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'Nutcracker's' Snow Queen has a love affair with dancing
By R.J. Donovan, Special to the BIR
R.J. Donovan, Special to the BIR
Boston Ballet's "The Nutcracker" stands as a "must see" family-friendly holiday tradition. And in the midst of glistening snowflakes, dancing mice, and battling tin soldiers stands principal dancer Kathleen Breen Combes.
In artistic director Mikko Nissinen's acclaimed adaptation of the classic Tchaikovsky Christmas ballet, Kathleen plays The Snow Queen, The Sugar Plum Fairy, and performs an Arabian dance.
The holiday ballet follows the journey of young Clara, who receives a nutcracker – in folklore, nutcrackers were given as keepsakes to bring good luck to families and protect their homes – at her family's Christmas Eve party. Later that evening, the nutcracker magically comes to life and leads Clara through an enchanted forest and on to the Nutcracker Prince's Kingdom.
Featuring the full company of 56 dancers, 10 Boston Ballet II dancers and 250 Boston Ballet School students, the 44-performance engagement runs through Dec. 31 at the Boston Opera House.
This year marks Kathleen's 15th season with Boston Ballet. One of six children, she is the only one with a career in the arts.
From their native Long Island, her family moved to Florida where she trained with Northwest Florida Ballet, The HARID Conservatory and Fort Lauderdale Ballet Classique (where she studied with her mentor, Magda Aunon). She danced with The Washington Ballet before coming to Boston.
She had previously visited Boston at the age of 12 when her parents sent her to Boston Ballet's summer dance program. She returned to the program twice, when she was 16 and 17.
While dancing in Washington, she remained intrigued with Boston and Mikko Nissinen's diverse artistic repertoire. She was eventually invited to a three-day audition at The Wang and was delighted when Mikko hired her after her first day, telling her to "go find an apartment."
Hailed by The New York Times as a "ballerina of colossal scale and boldness," Kathleen met her husband, Yury Yanowsky, when he, too, was dancing with Boston Ballet. He has since moved on to a career as a choreographer. They have a baby daughter.
Kathleen traces her heritage to Tempo Village in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. One of her father's cousins still lives on the family farm, once home to her grandfather and his nine brothers and sisters.
She currently trains with an intensity and focus equal to that of any major athlete, working seven hours a day, five to six days a week. We spoke between rehearsals.
Q. You've become an integral part of so many holiday memories for families here in Boston. What's it like being part of "The Nutcracker?"
A. There is this joy surrounding it, and I can't imagine Christmas without it . . . There's this incredible feeling when you leave the theater between shows, you know, on a two-show Saturday or a two-show Sunday. You see the kids on the street who have just seen it, with their paper crowns and their wands. And they're dancing down the street, and you say, that's because of what we just did. That's so special, to see that you are having an impact on these kids.
Q. For many people, "The Nutcracker" carries a strong emotional memory from their first time attending a ballet.
A. Absolutely. I think for most people in America, it really is their introduction. I had a baby a year ago and I was in recovery and the doctor came in and said "Were you in 'The Nutcracker???' " So my husband and I became known as "The Nutcracker" couple! Every nurse who came in had to talk about it. And it was so incredible because you realize what a vast audience we have. Everybody goes to it.
Q. How did you begin dancing?
A. When I was very little, I didn't walk for 18 months. My Mom noticed that I wasn't walking properly. She took me to a doctor who said my leg muscles weren't fully developed and it would be a good idea to put me in some sort of a creative movement class, just to get the muscles moving. She was huge fan of ballet, so she started me in ballet. I fell in love with it. I always say I never remember deciding that I wanted to be a dancer – it was there.
Q. Do you have memories of your first time on stage?
A. I do, actually. I danced at City Center. Forth Worth Ballet, which was in Texas, came to New York and they were doing a production of "Cinderella" and they needed children for the production . . . I got chosen. I was one of the fairy attendants. I was maybe seven. My only role was to walk on holding the ballerina's cape behind her, stand on stage while she danced, and then hold her cape as we walked off. That was it. It was my debut at City Center and from then on it was like, "This is it!"
Q. Dancers have a very specific time window for their careers. Where do you see yourself in the future? Joining your husband as a choreographer?
A. I just got my bachelor's degree from Northeastern University in communications and management. And I just started on my master's in nonprofit management.
Q. Between rehearsals, performances and being a Mom, where do you find the time?
A. I don't know! It's a lot . . . There are so few artists who take the time to get educated in the administrative side of the arts. To have both of those qualities and go into running a nonprofit is very valuable. So that's what I'm hoping to do.
Q. Last question. Is there a special moment in "The Nutcracker" for you?
A. There is. There's this moment when The Sugar Plum gives the crown to Clara. It's kind of like this passing it on, you know? You're passing it on to the next generation. All the young dancers are staring at you at that moment and it's really special to be on stage with them.
R. J. Donovan is editor and publisher of onstageboston.com.
Boston Ballet's "The Nutcracker," through Dec. 31, Boston Opera House, 539 Washington Street. Info: bostonballet.org/nutcracker, or 617-695-6955.


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As the title says, I am curious as to whether any of you guys/mappers have tried using Unreal engine 4 or the Unreal Development Kit (UDK)?


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First, there are two additional styles you can use, just go into your profile and set your Board Style.
Second, I've increased the allowable size for avatars from 80x80, 6k to 125x125, 10k. Now we can actually have avatars we can SEE!
Third, I've added a nifty spoiler bbcode tag, for posting plot spoilers, puzzle solutions, and other stuff that should be hidden.
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Thus, there is now a total of 5 MCCCARS.
There is a now a total of about 70 surgeons who are subscribed to the e-group of MCCCARS.
The main observation this year is that the cooperative and collaborative multi-centers came from the Metro Manila. No centers in the Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao participated this year in MCCCARS, unlike in 2002.
Hopefully, in 2004, more centers will participate.
The Department of Surgery of Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center (OMMC), which is the prime mover of MCCCARS, has produced 21 action research papers in 2003. These papers will be disseminated to the other members of the MCCCARS to encourage them to conduct similar studies so as to produce multi-center cooperative and collaborative action research studies.
For more information and how to join, email rjoson@maniladoctors.com.ph.
For details of MCCCARS and the completed papers, visit http://mcccars.tripod.com.


The Carol Gollob Foundation for Breast Cancer Research promotes awareness of breast cancer and funds research for its detection, prevention, and cure. Since 1992, we've raised over $500,000 for breast cancer research.
Through our annual charity events, the Carol Gollob Foundation has raised funds to benefit The NorthShore Kellogg Cancer Center and The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University. Both are Chicago-area organizations that research and treat breast cancer.
We would like to thank our main sponsors, Barnes International, Abt Electronics, Flings, Learning Resources, Midtown Tennis Club, and Piece Pizza.


As AAC practitioners, we sometimes lose sight of how our prognostications impact the individuals we serve. In today's featured video Rob Rummel-Hudson provides some perspective on this important issue.
Many thanks to Mr. Rummel-Hudson, the AAC RERC, and the AAC team at Penn State for making this video available.


