMultipolarity
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Birds Eye View of the Port of Sydney
Sydney Harbour Trust
Sydney / 1919
Fine overview of Sydney Harbor and environs, published for the Sydney Harbour Trust.
An exceptional caricature style overview of the Harbor, illustrating existing and proposed changes to improve the harbor.
The Sydney Harbour Trust was formed by the New South Wales Parliament in 1900 to oversee for the Navigation Department and Marine Board of Sydney Harbour. The Trust consisted of three commissioners (including one titled as President - Walter Loveridge CMG ) appointed by the Governor of New South Wales. It was responsible for the improvement and preservation of Sydney's port.
The trust regulated the movement of vessels and the handling of cargo in the port through a Harbour Master, carried out dredging operations, removed wrecks, granted licenses for the erection of piers, maintained wharf facilities, collected wharfage rates, and maintained swimming baths. The trust also managed fire fighting and other safety equipment within the harbor. All foreshores, lighthouses and tugs within the harbor which belonged to the Government were vested in the Trust, as well as the power to reclaim land. The Trust was terminated in 1936, with its responsibilities assumed by the Maritime Services Board.
Antique Maps / Australia & Oceania / Australia
Birds Eye View Showing the New Wharfage Scheme -- Walsh Bay, Sydney
Detailed Plan of the Walsh Bay area of Sydney Harbor, published by the Syndey Harbour Trust.
Oceanie ou Cinquieme Partie Du Monde Comprenant L'Archipel D'Asie, L'Australasie et La Polynesie . . . . 1814. Revue et augmentee en 1816.
Striking Map of the Pacific, the Origin of the Toponym Oceania
The British Colonies of Australia
With a Massive Inland Lake Torrens
New Holland and New Zealand
Scarce map of Australia and New Zealand, first published in David Burr's Universal Atlas.
(Tasmania) Carte Generale de la Terre de Diemen, Comprenant les decouvertes et les travaux Geographiques executes dans cette partie a borde des Corvettes le Geographe le Naturaliste et la Goelette le Casuarina Redigee Par L Freycinet . . . 1808 (Rare Separately Published Example)
First Map of the Entire Island of Van Diemen's Land-Striking, Rare, Separately-Issued Chart of Tasmania from the Baudin Expedition
Australie & Oceanie
Decorative map of Australia, the Philippines, New Guinea, New Zealand and the South Pacific, published by Jacques Lizou.

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package heapprofiler

import (
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)

// HeapSnapshotObjectID Heap snapshot object id.
type HeapSnapshotObjectID string

// SamplingHeapProfileNode Sampling Heap Profile node. Holds callsite
// information, allocation statistics and child nodes.
type SamplingHeapProfileNode struct {
	CallFrame runtime.CallFrame         `json:"callFrame"` // Function location.
	SelfSize  float64                   `json:"selfSize"`  // Allocations size in bytes for the node excluding children.
	ID        int                       `json:"id"`        // Node id. Ids are unique across all profiles collected between startSampling and stopSampling.
	Children  []SamplingHeapProfileNode `json:"children"`  // Child nodes.
}

// SamplingHeapProfileSample A single sample from a sampling profile.
type SamplingHeapProfileSample struct {
	Size    float64 `json:"size"`    // Allocation size in bytes attributed to the sample.
	NodeID  int     `json:"nodeId"`  // Id of the corresponding profile tree node.
	Ordinal float64 `json:"ordinal"` // Time-ordered sample ordinal number. It is unique across all profiles retrieved between startSampling and stopSampling.
}

// SamplingHeapProfile Sampling profile.
type SamplingHeapProfile struct {
	Head    SamplingHeapProfileNode     `json:"head"`    // No description.
	Samples []SamplingHeapProfileSample `json:"samples"` // No description.
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Robber escapes with $260
Wes Wolfe / Staff Writer
Jan 1, 2014 at 12:01 AM Jan 1, 2014 at 4:12 PM
A robbery suspect held up a man at the victim�s home early Sunday morning, making off with $260.
According to a Kinston Department of Public Safety incident report, a black male of undetermined age and armed with a shotgun robbed a man at his residence around 3:15 a.m.
The incident occurred in the 400 block of Edgehill Avenue.
The victim was unhurt in the robbery.
The case remains under investigation.
Wes Wolfe can be reached at 252-559-1075 and Wes.Wolfe@Kinston.com. Follow him on Twitter @WolfeReports.


Denmark is not the first country to ban the burqa and niqab.
But the new laws, which were passed last week, also include a ban on "fake" facial hair, which has been seen as a convenient way to circumvent rules which prohibit police from stopping and searching people without a reasonable cause, and enabling them to unfairly target those of "middle eastern appearance", especially men who wear the traditional Islamic beard.
The Danish government has not sought to justify the laws on the basis that a person might have a gun or bomb hidden under their burqa, or that face coverings (including fake beards) might be used to hide a person's identity.
"Slowly but surely, Europe is undergoing a move towards restricting religious freedom for non-Christians. The Danish government and media have focused on the burqa ban to get public consent, but the real issue is how minorities are being treated as second-class citizens".
The penalty for wearing a burqa or fake beard is 1000 Danish Krone, or $AUD207, for a first offence.
The level of fines increase incrementally, up to 10,000 Krone, or $AUD2,020, for a fourth offence.
The laws come into effect on 1 August 2018.
For devout Muslim women, the burqa ban could mean staying home if they wish to remain covered up –restricting their ability to work, socialise and fully integrate into the local culture, which many would argue is counter-intuitive to assimilation.
And as stated, the ban on "fake" beards would appear to achieve little more than give Danish police an excuse to arbitrarily stop men of "middle eastern" appearance.
Human rights group Amnesty International has been outspoken about the ban, describing it as a discriminatory violation of rights – including the right to practice ones religion and freedom of expression.
In Austria, where it is estimated that less than 200 women wear the religious dress, police are grappling with enforcing the law – with reports saying that since its introduction, it has been used mostly for arresting people wearing clown disguises, cyclists and people wearing sports hoods, whilst devout Muslim women stay home.
France's ban, which was introduced in 2010, has been widely enforced and has already been tested successfully in the European Court of Human Rights (EHCR). That case was brought by a French citizen of Pakistani origin, who wears both the burqa, covering her entire head and body, and the niqab, leaving only her eyes uncovered.
The woman's lawyers submitted that outlawing the full-face veil was contrary to six articles of the European convention. They argued it was "inhumane and degrading, against the right of respect for family and private life, freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of speech and discriminatory".
The French government pointed out that the law was not aimed at the burqa or veil, but any covering of the face in a public place, and also applied to hoods and helmets when not worn on a motor vehicle. The European judges decided in the French Government's favour, declaring that the preservation of a certain idea of "living together" was the "legitimate aim" of the French authorities.
In a separate case, the ECHR also upheld France's ban on headscarves in educational establishments, and its regulation requiring the removal of scarves, veils and turbans for security checks.
In Australia last year, Senator Pauline Hanson caused national uproar when she wore a burqa to Parliament, calling for a public ban on the religious dress on the ground that it is a threat to national security.
In the wake of her stunt, a poll taken by Channel Nine suggested that almost 60% of respondents supported a ban.
However, the Australian Government has continually emphasised a need to work cooperatively with the Muslim community, not to make them feel offended and isolated because of their beliefs, and to support religious freedoms.
There's no doubt Islamaphobia is on the rise, globally and in Australia.
In Australia a large number of people are not in favour of the dress, not because they fear it, but because they see it as a symbol of oppression and sexism, contradictory to the freedoms Australian women have to dress as they like.
But the irony, and the reality, is that most Muslim women don't feel this way – they are immensely proud of the garment and its significance to their faith.
If the true purpose of multi-culturalism is to create a society in which we can all live together and respect each other's differences, then the challenge for law makers is to create laws which facilitate tolerance regardless of religion, ethnicity, age or gender, not to impose heavy-handed bans which offend and have the potential to isolate, alienate and discriminate against minorities.


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Un eclipse lunar total ocurrió en la madrugada del 4 de abril de 2015,
siendo el primero de los dos eclipses lunares totales de 2015. Cabe destacar que este eclipse es el de menor duración en el siglo XXI, con solo 5 minutos y 43 segundos en la fase total.

Visualización

Mapa
El siguiente mapa muestra las regiones desde las cuales pudo ser visible el eclipse. En gris, las zonas que no observaron el eclipse; en blanco, las que si lo vieron; y en celeste, las regiones que pudieron ver el eclipse durante la salida o puesta de la luna.

