As South East Europe is growing into one the most important crossroads in Europe for international trade routes, TRANSGREEN project is advocating for nature to be considered in this development process. One opportunity to take steps in this direction was the European Road Conference (ERC) and 1st Road Safety Conference (RADAR) in Dubrovnik.
On the 22-24 Oct. 2018 took place the European Road Conference (ERC) and 1st Road Safety Conference (RADAR) in Dubrovnik, hallmarked by International Road Federation (IRF) as main organizer. TRANSGREEN project was present at the conference in order to raise awareness on the importance of taking nature into account when planning roads.
"One participant from UK thanked me for raising the topic of wildlife, which brought a different perspective on road safety. And this is what we wanted - to raise awareness on the fact that road safety does not only depend on the quality of pavement, construction materials and devices, but also on safely guarding animals to safe crossing points for both people and wildlife!" declared Mrs. Hildegard Meyer, TRANSGREEN project manager, after delivering her presentation on the project topic.
During the conference session called Successful Corridor Strategies, Mr. Franc Zepic* showcased TRANSGREEN as a best practice example. He presented the project goals, map, pilot areas, and suggested that nature and wildlife are more valuable than road construction and technical solutions. He also mentioned the importance and success of international cooperation between the project partners.
*Mr. Franc Zepic is the focal point for The EU Strategy for the Danube Region. Priority Area 1b: To improve mobility and intermodality of Rail, road and air links.
The ERC, as a whole, gave a great opportunity to TRANSGREEN project to launch the already reached results and start and build forward on going cooperation with the sector community. As an exhibitor, sharing the booth with our sister DTP project RADAR, we had the chance to call on interested specialist to learn our point of view of the infrastructure developments environmental and social costs, benefits, the possible threats and the importance of the solutions for designing more sustainable transport structures, including adaptations of roads to climate change in the Carpathian region.
The main topic this year of ERC was Corridor for shared prosperity and sustainable mobility in the Balkan region. The novelty of the event and the venue were that South East Europe is growing into one the most important crossroads in Europe for international trade routes. Due to its privileged geographical position, Croatia has been at the forefront of this process. At the time of growing motorization, the region's network of roads and highways is currently its largest public asset. However, significant challenges remain to enhance the safety, efficiency, environmental sustainability and resilience of the road network, underscoring the value of enhanced regional cooperation.
More than 500 participants visited the 3 days event, covering: presentations, workshops, lectures, roundtable meetings and an exhibition with 50 exhibitors from every sector related to traffic and road planning, constructing, engineering and researching.


