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Oando divests its residual 25% interest in Axxela to Helios Investments
Oando, Nigerian indigenous energy group listed on both the Nigerian and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges, has divested its residual 25% interest in Axxela Limited (held through Glover Gas & Power B.V.) to Helios Investment Partners, a private equity firm with a focus on investments in Africa. The total purchase price for the transaction was USD $41,500,000, thereby optimizing value from a non-core business activity of the Group. The net proceeds of the transaction will be applied in partially prepaying the Group's Medium Term Loan (MTL). The acquisition by Helios was effected through HIP GLOVER S.à.r.l, a special purpose vehicle incorporated by Helios, which in 2016 had acquired the initial 75% interest in Axxela for $115.8 million.
Commenting on the divestment, Oando PLC's Group Chief Executive, Wale Tinubu said: "The completion of this divestment signifies another win for the Company. We pioneered the development of Nigeria's foremost natural gas distribution network which has subsequently grown to become the largest private sector gas distributor in Nigeria creating a lasting impact on both the sector and the Nigerian economy. The divestment further reinforces Oando's ability to create value that can be monetized and the Company's status as the indigenous partner of choice for international companies looking to invest in Nigeria. This transaction favorably positions us to significantly reduce our debt profile and remain focused on growth through our dollar denominated businesses. We will continue to maintain significant presence in the Midstream as well as grow our gas aspirations via our Upstream gas assets in our NAOC Joint Venture wherein we have four gas projects within the NNPC's Seven Critical Gas Development Projects (CGDPs), which are responsible for almost 50% of the 42 TCF that will be delivered by the seven CGDPs by 2020."
CEO Axxela Limited, Bolaji Osunsanya added: "As we position to become the preferred and fast-growing gas and power portfolio across sub-Saharan Africa, we pay homage to our origins, legacy, and storied history as an Oando portfolio company. We are immensely proud of our impressive track record of building substantial gas and power infrastructure across Nigeria, and implementing essential Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives in our host communities. As we commence a new journey, our audacious growth initiatives across Nigeria and the sub-region will leverage our industry expertise, experience, and longevity; while our affiliation as a full-fledged Helios company will improve our access to capital. The continued growth, robustness, and stability of our business enterprise, enables Axxela provide required efficient and environmentally-friendly energy solutions for industrial and commercial clients, leading to positive socio-economic impact in our markets of operation."
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This is the road to Lake Almanor in Lassen Volcanic National Park.....and beautiful Mount Lassen was waiting to welcome us back to California.
It's time to get out of town.
Yes, Summer in the south is far too hot, too dry, and just too much this year!
On Saturday I'm heading west to northern California.
For a couple of weeks I'll awake each morning to this beautiful view after a restful night where a blanket (I have a vague memory of what that is!) may be required.
I took these photos during last Summer's visit.
I'll keep in touch from Lake Almanor in Lassen Volcanic National Park.
.....but of course this is where we'd rather have been!
Coming up......where we're headed next to cool off!
Isn't this an adorable location for a shop selling antiques, vintage, and treasures galore?
It's located in the Vintage Village, next to SuzAnna's Antiques.............and the owners are the lovely Gail and Laurie, both of whom worked at, and had booths, at SuzAnna's - so we know them and love them lots! When this cute building became available, and because they have SO MUCH fabulous stuff to share, they decided to dive in and start their own business. The building owner added the great covered front porch for them and they've been open about three weeks.
Of course the heatwave has not been fun, and setting up VIGNETTE was hard, back breaking work in the hot sun for the gals, but I just know cooler days in late Summer and Fall will be bringing back the treasure hunters in droves.
Later I'll be bringing more pics of the great things Gail and Laurie offer - currently there's a farm table inside I'd give my right arm for!
Meanwhile, good luck sweet gals - we're so glad to have you in town.
Yes, HOT is the word used more than any other lately! No matter what time of day, or where one is hanging out, HOT it is and HOT it remains.
I stopped at SuzAnna's Antiques early Saturday - but it was already stifling in the area where my booth is located. I managed a little sweeping and dusting in between guzzling down my entire bottle of water in no time flat!
The only air conditioned space is the small check out/office area. How many treasure hunters can you squeeze into a tiny antiques laden space?
Rather like, "how many people can you cram into a VW Beetle", or "into a bright red British telephone box". We used to do crazy things such as that!
Surprisingly the polite, perspiring customers weren't behind the counter, or climbing up on it, trying to get even closer to the little wall mounted air conditioner!
....and then shared directions on how to get there!!!
.................and you have to admit that pair of beautiful lamps have people dressed in the perfect outfits for hanging about in triple digits!
.....and those of us who love to hunt for antiques and vintage will be back, once the days cool off a bit.
................the Moonflower (ipomoea alba) vines are climbing and twining. Their pretty heart-shaped leaves manage to survive with a daily watering. Moonflowers open at dusk, each flower taking just one minute to unfurl from the tightly curled green bud. They are bright white and delicately perfumed, remaining open until touched by the morning sun.
...................the following morning it had closed and shriveled back into a tiny bud-like flower.
Moonflowers are annuals and very easy to grow from inexpensive seeds - definitely a 'bang for your buck' garden beauty! Soak the large seeds overnight, then nick before planting about one inch deep. In late Spring I plant several in a very large planter next to the front porch. I use nylon fishing line for them to twine and climb, reaching as high as 15 feet to the roof. They make a curtain at the end of the porch, their beautiful large leaves providing shade from the afternoon sun as it heads west across the sky. I also mix in some purple Morning Glories for extra color during the daytime.
Perhaps next year you will enjoy growing these beauties around your home.
Moonflowers 'curtaining' my front porch, closing in the early morning sunshine......fresh ones will open this evening though!
I only planted a few herbs, such as basil, this season after returning from England. Being away for the usual Summer planting of vegetables, and then returning to daily temperatures already in the 90's, we just gave up on vegetable gardening. Rain has been almost non-existent - playing 'farm chick' was not a priority this year for me. Do I feel guilty? YES! Am I missing fresh from my garden veggies? You bet I am.
Sadly, my lush green lawn has turned into a hay field. My pretty Italian parsley has gone to seed very early. I'm leaving it for the butterflies to lay their eggs, and then feed the hungry caterpillars later as they crunch ravenously along the stems.
I think the parsley flowers are pretty. Anything that will battle the heat and stay green, or at least greenish, is welcome in the garden.
............for Swiss Chard, tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, cukes, eggplants, haricot vert, zucchini, and Summer squash..............all those fresh, wonderful veggies which aren't outside the back door this year.
How are your veggies doing this Summer?
t-shirt…...... because it just won't cool off!
Although Nature struggles there are still some lovely surprises in the garden every day. I always have a camera handy....................one morning last week three goldfinches arrived on the dying sunflowers in a large pot in front of the porch. As they pecked out the black seeds I just managed a quick shot through the dining room window. Such beautiful little birds.
I mentioned recently that the bees were busy on the fading Stargazer lilies.......now they are feasting on the phlox buds and blooms.
Having a good supply of large bumble bees for pollination is always a good sign.......this hot Summer they appear to be thriving in the heat.
The Eastern Tiger Swallowtails left the lilies and moved on to sip their nectar from the buddleia bushes. Quite large with 3-51/2 inch wing spans, these beauties are a joy to watch.
The heatwave continues...........in fact the national weather map shown on tonight's news reports was quite frightening with heat indexes showing as high as 131 degrees! Here, we are expecting 100+ through the coming weekend................I'll continue to be out there with my camera when I can. I just know there are more surprises in store in the garden.......sweet smelling moonflowers, twining morning glories, and ripening figs.
My Santo de Bastidor has a pair of beautiful golden wings................you may have seen them displayed during the Christmas season.
A few weeks ago while 'treasure hunting' with friend Vanessa, she took me to a favorite antiques shop in, of all places, a shopping mall. It is a smaller mall, older and full of one off shops, not a lot of national retailers. This shop has some wonderful treasures and on a table there were several Santo figures, some larger than mine, all wearing beautiful crowns. I've been searching so long for a crown to fit mine and was thrilled when I spied just one small one, made of metal and set with tiny glittery stones.
Of course I had to have it....................I think it's perfect. My serene Santo with the friendly, calming smile is crowned at last.
The heat, and lack of rain, are taking their toll........they've been watered with the garden hose almost daily in this hot weather, but what they craved was 'pennies from heaven' or 'cats and dogs' type raindrops.
The butterflies are now moving on to the Buddleia davidii (butterfly) bushes........funnily enough though, the bumble bees still seem to be enjoying the fading lilies.
In October I will be adventuring to the other side of the world. The little guessing game was fun and I thank those of you who gave it a shot. Several of you came pretty close to naming four of the islands I will visit, one of you actually got all eight islands but requested not to be entered as a contestant - well done Betty. Meanwhile, Emm guessed five islands and Vagabonde got seven - good work ladies. I think you will all agree that both of them deserve a prize.
On October 24, Paula and will I depart Auckland, NZ after a long flight from Los Angeles. We will be two of no more than 100 passengers, and 70 crew, aboard the Orion expedition ship for the Exploration of The Antipodes adventure. We will cruise for 15 days through the isolated, windswept, fragile sub-Antarctic islands of New Zealand and Australia on what is called 'a privileged visit'. These five island groups were honored with World Heritage status in 1998 - only 500 visitors are permitted annually. Weather permitting, we'll be taken in zodiac boats to explore these remote islands, to photograph, and learn about, the flora and fauna - nature in all its raw beauty.
To read more about the cruise go HERE to watch the amazing video, also, if you're interested, the videos about the fabulous Orion ship itself, and other expeditions it takes to special places in the world.
The cruise will terminate in Hobart, Tasmania and from there we fly to Sydney for a couple of days, then on to Brisbane - visiting Paula's friends in both cities. This will be my first time in Australia and New Zealand, two great countries I have longed to visit.
So, Vagabonde and Emm, please e-mail (address on my Profile page) your mailing addresses so I can send you each a little memento.......when I return in November, hopefully none the worse for wear after such a wild adventure!
.....................but will take time tomorrow to pick the winner of the guessing game.
.......sent two I know I will enjoy, First Darling of the Morning by Thrity Umrigar, and Out of India by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
Nothing beats sticking your nose into a really good book.
Summer reading days have arrived.......and I may have to take a bit of a blog break.
Instead of sitting here posting about life and playing with photos, though I really hope you enjoy what I write and photograph, I feel the need to sit in a favorite spot - front porch, gazebo, love seat in the bedroom - quietly turning pages and reading other people's powerful words.
I'll be off traveling before I know it. Prior to packing that darned old suitcase yet again (actually I've just bought a new one which looks less weary and worn), I need to focus on some reading..............that much too tall pile of books is calling out to me. I'm also in the midst of cleaning out my book shelves which include a ton of scrap booking paraphernalia - and that's a job and a half!
.........and don't forget to stop by and join in my guessing game on this post no later than July 10. Come on, I'm loving your guesses.
July days are in full swing.........big holiday over, leaving on a vacation end of this month. Today is DH's birthday - seems there were great firework displays in his honor last night, lol!
Happy Birthday dear Bob, and here's to many more - fireworks guaranteed.
Reviewing past magazines before sharing with friends.
Loving Fifi O'Neill's beautiful book.
Sipping Trader Joe's pink raspberry lemonade with the addition of fresh raspberries.
The gazebo has a great overhead fan..............an hour or so in the afternoon, out of the direct sun, despite 95+ degrees, is bearable and pleasant. A few hours later, as the sun drops lower, with a glass of chilled rosé and a salad, a Summer supper is enjoyable. Early morning with the first coffee works for me too!
Meanwhile, tucked into my front steps, a tiny purple viola is still surviving in the torrid heat! Somehow this sweet flower seeded from a plant in the nearby flower bed, amazing!
We're far from the blue ocean, at least two hours driving on the hot, hazy highway. Perhaps a sea of cool green ivy will be the closest we get to water for a while. Will be off to the West and my favorite blue lake later this month.
Plenty of ivy in my garden - impossible not to keep that plant down.
Red hot bricks and mortar. Each day a bloom fades and shrivels, then another opens. Definitely a lesson in tenacity for me.
Discover the small things tucked in the corners of every day.
I'm enjoying reading your guesses regarding my cruise to somewhere!
If you haven't entered yet be sure to return to this post and give it a try - the more the merrier!


