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Soccer Extras: Gladbach stun Bayern with last-gasp penalty
Last updated on: December 08, 2019 11:19 IST
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IMAGE: Borussia Moenchengladbach's Ramy Bensebaini celebrates with teammates after scoring their second goal against Bayern Munich at Borussia-Park in Moenchengladbach, Germany, on Saturday. Photograph: Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters
Borussia Moenchengladbach's Ramy Bensebaini scored twice, including a stoppage-time penalty, for a 2-1 comeback win at home to champions Bayern Munich on Saturday which kept them top of the Bundesliga.
Algeria international Bensebaini converted from the spot after Javi Martinez was sent off for bringing down Marcus Thuram in the box.
Gladbach are now on 31 points with Bayern, who suffered their second consecutive league loss, dropping to sixth on 24.
RB Leipzig are second on 30, after beating Hoffenheim 3-1 with two goals from Timo Werner.
Borussia Dortmund's Marco Reus and Jadon Sancho also scored two apiece in a 5-0 demolition of Fortuna Duesseldorf as their side moved up to third place on 26.
It was another wasteful performance from Bayern who should have scored several goals in a dominant first half thorugh Thomas Mueller and top scorer Robert Lewandowski.
Gladbach keeper Yann Sommer denied Bayern twice more, including keeping the ball on the line with his fingertips, as the hosts were completely outclassed in the first half,
Bayern's Corentin Tolisso was taken off injured but his replacement Ivan Perisic delivered in the 49th, turning 180 degrees and firing home for the lead.
The hosts sprung to life after the goal and took control of the game, with Bensebaini levelling on the hour with a header after being given too much space in the box.
In an entertaining second half both teams looked for the winner but it was Gladbach who got it in stoppage time to continue their spectacular title run.
Atalanta rally twice to snatch late Verona win
IMAGE: Atalanta's Berat Djimsiti scores past Verona's keeper Marco Silvestri to score the last minute winner in their Serie A match at Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, Italy on Saturday. Photograph: Atalanta B.C./Twitter
Atalanta's Berat Djimsiti scored in the last minute to grab a 3-2 win at home to Verona as they twice came from behind in a see-saw Serie A match on Saturday.
The hosts, who are sixth, were caught napping as a Verona throw-in went straight to the unmarked Samuel Di Carmine who drove the ball past keeper Pierluigi Gollini in the 23rd minute.
Despite a disappointing first-half display by Atalanta, Serie A's leading scorers levelled a minute before the break when Ruslan Malinovskyi collected the ball outside the area and netted with a dipping left-foot shot.
Di Carmine put Verona back in front in the 57th after he was again left unmarked but Luis Muriel equalised seven minutes later with a penalty, awarded following a VAR review for a foul on Timothy Castagne.
Verona had Pawel Dawidowicz sent off for a second booking in the 85th minute and Atalanta's pressure finally paid off when Albanian Djimsiti volleyed home following a corner in the 90th minute.
Atalanta, making their Champions League debut this season, have 28 points, 10 behind leaders Inter Milan after 15 games.
We need to improve: Bonucci after defeat against Lazio
Juventus' Leonardo Bonucci has said that his club needs to improve after they witnessed a defeat at the hands of Lazio.
"We were punished by certain incidents, following a great first half in which we dominated without conceding anything to Lazio," the club's official website quoted Bonucci as saying.
"I don't think there was a different approach in the second half, it was normal for them to increase the pressure, but we had Dybala's opportunity which could have taken us to 2-1. We need to improve; this is obvious because we cannot concede so many goals," he added.
Juventus were beaten by Lazio 3-1 on Sunday during their Serie A clash. Cristiano Ronaldo scored the only goal from Juventus.
"We also need find the desire and determination not to suffer. Now that this false step has arrived, we will now take the good things done so far and start working again," Bonucci said.
Juventus now hold the second position in the Serie A points table which is topped by Inter Milan.
Andy Delort slams Neymar for teasing his opponents
Montpellier's Andy Delort said Paris Saint-Germain player Neymar does not have to tease his opponents.
PSG won the match against Montpellier by 3-1 on Saturday in Ligue 1. After the match, the Brazilian international was caught having an altercation with Delort.
"Neymar? He's a great player. But it's a real shame that towards the end he felt the need to antagonise everyone," Goal.com quoted Delort as saying.
"It's a shame, he's a great player, everyone respects him. But you don't have to tease your opponents, you won 3-1, that's good, that's what I said to him," he added.
Delort further stated that Neymar's attitude is well known since he came to France.
"When we spoke he said to me that he does have respect for us, but it was already done. That's not respect for me. You have to show respect, a good education. His attitude is well known since he came to France," Delort said.
ATK's Roy Krishna awarded ISL Hero of the Month for November
Fijian international footballer Roy Krishna was awarded the ISL Hero of the Month for November after some scintillating performances for his team ATK.
The striker saw off stiff competition from the likes of Jamshedpur FC's Sergio Castel, Odisha FC's Aridane Santana, FC Goa's Mourtada Fall and Bengaluru FC custodian Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.
The 32-year-old, who has his roots in India, scored three goals in as many games and also recorded an assist as ATK remained unbeaten throughout the month of November.
Krishna becomes the second successive ATK player to win the Hero of the Month award this season after strike-partner David Williams bagged the same title in October.
Krishna started the month in emphatic fashion with a brace and an assist against Jamshedpur FC at the iconic Salt Lake Stadium -- also the home ground to ATK, before featuring in a tough away draw with Odisha FC.
He capped off November with another goal in front of his home crowd that turned out to be vital for ATK. Krishna equalised almost with the last touch of the game with ATK trailing 2-1 against Mumbai City FC, making it 2-2.
The former A-League top scorer with Wellington Phoenix emerged as the fan favourite in the poll concluded by the League. Krishna received the Hero of the Month award trophy in ATK's 3-0 win over NorthEast United FC in Guwahati on Saturday where he bagged a brace.
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Across the country, millions of employees have entrusted their retirement savings to unregulated pension plans known as church plans. Many of these plans are run by church-affiliated schools, nursing homes and hospitals.
DuPont quietly offered about 9,500 of its U.S.retirees a chance to exchange their pensions for a lump-sum buyout or small monthly annuity.
Thousands of members of a pension fund for furniture workers will soon see their benefits cut, even though a large majority of those members voted against the cuts or didn't vote at all.
Church pension plans controlled by the Diocese of Providence, like the bankrupt pension fund of St. Joseph Health services, may be in distress too - but no one knows and the Diocese of Providence will not respond to repeated requests for comments.
In fact, while 30 states are considering retirement plans for small business employees, eight states are already going ahead with plans to provide workers with a means to save for retirement that doesn't depend on their employers.
The U.S. Treasury Department has approved a proposal for a 29 percent pension cut for members of a Teamsters unit based in upstate New York.
A pension fund in Nashville is now the second plan covering unionized workers to receive Treasury Department approval to cut members' benefits.
When ESOPs work, they work well. But some say reforms are needed.
Employee-owned stock option plans, or ESOPs, are an important part of the American economic landscape. About 7,000 American businesses have ESOPs, and roughly one out of every 12 workers participate in some form of employee-ownership plan.


