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Orun: Post-Apotheosis Afro-Centric Space Opera Review
May 11th, 2021 | Reviews | Printer Friendly
When I first started playing roleplaying games, I learned a lot of words from context. The longer I engaged with the hobby, the more I started to look up the words I was encountering, especially when multiple words seemed to be similar from context. I wanted to understand the origins and connotations of those words, so I wasn't just repeating what I had read without reflection.
By doing this, I learned about the origins of many European words, and how similar concepts appeared in different locations. I learned a little about history, and I learned a little about folklore. The fact that I learned about European history and folklore from this practice says a lot about the amount of representation available in games when I was younger. It still says a lot about it today.
The game I'm looking at today, Orun: Post-Apotheosis Afro-Centric Space Opera, uses a lot of West African spiritual terminology to communicate its setting. All the details in the book can be understood in context, but the deeper meaning and origin of these terms is even better understood when you learn that, for example, Sopona is derived from the name of a god of smallpox, or that Ikorira is a term that denotes hatred or aversion.
Just as you can watch many space operas and see futuristic versions of European and American military uniforms and clothing styles, Orun models a science fiction setting where clothing, architecture, and gear look like futuristic versions of West African examples.
This review is based on the PDF of Orun: Post-Apotheosis Afro-Centric Space Opera. The PDF is 290 pages. The layout isn't a standard or even digest-sized book layout, but is instead more of a square presentation (remember Star Wars Saga Edition?)
The book itself has a two-column layout, with "high tech" borders, and centered headers addressing what section of the book you are currently reading. There is a lot of full-color artwork depicting the people and locations of the setting, which captures the wonder and energy of the narrative.
The book has a title page, a table of contents, a two-page index, a sample character sheet, a quick reference character creation guide, a map of known space, and three pages of Kickstarter backers. Each chapter starts with a full-page, full-color piece of art related to the topic introduced in the chapter.
Chapter One: A Primer
The introductory material explains what the setting of Orun is, as well as what you will need for the game itself. The basic means of adjudicating the game requires two ten-sided dice as well as separate tokens to track Edges and Hitches, which are generated at certain levels of resolution for tasks.
The galaxy described in the material has seen multiple sapient species come into contact and conflict with one another. Eventually, these species are introduced to the Orisha, enlightened, god-like beings that introduced miraculous FTL technology and the path to enlightenment, allowing beings that walk the path fully to ascend to another plane of existence.
After the Orisha moved on, the Sopona virus causes a massive, galaxy-spanning war. The virus is a "thought virus," which causes those infected to become intolerant, to varying degrees, with the final stage being irrational violence and destructive impulses. After this war, the galaxy is fractured. Parts of the galaxy no longer have access to the post-scarcity technology that was widespread before the war. This gives rise to noble houses, alternate empires, crime syndicates, and old institutions that are much more prone to conservatism than they previously had been.
This is a very zoomed-out summary of the setting. There is a lot more history packed into this section, including different stages of FTL travel, previous wars, and the individual history of several of the cultures that make up the greater galactic community. The setting, as it stands, is split between about five major political and socio-economic factions, and divided between worlds that have access to post-scarcity resources and those that do not.
With its emphasis on a post-scarcity society that is limited in how much it can share its technology, neutral powers that were once part of that society, and a powerful galactic criminal syndicate, a lot of this setting brings to mind the most recent season of Star Trek Discovery, although this setting was in development well before the current season. Regardless, it does make for some interesting inspirational viewing to have a pop-culture touchstone.
Chapter Two: Character Creation
While this section is called character creation, between each section we get more setting detail. To start, we get details on the Djali, the characters that the player characters represent. These are people that are partially ascended, and trying to fix the issues of the galaxy, helping others reach ascendency. They have distanced themselves from the Ministry of Ascendence, which is carefully limiting access to various rites of ascension.
We move into a section on individual species, which presents a few pages of general information and history, a full-page illustration, the starting statistical modifications, and defining talents for their culture, in three different tiers.
Strictly speaking, there are no "humans" in the game, although the Oyan effectively serve that purpose. The species include:
Ako'Obirin (Binary symbiotic protoplasm creatures)
Alimnuro (Energy beings in humanoid containment suits)
B'Bocci (An aquatic sea slug-like species)
Fitora (An insectoid species with partitioned memories)
Holowan (Telepathic quadrupeds)
Igi Eniyan (Hedonistic plant people)
Karok (Adorable fuzzy creatures that like to use mechanized war suits)
Khoban (Physically impressive humanoids who cannot be fully perceived by other species)
Ndiche (Automatons encoded with the details of the personalities of those that have passed on)
Oyan (Very similar to humans)
Vuu (Sentient viruses inhabiting composite bodies of species they have infected in the past)
Each entry has the following character creation rules noted:
Key Skill
Secondary Skill
Defining Talents
There are similar sections on backgrounds and homeworlds, that provide the same modifications and choices of skills and talents as we found in the section on species. Most of the backgrounds are recognizable space opera archetypes, and each of the homeworlds gives a summary of what the world is like, divided between the Orun and Aya worlds (post-scarcity tech versus the worlds surviving without access to it).
After these sections, we are introduced to the baseline data to which we add and subtract to get our derived statistics for skills, wounds, auras, and talents. At this point, characters pick which path to ascendency they are walking, which grants an active and passive ability. The paths are:
It's also worth noting that all of these have some nuance to them in what the path to enlightenment actually entails. For example, enlightenment in war isn't all about fighting, it's about understanding the causes of conflict as well as being able to resolve the conflict.
There are universal and advanced talents listed, for when characters advance. Some of these advanced talents are tied into species, background, homeworld, and paths.
The chapter wraps up with a discussion of gear and the upgrades that you can get on various gear, along with factions and what happens as your reputation advances with different factions. One notable place where these concepts converge is the special gear available to people that have a specific reputation level. There are three tiers of gear associated with factions, and I love some of the signature tier 3 items.
For example, the Merchant Houses can grant access to The Black Chip, a credit chip that can literally meet any price so long as something is for sale. The Ministry can grant access to Guidance, a program that can rewrite personalities. The Ascendency can grant access to a singularity firing weapon. My favorite is the Hand of Glory, which can be loaned out by the Oro crime lords, which is a small bar of intelligent metal that is driven to pick locks and break codes.
A lot is going on in this chapter. When the discussion on factions and reputation starts, we get into things like debt and resources. The baseline statistics being modified are introduced at the end of several sections that denote how they are modified. All of this is simpler than it may appear, but the order in which it is presented leaves you with a lot of questions until you get to the last third or so of the chapter, when you start seeing what is being pulled together.Â
Chapter Three: Horizon System
Resolution in the game is based on adding your score in an aura to your score in a skill and adding that to 2d10. There is a static result ladder, with difficulty expressed as a bonus or penalty to a roll. In other words, your target number for an uncomplicated success is always 13, but a difficult task might impose a -5 penalty to your roll.
The tiers of resolution determine how many hitches or edges are generated, in addition to failure or success. For example, the lowest tier of failure generates two hitches, and the highest tier of success generates two edges.
