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Ralph Lauren unveils crisp white Team USA Olympic uniforms
The Team USA uniforms for the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Games include a lightweight jacket made in part of recycled plastic bottles.
Author: LEANNE ITALIE (Associated Press)
Published: 7:38 AM PDT April 14, 2021
Updated: 7:53 AM PDT April 14, 2021
NEW YORK — With a crisp white graphic look and roomy pockets, the uniforms to be worn by Team USA at the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics were unveiled Wednesday by official outfitter Ralph Lauren.
The uniforms, along with Ralph Lauren-designed Olympic Village attire for the American athletes, had been ready to go when the Games were postponed last summer due to the pandemic.
"It seems like we're all go now," David Lauren, the company's chief branding and innovation officer, told The Associated Press ahead of the reveal. "They had been designed, produced and ready to roll."
The Games are now scheduled to open July 23 and end Aug. 8 as organizers continue to figure out how to hold them with the pandemic still raging and just 100 days to go. In the meantime, Ralph Lauren is ready with opening and closing parade gear for the more than 600 Team USA athletes, those participating in the Paralympics and Olympic-themed items for sale to the public.
Opening ceremony uniforms will be unveiled in July.
Lauren, the son of the fashion giant's founder, said sustainability was top of mind this Olympic go around.
Ralph Lauren, which has been outfitting Team USA since 2008, worked with Dow on a cotton pre-treatment dyeing process that uses less water, chemicals and energy than more traditional methods. The process was used for a navy Polo shirt each athlete will receive.
A leather alternative using plant-based materials and agriculture biproducts free of synthetic plastics was used for a patch on the closing ceremony's white stretch denim pant, which is made of U.S.-grown cotton. And like the lightweight drawstring jacket, a striped red, white and blue belt to be worn by the athletes is derived partially from recycled plastic bottles.
The patches are already a keepsake of the historic Olympic delay: They say "Team USA" with the year 2020 printed in red.
Team USA Tokyo Olympic closing ceremony uniforms are displayed during the unveiling at the Ralph Lauren SoHo Store on April 13, 2021, in New York.
The zip jackets in white include navy collars and hoods, and striped red, white and blue cuffs. An American flag patch is on one arm and "USA" is on the other, the latter also down one pant leg. The athletes will wear a classic white Polo shirt, white sneakers with a stripe design and navy masks also made of American cotton.
The company's Olympic retail collection will be available for purchase beginning Wednesday on Ralphlauren.com and in June at select Ralph Lauren retail stores, select U.S. department stores and online at TeamUSAShop.com. All revenue supports Team USA.
Athletes Daryl Homer (Fencing), left, Jordyn Barratt (Skateboard) and Heimana Reynolds (Skateboard) participate in the Team USA Tokyo Olympic closing ceremony uniform unveiling at the Ralph Lauren SoHo Store on April 13, 2021, in New York.
"We want our athletes to really be ambassadors for American style, culture and sportsmanship," Lauren said recently via Zoom from Manhattan. "We also understood that the message for the Olympics was about sustainability, that this would be the most sustainable Olympics in history and a chance for the team to showcase ingenuity around new ways of thinking about our environment."
Daryl Homer, a silver medalist in saber fencing at the 2016 Games, is hoping to make his third Olympic appearance. He was one of three Tokyo contenders to model the closing uniforms for the AP at the Polo Ralph Lauren store in Manhattan's SoHo district.
The Olympic delay, said the 30-year-old Homer, was tough at times, with a year off from competition.
"I feel pretty prepared," he said. "I'm just getting ready the best I can, given the situation. I'm just happy for there to be a Games."
Homer, living in Harlem during the pandemic, used is downtime to be "a normal person and step outside of sports a little bit. I read, I went on walks, I ran, I tried to stay in good shape. I tried to just be present where I was."
Jordyn Barratt, a Honolulu native now living in San Diego, was also on hand to show off the uniforms. The skateboarder hoping to make the Olympic team for the first time now that her sport has been added said "it's all starting to feel real in the last month or so. It's feeling a lot more real and a lot more stressful."
The 22-year-old has nationals, a pro tour stop and world championships to go before the Olympics, with no competition since November 2019.
"It's done great things for women's skateboarding. It's a very male-dominated sport," Barratt, a park skateboarding specialist, said of the Olympic nod to her field.
And Barratt is thrilled for the chance to possibly head to Tokyo with her childhood friend, fellow skateboarder, Olympic contender and 2019 world champion Heimana Reynolds, a Honolulu native who moved to San Diego in November 2019, before the pandemic hit.
"I was probably like 8 or 9 years old just seeing her at the skatepark and we'd constantly just go skate together. We never really ever thought that we'd be this far in skateboarding. It's really cool that we went from childhood skate buddies to traveling around the world competing, and now to this," said Reynolds, also 22 and a park skateboarder.
"She was probably like the first girl skateboarder that I had seen," he said. "I was like, wow, this is really cool that there's girls out there skating."
Reynolds, Barratt joked, was the "goody goody kid" growing up.
Lauren noted the Olympics will be the first time since the pandemic began that the "world has come back together again." He called the Games a "coming out party" with a "sense of hope that we all need in our lives right now."
Like other Olympic fans, Lauren is disappointed to be missing out on attending the Games in Tokyo. Organizers have decided overseas spectators will not be allowed. He has attended opening ceremonies for Olympics past in Beijing, Vancouver, London and Atlanta.
"It's one of the great experiences of my life, to see all of these teams come together, to see the energy. It's like nothing you've ever seen before," he said. "When you're there in person, it's electric."
There's a sense, he said, that "we're all one."
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The 1619 Project founder said that she's not a "professional educator" despite being a tenured faculty member at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Nikole Hannah-Jones made the comment during her Sunday interview on NBC's Meet the Press, where she discussed the 1619 Project, the role that critical race theory played in the Virginia governor's race, and how much influence parents should have over what is taught to their children in schools.
After saying that the Virginia governor's race was "decided based on the success of a right-wing propaganda campaign," Hannah-Jones went on to say that she's not a "professional educator."
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"And I don't really understand this idea that parents should decide what's being taught. I'm not a professional educator. I don't have a degree in social studies or science. We send our children to school because we want them to be taught by people who have an expertise in the subject area. And that is not my job," Hannah-Jones said.
"When the, when the governor or the candidate said that he didn't think parents should be deciding what's being taught in school, he was panned for that. But that's just the fact. This is why we send our children to school and don't homeschool, because these are the professional educators who have the expertise to teach social studies, to teach history, to teach science, to teach literature. And I think we should leave that to the educators," Hannah-Jones continued.
In July, Howard University announced Hannah-Jones would be joining the Cathy Hughes School of Communications as a tenured member of the faculty.
Nikole Hannah-Jones
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In addition to being a tenured member of the faculty at the Cathy Hughes School of Communications, Hannah-Jones "will also found the Center for Journalism and Democracy, which will focus on training and supporting aspiring journalists in acquiring the investigative skills and historical and analytical expertise needed to cover the crisis our democracy is facing," according to the Howard University announcement.
Hannah-Jones responded to Fox News by stating that she said "professional K-12 educators, not parents, are the experts in what to teach including those educating my own child."
Hannah-Jones was offered tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in June, and declined the offer. In an interview with CBS This Morning on July 6, Jones explained her decision and said that she did not want to accept the position at UNC after her tenure vote became a "national scandal."
"Because look what it took to get tenure," she said. "This was a position that since the 1980s came with tenure. The Knight chairs are designed for professional journalists when working in the field, to come into academia. Every other chair before me, who also happened to be White, received that position with tenure."
FILE – In this May 21, 2016, file photo, Nikole Hannah-Jones attends the 75th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.
"To only have that vote occur on the last possible day, at the last possible moment after threat of legal action, after weeks of protests, after it became a national scandal, it's just not something I want anymore," she added.
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Q: How can I recognize RTL strings in C++ I need to know the direction of my text before printing.
I'm using Unicode Characters.
How can I do that in C++?

