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Remembering first Arcadia Patriotic Festival & parade July 2, 2011
Arcadia had its first community-wide parade and street fair in at least 75 years on July 2, 2011 as part of the daylong Arcadia's Best Patriotic Festival presented by the non-profit Arcadia's Best Foundation.
The day began with a VIP breakfast with Mayor Gary Kovacic and nearly two-dozen current and former Rose Queens and Princesses dating back to the 1940s, and included a car show, entertainment stage performances by children and adults, dozens of vendor/sponsor exhibit booths, numerous food trucks, and a classic car show. But the centerpiece of the festival that drew crowds of 3,000 – 4,000 was the first Independence Day parade since the mid-1900s that showcased Arcadia groups, businesses, students, and organizations. Eight years later it is still the only such parade in Arcadia in the 21st century. The nearly hour-long parade featured an impressive 70 entries of all sorts, and more than 600 participants. The lovely women who have represented Arcadia in the royal court of the Tournament of Roses parades on New Year's Day over the years, once again waved to adoring crowds along First Avenue between Duarte Road and Huntington Drive. And Queens and Princesses chosen to ride on Arcadia's own Rose Float in the Pasadena parade each year were together in a beautiful carriage pulled by four magnificent Clydesdale horses in the 2011 event.
Arcadia's Best Foundation was founded by Carol Libby, Sho Tay, and myself to create community events such as this and the annual One Community, One Book; the Downtown Arcadia Christmas Market, and the monthly Carcadia @Route 66 showcase of cool vehicles. Bruce McCallum joined us as the Event Coordinator of the Patriotic Festival. And we had the support of dozens of groups and sponsors and hundreds of volunteers. One of those spontaneous volunteers on the day of the event was Raymond Elgin, who owns the Belle n' Beau photography studio on First Avenue. Unknown to us, Raymond took nearly 1,000 fabulous photos of the festival and simply handed them all to us on a digital disc a few days later. Because of that, along with about 700 photos taken at our request by Zhong Photography on First Avenue, and a few photos sent to us by others, we have a wonderful record of the event.
Nearly 2,000 photos and an hour of video have been condensed to the following 44-minutes of video highlights from the event, including video of the entire parade in 32-minutes…
Rose Queens and Princesses at VIP breakfast, parade, group photos…
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Is CPAC Turning Left by Accepting Atheist Voters & Log Cabin Republicans?
Is CPAC Turning Left by Accepting Atheist Voters & Log Cabin Republicans? The answer is yes and no. Yes, because generally when someone thinks about homosexual practice and the promotion of it, it's liberals who are doing that. No, because some homosexuals and lesbians are conservative fiscally and that is really what the Log Cabin Republicans are all about.
Regarding the Atheist Voters, it's the same thing. Just because someone doesn't believe in God, doesn't mean they are a liberal. We will discuss this today and more news!
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This paper provides new evidence on the rise of the dollar as an international currency, focusing on its role in the conduct of trade and the provision of trade credit. We show that the shift to the dollar occurred much earlier than conventionally supposed: during and immediately after World War I. Not just market forces but also policy support - the Fed in its role as market maker - was important for the dollar's overtaking of sterling as the leading international currency.
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The Canada based wireless broadband service provider Advantech Advanced Microwave Technologies Inc (Advantech Wireless Broadband) has launched out solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs) and block-upconverters (BUCs or SSPBs). These new range of power amplifiers are light in weight and of compact size and uses gallium nitride technology.
The new releases of Advantech G series are 50W, 100W and 250W.These are the world's smallest Ku-band devices. These G series have a much increased MTBF (mean time between failures) while compared with gallium arsenide devices which is more than 80,000 hours. Various parameters such as temperature and voltages are the maximum for these core devices.
According to Chief operating officer (CEO) of Advantech Wireless Broadband, "After much research and development, we can now say that we have harnessed the power of this technology and can deliver the benefits to our customers".


On this episode of DTB's "Tour Tips (Top 5)", the Christian artist, John Mark McMillan, recommends their tips for being on tour, while on tour with Mike Mains & The Branches and Tyson Motsenbocker.
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KU Rowing Team Kicks Off Season This Weekend
LAWRENCE, Kan. –
The Kansas Rowing Team kicks off its fall campaign this weekend with a trip to Oklahoma City for the Head of the Oklahoma. The two-day regatta will take place on Saturday, Sept. 30 and Sunday, Oct. 1 on the Oklahoma River which is adjacent to downtown Oklahoma City and Bricktown, the city's entertainment district. The Saturday races will begin at 3:05 p.m. and the Sunday races will begin at 9 a.m. <?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?>
The Head of the Oklahoma is the first of four regattas during the fall season. Kansas will enter teams into the Collegiate Eight, Collegiate Four, Collegiate Double and Collegiate Single events.
The Kansas contingent of athletes will include only the varsity rowers for the Head of the Oklahoma regatta with the novice rowers making their debuts a month later at the Head of Iowa regatta in Iowa City, Iowa. The two final meets for 2006 will take place in November at the Head of the Chattahoochee Meet in Chattanooga, Tenn. and in Manhattan, Kan. for the Sunflower Showdown.
"We look at the fall as competitive training days. We try to improve our technique during the fall, and then apply them to races," said KU head coach Rob Catloth, whose team returns 10 seniors this season.
"The Head of the Oklahoma is a really good venue and every year they are upgrading the event. This year they are going to have night racing which should be fun for our team."
Other collegiate participants in the Head of the Oklahoma include Texas, Kansas State, Tulsa, Oklahoma City University, Navy, Louisville and SMU.
For more information, please visit www.kuathletics.com.