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The dean reflects on the University's new president, interdisciplinary research, and supporting graduate students and recent graduates.
Anne Walters Robertson
Anne Walters Robertson, Dean of the Division of the Humanities
Dear Alumni and Friends,
Last fall our new president, Paul Alivisatos, AB'81, asked each major unit in the University to prepare an "immersion day" for him. On December 3, he met more than 70 of the Humanities Division's faculty members, students, staff, and key volunteers; heard about the work of our departments, centers, and institutes; and visited our physical spaces. Although we touched on multiple topics, the day's discussions centered on two things: the distinction of our division and the quality of our graduate education.
Perhaps the Humanities Division's most obvious mark of distinction is its legendary interdisciplinarity. Productive interactions among departments within and outside the division proliferate in our "no walls" environment. To maintain this culture, the division strives to hire and retain the most promising junior faculty and the most accomplished senior scholars. With the pursuit of important new knowledge as our principal mission, our 210 faculty regularly make exciting new discoveries and develop new interpretations that propel their disciplines to the next level.
While research is our primary goal, educating the next generation of humanists is also imperative. The University of Chicago is fully committed to supporting doctoral students as they complete their degrees, allowing them to thoughtfully work through their dissertation subjects. The COVID-19 pandemic, on top of the already challenging job market for humanities PhDs, recently prompted us to create new placement options for our graduates. Thanks to your generosity, we are able to offer several teaching fellowships and named postdoctoral fellowships. These fellowships provide our new PhDs up to two years of support, giving them teaching experience and time to begin publishing their work as they seek employment within and beyond academia.
Finally, as we emphasized to the president, the Humanities Division is creative and resourceful. We meet challenges head-on, we implement visionary programs, and we work to underscore the crucial importance of the humanities in the world. It is a testament to the excellence of our faculty and students that our division maintains its superior standing—not least because UChicago's endowment is 20 percent of the size of our wealthiest peers'. And here is where our supporters, time and again, make all the difference. Your involvement in the UChicago community adds immeasurably to our success. For everything you do for the Humanities Division, we are extremely grateful.
Dean, Division of the Humanities
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As we count down the days to the end of the Mayan calendar, I am thinking back to the last potential apocalypse. I still remember all the hoopla that surrounded the change from 1999 to 2000. It seems many people were convinced that all the computers in the world were going to crash and we would be returned to the dark ages because the computers would not know what year it was.
At first I thought the whole idea was just silly. I had no idea anyone had taken the issue seriously. This is until I got a directive from my company that I had to certify each and every item in the plant to be Y2K compliant. Even in my relatively small plant employing just under 200 people, there were a lot of individual items that had to be certified.
Considering the relative importance of the situation, I first assigned the task to my co-op engineer. As he began to collect the data, and report back his findings to me, I began to realize that there were in fact many people who took the issue very seriously. Some companies were paying big bucks to have their equipment certified.
In order to not take resources away from solving real problems, he and I developed a checklist to quickly verify that the equipment would not self destruct at the stroke of midnight on December 31, 1999.
Naturally our first step was to see if the device even had a clock and even knew or cared what day it was in the first place. We also developed a form letter to send to manufacturers to get a document that added credibility to our own assessment.
Once we realized that not only did our own upper management actually task the situation seriously, but other companies were also taking the issue seriously we began looking into selling our services outside the company. Unfortunately by the time we realized people would actually pay us to do the work, most of the big contracts had already be let to people faster on the uptake than us.
So we just resumed our own process of certifying all the equipment we had and depended on. Naturally most of the stuff we looked at did not have a clock and could quickly be eliminated from the high priority list.
For most things with a clock, it was a simple matter to set the clock to a date past 1/1/2000 and see what happened. Only after we had tested most things on our list did we get stern warning from corporate not to test in this manner unless specifically told to by the manufacturer. Luckily we had completed most of our testing by the time they told us to quit.
One system of particular interest was the phone system. It did have a very important function of keeping the date and time of each voice message. About a week after we had run our clock forward and back again with no ill effects noted we received a dire warning from the manufacturer not to perform such a test. The assured us that it would indeed self destruct.
Sensing this was a scheme to cause us to hire one of their technicians to test for us, I called our sales rep and told her we had already done the test and nothing bad had happened. She informed me we were very fortunate that it had not crashed but was sad that we did not need their tech to test it for us.
Once we had complied huge notebooks of documentation for the equipment in the plant, we began thinking of how to best present the data to management and the auditors. Yes, they actually had auditors to make sure we actually did the certifications and did them correctly.
We first ranked items by criticality. The highest priority items were placed in the first notebook. These were items that would have the most impact on the operation should they fail on 12/31/1999. Of course these were items that might shut down production or make the facility uninhabitable for some reason.
My co-op engineer examined the data and decided in order to quickly point out how thorough we had been we would sort the data in inverse alphabetical order. After all our most important piece of equipment was made by Zerand and there was no point making them flip through the huge notebook looking for the Z's.
The most rewarding consequence of the inverse alpha sort pattern was that it put the Zurn company at the top of the list. Zurn made the automatic flushers for our toilets and of course we ranked these as critical since no one wants to inhabit a building if the flushers are not working. The added benefit was the not so subtle hint as to where we thought all the data we had worked months to gather really belonged.
The managers go the last laugh on us however as they required us to be on site at the stroke of midnight on 12/31/1999 just to make sure we had not missed anything. We got to ring in the new millennium with a group of engineers and maintenance workers rather than our families. But, they did give us written authorization to have an actual Champaign toast at midnight.