Perspectiva de la Luna

Animación

Galería de fotos

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Eclipse lunar de abril de 2015

2015
Ciencia de 2015

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Adventure Bug
Chronicles of an Adventure-Obsessed Gamer
Casebook Episode 1: Kidnapped
I honestly can't believe this. I never thought an FMV game would be made in this day an age. And it's pretty decent too. Casebook Episode 1: Kidnapped was published in November for digital download by New Zealand developer Areo. In it, you play yourself, as a forensic detective aiding your partner Detective James Burton. At the start of the game, you are responding to a report of a kidnapping. Little Greta and Harry Birchermann were kidnapped from their bedroom in the Birchermann house. Detective Burton gives you a rundown and a camera and sets you loose in the first crime scene, the kids' bedroom.
The camera must be magic, because it also collects trace samples just by taking pictures of them. When you have it full, you go back to the mobile crime lab van that you drove to the crime scene. Then you upload the evidence to a computer and play a series of forensic-themed mini-games. When you are really on to something( meaning you collect the right sample), Det. Burton will go interview a suspect or lead and the game plays a nice cutscene. When you get enough clues to significantly progress the investigation, a new crime scene is unlocked and new tasks are set before you.
For the most part, the video portions are of very high quality. The cutscenes of the interviews with Det. Burton are of the highest quality. The scenes where you are following the detective or he is talking to you are of lower quality and slightly blurry, though they enabled the mouse so that you can look around. That little detail does add something to the realism. The heavy compression is probably due to restrictions on download size at some distributor's websites.
The non-video parts of the game where you investigate the crime scenes also suffer from intermittent blurriness. It was hard to see the things I was supposed to see sometimes. However, there was no chance of getting stuck, because Areo has included an innovative hint system. Whenever you feel like you don't know what to do next you can press the "I" key on the keyboard and it will activate the "Intuition" feature that will point you camera in the right direction. I found I used this too much though due to lack of definition in the scenes.
The story was fun, though I felt it could have used a little more suspense. Maybe some cutscenes of the scared children would have added more to the sense of danger. Overall there could have been deeper intrigues. I felt like the outcome of the story was easily predicted save for one turn of plot. The music supported the noir-style scenes well and didn't distract me.
I would have liked it to be a little longer and deeper, but it's pretty cool that they expect to make more episodes and I'm really looking forward to the next one.
Conclusion: This is an interactive movie along the lines of Tender Loving Care or Tex Murphy if you subtract
puzzles and comedy. It does stand on it's own and was a fun experience. I want
to play the next episode as soon as it comes out.
Don't take my word for it there are more reviews to be found at Adventuregamers, Gameboomers, and Gamezebo.
This game can be obtained from the Casebook official website. I downloaded mine from Big Fish Games.
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Labels: Casebook, review
(Murder In) The Abbey
It must be hard to be a man of reason set upon a breeding ground of superstition to conduct a murder investigation. That is the case with the protagonist of (Murder in) The Abbey, Brother Leonardo de Toledo. The setting is medieval Spain at a Franciscan monastery, Nuestra Senora de la Natividad. The gatekeeper, Anselmo, has been murdered and Leonardo and his novice, Bruno have arrived to gather evidence for the abbot. The abbot wants Leonardo to search for clues that it is the Devil or a demon. So armed with his trusty crucifix and his less-than-brilliant sidekick, Leonardo sets out to gather empirical evidence and thus the investigation begins.
This is another game I have been wanting to play since its publishing by The Advent ure Company in August 2008. It's the first game I have played by Spanish developer Alcachofa Soft. One of the reasons that piqued my interest was the animation style. For the subject matter, which is very drama-oriented, utilizing a comic almost Disney type style was an intriguing concept. I think doing this game the usual way with photorealistic style, would have been cliche and the game wouldn't have stood out to me. It's the same reason I was taken with the early Broken Sword games. Secondly. I loved the movie The Name of the Rose, which is an adaptation of the book of the same name by Umberto Eco. This game draws heavily from this influence and to give props to Eco they name an important character after him. So lets get to the good and bad:
For me, the music was one of the best features in the game. Every area had it's own orchestral score and there were a lot of choral tracks. The songs fit the scene nicely, in periods of exploration the melodies were minimal and relaxing and in parts of action the music would crescendo and support the feeling of excitement. It was just right. The graphics were beautiful. A mix of 3D characters with 2D rendered backgrounds. The effect was of a cell-shaded cartoon. It was pulled off in a very polished way. Sometimes the lighting was gorgeous.
I also enjoyed that the light would change with the times of day ( a lot of 2D games don't bother with tra nsitions like sunrise and sunset). And inside all the areas the light would also change it's quality according to the time of day. Most of the puzzles were inventory-based, and for the most part they were logical. There were a couple of harder more mechanical puzzles. The voice-acting, for the most part, was very high quality and added greatly to the polished feeling of the game.
The Not-so-Good
For the first quarter of the game, it felt polished and wonderful...if a bit slow. I don't mind a slow game as I like to relax and immerse myself into the game world. Then I started to notice the problems.
First off, there is a misleading inconsistency with the exit points of the scenes. The environments are 2D, so you get a screen with multiple exit points. I got stuck at a point, thinking I explored the whole of the game world, when I discovered that on a couple of screens you have to physically walk to the edge of the screen to move about. This would not be so confusing if I hadn't done it another way in other scenes of the game. I was very confused by this for a while.
Then, there is a situation with details being too easy to overlook. I don't mind pixel hunting, though it never adds fluidity to a game experience. The problem with The Abbey, is that in some scenes inactive items from previous scenes, become active. I just don't think to look at things I already looked at. I prefer to see the active items, and not know their use yet to overlooking them because I they didn't light up last time. This also had me wasting time...in a slow game. Add it all up and that's not good.
My greatest pet peeve of all was the journal. I like that they included a journal, because often there were hints in it if got hopelessly stuck, and it also served as a useful reminder of what I was doing in my last sitting. It was in the later parts of the game that I noticed that the journal does not hold your place. So you have to do a lot of clicking to get to the relevant parts, especially in the later parts of the game. Usually I was frustrated when I would consult the journal anyway and this just made it even more irritating.
Remember that polish I was taking about? With the dialog and the art? Well it isn't quite as good as all that because it's undermined by bugs. Sometimes the wrong bit of dialog plays, sometimes a bit from an entirely different character will play instead and it totally pulls the player out of the game. There are some other minor bugs that just take the shine off.
Okay, I know all that just sounded really bad, but I am in a critical mood. The game is not all that bad in comparison with other games in this niche of adventures. I wish they would release a patch for it, it's so close to being good, but at this time, I would say it's acceptable. If your really into investigative story games and history I would say check it out. If you are a first-person puzzle lover, this is not the one to break your streak with.
There are some other opinions on Adventuregamers, Just Adventure, and Gameboomers.
Next Up: Casebook Episode 1
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Ceville Demo
I just recently learned about the game Ceville. It's being published by Kalypso Media and developed by Boxed Dreams. It looks to be a comic-style, point-and-click adventure in the vein of Monkey Island and Sam and Max. According to the official website The game takes place in the realm of Faeryanis which is under the rule of the oppressive tyrant, Ceville. Players get to play Ceville and be mean and nasty. I got the demo off of Steam, but you can also dowload it off of the above link to the publisher's website. I'll probably get this when it comes out on Feb 27th.
There's also a trailer on youtube.
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Overclocked: A History of Violence
I've been really slow. A lot of things in my life have interfered with me posting to this blog I was so eager to start. But I'm here now, so here goes.
I got a chance to sit down with House of Tales' Overclocked: A History of Violence this weekend. This game was released by publisher Lighthouse Interactive back in April 2008, and I was really excited to play it. It is a third-person investigative game where you play a psychiatrist with a dark past, Dr. David McNamara. In recent days, there have been a handful of young people caught wandering the streets of NYC with guns and a rockin' case of amnesia. They have been admitted into this creepy old relic of the turn-of-the-century mental health system. Supposedly the hostpital is supposed to be shut down and these are it's last patients. As Dr. McNamara unmedicates the patients and begins investigating their memories he uncovers the interconnected story of how they ended up wandering the streets of Manhattan with guns.
It's not just a simple and straight forward investigation story though. Dr. McNamara has to contend with obstacles in his personal life and from the establishment at the state mental hospital. It makes for a very compelling story. In fact, that's the stregnth of the game. The story is very good. Even if it is predictable at times, the tension is maintained such that it really does drive the player to continue. The graphics are also not too shabby for such a game. I particularly enjoyed the water effects down by the pier.
The puzzles...not so much. There are a lot of illogical puzzles. Some were really ridiculous, and it detracted from the serious tone. A lot of this game is just not realistic, and I think realism is what they were going for. For instance, the hotel porter never leaves. T here is never a change in who is manning the desk. The rain never stops. I know this is for dramatic effect, but it's rather heavy handed. The game is set in NYC, but it doesn't really feel like it. All the people are standing around in the rain without umbrellas, and there's just too few people. There could have been some more shots of NY landmarks to really get the feeling across. The voice acting is sometimes very good. The flow of the conversations feels unnatural though. Sometimes the awkwardness adds to the pervasive tension in a good way, and other times it's distracting because it is so stilted.
All of this is mostly balanced out by the story though. Which is why I play these games anyway. The puzzles weren't all that hard and they didn't detract from the obvious narrative focus. Overall, I'm glad I played it. I may play it again sometime in the future. I'm interested to try some more games published by Lighthouse, and I am looking forward to more titles from House of Tales.
Conclusion: There were some real missed opportunities, but it is still worth playing.
Labels: Overclocked, review
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Cordaitales are an extinct order of gymnosperms, known from the early Carboniferous to the late Permian. Many Cordaitales had elongated strap-like leaves, resembling some modern-day conifers of the Araucariaceae and Podocarpaceae. They had cone-like reproductive structures reminiscent of those of modern conifers. Some Cordaitales formed large trees that seem to have been particularly abundant on drier ground, in tropical environments. Also, some tall trees but also shrubby and mangrove-like species of Cordaitales seem to have grown in the Carboniferous coal swamps. Cordaitales were also abundant during the Permian. Common genera from the Carboniferous include Mesoxylon and Cordaixylon. Other genera are Noeggerathiopsis and Sumaropsis.

