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The International Film and Photography Programs at FAMU, the Film and Television School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, offer you an unparalleled opportunity to learn at one of the finest film and photography schools in one of the most dynamic and compelling cities in Europe, all while earning a full semester of university credit.
Located in the Lazansky Palace, a cultural landmark in the center of Prague, FAMU has played an integral role in Czech cultural history for 70 years, fostering the New Wave of the 1960s and serving as a headquarters for the Velvet Revolution, which helped end the Cold War. It counts many influential authors and filmmakers among its alumni, including Oscar winners and laureates of international film festivals. Many professionals working in artistic or production positions in the Czech Republic's film and television industry, in addition to still photographers in various media, are FAMU graduates. Alumni who are directors, writers, and artists who have achieved great success often return to the school to share their expertise and perspective. FAMU is ranked by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the top ten international film schools.
Students select from a broad range of lecture and seminar classes in their chosen field, and even participate in master classes with prominent filmmakers and photographers - all FAMU International classes are taught in English. You'll be able to supplement your studies with week-long intensives on production and creative development topics and further enhance your experience with courses in Czech history and culture, regular trips to historic and world heritage sites, and Czech language classes.
Established in 1991 in partnership with the American University School of Communication (SOC), the FAMU International Film Program was designed to dovetail with SOC production curriculum. It is for students who want to produce and direct their own stories in super 16mm film (35mm for graduate students). You'll learn from the masters in a mentor/apprentice, conservatory-style approach. The program's primary focus is on creating an original 7- to 10-minute narrative fiction film or a longer documentary project in video. You'll work closely with FAMU's award-winning faculty, with regular consultations from members of the directing, cinematography, screenwriting, and editing departments.
The core seminar, Film Technology and Practice, provides an interdisciplinary, intensive professional focus on the development, production, and post-production of each student's film. FAMU faculty will work with you from the initial pitch to the final screening, and you'll leave the program with a professionally completed film - a valuable addition to your portfolio.
Student work from FAMU has competed at the Cannes Film Festival, been finalists for the Student Academy Awards, and won awards at numerous other festivals around the world.
Photography Program
The FAMU International Photography Program presents an excellent opportunity for students with backgrounds in photography who want to develop their skills and augment their portfolios with a focus on analog photography. You'll work with master photographer Miroslav Vojtechovský, a former American University faculty member, who will personally critique your work, helping you to express your own unique view through your photos.
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These intensive photo courses are paired with classes in cultural history and Czech language; electives on Central European film, art, and architecture; and courses on the Czech Republic's political transition from Communism to EU membership.


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This site is a log of my culinary adventures in baking, frying, and mixing together sometimes delicious and sometimes edible vegan concoctions for my family. My goal is to share what I do in case it helps someone else.
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I haven't been vegan long, but others in my family have been for years. I was inspired primarily by my son who made the amazingly conscious decision a few years ago at the young age of six to choose a vegan lifestyle, and by my partner who supplies our family with lovingly baked vegan awesomeness day in and day out. Their patient and loving acceptance of my continued omnivorous habits slowly coaxed me into the light, and so here I am. As they say, you know someone's vegan because they'll tell you. It's so true. I'm vegan and damn proud of it.
This blog was inspired by a huge community effort. For the past few months, I have been actively recreating vegan versions of many of my favorite omni foods, but there are two in particular that had me obsessing in the kitchen, trying to make them better and better: sunny side up eggs for breakfast, and meringues for Passover. Read more about my exciting discoveries in the meringue space on the AQUAFABA page, and and learn about the vegan meringue development community that has been building up around it. Please come join us!
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Wondering whether anyone knows the nutritional information of aquafaba? I have searched but can't find any info on cal, fat, carb, protein, fiber... if any. The cans I have give info for drained beans/peas only. Any ideas?
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I know there is the fundraising effort on the site, but how much does it actually cost to do the nutritional analysis? (the goal isn't stated) - maybe we should just do a crowd funding campaign to do the analysis? It may be an easier way to raise the funds since it can be made more visible?
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I'm too vegan for the last five or so years although a vegetarian for over 40 and am exceedingly proud to say so. C'mon guess my age!!
Re the nutritional value of aquafaba ...who cares!!
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I just ran into your website and was excited to see your experiments on food alternatives. My son has multiple food allergies with the exception of: beef, fish, corn, fruits, seeds, sweet potatoes, and mostly leafy greens. Would you think that collagen may be experimented on to be a decent egg replacer as a riser and not just a binder? Thanks for yoru response!
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My name is Anthony John Agnello, onetime Joystiq community manager, host of Joystiq Streams and known scallywag. I've been knighted in three countries, thrown out of the Madame Tussauds wax museum five times (but only once for a good reason) and I've been writing about video games professionally for eight years. My work's appeared in The Onion's The AV Club, The Gameological Society, Edge, Digital Trends, Fast Company and many more.
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There are a lot of fads, blogs and strong opinions, but then there's SCIENCE. Science Vs is the show from Gimlet that finds out what's fact, what's not, and what's somewhere in between. We do the hard work of sifting through all the science so you don't have to and cover everything from 5G and Pandemics, to Vaping and Fasting Diets.
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We have this idea that polar bears are teetering on the brink of extinction. But the story isn't that simple. To find out why, we talk to environmental lawyer Kassie Siegel, wildlife biologist Dr. Karyn Rode, and sea ice expert Dr. Ignatius Rigor. With a little help from Payton, a polar bear at the Memphis Zoo.
Check out the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2qv9n1t
Selected readings: This map of polar bear populations around the ArcticOn the Endangered Species Act and global warmingKaryn's tale of two bear populationsThis paper on Arctic sea ice
This episode was produced by Wendy Zukerman, senior producer Kaitlyn Sawrey, and Heather Rogers, will help from Rose Rimler, Shruti Ravindran, and Meryl Horn. Extra help from Saidu Tejan-Thomas. We're edited by Blythe Terrell, extra editing help from Caitlin Kenney. Mix and sound design by Emma Munger. Music written by Bobby Lord and Emma Munger. Recording help from Peter Frick-Wright, Amber Cortes and Katy Sewall. A huge thanks to all of sea ice and polar bear researchers that we contacted for this story, including: Dr Walt Meier, Professor Kent Moore, Dr Ian Stirling, James Wilder, Anthony Pagano, and Dr Peter Boveng. And more thanks to Danielle Brigida, Frank Lopez, Gerald Thompson, the Zukerman Family and Joseph Lavelle Wilson.
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25/11/2020 /1 Comment/in Racing Insights /by Chris Worrall
Well, today's race went very well for us as we highlighted a 4/1 winner sent off at 13/8 and got the 6 runners in the right order including a near 13/1 trifecta for those brave enough to play the exotics.
Hopefully, we can find something of note for Thursday, where "free feature of the day" is the Instant Expert tab on all races, not just the free ones which are...
12.25 Thurles
12.50 Southwell
1.03 Lingfield
5.00 Chelmsford
...and in the spirit of trying to tackle competitive-looking contests, we'll try to unravel the last of that quartet : the 5.00 Chelmsford : a 7 runner, Class 2, A/W handicap for 3yo+ over 7f on Polytrack worth a more than useful £11,828 to the winner and as ever, we'll start with the racecard itself, which I've organised purely on alphabetical order...
I'll work through the card from left to right making notes on the pros and cons of each column, something like...
Positive : Ghalyoon, Firmament & Lincoln Park
Negative : Intuitive & Mohareb
Positive : N/A, no class droppers
Negative : Intuitive & Mohareb are both up 1 class after finishing unplaced LTO, whilst Lincoln Park is up two grades.
COURSE/DISTANCE
Three horses (Firmament, Intuitive & Mohareb) have won at this course and over this distance, but NOT over course and distance, whilst both Ghalyoon & Lincoln Park have won over today's 7f trip.
TRAINER FORM
Team Crisford (Intuitive) have a 42% strike rate over the last month and are 25 from 133 (18.8% SR) over the last five years here at Chelmsford, but have gone more than a year and 18 attempts since their last success. John Ryan (Pistoletto) is 0 from 24 over the last five weeks and has a poor record here at Chelmsford with just 8 winners from 118 (6.8% SR) since the start of 2017
JOCKEY FORM
Positive : James Doyle (Firmament) & William Buick (Huraiz) are in good form, whilst both have decent records at this venue, as do Jim Crowley (Ghalyyon) and Richard Kingscote (Lincoln Park)
Negative : Ali Rawlinson (Mohareb) has struggled for winners of late, whilst Daragh Keenan (Pistoletto) has just one win from his last 41 rides on this track.
GEEGEEZ RATINGS
Positive : Firmament & Intuitive
Negative : Huraiz & Pistoletto
From the above, I don't fancy Pistoletto at all, so he's the first for the chop ahead of us visiting the Instant Expert tab...
...where all bar Firmament have plenty of green on the place setting. In his defence, his amber numbers show real consistency across the board, particualrly from so many runs at this grade.
The win side of Instant Expert doesn't really give us too many positive pointers, but here it is anyway...
At Chelmsford, the draw, the pace make-up of the race and they way the two mix can easily make or break a horse's chances and in such contests as this one, I'd say you want to be drawn in stalls 1 to 5, as demonstrated below...
...whilst the pace/draw heatmap looks like this...
and when we overlay with the running styles of our competitors here...
...it looks good for Lincoln Park, who might well try to make all from what has been an unlucky stall 3 with Firmament also looking well placed on the rail to maybe pick the leader off late on.
So, where does this leave us? Well, theoretically, we've still six runners in play, but I'm only really interested in three now. Mohareb is out of form and his jockey has a poor record here, Huraiz was last of nine off today's mark in a similar contest last time out and Intuitive's pair of duck eggs this season (10th of 10 and 11th of 11 at Meydan) don't fill me with confidence ahead of a first UK run in almost 13 months.
Now, we're down to the three I'm interested in : Firmament, Ghalyoon and Lincoln Park...
Firmament was only headed very late on last time out going down by just a nose in a big-field contest at Doncaster. That was another £12k Class 2 contest, but on soft ground. He hung badly right that day conceding plenty of ground, so it is hoped that cheek pieces will help here. Aside from the cross-track drift, he was every bit a winner and a similar effort here could well be enough, provided he doesn't let Lincoln Park get too far clear.
Ghalyoon is likely to go off as favourite, thanks to some eyecatching runs, a big price tag and plenty of winners in his family. Sadly, he does seem to tend to find at least one too good for him, possibly down to the hold-up tactics generally employed. On paper, he should be the best in the field, but normal tactics will mean he has lots of ground to make up late on and the fact that he has lost his three runs this season by a neck twice and by half a length says he doesn't get going quick enough. He has has gone up a pound each time he has run, so he's getting penalised for not winning!
Lincoln Park will probably try to get out and stay out and that's probably his best chance of winning here, as he has gone a long time between drinks. That said, he has just produced two really good efforts in horrible conditions at Haydock and Nottingham. He has been eased a pound in the official ratings and receives weight all round, carrying just 8 stone 8lbs. He fares well on our Speed ratings and could spring a surprise if holding on.
I expect Lincoln Park to attempt to win the race from the front, but I'd hope Firmament doesn't give him too much slack. LP has tended to fade late on over 7f and Firmament should catch him. Whether LP finishes second or third will depend on the tactics employed by Ghalyoon. If he is held back fr as long as he has been so far this season, he finishes third. If he sets off earlier, he overhauls Lincoln Park, but I don't think he'll beat Firmament.
So, it's Firmament for me for me at 4/1, whilst you can get 6's about Lincoln Park a rather skinny-looking 7/4 for Ghalyoon.
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Thread: Shopping for a new ride..
Glad to see manufacturers are offering real world usable bikes in place of them though like the 765 Street Triple and 790 Duke.
"I'm so mean I make medicine sick!"
Now if only the insurance brackets will catch up...too many bikes falling into a larger bracket for no good reason.
Shaking my head here over the sg power aprilia tech issue...now wonder they have no new ape bikes in stock. Ive been eyeing/drooling over noncurrent tuono/rsv4s on the mainland....mostly fantasy but fml I want one....sigh whats the point now if no one local can work on them.
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Did they announce this? I still see a 19 g7 on suzuki.ca.
'19 is a leftover '18 semi pre-assembled in Japan and stamped in '19 with the only change being BoldNewGraphics but that's essentially the last of them in this format.
Europe and US are leftovers only - no more for '19 even.
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Ducati V4S put down 198 Whp the same day, iirc. He owns both, and is doing a full series of back to back tests.