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Labour Legislation in India
C.M. Chaudhary (Author) Arvind Jain (Author)
Synopsis The book explains various labour legislations in India with the specific attention to industrial disputes, trade unions, labour welfare, social securities, women workers, workmen's compensation etc. The book also deals with Employee's State Insurance Act, 1948, I.L.O. and Labour Legislations, Social Securities, women and labour welfare and management information system in relation to personnel management.
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C.M. Chaudhary
Dr. C.M. Chaudhary did his B.A. Hons. (Eco.), M.A. (Eco.), M.Phil and Ph.D from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He is the Gold Medalist in M.Com. and first class first in P.G. Diploma in Labour Laws, Labour Welfare and Personnel management from the J.N.V. University, Jodhpur.
He had served as a lecturer in commerce, J.N.V. University, Jodhpur during 1972-74 and Lecturer in EAFM College Education, Govt. of Rajasthan during 1974-87 and thereafter served the university Deptt. of EAFM, Jaipur as Professor during 1987-2004. He has been associated with various schools of management studies.
He participated and presented papers in 17 National and International seminars and conferences. He has contributed more than 6 dozen articles/papers in national and international journals. His area of specialization is General Economics, Labour Economics, Monetary Theory and Public Enterprises. He has written several books on Economics, Commerce and Management. He is life member of several academic bodies and on the board of studies in commerce and management in state universities.
Arvind Jain
Dr. Arvind Jain Practitioner of Homoeopathy since 16 years and teacher of Homoeopathic Materia Medica. Dr. Arvind Jain has trained many Doctors to practice Hahnemann Organon based Homoeopathy at Homoeopathic Education & Research Institute, Mumbai. Dr. Arvind Jain runs Jain Groups of Homoeopathy Clinics Research in Mumbai.
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New Trends in International Business
Microfinance in India
New Trends in Financial Reporting
E-Business & Information Technology
Expanding Horizons Of Human Rights
Book of Guides (Hudaya) or Nomocanon
Right to Privacy and Freedom of Media
Criminal Law of Islam (In 4 Volumes)
Title	Labour Legislation in India
Author	C.M. Chaudhary
Publisher	Indus Valley
length	iv+130p., Tables; 23cm.
Subjects Social Sciences > Law

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Why Microsoft isn't spooked by the Apple-IBM alliance
Nadella's plan to put services, software on all platforms means the Apple-IBM deal will have little impact on the enterprise-centric Microsoft
By Gregg Keizer
Senior Reporter, Computerworld |
The Apple-IBM partnership announced yesterday will have little or no impact on Microsoft's dominance in the enterprise, or drastically change its already mutating mobile strategy for business, according to analysts interviewed today.
"Short term, there will likely be very little impact to Microsoft," said Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research. "Microsoft is a very broad corporate computing entity, but IBM tends to focus on more specific implementations for vertical markets. Most of the IBM work, even though they have long-term engagements with certain customers, the engagements are more project focused.
"Of course, Microsoft wants its share of that business -- it does do some consulting and of course wants to lock in those wins on its own platforms -- but so much of its business is in general productivity," Rubin added. "So I think it's unlikely that the Apple-IBM alliance will have much of an impact."
On Tuesday, Apple and IBM jointly announced a new partnership that will meld IBM's big data and analytics capabilities with Apple's iPhone and iPad. IBM will sell the Apple devices; craft more than 100 industry-specific enterprise solutions that include native apps; optimize its cloud services for iOS; package device supply, activation and management services; offer financing and leasing plans; and provide on-site support to customers. Apple will also offer new AppleCare support options designed for enterprises.
Experts yesterday called the deal "brilliant" and said Apple got the better part of the alliance as it now has a front door into the enterprise rather than having to sneak in through the back as workers bring their personal iPhones and iPads into the office.
Microsoft, of course, is the premier supplier of productivity software -- including operating systems -- to the enterprise, and has been hammering on mobile for ages. Since the appearance of the iPhone, then Android and finally the iPad, it has made little headway: Microsoft's smartphone shipment share remains in the low single digits worldwide and its tablets, among them its own Surface Pro 3 -- Microsoft trumpets it as a notebook replacement, not a tablet -- have made little or no meaningful headway anywhere, including in business.
Originally, Microsoft's enterprise mobile strategy, particularly with the 2012 launch of Windows 8 on PCs, tablets and phones, was one stressing homogeneity to customers. Microsoft bet that its business customers would choose Windows-powered smartphones and tablets because they could be managed with the familiar tools already used to handle desktops and notebooks.
When that didn't take, Microsoft switched up the strategy. New CEO Satya Nadella has banged the "mobile-first, cloud-first" mantra and increasingly talked about app agnosticism and the importance of cross-platform-capable software and services.
"We are going to have our experiences on all platforms," Nadella again promised when he spoke today at his company's Worldwide Partners Conference. "That means every home screen out there. Our aspiration is to have one or many Microsoft icons, Microsoft digital experiences. They're all entry points for us as an ecosystem."
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The governors of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands have declared a State of Emergency due to Hurricane Maria. To get an emergency refill, take your prescription bottle to any Tricare retail network pharmacy. To find a network pharmacy, call Express Scripts at 1-877-363-1303 or search the network pharmacy locator. If possible, visit the pharmacy where the prescription was filled. If you use a retail chain, you can fill your prescription at another store in that chain. If your provider is available, he or she may call in a new prescription to any network pharmacy. You can request assistance at another pharmacy, but it is at that pharmacy's discretion to help you. For more information, visit the Tricare website.


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I installed rails (it turns up in the SDK settings too) and I tried deleting .idea and restarting.
I have done this before on another machine, but not sure what else to debug at this point - any suggestions?

A: I think its most probably that you are not opening the correct folder. For me it solved when i opened the sub folder which contains the rails project instead of parent folder.

