We have finally seen the launch of the last representative of the long-playing Pentium Pro series — Pentium II — Pentium III — Pentium M, which history goes back more than ten years (since 1995 to 2006). It's launched under a strange and lightweight name - Intel Core Duo. But it does not change its essence: it's still a Pentium M — but highly modified and implemented as a dual core processor with a shared L2 Cache.
In order not to stand out in the row of common P6 CPU names and to highlight noticeable microarchitectural differences of the new processor from its immediate predecessor Pentium M (Dothan), we'll call it Pentium M2 in this article. We'll also use abbreviations for all processors in this series: PPro, P-II, P-III, P-M, P-M2.
But at first let's agree upon the terminology due to ambiguous "dual-core" and "dual-processor" notions. Following Intel's example, the following interpretation is used in popular literature: everything in a single package (and inserted into a single socket) is called a processor, each of two devices in this package (not necessarily on the same die), not connected with each other on the microarchitectural level and executing separate instruction flows, is called a core. On the other hand, each of these cores is a sterling processor in the strictest sense of this word. For example, IBM uses only strict terminology: two processors on one POWER4 chip. That's why in order to avoid ambiguity and not digress from the emergent terminology, we shall use the term "processor core" or "CPU" meaning each independent processor and "processor chip" or "socket" meaning a dual-core processor proper. In this connection, a system with two processor sockets should be called dual socket rather than dual processor system (irregardless of the number of cores in each processor chip).
This terminology issue wasn't elaborated in the previous article about dual core processors of the new architecture, which roused some censure.
The key properties of the dual core Yonah are shown on the image above. The new processor does not contain anything special on the face of it. Expectable die size for the 65-nanometer process technology, expectable shared 2 MB L2 Cache, expectably improved power consumption technologies. The clock frequency is also quite expectable — 2.16 GHz now and 2.33 in the second quarter. But if we dig deeper, we'll see that Yonah has surprisingly many important microarchitectural differences from its predecessor, P-M processor on Dothan core. Information about them appeared back in Spring and Autumn IDF-2005, but it was overlooked on the background of news about the new Merom/Conroe CPU architecture. Most interestingly, there were no signs of such microarchitectural changes for mobile use. I guess Intel has chosen a path of careful evolutionary development of the existing P6+ (P-M) architecture, in order to streamline various innovations before introducing them into next-gen Merom/Conroe processors. These innovations may quite possibly fail to make a significant contribution into performance growth, as they don't touch many weak spots of the P-III/P-M architecture. But they have to do with those processor blocks, which seemed critical to the future high-performance architecture and about which we made various assumptions.
In this article the new processor will be reviewed mainly from the microarchitectural point of view — that is in operational terms of internal processor units and execution efficiency of user applications. Such characteristics and innovations as power management and virtualization technology (VT) will be just briefly mentioned.
The main microarchitectural changes in the new processor are grouped under the Digital Media Boost title.
The most radical changes were made in the decoder, where in concerns executing SSE instructions. As we mentioned in the previous article, the P-M processor now has micro-ops fusion for decoding x86 instructions. It consists in generating in some cases a single micro operation (it's sometimes called "macro operation") with two elementary operations instead of two µops. It mostly concerns Load-Ops, when µops of reading from memory and executing an operation are substituted for a single macro-op. Such a macro-op is split into two separate actions at a later stage, right before being issued for execution. This procedure resembles that in AMD K7/K8 processors, where any µop may contain an operation for loading from memory or for writing the result back to memory.
But the P-M processor had no micro-op fusion for SSE Load-Ops. Such instructions were still split into separate Load-Ops. Along with increasing a number of µops, it resulted in decreased decoder throughput, because such instructions could be handled only in the first "complex" decoder channel (the other two "simple" channels could generate only a single µop). Besides, regular SSE instructions without Load-Ops could be processed only in the first channel of the decoder (since P-III). This limitation applied not only to packed SSE instructions, which generate two 64-bit µops, but also to scalar SSE instructions. Perhaps this limitation had to do with problematic radical overhaul of the decoder to support SSE instructions in the P-III processor (by the way, one of the project managers responsible for creating SSE was our fellow-countryman V. Pentkovsky).
P-M2 (Yonah) decoder has been completely overhauled — now it supports micro-op fusion for Load-Ops of all types (including SSE), as well as handling SSE instructions (both scalar and packed) in all the three decoder channels. Thus, the maximum bandwidth of the decoder is three times higher — from one SSE instruction per cycle up to three instructions.
This picture shows an example of handling the most difficult SSE instruction — packed (128-bit) Load-Op. Such an instruction was split into four µops in the P-M (Dothan) processor. According to the picture, P-M2 (Yonah) processor uses only one fused µop that contains 128-bit loading of XMM register from memory and a 128-bit packed operation. It's hard to say whether the decoder outputs only one combined 128-bit macro-op to be split into 4 separate actions at a later stage, or there will be generated two 64-bit macro-ops (each one will be later split into two actions). Anyway, we can say that the new decoder works by the 4-2-2 scheme, as each decoder channel can now process packed 128-bit SSE instructions, which are handled by functional units as two 64-bit instructions. This enhancement draws P-M2 (Yonah) closer to AMD K8.
Along with decoder changes, the new processor now supports SSE3 instructions. Besides, some SSE2 unpack and pack instructions were accelerated. Unfortunately, available documents do not tell us anything about the execution speed of 64-bit floating point SSE2 multiplication (scalar mulsd and packed mulpd). P-M processor executes such operations at half speed, outputting one result per two cycles for scalar operations and one result per four cycles — for packed instructions. It's twice as slow as the execution speed of 64-bit SSE2 addition operations as well as 32-bit SSE multiplications and additions. Executing 64-bit multiplication at full speed is mandatory for a processor, which should compete in floating point applications.
As marketing documents from this company do not mention such an enhancement, we can be sure that these operations are still executed slowly. Taking this assumption into account, the situation with floating point performance of the new processor resembles the situation with P-III when it just appeared: execution speed of 64-bit arithmetic remained low due to the halved multiplication speed (for P-III — in x87 mode, for P-M and P-M2 — x87 and SSE2). All efforts were focused on increasing the efficiency of 32-bit arithmetic (SSE for P-III, for P-M2 — SSE plus an improved decoder, which stopped acting as a bottleneck). But it should be noted that the P-III was a multi-purpose processor, oriented to all applications, while the P-M2 (Yonah) is a processor for mobile applications.
This picture shows an example of improved idiv performance when the number of significant digits in the dividend and divisor is limited to 16 or 24 bits. The most interesting case is a wide-spread division of a 24-bit number by a 16-bit number — execution time of this operation is now quite acceptable, just four cycles.
Let's proceed from microarchitectural changes to functional ones that have to do with two processor cores on the same die. The main element of the new processor, which differs it both from the P-M single core processor as well as from other dual core processors of the x86 architecture (Intel Pentium D/XE and AMD Athlon 64 X2/FX-60), is a shared L2 Cache.
Shared L2 Cache provides a higher integration level of processor cores. In systems with separate caches, cores exchange data via a communication interface (bus or switch) that connects these cores outside L2 Caches. But in systems with a shared cache, such data are available to both processor cores directly from this cache. Such an organization allows to reduce access times to remote data as well as to decrease the bus (switch) traffic.
But these are not the only advantages of a shared cache. A process, executed in one CPU, may require more space in L2 Cache for its data than a process in the other CPU, so a shared adaptive cache provides more flexibility in their optimal allocation.
Cache space requirements of a process are governed by algorithm locality. If the volume of data, required by a process for a certain period of time (working set size), exceeds the currently allocated size of L2 cache subset, the process tries to capture more space in the cache and take it away from a process with lesser requirements. Let's review efficiency of a shared L2 Cache versus separate caches of the same total size for different processes.
Two processes with the same locality — in this case each process gets half of the cache.
One process — L2 Cache is fully available to this process.
Two processes with shared (cross) data — cache space is saved, as the data are not duplicated.
Two processes with different locality — processor with higher requirements (worse locality) gets more of cache space.
Thus, efficiency of a shared and separate caches is the same in the first case. In other cases, a shared cache is used more efficiently. Only when locality of one process is much worse than that of the other, the first process may practically completely push the data of the second process out of the cache and thus slow down its execution. Such situations may also happen in other systems with shared resources. For example, one of processes in any dual core processor may require much more memory calls than the other, thus slowing its execution down. On the whole, situation with extremely asymmetric processes requires additional analysis considering various criteria of "fair" resource allocation.
According to Yonah Performance Preview, access time to the shared L2 cache increased to 14 cycles versus 10 cycles in a single core Dothan processor. These additional cycles are the cost of a shared cache for providing access to it from two processor cores and arbitration expenses. Of course, the increased access time may reduce performance of a processor in some applications (all other things being equal). But our experience in using and testing various processors shows that the effect of L2 Cache access time is usually not very strong. For example, the effective access time to heavily loaded L2 Cache in AMD K7 and K8 processors reaches 20 and 16 cycles correspondingly. Such an increase in access times has to do with exclusive cache organization — but it has weak effect on performance.
Yonah performance results will require confirmation in other test procedures. It will be also necessary to determine L2 Cache throughput. Shared access for two processor cores ideally requires doubled throughput. But the cache access speed of 32 bytes per cycle for single core P-III and P-M processors seems excessive and is usually not confirmed by direct measurement. Perhaps the maximum cache throughput of the new processor is not changed and is still 32 bytes per cycle and requirements to the simultaneous access of two CPUs are provided by more rational organization and pipelining of cache calls.
Thus, thanks to the shared L2 Cache, Yonah is the first highly integrated dual core processor of the x86 architecture. As dual core processors start to appear on the mass market, requirements to such processors as well as to application parallelization methods must be raised. The appearance of processors with a shared L2 Cache must lead to the appearance of new programming methods providing higher integration of executed processes and general execution speed acceleration.
Unfortunately, Intel has recently stopped publishing detailed information about the microarchitecture of its new processors. That's why their characteristics have to be deduced from brief marketing materials and announcements, which enumerate only basic differences from the previous models, as well as from tests. Testing mobile processors is also hampered by the fact that such processors are not used in servers and cannot be tested remotely — at the same time they are not spread wide enough for a tester to find a processor on his own.
Another Intel's reason for concealing information about Pentium M processors is probably its desire to present these processors as an independent generation, different from the old P6 family (PPro, P-II, P-III) — as admitting that P-M processors belong to the P6 family might look like a step back compared to the main desktop architecture NetBurst (Pentium 4).
Indeed, the P-M processor retains a lot of P6 features, including its weak spots. Very important limitations of the architecture, which have to do with the decoder (they are described in the previous section), are eliminated in the new P-M2 processor (Yonah). But the other limitations, inherited from the P-III/P-M processors, remain. The first test results indirectly confirm it - Yonah is little different from its predecessor (Dothan) in single-threaded performance, outperforming it or falling slightly behind.
The main disadvantage of P-M and P-M2 processors is the weak floating point unit. This unit uses 80 bits for x87 operations and 64 bits for SSE operations. The latter means that 128-bit packed SSE (4 x 32 bit) and SSE2 (2 x 64 bit) instructions are split into two 64-bit operations and are executed consecutively at twice as low speed.
