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China's FDI growth slows in 2014 as economy cools, outbound investment soars
Jan 16, 2015, 11:05 am SGT
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's foreign direct investment (FDI) rose an annual 1.7 per cent last year, although the pace slowed from 2013 as a cooling economy and shifting drivers of growth weighed on offshore investment flows.
China attracted a record US$119.56 billion from foreign investors last year compared to US$117.6 billion in 2013, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on its website on Thursday.
Outbound direct investment (ODI) surged 14.1 per cent to a new high of US$102.9 billion as Chinese corporate appetite for foreign investments grew, although ODI failed to overtake FDI as some had predicted, the commerce ministry told reporters on Friday. ODI growth, however, slowed from 16.8 per cent in 2013.
Growth in FDI also slowed from 5.3 per cent in 2013, and was the weakest in two years, indicating that the economic cooldown and shifting composition of the Chinese economy are starting to temper foreign sentiment.
Investment flows into China are an important gauge of the health of the world economy and is also a good indicator of where capital is flowing within the country.
The data showed that the government-led shift away from investment-heavy industries toward services and consumption is taking hold with service sector FDI increasing 7.8 per cent, while manufacturing FDI declined 12.3 per cent.
Services made up 55.4 per cent of overall FDI, with manufacturing taking up 33.4 per cent.
FDI in December leapt 10.3 per cent from the same month in 2013 to US$13.32 billion, MOFCOM said.
Investment from South Korea rose 29.8 per cent year-to-date, the fastest in 2014, followed by Britain with 28 per cent growth. Japanese FDI fell 38.8 per cent while EU investment declined 5.3 per cent.
Data next week is expected to show China posting its lowest annual gross domestic product growth in 24 years.
The central government has acknowledged that GDP will slow as it seeks to reform the economy and find new engines of growth, all while navigating the risks of a cooling property market, excess factory capacity and sluggish investment.


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Q: exe created using install4j eats up all CPU after 30-40 seconds from launching I have created an installer for my Java application using install4j. it is running on JDK1.6 and uses Jetty as a web server and struts2 as an MVC. The application installs just fine and an exe file is created correctly. When I launch the application by double clicking on the exe file, the application launch and starts just fine and all functionality behaves correctly.
After about 30 to 40 seconds from launching the application, I notice that the exe process is eating almost all the CPU power (up to 99%). making it so hard to use any other application on my PC.
This only happens on Windows XP and Vista. But when I try it on Windows 7 I do not get this problem.
The windows XP and Vista machines spec are very good (3GHZ processor with 4 GB of RAM).
I really have no idea why the exe eats up all the CPU after 30 to 40 seconds of starting the application. There are no threads, no back ground workers, no logic being processed at all. its a very simply MVC application. Matter of fact i just try open the application then wait for 30 to 40 seconds (without using it) and the CPU usage shots up high.
In the task manager I noticed that 2 processors are created, one for the exe and one for the Java processor created by the exe during launching the app. only the exe process is using 99% of CPU while the Java process is idle.
Any one face something similar? any help is appreciated.
Thanks,

A: Have you tried looking into the Java process using VisualVM? It's part of any JDK install. It can hook into any running Java program and sample/profile it very thoroughly.

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Q: How to detect what is preventing multiple cores being used in golang? So, I have a piece of code that is concurrent and it's meant to be run onto each CPU/core.
There are two large vectors with input/output values
var (
    input = make([]float64, rowCount)
    output = make([]float64, rowCount)
)

these are filled and I want to compute the distance (error) between each input-output pair. Being the pairs independent, a possible concurrent version is the following:
var d float64 // Error to be computed
// Setup a worker "for each CPU"
ch := make(chan float64)
nw := runtime.NumCPU()
for w := 0; w < nw; w++ {
    go func(id int) {
         var wd float64
         // eg nw = 4
         // worker0, i = 0, 4, 8, 12...
         // worker1, i = 1, 5, 9, 13...
         // worker2, i = 2, 6, 10, 14...
         // worker3, i = 3, 7, 11, 15...
         for i := id; i < rowCount; i += nw {
             res := compute(input[i])
             wd += distance(res, output[i])
         }
         ch <- wd
    }(w)
}
// Compute total distance
for w := 0; w < nw; w++ {
    d += <-ch
}

The idea is to have a single worker for each CPU/core, and each worker processes a subset of the rows.
The problem I'm having is that this code is no faster than the serial code.
Now, I'm using Go 1.7 so runtime.GOMAXPROCS should be already set to runtime.NumCPU(), but even setting it explicitly does not improves performances.

*

*distance is just (a-b)*(a-b);

*compute is a bit more complex, but should be reentrant and use global data only for reading (and uses math.Pow and math.Sqrt functions);

*no other goroutine is running.

So, besides accessing the global data (input/output) for reading, there are no locks/mutexes that I am aware of (not using math/rand, for example).
I also compiled with -race and nothing emerged.
My host has 4 virtual cores, but when I run this code I get (using htop) CPU usage to 102%, but I expected something around 380%, as it happened in the past with other go code that used all the cores.
I would like to investigate, but I don't know how the runtime allocates threads and schedule goroutines.
How can I debug this kind of issues? Can pprof help me in this case? What about the runtime package?
Thanks in advance

A: Sorry, but in the end I got the measurement wrong. @JimB was right, and I had a minor leak, but not so much to justify a slowdown of this magnitude.
My expectations were too high: the function I was making concurrent was called only at the beginning of the program, therefore the performance improvement was just minor.
After applying the pattern to other sections of the program, I got the expected results. My mistake in evaluation which section was the most important.
Anyway, I learned a lot of interesting things meanwhile, so thanks a lot to all the people trying to help!


This LanXess Injection Molding guide for Durthan Nylon and Pocan PBT is very extensive & fits right in your back pocket. The Copyright Date on this one is the year 209 & contains 40 pages of Highly Technical Information. You won't find it anywhere else on the web, so if you process LanXess Durthan or Pocan materials, this is a Must Have!


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Q: ffmpeg showspectrumpic fscale=log not rendering Right audio channel I am running these two command and getting surprising result on the second one.
The first command produce (fscale=lin):
ffmpeg -i stereo-test.mp3 -lavfi showspectrumpic=s=600x600:mode=separate:fscale=lin:scale=log spect_lin.bmp

spect_lin.bmp
but the second command produce (fscale=log):
ffmpeg -i stereo-test.mp3 -lavfi showspectrumpic=s=600x600:mode=separate:fscale=log:scale=log spect_log.bmp

spect_log.bmp
Sadly on the second image, the right channel is missing and I cannot figure out why.
Any idea or suggestion would be awesome :)
Thanks !
PS: You can find my test file here: stereo-test.mp3
I am using: ffmpeg version 4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers
EDIT: does not work using ffmpeg version 4.3.1-4ubuntu1 Copyright (c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers too.


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Eight fire engines at major house fire in Welsh town
People on the street have been evacuated from their homes
Anna LewisReporter
Updated 21:43, 5 NOV 2017
Eight fire engines and crews have tackled a major house fire in a Welsh town.
People living near the fire have been told to leave their houses.
South Wales Fire and Rescue said they had eight fire engines at the fire on Lombard Road in Neath and police told people to avoid the area.
South Wales Fire and Rescue were called to the scene at 5.30pm.
South Wales Police said: "The occupants of the affected property, as well as those from a number of neighbouring addresses on the terraced street, have been evacuated while fire crews continue to tackle the blaze."
The house rapidly caught fire and people living nearby were told to leave their houses
This Twitter feed shows how completely crazy bonfire night is for our fire services
Neath student Morgan Jones was visiting his girlfriend on Mary Street when they saw the fire at around 6.15pm.
He said: "When we got there it was just smoke but five minutes after flames were coming out the roof.
"You could see the beams and the loft. It just spread really quickly after a matter of minutes.
"Most of the roof of the house is totally gone you can see the safety supports and through the top of the house."
The damage to at least one house is clear
People were out in the streets as the fire swept through a home and police warned people not to approach the area
The 21-year-old student said the fire has damaged the roofs of terraced houses on either side of the property.
He said around 50 people were standing in the streets next to Lombard Street, adding: "The main street is closed and there are slates all over the floor.
"The fire is mostly out but there are still flames in the extension and the smoke is horrendous."
Richard Costin of Hikary's Fish Bar on Briton Ferry Street said the fire had caused a power cut in the area.
He said: "I was told the fire spread to five houses."
Posting on Twitter, Jeremy Miles, Assembly Member for Neath said: "Dreadful news about the fire in Lombard Street, #Neath. If there is any help I can offer affected residents, please contact my office."


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Jim Bakkum, Yolanthe Cabau and Abbey Hoes are among the cast of the film.

