We've been keeping readers informed with all the information about the new iPad (previously dubbed iPad 3) since its unveiling last week. With the release date fast approaching on March 16 many potential U.S. buyers are now asking whether they would be better off purchasing the tablet on Verizon or AT&T and we'll give you some pointers on that today.
A lot of customers up until now have been considering the specs and features of the new iPad and trying to decide what storage model they want or even what color option. However the choice of carrier could be just as important and there are plenty of factors to take into account. First off there's pricing and data deals. The new iPad price is exactly the same on Verizon and AT&T but data plans must also be considered. AT&T offers a starting monthly fee of $14.99 for 250MB but to be honest this would only suit the very light user. For $30 you'll get a far more appealing 3GB or for $50 it goes up to 5GB.
Turning to Verizon it will cost you $20 for 1GB. Although the starting price is more expensive this article makes the excellent point that this actually provides four times as much data for only $5 extra than AT&T's cheapest plan. Apparently though the lowest priced Verizon deal is pretty hard to find when you look on Verizon's website but we're assured it does exist. Apart from this plan Verizon also offers 2GB for $30 or 5GB for $50. Therefore the middle plan of the carriers is better value on AT&T while the higher plan is the same price. For the lower plans we'd say that Verizon's $20 for 1GB is much better value than AT&T's $14.99 for 250MB.
Other factors to consider are signal reach and quality. As far as signal reach this becomes more relevant if you travel often. Verizon's 4G LTE network now covers 200 million potential users while AT&T is much newer to the game and its LTE network currently covers around 74 million potential customers. If you're intending to use your new iPad at home for the vast majority of the time you'll just want to ensure you're in one of the right regions for coverage but if you travel then Verizon is a better choice for you.
Signal quality is also an important issue and there are plus's and minus's here. While AT&T offers better download speeds (around 18 Mbps) Verizon is better for upload speeds (around 13 Mbps). However the difference between the two carriers is very small. We should point out though that AT&T's LTE network is not currently getting nearly as much usage as Verizon's so it will be interesting to see what those speeds are when its network is being more heavily used. Also another factor to think about is that Verizon has stronger available frequencies offering better signal quality in high-rise buildings.
Some of you may also want to use your new iPads as mobile hotspots but although this is theoretically possible on both carriers according to Apple, only Verizon is actually delivering this capability at the moment. Both carriers now offer international roaming support. It would seem therefore that when it comes to a choice between the new iPad on Verizon or AT&T there are more aspects in Verizon's favor than AT&T's. However personal usage and requirements should be considered carefully before making your final decision.
You may also be interested in this report, which looks into whether Verizon or AT&T will benefit most from the new iPad and includes opinions from analysts on the subject. We're interested to hear from readers about the Verizon or AT&T new iPad question. Are you intending to purchase the new iPad and if so which carrier will you purchase it on and why?


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How's the Locust (Grasshopper) infestation remains a major problem in the country these days?
Scientific name of locust is Schistocerca gregaria.
Damage - If this pest is not controlled in the initial stage, then it destroys the entire crop and sometimes only the stalks of the crop are left.
Due to this, national disaster of food and fodder is created. Locusts generally harm kharif crops. Due to changes in the weather, Its outbreak is being seen on kharif crops like maize, millet, jowar, moong and urad.
Right now, this is the biggest crisis on farmers in the country. Most affected district of India by locust swarm is Rajasthan.
There are 10 important species of locust are found worldwide but desert locust is the most harmful insect in the world.
When desert locusts are gathered in the green field, they become terrible in the swarm and they can clean the green field completely. That's why they are called the world's most dangerous pests.
Talking about the life cycle, there are three types of states - egg, nymph and adult.
According to the FAO, there are about 40 million locusts in a swarm spread over one square kilometer, who eat so much in one day which can enough for 35 thousand people (if an average of 23 kg of food per person per day is taken)
Locust swarms can measure up to 200 kilometers in a day at a speed of 13 kilometers per hour.
Locusts can eat food equal to their weight i.e., at least one to two grams.
A female grasshopper lays eggs at least three or four times in her life and can lay between 100 and 158 eggs at a time.
The life of a locust is usually three to five months.
It is believed that the number of locusts and their increasing attacks has been due to unseasonal rains.
Management - The weed or grass that is there in the field should be burnt & if we do not burn it then dusting of methyl parathion 2% , 25 kg/hectare on the field bunds should be done.
By doing this, they are destroyed quickly and the conditions that are ahead are not created (life cycle is over). In this way we can save our crop easily. Deep ploughing of the field.
Control - If the crop becomes large then there are many such pesticides which can be used for this, such as spray Profenophos 500-600 mm in 700 liters of water.
Carbaryl is also considered most effective for locusts but its spraying also destroys pests useful for crops.
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Interdisciplinary Orthodontics
Our practice has a long history of serving the Western Australian community since 1971. Our first two clinics were opened in Perth CBD and Claremont by Dr Lloyd Trotter and Dr Peter Heagney. Later, two more clinics have been opened in Floreat and Joondalup, thus making us one of the largest orthodontic practices in the Perth metropolitan area. Recently, we have started visiting South Hedland on a regular base.
Following Dr Trotter and Dr Heagney's retirement, the practice has been taken over by Dr Richard Cook, Dr Peter Dillon, and Dr Greg Brudenell. Like their predecessor, these partners are highly dedicated to their profession and are actively involved in the training of the future orthodontists. With the retirement of Dr Peter Dillon and Dr Richard Cook, our practice has been joined by their former students Dr Phebe Sugiarto and Dr Gary Huang in 2009. In the beginning of 2019, Dr Richard Lee joined the practice.
Our Philosophy: Our team at BSH Orthodontics are dedicated to providing the highest standard of orthodontic care in a friendly and relaxed environment.
Dr Greg Brudenell
Dr Brudenell studied at the University of Western Australia for Bachelor of Dental Science and Master of Dental Science Degree. He graduated from the Bachelor of Dental Science Degree in 1976 with First Class Honours and became a Master of Dental Science in 1984.
Dr Brudenell chose to become an Orthodontist because he feels it is the most rewarding of all dental specialities. He says "aligning the teeth and correcting occlusions is probably one the most rewarding occupations I can imagine." In his spare time, Dr Brudenell enjoys golf and travelling the world.
Dr Phebe Sugiarto
Dr Phebe graduated from the University of Western Australia in 2003 with a Bachelor of Dental Science with Honours, where she won the Australian Society of Orthodontists Prize in Orthodontics, Kenneth J.G. Sutherland Prize in Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine, and Australian Society of Endodontology Prize in Endodontics awards, for the best student in orthodontics, oral surgery, oral medicine, and endodontics.
Following the completion of her Masters degree in orthodontics at the University of Western Australia in 2008, she furthered her specialist credentials by obtaining Memberships from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons.
In addition to her busy private practice, Dr Phebe was involved in teaching undergraduate dental students at the University of Western Australia until 2015.
In order to remain current on the latest orthodontic advances she attends local and international orthodontic congresses, and subscribes to the relevant professional journals. Dr Phebe is a member of the Australian Dental Association (ADA), Australian Society of Orthodontists (ASO), the World Federation of Orthodontists (WFO) and Dental Specialists Society of Western Australia (DSSWA).
In her spare time she enjoys playing with her young children and making coffee.
Dr Gary Huang
Dr Gary obtained his Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree with Honours from the University of Sydney in 2002. He gained experience practicing general dentistry for 3 years before attending the University of Western Australia. It was there Dr Gary earned his Master of Dental Science degree in Orthodontics and became an orthodontist in 2008.
In addition, Dr Gary also passed the examinations to become a member of Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons and Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh.
Outside his private practice, Dr Gary was involved in training the undergraduate dental students at the University of Western Australia in the discipline of orthodontics until 2015.
Dr Gary has a special interest in airway orthodontics and sleep apnoea, and he is currently gaining further qualification at UWA in this field.
To provide the latest cutting edge treatments for his patients, Dr Gary remains current on the orthodontic advances by attending numerous continuing education courses and subscribing to the relevant professional journals. Gary is a member of Australian Dental Association (AAO), Australian Society of Orthodontists (ASO), World Federation of Orthodontists (WFO) and Dental Specialists Society of Western Australia (DSSWA).
In his free time, Dr Gary enjoys cooking, reading, and playing with his children.
Dr Richard Lee
Dr Richard Lee received his Bachelor of Dental Science with Honours from the University of Western Australia. Following completion of his dental training he served as a dental officer with the Royal Australian Air Force.
He returned to the University of Western Australia as a part time clinical instructor in general dentistry while completing a Bachelor of Science in Dentistry with Honours. He continued on and completed his Orthodontic specialist training, receiving his Doctorate of Clinical Dentistry (Orthodontics) from UWA with a research focus on the accuracy of computer assisted surgical simulation for orthognathic surgical planning.
Dr Lee was the recipient of the AB Travelling Fellowship award and undertook an Orthodontic Craniofacial Special Care Clinical Fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. This sub-specialty training in the management of complex orthodontic conditions included large caseloads of patients with craniofacial defects such as cleft lip and palate as well as patients with medical and behavioural issues.
Dr Lee is a member of the Australian Dental Association, Australian Society of Orthodontists and is Australasian Orthodontic Board certified. He is passionate about Orthodontics and helping patients achieve the best treatment outcome possible. In his spare time he enjoys running, hiking, snowboarding and all things outdoors.
Claremont Orthodontic Clinic
Suite 3, Freshwater 328 Stirling
Hwy (Cnr Freshwater Pde),
Claremont WA 6010
claremont@orthodonticclinic.com.au
Joondalup Orthodontic Clinic
Sanori House Cnr 126 Grand
Boulevard & Reid Promenade Joondalup WA 6027
joondalup@orthodonticclinic.com.au
Mon - Tues, & Thurs: 8.30am - 5.00pm
Wed & Fri: 8.30am-5.00pm (alternate weeks)
1300 1 67846
*Clinic operates under special hours on school holidays*
Floreat Orthodontic
90 The Boulevard Floreat
floreat@orthodonticclinic.com.au
Mon, Thurs & Fri: 8.30am - 5.00pm (alternate weeks)
Tues: 8.30am - 5.00pm
South Hedland
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4/7 Tonkin St, South Hedland 6722
treatment.gh@orthodonticclinic.com.au
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I was terrified at the possibility of receiving someone's liver. This meant someone had to lose a life for me to receive a liver.
That season of my life was full of many questions. Despite the fact that I never doubted God's love for me, Once again there I was with my little faith asking yet again… "Why me Lord?" How was I supposed to give thanks to in this situation? But again, how could I doubt God's hand in that moment knowing very well that He knows me and all my days are under His Control?
I physically hurt and I was spiritually struggling to grasp His truth. After all He is my shepherd, my guide, my hiding place, my comforter, my heavenly Father. He loves me and would never seek out to harm me. And I honestly had no choice but to trust whatever the outcome was.
I marveled once again at the kind of faith Abraham and Sarah had when they were told of the children that would come forth by Sarah's womb at a very old age. Something physically impossible but yet they believed. I had to believe, I needed to trust in God's grace who knows my heart and understood my fears perfectly.
"By your Grace my Savior, give me unshakable faith even when I do not clearly understand where I am heading. Help me to Trust you. One who loved me even when I was unlovable; choosing to die for my sin. Help me to constantly remember your love for me that took you to the cross. Help me to rest in you knowing that you are an all knowing father". That became my heart's prayer.
Even after the right lobe of my liver was taken out, I "surprisingly" did not need a liver transplant.
God is sovereign and I can never doubt that. His timing is always perfect and planned. Once again, I am thankful for the gift of life and pray that through it God's name will be known and His love for us the human race understood.
P.S. The featured image was two weeks before my liver resection surgery and two week after our baby girl was born.
Thank you Rose🙏. That was a blessing on my side.
God's timing and perfect answers always amaze me! Very thankful for your encouraging words.
Wow. Glad that things worked out for you. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Janet 🙏. It was definitely God's hand throughout.
A great testimony about not worrying needlessly. Our homily yesterday was focused on "fear not," a good reminder.
Bless you and your family. So glad the surgery went well and you are on the road to recovery. You need strength to be a mother and partner. I believe God has a plan for us all. I carried a card with me that reminded me that Jesus died so I could live…through all my radiation and chemo five years ago. I don't think I could have gotten to this day without believing in Him. Be happy.
Thank you sis💝. That was me at the worst. At that point I had been to 3 different hospitals, not forgetting the cesarian section I had had 2 weeks prior to take our little Chele out 3 weeks early. Had tons of scans, lots of blood work and a biopsy. That was a mama of a 2 weeks old baby waiting on a major surgery. I was in alot of physical pain.
I can't even imagine how hard those times were for you! So glad you are on the other side of that battle and you get to watch your little princess grow up!
I was given new life through a transplant – unfortunately it had to be at the expense of the life of another, someone i never knew. I guess it's up to me to choose to make that sacrifice a worthwhile one.
I'm speechless. What a Great Physician we have.
Thank you very much for your kind words 🙏. Yes Miracles are real and I thank God for that.
Sweet! Thanks for sharing your difficult journey with us, it encouraging.