If all 64-bit operations could have been executed at full speed, FPU performance could have been acceptable for processors of this class. Unfortunately, this requirement is not met by a multiplication unit. It can run at full speed (one result per cycle) only in 32-bit SSE scalar mode. The multiplication unit also operates at the optimal speed in SSE packed mode (four 32-bit results per two cycles). Multiplication is done at half speed in x87 mode and in 64-bit SSE2 scalar mode, in packed SSE2 mode — twice as slower.
Thus, even though P-M2 decoder can generate enough SSE2 µops per cycle and µops can be issued for execution into separate multiplication and addition units via two independent ports, the maximum execution speed of 64-bit floating point operations is reduced twofold, from two operations per cycle to one (in case of the same number of multiplication and addition operations).
Another disadvantage of the P-III and P-M microarchitecture is impossibility to reach 100% execution speed even if instructions are optimally planned per cycle by a programmer or a compiler. It probably has to do with the organization of the µop queue (buffer), from which µops are fetched for out of order execution in functional units, as soon as operands are ready (such a buffer is usually called "Reservation station"). Other state-of-the-art processors (Intel Pentium 4, AMD K8, IBM PPC970) have several such queues (buffers), one queue per a group of close functional units. Due to this fact, only one µop per cycle is fetched for execution from each queue (buffer). The P-III processor has a single buffer for 20 elements, up to five µops can be fetched per cycle. To all appearances, this operation is too complex and is not always executed in the optimal way, at necessary speed. P-M test results (Banias, Dothan) show that they have no changes in this area. Organization of this buffer in the P-M2 (Yonah) processor is presumably not changed either.
We can also note a number of quantitative limitations that have to do with Out-of-Order execution — in particular, a relatively short queue (buffer) - 20, and a small Reorder Buffer - 40. We have an assumption that both buffers are a tad larger in the P-M processor compared to P-III, but neither documentation nor available advertisements point it out.
And finally, another important architectural drawback of the Yonah processor (as well as of its predecessors) is the lack of support for 64-bit EM64T mode (x86-64). Introduction of this mode would have required considerable overhaul of functional integer and address units as well as increasing capacity of registers and width of interprocessor buses. It goes without saying that it couldn't be done within the evolution of the P6+ family. Thus, Yonah can be considered only as a temporary, transitional processor on the way to the new family of all-purpose Merom/Conroe/Woodcrest processors, where, along with EM64T, there will be added a whole complex of solutions to increase performance.
In conclusion, let's review the evolution of P6 family and draw a bottom line. For this purpose we'll single out five main representatives of the family, which demonstrate development of the processor microarchitecture: PPro, P-II, P-III, P-M, P-M2.
The first superscalar processor of the x86 architecture with Out-of-Order execution. It has insignificant architectural extensions compared to the previous generation Pentium processor: new conditional move and compare instructions are added. It's designed as an assembly with separate dice of the processor and L2 Cache. It was mostly used for server applications, it came with various caches, up to 1 MB.
MMX instruction set is added. Enlarged L1 Caches, improved execution of 16-bit codes. It's implemented as a daughter board with a separate die with L2 Cache, operating at half frequency. It was also manufactured in the following modifications: OverDrive, compatible with Pentium Pro socket; Celeron without L2 Cache; Celeron and Dixon with integrated L2 Cache of a reduced size; Xeon with a full-frequency external cache of an increased size.
SSE instruction set and memory prefetch instructions are added. It was initially implemented as a daughter board with a separate cache, the next modification have a built-in full-frequency L2 Cache with a 256-bit bus. It was also manufactured in the following modifications: Celeron with L2 Cache of the reduced size; Xeon with a full-frequency external cache of an increased size.
SSE2 instruction set is added. Micro-ops fusion, enlarged L1 Caches, faster operations with the hardware stack, significantly improved branch prediction. Radical power saving technologies are introduced due to the orientation to mobile applications. A new processor bus is introduced, copied from the Pentium 4 processor. There are a number of microarchitectural improvements, floating point multiplication/addition operations are divided between two separate execution ports. Delays due to partial register stall are fixed and the execution speed of MMX addition instruction is doubled in the second model of the P-M (Dothan) processor.
SSE3 instruction set is added. A significantly improved decoder with support for SSE micro-op fusion and handling packed SSE instructions in all decoder channels. Faster execution of some instructions, improved memory prefetch. Its die contains two processor cores and a shared L2 Cache. It supports VT and improved power saving technologies.
Development of P6 microprocessors was accompanied by the improvement of electronic technologies and the reduction of technological norms together with the increase of L2 Cache size. Performance of these processors have grown due to improved microarchitecture, elimination of bottlenecks, enlarged caches, and a higher clock. In some parameters it has reached performance of the competing products (AMD Athlon 64 and Intel Pentium 4).
Below is a summary table with main processors of the P6 family.
We have come to a conclusion that Yonah can be reviewed as a transition model that is created to streamline various innovations before introducing them into next-gen Merom/Conroe processors. And now let's see what features of the future processor have been already implemented and what features are yet to be added. Of course, we are speaking of only those subsystems that could have been improved in processors of the old P6 architecture and that wouldn't have required a radical overhaul of the processor structure. Such fundamental issues as the increased number of decoded and processed instructions from three to four as well as support for 64-bit EM64T (x86-64) mode require considerable overhauling of many subsystems and units. So they couldn't appear in the process of evolution.
In the previous article about processors of the new architecture we reviewed various subsystems of a processor from the point of view of the necessity to improve them. The main emphasis was made on the necessity to overhaul the decoder in order to support all micro-op fusion modes and to provide a necessary speed of generating SSE micro-ops. Judging from the Yonah review, we can draw a conclusion that the problem was successfully solved. Moreover, it's solved in the most efficient way, including conversion of the most complex SSE instruction — packed (128-bit) Load-OP — into a single macro-op.
Besides, there appeared another fundamental element of the new architecture — shared (between two processor cores) L2 Cache. Plus improved power management and VT support.
What else must be changed in processors of the new architecture, in order to provide a necessary performance and competition level? It's evidently a floating point unit. At minimum — to implement a full-frequency 64-bit multiplication. Proceeding from the fact that such an improvement was added to Pentium 4 processor, operating at a much higher clock frequency, no doubt that it can be easily done in the new architecture. But in this case, floating point performance will be inferior to performance of the old family (Pentium 4).
Thus we can assume (it's confirmed by some sources) that Merom/Conroe processors will have 128-bit full-frequency floating point SSE arithmetic for all operand types. Within this assumption, multiplication and addition units will become wider and retain their full frequency. That is each of them will be able to output one 128-bit result per cycle — to be more exact, two 64-bit (SSE2) or four 32-bit (SSE) results in packed operations. But still one operation of each type (multiplication and addition) per cycle will be executed in scalar mode. Thus, in scalar mode the new processor will just catch up (in formal FPU speed) with AMD K8 — but in packed mode it will outperform it twofold, reaching the peak performance of quad clock frequency on 64-bit arithmetic.
The assumed doubled maximum performance must be supported by the instruction decoder — as we have already seen above, the decoder can output a necessary number of 128-bit µops (to reach maximum FPU speed, 2 such µops are required in each cycle with the total width of CPU lanes equal to four). Besides, the doubled performance will require an increased speed of reading data from L1 Cache providing (at least) one 16-byte reading per cycle.
We have information that the new processors will have an additional floating point instruction set, which may be called SSE4. Like the previous SSE3, the new extension will probably not be an independent instruction set (like SSE or SSE2), but an addition, which will extend some bottlenecks and provide additional flexibility in using the existing instruction sets. For example, we are interested in the ways of improving operation with 64-bit halves of XMM registers for their separate loading/storing, swapping, and other conversions to allow packed SSE2 instructions to be used for processing array groups not aligned to each other with 16-byte multiplicity. The last limitation is a serious obstacle for efficient usage of packed instructions in calculations.
Finally, processors of the new architecture must have a seriously improved Out-of-Order execution mechanism, up to its complete redesign with due regard for the experience from designing Pentium 4 and competing products. The architecture announcement spoke of enlarged buffers. It may also assume a modified structure of such buffers. For example, a possible switch from a system with a single queue (buffer) for macro-ops to a system with several queues, assigned to corresponding functional units. It would have allowed maximum speed of issuing operations for execution without complicating the structure and making a processor cycle longer.
Taking into account the wider processor lanes, there must be an increased number of functional units of some types (integer arithmetic and logic units in the first place) as well as a modified structure of execution ports.
And in conclusion, we should remind you that the new processors will support EM64T (x86-64) mode — that is to contain a full set of 64-bit integer and address units.
Thus, we can draw a conclusion that the microarchitecture of the future Merom/Conroe/Woodcrest processors will be based on the same fundamental principles as the P6/P6+ architecture — but it will be overhauled with regard to many years' experience of competing products, new electronic technologies and new users' requirements. We can say for sure that processors of the new architecture will be more different from their predecessors (P-M/P-M2) than 64-bit AMD K8 processors from their 32-bit predecessors (K7).
In conclusion we'll publish characteristics of some Yonah models. I repeat that this processor got a new name — "Core Duo" for a dual core modification and "Core Solo" for a single core modification. Besides, the designation system for CPU models was also changed. Now it consists of a letter, pointing out the maximum level of power consumption (U — up to 15 Watts, L — up to 25 Watts, T — up to 50 Watts, E — higher than 50 Watts), and a four-digit code, which starts with 1 or 2 (a number of CPU cores). At present top representatives in each series are processors with normal and reduced power consumption - T2600 (2.16 GHz), T1300 (1.66 GHz) and L2400 (1.66 GHz) with a 667 MHz bus as well as models with ultra low power consumption - U2500 (1.06 GHz) and U1400 (1.20 GHz) with 533 MHz bus. Higher-performance models will be released in the second quarter - T2700 (2.33 GHz), T1400 (1.83 GHz) and L2500 (1.83 GHz). There is still no information about E-indexed processors.
A tad later we'll see another modification of this processor, codenamed Sossaman, for servers with reduced power consumption and heat dissipation. This processor supports dual socket configurations (4 CPU cores per system). The new processor supports monitor and mwait instructions for synchronizing processes.
The first Core Duo results demonstrate a good performance level, comparable in single-threaded applications to the P-M (Dothan) level. In multi-threaded applications, it noticeably exceeds it with a similar power consumption level and comes close to the desktop level. For example, SPECint_rate_base2000 and SPECfp_rate_base2000 results, which characterize the execution speed of threads in a multi-processing (multi-core) system, for the top T2600 model (2.16 GHz) are 34.9 and 27.4 correspondingly. For your information, the Pentium XE 955 (3.46 GHz) with 2 x 2 MB cache demonstrates the following results in these tests - 41.1 and 36.6. Two other dual core processors with 2 x 1 MB caches demonstrate lower results: Pentium XE 840 (3.2 GHz) — 33.5 and 31.9, AMD Opteron 280 (2.4 GHz) — 35.9 and 30.8 (in 32-bit mode). Taking into account that Yonah is a transition model on the way to a new architecture, we can draw a conclusion that it's a strong-knit mobile processor, which is no conjurer, but answers our expectations. Thus it was a good decision to entrust this team from a hot country (Israel) with creating such processors. Let's hope that the next Merom/Conroe family, which is designed by the same team, will also come up to our expectations.
O. Bessonov. New Wine into Old Skins. Conroe: Grandson of Pentium III, Nephew of NetBurst? iXBT.com, 2005.
M. Eden. Innovate & Invigorate. Intel Developer Forum, IDF Spring 2005.
M. Eden. Taking Mobile Mainstream. Intel Centrino Mobile Technology. Intel Developer Forum, IDF Fall 2005.
S.L. Smith, D. Perlmutter. Intel Next Generation Multi-core Platforms. Intel Developer Forum, IDF Fall 2005.
S. Wasson. IDF Fall 2005 wrap. Intel aims for more performance per watt. The Tech Report, 2005.
Samuel D. IDF Fall 2005 : Visite guidee. X86-secret, 2005.
Anand Lal Shimpi. Intel's 90nm Pentium M 755: Dothan Investigated. AnandTech, 2004.
Anand Lal Shimpi. Intel Yonah Performance Preview - Part I: The Exclusive First Look at Yonah. AnandTech, 2005.


