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Here's how a $32 AirPods clone compares to the real thing
by Joleen Calkins (2020-05-23)
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Can you spot the AirPods imposter?
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Take a look at this photo. Two pairs of Apple AirPods, right? Nope: One of them is a clone, a knockoff, an off-brand replica. If you've seen these before -- and they're everywhere nowadays -- I'll bet you wondered the same thing I did: How do they compare? Can $32 true-wireless earbuds possibly rival Apple's $159 ones?
As the Cheapskate, I desperately wanted to find out. I've tested loads of earbuds before, but they all had different designs; none of them were exact AirPods copycats. This time, I truly wanted to compare, well, apples to Apples.
AirPods vs. AirSounds 2
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When I first conducted this test a a few months ago, I opted for the AirSounds True Wireless Earbuds -- a dead ringer for the real thing save for the tiny power/function button protruding from each 'bud. Although I found the sound quality to be surprisingly decent overall, I had issues with the fit, outdoor performance (dropouts were a real problem) and lack of auto-pairing. My ultimate verdict: Not bad for the price, but why bother when there are so many other true-wireless earbuds that don't look like AirPods but perform as well or better?
But here comes the AirSounds 2 (normally $39.99, but $32 with promo code CNETSOUNDS20), with a host of compelling upgrades: Bluetooth 5.0, touch controls, auto-pairing and, surprisingly, a case that can charge wirelessly. This last puts them more in line with the Apple's higher-end AirPods, which also have a wireless charging case and sell for $199.
OK, but at less than one-sixth the price, the AirSounds 2 can't possibly be any good, right? Do the new features solve the first version's problems and add up to a more compelling alternative? Read on. Update (9/19): Several readers have reported that their AirSounds 2 are not working properly, and that they've had trouble getting adequate customer service from the seller. What's more, although it's disclosed on the product page, I neglected to mention that these cannot be returned for a refund. Although my experience with the earbuds was very positive overall (as described below), I suggest looking for a different AirPods alternative.
AirSounds 2 vs. AirPods: Fit
I've always found Apple's EarPods -- the wired headphones included in the box with iPhones -- to be a comfortable fit, and the same goes for AirPods, even though the latter are just a hair larger. That's not true for hồ ba bể everyone, though; some folks find them too large or too small. It really just depends on the size of your ears.
The AirSounds 2 case is all but identical to the AirPods case; I'd need a caliper to measure any size difference. However, while the original AirSounds earbuds were a hair larger than the AirPods, and therefore uncomfortable in my ears, the AirSounds 2 are a perfect fit. I wore them for 30 minutes and never noticed the slightest discomfort. Your mileage absolutely positively may vary, however.
The AirSounds 2 (left) have exterior LEDs that indicate charge status.
AirSounds 2 vs. AirPods: Features
As noted above, the AirSounds 2 really stepped up on the feature front. For starters, no more power buttons: You take the earbuds out of the case and presto, they pair with your phone. However, they don't have the sensors that automatically detect when they go in and out of your ears, an AirPods feature I really like. You'll have to pause/resume playback manually.
Speaking of that, the AirSounds 2 does offer touch controls -- but the instruction manual gets their functions wrong. It say you tap the left earbud once to play/pause music or answer a call, twice to skip to the next track and so on. However, turns out it's two taps of either earbud to play/pause and three taps to skip. That's not a huge deal, but if you don't tap in just the right spot, any given function might not work, or not work correctly. Sometimes, for example, when I triple-tapped, the earbud only recognized two taps.
If you've ever seen AirPods, you know that Apple's charging case has one measly LED -- under the case lid -- to indicate charge status. The AirSounds 2 case has four green LEDs on the front, and the earbuds themselves glow red while charging.
To my surprise, the AirSounds 2 case also has a Lightning port for charging, not Micro-USB like on the previous version and many other true-wireless earbud cases. But the real surprise here is that the case can juice up just by lying on a Qi charging pad. That feature costs $40 extra when you're shopping for AirPods.
I wasn't able to test the AirSounds 2's battery life, which is rated at up to four hours -- with up to eight additional hours afforded by the charging case. That's about on par with the original AirSounds, but AirPods still crush them with an estimated 24 hours of total listening time.
AirSounds 2 vs. AirPods: Outdoor performance
As noted above, the first-gen AirSounds couldn't handle the outdoors: Audio would drop out as soon as I ventured into an open area. But the AirSounds 2? Zero dropouts, at least in my tests. I went around the block with my phone tucked away in my pocket, but audio came through perfectly clear.
I'm not sure if this can be attributed to Bluetooth 5.0 or something else, because I've also been testing another AirPods clone -- also with a wireless charging case -- and it suffers the same audio-dropout issue, despite having Bluetooth 5.0. Whatever's behind it, the AirSounds 2 have solved a major AirSounds 1 problem.
AirSounds 2 vs. AirPods: Sound quality
This is arguably the single most important aspect of any headphone, and it's where I'd expect any cheapie product to fare the worst. But I thought the AirSounds were decent, and I can say the same of the AirSounds 2. Great? No. Good enough for walking the dog, listening to podcasts, doing housework and all that? Yeah, I think so.
AirPods are better, no question, offering broader range and more bass. But $167 better? Oh my heavens, no.
Of course, if it's bass you want, you need to bypass this design altogether in favor of earbuds that create an inner-ear seal -- something like the Anker Soundcore Liberty Air, already an attractive AirPods alternative at $80, and often on sale for even less. But I actually favor this design for aforementioned outdoor activities like walking and running, because I feel it's safer to let some ambient noise (like from oncoming cars and scooters) in.
AirSounds 2 vs. AirPods: Verdict
Whether it's made by Apple or some no-name company, this still isn't a good look.
So, assuming you like the look of Apple's AirPods (more on that in a second), should you save yourself $167 and buy the AirSounds 2 instead? That's a much tougher question now, because the latter greatly improve on the original and have evolved into a product I can recommend.
Of course, there are still plenty of other true-wireless earbuds that cost less than AirPods, some of them priced at $50 or less.
What I continue to wonder is whether an AirPod clone makes sense at all. They're still pretty dorky-looking, if you ask me, so unless it's a status thing -- like wearing a fake Rolex -- I'd look at some of the other options.
Indeed, you can enjoy good sound from something like the TaoTronics TWS TT-BH053, which runs $50 and mimics the AirPods' and AirSounds' "pipe" design -- but comes in matte black, not glossy white, and are therefore a bit less conspicuous.
Still, if you just want to make people think you're wearing AirPods, but don't want to pay $159 to $199 for the privilege, the AirSounds 2 are worth a look. They're not perfect, but they're surprisingly good for the price.
Note: This post was published previously and has since been updated to include a newer version of the AirSounds.
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Modern Pulp May 21 2022
Something old, something new.
This is something a bit unusual. It's a life-sized promotional cardboard cut-out for 1982's film noir-sourced comedy Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, which starred Steve Martin and Rachel Ward. We thought of this film recently due to Martin's new Agatha Christie-influenced television mystery series Only Murders in the Building, which we watched and enjoyed. We first saw Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid years ago, long before Pulp Intl. and all the knowledge we've gained about film noir. We liked it much better during our recent viewing.
If you haven't seen it, Martin uses scores of film noir clips to weave a mystery in which he stars as private detective Rigby Reardon. Aside from Ward, and director Rob Reiner, his co-stars are Ava Gardner, Humphrey Bogart, Burt Lancaster, Barbara Stanwyck, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner, Cary Grant, and many others, all arranged into a narrative that turns out to be about cheese, a Peruvian island, and a plot to bomb the United States.
The film's flow only barely holds together, which you'd have to expect when relying upon clips from nineteen old noirs to cobble together a plot, but as a noir tribute—as well as a satirical swipe at a couple of sexist cinematic tropes from the mid-century period—it's a masterpiece. If you love film noir, you pretty much have to watch it. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid had its premiere at the USA Film Festival in early May, but was released nationally today in 1982.
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Vintage Pulp Apr 9 2022
He's going to fight to the last second of the last minute of the last hour.
Above: an alternate promo poster for The Big Clock, a quirky film noir we looked at closely last year on this date. Quirky because it has comedy interwoven into the plot. But at its core the movie tells the dramatic tale of a man who's about to be blamed for a murder he didn't commit, but who has a desperate last chance to avoid his fate because he's also—in a classic noir twist—responsible for investigating the crime. It's definitely worth a watch. It premiered today in 1948.
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How do you spell murder in Italian? H-i-t-c-h-c-o-c-k.
Above is a beautiful Italian poster for Delitto perfetto, better known as Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder, a movie we watch every five or seven years and always greatly enjoy. This semi-abstract effort isn't the only Italian poster for the film, but it's the best, in our view. We weren't able to find out who painted it, and considering it sold on a swanky auction site without that info, it seems as if nobody knows. Such good work uncredited, it's a shame. However, at this link you see another poster for the film, and that one is signed by Angelo Cesselon. Since both have a Hitchcock profile, and there's a stylistic similarity in other areas too, especially if you focus on the women's faces and the males' trench coats, we think it's possible Cesselon painted both pieces. The evidence wouldn't hold up in court, but it's good enough for us. Nice work, Angelo. Delitto perfetto premiered in Italy today in 1954.
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Vintage Pulp Jun 15 2021
George Raft does the heavy lifting in 1935 crime thriller.
Is there any vintage movie star as overlooked these days as George Raft? The man was one of the top box office draws of the 1930s and had a string of hits through the 1940s and into the 1950s, including the 1959 smash Some Like It Hot. He was an ace stage dancer at the beginning of his career, but onscreen this natural athlete strikes many modern viewers as too dumpy for the tough guy roles he pioneered. Which makes it ironic that he was associated in real life with several gangsters, which led to him appearing in court, and in turn led to the public believing he was really living the thug life. Rather than hurting his popularity, the whiff of criminality made him more popular—something to keep in mind whenever some self-appointed sociologist slams kids for liking rappers.
Above you see a poster for one of Raft's biggest successes, the 1935 adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's novel The Glass Key. A 1942 version would also be a big hit for Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, and the fact that it was rebooted just seven years after the original would seem to tell you plenty. But Raft's version isn't bad. We think it's simply a case of technical advances in the process of shooting films and the continuing popularity of Hammett making the property an attractive one to redo. Watching both movies back to back is a clinic in how quickly filmmaking advanced as the '40s rolled around, particularly ideas around staging and editing action.
