While every EB-5 law practice is different, most attorneys face similar challenges.
Their clients come from abroad and are now dealing not only with a foreign immigration system, but also a foreign investment opportunity in a foreign business climate. Getting a handle on the whole EB-5 visa process, which even Americans will agree is complicated, is easier said than done. These are issues all EB-5 practitioners must confront.
But some attorneys deal with additional challenges. In practices that draw clients from a certain country or countries, for instance, attorneys must understand the particularities of working with clients from a specific part of the world. They may even have to know the language.
In the case of attorney Reza Rahbaran, that country is Iran. While his staff at Rahbaran LLC speaks French and Russian in addition to English, Reza himself speaks fluent Farsi and offers preparation of OFAC applications ? an undertaking required of any Iranian bringing capital from Iran to the United States.
In our interview, Reza talks about his unique position working with clients from Iran. He also discusses some recent challenges and triumphs for attorneys navigating the EB-5 green card program.
Question: What are some of the chief concerns clients have about the EB-5 program??
Answer: One question that immediately comes to mind is this one: Will I get my money back and if not, do I get to keep my green card? It's certainly a fair question. Nobody wishes to part with half a million dollars and, worse yet, end up in removal proceedings because of a "material" change.
Clients are perplexed as to why they should be denied lawful permanent residence if they make a "good faith" investment in an approved regional center project and, through no fault of their own, the investment does not produce adequate jobs due to changes in the economic climate or some failings of the regional center.
Lawful permanent residency through the EB-5 visa program carries both financial and immigration risk. Unfortunately, USCIS does not distinguish between the immigration obligations of the investor and the business obligations of the regional center. It is a marriage, and, in the absence of due diligence and guidance from an experienced EB-5 lawyer, the result may be regrettable.
Despite the financial success that clients have enjoyed in their home country, doing business in a foreign land is difficult even for the most seasoned entrepreneur. Investors face a multitude of problems beyond the difference in culture. Since most regional center documents are printed in English, many details are "lost in translation," and some financial instruments and methods simply do not exist in the investor's home country. Some investors are unable to visit regional centers due to the difficulty in obtaining a visitor visa; this is especially the case for Iranian nationals.
It is paramount that the investors really understand what the inherent financial and immigration risks are. How are those risks mitigated? What safeguards are in place for non-performance of project owners? What has been the performance of the regional center, both from a financial and immigration standpoint? Who are the principals? What are their backgrounds? Is there collateral for the investor? Is the investment equity or debt-based and what is the difference? Successful investors ask questions, or have attorneys who do.
Q: How do you address these issues?
A: Since we deal with many Iranian clients, problems specific to our firm include OFAC issues and transfers of capital out of Iran. Clients are often unaware that they are required to have an OFAC license and are eager to get started with their EB-5 investment. They may not realize that it takes 4 months to get the license.
At Rahbaran LLC, whilst we prepare and file the OFAC application, I find that the 4-month wait is a perfect opportunity for the client to review the process, feel comfortable with his or her investment project, and brush up on English language skills so that the transition to the United States will be smoother. This is especially useful for applicants who require OFAC licensing since this burden adds another 4 months to their entire immigration process. Furthermore, it may improve cash flow for regional centers that utilize escrow accounts.
It also gives investors time to arrange for the imminent transfer of their investment funds to the United States. Like many Middle Eastern and North African countries, Iran has an informal money transfer system called Sarrafi. This system is based on the performance and honor of a network of international money brokers. No promissory instruments are exchanged and the transactions rely entirely on the honor system.
With Iranian state controls on the transfer of capital out of Iran and UN sanctions on many Iranian banks, investors have to rely on these brokers to facilitate the process. It is a delicate process of making sure no OFAC rules are broken and maintaining the money trails for the transfer.
Q: For attorneys, what are the greatest challenges when it comes to making the program work for clients?
A: Having documentation for Source of Funds is one issue I think many attorneys face. Most clients are not from Western-style business cultures where banking and other pertinent documents are available electronically and require little effort to obtain. Some clients have sold assets prior to consulting an experienced EB-5 attorney and may not have collected the necessary documentation; others may not be eager to share their entire financial information largely due to their social environment.
If the sale of an asset is planned ahead of time, it can be successfully documented and proven lawful, but most clients have not been keeping records with the view of one day immigrating to the United States through the EB-5 program. In any case, a thorough explanation as to the reasoning behind the law always helps clients understand the type of evidence required to satisfy USCIS of the lawfulness of their funds and determine the asset(s) that would be most suitable for their investment.
Q: What do you think are the most significant changes the EB-5 program has seen in the past 6 months?
A: Especially useful for job creation models, USCIS has agreed it will count indirect jobs created outside the geographical boundaries of the Regional Center. ??USCIS has also expanded the EB-5 processing team, which in due course may result in faster processing times. ??Especially exciting for me is the proposal of EB-5 premium processing that could cut application-processing times dramatically. This is especially useful for applicants who require OFAC licensing since this burden adds another 4 months to their entire immigration process.
In the June EB-5 Stakeholder Meeting, USCIS also mentioned that it is currently reviewing how it considers TEA designations by individual states. If the agency is determined to review each TEA designation and contest states' TEA designations, some regional centers and investors could experience problems.
At last month's AILA conference in San Diego, I heard that USCIS has suggested TEA designation should fall under its own authority, a change that would render states' designations immaterial. While that may only be a rumor, it is certainly a matter to keep an eye on.
Q: You have mentioned there is a lot of misinformation being broadcast to your audience in Iran. Could you describe what you're referring to and why it's harmful?
A: Due to the fierce competition among EB-5 brokers to obtain clients, some have misinformed clients as to the actual amount of funds required for the EB-5 program. Some have even said the investment threshold is as low as $380,000.
It can be especially harmful to those individuals who do not consult with an experienced EB-5 attorney and may take significant steps to immigrate to the United States only to find out that they do not have the investment funds required.
Q: What do you tell clients when they ask which EB-5 project they should invest in?
A: All clients are different. This will be contingent on their investment objectives and appetite for risk. If making a profit is their priority, I suggest pursuing an individual EB-5 application under the regular program. Otherwise, a thorough review of all application materials until the financial and immigration risks are unearthed is paramount to making the correct choice for each individual investor.
If the client were unable to understand the financial risks, I would recommend retaining the services of a financial consultancy such as USAdvisors.org.
Reza Rahbaran is the Principal Attorney at Rahbaran LLC, an EB-5 law firm in Washington D.C. If you are an EB-5 practitioner interested in being interviewed for EB5info.com, please contact Adam Green: adam [at] usadvisors.org.