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Why the iPhone 5 is Anything But a Disappointment
J. Glenn Künzler - Sep 13, 2012
Apple's iPhone 4S release last year was faced with one of the biggest waves of "disappointment" I've seen with a consumer device. Hordes of complainers bemoaned that it lacked an all-new design, a larger screen, and lots of new hardware features. Some even complained that Apple decided not to call it the "iPhone 5."
Despite the negative reactions that buzzed around the interweb following the release, including such asinine claims that the 4S was the best Apple could do in light of Steve Jobs' health problems, the iPhone 4S went to become the most successful smartphone of all time. It flew off the shelves. Apple could not keep the 4S in stock.
This year, the same disturbing trend has emerged surrounding the iPhone 5 – and frankly, I just don't get it. I'm baffled. Even more baffling is that the same people who are so quick to picker about Apple's iPhone 5′ will more than likely buy one anyway. It's a cycle that is repeated year after year.
Why the Disappointment?
Why is it that these people are so disappointed with the iPhone 5? Is it because Apple didn't create a radical new design? Does the iPhone 5 lack basic, critical features? Or do these people just enjoy complaining to see how much attention they can draw?
I suspect that much of this disappointment is due to unrealistic expectations. People read every rumor that they see and take it at face value. The iPhone 5 doesn't have NFC! The iPhone 5 isn't made of LiquidMetal! The iPhone 5 isn't held together by unicorn tears!
Part of the problem also might be that we sort of all saw this coming. The iPhone 5 was perhaps Apple's worst kept secret in years. Anyone who followed the rumors already knew what the iPhone 5 would look like, and how it was likely to differ from the iPhone 4S.
Has Apple lost their sense of innovation?
In truth, the iPhone 5 is far from being a dissapoitment. Sure, the iPhone 5 looks somewhat similar to the iPhone 4S – but if you think for a moment that the iPhone 5 isn't the result of some pretty incredible innovation, you're dead wrong.
What exactly is it that makes a smartphone great? It's not the hardware – plenty of smartphones are just as fast and feature-rich as the iPhone 5 on paper. It's not the software – Android and Windows Phone devices can technically do everything an iPhone can do. So what is it?
"Improving on Perfection"
In the end, it boils down to quality, and the user experience. Apple took the iPhone 4S, which was already a great product, and they made it even better. The iPhone 4S had a fantastic camera. It had a solid, stable, and attractive design. Most importantly, it offered the user experience, simplicity, and rich cecosystem that Apple's devices are so well known for.
The iPhone 5 is one of the thinnest (if not the absolute thinnest) and lightest smartphones ever made. The taller screen allows users to view and interact with more content – it also offers deeper color saturation and a much better viewing experience.
Apple also included faster wireless data – dual-band WiFi and 4G LTE cellular. They significantly improved the camera.They added a new chip that offers twice the performance as the iPhone 4S, and on top of it all, they increased the battery life. Best of all, they did all of this without compromising quality, and without increasing their price.
The User Experience
Apple improved the iPhone 4S in every single dimension of both hardware and software. They produced something more advanced than any smartphone ever seen before. Apple referred to the iPhone 5 as the biggest thing to happen to iPhone since iPhone," and they were absolutely right.
Instead of spending their time making the iPhone 4 look radically different, adding hardware features such as NFC with most people would never use, and coming out with dozens of half-baked new features that would soon be forgotten about, Apple focused on improving the user experience.
The iPhone 4S doen't look as goon on paper as certain other devices, which boast five inch or larger screens, quad-core processors, replaceable batteries the size of a small steak, and the "latest and greatest" new hardware gimmicks. But in terms of increasing he quality, refining the design, and improving the user experience, it is the clear winner.
To quote a similar article I wrote last year about the iPhone 4S:
If you're so disappointed that Apple didn't release a flashy new design […[ that you aren't able to notice and give credit for all the amazing improvements that Apple did make to the iPhone […], perhaps you should re-evaluate your reasons for buying a smartphone.
It wouldn't matter what Apple added to or changed about the iPhone – they could cut the price in half, and offer a free kitten with every purchase, and people would still complain. But in the end, all that really matters is the users – and for them, Apple just unveiled arguably the best overall smartphone experience that money can buy.
Disappointing, eh? If you're really so deeply disappointed, then walk away, buy an Android or Windows Phone, and leave the rest of us alone.
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Sean Belloso says:
Well said. It's not a question of being a fanboy, it's truth. Especially regarding the screens size. Johnny Ive said its a phone and should feel good in your hands. Precisely.
ikillpixels says:
It's so easy to criticise. The people who expect will always be let down. It's also easy to judge appearance as a small change when infact the underlying technology could have taken years to develop. It's the "I want and I'll be angry if I don't get" culture. The iPhone got better. Fact.
PirateGrad says:
Disappointment was based more on the fact that so much was leaked before the announcement that we already knew what was going to be announced. It felt like Santa tipped his hat before Christmas. I'm going to buy anyway. I still gotta have it!
Tyler Beaucamp says:
The fact of the matter is that people are biased towards other companies. These people love crap pretty much! Honestly if you like Android over IOS then you just hate Apple because they are successful. IOS is the most stable mobile OS in the world! So much so they only updated their beta 4 times! this time around! Its true in any industry people adore seeing the top dog fail but hate it when the underdog fails! Apple is the best company in the world and they proved it by being the most valuable, profitable, most innovative company that has ever crossed the face of this earth!
Ponzo Alessandro says:
Hi Glenn, I agree with You when You say about all that "true" leaked images of parts and total body of the new model. As You wrote:"The iPhone 5 was perhaps Apple's worst kept secret in years"
ItsaPhone says:
The only disappointment is all of the hype surrounding this product when it turned out to be more of an iPhone 4ss than a 5. If it was as perfect as you claim you wouldn't be writing this article defending it. I'm interested in this move for a larger screen however as it gives it the proportions of Android based phones. All in all the iPhone is still great but I'm not selling my 4S for this I mean, what would I do, play Angry Birds twice as fast on Atts cruddy network ruining the 4g lte?
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I still want the ios to consider the option of opting a wifi on/off switch in the notification center. I hate going through settings and switching it on there. Its the fundamentals that apple are missing.
Anyway, Its just a phone!! All i ever use is whatsapp, calling, and a few other apps like twitter, instagram, facebook. Just the essentials. People are just so insane over a phone sometimes I feel like there should be other important things to think about. I just can't believe the iPhone has affected the whole phone industry and simply ensures that the whole world MUST have an iPhone, and its working. The world has gone bonkers. Go outside and catch some butterflies or ride a bike! Stop wasting your time and your kids' entire day on iPads! Peace.
James E. Burkett says:
…Something more advanced than any smartphone ever? Really? Seriously? It's aluminum. I'll give you the aluminum. Everything else has been done before. Nothing advanced about this phone. Improving the user experience? Maps anyone? How much did Apple pay you to write this lie?