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Conrad Yelvington Distributors
About CYD
Here's the latest news from Conrad Yelvington Distributors (CYD), keeping you updated with our corporate announcements, most recent events, and industry information.
CYD Golden Gate Quarry Achieves Zero Safety Citations
On January 8, 2018, the Conrad Yelvington Distributors (CYD) Golden Gate Quarry (GGQ) opened its gates at 6:00 am just like any other day. Except that later that day an MSHA Inspector made an unexpected visit to the quarry.
MSHA stands for the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration and it enforces the federal mine safety and health act of 1977. During these inspections, The MSHA Inspector looks for any conditions that may adversely affect the health and safety of a mine operators employees. The inspector looks at mobile equipment, vehicles fixed plant equipment guards, road signage, housekeeping of the entire facilities, PPE for employees, insufficient berms and much more.
They also ensure that employees are properly trained on each piece of equipment and each task assigned and that all safety documentation is correct and approved training plans are being followed.
Since 2011, when CYD assumed responsibility for the quarry's operation, there have been (12) completed MSHA inspections with 54 citations issued. But on this inspection day in early January 2018, CYD Golden Gate's team met ALL the challenges before them and proudly announced their facility had received zero citations. Yes, ZERO citations!
What may be most astonishing about this accomplishment, however, is the fact that the quarry and the crew had recently survived the devastation of Hurricane Irma just months before. The quarry was damaged and not operational for several weeks. Most of the employees' homes were damaged and their families lived without power and water for 6-8 weeks. But with all that was happening in their personal lives, they continued to come to work each day, focus on safety and dedicate themselves to make CYD Golden Gate Quarry operational once again and safer than ever before. This achievement of a zero-citation inspection was a complete team effort from every person in every area of the CYD Golden Gate Quarry and each person taking pride and ownership for their area is why the team at GGQ has been so successful.
Conrad Yelvington Distributors Acquires A-Mining
In December 2017, the Preferred Materials Region of the South Division invested in two companies; Prestige Concrete Products and A-Mining.
Conrad Yelvington Distributors (CYD) of the Preferred Materials Region, which acquired the A-Mining limestone quarry in Lamont, FL has completed the on-boarding orientation and training process for the 30+ person A-Mining team. The quarry produces a wide range of Construction Aggregates and Agricultural Lime to support the North Florida markets.
The team has been hard at work to ensure a smooth transition for our newest customers. Additionally, the A-Mining team and other CYD personnel got right to work on many Safety and Operational improvements including enhanced equipment guarding, 5S initiatives, and improved traffic flow.
CYD Donates 700 lbs. of Food Through Donation Drive
Employees at CYD Central East & North Florida regional facilities put their "helping hands" together in 2016 to bring extra smiles to families in need during the holiday season. Collections at seven CYD sites began in mid-November and continued until late December. Donations were then dropped off once before Thanksgiving and again before Christmas. Charities that benefited from the holiday charity drive included Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, Halifax Urban Ministries of Volusia & Flagler County, Food Pantry of Green Cove Springs and Inner Faith Services of Marion County. Over 700 lbs. total of assorted food items were donated and included 118 lbs. from the CYD Jacksonville facility alone! While the focus started with a holiday food drive, employees quickly added more charities to the mix and collected several boxes of children's toys for the "Toys for Tots" organization as well as pet items & supplies needed by "Pawsabilities Rescue Group," a local no-kill animal rescue group that relies solely on donations & volunteers. Conrad Yelvington Distributors truly did "create smiles for miles!"
Preferred Materials and CYD sponsors Hunger Project
Employees and families from Preferred Materials and Conrad Yelvington Distributors sponsored a Hunger Project at Feeding Children Everywhere in Longwood, FL. The volunteers packaged 11,327 healthy meals beating their goal of 10,000! The meals will immediately feed hungry children in Central Florida, filling a critical need. This is the Green Team's fourth Hunger Project sponsorship. Since their first event, the Green Team has packaged and donated over 40,000 meals!
Preferred and CYD Volunteered at Give Kids The World Village
The Central Region Green Team volunteered at Give Kids The World in Kissimmee, Florida. Team captain, Matt Franz said, "We helped out in Nancy's Kitchen serving breakfast, carrying trays, and interacting with the guests staying on the GKTW campus. It was a great experience being able to do something as simple as carrying someone's tray to their table and showing them that people they've never met before care about them. Just a few hours our team spent helping out made a huge difference for a lot of people."
Conrad Yelvington Distributors Brings Sunrail Safety Awareness to Local Communities
L-to-R: Dave McCrea, Harley Goodnoe & Eric Lawrence
Motorists and pedestrians all too often ignore the hazards associated with crossing and encroaching too close to railroad tracks. Of course, vehicles and pedestrians are no match for a train and the results are often deadly. The week of June 5-11, 2016, CYD's Rail Operation's Team hit the streets in observance of Train Safety Awareness Week. Terri Sannasardo, Bob Gentry, Harley Goodnoe, Eric Lawrence and Dave McCrea, along with officers from the Longwood, Florida Police Department, were present at the intersections of SR-434 and FDOT's main line tracks (on which SunRail, Amtrak, and CSX Transportation operate) and at a nearby crossing at SR-427. The team's presence certainly heightened public awareness when approaching railroad crossings.
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Q: Extract the time of the video with ffmpeg in Ubuntu I am using Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS 32 bit and ffmpeg to extract the time of a video.
In Windows 10 the command works:
/usr/bin/ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vstats 2> & 1

In Linux ffmpeg returns the error in red:
At least one output file must be specified
The error complete is here:
ffmpeg version 2.4.3-1ubuntu1~trusty6 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers
 built on Nov 22 2014 17:07:19 with gcc 4.8 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version='1ubuntu1~trusty6' --build-suffix=-ffmpeg --toolchain=hardened
--extra-cflags= --extra-cxxflags= --libdir=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu --shlibdir=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu --incdir=/
usr/include/i386-linux-gnu --enable-gpl --enable-shared --disable-stripping --enable-avresample
--enable-avisynth --enable-fontconfig --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libbluray
--enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libflite --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi
 --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus
--enable-libpulse --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libshine --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh
--enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp
--enable-opengl --enable-x11grab --enable-libxvid --enable-libx265 --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libiec61883
--enable-libzvbi --enable-libzmq --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-libsoxr --enable-openal
--enable-libopencv
libavutil      54.  7.100 / 54.  7.100
libavcodec     56.  1.100 / 56.  1.100
libavformat    56.  4.101 / 56.  4.101
libavdevice    56.  0.100 / 56.  0.100
libavfilter     5.  1.100 /  5.  1.100
libavresample   2.  1.  0 /  2.  1.  0
libswscale      3.  0.100 /  3.  0.100
libswresample   1.  1.100 /  1.  1.100
libpostproc    53.  0.100 / 53.  0.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'video.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand     : mp42
minor_version   : 0
compatible_brands: mp41isom
creation_time   : 2017-01-29 15:42:02
location        : -21.6646-46.7394/
location-eng    : -21.6646-46.7394/
Duration: 00:01:49.43, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1171 kb/s
Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv), 640x360 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 992 kb/s,
15.01 fps, 15 tbr, 30k tbn, 60 tbc (default)
Metadata:
  creation_time   : 2017-01-29 15:42:02
  handler_name    : VideoHandler
  encoder         : AVC Coding
Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 174 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
  creation_time   : 2017-01-29 15:42:02
  handler_name    : SoundHandler
At least one output file must be specified

How can I fix this problem?

A: Use
/usr/bin/ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vstats -map 0:v -f null - 2>&1

Or you could just use ffprobe
ffprobe -show_entries format=duration -of compact=p=0:nk=1 video.mp4

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Region: Asia Type: News Sector: Transport-Infrastructure Date: 2020
L&T Construction to build regional rapid transit system in Uttar Pradesh, India
L&T Construction's heavy civil infrastructure business has been awarded two contracts to build Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) Infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh, India.
AIIB offers $404m loan to improve cross-border connectivity in Bangladesh
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has agreed to provide $404m loan to upgrade the intercity travel and cross-border connectivity in Bangladesh.
Ground broken on new Qingdao International Cruise Terminal Area in China
A ground-breaking ceremony was held on the new Qingdao International Cruise Terminal Area at Qingdao Port in Shandong province in China.
Singapore's LTA awards $186m contract to build three JRL stations
A joint venture of John Holland and McConnell Dowell South East Asia has won a contract, valued at S$265.4m ($186.1m), from the Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore to design and construct three Jurong Region Line (JRL) stations and associated viaducts.
New Zealand shortlists two teams to build Northern Pathway harbour bridge
The New Zealand Transport Agency has shortlisted two teams for the design and construction of the proposed Northern Pathway harbour bridge.
Singapore's LTA awards three contracts worth $429m for four JRL stations
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore has awarded three contracts worth SGD596m ($428.6m) to construct four stations for the Jurong Region Line (JRL) and their associated viaducts.
Hyundai Rotem to supply three-car trains for Jurong Region Line in Singapore
The Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA), a government body under the Ministry of Transport, has awarded a contract, worth S$416.5 ($301.7m), to Hyundai Rotem (HRC) for the Jurong Region Line (JRL) in the western part of Singapore.
EBRD to provide $150m loan for highway project in Tajikistan
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to advance a loan of $150m for infrastructure development in Tajikistan, involving the construction of a 44km stretch of M41 highway.
EIB approves €600m funding for Pune metro project in India
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to finance €600m for the development of €1.77bn Pune metro project in Maharashtra, India.
EBRD provides $137m loan to build 202km road in Mongolia
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to provide a loan of $137m for the construction of 202km road in Mongolia.
Construction begins on Delhi Metro's Phase IV in India
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has commenced construction on Phase 4 of Delhi Metro at Haiderpur Badli Mor in New Delhi, India.


