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Measuring 'Alien' Particles From Outside Our Solar System
By News Staff | January 31st 2012 01:00 PM | Print | E-mail
NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has allowed researchers to measure neutral "alien" particles entering our solar system from interstellar space; a first look at the constituents of the interstellar medium, the matter between star systems, and how they interact with our heliosphere.
The heliosphere, the "bubble" in which our Sun and planets reside, is formed by the interaction between the solar wind, flowing outward from the Sun, and the interstellar medium, which presses up against it. Electrically charged, or ionized, particles cannot penetrate the boundary between these two bodies. However, neutral particles, which make up about half the material outside the heliosphere, flow freely in through the boundary. IBEX is the latest in NASA's series of low-cost, rapidly developed Small Explorer space missions, much different from chronically over budget and behind scheduled Big Science efforts like the James Webb Space Telescope.
Prior to IBEX, the only other spacecraft to directly detect these inflowing neutral particles was Ulysses, which measured interstellar neutral helium a decade ago. Although IBEX is designed primarily to map the interactions between the solar wind and ionized interstellar material, its low-energy energetic neutral atom camera has now also measured interstellar neutral particles not detected by Ulysses. From its location within Earth's orbit, IBEX has sampled interstellar hydrogen, oxygen, and neon in addition to neutral helium.
Neon and oxygen reside throughout the galaxy, but researchers are unsure of their distribution. Using IBEX data, the first direct measurements of these elements in the local interstellar medium, researchers can determine how much oxygen is in the local part of the galaxy, which materials are present in what amounts and more.
Our heliosphere is the region of space dominated by the Sun and is inflated, like a bubble, in local interstellar material by the million mile-per-hour solar wind. This bubble keeps out the ionized or charged particles and magnetic fields from the galaxy and so protects us from dangerous Galactic Cosmic Rays. However, neutral atoms can still pass through these boundaries and now IBEX has directly sampled multiple heavy elements from the Local Interstellar Cloud for the first time - the same stuff that stars, planets, and even people are made of. Credit: NASA
"Answering these questions is important for understanding the variability of the galactic soup — the material from which stars, planets and life all form," says Dr. David J. McComas, IBEX principal investigator and an assistant vice president at Southwest Research Institute.
For example, the presence of less oxygen in the local interstellar medium compared to the Sun and galactic average could indicate the Sun formed in a region with less oxygen than exists in its current location. Another possibility is that the oxygen could be preferentially tied up or "hidden" in other galactic materials, such as dust grains and ices.
IBEX data reveal that interstellar neutrals enter the heliosphere at a speed of about 52,000 mph, roughly, 7,000 mph slower than inferred from Ulysses observations, and that they enter from a somewhat different direction. Magnetic forces play a major role in the interactions of the charged particles at the heliosphere's boundaries. As the overall particle speeds drop, however, the magnetic forces play an even more dominant role.
"With this lower speed, the external magnetic forces cause the heliosphere to become more squished and misshapen," says McComas. "Rather than being shaped like a bullet moving through the air, the heliosphere becomes flattened, more like a beach ball being squeezed when someone sits on it."
Based on the older Ulysses data, researchers had theorized that the heliosphere was leaving the local galactic cloud and transitioning into a new region of space. However, while the boundary is very close, IBEX results show the heliosphere remains fully in the local cloud, at least for the moment.
"Sometime in the next hundred to few thousand years, the blink of an eye on the timescales of the galaxy, our heliosphere should leave the local interstellar cloud and encounter a much different galactic environment," McComas says.
Researchers will be able to add measurements about the charged particles outside the heliosphere to the neutral particle measurements provided by IBEX as the two Voyager spacecraft leave our solar system and cross the heliopause, possibly within the next few years.
"That will give us an even more complete picture of what's happening in the regions surrounding our home in the solar system," says McComas.
The six papers detailing the new IBEX results and an editorial written by McComas were published today in a Special Supplements issue of the Astrophysical Journal called "Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX): Direct Sampling of the Interstellar Medium." The authors represent an international team of researchers from Southwest Research Institute, the University of Bern, Switzerland, the Polish Academy of Sciences Space Research Centre, the University of New Hampshire, the University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Why I'm Po-faced about Teletubbies return to TV
Columnist Graham Henry goes Laa-Laa at television that doesn't teach children how to talk like normal people
Eh-oh! It's the Teletubbies
Back at university, I made the error of doing a short stint studying sociology.
The subject, I found to my cost, is an organised version of poetry readings mixed with those infuriating know-it-alls who apply deep analyses to totally boring problems on Twitter.
I took the decision to drop sociology (which was only an add-on anyway) after enduring an hour's lecture on the morality of modern cartoons - before being asked to produce an essay which would dominate my next two weeks.
I then produce a staggeringly-awesome piece* on why modern cartoons didn't really mean anything - using a series called Super Duper Sumos as Exhibit A.
In that, a group of sumo wrestlers (of all ethnicities, I might add) pursued the admirable aims of achieving peace and love through squishing their enemies with their giant asses.
Why these dudes believed you achieve peace through smothering and crushing was never explained - and my resultant essay was pretty scathing in what I thought was a dumbing down of kids' TV.
I was reminded of this waste of airtime when I saw the news that the Teletubbies were to return to our screens for its first airing since 2001.
It seems to me that the problem with Teletubbies and its successors (In the Night Garden, anyone?) were always examples of TV that very rarely teaches kids anything.
Yes, those two are aimed at a younger audience...but it's a sad state of affairs when watching children's programming that the most we can expect for them is to watch colourful aliens jumping up and down babbling gobbledegook or watching an odd cave-dwelling guy who spends his time polishing rocks.