Even so, Raft made this earlier version of The Glass Key a hit by virtue of his star power, despite the fact that critics were not overly impressed with the film. No less a figure than Graham Greene said it was "unimaginatively gangster," which is a curiously millennial turn-of-phrase. But Raft, playing the capable right hand man of a top underworld figure who's on the verge of open warfare with his enemies, doesn't deserve any of the blame. His hard boiled persona is the only reason this otherwise static film is worth watching. The Glass Key premiered in the U.S. today in 1935.
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Vintage Pulp May 19 2021
In the Ministry of Fear they bake better than they spy.
Fritz Lang was one of the most important directors of his era, both in his native Germany and in the U.S., and was a pioneer of the film noir form. Movies like Scarlet Street and especially The Big Heat are essential noir viewing. Ministry of Fear dates from a bit earlier and finds Lang saddled with what we consider to be a substandard script that through sheer artistry he makes into a watchable film. Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, and Dan Duryea headline in a spy tale that revolves around Lang's favorite villains—the Nazis. Jewish and German, he left his homeland for Paris and beyond during the ascent of the Nazis during the 1930s, so the subject was personal for him, and was one he'd dealt with in previous films such as Cloak and Dagger and Hangmen Also Die.
In Ministry of Fear Milland plays a man who spends two years in a British asylum and is released at a time when World War II is raging and London is being bombed. He goes to a charity carnival and is enticed into guessing a cake's weight for a chance to win it, and because he's been given the correct answer by a fortuneteller, is victorious. But it's soon clear that the correct weight wasn't supposed to be given to him, and he isn't supposed to have won the cake. But he really wants it and resists attempts by the carny folks to take it back. He loses it during a train ride when a passenger beats the snot out of him for it, and at that point finally realizes the obvious—sweet though this confection may have been, it wasn't sought by various and sundry for its flavor, but because inside was something important. He wants answers, and he'll have to risk his neck to get them.
Generally with movies it's best to simply accept the premise, but there are limits. We were never clear on why it was necessary to put this important item in a cake. We understand subterfuge is involved in the spy game, but why not just hand the item over in an alley, or a pub bathroom, or a parked car? And if food must be involved, why a cake? Why not a haggis, or something else very few people want to just gobble up on the spot? A dried cod maybe. A blood sausage would have done. Plus they're easy to transport. You can just stick them in your pockets. And in a tight spot a whack across the nose with a blood sausage is far more effective than shoving cake in someone's mug. The cake gimmick was probably—strike that—certainly better explained in Graham Greene's source novel. We haven't read it but we're confident about that. It could have been Lang who screwed the pooch, but it was more likely Seton I. Miller. He was screenwriter as well as executive producer.
In any case Milland bumbles his way through a train trip, across a moor, in and out of a crazy séance, and into a maze of misdirection to the eventual revelation of what's inside the cake, but the whole time we kept thinking the movie should be called Ministry of Cut-Rate Spies. We don't mean to say it's a total loss. It isn't like the Eddie Izzard comedy routine, "Cake or Death." You won't choose death over cake. But it's a pretty uninspiring flick. The old dramas that have survived have done so for a simple reason. Most of them are good. Ministry of Fear isn't bad. It's just meh. It's like a cake that fell—it's flat and dense, but teases you with how yummy it could have been. It premiered in England today in 1944.
Here, have your cake. And eat it too. Heh.
I prefer blood sausage for train trips, but I guess it's better for you I'm not shoving one of those in your face, eh?
Wow, you sort of... crush the shit out of your cake before eating it.
Have I been eating cake wrong the whole time I've been in England?
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Time keeps on ticking ticking ticking into the future.
Above is a poster for the film noir The Big Clock, based on Kenneth Fearing's 1946 novel, with Ray Milland playing a journalist at fictional Crimeways magazine who finds himself entangled with the boss's girlfriend, then in murder when she turns up dead. He had nothing to do with it, but had been seen all over Manhattan with her the night of her death, and is presumed to be the killer though nobody has identified him yet. In classic film noir fashion, Milland's boss sets him to solving the case. But how can he, when he's actually looking for himself? And how can he throw his numerous staffers off the scent while appearing to conduct a legit investigation, yet somehow find the real killer? It's quite a mess.
For casual movie fans, distinguishing film noir from vintage drama can be difficult, but of its many defining characteristics, flag this one: the man who finds himself in a vise that slowly tightens due to what had seemed at first to be inconsequential or random acts. A painting Milland bought in an art shop becomes a potential piece of evidence against him. The cheap sundial he acquired in a bar does the same. The random man he exchanged a few words with becomes a potential witness. And so on. He's the subject of a puzzle that has his face in the center. Other characters are slowly assembling pieces from the edges inward. If Milland doesn't outwit them before they find the piece with his face on it, he's screwed.
In addition to an involving plot, nice technical values, Ray Milland, and a large clock, The Big Clock brings the legendary Charles Laughton to the party, along with Maureen O'Sullivan, a decade removed from her ingenue period playing Jane in Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan movies, all grown up here as the smart, loyal, beautiful wife willing to come to Milland's aid when the chips are down. The film is unique, as well, for its interwoven comedy, unusual in films from this genre. These moments come often, and may seem obtrusive to some, but we thought they fit fine. And that's a good way to sum up The Big Clock. If you're a film noir fan, it'll fit you just fine. It premiered in the U.S. today in 1948.
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Ray Milland and Rosie Grier put their heads together.
Is it fair to describe The Thing with Two Heads as a legendary movie? We think so. It's The Wild Ones taken to its shark jumping extreme thanks to the blaxploitation maestros at American International Pictures. Instead of a white convict and a black convict handcuffed together after a prison escape, this flick features a racist white doctor whose head is grafted onto a black patient's body. These two really hate each other, which is a serious problem considering they spend 24/7 at kissing distance, but they're stuck.
Ray Milland, who once won a Best Actor Oscar, is trying to prolong his own life. Rosey Grier is a convict on death row who donates his body to science. He has no idea what the science he's donated himself to entails, just that he'll avoid execution for thirty more days and buy time for his relatives and lawyer to prove his innocence. Sounds fun, right? Once Grier wakes up after surgery and realizes what's happened he flees with Milland's noggin riding helplessly along and decides to prove his innocence himself. But Milland is slowly gaining control of their body. You get the feeling this isn't going to end well.
The Thing with Two Heads is low budget, cheeseball, light on genuine humor, and perfunctory in its ending. And yet... how can one resist? Is it an ingenious parable about the historical theft of black bodies by white men? Or is it just a chunk of opportunistic schlock? Only the screenwriters know. We'll say this, though—considering how low this movie could have sunk (picture Milland looking down at Grier's dick and exclaiming, "Whoa! That's bigger than my Oscar!") it's actually pretty restrained. Put it in the better-with-alcohol category and don't watch it alone. It premiered in the U.S. today in 1972.
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Their issues have gone way past the point of counseling.
Dial M for Murder, which starred Grace Kelly and Ray Milland as spouses whose problems make other bad marriages look like a Sunday picnic, is a very entertaining movie. For its Italian release today in 1954 it was called Delitto perfetto. This violent but brilliant promo poster was painted by the genius illustrator Angelo Cesselon, who we've featured before. And Hitchcock, nothing less than an international phenomenon in his day, gets his profile into the mix. See Cesselon at his best here.
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Hello, is this the murder helpline? I'd like help killing my cheating ass wife.
Most people who haven't seen the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Dial M for Murder jokingly ask, "How could anyone want to kill Grace Kelly?" Well, because she's cheating with another man. Not that infidelity justifies murder, but it certainly can be expected to provoke some sort of serious reaction. Probably Ray Milland, her husband, should have confronted her with the usual questions: "When did it start?" "Do you love him?" "Is his dick bigger than mine?" "Does he make you orgasm and if so how?"
But instead of being reasonable Milland decides his wife needs to be gone from the Earth, so he devises a foolproof murder plot. It goes wrong anyway and that's the fun of the movie—seeing how he cleverly improvises over and over only to have his scheme unravel anyway because of one tiny thing he neglects to consider. Dial M for Murder is another winner from Hitchcock, one you should see if you haven't. It went into general release in the U.S. today in 1954.
The famed poster for the movie was painted by Bill Gold, whose credits include everything from Casablanca to Unforgiven. Gold was active from 1941 to 2011, accumulating numerous awards along the way, and is now retired at age ninety-seven. If you want to learn more about him there's a website that discusses and showcases his seven decades of movie work which you can access at this link. It's well worth a visit.
Could he really be trying to kill me?
I guess it's possible, considering I cucked and humiliated him.
Maybe I shouldn't have told him I'm multi-orgasmic now.
For the crime of murdering the male ego I sentence you to hang by the neck until dead, dead, dead.
What? Seriously? But I've only gotten a third of the way through 101 Sex Positions.
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Femmes Fatales Feb 10 2014
They always say to aim high in life but I've found aiming low gets good results too.
Isa Miranda was born in Italy in 1909 as Ines Isabella Sampietro and by 1933 was acting in films. The next year she earned widespread acclaim in Max Ophüls' La Signora di tutti, a role that paved the way for her to leap to Hollywood where she was billed as an Italian Marlene Dietrich. The above promo shows Miranda in character as Anna from 1939's Hotel Imperial, a movie in which she shot nobody in the crotch, despite her low aim here.
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They have a PL mount adapter for some of their HD models.
This is great! I was wondering if anyone has made a nikon one. I would figure since the 35mm adapter guys have both, so can JVC.
But one question still remains, this method can't possible decrease depth of field.... can it?
I thought the intermediate ground-glass was the projection screen on which the 35mm adapters were able to get the depth of field shallow.
Wouldn't JVC PL mount lenses shooting to the ccd's be negating the process?
ps I know pl mount does not mean prime lens, but they can be both.
It's probably similar to the Canon XL adapter for prime lenses. The small chip size will cause the lense to become super-telephoto.