One of the most important scientific results of my lifetime was revealed this month.
Scientists released an image of a black hole and its event horizon. My colleague Ethan Siegel has an outstanding discussion in Forbes of 10 important lessons from the revelation. As a fellow scientist, I was really excited for everyone involved in the countless years of work preparing for that moment. As a human being, I was just fascinated by what I was seeing.
I also pondered something else. A subset of the public is in complete awe of science that showed us evidence of a black hole 55 million light years away. Yet, they might be completely dismissive of observations that Earth's climate is changing and that humans are part of the reason why?
Weird how scientists can use data to create an image of a black hole in a neighboring galaxy and everyone is cool and chill about that. But the recommendations scientists make based on data that gives us a picture of climate change ON EARTH... apparently up for debate.
When I think about the point being made with those Tweets, Julie Beck's 2015 article in The Atlantic, "Americans Believe in Science, Just Not Its Findings," comes to mind. Beck's outstanding piece dissected a Pew Research Center study finding that "79% of adults say that science has made life easier for most people and a majority is positive about science's impact on the quality of health care, food and the environment." Roughly 70% of those surveyed also thought government investments in science and technology pay off in the long run. This is certainly encouraging because our smartphones, GPS, and advanced medical procedures didn't appear out of thin air.
Beck's article also made the point that Pew's study found public opinion about certain "hot button" topics like climate change, evolution, and genetically modified foods diverged from scientists. It is tempting to chalk this up to "confirmation bias" whereby people align with information consistent with their belief systems, ideologies, or faith perspectives. However, I think there is a bit more to the story.
A 2011 study published in the Journal of Risk Research posed the simple question: "Why do members of the public disagree - sharply and persistently - about facts on which expert scientists largely agree?" They find that something called "cultural cognition of risk" helps to inform individuals' beliefs about science, consensus, and related processes. They point out that a collection of psychological mechanisms allows some people to selectively accept or dismiss scientific information in ways that fit with others. For example, though a large percentage of scientists might conclude that anthropogenic climate change or vaccination denial are threats, cultural cognition of risk might cause a person to believe a smaller minority of scientists that align with their perspective.
I touched on some of these cognitive biases in a recent Ted talk, but I didn't know the fancy psychological terms. I just know what I have experienced in my 25 years as an atmospheric scientist who does weather-climate research and broader communication. A 2018 article in the journal Public Understanding of Science further demonstrated how a person's "cultural way of life" in combination with news media choices further polarize consumption and understanding of science.
I find the particular euphoria about the black hole image particularly interesting because there are actually elements of its science that should create the same type of skepticism observed with climate change: Remote observations from a distance, an element of tension between science and faith-based narratives, and a constantly changing astronomical "landscape." I suppose the difference is that with climate change stakeholders are perceived as "winners" or "losers" and may infect the broader discussion. Erik Conway and Naomi Oreskes point this out in the book Merchants of Doubt. For now, black holes have no "special interest" bias.