I have a question about STP and BPDU's. If a port in a redundant topology stops recieving BPDU's, it runs the risk of erroneously moving to the forwarding state. However, things like BPDUGuard and BPDUFilter prevent ports from recieving BPDU's, and are usually applied on edge ports.
So, if ports need to recieve BPDU's to know the status of the topology, why would we want to prevent any ports from recieving those BPDU's? That would seem to suggest edge ports with these features enabled constantly believe the topology is in a failed state.
Normally you would use BPDU Guard on a n edge port where servers/workstations connect so if someone 'accidentally' plugs in a switch the port goes into err disable and prevents network issues.
As a network administrator, you'd want to configure portfast enabled ports (or edge ports, as it is termed in Rapid-PVST+) when these ports go to servers, end user workstations etc as Simon has very correctly stated. These are ports where you never expect to receive a BPDU.
The receipt of a BPDU on such a port would not be normal according to your network and this needs to be prevented. What if an end user plugged in a really old switch into one such port and it happened to have the best priority in your network? You would suddenly have your entire layer 2 switched network converging towards this really old closet switch (this is under the situation where there are no spanning-tree best practices deployed, of course).
The above scenario and others alike are reasons why BPDU guard etc were developed. Because on an edge port I never intend to receive a BPDU, the receipt of one can be harmful to my network. Which is why BPDU guard prevents the processing of this BPDU and error-disables the port.
First of all, thank you for replying, and sorry this response is so late. Anyway, to the topic, I believe perhaps my phrasing of the question wasn't clear.
I'm aware of the function and importance of BPDUGuard and BPDUFilter, and understand they should be applied to edge ports, but what confuses me is that BPDUGuard/Filter would seem to contradict normal Spanning-tree behavior.
That is, for example: A non-edge port in a Spanning-Tree topology that is in blocking state needs to continue receiving BPDU's from the legitimate network. If the blocked port stops receiving BPDU's, it assumes the path to the root bridge is broken and moves to forwarding state. This suggests that switchports need to receive BPDU's to ensure the network is not broken.
HOWEVER, we are also told that edge ports should never receive BPDU's, and Guard/Filter are tools to ensure that never occurs. This makes perfect sense to me when talking about an edge port receiving ingress traffic from a rogue switch; as this would be catastrophic and topology poisioning.
However, are we to assume that edge port also should never receive BPDU's from the legitimate upstream topology?
Are BPDU's that come from the legitimate root switch only exchanged on root, designated and blocked ports? If so, than the legitimate topology (i.e. the topology you know of that is in place) will never send a BPDU to an edge port, and the only threat is a rogue BPDU being injected into the edge-port?
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Edge ports by definition should not face any "legitimate upstream topology" - that would contradict their nature of edge ports that connect only to non-switching end devices. While it is indeed possible that two edge ports are inadvertently (or intentionally) connected together, or connected to some upstream switch, this is a situation that goes directly against their purpose and intended usage, and that is why the BPDUGuard is recommended to be used on them - to put them into the err-disabled state as soon as a BPDU arrives, as it proves that the edge nature of the port has been lost.
Are BPDU's that come from the legitimate root switch only exchanged on  root, designated and blocked ports?  If so, than the legitimate topology  (i.e. the topology you know of that is in place) will never send a BPDU  to an edge port, and the only threat is a rogue BPDU being injected  into the edge-port?
I am not sure if I understand this question correctly. However, regarding the operation of an edge port, such a port continues to send and receive BPDUs just like any other non-edge port. A device connected to an edge port has no way of determining that it is connected to an edge port, as this information can not be derived from the contents of BPDUs sent out from edge ports.
Feel welcome to ask further!
That's what confuses me a bit. If an edge port continues to send and recieve BPDU's, then what happens if it stops receiving BPDU's from the network? Blocked ports, for example, assume the path to the root bridge is broken and attempt to transition into forwarding state when they stop receiving BPDU's. What do edge ports deduce when/if they stop receiving BPDU's from the network?
Furthermore, if an edge port should still send and receive BPDU's to/from the network, wouldn't BPDUGuard prevent this from taking place? Or does it only prevent BPDU's from coming into the ingress of the edge port (i.e. from a newly connected rogue switch)?
If an edge port continues to send and recieve BPDU's, then what happens if it stops receiving BPDU's from the network?
In RSTP, an edge port continues to send BPDUs, and is prepared to receive and process BPDUs should they arrive - but for an edge port, they are not supposed to arrive. If a BPDU arrives to an edge port, the port will process it as usual, but its type of edge port will be lost and the port will revert to the operation of a non-edge port. You surely recall that an edge port has its operation modified: it immediately becomes Designated Forwarding upon link-up, it does not generate TCs, it is not affected by Sync operation, and MAC address table flush operations during TC handling do not affect addresses learned on it. All these features of an edge port will be lost if the port receives a BPDU because in that case, its operational type will automatically change to non-edge port.
So the question of "what will happen if an edge port stops receiving BPDUs" is not really correct. There is no such thing as an edge port continuously receiving BPDUs - the very first received BPDU would have caused an edge port to drop its edge type and become a non-edge port. Perhaps there is an imprecision in what we say when stating that "edge ports send and receive BPDUs". In reality, we want to say that edge ports send BPDUs and will process any received BPDUs should they come - but for a port to keep its edge type, BPDUs must not really arive.
What do edge ports deduce when/if they stop receiving BPDU's from the network?
In fact, edge ports should never receive BPDU - they are just ready to process received BPDUs if they arrive. Edge ports immediately become Designated Forwarding, which is in effect the same role and state they would end up in anyway even they were non-edge ports and no BPDUs were received. With edge ports, there is the implicit assumption that there is no bridging device connected, so no STP negotiation needs to take place, as no switching loop should occur through a non-bridging device.
Furthermore, if an edge port should still send and receive BPDU's  to/from the network, wouldn't BPDUGuard prevent this from taking place?
Yes, it would indeed. Receiving a BPDU would mean that the port is not at the edge of the network anyway. Classic RSTP rules dictate that this port immediately transitions to non-edge type. Cisco's BPDU Guard in addition causes this port to become err-disabled.
Or does it only prevent BPDU's from coming into the ingress of the edge port (i.e. from a newly connected rogue switch)?
Quite right. In fact, the BPDU Guard err-disables the port because it assumes that a switching loop may have already occured (e.g. connecting two edge ports together immediately results into a temporary switching loop as both ports are initially Designated Forwarding) and the traffic caught in the loop may be so huge that regular processing of the BPDUs sent by both ports may not be possible anymore.
I guess we need to travel back in time to understand a bit of the actual purpose of an edge port.
An edge port is never supposed to be part of an active STP topology but however if it does , it might be due to poor STP practices . If there is a case the edge port receives a STP BPDU , it automatically loses its edge port status.
Now , ask yourself this question, what happens if an edge port receives a STP BPDU ?! Simple. It participates in STP as any other port.
However, this is not ideal. So BPDU guard/Filter were introduced in order to maintain the edge port status even if the edge port receives a STP BPDU.
As you might know, BPDU guard will "error disable the edge port" if it ever encounters a STP BPDU.
Also to touch base with "the blocked port need to receive BPDU's in order to stay blocked" i believe "LOOP GUARD" will help prevent a blocked port on a LAN segment if it ever stops receiving BPDU's.
STP makes sure to elect the best ports to process BPDU's for a LAN segment and if for some reason , after topology convergence, the blocked port does not receive superior information , loop guard will intervene and keep the port to be blocked by stating the port is in "loop-inconsistent" state.
BPDU GUARD/BPDU FILTER apply to "Edge" ports with "PortFast" enabled.
LOOP Guard applies to a non-designated port on a LAN segment to help prevent loops.
On the switch access-ports are edge ports and with stp portfast applied they are designed to go straight into a designated/forwarding state when they come up.
Access ports only send bpdu's but they DONT expect to receive any so if they do start to begin to receive stp bpdu's then that port will lose its edge port status and revert to a non-edge port type and go through its stp transition process until that port is torn down and restarted.
Applying stp bpduguard as you have stated will negate such a port change and block the port until you either manually restated that port or err-recovery has been applied to automatically recover the port when the bpdus have ceased to be received.on the port.
Apologies to everyone - didnt realize you guys had already replied - For some reason on my phone this post was showing has a unanswered!


