How can someone's opinion be harmful to another individual? Assuming they are not on their way over to your house with a weapon, or are verbally abusive (which happens by some individuals here and should be moderated), we are all individually responsible for how we respond, and even how we feel about a certain interaction. Not everyone we come across will be respectful of differing opinions and we have a choice of how we respond to them.
I have never blocked anyone on this forum (except Interesting Ian who wasn't very interesting - sorry Ian). I have ignored many comments that I didn't like after I read them. I completely agree that there are a majority of posters who will never change their perspective significantly and are here only for the purpose of persuading others of their point of view. We all know who they are and as Typoz says, we take from them what we need. Maybe they do illuminate some parts of the discourse for us.
I see aggressors (not many), persuaders, deniers, compartmentalizers, jokers and trolls but most I see people who genuinely wish to discuss topics which few people 'in the real world' get into. What I don't see are victims.
What I don't see are victims.
You won't see them because they have been banned!
Ahh, you mean victims of bannings?
One thing about the forum-settings that kinda irritates me is the Alert-settings. If one follows a thread that one either has participated in, by writing comments - or just put a check in Follow This Thread, because one finds it interesting to read and follow - one gets a red "flag" on the Alerts when there is a new post in that thread. So, the thing that is kinda irritating is that, if I put the cursor over the Alerts and drop-down-list shows which threads that are updated, and I at that time doesn't click on each Alerts and open up that particular thread, I dont get an alert the next time someone post in that thread. Do you follow what I mean?
It means that, if I just hold the cursor over Alert and just acknowledge that someone has written in the thread, I dont get an Alert from that thread the next time. Is there some setting you can change so this doesn't happen? It makes me miss out on updates on lots of threads I have written in, or/and just has interest in reading.
I know exactly what you're getting at, and as best I can tell, from checking user preferences and googling, this behaviour can't be changed i.e. you have to actually visit the thread and view pages with new posts to reset notifications for that thread. I hope I'm wrong, though, and that somebody comes up with a solution.
The way I deal with this is to middle-click on thread alerts to open in a new tab, and then just leave the tab open in the background for when I'm ready to read it. It's kind of a kludge though.
To bad you couldn't find a solution to it. But thanks for looking anyhow.
Yeah, I use to do like that, but sometimes you accidentally close the browser, or it crashes, and the tabs are gone.
You can minimise loss of tabs in at least Firefox by selecting Tools->Options->General and beside "When Firefox starts:" selecting "Show your windows and tabs from last time". Occasionally you may have a crash/scenario bad enough that they aren't restored, but most of the time this works. In any case, I think we agree that leaving tabs open for later is not ideal.
Another potential (if also kludgy) solution is to select to receive email notifications too - then just leave unread those email notifications that you are going to look up later - or, if you open them, then re-mark them as unread (or move them to a special folder).
Yeah, thanks, that might be an idea. One can also look at the Alert-history, and try to sort out which thread/topic you might have missed. But sometimes you just forget to look there, so there is good with a second backup-reminder, like the RSS-feed/mail notification.
Can we have a function to delete all the spam PMs in our message boxes instead of just marking them as read? I've got some tedious junk in mine that I want to get rid of!
Spam in conversations? Odd, not something I've noticed. You can leave any conversation though, even one you've started, and that makes it disappear.
Cheers, I'll check on that. It perhaps wasn't spam by technical definition, it was from one of our posters, but it kind of wanted me to buy into an idea with a hint of aggression. Wouldn't want the poster hanged but it would be nice to be able to clean up his sputum. At the moment, it stares me in the face like something I scraped off my shoe!
Worked! I can't see them now - thanks.
The only way you can get spam in your PM box, is from another user. Can you PM me some evidence, and I will try to stop whoever is responsible.
I don't really think it was intended as spam but there had been tension on the forum and I didn't really want one of the posters that had behaved like wolves in a pack sending me stressed out messages. It was only one message and was in keeping with Skeptiko rules as far as I can tell. If anybody ever does really bother me I will certainly let you know. Thanks.
Well spam has a particular meaning - an attempt to sell something!
You don't need to reply to any PM if you do not wish to!
Oh, hey, Pollux, not sure how I discovered this but somehow I clicked on something, and... well, see how you like this link for your purposes.
Hey, great. Loads of unread threads there for me.
How did you get there? Well, I guess I can make a bookmark of that link, but it would be great to know the "way" to it.
Well, I've realised how I got there: I found the "way" to it as a link labelled "Unread Watched Threads" in the bottom right of all "new post" notification emails.
An important theme in understanding paranormal phenomena and consciousness is, "why do we believe what believe". This means that any controversial subject is appropriate for the skeptiko podcast because by looking outside paranormal topics we might learn something about the debate about paranormal topics. This is why I usually disagree with people who say that some topic or other is not appropriate for skeptiko.
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retaliatory response reflects this fear.
prevailing cultural narrative, those that benefit recognize the threat he poses and seek his destruction.
permanent government apparatus, this raises clear Title 18 (legal) concerns.


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Please note that full information on a floor system comprises the data in C 1.0, C 1.2, C 1.2.1 and C 1.2.2. See Fig. 1.
• On concrete and where there is a risk of moisture penetration, a moisture barrier, e.g. 0.20 mm PE membrane or 1000 g polythene is installed.
Junckers solid boards, nailed to battens or joists, are defined as loadbearing floors. The batten system comprises battens of minimum 36 x 50 mm, laid and levelled up on a firm subfloor. The joist system consists of whole timbers (square or approximated square cross-sections) of minimum 100 x 100 mm, half timbers or laminated timbers, and is used above ventilation spaces and cellars or as floor structures.
Joists and battens may be of pine or spruce. The mean moisture content must be within the range of 6-12% and no individual measurement may be greater than 14%.
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Boards are nailed to battens or joists according to a fixed 10-board rule, see C 1.2 - 10-BOARD RULE.
The packing used for battens must be of a hard and dimensionally stable material such as plywood, combined with a soft board material, e.g. soft fibre-boards. Alternatively, plastic wedges may be used, either alone or in combination with the aforementioned materials.
If soft packing is used it is placed at the bottom of the packing: Soft packing is made of 12-13 mm thick soft 100 cm² size fibreboards, e.g. 125 x 80 mm, with a density of 225- 300 kg/m³, glued to at least 12 mm thick plywood. The packing is fixed to the battens with nails which should never reach down into the soft material or touch the concrete. If the packing is exclusively of soft material, it should be glued to the battens.
Batten joints may be supported by one single packing piece if the packing in the batten direction has a length of at least 125 mm, see Fig. 4. Batten joints must be staggered at least 600 mm to each other. These may only occur in straight lines where the batten ends are securely plate fixed together. At walls, etc. packing is placed a maximum distance of 100 mm from the batten ends.
On unscreeded concrete surfaces bitumen based felt under the packing is recommended. Using felt ensures that the packing is firmly placed and the felt also reinforces the moisture barrier, preventing moisture from seeping up into the packing material, which is exposed to a heavy load on unscreeded concrete.
Packing material for joists must be of hard and inelastic material, since the load is usually high. Where joists are laid against pillars, etc. a robust moisture barrier, e.g. bitumen based felt, must be placed at the bottom.
Joints between two joists must always be across a supporting structure and the two joist ends must be joined mechanically using plates or nail fittings, see Fig. 5.
Packing centres of battens and joists should be chosen according to the use of and expected load on the floor. Different categories are residential/office/light industry and assembly halls/shops, see C 1.2 - SPACING OF PACKINGS.


