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By Afikile Lugunya - Mar 19, 2018
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Road & Transport, Cllr Rano Kayser, on Monday officially handed over the 25 Integrated Public Transport System (IPTS) buses to a local operator, Spectrum Alert, at Cleary Park bus depot.
Kayser said the moment for the Integrated Public Transport System buses has finally arrived with the last piece of the puzzle now in place.
"It was a really hard and bumpy road but we managed to stay the course. We can now officially hand over 25 buses, of which 24 are articulated, as well as the Cleary Park depot facility to the Vehicle Operating company – Spectrum Alert.
"I've made a commitment that we will not deviate from legislative requirements and accordingly the city now mandates the industry to run the Integrated Public Transport System (IPTS) on its behalf.
"Taxi drivers and guardjies (previously responsible for collecting money and operating taxi doors) have been trained and are now qualified Code 14 drivers and many more job opportunities will follow such as security services, maintenance and mechanical jobs amongst others.
"However we would like the beneficiaries of these jobs to come primarily from the taxi industry.
"Policemen and women who can present their appointment certificates as proof will be able to commute for free. Pensioners and students, with valid student cards, will get a 20% discount from the normal fare," MMC Kayser said.
The buses will start to operate from the 26th of March with complimentary bus tickets that will be handed out from that date to the 9th of April 2018.
The complimentary ticket allows commuters to have access to 12 free trips as part of a project to get them to share their experiences on the buses.
Keyser said that by giving the tender to Spectrum Alert, the Metro was transforming the IPTS system.
Spectrum Alert CEO, Christian King, said that the buses will start with the Cleary Park-CBDs route then get onto the Njoli-CBD route afterwards.
A public participation process, starting on Monday night, will now follow with Northern Areas residents and thousands of complimentary tickets will be distributed for use between 26 March and 9 April.
The IPTS drivers' uniform was also revealed on Monday. They will be wearing black jeans with red golf-shirts, which are the same colour as the buses.
Commuters can get their complimentary tickets at the Cleary Park Customer Care Centre and the Mfanasekhaya Gqoboshe Building.
Call the Libhongolethu Transport Operations Centre at 0800 47 87 87 for more information.


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Q: Fringe pattern in Michelson interferometer
It's given that CA - CB is d, the angle CAE is $\theta$. (E is not on the normal of mirror M1). I want to find the condition for maxima at E (as a function of $\theta$).
I tried finding the path difference but it turned out to be very complicated, assuming that light after passing through beamsplitter continues traveling along the same straight line. How does one find the radius of rings formed on the screen, if there's a screen instead of detector?

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It is much easier to "fold" the interferometer. If you imagine that there is a lens of short focal length at the exit of the laser, (otherwise, the rays do not diverge), you have a point source S which after reflection on the separator and the mirrors has two images S1 and S2 at the top, distant from $2d$. (When you move a mirror by $d$, the image move by $2d$)
If the screen is at a sufficiently large distance, the rays emitted by S1 and S2 which interfere at E are practically parallel and the difference in the path is $\delta =2d\cos (\theta )$ (if there is no additional phase shift due to reflections on the mirrors ).
The bright rings correspond to $\delta =2d\cos ({{\theta }_{n}})=n\lambda $ and the rings on the screen are obtained by writing $\tan ({{\theta }_{n}})\approx {{\theta }_{n}}={{R}_{n}}/D$ if $D$ is the distance of the sources on the screen.
Be careful : the order of interference is maximum in the center and decreases when one moves away from the center.

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July 29, 2009: A one inch, hairline crack, was found on the pressure hull of the 14 year old USS Toledo (a Los Angeles class SSN, or nuclear attack submarine). The crack was in the metal plate, not a weld. After carefully examining the crack, the plate will be replaced. Above the crack, there was a 21 inch hairline crack in the outer (non pressurized) hull, which was under the sail. The USS Toledo had just undergone a three year refit, costing $179 million. The sub will be sent to a nearby (to New London, Connecticut) shipyard, for the repairs.
Such a crack in the pressure hull is a serious problem, because it makes it more likely that the pressure hull would fail, and flood the boat, at less than the "test depth" (about two thirds the "design depth," which is the maximum depth the sub can operate at). Going a little deeper gets you to the collapse (or "crush") depth, at which the pressure hull is crushed and implodes. The deepest diving U.S. subs, the Seawolf class, are believed to have a test depth of 490 meters (1,600 feet) and a collapse depth of 730 meters (2,400 feet). During World War II, collapse depths were never more than a thousand feet. Since then, larger boats, built of stronger metals, have greatly increased the depth subs can operate at. But that only works if the crew knows the limits of their boats, and cracks in the pressure hull reduce those limits.
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When The Rule Swallows The Exception, Claire Oakes Finkelstein Jan 2000
When The Rule Swallows The Exception, Claire Oakes Finkelstein
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The Inefficiency Of Mens Rea, Claire Oakes Finkelstein Jan 2000
The Inefficiency Of Mens Rea, Claire Oakes Finkelstein
Positivism And The Notion Of An Offense, Claire Oakes Finkelstein Jan 2000
Positivism And The Notion Of An Offense, Claire Oakes Finkelstein
While the United States Supreme Court has developed an elaborate constitutional jurisprudence of criminal procedure, it has articulated few constitutional doctrines of the substantive criminal law. The asymmetry between substance and procedure seems natural given the demise of Lochner and the minimalist stance towards due process outside the area of fundamental rights. This Article, however, argues that the "positivistic" approach to defining criminal offenses stands in some tension with other basic principles, both constitutional and moral. In particular, two important constitutional guarantees depend on the notion of an offense: the presumption of innocence and the ban on double jeopardy. Under ...


