The broadband sector is a significant growth area in Mexico's telecoms market. Although it suffers from a lack of competition, with the dominant player Telmex still accounting for the lion's share of subscribers, legislation introduced in 2014 is aimed at reducing the operator's share to below 50%. The same is true for its sister company Telcel in the mobile sector. The pay TV sector is similarly concentrated, with Grupo Televisa the dominant player in the cable TV sector as also in the satellite TV sector, where it is a major shareholder in Sky Mexico.
Despite market concentration there are significant changes under way. The main cable TV providers, Megacable and Grupo Televisa (which incorporates Cablemás and Cablevisión, among other regional players), are broadening their bundled services offerings to include cable TV, broadband and telephony, and as a result their subscriber bases have grown steadily in recent years. In addition, the entry of AT&T to the mobile market, following its acquisitions of Nextel and Iusacell, has enabled the company to build up its service offerings. On a larger scale the company is developing a regional market incorporating Mexico and the US, relying on scale to improve its competitive clout. There remains significant scope for further market development given that the country's broadband penetration is relatively low, while consumer prices remain high.
This report provides an overview of Mexico's broadband and internet market, accompanied by relevant statistical data and subscriber forecasts.
Report update includes the regulator's market data updates to March 2018, telcos' financial and operating data to Q2 2018, recent market developments.
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The recent Supreme Court decision on corporate personhood, The Citizen's United case, has evoked considerable comment, and even some indignation: "Corporations have the right to spend unlimited amounts of money on politicians?!" - "outrageous!"
Really? While people have every right to be outraged, we should inform our outrage, for, in truth, corporate interests have owned the political process -- and politicians -- for the better part of a century.
In the classic history book, The Robber Barons, by Matthew Josephson (Harcourt: 1969), one encounters scenes of major industrialists buying politicians outright with satchels of money - on the floor of State Senates!!
The buying is not so overt now, but politicians are still being bought like hot dogs. What is a modern congressional, presidential or judicial campaign today - but a race for the money? For the man (or woman) who gets money can buy media - and the media decides races.
In a real sense, all the court did was open up the spigot for more dough from corporate coffers. In essence, the court said, it's not enough to rent politicians; now you can own them.
And they will own them.
And where will much of this money go, but into the pockets of corporate media? And what is this but a corporate media stimulus package?
What makes this case remarkable isn't so much the result (for this was politically predictable), but the court's reliance on precedent that actually wasn't precedential.
For, in the case Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co. (1886), used as the foundation for the principle of corporate personhood, that principle appears nowhere - but the court clerk wrote it into the head notes of the case, which is not legally part of the case - and 124 years later an error became law, which became precedent, which guides decisions today, which favors corporate wealth and power over democracy.
Thanks to the Supreme Court, they've got even more.


We LOVE books at our house! We've always kept lots of books around and accessible to the kids and both of my kids (2 & 4) will sit and look at books by themselves and ask to be read to. I've been trying for about a year to make the bedtime story with Simon be a Bible story and have tried several different kids Bibles and have some favorites I want to share with you!
The Jesus Storybook is my most recent purchase and I have LOVED reading this to Simon every night. I know a lot of churches that use the Jesus Storybook curriculum in their Sunday School classes for the little ones. It is such a beautifully written and illustrated Bible that doesn't hide the "yucky" parts (sin, death, hate) but ties every story to Jesus and Him coming as the rescuer, the redeemer. Simon is almost 4 and sometimes it is a little too advanced for him (it is geared towards ages 4-8), but I've been taking it slow and every night we quickly review all the stories up to the point where we are at and it is awesome seeing him remember the names and the "why's" of the story.
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes is laid out so wonderfully for preschoolers – the stories are short, one page of text with one page of illustration, and there are questions worked into the story to help you keep little ones engaged and learning. There's also a sentence prayer at the end of each story. I prefer the Jesus Storybook for Simon now that he's old enough to almost grasp everything, but I like this for before that point and need to start reading this one to Betsy (who just turned two)!
The Action Bible is SO great for elementary age kids (says for ages 9-12). It's a graphic novel style with amazing artwork, and I like that it's laid out chronologically! We bought this six years ago for a boy we were taking to church and liked it so much we got another copy for ourselves. They also have The Action Storybook Bible for ages 4-8, it is 15 key stories and geared for the younger ages, and there is The Action Bible ESV Study Biblewhich is the full ESV text with illustrations and a bunch of other awesome features – great for engaging tweens and teens!
I picked up The Biggest Story initially because of the beautiful illustrations but it is another one that weaves the redemptive thread through the whole story and I love it! It is a little advanced for my kids (ages 2 & almost 4) but not so much that we don't enjoy reading it and looking at the pictures. It says it is geared for ages 5-8 (read to me) and ages 8-11 (read to myself).
This is such a neat book that I plan on incorporating into our curriculum when I start homeschooling Simon in a couple years. It takes systematic theology and connects it to the larger redemptive story of Scripture while making it fun for kids! The description says "kids discover a story of adventure, mystery, and wonder that leads them to the truth about God, themselves, and the world around them." I am very excited to use this!
BONUS! Two more related books that I own and recommend!
Another great Bible storybook for little ones – the illustrations are beautiful and the rhyming is cute and well done.
Start reading this book to the kiddos as young as two and keep on reading it for years to come (for ages 2-8). It's as much for parents as it is for the kids as it has a letter at the beginning and "9 ways to protect your child from sexual abuse" at the end. The actual story is laid out in a simple way that teaches kids that God made them wonderfully, they they have some areas that should be kept private and that secrets and surprises are different and they should never keep secrets from mommy and daddy. This is a hard topic and this book breaks it down and makes it much easier.
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CleanSpark Inc (NASDAQ:CLSK) announced Thursday that its wholly owned subsidiary GridFabric has finalized an OpenADR certification for Electriphi Inc, an award winning electric vehicle (EV) fleet charging and energy management company. Electriphi's charging management platform has now been added to the official list of OpenADR certified products, CleanSpark noted in a statement Thursday. GridFabric's Plaid product provides companies like Electriphi with the fastest way to get their platform OpenADR certified and be fully enabled to participate in utility load shifting programs throughout the country.
Micron Waste Technologies Inc (CSE:MWM) (OTCMKTS:MICWF) is stepping up in its fight to combat the spread of COVID-19. The Vancouver-based firm's subsidiary Micron Technologies Inc said Thursday its British Columbia facility is operating near full capacity to manufacture ASTM Level Three face masks amid a second wave of coronavirus cases that has hit Canada in recent weeks. The firm said it is currently operating two manufacturing shifts and will be adding a third shift in coming weeks in an effort to meet the demand for face masks from end users, which include both municipal and provincial governments.
Exactus Inc (OTCQB:EXDI), a supplier of hemp-derived ingredients and feminized hemp genetics, revealed tenfold revenue growth and its first profitable quarter in its third-quarter results released after the bell Thursday. In the three months ended September 30, Exactus brought in revenue of $678,050, up from $60,153 in the third quarter of 2019. The increase was primarily attributable to a new customer who represented approximately 24% of the company's net sales in the quarter. Gross profit for the quarter was $114,529. The company attributed its first profits in part to a growing digital sales infrastructure and increased investment into its back-end systems. The company recently launched the Exactus Alibaba storefront, which has helped the company automate sales processes for scalable revenue growth.
Telson Mining Corp (CVE:TSN) (OTCMKTS:SOHFF) (FRA:TSGN) Thursday announced that it has begun transporting ore from its Tahuehueto gold project in Durango, Mexico, to be processing at the Atocha toll mill, as part of a 3,500 tonne toll mill campaign. The company noted that around 3,000 tonnes of ore has been delivered to the Atocha mill to date, with processing scheduled to start within the next several days when the final available ore is received. Telson is expecting to recover gold, silver, lead and zinc, within a lead bulk concentrate.
