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Home Life Biography BEHIND THE MIC – Christine Clifton-Psaila
BEHIND THE MIC – Christine Clifton-Psaila
Richard Cartwright
Stumbling aimlessly in the dark at the unearthly hour of 5.30 am in search of any number of alarm clocks buzzing and ringing – supposedly strategically placed across the bedroom – is now no more for Chris, even though she loved her job…
That's been the scenario, Chris informs me, presenting those early morning programmes for over the past 20 years or so of her close on 40 years as a broadcaster on GBC's Radio Gibraltar, joining the local station in September 1977… "It's quite true you know as I'd awaken, I would often have trouble trying to remember where I'd put the two or three alarm clocks needed to make sure I got out of bed in time to get up to Broadcasting House in South Barrack Road and go on air promptly at 7am. The car wouldn't start one morning and I got a lift in an ambulance – not on an emergency – and on another occasion I had to climb through a window to get into the station because of someone locking the door from the inside. That's what could happen being so early in the morning with no one around. It was up early five days a week but I enjoyed it tremendously." We often say a job like this is a vocation and it's the love for the job that becomes that vocation. But it could well have been Covent Garden in London if Chris had followed her other passion – ballet! Attending the Drevyn Frost Ballet School here, in Gibraltar, she seriously wanted to become a ballerina but it was not to be and with a closed border, she opted to fly off to the UK to pastures new, "I worked for two years in an international company in Mayfair in London but the rat race got the better of me and decided to come back to Gib." Sister Susan Clifton had already experienced reading the news on GBC TV whilst still at school and dad, Raymond Clifton, was already working at GBC as an engineer, "Well, not knowing what to do on my return, I applied for a job at GBC, probably subconsciously influenced by the fact my dad and sister were there already." Having worked for GBC myself, I remember that after a bit of training, it was just a question of learning on the jo b and we all took the plunge although we later attended radio production courses at the BBC in London. "That's right, but the station at Wellington Front was really basic with most, if not all of the equipment we used hand made by my dad and Gordon Black who was also an engineer. It was all pretty primitive, all we had was a small 'live' studio, another recording studio and a record library which also served as a guest and rest room and where anyone there had to leave or be very quiet because from that room, we also read the news!"
Chris recalls how she had to play radio adverts or commercials individually on reel to reel tape recorders which meant getting up from your 'mic' desk to change the tapes every 30 seconds or so and at Christmas, it was a continuous task, "The studios at Wellington Front and the time spent there were special days. We'd have to switch the transmitters on first thing in the morning and fiddle with crackly receivers to find the right frequencies for the BBC World Service news and prepare your vinyl records – of your own choice then – interviews, set it all up and get ready to go on air. I also recall the varied programmes we were tasked with. It could be an hour's worth of Country music, Jazz, Big Bands, classical or some other programme that would be played in the evenings whether or not you specialised in any of those types of music or subjects. You just did it!" To contrast that, things are more specialised these days depending on the genre, it's all computer driven and everything is digital except your voice, of course, giving you more time to prepare your programme.
Christine at Broadcasting House in the early 80s
Come the early 80s, Radio Gibraltar joined GBC Television at their new studios in South Barrack Road and has since seen quite a few changes and updates in equipment, studios and personnel and Chris's retirement marked the end of the full time 'old guard' presenters from the bygone Wellington Front era… "That's right I'm the last one, but most of my career has been spent up at Broadcasting House in South Barrack Road and I consider myself very privileged to have had this job on radio meeting the different personalities and others you interview and colleagues who have become friends at the station. You meet quite a variety of personalities and individuals in this job, especially working in a small community where you're called upon to interview politicians from here and abroad, actors, musicians, singers, writers and all sorts. Personalities like actors John Mills and James Bond, Timothy Dalton – who gave me a hard time – dolphins' expert, Horace Dobbs, musician Jose Feliciano, any number of authors and so many other visitors from abroad. Locally, I must've interviewed all of our politicians – and had the odd spat with one or two of them – local artists and performers and so many other people who just have a hobby or an experience to tell you about making for an interesting interview to share with our listeners. I once interviewed a priest sitting on the Bishop's bed and even when travelling to the UK on holiday, I've returned with an interview or two. One on the newly constructed, very tall Shard tower in London and the WW2 Cabinet War Rooms was another but the love for the job just makes you want to do it even on holiday or wherever you are."
During her time at GBC, newly retired Christine Clifton Psaila has spent the better part of 20 years as a presenter/journalist on the early morning Focus AM and Breakfast programmes, as well as presenting other daytime music based 'strip' shows, probably not knowing how many individuals she has actually interviewed during those four decades! Working in a small, local radio and television station, 'Jack of all Trades' comes to mind and most radio presenters are asked to present television programmes and/or anchor the nightly news… "Yes, I've dabbled in one or two programmes presenting short series and recorded news interviews but I never felt comfortable doing television and decided not to do any more and stick to radio which is what I like and feel much more relaxed doing. TV is not for me."
Christine and Joe with their children, Jeremy and Gabriella
2017 has well and truly dawned and has she so far kept to those 'New Year' resolutions? "Those are not for me, you can decide to do or not to do something at any time but this really is a brand new start for me. I may be getting withdrawal symptoms soon having been this involved in broadcasting for so long. It's time to relax and take it all in for a while. I was completely overwhelmed by the send-off my colleagues gave me at GBC and equally overwhelmed by comments on the street and social media. I find it very gratifying and am grateful. It is incredible how people identify with you and you don't realise it." Chris tells me she'd like to travel, husband Joe retired from GBC seven years ago and has been patiently waiting so what better month than February to go on a trip to Venice, Paris or Rome! Chris says she would also like to do some charity work and maybe write a bit. What about radio or even TV work, on a part time basis? "Yes, perhaps later on."
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The Stars Club Korkosz Award
Frank Korkosz with his invention, the Korkosz Starball. Photo courtesy of the Springfield Science Museum.
For forty years, Frank Korkosz' planetarium shows brought the night sky to generations of Western Massachusetts school children. He was also a good friend to area amateur astronomers. He helped established the strong tradition of cooperation between the Stars Club and the Springfield Science Museum.
Frank Korkosz was born in Clarence, Pennsylvania in 1903. Halley's Comet's 1910 appearance left him with a lifelong interest in the night sky. Two years later, Korkosz used an empty dynamite box, a carbide lamp, and a lens to create a comet projector. He charged neighborhood kids a penny apiece for his comet shows.
The Korkosz family later moved to Chicopee, Massachusetts. In 1930 Frank went to work for the nearby Springfield Museum of Natural History as a technician. He demonstrated his mechanical abilities by constructing a large fresh water aquarium and other museum exhibits. In 1934, Frank (and his talented brother John) began work on the first optical projection planetarium built in the United States. (The Rosicrucians of San Jose, California built the first planetarium in the United States. It used "pinhole" projection.)
The Seymour Planetarium (named in honor of Stephen Seymour, a major donator) was dedicated on October 20, 1937. At the time of the planetarium's dedication, only five other planetariums were in operation in the United States. (The four other planetariums used German built Zeiss projectors.)
For the next two decades, Frank Korkosz presented ten thousand planetarium shows that reached nearly one million people. During World War II Korkosz used the planetarium to teach celestial navigation to pilots stationed at Westover Airforce Base.
In 1958, Korkosz was appointed director of the museum, a position he held until his retirement in 1974. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Western New England College in 1964. Frank Korkosz died in 1987.
The Stars Club established the Korkosz Award for Outstanding Contibutions to Astronomy in 1988. It is presented annually to an individual from the northeast who, like Frank Korkosz, has demonstrated a passion for "sharing the wonders of the night sky."
Korkosz Award Recipients
1988 Carl Alsing
1989 Dr. Richard Scott
1990 Dick Gerry
1991 Tom Whitney
1992 Ron Woodland
1993 Pat Rowan
1994 Jack Megas
1995 Joe Zuraw
1996 Gerry Atkinson
1997 Richard Sanderson
1998 John Davis
1999 Robin Symonds
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2001 Dr. Judy Young
2002 Dave Kelly
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2004 Peter Scherff
2005 Ed Faits
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2012 Amanda Jermyn