Extended tasks are tasks that require more than one success, and there is a separate resolution table for those. Instead of generating hitches or edges, extended tasks can generate different numbers of total successes based on the rolls.
Edges can be spent to allow characters to add to a roll, recover Agbara (a resource pool equal to different auras), reroll dice, remove status effects, or add details into a scene. Hitches can be used to grant adversaries higher defenses, penalize player rolls, remove wounds from the game facilitator's characters, cancel out edges, apply status effects, or remove equipment.Â
In addition to being generated with bad rolls, hitches are added to the GM's pool if a given environment has a higher threat level. I like having descriptive, evocative locations for encounters, and adding in a specific "complication currency" to represent more difficult environments is a great way to mechanically model this.
Agbara represents pools based on the rank that characters have in different auras. These can be spent as ablative buffers before suffering wounds, or to trigger special powers and effects.
Whenever a character is faced with a particularly difficult situation to resolve, they mark "trials" to a specific aura. Once you gain a certain number of trials, they can be spent for advancement. Skills work the same way, except that most skills mark trials when the skill is unsuccessful (although it must be used in a meaningful way for it to count as a trial).
While it doesn't work for every game system, I like that this particular system uses trials as a means of advancement, as it is thematic to the idea of walking a path to enlightenment. I like the universal skill resolution ladder, as it makes it easier to remember when a result is successful and to what degree when all the modifiers are applied upfront.
I like the resolution system for extended tasks, except for the way that it is framed. Because you can continually keep working on an extended task, the section describing them says that eventually, you will probably succeed with the task. I would have rather there had been examples of why timing might still be important with extended tasks. For example, you need to build an item before an event happens, so it only matters if you can get the extended task done before that event occurs, regardless of how long you could hypothetically take to complete the task.
Chapter Four: Adversaries
This section starts with baseline stats for "general" adversaries at different threat levels, establishing the baseline wounds, Agbara, defense, skill bonus, damage, and special abilities the adversary should have. At different levels of danger, an adversary also grants the GM a number of Hitches to use.
There are about four pages of special abilities listed, from area attacks to swallowing opponents whole, to teleportation. Some opponents may have talents in place of these general creature traits.
After this general section, there are example characters for various factions, as well as various creatures found throughout the galaxy. This section rounds out with victims of the Sopona virus, including Babblers (early-stage infected, who can still be saved), Furies, and Quantum Maelstroms, the final phase of the virus.
I appreciate the simple table establishing baseline stats, and a good list of abilities to assign to an adversary. It makes custom creation much simpler to have adversaries laid out in this manner. The plot hooks included with each of the example creatures are also very welcome both as adventure seeds and as cues for how to include them in the narrative. Much like environments, I like that more dangerous creatures grant the GM more hitches to spend.
Chapter Five: Call to Adventure
This section starts with GM advice about adventure design, presenting a series of questions to ask to set up what the player characters are doing and how a session will progress. This also moves to a discussion on units of time in the game, and the types of scenes a GM might use, including the following:
There is also a section discussing scene formatting that serves as a nice guideline for how a GM can prepare their notes, as well as presenting how the sample adventure is laid out. This involves defining a hook, potential conflict, and available scene edges – built-in advantages that a player character might seize upon.
The sample adventure has the player characters attempting to clear the reputation of someone accused of a crime, which leads to an investigation of local criminals and activists. There are various decision points about where to gather evidence, and what evidence to present, as well as who to adopt as an ally.
This is perhaps as good a time as any to address the assumed course of adventures. I'm always a fan of introductory adventures that show you what an adventure for the game system looks like, and what the assumed style of play looks like. There are parts of the book that make the Djali feel more removed from base concerns, traveling the galaxy to uplift others.
While this is true, to an extent, the real expected cycle of play seems to be to remind the players of their backgrounds, pre-Djali, and make it hard for them to live in that space "above" the concerns of places of their birth. The Djali may fight to make the galaxy a better place, but the galaxy is also fighting to make them more pragmatic and jaded, by tying them to various factions with ulterior motives while doing their work.
I really like this angle, but I also wish it were more explicitly stated in the game masters section. It can be implied from reading about factions, debt, and adventure hooks, but it's such a strong way to add more texture to this kind of campaign that I wish more time was spent expounding on the implications.
A Higher Light
 It does a skillful job of integrating the themes of enlightenment and spirituality with the realities of a galaxy that still deals with war, crime, and an unwillingness to move forward together.Â
The setting is evocative and exciting. While there are many familiar themes for space opera, like noble houses, crime syndicates, and opposing empires, those themes are carefully grafted into themes of spirituality, growth, and reclamation. To call to mind the franchises with the longest shadows, the setting does a good job of feeling as wide open and frenetic as Star Wars, but with a mission to make the galaxy a better place that nicely dovetails with Star Trek.
An Errant Thought
Many people have many different opinions on what order information should be presented in an RPG, so as always, your personal perspective may differ from mine. That said, there is a lot of material presented, with a lot of mechanical elements (mostly bonuses or the general tiers of abilities) before the core rules are engaged. The character creation summary is good to remind you of what you need to do to make your character, but it feels a little stretched out.
Recommended–If the product fits in your broad area of gaming interests, you are likely to be happy with this purchase.
Anyone looking for a space opera setting that plays in familiar territory, while also bringing in a new look and perspective, should really engage with this game. There is a natural excitement and energy in this setting. It does a skillful job of integrating the themes of enlightenment and spirituality with the realities of a galaxy that still deals with war, crime, and an unwillingness to move forward together.
It is also an interesting mechanical twist to see a system where the numbers remain absolute in the resolution chain, and the difficulty level is raising or lowering the ceiling and the floor on the resolution math.
What are some of your other favorite space opera settings that draw more broadly than historically European influence? What are your favorite themes to engage in a space opera game? What baseline do you generally imagine for player characters in a space opera game? We want to hear from you below in the comments!
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2 Responses to Orun: Post-Apotheosis Afro-Centric Space Opera Review
Misha Bushyager on May 11, 2021 at 11:11 am
Thanks for a glowing review. We're really proud of what we've done here.
Konflyto on May 30, 2021 at 8:33 am
Hi Misha!
Do you guys intend to produce another book, or books, like expansions and more source material? If so, where do you communicate about kickstarters and such? Keep those bad boys coming! =D
Thanks for producing such an awesome rpg!
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Q: Fluent API and One to One I am trying to relate an ApplicationRole (IdentityRole) to a Parent role as it's type of Role.  I would like to understand the Fluent API a little better to accomplish this.
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Q: Global handler to catch when new window is shown in WPF The root problem I'm trying to solve is to gather all users input on my application. Clicks, keystrokes etc. And log element which got that input.
In order to achieve this I've added PreviewKeyDown and PreviewMouseDown handlers to the main window and it works fine. But my application is based on a big framework and this framework may display some dialogs. I need a way to handle such dialogs and attach handler to them. Is there a way to create one centralized handler for this?

