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How Your Brain Stops a Bad Day from Making You Hate Everyone
A new study shows how our brains prevent "emotional spillover" from biasing our first impressions of new people.
By Summer Allen
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Everyday life is filled with events that evoke emotional highs and lows—like celebrating a friend's birthday, getting cut off in traffic, or even stubbing a toe. Amid all these ups and downs, how do we remain clear-headed in our judgments?
Remarkably, feelings about one situation rarely color our first impressions of new people or situations that we encounter soon afterward. We seem to have a built-in regulatory mechanism to protect us from this "emotional spillover," and a recent study published in the journal Psychological Science explored a specific brain area that might be responsible.
Would disrupting the region of the brain known to be involved in controlling impulsive urges lead people's emotions to cloud their judgments more than usual?
This region is known to be involved in controlling our impulsive urges, like when we choose healthier food over junk food. Disruption of the lPFC, either by TMS or by brain damage, leads people to have less self-control and to be more influenced by their environment. Now the question was: Would disrupting the lPFC lead people's emotions to cloud their judgments more than usual? Researchers Regina Lapate, Richard Davidson, and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recruited 27 people to have a part of their brain temporarily shut off. Specifically, the researchers used a technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to disable or "knock out" a brain region called the left lateral prefrontal cortex (lPFC).
The researchers tested this by showing participants a series of neutral faces, each of which was preceded by a briefly flashed photo of a happy or a fearful face. These brief flashes have been shown to affect our feelings, so they served as a proxy for everyday life situations that evoke emotions. After seeing the neutral face, participants rated the likeability of this person on a 1-to-4 scale. Each participant rated 144 neutral faces: half while their lPFC was knocked out, and half while a control brain region was knocked out (to serve as a comparison).
As expected, emotional spillover occurred only when the lPFC was inhibited. In that case, participants found neutral faces that followed fearful faces significantly less likeable than those that followed happy faces.
The impact that this emotional spillover had on the participants' first impressions of the neutral faces was profound—and, as it turns out, persistent.
Three days later, long after the TMS had worn off, participants were shown all the neutral faces they had seen in the experiment. For each face, they were asked, "How much do you like this person?" on a scale from 'really dislike' to 'really like.' Neutral faces that had originally followed fearful faces when the participants had their lPFC inhibited were once again rated as less likeable than other faces.
These results are the first to causally suggest that the lPFC, in conjunction with its connecting brain regions, plays an important role in emotion regulation. Its activity seems to allow our impressions of new people and experiences to be relatively unvarnished by the constant barrage of emotional stimuli we encounter every day.
However, emotional spillover isn't an all-or-none phenomenon. Indeed, research suggests that people with anxiety or depression may have impaired lPFC function. The extent of emotional spillover also likely varies from person to person and by context. As the researchers write, "In everyday life, the magnitude of [emotional] spillover probably depends not only on an individual's regulatory capacity and lPFC intactness but also on the intensity of the emotional event, the awareness of its influence, and the interval between emotional processing and subsequent events."
The good news is that learning about how our brains regulate our emotional responses can suggest ways to strengthen this ability—and possible avenues for future research. Contemplative practices such as mindfulness meditation are particularly attractive possibilities, as there is already evidence that they can change how some parts of the brain respond to emotional stimuli.
In the end, this study may get us one step closer to limiting emotional spillover even further than the brain already does naturally, making sure we don't miss out on a new best friend because of a still-throbbing stubbed toe.
This article was adapted from Greater Good, the online magazine of UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, one of Mindful's partners. View the original article.
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I hit the jackpot at the carboot on Wednesday! There was a lady selling a bunch of her old quilting books and magazines :) apparently she has too many (not the case for me of course!) they are all completely amazing and I can't believe how lucky I was to find them!! My only regret was not buying all her things, she had more magazines that I wish I got now - isn't that always the way!?
I will be enjoying reading through these books over the summer and I'm sure gaining lots of inspirations and ideas, after only a flick-through my head is already buzzing.
Following on with the retail therapy I purchased the Staple Dress pattern by April Rhodes, I'm really excited about this. I've only made one dress before in sewing class with my mum a few years back, but I don't wear it as I didn't conceal the zipper (dohh!) and its not a nice zipper that you would want to expose... so I'm hoping this will be the first official dress I make and wear for myself. I've heard lots of good things about it, and everyone on the blogosphere seems to have made one so I thought I may be able to tackle it! I plan on making a muslin version first, and then using either of these two fabrics for the real version?
I recently bought the cream floral fabric from Etsy, I just looove the pattern and colours - but I'm undecided whether to use it as a quilt-backing as I originally intended? The other fabric I purchased from a fabulous shop in Rome last year called Fratelli Bassetti Tessuti. Floor to ceiling in fabric, and I found this tucked away in a little corner. I thought it looked quite 60s and kitsch, a perfect dress print for me!
Look at that fabulous haul! Such great finds.
Ooh that looks like a fun stack of quilting books!
Lovely fabrics! Ooo... both would make oh so lovely dresses though I think the pink background with blue would make a dreamy Staple!


