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WE THE PEOPLES
UN Parliamentary Assembly
Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence
Previous Work on Global Governance
Ideas on Improving Global Governance
THE CAMPAIGN FOR A UNITED NATIONS PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY
The most realistic, detailed, and widely supported proposal for creating more effective and accountable global governance.
You can see in the history section of this website that the One World Trust was founded in 1951 by cross-party Members of Parliament who believed global governance can be improved to better protect the interests of all humanity as well as our environment.
Today, with the coronavirus pandemic raging, and an environmental crisis looming, this is truer than ever. It is for this reason that the One World Trust has decided to bring the world's leading campaign for creating more effective and accountable global governance to the UK for the first time.
The campaign for a United nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) recommends the gradual implementation of democratic participation and representation on the global level, starting with the establishment of a consultative Parliamentary Assembly at the United Nations. This campaign has been running internationally since 2007 and has won the support of:
Over 1,600 current and former parliamentarians from 134 countries
Current and former heads of state, foreign ministers, Nobel laureates
Over 400 professors and over 400 NGOs
The European, Pan-African and Latin-American Parliaments
Such widespread and expert support is not won without a detailed and realistic proposal, refined through ongoing critical appraisal. More detail can be found on the UN Parliamentary Assembly page of this website, the UNPA website, and this book.
The UK campaign plan is to explain and promote the UNPA proposal to the public, media, NGOs and MPs, and to provide education through an online course and the running of a model UNPA (like a model UN). If you are able contribute time or funds to help bring this vibrant international campaign to the UK for the first time, please email info@oneworldtrust.org. Any donations received by the end of this year, up to a total of £65,000, will be match funded, doubling any contribution you make.
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Largest Ever Clinical Trial in Hip Fracture Fixation Completes One-Year Follow-Up in 1000th Patient.
X-Bolt Orthopaedics, a leading medical device company, today announced the 1000th patient has completed one-year of follow-up in the (n= 1,140 patients) multi-centre randomised controlled trial comparing extracapsular hip fracture fixation devices, known as World Hip Trauma Evaluation 4 (WHITE4), conducted by Oxford University and supported by NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre.
The Company's X-BOLT® innovative hip fracture device was also granted FDA 510k approval for marketing in the United States in Q4 2018.
Outcome measurements in WHITE4 include the EuroQol 5 Dimension Score (EQ-5D-5L), a validated measure of health-related quality of life, as well as patient mortality, residential status, revision surgery and radiographic measures. This study is a fully powered superiority study that may definitively show the X-BOLT® to be the new gold standard femoral head fixation in hip fracture fixation.
Approximately 1.6 million hip fractures occur worldwide each yearand due to an aging population, it is expected this number could reach 6 million by 2050.Each hip fracture episode costs approximately $40,000 (£30,000) in health and social costs. 70% of hip fractures occur in women with a median age of 81yrs. Loss of mobility and independence among hip fracture survivors is profound; less than 50% regaining their previous function and 33% being totally dependent or in a nursing home a year later. Reoperations occur in 6% of patients, resulting in additional costs of approximately $50,000 (£35,000). Reducing the re-operation rate provides a significant opportunity for hospitals and governments to greatly reduce 30-day readmissions and overall healthcare costs, notwithstanding the benefits to patients by improving their quality of life.


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WHAT IS THE Tangerine Automation Interface ?
The Tangerine Automation Interface (TAI) is the solution to use a MAC/PC and your DAW to replace the obsolete SSL 4k/6k/8k automation computer!
The TAI links the SSL faders, mutes, status switches and channels VCA's signals to your computer. The SSL faders & mutes are used to write automation moves to the DAW. The SSL's status switches control the automation mode (WRITE/READ/LATCH/ TRIM/OFF). The DAW sends PRE FADER audio to the SSL's inputs, volume level changes are handled by the SSL VCAs from the DAW fader position data. This means that dynamic processing in the SSL path can be used. That's real OTB mixing!
The TAI has been designed and optimized to work with ProTools. Full Out of The Box (OTB) workflow is possible for up to 32 tracks, as Protools only permits 32 channels of external surface control communication. To overcome that limitation, we have developed an "HYBRID" mode that permits up to 96 tracks of automation in ProTools by using bank sliding. In Hybrid mode, the SSL inputs receive "post fader audio" from Protools. The SSL channel VCAs are set to 0 db and ProTools handle the volume changes. The SSL faders and mutes are still used to write automation moves. The mix process is still OTB as the SSL mixes the audio tracks. In both modes, fader scales and volume levels are matched to 0.1db. The means that ITB pre mixed session can be played back thru the SSL with volume consistency.
Alternately, for up to 96 tracks of OTB mix automation, mix engineers can use our "customized" version of REAPER (the licence is included in the package). Reaper works like the SSL automation software, working in sync with Protools (or any audio source) via midi timecode. This solution still offers the best of a DAW work flow, in a graphical "volume envelope" mode that can be easily edited, or in a "mouse less" workflow, where everything is done from the console. We would call this our "legacy mode..."
• Easy project migration from Protools ITB (if the client comes in with a "premix") to OTB/SSL mixes, as mixes made in Protools can directly be played back in the SSL as the volumes match are exact.
• Simplified File/project management, as it uses your computer and DAW file format and storage.
• The potential savings you will make by reducing the power consumption, as our power supply draws only 34 watts instead of the 600+ watts used by the old computer, this might end up in considerable savings on your electricity bill!
• Minimized/easy learning curve. The TAI can easily be used by either experiences or less experienced engineer.
HOW DO I USE THE Tangerine Automation Interface?
On the SSL: the faders, mutes and switches status will send the correct information to the DAW according to the selected automation mode. The automation modes are selected by pressing the channels status switches.
In the DAW: Volume and mute information will be "read from" or "written to" the track's as volume envelopes. Depending on the selected Mix configuration mode, the volume information will be sent to the SSL's VCAs and mutes (OTB mode) or will be controlling the DAW's volumes while the SSL's VCAs are set at 0db (ITB mode).
In In the Box (ITB) and HYBRID modes: OFF, READ, WRITE, LATCH, TRIM WRITE, TRIM LATCH, TRIM READ.
WHAT ABOUT RECALL? HOW DOES IT WORK?
Our "Recall-IT" option uses Internet Technology to display the SSL's layout as a web page.
In "Recall-IT" mode, the Tangerine Automation Interface scans the switches and potentiometers of the SSL console. The data is saved in the DAW as a high-resolution MIDI NRPN data stream and recorded on a MIDI track. This way, the console's recall setup is saved as part of the automation session.
Playing back the MIDI track from the DAW's automation session loads the saved recall setup to the Tangerine Automation Interface.
The Tangerine Automation system uses dynamic web page, generated from it's built-in web server to display a view of the actual "matched" and "unmatched" potentiometers/ switches, from the last loaded recall setup.
HOW DO I INSTALL THE Tangerine Automation Interface ?
1. Connect the SSL's VCA 50 pins flat cables to the interface.
2. Connect the "Automation enabler dongle" to the SSL's 50 pins "keyboard" connector on one side and to the "Tangerine Automation Interface" accessory port with a Cat5/RJ45 cable.
3. Connect the Interface's USB port to the computer running the DAW.
What are the different modes I can use?
HOW DO I SETUP THE Tangerine Automation Interface?
1. In Out of the Box (OTB) mode: DAW tracks audio output must be configured to be Pre-fader; this can be done by creating a pre-fader send from the DAW mixer on each track.
How do I set up the Tangerine Automation Interface and my DAW to work together?
When the interface is installed and up and running, from the configuration setup mode, select the desired fader scale, mix mode (ITB/OTB) and "after write go to..." mode. The interface is now ready to be used. On the computer side, make sure that the "plug and play" USB interface is seen in the midi "setup" control panel.
Configure the control surface setup to sequentially assign the Tangerine Automation Interface's multiple HUI ports to the DAW's channel in a 8 channels per bank sequence.
Configure the DAW's automation preference so that it doesn't change automatically to "READ" or "LATCH' after a automation "WRITE" (it should be on "do nothing"or "no change"), The tangerine will take care of that.
The Daw should be configured to transmit and receive Midi Transport commandes, this is usualy refered as "MIDI BEAT CLOCK" or "MIDI SYNC". If using "Protools", in the SETUP/MIDI/MIDI BEAT CLOCK menu, enable communication with the Tangerine Automation Interface's port #5.


