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Updated – January 2020 – Let's check out some of the best upcoming smartphones with expected Specs, Price and launch date. These are likely to launch in the next few months and are from top brands like Samsung, Apple, Xiaomi, Huawei, LG, HTC, and Google.
Smartphones like the iPhone 11 PRO, Samsung Note 10, Samsung A9 2018 (Quad Rear cameras) and the Huawei Mate X, and the new Mate 30 series hints what we can expect from future smartphones.
Also, there are modern gaming phones like the Asus Rog Phone 2, Xiaomi Black Shark or the Razer Phone 2 pushing the performance boundaries.
Foldable smartphones like the Mate X and the Samsung Galaxy Fold is another trend to look for in the near future.
Top 7 Features for Upcoming Smartphones 2020
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Processor.
Triple/Quad Rear Cameras and Dual Front Cameras
Improved AI and Machine Learning Capabilities.
5G Support, a major upgrade from 4G.
90 Hz and 120 Hz Display Panels.
Faster In-display Fingerprint Scanners and Cameras.
Faster Charging 50 Watts to 100 Watts.
Let's look at some of the upcoming phones and what are the expectations.
10 Forthcoming Smartphones in 2020 – From Top Brands
1). One Plus 8 & OnePlus 8 Pro
The Oneplus 7T was launched in October 2019, and we can expect the Oneplus 8 and 8 Pro to launch in May 2020. The new OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro is going to offer some improvements over the current OnePlus 7T and Oneplus 7T Pro.
Highlight Features of OnePlus 8T PRO
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Processor, Adreno 650 GPU.
In-Display fingerprint scanner.
Quad Rear cameras With improved Low light performance
Punch Hole Front Camera with AI and Portrait Mode.
No 3.5 mm headphone jack – Switch to USB type C earbuds.
FHD+ Super AMOLED No Notch display to ensure the full vision
Android 10.0 Out of the Box with Oxygen Os.
5G Support
The Oneplus 8 Pro is likely to come with a hole punch camera similar to the Samsung
The phone will come with a glass back design and will feature a large 6.5-6.6 Inch Super AMOLED Display, with (1080×2340 pixels) and 19.5:9 aspect ratio. It will also use the Corning Gorilla Glass 6 for protection. Also, Oneplus is unveiling a new 120 Hz display at CES 2020 that the company can use in the 8-Series.
Further, at CES 2020, the company showcased a new Oneplus Concept phone that comes with rear cameras that can hide behind the chromatic glass.
The cameras on the current Oneplus 7T Pro are above average but not excellent. Since OnePlus has now become a premium player they will try to up the camera game in the upcoming Pro version.
OnePlus 8 Pro Render Shows Quad camera with Tof sensor.
As per the latest reports, the Oneplus 8 Pro will come with Quad-Cameras along with a TOF depth sensor.
Powering the device is the upcoming Qualcomm 865 Processor and the Adreno 650 GPU.
The base model will come with 8 GB ram and 128 GB storage this time, and 7T Pro can have upto 12 GB Ram like the Samsung Note 10+.
The last big update is going to be the 120 Hz display, up from the 90 Hz display on the current generation.
Also, we are expecting the price to stay constant for the base model for OnePlus 8; it will start at Rs. 33,999.
The Oneplus 8 Pro can launch for Rs. 52,999 and there are going to be higher models with 12 GB Ram and 256 GB internal storage.
Apart from the upcoming Oneplus 8, 8 Pro and the Oneplus Concept, this year they can launch a new affordable Oneplus 8 Lite.
2). Google Pixel 5 and Pixel 5 XL
The Google Pixel 5 and 5 XL are still almost a year away for launch. Unlike the current generation of Pixel 4 and 4 XL, not launched in India, future phones are likely to come to the Indian market.
Apart from using computational photography leveraging machine learning and AI processing to click excellent images; Google will use Triple cameras in the next iteration.
The second big update for the Pixel phones is 90/120 Hz display, offering a super smooth user experience.
Pixel 5 will come with the Full HD+ display whereas the 5 XL will come with a Quad HD+ OLED display panel.
There is cutting edge project Soli that enables you to use gestures to dismiss calls or swipe photos and a lot more.
Another big update is the IR face camera like the iPhone Xs Face ID for secure unlocking.
Lastly, the phone will run on the latest Android Q, powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor and 6 GB of Ram.
You can Read More Here about the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4XL.
3). Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 (5G and In-Display Camera)
Xiaomi launched the new Mi Mix 3 on 25th October 2018, at an event in China. The phone offers 5G capability and boasts of a massive 10 GB DDR4X. Mix Mix 4 is expected to launch in Q1 2020 in China.
The Mi Mix 4 is likely to come with in-display cameras as per a leaked image from Slashleaks.
Xiaomi has been working on the under-display camera tech for quite some time and we can actually see some phones in 2020, using this technology.
Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 with In-Display Camera
The Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 comes with a full vision, nearly bezel-less, curved display. The bezels are uniform and are quite thin.
For Imaging, it comes with Dual Rear cameras with 12 MP lens and has an f/1.8 aperture with OIS support.
The front side even has Dual cameras (24MP+2MP) to take images with the bokeh effect.
Powering the Mix 3 is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus, along with the Adreno 640 GPU. It can have upto 12 GB of DDR4 ram and storage capacity of 512 GB.
There will be 5G and 4G models for the device. Further, it can have a 4500 mAH battery with 45 Watts wired and 30 watts wireless charging.
There is no date available for India launch, but we can expect it to come in the first half of 2020. For imaging, it can come with a 108 MP primary camera along with 16 MP + 12 MP sensors.
Xiaomi is already launching the Mi Note 10 with a 108 MP camera and is also likely to use the same lens in the Mi Mix 4.
Also, Read About – Top Upcoming Xiaomi Mobiles.
4). Red Hydrogen Two
Fantastic Camera Upcoming Smartphone – RED is famous for making video cameras that offer incredible details, and a color science like no other.
The company is planning to launch its second phone the Red Hydrogen 2 after the failure of "Red Hydrogen One."
Jim Jannard's company is planning to revolutionize the mobile camera photography with the new phone, as they have done with RED cinema cameras.
It is likely that the new phone from Red will go on sale in Mid 2020. The Red Hydrogen One was a failure at so many levels and failed to attract consumers.
The founder in a statement said" The Hydrogen Two is being designed "virtually from scratch" in partnership with a new ODM that is "clearly more capable of building and supporting the product we (and our customers) demand," Jannard says.
The company would like to shrug off the worst experience and can come with a much better phone this time around.
The phone may come with the Triple rear camera setup going with the trend and can house two front cameras for clicking selfies.
It is going to have a modern 19:9 aspect ratio display with Quad HD resolution and may run on the Android Q 10.0 software.
Powering the phone is Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Processor and the Adreno 640 GPU. The phone will have 8 GB of ram and 256 GB internal storage and a mammoth 4000 mAH capacity battery.
Red Hydrogen 2 is going to be expensive and meant for camera enthusiasts.
5). Samsung S20, S20 Plus, and S20 Ultra
The Samsung Galaxy S20 series will launch in 11 Feb 2020 and is one of the most anticipated phones of all time.
So what happened to the Samsung S11 series, Samsung is changing the naming and moving to S20. There will be no S11 series. It is confirmed from the image leaks, as shown below.
Samsung-S20-plus 5G
Samsung S20 will replace the S10e, S20+ will replace the S10 and the S20 Ultra will succeed the S10 Plus.
Leaks and image render of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S20 suggests it has a centrally aligned punch-hole camera like the Note 10.
Consequently, Samsung is not going with an under-display camera for the S20 series.
But we can expect the phone to have thinner bezels than the Samsung S10.
Samsung S20 Ultra has a Rectangular Camera Module With 5 Cameras:
Also, the new Samsung S20 and S20 Ultra will come with a second-generation in-display fingerprint scanner to make it more convenient to use.
No prizes for guessing that the S20 series have the Samsung made Infinity-O display with upto Quad-HD resolution. Further, Samsung may add a 120 Hz display similar to the Rog Phone II.
The most significant upgrade for the S20 and S20 Ultra is going to be the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Octa-Core processor, and the Adreno 650 GPU.
These are going to be the first phones to come with the Qualcomm Chipset and can also have the Exynos 9830 chipset for countries like India.
Upcoming-Samsung-Galaxy-S20
Both the devices will come with a rectangular camera module at the back that can have upto 5 camera lenses. The camera will come with laser auto-focus and will even have a macro lens for close up shots.
Other speculated camera features hints that we may see a 108 MP lens, 8K video recording, and 5X optical zoom on the S11 series.
Another big update is going to be Android Q along with the Samsung One UI, which is now far refined in comparison to the Touch Wiz or the Samsung Experience software.
Further, new S-series phones will come with 5G Volte Support and will offer users blazing-fast data connectivity.
Lastly, Samsung may finally include a high-speed charging experience with a bundled 45 Watts charger with the new phones.
6). Huawei Mate 10 (Folding Phone)
Huawei has already showcased the Mate 10 and apart from Samsung Galaxy Fold, it is the only new folding phone that is going to be available soon in the market.
The Huawei Mate X comes with Dual displays that have 6.6 Inch (1148×2480 pixels, 19.5:9 aspect ratio), and the rear has a thinner 6.38-inch display offering 892×2480 pixel count and a 25:9 aspect ratio.
When the displays are not folded it becomes an 8 Inch single panel.
The Mate X comes with Huawei EMUI software along with the Android 9.0 pie.
Powering the Mate X is the Kirin 980 Octa-Core processor made from 7 Nm technology and can offer a significant boost in gaming and multi-tasking performance.
The Mate X comes with Leica cameras with at the back, offering a primary 40 Megapixel lens, 16 MP (wide-angle lens) and an 8 Megapixel telephoto lens.
Lastly, the Mate X comes with a 4500 mAH capacity battery and has a 55 Watts charger which can charge it upto 85% in just 30 minutes. Read More About the Mate 10 and Samsung Galaxy Fold Here.
7). Xiaomi's POCO F2
(Upcoming Smartphone Under 20-25k in India) – Xiaomi POCO F1 is a couple of months old, and there are already expectations building up for the upcoming POCO phone. The POCO F2 can launch in February/March 2020 with a new processor from Qualcomm – the Snapdragon 855 Plus.
It will be faster than the current generation POCO F1, and will also not have the issues we have seen in the current iteration.
POCO F2 will come with a slightly better design in comparison to the mediocre design of POCO F1.
Also, there are expectations that Xiaomi will use a better display on the POCO F2 with most probably a waterdrop notch to have a better experience. (No Screen Bleeding issues).
The POCO F1 software is also half-baked, and we can expect the team to come up with a better launcher and maybe they can make the UI, Icons, and fonts more unique.
A lot of users would like to have an Android One experience on the POCO F2, but it won't be shipping with the stock Android.
The POCO F2 will have a base version with 6 GB Ram and 64 GB of storage which can go up to 8 GB ram and 256 GB storage.
The POCO F2 is not going to be as expensive as the OnePlus 6T and will continue to offer great value for money to the buyers.
Also, Xiaomi is planning to launch the Redmi K30 and the K30 5G soon in India.
