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Festival of Literature, Film and Music 2018
Jeremy Smith
"Jam and cream. Eggs and bacon. Fish and chips. Books and Blenheim. They just go together, which is why the annual Blenheim Literary Festival fits so snugly into the county's diary..."
Beating the Stereotype
Gary Barlow, Noel Gallagher, Countryfile Live and Donald Trump have all graced its grounds this year. But its annual Autumnal jewel, the Literary Festival, is one of Blenheim Palace's most eagerly anticipated events. Churchill showed great prescience being born here in 1874 because Blenheim has, and always had, its finger on the pulse of contemporary mores. This year's Blenheim Palace Festival of Literature, Film and Music (to give it its formal title) will as always enhance that legacy, as Jeremy Smith discovers.
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Jam and cream. Eggs and bacon. Fish and chips. Books and Blenheim. They just go together, which is why the annual Blenheim Literary Festival fits so snugly into the county's diary. Opening its doors between Thursday October 11 and Sunday October 14, the festival is best described as boutique – a small but perfectly sculpted celebration of literature at its most innovative, intriguing and inviting. Like every year, its program of speakers and authors is shamelessly tempting (this year, the lineup numbers 40 over three days). So here, as a dip-in and dip-out guide, is my personal selection of who to see and what to attend.
Jeopardy: The Danger of Playing It Safe On The Path To Success with Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones in conversation with Nick Higham.
Friday, October 12, 12.00pm
Perfect timing in this period of huge political turmoil best describes this interview with Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones who, as a child of the Windrush generation, has gone to become one of Britain's most successful black entrepreneurs. Drawing on an extraordinary life that that has taken him from a deprived childhood in inner city Birmingham to becoming one of Britain's best known farmers, he argues that caution is one of the biggest barriers to realising our dreams. A former producer and director of BBC's 'Food and Drink' as well as owner of the Black Farmer brand, he has also established the Black Farmer Scholarship which encourages ethnic minorities to work in the rural community. Here in conversation with Nick Higham
Weird Plants with Chris Thorogood
Friday, October 12, 2.00pm
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the garden, beware. Because, for anyone haunted and tantalised in equal measure by John Wyndham's 'The Day of The Triffids', this is a must-see event. Forget the safe, blissful environment of TV's Blue Peter garden and instead prepare yourself for an Indiana Jones-style escapade that aims to uncover and reveal some of the world's most extraordinary plants. While yes, artist and botanist Dr Chris Thorogood will inevitably touch upon such cultural icons as the Venus Fly Trap, prepare to be amazed by some of his lesser-known favourites such as the Devil Guts, a genus of parasitic plants belonging to the Cuscutaceae family (incidentally, it's also known as the 'Vampire Plant', 'Strangleweed', 'Hellbind' and 'Witches Shoelaces', none of which suggest any particular affection).
A botanist at the University of Oxford, Dr Thorogood will also focus on those plants that dupe, trick, steal and kill and aims to demonstrate the inter-relationships between plants, their interdependence with animals and the nature of evolution.
Drink More Fizz with Jonathan Ray
Saturday, October 13, 12.00pm
This particular event is a natural fit for both the occasion and day of the week. One of our leading wine writers, Jonathan Ray, launches what surely looks like a 60-minute 'hurrah' for all things sparkling, wet, dry, and perfectly bubbly, by considering just a few of the world's top 100 champagnes and sparkling wines. And better still, there's a good chance his talk will involve tastings.
Astonishingly, sales of sparkling wines have risen by more than 80% in the UK over the last five years, so it seems sensible that with the country awash with popped corks, a little extra knowledge might go a long way.
Histories of The Unexpected with Sam Willis and James Daybell
A genuine treat for Saturday lunchtime, this is one of those fabulous 'Did You Know' compendiums of the weird and bizarre. Prepare to be shocked and delighted as historians Sam Willis and James Daybell embark on an incredible journey through the annals of history to uncover just what links, among other things, zebras to the Second World War and windows to Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar. Using props and archive film, they aim to shine a light on those great periods in history when the unexpected was always just a breath away. Willis is an honorary research fellow at the University of Plymouth with an expertise in naval history and marine archaeology. He has worked on the Hornblower television series and Channel 4 film Shackleton, and presented the BBC 4 film, Nelson's Caribbean Hell Hole. Daybell is professor of early modern history at the University of Plymouth and author of eight books, including Women Letter-Writers in Tudor England.
Gibraltar Lecture: Kremlin Letters - Stalin's Wartime Correspondence with Churchill and Roosevelt with David Reynolds
Saturday, October 13, 2.00pm
When it comes to pedigree, it doesn't get much better than that of award-winning historian, broadcaster and writer David Reynolds. A professor of international history at Cambridge University and winner of the Wolfson Prize in 2004, he has also authored 11 books and made 13 documentaries for the BBC on twentieth century history. But just for today, he'll be revealing what the messages shared between the big three allied leaders: Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt really indicate about their relationship.
Together with leading Russian academic Vladimir Pechatnov, the two authors were granted access to previously unavailable documents which revealed more than 600 separate communications between the three leaders, exposing the limits of their alliance and the egos that set the stage for the Cold War. Unmissable.
Wodehouse in Wonderland by William Humble with Robert Daws
Actor and writer Robert Daws ('The Royal', 'New Tricks' and 'Doc Martin' to name but a few) gives a performed reading of a new play based on the life and writings of P. G. Wodehouse, which includes musical accompaniment from the likes of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Ivor Novello and Jerome Kern. The play itself, written by William Humble, is set in Wodehouse's New York State home sometime in the 1950s while he attempts to write another Bertie Wooster tale. Of course, during this literary endeavour, he shares stories about how Jeeves came into existence, his love for American soap operas and why he wrote books that were 'like musical comedies without music'. Running at an hour and 40 minutes, the event includes a 20-minute interval – a consideration Bertie would have definitely approved of.
Two Raconteurs: Stories of Life Television and Radio with Nicholas Parsons and Gyles Brandreth
Sunday, October 14, 11.00am
A perfect title that looks sure to deliver what it says on the tin; after all, both Parsons and Brandreth are the ultimate conversationalists who can put a spin on any story and turn it into a comedy masterclass. Equally, you'd expect nothing less from a comic duo who, both separately and together, have spent their lives in front of the microphone and camera. Indeed, in just one of his many performance milestones, Parsons has now presented the multi-award winning Radio 4 comedy show 'Just A Minute' for its entire 51-year history.
Similarly - though not quite on the same time scale - Brandreth has alternated between TV and politics and currently holds the world record for the longest after dinner speech: a 12-and-a-half-hour marathon.
Darling Winston: Forty Years of Letters Between Churchill and His Mother with David Lough
Sunday, October 14, 12.00pm
And that's it, in a nutshell; an exploration of the astonishing 40-year correspondence between Sir Winston and his American mother Jennie Jerome, which started in 1881 when Churchill was just six, presented by David Lough.
An Afternoon with Jane Austen, in the company of Caroline Langrishe, Adrian Lukis, Camilla Pay and Rosie Lomas
Sunday, October 14, 4.00pm
Well, it'd be criminal not to, wouldn't it? A two-hour celebration of Jane Austen's most memorable characters via actors Caroline Langrishe and Adrian Lukis, staged against a soundtrack which would have been heard in Austen's own household, provided by harpist Camilla Pay and soprano Rosie Lomas. What's not to like? Staged, to boot, in the Palace's Orangery should any arm-twisting be required.
The King's War with Peter Conradi
It's hard to imagine just how such an extraordinary story could have remained hidden for so long, but that's precisely what did happen until journalist and author Peter Conradi, together with Mark Logue, published their bestselling book 'The King's Speech' in 2010. Turned into a multi-Oscar-winning film starring Colin Firth as King George VI, Helena Bonham Carter as Queen Elizabeth and Geoffrey Rush as iconoclastic speech therapist Lionel Logue (co-author Mark Logue's grandfather), both book and film were a worldwide critical and commercial success. The authors latest book 'The King's War' picks up where 'Speech' ends, following the men's friendship through the dark days of the Second World War and beyond, which Conradi will explain and expand upon.
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King Arthur's Knight School
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This summer, King Arthur is preparing for his next quest and has enlisted the team at Oxford Castle & Prison to train his latest recruits in sword handling, archery skills and jousting skills – the essential skills for going into medieval battle...

