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In the past two years I have designed four dress collections (Time flies!). Each time I've shared a collection here we have received tons of requests for a how-to post about fashion sketching. I am self-taught (and still learning!), but I thought it would be fun to share a little bit about my process. I hope that some of you feel inspired to pull out your pens and pencils and notebooks today. Fashion sketching isn't nearly as intimidating as I once thought it would be.
Yves Saint Laurent became popular in fashion circles due to his creativity in redesigning the clothes considered to be masculine into beautiful, feminine wardrobe for women. Perhaps, one of the most famous fashion designers in France, Yves was the first one to introduce power dressing for women in the form of "power suits" in the year 1966. He is also credited with designing the men's smoking jacket. The most important fashion legacy which he has left behind is the "ready-to-wear" fashion clothing.
He rebounded in the 60's and 70's, designing his own line and stunning Paris and the entire fashion world with his own brand of French elegance. However, the stress of his work led him to abuse booze and drugs; in time, the fragile designer's health became precarious. By 1987, he was unable to fulfill his responsibilities, and allowed others to design his prêt-a-porter line.
A leading name who embarked on the world of fashion in 1980's. She won the Yuv Rattan Award and is counted among the modern-designers of the country. Best known for her theme collections, and focuses on silhouettes and is always busy in experimentation and introducing new trends! Rina-Dhaka has arranged shows in Paris, London, Singapore, Hong-Kong, New-York, Jakarta & Dubai . Rina's Singapore shows in 2001 nd 2002 were her major victory! Even "Vogue" and "Elle" (International megazines) have featured 'er work and fashion-designing is now her family business as her brothers Shantanu and Nikhil also joined her in late 90's.
The college look would be the tag most suitable for the preppy look. The collared T-Shirts are matched and A-line skirts are matched with girly blouses that are lined up in their wardrobe. A cute little headband and geeky glasses mostly do accompany with this style. The geeky look might seem to be an expensive style, but it is not required to shell out much to get this look as it is not that luxurious.
Coming from a mid class family from Dominican Republic, Oscar de La Renta moved to Madrid at the early age of 19 wishing to be a painter. In order to make extra money Oscar de La Renta started doing some work as a fashion designer. In 1965, De la Renta took over Arden, the company he was working for at the time and this open the door to start his own brand. The unique tone of red on his dresses became to be known as "De la Renta red".
"Photography has long been considered superior to illustration when it comes to selling magazines" says Downton. "But it's like asking what an apple can do that a banana can't. I think they have a symbiotic relationship. Illustration changes the pace of a magazine as you read it; and you project your own finish onto the story which gives a different sense of satisfaction to the reader."
Consider making flats. In addition to making a fashion illustration, you may want to create a flat schematic. This is an illustration of your clothing design that shows the flat outline of the garment, as though it were laid out on a flat surface. It's helpful for people viewing the design to see the flat version as well as the way it would look modeled on a body.[4]
The balance line should be a straight vertical line, even if you want the model to pose in a leaning position. For example, if you want the the model to be posed with her hips tilted slightly to her left, draw a straight balance line in the middle of the page. You want this line to extend from the top of the model's head to the ground that she is standing on.
Yamamoto was born in Yokohama, Japan on October 3, 1943. He studied law at Keio University and graduated in 1966 with a law degree. He continued his studies on fashion design at the famous Bunkafukuso Gakuin, a fashion institute in Tokyo. Yamamoto blends the exotic and powerful designs of traditional Japanese dress with Western daywear, and achieves a unique, abstract style. He is an uncompromising, nontraditional designer. Yamamoto drapes and wraps the body in unstructured, loose, voluminous garments, similar in style and philosophy to those of Rei Kawakubo. Many of his clothes have additional flaps, pockets and straps.
Born in August of 1883, Gabrielle Chanel was a French native who was destined to liberate women from the constraints of corsets and other uncomfortable garments. A true rebel and visionary, Chanel, who changed her name to Coco after a brief career as a singer, preferred to wear clothes she could move freely in; often, her style were imbued with a mannish aesthetic. Indeed, Coco Chanel, who designed her first cardigan to avoid pulling any garment over her head, was really the originator of modern women's sportswear. Her desire for freedom and self-expression gave women style without sacrifice…
Halston's association with Jackie Kennedy was a crucial factor in his rising fame; she generally eschewed hats until she became charmed by Halston's distinctive pillbox styles during the Sixties. She wore one of his designs to the Presidential Inauguration in 1961; she was also wearing a pillbox hat (in pink) on the day her husband, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated.
The Italian-born Frenchman is lauded for his 20th century pieces that looked as though they were from the 25th century. As Cardin rose to fame in the age of the space race, his creations took on an air of futurism. His so-called bubble dresses had all the fixings of science fiction, combining earthly elegance with out-of-this-world colors and avant garde design. They may be wacky, sure, but Cardin's clothes showed a freedom of expression that highlighted larger ideals, in particular the emancipation of women. The visionary designer fell out of critical favor when he attached his name to less fashionable items, from cars to umbrellas, but his futuristic, space-centric legacy will live to infinity and beyond.
Growing up, Lauren was encouraged by his mother to become a rabbi, but he chose a much different course. Influenced by the easy, preppy elegance of the country club set, as well as the glamour of old Hollywood, he chose to emulate the work of Brooks Brothers and other WASP-y retailers, creating a look that seemed to embody easy American elegance. His interest in luxury, refinement and a certain "taste level" put a different spin on the staid classics of the past.
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"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury." No quote could be more appropriate from the woman who gave us the little black dress. Born August 19, 1883, in Saumur, France, Coco Chanel is famous for her timeless designs, trademark suits, and little black dresses. Chanel had a brief career as a singer before opening her first clothes shop in 1910. In the 1920s, she launched her first perfume and introduced the Chanel suit and the little black dress.
Thomas Burberry was born in 1835 in Brockham Green, Surrey. Burberry opened his own small clothing outfitters in Basingstoke in 1857. At that time Basingstoke was a small country town. Nowadays, the Burberry Group is a leading global fashion brand which now sells womenswear, menswear, non-apparel and children's wear. It is famous for its iconic trademarked check design and British heritage branding.
After working for renowned fashion house Nino Cerruti, he branched out on his own, delivering his first women's wear collection in 1974. Armani's designs were always influenced by menswear, and his immaculate tailoring and cutting gave his pieces a timeless air. He is famous for his deconstructed jackets, which feature a softer shoulder and a longer line.
In the 60's, Valentino made a decision that would enhance his reputation; he sent Jacqueline Kennedy, the American First Lady and fashion icon, a series of his pieces to look over. She was enchanted with his designs, and even chose to wear one of his dresses when she married her second husband, Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis: her influence led to greater fame and fortune in North America.
"Intuition is a strong feminine quality. I have applied that instinct to my career". This is one our favorite quotes by Carolina Herrera and we think she is a true inspiration to women in fashion, and more, around the world. Carolina started to be known by regularly appearing on the International Best Dressed List in the 80's. Her trend marks are classy pieces like pencil skirts paired with crisp white cotton shirts. In 2008 she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
Tastes differ. And when it comes to fashion, they differ even more. However, I've managed to come up with a list of top 5 fashion designers that can't leave any woman indifferent. They are adored by fashion artists and their regular customers all over the world, and their incredible, jaw-dropping collections speak for themselves. Check out the list of the most famous fashion designers of all time:
To develop a successful design, balance and fitting garment, three dimensional prototypes are essential. Prototypes are also known as toiles. It is the correct distribution of the waist suppression. This method is used in order to cut or smooth away the excess fabric at the waist. Get a perfect shape of the garment to follow the natural curves of the figure, make darts, side seams and the hollow of the back.


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Tales from the Lotus Pod is the first album by American hip hop group Dark Lotus. Released on July 17, 2001, the album featured the only appearance of former member Marz, who was soon dismissed from the group. This was the first Insane Clown Posse/Twiztid related album to be released after their label Psychopathic Records left Island Records.

Production

Insane Clown Posse and Twiztid recorded a collaboration called "Echoside" under the name Dark Lotus. The song was released as a single in 1999, with all-black artwork and labels. The song was intended to appear on the Dark Lotus album Tales from the Lotus Pod, but because the album's production took longer than expected, it was instead released on ICP's 1999 album The Amazing Jeckel Brothers. Between this time, Blaze Ya Dead Homie joined the group, and Insane Clown Posse toured with the rap metal band Marz, whose leader, also named Marz, was impressed by ICP's performance style, and was embraced by the Juggalo fanbase. Joseph Bruce made plans to sign Marz to Psychopathic and have him join Dark Lotus, but Marz was still signed with another label, E-Magine Records. However, he claimed that he could get out of his contract with the label in order to join Psychopathic.

