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Ulver - Scary Muzak CD
Knock, knock. The most terrifying of all terrifying nights is here, and they are back, ready to make your skin crawl.
But first, rewind exactly one year. Enter the newly restored 1920s cinema at Frogner in Oslo. Frescoed stars, cobweb, myrrh, and pumpkins. On the big screen: John Carpenter's cult classic Halloween (1978). In the pit: Ulver, performing a reimagined version of the iconic score. A surprising and timely one-off right before the capital city shut down for real.
After the lights were turned off that evening, the All Hallows' Eve quartet – Ole Alexander Halstensgård, Kristoffer Rygg, Tore Ylwizaker and Stian Westerhus – went full isolation in their studio below the haunted hill, fantasizing about bygone nights of slasher, exploitation, and giallo. Three or four months went by, the band returned to the living, and sent their radiophonic workshop experiments off to the Dogs of Doom, France, where friend and fellow film freak, Carpenter Brut did a razor-sharp mix before taking it to Thibault Chaumont (Deviant Lab) for the master.
Scary Muzak, on one hand a homage to Carpenter's themes – five out of twelve tracks are covers whereas the rest comes from the outer realms – and on the other zooming out on the aesthetics of the late '70s and early '80s popular culture. It is perhaps the Norwegians' most hauntological moment, whirling up themes and moods, horrors and mysteries hidden in the foggy back alleys of your youth. Imagine the gloomy siblings of Les Humphries, Gert Wilden, and their respective orchestras, armed to their teeth with synths, pads, FX. Sometimes classy and chilling, other times amusingly smooth and sleazy, and at times outright beautiful in its suspense-filled vigour, Scary Muzak is an inspired, goblinesque addition to the ever-expanding Ulver catalogue. Interior films, remember?
It's Halloween, and everyone's entitled to one good scare.
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//  TestTableViewController.m
//  YYInfiniteLoopView-demo
//
//  Created by Arvin on 16/9/2.
//  Copyright © 2016年 Arvin. All rights reserved.
//

#import "TestTableViewController.h"
#import "YYInfiniteLoopView.h"

#define width self.view.frame.size.width
#define height self.view.frame.size.height

@interface TestTableViewController ()
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSArray *imageUrls;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSArray *titles;
@end

@implementation TestTableViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];

    [self loopView];
    // Uncomment the following line to preserve selection between presentations.
    // self.clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear = NO;

    // Uncomment the following line to display an Edit button in the navigation bar for this view controller.
    // self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem;
}

- (void)loopView {
    YYInfiniteLoopView *loopView = [YYInfiniteLoopView
                                    infiniteLoopViewWithImageUrls:self.imageUrls
                                    titles:self.titles
                                    didSelectedImage:^(NSInteger index) {
                                        NSLog(@"%zd",index);
                                    }];
    loopView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, width, height*0.3);
    self.tableView.tableHeaderView = loopView;
}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

#pragma mark - Table view data source

- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
//#warning Incomplete implementation, return the number of sections
    return 0;
}

- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
//#warning Incomplete implementation, return the number of rows
    return 0;
}

/*
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:<#@"reuseIdentifier"#> forIndexPath:indexPath];

    // Configure the cell...

    return cell;
}
*/

/*
// Override to support conditional editing of the table view.
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canEditRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    // Return NO if you do not want the specified item to be editable.
    return YES;
}
*/

/*
// Override to support editing the table view.
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete) {
        // Delete the row from the data source
        [tableView deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:@[indexPath] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
    } else if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleInsert) {
        // Create a new instance of the appropriate class, insert it into the array, and add a new row to the table view
    }
}
*/

/*
// Override to support rearranging the table view.
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView moveRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)fromIndexPath toIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)toIndexPath {
}
*/

/*
// Override to support conditional rearranging of the table view.
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canMoveRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    // Return NO if you do not want the item to be re-orderable.
    return YES;
}
*/

/*
#pragma mark - Navigation

// In a storyboard-based application, you will often want to do a little preparation before navigation
- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender {
    // Get the new view controller using [segue destinationViewController].
    // Pass the selected object to the new view controller.
}
*/
- (NSArray *)imageUrls {
    if (!_imageUrls) {
        _imageUrls = @[@"http://img2.91.com/uploads/allimg/150106/59-1501061H225-53.jpg",
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    }
    return _imageUrls;
}

- (NSArray *)titles {
    if (!_titles) {
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                    @"第二张图, ( ⊙ o ⊙ )啊!O(∩_∩)O哈哈~",
                    @"第三张图, ( ⊙ o ⊙ )啊!O(∩_∩)O哈哈~",
                    @"第四张图, ( ⊙ o ⊙ )啊!O(∩_∩)O哈哈~",
                    @"第五张图, ( ⊙ o ⊙ )啊!O(∩_∩)O哈哈~"];
    }
    return _titles;
}

@end

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Located in a quiet place, in the historical centre of Saint-Petersburg, and set in a recently renovated (in 2006) early 20th century building, the Empire Park hotel offers high quality service, warm hospitality and cozy accommodation in a friendly atmosphere.
The Empire Park hotel features 36 rooms including 5 rooms in the attic (Mansard-type).
Check-out time is 12:00. Check-in at 01:00 p.m.
The Empire Park is located in the center of St.Petersburg, within a 3 minute walk from the "Ploschad' Lenina" Metro station (Finlyandsky vokzal - Finnish Railway station) and within about 5 minute walk from the famous cruiser "Aurora" and Liteyny bridge.


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Christian Alemán (Guayaquil, Ecuador, 5 de febrero de 1996) es un futbolista ecuatoriano. Juega de mediocampista ofensivo o extremo derecho y su equipo actual es Sociedad Deportiva Aucas de la Serie A de Ecuador.

Trayectoria

Barcelona Sporting Club
A mitad de temporada firmó con Barcelona, obteniendo el título de la temporada 2016, pasando a ser uno de jus jugadores favoritos de la hinchada, debido a sus buenas actuaciones. En la primera mitad de 2017 su buen rendimiento internacional llama la atención de Estudiantes de La Plata, equipo que solicitó su sesión por una temporada con opción de compra, para disputar la Superliga Argentina 2017-18.

Estudiantes de La Plata
Hizo su debut con el elenco Pincharrata en los últimos 15 minutos en la Copa Sudamericana. Debutó por la liga local marcando el gol de la victoria contra Arsenal.

Regreso a Barcelona
Tras su paso por el pincha vuelve al Barcelona, dueño de su pase, su regreso a las canchas con la camisa de Barcelona se dio ante Deportivo Cuenca donde tuvo un debut aceptable. Para buscar más continuidad el club lo cedió a préstamo a otro club de la ciudad, también de la Serie A, el Guayaquil City Fútbol Club.

Paso por Polonia
Después de su salida de Barcelona fichó el Arka Gdynia de la Segunda División de Polonia, tuvo regularidad con el equipo polaco.

Aucas
Fue anunciado por Sociedad Deportiva Aucas para la temporada 2023 como refuerzo.

Estadísticas

Clubes
 Actualizado al último partido disputado el .

Participaciones internacionales

Palmarés

Campeonatos nacionales

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Ficha del jugador
 Jugadas
 Un juvenil azul de corazón

Futbolistas de Ecuador
Futbolistas del Manta Fútbol Club
Futbolistas del Club Sport Emelec
Futbolistas del Club Técnico Universitario
Futbolistas de la Sociedad Deportivo Quito
Futbolistas del Barcelona Sporting Club
Futbolistas del Estudiantes de La Plata en los años 2010
Futbolistas del Guayaquil City Fútbol Club
Futbolistas del Arka Gdynia
Futbolistas de la Sociedad Deportiva Aucas

