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Barcelona's best draw ever
(photo credit: Tiziano Caffi in Barcelona)
Fans in Barcelona are being treated to one of the best line-ups in the tournament's history.
Rafael Nadal, who won his 10th Barcelona Open last year, faces a tough task on his road to Roland Garros.
If Rafa wins his first match in Barcelona, he's likely to meet Kei Nishikori, who he just beat to win his 11th Monte Carlo Masters. Nishikori has won Barcelona twice, in 2014 and 2015, and he beat Marin Cilic and Alexander Zverev in Monte Carlo before running out of gas versus Nadal.
After that, Rafa could face Novak Djokovic, the only man to consistently claim clay titles during the Reign of Rafa. Reunited with his longtime coach and mentor Marian Vajda, Djokovic is feeling rejuvenated enough to seek a wild-card entry into Barcelona.
If Rafa survives that blockbuster quarter-final against Djokovic, he's likely to see speedster David Goffin in the semis.
Rafa will need what he calls "right determination" for a potential rematch of last year's final in Barcelona. Lurking on the other side of the draw is Grigor Dimitrov and also Dominic Thiem, the last man to beat Rafa on clay — in Rome last year.
It's a tough draw for Rafa, but a tougher draw for everybody that has to face him.
(words and images copyright Christopher Johnson, Globalite Media. Photos at the Barcelona Open by Tiziano Caffi. All rights reserved)
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Take-Two Interactive is eyeing further acquisitions after £9.3billion Zynga deal
It's all take, take, take
By Matt Kamen
GTA Online: The Contract. CREDIT: Rockstar Games
After buying mobile gaming giant Zynga for £9.3billion ($12.7billion), Take-Two Interactive is looking to snap up even more studios.
READ MORE: 'Monster Hunter Rise' on PC is the definitive version with a potential deal breaker
News of the Zynga acquisition broke today, with subsequent news that Take-Two plans to leverage its new subsidiary's strengths to bring some of its most significant properties – an IP portfolio that includes Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto, and Borderlands – to mobile platforms.
However, the holding company that owns Rockstar Games and 2K is still looking for further acquisitions (thanks, VGC).
"In terms of your question regarding ongoing acquisitions, that's still something that will be of interest to us," Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said in an investor call, following the Zynga deal.
Whether those unspecified targets would be other developers or companies that would expand Take-Two's reach into different sectors remains a mystery. Still, the company is sounding particularly confident in the wake of the Zynga purchase.
"We will close this transaction with a fortress-like balance sheet, with very little net debt," Zelnick said, adding that he expects Take-Two to "be in a net cash position" by the business year ending March 2024.
Zelnick added that Take-Two expects "to generate positive cash flow on an ongoing basis as soon as the [Zynga] transaction closes", which would leave the company "in a powerful position to continue to acquire".
Looking forward, the CEO added that "our approach to acquisition remains the same, which is we're looking for great teams, great intellectual property, and accretive transactions."
In addition to Take-Two's existing IP and the properties it will soon acquire, such as casual gaming behemoths Words With Friends and Farmville, Zynga's upcoming titles such as Star Wars: Hunters – a Nintendo Switch game, expected to launch in 2022 – will further bolster the company's books, potentially giving it even more leverage for future acquisitions.
In other news, Detroit: Become Human developer Quantic Dream may be working on a secret "comedy" game alongside its recently announced Star Wars: Eclipse title. The unannounced project is rumoured to be based on its 2013 cinematic tech demo, The Dark Sorcerer.

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Deakin engineering researchers have developed what might be the cutest and most convenient method of monitoring physical comfort levels in an office with the Deakin Cube Comfort Monitor.
Affectionately named the Baby Cube, the Cube Comfort Monitor is a small box, ideally sized to sit unobtrusively on an office desk, containing a series of small sensors for tracking temperature, humidity, air quality (CO2 and Total Volatile Organic Compounds levels), light intensity and light temperature and sound levels.
This data, collected in real time, is available for immediate analysis via a cloud-based web server, giving building managers accurate and timely feedback about comfort levels, such as hot and cold spots in an office, optimum lighting, noise issues and air quality.
Researchers in Deakin's School of Engineering believe the Baby Cube has the potential to vastly improve the management of building resources, particularly energy systems, by making it easier to identify areas in the office where comfort levels are less than ideal or even dangerous to people's health.
Scott Adams, a researcher with Deakin's AIM team, said the idea for the Baby Cube came during this year's January heatwave.
"We wanted to know how temperatures and humidity levels fluctuated during that time to help us manage our cooling systems more efficiently," Adams said.
"Contemporary office buildings generally have in-built monitoring systems but that's less common in older buildings so there is a real need to improve how we monitor workplace comfort in older buildings, ensuring the heating and air conditioning systems are working effectively, that lighting is not too bright or too dull and that the room is not too stuffy or noisy.
The Baby Cube research team is led by Professor Abbas Kouzani.
He said the cube was a good example of how the Internet of Things (IoT) can be used to improve daily life and improve health and wellness.
The team is now looking at testing the Cube Comfort Monitor at 15 sites across Deakin, with the aim of commercialising the product later in the year.