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Last year, illustrator Fulvio Obregon drew a bunch of male celebrities with their younger selves, and now he's followed it up with the female version.
And tbh the result is pretty damn incredible.
He's included a variety of people, from Madonna and Cher, to Dolly Parton and Tina Turner.
And Fulvio hasn't just done musicians, he's included acting legends such as Judi Dench and Elizabeth Taylor.
Debbie Harry looks cool and chill AF.
This Drew Barrymore illustration is giving us all the feels.
And how amazing is this Yoko Ono?
Here's Carrie Fisher and Sigourney Weaver posing with their younger selves.
And if there weren't enough queens in this list, then Fulvio did the actual queen too.
You can check out more of Fulvio's work here.


I've searched high and low on this forum to try and find the right UI setting to get this to work.
I've recently installed ML on my T5i and here's my issue.
I have focus peak on, zebra on (show while filming), and cropmarks on. Global Draw is ON, all modes.
When I hit the record button, everything disappears. I tried pressing the info button several times (nothing). While recording i've gone into the ML menu and focus peak+zebra+cropmarks is greyed out and the orange text on the bottom says "Global Draw is disabled, check your settings"
So I do... and while still recording, I scroll over to global draw in the overlay menu and it's ON,all modes.
When I tried to find a solution in the forums people kept saying " go to global draw and read the help text". Where is that? no one links to it. It's not in the magic lantern file I downloaded and it's not on my camera.
I hope someone can help with this. I'm only 3 hours into using the firmware and am feeling a bit disappointed.


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Q: Is there a way or sample to open or close MCU connection dynamically in LiveSwitch Javascript? I am developing multi-user conference and it is almost done. Users are to register to LiveSwitch gateway and create MCU(Multiple Control Unit) connection, and open or close it when it needs. Several users can do this. Now, I am going to make a race for these users to connect or disconnect to LiveSwitch gateway. Total number of users could be registered is limited. So users who are trying to connect can race like horses.
I have tried this way.
var connection = channel.createMcuConnection(audioStream, videoStream); connection.open(); connection.close();
I thought I could do it using these functions, but I don't know how I can do it.
If there is someone who has experience in this or has some examples, please let me know.
Thank you.

A: It can be resolved by using a kind of signal system together with the liveswitch MCU server.
Basically, we would be able to set the maximum number of clients and it should be managed by a kind of signaling server.
And then on liveswitch sdk(client's side), we can detect one of clients based on low-bandwidth to unregister the client itself.

A: It's kind of race and I have found that it could not be solved because I have only promise from its process. Retrieval time could be undetermined on front end side and it should be maintained on the server side.

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We propose that agreement displacement phenomena sensitive to person hierarchies arise from the mechanism of Agree operating on articulated φ-feature structures in a cyclic syntax. Cyclicity and locality derive a preference for agreement control by the internal argument. Articulation of the probe determines (a) when the agreement controller cyclically displaces to the external argument and (b) differences in crosslinguistic sensitivity to person hierarchies. The system characterizes two classes of derivations corresponding empirically to direct and inverse contexts, and predicts the existence and nature of repair strategies in the latter. The properties of agreement displacement thus reduce to properties of syntactic dependency formation by Agree.


Grey Gables 5 bedrooms / 5 full baths, 2 partial / 6,041 sq. ft.
On over 2 acres of Riddell's Bay waterfront, Grey Gables is a wonderful piece of old Bermuda wrapped up in everything that one expects in today's beautiful homes. It has been included in many garden tours as well as historic home tours. When you enter the main residence on the main floor its charm greets you rightaway. A library off the hall leads to a grand lounge with fireplace for elegant entertaining. A large master suite with study and 2 guest bedrooms are on the main level. Stairs lead to an adjoining self contained one bedroom guest apartment with living room, kitchenette and bathroom. Off the lounge another staircase leads to the lower level where you will find the formal dining room, kitchen, family room and much more. The pool area is adjacent and has a spacious cabana for outdoor entertaining. A charming updated one bedroom guest cottage is privately set back from the main house. A short stroll will lead you to the waterfront where there is a large concrete dock and small sandy beach. Grey Gables is truly one of a kind and is a Grade 3 listed building.


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NASA's OSIRIS-REx begins asteroid operations campaign
by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
On Aug. 17, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft obtained the first images of its target asteroid Bennu from a distance of 1.4 million miles (2.2 million km), or almost six times the distance between the Earth and Moon. This cropped set of five images was obtained by the PolyCam camera over the course of an hour for calibration purposes and in order to assist the mission's navigation team with optical navigation efforts. Bennu is visible as a moving object against the stars in the constellation Serpens. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
After an almost two-year journey, NASA's asteroid sampling spacecraft, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), caught its first glimpse of asteroid Bennu last week and began the final approach toward its target. Kicking off the mission's asteroid operations campaign on Aug. 17, the spacecraft's PolyCam camera obtained the image from a distance of 1.3 million miles (2.1 million km).
OSIRIS-REx is NASA's first mission to visit a near-Earth asteroid, survey the surface, collect a sample and deliver it safely back to Earth. The spacecraft has traveled approximately 1.1 billion miles (1.8 billion km) since its Sept. 8, 2016, launch and is scheduled to arrive at Bennu on Dec. 3.
"Now that OSIRIS-REx is close enough to observe Bennu, the mission team will spend the next few months learning as much as possible about Bennu's size, shape, surface features, and surroundings before the spacecraft arrives at the asteroid," said Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator at the University of Arizona, Tucson. "After spending so long planning for this moment, I can't wait to see what Bennu reveals to us."
As OSIRIS-REx approaches the asteroid, the spacecraft will use its science instruments to gather information about Bennu and prepare for arrival. The spacecraft's science payload comprises the OCAMS camera suite (PolyCam, MapCam, and SamCam), the OTES thermal spectrometer, the OVIRS visible and infrared spectrometer, the OLA laser altimeter, and the REXIS X-ray spectrometer.
During the mission's approach phase, OSIRIS-REx will:
regularly observe the area around the asteroid to search for dust plumes and natural satellites, and study Bennu's light and spectral properties,;
execute a series of four asteroid approach maneuvers, beginning on Oct. 1, slowing the spacecraft to match Bennu's orbit around the Sun;
jettison the protective cover of the spacecraft's sampling arm in mid-October and subsequently extend and image the arm for the first time in flight; and
use OCAMS to reveal the asteroid's overall shape in late-October and begin detecting Bennu's surface features in mid-November.
After arrival at Bennu, the spacecraft will spend the first month performing flybys of Bennu's north pole, equator and south pole, at distances ranging between 11.8 and 4.4 miles (19 and 7 km) from the asteroid. These maneuvers will allow for the first direct measurement of Bennu's mass as well as close-up observations of the surface. These trajectories will also provide the mission's navigation team with experience navigating near the asteroid.
"Bennu's low gravity provides a unique challenge for the mission," said Rich Burns, OSIRIS-REx project manager at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. "At roughly 0.3 miles [500 meters] in diameter, Bennu will be the smallest object that any spacecraft has ever orbited."
The spacecraft will extensively survey the asteroid before the mission team identifies two possible sample sites. Close examination of these sites will allow the team to pick one for sample collection, scheduled for early July 2020. After sample collection, the spacecraft will head back toward Earth before ejecting the Sample Return Capsule for landing in the Utah desert in Sept. 2023.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center provides overall mission management, systems engineering and the safety and mission assurance for OSIRIS-REx. Dante Lauretta of the University of Arizona, Tucson, is the principal investigator, and the University of Arizona also leads the science team and the mission's science observation planning and data processing. Lockheed Martin Space in Denver built the spacecraft and is providing flight operations. Goddard and KinetX Aerospace are responsible for navigating the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. OSIRIS-REx is the third mission in NASA's New Frontiers Program. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, manages the agency's New Frontiers Program for its Science Mission Directorate in Washington.
OSIRIS-REx team prepares for next step in NASA's asteroid sample return mission
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OSIRIS-REx takes closer image of Jupiter
Cameras delivered for OSIRIS-REx mission as launch prep continues
Image: From the Earth, moon and beyond
NASA prepares to launch first U.S. asteroid sample return mission
NASA's OSIRIS-REx speeds toward asteroid rendezvous


