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Review: Call Me by Your Name
Posted by Jill Boniske aka Arty Chick on December 11, 2017
What a beautiful film! It's a coming-of-age story set in 1983. Elio (Timothée Chalamet) is 17-years-old, living in the bucolic Italian countryside with his parents in their 17th century villa. His father is an archeology professor who invites an American student to come work with him each summer. This summer's student is the handsome and charming Oliver (Armie Hammer). Elio is initially put off by Oliver's ease and charm, and by the fact that he took his room for the summer, but slowly the two of them become friends, and then much more. It is set in the years before men could be open about such things, even to one another.
Elio has a hard time cozying up Oliver, who jumps into everything with gusto, and acts very much like an American in Italy. But they slowly build a relationship, riding bikes into town, swimming together, and you don't even know when it happens, that it moves beyond simple friendship. It seems so natural. And that's really the beauty of the film. It's very realistic and unforced without big swells of music or overly dramatic moments to push the story. The performances are stellar, too. I can see both Chalamet and Hammer with nominations. Their chemistry feels so achingly real.
Beneath their passion though, you know that the end of the summer will come and their lives will go on. But as coming-of-age tales go, it's one of the best out there. And there's a scene near the end when Elio talks with his dad about how he feels. It's the way I imagine everyone who has ever come out to their parents dreams of it going. His father is warm and wise and utterly accepting of his son. And that's what this film is all about. Acceptance and love. I wouldn't put this in a gay themed box either. It's about love and risk, and it's beautiful.
[Mainstream Chick's Take – This film is a slow-burn arthouse movie about a 17-year-old (Timothée Chalamet) who falls in love with a handsome and charming graduate student (Armie Hammer) who comes to stay at his family's summer house in Italy in 1983. It's a romantic drama that captures a budding homosexual relationship in a very authentic and stylistic way. It's also a coming-of-age story. Warning: There is a peach scene that could rival the pineapple scene in Girls Trip (if you've seen that one, you know what I'm talking about). Overall, Call Me By Your Name – adapted by 89-year-old screenwriter James Ivory from a novel by Andre Aciman – is about summer love, hope and heartbreak. It's a bit too long at 132 minutes (causing it to drag in parts) but apparently the book has even more material and revisits the characters later in life. So it's probably a good thing someone yelled 'cut'. The performances are outstanding. Timothée Chalamet appeared in three films at the Middleburg Film Festival, but this is the one that will put him on the map. As for Hammer – he's already on the map. For good reason. -hb]