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Journal of Computational Electronics
September 2015 , Volume 14, Issue 3, pp 661–668 | Cite as
A novel high performance junctionless FETs with saddle-gate
Xiaoshi Jin
Meile Wu
Xi Liu
Rongyan Chuai
Hyuck-In Kwon
Jung-Hee Lee
First Online: 08 May 2015
In this paper, a novel junctionless field effect transistors (JL FETs) with a saddle-gate structure has been proposed, and the I–V characteristics has been extensively studied by TCAD device simulation. The performance comparison between saddle-gate JL FETs and conventional triple-gate JL FETs has also been performed. The influence of gate dielectric on device property has also been investigated. A scheme of design optimization of saddle-gate JL FETs has also been proposed.
Saddle-gate Junctionless Field effect transistors Design optimization
This work is supported by the Fund of Liaoning Province Education Department No. L2012028, No. L2013045, the fund of the ministry of education of China, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 61372019.
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Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott (left), is presented with a solar powered light emitting diode (LED) panel, manufactured by United Stated-based technology solutions firm, Green Energy RG LLC, by Managing Director, Alfred Heyer (centre, foreground); and President, Green Energy RG Caribbean Limited, Jonathan Burke (right), in a symbolic handing over which took place during Tuesday's (January 8) ceremony at Osbourne Store, Clarendon, to launch the government's energy saving project, being implemented in local government facilities. The initiative will commence with a pilot phase in Clarendon, and sections of Kingston, St. Andrew, and St. Catherine. Looking on (in background, from left) are: Councillor for the Toll Gate Division of the Clarendon Parish Council, Godfrey Knight; Council Chairman and May Pen Mayor, Scean Barnswell; and Councillor, York Town Division, Liphel Purcell.
The 47 residents of the Hanover Infirmary are now living in more comfortable and modern surroundings, following the official opening of a new $40 million building.
The Portmore Fire Station in Waterford, St. Catherine received a well-needed facelift at a cost of $1.5 million.
The KSAC also boosted its property tax collection by 169 per cent since April 1 this year, when compared to the figure for the corresponding period last year.
The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, under the leadership of portfolio Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott, expended millions of dollars on the construction and upgrading of infirmaries, markets, fire stations, among other facilities to improve the quality of service to ordinary Jamaicans.
Located on the compound of the old facility, on Watson Taylor Drive, Lucea, the infirmary boasts separate male and female dorms with general bathroom facility, private rooms with their own bathrooms, general lobby area, doctors examination room, matron's office, general staff room, Poor Relief Office, entry foyer, verandas, and recreational space.
The St. Ann Infirmary, located in Priory, also benefited from upgrading and refurbishing work, which included: painting of the walls and bathroom facilities, replacing tiles and bushing of the compound.
Also, the St. Mary Infirmary received a major facelift, including painting of the interior and exterior sections of the buildings, tiling, planting of several crops, erection of a fence, installation of a solar system, and general landscaping of the premises.
Additionally, five solar water heaters, three 1,000-gallon water tanks and 15 solar panels valued at some $2.4 million were installed at the facility located in the parish capital, Port Maria.
Throughout the year, several markets were renovated and re-opened across the island. In the Corporate Area, these include: the Redemption Arcade and Jubilee Market in downtown Kingston.
Also, a fish market in Lucea, Hanover, which was refurbished at a cost of approximately $1 million, was officially reopened. The facility is attached to the Lucea Market and is able to accommodate some 15 fish vendors. It features tiled flooring, modern counters, wash stands with sinks, fans and proper ventilation.
The Charles Gordon Market in St. James was also refurbished at a cost of approximately $4.3 million and including refurbishing of vendors stalls, repair and painting of walls, patching and painting of the car park, rebuilding of planter boxes, and general cleaning.
Some $4.7 million was spent to carry out upgrading works on the Freeport Fire Station in St. James. This included the construction of a female dorm, bathroom facilities, a kitchenette, locker room, and a watch commander's office.
Also, a contract valued at US$1.35 million was awarded for the procurement of three new fire trucks.
The Portmore Fire Station in Waterford, St. Catherine received a well-needed facelift at a cost of $1.5 million. Works included painting, tiling, basic landscaping, tree planting, removal and replacement of some windows, doors and lighting and plumbing fixtures, and provision of comfort items.
To further strengthen its search and rescue operations in six parishes, the Jamaica Fire Brigade received water and structural rescue kit equipment valued at some $1 million from the United States Southern Command.
The brigade also got rescue tools valued at approximately US$35,000, which are used to assist with the extrication of casualties during an accident.
As part of efforts to ensure greater energy efficiency and reduce costs, the Ministry in January launched a LED streetlight project.
Over the six-month pilot, some 5,000 LED lights are being installed in Clarendon as well as sections of St. Catherine and Kingston and St. Andrew. Additionally, the Ministry's headquarters at Hagley Park Road in Kingston was retrofitted with energy saving solutions.
Throughout the year, the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) made strides in improving accountability and management practices, with the establishment of an audit committee. The body has oversight of the financial reporting process to ensure accuracy and transparency.
Other notable achievements include: continuation of drive to rid the Corporate Area of illegal billboards and signs that have been erected without the Corporation's approval; registration of vendors and handcart operators; utilisation of the designated vending areas; the acquisition of some 40 portable tablet computers, valued just over $400,000, for technical officers; and the launch of the KSAC's LoveCleanKSA interactive mobile technology application.
In the meantime, the Westmoreland Parish Council established a Safety and Security Committee, with the primary objective of facilitating partnerships, collaborations and consultations to improve the safety and security of the citizens of the parish. The Council, during the dry months, also trucked water to several areas that have been affected by severe drought.
The St. Elizabeth Parish Council also received an additional $3 million to assist in the distribution of water to drought stricken areas in the parish.
Also, in a drive to build safer communities and enhance public order across the parish, the St. Catherine Parish Council launched the Parish Safety and Security Committee.
The Committee spearheaded a campaign to increase the citizens' participation in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of actions to improve their safety and security.
These are the Local Government Act, the Local Government and Financial Management Act, and the Local Government Unified Services and Employment Act.
A new Building Act was approved by Cabinet in March, and policy makers are looking forward to its implementation by the end of this financial year.
The new legislation, coupled with others, will seek to improve the efficiency of the building approvals process, and provide a framework for the effective management of the building industry.
Minister Arscott also disclosed that the drafting of the proposed Disaster Risk Management Bill is far advanced. The legislation seeks to strengthen the country's overall national disaster preparedness, emergency management and response processes and mechanisms, through a range of measures.
Early in the year, the Ministry signed on to a global campaign called 'Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready' in Kingston. Through this campaign, local government officials will be introduced to the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), and a ten-point checklist for making cities resilient.
To support that, a contract was signed for the implementation of a landslide mitigation project in the communities of Harbour Heights, Melbrook Heights and Bedward Gardens in St Andrew, and Breastworks in Portland. The project involves the construction of mosaic architecture to reinforce hillsides, the construction of drains, and rain water harvesting.
In December, the agency announced that it will be spending some $45 million over the festive season to clean-up, clear, transport and dispose of solid waste, generation of which is expected to increase significantly during the period.
Some $25 million will be expended on public cleansing activities, while another $20 million will go toward the removal of bulk waste and the clearance of illegal and roadside dumps.
The NSWMA also implemented phase two of its Plastic Separation Pilot Project. Under phase one, which commenced in Manchester in February, 100 households in Greenvale, Ingleside, and Hope Village were targeted and residents encouraged to separate plastic containers from their regular domestic waste, to facilitate seamless collection and disposal.
The NSWMA also collaborated with parish councils in its public education effort to encourage persons to dispose of their garbage appropriately.
At the start of the year, ODPEM donated US$30,000 to the University of the West Indies' (UWI) Earthquake Unit to install four motion seismographs across the Kingston Metropolitan Area. They will be positioned on buildings to help monitor the response of those and other structures during major earthquakes.
The agency, in October, tested a pilot early warning system to alert disabled persons of impending disaster. The system, which was tested in communities in Portmore, St. Catherine, facilitates real-time warning and response to disasters such as hurricanes and flooding for the disabled.
Just under $140 million was allocated by the Government for drain cleaning this year in preparation for the Atlantic hurricane season and to guard against flooding.
Also, the Montego Bay Civic Centre in the historic Sam Sharpe Square was fenced at a cost of $17 million.
Some 500 farmers in and around the Accompong area of St. Elizabeth benefitted from a greenhouse project, set up through a US$50,000 grant by the Global Environmental Fund (GEF), which was facilitated by the Social Development Commission.