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La NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI, Institut d'Astrobiologia de la NASA) es va establir el 1998 per la National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) "per desenvolupar el camp de l'astrobiologia i proporcionar un marc científic per a missions de vol."

La NAI és un portal virtual, i és una organització distribuïda que integra els programes d'investigació i formació de l'astrobiologia en comú acord amb les comunitats científiques nacionals i internacionals.

Història
Tot i que la NASA havia explorat la idea de formar un institut d'astrobiologia en el passat, quan els experiments biològics de la Viking van donar resultats negatius per a la vida a Mart, la pèrdua d'interès públic i dels fons federals per a l'exobiologia no van donar més diners. El 1996, l'anunci de possibles restes de vida antiga al meteorit Allan Hills 84001 de Mart, va portar a un nou interès en el tema. Alhora, la NASA va desenvolupar el Programa Origins, ampliant el seu abast a partir de l'exobiologia a l'astrobiologia, l'estudi de l'origen, evolució, distribució i futur de la vida a l'univers.

El 1998, 9 milions de dòlars es van reservar per finançar la NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI), un esforç de recerca interdisciplinari utilitzant l'experiència de diferents institucions de recerca científica i universitats de tot el país, vinculat centralitzadament a l'Ames Research Center, a Mountain View, a Califòrnia. Gerald Soffen, excientífic del projecte amb el programa Viking, va ajudar a coordinar el nou institut. Al maig, la NASA va seleccionar 11 equips científics, cadascun amb un Investigador Principal. La NAI es va establir al juliol amb Scott Hubbard com a director interí. El premi Nobel Baruch S. Blumberg a ser nomenat el primer director de l'Institut, i va servir del 15 de maig de 1999 al 14 d'octubre de 2002.

El 2 de desembre de 2010, l'Institut ha anunciat que un dels seus projectes finançats per l'US Geological Survey, havia descobert el primer microorganisme capaç d'incorporar arsènic al seu ADN en lloc de fosfat. El bacteri GFAJ-1 va ser trobat per investigadors d'equip al Mono Llac a Califòrnia, però altres investigadors van qüestionar i van refutar les conclusions.

Programa
La NASA Astrobiology Program inclou la NAI, tal com un dels quatre components, inclòs el Programa de Biologia Evolutiva i Exobiologia; el Programa d'Astrobiologia de Ciència i Tecnologia de l'instrument Desenvolupament (ASTID) i el Programa Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets (ASTEP).

Equips

A partir del 2015, la NAI compta amb 12 equips, que inclouen uns 600 investigadors distribuïts a través de ~ 100 institucions. També compta amb 13 organitzacions internacionals associats. Alguns equips passats i presents són:

Socis internacionals
La NAI té un programa d'associació amb altres organitzacions internacionals d'astrobiologia per proporcionar oportunitats de col·laboració per als seus investigadors dins de la comunitat científica mundial.
 Astrobiology Society of Britain (ASB)
 Australian Centre for Astrobiology (ACA)
 Canadian Astrobiology Network (CAN)
 Centro de Astrobiología (CAB)
 Europeu Exo/Associació de Xarxa de l'Astrobiologia (EANA)
 Helmholtz Alliance: Planetary Evolution and Life
 Instituto de Astrobiología Colombia (IAC)
 Nordic Network of Astrobiology
 Russian Astrobiology Center (RAC)
 Sociedad Mexicana de Astrobiología (SOMA)
 Société Française d'Exobiologie (SFE)
 Centre de Regne Unit per Astrobiologia
 Universitat de São Paulo (USP)

Recerca
Seleccionats, els temes importants de la investigació interdisciplinària per la NAI a partir de 2008:
 Cometes en espacial i en el laboratori
 Descoberta de la "biosfera rara"
 Habitabilitat primerenca de la Terra
 Mart primerenc humit
 Descobriment i anàlisi d'exoplanetes
 Vida sense el Sol
 Traçadors isotòpics metàl·lics del medi ambient i la biologia
 Metà a Mart
 Ecologia de la catifa microbiana
 Biosferes de modelatge d'exoplanetes
 Orígens de la vida
 Terra bola de neu
 Vida al subfons marí
 L'augment d'oxigen i la "mitjana d'edat" de la Terra

Referències

Bibliografia addicional

Astrobiologia
Programes de la NASA

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Q: move UITableView items from left to right I hope to move UITableView tiems fromn left to right and reload a new table array.
I know it can done by navigationcontroller.
But if there is a way without navigationcontroller.
Thanks
intterdev

A: Yes you can achieve same functionality by writing your custom animation code with two separate view controllers.
Load UITableView on one view controller and implement detail view in other view controller.
Now write your custom animation code for these two view controller.
Thanks,
Jim.

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Sony on PS5 UI: We Really Want to Make Sure the User Can Utilize Their Time to Engage with the Game
By Alessio Palumbo
Oct 15, 2020 15:35 EDT
Earlier today, Sony finally pulled the lid on the PS5 UI, showing how PlayStation 5 will interact with the basic functions of the new console. They've also unveiled the new Activities feature, which aims to bring players close to specific in-game objectives or challenges.
Speaking to Eurogamer's Digital Foundry, Hideaki Nishino, Senior Vice President of Platform Planning & Management at Sony Interactive Entertainment, commented on the importance of this new feature added to the PS5 UI.
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We do care about the beauty of the PS5 UI, which is, of course, going to be of a PlayStation quality. But at the same time, we really want to make sure the customer can fully utilise their time for engaging with the game. And there was a conversation with developers and creators: they sometimes feel kind of sad, because now the game scope is huge and the game world is huge - and people may not see the whole picture of the game. So how we can bring them more into the games? I know, there is a menu system and a scene system in the game that can show the customer the various options in the game.
However, it should be a really, really great moment. With the cards, you see the options, what you could enjoy. And with challenges in the dynamic update, they kind of force me back into the gameplay. It's a really great experience, having the user more engaged with the game. This system is there to support great play and a great time. I speak to my team, it's like a theatre setting - it's there to energize all the actors on the stage, to perform at their best. And you should not notice what's going on behind the scenes.
It won't be long before we see the PS5 UI in action for ourselves, with Sony's next-generation console set to debut on November 12th in select countries and November 19th elsewhere in the world.
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Following the music-licensing deals with several big music publishers in the last few months, Facebook has announced yet another – this time with rights management organisation ICE Services.
Since December, Facebook has announced five big music-licensing deals with some of the most important music publishers in the world, bringing the ability for Facebook users to use tens of millions of music tracks on the platform, without retribution from the copyright holders. The first deal with Universal Music Group was announced in December, and similar deals with other publishers like Global Music Rights, HFA/Rumblefish, Kobalt Music Publishing and Sony/ATV followed soon after.
Since December, Facebook has announced five big music-licensing deals with some of the most important music publishers in the world. Here comes another.
The deal with online licensing processing provider, ICE Services, brings Facebook's first multi-territorial music license, this time covering nearly 300,000 music rights holders in 160 countries. Similar to the previous deals, the latest covers licensing across all of Facebook's properties – Facebook itself, Messenger, Instagram and, of course, Oculus.
ICE Services is an organisation created by PRS for Music (covering the UK and global markets), STIM (a Swedish collective management organisation) and GEMA (a German rights management organisation), to "encourage collaboration between collective management organizations, music publishers and digital service providers to ensure that composers and songwriters are compensated accurately and fairly for the use of their works." The deal with Facebook will build upon creating better royalties data, and compensating artists whose work is used on the platform.
The deal with online licensing processing provider, ICE Services, brings Facebook's first multi-territorial music license, this time covering nearly 300,000 music rights holders.
ICE has already licensed over 40 online music streaming services to use its catalog, and says it has given over €300 million to rights holders in the last two years.