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2014 Geneva: McLaren reveals new 650S coupe
March 7, 2014 March 11, 2014 Chris Chin	2014, 2014 Geneva Auto Show, 2015 McLaren 650S, 650S, McLaren, McLaren 650S0 comment
Mclaren revealed an all-new super coupe called the 650S, which sits in the middle of the range with a modified version of the MP4-12C's twin-turbocharged 3.8L V8. Good for 650hp, the McLaren 650S is essentially a mid-cycle refreshed MP4-12C, boasting a 0-62 time of just three seconds. Top speed stops at 207 mph. Prices in the UK start at 195,250 GBP while the spider version starts at 215,250 GBP. For full details, check out the press release below. ——————————————————– New McLaren 650S Coupe can accelerate 0-200km/h (0-124mph) in just 8.4 seconds…
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Musicians mourn as native rehearsal advanced Bedrock.LA closes
Saturday afternoon felt like a wake exterior of Bedrock.LA in Echo Park.
At midday, just a few hundred of the hundreds of musicians who recorded, rehearsed and located associates there for 13 years lined up on the byzantine industrial constructing, only a few blocks north of Echo Park Lake. They picked over a hearth sale of Bedrock's gear, carting off drum units, amp stacks, pianos and P.A. techniques with misty eyes and a quiet nostalgia.
However largely, they'd gathered for one final look across the house the place they'd nurtured goals of stardom, or simply cherished a room of their very own to lift hell. That day, Bedrock shut its doorways perpetually.
"Whenever you entered here, you'd just get sucked in talking to people from all walks of life," mentioned musician Alex Hoffmaster, 36, describing the warren of hallways and chaotic cul-de-sacs that stretched over two flooring. "You'd come out after practice and not know it was dark outside."
"Even before I started playing gigs, I'd end up coming here just to hang out," mentioned Jonathan Rivera, 29, who performed in a rock group referred to as Bloodhounds. "L.A. is such a big city, but this place made it feel small. Playing here was a really special time in my life."
That was true for nearly everybody who handed by Bedrock, from superstars like Thom Yorke and moonlighting celebs like Maya Rudolph and Ryan Gosling (who every rehearsed there), right down to current L.A. transplants with only a guitar and alter for the Taco Zone truck down the block.
After 14 months of dragged-out closures for constructing repairs, the beloved rehearsal and recording advanced has ended its run as a scruffy home-away-from-home for native musicians. Employees and tenants blame gentrification and an more and more inhospitable metropolis for struggling artists; Bedrock's landlords say the construction was past salvaging.
Whereas a few of Bedrock's clientele will discover new locations to rehearse, for a lot of who had rooms there, shedding Bedrock is a darkish omen.
"We're losing the foundations of being able to make art in L.A.," Hoffmaster mentioned. "To have this place taken from us is just, ugh."
Musicians attend the closing sale at Bedrock.LA on Dec. 17.
In 2009, when Kamran V, now 43 (he stylizes his surname as such), and Phil Feinman, 36, opened Bedrock in a former jewelry factory just south of the 2 Freeway offramp, the two (along with partner Cosmo Jones) were trying to split the difference between the free-for-all industrial warehouses downtown and the sleek Hollywood facilities where bands would practice for gigs. Kamran had worked on sound engineering projects for Interscope and Sonos (he's collaborated with Beck and Nine Inch Nails) while Feinman built and repaired music equipment. If it weren't for the 2008 real estate crash, they never could have afforded a 40,000-square-foot building in one of the city's most desirable central neighborhoods.
"When we started this business together, I was 23, we didn't know what we were doing," Feinman mentioned. "But now a big chunk of my adult life has been this place."
"I remember when we first opened, some people were like, 'Oh, this room is imperfectly soundproofed, and no one's here to get you coffee,'" mentioned Kamran. "But who gives a f—, because you had all these precious random encounters."
Certain, the janky conveyor belt main up the steps to the second flooring may rip your arm off in case you weren't cautious. However there was a full-service gear restore service, gear store and a receptionist that can assist you out, free parking and a merchandising machine with (shhh) chilly beer in case you knew which button to hit. You simply needed to dodge Eagles of Loss of life Steel's Jesse Hughes throwing knives at a wall within the foyer.
Nearly instantly, Bedrock grew to become a favourite hub for the native music scene. The road-art collective Cyrcle painted a stylized mural of a serpent consuming the constructing on its exterior, and Bedrock hosted candidate debates for contentious metropolis council races. Although the ready listing for twenty-four/7 month-to-month rooms stretched into the hundreds, the homeowners saved rental costs comparatively reasonably priced (round $25 an hour), and the placement made it straightforward to shlep to gigs close by.
"People had these heartfelt stories of how Bedrock affected their lives," Kamran mentioned. "We had really young kids who literally grew up with this always being here. I had my wedding reception here. Flying Lotus played our holiday party, and Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs curated our Bedrocktoberfest event. At the end of the day, the staff would close up, then head upstairs to jam, because you just wanted to hang out here."
Bedrock.LA co-founders Cosmo Jones, left, Phil Feinman and Kamran V.
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Bedrock was form of an Ellis Island for younger musicians discovering their approach within the metropolis (together with, for a time, this author). "There was all this art everywhere, it was such a cute vibe," mentioned Danie Espinoza, 29, who had performed at Bedrock since she was 19. "It had a huge impact on the community here."
Extra boldface names discovered it inspiring too. The comedy-rock legend "Weird Al" Yankovic recorded his first No. 1 album, 2014's "Mandatory Fun," in one in every of Bedrock's studios. "I have so many fond memories of Bedrock," Yankovic wrote in an e mail. "It was our home away from home. Kamran very generously allowed us to record it there for free, so Bedrock definitely gets to share those bragging rights."
Weezer guitarist Brian Bell had a room in Bedrock for years, and beloved bumping into rising acts that saved him on his toes. "I was living in Encino at the time," he mentioned by way of e mail, "and driving there gave me not only a place to crank up my amp but a place where I could feel the energy and anxiety of a community of up-and-coming bands before the industry homogenized them."
Bedrock was such a hive of collaboration that Michael Siciliano, a sociologist at Tulane College, wrote a ebook, "Creative Control," in regards to the up to date arts financial system centered, largely, across the scene at Bedrock.
"What struck me was the degree that people worked really hard to cultivate a sense of place, to make it feel special," Siciliano mentioned. "L.A. is always about networking opportunities, but here you could have these social connections in a way that wasn't just transactional."
Regardless of some break-ins and flooding, Bedrock survived the pandemic. However after only a few months reopened, the constructing's homeowners advised Kamran and Feinman {that a} damaged rooftop AC unit had brought about extreme structural harm, making repairs all however not possible. Bedrock must evict everybody and shut perpetually.
Reached by cellphone, a consultant for the constructing's homeowners, the Normal Oil Funding Group, mentioned, "Unfortunately, when we opened the ceiling tiles, there was a ton of cracking, the building was falling apart. We brought in a structural engineer who said that if there was an earthquake it could be bad.
"We love the musicians and feel for them," the consultant continued. They mentioned they anticipate tearing down the constructing and redeveloping it for residential initiatives.
"I don't believe that," Kamran mentioned of their landlord's causes for closure. The Normal Oil group owns quite a few high-end business and residential properties in Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. "We got an estimate from (building development firm) CBRE that said the opposite of that, and exactly what it would cost to repair it. The owners were the ones that didn't maintain it and let it fall into deep disrepair."
Kamran and Feinman had anticipated that their beer-sticky utopia in all probability wouldn't final perpetually, however nonetheless, "When I had to tell the staff, I couldn't hold it together," Kamran mentioned. Most of the dozens of workers who cycled by have been touring artists who trusted Bedrock for versatile work. "These types of things are fleeting, of course. But we're in a moment in Los Angeles where it is really complicated to exist. Art finds a way somehow, but we're a symptom of a much bigger challenge."
A scene from the everything-must-go sale at Bedrock.
(Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Instances)
Feinman has since taken a job with microphone firm AKG, and Kamran produces music festivals like North Carolina's Moogfest. They don't plan to attempt to reopen Bedrock in one other location.
"The loss of that building means you lose a pathway to culture," Siciliano added, noting that native golf equipment just like the Echo and Echoplex have been not too long ago purchased by Stay Nation, and others just like the Satellite tv for pc closed through the pandemic. "As the city changes, especially in Echo Park and points east, that seems to be disappearing as big money comes in."
On Saturday, as musicians toted dwelling mementos of their years there, some wanly famous that Bedrock closing meant the tip of a chapter of their lives. They'll apply at locations like Pirate Studios or ABC close by, however in a metropolis that may be cruel to younger artists, Bedrock was a spot to hold, work and even, in a pinch, to stay.
"I slept in our rehearsal room here after a bad breakup," mentioned Rodney Mitchell, 31. He's not giving up on music, however he admits, "It's not going to be the same community anywhere else. They're never going to be able to replace the feeling of this place."
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Stunde des Skorpions ist ein Science-Fiction-Fernsehfilm in drei Teilen des Deutschen Fernsehfunks DFF und wurde im DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme produziert. Literarische Vorlage war der Roman Die Unsichtbaren von Günther Krupkat, der auch das Szenarium für die Filmadaption verfasste. Der Film wurde am 20., 21. und 23. Dezember 1968 ausgestrahlt.