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BFS agrees £1.2m export finance deal with international security system firm
Home » News » BFS agrees £1.2m export finance deal with international security system firm
Bibby Financial Services has agreed a £1.2m export finance deal with Silent Sentinel Ltd, a designer and manufacturer of market-leading surveillance and security systems around the world.
Hertfordshire-based Silent Sentinel was established in 2002 and provides state of the art security systems to public and private institutions with existing and current clients including both public and private sector institutions. The firm offers products that are available for hi-spec surveillance protecting airports, utilities, rail infrastructure and border control.
With offices in the UK, US, Singapore and Jordan, the company required a boost to its working capital to enable it to service its growing global customer-base. To support the business's growth, BFS structured an export finance package, including international payment collection, language support and foreign exchange services.
Paul Elsey, managing director, Silent Sentinel said:
"We started the business as an equipment manufacturer and over the last 15 years we have diversified into the security sector where we have continued to go from strength-to-strength.
"We now export products all over the world and our services are internationally recognised, which is fantastic. Exporting doesn't come without its challenges, however, and we needed to partner with a funder that could help us to overcome some of the complexities surrounding credit terms, payment practices, legal and language barriers.
"BFS has both a global presence and experience in structuring a finance package that can meet our needs, both now and in the future. We can now offer customers credit over a wider geographical area even when they are a significant percentage of our ledger. This enables us to fulfil orders where we have not been able to so in the past."
The transaction was led by corporate manager at Bibby Financial Services, Tony Clampin, said:
"Silent Sentinel is already a hugely successful business with a strong customer base and established global strategy.
"We were able to significantly increase the level of funding the company previously had access to, in addition to providing specialist support services for businesses trading overseas. We're delighted to support such an ambitious and growing business, and look forward to seeing Silent Sentinel move into the next stage of its growth strategy."


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2015 FIFA Women's World Cup: Group E Focus
29 May 2015 Jon The Blogcentric
I'm sure that when some of you hear me talk about a controversy about this World Cup, it's about the recent bombshell about the arrests of FIFA members. It's not. I'm going to save that for another blog just like I'm saving the topic of women's football for a separate blog. In this blog, here's my review of Group E with another stadium focus and another issue focus:
GROUP E:
-Spain (14): This will be Spain's first Women's World Cup. Spain's women are relatively inexperienced to major competition. They've never played in an Olympics before either. Nevertheless 'La Roja' do have some accolades like a third-place finish at the 1997 Women's Euro and a quarterfinals finish at the last one in 2013. They've also had an impressive play record in the past two years with only a single loss to Norway in 2013 and wins against Italy, the Czech Republic and Belgium. Spain may just be a future power in women's football.
-Brazil (7): When women's football started making a name for itself in the 1990's, it was North America and Asia that were the leaders. Countries from South America and most European countries still thought of football as strictly a man's game and had lackluster women's teams to show for it. Since then the continents have been taking women's football more seriously. If there's one country that has shown the most progress, it's Brazil.
The Brazilian men without a doubt have the biggest legacy of any football country. The Brazilian women have really made strides to become one of the best in the world these last 15 years. They were finalists at the 2007 World Cup and achieved 3rd place in 1999. They also have two Olympic silver medals and have won the Copa America Feminina all but once. They even produced a player that can be called 'The Female Pele,' Marta, with five FIFA Women's World Player Of The Year awards.
Even though Brazil has become one of the best in the last couple of decades, they still have some noticeable 'weak spots.' For starters, they've never won against England or France. Secondly, they lost to Germany twice this year. Nevertheless Brazil has been impressive these past twelve months. They've ties the U.S. and they've had wins against China, Sweden and Switzerland. Canada will be both another proving point for Brazil and a learning experience for Rio 2016.
-Costa Rica (37): Another of the two debut teams of this Group E. True, Costa Rica have never played in a world Cup or an Olympics before but they are a team whose cred is growing slowly but surely. They've been impressive during the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup with three semi-final finishes and were finalists at the last one in 2014.Despite their lack of experience on the world stage, they do have a promising team with four players playing for either American professional teams or American colleges.
I know I've talked a lot about countries here to learn. We shouldn't forget women's football is still growing, especially in continents where play has been denied a lot in the past. We should keep in mind Costa Rica is the first Central American country to qualify for the Women's World Cup. Like the other 'learning' teams, Costa Rica really has nothing to lose and everything to gain.
-South Korea (18): South Korea's men are the tops of Asian countries in football. South Korea's women have long been relegated to second-fiddle to China and Japan but they're seeking to improve over the years. They've never qualified for an Olympics and they've made only one previous World Cup appearance back in 2003. However they have some accolades of their own like four semi-final finishes at the AFC Asian Cup and bronze medals at the last two Asian Games.
Their play has been 50/50 this year as they beat Russia and tied Belgium but lost to Canada and Scotland. 2015 should help boost the team for a brighter future.
MY PREDICTION: I predict Brazil to win Group E with South Korea coming in second. Third-place was a tough prediction. I predict Spain, based on their experience. Mind you anything can happen.
STADIUM SPOTLIGHT
-EDMONTON: Commonwealth Stadium
World Cup Capacity: 56,302
World Cup Groups Hosting: A,C,D
Additional World Cup Matches Contested: Round of 16, Quarterfinal, Semifinal, Third-Place
The Stadium was opened in 1978 in time for the Commonwealth Games Edmonton hosted. Since then it has served as the venue for the Edmonton Eskimos football team and occasionally the FC Edmonton soccer team. The Stadium is the biggest of the six hosting matches for the FIFA World Cup which explains why Canada's first two Group Stage matches will be held here. The stadium has undergone two renovations: the first in 2001 in time for the World Athletic Championships which included a new scoreboard, an enlarged concourse and a new track. The second in 2008 which experienced a reconfiguration and a turf replacement. Outside of their main sports teams, the stadium has hosted many concerts and has also hosted many soccer friendlies for both Canada's men's and women's teams.
THE TURF ISSUE
The World Cup may be building in excitement but hard to believe a year ago there was a controversy brewing with threats of boycotts. The reason was because all six stadiums will be using some form of artificial turf. why does it matter? Many believe artificial turf makes players more prone to injuries. 50 players protested the use of turf on the basis of gender discrimination. Seems odd to me to think that getting them to play on turf is a form of discrimination. Keep in mind it's FIFA regulation that the men's World Cup matches all be contested on grass.
There was even a lawsuit claiming FIFA would never have the men play on 'unsafe' artificial turf and is a violation of the Canadian Human Rights Charter. The suit filed in October 2014 in Ontario even pointed how FIFA demanded stadiums in the United States to replace the artificial turf with grass even if it meant extra millions in expenses. The lawsuit had supporters like Tom Hanks, Kobe Bryant and U.S. men's team goalkeeper Tim Howard. FIFA's head of women's competitions Tatjana Haenni made it firm: "We play on artificial turf and there's no Plan B." The lawsuit was eventually dropped in January of this year. All the stadiums have kept the turfs they had.
Despite its firm stance, FIFA has not hesitated to discuss the issue. In fact FIFA.com did an interview with Professor Eric Harrison. Harrison, who was assigned by FIFA to inspect the pitches of the six stadiums between September 29th to October 8th of last year, was given a Q&A about his findings, the various football turfs and even injury rick. He gave his answers on why Canadians stadiums have artificial turf (Canada's extreme weather conditions), the various turfs classified by FIFA and if there's any difference int he frequency of injury (Harrison claims there's no real difference). For the complete interview, click here.
And there you go. My focus on Group E and bonuses. That only means one last group to review. Coming Sunday.
FIFA.com Staff. "Harrison: Football Turf is Integral to Canada 2015" FIFA.com. 23 October 2014<http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/y=2014/m=10/news=harrison-football-turf-is-integral-to-canada-2015-2461003.html>
WIKIPEDIA: 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Wikipedia.com. 2015. Wikimedia Foundation Inc.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup>
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using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
using MahApps.Metro.Controls.Dialogs;

namespace GSD.ViewModels.Utilities
{
	internal interface IProgressReport
	{
		void SetProgress( int current, int total );
	}

	[ExcludeFromCodeCoverage]
	internal class ProgressReport : IProgressReport
	{
		public ProgressReport( ProgressDialogController controller )
		{
			Controller = controller;
		}

		public void SetProgress( int current, int total )
		{
			Controller.SetProgress( total / (double)current );
		}

		private readonly ProgressDialogController Controller;
	}
}

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VIRGO (Aug 24-Sept 23) Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained - if you're willing to take a gamble on smaller, riskier but possibly very rewarding businesses, you can tuck money away tax-free in a venture capital trust (VCT).
Nothing ventured, nothing gained is today's phrase that pays, so where will you use it?
David Ashforth decides to take on Dunguib and Blazing Bailey in his charity joust with the bookmaking fraternity NOTHING ventured, nothing gained.
However, nothing ventured, nothing gained, and Rambling Minster defied his welter burden, travelled like a dream, and was given a peach of a ride by his young jockey whom I had criticised for what I considered was an ill-judged performance on another stable runner the previous Sunday.
Pity, that, for what is becoming clear is this: Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
WHERE ARE ALL THE GOOD WOMEN COACHES?
NOTHING ventured, nothing gained, was the philosophical reaction of Paul Nicholls to the comprehensive Guinness Gold Cup defeat of Denman, who appeared to hate racing right-handed and could finish only fourth, writes Lee Mottershead.
But, nothing ventured, nothing gained so go for it anyway and revel in compliments lavished on you.
We aren't exactly getting bombarded by players wanting to come and join us, so a gamble on the likes of Trundle would be nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained, so after negotiating the speeding fine lottery that is the A55, we found ourselves 'scoping the Welsh swell in the early morning light as ravens croaked overhead, and rock pipits called from the cliff face beneath us.
But, as they say, nothing ventured, nothing gained, and I'd much rather get stuck into this puzzle than take things leisurely and pull out none of the stops to come up with a short-priced selection in, say, one of the six-runner conditions races at Leicester.
Dear Craig, Nothing ventured, nothing gained but dating your ex-wife's sister will be fraught with complications.
Clive Williams, RPC Wales's secretary, said, "We believe nothing ventured, nothing gained.
It was an approach that could have been more costly but Kidney is a believer in the nothing ventured, nothing gained school of thought.