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After getting the update, my Acer laptop rebooted and froze while loading the bios screen.
Since then my laptop has became a brick.
Nothing works. Bios loads and it's stuck at 70%, then hangs.
I contacted Acer and they mentioned that Windows 10 does write some data into the BIOS. During the update it could've failed and could have corrupted my BIOS. I would need to send it in and change the Motherboard.
I'm at my wits end as my laptop is out of warranty and I can't afford to repair or get new one.
Let us try to repair your computer by creating a Windows 10 Bootable media(I.e. USB or DVD) using Media Creation Tool. Use some other PC connected to Internet for creating a Bootable media. Once you're ready with Bootable Media, follow the below mentioned steps.
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The problem is my laptop hangs at the bios. Pressing the bios menu button(f2) doesn't do anything.


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Thorium nuclear reactor trial begins, could provide cleaner, safer, almost-waste-free energy
By: Ramprasad R On: 26.8.13 In: Technology No comments
At a test site in Norway, Thor Energy has successfully created a thorium nuclear reactor — but not in the sense that most people think of when they hear the word thorium. The Norwegians haven't solved the energy crisis and global warming in one fell swoop — they haven't created a cold fusion thorium reactor. What they have done, though, which is still very cool, is use thorium instead of uranium in a conventional nuclear reactor. In one fell swoop, thorium fuel, which is safer, less messy to clean up, and not prone to nuclear weapons proliferation, could quench the complaints of nuclear power critics everywhere.
In a conventional nuclear reactor, enriched uranium fuel is converted into plutonium and small amounts of other transuranic compounds. There are ways to recycle plutonium, but for many countries, such as the USA, it is simply a waste product of nuclear power — a waste product that will be dangerously radioactive for thousands of years. While the safety of nuclear power plants is hotly contested, no one is arguing the nastiness of plutonium. Any technological development that could reduce the production of plutonium, or consume our massive stocks of plutonium waste, would be a huge boon for the Earth's (and humanity's) continued well-being.
Enter thorium. Natural thorium, which is fairly cheap and abundant (more so than uranium), doesn't contain enough fissile material (thorium-231) to sustain a nuclear chain reaction. By mixing thorium oxide with 10% plutonium oxide, however, criticality is achieved. This fuel, which is called thorium-MOX (mixed-oxide), can then be formed into rods and used in conventional nuclear reactors. Not only does this mean that we can do away with uranium, which is expensive to enrich, dangerous, and leads to nuclear proliferation, but it also means that we finally have an easy way of recycling plutonium. Furthermore, the thorium-MOX fuel cycle produces no new plutonium; it actually reduces the world's stock of plutonium. Oh, thorium-MOX makes for safer nuclear reactors, too, due to a higher melting point and thermal conductivity.
Thor Energy's thorium reactor in Halden, Norway. The rod in the middle of the picture contains thorium-MOX pellets, and is being inserted into the reactor (which is underground).
Thorium-MOX, in short, is about as exciting as it gets in the nuclear power industry. Before it can be used, though, Thor Energy needs to make sure that the thorium fuel cycle is fully understood. To do this, the company has built a small test reactor in the Norwegian town of Halden, where rods of thorium-MOX provide steam to a nearby paper mill. This reactor will run for five years, after which the fuel will be analyzed to see if it's ready for commercial reactors.
The first batch of thorium-MOX pellets, which are inside the rods, was made in Germany; the next batch of pelles will be made in Norway; and the final, hopefully commercial-grade pellets will be made by the UK's National Nuclear Laboratory. Westinghouse Electric Company, one of the world's largest producers of nuclear reactors, is one of Thor Energy's commercial backers.
(And yes, just in case you were wondering, the element thorium really is named after Thor, the Norse god of thunder. And yes, Norse mythology originated from Norway, where Thor Energy is based. Coincidence, I think not!)
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Unless you've been living in a millennial co-working youth commune, it isn't news that old people rule the universe. For prime examples, consider the 100-year-old grandmother who owns at beer pong, or the woman who demanded strapping firemen present her with cake on her 105th birthday.
The youth and vigor of those old ladies might pale in comparison to 95-year-old Bettie Bulter, who jumps out of airplanes like a damn Navy SEAL. Butler went skydiving for her 95th birthday, proving that age is a deterrent for nothing.
Younger skydivers look hesitant staring at the miles of earth stretching beneath them. Meanwhile, Butler is completely jazzed as the wind rips through her hair. She can't wait to get off the airplane and become one of the only grandmothers to achieve human flight -- a feat she tackles with aplomb.
Happy birthday Bettie Butler. Maybe next year you can celebrate by getting arrested.


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Prof. Riedel got a PhD degree in Inorganic Chemistry in 1986 at the University of Stuttgart. After a PostDoc period at the Max-Planck Institute for Metals Research in Stuttgart, he became Full Professor at the Institute of Materials Science at the Technical University of Darmstadt in 1993. He is an elected member of the World Academy of Ceramics, Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, the European Ceramic Society as well as Fellow of the School of Engineering at The University of Tokyo in Japan. Prof. Riedel was awarded with the Gold Medal for Merits in Natural Sciences and with a honory doctorate of the Slovak Academy of Science as well as with the Gustav Tammann Prize of the German Society of Materials Science (DGM). In 2009, he received a honorary Professorship at the Tianjin University in Tianjin, China. He was Guest Professor at the Jiangsu University in Zhenjiang and at the Xiamen University in China. Prof. Riedel received the Innovation Talents Award of Shaanxi Province, China at the Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi´an. He is Guest Professor at the University of Tokyo in the group of Prof. Ikuhara, Japan and was awarded with the International Ceramics Prize 2020 for "Basic Science" of the World Academy of Ceramics. He is Editor in Chief of the Journal of The American Ceramic Society and of Ceramics International. His current research interest is focused on two research areas, namely i) molecular synthesis of advanced structural and functional ceramics for ultra-high temperature and energy-related applications as well as ii) ultra high pressure materials synthesis.


The action by monopoly rail operator Aurizon to stop moving up to 20 million tonnes of Queensland coal was a "risk" to a record outlook for the resources sector, according to a new Australian Government report released today.
Queensland Resources Council Chief Executive Ian Macfarlane said the report, by the Federal Industry Department's Office of Chief Economist, highlighted the risk of "potential capacity losses from proposed changes to the maintenance schedule of Aurizon, the rail network operator of the Central Queensland Coal Network".
"Only last week, senior management of Aurizon reaffirmed their threat to stop the movement of up to 20 million tonnes of coal per annum," Mr Macfarlane said.
Mr Macfarlane said the Australian Government's report highlighted the growth in metallurgical coal exports to India – increasing by 22% over the last 12 months, and forecast to overtake China as the world's largest importer of metallurgical coal by 2020.
Mr Macfarlane said the Queensland coal industry was not complacent about the entry of suppliers from North America into traditional markets such as Japan.
"That is why we have been so determined and so united in seeking a resumption of Aurizon's normal maintenance arrangements and removing the threat against moving coal from mine to export port," Mr Macfarlane said.


