Junoon is the second best Indian restaurant in NYC, after Tamarind and Tamarind TriBeCa. Derived from the Hindi word meaning "passion", it serves modern Indian cuisine in a plush, graceful setting. The designer Tarik Currimbhoy, who drew his inspiration from old-world Indian artistry, has outfitted the entryway and sensuous, hushed dining room with sandstone sculptures, carved teak accents, steam-bent wood furniture, antique Indian swigs made out of hand-carved Burma tea and reflecting pools with floating candles and lotus blossoms. The 50-foot long walkway to the dining room, known as the "Junoon Walk", contains a sequence of eight-foot tall "Tree of Life" sculptures. There is also a very attractive front bar area, with excellent cocktails (particularly the "Sprig Around the World") and an impressively deep wine list.
The menu pursues a clever angle: instead of traversing India's different culinary regions, it showcases the five most important Indian cooking techniques: the Tandoor (clay oven), Sigri (open fire pit), Handi (curry / pot cooking), Tawa (cast-iron griddle) and Patthar (stone). The method employed is notated next to each of the menu's dishes, and the tasting menus permit you to taste 3 or all 5 of the different methods. Downstairs, there is an open spice room where an array of fresh spices and herbs are ground daily and made into blends for the marinades and sauces. Each blend is only used in one dish in order to preserve a unique flavor for each dish. The best of Junoon's dishes constitute the summit of NYC's rich Indian dining landscape: the Tree of Life Cauliflower, a crispy cauliflower with a house garam masala crust; the eggplant with freshly ground ajwain in the Seasonal Pakoras; the Monkfish Tikka (Sigri), which is marinated in hung yoghurt, chili, lemon and mustard oil; the Chicken Tawa Masala (Tawa); the Masaledar Lamb Chops (Tandoor); the Shrimp Ghassi (Handi); and what is almost certainly NYC's best nann, in prune and walnut, onion and garlic varieties.
When combined with the beauty of the room and the sophistication of the service, it's clear why Junoon has attained such recognition recently. It is a restaurant to watch, as we expect it will continue to improve.


FINRA recently launched with much fanfare its toll free senior hot line.
• investor tools and resources from FINRA, including BrokerCheck®.
This is an incredible development and has already reaped a huge response of callers to the line. In fact The SIPA was able to obtain transcripts of some of the calls to the new line.
FINRA: "Thank you for calling the FINRA senior hot line how may we help"?
FINRA: "I see, perhaps you should have just invested in stocks in some large cap quality stocks instead of these derivatives"?
FINRA: "oh ,well, that was truly unfortunate market fluctuation sir…Perhaps in the future you should just stick with buying Mutual Funds"?
FINRA: "well sir, this is really disappointing to hear did you try any other investments"?
FINRA: " SIR, I NEED YOU TO IMMEDIATELY SEND ME ANY AND ALL INFORMATION ON THE FIRM, THE OFFERING MATERIAL THE DUE DILIGENCE REPORT AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION YOU MAY HAVE"!!!!!! WE WILL GET TO THE BOTTOM THIS ASAP!
Now, for those of you with ruffled feather, lighten up a bit and think of the irony of the current regulatory state of the industry. We keep putting in rules, reports, procedures, transparency, and accounting and just about everything you can think of yet at the end of the day the largest criminals in the industry have largely gone unpunished. Although this is a tongue in cheek farce I concocted, I do openly wonder what would happen if /when a Senior calls this line complaining of poor performance, unsuitability and more ? I hope I'm wrong but I seriously doubt there will be much action taken against the Wall Street cartel firms. What do you think of this new call center?


text:
import unittest
import csv
import random

from amaasutils.random_utils import random_string
from amaascore.csv_upload.data import Uploader

class EnergyFutureUploaderTest(unittest.TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        self.longMessage = True  # Print complete error message on failure
        self.asset_manager_id = self.client_id = 1
        self.csvfile = 'EnergyFutureUploaderTest.csv'
        self.asset_ids = [random_string(8), random_string(8)]
        with open(self.csvfile, 'r+', newline='') as readfile:
            reader = csv.reader(readfile)
            for row in reader:
                header = row
                break
        with open(self.csvfile, 'w+', newline='') as writefile:
            writer = csv.writer(writefile)
            writer.writerow(header)
            writer.writerow(['EnergyFuture', self.asset_ids[0], 'Cash', '123', '123', '123', '123', '123', '09/01/01',
                            '09/01/01', 'SGD', 'mirror', '123', 'USA', '123',
                            '12345', '54321', 'true', '1', 'true', '2'])
            writer.writerow(['EnergyFuture', self.asset_ids[1], 'Cash', '123', '123', '123', '123', '123', '09/01/01',
                            '09/01/01', 'SGD', 'mirror', '123', 'USA', '123',
                            '12345', '54321', 'true', '1', 'true', '2'])