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Effect of inter-electrode separation in the fabrication of nanoporous alumina by anodization
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2018.05.038
Marta Michalska-Domańska
Wojciech Jerzy Stępniowski
Marco Salerno
The effect of the separation between electrodes on the main output parameters of the anodic aluminum oxide structure, namely the pore size, the cell size, the thickness and the regularity ratio was investigated. Pure aluminum foils were anodized in 0.3 M oxalic acid at different combinations of electrode separations (1.5, 3 and 6 cm), anodization voltages (30, 45 and 60 V) and temperatures (10, 20 and 30 °C). Whereas cell size and thickness appeared to be independent on the electrode separation, minor effects emerged for the pore size and significant effects emerged for the regularity ratio. The latter decreased with electrode separation at the lowest anodization voltage, but increased for the other voltages, especially at intermediate value of 45 V. For the temperature series, the regularity ratio decreased with separation at highest and, mostly, lowest temperature, while increased at intermediate temperature. Therefore, in addition to the major fabrication parameters of anodization voltage, current density, temperature and electrolyte concentration, it appears that the electrode separation may also cause relevant effects on the pattern quality, which should be taken into account for careful control of this nanofabrication process.
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
10.1016/j.jelechem.2018.05.038
Anodic aluminum oxide, Anodization, Electrode separation, Image analysis, Nanopores, Regularity ratio, Scanning electron microscopy

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Q: Formatting A Dynamically Bound Datagrid's TextColumn How can I format the text displayed in a bound column in my datagrid to the output of a function?
Say I have a function like this in my code-behind:
Function Test(ByVal str As String) As String
    Return Left(str, 5)
End Function

And a datagrid like:
    <DataGrid Name="dg_Users" IsReadOnly="True" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
        <DataGrid.Columns>
            <DataGridTextColumn Header="User ID" Binding="{Binding UserID}" />
            <DataGridTextColumn Header="Username" Binding="{Binding Username}" />
        </DataGrid.Columns>
    </DataGrid>

Which is bound to a StronglyTyped IList.  (which is simply a SqlCeDataReader object looped through to add to a strongly typed list):
Private Shared Function Map(Of T As New)(ByVal _Rdr As IDataReader) As IList(Of T)
    Try
        Dim _t As Type = GetType(T)
        Dim _en As New List(Of T)()
        Dim _ht As New Hashtable()
        Dim _props As PropertyInfo() = _t.GetProperties()
        Parallel.ForEach(_props, Sub(info)
                                     _ht(info.Name.ToUpper()) = info
                                 End Sub)
        While _Rdr.Read()
            Dim newObject As New T()
            For index As Integer = 0 To _Rdr.FieldCount - 1
                Dim info As PropertyInfo = DirectCast(_ht(_Rdr.GetName(index).ToUpper()), PropertyInfo)
                If (info IsNot Nothing) AndAlso info.CanWrite Then
                    info.SetValue(newObject, IsNull(Of Object)(_Rdr.GetValue(index), Nothing), Nothing)
                End If
            Next
            _en.Add(newObject)
        End While
        _Rdr.Close()
        Return _en
        _ht.Clear() : _en.Clear()
    Catch ex As Exception
        Return Nothing
    End Try
End Function

How do I format the Username column utilizing the Test function above?

A: Make it a read-only property (with just the getter) on the type (User I'm guessing) and bind to that instead. Makes it a lot easier.

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Q: Develop Windows based application with 1/10th milisecond precision I want to develop a Windows based application that would interface with external hardware using serial communication. The hardware would in turn relay back the feedback to the application. This entire loop should be ideally completed within a millisecond.
Is it possible to develop such an application on Windows OS? I read somewhere that only 0.01 seconds accurate precision can be achieved on Windows. Initially I have tried developing a smaller model running on Labview with a 2 line matlab script, but even that is taking atleast 2 ms to execute without any external communication.
I went through the this link which talks about microseconds timing in Windows in C++. Which gives me the idea that Windows is not accurate to even a millisecond precision. Do I have to leave Windows and develop an RTOS/bare metal application on a suitable hardware?

A: According to this MSDN article section, Windows can definitely provide adequately accurate measurements for you to know whether your instructions are being executed fast enough, depending on the platform. As your measurements typically involve a total "counting" time-span of a few seconds.
Apart from that, the only way to find out if your processes can meet the requirement of < 1 ms cycle execution time, is to profile some actual code on the typical machine, where the code is expected to be used, along with the typical hardware you will be interfacing with.
As per your comment, Windows, as a platform, is not entirely relevant to your question. As you will see in the linked article, the whole "time measurement" concept really relies on the underlying hardware, for which Windows exposes suitably coded APIs to make it look like a high-precision clock.


Ok friends, in my last post I mentioned I was going to share with you a few new ways to make your food more nutrient dense and kid friendly so you can feel good about eating it and serving it to your family. Now, don't be scared. No, seriously, don't because this recipe may have vegetables in it but you would never know. SERIOUSLY! YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW! Sorry, don't mean to yell at you but I'm so excited! This is one tasty Nanaimo bar treat! And there are two cups of raw spinach in it.
Enter from stage right these divine Pistachio Nanaimo Bars! These bars are based off my first vegan, gluten-free Nanaimo bar recipe which I make a Christmas time. The original version is mint flavour, which you can certainly do here in place of the vanilla for the middle layer, I just wanted to make something different then what I had done before. What I like about this version is I decided not to bake the bottom layer (mainly because I have become more lazy now that I am a mother of two) and they turned out just as good if not better than the original! Seriously, you need to make these and use St. Patty's Day as an excuse – that's what I did! Who knows, I may just start throwing spinach into random things just to see how it turns out!
Lightly adapted from my original Vegan Gluten-Free Nanaimo Bar recipe.
Line an 8″ x 8″ pan with parchment paper. Mix above ingredients in one bowl until well blended. Press the mixture into the bottom of the lined pan into an even layer using the back of a spoon to ensure that the mixture is well compressed. Set aside while you make the remaining layers.
Place filling ingredients in food processor with the 'S' blade and blend until smooth and creamy adding more water if necessary to attain this texture. Pour evenly over bottom layer and set aside.
Heat in small saucepan over low heat and pour over middle filling once all ingredients have melted together. Set aside and let cool in fridge slightly before scoring the bars then put back into fridge to fully set. When set, cut bars into squares and serve. Keep in fridge for 1 week. Enjoy this healthy treat!
'Never say never' and 'don't be so quick to judge' are two things I have quickly learned as a parent. You never know what the situation is with a parent and child is and why they use certain parenting methods. Or as I like to call them, my methods of manipulation (which mostly revolve around the use of chocolate and potty training…). But all joking aside, there are some parents who are desperate to get their kids to eat anything whether it is the most nutrient dense food for them or not. What do I mean my nutrient dense? This term means you are choosing foods that have the most bang for it's buck – a balance of fiber, protein, carbohydrates & macronutrients. In other words, you are looking at foods for their nutrient content and getting the most out of that.
So, how do we do that without feeling like we are getting nothing but lentils, hemp seeds and spinach? Especially when all we want to do on a Sunday morning is eat waffles and bacon? Well, instead of buying the pre-made waffles from the store made with processed enriched white flour, which will simply add calories to your Sunday brunch instead of good nutrients, why not try making these Quinoa Blueberry & Buckwheat Waffles?! Full of protein, essential amino acids, fiber and magnesium – all things our bodies need more of, this is a small change that your kids will eat and you can feel good about. My inspiration for these waffles came from the breakfast cookies that Leanne has been cooking up over a Healthful Pursuit like these Gingerbread Quinoa Breakfast Cookies.
1. Buckwheat is not a wheat and is gluten-free. It is the fruit of a plant that is related to rhubarb. This is my first time cooking with this and I am very pleased with the way it turned out. I chose a light buckwheat flour as sometimes the taste of buckwheat can be overwhelming – it's very nutty. I also thought it would be more pleasant to a child's taste buds. Not only is it high in protein, it is full of magnesium, which aids in the absorption of vitamins and nutrients. It also helps with muscle cramping (Epsom bath anyone?) so great for women at that certain time of the month.
2. Do not substitute another gluten-free flour for this recipe and expect it to turn out. I tried several and they did not cook through out. Think mushy waffles instead of crispy, light flaky ones. If you are not gluten-free but want to try this and don't have buckwheat on hand, whole wheat flour should work, although I have not tried it.
3. Save time and cook your quinoa the night before. If you've forgotten to, cook it and cool it down quickly in the freezer for a few minutes.
4. This is sweetened with applesauce instead of using any sugar. You are welcome!
5. Make a double batch and freeze one batch putting parchment paper between each waffle for easy separation. This makes a quick breakfast for the kids through the week and you simply need to toast in toaster.
STAY TUNED! My next few posts will have ways you may never had imagined of adding nutrients to your food AND it tastes good! Subscribe to my blog by clicking on the button at the top right of the page. You can also follow me on Facebook, twitter and Pinterest! Share if you like what I dishing out! I thank you for it!
Preheat your waffle iron to low heat according to the manual's instructions.
In a high powered blender, place eggs, milk, apple sauce, pure vanilla & coconut oil and blend until well mixed.
Add quinoa to the blender and blend until quinoa is no longer visible. On my blender the setting is 'liquify' and only takes 60 seconds. Yours may be different.
Add buckwheat, baking powder and sea salt and blend until well mixed. Batter should be nice and thick now.
Pour batter into heated waffle iron adding 5-6 blueberries to each waffle before closing the lid. For best results, cook slow and low for about 5 - 8 mins until the waffles are golden. Carefully remove waffles from iron and serve immediately with you favourite fruit and maple syrup on top. Repeat the cooking portion until batter is gone. Makes approx 12 large waffles.
Freeze any unused waffles by layering parchment paper between each waffle and sealing in tight bag. Toast to reheat when desired.


