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We wanted to let you know how much we love being a part of your magazine. When we budget our advertising for the year, Windsor Life is always the first on the list. Having tried many different veins in advertising we were so pleasantly surprised at how much customer response we receive each time one of our ads is out. Not only is Leslie Campbell accommodating and a joy to work with, she made starting a new campaign completely effortless for us. Our sales have increased and we truly believe it is the exposure to the cliental we are looking for that Windsor Life provides which responsible for this.
Starting a new business is very difficult and costly. At the beginning, we were very apprehensive about taking on an advertising commitment, not knowing if it was going to pay off. Running ads with Windsor Life for the past year has helped take Mini Driving School out of first gear and put us into fifth. Our roster of student drivers has doubled in the past 12 months, coinciding with the start of our advertising strategy with Windsor Life. This magazine has given us a great boost. Every time an advertorial story has been published, our phone has rung constantly for the following 2 weeks and then some. We ask students who come to Mini Driving School where they heard about us and a good percentage say, "Windsor Life Magazine." Thank you for a great local magazine. We will advertise with you for many years to come.
After being employed by Windsor Life Magazine as a Sales Representative, I left to start my own photography business. I knew there was no other advertising medium I was going to go with. I heard about the great results my clients had achieved and now I have the opportunity to experience it for myself. The magazine delivers a quality image that I want representing my company. The ads really make my business stand out and being a new business it's hard making decisions on what to do in your first year, but advertising with Windsor Life was definitely an easy one. Great results, great look, and great people.
I just wanted to take a moment to let you know how happy we are with the response to our Windsor Life ads. We get an immediate increase in traffic in our showroom and an increase in the number of calls. It's happens just like clockwork the day after your magazine is delivered and for several days following.
No other advertising venue which we participate in has that type of immediate response. We regularly see clients coming to us with the magazine in hand, saying they want to do a kitchen like the one featured in our ad. Some of these Windsor Life issues are a year old, which proves the shelf life of your magazine is quite long and its impact is strong. Family Home Improvements has been advertising in Windsor Life since it first launched in 1994. Thank you for the care and attention to detail you give to our advertising. Your continued commitment in putting out a quality community based publication is much appreciated.
When I think of my advertising experience with your magazine, I recall my initial hesitation, prompted by the cost factor and the biggest question: Who's gonna notice us anyway? One of a business owner's significant challenges is determining where to spend advertising dollars. Newspapers get thrown away as quickly as people receive them, but your magazine stays on people's coffee tables at home; in medical and professional offices (a copy goes to all businesses); and in workplace lunchrooms for long periods of time, giving more people opportunity to see our ads. As far as the cost, our advertising quickly paid for itself. Many new customers came into our shop, saying they had seen our ad in Windsor Life. We had one new customer who, over the course of three visits to our shop, paid for our advertising for an entire year!Windsor Life works for you. We've had noticeable, significant increase in sales since westarted advertising in your magazine, just over a year ago. To all the undecided businesses who aren't sure where to sink their hard-earned ad dollars, just let me say: My money is on Windsor Life.
Windsor Life has been an integral part of our advertising budget from day one. Here at Made to Shade we have had great success with advertising in a magazine that reaches all of Windsor Essex County. We always ask our new clients how they have heard of us and 9 times out of 10 it is... "We saw your ad in Windsor Life." We appreciate all the attention and care that goes into every ad and article. It is that attention to detail that gives us an immediate response of increased phone calls with every release of a Windsor Life issue. It is by far our best form of advertising. All of us at Made to Shade would like to thank everyone at Windsor Life Magazine for the expertise and professionalism that goes along with all the ads and articles. Windsor Life Magazine is a very successful publication that is put together by a very talented group of people. We look forward to working together for many, many more years. Thank you!
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Serval - Antimicrobial and Insecticidal: Cyclic Lipopeptides and Hydrogen Cyanide Produced by Plant-Beneficial Pseudomonas Strains CHA0, CMR12a, and PCL1391 Contribute to Insect Killing.
Flury P., Vesga P., Péchy-Tarr M., Aellen N., Dennert F., Hofer N., Kupferschmied K.P., Kupferschmied P., Metla Z., Ma Z., Siegfried S., de Weert S., Bloemberg G., Höfte M., Keel C.J., Maurhofer M.
Particular groups of plant-beneficial fluorescent pseudomonads are not only root colonizers that provide plant disease suppression, but in addition are able to infect and kill insect larvae. The mechanisms by which the bacteria manage to infest this alternative host, to overcome its immune system, and to ultimately kill the insect are still largely unknown. However, the investigation of the few virulence factors discovered so far, points to a highly multifactorial nature of insecticidal activity. Antimicrobial compounds produced by fluorescent pseudomonads are effective weapons against a vast diversity of organisms such as fungi, oomycetes, nematodes, and protozoa. Here, we investigated whether these compounds also contribute to insecticidal activity. We tested mutants of the highly insecticidal strains Pseudomonas protegens CHA0, Pseudomonas chlororaphis PCL1391, and Pseudomonas sp. CMR12a, defective for individual or multiple antimicrobial compounds, for injectable and oral activity against lepidopteran insect larvae. Moreover, we studied expression of biosynthesis genes for these antimicrobial compounds for the first time in insects. Our survey revealed that hydrogen cyanide and different types of cyclic lipopeptides contribute to insecticidal activity. Hydrogen cyanide was essential to full virulence of CHA0 and PCL1391 directly injected into the hemolymph. The cyclic lipopeptide orfamide produced by CHA0 and CMR12a was mainly important in oral infections. Mutants of CMR12a and PCL1391 impaired in the production of the cyclic lipopeptides sessilin and clp1391, respectively, showed reduced virulence in injection and feeding experiments. Although virulence of mutants lacking one or several of the other antimicrobial compounds, i.e., 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol, phenazines, pyrrolnitrin, or pyoluteorin, was not reduced, these metabolites might still play a role in an insect background since all investigated biosynthetic genes for antimicrobial compounds of strain CHA0 were expressed at some point during insect infection. In summary, our study identified new factors contributing to insecticidal activity and extends the diverse functions of antimicrobial compounds produced by fluorescent pseudomonads from the plant environment to the insect host.