A: If you don't want to use ICU, you can always manually parse the unicode database (.e.g., with a python script). It's a semicolon-separated text file, with each line representing a character code point. Look for the fifth record in each line - that's the character class. If it's R or AL, you have an RTL character, and 'L' is an LTR character. Other classes are weak or neutral types (like numerals), which I guess you'd want to ignore. Using that info, you can generate a lookup table of all RTL characters and then use it in your C++ code. If you really care about code size, you can minimize the size the lookup table takes in your code by using ranges (instead of an entry for each character), since most characters come in blocks of their BiDi class.
Now, define a function called GetCharDirection(wchar_t ch) which returns an enum value (say: Dir_LTR, Dir_RTL or Dir_Neutral) by checking the lookup table.
Now you can define a function GetStringDirection(const wchar_t*) which runs through all characters in the string until it encounters a character which is not Dir_Neutral. This first non-neutral character in the string should set the base direction for that string. Or at least that's how ICU seems to work.

A: You could use the ICU library, which has a functions for that (ubidi_getDirection ubidi_getBaseDirection).
The size of ICU can be reduced, by recompiling the data library (which is normally about 15MB big), to include only the converters/locals which are needed for the project.
The section Reducing the Size of ICU's Data: Conversion Tables of the site http://userguide.icu-project.org/icudata, contains information how you can reduce the size of the data library.
If only need support for the most common encodings (US-ASCII, ISO-8859-1, UTF-7/8/16/32, SCSU, BOCU-1, CESU-8), the data library wont be needed anyway.

A: From Boaz Yaniv said before, maybe something like this will easier and faster than parsing the whole file:
int aft_isrtl(int c){
  if (
    (c==0x05BE)||(c==0x05C0)||(c==0x05C3)||(c==0x05C6)||
    ((c>=0x05D0)&&(c<=0x05F4))||
    (c==0x0608)||(c==0x060B)||(c==0x060D)||
    ((c>=0x061B)&&(c<=0x064A))||
    ((c>=0x066D)&&(c<=0x066F))||
    ((c>=0x0671)&&(c<=0x06D5))||
    ((c>=0x06E5)&&(c<=0x06E6))||
    ((c>=0x06EE)&&(c<=0x06EF))||
    ((c>=0x06FA)&&(c<=0x0710))||
    ((c>=0x0712)&&(c<=0x072F))||
    ((c>=0x074D)&&(c<=0x07A5))||
    ((c>=0x07B1)&&(c<=0x07EA))||
    ((c>=0x07F4)&&(c<=0x07F5))||
    ((c>=0x07FA)&&(c<=0x0815))||
    (c==0x081A)||(c==0x0824)||(c==0x0828)||
    ((c>=0x0830)&&(c<=0x0858))||
    ((c>=0x085E)&&(c<=0x08AC))||
    (c==0x200F)||(c==0xFB1D)||
    ((c>=0xFB1F)&&(c<=0xFB28))||
    ((c>=0xFB2A)&&(c<=0xFD3D))||
    ((c>=0xFD50)&&(c<=0xFDFC))||
    ((c>=0xFE70)&&(c<=0xFEFC))||
    ((c>=0x10800)&&(c<=0x1091B))||
    ((c>=0x10920)&&(c<=0x10A00))||
    ((c>=0x10A10)&&(c<=0x10A33))||
    ((c>=0x10A40)&&(c<=0x10B35))||
    ((c>=0x10B40)&&(c<=0x10C48))||
    ((c>=0x1EE00)&&(c<=0x1EEBB))
  ) return 1;
  return 0;
}

A: If you are using Windows GDI, it would seem that GetFontLanguageInfo(HDC) returns a DWORD; if GCP_REORDER is set, the language requires reordering for display, for example, Hebrew or Arabic.

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Good morning, dear tea friends! This morning I've brewed up a pot of another green tea, this one from Korea called Jung-Jak. Interestingly enough, I did review the 2008 version of this tea here.
This spring harvest tea is usually plucked sometime during the month of May. Its name translates to "medium sparrow tongue", a colorful reference to the appearance and shape of the leaf.
I've been looking for a comparable alternative to our Japanese teas as my company decided to take a cautious stance and not purchase any 2011 teas from Japan.
I steeped the leaf for 3 minutes in 180 F water. I noticed that I used 160 F water back in 2008. I think that I'll steep another pot using that temp as, right away, I taste a bit of a tang on my tongue. Have you ever had a cup of green tea that you thought was too pungent? More than likely, the water temp was too hot for steeping the leaf.
The warm sunlight in the photo above tints the tea liquor golden but it is the color of light jade. The aroma has a pronounced vegetal quality, like fresh spring asparagus, which carries over into its flavor. This tea makes my mouth feel very fresh.
I don't consider myself a green tea connoisseur at all, drinking it probably several times a week. That said, if I didn't know that this tea came from Korea, I would guess that it's a Japanese sencha. I'd love to hear your feedback if you've tried this tea.
Next weekend I'm attending my 35th high school reunion. I'm amazed at that incredible number and am looking forward to seeing my former classmates and hearing about their life journeys since our graduation many moons ago. So, I won't be reviewing a new tea next Saturday but I'll be back in 2 weeks to enjoy a cup of tea with you again.
This entry was posted in Green Tea, Photography, Tea and tagged Jung-Jak green tea, Korean green tea, Korean tea, tea review.
Have a great reunion and a Happy Thanksgiving, Karen!!
I'm quite interested in exploring Korean teas!
Karen, your green tea review is timely. I'm getting close to ordering some more tea, one being a new green tea. I still like China green teas the best. Will have to consider this varietal as well.
How ironic; my 30th HS reunion is this coming weekend. Have fun at your reunion & a great Thanksgiving.
Thanks Judy and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
Just a heads up, Amy. This tea is much more vegetal than most China greens so if you like a lighter vegetal flavor to your green tea, my recommendation is to stay with the China greens. Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving to you and Eric!


