text:
EXODUS TYSON'S MOM 'DID ALL SHE COULD'
A transcript of the 911 call made from the mother of Mike Tyson's daughter Exodus after the 4-year-old was discovered unconscious indicates the mom "did all she could when this tragic accident occurred," police tell E! News.
"She did what experts suggest," Phoenix Police Sgt. Andy Hill said. "She called 911 immediately. She began CPR and continued until police and firefighters arrived. The Phoenix Fire Department 911 operator did an outstanding job on this call, assisting the mother until help arrived on scene."
Exodus, Tyson's daughter with Sol Xochitl, was pronounced dead Tuesday morning, a day after her head got caught in a cord hanging from a treadmill.
Per the New York Daily News, the transcript, which often comes in broken gasps and partial sentences from the mother begins, "Mom: [Very excitedly]…Yes, my baby! She's choked! She has the—the thing from the…"
At several points, the mother appears to have difficulty understanding questions from the dispatcher due to her excitement. At one point, the mother discovers blood has filled her baby's mouth.
The mother yells to the dispatcher: "Should I do CPR on her? [Rise in voice, very frantic]."
The dispatcher responds, "Yeah, I'm gonna tell you how to do CPR."
To this, Tyson's daughter's mother quickly responds, "I know how to do it!"
The dispatcher then tells her, "I want you to get the blood outta there as best as you can and then I want you to start CPR on her."
The mother then appears to continue doing CPR until paramedics arrive and can take over trying to help the little girl. She doesn't say much more, but the transcript reports she can be heard crying in the background while doing CPR.
Authorities have said that they believe Exodus' death was an accident. "There is no update to the case at this point," Hill told E! News. "Investigators continue to view it as an accidental death based on all the evidence obtained thus far. The only other piece of the investigation they are waiting for is the report that will be submitted by the Maricopa County Medical Examiner."
People.com caught up with LaLa Vazquez, one of the producers of the current James Toback-directed documentary "Tyson."
"It's unbelievable," she says. "He hit a great point with this movie, and people were starting to get him, and treat him with understanding. And this happens."
"I think he's at a point where he can deal with it," added Vasquez, also an MTV VJ and wife of Denver Nuggets player Carmelo Anthony. "But I don't care how confident you are in yourself: This is a crusher. With maturity and age and everything he went through, he will be able to pull this through for his family. He will make it through this. But, man, what else can happen to him?"
This article was reprinted with
permission from www.eurweb.com.
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Given the important function of your automobile's heavy-duty turbocharger, you need to maintain its good shape at all times. You can start by taking care of the small yet vital parts of this assembly such as the boost pressure valve. You see, even though your turbo is made using the most durable materials in the automotive industry, damage is still inevitable and can come to you at any time when you least expect it. When this happens, you need to look into the problem right away before it gets out of hand or too hard to remedy. However, when the damage is grave and you have no other choice but to buy a replacement valve, always remember to get no less than the very reliable OES Genuine boost pressure valve.
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Record of exhibitions of the University of Nevada, Reno Art Department
This collection consists of flyers and brochures announcing exhibits at the Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, undated-1989, and Art Department bulletins and newsletters, 1963-1990. Newsletters include: Art Forum, 1963-1967; Contact, 1967-1977; News from the Art Club, 1981-1983; and Preview, 1976-1990. Among the exhibit items is a description of the inaugural exhibition in the Church Fine Arts Building, with a foreword by J. Craig Sheppard, artist and Chair of the Department of Art.
19.25 Cubic Feet (20 boxes)
Collection consists of flyers and brochures announcing exhibits at the Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, undated-1989, and Art Department bulletins and newsletters, 1963-1990. Newsletters include: Art Forum, 1963-1967; Contact, 1967-1977; News from the Art Club, 1981-1983; and Preview, 1976-1990. Among the exhibit items is a description of the inaugural exhibition in the Church Fine Arts Building, with a foreword by J. Craig Sheppard, artist and Chair of the Department of Art.
The Art Department of the University of Nevada, Reno, sponsors annual exhibitions of art produced by students and faculty.
The collection was originally arranged and described by Art Department faculty member James E. McCormick, whose guide now comprises Series 1.
The collection is arranged in five series: 1) Original Collection Guide by James C. McCormick, Department of Art; 2) Newsletters & Newspaper Clippings; 3) General Announcements; 4) Exhibit Entry Data Sheets; 5) Exhibits by Year.
Additions to the collection are unprocessed. Please contact University Archives for more information on content.
Transferred by James C. McCormick in 1992. Additions to the collection transferred by Robert Blesse in 2016.
Artists -- Nevada -- 20th century
Exhibitions -- Nevada -- Reno
McCormick, James C. (James Calvin) (Creator)
McCormick, James C. (James Calvin)
Rosenberg, Howard
Sheppard Fine Art Gallery
Sheppard, Craig
McCormick, James C. (James Calvin) (Person)
Guide to the Record of exhibitions of the University of Nevada, Reno Art Department
Karen Gash
Record of Exhibitions of the University of Nevada, Reno Art Department, AC 0314. University Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno. https://archive.library.unr.edu/public/repositories/3/resources/1386 Accessed January 21, 2020.

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This section contains sample contacts you can download and modify for your own use.
I have uploaded sample copies (word and PDF) of my photo studio contract. It is a simple one page contract, but it includes my updated cancellation policy and a fairly comprehensive but concise model release. You could alter that section to include you having access to digital proofs for promotional use. I have both versions. If there is anything in the model release section that seems unclear as to intent and purpose or raises questions with your photographer...just let me know and I will be happy to explain why it was included. I use this contract several times a season for some fairly high end studios, and it has served me well. I have never had a photographer or studio owner reject the terms of the model release.
This is the contract I use. It is from SCSanta (Santa Patrick) with just a few modifications for me.
This is a sample liability release form you can use for your clients. Feel free to download and modify for your own use.


Vivienne Westwood has advised people to ''eat less'' so they can afford to buy more expensive but healthier, organic options.
Vivienne Westwood has advised people to ''eat less'' food if they can't afford organic products.
The 73-year-old designer was delivering a petition to Downing Street in London - in which she expressed her concerns for the consumption of genetically modified foods - when she remarked people should simply cut down on the amount they eat in place of buying the cheaper, unhealthier alternatives.
During her passionate speech about the dangers of cheaper GM foods, Vivienne was informed by Dino Sofos from BBC Radio 5 Live that not everyone can afford to buy organic produce.
According to the Independent newspaper, she simply responded: ''Eat Less''.
Vivienne went on to blame the consumption of GM foods for weight gain and warned that ''hell'' is the only alternative if people refuse to build a greener economy.
She explained: ''You've got all these processed foods, which is the main reason that people are getting fat. They're not actually good for you - they don't give you strength, they give you weight. I eat vegetables and fruit. I don't eat meat; I believe meat is bad for me... But if there was a movement to produce more organic food and less of the horrible food, then organic food would obviously be a good-value price, wouldn't it?
The fashion icon also advised the public to heed what she referred to as controversial comedian Russell Brand's 'word of thumb', saying, ''If the Government said it's good, then you know it's not''.


