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Q: NetVips: Create composite with 1 band and applying an icc-profile Im using NetVips to create png composites out of b-w separations.
Pseudo code looks like this:
List<NetVips.Image> sources = new List<NetVips.Image>()
sources.Add(NetVips.Image.Pngload(cFilePath, access: NetVips.Enums.Access.Sequential);
sources.Add(NetVips.Image.Pngload(mFilePath, access: NetVips.Enums.Access.Sequential);
sources.Add(NetVips.Image.Pngload(yFilePath, access: NetVips.Enums.Access.Sequential);
sources.Add(NetVips.Image.Pngload(kFilePath, access: NetVips.Enums.Access.Sequential);

destination = sources.First()
sources.Remove(destination);

destination.Bandjoin(sources.ToArray());
destination = destination.Copy(bands: sources.Count, format: "uchar", interpretation: "cmyk").Cache(-1);
destination = destination.IccImport(intent: renderIntent, inputProfile: iccprofile);
destination.Pngsave(destinationPath);

This creates the png according separations and iccprofile. Everything is perfect
But if I just provide a K separation
List<NetVips.Image> sources = new List<NetVips.Image>()
sources.Add(NetVips.Image.Pngload(kFilePath, access: NetVips.Enums.Access.Sequential);

destination = sources.First()
sources.Remove(destination);

destination.Bandjoin(sources.ToArray());
destination = destination.Copy(bands: sources.Count, format: "uchar", interpretation: "cmyk").Cache(-1);
destination = destination.IccImport(intent: renderIntent, inputProfile: iccprofile);
destination.Pngsave(destinationPath);

I run into VipsException: unable to call icc_import icc_import: no input profile
Can somebody advice how to create the png with icc-profile and one K separation?
I have limited knowhow about image processing. NetVips provides a hugh amount of possibilities.
To improve my knowhow: Can somebody provide some recommendations for links or books?
Thanks
Vik

A: Found the correct solution:
Fill all not used color separation with empty images.
double[,] emptyArray = new double[usedImage.Width, usedImage.Height];
NetVips.Image emptyImage = NetVips.Image.NewFromMemory(emptyArray, usedImage.Width, usedImage.Height, 1, "uchar");
sources.Add(emptyImage);

Then the cmyk composite is created. Important is the order in sources: First is C, last is K


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Agence France-Presse / 05:29 PM July 22, 2013
BEIRUT—Syrian army shelling destroyed the historic mausoleum of a companion of the Prophet Mohammed in the central city of Homs on Monday, a monitoring group and activists said.
Reports of the destruction of the Muslim pilgrimage site emerged as an intense army campaign to reclaim rebel-held areas of Homs, a strategic junction city, entered its fourth week.
"Activists from the Khaldiyeh neighbourhood in the city of Homs have reported the destruction by army shelling of the mausoleum of the prophet's companion Khaled bin Walid," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Housed in the rebel area of Khaldiyeh, the Khaled bin Walid mosque had already suffered significant damage during earlier fighting for control of the city.
Amateur video distributed by activists showed the Ottoman-era mosque, renowned for its two towering minarets, and images of what was identified as the destroyed mausoleum.
"The Khalid bin Walid mosque was shelled, and the shrine was completely destroyed," said the unnamed activist filming the footage.
The images show mounds of rubble, stone and metal at the site identified as the mausoleum.
The video also shows an unidentified man lashing out at the world over the destruction of the shrine.
"I want to tell Arabs and Muslims, how will you face God after Khalid bin Walid's shrine has been destroyed? Why have you abandoned besieged Homs?" says the man.
Khaldiyeh and the Old City neighbourhoods of Homs, still under rebel control, have been under suffocating army siege and near-daily bomb attacks for more than a year.
For more than three weeks, the army has intensified its campaign to take back the rebel-held areas, but despite temporary advances the neighbourhoods remain out of regime control, activists say.
Khalid bin Walid's shrine, an important pilgrimage site for Muslims, is the latest of a series of Syrian religious and cultural sites damaged or destroyed in the course of the country's 28-month war.
In the war-torn northern city of Aleppo, the minaret of the landmark Umayyad mosque was destroyed in April, while parts of the ancient souks were burnt down in September last year.
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UFO Filmed Over Detroit, Michigan – December 4, 2017
10 January, 2018 / in Nighttime Sightings, UFOs, w/ Video
Name of Witness: Mike and Hardy
Case File Status: Insufficient Evidence (Low Res Video Quality)
The following case was submitted to The Black Vault / TBV Investigations on December 29, 2017.
The witness' brother submitted the following:
"My brother filmed this UFO 12-17 in Detroit, Michigan at night at our uncle's home, no airports nearby.
The UFO was yellowish in the center, circling around was yellowish in various colors moving like a jelly fish, but as he filmed this thing the circular UFO appeared white, and that field around the object broke up in box form as static, but its plain to see.
It also made a right angle turn, then left before disappearing others witnessed it. I contacted local news fox2 here, no reply."
The sighting occurred on the 4th, and the case was assigned to TBV Investigations' researcher Dylan Santiso.
by Dylan Santiso, TBV Investigations
TBV Investigations received the original report from "Mike", as he did not wish to disclose his identity in full. After a calling Mike on January 4, 2018, it became apparent that Mike was reporting this case for his Brother, who we will refer to as "Hardy".
I interviewed Hardy and asked for a better copy of the video that was submitted by his brother, Mike. After numerous attempts to try to get a better quality and uncompressed version of the video, I was only able to obtain the following:
What I find interesting about the video is the first 3 seconds. There seems to be two objects, one large and one small. The small object jets away from the first one and is then out of the frame three seconds into the video. Following, the object speeds up, then slows done at the 18 second mark, then seems to descend behind trees/buildings.
Witness Testimony/Interview
The red arrow follows the path of the object, as reported by the witness.
Harvey noted and answered questions regarding the before, after, and during recording periods:
What geographical location was the sighting at?: Palmer Park – Pontchatrain, and 6 mile Road, Detroit MI.
What direction was the witness facing at the time of sighting/recording?: Due East
What time of day was it?: Between 21:30 and 21:45 on December 17, 2017
What direction was the object flying?: East to also West
Did anyone else see the object?: Yes, there were "quite a few people filming on the street", according to the witness. Also, people pulled over in their cars to view and film the object. Rough)
What did you see before you started filming the object?: According to the witness, the object appeared to be a street light and was viewed by multiple people on Pontchtrain facing 6 mile road and eastward. The object was stationary, shot up, then down, then traveled toward the witness, slowly, in a westerly direction.
Style of Movement: Like a "jellyfish". It had a "white membrane" with a point of orange light in the center.
Sound: None
Static Electricity: Phones seemed to be interrupted by some electric interference
Height: 1,000 ft.
The object was about 1/2 a mile away when filming occurred
Missing Time: No
Humming Noise or Feeling: No
Noted Airports in the vicinity:
Coleman A Young International Airport (Due East of Witness)
Ford Airport (South Southwest of Witness)
Detroit Metro International (southwest of Witness)
It is important to note that the witness felt that that this sighting was of "unexplained origin".
Unknown without better footage. The video is highly pixelated and of poor quality. However, the witness seemed honest, genuine, and lucid.
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Originating Organization: TBV Investigations
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Q: How to do a single delete and bulk delete action in wp_list_table in wordpress? I am displaying custom data in wp_list_table. I was able to display the data correctly in the table. Now I want to add this functionality: when I click on the delete button by hovering on the row or else selecting the checkbox for multiple deletes, I want to move items to trash. When permanently deleting an item, that row should be deleted from the table. How can I achieve this? I am grateful for any help.

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Flip chip, also known as controlled collapse chip connection or its abbreviation, C4, is a method for interconnecting dies such as semiconductor devices, IC chips, integrated passive devices and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), to external circuitry with solder bumps that have been deposited onto the chip pads. The technique was developed by General Electric's Light Military Electronics Department, Utica, New York. The solder bumps are deposited on the chip pads on the top side of the wafer during the final wafer processing step. In order to mount the chip to external circuitry (e.g., a circuit board or another chip or wafer), it is flipped over so that its top side faces down, and aligned so that its pads align with matching pads on the external circuit, and then the solder is reflowed to complete the interconnect. This is in contrast to wire bonding, in which the chip is mounted upright and fine wires are welded onto the chip pads and lead frame contacts to interconnect the chip pads to external circuitry.

Process steps
Integrated circuits are created on the wafer.
Pads are metallized on the surface of the chips.
A solder ball is deposited on each of the pads, in a process called wafer bumping
Chips are cut.
Chips are flipped and positioned so that the solder balls are facing the connectors on the external circuitry.
Solder balls are then remelted (typically using hot air reflow).
Mounted chip is "underfilled" using a (capillary, shown here) electrically-insulating adhesive.