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Ron's Painting specializes in rescuing homeowners from painting disasters caused by inexperienced laborers masquerading as professionals. Sadly, a recovering economy along with recovering from a hurricane brings out unscrupulous actors who try to take advantage of unsuspecting customers. Fortunately, Ron's Painting has extensive experience fixing the damage and restoring your home's luster.
To protect the public from unlicensed operators, Ronald Rooker, the president of Ron's Painting, publishes free guides, articles and blogs for consumers on this website. Ron offers useful tips for selecting the right paints and finishes for any surface based on over 30 years of experience and knowledge in the painting industry.
One thing that separates Ron's Painting from other painting contractors in Southwest Florida, is Ron, the owner is on every job working with his crew. Quality Without Question is our motto.
Have you ever wondered what is involved in doing exterior house painting on a home in Florida? Do I really want to paint the exterior of my home myself, or should I hire a professional painting contractor to do it for me? What is the cost of painting a home's exterior? What is the best type of paint to use when painting the exterior stucco, wood? Can I paint my aluminum soffit and fascia? What about my garage door, can that be painted? Should I use a flat,satin, or a semi-gloss finish, and where should I use these different finishes? Where should I go to buy the paint? How long will a paint job last in this Florida sun?
Since 1995, when I first started doing Faux Finishing, almost every homeowner that I met with on an interior painting estimate has asked me many of the same questions.
Is Faux Finishing still as popular as it used to be. What are the advantages of Faux Finishing vs Wallpaper. I have wallpaper in my bathroom and kitchen now, and I would like to get it removed, should I put in a different wallpaper or should I have a Faux Finish in the room? What can you do with these columns in my entrance foyer?
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Ron's Painting has been providing home painting services to our clients on Sanibel and Captiva Island since 1991. Being an experienced painting contractor I realize that working on the islands presents issues that I don't always see on other painting projects in Southwest Florida. The salt air environment causes home care issues, which makes it difficult for island homeowners to maintain the appearance of their Sanibel and Captiva homes.
Being a painter that has provided both interior & exterior painting on Sanibel and Captiva Island since 1991, it is really important to me to assure your home is safe for you and your family, for the long term.
Have you ever dreamed of living on a tropical island like Sanibel or Captiva, your toes in the soft white sand, an expansive beach around the island, swaying coconut palms, lush tropical foliage and beautiful crystal blue water? Imagine walking the shoreline at sunrise looking for seashells, our little treasures from the sea, and watching the pelicans and herons fish for their dinner, while the sandpipers scurry along the surfs edge ahead of you as you walk the beach. Seeing in the fresh morning sand the tracks the sea turtles have left as they crawl onto the beach to lay their eggs. Sitting on the beach with your loved one, watching the sun rise in the morning or set in the evening. Sanibel and Captiva are known for some of the most beautiful sunsets you will ever see.
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Bringing color into our Southwest Florida homes can be daunting. Just look how beautiful it is in Southwest Florida in this picture. The different shades of blues and greens shows you how completely different colors can be. Color is a homeowners's most powerful tool when it comes to dramatically changing a home. Color used correctly, it completely transforms a room or an entire home. It is the biggest change that can be made for the least amount of money.
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Does the interior of your home look and feel as inviting as you imagined? How can I add a little more color in my life? Am I missing the right finishing touches, but not sure who I should call to help with these changes? My neighbor was telling me that I should have someone come in and do Faux finishing, what exactly is this Faux finishing they were talking about?
I would love to get my painting done before I come down for season, or have it done while I am on vacation, but can I really trust someone to come into my home while I am not there?
What about paint colors or paint schemes. How in the world am I going to pick the right paint colors that will blend with my furnishing? Oh, I forgot, I need to have wallpaper removed in my bathrooms, will a painter do this for me?
These are all great questions and concerns many homeowners have on a daily basis. My sister in Ohio just called me with some of the same questions recently. She was looking for some interior home painting ideas since her home had not been freshened up with new paint colors since it was built, and some rooms just needed a new look. She also asked me a very difficult question, exactly was how much does it cost to do interior painting?


After nearly a year of acrimonious debate, the Sia blockchain is moving to give big mining companies the boot.
David Vorick, founder and CEO of Nebulous – the for-profit company behind the $233 million distributed storage protocol – told that Sia will soon move to enact a software change meant to block certain types of specialized mining hardware from the platform, allowing hardware manufactured by Nebulous subsidiary Obelisk to remain one of the only ways to collect the blockchain's lucrative cryptocurrency rewards.
"Sia's decided to fork to obsolete or brick the Innosilicon and Bitmain hardware," Vorick said, referring to Obelisk's rival manufacturers of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) mining equipment for Siacoin.
Continuing, Vorick emphasized that the code change is optional, and is configured in such a way as to "enable a group of dissenters to easily split off and be on a separate blockchain where the hard fork was never implemented." According to the blog post, such a split will not impact the functionality of the Sia network.
Still, Vorick portrayed the code change as a near-unanimous decision taken by the community, and this Reddit thread – the closest thing to an official vote that was held in the community – appears to show broad support for the decision. The sentiments expressed represent a change from January, when another proposal to similarly fork Siacoin failed.
During those months of back-and-forth, some community members appeared just as concerned about Nebulous' consolidation of power as they were about Bitmain or Innosilicon (the latter, Vorick made clear, is the "monopoly" he has in mind).
Meanwhile, some in the community saw a fork as amounting to a bailout of Obelisk by Nebulous – a way to turn back the clock on production delays, political rifts and threats of legal action. The Reddit post containing the proposal argues, however, that it "seeks to protect the community members who invested in Obelisk ASIC units," not the company itself.
In his statement, Vorick described the motivation and method for bricking Innosilicon's ASIC miners.
Vorick said that Innosilicon controls 37.5 percent of the network's total mining power through its own mining operation. The company also sells ASICs to other miners. Since they "have the only rig capable of competing," Vorick wrote, Innosilicon is able to charge an estimated 100 percent markup on this hardware.
As a result, as soon as the network's nodes adopt the upgrade, chips designed to run the unaltered blake2b algorithm will be useless for mining Siacoin.
"We believe that this will break tens of millions of dollars of hardware," said Vorick.
Notably, other networks have considered or followed through with similar forks aimed at disabling ASICs. For example, Monero did so in April, and momentum is building toward a similar change in the second largest blockchain by market capitalization, ethereum.
Sia's decision is unique, however, in that the goal is not to keep ASICs off the network entirely – Vorick has written that this is a losing battle and diminishes a coin's security – but to block ASICs made by particular companies.
If Innosilicon and Bitmain move as fast as possible to produce new hardware, Vorick said, they may be able to replace the bricked ASICs in three or four months. In the interim, then, miners sold by Sia's sister venture Obelisk will have the run of the network.
But there are risks inherent in such a fork.
Vorick noted in a blog post that, in the short term, the move to remove the hardware – currently comprising the majority of the network's hashrate – will be detrimental to Sia's security. Still, the developer continued by arguing that the effort will lead to a "healthy mining community and a higher overall difficulty" in the long term.
For some, the decision to brick some ASICs in order to favor hardware manufactured by a Nebulous subsidiary is a suspicious one. Vorick said that the decision "originated from the community" and met with "almost no dissent," but it is likely to be seen by some as a decision taken by Nebulous for its own benefit.
To understand the debate that's unfolded – and which this decision may or may not bring to a close – it's necessary to go back to June 2017, when Obelisk was publicly unveiled, along with its plans to sell a Sia ASIC.
By December, said Vorick, Sia developers were already receiving "unverifiable" tips that someone had secretly built their own ASIC and was using it to mine Siacoin. The following month, Bitmain publicly revealed their Sia ASIC, and it soon became clear that the company had been using it to mine on the network since November.
Innosilicon then announced a faster blake2b ASIC in April, displacing Bitmain's product.
If being beaten to market twice weren't bad enough, Obelisk missed its June 30 target for shipping the first batch of ASICs by weeks, leading to threats of legal action from at least two parties.
As for the possibility that Nebulous is pushing a fork in order to reduce legal threats against its subsidiary, Herbert dismissed that idea.
"We do not believe the Sia fork will have a significant impact on existing legal actions," he said.


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Orgelbau Hubert Fasen ist ein Unternehmen in Oberbettingen in der Eifel.

Geschichte
Die Firma wurde 1994 von Hubert Fasen gegründet. Die Werkstatt befindet sich in der alten Dorfschmiede Fasen, die aus- und umgebaut wurde. Bekannt wurde das Unternehmen durch die Restaurierung der 1715 erbauten Orgel von Balthasar König in Niederehe. Die Barockorgel in der ehemaligen Klosterkirche gilt als die älteste in Rheinland-Pfalz. Des Weiteren wurde die König-Orgel in Beilstein sowie die große Barockorgel von Johann Christian Kleine in Reichshof Eckenhagen (1795) restauriert. Mittlerweile erstellt die Firma Fasen Orgelneubauten in der Eifel und dem Rheinland.