Question; I just got a new instrument to replace my 11 year old one. When I measure my sample and display Whiteness Index I get numbers that appear different than expected. Why?
There are several different WI indicies they are all described in detail in the User's Manuals for the instruments and software. The issue is that ASTM E313 has changed over time. While HunterLab cannot force a customer to use the most current Standard Practice, HunterLab is not obligated to support obsolete methods and my guess is that the customer is using ASTM Test Method WI E313 ( WI= 4Z%-3Y under C/2) , this method dates to 1973. ASTM discontinued this method in 1996, new instruments and software use the 1996 Test Method WI E313-06 which is the most current equation. (WI=Y +800( xn - x) + 1700(yn - y) under C/2 or D/65/10). the number after E313- is the year the method was last updated. For this method which was originally adopted in 1996, it was last verified and readopted in 2006, hence the -06.


Do you have any idea what your credit record is reflecting? You might be under the impression that everything is A-Okay on your credit profile. But, what you don't realise is, that it might have a few bumps and bruises already. Don't you think it is about time to get, and keep, your score in check? "How on earth am I going to set the record straight again?" you may ask.
According to Matthys Potgieter, spokesperson and debt expert at DebtSafe, you have to know what is going on with your credit profile to improve it or keep it in a 'good/healthy condition'. As a start - you can download your free credit profile each year at various credit bureaus: TransUnion, XDS or Experian (to name but a few).
DEBT PAYMENTS / OBLIGATIONS: The debt cycle is very real – take a look at recent statistics provided by the National Credit Regulator (also known as the NCR). Perhaps you are in the same boat as many other consumers who borrow too much money which cannot be paid back in a time? Your credit score can look disastrous if you don't take care of all your debt obligations. Don't skip payments, rather make payments in a timely manner and try to pay off more than your debt amount requires (where you can). And, for future reference: don't spend what you don't earn and avoid superfluous credit agreements / accounts.
BUDGET: Since missing payments can affect your credit record, it is always best to start off by budgeting properly for each month. If you don't have a budget that is 'within reach' / visible, you won't have your bigger financial picture in mind. You can make use of a budget phone app, use plain old fashioned pen and paper or have an Excel sheet saved on your desktop.
SHORT- / MEDIUM- / LONG-TERM FINANCIAL GOALS: Apart from your budget, without financial goals, you are surely going nowhere getting your credit score sorted out. Do some proper research and find the best investment provider or options for your short-, medium- or long-term goals. These goals can range from expenses that you need to save for, like gifts (short-term goal), your retirement savings / investment (a long-term goal for example) OR, paying your car off (medium-term goal). If you have a specific goal in mind and stick to it, you will surely avoid missing any of your necessary payments.
CREDIT LIFE INSURANCE: It might be harsh but cut to the chase - do you have credit life / linked insurance to cover your debts during unforeseen events like death or retrenchment? Life happens - you don't want your loved ones to be stuck with your debt and bad credit score implications, now do you? See to it that you have credit linked / life insurance in place as your backup. This type of insurance will take care of your debts when you can't.
Keep your credit score in check from now on. If, however, you are trying your best to incorporate these above tips in your daily finance management, and don't see the slightest change in your financial situation or credit score – start to turn your debt situation around. You can contact DebtSafe.
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In which I mix metaphors. Be warned.
I want to think about emotional journeys. Some context: I'm thinking about those extended online conversations that take place in e-courses, online workshops, and online communities. The content is created with some end goal in sight – typically, a transformative purpose.
The intention is that by the end, something will have changed. The participant may have learned something important, maybe acquired a new skill. Perhaps the convenors will have learned something about their audience.
A lot of online courses that I see are parcelled into neat chunks, delivered regularly, piece after piece. A steady drip of content, to be absorbed and digested bit by bit.
The reality of taking part is much more uneven.
It's more like a road trip, or a movie. There are highs and lows, boring bits and exciting bits. There may be self-doubt and conflict. There will almost certainly be uncertainty (heh). Headaches. Anticipation. Frustration. Moments of deep connection.
So, a question for you if you are putting together a course: what's the nature of the journey you're creating for your people? Is it a simple, pleasant tour, like a coach trip around English villages? (That might be perfect for teaching scary technical stuff). Perhaps there's a natural high point in the trip – the jewel in the crown?
It might be an adventurous journey. That could be a safe yet somewhat challenging exploration: let's say, a camel trip in Morocco, with a bit of camping thrown in. Or it could be a journey that tests nerves and endurance to the limit. An Everest climb, fully supported but utterly demanding.
The good tour leader creates the right kind of itinerary. A journey and a story.
What's the ideal shape of your journey? Perhaps we can borrow from literature and film. . The writer Christopher Booker proposed seven basic plots in literature, re-told in thousands of stories. We can strike some of these out as unsuitable for applying to business and online self-development (tragedy, anyone? Maybe not). That still leaves us with many plots. Rags to riches. Slaying the dragon. The hero's journey. Or a more simple plot of discovery, connection and natural resolution.
Think through what you will provide and how it begins. What they will feel, at each stage. How one section leads naturally to the next.
Make sure that people know what they signed up for and are comfortable with the process. Start small and build confidence.
Use natural ebbs and flows of energy in the work you're creating – gradual builds, deep insight, personal payoffs. Little rewards after hard work.
Mix simple and light with complex and hard. Allow enough time for recovery and integration of the pieces into a bigger whole.
Hollywood blockbusters are built to a tight formula – the double reversal near the end where the heroine nearly gets the guy but nearly ruins it through her own folly and then has to run 8 blocks to the airport.
Place your biggest challenges near the end – providing an emotional stretch that's informed by all the parts that went before. A simple tour can be grand, but there's more power in the personal challenge. You decide.
Final thought: You can't control everything.
Be ready for the fallout from difficult tasks. People respond differently to the same material. You might find some of your people on somewhat different psychic trips – one is having a nice day at the seaside, while another is fighting a tremendous battle with a sea serpent.
Thoughts? Have I, er, lost the plot? Does your work have natural stories in it, and do you use them?