Although the rest of Dark Lotus was not as impressed with Marz as Bruce was, Marz joined the group and recorded vocals for Tales from the Lotus Pod. Mike E. Clark was brought in to produce the album, but left the project after producing four songs. Fritz "the Cat" Van Kosky was brought in to finish the album. Mike Puwal contributed guitars and other instruments and also contributed to mixing the album alongside Bruce, Puwal, and Fritz the Cat.

Marz provoked an argument between the other members of the group, when he wrote a "blasphemous and vulgar" verse that led Twiztid to try to get Marz's verse rewritten, saying that they were "not going to hell for this album", but Violent J refused, saying "No way bro. We're gonna keep that".

Marz also was featured on Psychopathic's 2001 sampler, but ultimately never signed with the label. This ultimately led to a dispute between Insane Clown Posse and Marz. Marz recorded a diss track towards ICP, saying that he "was  the Sixth Joker's Card".

Reception

The album peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, No. 158 on the Billboard 200 and No. 6 on the Top Independent Albums chart.

Legacy

Violent J ultimately did not like the completed album, finding it to be "too morbid, dark and slow. I love the raps and music, but it just puts me into a mood I don't like." Additionally, he felt that the album was tarnished by his negative experiences during its recording, and the tours associated with it, including his falling out with Mike E. Clark, Marz's contributions to the album, and his panic attacks.

In 2002, the album was reissued in a different version that excised Marz's vocals, which were replaced by newly recorded verses performed by Anybody Killa. Bruce declared the reissue of the album to be the "definitive" version.

During the 2016 Gathering of the Juggalos, it was announced that the 2017 Juggalo Day Show was going to feature Dark Lotus headlining doing Tales from the Lotus Pod in its entirety. After ICP had a falling out with Twiztid in early 2017 due to a feeling of betrayal for signing former Psychopathic Records artists to their own label Majik Ninja Entertainment, it was announced that the Dark Lotus performance at Juggalo Day was canceled and that the group has officially disbanded.

Track listing
Although there are no track titles listed on the album's back cover, they have been listed elsewhere, such as Amazon.com.

Notes
 "Black Magic" is stylized as "cigaM kcalB" in streaming services such as iTunes.
 "Something"'s length is longer in the original version of the album.

References

2001 debut albums
Albums produced by Mike E. Clark
Dark Lotus albums
Psychopathic Records albums

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Narrating Nomadism provides an unflinching account of ethnic groups and nomadic communities across the world that were branded as 'criminal' during colonial times. It explores the tragic effect of the new identity imposed on them, the traumatic survival of these communities and cultures, and the creative expression of this experience in their arts and literature in the form of resistance.
Presenting specific contexts and locations of cultural devastation in history, the volume traces colonial social imagination as such, showing how the grossly misperceived non-sedentary communities in the colonies were subjected to the mission of 'settling' them. The essays presented here document these alternative histories from perspectives ranging from literary criticism and art history to ethnography and socio-linguistics, highlighting in what ways different nomadic communities negotiate discrimination and challenge in contemporary times, while finding remarkable convergence in their local histories and collective testimonies.
This anthology opens up a new area in postcolonial studies as well as cultural anthropology by bringing the viewpoint of marginalized communities and their cultural rights to bear upon history, society and culture. It places an activist's 'view from below' at the centre of literary interpretation, engages with oral history more substantially than folklore studies usually do, and brings together several historical narratives hitherto unexplored. This will be essential for students of anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, history, linguistics, post-colonial studies, literature and tribal studies, as well as the general reader.
G. N. Devy is Professor, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar, and Founder, Bhasha Research and Publication Centre, Baroda (Vadodara), Gujarat, India.
Geoffrey V. Davis is Chairperson, European Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (EACLALS).
K. K. Chakravarty is Chancellor, National University of Education Planning and Administration (NUEPA), New Delhi, and Vice Chairman, Delhi Institute of Heritage Research and Management, India.


Doubs is a department. It is in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its prefecture is Besançon. Doubs has a population of about 510,000 (2006 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution.
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Crowds gather at the 2018 Electric Forest festival in Rothbury, about two hours south of Traverse City. This year's festival takes place June 27-30 with electronic music, jams and hippie vibe.
Special to the Record-Eagle/Anthony Norkus, Local Spins
Nearly 45K expected to descend on ramped-up Electric Forest fest
BY JOHN SINKEVICS Special to the Record-Eagle
ROTHBURY — Arguably Michigan's biggest — and most internationally renowned — camping-based music festival returns to Rothbury next weekend with a hefty lineup of electronic music and jam-band stars, plus a fair number of funk and soul acts.
About 45,000 attendees are expected to attend the ninth annual Electric Forest festival taking place June 27-30 at the sprawling Double JJ Resort about two hours south of Traverse City and an hour northwest of Grand Rapids.
Nominated a couple of years ago as "Festival of the Year" by the Electronic Music Awards and named one of the world's Top 10 music festivals by the London-based DesignMyNight.com, Electric Forest has cultivated an incredibly devoted fan base for its unique and colorful art installations, sustainability/recycling programs and overall vibe.
It's an atmosphere that resonates with a Woodstock-like hippie milieu and an anything-goes-when-it-comes-to-fashion approach that's embraced by merry festival-goers, many of whom return to "Forest" year after year.
"It's a family unlike any other," sajd Electric Forest devotee Lori Metzler of Muskegon.
It's also an immersive event spawning "very unique and amazing experiences," according to fellow festival-goer and DJ Justin Wolbrink of Rockford.
After being staged over two weekends in 2017 and 2018, Electric Forest returns to a one-weekend affair for 2019.
That just means this year's festival has packed its daily lineup of performances on seven stages with impressive electronic music stars such as Odesza, Kygo, Bassnectar and Zeds Dead, along with hosting jam-band String Cheese Incident and well-known names in other genres, including Lettuce, Twiddle and T-Pain.
To help navigate the mammoth affair, here are some tips and must-see attractions for 2019:
• Get your bearings and be prepared to rack up steps on your Fitbit. Electric Forest is a sprawling festival covering a lot of territory. After hiking to the entrance from the main campground, visitors will have their bags checked (no outside food or beverages other than water allowed) and their wristbands logged electronically. Upon entering, festival-goers will find the EDM-oriented Tripolee Stage on the right, then — in order — Ranch Arena, Sherwood Forest (featuring The Observatory and other smaller stages), Sherwood Court, Jubilee and The Hangar/Carousel Club. For newbies, scouring a festival map ahead of time is strongly encouraged.
• Because it can get hot and dusty, drink plenty of water, wear sunscreen, bring sunglasses, hat and bandana, and take it easy on alcohol consumption. There are beer and food vendors at the venue, but prices are relatively high. Bring cash or an ATM card; Electric Forest recommends having $50 per day on hand.
• Electric Forest has a long list of prohibited items — from lasers to skateboards to American Indian headdresses. Check its website for the full list. Note: There are lockers at the venue area (near Ranch Arena) where you can store your backpack and other items. It's also possible to reserve a locker ahead of time via the Electric Forest website.
• Keep your phone charged and bring along a charging cord. Download the Electric Forest app on your phone ahead of time so you can check the schedule and receive alerts and updates while on festival grounds.
• Sherwood Forest is a spectacle to behold. Make sure you experience the unique art installations and groovy lighting at different times of the day. With several intimate stages and a silent disco scattered through the woods, Sherwood Forest transforms from pleasant, wooded splendor in daylight to a psychedelic, mysterious marvel at night. And there are hammocks scattered throughout to help you rest up between shows.
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An increase in Airbnb rentals is linked to more crime in some Boston neighborhoods, a new study finds
Airbnb in a blog post last week appeared to defend itself against claims presented by the researchers, calling the study flawed.
Airbnb is banning some users under 25 from renting certain listings to help crack down on party houses
The changes to Airbnb's platform come after a mass shooting at an Airbnb house party last Halloween left five people dead.
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Airbnb released a 38-page handbook with cleaning and disinfecting protocols — and it suggests that hosts have full PPE on hand, including optional shoe coverings
Airbnb homes are about to get a lot cleaner, thanks to new cleaning certification program for hosts developed in line with the CDC.
Airbnb denies a report that it rejected a plan to require government IDs to sign up for the home-sharing service because it might hurt growth
The company has lately come under fire for lax security governing the platform, which has been blamed for a host of problems that ensued.
Airbnb bans party houses, says guests who violate house rules can be kicked off platform
Starting in early 2020, Airbnb plans to ban unauthorized parties and introduce new guest rules to address growing trust and safety concerns.
Airbnb is in a war with Booking.com, and taking advantage of that fact can save you a ton of money
Home-rental service Airbnb is now directly competing with travel booking sites like Booking.com, with many properties listed on both sites. You can save a lot of money traveling if you compare listings across sites.
Airbnb is extending an olive branch to landlords — but it means you'll make less on your listing
Airbnb is launching its Friendly Building Program, which allows landlords to set up an agreement with their tenants for listing apartments on the site.
Meet the startup that wants to help sublet your apartment — and is totally legal in New York
Flip is an advocate, assistant, and housing expert all rolled into one, and it's helping New Yorkers get out of tricky leases and find subletters.
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Home-sharing app Overnight aims to be more than an Airbnb competitor with New York City launch.
Elizabeth Warren wants the government to study whether Airbnb puts people 'at risk'
Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Brian Schatz and Dianne Feinstein wrote a letter to the FTC asking it to examine Airbnb.
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Here's how much New York City's Airbnb hosts actually earn in a year
That median income differs neighborhood by neighborhood. Those in Midtown Manhattan earn $8,286 from Airbnb, while hosts in Queens are earning much less.
Airbnb raises $1 billion in debt financing to create new travel services
Airbnb has added another $1 billion in debt financing from a group of major banks.


