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European Union Member States agree on a plurilateral investment treaty
By Marie-Claire Da Silva Rosa & Andre Gabbard
On 24 October 2019, the European Commission announced that most European Union ("EU") Member States had reached an agreement on a plurilateral investment treaty for the termination of intra-EU bilateral investment treaties.[1]
This is a direct consequence of the Achmea v Slovak Republic judgement rendered on 6 March 2018 (Case C‑284/16), in which the Court of Justice of the European Union held that "Articles 267 and 344 [of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union] must be interpreted as precluding a provision in an international agreement concluded between Member States, […], under which an investor from one of those Member States may, in the event of a dispute concerning investments in the other Member State, bring proceedings against the latter Member State before an arbitral tribunal whose jurisdiction that Member State has undertaken to accept."
Following the Achmea judgement, the EU Members States issued a declaration on 15 January 2019 whereby they expressed their views on the consequences of the ruling for intra-EU investor-state dispute settlement and concluded that "all investor-State arbitration clauses contained in bilateral investment treaties concluded between EU Member States are contrary to Union law and thus inapplicable."
On their declaration, the EU Member States agreed to undertake certain actions such as: (i) to inform all intra-EU investment arbitration tribunals and investors of the legal consequences stemming from the Achmea judgement – e.g. the defending EU Member State in an arbitration will request the State court dealing with proceedings relating to an intra-EU investment arbitration award to set such award aside or not to enforce it –; (ii) to inform the investor community that no new intra-EU investment arbitration proceeding should be initiated and (iii) to terminate all bilateral investment treaties concluded between them by means of a plurilateral treaty.
In its announcement of 24 October 2019, the European Commission revealed that most EU Member States have now agreed on a plurilateral treaty for the coordination of the termination of intra-EU bilateral investment treaties. It further requests the assistance of EU Member States to ensure a smooth and swift ratification process.
However, following the information that the signed treaty text will be published on the Commission website, the European Commission also acknowledges and regrets the views expressed by a small minority of EU Member States towards not endorsing the plurilateral treaty.
When finalizing its statement, the European Commission expresses its ongoing dedication to intensify without undue delay discussions in order to better ensure "complete, strong and effective protection of investments within the European Union." Those discussions will include the improvements of existing dispute resolution mechanisms or creating new ones and the intra-EU application of the Energy Charter Treaty, as there continues to be wider disagreement with respect to the Achmea judgment's implications for arbitration under this Treaty.
Hence, until the implementation of this new treaty is clear and the majority of EU Member States accede to it, EU investors wishing to initiate proceedings against an EU Member State should be aware of recent legal developments and seek proper legal advice from specialized lawyers in the field.
[1] European Commission Statement of 24 October 2019 (available at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/191024-bilateral-investment-treaties_en.pdf).


CleanTechnica readers may think there is a strong Polish lobby here, as news from Poland keeps popping up more and more, and you are somehow right. There is a growing number of people here who care and get involved in various ecological activities. Plus, we are lucky, as our current government chose e-mobility to be one of its flagship projects (and trust me, I am very careful in praising any government). Therefore, after I wrote about the dark side of Polish energy policy, I could start reporting brighter stories, as even other writers are doing so.
All in all, we have set out on a mission to become an e-mobility leader, however unreal it may sound when looking at EV sales figures so far — we don't even make it to the top 15 in Europe (2017).
Call me a dreamer, then, but I am optimistic we have all it takes to become a rising star of the EV market quite soon, and large state companies are rushing in to support me in this belief.
What I am referring to is the news that hit the media recently that Orlen is rolling out a charging network of fast and superfast chargers along motorways and express roads. What is critical to understand here is that Orlen is the biggest petrol/gasoline retailer in Poland and one of the most significant players in Europe, with petrol stations and necessary infrastructure in the best locations. While Greenway, which is developing a separate network of fast chargers in Poland, needs to struggle to attract/collect locations, Orlen simply has them — both in and outside cities.
As an EV enthusiast and EV user, I was at first thrilled to hear the news. What can be better for accelerating EV adoption, right? A moment later, I started having second thoughts — state-owned company, big announcements, political pressure, etc. There is limited trust in state-owned companies here in Poland. This time, though, I was lucky — and it all goes back to the famous rEVolution 2018 conference put on by EVBox and co-hosted by CleanTechnica Director Zach Shahan. That is where I met Katarzyna Sobótka-Demianowska, Head of Energy Innovation at Orlen. Since she appears to stand behind this project, I jumped at the opportunity to ask her a few questions and go beyond the press release to see how real the project is. Knowing she must be crazy busy, I contacted her prepared for a rejection. Unnecessarily, as it turned out. It could be my charm or Katarzyna's professionalism (I'd rather think the former 🙂 ) but my questions were answered and curiosity was satisfied without any delay.
The questions I asked were EV users' questions, since I am one. I was less interested in the fact that they are planning a mix of 50kW and 100kW chargers offering both DC and AC charging through CHAdeMO, CCS, and Type 2 connections. That seemed quite obvious, as it reflects a general market approach these days. The first thing I was eager to learn was whether we will pay for charging or they are planning a honeymoon period at the start. The answer I was hoping to hear I actually heard — charging will be free in the early stage, and once the network grows and its operations consolidate, payments will be introduced.
My second thought went to ease of access. I'm not a big fan of RFID cards, most probably because I always lose them. I quickly learned from Katarzyna that Orlen is planning both forms — RFID cards and app access. The fun part is there was an open RFQ for operators willing to provide a charging network management system (ended May 23rd). Digging into the file, you can learn a great deal about the vision underlying the first 50 chargers, and this vision looks really promising. What I mean to say is that Orlen is not only planning a short-term gig but is developing a major charging network with a high-end management system, including extension options. It was good to see how much attention was given to user-friendly functionalities ensuring you can see and filter charging stations by availability in real time, making sure you don't get an unpleasant surprise; that you can monitor your charging and get notified when it's done; that payment options vary and include subscription plans, based on charging time, mixed models, etc. Well, I have my favorite candidate to provide the platform and I know they are running for it. We will soon find out who the winner is and it will again show how serious Orlen is about building a lasting business model.