Smaller Companies: Keep Marketing Through Adversity | New PR Words - and Music!
Indeed times like these are excellent times to do what Stephen Covey calls 'Sharpen the saw' – investing in marketing, personal and business improvement so that you are ready to grab the market by the horns when recovery starts. Great Post Ellie.
Thank you, Peter. Your comments from the professional business management perspective always add value to the conversation!
Size does not matter. All companies are struggling for a multitude of reasons under the macro umbrella of focus. If you are focused you move forward. Time management is a by product of focuses. Companies are struggling in this department, thus are not focused. I hope I am clear.


As I have stated previously, I am not going to purchase anymore shoes that hurt my feet. With that being said I am sort of on a comfortable shoe kick. Last week I found two fabulous styles at a discount store and this week, well I found these Strawberry beauties by Miz Mooz at Zappos.
Another feature that I look for in a shoe is a go-with-anything type look. I want to be able to wear them with dresses, full length pants, cropped pants and even shorts. These Miz Mooz Strawberry shoes will function well with all of the above.
And I just couldn't bare to crop out my sweet little man (kitty cat). See him in the lower right?
His name is Spice, but I call him little man.
He is always just so curious about what I am up to.
I think he needs a bow tie. He would look so handsome!


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Omega Syndrome DVD
1986 USA Joseph Manduke, Xander Berkeley, Nicole Eggert, George DiCenzo, Ken Wahl
Directed by Joseph Manduke
Starring Ken Wahl, George DiCenzo, Xander Berkeley, Nicole Eggert
Written by John Sharkey
Omega Syndrome (1986) — An ex-GIs daughter is abducted by a gang of white supremacists. He calls on one of his former Army buddies, and together they set out to track down the gang and rescue his daughter.
Omega Syndrome DVD is available as a deluxe edition with custom cover and dvd case. Important: This title is manufactured-on-demand from the best-quality video master currently available and has not been remastered or restored.


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Workers Fired for Wearing Orange Shirts By Nutter Boss in Neo-Fascist Republican Florida
Filed under: politics,USA — 01varvara @ 00.00
Tags: Cheburashka, Elizabeth R Wellborn, Florida, Florida Department of Corrections, international labour solidarity, Law, National Labor Relations Act, poster, Republicans, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Oh, these are the popular Russian cartoon characters Gena the Alligator and Cheburashka… this'll be the reality throughout the country if you vote for Republican Neo-Fascists this fall…
Six of the workers fired from a law firm in Deerfield Beach FL on 16 March for wearing orange have retained a lawyer, and may pursue legal action against their former employer, who allegedly wouldn't allow workers to speak to each other over their cubicle walls. Attorney Donna Ballman now represents six of the 14 support staff who said they were accused of staging a protest against workplace conditions and then fired abruptly, as first reported by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Ballman said she's been trying to get in contact with the Elizabeth R Wellborn law firm, where the 14 workers had been employed, but there hasn't been a response, saying, "If they won't discuss this, we're going to pursue our legal remedies". She declined to say if the fired workers would seek damages or try to get their jobs back. The Elizabeth R Wellborn law firm, which may have as many as 275 employees, didn't return a request for comment.
Ballman said Elizabeth Wellborn's husband gathered most, though not all, of the employees who were wearing orange that day and Ballman said that they were "told that management thought they were wearing orange shirts to protest working conditions, and they should pack their things and leave". Ballman said some workers might have been wearing orange to mimic the uniform colour often used by the Florida Department of Corrections. Those workers may have been protesting new work rules imposed by a new manager earlier this month. She said, for example, that they could not speak to co-workers over the walls of their cubicles, even to discuss work-related matters. She said, "They couldn't go to the break room and get coffee while on the clock. There were suddenly lots of new restrictions on them. Some of them were upset about those new rules. Different people were wearing orange for different reasons that day, but the fact is it doesn't matter". She said there have been cases where firing employees because management didn't like their shirts were found to be unlawful, including when AT&T workers wore shirts that said "Inmate #" on the front and on the back said "Prisoner of AT$T", which was activity protected under the National Labor Relations Act. Ballman said, "Firing because people engaged in activities or are suspected of engaging in activities for objecting to working conditions is illegal under the National Labor Relations Act". The National Labor Relations Act protects certain activities with or without a union, and gives employees the right to discuss, comment, and complain about working conditions.
Kerri Stone, a law professor at Florida International University In Florida, said that employment is presumed to be at will, which means that unless stated otherwise by something like an employment contract or a piece of legislation, an employee can be fired for any reason or no reason at all. Janice Doble, 50, is one of Ballman's new clients. She worked in the copy room at the Wellman firm. She said she was wearing orange because she was going to a happy hour with co-workers and was not protesting working conditions. Doble told the Sun-Sentinel, "Orange happens to be my favourite colour. My patio's orange. My lipstick was orange today". Ballman said that since the 14 workers were fired, three have reportedly been re-hired by the firm, possibly after explaining they were not a part of a protest. She said the six workers she represents have each worked for the company for about six months to a year. Ballman's releasing a book this fall entitled, Stand Up For Yourself Without Getting Fired: Handle Your Workplace Crisis Before You Quit, Get Canned, Or Sue the Bastards with Career Press. She said, "Everybody who can be fired for no reason is an 'orange American'. Everybody that can be fired for wearing an orange shirt to work should be outraged by this".
Susanna Kim
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/fired-orange-workers-coffee-working-speak-cubicle-walls/story?id=16004370#.T3j2WmEgfih
Let's keep it simple. All the Republican candidates define "freedom" as, "The bosses can do to you as they please, you have NO rights, you ungrateful bastard, and you'd best kiss our arse in public or we'll fire you 'to encourage the others'". If you earn a salary, if you're not part of the One Percent or their Five Percenter Affluent Effluent lickspittles, if you vote Republican, you're dumber than dirt, and I say that openly.
The Republicans want to spread the godless brutal "employment-at-will" system that the Republican barbarians forced on Florida and Texas throughout the nation. It's interesting to note that many of those willing to stamp their boot full-force into the faces of their employees describe themselves as "born-again 'Christians'"… it's more proof that Jayzuss has NO relation to the Lord Christ that REAL Christians worship. Remember what St John in the Apocalypse said about the Anti-Christ… chilling, isn't it?
No "orange American" should vote Republican. If you do, you vote for the boot of the oligarchs on your neck…
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A Multimedia Presentation. A Short Guide to Russian and Soviet Cartoons
Filed under: children's stories,cinema,Russian — 01varvara @ 00.00
Tags: A A Milne, animation, Cartoon, cartoons, Cheburashka, Eduard Uspensky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jungle Book, Karlson, Masha and the Bear, Maugli, Milne, Moscow, Rudyard Kipling, Russia, Russian, Russian culture, Russian history, Soviet, Soviet Union, Soyuzmultfilm, Three from Buttermilk Village, USSR, Vinni-Pukh, Vladimir Putin, Winnie-the-Pooh
Vinni Pukh Rules! American Cartoons are Turning Our Kids' Brains to Mush!
When most people think of Russian culture, the heavyweights of literature and classical music, such as Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Pyotr Tchaikovsky, usually spring to mind. However, Russia can also boast some major achievements in the field of children's cartoons. Read and click on for a short… and by no means exhaustive… guide. The heyday of Soviet children's cartoons was the late 1960s, when Soyuzmultfilm produced a host of warm and genuinely witty cartoons. Watching them before or after a Western-produced cartoon of the same period, Tom and Jerry for example, it's striking and unarguable how much more manic and violent the "capitalist" cartoons are…
Matroskin the Cat
Troe iz Prostokvashino, or as some translations have it Three from Buttermilk Village, was the first cartoon I ever got into in Russia. Made in 1978, and based on a book by Soviet writer Eduard Uspensky, it tells the tale of a young lad who goes by the nickname of Uncle Fyodor. The ginger-haired kid leaves home with a vagrant cat, Matroskin, after his mother tells his father, "It's either me or that cat… choose!" His father replies, "I choose you… I've known you for a long time and I've only just set eyes on that cat". Along with a friendly, if dim, dog called Sharik they end up living in the aforementioned Buttermilk Village. Much of the cartoon's sharp dialogue appeals as much to adults as to children and many phrases have become everyday expressions, such as:
"If I'd had a cat like that, I might not have got married".
"You go out of your mind alone. It's only the flu you suffer together".
Gena and Cheburashka on a greeting card for the 8 March (International Women's Day) holiday
Cheburashka is another cartoon based on an Eduard Uspensky book. First released in 1969, it tells the story of the eponymous hero… a strange and exotic creature that ends up in Moscow after falling asleep in a crate of oranges due for shipment to Russia. Once there, he makes the acquaintance of a crocodile called Gena who has been searching for friends by sticking notes around town saying, "Young crocodile looking for friends". They have many adventures, a lot of which involve battles of wits with one Old Lady Shapoklyak, whose motto is, "You'll never get famous by doing good". Cheburashka is perhaps the most famous of all Soviet cartoons and enjoys cult status in Japan. He's also been the symbol of the Russian Olympic team on three occasions.
Vinni Pukh and Piglet
Maugli
Soviet cartoon makers were also keen on adapting foreign children's tales, with A A Milne's Winnie the Pooh and Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book being turned into Vinni Pukh and Maugli (Mowgli). The Soviet Vinni Pukh (also from 1969) bears little resemblance to the Disney version much better known in the West, being a darkish little bear with an oddly strident tone. Of course, he also loves honey and has a number of animal friends. The Soviet version lacks a Christopher Robin, though. Then again, its source was the books by Eduard Zakhoder, who insisted his Russian version of the Pooh stories were a retelling, rather than a mere translation. Check out the English language version in the above link. Maugli (1967-71) also differs wildly from the Disney animated musical and is, by far, a much darker affair, a lot closer to the original Kipling books. President-elect Vladimir Putin recently showed a fondness for Kipling when he described protesters against his rule as "Bandar-log". "Come to me, Bandar-log", he joked, taking on for a second the persona of the evil snake Kaa. Unlike in the West, no one in Russia needed an explanation of the origin of the phrase.
Karlson (1968 and 1970) was a cartoon adaptation of the books by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, and it told the story of a jam-loving chubby guy who lived on the roof and made friends with a thoughtful kid who really wanted a puppy. Again, the cartoon appealed as much to adults as children. Modern-day Russia hasn't seen quite the success of the 1960s and 1970s Soviet Union as far as cartoons go. Nevertheless, the recent Masha and the Bear series has proven popular with kids all across Russia and supplied perhaps the first genuinely-strong cartoon character here for years. The cartoons tell the story of an incredibly mischievous little girl and her friend, the Bear.
Marc Bennetts
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Now, this is the sweetest thing a man could say.... Oh Mike!! Luv ya!!
"If I could place a piece of myself inside of you, and—" he lifted my top and traced little circles around my navel, then smiled, "—and that would grow, and become something so beautiful as life—as a life that's a part of you and me, combined? I can't imagine—" he lowered his head in emphasis of the word, "—I can't imagine something more magical. So, yes. Yes, I want to have babies—with you. I want a hundred little dark-haired, blue-eyed babies running around, and you and me, we'll be together. We'll have each other. Always. That's what I want.".
My! Well that was an interesting swoon. I like a man who can explain so clearly exactly what he wants.
First time I've seen this book - love the cover.
Very nice swoon!!! I love it when we get the guy's perspective.
Oh that is so so so sweet. I love it!
OH MY GOD! That was perfect! I love it .. I think I'll have to read this book soon. Thanks for sharing.
I LOVE, LOVE DAVID!!!!! If you check out my blog page, under the Series I love tab, this is #1. I always tell everyone to read this series and have been able to Beta read the last two books in the series. Great Swoon Naomi!
Wow! I love your choice this week! He's seems so sweet yet strong.
AHH! This is going to the top of my tbr pile(: Must read this great Swoon!
WoW! What an elegant way to tell a gal you wanna knock her up.