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Sri Lanka declared a national day of mourning on April 23 after a string of bomb attacks at churches and hotels on Easter Sunday killed at least 290 people.
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Software developers are very edgy about their tools and pushing for the adoption of a new toolset always poses a major challenge. But there have been tools which creep in, into their  workflows.Vagrant has been one such tool; as is evident from the google worldwide trends .
Vagrant has slowly become a critical toolset for software development teams.
Most often than not , the typical workflow for a software team, follows the below mentioned trajectories.
For new software development projects
1. Development teams zero down on the software stack and the assisting tools.
Usually, this is where the discussion around the adoption of a VIRTUALIZATION PLATFORM comes up.
2. The Team adopts a virtualization platform and plan to use a VMWare workstation/Virtual Box with a fully operational guest OS during development. Here developers have to download the half-gigabyte operating system image and then configure the technology stack. In real world scenarios this is very unlikely and more limited to individual developers.
3. Mature/ Big teams usually are more eager to adopt a scriptable virtualization platform, as this provides a bedrock to the heavy infrastructure required for software development.
All the team needs is a virtualisation software package, something like VMware Workstation or VirtualBox, and some code.
4. Development team standardises  on using Vagrant/Docker as a virtual machine provisioner tool.
Current developer workflow & challenges:
In Software development it becomes critical to have the development environment mirror the production environment. This becomes more of a challenge with growing team size and for long duration projects.As the set of technologies in the stack expand and each big release adds it's own new piece in the technology stack, teh problem starts to spiral out of control.
Having a highly configurable development environment that can be shared with the development team becomes a critical factor for a successful project.
What is vagrant:
Vagrant is an open-source tool that manages the provisioning and creation of configurable virtual development environments quickly, and in a reproducible way.
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Advantages
Configure virtual machine hardware and installed technologies
           eg: If memcache is replaced with redis in one release. The vagrant         configuration  changes just needs to be committed to the repo.
All configuration changes can be put under version control and as such tied to releases.
Readily available development environment, mirroring the production environment, eases the friction to development process
Using Vagrant

Vagrant calls for minimal non-intrusive changes to the developer workflow. It is easier to adopt and integrate even for legacy projects where, it's not been part of the development workflow.
Below we go through the sequence of steps required to integrate Vagrant in a software project.
Installing Vagrant

We need to download a few tools for using Vagrant. Vagrant itself supports many different virtual platforms (providers ) such as Amazon EC2, VMware, RackSpace Cloud, and VirtualBox.
Instructions for using VMWare and AWS EC2 provider are available on the vagrant portal and as VirtualBox is a very common virtualization platform, we will be using it for demonstration.
We shall start by downloading and installing both on our local host machines:
        Vagrant         -- Download
        VirtualBox         – Download
Both VirtualBox and Vagrant support all common variants of host operating systems, so developers can use the one that works on their machine and get them installed.
Assuming you are using ubuntu 14.04 LTS as your host OS; the below commands need to be executed on the command line.
Installing Virtualbox:
$sudo apt-get install virtualbox
Installing Vagrant:
$sudo apt-get install vagrant
We need to install the dkms package to ensure that the VirtualBox host kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt and vboxnetadp) are properly updated if the Linux kernel version changes during the next apt-get upgrade.
$sudo apt-get install virtualbox-dkms
Getting vagrant machine up:
Vagrant Images are bases OS which you will be using to replicate your production environment.This would be the same as your production environment. The following command will install trusty64 box(packaged OS image) from the vagrant website.
$vagrant box add ubuntu/trusty64 http://files.vagrantup.com/trusty64.box
Configure Project:
$mkdir vagrant_project
$cd vagrant_project
$vagrant init ubuntu/trusty64
This will create a file called Vagrantfile and is the central file for all project configurations.

Configuring Vagrant Instance

Vagrant configuration options are available in following block
Vagrant.configure("API_VERSION_NUMBER")
do |config|

end
Logical name of the base image or box used to built the Vagrant instance
config.vm.box= "ubuntu/trusty64"
Networking Configuration

Vagrant provides host-only and bridged networking. Please note that NFS based folders sharing requires host only networking with a static IP.
For example the following will configure a host only network on the Vagrant VM that is assigned a static IP of "192.168.33.10"

config.vm.network:private_network, ip: "192.168.33.10"
Port Forwarding

This option can be used to map ports between host and guest. Using the following, traffic sent to port 8000 on the host machine will be delivered to port 80 on the guest machine.

config.vm.network:forwarded_port, guest: 80, host: 8000

config.vm.network:forwarded_port, guest: 8000, host: 8000

Shared Folders/Synced Folders/NFS

You can create a shared folder mapping between host and guest by adding shared folder option. This maps the directory in guest "/home/vagrant/code" with the host directory "code".
config.vm.synced_folder"./code", "/home/vagrant/code"
Starting Vagrant Instance
We can start the Vagrant instance by running following command, which will create a fully functional virtual machine.
vagrant up
This will take some time to boot.Once the virtual machine is up and running, using vagrant ssh will drop us into a fully functional terminal shell to the guest machine,
vagrant ssh
vagrant@trusty64://vagrant$
Halting

vagrant halt
This provides a graceful shutdown of virtual machine. To resume working again run vagrant up.
Reloading

vagrant reload
This will restart the virtual machine, applying any configuration change in Vagrantfile and run the provisioner.
Suspending

vagrant suspend
This will save the current running state of your virtual machine and then stop it. To resume working again run vagrant resume.
Destroying

vagrant destroy
This will delete the complete virtual machine setup from the disk.
Specifying The Provisioner

Provisioners are used to install the software components as required.
We have the option of using the following provisioners
Shell
Ansible
Chef
Puppet
We shall cover the two most common providers, Shell and Chef.
Shell Provisioning:
We need to specify the shell provisioner as below, alongwith the bash script provisioner, which should be available in the root of your project directory (where your Vagrantfile is available).
A sample repo can be reference here.
config.vm.provision "shell", path: "./provisioner"
If any base configuration files are present, like apache host configuration etc. It can be provided as below.
config.vm.provision "file", source: "initial_setup", destination: "/tmp/initial_setup.
The file initial_setup is the bash script and should be located in the root of the project directory (where your Vagrantfile is available). Multiple bash files can be referred
For more option refer here.
Chef Provisioning

If you are new to chef head over here and for here chef provisioning. If you have been working with chef then you can follow the instructions to setup your environment.
By default, Vagrant will look in the "cookbooks" directory relative to the root of the project directory (where your Vagrantfile is available).
The cookbooks directory should have a structure similar to the following:
$ls cookbooks/
apache2/
mysql/
php/
redis/

The cookbooks directory should contain all the folders of the various cookbooks for all the software components required for development.
We need to specify the chef provisioner as below

config.vm.provision
:chef_solo do |chef|

And then point to the cookbooks directory

chef.cookbooks_path
= ["cookbooks", "~/project/cookbooks"]