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Q: How to call functions from different base class Based on my limited Python knowledge, I have generated the following code snippet:
#import statements skipped
class DTestWrapper(BaseA if inLinux else unittest.TestCase):

    def setUpDTest(self):
        if inLinux:
            super(BaseA , self).setUpTestCase()
        else:
            super(unittest.TestCase, self).setUp()

    def tearDownDTest(self):
        if inLinux:
            super(BaseA ,self).tearDownTestCase()
        else:
            super(unittest.TestCase,self).tearDown()

Some background:
BaseA is a customized class that is used to beautify the test output into a table. It has member functions setUpTestCase, tearDownTestCase and many others.
What I want to do:
I want to call different setUp and tearDown functions for my own class DTestWrapper based on different platforms as shown in the above code. When it is running on Linux, I would like to use BaseA setUp and tearDown functions; otherwise, I would like to use functions from python unittest.TestCase. I have another class D that inherits from DTestWrapper, it will override the setUpDTest method, but currently it is simply empty for testing purpose.
Question:
When I ran the above code snippet, it seems that setUp or setUpTestCase are not called (tests all failed, they should not if they are called correctly).
My question is:
How could I call different setUp functions in DTestWrapper? Is this even possible to do?
Since I am learning, any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

A: super() needs the current class to base off the search for a parent:
class DTestWrapper(BaseA if inLinux else unittest.TestCase):
    def setUpDTest(self):
        parent_method = 'setUpTestCase' if inLinux else 'setUp'
        getattr(super(DTestWrapper, self), parent_method)()

    def tearDownDTest(self):
        parent_method = 'tearDownTestCase' if inLinux else 'tearDown'
        getattr(super(DTestWrapper, self), parent_method)()

You may want to match the BaseA method names with the unittest.TestCase methods and save yourself the extra if testing there. Simple aliases would do; BaseA.tearDown = BaseA.tearDownTestCase, for example.
super() needs the current class to determine the correct Method Resolution Order, which depends entirely on the combination and order of base classes. If you give it a base class start off from instead, then super() will skip any methods on that base class as it must assume that that base class is the parent instead.

A: I would try and rename your custom  method to simply setUp and tearDown, if thats's possible.
This way, once your class has been instanciated (subclassing either unittest.TestCase or BaseA depending on your inLinux variable), the right method will automagically be called, without the need to redefine them.
if you do need to extend them, then a simple
class DTestWrapper(BaseA if inLinux else unittest.TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        super(DTestWrapper, self).setUp()
        # your custom logic

    def tearDown(self):
        super(DTestWrapper, self).tearDown()
        # your custom logic

should do.

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Q: Pass record id from popup vf page to parent vf page I have this below vf page where on click a popup vf page is opening where i am creating a new account.
I want on save button of the pop up vf page, the newly created account record id should get pass to parent vf page lookup field.
apex class
public class Accpopup2
{
    public Account a {get;set;}
    public string status {get;set;}
    public Accpopup2()
    {
      a = new account();
    }
    public pagereference save()
    {
     Account a = New Account(Name = a.Name, Phone = a.Phone);
     insert a;
     return null;
    }

    public pagereference cancel()
    {
        status = 'true';
          return null;
    }
}

parent vf page -
 <apex:page standardController="Account" recordSetVar="accs">
    <script>
      function OpenVfpage(pid){
          var newwindow = window.open('/apex/Accsmallpopup?id='+pid, 'name=_blank','height=500,width=500,left=250,top=100');
      newwindow.focus();
     }
    </script>
        <apex:form >
            <apex:pageBlock >

    ParentAccount : <apex:inputfield value="{!account.ParentAccount__c}" label="ParentAccount"/>

                        <apex:commandButton value="Click" onclick="OpenVfpage('{!account.id}')" reRender="two"/>

            </apex:pageBlock>

        <script>
    function processAccount(accountId){
        console.log('Inside Parent page --> AccountId passed from popup is-->'+accountId);
    }
</script>
        </apex:form>
    </apex:page>

Popup vf page -
<apex:page controller="Accpopup2" showHeader="false" sidebar="false" id="the">
   <apex:form id="page">
    <apex:pageblock id="close">
    <apex:pageBlockSection >
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A: You can pass parameters from popup to parent page.
Consider below example which will give idea about how you can pass values from popup to parent page.
Parent Page code
<apex:page >

       <input type="submit" value="Submit"
              onclick="window.open('/apex/PopupPage', 'name=_blank','height=500,width=500,left=250,top=100'); return false;"/>
    <script>
        function processAccount(accountId){
            console.log('Inside Parent page --> AccountId passed from popup is-->'+accountId);
        }
    </script>
</apex:page>

Popup Page Code
<apex:page >
    <input type="submit" value="Pass Value"
              onclick="window.opener.processAccount('THIS_IS_ACCOUNT_ID');"/>
</apex:page>

Output

As you can see when the button from popup is clicked, console of parent page is showing the value of parameter passed.
In your case
lets say your controller account variable name is theAccount. So you can write in popup page.
<apex:outputPanel id="dyanamicJs">
   <script> window.opener.processAccount('{!theAccount.Id}');
   <script>
</apex:outputPanel>

Then you can reRender dynamicJs output panel on save of account


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The BCom program offers students a wealth of clubs and extra-curricular activities from which to choose. The award-winning Management Undergraduate Society provides students with an array of events and services steeped in the management traditions of philanthropy, fun, student orientation and, of course, academic excellence.
The Faculty of Management is one of the few business schools that provides students such a direct voice in shaping their degree. In addition, the Faculty is housed at Canada's leading university, in the truly remarkable, cosmopolitan city of Montreal.


Two aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force have suffered a mishap in the Katampe area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Friday.
Our correspondent learnt that the aircraft were taking part in the rehearsals for the 58th Independence Day celebrations when they reportedly collided and a crash was said to have occurred.
The number of people injured in the incident could not be ascertained as of the time of this report, as efforts were still ongoing by the military to attend to the situation.
The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who confirmed the incident, said no lives were lost in the mishap.