This might just be your missing piece! Intended to slip into a smoking stand, this great little black ashtray is also great on it's own. Perhaps for it's original purpose, perhaps something entirely new!
Condition: Good vintage condition. Some surface wear commensurate with age.


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MURIC CONDEMNS AKWA IBOM GOVT FOR FIXING EXAM ON SALAH DAY
Published July 20, 2021 | By akintola
The Ministry of Education in Akwa Ibom State has declared that the ongoing SSII promotion examinations will continue today, Tuesday, 20th July, 2021 in spite of the public holiday.
However, an Islamic human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has condemned the announcement. MURIC described the action of the ministry and the state government as Bohemian, arrogant, insensitive and intolerant.
MURIC's statement was circulated to the media on Tuesday, 20th July 2021 by its director and founder, Professor Ishaq Akintola.
The statement reads:
"Our attention has been drawn to an announcement made by the Ministry of Education in Akwa Ibom State to the effect that the ongoing SSII promotion examinations will continue today, Tuesday, 20th July, 2021 despite the public holiday declared by the Federal Government.
"A brief statement issued by the Ministry of Education, Akwa Ibom State, reads, 'Please note that the JSS2 promotion exams will continue on Tuesday despite the public holidays. SS2 students, parents and principals of schools should adhere strictly. Thanks. All senior secondary two (SS2) and junior secondary three (JSS3) students are expected to be in school on Tuesday, July 20, 2021 to continue their examinations. For Management.'
"We are shocked to our marrows at the level of acrobatic religiousity which some state governments are manifesting towards Muslims. The government of Akwa Ibom State is fully aware that there is a remarkable percentage of Muslim population made up of both indigenes and non-indigenes in the state. The children of these Muslims are in Akwa Ibom schools.
"The fact that the state's Ministry of Education ignored these people and insisted on continuing examinations on Salah days prove that it is not prepared to coexist with any other religion. It is also impunity of the highest order for the state government to ignore the declaration of today and tomorrow by the Federal Government as public holidays and to insist on holding examinations on public holidays. This is Bohemian, arrogant, insensitive and intolerant.
"We strongly condemn the state government's decision to hold examinations during a Muslim festival and on a public holiday. We wonder what the reactions and comments will be if a core Northern state should do something similar on Christmas day.
Posted in Press Releases | Tagged akwa, exam, ibom, SALAH


Executed when a user modifies an existing record in a table.
This trigger is executed before the default modify behavior is executed. If an error occurs in the trigger code, the record changes are canceled.
We recommend that you do not include code that can stop the user from recording a change in the OnModify trigger on a table. For example, do not include code for displaying error messages. If a user has previously changed the contents of some fields in a record, then these changes must always be accepted by the system.


Adult St. Croix snaketail dragonflies are large, at 5 cm in length. Their eyes are large and gray. Their middle body section, called the thorax, is dark bluish-green with a single black stripe down the side. They have 6 black legs. Their long, slender tail section, called the abdomen, has yellow spots going down the back. Their tail ends in a club-shape, which gives them the "snaketail" name, since it looks like a cobra snake. Females have horns just behind their eyes that males do not. Dragonflies have two pairs of long wings with many veins on them.
St. Croix snaketail larvae are aquatic, and live in large rivers. The larvae live in the bottoms of the rivers or streams, which have fast-flowing, clear water. The bottoms of the rivers are usually made up of gravel, sand and rocks.
Adults live on land and in the air, and are usually near rivers and streams. They hunt for food in fields, forests, and wetlands. The areas they live are usually undisturbed by humans, often in land preserved by the government.
Breeding takes place in the summer.
St. Croix snaketail dragonflies are predators to many other insects, and are prey to many other organisms. This makes this dragonfly species an important part of its ecosystem and food web. They have been seen in large numbers along medium-sized, clear and clean rivers that have a high number of other animals species. This means that these dragonflies probably interact with many other species.
St. Croix snaketail dragonflies do not cause any problems for humans.
Ann Horner (author), Minnesota State University, Mankato, Robert Sorensen (editor), Minnesota State University, Mankato, Angela Miner (editor), Animal Diversity Web Staff.
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2012. "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Version 2012.2" (On-line). Accessed March 27, 2013 at http://www.iucnredlist.org.
2013. "Ophiogomphus susbehcha" (On-line). Wisconsin Odonata Survey. Accessed March 26, 2013 at http://wiatri.net/inventory/odonata/SpeciesAccounts/SpeciesDetail.cfm?TaxaID=101.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 2013. "Ophiogomphus susbehcha/St. Croix Snaketail" (On-line). Minnesota DNR. Accessed March 25, 2013 at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/rsg/profile.html?action=elementDetail&selectedElement=IIODO12180.
2009. "Resource Brief: Dragonflies & Damselflies" (On-line). National Park Service. Accessed March 27, 2013 at http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/NETN/Education/Resource%20Briefs/ACAD_RB_Odonates_FINAL_20090721.pdf.
2013. "Saint Croix Snaketail (Ophiogomphus susbehcha)" (On-line). Wisconsin DNR. Accessed March 26, 2013 at http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/endangeredresources/animals.asp?mode=detail&speccode=iiodo12180.
Borror, D., R. White. 1970. A Field Guide to the Insects. Boston, USA: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Dunkle, . 2013. "Ophiogomphus susbehcha" (On-line). NatureServe. Accessed March 25, 2013 at http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?sourceTemplate=tabular_report.wmt&loadTemplate=species_RptComprehensive.wmt&selectedReport=RptComprehensive.wmt&summaryView=tabular_report.wmt&elKey=108266&paging=home&save=true&startIndex=1&nextStartIndex=1&reset=false&offPageSelectedElKey=108266&offPageSelectedElType=species&offPageYesNo=true&post_processes=&radiobutton=radiobutton&selectedIndexes=108266.
Gibbs, E., B. Bradeen, D. Boland. 2004. Spatial and Temporal Segregation Among Six Species of Coexisting Ophiogomphus (Odonata: Gomphidae) in the Aroostook River, Maine. Northeastern Naturalist, 11: 295-312.
Lyons, R. 1999. "Damsels and Dragons - the Insect Order Odonata" (On-line). Accessed March 27, 2013 at http://casswww.ucsd.edu/archive/personal/ron/CVNC/odonata/ips_odonata.html.
Ross, H. 1965. A Textbook of Entomology 3rd edition. New York, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc..
Sabet-Peyman, J. 2006. "Introduction to the Odonata" (On-line). UCMP Berkely. Accessed March 27, 2013 at http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/uniramia/odonatoida.html.
Schultz, T. 2009. Diversity and Habitats of a Prairie Assemblage of Odonata at Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 82: 91-102.
Wellhouse, W. 1926. How Insects Live. New York, USA: The Macmillan Company.