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NS Vol.10 No.3 , March 2018
Cylinder-Cylinder Attraction in Uniform Flow
Author(s) Kern E. Kenyon
4632 North Lane, Del Mar, USA.
Two cylinders in a uniform flow can attract each other when their separation distance is within the zones of the perturbed velocities of the cylinders. Enhanced perturbed velocity between cylinders causes lowered pressure by Bernoulli's law. If the cylinders touch or the gap is very small, the flow will work to separate the cylinders. One result could be an oscillation. Two recent theoretical discussions of uniform and shear flows past a single cylinder helped spark the present prediction. No relevant experimental studies have been carried out so far.
Flow Past Two Cylinders, Cylinder-Cylinder Attraction
Undoubtedly the essence of this report could have been written up for dissemination many years ago. What has initiated doing so now is based on combining results of two recent and more or less elementary theoretical works on flows passing by cylinders, leaving plenty of room for future experimental comparisons that have so far not been obtained. One is a theory of the uniform flow past a cylinder that is not based on the traditional irrotational assumption (i.e. no potential flow dynamics are used) [ 1 ], and the other is a calculation of the lift force on a cylinder embedded in a shear current [ 2 ]. Both are believed to be new contributions.
When a uniform steady flow passes not too quickly by a fixed cylinder, a sheared current is created near the cylinder, according to observations and to two available theories. At the top and bottom surfaces of the cylinder, the flow speed is the greatest, and with increasing distance from the cylinder, the speed decays back to the uniform flow value far away. Attached to the cylinder's top and bottom sides are boundary layers of perturbed flow. If a small "test" cylinder is placed and held parallel within the shear zone of the larger cylinder, it is forecast to be attracted to the larger cylinder due to a pressure force related, through Bernoulli's law, to the difference is flow speed, caused by the larger cylinder, across the diameter of the test cylinder. That is the subject of this report.
2. Attraction Concept
Using a "test" cylinder for illustration is just a way to get the discussion started; it is not necessary. Two cylinders of equal size will be attracted to each other in a uniform flow provided they are within a certain range of each other. Too large a separation will not work nor will too small of a gap be affective.
Whether or not the potential flow theory has ever been applied to the problem of two cylinders in a uniform flow is not known to me, but I doubt that it has, for one reason, because of the mathematical complexities that would be involved. Also no apparent practical needs are waiting around that would justify expending such an effort. However, an alternative independent theory is available that might more easily be adapted to this particular situation.
In the new theory of a uniform flow past a single cylinder, along a line passing through the cylinder's center and perpendicular to the flow far away, there are two equations in the two unknowns: pressure and velocity. One equation is Bernoulli's law along a streamline. The second equation is the force balance on fluid particles traveling on curved streamlines; centrifugal force equals a pressure gradient. Each equation by itself is nonlinear. But when one equation in one unknown is formed, it is linear, both for pressure and for velocity! There is a non-constant coefficient, the radius of curvature of the streamlines as a function of distance away from the cylinder, that has to be supplied from theory or measurements, and then the integration of the one governing equation in one unknown can be completed. Linearity is such a big advantage that the inconvenience of the non-constant coefficient is surely only a small price to pay.
Linearity of equations implies that superposition of solutions will be possible, which opens a way to start understanding what happens when two cylinders are placed in a uniform flow. Since the increased perturbed flow over the top surface of one cylinder is presumed to add to the increased perturbed flow on the bottom surface of the second cylinder, which is located a certain distance above the first cylinder, the result is in a compounding of the total perturbed velocity, in speed and direction. Evidently the linear theory behind this prediction is bound to fail when the two cylinders are touching or very close together. Exactly where the failure can be considered to have occurred is not known a priori.
In conclusion, adopting the features of the linear theory helps along the prediction that between two cylinders, each being inside the perturbed velocity zone of the other, the velocity is greater than it would be if there were just a single cylinder, and it is also greater than that on the opposite sides of the cylinders. By Bernoulli's law then (where the speed is greatest the pressure is least) there is a net pressure force tending to decrease the distance between cylinders (until they get too close together, whatever that means).
To calculate the attractive force between two separated cylinders in a uniform flow, in algebraic language for example, the best starting point is the linear theory. This has not been done here but no major obstacles are foreseen to intervene in carrying it through.
Suppose the initial position of two cylinders is side by side, touching and facing broadside toward the mean flow direction. Then the flow will tend to pull the cylinders apart. But once a sufficient gap is formed, the flow will try to bring the cylinders back together again. A type of oscillation becomes possible under the right conditions. Has a partial or alternative explanation of some types of wind chimes just emerged? Additional work can be done along this avenue to establish the characteristics needed for an oscillation to occur from which more practical applications may follow besides the amusement of the wind chime, or perhaps also the annoyance of the rope snapping against the flag pole when there is no flag.
Kenyon, K. (2018) Cylinder-Cylinder Attraction in Uniform Flow. Natural Science, 10, 85-86. doi: 10.4236/ns.2018.103009.
[1] Kenyon, K.E. (2013) Flow Past a Cylinder. Journal of Scientific Theory and Methods, 2103, 211-222.
[2] Kenyon, K.E. (2017) Lift Force on a Cylinder in a Shear Current. European International Journal of Science and Technology, 6.
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In the latest instalment in our series on small, off-the-radar hotels, Lisa Johnson discovers a refurbished retreat in the French fairy-tale landscape of the Camargue.
The first thing I see on the road from Montpellier are the perfectly round medieval towers of Aigues-Mortes. Rising up from the marshes, they look like something out of a fairy tale, as does much of the rest of the Camargue. There are pretty white horses everywhere, roaming semi-wild among handsome black bulls. The sky is full of birds: flamingos, storks, herons and geese. And the light is mesmerising, glowing gold and silver in the grasses, bouncing off the lagoons.
The Mas De La Fouque is very much part of this magical water world. Set around a lake and a stunning, minimalist swimming pool, the whitewashed buildings and gypsy caravans look like boats drifting across the Rhone delta. But when Gerard Louvin and his business partner Jean-Philippe Cartier bought the hotel in 2011, the rot had set in. They decided to rethink it entirely, rebuilding most of the walls and tasking Clemence Fenninger - a twenty-something designer then working at Gerard's Paris nightclub L'Arc - with the interiors. Clemence and her fellow designer Sylvia Fabbian turned the experience into an adventure, creating a chic and streamlined mix of rustic and urban, antique and modern - an old child's rocking horse here, a Harry Bertoia chair there - with a sound environmental policy and a parrot called Marius on a driftwood perch in the lobby.
My XL Suite is enormous, with a whitewashed deck overlooking the lake and the roped walkway that crosses it. Ducks quack noisily; buntings dart up from the reeds. It's a beautiful afternoon, so I decide to cycle the four kilometres into the seafront town of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer; a site of pilgrimage for gypsies, who flock here on May 24 to see 'Black Sara' paraded into the sea on horseback.
Pierre Royaux, another charming twenty-something from L'Arc who has clearly taken to the Camargue like a duck to water. Dinner is next door; on vintage Tolix chairs set around wooden tables overlooking the pool. The French-Canadian chef Frederick Pelletier is also a talented pastry chef: you can tell by the intricate presentation of his delicious cuisine, which is 80 per cent organic, and he champions local produce, including Camargue red rice, bull meat and wild crayfish.
The following morning I go out riding on a beautiful white horse from the nearby Petit Ranch de Marie. The day is overcast and I'm no rider; but it's so peaceful wandering among the sea lavender; wading through streams, and listening to Marie's gorgeous niece Heidi recount the tale of Saintes Marie Jacobe and Marie Salome, and how they were cast adrift in Palestine and ended up in the Camargue, that I hardly notice the approaching storm. I spend the afternoon in the hotel's spa, relaxing with a Cinq Mondes massage with hot argan oil and an anti-ageing facial, then sit in the Jacuzzi over the lake, watching a frog (prince) hop about in front of me.
Ways and meansLisa Johnson was a guest of the Mas de Ia Fouque, which has 26 rooms, including a range of gypsy caravans and suites. A double room costs from €240 per night B&B; check the website for packages and offers. Easyjet flies to Montpellier; the nearest airport; the hotel is 45 minutes away by car.


Below are three records of land purchased by James O'Hara / O'Hare.
He was first legal settler of these properties in Allamakee county.
E½ of the SW¼ Section 26 in Township 97N of R4W in the District of Lands subject to sale at Dubuque, Iowa containing 82 acres.
S½ of the SE¼ Section 27 in Township 97N of R4W in the District of Lands subject to sale at Dubuque, Iowa containing 80 acres.
N½ of the NE¼ Section 34 in Township 97N of R4W in the District of Lands subject to sale at Dubuque, Iowa containing 80 acres.
~contributed by Tammy Kuhn for Allamakee co. IAGenWeb. Tammy found these records by searching the on-line BLM General Land Office records, then wrote to obtain copies of the original records from Virginia. Tammy's email address can be found in the surname registry for O'Hare.