8). Xiaomi K30 Pro
Xiaomi has unveiled the K30 and the K30 5G in China on 10th December and if the latest reports are to be believed the brand can launch the K30 Pro in March/April 2020.
Both the K30 and the K30 5G come with mid-range Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G / 765G which leaves room for the company to actually launch successor for the Redmi K20 PRO.
Notably, the K30 Pro will come with the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor and will have Adreno 650 GPU.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 has 5G support and can also support upto 200 MP of cameras with 8K video recording capability.
The K30 Pro will come with a Quad-Rear camera setup and can use the Sony IMX 686, 64 MP sensor as the primary lens. Further, it will have a punch-hole display 6.67 Inch., 120 Hz Super AMOLED panel with FHD+ resolution.
Further, there is 128 GB storage and a minimum of 8 GB DDR4X ram on the device to make it blazing fast.
There are Dual front selfie cameras with 20MP+2MP Lens to ensure excellent portrait mode.
Lastly, the phone comes with a 4500 mAH battery capacity with 30 Watts of fast charging.
9). Oppo Realme 6
Sub15k Upcoming Mobile in India – Oppo can launch the Realme 6 soon, and we can expect the company to bring the new device to the market even before the end of this year.
Realme can use one of the latest processors like the Snapdragon 710 or 712 in the Realme 6.
Further, the mobile will come with the Quad-Camera setup like its predecessor Realme 5 and can even house the 64 MP sensor as the main camera.
Additionally, it can have an 8 MP ultra-wide lens and a 2 MP depth sensor, 2 MP macro-lens.
Considering the aggressive price of previous phones, the Realme 6 can launch for as little as Rs. 10,999 in India. The phone is expected to launch in the next 2-3 months.
Realme is developing its own OS on top of the Color OS 7.0 and Android Pie.
Also, read about more upcoming Realme phones like Realme X50 5G and a 108 MP Camera mobile.
Below are some of the leaks that point to the launch of the Microsoft surface phone and Turing Cadenza phone.
10). Microsoft Surface Phone
The Microsoft Surface phone is long-rumored, and there are still no real details about its launch.
Some of the analysts are also saying that Microsoft can launch the Surface phone running on Android, and offer a suite of Applications developed by Microsoft to enhance the experience.
Expected Specs for Microsoft Surface Phone :
Quad HD 5.7 inch AMOLED display
2560 x 1440 pixels resolution
Gorilla Glass 6 protection
OS – Windows 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset
8 GB RAM (DDR4) / 512 GB internal storage
20 MP +12 MP rear camera & 12 MP front camera with Carl Zeiss wide-angle lens
Surface pen and keyboard integrated into the flip cover
In-built kickstand
11). Apple iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 PRO Max
Similar to 2019, in 2020, Apple will launch 3 new iPhones – iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 PRO Max.
As per reports, Apple can launch the iPhone 12 with three screen sizes – 5.46 Inch, 6.1 Inch, and 6.7 Inch.
Another rumor suggests Apple can launch a fourth iPhone this year and may call it as iPhone 12 Max. The two non-Pro models will be affordable while the Pro models will be more expensive.
iPhone-12-and-12-PRO-Max
Also, there we some reports of iPhone SE 2 launch but Apple has not refreshed the iPhone SE for many years now.
Display and Design – The new iPhones are expected to come with a completely new design that may not have a notch or at least with a smaller notch. The notch was introduced with the iPhone X and it will be three years since the company introduced the concept.
Also, another big upgrade is 120 Hz display for the Pro models and Apple may use thinner OLED panels made by Samsung for the iPhones.
What's more, there are some pointers hinting at an in-display fingerprint scanner or the in-display camera that we have seen on some of the prototypes from Oppo and Xiaomi.
Performance and Hardware – Undoubtedly, Apple will introduce the new A14 chipset with the new iPhones. As we know the A13 is faster than the upcoming Snapdragon 865, the A14 will be far ahead of Qualcomm flagship processors.
5G – All the iPhone models can have support for 5G technology as Qualcomm has already announced that the Snapdragon 865 based phones will have 5G. Most of the big markets like the US and China are gearing for 5G and till 2021 they will need 5G phones.
Cameras – A lot of companies are offering Quad-Cameras now and with upto 108 Megapixel resolution. Apple may add a higher megapixel camera with 40 to 64 MP lens to the top models.
Faster Charging – The charging speed on the iPhones is way slower than several Android rivals and it is high time for the company to add a 30 Watts to 50 Watts Charger with the iPhone 12.
The new iPhones are launched in September every year and we can expect the iPhone 12 series to launch around 10th September 2020.
12). Turing Smartphone
The Turing smartphone is one of the most mysterious devices ever announced and is most radically different in comparison to anything on this list.
The smartphone is alleged to come with an insane 18 GB of Ram, powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 and will have a 4K display.
Turing Phone is so far a concept device and it has been more than 2 years the phone was first announced but it has not yet seen the light of the day.
A dream device with every spec blow out of proportion is what the company is dreaming.
Read More About Upcoming Phones from Xiaomi and Nokia in detail:
5 Upcoming Xiaomi Phones in India and China
6 Upcoming Nokia Phones 2020
10 New Smartphones Recently Launched in India Worth Knowing About.
What to Expect from Future Smartphones 2020?
If I have to visualize the future of smartphones and concepts and ideas for 2020 – here are the top 6 future ideas that will be popular in the coming years.
The focus has been entirely shifted, from large computing devices (PC and laptop) to incredibly powerful smartphones with devices like OnePlus 8 having 12 GB RAM or Samsung using its DEX technology to turn your phone into a PC.
Computers and laptops are quickly getting replaced with highly capable smartphones with ever exceeding computing power; I don't have to switch on a laptop now for a lot of tasks.
Responsive website designs and Apps have made the internet a great place for mobiles.
Phones are no more just a mode to communicate anymore, they are used to do so much more and in ways never imagined before.
Great Battery Back-Up
The battery life is probably the weakest part of smartphone technology. They hardly last a day with high pixel resolution displays (Quad HD) and more power-hungry processors.
There is a need for compact batteries which can last 3-4 days with a single charge and should be much more compact than the current batteries.
4K Bezel-less Displays
Sony already has a smartphone with 4K display Sony Xperia Z5 – Worlds Highest 806 PPI 4K Display Smartphone Unveiled. Due to battery life constraints, 4K displays are not getting popular, but improvement in battery storage can lead to the return of 4K in mobile devices.
With Google Assist and Siri, Apple and Google are trying to bring in more artificial intelligence to mobile computing devices.
The voice recognition and contextual understanding of assistants is improving and we can expect more powerful AI-based voice assistants in coming years.
Augmented Reality, Google's Project Tango, was one of the promising starts. However, it has lost steam. We may see a resurgence in 2020.
Tim Cook also has said multiple times that Apple is thinking big about the Augmented reality and it could be a more prominent development even when compared to the VR.
While the virtual reality is getting some steam in recent years, there is much more to be done before the technology becomes mainstream.
Both the user experience and price for using it will come down by 2020. There will be more 3D content, videos, images and games which can make the technology popular.
Google is working on daydream while there are several more VR developments from Samsung, Oculus, Sony, and HTC.
Seamless Connectivity (5G)
5G networks – I think the worst part of modern smartphones is the lack of seamless connectivity which kills the user experience.
The new phones in 2020 will have support for the 5G network and can have blazing-fast data speeds.
So that's all from my side if you may like to read about top performance phones.
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Looking for person-to-person bonds, Tulsans under 30 enjoy the relationships fostered through swing dancing.
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Swing dancing is a great way to create face-to-face interactions, Photo by Ashlee Duncan courtesy Vintage Swing Movement
Swing dancing is a great way to create face-to-face interactions. Photo by Ashlee Duncan courtesy Vintage Swing Movement
While social media and the internet may create communities behind the screen, some people find that encounters on the dance floor are more satisfying than those restricted to cyberspace.
Across the state, dance classes have risen in popularity, and Gina Bradford of Tulsa's Vintage Swing Movement says this increase in enrollment reflects a remedy for disconnection from one-on-one interactions. She narrows that focus to participants under 30.
"They are looking for ways to connect with others," she says. "We find that people really want to get back to those encounters that swing dance is great at facilitating."
Vintage Swing Movement (VSM) partners with The Oklahoma Swing Syndicate (TOSS) to encourage and educate individuals with an interest in swing dancing. TOSS coordinates dances and lessons from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Saturdays at the Southminster Presbyterian Church Community Center, 3500 S. Peoria Ave. VSM founded dance chapters at the University of Tulsa and Tulsa Community College, and these organizations have combined dances Thursday nights during the academic year. VSM and TOSS also host an annual, nationwide event in which dancers come to Tulsa for a weekend of workshops and lessons.
Bradford defines her swing dance organization as a movement because she understands that dance has the ability to change culture. Having grown up with an awareness of the Tulsa Race Riot, Bradford says one of her goals is to connect individuals of different socioeconomic, linguistic and racial backgrounds.
"We want to help Tulsa create a new image where we do our part as [representatives of] swing dance to find greater unity," she says.
Swing dances were heavily influenced by jazz, and the form began to develop during the 1920s when racial segregation was prevalent. Because dance expresses universal emotions, it can unite communities where cultural tensions exist.
"Although we cannot have answers to all of the ills of the past or the challenges we deal with today, we know that swing has that same power today," Bradford says.
Connecting with other people through social media may have some value, but the recent rise in popularity of dances like the Lindy Hop, which requires partners to hop, step, kick, spin and keep time together, reveals a deficit in physical interaction among millennials. Such connections can be found in dance halls or classes.
Classes are taught in a variety of locations across Tulsa. The First United Methodist Church Youth and Family Center at 10 E. 11th St. hosts classes on Progressive Lindy Hop from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Chimera, a popular downtown coffee house, holds swing dances at 7 p.m. Tuesdays. On second Fridays from April through October, classes for beginners and experienced dancers take place on the Guthrie Green from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
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Rehe (, Abkürzung: ) bzw. Jehol (nach dem alten Namen der Provinzhauptstadt Chengde) war der Name einer nördlich der Großen Mauer gelegenen ehemaligen Provinz in Nordchina zur Zeit des Kaiserreichs bzw. der nationalistischen Republik.