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Scott Hall Field of Dreams
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Craig Ochs - Executive Director
Larry Hall - Board Chairman
Audrey Hall - Board Member
Jeff Hall - Board Member & Director/EVP
Andy Stauffer - Board Member & Project Manager
Tom Hurford - Board Member
Boyd Williams - Board Member
Mike Gould - Board Member
Greg Stadjuhar - Board Member
Craig Ochs
Craig is a former NFL quarterback and college football coach. He played for the San Diego Chargers (2005) and Buffalo Bills in the NFL (2006-2007) and holds several school records at both the University of Colorado (2000-2002) and at the University of Montana (2003-2004), where he finished his senior year as an All-American and led his team to national runner-up.
Born in Colorado Springs, his middle school and high school years were spent in Boulder, CO, where he graduated from Fairview High School in 2000. He went on to earn a degree in History from the University of Montana, and in 2008, earned a Masters Degree in Natural Resource Law and Economics (MRLS) from the University of Denver.
The former Vice President of a multi-million dollar company, Craig brings with him a background that includes personnel management, financial analysis, marketing, strategic planning and strategic vision.
Craig is well acquainted with the powerful influence that youth sports plays in our society and believes passionately in the personal, social and health benefits that they provide.
His grandfather, Lawrence D. Ochs, was the former Mayor of Colorado Springs and is the namesake of the "Larry Ochs Sports Complex" where the Scott Hall Field of Dreams hopes to create a new facility for youth sports. Craig, his wife Jessica (a former college soccer player), and their four children reside in Colorado Springs, CO.
Larry Hall
Board Chairman
Larry was born and raised in Hastings, Nebraska before moving to Kearney where he attended University of Nebraska at Kearney, Nebraska, graduating with a degree in business. He then attended the University of Nebraska College of Law where he received a juris doctor degree with honors in 1967.
Larry joined KN Energy, Inc. in 1971 as an attorney and assistant treasurer and served in the capacity of vice president; executive vice president, president and chief operating officer, and chief executive officer and chairman. During his tenure as president and CEO, the Company grew from $300 million in assets to over $9 billion.
Hall has served as chairman of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America and the Natural Gas Supply Association of America. He has testified on behalf of the energy industry before the U.S. House and Senate energy committees and provided counsel to the Clinton and Bush administrations and to the governors of Colorado. Hall has also served on the board of directors of the Colorado Alliance of Business; the Greater Denver Chamber of Commerce Leadership Roundtable; Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry; St. Mary's Hospital Foundation; Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado; the Small Business Development Center and Canyonview Vineyard Church. Hall is a trustee of the University of Nebraska Foundation.
Audrey Hall
Audrey and Scott were married for sixteen years. They met while attending the University of Colorado at Boulder. They subsequently married and had three children – Andrew, Jenny, and Ethan – all of whom Scott coached in their various athletic endeavors.
Audrey is a Pediatrician currently working at the Kaiser Permanente Briargate Medical Office in Colorado Springs. She also serves as a Reservist in the United States Air Force. Audrey earned her medical degree at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland and completed her residency in Pediatrics at David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base in California.
Jeff Hall
Director & Executive Vice-President
Jeff owns and operates Hall Development Company, a commercial and residential real estate development company with projects in Colorado and Central America. He also maintains his securities license and has over 15 years experience in wealth management. Jeff has served as a volunteer coach for several of his children's athletic teams, including baseball, basketball, and football. He has a passion for youth sports and its unique ability to build strong character and develop a solid spiritual foundation.
Mr. Hall is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder. He resides in Lone Tree, Colorado with his wife, Tami, and their three children, Benjamin, Abbie, and Joshua. He has served on The Heart Institute Board at The Children's Hospital Colorado and is an active member of Cherry Hills Community Church.
Andy Stauffer
Andy owns and operates Stauffer & Sons Construction, a residential and light commercial general contracting company now in its 15th year. Andy has coached his sons through Tri-Lakes Little League and Competitive and High School baseball, oftentimes against his good friend Scott Hall and his dreaded Yankees and Rippers! Andy serves on the Field of Dreams board in the capacity of construction design, planning, and management.
Andy resides in Colorado Springs with his wife of 19 years, Yukie, and their four boys. Andy has a bachelor's degree from Humboldt State University in Northern California.
Tom Hurford
Tom began honing his extensive business skills when he started his career in the financial services industry during which he managed a premier UBS Financial office with combined client assets of more than $1.2 billion. From there, he followed his true passion for owning, restructuring, operating and growing start up and small to medium sized growth companies. In the past 18 years, Tom has had C-Level experience in the Printing, Retail, Real Estate, Biotech and Human Resources industries. From this wide exposure to large and small companies, Tom has developed a true appreciation for the importance of integrity, detailed strategic planning and the focused implementation of those plans. His extensive background in finance and operations combined with his years of experience in sales provide him with a unique management skill set.
Tom is a graduate of the University of Denver and has a Bachelors degree in Finance and Marketing. He makes his home in Monument, Colorado with his wife Beth and two sons Cole and Clay. Tom formerly coached with Scott and has coached teams in baseball, basketball, football and golf.
Boyd Williams
Boyd Williams serves as President and CEO of the YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region. Williams began his career with YMCA in 1994 in Wisconsin as Youth and Family Director for the Neenah-Menasha YMCA. He joined the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee in 1999 as Associate Branch Executive Director and then moved to the Stevens Point YMCA as CEO in 2002. In 2004 Boyd served as Executive Director of the Edward Jones YMCA in St. Louis. In 2007 we was appointed Group Vice President for the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee. Prior to joining the Y, Williams served in the US Army from 1986–1989. Williams holds a Bachelor's degree in Sports Management from Kennesaw State University. Boyd has been married to his wife, Rhonda, for 20 years and together they have 3 children; Austin (17), Hunter (16) and Alexis (12).
Mike Gould
Lt. Gen. Michael C. Gould served as the 18th Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., from June 2009 to June 2013. He earned his commission and a bachelor's degree in behavioral science from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1976. He retired from the United States Air Force in July 2013.
He has commanded an operations group, an air refueling wing, an air mobility wing and the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center. He also commanded the 3rd Air Force, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, and the 2nd Air Force, Keesler AFB, Miss. His operational and staff assignments included three tours at Headquarters U.S. Air Force, along with duty as the Air Force aide to the President and senior military assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force. He served as the Director of Mobility Forces for Operation Joint Endeavor and as USEUCOM's Air Expeditionary Task Force commander for the deployment of African Union troops into the Darfur region of Sudan. Prior to becoming the Air Force Academy Superintendent, he was Director of Operations and Plans, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
A command pilot, Lt. Gen. Gould has flown more than 3,200 hours in a variety of aircraft. He holds an M.A. in Human Resource Development from Webster University, and has completed graduate courses at the Air Command and Staff College, the National War College, the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Lt. Gen. Gould is currently the President of The Gould Group, LLC, an independent consulting firm located in Colorado Springs. He serves on numerous boards including the El Pomar Foundation, Discover Goodwill of Colorado, The Liberty Institute, Children's Hospital of Colorado, The Medal of Honor Bowl, The Scott Hall Field of Dreams Foundation and The Falcon Foundation. In addition, he serves as a member of the College Football Playoff Selection Committee.
Greg Stadjuhar
Greg Stadjuhar is currently the founder and CEO of Titanium Associates. Prior to this Greg was an owner and Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Skyline Products. Greg has 21 years of Sales and Sales Management experience. He has continually increased sales double digits while keeping the division expense growth well below the revenue growth. Prior to Skyline Greg was the Senior Regional Manager for Boston Scientific in the South East, where he consistently exceed company goals and developed more future Sales manager than any other Regional Manager. Before Boston Scientific Greg had a career in sales and business development with Gallo Wine Company, his last position being State manager. Greg has a B.A. in economics from the University of Colorado.
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Situated on a picturesque bend in the Danube River, Budapest is suitably ancient, suitably cheap and mostly ignored. Partly because it lacks the nightlife of Prague and partly because it's comparatively far away, Budapest still feels undiscovered: a grand city waiting to fulfill its full potential. And that potential is everywhere – in the cobbled streets of the city's artistic quarter, in the great fortress solemnly overlooking the valley, in the quietly romantic wrought-iron bridge spanning the river. Known in its heyday as 'the Paris of Eastern Europe', Budapest is smaller than its French counterpart but no less beautiful. Visit early in autumn to see the center at its sunny best.
Acres of barren wilderness, ancient cemetery paths, haunted forest and remote granite villages make up this starkly beautiful national park in the Southwest of England; a place of brooding skies and windswept tors. What Devon's 'desert' might lack in wandering canals and bustling boulevards it more than makes up for in secret valleys, half-forgotten stone churches and bleak, existential beauty. Follow ancient trails between the tors, admiring the quiet wonder of it all, or simply huddle up in a cosy village pub with a couple of pints and some local grub. You may just find yourself falling in love with the British countryside all over again.
A tiny old stone city wedged between dramatic mountain peaks and situated at the foot of a tiny inlet, Kotor is like something from a fairy tale. Winding cobbled roads cut lazily up through the town, passing venerable churches and ancient red-roofed homes, until they peter out into stony wilderness. Kotor is a city without cars, a place of secret alleyways and quiet conversations in old stone palazzos; the sort of place where you can get lost for hours on end and it doesn't matter. Unfortunately, cheap flights to the area are making this lost wonder distinctly less 'lost' (and distinctly more expensive), but it's still on just the right side of touristy – and no less enchanting for its recent influx of visitors.
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Miley Cyrus and the Social Media Wrecking Ball
A couple of months ago I couldn't have told you who Miley Cyrus was. I genuinely miss those times.
But if like me, you've logged on to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or Spotify during the past six weeks you'll be well aware of her work, most likely because your news feed has been inundated with images of her gyrating her backside or fornicating with industrial machinery.
It turns out she's a young American actor/singer, the daughter of achey-breaky country crooner Billy Ray Cyrus, a devout Christian and a former Disney starlet. It also seems Miley is attempting to shed her goody-goody image, along with all of her clothes.
Her new found online prominence is of course no fluke, she has an album out and her record company have set out an aggressive, stunt-laden advertising campaign to ensure it sells in the European market.
The sex-sells approach has been particularly unsubtle. I'm not exactly sure which demographic her music caters to, but it obviously overlaps the cross-section of the market that demands images of half-dressed American teenagers.
Salacious as the marketing material may be the advertising of her new album has been boosted massively by the use of social media sharing, not least after her controversial performance at an American awards show which led to her increased exposure (no pun intended) here in the UK.
The music industry was one of the first to recognise the marketing potential of social networks and the scale at which it can target, engage and convert customers who will in turn spread the digital word of mouth.
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He's right, of course. But social media offers an effective approach for any brand in any number of industries beyond the music business. All you need is to produce engaging content that your audience will enjoy and feel that vital inclination to share.
With or without a scantily clad figurehead, a well-applied social media format provides an unparalleled free marketing tool that can generate interest in your brand or product.


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Il  è il secondo ponte sospeso più lungo del mondo. È alto  e lungo  metri. La sua campata principale è lunga  metri. Inaugurato il 5 aprile 1998, unisce la città di Kōbe sull'isola di Honshū all'isola Awaji, passando al di sopra dello stretto di Akashi.

Caratteristiche tecniche
Iniziato a costruire nel 1988 dopo venti anni di progettazione, è stato inaugurato nel 1998 e il 17 gennaio 1995 ha resistito al terremoto di Kobe d'intensità 6,8 della scala Richter, quando già erano state issate le due torri, alte 300 metri, e l'epicentro del sisma era localizzato proprio nella faglia nello stretto di Akashi. Le due torri non subirono danneggiamenti estremi, sebbene il terremoto abbia mietuto oltre 6 000 vittime nel paese, ma la torre sud si spostò di 120 cm e i lavori ripresero soltanto dopo un mese. Il governo giapponese ha fatto costruire due appositi siti in grado di contenere i modelli delle due torri in scala 1:100 in modo da sottoporli ad apposite prove nella galleria del vento che ne dimostrassero la capacità di sopportare venti con velocità fino a .

I due cavi sospesi che sorreggono le campate sono composti da 290 trefoli ciascuno e la teleferica che li ha installati ha dovuto fare 290 viaggi per ogni cavo, dopo che il primo trefolo era stato tirato in opera grazie a un cavo in kevlar posato da un elicottero da una sponda all'altra. Poiché il problema principale di questi tiranti d'acciaio è la corrosione, ognuno dei due cavi è sottoposto a un getto d'aria 24 ore su 24 per evitare la condensa dell'umidità.