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Preparing food is really easy when all cabinets and appliances are built and placed to match your body height. The ergonomical cabinet placement that is ideal for your kitchen is determined by the body height of the person that works primarily in the kitchen. That person's height determines the ideal height placement of all cabinets, worktops and appliances. The kitchen design has to reflect the functionality of the work flow.
that uses and works primarily in the kitchen right- or left handed?
all wall- and niche areas.
will be built to fit best your bodily height (e.g. a lowered cook top which will ease the work flow and supports a healthy posture).
give easy access and show all items stored at a glance.
e.g. switch from a standing to a sitting position.
only below your shoulder height to avoid placing too much strain on your back.
or postures. Depending on the fitness of a person these could be standing, walking, kneeling, lifting, bending or stretching.
that the maximum height a person should reach for is 35 cm above his body height.
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John George MCLEAN[1]
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Name John George MCLEAN
Born 03 Jun 1911 Winton, Queensland, Australia [2, 3]
Military 03 Nov 1939 Queensland, Australia [4]
3 Nov 1939 - 4 May 1945
McLEAN John George
WWII Nominal Roll
Engaged 15 Aug 1943 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [5]
Sunday Mail (Brisbane) (Qld. : 1926 - 1954), Sunday 15 August 1943, page 10
McLEAN - ANDREWS - The engagement is announced of Heather, Daughter of Mrs. A. Andrews, Kangaroo Point, to Mr. John George McLean, 9th Div., A.I.F., Son of Mr. R. McLean & Mrs. McLean, Hughenden.
Died 08 Mar 1976 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia [6, 7]
Warrawong (Port Kembla District Hospital)
Cremated 10 Mar 1976 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia [6, 7]
Cremated at Wollongong Crematorium
Ashes placed in Indiv Rose 4M, site 7, at Wollongong Memorial Gardens, with wife Heather Vene McLean.
Headstone plaque
Jack enlisted in the Australian Military Forces at Kelvin Grove, Brisbane on 3 November 1939 aged 28 years and 4 months. His place of address at this time was 38 Cairns Street, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Qld.
Jack served with the armed forces overseas in Palestine and embarked on 30 September 1940. Jack was serving in Egypt on 30 November 1940. He was reported as missing in action on 9 April 1941 and was found and listed as OK on 28 April 1941 and struck off the missing in action list.
Jack was wounded in action on 20 July 1942 after receiving a bullet wound to buttocks, forearm and back. He was serving in the Middle East at the time.
Jack was awarded the Africa Star Meal. He served in North Africa and El Alemein. He was discharged from the Armed forces in 1946.
WWII Nominal Roll, QX4574, Corporal, 2/13 Field Company. Enlisted 3 November 1939 at Brisbane, Qld. Locality of enlistment, Kangaroo Point, Qld. Discharged 4 May 1945.
Person ID I84 Rossow-Beitzel
Father Robert James MCLEAN, b. 27 May 1886, Gracemere, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia , d. 12 Mar 1980, Queensland, Australia (Age 93 years)
Mother Bridget Mary Dehilia AHERN, b. 03 Feb 1888, Townsville, Queensland, Australia , d. 02 Nov 1961, Queensland, Australia (Age 73 years)
Married 22 Dec 1908 Longreach, Queensland, Australia
Divorced 17 Oct 1913 Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Family 1 Rita Olivia HARRIS, b. 01 Dec 1912, Queensland, Australia
Married 10 Nov 1931 Queensland, Australia [8]
Divorced Aft 1940 Queensland, Australia
Family 2 Heather Vene (CLISSOLD) ANDREWS, b. 14 Feb 1909, Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , d. 13 Jul 1970, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia (Age 61 years)
Married Mar 1944 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [9]
The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Friday 31 March 1944, page 5
MCLEAN - ANDREWS. - Wearing white lace and satin, Miss Heather V. Andrews (Kangaroo Point) was married to Sgt. John G. McLean (Hughenden), A.I.F., returned, in the Albert Street Methodist Church yesterday. Miss E. Scroggs and Ft/Sgt. W. Yarrow were the attendants.
1. Jill MCLEAN, b. Abt 1935, d. Jul 2010, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age ~ 75 years)
+ 2. Living
+ 3. Karen MCLEAN, b. 1947, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia , d. 31 Jan 2005, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia (Age 58 years)
Born - 03 Jun 1911 - Winton, Queensland, Australia
Married - 10 Nov 1931 - Queensland, Australia
Military - 03 Nov 1939 - Queensland, Australia
Divorced - Aft 1940 - Queensland, Australia
Engaged - 15 Aug 1943 - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Married - Mar 1944 - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died - 08 Mar 1976 - Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Cremated - 10 Mar 1976 - Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
McLEAN John (Jack)
With daughter in law Anne
Receiving button carnation
Army photo
[S1] New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths Marriages, 200617/1976.
[S4] https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/BasicSearch.aspx.
[S86] WW2 Nominal Roll (http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/).
[S1] New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths Marriages, 200617/1976 (death certificate).
[S123] http://austcemindex.com/index.php?state=ALL.
[S2] Queensland: Registry Birth Deaths Marriages, 1931/C3624.