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Ло́уренс Бе́ндер (; родился 17 октября 1957 года) — американский кинопродюсер. Стал известен после выхода фильма Квентина Тарантино «Бешеные псы» в 1992 году. В дальнейшем продюсировал все фильмы режиссёра, за исключением картин «Доказательство смерти», «Джанго освобождённый» и «Однажды в... Голливуде».

В 1980 году был рабочим-постановщиком на съемках «Сказок с темной стороны». В 1989 году Лоуренс Бендер продюсировал фильм «Незваный гость» с Сэмом Рэйми и Брюсом Кэмпбеллом в главных ролях. В дальнейшем занимался продюсированием различных фильмов, зачастую работая над несколькими проектами в течение каждого года.

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After 6 months and $1.8 billion, Quibi wants a new owner. That will be a hard sell.
Quibi shows were supposed to be "quick bites." But the company was supposed to last longer than this.
By Peter Kafka Sep 21, 2020, 6:10pm EDT
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Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg, left, and Quibi CEO Meg Whitman onstage at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 2020.
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Quibi was supposed to be revolutionary: A video service that was supposed to fill the gap between YouTube and HBO by bringing short, "premium" clips starring celebrities like Liam Hemsworth and Chrissy Teigen to your phone, for a price.
But that was in the spring. Now, Quibi might be headed to a fire sale: Just six months after launching — and after raising $1.8 billion — Quibi has started looking for a buyer. It's a stunning admission that the high-profile service hasn't found enough traction to continue on its own.
Quibi CEO Meg Whitman and Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg have already pitched at least one potential acquirer in the last week, industry sources told Recode. The Wall Street Journal previously reported that Quibi was considering options including a sale, raising more money, or going public by backing into a shell company.
Katzenberg declined to answer questions via email. His company insists, via a statement from a PR rep and in its pitch to would-be acquirers, that the service has had a successful launch, despite well-documented failures to attract users. The fact that it's trying to find a buyer undercuts those arguments.
But the more practical question about Quibi now is what exactly a buyer would get. There's some cash — a source familiar with the pitch says the company has said it has more than $200 million on-hand — as well as the tech Quibi built to bring its video to your phone. It's particularly proud of what it calls its "turnstyle" system, where viewers can rotate their phone 90 degrees to see a different version of the video they were watching. Quibi's engineering team might also be valuable to a certain kind of buyer.
Okay. But what about all those shows Quibi has? Those should be worth ... something, right? Even if people didn't watch them on Quibi, it's possible to imagine they might watch them on a different service that already has lots of viewers.
Netflix, for instance, has demonstrated that once it takes a show and makes it available to its 200 million users, that show can become very popular, even if it wasn't popular on its home network. Schitt's Creek, the show that won seven Emmys, including for best comedy, last night, used to be on something called the Pop network, which you have likely never heard of — but Netflix made it a hit. Ditto for Cobra Kai, the Karate Kid spinoff which started out on YouTube but jumped to Netflix this summer and took off.
But the problem with that pitch when it comes to Quibi is that, in most cases, Quibi doesn't actually own the shows it has paid for: It has licenses that last several years, at which point they go back to the companies that made them. (Disclosure: Vox Media produces shows for Quibi.)
So if you're buying Quibi because you want to get your hands on The Most Dangerous Game, you're going to have to take advantage of it in the near future. Which means you're unlikely to value Quibi has highly as its managers and investors would like.
All of which is an astonishing place for Quibi to be in. There was a lot of skepticism in advance of the service's launch in April — mostly because there hasn't been a successful example of a paid, mobile-only video-streaming service. And also because there's no shortage of other video options these days. And also because, contrary to Quibi's marketing pitch — which argued that Quibi would help people pass the time while they waited in line for a sandwich or for their coffee to brew — people have plenty of other things they can do on their phones.
Still, it would have been hard to find someone who thought Quibi would be looking for a way out just a few months after it started. Katzenberg, a Hollywood veteran, is a famously relentless networker and promoter who had spent years putting this together. If he's eyeing the exit this soon, something has gone very wrong.