The Tusting story began in 1875 with the family-owned leather tannery, which was initially used to supply premium leathers to the new English shoe factories of their time. This soon evolved into crafting luxury leather goods themselves from their vast collection of fine leathers, and is currently run by the fifth-generation of Tusting family leather experts in their Buckinghamshire workshop.
With an ethos of "working luxury", the Tusting philosophy is firmly rooted in the crafting of beautiful and brilliant leather bags that exemplify and uphold the standards of original British luxury. Each Tusting bag is manufactured with artisanal craftsmanship from full-grain, unadulterated leather within the family's British workshop, situated in Northampton.
Specialising in fine natural, uncoated leathers Tusting also works with premium waxed canvas, tweed and scotch-grain. Boasting a broad collection of both men's and women's bags as well as luxury accessories, Tusting's history is rooted in their extensive range of premium travel luggage. Tusting offer bespoke alterations through embossing, engraving, monogramming and custom colourways upon request.
Uniquely British, Tusting hand-craft every bag in their own leather-goods factory near Northampton where they have been designing and creating their exceptional products for almost 30 years. With a passion for the leather they work with — shying away from "corrected leathers" — Tusting's leathers settle into life and gain their signature patina over the years.
"Utterly Faultless Britishness! They created the most beautiful bespoke bag for me. The quality of the service, craftsmanship, and finished product is mind-blowingly superb." — Sophie-Jayne Dalton Tebby, Tusting Customer.


If your conservatory is no longer the brightest room in your home, you need to call the experts!
At Sean Brennan Cleaning, we specialise in deep cleaning conservatory roofs and restoring the sparkle you remember. Using the same pure water equipment that makes your windows shine so much, we can wash your conservatory from the tips of the roof finials right down to the UPVC window sills – and everything in between too!
We're not afraid of a challenge either! If you've just moved into a home where the conservatory has been neglected for years, we're still confident we can restore it. We use specialist detergents to gently soften and remove the baked-on algae, lichen and moss, and can make almost any conservatory shine like new.


Connor, S.R., Pyenson, B., Fitch, K., Spence, C. & Iwasaki, K. (2007). Comparing hospice and nonhospice patient survival among patients who die within a three-year window. J Pain Symptom Manage, 33(3),238-46.
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Sonali Bendre is an Indian actress cum model and she predominately works in Hindi cinema and also appeared alongside Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Marathi language films. She made her cinema debut in 1994 with Mahesh Bhatt's 'Aag' in 1994 and played Parul. This film of hers won her first Filmfare awards. Sonali also endorsed various brands including Volini, Oriflame India, Vi-John Group almond drops hair oil, Real Fruit Juice, Omega, Nirma, and many more. To know more about Sonali Bendre Wiki, Bio, Wiki, Height, Sonali Bendre Husband, Career, Net Worth, read the complete article and comment your views on the quality of our content.
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Sonali Bendre is an Indian actress and model who primarily works in Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada films. She was born on 1 January 1975 (Wednesday) in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India to Father Jit Bendre (Who worked in Central Public Works Department) and mother Roopsi Bendre (housewife). Sonali Bendre's husband's name is Goldie Behl and she married him on 12 November 2002 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
The zodiac sign of Sonali is Capricorn and she holds Indian nationality and her caste is Hindu Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu (CKP), Moreover, she was born and raised in a middle-class Marathi Hindu family and follows Hinduism and her hobbies are Cooking, Writing, Travelling.
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Birth Name Sonali Bendre
Full Name Sonali Bendre Behl
Net Worth (2021) $4 Million
Date of Birth 1 January 1975 (Wednesday)
Sonali Bendre's age as of 2021 46 Years
Birth Place Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Raised In Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Profession Actress–Model
Religion Hinduism
School Kendriya Vidyalaya Malleswaram, Bengaluru
Holy Cross Convent High School, Thane
Welham Girls School, Dehradun
College Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai
Education Qualification College Graduate
Mother Name Roopsi Bendre
Father Name Jit Bendre (Worked in CPWD)
Siblings Sister: Elder Rupa Ranadive
and Gandhali Paranjape (Younger)
Marital Status Married (12 November 2002)
Sonali Bendre Husband Goldie Behl (Filmmaker)
Children Ranveer Behl (born 2005)
Boyfriend Goldie Behl
Affairs Raj Thackeray
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Body Measurements 32-28-32 Inches
Bra Size Will Update
Body Type Fit Body
As of 2021, Sonali Bendre is a married woman and she married filmmaker Goldie Behl (Filmmaker) on 12 November 2002 in Mumbai Maharashtra after dating him for a long time. They both were blessed with a baby boy in 2005 and named him Ranveer Behl.
Sonali Bendre with her husband
Talking about her family, she was born into a middle-class Hindu Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu (CKP) family to father Jit Bendre (Who worked in Central Public Works Department) and mother Roopsi Bendre (housewife) and she spent her childhood with her elder sister Elder Rupa Ranadive and Younger sister Gandhali Paranjape. The three are seen many times together on their social media profile.
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As of 2021, Sonali Bendre's age is 46 years and she will turn 47 next year in January. She has a height of 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) and weighs 55 kg/121 lbs. Sonali worked as a superb actor and model and earned name, fame, and awards in her career.
Moreover, she has figure measurements of 32-28-32 and has brown eyes and black hair which makes her look so amazing.
Sonali studied in three different schools named Kendriya Vidyalaya Malleswaram, Bengaluru, Holy Cross Convent High School, Thane, and Welham Girls School, Dehradun, and following joined Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai to complete her graduation. At the age of 19, she made her debut in Bollywood with the action-drama film Aag.
Sonali Bendre debuted in Bollywood with Mahesh Bhatt's 'Aag' as Parul in 1994, and as Sonali in her second film 'Naaraaz' released in 1994. For her debut film, she won the Filmfare Award under Lux New Face of the Year Category and Star Screen Awards for Most Promising Newcomer. Sonali also won Filmfare's Sensational Debut award for her second film "Naaraaz".
Following, she appeared In commercial successful films like Diljale and rose to fame after getting the lead role in Major Saab (1998), Zakhm, Sarfarosh, Hum Saath-Saath Hain, Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai. She also worked in other movies including the Marathi movie Anahat, Tamil movie Kadhalar Dhinam and Telugu films like romance film Murari, Indra, Khadgam and Manmadhudu released in 2002.
To date, she has over 50 films and 10 television shows which speak themselves about her skills and acting standards.
She has gained huge fame in both reel and real-world and has over 2.8 Million followers on her verified Instagram account. Apart from this, she endorsed various top-notch brands including Surya CFL, Dr. Morepen, Volini, Oriflame India, Vi-John Group almond drops hair oil, Real Fruit Juice, Omega, Nirma, and many more.
She doesn't drink and Smokes.
Her full name is Sonali Bendre Behl.
Sonali Bendre was born into a middle-class Marathi family and raised in Mumbai.
Director and filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt recognized her talent during a modeling assignment.
Her father used to work for Central Public Works Department (CPWD) and used to get transferred to a new city after every 2-3 years and because of this reason, she never had long-term friends.
Sonali is very allergic to perfume and fragrance and stays away from them.
She is an avid dog lover and has a pet dog at her home.
She debuted in Bollywood with Mahesh Bhatt's 'Aag' as Parul in 1994, and as Sonali in her second film 'Naaraaz' released in 1994.
According to news, she was the highest-paid TV actor in 2014; as she allegedly charged ₹4 lakh per day to be part of Life OK's show 'Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh.'
To encourage reading habits she started a digital club In 2017, called 'Sonali's Book Club'
She was diagnosed with high-grade metastatic cancer in 2018 and informed the same to her fans and public via a Tweet and underwent treatment in the New York City Hospital and now she is cancer-free.
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Lane Fernandez, Former 'Teen Mom' Star, Dies at 28, Three Weeks After His Wife Gives Birth
News Sinthya Aggarwal June 15, 2022
Lane Fernandez, who co-starred with ex-girlfriend Malorie Beaver on MTV's Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant, died. He was 28 years old when this happened.
Lane died just three weeks after his first child with his wife Kylee Rose Fernandez was born. Kylee shared the news on Facebook on Monday in a devastating post.
"Without you, baby, I'm so lost. I adore you and am confident that you are keeping an eye on us "Lane cradled their baby boy, Nolyn, whom they welcomed on May 22, Kylee wrote alongside a series of photos of Lane cradling him.
"I'll never be able to replace you in my heart. You've always been the one who's been the center of attention. You were an incredible father, dog father, and husband, and Nolyn, Emerson, and I adore you. You will always be my best friend and my rock. More than anything else, I miss you, baby "Kylee took part in the conversation.
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Lane and Beaver also have a small daughter named Emerson. During seasons 2 and 3 of Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant, the couple's efforts to co-parent their daughter girl were showcased.
Malorie's sister and fellow Teen Mom star Rachel Beaver paid tribute to her on Instagram, uploading a photo of Lane and his daughter Emerson swimming in a pool.
She commented under the throwback photo, "I can't even begin to convey the anguish I feel right now." "Sadly, she was taken from us far too soon… Lane, you can take it easy."