Comparison of mounting technologies

Wire bonding/thermosonic bonding

In typical semiconductor fabrication systems, chips are built up in large numbers on a single large wafer of semiconductor material, typically silicon. The individual chips are patterned with small pads of metal near their edges that serve as the connections to an eventual mechanical carrier. The chips are then cut out of the wafer and attached to their carriers, typically via wire bonding such as thermosonic bonding. These wires eventually lead to pins on the outside of the carriers, which are attached to the rest of the circuitry making up the electronic system.

Flip chip

Processing a flip chip is similar to conventional IC fabrication, with a few additional steps. Near the end of the manufacturing process, the attachment pads are metalized to make them more receptive to solder. This typically consists of several treatments. A small dot of solder is then deposited on each metalized pad. The chips are then cut out of the wafer as normal.

To attach the flip chip into a circuit, the chip is inverted to bring the solder dots down onto connectors on the underlying electronics or circuit board. The solder is then re-melted to produce an electrical connection, typically using a thermosonic bonding or alternatively reflow solder process.

This also leaves a small space between the chip's circuitry and the underlying mounting. In many cases an electrically-insulating adhesive is then "underfilled" to provide a stronger mechanical connection, provide a heat bridge, and to ensure the solder joints are not stressed due to differential heating of the chip and the rest of the system.
The underfill distributes the thermal expansion mismatch between the chip and the board, preventing stress concentration in the solder joints which would lead to premature failure.

In 2008, High-speed mounting methods evolved through a cooperation between Reel Service Ltd. and Siemens AG in the development of a high speed mounting tape known as 'MicroTape'. By adding a tape-and-reel process into the assembly methodology, placement at high speed is possible, achieving a 99.90% pick rate and a placement rate of 21,000 cph (components per hour), using standard PCB assembly equipment.

Tape-automated bonding
Tape-automated bonding (TAB) was developed for connecting dies with thermocompression or thermosonic bonding to a flexible substrate including from one to three conductive layers. Also with TAB it is possible to connect die pins all at the same time as with the soldering based flip chip mounting. Originally TAB could produce finer pitch interconnections compared to flip chip, but with the development of the flip chip this advantage has diminished and has kept TAB to be a specialized interconnection technique of display drivers or similar requiring specific TAB compliant roll-to-roll (R2R, reel-to-reel) like assembly system.

Advantages
The resulting completed flip chip assembly is much smaller than a traditional carrier-based system; the chip sits directly on the circuit board, and is much smaller than the carrier both in area and height.  The short wires greatly reduce inductance, allowing higher-speed signals, and also conduct heat better.

Disadvantages
Flip chips have several disadvantages.

The lack of a carrier means they are not suitable for easy replacement, or unaided manual installation. They also require very flat mounting surfaces, which is not always easy to arrange, or sometimes difficult to maintain as the boards heat and cool. This limits the maximum device size.

Also, the short connections are very stiff, so the thermal expansion of the chip must be matched to the supporting board or the connections can crack. The underfill material acts as an intermediate between the difference in CTE of the chip and board.

History
The process was originally introduced commercially by IBM in the 1960s for individual transistors and diodes packaged for use in their mainframe systems.

Alternatives
Since the flip chip's introduction a number of alternatives to the solder bumps have been introduced, including gold balls or molded studs, electrically conductive polymer and the "plated bump" process that removes an insulating plating by chemical means. Flip chips have recently gained popularity among manufacturers of cell phones and other small electronics where the size savings are valuable.

See also
 Flip-Chip modules – Digital Equipment Corporation trademarked version
 Solid Logic Technology
 IBM 3081
 Hybrid pixel detector

References

External links
 Amkor Flip Chip Technology: CSP (fcCSP), BGA (FCBGA), FlipStack® CSP

Chip carriers

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Origins of ordinary things: Padlocks
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Published : October 18, 2017
The earliest protection measure was the use of ropes tied in knots. This was not very effective as ropes could easily be cut. However, they were not completely useless since cutting the rope would make it obvious to the owner of the property that someone had tampered with it.
According to ThoughtCo, an online education platform, the oldest known lock to be found by archaeologists is estimated to be 4000 years old. It was made of a wooden bolt. This type of padlock is said to have originated from ancient Egypt.
After Egypt, the use of padlocks spread to Greece and Rome. The appearance of padlocks in ancient Rome, according to Wikipedia the online encyclopedia, occurred around 500 Before the Common Era (BCE). Early Roman padlocks were made of rounded iron plate bodies which were held together with a chain.
By 25 AD, there was trade between ancient Rome and Asiaand this resulted in padlocks making their way to China. However, according to United Locksmith, a locksmith service in the United States, 25 AD China padlocks, unlike those of Rome, were made of bronze. They were also quite similar to the ones of today, using either used keys or letter combination locks.
Although padlocks were widely used, it took a long time before their manufacture was made industrial. The first patent for making safety padlocks was given to a man from Yorkshire named Joseph Bramah in 1784. According to the online-based Trivia Library, Bramah had so much confidence in his lock that he offered 200 guineas to anyone who could open it. No one succeeded.
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Louis calls for his team to repay the faith shown in them ahead of massive Bandits clash at Foxhall Stadium
Mike Bacon
Published: 4:29 PM July 31, 2014
Chris Louis - Credit: Picture: Steve Waller
Ipswich Witches promoter Chris Louis is hoping his side can begin to repay the faith he and the Foxhall fans have shown in them this season.
The 'Sackers' side entertain high-flying Berwick Bandits on the Heath tonight (Thursday) in what is a tough-looking Premier League encounter (7.30pm start).
To make matters the Witches will be minus their American star Gino Manzares, pictured right, who is representing USA in the World Cup Race-Off in Poland this evening.
"Now is the time I want the team to repay the faith that's been shown in them throughout this season," Louis said.
"I've always believed in them and I know many of our fans have, but our inconsistencies have cost us points and we can't afford to keep dropping points at home if we want to make the play-offs.
"I get plenty of stick for not changing the team but I believe this team can make the play-offs and I'm sticking by them."
The Bandits arrive at Foxhall this evening with the second best away record in the Premier League – to leaders Edinburgh.
Returning former Witch Kevin Doolan and the hard-riding Claus Vissing lead the charge for the Border club side who are just four points behind the Witches, but with seven meetings in hand.
"We have to win tonight and get maximum points," Louis added.
"Missing Gino (Manzares) is the last thing we needed, but I know the boys will be determined to cover for him.
"Last week Adam Ellis and Cameron Heeps at reserve made all the difference and I'll be looking for that tonight."
Tomorrow the Witches race at Somerset in the Premier League.
Witches No.1 Richie Worrall has been called up to the GB squad as a fifth rider for the World Cup final on Saturday, so is unavailable – Lewis Blackbird guests.