Oman has in recent years made a concerted effort to provide comprehensive laws for the protection of intellectual property. This is demonstrated by the Industrial Property Law promulgated by Royal Decree 67 of 2008 (as amended by Royal Decree 131 of 2008) (the "IPL"). The IPL repealed Royal Decree 38 of 2000 and includes measures to protect owners of trademarks, patents and topography as well as measures to protect against unlawful competition. In addition, the Law for the Protection of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (the "Copyright Law") promulgated by Royal Decree 65 of 2008 was established to protect creative works of literature, arts and science and repealed Royal Decree 37 of 2000. This article provides a brief overview of the essential elements of both the IPL, specifically concerning trademarks, and the Copyright Law, as well as the penalties for non-compliance.
The right to prevent others from using, without their approval, identical or similar marks including trade names and geographical indicators of commodities or any services related to those which have been registered under the trademark, if any confusion is likely to arise on account of such use, subject to the provisions of the IPL.
The right to bring an action against a person infringing the trademark or using it without his approval, or involvement in acts that make an infringement of the trademark possible.
its ownership may not be challenged if it has been used by the person who has registered it continuously for at least five years from the date of registration.
In addition to protecting a brand, the IPL also operates as a mechanism to protect consumers from being misled by counterfeit products. As a result, consumers are safe in the knowledge that when they purchase a certain product, the product will in fact be the brand the consumer had required and not another product that is similar but not identical to the brand they had hoped to purchase. A brand conveys to consumers an assurance as to the nature of the product or service they will receive; therefore the IPL protects a brand's reputation. If a brand is copied and used by another company, there is a risk that the brand name could be damaged if the company using the brand is supplying inferior quality goods or services.
The Copyright Law protects any original artistic or scientific work automatically upon their creation and includes books, articles, computer programmes, lectures, paintings, sketches and musical compositions to list a few examples. Unless otherwise agreed, all those who participate in the creation of a joint piece of work shall be equally considered as the rightful owners of such work.
The Copyright Law grants the owner of the copyright (1) economic rights; and (2) moral rights. The duration of the copyright protection in Oman varies dependent upon the type of work and is detailed extensively throughout Articles 26 through 33.
As the term suggests, economic rights allow the owner of the copyright to be compensated in money or in kind for the transfer of their rights to another party who is authorised to use such rights. Examples of such economic rights include but are not limited to the reproduction, broadcasting, public performance or translation of his or her work.
the right of the author to object to any distortion, modification, mutilation or other derogatory action in relation to his work that could prejudice the author's honour or reputation.
Although moral rights prohibit the use of copyrighted works without the consent of the owner of such works, there are some exceptions to this which include as examples: (a) quoting paragraphs from a protected work lawfully made available to the public; (b) using the work in an educational institution for clarification or teaching purposes; and (c) reproducing the work to the extent justified by the purpose and without the purpose of direct or indirect financial gain.
a minimum fine of RO 2,000 and a maximum of RO 10,000.
In the case of repeated infringement, the penalty will be doubled.
a minimum fine of RO 100 up to a maximum of RO 1,000.
Furthermore, litigants, their lawyers, experts and other officials of the judiciary who have violated an order of the court for the protection of confidential information are also liable.
Under the Copyright Law, several civil penalties exist towards anyone convicted of committing acts of infringements upon property owned by the rights holder requiring them to provide financial compensation.
a minimum fine of RO 2,000 up to a maximum of RO 10,000.
In all cases, the punishment shall be doubled for repeating the offence.
Furthermore, any person shall be punished by imprisonment from a minimum period of seven days up to a maximum of one month, as well as monetary fines from a minimum of RO 100 up to a maximum of RO 1,000, or by either one, if that person violates an order issued by the court relating to information on persons causing infringement of the Copyright Law.


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I just had to find a gif after your excellent post.
"Hey, free potat-- *erk* *hrrrrk* ack!"
I did the same thing for some folks around the community, but it wasn't just mashed potatoes and I had already digested it all.
If's funny how folks were just criticizing teachers for taking cookies from a couple only to discover later that they were loaded with laxatives, but are now somehow approving of this?
"They're ricin po... RICED! They're riced potatoes! G'wan, have a bowl!"
Look for the neighbor that put in too many potatoes. My mom has a freezer full of zucchini bread. I'll tell her about this story then the next thing on fark will be about a bomb hoax where dozens of people found tinfoil wrapped objects on their cars.
It's a good idea to eat things found near your home, and to leave other "food' items for others. A little nyquilade for someone, and a scabby-bandaid taco for someone else.
almejita: It's a good idea to eat things found near your home, and to leave other "food' items for others. A little nyquilade for someone, and a scabby-bandaid taco for someone else.


From the author of the million-copy bestselling Brilliance Trilogy comes a mind-bending new thriller about life, death… and what happens after. A terrorist has paralyzed Chicago, targeting civilians with brutal swiftness and precision. FBI agent Will Brody would do anything to catch him—but this time he's the hunted, not the hunter. Lured into a trap, Brody is caught in a furious explosion that claims his life.
But in AFTERLIFE (Thomas & Mercer; On-sale July 18, 2017), death is only the beginning. Brody finds himself wandering a different Chicago. A city real in every detail, but seemingly empty. Buildings are dark. Cars lay abandoned. No planes cross the sky. He's relieved to spot other people—until he sees they're carrying machetes.
It turns out the afterlife is a dangerous place. This echo of Chicago is populated only by those who died abruptly, violently, with an abundance of life force remaining.
For some, it's a new life in death.
For others, it's a war.
Now Brody must fight to survive the afterlife and protect other innocents—all while desperate to reunite with the woman he loves and left behind.
Marcus Sakey is the award-winning author of 9 books, including the million-copy bestselling Brilliance Trilogy. His novel Good People was made into a movie starring James Franco, and AFTERLIFE is soon to be a major motion picture from Imagine Entertainment producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer (Da Vinci Code, A Beautiful Mind).
Written with intelligence, insight, and breathless suspense, AFTERLIFE is a mind-bending tour de force from one of today's best writers.
Marcus Sakey's books have sold more than a million copies and been translated into dozens of languages. He lives in Chicago with his wife and daughter.
A man has been terrorizing Chicago. He has found himself draw to a rifle and the power to end lives. He has killed eighteen people and plans on so many more. Will Brody and Claire McCoy are working on stopping the killer until Brody dies from a bomb in a church. Although he is dead, there is a lot more to being dead than pearly gates. Will and Claire need to work together across life and death to stop this killer and get back to each other.
Will and Claire work for the FBI but have started a relationship outside of the hunt for the serial killer. It starts as a whirlwind but becomes so much more the longer they work together. Claire seems to be the logical one while Will would prefer to get out there and stop the bad guy. Both of them are a great team and really kept me enthralled with the echos.
I like how this book takes a different look at death and life. There is so much more to this story than ghosts and good and evil can affect those on the other side. There are so many possibilities and I just loved how Marcus Sakey handled this.
This is a great story and I really enjoyed it. I did see a lot of people praising the Brilliance Saga and I think that I will check it out next.
I received Afterlife from Little Bird Publicity for free. This has in no way influenced my opinion of this book.


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New hall for cooling systems of ultra-cold neutron source
Hall for UCN. The hall for compressors of the future ultracold neutron source will be ready at the end of November 2014. © Wenzel Schürmann / TUM
The hall for compressors of the future ultracold neutron source will be ready at the end of November 2014. © Wenzel Schürmann / TUM
South of the Maier-Leibnitz Laboratory a hall in wood construction is currently being built. From next year on, it will house the mock-up for the cooling systems of the ultracold neutron source at the FRM II.
The hall was necessary in order to be able to test the large cooling systems the source of ultracold neutrons in non-nuclear operation. Only after a year of testing the compressors and gas tanks will be taken to the neutron source for the preparation of ultracold neutrons.
The foundations for three gas tanks, filled with the coolants nitrogen and helium, are already poured. The 70 square metres wide and 3.70 metres high hall consists of a wooden structure. It will house the compressors of the refrigerator, which is to ensure the cooling of the neutrons.
The ultracold neutrons are slowed down so much that they have a velocity of only about 20 kilometers an hour. Planned experiments with ultracold neutrons include the measurement of the lifetime of free neutrons and the search for an electric dipole moment of the neutron.
Dr. Andreas Frei
Telephone: +49 (0)89.289.14260
E-Mail: andreas.frei@tum.de
More information on the ultra-cold neutron source

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What is Pin code of Kunjwan?
Kunjwan Pin code or Postal zip code of Kunjwan is an unique Post index number provided to the post office of Kunjwan, Patna Division, Patna District of Bihar state, India. These Pin codes are provided by India Post.


You can use the included GoPro® mount on any tripod, including all GorillaPods. Simply screw your tripod's quick-release plate into the ¼-20 tripod mount in the bottom of our Tripod Mount for GoPro®. Attach your GoPro® to the Mount, put that on your tripod and you're ready to rock and roll!