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Ed Buck Allegedly Running Drug House
Former actor, model, and political activist Ed Buck was recently charged with running a drug den out of his home after a series of high-profile incidents resulted in the deaths of several men. According to authorities, Buck had allegedly been inviting men into his home and offering them money and drugs in exchange for sex. In recent months, several men were reported to have overdosed on methamphetamines in Buck's home, with the most recent having occurred on September 11th, 2019. This victim survived, but not all were that lucky.
As a result of the recent incident, Buck has been charged with one felony count each of battery causing serious injury, administering methamphetamine, and maintaining a drug house.
Maintaining a drug house is covered under California Health and Safety Code 11366 HS and makes it illegal to maintain any place for the purpose of selling or giving away illegal controlled substances. In order to be charged with violating 11366 HS, a prosecutor must be able to prove that a person opened or maintained a place (oftentimes a residence) and that the person did so with the intent of selling, giving away, or allowing others to use controlled substances there on an ongoing basis.
It's important to note that in order for a "place" to qualify as a drug house, it must be set up with the intention of allowing other people to use controlled substances in the space.
Maintaining a drug house is a "wobbler" offense under California Law, meaning that it can be charged as either a misdemeanor or a felony depending on the circumstances of the case and the defendant's prior criminal history. If charged as a misdemeanor, the potential penalties include up to 1 year in county jail and/or a fine of up to $1,000. For felony charges, the penalties include 16 months to 3 years in California state prison and/or a fine of up to $10,000.
Since several people have been injured or killed as a result of Buck's alleged crimes, prosecutors chose to charge him with felony-level offenses. They've recommended his bail be set at $4 million.
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Igor Bray ranks in the top few in the world in the field of atomic and molecular collision physics. He is responsible for several major paradigm shifting research breakthroughs during his career. His convergent close-coupling (CCC) formalism yielded unprecedented agreement with experiment, and has been extended to calculate ionization processes. This unified the approach to all collision processes. Bray and his group were also able to provide the first mathematically rigorous treatment of collisions involving the ubiquitous Coulomb potential. Most recently, the CCC method has been extended to heavy projectiles and molecular targets.


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18th century, Science
Emilie du Chatelet: The Multi-Tasking Marquise
March 1, 2008 January 27, 2016 BluestockingOxford
By Mohsin Khan
Emilie du Chatelet, regarded for too long as a footnote of history being a mistress of Voltaire, was a driven and passionate physicist, mathematician and translator. She derived the equation for kinetic energy by studying the work of Leibniz and created the only existing French translation of Newton's Principia. Du Chatelet's scientific work centred on research into the conservation of energy, combustion and light and Newtonian principles. She also contributed to the Enlightenment trend of thought in her literary work, whilst also tackling theology in a commentary of the Bible.
In 1706, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil was born into a 'noblesse de robe' family who recognized and developed her talents. It was decided that she lacked the necessary beauty for the eighteenth century marriage market, so her father ensured that she received the same classical education as her brothers; alongside learning how to ride, dance and fence. Importantly, and most unusually, she received extra lessons in mathematics and metaphysics. Aged 19, she was married to Florent-Claude, Marquis du Chatelet but after only five years, the couple informally separated. At 24, she had an affair with the Duc de Richelieu, who encouraged her to receive lessons in further mathematics so that she could understand Newton's theories and by 27 she had returned to academic study. It was at this point that Emilie captured the heart of philosopher and writer Voltaire.
In 18th Century France, Newton's ideas were extremely controversial. They were held up in contrast to the Cartesian scientific model; the theory espoused by the religious order that to a great extent controlled the French education system: the Jesuits. Both Du Chatelet and Voltaire sought to understand Newtonian theories and, at first, supported them – she, it seems, for scientific reasons, he for political. In 1738, Voltaire published the Elements of the Philosophy of Newton on the subject, but he wrote in the preface that du Chatelet was his co-author, recognising her important contribution to his intellectual creation. This work helped explain the discoveries made by Newton to the French public. It was a tremendous success, being well illustrated and not requiring alienating advanced knowledge of mathematics. In 1740, she published a work of her own, an integrative review of recent trends in science and philosophy, called Institutions de Physique, focusing on the works of Descartes, Leibniz and Newton, with a discussion of free will and theology.
By the time she wrote Institutions, du Chatelet had demurred in her support for Newtonian science. This, she wrote, was based on experimental observation, but her judgement also assumed the existence of confliciting scientific laws. Notably, she had found that Newton's equations for kinetic energy appeared to be false. Newton had stated that 'vis viva,' 'living force,' (kinetic energy) was equal to the product of mass and velocity i.e. E = mv. Leibniz, however, suggested that kinetic energy was equal to the product of mass and velocity-squared, i.e. E = mv^2. He rationalized this with a thought experiment but did not conduct any actual trials to empirically prove this.
Du Chatelet read about experiments conducted by Willem Gravesande, who dropped weights onto a clay floor. If Newton was correct, as the velocity of descent increased, the depth that the object sank when it hit the ground should also increase by the same proportions. Gravesande – and du Chatelet, when she tested several of Newton's theories herself – found that this was not the case.
In her review, she combined Gravesande's results with Leibniz's ideas, supporting the theory that kinetic energy is equal to mv^2. This is correct (at non-relativistic speeds); the only difference today being that we use the equation E = _mv^2, as our units are different to those used by Leibniz.
Du Chatelet also worked on the nature of fire and what later became known as infrared radiation. She submitted an essay on the topic to a Grand Prix contest. Though Euler won the competition, the French Academy of Science published her work, the Dissertation sur la nature du feu, in 1739. She wrote that heat and matter were made from the same substance and was also correct in describing infrared radiation: she suggested that the colour of a flame varies with the amount of heat given off.
As well as being an experimentalist and mathematician, Du Chatelet was also a translator. Du Chatelet's most enduring contribution to science was her French translation of Newton's Principia Mathematica which was reprinted in 1966 and remains the only French translation of Principia. She also wrote a commentary to accompany the translation from Latin, Principes mathematiques de la philosophie naturelle, re-expressing Newton's incomprehensible geometric proofs with calculus and explaining the mathematics with refined prose and her own examples. Also, using the mechanics in Principia, she inserted a new derivation for conservation of energy. The translation was instrumental in spreading the ideas of Newton throughout France. It was completed in 1745, and was published ten years after her death.
Du Chatelet's translated works outside of Science and Mathematics cover a myriad of subjects, including Mandeville's Fable of the Bees; which she translated but also edited and noticeably inserted new material. She also translated the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex into French. Besides poetry and drama compositions, she wrote a Biblical commentary, Examens de la Bible.
In philosophy, her work Discours sur le Bonheur (a Treatise on Happiness) defended her education and intellectual activities, alongside her passions for sexual affairs and gambling! Crucially, she highlighted the importance of education for women as the only means that women could overcome the restrictions that society placed upon them:
'Of all the passions, the love of learning contributes the most to our happiness. [There lies] a passion from which an elevated soul is never entirely exempt, that of glory; learning is the only way to acquire glory for half of humanity, yet it is precisely this half which is deprived of the means of education, rendering impossible such a taste of glory.'
Becoming pregnant from an affair in her early 40's, du Chatelet knew that childbirth would most likely be a death sentence. Desperate to finish her translation of Principia in time, she worked twenty-four hour days regularly throughout her pregnancy. She died from an embolism a few days after childbirth, at the age of 42.
Bodanis. D, Passionate Minds: The Great Enlightenment Love Affair (London, 2006)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/ance-sq.html
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eighteenth_century_fiction/v019/19.3hutton.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2006/aug/04/peopleinscience.guardianweekly
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Have you ever wanted to go "off the grid"? Living off the grid means a life that is independent of local utilities, homes that are completely autonomous from municipal services such as power and water.
In Australia, almost half a million homes live off the grid when it comes to supplying their own water. These are normally those who live in remote areas of Australia, on rural farmland or in highlands, which are simply far from any reciprocal water supply managed by local water authorities.
Some people choose to move to remote areas of Australia to be entirely self-sufficient and supply for all their own water usage needs. Reasons could be a desire to live a more simple lifestyle, taking pride in being self-sufficient or perhaps just wanting to get out in nature and being more environmentally aware.
One such person is Victoria Waghorn purchased 400 hectares in the NSW Southern Highlands with a group of like-minded friends wanting to escape society's obsession with money. Over the year others joined her, and today her land is the home of a large off-the-grid community. This group produces their own vegetables, catch their own rainwater using water tanks, raise chickens and all work towards their goal of becoming fully self-sustainable.
Obviously not everyone can go off the grid, the prospect is no doubt a scary thought to many, but exciting to others. Consider that in remote areas there are many disadvantages such as being far away from schools, hospitals and other services, even other people. Nonetheless, a simple lifestyle has much appeal, especially to those dissatisfied with the ever increasing business of city living.
Living off-the-grid is not impossible in urban or built-up areas, but it does come with certain challenges. In many cities, you can disconnect from the power and water grids, but then you would still need to be connected to stormwater and sewage systems for health, flooding and environmental reasons.
Some local councils do require you to be connected to the reticulated water system, even if you don't intend to use it. So, it is always a good idea to check with the local authorities and look into the planning scheme for your location.
Nevertheless, becoming water and power-independent is possible, and Michael Mobbs (below) in Sydney is a shining example of someone who has achieved this going completely off-grid and lives a sustainable life. After practicing environmental law for 19 years, he realised that the more laws there are for protecting the environment, the more harmed and polluted it becomes. So Michael and his wife transformed their home in the middle of Sydney into an off-the-grid experiment 20 years ago and are producing their own power through solar panels, collecting their water in rainwater tanks and are using their own septic system. Their website, Sustainable House, helps encourage others to do the same.
Off-the-grid living is a real choice that more and more Australians are choosing and love. It is a question of lifestyle that brings a sense of liberation and freedom. There is also the sense of environmental satisfaction because you are making a change for the environment, no matter how small it may seem to you.
If you are interested in taking a step towards supplying your own home water needs, then Clark Tanks can help you with a range of water storage options with above ground and underground water tanks. Contact us today.