As I asked the questions before reading the RFQ papers, my next one was about integration with a platform such as PlugSurfing — I have traveled across Europe and I know how important roaming is. I keep saying it like a mantra, but ease of charging wherever you go is absolutely fundamental to the development of the EV market in general. Orlen realizes that, too. However, no decisions have been made in this regard yet and I understood this answer as no decision whether to connect with PlugSurfing or others because the RFQ paper clearly shows the platform will be ready for such options (Orlen requests standards supported by PlugSurfing, of course). Fine with me as it is. I didn't expect all in one from the start. What is reassuring, I will say it again, is that there is a vision in planning the network and there is some good understanding of what the EV market needs. It shows in small details such as including fast and superfast but also "slow" 22kW chargers in the network — Orlen holds many excellent city centre/shopping centre locations where it could provide more slow chargers to the benefit of more EV drivers.
I finally asked Katarzyna about Tesla. Why? Because Tesla has used Orlen locations in Poland to develop its Supercharger network (there are currently three of them). My concern was that Orlen's expansion plans may bring this cooperation to an end, which would be unfortunate since it seemed a perfect marriage in many ways. Whether it is only political correctness or a true vision, Orlen seems to plan further development of the Supercharger network with Tesla. As Katarzyna put it, it will let Orlen attract all groups of EV drivers to the company's station properties and cater for all needs. We will soon find out how smoothly, or not, Orlen will move from declarations to actions, and I am sure more interesting facts will come up.
In the meantime, Poland is building a strong position in the EV market by attracting serious investments from Korean, Chinese, and German battery producers. We are joining the e-bus manufacturing family with Solaris, Ursus, and others to take part in the revolution Bloomberg is envisaging for this market segment. And we are developing smaller and bigger networks of slow chargers via the joint efforts of Polish entrepreneurs and EV enthusiasts. I will be happy to report on them soon. We are on a mission to be EV leaders and actually move from political declarations — or what many call science fiction — to real actions.
For more on EV charging market trends, EV charging station guidelines, etc., check out our EV charging resource page.


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5 Influential People Who Live With a Physical Disability
Author: Wesley Harrell
1. Stephen Hawking
This is a name I'm sure many people have heard of. This renowned doctor of general relativity and quantum gravity has been in the spotlight for around 50 years, and has made enormous leaps in math, science, and physics. He has studied and taught in many of the world's most prestigious universities, including Cambridge and Oxford. He has worked with some of the most renowned scientists that we have in the world today, and has made immense contributions to math and science institutions, as well as educational organizations around the world.
Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford England in 1942, and excelled in nearly all subjects during his early childhood. He was granted acceptance to Oxford and Cambridge, both of which he attended respectively. It wasn't until his senior year of college when he and his family began noticing that he was developing physical/muscular problems. It was eventually discovered that Stephen had Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a rare nerve disorder that affects muscular strength, movement, and overall body function. The symptoms typically include paralysis, weakness, and the inability to speak or eat. Hawking has been confined to a special power chair for most of his life, and is equipped with an intricate computer system through which he communicates with people.
Despite the various challenges that Stephen Hawking has faced throughout his life, he has still been able to influence the world through his work. He took a disease as life-changing as ALS, and turned it around to become a part of who he was. The voice that emits from his computer will forever be immortalized as a voice of wisdom, a beacon for enlightenment, and the banner of scientific progress. He has become a figure who has seamlessly transcended humanity, despite his physical limitations.
(Image from: www.ageofautism.com)
2. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Another household name, Franklin D. Roosevelt is credited with carrying the United States and her allies through majority of World War 2. As the 32nd President of the United States of America, he rallied the American citizens and soldiers around the tenants of freedom, liberty, and the destruction of fascism in Eastern Europe. He was such a popular president, he was elected for 4 terms, and served from 1933-1945. He was particularly famous for his "fireside chats", in which he addressed the American people over the radio, reassuring them of the events of the war, and rallying them around a banner of family and hard-work. These radio broadcasts are largely credited with keeping the economy from tanking any further, and keeping the American's spirits high.
Before President Roosevelt won the Presidential ticket, he was struck with the Polio Virus, a disease that has nearly been eradicated in modern society due to vaccinations. The virus left him paralyzed from the waist down, and nearly crippled his spirits. In the years leading up to his elections to public office, he would avoid the public eye, for fear that his disease would make him appear weak in the eyes of the American people. Despite his inability to walk, President Roosevelt would force himself to stand when delivering speeches, addressing the public, and appearing on camera. He even taught himself how to move his legs using a metal brace, a cane, and very strenuous hip motion.
Despite this debilitating sickness, Franklin D. Roosevelt became one of the most influential world leaders in history and helped bring an end to the brutal conflict that was World War 2. He may not have embraced his illness or been happy with what life had thrown at him, but he didn't let anything stop him from serving his country with an iron will, and he gave his all to the American people. He will be viewed as anything but weak in the annals of history.
(Image from: www.history.com)
3. Helen Keller
Another famous name in American History; Helen Keller was an avid political activist, author, and lecturer. Her work garnered the attention from notable writers such as Mark Twain; the literary mastermind behind The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. She was a strong advocate for women's rights and was well versed in poetry, literature, and grammar. She became a teacher for the blind and deaf, using her own experience to guide her students to success. She was also a strong proponent of the working-class citizens of America, and advocated for social justice for all.
At only 19 months old, she was diagnosed with meningitis and after a long,difficult battle with the disease, she was no longer able to hear or see. For most, the loss of these two senses would be a massive blow to one's ability to enjoy life, but not Helen Keller. She continued as a mentor to those who shared her affliction, and did not let anyone or anything slow her down. She wrote books, spoke publicly and became an activist for women and minorities. She proved that it's a person's spirit is what matters, not their physical ability.
There have been numerous monuments and educational institutions named in honor of Helen Keller, and they serve as a testament to her unbending will and determination to prove the naysayers wrong. She went through life without any perceptual senses other than smell and touch, but she persevered through sheer will alone. Her spirit was unbreakable, and she tried to pass that quality along to others so that they too could achieve the unthinkable. She dedicated many schools to the blind and deaf, to create a lasting legacy of triumph and dedication over life's obstacles.
(Image from: www.biography.com)
4. Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ludwig Van Beethoven is a commonly known name, and is used to describe one of the most influential composers in the history of music. This classical/baroque master knew how to intricately weave notes, scales, rests, and percussion together to make some of the most iconic pieces of music ever heard by man. Being German by birth, Beethoven often traveled between the Austrian Empire and Prussia to have his songs played in front of large audiences, often with royalty among the patrons.