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"Florence the Magnificent" walking tour with Accademia, Uffizi and Vasari Corridor
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Duration: 7 hours, 30 minutes
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Take a stroll through the center with a guide and become part of the city
Visit two of the most renowned museums in Italy and discover the secret corridor by Vasari
Get the chance to have a taste of one of the most important and charming UNESCO cities. Visit the amazing center of Florence with a professional tour guide and discover its unique secular heritage and breathtaking beauty. Don't miss the opportunity to explore the Accademia and the Uffizi Galleries, two of Italy's most important museums, and to see the Vasari Corridor, the Medici family's secret passageway.
Your guide will take you to some of the most important spots where the greatest minds and artists have been inspired. During the walk, you will see Piazza della Signoria with the town hall Palazzo Vecchio, the Duomo, the Baptistery with its 'Gates of Paradise', Giotto's bell tower, Brunelleschi's Dome, Santa Trinità and Orsanmichele Church, the Old Bridge, as well as famous shopping streets and the Oltrarno, the handicraft neighborhood.
Take advantage of the skip-the-line entrance to the Accademia Gallery and discover the original masterpiece that has become the symbol of Renaissance splendor: David by Michelangelo. Admire it from every perspective, gaze in awe at David, which dominates the central gallery of the museum. The Accademia Gallery houses also many other masterpieces, both paintings and sculptures, by great artists such as Botticelli, Paolo Uccello, Andrea del Sarto and many more, which you will discover with your knowledgeable guide.
In the Uffizi Gallery, you'll see the most incredible artworks from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance and beyond. A collection of masterpieces unparalleled in the world, by artists like Giotto, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaello, Botticelli, and many more. With this tour, you will have the opportunity to enjoy a guided tour of the main rooms of the Uffizi Gallery, skipping the long lines at the entrance.
After the visit to the Uffizi, reach the Ponte Vecchio, which houses the best-kept secret of Florence: it's a passageway that allowed the Royal family to move freely from their residence (Palazzo Pitti) to the government palace (Palazzo Vecchio) on the other side of the river Arno. Uncover the Vasari Corridor history and secrets with an in-depth explanation by your guide as you walk along its path from the outside, like the enemies trying to track the Grand Duke's movements inside the passageway.
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As political junkies will understand, in a post-Bork, post-Clarence Thomas-judicial-confirmation-world, every suspected pro-life Supreme Court appointee will be subjected to a "hazing" of excruciating proportions. The "logic" is that the proposed Justice hates women…and that his hating women is why he is pro-life.
Gorsuch doesn't hate women. That didn't stop people from trying to paint him that way.
First, there was the former-Democratic-staffer-Obama-Administration-employee-student who claimed that in a course Judge Gorsuch taught in Colorado, he said that employers should ask women about their plans for childbearing. She claimed that he also stated that women take advantage of employers for maternity leave all the time.
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Gorsuch's female law clerks offered further support regarding his treatment of women saying that he "treats and values women fairly and without preference or prejudice based on their gender, we do not say that in a vacuum."
Another female clerk responded to the allegations saying: "I didn't know whether to laugh or cry." In fact, she said, "the Judge is usually the first person I go to for career advice. And the first words he has for me when I do are: 'What can I do to help you?' The suggestion that he 'discounts the worth of working females' is patently absurd."
Former Democratic VP Candidate and Senator Tim Kaine from Virginia claimed that Gorsuch's nomination "jeopardizes women" in a CNN editorial.
The basis? You guessed it!! Because Gorsuch agreed with the majority of Supreme Court in Hobby Lobby that employers shouldn't have to violate their consciences to buy health insurance covering free abortifacients (Hobby Lobby concerned only the abortifacient drugs portion of the "mandate"). Kaine was also sweating because Gorsuch did not directly affirm Griswold v. Connecticut, the case in which the Supreme Court invented a "right to privacy"–not actually named in the text of the Constitution—that included the right to access contraception.
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When pressed (and pressed again!) by Democratic senators regarding legal abortion, Gorsuch said only that Roe is "the law of the land" and that he "accept[s] the law of the land." While having written, of course, in his book on Euthanasia that "the intentional taking of human life by private persons is always wrong." Every Court watcher knows the mark of the pro-life appointee: acknowledge that Roe is the law, while refusing to say (as Gorsuch refused to say) that it is the correct law.
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The tabletop game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games that fall within the scope of tabletop games, which includes dice and card games. According to Statista, the tabletop game industry had an estimated market of approximately 7.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2017 and is expected to increase by 4.8 billion U.S. dollars within the next 6 years.