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Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, is a hospital in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Brattleboro Memorial Hospital is a community hospital which has been serving greater Brattleboro and the tri-state area since 1904. The BMH Medical Staff claims to employ more than 130 board-certified physicians, active in both primary care and many specialties.

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General Rules About Abbreviations
This post outlines basic rules about abbreviations. There is a bewildering variety of standards, which will be explained in more detail in subsequent posts about specific categories of abbreviation, but the following guidelines cover an array of general types.
Use of abbreviation varies widely depending on the formality of writing employed for a given publication or a piece of content. Generally, the more formal the content, the less likely it is that abbreviation will be used, except in multiple references to terms commonly abbreviated or in tabular matter and other graphic elements.
In formal writing, journalistic contexts, and some informal content as well, terms are spelled out on first reference, followed by abbreviation in parentheses, as in "The Global Positioning System (GPS) uses satellite signals to fix the location of a radio receiver on or above the earth's surface." Thereafter, the abbreviation is used exclusively.
However, this tradition applies to single pieces of content, so that—unless, for example, an entire publication is devoted to articles about GPS technology—two articles in a publication that mention it will independently introduce the full spelled-out version of an abbreviation on first reference. Note, too, that specialized publications will likely abbreviate all references to widely used terms in that specialty.
Abbreviations consisting entirely of uppercase letters (including NY, US, FBI, and NASA) or that end with an uppercase letter (as in PhD) are not followed by a period; some publications retain periods in these types of abbreviations (at least two-letter ones), but that style is in decline. Abbreviations that end with a lowercase letter (a.m., Dr., i.e., etc.) are generally followed by a period.
Acronyms (abbreviations of phrases using initial letters of each word to form new word, such as AIDS) are almost invariably styled in all capital letters, though some, such as laser and scuba, have lost their uppercase form, and Nasdaq is treated as a proper noun. Initialisms (abbreviations of phrases using initial letters of each word, each of which is pronounced, such as FBI) are also generally capitalized. When using an article before an abbreviation, choose a or an depending on the first sound, not the first letter, of the abbreviation: "an NBA [en-bee-ay] team" but "a NASA [nasa] program."
Avoid ampersands except in proper names ("Johnson & Johnson") and in widely known abbreviations ("R&D," for "research and development").
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Did you ever hear of a portmanteau?
A portmanteau (pɔːrtˈmæntoʊ/, /ˌpɔːrtmænˈtoʊ/; plural portmanteaus or portmanteaux /–ˈtoʊz/) or portmanteau word is a linguistic blend of words, in which parts of multiple words, or their phones (sounds), and their meanings are combined into a new word. A portmanteau word fuses both the sounds and the meanings of its components, as in smog, coined by blending smoke and fog, or motel, from motor and hotel. In linguistics, a portmanteau is defined as a single morph that represents two or more morphemes.
The definition overlaps with the grammatical term contraction, but contractions are formed from words that would otherwise appear together in sequence, such as do and not to make don't, whereas a portmanteau word is formed by combining two or more existing words that all relate to a singular concept which the portmanteau describes. A portmanteau also differs from a compound, which does not involve the truncation of parts of the stems of the blended words. For instance, starfish is a compound, not a portmanteau, of star and fish; whereas a hypothetical portmanteau of star and fish might be stish.
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Twenty years ago, Jan Jelinek's debut album Personal Rock was released by Source Records (1999). Under the pseudonym Gramm, it brings together eight tracks that have not been available on vinyl since their original release. Faitiche presents the re-release of the album: Personal Rock will appear as a double-LP, featuring the original cover artwork. Includes download code.


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X minus One, Vol. 1
3.25 4 5 Kirjailija: Hollywood 360,NBC Radio Lukija: Various Performers
X Minus One, widely regarded as one of the finest science fiction dramas ever produced for radio, was broadcast on NBC from 1955 until 1958. It began as a revival of NBC's Dimension X, which ran for just a year and a half, from 1950 to 1951. Though the first fifteen episodes of X Minus One were merely new versions of Dimension X episodes, the rest were adaptations of newly published works of science fiction stories by some of the genre's top authors, including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, Frederik Pohl, and Theodore Sturgeon, along with some original scripts by NBC staff writers Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts. Each episode opened with the introduction: "Countdown for blastoff ... X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one ... Fire! From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future; adventures in which you'll live in a million could-be years on a thousand may-be worlds. The National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with Street and Smith, publishers of Astounding Science Fiction, presents ... X Minus One."Collected here are twelve episodes, including "The C-Chute" adapted from Isaac Asimov, "Skulking Permit" adapted from Robert Sheckley, and three episodes adapted from Theodore Sturgeon's stories.
Kieli: Englanti Kategoria: Fantasia & scifi Kääntäjä:
Julkaisija: Black Eye Entertainment
The Whistler, Vol. 1
Robot Dreams
Dimension X, Vol. 2
The Cat Who Walks through Walls
Classic Radio's Greatest Science Fiction Shows, Vol. 2
Escape, Vol. 2
X Minus One: Season Two
Classic Radio's Greatest Mystery Shows, Vol. 2
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 2-B
The Lives of Harry Lime, a.k.a. The Third Man, Vol. 1
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 1, 1929-1964
Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Vol. 2
Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian Barbarian - The Complete Weird Tales Omnibus
The Medieval World I
The Medieval World II