Nomad Royalty Company Ltd (TSE: NSR) (OTCQX:NSRXF) and Coral Gold Resources Ltd (CVE:CLH) (OTCQX:CLHRF) announced Thursday that Nomad has completed its previously announced acquisition of Coral pursuant to a court-approved plan. Thus, Nomad acquired all of the outstanding shares of Coral, whose shareholders received for each Coral Share held C$0.05 in cash and 0.80 of a unit of Nomad. Each whole unit comprises one Nomad common share and one-half of a common share purchase warrant. Each full warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional Nomad share at C$1.71 for a period of two years.
Ceylon Graphite Corp (CVE:CYL) (OTCMKTS:CYLUF) (FRA:CCY) Thursday announced it has granted a total of 5,000,000 stock options to its directors, officers and employees. Each option is exercisable at $0.215 per common share at any time until November 19, 2023. The company also said it has negotiated a debt conversion agreement with a non-arm's length party, in which Ceylon Graphite has agreed to issue an aggregate of 697,674 common shares to the non-arm's length party in exchange for the cancellation of $150,000 in debt owing to the party. The debt shares are being issued at a deemed price of $0.215.
Silver Range Resources Ltd (CVE:SNG) said it has received "promising" results from Rover Metals Corp (CVE:ROVR) for the first two drill holes at the Cabin Lake project in Canada's Northwest Territories, which included 22.01 metres (m) of 7.94 grams per tonne (g/t) gold. Rover Metals has an option to acquire the Cabin Lake project, at which point Silver Range will retain a royalty on the property that includes advance royalty payments totaling $260,000.
Western Magnesium Corporation (CVE:WMG) (FRA:M1V) (OTCMKTS:MLYF) has said it continues to operate at full capacity during the current challenging times, made further complicated due to the resurgence of coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions, and it is continually assessing timelines for the completion of the plant. The company noted that its internal timelines and work in the office and by its staff have not been impacted by any of the ongoing new restrictions and it is working diligently to overcome interruptions and slowdowns that suppliers it works with are facing.
Phunware Inc (NASDAQ:PHUN) said it has secured a new Multiscreen-as-a-Service (MaaS) win that will give Virginia Hospital Center Health System (VHC) in Arlington, Virginia, a new digital front door on mobile in support of more than 850,000 square-feet of indoor medical space. "VHC is excited to work with Phunware to bring a myriad of services into one cohesive mobile app to the VHC community," said Mike Mistretta, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Virginia Hospital Center in a statement. "This technology will provide ease of access for our patients from scheduling appointments, getting care through remote telehealth services and messaging providers to helping patients navigate to scheduled appointments throughout the VHC campus. Our goal is to provide an enhanced level of convenience and care to our patients."
Hill Street Beverage Company Inc (CVE:BEER) is strengthening its portfolio with the acquisition of Lexaria Bioscience Inc's (CSE:LXX) THC-related assets in a C$3.85 million deal, the company announced Thursday. The transaction gives Hill Street exclusive global rights in perpetuity to Lexaria's DehydraTECH technology to make products that contain THC and other psychoactive cannabinoids. The agreement also expands Hill Street's license with Lexaria HempCo to make products that contain CBD on a global basis for 10 years. Toronto-based Hill Street and Lexaria also agreed to replace previous agreements with a global non-exclusive license that gives Hill Street the right to produce non-pharmaceutical CBD products with less than 0.3% THC using the DehydraTECH technology for a period of ten years in exchange for a yet-to-be determined royalty to Lexaria.
Bragg Gaming Group Inc (CVE:BRAG) (OTCMKTS:BRGGF) said its ORYX Gaming unit has struck a deal with SoftSwiss that will see ORYX's exclusive RGS content go live on the supplier's aggregation platform. In a statement Thursday, Bragg said that SoftSwiss will initially integrate ORYX's proprietary titles and content from RGS studio partners GAMOMAT, Kalamba Games, Givme Games and Golden Hero, with games from CandleBets, Peter & Sons and Aracdem to follow. ORYX's RGS offering provides operators with an extensive range of world-class titles that appeal to a wide audience of players.
Sanatana Resources Inc (CVE:STA) Thursday announced that initial grab sample results from its Gold Rush project in Ontario's Timmins region have returned grades as rich as 27.3 grams per tonne (g/t) gold and 53.5 g/t silver. The company noted that first-pass surface sampling and prospecting has identified numerous gold bearing and gold/silver bearing quartz vein systems on the Gold Rush property. It also revealed that it has identified a new gold-bearing quartz vein named "DC".
Empower Clinics Inc (CSE:CBDT) (OTCQB:EPWCF) (FRA:8EC) said Thursday that its latest acquisition Kai Medical Laboratory is introducing its new KAI ABC RT-PCR test protocol that will differentiate between influenza A and B strains and COVID-19. In a statement, the Vancouver-based firm said the ability to differentiate between the viruses will be essential in the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory pathogens. Empower said the new test protocol should be ready to be rolled out in the first week of December, just in time for a recent 9,000-unit order for a film and television production that the company announced earlier in October.
New Pacific Metals Corp (CVE:NUAG) (OTCQX:NUPMF) (FRA:3N7) reported it has found high-grade gold and silver from exploration at its Silverstrike Project in Bolivia and is now pooling the data to identify initial drill targets. Recent fieldwork has included mapping and sampling focused on the Silverstrike Central and South areas of the project. In all, 452 samples were collected, including 441 channel chip samples and 11 mine dump grabs.
Loop Insights Inc (CVE:MTRX) (OTCQB:RACMF), a provider of contactless solutions and artificial intelligence, announced Thursday that it has signed a referral and partnership agreement with coronavirus (COVID-19) testing firm iSTOC Ltd in Finland, to create a robust test and trace platform. Loop's AI-powered data platform and iSTOC's front-end testing application will integrate to deliver a turn-key end-to-end COVID-19 management solution, the company said.
Mawson Gold Limited (TSE:MAW) (OTCPINK:MWSNF) (FRA:MXR) has hit more high-grade gold at its Joki East prospect at the Rajapalot project and said the area is 'shaping up' to be a fourth mineralized zone at the property in Finland. The latest hole at Joki East has intersected 1.6 metres (m) at 19.2 grams per ton (g/t) gold from 155m depth. This hole was drilled just 27m north-east from the discovery hole at Joki East, announced last week, which encountered 1.6m at 28.3 g/t of the yellow metal from 168.6m.
Predictmedix Inc (CSE:PMED) (OTCQB:PMEDF) has announced a tie-up with India's premier defence technology company in a bid to launch the Artificial Intelligence-focused workplace health firm's technology in the government and public sector in South Asia. Paras Defence & Space Technologies Ltd (PARAS) is already a registered vendor to almost all the government and public sector departments in India.
African Gold Group, Inc. (CVE:AGG) said updated results from its Phase 4 in-fill drilling campaign at the Kobada Gold Project in Mali has extended the depth of the oxide-sulphide boundary from 120 metres (m) to 190 m at the northern extensions of the main shear zone. Most recent drilling results continue to show extensions of the oxide orebody at depth, the group added, far deeper than expected with numerous high-grade gold intersections. Ongoing drilling continues to test strike, depth and plunge extensions of the mineralized system, it added.
AEX Gold Inc. (LON:AEXG) (CVE:AEX) has posted results for the third quarter ended September 30, 202, which it's boss said demonstrated the significant increase in activity across its portfolio as its business transitions towards development. Commenting in the results statement, AEX Gold CEO, Eldur Olafsson said: "Following the successful $72.7 million fundraise and AIM listing in July 2020, the Company was able to leverage its strong cash balance and the remaining months of Greenlandic autumn to front-end surface drilling initially planned for 2021. "Furthermore, the launch of the request for proposal process for underground development contractors, and front-end engineering and surface drilling all provided significant advancement to the project during Q3 and puts us in an excellent position ahead of our onsite development activities in 2021. We look forward to providing updates to the market on our many exciting workstreams in due course."