Jehol und die Nachbarprovinz Chahar wurden 1933 von den Japanern erobert. Obwohl die Provinz Jehol nicht zur eigentlichen Mandschurei gehörte, wurde sie gegen ohnmächtigen chinesischen Protest bis 1945 Japans Satellitenstaat Mandschukuo zugeschlagen.

Innerhalb der Volksrepublik China wurde die Provinz 1955 aufgelöst: die Bezirke Chifeng und Tongliao fielen an das Autonome Gebiet der Inneren Mongolei, der Bezirk Chengde (mitsamt der ehemaligen Provinzhauptstadt Jehol) fiel an die Provinz Hebei, der Rest kam zur Provinz Liaoning.

Siehe auch
 Administrative Gliederung der Volksrepublik China (Aufgelöste Provinzen)

Ehemalige Verwaltungseinheit (China)
Historisches Territorium (China)
Innere Mongolei
Hebei
Liaoning

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Gambling is a cultural practice defined by chance or what the ancient Greeks called alea. As such, gamblers have little or no control over the outcome. It is important to keep this undeniable fact in mind when spending a few bucks in a bricks-and-mortar or online casino. Unpredictability is just one element that makes gambling fun, right? But it's not so much fun when the odds are not in your favor and winning becomes an obsession (a recreational gambler with the right gambling mentality remembers not to chase his losses).
While some forms of gambling, like poker (either online or in a traditional venue), require some level of skill in bluffing and reading other players, most forms of gambling are purely defined by chance. This means that whatever control you think you have over the outcome is merely an illusion. Games of pure chance include roulette, slot machines and bingo.
There are two ways chance outcomes are produced in contemporary gambling: mechanically and digitally. Traditional roulette, for example, involves mechanical actions to define where a ball falls on the wheel. Similarly, the outcomes in old-fashioned slot machines depended on the aleatory spinning of the reels.
Currently, many gambling forms produce random events digitally. Digital slot machines and games in online casinos work with an algorithm called Random Number Generator (RNG). The RNG produces an aleatory outcome. The most established and reputable online casinos have industry certifications that guarantee that RNGs work properly and fairly. Which gives gamblers peace of mind.
Before you hit the casino floor or log in to play online, it is important that you understand the odds or the gambling probability, that you will get a favorable outcome. One very important thing to keep in mind: playing time and time again does not necessarily increase your possibilities of winning. The odds work per game. For example, if you are playing the slots, the possibilities to win in your first spin are exactly the same as the probabilities in the 100th.
The standard wheel (either digital or mechanical) has 38 slots, from numbers 1 to 36, a 0 and a 00. These are divided un colours as follows: slots 0, 00 are green; slots 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 30, 32, 34, 36 are red; slots 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 35 are black.
You can do a straight bet and put your money on a single number. Which means that you will have a 1/38 possibility of winning, which is just over 2.5%. This bet would pay 35:1. A two-number or split bet means that you bet on two numbers on the table, which pays 17:1, with a probability of winning of 5.26%. If you bet on six numbers, your probability increases to 15.79%. Other simpler bets include putting money on a colour with a probability of 47.37% or on even or odd numbers (47.37% as well). This table is quite useful.
Also called "pokies" in Australia or New Zealand. Many gamblers think they have some form of control over slot machines. Well, they are wrong. If a machine is fair, outcomes will be totally aleatory and it really doesn't matter h ow much money you've put into a particular slot machine. There are two main types of games: 3-reel-single-line games and 5-reel-25-line games. The Random Number Generator chooses a random number for each reel and stop the reel there. The odds depend from model to model and the chances of hitting the jackpot are minimal. There are thousands of possible combinations (here's a good example). Some argue that in a 3-reel game, the chances of the three reels aligning on the jackpot stop are 1/262,144.
This is one of the most widely played games in the world. The odds of winning Bingo depend on how many participants are in the game. Since the game ends when there is a winner, the odds are calculated by dividing the number of cards you bought by the number of total cards in the room. Of course, you have better odds if you buy more cards, but remember to set yourself a limit. That is why it is good to avoid big crowds when playing. Remember that there are no "cold" or "hot" numbers. Each number has the exact same probability of appearing as any other number.
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The dental lab industry is very aware of open versus closed systems when it comes to scanners and milling systems, but did you know this also applies to 3D printers? Additive manufacturing, otherwise known as 3D printing, is gaining a lot of traction in the lab industry and rightfully so. I was talking to a competitor last week that sells 3Shape lab scanners and Trios intra-oral scanners and he said their intra-oral scanner sales have eclipsed their lab scanner sales.
As the IO scanners gain popularity with the dentists, there will be some dentists that go modeless, but for the near future people are still going to want a model. Then there is also the printing of surgical guides, splints, custom impression trays and cast material that will also continue to gain popularity. This will lead a lot of labs that haven't already purchased a 3D printer to start looking into it over the next 18 months.
When looking into 3D printers there is a difference between open and closed. A closed 3D printer is a system that you can only use the manufacturer's resin. 3D Systems and Stratasys are two manufacturer's that developed their systems to only be able to except their proprietary resins making them closed systems. There are other systems on the market that utilize the DLP printing capabilities that could be open, but do not publish the material files or allow access to the software to change the print parameters in essence closing the system.
As many of you may be aware, Whip Mix has been evaluating several printers over the last two years. It was during this time that we started to realize we needed to understand what the industry has told us, and that is most labs prefer an open system. Open material 3D printers allow you to print any suitable material from any supplier. If a resin can be UV cured at 385 or 405 nanometers, it can be printed in an open source material printer. This type of printer will give a lab material options. We are developing our own line of resins for open material systems to go along with other resins that are currently on the market for these types of 3D printers.
Whip Mix Corporation has recently become the exclusive North American distributor of Asiga 3D printers, and yes it is an open material source 3D printer. It is an exciting time in our industry and we are very excited to be associated with this line of printers. As the full digital circle from clinic to lab and back is completed this line of printers is going to give labs the options they are used to having.