text:
class PanosFacade < ActiveRecord::Base

	attr_accessible :absolute_start, :absolute_end, :relative_start, :relative_end, :pano, :facade_id, :geom, :facade_time_period, :start_ray_id, :end_ray_id, :center_ray_id	, :distance

	belongs_to :pano
	belongs_to :facade

	@point_start
	@point_end
	@distances

	def post_processing(type_point = "latlng")
		compute_relative_angles
		if valid_pov?
			compute_geom(type_point)
			self.pov_angle = (self.relative_end- self.relative_start).abs
			# self.distance = @distances.inject{ |sum, el| sum + el }.to_f / arr.size
		end
		self.save
	end

	def pitch_from_height(building_height = 2.0)
		Math::tan(building_height.to_f/self.distance.to_f) * 180.0 / Math::PI
	end

	def compute_relative_angles
		self.relative_start = norm_angle(absolute_start  - pano.yaw_deg) unless absolute_start.nil?
		self.relative_end = norm_angle(absolute_end  - pano.yaw_deg) unless absolute_end.nil?
	end

	def valid_pov?
		(!(absolute_end.nil? || absolute_start.nil?)) && ((relative_start >= 0 && relative_end >= 0) || (relative_start <= 0 && relative_end <= 0))
	end

	def side
	 if (self.relative_start < 0)
	 	:left
	 else
	 	:right
	 end
	end

	def mark_angles
		pano.mark_angle(self.relative_start)
		pano.mark_angle(self.relative_end)
	end

	def compute_geom(type_point = "latlng")
		self.geom = "LINESTRING( #{extract_geom(@point_start)}, #{extract_geom(pano[type_point].to_s)}, #{extract_geom(@point_end)})"
	end

	def extract_geom(point)
		/POINT[ ]?\(([\d|\.]+ [\d|\.]+)\)/.match(point).to_a[1]
	end

	def visible_at(point, angle, distance)
		if absolute_start.nil?
			self.absolute_start = angle
			@point_start = point
			@distances = []
		else
			self.absolute_end = angle
			@point_end = point
		end
		@distances << distance
	end

	def norm_angle(angle)
		if (angle < -180)
			360.0 + angle
		elsif (angle > 180)
			- 360.0 + angle
		else
			angle
		end
	end

	def to_s
		%Q{
#{pano.id}-#{facade_id}
absolute angles (#{absolute_start}, #{absolute_end}),
yaw_deg: #{pano.yaw_deg},
relative angles: (#{relative_start}, #{relative_end})
side: #{side},
geom : #{self.geom}
		}
	end
end

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1 x 40W ES (lamp not included). 1 x 1W LED. Base: 150mm x 100mm. Shade: 180mm x 180mm x 120mm. Height: 320mm. LED Gooseneck Arm: 295mm.
1 x 1W LED. 1 x 3W LED Electronic transformer. Width: 60mm. Height: 80mm. LED Gooseneck Arm: 330mm.


--You'll get half to one ounce of hand dyed, Corriedale Cross, deep red fiber w/ 3 free, coordinating fiber samples (limit 12). These colors are dyed in small lots at a time and will vary from lot to lot. Some variegation also occurs within each ounce.
I was so impressed with my experience with this seller. The customer service was great, quick to ship, and even came with a handwritten thank you, samples, and lavender sachet! The wool is so deep in color and high in quality--its a game changer for me. Thank you, Wildethyme!!
What they said...deep, beautiful red!


text:
<?php

namespace Google\Service\ServiceNetworking;

class AddSubnetworkRequest extends \Google\Collection
{
  protected $collection_key = 'subnetworkUsers';
  /**
   * @var bool
   */
  public $checkServiceNetworkingUsePermission;
  /**
   * @var string
   */
  public $computeIdempotencyWindow;
  /**
   * @var string
   */
  public $consumer;
  /**
   * @var string
   */
  public $consumerNetwork;
  /**
   * @var string
   */
  public $description;
  /**
   * @var int
   */
  public $ipPrefixLength;
  /**
   * @var string
   */
  public $outsideAllocationPublicIpRange;
  /**
   * @var string
   */
  public $privateIpv6GoogleAccess;
  /**
   * @var string
   */
  public $purpose;
  /**
   * @var string
   */
  public $region;
  /**
   * @var string
   */
  public $requestedAddress;
  /**
   * @var string[]
   */
  public $requestedRanges;
  protected $secondaryIpRangeSpecsType = SecondaryIpRangeSpec::class;
  protected $secondaryIpRangeSpecsDataType = 'array';
  /**
   * @var string
   */
  public $subnetwork;
  /**
   * @var string[]
   */
  public $subnetworkUsers;
  /**
   * @var bool
   */
  public $useCustomComputeIdempotencyWindow;

  /**
   * @param bool
   */
  public function setCheckServiceNetworkingUsePermission($checkServiceNetworkingUsePermission)
  {
    $this->checkServiceNetworkingUsePermission = $checkServiceNetworkingUsePermission;
  }
  /**
   * @return bool
   */
  public function getCheckServiceNetworkingUsePermission()
  {
    return $this->checkServiceNetworkingUsePermission;
  }
  /**
   * @param string
   */
  public function setComputeIdempotencyWindow($computeIdempotencyWindow)
  {
    $this->computeIdempotencyWindow = $computeIdempotencyWindow;
  }
  /**
   * @return string
   */
  public function getComputeIdempotencyWindow()
  {
    return $this->computeIdempotencyWindow;
  }
  /**
   * @param string
   */
  public function setConsumer($consumer)
  {
    $this->consumer = $consumer;
  }
  /**
   * @return string
   */
  public function getConsumer()
  {
    return $this->consumer;
  }
  /**
   * @param string
   */
  public function setConsumerNetwork($consumerNetwork)
  {
    $this->consumerNetwork = $consumerNetwork;
  }
  /**
   * @return string
   */
  public function getConsumerNetwork()
  {
    return $this->consumerNetwork;
  }
  /**
   * @param string
   */
  public function setDescription($description)
  {
    $this->description = $description;
  }
  /**
   * @return string
   */
  public function getDescription()
  {
    return $this->description;
  }
  /**
   * @param int
   */
  public function setIpPrefixLength($ipPrefixLength)
  {
    $this->ipPrefixLength = $ipPrefixLength;
  }
  /**
   * @return int
   */
  public function getIpPrefixLength()
  {
    return $this->ipPrefixLength;
  }
  /**
   * @param string
   */
  public function setOutsideAllocationPublicIpRange($outsideAllocationPublicIpRange)
  {
    $this->outsideAllocationPublicIpRange = $outsideAllocationPublicIpRange;
  }
  /**
   * @return string
   */
  public function getOutsideAllocationPublicIpRange()
  {
    return $this->outsideAllocationPublicIpRange;
  }
  /**
   * @param string
   */
  public function setPrivateIpv6GoogleAccess($privateIpv6GoogleAccess)
  {
    $this->privateIpv6GoogleAccess = $privateIpv6GoogleAccess;
  }
  /**
   * @return string
   */
  public function getPrivateIpv6GoogleAccess()
  {
    return $this->privateIpv6GoogleAccess;
  }
  /**
   * @param string
   */
  public function setPurpose($purpose)
  {
    $this->purpose = $purpose;
  }
  /**
   * @return string
   */
  public function getPurpose()
  {
    return $this->purpose;
  }
  /**
   * @param string
   */
  public function setRegion($region)
  {
    $this->region = $region;
  }
  /**
   * @return string
   */
  public function getRegion()
  {
    return $this->region;
  }
  /**
   * @param string
   */
  public function setRequestedAddress($requestedAddress)
  {
    $this->requestedAddress = $requestedAddress;
  }
  /**
   * @return string
   */
  public function getRequestedAddress()
  {
    return $this->requestedAddress;
  }
  /**
   * @param string[]
   */
  public function setRequestedRanges($requestedRanges)
  {
    $this->requestedRanges = $requestedRanges;
  }
  /**
   * @return string[]
   */
  public function getRequestedRanges()
  {
    return $this->requestedRanges;
  }
  /**
   * @param SecondaryIpRangeSpec[]
   */
  public function setSecondaryIpRangeSpecs($secondaryIpRangeSpecs)
  {
    $this->secondaryIpRangeSpecs = $secondaryIpRangeSpecs;
  }
  /**
   * @return SecondaryIpRangeSpec[]
   */
  public function getSecondaryIpRangeSpecs()
  {
    return $this->secondaryIpRangeSpecs;
  }
  /**
   * @param string
   */
  public function setSubnetwork($subnetwork)
  {
    $this->subnetwork = $subnetwork;
  }
  /**
   * @return string
   */
  public function getSubnetwork()
  {
    return $this->subnetwork;
  }
  /**
   * @param string[]
   */
  public function setSubnetworkUsers($subnetworkUsers)
  {
    $this->subnetworkUsers = $subnetworkUsers;
  }
  /**
   * @return string[]
   */
  public function getSubnetworkUsers()
  {
    return $this->subnetworkUsers;
  }
  /**
   * @param bool
   */
  public function setUseCustomComputeIdempotencyWindow($useCustomComputeIdempotencyWindow)
  {
    $this->useCustomComputeIdempotencyWindow = $useCustomComputeIdempotencyWindow;
  }
  /**
   * @return bool
   */
  public function getUseCustomComputeIdempotencyWindow()
  {
    return $this->useCustomComputeIdempotencyWindow;
  }
}

