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Phänomenales Duo! It's magical, wenn RY X und Frank Wiedemann aka ein Teil von Âme live performen. Basslastig, einzigartig und vor allem: Elektronisch! ASK HELMUT
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Berlin, April 7th, 2020 Funkhaus is honoured to present for the first time in iconic Saal 1, one of the most avant-garde musical duos of the contemporary music scene.
Consisting of Frank Wiedemann of Âme and alternative artist/producer RY X, Howling released their debut album "Sacred Ground" in 2014 to widespread acclaim.
Though they come from quite opposite ends of the spectrum, there's a tangible sense of understanding and appreciation between singer/producer/cult artist Ry X and producer/live electronic artist/label owner Frank Wiedemann. The former hails from a background of folk-pop songs that revolve around freeness and simplicity; the latter remains a king in the underground as 1/2 of Âme, with layered productions that build around a tight 4/4 structure. One had a wild bohemian upbringing in remote Australia, the other grew up in Karlsruhe, a forward-thinking hub of science and technology in Southwest Germany. One lives in Los Angeles, the other 9 hours ahead in Berlin. Both Frank and Ry X often use the word "magic" when describing their productions, their live performances, and the project as a whole. And for good reason: there's a special sense of happenstance and symbiosis to everything surrounding Howling, from the way they met (over a Skype video chat with a mutual friend, having no knowledge of each other's music), to their first project (a sketch that became an unintentional hit), to their first live performances. Asked to perform at a Berlin radio station and Watergate (having never performed – or even played – together previously), during their first soundchecks they found themselves improvising naturally, intuitively, and unendingly, and recorded the sessions.
Frank and RY also took their collaboration out on the road, translating the album into a mesmerising live show and playing a string of sold-out shows and festivals in the UK and across the world. They return to play live with the promise of new music arriving soon.
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Justia Patents Sean A. O'Brien Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications
Patents by Inventor Sean A. O'Brien
Sean A. O'Brien has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
DEAL ALLOCATION PLATFORM
Abstract: A deal allocation platform is disclosed. The deal allocation platform may be configured to be used in multiple contexts, such as, for example, a batch processing context and a real-time context. Further, the deal allocation platform may be configured to reallocate users assigned to deals based on an approximation of a global optimization problem. In addition, the deal allocation platform may enable configuration of one or multiple experiments.
Filed: October 8, 2018
Publication date: July 11, 2019
Inventors: Sean O'Brien, Mark Daly, Ramkumar Rajendran
A Realtime radiotherapy markerless calibration and measurement system
Abstract: A method of real-time markerless measurement and calibration of a patient positioning system includes computing a three dimensional point cloud representation of a patient by using a camera to obtain depth points of the patient, where the z-direction corresponds to a direction along the focal length of the camera, demanding a z-limit that corresponds to a lower (z-min) and an upper (z-max) specification, computing a point cloud covariance and a point cloud mean for an optimized principle components analysis to compute a torso topography of the patient, determining a center point of the point cloud as an anchor measurement region and using the camera to determine a distance to the patient to establish an angle between a patient torso and a vector that is perpendicular to the camera, averaging the depth measurements in reference regions and compensating for parallax error in real-time during a calibration measurement or radiotherapy treatment plan.
Filed: July 6, 2017
Applicant: RESPIRATORY INNOVATIONS PTY LTD
Inventors: Ricky O'Brien, Kuldeep Makhija, Daniel Nicholas Zafir, Landgrebe Wolfgang Christopher Thomas, Peter Horsley, Sean Pollock, Paul J. Keall
Cadence management system for consumer promotions
Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for managing the cadence (e.g., frequency or rate) that electronic promotion correspondence is sent to a consumer. A system may access a target cadence indicator associated with a consumer that indicates of a target rate for sending electronic promotion correspondence to the consumer. The system may also determine an actual cadence indicator for the consumer over a predetermined period of time and analyze a potential electronic promotion correspondence for sending to the consumer. The system determines whether to send the electronic correspondence to the consumer based on the target cadence indicator, the actual cadence indicator, and the analysis of the electronic promotion correspondence.
Filed: March 15, 2013
Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
Inventors: Amit Aggarwal, David Thacker, Sean O'Brien
Disc brake arrangement
Abstract: A vehicle braking arrangement includes an axle member, a brake torque plate having a first portion fixedly coupled to the axle member, and a second portion laterally offset from the first portion, and a brake caliper member coupled to the second portion of the brake torque plate such that the first portion of the brake torque plate is spaced from the brake caliper.
Filed: August 29, 2016
Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND, Inc.
Inventors: John Bowyer, Edward Hammer, Sean O'Brien
HIGH POWER CABLE FOR HEATED COMPONENTS IN RF ENVIRONMENT
Abstract: A substrate support includes an edge ring, one or more heating elements, and a cable configured to provide power from a power source to the edge ring and the one or more heating elements. The cable includes a first plurality of wires connected to the edge ring, a second plurality of wires connected to the one or more heating elements, a filter module, wherein the first plurality of wires and the second plurality of wires are twisted together within the filter module, and an isolation device. The isolation device is connected to the first plurality of wires and disposed between the filter module and the edge ring. The isolation device is configured to compensate for a resonance frequency generated during operation of the edge ring and the one or more heating elements.
Filed: June 25, 2018
Inventors: Seyed Jafar JAFARIAN-TEHRANI, Kenneth Walter FINNEGAN, Sean O'BRIEN, Benson Q. TONG
Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
Low profile prosthesis delivery device
Abstract: A delivery device system for delivering a low profile prosthesis and a method for releasably retaining a prosthesis on the device are described. The delivery device comprises a prosthesis disposed about the proximal end of the inner cannula. In a first configuration the prosthesis is releasably secured to the inner cannula in a radially inwardly contracted low profile delivery configuration and in a second configuration the prosthesis is at least partially radially outwardly deployed. First and second trigger wires extend longitudinally and circumferentially about the prosthesis in helical configurations. The first trigger wire is helically wound in a clockwise direction and the second trigger wire is helically wound in a counter-clockwise direction. When the first and second helical trigger wires are in a tensioned condition, the prosthesis is releasably secured to the inner cannula in a radially inwardly contracted low profile delivery configuration.
Filed: December 17, 2015
Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
Inventors: Jacqui Faber, Muhammed Ahsan, Sean O'Brien, Nhi Nguyen, Joshua Griffin
Interactive computer system for providing television schedule information
Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for providing television schedule and/or listing information to a viewer, and for allowing the viewer to link, search, select and interact with information in a remote database, e.g., a database on the internet. The television schedule and/or listing information can be displayed on a variety of viewer interfaces, such as televisions screens, computer monitors, PCTV screens and the like. The television schedule and/or listing information may be stored on the viewer's computer, television, PCTV, or a remote server (e.g., a website), or the television schedule and/or listing information may be downloaded from a remote database to the viewer's computer, television or PCTV.
Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
Inventors: Steven M. Schein, Sean A. O'Brien, Brian L. Klosterman, Kenneth A. Milnes
Endograft introducer and a capsule assembly for an endograft introducer
Abstract: A capsule assembly for an endograft introducer is disclosed. The assembly comprises: a capsule retriever having a plug portion and a tail portion, the plug portion having a lead-in surface, the tail portion having an elongate body extending proximally from the plug portion to an end stop feature receiver; a capsule tube having an end stop feature at a proximal end thereof and terminating in a distal end, the end stop feature and the end stop receiver arranged such that proximal movement of the capsule tube relative to the plug portion is limited; and a capsule cavity inside the capsule tube, a proximal end of a prosthesis being receivable in the cavity. The capsule tube is slidably movable with respect to the capsule retriever to a position in which the distal end of the capsule tube is adjacent to the lead-in surface of the plug portion.
Filed: February 3, 2015
Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
Inventors: Werner D. Ducke, David Ernest Hartley, David Sean O'Brien, Blayne A. Roeder
Filed: April 8, 2011
Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND, Inc.
Sports training target and kit
Abstract: A sports training target is provided. In exemplary embodiments, a sports training target may comprise a return net for substantially covering an opening defined by a frame, the return net having tension to withstand the impact of a sports projectile propelled from an originating location and having tension to allow the sports projectile to pass downward, exit a bottom portion of the return net, and return in the direction of the originating location; a target for substantially covering the return net, the target having an opening formed therein, the opening adapted to allow the sports projectile to pass behind the target to the return net, the target adapted to withstand the impact of a sports projectile, the target positioned in front of the return net, whereby a passage is formed between the target and the return net; and an attachment member adapted to attach the sports training target to the frame.
Filed: February 23, 2015
Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
Inventors: Scott Littman, Sean O'Brien
Methods and apparatus to determine network delay with location independence from retransmission delay and application response time
Abstract: The techniques disclosed herein determine a location independent network delay, via a network monitoring device. Such techniques particularly include determining various delays caused by retransmission in instances of lost data segments and application response time.
Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
Assignee: Airmagnet, Inc.
Inventors: Craig Odell, Daniel Prescott, Douglas M. Roberts, Sean O'Brien, Shawn McManus
Applicant: Fluke Corporation
Systems and methods for contextually linking television program information
Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for providing television schedule information to a viewer, and for allowing the viewer to link, search, select and interact with information in a remote database, e.g., a database on the internet. The television schedule information can be displayed on a variety of viewer interfaces, such as televisions screens, computer monitors, PCTV screens and the like. The television schedule information may be stored on the viewer's computer, television, PCTV, or a remote server (e.g., a website), or the television schedule information may be downloaded from a remote database to the viewer's computer, television or PCTV.
Filed: May 4, 2011
Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
Inventors: Steven M. Schein, Sean A. O'Brien, James J. Leftwich, Susan Broughton
SPORTS TRAINING TARGET AND METHODS THEREOF
Brake torque plate
Filed: September 22, 2015
Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
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Technip Italy S.p.A. announced the finalization of a joint agreement with Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and Assiut Oil Refining Company (ASORC) for the modernization project of the Assiut refinery, Upper Egypt, designed to refine the "bottom of the barrel" in the frame of the long-standing cooperation between Italian and Egyptian Governments and companies, especially in the Oil and Gas sector.
The investment has an estimated total value of 1.5 billion US dollars, aims at maximizing diesel production, will introduce the most modern refinery technologies in Upper Egypt and satisfies the growing local demand from petroleum products.
According to the agreement announced today, Technip will now start activities for the project, as well as providing support to ensure project financing. SACE is ready to evaluate a possible intervention to support the project.
In due course, Technip will take responsibility for the EPC phase of the project. This agreement was signed during the visit of the Egyptian Government in Italy, in the presence of the Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, the Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Sherif Ismail, the Italian Deputy Minister of Economic Development Carlo Calenda and the Representatives of the involved Companies: Mohamed Taher Hafez, Deputy CEO for Planning and Projects of EGPC, Mohamed Allam Ahmed, Chairman of ASORC and Marco Villa, CEO of Technip Italy S.p.A.
Thomas Donato is appointed president of Rockwell Automation's Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Donato was most recently Rockwell Automation's regional vice president in Canada. He also served as regional sales director of Rockwell Automation's Northern and Eastern European region. Previously, he was the business director for the company's services and solutions business in EMEA. Donato is now responsible for driving growth in this important region. He has 18 years of automation industry experience, including the last 11 years with Rockwell Automation.
Donato holds a Diplom-Ingenieur degree in automation and controls engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt, Germany. He also studied at the Dublin Institute of Technology in Ireland.
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has received orders from Hyundai Heavy Industries for electrical and telecommunication systems. The order is worth around $100 million, with about half booked in the last quarter of 2014, almost $27 million in the first quarter of this year and $20 million in the second quarter. It enables Hyundai Heavy Industries to fulfill its obligations to Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co. under the contract for EPC Work of Nasr Full Field Development Project (Package 2).
The solution provided consists of power management, power-from-shore and telecom systems which are interconnected to ensure the highest levels of efficiency, reliability and safety. ABB has pioneered and proven the use of power-from-shore for energy platforms to help energy companies reduce emissions, ease operations and improve working conditions by lowering noise levels. The facilities covered by the referred contract will be powered by a 132 kilovolt (kV) AC subsea ring cable from Das Island, about 160 kilometers west of Abu Dhabi.
The power management system is based on ABB's System 800xA Extended Automation control system, which integrates the network of transformers and switchgears and enables operators to control this vast electrical installation in a safe and consistent manner. It includes an intelligent asset management system for predictive maintenance of equipment, reducing operating costs and extending its service life.
ABB will supply 28 bays of compact 132 kV GIS for one onshore and two offshore platform installations as well as medium voltage products including 33 kV gas-insulated switchgear and 11 kV and 6.6 kV air-insulated switchgear. ABB pioneered high-voltage GIS in the mid-1960s and has a global installed base of more than 23,000 bays. Its product portfolio covers voltage levels from 72.5 kV to 1,200 kV.
Additionally, ABB will supply multiple types of transformers, shunt reactors and associated equipment ranging from 500 kVA to 100 MVA, minimizing losses through the lifecycle and lowering environmental impact. The transformers and reactors are suited for hazardous and challenging environments.
Technip, in partnership with UNICO, a Japanese engineering consultant, has been awarded a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) contract on a reimbursable basis, for the upgrading of the Basra refinery. This contract, awarded by South Refineries Company (SRC) – Ministry of Oil, covers the engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, start-up and warranty management phase of the refinery upgrading project(1), located in Basra, Iraq.
The project will aim at increasing the gasoline production capacity through the installation of a new fluid catalytic cracking unit and associated units like visbreaker, hydrotreating, hydrogen plant, etc. This development is part of the Iraqi Government's long term plan to meet increasing future demand for hydrocarbon products.
This award follows the PMC contract attributed to Technip in June 2013 for the Karbala refinery. It will be executed by Technip's engineering center in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, and supported by Technip PMC teams.
Technip PMC gathers all the know-how and expertise acquired by the Group over the years in executing challenging projects in the world. This new award continues to reinforce our position in PMC in the Middle East.
Nicoletta Giadrossi, President of Technip's Region A(2), commented: "We are delighted to help SRC and the Iraqi's Ministry of Oil achieve their goals and business objectives, while meeting safety, cost, schedule and quality targets".