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1 "MAIDEN'S FOUNTAIN" BOOKENDS.
This listing is for a pair of vintage bookends -- I believe they were made in the 1922 by Ronson (the metal is stamped on the back "LVA (Louis V. Aronson) 1922" . They depict a monk reading in a library. The are probably white metal and appear to have been hand-painted. They have original green felt on the bottoms. There is a label on the bottom of one of the bookends that has the number 16434 and is marked "D.F.G. effect." 5 1/2 High and 4 1/4" at the wide part of the
This is a very attractive set of painted cast iron bookends called "Maiden's Fountain" Very hard to find in polychrome. Painted cast iron. Paint is very good. See photos. Per the 2006 Collectors' Encyclopedia of Bookends. these are rated a "5" for rarity (most rare) circa 1928 no maker marks Height is 5-1/2 inches. The pair weigh 5 pounds 10 ounces. New felts
2 1920's HUBLEY FOOTBALL PLAYER BOOKENDS.
Each bookend measures approximately 5 1/2 inches t
They both have a really nice vintage patina. They is some light paint wear in areas. This is pretty normal for this style of vintage bookends but does not detract from their appearance. They are not stamped Hubley, which indicates that they most likely had a paper label, which has long been removed. The bookends are made of cast iron.
3 4 GREEK WARRIOR ON HORSEBACK BOOKENDS.
These are made of solid brass and are quite heavy. They show some age wear, but overall are Very Good and have a nice patina. New green felt bottoms. NOTE: The estimated cost of shipping applies to books and not bookends. Inquire about shipping cost for any bookend sets; 6 3/4" High, 6" Wide and 3" deep at t
4 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BRONZE CLAD BOOKENDS BY PAUL BENEDUCE. $165.00
These are in very good condition. The only blemishes are on one of the bookends here is a small piece of the bronze clad missing under one of Lincoln's legs, but it's not apparent from the front and the boot on the same one has the toe bumped.. There is a green felt bottom but no manufacturing stickers. Each bookend is approximately 7.5 x 4 x 5 inches
Because these book ends are each impressed P. Beneduce on the base, I believe that they are Galvano by sculptor Paul Beneduce, who created many of their pieces. The bronze clad Galvano production method offered great quality, figures are very detailed and scarce in this condition.
5 AMISH COUPLE CAST IRON BOOKENDS.
5" tall; 3 3/4" across at base; 3" fr
These are probably from the 1920's—30's. Great details. They are made of cast iron. There is some wear, more to the woman. I think there is replacement felt on the bottoms.
6 Art Deco /Art Nouveau Nude Ladies Back Bending, Bookends
They have been used and show wear and scratches. The breast and elbows have the most wear. On the base in the folds of the blanket there is a line, it is on both bookends so I believe they are from the mold. One has a scratch oh her belly. They are not perfect but still a very nice set. They are about 5" tall and 7" long and wei
These may represent a dancer as they are in a back-bending pose.
7 ART DECO BRONZED METAL BOOKENDS. TWO NUDE DANCING GIRLS. WITH SASH. $225.
quite nicely detailed with a dark "bronzed" finish on metal....all original and in nice condition . These are numbered. 6 1/2 H x 4 W x 2 1/2 Deep.
attr. to Hubley – Circa early 1920s. Plated iron. Very Nouveau design. Shown in Collectors Encyclopedia of Bookends, Plate 1180. NOTE: The estimated cost of shipping applies to books and not bookends. Inquire about shipping cost for any bookend sets;
8 ART DECO DANCING NUDE FEMALE BOOKENDS. $250.00
circa 1920s Slight rubbing, else Very Good. 8 3/4 x 5 x 1 7/8.
BRASS FINISH OVER CAST IRON. NOTE: The estimated cost of shipping applies to books and not bookends. Inquire about shipping cost for any bookend sets;
9 ART DECO SEATED LADY BOOKENDS. $ $225
These are bronzed metal on a light cream-colored These are in very good or better condition with just slight loss to patination 7 1/2 tall, 5 long (not including base) x 3 wide
10 BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. VOL. CVIII. JULY--DECEMBER, 1870.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1870. Bound in 3/4 brown calf over marbled paper-covered Slight variations in leather color and some rubbing to boards, wear to corners and light shelf wear; former owner's modest bookplate on front paste down. Overall, a tight, bright and Very Good copy. Very attractive binding. 796 pages. 8 5/8 x 5 3/4.
A variety of articles and features.
11 BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. VOL. CX. JULY--DECEMBER, 1871.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1871. Bound in 3/4 brown calf over marbled paper-covered Slight variations in leather color and some rubbing to boards,; former owner's modest bookplate on front paste down. Overall, a tight, bright and Very Good copy. 790 pages. 8 5/8 x 5 3/4.
12 BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. VOL. CXIX. JANUARY--JUNE, 1875.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1875. Bound in 3/4 brown calf over marbled paper-covered Slight variations in leather color and spine is uniformally darker; rubbing to boards, and light shelf wear; former owner's modest bookplate on front paste down. Overall, a tight, bright and Very Good copy. Very attractive binding. 814 pages. 8 5/8 x 5 3/4.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1876. Bound in 3/4 brown calf over marbled paper-covered Slight variations in leather color and spine is uniformally darker; some rubbing to boards, and light shelf wear; former owner's modest bookplate on front paste down. Overall, a tight, bright and Very Good copy. Very attractive binding. 788 pages. 8 5/8 x 5 3/4.
14 BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. VOL. CXLI. JANUARY--JUNE, 1887.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1887. Bound in 3/4 brown calf over marbled paper-covered Slight variations in leather color and spine is uniformally darker; Rubbing to boards. Light shelf wear. Overall, a tight, bright and Very Good copy. Very attractive binding. 876 pages. 8 5/8 x 5 3/4.
15 BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. VOL. CXLIV JULY--DECEMBER, 1885.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1885. Bound in 3/4 brown calf over marbled paper-covered Slight variations in leather color and spine is uniformally darker; Light shelf wear, rubbing on boards and wear to corner tips. Overall, a tight, bright and Very Good copy. Very attractive binding. 850 pages. 8 5/8 x 5 3/4.
16 BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. VOL. CXV. JANUARY--JUNE, 1874.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1874. Bound in 3/4 brown calf over marbled paper-covered Slight variations in leather color and spine is uniformally darker; some rubbing to boards, wear to corners tips and light shelf wear; former owner's modest bookplate on front paste down. Overall, a tight, bright and Very Good copy. Very attractive binding. 788 pages. 8 5/8 x 5 3/4.
17 BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. VOL. CXXXIIII. JANUARY--JUNE, 1883.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1883. Bound in 3/4 brown calf over marbled paper-covered Slight variations in leather color and spine is uniformally darker, and light shelf wear;. Overall, a tight, bright and Very Good copy. Very attractive binding. 852 pages. 8 5/8 x 5 3/4.
18 BOOKENDS, MAN IN ca. 1700 HAT. BRONZE FINISH METAL.
These are made of metal (not cast iron) with a bronze tone finish. Both are in very good condition with slight age wear and with no visible defects. INQUIRE ABOUT SHIPPING BECAUSE REGULAR QUOTED PRICE IS FOR BOOKS. 7 1/2" tall, 3 1/2" deep and 3 1/2" w
19 BOOKENDS, MAN READING AND WOMAN SEWING.
New York City. THE ARMOR BRONZE COMPANY These are beautiful bronze, painted sculptures . Next to each of the figures is a sitting, little dog. There is loss of the color, mostly on the back of the male, but overall, they are Very Good. Each has a compyright symbol and a Armor Bronze company symbol and the letters YUSC stamped on the rear of the base. The bottom of the male figure also has an Armor Bronze paste on logo. 8" tall, 5" wide and 4 1/2" deep, Eac
20 BOOKENDS. BRONZE FINISH JOCKEY ON RACE HORSE.
Minor wear, else Near Fine. Each bookends measures 4 3/4" x 2 1/8" at
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Beautiful home located in Xenia Township! Come see this 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath today! 1881 Sq. ft of living space. Check out field view out the back door which leads to the deck.Formal dining room. Oversized concrete driveway and two car garage. Move in ready! All appliances stay. New gas water heater last year. Make this home yours.


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Bhaskaran Ramprakash (born 18 December 1966 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is a retired Indian first class cricketer, who played for Kerala. He was a right arm off-break bowler and a right-handed middle order batsman. He played 64 first class matches, and took 233 wickets including 16 five wicket hauls. He also scored 2489 runs including a century.

References

External links
Cricinfo profile

1966 births
Living people
Kerala cricketers
Indian cricketers
South Zone cricketers

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A centered octagonal number is a centered figurate number that represents an octagon with a dot in the center and all other dots surrounding the center dot in successive octagonal layers.  The centered octagonal numbers are the same as the odd square numbers. Thus, the nth odd square number and tth centered octagonal number is given by the formula

The first few centered octagonal numbers are
1, 9, 25, 49, 81, 121, 169, 225, 289, 361, 441, 529, 625, 729, 841, 961, 1089, 1225

Calculating Ramanujan's tau function on a centered octagonal number yields an odd number, whereas for any other number the function yields an even number.

 is the number of 2x2 matrices with elements from 0 to n that their determinant is twice their permanent.