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DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — The Houston County Sheriff's Office and Dothan Police Department were alerted to a shooting in the Coggins Trailer Park Saturday.
According to the victim, she and her husband were robbed and attacked.
"I don't know if it was their gun, fist, or what, but they hit me so hard I flew across the kitchen floor, and I hit my daughters bike and it fell on me and bruised my foot," said the woman, who wanted to remain anonymous.
The victim was shot in both of her legs before she made an attempt to go and get help.
"So, I ran," she said. "I zigzagged ran over to her house, and I like, army crawled up the steps so they wouldn't see me, and by that time the one in the black hoodie noticed I got outside 'cause he heard me screaming for help," the victim said. "So, he comes running outside going, 'She got away! She got away! I don't know which way she went.' So, that's when they left, and I was over there asking (my neighbor) for help. She almost didn't answer the door."
The lady who helped her was a neighbor and friend of the family who was afraid for her own safety.
"Banging on my door, I almost didn't answer because it was scary to hear that, and then someone banging on my door," the victim's friend said. "I finally opened it because I heard her screaming, and she said I've been shot I've been shot so we called 911."
The sheriff's office and police department later searched for a shooting suspect in the area between South Park and Alpine Lane Sunday morning, identifying him as Brandon Riggins, born in 1987. Riggins is described as being a black man and escaped authorities on foot during their manhunt.
The victim believes the robbery was a set-up.
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Woman's fears for grandson missing in Spain
Liam Poole and his father Daniel disappeared in mysterious circumstances.
Liam Poole and his father Daniel went missing in Malaga six months ago (Sussex Police/PA)
By PA Reporter
The grandmother of a 22-year-old British man who went missing in Malaga six months ago has travelled to Spain too look for answers.
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/womans-fears-for-grandson-missing-in-spain-38619162.html
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/0cbcc/38619160.ece/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_8f38b74c-5ea2-403b-aa6b-5efc8bd644c3_1
Liam Poole, of Burgess Hill in West Sussex, disappeared with his 46-year-old father Daniel on April 1 after leaving their luggage and passport in their hotel.
Liam's grandmother, Kathy Catney, went to Spain with the BBC's Inside Out programme and visited the golf resort where the two men stayed.
She told the programme that her grandson did not play golf and his numerous visits to the region made her suspicious.
Daniel, left, and Liam Poole disappeared after travelling to Malaga on March 31 (Family handout/PA)
She said the older Mr Poole had served time in prison in connection to drugs but the family had not asked questions.
The Pooles went "to Spain to meet up with somebody, to do some sort of deal, whether that would be property, drugs, I really didn't know," she said.
After the pair disappeared, Ms Catney said the family were contacted via a phone message from Morocco asking for a ransom of £100,000.
The money was raised in hours, but there was no follow-up phone call or demand.
I hope he's not at the bottom of the sea ... because I want the chance of someone giving me him back Kathy Catney
While in Estepona, Ms Catney visited bars and asked them to display posters featuring photos of the missing men.
She was rebuffed by one business.
"The barman, when I showed him the poster, he said he'd seen them and that they were both 'wrong 'uns', and that just upset me," she said.
Ms Catney said she wants to know the fate of her eldest grandson and asked anyone with information to contact the authorities.
"I do think Liam's died – I think he's been killed.
"Where? I hope he's not at the bottom of the sea … because I want the chance of someone giving me him back."
British and Spanish police continue to investigate the disappearance of the two men.
Members of the public can report information online or by calling 101 quoting Operation Pheasant.
By Jess Glass, PA A three-year-old boy has died in a caravan fire which left his four-year-old sibling in a critical condition in hospital, police said.


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Counties Ready For Snow
Posted on Sat 01/01/2011 by d3admin
… Balto., Howard using high-tech tools to alert residents …
baltimoresun.com
By Raven L. Hill, The Baltimore Sun
5:39 PM EST, December 31, 2010
Area counties have a message for winter weather: Bring it.
Baltimore County officials have an army of resources available to combat snow and ice: a $6.2 million snow- removal budget, more than 52,000 tons of salt, 300 trucks and 400 employees to clear 2,600 miles of roadway.
"Whenever it arrives, we are ready," County Executive Kevin Kamenetz said. "Our drivers are prepared to clear the roads within 18 to 24 hours of a snowstorm."
The county is also using high-tech tools to keep residents informed. The storm operations website includes the "Snow Fighter" blog (baltimorecountymd.gov/Blogs/snowfighter — don't let the cute snowman fool you), which provides information about salt stash levels, clear roads, frequently asked questions — such as, "When will my street be plowed?" — and weather tips.
Last winter brought more than 30 inches of snow to the county in one week. Plows and salt trucks were able to clear highways and many roads soon after a late December storm, but the February blizzards were tougher opponents, requiring the county to rent about 150 loaders to supplement its usual 300-vehicle fleet.
Residents can report plowing needs to snow@baltimorecounty.gov.
"We understand the frustration that all of our residents feel when they wait for their streets to get plowed," Kamenetz said. "The use of the technology will answer a lot of questions that citizens generally have and also give confidence that the job is in fact being performed."
Howard County is also using the Web to keep residents informed, including County Executive Ken Ulman's Facebook page. A snowplow tracker map on its website will be updated every 15 minutes during a storm, officials said.
Updates will be available on the Howard County information hot line at 410-313-2900.
Poor snow-removal efforts can mean sudden death to a political career, Kamenetz noted.
"I understand that picking up the trash and clearing the streets of snow is an important example of a successful elected official," he said. "And I hope to be successful."
raven.hill@baltsun.com
Copyright © 2010, The Baltimore Sun


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Finance Advice Centre has been formed as a Mortgage, Loan & Insurance Company with a difference. They offer a better alternative for advisers who are looking for genuine help and support to grow their client bank in a compliant and professional manner.
You will be joining an expanding team, based in lovely offices on the outskirts of Derby (free parking provided!).
They are looking to recruit experienced or trainee advisors to join their successful and expanding team. They have introducers and clients throughout the UK and the Head Office is based in the East Midlands.
As an advisor you will be responsible for giving independent advice and making recommendations on mortgages and insurances products from the whole of the market. You will either be meeting clients, at one of the Company's offices, in the client's home, workplace or over the phone and you will have the flexibility to control your own diary.
Admin support is provided so that once your file is completed the case is handed to the team who will then process it through to completion. This will free up your time to move onto the next case without worrying about time consuming chasing for updates from clients, lenders and insurance companies.
Leads will be provided from the Company's radio advertising, websites and from its professional Introducers. In addition to this, the successful applicant will ideally need to demonstrate a pro-active attitude to both networking and lead generating.
Experience and a proven record of accomplishment from within the financial services industry.
You will need qualifications CF1 & CF6 or CeMAP 1, 2 & 3 to advise on mortgages and CF3, RO5, CeFA 3 or CeMAP 1 to advise on insurances.
Good communication and people skills with an excellent phone manner.
Good IT skills with a proficient typing speed and experience of working with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
If you meet the requirements for the above positions and feel that either of these roles are right for you then please apply today!
Finance Advice Centre is an equal opportunities employer and can only consider applicants who already have the right to live and work in the UK.