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What Nacho Monreal said about Martin Odegaard
Martin Keown urges Arsenal to sign "awesome" winger capable of replacing Pepe
Former Arsenal defender Nacho Monreal has spoken about the Gunners target Martin Odegaard who is reportedly on the verge of joining the North London outfit.
The North London outfit want to sign a creative player as they struggled to create chances which led to their slow start of the season.
Recent games have seen Emile Smith Rowe give in a superb performance to ease the need for a new number 10 but a loan move for Martin Odegaard seem to be happing.
Odegaard is well known to, Monreal and was quoted by Tribuna saying that Odegaard surprised him 'a lot' with Sociedad because he is 'special' having seen him in training and played with him, even praising his character as a person – and his verdict should be very encouraging for Arsenal fans.
"He's surprised me a lot," said Monreal. "When you see him in training and playing, you realise that he's a special player. And, as a person too, he's a good lad," he added.
Roy Keane tells Dean Henderson the dangers of Manchester United stay
Paul Pogba could then be on his way to Arsenal, going by the legend's wish
Now, Arteta has admitted that his focus is now on trying to find players to bolster his squad.
"We are on that process right now," he said when asked if Arsenal are looking to sign anyone before the window is over. "We've done the first part more or less and we are focusing now on the second phase.
"Obviously, this market and the context makes it really difficult, but we are looking at options and we will see what we can do. We are looking at various positions.
"The movement that we made in this transfer window with some players leaving the club leaves us a little bit short in certain areas. So if we can we will do it."
One of the players that is likely to join the Emirates Stadium is Real Madrid playmaker Martin Odegaard with claims that talks are already on going
The 22-year-old has struggled for first-team football this season, despite bagging seven goals and nine assists on loan at Real Sociedad last season and could be given the chance to express himself at the Emirates Stadium with Arsenal technical director Edu reported to have held talks with Real Madrid over the possible deal.
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Former Arsenal man, Kevin Campbell has told the North London outfit that they need to sign Yves Bissouma because Albert Sambi Lokonga is not strong enough for the Premier League yet.
Bissouma has been on the Gunners' radar for a long time now as the Malian continues to impress at Brighton.
Some reports have claimed he could join a top club soon enough and Arsenal could be the ideal next step for him.
Mikel Arteta is particular about a midfielder, having hinted that he is short in that position but who he will be bringing in remains unknown.
Campbell said the Brighton midfielder is best and would end up as a good buy for the Gunners.
He told Football Insider: "I think Arsenal need two midfielders though, if I am honest with you.
"Lokonga is a good young player but he is not strong enough to be a mainstay in that midfield yet. We need some experience in there.
"Bissouma is young and has experience. I think they need another one as well though. Bissouma would make us so much stronger for the second half of the season."
Meanwhile, Arsenal are keen on the signature of Authur Melo with reports that a bid has been submitted already for his signature.
Former Sunderland striker Kevin Phillips has claimed he is unsure Calum Chambers is a player for the future at Arsenal.
While hailing the player for proving critics wrong with his recent performance with the opportunity handed to him, the former striker said he can relied upon by manager Mikel Arteta but doesn't think he has a future at the Emirates Stadium.
Phillips also praised the England international for silencing his doubters with Thursday's showing.
"Credit to Chambers, because it hasn't been an easy ride for him at Arsenal," he told Football Insider's Dylan Childs.
"He's come in for a bit of criticism over the years, but all you can do when you get on that pitch is try and ram those comments back down people's throats. He's done exactly that at Anfield.
"Arteta is trying to create something at Arsenal with the spirit after stripping Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of the captaincy. He really means business, and he wants his players to reflect that as well.
"Chambers really rose to the challenge against Liverpool, he was brilliant. Is he the future of Arsenal? I'm not so sure, but he's a player Arteta can rely on."
Chambers has started just two league games for Arsenal this season among five appearances in all competitions.
The versatile defender is out of contract at the end of this season after joining the Gunners in 2014
Kevin Campbell has urged Arsenal to beat Aston Villa in their race for the signature of Brighton's Yves Bissouma this January winter transfer window.
The North London outfit want a midfielder, especially as Thomas Partey and Mohamed Elneny are away on national assignments for the African Nations Cup.
Mikel Arteta admitted that he is short in the midfield and wants to have at least, an addition.
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the former Arsenal and Everton striker said the 25-year-old would make Mikel Arteta's side "so much stronger" as Aston Villa are reportedly willing to sign him for £40 million.
Campbell wants the London club to meet Brighton's valuation for the player this month.
"Don't mess around Arsenal," he told Football Insider's Dylan Childs.
"This is a move that has been spoken about for 18 months and I think we will do it. Just do the deal. Go and get him in. Pay the £40million.
"I think Arsenal need two midfielders though, if I am honest with you.
Arsenal legend Martin Keown has urged manager Mikel Arteta and Edu to sign "awesome" Wolves winger Adama Traore.
He has been linked with arch-rivals Tottenham as he is out of contract at Molineux in 2023.
Spurs are keen on signing Traore on loan until the end of the season, with an obligation to buy, according to the Telegraph.
For Arsenal, he is tipped to perfectly replace Nicolas Pepe who has been struggling to maintain a consistent performance for the club since his big money move.
According to Keown, the winger is perfect for the Gunners, knowing he already has an idea of the English Premier League.
Wolves reportedly want around £20million for the winger, a drop from the £50m that was requested last summer.
There are suggestions that the player will not renew his contract at the Premier League club, meaning they could cash in on him this month.
And former Arsenal defender Keown has urged Mikel Arteta to strike a deal for Traore.
"I feel Traore is awesome at times and just for once, we have the satisfaction of seeing it," Keown told BBC Final Score.
"It's a lovely finish from him. I'd sign him if I was a manager. Arsenal – get in and buy him."
Arsenal told this signing will take the club to the next level
Former Leeds United goalkeeper Paddy Kenny has told Arsenal that the signing of Dusan Vlahovic will take the club to "the next level".
Arsenal seek to replace Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and the Fiorentina striker has been named as a good fit.
The former Leeds United stopper, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, is positive that the striker will be able to replicate his incredible goalscoring form in the Premier League.
"He's only 21, and for club and country, he has one in two, I mean, wow," Kenny told Football Insider correspondent Ben Wild.
"It would be one hell of a statement. It would be a massive statement for them.
"Arsenal have really picked up this season and putting a striker like that in the team might take them to that next level.
"I think they have been looking a bit toothless in front of goal at times.
"They are missing that top-quality striker that the other big six teams have.
"If they get this guy, and I think they can, it would be a massive, massive signing for them.
"He looks deadly and if he's scoring that many goals in Italy there is a good chance he can do it in England as well."
Arsenal star Bukayo Saka has revealed he should have been playing for either Tottenham or Chelsea because he had trials at the two clubs a youngster.
He was only able to become a Gunner because Arsenal were 'always in his heart', with the presence of Arsene Wenger having a big say on his decision.
Asked how close he came to being a Tottenham player, Saka laughed and told Sky Sports: 'I remember one session, and I don't think I went to another one.
'But, yeah, I think it was just to go and try different clubs but we always had Arsenal in our hearts.'
Asked who else tried to sign him as a youngster, Saka continued: 'There was Arsenal, Chelsea I was at for a bit, there was Watford, there was Tottenham.
'I think there was maybe two more but those are the ones that I can remember from the top of my head.
'Arsenal was the one I always wanted to go to. It seemed like they had a lot of faith in their youth and there was a clear pathway.
'You could see the players coming up from Hale End to London Colney, and my dad also really believed in the project and he loved Arsene Wenger a lot.
'So I think Arsenal was the club in the hearts of my family so we chose them.'
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About Fujuu Studio.
Fujuu Studio is a collective of artists and designers who produce 2D and 3D works including new media art and technologies. The group develops site-specific installations, sculptures and experiential art for clients.
The studio's sculpture production is rooted in the practice of veteran sculptor Terry Poh Ju Yong, a sculpture graduate of Middlesex University London, UK. Poh is experienced with casting in metals (bronze, aluminium, steel) as well as in direct carving methods with stone and wood. W. Ming has explored castings and fabrication as well as works involving new media technologies.
The studio is one of the rare spaces with its own printmaking press that produces unique and limited edition works on paper; it also has its own photographic studio that creates its own photographic works and mixed-media pieces.
Our Works.
Browse some of our works below.
Money Series – Stacked, Bronze H10 x 15 x 12 cm
Superflex – Happy Kick, 2016, Bronze with red patina, H45 x 37.5 x 30 cm
Superflex – Happy Kick, 2016, Steel, H180 x 155 x 64 cm
Gazing at the Stars, 2016, Steel, H62 x 47 x 44 cm
The One, 2016, Bronze in black, H70 x 17 x 9.5 cm
The One, 2016, Bronze in grey finish, H70 x 17 x 9.5 cm
Night Wing, 2016, Steel, H67 x 70 x 60 cm
Superflex – Happy Kick, 2016, Bronze with natural finish, H30 x 25 x 20 cm
The One, Bronze in gold mirror finish, 2016
Terry Poh
Terry Poh (b. 1944) is a sculptor, painter & designer. A Fine Art graduate (BA Hons) from Middlesex University London, UK, the artist completed post-graduate studies in Art & Design majoring in Sculpture. Working with direct sculpting in his stone works and foundry casting in his bronze sculptures, the artist also deploys 'construction' materials such as cast-iron rods, plates and wires in his assemblages. His works have won awards and accolades including the Distinction Award at the Tan Tsze Chor Awards in 2012, and two Commendations in the UOB Painting of the Year [1997].
W. Ming
W. Ming (b. 1975) produces sculptures and new media installations. A Masters-of-Science graduate in Telecommunications and Multimedia from the university Institut Supérieur d'Electronique de Paris (ISEP) in Paris, France, he was apprenticed to a professional sculptor at Fujuu Studio for 8 years and has melded conventional sculpture fabrication with new media technologies in his practice.
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6th-Grader Witnesses Hit-And-Run And Leaves Note On Car To Expose The Person Responsible
By LittleThings
This story originally appeared at LittleThings.
Andrew Sipowicz, a college senior, parked his beloved car on the side of the street near his apartment in Buffalo, New York. But when his roommate alerted him to the fact a school bus had stopped suspiciously close to his vehicle, he went outside to make sure everything was OK.
Andrew discovered his red 2012 Mustang was damaged and dented on one side. However, there was no bus in sight.
The school bus had apparently sideswiped his dream car and fled the scene. The driver left no insurance information, made no effort to reach out to Andrew, and seemed intent on getting away with it.
At first, Andrew was irate — but the unexpected message he found on his windshield instantly calmed him down. Someone had left him an anonymous note, detailing the hit-and-run and exposing the truth.
The note was written by a sixth-grade girl. Andrew snapped a photo of it and posted the note to Twitter, thanking her for saving him thousands of dollars in car repairs.
Watch the sweet story below!