What's worse is...the kids' shows of today trust them only to understand the most pathetic of jokes and simple of messages.
I was a huge fan of Garfield in my youth, but the last incarnation of the show I watched was a litany of fart jokes, awful slapstick and awkward non-punch lines.
Turn on Cartoon Network-style US animation and you have a cocktail of trash accessible at all hours of the day. If you're a child in modern day UK, you don't have a chance.
In my youth, Thomas the Tank Engine was my show of choice. It was certainly not an example of fine academia or deep thinking, but there was always a message behind it.
Sometimes that was pretty terrifying. I was upset for weeks and months when Henry was bricked up in the tunnel when he was too vain to run in the rain, lest it spoil his new coat of green paint. But I like to think I'm a bit less vain as a result of watching that.
I almost had a big argument with my sister on holiday a couple of years ago, because I couldn't see what my niece would be getting out of In The Night Garden, which she was a big fan of.
An owner of the full DVD set, I could see she took great glee in emulating Makka Pakka and co...so she was emulating nonsense.
That's the most depressing thing about the return of Teletubbies.
We're essentially admitting defeat - we can't think of anything new to produce that's halfway decent.
We also don't trust children to learn from characters that talk like normal people, make mistakes and learn lessons from them.
We are also training them for the litany of television trash to come when they're older. If kids are growing up ignorant, the TV of the future will have to cater for it.
So, despite dropping that sociology add-on after what I thought was a ridiculous essay and lecture, I have come full circle and my essay conclusion - that Super Duper Sumos represented and taught literally nothing - has come true.
Even worse, we're digging up the fossils of the first UK examples of this chronic dumbing down, and celebrating them.
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WASHINGTON, D.C.   20549
[X]         QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Quarterly Period Ended April 3, 1994
[ ]         TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
Commission File Number 1-5075
EG&G, Inc.
Massachusetts                     04-2052042
(State or other jurisdiction of     (I.R.S. employer identification no.)
45 William Street, Wellesley, Massachusetts  02181
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period
that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes     X         No
Number of shares outstanding of each  of the issuer's classes of  common
stock, as of the latest practicable date:
Class                           Outstanding at May 1, 1994
Common Stock, $1 par value                        55,121,000
(Excluding treasury shares)
PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.  Financial Statements
EG&G, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
For the Three Months Ended April 3, 1994 and April 4, 1993
(In Thousands Except Per Share Data)
April 3,      April 4,
1994          1993
---------     ---------
Products                                           $381,313      $377,911
Services                                            295,173       271,015
--------      --------
Total Sales                                      676,486       648,926
Cost of sales:
Products                                         324,249       321,209
Services                                         271,425       241,224
Total cost of sales                                 595,674       562,433
Selling, general and administrative expenses         58,878        57,111
Total Costs and Expenses                               654,552       619,544
Income From Operations                            21,934        29,382
Other income (expense), net (Note 2)                       (21)         (650)
Income Before Income Taxes                              21,913        28,732
Provision for Federal and non-U.S. income taxes          7,560         9,625
Income Before Cumulative Effect of
Accounting Changes                              14,353        19,107
Cumulative Effect of Accounting Changes:
Income taxes (Note 3)                                     -        (7,300)
Postretirement benefits other than
pensions (Note 4)                                      -       (13,200)
Net Income (Loss)                               $ 14,353      $ (1,393)
========      ========
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME (Continued)
Earnings Per Share:
Accounting Changes                                $.26         $ .34
Income taxes                                           -          (.13)
Postretirement benefits other than pensions            -          (.23)
----         -----
Net Income (Loss)                                   $.26         $(.02)
====         =====
Cash Dividends Per Common Share                           $.14         $ .13
Weighted Average Shares of Common Stock Outstanding     55,721        56,722
The accompanying unaudited notes are an integral part of these consolidated
financial statements.
As of April 3, 1994 and January 2, 1994
April 3,     January 2,
---------     ----------
Cash and cash equivalents                                $ 47,306       $ 72,185
Accounts receivable (including unbilled
receivables of $62,100 as of April 3, 1994
and $67,800 as of January 2, 1994), less reserves      236,073        237,609
Inventories (Note 5)                                      130,279        121,581
Other                                                      41,461         33,657
--------       --------
Total Current Assets                                         455,119        465,032
Property, Plant and Equipment:
At cost (Note 6)                                          334,023        327,416
Less - Accumulated depreciation and amortization          227,724        221,320
Net Property, Plant and Equipment                            106,299        106,096
Investments (Note 7)                                          30,138         25,920
Intangible and Other Assets (Note 8)                         180,751        171,760
Total Assets                                          $772,307       $768,808
========       ========
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (Continued)
Short-term debt                                          $ 53,458       $ 43,589
Accounts payable                                           59,361         60,794
Accrued expenses (Note 9)                                 131,699        132,714
Total Current Liabilities                                    244,518        237,097
Long-Term Liabilities                                         55,839         54,177
Contingencies                                                      -              -
Preferred stock - $1 par value, authorized
1,000,000 shares; none outstanding                           -              -
Common stock - $1 par value, authorized
100,000,000 shares; issued 60,102,000 shares            60,102         60,102
Capital in excess of par value                                  -              -
Retained earnings                                         502,655        496,063
Cumulative translation adjustments                         (5,809)        (8,287)
Unrealized gain on marketable investments (Note 7)          3,654              -
560,602        547,878
Less - Cost of shares held in treasury;
4,981,000 shares at April 3, 1994 and
3,970,000 shares at January 2, 1994                     88,652         70,344
Total Stockholders' Equity                                   471,950        477,534
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity            $772,307       $768,808
April 3,       April 4,
1994           1993
Net income (loss)                                        $ 14,353       $ (1,393)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Cumulative effect of accounting changes                      -         20,500
Depreciation and amortization                            8,815          9,290
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Decrease in accounts receivable                       2,046         14,954
Increase in inventories                              (8,275)        (3,092)
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses    (2,898)          (597)
Other                                               (17,545)       (15,563)
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities     (3,504)        24,099
Capital expenditures                                       (6,977)        (5,972)
Other                                                       1,927           (611)
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities                   (5,050)        (6,583)
Changes in commercial paper                                 7,960         (2,988)
Other changes in debt                                       1,616         (1,506)
Proceeds from issuing common stock                            925          3,028
Purchases of common stock                                 (19,139)        (8,688)
Cash dividends                                             (7,855)        (7,388)
Net Cash Used in Financing Activities                  (16,493)       (17,542)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
and cash equivalents                                          168            (75)
Net Decrease in Cash and Cash Equivalents              (24,879)          (101)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period              72,185         69,752
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                  $ 47,306       $ 69,651
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(1)  Principles of Consolidation
- - --------------------------------
The consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared
by the Company, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Certain information and
footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been
condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations.  The
Company believes, however, that the disclosures are adequate to make the
information presented not misleading.  It is suggested that these
consolidated financial statements be read in conjunction with the
financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Company's
latest annual report on Form 10-K.  The balance sheet amounts as of
January 2, 1994 in this report were extracted from the Company's audited
1993 financial statements included in the latest annual report on
Form 10-K.
