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French Spring Festival
The French Spring festival is underway in Ukraine. This is a great opportunity to enjoy French music, food and cultural events. This year, a group of young French musicians are touring Ukraine as part of the festival
They are not even twenty years old yet but they are already performing pieces of classical music on stage in front of hundreds of people. The string quartet Danos from France is staging its first tour in Ukraine.
It's part of the French Spring Festival. Their program consists of a mix of masterpieces from classical composers like Ravel and Schubert and contemporary Ukrainian ones like Myroslav Skoryk.
"This concert is a bit special. We made this project like an interaction between France and Ukraine. Choosing only French composers would have been a pity so we decided to select Ukrainian composers like Ivan Karabyts and Myroslav Skoryk. If I'm not mistaken it's the 80th birthday of Skoryk and I really wanted to pay tribute to this master," composer Pierre Thilloy said.
Thilloy is also a fan of poetry and he wanted to incorporate his favorite ones into his program. During their tour in Ukraine, the quartet Danos performs mixes of Chopin's music and poems by Andre Gide. The poems are read in Ukrainian by actor Yevheniy Kholodniak.
"There's a very cultivated audience here. I think one of the particular strengths of Ukraine is to be a country where you can find culture everywhere and at different levels. Ukrainians have really fine taste, they have a high cultural knowledge, they are smart and I can't wait to see how they will react to this evening's concert, what they will think about these musical works which are very different from each other," Thilloy said
Rahel Coquema, 19, plays the viola in Danos. She met the other members of the string quartet at the conservatory. Since coming to Ukraine, Coquema said she is impressed and surprised by the love Ukrainian people feel towards French culture.
"Well, it's really weird but I think the French culture is really present here so sometimes we don't feel as if we were abroad but sometimes we really feel like even we were in France because Ukrainian people speak some words of French and I think this is really nice," Coquema said.
French ambassador Isabelle Dumont made a small introduction at the start of the concert.
After the concert in Kyiv, the French Quartet is continued its tour of Ukraine. It also performs in Lviv, Rivne, and Chernivtsi.
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Q: $\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{f(n)}{h(n)}$ if $f\in o(g)$ and $g\in O(h)$ I would appreciate it if anybody could check my attempted solution to this question. I'm guessing since the question says 'values' rather than 'value' that I haven't finished the question. So if you could let me know if I've finished or point me in the direction of finding the other solutions, it would be much appreciated.
Question:
Let f, g and h be three functions from $ \mathbb N$ to $\mathbb N$. Assume that f $\in$ o(g) and g $\in$ O(h). If the limit of f(n)/h(n) exists as n $\to \infty$ what are its possible values?
My attempt:
Since f $\in$ o(g), $\exists c_1 > 0$ such that f(n) $<c_1g(n)$ $\forall n \in \mathbb N$ and since $g \in O(h), \exists c_2 > 0$ such that $g(n) \leq h(n) \forall n\in \mathbb N $.
So $f \in o(h)$ also. Therefore $\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{f(n)}{h(n)} = 0$

A: You have the definitions somewhat wrong.

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*$f\in o(g)$ means that for every $\epsilon>0$ there exists an $N_1\in \Bbb N$ such that $f(n)<\epsilon g(n)$ for all $n>N_1$.

*$g\in O(h)$ means that there exists $c>0$ and $N_2\in\Bbb N$ such that $g(n)\le ch(n)$ for all $n>N_2$.

Nevertheless, let $L=\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{f(n)}{h(n)}$. If $L>0$, then with $c,N_2$ as above we let $\epsilon=\frac L{2c}$ and find $N_1$ accordingly. Then for $n>\max\{N_1,N_2\}$ we have
$$f(n)<\epsilon g(n)=\frac L{2c}g(n) \le \frac L2 h(n)$$
and hence $\frac{f(n)}{h(n)}<\frac L2$, leading to a contradiction. We conclude that $L=0$.

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Q: Adding items to a generic list (novice) I'm some what embarrassed to even ask this but I know there is a better way to do this I just don't know how
List<int> numbers = new List<int>(22);
numbers.Add(3);
numbers.Add(4);
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numbers.Add(14);
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A: List<int> numbers = new List<int>(22) { 3, 4, 9, ..., 99 };

shorter than that? Only if your numbers follow a pattern which could be expressed mathematically.
This is the collection initializer.

A: You can use a collection initializer:
List<int> numbers = new List<int>(22)
{
    3, 4, 9,
    14, // ...
};

A: As of C# 3.0, at least, you can use an initializer, like so:
List<int> numbers = new List<int>{ 3, 4, 9, ... , 99 };

(Specifying the initial capacity (22) isn't terribly necessary...)


LAGOS—FEMI Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, said he declined Vice President Yemi Osinbajo's appeal to support the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration because of his late father.
ENUGU—CHIEFTAIN of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State, Chief Chinedu Eya has called on the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Rev. Callistus Valentine Onaga to as a matter of urgency caution the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria , Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, over his involvement in the build up to the 2019 elections.
FUT- THERE was pandemonium at Efut Kingdom, Calabar South Local Government Area, Cross River State, when three freshly dug graves were bizarrely discovered that the palace of the newly installed Muri Munene of Efut and Paramount Ruler of Calabar South, HRM (Prof) Itam Hogan.
Lagos- A former banker of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, Kazeem Alli, was yesterday arraigned before a Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, over alleged N8.7million internet fraud.
LAGOS—SPEAKER of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, yesterday, said whether or not Governor Akinwunmi Ambode will be impeached depends on his (Ambode) actions.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has affirmed Uche Nwosu as the governorship candidate of the party in the 2019 Imo State election.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has been thrown into mourning, following the killing of the Treasurer, Mr. Moses Adeoye, on Wednesday night.
CALABAR—THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it would deploy a combined team of police, soldiers, navy and personnel from other security agencies to secure polling units during the Ikom 11 State Constituency by-election in Cross River State.
Anti graft Agency, EFCC has obtained a court order from a Federal High court in Abuja to keep the immediate past governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose, for two weeks.
Governor Kayode Fayemi has cancelled the education development levy imposed on pupils of public and private schools by former Governor Ayo Fayose and declared free education in Ekiti State.
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has warned that no harm must befall the immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, while being detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The Nigerian senate had a rowdy session during plenary on Wednesday in Abuja.
The National Assembly only reconvened last week after over two months of recession.
The presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar must have chased anything in skirt in the past as it can be deduced from his response on his bad sides.
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC).
ABUJA – MINISTER of Communication, Adebayo Shittu is among cabinet members attending the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has declared two seats in the house Vacant.
PoliticsNGR learnt that Kankia/Kusada and Toro federal constituencies of Katsina and Bauchi States were declared vacant today as a result of the swearing-in of two new members of the house; Ahmed Babba-Kaita and Lawal Gumau as senators by the Senate president, Bukola Saraki.
Mr. Kaita represented Kankia/Kusada federal constituency of Katsina State while Mr. Gumau represented Toro federal constituency of Bauchi State.
OVER eight governorship aspirants of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State have vowed to work against the election of Engr Abdullahi Sule to represent the party in forthcoming poll.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed Senate President, Bukola Saraki as the Director General of its Presidential Campaign Council.
Senate President Bukola Saraki has struck a deal with senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop moves to remove him from office.
WHEN an aggrieved Senator Magnus Abe led his faction of Rivers State All Progressives Congress, APC, to conduct parallel primaries recently, many had branded those who indulged Abe as delusional.
Justice J. Adepoju of the FCT High Court sitting in Wuse, Abuja, on Friday, October 12 convicted and sentenced one Godfrey Ango, a support staff from Integrated Corporate Services attached to Access Bank Wuse 2, to six years in prison on a 12-count charge bordering on diversion and misappropriation of depositors' money.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari's hands are too weak to sign the African Free Trade Agreement.
The presidency has just circulated the statement below announcing the placement of 50 high-profile Nigerians on travelling restrictions.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday commissioned 62 pilot officers and second lieutenants of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) into the Nigerian Air Force (NAF).
An army major general and Commander of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), Augustine Agundu, has suggested two ways which could bring an end to the 18 year-crises that has bedevilled Plateau State.
Ahead of the 2019 2019 Presidential elections, ex-militant leader and national coordinator of South South Wing of Ex-agitators,(SSWA) Gen. Paul Agge (Don Agge), has lauded former President Olusegun Obasanjo for endorsing his former deputy, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for the president of the federation.
While the Immigration boss, Dom Asogwa, was gearing up to answer questions from an interview by punch, his men informed him of the arrest of five young Nigerian girls travelling to Ghana without valid documents.
The Director General of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has given reasons why Mr. Peter Obi was picked as the running mate to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar.
The European Union Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ketil Karlsen says the union has approved one million euros (400 million naira) to assist three of the nine states affected by flood in Nigeria.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed Lanre Issa-Onilu as its new national spokesperson.
Contrary to previous indications, the presidential committee on the recent earth tremor in Abuja has said that earthquake has become a potential hazard in Nigeria.
Senator Oluremi Tinubu is Nollywood actress, Eniola Badmus' godmother and the actress says, not everyone has the opportunity to have a woman like Remi as a godmother.
Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu has been found to have graduated from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) at the age of 25 but failed to participate in the compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme in violation of the NYSC Act.
Just ten days ago, Nigerian Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun resigned amid allegations she presented a fake national service exemption certificate in order to qualify for public office in the West African nation. Later, presidency confirmed Zainab Ahmed as substantive Minister of Finance.
What was supposed to be a peaceful graduation party of the students of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, turned a bloody even last night, as about 10 people were killed by cultists.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded for the arrest and immediate prosecution of the Minister of Aviation(State), Senator Hadi Sirika for allegedly using a "non-existent national carrier to defraud the nation to the tune of N1.2 billion.
Linda Ikeji had revealed to us way back before she put to bed that she already ordered a Bentley Mulsanne for Baby J.
Since then, we haven't had the opportunity to catch a glimpse of the exotic car, but here we have it today.
Earlier today, a clearly excited Sandra Ikeji took to her Instagram page to share a photo of the Bentley Mulsanne the billionaire blogger got Jayce Jeremi.
Linda Ikeji has already told us about how obsessed she is with her son, so we can be expecting more lavish spending on the young lad.
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said its members will commence nationwide strike alongside civil society organisations on September 26 over the new minimum wage.
Few hours after news of confirmation of his certificate by WAEC emerged, the Nigeria police force has filed charges of examination malpractices, impersonation and criminal conspiracy against the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the coming Saturday's election in Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke.
After months of speculation, it seems Linda Ikeji has finally revealed the identity of her son's father (and possibly her husband).
The alleged ritual case involving the Majority Leader of Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, took another dimension, Wednesay, when members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, believed to be loyal to the legislator stormed an Osogbo High Court and beat a man to stupor.
Tina Osaretin, a trader, was attacked by gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday while operating an Automated Teller Machine in a bank along Uselu-Lagos road.
It was gathered that the governor's car was already ahead to catch up with an appointment with President Muhammadu Buhari slated for 11am after maneuvering its way out of a gridlock on Jamata Bridge, along the Abuja-Lokoja Expressway.
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, to participate in the mega rally organised by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Gboyega Oyetola, its candidate in Saturday's governorship election in the state.