CEDAR PARK, Texas — The Salt Lake City Stars, the official NBA G League affiliate of the Utah Jazz, defeated the Austin Spurs 98-89 tonight to earn the club's second-straight win and improve to 18-18 (.500) on the season.
The Stars were led by Isaac Haas, who scored a season-high 21 points (13 in the first half) on 10-of-12 (.833) from the field and collected six boards (all defensive). Utah Jazz two-way player Naz Mitrou-Long tallied 15 points and five assists, his third-straight game leading the team in helpers, and Tanner McGrew recorded his fourth consecutive game in double figures with 14 points. Stephaun Branch grabbed a team-high eight rebounds to go with nine points, while Jairus Lyles and Justin Reyes each contributed 11 points off the bench.
Austin was led by San Antonio Spurs two-way player Drew Eubanks, who recorded his fourth 20/10 game of the season with a game-high-tying 21 points to go with game-highs of 10 rebounds and four steals. Josh Huestis scored 15 points, and Chimezie Metu, currently on assignment from the San Antonio Spurs, finished with 10 points, seven rebounds and two blocks.
There were 17 lead changes in the first half, with the Stars ending the second quarter on a 15-6 run to own a seven-point edge (55-48) at halftime. The Spurs took a one-point lead (60-59) powered by a 9-0 run early in the third frame, but the Stars responded with a 20-4 run to close the period and take a 15-point advantage (79-64), the team's largest lead, entering the final frame. The Spurs opened the fourth with an 8-0 spurt to cut the edge to seven points (79-72), but the Spurs never got closer than seven and the Stars won by nine.


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keep your hands off our women
My father, the ultimate rough-house man with a hair-trigger temper for violence, had a saying: "No matter how much a woman pisses you off, you never lay a hand on her."
My mother was an expert at inciting him when he had it coming, and they argued constantly, earning us the neighborhood tag as the 'battling Franklin's." Mother's piercing barbs sent Dad into rages where he kicked, threw and punched inanimate objects, but he never laid a hand on mother.
Dad was also from an old school where you kept your hands off women when courting them, unless they invited you to, because it was THEIR decision, and besides, why would a man force himself on a woman romantically and sexually when he is not wanted?
And what fulfillment did he achieve unless he felt a need to dominate or conquer what he deemed a weaker species unable to defend itself—a form of bullying. What satisfaction is there in foisting yourself on a woman who is in a helpless position unless it is to feed a pathetic ego or biological need that cannot be controlled and if not should he punished by the law or protected by a man whose manners and values will not stand for the encroachment on a woman's rights.
What we might call a "rape of the spirit," which is a code the Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, evidently lives by.
My Dad had a solution in how to treat such abusers. My mother had five sisters, and when one of my uncles beat up my aunt Bonnie down in San Diego, Dad drove straight down from our home in Compton and gave my uncle a merciless beating, and afterwards warned him if he touched her again in such a manner he'd receive a beating worse than death.
My uncle never laid another hand on my aunt.
Dad grew up in a brutally tough neighborhood in Chicago as the only Russian Jew surrounded by anti-Semitic Germans and poles. From his earliest childhood he was bombarded with terms like kike, sheenie and Jew-boy and gang beaten or mauled by older bullies. Worse, his two sisters were spat upon by these same bullies and called Jew bitches and Jew whores. By the time dad reached puberty, and had spent time in the same boxing gym that spawned a champion named Barney Ross, and became a champion amateur himself, Dad found all these attackers and pummeled them into bloody submission.
In high school, where he starred in sports to such an extent he played at the university of Illinois and later for the Detroit Tigers, dad was still on a crusade of protecting his sisters and shoved some of their offender's snoots in urinals while ambushing others in parks and administering them beatings "they'd never forget, beatings they'd think twice about before they ever decided to spit on or abuse a girl again."
Growing up in Compton, a blue-collar town with not a few rough-necks and rowdy families destined to produce future criminals to do time in prison, there was a clan that lived two doors down from us, the Merrit's,
The Merrit's were transplants from Oklahoma, a brood of five boys and a girl, and just for the hell of it, their youngest boy, who was six, spat on my sister Susan, who was five and 5 years younger than me, and sent her home crying one afternoon while mother was in the kitchen and I was out playing ball. When dad got home later that evening, he dragged me over to the Merrit's and knocked on their screen door while the boys lounged about on the yard full of jalopies and tires and various debris. When the wife came to the door, dad asked to see Blackie, the father, who worked on the oil rigs at Signal hill in Long Beach and considered himself a tough guy.
The wife said, "Blackie's having a beer, Franklin, get off our porch."
"Either you get him or I come in after him," Dad told her.
When Blackie came to the door with a sneer, dad ripped open the screen door and snatched Blackie by the neck and hurled him off the porch onto the lawn and pounced on him, hammered him twice with punches and then turned him over and shoved his face in to some dog turds and told him to "pray for your life." While doing this, he addressed the Merrit boys, who stood rather shell-shocked: "Any of you little bastards as much as look at my daughter from here on out, I'll kill this sonofabitch and you'll all starve to death."
He let Blackie up and we returned to the house, and he told me, "this is what we do when people mess with our women." And from that point on the Merrit boys steered clear of our family and were polite when they ran across us. Today, my Dad would go to jail for such action—the very same place Donald Trump belongs, because no woman or girl should have to worry about any man putting his hands on her without their consent when it comes to sex or romance, and no man should ever expect to strike a woman physically for any reason without expecting to go to jail—or receive the kind of savage and unforgettable beating my Dad gave any man who inflicted pain on a woman.
"Any man treats a woman that way's not much of a man," Dad said. If he was around today he'd want to do what a lot of men want to do to Donald trump—beat him to a pulp and throw his ass in jail...this very same despicable coward who leads his followers in chants of putting Hillary Clinton, a woman, in jail.
Nikki Ridley
Giff Beaton
People like your Dad are the salt of the earth. It is a downright shame they so often fail to get the respect they deserve. He would be proud of your point of view.
Oddly enough, I too recall a screen door's demise decades ago when an ill-mannered 17 year old punk's deplorable behavior resulted in a serious injury to one of my two sisters. Only in our case the screen door was ripped from its hinges when the smiling clown made the mistake of showing up at our front door just an hour or so after my parents had sis stitched up at the local emergency room. I still remember the screen door's soaring flight and the crash landing of the irredeemable like it was yesterday.


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Located 25 minutes to Grantley Adams International Airport, 20 minutes to Bridgetown and two minutes to the pristine waters of the Caribbean Sea. Limegrove and Holetown are only a five minute drive away and the fine dining restaurants of Lonestar is under a five minute walk away. Beach bars such as JuJus is on the same stretch of beach as is Royal Pavillion Beach Club and Asti bar and Restaurant. Coral Reef, Colony Club and Fish Pot Restaurants are a very short drive away.
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The house itself is stunning, built by the same team that also built Royal Pavillion and Glitter Bay everything is done to the highest standards, from the wood floors, to the tray ceilings, from the Italian kitchen to the built in a/c this house simply oozes charm.
One can enter through the front door via the porch or through the door to the kitchen from the off street parking bay/semi car port.
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Q: Android NDK JNI undefined reference to C++ source methods I am starting to learn about the Android NDK. I haven't learned much about C/C++ coding and would like to start. I imported the simple HelloJni sample and have been messing around with this to learn as well as the docs. I am stuck and feel it may be how I am using the Android.mk. Looks like it is right but the build is not working on the second module I am testing. Here is what I have in the
      <project folder>/jni/
                          HelloJni.cpp
                          Android.mk
                          Application.mk
                          mytools/
                                  simplemath.h
                                  simplemath.cpp

I would like to use my java to call a method in HelloJni.cpp which in turn calls a method in simplemath.cpp and return a value. Simple test to just carry over number added from simplemath.
Below is all my source for each
---------------------Android.mk
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)

LOCAL_MODULE    := HelloJni
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := HelloJni.cpp
LOCAL_LDLIBS := -L$(SYSROOT)/usr/lib -llog

include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)

include $(CLEAR_VARS)

TOOLS_DIR       := $(LOCAL_PATH)/mytools
LOCAL_C_INCLUDES  := $(TOOLS_DIR)
LOCAL_MODULE    := simplemath
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(TOOLS_DIR)/simplemath.cpp
LOCAL_LDLIBS := -L$(SYSROOT)/usr/lib -llog

include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)

---------------------HelloJni.cpp
#include <stl/_istream.h>
#include <stl/_string.h>
#include <stl/_string_fwd.h>

#define DEBUG_TAG "JNI Native Code..."

using namespace std;

extern "C" {

 JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL Java_com_example_hellojni_HelloJni_stringFromJNI( JNIEnv* env, jobject thiz, jstring str){

     simplemath mathTools;
     mathTools.add(4, 5);
     .....
     return env->NewStringUTF(str);
}
};

---------------------simplemath.h
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

#define SIMPLEMATH_H

namespace std {

class simplemath{

public:
    simplemath();
    int add(int, int);
    ~simplemath();

};