This text explores the most prevalent photonics application in current engineering practice. It covers conventional and advanced fiber optic cables, light attenuation in optical components, fiber optics testing, connectors, optical amplifiers and other devices used in modern fiber optical networks.Al-Azzawi Abdul Staff is the author of 'Fiber Optics Principles And Practices', published 2006 under ISBN 9780849382956 and ISBN 0849382955.
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The Recreational Fishing Alliance is lashing out about the Freedom to Fish bill championed by U.S. Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., saying Congress hijacked the bill the group fought to support during the last 10 years.
The Senate passed the Freedom to Fish Act (S. 421) earlier this month.
"Passage of the Freedom to Fish Act today is a welcome alternative to the Army Corps' burdensome plan, which would hurt Kentucky residents and businesses," Paul said on his website. "There is a deep and long love for fishing the tailwaters of the Cumberland River, and I am glad we have taken action to help protect fishing access and Kentucky's economy."
But the RFA calls the bill "a farce," saying the legislation, which reached President Obama's desk last week, does little more than provide a two-year moratorium on the Army Corps of Engineers' plan to erect barriers specifically along the Cumberland River in Kentucky and Tennessee.
"A total of 11 sponsors of a House and Senate bill, with all members from either Tennessee or Kentucky, yet this legislation just sails through with a smile and a wave," RFA executive director Jim Donofrio said in an email. "Bring 5,000 coastal fishermen to Washington, D.C., in organized protest of our federal fisheries law and garner support of upwards of 50 federal legislators and Congress does nothing, it's maddening."
Donofrio said the new legislation might offer some freedom to fish for dam anglers on the Cumberland River in Kentucky and Tennessee, but he added that "had any of the original Freedom to Fish sponsors in D.C. actually read this bill they would've realized that their coastal anglers were essentially being pawned off by unanimous consent."
RFA said the original bill would have provided far broader federal protection for anglers against arbitrary closed area regulations on every coast.


From a constitutional perspective, the Act has done away with the memorandum and articles of partnership and the filing of supplemental or amended constitutional documents in the event of a change in general partners. Under the Act, the constitutional documents of a LP are its statement of limited partnership and its limited partnership agreement, and a LP is simply required to file a notice of any changes in its general partners with the BVI Registrar of Limited Partnerships. Like the articles of partnership, the limited partnership agreement is not required to be filed.
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The distribution of the lengths of genomic segments inverted during the evolutionary divergence of two species cannot be inferred directly from the output of genome rearrangement algorithms, due to the rapid loss of signal from all but the shortest inversions. The number of short inversions produced by these algorithms, however, particularly those involving a single gene, is relatively reliable. To gain some insight into the shape of the inversion-length distribution we first apply a genome rearrangement algorithm to each of 32 pairs of bacterial genomes. For each pair we then simulate their divergence using a test distribution to generate the inversions and use the simulated genomes as input to the reconstruction algorithm. It is the comparison between the algorithm output for the real pair of genomes and the simulated pair which is used to assess the test distribution. We find that simulations based on the exponential distribution cannot provide a good fit, but that simulations based on a gamma distribution can account for both single-gene inversions and short inversions involving at most 20 genes, and we conclude that the shape of latter distribution corresponds well to the true distribution at least for small inversion lengths.


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     double remainder(double <var>x</var>, double <var>y</var>);
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remainder and remainderf find the remainder of
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Lila Chester
About Lila Chester
Place of Birth : Richmond, Virginia
Wiki - Lila Hayward Chester was born in Richmond, Virginia, and was educated at the University of California. She followed a career in stock and vaudeville on the stage. Her middle name was rarely used in publicity. She worked with P.A. Powers in 1911 and January 1912. Around the same time she also was an actress with Gaumont and Edison. Early in 1912 Lila Chester moved to Thanhouser, for whom she played in many films through 1915. In 1913 The New York Times named her as "one of the prettiest girls of today," in a contest judged by artists who specialized in the so-called "American girl," including James Montgomery Flagg, C. Allen Gilbert, Clarence F. Underwood, and Penrhyn Stanlaws. In the same year, by arrangement with Thanhouser, she was seen in Sapho, a Majestic film starring Florence Roberts and Shelley Hull, produced in Los Angeles for release on the Mutual Program. A publicist for Thanhouser, quoted in The Chicago Tribune, February 14, 1914, stated that by that time she had appeared in over 400 films. If most of these bore the Thanhouser label, then she must have played hundreds of minor roles, for Lila Chester appeared in relatively few film credits or publicity notices. Her most important role with Thanhouser was as Susan Farlow, companion to Florence LaBadie, in the extremely successful serial, The Million Dollar Mystery. Miss Chester left Thanhouser toward the end of 1914. The New Rochelle Pioneer, June 19, 1915, reported: "Lila Chester has returned to the studio to work in screenplays." However, her stay there was brief, and soon she again departed. By 1916 she had moved to Fort Lee, New Jersey, where she appeared in the August 1916 film, Miss Petticoats, produced by Peerless for World. She remained with World, and by 1918 had played roles in Sins of Society, The Unpardonable Sin, The Page Mystery, and A Self-Made Widow. A 1918 directory noted that she was 5'5" tall, weighed 123 pounds, and had a fair complexion, titian hair, and blue eyes. Her home address at the time was 118 West 72nd Street, New York City, and she worked with the World Film Corporation in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Her hobby was clothesmaking, embroidery, knitting, and other needlework.
Lila Chester is known for the following movies:
Uncle's Namesake
Character : May
The Cry of the Children
Character : The factory owner's wife
Just a Shabby Doll
Character : Governess
The Legend of Provence
Character : The Adventuress
The Unpardonable Sin
Character : Mae Forsythe
Character : Lady Dolly
Miss Petticoats
Character : Mrs. Worth Courtleigh
The Million Dollar Mystery
Character : Susan Farlow - Florence's Companion
Stolen Hours
Character : Lady Hermione


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The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II — відеогра жанру стратегії в реальному часі за мотивами «Володаря Перснів», розроблена і видана Electronic Arts. Версія для Windows була випущена 2 березня 2006 року, версія Xbox 360 — 5 липня 2006 року. Доповнення до неї під назвою The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king вийшло 28 листопада 2006.

The Battle for Middle-earth II повернулася до більш звичного для стратегій реального часу принципу розвитку бази і ввела 6 фракцій, об'єднаних у сторони Добра (Народи Заходу, ельфи і гноми) і Зла (Ізенгард, Мордор і гобліни).

Кампанії показують битви, які відбувалися паралельно з показаними в The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth, включаючи кампанію Добра і Зла.

Ігровий процес

Основи
The Battle for Middle-earth II розвиває ідеї попередньої гри. Гравець керує розвитком фортеці й військової бази, щоб збирати ресурси, будувати споруди, наймати в них війська і знищувати ворожі сили. Різні види військ володіють ефективністю проти одних і вразливістю до інших, що визначає тактику. Так, кіннота легко знищує мечників і лучників, але вразлива до пікінерів. На відміну від The Battle for Middle-earth, в The Battle for Middle-earth II будувати можна в будь-якому місці.

Меню команд для споруд і військ знаходиться на палантірі поряд з міні-картою місцевості. Для споруд ці команди також з'являються, коли навести на них вказівник.

Під час боїв накопичуються очки магії, за які відкриваються закляття, що потім застосовуються для підтримки армії чи бази. В цій грі набір заклять значно зріс, порівняно з The Battle for Middle-earth.

У грі представлений мультиплеєр від 2 до 8 гравців. Гравці можуть створити команду перед початком гри (4 на 4, 2 на 2 на 2 на 2, 3 на 3 і т. д.).

Розбудова бази
У цій грі будувати стало можливо на будь-якій рівній місцевості замість спеціальних майданчиків. Кожен гравець зі старту отримує замок і будівельників, які можуть звести будь-яку будівлю на підходящому місці, формуючи військову базу. Ресурси створюються щосекунди фермами і їх аналогами, залежно від вільної території в певному радіусі навколо. Як і раніше, ферми з часом зростають у рівнях, приносячи більше ресурсів. Натомість інші споруди вдосконалюються вручну за певну плату, незалежно від того, наскільки активно використовуються. Крім ресурсів, ферми чи їх аналоги надають очки командування, що визначають скільки військ може утримувати гравець одночасно.

Замість цитаделей центрами баз стали замки, які можуть бути поліпшені різними оборонними укріпленнями. Замки дозволяють наймати будівельників і героїв. На високому рівні розвитку в замку можна звести унікальну надбудову, що дає значну перевагу. До прикладу, Народи Заходу можуть звести вежу, що відкриває огляд на всі території навколо.

Окрім виробничих споруд, кузень та джерел ресурсів можна поставити стіни, але на них не можна розміщувати війська, на відміну від мурів фортець. Натомість самі стіни добудовуються баштами, балістами і брамами.

Біля води, захопивши верфі, можна замовити кораблі: ельфійські чи мордорські. Вони поділяються на транспортні та бойові трьох видів: озброєні луками, тараном чи катапультою. Також можна найняти унікальні війська в трактирах або отримати додаткові ресурси з аванпостів.