Urgent call to all streetmachine owners, what lowrider mounted propstand do you have. Is this suitable?
The pages for HPV and UK dealers for the brand the only details are ESGE model but there's a few with this tag on the model name.
I've measured the vertical height to the bolt hole on the rack and it's 240mm. It would seem that this being up to 290mm means it's suitable. I'm hoping that's without cutting down. If I get one I'll have an evening to mount it before going on tour. Last minute purchase.
If not this what other option? What model did you get?
Can't really add much to what I said here, other than I'm not sure how well a two-leg stand will work, on account of the mounting plate being off the centre-line of the bike.
The one I saw is an ESGE stand but with two legs. The legs seem to fold against each other and then fold up on one side like the single leg ESGE version. That looks like it'll get around the off centre mounting.
Most ESGE stands are up to 18kg total load but this is 25kg max load. I'm thinking 15kg bike leaves 10kg max luggage. Unless you think half the weight is on the ground because it only lifts front wheel. So that's 7.5kg of the bike leaving twice 17.5kg or 35kg fit luggage. Is it really 25kg total weight of the whole bike and luggage? That would mean they're not that useful for touring recumbents when fully loaded.
The current SMGTe spec list details the two prop stands, including the one Kim mentioned in the other thread.
There's quite a few ESGE models. That twin legged version I linked to is ESGE too. Twin legged, single legged, esge zoom models, bb mount, rear triangle mount. I think the references go from ks10 to ks14 or even higher, all rated as ESGE models.
I looked at the hpv website, configurator and price list. Apart from ESGE and front / rear mount they don't give the model reference. I'd prefer to get the one the brand recommends but there could be 2 models matching their description for each one as far as I can tell. Anyone know if their stand has a product reference? They start with KS.


Wonderful footage on the origins of Seiwakai and the very special person and karateka Tasaki Hanshi was.
Tasaki Hanshi left us five years ago, on the 30th January 2011. Respect to a remarkable man.
With thanks to Misha Muller.


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Venezuelans throng stores amid price curb
People stand in lines outside stores for fourth day after President deployed army to force retailers to slash prices.
Maduro has said he would impose limits on profits as the government tries to curb inflation [Reuters]
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After taking control of several appliance stores last week, Maduro vowed late on Sunday to step up inspections of businesses selling shoes, clothes, automobiles and other goods to make sure they aren't gouging consumers.
He also said he will impose limits on profits as the government tries to curb inflation running at 54 percent.
In eastern Caracas, the national capital, a five-block line of bargain hunters, some waiting since Saturday, snaked from a JVG electronics store hoping for the chance to buy televisions, washing machines and refrigerators at deep discounts.
"We have been waiting for this for a long time," said Sixto Mesa, a government supporter.
Maduro is gambling that by expanding price controls he can regain support he has lost since winning election in April, as inflation soared to a two-decade high and the US dollar shot up on the black market to nine times its official value.
Analysts said the measures might bolster government candidates in next month's mayoral elections, but warned that the tougher rules are likely to inflict more damage on Venezuela's economy by discouraging investment and adding to shortages that reached a record level in October.
"We can't just close the businesses; the owners have to go to jail," Maduro said in an impassioned speech on Sunday night in which he cited Jewish, Muslim and Christian texts to harangue businessmen he accuses of usury.
"We can't allow our hard currency to be used to rob people through the sale of these goods."
Parasitic bourgeoisie
At the same time Maduro is attacking merchants he calls the "parasitic bourgeoisie", he has vowed zero tolerance for looting.
On Monday, police fired shots in the air to prevent crowds from raiding a toy store in the Caracas suburb of Los Teques, with many businesses in the town shuttering early for fear of violence.
Maduro also took his offensive to the Internet, blocking access to seven websites that track the value of the country's bolivar currency on the black market.
The president over the weekend accused the websites of spreading panic and conspiring against his government.
The president argues that Venezuela's inflation is the result of hoarding and speculation by his opponents in Venezuela and in the US.
He says the country, which is South America's biggest oil producer, has more than enough dollars to pay for imports.
If not for the "economic war" being waged by his opponents, inflation should be running around 16 percent to 18 percent, Maduro said on Sunday night.


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Q: Token Based Authentication in ASP.NET Core (refreshed) I'm working with ASP.NET Core application. I'm trying to implement Token Based Authentication but can not figure out how to use new Security System.
My scenario:
A client requests a token. My server should authorize the user and return access_token which will be used by the client in following requests.
Here are two great articles about implementing exactly what I need:

*

*Token Based Authentication using ASP.NET Web API 2, Owin, and Identity

*Using JSON Web tokens
The problem is - it is not obvious for me how to do the same thing in ASP.NET Core.
My question is: how to configure ASP.NET Core Web Api application to work with token based authentication? What direction should I pursue? Have you written any articles about the newest version, or know where I could find ones?
Thank you!

A: Working from Matt Dekrey's fabulous answer, I've created a fully working example of token-based authentication, working against ASP.NET Core (1.0.1). You can find the full code in this repository on GitHub (alternative branches for 1.0.0-rc1, beta8, beta7), but in brief, the important steps are:
Generate a key for your application
In my example, I generate a random key each time the app starts, you'll need to generate one and store it somewhere and provide it to your application. See this file for how I'm generating a random key and how you might import it from a .json file. As suggested in the comments by @kspearrin, the Data Protection API seems like an ideal candidate for managing the keys "correctly", but I've not worked out if that's possible yet. Please submit a pull request if you work it out!
Startup.cs - ConfigureServices
Here, we need to load a private key for our tokens to be signed with, which we will also use to verify tokens as they are presented. We're storing the key in a class-level variable key which we'll re-use in the Configure method below. TokenAuthOptions is a simple class which holds the signing identity, audience and issuer that we'll need in the TokenController to create our keys.
// Replace this with some sort of loading from config / file.
RSAParameters keyParams = RSAKeyUtils.GetRandomKey();

// Create the key, and a set of token options to record signing credentials
// using that key, along with the other parameters we will need in the
// token controlller.
key = new RsaSecurityKey(keyParams);
tokenOptions = new TokenAuthOptions()
{
    Audience = TokenAudience,
    Issuer = TokenIssuer,
    SigningCredentials = new SigningCredentials(key, SecurityAlgorithms.Sha256Digest)
};

// Save the token options into an instance so they're accessible to the
// controller.
services.AddSingleton<TokenAuthOptions>(tokenOptions);

// Enable the use of an [Authorize("Bearer")] attribute on methods and
// classes to protect.
services.AddAuthorization(auth =>
{
    auth.AddPolicy("Bearer", new AuthorizationPolicyBuilder()
        .AddAuthenticationSchemes(JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme)
        .RequireAuthenticatedUser().Build());
});

We've also set up an authorization policy to allow us to use [Authorize("Bearer")] on the endpoints and classes we wish to protect.
Startup.cs - Configure
Here, we need to configure the JwtBearerAuthentication:
app.UseJwtBearerAuthentication(new JwtBearerOptions {
    TokenValidationParameters = new TokenValidationParameters {
        IssuerSigningKey = key,
        ValidAudience = tokenOptions.Audience,
        ValidIssuer = tokenOptions.Issuer,

        // When receiving a token, check that it is still valid.
        ValidateLifetime = true,

        // This defines the maximum allowable clock skew - i.e.
        // provides a tolerance on the token expiry time
        // when validating the lifetime. As we're creating the tokens
        // locally and validating them on the same machines which
        // should have synchronised time, this can be set to zero.
        // Where external tokens are used, some leeway here could be
        // useful.
        ClockSkew = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(0)
    }
});

TokenController
In the token controller, you need to have a method to generate signed keys using the key that was loaded in Startup.cs. We've registered a TokenAuthOptions instance in Startup, so we need to inject that in the constructor for TokenController:
[Route("api/[controller]")]
public class TokenController : Controller
{
    private readonly TokenAuthOptions tokenOptions;

    public TokenController(TokenAuthOptions tokenOptions)
    {
        this.tokenOptions = tokenOptions;
    }
...