Weitere technische Daten
 Szenarium: Günther Krupkat
 Dramaturg: Walter Baumert
 Szenenbild: Günter Broberg

Erstausstrahlungen: 20., 21. und 23. Dezember 1968, Länge 5220 m

Handlung
Sprecherstimme aus dem Off vor einer rotierenden Erde:

Das 21. Jahrhundert ist angebrochen. Ein neues Jahrtausend. Acht Milliarden Menschen bewohnen die Erde. Sie bietet allen reichlich Raum und Nahrung. Wissenschaft und Technik bezwangen Eiswüsten, verwandelten Sandmeere in Gärten, erschlossen den Reichtum der Ozeane und der Tiefen des Erdballs.

Immer neue, ungeahnte Perspektiven eröffnen sich dem friedlich forschenden Geist weit über den irdischen Bereich hinaus. Mehr und mehr verschwinden die Unterschiede im Entwicklungsniveau der Völker. Denn eine sozialistische Welt bestimmt das Geschehen.

Auf dem Wege der Menschheit in eine glückliche Zukunft drohen aber noch Gefahren. Dies ist die Geschichte einer Möglichkeit.

Glint, der Staatspräsident eines überseeischen demokratischen Staates, wird mit einer Strahlenpistole umgebracht. In dem namentlich nicht genannten Staat lebt der ehemalige Konzernchef Barry Vanderbrook. Er führt eine Organisation, die den Sozialismus bekämpft, um wieder kapitalistische Verhältnisse wie vor der Oktoberrevolution 1917 herzustellen.

