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Michael Bublé thanks Jesus for son's cancer remission
Canadian crooner Michael Bublé put his faith centerstage during a recent appearance on "The Late Late Show with James Cordon," thanking Jesus Christ for his 5-year-old son's cancer remission.
While Bublé tearfully said his son Noah's story "is too hard to talk about," the entertainer declared, "We all moved and we lived at [Children's Hospital Los Angeles] and we just had the best doctors and, God, thank you, Jesus Christ."
Noah was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2016 when he was only 3 years old. At the time of his diagnosis, Bublé and his wife, Luisana Lopilato, asked for prayers, adding, "We will win this battle, God willing."
"I'm not OK," Bublé told late-night host James Cordon. "My wife and I, when this all started, I became the strength to somehow pull us and lift us and to be positive. And when they got [the cancer] out, and the chemo was done, and they said, 'We did it, it's good, he's OK,' I fell. I just fell."
"My wife picks me up now," he added.
Bublé said he and his son both like Spider-Man, but now he tells his son that superheroes in comics are all fake. He tells his oldest son, "You're a superhero. You're my real superhero."
Earlier in the "Carpool Karaoke" episode, Cordon's father, Malcolm, a saxophone player, joined the two celebrities in the car.
After Malcolm and Bublé competed in an impromptu scat battle, the CBS talk show host's father invited the "When I Fall in Love" singer to participate in a charity event at his church in High Wycombe in England.
"I was wondering whether you'd, you know, come along and sing a couple songs," Malcolm asked about the event, which will be held sometime in November at Hazlemere Church.
Bublé, for his part, was a good sport. The two men then exchanged phone numbers, which Cordon joked his dad will use to talk with the 43-year-old performer "mostly about Brexit."
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This step is part of the British parliamentary system adopted by Jamaica and has been used by all political parties in the past. The 63 members of the House of Representatives were elected. The conservative ruling Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) was able to significantly increase its majority by 17 seats compared to the opposition People's National Party (PNP). The voter turnout was the lowest ever at 37.3 percent. [Source: Wikipedia]
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When the Head family arrived to the Mantorville Saloon on Saturday for a Benefit in honor of Colby Head, who passed away from a sudden heart attack on July 1, they didn't know what to expect.
After the benefit Krissy Head, the wife of Colby simply said it was amazing.
"It was pretty amazing," she said, "We knew the community was great but just to see how much support we have, we were taken back by it," she added.
During the benefit over 200 people were in attendance and while the final totals on how much was raised hasn't been tallied yet they know they raised a significant amount money.
At the least they raised enough money to pay for the ambulance to take Colby to the hospital the day of his heart attack as well a good chunk of the helicopter ride.
"It was so amazing to see that kind of turnout," Krissy said, "It was way more than I ever expected," she added.
One of the favorite moments for Krissy during the benefit was being able to see the interactions between Colby's old friends from growing up and their two sons, Justin and Logan.
"It was great to see Colby's friends going up to them and telling funny stories about their dad," she said, "It was amazing to see all of the people take time out of their lives to support us," she added.
During the difficult time in their lives Krissy also explained that it is teaching her two sons an important and unfortunate lesson.
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While Krissy explained that Colby would not have approved of a benefit, because he never liked to be the center of attention, he would have been grateful for the support his family received.
Overall Krissy and her family are very grateful for the support that they have received from the generous community.
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From Paper to Paperless: How No-Code Digital Transformation made this Exec's Life Easier
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Meet Suvarchala Chakravadhanula. She works as an Accounts Officer at Navayuga Infotech, a leading global information technology solutions and services provider offering innovative, flexible, and affordable software solutions to customers across the globe. Established in 1997, Navayuga Infotech is the arm of the business conglomerate, the Navayuga Group, with group revenues close to USD 1.2 billion and an order book value of more than USD 8 billion.
Suvarchala has been associated with the organization for more than two decades.
When you have been working at an organization for that long, you are bound to see changes and transitions that the place undergoes across decades. While she witnessed the impressive digital transformation journey that Navayuga undertook, she had a first-hand experience of how digitization can drastically revolutionize various processes and upgrade the life of employees.
The before: Paper-based processes
As an Accounts Executive, Suvarchala was entrusted with a plethora of tasks which included purchase order management, invoice management, employee expense management, travel reimbursement management, and many such responsibilities. These processes were done on paper, and one can imagine the complexities involved with that method. Navayuga Infotech was using a legacy application to manage overall business processes across various departments. The system was developed several years ago and did not keep pace with the evolving business scenario. The major challenges faced by Suvarchala were as follows:
Manual filing of forms: Suvarchala had to fill numerous forms physically, as they were not digitized. The sheer amount of grunt work and efforts required to work with physical forms was a pain point for Suvarchala. The workflows were paper-based in nature as well, which lead to repetitive tasks, tedious manual approvals, and increased delays.
Error and delay-prone processes: No matter how skilled a professional is, manual processing of data is quite prone to error and slip-ups. As there was no unified system, information from multiple sources led to confusion and a high possibility of mistakes. In addition to the enormous amount of time spent on paper handling and data entry, manual cross-reference for validity becomes necessary. This led to further delays, leading to repeated concerns and queries from the concerned parties.
No status visibility: If any employee, for example, put in a reimbursement form they had no way of checking the progress of the processing. They had no option but to follow up with Suvarchala constantly, who was handling a plethora of such forms in the first place.
Suvarchala had to constantly answer these queries, and they seemed to be never-ending. She was expected to answer multiple questions regarding processing timelines when more often than not she herself had no idea. As one can imagine, she was quite frustrated and done with the ordeal.
"I was supposed to be answerable for a process that was so prone to delays and errors. How could I fast track the processing of one form when I had to deal with infinite forms every day?", said Suvarchala.
The after: Digital transformation to the rescue
Navayuga Infotech decided to leap into digital transformation and chose Quixy as their digital partner. Using Quixy, most business processes across departments including, HR, General Administration, Business Development, Accounts, IT, Project Management, and Quality, were automated on one platform. A team of citizen developers was trained and under the guidance of the central IT team, automated their respective processes and built applications for their departments that were then seamlessly integrated with other department processes.