Longtime New Orleans Saints guard Jahri Evans' first opportunity with another team was a short stint.
The Seattle Seahawks cut Evans on Friday, according to an NFL Network report. Evans signed a one-year deal with the Seahawks on Aug. 6.
The Saints cut Evans, 33, in February. A fourth-round pick in 2006, Evans was the Saints' starting right guard for the past 10 seasons.


For a lot of creatives out there, including myself, we have to produce day-in, and day-out so we can gain some traction in this digital world - Hoping our work can be seen by the right person, but what happens when you hit the "creative wall?" If you're reading this, you know exactly what I'm talking about, and it happens quite frequently, even for the most experienced. When that arises we often have questions such as: Do I like this, who would like this, and what can I do better from my own critique/criticism from others? In the art world, no matter if it's journalism, painting, music, or photography, you have to hear the good, and bad. It's a huge learning curve when someone doesn't like your work, or you don't see as many likes on a particular post compared to the other. One way to grow is listen to your audience, ask questions, and don't be stubborn. An ego can't make you creative; creativity comes from within, without barriers, and smugness. Have an open mind, and you will succeed.
With this in mind, what can you do to make your next piece interesting, awesome, and most importantly, memorable? First and foremost, do your research. Look at the competition in your similar style, and see what they're doing, but do not plagiarize their work. That defeats the purpose for you to grow. To step it up to the next level, think beyond the box, and add your personal touch to make your work stand out. Similar editing styles do exists, but there are so many ways that can stretch your imagination. For example, everyone can take a simple landscape photograph, but making it creative with new perspectives from angles, adding layers with other photographs you've taken, or from stock images that is legally allowed for you to use from sites like pexel.com can dramatically improve the shot, making it original, and something you can be proud of.
Also, I cannot stress this enough, the most important aspect of photography is a story. We are engaged by reading stories told by our friends, historians, and those whom inspire us to find aspiration. It is the driving force to portray your work in a new light, and help guide you to success. Start by telling the world what it took to take this photograph, where and why did you travel to this location, and what experience(s) did you have seconds before you snapped that shutter? Your story does not have to be a novel, but a few sentences can explain your work, and people will follow, because they simply enjoyed it, and can't wait to read more that comes in the future. It also helps you to stay creative, not just from your photography, but with your words. People can feel a lot, and tell a lot about someone how they portray a story.
Lastly, setting the mood. This is not only for date nights. Your workspace has to be an area where you can get in the zone, and shut of the outside world. Setting the mood is a vital step that should be practiced every time you're trying to prepare yourself for endless hours in front of the computer, or preparing a blank canvas waiting for the brush sweeping your new palette of colors forward. We all have our on ways to meditate, but dimming the lights, listening to music, lighting a few candles with a glass of wine are great ways to whine down. Pun intended! Most importantly, and suggested by many, put the phone down. Make sure to silence it, or have it in the other room. The fewer distractions, the better. A workspace should be comfortable, and not disruptive. Make your workspace your Zen, be happy, and make it count.
Setting up your composition is something you have to plan beforehand. Whether it's shooting a wedding, portraits, or shooting landscapes always set a goal to what you want to achieve with certain lenses, effects, or being inspired from your favorite photographers work. Once given the opportunity, see the shot before snapping away. Portraits require more thought, because you're collaborating with your client and what their specific needs are. When doing on location portraits, make sure you use a telephoto lens for that bokeh effect to blur out the background with your depth-of-field. When shooting portraits in landscape, and portrait view, keep your subject to the left or right. The placement will make or break your shot. The rule of thirds is very important aspect of photography (examples are below) and it will guide you to have great composition 100% of the time. With landscape photography, keep in mind that your shot has to be straight and leveled with the horizon. Make sure you do not Dutch angle anything for it will decrease your showmanship as a professional.
Ever notice why your shots may have a washed out sky or the color might be flat? Adding an on camera filter can add more depth, and vibrancy to each shot. Neutral density filters are best for long exposure shots for waterfalls and city shots with rivers being super smooth. Adding a polarizer can take that harshness out in mostly sunny conditions to add rich deep colors and saturate the flat areas making your images pop. Not only does it help achieve a better image, it also protects your lenses from scratching. For portraiture, all you need is a UV filter to protect your lens and the DSLR sensor from the sun's rays. The same type of filter is found on your sunglasses. Colored gels can help a ton when you do black and white photography, adding more depth to bring out highlights and tone to your pictures. It is a little bit of a hassle because you need two parts: a bracket to slide the gel in and the gel filter itself, but it's great when you want to be super creative and keeps photography exciting.
With the increased amount of people taking pictures and social media, photos are a part of daily life. Everyone owns a smart phone to shoot photos. So the question is, how do you make your shots stand out when you visit a popular area where many people took pictures? This is how: Research what other people have been shooting by doing a quick google search, or inside your favorite social media app. It can give you an inside look from what other aspiring artists are doing. After that, you can go into a shoot and try to replicate those poses from those sources. With landscapes, you can add certain effects with camera filters and gels, editing in photoshop, and different lens combination such as macro photography with plant/animal life around you. Creating different angles that keep you inside the rule of thirds, and adding people to your shots with themes can be fun and exciting. Photoshop is very powerful tool while editing and the possibilities are endless inside it. For example, you can layer different photos in there and could be a great way to make your work stand out from the rest making it more creative.
Here's an example how I created one image with layers, from my piece '"Star seeker"
People love reading stories with life journeys bringing aspiring events to inspire others. After all, for thousands of years of documented history, we have been telling stories and sharing our experiences in hope that it will live on. Like music, people have a connection to it with compelling lyrics that people can relate to on an emotional level. We need an emotional connection, because it makes us feel alive. It also grounds us to know that other people out there have gone through those same experiences. In art, and more specifically here in photography, it's important to talk about how you took the shot, the thought process behind it, and what it took to tell your story.
I would recommend to not hashtag us to death, and please add the location where you shot your picture. People do get turned off by it, and some believe that too many hashtags means you're desperate for likes/followers. It makes people disengaged, and eventually not interested in your future posts. They will later see it as not interesting, and it's less of a chance for you to stand out here in this digitally connected world. So get out there and put in the work, and tell everyone what makes your work awesome.
Lighting is so important, but the hardest to master. Most cameras have a built-in flash, but they can give you a deer-in-headlights type image, or a harsh background shadow when shooting portraits. The best way to shoot portraits on your DSLR is a diffuser. A diffuser softens the lighting, and evens out your images. Pointing the flash up can fill in the gaps where the darker areas could be present, and decrease those shadows dramatically. Soft boxes are great for a constant even light, and umbrellas are great with weddings, or portrait photography. You can remotely set off the flash with a transmitter without worrying about battery life, and not worrying that your flash could blind your subjects. When shooting outside, umbrellas are not practical so reflectors held by an assistant is a great way to reflect light filling in the gaps that your flash cannot provide, and they're super cheap too.