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Defensive midfielder's second Chelsea spell comes to an end
A detailed shot of the corner flag at Kingsmeadow during the Chelsea Ladies v Liverpool Ladies WSL match. Held at the Kingsmeadow Athletics & Fitness Centre, Kingston upon Thames, UK on the 7th October 2017 Photo: Charlotte Wilson for FA
Chelsea FAWSL News
By Daniel Pentland / June 19, 2020
Defensive midfielder Anita Asante has left Chelsea for the second time in her career according to reports on The Blues' official website.
The 35-year-old former England international has represented the South West Londoners between 2008 and 2009 and from 2018 to present day.
It has today been reported that Asante's current contract at Kingsmeadow has come to an end and the player has now left Chelsea. Given the player's age and recent bad luck with injuries, retirement could now be an option, although Asante has not yet commented on her immediate future.
Since rejoining The Blues in January 2018, the midfielder has made 35 appearances for the current Barclays FA Women's Super League champions, however, Asante's involvement has cruelly been prematurely ended by injury in each of the last two seasons. The veteran has suffered an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury and a quadriceps tendon tear in her second stint as a Chelsea player.
Asante spent her early career with Chelsea's London rivals Arsenal before swapping red for blue in 2008. A spell playing her football in the United States followed before the midfielder enjoyed five years in Sweden.
Despite plenty of movement throughout her career, Chelsea could be seen as Asante's home. If the player is to call time on her career, ending her playing days as a Blue may have acted as the perfect finale.
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Here's a one-and-a-half minute excerpt from Russ Carnahan's (D-MO) healthcare forum on Monday. There are a couple of humorous moments from the event, and then it concludes with TheBlackSphere.net--Kevin Jackson--asking: "If it's so good why doesn't Congress have to be on it?"
the Patients First/ShowUsTheBill.com Rally or perhaps my Gateway Pundit photo gallery (at the end of that post).
Update 2: Thanks so much for all the links! Thanks to RedState. Thanks to National Review. Thanks to Glenn Reynolds. Thanks to Michelle Malkin. Thanks to RealClearPolitics. And thanks to everyone else, too! Wow. Just wow.
A very special thanks to Michelle at ATraditionalLifeLived.com for live streaming yesterday's event and working together on this report. And thanks to our "intern" Nick and to Kevin Jackson of TheBlackSphere.com for suggesting the video above!
In other Russ Carnahan news, I strongly recommend my coverage of McArthur's protest of the Congressman's vote for Cap and Tax. If you're an owner/operator, make sure you watch the last/fourth video there. Gateway Pundit has some followup on that story from yesterday.
I couldn't hear it, but I was there, and it was priceless!
Carnahan comes off as lying and stupid as Pelosi. Here's my question: why are all these Congresscritters (nevermind the Head Idiot Cheese himself) hemming and hawing, mumbling and fumbling, ahh'ing and umm'ing, reading (and badly) from scripts and TOTUSs, if they believe what they are spewing? Why aren't they looking straight at and speaking straight to the public? Clearly and articulately? They display no courage, no convictions, just very obviously lies and utter BS.
VOTE THESE THUGS AND IDIOTS OUT!!
Re: the Congress remark- that's a really good point. Why don't we absolutely insist that Congress be put on any plan that they pass?
It's amazing that any human being, let alone one elected to represent others, could stand there and bald face lie. Where is this CBO report that reports health control as deficit neutral? I only saw the one that said, without admin costs of the 31+ agencies created, it would add $269 billion to the deficit and actually increase the overall cost of health care.
One question: exactly how do We the People insist anything anymore, let alone that Congress and the Impostor in Chief have the same health control plan? We the People have NO voice anymore. Congress has taken over the asylum.
It doesn't matter if they're on the same plan. The bureaucrats that will "make decisions" for us will simply give Congresscritters anything they want. You and I will never be the wiser.
This idiot says the healthcare bill will REDUCE administrative costs??? Is he full-on retarded or does he think WE are??
@Peg C: As for voting these idiots out, that's why I started blogging. Here's my first post.
Simply stated, I do not think that legislators should be allowed to serve *consecutive* terms.
@katablog: I would argue that Obama and the Dem Congress have encouraged the silent majority to find its voice. Yeah, we're still clearing our throat, but there's a wild roar coming.
Fail. Whatever it is that your bureau is supposed to be doing, if you don't do it very well but can produce a reasonable argument that your failure is from lack of money (or enough power), then you can (if you've spent your budget) always ask for more money, i.e. to be "fully funded."
Years ago, I thought of the same idea, but it would also apply to POTUS. I call it the "Grover Cleveland Amendment", because he's the only person to have served non-consecutive terms as POTUS; I'd like that to become the norm.
"No person who shall have attained the office of President, Senator, or Representative, prior to the final year of the term thereof, shall be eligible to the consecutive term in the same office."
This language does allow a House member to run for Senate, but since it's a different office, I don't see it as a big deal. I was inspired by the Articles of Confederation provision that no delegate to Congress could serve for more than three years out of six consecutive years, and by the wonderful example of Sen. George McGovern, who, after leaving the Senate and running a small business, has gone on record as opposing many bills he co-sponsored as a Senator. Traditional "term limit" proposals deny the opportunity to re-elect someone who had "come up for air" in the private sector.
I would also like to return election of Senators to the state legislatures, making it unnecessary for people to spend their entire term raising money to pay for state-wide ads. That's a nice side effect; the real reason I want that to happen is to restore the balance of power between the national and state goverments, by giving the latter delegates to the Congress.
I'm afraid that no state-level action could get this accomplished, because there is no Constitutional basis for states imposing any additional qualifications for office ("non incumbency" is a negative qualification).
Check the middle aged woman in the striped shirt in the video. She's grinning smugly through the whole thing. Then, when Kevin Jackson asks "If it's so great, why isn't Congress on it?" Her face falls like a melting glacier.
NEVER take the pressure off of these rogues! NEVER!
Re: the Congress remark- that's a really good point. Why don't we absolutely insist that Congress be put on any plan that they pass?---------------------------------------An ammendment to the bill was introduced and shot down before it even got to the floor, you don't really think they would subject themselves to the same treatment we receive? They are above that, in their minds.
I LOVE it!!! I just posted it on my blog along with a few others you might be interested in. I can't tell you how much better I feel knowing that others are starting to stand up and fight. This is great!
I posted and linked on it HERE.
These are "Tea Party" folks. Following the advice they have received on the Internet, they are finding their voices in public forums like this. I would guess that Congressmen are not used to being laughed at and challenged by members of the audience in these forums. Right now they are trying to determine if these are few malcontents or if it's more than that.
The point is that it does not take a majority to make a movement. The majority in any society is always going to be busy with other things. But they may well be sympathetic ... the sea in which the activists swim.
(1) Congressmen will try to get their supporters out to these meetings to drown out the dissenters; to clap and cheer at the right time.
(2) There may well be fewer "town hall" type meetings as government officials try to figure out how to cope.
(3) There will be more "tea party" types getting going to these meetings with video equipment as the word spreads.
(4) There will be attempts by the Left to reclaim their role as leaders in "street theater" leading to verbal and perhaps physical clashes.
Why do we in the US pay twice as much per person for health care and have poorer quality and less coverage than ALL other industrialized nations, i.e., France, Canada, Australia, Italy, Britain, Japan, New Zealand, Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Portugal, Israel, Belgium, Austria etc?
What do we receive for paying twice as much if not improved quality? We have shorter life spans, higher infant mortality, and "higher deaths amenable to health care"(Health Affairs 2008 27: 58-71).
Our healthcare system is twice as expensive but still not even as good as France's.
Why not Medicare for all Americans? Has Congress dropped the ball? Yes. We need single payer and now.
If you are business saavy you may consider being on the administrative side of healthcare. Physicians are required to bill with special codes called CPT-4 codes that describe services that they provide to patients. There are also codes to describe every diagnosis.
In order for the physicians to obtain payment for services these codes must be submitted in a timely fashion to insurance companies and they must be within the scope of usual practices.
Insurance companies also deny payment to the physicians more often than not and they need people to fight for their money.
Administrators allow physicians to concentrate of helping patients without the nagging concern of redtape and paperwork.
There are also budgeting, managerial and operational issues in healthcare offices or other settings that are handled by these professionals.
You may consider obtaining a masters in heatlh administration. Please refer to www.ache.org.