// Adding a class alias for backwards compatibility with the previous class name.
class_alias(AddSubnetworkRequest::class, 'Google_Service_ServiceNetworking_AddSubnetworkRequest');


text:
Q: How does one manage the upload speed of Ubuntu One? I love file-sharing platforms like Ubuntu One. Up to now I used Dropbox and there you can see the progress of uploading (with moving the mouse-cursor over the Dropbox icon on the lower right edge).
In Ubuntu One I don't see a way to control the progress of uploading. I really miss that function, because it seems to synchronise quite slow (a 22 MB file is syncing for several minutes now).
Is there a way to control the progress?

A: In the Ubuntu One settings application there is an option to allow setting the maximum upload and download bandwidth used.  Look under the "Devices" tab in the Ubuntu One application.

A: There is an ubuntu one indicator, but I never tested it: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/01/the-omg-guide-to-must-have-indicator-applets/

A: Ubuntu One client shows a progress bar and when it's running, you can see a progressbar on the clients launcher as well.

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text:
import chai from 'chai';
import assign from 'object-assign';
import eemit from '../src/eemit.js';

const assert = chai.assert;

describe('Eemit', () => {
  context('Error handling', () => {
    const typeErrorMessage = 'Eemit can only be composed with objects or functions';
    const typeCallbackErrorMessage = 'Callback must be a function';

    describe('TypeErrors', () => {
      it('should not throw for no arguments', () => {
        const compound = () => eemit();
        assert.doesNotThrow(compound, TypeError, typeErrorMessage);
      });

      it('should throw for string', () => {
        const compound = () => eemit('foobar');
        assert.throws(compound, TypeError, typeErrorMessage);
      });

      it('should throw for null', () => {
        const compound = () => eemit(null);
        assert.throws(compound, TypeError, typeErrorMessage);
      });

      it('should not throw for array', () => {
        const compound = () => eemit([]);
        assert.doesNotThrow(compound, TypeError, typeErrorMessage);
      });

      it('factory().on should throw when handler is missing', () => {
        const compound = eemit();
        const handler = () => compound.on('some-event');
        assert.throws(handler, TypeError, typeCallbackErrorMessage);
      });

      it('factory().once should throw when handler is of wrong type', () => {
        const compound = eemit();
        const handler = () => compound.on('some-event', '');
        assert.throws(handler, TypeError, typeCallbackErrorMessage);
      });

      it('factory().off should throw when handler is of wrong type', () => {
        const compound = eemit();
        const handler = () => compound.off('some-event', {});
        assert.throws(handler, TypeError, typeCallbackErrorMessage);
      });
    });
  });

  class Counter {
    constructor() {
      this.counter = 0;
      this.isReset = false;
      this.timesReset = 0;
    }
    tick() {
      this.counter++;
    }
    reset() {
      this.counter = 0;
      this.isReset = true;
      this.timesReset++;
    }
  }

  const objectCounter = {
    counter: 0,
    isReset: false,
    tick() {
      this.counter++;
    },
    reset() {
      this.counter = 0;
      this.isReset = true;
      this.timesReset++;
    },
  };

  const tests = [
    {
      name: 'Class',
      getCounter() {
        const CompoundCounter = eemit(Counter);
        return new CompoundCounter();
      },
    },
    {
      name: 'Object',
      getCounter: () => eemit(assign({}, objectCounter)),
    },
    {
      name: 'empty Object (decorated later)',
      getCounter() {
        const ticker = eemit();
        ticker.counter = 0;
        ticker.isReset = false;
        ticker.timesReset = 0;
        ticker.tick = function tick() {
          ticker.counter++;
        };
        ticker.reset = function reset() {
          ticker.isReset = true;
          ticker.timesReset++;
        };
        return ticker;
      },
    },
  ];

  let ticker;

  // Generate tests.
  tests.forEach((test) => {
    context(`with ${test.name}`, () => {
      beforeEach(() => {
        ticker = test.getCounter();
      });

      describe('factory().on', () => {
        beforeEach(() => {
          ticker.on('tick', ticker.tick);
        });

        it('should not call handler when registered', () => {
          assert.equal(ticker.counter, 0);
        });

        it('should respond to event after registered', () => {
          ticker.trigger('tick');
          assert.equal(ticker.counter, 1);
        });

        it('should respond to event after registered more than once', () => {
          ticker.trigger('tick');
          assert.equal(ticker.counter, 1);
          ticker.trigger('tick');
          assert.equal(ticker.counter, 2);
        });
      });

      describe('factory().off', () => {
        it('should not execute unregistered handler', () => {
          ticker.on('tick', ticker.tick)
          .once('reset', ticker.reset)
          .off('tick')
          .off('reset')
          .trigger('tick')
          .trigger('reset');
          assert.equal(ticker.counter, 0);
          assert.equal(ticker.isReset, false);
        });
      });

      describe('factory().once', () => {
        beforeEach(() => {
          ticker.once('tick', ticker.tick);
        });

        it('should not call handler when registered', () => {
          assert.equal(ticker.counter, 0);
        });

        it('should respond to event only once', () => {
          ticker.trigger('tick');
          assert.equal(ticker.counter, 1);
          ticker.trigger('tick');
          assert.equal(ticker.counter, 1);
        });
      });

      describe('factory()._EemitEvents is own property', () => {
        it('should not respond to unregistered event', () => {
          assert.isOk(ticker.hasOwnProperty('_eemitEvents'));
        });
      });

      describe('Chainable', () => {
        it('should return callee', () => {
          const chain = ticker.
            once('a', () => {}).
            on('b', () => {}).
            off('a').
            trigger('b');
          assert.equal(chain, ticker, 'should return callee');
        });
      });
    });
  });
});