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In today's world, detector canines are extensively used by law enforcement agencies, the military, private corporations, private individuals, and security personnel around the world. Our canines are trained to alert to explosives, narcotics, currency, firearms, or humans. Garrison & Sloan does not cross or dual train dogs in order to protect the integrity of your security needs. Explosive trained canines are trained to alert passively. Narcotics trained canines are trained to alert either passively or aggressively. Human trained canines are trained to alert vocally.
Upon completion of training, canine teams must pass certification. They are independently tested and certified to ensure they are of the highest standards in order to perform their duties. After certification, the canine team's proficiency is kept current with weekly training sessions and on-site training seminars to keep them at maximum performance levels.
Our canines are trained in many environments, some of which include:
All types of ships and seaport areas
Cargo, including planes, ships, trains, trucks and private and U.S mail carriers
Nuclear Plant Facilities
Airport terminals and all types of aircraft
Schools including sporting events and special events
Warehouse facilities, buildings, and other corporate and industrial environments
All types of motor vehicles
Local, State, and Federal Government facilities
Concert & Sporting event venues
Explosive Detection and SOP®/EOP® Detection
Since the unfortunate incidents of September 11, 2001, the demand for explosive trained canines has been unprecedented. Due to this overwhelming demand for security, many companies emerged without experience or knowledge leading to questionably established new companies. To avoid putting the safety of your organization at risk, visit our FAQ page for a comprehensive list of questions to ask new canine detection companies before selection.
Due to increasing bomb threats, firearms, the availability of homemade devices, and acts of terrorism, explosive detection is in strong demand. Garrison & Sloan explosive detector canines have become an essential part of security for the clients we serve.
Garrison & Sloan is one of the only companies in the U.S that has always provided explosive trained canines. Garrison & Sloan's explosive trained canines are not trained to detect narcotics or humans because it diminishes the efficiency and safety for your security operation. Garrison & Sloan explosive canine teams are highly trained and certified to detect explosive components only. It is imperative when hiring an explosive detection company that company credentials are thoroughly research to ensure that canines are trained using the highest possible standards and that both the handler(s) and canines are certified.
Garrison & Sloan services clients internationally with our certified explosive detection canine teams. Our trainers and staff have worked extensively with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to ensure regulatory and statutory compliance and provide you the most up-to-date security information available.
SOP® (Suspect Odor Pursuit) and EOP® (Explosive Odor Pursuit) canines are the new evolution in detector canine training developed by Tony Guzman of Garrison & Sloan. With cutting edge canine training and new technology, these advanced and specialized explosive canines are ushering in a new era of combatting terrorism, enhancing dignitary protection, and mitigating, suppressing, and detecting Person Borne Improvised Explosive Devices and moving targets.
When you are ready to commence services, the Garrison & Sloan Executive Team meets with your Security Personnel to discuss personalized strategies specific to your search needs and establish a customized Standard Operating Procedure (S.O.P.) for our canines teams to execute with the highest level of safety. Please contact us and we will gladly meet with you in person or send out a presentation package to your organization detailing how our services can exceed your expectations.
Narcotic Detection
Garrison & Sloan will work with you in your commitment to keep illegal narcotics out of the workplace and schools.
Garrison & Sloan offers a variety of plans for employers to detect employees using, shipping, or selling illegal drugs in the workplace. Our methods can be used to sweep office complexes, schools, factories, warehouses, aircraft, ships, and vehicle parking lots.
Garrison & Sloan is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our courteous and knowledgeable staff is bound by a confidentiality agreement and fully understands the need for discreet services. And Garrison & Sloan managers and supervisors will work around your schedule and goals; searches can be performed during prime working hours to maximize deterrence, or during non-intrusive work hours to avoid work flow interruptions. Garrison & Sloan canine teams remain in locations specifically designated by the client to manage security responsibilities and maintain strict confidentiality.
For more information, contact the Garrison & Sloan team to help you in your efforts to detect illegal narcotics. Our team is happy to schedule a visit to your facility or school to assist in the planning and execution effort prior to commencing services.
The Garrison & Sloan canine team will search for illegal substances such cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, crystal methamphetamine, ecstasy, and marijuana. Under standard protocol, the handler will mark the areas the canine has detected, and your representative can make arrangements to open the contents after the search is completed. If desired, you company will be provided a report to aid in further investigation.
Garrison & Sloan Executive Protection canines are loyal companions, protectors, and excellent security deterrents. The Garrison & Sloan team travels overseas to personally select the executive protection canine suited to offer the safety and comfort you need. Whether it's for business, executive, or home protection, Garrison & Sloan can provide custom-trained canines ready to meet and exceed your security expectations.
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Port Hardy Council agrees to offer $1,000 award for PHSS graduate.
PORT HARDY—PHSS Principal Steve Gray was in correspondence with the Port Hardy Council this week, requesting the district continue its support of the District of Port Hardy Community Spirit Award.
In previous years the district has offered a scholarship to a deserving student from the school, awarding a $1,000 bursary to aid future study.
"Your greatly appreciated past sponsorship has increased post-secondary opportunities available to our students, helping to shape and support their futures," read Gray's appeal.
The council agreed to once again offer a $1,000 award to a student who has participated in leadership programs or who has been involved in community leadership in some form, the recipient to be decided by the PHSS Scholarship Committee.
The possibility of splitting the money and granting two $500 awards was discussed, but the council felt that $500 could disappear quickly on a few textbooks while $1,000 represented a much more impactful sum.
She also praised the transparency of the operation, with the hauling schedule being readily available to the public.
One change she would like to see in the operation was the addition of information boards at each end of the route to alert drivers that there were rigs on the road.
"If people are aware then they'll be watching for them," she pointed out.
Coun. Jessie Hemphill echoed her sentiments, saying that it was "really exciting to see so many people out." Hemphill also informed the councillors that a movie on the history of the Gwa'sala and 'Nakwaxda'xw people, produced by her mother, had received two very successful screenings.
The other councillors looked forward to viewing the production.
The Mayor's report highlighted the problem of contacting Winter Harbour quickly in the case of an emergency, due to the lack of cell coverage there.
She also informed councillors that the results of the aerial surveys, performed last summer with a view to mine exploration, would be released this week, and looked forward to seeing the data.