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Faced With A Pandemic, RVA Rap Elite Takes The Show Online
Jay Guevara | September 16, 2020
Topics: battle rap, Big B, coronavirus, covid 19, cyphers, King Fizzle, O-Z, Radio B, Richmond hip hop, RVA Rap Elite, Spielburg, Synse, The Dark Room
In January, the RVA Rap Elite started their third season of cyphers and rap battles at The Dark Room in Scott's Addition. In the small venue within the Hofheimer Building, the hip-hop based platform had established a consistent home after spending 2019 going from one venue to another. Then in March, the coronavirus pandemic stopped the world as we knew it. Gyms were closed, some people worked from home, while others were laid workers off or furloughed. And in the local music world, live events came to a sudden and complete stop.
As venues closed, artists lost their traditional way of connecting with fans, and the income they derived from tours and shows went away. In the darkness that the pandemic brought to the music culture, social media interaction between artists, fans, and platforms reached a new level. RVA Rap Elite evolved.
With their venue gone, they replaced their March cypher with a virtual March Madness bracket called Rap Elite Madness, featuring 64 emcees spitting to see who would come out on top. Followers watched videos of each head-to-head matchup and picked the winners in the comments. In addition to the virtual tournament, a weekly schedule of different live events were posted on their Instagram page each week.
The usual schedule would go like this:
Mondays were for interviews with an artist or battle rapper
Tuesdays featured live playlists hosted by Spielburg
Wednesday presented a recap of the previous week's worth of Rap Elite Madness action
Thursdays focused on an open beat cypher hosted by producer NameBrand
Fridays brought Freestyle Fridays hosted by Radio B
I checked in with one of the RVA Rap Elite staff members and several of the emcees involved in Rap Elite Madness bracket to get the inside information about how the platform has worked to elevate its influence during an unprecedented time.
Big B. Photo via @bigb81dreaming on Instagram
Big B was one of the artists featured in the Rap Elite Madness tourney. I had a chance to chat with him on the platform.
Jay Guevara: Tell me about your take on the March Madness bracket that RVA Rap Elite did. Did you think that it was beneficial for everybody, or just the winners of the later rounds?
Big B: I thought it was a great way to keep the platform going. Rap Elite was at an all-time high before COVID hit. I think they did a great job of still providing a way for artists to get recognized and [get] exposure. It also gave an opportunity for those who might not have been ready to cypher on stage to have access to the platform and be seen.
Jay: How did this push your pen to do better in the later rounds?
Big B: I had to really study my opponents. I couldn't just write a verse and throw some bars in and expect to advance, so it added another element to the process.
Jay: If the pandemic didn't happen, do you think the platform could've expanded the way it did, via social media with their weekday calendar of IG Live exclusive events?
Big B: I think it was a learning curve that I'm sure they will implement going forward. These events during the week will keep people focused on Rap Elite for the whole month leading up to the big event. In a sense, that is a good thing that came out of a bad situation. These guys work hard to make the platform what it is, and I know it was devastating for this to happen right when everything was at a peak.
Jay: Who were some of your favorite emcees or surprise contestants in the March Madness bracket?
Big B: I had a lot of favorites. Loved how O-Z added the visual element. Synse was dope the whole. My sleepers were Jason and Zo the poet! They came through and did their thing.
King Fizzle. Photo via @kingfizzle on Instagram
King Fizzle was the champion on Episode 7 of the RVA Rap Elite and was a competitor in the Rap Elite Madness Tourney.
Jay: Please give me your take on March Madness. Do you think it was beneficial for everybody, or just the winners?
King Fizzle: I can only answer that for myself. Emcees will have different goals and expectations for the competitions. If your intention was to build your fanbase or your domain, then can you demonstrate a measurable conversion in follower count or engagement on your platform? What metrics have you decided to use to determine your success?
But what if you went in with the intention to train yourself for combat? How do you anticipate your enemy's offense? How does the presentation of offense differ from the stage platform? That requires a different set of skills. If your intention was to play the game, and you didn't make it into your expected bracket, by your predetermined metric of success, the competition was not beneficial for you.
For myself, I had several intentions: learn basic video editing techniques, train my audience on how to listen to my style of writing with the use of subtitles and typography, and among other things, to stay consistently writing. Under that criteria, it was highly beneficial for me.
Jay: How did you push your pen during the tourney and pandemic?
Fizzle: These one-minute raps are great for me to demonstrate how I stretch multis, without the subject of the scheme becoming abstract. If you notice when I stretch a rhyme pattern, I never have any repeating vocabulary. In a competition cypher setting, I don't get to display the different rap forms I can deliver because certain forms are not appropriate for a given instrumental. For example, in my first round I used this as an opportunity to inject comedy, or I misdirect the audience by hitting them with something they didn't expect me to say. The deliberate pacing of breath and motor expressions assist in landing that punch.
But this competition ain't a measure of who really got techniques, fundamentals, or even bars on lock. Strategy for this competition will take you farther than good writing, in my opinion. My success criteria were different, so I didn't play with strategy, and bad strategy can make even good writing sound like filler. And that's what happened in my losing round. Out of context, as a stand-alone piece, the verse is alright, but with me and my opponent both being battle rappers, the verse was lacking. And you can tell I wasn't trying to be savage. I used the word "brethren" in a rhyme against a woman. I clearly wasn't writing for Zoe, and that was the wrong play.
It's even deeper when you consider the format of presentation. O-Z done proved that Rap Elite as a platform tests every aspect of being an emcee, and it's all considered. You could have everything flawless on paper as pun intended, but what overall impression you left on the voter weighs more than what you did with your pen.
Jay: If the pandemic didn't happen, do you think the platform could've expanded more with social media?
Fizzle: The platform did expand as a result of the pandemic. Even purely quantitatively you had something like over sixty artists in the same event, versus a max of thirty we can do for a one night on a stage. Then those sixty people spread it to their domains, and Rap Elite got big looks for that. From an emcee's perspective, Rap Elite is expanding when emcees are fighting just to make it to the platform/competition. When the competition becomes prestigious.
Like how we talk about how Juice and Eminem came out of the Rap Olympics — Rap Elite is going to do that for our emcees. Selective restriction doesn't imply expansion, but with standards and a higher barrier of entry comes notoriety, and in that sense, there will be expansion in both the digital space and as a community event. We see all this happening already.
Jay: Who were some of your favorite emcees or surprise contestants?
Fizzle: It's great to see other oratory artists play the brackets. We have some of the highest caliber poets, so shout-outs to Roscoe. It's always a dope to see the intersectionality of arts and elements. I watched Synse open for KRS-ONE the year we had that big snowstorm, so when I saw him spit again, I said "Wait, this the same guy?" And it was. Quick follow. Big ups to all the performers who stay on their deen. That's Jason and CGoss. Love to my homie Robalu, because this is the closest you would see us battle. There were some ill verses in the brackets. Kilroy's verse stood out to me. I always award points to emcees who can present words differently, and he did that. And you know the emcees who stay consistent on Rap Elite are always a crowd favorite.
Spielburg. Photo via @spielburg on Instagram
Spielburg is the social media contributor for the RVA Rap Elite platform. His responsibilities range from IG Live/On Site interviews to hosting a weekly IG Live Playlist, on which he plays music by artists from Virginia and the DMV.
Jay: Was the March Madness bracket successful to you? And what rounds stood out the most to you?
Spielburg: Extremely successful; it drove much warranted traffic towards the platform. Plus, the engagement from the MCs who participated gave RVA Rap Elite a broader audience. The rounds I enjoyed the most were the Sweet 16 rounds and Final 4. The showman and penmanship rose as the competition stiffened.
Jay: If the pandemic didn't happen, what would've been the direction that the platform went next in elevating their influence?
Spielburg: Radio B is constantly seeking ways to expand the reach of RVA Rap Elite. If COVID-19 never happened, there would have been a strong presence from us, not only on IG but on other streaming platforms.
Jay: When you get submissions in the playlists, what's a common pattern you hear that artists can improve on?
Spielburg: For the most part, every submission has been well received, but if I'm looking for areas of improvement, I would say sound quality, delivery and content. That's relative to most of the MCs starting out.
Synse. Photo via @iamsynse on Instagram
For my last two interviews, I spoke with the two emcees that faced off in the final battle of Rap Elite Madness. First up: Synse.
Jay: How did the tourney push your pen to do better in the later rounds?
Synse: For me it didn't have anything to do with rounds. It had everything to do with being an emcee. The fact I participated in the tournament itself was all I needed to continue to push myself and my pen. I had at that point already been doing weekly rap drops on my IG; I called them #SynseSundays. I challenged myself to them every Sunday for a year straight.
Jay: If the pandemic didn't happen, do you think the platform could've expanded more the way it did via social media, with their weekday calendar of IG Live exclusive events?
Synse: Anything is possible. I think anyone with great ideas always bumps into the "Now how do I get this to the people" stage. I guess it was a bound-to-happen kind of thing, the pandemic just sped it up.
Jay: With the return of the open cyphers taking place outdoors, how do you see the outside aspect affecting the performers? Do you see it affecting some artists in a way that affected battle rappers when empty room battles became a norm? Some artists and performers thrive from a small or large room crowd, so do you feel like that's going to affect the emcees and battle rappers at all?
Snyse: Crowd or no crowd always affects an artist. In my opinion, whether it helps or hurts, I believe it depends on the artist's familiarity to surroundings/settings. It also could depend on what stage of the career that artist is in. Any given night can be a bad night or a good night.
Jay: If you had to formulate a COVID RVA Rap Elite starting five, who would be on the squad? Who would you call the most improved emcee during all this?
Synse: I'm a newcomer so I wouldn't. I'm still learning the scene and the artists, so I don't think I know them well enough to begin grouping people. Salute to all those who participated and even bothered to check out the work that I've done. Continue to grind, continue to shine. I'm Just Here To Rap.
O-Z. Photo via @odashz on Instagram
Finally, the emcee who won it all in the Rap Elite Madness tourney: O-Z.
O-Z: First, I want to shout out RVA Rap Elite. Thanks for having me. Shoutout to @ogmelrose, @rich_homie_rheese, @willjungmusic, @killroyg, @_c_slick, and @iamsynse. These were the guys that inspired me and pushed me. All dope artist and def should be tapped into.
Honestly, initially, I didn't know what to expect. For the first two rounds, I used recycled verses. At the time the verses felt comfortable and they fit well with the beats. In my mind, which was the wrong approach totally, I assumed everyone would use recycled verses. I'm sure some did; however, it was very clear to see those that did not. Further along, or more specifically with round 3, the sweet 16, the production inspired me, and I instantly wrote my verse the night it was sent. Ironically, during the very next Rap Elite live recap discussion, they made remarks about artists recycling verses. From then on, I wrote every bar for every round. The competition demanded it.
O-Z: Absolutely. With zero doubts. There isn't much to say besides the simple fact that prior to shutting down we were selling out the Dark Room the past few events. The trajectory was extreme, when you really think about it. I'm talking, the venue is at capacity by 7:30. I haven't seen that before here in Richmond on a consistent basis. The expansion is still happening. I can promise you that.
Jay: As the champion of the Rap Elite Madness tourney, how does this influence you going forward?
O-Z: Winning the tournament was beyond inspiring. You'd be surprised how many new people you meet when we were all isolated. That was our first time experiencing the kind of environment we were exposed to and being able to come together for such a great experience. You couldn't ask for better. These kinds of things can't be written. It's a story to tell when time passes us all and we look back and say, "Oh yeah!" Or even when we are possibly put in that predicament again.
Going forward, it has allowed me to open up in a way, to where now I'm living outside of my comfort zone. Before I was just stepping outside of it. I'm influenced to live outside of it now, because the idea is to never be comfortable, and to always keep climbing.
Jay: RVA Rap Elite has been recording private cyphers at the Dark Room to continue with this season's team battles they've been keeping points for. Do you think this is something we'll see in the following seasons to come? And if so, has this been a justifiable substitute in a time where events in small spaces are restricted due to the pandemic?
O-Z: I think we will continue to see this going forward, and I also expect to see new things added as well. There is always something new going on at Rap Elite. As far as the justification of the events and where [they're held] due to restrictions… maybe so, but in reality, a lot was implemented prior to the pandemic. So if anything, not being able to have the events with conviction, it will be hard to look at numbers and stats with that same level if we aren't even able to know specifically when and where the events will take place. That comes with understanding that this is a very unpredictable year we are forced to rely on. Most things we have going on now were things we already had planned prior, and are trying to implement to the best of our abilities. Whether I'm involved or not, I can see the work being done and the measures being made to continue the movement. Big love.
In addition to continuing with weekly Instagram Live events, RVA Rap Elite has recently begun hosting socially-distanced outdoor rap battles around the city. To keep up with what they have going on, stay tuned to their Instagram @rvarap.elite.
VA Shows You Must See This Week: November 6 – November 12
Marilyn Drew Necci | November 6, 2019