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William of Moerbeke
Belgian archbishop
Alternative Title: Guillaume de Moerbeke
William of Moerbeke, French Guillaume de Moerbeke, (born c. 1215, Moerbeke, Brabant—died c. 1286, Orvieto?), Flemish cleric, archbishop, and classical scholar whose Latin translations of the works of Aristotle and other early Greek philosophers and commentators were important in the transmission of Greek thought to the medieval Latin West.
William entered the Dominican priory at Ghent and later studied in Paris and Cologne, where he presumably worked with Albertus Magnus. After an assignment c. 1260 to the priory in Thebes, and in Nicaea, near Constantinople, he was appointed chaplain and confessor to Pope Clement IV (1265–68) and to five succeeding popes. A proponent of reunion between the Eastern and Western churches, William took part in the Council of Lyon (1274) as an adviser to Pope Gregory X. On April 9, 1278, Pope Nicholas III named him archbishop of Corinth, a position he held until his death. The neighbouring Greek village of Merbakas is thought to be named for him. The place of William's death is uncertain; he is known to have traveled to the Italian states in the mid-1280s at the behest of the pope.
At the urging of Thomas Aquinas, whom he knew at the Italian Dominican houses at Viterbo and Orvieto, William in 1260 made a literal Latin translation of Aristotle's On the Heavens and Meteorology. During the next two decades he translated parts of Aristotle's Metaphysics, Politics, Rhetoric, and History of Animals, together with cognate treatises on animal psychology and physiology, concluding in 1278 with Poetics. He revised existing Latin versions of other Aristotelian writings, including On Memory and Recall, Physics, Posterior Analytics, and possibly the Nichomachean Ethics.
The more important early commentaries on Aristotle's works that William also translated include those by Alexander of Aphrodisia (2nd century) on Metaphysica and De sensu (On Sensation), Ammonius Hermiae (5th century) on Peri hermeneias ("On Interpretation"), and those by Themistius (4th century) and John Philoponus (6th century) on De anima (On the Soul). Most of these translations were done in 1268.
William's translations of such leading early Neoplatonist writers as the 5th-century philosopher Proclus's Elementatio theologica (Elements of Theology), as well as his commentary on Plato's Timaeus, revealed to 13th-century Scholastic philosophers and theologians the Platonic basis of treatises formerly and incorrectly attributed to Aristotle. The discovery of this literature by Western philosophers also gave great impetus to Neoplatonism in the Middle Ages. Using a rigidly literal style, William rendered the Greek texts into Latin with a fidelity that not only helped his contemporaries grasp Aristotle's exact meaning but also established his translations as the standard for the medieval Latin world.
Other classical Greek texts that William translated include works of Ptolemy and Hippocrates' De prognosticationibus aegritudinum secundum motum lunae (On Predicting Illnesses According to the Phases of the Moon).
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Promise at Dawn (1970)
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Nina (Melina Mercouri) is a former silent-film star from Russia who abandons her career to care for her son. She is a single mother -- the boy's father is a famous actor who wants nothing to do with either Nina or her child. She joins an acting troupe where she impersonates a famous French fashion designer, but she leaves the group in Krakow, Poland, when her true identity is discovered. She travels to France, taking several odd jobs in Nice to support her son. When the boy grows to young adulthood, he is recruited to fight during World War II for the French and later the British. He is decorated for valor and returns to locate his estranged mother after two years have passed. Upon arriving home, he finds that his mother had died several years earlier but that she meticulously wrote over 250 letters to give her son moral support and encouragement in the years to come.Promise at Dawn featuring Melina Mercouri and Assi Dayan is not currently available to stream, rent, or buy but you can add it to your want to see list for updates. It's a comedy and drama movie with an average IMDb audience rating of 6.6 (173 votes).
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Nina (Melina Mercouri) is a former silent-film star from Russia who abandons her career to care for her son. She is a single mother -- the boy's father is a famous actor who wants nothing to do with either Nina or her child. She joins an acting troupe where she impersonates a famous French fashion designer, but she leaves the group in Krakow, Poland, when her true identity is discovered. She travels to France, taking several odd jobs in Nice to support her son. When the boy grows to young adulthood, he is recruited to fight during World War II for the French and later the British. He is decorated for valor and returns to locate his estranged mother after two years have passed. Upon arriving home, he finds that his mother had died several years earlier but that she meticulously wrote over 250 letters to give her son moral support and encouragement in the years to come.
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Diamonds are a girl's best friend, and even though most of us can not afford diamond rings or statement necklaces, we can definitely add a few diamonds to our nail art designs! Whether you want to create something really unique for a special occasion or would like to experiment with a shiny new manicure, diamonds are here to stay.
The idea of a nail design with diamonds may seem complicated or expensive, but these days anyone can give them a try. Although the impractical option of sticking real diamonds on your nails is available, there are plenty of cheaper options too. Incredibly realistic faux diamonds, and other gemstones, can be purchased easily and cheaply. Designed specifically for nail art, they are conveniently flat backed to aid adhesion. There are also some great nail stickers that mimic the effects, but in a more practical way than the full on 3D finish.
You can opt to go all out and coat your entire nails in diamonds or go for a simpler accent look on one or two fingers. Customization options are endless, so don't feel limited to a single color, shape or size of diamond either because variety can contribute create different looks. A dramatic look can be achieved by using a dark base polish, and applying a curling line of decreasingly sized gems from base to tip of one nail, or if you fancy cute and girly, try adding diamonds to a base of baby pink.
There are several ways to apply your sparkles. Using polish to stick your gems into works as a short term solution, but using resin or adhesive is a much better option for longevity. However, I've found the best way is to use gel. This method is strong enough to hold even the largest gems, and since gel doesn't harm glass or synthetic crystal, the gems can be soaked off and saved for next time. With no special surface prep required, simply apply gel and crystals directly over the cured color or set acrylic. Couldn't be simpler!
I couldn't resist trying out the best selling diamond nails on the market – all in the name of research, of course!
This boxed set of flat-backed rhinestones contains so many variations in size, shape and color that you can create any nail design using it. The crystals are great quality, very clear and stick nicely.
The box can be a little hard to open, so be careful not to throw them everywhere!
For sparkle, and sheer amount of crystals, this is a really useful set if you're a fan of 3D nail art.
1. Total 4600pcs in Box 8 Sizes SS3 SS6 SS8 SS10 SS12 SS16 SS20 SS30, 1.3mm-6mm Nail Rhinestones in Case Super Sparkle. We Only Supply High Quality Nail Rhinestones Crystals, Sparkling AB Rhinestones for Nail Art, DIY Crafts Decoration.
Coming as a fine powder, these diamond chips can be easily brushed onto your nails, and coated with several layers of top coat for a glamorous luxury look. I love this stuff and will be using it many times.
Inevitably, as they are sent out in a small sealed bag, some of the dust gets stuck in the bag. A tub would be a great solution to this.
For sheer indulgence and sparkle, this pack is well worth considering.
✔ IMPOSSIBLY TINY SIZE-- 1.2mm in diameter, easy to apply on the nails, simply spread them on the nail as you wish and softly push to secure them, no need to apply one by one.
These little charms are simply gorgeous. Beautifully designed, they'd make any nails look chic and stylish. The stick well, and stay in place nicely.
The bag is way too small – I must have more of these!
If your goal is to create beautifully unique 3D nail art - you need these!
These pretty multi faceted crystals are ideal to create unusual designs, especially on longer nails. The crystals are clear and colored, giving you a lovely variety to choose from, and extremely sparkly, thanks to the gold backing on the stones.
Until they settle into the glue, these crystals can seem a bit unlevel, but once the adhesive has worked, they're just fine.
Bringing ultra sparkles to any nail art, these are well worth considering for your manicure kit.
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Looking identical to genuine diamonds, these mini chips sparkle and dance on your nails. Either dip your nails into the pot, or place each gem individually, they look amazing. I had compliments every time I wore these out, and now have to have them in my manicure kit at all times.
A couple of the gems had rough edges, but with so many in the pack, I didn't feel this was an issue.
These could easily be mistaken for the real thing, and bring more than a touch of bling to any design.