Der Mord an Glint und weltweite mysteriöse Vorfälle erregen die Aufmerksamkeit der internationalen Sicherheitsorganisation IKOM, deren Hauptquartier sich in Warschau befindet. Die Täter sind immer unsichtbar. Doch als ein Unsichtbarer in der Stadt Polaria in Antarktika in das dortige Forschungslabor eindringt, in dem am Gravitron geforscht wird, begeht er beim Diebstahl von Dokumenten einen Fehler. Aus Versehen tritt der Unsichtbare in eine verschüttete Flüssigkeit, wodurch seine Existenz für die Mitarbeiter des Labors bewiesen wird. Das Gravitron soll die Schwerkraft aufheben und ungeheure Energiemengen erzeugen können.

Daraufhin beauftragt Michail Kostja, eine Art Abteilungsleiter des IKOM, seinen Mitarbeiter Pit Wendel mit der Aufklärung des Falls, da offenbar Spionage und Sabotage vorliegen. Während Dr. Kris Merten, die die Fußspuren entdeckt hat, sehr hilfsbereit ist, verhält sich ihr Arbeitskollege Frank Groneberg bei den Ermittlungen Wendels äußerst unkooperativ. Dabei haben Kris und Frank auf dem Mars schon einmal Fußspuren von Humanoiden entdeckt, die sich nicht zuordnen ließen. Außerdem sichteten sie einen riesigen Schatten, der sich keinem Objekt zuordnen ließ.

Pit Wendel stellt dem Unsichtbaren in Polaria eine Falle. Kurzfristig werden menschliche Umrisse deutlich, doch Groneberg verhindert die Gefangennahme des Eindringlings, der bei seiner Flucht zwei Wachleute mit einer Strahlenpistole verletzt.

Durch den Sekretär Vanderbrooks, "Ronny" Harding, tatsächlich jedoch Offizier des IKOM, erfahren Kostja und Wendel, dass Vanderbrook über ein Geheimlabor verfügt, in dem Professor Orell ebenfalls an einem Gravitron arbeitet. Orells Tochter Elena ist Harding aus moralischen Gründen bei den Ermittlungen behilflich. Bei der Durchsuchung des Geheimlabors werden sie zwar von Lennart, einem engen Vertrauten Vanderbrooks, festgenommen, jedoch gelingt ihnen die Flucht mit Vanderbrooks Unterwasseryacht Cadena.

Kostja und Wendel erfahren weiterhin, dass die Cadena von Oslo kommend die Lofoten anlief und dort einen Schiffbrüchigen an Bord nahm, was jedoch von Vanderbrook streng geheim gehalten wird.

Kostja ordnet aus Sicherheitsgründen die Verlegung der Versuche am Gravitron auf die Raumstation MIRNA an, wo Kris und Frank von Pit Wendel geschützt werden. Die Raumstation wird überraschend von dem angeblichen Raumdienst-Wachschiff C 23 angeflogen, das scheinbar einen Schaden erlitten hat. Die C 23 ist jedoch tatsächlich das Raumschiff Regulus Vanderbrooks und mit seinen Gehilfen besetzt. Die Raumpiraten überfallen die Zentrale der Raumstation und wollen das Gravitron übernehmen.

Doch Wendel gelingt es, die Piraten so lange hinzuhalten, bis drei Raumschiffe des Raumdienstes erscheinen. Kurzfristig entsteht eine Duellsituation, in der sich der "Deltawerfer" der Regulus und das Gravitron der Raumstation gegenüberstehen, doch im letzten Moment flieht die Regulus, um den Schiffen des Raumdienstes zu entkommen.

Wie sich herausstellt, hat Groneberg für Vanderbrook gearbeitet, sich aber im letzten Moment entschieden, den Diebstahl des "Gravitrons" zu verhindern. Zurück auf der Erde, hat der Großrechner ELVIRA im Auftrag Kostjas inzwischen alle Komponenten der geheimnisvollen Ereignisse kombiniert. Dabei stellt sich heraus, dass die Unsichtbarkeit von Vanderbrooks Männern durch den Invisator erzeugt wurde. Dieses Gerät war an Bord eines außerirdischen Raumschiffs, das aus dem Sternbild Skorpion stammt.

Das Raumschiff ist von einer außerirdischen Rasse mit "halborganischen Automaten", die Robotern ähneln, besetzt. Um ungestört Erkundungen auf Mars und Erde vornehmen zu können und um die Menschen nicht durch ihr Aussehen zu erschrecken, benutzten die Automaten den Invisator. Beim Anflug auf die Erde stürzte einer der Automaten bei den Lofoten ab und wurde von der Cadena geborgen, so dass der Invisator in die Hände Vanderbrooks geriet. Das Raumschiff verließ anschließend die Erde wieder, offenbar Richtung Sternzeichen Skorpion.

Kris Merten ist erschüttert über den Umstand, dass die Außerirdischen die Zeitmauer zwischen dem Skorpion und dem Sonnensystem überwunden haben, doch Kostja ist optimistisch:

Kein Weg ist soweit, als dass nicht auch wir ihn einst gehen werden.

Der Film blendet mit dem weiterfliegenden außerirdischen Raumschiff ab, das von ELVIRA simuliert wurde.