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Q: Drive DC Motor with H Bridge(H Bridge turns off too slow and problem with current monitor) I have two questions about my circuit, drving DC Motor with H Bridge. The picture below shows my design and how I drive it with signals.

For example, when I make the motor rotate forward, I give 'S1' PWM signal and give 'S4' always 1. Then I find a problem that the signal 'T1' shows like the picture up, which means the H bridge turns off two slow!(Which will cause problem when I want to make the motor move slowly). I have change the value of R1 and R2 so as to make U1B and U2B turn off as quick as possible, but it doesn't change much for the signal of 'T1'. Then I analysis the induction electromotive force. Maybe like the picture below,

So could you give me some advice to improve the signal of 'T1'  so as to make the H Bridge turn off quickly.
Moreover, I have another problem with current monitor and I have drawn the similar signal of 'T2' in the picture 2(Sometimes it has positive burr voltage, sometimes it has negative burr voltage, like a discontinuous sinusoidal). Any advice about improve my current monitor circuit?(I add comparator after 'T2', but I want to improve the signal of 'T2'). Thanks for your suggestion!
Here is one more picture to descrbe my problem. I want to make the time of red rectangle short.

A: To switch a power MOSFET, you have to move a substantial charge through the gate and the source. The datasheet will specify something like "total gate charge". In order to move all that charge in a short time, you need high current. And in your circuit you can't have high current, since the current through the gate is ultimately limited by R1 and R3.
In other words, the problem is that with your design, U1B does not fully turn off until some time after S1 goes low. And when it does turn off, it does so slowly, which is why you see the voltage at T1 ramp down slowly. See What is MOSFET gate drive capability and why do I care about it?
In order to reduce this problem, you need to increase the current that your gate driver can source and sink. A simplistic solution is to add a pair of emitter-followers, like this:

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
You can get fancier with a discrete approach like the one that follows. In addition to having emitter followers to increase the current drive, it uses a clamp (D13, D23) to reduce the storage delay of the BJTs Q11 and Q21. You can read more about it in another answer.

Or, you can just buy an integrated MOSFET gate driver and call it a day.

A: If you want the high side fets to turn off faster, use something better than a 2K resistor as the pull-up. Use a 200 Ohm even. The gate capacitance multiplied by your pull up resistor gives you the ball-park time constant for the gate to charge or discharge. Multiply this by 3 to get the approximate time for full charge of the capacitor, recovering from the "ON" state, to turn off the FET.
I had a look at the FDS8958 (which was hard to read the part numbers you used in the tiny schematic picture..) datasheet and typical gate capacitance ranges from 300 to 700pF for either the N or P fet gates. Lets take worst case 700pF, the time constant is:
700pF * 2k Ohms = 1.4 microseconds.
The full discharge/charge time is about 3 times this, making the turn-off duration about 4.2 microseconds. The datasheet claims these can turn off as fast as tens of nano seconds given the following conditions for the PFET Q2:

VDD = -10 V, ID = -1 A, VGS = -10V, RGEN = 6 Ohm

So the point is, you are forcing your high side FET to turn off ~200 times slower than it's best performance. It's a high speed switching FET, yet crippled with resistance.
If you switch this at 100kHz (Not sure why you would, power switching should just be above human-hearing range of 22+kHz at most, and lower if you can to reduce switching loss) then at 50% duty cycle each high and low level only lasts for 5 microseconds. The off cycle of 4.2 microseconds means your turn-off slope consumes 85% of the off cycle, which is terrible - your FET would almost never turn off properly. This can cause cross-conduction and ruin your H bridge.
So in summary - your highside FET is not turning off very fast at all. You have great grounding strength, so it turns on nice and fast, but the 2K resistor pull up is killing it's performance and causing the anomalies you see. The fix is either put a much lower (200 ohm would be nice) pull up resistor, or even use active drive circuits like those used in integrated FET gate driver ICs. These can just be simple totem pole push-pull driver circuits, which you already have half of it set up for the grounding of the PFET gate, so just add a BJT for the high side gate drive.  The easiest fix however is the gate pull up resistor. Good luck!
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As for the current monitor for signal at node T2, have you got bidirectional current sense going on here? Remember as current flows in the opposite direction as the motor polarity is reversed, a standard single-ended ADC/current shunt monitor may not handle it properly. You can try a dual supply full rail input/output op-amp with the output given a DC bias of VCC/2, to give you bi-directional current sense.