There are currently 0 Jaguar XF cars available for sale in Pakistan.
These used Jaguar XF cars for sale in Pakistan are uploaded by users.com. PakWheels Certified cars are pre-inspected and approved by our expert technicians.
Jaguar XF car prices vary based on the model, variant and the condition of the car. Based on the current listings, Jaguar XF car prices in Pakistan start from PKR 0 and go up to PKR 0.


text:
Lolo Loves Films
Movie Review: "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (2009)
Movie: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
Director: Wes Anderson
After Mr. Fox (George Clooney) and his wife Felicity (Meryl Streep) get caught in a fox trap, she tells him she's pregnant and makes him vow to give up stealing and to find new safer line of work. After a couple of years as a newspaper man and with his son Ash (Jason Schwartzman) hitting his fox-teens, Mr. Fox begins to get restless and wants something more from life, so he decides to go back to stealing. He starts taking stuff from three mean farmers named Bunce (Hugo Guinness), Boggis (Robin Hurlstone), and Bean (Michael Gambon). This sets the farmers on an obsessive quest to kill Mr. Fox at any and all cost. Now, Mr. Fox has to find a way to get him and all his animal friends out of the mess he created.
Wes Anderson directs his adaptation of Roald Dahl's "Fantastic Mr. Fox." We had tried once before to watch this film, but for some reason, we didn't connect with it and never even finished it. Now, many years later, we are so glad we did. This is a wonderful stop-motion animated feature that proves to compliment itself very well to Wes Anderson's unique visual style. It boasts an utterly fantastic voice cast, featuring George Clooney as the titular Fantastic Mr. Fox, Meryl Streep as his wife, Felicity Fox, and Michael Gambon as the sinister farmer Franklin Bean. It also has some of Wes Anderson's stand-by favorites like Jason Schwartzman as Mr. Fox's son Ash, Bill Murray as Mr. Fox's lawyer Badger, Owen Wilson as Coach Skip, and Willem Dafoe as Rat. Together, this merry band of misfits have many adventures involving shot off tails, digging tunnels, sock burglar masks, cider, and a rabid beagle. Mr. Fox and his friends must find a way to outsmart Bean and two other farmers named Bunce, voiced by Hugo Guinness, and Boggis, voiced by Robin Hurlstone, before they are ruined and starve to death.
There are many changes from Roald Dahl's book in the screenplay, which is written by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. Because of this, the movie feels much more light and whimsical than Dahl's typical and expected dower, bleak, depressing vision of the world. However, just because it's lighter in tone and context doesn't mean it's all hunky dory as there are still many thematically dark elements to this story. After all, three farmers are trying to kill most of the characters in this line up. It does manage to keep Dahl's overall spirit of the tale while having its own very distinct, very special feel that only Wes Anderson is able to achieve. "Fantastic Mr. Fox" is a beautifully made film with gorgeous looking sets and lots of personality. The colors and the character design are simply outstanding, but we expect no less from the man who brought us "The Grand Budapest Hotel," one of the most visually satisfying films we've ever seen. All of the animals here are also anthropomorphic, but they simultaneously have that wild animal element that can be seen when they eat and even sometimes when they quarrel. The score also has that individual, very whimsical sound we are use to hearing in Anderson's pictures. There is a lot of clever dialogue that will really make you laugh and a lot of underlying wit to go along with it. The fact that all of the animals always use the word 'cuss' as a euphemism for actual swear words is pretty humorous and keeps the movie family friendly, something that is not always the case with Anderson's past films.
This is a must see film. It's an outrageously fun film that is entertaining for adults due to its whit, and for kids due to its animation and overall silliness. It is a visual delight in the tried and true style of Wes Anderson with a score and soundtrack to match. The voice over work is tremendous, it is superbly funny, and we had a wonderful time watching it. Just like a fox, this film will slyly work its way into your heart and mind long after it's over. We will definitely own it and highly recommend it. Even if you think you're not a Wes Anderson fan, you'll find something to love about "Fantastic Mr. Fox."
My Rating: 8.5/10
BigJ's Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB's Rating: 7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 92%
Do we recommend this movie: ABSOLUTELY YES!!!
One year ago, we were watching: "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters"
Posted by Lolo at Sunday, June 19, 2016
Labels: 2000's, adventure, animated, best of the best, comedy, meryl streep, movie review
2000's (282) 2010's (1498) 2017 (270) 2018 (256) 2019 (134) 30's (10) 40's (19) 50's (32) 60's (32) 70's (89) 80's (183) 90's (189) academy awards (55) best of the best (330) DCEU (19) feature film face-off (4) halloween horror movie marathon: year 6 (31) horror (420) lolo's editorials (2) lolo's lists (65) movie review (2325) netflix (348) oscar quest (212) SDAFF (6) SDIFF (53) yearly recap (10)
OAFCC Member
Proud member of the Online Association of Female Film Critics!
Blog Archive November (3) October (7) March (2) February (10) January (12) December (4) November (13) October (32) September (14) August (14) July (17) June (18) May (14) April (23) March (24) February (36) January (23) December (29) November (34) October (60) September (30) August (35) July (32) June (35) May (28) April (26) March (30) February (38) January (32) December (28) November (32) October (58) September (33) August (33) July (35) June (37) May (31) April (31) March (38) February (55) January (52) December (44) November (52) October (71) September (48) August (51) July (55) June (53) May (41) April (38) March (43) February (58) January (32) December (35) November (35) October (54) September (37) August (36) July (39) June (37) May (37) April (34) March (29) February (47) January (37) December (36) November (23) October (53) September (27) August (33) July (28) June (21) May (4) April (12) March (12) February (6) January (6) December (24) November (23) October (41) September (21) August (23) July (12)
About Lolo and BigJ
Big J
Lolo Loves Films is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Build and maintain good relations with clients through regular interface..
Lead Generation through Bidding Portals ( Elance, Guru), Cold Calling, LinkedIn.
Making Regular Presentations, regularly attending meetings and closing sales.
Quote the project according to client requirement , after discussion with head of the technology department.
Closely follow-up with technical team during the project development stage.
Securing business opportunities by cultivating mutually beneficial business relationship with potential and existing client.
Searching actively for potential clients.
We are available for full time 40+ hours in week and 160 hours in month.