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(thing) by rich uncle skeleton Sun Jul 14 2002 at 17:28:48
is the name of a movie that David Lynch very badly wanted to make but for which he was never able to get funding. It was first optioned by Zoetrope Studios (Francis Ford Coppola's production company) and might have been produced by DeLaurentis Entertainment Group (Dino de Laurentiis had also produced the Lynch pictures Dune and Blue Velvet) had DEG not gone bankrupt.
I first heard about the script in an article in premiere magazine entitled "Ten Scripts that Great Directors Can't Get Made". Among them was "Ronnie Rocket" - and it came across as the most intriguing of the projects. People who were thinking about funding it would read the script and afterwards have very disturbing dreams.
The script is now easily available on the net - do a search for "Ronnie Rocket" and script. Another promising starting point might be: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/2093/index.html
Lynch's description of the script:
"I've been writing it for ten years, since I finished Eraserhead. It's an absurd mystery of the strange forces of existence. It's about electricity."
"It's an absurd comedy, the story of a midget with red hair and physical problems. It's the absurd mystery of the strange forces of existence. Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper and Dean Stockwell will probably be in it. I don't think Kyle MacLachlan will be in Ronnie Rocket because he looks too normal for that film."
The movie was supposed to have starred Mike Anderson ("The Man from Another Place" from "Twin Peaks"),Isabella Rosellini, Dean Stockwell, Brad Dourif, Jack Nance, Dennis Hopper, Harry Dean Stanton, and Dennis Hopper.
It would have been shot on location in Hoboken, New Jersey.
I won't go into the details of the script - to avoid spoiling it, and because it's all in the details and I don't remember many of the details. There are two parallel stories, one dealing with a small adult male (who would probably have been played by Mike Anderson) who ends up going to a high school where he becomes the singer for a band - despite his grotesque appearance, he has a serene, angelic voice, something along the lines of Julee Cruise. The other story concerns a detective trying to stop a man in his city from running an energy machine which pulls out all the energy from the surrounding citizens. The closer you get to the machine, the weaker you get. Only in the last few scenes do we get a sense of the connecting thread between the two stories. It's enough to say that one Lynch theme that keeps being used over & over in his movies (especially in the last ten years) shows up here as well.
The purpose of this node is not to give a summary of the movie - but to intrigue you enough to want to read the script and make you angry that it was never made.
A good deal of the information for this node comes from the excellent David Lynch fan site "The City of Absurdity", found at: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/2093/index.html.
That gum you like is going to come back in style Mike Anderson Laura Palmer Temptation
Dennis Hopper The etiquette of one-handed pool in East London Time Out of Joint Mulholland Drive
Garage bands which never made it to the garage Harry Dean Stanton Premiere Magazine The owls are not what they seem
Eraserhead Elvis Presley grotesque Michael J. Anderson
Egg Drop identical twins Brad Dourif Film Directors
Dean Stockwell The Man From Another Place All the Pretty Horses Vanity Fair
Conjugating verbs in Spanish
Making cheese
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The Golden Bears are undoubtedly coming off their best season to date, qualifying to the NCAA National Championships as a team for only the second time in program history and a first since 1992. To top it off, the Bears finished at a historic seventh place, and coaches Justin Howell and Liz Crandall-Howell received NCAA Coaches of the Year honors. After officially being cut in 2010, then reinstated following an outpouring of financial support, the program is now thriving under the leadership of Justin Howell and Liz Crandall-Howell who took over in June of 2012. The Bears have become a solid contender for the Pac-12 title, and we should expect the team to appear regularly at NCAAs in the next few years. Additionally, junior Toni-Ann Williams has qualified to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, representing Jamaica and giving the country its first Olympian in women's gymnastics ever.


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Legendary actor David Garrick's home damaged in fire
A historic building that was once home to Shakespearean actor David Garrick has been severely damaged by fire.
Fire fighters at the scene of a blaze at the Grade One listed, Garrick's Villa, Hampton Court Road, south west London Photo: PA
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The entire roof of the Grade I listed building, Garrick's Villa in Hampton Court, south west London, collapsed in the fire, which began yesterday morning.
Seventy firefighters tackled the fire at its height but no injuries were reported. Witnesses said building work had been taking place at the property.
The building's roof fell through to the second floor in the blaze, and half of its first and second floors also caught fire, a fire brigade spokesman said.
English Heritage described the destruction of large parts of Garrick's Villa as "a tragedy".
London director Paddy Pugh said: "The Grade One listed building, Garrick's Villa was of national importance.
"The fire which took place there is a tragedy," he said.
"Our structural engineers and archaeologists will assess the damage as soon as it is safe to do so, and we will work with the owner to restore the building."
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module ComplexForm
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  class Property
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    def initialize(name, options, form)
      @name, @options, @form = name, options, form

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        end
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    def get
      @value
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    def set(value)
      @value = value
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      form.errors
    end

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      validators.each { |validator| validator.validate(self) }
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      (key == name) ? get : send(key)
    end

    private

    def validators
      @validators
    end
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end