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Cortney and Jon Ophoff's Family Site - Journal - Isn't it October?
Don't worry, you didn't miss out on the Halloween fun, it isn't time to go buy the turkey, and Santa isn't at the mall yet (well, actually he might be but you'll have to talk to the money grubbing retailers about that). No, it really truly is still October, it just doesn't look (or feel) like it. We often talk about whether or not the first snow will come by Thanksgiving. Sometimes we've even talked about whether or not it will shower flakes before Halloween, but this is ridiculous! We realize that it won't stick (or, at least we're hoping), but since I have to clear the snow and ice out of the dogs' feet before they come in from the yard I think it counts. So here is Calvin's first snow.
Heh, nice timing on this post- I just found out this afternoon: Arapahoe Basin is running the first lifts of the year. Ski season starts tomorrow, Oct. 13!


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Q: Зачем указателю нужно знать, какой тип хранится по адресу? Собственно, зачем мы пишем тип данных перед объявлением переменной-указателя? Если указатели хранят адрес ячейки, то какое им дело, что лежит по этому адресу?

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Собственно зачем мы пишем тип данных перед объявлении
  переменной-указателя?

Собственно за тем же, зачем мы указываем тип переменной. Когда приходит время работать с разъименованным указателем (то есть с переменной), то транслятору нужно знать какой это тип, чтобы правильно применять операции к этому типу.

Если указатели хранят адрес ячейки то какое им дело что лежит по этому
  адресу?

Пока указатели просто хранят адрес им (то есть транслятору) все равно. Но когда начинается использование данных по этому адресу, то транслятору нужно знать тип этих данных.
UPD1:
Нужно понимать, что (к примеру) когда суммируются два целых (int) числа, то транслятор вызывает одну функцию. А когда суммируются два float числа, то транслятор вызывает совсем другую функцию. Поэтому в программировании важна не только информация об операциях над переменными, но и также не менее важна информация об типах этих переменных.

A: Скорее, чтобы компилятор знал с какими данными он работает,и как с ними можно манипулировать. Чтоб при разыменовывании указателя знать на какую память он ссылается - размер типа(байты).
Всё таки C++ - статически типизированный язык программирования.

A: Считается, что указателями сложно управлять. Довольна часто неверная инициализация указателей приводит к ошибкам, которые трудно обнаружить. Если компилятор будет знать, какой тип данных будет хранится по указателю, то некоторые ошибки можно будет избежать.
Также при инкрементировании указателя, программа должна знать размер типа данных на который указывает указатель.
Если не хотите объявлять тип указателя, то всегда можно использовать пустой тип void.

A: Если представить, что тип переменной - это улица, а значение переменной - это собственно номер квартиры, тогда можно понять, зачем нужет тип. Компилятор не в состоянии найти квартиру без адреса, + ко всему типы данных очень сильно влияет на функционал переменной. Поэтому и нужно использовть тип данных при инициализации переменной-указателя.

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Q: TcpChannel registration problem I've read here: Error 10048 when trying to open TcpChannel
I am having what I thought to be a similar problem - apparently not. I took the advice of the first respondant to reset winsock (how does the winsock get corrupted, anyhow?) Anyway, here is my channel registration:
 channel = new TcpChannel(channelPort);
 ChannelServices.RegisterChannel(channel, false);

and the client call:
 // Create a channel for communicating w/ the remote object
 // Notice no port is specified on the client
 TcpChannel channel = new TcpChannel();
 ChannelServices.RegisterChannel(channel, false);

 // Create an instance of the remote object
 CommonDataObject obj = Activator.GetObject( typeof(CommonDataObject) ,
  "tcp://localhost:49500/CommonDataObject") as CommonDataObject;

This seems all too straightforward to be such a hassle to use. But, the problem seems to be with the server's ChannelServices.RegisterChannel(...). Now, the reason I included the client portion is because the client instances, checks for the server object. If it can't find it, then it 'nudges' the server to instance itself. What I was wondering is if checking for the object's available first (a la: Activator.GetObject(...) ) would cause the ChannelServices to 'think' this tcp channel is already registered? It sounds dumb, but that is my only possible explanation. I have turned off the firewall, anti-fungal app, and rebooted. Still receive this

The channel 'tcp' is already
  registered.

I looked at my stack trace and did notice:
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.ChannelServices.RegisterChannelInternal(IChannel chnl, Boolean ensureSecurity)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.ChannelServices.RegisterChannel(IChannel chnl, Boolean ensureSecurity)

I wondered if the RegisterChannelInternal(...) might be what is causing the 'already registerd' issue. So, other than that, I am at a loss...
It's possible that the call I'm making to check for that Channel is causing it. If that is the consensus, then my question changes to: How can I poll for the Channel?
UPDATE:
After removing the initial check for the server from the client and 'assuming' that the server needs to be instanced, I did discover that the client checking is causing the problem. I've managed to get the server going, and the client did get a 'transparent proxy' object. But the question still remains: "How can I poll to discover if the server is instanced?"