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New energy vehicles are on fire again. Is this the pot of lithium batteries?
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According to data from the Passenger Federation, the output of narrow passenger vehicles (ie sedans, SUVs, MPVs) in China in August 2018 was 1.675 million, down 5.2% year-on-year and 0.7% month-on-month; cumulative production from January to August was 14.99 million vehicles , An increase of 2.1% year-on-year. Sales volume was 1.734 million vehicles in August, down 7.4% year-on-year and up 11.1% month-on-month; cumulative sales from January to August were 14.274 million vehicles, up 1.3% year-on-year. The promotion and application of new energy vehicles is in a critical period. With the continuous promotion of promotion and application and the continuous expansion of market application scale, the safety of new energy vehicles should be paid more attention. To
According to incomplete statistics, there were 10 electric vehicle fire accidents at home and abroad in the first half of 2018, including 8 domestic fire accidents and 2 foreign fire accidents, an increase of 1 from the same period last year. In recent days, news and videos of the spontaneous combustion of electric vehicles have appeared in major WeChat groups. Weimar spontaneously ignited, Tongling bus caught fire, and Foshan public bus caught fire while charging. Lifan EV650 went on to "fire" and became a domestic new energy source. The spontaneous combustion incident of a certain brand of automobile leader in Fujian continued to ferment, once again pushing the safety of power batteries to the forefront of public opinion, and people cannot help but wonder whether lithium batteries have become the shackles of the development of new energy vehicles?
The reason for dismantling spontaneous combustion electric vehicles has nothing to do with the level of battery manufacturing
Why do electric cars catch fire? Is the current technology level of car companies unable to prevent it from catching fire or is it because car companies have not invested enough money in preventing fires?
According to a fire department's summary, there are four main scenarios for burning new energy vehicles: burning during charging; burning caused by battery driving or placing; burning caused by collision and overturning; burning caused by wading. Among them, burning during charging is the most common. Compared with the explosion when charging mobile phones, during the charging process of electric vehicles, if any one of the three links of battery core, BMS, and sensor is not matched, spontaneous combustion may occur.
First of all, every battery has a different "physique". It is specifically manifested in professional parameters such as internal resistance, self-discharge rate, attenuation rate, and polarization. Although professional and technical personnel will group the "physique" of the battery to reduce the difference between the cells, the "physique" of the battery, like a person, will change with the use of time. Good quality batteries have relatively small differences in "physique". To achieve this, the consistency of the selection of materials should be good, the automation level of the production process should be high, the quality standard should be high, and the cost should be high. Conversely, poor-quality batteries have low cost and large individual differences, and there are great safety hazards.
Because of the inconsistency of the battery cells, other things need to be involved in the overall management, so the intervention of the BMS responsible for the battery management strategy is particularly critical. And if the BMS malfunctions, or even a brief crash, the consequences are much more serious than the malfunction of the mobile phone. What to do when this happens, is there a second battery management solution that can be backed up? I believe that when there is an "emergency device" in the system, the system is bound to be more secure, but it will also increase the cost.
The management of the battery by BMS must first grasp the information of the battery, which requires sensor monitoring to achieve. The more sensors, the higher the accuracy of the sensors, the more comprehensive the feedback data, and the more accurate the judgment of the BMS on the battery. However, correspondingly, the cost is higher.
Therefore, from the above analysis, it can be seen that under the background of car companies advocating cost reduction and maintaining profits, reducing the cost of automotive electronic components, especially power batteries, may be the source of harm. Blindly pursuing the maximization of commercial interests, the price to be paid may be passed on to consumers to pay the bill.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology requires self-inspection and puts pressure on enterprises to ensure safety
The concentrated outbreak of fires one after another has also attracted the attention of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. In order to ensure the safe operation of new energy vehicles, ensure the safety of people's lives and property, and promote the healthy and sustainable development of the new energy vehicle industry, in accordance with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology "Notice on Further Doing a Good Job in the Safety Supervision of the Promotion and Application of New Energy Vehicles" ( Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (2016) No. 377) and the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Development and Reform Commission "Notice on Adjusting and Improving the Financial Subsidy Policies for the Promotion and Application of New Energy Vehicles."
Among them, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology requires that the investigation of potential safety hazards be carried out on vehicles with IP protection failures, vehicles in water, vehicle collisions, loose wiring harness connections, frequent charging and discharging or long-term shelving. Among them, vehicles used with high intensity should be set according to the driving mileage. , The proportion of self-examination for driving under 80,000 kilometers is not less than 10%, the proportion of self-examination for driving 80-200,000 kilometers is not less than 20%, for driving 200,000-300,000 kilometers is not less than 30%, and the proportion of self-examination for driving more than 300,000 kilometers is not less than 10%. Power batteries that have many faults in use (such as Waterma batteries) should be fully inspected. The full inspection shall be combined with the previous situation, and the company shall decide whether to open the box for inspection. The inspection should include visual inspection, software diagnosis, air tightness inspection, unpacking inspection, replacement and capacity testing of the power battery (see Annex 1 for details). The self-inspection work can be carried out in conjunction with the maintenance of the vehicle. For vehicles that are found to be problematic, they should immediately organize personnel to take all measures to deal with them in accordance with laws and regulations to eliminate potential safety hazards.
Academician Yang Yusheng: Pay attention to the development of lithium iron phosphate batteries and develop safe electric vehicles
Among the many new energy models, my country has the highest subsidy for pure electric vehicles, and the subsidy is linked to pure electric mileage, so there has been a "man-made ternary wind" in my country in recent years. One-sided pursuit of the guidance of pure electric long-range policy subsidies, a new energy car company that has always insisted on "iron batteries" has also been fascinated. After losing the first seat of domestic batteries, it has become a follower for fear of falling behind. ".
Yang Yusheng, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, emphasized on many occasions that continuously increasing the specific energy of batteries is a very dangerous way. He said that in order to obtain subsidies, some battery companies put energy density in the first place in product development. In order to increase the energy density, the ternary battery cathode material system is moving from 111, 523 to 622, 811 material system, by increasing the nickel content to increase the voltage, but with it, the risk of thermal runaway increases, and the battery safety risks continue. Increase. He believes that the principle of "making good use of mature and safe batteries" should be adhered to to develop safe and energy-saving electric vehicles.
It is undeniable that continuously climbing new heights of energy density not only breaks the key constraint on the cruising range of electric vehicles, but also promotes the technological progress of the entire battery industry. This is naturally the result of development that everyone expects. But as people often say, the steps are too big and it is easy to get stuck. When the production process and battery management system are relatively immature, blindly emphasizing energy density and blindly increasing the nickel content in the ternary battery can easily lead to thermal runaway.
Lithium battery inspection station built in Huizhou, Guangdong to fill the gap in battery testing
Recently, the Guangdong Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision conducted on-site acceptance of the Guangdong Provincial Quality Supervision Automobile Lithium Power Battery Inspection Station (Huizhou), which was built by the Huizhou Quality Metrology Supervision and Inspection Institute.
The inspection station has a laboratory area of 1,200 square meters, 27 instruments and equipment, and the original value of the equipment is nearly 8 million yuan. The equipment covers high current charge and discharge, mechanical shock test, battery flip test, battery squeeze acupuncture test, electromagnetic compatibility test system, environmental reliability test system, control system conduction immunity test system test system, safety test system, etc., testing Capability covers 9 domestic and foreign standards and 96 test parameters, which can meet most of the test items of automobile lithium power batteries. The test products cover single lithium ion batteries, single lithium ion batteries, lithium ion battery packs, lithium ion battery modules, Lithium-ion battery packs, etc.
The establishment of the automobile lithium battery inspection station is particularly important for Huizhou, filling the blank of Huizhou automobile lithium battery inspection. In addition, this model is also conducive to replication in other domestic cities, and will strongly promote the development, transformation and upgrading of the new energy automobile industry across the country.
The introduction of lithium-ion batteries from consumer electronic products to new energy vehicles is not only a technical choice for power, but also a result of market competition. Even though there are many car accidents at home and abroad every year, it is obvious to all that lithium batteries push cars into a new stage of development.
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The D.C.-raised emcee and producer Amir "Oddisee" Mohamed has found favor with conscious hip-hop audiences by emphasizing morality and substantive content over commercial pretensions, even if his lyrics fall short of greatness. On his latest, Foot in the Door, he covers topics such as minstrelsy in hip-hop, Islam and gentrification. Granted, Oddisee doesn't always come off as the world's greatest politician, given that he traffics in sentimentality and often sees things in stark terms of black and white, or good and evil. On a particularly fierce track "Gentrification," he complains that an influx of Toms and Janes displaced the Leroys in his neighborhood; moreover, he scorns white people for replacing all the old mom-and-pop stores with Starbucks and Ikea, and then doubling the price of a chili dog and fries at Ben's Chili Bowl. Such clichés probably detract from Oddisee's skills as a politically-astute lyricist. Still, he shows he can speak intelligently on something other than his wardrobe. Considering that New York's current rap kingpin only just decided to broach the subject of Hurricane Katrina, Oddisee's way ahead of the game.
Oddisee's production — which owes its style to mentors Kev Brown and veteran DJ Jazzy Jeff — mostly outpaces his lyrical content, though it's not aimed for a commercial audience, either. Essentially, this guy does the exact opposite of what anyone trying to make a hit record would do. He includes 34 tracks instead of the requisite 8 or 10. Rather than tap into the familiar hip-hop album formula (which comprises one or two discernible club songs, the requisite fallen comrades song, and the obligatory sensitive guy song, with some filler in between) Oddisee uses smooth beats throughout, often blending the cuts together so seamlessly (thanks to Jazzy Jeff, who "mixed" the songs together like a DJ set) that they sound like one long, sprawling track.
Oddisee's uniform musical style undermines the replay value of Foot in the Door, even if it makes the initial listening experience more pleasurable. But it doesn't seem like he's out to make something to turn out a dancefloor or get mad radio play, anyway. He's trying to accomplish what the Perceptionists did with Black Dialogue: Make an album with a strident political message that's hooky enough to convert the uninitiated. On that level, he succeeds.
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Full of nutrients like iron, protein, and calcium, sausage and luncheon meats play an important part in many people's daily meals. People eat these meats for breakfast and lunch sometimes on a daily basis. While processed and containing fillers like water, these meats still can be a vital part of a balanced daily diet. Along with iron and protein, sausage and lunch meats also contain calcium, Vitamin A, B-complex vitamins, and manganese, among other nutrients.
Some of the companies that make these meats available for shoppers include Tyson, Oscar Meyer, Hormel, and Louis Rich. Carl Buddig also is a company that specializes in making thin-sliced lunch meats. Some of the varieties of meats made by these companies include sausage patties and links, sliced turkey, ham, roast beef, pastrami, and bologna. Stores also sell more exotic choices like blood sausage, bratwurst, and braunschweiger, or pureed pork liver.
Other meat varieties that fit this category include hot dogs, franks, and links. Turkey dogs are now an addition to this food category.