Since most of the game play requires offline meetings players may choose to participate via meetups or through a variety of tabletop exhibitions held around the world, which are supported by both game designers and players. Some individuals involved in the tabletop industry focus on collecting valuable game cards, games, or pieces, as they see the value of cards as far higher that its original production and sales cost. This mixture of individuals makes up a market structure that can give the board game market a variety of opportunities.

Classification of games
Tabletop games are occasionally referred to as board games, but are not limited to games that require a game board to play. These games are typically based on strategy, randomness, or a combination of both.  Games that are traditionally described as tabletop games includes board games, card games, dice games, paper and pencil games, tabletop role-playing games, strategy games, and tile-based games.

These types of games typically include chessboards, game pieces, figurines, cards, dice, and a variety of other accessories that vary according to the complexity of the game involved. Chess is frequently cited as a classic example of a two-player board game. Desktop games can be oriented to one or more people at the same time and the number of players varies depending on the size and rules of the game.

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According to author and game inventor Brian Tinsman, the average tabletop game company does not create their own games but instead purchase or license them from independent inventors. These inventors will pitch their games to potential buyers after coming up with a game idea and running the prototype through several test groups and revisions. If the pitch is successful the game will be run through a publisher's art department, which will work on the game's art and graphic design while the game is refined and made ready for the production team, who will select the physical game materials and prep artwork to be run through the machines used to print the game. After this the game is typically sent to distributors, who will sell the game to mass market retailers and specialty/hobby shops. If a publisher is very large they may choose to distribute the games without using a distributor. Many North American companies use factories in China to produce their games, which can make tariffs or laws on Chinese imports of great importance to companies.

Tinsman states that for game inventors there are four major markets for tabletop games: mass market, hobby games, American specialty games, and European games. Mass market games are ones marketed to the general public, whereas hobby games are aimed at a more specific market and mostly fall into three categories: role-playing games, miniatures games, and trading card games. American specialty games are made up of games that would not fall into the prior two categories while the European game market is primarily made up of games put out by German companies, most of which are not translated into English or brought over to the United States.

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There are thousands of board game publishers around the world, here is a selection of a few of the largest.

Asmodee Editions (Group)

Asmodee is a French publisher of board games, card games and role-playing games that was founded in 1995. As of 2019 the company has 11 development studios, 11 distribution business units, and over 750 employees worldwide. Tabletop games released by Asmodee include Catan, Star Wars: X-Wing, Ticket to Ride, Arkham Horror and Pandemic.

Hasbro
Hasbro is a global play and entertainment company that has its corporate headquarters in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The majority of its products are manufactured in East Asia. Products released by Hasbro include MONOPOLY, MAGIC: THE GATHERING ,and the D&D series.

Mattel
Mattel is an American multinational toy manufacturing company founded in 1945 with headquarters in El Segundo, California.

Ravensburger
Ravensburger AG is a German game and toy company and publishing house. The company is known for games such as their puzzles games series.

Board games

A board game is a tabletop game that involves counters or pieces moved or placed on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Some games are based on pure strategy, but many contain an element of chance; and some are purely chance, with no element of skill

While the board gaming market is estimated to be smaller than that for video games, it has also experienced significant growth from the late 1990s. A 2012 article in The Guardian described board games as "making a comeback". Another from 2014 gave an estimate that put the growth of the board game market at "between 25% and 40% annually" since 2010, and described the current time as the "golden era for board games". The rise in board game popularity has been attributed to quality improvement (more elegant mechanics, , artwork, and graphics) as well as increased availability thanks to sales through the Internet.