Then you'll need to generate the token in your handler for the login endpoint, in my example I'm taking a username and password and validating those using an if statement, but the key thing you need to do is create or load a claims-based identity and generate the token for that:
public class AuthRequest
{
    public string username { get; set; }
    public string password { get; set; }
}

/// <summary>
/// Request a new token for a given username/password pair.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="req"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
[HttpPost]
public dynamic Post([FromBody] AuthRequest req)
{
    // Obviously, at this point you need to validate the username and password against whatever system you wish.
    if ((req.username == "TEST" && req.password == "TEST") || (req.username == "TEST2" && req.password == "TEST"))
    {
        DateTime? expires = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMinutes(2);
        var token = GetToken(req.username, expires);
        return new { authenticated = true, entityId = 1, token = token, tokenExpires = expires };
    }
    return new { authenticated = false };
}

private string GetToken(string user, DateTime? expires)
{
    var handler = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler();

    // Here, you should create or look up an identity for the user which is being authenticated.
    // For now, just creating a simple generic identity.
    ClaimsIdentity identity = new ClaimsIdentity(new GenericIdentity(user, "TokenAuth"), new[] { new Claim("EntityID", "1", ClaimValueTypes.Integer) });

    var securityToken = handler.CreateToken(new Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityTokenDescriptor() {
        Issuer = tokenOptions.Issuer,
        Audience = tokenOptions.Audience,
        SigningCredentials = tokenOptions.SigningCredentials,
        Subject = identity,
        Expires = expires
    });
    return handler.WriteToken(securityToken);
}

And that should be it. Just add [Authorize("Bearer")] to any method or class you want to protect, and you should get an error if you attempt to access it without a token present. If you want to return a 401 instead of a 500 error, you'll need to register a custom exception handler as I have in my example here.

A: To achieve what you describe, you'll need both an OAuth2/OpenID Connect authorization server and a middleware validating access tokens for your API.
Katana used to offer an OAuthAuthorizationServerMiddleware, but it doesn't exist anymore in ASP.NET Core.
I suggest having a look to AspNet.Security.OpenIdConnect.Server, an experimental fork of the OAuth2 authorization server middleware which is used by the tutorial you mentioned: there's an OWIN/Katana 3 version, and an ASP.NET Core version that supports both net451 (.NET Desktop) and netstandard1.4 (compatible with .NET Core).
https://github.com/aspnet-contrib/AspNet.Security.OpenIdConnect.Server
Don't miss the MVC Core sample that shows how to configure an OpenID Connect authorization server using AspNet.Security.OpenIdConnect.Server and how to validate the encrypted access tokens issued by the server middleware: https://github.com/aspnet-contrib/AspNet.Security.OpenIdConnect.Server/blob/dev/samples/Mvc/Mvc.Server/Startup.cs
You can also read this blog post, that explains how to implement the resource owner password grant, which is the OAuth2 equivalent of basic authentication: http://kevinchalet.com/2016/07/13/creating-your-own-openid-connect-server-with-asos-implementing-the-resource-owner-password-credentials-grant/
Startup.cs
public class Startup
{
    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
        services.AddAuthentication();
    }

    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
    {
        // Add a new middleware validating the encrypted
        // access tokens issued by the OIDC server.
        app.UseOAuthValidation();

        // Add a new middleware issuing tokens.
        app.UseOpenIdConnectServer(options =>
        {
            options.TokenEndpointPath = "/connect/token";

            // Override OnValidateTokenRequest to skip client authentication.
            options.Provider.OnValidateTokenRequest = context =>
            {
                // Reject the token requests that don't use
                // grant_type=password or grant_type=refresh_token.
                if (!context.Request.IsPasswordGrantType() &&
                    !context.Request.IsRefreshTokenGrantType())
                {
                    context.Reject(
                        error: OpenIdConnectConstants.Errors.UnsupportedGrantType,
                        description: "Only grant_type=password and refresh_token " +
                                     "requests are accepted by this
                    return Task.FromResult(0);
                }

                // Since there's only one application and since it's a public client
                // (i.e a client that cannot keep its credentials private),
                // call Skip() to inform the server the request should be
                // accepted without enforcing client authentication.
                context.Skip();

                return Task.FromResult(0);
            };

            // Override OnHandleTokenRequest to support
            // grant_type=password token requests.
            options.Provider.OnHandleTokenRequest = context =>
            {
                // Only handle grant_type=password token requests and let the
                // OpenID Connect server middleware handle the other grant types.
                if (context.Request.IsPasswordGrantType())
                {
                    // Do your credentials validation here.
                    // Note: you can call Reject() with a message
                    // to indicate that authentication failed.

                    var identity = new ClaimsIdentity(context.Options.AuthenticationScheme);
                    identity.AddClaim(OpenIdConnectConstants.Claims.Subject, "[unique id]");

                    // By default, claims are not serialized
                    // in the access and identity tokens.
                    // Use the overload taking a "destinations"
                    // parameter to make sure your claims
                    // are correctly inserted in the appropriate tokens.
                    identity.AddClaim("urn:customclaim", "value",
                        OpenIdConnectConstants.Destinations.AccessToken,
                        OpenIdConnectConstants.Destinations.IdentityToken);

                    var ticket = new AuthenticationTicket(
                        new ClaimsPrincipal(identity),
                        new AuthenticationProperties(),
                        context.Options.AuthenticationScheme);

                    // Call SetScopes with the list of scopes you want to grant
                    // (specify offline_access to issue a refresh token).
                    ticket.SetScopes("profile", "offline_access");

                    context.Validate(ticket);
                }

                return Task.FromResult(0);
            };
        });
    }
}

project.json
{
  "dependencies": {
    "AspNet.Security.OAuth.Validation": "1.0.0",
    "AspNet.Security.OpenIdConnect.Server": "1.0.0"
  }
}

Good luck!

A: You can use OpenIddict to serve the tokens (logging in) and then use UseJwtBearerAuthentication to validate them when an API/Controller is accessed.
This is essentially all the configuration you need in Startup.cs:
ConfigureServices:
services.AddIdentity<ApplicationUser, ApplicationRole>()
    .AddEntityFrameworkStores<ApplicationDbContext>()
    .AddDefaultTokenProviders()
    // this line is added for OpenIddict to plug in
    .AddOpenIddictCore<Application>(config => config.UseEntityFramework());

Configure
app.UseOpenIddictCore(builder =>
{
    // here you tell openiddict you're wanting to use jwt tokens
    builder.Options.UseJwtTokens();
    // NOTE: for dev consumption only! for live, this is not encouraged!
    builder.Options.AllowInsecureHttp = true;
    builder.Options.ApplicationCanDisplayErrors = true;
});

// use jwt bearer authentication to validate the tokens
app.UseJwtBearerAuthentication(options =>
{
    options.AutomaticAuthenticate = true;
    options.AutomaticChallenge = true;
    options.RequireHttpsMetadata = false;
    // must match the resource on your token request
    options.Audience = "http://localhost:58292/";
    options.Authority = "http://localhost:58292/";
});

There are one or two other minor things, such as your DbContext needs to derive from OpenIddictContext<ApplicationUser, Application, ApplicationRole, string>.
You can see a full length explanation (including the functioning github repo) on this blog post of mine:
http://capesean.co.za/blog/asp-net-5-jwt-tokens/

A: This is really a duplicate of another answer of mine, which I tend to keep more up-to-date as it gets more attention. Comments there may also be useful to you!
Updated for .Net Core 2:
Previous versions of this answer used RSA; it's really not necessary if your same code that is generating the tokens is also verifying the tokens. However, if you're distributing the responsibility, you probably still want to do this using an instance of Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.RsaSecurityKey.

*

*Create a few constants that we'll be using later; here's what I did:
const string TokenAudience = "Myself";
const string TokenIssuer = "MyProject";

*Add this to your Startup.cs's ConfigureServices. We'll use dependency injection later to access these settings.  I'm assuming that your authenticationConfiguration is a ConfigurationSection or Configuration object such that you can have a different config for debug and production. Make sure you store your key securely! It can be any string.
var keySecret = authenticationConfiguration["JwtSigningKey"];
var symmetricKey = new SymmetricSecurityKey(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(keySecret));

services.AddTransient(_ => new JwtSignInHandler(symmetricKey));

services.AddAuthentication(options =>
{
    // This causes the default authentication scheme to be JWT.
    // Without this, the Authorization header is not checked and
    // you'll get no results. However, this also means that if
    // you're already using cookies in your app, they won't be
    // checked by default.
    options.DefaultAuthenticateScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
})
    .AddJwtBearer(options =>
    {
        options.TokenValidationParameters.ValidateIssuerSigningKey = true;
        options.TokenValidationParameters.IssuerSigningKey = symmetricKey;
        options.TokenValidationParameters.ValidAudience = JwtSignInHandler.TokenAudience;
        options.TokenValidationParameters.ValidIssuer = JwtSignInHandler.TokenIssuer;
    });

I've seen other answers change other settings, such as ClockSkew; the defaults are set such that it should work for distributed environments whose clocks aren't exactly in sync. These are the only settings you need to change.