Data l'enorme dimensione del ponte, risulta che l'80% della sua capacità portante è impegnata a reggere il peso proprio dell'opera e solo il restante 20% è destinato a sostenere il traffico stradale. Il progetto iniziale prevedeva anche il traffico ferroviario che, in una fase successiva, fu soppresso per ragioni non note.

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Il ponte di Akashi ha detenuto fino al 18 marzo 2022 il primato del ponte sospeso più lungo al mondo.
 Lunghezza totale:  m
 Campata:  m
 Altezza torri s.l.m.: 297 m
 Base plinti circolari di fondazione: 80 m di diametro di ognuno dei due plinti

Costi
Il costo di costruzione totale stimato è di 500 miliardi di yen (circa 3,6 miliardi di dollari secondo il cambio di valuta del 1998) ed è previsto che sia ripagato dal pedaggio, attualmente di 2.300 yen. Il ponte è attraversato da 23.000 vetture al giorno.

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Nel 1989 furono poggiati sul fondale marino, ad una profondità uno di  e l'altro di 60 metri, due cassoni cilindrici del diametro rispettivamente di 78 metri l'altro di 80 metri, muniti di una doppia parete, che dovevano costituire la fondazione delle due torri. I cilindri furono calati su un letto di posa del fondale marino in cui era stato dapprima scavato un anello e completato con del vespaio atto a far sì che durante la fase di appoggio dei due manufatti non vi fossero gravi slittamenti dovuti alla viscosità del fondale stesso. La messa in opera fu eseguita alla perfezione con un margine di errore di soli 2 cm. In seguito, i cassoni cavi furono riempiti con uno speciale cemento resistente all'acqua e alla sommità di essi fu realizzata la piastra di ancoraggio su cui poi furono posizionate le torri, realizzate in cantiere.

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Voci correlate
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WARNING: There are Stranger Things spoilers below.
I happen to be one of Barb"s many admirers, and I think it"s because she not only plays one of my favorite '80s archetypes — the big-spectacled third wheel/confidante, perpetually underestimated — but because Purser brings a realness and vulnerability to the role that transcends that archetype. It"s also why I happen to be a little frustrated that she didn"t get a proper send-off. After being so cruelly snatched from that backyard diving board and dragged into the Upside Down, Barb is quickly dispatched by the show's resident monster and later found dead in a pile of green slime.
It"s not the fact that Barb died that bothers me — though if I"d had it my way, she definitely would have finished out the season alive — but rather that, aside from a smattering of silent, teary-eyed remorse from Nancy, who after all did coldly shoo her away so she could sleep with her big-haired boyfriend Steve (Joe Keery), Barb isn"t much mentioned again after her body is discovered, and we never even see the reaction of Barb"s family to either her disappearance or demise (I imagine her mother and father sporting that same orange bouffant and affection for frilly collars, by the way). Didn"t Barb deserve better than that, not least for the fact that she was such a loyal friend? Didn't she deserve to be properly mourned?
Listen, Stranger Things creators the Duffer Brothers could never could have predicted the cult that would spring up around Barb, so it"s somewhat understandable that they didn"t give what amounts to a tertiary character a proper arc. Still, their treatment of her in an otherwise solid series does, ironically, adhere to the archetype Purser so winningly transcended. After all, the best friend never gets the ending she deserves.


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I've added one more industry which is growing fast on 3D printing. I've added 3D Food Printing on 11th. I will keep updating this post. Please stay connected.
Manufacturing as we know it is experiencing immense flux thanks to the miraculous 3D printing technology that helps you create digital three-dimensional models using an additive computer controlled approach. 3D printing particularly helps industries or processes that are heavy on customisation and involve complex geometries. Let us look at industries where this wonder is being leveraged to gain competitive advantage.
One of the earliest adaptors or 3D printing, auto manufacturers use the technology to record time multiple iterations and prototyping products. Industry leaders such as BMW and Delphi automotive are seen leveraging 3D print prototypes for parts development and end product blueprinting.
From electronic appliances to shoes, toys, everyday metal objects and jewellery, 3D printing is delivering vast benefits in the consumer goods space. It has provided the benefit of customisation like never before with products such as customisable luxury earphones and personalised tailored jewellery finding their way into our carts.
The titanium implant has a large number of cavities. These weight-reducing recesses in otherwise solid parts can only be achieved through Additive Manufacturing (courtesy of EOS GmbH). Image copyrights: EOS Medical.
With the likes of 3D printed organs, prosthetics, dental aligners and bio printing including 3D printed livers and kidneys, the medical industry is making full use of this technology to provide innovative medical assistance to patients. Superior hearing aids are also being developed using this technological wonder.
3D printing has enabled the conversion of CAD or computer-aided designs to be produced into 3D printable files, with high levels of colour and detail giving architects and civil engineers a deeper insight into requirements, structuring and much more. In fact, governments in UAE and Singapore aim to incorporate 3D technologies into government strategies to boost construction activities in these geographies.
Manufacturing giant GE is probably the most proactive global entity in the 3D printing space, with its wing GE Aviation creating the LEAP jet engine nozzle using 3D printing that provides immense benefits in carbon dioxide production and fuel consumption. Space agencies are increasingly extending the benefits of 3D printing to creating specialised components for rockets with specific weight and density requirements. 3D printers are also being installed on space stations with two such printers present on the International Space Station (ISS).
Investments are being made to further develop the metal 3D printing capabilities and 3D UAV or unmanned aerial vehicles and micro-drones as this can provide significant benefit to military production and surveillance. The US army even hopes to print 3D skin using the stem cells of a wounded soldier.
Super designing, customised casings, 3D circuit boards and many other activities and products in the electronics space are increasingly reaping the benefits of 3D printing. 3D printing also supports production in bulk for customised designs and prototypes in electronics.
Designers and manufacturers are increasingly leveraging the customisation benefits of 3D printing in designing to create prints and fabrics with various mixes and embellishments in a cost effective manner. With slight variations, the benefits of economies of scale are extended to slight customisations and colour sequences. Designers are also using 3D printing to create embellishments made of recycled plastic for their clothing creations.
Many educational institutions and universities are setting up 3D printing research teams, workshops and projects to nurture ideas from young minds in this area. Presently, interactive technology and robotics use 3D printing in the engineering and design space. Medical institutions also use 3D printing in developing prosthetics and artificial organs.
This niche technology enables cost savings for heavy productions companies through the concept of virtual inventory that eliminates expensive and wasteful physical inventories by shifting to virtual inventory using 3D prototyping. This allows you to manufacture parts on demand as and when you need them.
As I mentioned on the top 3D Food printing is the fast-growing business sector within the 3D Print Business. In the future, you can print your breakfast, lunch and dinner. Also, 3D Food print will allow food customisation and environment-friendly. 3D Food print will change the way we eat!