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CalAmp Offers to Acquire LoJack for $5.50 per Share in Cash, Representing a 58% Premium, in $113 Million Transaction
CalAmp's Offer Provides LoJack Shareholders With Immediate and Certain Cash Value at a Significant Premium
Combination Would Create a Market Leader Well-Positioned to Drive Broad Adoption of Vehicle Telematics Technologies and Applications
December 10, 2015 07:30 ET | Source: CalAmp Corp.
OXNARD, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 10, 2015) - CalAmp (NASDAQ: CAMP), a leading provider of wireless products, services and solutions, today announced that it has made an offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of LoJack Corporation (NASDAQ: LOJN) ("LoJack"), a provider of vehicle theft recovery systems and advanced fleet management solutions, for $5.50 per share in cash, in a transaction valued at approximately $113 million.
CalAmp's offer represents a premium of:
58% to LoJack's closing stock price on December 9, 2015;
75% to LoJack's average closing price for the last 60 days; and
24% to LoJack's 52 week high.
"For nearly two years, we have tried to engage with LoJack in friendly discussions regarding a combination of our two companies, and in the past 14 months we have made three all-cash offers to LoJack. To our disappointment, and to the detriment of LoJack's shareholders, LoJack has not demonstrated willingness to move toward actively negotiating a transaction with us. We are excited by the prospect of combining our two businesses and believe our $5.50 per share cash offer provides LoJack shareholders with a substantial premium for their investment in LoJack, while also eliminating the risks associated with LoJack continuing to operate on a standalone basis," said Michael Burdiek, CalAmp's President and Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Burdiek continued, "The combination of LoJack's world renowned brand and strong relationships with CalAmp's leading portfolio of wireless connectivity devices, software, services and applications would create a market leader that is well-positioned to drive the broad adoption of vehicle telematics technologies and applications worldwide. Moreover, we respect and admire the talented team at LoJack and believe that the benefits of a business combination are significant for stakeholders of both companies. The Board of Directors of CalAmp unanimously supports this offer and believes, with close cooperation and focus among our respective teams, we can move expeditiously to complete due diligence and execute a definitive agreement. We look forward to LoJack's careful and serious consideration of our offer and remain ready to engage with LoJack's Board of Directors to complete this transaction."
CalAmp today sent the following letter to LoJack's Chief Executive Officer and President and Board of Directors:
Mr. Randy L. Ortiz
Chief Executive Officer and President
LoJack Corporation
40 Pequot Way
Canton, Massachusetts 02021
Dear Randy:
As you are aware, CalAmp has been trying to engage with LoJack in friendly discussions regarding a business combination for nearly two years. We are very disappointed that you have not moved toward actively negotiating a transaction with us in light of our latest offer of $5.50 per share in cash for 100% of the outstanding shares of LoJack dated November 10, 2015. Given our strong belief in the compelling opportunities a potential combination of CalAmp and LoJack offers, and having been unsuccessful in moving forward privately, we have determined that the most constructive path forward to realize the value inherent in this combination is to provide your shareholders with the details of our compelling offer.
Accordingly, on behalf of our Board of Directors, we are writing to again offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of the common stock of LoJack for $5.50 per share in cash. This offer represents a 58% premium to LoJack's closing price on December 9, 2015, a 75% premium to LoJack's average closing stock price for the last 60 days and a 24% premium to LoJack's 52 week high. It is important to highlight that LoJack's stock has not traded above our latest offer price over the last 17 months. Moreover, our offer provides LoJack shareholders with this substantial cash premium for their investment in LoJack while also eliminating the risks associated with LoJack continuing to operate on a standalone basis.
As you are well aware, in addition to our November 10, 2015 offer, we have previously made two other written offers to acquire all of the outstanding shares of LoJack, the first in October 2014 and the second in March 2015, that were rejected by the LoJack Board. Since our initial proposal, LoJack's top-line performance has declined with reported revenue decreasing more than 2% through the first nine months of fiscal 2015 as compared to the prior year, a continuation of a multi-year revenue decline trend. Since we first approached you about a transaction, we have been clear in our belief that the benefits of a business combination are significant and are simply too compelling to ignore. We believe this is a win-win transaction for both companies as it would, among other things:
Drive future accelerated growth in revenues and profits for the combined company as a leader in our targeted markets;
Offer customers access to an integrated, turnkey offering that enables a multitude of high value applications in the areas of dealer operational efficiency, vehicle security and monitoring, vehicle safety, maintenance and service, and automotive insurance, among others; and
Increase innovation and reliability through our combined technology offerings, thereby helping to ensure that our customers and partners remain competitive in today's rapidly evolving markets.
Our companies share a similar strategic vision: to drive the broad adoption of vehicle telematics technologies and applications to the market worldwide. The combination of LoJack's world renowned brand and strong relationships with CalAmp's leading portfolio of wireless connectivity devices, software, services and applications would create a market leader that is well-positioned to achieve this exciting vision.
Moreover, we respect and admire LoJack and expect that the combined company will draw from LoJack's considerable relationships, particularly in the auto dealer channel, that have been cultivated over many years and are some of the longest standing in the industry.
We continue to be in a position to move forward expeditiously to negotiate and finalize a transaction. As you know, we previously engaged Canaccord Genuity as our financial advisor, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as our legal counsel. Importantly, as with all our previous offers, this offer includes no financing condition as we have ample financial resources to fund the proposed transaction.
The Board of Directors of CalAmp unanimously supports this offer and the combination of CalAmp and LoJack. As a next step, we and our advisors are ready to meet with you and your team to complete our due diligence and negotiate a definitive agreement. We are confident that with close cooperation and focus among our respective teams, we can move expeditiously to complete due diligence and execute a definitive agreement.
While it remains our strong desire and preference to work with you and the LoJack Board of Directors toward a mutually agreeable transaction, we are well advised and prepared to take the necessary actions to realize the value inherent in this proposed combination.
This letter is non-binding and is not intended to create or constitute any legally binding obligation, liability or commitment regarding the contemplated transaction, including any obligation to negotiate or enter into an agreement, and there will be no legally binding agreement regarding the contemplated transaction unless and until a definitive transaction agreement is executed.
In closing, we are excited by the prospect of combining our two businesses and are confident your shareholders will strongly support the substantial value we are offering to them.
We trust you and your Board will carefully evaluate this highly attractive and extremely compelling opportunity.
Michael Burdiek
Mr. Rory Cowan, Chairman of the Board
Mr. Alan L. Bazaar, Director
Mr. Gary E. Dilts, Director
Ms. Marcia J. Hooper, Director
Mr. Phil Horlock, Director
Mr. John H. MacKinnon, Director
Mr. David J. Shea, Director
Mr. Edward F. Davis, III, Director
Mr. John Janitz, Director
Mr. Jose M. Oxholm-Uribe, SVP & GC
This offer does not include a financing condition, and CalAmp is prepared to execute the offer using cash on hand.
Canaccord Genuity is serving as financial advisor to CalAmp and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is serving as legal counsel.
About CalAmp
CalAmp (NASDAQ: CAMP) is a proven leader in providing wireless communications solutions to a broad array of vertical market applications and customers. CalAmp's extensive portfolio of intelligent communications devices, robust and scalable cloud service platform, and targeted software applications streamline otherwise complex Machine-to-Machine (M2M) deployments. These solutions enable customers to optimize their operations by collecting, monitoring and efficiently reporting business critical data and desired intelligence from high-value mobile and remote assets. For more information, please visit www.calamp.com.
All statements in this release, other than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are forward-looking statements which include, without limitation, statements relating to CalAmp's plans, strategies, objectives, expectations, intentions, projections, and other information regarding future performance, and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "may," "will," "could," "plans," "intends," "seeks," "believes," "anticipates," "expects," "estimates," "judgment," "goal," and variations of these words and similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this release address a variety of subjects, including the potential market leadership resulting from the proposed business combination with LoJack, the anticipated broad global adoption of vehicle telematics technologies and applications, the expected stakeholder benefits of the proposed business combination, and any other statements of belief or about CalAmp's plans, beliefs, or expectations. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: the risk that LoJack's business will not be successfully integrated with CalAmp's business or complement its products, services, and solutions, gross margins, and operational and other cost synergies; costs associated with the proposed business combination; and other acquisition-related risks. These forward-looking statements also reflect CalAmp's current views with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict, including, without limitation, the risks and uncertainties that are set forth in Part I, Item 1A of the Annual Report on Form 10-K (Risk Factors) for the year ended February 28, 2015 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2015. Such risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from historical or anticipated results. Although CalAmp believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained. CalAmp undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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From Ribadeo to A Guarda, in the small bays and harbours, there appears the "redeira" or "atadeira", that is, the sea woman, young or old, who makes nets, by interweaving threads and by moving the stylized wooden needle; this work is done by old sailors as well.
Some years ago, the nets, which first were made of cotton and then of hemp, were washed in fountains and public washing places and were extended to dry in the dock, something now saved by the use of nylon. People dyed these nets red or brown. In order to do this, they put the nets in stone basins, which were communal, with a mixture of birch peels and red pine. This mixture was smashed with a wooden pestle and boiled in big boilers or in potsfor 10 hours. Then the boiling ink was taken to the "gamela da casca" (a kind of small boat made of some tree bark) where the net was sunk. This process could also be done in the pot or in the boiler, and in the stone basin if the net was really big.
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Nowadays, the "redeiras" carry on mending the nets that break against the rocks or they weave new ones, with their ancient art. Not even with the use of nylon has the net lost the charm of its handicraft.