A: The answer is evidently, yes...when the client is registering the channel, it keeps the server from registering another Tcp channel. I have removed the client instancing of a Tcp channel and the registration.
Since I haven't gotten an answer on pinging, I'm going through with a try/catch block on the obj = Activator.GetObject(...). If obj is returned null, then I 'nudge' the server, it fires up...and then the client connects with the CommonDataObject (derived from MarshalByRefObject).
So, in a sense, that is the polling technique I'm using. I'd like something more elegant - that is, an implementation that didn't work by causing a failure. To me, that's more of a hack work-around than a solution.
I found the answer here. Thanks to Abhijeet for the inadvertent solution!!! Btw...don't forget to declare:
using System.Linq;


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The shooting down on 17 July of MH17, some 60km east of Donetsk and just south of the Russian border, by insurgent anti-aircraft missiles has now been swallowed up in the wider drama of the fierce civil war raging in Ukraine's pro-Russian eastern region.
The Kiev government, led by President Poroshenko, on 2 July ended a ten-day ceasefire, launching an all-out military offensive from Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv, some 40km from the Russian border. The offensive, involving shelling, tanks and aircraft, was against the outgunned insurgent-controlled cities of Slavyansk, Donetsk and Lugansk. Poroshenko said the rebels had been using the preceding ten-day ceasefire to regroup and restock with weapons from Russia. The offensive cannot have begun without tacit Western assent.
Rebel forces withdrew from Slavyansk (150km from the Russian border) on 5 July. Donetsk, the main rebel stronghold, 50km from the Russian border, is now almost encircled by the Ukrainian Army and may fall to them within hours or days. The city is being shelled in efforts to destroy insurgent headquarters. A badly-targeted shell has destroyed an apartment building, killing one man. If or when Donetsk falls, only Lugansk to the east, 20km from the Russian border, will remain in rebel hands.
Large numbers of civilian refugees have fled their homes in the expanding war zone (which includes the currently contested MH17 crash area). The UNHCR estimated on 25 July that as of 18 July, 230,000 people, mainly from Donetsk and Lugansk regions, had fled. Some 130,000 had crossed into Russia, and 100,000 fled towards other parts of Ukraine. The UNHCR spokesman said on 25 July that the number of refugees would be much higher now. Nearly a week on, by now it would be higher still, with large numbers fleeing from Donetsk.
On 24 July, the International Committee of the Red Cross proclaimed Ukraine to be in a state of civil war, appealing to all those involved to respect the humanitarian rules of war or face later indictment as war criminals. The ICRC may have been prompted to do this by reports of indiscriminate shelling by the Ukrainian Army of civilian sites in contested areas.
The burning question now is, what will Putin's Russia do? To date, its military and political assistance to the rebels was covert and deniable. But I cannot see how Putin could ignore the major challenge to Russia's national interests and prestige if the rebels are routed, amid scenes of large-scale civilian suffering and dislocation in Eastern Ukraine. It would look as if he had abandoned the people to Russia's enemies. Recent developments may soon force his hand into overt military intervention.
The whole region is of great historical and emotional significance to Russians. The battle of Poltava against Swedish invasion took place a little to the west of Kharkiv. The Russian city of Kursk, the site of the pivotal WW2 Kursk Salient battle, in which the Red Army first turned the tide against Nazi forces advancing towards Moscow, is only 200km to the north of Kharkiv.
While the horrifed gaze of the world is focused on Gaza, Putin stands alone, facing a momentous decision. The West is tightening economic sanctions on Russia, threatening economic isolation, and preparing to celebrate Poroshenko's apparently imminent military victory in East Ukraine. I know how Russians will see this.
Remarkably, the supply line of the Ukrainian army offensive, all the way back to Kharkiv, is within easy striking distance of powerful Russian forces massed behind the nearby border. In purely military terms, a Russian attack, even on Kharkiv itself, would cripple the offensive and reinvigorate the flagging morale of pro-Russian insurgents. In political terms, it would represent a major and dangerous escalation of East-West tension.
These are dangerous times. President Obama seems to lack any sense of urgency. He has been shrugging off Putin's repeated warnings over many months that vital Russian national interests are engaged in this armed conflict on Russia's borders.
I would not be surprised in coming days to read of a major Russian-triggered overt escalation of this war. The West seems to be leaving Putin and the Russian Army no face-saving exit strategy, and I imagine Putin will be sorely tempted to strike back at Poroshenko's Ukraine before it is too late. And then what will the West do?
Tony Kevin is a former Australian ambassador to Cambodia and Poland and author of several books including Reluctant Rescuers.
Tony, Although your analysis is undoubtedly correct, we must hope and pray Putin does not feel compelled to attack Ukraine. But even if that scenario is avoided, there are now so many heavily militarised flashpoints on Russia's borders that under present tensions it is only a matter of time before the fateful shot is fired. The West does not seem to grasp the notion that should Russia go to war, however reluctantly, it would be with considerably more national resolve than the Americans and their nervous European allies could muster. Russia is not going to collapse like the Soviet Union did. Anyone who thinks so is dangerously naive. The hard truth is that we have to live with Russia ? as we have done fairly well for more than twenty years. During the week that is the centenary of Europe sliding into a war that buried at least 18 million, we should all be urging our leaders to take a deep breath and be very honest with themselves and us about what is now at stake. -- H.A. Willis.
Western leaders are mishandling Russia today as they have been since the collapse of European Communism. Russia allowed the Soviet Union and dominions to split without a shot. But we'll snooker Putin over a few square miles.
The area seems to be populated by Russian speaking people who align themselves with Russia rather than with Ukraine. Surely it would be sensible to accede to their wish to have the area become part of Russia. Borders have been created by those in power at the time and are often kept by force, regardless of the wishes of the inhabitants. Is this a good thing?
H A Willis. We might well have to 'learn to live with Russia'. Perhaps its about time Russia and its leader learned to live with the rest of the world. I can't but wonder what on earth this article is about!
I'm delighted to try to answer John Frawley's important question. John is one of my most committed commentators. What on earth is my article about? I think it's about trying to help my fellow Australians see what is happening in the real world, rather than what some of us would like to be happening. The world did not stop for MH17, nor is it stopping for the huge horrors taking place in Gaza. Some of us Australians think the world is about us. It isn't. Upwards of 1/4 million people have been forced to flee their homes in East Ukraine by a war of aggression against them they did not want or ask for. Ukrainian soldiers are shelling their own people as I write this. I won't begin to talk about Gaza. In this centenary week ofthestart of WW1, we Australians need to try to understand the real world. Not the self-centred Boys' Own world that Abbott and Bishop are presenting to us, but the real one in which world wars start because of incompetence and misplaced pride.
Dear Name (TK?). Still confused! Where on Earth do Abbot and Bishop come into this war. I thought it had something to do with Russian supported, Russian speaking rebels wanting to claim part of Ukraine as an independent state for themselves - or perhaps for Putin. I wonder what world Rudd, Gillard or Shorten would present to us in the same circumstances - the self-centred leftist union world I imagine. Thank you (genuinely) for replying to my particular brand of militantism. Perhaps you and I are a lot more similar than it might appear. We both perhaps possess uncluttered tunnel vision, me for conservative politics and your good self for labour politics. Thank goodness! Otherwise none of us would ever learn!
Dear Name, (TK?) I should have added that had you and I lived during the 1800s we would have been on the same side at Vinegar Hill and Eureka. The trade unions have buggered up so much including the Australian Labor Party which spawned me!
Tony Kevin's sobering analysis shows how the West's lack of initiative in dealing with the Ukraine crisis could presage a larger conflict which may prompt Russia to directly intervene in Eastern Ukraine. Though Putin may be a kleptocratic tyrant, obsessed with recreating the Soviet empire, one senses that his current jaunt into the Ukraine is largely motivated by a fear of being "surrounded" pro-western powers, especially on Russia's southern flank. To defuse this crisis, the West and the Ukraine need to offer Putin the following: (1) Ukraine will not join NATO, ensuring there will be no NATO forces 400kms from Moscow. Ukraine (and Georgia) could be a neutral cordon sanitaire on this flank, similar to the role Finland played after WW2 re Russia. (2) Offer the rebellious East Ukrainians some sort of regional autonomy, provided they remain within Ukraine. The fact that they are very unhappy with the Kiev government has to be recognised. (3) Lift the sanctions on Russia provided it demonstrates that it is no longer providing any military support to the rebels. 4) Crimea returns to Ukraine but with greater autonomy. These offers might be enough to give Putin and the rebels a face-saving exit and avert full-scale war in the Ukraine. Tony's right: these are dangerous times – and by a weird coincidence exactly 100 years to the month when "the guns of August" began to blaze!
I am pleased this conversation is taking place. Yesterday, Ben Eltham in New Matilda called for such a conversation. It is starting here in Eureka Street. I commend the thoughts of H A Willis and Dennis, though I think Dennnis's fourth point (return of Crimea to Ukraine) might now be a bridge too far for Putin. Putin's difficulty now is that his support at home rests on a tough defence of traditional Russian interests and values. If he appears to succumb to western pressure, he would find himself in trouble at home. And the more Kiev routs the rebels, the greater the pressure at home on Putin to raise the ante as my essay suggested. I hope NATO governments are looking at the feasibility of a new diplomatic approach based on something like Dennis's points 1 to 3. Otherwise, we could be in for some tough weeks.
All the news over past seven days is bearing out my gloomy prognosis. Civil war in E Ukraine intensifies, Russian troops and airforce mass on their border. East-west sanctions and hostile rhetoric increases. Who is in charge? I see a mindless slide into real danger of major war beyond Ukraine.
What concerns me about this situation is the amount of anti Russian propaganda in the media. This coupled with Abbot and Bishops aggressive stance on RUssia makes me wonder if we are just a USA sockpuppet . Why a small country would want to cheerlead an escalation in conflict with a major power has got me beat .