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ANVIL's LIPS Is Still Waiting For 'A Real Break'
Guitarist/vocalist Steve "Lips" Kudlow of Canadian metal legends ANVIL says that he believed from the beginning that the band's documentary, "Anvil! The Story Of Anvil", would have the kind of impact that it ended up having. "I knew immediately, because it wasn't some jackass with a video camera," he told A&P-Reacts in a new interview (see video below). "It was somebody [Sacha Gervasi] who was a screenwriter for Steven Spielberg doing a movie about me. Guess what. And I'm gonna bring it. 'Cause I knew if I'm gonna bring it, then I've got somebody who's gonna fucking pick that shit up and run with it and get some place with it. I knew it on the onset. I knew before the director did — I knew before he did. When he told me, 'I'm gonna make a movie about you,' I broke out crying. He goes, 'What are you crying about?' I go, 'Because I waited my whole life for this moment to happen, and now it's happening.' He goes, 'What's happening?' I go, 'I'm gonna get the recognition that I've been looking for my whole life. My ship just came in.' And I recognized it for what it was. And it turned out that that's exactly what it was. I haven't worked a regular job in 10 years, since the movie came out. It worked, as far as I'm concerned. What, I'm not as big as AC/DC? How are you ever gonna do that? You can't make up for fucking 30 years of lost time — you can't do it, no matter what you do."
He continued: "We had gotten a great start in three albums, and then got shot down in flames, man. Because we got signed to a Canadian label, and when a big-time American manager tried to sell the three albums that we recorded for our Canadian label to an American label, they didn't wanna pay for it. 'Give it to us for free.' Well, what do you think the Canadian label said? 'What are you, fucking nuts?' If you owned that label, after you've invested in the band, and then [another label tells you], 'Okay, we'll put out your records, but we're not gonna pay you for it.' Well, who in their right mind is gonna agree to that? So, they didn't agree to it. So, what do you think happened? Three albums, and the choo choo train stops going. Because the manager pulled us out of the record deal that we did have, and then we had nothing for four fucking years, between '83 and '87 — no records. And in that period of time, everybody and his brother came out with albums all over. All of a sudden, America got turned on to heavy metal. And what's ANVIL? We never got a break. I can keep talking about it."
Lips went on to say: "A break — a real break — is when you get a major distribution with major promotion and you get a real tour. What's a real tour? Playing with Ozzy [Osbourne], playing with METALLICA or playing with one of the big bands and going out on a real tour and playing in all the hockey arenas all across the country. That's how you really make it. And if you don't get that spot — like METALLICA got to open for Ozzy — you're never gonna make it. Same thing with MÖTLEY CRÜE; you never would have heard of MÖTLEY CRÜE if they hadn't gotten to tour with Ozzy. It's just the way it works, and that's the break. And here I am, 42 years into this business, I still haven't gotten that break. Even after the movie, I still didn't get that break. You'd think, 'Well, look at all the publicity that the band got,' but I never got the tour that you need to break the band, to make it a viable thing. The only way to get viable and get credibility is to be put in front of real audiences and real venues on a consistent basis. Until that happens, you're not getting your break. And that's how the music business has worked and has always worked. And that's the reality of it. So people having expectations of saying, 'Well, ANVIL, they got that movie. They should have made it.' Yeah, right. Without the break? Without getting the tour with METALLICA? Without getting the tour with GUNS N' ROSES or the tour with AC/DC? No, they're gonna give it to another band who's signed to a major label, and the major label is just whacking out dough. It's like I said: you need the promotion, the infrastructure, which is record companies. Now, having said that, record companies virtually don't exist because you can't sell records anymore. You can't sell CDs. Everybody's streaming. So, what do you get for streaming records? You get six million streams on your song and you get fifty cents. That's not gonna tour-support you; that's not gonna put you on a big-time tour. It's just not gonna work. So, most of what I'm talking about, it's wrong time."
He added: "I'm not talking about it being bitter; I'm talking about the realities of what it all is. And I've overcome all of it, just by the fact that I've been playing, like I said, for the last 10 years, doing it the way I wanna do it in the small venues. I'm [in] one of the biggest club bands in the world. I don't stop touring — ever! I'm always on the road. I'm making a living… And I'm happy with that. I always have been happy with that. That's fine with me. Who needs the living up to bullshit and being led around by the nose — you've gotta be this, that or the other in order to sell your product? Well, no. I'm gonna do it the way I wanna do it. I'm gonna make the product that I wanna make and I'm gonna do it my way and I don't have to answer to anybody but to myself. That's the best, man. That's doing it on your own terms. Nothing is better than that. Nothing is more gratifying than that."
"Anvil! The Story of Anvil" was named one of 2009's best documentaries by a slew of film critics associations across the continent, including critics in Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto, and Las Vegas, as well as the International Documentary Association, the Online Film Critics Society, and the National Society of Film Critics. It also made the year-end Top 10 lists in publications such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, and Village Voice.
"Anvil! The Story of Anvil" was the directorial debut of screenwriter Sacha Gervasi ("The Terminal") and was produced by Rebecca Yeldham ("The Kite Runner" and "The Motorcycle Diaries"). The film follows Kudlow and Reiner and their band, ANVIL, which released one of the heaviest albums in metal history, 1982's "Metal on Metal". The album influenced an entire musical generation of rock bands, including METALLICA, SLAYER, and ANTHRAX, who all went on to sell millions of records. ANVIL, on the other hand, took a different path — straight to obscurity. The film was both entertaining and touching as it followed their last-ditch quest for the fame and fortune that has been so elusive to them.
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Girrrl Stop!: Curl on dem haters!
On the morning of Mother's Day, I looked in the mirror and did an assessment of my hair. My hair was in a ponytail and it had been a few weeks since I'd been to the salon, so my edges were far from smooth - in other words I had NAPS! I begin to try and smooth them out but they stood right back at attention! As my mind went into its reflective place, I discovered there's a lot that we can learn from naps lol!
No matter how life presses you down, you can always get back back up!
Sometimes life comes at you hard and presses you on every side. Life may throw its best punches but girrrl be like the almighty NAP and keep getting back up!
No matter what outside forces try to lay you down, you should always press through!
Many of you use the product so affectionately called Perfect Edges. You take a scoop of this and smooth it over your naps in efforts to lay them down. The naps may stay down for a day or so but then they come right back up saying, "HELLO!" Life will use outside forces to lay you flat on your back. It could be death of a loved one, illness, financial issues and so on. These things may knock you down and you may stay down for a short time but I encourage you today to be like the tenacious NAP and press through and get back up!
No matter how people try to change you, be who you are and stand in it.
NAPS lead a complicated life. People are always trying to change or alter them in some way. They're rarely accepted for their strength and beauty. Sometimes women of God are faced with this same challenge! People try to fit you into their version of you instead of accepting you for who you truly are. Girrrl, no matter what negativity comes your way, be like the non-compliant NAP and stand tall through it!
At the end of the day, be who you are which is a women of strength - NAP strong! No matter what trials come your way stand through them! We call them NAPS but really they're curly strands of beauty! So when life presses and lays you down, and people bring negativity your way, be a NAP and curl on dem haters. (Yeah I said it: I got hot sauce in my bag swag lol)!!!