Topics: Alluvion, Alpha Romeo, Amala, BBX, Bejxy, Bingo Beer Co, Cadillac Cat, Capital Ale House Music Hall, CAPTCHA, Chameleons Vox, Chauncey De Giant, Christopher Tignor, Colin Phils, Colpa Mia, Cop/Out, Cut The Architect's Hand, Days N Daze, Distant Dee, Don Chase, Dre King, Ellen Siberian Tiger, Fan Ran, Future Teens, gallery 5, Genosha, Hex Machine, Hotspit, Illa Styles, Jay Aston, Jimmy and the Delay, Kidd Khy, Lair, Leftover Crack, Lil Grits, Limbs, Lisa Prank, Magic Wand, Manzara, Murdersome, Nhibitions, Noah O, O-Z, Oceanator, Papi Majae, PT Veil, Pump Fake, Queen Elephantine, Riffhouse Pub, SAE, Sentius, Sharptooth, She, shows you must see, Site Of Suffering, Slim Kartel, Strangeways Brewing, Tavishi, The Bunker Brewpub, The Camel, The New Mutiny, Theatre Of Hate, This Will Destroy You, Tone Redd, Unmaker, Van Silke, Vulcanite, Wonderland, Wristmeetrazor, Yung Apollo
Saturday, November 9, 5 PM
Thrashgiving IV, feat. Vulcanite, Genosha, The New Mutiny, LAIR, Murdersome (Photo by Dennis Williford), Alluvion, Site Of Suffering, Cut The Architect's Hand, Sentius @ Strangeways Brewing – $10 cash, or $5 with canned/non-perishable foods
OK, y'all, Halloween is over, which means we're officially into the holiday season, for better or for worse. Right now it's for better, at least for me, because in spite of all it's terrible cultural baggage, Thanksgiving as it exists in 2019 is my favorite holiday. Sleep late, eat a big meal, watch football… what's not to love? We hit the "for worse" part along about 8 PM when Mom starts getting antsy and wanting to hit the Black Friday sales (these days a good many of them start as soon as the sun goes down on Thanksgiving, and whoever's idea that was needs to be put on trial for their crimes against humanity).
Anyway, Thanksgiving itself is still a few weeks away, but over at Strangeways Brewing, they're getting into the giving spirit a little early, as this Saturday brings about the fourth annual Thrashgiving celebration, put together by Metal Teresa Productions as a benefit to help feed the hungry and house injured military veterans and their families. These good causes are well worth your support, and if you bring some canned or non-perishable food items to donate, you'll get half off admission, so that rules as well!
In return for your five bucks and your cans of beans, you'll get a veritable showcase of the best Virginia's metal scene has to offer. From grunge-metal ragers Vulcanite to mournful doom sludgers Lair — who have a brand new self-titled album out as of last week — and from bloodthirsty thrashers Murdersome to brutal hardcore mosh maniacs Genosha, this show has a ton of headbanging awesomeness to offer. In addition to those four, there are half a dozen more excellent groups on the bill, and considering how cheap the price of admission is, it's really quite the bargain if your tastes run toward headbanging. This one gets our highest possible recommendation.
Wednesday, November 6, 8 PM
Future Teens, Oceanator, Colpa Mia, Pump Fake @ The Camel – $10 (order tickets HERE)
Despite the name at the top of the bill, as far as I know, none of the bands playing at The Camel tonight have any members under 13 years old. However, Boston's Future Teens do have a new album called Breakup Season, which is full of melancholy, heartfelt indie rock tunes of the sort the band aptly labels "bummer pop." These days it seems like that whole twentysomething malaise that descends when you get out of college and don't know where you're going to go next can last well into your 30s and beyond, and it can be comforting to hear a band sing poignantly and relatably about it over some amazing pop melodies.
That's what Future Teens has to offer, and I think we could all use a night of that — maybe a bit more than we want to admit. Along with it, we'll also get a set from New Yorkers Oceanator, who have a similar sort of emotional vibe but add a good deal more bottom-end crunch to their harder-hitting alt-rock tunes — which is always nice. Richmond's own Colpa Mia will add their own indie sound to the mix, and brand new local emo duo Pump Fake will get things started at The Camel tonight. Get down there and soothe your troubled soul with music.
Thursday, November 7, 7:30 PM
Chameleons Vox, Theatre Of Hate, Jay Aston, Unmaker @ Capital Ale House Music Hall – $20 (order tickets HERE)
The Chameleons were incredibly important to the development of UK postpunk in the 80s. While other guitar-based bands like Echo And The Bunnymen, The Cure, and The Jesus And Mary Chain are a bit more well-known today, any listen to 21st century exponents of music like this shows an indelible influence from the sound The Chameleons expertly crafted during their initial 80s run. The mix of Mark Burgess's insightful, poetic lyrics, thundering basslines, and dramatic baritone vocals combined perfectly with the glittering twin guitar lines of Reg Smithies and Dave Fielding to create a legacy that still endures after four decades.
The Chameleons did briefly reform and release three more albums in the early 00s, but these days, Mark Burgess soldiers on as the sole original member, performing classic Chameleons tunes under the name Chameleons Vox. While his backing band has featured a variety of different musicians over the past decade, Burgess has always recruited excellent guitar players to recreate Smithies and Fielding's gorgeous spiraling melodies, and his own vocal and bass talents ensure that the songs retain their proper gravity. Basically, if you love the Chameleons — and if you've enjoyed bands like Interpol, Shadow Age, or Soft Kill in recent years, you definitely do — you're sure to have a wonderful night seeing Chameleons Vox bring legendary songs like "Swamp Thing" and "Thursday's Child" to full, glorious life.
Friday, November 8, 8 PM
Ellen Siberian Tiger, HotSpit, She, CAPTCHA @ Bingo Beer Co – Free!
Don't panic, folks — I've done some research and learned that despite their band name, Ellen Siberian Tiger is just as human as you and me. This trio from Philadelphia dishes out some pretty excellent grungy alt-rock in the vein of Hop Along or Speedy Ortiz, and I for one am digging it. I also can't help but love the powerful, confrontational feminism espoused on tracks like "Kitchen Knife" and "When Men Explain Things To Me." We need more of these sorts of lyrics in the world.
Ellen Siberian Tiger will be rocking the halls of Bingo Beer this Friday night in a manner my punk rock friends always wanted to back in the 90s, so I can't help but be excited, and I'm just as excited for the trio of excellent Richmond groups that are sharing this bill with them. The outstanding HotSpit are at the top of that list, and while they've still only released a few demos online, their live performances around town over the past year or so have shown that this band has a ton of talent on offer, from their excellent vocal harmonizing to the gorgeously downbeat melodies they seem never to run out of. She, who've excellently evolved from a solo project into a trance-inducing atmospheric indie combo, will also bring some lovely sounds to your ears on this evening, and CAPTCHA are certainly far more pleasant than any gridded image demanding you click on the portions of the screen that feature crosswalks. Get down with this one.
Queen Elephantine & Tavishi, Hex Machine, Manzara @ Wonderland – $10
In a world that tends to be overfilled with doom metal bands these days, it's rare to find one that's approaching the genre in a manner previously unheard. But with Queen Elephantine, who were originally formed in Hong Kong and now make their home in Philadelphia, just such a band may have come along. Granted, new LP Gorgon is heavy and gloomy as fuck, but it's hard to say that this is really "metal" in the conventionally understood sense. Instead, it seems to combine astral-travelling psychedelia, apocalyptic drone, spooky occult atmosphere, and noise experimentation, all with a massive dose of sludgy heaviness.
The result, at least on Gorgon's 13-minute opener, "Mars," is like some sort of strange crossbreed between Acid Mothers Temple, Corrupted, and Sunn O))). It certainly should come to mind-expanding full-volume life at Wonderland this Saturday night, and if we're reading this correctly, local experimental noise musician Tavishi will be lending additional texture to Queen Elephantine's set for what's sure to be a fascinating and unmissable experiment in dark, crushing noise. Local noise-rock powerhouse Hex Machine will open up, along with quietly devastating Richmond postpunk group Manzara, making this an evening sure to blow your mind. Be there.
Sunday, November 10, 8 PM
Rice God & Friends Fall Festival, feat. Noah-O, Fan Ran, Illa Styles, BBX, Amala, Yung Apollo, Alpha Romeo, Papi Majae, Dre King, Bejxy, Kidd Khy, Slim Kartel, Chauncey De Giant, Don Chase, Van Silke, SAE, O-Z, Lil Grits, PT Veil, Distant Dee, Tone Redd, Cadillac Cat @ The Camel – $8 in advance/$10 at the door (order tickets HERE)
It's been about a month now since Noah-O and Fan Ran got together once again to unleash a new installment of Dirty Rice on the world. Dirty Rice: Deux, which dropped just over a month ago, is yet another piece of evidence in the argument that Noah-O's at his best when he works with one really talented producer for the entire length of a project. See also The Rain with DJ Mentos (a project that led directly to the formation of Analog Suspects), or Face/Off with Cadillac Cat, or All Souled Out with the late Kleph Dollaz… and that's not even all the examples I could mention.
This Sunday night at The Camel, Noah-O and Fan Ran will be teaming up to lay some dirty rice on y'all in the live environment, and they'll be doing it up right by turning the whole thing into a Fall Festival that will feature over a dozen other hip hop talents from both RVA and the surrounding region. In addition to top-level local powerhouses like Illa Styles, Slim Kartel, Distant Dee, and the aforementioned Cadillac Cat, there's also a whole crew coming through from the Kentucky/Ohio area, including Yung Apollo and Alpha Romeo, plus a whole bunch more from all over! If you love hip hop, this is going to be hours of the dopest rhymes and sickest beats imaginable, with Noah-O and Fan Ran at the center of it all. So hey, you know what to do.
Monday, November 11, 7 PM
Lisa Prank, Magic Wand, Jimmy And The Delay @ Gallery 5 – $7 in advance/$10 day of show (order tickets HERE)
I love the band name Lisa Prank — and it's not because I'm old enough to have actually had a Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper. Well, OK, it's not JUST because of that. Anyway, Seattle singer-songwriter Robin Edwards struck gold when she named her indie-pop project, to the point that I'm amazed no one else has done it first. And on brand new LP Perfect Love Song, she also struck gold by getting production help from Rose Melberg, whose work in Tiger Trap, The Softies, Go Sailor, and others has been instrumental in creating and developing the exact sort of indie-pop milieu that Lisa Prank is working within today.
If you're a fan of any of those bands, or if you're too young to remember them but do enjoy bands like Speedy Ortiz and The Worriers, Lisa Prank is sure to be right up your alley. If they were 5 percent heavier or noisier, I'd call them pop-punk, but as it is, this is just simple, catchy pop music — and it's great at being exactly that. It'll put a big smile on your face, as will opening sets from local newcomers Magic Wand and Jimmy And The Delay. This will be a great way to end a really tough back-to-work Monday, so be there and let this show ease you into a better rest of your week.
Tuesday, November 12, 7 PM
This Will Destroy You, Christopher Tignor, Colin Phils @ The Camel – $15 (order tickets HERE)
In the wake of Explosions In The Sky's Friday Night Lights-fueled early-00s success, a rising musical tide lifted all instrumental post-rock boats, and that of This Will Destroy You was definitely one. However, almost fifteen years after the release of their rapturously received debut, Young Mountain, This Will Destroy You have proven themselves to be more than just another post-rock combo writing epic instrumental after epic instrumental, all of which start to sound the same after a while.
Last year saw This Will Destroy You release two new albums in the space of a month, New Others Part One and New Others Part Two. Both show this quartet to be focused on different goals than one might expect; their songs are focused less on the sort of emotional escalation that, after a while, tends to feel like a gimmick repeated once too often. Instead, they build a musical mood and then live within it for several minutes, allowing the textures of their music to become the focus. It's proggy, yes, and it's also a bit nerdy, but there's not a damn thing wrong with intelligent music, especially when it is able to be moving without being cliche. This Will Destroy You accomplish all that with aplomb on their albums, and seeing them pull it off live is sure to be quite the treat.
Elsewhere Around The State:
Sharptooth, Limbs, Wristmeetrazor, Nhibitions, Genosha @ RiffHouse Pub (Chesapeake) – $10 in advance/$12 day of show (order tickets HERE)
As metallic hardcore shows go, this one is sure to be top-notch. Maryland's Sharptooth are an absolutely ferocious quintet full of anger and fury of an incredibly political nature. 2017 LP Clever Girl features a song called "Fuck You Donald Trump," but if anything, the title track's condemnation of men who act as insincere allies, or "No Sanctuary"'s vitriolic condemnation of anti-LGBTQ bigotry, ring even more bold and true and real to me. Singer Lauren Kashan has used her platform to be a strong advocate for issues relating to abuse and oppression, and as awesome as her band is, the kind of heart she puts into her lyrics and onstage presence makes Sharptooth that much better.
So if you're the kind of metal/hardcore fan who wishes more bands would take a stand for issues that matter, this is the show for you. And it features a bunch of other great bands as well — Florida's Limbs refer to themselves as "post-hardcore" but on 2018's Father's Son, they lay out a brutal, metallic sound that still feels HC as fuck to me, even if it's not Negative Approach. Wristmeetrazor, who are sorta-kinda from Virginia, arise from the screamo scene but have a strong metalcore attack on their latest LP, Misery Never Forgets. And of course, Genosha and Nhibitions hold it down for the heavy hardcore scene in Tidewater and Central Virginia with skill and panache. This one's gonna rule.
Leftover Crack, Days N Daze, Cop/Out @ The Bunker Brewpub (Virginia Beach) – $16 (order tickets HERE)
I admit it — for the longest time, I never gave Leftover Crack a chance. As a straight edge kid, their name wasn't exactly appealing to me, and their reputation as simultaneously the crustiest of squatter punk bands (their Wikipedia page features a section entitled "Venue bans, criminal records, and visa restriction") and a straight-up ska band seemed totally incoherent. But recently I went ahead and listened to some of their music, and it turns out that they're actually pretty goddamn talented. Instead of having goofy horns all over the place, they play catchy, hard-charging punk tunes. And while they do often use those catchy off-beat bounce riffs that we all identify as ska, they also incorporate touches of metal and hardcore. In the end, they are clearly first and foremost a punk band, in the same way Operation Ivy always was.
So hey, maybe going to see Leftover Crack on their latest tour isn't such a bad idea if you like some good punk rock fun. One thing's for sure, there won't be a dull moment from a band that's known for writing unapologetic, provocative songs about shooting cops and doing drugs — and for having an audience full of even bigger reprobates than the members themselves. You might want to steer clear of the pit if the stories we've heard about mid-set barf are true, but the tunes will make up for any suspect stenches that might invade the room over the course of the set.
Email me if you've got any tips for me about upcoming shows (that take place after the week this column covers -– this week's column has obviously already been written): [email protected]