In the opinion of management, the unaudited consolidated financial
statements included herein contain all adjustments, consisting only of
normal recurring accruals, necessary to present fairly the financial
position as of April 3, 1994 and the results of operations for the three
months ended April 3, 1994 and April 4, 1993 and the cash flows for the
three months then ended.  The results of operations are not necessarily
to be considered indicative of the results for the entire year.
Effective January 3, 1994, the Company adopted Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 112 on accounting for postemployment
benefits.  This new standard requires that benefits paid for former or
inactive employees after employment but prior to retirement must be
accrued if certain criteria are met.  Adoption of the statement did not
have a material impact on the Company's financial position or results of
(2)  Other Income (Expense), Net
Other income (expense), net consisted of the following:
April 3,    April 4,
1994        1993
--------    --------
Interest and dividend income             $ 839     $   854
Interest expense                          (965)     (1,501)
Other                                      105          (3)
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$ (21)    $  (650)
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(3)  Accounting for Income Taxes
Effective January 4, 1993, the Company adopted SFAS No. 109 on
accounting for income taxes.  As part of adopting the new standard,
the Company recorded a one-time, non-cash charge against earnings of
$7.3 million ($.13 per share) in the first quarter of 1993.
(4)  Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions
- - ------------------------------------------------
accounting for postretirement benefits other than pensions for its U.S.
retiree health benefits.  As part of adopting the new standard, the
Company recorded a one-time, non-cash charge against earnings of
$20 million before taxes, or $13.2 million after income taxes ($.23
per share), in the first quarter of 1993.
(5)  Inventories
- - ----------------
Inventories consisted of the following:
April 3,  January 2,
1994       1994
--------  ----------
Finished goods                          $ 32,737    $ 30,864
Work in process                           33,840      30,393
Raw materials                             63,702      60,324
$130,279    $121,581
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(6)  Property, Plant and Equipment, at Cost
- - -------------------------------------------
Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:
Land                                    $ 14,367    $ 14,327
Buildings and leasehold improvements      90,813      91,280
Machinery and equipment                  228,843     221,809
(7)  Investments
Investments consisted of the following:
Marketable investments                   $12,411     $ 6,838
Other investments                         12,766      13,426
Joint venture investments                  4,961       5,656
-------     -------
$30,138     $25,920
=======     =======
Effective January 3, 1994, the Company adopted SFAS No. 115 on accounting
for certain investments in debt and equity securities.  This new standard
requires that available-for-sale investments in equity securities that
have readily determinable fair values be measured at fair value in the
balance sheet and that unrealized holding gains and losses for these
investments be reported in a separate component of stockholders' equity
until realized.  At April 3, 1994, marketable investments classified as
available-for-sale had an aggregate market value of $12.4 million and
gross unrealized holding gains of $5.6 million.  At April 3, 1994,
$3.7 million was reported as a separate component of stockholders'
equity, representing the unrealized holding gains, net of deferred
federal income taxes.
(8)  Intangible and Other Assets
Intangible and other assets consisted of the following:
Intangible assets                       $138,987    $139,205
Other assets                              41,764      32,555
The majority of the increase in other assets was due to an increase in
prepaid pension expense.
(9)  Accrued Expenses
- - ---------------------
Accrued expenses consisted of the following:
Payroll                                 $ 11,398    $ 13,375
Employee benefits                         43,077      46,121
Federal, non-U.S. and state
income taxes                           29,690      26,119
Other                                     47,534      47,099
Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations
The following industry segment information is presented as an aid to a
better understanding of the operating results:
April 3,    April 4,  Increase
1994        1993   (Decrease)
---------   ---------  --------
Technical Services               $156,421    $158,091    $(1,670)
DOE Support                       350,739     329,362     21,377
Instruments                        62,855      47,222     15,633
Mechanical Components              56,039      63,641     (7,602)
Optoelectronics                    50,432      50,610       (178)
--------    --------    -------
Total                       $676,486    $648,926    $27,560
========    ========    =======
Income From Operations:
Technical Services               $ 11,841    $ 15,951    $(4,110)
DOE Support                        10,061      14,251     (4,190)
Instruments                           487         945       (458)
Mechanical Components               3,352       4,493     (1,141)
Optoelectronics                     3,408         776      2,632
General Corporate Expenses         (7,215)     (7,034)      (181)
Total                       $ 21,934    $ 29,382    $(7,448)
The discussion that follows is a summary analysis of the major changes in
operating results by industry segment that occurred for the three months
ended April 3, 1994 compared to the three months ended April 4, 1993.