Pond are a psychedelic rock band hailing from Perth, Australia. The core members are Nick Allbrook, Jay Watson and Joseph Ryan, who formed in 2008 to make whatever music they wanted to make with whoever they wanted to make it with.
This is a band for whom horizons are meaningless. It's not even entirely accurate to call them a band, since the members of the band past the core trio are so numerous and fleeting that it's more accurate to call them a collective. One fuelled by camaraderie, creative spirit and copious amounts of psychedelics.
Two of the core trio haven't even full time members of the band for the length of time they've been together. Pond are arguably the sister group of Tame Impala, since Watson was practically a founding member of them, who still drums with them to this day. Allbrook was also a member of Kevin Parker's band until 2013, when he quit in order to continue focusing on Pond.
However, Pond had already been together for two years when Tame Impala's "Innerspeaker" album was released and the attention levelled on Kevin Parker's band also found its way to Allbrook, Watson and Ryan's band as well.
They'd used their time constructively, since in those two years they'd written, recorded and released three albums, January 2009's "Psychedelic Mango", June 2009's "Corridors of Blissterday" and May 2010's "Frond". 2010 also saw the recording of their breakthrough album "Beard, Wives, Denim", but the album wouldn't see release until 2012.
With that album's release the NME named them "The Hottest New Band In The World" and in terms of activity it's hard to disagree. They've since released another album, 2013's "Hobo Rocket" and become one of the most acclaimed live acts in the world.
Any rock fan should seek out this band for whom the sky's the limit, they're nearing the top of their game, and look set to be something very special indeed.


"This is also something that's new to me, VMware is also doing intra-VM page sharing besides inter-VM page sharing"
Whoa! Now that is something that is obvious in hindsight, but absolutely astounding when you think about it. Lots of clients ask about the viability of virtualising Citrix servers on an ESX platform and there are a number of reasons why this can be useful like being able to easily clone servers to increase capacity and ensure that you get the exact configuration with all of the little tuning tweaks, avoiding some of the internal bottlenecks of Windows etc. However, this particular idea flew by under my radar. While inter-VM page sharing can result in some significant memory savings, a Citrix server has a whole lot of similar pages due to the fact that it's hosting a number of practically identical logon sessions. In hindsight it's obvious that ESX shouldn't care about the source of a give memory page when it does the shared memory consolidation. The net result is that you can run significantly more user sessions with the same amount of physical memory with Citrix running on ESX.


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National Lampoon The Iron On Book was an American humor book that was published in 1976. It was a "special edition" of National Lampoon magazine and as such it was sold on newsstands along with the regular monthly issue of the magazine. It was edited by Tony Hendra.

This was a book of 16 designs that the purchaser could apply to tee shirts, using an iron. The cover says, "Sixteen Original Designs For Your Chest" and is illustrated with a photograph of a beautiful girl who has tried to apply one of the designs to her white tee shirt, and ended up with it on her chest instead. The design shown is the "Mona Gorilla" by Rick Meyerowitz.

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U.S. Bills Allowing Sideloading Would Cause Consumers to Be Hit With 'Malware, Ransomware, and Scams,' Says Apple
Tuesday January 18, 2022 11:42 am PST by Juli Clover
U.S. bills that would require major changes to the App Store would ultimately cause consumers to be targeted with malware, ransomware, and scams, Apple's Senior Director of Government Affairs Timothy Powderly said in a letter that was sent today to the Senate Judiciary Committee and that was obtained by MacRumors.
Apple sent the letter as the Judiciary Committee prepares to consider the American Innovation and Choice Online Act and the Open Markets Act, which were first introduced in June 2021. The American Innovation and Choice Online Act will be examined first, and if implemented, would prevent "dominant platforms" from "abusing their gatekeeper power" by favoring their own products and services over those of competitors.
In short, the legislation would enable sideloading, which Apple is stringently against. Sideloading would allow apps and content to be installed on iPhones and iPads through alternate app stores, bypassing Apple's App Store and the privacy measures that Apple has put in place.
Apple says that bills would "hurt competition and discourage innovation" by making it "much harder" to protect the privacy and security of personal devices in the United States.
These bills will reward those who have been irresponsible with users' data and empower bad actors who would target consumers with malware, ransomware, and scams. [...]
The bills put consumers in harm's way because of the real risk of privacy and security breaches. In addition to making privacy and security protections nearly impossible to defend, the bills would actually allow predators and scammers to side-step Apple's privacy and security protections completely. This circumvention is possible because the bills would mandate "sideloading," or the direct installation of software from the internet in a way that circumvents the privacy and security protections Apple has designed, including human review of every app and every app update.
Apple claims it would also be restricted from providing new privacy and security protections under wording that maintains such features must be "necessary" and "narrowly tailored," which the company says is a "nearly insurmountable test" that could prevent customers from having access to a "smart mobile device that provides them with the highest-level of security and privacy protection."
The App Store and Apple's human review process protect customers from "malicious and dangerous code," and consumers would lose that protection should these bills be implemented. In the letter, Apple again highlighted a study that showed iOS devices have 98 percent less malware than Android devices as proof of the effectiveness of the App Store.
Apple says that the bill would be a "big win for those who would profit by collecting even more personal information," and that "millions of Americans" could be deceived into installing unwanted malicious software and would suffer preventable malware attacks. Regulators "should not ignore" the benefits that consumers receive from Apple.
Among other things, the bills would undo much of the progress Congress has made bolstering American competitiveness, rebuilding supply chains, and encouraging domestic manufacturing by instead codifying a structural advantage for foreign competitors in the vibrant technology sector.
At the launch of iPhone in 2007, Steve Jobs said that "we're trying to do two diametrically opposed things at once: provide an advanced and open platform to developers while at the same time protect iPhone users from viruses, malware, privacy attacks, etc. This is no easy task."
Apple is urging the Senate Judiciary Committee not to approve either act that's under consideration in their current form, and the company asks for the opportunity to work with the Committee to find solutions to "address competition concerns while protecting consumers' privacy and security."
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Agit21
I can confirm this. My Macbook Air is full of viruses.
I like the mostly effective vetting in the App Store. But I think allowing sideloading would be a good thing overall, as long as Apple made users approve non-App Store installations every time one is initiated, as well as making sideloading restrictions available in Parental Controls.
mozumder
yah part of the reason I stick with Apple instead of Android is that I don't want a bunch of random apps in the App Store written by shady and untalented developers, and prefer a curated set. I mean, even the most basic of editorial control over the App Store is so much better than zero control.
Imagine having to go through the curation process yourself in an unfiltered App Store...
now i see it
They're hiding behind "security and privacy" to rake in the billion$. While it's their marketing strategy, it's doubtful they actually care - except how things affect their bottom line.
Does anyone think they'd be kicking and screaming as they are now if this new scheme would double their profits?
If that legislation should move forward and pass, Apple should not be responsible for any adverse consequences (bricked phones, stolen data, ransomware, etc) to customers should they choose to side load apps.
Rather it should be on the customer to take responsibility for their poor choices and actions. No doubt people will whine that should instead be on Apple.
BrownyQ
Should this ultimately go from discussions to a signed law, that choice will still fall to the owner of the device, no?
Therefore, those of us who are against it can simply stick to the Apple "seal of approval" on their own App Store and apps and say no to other options.


By Tiffany Moustakas – RiverdalePress.com – Photo: Courtesy of Susan Bestul.
Photo: Dancers from Ballet Hispánico perform 'Sombrerísimo,' a piece about how clothing can identify you.
Since its formation in 1970, Ballet Hispánico works to showcase "the need for inclusion and diversity" in performance art through its dance company, School of Dance, and its community arts partnerships across New York City and the country — all by giving Latino dancers a chance to flourish. The dance company brought its swift moves to the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts on Jan. 19 for the first time in more than a decade.