At Qatar International Boat Show 2015, held in Doha from 10th to 14th of November, Azimut Yachts displays four of the most representative models from the Grande, Flybridge and S Collections, all of them real masterpieces for each Collection.
Grande 95RPH, a real example of Azimut style and craftsmanship, Azimut 80, the first model of the new Azimut's Flybridge era, 77S the biggest and sexiest of the sporty Collection and Azimut 88, a real best seller among Azimut range are the four yachts are presented at the show by the Italian shipyard and the dealer Seas & Desert. Visitors and clients are welcomed in the biggest stand of the show, a innovative and cozy space designed by the worldwide famous architect Michele De Lucchi.
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Malaysia's Potential Unicorn Aerodyne, Seeks To Conquer Canadian Skies
By Selva Rajan | Liveatpc.com
Malaysian based drone company, Aerodyne with its American regional headquarters Aerodyne Measure has entered into a joint venture agreement with The Sky Guys, Canada's top drone operator for inspections, surveying, and mapping. With this agreement, the DT3 (Drone Tech, Data Tech and Digital Transformation) company, Aerodyne Group, will extend its portfolio of AI-driven enterprise drone solutions to potential customers in Canada.
Having served more than 600 clients across a wide range of sectors, The Sky Guys is ranked among the top 20 drone operators globally by Drone Industry Insights, a leading source for independent drone market intelligence.
Specialising in automating complex, recurring operations that are required for compliance and growth, the UAV company employs more than 300 drone pilots in its network across Canada and the United States.
The experience and expertise of The Sky Guys will add tremendous value to both Aerodyne Group and Aerodyne Measure as it solidifies its position as the leading provider of premium, turnkey aerial inspection solutions in North America.
Aerodyne combines smart drones and powerful AI data analytics to provide an end-to-end cloud-based asset management solution – vertikaliti – to businesses across industries, including energy, utilities, renewables, oil and gas, solar, and infrastructure. The company has raised US30 million in a series B funding last year and has been on the radar of many high profile investment groups since. Potential for Aerodyne to become the first Malaysian unicorn is increasingly there as the group continues to expand its footprint across the globe.
"This partnership gives us a strong foothold to accelerate our expansion into the Canadian market and create additional value for forward-looking enterprises. We are excited to provide our clients with a cross-spectrum portfolio that combines the very best of Aerodyne Measure and The Sky Guys."
Founder and Group chief executive officer, Aerodyne Group, Kamarul A Muhamed, says, "The country is already ahead of the game when it comes to developing applications for drones for commercial purposes. We see a huge potential for our inventive and disruptive UAV inspections in the mining, oil and gas, and renewable energy sectors in Canada."
Tom Hanson, chief operating officer, The Sky Guys, adds, "Since we are constantly looking for innovative solutions for our clients, we are pleased to have formed this strategic alliance with a like-minded partner, Aerodyne. The solutions Aerodyne offers have been proven to deliver significant performance improvement and cost optimisation. By sharing and leveraging our expertise, we can offer turnkey aerial intelligence solutions to even more market verticals."
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California water deal struck (just in time for UCLA event)
After months (years) of negotations, the California legislature has passed what many are calling the most comprehensive California water legislation in half a century. The task was difficult: Figure out a way to fix our ailing Sacramento-San Joaquin delta; address shortfalls in water supply affecting urban, agricultural, and environmental interests; anticipate additional shortfalls and water supply difficulties related to climate change; and do all this in the midst of the state's historic budget crisis, with little or no money readily available.
The SacBee and the LA Times both have overviews of what made it into the final deal and what didn't. Apparently the long-controversial "peripheral canal" is made much more likely, but with constraints, and is not mandated. Legislators delegated many difficult tasks to a new state body asked to devise solutions for the Delta. And whether the bill is actually funded and implemented will depend on whether state voters approve a new $11 billion water bond, to be placed on the Nov. 2010 ballot, to fund dams, underground water banking, water recycling, Delta restoration and regional projects.
I can't help noting the great timing of the deal from UCLA law school's parochial perspective. Tomorrow (Friday Nov. 6, at 10am), we are hosting a discussion of California's uncertain future water supply, focusing especially on impacts to southern California land development and water management. Here are details. Come and join us if you're in town and want to know more about this week's water deal. Panelists will include Dr. Ellen Hanak of the Public Policy Institute of California; Jeff Kightlinger, General Manager of the Metropolitan Water District; Peter Hsiao, head of Morrison & Foerster's Land Use and Environmental Law Group in LA; and Mark Gold, President of Heal the Bay.
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X-Plane developer on CBS This Morning about Patent Trolls
Two years ago, Meyer made an X-Plane app for the Android smartphone. Things were going great. Then, this past summer, he received a letter. Meyer said a company called Uniloc was filing suit against him for patent infringement. According to the lawsuit, Uniloc says it owns the idea of a computer program checking a central server for authorization. It's a routine source code from Google that Meyer and many others plug in, simply allowing the app to confirm it was purchased legally. (www.cbsnews.com) Más...
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sparkie624 hace 8 años 10
There is always someone looking to take a buck from someone else.
Allan Bowman hace 8 años 6
The US patent system has been broken for decades and it seems nothing is being contemplated or done to fix this situation. The "trolls", who produce and manufacture nothing and don't ever intend to, now account for roughly half of the patents. A simple fix, produce it or lose it and you've got 3 years to show results.
Mark Wallace hace 8 años 1
Patents granted for methods or software, if you're going to allow them in the first place (I wouldn't), should expire after three years, not 20.
jonathan sharkey hace 8 años 4
In the early days of the auto industry, a guy named Selden held the patent for the automobile. All the manufacturers paid him royalties until Henry Ford told him to go pound sand. That put an end to that.
AWAAlum hace 8 años 1
I'd be interested to know how Ford was able to do that. Unless the patent life had expired.
Stephen Taylor hace 8 años 4