The Town School is located on a tree-lined cul-de-sac across the street from John Jay Park at 540 East 76th Street, overlooking the East River.
The closest cross street is York Avenue, and Town is located at the very East end of the block. Just head towards the East River!
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The closest subway lines are the Q train to 72nd Street and 2nd Avenue or the 6 train to 77th Street and Lexington Avenue. If traveling by subway, be sure to also factor in about 10-15 minutes for the walk from the subway stop to Town.
The M79 crosstown bus stops at 79th Street and York Avenue, just a short walk from Town.
All of the people below may be reached by calling the school at 212-288-4383.


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Quantic antiquity: understanding time through travesty
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From June 9th to September 26th 2021, the Dali museum in Paris is displaying the works of Léo Caillard – an artist who clothes Greek statues, thus playing with an antique heritage which has spanned millennia.
The personal dialog the artist wishes to create through travesty sheds light on the question of social identity. By adding an extra layer, thereby destructuring antique figures, the artist distorts the idealised reality of a body considered to be perfect by the Greeks.
Inspired by quantum physics, a science focusing on the existence of infinitely small particles found in several places at the same time, something which cannot be explained by more traditional physics, Léo Caillard explores the notion of time and space by transforming the perception of the spectator. In this sense, the artist seeks to question the social mores that define beauty.
It is true that these figures are immutable, that the Greek statue is eternal, and, as says Wassily Kandinsky in his work Concerning spiritual art. And painting in particular, (Originally published in 1912, ), "The similarity of inner tendencies in the entire moral and spiritual atmosphere (…)leads logically to the applications of such forms which, in a former period, have successfully served identical efforts."
One could argue that Léo Caillard is an artist who travels through time, taking in the moods of contemporary spaces, where he conceptually transforms antique art, leaving the spectator to question their identity and perception which has been shifted to another realm through the simple act of clothing a sculpture. A genuine analysis of the figure and figurative art as well as its atemporality, through conceptual destructuring, to be discovered at the Dali museum.
Antique Quantique, Exhibition from June 09th to September 26th, Dali Museum, 11, rue Poulbot, 75018 Paris.
Image © Léo Caillard.
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Q: docker image - intermediate container issue I have a dockerfile which downloads file through wget and in the next step when I try to "RUN unzip . I get the below error.
Step 10/27 : RUN wget http://artifactory.orbit8.com/artifactory/build-dependencies/7.2.0/ext-7.2.0.zip -P /var/jenkins_home/Extjs_7.2.0
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Step 11/27 : RUN unzip /var/jenkins_home/Extjs_7.2.0/epa-7.2.0.zip -d /var/jenkins_home/Extjs_7.2.0
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unzip:  cannot find or open /var/jenkins_home/Extjs_7.2.0/epa-7.2.0.zip, /var/jenkins_home/Extjs_7.2.0/epa-7.2.0.zip.zip or /var/jenkins_home/Extjs_7.2.0/epa-7.2.0.zip.ZIP.

A: BMitch said it. you missed the right naming.
Also dont forget to execute wget and unzip and rm in one layer otherwise you will waste resources. (Multiple RUN vs. single chained RUN in Dockerfile, which is better?)
Try this :
RUN wget http://artifactory.orbit8.com/artifactory/build-dependencies/7.2.0/ext-7.2.0.zip -P /var/jenkins_home/Extjs_7.2.0 && \
    unzip /var/jenkins_home/Extjs_7.2.0/epa-7.2.0.zip -d /var/jenkins_home/Extjs_7.2.0 && \
    rm /var/jenkins_home/Extjs_7.2.0/epa-7.2.0.zip