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De Rebus → Issues → Archive 2020 → Interpreting contracts: Determining if COVID-19 is covered by force majeure
Interpreting contracts: Determining if COVID-19 is covered by force majeure
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In this month's issue, De Rebus features two articles pertaining to COVID-19 and the force majeure clause in contracts, including the interpretation thereof.
COVID-19, a viral pathogen, has swept through the globe threatening various economies and challenging several governments. After the pandemic dawned on South Africa (SA), President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a National State of Disaster on 15 March 2020 and then a national lockdown beginning midnight on 26 March 2020. As a result, schools, churches and businesses have closed down, until further notice. Imminent from the spread of the financial contagion and the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, these closures will challenge several contractual rights and obligations. Commercial enterprises will seek to rely on the enforcement of force majeure clauses to relieve their performance of certain obligations resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak.
Force majeure clauses
The term force majeure is of French origin and refers to an event or occurrence, which renders contractual performance impossible. The term force majeure is synonymous with vis maior or casus fortuitus.
Force majeure clauses are often found in commercial contracts. These clauses allow a contracting party to escape the normal consequences of non-performance or late performance of contractual obligations because of an unavoidable and unforeseeable event. Force majeure may include acts of God, acts of government, natural disasters, epidemics, pandemics and even war and terrorism. The invocation of a force majeure clause will suspend a party's obligation to fulfil their performance for the duration of which the force majeure event occurs.
COVID-19 and force majeure clauses
Owing to the global pandemic and the lockdown status of various countries, such as SA, several commercial enterprises are bearing the brunt of force majeure clauses being enforced by contracting parties.
The case of Bischofberger v Vaneyk [1981] 4 All SA 54 (W) stated that the general rule in South African law is that if contractual performance becomes impossible at no fault of the debtor, the contractual performance will be extinguished. However, this general rule is not absolute and consideration will still be given to the particular contract between the parties, the nature of the contract, relationship of the parties, circumstances of the case, as well as the nature of the impossibility.
The possibility of parties relying on the COVID-19 outbreak and implications thereof, namely to suspend their contractual obligations, will also depend on the interpretation of the contract concerned.
A force majeure clause may include a closed list of specific events or cover a broad criteria of events, in that, having a catch-all provision to include those unusual events not specifically listed.
Specific events listed in a contract may include war and terrorism, natural disasters, acts of government, pandemics and/or epidemics. If the term pandemic and/or epidemic is expressly incorporated in the force majeure clause of a contract, any delay or failure to perform resulting from COVID-19 may excuse the contracting party from their liability.
Moreover, the term 'act of government' in a force majeure clause could be applied where the government has closed its borders, imposed quarantine or isolation, banned or restricted travel and/or announced a lockdown.
However, where the term 'epidemic' or 'pandemic' is not expressly listed, parties will have to interpret the contract to determine whether the parties intended for COVID-19 to be covered by the force majeure clause. This involves considering whether the list of events agreed to was intended to be exhaustive or non-exhaustive and in so considering, whether the pandemic is to be included in any broad catch-all provision.
Sometimes, a contract may list specific events and then following from this list, incorporate a term such as 'or any other causes beyond the control of the party'. Dependent on the words used, such a clause could be interpreted extensively as opposed to being restricted to the scope of events similar to those expressly listed.
In the unique circumstances that SA and the world finds itself in, courts will most probably be cognisant of the impact thereof and be accommodating in interpreting clauses when faced with a contractual dispute on this basis. However, parties will still need to show that their failure to, or delay in performance, transcended their control and could not have been avoided or even mitigated.
However, not all contracts have force majeure clauses. In such a circumstance, the common law principle of supervening impossibility of performance will apply. As explained in Dale Hutchison and Chris-James Pretorius (eds) in The Law of Contract in South Africa 2ed (Oxford University Press 2012), this principle requires a party to prove that its contractual performance is objectively impossible, that is, it would be impossible for any person in its position to perform and that the occurrence or event relied on was neither foreseen nor foreseeable at the time of entering into the contract.
To avoid unnecessary disputes, it is recommended that parties are advised to include a sufficiently detailed force majeure clause to regulate certain occurrences should a force majeure event occur. In times such as these, force majeure clauses should be carefully drafted, considered and reviewed so the clause can be successfully enforced. The lack of such, a clause in a contract or the vagueness thereof may result in further damages at the expense of an unforeseeable event that fell beyond the scope of a contracting party's control.
Sherianne Pillay LLM (Commercial and Business Law) (Wits) is a candidate legal practitioner at Hinrichsen Attorneys in Johannesburg.
This article was first published in De Rebus in 2020 (May) DR 10.
COVID-19 (coronavirus) has spread rapidly around the globe. The effects of the coronavirus are slowly unravelling and will eventually take a toll on the global gross domestic product (GDP). Bloomberg Economics estimates a total of US$ 2,7 trillion loss in output as the most extreme result. To put it differently, this equals the entire GDP of the United Kingdom (Tom Orlik, Jamie Rush, Maeva Cousin and Jinshan Hong 'Coronavirus Could Cost the Global Economy $2.7 Trillion. Here's How' www.bloomberg.com, accessed 6-4-2020).
BusinessInsider US states that a group of Australian experts estimate, as a best case scenario, the coronavirus could result in a US$ 2,4 trillion loss in global GDP (Rosie Perper 'As the coronavirus spreads, one study predicts that even the best-case scenario is millions dead' www.businessinsider.co.za, accessed 6-4-2002).
In an effort to curb the spread, countless countries have recently placed quarantine restrictions and some have even gone as far as to restrict local movement. This begs the question as to what implications this may have on the non-performance of contractual duties due to the coronavirus.
Parties may be able to rely on the doctrine of force majeure. Force majeure alludes to conditions outside the control of the parties that are meant to deal with, among others, acts of God, government orders, changes in law and war. Contracting parties usually agree to a non-exhaustive list of events under a force majeure clause. If a civil law framework is the underlying basis for a contract, which grants force majeure remedies, regardless if they are written into the contract, they may also be the subject of the claim ('Coronavirus Outbreak: Global Guide to Force Majeure and International Commercial Contracts' www.bakermckenzie.com, accessed 6-4-2020).
Under common law, force majeure provisions are generally interpreted by focusing on the actual language used in a contract, so each case is based on its own merits. An objective test is used in order to determine if the event in question constitutes force majeure. This test is found either in relevant law or it is written in the contract.
If parties to a contract did not include force majeure provisions in their contract, they may be able to rely on the doctrine of supervening impossibility. A contracting party would not be held liable for non-performance if that performance becomes objectively impossible. Under South African common law, this position was outlined in Unibank Savings and Loans Ltd (formerly Community Bank) v Absa Bank Ltd 2000 (4) SA 191 (W) at 198, where it was stated that should performance of a contract become impossible as a result of unforeseen events – that are not caused by the parties themselves – then parties are excused from contractual performance. The court went on to say that the impossibility must not be relative or subjective, but rather absolute or objective.
Parties may rely on force majeure if the performance becomes impossible due to vis maior, an irresistible force, or casus fortuitus, an unforeseeable accident. According to Francois du Bois (ed) in Wille's Principles of South African Law 9ed ((Cape Town: Juta 2007) at 850) casus fortuitus is defined as 'a species of vis maior which imports something exceptional and unforeseen and which human foresight cannot be expected to anticipate, or, if it can be foreseen, it cannot be avoided by the exercise of reasonable care or caution.' These clauses are generally discernible from hardship clauses.
If the force majeure clause stipulates that a force majeure event must 'prevent' performance, the non-performing party must generally show that its performance has become legally or physically impossible and not merely more difficult or more expensive (www.bakermckenzie.com, (op cit)). This was evident in Hersman v Shapiro & Co 1926 TPD 367.
In this case, the defendant entered into a contract, under which he had to deliver a certain quantity and quality of corn to the applicant. At the time of delivery, there was no corn available in the surrounding area and the defendant relied on supervening impossibility to discharge his liability. The defendant had not looked outside the surrounding area for corn and, because he had not, it was not an absolute objective impossibility. The defendant's contractual performance only became more difficult and expensive and under the principle of supervening impossibility, the court held that this did not discharge his contractual obligation. The court held that impossibility arising from vis maior or casus fortuitus will not always excuse performance and added requirements that should be met on a case-by-case basis.
This position was further confirmed by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in MV Snow Crystal Transnet Ltd t/a National Ports Authority v Owner of MV Snow Crystal 2008 (4) SA 111 (SCA).
The SCA quoted Stratford J from the Herman case at 28:
'As a general rule impossibility of performance brought about by vis maior or casus fortuitus will excuse performance of a contract. But it will not always do so. In each case it is necessary to "look to the nature of the contract, the relation of the parties, the circumstances of the case, and the nature of the impossibility invoked by the defendant, to see whether the general rule ought, in the particular circumstances of the case, to be applied." The rule will not avail a defendant if the impossibility is self-created; nor will it avail the defendant if the impossibility is due to his or her fault.'
According to Andrew Hutchison ('The doctrine of frustration: A solution to the problem of changed circumstances in South African contract law?' (2010) 127.1 SALJ 84), the Hersman case implies that there is a rigorous standard for determining impossibility; the impossibility must be absolute. This was also seen in Peters, Flamman & Co v Kokstad Municipality 1919 AD 427. Further, both parties must act without any fault and the event must be regarded as being unforeseen and unavoidable. The court in the Peters, Flamman & Co case went further to state that ultimately, the consequence of this doctrine is that the contract becomes void ab initio. Hutchison states that should a claim based on supervening impossibility succeed, any performance made before it was instituted may be claimed back under the doctrine of unjustified enrichment.
In determining whether or not a force majeure clause makes provision for the coronavirus, wording such as 'pandemic' or 'epidemic' may be relevant in this regard. If governments have placed restrictions that could affect supply or logistics, parties need to ensure that they have taken all measures reasonably possible, even if there is an added expense. This is to ensure that the impossibility is absolute, keeping in line with the Hersman case.
Ultimately, whether a party may succeed in a claim of force majeure or supervening impossibility will be met on a case-by-case basis as the principles of contractual interpretation will be used to analyse the wording of their contracts. Public policy and equity considerations may also be contributing factors when instituting a claim.
Byron Titmas LLB (UFS) LLM (Commercial Law) (UCT) is an Associate Director of Studies at EF Kids & Teens in Hangzhou, China.