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KC, St. Louis McDonald's workers to strike over sexual harassment
Spurred to action by the #MeToo movement, McDonald's workers in Kansas City and St. Louis plan to join workers from other cities across the U.S. next week in one-day strike to pressure the fast-food chain's management to take stronger steps against sexual harassment in the workplace.
The lunchtime walkout is scheduled for noon next Tuesday. Organizers say it will be the country's first multi-state strike specifically addressing sexual harassment.
Those organizers include women who filed complaints with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission earlier this year alleging an environment of harassment at some McDonald's franchises.
The strike comes as workers from McDonald's and other fast-food chains have been pushing for years for better working conditions and higher wages.
Strikes are also expected next Tuesday in Chicago; Durham, N.C.; Los Angeles; Miami; Milwaukee; New Orleans; Orlando, Fla. and San Francisco.
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UrbanLab
Research and educational activities of the UrbanLab in the National Tsing Hua University
帕偉鄂本老師-中文網站
Publications by Urban Lab (established in August 2011)
(89) Yu K.-C., Hsu C.-Y., Prabhu G.R.D., Chiu H.-Y., Urban P.L. 2023, Vending-machine-style skin excretion sensing. ACS Sensors 8:326-334.
(88) Lin Y.-H., Tu W.-C., Urban P.L. 2023, Kinetic profiling of homogeneous and heterogeneous biocatalysts in continuous flow by on-line mass spectrometry. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 34:109-118.
(87) Prabhu G.R.D., Yang T.-H., Shiu R.-T., Witek H.A., Urban P.L. 2022, Scanning pH-metry for observing reversibility in protein folding. Biochemistry 61:2377-2389.
(86) Tan J.I., Tu W.-C., Urban P.L. 2022, Profiling selected volatiles in whiskey by fizzy extraction time-of-flight mass spectrometry: correlation with perceived quality and age. ACS Food Science & Technology 2:1622-1630.
(85) Ou H.-T., Buchowiecki K., Urban P.L. 2022, Remote monitoring of volatiles by ion mobility spectrometry with wireless data transmission and centralized data analysis. Digital Discovery 1:806-815.
(84) Huang Y.-J., Tu W.-C., Urban P.L. 2022, Rapid acid/base switching in flow injection analysis and isocratic elution liquid chromatography with mass spectrometric detection for improved sensitivity. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 33:1865-1873.
(83) Wang Y.-W., Prabhu G.R.D., Hsu C.-Y., Urban P.L. 2022, Tuning electrospray ionization with low-frequency sound. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 33:1883-1890.
(82) Chen C.-H., Prabhu G.R.D., Yu K.-C., Elpa D.P., Urban P.L. 2022, Portable fizzy extraction ion-mobility spectrometry system. Analytica Chimica Acta 1204:339699.
(81) Hsu C.-Y., Prabhu G.R.D., Urban P.L. 2021, Telechemistry 2.0: Remote monitoring of fluorescent chemical reactions. HardwareX 10:e00244.
(80) Ni H.-T., Prabhu G.R.D., Elpa D.P., Chiu H.-Y., Urban P.L. 2021, Flat disc-shaped sampling probe and on-line re-extraction apparatus for mass spectrometric analysis of skin metabolites: a proof of concept. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 32:2803-2811.
(79) Chao Y.-T., Prabhu G.R.D., Yu K.-C., Syu J.-Y., Urban P.L. 2021, BioChemPen for a rapid analysis of compounds supported on solid surfaces. ACS Sensors 6:3744-3752.
(78) Raju C.M., Yu K.-C., Shih C.-P., Elpa D.P., Prabhu G.R.D., Urban P.L. 2021, Catalytic oxygenation-mediated extraction as a facile and green way to analyze volatile solutes. Analytical Chemistry 93:8923-8930.
(77) Abu Bakar N.H., Yu K.-C., Urban P.L. 2021, Robotized noncontact open-space mapping of volatile organic compounds emanating from solid specimens. Analytical Chemistry 93:6889-6894.
(76) Shih C.-P., Yu K.-C., Ou H.-T., Urban P.L. 2021, Portable pen-probe analyzer based on ion mobility spectrometry for in situ analysis of volatile organic compounds emanating from surfaces and wireless transmission of the acquired spectra. Analytical Chemistry 93:2424-2432.
(75) Elpa D.P., Chiu H.-Y., Wu S.-P., Urban P.L. 2021, Skin metabolomics. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism 32:66-75.
(74) Prabhu G.R.D., Ponnusamy V.K., Witek H.A., Urban P.L. 2020, Sample flow rate scan in electrospray ionization mass spectrometry reveals alterations in protein charge state distribution. Analytical Chemistry 92:13042-13049.
(73) Dutkiewicz E.P., Hsieh K.-T., Urban P.L., Chiu H.-Y. 2020, Temporal correlations of skin and blood metabolites with clinical outcomes of biologic therapy in psoriasis. The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine 5:877-888.
(72) Prabhu G.R.D., Urban P.L. 2020, Elevating chemistry research with a modern electronics toolkit. Chemical Reviews 120:9482-9553. (featured on the supplementary cover)
(71) Urban P.L. 2020, Please avoid plotting analytical response against logarithm of concentration. Analytical Chemistry 92:10210-10212.
(70) Alexovič M., Urban P.L., Tabani H., Sabo J. 2020, Recent advances in robotic protein sample preparation for clinical analysis and other biomedical applications. Clinica Chimica Acta 507:104-116.
(69) Prabhu G.R.D., Yang T.-H., Hsu C.-Y., Shih C.-P., Chang C.-M., Liao P.-H., Ni H.-T., Urban P.L. 2020, Facilitating chemical and biochemical experiments with electronic microcontrollers and single-board computers. Nature Protocols 15:925-990.
(68) Elpa D.P., Wu S.-P., Urban P.L. 2020, Rapid extraction and analysis of volatile solutes with an effervescent tablet. Analytical Chemistry 92:2756-2763.
(67) Liao P.-H., Yang H.-H., Wu P.-C., Abu Bakar N.H., Urban P.L. 2020, On-line coupling of simultaneous distillation-extraction using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with gas chromatography. Analytical Chemistry 92:1228-1235.
(66) Elpa D.P., Prabhu G.R.D., Wu S.-P., Tay K.S., Urban P.L. 2020, Automation of mass spectrometric detection of analytes and related workflows: a review. Talanta 208:120304.
(65) Chang C.-M., Yang H.-C., Urban P.L. 2019, On the mechanism of automated fizzy extraction. PeerJ Analytical Chemistry 1:e2.
(64) Liao P.-H., Urban P.L. 2019, Agarose-based gel-phase microextraction technique for quick sampling of polar analytes adsorbed on surfaces. ACS Omega 4:19063-19070.
(63) Yang T.-H., Yang H.-C., Chang C.-H., Prabhu G.R.D., Urban P.L. 2019, Microanalysis using acoustically actuated droplets pinned onto a thread. IEEE Access 7:154743-154749.
(62) Prabhu G.R.D., Witek H.A., Urban P.L. 2019, Telechemistry: monitoring chemical reactions via the cloud using the Particle Photon Wi-Fi module. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering 4:1616-1622.
(61) Chang C.-M., Prabhu G.R.D., Tseng C.-M., Urban P.L. 2019, Temporal analysis of conformers in the course of pH scan directed by urea-urease reaction – a "protein clock". Analytical Chemistry 91:8814-8819.
(60) Yang H.-C., Chang C.-M., Urban P.L. 2019, Automation of fizzy extraction enabled by inexpensive open-source modules. Heliyon 5:e01639.
(59) Yang H.-C., Urban P.L. 2019, On-line coupling of fizzy extraction with gas chromatography. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 411:2511-2520. (selected as a "Paper in Forefront")
(58) Wu P.-C., Dutkiewicz E.P., Liao P.-H., Chiu H.-Y., Urban P.L. 2019, Blotting paper as a disposable tool for sampling chemical residues from skin surface. Journal of Food and Drug Analysis 27:610-613.
(57) Prabhu G.R.D., Urban P.L. 2019, Connected chemistry. The Analytical Scientist 3:24-25. (short article)
(56) Prabhu G.R.D., Elpa D.P., Chiu H.-Y., Urban P.L. 2019, Mass spectrometry | Clinical analysis by mass spectrometry. In Worsfold P., Poole C., Townshend A., Miró M. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Analytical Science, (3rd ed.). vol. 6, pp 318–333, Elsevier.
(55) Urban P. 2019, 3D-printed lab parts can contaminate experiments. Nature 566:326. (correspondence)
(54) Yang H.-H., Urban P.L. 2019, Dry ice fog extraction of volatile organic compounds. Journal of Chromatography A 1585:196-201.
(53) Prabhu G.R.D., Witek H.A., Urban P.L. 2019, Programmable flow rate scanner for evaluating detector sensitivity regime. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 282:992-998.
(52) Chang C.-H., Urban P.L. 2018, Automated dual-chamber sampling system to follow dynamics of volatile organic compounds emitted by biological specimens. Analytical Chemistry 90:13848-13854. (featured on the journal front cover)
(51) Yang H.-H., Dutkiewicz E.P., Urban P.L. 2018, Kinetic study of continuous liquid-liquid extraction of wine with real-time detection. Analytica Chimica Acta 1034:85-91.
(50) Urban P.L. 2018, Prototyping instruments for chemical laboratory using inexpensive electronic modules. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 57:11074-11077. (Deutsche Ausgabe)
(49) Prabhu G.R.D., Witek H.A., Urban P.L. 2018, Chemical clocks, oscillations, and other temporal effects in analytical chemistry: oddity or viable approach? Analyst 143:3514-3525. (featured on the journal front cover)
(48) Liu P.-H., Urban P.L. 2017, Spontaneous luminescence color change in the firefly luciferase assay system. Analytical Biochemistry 539:54-59. (see also the highlight in Science Trends)
(47) Urban P.L., Goodall D.M. 2017, Bioparticles, molecules, and complexes analyzed by "chromatography" without a stationary phase. American Laboratory 10/17.
(46) Wu P.-C., Dutkiewicz E.P., Urban P.L. 2017, Cool mist scavenging of gas-phase molecules. Analytical Sciences 33:1161-1167.
(45) Yang H.-C., Chang C.-H., Urban P.L. 2017, Fizzy extraction of volatile organic compounds combined with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization quadrupole mass spectrometry. JoVE Journal of Visualized Experiments e56008.
(44) Dutkiewicz E.P., Chiu H.-Y., Urban P.L. 2017, Probing skin for metabolites and topical drugs with hydrogel micropatches. Analytical Chemistry 89:2664-2670.
(43) Tang Y.-R., Yang H.-H., Urban P.L. 2017, Prototype of an interface for hyphenating distillation with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. Mass Spectrometry (Tokyo) 6:S0061.
(42) Prabhu G.R.D., Urban P.L. 2017, The dawn of unmanned analytical laboratories. Trends in Analytical Chemistry 88:41-52. (featured on the journal front cover)
(41) Chen C.-L., Chen T.-R., Chiu S.-H., Urban P.L. 2017, Dual robotic arm "production line" mass spectrometry assay guided by multiple Arduino-type microcontrollers. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 239:608-616.
(40) Liu P.-H., Urban P.L. 2016, Plug-volume-modulated dilution generator for flask-free chemistry. Analytical Chemistry 88:11663-11669.
(39) Prabhu G.R.D., Urban P.L. 2016, In-oleo microgasometry of nanoliter-scale gas volumes with image-based detection. Analytical Chemistry 88:11368-11372.
(38) Dutkiewicz E.P., Urban P.L. 2016, Quantitative mass spectrometry of unconventional human biological matrices. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 374:20150380. (part of theme issue on Quantitative Mass Spectrometry)
(37) Urban P.L. 2016, Quantitative mass spectrometry: an overview. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 374:20150382. (part of theme issue on Quantitative Mass Spectrometry)
(36) Chen T.-R., Hsu C.-F., Chen C.-L., Witek H.A., Urban P.L. 2016, Nucleotide-dependent bioautocatalytic timer reaction. ACS Synthetic Biology 5:962-968. (see also "Introducing Our Authors" highlight)
(35) Chang C.-H., Urban P.L. 2016, Fizzy extraction of volatile and semivolatile compounds into the gas phase. Analytical Chemistry 88:8735-8740. (see also the highlights in: C&EN magazine and spectroscopyNOW)
(34) Dutkiewicz E.P., Hsieh K.-T., Wang Y.-S., Chiu H.-Y., Urban P.L. 2016, Hydrogel micropatch and mass spectrometry-assisted screening for psoriasis-related skin metabolites. Clinical Chemistry 62:1120-1128.
(33) Chen S.-Y., Wu C.-Y., Chen Y.-C., Urban P.L. 2016, One-step detection of major lipid components in sub-microliter volumes of unpurified liposome and cell suspensions. Analytical Chemistry 88:7337-7343.
(32) Chen T.-R., Urban P.L. 2016, Mass spectrometry-guided refinement of chemical energy buffers. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 472:20150812.
(31) Urban P.L. 2016, Clarifying misconceptions about mass and concentration sensitivity. Journal of Chemical Education 93:984-987.
(30) Urban P. 2016, Self-built labware stimulates creativity. Nature 532:313. (correspondence)
(29) Urban P.L., Chen Y.-C., Wang Y.-S. 2016, Time-Resolved Mass Spectrometry: From Concept to Applications. Wiley, Chichester, ISBN 9781118887325. (monograph)
(28) Tang Y.-R., Huang H.-Y., Hu J.-B., Rattinam R., Li C.-H., Chen Y.-C., Urban P.L. 2016, Capillary hydrodynamic chromatography reveals temporal profiles of cell aggregates. Analytica Chimica Acta 910:75-83. (see also the highlight in the American Laboratory blog)
(27) Chen C.-L., Hsieh K.-T., Hsu C.-F., Urban P.L. 2016, Facile multi-dimensional profiling of chemical gradients at the millimetre scale. Analyst 141:150-156.
(26) Dutkiewicz E.P., Chiu H.-Y., Urban P.L. 2015, Micropatch-arrayed pads for non-invasive spatial and temporal profiling of topical drugs on skin surface. Journal of Mass Spectrometry 50:1321-1325.
(25) Hsieh K.-T., Liu P.-H., Urban P.L. 2015, Automated on-line liquid-liquid extraction system for temporal mass spectrometric analysis of dynamic samples. Analytica Chimica Acta 894:35-43.
(24) Chiu S.-H., Urban P.L. 2015, Fusion of microlitre water-in-oil droplets for simple, fast and green chemical assays. Analyst 140:5145-5151.
(23) Chen S.-Y., Urban P.L. 2015, On-line monitoring of Soxhlet extraction by chromatography and mass spectrometry to reveal temporal extract profiles. Analytica Chimica Acta 881:74-81.
(22) Hu J.-B., Chen T.-R., Chang C.-H., Cheng J.-Y., Chen Y.-C., Urban P.L. 2015, A compact 3D-printed interface for coupling open digital microchips with Venturi easy ambient sonic-spray ionization mass spectrometry. Analyst 140:1495-1501. (selected as 'Hot' article in March 2015)
(21) Urban P.L. 2015, Universal electronics for miniature and automated chemical assays. Analyst 140:963-975. (featured on the journal cover)
(20) Hu J.-B., Chen T.-R., Chen Y.-C., Urban P.L. 2015, Microcontroller-assisted compensation of adenosine triphosphate levels: instrument and method development. Scientific Reports 5:8135.
(19) Chiu S.-H., Urban P.L. 2015, Robotics-assisted mass spectrometry assay platform enabled by open-source electronics. Biosensors & Bioelectronics 64:260-268.
(18) Urban P.L. 2014, Name concepts in analytical science. Journal of Chemical Education 91:1753-1756.
(17) Urban P.L. 2014, Compartmentalised chemistry: from studies on the origin of life to engineered biochemical systems. New Journal of Chemistry 38:5135-5141.
(16) Hsieh K.-T., Urban P.L. 2014, Spectral imaging of chemical reactions using computer display and digital camera. RSC Advances 4:31094-31100. (work highlighted in Chemistry World magazine)
(15) Hu J.-B., Gunathilake S., Chen Y.-C., Urban P.L. 2014, On the dynamics of kefir volatome. RSC Advances 4:28865-28870.
(14) Ting H., Hu J.-B., Hsieh K.-T., Urban P.L. 2014, A pinch-valve interface for automated sampling and monitoring of dynamic processes by gas chromatography – mass spectrometry. Analytical Methods 6:4652-4660.
(13) Urban P.L. 2014, Open-source electronics as a technological aid in chemical education. Journal of Chemical Education 91:751-752.
(12) Czerniec-Michalik E., Hsieh K.-T., Urban P.L. 2014, In quest for chemomarkers to classify Taiwanese teas. Analytical Methods 6:3013-3018.
(11) Dutkiewicz E.P., Lin J.-D., Tseng T.-W., Wang Y.-S., Urban P.L. 2014, Hydrogel micropatches for sampling and profiling skin metabolites. Analytical Chemistry 86:2337-2344.
(10) Hu J.-B., Chen S.-Y., Wu J.-T., Chen Y.-C., Urban P.L. 2014, Automated system for extraction and instantaneous analysis of millimeter-sized samples. RSC Advances 4:10693-10701. (selected as 'Hot' article in February 2014; see video)
(9) Ting H., Urban P.L. 2014, Spatiotemporal effects of a bioautocatalytic chemical wave revealed by time-resolved mass spectrometry. RSC Advances 4:2103-2108.
(8) Huang H.-Y., Lo T.-J., Chen Y.-C., Hu J.-B., Urban P.L. 2013, Liquid-phase and gas-phase investigation of biomolecules in a single experiment. Analytical Methods 5:5908-5911.
(7) Kandiah M., Urban P.L. 2013, Advances in ultrasensitive mass spectrometry of organic molecules. Chemical Society Reviews 42:5299-5322.
(6) Li P.-H., Huang S.-Y., Chen Y.-C., Urban P.L. 2013, A hybrid nanoparticle matrix for mass spectrometry. RSC Advances 3:6865-6870.
(5) Chen Y.-C., Urban P.L. 2013, Time-resolved mass spectrometry. Trends in Analytical Chemistry 44:106-120.
(4) Hu J.-B., Chen Y.-C., Urban P.L. 2013, Coffee-ring effects in laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry. Analytica Chimica Acta 766:77-82.
(3) Tseng T.-W., Wu J.-T., Chen Y.-C., Urban P.L. 2012, Isotope label-aided mass spectrometry reveals the influence of environmental factors on metabolism in single eggs of fruit fly. PLOS ONE 7:e50258.
(2) Li P.-H., Ting H., Chen Y.-C., Urban P.L. 2012, Recording temporal characteristics of convection currents by continuous and segmented-flow sampling. RSC Advances 2:12431-12437.
(1) Hu J.-B., Chen Y.-C., Urban P.L. 2012, On-target labeling of intracellular metabolites combined with chemical mapping of individual hyphae revealing cytoplasmic relocation of isotopologues. Analytical Chemistry 84:5110-5116.
(4) Urban P.L., Yang T.-H., "Acoustically actuated droplet apparatus and a chemical analysis method by using acoustically actuated droplet", (US 11,401,542 B2, granted USA patent on 02/08/2022).
(3) Urban P.L., Elpa D.P., "Method for extracting and detecting volatile organic compounds", (US 11,119,011 B2, granted USA patent on 14/09/2021).
(2) Urban P.L., Yang T.-H., "聲波致動液滴裝置及利用聲波致動液滴進行化學分析之方法", (I724680, granted Taiwan patent on 11/04/2021).
(1) Urban P.L., Elpa D.P., "萃取及檢測揮發性有機化合物之方法", (I680006, granted Taiwan patent on 21/12/2019).
Link to pre-Hsinchu publications of Dr Urban (work until 31/07/2011, 38 items)
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package org.guvnor.common.services.project.model;