Lexaria Bioscience Corp (CSE:LXX) (OTCMKTS:LXRP) is getting out of the THC business in preparation for a US listing, it said Thursday. The biotechnology company has agreed to sell certain non-core, non-pharmaceutical THC-related assets owned by its subsidiary Lexaria Canpharm ULC for C$3.85 million to Hill Street Beverage Company Inc (CVE:BEER) (OTCMKTS:HSEEF), in which Lexaria owns a significant position.
American Manganese Inc (CVE:AMY) (OTCPINK:AMYZF) (FRA:2AM) said Thursday it is advancing its lithium-ion cathode recycling technology (RecycLiCo) with support from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP). The company's announcement comes after it just closed the third and final tranche of its non-brokered private placement for $213,770, as part of an overall $1.54 million fund-raise. Proceeds will be used for the ReCycliCoTM pilot plant completion, proposed spin-out of the company's gold/copper and rare earth properties, as well as for general working capital.
Tinka Resources Limited (CVE:TK) (OTCPINK:TKRFF) (FRA:TLD) Thursday said it has mobilized a third drill rig, which has begun drilling at its 100% owned Ayawilca zinc-silver project in Peru. The company noted that the overall drill program is about 30% complete, with 2,000 metres (m) having been drilled in the 2020 program that is currently targeting extensions of the zinc zone indicated resources at the West and South areas, the portions of the resource with the greatest thickness and the highest grades. Tinka expects to continue drilling until February 2021, when it will take a break to compile data and update the project resource estimations.
Walcott Resources Ltd. (CSE:WAL) (FRA:WR2) (OTCMKTS:WALRF) said it has engaged Geoff Reed of ReedLeyton Consulting of Jindabyne, New South Wales to act as technical advisor to the company. The company noted that the initial mandate will include reviewing all technical data compiled to date and to oversee exploration activities. Reed is a senior consulting geologist with a background in NI 43-101 technical reporting, mineral resource modelling, design and implementation of drilling programs, as well as mine site production and development reconciliation.
Maverix Metals Inc (NYSEAMERICAN:MMX) (TSE:MMX) (FRA:7781) announced Thursday that industry veteran Tara Hassan has been appointed to the board as an independent director, effective immediately. Hassan currently serves as vice president, corporate development, at SilverCrest Metals Inc (NYSEAMERICAN: SILV) (TSE:SIL) (FRA:S0C) and has more than 15 years of experience in the industry, Maverix Metals said. Hassan has been extensively involved in mine operations, project development, capital markets, and mining technology. Prior to joining SilverCrest, she spent the majority of her career as an equity research analyst covering the precious metals sector, from early-stage companies to top producers, with a notable track record for identifying takeover targets.
Great Bear Resources Ltd (CVE:GBR) (OTCQX:GTBAF) is nominating experienced mining industry executive Paula Rogers to its board of directors and said it is staging a live webinar on November 30. Rogers has 25 years' experience with international public companies and her roles have included vice president and treasurer with Goldcorp Inc and was treasurer with Wheaton River Minerals Ltd, where she completed over $3 billion of equity and debt-based project financings. Great Bear also said it had acquired a further claim package called the Red Lake North (RLN) property as part of its regional exploration. This spans 3,220 hectares of claims located in what are interpreted to be the Woman Lake and Flat Lake assemblages of the Balmer Sequence, around 70 kilometres northeast of Red Lake.
Media Central Corporation Inc (CSE:FLYY) (FRA:3AT) announced Thursday that its subsidiary NOW Magazine has published its annual edition of the Readers' Choice Awards, marking 25-consecutive years of the accolades. NOW's Readers' Choice is a chance for readers to share what they love about Toronto - from restaurants and retail stores to drag performers, parks and politicians. With the negative impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on small and local businesses, Media Central said the issue is more important than ever, as it draws attention to the city's best-loved businesses and people.
PyroGenesis Canada Inc (CVE:PYR) (OTCQB:PYRNF) (FRA:8PY), which designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes plasma atomized metal powder, plasma waste-to-energy systems, and plasma torch products, has received final approval to list its shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The company's shares, which are graduating from the TSX Venture Exchange, will be listed for trading on the TSX at the opening of markets on November 20, under its current trading symbol "PYR," PyroGenesis said Thursday.
Elys Game Technology, Corp. (NASDAQ:ELYS), the interactive gaming and sports betting technology company formerly known as Newgioco Group, Inc., has provided details for its annual meeting of shareholders to be held on Friday, November 20, 2020, at 10.00am Eastern Standard Time at the company's offices, 130 Adelaide Street West, Suite 701, Toronto, Ontario Canada. Given the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, the company urges all shareholders to vote by proxy in advance of the meeting at www.proxyvote.com by entering the code provided with the proxy materials and for those who cannot attend, the meeting can be listened to through the live conference call coordinates as follows: Canada and US: +1-833-353-8610; Italy, Austria, U.K. and Switzerland: 00 800 0066 8888 Includes San Marino & Vatican City; Participant code: 3739385 #
Mineworx Technologies Ltd. (CVE:MWX) (OTCQB:MWXRF) announced that it will host a Zoom webcast and conference call to discuss the company's recent announcement on the advancement to the pilot phase of its diesel catalytic converter recycling plant. Webcast and Conference Call Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2020; Time: 2.00pm MST (4.00pm EST) To preregister for the Zoom webinar, please click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4aANBDf1QDyr_veayQ8Rr. Interested parties can access the live Zoom webinar at the following telephone numbers in Canada: +1 778 907 2071, +1 204 272 7920, +1 438 809 7799, +1 587 328 1099, +1 647 374 4685' +1 647 558 0588; Webinar ID: 862 5535 2688; Participant ID: 390606; International numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/khRX0Savr. A recorded replay will also be available on the website shortly after the call concludes.
Nova Royalty Corp (CVE:NOVR) said the TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing documentation relating to a royalty purchase and sale agreement dated November 10, 2020, between the company and Longyear TM Inc., whereby the company has agreed to acquire an existing 2.4% net smelter return royalty (NSR) interest on approximately 18% of the Maturi and Maturi Southwest copper-nickel-platinum deposits (the Twin Metals project), located in Minnesota and owned by Antofagasta PLC. In consideration of the NSR royalty, an upfront cash payment of US$1.8 million and the issuance of 161,572 common shares of the company will be made on closing. Additional future payments of up to US$2 million in cash and up to US$2 million in common shares (based on a 20-day volume-weighted average price prior to issuance) are contingent upon certain milestones having been achieved.
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arXiv.org > cs > arXiv:1712.05969v4
Title:Learning a Virtual Codec Based on Deep Convolutional Neural Network to Compress Image
Authors:Lijun Zhao, Huihui Bai, Anhong Wang, Yao Zhao
(Submitted on 16 Dec 2017 (v1), revised 2 Jan 2018 (this version, v4), latest version 16 Jan 2018 (v7))
Abstract: Although deep convolutional neural network has been proved to efficiently eliminate coding artifacts caused by the coarse quantization of traditional codec, it's difficult to train any neural network in front of the encoder for gradient's back-propagation. In this paper, we propose an end-to-end image compression framework based on convolutional neural network to resolve the problem of non-differentiability of the quantization function in the standard codec. First, the feature description neural network is used to get a valid description in the low-dimension space with respect to the ground-truth image so that the amount of image data is greatly reduced for storage or transmission. After image's valid description, standard image codec such as JPEG is leveraged to further compress image, which leads to image's great distortion and compression artifacts, especially blocking artifacts, detail missing, blurring, and ringing artifacts. Then, we use a post-processing neural network to remove these artifacts. Due to the challenge of directly learning a non-linear function for a standard codec based on convolutional neural network, we propose to learn a virtual codec neural network to approximate the projection from the valid description image to the post-processed compressed image, so that the gradient could be efficiently back-propagated from the post-processing neural network to the feature description neural network during training. Meanwhile, an advanced learning algorithm is proposed to train our deep neural networks for compression. Obviously, the priority of the proposed method is compatible with standard existing codecs and our learning strategy can be easily extended into these codecs based on convolutional neural network. Experimental results have demonstrated the advances of the proposed method as compared to several state-of-the-art approaches, especially at very low bit-rate.