After spending $9 million in recent years trying to stop phosphate mining in other counties, Charlotte County is now poised to approve several dozen dirt mines within its own boundaries.
Ironically, at least one of those mines has now recently been found to contain phosphate ore, and that has triggered a concern over groundwater with radioactive elements.
That's because radon and its decay products are often found along with phosphate ores, according to a recent exchange of e-mails between a county staffer and a state mine-permitting official.
The e-mails also cite a potential for extra deep pits at one mine to wind up as lakes with depleted oxygen levels at deeper depths. That water-quality problem has also been encountered in phosphate mine reclamation projects that include lakes.
That's "ironic," said Brad Kelsky, an attorney for the Washington Loop Homeowners Preservation Association.
The association was organized by residents of Washington Loop who are opposed to dirt mines in their area.
Kelsky pointed out that at a public hearing today, a county hearing officer may grant requests from a half dozen of the proposed dirt mines to be "vested" under the regulations of the county's previous mining ordinance. That ordinance was replaced with a stricter version in August.
The former version failed to require hydrological monitoring or traffic impact studies, Kelsky pointed out.
"Knowing that the county has spent $9 million fighting the phosphate mining issue, it seems ironic that when (mining) comes up here, these concerns are not addressed," he said.
Kelsky argued the county has the authority to protect the health, safety and welfare of its residents, and that should extend to dirt mining.
The mining proposals also include four set to request preliminary and final approvals at a hearing Oct. 5. Combined, those 10 mines call for 108 million cubic yards to be excavated from a total of 8,335 acres.
Another 20 proposed mines have yet to be set for hearings.
In a Sept. 18 e-mail, Garry Weedo, county acting land development director, asked Alan Whitehouse, a DEP mine permitting specialist, for advice on two mining issues. They included low dissolved oxygen levels that may be found in the deep pits planned at the South Loop mine, located on Washington Loop Road; and the concern that radon may be found at the Williams Pit Excavation site, located north of Bermont Road and east of State Road 31.
In response, Whitehouse advised the county that radon, a gas that disperses in open air, may not be a significant concern. However, the presence of radon is an indicator "of other, more troublesome radionuclides that could be mobilized in the groundwater, as a result of the mining," Whitehouse wrote.
Mining can expose buried contaminants to oxygen, which causes oxidation, and that can allow them to be mobilized by water, explained John Coates, DEP mine bureau director.
Whitehouse said the Williams mine "will need further hydrogeological investigation, and possibly some testing with monitoring wells."
Jim Dossett, acting county community development director, said the DEP staffer's advice sounded "fairly strong to me." Dossett said he will make sure the county gets the applicant to address the concerns.
Dossett pointed out that the county staff twice in the past year asked the commission to place a moratorium on mining. Instead, the commission directed the staff to conduct panel discussions with "stakeholders" for 60 days before drafting a revised ordinance.
Meanwhile, dozens of mine developers raced to file applications before the new ordinance could get adopted.
Several commissioners have since said even the revised ordinance didn't go far enough. They've called for the county to adopt a special zoning district for mining.
"This is exactly the reason we asked twice for the board to declare a moratorium (on mining permits)," Dossett said.
Weedo, in his e-mail to the DEP, also asked for advice on the South Loop pit, which proposes a 55-foot-deep pit next to Myrtle Creek. A concern had been raised that such pits can turn into lakes with depleted oxygen levels, Weedo indicated.
However, the Legislature in recent years eased water-quality standards for the oxygen levels in such deep lakes, Coates said.
The DEP typically reviews only excavation proposals that include rock-processing facilities, Coates said. For typical "borrow pits," impacts are reviewed by the Southwest Florida Water Management District, he said.
The district has a hydrologist, an engineer and an ecologist review each application, said Ross Morton, an area water district permitting supervisor.
If contamination or hydrology impacts are discovered after mining is approved, mining operations can be modified or stopped to address the problems, he said.
If a radiological concern was revealed by an applicant, the district would "coordinate closely with the DEP" about how to evaluate such a concern, he said.
"Ultimately, if it meets our rules, we have to issue a permit," Morton said.
You can e-mail Greg Martin at gmartin@sun-herald.com.


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Q: Google Cloud PubSub V1 using GCloud Emulator I'm fighting with Google Docs for setting up Cloud PubSub with .NET using a PubSub emulator.
https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/getting-started/using-pub-sub
https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/publisher
https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/emulator
Coming from a Rails background, I'm tasked to implement Cloud PubSub for a .NET product, running our google cloud on .NET Core, to enable it to publish.
Google::Cloud::Pubsub.new(project: project_id, emulator_host: emulator_host)

From the documentation using .NET, I keep coming back to the following:
PublisherServiceApiClient publisherClient = PublisherServiceApiClient.Create();
PublisherClient publisher = PublisherClient.Create(...)

However, the library used from the docs Google.Cloud.PubSub.V1 -Pre
 does not contain the definition.
'PublisherClient' does not contain a definition for 'Create'.
Instead, I get CreateAsync that takes in TopicName, PublisherClient.ClientCreationSettings and PublisherClient.Settings.
https://googleapis.github.io/google-cloud-dotnet/docs/Google.Cloud.PubSub.V1/api/Google.Cloud.PubSub.V1.PublisherClient.html
I noticed that PublisherServiceApiClient can take in a Channel, but I'm confused on how to get this going.
To conclude with an actual question, how does one currently implement Cloud PubSub with .NET for in cloud and then locally with emulator? Adding to that, am I using the wrong library or the wrong docs?
Any suggestions, pointers or piece of advice would be truly appreciated.

A: I managed a solution that I am happy with.
Instead of using the PublisherClient, I went with using the PublisherServiceApiClient alone.
emulatorAddr = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PUBSUB_EMULATOR_HOST");
if (emulatorAddr != null)
{
    channel = new Channel(emulatorAddr, ChannelCredentials.Insecure);
    pub = PublisherServiceApiClient.Create(channel);
}
else
{
    pub = PublisherServiceApiClient.Create();
}

Which meant that publishing was slightly more involved then sending string to the PublisherClient, but overall not so bad.
PubsubMessage msg = new PubsubMessage
{
    Data = ByteString.CopyFromUtf8(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(payload))
};

pub.PublishAsync(topic, new[]{ msg });

If the project is running in a Google Compute Engine, it will have default credentials. Otherwise, wether you're running an emulator locally or in docker you can define PUBSUB_EMULATOR_HOST.
What really helped was this https://googleapis.github.io/google-cloud-dotnet/docs/Google.Cloud.PubSub.V1/index.html

A: To make the PublisherClient connect to a local emulator, you need to pass custom ServiceEndpoint and ChannelCredentials to CreateAsync:
var serviceEndpoint = new ServiceEndpoint(theEmulatorHost, theEmulatorPort);

var publisherClient = await PublisherClient.CreateAsync(
    topicName,
    new PublisherClient.ClientCreationSettings(credentials: ChannelCredentials.Insecure, serviceEndpoint: serviceEndpoint));

To switch to the real PubSub, just leave away the ClientCreationSettings.