Features of the female cone (megastrobilus) of the members of Cordaitales indicate that the cone scales, possessed by themselves and their descendants, may correspond to short shoots, rather than leaves. This is because the cone consists of these short shoots, emerging from bracts. Among conifers, a leaf of any kind does not emerge from the axil of a bract.

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Prehistoric plant orders


The mountains of Uttarakhand are quite famous for different trekking expeditions. Among the different treks popular in India, Roopkund Trek is the most popular one. Situated at the height of 16, 500 feet, Roopkund attracts the adventure seekers and nature lovers since a long time. A mystery surrounds the lake with several human skeletons lying at the bottom of the lake. When the water is not frozen, these are easily visible. People from all over the world get involved in this Uttarakhand Trek because it is a great way to de-stress themselves. It is the best way to experience the real beauty of the Himalayas.
This trek is like a roller coaster which cuts across different villages and dense forests to reach and discover the snow capped peaks of the Himalayas. You will not have difficulty in finding a reasonable Roopkund Trek Package, which will help you plan the entire trek. Check out the different Roopkund packages at Trek the Himalayas and soak yourself in the beauty of this mysterious lake.
However, make sure that you are physically fit to undertake the trek because of the high deal of intensity involved in the entire journey.
People mainly use two routes for this Trekking in Uttarakhand. The first route begins at Didna while the second begins at Lohajung. Regardless the route you choose, you will get plenty of help from the locals as well as the TTH guides which will make your adventure experience breathtakingly beautiful. Though there are some steep climbs, yet if you are under a guided tour, the overall experience will be fun filled and amazing.
The beautiful and unique landscapes makes it a sought after trek in India. Many people have trouble deciding Roopkund Trek best time to visit. Well, the best time is from May to June right before the monsoons or from August to October after the monsoon. At different times, you can experience different beauties that will simply blow your mind.
The view of the Roopkund Lake and the entire trek in itself will offer you one of the most inspirational experiences. The moments you spend with nature will revitalize your mind and body. The perfect blend of mystery and adventure amidst the Himalayan peaks will make it one of the most memorable Trekking experiences of your life. Therefore, do not miss out the opportunity to witness the hidden treasures that lies under the beautiful snow cover. The overall experience will be thrilling like never before.


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Marasmius cladophyllus is a species of fungus in the family Marasmiaceae. Found in South America and Central America, it was described as new to science by English mycologist Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1856. A characteristic feature of the mushroom is the prominent ventricose (vein-like) pattern of the gills.

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cladophyllus
Fungi of Central America
Fungi of South America
Fungi described in 1856
Taxa named by Miles Joseph Berkeley


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Vince Santo Pietro, 2012 Shoreline Teacher of the Year
Vince Santo Pietro, science teacher at Shorecrest High School, has been selected as the 2012 Shoreline Teacher of the Year.
From left, Shorecrest High School Principal Pat Hegarty,
Shoreline Teacher of the Year Vince Santo Pietro, his wife Nadine Santo Pietro,
and Superintendent Sue Walker.
Photo courtesy Shoreline Schools
Vince has taught science at Shorecrest since 1994. He will be honored at a reception on Monday, May 14 prior to the School Board meeting that evening. The public is invited. Shoreline will honor its certificated staff members during Teacher Appreciation Week, May 14 to 18.
"Whatever the task – managing an experiment in chemistry, coordinating and communicating a technology initiative, or jumping in as the go-to guy when you take 160 people on a 10-day trip to Ireland – Vince Santo Pietro is not only one of our school leaders, but he also believes in the importance of being a team player and partner," his nomination read in part. "
In his classroom Vince is the master of questioning strategies, probing students and encouraging higher level thinking skills as he provides feedback to push students toward their learning goals. He incorporates real world applications to make subject matter relevant, and stays current with developments in his teaching assignment."
Vince has served for many years as Shorecrest Science Club advisor, as school webmaster, and on its emergency preparedness committee. He has been a member of District technology committees, served as the District's representative to the Washington State Public Health lab assessment committee, and on the design team for the new Shorecrest.
Each year he organizes a popular Astronomy Night that is open to the public. He teaches for the UW in the high school program, and he received a two-year Murdock grant to do astronomy research at the UW.
For the recent trip by the Shorecrest marching band, pipers, Highland Dancers and flags to Ireland, Vince worked on the staff team to handle many of the organizational logistics for band director Vince Caruso to make the trip a success.
In the community, Vince was one of the founding members, and a clarinet player, of the Around the Sound Community Band, a performance group dedicated to the joy of music and sharing that joy through community service. The band began as a Shorecrest senior project.
Vince also volunteers for the Fremont Arts Council, and has served as head of security for the famous Fremont Solstice Parade. Finally, Vince is devoted to his church community, the University Congregational United Church of Christ. He has served on several of the church's boards and committees, notably, the facilities board, and he worked on a committee helping to organize the moving and packing through an extensive remodel. Recently he helped organize and presented a series of programs exploring faith and science.
"Vince brings as much zest and pride and pleasure to a new lab experiment as he does to a brand new iPad, as much passion to a Power Standard as he would to correcting an astronomy quiz. Vince is a doer not to keep busy, but to stretch and to grow and to keep on learning and trying, and it is that fundamental, innocent, unvarnished revelry in learning that makes him such an unassuming but tremendously powerful role model for our students. Vince personifies the most basic cornerstone of our work – learning - in everything he touches at Shorecrest, and indeed in our larger community," his nomination concluded.
Vince is married to Nadine Santo Pietro, who teaches integrated arts at Echo Lake Elementary. He graduated from Temple University with a bachelor of arts in Chemistry and from the University of Pennsylvania with a master of science in Chemistry. He also has a masters in education from Seattle Pacific University. He began his career in the science museum industry, first with the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia and later with the Pacific Science Center in Seattle.
The Shoreline Teacher of the Year is selected by a committee of certificated and classified staff, administrators and parents from nominations received from throughout the District. Vince will receive a $500 professional development grant from the Shoreline Public Schools Foundation and will be Shoreline's nominee for the 2013 Washington State Teacher of the Year.
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The file photo shows members of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group in an undisclosed location.
Iraq has called on Saudi Arabia for explanation after a senior official admitted fundraising in the kingdom for Daesh terrorists fighting in the Iraqi city of Fallujah.
The call by Iraq's Foreign Ministry came after Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour al-Turki said earlier this week that Iraq's current offensive against Daesh has sparked a flurry of new fundraising campaigns in Saudi Arabia.
"You cannot control the sympathies of people," Turki said before acknowledging that those were potentially fake campaigns to raise money in the name of the "children of Fallujah" that actually funds terrorism.
"They are focusing on any event that results in a humane crisis, like the one going on in Fallujah now in Iraq," he said.
"This is now heavily being used by many to encourage people to give money for the children of Fallujah," Turki added during a conference call with reporters on terrorist financing.
"We are waiting for a clarification from the Saudi Government regarding its spokesman's press statements on the collection of financial donations for ISIS (Daesh) within the kingdom," the statement said.
"The real efforts exercised to fight terrorist organizations must eliminate its funding sources," the ministry said, in an apparent jab at Turki's allegations touting Saudi Arabia's counter-terrorism efforts.
Turki spoke Wednesday to reporters invited to question him remotely at the Saudi embassy in Washington which has sharply stepped up its lobbying activities in recent months amid new reports about the kingdom's role in 9/11 attacks.
Saudi Arabia threatened to pull out several hundreds of billions of dollars in assets held in the US if the country was incriminated in the attacks.
Hence, US Treasury officials have said their concerns about wealthy Saudis funneling money to terrorist organizations have largely abated.
Riyadh is widely viewed as one of the major supporters of Daesh, mainly operating in Syria and Iraq.
Takfirism, which is the terrorist group's trademark, is largely influenced by Wahhabism, the radical ideology dominating Saudi Arabia and freely preached by Saudi clerics.
Daesh overran Fallujah in the western Anbar province in January 2014, six months before the terror group proceeded with its offensive, taking more areas in Iraq.
On May 23, the Iraqi military started a large-scale push to drive out the militants from Fallujah, located nearly 70 kilometers west of the capital, Baghdad.
According to the United Nations, up to 90,000 civilians are believed to be trapped in the city, which has been under siege for about six months, with no supplies getting in.
Daesh militants have been carrying out horrific acts of violence, such as public decapitations and crucifixions, against all communities, including Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, and Christians in areas they have overrun.
Iraq's counter-terrorism forces are some three kilometers away from the center of the strategic city of Fallujah, a senior military commander says.
Iraqi forces are pushing with their offensive to fully liberate the city of Fallujah from Deash Takfiri terrorists.
Iraq's foreign minister says Daesh is hiding bombs and explosives in copies of the Holy Qur'an to slow the army's march on Fallujah.
A UN official says up to 90,000 civilians are believed to have been trapped in the besieged Iraqi city of Fallujah.
Human-rights activists in Germany have projected the Daesh flag together with the words "Daesh Bank" onto the Saudi embassy in Berlin.