}

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

-----------------simplemath.cpp
    #include <simplemath.h>

namespace std {

simplemath::simplemath(){
}

int simplemath::add(int a, int b){
    return a + b;
}

simplemath::~simplemath(){
}

}

When I do a clean on the project, I get no errors. After a build, I get the following:
"Compile++ thumb : HelloJni <= HelloJni.cpp

 Prebuilt       : libstlport_static.a <= <NDK>/sources/cxx-stl/stlport/libs/armeabi/

SharedLibrary  : libHelloJni.so

C:/Users/Geek/android-ndk-r8d/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/prebuilt/windows/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-androideabi/4.6/../../../../arm-linux-androideabi/bin/ld.exe: ./obj/local/armeabi/objs/HelloJni/HelloJni.o: in function Java_com_example_hellojni_HelloJni_stringFromJNI:jni/HelloJni.cpp:88: error: undefined reference to 'std::simplemath::simplemath()'

C:/Users/Geek/android-ndk-r8d/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/prebuilt/windows/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-androideabi/4.6/../../../../arm-linux-androideabi/bin/ld.exe: ./obj/local/armeabi/objs/HelloJni/HelloJni.o: in function Java_com_example_hellojni_HelloJni_stringFromJNI:jni/HelloJni.cpp:89: error: undefined reference to 'std::simplemath::add(int, int)'

C:/Users/Geek/android-ndk-r8d/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/prebuilt/windows/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-androideabi/4.6/../../../../arm-linux-androideabi/bin/ld.exe: ./obj/local/armeabi/objs/HelloJni/HelloJni.o: in function Java_com_example_hellojni_HelloJni_stringFromJNI:jni/HelloJni.cpp:92: error: undefined reference to 'std::simplemath::~simplemath()'

collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

make: *** [obj/local/armeabi/libHelloJni.so] Error 1

A: You haven't declared any dependency between your modules, use LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES to do it:
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
TOOLS_DIR       := $(LOCAL_PATH)/mytools

include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_C_INCLUDES  := $(TOOLS_DIR)
LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDES  := $(TOOLS_DIR)
LOCAL_MODULE    := simplemath
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(TOOLS_DIR)/simplemath.cpp
LOCAL_LDLIBS := -llog
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)

include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE    := HelloJni
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := HelloJni.cpp
LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := simplemath
LOCAL_LDLIBS :=  -llog
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)


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How animals in air cargo transportation?
How animals in air cargo transportation? Every year, hundreds of thousands of animals were flown to all over the world to compete, breeding, feeding and even genocide. As more and more activities become regulars, air freight now more than ever pay more attention to the safety of live animals. Last year, the international air transport association ( IATA) Air freight last year launched a so-called CEIV animals certification program, aviation company adopted a new animal transport strategy, in order to ensure that they are in the process of transportation safety and comfort. To protect animal rights at the time of animal protection is becoming more and more attention, how to through their own efforts to provide substantial help for animal protection, has become the primary concern of air freight. In June, Luxembourg cargo airlines similar but unusual tasks, two white whale from China to Iceland. The two white whale transport is very complicated, involving air, land and sea. They & other; Sat & throughout; Their custom stretcher, stretcher out of crane aquarium, specially designed and carefully on the container. The care team to monitor the two white whales, Luxembourg cargo airlines engineers also take this opportunity to handle the business related to the container. And care team to deal with the water supply system. When it comes to the complexity of this transport, accompanied by the Belgian cargo airlines engineers on the ground, said Michael Wellsdonk & other; These animals themselves to transport without any problems, but the water in the cistern is very big, in order to avoid the water any influence on flight safety. We must make a special plan, in order to prevent container water, at the same time avoid the sprinkler. " An advocate of animal welfare, Luxembourg freight company taking more and more measures to improve air freight transportation experience and environmental awareness. Free shipping of the white whale project is the first of the similar projects. Luxembourg cargo airlines has signed a wildlife conservation union transportation working group of the declaration of Buckingham Palace, in order to crack down on illegal trafficking of animals. Like Luxembourg and Turkish airlines cargo airlines, tam air freight company recently took 5 wild cats from Argentina - San Diego Del esther luo shipped to Johannesburg, South Africa's reserve. These animals first lived in an abandoned in the zoo, the local authorities to arrange migrating the rescue work and provides the necessary permits. " In the process of planning and actual operation, we fully comply with IATA and tam airlines on live animals transportation bottleneck in the highest safety standards. In addition, we also regularly to supply water to the water the animals, and take all measures to reduce its exposure to high temperature and noise in the environment. This is particularly difficult to realize in the freight warehouse and cargo. " La tam air transport operations manager esteban & middot; Bo carney said in a media statement.