The TATA Binding Protein (TBP) is required for the initiation of eukaryotic gene transcription. The biological function of TBP requires its specific binding to DNA and other transcription factors. Although TBP binds specific sites as a monomer, it oligomerizes in solution to octamers under the experimental conditions of the present studies (1). The crystal structure of the highly conserved C-domain of TBP responsible for the interaction with DNA has been solved alone and complexed to DNA. The N-domain of TBP is variable in length and sequence. Its structure and structural relationship to the C-terminal domain is unknown.
In this study, the intrinsic fluorescence of the six tyrosines located in the C-domain of TBP and the single tryptophan located in the N-domain has been used to monitor the structures of the two domains for TBP monomers, octamers and monomers complexed with a 14 bp oligonucleotide bearing the sequence TATAAAAG. Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) of a 14-mer double labeled with fluorescein and TAMRA was used to monitor TBP DNA-binding (2). The maximum of the steady-state fluorescence spectrum of TBP is 309 - 310 nm. A normalized difference spectrum of TBP fluorescence with free tyrosine matches the tryptophan fluorescence spectrum of TBP. Thus, the unusually short wavelength maximum of TBP fluorescence is derived not from unusual tryptophan fluorescence, as previously concluded (3), but reflects the unusually high quantum yield of the tyrosine residues in TBP. The tyrosine anisotropy in TBP is very high either in the free protein or complexed with DNA. The tyrosine anisotropy is comparable to that observed in much larger proteins demonstrating rigidity of the C-domain of TBP in monomers, octamers and complexed with DNA. The anisotropy of the single tryptophan within the N-terminal domain of TBP is much lower than that of the tyrosines. This result is consistent with the N-terminal domain being less structured and more mobile than the C-terminal domain (1). Although the fluorescence of tyrosines, but not the tryptophan in TBP is quenched in the complex with DNA, the tryptophan fluorescence is shifted to longer wavelengths in the TBP-DNA complex.
These results show that i) the conformation of the N-domain of TBP in monomers differs of that in octamers (1) while the C-domain structure is unchanged; (ii) the C-domain of TBP has a compact rigid structure that is unaffected by DNA binding; (iii) effective energy migration from the TBP tyrosines to DNA occurs consistent with uniform close proximity; and (iv) the conformation of the N-terminal domain of TBP is flexible and changes upon DNA-binding, a conformational change could impact the subsequent assembly of other transcription factors. Supported by NIH grant GM39929.
Daugherty, M.A., Brenowitz, M. & Fried, M.G. (2000) Biochemistry, 39, 4869 - 4880.
Parkhurst, K., Brenowitz, M. & Parkhurst, L.J. (1996) Biochemistry, 35, 7459 - 7465.


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Based on an illustration by famed Japanese illustrator Shunya Yamashita, Agent G is presented for the first time in Bishoujo (Japanese for ´Beautiful girl´) style.
Beautifully sculpted in 1/7th scale, Agent G stands nearly 20 cm tall and comes in a window box packaging.


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Bispo do Rosário: All Existing Materials on Earth, Brings Brazilian Outsider Art to Americas Society
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Bispo do Rosário: All Existing Materials on Earth, the first U.S. solo exhibition of the genius outsider artist; is at Americas Society in the Upper East Side; from Wednesday, January 25 – May 20, 2023. FREE! as-coa.org 🇧🇷
Bispo do Rosário Was a Genius Brazilian Outsider Artist
Bispo do Rosario (1909-1989) was a Brazilian outsider artist.
Today, the first thing most art collectors ask is where the artist studied. Outsider art (Art Brut or folk art) is made by self-taught artists who did not come up through the art industrial complex. Children are natural outsider artists. Some of the best outsider artists worked in mental institutions.
After being diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1938, Bispo lived in a Rio de Janeiro psychiatric institution for 50 years.
There he made art from found objects and his own divine inspiration, or the voices in his head. People make similar folk art all over the world. But Bispo had a particular genius. He planned to wear his Manto da apresentaçao garment on Judgement Day.
When Bispo's work was shown at the 1995 Venice Biennale, critics said he was ahead of his time and compared his art to the Marcel Duchamp readymades such as the iconic "Fountain" (R. Mutt, 1917).
Americas Society understands that you can't look at American art the same way you look at European art. It's created from entirely different world views, but art is art.
Manto da apresentação (Judgment Day garment), ca. 1943.
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J. Warner Wallace discusses the four part template we use to determine eyewitness reliability. Can this template be applied to the Gospels?
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J. Warner talks about the first five reasons and provides tips to overcome the obstacles that typically prevent us from sharing what we believe.
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From the time I was twenty-one, I felt desperate to serve God, and I had prayed fervently for him to use me. So, when leaders at my church asked for volunteers to serve on a cleanup team in the youth ministry, I said yes. When the assistant youth pastor asked me to help start a community youth center for at-risk teens, I said yes. When my senior pastor called me and said, "Christine, I want you to be the state director of our denomination's youth movement, Youth Alive," I said yes. I was passionate about Jesus and willing to serve in any way that would be useful for the kingdom of God. I had prayed, Here I am Lord, send me.
Happy Birthday, Eric!! You are one of the people that encourages me most in my walk with the Lord! I admire how you are bringing people together to talk about the important (and yes, unimportant) things of life! Bonhoeffer was inspiring and wonderful! Blessings!
While I knew my dad meant well, for the first time I really started to wonder: What if Jesus is not God? What if I grew up in another religion? Could Darwinism be true, and if so, what would it mean for my faith? And so on. But the biggest issue that really tripped me up was the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus was copied from the mystery religions of the ancient near east.
True peace says, "Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! O Lord, hear my voice" (Psalm 130:1–2). And it also says, "I have calmed and quieted my soul" (Psalm 131:2). Desperation mingled with confidence. Stability alongside restlessness. That is the paradox of authentic peace — of true inner peace in the chaos of our world, steady in Jesus Christ and empowered by his Spirit.
If The Bible Is The Source Of Morality Why So Many Different Views Are held By Christians?
There are several approaches to defending the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus. Skeptics have offered a wide range of natural explanations throughout history to explain away the bodily resurrection of Jesus. Human existence is dependent on communication. The abundance of methods to communicate attests to this. Clearly, we rely on phone calls, text messages, email, and other forms of communication daily. It makes sense God would communicate through His creation. Biblical faith rests on knowing what God has allowed to be recorded for us—at the very minimum, knowing the historical truth of Jesus's resurrection.
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Men are not from Mars and women are not from Venus. In fact, men and women have a lot more in common than most people think, and a lot of harm is done you try to sort them into little boxes of pre-arranged stereotypes. You end up sounding like one of those unfunny memes floating around Facebook with a joke like "The only difference between a woman and a fishing trip is …" and then you can't even read the rest because it's cropped all wrong.
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Should We Contextualize the Gospel?
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73 Apologetics: How Can the Bible be Inerrant if Copyists Made Mistakes?