Produktionshintergrund, Dramaturgie, Tricktechnik
Ästhetisch und akustisch lehnt sich der Film deutlich an die westdeutsche Fernsehserie Raumpatrouille an, die zwei Jahre zuvor ausgestrahlt und 1968 wiederholt wurde. Dies wird besonders deutlich bei einer Tanzsequenz, bei der sich die Paare zu elektronischer Musik bewegen und die an die Tänze im Starlight-Café erinnern. Die IKOM weist Parallelen zum Galaktischen Sicherheitsdienst GSD der Raumpatrouille auf.

Obwohl der Film im DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme produziert wurde, das über ausgezeichnete Möglichkeiten der Trickgestaltung verfügte, kam diese nicht zum Einsatz. Der Film ist von wenigen Außenaufnahmen, so einem Mockup der Cadena in einem "Hafen" und kurzen Aufnahmen von Kris und Frank auf dem Mars ein reines Kammerspiel. Die kurz einmontierten Aufnahmen der Raumstation MIRNA stammen offenbar aus einem älteren Spielfilm sowjetischer Herkunft, möglicherweise Der Weg zu den Sternen.

Die Dramaturgie ist dem zeitgenössischen Kriminalfilm entlehnt; Stunde des Skorpions ist eigentlich ein "Uto-Krimi", in dem selbst die Sequenzen auf dem Mars und in der Raumstation nur der Lösung der mysteriösen Zwischenfälle dienen. Der Film transportiert nur indirekt eine Utopie, sondern spiegelt vor allem den Kalten Krieg der Produktionszeit wider, der zur Zeit der Dreharbeiten grade mit dem Prager Frühling einen erneuten Höhepunkt erlebte.

Stunde des Skorpions blieb eine der wenigen Science-Fiction-Produktionen des DFF. Inwieweit dies mit der Rezeption des Publikums zusammenhängt oder aber mit der Gründung der Künstlerischen Arbeitsgruppe defa futurum 1970, die praktisch ein Monopol für utopische Filmstoffe in der DDR besaß, ist bislang ungeklärt.

Kritik
Laut Filmobibliografischem Jahrbuch gab es keine zeitgenössischen Filmkritiken. Das Lexikon des Science Fiction Films urteilte gut 30 Jahre später:

Da der erste SF-Mehrteiler des DDR-Fernsehens nach dem Motto "Der Sozialismus wird siegen" gestrickt ist … kann man diesen relativ hausbackenen, vorrangig auf Elemente des Kriminalfilms setzenden Dreiteiler heute leider nur noch als Geschichte aus einem alternativen Universum goutieren – aus einem solchen, in dem der Sozialismus doch gewonnen hat.

Weitere utopische Produktionen des DFF
 Messeabenteuer 1999, Regie Egon Schlegel, nach dem gleichnamigen Kinderbuch von Werner Bender, Erstausstrahlung 9. März 1958.
 Gefangene des ewigen Kreises, Regie Helmut Krätzig, nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Günther Krupkat von 1956, Erstausstrahlung 5. Mai 1960.
 Professor Tarantoga und ein seltsamer Gast, Regie Jens-Peter Proll nach einer Vorlage von Stanisław Lem, Erstausstrahlung 24. April 1979.
 Moebius, Regie Matti Geschonneck, noch vom DFF 1991 produziert, Erstausstrahlung 11. September 1994 auf NDR III.

Literatur
 Günther Krupkat: Die Unsichtbaren, 1. Aufl. Berlin 1958.
 Karsten Kruschel: Leim für die Venus. Der Science-Fiction-Film in der DDR, in: Das Science Fiction Jahr 2007, hrsg. von Sascha Mamczak und Wolfgang Jeschke, ISBN 3-453-52261-3, S. 803–888.
 Filmobibliografischer Jahresbericht der DDR 1968, S. 142.
 Ronald M. Hahn/Volker Jansen: Lexikon des Science Fiction Films. 2000 Filme von 1902 bis heute, 2 Bde., 7. Aufl. München (Wilhelm Heyne Verlag) 1997, Bd. 2, S. 863f. ISBN 3-453-11860-X

Weblinks

 Informationen zum Film sowie ein Standfoto bei fernsehsenderderddr.de

Einzelnachweise

Filmtitel 1968
DDR-Film
Science-Fiction-Film
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    'httpCode': 303,
    'location': 'https://github.com'
  };
};