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private static void PreviewMouseDown(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
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//Event hits Window and tunnels through the visual tree
PreviewMouseDown on WpfApplication10.MainWindow
PreviewMouseDown on System.Windows.Controls.Border
PreviewMouseDown on System.Windows.Documents.AdornerDecorator
PreviewMouseDown on System.Windows.Controls.ContentPresenter
PreviewMouseDown on System.Windows.Controls.Grid
PreviewMouseDown on System.Windows.Controls.Button
PreviewMouseDown on Microsoft.Windows.Themes.ButtonChrome
PreviewMouseDown on System.Windows.Controls.ContentPresenter
PreviewMouseDown on System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock
//Nobody handled the event, so it bubbles back up
MouseDown on System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock
MouseDown on System.Windows.Controls.ContentPresenter
MouseDown on Microsoft.Windows.Themes.ButtonChrome
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After ten years of dominating box offices, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is bringing all its big heroes together for one last hurrah, before the contracts on the original Avengers (Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, etc) expire. Avengers: Infinity War has been hailed as the biggest crossover event of all time and great care has been taken to avoid leaks. Now it's finally here, and it's surprisingly good.
I think that it is fairly uncontroversial to say that the MCU typically does better with the solo movies than with the Avengers team movies. The first Avengers (Assemble) flick was an enjoyable popcorn movie that really didn't stand up to thinking about things once the explosions died down, and the second one (Age of Ultron) was pretty rough. I was concerned, going in, that the much-lauded cast of thousands would be a gimmick that fell flat very quickly, but I was pleasantly surprised. Following on from two of the smartest movies in the Marvel canon, I was afraid we were going to go back to shallow shoot-'em-ups. The marketing seemed to focus on spectacle, perhaps as part of their no-spoilers strategy, but there's real heart to this story, and the villain is given depth and pathos that the trailers don't even hint at.
Avoiding spoilers in this review is tricky, especially since the studio has been so scrupulous about avoiding leaks. Also, talking about the plot is a tricky thing, too, because this is very much part one of two, with the conclusion coming next summer. The closest comparison I can offer is that in terms of events and tone, this is The Empire Strikes Back and we have to wait a year for Return of the Jedi. This makes for a dramatic conclusion that left me in a strange emotional place, because the body-count is significant. However, the body-count includes characters I can't imagine staying dead and doesn't include characters, which I'm pretty sure, aren't going to make it out of Avengers 4, so that's a bit awkward.
Thanos (Josh Brolin) is the survivor of a planet that died due to overpopulation. He has taken it upon himself to go through the galaxy and exterminate half of all life, planet by planet, so that the other half has more resources and better odds of survival. To do this the most efficient and merciful way, he wants to collect the Infinity Stones which we've seen bits of in previous MCU movies and basically become a god. Our heroes object to the slaughter of billions and are here to stop him. This story hinges on the emotional arcs of Tony Stark (of course), Thor (coming off the excellent Ragnarok) and Gamora (Zoe Saldana, finally getting to play a person, not a love interest) and her relationship with her adopted father, the villain of the piece, Thanos. Secondarily, the comics' love story between Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) finally makes it to the screen. Everyone else is included because their being there serves a purpose and how cool is that?
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What interest would I, a 37 year-old female with no children, have in learning about the best practices regarding our 14-18 year-old young men?
As a female I have concern for the building of young men because one day a young man will be the spouse of my daughter, or the father of my grandchildren. I firmly believe in David O. Mackay's saying, "No other success can compensate for failure in the home." That means helping young men grow up to be morally straight, honest and hardworking citizens first and foremost begins in the home. However, knowing that it took a village to raise me, young men need to be able to also look to their ecclesiastical and Scout leaders for help and support as they strive to become their best self.
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Why is the General Young Men's President of the LDS Church running a Little Philmont? Why do bishops, stake presidents and other priesthood presidencies come to this two-day meeting? How can LDS leaders meet the needs of youth by using Boy Scout resources?
Among those in attendance were bishops, stake presidents, and young men presidencies. These men are farmers, executives, fathers and grandparents- all eager to learn how they can be better leaders to adults and youth in their wards. I felt privileged to witness their genuine care and concern for the youth of today. I, too, wanted to hear instruction about what the Young Men's and Young Women's leaders need to do in order to best help our youth in all of the Church's youth programs.
I have worked with youth at at-risk groups in the mountains, pushing hand-carts, instructing at BSA camps and even guiding them in international Scout groups in the Swiss Alps! The youth I have worked with were not all LDS but they did have one thing in common: they all had a capacity to achieve more than they were being challenged with. There is much more potential in a boy than many leaders think! Leaders have to take a step back- sacrificing control and micromanagement- and let their youth rise up to the challenge of planning, teaching and leading others on their own.
While leaders let their youth lead, being with them means that leaders let their youth know that they are there for them to help with problems and to encourage every step of the way. Elder Munk asked us the question of why ecclesiastical leaders and parents are the last leaders that youth turn to when they are struggling personally? They need to be the first! So we, as leaders, need to take time out of our busy schedules to talk with and really get to know our youth.
This means we all need to be learning how to teach better. Elder Munk reminded us that we need to remember that all members are at different levels of conversion, commitment, skill and understanding and that we need to adapt our teaching to these special, individual needs. Each leader over youth needs to envision their youth as leaders, no matter what potential they think they see in front of them. We need the foresight to mentor our youth through the difficult choices that make or break their beliefs and character. We do not need to choose for them, or to tell them what to do! The leaders in that room talked of teaching doctrine, not by telling, by showing, doing and acting. This is the way to teach and lead better.
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I know that the Scouting program from Cub Scout to Eagle is still intact- in full force and completely backed by the Church- but what happens when a young boy earns his Eagle at 14, or 16? What programs or goals are they working toward to keep learning and developing then?
Many young men achieve their eagle awards and then have to wait until their missions in order to apply the leaderships skills they have learned. Why are we not letting the 14-18 year-olds lead and teach the skills they learned from Scouting before they serve their missions? We need to start letting them lead more often in and outside their wards. We need to give them more opportunities to "do a good turn daily" and "serve others at times" by giving them more roles instead of latently waiting until their missions.
The Utah National Parks Council has also worked extremely hard to be aware of the varying needs of youth.They have developed tools to meet the needs of each ward and stake by allowing the leaders to choose from a huge variety of options.The Scouting program has resources that can challenge young men beyond what they learned as Eagle Scouts. This allows the youth to choose their activities- just like how the LDS website gives a menu of 140 activities to choose from. Then, youth can turn around and teach these skills to other young men like Deacons and Teachers and even the young women in their wards! Young women are also included in this challenge to help our youth become leaders and resources are available to them and Young Women's leaders as well!
Elder Munk and the general leadership of the LDS Church in the room also emphasized the importance of the Duty to God program as a way to help youth in addition to or beyond Scouting. Unfortunately, I know that very few of my ward members are aware of how to encourage Duty to God, or even how to enhance the Personal Progress experience for young women. I recognize that not every ward and stake needs the same program. The youth in each ward have varying commitment and conversion levels, but encouraging and getting our youth excited about Duty to God and Personal Progress is a great tool and resource. Get to know your youth on a personal level, find out their interests and what excites them. Then lead them to the programs and resources that best fit their needs, interests and personal goals!
For me, the therefore is to become a better teacher and mentor in Church and in Scouting. I will let Scouting invent the wheel of activities and safety measures so I can focus on being the best leader and mentor. I want to give my best efforts so the youth I work with will become their best selves. I'm excited to see Scouting and the Church resources used in conjunction with one another.
I also look forward to seeing some of the principles taught at Little Philmont implemented in wards and in the Utah Valley Council. I think the Church leaders will soon see youth becoming more fully engaged in leadership roles in and outside of the Church and becoming their absolute best selves. The effort it takes on the front end to let them lead, to mentor them, to connect them with Heaven- all of the painstaking and extra effort is all worth the joy of seeing the confident and happy youth excelling and loving who they are becoming. What a privilege it was to sit in on such an inspirational meeting.
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One answer to this challenge is the Order of the Arrow. An organization that recognized exceptional Scouts and give them the opportunity to learn and practice leadership giving them roles with great responsibility and changes to work with youth young men outside their ward and stake.