    def tearDown(self):
        pass

    def test_EnergyFutureUploadDownload(self):
        Uploader().upload(asset_manager_id=self.asset_manager_id, client_id=self.client_id, csvpath=self.csvfile)
        Uploader().download(csvpath=self.csvfile, asset_manager_id=self.asset_manager_id, data_id_type='asset_id', data_id_list=self.asset_ids)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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SolarNews 01 Mar 2018
Posted by | March 1, 2018 | Past Issue
SolarNews
The Electronic Newsletter of the
Solar Physics Division
Volume 2018 Number 5
Aimee Norton, editor
Chair's Chat
TESS-2018 – Family Care Grants Available
Hinode/EIS Nugget – Explosive Chromospheric Evaporation and Warm Rain in a C3.1 Flare Observed by EIS, IRIS, and RHESSI
RHESSI Science Nuggets in February 2018
Hinode – PhD/Masters Theses Entries
Living Reviews in Solar Physics – Space–time Structure and Wavevector Anisotropy in Space Plasma Turbulence
Solar Physics Division – Popular Writing Awards
CESRA Highlights in February
HMI Science Nuggets in February 2018
New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Center for Space Sciences – Post-Doctoral Associate
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen and the Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA) of the Technical University (TU) Berlin – PhD Plasma Astrophysics
Astronomical Institute of Czech Academy of Sciences (Ondřejov) – Funded Ph.D. Position in Solar Physics: REMINDER
University of Colorado Boulder – George Ellery Hale Postdoctoral Fellowship Position in Solar, Stellar and Space Physics
Meeting Announcements
2018 International Satellite Program in Research and Education (INSPIRE) and Small Sat Workshop
SOHE3 – Third Meeting of the Italian Solar and Heliospheric Community: 29–31 October 2018
Space Weather Workshop – Registration Reminder
Holly Gilbert
The SPD Executive Committee, along with the AAS, are committed
to helping SPD members and SPD affiliate members with young children
attend the TESS meeting.
SPD childcare grant applications for up to $400 are available
for and are due by Monday, March 30, 2018 at 7 P.M. (EST):
spd.aas.org/family-care-grants
The grant recipient will be responsible for arranging the childcare; the grants are intended to offset the cost of this childcare. We anticipate awarding up to eight grants of up to $400 each to offset childcare costs. This might include babysitting costs at the hotel, or contributions towards the daily expenses of a spouse/relative attending the meeting to care for the child. The recipient needs to supply a receipt or other proof of payment to obtain the reimbursement.
Applications will be processed in the order received. Please send questions to treasurer@spd.aas.org
Go up to the Table of Contents
Deb Baker
A new Hinode/EIS nugget by Jeff Brosius in now available. Read about explosive chromospheric evaporation and warm rain in a C3.1 flare here:
solarb.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/SolarB/nuggets/nugget_2018feb.jsp
The EIS nugget archive is found here:
solarb.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/SolarB/eisnuggets.jsp
We welcome contributions from the community.
UCL/MSSL
Hugh Hudson
No. 316, "Joint MinXSS and RHESSI Flare X-ray Spectra between 1 and 15 keV", by Chris Moore, Brian Dennis, and the MinXSS Science Team. MinXSS adds systematic views of flare soft X-ray spectra to RHESSI imagery.
No. 317, "Non-Maxwellian Diagnostics from SDO/EVE spectra of an X-class flare," by Jaroslav Dudik. Ratios of high-excitation ion lines can readily detect kappa distributions in flare plasmas.
See sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/wiki/index.php/RHESSI_Science_Nuggets listing the current series, 2008 – present, and sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/nuggets/ for the original series, 2005 – 2008.
We publish these at roughly two-week intervals and welcome contributions, which should be related, at least loosely, to RHESSI science.
Sabrina Savage
The Hinode mission maintains a data base of PhD and Masters theses that incorporate Hinode data. Please visit the following site to enter yours! The information required is name, title, university, and year of graduation.
Registration site: hinode.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/thesis.input/
Thesis list: hinode.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/thesis/index.en.php
Frank Schulz
A new review article has been published in the open-access journal Living Reviews in Solar Physics on February 21, 2018:
Yasuhito Narita "Space–time structure and wavevector anisotropy in space plasma turbulence", Living Rev Sol Phys (2018) 15: 2. doi.org/10.1007/s41116-017-0010-0
Space and astrophysical plasmas often develop into a turbulent state and exhibit nearly random and stochastic motions. While earlier studies emphasize more on understanding the energy spectrum of turbulence in the one-dimensional context (either in the frequency or the wavenumber domain), recent achievements in plasma turbulence studies provide an increasing amount of evidence that plasma turbulence is essentially a spatially and temporally evolving phenomenon. This review presents various models for the space–time structure and anisotropy of the turbulent fields in space plasmas, or equivalently the energy spectra in the wavenumber–frequency domain for the space–time structures and that in the wavevector domain for the anisotropies. The turbulence energy spectra are evaluated in different one-dimensional spectral domains; one speaks of the frequency spectra in the spacecraft observations and the wavenumber spectra in the numerical simulation studies. The notion of the wavenumber–frequency spectrum offers a more comprehensive picture of the turbulent fields, and good models can explain the one-dimensional spectra in the both domains at the same time. To achieve this goal, the Doppler shift, the Doppler broadening, linear-mode dispersion relations, and sideband waves are reviewed. The energy spectra are then extended to the wavevector domain spanning the directions parallel and perpendicular to the large-scale magnetic field. By doing so, the change in the spectral index at different projections onto the one-dimensional spectral domain can be explained in a simpler way.
Please, visit frequently our solar physics channel (www.springer.com/livingreviews/solar-physics) at livingreviews.org for news.
Monica Bobra
The Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society solicits nominations for the Popular Writing Award, which is awarded annually to authors of popular articles about the Sun or the effects of the Sun on the Earth's environment. One award is given for an article written by a scientist; another award is given for an article written by a journalist.
Nominations will be accepted until April 6, 2018.
The Popular Writing Award committee will judge articles published in the last calendar year (2017) based on the following criteria: relevance, educational value, accuracy, clarity, and impact. The article must be written in English and published in a North American newspaper, magazine, or popular science journal or equivalent electronic publication. Books are not eligible. Any living scientist or journalist is eligible to receive the award.
The cash amount of each award is $500. Awards will be accompanied by a certificate.
Please send the following information to submit a nomination: the title and author(s) of the article, the name and date of the publication, and the category (scientist or journalist). Self-nominations are welcome. Please submit nominations to
Monica Bobra at
mbobra [at] stanford [dot] edu.
For more information, see spd.aas.org/about/bylaws#PRIZES
Eduard Kontar
Synergy of stochastic and systematic energization of plasmas
during turbulent reconnection
by Th. Pisokas, L. Vlahos and H. Isliker:
cesra.net/?p=1773
Solar ALMA observations: constraining the chromosphere above sunspots
by M. Loukitcheva et al.
Ruizhu Chen
We announce two HMI Science Nuggets for February 2018.
#85 "A Statistical Comparison between Photospheric Vector Magnetograms Obtained by SDO/HMI and Hinode/SP", contributed by A. Sainz Dalda (hmi.stanford.edu/hminuggets/?p=2204)
#86 "Frequency Dependence of Helioseismic Measurements of the Center-to-Limb Effect", contributed by Ruizhu Chen (hmi.stanford.edu/hminuggets/?p=2246)
We welcome submissions on work related to HMI scientific goals. More information can be found at hmi.stanford.edu/hminuggets/
Shavran Hanasoge
The Center for Space Sciences at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) invites applications for a number of Post-Doctoral Associate positions for a minimum period of two years, with a possibility of extension.
The following broad topics have been identified: (1) Performing research in computational helioseismology and contributing to the establishment of a Data Center at NYUAD that will acquire, archive, manage and process selected scientific data sets from space missions; (2) Inferring flows in the solar interior using helioseismology and modelling sources of systematic errors in seismic measurements. Applicants should be able to analyze observations of the Sun (specifically those taken by the MDI and HMI instruments); (3) Performing numerical simulations and developing the theory of convection and magnetism in the Sun and stars with a specific focus to develop an understanding of large-scale convection and elucidating the physical mechanisms governing the solar dynamo, differential rotation and meridional circulation; and (4) Theoretical exploration of exoplanets, including, but not limited to, star-planet interactions, evolution, interior convection, and atmospheric dynamics.
Researchers with a PhD in Astrophysics or related discipline are encouraged to apply. All successful candidates are expected to work with the Principal Investigator of the Center, Professor K.R. Sreenivasan and Co-Principal Investigators, Professors Ian Dobbs-Dixon, Laurent Gizon and Shravan Hanasoge. The anticipated appointment is expected to start, preferably, on September 1, 2018.
The terms of employment include highly competitive salary, housing allowance, and other benefits. Applications are accepted immediately and candidates will be considered until the position is filled. To be considered, all applicants must submit a curriculum vitae, a one-page summary of research accomplishments and interests, publication list and arrange for at least two letters of recommendation to be submitted, all in PDF format. For any clarifications or questions, please email: sh2539@nyu.edu.
About NYUAD:
NYU Abu Dhabi is a degree-granting research university with a fully integrated liberal arts and science undergraduate program in the Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Engineering. NYU Abu Dhabi, NYU New York, and NYU Shanghai, form the backbone of NYU's global network university, an interconnected network of portal campuses and academic centers across six continents that enable seamless international mobility of students and faculty in their pursuit of academic and scholarly activity. This global university represents a transformative shift in higher education, one in which the intellectual and creative endeavors of academia are shaped and examined through an international and multicultural perspective. As a major intellectual hub at the crossroads of the Arab world, NYUAD serves as a center for scholarly thought, advanced research, knowledge creation, and sharing, through its academic, research, and creative activities.
EOE/AA/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Employer
UAE Nationals are encouraged to apply.
Jörg Büchner
Open PhD position: Probing electron acceleration by fast magnetic reconnection using coherent stellar radio emissions
www.mps.mpg.de/5210003/job_full_offer_11895400?c=2169
We invite applications for a PhD position funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen and the Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA) of the Technical University (TU) Berlin.
The successful applicant will work with Prof. Dr. Jörg Büchner and Dr. Patricio Muñoz on kinetic simulations of electron acceleration by magnetic reconnection in stellar atmospheres to be verified by observed solar type-III radio bursts. The selected doctoral candidate will use a state-of-the-art fully-kinetic and massively parallel particle-in-cell code, running on European network High-Performance Supercomputers, to simulate the electromagnetic radiation caused by magnetic reconnection. In particular the influence of the electron cyclotron maser instability will be investigated. At the TU Berlin the PHD thesis will additionally be supervised by Prof. Dr. Dieter Breitschwerdt.
The desired start date is March 1st, 2018, but applications will be considered until a suitable candidate is selected.
Online application portal: www.application.mps.mpg.de
Michal Svanda
Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences invites applications for a doctoral (Ph.D.) position in the group of Structure and Dynamics of Solar Atmosphere in Ondřejov Observatory.