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Dog owner plunges into septic tank to save his pet
By Brian Niemietz
Dog collar and leash (Alexey Stiop/Getty Images/iStockphoto)
A man had to be rescued from a septic tank after he dove into it to save his dog, who died.
The sad episode played out on May 13 in Algoma Township, Mich, according to Michigan Live, which didn't identify the dog owner.
The man's family had to call firefighters to assist in the rescue as conditions were reportedly too slippery for them to do it alone.
Once pulled out of the underground tank, the victim was taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries, from which he is expected to recover. He was reportedly covered from "head to toe" in sewage.
Firefighters reportedly confirmed the dog's death, whose breed was not mentioned in the report.
Hundreds of dog lovers commented on mlive.com that they, too, would have plunged into raw sewage to save their pet.
"I'm trying to think if I would dive into a poop tank to save my dog," wrote one commenter. "Yep, I would."
Another commenter who expressed familiarity with the incident asked sarcastic web trolls to show sympathy for the family of the poor pup they'd tried to save.
"For everyone that wants to be negative and think its funny, get a life!!!" that user wrote. "He was a part of the family and was well loved!"


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\section{Introduction}
\label{sec1}
To understand how the Milky Way formed and evolved is one of the key and fundamental questions of modern astrophysics. The stellar populations and the substructures in the Galaxy are the most natural indicators of the processes that the Milky Way experienced. Much effort has been invested into revealing the composition of the stellar populations in the Galactic halo. The classic work of \cite{Egg62} implies that the stars in the Galactic halo belong to one population, which originated from the material that accumulated  during the collapse of the protogalaxy. This single-component halo was considered to be plausible for a long time, yet different scenarios were raised in the following decades. \cite{Sea78} found clues from globular clusters indicating that there are two halo populations that can be divided according to their horizontal branch morphology. Since then, evidence from different works continued to challenge the single-component halo model \citep[e.g.,][]{Zin93, Car96, Wil96, Kin07, Lee07, Mic08}. Recent data from large survey programs also prefer a more complex Galactic halo that consists of at least two populations \citep{Car07, Jof11, Haw15}.

The variation of relative abundances as a function of  stellar \feh\ is a powerful tool for identifying different populations
because various species of elements may have been synthesized on different timescales and in various environments \citep{Tin79}. The $\alpha$-elements (e.g., Mg, Si, Ca, and Ti) are very important. In contrast to iron, which is mainly synthesized in type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) on a relatively long timescale, the dominate source of $\alpha$-elements is the shorter-lived type II supernovae (SNe II), therefore the [$\alpha$/Fe]\ can represent an ideal cosmos-clock to trace the history of chemical evolution. If the halo is composed of more than one component, it would be reasonable to expect that systematic differences in the stellar properties also exist for the halo stars in the solar neighborhood, where the $\alpha$-element abundances can be measured precisely based on high-resolution spectra. Previous studies have found variations in [$\alpha$/Fe]\ between the inner- and outer-halo stars, but it is unclear whether there is a dichotomy in the [$\alpha$/Fe]\ pattern or not \citep[see discussion in][]{Nis11}. In a series of works, \cite{Nis10}, \cite{Nis11} (Hereafter cited as NS10 and NS11, respectively), \cite{Sch12} and \cite{Nis12}  detected two distinct halo populations with dual [$\alpha$/Fe]\ distributions in the solar neighborhood. The two populations also show differences in other properties, including \cufe.  NS11 found that the high-$\alpha$ \ stars have a tight \cufe\ trend that is similar to that of the thick-disk population, while the low-$\alpha$ \ stars have a much looser \cufe\ trend and a systematic \cufe\ deficiency compared to the high-$\alpha$ \ stars, presenting a clear distinction in the \cufe\ versus \feh\ diagram.

However, the abundance analysis in NS11 was based on LTE assumption. Previous works on non-LTE effects have demonstrated the importance of its effect, especially for metal-poor stars \citep[e.g.,][]{Zha00,Geh04,Ber08,Shi09}. Copper is thought to be one of the elements that may suffer strong non-LTE effects. Several studies have reported that the abundances derived from some of the \cui\ or \cuii\ lines are inconsistent with each other \citep{Bih04, Bon10, Roe12, Roe14}. Very recently, \cite{Yan15} proposed a non-LTE analysis for the copper abundance in late-type metal-poor stars, showing that the value of \cufe\ can be underestimated by up to 0.2 dex in LTE analysis. The underestimation is correlated with stellar parameters, especially with the metallicity. It is therefore interesting to investigate whether the separation in \cufe\ reported in NS11 still exists when non-LTE effects are taken into consideration.

To derive a reliable \cufe\ trend and reveal the non-LTE effect on distinguishing different populations, we reanalyzed the copper abundances for the sample stars that were used in NS10 and NS11. The results are given with both LTE and non-LTE calculations. In Sect. \ref{sec2} we describe how we obtained the LTE and non-LTE copper abundances, including the details of non-LTE calculations. Section \ref{sec3} describes the results and error analysis. The conclusions are presented in Sect. \ref{sec4}.

\section{Methods}
\label{sec2}

\subsection{Non-LTE calculations}
\label{sec2.1}
We have presented the details of copper atomic model in our previous work \citep{Shi14}. In general, our final atomic model consists of $96$ energy levels of \cui\ plus the ground state of \cuii. Laboratory data from NIST\footnote{\tt http://www.physics.nist.gov/} and \citet{Sug90} were used for the 51 levels with low-excitation energy, while for the rest of the levels with higher excitation energy, we applied the theoretical work of \citet{Liu14}, which is based on the $R-$matrix approach \citep{Bur71, Liu11}. Fine structures were considered to the level of \cu{5}{p}{}{2}{P}{o}{}. Probabilities for all the 1089 bound-bound transitions applied for \cui\ and the photoionization cross-sections were also calculated by \citet{Liu14}. In addition, the excitation and ionization caused by inelastic collisions with electrons and hydrogen atoms were taken into account based on a series of theoretical works \citep[see details in][]{Shi14}. We scaled the collisional rates with neutral hydrogen by a factor of $S_{\!\!\rm H}$$=0.1$ to avoid the overestimation \citep{Bar11} from the Drawin fomula \citep{Dra68, Dra69} following \citet{Shi14}. A revised version of the DETAIL program \citep{But85} with accelerated lambda iteration was employed to carry out the calculations.

Figure \ref{fig1} shows the calculated departure coefficients ($b_i$) of the selected levels as a function of the continuum optical depth at $5000$\,\AA\ ($\log \tau_{\rm 5000}$) for the model atmosphere of \object{G05-40}, which has a temperature and metallicity representative of the sample stars. Here $b_i$ represents the ratio between the number densities given by non-LTE calculations ($n_i^{\rm non-LTE}$) and LTE ($n_i^{\rm LTE}$) calculations. The departure coefficients for the most important levels of \cui\ and the ground state of \cuii\ are shown in the figure. The overionization becomes significant outside the layers with $\log \tau_{\rm 5000}$ $\simeq 0.5$, depopulating the lower energy levels such as \cu{4}{s}{2}{2}{D}{ }{ } and \cu{4}{p}{ }{2}{P}{o}{ }, and thus leading to an underestimation of the copper abundance from the LTE analysis.

\begin{figure}
\resizebox{\hsize}{!}{\includegraphics{fig1.eps}}
\caption{Departure coefficients $b_i$\ of the selected energy levels (listed in the figure) as a function of continuum optical depth at $5000$\,\AA\ for the model atmosphere of \object{G05-40}. The collision with neutral hydrogen was scaled by a factor of 0.1 following \citet{Shi14}}
\label{fig1}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure*}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=15cm]{fig2.eps}
\caption{Abundance ratios [Cu/Fe] as a function of [Fe/H] for the program stars, where LTE and non-LTE results are represented in the left and right panel, respectively. The high-$\alpha$ \ (open
blue circles), low-$\alpha$ \ (filled red circles) and thick-disk populations (black crosses) are indicated (see the online version for color copies of the figures). \object{G112-42} and \object{G112-43} are connected with a straight line.}
\label{fig2}
\end{figure*}

\subsection{Copper abundance analysis}
\label{sec2.2}
We investigated 94 dwarfs with effective temperatures between $5200$ K and $6300$ K and a metallicity range from $-1.6$ to $-0.4$, of which 78 belong to the halo population and the remaining 16 are from the thick disk. The stars were observed using either the ESO/VLT UVES spectrograph (with a resolution $R \simeq 55\,000$ and a signal-to-noise ratio $S/N \sim 250-500$) or the NOT/FIES spectrograph ($R \simeq 40\,000$, $S/N \simeq 140-200$). Details about the sample and observations are reported in NS10 and \cite{Sch06}. In addition, we also directly employed the stellar parameters from NS10.