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"The Sustainable State: The Future of Government, Economy, and Society" by Chandran Nair
Evidence of the scarcity of earth's resources is all around us, in water shortages in Cape town, a choking tropical haze in Indonesia, or increasingly overcrowded and unaffordable Asian cities where people live in "coffin cubicles" and "cage homes". Action is required. But what kind of action, and which actor is best suited to bring about change that will allow the peaceful co-existence of humankind on an increasingly crowded and resource-constrained planet Earth? Chandran Nair, in his book, The Sustainable State, offers a new narrative of sustainable development. He takes on tough questions like how to price in negative externalities, such as early deaths from the pollution from coal-fired power, and grapples with the reality that the developing world will likely never enjoy the living standards of the West.
Nair argues that the solutions require new models, including a different form of government—one not co-opted by consumption and growth-driven corporations—so that living standards "will improve in a manner that does not consume or abuse resources at a faster rate than they are replenished and that also preserves the right for future generations." Nair's target audience, he says, is the next generation of young leaders, specifically the world's non-Western elites, who he urges to accept that to succeed, Asia must reject the path taken by the West.
Nair hopes to coax his readers, "who are comfortable with Western ideas, to think again regarding the future of their countries."
The Sustainable State: The Future of Government, Economy, and Society, Chandran Nair (Berrett-Koehler, November 2018)
Nair is the founder of the Global Institute for Tomorrow, a pan-Asian "think-and-do" tank, who spent his earlier career as an environmental consultant. As with his previous book, Consumptionomics, Nair hopes to coax his readers, "who are comfortable with Western ideas, to think again regarding the future of their countries." Central to the book is Nair's belief that capitalism has failed to provide sustainable outcomes. He writes that most of the approaches to sustainability, "—based on free markets, technological advances and the spread of democracy—were simply wrong." Nair implicates many global actors in this web of misunderstanding, including the UN Global Compact, for "not taking a clear position" and allowing multinational corporations to showcase
their all-too-superficial attempts at sustainability while allowing the UN to promote its engagement business… for fear of upsetting corporate members of the Global Compact and the numerous other Business Advisory Councils it has created.
In twelve chapters, an introduction, and a conclusion—entitled "Either States Act, or Doom Looms"—Nair tells readers what is wrong with the world and its neo-liberal economic models, and proposes a new model, based on a strong state, that earns the trust of the people, and acts to bring everyone up to a decent standard of living. But how?
This new paradigm he proposes seeks to redefine prosperity and freedom in an era of resource constraints. As the populations of China, India, Indonesia, not to mention Brazil, Nigeria and the rest of the developing world grow, they must confront what Nair calls the "India question": how can India, a country of 1.2 billion (peaking at 1.5 billion in 2050) lift nearly half a billion people out of poverty in thirty years, while curtailing emissions and resource use at the same time? The answer lies with the "strong state", a term Nair uses throughout to mean a form of government that
uses the tools of state management to build a twenty-first century economy based on providing a shared prosperity for their large populations through the management of shared resources, containing the runaway impacts of consumption-driven economic growth and the associated externalities, yet avoiding the need to be authoritarian.
The strong state is the solution to the problem that lies at the center of Nair's worldview, which is that the world's majority cannot and should not aspire to live like the West. Nair's vision is of a state in which collective welfare overrides individual rights. (For anyone who is horrified by this, a trip to developing Asia, and an inventory of what people lack, might convince you otherwise). In the strong state, rights are to
all the basic necessities of life: nutritious and clean food, clean water, sturdy shelter, access to energy, satisfactory health care, safety and security.
The sustainable state (which is inherently a strong state)
will need to treat resource management as the center of economic planning, rather than… as an afterthought to growth, consumption, and production.
Ultimately this lays a heavy burden at the state's feet, that of pricing resources adequately so as to internalize externalities.
The question of how a state does this is largely left unanswered, although the ideas behind it are seductive. The reader suspects it functions something like China, to which Nair devotes a chapter, showcasing it as the best example of a strong state in the developing world today, even while maintaining that a strong state cannot be authoritarian. The Sustainable State relies on governments to get pricing right, yet the Chinese solar industry, or its steel industry—subject to boom-and-bust cyclicality (poster children for the unintended consequences of China's intervention in capital allocation through state-directed lending) exemplify how difficult a task this is. In terms of pricing in externalities, China does have a carbon trading market, but so do the European Union and California.
Nair's thinking hinges on the virtue of China's one-party system, which has been "oriented toward the social good." He borrows "moderate prosperity", the Chinese government term, to describe the level of affluence a strong/sustainable state is striving for. What Nair likes about China is the strong state mechanisms it has in place, as he puts it, "the institutions that can organize and discipline society." (Nair's complaint that he is "often attacked as a Communist" provokes a wry smile.)
Even as he admits that for all the differences with the West, China is still guilty of a growth-at-all costs attitude toward economic development, he maintains that
when Beijing does decide to pursue a true sustainability agenda, it will already have in place the tools and mechanisms to intervene in the economy. Other countries… will need to build these tools from scratch or recapture them from the vested interests that have already taken control.
The China chapter is important, as it comes closest to being a practical guide to the strong state. Though one can see, in some theoretical way, China adjusting its economy for sustainability, there is not a great deal of evidence that that is really what it intends to do: on the contrary, its strategy seems to be to mine the rest of the world while it still can. China is all about contradiction and nuance, and in writing about it, Nair tackles a subject that could easily be a book in itself. Yet to dismiss the book for a particular view on China would be to miss the finer points of Nair's message. Indeed, democracies can be strong states. Nair proffers the example of the US in the 1930s, and Franklin D Roosevelt's New Deal, to showcase many desired elements. Roosevelt enacted programs like the Works Progress Administration with the people's mandate, winning landslide victories for his
broad-based platform of activist government… protecting the economic rights of both urban and rural areas.
Nair points to Vietnam and Rwanda as other successful strong states in action, and, in a less fraught example than that of China, to Singapore. It is easy to see Nair's point that Singapore's government, through an inclusive political process, and deft execution on provision of public housing—"land use is not subject to free-market principles and is not a major contributor to government coffers" has won trust and earned legitimacy, enabling it to intervene in resource allocation, while Hong Kong's "lacks both popular legitimacy and performance legitimacy." By performance legitimacy Nair means that Hong Kong has failed to meet people's basic needs. An example is the present housing affordability crisis. In a telling understatement, Nair writes of Hong Kong that the
government and opposition are severely polarized, which limits the state's ability to act decisively on social issues.
Thinkers like Nair perform an important function, coaxing readers to consider uncomfortable questions and challenging consensus visions of reality. It's complicated.
Collectively, planet Earth needs to get behind the idea that the growth of the physical economy cannot continue forever, and must find different models to live by. Nair is right in saying that in order to survive, society must limit mass consumption and increase material efficiency and equity, while giving high priority to internalizing negative environmental externalities. It's up to the next generation's leaders to actualize the solutions.
Jill Baker is an Adjunct Fellow at the Asia Business Council in Hong Kong and a contributor to Forbes.com.
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The College of Natural Sciences hosts the annual Aspire Banquet to honor the accomplishments of our top African-American and Hispanic students, both to celebrate their achievements and to inspire the continuation toward degrees and successful careers. In addition to students, college faculty, staff and alumni are invited to applaud student accomplishment. The banquet will include the presentation of awards and speeches by students and a distinguished guest. This event is a great opportunity for students to celebrate their success and develop mentor relationship with natural sciences alumni.
With inspirational speeches by students and administration, along with musical performances at each commencement, thousands of family and friends gathered to celebrate the accomplishments of the graduating class of 2015.
If is correct and we become an "expert" or "master" after 10,000 hours, then I should be the ultimate speech critic…and then some. In 20 years, I've seen thousands of speeches by students – informative, impromptu, narrative, ceremonial, demonstration, and persuasive make up most of the map, although a few others dot the landscape.
Farewell Party Speech by Students on the last day at school, college or university for engineering students, engineering graduates, completing the engineering degrees or masters of engineering, outgoing engineering students. This speech can be delivered in school, college or university convocation for teachers and seniors. Best ever speech for winners or achievers engineering courses.Our guests arrived at 4 PM, before dinner, and were treated to a menu comprising a board of gourmet meats and cheese, a few delightful cookies, and 3 bottles of very good wine. There were opening remarks, then speeches by students, then closing remarks, an appeal for donations, then questions and answers. Everyone enjoyed the two-hour event.As is tradition, IB graduates wore their sky blue graduation gowns with matching caps and a specially woven kente stole incorporating the school emblem at the ceremony. It was a memorable evening for all, eliciting wise words from Head of School Dennis Larkin, Secondary School Principal Geoff Smith and several speeches by students themselves will be missed as the schools finest athletes, musicians and artists."Light It Up Blue" is a global initiative to celebrate United Nations World Autism Awareness Day. On April 2 the international goal is to shine a blue light on communities throughout the world to raise awareness and take action for autism. The event will also provide a community resource fair, speeches by students and parents living with autism. The resource fair will involve groups offering support services from the campus and community, including the Autism Society of Ventura County, regional service providers, and CI's Disability Resource Programs.
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Легумин (от лат. legumen, род. падеж leguminis — стручковое растение), запасный белок из группы глобулинов, содержащийся в семенах бобовых растений.

Наиболее хорошо изучен легумин из семядолей гороха, где он вместе с др. запасным белком — вицилином — откладывается в алейроновых зёрнах.