*Set up Authentication. You should have this line before any middleware that requires your User info, such as app.UseMvc().
app.UseAuthentication();

Note that this will not cause your token to be emitted with the SignInManager or anything else. You will need to provide your own mechanism for outputting your JWT - see below.

*You may want to specify an AuthorizationPolicy. This will allow you to specify controllers and actions that only allow Bearer tokens as authentication using [Authorize("Bearer")].
services.AddAuthorization(auth =>
{
    auth.AddPolicy("Bearer", new AuthorizationPolicyBuilder()
        .AddAuthenticationTypes(JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationType)
        .RequireAuthenticatedUser().Build());
});

*Here comes the tricky part: building the token.
class JwtSignInHandler
{
    public const string TokenAudience = "Myself";
    public const string TokenIssuer = "MyProject";
    private readonly SymmetricSecurityKey key;

    public JwtSignInHandler(SymmetricSecurityKey symmetricKey)
    {
        this.key = symmetricKey;
    }

    public string BuildJwt(ClaimsPrincipal principal)
    {
        var creds = new SigningCredentials(key, SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha256);

        var token = new JwtSecurityToken(
            issuer: TokenIssuer,
            audience: TokenAudience,
            claims: principal.Claims,
            expires: DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(20),
            signingCredentials: creds
        );

        return new JwtSecurityTokenHandler().WriteToken(token);
    }
}

Then, in your controller where you want your token, something like the following:
[HttpPost]
public string AnonymousSignIn([FromServices] JwtSignInHandler tokenFactory)
{
    var principal = new System.Security.Claims.ClaimsPrincipal(new[]
    {
        new System.Security.Claims.ClaimsIdentity(new[]
        {
            new System.Security.Claims.Claim(System.Security.Claims.ClaimTypes.Name, "Demo User")
        })
    });
    return tokenFactory.BuildJwt(principal);
}

Here, I'm assuming you already have a principal. If you are using Identity, you can use IUserClaimsPrincipalFactory<> to transform your User into a ClaimsPrincipal.

*To test it: Get a token, put it into the form at jwt.io. The instructions I provided above also allow you to use the secret from your config to validate the signature!

*If you were rendering this in a partial view on your HTML page in combination with the bearer-only authentication in .Net 4.5, you can now use a ViewComponent to do the same. It's mostly the same as the Controller Action code above.

A: You can have a look at the OpenId connect samples which illustrate how to deal with different authentication mechanisms, including JWT Tokens:
https://github.com/aspnet-contrib/AspNet.Security.OpenIdConnect.Samples
If you look at the Cordova Backend project, the configuration for the API is like so:
app.UseWhen(context => context.Request.Path.StartsWithSegments(new PathString("/api")),
      branch => {
                branch.UseJwtBearerAuthentication(options => {
                    options.AutomaticAuthenticate = true;
                    options.AutomaticChallenge = true;
                    options.RequireHttpsMetadata = false;
                    options.Audience = "localhost:54540";
                    options.Authority = "localhost:54540";
                });
    });

The logic in /Providers/AuthorizationProvider.cs and the RessourceController of that project are also worth having a look at ;).
Moreover, I have implemented a single page application with token based authentication implementation using the Aurelia front end framework and ASP.NET core. There is also a signal R persistent connection. However I have not done any DB implementation.
Code can be seen here:
https://github.com/alexandre-spieser/AureliaAspNetCoreAuth
Hope this helps,
Best,
Alex


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La tel·luromandarinoïta és un mineral de la classe dels òxids.

Característiques
La tel·luromandarinoïta és un òxid de fórmula química Fe3+₂Te₃O9·6H₂O. Va ser aprovada com a espècie vàlida per l'Associació Mineralògica Internacional l'any 2011, sent publicada per primera vegada el 2017. Cristal·litza en el sistema monoclínic.

Segons la classificació de Nickel-Strunz, la tel·luromandarinoïta pertany a "04.JM - Tel·lurits sense anions addicionals, amb H₂O" juntament amb els següents minerals: keystoneïta, blakeïta, emmonsita, kinichilita, zemannita, graemita i teineïta.

Formació i jaciments
Va ser descoberta a la mina Tambo, situada al dipòsit El Indio a la província d'Elqui (Coquimbo, Xile), on es troba en forma de cristalls laminats individuals, sovint en agregats. Aquest indret és l'únic a tot el planeta on ha estat descrita aquesta espècie mineral.

Referències

Tel·lurits
Minerals de ferro
Minerals hexahidrats
Minerals descoberts a Coquimbo


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Q: How to get Max id in table column database?when id store as string? In my app i want to get max id from my column .am using Max function  get max id 0-9 ,,but after 10 its not work.
The reason is am store id datatype as TEXT not an INT.How to get max id from that id column for all vales?

A: Try like this
SELECT max(CAST(id as int)) from TABLE_NAME

Using Sqlite CAST you can do it. But it will be good if you choose integer for id column.


No Meaningful Vote. No Leadership. No EU Concessions. No Brexit.
Year-end market conditions make Sterling positions foolhardy.
In current market conditions, and with the total lack of a cohesive Brexit plan, trading Sterling is nigh on impossible to recommend from a risk- reward stance, leaving our outlook neutral even though the path of least resistance for the British Pound is pointing lower.
Over the past week, the meaningful vote in Parliament for PM May's Brexit plan was cancelled, the Prime Minister won a vote of confidence – although 117 of her party voted against her – and her visit to Brussels to ask for more concessions to help solve the Irish backstop impasse were roundly rejected by the EU.
As we stand there are a few scenarios that may play out in the short-term, nearly all damaging for the British Pound. The calls for the PM to resign may be listened to by Theresa May, unlikely but still a possibility - the opposition may call for her to step-down, more likely but the Labour Party is currently divided on its Brexit stance - the EU offers some meaningful concessions to help the bill get through Parliament, again highly unlikely - no agreement and the UK goes to WTO rules, looking possible - and finally another Brexit Referendum, a view now gaining traction and a real possibility. While a second Brexit Referendum, and a likely win for Remain, would boost Sterling, the run-up to this break with democracy will weigh heavily on the British Pound.
In a nutshell – if a Government is unable to lead and inspire confidence, putting a value on its currency is impossible.
IG Client Sentiment data show 62.8% of traders are net-long GBPUSD. We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-long suggests that GBPUSD prices may continue to fall. However, the combination of recent daily and weekly positional changes give us a mixed trading bias.


WG Reach's client is a leading Tier 1 main contractor with an annual turnover in excess of €250 Milion. Presently we are recruiting for a Project Manager to be based in the Dublin area. The successful candidate must be keen to progress their career and have a demonstrated history of successful project completion. You will be responsible for ensuring projects under your control are delivered on time and within budget, with work to the highest standards. You will report to and be supported by the Contracts Manager.
Co-ordinate construction of projects to meet programme, budget & specification.
Ensure timely provision of essential reports, records, information and services i.e. site diary, RFI: s, Emails, Contractors Reports, Programme etc.


Works provided 7 unique concepts, each fulfilling the brief while maintaining their own individual stories.
We explored overall brand identity, hierarchy, and photography, as well as packaging windows. Gourmet Pairings presented a unique challenge because in addition to being a new product, the project also required the introduction of a new behavior. Along with the Lactalis team, we helped to determine the language to communicate to the consumer that these cheeses were soft, spreadable and dippable.
Once the concept direction was chosen, we spun this out to the other two varieties. We then shot photography for the pack and supporting materials in our 3500 square foot studio.
The launch spanned 3 varieties across multiple channels.
The initial launch was across three SKUs for retail. At the same time, one of these SKUs was sold into the club channel. We continued to help the brand team establish a club pack look and feel, and we altered the messaging a bit to cater to this shopper. We also created a display tray.
In addition to handing off all production-ready packaging files to the printer, Works created assets for sales materials to support the launch and retail standards to be provided to retail staff.