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I grew up in D. And I'm black, but that doesn't matter because most people only see what they see. And for me I've always been judged by the complexion of my skin and my hair. So that immediately made me an 'other. It is unfortunately, unfortunately a necessary conversation," she said. And I have a diversity of people in my family.
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In , Maryland passed the first British colonial law banning marriage between whites and slaves. An U. Supreme Court ruling that state prohibitions on interracial marriage don't violate the Fourteenth Amendment held for more than 80 years. While such impediments to marriage were dismantled over time, there are still hurdles, however small, to overcome. Here, in , interracial couples have a small victory to celebrate: The approval of 71 new variations of emoji for couples of color.
Capping a yearlong project thought up by, of all people, the folks at the swipe-right dating app Tinder, the emoji gods known as the Unicode Consortium recently approved the additions in characters technically referred to as people "holding hands. Until now, emoji of two or more people on various platforms and devices have been available only in the default yellow.
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Updated Nov 6, 2021 at 12:13am
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We know (the entire NBA knows, really) what is happening with Lakers star LeBron James' abdominal injury—he is out for at least a week, perhaps a bit longer. We have some idea what's happening with Anthony Davis' thumb injury. He will test it out tomorrow before the Lakers square off against the Trail Blazers.
But what we don't yet know is when we might see two other potentially important Lakers: Kendrick Nunn and Talent Horton-Tucker, two players who could bolster a Lakers backcourt struggling with ball movement and defense. Frank Vogel gave a bummer of an answer when asked about it.
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"I'm still not to where I'm close to feeling like they're back," Vogel said in his Friday meeting with the media. "You know THT is making progress. I believe, yesterday, he started shooting the ball with the hand that's been injured. So, that's a positive step, it's getting closer but not to where I'm thinking about having him in games."
The two are nearing their possible return dates, or, at least, their re-evaluation dates. Nunn suffered a bone bruise on October 21 and was to be re-evaluated in two-to-three weeks, according to the team. It's been 15 days. Horton-Tucker had surgery to repair a ligament in his right thumb on October 12, and was to be re-evaluated in four weeks. It's been 24 days on that front.
It might make sense to think both should be back in short order. Coach Frank Vogel, though, expressed doubt about that, dousing some hope Lakers fans have of weathering the LeBron-less storm.
Nothing New on Anthony Davis' Thumb
Vogel offered no further input on Nunn. He did offer a terse update on the thumb injury suffered by Anthony Davis, or more accurately, he stated that he had no update. "Still sprained thumb, questionable for tomorrow," Vogel said. "No update past that."
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The Lakers have a crowded rotation, and it is unclear how Nunn and Horton-Tucker would fit in when they are healthy. Nunn has the advantage of being a very good secondary ballhandler, which the Lakers need. THT is a jack-of-all-trades, but since we have not seen him in the rotation to this point, there's no way to tell which trade he will be asked to employ this season.
In their absence, Vogel gave minutes in Thursday's crushing loss to the Thunder, in which the Lakers blew a 19-point lead at home, to Rajon Rondo and Austin Reaves. Those two likely will not play much once Nunn and THT are healthy.
Vogel Welcomes 'Edgy' Lakers Players
Vogel also addressed the fact that, after Thursday's loss, the players seemed especially testy. Russell Westbrook had a snap-back answer to one reporter's question, and Carmelo Anthony, who had gotten into a tussle with OKC's Lu Dort late in the game, told one reporter, "What do you want us to do? We can't fold."
Vogel had no problem with his players being annoyed. As he said:
We do have high expectations. We're gonna be a little edgy when we lose. I hope we're edgy when we lose. And the film today and the work on the court today was really about growth—failure is just fertilizer for growth. That's the mindset that you have to have. If you play the way we're playing and you win by one, maybe you're not as focused or locked in on correcting things or improving. So just take the silver lining in it. We had a good film session, a positive, productive—everybody is looking to get things right and really focus in on the details more than we are focusing in on. Obviously just identifying some things that are hurting us on both sides of the ball. Teach, correct and grow.
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Karting graduate Max Robinson (Northampton) will make his car racing debut during the final event of the Protyre Formula Renault BARC Championship this weekend, 15th/16th October, at Silverstone National Circuit – the biggest race meeting in the category's history.
Running on the support package of the high-profile British Touring Car Championship, the last two rounds of the Formula Renault BARC season will be witnessed by tens of thousands of spectators at trackside and hundreds of thousands more through the live broadcast on ITV4 and ITV4 HD.
Newcomer Robinson, who will make his single-seater debut in a car entered by students from the National College for Motorsport, is relishing the prospect of competing at such a huge national event and intends to make the most of the opportunity.
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Following on from the recent deal announcement for Anton Spires (Buckingham) and the return to action of multiple race winner James Theodore (Telford, Shropshire), Robinson's signing brings the number of entries for rounds 11 and 12 of the season up to 22 – confirming the Protyre Formula Renault BARC Championship's place as the best subscribed junior single-seater category in the UK.
Dino Zamparelli (Bristol), a recently announced finalist for the hugely prestigious McLaren Autosport BRDC Award, goes into the weekend leading the driver standings by 19 points from Josh Webster (Stowmarket, Suffolk). James Thorp (Evesham, Worcestershire) and Kourosh Khani (High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) are the other two drivers mathematically in with a chance of the championship.