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SportTokyo Olympics: Djokovic loses cool in bronze-medal loss
Tokyo Olympics: Djokovic loses cool in bronze-medal loss
Published: 31st Jul 2021 6:15 pm
Tokyo: Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, reacts during the bronze medal match of the tennis competition against Pablo Carreno Busta, of Spain, at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Photo: AP
Tokyo: Novak Djokovic came to the Tokyo Olympics aiming for a Golden Slam. He'll leave without a medal — in singles, at least — and will need some time to recover from a draining performance in extreme conditions that didn't meet expectations.
The top-ranked Djokovic lost his cool and abused his racket several times during a 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3 defeat to Pablo Carreño Busta of Spain in the bronze-medal match of the tennis tournament on Saturday. It was Djokovic's third defeat in two days and it came less than 24 hours after he was beaten by Alexander Zverev of Germany in the semifinals. That ended his bid for a Golden Slam, which is winning all four Grand Slam titles and Olympic gold in the same year.
Tokyo: Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, breaks his racket during the bronze medal match of the tennis competition against Pablo Carreno Busta, of Spain, at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Photo: AP
Djokovic's frustration was evident in his on-court behavior as the match wore on. Having saved a match point in the second-set tiebreaker, Djokovic threw his racket over five rows of seats into the stands after he couldn't get to a stop-volley winner from Carreño Busta to conclude a long rally in the opening game of the third.
Hours after losing a tough men's singles bronze-medal match Djokovic withdrew from the mixed doubles bronze-medal match at the Olympics due to a left shoulder injury. What could have been a mouth-watering clash between two world No. 1s and reigning Wimbledon champions – Serbia's Djokovic is the world No. 1 men's player, while Australia's Ashleigh Barty is the women's numero uno – ended in a damp squib with the former pulling out at the last minute.
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Acer palmatum 'Burgundy Lace' is a deciduous Japanese maple. It has red\purple foliage in the spring and summer, which turns scarlet in the autumn. Acer palmatum 'Burgundy Lace' is a medium sized tree with an eventual height of 4m. It prefers a partial shade position as full sun can scorch the leaves.
Acer palmatum 'Chishio' is a dwarf Japanese maple with variegated foliage. The small five-lobed leaves are crimson in the spring. They turn emerald green in the summer. Acer palmatum 'Chishio' leaves turn orange\red in the autumn. Acer palmatum 'Chishio' has an eventual height of 1.5m.