United Carpet One is a third generation, family-owned business which began serving the Central Valley in 1955 with a humble staff of two, Kirk Kerkochian and his father (Sahrad). Our affiliation with Carpet One, enables us to offer unique warranties (including a 10-year minimum no-stain and a fashion guarantee for four months), unlike our competitors. Additionally, our prices are nationally competitive and we even offer a 12-month no payment and no interest program for residents. Learn more about us here.


Home is where the heart is. You will find people often look for various ways to make their house a better place to live. They aim to customize it based on their particular needs and specifications. When it comes to building new homes, it is highly recommended to get in touch with a reliable and experience contractor. Though you'll be the brains behind the build, they'll be supporters. When building a new home, it is wise to consider certain alternatives. Why not opt for an energy efficient home? As the name suggests, these homes are a big step toward saving our environment. You can surely take a small step in creating a big difference for both your home and our planet. There are innumerable benefits associated with such houses. Recent technological development has introduced a number of eco-friendly materials that can be used for building. Some examples include solar panels, ultra-efficient insulation, wind turbines, and more. Energy efficient homes tend to make use of less energy for ambient heating, as well as water heating and cooling. This helps you to save a great deal of money. If you are planning to build an energy efficient home, hiring a reliable builder is must! They will be there with you through the whole process. 1.A reliable and professional new home builder will support you all the way. They are more than happy to help you through the steps of choosing a home, location, floor plan, and model. Beyond this, they will also take care of all the paperwork, design the home based on your needs, and more. 2.They understand that visiting the site is not possible and will keep you updated about the status of the home. Once the framing has been done, the experts will help in inspecting the inner workings. 3.They leave no stone unturned to ensure you get the best services. They carry out a thorough inspection before a final walkthrough. 4.Once the build is completed, the professional new home builders will take you on a small tour of room by room. If you have any questions regarding facilities, you can ask them. During this time, you can bring any minor repairs or concerns to their notice. 5.Their dedication to quality is not over once the house is yours. They will do a 15-day follow-up to ensure everything is well taken care of. Good contractors understand that no custom homes are same. When talking about customization, you have complete liberty to design and decorate the home based on your needs. The new home design helps in offering a large list of options for the kitchen, flooring, facilities, and more. You can seek help from professional designers who will help with this process. They construct green homes while keeping all the natural resources intact, which makes them a healthier way to lead life. In case of any doubts, you can get in touch with customer support. Go through the site for more details.


Unsolicited advice and unapologetic opinions for creating or updating your artist's website.
I've been thinking about this lately, as I will be taking advantage of the holiday season to make headway on a new website design. The notes are based on working as a graphic designer, designing and coding HTML/CSS sites, being married to an interface designer and noticing sites I like or don't, and informally polling curators and artists.
A lot of artists are overwhelmed by the process of creating a site. It's a lot of work, so take it step by step. The first step is to prepare a site map and wireframe. This way, you'll document what content you want to feature. Artists are so close to their art, it's helpful to consider the audiences' perspective in how the art is presented. Should the work be organized by year or theme? Creating a site map will help you decide what content you'll need, which you'll prepare next.
Edit text content, such as a statement, CV and captions, in Word or Google docs. Ask a friend to copyedit. It's much easier to do this in a word processing app and import quality content, than fiddle around later after you've uploaded it. By the time your content is online, you should be focusing on making sure the site works, not what the dimensions of this piece was, or what the name of that review author was, etc.
Re-touch and color-correct your images. Again, doing this all at once, instead of piecemeal as you're trying to populate your site, is much less headache-inducing. Compile and save them using good file management practices.
Notice graphic and interface design.
Before you determine what you want your site to look like, visit a lot of web pages—artists' and non-art related.
Pay attention to typefaces, colors, and layouts—but don't forget to consider user experience. A lot of artists mistake great design for visual panache, but it's not just about catching the eye with cute elements or a fancy logo. Great design is also—if not more—about functionality. When the design functions in an intuitive way, users don't notice it, and that's a good thing; the point is to showcase your art!
Notice what works and what doesn't. Is it hard to navigate? Or is it intuitive, and the experience flows effortlessly from page to page? Which ones are hard to read? Which ones aren't? Which artists' websites encourage you to stay and click around? Which ones don't? Why?
Look at sites on your desktop or laptop. Then look at them again on a mobile device. What makes a responsive (mobile-adaptive) site easy to navigate, read and view?
Bookmark great sites with your browser or Delicious. Write a list of criteria you want in a design. Refer back to this list and your inspiration sites when you start browsing content management system (CMS) templates, so you can stay true to your vision.
Gallery directors, curators, and critics are short on time. They just want to see your images and get information. Don't make it hard for them with splash pages, games, or too much rigamarole. Keep it direct and simple.
A note about typography: Less is more. Generally, the less design experience you have, the crazier the font you tend to choose. Some artists are afraid that a boring design equals a boring website. If your work is interesting, there's no need to jazz up typefaces, for the same reason you wouldn't put 15 colored mats on a good drawing. Imbalanced, too-splashy logos achieve nothing. When in doubt, err in favor of simple and classic. Typefaces that have been used for hundreds of years or several decades have survived because they're well designed, highly legible workhorses. One-off novelty fonts are harder to use well. Remember that you want to keep your art front and center.
Research Content Management Systems (CMS).
In the past, I felt that artists could manage their own sites with a little bit of HTML and Dreamweaver, but these days, it's important to have a responsive site, which is much trickier to code. Recent CMSes offer beautiful, responsive templates, so I'll review some options.
A note about selecting a CMS: Don't be cheap! You get what you pay for. Think about it this way: most artists will spend 10–50 hours preparing content and creating a website, and 0–3 hours/month updating it for a few years. Relative to the amount of time you'll invest, and the amount of visibility and utility you want from the site (it showcases your work, conveys your professionalism, and can help garner opportunities), the actual cost of the CMS ($8-16/month) is modest.
Cargo Collective and Squarespace. I think these are the best bets [still do, as of 12/23/14]. These are recent, visually-oriented portfolio sites with attractive, responsive templates. Cargo Collective is free or $9/month; Squarespace is $8–16/month, depending on the features. Click around their templates, as you'll start to recognize them on other artist's sites. Get a free trial and start uploading test content—gauge the learning curve and template limitations.
[Updated 12/23/14] Other People's Pixels. This was great when it came out, about seven years ago. Given the recent competition, this option is less appealing. I dislike the textual navigation, where you click on a project name or year, then sometimes another sub-menu, before getting to the images. These function like doors you can't see through; it's clunky. Though they've added responsiveness and changed the tiny "previous/next" text to slightly larger arrows anchored to the base of the viewport, I still find it a bit pinched. And I don't love that the CV is a PDF.
Indexhibit. This was also a very good option for many years. I like the minimal design, but I'm favoring more visually-oriented templates now.
[Updated 12/23/14] icompendium. Some artists vouch for the ease of use of icompendium. It's now responsive. There are exceptions, but many of the featured example sites use a left column with text I find too small/light.
WordPress. A great, flexible platform (this blog is a WP site). WP has endless amounts of templates and options for customization, many of them fee-based. So though a WP site can be free, the upgrades (such as preventing WP from including ads on your site, or domain mapping, so you can use your own URL) can start to add up. It's primarily a blogging platform, so you'll have to disable commenting features left and right. Use it if you're familiar with the interface and feel like you can hammer it into a shape you want; if not, consider the first two options.
Me? I'm going to build my new site with Bootstrap and PHP with help from a friend. I'm taking design cues from Squarespace (I love how their sites behave on mobile devices) and Cargo Collective (I love the main project image stream at the end of project pages; you don't have to go back to the home page, only ever forward), but I need more flexibility. I want a site with a few more interstitial project index pages, and to be able to use narrower column widths on text pages.
Building a site expands your abilities, so it can be painful. Without a plan that breaks up the labor into manageable parts, artists can get overwhelmed, procrastinating for years on their websites. The key is to be prepared, systematic, patient, and realistic about time management. You'll make a lot of progress if you work in small, organized chunks, dedicating a few hours or one day/week for 2–3 months. I know that sounds like a lot, but if you're thorough, you'll end up with a site that will serve you for years.