We introduce the concept of time mask, which is a type of temporal filter suitable for selection of multiple disjoint time intervals in which some query conditions fulfil. Such a filter can be applied to time-referenced objects, such as events and trajectories, for selecting those objects or segments of trajectories that fit in one of the selected time intervals. The selected subsets of objects or segments are dynamically summarized in various ways, and the summaries are represented visually on maps and/or other displays to enable exploration. The time mask filtering can be especially helpful in analysis of disparate data (e.g., event records, positions of moving objects, and time series of measurements), which may come from different sources. To detect relationships between such data, the analyst may set query conditions on the basis of one dataset and investigate the subsets of objects and values in the other datasets that co-occurred in time with these conditions. We describe the desired features of an interactive tool for time mask filtering and present a possible implementation of such a tool. By example of analysing two real world data collections related to aviation and maritime traffic, we show the way of using time masks in combination with other types of filters and demonstrate the utility of the time mask filtering.


These are typical terms used when buying property in Santa Fe or anywhere in New Mexico, and should be helpful to you during your property search.
Acequia – Man made irrigation ditch.
Adobe – Mud brick that is dried in the sun. The first adobe bricks were used 8,500 years ago in the Middle East.
Alameda- Spanish for "Cottonwood Tree." This word has come to mean a road bordered by cottonwoods.
Arroyo – Dry riverbed that fills occasionally.
Aspen Tree – High elevation deciduous (drops it's leaves in fall) tree with leaves that turn gold in the fall.
Banco – A bench made of adobe and covered with plaster.
Bosque – Low-lying area near rivers, densely forested with cottonwoods and other deciduous trees.
Camino – `Road" in Spanish.
Canale – A roof spout that carries water off a flat pueblo roof.
Casa – "House" or "home" in Spanish.
Coping – Decorative detail on the top edge of a building and around doors and windows.
Corbel – Short sculpted beam lying on top of a post or wall.
Escarpment Ordinances – New laws in the Santa Fe area prohibiting building on and excavation of mountainsides beyond a certain steepness.
Farolito – "Little Lantern," typically a paper bag with a sand ballast and candle, lighted for Christmas festivities. Referred to as a Luminaria outside of Santa Fe.
Flagstone – Flat sheets of red or white stone mined locally, used for flooring in homes and on patios.
Historic Styles Ordinances – Regulations governing the architectural style of all buildings within the Historic District of downtown Santa Fe.
Horno – Freestanding adobe bread oven found at most pueblos and Indian homes.
Juniper Tree – High-desert evergreen that seldom grows more than 15 feet tall.
Kiva – A small "beehive-shaped" fireplace.
La Fonda – "The Hotel" in Spanish.
La Posada – "The Inn" in Spanish.
Latillas – Small branches used as ceiling planking, made of Aspen, pine or cedar.
Lintel – Wooden beam bridging window or door openings.
Mesa – Flattop mountain called "a table" in Spanish.
Nicho – Small shelf carved into a wall.
Piñon Tree – High-desert nut-bearing evergreen tree.
Portal – Patio attached to a home, covered with a fixed roof supported by posts.
Puerta – "Door" in Spanish.
Rumford Fireplace – Tall, shallow fireplace known for great efficiency.
Saltillo Tile – Simple fired earthen tile made in Saltillo, Mexico.
Stucco – Final cement color coat plastered in the exterior of an adobe-style building.
Talavera Tile – Colorful hand-decorated Mexican tile used for counter tops and trim.
Ventana – "Window" in Spanish.
Vigas – Round logs used as ceiling beams, either shaved or raw.


Are you going to be selling your Wilmington area home in the near future? Outdoor living spaces can be a big selling point in North Carolina, where people come to enjoy the moderate climate. If you're looking for a way to give your home an advantage over others in the neighborhood, consider updating the exterior areas, but beware that not all renovation projects are created equal. Some have a higher return on investment (ROI) than others. Here's 6 that will give you the most bang for your buck!
Manufactured Stone Veneer. Adding stone on an accent wall or along a crawlspace has a national average cost of $7,150 and a national ROI of 93.2%, but in our neck of the woods it's closer to 111.9%.
Re-sodded Front Lawn. If your front lawn is ugly, has bare patches, and is in need of care, consider re-sodding it. This costs a national average of $300 to $1,000, but has a ROI of 100%-200%.
Outdoor Kitchen. The cost of outdoor kitchens can vary widely with the grill being one of the most expensive parts. The cost only goes up as you add in a fridge, sink, etc. So, while an outdoor kitchen can cost as little as $2,000, the national average is closer to $10,000. However, the ROI is 100%-200%.
Fire Pit. A fire pit is a great investment that can be enjoyed year-round and has a high ROI if it's permanent or not. The national average cost of a permanent fire pit is $591 (lower locally) and has a ROI of 150% or more.
Siding Upgrade. Changing your homes siding from wood to Fiber-Cement or Vinyl can have worthwhile returns. The national average cost for fiber-cement is $14,014 and has a national ROI of 84.3% (91.3% locally). The national average cost for vinyl is $12,000-$15,000 with a national ROI of 77.6%-80.7% (70.7%-94.6% locally).
Wood Deck. Home buyers love decks, but the ROI for a vinyl deck, surprisingly, is not as high as a wood deck. So, save your money and stick to the traditional wood. The national average cost for a wood deck is $10,048 with a national ROI of 80.5% (73.8% locally).
Many of these statistics come from the 2015 Remodeling Cost vs. Value Report. Others are linked in the text. Statistics on additional outdoor renovation projects can be found on RIS Media's House Call. For tips on staging existing outdoor living spaces to get you the biggest ROI, visit Style at Home.
Of course, we believe there are contributing factors for choosing an outdoor renovation project. Those include the community and standard features found in homes there, as well as the amount of time you plan on spending in the home and your budget. If an outdoor kitchen is going to price your home well above others in the community, because it's an uncommon feature, you may want to choose another project. However, if this is something you really want and plan on enjoying during your time in the home, it may be justified. Just don't install an outdoor kitchen if you mean for it to be a primary selling point when the community doesn't match the upgrade.
If you have any questions about the best upgrades for your Wilmington home in relation to the community, give us a call or send us a message through our Contact page. We'd be happy to provide you some statistics of features in your community.