A 1991 estimate for the global board game market was over $1.2 billion. A 2001 estimate for the United States "board games and puzzle" market gave a value of under $400 million, and for United Kingdom, of about £50 million. A 2009 estimate for the Korean market was put at 800 million won, and another estimate for the American board game market for the same year was at about $800 million. A 2011 estimate for the Chinese board game market was at over 10 billion yuan. (Some estimates may split board games from collectible card, miniature and role-playing games; for example another 2014 estimate distinguishing board games from other types of hobby games gave the estimate for the U.S. and Canada market at only $75 million, with the total size of what it defined as the hobby game market at over $700 million, with a 2015 estimate suggesting a value of almost $900 million) A 2013 estimate put the size of the German toy market at 2.7 billion euros (out of which, the board games and puzzle market is worth about 375 million euros), and Polish markets, at 2 billion and 280 million zlotys, respectively. Per capita, in 2009 Germany was considered to be the best market, with the highest number of games sold per individual.

Gaming conventions

Gaming conventions are large gatherings centered on various types of games, which can include tabletop games. These conventions can range in size from small single day exhibitions to large multi-day events. Tabletop gaming conventions typically provide venues for players to conduct exhibitor activities or test board games that have not yet been released. Game conventions can often be divided into two categories: small conventions or large conventions. Small conventions are most frequently attended by local people and have between 200 and 5,000 attendees. They are often focused on bringing people together to play games and can lack showrooms. Large conventions can draw attendees from all over the country or globe and can accommodate between 15,000 and 200,000 people. There are several hundred gaming conventions around the world each year.

Conventions typically have a dealer's room or hall where attendees can purchase games from sellers. Attendees can also purchase directly from the publisher, a feature that is most common at larger conventions. Some conventions also feature a large event hall where participants can sign up to play specific games or participate in competitions.

Select tabletop gaming conventions

 BGG CON (& BGG SPRING) in Dallas, TX
 UK Games Expo in Birmingham, UK
 Origins Game Fair in Columbus, OH
 Gen Con in Indianapolis, Indiana
 Essen Spiel in Essen, Germany
 PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia, PA

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Joncy est une commune française située dans le département de Saône-et-Loire en région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Géographie
À  du parc naturel régional du Morvan.

Villages, hameaux, lieux-dits, écarts

 Champ Thibaut - Balas - la Verchère - Rains - la Valette - Crouzot - Coussolles - Bellevelle - Marnand.

Hydrographie
 La Guye est la rivière qui traverse la commune.

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Urbanisme

Typologie
Joncy est une commune rurale, car elle fait partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.
La commune est en outre hors attraction des villes.

Occupation des sols

L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des territoires agricoles (76,9 % en 2018), néanmoins en diminution par rapport à 1990 (78,7 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante :
prairies (70,6 %), forêts (18,8 %), zones agricoles hétérogènes (6,3 %), zones urbanisées (4,3 %).

L'IGN met par ailleurs à disposition un outil en ligne permettant de comparer l'évolution dans le temps de l'occupation des sols de la commune (ou de territoires à des échelles différentes). Plusieurs époques sont accessibles sous forme de cartes ou photos aériennes : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Toponymie

Histoire
Dans une bulle datée d'avril 1164, le pape Alexandre III, confirme la donation faite à l'abbaye de Saint-Martin d'Autun, du patronage d'une église au hameau de la Valette : « ecclesiam de Valeta ».

Démographie

Politique et administration

Sous l'Ancien Régime

 1790   - Jean Vivant Micault de Corbeton (10/05/1725-17/03/1794), Président au Parlement de Bourgogne, seigneur de Meilly-sur-Rouvres, Rouvres-sous-Meilly, Saligny, Liernolles, Maconge, Barbirey-sur-Ouche, Santenay, Pommard et autres lieux, dernier marquis de Joncy, époux de Marie Françoise Trudaine. Mort décapité.

Depuis La Révolution

Lieux et monuments
 Le château de Joncy.
 L'ancienne église de Joncy : l'édifice du  fut profané le  et les révolutionnaires rasèrent le clocher. Elle fut désaffectée en 1886 et finie par être démolie au début du XX siècle. Il n'en reste qu'une chapelle voûtée d'ogives à l'intérieur, située au centre du cimetière, qui est l'ancienne chapelle seigneuriale des seigneurs de Joncy.
 La nouvelle église, construite à partir de 1882 sur les plans de l'architecte Tony Ferret, grâce aux deniers des paroissiens et de l'abbé Denojean. Elle abrite, entre autres, quelques belles pièces de ferronnerie, notamment une croix réalisée par un artisan joncynois à partir d'un dessin de l'artiste Michel Bouillot.

Personnalités liées à la commune

Pour approfondir

Bibliographie

Articles connexes
 Liste des communes de Saône-et-Loire

Liens externes

 Site de la mairie
 Joncy sur le site de l'Institut géographique national
 Joncy sur le site de la Communauté de Communes autour du Mont Saint-Vincent