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Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club (w publikacjach cytowane także w skrócie jako Mem. Torrey Bot. Club) – amerykańskie czasopismo naukowe publikujące artykuły z zakresu botaniki i mykologii. Wydawane było w USA, w Durham w Północnej Karolinie przez Torrey Botanical Club. Towarzystwo to zmieniło nazwę i obecnie nazywa się Torrey Botanical Society. Wydawane przez nie czasopismo również zmieniło nazwę i obecnie nazywa się Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Society.

Numery czasopisma z lat 1893–1990 zostały zdigitalizowane i  są dostępne online w postaci skanów (pliki pdf, ocr, jp2 i all). Opracowano 5 istniejących w internecie skorowidzów umożliwiających odszukanie artykułu:
 Title – na podstawie tytułu
 Author – na podstawie nazwiska autora
 Date – według daty
 Collection – według grupy zagadnień
 Contributor – według instytucji współpracujących
Istnieje też indeks zdigitalizowanych numerów czasopisma ze spisem ich treści.
Czasopismo dostępne jest w subskrypcji zarówno w wersji drukowanej, jak i internetowej.

Przypisy

Amerykańskie czasopisma biologiczne
Czasopisma botaniczne
Czasopisma mykologiczne
Publikacje mykologiczne

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Formica hewitti es una especie de hormiga del género Formica, familia Formicidae. Fue descrita científicamente por Wheeler en 1917.

Se distribuye por Canadá, México y los Estados Unidos. Se ha encontrado a elevaciones de hasta 3530 metros. Vive en microhábitats como rocas, piedras, madera muerta y nidos.

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Q: Hash collisions in Java's ConcurrentHashMap: which precautions must be taken? I'm having a bit of an issue understanding how hashes (or rather: hash collisions) are handled by Java's ConcurrentHashMap.
For example, when I'm running each:
"Ea".hashCode()
"FB".hashCode()

... I am presented with the same integer twice: 2236
Now, if instead I use each of these strings as a key in an instance of ConcurrentHashMap, there seem to be no issues.
ConcurrentHashMap<String, Object> testMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
testMap.put("Ea", Math.random());
System.out.println(testMap.containsKey("FB"));

The last line returns false, despite a key with the same hash code value ("Ea") already being present in the map.
How does this work, and more importantly: what precautions do I need to take to prevent hash collisions in my instances of ConcurrentHashMap?

A: Javas ConcurrentHashMap uses a HashTable as the underlying data structure to store entries. The way this table deals with collisions is described here:
How do HashTables deal with collisions?
Generally you don't need to be concerned about hash collision when using the HashMap and ConcurrentHashMap types of the standard library. Those are guaranteed to not cause problems with keys that have the same hash values.