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Zeng Wanzhong () (1894 – 1968) was a KMT general from Yunnan. He was made a lieutenant general in April 1935. He commanded the 5th Army Group from February 1939 to March 1942. He fought against the Imperial Japanese Army in Shanxi.

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(UPDATED) Follow-up to Deng and his insurance
By your friendly BullsBlogger@BullsBlogger Updated Aug 28, 2008, 5:08pm CDT
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Brian Hanley, possibly from Mariotti's old desk:
MetLife, the NBA's insurer which covers the top 150 salaries in the league under a group policy, has the right to exclude 14 high-risk players every year.
Decisions are based on the player's injury history and the amount of money remaining on his contract. Deng came under MetLife scrutiny when he signed a $71million, six-year contract at the start of this month. It is the fourth-highest contract in the NBA in terms of outstanding money.
MetLife subsequently used an MRI scan taken last November when Deng, 23, injured his back and missed three games to exclude him from the coverage.
He may or may not play for Great Britain, who have to find a way to get him covered.
Interesting that Deng is deemed 'high-risk' for an injury that didn't cost him much playing time. I'd guess when the next round of contracts come in next summer he'll be pushed off that 'top 14'.
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At times we mix up definitions and we dwell on mint minority letting out the major factors behind the clicks and whines of the ticking clock.
At times we focus on the hand forgetting that certainty will remain certain without the visible. The invisible controls the visible is what most people don't understand. And the quick Visible manifestations on done deal in the realm 'Invisible' is what makes a man's step Invincible.
True love is the talk of today. We have many theorems, rules and believe about true love. But permit me to tell you, true love is deeper that the prospect projected to us as love. It involves giving up the most important to a third party (not the second 'I' who is no different from 'you') whose need is most important.
This is no story between a boy and a girl falling over and over again in love, rather it is a story about a boy and a girl whose rift would be determined by the extinction of true love.


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The Peter G. Peterson Foundation issues a statement on President Obama's speech on the nation's long-term debt.
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From This Side
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There's no mistaking that this highly acclaimed Swedish-born artist has truly come into her own with her latest solo album "From This Side." The recording features Canadian JUNO Award-winning jazz bassist George Koller, internationally renowned trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, TD Grand Jazz winning pianist Chris Andrew and three-time WCMA nominated jazz drummer Tyler Hornby. From modern jazz arrangements to catchy originals all in the name of jazz, her latest musical statement is sure to captivate audiences everywhere.
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HTC's yet another device specs has leaked. According to the leaked news, this HTC device, codenamed "Omega" will have a 3.8 inch screen. This is not all. There will be 1.5 GHz single-core Qualcomm processor in it. It will be running WP7 Mango OS. The RAM will be 512 MB and it will have a 3G, HSPA and Wi-Fi connectivity. There will be GPS, 16GB of internal memory and 3.5mm Headset Jack. The camera will be of 8 Megapixel with 720HD video recording and LED flash.
There is no news about when this is going to be launched. May be they will launch it in the fall when the Windows Phone Mango devices are coming in the market. But we can't say it for sure. In the near future, we'll tell you if we hear a word regarding its launch. We'll get the photos of Omega, in the next couple of days but for now, we only have the specs info and the fact that it will be launched under HTC's logo.


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Matson Navigation Company's new MV Manukai has commenced with its delivery voyage and is currently traveling from the U.S. East Coast to the West Coast, via the Panama Canal. The ship will then enter Matson's Hawaii Service, with the inaugural voyage scheduled for October 1 from Los Angeles to Honolulu. The ship is the first to be built by Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. and the first new Matson ship of the 21st century.
Utilizing today's GPS technology, the ship's voyage can be tracked on Matson's "Birth of a Ship" Web site at www.matson.com/bos. By clicking on the "Track the Manukai" link below, you can access detailed info on the vessel's geographic position.
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Złożenie funkcji, superpozycja funkcji – podstawowa operacja w matematyce, polegająca na tym, że efekt kolejnego stosowania dwóch (lub więcej) funkcji (ze zbioru w zbiór), a także przekształceń, odwzorowań, transformacji, relacji dwuargumentowych, traktuje się jako wynik stosowania jednej funkcji (lub relacji) złożonej.

Definicja
Niech  oraz  będą dowolnymi funkcjami. Ich złożeniem nazywamy funkcję  taką, że:
  dla

Funkcje  oraz  nazywa się funkcjami składanymi, zaś  nosi również nazwę funkcji złożonej.

Składanie dwóch funkcji można traktować jako operator dwuargumentowy, oznaczany  Dla powyższych funkcji

zatem dla dowolnego  z dziedziny funkcji  mamy równość:

Własności
Łączność operatora składania oznacza, że  czyli złożenie funkcji nie zależy od kolejności obliczania kolejnych złożeń. Stąd uprawniony jest zapis

Istotną cechą złożenia funkcji, czyli immanentną cechą operatora  jest nieprzemienność. Złożenie  oznacza relację:  «po»   «z» lub «dzięki»  czy też  «wskutek» lub «utworzony z»  (ang. after, of, following, composed).

Tak więc złożenie  nie jest tożsame z  Jest to (wyjątkowo) możliwe tylko wtedy, gdy zbiór  jest tożsamy z  Mamy wówczas  a w takim przypadku  na ogół różni się od funkcji

Przykład
Niech  i

Wtedy

natomiast

Widać, iż  jest inna niż

Struktura grupy

Operacja składania funkcji jest jednym z najważniejszych działań na funkcjach: na wielu interesujących matematyków zbiorach funkcji w naturalny sposób określa ona strukturę półgrupy lub grupy.

Przykład
  czyli grupa symetryczna danego zbioru  oznaczana również przez  albo  czyli grupa wszystkich bijekcji
 Zbiór wszystkich odwzorowań  jest półgrupą, a nawet monoidem, w którym rolę elementu neutralnego pełni odwzorowanie tożsamościowe.

Składanie funkcji samej ze sobą
Jeżeli  to można wykonać złożenie  samą ze sobą – otrzymaną funkcję  oznacza się zazwyczaj  Analogicznie,  itd. Takie wielokrotne składanie nazywa się iteracją.

Dodatkowo funkcję  dla której  nazywamy inwolucją; jej przykładem w geometrii jest inwersja.