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Sonic Relief 2009 – Grand Total Announcement
Posted on 15th March 2009 20th March 2009
15-3-09 UPDATE:
SONIC RELIEF 2009: THE GRAND TOTAL
Red Nose Day has now been and gone and Sonic & The Black Knight is now on UK shelves… but there's still one last thing to do before we say "sayonara" to Sonic Relief 2009 (which was conceptualised to celebrate the two) and that's to announce the grand total we raised for charity.
Only a couple of weeks ago we asked you to "do something Sonic for money", be it a drawing, a video, a song… literally anything. And you did. For a relatively unplanned event and a fairly short time span, we received loads of entries – all in the name of a good cause. Thank you to all who entered.
Certain members had vowed to donate money to Comic Relief based on how many entries we received (be it 50p per entry, a set amount whatever the number of entries, or strange mathematical calculations) and before I reveal the total I'd just like to say thank you to all of these. Without you, this event could never have taken place or been the success it has become. Special thanks goes to MK Skillz who originally put the idea through to me and without his constant help throughout the event, none of this could have happened. Special thanks also go to my wife Emma, Urtheart, vger, JJ4eva, The DJ and bolt7 for all their donations, you rock!
So then, shall we get on with it?
It's the moment you've all been waiting for!
I can now reveal that Sonic Relief 2009 managed to raise a rather spectacular £102 for Comic Relief!
It may not sound like much but considering the short space of time we had, that's a really respectable amount. It may only be a small addition to Comic Relief's current total of over £57 million but it's a valuable addition nonetheless – and it's also helped to bring our community together to aid a common cause.
In celebration of this year's success we are also planning to present some of the best Sonic Relief 2009 entries on The Sonic Stadium's front page.
So, I guess that's it for Sonic Relief then… right?
Well, no. Judging by the success of this first fundraising drive, I'm more than up for doing it again sometime in the future – and I'm sure that a lot of you would be too! With more time, more planning, and more support who knows what we could be capable of raising…?
14-3-09 UPDATE: That's a wrap folks!
So if I've counted right, we have 36 entries! Some are from multiple entries some people submitted but it's still an awesome number of entries.
Thanks to everyone who contributed, that's £17.00 I will be donating to Comic Relief. We have £20 going to Comic Relief from The DJ, that makes £37.00. Urtheart will be donating so much per entry via his calculation that I can't get my head around 😆 Other staff will be donating some cash too. Once we have a full total of the raised amount, we'll let you know our grand total.
Thanks again everyone, you've helped a great cause 😉
6-3-09 UPDATE: To make things more official, gain optional donations and to put entries in a place where everyone can see and appreciate them Sonic Relief now has an Official Comic Relief site which you can check out here. Turns out these Comic Relief pages only allow 3 pics and 3 videos up at one time so we'll be rotating entries so that everyone has some showcase time on the site.
To celebrate the UK release of Sonic & The Black Knight as well as Comic Relief's Red Nose Day on Friday 13th March 2009, we're giving you the chance to help raise some money for charity in the very first Sonic Relief!
Sonic Relief is a concept made by SSMB forumer MK Skillz, which simply asks you to "do something Sonic for money". Thanks to the super power of teamwork, The Sonic Stadium is heavily supporting the idea and it's been given the go ahead.
All we need you to do is to be a part of Sonic Relief! Whether you want to dress up as your favourite Sonic character, sing a song, draw us a picture… literally ANYTHING (as long as it's funny and will make us laugh!) then we want to see it! The possibilities are endless!
For every entry that we receive, Shadzter (as well as other supporting members such as Urtheart, Vger, bolt, and SEGA Sonic's Radio DJs The DJ and JJ4eva) will donate money to Comic Relief. The more entries, the more money we raise… simple!
For those of you who do not know who or what Comic Relief is, it's a UK based charity which aims to make "a just world free from poverty". Every two years, Comic Relief holds Red Nose Day – a live television extravaganza which is usually a guaranteed night in of laughter. The general public can also purchase specially made Red Noses or simply do anything to raise money, with all the proceeds going to the charity. If you wish to find out more, please visit http://www.comicrelief.com/ or http://www.rednoseday.com/
All entries should be posted in the SSMB Sonic Relief topic.
The closing date for entries is Friday 13th March 2009.
Thanks for all your support so far, stay tuned for more Sonic Relief announcements coming soon!
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The Best and Worst of the Sonic Community 2008
Posted on 2nd January 2009 6th November 2009
Author Dreadknux
Happy New Year! And since we're well on our way into 2009 already, it's time to look back on the past 12 months and reflect on the good that has come out of the Sonic the Hedgehog community in 2008. There have been simply loads of good times and plenty of bad times, and each of them as memorable as the last. But what have been the reigning moments of the year? We've whittled all the good times to one single event, and of course because we would be wrong if we didn't cover the bad elements of the Sonic fanbase too, we've pointed out the single worst event in the Sonic Community as well. Read on and reminisce in The Year That Was. Continue reading The Best and Worst of the Sonic Community 2008
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UK Winners of Black Knight Contest Slowly Revealed
Posted on 7th October 2008 4th March 2009
The Sonic and the Black Knight Artwork contest has come to a close, and community art pieces from around the world have been judged by SEGA for inclusion in the upcoming Wii title. TSSZ has reported on several winners residing in Sonic Retro – and it turns out from the European side, some of our own SSMB Forum members have won too!
ArchAngelUK has been emailing the 20 European winners throughout the last day or so, but the full list has not been publically released, leaving us a waiting game to see who will pipe up in sheer joy and euphoria. Among the winners that have publically claimed WinRar is Violet who is a regular at our UK Sonic Meetups and was one of the main contributors to the Summer of Sonic convention this year. Word has it that TSS Merch Hog T-Bird has also won a place in the game. UK fans Mahzes, ENVY16, Sock-fox and Adamis from Belgium were also rocking winning pictures yesterday.
Other community members that voiced joy at the Sonic Retro forums was well-known community artist Purity; other namedrops include G. Silver, known best at the Green Hill Zone forums; Radrappy and DeviantArt member Aedelthryd.
The annoying thing? None of the winning entries are allowed to be shown until the game's release next year. Bummer, I'm sure all the winners will want to show their piece to every man, woman and child right now. Congratulations to all the winners all over the world!