Automation was done for various processes like Application Tracking for Recruitment team, Leave & Payroll Management, Front Office Management for Admin, Travel & Expenses Management, and Accounts Submissions for Accounts, Project & Task Management, and Tender Management for Business Development, Service Request, and Incident Management for IT Operations.
No points for guessing this one, but this led to enormous benefits for Suvarchala. Using Quixy, employees can now submit the forms online. Inbuilt validations in the forms ensure that the forms Suvarchala receives are complete in all respects and she doesn't have to call or email employees for clarifications. The employees can now check the status of their forms online without having to call Suvarchala. Suvarchala no longer has to prepare Purchase Orders and Invoices manually. feature in the Quixy platform to generate and email POs and Invoices to the respective recipients thereby eliminating any chances of manual errors and speeding up the overall process.
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The document generation feature allows the design of document templates with placeholders that can be automatically populated with information from various data sources to generate a range of documents, such as purchase orders, invoices, contract agreements, proposals, quotes, and reports without the need to create and share any of them manually.
No more delays. No more errors. No more follow-ups and frustrations. Maximum productivity and maximum peace of mind for Suvarchala. Despite a raging pandemic, she was able to deal with invoices and forms remotely in a manner that was drastically more effective than the earlier method.
The solution streamlined the overall operations across departments and eliminated the use of manual and email-based processes. The transformation boosted employee productivity by 20%, and satisfaction improved by 40%. The employees were able to save time from mundane manual tasks and instead spend it on other core business activities.
"Quixy's document generation feature made my work easy on so many fronts that I can only wish I had my hands on it sooner", said Suvarchala.
Now: Accounts executive turned superwoman
As she could discharge her duties effectively even in a remote setting, Suvarchala had the freedom to live up to her reputation of being a typical Asian grandparent. She's currently visiting her son in Germany to take care of her newborn grandchild. From being irritated with piles of documents on her desk and handling numerous calls from the staff, Suvarchala is now donning two hats: handling her responsibilities at Navayuga as an Accounts Officer effectively and being a doting Granny who is helping her son and daughter-in-law with their newborn. This situation would have been almost impossible for her to imagine a few years back, but Navayuga's digital transformation journey yielded results that were beneficial for both her professional and personal life.
This is the story of one employee at one organization. Yet, take a look at the massive role that digital transformation played. Digital transformation can have a tremendous impact on organizations and their employees across sectors, sizes, and industries. From achieving skyrocketing productivity and success to making work meaningful for employees, a simple decision can produce results that are beyond imagination.
Suvarchala's story should act as an inspiration for organizations and digital leaders to take digital transformation as seriously as possible and make the most out of the pandemic-led digital acceleration.
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ALMA, the World's Largest Radio Telescope, Grabs Its First Images
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ALMA's First Image
This is ALMA's first image, showing the Antennae Galaxies in two different wavelength ranges. The image was captured during the observatory's early testing phase, using only 12 antennas working together — the array will eventually have 66.European Southern Observatory
The world's largest astronomical facility has opened its eyes, turning nearly two dozen antennae toward the heavens to study the building blocks of the cosmos. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array consists of 20 radio antennae for now, but will contain 66 by 2013, giving it a higher resolution than the Hubble Space Telescope.
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ALMA sits in the high Chilean desert, about 16,000 feet above sea level and above much of the interfering atmosphere. These pictures were made with 12 telescopes situated relatively close together; science observations during the next few months will be even clearer.
Closer-situated antennae yield a wide field of view, so astronomers can search for items they want to study in more detail. Moving the antennae farther apart provides a narrower focus, like using a finer lens on a regular telescope. Instead of tunable knobs, ALMA has 192 separate antennae pads for the huge dishes to be moved around.
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A nearby star system called AU Microscopii, just 33 light-years away, with an infant star harboring a ring of planetisimals;
The dusty disk surrounding HD142527, a young star 400 light-years away, which has enough material to make a dozen Jupiters;
and the great Sagittarius A, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
ALMA observes light at millimeter and sub-millimeter wavelengths, allowing observations of the farthest and oldest phenomena in the observable universe. It's powerful enough to study the cold, dark remnants of exploded stars, including the first stars, which died a few hundred million years after the Big Bang — that's an era known as the cosmic dawn.
While this is all going on, more of the 100-ton antennae will keep being added until the observatory is complete sometime in 2013.
Antenna Network Spies Antenna Galaxies
This image combines data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the ALMA network. Appropriately enough, it depicts the Antennae Galaxies, a pair of distorted colliding spiral galaxies about 70 million light-years away in the constellation Corvus (the Crow). ALMA, the world's most complex ground telescope, is an array of radio antennae.European Southern Observatory


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I have had it happened twice to me now: A conflict is resolved, fallout dice are rolled and a completely unexpected result comes up - normally something that is too harsh in relation to the narration of the conflict:
1st Case: In High Rockton, the Dogs try to get Edwin off the sin of lust, and a bit of a shuffle ensues. Finally, one Dog convinces Edwin by presenting his Large Sword (fantasy adoption) and telling him he is not afraid of using it. Edwin gives - he wants to live after all. The dog rolls 4d6 for Fallout gets a two sixes, a five and a 3. His Raise using Body against 12 fails and he goes up to badly injured and needs medical attention to prevent his death.
We all were quite surprised by this, and in fact I think the way of the narration did not warrant the fallout result
2nd Case: In Olive grove (stock Dogs), the Dogs discuss wether a young man has deserved to be put to the gallows for his deeds (another problem regarding this here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17594.0). In the case of the discussion, one of the dogs opposing this one invokes 'Three In Authority' to subdue her. Eventually Sr Miriam gives and takes 3d8 of fallout, which comes to a flat 15 - she needs someone to help her or she is going to die. This yielded a great follow up conflict in which the Dog she called from the Angel of Death's side before, which resulted in a 2d4 relationship to the Angel of Death and a 1d4 relationship to her fellow Dog.