Sales for 1994 were $676 million, $28 million above the 1993 level.
Higher program scopes at Idaho and Mound resulted in a $21 million
Department of Energy (DOE) Support increase.  The $16 million Instruments
increase resulted primarily from the sales of Wallac, acquired in June
1993.  In Mechanical Components, the $8 million decrease resulted
primarily from the divestiture of an operation in the fourth quarter of
1993 and from lower sales in the electromechanical and industrial sealing
Income from operations was $21.9 million in 1994, compared to
$29.4 million in 1993.  The $4.1 million decrease in Technical Services
reflected the reduction in available fee under the new base operations
contract at the Kennedy Space Center.  In addition, profits in the
automotive testing business were adversely impacted by the faster than
anticipated return to normal sales levels following increases in 1993
caused primarily by the introduction of new industry testing protocols.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (Continued)
In DOE Support, the $4.2 million decrease was primarily attributable to
estimated lower performance grades at Rocky Flats and Idaho.  In
Instruments, the income generated by the Wallac acquisition was offset by
the effects of pricing pressures in security instruments.  Certain
operating elements within this segment did not contribute to income as a
result of continuing unfavorable market conditions.  In Mechanical
Components, the $1.1 million decrease resulted from lower sales and
inventory adjustments.  The $2.6 million Optoelectronics increase
resulted primarily from improved margins in the German and Far East
operations due to increased sales and cost reductions.  The net change in
other income (expense) was a $0.6 million reduction in expense due
primarily to lower interest expense.
The Company's cash and cash equivalents decreased $24.9 million during
the first quarter of 1994 while total debt increased $9.7 million.  Net
cash used in operating activities, which totaled $3.5 million, included a
$13.7 million increase in prepaid pension.  The Company invested
$7 million in physical plant and equipment during the first quarter of
1994 and expects to increase this level of investment in subsequent
quarters.
In the fourth quarter of 1993, the Board of Directors authorized the
purchase of up to a total of 5.5 million shares of the Company's common
stock through periodic purchases on the open market.  The Company has
purchased 2.2 million shares under this program to date, including
1.1 million shares purchased in the first quarter of 1994.
Effective March 21, 1994, the Company concluded the restructuring of its
credit facilities with the signing of two revolving credit agreements
totaling $250 million.  These agreements consist of a $175 million
364-day facility and a $75 million three-year facility and serve as
backup facilities for the commercial paper borrowing.
PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION
Item 4.  Results of Votes of Security Holders
(a)      The Company's annual meeting of stockholders was held on
(b)      Proxies for the meeting were solicited pursuant to Regulation
14A, and there were no solicitations in opposition to
management's nominees for Directors.  All such nominees were
elected, and the number of Directors was fixed at eleven.
(c)      The stockholders voted 4,250,768 shares for and 39,899,963
shares against, with 2,829,013 shares abstaining and 3,144,439
shares not voting, on a stockholder proposal to request the
Board of Directors to commission a subcommittee to develop
criteria for the acceptance and execution of military contracts.
Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
(b)      Reports on Form 8-K - There were no reports on Form 8-K filed
for the three months ended April 3, 1994.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
By /s/ John F. Alexander, II
Corporate Controller and
Acting Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer and
Principal Financial Officer)
Date  May 13, 1994


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Maxim Vengerov plays Ernst's Variations on 'The Last Rose of Summer'
Video of Leopold Auer and Alexander Glazunov from 1912
Sophie Rosa on recording the world premiere of Montgeroult's Violin Sonata in A minor Op.2
Ivry Gitlis performs Berg's Violin Concerto
Carducci String Quartet plays a Shostakovich string quartet - with drums
Louis Kaufman plays Vivaldi
Louis Kaufman, born on 10 May 1905, almost single-handedly brought Vivaldi back into the limelight with his 1947 recording of The Four Seasons. Winner of the Grand Prix du Disque in 1950, it also provoked a surge of interest in Baroque playing; Kaufman commented on the current trends in playing in an October 1990 article for The Strad. Click here to read a snippet.
Bach at the National Palace Museum, Taiwan: highlighting the treasures of 1742
In this video Maxim Vengerov plays Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst's The Last Rose of Summer - Polyphonic Study no.6, written in 1864. Read: Maxim Vengerov launches new educational website
This video footage, filmed in St Petersburg in 1912, shows the composer Alexander Glazunov and violinist Leopold Auer standing together. There is also an appearance from the Russian/Soviet pianist Leonid Nikolayev. Read: Leopold Auer profiled in the July 1907 issue of The Strad
Violinist Sophie Rosa talks about her new recording, which features the Violin Sonata In A minor, Op.2 No.3 by Hélène de Montgeroult, a French composer who was working around the turn of the 19th century and was the first ever female professor to be appointed at the Paris Conservatoire. ...
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UK and Ghana sign strategic partnership agreement
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UK and Ghana sign strategic partnership agreement on economic development and mutual prosperity, stability and regional security, health, education and inclusion.
UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt paid a visit to Ghana and other countries in the sub region as part of a one-week working tour.
The highlight of his visit to Ghana was bilateral talks with the Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, crowned with the signing of a Joint Declaration between both countries.
Ghana's Minister of Foreign Affairs Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey signed on behalf of Ghana while Jeremy Hunt signed for the UK with Mahamudu Bawumia and Iain Walker as witnesses.
Speaking at the media briefing after the signing ceremony, stressed on the UK's desire to pursue mutual prosperity, adding that the UK Business delegation which was at the event would be interested in adding value to Ghana's natural resources and boosting industrialization in the country.
On regional security, health, and education, he cited the UK's advancement in these sectors and mentioned their preparedness to provide technological, skills and knowledge based support to Ghana as a sustainable step to moving beyond aid.
Botchwey expressed Ghana's willingness to be a Launchpad for continental free trade, and gateway to do business with the rest of the continent that is home to over 1.3 billion people.
Citing the value of UK's investment stock in Ghana at about £3.4 billion, Hunt called for collaboration and support on security, especially issues of border security, crime and cyber security.
On Brexit, Jeremy Hunt posited that it has brought the opportunity to "properly engage in a way we have not done previously, with the incredible business opportunities in Africa" adding that it is about time the UK further explored its long standing relationships with the rest of the world. ■
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Jon Rosenthal's Top Albums of 2021
Jon Rosenthal Published: December 20, 2021
I've been with Invisible Oranges for six and a half years now. Can you believe it? In relative terms, I've been here as long as legendary site founder Cosmo Lee's tenure (from 2006 to 2012). It's really bizarre to think about that, especially with Invisible Oranges being a site I perused while Cosmo ran and actively wrote for the site. I guess you could say I've been here a long time -- maybe not as long as some of our writers (looking at you, Rowella), but pretty dang long -- and it's strange when putting it in terms of my last website, which lasted two years (three if you count the year I ran two reviews and bailed on doing a year-end list). I think a lot about what keeps me here at this particular website. It's hard to describe, especially on the frustrating days, but I'm still here.
When Relapse Records' Enrique Sagarnaga reached out to me saying Invisible Oranges needed a new "Upcoming Releases" guy, I really weighed my options. I was functionally retired at the time, having put The Inarguable to bed and feeling free from the prison of opinion, but… I'm very opinionated, and at the time I was young and stupid so I had opinions about everything. I kind of fell into the position after a phone call with Joseph, and suddenly I had this megaphone. I was writing for Invisible Oranges. That was weird, y'all! I really let the dam burst, and I got a few years of being really opinionated out of it.
Now? I don't know. I have a lot to say, but it all comes out garbled. I've been trying to figure out exactly what I've learned during my time here at Invisible Oranges, and honestly all I've learned is stuff about bands. That's my passion -- attaining knowledge and giving context, and that is why I'm still here. I want to learn -- I want to learn about and from music. I want to listen to everything and I want to speak with artists whose music has been an inspiration, even in the smallest way. So I can learn. Opinion seems kind of separate from what I want now. I just want to capture and document.
What I'm trying to say is you might see me as less of a "critical" voice here and more of an "educational" one. I've been reevaluating my voice and what "opinion" has become in the Metal Music Internet doesn't jive with me anymore. Writing superlatives about every new release just doesn't interest me. I'll still share new music and write about it (with the expectation that whatever I cover is hopefully decent), but I don't feel the need to be an extension of the PR campaign anymore. Hopefully we'll get to learn cool stuff together.
With that in mind, here is something critical: a list of my favorite albums released in 2021. I listened to a lot of music this year, as is the case with every year, I guess, but this year felt heftier for some reason or another. As I was going through my list of favorites, there were a bunch of albums I liked but just didn't spend enough time with. These albums were really good, I just didn't really listen to them super often for some reason or another. I wanted to bring a few of these albums to your attention in hopes that you enjoy them. I'm going to spend more time listening to them, myself. Maybe year-end lists should be delayed a few months, huh?
Top 10 albums I feel like I should have listened to more this year (unordered):
Baazlvaat - The Higher Power (Labyrinth Tower, USA) (Classic Rock Black Metal? Thin Lizzy in corpse paint?)
Wormsblood - The Wildness (Brave Mysteries, USA) (Woodland Black Metal)
The Silver - Ward of Roses (Gilead Media, USA) (Prog Rock Black Metal?)
Atvm - Famine, Putrid and Fucking Endless (Independent, England) (Progressive Weirdo Death Metal)
Tardigrada - Vom Bruch bis zur Freiheit (Eisenwald, Switzerland) (Atmospheric Black Metal)
Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion (Northern Silence Productions, England) (Atmospheric Blackened Funeral Doom Metal)
Plebeian Grandstand - Rien ne suffit (Debemur Morti Productions, France) (CHAOS)
Pan-Amerikan Native Front - Little Turtle's War (Independent/Nuclear War Now! Productions, USA) (Indigenous Black Metal of War!)
Grouper - Shade (Kranky, USA) (Liz Harris quietly whispering a lullaby as you drift off into sleep)
:Of the Wand & the Moon: - Your Love Can't Hold This Wreath Of Sorrow (Tesco, Denmark) (What if neofolk was psychedelic 60s pop?)
Now that you have ten hours of music to listen to, here's my list of current undeniable favorites. Ask me again in a year, though, and I'll probably tell you a different story about 2021 in music. Ah, the impermanence of it all. Bear in mind that these are all full-length albums -- no EPs, splits, demos, live albums, nor compilations. If I were to break that rule, though, I'd probably include the Bodom After Midnight EP, which I've listened to about 50 times. Also, they have to have been released in the 2021 calendar year, otherwise my Album of the Year every year would be Kvist's For kunsten maa vi evig vike. Oh, and before you ask "where's [band]?!" (or, if you're rude, you simply ask the band's name): know that is probably on your list and not mine. Funny how opinions differ.