Providing the Package List

By default, Vagrant has an empty run list, or the list of recipes or roles for Chef to run. You need to explicitly specify the run list for Vagrant using some basic configuration:

config.vm.provision
:chef_solo do |chef|

chef.add_recipe("apache")

chef.add_recipe("php")
Roles

Chef solo supports roles, which are specified within a roles directory.

chef.roles_path= "roles"
chef.add_role("dev")
Downloading Packaged Cookbooks

Cookbooks which need to be downloaded can be

chef.recipe_url= "http://files.trumpet.com/cookbooks.tar.gz"
Provisioning Vagrant Instance

Once provisioner and related configuration details are specified, we can run provisioner using vagrant up or vagrant reload or vagrant provision. Vagrant reload will apply both changes in Vagrantfile as well as provisioner configuration. Running vagrant provision will just apply changes in the provisioner configuration.
Many a times custom Vagrant VMs are needed to be made available to a wider team
Building the Vagrant VMs for distribution
Build a base box with the relevant OS for vagrant.
Use a configuration manager (e.g. Chef/Shell) to install the software components.
Distribute the base boxes ( virtual machine images) for the users to develop         locally with vagrant. The distributed box will automatically pull in         source code from certain git repos (e.g. libraries).
The pre-packaged base boxes, along with all the configuration, can be         made available to software teams.
For all those developers still thinking about adopting Vagrant, they just need to remind themselves of the time when they had to stop mid-way in their latest project and return to debug some priority issues in a legacy project.
In this case the developer workflow can be summarised
Assigned an issue from the issue tracker.
Use the vagrant VM to clone the current dev repository into the folder it shares with the host OS. The developer can keep using his IDE for developing/debugging.
Commits changes and tests locally..
Push to remote and mark the issue as closed.
Vagrant and Docker have been gaining mass adoption at enterprises and the long term stability provided by these platforms makes it unavoidable for any software development team to do without it.

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1st Lindfield Scouts
17 Slade Avenue
Lindfield NSW 2070
email: enquiries@1stlindfieldscouts.org.au
About Scouts
Scouts Australia leads in youth development for young people aged 5 to 25 years.
Get outdoors, have fun and develop resilience and teamwork.
We are child safe and open to all.
GROUP COMMITTEE
An important element of any Scout Group is the Group Support Committee.
Group Support Committee meetings are usually held quarterly and all parents and other community-minded friends are welcome to attend.
Our Committee provides support to the uniformed leaders to ensure the Group is compliant with regulations, the Group facilities are up to standard and there is enough financing to support the activities of the Group.
The Committee has a number of office bearers who are elected each year and include the Group Chairperson, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Hall Custodian, Fundraising Coordinator, Equipment Officer, Working bee coordinator and Public Relations. We are always looking for parents to become active in the Group Committee.
Once per year an Annual General Meeting is held to review the activities of the Group for the year, approve the audited financial statements and elect the office bearers for the new year. The Annual General Meeting also gives parents an opportunity to become updated on the forward activities of the Group.
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Home Cars Coolest SUV You Should Check Out
Coolest SUV You Should Check Out
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Frankly, there are countless reasons car enthusiasts would consider sports utility vehicles as the epitome of automobile evolution. Many reasons make drivers look into buying SUVs, as they offer spacious passenger seating, large luggage capacities, a sense of security, and better handling of off-road driving.
SUV's have proven to be one of the most popular car types in the automotive industry. While it is true that SUV's are practically petrol engulfing machines, they still appeal to those who can afford it. Furthermore, there are numerous hybrid SUVs available on the market; these part petrol engine part electric motor-based vehicles don't just cut running costs but are also much more eco-friendly.
source:forbes.com
Of all brand names, Ford stands as one of the most prominent names in the automobile industry and the SUV category specifically. They have more than 5 SUV models, each showing great potential in their markets.
The EcoSport, Explorer, Flex, Edge, Escape, and Expedition are all cutting edge vehicles and can be found at bobgillinghamford.com, new or used. The range of features varies, with the EcoSport model being the cheapest in the lineup, while also appealing to the environmentalist drivers. to the end of the spectrum with the Expedition, standing out as the biggest and priciest. You can customize your dream car according to your budget by using its customizable inventory search tool online.
2019 Ford Expedition:
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Despite of being one of the most expensive cars in its category, the Expedition has remained on top of the sales charts. This machine is the full package any SUV fan would be looking for. It is a 5 tons behemoth with a pretty powerful, yet agile V6 engine, which is mechanically at a neck to neck competition with V8 engines. Purchasing this baby would set you back almost $60K, but you'll find that the overall feel you'll have behind the wheel incomparable to any other car.
Ford Escape SE Sport Hybrid 2019/2020:
source:motortrend.com
This American masterpiece is so popular with millennials; it is ranked as one of the top 50 models in 2019. This model has brought Ford back to its golden days of top-notch machinery. This selection has remained true to Ford's affordable prices, starting at $28,000, while being on the same level as some of the pricier options mechanically.
The reasons for its phenomenal success are the fact that not only is it a hybrid, but it also comes with a plug-in that can be charged from the applicable outlet, which will enable it to run petrol-free for 30 miles. Its sleek design and applauded performance are also two of the reasons you should consider it. This beautiful specimen can be found in dealerships all over the world.
That is probably the best crossover attempt pulled off by a brand name. Recently Ford has been adding to its lineup in its small-car segment. The Ecosport is a small yet decent SUV and even comes with a 4-wheel drive. For starters, it's based on the Ford Fiesta, which has a pretty good design model and uses a selection of the same engines. The Ecosport gives buyers a choice between three different 1.0-liter petrol units or two 1.5-liter diesel, the 123bhp version of which is offered with four-wheel drive.
The problem with vehicles that aim to provide the compactness of hatchbacks, along with the spacious and mechanical dominance of SUV's, is that it rarely works out. That has been the case with Ford and other companies since the inception of the crossover idea. However, all reviews suggest that the new EcoSport 2019 is a game-changer. A primary six-speed manual gearbox is available in all Ecosport versions. An automatic gearbox is offered only with Ecoboost 125. Starting at $17,000, this is one of the cheapest cars on the market today.
After Ford's rather prolonged break from the broad SUV category, it introduced the sleek designed Edge back in 2006. The Edge has undergone many facelifts since then and is currently competing fiercely in a market that's rather saturated with giant SUVs. To an extent, this might be the reason why Ford stopped making new large SUV models after the Expedition back in 2001. However, the new 2019 Edge has set itself away from the competition with its ingenious engineering and impeccable design.
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It is the pinnacle of Ford's engineering with 335hp and 380 lb.-ft. Of torque,* a 2.7L V6 turbocharged EcoBoost® engine, wireless charging, and Ford Co-Pilot360™ Technologies. Whatever power output you choose to run on, the automatic eight-speed gearbox is available by default. It powers the front wheels in the 148bhp entry-level, whereas the 235bhp ST-line and Vignale move with four wheels. Each edition can tow a braked trailer of up to 2000 kg despite the difference in strength.
Despite it performing a bit worse than some of the other options in its category, when it comes to speed, the Edge has remained on top of popularity rankings by petrol heads. For one, it isn't a seven-seater like other models, which means it doesn't cost that much money to drive it when compared with the Expedition, for example. Furthermore, the interior is so well designed that almost no one would have trouble adjusting their seats to their preferences. The steering wheel provides a lot of maneuverability with height and reach, while the sitting is electrically adjustable 10-way and is supported with four-way lumbar.
To conclude, the sheer amount of SUV options available on the market is overwhelming. As a person considering buying an SUV, it can be not very clear to sift and research through endless models. However, to summarize it for you, the above two models are the best options currently out there, and we thought potential buyers should look at them, thus saving you the hassle of endless research.
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How You Can Get the Best Outcomes From Flea Medicine.
The developments in flea medicine now give pet owner a chance to choose from a wide variety. The spray and medication offered by flea medicine is important I keeping fleas away from cats and dogs.
The more the pests that a certain flea medicine controls, the more it is sold at. Other than buying several pest medications each treating a certain parasite, many people prefer buying a pest control product that offers the protection of pets from a variety of pests. Pet owners are lucky since they can buy online discounted pet medication products to solve the problem of leas from their cats and dogs.
Another factor to examine is the number of pests that are common in the place where you live. In humid areas, for instance, other pests that might exist alongside fleas include mosquitos and heartworms. You also should go for the flea medicine that efficiently gets rid of fleas from your cats or dogs, and one that can effectively deal with pests of similar nature in your place or on your pet. In case you are in a place that has a lot of ticks, choose a flea medicine that can also deal with ticks appropriately.
You should also check the features of the flea medicine. It is good to purchase flea medicine that is capable of killing both the fleas and their eggs. The amount of time that a flea medicine will make your pet stay safe from fleas after medication is another crucial factor to consider. You should select the flea medicine that is capable o giving your pet a wide time range of protection in months and days. You, however, should be keen to avoid the deals of unscrupulous sellers who advertise their products with false information. You thus should buy a brand that is reputable from a trustable manufacturer.
Fleas adapt easily and can become partially immune to a certain kind of medication in a short period. Your dedication to keep your cats and dogs flea free might end up being futile if this happens. For this reason, you should get a flea product that is very strong and efficient, as well as one whose results have been tested over time. In case you do your best to free your pets from fleas all in vain, you ought to consider consulting a nearby vet, or a reliable manufacturer of flea medicine. There, you can get suitable advice on dealing with fleas that are stubborn.
The best thing to do is taking early measures to deal with fleas on your pet. It can save your pet from the severe discomfort of itching fleas. This also saves someone from extra costs that would be incurred if the fleas fully infested your place.
This entry was posted in Health & Fitness on January 1, 2018 by max messi.