But all in all, the resolution of the conflict didn't warrant someone to fall into a dying condition. Of course someone will say That's the Power that comes with Authority, but again, there was a unique and shared perception of disparity between conflict narration and fallout results. Part of this may be due to all the players being new to Dogs and this being only my third time of running a dogs game. Nonetheless, the question is: What to do about Fallout? It's disconnected from the conflict by coming up after it, and I have the notion of a cause-and-effect connection. Is it just a matter of not narrating the Fallout one takes to the hilt? Is it going on with a character when he should give?
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Re: Conflict Narration and Fallout Disparity
Merely PRESENTING a sword is not a "physical" action... brandishing it (without using it) is an act of intimidation, "just talking". The fallout dice should have been d4's.
Now if he USED it, of course, that would have escalated the conflict.
If "Three in Authority" was useful against the character, then he or she must have either been a sorceror, or posessed. Faithful don't take fallout from ceremony. You can describe the results of ceremony against a sorceror or demon any way you like, but TiA is a big one, and it'll hurt them.
"In our game the other night, Joshua's character came in as an improvised thing, but he was crap so he only contributed a d4!"
--Vincent Baker
Frank T
The fallout was d6's from shoving around. The presenting the sword didn't cause fallout because it ended the conflict.
- Frank
If the D6 fallout came from pushing and shoving, then the bad luck of rolling the highest possible result mean that someone took a bad fall, accidentally got smacked in the head, or twisted something.
There's a reason that the breakpoints come at eight and twelve.
Thing is: The shoving had already been narrated, and didn't sound like something that would put a man in mortal danger. That's the whole point. Harald, didn't we already bring this up in some other thread?
lumpley
Are these NPCs or PCs we're talking about, taking the fallout?
-Vincent
One of the things you need to use, in my opinion, in Dogs conflicts, sometimes, is that injuries aren't always apparent in the thick of things.
Someone doesn't realize that they've twisted their ankle until they try to walk on it.
...or doesn't realize that they've been shoved into a knife...
...or doesn't realize that they've taken a bad spill and been banged on the head.
We're used to RPG's where injuries have immediate effects. Dogs isn't like that.
In Dogs, it isn't until the conflict is over that the Dog realizes that he's been shot, when he looks down to see blood oozing through his coat.
Tindalos
I'd also like to note that it doesn't have to be literal "death" of a character, or even injury. In my reading of the game it can also mean an unwillingness to continue in the story and the game.
We had a similar situation, with a dog confronting a coven. The entire conflict was talking except the possessed had viciousness and inflicted higher die fallout. As a result, the dog in quesiton took 12, rolled body against it (probably should have been Will but that's a different point) and then was in danger of dying. All from talking. As the GM I suggested (and the players agreed) the dog wasn't physically dying but spiritually dying. In other words, she was ready to walk away from life as a dog and leave the game. Then we had the "saving the life" conflict only it became a conflict to convince her to remain a dog.
So while the rules talk about physical damage, as it is generally physical harm that will result in that kind of fallout, the rules are also open enough for different types of harm that have the same net result such as leaving the game permanently. If I'm not mistaken the rules even say this explicitly.
Quote from: Vaxalon on November 14, 2005, 06:24:04 AM
I know the argument about realism isn't The Thing here, but I just read an article about when President Reagan was shot. It took 15-20 minutes from the time of the shooting till anyone discovered that he'd been shot. Shot! So even if you want to invoke realism, it is. Or can be.
Quote from: Frank T on November 14, 2005, 05:18:26 AM
We talked about it briefly discussing actual play of our session. But since the very same thing came up again this weekend, I thought I could help some more insight. I see some valid points raised, but I am not quite sure I think I know how to handle such an occcurrence in the future yet.
Were these NPCs taking the fallout, PCs, or some of each? How you handle it depends on which.
Let me quote the rules here: "Sorcerors, Demons, and the Souls of the Faithful can't ignore ceremony performed with authority". So what kind of soul does a Dog have, if not a faithful one? On the side note that this is off topic, I should have asked the other players if they support the ceremony (and possibly have asked them to show their support by putting dice forth as per the Helping rules if they want to).
I think I will have to reconsider my interpretation of 'the souls of the faithful' or rather reflect the question back on the players if something like this happens next time.
Vincent: It was the one dog in the three-to-one conflict that was taking the fallout.
Quote from: oliof on November 14, 2005, 07:33:36 AM
Good, excellent.
Now, have you seen Serenity?
Quote from: lumpley on November 14, 2005, 07:42:32 AM
No, I haven't. Indulge me. Another notion: In hindsight, I could have asked the winning dogs if they claim the fallout dice for a follow-up conflict, no?
Another notion: In hindsight, I could have asked the winning dogs if they claim the fallout dice for a follow-up conflict, no?
Mm, that's a good idea, actually. It's a bit not-by-the-rules, but I'm comfy with it.
You'd say something like "well, I don't want Sister Miriam's life to be at stake, so let's pretend she's an NPC and hold these two sixes against her in her next conflict."
Where I was going with Serenity is, there's a scene where someone takes the blow and the blow's "you aren't alone!" and then ten minutes later takes the fallout for it, and the fallout is "and they stab, stab, stab you!" The blow was an opening for the future attack, it didn't cause the injury.
So the rule is that the fallout has to follow from the conflict, that's all; not even strictly from any of the blows you took. So you could even say, at the end of the conflict, "this whole thing pisses me off so bad that I storm off without looking where I'm going and miss the step down from the porch - I fall and crack my head on the big rock with the iron ring set in it."
I also fully endorse Tindalos' approach.
Anyhow there's three things you can try next time. Mix and match, choose whichever seems best per case.


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Under-the-jib equipment: handling heavy lift cargoes
By Will North 2022-06-01T10:31:00+01:00
Under-the-jib attachments are a vital component of lifting systems. While they may be small compared with crane and load, they are a critical element in ensuring lifts are performed safely and efficiently.
The rapid development of crane capacities over the past half century has revolutionised how we build – from refineries to skyscrapers, structures can be constructed out of large and often heavy modules far more quickly and safely than is possible using traditional methods. Raw lifting power is not enough on its own, however. Loads must be balanced and controlled as they are lifted.