A: You can use the EmulatorDetection property on the ClientCreationSettings using extension method .WithEmulatorDetection(EmulatorDetection.EmulatorOrProduction). Like this:
PublisherClient publisher = await PublisherClient.CreateAsync(
        topicName,
        new PublisherClient.ClientCreationSettings()
            .WithEmulatorDetection(EmulatorDetection.EmulatorOrProduction));

This will work if you have the following environment variable for the local emulator endpoint: PUBSUB_EMULATOR_HOST=localhost:8085
(If you use Visual Studio you might have to restart VS for the environment variable to be detected)
In windows I had problems using the set PUBSUB_EMULATOR_HOST=localhost:8085 command, so I ended up adding it manually.
Details here: https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/emulator
Extra tip: you can add topics directly to API using curl: curl -X PUT http://localhost:8085/v1/projects/my-project-name/topics/my-topic

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Q: How to use 'after_initialize' in Rails 3? UPDATE
I wrongly checked the edgerails guide instead of the currently correct Rails 3 guide (which has no mention of after_initialize). Not sure why the edgerails guide is "incorrect" though - I thought edgerails guide was supposed to be the latest up-to-date guide?
I'm leaving this question as-is just in case someone comes looking for the same "problem".
Macro-style call to after_initialize is the way to go.

Should after_initialize be used as method or macro-style call ?
This works, but gives a deprecation warning:
def after_initialize
  logger.info "Called after_initialize"
end

DEPRECATION WARNING: Base#after_initialize has been deprecated,
                         please use Base.after_initialize :method instead.
This works, and there is no warning:
after_initialize :do_this_after_initialize
def do_this_after_initialize
  logger.info "Called after_initialize"
end

But the Active Record Validations and Callbacks Guide in 10.4 after_initialize and after_find says:

...If you try to register
  after_initialize or after_find using
  macro-style class methods, they will
  just be ignored.  This behaviour is
  due to performance reasons, since
  after_initialize and after_find will
  both be called for each record  found
  in the database, significantly slowing
  down the queries...

So that means that the macro-style usage is inefficient versus the method-style way?
(I guess the guide is wrong, 'cos code is king :D)

Another Update

A commit here from January 28, 2011, suggests that the correct way is still to use the macro-style call, not a def after_initialize.

A: The call backs should be used as macro style in your model: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Callbacks.html


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Maniac Season 1 Episode 3: Having a Day Recap
September 30, 2018 October 1, 2018 ~ Metacrone
Yes, we are having a day. In episode 3, Having a Day, we learn about the two worst days of Owen's life. They were so traumatizing that the day he attempted suicide was not his worst day. His worst day was when he hallucinated for the first time and ended up in a psych ward. Over the course of the episode, Dr Muramoto's day goes even worse than that.
On the bright side, Dr Mantleray returns to supervise the project he founded, and he proves to be an inspiring, if eccentric, leader. Annie, Owen and #5 are all red-flagged, but survive the ordeal. Owen and Annie begin to bond as a team. Azumi survives a trip to the real world.
After an episode full of obstacles and trauma, the group forges ahead to the next stage of the trial, the "B" pill, which will hopefully lead to better days.
Episode 3 begins where the last episode ended, with the subjects regaining consciousness from the "A" pill. Owen is awake before the others. The scientists have the subjects' "reentry" timed down to the second. The subjects are all traumatized as they come to.
One of them, #3, says that the treatment was unethical. Carl the Genie tells her, "You waived ethics in your consent form."
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Maniac Season 1 Episode 2: Windmills Recap
September 29, 2018 October 16, 2018 ~ Metacrone ~ 2 Comments
In episode 2, Windmills, we get to know Annie Landsberg, whose world is both the opposite from and the same as Owen's. While Owen's life has been filled with ongoing trauma dealt out by his large, abusive family, Annie has very little family, but has been shaped by a few key traumatic events and the loss of loved ones. Owen lives in poverty by choice, in order to maintain his integrity and mental health, while Annie has no choice but to eek out a living, in what's clearly a difficult economy, on her own.
Owen has learned to retreat inside himself as a defense against the family he's outnumbered by, while Annie has learned to posture and be aggressive when threatened. In episode 1, we saw her use her trench coat to appear larger, and her voice and facial expressions to drive away potential threats before they became serious. Since she's on her own, she tries to scare away anyone who might hurt her before they can get too close.
Having grown up in a family full of aggressive posturers, Owen is immune to the tactic, until the aggressor gets serious about inflicting harm. He most likely can instinctively tell when that switch has flipped. At the end of episode 1 he walks right through Annie's defenses as if they aren't there, shocking her into taking a different approach with him.
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Maniac Season 1 Episode 1: The Chosen One! Recap
September 28, 2018 October 16, 2018 ~ Metacrone ~ 1 Comment
I've gone back and forth on whether to write about Maniac, Netflix's new black comedy which was created by Patrick Somerville and Cary Joji Fukunaga and stars Emma Stone and Jonah Hill, but I decided to wait until I'd watched the whole thing before making a decision. During the first few episodes, I thought I wouldn't, because it reminded me of Legion and other surreal, but aimless, shows that I've been burned by in the past. Professional reviewers were even comparing Maniac to those shows. But as the season continued, Maniac became something else.
Maniac is a surrealistic, quirky, scifi black comedy that can get very dark and can go off on tangents that don't make sense at first. It's also, at least for now, a limited series, which means it's written as a self-contained story. And what Maniac is, at its heart, is a lovely, optimistic, long form, indie romantic comedy, with a beginning, middle and end. Both indie films and works of surrealism have difficulty coming to a satisfying conclusion (and sometimes even commercial works do, looking at you, Castle Rock S1!), so the ending of Maniac is a major accomplishment, in my book.
I kind of fell in love with this show, and it appears that I'm going to have writer's block until I write about it. There are 3 other partial recaps in my drafts folder that are going nowhere right now, so let's give Maniac a try, shall we?
Like most Netflix shows, and many other shows as well, the first three episodes serve as an extended introduction to the season. In episode 1, we get to know Owen Milgrim (rhymes with pilgrim, which is a seeker or wanderer), played with depressed, understated misery by Jonah Hill. You feel like he's always on the verge of crying, and it's taken a monumental amount of strength for him to reach this point in his life. He's been diagnosed with schizophrenia, but refuses treatment.
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Kiss Me First Season 1 Episode 4: Friends Let Us Down Recap
September 18, 2018 September 18, 2018 ~ Metacrone
The battle between Adrian and Leila becomes more intense in this episode, as more real world players characters are drawn into their fight. Several Red Pill members meet for the first time in the real world, with varying results. Adrian's plans continue to include violence, death and isolation. Even when his victims see through his machinations, like Leila, they are often powerless to stop him from manipulating and hurting people.
At the beginning of the episode, Tess has been gone for 4 days after the argument she and Leila had at the end of episode 3. Leila is hoping she'll come back soon. Tess left her phone behind and Leila answers when it rings. It's Adrian calling, of course, and he thinks it's Tess that answers, or pretends to. When he finds out that it's Leila who's answered and that Tess is missing, he drops all pretense. Leila asks if he's going to kill Tess when he finds her. Adrian insists that he "never kills anyone. That would be so unsubtle." Lord knows, we wouldn't want to lose the subtlety points when the judges score the game.
Leila asks why he doing this, but Adrian just says, "Let that emerge." He leaves her with a challenge, "Who's going to find her first?" Then he hangs up. Leila doesn't want to be part of Adrian's sick games, but she also won't walk away from people who need her. Adrian is counting on that. Leila takes the bait, and tells the phone, "Me."
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Kiss Me First Season 1 Episode 3: Off the Rails Recap
July 23, 2018 July 23, 2018 ~ Metacrone
Leila is further drawn into Adrian's machination's in episode 3 of Kiss Me First, as she tries to save Tess from herself and Denier from Adrian. She learns more about Adrian's methods and begins to work with an important ally. Adrian and Leila's interactions begin to turn into a very intense chess game when he starts to figure out that she isn't as predictable as he thought.
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Ruth Palmer: Welcome to Azana Planet. Friends, colleagues, gamers, the wait is finally over. My name is Ruth Palmer, and today I'm going to change your world. You'll decide what it becomes.
Newsreader: The wait is finally over for gamers around the world with the release of the widely anticipated Azana Planet.
Ruth: We've created it with a morphable engine. It's scaleable, immersive. A whole planet of experience with no boundaries. It can become literally anything.
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Kiss Me First Season 1 Episode 2: Make It Stop Recap
July 21, 2018 September 16, 2018 ~ Metacrone ~ 2 Comments
In this episode of Kiss Me First, Leila begins her investigation of Adrian and Red Pill, while Adrian draws Leila further into the Red Pill world that he's creating. Tess and Leila grow closer in the real world, and learn each other's difficult truths. Adrian insists that everyone in Red Pill will get what they need, though it's not clear that Adrian is actually able to judge what they need, as opposed to what he thinks or wants them to need.
The episode begins with Calumny's grayed out, dormant avatar standing alone in an empty field. Adrian rides up to it on a motorcycle, touches it, says, "Do widzenia," and it dissolves. He rides away again.
In a flashback, Leila buys Axabutol from the pharmacy. The pharmacist is concerned about the potency of the medication and wants Leila to speak to a pharmacist, but Leila refuses. Axabutol is a fictional drug, as far as I can tell, but meant to be an opioid.
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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season 3 Episode 13: Nathaniel Is Irrelevant./Season Finale Review
February 17, 2018 March 12, 2018 ~ Metacrone
This is a photo of Paula, played by the incomparable Donna Lynne Champlin, as she sings a song from the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend season 3 finale about the glorious and joyful process of giving birth, to help Heather feel better about what she's gotten herself into. The song sounds pretty, everything looks beautiful, and there are even laughs to be had. Champlin sounds like the talented, amazing diva that she is. But as the song continues the lyrics go off the rails, making birth sound more and more like an apocalypse on your genitals. It ends with Heather holding a fake, gray, dead-looking placenta in her arms instead of a baby.
That's this season, and this episode, of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend in a nutshell. To write the song, Miracle of Birth, songwriter Jack Dolgen had the show's female writers tell him their labor and delivery horror stories, then he and his cowriter Adam Schlesinger wrote the song in the studio in two hours, based on those notes. So, it's a simplified, biased part of the experience, filtered 2nd and 3rd hand through the male point of view, turned into a rushed product. That's season 3 of this show.
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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season 3 Episode 9: Nathaniel Gets the Message!
January 23, 2018 January 24, 2018 ~ Metacrone
This week, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend continues its sob fest over men's problems, and I mean that literally. After Dr Shin encourages her to spend her free time helping others, Rebecca decides to save an engaged man from a bad marriage, no matter the cost. Darryl continues to struggle with the ramifications of deciding to have a baby alone. Nathaniel and White Josh bond over their romantic break ups, because no one understands the problems of hot, sensitive guys. Josh joins the party for a while, because he has problems, too. Rebecca stays away from the ex-boyfriends, for now, but she does decide to rescue Darryl. I don't think she's quite gotten the message about this whole "Stop obsessing about men" thing.
The episode picks up with Rebecca and Nathaniel's break up scene. Except Rebecca explains that it's not a break up. She just needs to avoid falling into old obsessive patterns again, so she can't see him any more.
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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season 3 Episode 8: Nathaniel Needs My Help!
This week, the women of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend are all about keeping the men happy. Rebecca is trying to make up for Nathaniel's sad childhood and to prove that she's still an A+ therapy student. Paula takes on Darryl's babymaking decisions, because these things are just too complicated for a single dad to figure out on his own. Lourdes is kicking Josh out of her house, but she's also making him grow up and stop being so lame. The mixed message here is that it's the job of strong, independent, modern women to take care of men's emotional and caretaking needs, at every stage of life, whether the men think they want it or not. Even if the men resent it at first, they'll thank you for it later. Since empowering women through enforcing gender stereotypes doesn't do it for me, this was another disappointing episode.
Lourdes is just about perfect in my opinion, so I don't have much to complain about there. She's starting up a home daycare business, and needs Josh's bedroom for the toddlers. She has a muralist coming on Monday to paint dolphins on the walls, so Josh needs to clean out his closet and move in with Hector and his mom by Monday. Josh gets off to a slow start, fondling every memento and getting lost in memories. When he gets to his old Karaoke machine, it's all over. He stays up all night singing every song.
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Dark Season 1 Episode 7: Crossroads Recap