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#include "tensorflow/compiler/tf2xla/shape_util.h"
#include "tensorflow/compiler/tf2xla/xla_helpers.h"
#include "tensorflow/compiler/tf2xla/xla_op_kernel.h"
#include "tensorflow/compiler/tf2xla/xla_op_registry.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/tensor_shape.h"

namespace tensorflow {
namespace {

class ReverseSequenceOp : public XlaOpKernel {
 public:
  explicit ReverseSequenceOp(OpKernelConstruction* context)
      : XlaOpKernel(context) {
    OP_REQUIRES_OK(context, context->GetAttr("batch_dim", &batch_dim_));
    OP_REQUIRES_OK(context, context->GetAttr("seq_dim", &seq_dim_));
  }

  void Compile(XlaOpKernelContext* context) override {
    const TensorShape input_shape = context->InputShape(0);
    const TensorShape seq_lens_shape = context->InputShape(1);

    OP_REQUIRES(context, TensorShapeUtils::IsVector(seq_lens_shape),
                errors::InvalidArgument("seq_lens input must be 1-dim, not ",
                                        seq_lens_shape.dims()));
    OP_REQUIRES(context, batch_dim_ != seq_dim_,
                errors::InvalidArgument("batch_dim == seq_dim == ", seq_dim_));
    OP_REQUIRES(
        context, seq_dim_ < input_shape.dims(),
        errors::InvalidArgument("seq_dim must be < input.dims()", "( ",
                                seq_dim_, " vs. ", input_shape.dims(), ")"));
    OP_REQUIRES(
        context, batch_dim_ < input_shape.dims(),
        errors::InvalidArgument("batch_dim must be < input.dims()", "( ",
                                batch_dim_, " vs. ", input_shape.dims(), ")"));
    OP_REQUIRES(
        context,
        seq_lens_shape.num_elements() == input_shape.dim_size(batch_dim_),
        errors::InvalidArgument("len(seq_lens) != input.dims(", batch_dim_,
                                "), ", "(", seq_lens_shape.num_elements(),
                                " vs. ", input_shape.dim_size(batch_dim_)));

    xla::XlaBuilder* builder = context->builder();
    const auto input = context->Input(0);
    const auto seq_lens = context->Input(1);

    const int64 batch_size = input_shape.dim_size(batch_dim_);

    const DataType input_type = context->input_type(0);
    const DataType seq_lens_type = context->input_type(1);
    const int64 max_seq_len = input_shape.dim_size(seq_dim_);

    xla::Shape input_xla_shape;
    OP_REQUIRES_OK(context, TensorShapeToXLAShape(input_type, input_shape,
                                                  &input_xla_shape));
    xla::Shape seq_lens_xla_shape;
    OP_REQUIRES_OK(context, TensorShapeToXLAShape(seq_lens_type, seq_lens_shape,
                                                  &seq_lens_xla_shape));

    const auto tuple_shape = xla::ShapeUtil::MakeTupleShape({
        xla::ShapeUtil::MakeShape(seq_lens_xla_shape.element_type(), {}),
        seq_lens_xla_shape,
        input_xla_shape,
    });

    // For each entry in the batch, reverse the sequence.
    // TODO(b/65689298): generalize the Map() operator to non-scalar cases and
    // use it here, instead of a While loop.

    // Condition: lambda (i, _, _): i < batch_size
    auto condition_builder =
        builder->CreateSubBuilder("reverse_sequence_condition");
    {
      auto param = condition_builder->Parameter(0, tuple_shape, "param");
      auto i = condition_builder->GetTupleElement(param, 0);
      condition_builder->Lt(
          i, XlaHelpers::IntegerLiteral(condition_builder.get(), seq_lens_type,
                                        batch_size));
    }
    auto condition = condition_builder->Build();
    OP_REQUIRES_OK(context, condition.status());

    auto body_builder = builder->CreateSubBuilder("reverse_sequence_body");
    {
      auto param = body_builder->Parameter(0, tuple_shape, "param");
      auto i = body_builder->GetTupleElement(param, 0);
      auto seq_lens = body_builder->GetTupleElement(param, 1);
      auto output = body_builder->GetTupleElement(param, 2);

      // seq_len is the sequence length of the current batch element (rank 1)
      auto seq_len = body_builder->DynamicSlice(
          seq_lens, body_builder->Reshape(i, {1}), {1});

      // Indices is the offset of the batch element in the input.
      auto batch_element_indices = body_builder->Broadcast(
          XlaHelpers::Zero(body_builder.get(), seq_lens_type),
          {input_shape.dims()});
      batch_element_indices = body_builder->DynamicUpdateSlice(
          batch_element_indices, body_builder->Reshape(i, {1}),
          body_builder->Reshape(
              XlaHelpers::IntegerLiteral(body_builder.get(), seq_lens_type,
                                         batch_dim_),
              {1}));

      // Slice out the current batch element and pad it out in the sequence
      // dimension.
      TensorShape slice_shape = input_shape;
      slice_shape.set_dim(batch_dim_, 1);
      slice_shape.set_dim(seq_dim_, max_seq_len);
      auto slice = body_builder->DynamicSlice(output, batch_element_indices,
                                              slice_shape.dim_sizes());
      auto padding_config = xla::MakeNoPaddingConfig(slice_shape.dims());
      padding_config.mutable_dimensions(seq_dim_)->set_edge_padding_high(
          slice_shape.dim_size(seq_dim_));
      slice = body_builder->Pad(
          slice, XlaHelpers::Zero(body_builder.get(), input_type),
          padding_config);

      // Now slice out the reversed sequence from its actual start.
      // sequence_start_indices is the offset of the start of the reversed
      // sequence in the input. The slice will go into the padding, however, we
      // will mask off these elements and replace them with elements from the
      // original input so their values do not matter.
      auto sequence_start_indices = body_builder->Broadcast(
          XlaHelpers::Zero(body_builder.get(), seq_lens_type),
          {slice_shape.dims()});
      sequence_start_indices = body_builder->DynamicUpdateSlice(
          sequence_start_indices,
          body_builder->Sub(XlaHelpers::IntegerLiteral(
                                body_builder.get(), seq_lens_type, max_seq_len),
                            seq_len),
          body_builder->Reshape(
              XlaHelpers::IntegerLiteral(body_builder.get(), seq_lens_type,
                                         seq_dim_),
              {1}));
      slice = body_builder->DynamicSlice(slice, sequence_start_indices,
                                         slice_shape.dim_sizes());

      // Shift the reversed sequence to the left.
      output = body_builder->DynamicUpdateSlice(output, slice,
                                                batch_element_indices);

      body_builder->Tuple(
          {body_builder->Add(
               i, XlaHelpers::One(body_builder.get(), seq_lens_type)),
           seq_lens, output});
    }
    auto body = body_builder->Build();
    OP_REQUIRES_OK(context, body.status());

    auto loop_output = builder->While(
        condition.ValueOrDie(), body.ValueOrDie(),
        builder->Tuple({XlaHelpers::Zero(builder, seq_lens_type), seq_lens,
                        builder->Rev(input, {seq_dim_})}));
    auto output = builder->GetTupleElement(loop_output, 2);

    // Mask out elements after the sequence length.
    xla::XlaOp iota;
    OP_REQUIRES_OK(
        context, XlaHelpers::Iota(builder, seq_lens_type, max_seq_len, &iota));
    std::vector<int64> dims(input_shape.dims(), 1);
    dims[batch_dim_] = batch_size;
    auto mask = builder->Lt(iota, builder->Reshape(seq_lens, dims), {seq_dim_});