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use sys::c;

pub fn lookup(module: &str, symbol: &str) -> Option<usize> {
    let mut module: Vec<u16> = module.encode_utf16().collect();
    module.push(0);
    let symbol = CString::new(symbol).unwrap();
    unsafe {
        let handle = c::GetModuleHandleW(module.as_ptr());
        match c::GetProcAddress(handle, symbol.as_ptr()) as usize {
            0 => None,
            n => Some(n),
        }
    }
}

pub fn store_func(ptr: &AtomicUsize, module: &str, symbol: &str,
                  fallback: usize) -> usize {
    let value = lookup(module, symbol).unwrap_or(fallback);
    ptr.store(value, Ordering::SeqCst);
    value
}

macro_rules! compat_fn {
    ($module:ident: $(
        pub fn $symbol:ident($($argname:ident: $argtype:ty),*)
                                  -> $rettype:ty {
            $($body:expr);*
        }
    )*) => ($(
        #[allow(unused_variables)]
        pub unsafe fn $symbol($($argname: $argtype),*) -> $rettype {
            use sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
            use mem;
            type F = unsafe extern "system" fn($($argtype),*) -> $rettype;

            static PTR: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);

            fn load() -> usize {
                ::sys::compat::store_func(&PTR,
                                          stringify!($module),
                                          stringify!($symbol),
                                          fallback as usize)
            }
            unsafe extern "system" fn fallback($($argname: $argtype),*)
                                               -> $rettype {
                $($body);*
            }

            let addr = match PTR.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
                0 => load(),
                n => n,
            };
            mem::transmute::<usize, F>(addr)($($argname),*)
        }
    )*)
}

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by kdeangelis | Aug 21, 2018 | Community Development
Reposted from the Record Courier 8.5.18 – http://www.record-courier.com/ By Diane Smith RC Reporter Backers of Ravenna's first movie theater in more than 50 years are hoping residents will make a date to see a movie on Aug. 24. Neighborhood Development Services...
by kdeangelis | May 22, 2018 | Community Development
The Portage Development Board hosted their annual Locate. Stay. Grow. event celebrating economic development in Portage County. Jim Shank, Director of Lending, received the Locate award and proclamation from Governor Kasich on behalf of Neighborhood Development...
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NDS celebrates the groundbreaking for Ravenna 7 Movies, a first-run theater in downtown Ravenna, set to open in the spring of 2018. More details to...
Congressman Tim Ryan Announces $440,000 For Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Development Services
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Congressman Tim Ryan today announced that Neighborhood Development Services (NDS) has received $440,667 in flexible grants from NeighborWorks America. The grant funding will provide a much-needed boost that will support NDS's affordable housing and community...