The simplest under-the-jib attachment is a lifting beam. This consists of a beam with one lifting point at the top centre position and two below at the ends of the beam. The beam deflects, ensuring the load is carried through both bottom slings and beam, up to the hook.
Tensa supplied one of its dynamic load reducers, a DLR100L, to contractor Austral Construction, for an 80-tonne barge-to platform transfer in the Dampier Archipelago.
A spreader bar typically has lifting points or connections at both ends, both above and below. Slings or chains typically attach in a triangle to the top lifting points, linking these to the hook and compressing the bar; below, further chains or slings may connect straight down to lifting points on the load; or, again at an angle, to further spreader beams below.
Multiple tiers of spreader beams can be configured to keep large loads balanced and to distribute the load across lifting points, which may have limited capacity.
The capacity of spreader bars has increased rapidly in line with that of heavy lifting devices. A good example of this is a recent deal signed by Dutch specialist lifting equipment manufacturer Huisman.
Giant spreader
The company is currently building a 3,000-tonne spreader for Seaway 7, which will be able to handle even the largest offshore wind turbine monopile foundations. As well as its huge capacity, the spreader features a hands-free sling attachment, using a battery powered remote control system.
Huisman builds devices like this to order, using proven design approaches. That is ideal for a client like Seaway 7, which can expect consistent demand for broadly similar lifts, many years, if not decades, into the future.
But what of those companies that take on a wide variety of jobs?
In the past, a general hirer, or heavy lift specialist, that took on different jobs with loads varying widely in size and weight would have needed either to keep a large number of fixed length lifting beams and spreader bar, or to hire them.
The CMOD 250 can handle loads of up to 300 tonnes.
Modulift pioneered a new approach to this problem, offering beams in different sizes designed to be bolted to each other, and to end points or corner pieces. The beauty of a system like this is that a company with, perhaps, two 1 m sections, a 3 m section and a 5 m section, can construct beams of 1 m to 10 m in length. It will essentially have a choice of 10 beam lengths, from just four components.
Another advantage of the Modulift approach is that multiple small components can be more easily transported and handled than one big beam. The company's largest beam is just 6 m long, small enough to fit into the back of a truck; many beams, the company said, can be handled manually.
Modulift innovates under-the-jib
Each Modulift beam has a flange at either end so that it can be attached to either another beam or an endpoint. Each endpoint has its own flange, for attachment to the beams, and attachment points for slings or other rigging. The company also offers corner pieces. These are right-angled sections, again with a flange at each end and attachment points. They allow for Modulift beams to be formed into a square, or rectangle, giving control of the load, and load balancing, in two axes rather than one.
The company's latest development is its biggest ever corner piece. The CMOD 250 can handle loads of up to 300 tonnes. It features a new improved design that, Modulft said, reduces the contact stresses between the top shackle bow and corner unit centre plate.
The first CMOD 250 units were ordered by Safe Lifting Europe and by I&I Sling Co in the USA. Jacques Vroegop, Safe Lifting Europe's operations manager, said: "Modulift always has a solution for us when we have a complicated lift and we were surprised with the CMOD 250. The size of span that it can reach is phenomenal, it really can be a huge frame and we cannot wait to use it later in the year." In the USA, I&I has a job lined up for its first CMOD 250 pieces, which will be used on a heavy lift being carried out by a customer at a shipbuilding yard.
A key aspect of below-the[1]hook rigging is that, in many cases, rigging configurations will use multiple simple components. It is easiest for customers if they can deal with a single supplier for this equipment.
The benefits of being able to rely on a single supplier also apply on the manufacturing side. That appears to be the aim of investment company KKR, which in 2013 acquired Crosby and Acco. Since then, Crosby has gone on a buying spree, acquiring lifting equipment and accessory suppliers around the world. In just the last year, it has acquired Japanese hoist manufacturer Kito; Spanish rigging company Airpes, which develops systems including wind turbine blade clamps; lashing manufacturer Speedbinders; and British camera and alert system innovator BlokCorp. Deals like these allow Crosby to offer a wide range of lifting equipment. As the sector incorporates ideas like Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT), whereby devices on a site or facility transfer data between themselves, the company will be well placed to combine both lifting tools and sensors, making new approaches to lift monitoring and automation possible.
Crosby has invested into Australian company Verton, a developer of load orientation tools that have been adopted by lifting companies around the world.
But the company's development has not just been reliant on having access to KKR's capital. Equally important is innovation. Recent new products from Crosby included a selection of clamps and pipe hooks, often used in wind turbine tower fabrication, as well as in other applications where handling steel pipes, tubes and plates is important.
A challenge here is holding the load securely, without damaging the steel. Design features of Crosby's clamps aim to minimise this. The camsegment and pivot, the components that clamp together, in the CrosbyIP range (named following the acquisition of clamp manufacturer Inter Product), are shallower than on previous designs, but with more pieces contacting the load. This reduces the depth of indentations left on the load. When manufacturing components like turbine towers, this reduces the time that must be spent reworking the piece to repair this damage.
The CrosbyIP range features both standard and custom products. Recent examples of custom manufacturing include the 22.5-tonne capacity special universal vertical clamp IPU10X3. The clamp, which was designed for a German wind energy manufacturer, features an extra-wide camsegment and three pivots for reduced surface pressure to further minimise indentations. A deep jaw, meanwhile, allows for lifting bevelled plates and constructions. Lifting brackets make positioning easy when the lifting clamp is in the horizontal position. The universal lifting eye permits lifting from every direction.
"The size of span that it [Modulift's CMOD 250] can reach is phenomenal, it really can be a huge frame…" – Jacques Vroegop, Safe Lifting Europe
Another special product is the 6-tonne capacity universal horizontal clamp (model IPHGUX1), which presents many of the same benefits to the end user and is ideal for rolling larger plates. This is a new high[1]tonnage addition to the universal horizontal lifting clamp range. The 70-tonne capacity pipe hook (model IPPH) has been designed for 5.7 m to 7 m diameter pipe, up to a thickness of 100 mm. It features soft steel replaceable inserts and is equipped with 40-tonne capacity G-2140 shackles. With both the universal horizontal clamp and pipe hook, other capacities and jaw-openings are available on request.