    // Broadcast the mask up to the input shape.
    mask =
        builder->Or(mask, builder->Broadcast(builder->ConstantR0<bool>(false),
                                             input_shape.dim_sizes()));

    output = builder->Select(mask, output, input);
    context->SetOutput(0, output);
  }

 private:
  int32 batch_dim_;
  int32 seq_dim_;
};

REGISTER_XLA_OP(Name("ReverseSequence"), ReverseSequenceOp);

}  // namespace
}  // namespace tensorflow


Here at the Evergreen at The Thompson House in Windham, NY we have 25 clean and comfortable hotel rooms. No two rooms are exactly the same. All of our hotel rooms are non-smoking, have a great view of the surrounding Northern Catskill Mountains and Windham Ski Resort, refrigerator, hair dryer, flat-screen TV, balcony, private bathroom, and telephone. With many different options, we will have the right room for your perfect ski vacation to Windham and Hunter Mountains. Our room rates listed below include a continental breakfast. Please note that rates are based on a double occupancy, and there are additional charges for more occupants.
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Larson Electronics.com by Larson Electronics announced today the release of a two foot long LED work light with 100 feet of cord ending in an explosion proof plug. Designed to allow users to connect the light to explosion proof outlets within the hazardous workspace, these LED tube equipped work lights surpass the performance of similar fluorescent lamp equipped versions. Producing a glare free wide flood of light, this LED work light is ideal for close work and inspection activities where contrast and color rendering are critical.
Built to provide the highest safety and convenience, the EPL-FL1524-LED-100-1523 explosion proof LED tube work light surpasses the performance of similar fluorescent work lights with better light quality and greater durability. With a high lumen per watt light output, highly efficient reflector design and 100 feet of SOOW explosion proof cord ending in a type 1523 explosion proof plug, this unit exceeds the performance of traditional fluorescent work lamps while offering the convenience of connection to explosion proof outlets within the hazardous workspace. Approved for Class 1 Division 1 and Class 2 Division 2 locations, this LED work light with cord reel is an excellent solution to cumbersome fluorescent work lights that are easily damaged during rough use and eliminates the accidental burns that occasionally occur when using incandescent drop lights. The LED equipped lamp in this unit uses only 15 watts of power to achieve performance beyond that of comparable to 100 watt incandescent work lamps. The light output of this LED work light is distinctly brighter and the light is crisper than the yellowish light from incandescent lamps, making this lamp ideal for operators performing close work and critical inspection duties. Constructed of aluminum with an annealed glass tube shield, this LED work light is highly resistant to damage from dropping and vibrations. 100 feet of explosion proof cord ending in an explosion proof plug provides safe and secure connection to power while inside of the hazardous area. The plug is of a twist-lock design and intended to mate with explosion proof receptacles for absolute explosion proof protection. This plug can also be connected to standard outlets for versatile convenience, but in order to achieve explosion proof approval it must be connected to an explosion proof outlet. Cool operation, extreme durability and full explosion proof protection make this LED work light ideal for those in the petrochemical and manufacturing industries as well as for operators simply desiring an LED work light of above average quality and performance.
Larson Electronics produces a wide range of LED droplights, explosion proof LED work lights, portable LED lights and LED paint spray booth lights. The entire Larson Electronics line of explosion proof lighting can be found on Larson Electronics.com. You can also call 1-800-369-6671 to learn more about Larson Electronicss' custom ordering capabilities or call 1-214-616-6180 for international inquires.


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Q: Installing Snappy on a HDP Cluster I have a HBase cluster built using Hortonworks Data Platform 2.6.1.
Now I need to apply Snappy compression on HBase tables.
Without installing Snappy, I executed the Compression Test and I got a success output. I used below commands.
hbase org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.CompressionTest file:///tmp/test.txt snappy

hbase org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.CompressionTest hdfs://hbase.primary.namenode:8020/tmp/test1.txt snappy

In got below response for both commands.
2017-10-30 11:25:18,454 INFO  [main] hfile.CacheConfig: CacheConfig:disabled
2017-10-30 11:25:18,671 INFO  [main] compress.CodecPool: Got brand-new compressor [.snappy]
2017-10-30 11:25:18,679 INFO  [main] compress.CodecPool: Got brand-new compressor [.snappy]
2017-10-30 11:25:21,560 INFO  [main] hfile.CacheConfig: CacheConfig:disabled
2017-10-30 11:25:22,366 INFO  [main] compress.CodecPool: Got brand-new decompressor [.snappy]
SUCCESS

I see below libraries in the path /usr/hdp/2.6.1.0-129/hadoop/lib/native/ as well.
libhadoop.a
libhadooppipes.a
libhadoop.so
libhadoop.so.1.0.0
libhadooputils.a
libhdfs.a
libsnappy.so
libsnappy.so.1
libsnappy.so.1.1.4

Does HDP support snappy compression by default?
If so can I compress the HBase tables without installing Snappy?

A:
Without installing Snappy, I executed the Compression Test and I got a success output.

Ambari installed it during cluster installation, so yes those commands are working

Does HDP support snappy compression by default?

Yes, the HDP-UTILS repository  provides the snappy libraries.

can I compress the HBase tables without installing Snappy?

Hbase provides other compression algorithms, so yes

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Honda has a great reputation for reliability and performance. Are you planning to purchase generic Honda car parts, you may be making a costly mistake.
When it comes to Honda parts, it is easy to find generic and cheaper parts. You may find that you compromise the performance and efficiency of your Honda.
There are a number of reasons why you should choose genuine Honda car parts. Owners should be aware that genuine parts respect the exact Honda standards. This means that each component perfectly fits into the precision machine that is your Honda. All Honda parts are carefully tested. This ensures that each replacement component functions at optimum performance levels. It offers the reliability and durability you would expect from the brand.
There are national regulations. This does not mean that there is no risk. Generic parts tend to be made from lower grade materials to keep the costs lower. This means that they tend to have a far shorter lifespan than a genuine part. It means that there is an increased risk of breakdown.
You may be driving with total confidence. You only had a drive belt replaced 20,000 kilometres ago. What if it snaps and damages other vital engine components. This means that you could be faced with a garage bill totalling thousands of dollars. Fortunately, with genuine Honda car parts, drivers can have the reassurance of the Honda National Parts Warranty.
It's Only a Filter. Does it Matter?
Even the most basic of components matter to the reliable performance of your Honda. While filters may appear to be an insignificant component, they actually perform a vital function. It can prevent dirt, dust and other debris from entering the engine. Your fuel filter can even protect your Honda from any particles of debris contained in your local service station. A cheap generic filter could compromise the performance of your vehicle. It might stutter and stall, just when you need acceleration.
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Q: How can I install dpkg-dev without installing gcc 4.6? I have manually installed gcc/g++ 4.7 on my Ubuntu 12.04
When I run sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev it's trying to download and install g++ 4.6 which would obviously break 4.7.
How can I install dpkg-dev without installing gcc 4.6 ?

A: You could use a PPA. One containing gcc/g++ 4.7 can be found here. The first link shows a graphical method of installing a PPA. Alternatively, via terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gcc-4.7

Using a PPA to install gcc/g++ might allow apt-get to realise that gcc/g++ 4.7 satisfies the dependency.

A: Looks like apt-mark hold is what I need.
If somebody knows more elegant method please let me know.