A MAJOR search is beginning at Stroud on Monday after three trail bike riders failed to return to the township by lunchtime on Sunday.
The trio, who police said were 21, 27 and 38, headed off for a ride in bushland about 9am on Sunday and were expected back around midday.
The three, one of whom has just moved to the area, were last seen at 9am on Sunday as they were setting off from Stroud for their trail bike ride.
Authorities were informed they were missing about 6pm, beginning a search involving Port Stephens police and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service.
Despite the overnight search, the men were not located.
Inspector Matthew Moroney, who is heading the search, said there were concerns one of the men may be injured.
"A ground search began around at 8am this morning," he said.
Pol Air, the police helicopter, is expected to join police and other organisations including the Karuah arm of the State Emergency Service.
A command post is operating at Stroud police station.
"There are serious concerns for the well-being because of the inclement weather and because they were due back at 1pm," Inspector Moroney said.
It is believed the three riders were equipped with off-road trail bike gear but had no supplies for a lengthy stint in the bush.


JOB GROWTH: The economy added 213,000 jobs in June, a bit behind the revised figure of 244,000 for May, but a strong showing nonetheless. Total non-farm employment has grown by 2.4 million over the past 12 months.
TOP INDUSTRIES: The most significant job gains this month were seen in professional and business services, manufacturing and healthcare. Job losses were recorded in retail trade.
UNEMPLOYMENT: Breaking from its trend in recent months, the unemployment rate slipped this past month, moving from 3.8 percent in May to 4.0 percent in June.
WAGES: Payrolls edged ahead slightly in June, although average hourly earnings remain at 2.7 percent on an annual basis.
WORK WEEK: There was no change in the average work week in June, remaining at 34.5 hours.
TEMPORARY JOB TRENDS: Growth in the temporary jobs sector reversed course in June, with the addition of 9,300 jobs.
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? With robust job growth above 200,000 in June, low unemployment of 4.0 percent and an influx of 600,000 more people entering the workforce, all signs point to a strong economy. This good news is tempered by the uncertainty of how tariffs and trade wars may impact business in the future. For the near-term, however, hiring remains brisk, with employers continuing to struggle to fill open positions. The tighter the labor pool, the more likely it is that wages will rise, although that has not held true in the recent past.
This newsletter references the BLS Report of June activity, released 7/6/18.