Proper station setup can be a trying process. Hopefully, this information will help those looking to setup their own weather station.
Mounting the anemometer can be a challenge for new weather station owners. According to CWOP Weather Station Guide, ideally an anemometer should be mounted 33 feet off the ground in an open area. So, if you don't own a ladder, now is a good time to borrow one.
Before we discuss how I mounted mine, we want to talk options. The anemometer can be mounted on tripod on the ground (using Guy Wires) or on a structure using a pole and straps. The pole can be aluminum, steel, or PVC piping.
Since I have children, mounting the anemometer on the ground is a recipe for disaster. Since our new VP2 is wireless, I decided to mount it on our kids huge playset in the backyard. I also decided that I don't like mounting long, pointy metal things into the air (they're called lightning rods). So, I opted to make my pole out of PVC.
Our local home improvement megastore has 5 foot PVC pipes. I took a 3/4 inch pipe and siliconed it inside of a 1 1/4 inch pipe to provide extra rigidity. I then capped it and mounted to the roof support beam on the playset with some 1 1/4 inch metal straps. Don't forget to check for level and correct orientation with a compass.
I know Davis shows the anemometer mounted to the ISS, but putting an anemometer down low is not a good way to measure wind and putting the ISS up high is not a good way to measure temperature/humidity. This is why Davis provides a long cable so you can separate the anemometer and put it up high.
So like many, I chose to mount it on my house.
Mounting to the house can present some challenges of it's own. Not only is the roof higher then most people are comfortable with, but there's the challenge of attaching the anemometer somehow to something and get it up there.
I strongly recommend you don't start putting holes in your roof.
As soon as I receiving my station in the mail, I went out and bought a hodgepodge of items to get my anemometer mounted. What I did was purchase a cast iron flange, a three-foot black cast iron pipe, a cast iron 90-degree elbow, and an aluminum extendable painter's pole, and some metal straps.
I secured the heavy flange to a support strut on the house, screwed the pipe into the flange, the elbow into the pipe. This made a very solid mounting base for the pole, and got the mount out from under the lip of the roof.
I then screwed the pole into the cast iron elbow, leveled the pole, and strapped the pole to the side of the roof with a wood spacer for increased stability. After climbing up on the roof and attaching the anemometer to the extension, I lifted the extension into the air. I checked for alignment with a compass and bolted the extension and the pole together for stability.
Of course, the advantage of using an extendable pole is that I can raise and lower the anemometer easily. The disadvantage is that it's a little wobbly in heavy winds.
According to the CWOP Weather Station Guide, ideally thermometer and hygrometer sensors should be mounted 5 feet off the ground in an open area, at least 100 feet from areas of concrete or asphalt. The sensor should have a radiation shield to protect from the heat of the sun and good ventilation. Of course, living in an urban environment won't allow for optimal placement.
Since the Davis integrated sensor suite (ISS) is wireless and has the radiation shield built in, I mounted the ISS on the swing (on the playset in the backyard), about 6 feet off the ground, being sure to level it for the rain gauge.
I opted for - and strongly recommend - the 24-hour fan aspirated version of the VP2. This prevents buildup of an air pocket in the radiation shield during calm days. It also pulls air over the sensor on hot summer days, allowing for a much more accurate reading.
Since I have kids and the sensor has to be in the front yard, I opted to put mine under the eave of our split-level house. The housing that comes with the thermo-hygro unit is inadequate for an outdoor environment, I removed it and opted to use an inexpensive ordinary plastic utility basket as the protective housing. This keeps both the elements and inquistive children away from the unit.
Sterilite makes just the basket I was looking for - it's white, has precut ventilation holes, and is rugged enough to hold up outdoors. I then mounted the sensor unit up under the eave on the north east side of the house, and the basket... er... protective housing over the unit.
However, in the fall of 2004, I soon noticed a problem with my setup. During the morning hours with little or no wind, my temperature was not getting as cold as other area sensors. This is due to a pocket of warm night air being trapped under the eaves.
The solution? I got out my trusty dremel and cut a hole in the protective housing large enough for a small 120mm 12v computer fan. I added a debris screen in front of the fan to protect it. This setup allows the sensor to be continually bathed in air and also keeps pesky insects out of the sensor housing.
With fan in place, the sensor has been very accurate, perhaps even more than a sensor out in the open. During even the warmest of days, my sensor sits in the shade.
The self-tipping rain gauge is pretty self-explanatory for mounting. You want to make sure it's in an unobstructed spot, with good drainage, securely mounted, and as level as possible. I suggest a spot that's easily accessible because you'll want to clean it once a year or so.
I mounted mine with an "L" bracket to my anemometer pole about 10 feet off the ground, away from and above the roof of the house. It's a little higher than some recommend but few setups are perfect. Using a manual gauge and the nearby METAR to check for accuracy, I'm comfortable with it's performance.