I read so much about bilingualism, but it all focuses on the "oral" part.
I have many questions about the written part: Is it better to learn one language in writing first and then the other? After how many years can you add the writing of the second/third language? Or can you do it all in parallel? Do you know whether there is any research on this topic?
Questions about when to introduce literacy (reading/writing) in one or more languages have a similar answer to questions about when to introduce spoken or sign languages: when the need arises. What matters is the need, not the timing.
Literacy typically serves schooling needs, and associated needs. School policies may specify preferences about introducing literacy simultaneously or sequentially, and children will accordingly adapt to this schooling need.
Policies are of course one thing, and what interests (little) human beings, as well as what we all are capable of achieving, is quite another. It is, for example, natural for a multilingual child who is being introduced to literacy in one language to start wondering about literacy in other languages. If this is the case for your children, just play along with whatever questions and puzzles they may have for you.
There is no need for you to either worry about "neglecting" one language whose printed form is not being taught to your child, or to delay introducing literacy in another, whose printed form may not be taught in school. Your children will become literate in the languages for which literacy is of use to them.
You can check out research on this topic in Professor Viv Edwards' book, Learning to be Literate: Multilingual Perspectives.
Magdalena you say at the end of your answer to Barbara's question – "Your children will become literate in the languages for which literacy is of use to them." Do you mean we shouldn't actively teach or encourage our children to be literate in their 2nd or 3rd language? I believe that it is preferable for a bilingual child/adult to be able to read, write and speak the language/s they know. Not being able to read or write in a language that you speak closes the doors on so many aspects of the culture pertaining to that language. I don't believe it's just a question of whether being literate in that language is 'of use' to them. No-one else is going to teach or encourage my child to read and write in Spanish. She herself is not old enough to have the self-motivation to do it herself. I am not sitting back and waiting to see if it is of use to her! By the time it is it will be too late!
Maybe you mean that if she wants to read a comic strip in Spanish she will try to puzzle it out for herself. That is true to some extent but it depends on the child's age and level whether they can sustain an interest in something that is not AS useful as their first language.
Thank you for your comment, Antonia! Great question/points! My understanding of what Madalena is saying is that yes, we should definitely offer opportunities for our children to become biliterate. However, if we expect that our children will want to learn to read (and put in the effort) just because we tell them so, then it most likely will turn into a power struggle.
As human beings we tend to do things that make sense to us, have a purpose, give us enjoyment, etc. To help our children learn to read and write in their languages, we need to provide them with real opportunities where they can use their skills, opportunities where our children want to learn to read to accomplish something that demands that they be able to read or write. Your example of the comic strip is great: it isn't that we just sit back and watch our children struggle why trying to read something. What Madalena means is that when we see our children wanting to read the comic strip, that is when we can/should offer help – it is a "real" situation that will naturally lend itself to learning to read. This is an example of "literacy being of use to them." To know how to read is very useful in wanting to understand a comic strip and thus our children see the benefit to the whole thing.
Compare that with us pulling out a learning-to-read book that is totally uninteresting to our children but we tell them that they need to learn to read it because it will be good for them to learn to read. In the first instance (comic strip) our children want to read so that they can gain and understanding of what the comic is about. In the second instance, they are totally unmotivated and have no "need" to learn to read. Sure, we can force them, perhaps, but our children will still not feel that it is of use in any way, shape or form.
The ideal situations for motivating our children is helping to put things in their paths that encourage them to want to use our language(s). As soon as our children see the "use" of our language(s) they will start to motivate themselves to become language masters and we can be there to help them right along.
I always felt that written was roughly the same as their first language assuming that the child is learning the second language at the same pace as primary language. If the child's exposure to second language is not immersion, then the written would also lag behind.
My kids are learning languages and the written and spoken are very, very slowly being absorbed via games and songs.
That is a wonderful way of helping your children learn to write and speak! It is funny how much children enjoy mixing everything together – speaking, reading, writing. None of my children have taken any kind of liner process through each of those. They were writing before they could read words (asked me to tell them the letters) because they wanted to write signs and whatnot. It wasn't until later that they could read things other than what they wrote. I love it!
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Kevin Richardson: Enjoy the Game Interview
The second stop on my trip to the north east was to Hartlepool, where I met Kevin in the café of a hotel at the marina. He played just under a season for the Hornets, during Graham Taylor's last year, but there were still two key events I wanted to ask him about. He had played for Everton in the 1984 FA Cup final, so I could get the opposition's perspective on the game, and he was sold with indecent haste by Dave Bassett after Taylor left in 1987.
What do you remember about the FA Cup final, from Everton's perspective?
Howard [Kendall, the Everton manager] had got a good selection of players, a good balance. I stood in for Kevin Sheedy. I think perhaps if he'd played, Watford might have had a bit more joy, because he wasn't as defensive a player. But I was told to stop David [Bardsley] getting forward and try to stop the supply to [Nigel] Callaghan.
I was reminded by Colin [Harvey] and Howard to get back and stop Callaghan. If we can nullify him that would hurt them elsewhere. David was going to be more dangerous than the left back [Neil Price]. He could cross the ball from deep positions too or he could go on the overlap. I had a job to do out of possession. Keep it simple. I wasn't going to run David and cross with my left foot, no chance, because I'm right footed. We were looking to try to get the ball forward down the right and then get in to the centre, pick things up and support but keep an eye on them breaking on us.
It was a red hot day, it really was. We could let the ball do the work whereas there was a lot of running and closing down involved in that Watford game. We thought if we can force them to close us down, well, you can't keep that up for 90 minutes in that heat. They would come in waves of attack and we knew that if we could soak that up and survive we could get into the game.
They were a fit side though?
They were. They didn't get tired easily and when I joined them later I found out later just how fit they were. But we [Everton] were fit too. Barnes was up against Gary Stevens – Stevens was one of the fittest players I ever knew. He was quick and strong, so in a way we were set up to cope with what we knew Watford could throw at us. We had the players to nullify their threats.
Then there was the aerial threat of the big man, Reilly. He was a big man but Derek [Mountfield] did really well. Reilly's not going to turn and run you, so back off if you need to. Stop the crosses. If it does come in, then you have to get to the ball first.
We knew about their effort, their commitment. We knew they wouldn't play into midfield unless it was necessary and we knew exactly what they were good at. It was a hard game but it wasn't as tough of some of the games against Watford.
Did you feel that having played in the Milk Cup final at Wembley earlier in the season you had a bit of an advantage?
We lost that final in a replay and I definitely think we went to Wembley for the FA Cup final to win. Definitely. Because of what happened against Liverpool. It was a chance to try to give our fans a cup to celebrate. We were determined to go out there and win. We knew we'd have to work hard because that's the way Watford were. We'd have to put up with their game and then when we got a chance to play we'd put our impression in the game.
I think we were just at the beginning of something. Liverpool beat us in the Milk Cup but it was close and we pushed them hard. It was only another couple of months on but we were improving so rapidly. It was a great side. [Kevin] Ratcliffe, [Adrian] Heath, Peter Reid, Andy Gray, we had a spine of players who were real strong characters. Peter Reid was so focused on the game. He was so fired up and he was the engine room. The team spirit at Everton, I've never known anything like it in all the teams I've ever played in. Everyone was at it. If someone wasn't doing the job they'd get it. We bucked each other up. If Reidy wasn't at it, I could buck him up.
Do you feel you coped with the occasion a bit better than Watford?
Probably collectively we did. We'd been there before. It's an amazing match to play in and if you're not careful the emotion of it all can be overwhelming. It's all cool and dark in that tunnel. Then you come out into the bright sunshine. It feels like everyone is watching you – because they are – but you're suddenly so aware of it.
I don't think many of the Watford lads had that much experience. What was going through their minds when we went out? 'Bloody hell, what's this?' I could look round and there was Andy [Gray] and Kevin [Ratcliffe] and [Graeme] Sharp.
The occasion, the weather, the commitment they were putting in, eventually it wore them down.
What did you think about the second goal? It was a foul by Andy Gray, wasn't it?
It wasn't given was it. In the second half, we did expect them to come back at us but we got the second goal and that was it. Maybe Watford feel that was harsh but the cross came in and Andy went up with the goalie. That's Andy's game and he's very good at it. He goes for the ball. The striker's mentality is to go for the ball. The goalkeeper is to come and collect or else. The goalkeeper has the advantage doesn't he so if it's a foul he has to make sure it looks like a foul. I don't know, I think it's 50:50. But I would say that because it went our way!
What was it like winning the cup? And did you feel anything for Watford having been in their position earlier in the season?
On the final whistle we had total respect for Watford's players because they had given everything. It's all about the fans that moment really. You go to the horseshoe at the end of the ground and you see the fans and you realise it is for them really. Full credit to the Watford supporters, they all stayed and they must've been so disappointed but they clapped us too.
When we got back to the dressing room there were beers and a few bottles of Champagne. We soaked Howard with Champagne. Celebrated in the bath, six foot deep, full of water, messing about. It was about half an hour after that, standing in the bath, arms on the side and feet off the bottom that it started to sink in. I've been to Wembley, won a cup, got the medal. It started to sink in that we'd achieved something that every player would have wanted to do.
We'd experienced losing to Liverpool in the Milk Cup and you just feel so drained and empty. Your mind is blank. It's like you're numb for a while. Your brain is numb. I just remember looking round and everyone was just staring at their feet.
Just going back to the build-up, you had Freddie Starr, the comedian, at your hotel before the match. Watford had Michael Barrymore. Do you remember that?
How can you not remember Freddie Starr? It was funny. He was dressed up in his German soldier's outfit and wellies. There was this noise on the green outside the hotel. We were looking out the window. He's walking along and he falls in a hole. It was funny. We're all being filmed by the TV looking out of the window.
So fast-forward a couple of years, to September 1986, and you join Watford. How did it happen?
Graham told me he'd always liked what I did. I remember playing a youth cup game against Watford [for Everton] and it was Callaghan on the wing for them. He had quality. He could put a ball on a six-pence. He was a great crosser of the ball. I recognised I had to stop him. I had to put a few tackles in on him and I think GT was there. When I was available he remembered he'd seen what I'd done in the youth game. He wanted a central midfielder like that to compliment the wingers and the strikers. He was in the process of changing the team a bit and I was a bit of his jigsaw.
Everton had won the league title, reached FA Cup finals. Were you disappointed to leave them and go to Watford?