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Rikarunasha's Peers, Precedence, and Protocols of the Third Imperium
by Jeff Zeitlin
This article was originally posted to the Freelance Traveller website in 2008, and reprinted in the November/December 2012 issue of the magazine with the author's permission.
Rikarunasha's Peers, Precedence, and Protocols of the Third Imperium (generally shortened to "Rikarunasha's") is considered the definitive reference to the nobility of the Third Imperium. The publisher's researchers are warranted by the Emperor through the Historical and Genealogical Section of the Office of Calendar Compliance, and a request for an interview in connection with Rikarunasha's is treated for all intents and purposes as an Imperial command. Rikarunasha's has been in continuous publication since at least the year 350, and its various historical antecedents can claim a combined history of over 4,000 years.
Rikarunasha's is divided into three main parts:
The Peers: Each title, from the Baronage all the way up to the Emperor, is set out with a historical outline, including the circumstances of the original grant, a complete list of holders (with the current holder emphasized), and the fief as currently recognized. Extinct and abeyed titles, and the circumstances of extinction or abeyance, are also included. Where available, the text of the original grant has been reproduced. Each title is indexed by the name of the fief, and cross-referenced by the name of each holder. Updated annually, shortly after the proclamation of the Holiday List.
The Precedence: A complete list, in order of importance, of every current Imperial noble title. Nobles holding multiple titles are listed individually in the correct place for each title separately. The Precedence also contains sections with guidelines for when noble titles other than the one bearing the highest precedence are used, for the use of courtesy titles, and for determining precedence of certain Imperial non-nobles and foreign nobles. Updated annually, shortly after the proclamation of the Holiday List.
The Protocols: A complete description of every public ceremony for the Imperial court, including those presided over by members of the Imperial family other than the Emperor. Historical background and associated nonpublic ritual descriptions included. Updated annually if needed.
Additionally, in some sectors, Rikarunasha's publishes a guide similar to The Protocols, but focussing on the Archducal and Ducal courts, and similar guides for other courts may be commissioned. Supplements to these volumes and to The Protocols cover non-ceremonial protocols, such as forms of address and reference, both in conversation and in writing.
The core Rikarunasha's can be purchased in data module format (only) for Cr10,000 complete; the additional Protocols guides are available only in the specific sectors of focus, and cost Cr1,500 each.
This page last updated on 24 February 2019 by Jeff Zeitlin. ©1998-2019 Jeff Zeitlin


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Spiritbar to host break-out EDM duo with special guest Mooves
Apr. 8, 2015 7:00 a.m.
Situated in the East end of Vancouver, Robbie Slade from Nelson and Peter Ricq from Montreal have been crafting music together since 2010. By blending each of their specific musical influences, HUMANS create indie-electronic music that also possesses a distinct darkness to it.
Their 2012 EP topped the Canadian electronic charts for six weeks and got them attention from publications like Exclaim!, XLR8R, Resident Advisor, and CBC Music. They've also been featured on HBO's Entourage, CSI, and MTV.
Focusing on the performance ideals of modern greats like LCD Soundsystem or Jamie XX, HUMANS are able to impress audiophiles with their technical skills while still stirring up action on the dancefloor.
The duo's sound has been called infectious, smartly crafted, and a force live. Produced by Nik Kozub (Shout Out Out Out Out), Noontide is a showcase of their innovative mix of heavy electronics with modern pop sensibilities. The album is carefully constructed, building upon the band's restless aesthetic experimentation. In support of the record, the two-piece is bringing their kinetic live-show to stages across North America. See the full list of tour dates on page 3.
They recently released their debut full length album Noontide on February 24th via Hybridity and have since charted at #1 on Earshot's electronic charts for three consecutive weeks and are currently at #2. Their video for "Tell Me" premiered on Billboard, you can watch the muppet versions of Peter and Robbie here: http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6501901/humans-tell-me-exclusive-video-premiere
As well they premiered "Follow" via THUMP Canada, released a brand new video for the same track via Entertainment Weekly , and received rave reviews on IMPOSE for their track "Ennio".
"The duo from British Columbia provides a wholly economical experience—blending DJ sets and live vocals and instruments into one part synthetic, part unmistakably human performance." – Interview Magazine
"Dance-ability they sought, and overwhelmingly achieved." – Exclaim!
"It's a brilliant album and it is especially delicious for it's cohesion." – DJ Magazine
"Vancouver's Humans (Robbie Slade and Peter Ricq) make refreshingly balanced electronic music." – Prefix Magazine
Apr. 10 @ Spirit Bar, NELSON, BC
Apr. 11 @ Habitat, KELOWNA, BC
Apr. 17 @ Sugar Nightclub, VICTORIA, BC
Apr. 18 @ The Waverly, CUMBERLAND, BC
May 7 @ Theater Fairmont, MONTREAL, QC
May. 09 @ Wrongbar, TORONTO, ON (*CMW)
Jun. 12 @ Toronto Island TORONTO, ON (*Bestival)
Jun. 13 @ Toronto Island, TORONTO, ON (*Bestival)
Kootenay Festival of the Arts takes centre stage April 8
GRAPEVINE: Kootenay Festival of the Arts starts today


India and Australia will now position themselves for the knock-out match to be played on 27th March at Mohali after the Aussies defeated Pakistan by 21 runs; the hosts snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against Bangladesh on Wednesday to keep their hopes alive and will give it their all to make it through to the semi-finals. The upcoming match on Sunday will definitely see the batsmen from both teams coming out all guns blazing but the team that can hold its nerves when pushed to a corner, will have the upper hand to emerge victorious.
The batsmen were tested against Bangladesh and they wickets in quick intervals; Dhawan, Kohli and Raina tried to build the foundation but were unable to keep the momentum going. 146 was a tricky total to defend but the bowlers combined well to take regular wickets; spinners Ashwin and Jadeja took 2 wickets each and bowled economically. However, it was Hardik Pandya who kept his nerves together to take 2 wickets in the last over to help India win the match by 1 run; Jasprit Bumrah was superb in his second spell to stifle the Bangladesh batsmen and Dhoni was stupendous with his wicket-keeping skills to cause the much-needed run-out in the last ball. The victory was a close one but they will be motivated to do better in all departments of the game against a strong team like Australia; the spin attack looks good with Ashwin, Jadeja and Raina being consistent with their wicket-taking abilities. Bumrah, Nehra and Pandya have been effective with pace but need to put up a more disciplined effort. The batting line-up has some concerns especially with the openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan; Kohli has been in good-form as seen in the game against Pakistan and with the likes of Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Dhoni and Jadeja in the middle order, India needs to shine with the bat here.
Faulkner's 5-27 helped Australia demolish Pakistan during their chase for a humongous 194 and win the match by 21 runs. While Smith posted an unbeaten 61 off 43, Watson scored 44 off 21 that consisted of 3 sixes; Maxwell, Khawaja and Finch contributed well to keep the scoreboard ticking and bowlers Adam Zampa and Hazlewood took 3 wickets between them to stifle the opposition. The Aussies upped their ante when required the most and excelled in all departments of the game to win the crucial match against Pakistan; however, their defeat against New Zealand exposed some gaps in their batting line-up being unable to chase 143 runs on a difficult pitch. The ground conditions here will be different but they need to be cautious against the brilliant Indian spin. Overall, they have many match-winners on their side with both bat and ball; however, they must strategize well against the Indians, who have defeated them convincingly in this format of the game.