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Jun 14 • The secret screen life of Being Frank star Jim Gaffigan Did you play with a lot of tech when you were a kid? What was your first computer? Scott: You know, my dad and my brother had the very first Apple II and then the Apple IIe, and then the very first Macintosh, which we still have. I don't even know if it turns on anymore. I think it does. My brother is still in computers. He's a designer — a programmer — but I was never adept with computers on the level that my father and my brother were. But they were always around, and we would go to … what is the Apple convention up in the Bay Area? I think AirPods are a real game-changer. I just love that they've kind of subtly changed my life in a weird way. Aug 12 • Sterling K. Brown on voicing a not-always-perfect pig Talking with Chewbacca Post a comment With the entire series in front of you to discover and being a kid, it really expanded my imagination and was influential on my taste for stories and movies and what I found interesting. So I jumped at the chance to be in The Twilight Zone. You play Ed Mackenzie on Big Little Lies. Season 1 is over, and I know you're doing season 2. What's the best thing about working on Big Little Lies? Scott: The cast, the writing and directing. And season 2 is going to be really fun for people. It's really juicy. Anything else you can say? Scott: I can't. Scott: "Meeting Mark Hamill was all I wanted as a kid." Mark Mann You sure? Scott: A hook will come down and pick me up and you'll never see me again. You also play a demon, named Trevor, on The Good Place. Did you pick that name? Scott: No, no. Mike Schur, who created the show, I believe picked Trevor. If Michael, the Ted Danson character who designed the Good Place, were to design a personal hell just for you, what would it be? Scott: Personal hell built just for me? There would be really loud afternoon TV advertisements playing at all times. Like for insurance, for injury law. It seems like it's all life insurance, injury law and medications that play during the day, blaring at all times. It would be really hot. There would be no AC. And all the clothing would be really tight and uncomfortable. Now playing: Watch this: Adam Scott is a quiet standout Amazon Tags reading • Big Little Lies' Adam Scott: Making a scene Apple $144 2:45 See it Aug 28 • In pursuit of perfect ice Mentioned Above Apple AirPods 2019 (Charging Case) TV and Movies See It See It Share your voice Apple Aug 12 • Sterling K. Brown: 'Acting is about reconnecting with a sense of play' See It 0 Kristen Bell was hosting Jimmy Kimmel's show and surprised you with a visit from Mark Hamill, whom you once invited to your birthday party when you were a kid. Your face is like the kid who got every birthday wish in their entire life. What was that like? Scott: It was really weird because it was obviously being televised — and to be thrown off guard and surprised like that on camera, with an audience, is very strange and felt Truman Show-y. But really cool. I mean, meeting Mark Hamill was all I wanted as a kid, so it was obviously a big deal. Really cool. He gave you a lightsaber. Scott: He did, yeah. You still have it? Scott: Yeah, it's cool. You're in a classic episode of the new remake of The Twilight Zone. Why did you want to do it? Scott: I'm in Nightmare at 30,000 Feet, which is a remake of Nightmare at 20,000 Feet. William Shatner did it in the original series and then John Lithgow did it in Twilight Zone: The Movie in the early '80s, both of which I've seen dozens of times. When we got the script for the new series of The Twilight Zone, I think I said yes before I even read it, which is not what you're supposed to do. But The Twilight Zone is my favorite show ever. I used to stay up every night because they would play reruns at 11 p.m. every night. I had a 5-inch black-and-white TV in my bedroom. It was the only TV in the house, and I would keep the volume low so my mom wouldn't know and just watch Twilight Zone every single night. See All Macworld Expo. Scott: We must have gone to that. I kind of grew up watching that evolve, watching Apple grow as a company. I still love their gear, and their gadgets are beautiful and intuitive. So you're an iPhone user? Scott: Yeah. And I think AirPods are a real game-changer. I just love that they've kind of subtly changed my life in a weird way. It keeps you connected, which is both good or bad. It makes being connected effortless. You can stay connected to an audiobook or a podcast or music or whatever it is. It just makes it all easier. I mean, we've had headphones and earbuds for years. But these — it's a brilliant design. I have other Bluetooth headphones from other companies, and none of them are as intuitive as the AirPods, which just blend in with your body. This is all sounding very sci-fi, but it really is a brilliant design. It feels like it's part of you, in a weird way. I've found them to be my favorite Apple product in a long time. Scott had fun playing with this interactive Chewbacca doll. Hasbro Because of that seamlessness? Scott: Yeah, ease of control too. It's really simple just to double tap. I really love it. I've had the Apple Watch now for a few months, and I'm starting to feel the benefits of it. And now I feel weird without it (gesturing to his bare wrist). But the AirPods are … a really simple step up in tech. Some people think they look kind of geeky. They certainly make a statement about who you are when you wear them walking down the street. Scott: So people think they're too geeky? Because they're bright white? But that's good branding. If they're invisible, then I don't know. I think they look cool. I think they look beautiful. But I would be anxious to get black ones if they came out with those. That's a cool idea. You're not only an actor, you also produce. Are you at all looking at the world of virtual reality or augmented reality? Scott: Not yet. But I think it's inevitable that everyone will. It seems like things are heading in that direction. But we've so far fallen short of integrating it into everyday life and into home entertainment on a grand scale. I'm not sure exactly what it is that's holding it back from becoming something that everyone kind of just grabs when they're ready to consume entertainment at home. You guys probably have a better handle on why it hasn't. Maybe the ultimate set hasn't landed yet. Yes, some headsets are heavy, uncomfortable. Some people get nauseous, so throwing up kind of gets in the way. Scott: Not the funnest part of being entertained. But I've experienced it a few times, and it's extraordinary. I think it's just a matter of finding the wearable tech that's seamless and comfortable, right? That's the biggest hurdle, I would imagine. Do you have a smart home? Are you into any smart home gear? Scott: I mean, here and there. We haven't fully jumped into that, mostly because I always feel a little reticent. You always feel like if you commit to something, it's going to change. And I don't mind turning on a light switch. We have a [smart] thermostat, and it's really handy. But I don't need the entire home to be a smart home — at least not yet. In an episode of the Twilight Zone reboot, Scott plays a nervous passenger who's convinced his flight is about to crash. Robert Falconer/CBS © 2018 CBS Interactive Self-driving cars: Good idea or bad? Scott: I think they're a good idea. It's an exciting idea. And I think in a few years it won't be dangerous anymore. It's probably safer than a human driving a car right now. It's where we're headed. Whether it's safe or not, that's where it's all going. What tech do you wish had never been invented? Scott: That's a really good question, but I don't know. How about tech you'd like to see invented just for you that you haven't seen? Scott: I still feel like they haven't perfected the pillow. Because even some of the memory foam ones, they're — it's great, but then it's not. It's too hot. I feel like the pillow has a way to go, and I'm willing and able to wait, but excited to find the perfect pillow. Best Buy Now playing: Watch this: CNET Magazine It's easy to see why Adam Scott is often cast as the approachable everyman. He's pretty low-key in person, with a deadpan delivery that prompts double takes. It's a persona he's been able to transform into notable characters he once described as "befuddled beta males." On NBC's Parks and Recreation, he embodied Ben Wyatt, a calzone-loving state auditor who dresses up as Batman and owns his encyclopedic knowledge of Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Star Trek and Game of Thrones. In HBO's drama series Big Little Lies, he plays Ed Mackenzie, the beleaguered second husband of main character Madeline (Reese Witherspoon), and shows he can stand up to his alpha wife: "Look, I may not be the good-looking adventure ride, OK? But there is something to be said for being there, for being truthful, for being somebody you can steadfastly count on. I will not be anybody's runner-up." He'll return for season 2 of Big Little Lies on June 9 (read our review here). In Jordan Peele's reboot of the classic sci-fi series The Twilight Zone, which debuted in April on CBS All Access, Scott takes a lead role. (Editors' note: CBS operates CBS All Access and owns CNET.) He plays a reporter with PTSD who boards a plane and finds an old MP3 player in the seat pocket in front of him. It plays a podcast, which seems to be from the future, about the mystery of the tragic flight he's on, transforming him into the weirdo who no one will believe is trying to save them from disaster. But right now, Scott has us all smiling. We've surprised him with Star Wars collectibles — he's a huge fan of the sci-fi epic — and he