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The Boat Show
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Venice Racing Team set to join the UIM E1 World Championship
Following the RaceBird's first successful foiling and speed tests on the River Po in Italy, the UIM E1 World Championship has today announced the first team entry set to race in the inaugural season in 2023.
The Venice Racing Team, which has been created specially to compete in E1, has water and electric boating at its heart. The team has been established to provide a focus and platform for the many institutions and companies in Venice, who share a common philosophy and commitment to building a sustainable future.
The new racing entity is the brainchild of entrepreneur Francesco Pannoli, who will run the operation. Pannoli developed the project alongside energy specialist Claudio Iannelli, racing expert and offshore world champion Luigi Radice and motorsport expert Eugenio Razelli.
Francois Richard from Lanéva Boats will also join the team to oversee business development and Nicolò Muraro from Meneghini & Associati will lead the communications team, with the team expected to announce their pilot line-up at the Salone Nautico in Venice next month.
The Venice Racing Team wants to help drive action to protect the city's unique lagoon environment, residential ecosystem, and artistic heritage.
Venice Racing Team has a home embedded in the core values and principles of E1. Known around the world as the 'City of Water', Venice is seeking to be an innovative leader in sustainability.
Mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro, commented: "The Salone Nautico has always maintained among its main goals a particular focus on sustainability themes, also in line with its recent nomination as the World Sustainability Capital. Speaking on behalf of the City of Venice, we can only wish that the new Venice Racing Team will best represent a reality that boasts in its history an important contribution to traditional motorboating."
Francesco Pannoli, Team Principal of Venice Racing Team, said: "We're honoured to be the one to first join this beautiful and engaging project. This is an important moment of transition for Venice, Veneto, Italy and the entire world when it comes to sustainable mobility, even in the water. The E1 World Championship represents a revolution in the nautical world, it gives to the passion for racing the responsibility of being the driver of positive change."
Eugenio Razelli, CEO & Chairman of Venice Racing Team, added: "This project is selecting new green technologies, which are key to the future of our planet and are common for many different industries and applications."
UIM E1 World Championship will be an exhibitor at the next Boat Show in Venice , city that has given its heart and soul to the nautical and sustainability world, from May 28th to June 5th 2022.
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The evolution of recent research on Catalan literature through the production of PhD theses: A bibliometric and social network analysis
Jordi Ardanuy, Cristóbal Urbano, Lluís Quintana Trias
Introduction. This paper studies the situation of research on Catalan literature between 1976 and 2003 by carrying out a bibliometric and social network analysis of PhD theses defended in Spain. It has a dual aim: to present interesting results for the discipline and to demonstrate the methodological efficacy of scientometric tools in the humanities, a field in which they are often neglected due to the difficulty of gathering data. Method. The analysis was performed on 151 records obtained from the TESEO database of PhD theses. The quantitative estimates include the use of the UCINET and Pajek software packages. Authority control was performed on the records. Analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the sample and the distribution of responses to each question. Sex differences on key questions were analysed using the Chi-squared test. Results. The value of the figures obtained is demonstrated. The information obtained on the topic and the periods studied in the theses, and on the actors involved (doctoral students, thesis supervisors and members of defence committees), provide important insights into the mechanisms of humanities disciplines. The main research tendencies of Catalan literature are identified. It is observed that the composition of members of the thesis defence committees follows Lotka's Law. Conclusions. Bibliometric analysis and social network analysis may be especially useful in the humanities and in other fields which are lacking in scientometric data in comparison with the experimental sciences. © the author, 2009.
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First Salvo fired in Fishermans Bend with $40m sale
Busy private developer Mario Salvo has gained control of one of the largest developments approved so far in Melbourne's emerging Fishermans Bend precinct, acquiring a one hectare site for about $40 million.
The Salvo Property Group is buying a Johnson Street site, which has approval for close to 1300 apartments across four towers, from another private player, Bill McNee.
It is a major step for Mr Salvo, who was previously among the first movers into the now densely developed Southbank precinct.
"We're developers and we need to have land," Mr Salvo told The Australian Financial Review. "The land in the inner city, the CBD and even Southbank has clearly become way too expensive."
His move into Fishermans Bend comes at a significant time for the precinct, a 485-hectare urban regeneration zone area more than twice the size of the CBD.
Political controversy
The precinct sits alongside the Yarra River just outside the CBD. There are high hopes its development will absorb a large chunk of Melbourne's expected growth.
But its prospects have become a subject of political controversy after a previous Coalition state government rezoned the area to allow development before planning controls were in place.
Planning Minister Richard Wynne subsequently approved a number of projects, including the huge Johnson Street development two years ago.
In November last year, Mr Wynne tightened his grip on the zone, introducing a number of controls, including mandatory height controls of 40 storeys for developments.
By then the 60-82 Johnson St project designed by Rothe Lowman had approval for two towers of 46 and 43 storeys and two medium-rise towers at 27 and 21 storeys.
"It has an existing permit," Mr Salvo said. "The other permits around it are much lower, so we should have spectacular view into the city, the Yarra and the [bay] foreshore."
He described his group as an "early bird" in the precinct. "You don't look at what is there today. Getting in early, you can buy better."
Mr Salvo expected to tweak the mix of units in the towers to cater for more owner occupiers, making some apartments larger and increasing the proportion of three-bedders.
Colliers International agents Daniel Wolman and Oliver Hay brokered the site, which Mr McNee began looking to sell soon after gaining planning approval two years ago.
"We were managing interest and offers from several Asian developers," Mr Wolman said. "However, the local developers saw the potential in this premium inner-city location immediately."
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Tainted love: top five anime mad scientists
Posted on September 15, 2019 by Elisabeth in Lists // 1 Comment
We all love a mad scientist. They're extraordinary, tormented souls who accomplish the sorts of feats that we could only dream of, if not make us wake up in cold sweats in the dead of night. And so, they snip, calculate and drip-feed their way into a special space in our minds, hearts and various other internal organs. With Dr. Stone giving us a new mad scientist to obsess over, it's time to look at a few of our favourties.
Souichi Tomoe – Sailor Moon
Who ya gonna call? Death Busters! Ahem. My apologies, now to the point. Souichi is an outcast scientist, laid off for carrying out some iffy experiments. Despite his best intentions, building a new lab and starting from scratch, lightning strikes and literally burns his career back down to the ground. He has to save his daughter, Hotaru, from mortal injuries caused by the fire by turning her into a cyber-genetic hybrid, when he's already lost his wife. Really, it's no wonder he becomes infatuated by the idea of producing Super Beings and gets wrapped up in the aforementioned, chirpily titled, evil Daimon organisation for the sake of their creation. In the anime he's possessed by the demon Germatoid, who makes a deal to revive Hotaru in return for Souchi becoming his host. In the manga, he's just plain nuts.
Harumi Kiyama – A Certain Scientific Railgun
An unfortunate casualty of pushing for a new level of esper – super-powered humans who make use of energy fields and, as you might guess, extra-sensory perception – Harumi becomes obsessed with righting the failed experiment carried out by the institute that employed her. Along the way, she makes a name for herself as an urban legend in Academy City; the Undresstress, who strips off in public without warning. It turns out this is a side effect of her low self-esteem and spending too much time shut off from the world with her research, but the layers of her strangeness keep coming away until you finally see the fragility that fractured into her madness.
Naoko Akagi – Evangelion
It's a truth universally acknowledged that each Evangelion character, in their own beautiful way, is entirely bonkers. Naoko is the mastermind behind the Magi supercomputers that run the operation of the Eva units, and she instilled within their workings certain aspects of herself; the scientist in Melchior, the mother in Balthasar, and the woman in Casper. Although she could be underestimated as bit of a bunny boiler with an unhealthy fixation on NERV commander Gendo Ikari, her depth of intelligence infused with her hatred is not to be taken lightly. Her jealousy of Rei, who she feels she competes with for Gendo's affection, even puts her in prime position to be the unknown soul in Evangelion Unit-00, which goes berserk when it sees Rei behind the glass during the start-up test in episode five. Creepy, but highly convincing.
Rintaro Okabe – Steins;Gate
Unlike a lot of other mad scientists we know, Rintaro is proud to proclaim himself as one, which makes you wonder from the start just what he's hiding under his front of being a paranoid delusional. He has incredible potential as a scientist (we still haven't succeeded in turning our microwave into a phone/time travel device), but to begin with he seems to prefer playing secret agent, having phone conversations with himself, and trying to convince others there is an "Organisation" after him. The more you see him bond with his friends, though, the more transparent his façade becomes, and you recognise the loneliness and insecurity behind his Hououin Kyoma, supervillainous mad scientist persona. He, like anyone else, is searching for acceptance, companionship and a place to belong.
Franken Stein – Soul Eater
To this twisted sadist with a screw in his skull, everything and everyone is a potential experiment, including himself if the stitches trailing across his face are anything to go by. He is an amalgamation of Frankenstein and his monster from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, and like the good doctor, Stein has committed himself to his vision of a world without God, where humanity commands its own destiny. He still can't shake his childhood obsession with dissection as a teacher at the Death Weapon Meister Academy, where he has his students carry one out on an endangered bird. But although this is a foil for a much deeper, darker insanity, his compassion suggests his experiments stem from respect for human life and potential.
There we have it, or top five tainted anime scientists. But how about you? Do you agree, or did we miss someone out?
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1 Comment on Tainted love: top five anime mad scientists
Juan Martinez // September 24, 2019 at 07:18 // Reply
So happy that Rintaro Okabe (Octarine~) made it in this list. He's so honest about being a mad scientist and he thinks it's a good thing HAHA. Also, time travel is my thing. Love that anime!!
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NSS Home Page Nature Sounds Newsletter Spring 1995 Recording Workshop at Yuba Pass
Nature Sounds Society Offers Recording Workshop at Yuba Pass
The Nature Sounds Society (NSS), an organization dedicated to the recording and creative use of natural sounds, will hold its Eleventh Annual Field Recording Workshop the weekend of June 16 through 18th 1995, at San Francisco State's Yuba Pass Field Station. The workshop, which includes talks, instruction on making sound recordings and ample time to record singing birds and chirping insects in the wild, is open to both amateurs and professionals, and families are welcome. Accomodations are comfortable tent cabins in a beautiful setting beside the Yuba River. Speakers will include Philip Lobel from the Boston University Marine Program, Flawn Williams from National Public Radio, Dick Hingson, Southern California Chapter Sierra ClubPolitical Observer and inventor and sound designer Dan Dugan. Cost is $l50 for NSS members and $165 for non-members, and includes a one year membership in the NSS.