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Intellivision Amico | Launching 2021 | @totalamico
Anything to do with games at all.
PostRe: Intellivision Amico | Launching 2021 | Club Amico
by jawa2 » Thu Dec 17, 2020 10:54 pm
Something I haven't mentioned yet is that some Amico games will also have physical editions available for collectors. The exact format is TBC but apparently they will feature some sort of RFID / Amiibo-type tech which will enable you to just touch the game to the console. A few people have seen the format but they're currently subject to a non-disclosure agreement and the final format is anticipated to be revealed soon.
The standard digital versions of games will be priced from £4 to £10 whilst the physical versions will be around £20 to £25. I'm excited to see how this aspect turns out!
Rex Kramer
by Rex Kramer » Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:33 am
jawa2 wrote: Something I haven't mentioned yet is that some Amico games will also have physical editions available for collectors. The exact format is TBC but apparently they will feature some sort of RFID / Amiibo-type tech which will enable you to just touch the game to the console. A few people have seen the format but they're currently subject to a non-disclosure agreement and the final format is anticipated to be revealed soon.
Jawa - I know a Nigerian Prince who just needs a couple of grand to free up a vast fortune which he's happy to split 50:50 with you. Want me to pass on your details?
by jawa2 » Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:49 pm
Happy holidays from the Intellivision Amico team!
Cheeky Devlin
Location: The Dark And Lonely Regions, Where Nobody Goes.
Contact Cheeky Devlin
by Cheeky Devlin » Wed Dec 23, 2020 7:25 pm
jawa2 wrote:
Which one are you Jawa?
Cheeky Devlin wrote: Which one are you Jawa?
. It could be pretty neat to do a fan response video. There could be *thousands* of us .
The Watching Artist
by The Watching Artist » Wed Dec 23, 2020 7:31 pm
Cheeky Devlin wrote:
by Zilnad » Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:22 pm
Is it just me or does Tommy come across as the fakest guy ever?
Tinzilnad wrote: Is it just me or does Tommy come across as the fakest guy ever?
I don't know much about the guy but he goes out of his way to talk with people; even very small channels on YouTube. Seems to be a decent guy who loves videogaming.
by jawa2 » Thu Dec 24, 2020 8:13 am
The updated Astrosmash is looking neat; I like the four-player capability and how busy the action gets.
by Victor Mildew » Thu Dec 24, 2020 8:37 am
Jawa's real name is Tommy?!
I feel sorry for these guys really. I know what it's like to work on something along these lines and have people gooseberry fool on it for THE LOLZ rather than actually give it a go. I hope they can at least break even with the project.
Robbo-92
AKA: Robbo-92
Location: South Yorkshire
by Robbo-92 » Thu Dec 24, 2020 9:25 am
Victor Mistletoe wrote:
Jawa would like to keep his real identity top secret please
Honestly I think the biggest hurdle they'll have is the initial price of the console, when you can get a standard Switch for about £30 more, or a Lite for £50 less it's a really hard sell (or would be to me anyway) when you have the fantastic first party offerings from Nintendo, or at least know what they're capable of producing, then there's also the Series S also around the £250 price point if you're not a Nintendo fan. I know they're probably not targeting the same audience as any of the other consoles but considering this seems very much in the impulse buy for a laugh for when the family comes around (like Christmas, when you're a few drinks down ), £250 is well away from impulse buy money though.
Rob Ho-ho 92 wrote: ...Honestly I think the biggest hurdle they'll have is the initial price of the console, when you can get a standard Switch for about £30 more, or a Lite for £50 less it's a really hard sell (or would be to me anyway) when you have the fantastic first party offerings from Nintendo, or at least know what they're capable of producing, then there's also the Series S also around the £250 price point if you're not a Nintendo fan. I know they're probably not targeting the same audience as any of the other consoles but considering this seems very much in the impulse buy for a laugh for when the family comes around (like Christmas, when you're a few drinks down ), £250 is well away from impulse buy money though.
It's interesting how pricing can be viewed. In your example, Robbo, a Switch is around £279 and Nintendo's first-party games are £40 to £50 each. An Xbox S is indeed good value at £250 but then you will need £45 for a second controller, maybe £40 for Live and AAA games are around £50 each. Even so, I agree with you that the Amico is targeting a different audience than perhaps those two systems are.
I would like the Amico to arrive at maybe £189 but when you consider you're getting the console, two (pretty high tech) controllers and six games for £250, it doesn't really feel to be bad value. And, after that initial outlay, games will be available in the £4 to £10 range; far more affordable than where the bigger consoles' game pricing is heading.
by Robbo-92 » Thu Dec 24, 2020 10:02 am
But then again, if we take a game I've poured over 350 hours into this year (Animal Crossing) for £45 (if you just went for the base game with none of the pre order bonus items such as bag, pins or cushion) it works out at immensely good value, even compared to the lower price point of their games. But I do agree everyone has different views on what they see as good value or not. I feel Microsoft are trying very hard with the Series S and Game Pass to make gaming much more affordable to the masses as well!
For a retro fix this looks like it could kind of scratch that itch but again, not for me. Don't let me dampen your enthusiasm for the Amico though Jawa!
Preezy
Location: Night City
by Preezy » Thu Dec 24, 2020 2:15 pm
jawa2 wrote: Even so, I agree with you that the Amico is targeting a different audience than perhaps those two systems are.
They're targeting an audience that doesn't exist.
The Xbox is £250 but has Gamepass, there's just no comparison in terms of value for money. This dud has a high entry price, no brand recognition or market presence, games no-one has heard of or seen advertised that look extremely weak compared to the games you can get on a similarly-priced console from a mega corporation that has been operating in this market for decades now.
If people want to play throwaway family games they'll download something on their phone or play Among Us for free - sorry jawa, your enthusiasm is commendable but the harsh reality is that this thing is going to tank HARD.
by jawa2 » Thu Dec 24, 2020 2:30 pm
Preezy wrote:
I kinda get your thinking, Preezy, although are there any competitors in the console marketplace who are pricing games between £3 and £10 at launch? A lot of folk are saying "but the Xbox S is £250" although that's just the entry price; add on £45 for a second controller and even then how many decent family-friendly games are available at cheap prices?
I'm not suggesting that anyone looking to buy a PS5 or an Xbox is likely to be swayed by the Amico; they're just different things for different situations. You can't really compare the games, either; price-wise they're a long way apart.
Location: Aboard the train that goes around the world
by rinks » Thu Dec 24, 2020 2:42 pm
All of the consoles get a regular weekly dump of sub-£10 shovelware. It's hardly a selling point.
by Abacus » Thu Dec 24, 2020 3:16 pm
I think that's the thing - there are plenty of cheap indie games on all consoles of what looks to me to be the same or better quality. I'm going just by the videos, rather than playing them, admittedly.
So, I don't think the price of the games is much of a feature, really, especially as for less than a fiver right now in sales you can buy loads of big games that people have heard of. I nearly bought Red Dead online for £4.50, for example.
Indeed, you could play free proper games like fortnite, and just switch off the option to purchase loot or in game currency if that was your concern. You can play 2 player Switch right out of the box, so no extra controller needed there.
I will agree that I was disappointed with couch co-op / multiplayer play with the PS4 - as you say Jawa, you need to buy an extra controller, which ain't cheap. And when I did that, I hardly found any games that supported it anyway, with most multiplayer / coop stuff being online rather than in the same room. Xbox is similar. I guess they're both targeting adults and teenagers, though.
So I can see the market you think it might have - families with young children, who don't want to play online and don't fancy a Switch. But even in that case, I think that market is already taken with previous gen consoles from CEX at a fraction of the cost.
Hey, good luck to them and all of they have a vision to do something different and I don't intend to be nelly negative. I never understood the need for an ipad, as it seemed neither as good as a phone or as useful as a proper computer, till people tried it and now tablets are the dominant thing.
PS, I am not saying the Amico is the next ipad.
Abacus wrote: ...I never understood the need for an ipad, as it seemed neither as good as a phone or as useful as a proper computer, till people tried it and now tablets are the dominant thing...
So... you're saying the Amico will soon be as popular as the iPad? Here we go! Yes!
Abacus wrote: ...PS, I am not saying the Amico is the next ipad.
...oh .
twitter.com/TommyTallarico/status/1344714530815787008
Tommy Tallarico - the CEO of Intellivision - tweeted this clip from the New York Post and it demonstrates the type of market that they're trying to tap into with the Amico; gaining attention from families (and their friends) and get them gaming together. It's a bold target!
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"Hey, you're not fuck going on is to Cam girl versus house while show, but Cam grow isn't here because she is in another country somewhere. I don't fuck enough. We got Jesse Taylor and a fucking building. How the fuck are you? I'm great. I'm outing for today's slept for a whole di- woke about four o'clock in the morning, filmed again, started editing and then came straight here on the table. Okay. So before we even get into anything. Can we just talk about how you asked me Cam girl, spoke English before we started, like when I ask you to be on the show me 'cause I took a look at the profiles like there's no way this bitch. United states. Way way way off on first of all, that's cool. That's cool. Just like the way that she posted like. Thanks and stuff. You know, like with the effects in the picture like me, says, say, you're being me. A bird normal late Americans posted by okay really affected. Like you don't see like people. Never seen that before. She's korean. That's why she's like she is she's born in America. Didn't know she's being offensive. I literally didn't. Now you can say you're not trying to be offensive. But as a little you like now I literally looked like, wait, are you serious? Like I wasn't trying to be mean. I was I was like, yes, she does a weekly podcast with me like everyone. I know you were like, oh, what did you say you say? Oh I thought she said there. It looked like. Thought she didn't speak English. That she didn't think she'd just like there. Absolutely. It isn't like okay. Like I've never seen Kawai in my life. So imagine seeing that for the first time, what the fun rock or something never seen that kind of shit in my life. Like never played Pokemon growing up still never seen that kind of shit in my life. Okay. So tell me a little bit about how you got started with whatever. Whether you even do what do you exactly mean? Now, youtuber okay. Is that what you came in today? Good. Is that what you always been known for doing being youtuber? Like where you started wanted to. I've wanted to be Robert forever, but that never took off. So how would you never took off? Since I was like eleven. Putting out music, like I was like eighteen I started putting out music. And then it just. I'm twenty one. So it hasn't been that long acting like chance. Well, like blew up with YouTube. I'm just gonna stick to what I'm good.."
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Hey, you're not fuck going on is to Cam girl versus house while show, but Cam grow isn't here because she is in another country somewhere. I don't fuck enough. We got Jesse Taylor and a fucking building. How the fuck are you? I'm great. I'm outing for today's slept for a whole di- woke about four o'clock in the morning, filmed again, started editing and then came straight here on the table. Okay. So before we even get into anything. Can we just talk about how you asked me Cam girl, spoke English before we started, like when I ask you to be on the show me 'cause I took a look at the profiles like there's no way this bitch. United states. Way way way off on first of all, that's cool. That's cool. Just like the way that she posted like. Thanks and stuff. You know, like with the effects in the picture like me, says, say, you're being me. A bird normal late Americans posted by okay really affected. Like you don't see like people. Never seen that before. She's korean. That's why she's like she is she's born in America. Didn't know she's being offensive. I literally didn't. Now you can say you're not trying to be offensive. But as a little you like now I literally looked like, wait, are you serious? Like I wasn't trying to be mean. I was I was like, yes, she does a weekly podcast with me like everyone. I know you were like, oh, what did you say you say? Oh I thought she said there. It looked like. Thought she didn't speak English. That she didn't think she'd just like there. Absolutely. It isn't like okay. Like I've never seen Kawai in my life. So imagine seeing that for the first time, what the fun rock or something never seen that kind of shit in my life. Like never played Pokemon growing up still never seen that kind of shit in my life. Okay. So tell me a little bit about how you got started with whatever. Whether you even do what do you exactly mean? Now, youtuber okay. Is that what you came in today? Good. Is that what you always been known for doing being youtuber? Like where you started wanted to. I've wanted to be Robert forever, but that never took off. So how would you never took off? Since I was like eleven. Putting out music, like I was like eighteen I started putting out music. And then it just. I'm twenty one. So it hasn't been that long acting like chance. Well, like blew up with YouTube. I'm just gonna stick to what I'm good..