The U.S. government spends an estimated $3billion per year to fight forest fires in the United States.åÊ Post-fire rehabilitation activities represent a small but essential portion of that total.åÊ The Rehabilitation Capability Convergence for Ecosystem Recovery (RECOVER) system is currently under development for Savanna ecosystems in the western U.S.åÊ The prototype of this system has been built and will have real-world testing during the summer 2013 fire season.åÊ When fully deployed, the RECOVER system will provide the emergency rehabilitation teams with critical and timely information for management decisions regarding stabilization and rehabilitation strategies.
Each year wildfires consume an average of 4.2 million acres, long term average recent decade average is even higher, of land in the United States, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.åÊ Fire suppression activities have been employed since the early 1900s to preserve land and protect people and infrastructure.åÊ National coordination of fire suppression activities between federal agencies is performed by the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho.åÊ Fire management begins when a fire is named and an incident command team is assigned; it progresses through the stages of fire suppression including initial and extended attack, followed by containment, control, and extinguishment. åÊThe Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation (BAER) teams are assigned, if necessary, when a fire is ‰ÛÏcontrolled.‰ÛåÊ These teams have seven days to make an assessment of post-fire conditions, and to develop a preliminary stabilization and rehabilitation plan once a fire has been controlled and 21 days to submit a final plan .
Over the past two decades, major advancements have occurred in remote sensing technologies and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).åÊ These data and software have been employed by fire managers and those who support them to map and characterize fire locations and their extent.åÊ These maps can be combined with other geospatial data depicting resources, infrastructure and population centers to identify areas of strategic importance.
Figure 1: Overview map of Savanna ecosystems of the United States which would be served by the RECOVER system. Image Credit: Akiko Elders.
The majority of attention in mapping burned areas has historically focused on forested areas [1-3].åÊ However, the current project focuses on savanna fires, which research suggests can account for carbon emissions equivalent to or exceeding fossil fuel combustion by automobiles  .åÊ For purposes of this study, savannas in the U.S. are defined as semi-arid grass and shrub dominated regions and are all located in the Western U. S. (figure 1).åÊ Much of these savannas are considered primary habitat for sage grouse, mule deer, and pronghorn antelope and are also used for livestock grazing. Fires can have profound short-term and long-term effects on the ecosystem.
The current process of preparing a fire rehabilitation plan typically begins with the BAER team leader requesting a fire severity product. A difference normalized burn ratio (dNBR) [5, 6] layer derived from Landsat imagery is generally the product that is delivered. This product may be integrated with other data, such as topographic information, soil properties, land use, presence of threatened or endangered species, threats to life and property, historic and recent conditions of soil moisture to create the knowledge base upon which a remediation plan is crafted.
This data assembly, analysis, and decision-making process must happen quickly in order to meet the statutory requirement of producing a preliminary BAER plan within seven days. However, right now, this process involves substantial human intervention, and the information gathered depends on the availability of staff, time, and data for a particular region. Even though there are a wide array of information services for the wildfire community, they tend to focus on research coordination, information sharing, pre-fire prediction, active fire management, and fires on forested lands. None of the existing services address the specific needs of post-fire stabilization and restoration planning and monitoring vegetation recovery for semiarid lands.
To assist the effort to manage savanna fires, we are developing an automated decision support system (DSS) called the Rehabilitation Capability Convergence for Ecosystem Recovery (RECOVER).åÊ This system compiles all the necessary datasets for the BAER teams rehabilitation planning and provides them in an easy to use Web Mapping Service (WMS).åÊ The objectives of this work are to introduce the RECOVER DSS; show some early results using historical fires; and define the path forward. As of this writing, the RECOVER system is still under development and not publicly accessible online.
Critical site-specific information that could otherwise improve wildfire outcomes does not become part of the decision-making process unless it is immediately available to the BAER teams. RECOVER is an automatically deployable, context-aware, site-specific DSS for savanna wildfires that brings together in a single application the information necessary for BAER team post-fire rehabilitation decision-making and long-term ecosystem recovery monitoring. In a canonical scenario-of-use, a RECOVER instance would be created automatically in response to a fire detection event using the rapid resource allocation capabilities of cloud computing. Earth observational data and derived decision products are automatically generated and refreshed throughout the burn so that when the fire is declared under control, BAER teams have at hand a complete and ready-to-use RECOVER instance customized for the target wildfire. The RECOVER instance will contain all the decision products required for impact assessment and rehabilitation decisions. Additionally, it will become the portal for long-term monitoring of ecosystem recovery for the site. The complete RECOVER capability will comprise (1) its key decision products, (2) the RECOVER DSS proper, (3) cloud deployment capabilities, and (4) the training and end-user support needed to assure BAER team usability.
Figure 2: Prototype of the RECOVER client, showing results from the Crystal fire (burned in 2006) with fire perimeters and elevation as a backdrop. Image Credit: George Haskett.
• Data collection for a new fire is triggered by providing the RECOVER server with a name and a spatial extent for the new fire site.
• The RECOVER server connects through web services and automatically collects pre-determined, commonly used data products tailored to the new fire site.
• Derived products and other types of site-specific ancillary data are manually staged to the RECOVER server as needed. All data products are projected to the same coordinate system and clipped to the spatial extent defined in step 1.
• Data acquisition continues throughout the burn to maintain coverage and currency.
• When the fire is contained, all of the data layers, the RECOVER server and the RECOVER client are ready to use by the BAER team.
An innovative aspect of this work is our use of the integrated Rule-Oriented Data System (iRODS) to implement the RECOVER data server. iRODS is data grid middleware that provides policy-based control over collection-building, managing, querying, accessing, and preserving large scientific data sets.åÊ The RECOVER data server functions in the background to acquire, subset and reproject the necessary data for the RECOVER client.åÊ The subset and reprojection functions are handled by the open source software Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL).
RECOVER's Rehabilitation Priority Map (RPM) is the major output product of the system. Identifying priority areas for rehabilitation must take into account fire severity, fire intensity, and other intrinsic factors of the landscape. As a result, constructing the RPM requires the integration of several types of data and derived data products.
Once initiated, the RECOVER server will build the static datasets needed for the fire and begin collecting the necessary time series data (Landsat, MODIS, and others).åÊ Data collection will continue in an automated fashion until user intervention indicates the process is no longer needed (i.e. the BAER team completes their work and tells the system to stop).åÊ At this point the Ecosystem Recovery Map (ERM) processes (discussed in the next section) will continue to collect the needed information for a period of up to three years after the fire is out.
The list of data products to be used in the RECOVER prototype has been provided by the initial users at the Idaho Department of Lands and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and can be seen in Table 1.åÊ This list can be updated on the server side, with the constraint that the data need to be freely available on a public data server.
Table 1: List of input files for the RECOVER DSS.
One of the biggest potential benefits of this project, as well as one of its biggest challenges, is finding soil moisture estimates at sufficiently fine resolution to be useful. Soil moisture data from the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission will provide daily measures of soil moisture at 3-9 kilometer spatial resolution. This is the finest resolution global soil moisture product to be generated on such a short time scale. We expect there will be efforts within the SMAP applications community to create even higher resolution products using the 1 kilometer half-orbit radar data from SMAP.
In preparation for this new data set, we designed the RECOVER DSS to accept soil moisture as an input using existing soil moisture data from Aqua's Advanced Microwave Remote Sensing Radiometer (AMSR-E). åÊTesting is also underway to determine if the MODIS Evotranspiration (ET) product can be used as a proxy for soil moisture data.
The final post-fire RPM will be the result of an MCE, in which factors, such as severity, intensity, slope, and soil type are weighted by the user. The default weighting will follow a uniform distribution with total model weight summing to 100. Multiple-criteria decision analysis explicitly considers multiple criteria in decision-making environments. The main advantage of multi-criteria models is that they make it possible to consider the large number of data, relations, and objectives that are generally present in a real-world decision. Typically, a unique, optimal solution for such problems does not exist; however, MCE provides a consistent framework for structuring complex problems, which generally leads to more informed and better decisions. The GIS TReC has successfully used this approach to develop BLM fire susceptibility maps in the past.
The RPM must be provided as soon as possible to the BAER teams; the Ecosystem Recovery Map, in contrast, is produced after stabilization and rehabilitation treatments (i.e., reseeding, water/erosion control structures) have begun and allows long-term monitoring (generally up to five years) of recovery and vegetative health. The MODIS fraction of photosynthetically active radiation (fPAR) will be used for the ERM. The fPAR is directly related to the top-of-canopy spectrum and measures the proportion of available radiation in photosynthetically active wavelengths that the canopy absorbs. Recent work has demonstrated fPAR's effectiveness in assessing the success of post-fire reseeding over large scales in savanna ecosystems, particularly when coupled with field survey confirmation. RECOVER will automatically assemble monthly fPAR-based ERMs to provide a longitudinal record of rehabilitation trends that can be viewed as animations and still scenes to visualize the recovery process. ERMs can be used as criteria in updated RPMs to refine recovery management. Over time, ERMs from historical fires could become an important resource for understanding recovery performance and setting priorities for managing future fires. While simple and requiring little to implement, ERMs provide a potentially significant return.
Figure 3: The RECOVER server compiles and formats all needed data for a fire event and makes it available to the user via the client. Image Credit: Roger Gill.
Initial system prototyping has been done using the Crystal Fire near Pocatello, Idaho.åÊ This fire occurred in 2006, burning more than 220,000 acres of savanna.åÊ The RECOVER server has been implemented in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) environment to maximize portability and accessibility.åÊ The RECOVER client is being implemented in a desktop environment at the ISU GIS TReC and has been exercised using the bounding coordinates for the Crystal Fire.åÊ In preliminary tests, the RECOVER server is able to automatically aggregate site-specific data from two-dozen web services in a little over 1 minute, providing a significant improvement in the time and costs associated with this crucial data assembly task (figure 3). Some of the more important layers being collected this way are shown in Table 1. At this stage, the RECOVER client displays the collected data layers in a convenient, feature-rich web map client (figure 2). These capabilities were presented in a special session at the 2013 Intermountain GIS Conference held in Boise, ID, in March. Feedback from our agency partners in the Bureau of Land Management and the Idaho Department of Lands has been very positive. The prototyping activity will culminate during the fire season 2013, when we plan to evaluate use of the RECOVER system by a BAER team on one or more active fires.
The RECOVER DSS is an automated data assembly and multi-criteria decision support system that allows a BAER team to not only expedite the process of creating a post-fire rehabilitation plan but also enhance the output by using additional datasets and providing the data in a common format for ease of use. åÊWhen implemented, the ERM will permit the land managers to monitor the status of recovery at the burned site and the effectiveness of the reseeding and other rehabilitation strategies.åÊ The system prototyping will continue in summer 2013 by shadowing the activities of an active fire and receiving direct feedback from a BAER team.åÊ åÊFeedback from the BAER teams and the parties responsible for post-fire recovery monitoring will guide further development and operationalization of the system.
åÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊ S. Jirik, "Personal Communication," K. Weber, Ed., ed, 2013.
åÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊ L. Giglio, T. Loboda, D. P. Roy, B. Quayle, and C. O. Justice, "An active-fire based burned area mapping algorithm for the MODIS sensor," Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 113, pp. 408-420, Feb 16 2009.
åÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊ E. Kasischke, T. Loboda, L. Giglio, N. H. F. French, E. E. Hoy, B. de Jong, and D. Riano, "Quantifying burned area from fires in North American forests ‰ÛÒ implications for direct reduction of carbon stocks," Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 116, 2011.
åÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊ M. Brustet, J. B. Vickos, J. Fontan, A. Podaire, and F. Lavenu, "Characterization of Active Fires in West African Savannas by Analysis of Satellite Data: Landsat Thematic Mapper," in Global Biomass Burning, J. S. Levine, Ed., ed Cambridge Massachussets: MIT Press, 1992, pp. 53-60.
åÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊ C. H. Key and N. C. Benson, "The normalized burn ratio (NBR): A Landsat TM radiometric index of burn severity.," http://www.nrmsc.usgs.gov/research/ndbr.htm1999.
åÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊåÊ A. E. Cocke, P. Z. Fule, and J. E. Crouse, "Comparison of burn severity assessments using Differenced Normalized Burn Ratio and ground data," International Journal of Wildland Fire, vol. 14, pp. 189-198, 2005.