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Greater Middletown Concert Association to present Three Sicilian Tenors Oct. 18
Published 5:45 pm EDT, Wednesday, September 3, 2014
MIDDLETOWN >> The acclaimed Three Sicilian Tenors will appear in Middletown Oct. 18 as the first concert of the Greater Middletown Concert Association's upcoming season. Tickets are now available for the concert and the series.
Four other performances will follow during its 2014-15 series, all of which will be held at Middletown's 700-seat MHS Performing Arts Center, 200 La Rosa Lane. At this October 18 concert, tenors Aaron Caruso, Elio Scaccio, and Sam Vitale will lend their soaring voices to the familiar music of Italy, Broadway, and Hollywood.
Each member of the group is a seasoned, credentialed opera performer joining in with light-hearted fun and the requisite "one-upmanship" expected when tenors gather. They have performed in many venues, from Carnegie Hall to Las Vegas.
The season will also include three fully-staged professional operas, when the organization brings Connecticut's premier opera company, The Connecticut Lyric Opera, with the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra to Middletown. On Nov. 9, Richard Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier," a 20th century favorite, will be followed on March 28 by "The Barber of Seville," composer Gioacchino Rossini's most celebrated contribution to Italian comic opera.
Finally on May 29, the association will present a performance of that all-time favorite opera, "La Boheme" by Giacomo Puccini.
The second concert this season, set for April 12, will feature eleven notable present-day Middletown musicians coming together to perform "A Multimedia Musical Tribute to Middletown's Famous 19th Century Songwriters" with Henry Clay Work, Reginald de Koven and Edward Barrett.
Joe Flood, widely-known in the Middletown area, has conceived and researched the program. He is also leading, and performing in, its presentation.
"Through this tribute concert we are paying attention to these outstanding young local performers as they recognize achievements of musicians from the past," said Barbara Arafeh, president of the Greater Middletown Concert Association.
Subscriptions for all five performances (two concerts and three operas) are $150 (front) and $130 (rear). Individual concert tickets are $30 (front) and $25 (rear) and individual opera tickets are $40 (front) and $35 (rear). 2-Concert Series is $50 (front) and $42 (rear).
A three-opera series is $100 (front) and $90 (rear). Student and group prices are available. Call 860-347-4887 or 860-346-3369.
Checks for subscription or single tickets may also be sent to: GMCA, PO Box 2622, Middletown, CT 06457. E-mail: bmwa@aol.com or visit www.GreaterMiddletownConcerts.org.


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package io.truthencode.ddo.model.feats

import io.truthencode.ddo.model.classes.HeroicCharacterClass
import io.truthencode.ddo.model.classes.HeroicCharacterClass.FavoredSoul
import io.truthencode.ddo.model.religions.{Amaunator, SilverFlame, SovereignHost}
import io.truthencode.ddo.support.requisite.{FeatRequisiteImpl, RequiresAllOfClass, RequiresAnyOfFeat}

import scala.collection.immutable

trait DamageReductionSilver
  extends FeatRequisiteImpl with ForgottenRealmsReligionNonWarforged
  with EberronReligionNonWarforged with DamageReductionLevelBase with RequiresAnyOfFeat
  with RequiresAllOfClass with SilverFlame with TheSilverFlameFeatBase with SovereignHost
  with TheSovereignHostFeatBase with Amaunator with AmaunatorFeatBase {
  self: DeityFeat =>

  override def nameSource: String = "Silver"

  override def allOfClass: immutable.Seq[(HeroicCharacterClass, Int)] =
    List((FavoredSoul, 20))

  override def anyOfFeats: Seq[Feat] =
    List(
      DeityFeat.BelovedOfTheSovereignHost,
      DeityFeat.BelovedOfAmaunator,
      DeityFeat.BelovedOfTheSilverFlame)
}


This classic dessert is delicious and so much fun to make. Learn to make a versatile crêpe batter that you can use for a variety of crêpe recipes. Then have fun practicing flipping your crêpes and finish with a flambé. Crêpes have an orange filling and Grand Marnier & Cognac flambéed sauce.


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Sthenoteuthis pteropus, also known as the orangeback flying squid or orangeback squid, is a species of cephalopod in the family Ommastrephidae. It is native to tropical parts of the Atlantic Ocean where it is found to depths of about .

Description
Like other squid, Sthenoteuthis pteropus is bilaterally symmetrical and has a head with a pair of eyes, eight arms and two tentacles and a fleshy, muscular body known as the mantle. The head is not retractable, the arms have blunt tips and there is a marked crest on the outer surface of the third pair. The tentacles are slender and the terminal sections are armed with a transverse row of large toothed suckers and other smaller suckers for capturing prey, and the column with a fixing apparatus of knobs and small suckers. The mantle is cylindrical, narrowing slightly towards the posterior end where there is a wide, roughly diamond-shaped fin. There are a number of bioluminescent photophores on the head, mantle and fourth arms, with a concentrated patch on the anterior dorsal surface of the mantle forming a luminous orange oval shape. Sthenoteuthis pteropus grows to a mantle length of about  with a fin width about three quarters of this.

Distribution and habitat
Sthenoteuthis pteropus is native to the tropical Atlantic Ocean with a range between about 35°N and 36°S and a rather more restricted breeding range that extends to about 22° on either side of the equator. It is a common epipelagic species and is found in the upper surface layers of the sea to a depth of .

Biology

Squid can move fast through the water by jet propulsion, expelling a jet of water through a flexible siphon located on the ventral surface just behind the head. Some species can even launch themselves out of the water and move rapidly through air, remaining airborne for several metres. The phenomenon has been little studied because it happens so rarely and so unexpectedly, but it has been photographed on a small number of occasions, and Sthenoteuthis pteropus has sometimes tentatively been identified. The squid seems to be engaging in an active flying process rather than a passive glide as the fin is spread widely and the arms are held in such a position as might help provide lift. The squid were found to travel five times as fast in air as in water and it is thought that the behaviour may occur during long distance migrations in order to conserve energy.

Female Sthenoteuthis pteropus mature in two different size ranges, at mantle lengths of  and . In mature individuals, spawning takes place intermittently, up to a million ripe eggs with a diameter of about  being present in the ovaries at any one time as well as a large number of immature oocytes. This seems consistent with a reproductive strategy consisting of producing large numbers of very small eggs, a long period of sporadic spawning and a continuation of feeding and growth by the female while breeding.

This is a fast-growing species of squid. Juveniles reach a length of about  in one hundred days. The life expectancy of females is under a year while males live for one or two months less than this.