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Virginia Education
Virginia's Educational Legacy
For all intents and purposes, this is where everything started. The Virginia Colony was founded by the London Company in 1607 and was the very first permanent British settlement in the 'New World.' As such, Virginia has played a formative role in just about every aspect of this nation's development, from its political orientation to its agricultural roots. Most assuredly, this pioneering role extended into education. Technically, Virginia was the 10th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution in 1788.
Its tradition of higher education, however, had begun almost a century prior with the 1693 chartering of The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg. This was not only just the second college created in the colonies and the first established in the South, but it is also widely recognized as the birthplace of the college Greek system. When Hellenic scholar John Heath was denied entrance into the school's Latin-Letter fraternities, he seized the theme of revolution so popular in that year of 1776 and founded the Phi Beta Kappa house. This was the beginning of the modern college fraternity.
Virginia's oldest university: College of William & Mary, founded in 1693.
Today, William & Mary's #6 overall ranking makes it one of three Virginia institutions to place among U.S. News & World Report's Top 25 Public Colleges. The other two are Virginia Tech (#25) and the University of Virginia (#2). Certainly, the fact that the latter public research university is so well-regarded would be welcome news today to its founder, one Thomas Jefferson. Establishing the Charlottesville-based campus in 1819, the Founding Father presided over a great many details in its curriculum and construction.
Among the 25,000 person community's claims to fame are its continuity during the American Civil War and the fact that it was once forced to expel poet Edgar Allen Poe when a gambling defeat caused him delinquency on tuition payments. Today, there are 40 public colleges or universities in the state of Virginia. Largest among them with roughly 32,000 students apiece are George Mason University and Virginia Commonwealth University. Both are exceeded in enrollment by the two-year Northern Virginia Community College, which claims a roster of just over 41,000.
Virginia is also home to an additional 40 non-profit private universities. Most notable among them is the Hamden-Sydney College, located in a town by the same name. Its claims to fame are the fact that it remains one of only three all-men's liberal arts colleges in the nation and that it was the final college established before the outbreak of Revolutionary hostilities. Today, the 1200 acre school is home to roughly 1100 students, which amounts to more than an acre per student! This generous endowment of facilities must surely contribute to the school's #4 overall Forbes ranking among colleges in the South.
Among Virginia's many additional distinctions in the area of higher education, James Madison University has regularly been ranked as the top regional public master's program in the South for more than 20 years. Moreover, in addition to being a top-ranked public liberal arts college, the Virginia Military Institute is the oldest state military college in the U.S.
Perhaps the greatest distinction though is Virginia's exceptional rate of six year graduation. Its measure of 68.4% far exceeds the national average of 56%, and ranks as 4th best in the nation.
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I went back and looked at the 209 posts from last year and I have the top five most popular posts for the year. I was surprised by only one of the five ... and had no idea that it would be popular at all. I love when I write something for myself and it ends up being loved. I call that a win, win!
This post was obviously incredible special to me. Opening up about our personal lives was hard but so incredibly rewarding. I received so many emails and calls and texts. I knew I was supposed to write the post but had no idea why. God immediately showed me how much some of those who read the post needed to hear my journey. It was incredibly overwhelming and just writing about it again now makes me well up with tears. I am and always will be beyond blessed to be gifted with the opportunity to raise our sweet boy. He is a gift to every single person he meets.
This is the post that truly surprised me. I had no idea this one would be so popular. Apparently it ended up being linked to the Southern Living blog and it received a lot of love. It was a fun post to write, and one that will always ring true for me. I am a Southern girl who loves her monograms, sweet tea, pearls, signature scent and pink lipstick!
If you missed this post you should check it out and see how you fare. Honestly I view it as a traditional checklist and not just being southern. I am definitely a traditional girl ... with a twist!
I was not surprised this post was popular, every one loves a home tour and Christmas is just a huge bonus. A home tour at Christmas is the same as being invited over but you get to linger over each photo instead of having to try to take it all in while walking around. I love reading home tour's, they are so inspiring and full of ideas.
As we start to take the Christmas down I so wish I could rewind and enjoy the season a little slower. It was so special to have my littles home for so long. As everyone went back to school today I will admit the house is way too quiet!
I was so excited to see you loved our master bedroom makeover as much as we do. This room we created was an early Christmas present and one we have truly enjoyed over the holiday break. As I watched movie after movie on the Hallmark channel it was so fabulous to be able to enjoy it in our new room.
Thank you again for being so patient with me when I made you wait a week for the reveal. That was not my favorite week at all, but one day soon I will share more of that story. I have to remember as I write that I am human and mistakes happen and the most important thing is my health and well being of our family. A post sometimes just has to wait!
This room blew me away, literally blew my doors off. I am still so humbled by the interest this room and the post sharing it received. It was by far the biggest thing that happened to me professionally.
We love this room, absolutely love it!! I recently moved my desk so I gaze straight into it and can take it in every single day. For 12 years we loved the judges paneling and now it is like living in a completely different house. I am so excited that something I worked so hard on was received so well, but the true gift is using the room every single day.
If only each of you could come over to join me in the space for cocktails!!
As I look back over the year I have so many people that truly made it the best year ever for me professionally. I worked with amazing brands that I loved meeting and working for and can not wait to get started on this year's collaborations. Brand Influencer could quite possibly be my favorite role, you meet such creative people with some incredible products.
I would not have made it without my precious brand manager/life coach/bestie Rachel Camfield. This girl cheered me on from the moment I jumped up and down and signed on the dotted line (in pink sharpie) to the very end of the year. I call her my pocket cheerleader since she is always thinking of creative ways for me to meet the goals I set for myself. I am working on a special post for Rachel that will air soon and I can not wait to push the word publish. She is quite possibly the best thing that happened to me last year and I definitely could not have made it without her.
I am thrilled to be working on my goals for this year and to hit the ground running!! Today is my first official day at my desk for the year and after three cups of coffee with whip cream and gold edible glitter I can say I am ready for anything!!
Paige, I am so happy for you. Congrats on all your accomplishments this past year.
I am so happy for you Paige and all of your accomplishments over the last year! I truly love your blog (and your insta)and never miss a post!
Congratulations on each of your accomplishments, Paige. You've inspired us with each of your incredible posts. I'm appreciative of each post you share. Makes me smile!
All the best for 2017 as you set new goals for this year. I'll be there cheering you on.
Congratulations!!! You have amazing taste and I love following your blog!


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Visualizing the future.
Fedora Core 15 RPM Repository
MicroView Update - What's keeping us busy...
MicroView development continues with additional features being added with each alpha release. While developing MicroView our primary focus has always been analytic tool development, especially for microCT applications. However, we recently took some time to complete the porting of Tkinter widgets found in older versions of MicroView to the newer wx interface that we're sporting in 2.5.0. Completing this task allows us to re-examine a number of the open-source plugins in MicroView that we think need some attention, and we've started by rethinking volume rendering. Based on the high-quality GPU-accelerated rendering code base found in recent versions of VTK, this renderer is significantly faster than the original renderer found in MicroView. We believe it's also easier to use. These days, GPU-accelerated volume rendering is pretty much a requirement for any visualization package if it wants to be taken seriously, so it's nice to check this off the development list.
If you've got a fairly decent NVidia or ATI GPU, give it a try and let us know your experiences.
MicroView 2.5.0: Preview of a the new GPU-accelerated volume renderer.
MicroView update
MicroView 2.5.0 alpha10 is now available from our website for win32, win64 and OSX platforms. The Mac version no longer requires X, which is helpful if you run Mountain Lion 10.8. There's two new plugins to try out, as well as the return of the basic bone analysis app. Let us know what you think. See http://www.parallax-innovations.com/microview for all download links to this pre-release version.
MicroView 2.5.0a10: Basic bone plugin, new image readers and a oblique-slice MIP tool added.
OS X Lion and MicroView
Over the past few years, the future of MicroView on the Mac platform was a bit grim: the only available binary was 32-bit, PPC-only, and relied on the Carbon compatibility layer. Performance was lacklustre compared to Windows and Linux releases. With the release of OS X Lion, the original distribution of MicroView on Apple hardware reportedly doesn't run at all. Jumping forward to today, however, the story is somewhat different - we've successfully ported the majority of the open-source components of MicroView to a 64-bit Intel Mac platform running OS X Lion 10.7.3. There's plenty more to do to stabilize the platform, but the majority of the technical hurdles have been crossed. See attached: a picture is worth a 1000 words.
Our first contest has a winner
Well, that didn't take long! Dr. Philippe Choquet, a self-proclaimed MicroView "fanatic", wins our first blog contest for noting that in the attached image MicroView is running as a standalone 64-bit Windows application. It's a well known limitation that MicroView on win32 is limited to loading images 840 MB or smaller, so this will be good news for memory intensive power users. Dr. Choquet, as an aside, continues to find interesting applications for MicroView.
Cardiac Research
Ct Reconstruction
Ct Sabre
Locus Ultra
Slicer3d
Vtk
Wmic