Tradycyjnie  jest czasami rozumiane w inny sposób: mianowicie jako zwykły iloczyn funkcji (nazywany też iloczynem punktowym), czyli  dla każdego  W szczególności umowa ta dotyczy funkcji trygonometrycznych, np. we wzorze:  zapis  oznacza właśnie

Zobacz też
 funkcja odwrotna
 reguła łańcuchowa
 teoria kategorii
 układ dynamiczny

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
  Composite function , Encyclopedia of Mathematics, encyclopediaofmath.org [dostęp 2023-02-17].

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Pacific links: just two women in Solomon Islands parliament, more
Alexandre Dayant
Links and stories from the Pacific Islands region.
Participants in a 2014 workshop to improve the role of women in the Solomons economy (Photo: UN Women/Flickr)
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The Walkley Foundation launched the Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism, which aims to encourage more and imporved journalism about the Pacific islands region by Australian media professionals and outlets.
The Financial Times has produced a great data visualisation video showing how China has stepped up its marine surveys in the West Pacific over the past year, fostering its scientific understanding of the region possible resources, but also pushing its strategic interests.
Coincidently, the US is about to send 200 soldiers to Palau next week as part of military exercises.
Lanelle Tanangada and Freda Tuki are the two women elected out of 25 who stood for this month's general election in the Solomon Islands. There is still a long way to go towards achieving equal representation of women in decision-making, particularly at the national level in the country.
Gorethy Kenneth reports on the fact that the PNG Parliamentary Bipartisan Committee on Bougainville was told on Monday that none of the 14 recommendations from a 2017 committee report presented to Parliament before the General Elections have been implemented. The referendum is supposed to be held in October this year.
Fiji has reportedly revoked the approval of a Chinese resort project on Malolo Island.
Throughout the Pacific, people are coping with myriad health conditions that cause serious suffering. In a new research, Jo Spratt looks at the lack of palliative care in the region, and what needs to be done.
After three years working in the Australian aid-funded Solomon Islands Resource Facility (SIRF), Erin Anderson assesses the good and bad, especially focusing on the flexibility that these structures offer with respect to development issues.
Martha Macintyre reflects on her 25 years of research into health service delivery and the health status of women and children in PNG, and comes to the harsh realisation of the catastrophic failures in services for women and children.
The Lowy Institute is part of the
Pacific island links: Ambae evacuation, violence in Mendi, French Polynesia and more
Jokowi's cute political ploy has become a campaign sensation
As Julie Bishop exits, how far have women come in world affairs?
Bec Strating 6 Jun 2019 15:00
A sea ride with Australia's Indo-Pacific Endeavour
Floating a different brand of diplomacy has plenty of attraction but still finds some choppy regional waters.
Greg Colton 23 Nov 2017 09:41
To lead in the Pacific, Australia must lead on climate change
Australia's position as the world's largest coal exporter does not sit easy with many Pacific Islanders.
Weekend catch-up: Summits, quads, purges and more
The week that was on The Interpreter.