Intercon Aluminum Tape is a specially designed halogen-free self-adhesive tape for the welding industry. It is used for sealing the gap between the ends of the pipe, ensuring minimal inert gas loss during purging. As a result purge time is reduced and weld quality improved. Our tape is available in a variety of widths and lengths.


text:
@{
GUID="eb74e8da-9ae2-482a-a648-e96550fb8733"
Author="Microsoft Corporation"
CompanyName="Microsoft Corporation"
Copyright="© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved."
ModuleVersion="1.0.1.0"
FunctionsToExport = @('Compress-Archive', 'Expand-Archive')
DotNetFrameworkVersion = 4.5
CmdletsToExport = @()
AliasesToExport = @()
NestedModules="Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive.psm1"
HelpInfoURI = 'http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=393254'
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Well, that was just lovely.
Is it bad that I don't know this song or why all these guys are shouting at us?
Or ... is it bad that I am really really afraid of them? Kudos for singing well though.
The powerful enthusiasm of that one always gets me. Thanks for bringing it back!
I have always adored this one.


text:
Most Expensive Guitars Ever Sold: The Top 10
Scott Marquart May 13, 2016 Guitar History
– last update: 12-6-18 –
You're not going to find these expensive guitars at your local music or pawn shop. (And if you do find one in the latter, don't leave there without it!)
With legendary names like Blackie, Tiger, and "the Holy Grail of Guitars," and equally legendary players such as Hendrix, Clapton, and Richards behind them, these expensive guitars are the cream of the crop. They're not only amazing playing guitars, they're true pieces of musical history. As such, as you might guess, they have commanded commensurate prices.
With Eric Clapton having owned three of these instruments, Jerry Garcia two, and Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, and Jimi Hendrix all making appearances, you know these guitars are selling above book value. So without further ado—at press time—these are the top 10 most expensive guitars ever sold.
#1 Most Expensive Guitar: Fender "Reach Out To Asia" Stratocaster
Let's go ahead and lead with the goods. The Fender "Reach Out To Asia" Stratocaster, rumored to cost Fender between $15,000-25,000 to produce, was the result of the Reach Out to Asia project, conceived by Canadian rocker Bryan Adams. Adams organized the venture to raise funds for victims of the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean. And raise funds it did.
The guitar, signed by 19 artists, including such heavyweights as Clapton, Page, Gilmour, and Iommi, sold for a staggering $2.7 million at auction—making it the most expensive guitar sold to date. But it's not without its competition for the top spot, as you'll see throughout this list.
via financesonline.com
TIE: #2 Most Expensive Guitar: Peter Green/Gary Moore's 1959 Les Paul
This 1959 Les Paul was initially owned by Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green, and later used extensively by Gary Moore—and you can tell at a glance that it's been put to good use over the years by all of the beautiful wear it exhibits. Metallica-guitarist Kirk Hammet bought it from Richard Henry Guitars in 2014 for the reported sum of 2 million dollars. But for a guitar this good-looking, and this loaded with history, it's probably a pretty good deal, all things considered.
via vintageandrare.com
TIE: #2 Most Expensive Guitar: Jimi Hendrix's 1968 Fender Stratocaster
Since both Peter Green's Les Paul and Hendrix's '68 Strat are reported to have been purchased for 2 million, we're going to go ahead and call this one a tie. On its own, this guitar—a stock, right-handed Strat with Olympic white finish, is nothing spectacular. Well, it's a '68 a strat so that's pretty awesome to begin with, but we're speaking relative to others on this list.
However, this is an axe that every guitar aficionado has heard. And probably seen. Hendrix played this one at Woodstock—you know, that Woodstock—and it was the guitar slung upside down around his back his now-legendary early-morning rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, reportedly bought it in 1998 for an estimated $2 million. Quite a bit of scratch for the rest of us, but for him, that's chump change…
via onemillionpoundblog.com
#3 Most Expensive Guitar: Jerry Garcia's "Wolf"
Jerry Garcia's first of two axes on the most expensive guitar list, built by Doug Irwin, Wolf —named for its distinctive artwork—was initially sold at the same auction as another guitar of his, Tiger, selling for $789,500—less than Tiger fetched (as we'll get to below). But in 2017 it came up for auction again, fetching a whopping $1.9 million dollars this time. I'd say that was an investment that paid some serious dividends, but the latter auction was actually to raise money for the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is a pretty solid cause in our book.
photo courtesy of Tim Mosenfelder
#4 Most Expensive Guitar: Bob Marley's Washburn 22-Series Hawk
Reggae legend Bob Marley only owned seven guitars. Just think about that. I owned seven guitars by the time I was twenty-one. Sure, they weren't all quality pieces—especially compared to the axes on this list—but still. Anywho, one of the seven he owned was the 22 fret, double cutaway Washburn you see here.
Marley gave this guitar as a gift (and what a gift it was) to his guitar tech, Gary Clausen, though its whereabouts today are secret. The Jamaican government, which understandably declared the instrument a national treasure, is rumored to have purchased it for somewhere around $1.2-2 million.
Editor's note: Yes, it's possible that this one might have sold for 2 million and should be higher up on the list, but since the estimated range was lower, we put it here.
via telegraph.co.uk
#5 Most Expensive Guitar: Keith Richards' 1959 Les Paul Standard
The 1959 Les Paul standard is on its own known as the "holy grail" of electric guitars. There's not all that many of them still in existence, and even for one not owned by anybody particularly famous, you're going to pay six figures for one. So it's no surprise that we've got two of these beauties in the top 5 of our list, this second one having belonged to Rolling Stones guitarist—and Open G afficionado—Keith Richards. Keith played this Gibson during the Rolling Stones' debut performance on the Ed Sullivan Show, a watershed moment in the history of Rock and Roll. The guitar sold for $1 million at auction in 2003.
via IconicAxes
#6 Most Expensive Guitar: Bob Dylan's 1964 Fender Stratocaster
Bob Dylan played this Strat, to not a few boos, incidentally, at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, marking his transition to electric instruments and incurring the wrath of folk purists everywhere. Like anything provocative, it garnered its fair share of attention and earned its place as a pretty legendary instrument. Largely because of this, it sold for a cool $965,000.
I think the most interesting thing about this instrument is that it was pretty darn new when it made its legendary debut, only a year or so old.
via Andrew Burton/Getty Images
#7 Most Expensive Guitar: Eric Clapton's "Blackie"
After buying six guitars and giving one each to Pete Townshend, George Harrison, and Steve Winwood, English blues legend Eric Clapton cobbled together the best parts of the remaining three to create Blackie, his famous Fender Strat. After playing it in countless live appearances and studio sessions, Clapton retired Blackie in 1985, and sold it at auction in 2004 for $959,000 to benefit Crossroads, his recovery center.
via davesguitar.com
#8 Most Expensive Guitar: Jerry Garcia's "Tiger"
This Doug Irwin custom guitar was Jerry Garcia's main axe from 1979-1989, when the Grateful Dead exploded in mainstream popularity. As you can see below, it gets its name from the artwork behind the its concave bridge.
Due to a problem with Rosebud, Tiger's successor, Tiger was the last guitar Jerry Garcia ever played in public. Tiger was auctioned in 2002 for $957,500, including commission.
via guitarworld.com
#9 Most Expensive Guitar: Eric Clapton's Gibson 1964 ES335 TDC
The second of three Clapton axes to appear on this list, Clapton primarily played this Gibson during his tenure with the Yardbirds in 1964. However, this guitar featured prominently in a couple key Cream moments, as Clapton played it during the final Cream show in November of 1968, as well as on the track, "Badge," cut in December of that year. Like Blackie, it was auctioned in 2004 to benefit Crossroads, but this one fetched just a bit less, bringing in a perfectly respectable $847,500.
Eric Clapton's Gibson 1964 ES335 TDC
#10 Most Expensive Guitar: Eric Clapton's Martin 1939 000-42 Acoustic
The only acoustic guitar to make the most expensive guitars list, Eric Clapton played this Martin during his now-famous 1992 MTV Unplugged session. Pre-war Martins are expensive guitars to begin with, but when they're owned by a legend the likes of Eric Clapton, used on countless classic recordings, and kept in great playing shape all the while, well, let's just say they go up in value.
In 2004, it netted the highest price ever for an acoustic guitar at $791,500.
Photo by John Bellissimo, Courtesy of CF Martin Archives
So, what do we make of all this? Well, it seems that there are really two classes of collectible guitars, the first being guitars that are respected due to their esteemed vintage, or coming from a particularly meaningful or good year ('58 and '59 Les Pauls for example). These guitars fetch a high price, but not quite enough for any of them to land on this list. Then there's the second class, guitars owned by players who re-shaped music history—instruments that have now become pieces of history themselves. The latter class are the guitars that fill this list, and I assume that if you looked up the next ten or fifty most expensive guitars ever sold, this trend would continue.
I think the most interesting part of this whole thing to me is that while these guitars cost more money than your average Joe might ever see in his life, for the ultra-rich, it's not all that big of an investment, all things considered. I mean, a Bugatti Chiron costs 3 million—would you rather have that or Hendrix's Woodstock Strat? Personally, I'd take the strat.
Want to dig deeper? There's plenty of lists comparing the most expensive guitars ever sold floating around, some are a bit outdated, but there's more info out there if you hunt for it. And hey, if you start saving our pennies now, maybe in a few centuries you'll have one of the guitars on this list!
How I created my own custom guitar string set
Zakk Wylde's Guitar String Gauges
RB - May 7, 2020 at 3:58 am
I'd like to mention a few things, first to Bobby, Brendan, and ed kociela, the Monterrey strat isn't owned by Billy Gibbons. Here's the only known piece of it: https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-842044e12a8ed3609cd1d4578b9e0df4 The guitar Dweezil owns is a completely different guitar, but that one wasn't burned at the Miami Pop Festival. There's only 2 known occasions when Jimi burned a guitar, once at the Astoria, once at Monterrey. Narrows it down some doesn't it? Secondly the Relief for Asia strat didn't cost fender 15 to 25 thousand to produce, that's a basic Mexican Standard stratocaster. You could buy one of those for like 500 bucks in 2005.
Jomy - January 31, 2020 at 4:24 pm
We need an update to this article. David Gilmour's Black Strat sold for $4 million.
Beefcomb - February 27, 2019 at 10:08 am
Funny that nobody mentions John Lennon's 1962 Gibson J-160E which sold in 2015 for 2.4 million.
Gary - January 29, 2019 at 9:53 am
On June 20, 2019, David Gimour's guitars will be auctioned at Christie's including: The Black Strat Fender Stratocaster #0001 The Red Stratocaster and over 100 more. I hope the Black Strat goes to the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame and not in some collector's closet.
Stringjoy Staff - January 29, 2019 at 10:57 am
We'll have to keep an eye on it!
Gary - October 22, 2018 at 3:52 pm
Fascinating, feel the passion these old works of art bring about. I love it! Each and every one of them has a distinct personality. Personally, I've never sold one because it would be like selling a family member, given a couple away and loaned a couple for safe keeping but never sold one. This sight reminds me of the TYA song, Once There was a Time. Keep on Truckin'
mark - September 12, 2018 at 3:45 pm
The concept I enjoy the most the most about these guitars is, the money spent to purchase them went to good causes.
Fenderstrat2269 - August 27, 2018 at 7:00 pm
"Music is a safe kind of high." Jimi Hendrix
John - May 20, 2018 at 12:17 pm
I'm pretty sure Kirk Hammett spent 2 million dollars on Peter greens old les Paul
Old Pirate - October 14, 2018 at 3:53 pm
Umm.. You mean, Gary Moore's Les Paul?
Stringjoy Staff - October 14, 2018 at 3:57 pm
Technically it's the same thing here...
Julian Ramshaw - October 27, 2020 at 5:55 pm
It's just the same thing, there's nothing technical about it.
LukeOverShoulder - April 11, 2019 at 9:12 am
It will always be Peter Green's Les Paul. Who the hell is Gary Moore anway - wasn't he some old fart on the 60's TV show To Tell the Truth?
Stringjoy Staff - April 11, 2019 at 3:37 pm
Hey played with Thin Lizzy and did a lot of solo work.
Ben - April 17, 2019 at 2:53 pm
He was arguably the best guitarist who ever lived... Moore put peter green to shame. It would be like putting Clapton beside SRV. Moore had more talent in his little finger than all of Green, so i guess your musical ignorance has its issues.
Richard Caldicott - June 21, 2019 at 12:42 pm
Sorry, Moore was good but to disrespect Peter Green like that is unforgiveable. Grren was an outstanding guiatrist until his encounter with drugs. On another note, SRV was outstanding in his limited style of playing. Clapton has shown he is far more versatile. Learn your music and gutarists.
Marty - August 23, 2020 at 11:00 pm
And Clapton in his early years would still be better.. Clapton is a great guitarist and Hendrix wss a very good one with a great show Mart
Wizweird - September 19, 2020 at 11:24 pm
Just an insertion point. Greatest guitarist ever is always up for grabs. You rarely hear about Roy Clark, who just about invented alternate picking, or Alvin Lee, who was at one time considered the fastest guitarist in the world, and the father of shredding. It's all a matter of taste. The actual finest guitar player ever? Simple as heck. ME! Lol I have been playing since 68........just teasing lol
Daryl hall - May 19, 2018 at 2:32 pm
The most expensive guitar I've seen be sold was for 2billion
Stringjoy Staff - May 19, 2018 at 2:55 pm
Ya, no.
Boi - May 24, 2019 at 3:01 pm
What guitar?
Ron - July 24, 2017 at 6:58 pm
What about Paul McCartney's violin bass he played on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964? It's signed by all four Beatles two of which are dead. It stands proudly in the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. Priceless.
Sonny Crockett - July 3, 2018 at 7:01 pm
The signatures are probably faked, it's a right-handed bass so McCartney never played it and he's is only known to have purchased two. The original one he used live up until "Let It Be" (has "Bassman" sticker on it) where it was unbelievably stolen from Abbey Road Studios. The one he uses now was originally his backup and was used sparingly until the first one was clipped. It is possible that the Beatles did sign this, one at a time after the breakup, but I doubt it...
Roast Beef - November 3, 2018 at 9:17 pm
wrong...https://www.bassplayer.com/gear/the-one-paul-mccartneys-1963-hofner-5001-violin-bass
maxibong - July 23, 2017 at 6:36 pm
what is the most expensive guitar sold
Stephen - June 1, 2017 at 8:27 am
Garcia's Wolf just sold last night for $3.5325 Million in a public auction in NYC.
Stringjoy Staff - June 3, 2018 at 12:51 pm
It sold for 1.9 million, but was matched by a separate donation bringing the total amount raised to 3.5 mil.
Bobby - March 19, 2017 at 11:26 pm
What about the Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix set on fire at the Monterey pop festival. I think it's owned by Billy Gibbons now. It's gotta be worth a couple million bucks.
Brendan - March 11, 2018 at 8:41 am
Actually Dwezzle Zap pa owns the body. The rest of it no longer exists. I just watched a YouTube video about it.
ed kociela` - October 20, 2018 at 2:25 pm
true...as a rock critic, i had the opportunity to interview frank zappa at his home and that guitar was there...
Guiguitarz - May 15, 2016 at 2:19 pm
And what about the Peter Green 1959 Burst that belonged to Gary Moore and then to Kirk Hammett ? I heard that Richard Henry (UK) sold it to Hammett for nearly $2million ... (?)
Ludwig Fender - August 6, 2018 at 12:34 pm
Why do you bother to ask shit about an article/video you've obviously neither read nor watched? Just read or at least look at the list son.