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1. the land surface
2. Arts
a. the prepared surface applied to the support of a painting, such as a wall, canvas, etc., to prevent it reacting with or absorbing the paint
b. the support of a painting
c. the background of a painting or main surface against which the other parts of a work of art appear superimposed
a. the first coat of paint applied to a surface
b. (as modifier): ground colour
4. the bottom of a river or the sea
5. Cricket
a. the area from the popping crease back past the stumps, in which a batsman may legally stand
b. ground staff
6. See ground bass
7. a mesh or network supporting the main pattern of a piece of lace
8. Electrical US and Canadian
a. a connection between an electrical circuit or device and the earth, which is at zero potential
b. a terminal to which this connection is made
9. touch ground (of a ship) to strike the sea bed
10. (used in names of plants) low-growing and often trailing or spreading
1. having the surface finished, thickness reduced, or an edge sharpened by grinding
2. reduced to fine particles by grinding
A piece of wood or metal embedded in and flush with the plastering of walls to which moldings, skirting, and other joiners work is attached. Also used to stop plastering around door and window openings. Also, an electrical conductor in contact with the earth, such as a steel pipe containing a cold water line that runs underground and also the continuation of a circuit back to the supply source, which is grounded at some point in its run. Its purpose is to conduct electricity to a harmless location should a fault in the circuit occur, causing possible lethal harm.
any rocks lying chiefly in the weathering zone (including soil) and used by man for engineering and construction purposes. Ground can be used as the foundation of buildings and of various engineering projects, as material for construction (roads, embankments, dams), and as a medium for the placement of underground structures (tunnels, pipelines, storage facilities). Ground is subdivided into rocky ground and loose ground (nonrocky ground according to the classification adopted in the Construction Standards and Rules).
Rocky ground includes igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks with the grains rigidly bound together. These rocks occur in the form of a monolithic or fractured mass.
Loose (nonrocky) ground may be coarsely fragmental (noncemented), with more than half by mass of the rock fragments more than 2 mm in size, for example, debris (pebbles if rounded particles predominate). Or it may be finer ground, or gruss (gravel if rounded particles are dominant). There is also sandy ground, free-flowing when dry, lacking in plasticity, and with more than 80 percent by mass of the particles 2 mm to 0.05 mm (according to the classification adopted in Construction Standards and Rules, with less than 50 percent by mass of the particles larger than 2 mm).
Ground may be sandy, loessial. or clayey. Sandy ground may be further subdivided into gravelly, coarse, medium, fine, and silty ground. Loessial ground, in which silty particles from 0.001 to 0.05 mm predominate, often has the capacity to settle, that is, it can become more compact when wetted without change in the stress applied to it. Clayey ground, may be subdivided according to the amount of clay particles (less than 0.001 mm) into sandy loam, loam, and clay (according to the Construction Standards and Rules, the division of clay ground into sandy loam, loam, and clay is based on plastic properties). Clayey ground swells and becomes plastic when moistened. In its initial stage of formation clay ground, which originates as structured sediment in water in the presence of microbiological processes and which possesses a high moisture content and porosity, is called ooze. The various types of ground are studied in soil mechanics both as specific natural and historical formations whose properties depend on their genesis, on subsequent epigenetic processes, and on their recent modes of occurrence and as multiphase systems that change with time. Investigation of the properties of ground also includes the study of its composition, structure, texture, and physical environmental conditions (temperature, pressure, and so forth). The quality of ground is determined by its composition, structure, and texture. The structure may be defined as the regular arrangement of mineral particles and aggregates, differing in size and shape, into which ground may disintegrate; this arrangement is determined by the nature of the internal bonds. The texture of ground is the sum of the features characterizing the heterogeneity of the structure of the ground mass in a stratum. Among the most important properties of ground are its physical properties (specific mass and volumetric mass, porosity, plasticity, shrinkage, water permeability, electric conductivity) its physicochemical properties (adsorbing capacity, thixotropy), and its physicomechanical properties (shearing strength, capacity for deformation). From the practical standpoint, the most important properties of ground are the deformation and stability characteristics of its behavior under external stress. Thermal properties are important for frozen, freezing, or thawing ground. The petrographic characteristics of ground and their properties are studied under laboratory and field conditions both in samples and as a mass. The terms "properties of ground" and the "engineering and geological properties of rocks" are analogous.
In order to determine the location and thickness of strata and the groundwater level, which greatly influence the condition and properties of the ground, the latter is tested at a construction site by drilling, pitting, sounding, and geophysical methods. The properties of ground may be improved by adding cementing and binding agents, mechanical packing, draining, firing, freezing, and so forth.
Gruntovedenie, 3rd ed. Edited by E. M. Sergeev. Moscow, 1971.
Sergeev, E. M. Gruntovedenie. 2nd ed. Moscow, 1959.
Tsytovich, N.A. Mekhanika gruntov. Moscow, 1963.
Larionov, A. K. Inzhenerno-geologicheskoe izuchenie struktury rykhlykh osadochnykh porod. Moscow, 1966. "Stroitel'nye normy i pravila." part 2, section B, chapter I. Osnovaniia zdanii i sooruzhenii. Moscow, 1962.
Metodicheskoe posobie po inzhenerno-geologicheskomu izucheniu gornykh porod, vols. 1–2. Moscow, 1968.
E. M. SERGEEV and M. V. MALYSHEV
in painting), the intermediate layer that is applied to the support, that is, the surface of a wall, wooden panel, canvas, or paperboard in order to ensure that the paint layer will adhere to the surface and also to create the desired color background (white, brown, gray) and texture (smooth, grainy) in a painting. The main component of ground is a powdery substance, such as chalk, gypsum, lime, white lead, or zinc white, combined with glue, oil, or oil emulsions.
Depending on their main component, grounds may be divided into chalk, gypsum, lime grounds, and so forth. Classified according to their base, grounds may be glue, oil, or emulsion grounds. In mural painting, clay, gypsum, and lime grounds (of one or many layers) have been used since ancient times, and cement ground has also been employed since the ninth century. In ancient and medieval easel and miniature painting, chalk and gypsum grounds with animal-glue bases were used. With the development of oil painting in the 15th century emulsion and oil grounds (of one or many layers) came into use along with clay ground. In Russian medieval mural and icon painting, as well as in painted and gilded wood carving, the ground used was called levkas.
Ground in graphic art is the acid-resistant coating applied to the metal plate in some types of engraving (such as etching or aquatint) in order to render certain areas impervious to the biting action of the acid.
Tiutiunnik, V. V. Gruntovannyi kholst tilia maslianoi zhivopisi. Moscow, 1949.
Kiplik, D. I. Tekhnika zhivopisi, 6th ed. Moscow-Leningrad. 1950.
Slansky. B. Tekhnika Zhivopisi: Zhivoposnye materialy. Moscow, 1962. (Translated from Czech.)
V. V. FILATOV and A. S. ZAITSEV
an installation used in connecting apparatus, machinery, and instruments to the earth. It consists of metal electrodes buried in the earth (ground electrodes) and the conductors connecting these ground electrodes to the grounded parts of the equipment.
Ground electrodes may be in the form of steel pipes driven vertically into the ground (for high-voltage electrical installations there may be dozens of pipes), rails, or horizontally laid steel or copper strips or wires. To reduce earth resistance, the ground electrodes should be placed at the level of the ground water. In broadcasting stations with mast antennas, the ground is built as a net consisting of 100–120 sections of wire extending radially from the foundation of the mast. The sections have a length equal to 0.35–0.50 wavelengths of the transmitter and are buried 15–20 cm deep in the earth. A steel cable or chain is sometimes used as a ground electrode—for example, in removing an induced static charge from gasoline tank trucks. In electrical systems a distinction is made among operating grounds (for example, the neutral of a transformer), protective grounds (for example, grounding of machine and apparatus housings), and lightning-protection grounds (for example, lightning rods and arresters).
In protective grounding installations it is imperative to keep to the lowest possible value the voltages to which operating personnel could be exposed if a short circuit occurred in electrical installation (contact and step voltages). This is achieved by lowering the resistance of the grounding electrodes and by equalizing the potential distribution in the area of the grounded equipment. Lightning-protection ground is intended to protect electrical equipment from the effects of lightning current; such ground is designed for currents up to 200 kiloamperes and for pulse durations of a fraction of a second.
Ollendorf, F. Toki v zemle: Teoriia zazemlenii. Moscow-Leningrad, 1932. (Translated from German.)
Tekhnika vysokikh napriazhenii. Edited by D. V. Razevig. Moscow-Leningrad, 1963.
Oslon, A. B. "Zazemliaiushdiie ustroistva na liniiakh elektroperedachi i podstantsiiakh vysokogo napriazheniia." In Elektricheskie stantsii, seti i sistemy. Moscow, 1966.
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(aerospace engineering)
To forbid (an aircraft or individual) to fly, usually for a relatively short time.
(electricity)
A conducting path, intentional or accidental, between an electric circuit or equipment and the earth, or some conducting body serving in place of the earth. Abbreviated gnd. Also known as earth (British usage); earth connection.
To connect electrical equipment to the earth or to some conducting body which serves in place of the earth.
Any rock or rock material.
A mineralized deposit.
Rock in which a mineral deposit occurs.
(navigation)
To touch bottom or run aground; in a serious grounding, the vessel is said to strand.
ground, 2
1. A nailing strip fixed in a masonry or concrete wall as a means of attaching wood trim or furring strips; also called a common ground, rough ground, fixing, fixing fillet, fixing slip.
2. A plaster ground.
3. The side of an electric circuit connected to the earth, used as a common return.
A reference voltage level of "zero potential" for electric and electronic circuits. For most equipment plugged into an AC outlet, the word ground generally refers to the earth, and the metal parts are grounded ("chassis ground") to the earth for safety. In the case of a short circuit, the current flows through the green wire and third prong in the power cord (U.S. and Canada), which causes the circuit breaker to trip.
Signal Ground
Power supplies, circuit boards and signal pathways in most electronic equipment are also connected to the same earth ground as the chassis for reference voltage and safety. There are exceptions; for example, medical equipment that is attached to a patient is generally isolated from earth ground even when plugged in, because the time between a short circuit and the breaker tripping could prove fatal. Ethernet adapters and other networking equipment are also isolated from earth ground in order to prevent unbalanced ground loops from causing interference (see ground loop).
Every portable, battery-operated device, such as a laptop and iPod, as well as the electrical systems in every vehicle, have their own zero reference voltage. Naturally, these systems are not connected to earth ground, but the reference voltage is still called ground.
Building Grounds
At the electric panel in U.S. and Canadian buildings, the ground lines are wired to the neutral line of the electric service, to the earth via a ground rod and to the metal plumbing pipes. In large datacenters, a separate ground system may connect every server via heavy-duty cable to the metal structure of the building to ensure that the voltage reference between all equipment is the same. See ground loop.
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When I started testing my little blue Fiat 500e a couple of months ago, I thought, that as part of my EV awareness, I'd attend meetings of some electric car enthusiast organization.I pictured meeting in a place like an old Hof Brau, and standing in the parking lot before going inside for beers and roast beef, looking over each others' cars in the fading sun.
What I was picturing was the car club of the past. I met the Corvair owners club years ago that way.
Today, the action is in three places, for me. The first is at work, where I've created the Electriccars channel on Slack–our company instant messenger application. We have 12 members–most of the electric car drivers in the company. We post photos, talk about range and what we want to buy someday, and we're pretty well represented. We have drivers of Teslas, Leafs, Volts, A Ford Focus Electric and a Fusion Hybrid, BMW i3s, and a couple of us with Fiats. Here's our charging array. Fidelio, my blue Fiat 500e, is at the top of the picture, because my battery is full, and I've moved aside to let another driver charge up. With 15 EVs and 6 spots, it's the only way to make it work.
I've had numerous conversations in the hallway and in our "Cantina" food and party area. One guy proudly showed me his Volt app, where he could get lots of stats on his mileage and driving efficiency. Another wanted to talk about the differences between the different EVs on the market–or the difference between living with a plug-in hybrid versus a pure electric. Another is eagerly awaiting his opportunity to put money down on a Tesla Model 3–that he'll receive in two years. That's patience.
The second way I meet EV drivers is at charging stations. While most of my charging happens at home or at my six-slot office charger, I had a fine conversation with two Leaf drivers in front of the Whole Foods recently. A fellow auto journalist drove to meet me for lunch in his EV test car, and showed me where he went to plug it in while we were eating.
There's lots of EV action online. I belong to the Fiat 500e group on Facebook. For now, I have a car to show photos of, and stories to relate. So do they. There are proud new car photos, oddball charging shots, and interesting customizations. One guy installed new, more powerful, but less energy-consuming, headlamps. Another posted a shot of his little Fiat next to a giant Chevy Suburban. I had recently taken a very similar shot of my colleague's orange 500e next to the same kind of behemoth, and posted it in reply. We have fun.
Of course there are numerous websites to visit, too. And on Twitter, I post links to this blog, and have picked up a bunch of folks to follow–and who follow me–by going there.
I was expecting more camaraderie between EV drivers on the road, but so far, no-one has waved to me from their car. I, of course notice all of them. Maybe they just like not buying or burning gas and aren't the social type. More (electric) power to them.
I did look around for an actual car club, and found the Electric Auto Association. They have various chapters, but from what I can tell, they are the old-fashioned kind of organization. These are the techie guys who used to install dozens of regular car batteries in an old Honda Civic years ago. They are hands-on, and less of a purely consumer group–although I bet that's changing.
If it were September, I could participate in National Drive Electric Week, but who knows what I'll be driving by then? I may own my own EV by the time any local events start on September 10.
I love the social part of being an EV driver. Perhaps it's the excitement about doing something special that brings some folks together like this. When you drive an electric car, you fit right into the flow of traffic, and especially if you own a model that also has a gas version, you may be invisible to the other drivers. But YOU know you're battery powered, and that it all makes a difference. Someday, it'll be the norm.
Today, my wife and I took a trip about 11 miles away to a familiar shopping center. Her goal was eyebrow plucking. Mine was sitting and reading, and investigating a new charging station situated in front of the new Whole Foods grocery. I'd seen it before while shopping and felt it was a good use of my wait time.
I drove up to the nrg eVgo charger and stepped out to see what it wanted for me to use it.
I'm most familiar with the ChargePoint charging stations, as they're located at my office, and the Blink Network, which I've used occasionally. This new one had two boxes with charging cables hanging on them. The one I approached had two next to each other, one being a quick charge and the other looked like a level 2 charger. Based on that impression, I called the number posted there and tried to set up an account.
I gave the man my name and specifics, and he told me I could use a number he'd provide via email to log in to their website and finish the process. He also said he could give me access right away for today. Great.
I reached for the cable, and when I pulled it out, saw that it was the OTHER kind of quick charge plug–the SAE Combo (CCS) type. The other one was a CHAdeMO version. Because my car didn't have a quick charger, I was out of luck.
Luckily, I was just doing research and didn't need the charge to get home, but I never got that confirming email from eVgo, so I guess we're not going to be doing any business for now.
I understand that a quick charger is great for visits to the grocery store, rather than a slower Level 2 style, but it pays to check carefully before parking and hoping. I did learn from the company's website that they have other locations nearby with (they say) Level 2 chargers available as well. It'll be interesting to see if this company grows and become handy quickly. The other two charging cables, by the way, were plugged into the noses of Nissan Leafs, which do have the CHAdeMO charger.
Choices. It's what everyone is thinking about now, as we plunge headlong into the 2016 Election season. No matter which side you're on, you have to agree that the people who support each candidate are often vehement about it. People are deciding, and it's early, but you could say that they are choosing with their hearts and not their heads. He or she is MY CANDIDATE, which means the other candidates are stupid or totally misguided.
At least it looks a lot like that to me.
Regardless, when people go out car shopping, they are bringing all their old habits of living and thinking along with them. They may have practical concerns, but car buying is still an emotional process. And that's why most people don't go out shopping for electric cars.
The best reason to buy and drive electric is to protect the planet from the worst effects of climate change. Not burning as much carbon is better. There may be some arguments against this, but they are not coming from anyone who is informed about the situation we're in.
Besides removing the combustion under the hood, electric cars are smooth and quiet. And, they deliver surprising torque from the get-go. The cars need next to no service, too. Forget oil changes or radiator flushes or hose or belt repairs. They cost less to run. Nice.
So, where's the rub? Well, you can't get some of the electrics everywhere. I live in California, and there are plenty here. And, the prices can look expensive. But with great leasing deals, that's a non-issue.
Driving range can be seen as a concern, but if you have one internal combustion car in the family, it doesn't have to be. My life of 36-mile-round-trip commuting and local errands perfectly suits Fidelio, my blue Fiat 500e.
What about charging? Do you need to look for chargers and doesn't it take a long time.? Well, yes, it does take a long time, but if you use Level 2 (240-volt) chargers, it's much less. But, as a long-time expert in EVs told me, you charge the car while it's just sitting, doing nothing. It's no big deal. I normally charge Fidelio at work, and he's done by lunchtime. Then, I go park him elsewhere, freeing up the charger for the next person. The time to do that is the time I'd spend in a gas station. Granted, it may be more often, but it's completely manageable.
So, what's the deal? Maybe it's just that many people don't know how great it is to drive an electric car. So… If you have one, take out your friends and family! Give them a chance to see your EV in action. Joel Levin, of Plug-in America, says exactly that. Make it a viral experience. You show your neighbor, who then buys one. Then, the neighbor's cousin visits and buys one. It takes knowledge and experience to recognize the benefits and pleasures of EVs. And if a pure EV is simply too much, say for a young couple in an apartment who need one all-purpose car, then look at the vast number of hybrid options.
It's up to us to do something. Choose wisely.