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When Alex lost his job and couldn't pay his rent, Abby let him crash on her couch for a while. She thought he could be a dick at times, but he was her brother, and she felt sympathetic. That is, it was better than making him move back in with their mother. They were fraternal twins, so they had grown more tired of each other than even other siblings typically do. On the other hand, they were closer than most other siblings as well.
Abby came home early from work on a Friday afternoon. Her apartment was fairly small, being designed for only one person. She wasn't surprised, per se, to walk in on Alex jerking off. Her first thought was, "Well, people do masturbate, after all." He was on the couch, watching some really grainy porn on his laptop.
For a second, she considered just walking back out before he noticed her, but then Alex said, "Oh shit, Abby." She thought he'd realized she'd come home, but something in the way he said it…. Then she realized the woman on screen was her. It was footage of her in the bathroom taking a piss.
"What the fuck are you DOING?!" Abby shouted.
"Oh shit! Abby!" Alex said again, this time frantically falling off the couch and trying to pull up his pants.
"You took video of me in fucking bathroom, you fucking perv?!" she yelled, moving toward him. She hit him with her purse and slammed the laptop lid. Then she grabbed the computer off the coffee table. "Get out!"
"M-my laptop…" he began.
"Get the fuck out of my house, Alex!"
He left, of course. Ran out, actually. He was too ashamed and embarrassed to do anything but leave.
Abby went outside and smoked a cigarette, which she almost never did anymore unless she was drinking. She was so pissed at him. But what freaked her out was that… she felt sort of… flattered. And turned on. She shuddered, and paced up and down the sidewalk, trying to shake the feeling out of her head. Yes, she was definitely a touch horny, she decided. It didn't feel as slimy as it should.
She mulled this over as she walked back into the apartment. It was totally and undeniably skeevy that Alex videoed her in the bathroom. Maybe even skeevier that he was her brother. Still, she couldn't shake the recurring thought that the temptation was just too great. Maybe she was simply too sexy to resist, but the taboo of incest prohibited Alex from sharing his true feelings with her. Shouldn't she be more grossed out? If it were anyone else, she would have called the cops by now.
Back inside, she poured herself a glass of wine, then sat down on the couch, her mind no longer quite racing… but still turning over a great many thoughts. The laptop was in front of her on the coffee table. She opened the lid and it resumed, the frozen video image still on the screen. She set the video back to the beginning and, in what must have been the oddest feeling moment of her life, hit play. Pure narcissism? She wasn't sure. Maybe she just wasn't thinking clearly. The video wasn't too long, and it was grainy. From the camera angle, it seemed like Alex must have installed the camera in the wall somewhere, low. Probably the outlet, she realized. "Sneaky fucker," she muttered to herself. He had clearly edited the video. It started with Abby stripping out of her robe and then getting into the shower. Then there was a clear break, and she watched herself get out of the shower, dry off, and then pee. He had cut the video off after she put on her robe.
The more she thought about this, the more confused she was. She had just watched a peeper video of herself… taken by her twin brother, who used it as masturbation fodder. She should, she felt, be disgusted. But she found watching the video of herself was fascinating.
Abby downed the rest of the glass of wine. She closed the video player, which revealed an entire folder of video files. She clicked into another. It was much like the one she had just watched. Even though it was just like the other, she still couldn't look away. "Something must be wrong with me," she decided. "I'm so vain and fucked up that I can't stop looking at myself naked." Worse, she was still turned on.
"Fuck it," bursa escort she said to herself. Abby figured if she was so damned horny, she may as well get herself off. Also, she had an idea. After poking through the programs menu, she found the application to start the webcam, and she appeared on the screen in front of herself. She winked at her reflection, then smiled. "Hello, you sexy bitch," she said. She turned her head left, then right, examining her face in profile. She made duck lips, then scowled at herself and shook her head.
Abby unbuttoned her blouse and let it fall behind her on the couch. She pushed the cups of her pink polka-dotted bra inward, squeezing her breasts together, but then frowned. Releasing her tits, she wiggled side to side, then sighed. "Tiny tits," she muttered. She reached behind herself and unclasped her bra, then slid it off, revealing her small ("But perky!" she told herself) boobs to the webcam. She examined them on the screen. Abby decided she really liked her nipples. They were small, just the right size for her breasts. And at the moment, they were hard. She wet the tip of her right middle finger on her tongue, then traced the areola of her right breast, pinching the nipple when she completed the loop. She squeaked slightly, then laughed at herself: she'd pinched too hard. She repeated this ritual on her left nipple (pinching less hard this time). Then, feeling decidedly silly, she squeezed her boobs together again, tilted her head down, and with a very serious face said, "It's okay tiny tits. I love you anyway."
Abby stood and unclasped her slacks. She removed her pants and panties in one motion, showing the webcam, from this angle, just her thighs, hips, and what pubic hair she hadn't trimmed away, a little sliver above her labia. She sat back down, but realized that she couldn't see the good bits on screen. She reached over and pulled the laptop screen forward, tilting the camera down slightly, then propped her feet on the coffee table to either side of the computer. "Aha," she said to herself. The feeling of uneasiness had largely subsided, and Abby had mostly forgotten about Alex. She was too engrossed by her little experiment.
With both hands, Abby peeled back her outer labia, exposing her pink inner pussy lips to the camera. She dipped her middle finger into her pussy, and used it to pull some of her wetness up to her clitoris. Maybe it was the excitement of seeing herself this way. She was surprised by how wet she was, and her body caught her off guard when she touched her clit. Abby, like many women, had never really looked at her pussy. Certainly she had never really looked at it while playing with herself. "Oh god, that's hot," she said unconsciously, almost in a whisper.
Abby massaged her clit slowly, letting her body tingle while watching the movement on screen. Then, she remembered that she'd witnessed a similar scene not long ago, when she'd walked in on Alex wanking. Without thinking she asked, " Isn't this what you really wanted to see, Alex?" She moved both hands down and spread her slit as wide as she could, slightly exposing her asshole to the camera as she slid down. " Didn't you really want to see my pussy, you dirty fucking perv?" Abby couldn't believe how hot she was, but she figured it didn't matter. Fantasy was just that, after all, so what was the harm?
An idea occurred to her. "No," she said aloud. "This is what you wanted to see." With one hand she kept her lips spread, and with the other grabbed her empty wine glass from the coffee table. She held the glass beneath her slit and began to pee into it. Once again, she was bewildered by how arousing it was to watch herself. To watch herself pee, of all things! "Mmm," she moaned, filling the glass. Before she placed piss glass back on the table she said, "I should save this to throw in your fucking face, Alex."
Abby went back the business at hand: getting herself off. She returned to rubbing her clit, but quickly escalated to fingering herself, using the heel of her hand to keep friction on the clit. All the while she watched herself on screen, and she came quickly. She dried her hands bursa escort bayan on her discarded panties.
When she clicked to close the video window, a prompt appeared. "Do you want to save this file before exiting?" She hadn't realized that the camera had been recording. She moused over "No" but hesitated. She had been incredibly turned on and, despite having just masturbated, was still quite horny. She wondered how far she would go on this perverse little jaunt. She could save the file, then send it to herself, and get rid of it later if she thought better of it. This, however, is not what she did. Abby clicked "Yes" and saved the video in the same folder where Alex had saved his spycam movies. Then, she deleted all of the videos except the one she'd just made.
After tidying the living room, and emptying the wine glass and washing it, she sent Alex a text message: "Come back."
It was late when Alex returned to the apartment. Not knowing his standing with Abby, he knocked. There was no answer, so he let himself in. He had anticipated finding all of his things in a pile by the door with a note that read, "Take your stuff and get out." Instead, the apartment looked as it usually did. In fact, his laptop was exactly where he'd left it. "Abby?" he called into the apartment, but she didn't respond. Her bedroom door was closed, so he assumed she had fallen asleep.
Alex sat down in front of the laptop. It was in sleep mode, so he touched the mousepad and the screen reactivated. His video folder was open on the desktop, but only one file remained. He thought it was odd that she would delete all but one. He had noticed the empty wine glass in the drying rack, so maybe she had just been tipsy and missed it. He stood and looked around the apartment, then sat back down and double-clicked the video file. He didn't have time to wonder which file she hadn't deleted before being pleasantly surprised by what was playing on his screen.
"Oh Jesus," he said to himself, then without taking his eyes from the screen called again, "Abby?!" Still no answer. He watched slack jawed as the video progressed, his cock throbbing under his pants. It was, after all, his most perverse sexual fantasy come true. When the pre-recorded Abby asked, " Didn't you really want to see my pussy, you dirty fucking perv?" Alex said, "Yes, baby, yes." And a few moments later, when the video showed Abby pissing in the glass, Alex nearly came in his pants. "Oh god, yes," he whimpered.
When the video ended, Alex shouted, "ABBY!" No one replied, but a few moments later his phone dinged. He looked at it and saw a text from Abby. "Bedroom," was all it said.
Abby was getting frustrated. She knew Alex had watched the video. She had planned it that way, and she knew from the sound coming from the living room (and Alex shouting) that he'd seen it. Now she was lying in bed, naked and spread eagle, and it had been nearly three minutes since she'd texted her brother, but he hadn't come in. She was about to storm into the living room and demand to know what was going on when her phone received a text from Alex. It said: "Bathroom."
Abby crossed the apartment, stopped in the doorway of the bathroom, crossed her arms, and leaned on the door frame. She smiled at Alex, who was lying naked in the bathtub. Abby cocked an eyebrow, partly in amusement and partly in surprise. They had seen each other naked before, of course, but not for many years, since they had fooled around with each other as kids "playing doctor." Abby could see that Alex had grown up in more ways than one: his fully erect penis had to be a full ten inches long and two inches in diameter. Funny she hadn't noticed that when she caught him spanking it earlier. "What are you doing in here?" she asked.
"Waiting for you," Alex replied. "Can't you see that?" He nodded to his cock.
"Yes, I can, thank you," she answered. "I mean, why didn't you come to the bedroom?"
Alex shrugged. "I didn't want to mess up your bed."
Abby scoffed, "I have had sex in my bed before, Alex."
"I…" Alex started, but paused and turned a bit red in the face.
"Spit it escort bursa out," she told him. "We're both here, naked and ready to fuck. Never mind how wrong that is."
"I want you to pee on me," Alex said.
"Oh, is that all?" Abby asked. She got into the tub, squatted over his chest with her ass to his face, and started to piss.
"Oh Christ, Abby. You don't know how long I've wanted this."
"Yes I do," she cooed. "Ever since we were kids. Me too, I just hadn't realized until today." She stopped the flow, scooted back, and began to pee on his face.
"Oh shit yes," Alex gurgled through urine.
He started to stroke his cock, but Abby reached forward and slapped his hand away. "That dick belongs to me now," she informed him as she slowed to a trickle. She lowered her crotch on to his face and stretched herself forward into a 69. Abby felt Alex's tongue going to work as she took his balls in her hand and gave them a squeeze. She ran her other hand over the length of his shaft, admiring it for a moment, before she teased his head with her tongue. Abby groaned as Alex flicked his tongue over her clit, then she took his head into her mouth, and worked slowly down his shaft as far as she could get. She heard Alex moan, and felt the sound in her crotch. She bobbed her mouth up and down over the top half of his cock, working the bottom half with one hand. Alex was losing concentration as she worked his dick, so she quickly grabbed his balls and squeezed hard, pushing down to take as much of his cock as she could get.
"Oh god!" Alex groaned, and his body shuddered.
Abby pulled off of his dick, then stood and got out of the tub. She bent herself over the sink and said, "Get over here and fuck me." Alex quickly complied, jumping out of the tub and standing behind Abby. He spread her cheeks and slid his cock into her slowly. Abby groaned, "Oh fuck, Alex, I had no idea you were so big." Alex said nothing, and kept pushing in slowly until he was fully inside his sister. Her pussy was tight, and soaking wet. Alex made a few slow pushes, watching Abby in the mirror. He pressed a thumb into her asshole. When she said, "Harder, baby," he started humping in earnest. He gave her the full length of his dick on each thrust. "Harder!" she insisted, "Fuck me hard! Tell me when you're going to cum!"
Alex was really banging on her now. Without thinking, he grabbed a fistful of her hair and pulled her head back, giving himself a better view of her tits in the mirror. "Oh shit, Abby!" he said in short order. "I'm gonna cum!"
Before he knew what was happening, Alex was back against the wall opposite the sink. Abby had pushed back from the sink, tossing him off of her. In one swift move, she pivoted and kneeled. She grabbed his cock with both hands and stroked furiously while sucking on his head. In a moment, Alex groaned, but Abby didn't need any warning: she could feel it coming… and cumming. Alex exploded into her mouth. Abby had intended to swallow, but she couldn't handle it all. She took her mouth off of his dick and swallowed what she had, but kept stroking. She felt cum splatter on her chest and shoulders, and she could feel it oozing down her chin. Abby kept stroking until Alex was fully spent, and watched his balls restrict and release with each turn. "Oh fuck me," Alex gasped.
"I just did," Abby answered. She stood and said, "Wash me off."
They showered together. Neither said anything as they soaped and rinsed each other, letting their fingers explore all the parts of themselves they'd skipped in their erotic escapade.
Later, they were lying together in Abby's bed. Alex was lying on his back, staring at the ceiling. Abby was lying on her side, with one arm under her head, and one playing with Alex's chest hair. Alex sighed, then looked at Abby. She smiled. He asked, "Do you think it's wrong?" Abby cocked an eyebrow. "Incest," Alex said.
"Maybe we should call it… brotherly love. But I know what you meant. You're a little late on regrets," she told him.
"I don't regret it. But do you think it's wrong?"
"I think we're not hurting anyone, and it's nobody's business but ours. So, no. But if it is, I don't care." Alex nodded.
Then Abby reached under the sheets and grabbed his cock. "I also think you never got me off. So we have to go again." She felt his cock stiffen in her hand, and she grinned. "I'll take that as a yes."
The Decision
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Pterosaurs like birds, were capable of powered flight. It seems that command of the skies is not the only thing that these two types of vertebrate had in common. Thanks to a remarkable series of discoveries from the remote Turpan-Hami Basin located in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (north-western China), palaeontologists have learned that Pterosaurs, like many living birds nested in colonies, that they had preferred nesting sites and when young, Pterosaurs needed a degree of parental care, just like many species of birds today.
Male (right) and female Hamipterus tianshanensis looking after their brood, whilst more Pterosaur chicks hatch in the foreground.
Writing in the journal "Science", researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences along with collaborators from a number of research institutions in Brazil have published a paper describing the discovery of 215 Pterosaur eggs, 16 of which contain the remains of embryos. The eggs and the numerous fossil bones associated with the site have been attributed to Hamipterus tianshanensis, a flying reptile first named and described in 2014 whose exact taxonomic position in the Pterosaur family tree remains open to debate.
That point notwithstanding, H. tianshanensis has been propelled to super-stardom, like a Pteranodon taking to the air, representing one of the most significant Pterosauria discoveries made to date.
Pterosaur fossil eggs and bones representing individuals of various ages.
Significantly, the number of eggs discovered are far too many to have been laid by a single female. This suggests that these flying reptiles nested in colonies and furthermore, the overlaying of multiple clutches of eggs indicates that Pterosaurs, like many birds today, returned to the same nesting sites each year. As the authors conclude, "the similarity between these groups goes beyond wings".
Hundreds of Pterosaur bones lying on the surface. Note the tip of a geological hammer providing a scale.
The eggs were not laid at the location where they were discovered. This exceptional Lagerstätte preserves a series of tragic events, it seems that periodically, the nesting area was subjected to flooding as a result of seasonal storms. Many of the eggs have been preserved in three dimensions, caused by the encroachment of sediment. Computed tomography scans have revealed minute details of some of the embryos preserved within the eggs. For example, an almost complete skeleton of a hatchling shows that bones related to flight were less developed than bones of the hind limb, indicating that new-borns might have been able to walk but not fly. The front limb bones lack ossification and had yet to fully form, whilst the leg bones such as the femora are well developed. This suggests that the young Pterosaurs were unable to fly, but not completely helpless, their strong legs would have meant that they would not have been stuck in the nest but quite capable of locomotion. However, these new insights have led the palaeontologists to conclude that, in the case of Hamipterus at least, the offspring were less precocious than previously assumed.
In short, mum and dad (coming to that bit next), had to take care of their young, bring food to them and protect them from predators.
The male Hamipterus (background) stands guard whilst the female regurgitates food to her offspring (altricial behaviours in Pterosaurs).
Hamipterus tianshanensis was named and described three years ago. This fossil location had been discovered several years before, but the Pterosaur body fossils and the associated Pterosaur egg material (forty specimens and five eggs), were not scientifically described until 2014. In the 2014 paper (Wang et al), which was written by many of the scientists involved in this latest study, it was postulated that differences in head crest shape or size helped to distinguish males from females. It was proposed that specimens with larger skull crests were males. This suggests sexual dimorphism in this species and, if this idea is taken a little further, it implies that the males may have played a role in helping to bring up the next generation. After all, fossilised remains of what might represent adult males have been swept together with the nest site fossils. Many male birds share parental responsibilities and lots of extant Aves such as the Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) for instance, pair for life. Perhaps, adult Pterosaurs also had monogamous behaviour.
Pterosaur egg fossils (Hamipterus tianshanensis).
To what degree the Pterosauria and Aves share behaviours remains a controversial area. Further research into the remarkable Hamipterus Lagerstätte has greatly increased our knowledge about flying reptiles but we must be careful not to infer or imply too much from the fossil evidence. The scientists conclude that the discovery of all these bones and fossilised eggs supports the idea that these Pterosaurs nested in colonies and that they returned to a favoured nesting site to breed.
Palaeontologists Wang Xiaolin (right) and Alexander Kellner collect specimens in a desert in Hami, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The scientific paper: "Egg Accumulation with 3D Embryos Provides Insight into the Life History of a Pterosaur" by Xiaolin Wang, Alexander W. A. Kellner, Shunxing Jiang, Xin Cheng, Qiang Wang, Yingxia Ma, Yahefujiang Paidoula, Taissa Rodrigues, He Chen, Juliana M. Sayão, Ning Li, Jialiang Zhang, Renan A. M. Bantim, Xi Meng, Xinjun Zhang, Rui Qiu and Zhonghe Zhou published in the journal "Science".