Computer programs have been checking central servers in the Defense pre-cursor to the Internet and other networks we know today - which places this back in the 70s. If the patent was granted back in the 70s then the US patent would have expired. If the patent was granted later then there is a deficiency in the patent process as you cannot patent what is commonly in use, e.g. if that was the case I'm going to patent the concept of humans drinking liquids:-)
You are probably correct on all counts, BUT, most folks would just as soon settle and get rid of something rather than fight and that is waht they count on. If you will look closely at these there is generally a troll out there claiming patent ownership and a lawyer on % working in tandem, so all they are out initially is their time and filinf fees, whiche are generally next to nothing.
FGS man keep your speeelling up to standard...you are worse than me!
sparkie624 hace 8 años 1
lol, not by far! :)
so I misspelled 2 little ole words, get over it old man.lol
haha...I had surgery on my finger last month...loved every minute on the op table..these surgeons are true engineers!
Wingscrubber hace 8 años 7
Patents are the enemy of free market innovation.
btweston hace 8 años 4
Intellectual property is a real thing. That certainly doesn't mean that people should go around looking to make their living by suing people over things that they themselves didn't invent, but to say that patents in general are bad for the free market is foolish. After all, if there is no protection of a person's claim to an idea, then there is no incentive to innovate because there is nothing stopping someone from stealing an idea that someone else spent time and money and effort to develop.
The free market, which is purely theoretical by the way, is not simple anarchy, but I'm sure you learned that in your macroeconomics class.
"there is no incentive to innovate"
There is still a first-mover advantage and, if the work really did require any substantial amount of intellectual effort, it might well be able to use trade secret protection. My position is that the Supreme Court erred in making patent protection available for methods and software. Those patents (IMHO) "in general are bad for the free market."
Patents are a necessary protection to intellectual property. It's the process that's been broken by not staying current.
Isia Maria hace 8 años 2
A patent system still mired in the processes, technologies, and concepts of the late 18th and 19th centuries is the problem. Patent squatters, trolls, and hutts are the problem and the patent system needs to be reformed.
John Clear hace 8 años 2
Austin Meyer should talk to Drew Curtis of Fark about patent trolls. He has a great Ted Talk on how he beat the trolls.
http://www.ted.com/talks/drew_curtis_how_i_beat_a_patent_troll.html
I tral patents when I am into stuff...who doesn't?
John McNett hace 8 años 2
Odds are that if the facts are as clear as Austin Meyer says they are, he will be able to suspend the lawsuit and have the Patent and Trademark Office reexamine the patent and find it invalid for very little money. I have done that with several patents without problem.
Same thing happened to Qualcomm, Xata, and PeopleNet in 2010 or 11, over satellite tracking tecnology for vehichles. The individual users were named but the trolls knew that would bring in the deep pockets to protect their customers and it did. Some users were excused because they were not yet on the new technolgy that was named. Never did hear the outcome but it was the same thing, a nuisance lawsuit looking for money
Come on W we both know the Feds keep the really useful new technology for the Navy.
I doubt if these guys would tackle the government
Couple of years ago there was a statement that was read out on the BBC radio. A representative from the US State Dept made it very clear that if anyone from any nation violated US laws that person would be returned to the U.S. for legal trial. When challenged by the interviewer of the BBC the rep just repeated the statement. It was a very direct and chilling statement that must have put the fear of incineration up an awlful lot of white collars around the world. At that time the |CIA were using a couple of souped up business jets capable of M0.9 scooting across Europe rendering the accuse back to the States. They were running under a general aviation tag and squawk. A few countries tried to force em to land but could not catch them Have to say I was ecstatic that this was happening.
It's still going on to a degree. They just took a page out of the Isralei's playbook when they were gathering up Nazi War criminals from across the world back in the late 50's. The drug cartel leaders in South America are on the list, but they just can't get to them.
Oh hell it continues..I hope it always will. I have to say the guys who call the shots are under pressure of the polititions. Now I am not saying that the USA is not a democratic country but I think there are about 15 levels of security access above the President and keeping stuff balanced must be a nightmare at times.
Took him to court an won. Look up "Selden patent" There's tons of stuff.
Toby Sharp hace 8 años 1
"a toll is a toll, and a roll is a roll, if you don't pay no toll then we don't eat no roll" -One of Little John's men-
David Unthank hace 8 años 2
Actually, that was Little John saying that, one of Robin Hood's men... from Robin Hood: Men in Tights
thanks Dave!
jccooper hace 8 años 0
I believe that a lot of you that complain about patent trolls have spare bedrooms that you aren't using for anything but storage. Just because you don't use the bedroom should some bum be able to move in and complain that he is entitled to live there just because you aren't using the room? It is the same with patents. Inventors and other R&D entities spend years and pay thousands of dollars to invent new products, both hardware and software. Often they have their products copied by the very companies they try to license to, those companies betting that the inventors don't have enough money to do anything about their theft. When one does get called out for their illegal, yes illegal, theft they whine about how they are entitled (much the way people that don't want to work whine about how they are entitled to unemployment) and how the mean patent troll is after them. People and companies with entitlement attitudes are ruining this country.
Mick Malone hace 8 años -5
Perhaps one should read and research the lawsuit against Microsoft brought by Unilock. Unilock always held he patent for software authorization/license authentication and Microsoft stole the work and used for its OS etc. it never paid due compansantion to Unilock. CBS News just sensationalized the issue without proper research. Meyer doesn't highlight how his IOS apps are authenticated. Android authentication in my opinion is just sloppy. Perhaps authentication process has to change from androids end before accusing Unilock as a troll. By the Unilock had the patent well before android was a tech zygote! Meyer should save his million and do a thorough research to his problem.
There was nothing for Microsoft to steal, because any such patent never should have been granted in the first place. Such a software process would fail both the "new" and the "obvious" tests since at least the late 1980s, and, arguably, much earlier.