From: Lijun Zhao [view email]
[v1] Sat, 16 Dec 2017 14:55:13 UTC (3,031 KB)
[v2] Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:50:36 UTC (3,031 KB)
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Abstract : [en] Supercritical carbon dioxide readily induced foaming of various polymers. In that context, supercritical CO2 was applied to carbon nanotubes based polycarbonate nanocomposites to ensure their foaming. Surprisingly, efficient foaming only occurs when low pressure is applied while at high pressure, no expansion of the samples was observed. This is related to the ability of supercritical carbon dioxide to induce crystallization of amorphous polycarbonate. Moreover, this behaviour is amplified by the presence of carbon nanotubes that act as nucleating agents for crystals birth. The thermal behaviour of the composites was analysed by DSC and DMA and was related to the foaming observations. The uniformity of the cellular structure was analysed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). By saturating the polycarbonate nanocomposites reinforced with 1 wt% of MWNTs at 100 bar and 100 °C during 16 h, microcellular foams were generated, with a density of 0.62, a cell size ranging from 0.6 to 4 μm, and a cellular density of 4.1 × 1011 cells cm−3. The high ability of these polymeric foams to absorb electromagnetic radiation was demonstrated at low MWNT content as the result of the high affinity of the polycarbonate matrix for MWNTs, and therefore to the good MWNTs dispersion.


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7 November (Part 2) - South Eastern Railway. Absolutely hopeless as usual
I used to think that South Eastern Railways were not too bad although maybe I was biased because I don't have to pay thanks to younger people who fund my Freedom Pass. I changed my mind when I started lingering like a train spotter on Abbey Wood station snapping away at Crossrail's battle with the underlying swamp. You cannot do that for more than 15 minutes without hearing the announcement that "South Eastern is sorry that…"
Not necessarily a problem on a short trip because of the ten minute interval service but 'down' trains take three different routes, so for lots of people it's really only a half hourly service.
The only Bexley council related thing in the following story is that I had an appointment in Dartford this morning with someone who I hoped might spill some Bexley beans that would eventually end up on these pages. I said I would catch the 09:57 all stations with a fallback of the 10:13 fast in case of a cancellation. However South Eastern did far better than that.
I arrived at Abbey Wood station just after 09:45 to give time for a few more photographs and saw the 09:38 to Charing Cross was at Platform 1 and everyone had been ordered off. The staff announced it had broken down but I am not convinced that was true because of what transpired later.
On Platform 2 the 09:37 Barnehurst train was shown as due in a minute (Image 1) while the spoken announcement apologised for it being four minutes late. It was already ten minutes late and when I left home just after 09:30 my Windows Desktop Gadget was showing everything on time.
Soon after ten o'clock the broken down (?) train left and revealed a Platform 1 destination board which said the next train was terminating at Plumstead and due in one minute. It could be seen waiting at Belvedere where it stayed for another five minutes and eventually reached Abbey Wood apparently empty.
A platform announcement said there was an obstruction on the line. Where and how big it did not say. I imagined a fence panel or some such thing blown on to the track and the fact that trains were terminating at Plumstead suggested it was somewhere west of that station.
Any regular traveller could then guess that up trains would be reversing at Plumstead and we could expect a service of sorts before long with only the Gillingham trains being cancelled. Indeed that is what the destination board seemed to be suggesting. Image 2.
However the trains that presumably reversed at Plumstead all went through Abbey Wood non-stop.
I can only assume that this is the same 'to hell with the passengers' attitude that causes South Eastern to run 'slow' trains fast to London Bridge in order to get them back on time but making passengers requiring intermediate stations get off and wait. The company has no interest whatsoever in their passengers but this government extended their franchise unchallenged on a plate.
By about half past ten it was obvious that everything was cancelled (Image 4) and no trains had gone through to Plumstead for the past 20 minutes. And all the time the rain was piddling down (see spots on lens) on a platform which provides shelter for only half a dozen people.
When I left the station via the main ticket hall I spotted a notice that said the obstruction was not a fence but a whole tree. If eastbound passengers had been told it was a tree on the line they may have been able to reach a decision earlier, but South Eastern was happy to let them soak.
By the time I got home the Desktop Gadget was displaying what I assume was the truth but I have yet to see a train go by from my window.
It may not be South Eastern's fault that a tree fell across the line but they didn't announce more than "an obstruction" which could have been relatively trivial. And there can be no valid reason for running down trains through Abbey Wood without stopping.
The sooner South Eastern loses its franchise the better.
For those thinking 'Overground' I should perhaps mention that I know three people who live at the end of the Chingford line which was taken over by TfL in May and they all say it is worse than ever. My one experience of it last month suggests they are right.


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Jay & The Americans
Where Is The Village
Jay & The Americans » Livin' Above Your Head / Try Some Of These
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Jay and the Americans were a pop rock group most popular in the 60s and 70s, known for romantic pop hits such as 1969's "This Magic Moment" and 1970's "Walkin' In The Rain". Their initial lineup consisted of Howard Kane (born Kirschenbaum), John (J.T.) Traynor, Kenny Vance (born Rosenberg), and Sandy Yaguda. They were discovered while performing in student venues at New York University in the late 50s.
The guys auditioned for the seminal music team of Leiber and Stoller, who gave the group its name in 1960. Read Full BioJay and the Americans were a pop rock group most popular in the 60s and 70s, known for romantic pop hits such as 1969's "This Magic Moment" and 1970's "Walkin' In The Rain". Their initial lineup consisted of Howard Kane (born Kirschenbaum), John (J.T.) Traynor, Kenny Vance (born Rosenberg), and Sandy Yaguda. They were discovered while performing in student venues at New York University in the late 50s.
The guys auditioned for the seminal music team of Leiber and Stoller, who gave the group its name in 1960. In the manner of the time, Leiber and Stoller wanted to extend this to "Binky Jones and the Americans", but Traynor declined to be known as "Binky Jones" his whole career. He instead offered up "Jay", a family nickname, and it suited everyone.
They first hit the Billboard charts in 1962 with the tune "She Cried". Later covered by several other artists, the track's highest charting was #5, inspiring the group. The next two singles didn't fare nearly as well, however, and John Traynor left the band. David Black (né David Blatt) of The Empires took his place (after first agreeing to adopt the name Jay Black), and Empires guitarist Marty Sanders also joined. Black sang lead for the rest of the group's existence.
They returned to the charts in 1963 with "Only In America", a song originally meant for The Drifters. Other notable hits for the Americans were "Come a Little Bit Closer" in 1964, which hit #3, and "Cara Mia" in 1965, which hit #4. The Americans also recorded a commercial for H.I.S. Slacks, and a public service announcement for the Ad Council, featuring a backing track by Brian Wilson and Phil Spector.
In 1968, they recorded an album of their favorite oldies remade fresh, called Sands of Time, and its single was "This Magic Moment", which also came through the Drifters. That track proved to be the last Top Ten record for the group. However, the band's follow-up album, titled 'Wax Museum', yielded the #19 hit "Walkin' In The Rain". First recorded by The Ronettes, the emotive love song has remained a classic on oldies themed stations along with the group's earlier work.
Their next singles failed to chart, nonetheless, and the band grew apart. The demand for live appearances remained. While the other members moved on to solo musical careers in 1973, Jay Black continued to perform as "Jay and the Americans" or "Jay Black and the Americans" until the 1980s, with a variety of musicians, including Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, who would later found Steely Dan. ."
The group reunited in the 1990s for special performances, most notably the 45 Years of Motown special on PBS.
in 2006, Jay Black filed for bankruptcy due to gambling debts, and his ownership of the name "Jay & The Americans" was sold by the bankruptcy trustee to Sandy Deanne (Yaguda), Black's former band mate and original member of Jay & The Americans for $100,000 to pay Black's debts. With the name purchase, former members Deanne, Howard Kane, and Marty Sanders reunited, and recruited a sound-alike singer from Chicago, coincidentally nicknamed "Jay." Thus, John "Jay" Reincke became the third "Jay" and the band returned to playing both national and international music venues. Their show covers the history of Jay and The Americans, acknowledging all three Jays and featuring all of the top hits in their original arrangements.