Enjoy the rest of your year.
Honorable Mentions:
20. Trhä – Endlhëtonëg (Independent/Labyrinth Tower, Unknown)
19. Këkht Aräkh – Pale Swordsman (Livor Mortis, Ukraine)
18. Poison Ruïn – Poison Ruïn (Urge Records, USA)
17. Primeval Well – Talkin' in Tongues with Mountain Spirits (Moonlight Cypress Archetypes, USA)
16. Noltem – Illusions in the Wake (Transcending Obscurity Records, USA)
15. Paysage d'Hiver – Geister (Kunsthall Produktion, Switzerland)
14. Escumergamënt – ...ni degu fazentz escumergament e mesorga... (Avantgarde Music, Sweden)
13. Grey Aura – Zwart Vierkant (Onism Productions/Kunstlicht, Netherlands)
12. Efterbild – En flod av tid (Reclusion Records, Sweden)
11. Skepticism – Companion (Svart Records, Finland)
Stormkeep – "Tales of Othertime"
(Ván Records, USA)
I put on my headphones and suddenly it's 1998 again. That's how Colorado-based symphonic black metal troupe Stormkeep truly succeeds. This is a love letter to the beginning of black metal's extravagant years, when musicianship really started to take hold and black metal bands embraced being musicians instead of conservative stylistic conduits. Mastermind Isaac Faulk (who you might recognize behind the Blood Incantation and Wayfarer's drum kits) weaves a dramatic tale with equally striking art.
Listen here.
Dream Unending– "Tide Turns Eternal"
(20 Buck Spin, USA/Canada)
Derrick Vella (Tomb Mold) and Justin DeTore (Innumerable Forms, Mind Eraser et al) find an expressive and emotional means of finding the middle ground between early gothic-inspired death/doom metal and the dream pop and darkwave which dominated labels like 4AD and Projekt in the 80s and early 90s. The result? As a death/doom metal band, Dream Unending is certainly heavy, but not harrowing like its predecessors. Instead, Tide Turns Eternal's celebration of life and the indomitable essence of the human spirit fully embraces the "dream doom" tag the band self-imbued.
Gallows – "66 Black Wings"
(Katafalque, USA)
It's fucking BLACK METAL, spelled in all caps and in a gothic font. Gallows is meant to be a traditional foray into black metal's formative years, and this Denver/Salem duo certainly capture that era's magick and musical values. Vocalist Mouth of Greed's manic yowling and hooting pairs perfectly with multi-instrumentalist Lord Elzevir's (later revealed to be I'm in a Coffin guitarist Adorable) night-worshipping riffcraft, and the 66 riffs which comprise 66 Black Wings (not a coincidence) hearken back to glory days of violent, unfriendly black metal made by frowning faces in monochrome.
Mare Cognitum – "Solar Paroxysm"
(I, Voidhanger Records/Extraconscious Records, USA)
Spaceman Jake goes for the gold and makes his most metallic record yet. Solar Paroxysm's riff-heavy and more blackened presence places itself apart from solo artist Jacob Buczarski's historic forays into deep space's more beautiful and atmospheric aspects. A logical conclusion from Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine's steps towards aggression, Mare Cognitum goes all in on power and strength, resulting in his best album to date. This was the record Mare Cognitum was meant to make.
Lamp of Murmuur – "Submission and Slavery"
(Black Gangrene Productions, USA)
Yes, of course you've heard this record, and with good reason. Sole creator M.'s previous releases are each masterworks in raw black metal riffcraft (except for the dungeon synth EP, which also rules), but it's on Submission and Slavery where we begin to find more character in this enigmatic artist's works. As evidenced by the cover's tribute to The Sisters of Mercy's Floodland, Lamp of Murmuur's latest album takes quite a bit from post-punk and heavy gothic rock, giving the album more of a spooky, almost Halloween-like atmosphere.
Cradle of Judah – "Cradle of Judah"
(Independent/Ixiol Productions, USA)
It's the right time of year for this album. Cradle of Judah's "gothic folk" (read as: neofolk) walks the walk with its minimal and folk-inspired instrumentation, but it's with songwriter Gabe Durkee's rich vocal harmonies that this album sets itself apart from your everyday neofolk project. Cradle of Judah carries a profound sadness, one which even makes a cover of The Rolling Stones' "Play With Fire" sound dour.
The Mountain Goats – "Dark In Here"
(Merge Records, USA)
John Darnielle's work as The Mountain Goats is the stuff of legend. Coming from recording directly into a boombox to crafting this elegantly dark folk rock album is quite the "glow up," but the spirit remains the same. Dark In Here's heavy emphasis on Americana and Western-style musics sets it apart from the band's more indie rock-focused sound, focusing on opulent textures and practiced full-band composing and orchestration to bring forth an incredible album.
Empyrium – "Über den Sternen"
(Prophecy Productions, Germany)
Markus "Schwadorf" Stock has an ear for the past, especially his own. Understanding Empyrium's stance in a niche, Romantic scene is part of it, but it took understanding the person he was when he made those first two metal albums in the mid-90s and the person he's become two decades later. Being able to reconcile those two halves and find his own identity, one beyond his influences and instead looking inside at what made Empyrium his music: a doomed, folk-inspired metallic sound full of longing and despair. Though obviously inspired by Empyrium's salad days as a metal band prior to pivoting to a neofolk and progressive rock mid-period (and a lengthy break), Über den Sternen picks up right where Empyrium left off in 1997, but with a few years of added wisdom. As such, the musicianship and songwriting take this album on a more complex path than its predecessors, but it is still unmistakably Empyrium.