The position will be fully funded from the project "Evolution of sunspots and active regions" supported by the Czech Science Foundation. The successful applicant will join the group of Structure and Dynamics of Solar Atmosphere, which resides in Ondřejov (about 30 km from Prague), and will work together with Michal Švanda, Jan Jurčák, and Michal Sobotka. It is expected that the applicant enrolls an accredited Ph.D. programme in Physics at Charles University in Prague or Masaryk University in Brno. The specialization of the Ph.D. study is negotiable, however it has to be closely related to the above mentioned project. The possible topics include the semi-empirical description of evolution of solar active regions from state-of-the-art data and methods, and coupling between magnetic and velocity fields. It is expected that the applicant will participate in securing the ground-based observations with GREGOR solar telescope.
The position is supported by a salary, which is based on the domestic levels (about CZK 26,000 brutto) and includes a health insurance. The position is also connected with a decent travel budget. The funding is secured until the end of 2020. Additional funding might be available at the university in a form of a scholarship. A necessary condition for the appointment is to satisfy the legal requirements for being employed in the Czech Republic. The applicant must hold an advanced level (MSc. equivalent) university degree in astronomy or physics or be expected to obtain one before the beginning of the contract. For informal inquiries about the position please feel free to email svanda(at)asu.cas.cz or jan.jurcak(at)asu.cas.cz.
Applications containing a Cover Letter, Curriculum Vitae, List of Publications (if applicable), and Summary of Research Plans should be submitted in a single pdf
to: sekretariat(at)asu.cas.cz
subject: "SDSA – Ph.D. position 2018"
cc: jan.jurcak(at)asu.cas.cz
svanda(at)asu.cas.cz
Candidates are encouraged to arrange for two recommendation letters that have to be sent to the same email addresses with the same subject. The deadline for applications is 31 March 2018, the admission deadline to apply for a Ph.D. programme at either collaborating university is 30 April 2018. The working contract may start once the admission procedure is successfully completed, probably on 1 July 2018 or later, and it is negotiable.
www.asu.cas.cz Website of the Astronomical Institute.
www.mff.cuni.cz Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague to learn about the admission procedure.
www.sci.muni.cz Faculty of Science, Masaryk University in Brno to learn about the admission procedure.
www.euraxess.cz Details about the research employment and work conditions in Czech Republic.
Benjamin Brown
The University of Colorado Boulder is seeking applicants for the George Ellery Hale Postdoctoral Fellowship in Solar, Stellar and Space Physics. The University of Colorado and surrounding institutions provide a rich environment within which to conduct solar research, and this two-year research fellowship accompanies the relocation of the National Solar Observatory (NSO) headquarters to Boulder.
Of particular interest are postdoctoral candidates who are interested in theoretical and computational studies of dynamics within solar and stellar interiors, photospheres, and atmospheres (chromospheres and coronae). Boulder is an internationally recognized center for studying convection, turbulence, radiative magnetohydrodynamics, and the dynamo amplification of magnetic fields in the Sun. The successful candidate will have access to extensive computational resources and existing modern, highly parallel astrophysical fluid dynamics codes, and could be involved in the creation of next generation codes for studying solar fluid dynamics. Connections between such modeling activities efforts and the observational capabilities of NSO's Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST, formerly ATST) and/or Integrated Synoptic Program (NISP) will enhance an application, and the successful candidate is encouraged to forge those connections while in Boulder.
The successful candidate will also have the opportunity play a prominent role in the new George Ellery Hale collaborative graduate education program, which aims to offer solar physics course work and summer professional development to students enrolled in graduate programs at the University of Colorado, University of Hawaii, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology via telepresence technology. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work closely with the program to develop capability and facilitate learning in this distributed environment. Thus candidates with a strong interest and experience in teaching and learning methodologies, in addition to those more focused on solar physics research goals, are encouraged to apply. Primary duties of a Hale postdoctoral fellow are in research, but the successful candidate may negotiate for a portion of their duties to be dedicated to teaching or service.
Details on the broader Hale program, including current fellows, can be found at www.halefellows.org
Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a list of publications,
a description of research and teaching interests, and the names and
contact information for three references. These materials should
be submitted electronically to: www.cu.edu/cu-careers,
requisition ID #12159 and Position Number 00743336. Please
use keyword "Hale" when searching for the position on
www.cu.edu/cu-careers, and choose the "Research Associate"
For more information please contact Prof. Benjamin Brown, Search Committee Chair, bpbrown@colorado.edu. Review of the applications will begin 2 April 2018 and continue until the position is filled. The University of Colorado is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The University of Colorado offers a full benefits package. Information on University benefits programs, including eligibility, is located at www.cu.edu/pbs/
Mustapha Meftah
Dear Solar Physics enthusiasts,
Please consider submitting an abstract to the 2018 INSPIRE and Small Sat Workshop (events.oma.be/indico/event/51/overview) in Paris (France), August 27 – 29, 2018.
events.oma.be/indico/event/51/overview
Detailed Session Description:
Session 1: The INSPIRE program
Presentations in relation with INSPIRE program (inspiresat.com/), Space Program from agency, academic, etc.
Session 2: Results from recent space missions
Science results and lessons learned (limitations inherent to small missions, degradation in space of instruments, etc).
Session 3: Small satellite missions, future missions and challenges
Small satellite missions for Earth Observations, Aeronomy and Ionosphere Studies, Solar Physics and Interplanetary missions.
Alessandro Bemporad
This is the first announcement for the "Third meeting of the Italian Solar and Heliospheric Community – SOHE3" that will take place in Turin (Italy), from 29 to 31 October 2018, and will be organized by the INAF-Turin Astrophysical Observatory and the Turin University – Physics Department. The meeting will be hosted in the modern Great Hall of the "Cavallerizza Reale" (located in the historical city center, via Verdi 9, Turin).
The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum at the national
level for the discussion of the main topics of solar and heliospheric
physics, and space weather. The meeting program will cover all
aspects of the solar and heliospheric physics with invited, contributed
presentations, and posters that examine the current research and outline
the future directions in all the relevant fields. The conference will
strengthen existing collaborations and establish new collaborations,
both in the context of projects the community is involved in (such as the
European Solar Telescope (EST), Solar Orbiter, THOR, Bepi Colombo, PROBA-3,
CSES-Limadou space missions, etc …), and beyond. The meeting will focus
mostly on the research being carried out at the Italian national level,
but contribution submission and participation are open to everyone.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION and early registration will open soon. Limited amount of TRAVEL SUPPORT will be provided to PhD students and young post-docs: request for support will also open soon.
WEBSITE: sohe3.oato.inaf.it/
Alessandro Bemporad – INAF Osservatorio di Torino (bemporad@oato.inaf.it)
Serena Criscuoli – NSO, National Solar Observatory, Boulder, CO (scriscuo@nso.edu)
Dario Del Moro – Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Dip. di Fisica (delmoro@roma2.infn.it)
Salvo Guglielmino – Università degli Studi di Catania (salvo.guglielmino@oact.inaf.it)
Simone Landi – Università di Firenze & INAF Osservatorio di Arcetri (slandi@arcetri.astro.it)
Monica Laurenza – INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Roma (monica.laurenza@iaps.inaf.it)
Fabio Reale – Università di Palermo & INAF Osservatorio di Palermo (reale@astropa.unipa.it)
Thomas Straus – INAF Osservatorio di Capodimonte (straus@oacn.inaf.it)
Antonio Vecchio – LESIA-Observatoire de Paris- France / Dept. of Astrophysics/IMAPP – Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherland (antonio.vecchio@obspm.fr)
LOC:
Alessandro Bemporad (bemporad@oato.inaf.it – Chair)
Lucia Abbo (abbo@oato.inaf.it)
Carlo Benna (benna@oato.inaf.it)
Tullia Carriero (carriero@oato.inaf.it)
Alberto Cora (cora@oato.inaf.it)
Annalisa Deliperi (deliperi@oato.inaf.it)
Silvano Fineschi (fineschi@oato.inaf.it)
Federica Frassati (frassati@oato.inaf.it)
Silvio Giordano (giordano@oato.inaf.it)
Salvatore Mancuso (mancuso@oato.inaf.it)
Silvano Massaglia (silvano.massaglia@ph.unito.it)
Gianalfredo Nicolini (nicolini@oato.inaf.it)
Stefania Rasetti (rasetti@oato.inaf.it)
Roberto Susino (susino@oato.inaf.it)
Luca Zangrilli (zangrilli@oato.inaf.it)
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Susanne Demaree
DEADLINES REMINDER
Space Weather Workshop
Space Weather Workshop is an annual conference that brings industry, academia, and government agencies together in a lively dialog about space weather. What began in 1996 as a conference for the space weather user community, Space Weather Workshop has evolved into the Nation's leading conference on all issues relating to space weather.
The Meeting of Science, Research, Applications, Operations & Users
– Student Abstract Submission: Friday, March 2
– Decisions on Student Support will be offered by Friday, March 9
– All other speaker and poster abstract submission: Friday, March 16
– Hotel Room Block: Monday, March 26
– Banquet Registration and payment: Wednesday, April 11
Space Weather Workshop 2018:
cpaess.ucar.edu/events/space-weather-workshop
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The first Venice Neighborhood Council (VNC) board meeting of the year opened with an announcement from VNC Parliamentarian Ivan Spiegel that the first date to file for candidacy in the 2 June VNC election — in which all Board members will be replaced or re-elected — is February 17th. As was the case last year, the VNC is planning to hold a mixer on that date (the last one was held at the Canal Club) to sign up candidates. The Board also approved $1350 for election candidate recruitment meetings.
The Board also voted to approve the expenditure of $600 from the outreach budget to purchase two (out of a total of 34) planters to line the parkway along 7th Avenue, behind Whole Foods, in order to discourage encampments. The motion is contingent on the applicant's acquisition of a permit to install the planters (seen and discussed here: https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/venice-planters-controversy/).
The discussion of the demolition and conversion of 2308 Pisani Place, currently a 6-unit rental building, into a six unit condominium building, featured two of the building's long-term, current tenants speaking on behalf of the applicant, Steve Meepos. Mr. Meepos has set aside two apartments in the building at below-market prices and provided financing so that these two residents, who have lived in Venice for over 25 years, will have the opportunity to purchase their apartments. Two amendments — to remove the rooftop structures from the new development and add an additional parking space — passed, and the amended item was approved.
Motion 11B called for the VNC Board to send a letter in support of SB50 to the Los Angeles City Council. SB50, discussed here: https://www.kqed.org/news/11709817/its-sb-827-take-2-wiener-introduces-revamped-bill-to-require-more-housing-near-transit. It would take away City input regarding new developments near transit and job-rich zones. Land Use and Planning chair (LUPC) Matt Royce, whose committee had passed the motion unanimously, stated that failure to support this bill was an indication of "the status quo," in particular would drive development farther and farther from the city center, with its negative impacts on the environment.
Several stakeholders rose in opposition to the measure, pointing out it's vagueness and that it could, if interpreted a certain way, mandate buildings up to 8 stories along Venice Blvd. Board member Jim Murez requested the motion be postponed one month in order to allow the VNC Board to specifically research SB50's impacts on Venice, citing the lack of clarity as to whether or not the bill would apply in the coastal zone. The measure to postpone passed, and the motion will be take up again at the February 19th meeting of the VNC Board.