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November 4, 2014 Postober Staff 5
The legend of Taj Mahal tells a great love story of a king and his beloved wife but here are some interesting facts about Taj Mahal, the king Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal that lesser known. Some of these might facts put a question mark on the true love of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to his wife Mumtaz Mahal.
Taj Mahal, meaning "crown of palaces" in Arabic, was built by the 5th Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. The Taj Mahal, which is a symbols of love for many, is located in the city of Agra in Uttar Pardesh province of India. Though the legend of Taj Mahal tells a great love story of a king and his beloved wife but here are 10 interesting facts about Taj Mahal, the king Shah Jahan and his beautiful wife Mumtaz Mahal that remains lesser known to most. Some of these facts might put a question mark on the true love of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to his wife Mumtaz Mahal.
An artistic depiction of Mumtaz Mahal
1. The full title of Shah Jahan as an emperor was "Shahanshah Al-Sultan al-'Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Malik-ul-Sultanat, Ala Hazrat Abu'l-Muzaffar Shahab ud-din Muhammad Shah Jahan I, Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Sani, Padshah Ghazi Zillu'llah, Firdaus-Ashiyani, Shahanshah—E—Sultanant Ul Hindiya Wal Mughaliya".
2. Shah Jahan was married 7 times. Mamtaz Mahal was his 4th wife.
3. Mamtaz Mahal was married to another man who was killed by Shah Jahan so that he could marry her.
4. Mamtaz Mahal was killed while delivering her 14th child.
Portrait of the emperor Shajahan, enthroned
5. Shah Jahan married Mamtaz Mahal's sister after her death.
6. Shah Jahan's sons fought a battle, called Battle of Samugarh, against each other for the crown.
7. Shah Jahan was put to house arrest by his own son Aurangzeb.
8. There was no state funeral for Shah Jahan. He rules India from 1628 until 1658.
9. Shah Jahan was laid to rest next to his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal in the Taj Mahal.
10. Taj Mahal was not originally designed to entomb a second person other than Mumtaz Mahal. Aurangzeb, son of Shah Jahan, instead of building a new mausoleum, buried his father next to Mumtaz Mahal.
The inside picture of Ta Mahal shows Shah Jahan (left) was entombed against the original symmetry.
Tags: Agra Battle of Samugarh India Mamtaz Mahal Mughal Shah Jahan Taj Mahal Uttar Pardesh
Categories: Interesting


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Q: LIMIT on parent of JOIN I wish to limit the number of rows given by the parent (articles), do you know how to do this?
I don't want to limit the total number of rows (LIMIT x), just the ones from the 'articles' table.
SELECT * FROM articles
INNER JOIN categories
ON articles.category_id = categories.id
INNER JOIN articleInfo
ON articles.id = articleInfo.article_id
INNER JOIN articleWeights
ON articles.id = articleWeights.article_id
INNER JOIN articlePictures
ON articles.id = articlePictures.article_id
WHERE articleInfo.lang = :lang

I'm helpless, can't find it anywhere..
Thanks!

A: Since you mention LIMIT, I assume you're using MySQL.  You can use LIMIT in a subquery:
SELECT *
FROM (SELECT * FROM articles LIMIT 10) articles
    INNER JOIN categories
        ON articles.category_id = categories.id
    INNER JOIN articleInfo
        ON articles.id = articleInfo.article_id
    INNER JOIN articleWeights
        ON articles.id = articleWeights.article_id
    INNER JOIN articlePictures
        ON articles.id = articlePictures.article_id
WHERE articleInfo.lang = :lang

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Football club sheds light on grass problem
A NORTH-EAST football club is leading the way in using technology to develop the perfect pitch.
Sunderland recently played host to a conference looking at the concept of using ground-breaking technology to stimulate grass growth by using artificial light.
It was attended by several Premiership and Nationwide clubs, including Arsenal, Chel-sea and Ipswich.
The trial is the first time the technology has been tested on a full-scale under UK climatic conditions, and aims to solve the problems associated with poor grass growth experienced in stadia.
It measures the effects of using artificial light to stimulate grass growth in areas of the pitch which are deprived of full light.
The day-long conference on behalf of Stadion Grow Lighting (SGL), the Dutch company involved in the trial, included a technical presentation on the difference the lighting units have made in one of the ground's penalty boxes.
George Daville, group property director at Sunderland, said: "We have now established that the SGL concept is viable, and results on the pitch are clearly evident.
"The quality of the grass in the test area is better than during the summer months and it is full of thick, lush grass.
"We felt that the time was right to share the findings with other clubs and related professionals."


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package org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.audit;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.EnumSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;

public enum AuditLevel {

    ANONYMOUS_ACCESS_DENIED,
    AUTHENTICATION_FAILED,
    REALM_AUTHENTICATION_FAILED,
    ACCESS_GRANTED,
    ACCESS_DENIED,
    TAMPERED_REQUEST,
    CONNECTION_GRANTED,
    CONNECTION_DENIED,
    SYSTEM_ACCESS_GRANTED,
    SECURITY_CONFIG_CHANGE,
    AUTHENTICATION_SUCCESS,
    RUN_AS_GRANTED,
    RUN_AS_DENIED;

    static EnumSet<AuditLevel> parse(List<String> levels) {
        EnumSet<AuditLevel> enumSet = EnumSet.noneOf(AuditLevel.class);
        for (String level : levels) {
            String lowerCaseLevel = level.trim().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
            switch (lowerCaseLevel) {
                case "_all":
                    enumSet.addAll(Arrays.asList(AuditLevel.values()));
                    break;
                case "anonymous_access_denied":
                    enumSet.add(ANONYMOUS_ACCESS_DENIED);
                    break;
                case "authentication_failed":
                    enumSet.add(AUTHENTICATION_FAILED);
                    break;
                case "realm_authentication_failed":
                    enumSet.add(REALM_AUTHENTICATION_FAILED);
                    break;
                case "access_granted":
                    enumSet.add(ACCESS_GRANTED);
                    break;
                case "access_denied":
                    enumSet.add(ACCESS_DENIED);
                    break;
                case "tampered_request":
                    enumSet.add(TAMPERED_REQUEST);
                    break;
                case "connection_granted":
                    enumSet.add(CONNECTION_GRANTED);
                    break;
                case "connection_denied":
                    enumSet.add(CONNECTION_DENIED);
                    break;
                case "system_access_granted":
                    enumSet.add(SYSTEM_ACCESS_GRANTED);
                    break;
                case "security_config_change":
                    enumSet.add(SECURITY_CONFIG_CHANGE);
                    break;
                case "authentication_success":
                    enumSet.add(AUTHENTICATION_SUCCESS);
                    break;
                case "run_as_granted":
                    enumSet.add(RUN_AS_GRANTED);
                    break;
                case "run_as_denied":
                    enumSet.add(RUN_AS_DENIED);
                    break;
                default:
                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid event name specified [" + level + "]");
            }
        }
        return enumSet;
    }

    public static EnumSet<AuditLevel> parse(List<String> includeLevels, List<String> excludeLevels) {
        EnumSet<AuditLevel> included = parse(includeLevels);
        EnumSet<AuditLevel> excluded = parse(excludeLevels);
        included.removeAll(excluded);
        return included;
    }
}