See also
 Octagonal number

References

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Size: 15" tall and 18" circumference at top edge/24" circumference at bottom edge, after gentle blocking.
Yarn: Malabrigo Yarn Worsted (100% Merino Wool; 210 yards/100g); 2 skeins, shown in Polar Morn.
Other Materials: US 9 (5.5mm) 24" circular needle; Stitch markers (4); Cable needle; Yarn needle; Crochet hook (any size) to help with raveling.
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namespace Google\Cloud\Core\Testing\Snippet;

use Google\Cloud\Core\Testing\CheckForClassTrait;
use Google\Cloud\Core\Testing\Snippet\Container;
use Google\Cloud\Core\Testing\Snippet\Parser\Snippet;
use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;

/**
 * Provide helpers for Snippet tests.
 *
 * Snippet test cases should extend this class.
 *
 * @experimental
 * @internal
 */
class SnippetTestCase extends TestCase
{
    use CheckForClassTrait;

    private static $coverage;
    private static $parser;

    /**
     * Run to set up class before testing
     *
     * @experimental
     * @internal
     */
    public static function setUpBeforeClass()
    {
        self::$coverage = Container::$coverage;
        self::$parser = Container::$parser;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve a snippet from a class-level docblock.
     *
     * @param string $class The class name.
     * @param string|int $indexOrName The index of the snippet, or its name.
     * @return Snippet
     *
     * @experimental
     * @internal
     */
    public static function snippetFromClass($class, $indexOrName = 0)
    {
        $identifier = self::$parser->createIdentifier($class, $indexOrName);

        $snippet = self::$coverage->cache($identifier);
        if (!$snippet) {
            $snippet = self::$parser->classExample($class, $indexOrName);
        }

        self::$coverage->cover($snippet->identifier());

        return clone $snippet;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve a snippet from a magic method docblock (i.e. `@method` tag
     * nexted inside a class-level docblock).
     *
     * @param string $class The class name
     * @param string $method The method name
     * @param string|int $indexOrName The index of the snippet, or its name.
     * @return Snippet
     *
     * @experimental
     * @internal
     */
    public static function snippetFromMagicMethod($class, $method, $indexOrName = 0)
    {
        $name = $class .'::'. $method;
        $identifier = self::$parser->createIdentifier($name, $indexOrName);

        $snippet = self::$coverage->cache($identifier);
        if (!$snippet) {
            throw new \Exception('Magic Method '. $name .' was not found');
        }

        self::$coverage->cover($identifier);

        return clone $snippet;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve a snippet from a method docblock.
     *
     * @param string $class The class name
     * @param string $method The method name
     * @param string|int $indexOrName The index of the snippet, or its name.
     * @return Snippet
     *
     * @experimental
     * @internal
     */
    public static function snippetFromMethod($class, $method, $indexOrName = 0)
    {
        $name = $class .'::'. $method;
        $identifier = self::$parser->createIdentifier($name, $indexOrName);

        $snippet = self::$coverage->cache($identifier);
        if (!$snippet) {
            $snippet = self::$parser->methodExample($class, $method, $indexOrName);
        }

        self::$coverage->cover($identifier);

        return clone $snippet;
    }
}

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Three Star London Hotels
Amsterdam Hotel And Apartments
Hotel Rating: 3 Star Free WiFi √ Suites √ Triples/Quads/Family Rooms √ 2 Bed Apartments √ Non-smoking √
7 Trebovir Road, Earl's Court, London, England, UK, SW5 9LS
Nearest: Tube Station: Earls Court 105 yards (96 metres), Railway Station: West Brompton 0.4 miles (0.6 km), Motorway: M4 Junction 1 3.6 miles (5.8 km). Amsterdam Hotel London is just yards from Earls Court Tube station which is on the Piccadilly, Circle and District Lines. The Piccadilly line connects out to Heathrow Airport (35 minutes) to the West of London and Piccadilly Circus (12 minutes) which is the very heart of London. This particular district is known for two things, its good value mid range accommodation and for the huge Earls Court development which is just 400 yards from the hotel. Although the shops and amenities in this are cant match the fashionable and upmarket offerings of places such as Kensington (0.6 miles) and Chelsea (0.9 miles) there is none the less plenty in the surrounding vicinity including supermarkets. The Fulham Road is just 0.7 miles south and has a range of shops and restaurants that blends the contrasting amenities found in Earls Court and Kensington. 250 yards to the north is the busy main route of the A4/West Cromwell Road. This is part of a much longer route that goes out to the West of England and Heathrow Airport and in to the most central areas of London. Of local interest is the Tardis on display outside Earls Court Tube station. This is really just an old fashioned police telephone box but was made famous as a space craft by the TV series Dr Who.
Other nearby places of interest include Linley Sambourne House (0.6 miles), Leighton House Museum (0.7 miles), Olympia Exhibition Centre (0.7 miles) and Holland Park (0.7 miles).
Elegantly designed reflecting and retaining the Amsterdam Hotels original character whilst providing the facilities required by the modern guest. Townhouse/Boutique style hotel. Using pastel colours and fabrics the Hotel offers the guest a pleasant and relaxing stay. Every room is unique with differing styles and sizes and light ash furnishings.
Rooms feature en-suite bathrooms (ceramic fittings), complimentary WiFi, double glazing, ironing facilities, work desk, heating, hairdryer, radio, cable television, direct dial telephone and complimentary coffee and tea making facilities. The hotel has some suite/apartments that offer a comfortable sitting area and a kitchenette.
Some rooms come with a balcony. All floor have lift access.
Dedicated breakfast room where tables are laid with tablecloths and napkins in a bright setting. Choice of buffet or maid service for cooked breakfast.
The Hotel features a patio garden which is open April till October. The hotel has a night porter and 24 hour reception. Dedicated internet room for guest use. Fax, photocopy and luggage storage services. Hotel has WiFi internet access.
This hotel has a no smoking policy.
Bedroom Numbers: 28
Compared to other London hotels: This hotel has been rated 62% by past guests. The London average is 80% and the average for 3 star hotels is 77%. Therefore this hotel is below average for its sector (star rating) .
Milesfaster ranking: 802nd from 866 London hotels, and 292nd of 328 three star rated hotels.
If your mainly looking at apartments another option could be the Hyde Park Suites. It's 1.3 miles (2.1 km) (as the crow flys) away with rates from £72 with a satisfaction score of 70%.
For a hotel that offers lower base rates take a look at the Travelodge Wembley High Road. 6.4 miles away (10.3 km), has been rated at 80% by past guests and whose lowest rates start at about £33.
Howabout selecting an alternative hotel by its higher guest rating? In that case the 4 Star One Thirty Queens Gate London Apartments may be one too look at. The One Thirty Queens Gate London Apartments is only 0.0 miles (0.0 km) away. A highly rated hotel with a guest score of 89%.
The 50 hotels nearest to this location (7 Trebovir Road, SW5 postcode) that we list cover a 0.6 miles (0.9 km) radius. The 50 are made up of 1 five star hotel (rated 88%), 23 four star hotels (average rating 81%), 21 three star hotels (average rating 74%) and 5 two star hotels (average rating 67%). Top 3 star hotel is Premier Inn Kensington Earls Court at 89%. Coming out as the top rated hotel are K+K Hotel George (4 star), The Nadler Kensington (4 star) and also the Hotel Xenia (4 star) (all joint top with 90%).
Base Rates: See a breakdown of the average starting (base) rates for the area. Base rates are a rough guide to starting rates as they do not include special offers and deals. The average rate for all the 50 nearest hotels is £98 per night. Starting from £44 at Lord Kensington Hotel (3 Star, 73%) up to £255 at The Bentley London (5 Star, 88%). Averages by star rating: Five Star average: £255, Four Star average: £118, Three Star average: £77 and Two Star average: £62.
Our in-house ranking based on guest ratings but adjusted for influencing factors ranks Amsterdam Hotel And Apartments 45th (joint) of the 50 local hotels and 18th (joint) for the 21 three star hotels in the area. For base rates the hotel ranks 11th of 50 (8th of 21 three star hotels.). Taking into consideration both rates and guest ratings we rank this hotel 35th of 47 of the local hotels in terms of value for money (Montana Hotel was top).
Winner of the Les Routier Best Bed and Breakfast award in 2001.
Colour Television
Mail Services Concierge Desk
Guest Laundromat Catering Facilities
Amsterdam Hotel And Apartments Locality Information
Earls Court, Kensington, Olympia, Fulham, Old Brompton
Earls Court (0.1 miles, 0.2 km), West Brompton (0.4 miles, 0.6 km), West Kensington (0.5 miles, 0.8 km), Kensington High Street (0.6 miles, 1 km)
Rushmore Hotel 19 yards (17 metres) 76%
My Place Hotel 26 yards (24 metres) 56%
Oliver Plaza Hotel 100 yards (91 metres) 71%
K+K Hotel George 102 yards (93 metres) 88%
Lord Kensington Hotel 133 yards (122 metres) 71%
Mayflower Hotel and Apartments 144 yards (131 metres) 71%
Kensington Court Hotel 153 yards (140 metres) 68%
ibis Styles London Kensington 158 yards (144 metres) 74%
London Town Hotel 191 yards (175 metres) 76%
Best Western Burns Hotel 200 yards (183 metres) 76%
Dreamtel London Kensington 216 yards (197 metres) 62%