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| 'Factotum' is a Bukowski bore
'Factotum' is a Bukowski bore
Few relationships have been as lengthy and loving as the steamy affair between moviegoers and drunken degenerates. It is a challenge for a character to capture our collective imagination in the same way that the hard-livers (or hard-livered, as the case may be) have. Paul Newman's "Fast Eddie" Felson, James Dean's Jim Stark and Marlon Brando's Stanley Kowalski, to name just a few, have done more to shape conceptions of masculinity and the human struggle than any teetotaling, morally upstanding hero ever could have. Hank Chinaski (Matt Dillon), the beer-swilling, chain-smoking protagonist of Bent Hamer's "Factotum," however, seems a pale imitation of those great drunkards who came before him.
Factotum, we learn from the opening credits, refers to "a man of many jobs." The film follows Chinaski as he drinks his way through menial occupation after menial occupation. He carries on in an unfulfilling way with Jan (Lili Taylor) and Laura (Marissa Tomei), but never changes in the process. The film's loosely structured series of vignettes, each ending with a disappointingly anticlimactic confrontation between Chinaski and The Man, fade to black and leave us with a voiced-over narration and little else to illuminate our antihero. Indeed, the film's dialogue is generally sparse and predictable. While an occasional one-liner or deadpan remark about venereal disease helps keep us engaged in the dark comedy, Chinaski's frequent monologues about the nature of existence in the wasteland of modernity seem like unnatural and forced vestiges of a more thoughtful film left on the cutting-room floor.
The character of Chinaski first appeared in Barbet Schroeder's "Barfly" (1987) and serves as the alter ego of the late, notoriously debauched author Charles Bukowski, whose autobiographical 1975 novel of the same name is the basis for Hamer's film. In "Factotum," Bent and Jim Stark, the screenwriters, seem to have failed to adapt the language to fit their lead. Dillon is neither skuzzy enough to embody the derelict nor thoughtful enough to channel the writer. Where Mickey Rourke, the appropriately disreputable prince of sleaze, seemed a perfect choice for Chinaski in his earlier incarnation, in Bent's film, Dillon is ostentatiously grungy but ultimately overly sleek. Even when unshaven and dressed in a filthy undershirt, Dillon fails to evoke the sort of world-weary disgust that we have come to expect from the recent crop of fallen leading men — Nick Nolte, Nicholas Cage and Billy Bob Thornton.
To make up for his underdeveloped lead, Bent resorts to seldom-funny slapstick and sight gags — Chinaski fighting a diminutive pickle-store employee, leaving an ice truck open, and struggling with crabs (yes, those kinds of crabs). In fact, part of what makes the comedic elements of "Factotum" ineffective to the point of frustration are their complete incongruity in the aesthetic space of the film. Frequently, the camera remains static for almost excruciating periods of time, a technique long associated with art house and East Asian cinema. Here, however, the camera merely lingers on the unworthy object of the next joke. In the opening sequence, when a truck driven by Chinaski prepares to pull away from a gas pump to which it is still attached, Bent finds it necessary to hold our gaze fixed on this supposedly hilarious example of apathetic rebellion. Editing minimalism of this nature makes the film lag, distending its respectably concise 94-minute runtime into an eternity.
For a movie that ostensibly concerns itself with masculinity, "Factotum" is unexpectedly at its most compelling when dealing with women. Although Dillon is a disappointing nonentity, Bent gets strong performances from the two fallen women in Chinaski's life. While the camera never succeeds in turning Dillon into a bum who belongs to the abject cityscape, Bent abuses his female leads with a mixture of unnatural lighting and unflattering makeup to create the illusion of true misery. Tomei, bandaged and disheveled, is hardly recognizable upon our first viewing and remains difficult to identify for her all-too-brief time on screen. Lili Taylor's Jan, Chinaski's on-again, off-again girlfriend, who lives from bed to bed and drink to drink, speaks more to an inescapably bereft existence than any female lead in recent memory. Sadly, Bent allows her to exist as a mere tangent to the protagonist's unsatisfying and unmemorable job search — her recurrence brings at least a little pathos and excitement to the otherwise flat narrative. It's almost enough to leave us wishing for a romantic comedy unmarred by drunks. Almost.