David Blatt still tours under his stage name, "Jay Black". Kenny Vance is currently the lead singer of Kenny Vance and the Planotones, a neo-doo wop band that he formed in the 1970s. After leaving the group, John Traynor recorded a handful of songs on the Coral label, including "I Rise, I Fall" in 1964. None were hits, but "I Rise, I Fall" became a minor hit for Johnny Tillotson. The label billed Traynor as "JAY formerly of Jay and the Americans." Traynor now tours with Jay Siegel's Tokens.
01Livin' Above Your Head2:35
02The Grass Will Sing (For You)3:10
03Two Many Times, Diana (From Howie to Diana)2:47
04Over The Mountain2:16
05I'll Remember You2:44
06The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore2:52
07The Reason For Living (For You My Darling)2:16
08Monday, Monday2:58
09Baby Come Home2:05
10Stop The Clock2:45
11Look At Me - What Do You See2:23
12You Ain't As Hip As All That Baby2:59
13(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me2:39
14Where's the Girl2:30
15The Show Must Go On2:01
16Truly Julie's Blues2:58
17Where Is The Village3:00
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18Nature Boy2:40
19Here, There and Everywhere2:44
20(He's) Raining In My Sunshine2:48
21What To Do With Laurie2:07
22It's A Big Wide Wonderful World2:06
Jay & The Americans Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Jay & The Americans:
A Lover's Question Does she love me, with all her heart should I worry,…
Always Something There to Remind Me I walk along the city streets You used to walk with…
Can't We Be Sweethearts Can't we be sweethearts Why don't we fall in love Right…
Capture The Moment If you're the kind who grooves behind The special feelin' t…
Cara Mia Cara Mia why must we say goodbye? Each time we part…
Come A Litle Bit Closer In a little cafe Just the other side of the border She…
Come A Little Bit Closer In a little café just the other side of the…
Come Dance With Me Don't turn away put him down, turn around and dance…
Crying I was all right for a while, I could smile…
Cupid Nigga the jokes up They don't like how I'm coming Through hu…
Dawning I woke up this morning, the sun's shining brightly And lovin…
Do I Love You? Do I want you for my baby? Do I want you…
Gemini You bad news Only come out after dark Now you wanna go…
Girl J'adore j'adore Girls I love you, I love all y'all Hehehe, h…
Goodbye Boys Goodbye It is now oh so clear That you would let me…
Goodnight My Love I got a new suit I got a ring Let's go downtown…
Gypsy Woman From nowhere through a caravan Around the campfire light A…
Here There and Everywhere To lead a better life I need my love to be…
Hushabye Hush hush Hushabye Hushabye Hushabye Oh my darlin' don't you…
I'll Remember You This lovely day will lengthen into evening We'll sigh goodby…
Let It Be Me God bless the day I found you I want to stay…
Let's Lock The Door (Door squeaks and slams) (Let's lock the door and throw awa…
Life Is But A Dream Will you take part in my life, my love That is…
Livin' Above Your Head Seems so strange, you're putting me through changes Baby, I …
Living Above Your Head Seems so strange, you're putting me through changes Baby, I…
Look In My Eyes Maria My homie told me I should stay strong Cause I've been throug…
Lover's Question Does she love me, with all her heart should I worry,…
Maria Maria! Honey, The say these colors don't run. But they bleed…
My Prayer My prayer is to linger with you At the end of…
Nature Boy There was a boy A very strange, enchanted boy They say he…
Only In America Only in America Can a guy from anywhere Go to sleep a…
Pledging My Love Forever my darling my love will be true Always and forever…
Run to My Lovin' Arms When your pretty eyes are filled with tears And the sounds…
Save the Last Dance for Me You can dance Ev'ry dance with the guy Who gives you the…
She Cried And when I told her I didn't love her anymore She cried…
So Much In Love As we stroll along together Holding hands walking all along…
Some Enchanted Evening Some enchanted evening you may see a stranger You may see…
Some Enchnated Evening Some enchanted evening you may see a stranger You may see…
Some Kind Of Wonderful All you gotta do is touch my hand To show me…
Something in My Eye Little girl, don't worry for a moment. Just because, you fo…
Spanish Harlem There is a rose in Spanish Harlem A red rose up…
Sunday And Me Her eyes would make an angel smile They'd call her Sunday Sh…
The Other Girls you cannot run you cannot hide everything they tell you is m…
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore Loneliness is the coat you wear A deep shade of blue…
Things Are Changing Girls, have you got the kind of man everyone looks…
Think Of The Good Times You were the only one I could see Now that we're…
This Is It (Ah ah ah) She doesn't love me anymore (Ah ah ah)…
This Magic Moment This magic moment So different and so new Was like any other…
To Wait For Love When your heartbeat's taking over And there's nowhere you ca…
Tomorrow (Tomorrow) You will love again (Tomorrow) Your tear-filled e…
Tonight (Woogie on and on) I don't wanna be alone tonight (ooh,…
Truly Julie's Blues When you're thirsty and no one will fill your cup…
Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa Dearest darlin' I had to write to say that I…
Walkin' In The Rain I want him, and I need him, And someday someway woo…
Walking In The Rain I want him, and I need him, And someday someway…
What Will Mary Say I must be going (don't go) My heart is showing (don't…
WHAT WILL MY MARY SAY I must be going (don't go) My heart is showing (don't…
When It's All Over You said, you loved another guy. And then, you kissed my…
When You Dance When you dance be sure to hold her, hold her…
Why Can't You Bring Me Home Why do we always meet on the edge of town? Why…
Yellow Forest Saw you in the cloud late one night Dancing for a…
Yes Yes (yes), she said yes and what a surprise Yes (yes),…
You Were On My Mind When I woke up this morning You were on my mind And…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Jay:
"100$ Bill" One hundred dollar bills Benjamin Franklins filled, folde…
"Tom Ford" Clap for a nigga with his rapping ass Blow a stack…
99 Problems If you're having girl problems I feel bad for you…
Afgrond Een tree vorentoe en twee terug maar ons praat nie…
Alt Førr Me Go with God. .... God's gonna sit this one out. (V1) S…
Amanda Quarentena chata, não tem nada pra fazer Acionei a Amanda,…
Anywhere Park the car, make it quick Wonderful, haggard girl Pale in …
Apples Peaches Pumpkin Pie Ready or not here I come Gee that used to be…
As Ek Val Met elke tree wat jy gee is ek reg lanks jou al is…
As Jy Sing Sê dit, sê dit weer Sê dit nog 'n keer Ek het…
Baie Van My Vir Net 'n Bietjie Van Jou Soos die ritme van my hart, is jy in my. In…
Benoni Almal staar die heeltyd na haar, sy's goud, sy's stout,…
Bliksemstraal Jy weet net hoe weet net Hoe om my lewe te…
Bonnie En Clyde Ons was rasend, ons was jonk Ons was omgeslaan Ons was lus…
Bulle bring die beker huis toe Bulle, bring die beker huis toe Ons sal die vyand wys…
Call My Name Storm dies, younger brother calls for his mother Son, she sa…
Come A Little Bit Closer In a little cafe Just the other side of the border She…
Da Vat Hy Arm maar gelukkig Ons vat hom by die horings Maak hom mooi,…
Die Land Waar gaan jy speel met jou maatjies? Waar gaan jou spore…
Dis Hoe Ons Rol Dis hoe ons rol Ek het dit, jy het dit Ons is…
Dors Jy lyk so dors vir my Ek het my nommer verloor…