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As individuals, each of us play a role in building our local, national, and global communities. U.S. students in Europe are challenged to integrate into their host communities and to understand the broader national and regional contexts that shape their experiences, while developing their own identities and defining their places in the world.
As international educators, we are challenged to support students as they navigate these layers of identity, at a time when tensions between regionalism, nationalism, and globalism run high in both the U.S. and in parts of Europe, and the definitions of local, national, and global are evolving.
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Location: 508 S Main Street, Moscow, Idaho 83843
The Kenworthy Theatre and Performing Arts Center began its life as the Crystal Theater in 1908. The Crystal Theater eventually became a car dealership where the building served as the garage. In 1925 Milburn Kenworthy purchased, lengthened, and extensively remodeled the building. In 1928, the theater was expanded southward by twenty feet. For a period of time, it was used for silent films with the placement of a screen in front of the stage and a projection booth at the back of the balcony. The neon blade Kenworthy sign was installed in 1930, and by 1949 Kenworthy added a new terra cotta tile façade and enlarged marquee. In 1979, the stage was converted for use as a coffee house.
Kenworthy was a huge proponent of film and theater in Moscow, Idaho. Before being a theater owner, Milburn Kenworthy worked in live theater productions throughout Canada and the United States. He even headed his own production company, the Kenworthy Players. His wife, Marjorie Duffy, was the sister of one of his leading ladies. Kenworthy left his career in theater production in 1918, convinced that movie entertainment would take its place. On March 1, 1918 Kenworthy leased the Strand Theater and purchased the theater's equipment. After opening the Kenworthy Theater in 1926, he built the Nuart theater in 1935 just a couple of doors down. Majorie and Milburn provided patrons with an immersive atmosphere, occasionally bringing a real horse to walk down the aisle before a western movie or when they burned incense during the showing of Salome to add an exotic touch to the experience.
The buildings that housed the Strand Theater, Kenworthy Theater, and Nuart Theater still stand today. The Strand currently houses a tattoo parlor and the Nuart is now owned by Community Christian Ministries. The Kenworthy family gifted the eponymous theater to the community in 2000, and it now serves as a multipurpose venue for plays, musicals, film, live music, and an all-around event space.
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World-class snake robotics from Scandinavia
Posted by Gemini Magazine in Human World | April 28, 2010
Their brains of these robots are still no more advanced than that of a one-year-old, but scientists want to bring them up to the level of a teenager. At least.
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"We bump into challenges all the time, and we experiment with various techniques."
Erik Kyrkjebø lowers his hands and looks down. On the floor in front of us lie Aiko, Anna Konda, PiKo and Kulko.
"Our hope is that that we will be able to train them to receive information, process it, utilise it and learn once and for all. So far, we haven't got that far," says Kyrkjebø.
Anna Konda lies in a heap of red and white. Just beside her shines Aiko's polished cranium: the seven-kilo rascal can't even be bothered lift his head today. PiKo is partly hidden in a corner. They all look innocent enough as they lie perfectly still. And they are definitely not listening to what we say.
World-class snake robotics
Japan has its guru, and the US has a first-class milieu. But apart from these two countries, NTNU and SINTEF in Norway are far advanced in world terms as far as snake robotics is concerned.
"More than 20 people are working in robotics, which is an area of special effort in SINTEF ICT," says Kyrkjebø's colleague Ingrid Schølberg.
"Norwegian industry lies disgracefully far behind other countries. Sweden is putting twice as much effort into automatic control as we do. Countries such as India and China have started the robotisation process. We need to recruit to robot science and ensure that help is made available to industry that is exposed to competition", says Schølberg.
Kyrkjebø adds: "The snake robots provide us with specialist expertise in motor systems and in how mechanical and electrical units can be integrated. We aim to develop core competence and create a platform with control systems that can be used in several different practical applications".
Family mother
It started with Anna Konda. The news about SINTEF's snake robot that could save lives spread like wildfire in the media in the spring of 2005. Chinese, American and Brazilian newspapers and net-sites wrote about the Norwegian robot that could climb stairs, get past beams and sneak round corners, always in order to perform lifesaving missions in the event of fires or explosions.
Anna Konda has 20 hydraulic motors that actuate the joints in its 75 kg body. As many valves control the flow of hydraulic fluid to the motors. Each of the robot's modules contains two hydraulic cylinders and two valves. The steel outer cladding also contains linking modules that can move in two axes.
"We developed Anna Konda in order to demonstrate the SnakeFighter concept. As far as we know, she is the biggest and strongest snake robot in the world, as well as the first hydraulic snake robot ever built", says Erik Kyrkjebø proudly.
The scientists' idea was to equip a fire hose with a hydraulic system. The strength of the powerful water flow would enable the hose to move on its own. Its advantage over a robot with wheels or legs would be its robustness and ability to penetrate difficult environments.
After five years the team have still not reached their goal, but they have great faith in the underlying concept of Anna Konda.
The Trondheim robots are similar to large-scale control systems, and they take their power from cables or batteries. The large system controls the overall movements of the robot, while a number of small systems control its individual joints. Every joint contains a small electric motor and a printed circuit board that reads information from the external world. The joints are interconnected, and each module can communicate with the others.
In the course of the four years since 2005, that single snake robot has turned into three or four. The family has grown because the robot scientists needed more knowledge that could be transferred back to the original model. Aiko came in order to find out what sort of electronics Anna Konda needed, and to make it easier to carry out experiments. It is easier to supply power for seven kilos than 75. For a good while, Aiko acted as a platform for testing the mathematical equations from the large unit until the smaller system worked properly, but eventually the limits of learning were reached. Now Kulko has arrived and will function as a platform for implementation.
"Kulko is not quite as stupid as the others," as Erik Kyrkjebø puts it, meaning that this robot is fitted with power sensors that measure all its contacts with its environment.
Climbing robot
PiKo is the robot that has taught the scientists most about vertical movement. It climbs up tubes, and when it is in vertical position it can propel its way up a pipe-wall. The cybernetics experts have been working on its propulsion system, while optics researchers have given the little robot "vision".
PiKo differs from the other members of the snake family in that it moves on wheels, although, like its siblings, it is jointed.
"These snake robots have made us good at controlling jointed mechanisms," comments Kyrkjebø, "but we also need experts who can help us with vision, which is why we are collaborating with experts from the Department of Optical Measurement and Data-analysis, and getting help from them."
PiKo is designed to be able to cleanse ventilation systems and check leakafes in pipework with diameters as small as 20 cm, both vertically and at junctions". So far, the scientists have managed to develop a propulsion system, and a 3D camera combined with a map and position recognition enable it to compare the map with vision to see whether it is on the right track.
There is long distance between a robot and an intelligent robot. To grip an object, for example, is a simple task for a human being. Programming such a task and transferring it to a robot is more difficult.
"A robot needs six degrees of freedom of movement," outlines Kyrkjebø: Moving up or down; left or right; forwards or backwards; Tilting forwards or backwards; Turning left or right; Tilting side to side
"When we grap a door handle, for example, we need to be able to twist and rotate our hand."
"How do you manage to do that?"
"Well, we need to supply the robot with visual information via its camera and sensors."
The robot needs to compare the visual impressions that it captures in the present with its images and memories in its "experience base"; a little database in its head that houses memory, decision-making circuitry and interpretation of sensor-data. This might be an action that the robot has been trained to perform, a map, or images of lines and geometric figures that the scientists have input to the database.
In the database, images are connected up to create an action. When the robot checks whether it has seen a particular image before, and the answer is positive, the appropriate action immediately takes place.
"This is similar to what takes place when we humans see a door," says Kyrkjebø. "From our own experience, we know that we should turn the handle. Even though doors look different and the handle may be high or low, we realise that the same type of action must be performed. We may have to test out a swing-door the first time we see one, but after a short learning process, that goes well too. That is how learning ought to take place in robots too."
"Of course, we are the robots' teachers, and by and large, they do what WE tell them. But it is just the same as with children: you learn a lot just by being together!" concludes Kyrkjebø.
Illustrations by Geir Mogen:
Featured image: Ingrid Schølberg and Erik Kyrkjebø of SINTEF ICT believe that robotsnakes have brought their group special expertise in motor systems and in how mechanical and electrical systems can be integrated.
Image 2: At four years of age, Aiko has tested out mathematical equations.
Image 3: Anna Konda (5 years old) is the mother of the family
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While preparing and packing for the trip I put together some healthy snack alternatives for the long 30 hour flight over. One of them was this super easy, quick to prepare, trail mix recipe. It's definitely a winner! Full of variety and easy to snack on in any environment. I love the mix of nuts combined with the lush dried fruit, especially the sliced pears and turkish apricots, which make the perfect chewy addition to the mix. I also like to add in cacao nibs for a 'chocolate' cacao hit.
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I like to buy organic dried fruit with no added preservatives. The dried apricots don't look as bright, but believe me, they taste a million times better. I usually buy the 'Macro' brand organic turkish apricots and sliced pears.
Mix together equal quantities of fruit and nuts, then add the gojis and cacao nibs. I would probably add ½ a cup of each fruit and nut and a couple of tbs of gojis and cacao nibs.
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Study of European listed companies finds family firms stand out
By Cristina Cruz
Imagine that you had invested €1,000 in family businesses listed on European stock exchanges in 2001. What do you think your investment would have been worth by 2010?
When I challenge people with this question, they routinely cast doubt on the performance of family firms. Words like "complacent" and "slow-moving" are often used. The stereotype of the sleepy family firm doing little to create new value is incredibly strong.
And yet, the reality is that your €1,000 invested at the beginning of the 21st century would have been worth €3,533 by the end of the decade. Impressive, but even more so when you consider that €1,000 invested in a portfolio of comparable non-family firms would have grown only to €2,241.
The reality is that family businesses are vitally important, but underestimated, generators of economic value and growth. After, all they account for 50% to 80% of GDP in most economies.