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# getStart

`fun getStart(): Location`

Gets the start location of the span.

**Return**
The location of the first character in the span.

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Lawngtlai is an important own located in the district of Lawngtlai in Mizoram. Lawngtlai also serves as the headquarters of Lai Autonomous District Council. Lawngtlai is bounded by Saiha District in the east, on the west by the Lawngtlai district shares its boundary with Bangladesh, on the north is the Lunglei District and on the south is Myanmar. Lawngtlai also has several beautiful locations in and around the city.
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Looking for recipes using Robert Rothschild Farm Pineapple & Habañero Sauce (or one that you made yourself)? This crispy pineapple-habanero chicken wings recipe is super easy and full of crispy deliciousness.
A couple weeks ago we were browsing Costco and saw this pineapple and habanero sauce being featured that sounded different yet delicious. We didn't actually try it while we were there but I figured it would be great on chicken and pork especially.
I wasn't quite sure how I wanted to use it yet. Then I remembered I had just pulled some chicken wings out of the freezer.
I love chicken wings and thought the pineapple and habanero sauce would be great to try on them over the BBQ or Buffalo sauce we usually use.
I've been trying for a while to make really crispy chicken wings at home as they have gotten so expensive at restaurants.
They'd stay crispy until the sauce hit them where, while they would still taste good, they would soften very quickly. I always just fried them once but finally had the idea to fry them twice like you would for really good french fries.
Basically, you want to cook the wings at a low temperature so that the fat starts to render but the wings don't get crispy and brown. I did this by frying at below 250F for about 15 minutes in my Lodge dutch oven that I always fry in.
I then let the wings set at room temperature for about 45 – 60 minutes before frying at a higher temperature to get them really crispy.
Make sure you use an oil that has a high smoke point like canola, vegetable, or peanut oil. You definitely don't want to use something like olive oil.
When fried this way, the wings stay really crispy, even when covered in sauce and even an hour later, which I'm all about.
The sauce I made was really simple, too. I just melted some butter and added enough of the pineapple and habanero sauce to create a thinner but sticky consistency.
If you do try the Robert Rothschild Farm Pineapple & Habañero Sauce, it has a nice little kick by itself When mixed with the butter and on the wings I found it to be very mild in spice but a nice flavor that wasn't sweet or fruit-heavy.
I do also recommend having a spider strainer as it makes getting the wings out of the hot oil and letting the excess oil drain over the pot so easy with the risk of burning yourself. You'll also want a large bowl so you can toss the wings in the sauce and get them all nicely covered.
I usually use a long set of tongs to make sure each individual wing is covered. I left my wings whole, but if you are less lazy than me and want to divide them and cut off the wing tips, a pair of kitchen shears makes it really easy.
This crispy pineapple-habanero chicken wings recipe can be made super easily by using storebought pineapple-habanero sauce.
Heat a few inches of oil in a large, deep pot to between 200 and 250°F in a large, deep pot.
In the mean time, make sure all of the wings are free of any pin feathers and are dry. If the wings are wet, it can make the oil expand and over flow.
Once the oil is heated, fry the wings in small batches for 15 - 20 minutes. You want the skin to start to render a bit, but you don't want the wings to start browning so make sure to keep the oil under 250°F.
Place fried wings on brown baking paper or paper towels to drain. Let sit at room temperature for an hour. Alternatively, you can refrigerate the wings for up to 3 days until you're ready for the second fry. If you do this, I would let them warm up a bit before frying.
When you're ready to fry the wings, heat the oil to 375 - 400°F. It's fine to use the same oil as earlier.
When the oil is heated, fry the wings in small batches for about 10 minutes, or until they are at your desired crispiness.
In the mean time melt butter in a small saucepan on the stove or in a microwave-safe dish in the microwave. Stir in the pineapple-habanero sauce and salt to taste, if desired.
Once wings are at your desired crispiness, toss in the butter and pineapple-habanero sauce and serve immediately.