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Porzellanmalerei ist die manuelle Verzierung von Porzellangegenständen mit Bildern und Ornamenten. Hierbei verwenden Porzellanmaler spezielle Porzellanfarben und verschiedene Arbeitstechniken und Werkzeuge. Die Porzellanmalerei diente ursprünglich zur Verzierung von Gebrauchsporzellan. Zunehmend wurden auch Ziergegenstände gefertigt und bemalt. Der Stil und die Motive der Bemalung und die Art der bemalten Objekte (Geschirr, Ziergefäße, Puppenköpfe, Pfeifenköpfe, Dosen u. a.) veränderten sich im Laufe der Epochen. Porzellanmalerei weist im Gegensatz zur Ölmalerei eine hohe Beständigkeit der Farbe und Brillanz gegenüber Einflüssen von Alterung, Licht, Hitze und Luftfeuchtigkeit auf. Porzellanmalerei ist ein immaterielles Kulturerbe in Deutschland.

Geschichte
Schon im Altertum wurden Keramikgefäße mit Farben bemalt und mit Glasuren überzogen. Nach der Erfindung des Porzellans in China wurden die Porzellanteile auch künstlerisch bemalt. Im 17. Jahrhundert wurden große Mengen des in Europa hoch geschätzten Porzellans durch die Niederländische Ostindien-Kompanie (VOC) nach Europa importiert. Es war möglich auf diesem Wege Bestellungen mit Bemalungswünschen bei der Niederländischen Ostindien-Kompanie (VOC) aufzugeben. Auch König Friedrich II. machte davon Gebrauch und kaufte viel Porzellan mit chinesischer Dekoration und ein Service mit seinem eigenen Wappen.

Mit der Erfindung des europäischen Porzellans durch Johann Friedrich Böttger in Meißen, entstand hier auch die zur Verzierung notwendige Porzellanmalerei, die aus der Emailmalerei auf Glas weiterentwickelt wurde. Durch den großen Erfolg des in Meißen im frühen 18. Jahrhundert hergestellten bemalten Porzellans entstanden in ganz Europa weitere Porzellanmanufakturen.

Nach der Französischen Revolution und der Gewerbefreiheit entstanden im zweiten Drittel des 19. Jahrhunderts eine Vielzahl privater Porzellanmanufakturen. Der dadurch hervorgerufene Konkurrenzdruck führte zu Entlassungen von Porzellanmalern und zum Verkauf von (undekorierter) Weißware. Es entstand ein Industriezweig frei schaffender Porzellanmaler, die auf der Walz nach Aufträgen suchten. Die Produkte jener Zeit werden als "Bürgerporzellan" bezeichnet.

Porzellanfarben
Man unterscheidet Unterglasur- und Aufglasurmalerei. Für die Unterglasurmalerei eignen sich nur wenige Farben.
Mit Aufglasurfarben stehen hingegen alle Farbnuancen zur Verfügung.
Die Herstellung der Porzellanfarben ist der Emaillefarbenherstellung ähnlich. Als Porzellanfarben benutzt man Metalloxide, die in eine spezielle Glasmasse als Trägermaterial eingeschmolzen werden, die bei der vorgesehenen Brenntemperatur genügend flüssig wird, ohne zu stark zu zerfließen. Die Masse wird zu Pulver gemahlen und mit einem Bindemittel (Öle und Terpentin) vermischt, damit die Farben mit einem Pinsel aufgetragen werden können. Das Bindemittel wird beim Brennvorgang rückstandslos verbrannt.

Maltechnik
Das Auftragen der Porzellanfarben erfolgt mit sehr feinen Pinseln, bei der Lupenmalerei auch mit Einhaarpinseln. Man benutzte für alle Darstellungen Malvorlagen. In den Manufakturen gibt es große Archive mit Druckgrafiken, Kopien von Gemälden, Dekor-Vorlagen usw. Porzellanmaler fertigten auch selbst Vorlagen an, um ihr Motiv öfter zu verwenden, aber es gab auch Angestellte, die nur Vorlagenmaler waren. Für Dekor-Vorlagen beschäftigte man Spezialisten. Für Veduten-Vorlagen wurden Vorlagenmaler sogar auf Studienreisen geschickt. Für die Übertragung von bildlichen Darstellungen hat man optische Geräte (Umzeichner) nach dem Prinzip des Episkops verwendet. Durch die Projektion auf die gekrümmten Flächen von Vasen und Tassen, erklärt sich die oft sichtbar verzerrte Darstellung der Malereien. Für aufwendige Dekore wurden die Malvorlagen von Spezialisten konstruiert.

Um das gleiche Motiv von einer Vorlage leichter öfter zu übertragen, verwendete man ein Umdruckverfahren, mit dem man die Umrisse des Motivs auf das Porzellan übertrug und danach die farbliche Malerei manuell ausführte. Die Vorlagen sind seitenverkehrt, damit sie nach dem Übertragen seitenrichtig erscheinen. Diese Technik wurde bereits im 18. Jahrhundert eingeführt.