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While gas consumption is a major concern, we also need to look at other issues we face. Taking gas consumption as a warning, it is imperative that we look around at other issues like pollution. Looking at a country like China can help us understand what could possibly happen to anyone else if eco-friendly measures aren't taken.
Hearing the numbers from China's present consumerism habits is almost breath taking. To watch what can happen to a country in need and devouring everything it needs is an eye opener and to think that those problems manifested out of its emulation of the American lifestyle is scary. We need to start setting a better example?
Remember when there were rules like take what you need and make sure you use all that you take? Waste is intolerable. But, until we feel the crunch from the lack of resources do we understand why those basic principles were so important.
The vicious cycle of consumerism becomes compounded by the waste left behind. If it doesn't go in the air, it goes in the ground. Either way, it's another issue to be resolved. So, we are burning both ends of the candle. And we need to learn how to do one major magic trick before our candle burns up completely.
We need to learn how to slow our consumption to a pace where everyone is full and nothing gets wasted while we maintain a healthy growth of future resources. Plus, we need to learn how to better manage the exhaust rate even when our consumption level is healthy. But, the major problem we face is making each individual understand that consumption is entirely up to them.
You can look at big business. But, supply and demand are actually dictated by the consumers. The more we want, the more big business will supply. If we could actually get our wants under control, they would become predictable. Predictability would mean that supply and demand meet. Waste goes away. So, while you might want to blame all of our problems on big business, it really does come down to one person...you.
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What was it about 1986 and planes, and adventure movies? Because we just had the time to take stock of the disappointing weirdness that was Sky Pirates/Dakota Harris that we find ourselves back again in the time of Biggles – well, the real time of Biggles, the Great War – for another one of those weird eccentric movies that would have been a great first episode for a franchise, only the franchise never happened, and maybe it's better this way. The movie in question is the 1986 British independent movie Sky Bandits, aka Gunbus – that I saw back to back with Sky Pirates over the weekend (hence this episode of the series so close to the previous).
Not to be confused with the 1940 Monogram movie also known as Renfrew of the Royal Mounted in Sky Bandits, Sky Bandits/Gunbus is a historical adventure movie with some weird/science fictional elements (not enough to make it dieselpunk or what – just plain weird).
The plot in a nutshell (courtesy of Wikipedia): In the dying days of the old west, two bank robbers, Barney and Luke, find themselves fighting in World War One in France.
Sky Bandits opens as a rather straightforward western – with an obvious debt to Sergio Leone's Duck You Sucker – and then moves into war movie territory when the two (insufferable – but that's just me) main characters are shipped off to the trenches and the air fields of France.
A pity the rambling storyline does not hold – the two leads have little to do but play the cool/boorish Americans among stiff-upper-lip and/or eccentric Brits, and go from one air action scene to the next. And when they are not flying, they are pretty lame, and it feels like we are watching "The Dukes of Hazzard's Great War". The story drags.
And while the experimental German airship and the weird "suicide" air squadron housed under a circus tent do give the movie its pulp chops (what a neat idea!), the end result is bland, and at 105 minutes is probably overlong. A missed opportunity.
The movie had been in development hell since 1977, and it is therefore one of those movies that got a belated green light thanks to the success of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Shot in Pinewood studios, the film was to be directed by Brian G. Hutton, of Where Eagles Dare fame, but he bailed out due to money problems. The film was thus directed by Zoran Parisic – the man who had done the flight SFX for Superman. As a result, Gunbus has some really good air combat scenes (and the Vickers FB5 that gives the movie its title is a beauty, in its way).
The production values are very high. This was a monstruously expensive movie – it allegedly cost 18 million dollars, the most expensive independent British film ever, and boasted a crew of 532 craftsmen and technicians – once again, a record-setting figure.
The airships look great. They're a reminder of the wonderous things that can be done with matte shots and scale models. Nothing human in this picture engaged my interest, however, and so I was left to reflect on the plight of Yvette (Valerie Steffen) and Mitsou (Ingrid Held), the two women in the story. They're local groupies who are picked up one night by Barney and Luke and immediately move into their tents at the air base (the commanding officer is rather permissive).
Then their duties consist of standing around disconsolately, looking up at the sky after their departed masters. (A dog played this role more touchingly in "Battle of Britain.") There's not a second of passion or real caring between the women and their lovers. At the end of the film, Barney and Luke are back out West again, blowing up more banks with more dynamite, ho, ho, and the plot has dropped the women cold. There's not even a mention of their fate.
Gunbus sold tickets for 2.3 million dollars – roughly one eighth of the cost.
Maybe we'll get a sequel, "The Bitter Tears of Fighter Ace Widows," in which Yvette and Mitsou mope around the deserted airfield, wrapped in castoff parachute cloth and refusing to believe reports that the war is over.


Shabbat (Hebrew for Sabbath or rest) refers to the seventh day of creation in the Torah, and the ubiquitous Jewish day of rest. It is also often known in Yiddish as Shabbos, and is among the most sacred recurring events in the Jewish calendar, celebrated every week from Friday at sundown to Saturday at sundown. Shabbat is a unifying event that brings Jews together all over the world in shared prayer, song and joy! On Shabbat mornings, we also read the weekly parashah (portion) from the Torah and derive meaning from it in the context of our contemporary life. The modern home celebration usually includes blessings of the Shabbat candles, wine/grape juice, challah, a special meal shared with family and friends, and extra time to relax and rest. We say goodbye to Shabbat each week with the ritual of Havdalah (Hebrew for separation) and wish one another a shavua tov, a good week ahead.
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Pankratov, E., Bulaeva, E. (2014). Modeling of Manufacturing of Field-Effect Heterotransistors without P-n-junctions to Optimize Decreasing their Dimensions. International Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 10(4), 223-236.
E.L. Pankratov; E.A. Bulaeva. "Modeling of Manufacturing of Field-Effect Heterotransistors without P-n-junctions to Optimize Decreasing their Dimensions". International Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 10, 4, 2014, 223-236.
Pankratov, E., Bulaeva, E. (2014). 'Modeling of Manufacturing of Field-Effect Heterotransistors without P-n-junctions to Optimize Decreasing their Dimensions', International Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 10(4), pp. 223-236.
Pankratov, E., Bulaeva, E. Modeling of Manufacturing of Field-Effect Heterotransistors without P-n-junctions to Optimize Decreasing their Dimensions. International Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2014; 10(4): 223-236.
It has been recently shown that manufacturing p-n-junctions, field-effect and bipolar transistors, thyristors in a multilayer structure by diffusion or ion implantation with the optimization of dopant and/or radiation defects leads to increase the sharpness of p-n-junctions (both single p-n-junctions and p-n-junctions framework their system). Due to the optimization, one can also obtain increasing of homogeneity of dopant in doped area. In this paper, we consider manufacturing of a field-effect heterotransistor without p-njunction. Framework the approach of manufacturing, we consider a heterostructure with specific configuration, doping required parts of the heterostructure by dopant diffusion or by ion implantation and optimization of annealing of dopant and/or radiation defects. The optimization gives us possibility to decrease dimensions of field-effect transistors. We introduce an analytical approach to model technological processes without crosslinking concentrations of dopant and radiation defects on interfaces between layers of heterostructure.