Amid all the excitement about upcoming products, it's easy to forget that the day-to-day business of supporting all that hardware must continue. On that note, AMD just released Radeon Software version 19.4.1. This is—as the version number indicates—the first Radeon driver release in April, and while there aren't any big-ticket items like game-specific support, there are still a few fixes to appreciate.
You can bet some multi-sampling was used in this WoW screenshot.
Most notably, Radeon VII and Radeon RX Vega cards should stop crashing or hanging when you hook up three or more displays. Using multi-sampling in World of Warcraft should no longer crash the game. Mouse cursors should stop vanishing on Ryzen Mobile chips with integrated graphics. Also on the mobile Ryzen chips, AMD's Vari-Bright dynamic screen brightness feature should correctly respond to configuration changes now. Radeon WattMan auto-overclock, as well as the game World of Tanks ought to work on RX Vega cards now.
Issues hanging around in this release include screen flickering on multi-display setups on Radeon VII cards and while watching videos on an HDR display in the Netflix app. Also on the Radeon VII, WattMan's performance monitors may not read the correct values. Finally, using the Radeon performance metrics overlay may cause flickering when playing back protected content.
New to AMD's download site is the note above. This warning is interesting given that Nvidia's drivers for its latest cards require the 1809 release of Windows 10 to install owing to older versions missing support for DXR. It's possible that AMD could soon release a driver that likewise requires certain Windows updates, but for now, the release notes don't make mention of any such requirement.
You can, as usual, head to AMD's download site to read the aforementioned release notes or simply download the drivers. Here's a handy link to both for the Windows 10 64-bit version.


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Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) was a 1998 album by Nanci Griffith. It was her thirteenth studio album. Following on from the Grammy Award winning album Other Voices, Other Rooms, Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) is a second album of cover songs written by a wide variety of singer/songwriters.

The album includes many guest performances from musicians, including Guy Clark, The Crickets, Odetta, Lucinda Williams, Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, John Prine, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Richard Thompson.

Critical reception
People wrote that "not only does this album benefit from the sweet growl of Griffith's sensuous voice, it also reflects her wondrous curiosity and eclectic tastes in music."

Track listing
"Wall of Death" (Richard Thompson) 3:09
"Who Knows Where The Time Goes" (Sandy Denny) 5:34
"You Were On My Mind" (Sylvia Fricker) 2:46
"Walk Right Back" (Sonny Curtis) 2:33
"Canadian Whiskey" (Tom Russell) 2:59
"Desperados Waiting for a Train" (Guy Clark) 4:16
"Wings of a Dove" (Bob Ferguson) 2:51
"Dress of Laces" (John Grimaudo, Saylor White) 4:55
"Summer Wages" (Ian Tyson) 4:02
"He Was a Friend of Mine" (Traditional) 3:11
"Hard Times Come Again No More" (Stephen Collins Foster) 5:43
"Wasn't That a Mighty Storm" (Traditional) 5:01
"Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)" (Woody Guthrie, Martin Hoffman) 5:21
"Yarrington Town" (Mickie Merkens) 4:23
"I Still Miss Someone" (Johnny Cash, Roy Cash Jr) 3:38
"Try The Love" (Pat McLaughlin) 3:45
"The Streets of Baltimore" (Harlan Howard, Tompall Glaser) 2:35
"Darcy Farrow" (Tom Campbell, Steve Gillette) 2:33
"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" (Pete Seeger, Lee Hays) 2:48

Personnel
 Nanci Griffith - vocals, acoustic guitar, gut-string guitar
 Meghann Ahern – gut-string guitar
 J. I. Allison – drums
 Shawn Camp – vocals
 Nollaig Casey – fiddle
 John Catchings – cello
 Frank Christian – vocals, acoustic guitar, gut-string guitar, 12-string guitar
 Guy Clark – vocals, acoustic guitar
 Susan Cowsill – vocals, gut-string guitar
 Rodney Crowell – vocals duet, acoustic guitar
 Sonny Curtis – acoustic guitar, gut-string guitar
 Mary Custy – fiddle
 Ron de la Vega – vocals, bass, cello, gut-string guitar, tic tac
 Philip Donnelly  – vocals, acoustic guitar
 Steve Earle – vocals, gut-string guitar
 Béla Fleck – banjo
 Nina Gerber – acoustic guitar
 Jimmie Dale Gilmore – vocals
 Julie Gold – gut-string guitar
 Clive Gregson – electric guitar, gut-string guitar
 Andrew Hardin – vocals, acoustic guitar, tiple
 Emmylou Harris – vocals, gut-string guitar
 Jamie Hartford – vocals
 Bill Hearne – gut-string guitar, acoustic guitar
 Bonnie Hearne – gut-string guitar
 Carolyn Hester – gut-string guitar
 Tish Hinojosa – vocals, gut-string guitar
 Peter Holsapple – mandolin
 James Hooker – vocals, gut-string guitar, organ, piano, synthesizer
 Jay Joyce – vocals, gut-string guitar
 Lucy Kaplansky – vocals, gut-string guitar
 Fats Kaplin – button accordion, fiddle, pedal steel
 Dolores Keane – gut-string guitar
 Mary Ann Kennedy – vocals
 Maura Kennedy – vocals, gut-string guitar
 Pete Kennedy – vocals, gut-string guitar, 12-string guitar
 Ray Kennedy – vocals
 Doug Lancio – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gut-string guitar, resonator guitar
 Tom Littlefield – vocals
 Lyle Lovett – gut-string guitar
 Ian Matthews – vocals, acoustic guitar
 Joe Mauldin – bass
 Pat McInerney – drums, percussion, vocals, gut-string guitar
 Pat McLaughlin – vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin
 John Mock – penny whistle
 Odetta – vocals, gut-string guitar
 David Olney – vocals
 John Prine – duet vocals
 Jean Ritchie – vocals, gut-string guitar
 Jim Rooney – vocals, gut-string guitar
 Darius Rucker – gut-string guitar
 Tom Rush – vocals, slide guitar
 Tom Russell – vocals, gut-string guitar
 Matthew Ryan – vocals, gut-string guitar
 Lee Satterfield – vocals, mandolin
 Sharon Shannon – button accordion
 Jim Sonefeld – gut-string guitar
 Rosalie Sorrels – vocals, gut-string guitar
 John Stewart – vocals, gut-string guitar
 Eric Taylor – vocals, gut-string guitar
 Christian Teal – violin
 Richard Thompson – Vocals, electric guitar, gut-string guitar
 Ian Tyson – vocals
 Dave Van Ronk – acoustic guitar
 Eric Von Schmidt – gut-string guitar
 Jerry Jeff Walker – acoustic guitar, vocals
 Eric Weissberg – banjo, gut-string guitar
 Gillian Welch – gut-string guitar
 Kristin Wilkinson – viola
 Lucinda Williams – acoustic guitar, vocals
 Jim Williamson – trumpet
 Brian Willoughby – acoustic guitar

References

1998 albums
Covers albums
Nanci Griffith albums
Albums produced by Don Gehman
Elektra Records albums