Emotions I said, I don't know where we was going How you…
Empire State Of Mind Yeah Yeah, I'm out that Brooklyn, now I'm down in Tribeca R…
Goeie Oue Tyd Sal vriende ooit mekaar vergeet Al moet ons nou weer skei Ve…
Gotta Have It Turn my headphones up, louder Uh-huh, uh-huh (What you need…
Hartjie Van Die Vrystaat Daar's geen beter fantasie As 'n ouskoolliefde nie En ek won…
Hou Vas Hou vas, jy weet dis klaar te laat, ons het,…
How Sweet It Is How sweet it is to be loved by you How sweet…
I Feel (You guys shouldn't talk right now) (Fuck all of the lies…
I Just Wanna Be I just wanna be loved I just wanna be acknowledge I just…
I want You Can it be I stayed away too long? Did I leave…
If I Were a Richfag If I were you I would never let me go If…
In a moment like this I hear those cameras snap Next thing I know, I'm trapped I…
Is ek nie die een Is ek nie die een wat jou hart Kan laat smelt As…
Jay 半夜睡不着觉 把心情哼成歌 只好到屋顶找另一个梦境 睡梦中被敲醒 我还是不确定 怎会有动人旋律在对面的屋顶 我悄悄关上门…
Just the Way You Are Ohhhhh ohhhhhh ohhhhhh ohhhhhhh Ohhhh ohhhh ahhhh Her eyes, …
Klip In Die Bos Kom ons vat net vanaand 'n kans Ek sien die maan…
MELANIE Hoe vergeet 'n mens jou eerste soen? Dis wat my kop…
Never All I see today is some bitch ass niggas Can't fight…
One Last Kiss We went through that pain But I never changed If I said…
One More Try This Life go so far Is really how you look at…
Pad Terug Huis Toe Ons was jonk en verlore Dit was net ek en jy In…
Paris Milan, oh! madrid, chicago, paris I searched and I searched …
Put Ya Hands Up Roc-a-fella Y'all know what this is We givin' y'all five sec…
Rug teen die muur Ek is moeg gesoek Ek is vlou geloop Ek is middel deur Maar…
Run This Town Feel it comin' in the air (yeah) And the screams from…
Sal Ons Ooit Weer Kan Slaap Soos die son gaan sak en alles op die platteland…
Siekverlief Dalk is daar iets in die water Of net 'n kiem…
Some Enchanted Evening Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger, You may see…
Soms Sien Jy My As jy kon hoor wat ek wil se As jy kon…
Superhero Kan ek jou superman Batman Ironman Spiderman wees? Ek sal jo…
Suurstof Skoon, vars, hou my aan die lewe, lug, 24/7, jy…
Toe stop my hart Ek het gedroom van 'n plek Waar die son nooit gaan…
Trots Afrikaans Kyk in my oë, lees my gedagtes Ek weet dis vuil,…
Twee elke liewe pot kry mos sy deksel ek weet daar is…
Vir Liefde Net vir die liefde Het ek alles opgeoffer nog elke keer…
Vir Nou Jy's die een vir wie ek voel maar jy is…
Who_Gon_Stop_Me This is something like the Holocaust Millions of our people …
You You you Girl girl it's all good Cause you Cause you messing …
Young Forever Can I get some light in here? Cellphones in the air Let's…
Z R is for residuals I'll stack in this business And the…
Z & Kanye West Feel it comin' in the air And the screams from everywhere …
Z feat. Alicia Keys Let's do this for these babies Mercedes truck, fuck, houses …
Z Feelin It Baby, please don't leave me Keep on dancing through the nig…
Z ft Kanye West & Rihanna R is for residuals I'll stack in this business And the…
Z- Forever Young Can I get some light in here? Cellphones in the air Let's…
z-gangsta shit Uhh And you don't stop Rockafella why'all Clueminati W…
Z-hard Knock Life Check the bassline out, uh-huh Jigga (bounce wit it), uh-huh…
We have lyrics for these tracks by The Americans:
Bronze Star Oh, my sore-hearted darling No way of telling how long you'd…
Diamond Bright first star High as we are We whisper while just beyon…
Gospel Roads Lift Him Up, That′s All He whistled as he filled his…
I'll Be Yours Please to meet you, mister, you said softly after he…
Kiss Your Eyes Golden slumber kiss your eyes Smiles await you when you rise…
Prison Yard Walk Well, you wake up in the morning To a rapping on…
Stowaway Sixteen days I've lain awake Thinking on the things been don…
Sweet And Low I looked over Jordan and what did I see? Commin' for…
The Right Stuff Bus station in the evening Bags around my knees Phone's ring…
Your Right Mind Don't solve the problem When danger is bitter Fall where we …
The lyrics can frequently be found in the comments below or by filtering for lyric videos.
JAY AND THE AMERICANS - "Where is the Village"
Jay & The Americans - Where Is The Village
"Where is the Village?" Vocal by Jay Black
"Vi iz dus geseleh?" yiddish song JAY BLACK vocal
Jay & The Americans – "You Ain't As Hip As All That Baby" (UA) 1967
Jay And The Americans - Walkin' In The Rain
Too Many Times, Diana (From Howie To Diana)
Jay And The Americans Medley 2
Jay Black.(then and now) Cara Mia. (Live)
JAY & THE AMERICANS - "DO I LOVE YOU"
JAY AND THE AMERICANS -"NO OTHER LOVE"
JAY BLACK (Jay & Americans) THE EMPIRES - "A TIME AND PLACE"
JAY & THE AMERICANS I Miss You (When I Kiss You)
Jay & The Americans – "(He's) Raining In My Sunshine" (UA) 1966
JAY AND THE AMERICANS - "WHAT TO DO WITH LAURIE"
JAY & THE AMERICANS - "GRANADA"
Look At Me, What Do You See
You Ain't As Hip As All That, Baby
Jay and the Americans - November 9, 2015
Jay & The Americans- Shanghai Noodle Factory
Jay and American Ninja Warriors Face THE BIG WHEEL! - LEGO NINJAGO
JAY AND THE AMERICANS - "THE SHOW MUST GO ON"
Dawning
JAY & THE AMERICANS - "IT'S A BIG WIDE WONDERFUL WORLD"
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Jay & The Americans- My Clair de Lune
Please Let Me Dream
Jay & The Americans-No Other Love
JAY BLACK (JAY & AMERICANS) - (THE TWO CHAPS) "NO MORE"
Mean Woman Blues
Jay Black and The Americans - This Magic Moment
JAY & THE AMERICANS - "CHILLY WINDS"
JAY-Z - Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)...
Is There A World Without You
Jay and the Americans Pledging My Love
JAY BLACK (Jay & Americans) "WITHOUT LOVE (THERE IS NOTHING)
Goodnight My Love
Jay Leno on Will Smith: 'It wasn't the slap that bothered me'
Exposing America's Next Top Model: Jay Manuel
Do I Love You?
Jay & The Americans -To Wait for Love Is to Waste Your Life Away
[He's] Raining In My Sunshine
Jay Love - Miss U (Official Video)
Cody Jay - Till It's Over
Somewhere I Belong [Official Music Video] - Linkin Park
Mike Jay - Birthday Suit


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These experts make strong cases, and they satisfy my natural instinct not to go there. But I remain very interested in the reasons the '20s appeal to our imagination right now. Of course, it's the booze, the sex, and the parties. But it's also a decade with a very strong identity—and I think that helps. Writing in the journal American Speech in 1951, Mamie J. Meredith argued that the '20s boasted
I'd argue that Meredith's point about the decade's exceptionality still holds: How many other 20th century decades have a nice little permanent descriptor like Roaring? It helps that most of these are good adjectives, evoking a time you'd probably like to live through again—but even the slightly dangerous-sounding ones conjure up something specific. That definiteness offers an appealing sense
Anyway, let's get to that fun. A very joyful book to read about the decade is Frederick Lewis Allen's Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s, which Allen—a blueblood journalist and editor at Harper's—published in 1931. The book chronicles all of the movement and motion that makes the decade sexy, and doesn't seem to miss a fad.
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The new £50 enters circulation, and the paper £20 and £50 will be withdrawn in 2022
Today, the new polymer £50 note featuring the scientist Alan Turing has entered circulation for the first time.