afm Stands for Adobe Font Metric. These files store information about the width and spacing associated with the font, as opposed to information about the font shape.
anti-aliasing also referred to as font smoothing is a technique used to render fonts on low resolution devices ( such as a monitor ). The problem with rendering fonts is that the fonts consist of outlines, but the device renders in dots. The obvious way to render a font is to color black any pixel inside the outline, and leave all other dots. The problem with this is that it doesn't adequately address the pixels that are on the outline. A smarter algorithm would be to color the boundary pixels gray. Anti-aliasing essentially involves doing this.
bdf fonts are a variety of bit-mapped fonts that may be used with X.
bitmap fonts These fonts are simply a collection of dots. Each character of the font is stored as a dot matrix. Because of this, bitmap fonts are device dependent, so you can't use the same bitmap fonts on a screen and a printer. Examples of bitmap screen fonts include .pcf and .bdf fonts used by X. Examples of printer bitmap fonts include TeX's PK fonts.
expert fonts are collections of additional characters that supplement a font. They include small caps fonts, ornaments, extra ligatures, and variable width digits. Many of Adobe's fonts have expert fonts available.
font server a background program that makes fonts available to XFree86.
glyph A glyph is a fancy word for a shape. It is a component that makes up an outline font. For example, the dot on the letter ``i'' is a glyph, as is the vertical line, as are the serifs. Glyphs determine the shape of the font.
kerning In variable width fonts, different pairs of characters are spaced differently. The font metric files store information regarding spacing between pairs of characters, called kerning pairs.
ligature A ligature is a special character that is used to represent a sequence of characters. This is best explained by example -- when the letter fi are rendered, the dot on the ``i'' collides with the ``f'', and the serif on the top left of the i can also collide with the horizontal stroke of the f. The fi ligature is a single character that can be used in the place of a single f followed by a single i. There are also ligatures for fl, ffi, and ffl. Most fonts only include the fi and fl ligatures. The other ligatures may be made available in an expert font.
metafont A graphics language used for creating fonts. Metafont has a lot of nice features, the main one being that fonts created with metafont need not just scale linearly. That is, a 17 point computer modern font generated by metafont is not the same as a magnified 10 point computer modern font. Prior to Adobe's multiple master technology, metafont was unique with respect to having this feature. Metafonts main advantage is that it produces high quality fonts. The disadvantage is that generating bitmaps from the outline fonts is slow, so they aren't feasible for WYSIWYG publishing.
metric this stores information about how much space a font takes up. A font metric is like a box that one can embed the font in. Font metrics are essential for the purpose of laying out fonts on a page, while the font shape itself is not. So typically, variable width fonts have metric information as well as shape information. The metric also includes kerning information.
modern fonts are fonts based on designs developed in the 19th century or later. The moderns have a solid appearance due to their vertical stress. They tend to have more ``character'' or ``attitude'' than the old styles and transitionals, but still carry a certain amount of dignity and formality. They are not suited for writing long passages, but they are useful for adding character to a piece of writing. Bodoni is a notable modern typeface.
old style fonts are a traditional class of typeface. The old style fonts are based on designs from as far back as the late 15th century. Old style fonts are great for writing long documents ( such as books ). While the old style fonts are designed in the tradition of the earlier designers, some of them were designed quite recently. Notably, the face Goudy Old Style was designed by Goudy in the early 20th century. Notable old style faces include Goudy Old Style, Garamond, and Caslon.
pcf fonts are bit-mapped fonts used by X.
PostScript is a programming language designed for page description. Postscript was a trademark of it's inventor, adobe. However, it is also an ISO standard. Postscript needs an interpreter to render it. This can be done via a program on the computer, such as ghostscript, or it can be interpreted by some printers.
serif fonts are fonts with little hooks ( called serifs ) on the ends of the font. the serifs usually help make the font more readable. However, serifs are quite difficult to render on low resolution devices, especially at small font sizes ( because they are a fine detail ), so it is often true that at small sizes on low resolution devices, sans serif fonts ( such as Microsoft's Verdana ) prove more readable. Another issue is that there are sans serif fonts ( like the moderns ) that are not designed for writing long documents.
sans serif fonts are fonts without serifs ( sans is French for ``without'' ). These fonts have a stark appearance, and are well suited for writing headlines. While textbook typography mandates that serif fonts be used just for headlines, they can have other uses. There are sans serif fonts designed for readability as opposed to impact. Short punchy documents that are skimmed ( such as catalogues and marketting brochures ) may use them, and recently, Microsoft have made available the Verdana font which is designed for readability at small sizes on low resolution devices. Well known sans serif fonts include Lucida Sans, MS Comic Sans, Avant Garde, Arial, Verdana, Century Gothic.
slab serif fonts are a certain class of font whose serifs look like slabs ( eg: flat lines or blocks ) and not hooks. Slab serif fonts are often, but not always very readable. Because the serifs are simple and strong, they give one the feeling that they have been punched into the page. Well known examples of slab serifs are Clarendon, New Century Schoolbook, and Memphis.
transitional fonts are fonts that are based on more recent designs than the old style fonts. many of the transitional fonts have good readability. Notable transitionals include Baskerville, and Times Roman.
Type 1 is a type of font designed by Adobe. These fonts are well supported by almost all linux applications, because they have been supported by the X server architecture and the PostScript standard for a long time. Postscript fonts are distributed in many different formats. Typically, a UNIX PostScript font is distributed as an afm ( adobe font metric ) file, and an outline file, which is usually a .pfb ( printer font binary ) or .pfa ( printer font ascii ) file. The outline file contains all the glyphs, while the metric file contains the metrics.
type3 fonts are similar to Type 1. The file extensions are similar to Type 1 fonts ( they are distributed as pfa and afm files ), but they are not supported by X, and because of this, there are not very many linux applications which support them.


Lost and The Vampire Diaries star Ian Somerhalder has nabbed the lead role in a romantic gothic fairy tale movie, Cradlewood. According to The Hollywood Reporter , the story is about an Australian woman (played by Emma Lung) living in Boston with the heir (Somerhalder) to an incredible fortune. His family's history involves the legend of a pact made with a demon which ensures that whenever a boy is born into the family, the father is killed. When Somerhalder's character suspects that his girlfriend is pregnant he becomes convinced that he will die. The indie film is being produced by Hand Picked Films and Instinct Entertainment with former art director and FX guy Harry Weinmann directing. "We see this is as almost like an American-style Pan's Labyrinth in look and feel," says producer Michel Shane. "It's a perfect segue for the kids who have outgrown Twilight but want something romantic and scary. Our monster will be quite terrifying; she is sexually attractive and monstrous at the same time."
Chris (Julie and Julia) Messina is set to star in Devil, a horror film based on a story by M Night Shyamalan. Universal Pictures is producing the pic which will be directed by John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle, previously best known for Quarantine, reports Variety . The plot's details are under wraps, but the script is being written by Brian (30 Days of Night) Nelson. It may have a twist.
Zenescope Entertainment has bought the rights to Horroscope, a comic book series about a young psychic whose murder triggers vengeance-seeking signs of the Zodiac. The comic, written by Las Vegas lounge singer and former Beverley Hills 90210 actor Brian Evans has yet to be published.