This week's Draw Tip Tuesday is in 3-D—no special glasses required (and no extra charge). In this video, Sketchbook Skool co-founder Koosje Koene shows you how to create a 3-D effect in your lettering. Thanks to SBS student Larissa for suggesting this tip!
There's a whole video library of Draw Tip Tuesdays and other great sketching and watercoloring tutorials on our Sketchbook Skool YouTube channel. Click here to watch!


I started Pantene's 14-Day Great Hair Challenge a couple weeks ago to really boost my hair's health, and let's just say I'm so happy with the results! My hair was really bad after all the holiday shoots and styling sessions, and each day it looked better and better. If you girls need a boost of hair health, definitely recommend doing the challenge yourself!
So as mentioned starting out you could definitely see a lot of breakage, dullness and dryness from all the heat and constant styling. I started using the Pantene Repair and Protect shampoo and conditioner and saw a difference even after one week!
My hair was already looking noticeably shinier and hydrated.
and after 14 days you could really see a huge difference. My hair has less signs of breakage and damage and the overall shinier and healthier!
No shocker that I needed something to help deal with my dry, heat-heavy hair. They sent over their Pantene Repair and Protect Shampoo & Conditioner which I've been loooovin'. This collection focuses on around-the-clock protection and it can reverse 6 months of damage in 1 use which is pretty crazy and amazing! Lawwwrd knows I needed it after all the styling lately.
I use a good amount of product in my hair (that dry shampoo life), so if you're the same, I've learned that it's important to get rid of that build up so that your hair can thrive. Pantene's Repair and Protect Collection helps to do this so it's a life saving multi-tasker. It not only protects from future damage and has antioxidants, but it removes build up which overtime leads to healthier hair. Yes pleaseee! If you use a lot of product, be sure to use a shampoo and conditioner that gets rid of build up specifically.
While working with Pantene, I learned that you're actually only supposed to rinse your conditioner for 30 seconds. More than that and you can rinse too much aka lessen the benefits of your conditioner. Good tip right? I also learned that because my hair needs lots of love, I should be conditioning from mid shaft down, not just the ends. If you girls have damaged hair, think about doing the same.
I actually used to do this back in the day, but somewhere between all the craziness that is life over here, I stopped. To start the 14-Day Challenge, I began bringing a wide-tooth comb into the shower and gently brush through when the Pantene conditioner is rinsing out. This helps detangle things really well and then less breakage once I'm out of the shower.
The Pantene Repair & Protect Shampoo and Conditioner works to guard my hair from heat but to take things up a notch, I've been trying really hard to air dry more. I don't like letting it go all the way or else it doesn't style as easily, so I've found a happy place of about 75% dry. Then I do my thing styling!
14 days later and I can seriously see a big difference already! Can't recommend this challenge enough and hope you girls take part!
Thank you, Pantene, for sponsoring this post. All thoughts and opinions are my own.