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Fan Spotlight: Robotnik's Revenge
Posted on 20th September 2008
Author Slingerland
Welcome to the Fan Spotlight, a segment that shines on creative works in the Sonic community that you should check out.
Over at Sonic Retro, member ColinC10 has made a brand new ROM hack that tests not only your time attacking skills, but your boss killing skills as well. "Robotnik's Revenge" is a Genesis ROM hack that pits you against every single boss from both Sonic 1 & 2. Back to back, you are presented with these familiar challenges inside the Death Egg, a design reminiscent of the version of the Death Egg found in the "Sonic 2 Long Version" hack. The hack is incredibly addicting, as your previous experience with these bosses leaves you coming back for more if just so happen to die. I died a few times near the end and kept telling myself, "I know that I can beat this game! I've done it a thousand times!" Then, I kept playing.
The hack offers a time attack mode (unlimited lives) and a survival mode (with lives). You can play with Sonic or Tails in both modes. Please, give it a play, because it is really cool to see the Sonic 1 bosses implemented into the Sonic 2 engine.
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- Recall that we previously learned that four Ishtar Collective scientists, Maya, her wife Chioma Esi, Duane-McNiadh, and Dr. Shim, found a Vex of some kind and were studying it and eventually found that it was studying them as well. The Vex was running a perfect simulation of them and their (local?) world to the point it was predicting all of their real world actions. And it wasn't just simulating them, it was simulating a total of two hundred and twenty-seven copies of them!
It appears that they managed to contact a Warmind and it intervened and somehow pulled all 227 copies of the scientists out of Vex control. Safe, the four real scientists and the 227 virtual ones all agreed that the virtual ones should venture back into the Vex Citadel's informational pathways to see what they could learn and achieve.
Very notable here is that it was far too dangerous for humans to approach Vex structures. The cellular components could cause hallucinations while the informational elements could literally be Vex minds without substance ready to attack or infect anyone who came near. To combat this the scientists approached using "biomechanical proxy." That is, they used neural linked Exos with a Warmind as a firewall.
The coast is different, beautiful, and unbroken and timeless. It teems with new life. Every big brain in the system has their sights set on the Academy.
We were there for the Ahamkara, parasitic reptilian critters that appeared out of thin air. Inexplicable genome. New proteins. So much potential.
And me? I'm there for her. Dr. Maya Sundaresh. She's poured into the research, on the brink of another breakthrough, focused on devouring every new data point.
No. She doesn't know me at all, doesn't even recognize my face even though I've been here standing over her shoulders for months. I'm nothing more than a fixture, a required imposition. An unwanted necessity.
I'm no egghead. Never was. Just like now, back then I was on a need-to-know basis, and the only thing I needed to know is that nothing and nobody gets through the door and past me without at least three layers of security clearance and a whole lot of muscle.
Still. I think about saying something. Saying anything. In a second my mind rifles through a trillion possibilities.
But she's already turned back to her work. I shuffle my feet, straighten my back, and return to mine.
- 40+ years later, after the incident with the Vex, we find that Maya is now working in Lhasa Tibet. She is writing a letter to Chioma on Hyperion (the moon of Saturn?) apologizing for being so distant. The device she is working on is very interesting. It is a human built machine that mimics the Vex gateway system. Maya says she thinks of it as a "...mind-ship. Capable of displacing its payload across space and time."
She tries it herself to apparently no ill effect. Or at least she doesn't mention any. The other scientists who enter it suffer from a variety of effects including thinking themselves as dead, horrible senses of deja vu, etc. Eventually, Maya retires from her position saying she is tired of being away from Chioma but she leaves her logs behind asking the others to continue them. She says that: "Maybe it'll become a tradition. The gospel of our little cult."
- The Future War Cult in the present day City that has a device when when entered causes a variety of strange sensations and causes a variety of strange and terrible visions. And they found records of the device "at a Golden Age laboratory in Tibet..." Also note that the Future War Cult's record keeping is the same "RECORD CHASM" format that Maya first used!
- The last of the Future War Cult's records note that of 47 subjects sent into the device "eleven report timelines in which the Darkness has already prevailed, thirteen report timelines in which the City has fallen. Twenty-three babbled madness. Hopeless. Trapped." (That's all of them!) They also note that: "The human mind is too weak for it. Too weak to look into the Future, or to understand what it sees."
- Interestingly, back in the Golden Age Maya Sundaresh agreed having said: "I think it's clear that part of the problem is substrate. We need more than flesh and drug to survive this." (Drug referring to a drug that their unnamed supervising Warmind devised to try and protect them from the Device's effects.) Substrate seems to refer to one's body as Vex minds without physical forms existed "without a substrate." What would be better than a human mind? A better substrate? How about a nueral biomechanical proxy... Maya did seem to think they would get much more advanced in the future... and she's writing her log forty years from when she first thought about it.
- Something else interesting: When Rasputin first detected the Darkness entering our system one of the ways he detected it was with a SxISR deepspace asset. Dr Sundaresh said of her "mind-ship"
The purpose of the system is intelligence, you see. It's stenciled right on the hull: SxISR. Special asset.
- Maya Sundaresh and her team built a device that allowed a payload to be displaced "across space and time."
- The hallucinogenic and temporal effects put far too much strain on many, or most, or all of the subjects that tried to use it, and in the present day the Future War Cult found the same thing, but an Exo would be unaffected. Maya did say: "We need more than flesh and drug to survive this."
- We know that Exos can be self contained individuals, but we also have record of biomechanical proxies being neural linked to their owner. And we now have a device that can displace a mind across space and time!
- Could the Exo Stranger be Maya Sundaresh operating from a "mind-ship" somewhere in our past or future? Her device had a hull implying it wasn't machinery in a lab but was actually a ship of some kind. And, What role might the Future War Cult, who has access to at least one such Device, be playing in the greater scheme of things?