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A dog biscuit is a hard, biscuit-based, dietary supplement for dogs or other canines, similar to human snack food.

Dog biscuits tend to be hard and dry, often sold in a flat bone-shape. The dry and hard biscuit texture helps clean the dog's teeth, promoting oral health.

History
"Dog's bread", made from bran, has been mentioned since at least Roman times. It was already criticized (as in later centuries) as particularly bad bread; Juvenal refers to dog's bread as "filth" - "And bit into the filth of a dog's bread" Et farris sordes mordere Canini.

In Spain, "pan de perro" is mentioned as early as 1623 in a play by Lope de Vega. It is used here in the sense of giving someone blows; to "give dog's bread" to someone could mean anything from mistreating them to killing them. The latter meaning refers to a special bread (also called zarazas) made with ground glass, poison and needles and intended to kill dogs.

The bread meant as food for dogs was also called parruna and was made from bran. This was very likely what was referred to in associating the bread with (non-fatal) mistreatment.

In France, Charles Estienne wrote in 1598: "Take no notice of bran bread,... it is better to leave it for the hunting, or shepherd, or watch dogs." By the nineteenth century, "pain de chien" had become a way of referring to very bad bread: "It is awful, general, they give us dog's bread!"

The English dog biscuit appears to be a nineteenth-century innovation: "With this may be joined farinaceous and vegetable articles — oat-meal, fine-pollard, dog-biscuit, potatoes, carrots, parsnips" (1827); "being in the neighbourhood of Maidenhead, I inspected Mr. Smith's dog-biscuit manufactory, and was surprised to find he has been for a long period manufacturing the enormous quantity of five tons a-week !" (1828)

In later years, dog biscuits began to be made of meat products and were sometimes treated as synonymous with dog food. In 1871, an ad appeared in Cassell's Illustrated Almanac for "SLATER'S MEAT BISCUIT FOR DOGS - Contains vegetable substances and about 25 per cent of Prepared Meat. It gives Dogs endurance, and without any other food will keep them in fine working condition."

In England, Spratt's Dog Biscuits not only obtained a patent but seems to have claimed to have invented the food:

In at least one case (in 1886) Spratt sued a seller accused of substituting another product - an early example of a company fighting "knock-offs":

Spratt lost in this case and the judge regretted that he could not grant the defendant court costs.

At one point after this, as an industrial product, dog biscuits were classified in the same category as soap: "Of the making of dog biscuits, which the census places in the same category with soap, as using animal refuse from which soap grease has been extracted, it is unnecessary to say much."

Spratt dominated the American market until 1907, when F. H. Bennett, whose own dog biscuits were faring poorly against those of the larger company, had the idea of making them in the shape of a bone. "His 'Maltoid Milk-Bones' were such a success that for the next fifteen years Bennett's Milk-Bone dominated the commercial dog food market in America." In 1931, the National Biscuit Company, now known as Nabisco, bought the company.

World's largest dog biscuit

The world's largest dog biscuit weighs 279.87 kg and was baked to be 2,000 larger than average by Hampshire Pet Products from Joplin, Missouri, US.

References

Dog nutrition
Pet foods
Biscuits

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Mairi is an Edinburgh based writer whose first novel, Ursula's Secret, was published by published last November by Black & White Publishing after winning the Sunday Mail Fiction Prize, and was in the Kindle top 100 for three months at the beginning of the year.
Shelley has been a litigation lawyer, a psychology lecturer and a research professor. These days she mainly writes fiction. Her debut, The Confession of Stella Moon, was published on 7 July 2016 by Saraband. The novel won the Andrea Badenoch Award, was long-listed for the Bath Novel Award, and shortlisted for the Charles Pick Fellowship and the Dundee International Book Prize.
Both these debut authors will talk about their different approaches to creating vivid and exhilarating explorations of the impact of secrets which span generations in a family. They discuss what is said and what is left unsaid as mysteries are uncovered. The authors will be in conversation with Anne Loughnane, whose second novel, A Clarewoman's Journey, has been published recently.
In just a few heartbreaking days, Lexy Shaw's world has fallen apart. After her mother is killed in a tragic hit-and-run, her mother's childhood guardian, Ursula, also dies suddenly, leaving everything to Lexy. But as Lexy reads through Ursula's hidden papers, what she discovers raises doubts about her own identity and if she really is now all alone in the world.
Desperate to find out if she has any surviving family, Lexy travels to Africa hoping she can unravel the mystery she's now tormented by, only to find that she's stumbled into a past full of lies and deceit and that her life is in grave danger.
1977: A killer is released from prison and returns 'home' – a decaying, deserted boarding house choked with weeds and foreboding. Memories of strange rituals, gruesome secrets and shame hang heavy in the air, exerting a brooding power over young Stella Moon. She is eager to restart her life, but first she must confront the ghosts of her macabre family history and her own shocking crime. Guilt, paranoia and manipulation have woven a tangled web. All is ambiguous. What truth and what lies are behind the chilling confession of Stella Moon?