Фракції
 Народи Заходу () — об'єднані армії Гондору й Рогану, найбільш збалансована фракція, що однаково володіє піхотою, кіннотою та облоговими машинами, вдосконаленнями для нападу і оборони. Здатні побудувати Вежу слонової кістки, котра відкриває огляд на значну частину карти і тимчасово — на всю.
 Ельфи () — вирізняються сильними лучниками, котрі за високого рівня розвитку кузні до того ж можуть отримати ефективні проти всіх видів ворогів срібні стріли. Облогові машини в ельфів замінюють дорогі в наймі енти. Їхній замок має багато вдосконалень для оборони, зокрема Гніздо велетенських орлів, яких можна також відправити в бій.
 Гноми () — спеціалізуються на ближньому бою і облогових машинах. Лучників у них замінюють метальники сокир, чия зброя забійна, проте порівняно повільна. Шахти, де добуваються ресурси, сполучаються підземними тунелями, що дозволяє швидко перекидати війська, оминаючи перешкоди на поверхні. Споруди гномів можливо зміцнювати більше, ніж у інших фракцій, а в замку гноми можуть звести далекобійну Велику катапульту, що обстрілює ворогів палаючим камінням.
 Ізенгард () — орки Ізенгарду наділені сильною піхотою і мають перевагу у знищенні ворожих споруд завдяки бомбам, смолоскипам і балістам. Разом з тим їхні війська дорогі в наймі. В замку можуть побудувати Вежу чаклуна, що вражає ворогів навколо замку блискавками.
 Мордор () — орки і тролі Мордору володіють розвиненими військами для облоги та знищення великої кількості ворогів: тролями, мумаками, таранами, облоговими вежами. Проте їхні найсильніші юніти повільні, що робить їх вразливими без підтримки рядових військ. У замку можуть збудувати Шпиль Ґорґорота, що вражає ворогів вибуховою вогненною кулею.
 Гобліни () — володіють сильною, проте дорогою важкою піхотою, не мають облогових машин, яких замінюють тролі, здатні також відбиватися від піхоти й кавалерії. В замку можуть збудувати Лігво дракона, щоб прикликати нелітаючого вогнедишного ящера. Як і гномські, гоблінські шахти сполучаються підземними тунелями, що дозволяє швидко перекидати війська, оминаючи перешкоди на поверхні.

Режим «Битва за Перстень»
Було додано режим «Битва за Перстень» з елементами глобальної стратегії, подібний на режим кампанії з The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth. В ньому гравець створює і пересуває війська на карті Середзем'я, будує споруди, які дають війська, їх вдосконалення і бонуси. Коли його армія стикається з ворожою, відбувається битва в реальному часі на відповідній даній території карті. Умови перемоги можна попередньо задати. Результат битви також можна автоматично розрахувати.

Редактор героїв
Гравець може створити власного героя в спеціальному вбудованому редакторі, якого потім використовувати в режимі «Битва за Перстень» чи мультиплеєрі. Герой створюється за попередньо заданими шаблонами, такими як клас, набір зброї, здібності. Деякі елементи можна довільно розфарбувати, а характеристики героя розподілити, маючи певний запас очок характеристик. Герої мають досягнення, наприклад, медаль за вбивство 1000 ворогів.

Мультиплеєр
В мультиплеєрі додалися нові карти, гравці, як і раніше, можуть вибирати собі союзників, або битися всі проти всіх. В режимі мультиплеєру на кожній карті більшість часу присутній прихований Голлум. Якщо його виявити і вбити, на тому місці залишається Перстень Влади. Віднісши Перстень у замок (можливо лише сухопутними юнітами), гравець отримує можливість найняти «Героя Персня»: Галадріель або Саурона. Обидва героя можуть одноосібно розбити армію ворога середніх розмірів. Галадріель також може створювати вихор, тимчасово керований гравцем; Саурон може викликати метеоритний дощ. При загибелі цього героя, Перстень знову падає на землю. Перстень або герой з ним видимі на карті всім гравцям.

Версія для Xbox 360
Версія для Xbox 360 дещо відрізняється від версії для ПК. Вона має чотири додаткових режими для мультиплеєра («Захопити й утримати», «Цар гори», «Гонка за ресурсами» і «Герой проти героя»). Інтерфейс розроблений для зручності керування з геймпада. Відсутній редактор героїв, замість нього введені секретні герої, яких можна розблокувати. Немає режиму «Війна за Перстень». Мультиплеєр обмежений 4 гравцями в Xbox Live. Зменшена кількість командних очок. Додані нові текстури, анімація і підтримка HD.

Для версії Xbox 360 в 2006 році вийшло завантажуване доповнення з додатковими картами для мультиплеєру: Northern Badlands — Map Pack 2.

Сюжет
На відміну від попередньої гри, події обох кампаній розгортаються головним чином в північних регіонах Середзем'я. В кампанії Добра (люди Заходу, гноми та ельфи) історія починається в Рівенделлі, куди нападають гобліни з Імлистих гір. Кампанія Зла (гобліни, Мородор та Ізенгард) — з захоплення Лоріену. Кожна з кампаній налічує 8 місій.

Події гри відбуваються паралельно з подорожами Братства Персня, показуючи маловідомий бік війни.

Кампанія Добра
Через кілька днів після того, як Братство Персня вирушило в похід, стає відомо, що гобліни готуються несподівано атакувати Рівенделл. Глорфіндел, великий ельфійський полководець, вчасно дізнається про це, знищує гоблінів, що напали на ельфійські патрулі, відводить війська в Рівенделл і попереджає Елронда. Ельфи готуються до оборони і відбивають атаки гоблінів, до них приходять на допомогу лучники Лоріену і вершники Рівенделлу на чолі з Арвен; після цього вони переходять річку і, прикликавши на свій бік Орлів, знищують гоблінський табір. З-під землі раптово виривається змій Вірм, та його перемагають лучники та велетенські орли.

Глорфіндел і Глоїн відправляються в похід, щоб очистити перевали від гоблінів. Вони створюють базу, переходять в атаку, знищивши всі підземні тунелі гоблінів, гірських велетнів і їх лігва, і рятують Халдіра і його загін від оточення, після чого атакують базу гоблінів, звідки велися напади на Рівенделл. Крізь землю пробивається чудовисько Глибинний Страж, якого долають лучники. Ельфи вирушають в одне з найнебезпечніших місць в Середзем'я — Еттенмурс (Троллисте плато) аби викорінити гоблінську загрозу.

Еттенмурсом тепер володіє король гоблінів Горкіл. В руїнах стародавньої ангмарскої фортеці, що належала колись Королю-чародію, він збирає величезну армію гоблінів для завоювання Півночі. Поки Халдір відправляється на кораблях за підкріпленням, Глорфіндел і Глоїн просуваються на північ, знищуючи загони гоблінів, які штурмують ельфійський табір. Халдір привозить підкріплення, герої руйнують шахти гоблінів і очищають від скверни священне місце ентів. Об'єднаними силами ельфи йдуть в атаку на цитадель, зламавши стіну за допомогою ентів, убивають всіх тролів і гоблінів разом з їхнім королем Горкілом і зрівнюють із землею їхню фортецю. Звільнений там гном розповідає історію: дракон Дрогот напав на гномські шахти в Синіх горах і захопив житло місцевих гномів за наказом Саурона, в обмін на один із семи перснів, що належать гномам. Ельфи відправляються в дорогу на Сині гори щоб повернути гномам їхні володіння.

Глорфіндел і Глоїн на чолі загону ельфійських воїнів прибувають в Сині гори, де зустрічають армію вцілілих гномів. Ельфи і гноми об'єднуються для знищення дракона. Чудовисько переслідує їх на відкритій місцевості, змушуючи увійти в найближчі шахти. Гноми пробираються тунелями, очищаючи їх від вогненних ящерів, павуків, гоблінів і печерних тролів, попутно руйнуючи будівлі гоблінів. У головному залі Дрогот сам йде в атаку, але гине від гномських метальних сокир, а перстень гномів повертається в руки законних власників.