There have been many changes in the binary options industry since we first started Binary Score in 2016. Back then the industry had only just taken off and with large amounts of money pouring in, we saw an influx of scammers and bad operators entering the market. Similar to what we saw with anything crypto related in 2018.
Here we take a look at the binary options industry in 2019.
In the years following, we saw a crackdown from governments, regulators and payment providers. Many of the bad operators have now been driven out of the market.
Is Binary Options Still a Dirty Word?
Following on from the peak of binary option scam behavior in 2016 and 2017 the reputation took a severe beating. Binary options were automatically viewed in a negative light within the financial community.
Many of the larger brokers, particularly European based ones moved away from the association with binary options all together. IQ Option for example began to push CFD, crypto and margin forex trading.
In 2018 we saw continued action from regulators and governments towards binary options and the online trading industry more broadly. The most prominent example being the European regulator ESMA issuing a ban on binary options. This change impacting EU and UK residents.
In other parts of the world governments and regulators have been taking different actions. In Indonesia for example, we have seen outright blocking by authorities. Even major institutional brokers like FXCM and Interactive Brokers remain blocked in 2019.
Will we see a reemergence of the binary options industry? We are not so sure what the future holds. While we don't see a return to the "glory days" of 2013-2016, we expect to see further consolidation and emergence of new professional players. Zentrader is one example of a new binary options broker launch this year.
Regardless, there is still considerable demand for binary options trading from around the world. And despite government bureaucrats telling us they know better, people will still find a way to do what they want to do.
Expect to see much more from the Binary Score team in 2019. Feel free to get in touch or leave us a comment below.


The core mission of WebSM is to provide information and resources related to web survey methodology. Besides related news and information about scientific and professional events, web survey bibliography is especially important, and at the beginning of 2014 the website's database included 8,323 authors and 6,890 bibliographic entries. The scholarly entries amount to 2,888 out of 6,890 entries, the remaining entries belonging predominantly to various conference materials, proceedings and other documents. As for authors, 4,741 out of 8,323 contributed some scholarly input.
Since 1998 WebSM has regularly and systematically reviewed its list of key bibliographic sources (in 2014 it contains 100 entries) in order to build its network of authors and bibliographic entries. In addition, WebSM also maintains a list of web survey software with more than 350 active entries with information about their vendors and features, and a list more than 100 blogs related to survey methodology. In this supplement to Chapter 6, we provide an overview of the WebSM bibliography database and discuss the authorship network that can be observed from its resources.


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Mercedes-Benz donates cars & Star Diagnosis unit to Govt. Polytechnics
Mercedes-Benz India has decided to further strengthen its Advanced Mechatronics course in Pune and Aurangabad. The company will be donating one latest car for training and latest Star Diagnosis unit each to Government Polytechnic, Pune and Government Polytechnic, Aurangabad under its CSR initiative.
The Advanced Mechatronics course designed by Mercedes-Benz is a first-of-its kind initiative in India designed specifically to address the growing need for skilled resources in Automotive Technology. It is being run by three Government Polytechnics in Pune and Aurangabad since 2006 and 2009 respectively and was later introduced at Government Engineering College Trivandrum (GECBH) in 2013.
This programme will provide employability in the areas of Production, Maintenance, Planning, Quality Assurance, Research and Development.
CSR German Government Luxury Cars Mercedes-Benz
Audi to launch 10 new cars in 2015


The purpose of a report card is to confirm with parents their child's level of achievement and communicate ways that parents can support their child's learning. Outcomes are statements that describe what students are expected to know and able to do. By reporting outcomes from the Alberta Program of Studies, it is easy to determine specific strengths and weaknesses in student achievement and to target areas for improvement or enhanced learning. Traditional reporting practices generally communicate an "average" or how effectively students are completing homework, quizzes and/or exams. Outcome-based reporting is aligned with the Program of Studies to provide meaningful information regarding what a student knows and is able to do.
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools implemented Live Reporting in 2018. Parents receive timely and targeted outcome based information on their child's achievement. Depending on the students elementary school the digital platform is PowerTeacher Pro or Edsby. Here is the PowerTeacher Pro information sheet for accessing student live reporting. Information for accessing Edsby student live reporting is located here.
Comments are also shared in a timely targeted manor to describe achievement based on the outcomes.
A student's social growth and work habits are reported in the "Growth as a Learner" section along with the teacher's comment that provides additional information.
PowerSchool is a student information management system that our school Division uses. All our middle schools and high schools use it for student assessment and reporting. Our middle schools use an outcome-based report card while our high schools use the more traditional category-based report card. Parents and students can go online to view current marks, comments, and announcements at https://powerschool.rdcrs.ca/public. If you need assistance to login, contact your school. PowerSchool also offers parent and student mobile devices applications.


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It's been quite some time since I've updated my blog. I've been reorganizing my life and at the time it didn't feel like anything blog-worthy was going on, but sometimes it's good to just write things out. So here it goes.
I packed up my belongings and said goodbye to my students, my friends, and my cozy life in Korea. I spent a long time debating the idea since I enjoyed the security of my life there. I was financially stable. I had a solid income with a low cost of living. I had insurance. I had a private studio apartment within walking distance to my job. In many ways I had a very good life, but I continued to feel anxious and burnt out. I felt like I had money but no time to travel, explore, and enjoy it. I'm not a person who likes to be rushed, so planning weekend trips to international destinations didn't appeal to me. I wanted to have more adventure at my fingertips. After all, a big draw of teaching English abroad is the new experiences and travel opportunities that can be had so easily. Is a 47 hour work week with 10 vacation days throughout the year truly an adventure? I think I began to feel something similar to "island fever" despite South Korea being a peninsula. But since North Korea is off limits, SK might as well have been a little homogeneous island. Korea had grown on me, and I developed a great love for the food, nightlife, style, music, and skincare, but I was ready for something new and different.
At this point, I felt like I would need a break from teaching. I was tired of helicopter parents, a business-before-education mentality, and micromanaging. I wanted to go somewhere where I could still earn good money, but not teach and not be home. So I got a Working Holiday Visa and moved to Sydney with the promise off high pay and a plethora of jobs for backpackers.
I was in awe on my first day in Sydney. The skies were so vividly blue. My skin was warmed by the strong sun. I had a lovely homemade Italian meal with my friend and his family. Life was fresh and wonderful. I found a bartending job pretty quickly after applying to a few on Seek, Gumtree, and Indeed. I got a lot of hours, the work was simple, and my co-workers were from all over the world. I was very happy. Unfortunately within my first weeks of late night shifts, I began to feel unsafe going home. I had a few drunk girls try to fight me on the bus, and I later saw them run off the bus and chase another girl for punching one of them in the face while on that same bus. I had drunk men pester me while waiting at the bus stop to go home, asking me to join them for a drink or asking me to invite them to my place. In that same area, I had a girl pull my backpack and try to intimidate me, and later she tried to empty her ashes from her pipe on my head. There were just too many sketch people around while I tried to make my way home at 2-3 am. A taxi/Uber ride home from the CBD (Central Business District) to the Inner West where I lived was too pricey to consider every night. The trains were not active past midnight to where I needed to go. The bus was my only affordable option and it clearly wasn't giving me a good impression. Late nights were an important part of my employment, so I decided to leave the job without having another one lined up, and that proved to be a huge mistake.
I began another job hunt within a shorter radius of where I lived to keep my commute to a minimum. I got hired at two other places, both involving bartending, but as a casual worker I was never promised a set amount of hours. One week I had just worked one 4-hour shift. I couldn't believe that I had secured two jobs and was still struggling. I began to panic a bit, and I lost a lot of confidence in myself. I questioned my life choices and whether I was even employable. Clearly, I was stressed.
It took a while to get back on the right track, and I decided to stray away from bartending in this job hunt. I applied to jobs as a receptionist, cashier, retail employee, and call center staff. I'm currently on a probationary period at a call center job that provides me with consistent hours, and I juggle the other two jobs I've had since January along with it. I've made some progress to get back onto a stable path, but that period of under-employment made a big dent in my savings.
At this point, I think it would have been smarter to take my savings and move to a country with a lower cost of living than Seoul to make my money stretch. I could have taken a month off to relax and gather my senses and then get back into teaching rather than run to the next destination in search of high earnings. Basically, I realized I ran to Sydney to make money because I felt irresponsible leaving a stable job in Korea, and I justified my move by thinking I would make similar earnings. I allowed a lot of external pressures to influence my feelings and my choices. As much as I tell myself that I made a bad choice, good friends of mine remind me that I had a plan, I took a risk, and even if it didn't pan out as planned, I learned from it and I can build on it. I'm sensing some new changes coming soon, once again, and though I don't feel entirely ready for them, my time in Sydney has taught me that money shouldn't be my main focus, and that even if I find myself in a less-than-picture-perfect situation, I can still have the drive to find a way to make it work. The question is whether I should use that effort here or in a destination that I can more easily afford, especially as an English teacher. We'll see what happens next.