My recent research (conducted with Laura Núñez Letamendia and funded by Banca March, a 100% family-owned Spanish financial institution) looked at 2,423 companies listed on various European stock markets during the period 2001-2010. The results of this first "Banca March-IE Report on Value Creation in Family Firms" are conclusive about the relationship between family businesses and value creation.
We examined the performance of listed European companies capitalized at more than €50 million. Of these, 27% are family firms, although this varies between countries. Italy has the highest proportion of listed family businesses compared with non-family firms (52%), followed by France (49.6%), Portugal (45.83%) and Spain (42.11%). At the opposite extreme are the U.K., Luxembourg and Ireland, where family firms make up barely 10% of listed companies.
Family businesses—defined as companies in which an individual or family holds at least 20% of the shares and at least one family member serves on the board—tend to be smaller than non-family firms. Interestingly, the family businesses that created most value for their shareholders were smaller than the other family firms.
Family firms are also older—the average age of the family firms we studied is 60 years, vs. 43 for non-family firms. An impressive 20% of these family businesses are over 100 years old. This might explain their reputation for being slow-moving.
Seven findings stand out:
1. Family businesses outperform their local stock market indexes. In all the countries examined, family firms achieved much higher returns than local indexes did at similar or even lower risk levels. The biggest difference in return was attained by German family businesses compared with the DAX, their national benchmark index.
2. Family businesses create value while the rest of the market destroys it. If we measure value creation through the economic value added generated by a company for each unit of assets employed in its business, over the last decade family businesses created value while non-family firms destroyed it.
3. Family businesses generate more profit from their assets. Family firms achieved a much higher return on assets (ROA) than non-family businesses over the course of the decade.
4. Family businesses gain access to financing at a lower cost. The weighted average cost of capital of family businesses was lower than for non-family firms, as both the interest they pay on their debt and their cost of equity are lower.
5. Family businesses create more jobs than non-family firms do. The annual compound average growth rate of the average number of employees over the period was 3.4% for family firms and 0.8% for non-family enterprises.
6. Family businesses create more jobs during downturns in the business cycle. Over the last decade, job creation by family businesses was higher in downturns than in upswings. By contrast, non-family firms created jobs only during upswings, while they cut jobs or kept them virtually stable in downturns.
7. Family businesses have much higher average labor productivity than non-family firms do. Labor productivity for family companies was €1.58 million, compared with €0.16 million for non-family firms. The family firms also had significantly lower wage costs throughout the period studied.
The key to growth
To explain such results, you need to return to the very raison d'être of family firms. The key differentiating factor about family businesses is the fact that profit maximization (financial wealth) exists side-by-side with other non-economic objectives that are important to the owner family. For some it is more important to be able to hand over a thriving enterprise to the next generation than to record stratospheric profits.
This does not make family businesses paragons of new-age economic perfection. But it does make clear that they have a vital role to play in creating economic growth. Ignore them at your peril.
Cristina Cruz is a professor of entrepreneurial management and family business at IE Business School in Madrid.
An entrepreneurial cross-country trip
By Barbara Spector
Two Asheville, N.C., brothers and business partners are taking a two-month cross-country trip to visit and interview small-business owners in major metropolitan areas. Their goal, they say, is not only to tour the country, but also to share information on business strategies, challenges and successes with other entrepreneurs. The mission of the trip, as the brothers describe it in a video on their website, is "to promote and enliven the entrepreneurial spirit throughout the United States."
Brothers Jacob and Daniel Ballard, owners of iWebXpert, an Internet marketing company, left their hometown on April 1, planning stops in Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Cleveland and New York, among other cities. They started their trip with a list of prospective interviewees and hoped to find others along the way via a combination of referrals and serendipity.
The Ballards are documenting their journey—which they've dubbed "Big Town, Small Business"—on their company's website, -iWebXpert.com. The "roadtrip" section of the site includes a city-by-city blog and video documentaries. They're also using social media like Facebook and Twitter to promote their travels, during which they plan to offer free workshops to business owners and tout their brand.
The brothers say their trip is possible because the nature of their business enables them to serve their clients from remote locations. The services they offer include web design and development, graphic design, search engine optimization and social media marketing. "We have the option to work wherever we want," says Jacob Ballard, 27, who founded the company about two years ago. "All we need is our computers and the Internet."
Daniel Ballard, 30, who held a variety of jobs before taking a full-time post at iWebXpert, says this flexibility helped seal his decision to join the company. "That idea was exciting to me," Daniel recalls.
Maintaining their business while traveling and producing their documentaries will be challenging, Jacob notes. "It sounds like it's all fun," he says, "but we're going to be doubling our workload." To help fund their trip, they are seeking donations from visitors to their website.
A March 15 article on the Ballards' travel plans in the Asheville Citizen-Times caught the attention of Cindy Clarke, executive director of the University of North Carolina Asheville Family Business Forum. Clarke reached out to the brothers and suggested they discuss family business issues during their interviews with entrepreneurs. "I thought, 'They're probably going to see businesses that are family-owned, and I bet they never thought about that aspect,'" Clarke recalls. "Now they realize that there's another perspective, and that best practices include family communication. This gives them a whole other dynamic."
Jacob acknowledges the need to maintain a balance between family and business when working with his brother. "We piss each other off and then become friends [again] in 15 minutes," he says.
The brothers' first blog post and video document their visit to New Orleans, including a sit-down with Jason and Inta Phayer, a husband and wife who own The Milk Bar, a sandwich and milkshake shop. Jason Phayer acknowledges in the video that the eatery can't compete with larger restaurants on the basis of price or fancy décor. "We compete on product and service," he says.
In keeping with the brotherly spirit, Jacob and Daniel will end their journey with a visit to their brother Josh Ballard, 28, in Lakewood, Fla., who expects to become a first-time father in early June.
Copyright 2013 by Family Business Magazine. This article may not be posted online or reproduced in any form, including photocopy, without permssion from the publisher. For reprint information, contact bwenger@familybusinessmagazine.com.
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The Thing (1982) Review
Published on October 19, 2016 by Just Alright Reviews
"… there isn't one thing that I don't like about The Thing."
The Thing is a very special movie to me. Ever since I saw it many years ago it has really never left my mind. It is hard to discuss why exactly we love movies so much, and it is even harder to review the movies that we love, but I'm going to give it a shot. The Thing finds an American research group in Antarctica pitting themselves against one another after their camp gets invaded by a Thing, a creature capable of mimicking any life form perfectly.
Now what I like about The Thing so much is the fact that the film works on multiple levels. It has grotesque (and frankly, beautiful) creatures that you can tell were painstakingly created, and that really invoke these visceral reactions from you; but it is more than just a monster movie. What The Thing does so well is it depicts what happens when a group of men, forced to trust each other to stay alive in Antarctica, have that trust ripped out from under them. You honestly don't know who to trust in the film and neither do the characters. This makes The Thing one of the most effective horror films in my opinion.
From the moment the film starts we have questions. Those questions are usually answered, but that only raises more questions. What I'm trying to say is The Thing is a film that really makes you think all the way through. Sure there are some aspects of the film that don't make a whole lot of sense when thou think about them, but in the moment you are so overcome with a sense of anxiety that you couldn't care less. The 'lead' of the film is MacReady, played by Kurt Russell; he acts as our surrogate in the film. Even though the rest of the group is featured almost as much, MacReady is the character that is most definitely treated as the 'main character'. But the thing (no pun intended) that is interesting about that is the fact that we don't even know if we can trust MacReady throughout the film. Sure, we want to be able to trust him because we see him as the hero of the film, but that's the beauty of The Thing, you honestly can't trust anyone.
The acting in The Thing is spectacular. All of those emotions that are present in the film (distrust, fear, anger, etc.) are only so prevalent because of these amazing performances. It's not even the outbursts that some characters have that make the acting so good, it is all of the subtleties that make these characters feel real. We get to see what it is like to not be able to trust someone that you've known for years. We get to see the dilemma of whether or not to believe anyone. And the score is something that only complements this feeling. The score of The Thing is one that is special because it captures the feeling of the film so well. It is very minimalist in presentation, which captures perfectly how isolated these characters are. The instruments used have a definite sci-fi feel, which accentuates the fact that these men are battling the unknown. And of course it does its job by building tension, not that it was needed to in this film.
Really the only other thing to talk about would be the effects. Now the effects are what made me fall in love with the film originally. To this day The Thing features my favourite special effects in a film. The creature designs are absolutely top-notch. The care and thought that went into these monsters is just astounding to me. The mixture of shapes to allow for familiarity, and alien is just amazing. I mean when I watch this movie I am terrified, but also in awe whenever we get to see one of these creatures. And the effects used in the film to make these creatures come to life are absolutely phenomenal. The way that they move, the way that they die, the way that they attack, the way that they reveal themselves, it's all amazing to me. I mean it is honestly one of the more impressive things I've seen in a film. And most importantly, these effects and designs still hold up to this day. I watch The Thing and I am still able to believe that a man's head has come off and sprouted legs. That is probably the most impressive thing in my opinion.
Ultimately there isn't one thing that I don't like about The Thing. The acting, the effects, the score, the story, literally every aspect is enjoyable to me, which makes it easy for me to say that this film is a true classic.
I give The Thing an A
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Barrington Clarke Wood (9 May 1850 – 24 August 1903) was an Australian businessman and politician who served in both houses of the Parliament of Western Australia. A minister in the governments of Sir John Forrest and George Throssell, he was a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1894 to 1901, and then a member of the Legislative Council from 1902 until his death.