Under-the-jib load control
Crosby has invested into Verton as well. The company is one of two Australian developers of load orientation tools that have been adopted by lifting companies around the world.
Verton's system is branded Everest; fellow Australian company Tensa calls its system Roborigger.
Loads can easily start to rotate during lifting, potentially colliding with nearby obstacles; conversely, they must sometimes be rotated intentionally. Traditionally, this has been done by having a member of the lifting crew directing the load with a rope. It does not take much imagination to see how dangerous this job can be if the load is caught by the wind, or is dropped.
Verton's Everest and Tensa's Roborigger avoid the need for lifting crew to work near the load. Instead, the tools hang between the load and hook, with a remote precisely controlling the load's orientation.
Worldwide applications While these innovations were spurred in part by events in the Australian local market, they have clear worldwide application. Over the last year, both companies have been developing their international distribution.
Crosby's investment in Verton will allow the two companies to offer Everest orientation tools, and the specialist WindMaster blade orientation tool, around the world. The company also recently improved its local Australian distribution with an agreement with Brisbane's System Rigging. Another deal, with Rope and Sling Specialists (RSS) will see the products distributed in the UK.
Tensa's Roborigger avoids the need for lifting crew to work near the load.
Roborigger has also been boosting its international distribution. The company recently entered into an agency partnership with Ludwig System, a manufacturer of radio controlled crane hooks based in Germany. The company will sell Roborigger in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
The deal goes beyond a mere distribution agreement. It will also see the development of new product configurations, combining Roborigger with Ludwig's remote controlled crane hooks. This combination offers the possibility of attaching, orientating and releasing the load, all controlled with a single remote from a safe location.
Roborigger had not, until 2021, had a dedicated manufacturing facility. That changed in July last year when Western Australia's minister for innovation, Don Punch, opened the company's new factory in Wangara. At the opening, Roborigger demonstrated new products and technology in development including a voice control system for Roborigger units and a novel data capture system that allows all load movements by Roboriggers anywhere in the world to be automatically recorded and accessible on the web.
It is hard to overstate the potential importance of tools like this in an industry which is moving rapidly beyond remote control towards autonomous operations. One example of where technologies like this might lead came from a recent Roborigger deployment in Japan, where the company is working with tower crane manufacturer IHI and local developer Sumitomo Mitsui Construction (SMCC) to develop an autonomous tower crane. The system is currently being used to lift, orientate and install pre-cast concrete elements on a project in Tokyo.
SMCC's cloud-based system brings in data from a wide range of sources, including Roborigger, BIM, and GNSS tracking of delivery location, along with RFID tag tracking of deliveries. On a job like this, finding the most efficient load path, and changing the load's orientation as it is lifted, requires a highly skilled operator. Labour and skill shortages can delay projects.
SMCC intends its system to work safely and efficiently, even without an operator.
Ocean motion
In most cases, lift planners must account for risks like load sway or rotations, and the effects of the wind. Generally, they do not have to plan for a crane being set up in such a way that it bounces wildly up and down as it works.
That is not the case offshore. There, the heaving motion of the ocean must be considered. In the oil and gas industry, purpose-built vessels and offshore cranes have been designed with active heave compensation (AHC) incorporated to counter this motion.
In offshore wind, contractors often use barge-mounted crawler cranes, particularly for jobs closer to the land. These cranes, and the barges they are mounted on, do not have in[1]built AHC. While heave may not be as much of a factor as it is for instance way out in North Sea oilfields, it can still be a problem.
Companies like Roborigger's parent Tensa offer below-the hook devices that can account for heave. In 2020, Tensa supplied one of its dynamic load reducers, a DLR100L, to contractor Austral Construction, for an 80-tonne barge-to[1]platform transfer in the Dampier Archipelago. Using the DLR increased the crane's lift capacity when subjected to vessel motion, and improved safety during the operation.
Offshore operations can require much more powerful load control. Seaqualize, based in the Netherlands, is developing below the hook heave compensation systems that could, it said, eventually be used on loads of 2,000-tonnes, allowing entire wind turbines to be lifted in one go, even in some of the most demanding sea conditions.
The company recently performed test lifts with Van Oord (which has also been an early partner of Verton). Seaqualize's 600-tonne capacity Delta 600 combines passive heave compensation, which keeps the load steady, as well as a smaller active system, which accounts for only 5 to 10 percent of the load, but allows for precise positioning. The company said this is much more efficient than a fully active system.
Offshore trials
During the offshore trials, the Delta600 lifted a test weight to and from the floating supply vessel REM Trader, using Van Oord's jack-up crane vessel Aeolus in both jacked and floating conditions.
These floating-to-floating and floating-to-fixed lifts were operational tests of typical challenges in the offshore wind industry: installing turbine components using a floating vessel, or picking up components from a floating supply vessel. Seaqualize pointed out the potential use of the system in the USA, where the Jones Act means that it may be most efficient to transfer European-built turbine components to local barges offshore.
Transferring the most delicate parts of a wind turbine offshore is new to the market, and such operations comprise demanding lifting conditions and a new set of tools.
Wouter Dirks, innovation manager at Van Oord, said: "The offshore tests showed that the unique technology in the Delta will enable controlled offshore lifts during challenging feeder barge operations"
Seaqualize's Delta 600 lifted a test weight to and from the floating supply vessel REM Trader, using Van Oord's jack-up crane vessel Aeolus in both jacked and floating conditions.
Another provider of custom under-the-jib equipment is UK-based Britlift. It focuses on designing custom solutions, including its own modular beams and bars, as well as other equipment, and putting them together in complex configurations for its clients.
One recent customer was Vision Modular Systems (VMS), which used Britlift equipment for work on a 44-storey modular building in Croydon, UK. The selection of equipment used by VMS could handle all of the modules installed on site, while reducing the weight of the rigging system itself by half, compared with the lifting frame that the company had previously used; that in turn potentially allows the company to reduce the capacity of the cranes it uses.
Liam Botting, managing director of Britlift, said: "VMS recognised that it had to save rigging weight, so we designed and supplied it with something totally new.