After writing so much amazing music, it would often come to a surprise to anyone that Beethoven was indeed deaf. He suffered from hearing loss and tinnitus for most of his adult life, but was still able to compose beautiful pieces of music. He understood music theory and structure so well that he didn't need to hear the music to understand what it would sound like. Through his extensive knowledge of note structure and symphony composition, Beethoven created hundreds upon hundreds of pieces of music, wooing the minds of the nobility and the common folk alike. It was said that Beethoven had suffered this loss of hearing during a fit of rage upon hearing a piece of music he had written played wrong. Upon receiving this self-induced rage, he fell of the stage and stood up claiming that he couldn't hear as well. Over time, his hearing deteriorated, coupled with tinnitus until he was at least 80% deaf.
It would seem appropriate that a musician should be able to hear what he or she produces, but that just wasn't the case with Ludwig Van Beethoven. He knew what he was capable of, and didn't let any sort of physical ailment hinder him. He produced some of the most innovative and emotional pieces of music ever written, and left his mark I the history books as one of the best composers of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and possibly the entire world.
(Image taken from this site: www.fanart.tv)
5. Stevie Wonder
Another household name, Stevie Wonder is no doubt one of the more famous people on this list. He revolutionized the genres of funk, jazz, and pop, and some may even say he created his own genres. He was a genius with the piano and vocals, and sang songs that shook the world in the 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's. He associated with top performing artists such as Michael Jackson and the band Chicago, earning himself spots on Billboard's top musicians and various Grammy's.
It would come as a surprise to learn that such a skilled pianist and musician was blind. Wonder was born with a rare condition that caused the development of his eyes to be aborted in the final stages, leaving him without working pupils and irises. He didn't let this stop him however, and went on to produce hundreds of songs and various albums. His emotional style blended perfectly with the blues and jazz that had all but faded out at the time. He managed to revitalize the genres of the 20's, 30's, and 40's, while keeping the sound modern and youthful.
Despite his seeing disability, he was able to write and play music that people around the world could enjoy. He didn't let his impairment get in the way of doing what he loved, and he made music that connected millions and brought about a sense of connectivity. He continues to thrive in the music scene even to this day, and has become a staple name in his genres, proving that his love for music trumped his disability.
(Image from: www.fanart.tv)

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Conker championships to return to Hampstead Heath for 17th annual tournament
Published: 4:45 PM October 4, 2018 Updated: 1:58 PM October 14, 2020
Two competitors from last year's over-18s category. Picture: Layton Thompson/City of London Corporation - Credit: Archant
Competitors will be hoping for a clean strike as the UK's largest annual conker championships return to the Heath on Sunday.
The free event, now in its 17th year, is officiated by conkermeister Paul Maskell.
Participants will be split into five categories; under-fives, five to seven years, eight to 13 years, 14 to 17 years and 18 years and over.
The winner for each category will win a golden conker and a certificate.
Anybody who wants to take part and battle for the title can register at Parliament Hill Bandstand by 2.30pm. Conkers will be provided.
Karina Dostalova, chairman of the City of London Corporation's Hampstead Heath Management Committee, said: "This great British pastime has been enjoyed for generations and makes for a great family day out in one of London's finest green spaces."


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August 1, 2022 August 1, 2022 Jackie Mantey
Come home soon.
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"Under the Lilacs" by Jackie Mantey // Original image info: Russell Lee, 1941, "Old brown stonehouses, Chicago."
Embroidery floss on photo paper
Comes in white picture mat with bevel-cut core
11 inches x 14 inches in mat
SEE IN SHOP
May 1, 2022 May 1, 2022 Jackie Mantey
This guy is from Augustus Sherman's collection of Ellis Island portraits. The photo is dated 1906. He's listed simply as "Romanian shepherd."
I looked up the May Day celebrations and rituals of Romania (nearly every country's got some), and this apotropaic one charmed me:
"The entries to the animals' shelters are adorned with green branches. All branches are left in place until the wheat harvest when they are used in the fire which will bake the first bread from the new wheat."
To be clear, the fire is to bake the bread.
Definitely only the bread.
Definitely not the sad American co-ed's bad boyfriend dressed in a bear suit.
Midsommar's ending explained by Screenrant
ONLY. THE. BREAD.
Introducing the Peekaboo Collection
February 8, 2022 February 8, 2022 Jackie Mantey
The journals your mother warned you about!
Spiral notebook with printed front and back cover of a mixed media collage
Metal wire-o binding
Soft-touch coating cover
5 inches x 8.5 inches, 140 dotted pages
Sourced from the U.S.
Sexy and cuuuuuute
Sweet dreams.
That's kid stuff.
Gimme a ring.
A perfect angel.
It's only natural.
Squats! Squats! Squats! Squats! Squats! Squats!
Saved you a spot.
Who's the smartest of them all?
Published: Lover's Eye Press Issue 3
I have some new artwork published in the latest issue of indie journal Lover's Eye Press.
Check it out and stay a while. Read the lovely literary entries, explore the other artwork, and listen to the great podcast interview with featured artist E. Hughes.
READ ISSUE 3
Introducing the Rosa Collection
January 4, 2022 January 4, 2022 Jackie Mantey
The Rosa Collection is a series of spiral-bound notebooks with printed front and back cover collage designs I made, inspired by the 1799 botanical etchings of Mary Lawrance.
$20 (shipping cost and sales tax included in price)
These soft-touch cover notebooks are hard to resist.
Pink + Tangerine
Spiral notebook with printed front and back cover of a collage design by Jackie Mantey. Flower etching: Mary Lawrance, 1799, "Rosa Damascena."
Orange + Goldenrod
Spiral notebook with printed front and back cover of a collage design by Jackie Mantey. Flower etching: Mary Lawrance, 1799, "Rosa Lutea-Bicolor."
Burgundy + Blush
Spiral notebook with printed front and back cover of a collage design by Jackie Mantey. Flower etching: Mary Lawrance, 1799, "Rosa Centifolia."
White + Blue
Spiral notebook with printed front and back cover of a collage design by Jackie Mantey. Flower etching: Mary Lawrance, 1799, "White Provincialis."
Yellow + Mint
Spiral notebook with printed front and back cover of a collage design by Jackie Mantey. Flower etching: Mary Lawrance, 1799, "Rosa Sulphuria."