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import json
import copy

from PyQt5.QtCore import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
from PyQt5.QtGui import *

class EvolveWidget(QWidget):
  def __init__(self, name, parent):
    super().__init__(parent.TabBox)

    self.Grid = QGridLayout()
    self.Grid.setSpacing(10)
    self.setLayout(self.Grid)

    self.DataWidgets = {}
    self.Parent = parent
    self.Name = name
    self.Init()

    self.Parent.UpdateFunctions[self.Name] = self.OnPreviewJob

  def Init(self):
    self.Grid.addWidget(QLabel("Job settings"), 0, 0, 1, 4, Qt.AlignHCenter)
    self.Grid.addWidget(QLabel("Job preview"), 4, 0, 1, 4, Qt.AlignHCenter)

    self.Grid.addWidget(QLabel("System settings"), 1, 0, 1, 1)
    line_edit = QLineEdit()
    line_edit.setText("data/config.json")
    line_edit.textEdited[str].connect(self.OnPreviewJob)
    self.DataWidgets["ConfigFile"] = line_edit
    self.Grid.addWidget(line_edit, 1, 1, 1, 2)
    bsearch = QPushButton("...")
    bsearch.clicked.connect(self.SearchFiles)
    self.FileDialog = QFileDialog()
    self.SelectedConfigFiles = ["data/config.json"]
    self.Grid.addWidget(bsearch, 1, 3, 1, 1)

    self.InputMode = QComboBox()
    self.InputMode.addItem("Lattice")
    self.InputMode.addItem("Evolution")
    self.Grid.addWidget(self.InputMode, 2, 0, 1, 1)
    line_edit = QLineEdit()
    line_edit.setText("data/lattice-fcc.json")
    line_edit.textEdited[str].connect(self.OnPreviewJob)
    self.DataWidgets["LatticeFile"] = line_edit
    self.Grid.addWidget(line_edit, 2, 1, 1, 3)

    self.Grid.addWidget(QLabel("Output"), 3, 0, 1, 1)
    line_edit = QLineEdit()
    line_edit.setText("data/evolution-fcc.json")
    self.DataWidgets["OutputFile"] = line_edit
    self.Grid.addWidget(line_edit, 3, 1, 1, 3)

    preview = QWidget()
    self.PreviewGrid = QGridLayout()
    preview.setLayout(self.PreviewGrid)
    self.Grid.addWidget(preview, 5, 0, 1, 4)

    self.JobPreviewEntries = ["TotalSteps", "SaveSystemInterval", "ParticleMoves", "VolumeChanges", "BPSigma", "Dimensions", "SpheresNumber", "SphereSize", "JobsNumber"]
    entries_text = ["Simulation steps", "Save interval", "Particle moves per step", "Volume changes per step", "βPσ^3", "Dimensions", "Spheres #", "Spheres radius", "Jobs #"]

    for i, n in enumerate(self.JobPreviewEntries):
      label = QLabel(entries_text[i])
      label.setAlignment(Qt.AlignRight)
      self.PreviewGrid.addWidget(label, i + 6, 0, 1, 2)
      label = QLabel()
      self.DataWidgets[n] = label
      self.PreviewGrid.addWidget(label, i + 6, 2, 1, 2)

    bjob = QPushButton("Queue job(s)")
    bjob.clicked.connect(self.OnCreateJob)
    self.Grid.addWidget(bjob,100,0,1,4)

    dummy = QWidget()
    dummy.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Expanding, QSizePolicy.Expanding)
    self.Grid.addWidget(dummy,99,0)

    self.OnPreviewJob()

  def SearchFiles(self):
    self.SelectedConfigFiles[:] = self.FileDialog.getOpenFileNames(self, "Select configuration file(s)", "data", "JSON files (*.json)")[0]

    to_remove = []
    for i, filename in enumerate(self.SelectedConfigFiles):
      try:
        file_data = open(filename,'r')
        temp_data = json.loads(file_data.read())
        file_data.close()
        if not "FileType" in temp_data:
          to_remove.append(i)
          continue

        if temp_data["FileType"] != "HardSpheresInit": to_remove.append(i)
      except Exception as e:
        return

    for i in reversed(to_remove): del self.SelectedConfigFiles[i]

    if len(self.SelectedConfigFiles) == 1:
      self.DataWidgets["ConfigFile"].setText(self.SelectedConfigFiles[0])
    elif len(self.SelectedConfigFiles) > 1:
      self.DataWidgets["ConfigFile"].setText("(several files)")
    self.OnPreviewJob()

    if len(self.SelectedConfigFiles) > 0:
      self.Parent.statusBar().showMessage("Loaded %d file(s)." % len(self.SelectedConfigFiles), 1500)
    else:
      self.Parent.statusBar().showMessage("No files loaded.", 2500)

  def OnPreviewJob(self):
    if len(self.SelectedConfigFiles) == 0: return
    try:
      data = {}
      for filename in self.SelectedConfigFiles:
        file_data = open(filename,'r')
        temp_data = json.loads(file_data.read())
        file_data.close()
        for key in temp_data:
          if key in data:
            if temp_data[key] != data[key]:
              data[key] = "(several values)"
          else:
            data[key] = temp_data[key]

      file_data = open(self.DataWidgets["LatticeFile"].text(),'r')
      data.update(json.loads(file_data.read()))
      file_data.close()
    except Exception as e:
      return

    for n in self.JobPreviewEntries:
      if n == "JobsNumber":
        self.DataWidgets[n].setText(str(len(self.SelectedConfigFiles)))
      else:
        self.DataWidgets[n].setText(str(data[n]))

  def OnCreateJob(self):
    if self.InputMode.currentIndex() == 0:
      mode = "-gevolve"
    else:
      mode = "-levolve"

    filename = self.DataWidgets["OutputFile"].text()
    if len(self.SelectedConfigFiles) > 1:
      try:
        names = [filename % i for i in range(len(self.SelectedConfigFiles))]
      except Exception as e:
        self.Parent.statusBar().showMessage("Error: %s" % str(e), 5000)
        return
    else:
      names = [filename]

    job_data = {
      "BinaryFile": "./bin/week4",
      "InputMode" : mode,
      "ConfigFile": "",
      "LatticeFile": self.DataWidgets["LatticeFile"].text(),
      "OutputFile": ""
      }

    for i, n in enumerate(self.SelectedConfigFiles):
      job_data["ConfigFile"] = n
      job_data["OutputFile"] = names[i]
      self.Parent.TabWidgets["Jobs"].RegisterJob(job_data)
      job_data = copy.deepcopy(job_data)