Telescopic spreaders were not at all standard for this type of application but are now much more commonplace.
"Since then, we have won repeat orders from VMS and also provided additional services such as engineered rigging drawings to lift every module in their project. This involved over 40 different drawings created by our in-house technical team."
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Because the case was brought over four specific forms of contraception that Hobby Lobby's owners disapprove of, some people have taken that to mean that only those four methods are affected. Again, that's wrong.
The decision is turgid reading, especially for those who don't routinely read such things. But the Supreme Court made it clear today that its ruling covers all methods of birth control in the ACA mandate— not just those four cited by Hobby Lobby in this case.
This objection, however, is fair: "I was very disappointed that nowhere in the article did it state EXACTLY what Hobby Lobby was objecting to in the ACA provisions. Of the 20 birth control items listed in the ACA, Hobby Lobby objected to only 4 of those items. …They approved of birth control pills, etc."
You can argue that the news story should have specified that Hobby Lobby took exception only to the four methods, yes. However, there's also a strong counter-argument to that: Legal reporting always should seek to explain exactly what the effect of a decision will be in the real world. The most important detail is how the ruling will affect the law.
Every single court case is full of specifics that may not be precisely germane to the precedent set by the decision. I'm quite sure that the misunderstandings about this particular case are due largely to people misreading the specifics and not understanding the underlying principle. That's one argument for not getting too detailed in reporting on it.
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Albert Marcin Maria hr. Sumiński z Sumina h. Leszczyc (ur. 12 listopada 1906 we Lwowie, zm. 12 czerwca 1977 w Los Angeles) – major artylerii Wojska Polskiego.

Życiorys
Urodził się 12 listopada 1906 we Lwowie, w rodzinie Artura Edwarda Sumińskiego h. Leszczyc (1865–1910) i Sabiny Niny Anny z Oczosalskich h. Kuszaba (1881–1949). Miał braci Artura Jana Marię (1908–1943) i Piotra Pawła Stefana (1908–1989). Pochodził z rodu Sumińskich herbu Leszczyc i legitymował się tytułem hrabiego.

Ukończył studia na Uniwersytecie Jagiellońskim, uzyskując tytuł inżyniera agronomii oraz studia prawa na Wydziale Prawa Uniwersytetu Jana Kazimierza we Lwowie, uzyskując tytuł magistra.

Ukończył III Kurs Wołyńskiej Szkoły Podchorążych Rezerwy Artylerii (1928–1929), po czym w stopniu plutonowego podchorążego został przydzielony do 10 Dywizjonu Artylerii Konnej w Jarosławiu. Brał udział w II wojnie światowej, był majorem artylerii konnej. Służył pod komendą gen. Stanisława Maczka w 10 Brygadzie Kawalerii Zmotoryzowanej, następnie w 1 Dywizji Pancernej.

Po wojnie, 26 kwietnia 1949 opuścił Wielką Brytanię i na statku SS Mauretania udał się do Nowego Jorku. 15 czerwca 1949 w San Diego ożenił się z Anną Ireną ze Stachowskich (1926–1986), z którą miał synów Johna (ur. 1952) i Marka (ur. 1955) oraz córkę Christine (ur. 1959). W 1976, tj. 9 lat po rozwodzie z Anną, poślubił Teresitę Fuster.

Zmarł 12 czerwca 1977 w Los Angeles.

Ordery i odznaczenia
 Krzyż Srebrny Orderu Virtuti Militari nr 11209
 Krzyż Walecznych
 Medal Wojska
 Krzyż Wojskowy (Wielka Brytania)
 Medal Obrony (Wielka Brytania)
 Gwiazda za Wojnę 1939–1945 (Wielka Brytania)
 Gwiazda Francji i Niemiec (Wielka Brytania)

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Absolwenci Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Absolwenci Wydziału Prawa Uniwersytetu Jana Kazimierza we Lwowie
Ludzie urodzeni we Lwowie
Majorowie artylerii Polskich Sił Zbrojnych
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Srebrnym Orderu Virtuti Militari (władze RP na uchodźstwie)
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Walecznych (władze RP na uchodźstwie)
Odznaczeni Medalem Wojska
Podoficerowie artylerii II Rzeczypospolitej
Polacy odznaczeni Gwiazdą Francji i Niemiec
Polacy odznaczeni Gwiazdą za Wojnę 1939–45
Polacy odznaczeni Krzyżem Wojskowym (Wielka Brytania)
Polacy odznaczeni Medalem Obrony
Albert
Urodzeni w 1906
Zmarli w 1977
Żołnierze Wojska Polskiego na emigracji w Stanach Zjednoczonych po II wojnie światowej

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[2019-04-06 8:35:00 AM] - Marlies didn't make playoff for year 2018.
[2019-04-06 8:35:00 AM] - Maple Leafs didn't make playoff for year 2018.
[2019-03-06 6:35:50 AM] - New Record for Team's Most Shots Blocked (28) in 1 Game for Maple Leafs!
[2019-02-16 8:23:43 AM] - TRADE : From Rangers to Maple Leafs : Evan Rodrigues (67), Bryan Rust (68), Jonathon Merrill (64).
[2019-02-16 8:23:43 AM] - TRADE : From Maple Leafs to Rangers : Max Pacioretty (73), Greg Pateryn (70).
[2019-02-08 6:58:08 AM] - TRADE : From Capitals to Maple Leafs : Y:2019-RND:4-NSH.
[2019-02-08 6:58:08 AM] - TRADE : From Maple Leafs to Capitals : Patrik Berglund (71).
[2018-12-24 10:42:13 AM] - TRADE : From Maple Leafs to Capitals : Jordie Benn (69).
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[2018-10-13 9:15:01 AM] - Mikhail Vorobyov signed with Maple Leafs for $500,000 for 1 year(s) with $0 in bonus.
[2018-10-13 9:15:01 AM] - Mikhail Vorobyov was added to Maple Leafs.
[2018-08-07 5:29:45 PM] - Tommy Vannelli signed with Maple Leafs for $650,000 for 2 year(s) with $0 in bonus.