Wood was born in Fremantle, Western Australia, to Ellen (née Woodward) and George Wood. His father died when he was young, and his mother remarried in 1863 to Edward Newman, who was later elected to the Legislative Council. A merchant, Wood was elected to the Fremantle Town Council in 1875, and later served as Mayor of Fremantle from 1883 to 1885. In 1888, he moved to Perth, establishing his own auctioneering and land agency business. He was elected to parliament at the 1894 general election, defeating the sitting member, Timothy Quinlan, and a future MP, Richard Haynes, in the seat of West Perth. Wood was re-elected at the 1897 election, and in 1900 replaced Frederick Piesse as Commissioner for Railways and Director of Public Works in the government of Sir John Forrest. He continued on in those positions when George Throssell became premier in February 1901.

At the 1901 general election, Wood was defeated in West Perth by George Leake, who succeeded George Throssell as premier just over a month later. He attempted to re-enter parliament at the 1901 West Kimberley by-election, but lost to Sydney Pigott. In 1902, Wood was elected to the Legislative Council, defeating James Speed in Metropolitan-Suburban Province. He served until his sudden death in August 1903, which occurred while on a holiday to Mandurah. He had been walking back to his lodgings from a day at the beach when he collapsed on the roadside (presumably due to heart failure), and his body was not found until the following morning. Wood had married Mary Louisa Whitfield in 1879, with whom he had four children. One of his sons, Garnet Wood, was also a member of parliament, and also died in office.