Легумин впервые выделен из семян гороха, бобов и чечевицы Эйнгофом в 1805 г.

Пру, Браконо и Либих считали его сначала тождественным с казеином молока (см. Белковые вещества), почему и было дано легумину название растительного казеина. Дюма и Кагур заметили, что в легумине меньше углерода и больше азота, чем в казеине. По Риттгаузену, которым добыты более полные и новые данные, легумин может быть получен извлечением слабой щелочью из толчёных семян гороха, бобов, чечевицы, вики и овса, осаждением профильтрованного раствора уксусной кислотой, промыванием осадка на фильтре спиртом и окончательным сушением в пустоте над серной кислотой. Полученный этим путём легумин представляет ломкую или порошковато-зернистую массу, растворимую и в холодной, и в горячей воде; раствор легумина в слабой щелочи (крепости 0,1—0,2 %) дает с 1—2 каплями раствора медного купороса прозрачный фиолетовый или фиолетово-красный раствор.

Состав легумина (по Риттгаузену):
 легумин из гороха, чечевицы и вики содержит: С — 51,48 %, H — 7,02, N — 16,77, S — 0,40;
 из бобов: С — 51,48, Н — 6,92, N — 1 4,71(?), S — 0,45;
 из овса: С — 51,6, Н — 7,5, N — 17,2, S — 0,8 %;

кроме того, во всех легуминах найдено небольшое количество фосфора [Состав казеина молока, по Комайлю и Миллону: С — 55,24 %, Н — 8,26, N — 16,70, a по Читтендену и Пейнтеру: С — 53,30, H — 7,07, N — 15,91, S — 0,82, P — 0,87].

При кипячении легумина с разбавленной серной кислотой Риттгаузеном получены лейцин, тирозин, немного глутаминовой (Глутаминовая кислота C5H9NO4 есть амидидоглутаровая кислота, т. e. СО2Н (C 2H5.NH2).CO2 H (см. Глутаровая кислота)) и много аспарагиновой кислоты (Аспарагиновая кислота C4 Н7 NО4 есть амидоянтарная CO2 H.CH(NH2).CH2.CO2 H.).

По Гоппе-Зейлеру, свежие семена, а равно растительные ткани и соки не содержат протеиновых тел из группы казеинов (или альбуминатов), а все вещества, описанные до сих пор под названием растительных казеинов, представляют, по его мнению (подтверждаемому работами Грина и Мартина), продукты превращения (под влиянием щелочи, употребляемой для извлечения легумина) различных глобулинов и альбуминов (см. Белковые вещества), содержащихся нормально в растениях.

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 Долгополов В. Г. Растительный белок. — 1991. — 685 с — Легумин.

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The global chip shortage will be a long-lasting problem. Here's what it means for you, and for the world
The semiconductor supply chain is flawed and it's going to take a long time until things get better, despite the combined efforts of industry and regulators.
Written by Daphne Leprince-Ringuet, Contributor
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Daphne Leprince-Ringuet is a reporter based in London.
on May 12, 2021 | Topic: Processors
Severe semiconductor shortages will persist throughout 2021, with recovery only starting towards the end of the year to reach normal levels from the second quarter of 2022 onwards.
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If you were hoping to get your hands on a new smartphone, or pondering whether to renew your PC, you might want to think again: according to research firm Gartner, the global chip shortage that is hitting a number of sectors isn't set to subside before well into 2022.
Severe semiconductor shortages will persist throughout 2021, with recovery only starting towards the end of the year to reach normal levels from the second quarter of 2022 onwards, says Gartner. By that time, new manufacturing capacity will help ease the situation.
Meanwhile, however, the time it takes to produce a chip could increase by six months, and even up to a year for more specific semiconductors. Key devices to be impacted will include power management chips, CMOS image and touch sensors, as well as fingerprint sensors and microcontrollers.
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Gartner identifies a number of reasons that explain the current shortage. The first one is geopolitical: with tensions between the US and China escalating in recent months, Chinese tech companies have been stockpiling record amounts of chips and chip-making equipment.
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At the same time, some key semiconductor manufacturers had to temporarily suspend production. In Austin, Texas, Samsung shut down a chip plant for more than a month because of power outages arising from blistering cold weather; and in Japan, Renesas recently paused production following the outbreak of a fire on-site.
Still, the situation could have been manageable – had a global pandemic not prompted consumers and businesses around the world to frantically buy new devices to remain connected to friends, families and colleagues while the health crisis locked entire populations inside their homes for months on end.
Shipments of PCs, tablets and gaming consoles soared in the past year; while smartphone sales didn't pick up as fast, it is expected that consumers will be keen to switch their handsets to 5G-enabled devices in 2021, and demand for mobile phones is set to skyrocket in the coming months.
All those devices are powered and controlled by semiconductors, and in fact, chip sales grew to a mammoth $464 billion in 2020, an increase of 11% compared to 2019.
At first glance, the numbers seem to reflect a healthy and thriving industry. But in reality, semiconductor manufacturing facilities – typically called "foundries", or "fabs" – are struggling to cope with such heightened demand, and the pace of production is rapidly falling behind.
THE CHIP SUPPLY CHAIN: A GLOBAL JOURNEY
The semiconductor supply chain is an unusual one. Some companies, like Intel, design and manufacture their own chips, and as such are known as Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDMs). Others, like Nvidia, only design semiconductors without manufacturing them: they are called "fabless".
And then, there are companies that run fabs where anybody and everybody can place an order. This is the case of a handful of companies, the most established of which are Samsung and TSMC.
"There are a couple of very big IDMs at the moment," Alan Priestley, Europe semiconductor analyst at Gartner, tells ZDNet. "But most of the industry relies on the use of foundries, and the reason this has happened is because it is massively expensive to build semiconductor manufacturing facilities."
Intel is an exception, says Priestley: through continuous investment, the company has managed to establish itself as a major chip designer and manufacturer. But for the majority of businesses, it is still necessary to delegate semiconductor manufacturing to external foundries.
Foundries take on the front-end aspect of the chip-manufacturing process. Based on different chip designs, nanometer-scale integrated circuits are printed onto silicon wafers; the wafers are then sent to the next stage of production, where they are sliced into individual finished semiconductors, before being assembled and packaged into electronic devices, and tested.
There are up to 1,400 steps in the overall manufacturing process for semiconductor wafers; it can take as long as 20 weeks to complete advanced chips, and fabs can use as many as 300 different types of materials throughout fabrication.
"It's almost impossible to start chip manufacturing from scratch," says Priestley. "This is why we are seeing industry consolidation: it has become so difficult and expensive to do, that companies just couldn't afford to do it on their own."
SEE: The global chip shortage is a much bigger problem than everyone realised. And it will go on for longer, too
Specifically, companies have largely been outsourcing the manufacturing process to two companies – Samsung and TSMC. As a result, about three-quarters of the world's total semiconductor manufacturing capacity comes from China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
What's more, virtually all of the world's advanced semiconductor manufacturing capacity – in nodes below ten nanometers – is located in South Korea and Taiwan.
Any supply chain that is so highly dependent on trading with a select number of companies located in one region inevitably comes with vulnerabilities. Geopolitical tensions, factory shut-downs, major changes to the balance of supply and demand – or, in this scenario, all three at the same time – are bound to hugely disrupt the entire system.
"Companies like Apple, Nvidia, AMD, and a huge range of other companies, are dependent on Samsung and TSMC's manufacturing capacity," says Priestley. "And now, there is not enough capacity."
Gartner's new analysis anticipates between six and 12 months of lead time for wafer delivery in the coming months; this in turn means that electronic device makers that need semiconductors will struggle to deliver products to their customers. Shortages will extend to various markets, forecasts Gartner, including PC, wireless, data processing, and consumer segments.
In fact, consumers are noticing the impact of the chip shortage. Gamers are struggling to get their hands on consoles, and those who will have shopped for PCs or smartphones recently are likely to have been faced with extended delivery times.
Economists are warning that the shortage is trickling down to many other devices, ranging from smart doorbells to basic home appliances like microwaves or refrigerators. The automotive industry has been especially hit, and car production lines have in some cases been temporarily suspended.
With semiconductors now a major part of the economy, a global chip shortage is likely to have far-ranging and unpredictable ramifications. "For example, for products that have a very high chip content, like PCs or phones, we are likely to see configuration changes," says Priestley. "Where you previously had something with 16 GB of memory inside, it might only have 8 GB now."
ACHIEVING SEMICONDUCTOR SOVEREIGNTY
Unsurprisingly, chip manufacturers have already pledged to increase capacity: TSMC plans to spend $100 billion over the next three years on new fabs, Intel is splashing $20 billion on two new factories that will also supply semiconductors to other companies, and SK Hynix has also pledged to increase spending on chip production equipment this year.
But the shortage also seems to have triggered a wake-up call among governments, who are increasingly discussing concepts of semiconductor "self-sufficiency". With chips now key to products ranging from military equipment to telecoms infrastructure, it is easy to see why such heavy dependence on East Asia for steady supply is a reason to worry.
In the US, for instance, the Biden administration has promised to take "aggressive steps" to tackle the current shortage, and to increase funding for domestic chip-manufacturing incentives.
The government has the support of industry: tech giants including Amazon, Cisco, Google, Apple, Microsoft and HPE have joined forces in a newly founded Semiconductors in America Coalition (SIAC), warning that the US is at a competitive disadvantage when it comes to building fabs. SIAC is calling for no less than a $50 billion investment to fund the expansion of the country's manufacturing capabilities.
In a similar vein, the EU is aiming to produce 20% of the global supply of semiconductors by 2030. In recent meetings with representatives from TSMC and Intel, EU Commissioner Thierry Breton reiterated the bloc's ambition to rebalance the global chip supply chain, and to lead back on semiconductor production to protect the region's national security interests.
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Costs, however, are likely to be prohibitive. According to SIA, a state-of-the-art semiconductor fab of standard capacity requires between $5 billion and $20 billion of capital expenditure. Put differently, achieving complete manufacturing self-sufficiency in the US would require over $400 billion in government incentives and cost more than one trillion dollars over the next ten years.
Ultimately, the semiconductor supply chain is too complex to be limited to one country, and is likely to remain global. From chip design to wafer processing and testing, through materials supply, and assembly and packaging – the ecosystem is too large to make complete self-sufficiency a realistic prospect for any one country.
"Even if huge amounts of money are thrown at fabs, it doesn't solve the problem," says Priestley. "The supply chain is massively complex. It's one thing to do one part of the story, but you also have to do all the rest of the story."
This doesn't mean that the semiconductor supply chain shouldn't be diversified. In fact, SIA estimates that the $50 billion boost proposed by the Biden administration would be a good place to start, enabling the construction of 19 advanced fabs and ensuring that the US can meet domestic demand for chips used in national security systems, aerospace and critical infrastructure.
The next few years are likely to see foundries popping up in new regions of the world, therefore, as companies and governments ramp up their efforts to mitigate the geographical risks tied to the supply of semiconductors. In the meantime, you might just have to endure the waiting lists, and probably settle for a few less gigabits of memory in your next handset.
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The MVLE project consisted of an evaluation in a specific market area in close proximity to their existing corporate office. The end result was an addition of a second facility as expansion and is in walking distance to corporate. The county's multi-transportation access via bus and metro was important to MVLE for both their clients as well as employee retention. MVLE has expanded its operation by more than 60% over the past 2 years. EDGE provided design and construction services along with FORM's assistance on the architectural side to help achieve maximum usage on their tenant improvements. The project team kept a very tight budget given cost sensitivity from their board as well as a very solid time table.