References

Squid
Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean
Gliding animals
Cephalopods of South America
Marine molluscs of Africa
Cephalopods described in 1855


Fallout is an extremely common problem, yet because the cause is microscopic, people generally don't notice until the damage is done. Even then, they rarely know the cause.
The term fallout refers to tiny airborne particles of steel, iron and other metal alloys. The most common source of these is from railway lines, which is why this phenomenon is often called 'rail dust'. The effect of the train's wheels on the rails, the train's brakes and the electrical pickups scraping on the overhead power lines produces tiny, often microscopic metal particles which carry a negative charge, while your car has a positive charge. This means that your car acts like a magnet, attracting all these particles to your paintwork.
Railways are not the only source of this dust. Just about any process where metal moves against metal will produce fallout. Even your own car's brakes and engine produces fallout, as will old lorries and buses that pump out black smoke as they clog up Britain's already overcrowded roads. Of course, if you park your car anywhere near factories and foundries, manufacturing plants or even a car body shop which uses welders and grinders, you expose your car to a degree of fallout which floats about in the air until it lands on your paintwork.
To sum up, all cars will have some amount of industrial fallout or ferrous metal contamination. The severity depends much on where you drive your car and more importantly, where you park your car. Without a doubt, it's those people who drive to and park near railway stations that most often suffer the problems, although those that park on industrial estates come a close second.
This being England, sooner or later it is going to rain, and when it does, those ferrous metal that are attached to your car are going to rust. Rust is an example of the process of oxidization, a powerful chemical reaction that produces corrosive chemical compounds which then eat into your paintwork. For those of us not paying attention in chemistry class, oxidization is a bad thing! The process creates acids which destroy the binders in the clear coat. Eventually it will eat through your paintwork to the metalwork and then your car is in trouble.
Paintwork is not solid. If you look at it under a microscope you would see that it is full of holes like a sponge and as your paintwork corrodes, the oxidizing compounds seep deeper into these holes. Also, as the paintwork erodes under the metal particles, they bury themselves deeper into the paintwork. This makes it difficult to remove as it cannot simply be washed off. As the oxidization process requires water, washing you car will actually speed up the process.
One method of removal is acid washing. The acid eats out all the fallout and corrosive compounds, the acid is then neutralized with alkaloid soap.
Another method of fallout removal is with 'clay bars', these are like soft erasers which contain special chemicals to neutralize the effects of the fallout and remove the metal particles.
The best method of preventing the effects of fallout is to avoid taking your car to areas where fallout is a problem. If you must park in the railway station car park, try to park as far away from the line as possible. Luckily, because rail dust is heavy, it doesn't travel very far, so the further away you park, the less the problem. Even 50 yards will make a large difference.
Unfortunately, nothing will prevent the damaging effects of metal fallout if it gets onto your car. In the past, paints used in the automotive industry were quite corrosion resistant, but unfortunately, the Isocyanide based paints are carcinogenic (can cause cancer) and the strong solvents used to apply them are also harmful. Over the last 15 years these paints have been replaced with paints which are safer but not nearly so resistant to the nitric and sulphuric acids which are produced by the oxidization of ferrous metal fallout.
A paint sealant such as Supagard or Diamondbrite, will act as a protective barrier, but because paint sealants are similar in chemical composition to paintwork, these too will be eroded in time. Hopefully by this time it will have done its job. Your car should be kept clean and the level of contamination and damage should be checked upon at least once every few months. That said, our best advice is to stay away from factories and railway lines.
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Influence of amino acids on the mobility of iodide in hydrocalumite
Mengmeng Wang, Hirofumi Akamatsu, Keiko Sasaki
Functional Materials Chemistry
Earth Resources Engineering
In the cement system, hydrocalumite is a candidate adsorbent for low-level129 I anionic species. However, the stability of hydrocalumite after immobilizing I− is unclear when they are exposed to pedosphere characterized by organic substances derived from living organisms. In the present work, five amino acids were selected as simplified models of natural organic substances under alkaline conditions. L-cysteine (H2 Cys) and L-aspartic acid (H2 Asp) accelerated the release of I− from I-hydrocalumite through ion-exchange. Ion-exchange of Cys2− with I− in I-hydrocalumite was faster than Asp2−, and the interlayer spacing (d003 ) of Cys-hydrocalumite was smaller than that of Asp-hydrocalumite. DFT simulations not only supported the above results but also predicted that there was a positive correlation between the formation energies and interlayer spacings of amino acids intercalated hydrocalumite, depending on the configurations. Moreover, in the DFT predictions, the interaction between amino acids and metallic hydroxide layers was responsible for the formation of hydrogen bonds and Ca-O chemical bonds between the-COO− groups and [Ca2 Al(OH)6 ]+ . The other three amino acids did not show intercalation through ion-exchange. The stability of I-hydrocalumite is influenced differently by coexisting amino acids, depending on the ionic sizes, charge numbers, and hydrophilicity, which cause the second contamination.
https://doi.org/10.3390/min11080836
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Wang, M., Akamatsu, H., & Sasaki, K. (2021). Influence of amino acids on the mobility of iodide in hydrocalumite. Minerals, 11(8), [836]. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11080836
Influence of amino acids on the mobility of iodide in hydrocalumite. / Wang, Mengmeng; Akamatsu, Hirofumi; Sasaki, Keiko.
In: Minerals, Vol. 11, No. 8, 836, 08.2021.
Wang, M, Akamatsu, H & Sasaki, K 2021, 'Influence of amino acids on the mobility of iodide in hydrocalumite', Minerals, vol. 11, no. 8, 836. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11080836
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Wang, Mengmeng ; Akamatsu, Hirofumi ; Sasaki, Keiko. / Influence of amino acids on the mobility of iodide in hydrocalumite. In: Minerals. 2021 ; Vol. 11, No. 8.
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N1 - Funding Information: Funding: This research was funded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI research grants (Grant Nos. JP19H00883) and Kyushu University Progress 100 (Grant Nos. Invitation program for top global researchers) Strategic partnership acceleration (FY2020-2022). Funding Information: Acknowledgments: The authors wish to acknowledge the Research Institute for Information Technology at Kyushu University, the China Scholarship Council which provide scholarship for M.W. We also want to express our appreciation to the editors of Minerals and reviewers. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
N2 - In the cement system, hydrocalumite is a candidate adsorbent for low-level129 I anionic species. However, the stability of hydrocalumite after immobilizing I− is unclear when they are exposed to pedosphere characterized by organic substances derived from living organisms. In the present work, five amino acids were selected as simplified models of natural organic substances under alkaline conditions. L-cysteine (H2 Cys) and L-aspartic acid (H2 Asp) accelerated the release of I− from I-hydrocalumite through ion-exchange. Ion-exchange of Cys2− with I− in I-hydrocalumite was faster than Asp2−, and the interlayer spacing (d003 ) of Cys-hydrocalumite was smaller than that of Asp-hydrocalumite. DFT simulations not only supported the above results but also predicted that there was a positive correlation between the formation energies and interlayer spacings of amino acids intercalated hydrocalumite, depending on the configurations. Moreover, in the DFT predictions, the interaction between amino acids and metallic hydroxide layers was responsible for the formation of hydrogen bonds and Ca-O chemical bonds between the-COO− groups and [Ca2 Al(OH)6 ]+ . The other three amino acids did not show intercalation through ion-exchange. The stability of I-hydrocalumite is influenced differently by coexisting amino acids, depending on the ionic sizes, charge numbers, and hydrophilicity, which cause the second contamination.
AB - In the cement system, hydrocalumite is a candidate adsorbent for low-level129 I anionic species. However, the stability of hydrocalumite after immobilizing I− is unclear when they are exposed to pedosphere characterized by organic substances derived from living organisms. In the present work, five amino acids were selected as simplified models of natural organic substances under alkaline conditions. L-cysteine (H2 Cys) and L-aspartic acid (H2 Asp) accelerated the release of I− from I-hydrocalumite through ion-exchange. Ion-exchange of Cys2− with I− in I-hydrocalumite was faster than Asp2−, and the interlayer spacing (d003 ) of Cys-hydrocalumite was smaller than that of Asp-hydrocalumite. DFT simulations not only supported the above results but also predicted that there was a positive correlation between the formation energies and interlayer spacings of amino acids intercalated hydrocalumite, depending on the configurations. Moreover, in the DFT predictions, the interaction between amino acids and metallic hydroxide layers was responsible for the formation of hydrogen bonds and Ca-O chemical bonds between the-COO− groups and [Ca2 Al(OH)6 ]+ . The other three amino acids did not show intercalation through ion-exchange. The stability of I-hydrocalumite is influenced differently by coexisting amino acids, depending on the ionic sizes, charge numbers, and hydrophilicity, which cause the second contamination.
U2 - 10.3390/min11080836
DO - 10.3390/min11080836
JO - Minerals
JF - Minerals


The 2011 Mirror World Championship, in Albany, Australia have just passed the midway mark and the three days of racing have so far produced and mixed bag of conditions testing crews abilities in all weathers.
Both teams will however be keeping a close eye on the rest of the fleet who are are not far behind in overall points. Third placed Ridgely Balladares and Rommel Chavez from the Phillipines have have also scored two first places and two second so far. Just behind them and showing great speed on day three was 14 year old South African pocket rocket, Ricky Robinson with older brother Ryan as crew who have been getting consistently better as the event progresses.
With fifteen races scheduled in the Championships its going to be a very exciting last two days.