Mamta Pattnaik: It was an event in itself. I remember we were the first to get a TV in our colony and neighbours would gather at home in the evenings to watch TV with us. It was so much fun. Most of the series that used to air was my favourite because there were not so many at the time. It was a golden era of storytelling. Some of them went on to become cult shows over a period of time. Shows such as Humlog, Nukkad, Kachhi Dhoop, Indradhanush, Chanakya, Bharat Ek Khoj would air and we used to wait for an entire week to watch a new episode. Of course, I also loved Tom and Jerry, Wonder Years, Santa Barbara and Doogie Houser MD. TG of TV and digital medium are drastically different from each other, though there is a small audience overlapping the mediums. TV is appointment viewing whereas shows on the digital medium are more for binge watching. Both mediums will co-exist.
Sonali Jaffer: I think we got a TV set was when Chhaya Geet used to air. We had a black and white television set and we were the first one to have one. The neighbours used to gather at my house. It was like a social gathering during those days. My favourite things to watch on screen were Chhaya Geet and Sunday movies. I always say that web series have a personal touch to them. Television has a family audience. I don't think people watch web series with families.
Sakett Saawhney: My first memory of having a TV set at home was during the 1983 world cup. Saw it on a Crown 14 inch B&W television set. I have grown up on Ramayan, Chitrahar, Giant Robot, Vikram Betal. TV and digital competition will only result in better content being churned out at both ends. It will take at least 5-6 years before the digital onslaught makes a larger impact on appointment viewing. Until then, we have great content on both TV and digital to enjoy.
Rajan Shahi: I remember the time I was 7 to 8 years old, this I am talking 40 years back, there used to be this Krishi Darshan and my favourite show was Chitrahar, which featured different songs from Bollywood films twice a week. We used to look forward to Sunday movies as well. During those days there were no commercials. And whenever there was an interruption in the transmission, there came a slide saying Rukawat ke liye Khed Hain. In 1984, colour television had already come and I remember watching Asian games. It was a very big thing. The competition has grown, though television has a larger reach and growth will be there too.
Binaifer Kohli: I was very young and already an actor in Magic lamp which aired on DD. I remember those days people used to make cabinets for television sets which could be locked. Only one TV was there in the house and nobody fought. I remember Chhaya Geet, Chitrahar, Sunday movies, Aamchi maati aamchi mansa, Khaandaan. There will be competition since we have mobiles everywhere, now the big channels also have web platforms. There are a few good web shows and I watch sometimes too.
Ravindra Gautam: During our days there used be just one television set in the whole colony. I am talking about the 1970's early 80's. I had a second television set in the colony earlier and we used to go to my neighbor's house every Sunday to watch Chitrahar or a movie. I still remember we bought television set in 1982 that was a Beltech tv and had wooden shutters in the cabinet. That shutter would open in the evening around 7pm and we would watch whatever television show aired because the TV set was opened for just 7 to 10 pm. My favorite show was Humlog which started in 1984. That was once a week and we eagerly used to wait for that show. Their characters had become a house hold name, and also the Sunday movie special. Then Mahabharat and Ramayan aired which became our favorites, apart from that Star Trek which aired on Sunday I used to eagerly wait for these shows. Currently, television has a very stiff competition with digital medium. The digital medium has an edge over television. On a digital medium you can watch any show, any time and it has a lot of different content of variety you can chose from unlike television where you have to watch what you are being served. Television has got competition and I think it is good so that we have to be more experimental with the dramas that we dish out and we have to think newer ways to keep the audience glued to television.


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Q: problem with pk fonts with texlive in linux I have installed TexLive 2012 on a Linux CentOS 5.8 via the user root. The installation has been placed at /usr/local/texlive/2012; but for some reason, some pk fonts were placed at /root/.texlive2012/texmf-var/fonts/pk.
Now, when I run
dvips -Ppk input.tex

via the user root, everything is fine. However, when I run the same command from other user accounts (e.g user1) it issues missing fonts error since dvips is not able to find fonts in the directory /root/.texlive2012/texmf-var/fonts/pk.
I tried copying the contents of /root/.texlive2012/texmf-var/fonts/pk to various places like
/home/user1/.texlive2012/texmf-var/fonts/pk
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/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-var/fonts/pk

and the I ran updmap, texhash to update the file name database, but it didn't work.
I tried also to add user1 to the group in the permissions of /root/.texlive2012/texmf-var/fonts/pk and its subfolders, but also it didn't work
Do you have any hint how to resolve this?
Note: I am a beginner in linux, so I am sorry if the question was simple.

A: Generated pk files are placed at either $TEXMFSYSVAR for system-wide use or at $TEXMFVAR for personal use. In your case they are placed at $TEXMFVAR. This should not be a problem for other users - they should get the files in their own $TEXMFVAR.
Can you post the output of texconfig conf from a non-root user somewhere?
PS: Don't work as root, use sudo.