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Sinclair ATSC 3.0 Receiver Spec Q&A: Mark Aitken
Sinclair looks to leverage big data
Deborah D McAdams
BALTIMORE—Sinclair Broadcast Group, ever the proponent of the emerging two-way broadcast TV transmission standard known as ATSC 3.0, announced on Oct. 31 an effort to develop receiver specifications. Sinclair announced that it and its subsidiary, ONE Media, were developing receiver technology that would provide the type of immediate audience usage and behavior data now available to online entities. Since receiver specs are typically the bailiwick of receiver manufacturers a la the Consumer Technology Association, and audience metrics of third-party providers, TV Technology wondered just how this effort would work and what would be involved.
Sinclair Vice President of Advanced Technology Mark Aitken obliged.
TV Technology: How will these receiver specs work? Will you guys draw them up and share them with the Consumer Technology Association and/or set-makers?
Mark Aitken: We will share across the interrelated industries, and drive specific requirements. Instead of having disparate entities—we create and distribute/transmit content, and somebody else decides what they need to receive those services—hoping we have a distribution system that works, we work to define the end-to-end requirements across multiple classes of devices in multiple service environments. Starting with identifying and defining the full "link budget."
When you take up a direct-to-home satellite service, for example, you don't subscribe to a service separately, buy your own receiver separately, and hook it up to your own dish separately—and hope it works! It might, but most often not well!
TVT: So can we expect a Sinclair Beyondfinity set-top box? How will this model comply with federal DTV receiver requirements?
Aitken: Too early to be speculating. We will do whatever is required to drive the market.
TVT: Are you working directly with a chipmaker, and if so, which one?
Aitken: We are in discussions with current known ATSC 3.0 chip manufacturers, but also reaching out to other non-traditional partners and discussing investment opportunities. We have an initiative (future announcement) underway to bring other non-traditional ATSC DTT countries into the global opportunities opened with 3.0.
What if a chip said, "Made in India"?
TVT: Indeed… let's get back to that, but first, will these features be present in early receiver chipsets?
Aitken: From our perspective—and I would say mirrored understanding by most of the broadcast players committed to 3.0—we need complete functionality "out of the box." Of particular concern is the idea that activities within CTA are already working towards limiting important elements of the for ATSC 3.0 physical layer. Expect broadcasters to establish the equivalent of a "Good Housekeeping" seal of approval receiver compliance (not to be confused with an ATSC conformance) program.
TVT: OK, back to India. Sinclair was a "Gold Partner" for October's Broadcast India Show in Mumbai. What was that about?
Aitken: We are also a lifetime Sponsor of the Broadcast Engineering Society of India, and will be speaking/attending their annual conference in February. India is about opportunities to leverage an extremely capable workforce and manufacturing community. ATSC 3.0 will go Global, and that is good for the ecosystem. We are working to impact every market we can in every way imaginable.
TVT: Should we expect some ATSC 3.0 news with regard to India, which adopted DVB-2 in 2008 and is still transitioning to it from analog?
Aitken: They are still massively analog, but this present government and the Prime Minister have an aggressive view of catalyzing change. "Digital India" and "Make in India" are two very far reaching government initiatives. We hope that with the help of the PMO, Parliament and industry players we can provide understanding of the transformative opportunities ATSC 3.0 could provide in a convergent "5G" hybrid service environment, and we are developing a Pilot project that we will deploy/support to highlight many of the most valuable attributes.
TVT: South Korea plans to launch ATSC 3.0 next year. How would this full link-budget model square with 3.0 deployments worldwide?
Aitken: Link budgets are link budgets. They tie use cases with service requirements. We hope to add value to the entire ATSC 3.0 ecosystem.
TVT: Will consumers be able to opt out of data-gathering?
Aitken:Full compliance with all privacy requirements.
TVT: These, the FCC's broadband privacy rules adopted Oct. 27?
Aitken: When is all of something other than everything?
TVT: Fair enough. Will there be a tiered service where opt-outs pay for certain features and content that the data-gathered get for free?
Aitken: Pretty sure it is not a one-way street. Tiered service op-out may limit access to some of the services…yes. Pay is a different/parallel issue, and up to the service provider.
TVT: Is Sinclair planning a subscription-based auxiliary service model in addition to providing a primary video signal?
Aitken: That surely one of the value equations we are contemplating, as are other broadcasters. To be competitive in a rapidly changing marketplace, we must look at all opportunities and determine if we can provide reasons for consumers to move to the new services we will be fully capable of supporting.
TVT: Does this indicate that part of ONE Media is to be a provider of viewing data/program ratings?
Aitken: What is being done will enable a central operator or multiple operators. Whether that is ONE Media or some "NewCo" (or an industry partnership or other) is too early to define. The work we are doing must be done, and we have decided to make sure it gets done.
TVT: But don't advertisers demand third-party audience metrics?
Aitken: First, we must ensure all the hooks are in place. Then we have to ensure the data can be gathered. Then we will find a way to create value (create a currency) that parties can trust. Part of today's problems are the very sample size (a few hundred samples for millions of viewers?), and extrapolation that cannot possibly know where individual users/viewers are coming from or going to. No way to really know what the viewer/user community is doing. We would like them to play longer in our world, and in the future, that will be possible if we get it right! And our world, the world of Broadcasting, will expand and offer more places for folks to go and enjoy the entertainment/information opportunities we offer in a converged hybrid future. We are ready to compete!
TVT: Will the spec explicitly dictate a broadband connection and application framework?
Aitken: Provisions for a broadband connection, yes. Dictate? Service-dependent. This first and second level of activity may be passed on to specific service organization and built upon for incorporation. Specs define ways to provide capabilities, not a demand to be incorporated except as required by the service (use case).
TVT: Will this spec be adoptable by the wireless industry and thus make possible for an ATSC 3.0 chip in a smartphone?
Aitken: We are wireless.
There is already a serious discussion underway to bring some of this activity into 3GPP to ensure a seamless way is defined for 3.0 eventual incorporation. That is a bit of a separate, business-driven discussion. However…
You can easily imagine the ATSC 3.0 standard being embraced and moved forward in emerging global environments outside of the U.S., where the wireless carriers do not define all of the specifics of devices. Consumers choose the devices they want, they separately subscribe with the mobile service provider of their choice.
In such an open bring-your-own device environment—with mobile 3.0-enabled services built into open devices and consumers buying devices aligned with the broadcast service—then a separate wireless carrier selected.
Create the proper environment with consumer demand, this will happen here in the future.
TVT: That's a major shift in the current wireless device/service model. I can't help but think it would take an unimaginably compelling offer to dislodge it, like something along the lines of, "and a magic pony, too."
Aitken: It is only a shift for the U.S. The rest of the world operates in this fashion…buy the device of your choice, with the capabilities you want, then subscribe to a voice and data plan with the service provider of YOUR choice. Now, the "magic pony" would be enough for my granddaughter, but will not sway most people ;-) There will always be free TV, and we will make it mobile. Better than a "magic pony"? Then, a whole bunch of better things…
TVT: What else should we know about this technology?
Aitken: All of this (above) is primarily focused on the "receive" side. On the data side, there is a whole other long list of things to discuss. We will get to that at some point I presume…
TVT: OK, well, that. We're all a little skittish about data collection and the campfire tales of our TVs watching us. What data does Sinclair expect to collect, and how do you expect to use it? Dynamic advertising, for example? What else?
Aitken: Dynamic advertising…yes. Personalized services…yes. Alternative channels that are supported in a hybrid environment, internet delivered, new OTT choices. Service following in the OTA environment. Zonal advertising? Hyperlocal services? The list goes on…and on…
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For more an ATSC 3.0, see TV Technology'sATSC 3.0 silo.
"Sinclair, ONE Media, Propose ATSC 3.0 Receiver Specs"
The idea is to take charge of audience measurement versus farming it out to third-party metric providers.
"Q&A: Mark Aitken on ONE Media ATSC 3.0 SFN Trials"
A consortium of broadcast technology developers reported doing field tests of ATSC 3.0 concepts over a single frequency network on the East Coast on Monday this week.
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A consortium of broadcast technology developers, including Sinclair Broadcast Group, reported doing field tests of ATSC 3.0 concepts over a single frequency network on the East Coast on Monday this week. Mark Aitken, Sinclair's ATSC 3.0 evangelist, fielded questions from TV Technology about the 3.0 SFN tests.
Sinclair, One Media Profile ATSC 3.0 Receiver Specs
Sinclair Broadcast Group and its subsidiary, ONE Media, are focusing on ATSC 3.0 receiver design and cross-platform user data collection.
Sinclair and Nexstar Form ATSC 3.0 Spectrum Consortium
The consortium will be jointly owned and controlled equally by both companies, but they will collaborate on a non-exclusive basis with the intent to include of other broadcasters.
Sinclair Demos HDR 4KTV Over ATSC 3.0 in Vegas
Sinclair Broadcast Group, along with subsidiary One Media and Technicolor, say thay have successfully transmitted high-dynamic range 4KTV over the air using the proposed ATSC 3.0 standard and a prototype reception device.
Samsung, LG, Contributed Technology to ATSC 3.0 Candidate Standard
Samsung and LG are among the companies that contributed technologies to the broadcast transmission scheme elevated this morning to Candidate Standard status for the ATSC 3.0 advanced TV distribution methodology.
SK Telecom, ONE Media, Sinclair Sign MoU on ATSC 3.0 Platform
South Korean wireless telecom company SK Telecom, Sinclair Broadcast Group and its subsidiary ONE Media this week signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the 2018 CES in Las Vegas to create an overarching wireless network architecture based on ATSC 3.0 and deploy a proof of concept before July.
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Mark Aitken Talks CES 2019, 3.0 Receiver Chip Rollout, 5G—Part 1
ONE Media LLC president and Sinclair VP of Advanced Technology recaps CES 2019.
ATSC 3.0: Retrans Parleyed, Scope of Detail Debated
Size matters in the retrans debate.