Watford was a smaller club compared to Everton and perhaps they weren't going to have a realistic chance to win the league but they could win a cup and I felt if I went there we could win a cup, or maybe finish top six. It was a smaller club but I didn't feel like I was dropping right down.
I had signed a two-year deal at Everton but I wasn't in the team at the start of the season. I had given it a good go but I wasn't in the side so I went to see Howard one day and said, 'I've tried my best but I've got a few players ahead of me so I think it's best to move on.' I said, 'Thank you for everything but I'd like to get a move.' He tried to talk me into staying but I couldn't train all week and sit on my backside on a Saturday. I wanted to play.
Did the style of play, or the perceived style of play, concern you?
No because I'd played against Watford and knew there was more to it than people thought. Okay, so they didn't pass, pass, pass it in midfield but they needed good quality midfielders. You can't tell me Kenny Jackett wasn't a classy player.
I think Graham was looking to pen teams in, win the second ball, get it wide to the wingers. Be direct, fine, but pen them in and keep possession.
Rather than knock it over the top for strikers to chase?
Luther was great at that but when Mark [Falco] came in we weren't going to hit it over the top for him. Mark wouldn't get on a through ball, would he! Sorry Mark.
I do remember asking Graham what he wanted me to do and he said my job was to win the ball and keep it a little while to make sure we stayed up there and kept the opposition back. They had had success the way they played but they maybe needed to tweak things and I was maybe a little tweak.
What were your first impressions?
The training ground wasn't level, it was hard. It wasn't as well looked after as Everton's training ground. The training was hard work. I used to hate Tuesdays. Dear me. He used to run and run and run you. We used to run round the big park in Watford. We used to run round this course, up and down the hills, up and down this hill four or five times within the cross-country run. It was a killer. My fitness levels went up a lot more. Now you'd call that interval training, short hard efforts but in a longer distance run. Part endurance, part sprints. Brutal, really. You had to be fit. Then on a Tuesday afternoon we did laps of the pitch. You had to do so many laps in so many minutes. Then sprints. And you didn't get Wednesday off either. I said: 'Lads, let's stay in the cup so we haven't got to run on Tuesdays.' I knew if we had more games rearranged for Tuesdays the better and one way to do that was stay in the FA Cup as long as possible. [Laughs]
Was Graham different to Howard Kendall?
They were quite similar in a lot of ways. Both very focused. Graham covered every little detail of how we'd play, how they might react. Howard maybe wasn't quite so detailed because he knew he had 11 international players who could sense where to do it and where to drop back. But Graham would cover everything. Sometimes his little chats would go on for about an hour. I used to think, 'Flippin' heck we're getting a lot of information here.' Sitting on those wooden benches your bum started to go numb. I remember once I stood up because my bum was numb and he said, 'What are you standing up for?' I didn't do that again.
He wanted the best out of his players. His level of detail made it easier for the lads on the pitch.
Your debut was against Wimbledon, who had just come up. They won 1-0. What was that like?
Flippin' heck, it was like watching a tennis match. I thought I was the net! They took the old Watford way to extremes.
The first few games I was a bit concerned because I wasn't getting a chance to get on the ball. The football bit was in the final third. It took some getting used to. Don't look to get the ball off the defence, look to get it off the strikers and then push forward. Play up in their third of the pitch. A couple of weeks after I joined we worked very hard against Man United to beat them 1-0. We were really good that night but I thought, 'Well, we're not going to football teams to death but we are very effective and we have got quite a bit of quality in some areas. We could do something here.' It was a different style of play for me but I got used to it quite quickly.
It would have been interesting if Graham had stayed another year because I felt the team was being built up. He started shopping in Primark and he wanted to get to Marks and Spencers and he was maybe in Tesco when I arrived. It would have been interesting if he'd stayed another year but Villa recognised his qualities.
There were a few options in the team at the time, we didn't just play one way. The front four could create problems but we didn't just hit them, we could squeeze teams in. There was togetherness and endeavour and honesty about the team and I really enjoyed it.
It's only lately I've realised how many players from the north-east Graham signed for Watford over the years. I've spoken to Colin West and I'm seeing Wilf Rostron later today.
Jill and Wilf Rostron helped us to settle in. We went on holidays together. We've been friends a long while. He's a smashing lad. Maybe Graham liked no-nonsense people. I think he probably did.
I tell you what, though, it was a bit of a shock to the system the house prices down south. The prices were sky high and it was a squeeze with the wages, I can tell you.
You did stay in the FA Cup long enough to avoid a few Tuesday runs, but the semi-final against Tottenham was one to forget wasn't it.
Yes. The goalkeeper [Gary Plumley] who played didn't help us much. The opponents must have thought, 'Let's just get it forward, let's get it in the box, let's get it in the box and make it uncomfortable.' He'd done the best he could. But it was a massive boost for them to know they were facing a goalkeeper who was not First Division standard. They knew they were going to have shots and corners. If you can play and get forwards you can keep them away from your goal but they are going to have chances. They were going to have their periods of the game where we'd have to defend as best as we can. Unfortunately once one went in, that was it. It's impossible to say how much of an effect it had on us. It's easy to blame him but he was asked to go in goal and he did the best he could. He could have said, 'No,' to protect himself. But he was asked and he stood up and said, 'Yes, I'll do my best.' If he'd pulled off a couple of saves and we won 1-0, he'd have got all the credit. But it didn't work out like that. To get that far and then lose in the semi-final like that was very disappointing.
Did you have a feeling Graham was going to leave?
There was rumours just before the end of the season but no one really took much notice. Graham was focused just like he'd always been as far as I could tell.
So did it come out of the blue?
It did for me. I tell you what, though, when he went, the heart went out of Watford. Maybe he felt he'd took it as far as he could. Maybe he wanted to change, maybe he wanted to test his abilities at a bigger club.
What did you think when Dave Bassett, ex-Wimbledon manager, came in?
My first thought was, 'Hello, this may not suit me.' Dave had done very well at Wimbledon. But we'd been moving on from that [style] a bit more. We'd been expressing ourselves and we weren't just a long ball team, far from it.
When Dave came in I had a bad feeling. We went to Sweden in pre-season and I played a little bit. We were doing training and Dave was getting the ball forward into the strikers and I was looking to get it off the wide men or the full backs and trying to play. 'Woah, woah, woah. Don't play it into midfield. Push up and wait for it to come back to you.'
I'd just done a season of slowly changing that. When it went back to a more extreme version of what we'd done before I thought, 'well, I'm not having that.'
He'd have his small-sided games in training. We used to drill diagonal balls from full back to a wide player. I was just stood there in the middle. May as well not have been playing. When I did get it, I had to knock it back up there. That was it. Sometimes the gap from the back four to the midfield was massive. The goalie was dribbling it out and kicking it, which was something that wasn't done then.
Did you fall out with Bassett?
No, I wouldn't say that. I wasn't Dave's type of player. As a bloke, he was like one of the lads. He was fine. I didn't fit into his football. If he was going to play like that he wasn't going to get the best out of me like that. At the end of the day I've got to go on the pitch and people are going to be there watching you so you can't play a game that is totally alien to what you are used to. I think we both knew I was going to go.
Dave was not playing me in the early games – he made his mind up about me and I went to Arsenal.
A year and a half later you won the league championship with them.
Yeah, and Watford got relegated. Not that I took any satisfaction from that at all, mind. To be honest, he [Bassett] didn't just move me on, he moved a few on so it wasn't about me.
He wanted to play one way and that was fine. He was the manager and he had to do it his way, I just couldn't hang around. Remember the Englebert Humperdinck song 'Please Release Me' – I think they'd re-released it because I bought it on a tape and I used to play it over and over in the car when I was arriving at training or the ground. If I was in the car park I'd wind the windows down and play it really loud. I remember me and Wilf sharing a room, and we were next door to Dave and it came on MTV and I turned it up really loud. He must've heard it and thought, 'Oh, that'll be Ricco.'
I was told a story about one of the coaches teaching you how to kick the ball after you fired a shot over the bar in training.
That sounds about right. That'd be Alan Gillett. With all due respect it was like being back at school with him. I didn't have a big ego but I had played at Everton for six years – cup finals and won the league. I didn't need him telling me how to kick a football. How does he not know I didn't kick it miles over the bar just to get a couple of minutes' peace? [Laughs]
What are your fondest memories of being at Watford?
It was a good year. I met some lovely people and we did well. Where did we finish?
That's not bad, is it. They'd take ninth in the Premier League now. I thought we had some great players – John Barnes, McClelland, Tony in goal. Falco scored a few goals. Wilf was a lovely fella and a great captain. Kenny, Luther. You can go through that whole side and say they must be some of the best players to ever play for Watford. So it was nice. I just couldn't stay to watch it get booted over my head for 90 minutes.
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…is wonderful. Not to mention prolific.
Every single day new widgets appear on the Chumby Network that absolutely delight us. Just like every other widget system we have lots of news, weather, sports, stock quotes, etc. I guess that's the "fiber" of the information diet. But what's so great about the Chumby widget ecosystem is all the "dessert" that our development community is cooking up.
For example, and just in the last couple of days, the following new widgets appeared — these are not specially hand-picked, just what happened to be posted in the last day or so:
ChumbySpy — a random feed of various security webcams on the Net. Sure, it's mostly locked metal doors and construction sites — webcams no one would ever really fire up a browser to seek out — but that's exactly why it's a great use for a chumby;
Washington Post Photo Gallery — essentially a "news in pictures" widget from the Washington Post. This is how news is meant to be consumed on a "photo frame" — a purely visual take on what's happening in the world. If you were sitting at a PC you'd go to a Web site to read the news, but on a glanceable device like a chumby this is a compelling application and a nice companion to a variety of "news in headlines" widgets on Chumby;
Secret Diary of Steve Jobs — Fake Steve Jobs, that is — a snarky and imaginative take on what it must be like to be Steve. Perhaps like The Onion, another widget on Chumby, it seems more real than reality — or at least a lot funnier;
David Letterman's Monologues — video clips of Dave's nightly Late Show monologues for those of us who want to hear them again or who go to sleep too early — funny at any hour of the day, but also perfect while making coffee in the morning;
A whole bunch of classic British television clocks — for those of you who don't remember, a TV set in Britain once served as a precursor to the chumby, i.e., you could glance at it to know the time, between shows anyway, and then get a whole channel of entertainment (well, the choice of one or two BBC channels of entertainment). British television was shows about sheep dogs and male comedians in women's clothes making high-pitched shrieking sounds, but the clocks were cool — btw, widget developers, please get going on those sheep dog and Monty Python widgets ;^)
So I'm not saying these particular widgets are the reason for you to get a chumby, just like I'm not saying you should only eat chocolate pudding for dinner, but the chumby is about FUN and these are wide-ranging examples of Chumby fun. These widgets are simply nice, and purely random, examples of content from the Chumby community that is delightful and maybe only appropriate on a chumby rather than on a browser-based PC. They're now on my Chumby channel.