Im 20. Jahrhundert konnte man Porzellan auch farbig bedrucken. Dadurch wurden die Produkte zwar preiswerter, aber weniger wertvoll. Heute kann man sich eigene Fotografien, auch die von alten Porzellanmalereien, auf Porzellan übertragen lassen. Um den Unterschied zum handbemalten Porzellan zu erkennen, braucht man Expertenkentnisse und eine Lupe.
Das Verfahren Fotos auf Porzellan zu übertragen nannte man damals Chromatografie. Zur Bildübertragung verwendete man eine Schicht aus Chromatgelatine in der die Porzellanfarbe z. B. (Iridiumoxid für schwarz) bereits eingebettet war. Es lassen sich Farbfotos damit auf Porzellan übertragen. Im Muffelbrand verbrannte die Gelatine rückstandslos. Diese Technik wird auch verwendet, um Foto-Porträts auf Porzellan-Plaketten für Grabbilder herzustellen. Heute kann man Porzellanfarben mittels Computer und speziellem Drucker auf das Umdruckpapier drucken und bei flachen Porzellanplatten direkt auf das Porzellan.

Porzellanmaler
Die kunsthandwerkliche Ausbildung zum Porzellanmaler kann bis zu 10 Jahren dauern. Es gab einige Porzellanmaler, die bekannte Ölmaler und sogar Professoren an Kunstakademien wurden, z. B.: Frédéric Frégevize, Johann Hubert Anton Forst, Friedrich Wilhelm Delkeskamp und Carl Daniel Freydanck

Bemalte Objekte
Aus Porzellan wurde eine sehr große Vielfalt unterschiedlichster Gegenstände hergestellt, die auch bemalt werden konnten.
Neben Gebrauchsgeschirr wurden auch Ziergegenstände wie Porzellanplatten, Ziergefäße, Vasen, Blumentöpfe (Jardinière), sogar Kronleuchter, figürliche Darstellungen (Skulpturen), Tabletts, Schreibgarnituren, Kerzenleuchter, Parfümflakons, Potpourries, Schminkdosen, Tabakdosen, Pfeifenköpfe, Gehstockgriffe, u. a. m. künstlerisch bemalt.

Stile der Porzellanmalerei
Die Porzellanmaler verwendeten für ihre Tätigkeit Malvorlagen und deshalb entspricht der Kunststil dem der Vorlagen. Man richtete sich bei der Auswahl nach dem, was man am besten verkaufen konnte, also nach den Kundenwünschen. In der Frühzeit des europäischen Porzellans wollten die Kunden Motive, die sie schon kannten, meist die chinesischen Dekorationen des importierten chinesischen Porzellans, die man dann als Chinoiserien bezeichnete. Nach dem großen Erfolg der Blumenmalerei aus der Anfangszeit der Meißener Porzellanmalerei wurde das von allen anderen Manufakturen aus Geschäftsinteresse kopiert und als Meißener Blumen bezeichnet. Als Malvorlagen verwendete man auch die Ölgemälde alter Meister z. B. Canaletto, Lucas Cranach, Antoine Watteau, David Teniers usw. In den Vorlagensammlungen der Manufakturen gab es große Mengen an Druckgrafiken aus allen Jahrhunderten, deshalb haben die Porzellanmalereien auch Stil-Merkmale aus allen Jahrhunderten. So gab es z. B. Service im etruskischen Stil und viele andere. Die Manufakturen beschäftigten auch Vorlagenmaler für Blumen und Veduten, die nach der Natur gemalt wurden. Bei Dekoren und Ornamenten verwendete man alles, was man aus vergangenen Epochen und aus der jeweiligen Gegenwart fand. So entstanden die Kunststile des Klassizismus, der auf die Antike zurückgriff, und des Historismus, der bekanntlich alle Kunststile wiederholte und vermischte. König Friedrich II. entwarf nicht nur die Pläne für seine Schlösser selbst, sondern nahm Einfluss auf die Gestaltung des Porzellans für seine eigene Porzellan-Manufaktur und vergab dafür Namen z. B. Relief-Zierrathen und Neu-Zierrath, die bis heute produziert werden. Daraus entstand die kunstgeschichtliche Stilbezeichnung Friderizianisches Rokoko. Fachleute können erkennen, ob eine Porzellanmalerei in der Zeit des Rokoko, Biedermeier, Historismus oder nach dem 2. Weltkrieg entstanden ist (siehe Weblinks Videos). Sehr häufig werden Porzellanmalereien nach dem Herstellungs-Zeitraum der jeweiligen Kunst-Epoche zugerechnet, obwohl die typischen Merkmale des Kunst-Stiles nicht vorhanden sind. Es gab natürlich auch Malereien auf Porzellan die dem aktuellem Kunststil der Herstellungszeit entsprachen. Im Handel wird die Bezeichnung Weichmalerei für im Jugendstil hergestellte Blumenmalerei verwendet. Es werden keine grellen Farben verwendet, sondern nur blasse helle Farbtöne. In der Fachliteratur wird diese Bezeichnung nicht verwendet, aber es gibt dazu einen Artikel in einer Fachzeitschrift. Man kann heute in fast allen Porzellan-Manufakturen Bestellungen nach Formen und Dekoren der vergangenen Jahrhunderte aufgeben, nur die Qualität der Bemalung vom 20. Jahrhundert und davor wird nicht mehr erreicht. Modernes Porzellan der Manufakturen wird kaum noch bemalt, sondern meist bedruckt. Man kann heute bemaltes Porzellan von privaten Porzellanmalern erwerben, die das Weiß-Porzellan einkaufen und selber bemalen.

Gruppen der Porzellanmalerei
Es gibt eine große Vielfalt an Kategorien der Porzellanmalerei. Hier werden nur einige als Beispiel aufgeführt. Weitere Gebiete der Porzellanmalerei findet man im Bildteil.

Blumenmalerei
Die Blumenmalerei auf Porzellan ist der Haupt-Erwerbszweig jeder Porzellan-Manufaktur. Es wurde nach Vorlagen gemalt, die von Vorlagenmalern erstellt wurden, aber auch von den Porzellanmalern selbst. Teller mit Blumenmalerei wurden erst zur Benutzung hergestellt, heute werden sie als künstlerisch wertvolle Sammlerstücke betrachtet. Mit dem Beginn der Porzellanfabrikation im 18. Jahrhundert in Meißen wurden Porzellane mit Blumenmalereien verziert. Obwohl nur wenige Porzellanfarben verfügbar waren, gelang den Porzellanmalern eine sehr hohe Qualität der Darstellung. Neben einzelnen Blumen und Blumensträußen, gab es eine Vielfalt spezieller Dekore z. B. Deutsche Blumen, Indianische Blumen, Strohblumenmuster, Holzschnittblumen, Marcolini-Blumen, Manieristische Blumen (Meißner Rose), Streublümchen, naturalistische Blumen (botanische Malerei), Wiesenblumen, Zwiebelmuster usw.

Botanische Malerei
Die botanische Malerei ist die exakte botanische Darstellung von einer einzelnen Pflanze, Blumen (auch Blumen-Porträts genannt), Früchten oder Baumzweigen, wie sie in der Botanik in Herbarien zur Pflanzen-Erkennung verwendet werden. Diese auf Porzellan gemalten botanischen Vorlagen übertreffen die Darstellungen auf Papier, weil auf Porzellan viel feiner gemalt werden kann als auf Papier.