Fragile X syndrome normally arises as a consequence of large expansions (n >200) of a (CGG)(n) trinucleotide repeat in the promoter region of the FMR1 gene. The clinical phenotype is thought to result from hypermethylation of the repeat and adjacent upstream elements, with consequent down-regulation of transcription (transcriptional silencing). However, the relationship between repeat expansion and transcription has not been defined in the full mutation range. Using the method of quantitative (fluorescence) reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, we demonstrated previously that FMR1 mRNA levels are substantially elevated in premutation (55 200), FMR1 mRNA levels remain significantly elevated (mean 3.5-fold elevation; P = 6.7 x 10(-3)) relative to normal controls, even for alleles exceeding 300 repeats. This conclusion is independent of any assumption regarding the transcriptional activity of methylated alleles. However, if it were assumed that all methylated alleles were transcriptionally silent, the FMR1 mRNA levels for cells with unmethylated alleles would be even higher (mean 4.5-fold elevation; P = 2.1 x 10(-4)). These observations show that the full-mutation CGG expansion per se is not a strong impediment to transcription and that the apparent up-regulation of the FMR1 locus remains active in at least some cells with full-mutation alleles.


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Q: expose RMI server in JBoss? I need to access RMI methods from a client front end.
For different reasons, I have JBoss running on the server side. This makes me thinking of using JBoss to expose the RMI server methods.
I'm kinda new to JBoss, so my question would be: What steps are required in order to make the RMI server methods visible to the client?