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How The Atomic Age Gave Us Robot Surgeons
May 15, 2015, 11:30am
Your next surgery may be performed by a robot. It will be controlled by a doctor in the room, or perhaps by one across the country. What's truly extraordinary, though, is where these surgery robots came from. Their origin stories stretch back to the radioactive labs of the atomic age.
Picture: Atomic Robo by Brian Clevinger
Atomic Servants
As the US emerged from World War II, the newly-formed Atomic Energy Commission set out to repurpose and expand its nuclear programs to include uses here at home, like nuclear power and medicine.
All that atomic research meant exposing more and more researchers to deadly hazardous materials on an every-day basis — so it's no surprise the Commission was interested in developing new tools that would let scientists work with radioactive material. It began commissioning leaders in robotics to build machines that could do the work while protecting the human body directing it — and a new era in robotics was born.
Employees of the Argonne National Laboratory load trays into halves of Zero Power Reactor III at the AEC's National Reactor Testing Station, 1956. A plastic tunnel suit provides personnel access to the contaminated service areas when gamma levels are below permissible limits, 1965. Images via the Department of Energy on Flickr/CC.
"Incredible engineering achievements occurred in a brief period of 15 years," writes Bijoy Ghosh about the era. Before, says Ghosh, a nuclear technician might shield himself with a periscope or a wall made out of lead bricks — seriously low-tech protection considering how dangerous the work was. Now, the Commission wanted to develop a better, safer way — by using what amounted to a mechanical version of the scientist's own arms and hands.
These weren't robots. They were machines that translated the movements of a human body into mechanical terms somewhere else — and even returned "force feedback" to the human so that they could deftly work with materials from far away. The engineer Raymond Goertz, who worked at the Argonne National Laboratory, developed something called a "teleoperated articulated arm," often described as a Master-Slave Manipulator, or MSM.
The master control arms of four Electric Master-Slave Manipulators, Model E3 are shown in operation in the 1960s. Images via the Department of Energy on Flickr/CC.
It was, essentially, a handset gripped by the human that attached to a mechanical version at the other end — the human could manipulate the robotic hand with the motion of his own. At the Nevada Test site, dozens of these manipulator arms were soon installed in long hallways lined with "hot cells," where radioactive material could be safely manipulated by a human in khakis and a button up from behind a protective window.
This photo shows the operating area in the Transuranium Processing Plant (TRU) Facility. c. 1967. Images via the Department of Energy on Flickr/CC.
Many of these machines have been forgotten, but CyberneticZoo's Reuben Hoggett maintains an incredible archive of images and articles about Goertz and his contemporaries on his site.
Other researchers in the field, like GE's John Payne, were on to the same idea. Luckily, Payne's 1948 master-slave-manipulator is the subject of this fantastic video preserved by the British Pathé.
Another preserved video reel from 1960 shows a nuclear manipulator serving tea and lighting a woman's cigarette:
Even though they often get overlooked, these complex, experimental machines are the ancestors to a huge number of technologies in our own world — from the Apple Watch's taptic engine to the idea of "telepresence" in general. The Atomic Energy Commission had perhaps unintentionally spurred decades-worth of development on how humans telecommute.
"Their fundamental research on remote manipulators is still quite valid today," says Ghosh. "Sixty years later we are still seeing ideas that this invention spawned," adds Reuben Hoggett.
A robot with a bellyache
If these massive, pulley-draped machines seemed alien, things would only get weirder from there. The idea of exoskeletons and master-slave manipulators exploded throughout pop culture — it was an idea too incredible not to immortalise.
Meanwhile, companies like GE continued developing robotic manipulators for atomic research — not always to great success. One notable failure was a 170,000-pound Beetle, immortalised by a Popular Science article from 1962 that described the tank-like manipulator — inside which a small human controlled its movements — as the biggest robot ever made. Here's an incredible photo of Beetle unearthed by Kotaku:
"If H-bombs struck, he could dash to the destruction zone to rescue injured people and scrape away the worst of the fallout dust," exclaimed Popular Science.
But even the enthusiastic-til-the-end Popular Science writers couldn't ignore Beetle's shortcomings. "When PS Chief Photographer Bill Morris and I first saw the Beetle, it wasn't doing anything but sitting on a hangar floor," the writer explained "They couldn't start the engine." Beetle was a gargantuan, oil-seeping "robot with a bellyache."
It turned out that building bigger and bigger versions of Goertz's old manipulators wasn't the answer — it was making them smaller was. Soon, other government agencies were working on smaller, defter versions of the same idea. A NASA researcher named Scott Fisher was developing virtual reality headsets and hand-worn interfaces that could interact with these virtual worlds. He even made up a word for what NASA was studying: telepresence.
Collaborating with a surgeon from Stanford on how these VR systems could be used for surgeons — and working with other robotics experts, developer a manipulator arm that could perform real surgery.
The SRI-led Trauma Pod, developed for DARPA as a next-generation mobile robotic surgery platform for the military. Bottom: The hands of a surgery robot. AP Photo/Robert F. Bukat
Soon, as Russel A. Faust explains in Robotics in Surgery, the idea of telepresence surgery was blooming — in 1985, the first robotic-assisted surgery took place using the PUMA 560 robotic surgical arm, an early robotic surgical arm. Today robotic arms, telepresence machines, and tactile interfaces are used in everything from surgery to business meetings. We see them in action movies like the Avengers and even Star Wars.
It's such a prevalent idea that we don't think very much about where it came from — it's almost as if it's been there all along. But it's amazing to realise that this futuristic technology leads back to the experimental designs of a few researchers working in the desert in the 1950s.