In our copper abundance analysis, we applied the MAFAGS opacity sampling (OS) model atmosphere developed and updated by \citet{Gru04} and \citet{Gru09}. This is a one-dimensional plane-parallel model that is in hydrostatic equilibrium with chemical homogeneity throughout all the atmospheric layers. The turbulent convection is treated with the improved model presented by \citet{Can92}. $86\,000$ frequency points are randomly sampled, including both continuous opacities and line opacities which are calculated based on the line list of \cite{Kur09}. The model was also employed in several previous non-LTE works \citep{Mas11,Shi14, Yan15}. The differences between MAFAGS and MARCS OS model have been discussed in \cite{Shi14}, and no significant departure was found.

For the fully differential abundance evaluation with respect to the Sun, three lines are employed to perform the spectrum synthesis, which are $5105.5$\,\AA, $5218.2$\,\AA, and $5782.1$\,\AA. The $\lambda$ $5782.1$ is not available in the UVES spectra as mentioned in NS11, so it only takes a part in the analysis of the FIES spectra. The oscillator strengths ($\log gf$) used in this work were calibrated with respect to the Sun as described by \citet{Shi14}. The transitions of hyperfine structure (HFS) were computed based on the Russell-Saunders (RS) coupling method, with the input parameters being adopted according to \citet{Bie76}. The van der Waals damping constants ($\log C_6$) for \cui\ lines were obtained based on \citet{Ans91, Ans95}. The transitions and the relevant line data are presented in Table 1 of \citet{Yan15}.

We used the Spectrum Investigation Utility (SIU) developed by \citet{Ree91} to perform the line formation. In the program, the external broadening mechanisms are combined together as one Gauss profile to be convolved with the synthetic spectrum during the line profile fitting. In addition, the isotope ratio of copper ($^{63}$Cu and $^{65}$Cu) was set to be $0.69:0.31$ following \citet{Asp09} (see Fig.\ref{fig4} for an example of the fitting of the $5105.5$\,\AA\ line). We adopted $\eps {(Cu)} = 4.25$ \citep{Lod09} as the ``absolute'' solar copper abundance, which is measured from meteorites.

\section{Results}
\label{sec3}
Similar to NS11, the copper abundances were derived for 78 stars of the sample. The remaining 16 stars do not have recognizable or clear enough \cui\ line profiles in their spectra. We present our detailed results in Tables \ref{tab1} and \ref{tab2}, which include both LTE and non-LTE copper abundances derived from individual lines for each star. The stellar \cufe\ was assigned by computing the arithmetical mean value of all the valid line results for each star, and the error given in the tables is derived from line-to-line scatter. As seen from Table \ref{tab1} and Table \ref{tab2}, there is no large line-to-line scatter for the copper abundance (see also Fig.\ref{fig5}).  Figure \ref{fig2} shows our final stellar \cufe\ obtained from LTE (left panel) and non-LTE calculations (right panel) as a function of \feh. For a better comparison, the coordinate scales in Figure \ref{fig2} are exactly the same in both panels. The high-$\alpha$, low-$\alpha$\text{,} and thick-disk populations are indicated by different symbols. \object{G112-42} and \object{G112-43} are probably components of a binary system, therefore we connect them with a straight line in the figure the same as NS11.

Our LTE \cufe\ trend (Fig. \ref{fig2} left panel) agrees quite well with that in NS11. The stars that have higher [$\alpha$/Fe]\ tend to have higher \cufe\ compared to the low-$\alpha$ \ stars in the same metallicity range. The high-$\alpha$ \ stars also show a tightly increasing \cufe\ trend toward higher metallicity, which overlaps with the thick-disk stars. In contrast, the low-$\alpha$ \ stars lie below the other two populations in the figure, and they present a much looser relation between \cufe\ and \feh, showing large scatters at a given metallicity. The consistency of the two works is expected because we adopted the same stellar parameters and similar $\log gf$ values. Still, the agreement is remarkable (see Fig. \ref{fig6}) considering that NS11 applied equivalent widths to derive Cu abundances, whereas we used profile fitting.

When considering the non-LTE results (Fig. \ref{fig2} right panel), it is still tenable that  high- and low-$\alpha$ \ stars can be separated by their \cufe\ values, suggesting they may have different origins and evolution histories, as discussed in NS10 and NS11. This separation is even clearer in the lower metallicity range for non-LTE results, namely from  $-1.6$ to $-1.1$. The clearer separation is mainly because the non-LTE effects for copper are more sensitive to low metallicity, which significantly reduces the number density of the free electrons in the stellar atmosphere, leading to a lower collisional rate that is not efficient enough for the environment to reach the LTE state.

\begin{figure}
\centering
\resizebox{8cm}{!}
{\includegraphics{fig3.eps}}
\caption{Differences in \cufe between non-LTE and LTE as a function of metallicity (top panel), effective temperature (middle panel), and surface gravity (bottom panel). The symbols are the same as in Fig. \ref{fig2}}
\label{fig3}
\end{figure}

The non-LTE corrections are dominated by the properties of the energy levels and the transitions between them, and consequently, they differ from line to line. In general, the non-LTE effects tend to increase the copper abundances when \feh $< 0$ (Tables \ref{tab1} and \ref{tab2}). \citet{Yan15} found that the LTE analyses underestimated the copper abundances by $0.01$ to $0.2$ dex depending on the stellar parameters; similar results can be seen in this work. In addition, the departure from LTE changes the \cufe\ trend significantly at the low-metallicity end. A much flatter \cufe\ distribution in the metallicity range $-1.6<\feh<-0.8$ is shown in Fig. \ref{fig2} (compared with the left panel) for thick-disk and halo stars, a linear least-squares fitting gives a slope of 0.54 to LTE results and 0.33 to non-LTE results. The non-LTE departures as functions of stellar \feh, $T_{\rm eff}$, and $\log g$\ are shown in Fig. \ref{fig3} (top, middle, and bottom panel, respectively). The top panel shows an increasing trend toward the lower metallicity, which is also presented by \citet{Yan15}. This dependence affects the \cufe\ values in metal-poor stars much more than that in metal-rich stars and thus flattens the \cufe\ versus \feh\ relation. The non-LTE effects tend to be strong for hot stars with two outsiders whose temperatures are the highest in our sample (middle panel). At higher temperature, \cui\ starts to become a minority species, thus small corrections from statistical equilibrium to the neutral copper can lead to large abundance deviations, but this is not the case if the temperature continues to increase because the \cui\ lines become weak; they form in a much deeper layer of a stellar atmosphere, where non-LTE effects are weaker (see Fig. \ref{fig1}). The non-LTE departure seems loosely dependent on the surface gravities (bottom panel), while this relation is not seen in our previous work \citep{Yan15}. The dependence is probably spurious because the three stars with the lowest surface gravities are all metal-poor stars (see Fig. \ref{fig7}).