The new note will start to become available in bank branches and at ATM's in the coming days and weeks.
30 September 2022 will be the last day you can use Bank of England paper £20 and £50 notes. After 30 September 2022, these paper notes will no longer be legal tender, so we encourage people to spend them or deposit them at their bank ahead of this date.
The polymer £50 note contains advanced security features, completing our most secure set of Bank of England polymer banknotes yet. The note will join the Churchill £5, the Austen £10 and the Turner £20, meaning all Bank of England banknotes are now available on polymer.
Speaking at Bletchley Park, where Turing carried out his famous codebreaking work, Governor Andrew Bailey said: "Our banknotes celebrate some of our country's most important historical figures. That's why I am delighted that Alan Turing features on the new polymer £50 note. Having undertaken remarkable codebreaking work here at Bletchley Park during the Second World War, he went on to pioneer work on early computers, as well as making some ground-breaking discoveries in the field of developmental biology. He was also gay and was treated appallingly as a result. Placing him on this new banknote is a recognition of his contributions to our society, and a celebration of his remarkable life."
Speaking as the note entered circulation, the Bank of England's Chief Cashier Sarah John said "The polymer £50 note is the most secure Bank of England banknote yet, and the features of the note make it very difficult to counterfeit. All of our polymer banknotes can be checked by looking for two key security features: a hologram which changes image; and see-through windows. So if you can check one denomination of banknote, you can check them all. The new £50 notes, like the polymer £10 and £20 notes, contain a tactile feature to help vision impaired people identify the denomination."
The Bank of England Museum has launched an online exhibition to coincide with the Turing £50 banknote entering circulation. Find out how Alan Turing's work inspired the new £50 note design in a multimedia tour on Smartify, the digital arts and culture platform.
To celebrate Alan Turing's life, the Bank of England is proudly flying the Progress Pride Flag above our Threadneedle Street building today.
Features on the new £50 note include:
A photo of Turing taken in 1951 by Elliott & Fry which is part of the Photographs Collection at the National Portrait Gallery.
A table and mathematical formulae from Turing's seminal 1936 paper "On Computable Numbers, with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem" Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. This paper is widely recognised as being foundational for computer science. It sought to establish whether there could be a definitive method by which any theorem could be assessed as provable or not using a universal machine. It introduced the concept of a Turing machine as a thought experiment of how computers could operate.
The Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) Pilot Machine which was developed at the National Physical Laboratory as the trial model of Turing's pioneering ACE design. The ACE was one of the first electronic stored-program digital computers.
Technical drawings for the British Bombe, the machine specified by Turing and one of the primary tools used to break Enigma-enciphered messages during WWII.
A quote from Alan Turing, given in an interview to The Times newspaper on 11 June 1949:
"This is only a foretaste of what is to come and only the shadow of what is going to be."
Turing's signature from the visitor's book at Max Newman's House in 1947 which is on display at Bletchley Park, where he worked during WWII.
Ticker tape depicting Alan Turing's birth date (23 June 1912) in binary code. The concept of a machine fed by binary tape featured in the Turing's 1936 paper.
Two key security features can be checked to help confirm that notes are genuine:
a metallic hologram which changes between the words 'Fifty' and 'Pounds' when the note is tilted.
a large see-through window with a gold and green foil on the front depicting a finely detailed metallic microchip image.
There are two green 21 spiral features based on a sunflower head (linked to Turing's morphogenetic work in later life). The foil is silver on the back.
A silver foil patch with a 3D image of the Coronation Crown.
The Queen's portrait in the see-through window with '£50 Bank of England' printed twice around the edge. (The small clover shapes on the outside of the window are based on architectural features at Bletchley Park.)
A smaller see-through window in the bottom corner of the note, the shape of which is based on architectural features at Bletchley Park.
A red foil patch containing the letters 'AT' is based on the image of a sunflower head linked to Turing's morphogenetic work in later life.
Further details about the new £50 note are available at www.new50.co.uk
Sarah John, the Bank's Chief Cashier, is available for interview on the new note. To request an interview, please contact the Bank's Press Office on press@bankofengland.co.uk.
Visual assets and images of the new £50 note can be downloaded. Additional photos of Governor Andrew Bailey and Chief Cashier Sarah John have moved on the PA and Bloomberg wires.
The unveil film of the Turing £50 note can be watched here and an educational film, which explains the security features of the new £50 note is available to watch on the Bank's YouTube channel.
Turing was revealed as the character for the £50 note in July 2019. Alan Turing was chosen following the Bank's character selection process including advice from scientific experts. In 2018, the Banknote Character Advisory Committee chose to celebrate the field of science on the £50 note and this was followed by a six week public nomination period. The Bank received a total of 227,299 nominations, covering 989 eligible characters. The Committee considered all the nominations before deciding on a shortlist of 12 options, which were put to the then Governor Mark Carney for him to make the final decision.
After 30 September 2022 Bank of England paper £20 and £50 notes will no longer be legal tender. This means that shops and other businesses should stop accepting paper notes after this date. We would encourage people to spend or deposit their remaining paper notes in advance of the withdrawal of legal tender status. Many banks will continue to accept paper notes as deposits from their own customers after 30 September 2022. The Post Office may also accept withdrawn notes as a deposit into any bank account you can access at the Post Office. Withdrawn notes are always able to be exchanged with the Bank of England.
The three issuers of Scottish banknotes, Bank of Scotland, Clydesdale Bank and the Royal Bank of Scotland, will also withdraw their paper £20 and £50 banknotes on the same date as the Bank of England.
A charity auction of low serial numbered notes will be held on 15 July 2021 at Spink & Son. The auction will be sponsored by De La Rue and CCL Secure and the money raised will be donated to Shelter, NSPCC in aid of Childline and the Albert Kennedy Trust. More details are available on the Spink & Son website.
Bletchley Park, and the National Museum of Computing are both based in Bletchley, and have in their displays a number of replica codebreaking machines used by Alan Turing and his team. These include a fully working life size replica of the Bombe, the machine Turing designed to decipher German coded messages, which is credited by historians with shortening the war by up to two years.
Snapchat - to bring the new note to life, Snapchat has developed a lens which allows the public to see their cash in a new dimension through augmented reality. The Snapchat lens will be available from 23 June 2021.
To use the AR Lens:
Simply open the Snapchat app, or download it for free if you don't have it, then point the camera at the Snapcode
Press and hold the Snapcode on your phone screen to unlock the AR Lens
Once unlocked, hover over the new £50
Watch as it transforms the polymer note bringing Alan Turing and the Bombe to life! (Remember to have your volume on to hear the sound effects!)


Few vacations have as little detrimental impact on the environment and local residents as a walking trip. Erosion on and adjacent to popular paths is a growing problem in certain places and therefore our trip leaders encourage clients to stick to advised routes in order to minimise this. We do believe in leaving no more than footprints, although this tour actively encourages guests to talk to local people, visit local cafes, use small businesses to purchase traditional gifts and crafts and get a real impression of the region. We have the chance to explore several towns and villages and rural locations where our commerce has a really positive impact.


Our annual salary survey, due out June 1, revealed that a lot of you are feeling frazzled. You list stress and lack of work/life balance as the aspects you like least about your job. Respondents also talked about the need to be always on and digitally available; the crazy hours worked leading up to an event; and many days spent traveling.
It's not just the meetings industry, of course. Modern life means knowledge workers are never really off the clock. But Leigh Stringer, author of The Healthy Workplace, says continuing this way is a recipe for burnout.
But there are changes you can make, Stringer said.


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Citation: Moorman, T.B., Tomer, M.D., James, D.E. 2007. E. coli and enterococcus in a large agricultural watershed: temporal, hydrologic and animal production [CD-ROM]. In: ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts, Nov. 4-8, 2007, New Orleans, LA.