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About AERO SHADE | Custom Window Converings
"Aero Shade has been around for more than 50 years and it has been in this neighborhood."
Working evenings and weekends for 12 years while holding down a full-time job doesn't sound like the ideal way of entering the window coverings business. It just happens to be the route taken by Jack Pitson and Mario Soulema of Aero Shade Co. Inc., Los Angeles, CA. Pitson and Soulema were working at jobs outside the industry when, in 1976, Pitson's father-in-law, Herman Blumenfeld, suggested selling mini-blinds. Blinds were something Blumenfeld knew about-at the time the 30-year veteran was working as plant manager for a California fabricator. Pitson placed an ad in the paper and set out with a 12-color sample deck. "It was the beginning of the mini-blind craze," he recalls.
Soon this "little side business" was doing so well Soulema, his cousin, joined him. "We did our own selling, measuring and installing while both holding down full-time jobs," Pitson says.
By 1988 the two were actively looking to purchase a retail store. By fate or coincidence they met Harold Harvey, owner of Aero Shade Co. Inc., a small Los Angeles shade shop founded in 1947, and a deal was made. Aero Shade Co. now is an equal partnership between Jack and Miriam Pitson and Mario and Shelley Soulema, making it truly a family-run business.
In fact, Soulema describes Aero Shade as being "like a marriage-there are good days and bad days but everyone gets along and everything runs smoothly. "Miriam and Shelley run the office handling, the bookkeeping, accounts payable and accounts receivable. Mario Soulema handles sales, but on a limited basis. His time is spent managing and overseeing production in the company's factory as well as scheduling three full-time installers.
Jack Pitson heads Aero Shade's sales force and deals with the company's more prestigious clients including local universities and the top contractors and architects in L.A. who work exclusively with executives and celebrities in the entertainment industry.
A family-run enterprise has its advantages, among them being close control over all aspects of the business and complete trust and confidence in each partner. But it's not always easy.
"Our business requires long, hard hours in order to accomplish our goals, which have always been to provide the highest quality products and the best service," Soulema says. The result of that effort is loyal customers and word-of-mouth referrals that have given Aero Shade its star-quality reputation reaching all the way back to those days of working evenings and weekends.
The Aero Shade retail store can be found in an ideal location: "We're a mile from the design center of Los Angeles, and we're right in the Beverly Hills area," Pitson says. At just under 1,000 square feet, the store holds both showroom and offices. The showroom setup, therefore, is critical.
"We have a complete showroom with samples of virtually all products. This gives the customer the opportunity to see, feel and test the products in a hands-on manner, " Soulema says. "We try to utilize all our space to the fullest with displays, our books and working tools," he adds.
The majority of Aero Shade's sales are in window shades, which includes laminated shades and a large variety of room darkening and translucent shades, along with an expanding line of sheers. These products make up about 60 percent of the store's sales, Soulema estimates.
"We also sell a large amount of draperies, wood blinds, cellular shades, Roman shades, vertical blinds and are capable of motorizing them all," says Pitson. "Other specialty items include rolling shutters, retractable awnings and exterior porch shades. These products combined make up the rest of our sales," he says.
Mesh shading systems are "extremely popular," Pitson says, especially because they can be motorized. "Here in Southern California we have homes up in the hills with gorgeous views, and we have homes in Malibu with gorgeous views and homes in Pacific Palisades… different areas that have views throughout the city that have sun problems," he says.
The store's location affords some walk-in traffic, but stop-ins are mainly because of name recognition. "Aero Shade has been around for more than 50 years and it has been in this neighborhood," Pitson explains. Part of what attracted them to Aero Shade when the two were looking to buy a business was the type of company it was, the product it was manufacturing, how long it had been in business and its reputation. "Basically it was an overall picture that Jack and I saw that had potential," Soulema says. "We did give thought to opening up from scratch, but it would have been too difficult to do, trying to build a clientele with all the competition out there."
"We were looking for a base, an existing business that had all the parts working," Pitson adds.
Actually, the location of their store has always had a shade shop as resident dating back to Aetna Shade in 1929. Even Aero Shade's manufacturing facility has a history in the industry. The building, which Pitson and Soulema purchased 10 years ago, was once a Venetian blind factory. The man they bought it from was part of a father-and-son business and had built the factory with his father. Today, Aero Shade uses the facility to manufacture roller shades for wholesale, retail and contract customer base.


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Home / About Us / News and events / Experts' directory / Dr. Vicki Cummings
Prof. Vicki Cummings
Professor of Neolithic Archaeology
School of Forensic and Applied Sciences
Maudland Building, MB107B
vcummings1@uclan.ac.uk
Subject Areas: Archaeology
Vicki specialises in the Mesolithic and Neolithic of Britain and Ireland, with a particular focus on monuments and landscape. She has a broader interest in hunting and gathering populations, interpretive archaeology and stone tools.
Vicki is a Professor of Neolithic Archaeology at the University of Central Lancashire where she has worked since 2004. She specialises in the Mesolithic and Neolithic of Britain and Ireland, with a particular focus on the transition period, monuments and landscape. She has a broader interest in hunting and gathering populations and stone tools. Over the last decade she has excavated a series of Neolithic monuments including Clyde cairns, Bargrennan monuments and dolmens. She is currently running a project in Orkney with colleagues at the University of the Highlands and Islands. She is Research Lead for the archaeology group, and is also the Research and Innovation Lead for the School as a whole.
PhD in Archaeology from Cardiff University (2001)
Cummings, V. 2017. The Neolithic of Britain and Ireland. London: Routledge.
Bickle, P., Cummings, V., Hofmann, D. and Pollard, J. (eds). 2017. Europe in the Neolithic: essays in honour of Professor Alasdair Whittle. Oxford: Oxbow.
Cummings, V. and Richards, C. 2016. A monumental task: building the great dolmens of Britain and Ireland. In C. Scarre and L. Laporte (eds), The megalithic architectures of Europe, 49-58. Oxford: Oxbow.
Cummings, V. and Robinson, G. 2015. The Southern Kintyre Project: exploring social interactions across the Irish Sea from the Mesolithic to the Bronze Age. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports 618.
Teaching activities and responsibilities
Module tutor for:
FZ1203: History of Archaeological Thought
FZ2204: Neolithic Britain and Ireland
FZ2206: Thinking about the past: archaeological theory
FZ3202: Archaeological dissertation
FZ3203: Hunter-gatherers: past and present
FZ4003: MSci archaeology dissertation
Contributions to:
FZ1202: Introduction to archaeology
FZ1205: Bodies, bones and burials
FZ2201: Archaeological fieldwork 1
FZ2202: Archaeological research and study
Membership of professional and learned bodies
Member of the Chartered Institute of Archaeologists (MCIFA)
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA)
Member of the Higher Education Academy
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (FSAScot)
Member of the Prehistoric Society


A new, more efficient way of using sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen has been developed by researchers in China and Israel.1 The water is first oxidised to hydrogen peroxide, which is then decomposed by a cheap chemical catalyst. The researchers believe the process, which needs only cheap, stable and environmentally friendly catalysts, is already among the most viable photolysis techniques, but that it has significant scope for optimisation too.
Producing hydrogen from sunlight is challenging. The best-known procedure is photoelectrolysis: a photovoltaic cell captures the energy from the photons and the potential difference is used to split water. The minimum energy needed is 1.23eV, but the direct water-splitting reaction proceeds by a complex, four-electron pathway, so a voltage of around 2V is required to achieve a respectable reaction rate. This can call for three or even four solar cells, which increases the expense.
A simpler option is photocatalysis, in which a powdered light-absorbent catalyst is simply suspended in the water, absorbing photons and catalysing the splitting process. This is, in principle, much cheaper and easier to industrialise. However, many photocatalysts are less than 0.1% efficient, require expensive materials, such as gold, or stop working quickly, often because side reactions, such as hydrogen peroxide production, poison the catalyst.
Researchers at Soochow University in China led by Zhenhui Kang decided to maximise hydrogen peroxide production. They designed a composite catalyst containing cheap, earth-abundant C3N4 in a specially-designed composite containing carbon nanodots. The C3N4 photocatalyst splits water into hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide, which would normally stick to the surface of the catalyst poisoning it. However, the carbon nanodots act as a chemical catalyst that decomposes the hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen. The nanodots also allow the catalyst to absorb more light.
The new catalyst has a solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency of 2%. The best water-splitting photocatalyst to date is nanocrystalline cobalt oxide, which has a conversion efficiency of around 5%.2 However, this began to lose its activity within 1 hour. The current photocatalyst, however, showed no degradation after 200 days. The researchers calculate that if they optimised their photocatalyst so it had a 5% conversion rate this would lower the cost of hydrogen production to $2.30/kg (£1.50/kg) – well below the US Department of Energy's target of $4/kg. 'Even at this stage, the number we get is only about $6,' says co-author Yeshayahu Lifshitz, now at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
Steve Dunn of Queen Mary University of London, UK, says that the material is 'a complete game changer'. Erwin Reisner of the University of Cambridge, UK, points out that hydrogen peroxide itself is a valuable industrial bleach and disinfectant, and suggests it might be interesting, therefore, to investigate ways of removing hydrogen peroxide from the surface of the catalyst without decomposing it.