November 18, 2021 November 18, 2021 Jackie Mantey
As the end of the year (aka gift giving season) rolls up with the top down, I thought I'd show off one of my favorite custom embroidery jobs from the archives.
I recently finished this custom piece for a dear friend. He wanted to gift an artwork to a friend who loved wrestling and wrestling history. He picked an image from this series of photographs by Irving Penn from 1945 and told me to have at it.
Original image info: Irving Penn, 1945, "Dorian Leigh & Maurice Tillet aka The French Angel"
The man in this photo is Maurice Tillet (1903-1954), the most notorious wrestler of the 1940s, better known by his ring name, ~THE FRENCH ANGEL~.
If you've been to Chicago's International Museum of Surgical Science, you've probably seen a bust of The French Angel.
The plaque there tells more of this man's story:
"He studied 14 languages, wrote poetry, and aspired to become an actor. However, his dreams were shattered when he developed acromegaly in his twenties. … This disorder is caused by an abnormal production of growth hormone usually related to a benign tumor of the pituitary gland… With his new body, Tillet, an educated man and a lover of the fine arts, felt like a monstrosity. Unable to face a life of constant gawking and humiliation, he decided to make drastic changes and use his condition to his benefit."
At the end of his life, Maurice was a Chicago boy. He died here, too, of a heart attack that came on after he heard that his trainer died. <sobbbbbbing>
My color choices for his wings and the stars on his belt are a direct reference to the Chicago flag.
I almost put the fourth star on Maurice's belt too, but I just had to do something about Dorian there…
The angle of her foot, the shape of that heel… oh la la, there's just so much I love about that aspect of the original photograph. I put the last star beneath it to give Dorian her own special place in this piece.
More custom embroidery
Recent embroidery art animations
September 28, 2021 September 4, 2021 Jackie Mantey
I started learning how to animate my embroidery art recently. Part of my whole ~art as self-authorization~ kick. Here are a few of my favorites so far:
Mountain Air
Plant Paint
Screaming Infidelities
Overgrown
Prank Call
Delivering the Good News
Straw Seance
The 'Burbs
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New embroidery + Isadora Duncan
On this day nearly 100 years ago (1927), Isadora Duncan died the strangest death. She was strangled in not-so-nice Nice (France).
By her scarf.
"Isadora Funcan" by Jackie Mantey // Original image info: Arnold Genthe, 1869-1942, "Isadora Duncan: studies."
Duncan was a dancer, remarkable for her ability to use the body's natural movements and desires as guides for her improvisational choreography. She is remembered for her movement-based rebuke of classical dance and its wealthy connotations at the time. Her dance was independent. Emotional. Beloved by sad corseted ladies and boho-minded men yearning to be free the world over.
Because of this dance style, scarves were kind of her thing.✌ She usually danced barefoot, while wrapped in free-flowing gowns.
I know this sounds kind of "so what?" in the context of today, a time in which Bonnaroo exists and you can't walk past a modern dance performance without being thrown a curtain from the rafters to climb into and be swaddled like a baby in the cradle of the womb your subconscious still craves.
At Duncan's time, the drapery was rebellious — shocking even! Her movement style and sartorial choices were a stark contrast to the toe mashing and waist gashing of classical ballet, the bitchy bell of the dance ball for too long.
Neighborhood baddie, summer pre-COVID
Neighborhood bummer, summer 2021
Here's what was not her thing: Cars. 😠 I'm being glib, but this part is actually super sad. Duncan had three children ("all out of wedlock," Wikipedia notes… hell yeah, Izzy). We're already off the rails here, so I'm just going to quote Wikipedia again:
"The first two [children], Deirdre Beatrice (born 1906), whose father was theatre designer Gordon Craig; and the second, Patrick Augustus (born 1910), by Paris Singer, one of the many sons of sewing machine magnate Isaac Singer, drowned in the care of their nanny in 1913 when their car went into the River Seine."
Daaaaamn…. 🙁 And then:
"In her autobiography, Duncan relates that [IN HER UNIMAGINABLE GRIEF] she begged a young Italian stranger [HELL YEAH, IZZY], the sculptor Romano Romanelli, to sleep with her because she was desperate for another child. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son on August 13, 1914, but he died shortly after birth. [WTF!]"
One can not blame Dear Isadora, then, for ignoring the warning of her fellow passenger on that fateful joyride in 1927 to watch her damn scarf.
Why not live free? Look fabulous? Die at 50 in a tragic and grotesquely bizarre way befitting a tragic and beautifully bizarre life? With a burdenous heart broken such as that… then what, pray tell my young man, is a broken neck?
The scarf caressed her as l'automobile revved faster on whatever rue de la franacaise. It slithered silky and sensual out the window, fluttered with the wind and shivered with thrilling joie de vivre. Then, spotting the car's open-spoked wheels and, being one to fancy danger, the scarf flirted and tickled and teased and then licked the rear axle. The tire, all business of cut-throat rubber and metal grinding dirt, responded and swallowed the tongue of that scarf and consumed it in one harumphing gulp, pulling the legendary body of Isadora Duncan down with it for dessert.
A snap. A slice. An exit wound.
A goodbye, sweet world. A thanks for the dance. ✌
Best Berenice Abbott quotes in "A View of the 20th Century"
September 6, 2021 September 6, 2021 Jackie Mantey
I recently subscribed to The Met on YouTube and found a trove of treasures from this institutional mainstay. Since 2020, the museum has released three to four films from the moving-image archive to celebrate its 150th anniversary. Called "From The Vaults," the series continues through March 2022.
Hey, when you turn 150 years old, it's your party and you can make everyone celebrate for two years if you want to.
I'm slowly making my way through all the artifacts they've posted; most recently, a 1992 film about American painter Ralph Fasanella, who was known for his depictions of working-class city life and born in the Bronx on Labor Day 1914 to newly minted Italian immigrants.
Berenice Abbott: "A View of the 20th Century"
One of the most compelling docs I've watched in The Met's series so far was another 1992 piece, this one about the photographer Berenice Abbott. I LOVE Berenice and am often drawn to her Works Progress Administration images when selecting images for my embroidery collection.
As one source in the film so succinctly put it, Berenice took, "Emotionally resonant pictures of ordinary things." That's as working class as it comes.
What I didn't realize was how accomplished Berenice was in other intellectual and theoretical pursuits beyond artmaking. Here are some of my favorite quotes from this legendary artist.