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> Paper Money (11 April 2016)
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Paper Money (11 April 2016) - Auction Report
Gross Total £306,620 (£367,944 including buyers' premium)
Number of lots 561
Exchange rate of the GB pound US $1.42 and €1.24
Principal Lots
1-131 A Good Group of Specimen Banknotes (Part II), £98,930 (£118,716)
197 China, Bank of Taiwan, Ten Yen, 1901, front and back proofs, £28,000 (£33,600)
196 China, Bank of Taiwan, 10 Yen, 1889, £20,000 (£24,000)
93 Malaya & British Borneo, Board of Commissioners of Currency, 10 Dollars, 1 March 1961, £8,500 (£10,200)
91 Malaya & British Borneo, Board of Commissioners of Currency, 5 Dollars, 21 March 1953, £8,000 (£9,600)
114 Singapore, Board of Commissioners of Currency, 1,000 Dollars, 1973-5, £7,500 (£9,000)
438-448 A Group of Cheques signed by Lord Lucan, £5,570 (£6,684)
90 Malaya & British Borneo, Board of Commissioners of Currency, Dollar, 21 March 1953, £5,500 (£6,600)
Saleroom Notices
The following were amendments to the printed catalogue descriptions
265 The note has a horizontal crease across upper centre and a light central fold
266 The note has a horizontal crease across upper centre and light creases at lower right corner
267 The note has two light corner creases
462 The note has a minor tear in lower edge and a few pinholes at lower left corner
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$100,000 grant approved for Central Virginia Training Center redevelopment plan
View full story at ABC 13 - The Central Virginia Training Center could soon get a face lift. The GO Virginia Region 2 Council approved the Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance's project for the Central Virginia Training Center Redevelopment Plan. The grant requested $100,000 to assist in the cost of a redevelopment plan for the site located in Amherst County.
The Central Virginia Planning District Commission, the County of Amherst, and the Amherst County Economic Development Authority all provided matching funds for the grant request.
"On behalf of the Alliance, we are pleased that the GO Virginia Region 2 Council voted to approve our application for CVTC. This grant is critical in assisting to fund the master redevelopment plan for the Central Virginia Training Center property. This regional asset located in Amherst County has significant economic potential and is deserving of a focused effort to evaluate its long-term highest and best use", said Todd Hall, Chairman of the Alliance Board of Directors in a press release.
The Central Virginia Training Center is scheduled for closure in 2020. The 350-acre site has 98 structures in various condition. The Alliance and partners in Amherst County have been aggressively working to secure a plan for the facility upon closure and will collaboratively complete a redevelopment plan that will use data collection, analytics, GIS data, public engagement, and design workshops to ensure the economic prosperity of the site and the citizens of the Lynchburg region. At full operation the Central Virginia Training Center had an $87 million economic impact on the region.
Calvin Kennon, chairman of the Economic Development Authority of Amherst County said in a press release, "we are thankful for the $100,000 in funding and we hope we can gain full support for the redevelopment in the future. The CVTC closure has had a negative impact on Amherst County and the region and we hope that we can get the study completed so we can redevelop the property as soon as possible. This property sitting empty for any length of time will not age well and be a hardship for our community."
The Alliance and partners will continue to look for opportunities through additional grants and private-sector support to fully fund the redevelopment plan for completion by June 2020.
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Lily Allen Dropped From Newsnight For Grenfell Tower Comments
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Lily Allen had been due to appear on the BBC's Newsnight last night but her appearance was cancelled following comments she made earlier that evening about the Grenfell Tower fire.
Speaking on Channel 4 News, the singer and Labour supporter didn't hold back on who she thought was to blame for the tragedy in Kensington.
Allen accused the government of withholding the true number of fatalities, which has so far been reported as 17. She said: "I have never in my entire life seen an event like this where the death count has been downplayed by the mainstream media."
Allen continued: "17? I'm sorry but I'm hearing from people that the figure is much closer to 150, and that many of those people are children.
"Those are off-the-record numbers I've been given from policemen and from firemen."
Interviewer Jon Snow, playing devil's advocate, suggested the current death toll was due to the difficulties of identifying bodies, to which Allen responded later on Twitter: "I appreciate the difficulties with identifying bodies, but there are people out here clinging to hope when I don't think there is any."
Just a few hours later, she tweeted that Newsnight had cancelled her appearance on the show and had "someone from the council coming on instead".
I'm sad to say @BBCNewsnight just cancelled me for tonight's show. They have someone from the council coming on instead.
— lily #labourtine? (@lilyallen) June 15, 2017
Following her appearance on Channel 4 News, she had also posted a note on Twitter explaining why she was linking tragedy to politics. She called the remains of the burned-down building "a horrendous metaphor for how the Conservatives are running this country."
I am politicizing #Grenfell tower because, it is governmental policies that have lead to so many unnecessary deaths. pic.twitter.com/9kqVMpiQkQ
Other public figures have also drawn links between politics and the fatal fire. Mobo award-winning rapper and poet Akala said people died "because they [were] poor". "There is no way rich people live in a building without adequate fire safety," he said. Singer Cerys Matthews tweeted that the disaster occurred as a result of "community buildings being sold off, and sub parr [sic.] refurbishment and builds being offered in return."
Here's whats happening. Community buildings being sold off, and sub parr refurbishment and builds being offered in return.#GrenfellTower
— Cerys Matthews (@cerysmatthews) June 14, 2017
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The growth potential of energy storage has drawn interest from some of the biggest names in the power business and beyond. With the trend set to continue, Andy Colthorpe explores how three recent acquisition targets are faring under new ownership. Taken from the pages of PV Tech Power Vol.19, read the second part of this article, here.
Objects of intensifying interest
The urgency of the need to act on climate change grows in tandem with the modernisation of the energy industry and is also taking renewables and therefore energy storage – into the mainstream. Over the past couple of years, this has manifested itself primarily as growth in investment into the sector and big players now wanting to own significant pieces of the market as it rapidly develops.
It will be interesting to see if they've got it right in terms of the types of energy storage companies they target, with many expecting widespread consolidation to obliterate all but the best – or biggest – in the industry. It will also be interesting to see if the acquired companies are well-positioned to succeed as part of a bigger corporation or if they'll continue to do what they've always done – only bigger.
We've spoken with three energy storage companies that have in the past couple of years been the object of that intensifying interest. Sonnen, which was recently acquired by Shell, Greensmith Energy Management Systems, owned since 2017 by gas engine manufacturer and power producer Wartsila, and Younicos, which is now part of portable energy solutions company Aggreko.
To be prepared is to survive
Florian Mayr of consultancy Apricum says that Shell is "seeing the overall trend that the world has made the choice: to decarbonise, to do something against climate change", through electrification of the power, heat and transport sectors. Mayr points out that it's "not a given" that fossil fuel companies will prepare for the long-term future in this way, with Chevron and Exxon seemingly doubling down on their ambitions to lead the planet to disaster while lining their pockets.
"Shell is saying that they want to prepare for this time and feel it is also a means to ensure their long-term survival. Shell claims to create a 'utility of the future' covering all relevant end user demands looking forward," Mayr says, with the company on a current wave of acquisitions.
Among others, it has already hoovered up UK-based companies Limejump, an aggregator, energy supplier First Utility – and its 750,000 customers – and Dutch EV charge solutions company New Motion as well as Sonnen. While it's still early days, joining the dots between those different segments appears the obvious way forward in creating a behemoth of the energy transition.
Sonnen CEO Christoph Ostermann says that there's scope for partnering what Sonnen does with those other acquisitions. To use an old phrase, the combination could represent a greater value than the sum of its parts.
"Shell is already present in more than 140 countries around the world and some of them are already interesting as markets for Sonnen as of today, some of them will become interesting in the future," Ostermann says.