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Video: Singer James Lee Baker releases '18-Wheeler (I'm Coming Home)', an ode to truck driver love
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James Lee Baker recently premiered a new song with lyrics many truck drivers can relate to while out on the road.
His song, "18- Wheeler (I'm Coming Home) tells the real-life inspired story of a truck driver on the way home to his love. Baker's classic country style combined with a folk-rock twist gives this song a true trucking sound.
Baker describes the inspiration behind the song:
"My uncle Don was a career truck driver, piloting a big rig all across the country for decades. During some of those years, my aunt would hit the road with him and they would take turns manning the 18-wheeler through most of the states of the U.S. Between the two of them, they have many cool stories from the road. Inspired from a childhood experience of listening to Heywood Banks sing his tune '18 Wheels' on the Bob & Tom Show, I wrote this tune—counting down from 18 as a way of saying 'I'm coming home, darlin, gonna hang these keys up for a while and be with you'—a homage to the lovable, gritty man that my uncle Don is and the tender, kind angel that my aunt Alice is."
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Let's assume for a moment around year 1860 you are horse rider working for the Pony Express. You and your colleagues are doing, on a daily basis, a fantastic job delivering messages between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts ( it takes approximately 10 days). During a ride you start to see placement of wires on poles. You try to understand and to explain to your partner of this. What would you say? " they are building a continental fence high up in the air" or at some point you understand some aspects of what this new thing does. At the moment of realisation would you still be convinced that only people on horses working for solid companies can reliably deliver messages over such a long distance. Eventually working in this paradigm will no longer be valid as you notice the decrease in demand for horses and riders.
Now let's switch back to crypto currencies with Bitcoin as the prominent example and have a look at some of the arguments discussed on various media these days. It is very difficult to explain cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, with a simple comparison to something else.
"Bitcoin has no value" – this is somehow the wrong discussion. Most currencies don't have one – fiat currencies have declared value by authorities and maintain it as long as people trust the system. The latin word 'fiat' simply means "it shall be' – an authority declares something to be a currency. Bitcoin was created in the last financial crisis. The genesis block contains the message "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks". It is an attempt to create a decentral form of money where no central authorities have an influence. So the key question is not the 'value' – it is about how trust is built. What's better – the declaration of an authority or the community?
"Bitcoin is a currency" – sounds reasonable as we all deal with one or more currencies each day and as Bitcoin started to become an aspect in our daily life. But what is a currency? It turns out that currency definitions like the one on Investopedia are not so helpful.
If this definition is true, then Bitcoin is not a currency as it is not issued by a governmental authority. Also, the definition of money is linked to a government. Hence Bitcoin is also not money, if the definitions are considered to be valid.
"Bitcoin is not a medium of exchange" – as transaction costs and volatility are high and making small transactions unattractive to mine. Although Bitcoin is currently not an option for small amounts but could well be used for large ones.
"Bitcoin is made of thin air" – on the basis that there is no underlying physical resource. But what does this mean? Bitcoin is itself a resource on a strict mathematical base. It is not created out of thin air – its creation is the result of a well-defined and completely transparent algorithm which we all can verify and decide to trust or not to trust. Comparing this to 'fiat currencies' do you know how 'fiat currencies' are created? Do you know who decides to increase the amount of currency or to adjust the value of one against another currency? Is this done in a transparent way?
"Bitcoin is fraud" – what is the basis and evidence of such statement?. Looking at the original whitepaper of Satoshi Nakamoto this is simply wrong. Sure, there are fraudulent use cases, but this is also the case with all other currencies or assets. It turns out that Bitcoin is not really a good medium to be used e.g. in ransomware. All transactions in Bitcoin are publicly observable – we do not know the individual owning an address but that does not hinder to monitor target addresses and intervene at exchanges when they are used. In other words – using Bitcoin always leaves traces while using e.g. cash does not.
"Bitcoin needs regulation" – sounds also great as rules are essential to create trust. A system which is weak needs a lot of surrounding rules and interventions while there are systems which contain the rules transparently in their core. Bitcoin itself is regulated by the maths embedded in the system itself but not by the traditional financial services regulators or national banks. What authorities can and should do, is to think about the exchange of Bitcoin against the fiat currency they oversee and the implications.
"Bitcoin is the mother of pyramids" – sounds also somehow true as the ones who bought Bitcoins early now profit from those who come late. But what is a Pyramid Scheme?
At least I'm not aware somebody recruits members in a multiplier scheme. And anybody can decide at any time to get buy or sell Bitcoins. Hence the comparison seems also to be misleading.
"Bitcoin is a bubble" – looking at the price evolution is 2017 suggests that this could be a bubble. But what is a bubble?
Well, it is most likely some sort of a bubble – there will be price corrections and at some point in time Bitcoins will be super-seeded by a technology eliminating its constraints in terms of fairness, transaction rate and energy consumption.
"Bitcoin uses enormous amounts of energy" – this seems to be one of the concerns people love to make comparisons and also promote the idea that more transactions results in more energy consumption. Yes, it uses a lot of energy but this energy is what makes the network safe in the current proof of work- mining. An attacker would need to invest a substantial amount of these resources to destabilize the bitcoin network. The amount of energy used does however not correlate with the number transactions processed.
"Bitcoin is the new gold" – this seems to sound right when thinking about mining Bitcoins. There are the miners who produce gold and the limited supply makes gold valuable. The amount of natural gold on the planet is limited like the total amount of Bitcoins. But astro mining will change this for gold not too far in the future – experts talk about 20 years from now. Bitcoin's mathematical foundation stays.
These points are properly summed up in Steve Wozniak's statement "Bitcoin is mathematical. I am a mathematician. There are only 21 million. It is more legitimate than other systems".
It says that it is a limited resource currently slowly increasing day by day peaking at 21 million. So far, all resources which are limited and of interest, increased in value. While Bitcoin was rather unknown even 2 years ago it is now a hot topic in all media with people making harsh statements primarily defending their own interests.
Steve also calls it a system – there is neither a government nor a company with management nor an individual running Bitcoin. The system is very cleverly built – it is an amalgamation of many disciplines and was so far self-balancing gravitating towards a stable state where all the participants jointly benefit.
The system is transparent – everybody can observe all transactions.
The system is democratic – everybody can use it or become a miner.
A hyperconnected digital economy needs inherently digital media of exchange. Bitcoin is most likely the first step into such a direction. It's ten years history demonstrates that such a system is possible and triggered a whole new set of echnology innovations. Crypto currencies represent a fundamental upgrade to the economic systems of the world. Once they have matured and are integrated into the mesh economy, the world will look very, very different.