[2018-08-07 5:29:45 PM] - Tommy Vannelli was added to Maple Leafs.
[2018-08-07 5:29:37 PM] - Filip Sandberg signed with Maple Leafs for $850,000 for 4 year(s) with $0 in bonus.
[2018-08-07 5:29:37 PM] - Filip Sandberg was added to Maple Leafs.
[2018-08-07 5:29:30 PM] - Calle Rosen signed with Maple Leafs for $1,000,000 for 3 year(s) with $0 in bonus.
[2018-08-07 5:29:30 PM] - Calle Rosen was added to Maple Leafs.
[2018-08-02 7:02:18 AM] - Alex DeBrincat was added to Maple Leafs.
[2018-07-23 9:22:42 PM] - C.J. Smith signed with Maple Leafs for $700,000 for 2 year(s) with $0 in bonus.
[2018-07-23 9:22:42 PM] - C.J. Smith was added to Maple Leafs.
[2018-07-23 9:22:32 PM] - Cal Petersen signed with Maple Leafs for $950,000 for 3 year(s) with $0 in bonus.
[2018-07-23 9:22:32 PM] - Cal Petersen was added to Maple Leafs.
[2018-07-04 10:07:47 PM] - Maple Leafs drafts John Leonard as the #197 overall pick in the Entry Draft of year 2018.
[2018-07-04 10:00:38 PM] - Maple Leafs drafts Mitchell Hoelscher as the #183 overall pick in the Entry Draft of year 2018.
[2018-07-04 9:59:22 PM] - Maple Leafs drafts Nikolai Kovalenko as the #181 overall pick in the Entry Draft of year 2018.


And let out mute involuntary laugh.
The two of them: he youthful, she but a child.
She recalls the day; paintings from Giverny.
She pallid, shy-looking, focussed, alert.
And backpacks stuffed behind a counter.
Happiness embellished: all such implies.
Children, parents, holidays, houses, work.
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A number of people around the world enjoy drinking wine. Each time a bottle of wine is opened, a cork is added to the pile of waste collected in the house. The amount of cork waste generated in houses is lesser when compared to the number of corks from hotels, restaurants, and wine tasting rooms finding their way to the garbage bin. Fortunately, corks are eco-friendly products that can be easily recycled and reused. They are hundred percent biodegradable and are derived from the bark of cork oak trees. The trees are not cut down but the bark is harvested by hand, making them completely environment friendly.
Nevertheless, most of the time people end up disposing off corks in the trash cans, as they do not know how it can be recycled. Recycling reduces the strain on landfills and even on cork plantations to increase the production and supply of corks. It also reduces the carbon footprint generated during transportation of corks to different places. Setting up cork collection boxes in restaurants encourages people to drop off their collections of corks for recycling. Given below are a few ways on how cork can be recycled and reused.
Small amounts of cork collected from household waste can be creatively used to make household articles like wall art, coasters, bulletin boards, pincushions, and a lot of other such articles. There are various sites, which talk about the different craft and artwork that can be made with corks.
There is an attempt by green products manufacturers to develop methods by which corks can be processed and reused to create tiles, floorings, and other such products, thereby increasing the life of this natural material.
Cork can be disposed in compost pits where it is converted into biomass and clean fuels that can be used as sources of energy.
Cork can be recycled to make products like boat decking, as fillers in cricket balls and to make insulation – it acts as a good noise and heat insulator.


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Carrier biller Centili has launched one-click WAP payments flow on Vodacom in South Africa, opening up monetisation and purchase opportunities in the growing digital and online goods segment for more than 35 million of Vodacom's subscribers.
The solution allows end users to easily buy online and digital items from mobile web browsers. By simply tapping the payment page's "Accept" button, they can choose to charge the purchase to their mobile phone bill. This way online vendors get the possibility to customise the payment page, and match it to their mobile website's look and feel.
As a result, merchants can count on higher conversion rates and less interrupted transactions, as the number of steps required to complete the purchase is reduced. Centili direct carrier billing service has been available in South Africa for some time now on Vodacom, MTN, Cell C and Telkom networks. With the most recent introduction of one-click 3G/4G mobile internet billing, Centili continues to build superb payments experiences and flows across platforms and devices.
With mobile internet billing (WAP payments flow), users' effort comes down to a single action – confirming the payment. The flow is available for both one-time and recurring payments, i.e. subscriptions. As a convenient way to sign up for a service, subscriptions are gaining popularity in some countries.
According to the Cisco's research, by 2019 primary means of connecting and browsing the internet in South Africa will be smartphones, commanding 30% (57.5 million) of all networked devices, up from 22% last year. Centili is working closely with the world's leading mobile operator groups to build seamless, high-converting payments options.
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Your Republican Presidential Candidate… Ron Paul
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Ron Paul isn't your average Republican candidate. Ron Paul was a Doctor for many years before becoming involved in politics. He is considered by some to be the grandfather of the Tea Party. Ron Paul on most accounts is one of the few, or maybe the only, Congressperson who sticks to their principals and never waivers. He may become more or less popular but his ideas are his and those don't change due to the times or popular opinion. I do admire him for that. Ron Paul has served in the House of Representatives from 1976-77, 1979-85, and from 1997 to the present and has announced that he will not seek another term in the House to concentrate on his presidential campaign. This is the third presidential campaign for Paul. Paul ran for president in 1988 as a Libertarian, 2008 as a Republican and is currently running as a Republican.
Ron Paul is very straightforward on the issues. Paul is a strict constructionist. That term is generally used when talking about judges but with Paul it's appropriate. He believes in following the Constitution to the letter and doesn't vote for a bill that goes against the constitution. What exactly does that mean? There are two "camps" in politics and in political circles, those who see the constitution as a "living document" and those who are "strict constructionist." Those who see the constitution as a "living document" believe that the interpretation of the constitution should change over time, because of the changes in the times, morals and technology. Paul believes in a very limited federal government, especially because the 10th amendment of the Constitution gives any power not in the constitution to the states, and that is where Paul believes they belong. Paul would overturn Roe v Wade and do everything in his power to prevent abortion from ever being a federal issue and to leave that issue to the states. Paul would get rid of the Federal Reserve System as it stands today, an organization with very little oversight that controls so much of our lives. Paul is pro second amendment and his voting record proves this. The one thing that separates Paul from the pack is that he wants to pull back from the UN, he believes that the United States needs to stop policing the world and that we should only fight when our nation's security is at risk. His entire voting record is online and he is ever open with his positions and doesn't use a lot of rhetoric. Ron Paul is really for returning America to a more traditional interpretation to the constitution and in turn to a much smaller government. He runs a very intelligent campaign and I hope that he is able to get through because his ideas are good for the country.