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An eclectic blog on which appears daily one-thousand word essays on somethingorother.
OUR SPINNING COMPASSES
The most crucial element of any ecology inhabited by human beings is the OTHER human beings. So the future of the hominins will depend on their ability to get along with each other, support and improve each other, survive each other. They say wars are fought well not for the sake of the cause but for the person next to you.
The first impulse of most people looking for how to "be" is to try to imagine a perfect person. Experience has taught me that what we need is an assortment of people, all kinds of people, some of them secret and even subversive. The more kinds of people that exist, the more it is likely for hominins to persist, because it is more likely that someone will have the mutation needed to meet the threat. Like the ability to digest milk. Probably not war skills.
In the past half-century there has been a great jostling horde of people trying to figure out what we should do, not just in the great choices of political leaders or economic strategy, but also in terms of local, personal life. Two guides much discussed in the past were the idea of "other-directed" people versus "inner-directed" people.
"The Lonely Crowd is a 1950 sociological analysis by David Riesman, Nathan Glazer, and Reuel Denney. It is considered, along with White Collar: The American Middle Classes, written by Riesman's friend and colleague, C. Wright Mills, a landmark study of American character."
"Riesman et al. identify and analyze three main cultural types: tradition-directed, inner-directed, and other-directed. They trace the evolution of society from a tradition-directed culture, one that moved in a direction defined by preceding generations. Tradition-directed social types obeyed rules established a long time in the past and rarely succeeded in modern society, with its dynamic changes. This earliest social type was succeeded by people who were inner-directed. They discovered the potential within themselves to live and act not according to established norms but based on what they discovered using their own inner gyroscope. Inner-directed people live as adults what they learned in childhood, and tend to be confident, sometimes rigid."
There's a fourth cultural type which came to prominence when everyone acquired television, which is "fantasy-directed." The middle-class in particular began trying to guide themselves according to what they saw on television while sitting in their own homes, which made it even more vivid. When I was teaching on the Blackfeet rez in the Sixties, people were just beginning to see these images, these behaviors, and they were convinced that this was the American norm, which was nothing like the way they were living.
By now we sit staring at Caitlin Jenner and Bill Cosby (not to mention Trump) and feel pretty much the same way except that they have inexplicably become something we never expected and cannot approve. Beyond that, in some places one can look out the window to see the neighbors killing, butchering and roasting a goat in their backyard. Most people aren't used to that. Aaaauuuugh.
It's tough to figure out what is fantasy and what is reality. Our visual stories on TV now mix flashbacks with plot progression in the fancied "now". The sound overlaps the images. The plots themselves are fantastical, mixing the stuff we see on the news (which is unbelievable enough already) with sci-fi and paranoid conventions about politics that after a while seem real. No wonder when it comes to politics, people vote but it seems to have no connection to the results.
Identity is anchored in daily life. We try to appear pretty much like everyone else around us. Mostly it's pretty clear what the neighbors are doing, but not always. The more difficult task is to be inner-directed, because what we learned as kids isn't always much help.
Previous generations had little moralizing stories to tell. In the nursery story everyone was mad at Simple Simon, because he was always doing what worked last year instead of using his head to make his actions fit a new situation, but think of what a problem it was for poor Simon, doing his best but getting criticized for it. Like holding doors for people who aren't grateful because it implies they can't do it for themselves.
The very rich, who may or may not be well-educated or experienced, have the privilege of being inner-directed and causing everyone around them to also be directed by their superior innards. This might sound like a great idea, but it soon turns out to be a trap unless, like Buddha, one goes in disguise to find out what the world is really like.
In reality it's pretty brutal. But also full of joy. Simon (and maybe Buddha) have a cousin named Jack who is "resilient" to use one of the buzz words of our day. "Jack" stories are about a little guy, maybe a child, who is oppressed and damaged by a big guy, maybe even someone in his own family, but he saves himself by using his wits to look at the situation in a way that reveals more options than the "giant" knows about. (McGyver is a Jack.)
Sometimes one can Jack the situation by moving the point of view, or by thinking about a foreign country where things are different, or by enlisting the help of other Jacks. He is inner directed, but confident enough to interact with and learn from others without getting captured by them. On the other hand, he's not afraid to grow and change.
The Plains Indian cousin of Jack is Napi, who is distinguished by his tendency to make a fool of himself. Jack fools others; Napi gets fooled. But that never stops him for long. because he learns from his mistakes.
Jill Power tends to be grouped, and sometimes more symbolic than actual, like pink pussy hats. But also sometimes Jill's follow Buffy the Vampire Slayer without the resourceful screen writers, which means they end up shouting ineffectively. For kid heroes, one generally has to go to cartoons, but I can imagine an absorbing series based on a remarkable boy, maybe dark in both senses, but never mean or vengeful.
Back to Jack. Imagine this immigrant is like a Jack Russell terrier with a personality many of us have come to know: persistent, enthusiastic, energetic, and funny. The problem the Jack dog has is that the others are humans who want to tell him, even FORCE him to do what they want. So maybe where he has always lived, it was normal to kill, cut up and roast a goat in the backyard, but now that he has moved, everyone gets upset and points out laws against cruelty to animals, which he can't understand because it's not about cruelty — it's about food. Is this new country against food? All sorts of semantical problems about when a living being enters a whole array of laws about how food must be handled for the sake of good health — when plainly the idea should just be to invite everyone over and eat it right away. But the neighbors are convinced that's barbaric. He should buy a refrigerator and make that goat meat last all week.
This example is meant to show how inner and outer directed can smash into each other, creating bafflement and anger. But taxation, health care, walls, and gimme-caps with mottoes on them are burned over territory. There is no unified "other", not even the fantasy scenarios of television which have made us think we understand other people like gays or trans or innocents with dread diseases.
Now we all crowd onto one of the media platforms where algorithms hook us up, like with like. What does it mean to be "algorithm directed"? What class does that relate to? The credit card class, I guess. Advertising has grabbed us.
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WE PALEOPEEPS
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White House: Flip-flop on Florida offshore drilling not a 'political favor'
Francis Rooney reports another paltry fundraising quarter
Federal Headlines
Fourth GOP challenger enters the race to unseat Charlie Crist
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen chips in, boosting Debbie Wasserman Schultz fundraising to nearly $230K
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen will lobby to force Qatari sheikh to pay up in fraud case
Vern Buchanan advances anti-poaching RAWR Act in U.S. House
White House: Flip-flop on Florida offshore drilling not a 'political favor'
A.G. Gancarski
At Thursday's White House briefing, spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders asserted that abandoned plans for drilling for oil off Florida's coast were not a political favor to Gov. Rick Scott.
"I am not aware of any political favor that would have been part of," Huckabee Sanders said.
Huckabee Sanders said that the "public comment" process was one in which "negotiations" would happen with state leadership.
"We'll continue to talk to other stakeholders as we make decisions for other areas and other states," Huckabee Sanders added.
The narrative from some media outlets and Democrats alike was that President Donald Trump cut a deal with the Governor to help him in his upcoming Senate race.
In response to questions from Florida Politics, Scott also rejected the idea that there was a prearranged capitulation on oil exploration off the Florida coast.
"This proposal came out of the Trump administration. I opposed it. I let them know before they came out with it," Scott asserted.
The Governor made the policy change sound like a result of hard-won negotiation, not political gamesmanship.
Scott noted that he "met and talked … multiple times" with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke over the last year, and "was very clear" that he didn't want to see offshore drilling off our coast.
"When he came out with the proposal a week and a half ago," Scott continued, "I asked to meet with him as soon as I could … we had the opportunity to meet and he took Florida off the table."
In this article:Bill Nelson, Department of Interior, Donald Trump, offshore drilling, Rick Scott, Ryan Zinke, Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Written By A.G. Gancarski
A.G. Gancarski has been a working journalist for over two decades. Gancarski has been a correspondent for FloridaPolitics.com since 2014. In 2018, he was a finalist for an Association of Alternative Newsweeklies "best political column." He can be reached at a.g.gancarski@gmail.com.