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A Galaxy of Fireflies – or Not: Researchers Study Lighting's Effects on the Insects
Fariss Samarrai, farisss@virginia.edu
If a bug has ever had charisma, it's a common eastern firefly, flitting in the night.
The males do a J-shaped dance while flashing their taillights, seeking the attention of females on the ground. If interested, the females smile back, in effect, flashing their own taillights. It's a ritual of nature, and one of the most pleasant visual effects of a summer evening.
But studies indicate that fireflies may be decreasing in number, and scientists are asking why. One theory is that light pollution – human-made light – may be interfering with the insects' courtship behavior, since they do it in the dark.
"It's possible that the artificial extension of daylight into night from human development may be disrupting the dark/light cycles of fireflies and their behavior," University of Virginia environmental sciences professor Kyle Haynes said.
Under Haynes' mentorship, doctoral student Ariel Firebaugh is conducting a long-term study on the ecological effects of artificial light on two firefly species at UVA's Blandy Experimental Farm, near Winchester. Preliminary findings suggest to Haynes and Firebaugh that LED lights – the type of energy-efficient bulbs now routinely used for house lights, streetlights and parking lots – may in fact alter behavior patterns. They are trying to understand how – whether fireflies simply move on to darker areas, or if they actually mate less around brightly lit areas, resulting in lower populations.
To test this, they have marked off eight large field plots at Blandy Farm – half lit by LED floodlights, the other half unlit. Their censuses over nearly three summers are showing that flashing activity of one of the firefly species, Photuris versicolor, in the lit plots has decreased compared to the populations in the dark plots, and the species' numbers also may be lower in the lit plots. After capturing, marking and releasing fireflies in the lit and unlit plots, the researchers have found no evidence that the insects move away from the lights, or are attracted to them.
"Given that they flash less in the lit plots suggests that they also are less successful at mating in the lit plots," Haynes said.
And observations of the mating behavior of the common eastern firefly (Photinus pyralis) show that while the males continue to flash normally while seeking females in the lighted plots, the females there either stop responding, or they reduce their flashing responses, apparently resulting in the males having a harder time finding them. Meanwhile in the dark plots, mating continues as normal.
"This indicates that courtship behavior of fireflies is getting disrupted by the LED floodlights," Haynes said. "LED bulbs emit light at all wavelengths, like sunlight, and this type of light may be more disruptive to nocturnal wildlife than the older outdoor light bulbs, such as sodium streetlights, which emit light at fewer spectral wavelengths. The new bulbs are more energy-efficient, but unfortunately may be disruptive to organisms."
Fireflies, which are actually a type of beetle, evolved in a world illuminated at night only by stars and the moon. Their behavior is timed to the cycles of day and night and the seasons. They communicate with their illuminated lower abdomen, using an enzyme called luciferase – not only for mating, but also to ward off predators. Each species has its own communication patterns: different flash rates and durations, color tones and intensities. Once a female and a male come to agreement, they "hook up," tail-to-tail, for hours at a time. The next night, they seek out new mates.
Fireflies spend most of their lives as larvae, underground or in decaying vegetation, feeding on organic matter, such as rotting leaves. Their lower abdomens glow underground, too, telling potential predators, "I'm toxic!" (fireflies produce bad-tasting chemicals). Some species are predatory, feeding on the larvae of other species, and on slugs, snails and worms.
At different points during the spring and summer, depending on the species, they enter a brief pupae stage, and then emerge as flying insects. They tend to stay close to where they were born and lay their eggs there.
Like other native species, fireflies are important to the overall health of ecosystems, serving to decompose organic matter, and as prey to certain other insect species and to some species of spiders. If their habitat is disrupted by development, or sprayed with insecticides and herbicides, their populations and range may decrease.
"Many insects are nocturnal," Haynes said. "Artificial light from development could also be having strong impacts on species other than fireflies, not just the ones we easily see. If we want to conserve these important components of nature, we should care about reducing light pollution."
Haynes suggests that people minimize outside light usage – using fewer lights, and turning off lights when unneeded.
Note: Each June, Blandy Farm hosts a Family Firefly Festival. Blandy educators provide an illustrated talk for adults and older children, a shorter talk for younger children, and display fireflies in jars and under microscopes. The event includes craft activities and outdoor games. At dusk, the hosts guide attendees to a meadow to catch and release fireflies and observe their courtship behavior.
Blandy Farm's natural setting of 700 acres has one of the largest concentrations of fireflies in Virginia, providing a dramatic display of hundreds of thousands of points of light as the insects dance over fields and through forests.
For information about Blandy Experimental Farm and its public events, click here.
Fariss Samarrai
farisss@virginia.edu (434) 924-3778
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28 SEPTEMBER 2021: AUTUMN EVENTS AT WEST HORSLEY PLACE
Culture & Creative Industries
28 SEPTEMBER 2021: AUTUMN EVENTS…
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Following a successful first season of summer events, today West Horsley Place announces its programme for autumn.
Inspired by the hugely popular BBC One sitcom, Ghosts – which is filmed at West Horsley Place – during half-term week visitors will have a unique opportunity to meet The Occupants, former residents of the Grade I listed manor house reimagined by leading heritage performance company, Torchlight Heritage.
Families can take part in Trick or Treat, a special trail around the house and 18th century walled gardens where visitors will encounter historical characters – who love to play Trick or Treat! On the trail, families will discover the stories of West Horsley Place – and some secrets, too!
For over 16s, there's Tales after Dark, where The Occupants take visitors on a spooky immersive tour around the manor house after dark, recounting tales of ghosts, myths and legends along the way.
In November (26-28), West Horsley Play will curate and host the inaugural Surrey Hills Christmas Fair. Working in partnership with Surrey Hills Enterprises, Guildford Art Society, Artshed Collective, Wey Ceramics, Adam Aaronson & Friends and Surrey Guild of Craftsmen, visitors will be able to see and buy the best of Surrey arts, crafts, artisanal produce, food and drink.
Nooks and Crannies tours and further Open Days continue during autumn, giving visitors an opportunity to learn about the history and heritage of West Horsley Place and to discover stories from its 600 year past.
And the popular pop-up café, provided by local company Tiger Lily Bus Company and located in the Place Farm Barn Courtyard, will continue to be open Friday – Monday (10.30am-4pm) for those attending events or enjoying an autumnal walk on the estate.
Clare Clinton, Arts, Heritage & Learning Manager, says:
"It has been wonderful welcoming visitors to West Horsley Place this summer, and we are thrilled with the feedback we have received."
"We are delighted to be continuing our tours and open days this autumn, and are really looking forward to our special events. We want to make sure that West Horsley Place is a welcoming space for the community to share and enjoy, with arts, heritage, history and nature at its heart."
Clare adds:
"Importantly, funds raised through our public programme make a vital contribution towards the on-going project to conserve and repair Grade I listed West Horsley Place and its surrounding estate, safeguarding this important part of our heritage for future generations. We are very grateful to everyone who has supported our charity to date, and we look forward to welcoming you here over the coming months."
Pre-booking for tours, open days and special events is essential. For further information and to book: westhorsleyplace.org
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The main article can be found at Minecraft Wiki: Blaze.
Blaze is a creature added by vanilla Minecraft. It spawns in Nether Fortresses and will try to attack the player directly or shooting Fireballs, setting the player on fire. It is immune to fire, but will take damage from Water and Snowballs.
With Extra Utilities installed, Blazes will randomly drop Blaze Powder like Chickens drop eggs.
Thermal Foundation adds the Blitz and the Blizz.
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Three people were convicted yesterday (Tuesday, October 9) for wrongful use of disabled Blue Badges in Dunstable.
On Thursday, June 14, council officers took part in an enforcement exercise to ensure that Blue Badge disabled parking permits were being correctly used in Central Bedfordshire.
During this exercise, the council officers checked 124 Blue Badges, they found vehicles in Ashton Square Car Park in Dunstable where the eligible badge holder was not present, so further action was taken.
William Roe, of West Street, Dunstable, was found guilty of using his wife's Blue Badge when she was not present. Mr Roe pleaded guilty by post to one offence of misuse of a Blue Badge parking permit.
He was sentenced to pay a fine of £80, a victim surcharge of £30 and £390 costs, coming to a total of £500.
In another case heard at Luton Magistrates Court on Tuesday, a Dunstable woman was sentenced to pay fines totalling £1,072 for Blue Badge misuse, when she falsely claimed that she was with her disabled daughter who was later confirmed as being in school at the time.
Mr Roe and the Dunstable woman were both found guilty of misuse of a blue badge parking permit under Section 117(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
Christina Money, of Tunworth Crescent in London, was found guilty of displaying a Blue Badge which should have been returned to Wandsworth Council. When officers checked they found the badge was not registered to Ms Money but to her father, who had died more than 12 years previously. The badge displayed also had an altered expiry date.
After pleading guilty, Ms Money was given a community order of 60 hours of unpaid work. She was also ordered to pay £481 costs and a £85 victim surcharge.
A woman from Houghton Regis was also convicted on Tuesday for wrongful use of a disabled Blue Badge.
Lindsey Buckwell, of Fensome Drive, was spotted by an officer in Leighton Buzzard using a Blue Badge. When the officer approached her, she said the Blue Badge belonged to her aunt and she was supposed to pick her up but plans had changed. She then drove off when the officer attempted to discuss the situation with her.
Fraud officers have since established that the Blue Badge she had been using had been reported as lost two years ago, and did not belong to either Ms Buckwell or her aunt. When formally interviewed, she admitted that she had lied and that she had found the Blue Badge and decided to use it.
Ms Buckwell pleaded guilty by post to an offence of displaying a Blue Badge that should have been returned to the council. She was sentenced to pay a fine of £666, a victim surcharge of £66 and £481 costs, with overall fines totalling £1,213.
Councillor Richard Wenham said: "People who illegally park in spaces reserved for Blue Badge holders are thoughtlessly taking spaces away from those with mobility problems and other disabilities who genuinely need them.
"Blue Badges are issued to people in our community who need them the most. They allow a disabled person to park closer to their destination and must only be used by another person if the badge holder is present and being dropped off or collected.
"We will be directing further effort to clamp down on this type of fraud in the future.
If you suspect someone of illegally using a Blue Badge, report it to the council by calling 0300 300 8035.