"This clear-eyed, insightful documentary, directed by Martha Wheelock and Kay Weaver, offers a grand tour of Abbott's extraordinary life, from her youth in Ohio and apprenticeship in Paris through her later groundbreaking scientific photography at MIT and final years in Maine.
Using the artist's memories as a lens for apprehending nearly a century of American and European cultural history, this film pays homage to Abbott's genius for invention, her free-spirited embrace of uncertainty and experience, and her unshakeable devotion the art of photography."
Watch Berenice Abbott: A View of the 20th Century
Best Berenice Abbott quotes
in "A View of the 20th Century"
Berenice Abbott photographing on South Street, New York, 1937. Photo by Consuelo Kanaga.
ON BEING AN ARTIST
"The only pleasure you can get from creating something is the pleasure you have in doing it. Not the final product even. The pleasure you have in doing it. And that cannot be taken away from you. And it cannot be crushed. But you had a certain kind of joy creating it. And that's all you can expect."
"There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own."
"I think you have to be intensely personal and be true to yourself. The subject matter that excites you is something you want to photograph. You have to convey to the person who looks at it what it was that excited you."
"To the Pit" by Jackie Mantey. Embroidery floss on photo paper. // Original image info: Berenice Abbott, 1937, "Triborough Bridge, East 125th Street approach, Manhattan."
"If you're trying to express people, you have to be part of it because it's an exchange. You're a part of that time."
"The art is selecting what is worthwhile to take the trouble about."
"I think it stands to reason that if you recognize and appreciate your heritage, it helps you with your future."
"Social Distancing" by Jackie Mantey. Embroidery floss on photo paper. // Original image info: Berenice Abbott, 1937, "General view from penthouse, 56 Seventh Avenue, Manhattan."
"Anything you photograph has to be exciting somehow visually. It has to be photographically important, visually important. Otherwise you write about it."
"Photography is very much a prisoner of its time. You work within the framework of the technique at the time, and that's the way you have to judge photography."
"I think all photography is documentary or it isn't even photography. Most photographs are documents by their very nature of the realistic image. When they try to make it a nonrealistic image, they're imitating another medium. Selectivity is key."
"Many interesting things aren't photogenic at all."
ON CITY APPEAL
"It isn't just that you think the city is beautiful. It's that the city is very interesting. Everything in it has been built by man. It expresses people more than people themselves."
"The city is full of every period, every epoch. Everything there comes out of the human gut. Everything that's built. Every sign that's put up. The new, the old, the beautiful, the ugly. It's the juxtaposition of all this that is an intensely, immensely human subject. You're photographing people when you're photographing a city. You don't have to have a person in it."
ON BEING A WOMAN
"He said, 'Nice girls don't go down on the Bowery." And I said, 'Well, I'm not a nice girl. I'm a photographer.'"
"My assistant got the job. A young man whom I had trained. I think the last thing the world really wants are independent women. I don't think they like independent women much. Just why I don't know. But I don't care."
"Yes, I've always been a loner. I'm certain that some people marry and it doesn't spoil their independence, even women in some cases. The vast majority seems to snare the woman and she can lose track of her directions and her desires and her interests. I've heard so many women say, 'Oh I would like to have done this but after all my family came first. I had to look after my sons.' So apparently that was more important to them. To me it would be like losing yourself. I think your work is the most important thing in your life. To spend more time with it."
"I believe in nature and truth and common sense, pursuit of knowledge. Nothing is any good unless you sort of live up to it. Do unto others as you would have done unto you. That is very valid and can't get you into any trouble. But you don't need religion to have morals."
"I always thought that there was nothing smarter than an old woman. You've lived so much, you've seen so much, in some sense you've been on the passive end of it, which means that you have observed plenty. But my impression was always that most ordinary women, if they're old, have some remarkable quality that no other people have."
"I had no idea I was getting older. I've never worried about getting older. I don't see why people make so much of a thing about aging. It's so natural to age. Everything is aging all the time. Everybody's aging constantly. Why worry? It's slow. You're not aware of it.You just take it in your stride. But women are so harassed with the idea because of the social attitude, the unfairness of social attitudes between the aging of men and women is so ridiculous and so dreadful that women's years seem to be only good as long as she can procreate, but a man can be very attractive at 80."
"I'm planning to live to be 102." 🙂
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Why I'll never doubt the power of a flower again
August 23, 2021 August 22, 2021 Jackie Mantey
I haven't heard my grandma, who is suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia, say a coherent word for nearly three years. She said these last words while receiving communion at the assisted living facility. As everyone genuflected to launch into the lord's prayer, my grandma did too, saying "Father, son…" and then petering out. I figured those were words she could formulate because she had gone to church and said them every weekend of her entire life until the day she moved in here. Those words were seared into the empty rivulets of her brain, so they didn't seem a miracle to fish out.
I accepted the reality that I'd probably never hear her say another word again.
And then I did.
It happened on my recent visit, a drop-in at the assisted living facility that marked over a year and a half since I'd seen her (pandemic lockdown).
Once my plane landed, I got my rental car and started on the hour-long route north. I called the nursing home to make sure I could walk-in to see her or whether I needed to make an appointment. I didn't. I asked then, to the surprise of both myself and a Wanda on the other end of the line, if I could bring flowers. Would that be OK?
I don't know what came over me to ask such a thing. I don't usually bring flowers when I visit. I don't usually bring flowers for anything. Maybe I thought there needed to feel like there was more gravitas to this moment. I hadn't seen her in so long. We'd survived a pandemic. Her husband died during that time. I knew she wouldn't remember me, but flowers… well, anyone can remember those, right?
I thought about just hopping off the highway to a Kroger or a Whole Foods. They always have little flowers packaged up at the end of the aisles. Instead, I looked up the local Marion flower shop, saw they were open, and entered the address into my phone. It felt good to buy from a local family business after the pandemic. Plus, I knew they'd probably have roses. My grandma's name is Rosemary. Even if she didn't remember me, I wanted to show that I remembered her. I got half a dozen multicolored roses for Grandma in a glass vase and another half-dozen in a mournful maroon to take to my grandpa's grave. He loved his Rose.
When I enter the long-term care wing and ask for Rosie, the nurses look at me grimly, wondering whether I'm prepared for just how far gone she is. I am. They wheel her into her room and shut the door. It's the two of us.