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Q: Combining Two jQuery .val() Results Into Variable I'm sure this is fairly elementary; however, I just can't get it to work.  It's a two step process.  First, I want to combine the values of two dropboxes into a string.  Second step, I need to display any ID field found in a table row that matches that string.  Here are the two lines of code; however, something is not quite working out for me yet.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!
var $result = $('#provider').val() + $('#grade').val();
$('tr[id*=\"$result\"]').show();

A: Try this:
$('tr[id*="' + $result + '"]').show();

A: The problem isn't combining the variables — the string concatenation should be just fine.
JavaScript doesn't perform variable replacement in strings, the way PHP does. Here's the fix:
var result = $('#provider').val() + $('#grade').val();
$('tr[id*="' + result + '"]').show();


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Net financing grew 4.7% in 1Q, supported by higher outstanding loans — BNM
Syahirah Syed Jaafar
theedgemarkets.com
May 13, 2020 13:13 pm +08
KUALA LUMPUR (May 13): Malaysia's net financing expanded at a sustained pace of 4.7% during the first quarter of the year, supported by higher growth in outstanding loans, said Bank Negara Malaysia.
In a statement today, BNM said growth in outstanding business loans increased, while outstanding household loan growth declined.
However, demand for both business and household loans slowed in comparison to the previous quarter.
On the Special Relief Facility (SRF) that was made available on March 6 to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs), BNM said it has worked together with participating financial institutions (PFIs) to implement the SRF to ensure that SMEs benefit quickly.
"As at May 4, 2020, the PFIs have approved more than 20,000 applications amounting to about RM10 billion. Demand has been overwhelming, and as a result, the earlier announced RM5 billion SRF allocation has been quickly taken up that will directly benefit more than 9,000 SMEs across Malaysia, and preserve more than 200,000 jobs.
"In view of the strong demand, BNM has upsized the SRF by another RM5 billion to cater for all of the applications approved by PFIs as at May 4, bringing the total final allocation to RM10 billion," said the central bank.
With the gradual lifting of the Movement Control Order (MCO) and reopening of the economic sectors, SMEs may also use the existing financing schemes offered by the government, the financial institutions, as well as from the remaining allocation for BNM's fund for SMEs, it said.
"SMEs can also access financing options through the imSME platform, which helps to match financing needs with a variety of fund providers that cater to SMEs.
The central bank noted that in the first quarter of 2020, financial institutions have disbursed RM62 billion worth of financing to SMEs, with RM48 billion of that amount earmarked for working capital purposes.