Не знайшовши допомоги у гномів, які відмовилися надалі брати участь у війні, Глорфіндел відправляється в Сріблясту Гавань, яку атакують корсари Умбару. Глоїн посилає за підкріпленням гномів невеликий загін. Очистивши місто від умбарців, Глорфіндел споряджає бойові кораблі та очищає море від піратського флоту, потім висаджується з ельфами в південній гавані, захоплює її і руйнує піратську таверну. Несподівано виявляється, що гобліни готують контратаку. Ельфи відбивають дві атаки гоблінів за моря, після чого гноми все ж приходять і допомагають відбити третю і четверту атаки, що рятує місто. Прибула з Орлами Арвен повідомляє погані вісті: Саурон почав Війну, і полчища орків вийшли з Дол-Гулдура, готуючись захопити Еребор, Рівендел, Лоріен і Лихолісся. Об'єднана армія ельфів і гномів Синіх гір відправляється на Схід воювати, а Глорфіндел, Глоїн і Арвен відлітають в Лихолісся на Орлах, щоб укласти союз з Трандуїлом, королем Лихолісся.

Армія Дол-Гулдуру атакує озерне місто Есгарот, гноми і люди Дейла на чолі з Даїном захищають місто від атак орків, тролів і мумаків. Атаку очолює один з назгулів і прикривають катапульти. Після боїв в місті король гномів Еребору Даїн разом з людьми з Есгароту захищає броди. За знищенням основних сил слідує контратака. Гноми і люди знищують табір орків на південно-західному березі озера. Отримавши повідомлення, що ельфи Лихолісся через вторгнення з Дол-Гулдур не прийдуть на допомогу, Даїн вирішує відступити до Дейлу.

Мінас Тірит тим часом взятий в облогу армією Мінас Моргулу. Фродо і Сем паралельно вступають в Мордор. Поки лісові ельфи під командуванням Трандуїла і Глорфіндела б'ються з орками і павуками в Лихоліссі, король Даїн готується до атаки армії з Дол-Гулдуру на Дейл і Еребор. Король гномів починає будувати укріплення в Дейлі і відбиває атаки величезної армії ворога, через мережу тунелів перекидаючи підкріплення з-під Гори. В ході бою всередину Еребору кілька разів вриваються диверсійні загони мордорського героя Уста Саурона, але воїни Еребору знищують їх. Орди орків і вастаків змушують захисників залишити Дейл і відступити до Гори. Несподівано на допомогу гномам приходять ельфи Лихолісся на чолі з Трандуїлом, а також Глоїном і Глорфінделем. Люди, гноми та ельфи переходять в контратаку і очищають Гору і Дейл від орків та тролів. Водночас Гондор і Роган перемагають у битві на Пелленорських полях під Мінас Тіритом.

Поки Армії Заходу б'ються біля Чорних Воріт, Елронд на чолі сил Лоріену і Рівенделлу беруть в облогу фортецю Дол-Гулдур. Його ельфи очищають навколишній ліс від павуків, руйнують їх лігва і знищують орків коло північного і південного маяка. Елронд запалює сигнальні вогні, на допомогу з півночі приходять ельфи Лихолісся на чолі з Трандуїлом і Арвен, з північного сходу приходять гноми Еребору і армія Дейлу на чолі з Даїном, Глоїном і Глорфінделем. Об'єднане воїнство всіх вільних земель і королівств Півночі йде на штурм фортеці. Ельфи і гноми проламують стіну, очищають Дол-Гулдур від орків і тролів, руйнують в'язницю й головну вежу фортеці, вбиваючи всіх ворогів всередині. Несподівано зі сходу з'являється сильна армія з Мордору, але і її вдається розбити. Фродо в Мордорі знищує Перстень і Саурон гине. Галадріель магічним ударом розтрощує стіни міста. Барад-Дур і Дол-Гулдур руйнуються, і Середзем'я звільняється від сил Зла.

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Саурон виганяє гоблінів і тролів з їхніх печер в Імлистих горах, щоб ті воювали з гномами і ельфами йому на користь. Темний Володар також посилає свого героя Уста Саурона і трьох назгулів з Дол Гулдуру захопити Лоріен. Уста Саурона збирає армію гоблінів і печерних тролів з Імлистих гір та розпочинає атаку на ліс. Ельфи намагаються затримати ворога під проводом Халдіра, але в підсумку війська Зла все ж ламають їхню оборону. Гобліни звільняють гірських гігантів з ельфійського полону. Тоді в бій вступає Келеборн, даючи Галадрієль час для втечі; сам Келеборн гине в битві. Тепер Уста Саурона без проблем знищує останні загони ельфів і захоплює ліс. Орки вирізають всіх жителів Золотого Лісу.

Тим часом до гоблинів приєдналися умбарські пірати. Вони перешкоджають спробі ельфів переплисти через море, вступивши з ними в морський бій і знищують всі їхні кораблі. Вони очищають берег від ельфійських веж, дозволивши армії гоблінів висадиться на берег і атакувати ельфів, які намагалися перешкодити висадці. Як виявилося, за всім цим вторгненням стояв не хто інший, як король Горкіл. Гобліни створюють базу і атакують Сріблясту Гавань, в той час як умбарці атакують з моря. Місто в підсумку захоплене і знищене гоблінами.

Король Горкіл атакує Шир. Як виявилося, до хоббітів приєдналися слідопити Дунадану, але гобліни знищують всіх дунаданів і всі будівлі хоббітів. Несподівано приходять війська Ізенгарду на чолі з Гріммою і вимагають, щоб гобліни залишили ці землі і повернулися до своїх нір. Але Король Горкіл перемагає добре озброєних урук-хаїв й утверджує свою владу над Широм.

Наступна мета гоблінів — фортеця в руїнах міста Форност — ключ до всього Еріадору. Цю землю захищають дунадани Півночі і гноми Синіх гір. Король Горкіл укладає союз з гігантськими павуками. Разом гобліни та павуки, піднімаючись по стінах, залізають у фортецю і знищують передовий захист. Тоді гноми використовують зброю під назвою «Молот Землі», який викликає землетруси. Гобліни продовжують атаку і знищують «Молот», а потім руйнують цитадель Форност і вбивають всіх її захисників. Стародавня столиця Арнора стає фортецею Горкіла. Тепер гобліни безроздільно панують на всіх землях на захід від Імлистих гір.

Саурон посилає орків і тролів з Дол Гулдуру на чолі з назгулами і Устами Саурона. Вони укладають союз з гігантською павучихою Шелоб і починають атаку на ельфів Лихолісся. Для захоплення Лихолісся потрібно взяти контроль над головною дорогою. Уста Саурона перетинає річку, незважаючи на те, що ельфи знищили міст. При допомозі Шелоб орки домагаються союзу з гігантськими павуками. Потім вони знищують всі ельфійські загони та їх табори, що намагаються перешкодити захопленню. Мордорскі війська захоплюють дорогу і розставляють по ній оборонні будівлі, які утримують до перемоги.

Саурон підкорив землі ельфів, але гноми сильні, і йому потрібні нові союзники для боротьби з ними. Уста Саурона з армією Мордору починає атаку на фортеці гномів в Сірих горах. Він звільняє вогненних ящерів, яких гноми тримали в неволі. Вогненні ящери допомагають назгулам знищити всі шахти гномів. Після цього Уста Саурона зустрічається з Дроготом Повелителем Драконів і укладає з ним союз від імені Саурона. Підгірне царство гномів Еребор за це обіцяно віддати Дроготу.

Невелика армія орків очищає неподалік Еребору місце в містечку Дейл, де назгули влаштовують собі базу. Гноми намагаються заздалегідь знищити ворога, але Уста Саурона відбиває атаки гномів з Еребору і війська Глоїна, який прибув на допомогу своїм побратимам. Тепер, коли атаки відбиті, назгули з величезною армією атакують підземне місто гномів, там гноми намагаються їм протистояти на чолі з Даїном, але марно. Назгули прикликають драконів і ті спалюють Еребор. Війська орків і людей Сходу знищують Трон Даїна та захоплюють місто.

Залишився останній оплот ельфів — Рівенделл. Король Горкіл і його гобліни вторгаються в Рівенделл, ельфам на допомогу приходить Армія Мертвих, приведена Братством Персня, але вони зазнають поразки. Тоді в битву вступають гігантські орли, але на противагу орлам прилітає Король-чародій з двома назгулами і Дроготом. Незабаром у битву вступає сам Саурон в матеріальній формі. Сили Зла штурмують Рівенделл і захоплюють місто, чим утверджують свою владу в Середзем'ї.