import org.drools.workbench.models.datamodel.imports.Imports;
import org.jboss.errai.common.client.api.annotations.Portable;

@Portable
public class ProjectImports {

    private Imports imports = new Imports();

    private String version = "1.0";

    public Imports getImports() {
        return imports;
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    @Override
    public boolean equals( Object o ) {
        if ( this == o ) {
            return true;
        }
        if ( o == null || getClass() != o.getClass() ) {
            return false;
        }

        ProjectImports that = ( ProjectImports ) o;

        if ( imports != null ? !imports.equals( that.imports ) : that.imports != null ) {
            return false;
        }
        if ( version != null ? !version.equals( that.version ) : that.version != null ) {
            return false;
        }

        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        int result = imports != null ? imports.hashCode() : 0;
        result = ~~result;
        result = 31 * result + ( version != null ? version.hashCode() : 0 );
        result = ~~result;
        return result;
    }
}

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Obec Dolní Nivy (něm. Unter Neugrün) se nachází v okrese Sokolov, kraj Karlovarský. Žije zde  obyvatel.

Historie
Ves byla založena pravděpodobně ke konci 13. století jako německá kolonizační ves. První písemná zmínka o obci pochází z roku 1353 kdy byla prodána bratry Pressaterovými šlechtickému rodu Nothaftů. V té době se ještě nerozlišovaly Dolní a Horní Nivy, které jsou uváděny až po skončení husitských válek. Ve druhé polovině 14. století zde stála středověká tvrz, na jejímž místě byl později postaven uzavřený statek chebského typu, usedlost čp. 2, stržená roku 1967. V 15. století se stali majiteli vesnice Šlikové. Ves drželi až do pobělohorské konfiskace, kdy se Dolní Nivy dostaly do správy Nostitzů. V roce 1850 se po zrušení vrchnostenské správy stala vesnice osadou obce Svatavy, v roce 1878 samostatnou obcí. Po druhé světové válce a odsunu německého obyvatelstva obec chátrala. Mnohé objekty byly strženy a nahradila je novodobá socialistická výstavba. Ta narušila přirozený vzhled obce. Z původních objektů se dochovala hrázděná chalupa čp. 84 a pseudorománská kaplička, v minulosti s oltářem Svaté Rodiny.

Přírodní poměry
Dolní Nivy se rozkládají v mělkém údolí Lomnického potoka na jižních svazích Krušných hor upadajících do Sokolovské pánve. Jižní část území obce pokrývá podkrušnohorská výsypka, která vznikla navezením skrývkových hmot z hnědouhelného lomu Jiří.

V obci roste mohutný památný strom Jirákova lípa.

Obyvatelstvo
Obyvatelstvo pracovalo převážně v zemědělství, v 16. až 18. století se zde hojně pěstoval chmel a len. Kromě toho se v okolí obce dobývaly až do 19. století železné rudy.

Při sčítání lidu v roce 1921 zde žilo 431 obyvatel, z nichž bylo pět Čechoslováků a 426 Němců. K římskokatolické církvi se hlásilo 429 obyvatel, 2 byli bez vyznání.

Části obce
 Dolní Nivy
 Boučí
 Horní Nivy
 Horní Rozmyšl

Odkazy

Reference

Externí odkazy

Vesnice v okrese Sokolov
Obce v okrese Sokolov
Sídla v Krušných horách
Svazek měst a obcí Kraslicka
Vodohospodářské sdružení měst a obcí Sokolovska


The South African economy was gazing into the abyss but, when President Jacob Zuma announced the removal of finance minister Nhlanhla Nene on Wednesday night last week, it was pushed over the edge.
Observers say, without restoring confidence by appointing Pravin Gordhan, the economy was going into free fall, with the rand becoming a one-way bet and the country heading for an economic apocalypse.
In the worst-case scenario, the currency would have continued to weaken, potentially past R20 to the dollar. Inflation would have rapidly escalated, forcing the Reserve Bank to hike interest rates aggressively, which would have further slowed economic growth. Resultant credit-rating downgrades and high bond yields, coupled with large capital outflows, would have made the cost of government funding unsustainable.
Under these circumstances, the country may have had to turn to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout.
After Zuma's appointment of Des van Rooyen as finance minister last Wednesday, the rand rapidly weakened, passing the R15 to the dollar mark.
In the next two days, the stock market lost R230-billion in value and the bond market R217-billion, equal to between 10% and 15% of the economy, said Adrian Saville, the chief strategist of Citadel, in a note.
"The loss of R437-billion wiped out the equivalent of two years' worth of economic growth from South Africa's savings pool," he said.
The chain of calamitous events were stalled when, on Sunday night, the decision to put Van Rooyen at the helm was reversed and it was announced that the fiscally prudent Gordhan would be finance minister.
"Van Rooyen was the fast track to the IMF. We could have been downgraded by the middle of next year, maybe with a negative outlook," said an economist who asked not to be named.
Following Nene's removal, the emerging markets analyst of Nomura, Peter Attard Montalto, said the rand at 16 to the dollar did not seem an outrageous target.
Mike Schussler, the director and chief economist of economists.co.za, said Gordhan stepping in as finance minister probably stopped the rand from reaching about 17 to the dollar by Tuesday this week.
The weak currency would quickly push up inflation and force the Reserve Bank to raise interest rates to keep it under control.
"In a worst-case scenario, we would have seen the Reserve Bank likely compelled to hike rates very aggressively, and that could have precipitated a very deep recession," said Mohammed Nalla, the head of strategic research at Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking.
Attard Montalto, last Thursday, predicted a possible 50 or even 100 basis points hike in January, depending on movement of the rand and outflows. He even warned that political influence could extend to the Reserve Bank, which, like the treasury, "could no longer be viewed as sacrosanct".
The prioritisation of political issues over reforms put South Africa firmly on the path to junk status, he said. Before Gordhan was brought in, Attard Montalto said he expected ratings agencies to downgrade South Africa, possibly after the February budget.
It would also take the government's funding and debt servicing costs, already a concern for ratings agencies, to unsustainable levels, meaning its infrastructure programme, the core of its economic programme, would have to be curtailed.
Attard Montalto on Thursday last week predicted the bond curve could have been rerated to around 10% to 10.5%, which it had by Saturday. This would severely stress the budget, he said.
He said these higher bond yields would have increased the cost of borrowing by more than R5-billion a year "and government would have had to take that at least that from spending plans every year from now on".
After Gordhan's appointment, the 10-year government bond yield had dropped to 9.5% by Wednesday. Had the situation continued to regress, it might not have been a very long walk to the IMF.
Attard Montalto told the Mail & Guardian: "The real question is whether you would have had a financial stability event." That, he said, would have been guided by changes in policy related to nuclear procurement or decisions about the SAA Airbus swap deal.
Had there been more of a "shock outflow", there may have been a current account event, such as a sudden stop in the balance of payments. "Failed bond auctions [where investors are not interested in buying government bonds] might have happened in the new year," he said.
Gordhan's appointment has reversed some of the damage, but certainly not all.
Tshepiso Moahloli, the treasury's chief director of liability management, said higher bond yields might mean the government will have to issue more debt to meet the borrowing requirement, which would result in higher debt service costs.
"Should domestic government bond yields in 2016-2017 be 100 basis points higher than the forecasted yields used to calculate the debt-service costs published in the 2015 MTBPS [medium-term budget policy statement], debt-service costs on domestic government bonds will increase by R1.5-billion in 2016-2017," Moahloli said.
Nene's exit magnifies concerns about South Africa's Achilles heel – and that is the budget story, said Luis Costa, fixed income and FX head for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa at Citigroup.
The United States Federal Reserve has hiked interest rates after months of speculation that contributed to increased pressure on emerging market currencies, including the rand.
But the currency reacted relatively mildly after the announcement on Wednesday night, in part because the markets had factored in the inevitable hike, according to Investec's Annabel Bishop.
There had been some expectation of a rout on the rand following the Fed decision. Instead, domestic events – namely the decision by the president to replace Nhlanhla Nene as finance minister with little-known Des van Rooyen – saw the rand's value plummet to record lows of more than R16 to the dollar, she noted.
When the president was forced to make an about-face on his decision and appoint former finance minister Pravin Gordhan to the position a few days later, the rand recovered somewhat.
On Thursday morning the rand was trading in the region of R14.95 to the dollar.
After the events of last week, Moody's revised its outlook on South Africa's credit rating to negative, becoming the latest ratings agency to take a pessimistic view of the country's economy.
In a statement Moody's said that, along with the increased likelihood that economic growth would stay low, there was a rising risk of fiscal slippages thanks to both lower growth and "increasing political pressures".
Moody's said that, even without factoring in expensive new programmes the government has committed to, such as the nuclear build programme and National Health Insurance, political pressure was "calling into question the government's continued ability to maintain spending constraint".