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Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It was true, too. She had a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression. Her hair was yellow, and her face was yellow because she had been born in India and had always been ill in one way or another. Her father had held a position under the English Government and had always been busy and ill himself, and her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself with gay people. She had not wanted a little girl at all, and when Mary was born she handed her over to the care of an Ayah, who was made to understand that if she wished to please the Mem Sahib she must keep the child out of sight as much as possible. So when she was a sickly, fretful, ugly little baby she was kept out of the way, and when she became a sickly, fretful, toddling thing she was kept out of the way also. She never remembered seeing familiarly anything but the dark faces of her Ayah and the other native servants, and as they always obeyed her and gave her her own way in everything, because the Mem Sahib would be angry if she was disturbed by her crying, by the time she was six years old she was as tyrannical and selfish a little pig as ever lived. The young English governess who came to teach her to read and write disliked her so much that she gave up her place in three months, and when other governesses came to try to fill it they always went away in a shorter time than the first one. So if Mary had not chosen to really want to know how to read books she would never have learned her letters at all.
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ARTESIA WELLS, TX
John Leffler
ARTESIA WELLS, TEXAS. Artesia Wells is on Interstate Highway 35 eleven miles south of Cotulla in western La Salle County. It takes its name from the artesian wells that once provided water for the residents of the area. The town, originally a water stop called Bart on the International-Great Northern Railroad, was one of several new settlements in the Winter Garden region when irrigation opened new land to farming in the early 1900s. A legal plat for Artesia Wells was filed in 1907. Farmers moved into the area, and the town grew slowly over the next thirty years. In 1909 a post office opened, and by 1915 the town also had a general store and a restaurant. By 1925 Artesia Wells had a school and by 1929 an estimated population of 100. In 1936 only fifty people lived there. In 1939 Artesia Wells had four businesses and a population of 125. After the end of World War II the settlement began a decline. In 1950 it reported two businesses and fifty residents. When I-35 was constructed through the town, many of the buildings were torn down or moved back to make room for the highway. By the early 1970s Artesia Wells had lost its school and had only thirty residents and one small store. In 1988 the town reported four businesses. In 1990 the population was thirty and in 2000 had grown to thirty-five.
Annette Martin Ludeman, La Salle: La Salle County (Quanah, Texas: Nortex, 1975).
Handbook of Texas Online, John Leffler, "ARTESIA WELLS, TX," accessed January 22, 2020, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hna44.