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Asteroid 2019 DF flew past Earth at 0.47 lunar distances
Thursday, February 28, 2019 Friday, March 4, 2022
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 DF flew past Earth at a distance of 0.47 LD / 0.00120 AU (179 517 km / 111 546 miles) at 21:21 UTC on February 26, 2019. This is the second known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance this month and 7th since the…
Asteroid 2016 EF195 detected 4 days after very close flyby
Friday, March 18, 2016 Friday, March 4, 2022
Newly discovered asteroid 2016 EF195 made a very close approach to Earth on March 11 and flew by us at 0.08 lunar distances. The closest approach occurred at 04:35 UTC at about 31 565 km (0.000211 AU / 0.08 LD / 19 613 miles) from the surface of our planet. This…
Asteroid 2013 TX68 to pass close to Earth on March 8
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 Friday, March 4, 2022
Asteroid 2013 TX68, with an estimated size of 30 meters (100 feet), is expected to make a close flyby of Earth around 00:06 UTC on March 8, 2016. Discovered on October 6, 2013, by the Catalina Sky Survey, asteroid 2013 TX68's orbit is still quite uncertain, and…
Newly discovered asteroid 2016 DV1 to make a very close flyby of Earth on March 3, 2016
A newly discovered asteroid named 2016 DV1 is expected to make a very close flyby of Earth on March 3, 2016. 2016 DV1 is an Apollo class asteroid discovered on February 28, 2016. Its estimated size is between 28 and 62 meters (92 to 203 feet), which is about twice…
NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office to detect and monitor potentially hazardous NEOs
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Friday, March 4, 2022
NASA's program for detecting and tracking near-Earth objects (NEOs) has now been formally established and named the Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO). Its responsibility will be supervising projects oriented towards finding and characterizing…
Small asteroid makes a close Earth flyby at 0.09 LD
Monday, November 16, 2015 Friday, March 4, 2022
A small asteroid discovered on November 14, 2015, made a close flyby to Earth only a couple of hours after it was observed. The asteroid named 2015 VY105 came as close to our planet as an average geostationary satellite. However, good news is that 2015 VY105 was so…
A group of mysterious asteroids that could explain the origin of NEOs discovered
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 Friday, March 4, 2022
Lying near the asteroid rich abyss between Mars and Jupiter high above our Solar System, a unique family of space rocks called Euphrosyne asteroids just got discovered by the scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).The Euphrosynes are distributed at the
Electrically active objects dominate the Solar System
Sunday, January 18, 2015 Friday, March 4, 2022
Small planetoids, called Near Earth Objects (NEO), are a concern for space scientists because it is thought that large rocks might strike our planet with devastating force. It is a commonly held belief that such an object caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. The
Asteroid 2004 BL86 to safely flyby Earth on January 26
Friday, January 16, 2015 Friday, March 4, 2022
Asteroid 2004 BL86 will flyby our planet at a safe distance of approximately 1.2 million km (745 000 miles) at 16:20 UTC on January 26, 2015. This is about three times the distance of Earth to the Moon. Based on its reflected brightness, astronomers estimate that this a
A yearlong look at asteroids and comets by NEOWISE
NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Survey Explorer or NEOWISE spacecraft, a space telescope that scans the skies for asteroids and comets, discovered and characterized 40 near-Earth objects (NEOs) in the first year after the mission was re-started in December
Increased number of shallow earthquakes at Ijen volcano, Indonesia


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Microsoft bids farewell to Internet Explorer
After twenty years of active service, IE is finally ready for retirement
Microsoft have called time on Internet Explorer – a browser that has been colourfully described as "besieged", "beleaguered" and "embattled", but which nobody can doubt is instantly recognisable as a feature of digital life. Internet Explorer was launched in 1995, back when texts still cost 10p and your phone could only store ten of them, and after twenty years of active service, Microsoft are ready for its retirement.
The Age of Exploration
Internet Explorer, or IE as it came to be known, is an icon of the early days of the world-wide web, when it really did feel like there was an astonishing amount to explore. Back when Creo started out, IE was the place to be, but in recent years it's suffered a significant decline in use. Since the launch of Firefox and Chrome, and the popularity of Apple leading to the rise of Safari, Internet Explorer has been fading into the background.
Once, 90% of web experiences were browsed in IE, but these days it's hardly half of them. It gets just 2% of all visits from mobile users, and mobile is widely considered to be the future of browsing. But though it's decried for its ponderousness, over-complicated functions and the fact that it's prone to crashing at the most inconvenient times, IE is still the way that millions upon millions of people set sail on the seas of the world-wide web. It might not be the critic's choice of browsers, but historically it's definitely got the popular vote.
But now, Microsoft are calling time on the old ways. At their Convergence event early in 2015, Microsoft's head of marketing, Chris Capossela, announced that Windows 10 will be released with an entirely new browser that's still currently in development. "We'll continue to have Internet Explorer," Capossela said, but it seems that most of their focus lies elsewhere: "We're now researching what the new brand, or the new name, for our browser should be in Windows 10."
And in terms of names, they seem to be thinking of something a little more aspirational. They've admitted that they "still have to name the thing", but have released its codename, "Project Spartan" – which is a telling title indeed.
"Spartan", meaning sparse, stripped-down military efficiency, is a term brought to us from Ancient Greece (via comics, a blockbuster and a thousand fancy dress parties). The Spartans trained constantly because they were determined to be the finest soldiers in the world. The fact that two and a half thousand years later their name survives as a synonym for "ruthless" should tell you just how effective they were.
"Project Spartan" is codename that's working very hard to sidestep the reputation that IE accrued over the years for being slow, outdated and unreliable. Spartan, Microsoft say, will be "fast, compatible and built for the modern web", working with historic IE technologies to render old sites, and keeping its new rendering engine up-to-date. In their own words, they want it to be "truly evergreen" – another move away from IE, which is notorious for how quickly it becomes outdated.
But for all their enthusiasm for the new browser, Microsoft aren't letting go of IE entirely just yet. In some ways, they can't: it was so successful in its day that there are some technologies that are designed only for Internet Explorer. So traditionalists (and public-sector organisations!), don't worry: IE will come loaded onto Windows 10 machines. But since IE and the new browser will use the same technology to read and render websites, it seems likely that Explorer will be phased out in terms of its sleeker, Spartan sibling.
It's not clear yet whether Spartan will run on other operating systems than Windows 10, but Microsoft have confirmed that it be the default browser on all Windows devices, hopefully helping Microsoft claim a little more of the mobile market.
So farewell, Internet Explorer. With its passing, a twenty-year era is coming to an end. Considering how quickly technology changes these days, two decades is an extremely impressive tenure for any piece of digital tech. But times change, and whatever the final product is, Project Spartan seems to indicate that Microsoft are heading in the right direction. They've been inviting developers to workshops order to discuss its functions, offering technical previews of Windows 10 for phones, and this week they've opened registration for the hotly-anticipated "Project Spartan Web Summit", and we're all keen to see what news of that will be.
Now they just need to let it know what the browser's going to be called – and whether it'll be compatible with our Ancient Greek jokes about Trojans.


Different cultural and social programs are organized in the college throughout the year, by the students of the college, mainly under the banner of Students' Welfare Association, GCELT. This cultural and social programs provides a platform for all GCELTians- students, faculty and administrative officers to interact mingle and socialise. This helps to maintain a healthy the student- faculty relation, which is very essential for any educational institute. GCLET thus every year proudly organizes different cultural and social programs. All cultural and social programs are organized with due permissions and assistance from the authority of the college itself, and thus avoiding any clash or disturbance to the academic calendar.
Block - LB 11, Sector-III, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700106, India.