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The 5 Dow Stocks That Share Buyback Rules Would Hit Hardest
By Dan Caplinger – Mar 26, 2018 at 4:15PM
NASDAQ: AAPL
Find out what legislators could have planned for these companies.
Many companies have embraced stock buybacks recently as a way to return capital to shareholders without forcing them to pay the taxes that a dividend payment would require. Yet with rising ire against share repurchases, a newly proposed rule could stop the companies that have used buybacks from doing so as freely in the future. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), along with cosponsors Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), introduced legislation last week that would essentially prohibit companies from doing stock buybacks.
If the provision were to become law, then hundreds of companies would be affected. Among them are the biggest stocks in the Dow Jones Industrials. Below, we'll look more closely at some of the biggest users of buybacks and what they could face if rules change regarding the practice.
Biggest buybacks among Dow stocks
Buyback, Past 12 Months
Apple (AAPL 1.37%)
$32.1 billion
JPMorgan Chase (JPM 0.24%)
Boeing (BA -0.73%)
Disney (DIS -0.15%)
Microsoft (MSFT 0.07%)
Data source: S&P Global Market Intelligence.
What's behind the buyback craze?
A combination of factors has helped to make buybacks increasingly popular lately. First and foremost, companies have had more money than they know what to do with for quite a while, and returning it through share repurchases is a tax-friendlier solution for many investors than paying dividends.
Institutional investors have been increasingly forthright about demanding that companies either put free cash to work on productive business investments or put it back in the hands of their shareholders. Apple, for instance, has been ramping up its stock repurchases for a long time, largely because its electronic device business has done so well in producing free cash flow that money has accumulated on its balance sheet for years. Only the efforts of activist investors several years ago spurred the decision for Apple to pay meaningful dividends and start thinking about capital allocation in a more shareholder-friendly way.
Image source: Apple.
In some cases, companies do buybacks because regulators aren't as comfortable with dividends. JPMorgan announced a $19.4 billion buyback plan in mid-2017 as part of its capital plan filed with the Federal Reserve, amounting to about 6% of its outstanding shares based on prices at the time. JPMorgan might have chosen instead to boost its dividend, but bank regulators have stated a preference to keep payout ratios at relatively low percentages of total earnings. That leaves banks like JPMorgan unable to return desired capital in full to investors, and buybacks become a second-best option.
How tax reform juiced buybacks
More recently, tax law changes that took effect at the beginning of 2018 have had an explosive upward impact on stock buyback activity. The change in the way the U.S. imposes tax on international operations resulted in one-time deemed repatriation tax liability for some major players in the economy, especially Apple and Microsoft. Some now expect Apple to repurchase more than $120 billion in stock over the next two years alone, and Microsoft hasn't yet decided how it could deploy the newly freed-up cash at its disposal.
Even outside tech, tax reform has caused some companies to ramp up their payouts. Boeing said late last year that it would replace a partially used $14 billion repurchase authorization with a fresh $18 billion buyback program. Disney is being even more aggressive, approving $10 billion for buybacks between late 2017 and when it expects to close on its acquisition to key assets from 21st Century Fox. Following the purchase, the House of Mouse will add another $10 billion repurchase.
Expect more buybacks
Legislation that would effectively restrict buyback activity could force huge disruptions to major companies that have made share repurchases a fundamental part of their capital allocation strategies. Yet with little chance of passage, shareholders in these five Dow stocks don't need to worry much about anything happening in the near-term.
Teresa Kersten is an employee of LinkedIn and is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft. Dan Caplinger owns shares of Apple, Boeing, and Walt Disney. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Apple and Walt Disney. The Motley Fool has the following options: long January 2020 $150 calls on Apple and short January 2020 $155 calls on Apple. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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The weather's perfect for gazing at the last full moon of the decade tonight
Europeans nicknamed it the "Long Night Moon"
By John Meyer, The Denver Post Dec 11, 2019, 11:14 am
A full moon illuminated pine trees on the horizon above Loveland pass in 2008 Crews at the nearby Loveland Ski Area and Arapahoe Basin worked through the night to have enough snow for the season opener Wednesday. (Karl Gehring, Denver Post file)
The last full moon of the decade will occur tonight at precisely 10:12 p.m. Denver time which, for folks into numerology on the East Coast, will be noted there as 12:12 a.m. on 12/12 (as in Dec. 12).
Weather in the Denver area is forecast to be clear, which should make for a great show because the arc of the moon will be high in the sky.
"As the full moon closest to the winter solstice, Europeans named this the Long Night Moon," according to a post by NASA's Planetary Science Communications team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. "The plane of the moon's orbit around the Earth nearly matches the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun. When the path of the sun appears lowest in the sky for the year, the path of the full moon opposite the sun appears highest in the sky."
The winter solstice, which officially marks the beginning of winter, will occur at 9:19 p.m. on Dec. 21.
In Denver, the moon will rise today at 4:28 p.m. and will appear overhead at 11:57 p.m. It will set at 6:28 a.m. Thursday. If you're really geeking out on this, the moon will be 237,724 miles from the Earth, which will be 13,583 miles closer than it was seven days ago.
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The artists within Kinetica's inaugural show 'Lifeforms' contribute to the extension of the human into the mechanical, and the mechanical into the human by confirming the fallacy that humans are, or ever were, entirely divorced from our technological environment. Whether we bathe in the glow of the instruments, or are riveted by technology's virtuosity, we should never forget that we are not machines, but that machines are us. To that extent they – and the art made with them – already constitute a living, moving, energetic form of life.
So this is what becomes of defunct markets, they find new uses as centers of culture and refinement.
The museum is split over two large open plan floors. As part of the Museum's inaugural show the ground floor is given over to a new performance piece by the group Amorphic Robot Works, featuring a group of 'humanoid, hybrid and abstract' assemblages of metal, rubber and electronics. Upstairs holds a collection of works by various artists using movement, light and sound.
The works varied from those that wore their technology on their sleeves, either hi-tech – Daniel Chadwick's solar powered, Calder-like mobiles – or lo – Tim Lewis's junkyard writing machines, to the more operationally discrete – Dante Leonelli's neon and plastic domes and Hans Kotter's strip of light.
To generalise, the range of works suggest how kinetic art has progressed from it's canonisation as an art form in the '60's through to its present incarnation. The early works in the show, or the works by artists who originally came to prominence at that point display a characteristically minimal aesthetic, hiding the technologies involved behind clean exteriors and presenting an abstracted display of light or movement.
Among the contemporary artists in the show there seems to be a divide between those who look back to this tradition and those who consciously reject it. Tim Lewis, Chico Macmurtrie/Amorphic Robot Works show a distinct current of anthropomorphism as well as embracing the messiness of their raw materials, not shying away from revealing the workings of their constructions and certainly not tidying up the display to meet some standard of minimalism. On the other hand artists such as Daniel Chadwick, Chris Levine and Hans Kotter feature minimal or high-tech forms.
Chadwick creates Alexander Calder-like mobiles using solar panels to power tiny fans activating the movement of the piece, as well as sinuous lengths of twisting tube, again powered by solar panels on wings attached to the tubular sections, looking very like a model of a space-station. Kotter's piece is made up of a strip of electroluminescent tape forming a pristine line of light dividing off one end of the gallery.
Dante Leonelli was my tutor at college and I worked with him on some of the neon dome pieces after I left so I have a particular attachment to them. The three pieces in this show looked stunning, there's something about the sparklyness of the plastic, the sharp stretches of neon and the slow dimming and brightening of the light that really affects you if you can give it the time and attention. In the middle of a busy opening is not the best environment to appreciate them, but they still stood out for me.