The workshop is co-sponsored by the NSS and the California Library of Natural Sounds at the Oakland Museum. Founded by Oakland Museum curatorial specialist Paul Matzner and others in 1984, the NSS publishes a quarterly newsletter and hosts a variety of symposia, concerts, and day and weekend outings with naturalists each year. A calendar of events is included in the quarterly publication.
For more information about the Eleventh Annual Field Recording Workshop and the Nature Sounds Society, call Paul Matzner at the Oakland Museum, 238-7482.
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Freedom of religion and speech are fields of law that interest many Christian lawyers but sit outside of our scope of day to day practice.
These CPD lectures examine key legal doctrines and arguments relating to these freedoms and how they can be applied in legal practice.
Delivered in two parts, each consisting of a lecture and a case study, this is an opportunity to wet the appetite for many in commercial law and other fields to understand and even pursue work involving human rights issues.
Light refreshments will be provided during a short interval.
Christopher Brohier (Barrister-at-Law) is Chief Counsel for the Human Rights Law Alliance and has argued implied freedom cases in Magistrates, District and Supreme Courts as well as the Federal Court. The implied freedom has also formed the basis of out of court negotiations and advocacy in many cases where people of faith have been subject to adverse treatment for religious expression.
This lecture will examine the importance of using the implied freedom to ensure that people of faith are not subjected to adverse treatment for their religious belief and expression.
A recent case study and Q&A will be included.
Part 2: Section 116 of the Constitution: Protecting the Free Exercise of Religion?
Professor X is a leading Australian constitutional law expert. This presentation will cover the "unfinished business" of section 116 of the Australian Constitution which guarantees freedom of religion.
To what extent have the courts examined section 116? What are the opportunities in relation to this section in the future? The lecture will extract practical arguments that need to be made in order to better develop section 116 jurisprudence.
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Home » BTU International Reports Third Quarter 2014 Results
BTU International Reports Third Quarter 2014 Results
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., Oct. 28, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BTU International, Inc. (Nasdaq:BTUI), a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment to the electronics manufacturing and alternative energy markets, today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended on September 28, 2014.
Third quarter net sales were $15.9 million, down 3.2 percent compared to $16.4 million in the preceding quarter, and up 32.5 percent compared to$12.0 million for the same quarter a year ago. Third quarter net income was breakeven, or $0.00 per diluted share, compared to a net income of $0.6 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, in the preceding quarter, and compared to a net loss of $5.1 million, or ($0.53) per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2013.
Net sales for the nine months ended September 28, 2014, were $44.0 million, up 19.6% compared to $36.8 million for the first nine months of 2013. Net loss for the first nine months of 2014, was $1.2 million, or ($0.12) per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $8.5 million, or ($0.89) per diluted share, for the first nine months of 2013.
Commenting on the company's performance, Paul J. van der Wansem, BTU chairman and CEO, said, "Our electronics equipment business continued strong during the quarter. Margins were lower than in the preceding quarter, mainly due to lower factory absorption as well as a less favorable product mix. Expenses came in as expected. As we announced on October 22, 2014, we entered into a definitive agreement to merge BTU into Amtech Systems as described in our press release and SEC filings."
"Fourth quarter 2014 revenues are expected to be slightly lower, due to seasonal variation in our electronics assembly business, and to be in the $13.5to $14.5 million range. Solar orders are expected to be still at a low level during the quarter. Our gross margins will be affected by factory under absorption in the U.S. and China," concluded van der Wansem.
Merger Agreement
On October 21, 2014, the company entered into a merger agreement with Amtech Systems, Inc. ("Amtech"), pursuant to which a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amtech will merge with and into the company, with the company surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amtech. The transaction is expected to close during the first quarter of 2015, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including the approval of the company's shareholders and, with respect to the issuance of Amtech common stock as merger consideration, Amtech's shareholders. Under the terms of the merger agreement, the company's shareholders will receive 0.3291 shares of Amtech common stock for each share of company common stock that they hold at the effective time.
Teleconference and Simultaneous Webcast
BTU will be discussing its financial results, along with its outlook for the fourth quarter of 2014, in a conference call to be held today, October 28, at 5:00 p.m. EDT. The dial-in number to participate in the conference call is 877-303-9139. A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on BTU's website at www.btu.com.
About BTU International
BTU International is a global supplier and technology leader of advanced thermal processing equipment and processes to the electronics manufacturing and alternative energy markets. BTU equipment is used in the production of printed circuit board assemblies and semiconductor packaging as well as in the manufacturing of solar cells and nuclear fuel. BTU has operations in North Billerica, Massachusetts and Shanghai, Chinawith direct sales and service in the U.S.A., Asia and Europe. Information about BTU International is available at www.btu.com.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
This news release contains expressed or implied forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding, among other things, the company's planned merger with Amtech Systems, Inc. and the company's expected revenues, gross margins and financial performance for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014. Such statements are neither promises nor guarantees but rather are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Such statements are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions established by the federal securities laws, and are based on the assumptions and expectations of the company's management at the time such statements are made. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ include the parties' ability to consummate the merger, the conditions to the completion of the merger, the parties' ability to meet expectations regarding the timing, completion and accounting and tax treatments of the merger, the possibility that the parties may be unable to achieve expected synergies and operating efficiencies within the expected timeframes or at all or be unable to successfully integrate the company's operations into those of Amtech, the possibility that the integration of the company into Amtech may be more difficult, time consuming or costly than expected, increases in operating costs, customer loss and business disruption (including, without limitation, difficulties in maintaining relationships with employees, customers or suppliers), the ability of Amtech to retain certain key employees of the company, the acceptance of new products, particularly in the alternative energy market, general market conditions governing supply and demand, the impact of competitive products and pricing and other risks detailed in the company's filings with theSecurities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may vary materially. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. All information set forth in this press release is as of October 28, 2014, and, unless otherwise required by law, the company disclaims any obligation to revise or update this information in order to reflect future events or developments.
Important Information for Investors and Shareholders
This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval. In connection with the proposed merger, Amtech Systems, Inc. ("Amtech") and BTU International, Inc. (the "Company") intend to file a registration statement on Form S-4 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), containing a joint proxy statement/prospectus relating to the proposed merger. The Company and Amtech also intend to file other relevant documents relating to the proposed merger with the SEC. The proposals for the proposed merger will be made solely through the joint proxy statement/prospectus. THE COMPANY AND AMTECH URGE INVESTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS TO READ THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED BY EITHER PARTY WITH THE SEC BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY, AMTECH AND THE PROPOSED MERGER.
Investors and shareholders of the Company and Amtech will be able to obtain the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed with theSEC free of charge at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, documents filed with the SEC by the Company will be available free of charge on the investor relations portion of the Company's website at www.btu.com. Documents filed with the SEC by Amtech will be available free of charge on the investor relations portion of the Amtech website at www.amtechsystems.com.
This communication is not a solicitation of a proxy from any security holder of the Company or Amtech. The Company and its directors and executive officers, and Amtech and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the holders of Company and Amtech common stock in respect of the proposed merger and the transactions contemplated thereby. Information about the directors and executive officers of the Company is set forth in the proxy statement for the Company's 2014 annual meeting of stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 14, 2014. Information about the directors and executive officers of Amtech is set forth in the proxy statement for Amtech's 2014 annual meeting of stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 28, 2014. Investors and shareholders can obtain more detailed information regarding the direct and indirect interests of the Company's and Amtech's directors and executive officers in the proposed merger by reading the joint proxy statement/prospectus and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC when they become available.
BTU INTERNATIONAL, INC.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 28, 2014 September 29, 2013 September 28, 2014 September 29, 2013
Net sales $ 15,917 $ 12,014 $ 44,037 $ 36,761
Costs of goods sold 9,840 8,480 26,925 25,103
Gross profit 6,077 3,534 17,112 11,658
Selling, general and administrative 4,921 6,228 14,622 15,237
Research, development and engineering 939 1,276 3,179 3,427
Operating income (loss) 217 (3,970) (689) (7,006)
Interest income 8 13 26 36
Interest expense (84) (103) (253) (323)
Foreign exchange income (loss) (34) (33) 22 (147)
Other income 3 17 10 63
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes 110 (4,076) (884) (7,377)
Provision for income taxes 110 998 308 1,083
Net loss $ (0) $ (5,074) $ (1,192) $ (8,460)
Loss per share:
Basic $ (0.00) $ (0.53) $ (0.12) $ (0.89)
Diluted $ (0.00) $ (0.53) $ (0.12) $ (0.89)
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
Basic shares 9,574,343 9,544,864 9,563,934 9,536,010
Effect of dilutive options — — — —
Diluted shares 9,574,343 9,544,864 9,563,934 9,536,010
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands)
Assets 2014 2013
Inventories 10,696 9,831
Other current assets 764 1,126
Total current assets 34,466 36,318
Property, plant and equipment, net 2,624 3,386
Other assets, net 2,165 626
Total assets $ 39,255 $ 40,330
Current portion of long-term debt $ 380 $ 367
Trade accounts payable 7,418 5,408
Other current liabilities 6,390 8,413
Long-term debt, less current portion 6,935 7,219
Other long-term liabilities — 14
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 39,255 $ 40,330
CONTACT: Company Contact: Peter Tallian Chief Operating Officer BTU International, Inc. Phone: (978) 667-4111