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Rogers Brothers Shows
Local News | Published on January 5, 2022 at 10:26am CST | Author: Pelican Rapids Press
The Rogers Brothers Show midway at a county fair in the early 1940s. (Photo from Wayne Runningen's collection)
This picture from the 1958 Pelican Rapids Diamond Jubilee book is one of the Rogers Brothers Shows trucks—typical of how the carnival traveled from town to town during the summer. Grace Rogers was driving one of the trucks, if not this one, when she had her "memorable experience."
The Pelican Rapids Press archives indicate that the Flink Brothers were in business as early as 1910, with Charles Rogers as the carousel merry-go-round operator. This photo was taken at the Aitken County Fair in 1917.
Grace Rogers worked at the post office before operating her parent's Home Café in downtown Pelican Rapids located on the vacant lot next to the Seifert Realty building. Grace passed away fifteen years ago at the age of 103.
Pelican had unique ties to the carnival business for nearly seven decades
By Paul Gubrud, Special Correspondent
County fairs with traveling carnivals and midway shows have been popular throughout the country since the 19th century, especially in rural areas of the Midwest.
The local county fair was an annual social event anticipated by everyone, both young and old. 4-H kids displayed their livestock and the projects they had worked on over the previous year. Families came to the fair on Sunday after church to eat roast beef or chicken dinners at one of the church stands. Farmers checked out the latest farm machinery while smoking their only cigar since the previous fair. And, of course, all of the kids were mesmerized by the smells of foot-long hot dogs, snow cones, and cotton candy, not to mention the sights and sounds of the midway carnival rides.
Pelican Rapids had been the home of one of these traveling carnivals for most of the 20th century. The Flink Brothers owned the first carnival going back to at least 1910 or earlier. They bought a new carousel in 1924 or 1925, a sizeable investment in days when a ride ticket was probably a nickel.
A little more than a decade later, in 1939, John Flink sold his carnival business to Charles Rogers, a longtime employee of the Flinks. Charles and his sons, Donald (Bud) and Earl (Snooks), operated the business under the name of Rogers Brothers Shows, with Charles eventually turning the business over to his sons.
Rogers based out of Pelican for three decades
For more than 30 years, the Rogers brothers became nomads during the carnival season, traveling to county fairs and other community events throughout Minnesota as well as in North and South Dakota. It must have been a grueling way to spend the summer, with the constant traveling, setting up, operating the rides, concessions, and sideshows, tearing down and packing, and then doing it all over the next week. When they got home at the end of the season, the equipment was repaired, overhauled, and repainted to get ready for the following year.
Bud's wife, the late Grace Rogers, was actively involved with the carnival. She traveled with the show every summer, working the midway, selling concessions, and driving a truck from show to show during their summer travels. She also kept a journal of her travels of which the Pelican Rapids Press printed portions in a column titled "Ramblings from Grace."
Grace passed away in 2007 at the age of 103.
Bud passed away in 1971.
People that knew Grace was fortunate. She loved to tell stories of her travels with Rogers Brothers Shows, as well as Pelican Rapids history.
Runningen recalls Rogers interviews
Wayne Runningen, past Pelican mayor and local history enthusiast, recalled visiting with her over a cup of coffee several times at the Good Samaritan Center. She told him more than once about the time she was driving one of the trucks when the brakes failed. "What a memorable experience that was," she recalled with a laugh.
Grace also loved the smiles the carnival brought to the kids. One of her jobs was to make and sell cotton candy. She told Wayne with a big smile on her face, "I think I gave away more than I sold." She said kids often didn't have any money, so she would give them some cotton candy just to see their smiles.
Pelican's carnival connection continued to 1992
Bud's brother, Earl, and his wife Betsey retired from the carnival business in 1975, selling it to Byron Anderson.
Roger Hildebrand of Pelican Rapids bought it in 1979 and operated it as Hildebrand's Midway of Fun Shows until 1992.
• More information on the Pelican "Carnival Connection" this week in Paul Gubrud's "Looking Back" column.