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Norway Sets Global Electric Car Record in 2020
January 6, 2021 by David Nikel
Home » News from Norway » Norway Sets Global Electric Car Record in 2020
With a market share of 54%, Norway becomes the world's first country where annual electric car sales outstrip those powered by other means.
In 2020, Norway became the first country in the world where the sale of electric cars is higher than cars powered by petrol, diesel and hybrid engines.
According to Norway's Road Traffic Information Council (OFV), battery electric vehicles (BEVs) made up 54.3% of all new cars sold in the Scandinavian country in 2020. That's up from 42.4% in 2019 and a new worldwide record.
141,412 new cars were sold in Norway last year, of which 76,789 were fully electric.
Volkswagen beats Tesla
The data also shows German carmaker Volkswagen replaced Tesla as the top seller in Norway.
Volkswagen's Audi brand topped Norway's 2020 passenger car sales with its e-tron sports utility and sportsback vehicles. Tesla's mid-sized Model 3, which topped sales in 2019 winner, was second.
Electric car charging stations are common at Norwegian homes
Growth driven by policy
With an ambitious goal to become the first country to stop selling petrol and diesel cars by 2025, Norway has exempted fully electric vehicles from various taxes imposed on other vehicles for many years.
Read more: Norway Wants Electric Flights
The policy has helped drive development in the electric car and charging industries, giving manufacturers a living lab in which to experiment.
"We're definitely on track to reach the 2025 target," said OFV's Øyvind Thorsen.
EV sales should continue to grow
Norway's government subsidies will not last forever, but that won't slow down sales according to industry insiders. In fact, BEV sales hit their highest ever monthly sales share in December, scooping up two-thirds of the car market.
Sales growth is expected to continue in 2021 with several new models scheduled to debut. Tesla's mid-sized SUV, the Model Y, is due to reach the Norwegian market this year, as are the first electric SUVs from Ford, BMW and Volkswagen.
"Our preliminary forecast is for electric cars to surpass 65% of the market in 2021. If we manage that, the goal of selling only zero-emission cars in 2025 will be within reach," said the Norwegian EV Association's Christina Bu.
Norway introduced a new regulation for 2021 that should enable further growth. Previously, a majority of a borettslag (a form of housing association co-ownership) would need to vote in favour for charging infrastructure to be installed. Now, access to charging infrastructure becomes a statutory right.
There are some concerns of a supply problem in 2021, however. Harald Frigstad from the Norwegian car importer Bertel O Steen said there is uncertainty how many cars will be allocated to Norway as demand from other European countries rises.
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Q: A CLR SQL Server Stored Procedure calling an ASP.NET Web API We are developing a big system with SQL Server database, ASP.NET Web API 2.2 services and another external services.
We need to load more data on a table while we process the current data on it. To allow load data in background we call our ASP.NET Web API from a CLR SQL Server Stored Procedure.
Then, our ASP.NET Web API retrieve more data and itself insert that data on SQL Server.
Better explained the process is the following:

*

*SQL Server Stored procedure detects that we need more data, then it calls CLR SQL Server Stored Procedure.

*CLR SQL Server SP calls ASP.NET Web API.

*ASP.NET Web API retrieves more data and insert then into SQL Server.

What do you think about this 'architecture'? Do you know a better approach?
My doubt here is second step: a SQL Server database calling an ASP.NET Web API. But we need to do that work in background.
And also, the new data that we need to insert into SQL Server could be in a WCF SOAP Service.