Every year Famous tenor Andrea Bocelli performs his annual magnificent open sky concert at Teatro del Silenzio, in Lajatico – Tuscany, his hometown.
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Delegable proxy is a system of considering individual "proxy assignments" and amalgamating them to provide a stronger estimate of a community consensus than is reliable from pure ad-hoc voting.
A proxy assignment is a revocable designation of an individual (the "proxy") as the one, of those available and willing to serve, whom the designator (the "client") most trusts to participate positively in a discussion or decision process, if the client does not participate.
Delegable proxy is not a decision-making system nor is it an election method, though it could be part of either. It does not require voting.
This was proposed by a user inspired by the idea after conversations with Abd. The description is not highly developed, and was somewhat confusing. A file system was designed whereby users would place a proxy designation file in their user space, that would then be transcluded into a central table. Later work simplified the system, and required no central table, but many tables could exist. Again, though, the key element is the revocable designation of a proxy.
The proposal was deprecated as "not accepted," but the proposal did not depend on any central acceptance. DP works to efficiently organize any faction that adopts it. Abd has seen benefit from even a single proxy designation.
Delegable proxy is experimental, and the proposal was explicitly that. It required no adjustment to policy. The use of proxy information, if it became relevant, would be completely up to the closer of a decision. However, a DP system sets up certain other possibilities that could radically transform Wikipeda, and fairly quickly, which may explain why the attempt was made, not to merely deprecate the proposal, but to delete it.
The nomination there assumes that the proposal requires voting, and that voting would be "proxy voting." No. As designed, delegable proxy assignments do not transfer voting power. Rather, a clumsy explanation talked about an active proxy's opinion "counting for" all the clients trusting that proxy, directly or indirectly.
Wikipedia does not vote, so this information might be used by a closer to estimate the "representativeness" of community discussion. This would not change the guideline that closes are based on evidence and argument, not votes. However, every experienced Wikipedian knows that many results are based on votes. So DP might have some effect, if enough people who were active participated in the system. It could wave a red flag that the apparently majority -- or even supermajority -- wasn't.
There are two common objections on wikis to DP. The first is "we don't vote," which assumes that proxy voting is involved. It's not. Evidence and arguments still apply, with "consensus level" for a result being, now, possibly adjusted, completely at the discretion of whomever is advised by a discussion. That is not a change, just a somewhat expanded possibility.
At this point the reader may need to know that if a client participates, the proxy no longer "represents" the client in that discussion.
There are also more complex systems possible, with alternate proxies, but Abd's considered opinion on that is that they are not worth the extra complexity, they dilute the concept of maximal personal representation and the creation of a communications network, which is what DP will do.
Even more to the point, sophisticated analysis could look at, not only the numbers of clients, but the edit counts, age since registration, or other status of the clients. Analysis is not part of the system, though, obviously, tools could be created if found useful.
There is a voting system called Asset voting that could use DP as a means of more rapidly negotiating results, but, in that voting system, true proxies are created for all those who vote in a secret ballot election, being the candidate they vote for. DP would be used as a system to advise the candidates holding votes (called "electors") as to how to most effectively transfer votes to create an election quota for seats in an assembly. The system is designed to waste no votes.
Electorama article on Delegable Proxy.
As a page in a voting systems wiki, this emphasizes voting. Abd does not recommend the use of DP for direct decision-making by vote, absent prior experience. There are too many unresolved issues that will require study and practice. However, Asset Voting can be used to create an Assembly. Delegable proxy can be used in consensus organizations to estimate the representativeness of a discussion. These organizations often have supermajority rules where full consensus is not necessary. Delegable proxy could assist in making better override decisions. What if the sole dissenting vote could be seen as representing half of the membership?
Rather, DP is suggested by Abd for "Free Associations," which are a type of consensus organization based on the Alcoholics Anonymous model. These organizations do not collect actual power, the power remains in the hands of the members. Delegable proxy can facilitate the formation of broad consensus, by allowing informal representation of *all members* in small-scale discussions. If it is necessary to ratify that, then a formal all-member vote might be held, but if the scale is large enough, an Assembly, elected by Asset Voting, can handle it, closely enough.
Wikipedia is not a Free Association. However, the full Wikipedia community -- or the body of registered users of a wiki -- ould be. However, the Wikipedia community has no independent communications structure allowing that to become a reality.
Nevertheless, a DP system could be built from the ground up, i.e, from proxy designations that represent established communication between two people.
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A crowdfunding campaign for a full-length feature film set in the world of the hugely popular Minecraft universe has been shut down, presumably at the request of creator Mojang.
The Kickstarter effort for "Birth of Man - A Minecraft Feature Film" was canceled by its creator--YouTuber Brandon Laatsch--on Friday after gathering $63,000 of its $600,000 goal.
Writing on Twitter, Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson said, "We don't allow half-a-million [dollar] Kickstarters based on our IP without any deals in place :/"
Laatsch explained on the Kickstarter page that he understood Minecraft was not his creation, but said he hoped Mojang would allow him to take "certain creative license" for this project.
"Birth of Man - A Minecraft Feature Film" was going to tell an "epic fantasy story" set in the world of Minecraft and promised to blend live-action cinematography with visual effects. Laatsch, a self-described Minecraft fan, had been working on the movie for more than a year and hoped to deliver it later this year.
Mojang's End User License Agreement (EULA) for Minecraft specifies that users are not allowed to "make commercial use of anything we've made" or "try to make money from anything we've made." This is where Laatsch's Minecraft movie was likely tripped up.
A documentary chronicling the development of Minecraft was produced by 2 Player Productions and released in December 2012, but so far Mojang has not licensed the rights to Minecraft for a feature film. Other Minecraft licensing deals have included arrangements for various clothing, accessories, and toys.
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Professional surfer Bethany Hamilton will portray herself in Alcon Entertainment's family feature, "Dolphin Tale 2."
Hamilton, the inspiration for the movie "Soul Surfer," was bitten by a 14-foot tiger shark at the age of 13 while surfing off Kauai's North Shore, leaving her with a severed left arm. She went on to recover, winning a national surfing title.
Hamilton will join the original film's returning cast, including Harry Connick, Jr., Morgan Freeman, Kris Kristofferson, Ashley Judd and Nathan Gamble.
Hamilton was portrayed by AnnaSophia Robb in "Soul Surfer."
Warner Bros. is releasing "Dolphin Tale 2" on Sept. 19, 2014. The sequel will tell another true story inspired by the life of Winter the Dolphin, involving a new baby dolphin named Hope who was rescued by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in 2010.
Charles Martin Smith, who directed "Dolphin Tale," is helming the sequel from his own script.
"Dolphin Tale" generated a solid $72 million at the U.S. box office in 2011 through Warner Bros. and another $23 million overseas. The 3D film was produced by Alcon toppers Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson, with Alcon marketing prexy Richard Ingber, who brought the project to the company.
That script by Karen Janszen and Noam Dromi, with revisions by Smith and Jordan Roberts, was based on true events about Winter, a dolphin who lost her tail in a crab trap and an 11-year old boy who befriended her at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. He rallied friends and family to save Winter and convinced a doctor to create a prosthetic attachment to restore the dolphin's ability to swim.
Winter, who has resided at the Clearwater facility since 2005, played herself in the movie.