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The winds of change are blowing across Myanmar. Elections of a sort have been held and Ms Aung San Suu Kyi has been released. President Thein Sein recently invited her for direct talks, with which she expressed satisfaction. The international community is gradually opening up to the country and speculation is rife that sanctions may soon be lifted.
India's relations with Myanmar, a devoutly Buddhist country, have been traditionally close and friendly. Geographically, India and Myanmar share a long land and maritime boundary, including in the area of the strategically important Andaman and Nicobar islands where the two closest Indian and Myanmarese islands are barely 30 km apart. Myanmarese ports provide India the shortest approach route to several of India's north-eastern states.
India's national interest lies in a strong and stable Myanmar that observes strict neutrality between India and China and cooperates with India in the common fight against the insurgencies raging in the border areas of both the countries. For India, Myanmar is a bridge between all the countries comprising the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC – Myanmar has observer status) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). External Affairs Minister S M Krishna visited Myanmar in June 2011 to further cement the growing relationship.
The key drivers of the India-Myanmar strategic relationship are cooperation in counter-insurgency operations and the need for India to ensure that Myanmar is not driven into Chinese arms through Indian neglect of its security concerns and arms requirements. Indian insurgent groups (NSCN, ULFA and Manipur rebels among others) have been operating out of bases in the weakly controlled areas across the borders of the Indian states of Manipur and Mizoram and Myanmarese rebels, primarily the Chins and the Arakanese, have often taken shelter on the Indian side. It is in the interest of both the countries to cooperate with each other to fight these insurgent groups in a coordinated manner. The two armies have been cooperating with each other for mutual benefit. India-Myanmar cooperation is also essential to control narcotics trafficking and to curb the proliferation of small arms in the region.
China has made rapid advances into Myanmar and established close political, military and economic relations. Myanmar provides China the shortest land route access to the northern Indian Ocean. China is engaged in exploiting Myanmar's oil and gas reserves, is building a 1,100 km overland pipeline from Kyaukryu port in Myanmar to the border city of Ruili in Yunnan and is developing Sittwe as a commercial port on Myanmar's west coast. It is natural that Chinese naval activity in the Bay of Bengal will soon follow. China has also been stepping up arms sales to Myanmar as other nations, including India, are loathe to sell offensive military hardware to the country.
While India is concerned with the slow pace of progress on the issue of national reconciliation and the consequent delay in installing a democratically elected government in power in Yangon, the strategic scenario compels India to balance its security concerns with its support for the emergence of democratic rule. It is only through close engagement that India can promote leverages with the ruling regime to nudge it gently towards national reconciliation. India must also increase its economic footprint in Myanmar, particularly in areas that are contiguous to India.
India and the other regional powers can play a positive role in the re-entry of Myanmar into the international mainstream so that it can be nudged towards becoming a strong and stable democracy that is also mature and responsible and willing to play by the rules and traditions governing international relations. Perhaps multi-national talks, which include India, China, Japan, ASEAN and other stakeholders, would be the best way forward. At least in the initial stages it may be prudent for the U.S. to stay away from such talks.