\section{Conclusions}
\label{sec4}
We analyzed the copper abundances for the 94 stars from \citet{Nis10} with $T_{\rm eff}$\ between $5200$ K and $6300$ K and \feh\ from $-1.6$ to $-0.4$ using both LTE and non-LTE calculations. Based on the results, we summarize our conclusions as follows.

\begin{enumerate}
\item Two distinct halo populations separated by [$\alpha$/Fe]\ still show distinguishable \cufe\ in our non-LTE results. The separation of \cufe\ between high- and low-$\alpha$ \ stars is even clearer, especially for the metal-poor stars. The deficient copper abundances in the low-$\alpha$ \ sample suggests that they may originate from dwarf galaxies that were accreted into the Milky Way.
\item The non-LTE effects are strong for copper, especially in the metal-poor stars. The copper abundances can be underestimated by up to 0.2 dex by LTE analysis.
\item The non-LTE corrections differ from line to line. The departure from LTE shows clear dependence on the stellar metallicity, leading to a much flatter distribution with \feh\ in the metallicity range $-1.6$ to $-0.8$ for the high-$\alpha$ \ and thick-disk stars, with a slope of 0.54 for LTE results and 0.33 for non-LTE results.
\end{enumerate}

\begin{acknowledgements}
This research was supported by National Key Basic Research Program of China 2014CB845700, and by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant Nos. 11321064, 11233004, 11390371, 11473033, U1331122.
P. E. N. acknowledges a visiting professorship at the National Astronomical Observatories in Beijing granted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Contract no. 6-1309001).  Funding for the Stellar Astrophysics Centre is provided by the Danish National Research Foundation (Grant agreement no.: DNRF106).
\end{acknowledgements}

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Launches This October
The return of a familiar face, and familiar combat.
May 30, 2019 at 12:27 pm by Alex Levine
After all of the hype and anticipation, the long awaited trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has been released. We knew that it would take place in the same Modern Warfare universe, but the biggest surprise is the return of huge fan favorite Captain Price, one of the protagonists of the Modern Warfare Trilogy. We will be able to activate our night vision goggles this year when it releases later this year in October.
The Reveal
The trailer itself showcases the game engine with beautiful 60 fps with 4k resolution, as Price narrates with while his unit stealthily makes their way through the jungle. The visuals are absolutely stunning and if the team at Infinity Ward hold true to this style then we're in for a wonderful presentation on the final product. Seeing Price again after so many years was a breath of fresh air, however the one caveat is that the voice actor is different this time around.
New Engine, and No Season Pass.
Against all odds, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will not feature a season pass like previous entries. This is quite a change for Activision studies to make, as a huge amount of the profit comes from that extra form of monetization. According to the developer in a press release, this will allow them to update the game with free maps and post-launch content. In addition, the game will feature a brand new game engine that delivers an "immersive and photo-realistic experience." Judging from the trailer, this engine looks like its going to be the new go to for game licensing, as it easily stands out among its peers. Also, this game will feature cross-play between PC and console players for the first time in the series.
When does it launch?
Fans can look forward to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare when it officially launches for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on October 25 worldwide. After the insane Black Ops 4 that infamously had no single player campaign, we're really looking forward to playing through some emotionally charged missions with Captain Price and the Task Force 141 again. As we stated earlier, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare launches on October 25.
You can check out the official reveal trailer here:
Activision Call of Duty Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Infinity Ward
Call of Duty Modern Warfare Multiplayer Premiere Set for August 1
The world awaits the reveal of the new multiplayer modes.
Alex Levine | June 14, 2019
The Most Anticipated Games for the Rest of 2019
A lot of new titles have been added to this years lineup.