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Without a SIM card, the iPhone 15 Pro may surprise you
By Brian Doe / iPhone / Leave a Comment / card, IPhone, Pro, SIM, surprise
Yes, you read that correctly: according to a new rumor which has just reached us, an iPhone planned for 2023 would say goodbye for the first time to the physical SIM card port. It would be a "Pro" version of the device, in other words one of the most expensive. The information comes from the Portuguese-speaking site IPhone Blog, whose history however remains rather thin and therefore to be considered with caution.
Apple having already abandoned the headphone jack a few years upstream, such a change would nonetheless be credible. Especially since the firm has also chosen to no longer provide a charger in the box of its mobiles and watches several months ago. Others even assure that the Lightning socket could disappear, in favor of all wireless, to the nose and beard of Europe which wants to impose the USB-C standard.
Above all, stopping the use of physical SIM cards on iPhone should save space for the iPhone. Other components, such as the battery or the motherboard, could then take advantage of it so as to offer, for example, a longer autonomy or increased performance. We saw it with the Apple silicon program on Mac: the M1 Max chip is thus almost four times the size of the M1 of 2020.
See also the iMac Pro (27 inches) expected for 2022 and its colors
Other benefit; that of practicality. It must be said, the SIM card slot has never been very ergonomic, even less since miniaturization efforts have made it more and more compact. What is more is enough to to lose the tool provided by the manufacturer to open it to quickly find yourself in a duel with a paperclip when leaving the airport, in order to change the package: no thank you.
When it is not the SIM card itself that we no longer find …
ESIM to help
Rest assured, even with the end of physical SIM cards on iPhone it will still be possible to communicate. Indeed, most operators now offer their package in eSIM format, in short the virtual equivalent of a SIM card. Only downside: this is often optional, sometimes paying : we are still far from a possible democratization.
All iPhone 13 already support up to two eSIM cards.
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This ancient lake is a unique destination for tourism. The lake offers excellent opportunities for visitors to enjoy the beauty of the lake and its several islands located inside it that are studded with floating phumdis of different geometrical shapes. The important islands which offer facilities for visitors are the Sandra and Phubala.
The Sendra Tourist Home on the island with an attached Cafeteria in the middle of the lake is an ideal tourist spot. Visitors get a bird's eye view of life on the lake—small islands that are actually floating weed on which the lake people live.
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TestAudioThread::TestAudioThread() : TestAudioThread(false) {}