After some fruitless and awkward talking to her while sitting across from her, I spend most of my time squatting next to her wheelchair, rubbing her back and nervously trying to use my other arm to keep her in her seat. The medication they gave her keeps her nodding in and out of sleep. She doesn't register my presence when she has to look at me, but she seems to lean into my hugs.
So I position her so that when she wakes up from the brief naps, she'll see only the flowers, now sitting on a table in her room.
And that's when it happened. I was squatting by her side, arms around her, when she woke up and, clear as day, said, "Flowers for me."
Three little words. One moment I'll remember forever. 🌹
She passed away two weekends later. While writing her obituary, I turned to my notebook of stories written by her and my grandpa. There I found another gift. A recollection of her first memory: "I was about 2 ½ years old then. [Brother] Eugene and I were in the barnyard with Dad. We were standing near a wagon watching the men who were taking the horses. Well, about the time one of the horses was being led to the truck to be taken away. Dad put his hands under my arms and swooped me up into the wagon, as he did with Eugene. I remember the horses coming by the wagon bobbling their head like horses do when they walk. I was about eye-to-eye level with the horses. I think this is the earliest memory of my life."


With the ever growing multimedia services in the telecommunication industry, Quality of Service (QoS) provisioning in cellular networks is becoming more challenging. Studies have suggested that QoS requirements can be met by increasing network capacity through adopting micro/pico/femto-cellular architectures. A consequence of using small cell sizes is the increased rate of call handovers as mobile terminals move between cells. In a network supporting multimedia services, the increased rate of call handovers not only increases the signalling load on the network, but also adversely affects the QoS through sky rocketing handover failures. For seamless connection, one of the solutions will be adequate provision of resources like bandwidth. Moreover, bandwidth being a scarce resource, it should be used efficiently.As the world migrates from Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) transport to Internet Protocol (IP) in UMTS Radio Access Networks (UTRAN), it will introduce more challenges in assigning bandwidth to multimedia services. This is true as IP is of best effort nature. A better solution will be to allocate bandwidth discriminatingly, that is, high priority traffic gets better service while low priority traffic gets reduced service. This paper presents the design, implementation and performance of an Adaptive Bandwidth Allocation scheme for Multimedia Handover Services on an IP-based Radio Access Network of a UMTS Cellular Networks. The methodology adopted is classifying multimedia traffic into different classes using differentiated service (DiffServ) scheme. This is then tested and validated through simulation in Network Simulator 2(NS-2).From the simulation results it has been proven that the adaptive bandwidth allocation minimizes packet losses and give high throughput than non- adaptive bandwidth allocation. It has also been observed that non- adaptive bandwidth allocation does not guarantee service when the network experience congestion due to increased traffic in a cell during handover. After comparing the simulated results, its clear that adaptive bandwidth allocation is found to yield better performance than non- adaptive bandwidth allocation.


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By DJ Bwakali / Ecotourism / Saturday, 18 July 2020 23:26
The Kigelia Africana tree, also known as sausage tree, has an average height that doesn't usually exceed 25 meters. If it was a human male, it would be about 5.7/5.8 feet. Average height. The tree's Swahili name is Mwengea. In Giriama, one of the coastal languages in Kenya, its known as Mobwoka, while amongst the Kikuyu, Kenya's largest community, it's called muratina, named after its famous sausage-like fruit.
When I first heard of this tree's name – Kigelia Africana – I thought that it was first 'discovered' in Kigali. But nope, the name 'kigelia' is extracted from one of the local names of the tree in Mozambique – kigeli-keia.
This mercurial tree will attract and repel you in equal measure. Although its flowers have a strong, unpleasant smell, its fruits are surreal to behold. They are sausage-shaped and dangle in clusters on long stems. They can grow up to two feet and weigh as much as seven kilos!
Adding to the eye-feast are its flowers. Despite their bad smell, they are quite colorful and dynamic. They only come alive at night. Long after the sun has set, when darkness is reigning supreme, they open up and attract creatures that wouldn't otherwise pay them a visit. These nocturnal flowers are pollinated not by birds but by bats and hawk moths. Just like the flowers, these two creatures are also nocturnal.
When you see the flowers, you will almost feel like ringing them because they are bell-shaped. As far as their color is concerned, they have an identity crisis. Sometimes they are orange and sometimes maroon. On other occasions, they dress in a mixture of green and purple. All these colors, together with the flowers' muscular stems, enhance the eye-candy status of this tree.
The sausage-like fruits constitute a five-star delicacy for a bunch of mammals. Monkeys, baboons, elephants and giraffes all troop to the sausage tree to savor the fruit buffet. They repay the tree for its generosity by dispersing its seeds through their dung.
Unlike these wildlife, humans can't consume the fresh fruit because its poisonous. They can only consume it after roasting, drying or fermentation. This is exactly what members of the Kikuyu, Kenya's largest community, have been doing for decades. They ferment the sausage tree's fruit to make muratina, the traditional kikuyu brew. The Akamba community from eastern Kenya also use the sausage fruits to make a similar brew that they call kaluvu.
Even as the tree's sausage-like fruits are used to produce alcohol, its bark is used to cure skin ailments like Eczema and Psoriasis. Extracts from this bark contain iridoids, chemicals that stand in the way of harmful bacteria and stop them from growing. Such bacteria include Staphylococcus aureus, which causes skin infections and boils. As such, the sausage tree is a dermatology powerhouse.
In addition to providing a healing touch to skin, the sausage tree fruits also cure other ailments like rheumatism, snakebites and syphilis.
Bwak the Bantu Poet described this tree as 'a five-star delicacy that is great for the big mammals, pleasant to behold and good for the skin.'
Take a bow to this tree, a biodiversity bliss like no other.
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There are tens of thousands of serving British troops including Gurkhas and Reserves, who sign an oath of allegiance to protect Her Majesty, Her Government and Her Citizens at all cost, they are doing it now.
They Fall
Our Nation has lost hundreds of serving personnel in recent years and many more have lost limbs and have suffered traumatic stress caused by the hostile combats they are fighting in.
We Carry On
We carry on with our lives freely walking the streets knowing we are safe from harm. This freedom is bought by our combatants who risk their lives and limbs daily.
For them to build a new life with the burden of traumatic stress and a limb or limbs missing is a demoralising and lonely journey.