How Can Your Church Partner With Us?
Thank you for your interest in learning ways that your church can become involved in our ministry. It is vital that we outreach to international students from around the world who come to Pittsburgh each year to study. Please contact us with any questions & your info so we can get started!
Bring a team of people from your church to help prepare and serve a selection of hearty snacks to international students on a Friday evening at Bellefield Church. After a game/activity, our staff introduces a cross-cultural topic that is discussed around tables. Depending on the gifts and talents of those who come, we can involve your group in the program. This gives international students an excellent opportunity to meet and befriend American people. After the discussion, we will serve the snacks. Hopefully, joining us in this event wil give your group a closer look at our ministry.
We would like to occasionally offer a meal at PRISM Connect, if your church is interested in providing this service, please let us know.
This is someone with a special interest in outreach to international students who can identify, coordinate and encourage volunteers, and who can serve as an information liaison between your church and our ministry.
Did you know there are approximately 10,000 international students studying here in Pittsburgh? And only about 20% ever step foot in an American family's home, according to International Students Inc. YOU can help change these numbers! Through this program we connect you with a student or visiting scholar, giving you the opportunity to befriend someone you otherwise may never have met. We ask that you: meet with them monthly, contact them weekly, pray for them, and commit to this for one year.
Pray that God's Spirit will prepare the hearts of international students to be open to receiving spiritual truths from the Bible. Pray for effective, loving contact with American Christians. Funds are needed for staffing, equipment and supplies, and special events.


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The Complete Definition Of The Music
Music is a form of art that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. It is normally expressed in terms of pitch (which includes melody and harmony), rhythm (which includes tempo and meter), and the quality of sound (which includes timbre, articulation, dynamics, and texture). Music may also involve complex generative forms in time through […]
Copenhagen Club Culture Box To Lose Government Funding
Nightlife in Copenhagen is set for a heavy blow as one of the city's main clubs, Culture Box, will lose a substantial amount of funding from 2017. Since 2005, the Danish government has provided the club with €240,000 (1,800,000 Danish kroner) per year, but that'll end at the end of 2016. The club describes the […]
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Like any music, jazz has its revolutions; its sudden incidents in infrastructure; its disruptive presences of unprecedented sound. Mostly it's slower than that, though, with years and generations of accretions before it seems to call for new vocabulary. That's one way to look at Winter Rockfest, whose latest incarnation occupied a dozen or so venues […]
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At 9 p.m. on a Friday in February, Watson was standing outside of La Casa, a micro-church and community center — whose main chapel is the size of your parents' spacious living room — nestled next to a tienda in Washington, D.C.'s Mount Pleasant neighborhood. Inside, a hardcore punk band called Unknown Threat had just […]
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RANS has developed a control lock that attaches to most models.
The lock consist of a bungee cord, a couple of hooks and a cap that slips over the top of the control stick, according to company officials. It installs in seconds and the hooks feature adjusters to allow the bungee tension to be set for a particular model.
"One nice aspect of the control lock is that is not hard bolted so if an outside force against the control surfaces occurs, the bungees will absorb the load, and still prevent the surface from hitting against the stops," an official added.
The control lock is available from the company's parts department for $15.75. Part number is KPAC0241.