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Stoke City/Chelsea - DejaVu?
The second bore draw of the opening weekend of the EPL went down at the Britannia Stadium as Chelsea were held by Stoke City. The same fixture last season gave us a 1-1 draw, with Chelsea in the driving seat throughout, and Stoke being the solid outfit we've come to expect of them. Was it the same story this time round? Or did Stoke turn the tables and dominate the Pensioners this time around? Stoke City FC – Begovic; Wilson …
Are Stoke the most Scottish team in England?
Whenever I watch Stoke play, I can't help but kicking my TV set to ensure I'm not watching St Mirren – Aberdeen or Motherwell – Kilmarnock. There's no one thing I can put my finger on, it's a mixture of different things. Stoke play like the teams I watch every weekend, whether it be in the SPL, Irn Bru Scottish Third Division, or the Highland league. Only Dundee United and Celtic, in recent times, have bucked the stereotypical Scottish style …
Stoke City - Europa League | Who are FC Thun?
I've seen FC Thun play once. A 1-0 win against Hamburg in the 3rd round of the 2005/2006 UEFA Cup. All I can say about Switzerland is, well, it's cold. Freezing cold. I've only been to four ground that have been colder, and they're all on the North Sea. But this isn't the same team, after suffering relegation in 2007/2008, and subsequently gaining promotion 2 years later, there is barely a recognisable face in the team. In fact, their only …
Freebies | From the Hammers to the Brittania?
What do Sol Campbell, John Carew, Marcus Bent, James McFadden, Bolo Zenden and Jason Koumas have in common? Apart from being decent squad players at the very least, they are all available, right now, at a fee of absolutely nothing Add to this list, Matthew Upson and Thomas Hitzlsperger, as well as former frees Kieron Dyer, Daniel Gabbidon – all formerly of West Ham, and you have the potential for a decent team. Never before has there been such an influx of quality players into the market at the same time, and it …
Stoke City vs Chelsea - What can be learned?
The beginning of April this year, at the Britannia Stadium, Stoke v's Chelsea. 97 minutes came and went, and what did we get. Chelsea dominating, Stoke staying strong, and one goal apiece. Should Chelsea have won? Were Stoke lucky, or just very good? Of course, the answers to these questions are in stats… Stoke City Line Up – Begovic; Wilson, Huth, Shawcross, Higginbotham; Pennent, Delap, Whelan, Etherington; Walters (Yellow) (Goal), Jones. Chelsea Line Up – Cech; Bosingwa (Yellow), Terry, David …
The Stoke City Rumour Mill
After a quick start to transfer window, with Liverpool and Manchester United making the big moves, things have settled down into a predictable pattern in England – Tevez wanting away, rumours of Drogba going every which way, and Adebayor annoying yet somebody else – or simply not being good enough. Stoke City have had a relatively quiet summer thus far, with their only signing being Jonathon Woodgate on a pay as you play deal from Tottenham, while releasing 3 players …
Jones Vs Walters (Vs Huth?!)
Stoke City only scored 46 goals last season. Champions Manchester United scored 78. 12th placed Newcastle United scored 56. Blackpool, who were relegated in 19th, scored 55. If the EPL stats show anything, it's that goals are important than clean sheets. Kenwyne Jones ran away with the accolade of top Stoke goalscorer on 9 goals, while Jon Walters and Robert Huth – yes, the former Chelsea and Middlesbrough centre back Robert Huth, both finished on 6 goals. Compared to these, …
Stoke City Season Review 2010/2011
So after Stokes third season in the English Premier League, a comfortable 13th place finish, an FA Cup final appearance and qualification for the Europa League, it could be said that they had a pretty successful season. Indeed, if my team played in any major league apart from the SPL, I would be quite happy with that performance as well. But that's not long enough for a statistical blog, so let's delve into the finer points of their season. First …


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Another busload of migrants heading to American VP's home
Texas has sent a busload of migrants to US Vice President Kamala Harris' house again. More migrants arrived last week on her doorstep at the United States Naval Observatory.
Published: November 24, 2022, 6:32 am
France in shock after illegal immigrant implicated in murder of young Lola
An award for breaking the law from the 'rules-based international order' crowd
Property in German town to be confiscated for asylum seekers
New Hungarian nationalist party challenges Fidesz
Macron admits but misrepresents foreign violent crime in Paris
AIPAC cheers US midterm results
Controversial former Paris police chief absolves illegals of their crimes
AfD's Weidel outperforms top 'mainstream' politicians
Poll: 7 out of 10 French voters demand tougher migration policy
Human traffickers shoot at Hungarian police during highway chase
Texas Governor Greg Abbott confirmed that 50 illegal migrants who voluntarily signed up were bussed after being processed by government officials in his state. Some 8 400 migrants from Texas have already been sent to the nation's capital since April.
The 150 illegals from Central and South America were transported in several buses to the Naval Observatory in September, and followed by around 80 more in October. Before reaching Texas, they had travelled from Colombia, Cuba, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela.
Two of the buses stopped outside Vice President Kamala Harris's residence in northwest Washington, DC where their passengers got off.
Some 3 800 have been sent to New York City since August 5, while 1 200 went to Chicago since August 31, according to Texas officials. The first busload of migrants left for Philadelphia last week.
The transportation scheme is part of the Republican governor's Operation Loan Star program, which aims to "fill the dangerous gaps left by the Biden Administration's refusal to secure the border" as communities in the south struggle with a flood of illegals.
NEW: Thermal drone video from our team in Eagle Pass, TX shows a large group of migrants crossing illegally into private property early this morning.
Per CBP source, there have been over 1,400 illegal crossings in the Del Rio sector in the last 24 hours & 69,000 since 10/1. pic.twitter.com/N1FjKVVuDa
US is heading for a financial 'catastrophe' US Treasury Secretary warns
WashingtonOn January 19, 2023, the United States hit its debt ceiling of $31.4 trillion. The country faces a recession if it defaults on its debt, the US Treasury Secretary warned in an interview. Her warning underscored the danger of printing money.
Gun violence: More risk in Chicago and Philadelphia than Iraq, Afghanistan
Providence, Rhode IslandA striking statistic: young Americans are several times more likely to be injured by a gun in cities like Chicago and Philadelphia than they are while serving as a soldier in a foreign country.
Elon Musk, the first person in history to destroy $200 billion in a year
Never before in human history has a person lost as much money in one year as Elon Musk did in 2022. The Tesla and Twitter boss lost $200 billion last year. However, with his remaining $137 billion, he is still the second richest person in the world.
Extreme cold and winter storms sweep across US
More than a million households without electricity, thousands of canceled flights, temperatures in the double-digit minus range and already 41 fatalities: The US is being overwhelmed by an enormous cold wave.
Soros sponsors violent leftists and anti-police lobby as US crime surges
WashingtonThe mega-speculator and "philanthropist" George Soros remains true to himself – he has been sponsoring anti-police left-wing groups with billions of dollars.
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested after crypto billions go missing
NassauHe is no longer sitting in his fancy penthouse, but in a cell in the Bahamas: Sam Bankman-Fried (30), founder of the crypto company FTX, is said to be responsible for the theft of 37 billion euros. An interesting fact is that media in the EU have so far kept this crime thriller almost completely secret.
How Twitter helped Biden win the US presidency
WashingtonThe short message service Twitter massively influenced the US presidential election campaign two years ago in favor of the then candidate Joe Biden. The then incumbent Donald Trump ultimately lost the election. Internal e-mails that the new owner, Elon Musk, has now published on the short message service show how censorship worked on Twitter. The 51-year-old called it the "Twitter files".
Alberta PM suspends cooperation with WEF
EdmontonThe newly elected Premier Danielle Smith of the province of Alberta in Canada has recently made several powerful statements against the globalist foundation World Economic Forum and its leader Klaus Schwab. She has also decided to cancel a strange consulting agreement that WEF had with the state.
WashingtonThe American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) expressed satisfaction with the US midterm election outcome. Republican voters, on the other hand, deplored their party's weak performance.
'The US is ruining all economies'
BogotaFor decades, Colombia was one of the US's most important allies and the only NATO partner country in Latin America. But in South America, too, the political tide is turning. In June, the country received its first left-wing president, Gustavo Petro.