Who looks after them?
We Do!
We at SWS RnR start them on that journey. We are a registered Charity that provides this invaluable service entirely from public contributions.
PLEASE GIVE A LITTLE BECAUSE THESE SOLDIERS HAVE GIVEN EVERYTHING.
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Welcome to the SWS RnR website. Please explore the site to find out ways in which you can help and visit our news page to see what has been happening.
SWS RnR is a charity which provides much needed and appreciated holidays in Dumfries and Galloway for injured soldiers who have seen active service. In addition, we run two training programmes to help get ex-servicemen through the theory test to enable them to start driver training for heavy goods vehicles. We also provide training to get the SIA qualification which is needed to be employed in the security industry.
The Libor grant of £130500 to help veterans get an HGV driving licence at no cost to themselves.
This is open to all veterans throughout the Nation and accommodation can be provided.
To apply please register with Name, address. DOB service number, enlistment date and demob date.
SWSRnR will then guide you step by step commencing with a medical and Driving licence application pack.
We then prepare you for the Theory test which can be done in as little as 7 days.
Once passed, we then pay for you to start the Driver Training at Nithcree here in Dumfries.
This training takes 7 days and we pay for your test and vehicle hire on the day of your test.
Do not worry if you fail the first time a resit policy is available.
Robin Hood to pull 20 stone soldier statue to Cenotaph
An eight foot tall, 20-stone statue of a soldier is to feature in commemorations to mark the centenary of the end of World War One in London. And helping him get there will be Robin Hood.
The Mossdale man is the boss of forces' charity Southwest Scotland RNR, at Carsethorn. To raise cash for the charity he aims to tow Jock – the model of a Scottish squaddie that acts as the organisation's mascot – by himself from Dumfries using a special trolley in time to be at the Cenotaph next year.
Robin said: "I'll start from Dumfries – where the statue was carved – on October 1, 2018. The police won't let me use the A1 so I'll be on side roads. It's a total of 400 miles.
"The trolley needs work but I've got a year. It needs brakes added as it'll be fine uphill but I might get crushed going downhill."
Robin and Jock will be involved in other commemorations before that. Wednesday marks 100 years since 2nd Lieutenant John Murray died in World War One.
His father, Rev George Murray, created a memorial to him at Mossdale so he could see it from his home across the loch.
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Sullivan Goss is pleased to announce an exhibition of work by celebrated American Impressionist, Colin Campbell Cooper (1856-1937).
Cooper was an incessant world traveler during his lifetime and those travels were reflected in his paintings. The views in this exhibition chronicle the travels of an artist whose sense of adventure took him from famous and exotic landmarks to quiet pastoral valleys and everywhere in between. Often painted on site, the spontaneity of the artists hand as well as his ability to capture the fleeting moments of light and impressions of time are what make him one of the most admired American Impressionists. The paintings in this show demonstrate why Cooper work can be seen in so many national museums, and is sought after by collectors from coast to coast.
Cooper was born in Philadelphia in 1856 and moved to Santa Barbara in 1921. He studied with Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts as well as the Academie Julian in Paris. He was elected as a member of the National Academy of Design in 1912. Colin Campbell Cooper died in Santa Barbara, CA in 1937. His work can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, The White House, Washington, D.C., Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA, among many others.
COLIN CAMPBELL COOPER (1856-1937)
Beauvais Cathedral, c. 1912-1926 Period: Historic, Medium: Painting, Subject: Landscape, Size: Large, Style: Impressionist, Format: Vertical, Palette: Warm, Neutral, Price: Over $10k 106940
The Alcazar, Segovia Period: Historic, Medium: Painting, Subject: Landscape, Size: Medium, Style: Impressionist, Format: Vertical, Palette: Warm, Price: Over $10k 114118
View of the Taj Mahal, c. 1913 Period: Historic, Medium: Painting, Subject: Landscape, Size: Medium, Style: Impressionist, Format: Horizontal, Palette: Cool, Price: Over $10k 106960
🔴Mosque Sioli Ocbdebkasar Period: Historic, Medium: Painting, Subject: Landscape, Figurative, Size: Small, Style: 19th century, Impressionist, Format: Horizontal, Palette: Warm, Price: Over $10k 150304
The Train Round House, c. 1910 Period: Historic, Medium: Works on paper, Painting, Subject: Landscape, Figurative, Size: Medium, Style: Impressionist, Format: Horizontal, Palette: Warm, Price: Over $10k 160616
Place de l'Opera, Paris, c. 1906-11 161252
Oriental Building, June 9, 1923 Period: Historic, Medium: Painting, Subject: Landscape, Size: Small, Style: Impressionist, Format: Vertical, Palette: Warm, Price: $5-10k 160623
Porto San Paolo, Rome, 1930 Period: Historic, Medium: Painting, Subject: Landscape, Size: Small, Style: Impressionist, Format: Horizontal, Palette: Warm, Price: $5-10k 160622
California Sunset, Circa 1930. 160621
Indian Monument 160620
The Alcazar, Segovia Period: Historic, Medium: Small, Subject: Landscape, Size: Small, Style: Impressionist, Format: Horizontal, Palette: Warm, Price: Over $5-10k 160619
View To Rincon Peak, 1930 159648
Golden Foothills and Blue Mountains, c. 1920 Period: Historic, Medium: Painting, Subject: Landscape, Size: Small, Style: Early California, Impressionist, S.B. Landscape, Format: Horizontal, Palette: Warm, Price: Under $5k 153882
"Mission San Juan Capistrano", June 24, 1926 Period: Historic, Medium: Painting, Subject: Landscape, Size: Small, Style: Impressionist, Early California, Format: Horizontal, Palette: Warm, Price: $5-10k 161250
Beauvais Cathedral, c. 1916 Period: Historic, Medium: Works on paper, Subject: Landscape, Size: Medium, Style: 19th century, Impressionist, Format: Vertical, Palette: Warm, Price: Over $10k 159210


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"Last Portrait Workshop at M.H.S." by Nick Digioia in the "CREATE: A Celebration of Davenport Community Schools Art Teachers" exhibit at MidCoast at Bucktown -- April 11 through May 31.
Representing a collective 238 years of service to the art programs in local schools and institutes of learning, the new exhibition CREATE: A Celebration of Davenport Community Schools Art Teachers will be on display at Davenport's MidCoast at Bucktown Gallery April 11 through May 31, treating visitors to a dynamic collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and works in other visual mediums.