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List of mayors of Fremantle

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Ticket collectoras Ticket collector…
Brian Blessed
Samas Sam
Richard Ridings
Nicoas Nico
Eileen Hawkes
Tassieas Tassie
Corrine Ransome
Roseas Rose
Edward Peel
Mannheimas Mannheim
Isobel Black
Aunt Janeas Aunt Jane
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English Officeras English Officer
1 episode1 ep • 1990
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German Officeras German Officer
The Famous Five
Based on the children's adventure novel by Enid Blyton, five young children come to learn the secrets of a ruined castle.
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Best adaptation of an Enid Blyton book that I have seen!
I was lucky enough to come across a copy of this movie at the local video store. It was faithful to the book and where it wasn't, I didn't feel it betrayed it in any way. I enjoyed the added in scenes and differences as much, and maybe more, than if it had followed the book exactly. Maybe this was because it was so much in character and fit in so well that I felt the changed parts could just have easily fit into the book.
The actors fitted the characters perfectly in most cases, and again, where they didn't (such as Tassie) it seemed an improvement or just as good as the original, considering the times. The film has been very gently and effectively modernised (though is more than a decade old now), yet cleverly manages to remain true to the book at the same time.
The film has just the right amount of humour, suspense and thrills - there wasn't a moment we found slightly less interesting and looked away! It was very exciting to watch, perhaps because the kids behaved in such a natural way it was so easy for us to relate to them - the tricks they played on each-other, the antagonism between brother and sister, etc.
The "Enid Blyton Adventure Series" was great, but this adaptation seemed somehow more real, more relatable, and even MORE fun! The episode of the Adventure Series "The Woods of Adventure" was adapted from the same book, yet if you have seen both you will realise they are vastly different from one-another. "The Woods.." is very much changed from the book and is practically unrecognisable. (Could this have been due to copyright laws???). In any case, this version is a must-see if you are lucky enough to find it!!
I really couldn't think of anything I disliked about this film, which is why I gave it 10/10.
I wish they'd play it on TV as the video store no longer has its copy, and I would love to be able to see it again despite that I'm older now!
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April 19, 1990 (United Kingdom)
Saltwood Castle, Saltwood, Kent, England, UK
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Hive Technology, a technology innovation and consulting business unveiled its innovative new "Hive One ID" technology at the Arab Future Cities Summit being held at Sofitel, Dubai, The Palm Resort and Spa on November 2nd and 3rd, 2015.
Speaking on the Summit's opening day, Hive Technology's CEO Gert Botha laid out a compelling case for single identification technologies creating a world in which service delivery is always SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely). Botha revealed "Hive One ID", the world's only wireless identification and monitoring technology that can identify people and objects across functional and organizational boundaries.
Currently, people, businesses and governments use different identification methods and devices for different purposes, which results in clutter and complexity. People carry various cards, keys and other identification and access methods such as National ID, Passport, ID Cards, Driver's License, Bank Cards, Loyalty Cards, Access Cards, Travel Cards, Garage Openers, and Remotes for Vehicles, Keys and more. As more technology advancements appear, the usage of more identification methods will only increase exponentially as more and more devices connect to the Internet.
"At present, our reality is negotiated through various identification methods used for different purposes, from driver's licenses and passports to loyalty cards. These result in clutter, complexity, and compromised security as identity theft becomes a widening concern. The Hive One ID has been specifically developed for the Internet of Things, with the aim of giving anyone – and anything – a unique and secure identifier. This delivers the benefits of security, simplicity and efficiency, and will help revolutionize how we interact with objects and other technologies in the real and virtual world," Botha said.
Existing methods of identification face a number of issues when confronted with a new inter-connected reality. First, consumers are being asked to carry a plethora of cards and identifiers – each used for different things. These identification methods have no way of communicating with each other, or forming a unified profile that is safe and easy to use. Crucially, different identification technologies provide varying levels of security – a key concern because privacy invasion and identity theft usually starts by targeting the weakest link in the chain.
"We believe that a single identity should be suitable to be used in all aspects of daily life, and that it should not be able to be copied or replicated. That is why Hive One ID's generate a totally unique digital identity that cannot even be recreated by the inventor. The data on the Hive One ID is uniquely encrypted by the owner of the ID and only decrypted once updated in secure database. Moreover, the technology is designed to not keep unnecessary data on the Hive One ID but rather in a secure database from where the data will be provided once authorized by the owner. You can think of it as the creation of a digital signature that is authenticated and unique to the person or object," added Botha.
Hive One ID has been engineered for a world heading towards the "Internet of Things" where governments, businesses, people and objects communicate seamlessly. Every object and person participating in this Internet requires a unique unbreakable identifier. The Hive One ID fulfills this need in a completely secure, encrypted manner, creating a unified identity that can be used anytime, anywhere.
For instance, Hive One ID can improve and streamline government services reducing CAPEX and OPEX costs. Hive One ID demonstrates the capability to eliminate the bottlenecks that government organizations encounter with the integration of services in SMART initiatives. At the same time, the technology is suitable for the private sector as it offers a progressive and scalable approach to use a single technology across multiple applications. Not only can manufacturers embed the technology as an OEM but also independent solution providers can utilize it for SMART initiatives.
"For government and businesses, the 'Hive One ID' technology can streamline service delivery while reducing operating costs. It is very helpful for processes like national identification, vehicle registration, accessing offices and verifying secure payments. It also enables SMART service delivery, which is becoming a priority for governments across the GCC," said Mohideen Shaikh, Director- Strategic Business, Hive Technology.
"At the same time, 'Hive One ID' technology can be easily imbedded within existing infrastructure and solutions. It can be incorporated into cell phones, turning the phone into a 'Hive One ID' device. The technology can also verify identities without an Internet connection, and delivers cost, verification and security benefits to businesses, governments and the public at large," added Shaikh.
Data form One ID can be stored in a cloud –based database which the owner of the One ID will own all of its associated data which is always secure and private. The data is available online through the Hive Portal where the user chooses how to make the data available and to identify who can see this data. The ID can then be read anywhere in the world by a Hive Reader, offering an easy form of identification that is impossible to steal, compromise or duplicate. Hive One ID technology gives the user the authority to control who can see his data, when and for what purpose. Each One ID is uniquely encrypted to secure the data. It can only be decrypted by the owner using a unique user key.
"With Hive One ID, we have designed and developed an innovative technology that will positively impact governments, industries and people. We strongly believe that 'Hive One ID' will be the thread that simplifies and secures our world every step on the way, and that it is the missing link in the Internet of Everything technological revolution that is rapidly gathering momentum," continued Botha.
"For the general public, the advantage lies in simplicity, efficiency, security and complete control. Not only can the 'Hive One ID' not be replicated or stolen but it also gives users complete discretion on when and how to reveal details. People can use the 'Hive One ID' for everything – starting their car, paying for parking, or boarding the metro. It can be used to shop, travel and access banking services. The days of bulky wallets might soon be over," Botha concluded.
About Hive Technology: Hive Technology is a technology innovation & consulting business, with offices in the GCC with regional offices located in Ireland and South Africa. The development that underpins the Hive products started 35 years ago with the inventor's vision of what we call the "Internet of Things" today. Hive Technology's products are the fifth generation products based on various inventions over the last 35 years including several of the world's first inventions developed by the South African inventor Terry Ashwin who has been designing products in this domain since 1978.
Hive Technology's main objective is to develop a totally secure wireless technology that enables single identification across various aspects of governments', businesses' and people's lives and used applications. Hive Technology has taken this business direction as the world gradually enters the era of connectivity where single identification, privacy, control and protection of assets is expected to be major concern among populations. The company designed and developed an innovative technology that will positively impact governments, industries and people, and called it 'Hive One ID'. The company believes that 'Hive One ID' will be the thread that simplifies and secures our world and that this technology is a key component of the future. 'Hive One ID' is the missing link in the Internet of Everything technological revolution that is rapidly gathering momentum.


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const axios = require('axios')

const cvm = 9512
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    const root = parse(result.data)
    const name = root.querySelector('h2').text.trim()
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When drawing a vertical cylinder (you can use a cup or any other cylindrical object), notice that the bottom ellipse and the top ellipse are seen from different angles. The bottom ellipse is a bit more "open" to us, or in other words it has to be wider on the vertical side. Pay attention to the light, shade and the reflected light on the cylinder's side and the way it is used to show its roundness. To draw a cylinder from a more difficult angle, you can first draw a box in which the cylinder will be contained and after that draw the cylinder inside the box. Using the box helps us to draw the cylinder from the chosen angle.
An example of how to draw a good cylinder by drawing boxes. After some practice you will be able to draw a good cylinder without using boxes. Notice the perspective.
The cylinder drawing from the video.


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Q: Powershell: Executing Base64 commands returns error? I need help with a simple test case of executing a CLI command through PowerShell which has already been encoded in Base64.
Suppose Get-ChildItem has been converted in advance to Base64 string R2V0LUNoaWxkSXRlbQ==.
Further suppose I have a DOS CLI instance open, and I want to test executing this string in powershell:
C:>\ powershell.exe -enc R2V0LUNoaWxkSXRlbQ==

However, I receive the following error:
The term '???????' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.  Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:8
*??????? <<<<
    + CategoryInfo        :ObjectNotFound: (???????:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorID: CommandNotFoundException

I understand there's a way that works which introduces the use of variables, and even includes the encoding process itself. But what I want to know is, is this method salvageable? What might I be doing wrong?  I'm running PS version 2.0 in Win7.

A: If it must be encoded, use the following to get your Base64 string:
[Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes('Get-ChildItem'))

Trying this worked for me:
powershell.exe -encodedCommand RwBlAHQALQBDAGgAaQBsAGQASQB0AGUAbQA=

A: To add to @SomethingElse's answer, the difference between your Base64 string that doesn't work, and their Base64 string that does work, is the character encoding used when converting the original string to byte values.
It needs to be encoded as UTF-16-LE, then converted to Base64 for PowerShell to like it, and yours was encoded as UTF8/plain ASCII.
# Your version, with 1-byte-per-character encoding:
PS> [Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes('Get-ChildItem'))
R2V0LUNoaWxkSXRlbQ==

# Working version, with 2-bytes-per-character encoding:
PS> [Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes('Get-ChildItem'))
RwBlAHQALQBDAGgAaQBsAGQASQB0AGUAbQA=

A: The character encoding used by powershell is UTF-16LE.
So if you're encoding your string from a Linux based OS, you can use iconv to make the output compatible with powershell:
$ printf 'whoami' | iconv -t UTF-16LE | base64
dwBoAG8AYQBtAGkA
$ powershell -EncodedCommand 'dwBoAG8AYQBtAGkA'
user1