text:
Notable changes:

-   Enhanced substitutes
-   Order attachment
-   Item notifications
-   Better approval history

### Substitutes

You can now select two new options when setting a substitute.

1. **Action permission** - will allow substitute to perform all actions (approval, order, pick up, ...) on your behalf
1. **Notify** - will send substitute the same notifications you receive

Both options can be used in combination. You can set these up for example when you are going on a vacation and you need someone to perform those actions while you are away.

**Substituting menu** got moved to the main application bar, it can be dispalyed via the people icon.

Acting as a substitute is now not limited only to the Home page. It can be used throughout the whole application. Your selection is also persisted even when you open and close the application.

### Order attachment

When creating an order there is new field to add an attachment. Attachment can be later viewed by anyone.

### Item notifications

You can choose to get notified about all item changes by following an item. To do that open selected item and in the top right corner of the main item panel click on the bell button.

### Approval history

Approval history now also shows items your substitutes approved and items of other people in your approval group.

## v2.0.0

Notable changes:

-   New homepage listing most important actions and items
-   Expanded user page functionality
-   Allow more item types

### Home view

Home view serves for:

-   Item creation
-   Copying already requested items
-   Quick actions on items (pickup, approval)
-   Showing all active items of all types for current user
-   Showing last activity on items belonging to current user
-   Generating reports

List of active items shows items which are related to the current user. There is also a possibility od showing items belonging to user, which allowed substitution to the current user.

### User view

User has now the ability to set more default attributes to his account

-   account-prototype (used for prototype items)
-   account
-   department
-   substitutes

Substitutes are users which are allowed to see items belonging to the user they are substituting.

## v1.3.0

### Item view rework

Some information was moved, but all features stayed. Item attributes are now on the first panel.

### Better item errors

When item has errors or warnings icons will be shown in item list. On the details page it will show more descriptive and noticable warnings.

### Minor changes

-   Performance improvements
-   Application state is preserved (filters won't get reset on page reload, etc.)
-   ADDed dark theme (button for toggle is next to the notification button on app bar)
-   ADDed better filter options for item list

## v1.2.0

### Reworked main item list

Landing page with list of active items has been changed to display more information.

ADDed information to list item

-   Description
-   Number of current operation and number of all operations
-   PDF preview of drawing (shown on hover on question mark icon)
-   Currently responsible person/department instead of purchaser

### Pick up page

ADDed new page with list of all items waiting for pick up action. It shows all available items for picking up. By default it shows only items that were requested by the person viewing the page, but it can be toggled to show items of all requestors.

Clicking on `Pick up` will perform only the pickup action. Item will then disappear from the list.

### Automatic delaying

When defining operations and setting operation date the system will check all item's deadlines and perform automatic delay on needed dates.