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Last year, Google, Inc., launched its Google Science Communication Fellows program, a collaborative training that brought together twenty-one climate change scientists to explore ways that Google's technology might be used to better promote scientific investigation. UO biologist Brendan Bohannan (in photo below, analyzing soil samples in an Amazon pasture) was among this selective first class of Google Fellows.
This builds on Bohannan's previous experience as a Leopold Fellow, another prestigious program that convenes top scientists to advance the state of science communications. But while the Google fellowship—and the direct interaction with Google staff members (or Googlers, as Bohannan calls them)—focuses on the ways in which Google's computational analysis tools might further public understanding of climate change, the Leopold Fellowship is more of a hands-on training that helps scientists tell compelling stories to the media. Bohannan characterizes the Leopold work as "life changing."
In this interview, Bohannan reflects on how these experiences have profoundly changed the way he teaches, conducts fieldwork and tells stories about his research on microorganisms and biodiversity.
Q: Why is it important for scientists to be better communicators?
A: Scientists, especially in the U.S., have an ethical responsibility to do a very good job of communicating science because most science is publicly funded. We owe it to the folks who are paying for this science to do a good job of communicating what we're discovering. There's also been a kind of antiscience backlash, especially around the science of global change—for instance, attempts by certain members of Congress to make certain scientific investments look silly. So we have the responsibility to do a better job of communicating what we do so the public can make up their minds in an informed way about whether that critique of science is valid or not.
Also, I think that we're falling behind as a country in terms of our prowess in science and technology, and some of that is because it's been hard to get young people to realize what a wonderful career science can be. That's our fault, at least in part, as scientists. We don't do a good job of communicating the excitement, the joy of discovery—all the things that sustain us and fulfill us as scientists. There's a kind of urgency about this, as we've seen other societies do a much better job of recruiting new scientists.
Q: What are the challenges in telling science stories?
A: One of the big challenges is the way we approach storytelling about science. For scientists, there's a big backstory that we have to give credit to and we do that by starting with all the people who have worked so hard to get science where it is today, the areas where we have great uncertainty and the areas where we have less uncertainty. We are trained to paint that picture to provide a context for the little piece that each of us is involved in. So we start really big. But if you're a reporter, it must seem baffling. You want to know: "Where's the story here? Why should I care? You're telling this enormous historical tale about your science and you still haven't talked about what you're doing and why it's important."
Fundamentally, the motivations are just so different. As a reporter, you want to tell a compelling, factually accurate but interesting story. As a scientist, it's important for us to give credit to those who preceded us and to do a responsible job of portraying the uncertainty around our science.
Q: Let's talk about uncertainty. That's a really interesting issue, because you can turn on the TV any day and you'll hear a report about a scientific study and it sounds like "here's the definitive thing on Vitamin E" and then something will come along that's the definitive counter to that.
A: That's right, and in that first pass, it looks like scientists either aren't very good at what they do or they're very wishy-washy, and either way you can't trust them. That's because the uncertainty underlying those discoveries is not being accurately portrayed. There's no simple solution for that. I think both reporters and scientists just have to keep trying harder to communicate what that uncertainty is. You know, the public understands uncertainty. They make probabilistic decisions all the time about what's more likely to happen than something else. I think that reporters are probably underestimating the sophistication of the average reader or viewer.
Q: So uncertainty in science is a given. You're drawing conclusions that have a range of certainty and uncertainty.
A: Yes, because most important questions are about really complex things. Human health, for example, is a very complex situation. It's virtually impossible to say with certainty the connection between a particular food and health. But you can make statistical associations that it's likely that this food is good for you in this way or this food is bad for you in this way. But those are probabilistic arguments—you're saying it's more likely than not that this is true. Sometimes we can say we're 80 percent sure, for instance, that there's a connection between two things, or 50 percent or 90 percent. But those sorts of arguments tend to get lost when we tell stories about science.
The same is true with a complex subject like the Earth—like trying to understand the relationship between industrialization and the increase in CO2 and the connections to climate. The chain-of-causation argument is very well established, but each of those links is a probabilistic argument—that it's more likely than not that there's a relationship between industrialization and the increase in CO2 in the atmosphere.
We make those "more likely than not" decisions all the time. That's the way the world works. Like when we merge into traffic. Will we do better if we change lanes now than if we don't? If there were more links like this to people's everyday experience around probability I think we would do a better job of communicating science. In our education system, we don't do a good job of teaching about probability early on. Kids grow up with stories that are very deterministic: you do something and you're 100 percent certain what the outcome is going to be.
Q: What are the special challenges in communicating your particular field of science?
A: I study microorganisms, which are forms of life that we can't see with the naked eye. In some ways, they are very different from the organisms we experience in our day-to-day lives, like plants and animals. We can't see them and they're weird, which means I have extraordinary challenges as I try to communicate about what I study. I remember one time when my son was very small, he was playing with one of his friends and I overheard them talking. His friend was telling him what his father did, and he asked my son what his father did for a living. And my son said, "Oh, my dad studies invisible things." So I study invisible things.
Part of the challenge, then, is to make the invisible visible. And I do this in many different ways—I use metaphors; I have a whole bevy of plush microbes [gestures to a shelf filled with stuffed creatures] that I use to get people to relate to these tiny forms of life. I also talk about the consequences of all this unseen life—consequences that we also can't see.
It's challenging, too, because we used to think of this unseen world as a source of dangerous things that wanted to kill us. But it's much more than that. It's also a much larger source of things that are good for us. Also, they're unavoidable—we can't get rid of them no matter how much we clean our kitchen or how many antibiotics we take. So another part of the challenge of communicating my science is representing this real and significant shift in our perspective about this tiny world.
Q: Tell us about how this tiny world relates to the study of climate change.
A: One important way is the chemical composition of the atmosphere. Much of this is under the control of activities of these little tiny forms of life. One of the most potent greenhouse gases is methane, and methane comes from many sources, but ultimately the vast majority of methane is created by one group of tiny organisms called methanogens, or methane makers. We know very little about their biology, actually—they're in a whole branch of life that we didn't even know existed until thirty years ago or so.
Understanding the biology of these methanogens—what determines which ones live where, what determines when they make lots of methane and when they don't—is really important. One thing that we're studying—myself, Scott Bridgham (another UO biologist) and Qusheng Jin (a professor of geology here at the UO)— is what controls how much methane these little creatures make and whether there's a relationship with temperature. As the world warms, if they produce more methane as soils warm, then methane builds up in the atmosphere, which in turn causes more warming, and so you can have what we call positive feedback.
We've been studying this in particular soils from places called peatlands, which are basically giant compost piles of decomposing plant materials that can be tens of meters deep, with lots of carbon that's just waiting to be released as methane, which could really change our climate.
Q: So understanding the microorganisms will potentially help decrease the amount of methane?
A: Yes, learning more about methanogen biology will help us make better predictions about the outcomes of our activities. There are certain things that we have control over as humans that can reduce the amount of methane that these microbes make. Much of my work now is really about trying to understand how we as humans interact with this invisible world.
Another reason why microbes are important is because many of the solutions people have suggested–technological solutions for global change–hinge on microbial processes or microbes directly. People have suggested that we could scrub the atmosphere of CO2 by fixing it—which means sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere and turning it into something else. Plants do this all the time: suck up CO2 and turn it into new plant material. But they don't do that fast enough to make a big difference on the atmospheric levels of CO2, so people have suggested we could farm microbes that do the same thing in large systems. However, it's not clear yet if that's feasible.
Also, people are talking about using biofuels—biological alternatives to fossil fuels that reduce our impact on the CO2 levels in the atmosphere—with the most commercially feasible biofuels based on microbial physiology. This would involve growing algae in large quantities, for instance, and then turning that into fuel of various forms.
Besides studying methanogens, I'm also involved in a big project in the Amazon Rainforest where we're trying to understand what happens when you turn a forest into a farm. We can see what it does to the plants, but what does it do to all the things below ground that are intimately involved in the Amazon's role in exchanging gases with the atmosphere?
Q: And how do you go about doing that? What's the process of determining the
impact?
A: The challenge is that we can't take sample soil and look at it under a microscope and count the different kinds of microbes, because it's impossible to tell them apart when looking at them in that way. So we instead look at their genes as sort of footprints to infer the presence of certain types of microbes. We'll take a sample of soil, break up all the biological material in it and then distill out the genetic material from everything in the sample—microbes, plant roots, whatever else is present—then use tricks from biochemistry to look for the presence of certain sequences of DNA that are indicative of the presence of certain kinds of microbes.
It's kind of like bird watching except we're looking for certain gene sequences rather than certain colors of birds. But we end up with a list sort of like a bird watcher would have of all the types of microbes present in a given place. Then we can compare those lists from place to place.
From our list of microbes present in soil, we can ask: what do you lose when you convert a forest to a farm? Or we can ask the opposite question: what is promoted in a farm that you don't find in a forest? And then we can ask: what are the likely consequences of these changes?
Q: What effect has your communication training had on your work as a scientist?
A: It's had such a profound effect it's hard for me to know where to begin. It's affected the way I teach science, the way I communicate science more broadly and also how I practice science.
One of the main changes in my teaching is that I'm much more interested in the narrative. I value storytelling more as a teacher than I used to. I try to have an arc to my lectures so that they're more like stories, where I introduce some ideas, we develop them and then come back around to them at the end. To do that sometimes means that I have to present less material, but I'm convinced that my students are retaining more when I present it in this narrative kind of format. The way humans learn is through storytelling. I used to think a story was something that's been made up or where liberties have been taken with the facts, but that was a misunderstanding on my part. Storytelling is important.
The first lecture I give when I teach upperdivision ecology is to tell the story of a K–12 teacher in Minnesota who went on a field trip with her students to sample frogs—and the kids all found frogs with horrendous deformities. When I tell this story, I ask my students to imagine they're the teacher and the kids are bringing back frog after frog—not just one or two—with extra limbs and missing eyes. I then ask, "what would you do next if you were this teacher?" In this way, I start to introduce them to the detective story around these frog deformities. The goal is to give them a feeling for how ecologists do their job and the complex web of interactions that ecologists have to untangle.
Even when I give scientific talks at meetings I try to tell a story. Rather than follow the convention of telling the big picture and then moving down to what I did, the most effective talks or lectures or teachings I give, start with some hook.
And when I actually do science—when I'm setting up an experiment or study—I'm now thinking about how I would communicate it. This is a delicate issue. I have to be very careful. I don't want to anticipate what the story is, sort of write it in my head before I do it, because it's so compelling to then find the story that you were looking for. I feel that my enemy, as a scientist, is self-deception—I have to constantly be a skeptic of my own thinking, as much as anyone else's.
But I do think that constantly looking for the story in my work is really important, and that's come from trying to be a better scientific communicator. The process of looking for where a story might be means I have to constantly hone the questions I'm asking.
Q: Can you give an example?
A: In the Amazon project, one of the initial questions we wanted to ask was, how does diversity change when you convert forest into a farm? We thought it should be obvious—you take this amazingly diverse rainforest and turn it into a cattle ranch, so we imagined the diversity should go down. That was the story in our mind; it was one of our hypotheses. But what we found, very strongly, was that when you turn a forest into a farm, the diversity goes up. And by this I mean that, if you count the number of types of microbes in the soil samples from forest and pasture, there are more types in the core from the pasture.
There are many responses you could have to that. You could have a dispassionate one: "Okay, I've disproven my hypothesis and I'm going to report that." You could think about why this result might be. You could also consider how this changes the story you're telling—in other words, what are the many different stories you could tell about this data? One story is that if all you care about is the diversity of microbes then you should be converting forest to farms even faster.
But this doesn't capture the whole story of our research. It led a number of us to think in different ways about how we conceive of diversity and what that means. This is one aspect of diversity—how many types you find when you sample. But another aspect is how similar they are across space. And so we started to change our story to thinking: If we look at other aspects of diversity, is it the same? Which led us to then ask: If you compare any two cores from the pasture or the forest, on average do they share more or less of the types of the microbes present? And what we found was that in the forest, any two cores share fewer types than in the pasture. In other words each core is more different—more diverse—in the forest than in the pasture.
Q: So once you got your initial results where you had more diversity in the ranch samples—in the deforested part than in the forest itself—and thought about the narrative that would come out of that, this caused you to think about extending the research to this additional level of analysis.
A: Yes, exactly. We had a finding. You don't need a story to interpret the finding. Diversity is higher. So we could have just reported that, linked it to what others have found in other sorts of environments and left it up to reporters to ask what the implications are.
But now I think about the story that reporters are likely to tell. And I believe that makes me a better scientist. It also makes me a more skeptical scientist.
In this case, a likely story from that original result was that we should be burning down the Amazon Rainforest. But this story was dissatisfying on some levels and it also didn't capture completely what we felt was going on in the soils. So that led us to look for other stories that were honest portrayals of what we were doing. But it also made me wonder why some stories are satisfying and some stories are not. That led me to the whole area of the philosophy of science, and I went to a philosopher colleague on campus [Ted Toadvine] whom I've taught with.
I shared with Ted that many of us were uncomfortable about the result we got, and what did that mean? This is a touchy area. It's also another area we do a bad job of communicating about science— that scientists are not robots. We have values, we have life experiences that lead us to make certain assumptions. We try to minimize the impact of that on our observations, but it's still there. And so those values and assumptions came out when we were evaluating this story. Ted and I had a great time discussing what it was about it that was so dissatisfying and we really focused on the concept of diversity—how complicated it is and what a poor job it does of capturing all the things we value about something like a rainforest.
Right: Bohannan and his research colleagues in the Amazon Rainforest.
Q: So in seeing that the possible story was "more deforestation is a good thing," did you feel you had an ethical obligation, based on your values, to push that further, to see what else your results might mean?
A: That's right. I think that's perfectly accurate, and you can resolve that in different ways. I think the fear that people have is that when scientists run into those conflicts between our observations and our values, then we bury the science or we lie about it, and that's part of the backlash against the science of climate change. The scientists I know don't do this, and neither do I. I see that conflict as an area where it's particularly important that I'm very careful and skeptical because this is sort of a dangerous place where the potential for self-deception is much higher. That's why I talked to people like Ted, and made it really clear that I was feeling these conflicts. On one level it was disturbing but on another it was fascinating because it means I'm in an area where I have to be really careful about what I do. So that led us to think more clearly about the fact that what we saw was absolutely true for one component of diversity, but what if we looked at other things?
Q: And does that then extend the definition of diversity?
A: It does, for us. The way that it's usually defined for the purposes of measuring it in the field is the first definition that we used: the number of types you find at a particular place. But there are many other ways you could think about diversity rather than just counting the number of types. And that pushed us to think about those other definitions.
In tropical forests, there's all this diversity of plant life above ground and not very much going on below ground. Especially in the part of Brazil that we're working in, all the soils are actually poor in nutrients—whatever nutrients end up in the soil are sucked up by the plants really quickly. So when you burn that forest down and plant grass, the African grasses they use have really big root systems relative to the plants that we see aboveground in the rainforest, so they take the carbon they suck out of the atmosphere and don't turn it into big elaborate trees—they pump it all into roots. They're actually fertilizing the soil, in a sense. And that's part of the reason why we see, in any one place in the pasture, more types—because there's just more food for them. But at the same time, by planting all the same species everywhere, this makes the kinds of food much more similar across the pastures. So across the whole Amazon region, we're probably decreasing diversity by turning the forests into farms, because things become more and more alike.
All of this is related to asking the "why should I care?" question much more than I used to. Early in my career as a scientist, I didn't ask that question very much. I was concerned it would interfere with my ability to be objective, to ask the right next question. But now I think about it all the time, and I think it comes out of this ethical obligation I feel now to do a good job of communicating what I'm doing as a scientist. I also push my students now to answer the "why should anyone care?" question—not just scientists, but the average person or student.
Q: Does asking that question shade your ability to be objective?
A: I don't think it has. I'm proud of the fact that we're generating information that will help solve problems that are really pressing for society. But what really motivates me, what makes me think about my science when I wake up in the morning, is just pursuing my curiosity. In that sense I feel more like an artist than an engineer. I have this desire to discover new things that keeps me going, and I don't know where that's going to take me.
Interview by Lisa Raleigh
Photos: Klaus Nüsslein