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By Carl Raschke July 3, 2013
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The revolution against the state – something to celebrate this Fourth of July
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As the Fourth of July, the 237th anniversary of America's famous epoch-staging revolution against Britain arrives, the world is gripped by the strangest of ironies in this strangest of times. The "sweet land of liberty" is increasingly viewed by those who after centuries of world wars and collapsed despotisms finally began hymning the insurrectionary anthem as the new cradle of tyranny to be resisted with a renewed fervor.
The ever burgeoning scandal over NSA spying on people around the world, especially presumed European "allies", has become the overwhelmingly central factor in the sudden change in perception about the global role of the US in fostering democratic rights and values.
In Egypt, where British writer Stephen Gardiner once quipped "the living were subordinate to the dead", revolution in the name of "freedom" is constantly and suddenly and constantly erupting, as it did in France from 1789 to 1830.
At the same time, the vast armies of protesters occupying once again Tahir Square have openly sneered at the United States, which they see as always siding with the oppressors over the oppressed – in the most recent case the increasingly despised Islamist regime of President Morsi.
The US ambassador to Egypt has been the special target of withering criticism of the Obama administration's recent tendency to be on the wrong side of history. Yesterday's military intervention and the deposing of Morsi has solidified anti-American sentiment, which runs deeply through the Egyptian masses.
Germany, a country whose name has been a stock metaphor in the rhetoric of politicos for over a century for Ordnung at the expense of personal freedom, has become the most vocal and persistent critic of the NSA's recently revealed, omnibus surveillance program. German legislators, along with the president of France, have called for suspension of vital US-European trade talks, and some have even suggested Chancellor Merkel should grant fugitive Edward Snowden political asylum.
So much of the outrage have focused not just on American policy, but on the person of President Barack Obama, who when elected in 2008 became the rallying point for global expectations about democratic change and the hope that America would assume a bold leadership role in promoting a a new kind of world order that was enforced with grand ideas and aspirations rather than armies of occupation and smart bombs.
As Financial Times columnist Gideo Rachman puts it, "it has taken a long time, but the world's fantasies about Barack Obama are finally crumbling. In Europe, once the headquarters of the global cult of Obama, the disillusionment is particularly bitter."
Rachman goes on the emphasize, however, that the disillusionment was inevitable, because no American chief executive could truly embody or carry out the messianic expectations heaped upon him, as if he were not a simple mortal. The failure has been with the liberal imagination itself.
As I point out in my forthcoming book Force of God: Political Theology and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy, not to mention elsewhere in prevous blogs, we still suffer from the grand fantasy that our noblest ideas can be engineered through the power of the benign and omnicompent state. The the state is like any wild predatory beast. It can seems friendly and tame when it is still small, but as it growth it inevitably becomes ravenous and turns on even its masters.
The surveillance state was inevitable after the shock of September 11, and we are only slowly beginning to comprehend its massive intrusive effects. The American Revolution was all about limiting state power. The current revolution in Egypt has the same motivations behind it. Morsi's efforts to use the growing power of the state apparatus to impose political Islam parallels the various political efforts in America to legislate various forms of religious or moral convictions from both the right and the left.
The dysfunctions of the global economy in recent years has been the direct result of both incompetence and overreach on the part of the world's governing elites, particularly its various academic ideologues and political symbol-manufacturers, who have used the mechanisms of the state to mobilize and deploy non-productive corporate capital as well as media persuasion.
As Alain Badiou notes in his introduction to The Rebirth of History, "under the interchangeable rubrics of 'modernization', 'reform', 'democracy', 'the West', 'the international community', 'human rights', , 'secularism', 'globalization', and various others, we find nothing but at an unprecedented attempt at a historical regression."
But the bubble is bursting. There is a revolution against the "soft power", but phony moral pretensions, of the postmodern social benevolence state, which is now revealed in its bowels as the surveillance state.
It is ironic that Egyptians need to remind Americans what the Fourth of July means. In Tahir Square fireworks have been going off for days, whereas in the United States they are widely banned.
By Carl Raschke
Carl Raschke is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Denver, specializing in Continental philosophy, art theory, the philosophy of religion and the theory of religion. He is an internationally known writer and academic, who has authored numerous books and hundreds of articles on topics ranging from postmodernism to popular religion and culture to technology and society.
His most recent books are Postmodern Theology: A Biopic and Critical Theology: An Agenda for an Age of Global Crisis(IVP Academic) and Force of God: Political Theology and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy (Columbia University Press, 2015) .
3 thoughts on "The revolution against the state – something to celebrate this Fourth of July"
Dave True says:
Thanks for this, Carl. I've been following your critique of the "omnicompetent" state. Am I correct in thinking here that your worry is about a security-state or empire? I can see aspects of this, though I'm probably less worried about certain security measures — such as the NSA. My bigger worry is IF your critique is or might be heard as a critique of the welfare state as such. I worry that "omnicompetent state" is or is heard as further reason to be cynical of the federal government, aid to the poor, public education, etc. ???
drcarlr says:
Both empire and the surveillance/security state go hand in hand. As Marx and other earlier political economists understood, the mobilization of productive resources requires the power of the state, and global corporate capitalism is unfortunately inseparable from the distribution of "welfare" benefits, though these benefits invariably serve corporate interests far more than the people's welfare. It is a fundamental fallacy that welfare requires the "state" in its expansionary and predatory capacity. "Welfare state" is a contradiction in terms." "To each…from each." That formula is not a "utopian" gesture. It is the principle of the revolutionary-insurrectionist inversion of the power of the state as the power of the people. As a Biblical scholar like Richard Horsley understands it, it was the basis of the early Christian "insurrection" against empire and state. Of course, the real insurrection/resurrection is a spiritual one, not a political one.
When I say this, I am not at all dismissing your concern about cynicism regarding the state. If by "state" we mean the administrative apparatus of government, including the power of coercion, including taxation, then I don't think we can do without the "state", which means the Hobbesean status naturae. I'm not at all a great fan of social contract theory, but it is that principle of Western political economy that has regulated in theory, if not in practice, the excesses of state power. The notion of the "omnicompetent" state has its genesis in the twentieth century, not so much as the consequence of the failure of laissez faire economics (Russia, for example, did not have a laissez faire economy in 1917) but of the excesses of the political imagination, which goes back to Auguste Comte. It is also a function of the "rational is real" principle in Hegel, which justified the Prussian state, which invented both militarism and the "welfare state" at the same time. My great great grandfather was a conscientious objector and refugee from the Prussian state of 1870. And, of course, the Third Reich was the welfare state par excellence. Even Roosevelt was envious of it.
Contemporary anti-statism that we see on the right, which we always seem to associate instinctively with the critique of the state, is quite comfortable with the surveillance state, as we have seen in the reactions to the Snowden revelations. Radical libertarianism, like Christian reconstructionism, neo-conservatism, etc. reject the idea of the social compact (other than the trivial belief in elections), which Marx Lilla points out derives indirectly from the Christian ideal of the corpus Christi. The corpus Christi historiclally was a revolutionary inversion of the corpus Caseri, the linchpin of the "theory" of the Roman imperium. Every true Christian political theology needs to be a radical critique of both the notion of an omnicompetent secular state as well as laissez faire political economy, which is unmasked as requiring the excess of state power to enforce the discipline of the disfigured body politic by global capital. The financial crisis of 2007 was no accident for this very reason.
A "state" – and in traditional liberal theory the word is "government", since "state" implies some form of Hobbes "artificial man' – that is responsive to the welfare of the people is only possible when the state is limited by the constraints of the compact ("we the people"). That is what Jefferson, the architect of the revolution of 1776 understood. It is not accidental that Badiou's next book, I understand, will be on Jefferson.
All true American militancy is always a Jeffersonian militancy. I hope this helps. Thanks for forcing me to elaborate and thus clarify.
Thanks, Carl. That is helpful. That's helpful. I agree with the project as suggested by the line: "Every true Christian political theology needs to be a radical critique of both the notion of an omnicompetent secular state as well as laissez faire political economy." The US is interesting in that our govt seems to combine both of these.
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For capital-intensive goods, simple usability, maintenance safety, and repair efficiency are decisive factors for success. In order to meet these challenges, technical documents for a product must be prepared in real or near-real time with its launch. At MAN, all new product information material must be generated in 23 languages and in an increasingly narrower span of time. Given these circumstances, the company decided to introduce the use of a web-based system in preparing all of its product documentation for buses and trucks. The goal of establishing a centrally administered content management system for technical documentation was to increase efficiency in the editorial process and lower translation costs by improving the consistency of content organization and corporate language.
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