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Tony Rampton (born 30 May 1976) is a New Zealand former professional basketball player.

Early life and college
Rampton was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand, and attended New Plymouth Boys' High School.

Rampton left New Zealand as a rising 17-year-old talent to play two years of high school basketball in the United States. He attended Waseca High School in Waseca, Minnesota, before spending four years at Iowa State between 1995 and 1999, where he averaged 2.2 points and 2.1 rebounds in 80 games.

Professional career
Rampton played his first year in the New Zealand NBL with the Taranaki Oilers in 1999 and won rookie of the year. He joined the Nelson Giants in 2000 and went on to help them reach the grand final, where they lost to the Auckland Rebels. He was named Kiwi MVP, the league's most outstanding forward, was crowned rebounding champion with 14.6 a game and was included in the league's All-Star Five.

Rampton started the 2000–01 season in Finland before finishing with the Cairns Taipans of the Australian NBL. After injury saw him only play half a season with the Taipans in 2001–02, he continued on with Cairns between 2002 and 2005. Between 2005 and 2007, he played for the Wollongong Hawks. He then played two seasons for the West Sydney Razorbacks / Sydney Spirit. His final season in the Australian NBL came in the 2009–10 season with the Taipans.

In the New Zealand NBL, Rampton returned to Taranaki in 2005. He played for Taranaki again in 2006 but did not return in 2007. He played for Taranaki again in 2008. In 2009 and 2010, he played for the Nelson Giants. He retired due to a chronic ankle injury that had plagued him since 2000.