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The majority of lies that people tell daily are not designed to hurt or deceive. They are often branded as 'white lies' and are told, mostly without a second thought, to keep the peace, to maintain a flow of conversation or to wriggle out of something awkward or uncomfortable.
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The impact of truth dilemmas can be far reaching and can lead to minor and major health issues and disruption of personal and professional relationships. They can even fracture relationships and impact on the culture or harmony of an organisation.
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Chris 'The Bear' Fallica offers betting thoughts on SEC games this week
Keith Farner | 2 months ago
Chris "The Bear" Fallica made his regular Friday appearance on "McElroy and Cubelic In the morning" on WJOX with Greg McElroy and Cole Cubelic out of Birmingham, Alabama to discuss rivalry week, and several SEC games from a betting standpoint.
The ESPN researcher weighed in on the Palmetto Bowl, Texas A&M-LSU and Florida-Florida State.
"The only question for the South Carolina play is where are their heads," Fallica said. "After the comeback win last week, getting bowl eligible, emotional scene. You would think they'd be able to bounce right back against a rival in a game they'd love to have. It's the first time in like 7 years that they haven't been a two-touchdown underdog. So it's the first time in a while they've actually gone into this game with a chance to win."
Fallica added that even though Clemson played a great game last week in a win over Wake Forest, the offensive issues from earlier in the season aren't completely solved. Fallica said he would play the under, then possibly take South Carolina, but would not lay double digits with Clemson. The line opened at 14 and is now about 11.5 or 12 favoring Clemson. The over/under is about 42.5 or 43, according to Vegas Insider.
Fallica also said he likes LSU getting 6.5 points against Texas A&M in Ed Orgeron's final game as coach in Tiger Stadium.
"I think that place is going to be completely bonkers tomorrow night," Fallica said. "O's final game there against the long rumored potential at some point in this life or the after life head coach in Jimbo Fisher coming in there. The A&M offense away from home in road games has not been good whatsoever. I don't know who's going to play, who's not going to play for LSU, but I can see them being pretty excited about playing tomorrow night."
About the Florida game, Fallica openly wondered why the Gators are favored by 3 against the Seminoles.
"You think they want to win and have another month of practice and go to a bowl game," he said. "Hey, the SEC's 11th bowl choice, I don't even know where it goes, here are the 6-6 Gators taking on, what, the fourth team from the MAC."
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Ollarianus kinoanus är en insektsart som beskrevs av Ball 1936. Ollarianus kinoanus ingår i släktet Ollarianus och familjen dvärgstritar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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This package includes 2 nights in the entertainment capital of South Africa, Sun City Resort followed by a 4 night Pilanesberg National Park safari.
Pilanesberg National Park is a little known but exceptionally scenic home to not only the big 5 (Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Buffalo, Black Rhino) but most of the other impressive animals of Africa such as cheetah's, jackal's, hyenas, white rhinos, giraffes, hippos, zebras, wild dog and a wide selection of antelopes. The park is 500 sq km in size, malaria free and located in an extinct volcanic region with the beautiful Mankwe Lake the centre piece and the drinking hole for the parks wildlife providing the perfect location for a South African safari.
This package can be fully customised to best suit your requirements with more or less nights in both Sun City resort and Pilanesberg National Park and more or less activities available. Please contact us for a quote for your desired itinerary.
On arrival at Johannesburg International Airport you will be met by your Wild Africa Travel Company representative and transferred to Sun City where you will check into your hotel room for your 2 night stay.
Check out of your Sun City hotel and you will be transferred to your game lodge in Pilanesberg National Park where you will spend the next 4 days relaxing in this pristine sanctuary. You will have the opportunity of experiencing the facilities of the lodge as well as daily game drives into the park to see its vast array of wildlife including lions, leopards, cheetahs, jackals, hyenas, white & black rhinos, elephants, giraffes, hippos, buffalos, zebras, wild dogs and a wide variety of antelopes.
An early morning game drive into the park will be your last opportunity to experience this ancient volcanic area before you check out of your lodge and are transferred back to Johannesburg International Airport or your next destination on your African safari adventure.
Black Rhino Game Lodge offers luxury air-conditioned suites with television, mini-bar, tea and coffee making facilities and expansive bathrooms including an outdoor shower. The private game viewing decks are the perfect spot to enjoy the tranquillity and excellent birding opportunities. Overlooking a busy waterhole, which is a hive of bird and animal activity and a favourite playground for elephant and buffalo, the central gathering area is an expansive space which invites the opportunity of outdoor living. The well-appointed open plan lounge and dining areas spill over onto shady timber decks which offer guests wonderful areas for relaxation and game viewing.
Falling waters and a lush tropical forest make The Cascades one of the most sophisticated, elegant and sought after hotels at Sun City. A stroll through the picturesque gardens or aviary, filled with bird song, will expose you to the timeless romance of this gracious hotel. The grounds are laced with footpaths which wind between tens of thousands of exotic and indigenous trees and flowering plants.
Leave the trappings of city life behind and be greeted by the sight of endless rolling plains in the 5 Star Tshukudo Bush Lodge located in the breathtaking Pilanesberg National Park, home of the Big 5.
From five stars to the Big Five has never been more apt than at the luxurious Legacy Tshukudu Bush Lodge. Built high on a hilltop, the lodge offers sweeping views of the malaria-free Pilanesberg National Park. With only six luxury cottages, it's a perfectly indulgent getaway for those who appreciate attention to detail and personalised service. You can be assured that the cottages at Tshukudu receive our personal attention with regard to every detail and guests can immediately feel the stress of city life fall from their shoulders as they are welcomed by these elegant surroundings. Each cottage contains a cosy fireplace and sunken bath and has its own private balcony offering spectacular views of the endless plains abundant with game.
The elegant restaurant exudes warmth and provides the perfect setting for a sumptuous meal after a day of game viewing in one of the world's finest National Parks.
The Sun City/Pilanesberg National Park packages is perfect to finish off your travels through southern Africa as it enables you to both relax and have some good fun. Sun City is the perfect place to let your hair down and enjoy some of the luxuries of life before heading home.
If you would like an extended stay in Sun City or a Sun City package without Pilanesberg National Park lodge then this can be arranged.


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Varbóc (ehemals auch Varbócz) ist eine ungarische Gemeinde im Kreis Edelény im Komitat Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén.

Geografische Lage
Varbóc liegt in Nordungarn, 41,5 Kilometer nordwestlich des Komitatssitzes Miskolc und 20 Kilometer nordwestlich der Kreisstadt Edelény. In der Gemeinde entspringt der Fluss Víz-völgyi-patak. Nachbargemeinden sind Perkupa, Szőlősardó, Tornakápolna, Szinpetri und Szin.

Geschichte
Im Jahr 1907 gab es in der damaligen Kleingemeinde 68 Häuser und 284 Einwohner auf einer Fläche von 1756 Katastraljochen. Sie gehörte zur damaligen Zeit zum Bezirk Torna im Komitat Abaúj-Torna.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Höhlen
 Reformierte Kirche, erbaut 1806 im spätbarocken Stil, 1895 renoviert
 Römisch-katholische Kirche Szűz Mária Szeplőtelen Szíve, erbaut 1954

Verkehr
Varbóc ist nur über die Nebenstraße Nr. 26112 zu erreichen. Der nächstgelegene Bahnhof befindet sich vier Kilometer östlich in Perkupa.

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 Wappen von Varbóc bei Nemzeti Jelképek (ungarisch)
 A varbóci református templom (ungarisch)
 Varbóci ivóvízbázis  (ungarisch)

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Mark Farina Live at Monarch SF
July 26, 2012 Chillout SceneLeave a comment
San Francisco-
DJ Mark Farina was back in his home town San Francisco last Wednesday night, spinning at Monarch on 6th Street in SOMA.
The venue is a beautiful club with a lounge in the main entrance area and a club downstairs. The upstairs lounge had a bit of a vintage feel to it with the older furniture they had set up. Downstairs was a bit more contemporary. There was a nice VIP area in the corner which was pretty full. It was a very good crowd for a Wednesday night and the place packed by around Midnight. It was a "Gen X" crowd for the most part with some younger folks in attendance, but everyone seemed to be in their late 20's or early 30's.
The appropriately named "Colossus" (6'8″ Englishman, now Oakland resident Charlie Tate) played a great warm up set including a lot of Q-tip and Tribe songs, including the very groovy mix of "Got til' it's Gone" with Janet Jackson. He also knew what the patrons wanted and mixed in some nice electro jazz to get us all ready for Mark Farina.
Farina came on around just after 11 and started things off with a great set including a diverse set of tracks including his own Mushroom Jazz material. What really got the crowd going early on however, was a mix of Michael McDonald's "I Keep Forgettin'." Not sure why people freaked when he played that, but it was enjoyable and he did provide a nice remix of the song.
"Mushroom Jazz"
Through the warm up set and Farina's, there was a beautiful visual presentation to go along with the music. It was even complete with close ups of mushrooms. How fitting. I've included a picture of the scene here, but it's not the best quality since it was just taken with my phone. I'll remember to take my good camera along with me on work trips just in case another great show like this comes along. 🙂 I've also included a quick video of the show below.
I had to attempt to get some sleep before a 630am flight back home so I was unable to stay for the entire show. Farina is touring this summer so I may get a chance to see him again in the near future. You can too. Check out the tour dates on his website DJMarkFarina.net!
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First of all let me say it is trusted honor for me to be asked to create a work of art for you. The appreciation and joy expressed by the families I have created art pieces for is heart warming. Your loved ones ashes will be treated with the up most respect and dignity. I enjoy creating this type of glass art more than any that I make.
Your pet or loved one's ashes can be made into wearable or decorative art.
I have developed a technique to incorporate a small amount of the remains in glass that when finished it resembles a natural amber gemstone, or the remains can be encased in different colors of glass. For the most part I use Borosilica glass you may know it by the trade name Pyrex.
Prices start at $25.00 for small art pieces such as pendants, shipping is extra.
Fishing lure, a treble hook spinner bait style that you could actually fish with, or made with sterling silver to wear in a fishing hat as ornamentation. A small inscription can be engraved in to the spinner blade.
The ashes or what is commonly called cremains can be incorporated deep in the glass or near the surface so that small elevations in the thin layer of glass can be felt. They can also be totally concealed in a vessel with no cremains visible.
I will be happy to discuss your ideas for a memorial glass piece or send more information on pricing.
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Q: Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL try to insert NULL value if a property not changed I have a table with two integer columns Opens and UniqueOpens. They have a default value set to 0. I scaffolded DB with Scaffold-DBContext. I don't know why, but the default value is not set on these columns.
I create a new empty DB, applied migrations, tables were created (without default values on these columns).
I want to insert a data:
es = new EmailDeviceStatistic()
{
    Date = deviceStatisticResult.StatisticDate,
    Id = Guid.NewGuid(),
    Device = ds.Name
};

es.Opens = 0;
es.UniqueOpens = 0;

counter++;
this.Context.EmailDeviceStatistics.Add(es);
await this.Context.SaveChangesAsync();