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package jacobi.core.classifier.cart.rule;

import java.util.Set;

import jacobi.api.classifier.Column;
import jacobi.api.classifier.DataTable;
import jacobi.api.classifier.cart.DecisionNode;
import jacobi.core.classifier.cart.Sequence;

/**
 * Common interface for inferring decision rule on a subset of data table.
 *
 *
Implementations should return the resultant decision node together
 * with the impurity measure after applying this rule.

 *
 * @author Y.K. Chan
 *
 */
public interface Rule {

	/**
	 * Infer the decision rule as node from a subset of data
	 * and measure the impurity after applying this rule.
	 * @param dataTable  Input data table
	 * @param features  Feature columns to consider
	 * @param seq  Sequence of access
	 * @return  Decision Node with impurity measurement
	 */
	public <T> DecisionNode<T> make(
		DataTable<T> dataTable,
		Set<Column<?>> features,
		Sequence seq
	);

}


Statistics bureau: Some 4,900 single Jewish women in Israel gave birth in 2010, nearly double the number who gave birth in 2000.
The number of single Jewish women opting to become mothers has increased dramatically over the past decade, according to statistics released on Tuesday by the Central Bureau of Statistics.
The data, which were published to coincide with Family Day celebrated nationwide on Thursday, shows that some 4,900 single Jewish women in Israel gave birth in 2010, nearly double the 2,600 single women who gave birth in 2000. The increase can be linked to advances in medical technology and the country's policy of making fertility treatment widely available and free.
The number of mothers raising children without any partner has doubled from 8,000 women in 2000 to more than 16,000 women in 2010.
Overall, there were 1.8 million families in Israel in 2010 (the most recent year where complete population statistics are available), compared to 1.5 million in 2000. Out of the 1.8 million families in 2010, 1.45 million were defined as Jewish (81 percent), while 303,000 (17%) were Arab.
Of those 1.8 million families, roughly 107,000 are headed by a single parent, with more than 185,000 children under the age of 17 living in such households. Single parent families constitute 6% of the total, which is also a significant increase from the 90,000 families in 2000.
Ninety-one percent of single parent families with young children are headed by a woman: 57% are single mothers because of divorce, 16% are women who chose to give birth without a partner, 15% are separated from their spouse and the rest are widows.
The traditional family structure is still very much the norm – 96% of couples are officially married, while the remaining 4% are couples who have chosen to share their lives without traditional approval.
The small proportion of unmarried couples or those living in common law relationships is significantly less than in Denmark (23%), the Netherlands (19%), the United States (10%), Spain (10%) and Italy (5%).
The Central Bureau of Statistics data also showed that the size of Israel's families is shrinking slightly, with the average number of family members at 3.74, compared to 3.76 a decade ago. More than half of the families here include two parents and children under the age of 17.
Jewish families averaged 3.5 people and Arab families averaged 4.9 people in 2010.
More than a third of Arab families had six people or more, compared to only 10% of Jewish families.
The average family in 2010 had 2.4 children – 2.3 children among Jews and 2.9 children among Arabs.


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Mars at opposition
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Mars will reach opposition, when it lies opposite to the Sun in the sky. Lying in the constellation Scorpius, it will be visible for much of the night, reaching its highest point in the sky around midnight local time.
From Ashburn, it will be visible between 21:09 and 05:01. It will become accessible around 21:09, when it rises to an altitude of 7° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 01:05, 29° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible around 05:01 when it sinks below 7° above your south-western horizon.
2016 apparition of Mars
17 Apr 2016 – Mars enters retrograde motion
22 May 2016 – Mars at opposition
30 May 2016 – Mars at perigee
29 Jun 2016 – Mars ends retrograde motion
A close approach to the Earth
At around the same time that Mars passes opposition, it also makes its closest approach to the Earth – termed its perigee – making it appear at its brightest and largest.
This happens because when Mars lies opposite to the Sun in the sky, the Earth passes between Mars and the Sun. The solar system is lined up with Mars and the Earth on the same side of the Sun, as shown by the configuration labelled perigee in the diagram below:
When a planet is at opposition, the solar system is aligned such that the planet lies on the same side of the Sun as the Earth. At this time, the planet makes its perigee, or closest approach to the Earth. Not drawn to scale.
The panels below show a comparison of the apparent size of Mars when seen at opposition in 2016, and when it is most distant from the Earth at solar conjunction.
Also shown is the full range of different sizes it can appear at opposition, due to the slightly oval shape of Mars' orbit. It appears largest when it reaches opposition around late August, and significantly smaller when it reaches opposition around late February.
Mars at closest opposition
Mars at 2016 opposition
Mars at furthest opposition
Mars: our close neighbor
Of all the planets, Mars shows the greatest variation in its apparent size and brightness. Its angular size varies by a factor of more than seven, between 25.69" and 3.49".
This comes about because it neighbors the Earth in the solar system, orbiting the Sun at a distance of about 1.5 times the Earth's distance from the Sun. This means that its distance from the Earth varies greatly, between 0.36 AU and 2.68 AU. depending whether it lies next to, or opposite to, the Earth in its orbit.
The geometry of Mars' orbit is such that it spends much longer periods of time at large distances from the Earth than it does close to us, which provides added incentive to observe it in the weeks around opposition. Whenever it passes opposition, every two years, Mars appears large and bright for only a few weeks. The panels below show the month-by-month change in Mars' apparent size:
The table below lists Mars' angular size at brightness at two-week intervals throughout its apparition:
Date Angular size Mag
13 Mar 2016 9.8" -0.0
27 Mar 2016 11.3" -0.4
10 Apr 2016 13.1" -0.8
08 May 2016 17.1" -1.7
05 Jun 2016 18.5" -1.9
03 Jul 2016 16.1" -1.4
This data is also available in the form of a graph of the angular size of Mars here, and a graph of its brightness here.
Observing Mars
At opposition, Mars is visible for much of the night. When it lies opposite to the Sun in the sky, this means that it rises at around the time the Sun sets, and it sets at around the time the Sun rises. It reaches its highest point in the sky at around midnight local time.
But even when it is at its closest point to the Earth, it is not possible to distinguish it as more than a star-like point of light without the aid of a telescope.
A chart of the path of Mars across the sky in 2016 can be found here, and a chart of its rising and setting times here.
At the moment of opposition, Mars will lie at a distance of 0.51 AU, and its disk will measure 18.4 arcsec in diameter, shining at magnitude -2.1. Its celestial coordinates at the moment it passes opposition will be:
Mars 15h56m40s 21°36'S Scorpius -2.1 18.4"
Over the weeks following its opposition, Mars will reach its highest point in the sky four minutes earlier each night, gradually receding from the pre-dawn morning sky while remaining visible in the evening sky for a few months.
The sky on 22 May 2016
27 Jul 2018 – Mars at opposition
31 Jul 2018 – Mars at perigee
© NASA/Hubble Space Telescope