Nebraska Pastor Hank Kunneman of One Voice Ministries said in a recent sermon that God would respond to the Tree of Life synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh by… curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and diabetes. Somehow.
Kunneman prophesied that President Trump would "join hands" with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bring to the world "medical cures and scientific discoveries" that have been created in Israel.
This should be a pretty easy thing to fact check… but if you're the type of person who attends Kunneman's church, you're probably not the type of person who can do basic logic. If there ever comes a day when we can wipe out diseases, it'll be thanks to scientific breakthroughs, not God trying to make amends for letting a dozen Jewish people get slaughtered.
What a horrible lie to tell a bunch of people who attend church to get whatever hope they can find.
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My mother's memory decline was slow and she hid the signs carefully. It was only after she contracted pneumonia and had to stay with me to recover that the reduction in her mental capacity became really apparent.
Since I was an only child with no local extended family, the brunt of caring for my mother fell on me at the same time that a VP position in a Silicon Valley firm demanded long work hours and extended travel.
As the demands on my time and my mother's disorientation grew, I was without resources to care for her or to help her understand the changes in her life.
Fortunately, a friend suggested connecting with Dr. Shapira. He came to our house for a friendly meeting with my mother who was suspicious of strangers and unwilling to reveal her declining mental capacity. In short order, he was able to gain my mother's trust and do a full assessment of her situation.
Dr. Shapira was also quite open and helpful about explaining the situation to me as well as offering meaningful coping advice.
As we went forward, Dr. Shapira continued meeting my mother at our house to avoid seeming "clinical" or threatening.
When it reached that point that my mother needed more advanced care than I could offer, he was helpful in finding a memory care facility and calming my mother enough to make an exceptionally smooth move.
Because of my busy work schedule, Dr. Shapira was able to take over the role of "case worker" and became the primary interface with my mother's medical staff. He visited her regularly to continue counseling and to keep "eyes on" so she got the exact care required. He also scheduled and took her to any off site medical specialist appointments.
There is no way my mother would have gotten the quality of care or been as ready to accept the changes in her life had Dr. Shapira not been an ongoing member of her care team for the past five years.
His level of competence, caring and attention to detail contributed immeasurably to my mother's well being and my peace of mind.
There is not enough praise available to communicate how grateful I am for his contributions.
"I have known Dr Shapira, not only as a fellow professional, but as a good friend. He has a couple of titles behind his name from Dentistry to Gerontology and has a 'special' interest in seniors in his life and practice, as exemplified by his previous dental practice; trying to improve and slow the onset of Aging of people's looks through their smiles.
Recently, we have been working together. I have seen his case presentations and his reports about his clients, whom he has referred to me; which are well written and documented in a clear, concise manner, with perfect diagnoses.
His 'recommendations' to his clients are excellent! I know we will be working together more often in the future, as Geriatric health care is a passion for both of us.
It is my honor and pleasure to give this recommendation about Dr Shapira not only because I have known him for more than 30 years, but because I have trusted him as my personal dentist, and as my greatest mentor. He has introduced me to the most wonderful opportunity to serve Mankind in my becoming a Rotarian with him.
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Why sustainable agriculture matters
October 6, 2019 - by	Gulf News
Sustainable agriculture is at the heart of the comprehensive food security strategies of many nations today as they seek to eliminate hunger within their respective territories, while at the same time ensuring they protect the environment. This practice focuses on providing a sufficient supply of nutritious food to the citizens without adding further pressures on natural resources in the face of exponentially booming populations.
October 1, 2019 - by	FoodTech
It has been an exciting first month for the FoodTech Challenge! We have been hard at work promoting the competition around the world to connect with bright minds like you to join the $1 million challenge in finding innovative solutions for a more foodsecure world. We launched the FoodTech Challenge in Dubai and attended the 46th Session on the Committee on World Food Security in Rome, Italy. During these events, our team connected with various leaders in agriculture, technology, education, and government to invite their students and start-ups to join the competition.
UAE minister says nation's youth can be inspired by Greta Thunberg
September 24, 2019 - by	The National
A UAE minister called on the nation's youth to draw inspiration from climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg to drive efforts to safeguard food supplies. Speaking at the launch of a $1 million (Dh3.67m) Global Food Technology Challenge in Dubai, Mariam Al Mehairi, Minister of State for Food Security, urged young people to lead the way towards a more sustainable lifestyle. The competition is challenging participants to come up with new ideas to solve sustainability problems facing the Emirates in the near future. Entrants are encouraged to use advanced technologies and techniques to overcome problems faced by the agricultural sector to achieve sustainable food production in the UAE.
Ruler of Dubai launches $1 million Global Food Technology Challenge
The Ruler of Dubai has announced a $1 million (Dh3.8m) prize fund for innovative solutions to food production in the UAE. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid said the competition aimed to address mounting challenges to the agricultural sector by creating new, cutting-edge technologies. Sustainable food production in the Emirates has been a major focus over recent years as the country seeks to lessen its reliance on imports. The UAE currently brings in about 90 per cent of its food requirements, although practices such as vertical farming and hydroponics are reducing this dependence.
Registration for UAE's $1 million food challenge begins
September 24, 2019 - by	Gulf News
The UAE Government on Tuesday opened registration for the Foodtech Challenge, an innovation-based food production contest launched by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai. It is being organised by the Food Security Office, in partnership with Tamkeen. With awards valued at $ 1 million, the challenge aims to motivate creative minds in the UAE and the world to innovate new initiatives in the agriculture and food security fields. It also aims to develop the UAE's production capacity by utilising the latest technological solutions and enhancing research and development (R&D) capacity to achieve the National Food Security Strategy targets.
UAE launches $1 million Food Technology Challenge
Dubai A $1 million Food Technology Challenge has been launched to achieve food security in the UAE, turning it into a leading global hub for food security. The seven-month Food Technology Challenge, the world's largest food security programme, was launched yesterday (Monday) by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. The $1 million prize will be given to four winners who will find solutions to the agricultural and food sectors through food value chains. The winners will be announced in April 2020.
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Panel of expert judges announced for the FoodTech Challenge
UAE Office of State for Food Security and Tamkeen, an Abu Dhabi-based company mandated to deliver projects to meet the UAE's vision of knowledgebased development, are pleased to announce the appointment of thirteen UAE-based and international expert judges selected across research, academia, industry, and policy. The final awards ceremony will take place at NYU Abu Dhabi in April 2020, and will also feature Danielle Nierenberg, Co-Founder and President of FoodTank and David Rosenberg, Co-Founder and CEO of AeroFarms as part of the judging panel.
FoodTech Challenge introduced to UAE University students
As part of the roadshow to raise awareness for the recently unveiled FoodTech Challenge, a student workshop was hosted at the UAE University (UAEU). Launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai – the FoodTech Challenge is an initiative of the UAE Office of State for Food Security in partnership with Tamkeen, an Abu Dhabi-based company mandated to deliver projects to meet the UAE's vision of knowledge-based development.
The UAE Calls for Innovative Ideas in Finding Solutions to Global Food Security Challenges
On the occasion of World Food Day, marked at the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Her Excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, UAE Minister for State for Food Security, spoke to the significance of global food security challenges and their impact on future generations. Appealing to university students, early-stage start-ups and tech incubators in advanced urban farming markets from around the world, the Minister revealed plans by the UAE government to foster international collaboration to find innovative solutions across the food value chain through an open call-for-submissions to the "FoodTech Challenge."
UAE Government Opens Registration for Global FoodTech Challenge today
The UAE Government today opened registration for the FoodTech Challenge today – an innovation-based food production contest launched recently by H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Organized by the Food Security Office, in partnership with Tamkeen, applications to the competition can be submitted through www.foodtechchallenge.com.
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SERRA PELADA
ACHONDRITE
EUCRITE
BRAZIL - PA
Eucrite, monomict breccia, Shock Stage S3, Weathering W0.
(M.E. Zucolotto and C.V.N. Villaça, UFRJ) Optical petrographic examination of a thin section shows a brecciated texture with many clasts set in a fine-grained matrix and a fusion crust ~50-200 μm thick. Some clasts contains both ophitic, subophitic texture and are surrounded by pulverized rocks of the same phase. Some clasts are separated by impact shock melt veins. The size of the plagioclase needles and pyroxene varies between the different clasts and exhibit about 700 μm in the coarse-grained clasts and less than 70 μm in the fine-grained clasts. All the different clasts are from the same compositional group, the sample has undergone extensive thermal equilibration with some larger low-Ca pyroxene grains showing coarse exsolution of augite which typifies type 5. Accessory minerals are silica, ilmenite, chromite, troilite, and Fe-metal (low Ni). Mineral grains show the effects of shock as undulatory extinction and mosaicism, some sparse melt pockets and impact melt veins but no maskelynite. Minor phases include ilmenite, with silica, iron sulfide, and Fe,Ni metal. Magnetic susceptibility (A.M.S Gomes and V.M.T.S Barthem, IF/UFRJ):
(A. Tosi, UFRJ and D. Rios, GPA/UFBA) Microprobe examination of a polished mount shows at least six lithologies with a very similar pyroxene and plagioclase composition. Low-Ca pyroxene Fs52.5±2.6Wo11.3±1.7, Fe/Mn 31.8±1, n=37; Ca-rich Pyroxenes Fs31.0±0.5Wo39.4±0.5 plagioclase An87.6±5.8Ab12.2±3.4, n=20. (mean value from EMPA with 20 μm beam) SiO2=47.5±0.1, TiO2=0.45±0.15, Al2O3=10.6±0.4, FeO=23.7±1.8, MnO=0.91±0.09, MgO=7.5±1.2, CaO=8.3±1.1, Na2O=0.5±0.1 (all wt%).
Achondrite (eucrite, monomict breccia); medium shock (no maskelynite), no weathering.
M.E. Zucolotto (MN/UFRJ), A.A.Tosi (IGEO/UFRJ), Debora Rios (GPA/UFBA) and C.V.N. Villaça (UFRJ)
(A. L. R. Moutinho, D. Rios, M. Cardoso Rocha, W. Carvalho) A fireball appeared over the southeastern region of Pará state, Brazil, on June 29, 2017, around 10:35 local time (UTC-3). It was traveling in an apparent NE to SW direction. Loud detonations were heard in towns including Marabá, Eldorado dos Carajás and Paraopebas. People from these towns thought it could have been an airplane crash. In the the village of Serra Pelada (a famous gold-mining location), some students and a watchman, Mr. Manuel da Silva, of Rita Lima de Souza school heard a series of four to six detonations and a few mins later witnessed a rock falling on a roadside near the school. A smoke trail was observed and also some dust caused by the impact. The rock was broken by the impact, collected and shared among local people just after the fall. Another 5.4 kg piece was witnessed to fall few meters from an electrician while working. This piece was sold to an anonymous buyer. A geologist from Serra Pelada, Marcilio Cardoso Rocha, was contacted, and he made preliminary analysis and sent a sample to MNRJ for study and classification.