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State Grid to spend $383m for setting up 78,000 charging piles
By Cheng Yu | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-04-15 08:36
An employee charges new energy vehicles at a charging station in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province. [Photo by Zhu Haipeng/for China Daily]
State Grid Corp of China, a State-owned electric utility, said on Tuesday that it would invest 2.7 billion yuan ($383 million) to set up 78,000 charging piles across the country, as China seeks to further promote the development of electric vehicles and related sectors.
The new batch of charging piles will be distributed to 24 provinces and municipalities, including Beijing, Tianjin, Jiangsu province as well as northwestern China's Qinghai province. Among them, 53,000 charging piles will be located in residential areas while 18,000 will be for public use.
"The move is expected to boost the revenue from sales of new energy vehicles by over 20 billion yuan and foster the production of power products and components, as well as upstream and downstream industries of NEVs," said Wang Yanfang, a State Grid spokesperson.
Buoyed by the development, share prices of charging pile and ultra-high-voltage grid companies rose on Tuesday. Share prices of Guodian Nanjing Automation Co Ltd and Kunming Yunnei Power Co Ltd rose by the maximum daily limit of 10 percent at the peak.
The move came right after China's call for more investments in new infrastructure, including charging piles, ultra-high-voltage grids, intercity transit system, and 5G, to stimulate new economic impetus to counter impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By the end of this year, the nation will invest over 10 billion yuan on the charging pile industry and plans to establish 200,000 new charging stations including 20,000 public ones, according to the National Development and Reform Commission.
"Building more charging piles will increase convenience for charging cars and greatly alleviate customers' 'range anxiety'. It will also help better popularize NEVs," said Ouyang Minggao, an academic with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Ding Rui, founder and CEO of electric vehicle solution provider X-Charge, said: "Charging piles is not merely a charging station. Charging is just a 2-percent function of a charging pile, and the remaining 98 percent will be interactive."
Sun Huifeng, president of CCID Consulting, said charging piles can accumulate a large amount of data, which furthermore will spur a larger service market related to NEVs.
"For example, they can offer battery information, user habits, vehicle location and other data. With such data, services including secondhand car evaluation and user portraits can be further expanded," Sun said.
Measures planned to minimize impact of epidemic
Better times lie ahead for China's car sector, say officials
Better EV charging services on the way as demand booms in nation
Beijing has over 200,000 electric vehicle charging piles
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Cichlid Species Discussion
Lake Victoria Basin West African Madagascar Asian
New tank set up
Posts by dfarci
dfarci
Mr Chromedome said:
The real problem is that those two species aren't very compatible. Buffalo Heads are a riverine fish that need a current in their tank, while Dwarf Jewels are from shallow, quiet waters. Buying 6 young and letting them pair off on their own is a time-tested technique for getting the most compatible pair without a great deal of cost. They will pair up when they are sexually mature, or soon after, but not as juveniles. Also, IME the Steatocranus will not pair up the first time without a significant current running in the tank. At the very least, it makes them more anxious to breed. Oddly, once they had spawned the first time, the current could be greatly reduced and they still continued spawning.
The riverine fish tend to be more sensitive to pollutants, while the other is fairly tolerant of significant nitrate levels. Is the tank planted? The Buffalo Heads like to excavate, and will uproot plants. The thomasi like a planted tank, dig smaller pits that don't disturb the plants.
I would be very hesitant to try that combination of species.
In my opinion, the fish will be fine together. The difference in behavior may make them more suitable to be tankmates - both may leave each other alone because they are not competing for the same space, as would, say, two species of riverine fish.
In a write-up about Steatocranus tinanti, Mary Bailey explains how her riverine fish spent most of the time in the calm waters. Maybe this is opposite what you experience. It is not surprising to find that cichlids like these are built to withstand the fast current, but don't actually spend their time taking the current directly to the face I imagine the part about needing cleaner water is true, but that should be the standard for most aquarium fish anyways.
dfarci Jun 2, 2020


A unitary ensemble of 65 bells, with 130 discrete strike tones, was excavated in a fully preserved state 1978 in the Chinese province of Hubei from the tomb of the Marquis Yi of Zeng from 433 B.C. The ensemble's tuning system could now for the first time be determined by applying exclusively empirical methods. Only pitch data, hanging order, and tone names on the bells were considered. The results show (1) a norm tone of F4 ~ 345 Hz (ca. F4-20 Cent, re modern A4 = 440 Hz), (2) a six-tone standard scale of D-E-F-G-A-C with F#, G#, A#, B, C#, and D# as accidentals, and (3) a third-oriented tuning with equally tempered fifths (~696 Cent) in the series CGDAE.
This picture shows the proportions between bells and musicians. In a real performance, the bell players must have been sitting or standing behind the bells, because they had to face the leader of the ensemble and the other musicians infront of the bells. One can assume 3-6 players for the 13 bass bells in the lower tier, 9 players for the 33 melody bells in the middle tier (one for each octave group), and 3 players for the 19 small bells in the upper tier (one per chime).
Sound sample (mp3, 501 KB, 31 sec) from a test performance with the original bells, well demonstrating single-bell sounds but not orchestral ones.
The 65 bronze bells from the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng (433 B.C.) are considered as one of the most fortunate discoveries in archeology. Due to favorable conditions of tomb preparation, soil, and soon natural water filling, the bronze of the bells survived fully intact. The bells sound as they did 2,436 years ago, and - as yet - better than any replicas that have been made in our days.
Two-tone bells were common in China between 1200 and 200 B.C. After that the advanced know-how to cast them was lost, and it could not yet be fully recovered in our days. The bells have an eye-shaped cross-section and vibrate in one of two modes, depending on where they are struck. A strike in the middle of the front makes frontside and backside vibrate as whole units and produces the lower tone sui. A strike between the middle of the front and a side edge makes frontside and backside vibrate as two units each and produces the higher tone gu. If struck correctly, both tones are fully independent, each with its own fundamental and harmonics.This is shown in a spectral analysis, presented together with the underlying sound samples, of the two tones of one of the original bells. Quality and timbre of the two tones are fully compatible, and they are both marked by tone-name inscriptions on the bells. Thus, both were intended to be used in musical practice. Of the 33 bells in the melody section of the Zeng ensemble, 21 have a sui-gu interval of a minor third (mean 312.4 Cent, SD 13.8), 10 have one of a major third (mean 403.1 Cent, SD 18.1), and two have apparently mistuned ones with 244 and 342 Cent (details below).
The tone names inscribed on the bells very clearly reflect a theory of scale generation by both fifths and thirds. It must be examined, however, if the actual tuning practice agrees with the theory. The results show that it does not. The tone name system obviously had lost its theoretical background for the bell casters (details below). But it is a very interesting name system, because it shows an awareness of the thirds in the concept of scale construction, something that developed in Europe ca. 2000 years later.
As shown in the pictures above, all bells are united in one L-shaped suspension system. The 13 bass bells in the lower tier were possibly used for punctuation, like the gongs in gamelan music. The 19 small bells in the upper tier are tuned in deviating modes, and less accurately than the melody bells. They may have been used for special effects. The bells of the lower and upper tiers roughly match the 12-tone system of the 33 melody bells in the middle tier. But due to tuning deviations they can not have participated in a "tutti" sound, as performed by string instruments in a European orchestra, or by sarons and bonangs in a Gamelan orchestra.
Analysis of the measured tone data shows that the 33 melody bells in the middle tier repeat the six-tone scale D-E-F-G-A-C eight times. In five of the eight cases, the scale exists as a subsection of just three adjacent bells that are part of one of the three sections of the middle tier with 11, 12, and 10 bells, respectively (see pictures). Each of the five three-bell groups provides the six tones DEFGAC due to the two-tone character of one bell: first bell D-F, second bell E-G, and third bell A-C. Because the bell sounds have short decay times - another accomplishment of the sophisticated bell shape - the availability of a complete octave scale in three adjacent bell allows very fast playing. The apparent order of octave repetition reveals a subdivision of the three bell rows of the middle tier into 9 groups of 3-5 bells each, as shown in the table below. One can assume that in some performance types there was a player for each of these 9 subgroups. That way it was possible to play eight-fold "tutti" melodies, very similarly as today with saron instruments in a Gamelan orchestra.
Interestingly, the DEFGAC scale uses the same tones as the famous hexachord of Guido of Arezzo from the early 11th century A.C., which was the foundation of European music notation. The differences are that Guido's hexachord was (1) a purely relative pitch system with an interval structure of CDEFGA, and (2) unrelated to any norm tone, an invention that had little relevance in Europe before the 19th century.
To my knowledge, the musical order of the 33 melody bells of the Zeng ensemble has never been published before. This shortcoming may have prevented a complete analysis of the bell's tuning system. As will be shown now, the DEFGAC scale was the missing key to what the bell casters had in mind.
The European 12-tone system developed as one with 7 main tones (white keys) and 5 accidentals (black keys). The Zeng bells have 6 main tones and 6 accidentals. As shown in the table above, there is only one complete chromatic 12-tone scale (E4-E5 in set II). Three further octaves have four, three, and two accidentals, respectively. Thus, a wide range of melodic and harmonic variations was possible. It would be wrong, however, to call the Zeng bells a 12-tone instrument, like the piano and most other European fixed-key instruments. The accidentals had to remain accidentals, due to their small number, and also because they were less accurately tuned (see data tables part A).
A norm tone is not essential in an orchestra. But if there is one, it can be useful in instrument production and in performance. A norm tone for the Zeng bells would also be a further key to the underlying tuning system. Because each of the tones DEFGAC is repeated eight or nine times in the 33 melody bells, there is a way to detect a possible norm tone among them by calculating the tuning variance within each tone class and then compare the results across tone classes. If one tone class has a statistically significant low tuning variance, it can be considered as the one that contains the norm tone of the system. The data show that F is the outstanding one. The result is significant on the 0.05 level (F-test, two-tailed, F=4.527, df1=39, df2=7). In other words, there is a probability of less than 5 % that the exceptionally low tuning variance in the tone class F is a chance result. The bells do not reveal directly in which octave the norm tone was. But they clearly show that the octave D4-D5 was the main one. It overlaps almost fully with the present international main octave of C4-C5 (c1-c2, in traditional European terms), and also with the main octave of Central Javanese Gamelan (CD4-CD5). This octave encompasses the major part of the pitch range of the voices of women and children, and it is also favored by the human auditory system (as reported here). All indicates that the bell casters had their norm tone in this octave, that is, close to F4 - 20 Cent relative to the modern A4 = 440 Hz (see data tables). The frequency of this tone is close to 345 Hz.
The second tone of the scale that was generated from F obviously was D. It is the lowest tone in the scale, and the interval D-F is the one that is most precisely tuned in terms of physical harmony (frequency ratio 6:5 = 316 Cent, see data tables part B). The means of tuning data of DEGAC then show that from D two downward fifths generated G and C and two upward fifths generated A and E. Most interesting is that all of these four fifths are equally tempered with a size close to 696 Cent (data tables part A) and that this was done for the sake of improving the thirds. This finding was also confirmed statistically by comparing the data with five tuning models.
Considering the fifths and the thirds in the scale DEFGAC, it is obvious that the tuning focus was on pure thirds, not on pure fifths. The awareness of pure thirds may have grown with the experience of the two-tone bells in the preceding centuries.
The 65 Zeng bells prove that about 2500 years ago the Chinese had fifth generation, fifth temperament, a 12-tone system in musical practice (not just in theory), a norm tone for an orchestral ensemble, an integration of fifths and thirds in tuning, and a preference of pure thirds over pure fifths. At this point in history, China was 2000 years ahead of Europe, not only in bell casting, but also in musical acoustics. One may hope that replicas of ancient Chinese bells that match the quality of the best originals can soon be made, and that appropriate mallets are used to play them. One may also hope that musicians will then make full use of the Gamelan-like potentials of large bell ensembles, as those from the Marquis Yi of Zeng.
The bronze division of the Shanghai Museum: Laboratory measurements of the frequencies of Marquis Yi's set-bells of Zeng. A special issue of Collected Essays of the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai 1982, p. 89-92 (in Chinese).
- Lothar von Falkenhausen, Suspended Music: Chime-Bells in the Culture of Bronze Age China. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1993 [31 sample pages].
- Thomas D. Rossing, Science of Percussion Instruments, World Scientific, Singapore, 2000, Chapter 13: "Eastern Bells".
- Shen, Sinyan, Acoustics of Ancient Chinese Bells, Scientific American, 256, 94 (1987).