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The Deutsches Museum in Munich has several attractive scholarships to offer research scholars interested in working for six or 12 months on projects involving the museum`s vast and heterogeneous collections. The scholarship programme is international and interdisciplinary in scope.
There are myriad opportunities at the Deutsches Museum for innovative research into scientific processes and the changing cultures of technology. Founded in 1903, the museum's holdings comprise some 100,000 objects; an archive of 4,500 shelf metres including an extensive collection of scientific photographs, technical illustrations, trade literature and private papers; and a specialist research library with 875,000 volumes, 5,000 journals, and an extensive collection of rare books on te history of science and technology. The museum's collections have evolved over the years, absorbing the instruments, books and archives of individual scientists and engineers as well as of companies and scientific institutions, and reflect bygone experimental systems and cultures of innovation. The unique structure of this collection enables scholars to develop innovative cross-disciplinary methods of research on the basis of texts, images and artefacts available on site and to engage in both the historical and archaeological exploration of science and technology.
Applicants are invited to base their projects on the collections of the Deutsches Museum and to cooperate closely with museum staff on site when formulating their research proposals. Projects involving innovative approaches to artefact-oriented research are especially welcome.
During their stay, visiting scholars will have daily contact with the museum´s curators, archivists and librarians (approx. 50 staff members) as well as members of the Münchner Zentrum für Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte (Munich Center for the History of Science and Technology; approx. 50 staff members).
Scholarship holders will have their own workplace with a desktop computer and telephone, and the opportunity to reside temporarily in subsidized apartments of the museum complex insofar as these are available. They will present their research projects to colleagues at the beginning of their stay and will be expected to participate regularly in the museum's and the Munich Centre's Monday colloquium series and workshops.
Pre-doctoral stipends: € 7,500 (six months) / € 15,000 (full year). Post-doctoral stipends: € 15,000 (six months) / € 30,000 (full year). Scholars at any level of seniority are eligible to apply, provided they have at least one university degree. There are no restrictions regarding nationality. All scholars are requested to make their own provisions for health insurance.
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Relationship Between the State and Local Sections of the CIF:
Many people have the misconception that the terms "LA City Section" and "CIF" mean two different things. Well, they're only half right.
The CIF (or California Interscholastic Federation) is the state association responsible for enacting bylaws which govern interscholastic athletic competition.
The State CIF is actually composed of 10 different "local" sections. LA City Section is one of those 10 sections. It is very much a part of, and governed by, the same rules which apply to all the other sections. All of the local sections, and every school which competes in CIF competition is governed by the State CIF Bylaws. Each section is entitled to adopt more stringent rules than those imposed by the State Bylaws.
LA City Section--Number of Schools:
The LA City Section consists of 63 member teams, divided into 9 different leagues. All teams within the LA City Section of the CIF are fielded from schools from high schools within the Los Angeles Unified School District (the second largest school district in the nation). All LA City Section schools are public schools.
Under CIF Bylaws, only players enrolled in high school are eligible for competition on a CIF team. This rule obviously applies to the LA City Section, which is just one of 10 other local sections of the CIF within California.
Geography of the Section:
Geographically, the LA City Section covers the area within Los Angeles County depicted to in the graphic (right) in yellow. It consists generally of the entire City of Los Angeles located within the San Fernando Valley and the metropolitan region of the LA Basin, East LA, South-Central LA, Pacific Palisades, Hollywood, the San Pedro LA Harbor area, and other areas which technically lie in a few other incorporated cities in the region, i.e., San Fernando, Carson, Gardena, etc, (these cities have elected to remain within and under the governance of the the LA Unified School District rather than form their own school districts).
The portions of the map at right in red (and almost all of the unshaded white region as well) are areas within the CIF-Southern Section. The Southern Section, in contrast, also includes Ventura, LA and Orange Counties, as well as San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Riverside, San Bernardino, Mono and Inyo.
Private schools within the area shown in yellow which are not governed by nor a part of the LA Unified District are under the jurisdiction of the Southern Section, not the LA City Section even though they share the same geographic area.
Basketball Playoffs:
LA City Section teams compete only in leagues against other LA City Section teams during the regular basketball season. There are intersectional competitions between teams from LA and Southern or other sections of the CIF in tournament and preseason play. While the results of such competition will be added to a team's overall record, and thus will impact a team's "ranking" for playoff seeding purposes, only regular league competition between and among LA City Section teams is used to determine eligibility for the playoffs.
For purely historical reasons, the LA City Section continues to have two separate playoff tournaments for both boys and girls basketball: A "City Championship" and an "Invitational Championship."
The City Championship tournament consists of 8 league champions who receive automatic entry (the Magnet Conference Champion does not receive an automatic bid) and up to 8 more teams chosen on the basis of a number of factors (including strength of schedule) by a "seeding committee." The seeding committee consists of LA City Section basketball coaches and its purpose is to construct the playoff brackets. The committee meets on the next Saturday following the conclusion of the last regular season game, and fills the 16-team bracket by placement of the 8 league champions, any co-champions, and other teams selected based on ranking by the committee. Again, only the top 16 teams are placed into the City Championship bracket.
The seeding committee also constructs the "Invitational" tournament bracket, another 16-team bracket, which consists of the next best 16 teams, those ranked by the committee as No. 17 through No. 36.
Both tournaments are conducted simultaneously, in both boys and girls brackets. Generally speaking, the City Championship's boys and girls title games are played on a Friday night at one location, and the City Invitational's boys and girls title games are held the following Saturday afternoon at a different location.
LA City Section is permitted to send two teams to the State Basketball Tournament, specifically the Southern Regionals. Only the winner and runner up of the City Championship compete in the State Championship Tournament. "Invitational" participants do not play in any other post-season competition, and the winner and runner up do not move on to the State tournament. (Historically, the winners only of both tournaments used to move on, with the winner of the "Invitational" competing at the Division II level, but no longer).
At present, all LA City Section schools, regardless of enrollment, are considered "Division I" for purposes of the State playoffs, even though the enrollment figures among and between LA City Section schools varies widely, and in fact there are several LA City schools with enrollments which would place them in divisions below D-I. There thus exists an obscure State CIF playoff rule which allows an LA City Section team to file a petition by December 15 (i.e., prior to playoffs) to elect to compete in the State Tournament at the Division II level instead of D-I. To date, no LA City Section team has ever elected to play in D-II.
The LA City Section's governance structure consists of the Interscholastic Athletic Committee, which has representatives from a number of fields within the LA Unified system, including high school principals, assistant principals, campus athletic directors, high school coaches, five student members, and one community representative.
The IAC has a number of committees which perform specific functions (e.g., rulemaking, propsing legislation, enforcement, etc.) in a wide variety of areas. The Committees for 2001 include: Rules Committee, Safety Committee, Officials Committee, Games Committee, Seeding Committees (Playoffs),
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The IAC has a "Constitution" by which it governs itself. It is available online.
The LA City Section, like every other section within the CIF, is governed by the State Bylaws (which are available online). Pursuant to the rules of the State CIF, each local section may establish its own "local rules and regulations as long as they are no less stringent and do not violate state policy rules or intent."
The LA City Section's IAC has adopted its own additions and rules within this framework as well as their own interpretations of the State CIF Bylaws. While the actual text of the LA City Section's rules are not available online, the City Section has made it's rules interpretations with respect to "Student Eligibility" available online. Additionally, the City Section has also made available online many of the forms that apply with respect to student eligibility and transfers. Specific questions regarding eligibility, transfers, etc., should be first directed to the principal of the school involved, and then to the CIF's LA City Section office.
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This morning the Premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews announced that all students will return to face to face teaching tomorrow Wednesday 28 July. Therefore, a normal school day will operate commencing tomorrow.
Face masks at school commencing Wednesday 28th July:
School staff and secondary school students aged 12 or older must always wear a face mask at school (both indoors and outdoors) unless a lawful exception applies.
For communication purposes, teachers and education support staff are not required to wear face masks while teaching, but those who wish to do so, can.
Face masks are mandatory for all school staff and school students aged 12 or older when travelling to and from school on public transport and when in taxis or ride share vehicles.
Previously granted exemptions are still valid. Applications for exemptions must be made by a parent/guardian in writing to the Principal.
We will be limiting the people who are able to access the school. Parents are asked to remain in cars if dropping off/picking up students. Parents are also asked not to come to the general office with items that their child may have forgotten.
I sincerely thank the school community for their support of the online/remote learning arrangements that have been in place for past two weeks and I look forward to your continued support as we come back to face to face teaching. As has been the case throughout the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation we will continue to update you as information comes to hand.