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None of the 14 cases of sexual assault reported at the Manus Island immigration detention facility over the past 18 months have led to prosecutions, Senate estimates has heard.
Immigration staff told a Senate committee that over the period from March 24, 2014 to September 29, 2015, the regional processing centre recorded 14 sexual assaults, 213 physical assaults and 798 occurrences of abusive and/or aggressive behaviour.
The Manus Island facility houses single male adults.
There have also been multiple sexual assaults on Nauru, involving both asylum seekers and processed refugees.
Immigration spokeswoman Cheryl-Anne Moy told Senate estimates that there had been 10 reports of sexual assault involving children in immigration detention in the period between September 2013 and September 2015.
Ms Moy said five of those reported assaults related to a lone incident.
There were nine reported sexual assaults of adults in immigration detention on Nauru over the same period, as well as 82 allegations of physical abuse involving children.
Outside the centre, there have been 10 reports of sexual assault against processed refugees between May 2014 and September 2015.
Ms Moy said "a number" of the sexual assaults had been reported to Nauruan police.
Senate estimates also heard figures on self-harm by asylum seekers and refugees.
From January to August 2015, there were 74 reported incidents of self-harm on Nauru and 34 on Manus Island. There were also 23 and two threats of self-harm respectively.
Figures were also provided for the onshore detention network for the three months to September 2015, totalling 140 incidents and 189 threats.


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Asus reveals Chromebook Flip C436 with 10th-gen Intel CPUs and better speakers
The Chromebook Flip C434 is Asus' flagship Chrome OS device at the moment, released in mid-2019 as a follow-up to the popular C302. Now it's time for the C434 to be replaced, as Asus has announced the new Chromebook Flip C436 at CES 2020.
Asus abandons plans to update Zenfone 4 to Android 9 Pie (Update: Surprise new beta)
Asus doesn't have the best track record for updating its phones, but it was really making an effort earlier this year with it rolled out an Android 9 beta for the Zenfone 4. Unfortunately, Asus' resolve has faded, and there won't be a final Pie update. It says the Zenfone 4 will continue to get Oreo maintenance updates. You know... if you still believe Asus.
ASUS Chromebook Flip C434 at its best price of $400 ($119 off) right now
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A good Chromebook doesn't often come by like this one: the ASUS Chromebook Flip C434 might have an unwieldy name, but it has plenty of trimmings to serve as a fairly good computing option for any number of people on your holiday gift list this season. Best of all right now, you can grab one for just $400.
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If you're looking for a cheap large-screen Chromebook with a target price below $200, then consider the Asus Chromebook C423. Although it's not a powerhouse by any means, it's a decent performer for lightweight tasks — perfect for a child or as a secondary laptop to get familiar (or experiment) with Chrome OS. It usually sells for $270, but it's $179 on Amazon today only, which is 34% off.
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The recently released Asus Chromebook C433 is already down to $370 at Best Buy ($159 off)
2019/12/02 5:05am PST Dec 2, 2019
Asus just released the Chromebook C433 this October, but that doesn't mean the device is spared from Cyber Monday discounts. You can save a whole $160 when you purchase it at Best Buy for $370, down from the previous price of $530.
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Chromebook Flip C434
Asus offers a wide range of capable Chromebooks, and many of them are available for reduced prices this Black Friday. The deals start with the entry-level Chromebook C223, which is available for just $160 across multiple retailers, but you'll see the biggest savings when you get a Chromebook Flip C302 with an Intel Core m5 — it's going for only $450, which is $150 less than the usual price. The other deals hover around reductions of $50 to $100, with many Chromebooks seeing their lowest-ever prices.
ASUS' first gaming-focused ROG Phone finally starts getting Android Pie
ASUS' gaming phone lineage started in 2018 with the launch of its first ROG-branded phone developed on the lines of the company's acclaimed gaming PC series. It came running Android Oreo and was expected to receive the update to Pie sometime this year, but this plan encountered several roadblocks and delays. The original ROG Phone is finally getting the anticipated Android Pie firmware more than two weeks after ASUS began beta testing Android 10 for its follow-up.
(Update: Stable rollout) Android 10-based ZenUI 6 for ASUS ZenFone 5Z enters public beta
Android 10 beta testing for ASUS' last two flagships — the ZenFone 6 and the ZenFone 5Z — is already underway since August, though only for a small, closed group. The early ZenUI version for the 5Z reportedly came laden with a long list of bugs that essentially held off its public release for a while. ASUS appears to have addressed many of those flaws, and is now making the ZenUI 6 open beta available to a wider userbase of its 2018 flagship.
ASUS ROG Phone 2 Android 10 beta now open for sign-ups
2019/11/09 12:49pm PST Nov 9, 2019
ASUS' ROG Phone 2 is an absolute beast of a phone owing to its 120Hz AMOLED display, 6000mAh battery, and of course the Snapdragon 855 Plus chip. The niche gaming phone now stands next in line to receive the newest flavor of Android, after its mainstream ZenFone-branded peers underwent a similar treatment not too long ago. ASUS has begun taking applications for Zen UI closed beta from anyone meeting a prescribed set of requirements. This will presumably be followed by a public beta before a stable version of Android 10 is released.
(Update: EU version) Android 10 is rolling out to the ASUS Zenfone 6
The ASUS Zenfone 6 has been the surprise midrange flagship of the year, and with the company's switch to a lighter, significantly more Pixel-like UI, the device is a no-brainer for people looking for an affordable, all-round good phone. ASUS is even making good on its promise for timely Android updates and has just started rolling out Android 10 to the Zenfone 6.