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Following quarantine, Amber began her rehabilitation journey in Forest School and in a matter of years graduated from this first step of the long process. She advanced to a pre-release island when she was moved to the Salat Island Cluster on 17 December 2019. While on the island, Amber loved to explore, and she learned to build sound nests. Amber is not aggressive, and she gets along well with other orangutans, specifically, Barlian, with whom she has formed a friendship.
Barlian
Barlian was allegedly found by a plantation employee on the side of a road, near a small forest alongside an oil palm plantation block of PT. MSAL, in Central Kalimantan. He was reported alone and in a weak condition. He was handed over to authorities on 20 June 2013, after being kept by a villager for two weeks. He arrived at Nyaru Menteng aged two years and weighing 4.1 kilograms.
After completing Forest School, Barlian proceeded to the pre-release stage of rehabilitation in the Salat Island Cluster, beginning on 17 December 2019. He was taken to the island with his best friend, Amber. Barlian spent most of his time in tall trees and paid little attention to the humans below. While not a dominant orangutan, Barlian is still able to fend for himself when needed.
Darryl was surrendered by a resident of Sampit on 11 July 2010. The resident had allegedly purchased the male baby from a person in Bali, however, after one week of caring for the baby had decided to hand him over to the Central Kalimantan BKSDA. At the time, Darryl weighed only 2.4 kilograms and was estimated to be around six months old.
After completing Forest School, Darryl underwent the pre-release stage of rehabilitation in the Salat Island Cluster, starting on 17 December 2019, alongside friends Amber and Barlian. He has explored all over the island and is skilled at brachiating and climbing trees. He has honed his foraging skills to identify edible forest fruits on the island, an important skill that will help him survive and thrive when he is released to the wild.
Reren
Reren was once held captive by a resident of Jabiren, who claimed to have found her crawling alone on a rice field embankment near the Kahayan River. At the time, 100 hectares of forest had just been cleared in the area for agricultural purposes, with plans for another 150 hectares to be cleared to create a 250-ha oil palm plantation. Through a joint operation by the BKSDA wildlife rescue team and the BOS Foundation, Reren was rescued on 17 July 2014, aged 12 months and weighing three kilograms.
After completing all stages of Forest School, Reren progressed to the pre-release stage of rehabilitation in the Salat Island Cluster on 7 November 2019. This charming female is gentle and was frequently spotted socialising with other orangutans. She can build sound nests and spends most of her time up in the trees. An active explorer, Reren usually ignores humans when they are observing her.
Suayap
Suayap was repatriated from Thailand and arrived at Nyaru Menteng on 22 November 2006. She was estimated to be about six years old and weighed 23 kilograms. It was due to her advanced age for the rehabilitation process and her behaviour that she was unable to enter normal Forest School.
After a period of quarantine, Suayap started skill lessons in a special Forest School group for young, repatriated orangutans. She 'graduated' from this program in 2010, and Suayap was finally given the opportunity to proceed to the pre-release stage of rehabilitation in the Salat Island Cluster on 26 June 2019. While not aggressive by nature, Suayap is still capable of standing up for herself when needed. She actively explores her surroundings, forages well, and excels in acting appropriately for an orangutan no matter the circumstances.
Suayap is now 22 years old and, after completing 16.5 years of rehabilitation, is ready to start a new life in the forest of the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park.
Randy was rescued from captivity in a joint operation by the BKSDA wildlife rescue team and the BOS Foundation on 16 June 2007. When he arrived at Nyaru Menteng, Randy was estimated to be about five months old and weighed three kilograms.
After successfully completing all stages of Forest School, Randy continued his rehabilitation journey on a pre-release island in the Salat Island Cluster, starting on 29 January 2020. Randy cares little for human presence but gets along well with other orangutans. He has actively explored the forested island and spent most of his time brachiating in tall trees while foraging.
Unggang
Unggang was surrendered by a resident of Karya Unggang Village on 17 December 2014. He arrived in poor condition, with burn marks on his hands, feet, and part of his face; leading us to conclude that he was a victim of a forest fire. Before being handed over, Unggang was kept in a chicken coop for several days. Upon arrival at Nyaru Menteng, he was estimated to be about three years old, and he weighed 6.5 kilograms.
After successfully completing Forest School, Unggang continued to learn on the pre-release island of the Salat Island Cluster. On the island, Unggang avoided humans, exploring his surroundings, and foraging for natural foods. He also actively moved through the trees and built strong, neat nests.
The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation, together with the Central Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) and the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park (TNBBBR) Authority, has released seven more orangutans in TNBBBR in Central Kalimantan. This release, which started on 3 June 2021, coincided with World Environment Day, which falls annually on 5 June.
The first stage of the 180-kilometre release journey took several hours to complete by road. As per our SOP, periodic stops were made along the way – every two hours – to check on the orangutans in their transport cages. These stops were purposefully made in quiet areas to minimise the possibility of meeting local residents, in an effort to help curb the spread of COVID-19. We also made the conscious effort to depart from the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre at night, to reduce contact with others. As a result, our pitstops were uninterrupted throughout the journey.
The road travel ended in Tumbang Hiran, a small town, where our team rested, just after midnight. Early the next morning, the team continued the journey on motorised longboats, or kelotok, along the Katingan River. About two hours later, the team headed into the Bemban River and travelled upstream to the Bemban watershed, in a 7-hour ride.
Around 2 p.m., the team and the seven orangutans arrived at the release points located near the banks of the Bemban River, deep in the forest of the TNBBBR. The orangutans were released one after another, with the post-release monitoring (PRM) team standing by to take over monitoring of the orangutans as they adjusted to life in this new environment.
The following are the results of observations on day one:
Once her cage was opened, Suayap enthusiastically climbed up a nearby tree and ignored the activities going on around her as the release team prepared to open another cage. Suayap, who was repatriated from Thailand in 2006, seemed to recognise the many types of natural food around her. She ate mahawai leaves, forest mangosteen and figs, and even termites. She was observed making efforts to approach Barlian and an unidentified orangutan, but did not interact with them.
As soon as the day began to turn dark, Suayap started building her evening nest up in a tree about 25 metres off the ground, not far from where she was released.
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Unggang climbed up a kapening tree after he was released. It took him quite a while to enjoy all the fruits around him. He was seen eating natural foods such as tunding ondang fruit, kempas cambium, and termites.
Unggang also built his night nest as soon as the day turned dark, up in a tree at around 30 metres off the ground and about 100 metres away from his release point.
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Unlike the other orangutans, Barlian needed more time to observe his new surroundings after his cage was opened. He walked along the ground for about 10 metres before climbing up a tree.
Once Barlian was up in the trees, he approached Suayap, who was released before him. While the two were spending time together, an unidentified orangutan came by. Barlian wrestled with this orangutan! It seemed that the 20-hour journey had not exhausted Barlian, as he managed to outmuscle the unidentified orangutan. He even tried to give chase when his challenger fled! In the end, Barlian opted to let the orangutan flee rather than keep up the chase.
Barlian also met with Unggang. At first, the two vocalised towards one another, but later became friendly and were seen eating together in a tapening tree. They were observed consuming mahawai, lunuk, diwung, and pilang fruits. Barlian chose to repair a used nest he found nearby for his night nest, around 20 metres off the ground and about 100 metres from his release point.
Reren was released alongside Darryl, Amber, and Randy. At the start of observations, the four orangutans were seen interacting and foraging alongside one another. Reren was observed picking on Amber, but there was no aggressive behaviour between them.
Reren was active and ate a lot of forest food, including kondang and figs, wild ginger piths, and ferns. She built her nest close to Amber's nest, a bit far from the point where both of their cages were opened, around 250 metres away.
From the moment her cage was opened by the release team, Amber displayed aggressive behaviour, as though threatening to approach her observers. However, despite her threats, she ultimately chose to follow Reren.
Not far from where she was released, Amber was observed eating kondang fruits, sangkuang fruits, and capilak leaves. She stayed by Reren and even built her night nest adjacent to her!
After his cage was opened, Darryl briefly checked his surroundings before climbing up a nearby tree. Once he reached the treetop, he immediately started to fill his stomach, apparently hungry after the long journey. The PRM team watched Darryl eat kapilak leaves, sangkuang leaves, and termites.
He was also seen socialising, wrestling, and playing chase with Randy for about half an hour. Finally, Darryl decided to build his night nest nearby his release point.
Randy showed his displeasure at human presence when his cage was opened. With his hair raised on end, he rushed up a tree, but then later calmed down. Randy seemed to be very content to be exploring his new environment and was seen eating a variety of natural foods, including kondang, figs, and gahung fruits. He was seen wrestling Darryl before making his night nest at about 200 metres from his release point.
Looking at the PRM team's observation notes, it is clear that these newly-released orangutans possess excellent foraging abilities in the forest. We are confident that all seven will lead happy and prosperous lives in their new home, the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park!
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Heavy loading onto the boats, ensuring the orangutans' absolute safety
The team work tirelessly throughout the night
Finding forests suitable for releasing orangutans that have completed the rehabilitation process is not an easy task. These forests must meet strict criteria: they must be located below 900 meters above sea level, have sufficient stock of natural orangutan food sources, have a small wild orangutan population, and be safe from potential exploitation in the future.
Since 2016, the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation has worked in collaboration with the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park (TNBBBR) Office, the Central Kalimantan BKSDA, and USAID LESTARI to facilitate the release of rehabilitated orangutans into this prime orangutan habitat.
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NetSuite announces 2013 "HERO Award" winners
Fourth Annual NetSuite Awards Recognise Professionals That Have Lead NetSuite Initiatives Providing Savings, Innovation, Increased Productivity With the Cloud
NETSUITE SUITEWORLD 2013, SAN JOSE, Calif.—May 16, 2013—NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP software suites, today announced the winners of the annual HERO Awards, given to leaders at companies running NetSuite software that have lead initiatives at their organisations to achieve increased productivity, reduced costs and powered rapid growth with cloud computing. The awards were presented May 16 at SuiteWorld, NetSuite's annual user, partner and developer conference being held at the San Jose Convention Center.
The fourth year of NetSuite customer awards, the HERO Awards recognise professionals in varied business roles that have transformed operations at their organisations, achieving major cost savings and productivity gains after implementing NetSuite to replace costly and complex on-premise ERP systems and disparate standalone applications. NetSuite HEROs were evaluated across a wide range of criteria and the winners distinguished themselves for the concrete business gains they achieved in using NetSuite to help their company achieve its business vision.
The winners by category are as follows:
CFO HERO—Cory Douglas, CFO, Medidata Solutions
Douglas and his team overhauled Medidata's contract entry process with the NetSuite workflow function. By the end of Q2, Medidata is expected to have transitioned the entire contract entry process into NetSuite, allowing the company to continue to scale while reducing time to close. Suiteflow, NetSuite's integrated workflow solution, has helped Douglas and team transition from manual and paper driven processes to automated and scalable processes, allowing them to manage key operational metrics.
Controller HERO—Stephany Zamora, Controller, Hortonworks
Hortonworks continued to grow to meet the demand for big data processing on Apache Hadoop in the large enterprise market and required a scalable, real-time ERP solution. With Zamora driving the NetSuite implementation, Hortonworks was able to handle the mounting transaction volume and complexity. Yet, Zamora and Hortonworkscontinue to reduce the financial close time. Month end went from weeks to three days and year end was recently closed in seven days. The services team now generates timely, accurate billings to customers, accelerating cash flow. Meanwhile, Hortonworks continues to expand its NetSuite footprint to support subsidiaries in U.K., the Netherlands, Germany, France and India.
Operations HERO—Vanita Wells, Vice President of Customer Operations, LYTRO
Wells used a combination of tools and processes to build LYTRO's supply chain into a world-class solution. LYTRO's NetSuite system is at the center of this complex model that interacts with partners in the LYTRO supply chain and includes Contract Manufacturers, Component Suppliers, Fulfillment Partners, Merchant Banks, and Value Added Resellers. This complex supply chain fulfills customer demand, handles returns, payments, refunds, and service, all with speed and efficiency that gives LYTRO a competitive advantage in its market segment.
IT HERO—Mike Macrie, Vice President of IT, Land O'Lakes
Macrie spearheaded the NetSuite OneWorld deployment across several Land O'Lakes subsidiaries and joint ventures in the U.S., Mexico and China. Since joining Land O' Lakes, Macrie has been instrumental in leading Land O' Lakes' $100M Bedrock Applications Upgrade Program as well as aiding in developing unique and market leading solutions in the areas of Prescription Agriculture and Industry Analytics. Macrie has played a key role in adopting a two-tier ERP strategy at Land O' Lakes by deploying cloud business software for subsidiaries and syncing it with their Oracle ERP system at corporate headquarters.
Business HERO—Mark Magel, Director Business Transformation, Mitchell International
In keeping with Mitchell International's philosophy of continued improvement, Magel deployed NetSuite OneWorld at the company to make the back office a point of competitive advantage. Magel's work helped to transform both the internal and external customer experience by making data transparent via improved reporting and removal of data silos, giving employees clear insight into business operations and providing better, faster service to customers. By consolidating 24 disparate legacy systems all of Mitchell International's business systems are now cloud-based and tightly connected.
Today, more than 16,000 companies and subsidiaries depend on NetSuite to run complex, mission–critical business processes globally in the cloud. Since its inception in 1998, NetSuite has established itself as the leading provider of enterprise–class cloud financials/ERP suites for divisions of large enterprises and mid-sized organisations seeking to upgrade their antiquated client/server ERP systems. NetSuite excels at streamlining business operations as demonstrated in a recent Gartner study naming NetSuite as the fastest growing financial management software vendor on a global basis. NetSuite continues its success in delivering the best cloud ERP/financials suites to businesses around the world, enabling them to lower IT costs significantly while increasing productivity, as the global adoption of the cloud is accelerating.