Technical Abstract: Populations of E. coli and Enterococcus were monitored in the South Fork of the Iowa River and the tributaries Tipton Creek and Beaver Creek. These three drainages have differing populations of swine and are dominated by corn and soybean production. Bacterial populations in stream water show strong seasonal trends with lowest populations in winter and greatest populations in late summer. Although storm events deliver large E. coli and Enterococcus populations in overland flow and tile drainage after manure application, field scale monitoring shows wildlife sources are also important. The effects of animal distributions and conservation practices are discussed.


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Balls Deep is a comedic sex news podcast that covers everything from the latest Pornhub scandals to how to take the best nudes. Each week, co-hosts Rachel Wainz and Arielle Kaplan are joined by experts, comedians, and other cool people to chat about dating and relationships, and to answer all of our most embarrassing Google searches. At the end of every episode, they answer anonymous questions from their hotline, offering advice that we give our friends but can't seem to take ourselves.
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Box Office Bookshelf is a podcast dedicated to reading books, watching their on-screen adaptations and reviewing both.
Listen as Hunter Scharf and I discuss famous book-to-movie adaptations like Pet Sematary, The Devil Wear Prada, and Coraline, as well as some lesser known (yet still classic) adaptations like Horton Hears a Who and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Oral History is a weekly comedy podcast about seductresses throughout history, from Cleopatra to Jessica Rabbit.
Every Thursday, Arielle Kaplan and Rachel Wainz spotlight a woman who has been overlooked in our textbooks, or erased from the narrative entirely. Our mission is to write women back into the stories we tell, and embrace them for the sexy, sometimes flawed, and always fabulous women they are.
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I'm Rachel Wainz, co-host of Balls Deep, writer, comedian, and soup queen.
I've held a handful of jobs in writing, media, and production and am currently looking for a literary and talent agent to represent me. I want to perform as a comedian and publish my first novel sometime in the next five years. You can listen to my comedy on TikTok, or on any of my podcasts and as for my writing, send an email for samples.
Before moving to New York, I earned a BA in English from The Ohio State University and a Masters in Management from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. I currently live in Brooklyn.
Want to hire me? Send fan mail? Just say hi? You can email me here.
Email: rachwainz@gmail.com. I try my best to respond within three business days, but depending on my schedule and mental health, it might take longer. Thanks for your patience.
My talent agent is: Who am I kidding? I don't have an agent, but would love to. Same goes for literary agents. Email me here if you'd like to represent me.


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Hellboy Omnibus
by Tom Shapira | in Articles | Tue, 22 May 2018
The new collection initiative from Dark Horse is, potentially, a chance to give us a fresh outlook on Hellboy – already one of the most reprinted and talked-about comics of the last twenty-five years.
The Hellboy Omnibus series will include six collections: four following the major Hellboy storylines in 'chronological order,' from "Seed of Destruction" up to "Hellboy in Hell" and two more dedicated to various short stories, from "The Body" through "The Midnight Circus" and dozens more. The main problem for such an initiative is that not only is the Hellboy saga ongoing, but that it also moves both forwards and backwards in time: with a recent group of mini-series such as "Hellboy and the BPRD 1955" showing us the adventures of titular protagonist before the events of "Seed of Destruction."
Looking at the various stories for these collections as announced via the solicitations we can see that the name Hellboy Omnibus is a bit misleading. They would have been better called Hellboy by Mike Mignola Omnibus, focusing on stories authored solely by Mignola (and in the case of the longer storylines only choosing those in which he was the artist). Mignola is, naturally, the creator of the character and the leading voice throughout the title's (and its various spin-offs) existence. I have no problem with the idea of doing a line of collection focusing on his meta-narrative, though it does end up feeling a bit dismissive for the work other creators poured into this this project, if anything my problem is different: this does not feel curated enough.
These stories have seen print in several different forms already, in single issues and as pages in anthologies, in regular trades and in the massive "Library Editions." Each of these forms tells a somewhat different version of the story simply by dint of presentation. A strong editorial hand in presenting these stories once again would have given us something extra; and I'm somewhat disappointed that we ended up with is just another collection, slightly heftier than its elder brothers. There are a dozen pages of sketches in the back – wouldn't this initiative be better served by giving us some pages on the timeline of the stories in relation to the other collections? Or on why certain stories were chosen?
Still, there are worse ways to pass the day than to read Hellboy, even if it is for the nth time. While never a huge fan myself, more of a respecting distant admirer, reading these first stories again knowing how it all ends up is certainly a different experience: you can see him throw around all sorts of ideas in the air, some of them will be picked up later and some them remain in limbo to this day, and then appreciate how masterfully he catches them. G.R.R Martin once spoke of the two approaches to writing, architects (who plan everything in advance) and gardeners (who go with the flow, as it were); the magic of Mignola is that he is a gardener, no way he knew when he started "Seed of Destruction" how long and large this story will become, but he is so good at directing the various plots that it becomes easy to believe he was an architect all along.
Think of the Hellboy saga like a sculpture: Mignola starts with a block of granite and chips away at it for years, making various forms along the way. and when he is done we might think that he was always aiming for the final form – but it was as much of journey for him as it was for us. Angles and demons and aliens and witches and fae and tentacled monsters from beyond – it should be horrible clash but it ends up in near perfect harmony.
Still, he is far from faultless as a creator, especially in his earlier and rougher days. That the art would improve is only natural, especially when he begins to work fully with Dave Stewart as his colorist, but the art is not the problem: already in his early days he shows a natural ability not only to find a striking stand-alone visual, the first issue of "Seed of Destruction" ends with a creepily effective shot of a frog in a tea-cup, but to weave that image into the tapestry of the page in a way that strengthen both the individual panel and the page as a whole.
Mignola is not a perfect storyteller. the fight scenes after the first story, whose end anti-climactically involves very little action from Hellboy himself, feel and more and more like an afterthought, a collection of striking poses as Hellboy is either tossed around the ether or leaps through backgroundless air ready to punch. Mignola's writing is a product of his desires as an artist – he wants to draw scenery, weird creatures, silent panels of shadows falling, people telling (or rather, shouting) their ancient stories. Mignola gets better the more he approaches his purer self, such as the dreamlike quality of "The Chained Coffin" (which contains no action other than recollection), or the moody horror that is established in the beginning of "The Wolves of St. Augustine."
As for the writing: enough had been written about the problems with John Byrne-scripted first story, "Seed of Destruction," whose noir-esq detective monologue feel out of place in the extended Hellboy canon. But I feel the biggest issue I have with series, and the reason I always had more intellectual and esthetic appreciation for it rather than true emotional connection, is Mignola's own: there's a lot of distancing going around here, which lessen the emotional impact of moments. The Hellboy movies, mawkish as they were, established actual resonance with the characters – so when Hellboy's dad dies we feel it as he feels it, when he rejects his demonic legacy for the ones he loves we cheer with his triumph.
Here the same moments pass without much comment: I recognize that they occur, and that they have narrative significance, but I don't really feel them; I just notice them. Hellboy of the comics starts of so world-weary, so experienced and knowing, that it's hard to get a rise out of him. It's another reason why the short stories set in the early days of the canon work so well – the terror the child experience in "The midnight circus" is true and immediate because it happens to a young person, to whom everything has the intensity of first time experience.
Still, for all its faults, either as (and highly affordable with only $25 per collection of over 300 pages) collection or as a story, there is much to love in the "Hellboy Omnibus" experience. Old time readers have no reason to double-dip, the extras are not worth it, but for people who were wary about dipping their toes for the first time to the deepening ocean that is the Hellboy-verse this might be an ideal entry point.
Writers: Mike Mignola, John Byrne
Artist: Mike Mignola
Colorists: Mark Chiarello, James Sinclair, Dave Stewart
Letterer: Pat Brosseau
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Subject: Re: When is char_type_node available in plugins?
> (i.e. is still NULL) when the plugin_init function of a plugin is called.
> Perhaps we should add a comment in gcc/tree.h explaining that, and state more precisely when is char_type_node really usable.
init things.  Which looks obvious from the name of the hook.
When is char_type_node available in plugins?