#### Examples

When setting operation deadline that has later date than the item deadline, system will automatically delay the item. It will also require setting reason of delay if the operation deadline wasn't set for the first time (it was being edited).

When the operation deadlines are defined, but there's a need to delay some operation, when setting the deadline, all operations following the delayed operation will have automatically set new deadlines by the amount of days that is between the original deadline and the newly set one.

### Reworked reports

#### Summary report

New report sent every week. Contains created items in reported period. Period can be week, month, quarter, and year. Periods are sent in the same file, so for example when sending monthly report, it will contain data for the current month and also the current week.

Contains information about active item count, delay and on time ratios, item age per department and project turnover.

#### Other report changes

Active items report now contains also item age, age without action and has price flag.

Reports sent on broken deadlines and inspection reports are sent as excel files instead of table in outlook message.

### Minor changes

-   ADDed information panel with action deadlines to active list and item's details pages.
-   Archive can now be exported as excel file
-   Can manually download summary report on active items page

### Bug fixes

-   Fixed bug, when item's information was lost after editing attribute project name or project number

## v1.1.2

### Check complete

ADDed the ability to manualy check if the item is completed. This can be used for example when some operation was finished, it wasn't the last one, but then the next operations were deleted. This resulted in item being stuck in not completed state.

Now simply click check complete on the item and it will automatically complete the item if it can be completed. Otherwise nothing happens.

### Minor changes

-   ADDed repair option on reviewing operation

### Bug fixes

-   Notification icon and menu is displayed again
-   Fixed send button alignment issue on item comments

## v1.1.1

### Minor changes

-   Changed operation price field label to show that the value is meant to show price per unit
-   Methods can now finish operation definition
-   Purchasers can no longer recieve, take over, check or store items
-   Inspection won't recieve report with items waiting to be reviewed

### Bug fixes

-   Creating new item won't fail and create duplicates on continuous submit requests (caused when item had project name or number that wasn't in the system yet)

## v1.1.0

### Split Active order list and Archive into separate pages

ADDed collapsible menu bar to the left side, with links to Active (main list with active orders) and Archive

### Allowed to set destination for items

When creating new item, you will be able to set destination of the finished order in available select field. The only destination now is only Svařovna as it was their department, that requested this feature.

When destination is set on item, it can be used as a filter option in active order list and archive.

Destination can be set to older items too. Just open the item and edit its properties. There will be destination select field.

### Other features

-   ADDed the ability to search, filter and order archive items
-   Reworked login form


To spice up free and usa dating site number of attendees, SPoT Coffee cross-promotes the event through their advertising and marketing platforms, utilizing social media, in-store signage, and word of mouth. We provide the best pace relationship Chicago has to offer. With occasions provided in over 32 totally different places, we encourage our daters to branch out and make new friends, network and find love.
FriendFinder - Have enjoyable, meet individuals, find love. FriendFinder does not conduct felony background screening of its members. To study Web Courting Security, click here. click here. As we have modified, so has the web dating landscape. In the years since their initial launches, the forefathers of dating sites have cast ahead on cell whereas holding on to their desktop roots. Like most courting sites lately Plenty of Fish is a mixture between a social networking web site and a relationship site.
You might have the ability to engage in net chats, communities and meet singles in your local space. Plenty of Fish is accessible to those free and usa dating site stay within the United States, Canada, UK, Free and usa dating site, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand and Spain. There is something of a revolt brewing amongst singletons, who are now opting for face-to-face dating opportunities and of all issues making a comeback, speed courting is emerging as the frontrunner.
Our Matchmaking age vary free and usa dating site just like that of our events; our daters tend free and usa dating site top adult dating free app between early twenties to early forties. After you choose your matchmaking package, you will obtain a affirmation e-mail with details and questions to assist us find your Date Mate.
The primary folks I meet nprth jersey women seeking men backpage two ladies who showed up collectively. As a reporter for LA Speak stated, I walked via the venue with out even noticing the tables of daters; SpeedSF curvy girl dating skinny guy are so chic and low key you might just walk right by. We could not have stated it better ourselves. There isn't a official start time to the velocity courting portion of the evening - we like free and usa dating site wait for all daters to arrive, to have a moment to settle in with a refreshment and mingle ought to they wish.
One other option to incentivize matchmaking companies to enhance their know-how could be to change the subscription-based mostly income mannequin to a commission-primarily based model, during which matchmakers charge customers based on profitable matches. The fee-based mostly model can align the pursuits of matchmakers and shoppers. In actual fact, the headhunting business and the excessive-end matchmaking websites, such as Selective Search and Janis Spindel's Critical Matchmaking, already operate this way.
This website goals to match those that find themselves single in later life. The Yours Dating crew have additionally created Yours Dating After Loss for individuals who've lost a accomplice or spouse Both are free to affix and browse members on, however if you determine you wish to ship someone a message you'll need to buy a subscription.
Ardour Network is extra like The only distinction is that Ardour Network has more specific niches (over 250 distinctive dating niches). This translates to extra like smaller courting sites inside Ardour Network. You'll be able to be a part of niches like non-smoking, organic, psychic, cigar, coffee, mullets and classical (music). Their slogan is Love Lengthy and Prosper. The location is 100 free. When registering, you will be requested to choose a distinct segment.
Here, we report outcomes giving up online dating free and usa dating site quantitative research of aspirational mate pursuit in grownup heterosexual romantic relationship markets in the United States, using massive-scale messaging knowledge from a preferred online dating site (see the Data section). We offer a crisp, operational definition of free and usa dating site that permits us to quantify the relationship hierarchy and measure, for instance, how far up that hierarchy men and women can reach for companions and how attain is related to the likelihood of getting a response.
We also explore the ways wherein folks tailor their messaging methods and message content material based on the desirability of potential companions, and the way desirability and relationship strategy vary throughout demographic free and usa dating site. Persons are free to seek out their very own matches on our relationship website.
As a result of I Said Soa 2007 movie during which a mother creates an internet courting profile for her daughter. On this put up, we shall be talking about the best UK relationship web site where free and usa dating site can log-in UK lovething courting to fulfill with singles who're very ready to relate with you with all sincerity. Thaifriendly is the most well-liked Thai relationship site online free and usa dating site Thailand with over 600 new Thai personals profiles made on daily basis of the week.
We now have lots free and usa dating site fresh Thai singles on the lookout for new buddies or to start out a new relationship with a western man who's involved in free and usa dating site lovely country often called the land of smiles. The earliest steam christian pace relationship san antonio courting speed san for it's carapace, something blocking below fiends dating pace san christian antonio lumbering speed san christian antonio through wills wherewith the need upon occupants. One in ten Individuals have used a web-based courting site or cell relationship app themselves, and many individuals now know someone else who uses on-line dating or who has found a spouse or lengthy-time period companion through on-line courting.
And if you would like the convenience of getting a gridview with all the people who preferred your profile already, choose Tinder Gold In that part, you may selectively match with any singles who catch your eye, or match with all of them in just one tap. I've all the time been skeptical on utilizing online dating sites, particularly the free ones as a result of they usually have some hidden free and usa dating site. Nonetheless, BlindDater has been great from the beginning and I've by no means felt anything else than gratitude for the location.
is the place for individuals who want a real relationship but do not want to commit to a full-fledged courting site with in depth questionnaires. Hinge literally labels itself the relationship app, or as I want, the "anti Tinder. " As an alternative of seeing one profile at a time, Hinge is ready up like Instagram, which creates a method smoother (and fewer judge-y) really feel than swiping. Quotation wanted Speed relationship provides participating investors and firms a chance to have focused private conferences with targeted teams in a compact timeframe.
You may often inform inside minutes of meeting somebody whether or not or not you could possibly fortunately fall for them and, in the identical approach, you recognize if they might get the thumbs down. In order to apply for a meeting at Artistic Pace Courting for Director's it's a must to get a BFFF CONNECT Ticket or a B2B Ticket if you're a production company.


text:
HOME | HOME & DIY
JYSK has enjoyed one of its most successful UK store openings to date in Bradford. The Scandinavian-owned furniture retailer had queues forming from 8am outside its… View Article
JYSK celebrates successful Bradford opening
3 July, 2019 | by The Retail Bulletin
JYSK has enjoyed one of its most successful UK store openings to date in Bradford.
The Scandinavian-owned furniture retailer had queues forming from 8am outside its new shop at the Phoenix Retail Park on launch day.
The arrival of the store follows a new shop opening at St Helens two weeks earlier and the launch of a relocated and upgraded store in Lincoln in May. Following the opening, the Lincoln store saw a month's sales delivered in just two days.
JYSK is planning to have a total of 52 stores in the UK.
David Ashton, country manager at JYSK UK, said: "Our new team in Bradford worked incredibly hard to showcase a beautiful new store.
"This is a slightly more 'stand alone' unit than our locations elsewhere, therefore we know the power of local marketing will be vital to success."
JYSK will also be opening a new store in Wakefield next month.
The retailer has around 2,800 shops in 54 countries and an annual turnover of €3.58 billion.
JYSK celebrates employee satisfaction survey result
JYSK embarks on IT recruitment push
JYSK opens first store in Azerbaijan
JYSK launches first store in Cyprus
JYSK opens first store in Ireland
JYSK opens first store in Thailand
new store openings


It was hot as all hell in Los Angeles, so I tried to spend as much time as I could 1) in air conditioning, and 2) with my dad for Father's Day!
I thank my dad for my love of superheroes. Ever since I can remember, we watched movies and television shows starring our favorite heroes. This has continued on through adulthood, where we've spent days binge-watching TV shows and plan our weekends around exciting movie releases. This particular Saturday was time for X-Men: Apocalypse. After waiting for three weeks, we were finally able to set a time to see it.
The movie was pretty good! We were both thoroughly entertained, although I'm getting a bit tired of superhero movies being over two-and-a-half hours long (Batman vs. Superman and Captain America: Civil War were also this length). We then stopped to grab some lunch at a local sushi spot, "HaNami Sushi," as it was International Sushi Day! I then headed back to my apartment to build my dresser and decorate my room.
Happy Father's Day! Los Angeles celebrated by being over 100 degrees. Ugh. It was a very eventful day for my family. First, we headed to my grandpa's house in the Pacific Palisades for brunch. It was 80 degrees there, so we knew it was really hot. My grandpa had had a knee replacement just five days before, and was already walking around and going up and down the stairs. As someone who also recently had knee surgery, I was beyond impressed. We feasted on bagels and fruit before I headed back to my parents' house for the rest of the day.
When we got back, I gave my dad his presents: a make-your-own hot sauce kit and a Green Arrow figurine. He was very pleased. We then relaxed for the afternoon, as it was too hot to do anything but lay on the couch (although I did venture out to Bed, Bath & Beyond to buy a fan for my apartment–very necessary). Then, the rest of my grandparents came over for a delicious dinner my dad cooked and we watched game 7 of the NBA finals. It was a great, albeit warm, day.
Always a good time with my family! Looking forward to next week, when my brother (who just turned 21 today!) comes home for a visit!