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LPWAN is applicable in many use cases across industries. Source: Airgain 2017.
A brief history of LPWAN. Source: Ray 2017.
LPWAN suits IoT apps that need long range, low bandwidth and low power. Source: Hernandez 2018.
LPWAN in IoT system. Source: Song et al. 2017, fig. 1.
Comparison of different LPWANs. Source: Gluhak 2016.
Examples of LPWAN use cases. Source: i-SCOOP 2018.
Mapping of use cases and network technologies. Source: i-SCOOP 2018.
Block diagram of Microchip RN2483. Source: Microchip 2016, fig. 1-3.
Low-Power Wide-Area Network, often shortened as LPWAN, is a type of wireless telecommunication wide area network designed to allow long range communications at a low bit rate among connected objects, such as sensors operated on a battery.
On one end of the spectrum are cellular standards (3G, 4G) that offer good range and good data rates but also consume lot of power. On the other end are short-range technologies such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth that consume less power but are limited by range. LPWAN fills the gap in between where a longer range is desired at lower power for sending small amounts of data.
AlarmNet from the 1980s is among the early systems to wirelessly send machine data to a central server. It's built by ADEMCO to monitor alarm panels. It uses 900MHz band at low data rates. Such proprietory networks are used until the arrival of 2G networks in the late 1990s.
The origins of LoRa is in two patents, US7791415 (2008) and EP2763321 (2013). It uses spread-spectrum radio modulation developed by Cycleo (Grenoble, France). It's acquired by Semtech in 2012.
A new study item titled "Cellular System Support for Ultra Low Complexity and Low Throughput Internet of Things" is proposed in 3GPP. This kick-starts the work on NB-IoT. The document states that 3GPP M2M devices use legacy GPRS but there are competing technologies that provide better coverage and efficiency at lower cost. Document proposes looking into evolving GERAN plus designing a new access system.
LoRa Alliance releases LoRaWAN specification V1.0.
Microchip releases RN2483, a LoRa Alliance-certified wireless module for IoT applications.
3GPP completes the standardization of NB-IoT, which is part of Release 13 (LTE-Advanced Pro). Further changes to the specifications can be done only in a backward-compatible manner.
World's first commercial NB-IoT network goes live in Deutsche Telekom's German and Dutch networks. The first application is a smart parking system. Deutsche Telekom had launched a pre-standard NB-IoT on a commercial network back in October 2015.
LoRa Alliance releases LoRaWAN specification V1.1.
What's the big picture of LPWAN in IoT?
LPWAN is a key driver for Internet-of-Things (IoT) innovation. LPWAN helps connect far-flung sensors and other devices. LPWAN technologies optimize battery life by decreasing power consumption, while networking standards ensure reliable connections at low speeds to support low levels of data use. Thus, LPWAN enables energy-efficient transmission of small data volumes over long distances.
The low power, low bit rate and intended use distinguish LPWAN from a wide area network that is designed to carry more data using more power. LPWAN data rate ranges from 0.3 kbit/s to 50 kbit/s per channel. Cellular networks based on GPRS used to offer this connectivity for carrying M2M data back since the late 1990s. However, operators across the world are shutting down their legacy 2G networks. For example, AT&T announced that its 2G network will be completely shutdown by end of 2016. It's in this context that new LPWAN technologies were invented and sometimes standardized.
Cellular (e.g. NB-IoT and LTE Category M1) WANs using licensed spectrum.
Wireless WANs operating in unlicensed frequency bands(e.g. LoRaWan and Sigfox).
What are the different types of LPWAN and how do they compare?
The comparison between any of the LPWANs available is based primarily on coverage, bandwidth, data rate, and number of messages per day. Selecting the right LPWAN is application dependant but typically the goal is to obtain decent rates at minimum power consumption.
LoRa: Unlicensed sub-GHz spectrum. Chirp Spread Spectrum (CSS) modulation. Can define packet size. Transceiver chip is available only from Semtech Corportion. LoRaWAN the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer for managing communication between LPWAN devices and gateways.
Sigfox: Proprietary. Unlicensed 868 MHz or 902 MHz bands with only a single operator per country. Coverage of 30-50 km (rural), 3-10 km (urban) and up to 1,000 km (line-of-site). Uplink 150 messages of 12 bytes per day. Downlink 4 messages of 8 bytes per day.
NB-IoT: Licensed bands including unused 200 kHz bands previously used for GSM or CDMA. Based on LTE resource blocks.
What are the application areas or use cases of LPWAN?
LPWANs are deployed globally in many countries, some even nationwide, to enable services in the Smart metering, Facilities and Logistics management, Wearables, Smart dustbins, Smart street lighting, Industries with connected appliances, Environmental monitoring, and more.
Deployments noted above include both kind of licensed LPWANs (NB-IoT) and unlicensed LPWANs (LoRaWAN, Sigfox). The choice is based on requirement and availability.
How to select a suitable LPWAN for your application?
Selecting a LPWAN involves understanding and refining the key characteristics and requirements of the IoT application and a particular use case. The following parameters can be considered: Battery life, Capacity, Range, Cost, Licensed/Unlicensed spectrum, Quality of Service, Reliability, and Security.
What LPWAN products are available for prototyping or deployment?
For Cellular LPWANs there are various chip-set vendors available such as Alter Semiconductors, Huawei, Mediatek, etc.
What's that status of LPWAN standardization and interoperability?
LoRaWan is maintained by LoRa Alliance. Version 1.0 of the LoRaWAN specification was released in June 2015, followed by V1.1 in 2017.
3GPP governs and provides specification for the cellular IoT alternates as NB-IoT and LTE-M.
IEEE 802.15.4 is a technical standard which defines the operation of low-power wireless personal area networks (LP-WPANs). It specifies the physical layer and media access control for LP-WPANs, and is maintained by the IEEE 802.15 working group, which defined the standard in 2003. It is the basis for the ZigBee, ISA100.11a, WirelessHART, MiWi, SNAP, and Thread specifications, each of which further extends the standard by developing the upper layers that are not defined in IEEE 802.15.4. Alternatively, it can be used with 6LoWPAN, the technology used to deliver the IPv6 version of the Internet Protocol (IP) over WPANs, to define the upper layers.
Is there anything in place to test and certify LPWAN products?
3GPP. 2016. "Standardization of NB-IOT completed." June 22. Accessed 2018-06-18.
3GPP TSG GERAN. 2014. "New Study Item on Cellular System Support for Ultra Low Complexity and Low Throughput Internet of Things (GP-140421)." 3GPP TSG-GERAN Meeting #62, Valencia, Spain, May 26-30. Accessed 2018-06-18.
Adelantado, Ferran, Xavier Vilajosana, Pere Tuset-Peiro, Borja Martinez, Joan Melià-Seguí, and Thomas Watteyne. 2017. "Understanding the Limits of LoRaWAN." IEEE Comms Magazine, vol. 55, no. 9, pp. 34-40, September 8. Accessed 2018-06-18.
Airgain. 2017. "LPWAN – Low Power Wide Area Network Antennas." Accessed 2018-06-18.
Beser, Nurettin Burcak. 2008. "Operating cable modems in a low power mode." U.S. Patent No. 7,389,528, June 17. Accessed 2018-06-18.
Deutsche Telekom. 2016. "Deutsche Telekom and Huawei implement first standardized Narrowband IoT network worldwide." October 20. Accessed 2018-06-18.
Gluhak, Alex. 2016. "Low Power Wide Area Networks: The new backbone for the Internet of Things." The Institution of Engineering and Technology, December 15. Accessed 2018-06-18.
Hernandez, Maria. 2018. "Connectivity Now and Beyond; exploring Cat-M1, NB-IoT, and LPWAN Connections." Blog, Ubidots, July 05. Accessed 2019-01-12.
Honeywell. 2007. "The History of the Radio Line Card." Honeywell Tech Note, October 04. Accessed 2018-06-18.
LoRa Alliance. 2018a. "LoRaWAN certifications." Accessed 2018-06-18.
LoRa Alliance. 2018b. "LoRa Alliance™ Authorized Test Houses." Accessed 2018-06-18.
LoRa Alliance. 2018c. "What is the LoRaWAN™ Specification?" Accessed 2018-06-18.
LoRa Alliance. 2018d. "About the LoRaWAN™ Specification." Accessed 2018-06-18.
Mekki, Kais, Eddy Bajic, Frederic Chaxel, and Fernand Meyer. 2018. "A comparative study of LPWAN technologies for large-scale IoT deployment." ICT Express, January 4. Accessed 2018-06-18.
Melo, Michael. 2014. "What is GPRS and Why Does it Matter for Business?" The Sine-Wave Blog, January 08. Accessed 2018-06-18.
Microchip. 2015a. "Microchip's LoRa® Wireless Module is World's First to Pass LoRa Alliance Certification." Press release, December 17. Accessed 2018-06-18.
Microchip. 2015b. "RN2483 LoRa Technology Module Command Reference User's Guide." January 27. Accessed 2018-06-18.
Microchip. 2016. "RN2483: Low-Power Long Range LoRa® Technology Transceiver Module." November 07. Accessed 2018-06-18.
Prajzler, Vit. 2015. "LoRa, LoRaWAN and LORIOT.io." August 01. Accessed 2018-06-18.
Ray, Brian. 2017. "The Past, Present, & Future of LPWAN." LinkLabs Blog, March 27. Accessed 2018-06-18.
Riaz, Saleha. 2016. "DT to demo world's "first" NB-IoT system." Mobile World Live, October 12. Accessed 2018-06-18.
Schatz, Glenn. 2018. "An Overview of Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT)." LinkLabs Blog, June 5. Accessed 2018-06-18.
Schwartzman, Alejandro, and Chrisanto Leano. 2009. "Methods and apparatus for enabling and disabling cable modem receiver circuitry." U.S. Patent No. 7,587,746, September 8. Accessed 2018-06-18.
Sigfox Build. 2018. "Certifications." Accessed 2018-06-18.
Song, Yonghua, Jin Lin, Ming Tang, and Shufeng Dong. 2017. "An Internet of Energy Things Based on Wireless LPWAN." Engineering, vol. 3, no. 4, August, pp. 460-466. Accessed 2018-06-18.
Weissberger, Alan. 2017. "LoRaWAN and Sigfox lead LPWANs; Interoperability via Compression." IEEE ComSoc Technology Blog, October 25. Accessed 2018-06-18.
i-SCOOP. 2018. "LPWA network technologies and standards: LPWAN wireless IoT guide." Accessed 2018-06-18.