do everything this one will do.
order to make it a true dyno.
Here it is working now as a rear wheel rpm indicator. I was really surprised at how well this worked.
Trying to get an rpm reading on the small tires was near impossible even when using reflective tape.
With this setup I just drop it onto the dyno and the reading is there in a couple of seconds.
All this stuff you see are things I had lying around not being used, some for over 40 years.
Here is the Flywheel, an old brass gear.
Vehicle power. The table is adjustable for vehicle length as this is an old chassis jig. A piece of stock track could also be used.
Car on dyno. Very stable, it is not necessary to hold it, just turn on the switch and it stays right there for a reading.
Once the meters arrive and are installed along with the slave motor I will be able to calculate Watts and get an actual horsepower reading.
looks like we think alike Dave. I made something similar a few years back. I was looking for a way to take wheel RPM's as well and like you said, it's nearly impossible try to take readings straight from an HO wheel. One thing I added to mine was screws underneath the traction magnets so I could adjust the down-force. The red splatter is from Slayer tuning up for the next event.
Wow, looks like you pirated an old brass slot car chassis for the rear mount just like I did. Very similar design.
it and it was still running good. It will run exactly as it was at my race.
lol, actually I haven't touched Slayer yet. I did use an old 1/24 scale motor mount. I'm really surprised at how similar ours look, not ever seeing pictures of each others.
Good stuff here for sure. I don't know how many times I've said that before on the forum. This is the kind of stuff I like....self built test equipment. Uncanny how the two set ups resemble one another. Are you having to do a calculation for the difference in diameters in the two tires?
It really is remarkable how alike they are using several similar parts.
The rear wheel diameter on the dyno is .9" which is about twice the diameter of the average HO wheel. There are two reflective strips on the "flywheel" giving an approximate 1 revolution for 2 turns of the HO wheel. If you wanted the actual rear wheel rpm you would have to divide the diameter of the cars wheel into that of the dyno's and calculate it from that. Since I am just worried about tuning the cars the actual rpm is not that important. It will still be relevant since any improvement in the car would show when tuning and the speed of the dyno wheel would be comparable between cars. Since I have MPH on my strip I will do some comparison between Dyno rpm and actual speeds reached.
That's what I was wondering. If you were going for an actual number or relative number for tuning. Makes sense. Thanks for sharing Dave.
Dave, This is pretty interesting, thinking about putting one together.
Is this still a valid tuning tool for you? If so, is there anything you wish you had done differently?
better way to hold the car to the tester as it does move around some causing some slippage.
which can be of some use. It was fun to build and I did pirate an old chassis jig to make it.
I can send you a picture of the readouts if you like.
Hi we purchased a VRP 3 special edition and I use it for bench testing as most of my cars have their rpm recorded, so a new build can be compared, it's a great tool useful for checking rear wheel ovality or imbalance.
Yaw, don't know for sure how much I would use it either but sure looks like a fun project .
If you don't mind, sure any pics or other info you have, I would be appreciative of you sharing. Maybe a schematic of the voltage & amp gauges where you hooked them in, also?
Yaw, if a half dozen guys went in on the purchase of one, that would make it more doable, for sure. I'm envious .
I will look for some of the information on the build.
a lot more efficiency as the 4G pulled .30 amps at near 9,000 rpm.
some of them want to leave the slot. The Van stayed there like it was glued.


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Q: Is it true that mysql database can only process a simple query at same time? If I have a few different threads (in Java) query different tables in the same MySQL database. Can the database process multiple query at the same time?
If so, how can I optimize this issue: I have several tasks (in Java and need to query MySQL database), how can I finish them using less time?

A: Depends on the engine you use. For InnoDB MySQL performs row-level lock only for writes. For MyIsam, MEMORY and MERGE there are table-level locks which are granted for reading.
Source http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/internal-locking.html.
See also http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/glossary.html#glos_row_lock

A: YES ofcourse...Or else there wouldn't be such thing called table lock

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Home » Media » News » Ferrari: Unsafe F1 Pitstop Release Doesn't Need Harder Punishment
Ferrari: Unsafe F1 Pitstop Release Doesn't Need Harder Punishment
By Scott Mitchell • August 2, 2019
Ferrari Formula 1 boss Mattia Binotto believes his team's fine for Charles Leclerc's unsafe release at Hockenheim was the "proper" punishment, despite the FIA's acceptance harsher deterrents are required.
Leclerc was released into the path of Romain Grosjean during the first round of pitstops in the German Grand Prix, and Ferrari was hit with a €5000 fine instead of a normal time penalty.
That has been met with criticism and concern, with Red Bull driver Max Verstappen labelling it "completely wrong" ahead of this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix.
As a result, the FIA has agreed with F1 teams that unsafe pitstop releases will be punished with time penalties rather than fines, following Ferrari's incident at Hockenheim.
Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto said on Friday in Hungary that it was a "difficult" situation to judge and to act on, but believes it was the right call and that the judgment would be the same in similar circumstances.
"During the weekend in Hockenheim the drivers and the FIA met on Thursday and discussed the approach [for a race with mixed conditions and more pitstop]," said Binotto.
"What was key was to be safe to the mechanics in the pitlane. In the case of Charles, the Red Bull team was ready for the pitstop in front of him.
"I think the way Charles drove was very safe with respect to the mechanics and the pit crew.
"Yes, he had to slow down to be careful with the car coming in but that's a racing situation.
"I think as a team when you've got such traffic, what's key is safety first. Then we are in a racing situation.
"We've been fined, I don't think there will be a different judgment in the future. I think the way it's been judged was the proper one."
Verstappen adopted a similar position partly because he lost a podium in Monaco for a pitlane infringement, having made contact with Valtteri Bottas after being released from his stop.
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner agreed with Binotto that it was "tricky" to judge but feels consistency is required in repeat situations.
"I slightly crapped myself when I saw Romain Grosjean heading for me on the pitwall," Horner joked.
"So from my point of view it looked really unsafe, a pretty frightening prospect.
"It's a tricky one, Max got a penalty in Monaco for what was an unfair release. It was deemed it was because he touched the car of Bottas.
"They are slightly different incidents but what you want to see more than anything is an element of consistency.
"Otherwise from a team point of view, from the guy releasing the car, what call does he make now?
"It's a difficult one. When there's pitlanes like in Silverstone we had enough room for two cars to go side by side."
This story was first published on Autosport. Read the original article here.


Celebs, they're just like us!
Earlier this year, Kim Kardashian West shared a photo of daughter North dressed up in a Cinderella dress playing with her toys in her messy closet. She captioned the photo "It's gonna be a long night…" While Kardashian West was busy picking up after North, we couldn't help but notice the shoes on the shelf.
North's collection of Vans and Yeezy Boost 350s that dad Kanye made especially for her were on display. Since then, we've gotten a look at plenty more mommy-daughter moments thanks to Kardashian West's Snapchat.
Aside from her growing sneaker collection, three-year-old North also has classics such as Dr. Martens boots in several colors, Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars, Vans sneakers and Adidas Stan Smiths. She's often spotted in ballet slippers when she goes to her weekly class with cousin Penelope.
North West wearing Dr. Martens black boots.
North West in white Converse All-Star sneakers.
The mother-daughter duo shopped at several stores in Miami, including The Webster. North West wore Vans Sk8-Hi sneakers.
Kim Kardashian West and daughter North leave ballet class in Los Angeles.
We also learned that North loves her Ipanema brand flip-flops, which she even occasionally wears for nap time.
North West napping in her Ipanema flip-flops.
North and her parents welcomed a new addition to the family in December, and we know it's only a matter of time until baby Saint will have his own collection of Yeezys just like his sister.
Click through the gallery to see more of North West's adorable shoe moments.