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Echis pyramidum är en ormart som beskrevs av Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1827. Echis pyramidum ingår i släktet Echis och familjen huggormar. IUCN kategoriserar arten globalt som livskraftig.

Arten förekommer i nordöstra Afrika från Libyen och Egypten till Uganda och Kenya. Kanske finns en population på Arabiska halvön. Echis pyramidum vistas i låglandet och i bergstrakter upp till 1000 meter över havet. Ormen lever i torra och halvtorra områden med ett täcke av gräs eller med glest fördelad växtlighet. Den besöker gärna oaser, odlingsmark och trädgårdar.

Ofta övervintrar flera individer tillsammans i ett gömställe. Honor lägger ägg.

Flera exemplar fångas och hölls som terrariedjur.

Underarter

Arten delas in i följande underarter:

 E. p. pyramidum
 E. p. aliaborri
 E. p. leakeyi
 E. p. lucidus

Källor

Externa länkar

Huggormar
pyramidum
Kräldjur i palearktiska regionen
Kräldjur i etiopiska regionen


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Cloudy Bay, South Bruny: where Nature's heart beats strong amid the hills
Cloudy Bay was initially named l'baie Mauvaise by French explorer Bruni D'Entrecasteaux in 1792, after 1822 it was marked on the maps of the time as Bad Bay, and after 1859 became known as Bad or Cloudy bay.
From the earliest days Cloudy Bay has drawn people to it, both for its wildlife and wildness, but before the advent of the roads as we now know them there were only tracks and later timber tramways.
Whaling in the Bay was first recorded in the early 1830's. Utilising the sea access and the safety of the recently erected lighthouse by 1837 Cloudy Bay had become the home of two whaling stations, one at Cloudy Corner and the other at Whale Bone Point. These however were gone by 1850.
During the late 1800's naturalists would visit to gather specimens, for the Royal Society of Tasmania, traipsing through the bush tracks from Lunawanna to the Lagoon, taking many hours for a return trip.
Tasmanian photographers would carry their equipment long distances to record the beauty of the area for both the newly formed tourist association and to record events such as the mass whale stranding of 1917 for local newspapers. Holiday makers, bushwalking clubs and campers were joining those who were experiencing the joys of Cloudy. In fact for over a hundred years, articles have been appearing in both local and interstate publications.
"the tourist in search of a few days' absolute rest and change from the busy hum of city life' will certainly find it at Bruny Island, and as steamer communication is frequent he will not feel 'marooned' for he can get a boat for home at short intervals."
The Sydney Farmer and Settler, 1916
In July 1916 an article appeared in the Mercury "Bruny Island from a Tourist's Point of View" along with following quote "But on and up, where Nature's heart beats strong amid the hills." -Milnes. And even though the article went on to describe the island in the flowery language of the time, the message was clear, here was a place with unsurpassed beauty. Later articles continued to describe Bruny Island as 'an ideal spot for a real, restful holiday', noting both 'Cloudy Bay and the bold headland at the lighthouse as worth a visit'
And of course an important consideration was that even though there was no hotel on the island; private accommodation could be arranged through the Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau. Excursions could be easily made to both The Bruny Island Lighthouse and to Cloudy Bay Lagoon, 'where good sport was to be had'.
Today access is easier, accommodation more comfortable and a regular ferry service available and even more importantly we still can hear Nature's heart beating strongly in Cloudy Bay.
Photo Acknowledgements: "Alf Holding and Roy Taylor sitting beside Alf's caravan at Cloudy Bay entrance" - Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office and the "Jack Thwaites Collection".
Amy and Kim get married
Congratulations to Amy & Kim on getting married. They held their wedding ceremony and reception at Bruny Island Lodge.
The Solitude of birds
Perhaps it is something about the island that makes us like birds, both happy in our solitude and eager for a chat.
Te Rapunga at the Wooden Boat Festival, Hobart
Erika Grundmann, author of Dark Sun, and Tracy Thomas from Bruny Island Coastal Retreats, appear on ABC Radio Hobart to talk about the restoration of Te Rapunga and the Wooden Boat Festival in Hobart.
Reconnecting—Nature, People, Place! "The Younger Heroes"
On a sunny weekend during February 2020, BrunyIsland.au was privileged to be able to offer one of our nature sanctuaries complimentarily to assist in the facilitation of Tasmania's first 'Younger Heroes' program; a fabulous non for profit, registered charity.


Bursaries and grants can help you cover a range of expenses whilst studying, including your living costs.
Find out how to apply for bursaries and grants available to prospective London Metropolitan University students by selecting their titles from the listings below.
What is a bursary or grant?
Bursaries and grants are money that is paid directly into your bank account that you don't have to pay back. Often this money comes with few restrictions and can be used to help cover your living costs whilst studying.
Bursaries or grants may have strict eligibility criteria. Available bursaries and grants can depend on your level of study and where you are from. Find out how to apply for the different bursaries and grants at London Met by selecting their titles from the listings below.
Starting an undergraduate degree with us this year?
If you're a UK or EU student starting a full-time undergraduate degree this year, you can choose from one of our £150 support bundles, which are designed to give you a little extra boost as you start university.
We're offering £1,500 cash bursaries each year to care leavers on a undergraduate degree programmes. This could mean you're eligible for an extra £4,500 (£6,000 for students on extended degrees) that you won't have to pay back.
Combining a bursary with a progression and achievement award for eligible students who choose to study an extended degree.
If you are a UK student with an adult who depends on you financially, you may be eligible to receive a non-repayable Adult Dependants' Grant from the government.
If you're a UK student with children, you may be able to receive help with childcare costs from the government.
If you're a UK student with a disability, you may be able to receive additional support from the government.
The University has a limited number of Social Work Bursaries, which may be awarded to UK students on the BSc Social Work and MSc Social Work courses.
The Ministry of Defence Enhanced Learning Credits Scheme provides financial support for members of the Armed Forces.
If you're a current student, staff member or graduate of London Met and have a friend or family member thinking of starting uni, why not recommend London Met?
Trainee teachers may be able to receive a bursary of up to £26,000 depending on course and degree classification from the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA).
If you're thinking about undertaking postgraduate study, there are many supplementary and alternative options for funding your studies.


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Q: airplay in simulator - objective-c I've set "allowsAirPlay" to "YES" in my MPMoviePlayerController, but AirPlay button doesn't appear. Does iOS simulator support AirPlay?
And give please some example how to stream video through Apple TV for example.

A: Nope, at the time of writing (iOS 7 just released) simulators don't have airplay nor any way to simulate or test it. Having an airplay capable device (apple TV) or program (http://www.airsquirrels.com/reflector/) in the same wifi network makes the mirroring button appear on my iPhone 4S but not on any simulator.
Edit: There is a way of testing it, simulate TV output.

A: If you want to test your app in real environment without Apple TV or airplay enable speaker then you can test it through your any Mac machine or PC. You just need to download the app "Air Joy" from appstore.
1)Go to App Store
2)Download AirJoy application
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AirJoy
But before  that make sure that your mac machine(Airjoy installed) and your device is in same network.
I have already tested the Airplay option with the above explanation.