Circle of Ouroborus – "Kiromantia"
(His Wounds, Finland)
I love Circle of Ouroborus, especially when they concentrate on their more metallic half, not unlike the legendary split with Urfaust or their Armon Keitaalla album. Kiromantia, the band's sole release this year, draws from that same pool of dreamy post-punk and unconventional black metal which made them an underground staple, but with a distinctly autumnal vibe. As opposed to an onslaught of demos, albums, and splits, Circle of Ouroborus shows what the masters of hazy melancholy can really do when they are given ample time to do it, and I truly believe the space Rauta and Antti Klemi put between releases shows. Though some might find Klemi's vocals off-putting, there is a primordial sadness to his pitchy, warbling voice which wouldn't come across as powerful in a more traditional performance. Though I miss the days when I could get up to ten Circle of Ouroborus releases in a year's time, the potency found within this single public 2021 release can be felt, and it is quite a statement in a massive discography.
Low - "HEY WHAT"
(Sub Pop Records, USA)
Like my favorite band of all time wasn't going to make the best album of 2021. Shame on you for thinking otherwise. Following in Double Negative's electronics-heavy footsteps, HEY WHAT takes that last album's musical concept to an extreme. Noise-heavy and laden with difficult, cranky textures, Low's latest opus is an exercise in pop music's resilience. How far can Low and their producer take their simple, harmony-rich indie rock (slowcore, but not really anymore) songs and stretch their musical base? At times resembling a Cold Meat Industry record, at others a sun-baked psychedelic pop dream, Low's volume worship has completely turned the public's idea about their music on its head. Once a band who would retaliate against outside noise by turning down their speakers and singing even quieter, HEY WHAT's HNP (Harsh Noise Pop) ushers in a new era for this long-standing band.
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Q: How to make a.fits.gz file into a pandas DataFrame 'ValueError: Big-endian buffer not supported on little-endian compiler' I have the file '3dhst.v4.1.5.master.fits.gz', which I want to open and make into a DataFrame. I want to pull out a selection of the columns from this, which I will then merge with another DataFrame. I have attempted the following:
import astropy
from astropy.io import fits
master = fits.open('3dhst.v4.1.5.master.fits.gz')
masterdf = pd.DataFrame(master[1].data)
masterdf = masterdf[['grism_id' , 'field' , 'ra' , 'dec' , 'z_best', 'z_best_s' ,  'z_spec' ,
'z_peak_phot' , 'z_max_grism']]

I get:
ValueError: Big-endian buffer not supported on little-endian compiler

Which is an error message I've seen before with this file, and still do not understand why. The astropy documentation says 'The open() function will seamlessly open FITS files that have been compressed with gzip, bzip2 or pkzip. Note that in this context we are talking about a FITS file that has been compressed with one of these utilities (e.g., a .fits.gz file).' If I run just the opening of the file I get no errors. I also tried to open the file using:
with gzip.open('3dhst.v4.1.5.master.fits.gz') as f:
     master = fits.open(f)

This returns an empty response to master[0].header, so this approach fails.

A: Using the Table class from Astropy is probably a better option, it has a method to convert to a pandas DataFrame:
from astropy.table import Table
t = Table.read('3dhst.v4.1.5.master.fits.gz')
t = t[['grism_id' , 'field' , 'ra' , 'dec' , 'z_best', 'z_best_s' ,  'z_spec' , 'z_peak_phot' , 'z_max_grism']]
df = t.to_pandas()

https://docs.astropy.org/en/latest/table/pandas.html

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The implantation of the new Architecture Degree and the important normative changes in the building sector imply the need to use new teaching methodologies that enhance skills and competences in order to response to the increasing requirements demanded by society to the future architect.
The aim of this paper is to present, analyze and discuss the development of multidisciplinary workshops as a new teaching methodology used in several Construction subjects of the Architecture Degree in the University of Alicante. Workshops conceived with the aim to synthesize and complement the technical knowledge acquired by the students during the Degree and to enhance the skills and competencies necessary for the professional practice.
With that purpose, we decided to experiment on current subjects of the degree during this academic year, by applying the requirements defined in the future Architecture Degree in a practical way, through workshops between different subjects, superposing the technical knowledge with the resolution of constructive problems in the development of an architectural project.
Developing these workshops between subjects we can dissolve the traditional boundaries between different areas of the Degree. This multidisciplinary workshop methodology allows the use of all the global knowledge acquired by students during their studies and at the same time, it enhances students' ability to communicate and discuss their ideas and solutions in public. It also increases their capacity of self-criticism, and it foments their ability to undertake learning strategies and research in an autonomous way.
The used methodology is based on the development of a practical work common to several subjects of different knowledge areas within the "Technology Block" of the future Architecture Degree. Thus, students work approaching the problem in a global way discussing simultaneously with teachers from different areas.
By using these new workshops we stimulate an interactive class versus a traditional lecture. Work is evaluated continuously, valuing the participative pupil´s attitude, working in groups in class time, reaching weekly objectives and stimulating the individual responsibility and positive interdependence of the pupil inside the working group.
The exercises are designed to improve students' ability to transmit their ideas and solutions in public, knowing how to discuss and defend their technical resolutions to peers and teachers (Peer Reviewing), their capacity for self-criticism and their capacity to undertake strategies and autonomous learning processes at the same time they develop a personal research into new technologies, systems and materials.