Jenson Button has set his sights on his first Formula One victory after scorching to a second successive podium finish.
The 24-year-old Brit snatched third spot in yesterday's historic Bahrain Grand Prix behind the dominant Ferraris of Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello.
Button's podium, just two weeks after his career-best result in Malaysia, took him to third in the drivers' standings - but he is determined to get that first win.
"I am not going to be happy until I am on that top step," said Button.
"It is going to take us a little while but I will get there.
"This feels as good as the first podium and it's great to be lying third in the Drivers' Championship at this stage of the season.
"We're still only three races into our relationship with Michelin so we're still learning a lot about the package, but it's really starting to come together now.
"We'll be focusing very much on what we now need to do to take that next step forward."
Button needed the Williams of Colombia's Juan Pablo Montoya to develop gearbox trouble to grab third in the race but it was still another commendable drive from the Briton.
But he is still 15 points behind Schumacher, who extended his lead to nine points over Barrichello after making it three wins out of three this season.
Schumacher claimed the 73rd victory of his extraordinary career by just over a second but he slowed dramatically on the final lap having dominated from the start.
The six-time world beater insisted a seventh title was not inevitable but admitted he would be happy for a repeat of two years ago when he won 11 out of 17 races and sent the sport into crisis.
"People might compare this with 2002 but I don't have a problem with that honestly," said Schumacher.
"Who would have said we would have won the championship last year after our start?
"There is still a long way to go and the rest will catch up so we have to be prepared. The others will raise their game."
Schumacher - along with Barrichello and Button - were smelling of roses afterwards after drinking the non-alcoholic fake champagne warrd, made up of pomegranate and rosewater, to reflect Muslim sensibilities.
It would have surely left a bad taste in the mouths of Ferrari's rivals at Williams and McLaren who were again well off the pace.
McLaren had a nightmare with Kimi Raikkonen's engine blowing up early, leaving last year's championship runner-up still searching for his first point. The title is surely out of sight now.
"There is not really anything else I can say or do," said Raikkonen. "I just want to forget this weekend and look forward to the rest of the year."
And David Coulthard's hopes of impressing prospective new employers are not being helped by the car which conked out with a mechanical problem late in the race.


When these natural carbon emissions interact in sunlight with nitrogen oxide – naturally emitted from soils but also a common product largely emitted by human activity – one result is the formation of tiny particles known as secondary organic aerosols. Though aerosols are tiny, much smaller than the width of a human hair, they are no bit players when it comes to earth's climate. They're an important component in the planet's energy and carbon cycles, determining in part the fate of the planet's vast reservoir of carbon and how it flows between the land and the atmosphere.
The work was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science and other organizations, including several Brazil-based research institutions. Researchers tapped the computational resources of EMSL, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, an Office of Science user facility. Shrivastava is continuing related works thanks to a DOE early-career award he received last year.