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Exciting news! The wait is almost over as we glide into Captain Marvel's launch week! Captain Marvel will be on Blu-ray™, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD™ tomorrow June 11! Which means, soon all of us fans will be able to take home a copy of Goose…I mean Captain Marvel and her awesome heroic deeds. I …
Captain Marvel Will be Available To Purchase Soon!
NEW YORK CITY (May 9, 2019) — At yesterday's espnW Summit NYC, Marvel Studios hosted a "Captain Marvel" panel and revealed an all-new trailer and in-home release dates for its first female-led franchise film, centered on Carol Danvers a.k.a. Captain Marvel. The spectacular, 1990s-era Super Hero adventure, which electrified and inspired audiences worldwide and surpassed $1 …
Marvel's Iron Man and Captain America Unite to Save The World From Evil!
Marvel's Iron Man and Captain America Heroes United is available on Disney Movie Rewards, On-Demand, or Digital HD! Watch as our favorite heroes join forces to battle evil and save the world. However, that is easier said than done. When you have two heroes that are natural born leaders, armor and shields are sure to …
Marvel's "Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United" Available June 29th
Marvel's Iron Man & Captain America Unite to Save the World from Evil! Iron Man and Captain America join forces in a new, original animated adventure, "Marvel's Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United" available only on Digital HD, On-Demand and Disney Movies Anywhere on July 29th. Iron Man and Captain America battle to keep …
Marvel's Captain America: the Winter Soldier is coming to Disney DVD and Blu-ray
MARVEL'S CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLIDER arrives on Disney Movies Anywhere on August 19th and on 3D Blu-ray Combo Pack on September 9th! This release is armed with explosively entertaining bonus features, including Making-of Featurettes, Audio Commentary, Never-Before-Seen Deleted Scenes, Bloopers and more! In anticipation of the Captain America: The Winter Soldier release, I took …
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Collection
Marvel's Ant-Man releasing on Blu-ray December 8th marks the end of MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE: PHASE TWO. Fans can now celebrate with this action-packed 13-disc collector's set. This Marvel fan's dream will be released December 8th, 2015 and features Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, Digital Copy of each Phase 2 film, specially designed disc holders, and exclusive Marvel …
Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron Coming Soon to Blu-Ray Combo Pack
Marvel Studios unleashes the next global phenomenon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: MARVEL'S AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, arriving on Digital 3D, Digital HD and Disney Movies Anywhere September 8th and on 3D Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, Blu-ray, DVD, Digital SD and On-Demand October 2nd! The iconic heroes are forced to reassemble and face their most intimidating …
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Free Printables, Downloads and Coloring pages
Story: After the cataclysmic events in New York with the Avengers, Marvel's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" finds Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, living quietly in Washington, DC and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to …
Carrie Fisher Will Join the Disney Legends
On July 14 in Anaheim, CA at the D23 Expo, nine new Disney Legends will be honored at a Special 30th Anniversary Awards Ceremony Hosted by Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger. While I say congratulations to all the honorees, there are three people that stand out the most in my mind. These three amazing …


The biggest cases of the Supreme Court's term generally come down at the end of June. The campaign finance case probably makes most Court watchers' big three (or at least big five) list. But, in an unusual move, the opinion came down the first week of April.
The Court struck down aggregate limits on individual contributions to candidates for federal office, political parties, and political action committees. McCutcheon v. FEC will likely impact the dozen or so states that place aggregate limits on individual campaign contributions to candidates for state office.
As NCSL's "State Limits on Contributions to Candidates" chart illustrates about a dozen states provide aggregate limits on campaign contributions to state candidates. The constitutionality of these state laws seems doubtful in the wake of McCutcheon. As Andy Kroll points out in Mother Jones the impact of these state laws no longer applying will vary. In New York, for example, the aggregate limit to contribute to a state candidate is $150,000, so not much likely will change in that state.


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Кременчуцький завод технічного вуглецю — кременчуцьке підприємство з виробництва технічного вуглецю (сажі), який використовується в шинній і гумотехнічній промисловості, а також в лакофарбному виробництві.

Історія

Будівництво заводу почалось у лютому 1963 року. 12 березня 1965 року була випущена перша партія сажі .

У липні 1998 року система керування якістю була сертифікована нідерландською фірмою «TNO Certification». У 2001 році на підприємстві встановлена нову систему керування згідно з останніми стандартами.

Виробництво

Станом на січень 2001 року потужність виробництва становила 60 тис. тонн технічного вуглецю на рік. Після введення в дію п'ятого технологічного потоку дало можливість збільшити потужність підприємства до 1000 тис. тонн на рік .

Завод виготовляє 14 маркувань технічного вуглецю, який експортується у 26 країн світу, серед яких Болгарія, Білорусь, Греція, Ватикан, Італія, Німеччина, Польща, Росія, Румунія, Сербія, Іспанія, Франція, Чехія, Швеція, Туреччина та Угорщина. Продукція підприємства використовується для виготовлення шин, у лакофарбовій промисловості, гумотехнічні вироби, металоїди  .

Примітки

Посилання
 Картка підприємства на сайті who-is-who.com.ua
 Картка підприємства на сайті Бізнесгід

Підприємства Кременчука
Підприємства, засновані 1965
Заводи з виробництва технічного вуглецю

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