How can you earn a little cash with your vacation photos?
Ken Rhodes's shot of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Ken Rhodes, chief scientific officer for Yumanity, had a rather surreal experience while en route to a meeting a few years back.
"We were raising a round of fund-raising for our startup and waiting in the reception area," the Belmont resident recalled. "And the Boston Business Journal's annual book of lists was there, and on the cover was one of my photographs." Rhodes's photograph, a serene twilight landscape of the Boston skyline twinkling across the Charles River, was featured throughout the issue. But it was no coincidence.
Rhodes's photo was sold as microstock, the community-driven facet of stock photography that allows photographers of all levels to submit their work for profit. Stock image companies — like iStock, Shutterstock, Adobe — then filter through contributor submissions for quality control and put the best up for sale, sometimes for a royalty-free flat rate, sometimes on a pay-per-download basis. Photographers then receive a small profit from the usage.
While the payout is somewhat minimal, some microstock photographers say they use the supplemental income to help fund — and determine — their travel experiences.
Mead estimates he's been paid "a couple hundred" each year since he started participating in microstock on Shutterstock in 2013. It's not enough to finance the four or five times he travels outside Boston each year, but the incentive is enough to push the Colorado native to continue working on his photography.
Shutterstock, which claims to have paid out more than $500 million to contributors, estimates it will add 150,000 new images from users each day, measuring the submissions on three key factors. Technical composition (focus, lighting, noise) is evaluated, as is the ability to legally license an image (are there visible trademarks?), and the user-submitted metadata, that includes a title and up to 50 keywords.
And it's the accuracy, strategy, and clarity of those keywords that can help make or break an image.
Shutterstock provides its users with some outlook on what popular search keywords are maybe driving purchases, but Brennan said it's travelers who are both adventurous and culturally aware who get the best shot.
And sometimes it's just a matter of responding to the news cycle that gets a download.
And even if you're not a pro — don't be afraid to get started with your camera phone next time you're away.


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Home IT Consulting & Other Services SITA SITA WINS 'SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR' AWARD
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SITA WINS 'SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR' AWARD
SITA recognized for providing IT and communication solutions to the air transport industry at 2018 Air Transport Industry Awards
Air Transport Awards – Award Winners
DUBAI: SITA has been named Service Provider of the Year in the prestigious annual Air Transport Awards held in Dubai. The winners are voted for by the readers of Air Transport News and a jury of international aviation experts, chaired by Henrik Hololei, Director-General for Mobility and Transport at the European Commission.
The Service Provider of the Year award was given to SITA in recognition of its role in providing IT and communication solutions globally to the air transport industry. SITA's unique role as the community provider – being owned by the industry – means it has an unprecedented understanding of the industry's requirements, combined with dedicated teams around the world which deliver services needed to keep people flying.
Barbara Dalibard, CEO, SITA said: "Being named as Service Provider of the Year at the 2018 Air Transport Awards is a significant achievement and a strong validation of our unwavering collaboration and contribution to the air transport community. To be selected by our industry peers for this award is testament that our continued focus on delivering real value to the community is both justified and valued by the industry."
Nearly every passenger flight in the world relies on SITA technology. SITA works with the industry to provide technology solutions that make a difference. It innovates collaboratively, while developing and managing solutions over the world's most extensive network, one that forms the communication backbone of the global air transport industry.
In recent months, SITA has taken the lead in the development of biometric solutions. This has included innovation solutions for airlines and airports as well as looking to the future uses of biometrics as the technology develops. A key innovation is SITA's Smart PathTM solution which allows passengers to use their biometric identity every step of the way.
The Air Transport Industry Awards were presented at a ceremony at the Burj al Arab hotel in Dubai.
SITA is the communications and IT solution provider that transforms air travel through technology for airlines, at airports and on aircraft. The company's portfolio covers everything from managed global communications and infrastructure services, to eAircraft, passenger management, baggage, self-service, airport and border management solutions. Owned 100% by more than 400 air transport industry members, SITA has a unique understanding of its needs and places a strong emphasis on technology innovation.
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Join us for our annual house concert to benefit the Berkshire Children's Chorus, featuring hors-d'oeuvres from Rubiner's Cheesemongers, beer and wine by Domaney's Fine Liquors, and a teaser concert by the Berkshire Children's Chorus. This year's house concert will be hosted by Susie Crofut and Ben Luxon at their beautiful home in Sandisfield.
Since 1990, the Berkshire Children's Chorus has welcomed children from throughout the Berkshires, Northwest Connecticut, and Columbia County, New York into an environment of musical excellence, friendship, and collaboration. Now and always, this work is sustained by support from community members like you.
Please join us for this, our one fundraising event of the year. Tickets may be purchased here, or by sending a check for $65 per person to Berkshire Children's Chorus, P.O. Box 18, Sheffield, MA 01257. All donations to the Berkshire Children's Chorus are tax-deductible. BerkShares are also welcome.


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Papers and requests to speak will be received and reviewed until March 25th.
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networks with a mix of operating systems.
issues, preparing them for the future."
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communications, and real-time embedded systems.
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This guest blog post comes to you courtesy of NGPF Fellow Aric Weiker of Interlake High School (WA).
Templates and checklists are great, but students still struggle to include examples of relevant work experience and leadership when crafting resumes. In a typical class, more than three quarters are starting resumes from scratch and these are the same students who need the most help developing ideas for the core content.
A structured approach with guided questions and common examples has proven to be most effective.
Have you done work that you were paid for?
Have you had an internship or job shadow?
Have you helped a family member out with their job or business?
Are you part of your student government?
Are you a captain/co-captain or do you hold another leadership role on a sports team or club?
Have you lead big projects at school?
Are you in band or theater and if so what are your responsibilities there?
Do you participate in a faith-based organization and are you a leader there?
Are you a representative on any Boards or Committees?
I have also attached a resume peer edit checklist that I developed in case you find this useful.


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Clarens es una pequeña villa del municipio de Montreux, vecina al lago Lemán, en el cantón de Vaud, en Suiza.

Aquí el compositor ruso Igor Stravinsky escribió sus ballets La consagración de la primavera y Pulcinella, y Piotr Ilich Chaikovski escribió el Concierto para violín en Re Mayor en marzo de 1878.

Aquí murió en 1904 el héroe de la independencia de Sudáfrica, Paul Kruger.

El geógrafo y teórico anarquista Élisée Reclus residió en Clarens entre 1875 y 1891.

Cuenta con una estación ferroviaria, la estación de Clarens, donde efectúan parada trenes de cercanías de la red 'RER Vaud'.

Enlaces externos
 Rescue society on the Geneva Lake "Mon Devoir", section of Clarens