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Montclair Council: Library Funding, Hahne's Lot Redevelopment, Shutdown Social
Steven Maginnis
The Montclair Township Council held its first regular meeting of 2019 on January 22, and Mayor Robert Jackson and the councilors, (Second Ward Councilor Robin Schlager was absent), took the opportunity to begin hearings for the years' municipal budget. They started with just one budget request — from the Montclair Public Library.
Montclair Library Director Peter Coyl
Library Director Peter Coyl addressed the council with a request for $2.8 million for the library for 2019. He noted that funding for the library had been roughly the same in 2008 but had gone down considerably to about $2.5 million in 2011, though it has slowly climbed since then. Coyl emphasized the importance of the library as a center for the community, offering services for everyone. The budget request would be slated to improve library service in several ways, such as expanding hours at the Bellevue Avenue branch from 30 hours a week to 50 hours week plus expanded hours for two evenings. Also covered would be upgrades to the radio frequency identification (RFID) chip system, which places chips in library materials and allows faster and easier check-out and check-in. Coyl estimates an expenditure of $170,000 in RFID technology, $140,000 of which would be for an automated handling and sorting machine for RFID materials and the rest for security upgrades. It would be a one-time allocation to thoroughly leverage the system, which was paid for by private donations. The funding request would also allow salary increases for existing employers and the hiring of a children's librarian.
Coyl also said the library hopes to expand programs and become involved in more community events through the additional funding. He noted that many of the programs offered by the library, such as Montclair's participation in the Great American Read project and the library's own Open Book / Open Mind lecture series (which included MSNBC personalities Lawrence O'Donnell and Katy Tur), have been funded by grants. His presentation to the council stressed the loss of state funding over the years, from just over $45,000 in 2008 to flatlining at just above $15,000 since 2013. Coyl also pointed out that taxpayers get a $2.74 return on investment for every dollar spent on the library.
Questions for Coyl were few. Deputy Mayor / Third Ward Councilor Sean Spiller only asked about the $400,000 increase requested over 2017. He wanted to make sure he understood that the increase was as much as the previous years (2013 through 2017) combined. Coyl said that it was. He also told Councilor-at-Large Robert Russo that the library workers were not unionized, and that there was no contract between them and the library. Representatives of the library, including board trustee Ilmar Vanderer, were on hand for the presentation but did not comment.
Hahne's Parking Lot Development
The other major issue the council reviewed Tuesday involved the Church Street parking lot that once served the now-gone Hahne's department store. A developer interested in building on the property requested that the plan be amended to allow the density to be increased from 65 units per acre to 90 units per acre so that a five-story, 74-unit mixed-use building be constructed. The ordinance up for a second hearing allowing this change was tabled without a vote so that a new, revised first-reading ordinance be considered instead. Township Attorney Ira Karasick read off the changes made between the tabled version, first introduced in November 2018, and the re-introduced version being voted on Tuesday night. The changes include minimum side and back yard setbacks at zero feet be changed, with the rear setback being set at a five-foot minimum; the west side setback at a 20-foot minimum; and the east side setback at a five-foot minimum. A setback of at least eight feet after the fourth story would remain the same, but after that, on the second floor above on the east side, there would be a 30-foot setback for a minimum of at least 50 percent of the length of the building would be required. Another proposed change is to require the roof mechanicals to be enclosed and placed on the roof plan. The council approved this proposal 5-0, with First Ward Councilor William Hurlock abstaining because he did not receive details of the plans for the building in his e-mail in time, which Acting Township manager Tim Stafford confirmed.
The Planning Board will review the proposed redevelopment plan within 45 days, now that it has been introduced.
the Church Street parking lot. Image courtesy of Google.
Also, in council comments, Fourth Ward Councilor Renée Baskerville, who marked her birthday, and Councilor Russo, reported that they had just come from a "shutdown social" hosted by Anne Mernin of Toni's Kitchen and organized by federal worker Carsen Mata. The intent of the social was to distribute food to local federal employees affected by the month-long partial shutdown of the federal government. Both council members were impressed with the effort to help federal employees; Councilor Russo praised Mata, an Environmental Protection Agency employee, for her leadership.
Members of the community at the Montclair "shutdown social." From left: veteran Jerry Wallace, EPA federal employee Carsen Mata, organizer, Montclair Fourth Ward Renée Baskerville, Toni's Kitchen Director Anne Mernin (who hosted the social), and Montclair Councilor-at-Large Robert Russo. Image courtesy of Robert Russo.
The council also passed on first reading an ordinance to install a four-way stop intersection at Van Vleck Street and North Mountain Avenue, much to the delight of local residents who came out to advocate for it. The ordinance now awaits full passage on second reading at a later meeting.
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The workshop takes place at Estrel Congress Center, Sonnenallee 225, 12057 Berlin. It is held as a separate event back-to-back with Aquaculture Europe 2019 organised by the European Aquaculture Society (EAS) and taking place 8-10 October 2019 at the same venue.
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Coronavirus Victoria: Melbourne students in trouble over illegal muck-up day
Dozens of year 12 students have been warned by Victoria Police after they filmed themselves participating in wild muck-up day celebrations.
news.com.auOctober 23, 20202:58pm
Year 12 students across Victoria will be required to wear masks when they sit their VCE exams after returning to school for the first time in months due to the extended lockdo...
Year 12 students across Victoria will be required to wear masks when they sit their VCE exams after returning to school for the first time in months due to the extended lockdown across the state.
The students at muck-up day.Source:Twitter
A group of Melbourne school boys are in strife after they were caught breaching coronavirus restrictions to hold an illegal muck-up day.
In video posted to social media, the group of year 12 students from Marcellin College in Bulleen were seen parading through a park with most wearing black body suits – to protect their identity – and holding alcohol and water pistols.
The teens were also seen walking through the smoke of an orange flare after one of the boys took the gun from his family's boat.
The boys were warned by police.Source:Twitter
The boys walking through a flare.Source:Twitter