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Weekly Review — July 3, 2007, 12:00 am
By Christian Lorentzen
Tony Blair alighted on a mission to bring cohesion to Palestinian institutions,Jerusalem Postand his successor Gordon Brown proposed stripping British prime ministers of the power to declare war.TelegraphPolice found a pair of Mercedes-Benz sedans filled with gasoline and nails parked in the center of London, and two men crashed a Jeep Cherokee into the glass doors of Terminal One at Glasgow Airport. The vehicle failed to penetrate the doors, but the driver poured gasoline over himself and the Jeep, and the Jeep blazed. The throng of travelers in the terminal stampeded away from the inferno, and the flaming driver staggered …
Weekly Review — June 19, 2007, 12:00 am
By Claire Gutierrez
An American cattleman. President Mahmoud Abbas dissolved the Palestinian unity government and declared a state of emergency after masked Hamas gunmen seized control of the Gaza Strip. Hamas looters broke into former Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat's home and stole military outfits, photographs of his daughter, and his Nobel Peace Prize. "I see Iraq here," a bystander in Gaza said. "There is no mercy. We are afraid. See how ferocious this fight was? There is no future for us."New York TimesThe Jerusalem PostNew York TimesIsrael and the United States tacitly agreed on a policy to treat the West Bank and …
Weekly Review — May 22, 2007, 12:00 am
By Paul Ford
Paul Wolfowitz announced that he would resign as president of the World Bank on June 30; the Bank in turn said that it accepted Wolfowitz's assurances that he had acted "in good faith" when he oversaw a promotion for his girlfriend Shaha Riza.Fin24MSNBCThe GuardianJames B. Comey, deputy for former attorney general John Ashcroft, testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee that on March 10, 2004, Alberto Gonzales and Andrew Card had attempted to persuade Ashcroft (who was hospitalized and had temporarily given up his authority as attorney general to Comey) to reauthorize the Bush Administration's domestic surveillance program, even though the …
Weekly Review — March 6, 2007, 12:00 am
In a videoconference with Hong Kong investors, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said that America might sink into recession by year's end; a frenzied worldwide sell-off ensued. The Shanghai Composite lost 8.8 percent of its value in a day, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 3.3 percent, its worst drop since September 17, 2001. "Alan Greenspan really needs to sit down," said one economist, "and be quiet." Others marveled at the ability of "the Maestro" to cause upheavals even in retirement; Greenspan later held another videoconference, for which he charges fees of $150,000, and said that a recession …
Weekly Review — February 6, 2007, 12:00 am
By Rafil Kroll-Zaidi
"Into the palace parlor they stepped; her hand in his paw the old bruin kept," 1875 The U.S. director of national intelligence released a declassified version of a new National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq; the report found that "the term 'civil war' accurately describes key elements of the Iraqi conflict" and that "widespread fighting could produce de facto partition."Office of the Director of National IntelligenceIraqi refugees were flooding Syria and Jordan, where they now account for 5 and 12 percent of those countries' total populations,AP via Yahoo!NEWSand a massive bombing in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad killed 130 people, making …
Weekly Review — April 18, 2006, 12:00 am
Caught in the Web, 1860. Iran announced that it had successfully produced low-grade enriched uranium; to celebrate, men in traditional dress danced with uranium samples.Reuters via Yahoo! NewsThe Iranian government also promised to give $50 million to the Palestinian Authority, now controlled by Hamas, which let it be known that it would recognize Israel's right to exist if the Jewish state were to withdraw from the entire West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza. CNN.comDemocracy Now!A suicide bomber killed nine people at a falafel restaurant in Tel Aviv,The New York Timesand in Sri Lanka bomb attacks by Tamil rebels killed 16 …
A Christian martyr. A car bomb killed 10 people at a Shiite shrine in Najaf, Iraq, and a suicide bombing killed 85 people at a Shiite mosque in Baghdad. BBC NewsThe U.S. military announced that 1,313 Iraqi civilians had been killed in the sectarian violence of March. "Civil war," said Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, "has almost started among Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds, and those who are coming from Asia."BBC NewsChron.comThe case against Abdul Ameer Younis Hussein, an Iraqi cameraman for CBS who was arrested in April 2005 after filming the wreckage of a car bomb, was finally dismissed for lack of …
Weekly Review — April 4, 2006, 12:00 am
Runaway Raft on the Tigris. In Iraqa suicide bomber killed 50 people and a car bomb killed 10 people. At least 15 U.S. troops were also killed. Hostage Jill Carroll was freed.CNN.comCNN.comU.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited England but cancelled a visit to a mosque there in order to avoid protesters. Rice and British foreign minister Jack Straw then visited Iraq, where they told the Iraqi leadership that it must form a unified government immediately.BBC NewsThe New York TimesIt was reported that Al Qaeda member Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was forced to step down as the leader of a coalition …
More than 100 people were killed in fighting in Iraq. "I think," said the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, "the country came to the brink of civil war. But Iraqis decided that they didn't want to go down that path."The New York TimesThe New York TimesIn the Baghdad area, Sunni militants were evicting Shiites from their homes. "We want you out of here by 8 p.m. tomorrow," one man was told. "If we find you here, we will kill you."The Washington PostPresident George W. Bush said that Iraq's choice was between "chaos or unity,"The New York Timesand it was reported that …
Weekly Review — February 28, 2006, 12:00 am
Caricature of Louis IV, by Thackeray. 1875. At least 140 people were killed in Iraq during fighting that broke out after the Al Askari mosque, a Shiiteshrine in Samarra, was bombed. Sunni leaders said that 184 mosques had been attacked in the fighting, and a daytime curfew was in effect in Baghdad. "If there is a civil war in this country," said Iraqi Defense Minister Saadoun al-Dulaimi, "it will never end."Democracy Now!ReutersIn Saudi Arabia, Al Qaeda attempted to bomb the Abqaiq oil facility but was thwarted. Two guards died in the attack.BBC NewsNineMSNPresident George W. Bush threatened to veto any …
Weekly Review — January 24, 2006, 12:00 am
In Iraq 30 people were killed at makeshift checkpoints, 22 people died in suicide bombings, 9 people were killed in an ambush, 5 bodies were found in the Qaid River, 4 children were killed by rocket-propelled grenades, and 2 American civilians were killed in a roadside bombing. Suicide bombings killed at least 22 people in Afghanistan and injured 30 people in Tel Aviv.Democracy Now!The Boston GlobeCRI OnlineSign On San Diego.comOsama bin Laden released a tape in which he warned of new attacks on the United States and offered a truce. "Your president," said bin Laden, "is misinterpreting public opinion polls …
More than 170 people died in attacks in Iraq. They were: blown up at a Shiite shrine in Karbala; killed at a police recruiting center in Ramadi; and attacked with mortar, automatic weapons, and finally by a suicide bomber at a funeral near Baquba.BBC NewsBBC NewsTwelve U.S. soldiers were believed to have been killed when an Army helicopter crashed in northern Iraq,The New York Timesand a U.S. airstrike north of Baghdad, intended to destroy a shelter for insurgents, killed a civilian family of 12.Washington PostThe FAA took steps to lower the risk of spaceterrorism.BBC NewsA suicide bombing in Afghanistan killed …
Weekly Review — January 3, 2006, 12:00 am
Seven people died in a suicide car bombing in Iraq,The Guardianand a Norfolk, Virginia, man changed his name to Kentucky Fried Cruelty.com.NBC6.netRussia shut down a natural-gas pipeline to Ukraine; as a result, natural-gas supplies were diminished in Hungary, France, Italy, Poland, and Germany.BBC NewsU.S. financial giant Citigroup was attempting to purchase about 85 percent of the state-owned Guangdong Development Bank of China.The New York TimesThe U.S. Justice Department opened an investigation into who leaked information about the NSA's domestic wiretapping program to the New York Times. Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and Times editor Bill Keller refused to answer any …
Weekly Review — December 13, 2005, 12:00 am
Saddam Hussein refused to appear in court to defend himself against war crimes, complaining of a lack of clean underwear. "Go to hell, all you agents of America," he said.CNN.comAt least 66 people were killed in suicide bombings in Iraq,PakTribuneand 625 prisoners were found packed in a small space in Baghdad.The New York TimesIraq's Victorious Army Group was holding a contest to see who could design the best website to promote their message of jihad. The contest winner will receive Allah's blessings and be allowed to fire three rockets at an American military base.The New York TimesThe probe into the …
Weekly Review — November 15, 2005, 12:00 am
In Amman, Jordan, 57 people were killed in explosions at three different hotels. "We thought it was fireworks for the wedding," said Ahmed at the Radisson. An Iraqi woman named Sajida Rishawi later described how she, her husband, and two other Iraqis had entered Jordan on forged passports intending to blow up the hotels; while the other three suicide bombers succeeded, she explained, her exploding belt malfunctioned, so she ran.BBC NewsThe Los Angeles TimesKuwait�??s largest oil field began to run out of oil,AMEInfo.comand Saudi Arabia was told it could now join the World Trade Organization.BBC NewsAustralian authorities arrested 17 men …
Weekly Review — October 11, 2005, 12:00 am
Lost Souls in Hell, 1875. At least 42,000 people died in an earthquake in Pakistan,ABC Newsand hundreds of people in Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador were buried alive in mudslides caused by Hurricane Stan.Science DailyBritain accused the Iranian Revolutionary Guard of providing Iraqi Shiite groups with the technology to carry out bombing attacks.BBC NewsA suicide bomber in Iraq blew himself up on a bus, killing ten people,BBC Newsand the Supreme Court of Israel ordered the Israeli Army to stop using Palestinians as human shields.BBC NewsThe CIA announced that it would not punish any of its employees for intelligence failures leading …
Weekly Review — October 4, 2005, 12:00 am
John G. Roberts, Jr. was sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States,CNN.comand President George W. Bush nominated Harriet Miers, a White House lawyer who has never been a judge, to the Supreme Court. Miers has allegedly described Bush as "brilliant."David Frum�??s Diary/NROJapanese scientists photographed a giant squid and managed to tear off one of its tentacles.MSNBCA New York judge ruled that several suppressed photographs of torture at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq must be released,BBC Newsand the U.S. Army was looking into claims that its soldiers had traded digital pictures of burned and dismembered Iraqi and Afghani bodies …
Weekly Review — September 6, 2005, 12:00 am
Lost Souls in Hell, 1875. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina the United States declared disasters in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Taken together, the 90,000-square-mile disaster area would be the twelfth largest state. Emergencies were declared in Colorado, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, and West Virginia.U.S. Department of DefenseEighty percent of New Orleans was flooded after levees were breached by rising water. LA Times"I don't think," said President George W. Bush, "anyone anticipated the breach of the levees." Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the disaster "exceeded the foresight of the planners, and maybe anybody's foresight." The flooding …
Weekly Review — August 16, 2005, 12:00 am
The United Nations warned that 2.5 million people will die of hunger in Niger if the country does not receive foreign food aid immediately. President Mamadou Tandja responded that "the people of Niger look well-fed."AlertNetBBC NewsMauritania, Burkina Faso, and Mali were also facing major food shortages.BBC NewsA study found that the worldwide percentage of land stricken by drought has doubled within the last 30 years.Vail DailyThe Space Shuttle Discovery landed safely in California.BBC NewsIran decided to start producing enriched uranium,Reutersand the Environmental Protection Agency was working on ways to limit the radioactivity of the planned Yucca Mountain, Nevada, nuclear-waste dump …
Weekly Review — August 9, 2005, 12:00 am
A Christian martyr. The world marked the sixtieth anniversary of America's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.LATimes.comThe United States sentenced a South African man to three years in jail for smuggling nuclear bomb parts to Pakistan and India,IOL.co.zaIran rejected a plan put forth by the European Union that would have limited its ability to manufacture weapons-grade uranium,The Australianand North Korea would not make changes to its nuclear program, despite the efforts of China, Japan, Russia, the United States, and South Korea.VOA.comWisconsin opened a school for children who had been bullied.Local6.comAn archaeologist claimed to have found King David's …


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Wisbech Standard > Sport
Setchell targets experienced winger
Published: 4:20 PM December 3, 2008
Updated: 4:04 AM February 23, 2021
WISBECH Town player manager Gary Setchell is in talks with one of his old team-mates Paul Betson, who has won five Ridgeons Premier Division titles. The 33-year-old left winger has just been released by Ridgeons Premier outfit Felixstowe and is also bein
WISBECH Town player manager Gary Setchell is in talks with one of his old team-mates Paul Betson, who has won five Ridgeons Premier Division titles.
The 33-year-old left winger has just been released by Ridgeons Premier outfit Felixstowe and is also being courted by Stanway Rovers.
He was released by the Suffolk club because they had to cut their wage bill.
Betson played with Setchell at Sudbury and was in the side that won the Ridgeons Premier Division title for five successive years, from 2000 to 2005 and has played in three FA Vase finals.
Setchell said: "We've offered a deal that Paul and the board are happy with. He's a good man and he knows we can't offer fortunes, but I'm just waiting to see what happens with Stanway.
"Paul's a quality player and his experience would add a lot to the squad and he's one of the fittest 33-year-olds you could meet."
Wisbech lost a league match 3-2 at home to Walsham-le-Willows on Saturday, but Setchell was encouraged by his side's performance.
He said: "Apart from the first 25 minutes we played well and were unlucky to come away with nothing.
"We started with the wrong system and they crowded the midfield, so I changed things and we gave them a good battle.
"I'm convinced that if the lads show the same spirit and determination we will start winning."
Wisbech found themselves 2-0 down by the 30th minute after James Attwood scored from a one-on-one and Gary Ross knocked in a loose ball inside the six-yard box.
Paul Cousins pulled one back with a four-yard header from a Jason Pease corner and Stuart Cobb equalised in the 41st minute with a powerful low drive from the inside left position.
Wisbech created several chances in the second with Cousins seeing a header cleared off the line but Ross secured the win with a powerful close-range header in the 82nd minute.
Nick Impey is expected to be out for a fortnight after he suffered a reaction to a hamstring problem on Sunday.
Wisbech are away to seventh-placed in the league on Saturday.


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Here are some of the moments I captured at the ROVE and PLAG presents Wolf Bay Music's Single Release Party & fundraiser for The Trevor Project. It was an amazing event with insanely talented artists for such a great cause. I am grateful to have been able to witness & document this event!
Musicians: VAVA, Emma Cole, Jen Awad, Wolf Bay, Alicia Blue, Lauren Ruth Ward.