Park Grove Director Lori Pinkerton-Rolet (far right) joined an illustrious group of international travel writers and hospitality experts in judging this year's Global Style Awards. The awards, sponsored by Vision Support Services, saw outstanding hotel design entries from across Europe, the Middle and Far East, North America and Africa. The judging took place at The Chapel, Harrogate- a subject of Channel 4 TV's 'Four in a Bed' series. The judging panel from (left to right) also included Bill Lumley (author 'The Reluctant Traveller', Marc Wynne & Fraser Donaldson (both of Vision Support Services), Nigel Haworth (Chef at Northcote), and Abigail King (Award-wining journalist, photographer and blogger). The Global Style Award winners will be published in book format and released shortly.


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Which Healthier Sweet Tooth Guide Is Right for You?
In Cookbook Versus, we look at two seemingly similar new cookbooks, letting you know what type of cook will dig each of them. Today, it's Real Sweet by Shauna Sever versus Baking With Less Sugar by Joanne Chang.
By Anna Stockwell
This spring, two cookbooks that focus on the relatively untouched subject of baking without (or with less) white sugar hit the market: Real Sweet by Shauna Sever (William Morrow; March 17) and Baking With Less Sugar: Recipes for Desserts Using Natural Sweeteners and Little-to-No White Sugar by Joanne Chang (Chronicle; April 21).
Conventional baking relies on white sugar for sweetness, which has been processed and refined to a point where all the nutritional value has been completely removed. But there are better options: using less white sugar can mean simply that—using less—or it can mean using less-processed alternatives that are closer to the original sugarcane and thus more nutrient-rich. These include things like turbinado and muscavodo sugars, or using sweeteners derived from natural sources like honey, agave, maple, coconut, and even fruits.
Despite the healthier subject matter, these are not diet books. These are books from two women who each boast of a deeply-wired sweet tooth. It's how the sugar is used—in moderation—and what form it takes that makes these books different. These are the third cookbook for each of their respective authors, each of whom has built a reputation on baked goods packed with white sugar. But both Chang and Sever fell in love with the new flavor and textural nuances available to them when they started looking at ways to reduce the white sugar used in their kitchens.
Both are excellent, useful books, but there are differences between them. So which book is right for you? In this case, it really depends on how many different kinds of sweeteners you want to try and how much baking experience you have.
Real Sweet: The Fun Beginner's Guide to Alternative Sugars
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After two sugar-filled baking books and two little kids, blogger Shauna Sever decided it was time to start rethinking how she made her sweet treats. With a deep-rooted sweet tooth and love of baking, she does not believe in cutting out treats, but wanted to make them a little more nutritious by using more wholesome ingredients. She writes, "What started as an experiment to introduce a few more nutrients into the treats I keep around the house...quickly became a bit of an obsession. Forget nutrients, man! I became positively starry-eyed at the potential of alternative sugars to add layers of crave-worthy flavor and texture to sweets."
Sever is completely committed to using less refined sugar now, and throughout her book, she shows off the virtues of stocking your pantry with more nutrient-rich "real" sugars like coconut sugar, muscovado, agave, maple, and the like, with crowd-pleasing recipes that showcase the unique characteristics of each kind of sweetener. Her chapters are organized by theme, with a chapter for every occasion a parent might want to bake for: lunch box treats, bake sales, picnics, and dinner parties, as well as chapters dedicated to candy making, spoonable sweets, and frostings plus other basics.
The recipes do not look, feel, or taste like health food, but they are full of healthy surprises. You'll get halfway through reading the recipe for all-purpose cupcakes before realizing that they're vegan, and whole wheat flour is almost always her flour of choice. Many of the recipes are naturally gluten-free. She even sneaks cooked quinoa into a batch of vegan, gluten-free breakfast cookies that are so delicious most any kid would be happy to eat them. They might be the strangest cookies you'll ever make: a strange looking paste made from dates is your sweetener, and it will seem like the oats, coconut, and quinoa you just mixed together with a flax "egg" will never bind together. But it all works, and you'll eat the cookies for breakfast the next day and be hooked.
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Scattered throughout the book are in-depth profiles of seven different natural sugars, each playfully given a character type ( you'll meet "Muscovado: the bad boy" and "Honey: the sweet sophisticate" among others). For each, Sever walks you through its characteristics, where it comes from, how to use it best, how to store it, and more. All this plus a chart at the front of the book explaining how to substitute nine natural sweeteners for one cup of sugar will give you enough inspiration and tools to start swapping white sugar out of your favorite recipes.
Who Will Love This Book: You're trying to raise kids without lots of white sugar in the house, or you're trying to kick your own dependence on the stuff. You're either a novice baker ready to follow someone's careful and frequent tips, or you're an experienced traditional baker looking for a guide to swapping out white sugar in your favorite recipes. Maybe you're already into whole wheat flour and even gluten-free flours, and you want to bake treats that are more healthful but also delicious.
Baking With Less Sugar: A Pastry Chef's Quest to Reduce Sugar
Joanne Chang has been a pastry chef for over two decades, and is the owner and pastry chef at the always-crowded Flour Bakery + Cafes in the Boston area. She opens her book by explaining: "I am and always have been so committed to the notion that bringing sweetness into the world simply makes life better that I have made it my life's work." After two wildly popular cookbooks featuring first the sweet and then the savory creations of her bakery, Chang kept getting requests from her customers for recipes with less or no sugar. That coupled with her endless scientific curiosity for discovering better ways of baking inspired her to create a book of recipes that would satisfy her insatiable sweet tooth without an unhealthy amount of processed white sugar.
This book is not about cutting out sugar completely, but making satisfying, balanced, and exciting sweets with less sugar than they're traditionally made. Chang teaches that sweet flavor is not all about sugar: "You will discover, as I did, that when you don't focus on sugar and sweetness, you end up with desserts that are full of amazing, compelling flavor."
You don't have to make trips to any special stores to bake amazing, healthier confections. In creating the recipes for this book, Chang limited herself to using only sweeteners that you can get at any grocery store: white sugar, chocolate, honey, maple syrup, molasses, and fruit. Each of the five chapters is organized around a sweetening method, showcasing several recipes. It starts with recipes that simply use less white sugar, at least half the amount of their conventional counterparts. Next, she uses only bittersweet chocolate to sweeten rich mousses, ice creams, and puddings. A whole chapter of comforting cakes, cookies, buns, and bars are sweetened exclusively with honey, while another chapter features maple and molasses.
The last chapter is perhaps the most revolutionary, with desserts that use only the natural sweetness of fruit. Many of these recipes start with reducing unsweetened fruit juice into a syrup. You'll be surprised to taste what happens when you take a can of unsweetened frozen apple juice concentrate and boil it down into a thick syrup infused with vanilla beans and pineapple—the flavor of this coconut milk tapioca pudding is light and fruity, subtly caramelized and completely delicious.
Coconut Tapioca With Pineapple, Mango, And Lime
Some of the recipes in the book are less-sweet versions of already popular treats, such as the banana bread and sour cream coffee cake from her bakery. Others are new creations inspired by the flavors of alternative sweeteners. All are crowd-pleasers worthy of company, and Chang's clear and precise instructions make them easy to recreate at home.
Who Will Love This Book: You don't want to buy too many new ingredients (or maybe you live in a place where more obscure sugar alternatives aren't available), but you want to bake classic desserts that are healthier for you. You're not against using white sugar, you just want to use less. You're a competent baker and lover of sweets looking for new ways to bake your favorite treats. And if you're interested in the science behind how sugar works, this is definitely the book for you.
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The Music StudioLil Uzi Vert is. Life: Lil Uzi Vert was created Symere Woods on 31 st July 1994. He was enthusiastic about music, and he's a massive fan of Marilyn Manson although not much is known about his life. He asserts him to be the inspiration behind his talent in songs, and he admires Manson for his or her will. Lil Uzi Vert wishes to alter the rap scene that is customary and he's currently seeking to make something. Career: Don Cannon was the first one to detect Uzi Vert gift at a radio show hosted. Uzi is signed to Atlantic Records and Generation.
Uzi was initially detected by a great deal of folks when he obtained a characteristic in Carnage's only "WDYW" also including Loaded The Kid and ASAP Ferg that was published in 2015. The Luv of Uzi Vert is Rage mixtape got good reviews, and it'd guests such as Wiz Khalifa and Young Thug. He became component of XXL Freshman of this year 2016. On 2016 he did a cooperation with the band 'Migos' about the 'Poor and Boujee,' and it became so hot that it reached the top position. Lately in 2017 Uzi has recently released one called 'XO TOUR Llif3' that is component of the EP Luv is Rage 1. 5. Uzi has a powerful YouTube station with roughly 1. 9 million readers, and the majority of his movies have approximately two million views. But songs movies such as 'Do exactly what I need' and 'Ps & Qs'. YouTube is a place. In addition, he has. He does exemptions and promotions which bring cash to him.
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