It's understood Victoria Police visited Marcellin College and gave the cohort a warning for their behaviour however Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius yesterday said officers had been understanding.
"Police will always be understanding, particularly when it comes to children," Mr Cornelius told reporters. "Let's not get ourselves whipped up into too much of a frenzy about muck up day and about schoolies.
"We certainly feel for our kids … the key piece here is that we want to support them, but we need to support them in doing the right thing."
It's understood the year 12s will be allowed to sit their final exams, however they were suspended from school yesterday.
The students from Marcellin College.Source:Twitter
Victoria's schools are on high alert for coronavirus after a year 5 Melbourne student tested positive earlier this week.
The boy, from East Preston Islamic College, in Melbourne's north, had unknowingly caught the virus from a family member before he headed back to school on Monday.
The school's principal, Ekrem Ozyurek, said the boy stayed home from school last week because his siblings had recently tested positive for coronavirus, but a "misunderstanding" saw him return to face-to-face learning this week.
The boy attended school on Monday and Tuesday after his mother brought a letter from Victoria's Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) dated October 17, clearing the other children of having coronavirus.
But the school was called on Tuesday by DHHS, who advised the boy was supposed to be self-isolating while he waited for a day-11 test.
"Our understanding is that this student was considered to be a close contact and was meant to be quarantining, but after day 11 he returned to school thinking that it was okay to do so," Mr Ozyurek said.
"He stayed at home for the first week but I think his siblings had tested negative and he thought he was OK to come back too. But he hadn't taken the test.
"I think there must have been some misunderstanding perhaps, some broken communication," he added.
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New Researches Confirm 5G is Safe As China Targets 2025 For 6G Technology
Two new scientific reviews have backed up all the previous research into 5G technology to date, finding that the next-generation connectivity standard doesn't pose any health risks.
Overseen by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety and Swinburne University of Technology in Australia, the reviews looked back at 138 previous studies and reanalyzed over 100 experiments to look for possible dangers in the millimeter wave frequencies (low-level radio waves above 6 GHz).
While the research and scientific analysis will likely continue, this in-depth look at what the globe know so far about 5G and its associated technologies points to it being perfectly safe at the kinds of levels that people would be exposed to it.
"In conclusion, a review of all the studies provided no substantiated evidence that low-level radio waves, like those used by the 5G network, are hazardous to human health," Assistant Director of Assessment and Advice at ARPANSA, Ken Karipidis said.
While frequencies above 6 GHz have regularly been used in radar, medical instruments, and security equipment – like the airport screening scanners people have probably walked through – they're about to be used much more widely as 5G networks get rolled out worldwide.
Combing through the data and the reported results on genotoxicity (mutations), cell proliferation, gene expression, cell signalling, membrane function, and other biological effects, the researchers could find "no confirmed evidence that low-level RF fields above 6 GHz such as those used by the 5G network are hazardous to human health".
Where some biological effects were noted, they were generally not independently replicated, and they were in studies that lacked rigorous quality control methods, the researchers say – though we can surely expect even more, ongoing assessments into 5G in the years ahead.
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"We recommend that future experimental studies improve their design with particular attention to dosimetry and temperature control, and that future epidemiological studies continue to monitor long-term health effects in the population related to wireless telecommunications," said Karipidis.
The team's findings were consistent with the safety standards set out by the The International Commission for Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) and widely adopted around the world.
A newly updated standard has been put together by ARPANSA, emphasizing the limit at which radio waves used in wireless communications could be harmful: exposure from WiFi is 100 million times below this standard, while exposure from mobile phone towers is 500,000 times below.
Concerns about the safety of the new technology are valid and understandable, the researchers claimed, but despite what people might read on social media, all of the hard evidence that has been collected so far points to 5G being safe to deploy.
IN a related development, China's government reportedly plans to prioritise the development of 6G up to 2025, stepping-up its ambitions for the technology following recent research advancements in Europe and the US.
State-owned newspaper China Daily stated government and industry experts have outlined a plan to advance 6G between 2021 and 2025, as part of a wider "digital China" standalone objective to ensure technology provides fresh economic impetus.
Deputy Head of the Cyberspace Administration of China, Yang Xiaowei, said at a news briefing the country would accelerate R&D of 6G technologies, construction of a large-scale 5G network and a push around IPv6.
He reportedly explained more effort would be made to build up systems and standards "to accommodate data flow, cross-border data transmission and data security protection", as China looks to reap the benefits of the digital economy.
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Details of what exactly the country plans to do to accelerate 6G or when it expects the technology to launch were not revealed, however industry players have widely indicated the technology will not see the light of day until 2030 at least.
Industry murmurings around the next-generation of mobile has grown over the last year.Last month, a new 6G research project was unveiled involving major European operators, while in 2020 US operators committed to the Next G Alliance, a group tasked with developing and defining the technology.
China has also already been active, launching what it claimed was the first 6G experimental satellite to test communications for space using high-frequency terahertz spectrum in November 2020.
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In the last week, 6 people were shot dead by Free West Papua Armed Group
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KOMPAS.com – In the past week, six people have been shot dead by the Armed Criminal Group (KKB) in Intan Jaya Regency, Papua. The last victim who died was Pastor Jeremiah Zanambani. The pastor is a native of the Moni Tribe who also plays a role in translating the Bible into Moni.
That day, two motorcycle taxi drivers at the base of Intan Jaya Regency died at different times but at the same location. The first victim was Laode Anas (34) who was killed when he returned to Supaga after dropping off passengers in Titigi Village. He was killed at around 11:15 WIT.