In March 2021, Rampton was named among the greatest 40 New Zealand NBL players of all time, ranking at No. 36 in the NBL's '40in40' selection for the best players in the 40-year history of the league.

National team career
Rampton first represented New Zealand in 1997 at the World Championship for Men '22 and Under'. He debuted for the Tall Blacks in 1999. In 2000, he played for the Tall Blacks at the Sydney Olympics. He went on to play for the Tall Blacks at the 2003 FIBA Oceania Championship, 2004 Summer Olympics, 2005 FIBA Oceania Championship, 2006 Commonwealth Games, 2006 FIBA World Championship, and 2007 FIBA Oceania Championship.

Coaching career
Between 2011 and 2013, Rampton served as an assistant coach with the Nelson Giants. In 2014 and 2015, he coached the Nelson Sparks in the national women's basketball championship.

Personal life
Rampton is the son Taranaki basketball legend Brian Rampton. Tony's brother, Damon, also played in the New Zealand NBL and the pair played alongside each other with Taranaki.

Rampton's wife Nicki (née Thompson) also played basketball in New Zealand. She was coached by Tony at the Nelson Sparks.

As of March 2021, Rampton was living in China with his wife and two children, and teaching at an international English-speaking school in Shanghai.

References

External links
Australian NBL player profile

1976 births
Living people
Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Cairns Taipans players
Centers (basketball)
Commonwealth Games medallists in basketball
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball players
Nelson Giants players
New Zealand men's basketball players
Olympic basketball players of New Zealand
People educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School
Sportspeople from New Plymouth
Taranaki Mountainairs players
West Sydney Razorbacks players
Wollongong Hawks players
2006 FIBA World Championship players
Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
New Zealand expatriate basketball people in England
New Zealand expatriate basketball people in Australia
New Zealand expatriate basketball people in Finland
New Zealand expatriate basketball people in the United States
New Zealand expatriates in China

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Only one drug suspect was killed in more than a month that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) headed the government's anti-drug operations.
Based on the data provided by PDEA on Thursday, only one drug suspect—from Davao Region—had been killed from October 11 to November 20.
The same documents showed that the agency has conducted 1,546 operations, cleared 38 barangays, arrested 469 drug personalities, and seized P62.5 million worth of illegal drugs.
According to the agency, it has confiscated 6.9 kilos of crystal meth (shabu), 11 kilos of dried marijuana leaves, and 34 pieces of ecstacy.
The PDEA has also arrested 81 high-value targets—seven of which are members of drug syndicates and six government employees. Nineteen of these targets were arrested in Region 4A, the records showed.
The agency, who had assumed the key role in President Rodrigo Duterte's crackdown on illegal drugs, bowed out of the campaign following the supposed resurgence of criminality in the country.
It was catapulted into the frontlines of Duterte's crackdown against illegal drugs in October following the reports of human rights violations and extrajudicial killings in police operations.
In a text message to INQUIRER.net on Wednesday, PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte's decision to return the Philippine National Police (PNP) as the key implementer of the government's crackdown against illegal drugs.
"We respect and adhere to the decision of the President," Aquino said in a text message to INQUIRER.net.
Aquino said his wish to have the PNP back in the anti-drug campaign was "good news" to PDEA with the agency's limited funds, equipment, and manpower.
"But having the PNP and other law enforcement agencies back is a good news PDEA. In fact, that's my wish," he said.


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UAE jobs: More individuals now working in crypto, blockchain, metaverse, says report – News
Crypto Oasis has identified over 1,650 blockchain organisations in the country at the end of the last quarter of 2022
Published: Wed 18 Jan 2023, 6:38 PM
More than 1,650 organisations are currently part of the UAE's blockchain ecosystem, surpassing the 1,500 forecast for 2022 and growing faster than anticipated, according to Crypto Oasis.
The industry has witnessed a sturdy 13.8 per cent growth, which could later translate to robust growth for global blockchain ecosystem Crypto Oasis.
Regulators in the region have been welcoming innovation and disruption, making it easier for blockchain-related companies to secure licences and operate.
At the forefront of this is Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), which is home to over 500 of these native blockchain organisations, representing the largest concentration of crypto and blockchain companies in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Crypto Oasis has added over 200 new organisations in Q4 2022 that have brought in over 1,300 new professionals to the burgeoning ecosystem, bringing the total number of individuals working in this industry to 8,300. This 19 per cent growth in employment numbers can be attributed to the UAE being a force to reckon with in the global blockchain landscape.
Some 78.2 percent of these individuals work in native blockchain organisations, while 21.8 per cent work for non-native companies.
Ralf Glabischnig, founder of Crypto Oasis, said: "We're thrilled to have identified these new organisations in our ecosystem that are contributing to a diverse community of stakeholders. The possibilities for Web3 technology are vast, from finance and supply chain management to gaming and social media.
"However, as it's a relatively new and emerging technology, its full potential hasn't been reached yet and the industry is facing challenges such as scalability, security, and user adoption. It's an exciting and rapidly evolving field to watch and we're eager to collaborate and learn from each other as we work to improve Web3 and decentralised technologies."
The Crypto Oasis supports blockchain and Web3 organisations to access resources and expertise that can help them navigate the complex and rapidly evolving landscape.
"The UAE is the perfect amalgamation of talent and capital built on a world-class infrastructure" said Saqr Ereiqat, co-founder of Crypto Oasis.
"The Ministry of Economy (MoE) has become one of the first government entities in the world to be active in the metaverse. In 2022, the MoE published its Digital Economy Strategy which aims to double the contribution of digital economy from 9.7 per cent to 19.4 per cent in the next decade. The inception of regulators like VARA and various industry events like the Abu Dhabi Finance Week and Dubai Fintech Week, as well as the launch of the Dubai Economic Agenda 'D33', demonstrate UAE's commitment in taking an active step to becoming the centre of digital economy globally."
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