Jon Agee brings the old adage, "Art imitates life," alive with surprising twists in the picture book, The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau. Introduce your class to a book about an unknown artist and let them figure out the clues shown in the illustrations. This book needs to be read in such a way that everyone in the class can see the pictures on each page.
Artists from all over Paris gather to show their art at the Royal Palace. An unknown painter named Felix Clousseau also brings his art piece to the show. Everyone laughed at his work until the painting, "quacked." All of a sudden, Felix Clousseau became famous around Paris.
Trouble began as his paintings came to life. Sadly, Felix was put in prison because of all the chaos this caused. He was eventually set free when one of his paintings made him a hero.
In the story, Felix Clousseau was commissioned to create paintings for people all over Paris. Ask the class if they know what the word commissioned means. If they could commission, or order, an artist to create a painting that came to life, what would they like. Have the students write a letter to Felix Clousseau asking for their special commission. They can also draw an example of the painting they would like to hang in their bedroom, or give as a gift. Let them share their choices with the class.
Gather a collection of masterpiece art reproduction postcards. If these are not available, bring magazine photos, such as photo spread advertisements, or copies from the computer. Divide the class into small groups. Give each group a postcard, advertisement or copy from the computer. Encourage the students to work together on writing a story about what might happen if the painting came to life.
The end of the story has an illustration where Felix Clousseau walks right into his painting. Let the kids choose whether or not they want the story to be about the painting coming to life and out of the constraints of the page; or if they would like to jump into the picture. Either way, have them write what would happen.
After Felix Clousseau was released from prison because of the clever work of one of his masterpieces, the story states that he became a hero and went back to his painting. Ask the class if they think he had people commissioning pieces again. Who might order a painting? Have the class brainstorm other ways an "Incredible Painting by Felix Clousseau" could save the day. What would the painting be of? Where would it be hung?
Have the class write and draw their ideas, then share what they think might happen next in the story.


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Q: Invoking SignalR Hub not working for Asp.Net Core Web API I'm a newb to SignalR. I'm trying to set up a Asp.Net Core WebAPI so that other clients can connect to it using SignalR and get real-time data.
My Hub class is:
public class TimeHub : Hub
{
    public async Task UpdateTime(string message)
    {
        await Clients.All.SendAsync("ReceiveMessage", message);
    }
}

I have a relay class as follows:
public class TimeRelay : ITimeRelay
{
    private readonly IHubContext<TimeHub> _timeHubContext;

    public TimeRelay(IHubContext<TimeHub> context)
    {

        _timeHubContext = context;
        Task.Factory.StartNew(async () =>
        {
            while (true)
            {
                await context.Clients.All.SendAsync("UpdateTime", DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString());
                Thread.Sleep(2000);
            }
        });
    }
}

Startup class:
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddMvc().SetCompatibilityVersion(CompatibilityVersion.Version_2_1);

    services.AddSignalR();
}

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
{
    app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();

    app.UseHttpsRedirection();

    app.UseSignalR((x) =>
    {
        x.MapHub<TimeHub>("/timeHub");
    });
    app.UseMvc();
}

The client is a console application and the code is:
class Program
{
    static Action<string> OnReceivedAction = OnReceived;

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Connect();
        Console.ReadLine();
    }

    private static async void Connect()
    {
        var hubConnectionBuilder = new HubConnectionBuilder();

        var hubConnection = hubConnectionBuilder.WithUrl("http://localhost:60211/timeHub").Build();

        await hubConnection.StartAsync();

        var on = hubConnection.On("ReceiveMessage", OnReceivedAction);

        Console.ReadLine();
        on.Dispose();
        await hubConnection.StopAsync();
    }

    static void OnReceived(string message)
    {
        System.Console.WriteLine($"{message}");
    }
}

I tried debugging the application. The client got connected to the TimeHub succesfully. The no of connections in Clients.All changed from 0 to 1, when the client got connected. But, when await context.Clients.All.SendAsync("UpdateTime", DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString()); is executed, the UpdateTime function in TimeHub is not getting executed and the client is not getting any message.
I tried using "UpdateTime", "SendMessage", and "ReceiveMessage" as method in Clients.All.SendAsync in TimeRelay class. Nothing worked. Could someone point out my mistake in this.

A: For Clients, it will be null if there is no client connecting to server. For starting Asp.Net Core SignalR and Console App at the same time, the Clients may be null since Index may be called before Console App connects the signalR server.
Try steps below:

*

*Change TimeHub
public class TimeHub: Hub
{
public async Task UpdateTime(string message)
{
    if (Clients != null)
    {
        await Clients.All.SendAsync("ReceiveMessage", message);
    }
}
}

*Register TimeHub
 services.AddSingleton<TimeHub>();

*Controller
 public class HomeController : Controller
{
private readonly TimeHub _timeHub;
public HomeController(TimeHub timeHub)
{
    _timeHub = timeHub;
}
public IActionResult Index()
{
    Task.Factory.StartNew(async () =>
    {
        while (true)
        {
            try
            {
                await _timeHub.UpdateTime(DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString());
                Thread.Sleep(2000);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {

            }
        }
    });
    return View();
}

A: I got it to work and thought I will answer it here. Thanks @TaoZhou for the tip.
My mistake was sending "UpdateTime" from server and waiting on "ReceiveMessage" at the client.
Ideally the code should look like the following:
SignalR Server:
await context.Clients.All.SendAsync("UpdateTime", DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString());
SignalR Client:
var on = hubConnection.On("UpdateTime", OnReceivedAction);
In this case any message send from the server would be received at the client instantly.
Please refer the code provided in the question for more info.


Some students and faculty have had to adjust to classrooms without technology as TCU's wireless connection continues to not work.
The network serving faculty, FWSPA2, and the one for students, eduroam, went out just hours into the spring semester.
The problem started Friday and continued through the weekend, according to an email from IT Information Technology.
Oncor, TCU's electric delivery company, scheduled a power outage last Thursday and problems began occurring after that, said Joshua Tooley, associate director of IT Support.
Some students shared their frustrations on Twitter.
so is TCU gonna pay for my data this month or…??
TCU WiFi gave me trust issues.
There is no specific time for the wireless network to be fixed, but TCU's IT network and systems team are working on the finding a solution, according to Tooley's email.


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