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Year of the GIANTS
2018 has been a big year for GIANTS Software and the Farming Simulator series. Truthfully, 2016, 2017, and 2018 have been a big three years for GIANTS, but it seems that this year everything has come to a head. In the wake of the success of Farming Simulator 17, which sold a million copies within a month of release, GIANTS has continued to push the agricultural simulation genre forward despite any significant competition – continually testing new "mods" and making them easily available through Farming Simulator 17's ModHub, providing PS4 Pro and Xbox One X support, and developing new downloadable content to keep players interested. Somewhere along the way, as they were working on the development of additional content and features for Farming Simulator 17, GIANTS also began development of the next iteration of the game.
We're proud to announce that more than one million players harvest Farming Simulator 17's fields already! Thx for your incredible support! pic.twitter.com/sJyr0DD3Bl
— Farming Simulator (@farmingsim) November 25, 2016
All of this has been done in close contact with the game's dedicated community through the developer's official forums, social media accounts, and Discord server, where players have the opportunity to interact directly with GIANTS staff. Despite significant growth in the popularity of the Farming Simulator series, the developer has maintained this connection with its community, and appears to listen closely to player feedback when looking at ways to further enhance the game. With many players accumulating hundreds (or even thousands) of in-game hours, their feedback can be a treasure trove of information and ideas. Or it can be a series of comments asking when John Deere tractors will appear on its equipment roster – but more on that later.
After working away on supporting Farming Simulator 17 throughout 2016 and 2017, GIANTS exploded in 2018.
On February 15, 2018, the development of Farming Simulator 19 was officially confirmed by the release of a Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) trailer. Offering little more than a hint at what was to come (including the appearance of a dog for the first time in the series' history), the trailer promised that Farming Simulator 19 would allow players to "Farm Like Never Before".
On April 14, 2018, the developer celebrated its 10th anniversary. For a series that started with a game developed by only four people, based on concept that many gamers and non-gamers alike still scoff at today (with comments like "People actually play Farming Simulator?), this is an impressive feat. The series has come an incredibly long way since its inaugural version, and GIANTS has made it clear that they aren't content resting on their laurels and "phoning in" subsequent versions. As they so often do, the staff at GIANTS credited the series' dedicated fanbase with its success, posting a press release which stated:
"We would like to thank all our players for their loyalty. Ten years of Farming Simulator would never have been possible without you all, because no game lives without its community. Our modders and players, our fans and streamers/YouTubers, will always be part of the family of the Farming Simulator.
We have learned a lot in the last 10 years and improved the game piece by piece to offer you an ever evolving game experience and we are far from done!
This is to the next 10 years and we promise: We will not rest, we will continue to evolve and we will look into a bright and exciting future where our next game is about to show you how to farm like never before."
There were those words again. Farm like never before. But what exactly was this referring to? Was it simply just a catchy phrase to pique players' interest? Did it just serve to indicate that Farming Simulator 19 would have new features that weren't present in 17 (a relatively safe assumption to make for an iterative series)? The answer to these questions would be clarified at a later date, but not before GIANTS announced some other big news.
On May 17, 2018, GIANTS revealed that it was expanding its offices (and by nature of this, the size of its teams). Its two existing studios would move to larger office spaces, and it would open an entirely new office in Brno, Czech Republic. This move, coming on the heels of the company's 10th anniversary celebrations, clearly indicated that GIANTS was in a strong position as a result of the success of Farming Simulator 17, and was ramping up to continue to make the series bigger and better than ever. While there's always some risk to a smaller developer growing in size in terms of reduced responsiveness to player feedback, GIANTS' history of consistent communication with its fanbase and repeated messaging expressing gratitude to the community that supports it should easily relieve any fears that their model of community interaction will go away anytime soon.
The expansion of GIANTS' offices and teams clearly indicate that the series was experiencing similar growth, and that the developer needs more hands on deck to ensure that Farming Simulator 19's content is produced according to the necessary timelines. But it left me wondering – what could GIANTS need all this extra help for? I, and other fans of the series, awaited the Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) in June with bated breath in hopes of a big announcement. And GIANTS didn't disappoint.
On June 12, 2018, before the doors even officially opened for E3 2018, GIANTS released a much-anticipated trailer. While this trailer was CGI (like the reveal trailer) and not in-game footage – much to the disappointment of some fans anxious to see real gameplay – it had been promised by GIANTS to reveal some telling information about Farming Simulator 19. And reveal it did. The trailer showed players the one thing that has been, by far, the most requested for years – likely since the first version of Farming Simulator was released: John Deere equipment in a Farming Simulator game, at long last.
While many players fawned over the arrival of the long-awaited green and yellow, the reveal struck me in a different way. The presence of John Deere equipment in Farming Simulator means much more to me than simply having a wider variety of equipment to power the in-game implements, or feeling any connection to the brand itself. Yes, John Deere is the largest, most recognizable brand in modern agriculture, and it undoubtedly has many, many diehard supporters who had dreamed of this day. But more importantly, this was a watershed moment for the series.
This reveal was likely the source of many cheers and high-fives around the GIANTS offices (and maybe even a round or two of drinks!). Nevermind the formidable feat of keeping this news (or even rumours of it) out of the public knowledge – the act of signing a licensing agreement for John Deere equipment in a Farming Simulator game is something that I can only assume that GIANTS has been pursuing for many, many years.
The reason for John Deere's hesitance to allow its equipment into a Farming Simulator game is relatively unclear. Various rumours have been circulating among the game's community for years. It's possible that it was an issue of cost – perhaps GIANTS couldn't afford the price that John Deere set for a license to get their equipment into the game. On the other hand, some players speculated that John Deere was unwilling to give GIANTS a license due to a long-forgotten game of its own (John Deere: American Farmer, released in June 2004 – four years before Farming Simulator was even created). Or maybe John Deere just didn't see any value in having its equipment featured in a video game. Neither GIANTS nor John Deere ever provided any insight into what sort of impasse existed. But none of that matters now – John Deere is in!
I can't stress enough how the presence of John Deere as a licensed brand in Farming Simulator 19 speaks volumes about how far the series has come since its inception. Farming Simulator is very clearly the largest agricultural simulation series on the market, and it now boasts a licensed livery containing nearly every major brand in modern agriculture (with a few exceptions). This achievement, and the position that GIANTS now finds itself in, stands out to me as the pinnacle for the developer in its 10 years of existence: its one significant holdout brought into the fold; expanding its offices to keep pace with the growing popularity of its flagship franchise; poised to release a new game in the fall that stands a very good chance of being its best-selling yet.
With GIANTS' own Farming Simulator-oriented conference "FarmCon" right around the corner (taking place July 14-15) we very well may see more information on new features present in Farming Simulator 19 in the coming weeks. We already know that some big changes are coming. No matter what we find out, it's no secret that 2018 has been a big year for GIANTS Software and the Farming Simulator series – and all signs point to it getting even bigger.
Reuben Joosse
Reuben's a desk jockey with a wife and two kids, and when he wants to get a little crazy he'll stream some Farming Simulator on Twitch. If you want to be bombarded by tweets about simulation games, go follow him on Twitter.
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Ameren Announces First Quarter 2021 Results
Posted on May 10, 2021 by ericadminchia
ST. LOUIS, May 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE) today announced first quarter 2021 net income attributable to common shareholders of $233 million, or $0.91 per diluted share, compared to first quarter 2020 net income attributable to common shareholders of $146 million, or $0.59 per diluted share.
First quarter 2021 results reflected earnings on increased infrastructure investments made across all business segments driven by solid execution of the company's strategy. Earnings were positively impacted by new Ameren Missouri electric service rates effective April 1, 2020, and higher Ameren Missouri electric retail sales driven by near-normal winter temperatures in the first quarter of 2021 compared to milder-than-normal winter temperatures in the year-ago period. Lower Ameren Missouri other operations and maintenance expenses also increased earnings, primarily driven by the absence of unfavorable market returns that occurred in the first quarter of 2020 on the cash surrender value of company-owned life insurance, as well as disciplined cost management. Ameren Illinois Natural Gas Distribution earnings increased due to a change in rate design and higher delivery service rates effective in late January 2021. Earnings were positively impacted by a higher allowed return on equity at Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution due to a higher projected average 30-year U.S. Treasury bond yield in 2021 compared to 2020. Earnings also benefited from the timing of income tax expense at Ameren Missouri and Ameren Parent, which is not expected to impact full-year results. Earnings were negatively impacted at Ameren Transmission by a 2021 FERC order addressing the historical recovery of materials and supplies inventories. Finally, 2021 earnings per share reflected higher weighted-average basic common shares outstanding and the effect of dilution.
"We are executing on all elements of our strategy, including significant investments in energy infrastructure and disciplined cost management across all of our business segments, which is delivering significant value to our customers," said Warner L. Baxter, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Ameren Corporation. "We remain on track to deliver within our 2021 earnings per share guidance range of $3.65 to $3.85."
"We remain focused on our robust sustainability initiatives tied to environmental, social and governance matters," Baxter said. "We continue to take action to support our commitment to deliver significant long-term value by, among other things, investing in clean energy and supporting the communities we serve. In our recently issued 2021 Sustainability Report, we highlight a number of actions we have been taking to enhance our strong sustainability value proposition. Our efforts remain consistent with our vision, leading the way to a sustainable energy future, and our mission, to power the quality of life."
Earnings Guidance
Today, Ameren affirmed its 2021 earnings guidance range of $3.65 to $3.85 per diluted share. Earnings guidance for 2021 assumes normal temperatures for the last nine months of the year and is subject to the effects of, among other things: the impacts of COVID-19; 30-year U.S. Treasury bond yields; regulatory, judicial and legislative actions; energy center and energy distribution operations; energy, economic and capital market conditions; severe storms; unusual or otherwise unexpected gains or losses; and other risks and uncertainties outlined, or referred to, in the Forward-looking Statements section of this press release.
Ameren Missouri Segment Results
Ameren Missouri first quarter 2021 earnings were $47 million, compared to a first quarter 2020 loss of $10 million. The year-over-year improvement reflected new electric service rates effective April 1, 2020, and higher electric retail sales driven by near-normal winter temperatures in the first quarter of 2021 compared to milder-than-normal winter temperatures in the year-ago period. Lower other operations and maintenance expenses also increased earnings, primarily driven by the absence of unfavorable market returns that occurred in the first quarter of 2020 on the cash surrender value of company-owned life insurance and disciplined cost management. Earnings also benefited from the timing of income tax expense, which increased earnings by $6 million and is not expected to impact full-year results. The absence of charitable donations that were made pursuant to the March 2020 electric rate review settlement also positively affected the earnings comparison. These positive factors were partially offset by amortization of deferred expenses related to the fall 2020 Callaway refueling and maintenance outage.
Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution Segment Results
Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution first quarter 2021 earnings were $46 million, compared to first quarter 2020 earnings of $37 million. The year-over-year improvement reflected increased earnings on infrastructure investments and a higher allowed return on equity due to a higher projected average 30-year U.S. Treasury bond yield in 2021 compared to 2020.
Ameren Illinois Natural Gas Segment Results
Ameren Illinois Natural Gas first quarter 2021 earnings were $75 million, compared to first quarter 2020 earnings of $55 million. The year-over-year improvement reflected a rate design change, which increased earnings by $9 million and is not expected to impact full-year results, and higher delivery service rates that incorporated increased investments in infrastructure, both effective in late January 2021.
Ameren Transmission Segment Results
Ameren Transmission first quarter 2021 earnings were $47 million, compared to first quarter 2020 earnings of $47 million. The year-over-year comparison reflected increased earnings on infrastructure investments offset by the impact of a 2021 FERC order addressing the historical recovery of materials and supplies inventories.
Ameren Parent Results (includes items not reported in a business segment)
Ameren Parent results for the first quarter of 2021 reflected earnings of $18 million, compared to first quarter 2020 earnings of $17 million. The year-over-year improvement reflected the timing of income tax expense, which increased earnings by $5 million and is not expected to impact full-year results. This positive factor was partially offset by increased interest expense primarily due to higher long-term debt outstanding.
Analyst Conference Call
Ameren will conduct a conference call for financial analysts at 9 a.m. Central Time on Tuesday, May 11, to discuss 2021 earnings, earnings guidance and other matters. Investors, the news media and the public may listen to a live broadcast of the call at AmerenInvestors.com by clicking on "Webcast" under "Q1 2021 Earnings Conference Call," where an accompanying slide presentation will also be available. The conference call and presentation will be archived for one year in the "Investor News & Events" section of the website under "Events and Presentations."
St. Louis-based Ameren Corporation powers the quality of life for 2.4 million electric customers and more than 900,000 natural gas customers in a 64,000-square-mile area through its Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois rate-regulated utility subsidiaries. Ameren Illinois provides electric transmission and distribution service and natural gas distribution service. Ameren Missouri provides electric generation, transmission and distribution service, as well as natural gas distribution service. Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois develops, owns and operates rate-regulated regional electric transmission projects in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. For more information, visit Ameren.com, or follow us on Twitter at @AmerenCorp, Facebook.com/AmerenCorp, or LinkedIn/company/Ameren.
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Stylish IP66 rated pole top amenity luminaire with aluminium cast body and spigot adaptor. UV stabilised polycarbonate cover rated IP66 and IK10. Integral high quality LED driver.
Applications: car parks, amenity areas and hospital estates.
The Juno range consists of four pole top luminaires designed to bring harmony to a variety of car park and general amenity applications.
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The Juno A and C offers photometric performance which is optimised for use up to 6m where column height restrictions apply.
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A dedicated lens for each LED focuses the light, providing supremely efficient optical performance and excellent scheme uniformity.
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