Véase también
 Montreux
 Lago Lemán

Localidades de Vaud


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Mercedes-Benz S-Class 2005 issue. Increased attention okoloavtomobilnoy public to high-end machines are difficult to explain from the perspective of common sense, as these luxury limousines can not be evaluated in terms of practicality. But with the addition of the terms "most-most" – the most comfortable, the most expensive, most powerful, fastest – they are difficult to apply. After all, there will always be faster sports cars, cars from kutyure – expensive limousines and pokomfortabelnee.
Well, the best Executive car needs polbor parameters, which can only carry a few firms. According to experts, in the new car Mercedes-Benz S-Class W221 body with a optimum was achieved by a combination of superb electronics, beautiful interior and a unique active and passive safety.
The engine and suspension as compared to the previous generation of machines have not changed. But here's electronics … Judge for yourself, the new Mercedes S-Class in the movement itself to carry out many operations that in the press it is not without reason called the four-wheel computer.
History of executive cars with the Mercedes brand dates back to the 1920s. In the prewar period, one of the most famous cars of this class was 770 Der Grosser Mercedes 1939 Release – official representative vehicle of Hitler's Germany.
The first post-war car was the top-class Mercedes 300 Adenauer, so called by the name of the then German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. The car was produced from 1951 to 1962 – it was her first time there were three-stage automatic transmission Borg-Wamer, mechanical fuel injection and variable rigidity of the rear suspension.
Der Grosser Mercedes 770 release official representation car 1939 Nazi Germany
Simultaneously with "three hundred" produced the so-called "junior" Executive Sedan – the Mercedes 220 series W180 / 128 with a 2.2-liter row "six". The car was produced until 1959, after which it was replaced by the Mercedes 220 series W111 / 112 with an entirely new monocoque body, the design of which were used were included then in vogue tail "fins".
In 1963 came the famous "six hundredth", which later became the protagonist of a series of anecdotes. It was a Mercedes-Benz 600 series W100 sedan and limousine services. The car had air suspension with manual or automatic adjustment of ground clearance, dual circuit hydraulic brakes are automatically deactivated when driving off the parking brake and seat electrically.
Along with the majestic "six hundredth" – the car of kings and presidents company produced cars Representation, were so to speak, it is easier – in 1965. The sedan rolled off the series W108 / 109, the appearance of which was created by the chief designer of the company, Paul Braque. Machines equipped with chetyrehfarnoy head optics, they were first established alternator Thermostat and fan drive.
Mercedes-Benz S-Class W221 Series (front left) and its predecessors (front right Mercedes-Benz 220SE Series WI80 / 128 release in 1954)
In 1972 he replaced the W108 / 109 W116 series cars arrived, which are called the first official car Mercedes-Benz S-Class. The head machine of this series considered the Mercedes-Benz 6.9 450 CEL. The last digit in the name of the car consistent with engine capacity of 286-strong engine. The machine had hydropneumatic suspension and dry sump lubrication.
The next S-class car was the Mercedes-Benz W126 body with a release in 1979-one of the most beautiful and harmonious of cars of this series is equipped with enhanced safety systems (including at kosofrontalnyh bumps). The car had improved aerodynamics – the drag coefficient it was 0.36, and the front bumper had a spoiler reduces lift. Parent machine of this series Mercedes-Benz 560 SEL is equipped with hydropneumatic suspension.
The next S-class car was the Mercedes-Benz W140 series, manufactured from 1991 to 1998. It is on this car appeared dual ESP system, side glass, Brake Assist and Parktronic, as well as the first navigation system on the most powerful machine of this model first appeared S600 12 – cylinder engine.
Geometric car scheme Mercedes-Benz S-Class W221 Series
Gasoline engines for the car Mercedes-Benz S-class W221 series.
Top left – a 3.5-liter 6-cylinder V-engine produces 272 hp Right vverhu – 5.5-liter V-12 cylinder engine rated at 517 hp Below – a new 5.5-litrovyi 8-cylinder V-engine produces 388 hp complete with an automatic 7-speed gearbox
And finally, in 1998 rolled off the Mercedes-Benz W220 series. The body of the car for the unconventional design of the company has been designed with the use of titanium and aluminum alloys – because of this the car was 300 kg lighter than its predecessor. By the way, many of the technical solutions underlying the "two hundred and twentieth" structure found its application in the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class W221 Series year of manufacture 2005. To start with the last turn to the suspension of the Mercedes-Benz. The front compared to the previous version upgraded – rack and pinion steering new "Mercy" has a variable transmission ratio, and the steering is able to artificially reproduce the "zero" position of the steering wheel. The very same suspension – independent, pneumatic, double wishbone. Rear – Independent, pneumatic, five aluminum levers
The car is equipped with a version of the S600 suspension relating to the categories Active Body Control (ABC) and is the only in the world of this active suspension, each rack which comprises a conventional twin-tube shock absorber spring and, in addition, the reference cylinder. Thanks to the powerful high-speed hydraulic system with a working pressure of 200 atmospheres, such racks are capable of changing its height while driving in real time, compensating for rolls and roll are increasing and comfortable ride.
Comparative diagram of the standard and enhanced versions of the car Mercedes-Benz S-Class W221 Series
Location in the cabin of eight airbags
The standard air suspension Airmatic compared to the previous version of the W220 upgraded – it has changed the settings Pneumoelements and made them thinner walls, which ANTOR group has increased and improved drivability.
Brakes – both front and zadnie – disc, ventilated, Hydraulic, with vacuum booster. For the first time in the S-kpassa machines applied electric rear drum parking brakes.
The new Mercedes S-Class can be equipped with one of the four power units. The most powerful S600 is a 5.5-liter 12-cylinder V-twin 517-horsepower gasoline engine with biturbonadduvom. The motor has a cam on one block in the heads, as well as three valves and two spark plugs per cylinder.
Several smaller capacity has 5.5-liter 388-strong / – shaped "eight", which is representative of a new family of engines with four camshafts and four valves per cylinder. The engine provides dual variable valve timing, switchable at engine speed of 3,500 rev / min and the length of the intake tract swirl flaps. Motor is equipped with automatic transmission 7G-Tronic – it is able to switch immediately to the four transmission on the downlink, and the converter can be disabled on all gears.
The most "low-power" of gasoline powertrains – a V-shaped 3.5-liter "six" power of 272 hp Despite the fact that this engine is almost half "horses" than that of the V12 engine, its is enough for active driving.
And the last line of engines for the Mercedes-Benz S-Class – a 3-liter 6-cylinder V-twin turbo produces 235 hp, which has an enviable efficiency – fuel consumption in combined cycle the car with the engine of 8,4 l / 100 km. Although it appears that the economy is not the most important advantage of the car, the price is "off scale" for 100 thousand euros.
The front and rear of the passenger compartment
The body structure is widely used high-strength steels and aluminum alloys. Representatives of the company say that about half of the body elements – and this spars, side skirts, coloured inks, and so on – are made by hot forging of steel, which is three times stronger than the usual A, aluminum alloy molded hood, trunk lid, some elements of the doors and the rear wall salon. From the same material also made the front and rear cross member body. The floor panels have a bumpy surface – studies have shown that it increases the rigidity of the panels and the reduced level of vibration. By the way. compared with the previous model, the torsional rigidity has increased by 12 percent, and the length of welds sized doubled and reached 120 meters – is significantly increased operational strength of the body.
Aerodynamic studies have reduced Cl – coefficient of drag of a body Mercedes-Benz S-Class – up to 0.26, which made the car one of the most streamlined sedans should be noted that during the creation measures have been taken to reduce its wind noise – a highly sensitive apparatus bugged individual zone air flow, looking at the noise source. All this allowed to make the car one of the quietest in its class.
Mercedes-Benz Cars has always been the safest, but in "Two Hundred Twenty-first" safety systems have reached the highest level. So, the car has 11 sensors with which analyzes the type and severity of a collision, seat belts with pretensioners and load limiters, and eight airbags In addition, the body of the car is designed for efficient energy absorption during a crash. Machine safety has been thoroughly investigated in the course of carrying out crash tests on the very stringent US rules, when a car crashed into a barrier with a 30 percent overlap at 80 km / h, she stood with honor. By the way, these rules are much more severe in Europe.
In addition, the car has a lot of systems that enhance its safety. Thus, the machine is equipped with instrumentation radar cruise control Distronic Plus, which uses two radar – core operates at a frequency of 77 GHz and provides a range of 150 meters and sub 24 GHz serves a sector with a coverage angle of about 80 degrees at a distance of up to 30 meters. This system allows you to monitor the traffic at speeds from 0 to 200 km / h and gradually slow down the movement, if necessary, up to a complete stop. Distronic Plus is so effective that allows the driver to control the car, almost without touching the pedals. When driving in heavy traffic is sufficient to establish the limit of permissible speeds (for example, 0 – 110 km / h) and distance running ahead of the car (for example, 10 meters) – and the car begins to move independently of the car in front, speeding up, slowing down, stopping and re starting the movement.
A good help for the driver and the system will be the Night View Assist night vision device. It is necessary to activate it as instead of the speedometer (by the way, it is only a picture on the display) appears in the black and white space in front of the car – according to representatives of the company, a pedestrian on the highway side of the road is detected by night vision device at a distance greater than 50 meters, the one which reaches the light xenon headlights.
Incidentally, the lights on the "Two Hundred Twenty-first" in tight turns at low speeds can shine sideways, reducing the risk of collision with an obstacle, compared with a machine equipped with a traditional head optics. When driving at high speed on suburban routes headlights follow the steering wheel, helping the driver to detect danger earlier.
In order to form an impression of comfort, a new car, enough to list the functions that can perform the normal driving seat. Start, perhaps, it should be with this elektroregulirovok multicontour seat – with their help, it provides the most comfortable fit and, if necessary (if the machine is used by several drivers) stores configuration found. In the long flight tired driver can select one of four modes of massage – with seven special pneumatic chambers in the back of the chair begin to knead stiff muscles. Hot? Six built-in the case of fans four in a bed, and two in the back – will heat imperceptible. In active mode, the chair responds to steering, increasing the backwater side when cornering.
Incidentally, the rear seats can also change the angle of the backrest, cushion height and also have a built-in massage device. For a surcharge, television screens can be integrated in the headrests of the front seats.
The "two hundred and twenty First" – a new four-zone climate system. Power conditioning unit is 8.8 kW, heater – 9.7 kW. The system includes 15 electric drive mechanisms dampers and the only fan. The surcharge rear of the cabin can be equipped with an additional fan.
While the new W221 is offered to customers only with the V6 and V8 engines in the optimal configuration: ABS function to prevent rolling, tire pressure sensors electromechanical parking brake, the boot lid with the electric drive and stepless door latches. Of course, this is not all, in the optional equipment list and have a night vision system, a rearview camera and a lot more. Well, the price … For a standard Mercedes-Benz S350 asking 82,000 euros for the long wheelbase S500L – 110,000 euros. And, of course, all the additional options for extra money.
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Kornél Mundruczó (; born 3 April 1975) is a Hungarian film and theatre director. He has directed 18 short and feature films between 1998 and 2020. His film Johanna was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. The production of White God, another of his full-length films, was supported by the Hungarian Film Fund. It won the Prize Un Certain Regard at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and was screened in the Spotlight section of Sundance Film Festival in 2015.