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1. Are the police officers in the West Chester Police Department being trained to deescalate altercations by using peaceful conflict resolution strategies?
West Chester Police officers complete initial training that includes de-escalation, mental health de-escalation, and unbiased policing while attending the police academy. De-escalation training teaches officers to attempt to resolve situations using verbal skills rather than force. If force is necessary, officers are taught to resort to the least amount of force necessary in order to gain control or stop an action. West Chester Police are in the process of receiving refresher training in these topics, along with legal training on the Fourth Amendment and the most up-to-date related caselaw.
2. Are the police officers in the West Chester Police Department prohibited from using carotid restraints (chokeholds, strangleholds, etc.)?
The use of a chokehold, whether applied by the hands, other body part, or a weapon, is prohibited by longstanding West Chester Police Department policy unless deadly force is warranted to protect life.
3. Are the police officers in the West Chester Police Department required to intervene if they witness another officer using excessive force? Will officers be reprimanded if they fail to intervene?
West Chester Police Department policy provides that any officer who observes another officer using force clearly beyond that which is objectively reasonable under the circumstances shall intercede, when feasible, to prevent the use of such excessive force, so long as doing so does not pose a safety risk. Officers shall immediately report these observations to a supervisor and document the observations prior to the end of shift. A violation of policy, including failure to intervene, will be investigated and an officer will be disciplined or fired if policy is violated.
4. Are the officers in the West Chester Police Department required to give a verbal warning to citizens before drawing their weapon or using force?
Officers are trained that giving verbal warnings or commands are always an officer's first option before drawing a weapon or using force. However, every incident is handled on a case-by-case basis based on the facts known to the officer in that incident. The officer must balance the ability and time necessary to provide a warning with the imminent danger and risk of serious physical injury or death faced by both the officer and the involved citizens. As the United States Supreme Court has stated, "police officers are often forced to make split-second judgments — in circumstances that are tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving — about the amount of force that is necessary in a particular situation." (Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386, 397 (1989)).
5. Are the officers in the West Chester Police Department required to report each time they threaten to or use force on citizens?
Police officers understand they have been entrusted with the authority to lawfully use force to protect life and property and to apprehend criminal offenders. Therefore, the Department properly documents and reviews each use of force to maintain public confidence and trust. Police officers are required to report any physical contact likely to cause pain or injury and each time they draw and point a weapon at a citizen.
6. Are the officers in the West Chester Police Department trained to perform and seek necessary medical action after using force?
Police officers receive training in CPR, use of an AED and medical training in the police academy. They receive refresher training in these areas every other year per the regulations of
the Pennsylvania Council on Police Training. Officers are responsible for providing and obtaining medical aid for individuals who complain of, or show signs of injury, as a result of any
use of force by an officer. Officers will transport the individual to a medical treatment facility or request an ambulance and begin medical evaluation and care of such individuals as soon as practical.
7. Is there an early intervention system enforced to correct officers who use force?
The West Chester Police Department employs a computer system that documents all uses of force, along with citizen complaints, motor vehicle collisions and vehicle pursuits. The system is monitored by police staff when an officer is involved in these types of incidents. Additionally, every use of force is reviewed immediately by a direct supervisor and then again quarterly by an internal committee to ensure compliance with policy. Any use of force outside of policy is sent to the Department's Professional Standards Office for investigation.
8. Do the West Chester Police use body cameras?
The West Chester Police Department received Commonwealth of Pennsylvania funding to implement a body worn camera (BWC) program in late 2019. The delivery and use of BWCs
began in January of 2020 for the Department.
The West Chester Police Department requires that all field operations personnel wear a BWC. Spare BWCs are available for other officers to utilize when required by policy. Officers are
required to record situations where they encounter the public and an arrest, detention, or use of force is likely.
The BWC policy was developed in accordance with the best practices determined by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice Body Worn Camera Tool Kit, and other
national and state resources.
9. What can I do as a concerned citizen?
Throughout the year, the West Chester Police Department plans and hosts various community activities and programs to engage with the community. These events include our festivals and National Night Out Against Crime. We are currently in the process of growing our community outreach programs and our community policing initiatives. It is important that members of the community stay connected by attending meetings, viewing updates on our websites (both our Departmental website and press release website) and following us on our social media platforms.
I and Mayor Dianne Herrin have an open-door policy and we invite all members of the community to reach out to us.


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The sculpture for the War Horse Memorial is now in its final resting place in Ascot.
With a life-long love of horses and fascinated by sculpture, Susan Leyland found herself faced with an emotional challenge in creating the War Horse Memorial Project.
For more sporting artists, Archibald Thorburn's paintings are unique from the Golden Era of fieldsports. And James Ward also led the way for change with his work.
This time four years ago, in her studio in Florence, Italy, sculptor Susan Leyland was researching the experiences of horses, mules and donkeys during the First World War. In my study in Somerset, I was doing the same thing. The article I wrote marked the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. Now, Leyland's finished sculpture, The War Horse Memorial, has just been unveiled in Ascot to commemorate the end of that war. As Leyland describes her four-year journey to make the statue, we can all empathise with the challenge of creating a constructive work of art from the emotions she was going through.
The memorial will act as a figurehead for a number of charities, including The Household Cavalry Foundation.
Originally conceived by Ascot businessman Alan Carr and charity guru Susan Osborne, the War Horse Memorial is a charity as well as a memorial and a sculpture, and acts as a figurehead for fundraising for a number of charities, including The Household Cavalry Foundation and the Mane Chance Sanctuary.
Despite this, Leyland stresses that the emotional content of the work was the most difficult element. "It took far more energy and psychological stress than l could ever have imagined. My first thoughts were towards the future, perhaps a horse looking beyond? But the more l read about the First World War and the more photos l saw, the harder it felt to portray the depth of pain and suffering of animals during the war. My final version was not found until two years of trial to arrive at the silhouette, the position. The horse as it stands is the product of all those hundreds of changes – going to make up a horse for all horses.
Leyland found the emotional content of the work her most difficult challenge.
The unveiling of the statue is the start point for a British summer celebrating the horse in art. The Osborne Studio Gallery's exhibition, Celebrating the Turf, opens at the start of Ascot week and continues until 7 July. Former soldier Freddy Paske will be included along with Nichola Eddery, Susan Crawford, Mao Wen Biao, Katie O'Sullivan and others. So this would certainly be the time to start your equine art trail, from the War Horse Memorial at Ascot's Heatherwood roundabout and then, after racing, on into London for more horses.


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I rise to contribute to the debate on the Primary Industries Legislation Amendment Bill 2014. It is my pleasure to stand proudly as a supporter of stamping out rogue practices in puppy farms. The Minister for Agriculture and Food Security has been proactive in prosecuting this from the time he took on the portfolio, in contrast to the opposition, which had 11 years in government to address this issue but did absolutely nothing. If we look at the sorts of activities we witnessed under the previous government, we see that it allowed fines for illegal puppy farms to stay at just $1195. It took the coalition government to increase the penalties in 2011. For serious breaches the fines are now up to $88 000. We are serious when we talk about stamping out illegal activity, while the opposition is just a talkfest.
We have done a number of things in terms of stamping out illegal activities. We have introduced the toughest breeding codes in Australia, with more than 100 prescriptions that breeders must follow, such as breeding limits. We have imposed explicit bans on blunt force trauma in euthanasia and the use of wire floor cages in breeding businesses. We have introduced $1.6 million for an animal welfare fund to assist not‑for‑profit groups to rescue and rehome abandoned animals. We have revoked the 28‑day rule, which means shelters are no longer forced to euthanise animals not claimed within 28 days. We are proudly supporting organisations like the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with $1 million to do the job it does and ensure that animals stay safe.
The bill is another example of how we are proudly stamping out rogue activity. Like other members, I receive letters in my inbox from people who also want to stand up for animals. I address each one to say that we need to do whatever we possibly can to ensure that we stamp out illegal and rogue traders. We have a code of practice for the operation of breeding and rearing businesses, and we will ensure that those people who do not follow those processes are not allowed to operate again. We are very clear on that. The opposition has mentioned that we do not have the power in place to prosecute operators or to actually go into premises and close down illegal practices and seize animals. That is not the fact. There are laws currently in place for that to take place right now, so we are able to do that, and we are ensuring that we can seize those animals, take them out of those premises and close those practices down.
The bill also provides for pet shops to keep proper records to ensure that they follow the processes required of their businesses and their operations. The Department of Environment and Primary Industries is currently preparing a review of the mandatory pet shop code which will go further in looking at how these processes are put in place. That is a very important element. It is the sort of area, whether it be breeders, pet shops or wherever animals are sold, in which animal welfare should be front and centre. Pet shops have responsibilities when they sell animals. We know that quite often people get excited and purchase an animal but the animal is not fit for the environment into which they take it when they go home. When the animal is a Christmas or birthday present or is received for some other reason, the excitement tends to wear off and the animal may end up being dumped on the side of the road or elsewhere. The responsibilities of pet shops will be part of the code of practice that is under review.
The bill is very important. The minister has worked tirelessly on it and will continue to do so. We are not finished, and we should never be finished when it comes to such activities. We need to ensure that our animals are safe and that they have a voice, and we in the coalition will continue to deliver improvements. I find it almost funny that the opposition accuses the government of not doing anything and carries on with suggestions that it would have done this and that and would have gone further, yet when it was in government for 11 years its activity was very thin on the ground, very thin on implementation and most importantly very thin on action. I commend the bill to the house.
David Southwick, Law and order, puppy farms
Health Services Union
SENTENCING AMENDMENT (COWARD'S PUNCH MANSLAUGHTER AND OTHER MATTERS) BILL 2014
Authorised by David Southwick MP, Suite 1/193, Balaclava Rd, Caulfield North 3161


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De roodrugmiersluiper (Formicivora erythronotos) is een zangvogel uit de familie Thamnophilidae. Het is een bedreigde, endemische vogelsoort in Brazilië. De vogel werd in 1852 geldig beschreven door Gustav Hartlaub.

Kenmerken
De vogel is 11,5 cm lang. Het mannetje heeft een roodbruine mantel en donker leigrijze vleugels met drie smalle vleugelstrepen. Van onder is het mannetje donkergrijs. Het vrouwtje is van onder lichtbruin. De snavel is spits, dun en donker.