Students have shown their majority preference for this teaching methodology by the multidisciplinary workshops offered in the last years, with very satisfactory academic results.
In conclusion, it can be verified nowadays the viability of the introduction of new contents and new teaching methodologies necessary for the acquisition of the skills in the future Architecture Degree, through workshops between several subjects that have had a great acceptance in students and positive contrasted academic results.
keywords: construction, workshop, multidisciplinary, innovative methodology.
B. Piedecausa García, C. Pérez Carramiñana, M. Mateo García (2010) DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORKSHOPS BETWEEN DIFFERENT SUBJECTS AS AN INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODOLOGY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS OF THE FUTURE ARCHITECT, INTED2010 Proceedings, pp. 4051-4061.


Student generated video; have students create their own videos to illustrate course concepts or ideas. Share not only with other fellow students, but also with family and friends.
the response was overwhelming (nearly 30 videos completed (some turned them in on DVD due to uploading problems); representing about 1/3 of the class.
There was NO instruction on how to write, shoot, or edit these videos. They had to use their own abilities and resources.
YouTube limits videos to 10 minutes max, and I told my students they could go as long as they felt necessary.
YouTube has very tight copyright policing practices. They use some kind of robot to check for copyright music embedded in videos, and if they find anything, they auto-disable the audio track on your video. Since my students were making something that was only for in-class use, I told them not to worry about copyright infringement, and use whatever music / visuals helped them convey their point. Vimeo doesn't seem to be as vigilant on removing copyright material, unless someone complains.
This is subjective, and possibly inaccurate, but I feel that the playback quality on Vimeo is superior to that of YouTube, possibly due to different compression technology. However, I've not done a side-by-side test to be sure of this, so it may be incorrect.
The Ad Spiral from Annie Zondio on Vimeo.
Hobart, Jim. (2015). Social videos. In Chen, B., deNoyelles, A., & Thompson, K. (Eds.), Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository. Orlando, FL: University of Central Florida Center for Distributed Learning. Retrieved April 26, 2019 from https://topr.online.ucf.edu/social-videos/.


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Q: Changing the background color on the Weebly lightbox I am working on this non-profit art site and could use some help. What I would like is to make the background color on the gallery lightbox less opaque and darker for better viewing experience. Please see https://www.openthesky.co.uk/finally-found.html and click one of the pictures for an example.
As the weebly editor does not give any options on this, I thought that it might be possible to do it via HTML, yet I haven't been able to find the element there. Any tips would be much appreciated!

A: Weebly has a common CSS Style Sheet for common element designs, so you likely will not see it in your Theme's design unless the designer added some customizations to the lightbox for your theme.
Add the following CSS to your Settings > SEO > Header (to add it to all the pages of your website).
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Although I would consider myself fairly conservative in most areas, the hippies in the late 1960s are looking better and better as time goes on. No, I do not believe in free love or illegal drugs. But I do believe strongly in equality for all, freedom, and improving the quality of life. Although hydrotherapy dates back to the Roman Empire, the hippies modernized hydrotherapy with the use of wooden hot tubs, which were nothing more than wooden barrels filled with hot water. This marked the start of the evolution of hot tubs.
Although wooden hot tubs are still being marketed on a limited basis, the early models often leaked, which gave way to using different materials to contain the water. In the late 1970s, boat makers in southern climates began building fiberglass hot tubs, often called spas. These early units were usually installed into a wooden deck. The hot tub industry continued to grow in the early 1980s, as integrated hot tubs (sometimes called portable) came onto the scene. Portable hot tubs are hot tubs that have a wooden skirt surrounding them and can be moved, much like a piece of furniture. This development made hot tubs more affordable, eliminated the need for installation into a wood deck, and also allowed homeowners to take them when they moved to another house. With the pace of daily life increasing during this time, reducing stress became a big attraction. Manufacturers began to spring up everywhere and the race was on to build a better unit.
Today's hot tubs are well-insulated and energy efficient with airtight spa covers. Multiple pump systems and filters are now available, as are sanitizing systems, automatic controls, and multiple other options.
The hot tub manufacturers are always striving to make better products to get a leg up on the competition, so look for improvements to continue in the hot tub industry.


I love working with Pack for a Purpose. My recent trip to Romania was made even better when I found a company among the Pack for a Purpose supporters. I had made arrangements with Click2Travel Romania to come to my hotel to pick up the supplies I'd brought – wow! Talk about service. As we were figuring out logistics, we decided on a plan whereby they could pick up my supplies and then head to another hotel to pick up supplies from another traveler just arriving at the airport. Yippee – there were two of us bringing supplies for the orphanage.


Content plan that helps Borges reinforce its positioning as a brand linked with traditions and the local area.
Borges is a very healthy brand in terms of sales. It's one of those familiar brands we've all seen at home, in the form of bottles of oil and vinegar, dried fruits and nuts, etc.
But this good health isn't helping it to connect with a younger public. That's why our digital channel strategy is to create content that leads younger consumers to identify with the brand.
The aim of the "Roots" project is to create this connection through content typically associated with identity, such as traditions and gastronomy.
Using two real people and a format halfway between a documentary and entertainment, we explain the country's traditions, both from a cultural and historical point of view and also in gastronomic terms, but always related to the particular experiences of these people.
Thanks to the large number of festivals and traditions throughout the year, this focus allows us to hold an ongoing conversation with our target, also building brand credibility.
And because these traditions are strongly related to gastronomy, this action also allows us to work on the consumption moment for specific products and thereby encourage their purchase.