Early life
Mundruczó earned a diploma from Hungary's Academy of Film and Drama in 1998 as an actor, then in 2003 as a film and television director. In that same year, he founded Proton Cinema Ltd., dedicated to film production, along with Viktória Petrányi, a constant co-creator and collaborator in his work and writing since the academy.

Career

Film
Mundruczó's first full-length feature This I wish and nothing more won, among other prizes, the award for best first film at the 31st Hungarian Film Week, as well as its Students' Jury and Directors' Guild Awards. He directed his short film Afta shortly after leaving school. It went on to win numerous international awards. Pleasant Days, his second feature film, was awarded the Silver Leopard in Locarno in 2002. In 2003, he won the Cinéfondation Program's artistic grant, within the framework of the Cannes International Film Festival, where he developed the screenplay of the film Delta, together with Yvette Bíró in Paris.

He has been a member of the European Film Academy since 2004. In 2005, he won the Nipkow Program's artistic grant to participate for three months in courses and consultations for talented screenwriters and directors in Berlin. His fourth, fifth, and seventh feature-length films were entered in the official competition of Cannes Film Festival: Delta in 2008, Tender Son in 2010 and Jupiter's Moon in 2017. The first won the FIPRESCI Award.

In 2014, his film, White God – which was invited to Cannes Film Festival and made with the support of Eurimages, the European Council's film foundation and the Hungarian National Film Foundation – won the main prize of the Un Certain Regard program at the 67th Cannes Film Festival. Also, the film's canine star won the Palm Dog Award for best performance by a dog. His first English-language feature, Pieces of a Woman, was in Competition at 77th Venice International Film Festival.

In 2021, his film Evolution premiered in the new section of 2021 Cannes Film Festival, called Cannes Premiere, designed to give returning Cannes auteurs a safe place to screen new work outside of the competition.

Theatre
Mundruczó has worked in theatre and opera since 2003, first in Hungary and then in theatres abroad such as the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, the TR Warszawa, the Schauspielhaus Zürich and the Vlaamse Opera. He is most keen to begin new projects where he finds the subject, collaborators and venue inspiring. During the creative process, he strives to create a team. For new projects, he very often casts the same actors, who work with him as creative partners. After freelancing with more or less the same group of people for several years, in 2009, he founded Proton Theatre, his independent theatre company, with producer Dóra Büki.

Proton Theatre is a virtual artistic company organised around the director's independent productions. Besides preserving maximum artistic freedom, their goal is to ensure a professional structure for their independently produced theatre plays and projects. Chiefly, their performances are realized as international co-productions, and their frequent collaborators include the Wiener Festwochen, HAU Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin, Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels, Trafó House of Contemporary Arts in Budapest and Hellerau in Dresden. Productions directed by the artistic leader include The Ice (2006); Frankenstein-project (2007), which inspired his later film Tender Son; Hard to be a God (2010); Disgrace (2012), based on the post-apartheid novel by Nobel Prize-winner J. M. Coetzee and, in turn, inspiring his film White God; Dementia (2014), Winterreise (2015), Imitation of Life (2016), The Raft of the Medusa (2018), Evolution (2019) inspiring his film with the same title and The Seven Deadly Sins/Motherland (2020). In addition, Proton wishes to provide space for the realisation of company members' ideas. In this spirit, they created the following performances: Last (2014), directed by Roland Rába; 1 link (2015), directed by Gergely Bánki and Finding Quincy by János Szemenyei.

Proton's performances have toured to more than 110 festivals until 2020, including the Festival d'Avignon, the Adelaide Festival, the Singapore International Festival, the Seoul Bo:m Festival, and the Zürcher Theater Spektakel. In 2017, for Imitation of life, Mundruczó was nominated for the Faust Award. It was the first time in the history of this award that a non-German theatre, in this case a Hungarian independent company was nominated.

Filmography

Theatre

Opera

References

External links
 Proton Theatre

1975 births
Living people
Hungarian male film actors
Hungarian film directors
Hungarian screenwriters
Male screenwriters
Hungarian male writers
People from Gödöllő


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