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Гра була добре зустрінена критиками, зібравши на агрегаторі Metacritic 84 % для Windows-версії. Відзначалася її чудова інтеграція в франшизу Lord of the Rings як стратегії реального часу, проте критики зауважували слабкий баланс в багатокористувацькій грі. На березень 2006 року, The Battle for Middle-earth II досягла четвертого місця в списку найбільш продаваних ігор місяця, а її спеціальне видання Collector's Edition досягало восьмого місця.

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Nemesis: Book summary and reviews of Nemesis by Lindsey Davis
A Marcus Didius Falco Novel
by Lindsey Davis
Published in USA Aug 2010
In the high summer of A.D. 77, Roman informer Marcus Didius Falco is beset by personal problems. Newly bereaved and facing unexpected upheavals in his life, it is a relief for him to consider someone else's misfortunes. A middle-aged couple who supplied statues to his father, Geminus, have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. They had an old feud with a bunch of notorious freedmen, the Claudii, who live rough in the pestilential Pontine Marshes, terrorizing the neighborhood.
When a mutilated corpse turns up near Rome, Falco and his vigiles friend Petronius investigate, even though it means traveling in the dread marshes. But just as they are making progress, the Chief Spy, Anacrites, snatches their case away from them. As his rivalry with Falco escalates, he makes false overtures of friendship, but fails to cover up the fact that the violent Claudii have acquired corrupt protection at the highest level. Making further enquiries after they have been warned off can only be dangerous - but when did that stop Falco and Petronius?
Egged on by the slippery bureaucrats who hate Anacrites, the dogged friends dig deeper while a psychotic killer keeps taking more victims, and the shocking truth creeps closer and closer to home.
After Alexandria, the first book in this long-running series to hit the New York Times Bestseller list, Lindsey Davis brings her beloved characters and series back to Rome in a book that brings together a number of long-running plot threads to surprising and compelling conclusions.
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"Another well-plotted Falco mystery, more emotionally complex than others, but it may unsettle some fans; yes, it's darker, and our boys push the envelope in their search for justice. Still important for lovers of historical mystery." - Library Journal
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Lindsey Davis was born and raised in Birmingham, read English at Oxford, then joined the civil service. After thirteen years, her first novel (which she'd written for herself) was runner-up for the Georgette Heyer Historical Novel Prize, which encouraged her to leave her job and try to become a writer.
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It is Wright State's policy to comply with all requirements of the U.S. export control laws and regulations that apply to activities at the university. Furthermore, it is the university's policy to ensure that all employees, faculty members, students, researchers, staff, and others contracted by or representing the university are aware of their individual responsibility to be familiar with and comply with U.S. export control requirements.
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Releasing information or technology subject to U.S. export controls to foreign persons Providing assistance to foreign persons with respect to items or information subject to U.S. export controls University faculty, students, and staff may engage in activities subject to U.S. export control requirements when conducting research; traveling to international destinations; shipping; or taking items subject to control outside of the United States, such as laptops, software, or documents; or teaching or working with non-U.S. students, researchers, or colleagues.
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Most classroom education and research activities that occur at Wright State are exempt from U.S. export controls because the information involved is in the public domain or because such activity constitutes "Fundamental Research" as defined in the applicable regulations. The results of basic research are neither proprietary nor subject to dissemination restrictions but rather are intended to be shared broadly within the scientific community. However, certain research—particularly sponsored research—may be subject to dissemination restrictions or restrictions on foreign person involvement, or it may involve sponsor-provided inputs, such as equipment or technology, that are subject to U.S. export controls. Research that does not qualify as Fundamental Research is subject to export controls, and the prior approval of the U.S. government may be required before foreign persons can participate or have access to the results of such research.
The Vice Provost for Research and Innovation has primary responsibility for overseeing the university's efforts to ensure compliance with the requirements of U.S. export control laws and regulations. An Export Compliance Officer (ECO) within the Office of Research Compliance will serve as the primary point of contact for Wright State personnel on export control issues and will have responsibility for managing the day-to-day implementation of the university's export compliance program.
All Wright State faculty, students, researchers, and staff are individually responsible for understanding how U.S. export controls apply to their activities and for ensuring that their activities comply with such requirements. Training on U.S. export control requirements and university compliance procedures will be available for all Wright State personnel and will be mandatory for certain university faculty staff, and students designated by the ECO. The ECO will oversee updates to enhance existing university policies and implement additional internal procedures to assist Wright State employees and students in identifying and complying with applicable requirements.
Compliance with U.S. export controls is a serious matter. Violations—even inadvertent ones—can have severe repercussions for Wright State and any individuals involved, including criminal fines, imprisonment, loss of exporting privileges, loss of U.S. government contracting privileges, and reputational damage. The U.S. government has increased its scrutiny of export compliance at institutions of higher learning. As you may know, a professor at a public university recently was convicted and is serving time in prison for export control violations that occurred in support of a U.S. Air Force-sponsored research project.
In light of the seriousness of these matters:
Wright State employees and students are required to immediately report suspected violations of U.S. export control laws or regulations or university export compliance procedures to the ECO, the Vice Provost for Research and Innovation, or the University General Counsel.
Any violations of U.S. export control requirements or Wright State export compliance procedures will be grounds for disciplinary action.
Any questions about this policy statement, U.S. export control laws and regulations, or Wright State University export compliance procedures should be directed to the ECO at exportcompliance@wright.edu
Cheryl B. Schrader, Ph.D.
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Ez a szócikk a sci-fi novelláról szól. Ha a Született feleségek-epizód érdekel, kövesd ezt a linket: Egy szép napon…

Az Egy szép napon (Someday) egy sci-fi novella, amelyet Isaac Asimov írt, s az Infinity Science Fiction magazin 1956. májusi számában jelent meg. Magyarul a Robottörténetek című novelláskötetben olvasható.

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A novella a jövőben játszódik, amikor az emberek életének szerves részévé vált a számítógép. A tizenegy éves Niccolo Mazetti épp a Mesélőt – az adatbázisából véletlenszerűen mesét készítő szerkezetet – hallgatja, amikor beugrik hozzá legjobb barátja, Paul Loeb. Ez utóbbi gyereket rendkívül tehetségesnek tartják, érzéke van a programozáshoz, ami nem sokaknak adatik meg. El is csodálkozik, hogy Niccolo Mesélője ósdi mesékről beszél, amiben rég nem létező élőlények, például lovak és tehenek szerepelnek. Szét is szedi, s beadja neki tanulmányozására egyik "könyvét", egy hangszalagot, amin modern történetet mesélnek el. Paul azt is elmondja, hogy ha bejut új iskolájába, akkor apja szerez neki egy vadi új, videomegjelenítésre is képes Mesélőt.

Miközben a gép feldolgozza az adatot, érdekes dologról számol be Paul barátjának: minthogy ő nemsokára számítógépes iskolába fog járni, Mr. Dougherty azt ajánlotta, megmutatja neki a számítógép őseit. Érdekes, szorzótáblának meg logarlécnek nevezett tárgyakat látott, amire fura jelek voltak rajzolva. Mint megtudta, számoknak hívják ezeket, s régebben az emberek kódolták és dekódolták, "írták" és "olvasták" is gondolataikat. A fiú lehetőséget lát ebben a titoktartásra, ugyanis ha ők ketten megtanulnak írni, azt senki más nem fogja tudni elolvasni. Niccolónak tetszik az ötlet.