Organized by Davenport North High School art teacher David Schaeffer – whose own artistic works include drawings, carvings, and large-scale murals – CREATE will boast the creations of 21 additional talents from area schools, including: Clint Balsar (Creative Arts Academy); Anna Blackburn (Walcott Intermediate); Leana Carter (Jefferson Elementary); Nicholas Neil Vito Digioia (Central High/Creative Arts Academy); Nikki Gillette (Blue Grass Elementary); Heidi Hernandez (Creative Arts Academy); David Houk (Monroe Elementary); Stacey Houk (Jackson Elementary); Andrew Lehn (West High); Adam Little (Wilson Elementary), and Dan Milburn (Wood Intermediate).
Also showcasing works in MidCoast at Bucktown's CREATE exhibit: Alexandria Naughton (Sudlow Intermediate); Brian Nickell (Madison Elementary); Michele O'Brien (North High); Renee Ott (Central High); Juan Rangel (Central High); Anthony Ryder (Adams Elementary); Sherry Smith (Garfield Elementary); Colleen Tomlinson (Creative Arts Academy); Lisa Weideman (Buchanan Elementary); and Brian White (F. L. Smart Intermediate).
CREATE: A Celebration of Davenport Community Schools Art Teachers will be on display at the MidCoast at Bucktown Gallery from April 11 through May 31, with gallery hours Wednesdays through Saturdays 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free, and more information is available by calling (563)424-1210 or visiting MidCoast.org.


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Q: Manipulating CSV file with bash and remove CR LF in specific column I have a file that's generated by a vendor. This vendor refuses to strip out the CR LF in the middle of some data due to how they concatenate two lines together in the file. The result is manual effort to identify and clean up these instances.
What I'd like to do is for each line in this file, if there is a CR LF in the 6th spot in the record- then remove it and replace it with a space. Here's an example with one in the 6th spot that I need to parse out. The file has 1-2 million lines and only a dozen or so have the CR LF in the 6th spot of the record. There's also a CR LF at the end of each record, so I can't just replace every instance of CR LF in the file.
XXXXXX~XXXXXX~XXXXXX~XXXXXX~~-NEW CUSTOMER HANK BUDREAU
DL:WD-XX-XX5
CONF# 12344564 ~XXXXXX~XXXXXX~XXXXXX~KWH~~000015~16~10132022074500PM~10~0.0798~10~0.0582~10~0.0606~10~0.0666~10~0.8358~10~1.5564~10~1.0986~10~0.6048~10~0.2022~10~0.0372~10~0.045~10~0.0318~10~0.0366~10~0.036~10~0.0294~10~0.0672~

A: If you know the number of fields in advance (47 here) then you can use something like this:
awk -F '~' -v nFields=47 '
    NF < nFields {
        if (nf) {
            rec = rec "\n" $0
            if (NF)
                nf += NF - 1
        } else {
            rec = $0
            nf = (NF ? NF : 1)
        }
        if ( nf >= nFields ) {
            gsub(/\r\n/," ",rec)
            print rec
            nf = 0
        }
        next
    }
    1
'

notes: The above code doesn't work if the last field is the one that contains a LF.

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The Great Place to Work® institute has named Ranorex one of Austria's best workplaces. Even though this award only recognizes the great workplace culture in Austria, we believe it's also representative for our U.S. subsidiary.
The results of the Great Place to Work® benchmark study provide important feedback on what's good about our workplace culture and highlights aspects in which Ranorex can improve as an employer. This study has clearly shown that we at Ranorex work as a team – and love to do so. We're a team in which we work towards the same goal, but where everyone can take personal responsibility and use their individual strengths to the fullest. We're a team in which we bounce of each other's ideas, inspire and motivate each other.
In my role as HR manager of the Ranorex headquarter in Austria, I can certainly say that Ranorex as an employer does everything to fosters that team spirit and nurture the personal as well as professional growth of every team member. Ranorex will continue to drive improvements and provide a fun as well as inspiring workplace.
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The 2006 Barolo Brunate blossoms on the palate with layers of dark fruit, menthol, spices and minerals, all of which come together with a classic, ethereal weight that is quite appealing. The tannins are formidable, but there is more than enough richness and depth in the fruit to provide balance. The finish is surprisingly round and harmonious at this stage but I expect the wine to close down on itself over the coming months. Marcarini's 2006 Barolo Brunate is simply terrific. Proprietor Manuel Marchetti says that his plot in Brunate sees wider temperature fluctuations than his vineyard in La Serra, which in large part accounts for the differences between his two Barolos. Anticipated maturity: 2016-2026.
The 2004 Barolo Rocche is simply beautiful. Super-ripe red fruits, sweet roses and spices emerge from this gorgeous Barolo. Silky tannins caress the fruit all the way through to the long, deeply satisfying finish. I can't remember the last time I tasted such an impeccably balanced and complete Barolo from Ratti. In 2004, the Rocche has it all! Anticipated maturity: 2012-2024.
The 2000 Barolo Carobric is an exotic, full-bodied wine loaded with scorched earth, licorice, tar and smoke, all of which add considerable nuance to a massive core of fruit. This hulking, seamless Barolo is at least a few years from early maturity and should continue to drink well for many, many years. It is simply magnificent. Anticipated maturity: 2015-2030.


Temperature differential of approximately 3 to 11°C (5 to 20°F) depending on rate of temperature change, location, mounting, etc.
Slow make and break single pole single throw switch cannot be used for pilot duty with a magnetic contactor.
Temperature adjustment knob or set-screw adjustment is an option.
An inexpensive but positive control for laboratory or industrial hotplates, this series can also be used for controlling comfort heaters, small electric furnaces, dies, platens and other applications where infinite control is required within the current rating of the switch.
Simplicity. No cams or levers to adjust. No motor to burn out.
Bi-metal acts at settings less than HI to limit electrical input and depress temperature.
For higher ac and all dc heating loads, use magnetic contactors.
Gives infinite control for non-inductive loads up to 15 amperes on 120 or 240 volts. Can be turned either to left or right to select proper heat from 0 to 100% wattage with infinite control over first 50% of total wattage.
Energized continuously in HI position, at other settings it delivers selected input level under control of a simple bi-metal timer.
Only 3 mounting holes are necessary to install in box or panel.