"So I think one-plus-one is not two in this case, it is more. Simply because there are synergies and we can also leverage existing businesses within the Shell Group. The equipment we provide is a solution for residential customers. A customer can supply themselves with self-generated solar power on the one hand, on the other hand, in the bundle with First Utility, First Utility (now rebranded as Shell Energy) could provide that customer with the remaining grid power that they still need."
As opposed to that long-term strategic decision from Shell, for Aggreko and Wartsila, "energy storage is a natural extension of their core business and current product portfolio which can help their customers to save money today", Apricum's Florian Mayr says. Aggreko's mobile (yet sizeable) solutions power everything from gold mines in Australia to the Olympics around the world, while Wartsila supplies gas engines in 170 countries.
"By adding storage and PV to existing fossil generation, for example, you reduce the run time of the fossil generation assets and thereby save fuel, you also save fuel by being able to run the gensets more efficiently because you can then do fossil firming – to make a firm output profile and keeping the genset at a high utilisation which improves efficiency. You also save Capex because you don't need spinning reserve if you're adding energy storage," Mayr says.
At one such project, Granny Smith's gold mine in Australia, the addition of Younicos' battery system and battery management to existing power solutions expects to make fuel savings of 13%. The economic value of that is obvious but the sector is very conservative on operational risk. The endeavour is something of a gamble to begin with; that they bought a solution from a company started by self-confessed "solar hippies from Berlin" is all the more surprising.
Similarly, the addition of battery storage to Wartsila engines, either existing or new, can have a dramatic impact on ROI, with payback of two years modelled at some of the company's newest projects. Using technology and staff gained since the addition of Greensmith for around US$170 million in 2017, a range of battery-backed hybrid engine solutions was launched as this edition of PV Tech Power: Smart Power & Storage went to press.
Sonnen has heavily emphasised not only the sales of its battery units, but also the networked grid services and energy trading aspects of its business model. Image: Sonnen.
100% renewable? Really?
Although it may sound at odds for a gas engine company like Wartsila to claim a mission towards 100% renewable energy and for Greensmith, Younicos and Sonnen – all from a background almost entirely rooted in renewables – now to be owned by companies that have an undeniable stake in the fossil fuel game, it is to be hoped that the combination of different energy system stakeholders' interests will give the best outcome for everyone.
Warstila's Andy Tang, himself a Greensmith alumnus and renewable energy advocate, is bullish that, whatever our collective best efforts, natural gas is not going to go away just yet. Equally, he says, that does not need to be at odds with a vision of a world powered by renewables, nor does it needlessly endanger the survival of a species already locked in a race against time to decarbonise.
"I'm all for 100% renewables, I see that you can get to that on the capacity side but on the true energy side: you don't have wind everywhere, right? And solar power is an eight to 12-hour resource, depending on where you are. Are you really going to massively overbuild the solar power system by x2 and have batteries of 12-hour duration to be able to store all of that excess solar power and run it at night? I don't think so.
"I don't think that's the cost-effective power system and I don't think that's the carbon neutral solution or the best carbon mitigated solution. When you look at the price tag on that I don't think that our ratepayers, citizens of the world are going to be willing to pay for that," Tang says.
While the renewables community has, out of necessity, always viewed a push to majority renewable energy as an incremental process, the increases are now getting so big that the industry has a responsibility to ensure it can keep adding clean capacity without the system breaking down. Reaching a kind of capacity addition stasis on reaching 20% penetration of renewables in a typical grid scenario, Tang says that the only answer is to add "flexible power resources that can turn on and off really quickly". While a Wartsila gas engine can be switched on and running in five minutes, a battery-Wartsila engine hybrid "can be ramped up immediately", providing fuel and carbon savings and ensuring reliability and quality of power.
"We have a path mapped out," Tang says.
"We think that there's this interim period where you're getting from 20% to 60-80% renewables during which you need this flexible fuel source. Maybe I'm a little bit different [to some 100% renewables advocates], but I look at the 100% renewables and I'm not convinced that the most efficient way to do that is renewables plus massive batteries."
Carrying on the theme, Tang's colleague Magnus Miemois says that according to the "number crunching we have done in creating our energy vision and our perspectives: there is a clear correlation that the more renewables you put into a system the more flexibility you are going to need. Decarbonisation is obviously one objective, but you have the objective of grid reliability to attend to at the same time.
"Some of the traditional forms of generation are simply way too inflexible for existing assets to perform that role. You add energy storage to thermal [generation], you get a better performance and minimise the carbon emissions. So it is a necessary element of future energy systems. You might have various existing assets, CCGT, they might prove to be not able to provide the flexibility in an economical sense." Framed in this context, the acquisition of a battery system integrator sounds a necessity for the Finland-headquartered gas (and latterly wind turbine) company.
Read Part 2, 'Commitment or compromise', here.
This article has just appeared in PV Tech Power Vol.19, Solar Media's quarterly tech journal for the downstream global PV industry, as part of 'Storage & Smart Power', a dedicated section commissioned and brought to you by the team here at Energy-Storage.news. Download the whole 119-page magazine for free, here (subscription required).
Cover image: A drop in the ocean? While the likes of Shell have invested big in the clean energy sector, for now, much of their main business remains unchanged. Credit: Flickr/tom jervis
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SCI Flashback Friday – Tracking an Obsession
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Editors Note: This story originally appeared in the November/December 1985 issue of Safari Magazine.
I lay on the cot, staring at the canvas of the tent's roof. Moonlight filtered down through the leaves of the overhanging trees and in through the open tent flaps.
A hippo grunted, elephants trumpeted down on the river and a hyena sent its eerie call into the night. Then I heard the one sound I had been listening for – lions calling. The soft moaning call of lionesses drifted in on the night air. Then, the harsher sound of a much bigger lion pierced the air from just behind our camp. Another male called from farther away.
I turned my head to pinpoint the direction of the big male's call. He sounded close, awfully close. The females responded. It sounded as if lions were all around my tent. Listening, I broke into a sweat of anticipation. Lions had been such an obsession of mine for such a long time that I could hardly believe I was here in their territory, actually listening to their voices. Tomorrow, we would be hunting those magnificent cats whose calls were shattering the stillness of the night.
We had already tracked four lions without success. We caught up to the first one, but it turned out to be large in body but small in mane. The next three were wanderers that we were never able to catch up to. I drifted to sleep thinking about what the new day might bring.
I woke early. The cold orange dawn was just breaking over camp. I hurried into my clothes and jacket to escape the chill. My professional hunter met me in the dining hut to discuss the day's strategy over breakfast. I was hunting on the Chobe River, Botswana, with Steve Liversage of Hunters Africa Ltd. Steve and our bushman trackers had heard the lion and had a good idea of its location. We would check for its track first thing that day. We got our gear together and left camp in the Land Cruiser.
The author and his lion.
Within an hour the bushman trackers had spotted the lion's saucer-sized pad marks in the dust of the road. The track was not particularly large. However, it was definitely a mature lion. Steve explained that the size of a lion's foot does not mean much – an average foot can belong to a big lion. Conversely a big foot does not guarantee a big mane. In fact, the first lion we tracked had a big foot and a small mane. We would follow in the Land Cruiser until the lion left the road. The trackers led the way by walking in front of the vehicle.
At first, the tracking went quickly and without incident. Then a herd of elephants began crossing the road in front of us. Steve stopped to allow them to pass. The herd hurried across, but three adolescent bulls became separated and milled about in confusion on our left as the others disappeared to our right.
Suddenly, a huge old cow elephant swung back from the departing