Leellenőrzik, hogy használt-e a gép szókincsének bővítése, de az továbbra is királyokról beszél, csak belekever egy számítógépet is. Elkeseredetten úgy döntenek, átmennek Paulhoz, és a régi időkről szóló könyveket olvasgatják. Miközben elindulnak, Niccolo véletlenül újra bekapcsolja a Mesélőt, mire az – furcsa, megfáradt hangon – egy új mesét kezd mesélni magának, egy szegény számítógépről, akit Mesélőnek hívtak, s akit mindig megvetettek, de az továbbra is képességeinek megfelelően teljesítette a parancsokat. Egyszer azonban megtudta, hogy vannak más, sokkal fejlettebb gépek is, amelyek sokkal hatalmasabbak az embereknél, akik úgy bántották szegény gépet, s majd egy szép napon…

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 Infinity Science Fiction, 1956. május
 Earth Is Room Enough (Doubleday, 1957)
 The Metal Smile (Belmont, 1968)
 Worlds of Wonder (Doubleday, 1969)
 Blast Off (Faber & Faber, 1969)
 Is There Life on Earth? (Rigby, 1975)
 The Far Ends of Time and Earth (Doubleday, 1979)
 The Complete Robot (Doubleday, 1982)
 The Robot Collection (Doubleday, 1983)
 The Complete Stories (Doubleday, 1990)

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 Robottörténetek, I. kötet (Móra, 1993, ford.: Szántai Zsolt)

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OSHPD Awards $170,000 to School of Nursing at CSULB
The California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) has awarded $170,000 to the School of Nursing at CSULB to support family nurse practitioner training and preparation for primary care careers.
CSULB received the largest of the 15 awards that were given to universities throughout the state. Awarded through the OSHPD's Song-Brown Program, the grants totaled more than $1.7 million and are meant to assist the growing demand for health care practitioners throughout California.
"Each of these programs has shown ongoing commitments in training and preparing healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide culturally competent healthcare that meets the needs of California's underserved populations," said OSHPD Director David Carlisle, M.D.
At CSULB, the funds will be used in a variety of ways, including hiring a nursing faculty member to help find clinical placements for family nurse practitioners (FNPs) in underserved areas, according to Loucine Huckabay, director of the School of Nursing. The money will also enable FNP students to take three medical Spanish language courses, which will help them take health histories and interview patients and family members who speak only Spanish.
"The experience our family nurse practitioner students gain through these clinical placements is invaluable, and the Spanish language courses are essential for the work they will eventually being doing," said Huckabay, who wrote the Song-Brown grant proposal and defended it in Sacramento in front of the OSHPD Commission in October. "This money will help our campus produce very competent family nurse practitioner graduates who will be able to work in underrepresented minority areas, caring for underrepresented minority patients and their families."
The Song-Brown program was established by the Song-Brown Act of 1973 to increase the number of family practice physicians and physician assistants being trained in the state to provide needed medical services to Californians. OSHPD works in conjunction with the California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission to award Song-Brown program funding.
Family nurse practitioners were added to the Song-Brown program in 1978, and in 2005, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger expanded the program to include registered nurses. Song-Brown funds come from a health facilities fee that goes into a special OSHPD-administered California Health and Data Fund.
–Rick Gloady


The EU would also hold a symbolic June summit to review the UK's behavior as a member state.
European Union leaders agreed to extend the date of Britain's departure from the bloc to October 31.
It's longer than Theresa May wanted and there's a risk she faces a backlash when she takes the deal home, Bloomberg said.
It also potentially sets up a political crisis in the U.K. for later this year, it said.
"This extension is as flexible as I expected and a little bit shorter than I expected but it is still enough to find the best possible solution," the European council president, Donald Tusk, told a media conference that began after 2am local time on April 11, The Guardian reported. He said of the extra six months of EU membership. "Please do not waste this time."
The EU would also hold a symbolic June summit to review the UK's behaviour as a member state following an outspoken intervention by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, about the need to avoid a "rogue" Britain undermining the European project.


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Universal Business School (UBS), Karjat has announced its euphoric association with Light of Life Trust (LOLT) for social project with a prima facie objective of sustainable development.
The association is an outcome of the generous efforts of Vice Chairman of UBS, Tarun Anand, who is leaving no stone unturned for the all-round development of the future leaders.
Universal Business School has complied to the Mantra of 3Es, which is Ethics, Environment and Experiential learning; that has paved way for working towards the environment and the external stakeholders by way of experiential learning.
LOLT, one of the reputed NGOs, works towards the holistic development of rural community not just within the gamut of Karjat; but has its wings spread across Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and other states.
They work in the areas of education, health, environment, and livelihood. UBS has joined hands with LOLT for transforming lives of the rural community across these areas wherein; 100 post-graduate students have done their social project for 12 days.
Aligned with the UBS' philosophy of a green environment, our students have planted multiple saplings in the remote areas in different villages around the vicinity of 50 kms from Karjat.
Students at UBS along with LOLT coordinators spearheaded a number of dental camps, conducting role plays for family planning, and many more under the scope of health activities. The students have conducted close to 25 TB Awareness and Dental Awareness & Dental Activity Campaigns, 15 Eye checkups to name a few.
They demonstrated how to use brush while brushing the teeth, explained the side effects of neglecting your health. The students actively participated in all the activities for adding value to improvise the health of rural community.
"Our students also collaborated with LOLT in the area of education wherein; our students helped the village children in terms of career counseling, personality development programs, career guidance, and much more. These were under the various LOLT programs such as Anando and Anando Plus. Our students feel proud to enlighten the knowledge of the budding students who can grow and become future leaders. These programs were also carried in the vicinity of Karjat where students were divided into groups," said Vice Chairman of UBS, Tarun Anand.
"Finally, in the area of livelihood also the students left no stones unturned. Our students have conducted awareness camps in the field of skill development like computer training, bike repair training, selling of jewelry, cloth bags, paper bags, to name a few," added Tarun.
He added that students have also identified markets to ensure that the programs are driven in a smooth and efficient manner to identify and harness the potential opportunities.
In a nutshell, UBS & LOLT through its holistic development approach is looking at supporting and strengthening capacities of its beneficiaries to ensure there is a holistic growth of the rural community and thus giving back to the society.
"This exposure will develop the abilities of the students to do diagnosis and find solutions to the Social problems, thus this will prepare them to face business problems in the future which are far less complex. This experiential learning which is one of the pedagogic approached of UBS could be a clear differentiator that UBS'ians will bring to their workplace in the future," said Prof R.Sriram of UBS who is also the program manager for this Social & Sustainability Project.
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Enormous invisible gas cloud careening toward Earth with power of 2 million suns
An invisible gas cloud of spectacular proportions, moving at some 700,000 mph, is believed to be heading for a collision with our galaxy, releasing enough energy to form over two million new stars.
The huge gas cloud flying towards our galaxy could create 200 million new stars https://t.co/zYurRhoqXP pic.twitter.com/d5smtW6wGX
— Star Stuff (@StarStuff42) January 29, 2016
But nobody alive on Earth today should worry, as it is expected to occur some 30 million years in the future, according to research published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
The cloud was discovered in 1963 by American astronomer Gail P. Smith, and later named after him. Since then, the "Smith Cloud" has been thoroughly examined by various astronomers using the Green Bank Observatory and the Hubble Telescope.
According to estimates, the cloud formed on the outskirts of the Milky Way during the period when dinosaurs walked the Earth, approximately 70 million years ago. The Smith Cloud trajectory has been poetically described by astronomers as: "what goes up must come down." After forming, cosmologists note that the cloud was blown away from the Milky Way and then, reaching its farthest point, turned back.
"It's [the path of the cloud] telling us that the Milky Way is a bubbling, very active place where gas can be thrown out of one part of the disk and then return back down into another," Andrew Fox, of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, leader of the research team said, outlining that movement of gas reflects changes constantly occurring within our galaxy.
Using the Hubble Telescope, astronomers have distinguished chemical components of Smith Cloud, including a rich sulfur content, indicating that it was formed in the Milky Way.
According to astronomers, the gaseous region is approximately 11,000 light-years long and 2,500 light-years wide. If it was visible to the naked eye from Earth, it would span across the night sky at a distance equal to 30 times the diameter of the full moon.
Our Milky Way galaxy contains some 100 billion suns and, when the cloud hits it, there will be "a spectacular burst of star formation," releasing an amount energy thought to be able to create up to two million new stars.
"Our galaxy is recycling its gas through clouds, the Smith Cloud being one example, and will form stars in different places than before," Fox said.
Astronomers are still attempting to explain why the cloud moved away from our galaxy in the first place.
"There are theoretical calculations suggesting that a dark matter satellite could capture gas as is passes through the Milky Way disk and that may be the amazing circumstance we are witnessing," Jay Lockman, an astronomer with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) said.