Nothing special. As you can see I set values of Opens and UniqueOpens to 0 (default value of integer).
By saving I get an error:

Failing row contains (4f43b05f-82a1-412b-93bb-f137c2545a52,
2021-02-13, Desktop, null, null).

If I set these properties to 1 (other from zero), there is no problem and a record is created. It looks like, if you don't change the property value, the provider decides that I want to insert NULL and because the column does not have a default value and is set as NOT NULL, the save fails.
So I have 2 questions:

*

*why Scaffold-Context does not create a default value on a column

*why if I don't change a default value is there a null

EDIT:
The EmailDeviceStatistic model generated by Scaffold-Context -
public partial class EmailDeviceStatistic
{
    public Guid Id { get; set; }
    public DateTime Date { get; set; }
    public string Device { get; set; }
    public int Opens { get; set; }
    public int UniqueOpens { get; set; }
}

The configuration for EmailDeviceStatistic generated by Scaffold-Context -
modelBuilder.Entity<EmailDeviceStatistic>(entity =>
{
    entity.ToTable("EmailDeviceStatistic");

    entity.HasIndex(e => e.Date, "ix_emaildevicestatistic_date")
        .HasNullSortOrder(new[] { NullSortOrder.NullsLast })
        .HasSortOrder(new[] { SortOrder.Descending });

    entity.HasIndex(e => new { e.Date, e.Device }, "ix_emaildevicestatistic_date_device");

    entity.Property(e => e.Id).HasDefaultValueSql("uuid_generate_v1()");

    entity.Property(e => e.Date).HasColumnType("date");

    entity.Property(e => e.Device)
        .IsRequired()
        .HasMaxLength(150);
});


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Change initiatives require changed behavior.
To lose 30 pounds, we have to close the Haagen-Daz lid at the very moment when we really want to cozy up with a half-pint.
Businesses also have things that feel good, but aren't necessary good for the business. In a time of economic flux, doing things "the way we've always done them" is at the top of the list.
And just like we try to kid ourselves about one more spoonful – we also like to hope that a little more effort, a little more push, a little more tweaking or number crunching will fix things. We keep looking for the magic bullet, or hold out, waiting for things to normalize.
Waiting is creating the new normal. Whether we are cynical or hopeful, sitting is still sitting. Tick-Tock.
Which is why a lot of businesses are clamoring for assertive leadership, more accountability, bias for action, innovation, candor in communication, and big-picture, out-of-the box thinking.
For a company to break through an old paradigm its key influencers must experience the ability to view their roles and situations differently, to establish a common vision, and execute. They also need a strong ability to engage the intellectual capital, strengths, and commitment of others.
Perhaps what the alleged 30 percent knows that the majority does not is that it deep change requires a movement, which really involves an organization full of leaders. And what that means is that we've got a group of people ready and willing to try on new behavior for a worthy goal.
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On the heels of the past year's successful Year of Rejuvenation, the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has declared 2019 the Year of Festivals in the Caribbean. Throughout 2019, the region will celebrate the unique rhythm and tempo of each CTO destination.
"The Year of Festivals will focus on the fascinating events that have become an integral part of the Caribbean tourism calendar. Festivals help to energize communities across the region, while giving visitors more reasons to enjoy our destinations," said Hugh Riley, Secretary General of CTO.
"In addition to providing an opportune time for vacationers to visit, these celebrations also emphasize the unique characteristics that define the many diverse backgrounds and traditions which comprise the Caribbean's cultural tapestry," added Riley.
The 2019 Caribbean Year of Festivals will be promoted through social media and traditional media channels and will create opportunities for travellers and vacation planners to share their experiences.
"While each destination is unique and inviting in its own right, the common denominator for all Caribbean societies is a yearning to celebrate life – and each Caribbean country provides a beat that can't be replicated elsewhere," said Riley.
"The Year of Festivals will highlight music, art, sailing, lights, food, rum, religious, literary and dance festivals celebrated throughout the region. It's a theme which can easily be embraced by all CTO member destinations," Riley noted.
Throughout 2019, the CTO will assist member countries with an assortment of promotional concepts and opportunities which can be implemented around the theme of festivals to appeal to consumers, travel professionals and creators of unique vacation experiences.
Spending Christmas and New Year holidays on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro is such a thrilling moment now pulling thousands of travelers from Africa and other parts of the world to this part of Africa.
From free unlimited Wi-Fi to more retail and restaurant space and renovated restrooms, Hawaii's airports are in the midst of a transformation.