riffs about the interactive Chewbacca doll and talking Yoda mask. Adam Scott: "I've just always been a Star Wars fan." Mark Mann "I feel like everyone in this room was transported to Yoda's home planet just for a second," he tells us after trying on the mask. "Don't worry guys, it's just me. It's just a mask. I put a mask on. Everyone relax." By the time he describes his own personal hell — a nod to his role as Trevor, a rude (but funny) demon, on the NBC comedy series The Good Place — we're laughing out loud. "Personal hell built just for me? There would be really loud afternoon TV advertisements playing at all times. Like for insurance, for injury law," he says during our CNET Magazine cover shoot in Los Angeles. "It would be really hot. There would be no AC. And all the clothing would be really tight and uncomfortable." See more great stories from CNET Magazine. Mark Mann Scott also talked about staying up late watching reruns of The Twilight Zone on his family's black-and-white TV when he was a kid, how his Apple AirPod wireless headphones have changed his life, and why he thinks there's an opportunity for someone to reinvent the pillow. Here's an edited transcript of our conversation. Q: You're a big Star Wars fan. What's the appeal? Scott: I guess anyone under the age of 75 is probably a Star Wars fan. It's been around for so long now. I clearly remember The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi when I was in elementary school, so I really grew up with them. My friends and I were all about Star Wars. It was kind of a rite of passage to collect the figures and make your own lightsabers. I've just always been a Star Wars fan. I think I said yes before I even read it, which is not what you're supposed to do. But The Twilight Zone is my favorite show ever. • $144 3:04 $159 CNET may get a commission from retail offers. Apple AirPods 2019 Review • AirPods 2019 review: King of truly wireless earphones crowned with small enhancements $144 CNET Magazine read more
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Secret Audit Points to Enrollment Fraud at DC High School
A secret audit of an acclaimed D.C. high school hints at widespread enrollment fraud to avoid $12,000 more in tuition charged to nonresidents.Famed arts school Duke Ellington School of the Arts is under fire after wide spread enrollment fraud was revealed. (Courtesy photo)State Superintendent of Education Hanseul Kang told The Washington Post Tuesday the annual audit of student residency at D.C. schools uncovered "specific concerns" at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Public records associated with students' parents found reasons to suspect claims of D.C. residency.Initial results were shared in December with the state superintendent's and attorney general's offices, but kept secret until the Post report.About 70 of Ellington's 566 students are on record as living outside the District, and their families pay tuition to the school system. The probe is focused not on those students, but on the majority who claim to be D.C. residents. read more
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Bahia Principe properties streamline into four categories
<< Previous PostNext Post >> Wednesday, December 13, 2017 Share Posted by Travelweek Group Bahia Principe properties streamline into four categories MIAMI — Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts has rejigged its 24-hotel portfolio, reclassifying properties into four categories and segments in an effort to simplify the booking process.The four hotel categories include: Luxury Bahia Principe, featuring the brand's most luxurious hotels; Grand Bahia Principe, comprising five-star hotels; Sunlight Bahia Principe, for all Spain-based properties; and Fantasia Bahia Principe, a family-friendly concept that offers thematic hotels, inspired by the success of the brand's newest property in Punta Cana.The brand will debut Fantasia Bahia Principe Tenerife, its second Fantasia property, in November 2018 in Spain."The Fantasia Bahia Principe hotels will deliver the highest standards in quality and service, but, above all, will guarantee a thematic experience in which everyone can enjoy our first-class amenities and exciting activities, regardless of age," said Isabel Pinero, Vice-President of Marketing & Communications for Grupo Piñero, the parent company of Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts.In addition to the new categories, hotels will also be segmented by experience: Treasure, hotels in off-the-beaten path locations; Escape, adults-only properties; and Family & Friends, for travellers with varying age groups and vacation preferences.More news: CIE Tours launches first-ever River Cruise CollectionHere is a list of Bahia properties under their new categories:LUXURY BAHIA PRINCIPELuxury Bahia Principe Cayo Levantado (Dominican Republic)Luxury Bahia Principe Samaná (Dominican Republic)Luxury Bahia Principe Fantasia (Dominican Republic) – to be renamed Fantasia Bahia Principe Punta Cana starting November 2018Luxury Bahia Principe Ambar Blue (Dominican Republic)Luxury Bahia Principe Ambar Green (Dominican Republic)Luxury Bahia Principe Bougaville (Dominican Republic)Luxury Bahia Principe Esmeralda (Dominican Republic)Luxury Bahia Principe Runaway Bay (Jamaica)Luxury Bahia Principe Akumal (Mexico)Luxury Bahia Principe Slan Ka'an (Mexico)GRAND BAHIA PRINCIPEGrand Bahia Principe Cayacoa (Dominican Republic)Grand Bahia Principe El Portillo (Dominican Republic)Grand Bahia Principe Punta Cana (Dominican Republic)Grand Bahia Principe La Romana (Dominican Republic)Grand Bahia Principe Turquesa (Dominican Republic)Grand Bahia Principe Bávaro (Dominican Republic)Grand Bahia Principe San Juan (Dominican Republic)Grand Bahia Principe Coba (Mexico)Grand Bahia Principe Tulum (Mexico)Grand Bahia Principe Jamaica (Jamaica)More news: War of words between Transat, Group Mach ramps upSUNLIGHT BAHIA PRINCIPESunlight Bahia Principe Costa Adeje (Spain)Sunlight Bahia Principe Tenerife (Spain)Sunlight Bahia Principe San Felipe (Spain)Sunlight Bahia Principe Coral Playa (Spain)FANTASIA BAHIA PRINCIPEFantasia Bahia Principe Tenerife (Spain) – opening November 2018 Tags: Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts read more
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Radiation belt probes may help predict space weather
http://news.rice.edu/files/2012/08/RESP-2-web.jpgEngineers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, prepare to place Radiation Belt Storm Probe spacecraft "B" in a thermal-vacuum chamber, where they can make sure the propulsion system will stand up to the range of hot, cold and airless conditions RBSP will face in outer space. The probe is one of two set for launch this month to help predict space weather. (Credit: JHU/APL) ShareDavid Ruth713-348-6327david@rice.eduMike Williams713-348-6728mikewilliams@rice.eduRadiation belt probes may help predict space weatherRice physicist Anthony Chan prepares for launch of satellites to Earth's Van Allen BeltsHOUSTON – (Aug. 16, 2012) – Living with a star can be a challenge, especially as Earthlings extend their reach into space. A Rice University scientist is contributing to an effort to make life more comfortable for both the people and satellites sent out there, and provide valuable research for those who remain planet-bound.Two Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Aug. 23 will monitor space weather, from the normal eddies of particles that flow through what was once thought of as a void, to the sun's raging plasma blasts that endanger astronauts, orbiting electronics and even the power distribution grid on Earth's surface.The probes will do so from elongated orbits that take them into the heart of the Van Allen Belts, doughnut-shaped regions of high-energy particles encircling Earth. The two NASA spacecraft will travel through constantly changing magnetic fields that trap the high-energy particles but also keep the majority of the harsh radiation of the sun at bay. They'll back each other up by gathering data on events from different perspectives to give researchers a clearer picture than ever of how solar storms affect the belts."These two spacecraft have an unprecedented number of instruments, spanning fields and particles over exceptionally wide ranges," said Anthony Chan, a Rice professor of physics and astronomy and part of the Energetic Particle, Composition and Thermal Plasma Suite (ECT), which operates one of the instrument sets. "We think we're finally going to be able to answer some basic questions about the physics of the Van Allen Belts, questions that have been around for over 50 years."Chan said it is particularly satisfying that Rice is part of a project that promises to solve long-standing mysteries of the Van Allen Belts – and not only because Rice emeritus professor John Freeman was a student of James Van Allen himself. "There's a very strong theory and simulation group at Rice in space plasma physics," he said. "The most famous space physics model developed here, the Rice Convection Model, operates in a similar region of space to the Van Allan Belts, but with generally lower-energy particles."Chan said the outer radiation belts contain energy in the million-electron-volt range. "We're especially interested in the electrons, which in those energies are relativistic. They travel close to the speed of light and are much more energetic than anything else out there," he said.His task will be to use data gathered from the probes to verify and refine his group's theories and simulations. "We want to understand the dynamic variability of the outer belt and eventually be able to predict it to the point where it could be useful for spacecraft operators and designers," he said. "That