Firstly, they are tiny and are placed deep within the ear.
I can certainly see the benefits of this because they're obviously discrete, and being completely inside the ear, would mean that I could have my ears free again to tuck my hair behind in the wind and be able to perch my spectacles on my ears properly rather than at an angle over the top of my BTE hearing aids.
Secondly, once they're implanted, the hearing aid stays there for three months at a time and can be left in 24/7, even in the shower.
There are obvious benefits to this too, for example being able to hear a fire alarm in the middle of the night. But on the other hand, I have to admit that sometimes I quite like being able to 'switch off' completely at the end of the day and lapse into quiet solitude. I'm not sure how easy it would be to adjust to be able to hear 24/7 again. It would take quite a bit of getting used to.
However, the most important benefit for me, I think, would be to be able to get by at work. Home life is manageable where you're amongst family and friends who will try their best to accommodate your hearing loss. However, sitting in a room of 20 acquaintances and trying to chair a meeting when you keep missing bits of the conversation can quite frankly be very stressful, especially when you ask someone to repeat themselves twice and you still don't quite understand what it is they are talking about!
The other thing about these new implantable hearing aids is that they're analogue rather than digital which I'd thought might be somehow inferior. However, having asked the twitter world for their views, I found that my assumption wasn't as clear cut as I'd thought.
Because the hearing aid is implanted deep in the ear, the fact that it's analogue actually means that battery life is excellent and the sound quality is also very good as its so close to the eardrum. Therefore, it sounds like a very good option and if I had any incentive to change from what I currently have, it would definitely be to improve my working life which is very important to me. The question is, because you pay for them on a subscription rather than buying them outright, are they worth paying the £3000 a year or so for?
Do you wear Lyric aids or have any experience of using them? Do you think its a price worth paying?
This sounds very attractive. I struggled when I had to move from "in the ear" aids to BTE ones at my last "change" but had no choice as my hearing had got so poor. But the cost! I think £3000 a year would be out of the reach of the majority of those who would benefit from them. What a shame!