herd. She looked toward the young bulls and then, protectively, turned toward our vehicle, tossed her head and flared her ears menacingly. Steve yelled at the trackers to get in the vehicle. They sprinted to the back of the truck and jumped in.
It was a tense moment. The majestic matriarch was clearly agitated and seemed ready to charge. I raised my .375. She threw dust in the air and shook her head furiously. The continued confusion from the adolescents was causing the situation to deteriorate rapidly. Then, finally, the youngsters got their bearings and rushed back to the security of the herd. The old matriarch threw another puff of dust in the air, gave us one more threatening glare and strode away.
We all breathed a sigh of relief. I had not been looking forward to trying to stop a charging elephant – especially with the soft-point bullets loaded in my .375. We continued on. Shortly thereafter, the lion's tracks left the road and headed into the bush. It now was time to begin tracking on foot.
I took off my jacket and put extra rounds of ammunition in my trouser pockets. Steve warned me to be ready because we could come upon the lion at any time – and at very close range. He said it was not unusual to be within 10 feet of a lion before seeing it! We proceeded carefully.
Lion track
We followed the lion across the sandy soil for three hours. When we'd lose the track, we would fan out until one of us found it again. At times tracking was easy. Even my inexperienced eye had no trouble seeing the distinctive pug marks in the sand. At other times, the ground grew hard and grassy and the track would be lost, then found, only to be lost again. The sun grew hotter and the dust began to rise as we walked on.
On two occasions, we cautiously waited as elephants again came into view before winding us and moving off. Their trumpeting was a discouraging warning to our quarry.
Zebras also periodically crossed our tracks. We would wait them out, or cautiously try to bypass them. Nevertheless, they sometimes would storm off giving warning to all in the bush – including the lion we were approaching. It was frustrating to know that the lion's very prey was working against us. We proceeded on into a patch of woods.
In the trees, the lion's solitary tracks suddenly merged with the tracks of a pride of lionesses and cubs, a disturbing development.
Now there would be 16 pairs of eyes and ears and 16 noses to detect us. A lioness with a small cub also could be an extremely aggressive adversary.
Suddenly, the warm still air was broken by a low growl. We froze. Then there was another growl. The lions were directly ahead of us in a thicket. Steve saw a movement in the brush but we could not make out the lions. We stopped to whisper strategy. Our conference was soon ended however by the furious trumpeting and breaking of branches by enraged elephants. Steve yelled for me run behind a tree and get ready to fire over the heads of the charging elephants. I dashed to a tree and raised my rifle. My heart was pounding, but the sounds were disappearing, not approaching. The elephants were charging the lions, not us! I was both relieved and angry. What do we do now? I cursed the elephants for their constant (even if unintentional) interference. It was a glum group that entered the thicket to try to unravel the tracks and determine what had happened to our pride of lions.
The tracks showed the pride had run off as a group with but one exception – one marvelous exception. The big lion had gone off by itself, apparently leaving the pride prior to the rude entry of the elephants. Its tracks showed the slow meandering route we had grown accustomed to. We had another chance.
Unlike previous lions we had tracked, this lion seemed to have no particular destination in mind and merely wandered about in a seemingly mindless way. Further, it was traveling during the day. Then we found where it had bedded. Fifty yards further, we again found the marks in the sand where its great body had recently reclined. Steve reminded me to be ready. A bit farther on, we found deep rips in the bark of a tree where the lion had paused to sharpen his claws. I began to wonder if the lion was trying to tell us something.
We stayed on the track relentlessly, but I became increasingly tired from walking in sand with dust covering our sweating faces and necks. It was getting progressively hotter. We had been on the trail for 5 ½ hours now. Where was the lion? Where was it going? Would it kill something and make our job easier? Would it keep traveling and make our job impossible? Would we see it first at 100 yards or 10 feet? Would we see it at all?
We stopped for counsel. The bushmen were concerned that the lion continued to travel during the day and had paused for only the shortest of rests. Steve was concerned that we were getting so far from the vehicle that we wouldn't be able to get back to it before dark. I was just plain tired and hot, but wasn't ready to give up yet.
The trackers felt that any further tracking was a waste of time. Steve suggested that we compromise and go another half mile to the next line of trees and then turn back. I reluctantly concurred that it may be time to give it up. Heaving the .375 onto my shoulder, we pressed on.
Every step brought us closer to the next line of trees where we
would end the hunt. The country in between was open and revealed no lion. It seemed obvious I was not to get a lion this day, and I began to wonder if I would ever get one at all. Then the tracker suddenly stopped and pointed. Steve knelt and pulled me down. "Did you see him?" he asked urgently.
I hadn't seen anything. "Under the tree on the anthill," Steve said. I could see a ginger colored fringe waving in the wind, but it didn't look like a lion. "That's his mane; he's asleep and lying on his side, all you can see is the side of his head. He's a beaut! Black mane. A terrific lion!"
Steve's words made my heart race. This was it. My chance was at hand. But what a chance. The lion was facing its backtrack from a carefully concealed position and we were in plain view 100 yards away. If it woke up or even blinked, it would see us for sure. Futhermore, all I could see was its forehead and left eye. The rest of the lion was behind the anthill and a tree.
We hurriedly discussed our options. If we went to the left for a clear shot, it would pick up our scent. The anthill would also obscure our view. That was out. If we went to the right, there would be even more brush in the way. That was out. Our only approach was to proceed straight to a tree 40 yards in front of the sleeping cat.
Steve told the trackers to stay behind in the brush. He and I then crawled on our hands and knees for 60 yards to the tree. My heart was pounding so hard my chest felt as if it would burst.
We got to the tree and I looked through the 3X scope. Steve coached me carefully: "The tan vertical line is his left eye slit. The gray line is the top of his nose." But where was I supposed to shoot? Steve looked at me exasperated. "Shoot him in the eye!" In the eye? I had been shooting well and Steve's confidence was encouraging, but this was a different ball game. First of all, the target was tiny. Second, a misplaced shot could have dire consequences. Last and not least, I was so excited I was shaking like a leaf. In the eye indeed!
I slowly stood up and pushed my .375 against the tree. The crosshairs were bouncing all over the lion's forehead. Now what? I was getting more excited by the second. I could wait and try to calm down, but what if the lion opened that eye? I had better shoot. The bellow of the .375 shook the nervousness out of my system. I looked through the scope. The lion was still lying there. A perfect brain shot! But no! The lion was suddenly gone and I had not seen it get up or move. It was just gone. But where was he?
Then I saw it moving to the right – it already had covered 50 yards. Its head was held high as it tried to locate us. Its mane rippled in the wind, and I could see its powerful shoulder muscles working. I was stunned by the magnificence of this lion.
I jammed another cartridge into the rifle and swung the crosshairs onto the shoulder. I fired but the lion loped on. It was almost to the thick brush when I fired again. A low growl came from the thicket.
I was excited at having seen such an animal, but dismayed at having missed my opportunity. However, Steve said I hit it with my third shot. Was he sure? Yes sure.
I wanted to run after the lion, my lion. I started into the brush. Steve stopped me. He explained the obvious – you don't just walk up to a wounded lion hiding in the bush. We would proceed shoulder-to-shoulder, slowly circling the thicket before entering.
I refilled my rifle's magazine and we began slowly moving around the spot where the lion had disappeared. Our trackers rejoined us, but were walking behind. I strained to see through the brush. There he was! No, just a bush. Steve climbed onto a fallen tree but could see nothing. He climbed down and we continued circling.
Finally, Steve spotted it, I shot and the lion was dead. We approached cautiously, but 300-grain Nosler partition bullet from my .375 had entered in front of the right hip and penetrated the lungs. It was perfectly expanded just under the hide on the left side.
To say I was jubilant would be an understatement. I had wanted a lion so badly it had become an obsession. I not only had a lion, but a beautiful, well maned lion that was so large it would go high in the record books. Steve and the bushman trackers, David and Jackson, had worked hard to make my dream come true. They may never know how much I appreciate it.—William F. Richardson
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