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It was only a matter of time: the weakest link in the otherwise awesome idea that is a remote-controlled military, represented by the thousands of Predator and Reaper drones, has always been its biggest strength: the fact that it is remote-controlled. Which means that with no person on location, the system has always been susceptible to infiltration in the form of intermediation between the offsite pilot and the actual equipment. Such as a virus. And as Wired reports, a viral infestation, the biggest nightmare for the the US drone fleet, has just struck. "A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America's Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots' every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones. The virus, first detected nearly two weeks ago by the military's Host-Based Security System, has not prevented pilots at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada from flying their missions overseas. Nor have there been any confirmed incidents of classified information being lost or sent to an outside source. But the virus has resisted multiple efforts to remove it from Creech's computers, network security specialists say. And the infection underscores the ongoing security risks in what has become the U.S. military's most important weapons system." Well that is truly Ironic: the "western" world tried to cripple (and failed) Iran's nuclear program with Stuxnet; it will, then, be supremely ironic if Iran retaliates by maxing out the credit cards of the US Air Force logging the credit card number as pilots purchase stuff online, and uses these to buy weaponized plutonium from Russia using Uncle Sam's credit card.
Ah yes, the good old "it's a benign viral infestation of a top-secret military system" excuse. It's a classic. Works everytimg too.
Next up: "terrorists" intercept control of America's drone system. That may explain why authorities are mulling the consequences of a New York nuclear strike. News not at eleven.


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DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday and pledged to strengthen the alliance between their countries, which are both under U.S.-led pressure.
Ahmadinejad also met Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah in the Syrian capital. The backing Syria and Iran give to the Lebanese Shi'ite movement is the lynchpin of their alliance.
A joint communique issued after Ahmadinejad met Assad said the two leaders were "comfortable with the fine way ties between Syria and Iran were going and careful to continue cooperation in all fields".


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Could Solar Panels Be Installed Alongside Railway Lines?
Posted on March 2, 2015 by Jeanette Plant
If you travel by train either on a regular basis or to make the occasional journey and look out of the window you cannot fail to notice that there is quite a bit of space along the side of the tracks. Could some of this space be used to install solar arrays on it?
Is it possible that, in the next few years, we could see solar panels being installed alongside certain stretches of the railway line network in this country?
In a report by consultancy firm WSP it has been suggested just that. One benefit is that it could save Network Rail a significant sum of money – many millions of pounds each year. The electricity that these solar panels produce could be used by Network Rail with any spare power being made available elsewhere.
It has been estimated that around half of the available space could be used to install solar arrays in strategic locations along the trackside producing about 2.44 gigawatt of capacity. That is a huge amount.
Of course, there would be a huge cost in installing these panels. It has been estimated in the region of £2.9 billion. Network Rail could not fund all of this but there may be private investors who could help.
The above seems an interesting idea but not one without its challenges. It would, as already stated, involve a huge capital outlay and could no doubt be many years before this cost is covered by the potential savings/income generated. It would no doubt provide jobs for many people involved in the solar photovoltaic panel industry and that has to be a positive factor.
It should also result in a significant reduction in carbon emissions that the UK is looking to achieve over the years to come. The solar panels would not be located on the likes of green belt land so, presumably, there would be no objections in that respect.
It will be interesting to see if there are any developments in respect of the above and we will keep you updated.
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US Army AH-64E Apache Guardians started qualifications with Amphibious Assault Ship USS Peleliu
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AH-64E Apache Guardians from 1st Armed Reconnaissance Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, conducted deck landing qualifications aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) off the coast of Hawaii, July 19, as part of the Navy's Rim of the Pacific Exercise 2014.
The deck landing qualifications, a first for the E model of the Apache, are one of several maritime training events the Apache unit participated in to take advantage of terrain not available to them in their home station at Fort Carson, Colorado. (U.S. Army photo by Chief Warrant Officer 3 Mark Leung, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade/Released)
According to Chief Warrant Officer 3 Matthew Gottschling, a company instructor pilot with 1-25 ARB, before the deck landing qualifications and other maritime training could take place for the pilots, instructors were trained and certified through the U.S. Army Evaluations and Standards Department.
"With all the deck training, the reason it's interesting and different is because the Apache is a land-based piece of equipment," said Gottschling. "By training us how to do the ship landings on a larger ship, it enables us to forward project our force by doing the cross training with the Navy and the Marines."
A primary goal of the joint training is to build greater maritime flexibility for the Pacific joint commander to utilize when determining capabilities during mission planning.
This is the first time the E model of the Apache has conducted deck landing qualifications, and the event was even more historical as this is the first time any Apache model has deployed to Hawaii or participated in a Rim of the Pacific exercise.
The amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) is underway in close formation as one of forty-two ships and submarines representing 15 international partner nations during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shannon Renfroe/Released)
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