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Radiant are the paths of life…beautiful phrase…lovely poem!


Here´s some of the essential public speaking tips that helped me at the JCI World Public Speaking Championship in Budapest and will help you in situations where you need to prepare a great speech in short notice and own the stage by speaking with passion.
Apply them now and reap the benefits of becoming an outstanding speaker.
Define your audience – who they are, what the are interested in, what would inspire them?
Define your topic and get some initial ideas with brainstorming or other creativity techniques.
Define your outcome – what do you want to achieve through your speech? What kind of action do the listeners need to take?
Ask yourself "Am I passionate about this subject?". If the answer is no, then skip this performance or create your passion for it, otherwise you´re just wasting other people´s time.
Develop your initial ideas to concepts, find interesting quotes, alliterations and personal stories to spice up your content into a holistic experience.
Remember: There is one radio-station that everyone wants to hear – it´s called WIIFM – What´s In It For Me? Tune your message to that frequency and inspire your audience.
Take your speech and make it 2 times shorter by throwing out everything that does not support your expected outcome. Use better words and expressions to pass your message to the audience. Clarify what are the specific things you want the audience to remember after the speech.
Create a visual aid – a mindmap or illustrated story board with important keywords and visuals to help you remember. This will give you a big picture for your mind and help you remember the key things much more effectively than any regular script that is dull.
Use your body to clarify your message – you can practise making the speech with muted voice, using only your body, hands, facial expressions and other aids to convey the message.
Create an exciting beginning (a story for example) to attract attention and an effective ending (call to action) to be remembered by.
If you intend to use PowerPoint, then get acquainted with this: Death by PowerPoint slideshow and Presentation Zen blog for effective visual presentations.
Remember: come prepared or learn to improvise like an actor. Better yet, do both, because over-preparing will drain the passion and spontaneity out from your speech. Focus on your message, not the script.
If possible, then check out the room, stage and facilities in advance. Visualize yourself successfully performing in rich detail and with strong positive emotion. This will enhance your self-confidence.
Ground your body to relax – visit the toilet and slide your hands over your face (this is something that actors do before going to stage, it releases their tension).
Release your tensions and get enough oxygen – go outside and stretch yourself to get the life moving inside of you. Warm up your voice by speaking to someone in a passionate manner. You can also use a vine-bottle cork, stick it between your teeth and try to speak very clearly for a minute. After removing the cork you really do sound more clear.
Do not eat nuts or chocolate just before the speech, because it will affect your throat. Instead drink optimal amount of water to keep the throat clear.
Focus on positive aspects and success – if possible have some laugh in a fun conversation with a friend before the speech. The endorphine will give you a positive attitude. Whenever you see yourself concentrating on your fears, take your focus on breathing.
Get into the state of your ideal performer. Breathe, stand and develop the look of your ideal performer. Become the passionate performer.
When going on a stage do some powertalk in your mind, saying for example "every day and every way I get better HEI!".
Take your position on stage, relax your shoulders, breathe deeply in and out, achieve the contact with the audience and THEN start your speech.
Keep your eyecontact with the audience (don´t get lost in your materials or other aids), involve people by using questions and use pauses after saying the important stuff.
When getting on the stage, ask yourself "what for did I come here?". Then do as the answer tells you to.
Inspiring speech "Global Impact Through Local Action" from Harald Lepisk on Vimeo.
This is the beginning. How far are you actually willing to go? If you wish to become a true master in public speaking, then get coaching and training. You can also invite me to bring power, passion and energy into your speech. Are you ready for that?


Laurent Witz, the producer/director of Luxembourg´s Oscar winning 3D animation "Mr Hublot" discusses the creative process behind his beautiful cinematic work and his struggle to raise the necessary finance.
"Mr Hublot" was a Franco-Luxembourg production, produced by Luxembourg based ZEILT productions and supported by the Luxembourg Film Fund. The 3D animation tells the heart-warming tale of a withdrawn "Mr Hublot", an OCD character made of mechanical parts scared of the outside world but who soon sees his world turned upside down when an invasive robot pet moves in with him.


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Oceania – stalowy, trójmasztowy statek (żaglowiec) o ożaglowaniu skośnym (dawniej – o eksperymentalnym ożaglowaniu parawanowym o powierzchni – 430 m²) o powierzchni 280m², należący do Instytutu Oceanologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk, który jest obecnie największym polskim instytutem badającym problemy fizyki, chemii, biologii i ekologii morza.

Historia
Zbudowana w 1985 r. w Stoczni Gdańskiej dla Instytutu Oceanologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk, port macierzysty Gdańsk. Kadłub powstał na podstawie planów ORP Iskra i STS Pogoria. Nazwę statku zaproponował prof. chemii morza Leonard Falkowski.

Eksperymentalne ożaglowanie obsługiwane było hydraulicznie. Oryginalnie (powierzchnia żagli – 740 m²),  na każdym maszcie znajdował się pojedynczy czworoboczny żagiel (fok, grot, bezan). Z tego powodu "Oceania" była klasyfikowana jako fregata. Po remoncie z ostatniego masztu została usunięta reja, zatem statek należałoby klasyfikować jako bark.

Zimą 2010/2011 zmieniono ożaglowanie. Zamiast żagli rejowych zainstalowano 3 sztaksle – zatem obecnie jest to szkuner.

Rejsy
"Oceania" charakteryzuje się dużą dzielnością morską. Jej wyposażenie pozwala na żeglugę w prawie każdych warunkach. Zasięg statku jest nieograniczony a autonomia wynosi 30 dni. Każdego roku "Oceania" spędza 230-250 dni na morzu wykonując m.in. ekspedycję badawczą na morza północne i Spitsbergen (czerwiec-sierpień) oraz kilkanaście rejsów bałtyckich. W 1990 r. brała udział w "Tall Ships Races".

Badania
Jednostka posiada aparaturę umożliwiającą badania hydrograficzne, optyczne, akustyczne, aerozolu, chemiczne i biologiczne. W czasie wypraw realizuje się prawie wszystkie tematy i około 13 programów badawczych z zakresu oceanologii.
Programy międzynarodowe realizowane na pokładzie "Oceanii" (wybrane):
 ASOF-N (Arctic-Subarctic Ocean Flux)
 BALTEX (Baltic Experiment)
 BIODAFF (Biodiversity and Fluxes in Arctic Glaciated Fjords)
 BOOS (Baltic Operational Oceanographic System)
 DIAMIX (Diapyncal Mixing)
Do realizacji badań "Oceania" posiada:
 Laboratoria (mokre, izotopowe, analityczne, rejestracji, komputerowe)
 System bram i masztów hydraulicznych
 Wyciągarki i windy pomiarowe (zasięg do 5000 m)
 Żuraw hydrauliczny (max. 2 t)
 Pontony robocze

Zobacz też

 Polskie wypadki morskie jachtów żaglowych

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Linki zewnętrzne

Barki (żaglowce)
Fregaty żaglowe
Szkunery
Polskie jachty i żaglowce
Edukacja i nauka w Gdańsku
Statki badawcze
Statki zbudowane w Stoczni Gdańskiej
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The Certosa di Pavia Altarpiece was an oil on panel altarpiece by Pietro Perugino. It dates to around 1496 to 1500 and three of its panels are now in the National Gallery, London. Art historians believe that the central panel is an autograph copy of the Madonna del Sacco.

History
It was commissioned by Ludovico Sforza for the chapel of Saint Michael in the Certosa di Pavia, a building symbolic of the Visconti-Sforza's patronage of the church and the arts. He had already sent an agent to Florence in 1490 to find out about the artistic scene and converse with Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Filippino Lippi and Pietro Vannucci. Sforza initially commissioned a Deposition from Lippi, but this was not completed and so he instead decided in 1494 to commission Perugino.

The altarpiece originally had six panels. The central lower panel shows the Madonna and Child with angels, whilst the left panel shows the archangel Michael trampling Satan and the right panel shows Tobias and Raphael. The horizon on the side panels is no longer at the same level as that in the central panel, showing how all three panels seem to have been cut down. The knees of the Madonna and the bag on the left hand side of the central panel are lost, whilst little remains of the serpent at Michael's feet and the small dog at Raphael's feet.

The top panel, with the figure of the Eternal Father remained at the Certosa, while three panels were looted in 1784 and were acquired by the National Gallery in London in 1856. Some 1950s photographs show a non-original pediment above the side panels, which has now been removed. In place of the London panels are three copies painted in 1586.

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Three panels from an altarpiece; Pietro Perugino; National Gallery, London

1490s paintings
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Paintings depicting Michael (archangel)
Paintings of Raphael (archangel)
Paintings depicting Tobias
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The interior of the old Post Office in Sprott, Alabama, made famous by Walker Evans. It's now an antique store.
Featured photo: Crossroads store at Sprott, Alabama. 1935 or 1936. Photograph by Walker Evans courtesy of Shorpy.com.