A few minutes later, Fatur Rahman (23) was also killed in the same location after returning from Kampung Titigi. The second victim died after being shot from a height.
Meanwhile, the third victim was Badawi, a motorcycle taxi driver who was killed by the KKB on Thursday (17/9/2020). He died behind YPPK Santo Mikael Elementary School, Bilogai Village, Sugapa District.
Three hours later, at around 14:20 WIT, Serka Sahlan, a member of the Hitadipa Preparatory Koramil, was also shot dead by KKB. Serka Sahlan's body was evacuated from Bilorai Airport, Sugapa District, Intan Jaya Regency to Nabire using a Rimbun Air plane.
Before the bodies of the fourth victim were evacuated, KKB opened fire on the plane at Bilorai airport. The fifth victim was Pratu Dwi Akbar Utomo. He died after being involved in a gun battle with KKB on Saturday (19/9/2020) at around 13:20 WIT.
The gun battle involved the Territorial Apparatus BKO Task Force (Apter) of the Hitadipa Preparatory Corruption Eradication Commission, Pratu Dwi Akbar, was declared dead at 14:50 WIT.
The last victim was Pastor Jeremiah Zanambani. He died in Hitadipa Village, Untan Jaya on Saturday (19/9/2020) at around 18.00 WIT. Pastor Yeremia Zanambani is a native of the Moni Tribe who also played a role in making the translation of the Bible into the Moni language.
Responding to this, Kapen Kogabwihan III, Col. Czi IGN Suriastawa, said the terror carried out by the KKB in Intan Jaya Papua was to seek international attention ahead of the UN General Assembly.
The session is planned to be held on September 22-September 29, 2020. "As I said yesterday, they are looking for a moment to attract attention at the UN General Assembly at the end of this month," he said.
He also criticized the KKB's actions which also spread slander through social media by accusing the TNI of being involved in the murder of Pastor Yeremias Zanambani. According to him, what the KKB had done was very disturbing to the community.
"From this morning, their three accounts started spreading fake news by distorting the facts. Their slander on social media, it is clear that the settings and engineering were to incite the public as well as corner the TNI / Polri and the government ahead of the UN general session," said Suriaswata.
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DOE Patents Patent: Method Of Making An Ultracapacitor Electrode
Title: Method Of Making An Ultracapacitor Electrode
A paste of organic solvent with dissolved organic salt and active carbon is formed and a uniform film of the paste is applied onto a substrate by casting the paste into a clearance between a knife blade and the substrate. The paste is evaporated to form a paste electrode for an ultracapacitor.
Wei, Chang [1]; Jerabek, Elihu Calvin [2]; DeJager, Katherine Dana [3]; LeBlanc, Jr., Oliver Harris [4]
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(Niskayuna, NY)
(Glenmont, NY)
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National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
General Electric Company (Niskayuna, NY) NREL
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Wei, Chang, Jerabek, Elihu Calvin, DeJager, Katherine Dana, and LeBlanc, Jr., Oliver Harris. Method Of Making An Ultracapacitor Electrode. United States: N. p., 2003. Web.
Wei, Chang, Jerabek, Elihu Calvin, DeJager, Katherine Dana, & LeBlanc, Jr., Oliver Harris. Method Of Making An Ultracapacitor Electrode. United States.
Wei, Chang, Jerabek, Elihu Calvin, DeJager, Katherine Dana, and LeBlanc, Jr., Oliver Harris. Tue . "Method Of Making An Ultracapacitor Electrode". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/880599.
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title = {Method Of Making An Ultracapacitor Electrode},
author = {Wei, Chang and Jerabek, Elihu Calvin and DeJager, Katherine Dana and LeBlanc, Jr., Oliver Harris},
abstractNote = {A paste of organic solvent with dissolved organic salt and active carbon is formed and a uniform film of the paste is applied onto a substrate by casting the paste into a clearance between a knife blade and the substrate. The paste is evaporated to form a paste electrode for an ultracapacitor.},
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Method of making an ultracapacitor electrode
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Method of making a high performance ultracapacitor
Patent Farahmandi, C. Joseph (Auburn, AL); Dispennette, John M. (Auburn, AL)
A high performance double layer capacitor having an electric double layer formed in the interface between activated carbon and an electrolyte is disclosed. The high performance double layer capacitor includes a pair of aluminum impregnated carbon composite electrodes having an evenly distributed and continuous path of aluminum impregnated within an activated carbon fiber preform saturated with a high performance electrolytic solution. The high performance double layer capacitor is capable of delivering at least 5 Wh/kg of useful energy at power ratings of at least 600 W/kg.
Scaffold-free 3D porous electrode and method of making a scaffold-free 3D porous electrode
Patent Braun, Paul V.; Liu, Jinyun
A scaffold-free 3D porous electrode comprises a network of interconnected pores, where each pore is surrounded by a multilayer film including a first layer of electrochemically active material, one or more monolayers of graphene on the first layer of electrochemically active material, and a second layer of electrochemically active material on the one or more monolayers of graphene. A method of making a scaffold-free 3D porous electrode includes depositing one or more monolayers of graphene onto a porous scaffold to form a graphene coating on the porous scaffold, and depositing a first layer of an electrochemically active material onto themore » graphene coating. The porous scaffold is removed to expose an underside of the graphene coating, and a second layer of the electrochemically active material is deposited onto the underside of the graphene coating, thereby forming the scaffold-free 3D porous electrode.« less
Iron active electrode and method of making same
Patent Jackovitz, John F. (Monroeville, PA); Seidel, Joseph (Pittsburgh, PA); Pantier, Earl A. (Verona, PA)
An iron active electrode and method of preparing same in which iron sulfate is calcined in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature in the range of from about 600.degree. C. to about 850.degree. C. for a time sufficient to produce an iron oxide with a trace amount of sulfate. The calcined material is loaded into an electrically conductive support and then heated in a reducing atmosphere at an elevated temperature to produce activated iron having a trace amount of sulfide which is formed into an electrode plate.
Method of making composition suitable for use as inert electrode having good electrical conductivity and mechanical properties
Patent Ray, Siba P. (Pittsburgh, PA); Rapp, Robert A. (Columbus, OH)
An improved inert electrode composition is suitable for use as an inert electrode in the production of metals such as aluminum by the electrolytic reduction of metal oxide or metal salt dissolved in a molten salt bath. The composition comprises one or more metals or metal alloys and metal compounds which may include oxides of the metals comprising the alloy. The alloy and metal compounds are interwoven in a network which provides improved electrical conductivity and mechanical strength while preserving the level of chemical inertness necessary for such an electrode to function satisfactorily.