is one of the practical consequences of this research."High-energy particles come primarily from the sun, which bombards Earth through coronal mass ejections (CME) that are expected to become more frequent as the sun approaches its "solar max" in 2013, and from coronal holes that appear during less-active periods."Most of what we call magnetic storms are driven by solar-wind events," Chan said. "Some are CMEs, which tend to produce the most violent storms. But another type is caused by high-speed streams in the solar wind that originate in coronal holes. In certain wavelengths, we see dark patches on the sun, usually near the poles. But they sometimes creep down, especially approaching solar minimum."These holes have low density but very fast streaming solar wind," he said, "and can cause some of the largest increases in relativistic electrons." The particles can overwhelm sensitive electronic instruments like those aboard the location-finding GPS satellites that dot the skies and frequently spend time in the harsh environment of the Van Allen Belts."Usually spacecraft avoid these regions, or they switch off equipment when they pass through because it disrupts their operation," Chan said. "Radiation degrades the instruments' lifetimes, but the RBSP satellites are designed to fly through these regions and last a number of years."The twin satellites will allow researchers to gather the most accurate data yet from energetic events in the Van Allen Belts. They will sweep within 400 miles of Earth and out through the belts, which range from about 8,000 to 40,000 miles. Because researchers can see events triggered by solar activity coming (particularly with the STEREO and Hinode satellites standing guard), they'll know where and when to look.Chan said he hopes the probes' sophisticated instruments will lead to some surprises. "Because electrons are all identical, it's hard to know where they're coming from. Nevertheless, we think the majority of them are coming from the sun," he said."There was an interesting theory a while back that some of these relativistic electrons were coming from Jupiter," Chan said. "There are times – and it's not as crazy as it sounds – when Jupiter is magnetically connected to Earth. We're sometimes on the same interplanetary magnetic field lines, and Jupiter is a strong source; it makes lots of radio waves and energetic electrons."We see some small peaks about when we expect to see Earth and Jupiter magnetically connected. It's a great idea and interesting to think about, but it's probably very weak," he said. "If it turns out to be much stronger than expected, it would be really interesting."The most interesting results scientists get are the ones we don't expect," Chan said. "We design the missions looking for certain things and try to allow enough data collection in regions that haven't been explored to look for something new. And you always hope you'll find something new."-30-Follow Rice News and Media Relations via Twitter @RiceUNewsRelated links:Anthony Chan: http://aachan.web.rice.edu/RBSP home page: http://rbsp.jhuapl.edu/index.phpLiving With a Star program: http://lws.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images for download: http://news.rice.edu/files/2012/08/0817_RESP-3-CHAN.jpgAnthony Chan (Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University)Located on a 300-acre forested campus in Houston, Rice University is consistently ranked among the nation's top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has highly respected schools of Architecture, Business, Continuing Studies, Engineering, Humanities, Music, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences and is home to the Baker Institute for Public Policy. With 3,708 undergraduates and 2,374 graduate students, Rice's undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio is 6-to-1. Its residential college system builds close-knit communities and lifelong friendships, just one reason why Rice has been ranked No. 1 for best quality of life multiple times by the Princeton Review and No. 4 for "best value" among private universities by Kiplinger's Personal Finance. To read "What they're saying about Rice," go to www.rice.edu/nationalmedia/Rice.pdf. http://news.rice.edu/files/2012/08/RESP-1-web.jpgTwin Radiation Belt Storm Probes will explore high-energy particles that become trapped in Earth's protective Van Allen Belts. The data they return will help Earth-bound scientists, including Rice University physicist Anthony Chan, predict solar storms. (Credit: JHU/APL) FacebookTwitterPrintEmailAddThis read more
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AEG threatens artists who skip Los Angeles' Staples Center with boycott of O2 Arena in London
An on-going turf war between the world's biggest venue operators has extended across the Atlantic Ocean
Ben Kaye
July 6, 2017 | 1:25pm ET
The war between two of the world's largest venue operators, Azoff-MSG Entertainment and AEG Live, has been waged in different ways over recent years. Most directly, there's a straight-forward turf war, which recently saw AEG Live gobble up dozens of venues in New York City. Now, the battlefield has stretched across the Atlantic Ocean as AEG and MSG attempt to block each other in the pettiest of ways.
A new policy from AEG went into affect earlier this month barring artists from playing their O2 Arena in London if they booked MSG's The Forum in Los Angeles, according to Variety. The move is actually a response to MSG reportedly not booking acts at New York's Madison Square Garden if the played AEG's Staples Center instead of The Forum. The difference here is that the O2 Arena is the only venue of its roughly 20,000-capacity size in London, with the next closest being the 12,500-capacity Wembley Arena.
The MSG-Staples issue has been affecting artists' bookings for several months already, with one source telling Variety that acts like Chance the Rapper, Hall and Oates, Tom Petty, and Roger Waters have recently played Queen's Forest Hills Stadium instead of the Garden because they also performed at Staples. Apparently, artists have even been told they'd be prevented from booking Garden shows on future tours. (For reference, Staples holds 21,000, The Forum 17,500, Forest Hills 16,000, and the Garden can house over 20,000.)
Concert promoter Live Nation has threatened action against AEG's latest move regarding the O2 Arena, arguing it violates antitrust laws because of the dearth of London venues with a similar capacity. Live Nation actually took a similar stance when AEG tried to force J. Cole to book both Staples and The O2, a move which led to the venue operator eventually backing down. However, this time around, AEG is confident in the legality of their policy even as Live Nation warns of lawsuits and pulling their bookings from AEG venues worldwide.
An AEG rep gave a statement to Variety defending the company's actions:
"AEG always places artists and fans first and believes that artists should be free to play whatever venue they choose. However, MSG Entertainment's aggressive practice of requiring artists to perform at the LA Forum in order to secure dates at Madison Square Garden is eliminating that choice, which serves neither the interests of artists nor fans. After exhausting all avenues, our hand has been forced by MSG's actions and AEG will now coordinate bookings between The O2 arena and Staples Center to level the playing field for all. We believe that AEG's offering of venues will provide artists the greatest financial potential and fans the best experience. While this coordinated booking strategy seeks to defend our business interests, our ultimate objective remains protecting and restoring choice for artists. Our policy is not intended in any way to deny Live Nation, or any other promoter, access to The O2 arena. To the contrary, we desire to bring as much content as possible to all of our venues and we will continue to actively seek concert bookings at The O2 from all promoters, including Live Nation."
Live Nation's threat of antitrust action in response to our booking policy is the height of hypocrisy coming from a company that publicly boasts about its control of content and distribution as the world's largest concert promoter and ticketing company and one of the world's leading artist management companies. Given its asserted market dominance, we find it astounding that Live Nation would have the audacity to complain merely because it finds itself agitated by a competitor's business response to heavy-handed tactics in which Live Nation has participated. Notwithstanding Live Nation's recent threats to pursue legal action and deprive AEG venues of shows, we fully intend to proceed with our new booking policy. We are highly confident of the legality of our booking policy and will vigorously defend any attempts by Live Nation to use the courts or the regulatory system to combat a practice they have aggressively pursued and benefitted from elsewhere."
The other companies involved either declined to or were unavailable for comment. In previous statements, AEG Live CEO Jay Marciano called the feud damaging to artists, while MSG partner Irving Azoff called it "good, tough business." Azoff and AEG have been at odds since he, as CEO of Ticketmaster, oversaw the 2009 Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger after AEG founder Philip Anschutz rejected negotiations to bring MSG, Ticketmaster, and AEG together. Since then, AEG has largely switched from Ticketmaster to AXS Ticketing.
Tl;dr: A bunch of businessmen are playing a game of keep away with artists out of spite and greed.
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AEG threatens artists who skip Los Angeles' Staples Center with boycott of O2 Arena in London