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FERMOY: Real time detection of COVID-19 in water and wastewater using Artificial Intelligence
By Mary Bermingham
mary@TheCork.ie
New AI centre of excellence in Moorepark, Fermoy, Co Cork, Ireland to play key role in real-time detection of COVID19
DeepVerge (LSE:DVRG.L), announces the expansion of the data and technology division, Rinocloud, into Moorepark Technology Centre in Fermoy, Cork, Ireland. The facility includes laboratory and engineering production units that will establish a European centre of excellence for real-time detection of multiple dangerous pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, in water and wastewater systems.
The enlarged Artificial Intelligence centre will also facilitate the research, development and assembly of Rinoclouds' patent pending optofluidic rigs in order to meet immediate and local demand for infrastructural installations of real-time SARS-CoV-2 detection in Ireland and across Europe in wastewater. High-skilled roles include epidemiologists, physicists and data scientists.
Gerry Brandon, DeepVerge CEO commented:
"For 5 years, Rinocloud has been a driving innovator in real-time detection of dangerous pathogens such as E.Coli, in drinking water through its' RAWTest program, partly funded by the Environmental Protection Agency in Ireland. Following on from the recent MoU signed with China Resources and the York, UK, laboratories, this EU facility expands DeepVerge's capability to design, produce and assemble instruments on two continents, playing a key role in Ireland, UK and Europe, detecting and monitoring current and future outbreaks of COVID-19."
Water-based epidemiology ("WBE") is not new and will not end with this pandemic. Examining wastewater for evidence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is an internationally recognised tool used by many governments' to assess the rate of infection across populations in the community. Such systems have the ability to act as "Early Warning Systems" detecting community spread, including symptomatic and asymptomatic community members.
In March the European Union Commission published recommendations on the systematic surveillance of COVID and in wastewater and on April 30th 2021 the Irish government announced their plan to follow this recommendation and begin testing wastewater to detect SARS-CoV-2 levels in the community.
RAWTest data solutions adapted to Modern Water wastewater installations
The Rinocloud AI based data solutions have been adapted and installed into DeepVerge's environmental division Microtox and Microtrace units. These units were originally designed to detect, but not identify in real-time, up to 2,700 contaminants in water. The units now include the ability to immediately identify SARS-CoV-2 contaminants in wastewater. The Microtox Pathogen Detection ("MicrotoxPD") systems combine technologies such as microfluidics, photonics and AI using proven techniques from micro-engineering, microbiology and artificial intelligence and have typically been used to detect other harmful pathogens such as E.Coli. Over the last 9 months, MicrotoxPD units have achieved the ability to detect SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater.
This project represents a ground-breaking initiative for community control of the current global health crisis and early warning of future pandemics. The MicrotoxPD platform, using AI and data analytics is relevant for governments, cities, local authorities, industries, military, corporates, transport companies, etc. urgently seeking real-time identification of local COVID-19 hotspots with the ability to predict contagion spread and the risk of fresh outbreaks. In addition to SARS-CoV-2, MicrotoxPD units have positively detected and identified E.coli bacteria in drinking water with 99.3% accuracy in 3.37 seconds. Current standard test results after sampling typically return in 2-5 days.
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The Cuming Museum, Walworth Road, Southwark, London. 10th December, 2010 – 23rd April, 2011.
This exhibition combines 50 pairs of historic shoes from the Cuming Museum's collection with trainers personalised by young people in Southwark who participated in the Visual and Performing Arts Project offered in this area. Mapping is the exhibition's cornerstone theme, evidenced in the rich variety of maps on printed trainers designed by young people in Southwark, a table map of Southwark that invites visitors to set up markers of sites that are important to them, and a map of the world against which a collection of historic shoes from countries across the planet is displayed. For those who have contributed to this exhibition, then, mobilities has been the lens through which identity has been approached – and what is worn on the feet speaks to the mobilities evoked, both literally and metaphorically.
On the trainers designed by young people, the number of a bus route, the London Underground map, an ancient map of the world annotated to show countries visited, a photo of a home street, national flags, and a riddle were among the images printed onto the shoes' body, seaming and tongue. These as yet unworn shoes, marked with mobilities and belongings recently or currently lived out, sat opposite historic shoes that had travelled across vast distances and eras to their current location. Skin boots that enabled male Inuit hunters to make unbelievable journeys across the north of Canada shared museum space with elegantly decorated slippers worn by women in the 1800s who lived in luxury under the Ottoman Emperor's regime in Turkey – and never left the confines of the domestic sphere.
The short journey up a church aisle that marked the social distance between spinsterhood and marriage was evidenced in a small pair of black patent leather shoes. Worn by 20 year-old Eliza Annie Sanwell in 1893, who herself had migrated from Yorkshire to Camberwell, these shoes reflected the popularity of black toward the end of Queen Victoria's reign, plus the practicality of dark, shiny leather for a marital journey made on a Boxing Day. In the design of these shoes, then, the mobilities of people from different continents and historical periods were made tangible. The paduka, a wooden sole with only a toe post for attachment to the foot, spoke of the religious journeys and commitment to non-violence of Hindu and Jain sadhus. Narrow stilts on the underside of the paduka restricted contact with the ground and the risk of damage to plant or insect life.
In this exhibition, then, the (very) worn was on display opposite the yet-to-be worn. In between lay the table map of the museum's Southwark location. The diversity of identities could not have been more obvious, yet each shoe spoke of a shared, embodied mobility, lived out somewhere within a single global environment.
To visit the Cuming Museum website click here.


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package akka.stream.integration
package activemq

import akka.actor.{ ActorRef, ActorSystem }
import akka.stream.FlowShape
import akka.stream.scaladsl.{ Flow, GraphDSL, Keep, Sink, Source }

import scala.concurrent.{ ExecutionContext, Promise }

/**
 * This is a naive implementation of a bidirectional flow from/to ActiveMq using request-response; it assumes:
 * - that a 1 on 1 correspondence (bijection) exists between elements sent to - and received from the BACK-END
 * - that ordering is preserved between Out and In (see diagram); i.e. no mapAsyncUnordered, no foreachParallel,
 * ideally no network-traversals; careful with dispatching to actors, etc. If this property cannot be upheld due to
 * some stream-element's processing failing in an unexpected way, one will have to fail the graph
 * - that at-least-once-delivery is acceptable on the response-destination
 *
 * This flow is practical for the typical use case of handling a request received from activemq, processing it with
 * some bidi-flow, and dispatching a response to ActiveMq. The original requests gets acked once the response is sent.
 *
 * {{{
 *
 * LEGEND:
 *
 * FRONT-END                          BACK-END
 *                  +-------------+
 * ActiveMqSource ~>|             |~> Out
 *                  | AckBidiFlow |
 * Ackink         <~|             |<~ In
 *                  +-------------+
 * }}}
 */
object ActiveMqReqRespFlow {

  /**
   *
   * Create a bi-directional flow, with its FRONT-END-in hooked up to `source` and its FRONT-END-out hooked up to
   * `sink`. This constructor is intended for cases where responses are sent in line with the request-response pattern
   * (i.e. the Sink only completes the promise, the Source responds with the resolved value)
   */
  def apply[S, T, M1, M2](source: Source[AckTup[T, S], M1], sink: Sink[AckTup[T, T], M2])(implicit ec: ExecutionContext, system: ActorSystem): Flow[T, S, M1] = {
    applyMat(source, sink)(Keep.left)
  }

  def applyMat[S, T, M1, M2, Mat](source: Source[AckTup[T, S], M1], sink: Sink[AckTup[T, T], M2])(combineMat: (M1, M2) => Mat)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext, system: ActorSystem): Flow[T, S, Mat] = {

    Flow.fromGraph(GraphDSL.create(source, sink)(combineMat) { implicit b => (src, snk) =>
      import GraphDSL.Implicits._

      val bidi = b.add(AckBidiFlow[Promise[T], S, T]())

      src ~> bidi.in1
      bidi.out2 ~> snk

      FlowShape(bidi.in2, bidi.out1)
    })
  }

  /**
   * Create a bidi-flow that is linked up to an ActiveMqSource that is expected to execute a request-response pattern
   */
  def apply[S: CamelMessageExtractor, T: CamelMessageBuilder](consumerName: String)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext, system: ActorSystem): Flow[T, S, ActorRef] =
    apply(ActiveMqConsumer.apply[T, S](consumerName), AckSink.complete[T])
}