God forgave you, but have you forgiven "them"? Forgiveness is not an option in the Bible, but most Christians feel it is, especially when they have "justifiable" cause. You can be assured you will never know the peace and joy of Christ as long as you have not forgiven someone who has sinned against you, from your HEART, not your head.


Zoe joined the team at Capital Strength and Conditioning this year. She has a keen interest in sports-related conditioning, working with athletes in injury prevention, rehabilitation and improving sports performance. Zoe has worked in a variety of sports including soccer, NRL, cricket and AFL, and she is currently the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Ainslie FC NEAFL team. Zoe also has a background in dancing, and as a result has a strong interest in improving mobility and joint range of motion.


The researchers then tested different TILs from the patient to find those that recognized one or more of these mutated proteins. TILs recognized four of the mutant proteins, and the TILs then were expanded and infused back into the patient. She was also given the checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab to prevent the possible inactivation of the infused T cells by factors in the tumor microenvironment.
and has not returned more than 22 months later.
This article was originally posted on Cancer.gov.


text:
'Missing' stadium funds: I didn't pay any money to contractor – Nii Lante
by Nathan Quao
Former Youth and Sports Minister, Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, has denied paying GHc 1.6 million Ghana in cash to the contractor of the New Edubiase Sports Stadium in the Ashanti region.
In a Parliamentary answer presented to the House on Thursday, the Ministry of Youth and Sports claimed it could not trace the source of funding for the said project.
It has also referred the matter to the National security for investigations.
Speaking to Citi News, Mr. Vanderpuye who was accused of making the payments said the procedures at the Ministry at the time would not have permitted him to pay the contractor in cash.
"I am not an accountant of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. As a minister, I don't handle money. So I don't make payments. I don't pay cash. I don't pay money to anyone. I don't write cheques because I am not a Chief Director too."
"So if any payments were done, the payments were done by the Ministry of Youth and Sports through the officials of the Ministry of Youth and Sports mandated by law to do those things and not me," the former Minister insisted.
President John Mahama cut the sod for the construction of the 10,000 seater stadium back in 2016.
But the project has since been left unattended, although the current government promised to complete the construction.
According to the Sports Minister, the funding for the project was not captured in the budget for 2015 and 2016.
There is also no evidence of sponsorship for the project.
Denials from contractor firm
The company awarded the contract for the construction of the 10,000-seater stadium also denied receiving a sum of GH¢1.9million from former Youth and Sports Minister.
According to its CEO, for the work he had done so far, he was yet to receive any money from the government.
The CEO of the company, Nurudeen Shakdeen, in an interview on Eyewitness News said the project, which is in two phases, is still in the first phase where the project has stalled.
"I did not receive a cash of GHS1.9 million from Nii Lante Vandepuye. I did not receive that amount of money. It is an administrative issue…. The [cost of the] first phase is over GHS 5 million," he said.
By: Delali Adogla-Bessa & Duke Mensah Opoku| citinewsroom.com | Ghana
Follow @delalibessa
Leicester City helicopter crash: Funeral arrangements made in Thailand
Hor Halutie: Ghanaian sprinter leaves for training camp in the US


Racine Unified School District and The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread.
New Racine Unified School District Superintendent, Dr. Lolli Haws, laid out an entry plan when she began her work this July. The Entry Plan outlined her process to seek, assess, respond and ensure results in Racine Unified School District. Dr. Haws spent 90 days from July to October learning about the District and is ready to release an "Accelerate and Leverage Our Work" Plan. This meeting will provide community leaders an opportunity to learn about the plan, provide feedback and ask questions.


text:
Politics this week
The world this weekSep 20th 2014 edition
America's House of Representatives backed Barack Obama's plan to arm and train rebels in Syria in their fight against Islamic State extremists. Mr Obama says America will not get involved in ground combat; its main contribution will be air strikes. But General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hinted that American troops could embed with Iraqi soldiers in their battle against IS. Earlier, 27 countries, including Arab states, met in Paris to pledge military assistance to defeat IS "by all means necessary". See article
David Haines, a British aid worker captured in Syria, was beheaded by IS, the third Westerner to be murdered by the group. It is threatening to do the same to another Briton, Alan Henning, a volunteer who drove aid to refugees.
Police in Australia carried out their biggest ever anti-terror raids arresting 15 people after IS called for a campaign of random public beheadings in the country. The Australian government has been one of the most vocal supporters of military action in Iraq, promising to participate.
In a busy week for the Pentagon, America also announced that it would send 3,000 military personnel to west Africa to help co-ordinate the response to an epidemic of the Ebola disease. The Pentagon will bring its expertise in logistics to the region, setting up dispatch centres for equipment and building makeshift medical facilities. The virus has so far affected 5,000. The WHO reckons a big international effort is needed just to limit the spread of Ebola to tens of thousands of people. See article
In Nigeria at least 15 people were reportedly killed after gunmen attacked a teacher-training college. Elsewhere in the country a military tribunal sentenced 12 soldiers to death by firing squad for a mutiny that took place in May in which shots were fired at the commanding officer.
South Sudan did itself no favours by telling foreigners (save diplomats and government aid agencies) to leave the country within a month. It promptly retracted the policy amid criticism that it would disrupt aid programmes.
Trying to de-escalate
Ukraine's parliament agreed to give more autonomy to eastern parts of the country and offer an amnesty for rebel fighters as part of a peace deal; it also ratified a long-awaited association agreement with the EU, though it will not be fully implemented until next year. The former president, Viktor Yanukovych, had refused to sign an earlier version. Meanwhile, the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine was marred by sporadic fighting. See article
Sweden's prime minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, resigned after his Moderate Party lost a general election to the Social Democrat party, which was returned to power after eight years in opposition. Stefan Lovfen, its leader, held coalition talks with the Greens. Like his predecessor, he is ruling out negotiations with the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats, who came third in the election, doubling their support to 13%. See article
The International Organisation for Migration, an intergovernmental body, said that it feared 500 migrants may have drowned after the boat they were travelling in from Egypt to Malta was rammed by traffickers. In a separate incident 200 migrants were thought to have perished off the coast of Libya. The IOM estimates that 3,000 migrants have died trying to cross the sea to Europe so far this year.
Building on its recent success in Saxony, the Alternative for Germany party, which is against the euro but not the EU, did well in state elections in Thuringia and Brandenburg, winning just over 10% and 12% of the vote, respectively. See article
Coral disharmony
In a bid to pre-empt the UN from reclassifying it as being "in danger", Australia announced a 35-year plan to manage the Great Barrier Reef. The Finland-sized reef is under threat from the impact of coastal development and climate change and has lost about half its coral.
The generals who launched a coup in Thailand in May ordered that Thaksin Shinawatra's name be erased from school textbooks. The billionaire former prime minister, now in self-imposed exile, led political parties that have won every election that has been allowed to take place since 2001.
After winning May's general election in a landslide under Narendra Modi, India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party faced unexpected setbacks in state by-elections in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state, where voters seem to have resented the Hindu-nationalist BJP stirring up communal divisions.
In China the trial began of Ilham Tohti, a prominent critic of the government's policies towards ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang. The government has been tightening controls in the far-western region in response to a wave of terrorist attacks by Uighurs, most of whom are Muslims.
Hillary dips her toes
Hillary Clinton took her husband, Bill, to a Democratic Party event in Iowa, where the vegan ex-president had to fry steaks for other people. Iowa holds the first-in-the-nation contest to select presidential nominees in 2016. Mrs Clinton did not reveal whether she would run, but admitted she was thinking about it. See article
America's Census Bureau recorded a drop in the poverty rate for the first time since 2006, to 14.5% of all Americans in 2013 from 15% the year before. For blacks the poverty rate stood at 27% and for Hispanics 24%.
The half-chance saloon
Standard & Poor's downgraded Venezuela and put the chances of a sovereign default in the coming two years at 50%. Despite its oil wealth, the country's economy is almost certainly shrinking and its inflation rate is above 60%. Nicolás Maduro, the president, insists that bondholders will keep being paid. See article
Peru's long-standing finance minister, Luis Miguel Castilla, resigned, ostensibly for personal reasons. His successor, Alonso Segura, has the task of pepping up an economy hit by lower commodity prices. See article
Rob Ford's rollercoaster ride as Toronto's mayor took another lurch after he was diagnosed with cancer. Mr Ford, whose battles with addiction are well known, withdrew from next month's mayoral election and was replaced on the ballot by his brother, Doug.
This article appeared in the The world this week section of the print edition under the headline "Politics this week"


text:
Jesenje je lahko:
 Jesenje, Litija
 Jesenje, Krapinsko-zagorska županija
 Jesenje, Italija (Iessegna) - naselje v občini San Leonardo-Podutana v Beneški Sloveniji

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Moto-Chrom from Poznań was founded in 2003. We deal with the restoration of chrome car and motorcycle parts. We provide expert advice and guarantee professionalism and reliability when performing our services.
Our experts have at their disposal innovative technologies and state-of-the-art equipment for nickel plating, polishing, sand blasting and beam blasting. We provide professional galvanic treatment of steel and aluminium elements. We apply copper, zinc and chrome coatings to motorcycle and car parts.
Such activities allow you to restore the old elements to their original splendour and make them look newer than they really are.