Content Aware Scale has got to be one of the more brilliant tools available to photographers today. If you're a budding photographer with little to no budget for a studio, you won't necessarily have the size of background you'd like for certain shots, and extending it in post is a tedious, soul crushing event, if you're going to use the clone stamp. Frankly, if you're a landscape shooter or any other type, you could probably benefit from a simpler way to extend your images without the nightmare that is the clone stamp tool used over a large space.
This is where Content Aware Scale can come in. Some months back I posted a tutorial on the Photoshop Crop Tool, which goes unrecognized for just how useful it actually is. With it, you can fix a tilted or misaligned image. I also showed how you could use the tool to 'expand' an image using Content Aware, which, incidentally, can allow you to turn a landscape oriented image into a portrait oriented image, or vice versa.
In the video herein, Aaron Nace and the Phlearn team has put together a tutorial showing this very process, and going a step further by explaining how you can avoid the warping of items in your image that you don't want distorted during the 'Extend' process – ensuring their protection. This essentially is just a matter of making a selection of what you want protected, and loading it as a channel, which Aaron walks you through.
In the video tutorial, you'll see that all there really is to this is using the crop tool to extend the borders/parameters of your image, then going to Edit>Content Aware Scale, and viola.
It warrants saying here that while it will work as 'advertised' you should know that Content Aware isn't entirely aware of your desires, and thus, doesn't always know where to stop, or is incapable of extending as much as you like – or as flawlessly as you'd like in one go. However, you can still work incrementally and have it be exponentially faster, and likely more seamless, than if you were to use the clone tool. Generally, just extend a third or so of the distance you want, use content aware, and then start again and all should be well. This is also going to work best with images that don't have very cluttered backgrounds.
Why am I getting a white background when I crop instead of the gray and white checkers?
Fast way to make panos.
Fab, just learned some thing new.
Aaron is the man for Photoshop. I always learn something new from his tutorials.


The longer your modern sales process, the more likely it is that the customer will jump ship to one of your competitors.
In SaaS, customer acquisition happens over a number of steps — a customer becomes aware of your solution, tries it, expresses interest, negotiates with your sales team, buys it and then begins using the product. It's important to attempt to shorten this process as much as possible and efficiently move people through the acquisition funnel.
With a shortened acquisition process, you'll not only be able to capitalize on a lowered customer acquisition cost (CAC), but also ensure that there are more customers coming in than going out. When this is achieved and your customer lifetime value (LTV) is three times or more your CAC, your business has a profitable growth path before it.
1. Smooth out the buying process.
Buying should be as easy as evaluating, or even easier.
If not, expect correspondingly high levels of customer abandonment. Price should be obvious, and contractual agreements should be simple and down to earth.
For SaaS solutions that rely on a large number of low revenue per user subscriptions, the process should be automated so that revenue per user is higher than CAC.
2. Leverage marketing automation technologies to provide extensive support throughout the customer acquisition process.
Marketing automation provides an effective and cost-efficient solution for developing customer interest and desire. When utilized correctly during the customer acquisition process, it can provide very effective support to closing the deal sooner than later.
SaaS solutions and associated websites are ideal for linking to marketing automation engines that can automatically supply personalized or targeted information to visitors, users of trial versions and prospective patrons in general. At a suitable stage in the customer approval process (when the customer writes something like "this is a good solution that can help my business"), the marketing automation application can alert a salesperson for a timely telephone follow-up.
Alternatively, in no-touch SaaS contexts, marketing automation can be used throughout the whole awareness-approval-purchase process.
3. Keep brand awareness levels high using cost effective viral marketing and word-of-mouth tactics.
When the sentiment to your brand is positive and top of mind, the decision of a prospect to pay for your product comes quicker. The prospect might even be inclined to pay more as well. Word of mouth is often the most effective way to get a prospective customer aware and interested in your solution.
Pure word of mouth marketing may have natural limits, but its companion strategy of viral marketing does not. Successful viral marketing is the dream of every SaaS provider, because prospects and customers spread the good news about your solution themselves.
If you want direct control over the rate at which you build awareness (and if your solution business model supports the expense), direct or "cold" calling of target profile prospects may still be the most effective – but also the most expensive.
Takeaway: Link SaaS solutions to marketing automation engines that can automatically supply personalized information to users (Click here to tweet).
In today's SaaS economy, time (attention) is worth its weight in gold. Business users don't just want instant gratification, they need it. Time is always in short supply and so is user concentration.
A free trial period for your product works best when it is instantly available, requires no financial commitment and shows results to the user quickly. Free trials should be designed into your service and shortcuts to relevant results can be provided with the right add-on tools.
By monitoring customer interest and applying fundamental marketing principles like A/B testing, marketing can hone in on a key set of results that customers are looking for. It can then provide the automatic online guidance to help customers achieve those results.
If a customer signs up, but then leaves after the first month, you're at a loss. The full CAC has been expended, making that subscription a net loss for the vendor. Prevent this by shortening the learning curve – the time and effort – to the customer who needs to learn how to use your solution.
Invest in user training on the SaaS platform so that customers can climb the learning curve and start using your solution ASAP. Welcome screens and user guides are a good first step, but a tool for online user guidance is the most effective in satisfying a new user.
There are more tactics to shorten customer acquisition process and lower customer acquisition costs. The trick is to focus on the tactics that produce the most positive impact in the shortest amount of time, gradually optimize and scale. Good luck!
Boaz Amidor is a frequent contributor to the SaaSAddict blog. He is also the head of corporate and marketing communications at WalkMe, a cloud-based platform that accelerates training and boosts productivity.
The longer your modern sales process, the more likely customers will jump ship to one of your competitors. Here's how to accelerate customer acquisition.


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This is a short biography of the Indian hockey legend and hockey genius, Dhyan Chand. Dhyan Chand was also known as "Hockey Ka Jadoogar"
India Guide Sports in India Hockey Players Dhyan Chand
Dhyan Chand Profile
Date of Birth: August 29, 1905
Birth Place: Allahabad
Home Town: Jhansi
Major Teams: Army, India
Debut For India: 1926
Olympic Gold Medals: 3
Dhayan Chand - Such was the awe of Dhayan Chand that in a Vienna sports club, they installed a statue of Dhyan Chand with four arms and four sticks. Dhyan Chand was so charismatic in the hockey field that everyone around the world doubted if his stick was made of something else other than wood! You would be surprised to know what all they did to his hockey sticks. In Holland Dhyan Chand's stick was broken to see if there was a magnet inside; in Japan they thought that it was glue; and Adolf Hitler even offered to buy it!
Achievements and Accolades
Players like Dhyanchand become a synonym of the game; he is not a hero; he has become the parameter of hockey by which other player's caliber is measured. It is surprising to know that Dhyan Chand, who came to be known as hockey's magician, started playing hockey only after joining the army! Dhyanchand took to playing hockey in army and was included in the Indian Hockey team for the 1926 New Zealand tour.
By his superior play, Dhyan Chand was held in high esteem within the country as well as outside. Dhyan Chand helped India in winning gold medals in hockey in 3 successive Olympics games- Amsterdam Olympics (1928), Los Angles Olympics (1932) and Berlin Olympics (1936). He was the captain of the gold medal winner Indian Hockey team in the historic 1936 Berlin Olympics. Dhyan Chand scored 101 goals at the Olympic Games and 300 goals in other international matches. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government, in the year 1954. Dhyan Chand's birthday (Aug 29) is observed as the national sports day.
Dhyanchand joined the army at the age of 16 and this proved a turning point of his carrier. It was from there that Dhyan Chand started playing hockey. After that Dhyanchand rose in the hockey field like a meteor. This became an important milestone of his carrier.
Early Promise
As soon as Dhyan Chand joined the army, his tryst with hockey began. After that there was no looking back for this magician of Indian hockey, popularly known as hockey's jadoogar. His exciting stick-work encouraged the army to allow him to concentrate on the game. Dhyan Chand took part in the inter-provincial hockey championship and made an immediate impact on the national hockey scene. From the very outset Dhyan Chand showed a lot of promise and the day was not far away when he joined the ranks of the Indian hockey.
Dhyan Chand Biography
Dhyan Chand was born on 29th August, 1905 at Allahabad. His father was in the British Indian army. Dhyan Chand spent most of his early time at Jhansi. At the age of 16 Dhyan Chand joined the army and took to serious hockey. In the year 1926, he was selected for the Indian hockey team slated to tour New Zealand. Thereafter, Dhyan Chand played a monumental role in India winning 3 successive Olympic hockey gold medals (in 1928, 1932 and 1936).
In the year 1934, Dhyan Chand was appointed the captain of the Indian hockey and subsequently captained the gold winning team at the Berlin Olympics in 1936. At the Berlin Olympics, Hitler was so impressed with his play that he offered to make him colonel in the German army, if he agreed to play for Germany. At the age of 43, he led the hockey team to the tour of East Africa in 1947. In this tour Dhyan Chand scored 61 goals in 21 matches that India played. After an illustrious carrier of 30 years, Dhyan Chand bid adieu to international hockey in 1949. He retired as Major and was also the Chief Hockey Coach at the National Institute of Sports. For his extraordinary achievements, the Indian government awarded him the Padma Bhusan in 1956. Throughout his carrier, Dhyan Chand scored more than 1000 goals. On Dec 3, 1979 this hockey legend passed away.
Once Dhyan Chand started playing hockey, there was no looking back for him. In fact, he went on scaling great heights in hockey and achieved great feats. Dhyan Chand rose in international hockey like a meteor and kept shining like the Sun. Soon Dhyan Chand became folklore. Such was the charisma of this legend that people thought that he had some magic in his hockey sticks. Dhyan Chand's name became synonymous with hockey. So great was the standard of his hockey that he never had any lean patches in his playing carrier.
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