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The mail lady made a special delivery today.
who had a wonderful multi Give Away last week!
I had such fun opeining up the boxes.
This note card is definitely "frame-worthy"
to wear it or eat it!
A lazy cat takes over.
Ahhhh, a vintage linen towel just for her napping pleasure!
Anne is having a Fabulous "French Country" Book Give Away.
Be sure and check it out.
Wow, what a wonderful win!!! So fun. I love those tags. Do people really use them for gifts or do they frame them? And I love your kitty - just adorable.
What fun goodies...must have been so fun to open!
Debra, so glad to see your goodies arrived and that you are pleased. One thing though, it's shower gel not lotion. I wouldn't want to see you try and rub that in and wear it all day. Enjoy my friend!
Oh, Debra, what a lovely surprise!Love her goodies, they are gorgeous! Aren't we blessed to have such wonderful blogging friends!
my old tuxedo lady placed herself between the keyboard and the monitor. My camera was sitting here (she's "air" kneading" as I'm typing this) and so I took some pics,,,,If they turn out I'll post them in a few minutes with my OTHER cat "mayhem" today!
Anyway,,,,cat on the table? We sell some really lovely tablecloths and runners at Joyworks, the shop I work in and whenever I buy something new for the dining room table I comment, "Oh, Holly is going to love this!"Darn kitties love anything new!
Stop over on my blog shortly and check for Holly's antics,,,,she says "hi" by the way!
This is a beautiful giveaway prize, Debra! I love the colors in all these items. Enjoy them!
Wow! great loot!! Have a wonderful weekend!
My goodness you really won the give away lottery! I love the boxes and the journal, but I'm sure you will enjoy them all.
Wow...those are just as beautiful as you and Shell! You are one lucky lady...just be sure and watch the hubster when wearing that hot chocolate lotion. He might just decide to take a bite!
What nice gifts!! and it looks like you got them put away just in time!
Wow what a great group of gifts =) Congratulations!!
You have some wonderful treasures there, Debra. I love opening gifts like this. How generous!
Your cats need their own blog!
Oh you lucky lucky girl, what a fabulous treasure! I love those nesting boxes, they are soooo pretty.
Hello, I found you via My repurposed life and Im glad that I did.
wow! that's a lot of goodies! Lucky you.
Just wanted to let you know that I am featuring your blog today on my "Featured Followers Friday"
Great gifts and a pretty kitty! Enjoy your day!!
You hit the jack pot with Shell's giveaway, congrats! Your sweet kitty resting on the table is too cute.
WOW! SCORE! ALl of it is fabulous! I'd kill for those nesting boxes. The tags . . . the NOTEPAD - my goodness - where did she find all of this wonderful stuff? !!!!!
So tomorrow night, when you come home from a long day, if all of it is missing, including the cat I might add, don't come looking at my house!
You hit pay dirt, beautiful treasures.
My goodness. You really received some beautiful things. I love the neutral colors. They could be used with anything!
My kitties do the same thing. I just put a few clean towels on the bed while I was folding earlier. And there was a cat laying right in the middle when I walked back through.
What wonderful gifts you received. Love the little hat boxes and the tags. Pretty, pretty.
But what I really love is your sweet kitty baby sleeping so peacefully on your freshly pressed linen. We just don't have the heart to make them move. Ahhh. So cute.
LoVe Your Kitty!*!*! Looks like a purrrrfect place to cozy up... Congratulations on your lovely gifts... Jeanine, ChiPPy!-SHaBBy!
LOL LOL..what's that quote, "in a cat's eyes, all things belong to him"...LOL. what a great bunch of goodies, you lucky gurl you! I'm loving the pad of paper with the silverware...too cute!