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The Sky is the Limit for these talented songwriters since attending the ASC.
Karise Eden (ASC 2010)
In 2009, a shy and talented young singer found her way to ASC Founder, Lisa Butler, for coaching and mentoring – and ended up being an event assistant at ASC 2010! Karise blew everyo ne away with her powerhouse vocals and we knew she would be an international superstar one day. Two years later, Karise became a household name when she won 'The Voice Australia'. With a string of #1 hits already under her belt, including her debut album, 'My Journey' (a compilation of the songs she sang on the hit TV show), Karise has recently released her second album 'Things I've Done' – with all the songs written or co-written by her. In December 2014, Karise had her first child, but she will be touring to promote 'Things I've Done' later in 2015. Check out Karise's website for tour dates – and join KariseEdenFans (run by Lisa Butler) to keep up-to-date on all things Karise! The ASC family is incredibly proud of 'our girl' and we are looking forward to more great music from this talented ASCer. Watch Karise
Nick Roberts (ASC 2008, 2009, 2010)
We didn't quite know what to make of Nick when he turned up at the ASC in 2008. He loo ked like he might become the cause of ASC's first insurance claim! As it turned out, Nick Roberts not only had a phenomenal stage presence, resonating rock vocal and songwriting gift, he was also a perfect gentleman! Nick came to the ASC to hone his songwriting skills and find a producer for his band, October Rage. He achieved both! Rock Producer and ASC Faculty member, Adrian Hannan has since produced all of the Band's singles and albums, including their latest offering, 'Fallout, Guns & Dust' – and they ROCK! Nick writes all the songs for the band, and their debut single, 'Silverline', won the band the coveted role of support act for Bon Jovi in Sydney and that was followed by two highly successful tours of the USA. The band is ready to explode on the international level and we are so proud of our resident 'Rock God', Nick Roberts for all he is achieving. Watch October Rage
Kathy Possum (ASC 2008, 2009, 2010)
ASC's 'poster child' for committing to a goal, Kathy Prosser (aka Kathy Possum) came to the ASC in 2008 as a member of the police force with a dream to write and perform music for children that would promote a love and understanding of Australia, society and the natural environment. Kathy found the ASC event so inspiring that by the time she returned to us in 2009, she had ditched the uniform and was travelling around Australia performing her shows at day care centres and preschools – and she was fully booked for twelve months in advance! With three albums now released (all produced by ASC Producer/Mentor, Sven Tydeman, and with Sven and fellow writer and ASC Mentor, Ritchie Neville, both performing on the albums too), Kathy has won multiple awards for her songs and her shows, and in 2010 she won the ASC Founder's Award for her dedication and hard work in fulfilling her songwriting and music career dreams. Kathy has continued to build on her dream by franchising the Possum brand. Her business, Possum Music is rapidly expanding and now includes 'Ricky Possum' and 'Jimmy Possum' in the franchise. Kathy, her husband and their two children moved to the USA in 2014 to pursue her music and expand the business further. We couldn't be prouder of Kathy for her achievements and her commitment to the craft of songwriting. Watch Possum Music
Alexandra Jae (ASC 2008, 2009, 2010)
Lisa Butler received a call in late 2007 from a mother who wanted to know if her 13 year old daughter, Alexandra, could attend the ASC. 13 years old? "Um, sure, Mrs Valmorbida. If she is passionate about songwriting and you think she is mature enough to take in all the information, of course she can come – but you'll have to come with her." And boy, are we glad they did! Alexandra's incredible vocal talent and natural songwriting ability was noticed immediately by ASC's main seminar facilitator, Jason Blume, who took her artis t package home to the USA. He handed Alex's demo to legendary L.A. Pop producer, Eddy Galan who promptly signed her up to record three songs, all of which she co-wrote with Blume! Since then, Alex has been honing her vocal, performance and songwriting skills, she's won several songwriting awards, gold and silver medals at the 15th World Championships of Performing Arts, and has recently released a brilliant EP, 'Higher', a cool blend of Pop, Dance and Electronica. The baby of the ASC family, 'little' Alex Valmorbida has come along way since 2008 and we have loved watching her grow and evolve into Alexandra Jae, a beautiful, poised and talented young woman who we think will go a long way with her career. Check out Alex's website to find out more.
Susan Muranty (2009, 2010)
Susan considered herself to be a 'non-performing songwriter' when she first came to the ASC in 2009. She was quite happy to have other people sing her songs, believing her voice wasn't good enough. At the event, hit songwriter, Gary Pinto, took one look at her lyric, 'Amen Amen', and wanted in! Gary worked on the song with Susan over the weekend, and performed it for the public who attended the Attendees 'Open Mic'. When Susan returned to the ASC In 2010, though still not confident in her singing ability, she had begun to lay down the vocal tracks on her song demos. ASC's main seminar facilitator, Jason Blume, happened to hear her demo for 'Ruby Ruby' at a Publisher Pitch Session, and loved Susan's vocal on the demo, telling her she had the voice of a true artist. We agree. Susan has an airy, ethereal quality to her voice and her songs that is unique and truly beautiful. Over the past couple of years, she has been working with ASC faculty producers, Sven Tydeman and Ritchie Neville at Kittygroove Productions. Together, they have been co-writing with Susan and producing her songs – and finally, Susan is sharing her gifts of song and voice. She has released a number of her songs as singles and in late 2014 released an EP, 'Incandescence', all of which are available on iTunes. Susan is a free and creative spirit – she is also a talented painter and sculptor – so visit Susan's website – and you'll become as entranced as we are.
More ASC Success Stories coming soon!