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Relevance: Does the article answer my question? Can I understand it?
Make a project named "Conceptual Chemistry"
Share it with "South Conceptual Chem F"
Cite the website you used to answer the question: "Why did the ooblek do what it did?"
Complete the rest of the notecard. Please see illustration for instructions.
Current, authoritative information on a wide range of science topics.
Full-text science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other multi-media sources.
Search here for teacher-approved authoritative websites.
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When will Sri Lanka move from talk to action?
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Financial hub in 2016?
Tea Hub in 2016?
Software to be $1 billion?
Global tourism campaign in 2016?
Whilst Sri Lanka has been very optimistic in the last ten years, more precisely the last five years, a point in many a policymaker's mind is "why does Sri Lanka talk so much with strong visibility but when it comes to implementing things, fall off the rails?" Research reveals that either the Minister is changed or the Chairman is switched or there is some irregularity in the process that brings ground activation to a grinding halt. It is sad but that is the reality of Sri Lanka.
This phenomenon has been seen in the export industries like tea, tourism, gem and jewellery, whilst the only area that has not got affected is apparel. Maybe it's a case in point of where politics and bureaucracy have not been able to affect the growth of this industry, which needs to be studied and captured as learnings for the other key export sectors that I just shared. A point to note is that the said industries account for almost $ 15 billion export revenue (including tourism).
Tourism is a key industry in which reform must take form in 2016 to make the destination command a higher share of voice
Sri Lanka needs be led
When I look back at the Budget 2016 that was passed with a two-thirds mandate, my mind goes back to the thinking of one of my controversial but respected university professors who said: "Sri Lanka needs to be governed and led and not to practice democracy". I guess this argument holds group today too, given that we had many a conceptual discussions on the "tea hub", "financial hub", CEPA, FTA with Japan etc. but the projects have not moved an inch. Let's hope and pray that 2016 will be a different year for Sri Lanka. In my view, it's a make-or-break year for Sri Lanka, given the global economic downturn that is hitting the global marketplace. The real challenge is how we, from the private sector, support the recent budgetary proposals so that we take the high ground in South Asia rather than watering down every proposal. This has to stop at some time given that Sri Lanka needs reforms and we have to face it as a nation.
Financial hub?
Given that I have discussed the architecture of a 'tea hub' around two weeks back, let me share some insights to the high share of voice budget proposal – "financial hub".
A financial hub can be defined as an expansion of financial services of a country beyond its borders globally to a larger customer group which will drive up revenues and also develop resources in a country such as infrastructure, ICT and human resources where by wealth creation takes place.
It also plays a catalyst role for private-public partnership development. For instance, the proposed monorail system for Colombo can be funded via the benefits of a financial hub. Some of the leading financial hubs in the world are London, New York, Paris, Tokyo and Sydney, whilst the emerging ones are Mumbai and Shanghai, which are powered by superpower economies, which tell us the competition that Sri Lanka is up against on this idea.
SL's financial sector
If we go into the details, Sri Lanka's financial sector contributes to 10-12% of the country's GDP. A point to note is that it is way above the counterparts of the regional countries with Thailand at a 6.2% and Bangladesh at 9%, just to name a few.
Sri Lanka has twenty-plus commercial banks that operate in the country with over 6000 branches across the country. The significance of our banking industry is that all top global banks operate in the country, which is an indication of the market attractiveness of the country even though the economy is around $ 70 billion.
The local issue
If one analyses the World Competitiveness Report, an area that comes out strong for correction is access to finance, but no concrete action plan has been implemented. This is very unhealthy because if we do not drive lending to around 3.5 trillion, we cannot achieve an 8% GDP growth that Sri Lanka is visioning in the years to come.
In fact, the IMF has been highlighting this issue over the last couple of years but now Sri Lanka has no option but to act on the strategies spelled out by IMF, given that we are seeking their help of $ 5 billion in 2016.
The choice of going global
Let's accept it, the best brains in the country are normally housed in the banking industry and developing a product range and focusing on catering to customers internationally is well within the capability set of the industry elite. However, a point to note is that this strategy will require policy changes ranging from infrastructure facilities, self-regulatory community status, separation from the State and regulatory changes such as opening of the capital account which are decisions that will need serious policy changes. This will also require lengthy discussions and scenario planning with the policymakers which is the next challenge that the industry will have to commit to, given that Sri Lanka works in a political economy.
The benefits of going global is that it can spruce up the economy through wealth creation and the industry profits have the propensity not just to double but also triple, whereby the financial sector on the whole can contribute to 20% of GDP of the country just like in the case of mature financial hubs around the world.
Apparel industry: a case study
A best case in point where the private sector worked closely with the Government and developed a globally competitive business is the apparel industry of Sri Lanka cutting away from all the politics and bureaucratic red tape that I discussed earlier. The industry though does not have its own raw materials and did not even have a critical mass; way back in the 1970s a business model was developed and thereafter the policymakers were influenced for serious policy changes to be made. Today, this business is poised to bring in $ 5 billion-plus into the country and is now targeting to be the apparel and logistic hub of South Asia.
The financial sector can follow suit given the strength of the financial sector of Sri Lanka and its close link to the key policymakers. In my view, the task of driving in policy reforms in making Sri Lanka a financial hub will be easier. This has been spelled out in the Prime Minister's 'Third generation economic reforms' presented and subsequently once again stated in the Budget 2016 though not in sync.
Building the brand Sri Lanka
Whichever strategy that the industry selects, one of the key pegs that need to be addressed is to make brand Sri Lanka more engaging to the world. It is sad that Sri Lanka tourism failed to take the leap by appointing one of the top seven global agencies to take the country's image forward. Currently, we must accept that the brand is being questioned on many fronts, given the low awareness of the product range and imagery parameters.
What many forget is that unless we earn a positive image for 'Brand Sri Lanka' globally, even if we float the agenda of a financial hub, implementation can hit a rough patch. This area is called nation branding and it needs to be addressed at a policy level by the industry at some point of time. But first, we need to get the fundamental architecture right on tourism which must be the lead industry for nation brand building. Sri Lanka is currently valued at around $ 68 billion as a brand as per the global nation brand building data.
Next steps in 2016
Whilst we can argue the merits and demerits of Sri Lanka's strategy, on the financial hub idea, the key actions that must be implemented as follows;
1) A task force needs to be appointed so that a passionate team takes responsibility to champion this task just like with the apparel industry, tea and the software industry.
2) A careful selection of target markets must be done just like what Malaysia did with zeroing on Middle East, Western Africa and North Africa. We must take the tough decision in 2016.
3) Thereafter, a strong positioning platform must be decided for the Sri Lankan financial centre. Malaysia selected the position of an 'Islamic Financial Centre' proposition and it has successfully carved out a niche in a customer's mind.
4) Sri Lanka must then make the critical decision of deciding on what criteria we compete on. Is it on equities, bonds, hedge funds, private wealth, fund manager or an insurer/re-insurer? We must analyse our strengths and weaknesses and make this decision.
5) Whilst fashioning this basic business proposition of segmenting, targeting and positioning (the STP of marketing), the industry must involve the key policymakers intimating the key policy decisions required to make Sri Lanka a financial hub.
6) Whilst this deliberation takes place, the industry must develop strategies to spruce up lending to Rs. 3.5 trillion in the local market, addressing the issue of taking off the names in the CRIB of the entrepreneurs in the north-east that have been effected by the conflict.
7) A regular business health check must be carried out so that the path to being a financial hub is monitored with the necessary changes.
8) Finally, the concept of a financial hub must be explicitly stated in the 'Third generation economic reforms', so that that it will be mentioned repeatedly at forums and the task force will find it easier in its deliberations.
The author is an award-winning marketer by profession, who has served top multinationals like ReckittBenckiser, Lever and Diversey in South Asia for over 20 years. In the public sector he has been the Chairman of Sri Lanka Exports, Sri Lanka Tourism and also served the international public sector – the United Nations for five years where Sri Lanka secured the global best project award. Dr. Athukorala can be reached on rohantha.athukorala1@gmail.com


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Charlize Theron Finally Speaks Out About Her Tia Mowry SoulCycle Feud, Thank God
By Lisa Ryan
Charlize Theron. Photo: 2017 Getty Images
Three years ago, a dramatic event so big, so important changed the course of petty history: Tia Mowry said Charlize Theron was mean to her at SoulCycle. But now, Theron finally spoke out about the incident during a Sunday appearance on Watch What Happens Live, explaining that she is actually "really nice" at SoulCycle.
Mowry told In Touch in 2014 that she approached the Oscar winner at a SoulCycle class and it did not go well. "She wasn't very nice to me. I said, 'Hi,' and she actually rolled her eyes and said, 'Oh, my God,'" Mowry said. "I wasn't over-the-top. I know how to approach another celebrity. Charlize was just mean. I'm just being honest." Shortly after, Dish Nation published a report claiming the gorgeous actress was "so pissed" that Mowry went to the tabloids about her, she tried to get SoulCycle to ban the famous twin.
But on Sunday night, Andy Cohen asked Theron about the incident on WWHL, to which the actress replied, "What a bitch," before laughing. "No, I heard this story," she continued. "Did she really say it? Was it just written? Was it taken out of [context]?" When Cohen noted that it was published by In Touch, Theron said, "Oh, well you can't go by that, right?"
The actress went on to explain, "I'm really nice at SoulCycle actually, because once my endorphins kick in I'm almost too friendly. I'm always touching people like, 'Heeeeey.'" Theron added, "I'm not an eye-roller, but I would be like 'Fuck off.'"
We can't wait for Mowry's reply three years from now.
Is Charlize Theron Dating a Werewolf?
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Charlize Theron Speaks Out About Tia Mowry SoulCycle Drama


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At 0.99 ACH50, we broke the magical (in our minds!) 1.0 barrier. This is a very air tight home!
After our somewhat disappointing blower door test last week, we threw some mud at the walls (well, we placed it carefully around the edges of the wall), did some taping and caulking, and then had Ross and Kat Elliott of HomeSol Building Solutions come by to do our official blower door test.
We went from a code-compliant 3.1 ACH50 (air changes per hour at 50 Pascals) to an almost PassiveHaus compliant 0.99 ACH50! We could feel some small areas of leakage to be addressed (almost all were failures of the Tuck Tape to properly adhere and seal against the air barrier membrane!). After the test, we realized that we hadn't covered over the sump pit in the basement, and so we think we can do even better on the final test once the house is finished. Ross suggested that it's common to improve the air tightness by around 20% once all the interior wall and ceiling sheathings are in place.
Even if we end up slightly shy of the 0.6 mark, we are very excited to have built a house that far surpasses the air tightness of conventional building, and to have done that using mostly straw bale walls and even clay plasters. It's an indication that the use of natural building materials and "alternative" methods can be part of an extremely tight and energy efficient building.
Our thanks to all the students whose constant awareness and vigilance regarding air tightness as we built the house helped to ensure that this result was possible. Way to go, Graham Wise! And our thanks to Matt Caruana for last week's test… we wouldn't have achieved this score without a first kick at the can!