A: I've worked in places where CLR assemblies are used in this fashion. In my opinion it is a bad idea.
Here's my reasoning.
1: Embedding logic in the database is always bad. This is a 'programming philosophy' position, but I feel that it is justified as a general rule
2: The CLR will be limited to .net 2 on mssql server
3: The CLR may timeout or error due to its dependency on the external resource. This will produce different result sets from the sproc
4: the DB selects? then calling the API which then inserts is going to give you locking and transaction problems with no easy solution
5: You already have a .Net layer in your solution (the webapi) so you have the infrastructure to support a windows service or similar application which can fulfill the business role.
I guess the thing missing from your question which would enable me to suggets a better pattern is what is calling the sproc in the first place?
Just a quick expansion on point 1 as I know it can be contentious. I've worked in a lot of companies and I tend to see two types of system.
Systems initially created by DBAs. these tend to have lots of SQL Agent Jobs, big sprocs with case statements, loops and business logic, SSIS packages etc
Systems initially created by programmers. These tend to have no indexes or keys, xml columns etc. DB just used for persistence of objects
The DBA created systems fall over because they don't scale
The programmer systems get corrupt data but struggle on. Because you can always add another web box

A: Based on Ewan's response, I can propose a way to do your work without using CLR:
1) You create a job (windows service, application run by a scheduled task etc.) that checks if extra data is required
2) Fetch the data from the job by calling the Web.API
3) Do your processing in the job. If the logic is convoluted, C# is way better than SQL
4) Persist the data from the job. Persistence can be done using BulkInsert for better performance.
High level languages like C++, C#, Java are almost always more fit to be used for defining business logic. They perform much better in iterative cases, allow OOP, advanced logging, exception management, debugging etc.
If migrating the stored procedure is not an option, you can still do your job:
3) persist fetched data into some buffer tables which have a processing session identifier. If fetched data volume is high, bulk insert is your friend
4) call the procedure using the processing session identifier. The procedure will get data from your buffer tables
5) if data volume is very high, you can empty (truncate) buffer tables during a low usage period, as deletes have great impact upon performance

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package employee;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

import org.junit.Test;

public class TestEmployeeDetails {

	EmpBusinessLogic empBusinessLogic = new EmpBusinessLogic();
	EmployeeDetails employee = new EmployeeDetails();

	@Test
	public void testCalculateAppriasal() {

		employee.setName("Rajeev");
		employee.setAge(25);
		employee.setMonthlySalary(8000);
		double appraisal = empBusinessLogic.calculateAppraisal(employee);

		assertEquals(500, appraisal, 0.0);
	}

	@Test
	public void testCalculateYearlySalary() {

		employee.setName("Rajeev");
		employee.setAge(24);
		employee.setMonthlySalary(8000);
		double salary = empBusinessLogic.calculateYearlySalary(employee);

		assertEquals(96000, salary, 0.0);
	}
}


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Few things in life feel more appropriate for summer than this lemonade. It is crisp, cool, and insanely refreshing without being overly sweet. The mint adds subtle sophistication, and the fresh cucumber juice is packed with cooling health benefits perfect for hot days. We are just obsessed.
Combine mint, cucumbers, sweetener and 3/4 cup of water in a blender. If it doesn't fit, feel free to do it in two batches. Blend on high until completely pureed. Pour the mixture through a fine mesh strainer. You can use a spatula to help it through. Discard the solids. Mix the cucumber juice mixture with the lemon juice and add remaining 3 1/4 cups water. It's not a very sweet lemonade, but feel free to adjust to taste adding extra water or sugar. Keeps fresh for about 2 days.
Though totally not a problem, if you don't peel the cucumbers completely the lemonade will be slightly green in color.
Feel free to play with the amount of mint. I've made this lemonade with a small handful of mint leaves, a giant bunch (1.5 oz) and a medium bunch (.75 oz). I think the strong minty flavor is super refreshing and love the giant bunch, but for something subtler go for less.
What about a juicer? I wanted this recipe to be accessible to non-juicer owners so I experimented first with the blender/sieve technique then the juicer. Both work, and I could be crazy, though I found the blender method actually produced better minty flavor.
I've tried this lemonade with coconut sugar, cane sugar, and agave. All work great.
I fell in love with the science of Ayurveda, the sister science to yoga, a couple years ago after reading Vasad Lad's Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies, then Eat, Taste, Heal which applies ayurvedic principles solely to nutrition. What I love most about Ayurveda is that it approaches health from a completely holistic perspective. It acknowledges that every body is different. What is good for one, may not be good for another, and knowing your own body's unique constitution and eating food which supports it creates optimal health.
There are three doshic types, Pitta, Kapha, and Vata. In Ayurveda, Summer is Pitta season. And for people with pitta as their primary dosha, summers can be particularly difficult. My husband is the perfect pitta-stereotype: driven, hard-working, hot-headed, and completely intolerant of heat. I swear it could be snowing and he'd still be sweating. This translates to rough summers, with a serious need for heat management. Enter, watermelon cucumber coolers.
According to Ayurveda, cucumber and watermelon are some of the most cooling, pitta-pacifying foods out there. So we juice them, and drink them over ice, when hot valley summers feel too much to bear. I recently added coconut water, another shockingly cooling beverage, and the result is summer-perfection. Refreshing, cooling, hydrating and pitta-pacifying.
Juice watermelon and cucumbers. You will have to do this in batches and they both produce a lot of liquid. Transfer the juice to a large pitcher and stir in coconut water. Adjust to taste - for a sweeter beverage add more watermelon.
Alternatively, if you don't have a juicer, you could blend the watermelon and cucumbers until smooth, then pour through a fine mesh strainer or cheese cloth.
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Idea Television has embarked on an ambitious partnership with one of the premier Porsche tuners in the country to bring you a series on Stuttgart's newest supercar, the 991 GT3. Our partner is Robert Overholser, founder and CEO of Lüfteknic in Richmond, Virginia. After departing from the race team at BMW Motorsports, Robert founded a one-stop shop in his hometown to restore, revitalize, and reinvigorate Porsche and VW cars. With experience in everything from American Le Mans Series race cars to concours-quality vintage restorations, Lüfteknic stays on the cutting edge by taking on the newest and toughest challenges. The 2014 Type 991 GT3 is just that: a race car for the street with all of Porsche's latest engine-management and electronic technologies embedded within. The new GT3 represents the pinnacle of sports car engineering as well as a unique platform for race tuning and custom development. Idea Television and Lüfteknic have partnered together to bring you videos on the car's mechanical basics, motorsports applications, history, capabilities, and tuning prospects. Tune in to catch new episodes of our 991 GT3 Development Series as we delve deeper into Germany's premier sports car.
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Robert Overholser and his team at Lüfteknic give you an unprecedented look at the new materials and processes that make the 991 GT3 a lightweight track weapon. This in-depth look underneath and inside the GT3 unveil the ingenuity and exoticism of the car while also showing the average owner exactly how the systems under the skin work.
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Fernando Silva-Pinto, instructor for the Porsche Club of America, puts the new GT3 through the paces at Summit Point Raceway in Winchester, VA. Mr. Silva-Pinto discusses braking dynamics, suspension settings, and the potential for further development at Lüfteknic's on-site fabrication shop. Stay tuned throughout the winter as Robert Overholser designs and creates custom equipment to make the GT3 an even more capable track car.
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From Left to Right: Jack Baker stands with two of his friends, Brittany Kinsella and Morgan Arbuckle after taking fourth place at the Special Olympics State Tournament for Bowling last fall.
What are sports for? Are they for learning something new? Are they for meeting new people? Are they for just having fun? You can answer those questions on your own, but there is a sophomore at Mountlake Terrace that likes a lot of sports and isn't too shabby at them either.
Sophomore Jack Baker is currently preparing for State Basketball in this year's Special Olympics. I got a chance to sit down with Jack for a little bit and ask him about his basketball expertise.
"It's a fun sport,"Jack said as he talked about practicing with his team on Mondays and Wednesdays since the beginning February. He said that he is on one of many teams that include teenagers from all-around the state of Washington.
Jack said that his supporters are his coaches, his friends and his family. Jack said that his mom that actually got him into Special Olympics.
Jack has interests in other sports besides basketball. He plans on competing in the Special Olympics for Track & Field, Soccer, and Bowling – where last Fall, Jack took 4th in the State Tournament.
Although Jack likes and participates in these sports, his favorite sport is baseball. He said he doesn't plan on playing baseball, but he is considering on being the manager for the baseball team.
Jack is a busy guy and I think that is good. In high school you should stay busy. Getting involved is school sports, clubs and activities is a great way to learn new things, meet new people and is a great way to just have fun.
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HTC's latest flagship phone, the Butterfly 2, packs high-end specs such as a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, 2GB RAM and either 16 or 32GB of onboard storage.
The phone will be sold in Japan as the J Butterfly with some slight changes, such as the ability to play digital TV. Expect the Butterfly 2 to hit other markets in Asia as early as the end of August.
As this phone has support for most LTE bands in the world, there's hope you may see the Butterfly 2 in the US, UK and Australia too. HTC is yet to announce any price.
The Butterfly 2 has a water and dust resistance rating of IP57, but unlike other phones there isn't any rubber flap. Instead, the USB port and volume jack are exposed, but are waterproof and have short-circuit protection.
Like the One M8, the Butterfly 2 has a dual-camera system. Instead of the 4-megapixel "Ultrapixel" camera of the M8, however, it comes with a 13-megapixel shooter.
The phone has the front-facing "BoomSound" speakers we've loved on HTC's other flagships.
The phone will come in three colors: red, white and blue. Red and blue are glossy plastic; white is a more muted matte finish.
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Didion was a leading figure in the "New Journalism" movement in the 1960's, a technique centered around the telling of news using narrative storytelling and literary technique.
She was well-known for her essays and novels including "Play It as It Lays," and her screenplays she co-wrote with her late husband John Gregory Dunne.
Together, the two wrote screenplays for the films "True Confessions," "A Star Is Born," "The Panic in Needle Park" and "Up Close and Personal," Variety said.
She is also well-known for her Pulitzer Prize Award nominated biography/autobiography "The Year of Magical Thinking," a work that won the 2005 National Book Award for Nonfiction. The work would later be translated into a Broadway play in 2007.
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With a games career spanning more than 30 years starting on 8-bit computer development, Henrique has been at the forefront of every gaming revolution since, from the demo scene of the late 80s, through to mobile, MMOs, VR, social games and creatively-led indie titles.
His previous experiences includes Head of Gaming at GloboTV in Brazil, in charge of developing IPs for games including 'Heróis e Vampiros', the most popular online trading card game in LatAm during the early 00s with more than 250,000 players; and 'My Big Brother', the first online mobile game ever produced, where players followed in real time their favourite Big Brother show contestant in a Tamagotchi format.
Most recently, Henrique held the position of Head of Game Development at Jagex, overseeing the overhaul of its main title 'Runescape HD' and saw it achieve its peak subscribers number. He left Jagex to join Playfish as Studio Director in the UK, where his team successfully produced the BAFTA-nominated 'FIFA Superstars'.
As the co-founder of Bossa, Henrique is responsible for the studio strategy, management and game design. The studio's biggest titles are the unexpected Surgeon Simulator -- a YouTube runaway success with more than 3 million copies sold; I Am Bread, the journey of a humble piece of Bread to become toast; and Worlds Adrift, the first of a new generation of massive online simulations that aims to redefine multiplayer gaming.