I'm a sucker for anything citrus, I'd actually admit here and now that winter used to make me ridiculously miserable, that is until I discovered Lush Cosmetics.
As someone who is plagued with high levels of joint pain and fatigue a zesty and rejuvenating bath is always right up my street. This is why I was so, so excited when I first see the big pile of Satsuma Bath Bomb's at the Lush Creative Showcase 2016.
The Satsuma bath bomb is my idea of heaven.
Containing a fine cocktail of citrus-fruit essential oils; Bergamot, Sicilian mandarin, fresh satsuma juice and orange flower absolute, Satsuma really is a zesty and refreshing treat I'd like to get time and time again.
Satsuma shares its scent with last year's Dashing Santa bath bomb. As sad as I was to find out that Dashing Santa wouldn't be returning this year, Lush have well made up for it with the addition of 2 new products sharing its same beautiful scent; The Satsuma bath bomb and the new soap, Santa's Postbox.
The Satsuma bath bomb is only available as part of a Lush 2016 Christmas gift set or on its own at Lush's flagship store, Lush Oxford Street. I am actually visiting the store next week and will be picking up a fair few of these as I think they are fabulous.
Much like the Blackberry bath bomb the Satsuma bath bomb isn't as visually pleasing once in the bath (no pretty bath art) its scent however wins me over.
Its carefully selected ingredients help to soothe and refresh my mind, body and soul.
It's quite a quick fizzer, I however don't see this as a negative characteristic, it's not a 'bath art' bomb so I expect it to be a quick, the quicker it fizzes away the quicker I can lay back in it and get my relax on.
My skin once out of the bath feels moisturised, smooth and refreshed, the scent however doesn't stay on your skin for very long which is a little disappointing.
I have used the Santa's Post Box soap alongside it and that helps carry the scent for longer although again not for very long.
As much as I love the Satsuma bath bomb I will say that I enjoy it better when paired with other products. My favourite combination so far is 1 half of a Satsuma bath bomb in with 1 half of a Blackberry bath bomb. Just writing about it makes me feel relaxed!


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My Ad Agency is asking me to pay more, because they're making less than 10% profit?
Over the years I've worked with numerous media agencies, some global ones, some local, in the UK and Internationally.
Along the way I've...
It's June 20th 2019 & the GDPR fired its first salvo at Ad Tech.
On June. 20, the ICO released a report that specifically focuses on how the ad tech sector should comply with GDPR — an area that would...
My kids say your Ads are like Smallpox.
My Children tell me that inventing banner ad is like inventing smallpox. J.McCambley (inventor of the banner ad)
Brands via their...
Advertising is not Social Media .. It's Advertising
Hubspot has just announced .... that now you can get more adverts to ignore!
It's funny that on this announcement the only people cheering...
Marketing Budgets are set to Increase even Though People 'Don't Really Want to see Advertising'
Nobody wants to see advertising, OK, I've said it!
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Here's A Closer Look At The Last Of Us: Left Behind
At the PS4 launch, Naughty Dog announced that it would be bringing a single-player DLC expansion to The Last of Us with Left Behind. The new DLC chapter is a prequel to the main game's story where players control Ellie as she makes her way through an abandoned mall with her friend Riley.
In the latest trailer for Left Behind, Naughty Dog talks about making a prequel featuring a character that you already know isn't in the main game for some reason. While they don't come out and say that Riley dies in this DLC chapter, it's a pretty good bet that this will show us what shaped Ellie into the hardened survivor that she was in The Last of Us.
Beyond the story, Naughty Dog also discusses the new gameplay features players can expect to see in Left Behind. The playable character this time around is a child without much combat experience so Naughty Dog will seemingly focus more on stealth and manipulation. That means some rooms will feature enemy humans and infected allowing the player to pit both enemy factions against each other while they sneak through the room.
Besides the above making of feature, Naughty Dog also released the opening cinematic Left Behind. You'll obviously want to avoid the video if you want to go in not knowing anything beyond the basic details, but everybody else will want to check it out:
The Last of Us: Left Behind will be released on February 14. It's the perfect Valentine's Day gift for that special somebody, especially if that special somebody is yourself.
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Mercedes-Benz Turns to Ford for Help on Three-Cylinder Engine
Erick Ayapanawriter
Mercedes-Benz and its parent company Daimler are more than capable of building technologically advanced engines, but the automaker is admiring a powerplant built by Ford. Taking note of the blue oval's turbocharged, direct-injected 1.0-liter three-cylinder EcoBoost engine, Mercedes is now partnering with Ford to learn more about the tiny mill.
Automotive News Europe spoke to Mercedes-Benz engine development director Roland Kemmler, who said Ford's engine is "very interesting and impressive. "
That said, Ford is not simply handing the EcoBoost engine to Benz, but instead is sharing and discussing key technologies used in the small, award-winning powerplant. In exchange, Daimler will reportedly provide its expertise in Euro6 stratified lean-burn gasoline engines.
As previously reported, Mercedes will use a new three-cylinder engine co-developed with Renault-Nissan in the upcoming Smart car. The engine will also make its way into the Renault Twingo. The microcars are expected to reach showrooms sometime next year, and will eventually be offered with an electric powertrain with motors sourced from Daimler and batteries produced by Renault-Nissan.
Additionally, Nissan and Benz have agreed to build four-cylinder engines at Nissan's Tennessee plant starting next year. The engines will initially be used in in the Mercedes-Benz C-Class and will likely reach other to-be-announced models.
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The present study makes use of the Balanced Score Card (BSC) approach to analyze differences in attitudes towards li neighborhood office service performance indicators through a survey of li neighborhood heads, li neighborhood assistant heads, lin sub-neighborhood heads, community association chairpersons, apartment building residents' committee members, members of the public who need to conduct business at li neighborhood offices, and District Office managers, in the ZhongHe District of New Taipei City, with the aim of establishing a new framework for establishing performance indicators for evaluating li neighborhood office service quality (the li neighborhood and lin sub-neighborhood are local administrative divisions below the District level in Taiwan).
Following factor analysis, a survey questionnaire was compiled that makes use of a total of 21 li office performance appraisal indicators that could be used in evaluating the quality of service provided by li neighborhood offices: 7 indicators falling under the "Promoting key infrastructure projects" category, 4 indicators falling under the "Making effective use of financial resources and facilities" category, 5 indicators falling under the "Responding to public opinion" category, and 5 indicators relating to "Learning and growth." Differentiation analysis was then performed with respect to personal characteristics and individual research variables, to explore the differences in respondents' attitudes towards the importance of each performance appraisal indicator category.
1.	While there were no significant differences in attitudes toward the importance of the different performance appraisal indicator categories among respondents of different gender, age group, educational background or marital status, there were significant differences in attitudes towards the importance of the "Promoting key infrastructure projects," "Responding to public opinion" and "Making effective use of financial resources and facilities" aspects among respondents holding different positions.
2.	With regard to the perceived importance of the different categories of performance indicators used to evaluate li neighborhood office service provision, a significant correlation was seen between the "Promoting key infrastructure projects," "Learning and growth," "Responding to public opinion," and "Making effective use of financial resources and facilities" aspects.
1.	A li neighborhood office performance appraisal model should be established, to facilitate the implementation of an effective accountability system.
2.	Efforts should be made to streamline the work undertaken by li neighborhood offices, to reduce unnecessary and burdensome administrative procedures.
3.	Core competency training should be provided to encourage li neighborhood heads and assistant heads to dedicate themselves more whole-heartedly to their work.