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Farcical Fun at Footlighters in Berwyn: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE
by Julie May September 26, 2015
My husband and I attended the opening night performance in Berwyn PA of The Footlighter Theatre's production of VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE. This Tony Award winning comedy/farce is great fun! The situation of a domineering sister and family issues makes a great groundwork for interesting characterizations. Here are our thoughts on the production:
Characters (in order of appearance):
Vanya (Joe Tranchitella) –Christopher Durang, the playwright, unveils Vanya's underlying character with a culminating powerhouse monologue near the end of the show when Vanya's years of frustrations come to a boil. Joe T. totally captures the audience with his mesmerizing performance of this very challenging and revealing moment in the show.
Sonya (Karen Eckstein-Sarkissian) – Sonya is the most complex character on the stage. Karen E-S is at a disadvantage in that Sonya's first moments are full of anger and frustration. I as an audience member didn't sympathize with Sonya in the beginning. But as the show progressed , Sonya was allowed to develop and she grew on me. And Karen E-S delivered Sonya's Act 2 monologue with strength. You feel the depths of her despair and the exhilaration of her success. Karen E-S fills the role!
Cassandra (Jillian Bosman) – Jillian B. is an energetic actor and her manic seer is spot on! She captured the audience every time she came on stage.
Masha (Barbara Burri) – Barbara B, as the "older" movie star, sister to Vanya and Sonya, sweeps on stage and takes charge. Masha owns the family home; she works to manipulate her "boy – toy" Spike – and her brother and sister. Barbara B. owns the audience. She allows the audience to see Masha's strengths and ultimately her weaknesses. She is the heart of the play.
Spike (Steven Harding) – Steven H. has one of the hardest roles in the show. He must convince the audience of his relationship with Masha, all the while, not letting the audience in as Spike plans his escape from her life. He plays a believable "boy-toy".
Nina (Abby Scott) – Abby S. portrays a delightful, wide eyed, movie/theatre/personality star-struck fan and her performance is very refreshing and genuine.
Production values – the set is functional and conveys the feel of an old family home that has seen better times. The placement of the all important doors to the outside and "the pond" perhaps hindered some of the staging, but the actors all were able to engage the audience as they inhabited their characters and the set served to underscore the circumstances of the characters. And director Travis Millman's final picture at the end of the show was strong. The audience left the theatre understanding that this basically dysfunctional family has found some common ground and they will survive and perhaps find some connection with each other.
It was a thoroughly entertaining performance!
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE
Footlighters Theater
58 Main Avenue
Review submitted by:
Julie May
Actor and director for past 20 years of community theatre. Have performed with or directed many of the Gilbert and Sullivan theatre companies in the Delaware Valley and have directed and performed at the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival in England. Have performed at several of the community theatres in the area. Recently performed in FORUM at Players Club of Swarthmore and YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN at Forge Theatre. Will direct the University of Pennsylvania Penn Singers in their spring 2016 G & S production. Soloist at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in West Chester.
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MAFS Cyrell calls Jess TF out for cheating in front of everyone and we're all for it
Yet another Married At First Sight Australia dinner party dissolved into an ugly brawl on Wednesday night as Cyrell Paule publicly outed fellow bride Jessika Power as a cheater.
The previous week, Jessika shared a forbidden kiss with Daniel Webb, despite the fact their respective partners Mick Gould and Tamara Joy were waiting for them inside.
A drunken Jess made her thoughts about Dan - "he's a meal, not a snack" - known immediately after he was introduced to the group earlier in the season. It was a confession fellow bride Cyrell clearly didn't forget in a hurry.
This week, after Jess and Dan disappeared from the dinner party for yet another private pash, Cyrell confronted Jess about the situation.
"Let's be honest, if you were genuinely trying to make your marriage work, you wouldn't have turned around and said to me a few dinner parties ago that you wanted to f**k Dan," she said.
Unable to provide an excuse, Jess tried to storm off, but Cyrell was hot on her heels, and the conversation quickly dissolved into an all-out screaming match.
"You're walking off because you know I'm saying the truth!" Cyrell yelled, prompting Jess to label her a "f**king psycho".
"Oh, so you don't want to sleep with Dan?!" Cyrell challenged.
"No, I don't!" Jess said, despite having just dished to producers about the pair's sexual chemistry.
As the scrap spilled over into the dining room, Cyrell opted to put the issue to the group.
"I'm gonna say it!"Cyrell yelled.
"Mick, I hate to say it but at the last dinner party Jess turned around and said she wanted to sleep with Dan. She wanted to f**k him! Where's Tamara? Tamara, she wanted to f**k your husband!
"She wanted to sleep with another man so all I said to her is, 'If you're genuinely trying to make your marriage work, if you're genuinely here for Mick, then you're not gonna be thinking about f**king another husband'."
"Absolutely," agreed Mick.
"Everyone knows you're a genuine bloke, you deserve better than this," Cyrell said.
Later in the evening, Dan's wife Tamara attempted to grill Jess about her feelings for her husband, but Jess remained tight-lipped about the kiss they'd shared just moments earlier.
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Q: Controlling numbering of theorems in Beamer I have a theorem that is too long for one frame. As \allowframebreaks does not work within the \theorem environment, I am trying to find a workaround. I can simply end the theorem environment on one frame and begin a new theorem environment on the next, thus splitting my theorem into two. However, this upsets the numbering system. Is it possible to manually change the theorem count so that I can re-use the last theorem number?
\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{CambridgeUS}
\setbeamertemplate{theorems}[numbered]

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\begin{theorem}
This is the beginning of Theorem 1.
\end{theorem}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\begin{theorem}[cont.]
This is the continuation of Theorem 1.
\end{theorem}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\begin{theorem}
This is Theorem 2.
\end{theorem}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

A: Just step the counter back before starting the continuation:

\documentclass{beamer}% http://ctan.org/pkg/beamer
\usetheme{CambridgeUS}
\setbeamertemplate{theorems}[numbered]

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\begin{theorem}
This is the beginning of Theorem 1.
\end{theorem}
\end{frame}

\addtocounter{theorem}{-1}
\begin{frame}
\begin{theorem}[cont.]
This is the continuation of Theorem 1.
\end{theorem}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\begin{theorem}
This is Theorem 2.
\end{theorem}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

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Rochester is een plaats (town) in de Amerikaanse staat Texas, en valt bestuurlijk gezien onder Haskell County.

Demografie
Bij de volkstelling in 2000 werd het aantal inwoners vastgesteld op 378.
In 2006 is het aantal inwoners door het United States Census Bureau geschat op 341, een daling van 37 (-9,8%).

Geografie
Volgens het United States Census Bureau beslaat de plaats een oppervlakte van
0,9 km², geheel bestaande uit land. Rochester ligt op ongeveer 486 m boven zeeniveau.

Plaatsen in de nabije omgeving
De onderstaande figuur toont nabijgelegen plaatsen in een straal van 24 km rond Rochester.

Externe link

Plaats in Texas


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Bitcoin Strengthens: Mining Difficulty & Dominance Rate on the Rise
William M. Peaster on July 10, 2019 / 0 Comments
The state of the Bitcoin network and its associated cryptocurrency? Strong and getting stronger, it would seem.
On July 9th, cryptoverse stakeholders watched as it became harder than ever before to mine on the genesis blockchain, Bitcoin's mining difficulty rate having spiked to over 9 trillion hashes per second (T) for the first time during the day's early hours.
The development comes amid that rate uptrending since the beginning of the year — the waning weeks of last year's cryptoeconomy bear market saw Bitcoin's mining difficulty sink as low as 5 T. The rate's all-time high in 2018 had been around 7.5 T, a former peak that was crossed again on May 30th, 2019.
The ascension has continued to date, with the difficulty of winning bitcoin mining rewards once more reaching unprecedented heights as of this week.
Moreover, the rate's climb is expected to continue. As of Tuesday, bitcoin mining pool BTC.com has projected BTC mining difficulty will hit over 10.3 T later this month.
If that projection were to actualize, the difficulty rate — which self-adjusts approximately every two weeks, namely after lots of 2,016 blocks — would have spiked by more than 14 percent from its current position.
A Mining Boom in Our Midst
To be sure, the growth indicates that new miners are joining the network in droves, as mining difficulty grows in kind as more miners come online.
That dynamic matches with comments made last month by Steven Mosher, marketing and sales lead with mining company Canaan Creative. At the time, Mosher noted his company had seen an acute explosion of demand for mining hardware that was then outpacing supply.
"It looks like a return to the 2017 Q3 [and] Q4 conditions, where demand was three times the supply," he said.
For example, plenty of ASIC hardware will be needed by miner startup Plouton Mining, which announced plans in June to open up a 50 acre solar-powered bitcoin mining site in the California desert.
Worth Noting: Bitcoin Dominance Rate Pushing Up, Too
In the summer of 2017, the BTC dominance rate — the bitcoin market cap's share of the entire cryptoeconomy's market capitalization — plummeted to the unprecedented low of 39 percent.
At the time, many thought the prospects of the top altcoins had never seemed higher. But in the wake of the 2018 bear market, it's been bitcoin that has come out enjoying renewed dominance, with the BTC dominance rate now at 63 percent — the highest it's been since April 2017 before that year's bull run ripped into gear.
That reality has reinforced the belief held by some in the space that after the 2017 cryptoverse bubble many token projects would never recover. In other words, bitcoin has remained king of the hill as smaller projects have waned.
The renewed optimism around the OG cryptocurrency has been reflected in its price as of late. Hovering around $12,500 at press time, bitcoin is now up 88 percent on the year, up 139 percent over the last three months, and up 1,928 percent over the last five years.
It's this performance record — one that's been uncorrelated with traditional markets and more impressive than the recent performance of safe haven assets — that have more people saying bitcoin is a proper safe haven asset itself.
So what happens next? Steadily increasing amounts of institutional involvement would be a fair guess. CME Group's bitcoin futures contracts have seen impressive and growing volume lately, and Bakkt — the long-waited crypto exchange being backed by the owner-operators of the NYSE — will begin trialing its own bitcoin futures product this month.
Such increased institutional involvement could serve to lend to Bitcoin's mining difficulty and dominance rate for the foreseeable future. Alas, its mainstream legitimization as a commodity could end up making Bitcoin that much more dominant.
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