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We are delighted to invite you to join us for our first Construction LawBytes of 2019 taking place on Friday 8th February at our offices.
Alan Pemberton, Managing Partner at Tuffin Ferraby Taylor LLP, will provide an update on matters relating to fire safety and in particualr cladding, combustable insulation and implications on the construction and engineering industry following the Hackitt review.
Registration will take place from 12.30pm where a light lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Main and subcontractors, architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, developers and all those who work in and around the construction and engineering industry; and anyone interested to hear about the state of the UK economy.
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As we become more technologically advanced, the way to conduct and run a business is slowly changing from the traditional concept of having a physical office space with employees. The physical need for a permanent office is not what many businesses are looking for or need anymore. An alternative method to the traditional concept is now becoming internationally popular and used – a global virtual office. A virtual office allows business owners to work from any location using laptops, cell phones, and internet access. Business meetings can be conducted via teleconferencing and video conferencing as well as all documents can be sent electronically. If a physical meeting is needed, some virtual office companies offer extra services where the business owner can rent a fully equipped office and conference space on an hourly basis. There are without question, tremendous advantages of switching to a virtual office.
• Reduced expenses – With no physical office, business owners are not tied into leasing or renting space, therefore providing them significant savings, reduced risk and overall more flexibility. With a virtual office, business owners can still obtain a professional address in which they are only charged for the maintenance of the address itself.
• Low start-up costs – Unlike the traditional business model, the risk of starting a business with a virtual office space is drastically reduced. The start up costs of a virtual office are relatively inexpensive and since the business owner is not tied to a contract, its more flexible and safe if there is a potential change within their business.
• Human Resource Management – Using a virtual business center to help manage your business, a business owner does not have to hassle and stress over hiring employees. Instead, the virtual business center can manage the employment of staff as needed for the business. In addition it can deal with payroll, taxes, any legal issues and marketing services. This allows the owner to focus primarily on their business and not be distracted by the management and functioning of the office itself.
• Virtual Assistants – Although you will never see your virtual assistant, they perform all the necessary tasks needed to keep your business running smoothly. Their job is to take the responsibility of administrative tasks such as setting up meetings, data entry, and accounting.
Virtual offices are becoming the future of businesses. With their flexibility, business owners are given the freedom to transform and create mobility, not only for their business but for themselves.
What tasks would you love to hand over to a virtual business center?


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What makes a Good Digital Marketing Agency
Posted by Kimberly Clarke on Dec 19, 2017
Make sure that the company you want to work with has a team of capable experts that can work on your ideas. Meet them, ask about their experience, make sure that they make the deadlines, you know, the usual stuff. This digital marketing agency in Miami is an example of an agency you can trust.
INDIA'S INDC
Posted by Kimberly Clarke on Nov 8, 2017
'India's place in the Sun: With the launch of the International Solar Alliance at COP21, India sets out to make solar technology affordable, accessible' As negotiations are set to begin here at the Climate Summit in Paris, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirmed India's commitment to address climate change, at the launch of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), with the French...
'India's place in the Sun: With the launch of the International Solar Alliance at COP21, India sets out to make solar technology affordable, accessible' As negotiations are set to begin here at the Climate Summit in Paris, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirmed India's commitment to address climate change, at the launch of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), with the French President Francois Hollande. 121 solar resource rich...
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Mahatma Gandhi had once said, "One must care about the world one will not see". Indeed, humanity has progressed when it has collectively risen to its obligation to the world and responsibility to the future. Seventy years after the end of a tragic war and birth of a new hope for our age, we are meeting to chart a course for our humanity and our planet. I consider this a very important summit and thank UN Secretary General for...
Kochi Airport: World's First Airport to Completely Operate on Solar Power
Scripting a new chapter, the Cochin International Airport on Tuesday became the first in the world to operate completely on solar power. Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy inaugurated the 12 MWp solar power plant, comprising 46,150 solar panels laid across 45 acres near the cargo complex, at a function at the airport this morning. With this, the airport will have 50000 to 60000 units of electricity per day to be consumed for all its...
Science Express Climate Action Special Flags Off from Delhi
Science Express-Climate Action Special (SECAS), 16-coach AC train, was flagged off lagged off jointly by the Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar, railway minister Suresh Prabhu and science and technology minister Harsh Vardhan here at Safdarjung railway station from Safdurjung Station in Delhi on October 16. SECAS, during its seven-month journey will cover 18,000 km and halt at 64 locations, spread over 20 states. "The...
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Blockchain projects undergo rigorous scrutiny from the outside world. Subject matter experts, engineers, analysts, regulatory bodies, and competitors are just a few of the groups you can expect to analyze your public offerings. The successful project is prepared for scrutiny and performs in-depth audits of their software before release. One bad review, or missed bug, can sink an otherwise great idea. The public is relentless, and outside eyes can illustrate areas for improvement, and catch problems before they become a problem.
Development teams are creating blockchain projects and launching ICOs at lightning speed. Engineers are pulling all-nighters and blazing through work to arrive at a completed product. Speed accrues technical debt fast, and the financial requirements for the organization sometimes dictate the launch schedule more than the readiness of the code. One specific challenge inside any software project can be the group-think realities of a familiar development team. Thinking as a team can sometimes mean that the whole team overlooks the same issue.
VME can be your outside eyes and ears. Our experts can analyze your code, platform, documentation, and presentations to ensure that the quality of your ideas matches the quality of the technical output you produce. VME can help you identify critical areas for improvement, flag areas that will undergo public scrutiny, and help you to revamp or rethink those areas to deliver a more professional product.
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I thought long and hard about what I wanted to write about today, and it seemed fitting to do a 'State of Kelly' Address.
My mind is full of all these stories that I can't wait to get to you guys... but my heart... my heart is kinda tired. *Insert your eye roll here*-- I understand-- This business is so hard. It is hard work AND it is hard on the old nerves. One day you can be riding high and the next you want to curl up in a ball and never leave. And no, sales are NOT the only deciding factor (in fact you can feel like never writing another book again on a GOOD sales day). I think most (all) writers have this sense of "Oh my land.... what have I done?" And that through is worse on some days than others.
I've also been thinking about self-publishing and the stigmas behind it. I've heard a few this past week that sort of got to me... I think I might do a youtube series on it. I'm not sure. I'm kinda in a unique situation where I've been traditional/small press published and indie.
Would I love a 'Big 5' contract? Heck, yeah!
Do I want to keep writing stories? Absolutely.
Do I know where the future goes? Not in the least.
*If you are a self-published author, what sort of things have you heard about yourself/self-publishing as a whole?
*If you are a traditional author, what stigmas have you heard about yourself?
*If you are a reader, what do you think of indie books in general?
BASICALLY, the state of Kelly is a rambly mess.
"If you are a reader, what do you think of indie books in general?"
So this isn't exactly how I feel, but it's the stigma I hear all the time about Indie books.
4. They're just not as good as traditionally published books.
How I feel about them is a little bit more tame.
I know Indie authors usually don't have money pouring out of their pockets so it's hard to get the absolute best covers and editors and fancy ads and all of that. I used to (and still sometimes do) judge a book by its cover, but since I've started reading a lot of Indie I've had to change that mind set of, "ooh pretty cover I want to read that," because I have seen a lot of not so good covers (don't get me wrong there's a lot of good one's too). Instead, I focus on reviews! Oh my, reviews are a huge thing for me in determining whether I want to read an Indie book or not!!!
I have read a lot of bad Indie, I have, but I've read a lot of fantastic Indie too. I've come to realize that there's bad and good in both sectors (Indie and traditional). Sometimes you get lucky and you open an Indie (or traditional) and it's perfect, you get crystal clear beaches with nice sunny palm trees and comfortable hammocks. Other times, you get murky beaches with trash strewn about and broken hammocks. You just keep walking until you find the perfect beach.