Dekore und Ornamente

Dekore und Ornamente als Verzierung gab es schon im alten China. Alles, was auf Porzellan gemalt wird, dient als dekorative Verschönerung. Die Motive sind meist stilisierte Pflanzenteile wie Rankenwerk und Blattwerk, aber auch Mäander und Kringel. Die Ausstattung von Porzellan mit Ornamenten ist ein eigenes Fachgebiet der Porzellanmalerei. Für die Vergoldung gab es die eigene Berufsgruppe der Vergolder. Durch den Umgang mit den sehr giftigen Chemikalien war ihre Lebenserwartung sehr viel geringer. Das aufgetragene Gold war nach dem Muffelbrand matt. Man konnte es mit einem Achat-Stift polieren (Poliergold) und damit auch glänzende Ornamente im matten Gold erzeugen (Radiergold). Nach 1830 konnte man Glanzgold ohne zu polieren erzeugen, das aber weniger abriebfest war. Fast alle bildlichen Darstellungen sind mit Ornamenten umrahmt. Bei Tellern sind die Fahnen (Fahne meint den erhabenen Tellerrand) und bei Tassen die Henkelseite umfangreich mit Ornamenten dekoriert. Die Vielfalt der Dekor-Bezeichnungen zeigt die Bedeutung für diesen Teil der Porzellanmalerei.

Vedutenmalerei
Die Vedutenmalerei auf Porzellan, auch Prospekt-Malerei genannt, ist die wirklichkeitsgetreue, topografisch und perspektivisch korrekte Darstellung von Landschaften, Orten, Gebäuden, Straßen und Plätzen. Für Veduten-Vorlagen gab es in den Archiven der Porzellan-Manufakturen umfangreiche Sammlungen von Druckgrafiken und Gemälde-Kopien. Man beschäftigte Vorlagenmaler, die nur zur Herstellung von Veduten-Vorlagen eingesetzt wurden. Die frühesten Vedutenmalereien auf Porzellan gab es ab 1735 auf Porzellandosen aus Meißen. Teller mit Veduten waren nicht zum Gebrauch gedacht, sondern wurden als Ziergegenstände hergestellt. Der Zustand einiger Sammlerstücke lässt dennoch erkennen, dass darauf mit Messer und Gabel gekratzt wurde. Die extreme Feinheit und der Detailreichtum, die man nur auf Miniaturen gewohnt war, nun auf Vasen, Tellern und auch auf Tassen malen zu können, ist eine herausragende Leistung der Porzellanmalerei. Auf Ölgemälden kann man diesen Detailreichtum nicht erreichen.

Porträtmalerei
Porträts bekannter Persönlichkeiten findet man häufig auf Tassen, aber auch auf Vasen und Porzellanplatten. Das waren Kaiser und Könige, Fürsten und Fürstinnen, Staatsmänner und Feldherren, Dichter und Musiker, Gelehrte und bekannte Bürger. Es war auch möglich Porträts nach eigenen Vorlagen in Auftrag zu geben. Das Ergebnis findet man heute in den Angeboten von Auktionen.
Für Porträts wurden Gemälde-Kopien und Druckgrafiken als Vorlage verwendet. Nach der Erfindung der Fotografie 1839 konnte man auch Fotos verwenden und sie auch direkt mit dem Umdruckverfahren auf Porzellan übertragen.

Figürliches Porzellan (Skulpturen)
Die farbige Fassung (Bemalung) von Skulpturen ist ein eigenes Fachgebiet der Porzellanmalerei, bei der die Manufaktur Meißen als Vorbild gilt. Figürliches Porzellan, Menschen, Tiere und ganze Szenerien wurden viel als Weiß-Ware verkauft. Neben der kompletten natürlichen Bemalung gab es auch die Teilbemalung einzelner Details. Die Vielfalt des bemalten figürlichen Porzellans reichte von Hummel-Figuren bis zu den Tafelaufsätzen der Könige.

Watteaumalerei
Die erotischen Ölgemälde des französischen Malers Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) wurden von Friedrich dem Großen gesammelt und auf seinen Wunsch in seiner eigenen Porzellanmanufaktur auf Porzellanvasen, Tellern, Tassen und Kerzenhalter gemalt. Dies wurde von vielen anderen Manufakturen übernommen und in den folgenden Jahrhunderten als Stil-Bezeichnung für ähnliche Darstellungen verwendet.

Mythologische Szenen
Dazu verwendete man Darstellungen der antiken olympischen Götterwelt und vor allem der Parzen (Schicksalsgöttinnen), den am häufigsten dargestellten Figuren der antiken Mythologie.
Die Geschichten der griechischen und römischen Götterwelt der Antike bietet reichlich Stoff für Darstellungen auf Porzellan. Man findet sie auf Keramik, Mosaiken und Fresken der Antike, auf Gemälden in allen Kunst-Epochen und auch auf Porzellan. Die Vorliebe für ägyptische Mythologie, die nach der Eroberung Ägyptens 1798–1799 durch Napoleon entstand, findet man auf Porzellan wieder. Die Darstellungen sind Grisaille-ähnlich bemalt, so dass sie wie Kameen aussehen und mit aufwendigen Ornamenten umrahmt. Die Schicksalsgöttinnen sind auf Porzellan meist mit passenden Sprüchen dargestellt.

Tiermalerei
Es gibt wohl kein Tier, das nicht auf Porzellan verewigt wurde. Auf Blumen-Tellern findet man häufig gemalte Insekten und Schmetterlinge. Neben den üblichen Tier-Szenen und Personen mit Tieren gab es analog zur botanischen Malerei auch die exakte anatomische Darstellung. Eine seltene Tierdarstellung ist das aus 303 Teilen bestehende Service, bei dem jedes Teil mit einem unterschiedlichen Flusspferd bemalt ist. Das Service wurde 2003–2007 in der Kopenhagener Porzellan-Manufaktur nach Fotografien als Auftragsarbeit hergestellt.

Kriegsandenken
Nach den zahlreichen Kriegen im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert war die Nachfrage für Andenken an die erfolgreichen Schlachten sehr hoch, nicht nur bei Offizieren und Soldaten, sondern auch in der Bevölkerung. Die Motive waren Soldaten in ihren prächtigen Uniformen, Kriegs-Insignien und symbolische Darstellungen.
Insbesondere die Befreiungskriege ganz Europas gegen Napoleon waren Anlass für zahlreiche Andenken aus Porzellan.

Wappen auf Porzellan
Wappendarstellungen auf Porzellan wurden auf Bestellung für Adelshäuser, aber auch für Firmen hergestellt. Service mit Staatswappen wurden auf Bestellung z. B. für König Umberto I. (1844–1900) und Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1859–1941) hergestellt.

Siehe auch
 Liste mit Fachausdrücken zu Porzellan
 Liste von Porzellanmanufakturen und -herstellern
 Fassung (Bemalung)
 Meißener Dekorarten
 Berliner Porzellanmalerei
 Porzellandekor (Liste)
 Porzellanmaler (Liste)
 Historische Tassenformen der KPM Berlin

Literatur
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  KPM-Porzellan
  2 Bände, Porzellan der KPM Berlin
  2 Bände, Porzellan der KPM Berlin
  2 Bände, Europäisches Porzellan

  2 Bände, Friedrizanisches Rokoko auf Porzellan
  Berliner Porzellan 1763–1850

  Biedermeier-Tassen
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  Pflanzen auf Porzellan

Weblinks

 Auswahl von  Videos aus der Fernsehsendung Kunst und Krempel des Bayerischen Rundfunks mit ausführlichen Beschreibungen von Porzellanmalereien
 Porzellan im Victoria and Albert Museum London
 Sammlungen des KPM-Archivs (Land Berlin)