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Q: Where should I place the capacitor in this TL431 + TRIAC crowbar circuit? I'm building a replacement power supply for my C64 and want to add some protection against overvoltage. For that purpose, I tried to find a suitable crowbar circuit that would short-circuit the supply if overvoltage is detected.
There is a pretty thorough discussion of different crowbar circuits on this page, which includes the following:

This circuit is originally from the TL431 datasheet from Texas Instruments. The idea is to use the TL431, which is a shunt voltage regulator, as a kind of comparator. If the voltage on its ref input (left) rises above its internal reference voltage of 2.5V, it will start conducting and thereby pull enough current out of the gate of T1 to trigger it.
I understand that much, but the capacitor seems strange to me. It is probably intended to prevent triggering the TRIAC on short spikes, but shouldn't it be better placed parallel to R2 then (filtering the ref input), or at least parallel to R3? As far as I can tell, where it is now it could actually cause the TRIAC to trigger if the supply voltage rises too steeply on power-on.
The datasheet also says:

Refer to the stability boundary conditions in Figure 16 to determine
  allowable values for C

This refers to the chart of allowable output capacitance values under different conditions, but I don't quite understand why those limits are relevant here or how they apply - after all, we're not using the TL431 in its normal voltage control configuration. Ref doesn't get any feedback at all until the TRIAC shuts everything down, so where is the feedback loop that could become unstable?
Finally, the On Semiconductor datasheet for their version of the TL431 also shows a crowbar example, but without the capacitor.
I guess my question boils down to this: Where should I actually place the capacitor, if at all, and why? And if it should go in the indicated place, how can I figure out which value to use?

A: I think no capacitor at all is appropriate. The graph indicates it's stable at any anode current with no capacitor.

If you did put a capacitor on there, for your stated reason, I would definitely not put it where it is shown, I'd put it across the gate-MT1, and no more than a few nF.
In the shown position, if the power is applied suddenly, the triac may trigger via the cap, causing the crowbar to short the supply.

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In theory, translating Halfbrick's popular fruit-slicing mobile title to Kinect is a remarkable idea. It's hard not to buy into the idea of one-to-one karate chopping of juicy produce in your living room. Fortunately, in practice, Fruit Ninja Kinect works and plays just as well as you'd hope.
The concept is simple: from off-screen, fruits are tossed into your field of view and it's your job to cut them down for points. In the case of Fruit Ninja Kinect, this is done by simply swiping or chopping with your hands. If you've any concerns about the accuracy of Microsoft's Kinect and potential irritations, squash them right now. Whatever magic Halfbrick has harnessed needs to be shared with other developers; Fruit Ninja Kinect's feeling of one-to-one accuracy is a triumph.
Rarely did I find myself frustrated when attempting to demolish a pear or a watermelon. While there's that first moment or two where you'll have to orient yourself in the game space, once you find your positioning, swiping at the fruit you see on any part of the screen is never an issue. This is made even easier by an on-screen background shadow which mimics your own movements, and helps you simply and quickly establish your location. Splattering fruits with total body movement is certainly more visceral than the passive finger swipes of the mobile iterations, as well, and it's utterly empowering and endlessly satisfying.
Fruit Ninja Kinect also tracks your slices based on your speed, meaning that it generally will only respond to swift movements. This is particularly useful in game modes that require you to show restraint and not hit certain objects, like bombs. While the game is generally rather intelligent in knowing your slicing intentions, sometimes there's a hiccup. On more than a few occasions I accidentally swiped at a bomb when just trying to scratch my nose. That's more my fault than the game's; I should be able to control myself for the few minutes that each round lasts. Still, it's worth mentioning, as that's obviously not an issue with touchscreen versions of the game.
The single player game modes Halfbrick has included with Fruit Ninja Kinect are identical to its mobile companions. The game's "Classic" mode tasks you with hitting all fruit thrown up on a screen, with the game ending when you miss three or hit a single bomb. The game's timed "Arcade" mode gives you one minute to destroy as much fruit as possible, with bonus power up fruits thrown into the mix. Then there's the game's "Zen" mode, which does away with all of the bombs and power ups, a minute and a half of mostly stress-free fruit carving.
Given that there are only three modes, not one of which offers more than a few minutes of gameplay, the question of the game's value rears its head. (The game is priced at 800 MS Points, or $10.) Fruit Ninja Kinect is more than the sum of its parts, though. While the gameplay itself is best suited to short sessions (this is a physical game, so prepare to sweat), its replayability hinges on the game's leaderboards. Without any campaign-style progression, most of my play time was spent trying to out-slice my friends. It's certainly a strong incentive to continue playing, and Halfbrick knows that's the game's meat and potatoes. The developer has designed the leaderboards so they're consistently shown to players, and its main menu displays a randomized game "challenge" that often tasks you with one-upping a friend's score.
Halfbrick did build some rather fun multiplayer modes into Fruit Ninja Kinect, which could extend the game's life in "party" scenarios. One mode has two players scoring cooperatively, sharing bonuses and power-ups. But it's the competitive mode that will likely get the most play. In this mode, each player has to swipe at their own fruits, while avoiding that of their opponents. Bonus point "free for all" fruits fly across both sides of the screen, and points are lost for squashing your adversary's produce. Things can get hectic as rounds come to a close, and it's tempting to enter your competitors game space to physically nudge them aside for an advantage.
If you've played Fruit Ninja on a mobile device, you should know what you're getting into with this Kinect iteration. The core gameplay is identical, and it's arguably even more fun using your full body versus lazily swiping a finger across a touchscreen. But it's also a game that's 99 cents for iOS, and currently free (though ad-supported) for Android devices.
With all of that said, its $10 price point may be the only thing that would keep someone from picking up Fruit Ninja Kinect. Even still, it's unquestionably enjoyable, and easily the best version of Halfbrick's popular title. If you're motivated by outscoring your friends or see a rowdy fruit slicing party with friends in the future, you won't regret a Fruit Ninja Kinect purchase.


Nintendo president Satoru Iwata declared Apple and iOS as the "enemy of the future" back in 2010. Not only was he right, according to new estimates for the U.S. portable game software by revenue from Flurry Analytics, 2011 seen Nintendo's grip on the market slide even further as iOS and Android games triple their marketshare from 20% in 2009 to 60% during 2011.
The graphic above shows U.S. revenue for Flurry's portable gaming category- a category that now includes Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, iOS, and Android. As you can see, iOS and Android have together taken the lead from Nintendo with 58% of revenues in comparison to last year's 34%. In comparison, Nintendo DS held 57% during 2010, while dropping to just 36% in 2011. Total US revenue jumped from $2.7 billion in 2009 to $3.3 billion in 2011.
When comparing combined game revenues of the two veterans– Sony and Nintendo– with the combined revenues of the two new guys– Apple and Google– 2011 will be the first year where the emerging platforms dominate with iOS and Android estimated to take in $1.9 billion in comparison to the DS and PSP's $1.4 billion. That accounts for a $200 million drop for Sony and Nintendo and $1.1 billion increase for iOS and Android from 2010. Perhaps investors were right to urge Nintendo to begin developing iOS titles.
As for Nintendo, the company who captured approximately two-thirds of the market in 2009 has seen their "enemy of the future" demote them to just a third of the market. Sony clearly has some catching up to do, but is hard at work on highly anticipated new handheld devices for 2012.
So what is Nintendo and Sony missing? Well 500,000+ low-priced and often free apps certainly wouldn't hurt, as Flurry notes, "the days of paying $25, or more, for a cartridge at a retail store may soon end". There's no debate about whether or not Sony and Nintendo have to gear their mobile strategies towards what Apple is doing, and with the rumors of iTV on the horizon, they may soon have much more to worry about than just their mobile businesses.