Most people would be better off drawing down money from their pension pot when they retire, research from Cass Business School finds.
In April 2015, the UK Government introduced new regulations to allow people with defined contribution or personal pensions to withdraw money from their pension pot once they'd reached the age of 55, thus ending the obligation to use the funds to buy an annuity. Although there are obvious attractions to this, some pension experts expressed concern that retirees might be tempted to fritter away their funds irresponsibly. However, there are intermediate alternatives, on the one hand to buying an annuity and on the other to blowing the money on a sports car (definitely not advisable!). This research assesses the relative value of annuitising versus available alternatives and also looks at other sources of retirement income, should the pot run dry.
Historically, the majority of people with a defined contribution pension plan in the UK bought an annuity at retirement. An annuity guarantees an income for life but for many people they appear to offer a miserly and inflexible deal. The new option to withdraw funds from pension pots, also known as "Pension Drawdown", was introduced as a way of offering greater freedom for people to access the funds they have worked hard to accumulate. With this increased freedom also comes an onus on the individual to ensure they will have the funds to see out their retirement years, and to be aware of the consequences if they don't.
The research finds that there are arguments for and against both annuities and drawdown, dependent on varying personal circumstances. For example, delaying annuitising will actually offer better value for money for those of more advanced age, for whom bequeathing funds to dependents has become of reduced importance. Yet overall the study finds that with careful and frequently reviewed management, income drawdown makes greater financial sense in the majority of cases.
One obvious advantage is that those who drawdown can bequeath their remaining pension pot when they die. Computer simulations show that for most people the money should not run out before they reach 85 or even older, providing simple rules are followed and moderate investment risks taken. If you purchase an annuity and die young, that annuity dies with you. Another problem is that annuity rates are at a historic low and are set to continue as such. Therefore returns from funds drawn down should be higher.
The research finds other advantages. With careful drawdown, tax planning is more efficient and flexible. Also, for people coming up to state pension age who do not want to drawdown, using the tax free element of the pension pot to increase one's state pension entitlement offers better value than buying an open market annuity. It is also inflation proofed, although you will still lose out if you die early.
Income drawdown still comes with risks, of course. There is a danger of underestimating one's lifespan when making a retirement plan and ending up poorly funded for the final years of life. This risk can be mitigated somewhat using a flexible rather than fixed income drawdown, and the authors give examples of this. The research also examines what extra security and funds may be available to homeowners, such as equity release. The use of this can be planned in advance as soon as it becomes clear that you may outlive your pot.
Generally this research finds that, for most people, annuitising at retirement does not offer the best option. The paper recommends that people with large pension pots should always draw down funds. Those with small pots might also consider alternative investments, as any annuity return will be small and they may also find their benefit entitlement reduced if their only other income is a state pension. It is those with moderately sized pension pots (say, around £100,000) who face awkward choices in their retirement funds planning. Factors such as your health, bequest motives and ownership of assets such as a home will weigh heavily in your decision.
It is advised, however, that those about to enter retirement seek financial advice before settling on an option, and if drawdown is decided upon then it is wise to seek independent professional advice regularly thereafter. The changes of April 2015 have brought more choice to a public that, after all, still has only a slight grasp of how pensions work.
The paper - Pension Pots and How to Survive Them - was launched at the International Longevity Centre UK in London, 12th November 2015. The paper is available for download at the link below.