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Celebrating Contemporary Filmmaking, Global Lens 2012, MoMA New York
Global Lens is a touring film exhibition, organised annually between MoMA and the Global Film Initiative (GFI). Designed to encourage filmmaking in countries with emerging film communities, the select of 10 programs, which include films developed with seed money from GFI, represents a concise survey of contemporary filmmaking from areas where local economic realities making such expensive and technology-driven endeavours a challenge. Accomplished, entertaining, and thought-provoking, the films are deeply rooted in the social and political realities of the countries where their talented and resourceful makers live and set their stories. Taking place from 12 – 28 January in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters at MoMA, the screening schedule is packed. Here are our recommendations for those of you lucky enough to be in NY at the moment:
Gişe Memuru (Toll Booth). 2010. Turkey.
Written and directed by Tolga Karaçelik. With Serkan Ercan, Zafer Diper, Nergis Öztürk.
Various screenings from 12 – 18 January.
In Turkish; English subtitles. 96 min
Kenan is a taciturn 35-year-old toll booth attendant shuffling between the monotony of his traffic
besieged box and caring for his ailing but domineering father at home. Desperate to resist his father's attempt to marry him off to a neighbor, and equally determined to prove his worth by fixing his father's old car, Kenan edges ever closer to a nervous breakdown. Making wonderful use of an expert cast (led by the excellent Serkan Ercan), a richly saturated colour palette, and keen art direction, writer-director Karaçelik has crafted a wry, heartbreaking ode to lost dreams in a sleepwalking world.
Amnistia (Amnesty). 2011. Albania.
Written and directed by Bujar Alimani. With Luli Bitri, Karafil Shena, Todi Llupi.
In Albanian; English subtitles. 83 min
A newly enacted law allowing prisoners conjugal visits sparks an unlikely friendship between two lonely people visiting their incarcerated spouses. Elsa's contact with her husband is silent and dutiful; Shpetim, a gentle, soft-spoken man who visits the prison to see his wife, experiences equally passionless encounters. When an amnesty sets their spouses free, their fragile bond is threatened. Alimani's quietly sensual, contemplative first feature takes a wonderfully personal approach to a profound social transformation.
Qarantina. 2010. Iraq.
Written and directed by Oday Rasheed. With Asaad Abudel Majeed, Alaa Najem, Hattam Auda.
In Arabic; English subtitles. 90 min.
A broken family, headed by the patriarch, Salih, lives within the gated courtyard of a dilapidated house in Baghdad. Salih's pregnant daughter has fallen mute, and only finds solace with Salih's young second wife, Kerima, and his preteen son, Muhanad. To keep the family afloat, Muhanad must work in the street shining shoes and, more ominously, they are forced to take in a sullen and imperious boarder. Rasheed's brooding second feature captures the beautiful surroundings of modern Baghdad, and finds unexpected sources of resilience in the wake of catastrophe.
Riscado (Craft). 2010. Brazil.
Directed by Gustavo Pizzi. With Karine Teles, Camilo Pellegrini, Dany Roland.
Various screenings from 13 – 16 January
In Portuguese; English subtitles. 85 min
Bianca is a talented young actress trying to get her career off the ground, but so far her jobs have been limited to impersonating movie divas and promoting events. After auditioning for a major international film, she finally gets her big break with a director who, inspired by her personality and her work, molds the character into a version of Bianca. Is this the chance of a lifetime? Pizzi portrays the casual cruelty of the competitive world in which we live, and heightens the drama not through melodrama or exaggerated scenarios but by picking the perfect protagonist: an actress. Craft was cowritten with the astounding Teles, who inhabits the role of Bianca with heartbreaking poignancy.
Films are screened Wednesday – Monday. For screening schedules please visit the Film Exhibitions page.
Global Lens 2012, 12/01/2012 – 28/01/2012, The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. www.moma.org
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Gişe Memuru (Toll Booth). 2010. Turkey. Written and directed by Tolga Karaçelik.
Amnistia (Amnesty). 2011. Albania. Written and directed by Bujar Alimani. Pictured: Luli Bitri
Qarantina. 2010. Iraq. Written and directed by Oday Rasheed. Pictured: Asaad Abudel Majeed.
Riscado (Craft). 2010. Brazil. Directed by Gustavo Pizzi. Pictured: Karine Teles.
All images courtesy of The Global Film Initiative
Elusive Moments
Emily Shur's sensitivity towards colour and her quiet approach to scenery results in stunningly still images that uncover beauty in the most ordinary subjects.
The Artist's Playground, Carsten Höller: Experience, New Museum, New York
The New Museum will present the first New York survey exhibition of the work of German artist Carsten Höller. Over 20 years, Höller has created a world that is equal parts laboratory and test site.
The Photographic Object, 1970, Hauser & Wirth, NY
Peter Bunnell's 1970 MoMA show Photography Into Sculpture proved a landmark in photographic practice, through its presentation of images arranged in a sculptural manner.


Should You Graft the Third Molar Socket at the Time of Extraction?
I have reported a number of times in the past how holding onto your third molar teeth leads to problems including periodontal disease on the adjacent teeth and can lead to bone loss on those teeth. In a recent article, the authors showed a procedure where they preemptively grafted the third molar sockets right at the time of extraction.
I feel this is a reasonable treatment and I might offer this treatment for select cases. The truth is that this procedure may not be necessary and would add expense to the procedure. The study showed that it did result in significant improvement in periodontal health on the adjacent second molar tooth. So if a patient wishes to afford this, it may help.
The last point is that periodontal conditions can be treated after the fact and there may be some argument that this may even be more effective. I have not yet seen a study on that specific idea; however periodontal surgery has had a very good success rate for many years. I will advise my patients of the options and proceed with appropriate care.
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Mercedes' Electric Urban Etruck Will Hit The Road This Year
by Heather Platt | Posted on Tuesday, February 21st, 2017
Last year, Mercedes-Benz showed off a heavily camouflaged copy of its electric Urban eTruck. Now, less than a year later, it's time for the eTruck to hit the road.
The Urban eTruck uses three lithium-ion battery modules that combine to produce an all-electric range of about 124 miles, which is enough for a day's worth of urban deliveries. With a current max payload of roughly 28,000 pounds, it's more capable than your average box truck.
It also looks positively futuristic. Its headlights are about as slim as LEDs allow, and the extreme cladding covering the whole side of the truck should keep its efficiency as high as possible. The interior is a bit more down to earth, with a vertically mounted steering column and a few screens scattered about the dashboard.
The truck isn't on sale yet, per se. Mercedes will first deliver a "low two-figure" number of trucks to German customers, eventually expanding across Europe. There will be two sizes, 18 tonnes and 25 tonnes (based on gross vehicle weight), and it will be offered in three configurations — refrigerated body, dry box body and platform.
Owners will take possession of the trucks for 12 months, using them daily and charging them as any other EV owner would. Mercedes will take the data from this pilot program and use it to further optimize its truck, based on whether or not it can handle daily use and abuse.
The goal is to set up for a proper rollout some time before 2020. By that time, battery prices should fall and capacity should continue to rise in turn. We're still a few years off from electric long-haul trucks, but it's not for lack of trying.
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Hugo von Pohl, né le  à Breslau et mort le  à Berlin est un aristocrate allemand qui fut officier de marine, et amiral de la marine impériale allemande pendant la Première Guerre mondiale.