Einzelnachweise

Künstlerische Technik

Porzellandekor

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The National Museum of Psychology
What makes us human? The National Museum of Psychology invites visitors to explore the history of our attempts to understand the human experience. Highlights include interactive exhibits on memory, intelligence, and personality; home movies of Sigmund Freud; a Nobel Prize; the simulated shock generator from Stanley Milgram's obedience studies, and; artifacts from the Stanford Prison Experiment.
The National Museum of Psychology features permanent exhibits on the history of psychology as a profession, a science, and an agent of social change. Visitors of all ages can explore how psychology has become a part of popular culture and everyday life.
Exploring Heredity: Race, Eugenics, and the History of Intelligence Testing examines intelligence testing in psychology, including its connections to World War I, United States immigration policy, and the eugenics movement. Learn more about this history through original documents, films, and photographs. The new online exhibit is now available. To view all of our online exhibits, click here.
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The CCHP will be closed to the public until further notice due to the current health crisis. This temporary closure includes the Archives, National Museum of Psychology, and Institute galleries.
For updated information from The University of Akron, visit https://uakron.edu/return-to-campus/.
Plan your visit!
Fall 2020 Hours
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The National Museum of Psychology welcomes groups and classes. The Museum is self-guided, but please contact us to schedule a group visit.
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There's a tense cloud over American schools at the moment. In light of the recent Parkland shooting, where 14 students and three teachers were killed, students have been returning to school with trepidation at best, and utter terror at worst.
Lacey Garner, a high school teacher in Atlanta, Georgia, captured these tensions in a tragic Facebook post.
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Today we take a look at a new power supply from Kolink – a fully modular Platinum rated unit. While we have reviewed several of their power supplies in recent years, it's worth recapping that Kolink products are controlled by Hungarian Kellytech, a sister company of European based Caseking – who have exclusive distribution rights. Unsurprisingly they are sold in the United Kingdom by Overclockers UK.
The Kolink power supplies we have tested in previous years have scored quite well in our reviews, they tend to be no frills units aimed at low price points but focused on an enthusiast user who demands high quality power delivery.
Their designs in the past have been by Enhance and Sifra/ High Power. We have been told that this particular unit we are reviewing today has been designed with HighPower, based on their HPS platform (LLC/DC-DC).
The Kolink box artwork is pretty dark and moody. I like it as you see a nice high quality image of the power supply on the front.
The rear of the box shows some key features in multiple languages.
The Kolink Continuum 850W unit is completely modular, and all the cables are the thin ribbon style cables that make cable routing easy. The unit ships with 6x PCIe cables (for the miners out there) and there are 2 CPU connectors as well which is a welcome addition – especially for those people who want to build a new Threadripper system.
Like other Kolink power supplies we have reviewed in recent years, the finish is quite good although I still find their green accented stickers a little ugly.
A large 140mm fan can be seen behind a black grill with the Kolink company branding seen clearly in the middle of the grill. We will take a closer look at the fan when we open the chassis later in the review.
One side of the power supply is home to a power connector, switch. The rest of the area is vented to help with airflow.
Red connectors – to match the green stickers. Might be one for Christmas. Mmm. The modular connector panel is neatly laid out with 'three' sections visible to the naked eye. The M/B connectors are along the right side. The SATA and MOLEX connectors connect along the left side with the central position supporting the PCIe and CPU cables.
The single +12V rail is able to deliver 70.9 amps which is plenty for any Crossfire or SLI system build I can imagine. The larger 1050W and 1200W Continuum models are capable of delivering 87.5A and 100A respectively.
Like many of the Kolink power supplies, the company are using a GLOBE Fan – Model number RL4Z B1352512H. This fan is rated 12V, 0.33A. We noticed this is the same fan as in the 1200W unit, although the 1050W model had a RL4Z B1352512M fan which is rated 12V 0.28A.
This is a ball bearing fan (2BB) with 'golf surfaced blades' which hopefully you can see clearly enough in the zoomed up image above. We have seen this on Sharkoon Silent Eagle fans in the past, and the purpose of the design is to remove surface noise as the air is pushed through.
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This unit is based on the brand new Highpower HPS platform (LLC/DC-DC). Kolink where involved in tuning and tweaking the unit to their specific requirements. Soldering quality is pretty good, with a few rough spots, but overall, its pretty clean. Due to the high levels of efficiency there are only a few rows of heatsinks to keep the heat under control.
It is good to see a Made In Japan 'MIJ' sticker on top of the primary capacitor. This is a Rubycon unit, rated 400v 680uF at 105C. A quality cap. The secondary capacitors are also Japanese so I have quite a lot of confidence in the design over the long term. No corners seem to have been cut.
This primary capacitor is generously specified for an 850W supply, and it compares well against the Non ULTRA Seasonic PRIME Platinum 850W which shipped with a 660uF capacitor. Seasonic upgraded their capacitor count in the new ULTRA 850W Platinum version – with a 470uF and a 330uF (total of 800uF).
The 1200W Kolink Continuum adopted Japanese Nippon Chemi Con capacitors, but I rate both Rubycon and Chemi Con at a very high level, so Kolink are clearly using whichever is available at the time. Not a TEAPO capacitor in sight, which gets a big thumbs up from me.
Correctly testing power supplies is a complex procedure and KitGuru have configured a test bench which can deliver up to a 2,000 watt DC load. We run at 35c in our environment to greater reflect warmer internal chassis conditions.
We test in a single +12V configuration.
Load regulation is very strong with the rails only showing minor fluctuation under load.
We managed to get the power supply to deliver 965W before it would shut down, delivering around 115W more than rated specifications.
The power supply dealt with the demanding cross load test very well exhibiting little fluctuation. It was tasked with 60A on the +12V rail and it held at 11.95W. The other rails delivered excellent results also.
Noise suppression is very good, with the +12V rail peaking at 25mV at full load. The minor rails +3.3V and +5V peak at 15mV and 10mV respectively. All rails fail well within the industry rated tolerance levels.
Efficiency is extremely impressive, peaking at around 94 percent at 50 percent load. This drops to around 91.3 percent at full load.
At lower load the power supply is relatively quiet but as the demand rises the fan starts to spin faster. At around 750 watts the fan is clearly audible, although it is not too intrusive due to the fact the fan is pitched quite low. Kolink opt for double ball bearing fans to aid cooling performance and to offer long term reliability, at some expense to noise. This would mean this power supply would be a great option for a mining rig.
The aggressive fan profile ensures this unit remains cool at all times. This is a clear trade off against noise emissions. Only you can decide if this is welcomed!
At 965 watts, the efficiency level measures 90.4%. Not a practical situation to be running 24/7, but worth noting.
The Kolink Continuum 850W Platinum power supply follows a similar path to the Continuum KL C1500PL which we reviewed back in January this year. It seems to be slanted towards miners who want ultimate long term reliability with multiple graphics cards.
First impressions are a let down, just like previous experiences I have had with Kolink products. The stickers on the unit are ugly, sometimes not even stuck on straight and the red and green accenting clashes. It is like Santa let the elves go a little crazy after a party. On a more positive note the paintwork is actually not bad at all, but this could not be classed as a great looking power supply by any stretch of the imagination.
Kolink are targeting their power supplies towards the mining audience. As such they use long life, 140mm ball bearing fans with a focus on cooling efficiency, rather than noise suppression. They can get fairly loud – depending on the specific load, and the only saving grace is the pitch resonates at lower frequencies, meaning they aren't quite as ear piercing as you might think. Still, if you yearn for a quiet system, you will want to be looking at other supplies.
It is true that miners don't care about noise but why no power cable in the box? As mentioned earlier in the review, I have spoken to Kolink about the fact they don't bundle a power cable with these units and they said that most miners will have their own power cords anyway – either custom designs or C13 extensions). Perhaps its not that big a deal for a portion of our audience, but I would imagine it might be irritating for some customers to have their system ready to go and realise they need to go online to purchase an additional power cable, and then wait for another day or two for it to arrive. Its not the cost, its just the convenience.
When we get to the technical side of the power supply, first impressions faded quickly. The new Highpower HPS platform (LLC/DC-DC) proved rock solid during our testing and it delivered a very high standard of power to all the components. Ripple suppression is excellent and the load regulation proved stellar too. We managed to get over 950 watts from it before it shut down safely.
We tested the system in a 'real world' environment, comprising two GTX 1080's and an overclocked Threadripper processor. The inclusion of two CPU connectors will be welcomed by the AMD audience looking for a reasonably priced quality power supply for their new Threadripper build.
Thankfully the unit is fully modular, which helps to ensure a neat, clean build. Technically there is little to fault at the price – Kolink are using 100% Japanese capacitors throughout, and the primary stage cap is 105C rated, manufactured by Rubycon – a great Japanese manufacturer.
Kolink offer a 5 year warranty with this power supply, which while not ground breaking compared against the 12 year warranty offered by market leader Seasonic, still gives peace of mind for a reasonably long time.
You can buy the Kolink Continuum 850W 80 Plus Platinum power supply from Overclockers UK for £119.99 inc vat HERE.
Looking at other brands 850W Platinum power supplies on OCUK HERE we can see just how competitively priced the Kolink is at £119.99. Many of the competitor units are priced between £140 and £220!
Kitguru says: Another quality, technically solid unit from Kolink – designed with miners in mind. It can get loud, but based on our tests it will likely take heavy abuse over many years under constant heavy load. At the current price, its a bargain.