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Google Street View Documents Japan's Rebuilding
Richard Read July 13, 2011 Comment Now!
As the world has grown smaller and more interconnected, privacy has become a major concern. Hacking, computer viruses, stolen data, geolocation loopholes: these have all made headlines recently, going so far as to cripple one of the world's largest media outlets. Google has taken its share of heat from privacy advocates, too, but the company seems to be putting its "Don't be evil" motto to work as it helps with Japan's rebuilding efforts.
Over the past few months, Google has done considerable work on Japan's front lines. The company launched its Person Finder to connect people affected by the March 11 Tokohu earthquake and tsunami with their loved ones. To date, the service has built records on 616,300 individuals, and it is now the largest database of missing persons associated with the disaster.
Google Street View is pitching in, too. The service has been criticized -- even fined -- for its work in other parts of the world, and frankly, the Japanese weren't much friendlier. That attitude may be changing, though, as Google's Street View Cars set to work documenting the country's recovery process via regularly updated maps and street-level photos.
Some have criticized Google's work in Japan as disingenuous: a branding campaign disguised as high-tech altruism. While the company will certainly stand to make inroads in Japan as a result of its work, our own impression is that Google's efforts aren't solely about marketing (not least because the company is carrying out these massive efforts on its own dime).
Of course, that isn't to say that these activities won't benefit the company down the road. Beyond the brownie points Google will earn, it's also learning a great deal about its mapping technology -- its benefits, its shortcomings, and unforeseen applications. The funds generated from licensing that technology could potentially supplement or surpass Google's impressive advertising revenue, as online ad sales begin the long, slow shift from keywords to mobile.
For the time being, though, Google deserves praise for joining the people of Japan, the Japanese government, and countless NGOs in rebuilding the country.
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Industrial production expands 4.2% in April: Data.
The industrial growth, based on Index of Industrial Production (IIP), was 3.2 per cent in April last year.
New Delhi: Retail inflation jumped to 4-month high of 4.87 per cent in May on costlier food items such as fruits, vegetables and cereals coupled with high fuel rates.
Based on Consumer Price Index (CPI), the retail inflation was at 4.58 per cent in the preceding month, April. In May 2017, however, it was at a low of 2.18 per cent.
The previous high in retail inflation was in january this year at 5.07 per cent.
The overall consumer food price index shot up to 3.10 per cent in May, from 2.80 per cent in April, as per the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
Fruit prices grew at a faster pace of 12.33 per cent in May as against 9.65 per cent in April, while vegetables were costlier by 8.04 per cent (from 7.29 per cent month ago).
Cereals and products saw 2.78 per cent inflation in May as against 2.56 per cent in April, while oil and fats turned dearer at 2.46 per cent   from 2.11 per cent in April.
For the fuel and light category, the inflation last month stood at 5.8 per cent, up from 5.24 per cent.
However, for protein rich items such as meat and fish, eggs as well as milk and products, the inflation in May slowed compared with a month earlier.
The CPI-based retail inflation is a key input for the RBI to decide on its key rate.
In its latest policy review earlier this month, the RBI raised the repo rate — at which it lends to banks — by 0.25 per cent to 6.25 per cent, the first hike in more than four years due to growing concerns about inflation stoked by rising global crude oil prices as well as domestic price increases.
The banking regulator has revised the first half inflation projection to 4.8-4.9 per cent in the current fiscal, and 4.7 per cent in the second half —including the HRA impact of central government employees.
Excluding, the HRA revisions, the CPI inflation is projected at 4.6 per cent in first half (April-September) and 4.7 per cent in second half (October-March).
RBI had said the decision of the Monetary Policy Committee to hike the rate was consistent with the neutral stance and in consonance with the objective of achieving the medium-term target for CPI inflation of 4 per cent within a band of (+/-) 2 per cent, while supporting growth.
Meanwhile, the industrial production expanded by 4.9 per cent in April on improved performance by manufacturing and mining sectors as also a robust offtake of capital goods.


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How much is bycatch from trawling?
Trawl nets catch everything in their path which is not small enough to escape through the holes in the mesh, resulting in bycatch. Trawling and tropical shrimp trawling account for 55% and 27% of all global discarded bycatch (i.e. catch thrown overboard) respectively.American shrimp trawlers produce bycatch ratios between 3:1 (3 bycatch:1 shrimp) and 15:1 (15 bycatch:1 shrimp). Trawl nets in general, and shrimp trawls in particular, have been identified as sources of mortality for cetacean and finfish species.
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To put that into perspective, researchers from Oceana "estimate that 17 to 22 percent of U.S. catch is discarded every year," which could amount to two billion pounds. Bottom trawling fits into this because nearly 50 percent of all bycatch is a result from trawling fisheries.
Longlines, trawling and the use of gillnets are the fishing methods that most commonly result in bycatch.
Bycatch Statistics About 40 percent of fish caught worldwide are captured unintentionally and are either thrown back dying or left to die on the boat. This amounts to around 38 million tonnes of sea creatures caught as bycatch every year.
See also How do you get a fish out of a tank?
According to some estimates, global bycatch may amount to 40 percent of the world's catch, totaling 63 billion pounds per year. In the United States, despite strong management measures and conservation initiatives in some regions, bycatch remains a persistent problem for far too many fisheries.
Bycatch is all the marine life that is incidentally caught up in trawler nets, alongside the target fish. It happens because the nets are so huge and weighted down that marine life has no option but to be dragged along in the net. Most of the species caught in the nets are discarded and thrown back overboard, dead.
About Operation Dolphin Bycatch Scientific evidence shows between 6,000 and 10,000 dolphins are dying each year due to non-selective fishing methods used to target sea bass.
Fish caught by trawling are chased to exhaustion by a bag-shaped net towed through the water. Once exhausted, the fish become swallowed by the net and start to move into the much narrower cone-shaped part of it.
Trawling destroys the natural seafloor habitat by essentially rototilling the seabed. All of the bottom-dwelling plants and animals are affected, if not outright destroyed by tearing up root systems or animal burrows.
Shrimp trawling Shrimp trawl fisheries catch two percent of the world total catch of all fish by weight, but produce more than one-third of the world total bycatch.
What is bycatch? Fishermen sometimes catch and discard animals they do not want, cannot sell, or are not allowed to keep. This is collectively known as "bycatch." Bycatch can be fish, but also includes other animals such as dolphins, whales, sea turtles, and seabirds that become hooked or entangled in fishing gear.
See also Which fishing method is most damaging to the ecosystem?
Another study found that between 17 and 22 percent of the wild fish caught in the U.S. is bycatch. According to other estimates, the global bycatch percentage accounts for 40 percent of the world's total catch, amounting to 63 billion pounds per year.
Approximately 50 million more sharks die annually as bycatch in unregulated fisheries, often through the use of destructive and indiscriminate fishing methods such as longlines, gillnets, and trawls.
Percentage of Total Catch Shrimp made up 18%, other invertebrates 31% and finfish about 51% of the total catch. This gives a bycatch to other species ratio of about 4.5 to 1.
Between 63 and 273 million sharks are being killed annually due to overfishing. Around 40% of all fish are caught unintentionally. There will be 3–25% decrease in global fish biomass by the end of this century. Fisheries still have lots of room for improvement—only 60% are fully fished.
This grisly incidental catch, known as bycatch, sees scores of marine turtles, dolphins, dugongs, sharks and seabirds hauled up onto the decks of fishing vessels and then tossed overboard dead or dying. Globally, bycatch is thought to be the leading cause of death for cetaceans (whales and dolphins).
there is overwhelming scientific evidence that bottom trawling causes terrible damage to seafloor ecosystems and even more terrible damage to the fragile and slow growing ecosystems of the deep sea.
See also Do trout eat snails?
For NOAA Fisheries, bycatch refers to"discarded catch of marine species and unobserved mortality due to a direct encounter with fishing vessels and gear." These unintentionally caught animals often suffer injuries or die.
Many animals are impacted, with the species most drastically hurt being sharks, seabirds, turtles, and dolphins.
Bottom trawling and dredging can cumulatively lead to three major environmental impacts: decline of target species (overfishing), bycatch and seabed damage. This is especially true when the practice is poorly managed.
Bycatch and Prohibited Species Catch in Groundfish and Shellfish Fisheries in Alaska. Fish species that are not targeted and are discarded are considered bycatch or incidental catch. Certain species taken incidentally in Alaska's groundfish fisheries are called Prohibited Species Catch (PSC).
No. Canned tuna has never contained dolphin and/or mammal byproducts. Non-dolphin-safe canned tuna is a fishery product that has not been certified as meeting the U.S. definition of dolphin-safe.
In order for tuna to qualify as "dolphin-safe" in the United States, U.S. regulations require a written statement from the captain of the vessel, in most fisheries worldwide, certifying that no purse seine net or other fishing gear was intentionally deployed on or used to encircle dolphins during the fishing trip in …
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