Biographie
Hugo von Pohl devient cadet de la marine impériale le . Il prend part de manière décisive, en tant que Kapitän zur See (capitaine de vaisseau), à la bataille des forts de Taku, les 16 et  pendant la révolte des Boxers.

Il atteint le grade de Konteradmiral en 1906. De 1910 à 1912, il est chef de la première escadre de marine. Vizeadmiral en 1913. Il est chef de l'amirauté, le .

Lorsque la guerre de 1914-1918 éclate, il est ferme partisan de la guerre sous-marine. Il remplace à la tête de la Hochseeflotte (flotte de haute mer) l'amiral von Ingenohl, après la désastreuse bataille de Dogger Bank pour la marine allemande. Deux jours après sa prise de commandement, le , il ordonne la guerre sous-marine illimitée contre les Alliés, ordre entré en vigueur, le  suivant. Commandant en chef de la Flotte de haute mer il fait des opérations navales son pavillon étant sur le  ; mais il tombe malade et il est remplacé, le , par l'amiral Scheer. Il meurt quelques semaines plus tard.

Distinctions
 Compagnon de l'Ordre du Bain
 Croix de fer de  et de
 Ordre de la Couronne (Prusse)

Notes et références

Bibliographie

Voir aussi

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Amiral de la Kaiserliche Marine de la Première Guerre mondiale
Personnalité prussienne anoblie
Grand-croix de l'ordre du Faucon blanc
Grand-croix de l'ordre impérial de Léopold
Grand-croix de l'ordre du Griffon
Commandeur de 2e classe de l'ordre de Philippe le Magnanime
Commandeur de 2e classe de l'ordre de Dannebrog
Chevalier de 1re classe de l'ordre de la Couronne (Prusse)
Chevalier de 2e classe de l'ordre autrichien de la Couronne de fer
Compagnon de l'ordre du Bain
Récipiendaire de l'ordre du Trésor sacré
Récipiendaire de l'ordre d'Aviz
Récipiendaire de 1re classe de la croix de fer
Naissance en août 1855
Naissance à Breslau
Naissance dans la province de Silésie
Décès en février 1916
Décès à Berlin
Décès à 60 ans

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SIDUS HEROES: World's first AAA-title incorporating NFT and blockchain technology
SIDUS HEROES has built player-driven economic systems which have a monetary value in the real world.
SIDUS is the world's first AAA-title game, implementing a "play-to-earn" model that'll provide players ownership rights over all the in-game items. This further incentivizes them to play and progress through the game.
When it comes to cutting edge technology, not only is the gaming Industry at the forefront, but it remains the most open to new influences. And with blockchain technology offering a new dimension to gaming, games based on the new technology have followed. These games utilize the disruptive technology of blockchain that completely changes the way traditional games are played. In fact, these games take engagement to a whole new level with incentives on offer not only for developers but also the players. Thus, blockchain-based games single-handedly bring the concept of Play-To-Earn to the gaming audience, beyond the traditional idea of winners take all.
Even as the concept has been around for some time now, implementation has not really kept pace. From fraudulent offerings & rug pulls to low-quality products, this part of the industry is still in its nascent stage. Moreover, to experience the latest that is offered in traditional gaming, players must spend huge sums of money on gaming systems that may or may not be attainable for everyone.
Thus, the gaming industry, especially the blockchain-focused part of it still awaits a disruptor that can force the market to take risks and create some competition while setting a quality benchmark. Enter SIDUS HEROES, an upcoming title that seeks to do exactly that.
Unlike traditional games, SIDUS HEROES has built player-driven economic systems which have a monetary value in the real world. This allows players to earn incentives via playing games, offering the best of both worlds.
The game is set in a new technologically advanced world where technology has merged with living beings. This has resulted in 12-tech based races representing different blockchains: Bitcoinone, Etheredus, Avalanya, Polkacyon and others. Players first choose their Hero. Then they can choose to travel the universe, explore neutral planets or take part in colonization. Sidus also has a variety of professions to choose such as scientists, hunters, builders, pilots, mechanical engineers, navigation officers, etc.
Team and Backers
SIDUS HEROES has adopted various technologies into its platform, and in order to make it all work, dozens of professionals from different domains have been roped in. In fact, the SIDUS HEROES team contains many skilled blockchain developers, having years of experience in DeFi and NFT products:
Dan Khomenko – Co-founder and CEO
Andrey Sudarikov – Co-founder and Creative Director
Dmitry Andreev – Co-founder and Art Director
Roman Povolotski – Co-founder and Game Producer
Djenan Ramchilovich – Chief Technical Officer
Antony Checo – Chief of External Affairs
Besides this, the platform has partnered up with:
PLAYDISPLAY: One of the fastest processive Augmented Reality App Development companies headquartered in Moscow.
Spaceswap: Unique aggregator aiming to create residual income through curated and expansive DeFi products.
NFT256: Arguably the largest NFT community unifying artists from all around the world.
NFT Stars: Blockchain-based NFT marketplace for top-rated creators.
Native Tokens: SIDUS & SENATE token
SIDUS HEROES gaming platform has two native tokens: SIDUS (the gaming token) and SENATE (the DAO or governance token) tokens. Players can purchase various NFT content in the ecosystem via SIDUS and SENATE tokens. However, in order to purchase plots of land or modular parts, players require SENATE token. With this currency, players can purchase accelerators and consumers that'll make their gameplay more efficient and productive.
The team behind SIDUS HEROES has released detailed details about allocation and distribution of both of its tokens SIDUS and SENATE. The token distribution chart for both the tokens is given below:
Total supply of SENATE tokens is 300,000,000. While it looks like the team has allocated a small amount to the public, we need to keep in mind that the general audience will also receive a portion from liquidity and ecosystem, making it the substantial one (42.5%). Other than that, Reserve Fund will also pave its way to general public via airdrops, prizes in the ecosystem.
Just like SENATE, the total supply of SIDUS tokens is 300,000,000. While the team has only allocated 2% to the public, the Ecosystem, as well as liquidity, will pave its way to the player audience.
SIDUS HEROES will conduct its IDO in December
The team behind SIDUS HEROES plans to conduct an IDO for its SENATE (DAO token) & SIDUS (in-game token) on 15th December. Moreover, the team plans to conduct the IDO on various launchpads, confirming their confidence in their gaming title. Interested investors can purchase the following tokens at Blokpad, Ignition, Trustpad, Spaceswap, Redkite, GameFi and Seedify. Details such as pricing, blockchain network and project valuation are given below:
Ticker: SENATE – Governance token
Blockchain Network: Etherium
Token Supply: 300,000,000 SENATE
Initial Project Valuation: $769,500
Price: SENATE $0.18
Ticker: SIDUS – In-game token
Token Supply: 30,000,000,000 SIDUS
Price: SIDUS $0.0018
Blockchain-based gaming, although in its infancy is most likely to become mainstream in the gaming industry soon. Not only does it bring a totally new way of playing games, but it also incentivizes the user base, which hasn't been seen in the industry up till now.
While the concept is strong, offerings based on this technology have been lackluster. We've already highlighted the shortcomings in these offerings that restrict them from reaching a larger audience.
However, SIDUS HEROES tackles most of these shortcomings with a different approach, improving its odds of success hugely.
SIDUS HEROES is arguably the world's first AAA-title that incorporates blockchain technology and NFTs. Being an AAA-title, the game lives up to the expectations with solid gameplay, a multitude of options and sorted underlining. Offering a plethora of 'heroes' in a technologically advanced world, SIDUS HEROES can tap into a much larger audience just based on its game. Other than that, SIDUS HEROES has a strong backing from partners in various diverse industries and a team well-versed in the blockchain industry and its affiliated industries. In conclusion, SIDUS HEROES is a strong proposition that could become the first "major" blockchain-based game that can break a lot of ground in the industry.
Company Name: Micky Pty Ltd
Contact Person: Jaja Agpalo
Website: www.micky.com.au/sidus-heroes-worlds-first-aaa-title-incorporating-nft-and-blockchain-technology/


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