Verspreiding en leefgebied
Deze soort is endemisch in zuidoostelijk Brazilië. De leefgebieden liggen in een smalle strook langs de kusten van de regio Baía da Ilha Grande in de deelstaat Rio de Janeiro. De leefgebieden zijn moerasbossen die liggen in de buurt van mangrovebossen langs de kust. De vogel werd daar pas in 1987 herontdekt in deze moerasbossen. Tijdens de 19de eeuw dacht men dat de vogel alleen voorkwam in het inmiddels verdwenen Atlantisch Woud in de regio Nova Friburgo en dat de vogel was uitgestorven.

Status
De roodrugmiersluiper heeft een beperkt verspreidingsgebied en daardoor is de kans op uitsterven aanwezig. De grootte van de populatie werd in 2016 door BirdLife International geschat op 600 tot 1700 individuen en de populatie-aantallen nemen af door habitatverlies. Het leefgebied wordt aangetast door de aanleg van receatievoorzieningen zoals vakantiehuisjes aan zee en hotels, waarbij natuurlijk bos verwijderd of versnipperd. Om deze redenen staat deze soort als bedreigd op de Rode Lijst van de IUCN.

Thamnophilidae
Endemisch dier uit Brazilië
IUCN-status bedreigd


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Look as if you are serious about getting fit when you are seen in this camo set. The top if this two piece set is atop which a high rounded neckline has. The sleeves are long and tapered. They have a close fit. These sleeves extend to the wrist area. The hemline is cropped style. This hemline gives a slight bare midriff look. The body of this top has loose fit. The shorts of the set are bicycle style. These shorts have a close fitting design. These shorts extend to the area just above the knee. The entire set has been made of a camo style printed fabric. You can wear this set with a pair of heavy black boots to create a great look. You can wear this st also with athletic shoes. You can have a lot of fun with this set.


A holiday house on the Azores costs on average USD 548 in the cheap travel period and USD 997 in the peak season per week. These details are of course in relation to the house and not per person as well as includes the obligatory additional charges.
The beautiful collection of islands that make up the Azores are actually part of Portugal, but the piercing blue sea and verdant forest feel light-years away from the continent. In fact, the two western most westerly islands are technically in the USA. But whether you opt for a holiday rental on the old whaling island of Faial or rent a modern holiday apartment on São Miguel, you're in for a real treat.
Between June and September, the Azores are warm, and the sea temperatures perfect for swimming. Book a holiday home on the Azores between these months, and you'll find plenty of domestic flights scheduled. Most people visit between July and August, so come at either end of that period to avoid the crowds. If you do visit during the winter months, expect rain and choppy sea conditions.
Booking a holiday home on the Azores is the first step towards discovering these magical islands. Take coastal hikes or mountain bike trips on Flores, enjoy the hot springs on São Miguel or go bird watching on Corvo. Try diving or go dolphin-watching on Graciosa and sample some fantastic cow's cheese on São Jorge. If beach holidays are more your thing, head to Santa Maria for exquisite sandy stretches and warm waters. If you and your family enjoy the great outdoors, you really can't go wrong with a vacation on the Azores.
Book online with TUIvillas.com to find the perfect holiday apartment for your family. At TUI Villas we have a wealth of experience, and offer a friendly and reliable service so you can get on with the important job of enjoying your family holiday.


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Home » Actors on Acting » Naomie Harris on 'Moonlight': "It was a privilege to be part of this amazing project"
Naomie Harris on 'Moonlight': "It was a privilege to be part of this amazing project"
By Chris McKittrick on	 November 11, 2016 Actors on Acting, Film
"To do your best work with anyone, I think you need to feel safe and comfortable." – Naomie Harris
Every year there seems to be at least one independent movie that was on virtually no one's radar that suddenly becomes a sensation. This year that movie is Moonlight, a drama about an African American man at three stages in his life (child, teenager, and young adult) who struggles with his upbringing, sexuality, and his mother's mistreatment and her struggles with addiction. The mother, Paula, is played by Naomie Harris, who is best known for the Pirates of the Caribbean and the James Bond series. Though she's obviously better known for blockbusters, Harris agreed to playing the role with the only free time she had available in her schedule. She spoke to Vulture about the positives and negatives of working under such conditions.
Harris wanted to do the role so badly that she agreed to do all of her scenes in three days during the middle of the press tour for Spectre. Though she has acted in movies that cost millions of dollars to make and were seen by hundreds of millions of people, Harris confesses that the challenge left her more restless than usual, saying of the night before her three-day shoot started, "You always have butterflies, and I did not sleep well that night," later adding, "It was particularly tough for me on my first day. The first scene that we shot was from the second stage, so Paula is in her worst throes of addiction at that time — she's really far gone, so it's really out there. I had to go to set, say 'Hi' to everyone and meet them for the first time, and then go to this really dark place. That was very intimidating."
After her marathon first day on set, Harris says that while she felt spent she also felt proud, saying, "I was definitely exhausted, but it was a privilege to be part of this amazing project. As much as I had resistance about playing Paula initially, once I discovered her and got underneath her skin, it was a joy to play her. I felt so comfortable because I'd done so much research beforehand. I watched interviews with crack addicts, and I had the privilege of sitting down with a lady who was in the throes of her addiction, and she shared her experience with me. All of that really allowed me to get to set and hit the ground running."
Though Harris plays a neglectful mother, she doesn't believe in going full method and treating her co-stars harshly. She notes that being comfortable is what leads to great performances, noting, "To do your best work with anyone, I think you need to feel safe and comfortable. In between scenes, I wasn't distancing myself from them — I was sitting and talking with them and, in the little bit of time I had with them, trying to build that rapport."
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There has been a lot of focus on protein intake, which resulted in a lots of coverage saying that we needed to consume more. This hype about increasing how much protein we eat was aimed at everyone. Thus the 'sporty' folk were told that they needed to eat even more than everyone else. However, excessive protein can do a lot of damage, and people are now realising that the suggested intake was too high.
Protein is needed to build and maintain muscle, nails, hair, hormones. It also helps fight infection, and carries oxygen around the body.
Protein can be sourced from beans, seitan (wheat gluten), tempeh, tofu, peas, blackeye beans, chickpeas, kidney beans, lentils, and chickpea flour, soya mince, soya milk, cashews, almonds, peanuts, pistachios, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, wheat, oats, buckwheat, millet, quinoa, amaranth, pasta, bread, and wholegrain breakfast cereals.
Some foods that contain all the essential amino acids, include soya, buckwheat, quinoa and amaranth. These are known as 'complete' proteins. Complete proteins can be created by combining cereals and legumes e.g. beans on toast.
The body can store and combine the essential amino acids, so you don't need to eat complete proteins in every meal. A balanced diet should give you what you need.
0.75g of protein per kg of body weight will be sufficient to give you what you need, and ensure it's digestible. To find out your average individual need, this is what you need to work out: Body weight (in pounds) x 0.36. This will give you the recommended protein intake in grams.
What happens if we have too much protein?
There is evidence that, in the long term, consuming too much protein can lead to an increased risk of osteoporosis and can also worsen existing kidney problems. In addition to this, the movement of foods from the stomach, is slowed down when we consume too much protein. This will result in a feeling of discomfort.
What does the Department of Health have to say about protein?
The Department of Health advises adults to avoid consuming more than twice the recommended daily intake of protein. This is 55.5g for men and 45g for women.