TestAudioThread::TestAudioThread(bool use_real_thread) {
  if (use_real_thread) {
    thread_ = std::make_unique<base::Thread>("AudioThread");
#if BUILDFLAG(IS_WIN)
    thread_->init_com_with_mta(true);
#endif
    CHECK(thread_->Start());
    task_runner_ = thread_->task_runner();
  } else {
    task_runner_ = base::ThreadTaskRunnerHandle::Get();
  }
}

TestAudioThread::~TestAudioThread() {
  DCHECK_CALLED_ON_VALID_THREAD(thread_checker_);
}

void TestAudioThread::Stop() {
  DCHECK_CALLED_ON_VALID_THREAD(thread_checker_);
  if (thread_)
    thread_->Stop();
  else
    base::RunLoop().RunUntilIdle();
}

bool TestAudioThread::IsHung() const {
  DCHECK_CALLED_ON_VALID_THREAD(thread_checker_);
  return false;
}

base::SingleThreadTaskRunner* TestAudioThread::GetTaskRunner() {
  return task_runner_.get();
}

base::SingleThreadTaskRunner* TestAudioThread::GetWorkerTaskRunner() {
  return task_runner_.get();
}

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text: Different coding exercises and snippets completed in Python or R.


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A basic game but lots of fun for students and good workout for vocabulary.
The students write 6 or 7 different categories, for example Country, Adjective, Irregular Verb, Profession etc. The trainer then gives them a letter and the students have to fill the categories with words beginning with this letter.
Example B: Brazil, Big, Be, Baker etc.
If they all have the same word for each category: 5 points each; different words 10 points; and if only one person can get a word 20 points.


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Tourists Began to Cancel Trips to Cologne
Tourists began to refuse visiting Cologne, being frightened by reports of massive attacks in the city, committed on New Year's Eve. This was reported by the head of the city-owned company Köln-Tourismus Josef Sommer, reports Deutsche Welle.
According to Sommer, a group of tourists from the Erzgebirge (on the border with the Czech Republic) has decided to cancel a trip to Cologne, scheduled for the summer. They explained that "we do not want to risk under these circumstances."
In an interview with the newspaper Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Sommer complained that the image of Cologne suffered extensive damage. Sommer said that tourists and organizers of trips are seriously concerned with security issues in the city.
In the heart of Cologne, unknown committed mass attacks, including sexual harassment, on New Year's Eve. Head of the Metropolitan Police Wolfgang Albers said this at a press conference on January 5, reports Die Zeit.
In total, police reported 90 cases of assault, including 15 cases of harassment reported. Also, there was one statement about rape. Unknown also abducted passers' bags, mobile phones and wallets. The attacks took place in the city center near the train station - close to the square in front of Cologne Cathedral were the main festivities were held.
The exact number of attackers is unknown. Police said that there were about a thousand people in a drunken state on the square in the evening. However, some groups of attackers numbered no more than 20 people.
On the New Year's Eve itself, as noted, no one was detained. Statements from the victims began arriving only in the morning on January 1st. According to various estimates, number of suspects range from 40 to hundreds of people. Some victims identified the attackers as immigrants from North Africa.
At the same time, the mayor of Cologne Henriette Reker said that there is no reason to suspect refugees who have arrived in Europe from Africa and Syria in 2015, reports Reuters.
In an interview with Reker, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for speedy investigation of the incident, regardless of the origin of the perpetrators.
Albers criticized work of the police on the New Year's Eve, saying that the staff were relaxed. He also promised to strengthen the control over public order during the Cologne carnival in February.
January 6, Interior Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Ralf Jaeger said that the police found three suspects in the case of attacks on the residents of Cologne. The police have not disclosed any further information about them so far. At the same time, the chief of police of Cologne noted that the assailants looked like persons "of Arab or North African" origin.
In turn, the mayor of Cologne Henriette Reker has advised women, who do not want to be subjected to sexual harassment, stay away from strangers "at arm's length." This piece of advice has drawn sharp criticism to Reker, but she later apologized and noted that her words were taken out of context.