Note that airplane travel is the fastest means of transport and this does not save you from getting tired of sitting throughout the whole journey. When you have just reached from your air travel, you will need to know that you should get a good airport transportation service that you will travel with your place smoothly. You will need to know that it does not sound good for you to reach the airport and start moving up and down looking for air transportation services that you will use. You will need to know that there are airport transportation that can offer you such services thus you should not stress yourself going to the bus stage. Note that if you want to go to the airport or move from the airport to your destination, you will still get services from the airport transportation services. You will need to bear in mind that there are multiple air transportation services out there in the airport and you will need to make sure that you pick the best one from them.
However, you will need to know that you should follow your heart when you are choosing airport transportation services that you will use. Note that the airport transportation services proves to be very helpful to those people who want to move to the airport or out of the airport at any time of the day. When you are looking for an airport transportation services to choose, you will need to know that you should pick the one that will be able to carry all your luggage. When you are looking for a good airport transportation services to choose, you will need to ensure that you pick a firm that is reputable and offers good quality services. When you are looking for good airport transportation services to choose, you will need to make sure that pick one that will not be delayed while still waiting.
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This 25 year old hacker makes $100,000 a year moonlighting as 'bug bounty' hunter
25 year-old cofounder of HackerOne makes $100,000 a year from finding bugs
Bugs are a major pain to the tech industry because a single unpatch bug can mean a worrisome data leak of millions of users of that particular product. Hunting for bugs by default becomes a prized profession and bug bounty hunters are known to make good amount of money. But 25 year-old Jobert Abma takes the cake of being a hacker and a bug bounty hunter rolled into one.
Abma is the cofounder of a hot new startup called HackerOne which is into the business of bug hunting. Abma has been breaking into computers since he was 13 and he has been helped in it by his best friend Michiel Prins who is also the cofounder of HackerOne.
Growing up in the Netherlands, Abma gave Prins an unusual graduation present: the username and password to a local TV station that did a regular news broadcast about the school. The duo then took control of the TV station and ran their own broadcast on live TV instead.
"The TV station was not amused," Abma told Business Insider.
The teachers blamed Prins, who was a year older than Abma, for the hack, and "he never told them that I was to blame," Abma says. Prins wound up having to do 25 hours of community service washing windows, but "that's what best friends are for."
Next up, both of them attended college together at Hanze University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. In college they found a flaw in the software that managed grades of the students. Instead of using the flaw for increasing their grades, they told software vendor about the flaw and never heard back, Abma recalls.
So they reported the hole to the university. The school contacted the company and the company patched the flaw. The university was so impressed, it hired the pair to do a bigger vulnerability test on that software for the university.
"We made so much money on that contract that we could pay for our college tuition," he says. "We were going to college and at the same time working for the university."
The university lauded their work published their research.
"That was a very exciting time. We were 19 and 20 years old. And we were making roughly $10,000 a week just the two of us," he says. "For two college kids, that was a very large amount of money."
With this background, the two moved to San Francisco and cofounded HackerOne along with Merijn Terheggen and Alex Rice, the former head of product security at Facebook.
I know someone who is going for $500,000 this year as his personal goal. He's capable.
HackerOne is a website where companies can ask hackers to attack them, and then pay fees based on the holes found. The scarier the hole, the bigger the fee. HackerOne takes a 20% commission in all the bug discoveries that its hackers make.
HackerOne gives the tech company access to tailormade and screened pool of top quality hackers. It also offers the hackers pentesting software and tools for finding bugs. Its customers include everyone from big tech companies to startups, including the Department of Defense, GM, Slack, Twitter, Yahoo, and Uber.
The startup has 500 customers and about about 50 employees and has raised $34 million in funding.


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Some of the most vicious e-mail I have ever received has not been from bloodthirsty Republicans, military apologists, conservative warfare statists, or Christian warmongers; it has been from libertarians—mostly self-identified left-libertarians.
Three of the most contentious issues among libertarians are abortion, same-sex marriage, and immigration. I know firsthand just how contentious these issue are because whenever I have written about them I have been called by left-libertarians a pseudo-libertarian, a conservative, a Nazi, a fascist, a right-winger, and a statist. I have also been called some other things, but cannot repeat them here on this family-friendly site.
I have argued in several articles that because the non-aggression axiom is central to libertarianism, and because force is justified only in self-defense, and because it is wrong to threaten or initiate violence against a person or his property, and because killing is the ultimate form of aggression that, to be consistent, libertarians should be opposed to abortion. My articles on abortion are listed here. The Making of the King... Laurence M. Vance Best Price: $14.39 Buy New $16.50 (as of 01:30 EST - Details)
I have argued in several articles that libertarians are unnecessarily divided over the issue of same-sex marriage because there is no more a libertarian position on same-sex marriage than there is on chocolate, toothpaste, or whether the sky is blue. My articles on marriage are listed here.
But I have only written one thing about immigration. And that was back in February of 2009. There I calmly and reasonably argued that:
There is no "right" to immigrate if it means trespassing on someone else's property.
The opposite of "open borders" is not "closed borders."
Libertarians who reject "open borders" are not "anti-immigrant" or "anti-immigration."
No matter who owns or claims to own the property in the United States, it certainly isn't owned by anyone seeking to immigrate here.
The right to immigrate doesn't necessarily follow from the right to emigrate.
The freedom to move does not include or imply the freedom to trespass.
There are many "solutions" to the immigration problem, but throwing open the borders is no solution at all.
For this I was termed—and I remember it well—in addition to being called all of the above, racist, xenophobic, and unlibertarian. Since it has been almost seven years since I have written anything about immigration, and since immigration is a hot topic these days, I think it is time to write something again.
Libertarian advocates of "open borders" sometimes maintain that there should be no difference between an American traveling across a state border and a foreigner traveling across the U.S. border. But if this is what War, Empire, and the M... Laurence M. Vance Best Price: $5.45 Buy New $9.79 (as of 01:30 EST - Details) characterizes "open borders," then that in and of itself is reason enough to reject "open borders" because, carried to its logical conclusion, "open borders" would then mean that if armed soldiers from any country in the world landed on America's East or West Coasts, or massed at the Canadian or Mexican borders, and said that they were tourists coming to the United States to do some sightseeing, they should not be refused entry. And not only that, they could not be refused entry without violating their freedom to move, travel, migrate, or seek refuge. And if that weren't ludicrous enough, foreign soldiers should be invited and welcomed just like everyone else in the world. If this conclusion is wrong, and not what certain left-libertarians envision as possibly happening with "open borders," then perhaps they should use a different analogy or explain their position a little better.
I am still waiting for one self-proclaimed left-libertarian to write anything that distinguishes their view of "open borders" from the current forced immigration of the migrant/refugee crisis. From their perspective, the case could and should be made, but they are not making it. This silence is damning to their position.
What follows is not a critique of "open borders," but merely some differences—twenty-five of them—that libertarians ought to be recognizing.
There is a difference between the right of Americans to freely travel between states and the right of foreigners to enter the United States.
There is a difference between open borders and no borders.
There is a difference between unrestricted immigration and open borders.
There is a difference between a free state and a welfare state.
There is a difference between admitting refugees and subsidizing the admittance of refugees. War, Christianity, and... Laurence M. Vance Best Price: $8.95 Buy New $9.95 (as of 01:30 EST - Details)
There is a difference between government-facilitated immigration and government-controlled immigration.
There is a difference between the government allowing refugees to enter the United States and the government transporting refugees to the United States.
There is a difference between working immigrants and welfare immigrants.
There is a difference between a "natural born citizen" and an "anchor baby."
There is a difference between "birthright citizenship" and "maternity tourism."
There is a difference between an immigrant and an illegal immigrant.
There is a difference between the government welcoming refugees and the government resettling refugees.
There is a difference between private relief efforts and government relief efforts.
There is a difference between suspicion and hatred.
There is a difference between profiling and persecuting.
There is a difference between building a fence to keep people out and a building fence to keep people in.
There is a difference between inviting immigrants and recruiting immigrants.
There is a difference between being a guest and being a trespasser. King James, His Bible,... Laurence M. Vance Best Price: $2.07 Buy New $56.00 (as of 01:05 EST - Details)
There is a difference between discrimination and xenophobia.
There is a difference between assimilated immigrants and alienated immigrants.
There is a difference between privately-funded immigration and taxpayer-funded immigration.
There is a difference between the United States giving sanctuary to refugees and the United States opening facilities overseas to process refugees.
There is a difference between the U.S. government limiting the number of refugees its accepts and the U.S. government refusing to grant asylum to Jewish refugees on the St. Louis in 1939.
There is a difference between the private, voluntary acceptance of refugees and the taxpayer-funded Office of Refugee Resettlement.
There is a difference between free immigration and forced immigration.
I have not argued against admitting Syrian refugees to the United States. I have not argued that immigrants take American jobs. I have not argued against admitting Muslims to the United States. I have not argued that immigrants commit crimes disproportionate to their numbers. I have not argued against immigrants. I have not argued that some refugees might potentially be terrorists. I have not argued against lawful immigration. I have not argued that some immigrants don't want to assimilate. I have not argued against unrestricted immigration. I have not argued that some immigrants don't want to learn English. I have not even argued against "open borders."
I have merely pointed out some differences that libertarians can and should be recognizing—even if they are sympathetic to "open borders."
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