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Structural and Functional Abnormalities of Liver in Infectious Mononucleosis
ZACHARY M. KILPATRICK, MC
From the Medical Service, Fifth General Hospital, Bad Caunstatt, Germany.
Arch Intern Med. 1966;117(1):47-53. doi:10.1001/archinte.1966.03870070061008
HEPATIC functional impairment in infectious mononucleosis is nearly universal1,2 and histologic changes in the liver are regularly encountered.3-6 To this time, no study correlating the extent of altered structure and functional abnormalities has appeared. This study presents such a correlation and describes the findings which suggest that the degree of abnormality in certain liver-function tests in infectious mononucleosis is well correlated with the extent of accumulation of mononuclear round cells in the lobular sinusoids.
Materials and Methods Twenty military patients were admitted to the hospital with the diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis between September 1962 and April 1963. Each had the characteristic clinical picture, atypical lymphocytes in the peripheral blood and diagnostic heterophil titers and adsorption studies.7 Liver-function studies were performed in each case and were repeated at weekly intervals. These included total and one-minute bilirubin, serum alkaline phosphatase (SAP),8 serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT),9sulfobromophthalein retention (BSP),10 cephalin cholesterol flocculation,
Gall, C.A.: Serum Phosphatase and Other Tests of Liver Function in Infectious Mononucleosis , Amer J Clin Path 17:529, 1947.
Hsia, D.Y., and Gellis, S.S.: Hepatic Dysfunction in Infectious Mononucleosis in Children , Amer J Dis Child 84:175, 1952.
Gloyne, H.F.: Infectious Mononucleosis: Report of an Unusual Case With Hepatitis Studied Serial Liver Biopsies and Complicated by Hemolytic Anemia , Amer Practit 3:628, 1949.
Nelson, R.S., and Darragh, J.H.: Infectious Mononucleosis Hepatitis , Amer J Med 21:26, 1956.Crossref
Sherlock, S.: Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System , ed 2, Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1958, p 492.
Wadsworth, R.C., and Keil, P.G.: Biopsy of the Liver in Infectious Mononucleosis , Amer J Path 28:1003, 1952.
Hoagland, R.J.: Diagnosis of Infectious Mononucleosis , Blood 16:1045, 1960.
Shinowara, G.Y.; Jones, L.M.; and Reinhart, H.L.: The Estimation of Serum in Organic Phosphate and "Acid" and "Alkaline" Phosphatase Activity , J Biol Chem 142:921, 1942.
Reitman, S., and Frankel, S.: A Colorimetric Method for the Determination of Serum Glutamic Oxalacetic and Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminases , Amer J Clin Path 28:56, 1957.
Hawk, P.B.; Oser, B.L.; and Summerson, W.H.: Practical Physiological Chemistry , ed 13, New York: McGraw-Hill Co., 1954, p 598.
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Gelb, D.; West, M.; and Zimmerman, H.J.: Serum Enzyme in Disease: IX. Analysis of Factors Responsible for Elevated Values in Infectious Mononucleosis , Amer J Med 33:249, 1962.Crossref
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KILPATRICK ZM. Structural and Functional Abnormalities of Liver in Infectious Mononucleosis. Arch Intern Med. 1966;117(1):47–53. doi:10.1001/archinte.1966.03870070061008


Have just been doing some Memorial research and found this fella. There has been some research done on him by someone else on this website, but have noticed that they claim he had only joined up in Feb 1917, 9 months before his death, whereas his medal card gives the dates of signing up on 10/12/1915 and discharge due to sickness on 21/06/1917 with death on 11/11/1917. Im just wondering if the cause of discharge may well have been caused or aggravated by his service.
His service record (Pension) survives. He was not mobilized until February 27, 1917 and was posted to RGA depot on March 2, 1917. He had Tuberculosis of Lungs which was aggravated by service. A pension was provided for his widow from November 14, 1917.
Are they the magical words we need?
Should this be a case for the IFCP then? He's not on the CWGC database.
You will also need his death certificate as, so far, there is no evidence of cause of death. This is only half the story.
If it says TB, then there can be a case. If it gives some other cause, then there probably won't be.
Any idea where he is buried?
Excuse my ignorance but what is IFCP?
I will try to get up there tomorrow to see what is written on the plot kerbing. There is a photo of the family plot available here but the text cant be seen.
That is fantastic to see in black and white. Thanks Barbara.
All required records forwarded to IFCP. Death certificate confirms TB.
Looks like we have the blighter after all!
Just have to sit back and wait for the powers that be to accept him as a casualty so he can be rightfully remembered.
Thanks to everyone who provided me with details for submission.