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North Korea Holds American Over Bible Left in Hotel, Reports Say
US tourist is third American being held in North Korea.
ByJOOHEE CHO
Kim Jong-Un is pictured in this undated image released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Jan. 12, 2014.
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SEOUL, South Korea June 6, 2014— -- An American tourist is being held in North Korea reportedly for leaving a Bible in a hotel room as he was leaving the country, according to news reports in North and South Korea.
He was identified in Korean without providing the English spelling, but it translates to Jeffrey Edward Fowle.
"The U.S. citizen, who entered the DPRK (North Korea) on April 29 as a tourist, engaged in activities that were in breach of DPRK's laws," the country's official Korean Central News Agency said today.
South Korea's Yonhap News quoting sources in North Korea said he had left a Bible in the hotel upon departure.
He is the third American currently held in North Korea.
North Korea Deports Captive American War Vet Merrill Newman
Jailed American 'Confesses,' Praises North Korea
Bergdahl Freed, What About Other Americans Held Abroad?
In April, North Korea said it had detained a 24-year-old American for improper behavior while he was being processed to enter the country as a tourist. He was identified as Miller Matthew Todd, possibly putting his surname first. It said he entered the country on April 10 with a tourist visa, but tore it up and shouted that he wanted to seek asylum. The brief report said he chose North Korea "as a shelter."
North Korea has been holding a Korean-American missionary Kenneth Bae since November 2012. Bae was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for what the North says were hostile acts against the state.
Last year, American tourist Merrill Newman, an 85-year-old Korean War veteran, was held for a month as he tried to leave North Korea after a visit. North Korean finally let Newman leave after the American apologized for training and advising a U.S.-led North Korean partisan unit during the Korean War.
Newman, of Palo Alto, Calif., was pulled from a plane Oct. 26 while preparing to leave the communist nation after a 10-day tour. Newman, a former finance executive, has a heart condition and his family had been worried about his health since he was detained while trying to leave the country on a tourist visa.
North Korea has been pushing to promote tourism as part of efforts to earn badly needed foreign currency, but the country is also extremely sensitive about how visitors act while in the country.
Today's announcement came as tension on the Korean Peninsula remains high with North Korea keeping up rhetoric against the U.S. and South Korea following its series of missile and rocket launches earlier this year. The North's state media have also unleashed racist and sexist slurs against U.S. and South Korean leaders.
The peninsula is still in a technical state of war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. About 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea to deter potential aggression from North Korea.
The U.S. and North Korea do not have diplomatic relations, but Sweden, which has an embassy in Pyongyang, oversees consular issues for the United States there.
In March, North Korea deported an Australian missionary detained for spreading Christianity in the country after he apologized for anti-state religious acts and requested forgiveness.
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Penn Law professors Cary Coglianese and Dorothy Roberts were among the winners of the Fels Policy Research Initiative's inaugural collaborative research grants, which recognize faculty who work across disciplinary boundaries on complex problems.
Their collaborative research will build on an initial university-wide workshop on artificial intelligence that the Penn Program on Regulation convened in January at Penn Law. They will connect scholars from across at least six schools at Penn to analyze the institutional and policy challenges that government agencies must confront to be able to use machine learning as an effective partner to enhance both governmental decision making and the delivery of government services.
Roberts and Tishkoff have found that countless studies have failed to uphold a biological basis of race, and the two have argued, in a recent issue of Science, for an end to the use of genetic concepts of race in biological research.
Coglianese is the Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Penn Program on Regulation.
Roberts is the 14th Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor and the Director of the Program on Race, Science, and Society. She is also the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology, the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights, and professor of Africana Studies.
Penn Law faculty members are known for research that reaches across the boundaries of disciplines. In addition to being experts in the law, approximately 70 percent of faculty members hold degrees beyond the JD, and nearly half hold secondary appointments or affiliations with other Penn professional schools, departments, or centers.
Penn Law's Dorothy Roberts and Cary Coglianese received collaborative research grants from the Fels Policy Research Initiative.


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Empire Perfume – Taboo Tobacco
Brand, Perfume, Women's Perfume
At a time when tobacco is frankly criticized, both by consumers and by the medical field, Parfum d'Empire is making a daring and daring choice by using this ingredient as the basis of its latest fragrance which bears the unequivocal name of Tobacco Taboo .
However, the latter did not always have such a negative image. Gainsbourg always said it: "God is a smoker of Havana" ! Likewise, it was once widely used in ancestral rituals. So, it is a challenge certainly courageous but no less justified that it is launched Parfum d'Empire by wanting to put tobacco in the spotlight.
Parfum d'Empire offers us new olfactory sensations
Tabac Tabou opens with soft, penetrating scents full of richness. The first impression is very pleasant and, if you feared finding in this fragrance the unpleasant smell of cold tobacco, then rest assured we are far from the account. From this bottle emanate smells of fresh hay and tawny savannah. The delicacy of the narcissus is added to this very pronounced mixture. Likewise, the green sap, the white flower and the leather sublimate its already very characterful scent. Its fragrance and its color of syrupy honey give us the impression that it would have gilded in the sun, a bit like the way we dry tobacco leaves.
Tobacco Taboo Perfume Extract
These unique ingredients make it a scent of great rarity that will appeal to the initiated consumer. At the same time particular and very appreciable, it will join in October 2015 the great family of the classics of Parfum d'Empire. Like a grand cru, the house will produce it each year in limited quantities and each bottle will be marked with its vintage. Thus, Tabac Tabou promises to play in the big leagues and its rarity risks making it a highly sought-after fragrance.
Tabac Tabou takes us to the origins of perfume
On the other hand, if tobacco is currently at its lowest in popularity, it has not always been so. Before the arrival of Christopher Columbus, all Indian peoples used tobacco to heal the sick, have visions or purify souls. The smoke was then a link between heaven and earth. Often used during rituals, it made it possible to come into contact with the gods and had an almost magical appearance. By proudly wearing this scent, it is therefore a bit like bringing with you a little spirituality and a lot of history. Moreover, the word "perfume" takes its origin from its ancestral volutes. Originally, it was called "Per Fumare" in Latin, which literally means "By the smoke". Thus, Tabac Tabou returns to its origins. Tobacco gives a new and timeless class to this fragrance. Whether it is exquisite for some or disarming for others, one thing is certain: Tabac Tabou will not leave you indifferent. Then, everything is a matter of taste but you will not be able to deny its originality.
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How Researchers Built An Invisibility Cloak For Sound
Duke University researchers invent a cloak-like structure that could be used to improve everything from defense technology to acoustics in concert halls.
By Carey Dunne 2 minute Read
Technology for an invisibility cloak hasn't yet been perfected, but researchers at Duke University have just invented what they're calling the world's first "3-D Acoustic Cloaking Device." When this "cloak" is placed over an object, it reroutes sound waves as if there were no object at all. This could have implications for everything from military design, where it could be used to dodge enemy sonar, to sound design, where it could improve acoustics in concert halls.
"The particular trick we're performing is hiding an object from sound waves," Steven Cummer, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Duke University, says in a statement. "By placing this cloak around an object, the sound waves behave like there is nothing more than a flat surface in their path."
The cloak is constructed from sheets of 3-D printed plastic punctured with repeating patterns of holes and then stacked in a pyramid-like shape. When placed over an object, the structure and the pattern of the holes alter the trajectory of sound waves, making them behave as if they're unaffected by the presence of the cloak or the object underneath.
The sound waves behave like there is nothing more than a flat surface in their path.
To test the design, researchers placed the cloak over a small sphere, which they then blasted with bursts of sound. Using a microphone, they mapped how the sound waves responded and also made videos of those waves as they traveled through the air. Instead being altered by the presence of the sphere and the cloak, the sound waves behaved exactly as they would when pinged across an empty flat surface.
The cloak may look simple, but Cummer says, "I promise you that it's a lot more difficult and interesting than it looks. We put a lot of energy into calculating how sound waves would interact with it. We didn't come up with this overnight."
One obvious potential use is sonar avoidance
So what can this cloak be used for? "We conducted our tests in the air, but sound waves behave similarly underwater, so one obvious potential use is sonar avoidance," Cummer says. Research on the cloak was paid for by the U.S. military, and using the cloak to fool enemy sonar could potentially become a staple in futuristic warfare. "But there's also the design of auditoriums or concert halls–any space where you need to control the acoustics. If you had to put a beam somewhere for structural reasons that was going to mess up the sound, perhaps you could fix the acoustics by cloaking it."
The design is a breakthrough in the emerging field of metamaterials: artificial materials engineered in ways that give them properties not found in nature–such as the ability to refract light to create apparent invisibility or to reroute soundwaves. The researchers claim the effect works from all directions, no matter where a sound is coming from, unlike previous designs like this Silence Cloak, which only worked from two dimensions.
The results of their research, titled "Three-dimensional broadband omnidirectional acoustic ground cloak," were published in Nature Materials, March 9, 2014.
Carey Dunne is a Brooklyn-based writer covering art and design. Follow her on Twitter.


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Home DC Comics The New Batman Adventures Original Production Cel on Original Background: Bruce Wayne, Tim, and Mr. Freeze
The New Batman Adventures Original Production Cel on Original Background: Bruce Wayne, Tim, and Mr. Freeze
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Unframed - $850.00
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Bruce Wayne, Tim, and Mr. Freeze
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ABOUT THE IMAGE: The New Batman Adventures is anAmerican superhero animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, the third series in the DC Animated Universe and a continuation of the 1990s Batman: The Animated Series. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Kids' WB from September 13, 1997 to January 16, 1999. Stories in this series tend to give more focus to Batman's supporting cast, which include fellow crimefighters Robin, Nightwing and Batgirl, among others.
ABOUT THE MEDIUM: Original production cels are one-of-a-kind pieces of art that were used in the creation of an animated film or television show. Each has been hand-painted by studio artists on a piece of celluloid acetate, and has been photographed over a background painting to create a frame of the finished production.


I like the way the bill is processed and relative ease and availability of taxi. The bill was process in RMB, some hotel allow the credit company to bill you in your local currency and charge 3% extra and also incur extra charges in local country due to it. The breakfast has most (not all) pastry up to standard.
Omelette wasn't up to standard, the cheese and ham Omelette didn't have running cheese on it. The hot water temperature wasn't stable in running it, another only 5 star hotel that didn't get it right. I think a international chain hotel should have scramble eggs but they didn't The restaurant at 29th floor next door at 4 Points Sheraton has very bad standard as a 4 star hotel.


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