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How am I feeling right now? Check in with yourself and name it.
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Thirdly it will build our capacity to be mindful… before you know it you will find yourself much more present throughout your day, and much more aware of your body and emotions…. Much more grounded.
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Lee Harding
For other people named Lee Harding, see Lee Harding (disambiguation).
(1983-06-08) 8 June 1983 (age 36)
Frankston, Victoria, Australia
Sony BMG (2005–2006)
Sound Vault (2006)
Lee Harding (born 8 June 1983) is an Australian singer from Frankston, Victoria. He is best known for placing third in the third season of Australian Idol in 2005.
1.1 Bedrock
1.2 2005–2007: Australian Idol and What's Wrong with This Picture?
1.3 2007–2018: Projects
1.4 2019: The Voice
3 Concerts/Tours
3.1 Shannon Noll support act
3.2 INXS support act
3.3 Anything for You Tour
3.4 All Age Rampage/Pop Punk Tour 2006
3.5 Bass in the Grass
Career[edit]
Bedrock[edit]
Prior to competing in Australian Idol, Harding was a member of a cover band named "Bedrock" who described themselves as a "party band", with a repertoire of hits from the 1960s to the present day. Harding was quoted on his website as saying, "I'd been going to see them since I was 16. I saw them every single week so I knew every song when I joined Bedrock".[1]
2005–2007: Australian Idol and What's Wrong with This Picture?[edit]
In 2005, Harding auditioned for the third season of Australian Idol, ultimately placing third. Harding's performances on Australian Idol include:
Australian Idol performances and results (2005)
"Better" Through to the Theatre Rounds
Theatre Rounds
"Hard to Handle", "Just The Way You Are", "Footloose" Through to top 30
"The Anthem" Through to live shows
Live show 1: Australian Made (Top 13)
"Holy Grail" Saved by Public
Live show 2: 60s Hits (Top 11)
"I'm a Believer" Saved by Public
Live show 3: Supergroups (Top 10)
"Roxanne" Saved by Public
Live show 4: Idols' Choice (Top 9)
"Holiday" Saved by Public
Live show 5: Big Band (Top 8)
"Straighten Up and Fly Right" Saved by Public
Live show 6: 80s Hits (Top 7)
"Eye of the Tiger" Saved by Public
Up Close & Personal (Top 6)
"Plush" non-elimination episode
Live show 7: Motown Hits (Top 6)
"Ben" Saved by Public
"My Sharona" Bottom 2 - Saved by Public
Live show 9: Elvis (Top 4)
"Teddy Bear" Saved by Public
"Jailhouse Rock"
Live show 10: No. 1 Hits (Top 3)
"Faith" Eliminated in 3rd position
"Tainted Love"
Immediately following the show, Harding was signed to Sony BMG and released his debut single "Wasabi"/"Eye of the Tiger" in December 2005.[2] The song debuted at number one on the ARIA Charts and was the eighth highest single in 2006.[3]
Harding's debut album What's Wrong with This Picture? was released in February 2006 and peaked at number 3 on the ARIA albums charts. Two further singles followed; "Anything for You" and "Call the Nurse". In July 2007, Harding's contract ceased with Sony BMG, with the record label claiming they had "their line up of priority artists for the year, and he was not one of them."[4]
2007–2018: Projects[edit]
Since 2007, Harding has been involved in a number of short-lived projects, including the group Rock City 2, who released an album in October 2007. [5] and the Patience Project[6] who released a single titled "Lipstick Cabaret" in June 2011.[7] Harding also plays in cover bands at Crown Casino in Melbourne.
2019: The Voice[edit]
In 2019 Harding auditioned for the eighth season of The Voice Australia where he joined team Boy George. He was eliminated in the top 9.
The Voice performances and results (2019)
"Killing in the Name" Rage Against the Machine Through to The Knockouts
The Knockouts
"We Will Rock You" Queen Through to Battle Rounds
Battle Rounds
"Leave a Light On" Tom Walker Through to live shows
Live show 1
"Uprising" Muse Saved by Coach
"The Beautiful People" Marilyn Manson Saved by Public
"Walk This Way" Aerosmith Eliminated
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
What's Wrong with This Picture?
Released: 20 February 2006
Label: Sony BMG Australia
Format: CD, digital download
ARIA: Gold[9]
Singles[edit]
List of singles, with selected chart positions
"Wasabi"/"Eye of the Tiger"
ARIA: Platinum[10]
"Anything for You"
"Call the Nurse"
Concerts/Tours[edit]
Shannon Noll support act[edit]
Lee was support for fellow Idol contestant Shannon Noll on his nationwide tour with mate and fellow Idol contestant Dan England. Harding played venues such as Luna Park Sydney's Big Top.
INXS support act[edit]
August 2006, Harding was opening act for rock group INXS with bandmates Bedrock for one night of their tour in Brisbane.
Anything for You Tour[edit]
In April 2006, Harding headlined his own tour titled the Anything for You Tour. Before acts included the Sydney-based power-pop group Kid Courageous, rapper Figgkidd, and the indie rock group Town Hall Steps. Harding performed at such venues including Penrith Panthers and Castle Hill RSL Club. The tour covered venues along the east coast of Australia.
All Age Rampage/Pop Punk Tour 2006[edit]
In September 2006, Harding began his co-headlining tour with Kid Courageous of small venues across the nation. The tour commenced in Brisbane, then continued to the Gold Coast, Melbourne, Albury and Adelaide. Artists on the tour included Lee Harding and Bedrock, Kid Courageous, 919 (later known as Amber Calling) and Enolas Secret (formerly known as Wishlist). Melbourne band Don't Ask Us supported the tour on the Victorian dates. Due to the arisal of a family issue, the tour was postponed for the NSW shows, which consisted of venues such as Penrith Leagues, the Manning Bar and Dapto Leagues. News was received after the conclusion of the Adelaide show and was confirmed in an official press release by Harding's manager at the time.
Bass in the Grass[edit]
Lee attended Bass in the Grass in Darwin in 2006. While on stage he was "hit by a barrage of full water bottles hurled at him from all sides".[11]
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^ "Hot Like Harding". Take 40 Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ "End of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2006". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ "Lee Harding Dumped By Record Label!". Take 40 Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ "Lee Harding Biography". Take 40 Australia. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ "The Patience Project". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ "Lipstick Cabaret – Official Music Video". Retrieved 12 April 2013 – via YouTube.
^ a b "Discography Lee Harding". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
^ http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2006-05-28/darwin-festival-goers-turn-on-idol/1764184
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John Foreman
Young Divas
Australian Idol discography
Australian Idol ARIA Award winners and nominees
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Australian Idol participants
Australian male singers
Politicians from Melbourne
21st-century Australian singers
21st-century male singers


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