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i've had the bottle for 3 weeks, no sign of that happening.
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Leaving the headscarf behind
Protests continue in Iran surrounding hijab laws
Brian Pearlman, Staff Writer|March 12, 2018
Victoria Williamson | The DePaulia
It appears to have started with Vida Movahed, a 31-year-old Iranian woman: Standing on a utility box on a busy street corner in Tehran, she quietly waved her headscarf as if it were a white flag while her long hair flowed behind her.
This protest against Iran's compulsory hijab laws quickly sparked a social media movement around the hashtag "Girls of Enghelab Street," inspiring other women to commit similar acts; "Enghelab" means revolution in Farsi, the official language of Iran, and it is also the name of the street where Movahed's silent protest went viral to millions of people around the world.
The new wave of protests are not the first to come to Iran. In January, thousands of people took to the streets to voice concerns over Iran's economic problems and austerity measures proposed by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Men and women protested the nation's unemployment rate and the increased cost of basic goods, and while there were arrests in the wake of the protests, the government eventually conceded that some protesters had legitimate grievances with the state of the Iranian economy.
Those concessions haven't necessarily carried over to the women in the "Girls of Revolution Street" movement. On Thursday, a woman who took off her headscarf in public was sentenced to two years in prison, despite Tehran's police chief saying in December that he would no longer make such arrests.
More than 30 women have been arrested for such protests since December, though many have since been fined and released.
Sentences for dress code violations typically involve a few hundred dollars in fines and a couple months in jail, though human rights watchdogs warn that beatings and inhumane prison conditions are common.
Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist and activist who supports the movement and who has created her own dress code-protest campaigns, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in February that this is the first time since the 1979 Iranian Revolution that women are "taking to the street and putting themselves in danger."
"They know that this a punishable crime, and they want to (be) heard," Alinejad said in the interview.
Alinejad has also taken issue with Western political leaders who wear the hijab when they visit, saying in the same interview that "by obeying compulsory hijab, they are allowing the Iranian government to put more pressure on these women inside Iran."
Supporters of the movement argue that it is more political than religious – a desire for increased autonomy and agency in a time when Iran and Saudi Arabia are the only two Middle Eastern countries with compulsory hijab laws on the books.
The laws requiring the hijab started going into effect in the wake of the 1978-9 Iranian Revolution when revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini mandated a dress code for women based on a strict interpretation of Islamic law; they later became mandatory for all women in Iran, regardless of religion, in the '80s. Critics say the laws, which additionally required women to wear loose clothing covering down to their legs, were motivated by the new regime's desire to control the populace through a forced show of symbolic patriotism and solidarity.
Hussein sympathizes with the women protesters, and she also sees a flaw in the broader movement of Western feminists who have been reluctant to support the protests for fear of invoking Islamophobia.
"Women in the West aren't speaking out about Saudi (Arabia), so they're not expected to speak out against Iran," Hussein said.
Izzia Maali, a 65-year-old Muslim woman and Chicago-area machine operator who wears the hijab, says the crux of the issue is the fact that women have no freedom in the country – from the way they are told to dress to the way in which men often have legal control over their lives.
"A long time ago, it used to be that Iran was No. 1 in the Middle East because the Shah of Iran let (women) do anything they wanted. It was real good over there. But since 1979, when the Ayatollah Khomeini came, he turned it upside down," Maali said.
In 2017, for example, Human Rights Watch released a report saying that women are marginalized not only politically but economically as well, constituting only 16 percent of Iran's workforce and having an unemployment rate that is twice that of men.
But not everyone agrees.
An 86-year-old Muslim man, who did not want to be named, says he believes that women in Iran face no more disadvantages than anywhere else in the world.
"Those people who are protesting were Westernized during the years of the Shah," he said. "During the Shah's time, a lot of people became secular … but women have to have the headscarves because their hair is part of their sexuality, and no man should see any part of a woman's sexuality except her husband."
Muslim women in Middle Eastern nations without compulsory dress code laws wear the hijab because they know it is part of their religion, he said, adding that in his view, Iran has been unfairly singled out by propagandists.
While the protests over economic conditions seem to have subsided for the moment, the social media campaigns and hashtags continue – despite many social media apps being banned in Iran. Through pictures and videos on Telegram and elsewhere, women are continuing to protest for the freedom to choose not just what they want to wear, but how they wish to be heard.
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MILPITAS, CA - March 24, 2011 - Array Networks Inc., (TWO: 3664) a global leader in optimized application access, security and delivery, today announced that Network Products Guide, an industry-leading technology research and advisory guide, has named Array's SpeedCore™ application delivery networking platform and APV9650 application delivery controller as finalists for the 6th Annual 2011 Hot Technology and Best Application Delivery Product Awards. These industry and peer awards from Network Products Guide are the world's premier information technology awards honoring achievements and recognitions in every facet of the IT industry. Winners will be honored in Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 during the 6th annual dinner and presentations.
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Q: For which p the series converge? $$\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\left(\frac{1}{n!}\right)^{p}$$
Please verify answer below

A: Comparison test
$$\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}\left(\frac{n!}{(n+1)!}\right)^{p}=\frac{1}{(n+1)^{p}}=\begin{cases}
1 & \Leftrightarrow p=0\\
0 & \Leftrightarrow p\neq0
\end{cases}$$
The series have the same convergence as $\frac{1}{n}$, so for:

*

*$p>1$ converge

*for $p<1$ don't converge

A: The series diverges for $p\le0$, since the terms do not approach $0$.  For $p>0$, the $n$-th root of the $n$-th term is
$$
(n!)^{-p/n} = e^{-p(\log n + O(1))} \sim Cn^{-p},
$$
which approaches zero.  Therefore it converges by the root test for all $p>0$.


One of the most feverous conversations happening around digital music is the ability for artists to maintain ownership and attribution for their work. It's no surprise that blockchain technology—in particular Ethereum, with its use of smart contracts—has driven a surge in music technology startups attempting to solve this problem.
Everyday we're reading about startups coming up with wonderfully creative applications of the technology in order to solve a similar pain point.
All of these companies are doing great work in finding creative ways to solve a very real challenge.
The conversation around artist royalties has also creeped into the wider public conscience through the marketing communications of new players in the music streaming service industry (Tidal) and high profile litigations—with Spotify recently having to pay out $21m for unpaid royalties.
Artists are right to demand compensation for their work—especially when it is their work that drives subscriptions and streaming platform revenues. Publishers and labels should also be compensated. Royalty collection societies also play an invaluable role as the infrastructure that facilitates royalty payments between streaming platforms and artists. And as the builders of the infrastructure that provides the access and sales of of the music, streaming platforms require revenue to maintain the service they provide.
Within all of this is an argument around how much compensation should be provided. As technology developers, we're not in the business of entering this debate. We can only acknowledge that the arrangement for payments is required, as is the infrastructure to manage those payments. Streaming revenue is fast becoming the greatest source of sales revenue for artists (yet to surpass physical sales but it is only a matter of a year or two before this changes). And yet the data mechanism for royalty reporting suffers from a large problem mostly related to standardisation and communication.
From 2012-2014, streaming services misallocated or failed to pay nearly $100 million in royalties. Over the past ten years, this figure is estimated to be closer to $400 million. At any given time, 10% of a streaming service's music catalogue is made available without the publisher or rights administrator knowing. And not so long ago, an investigation into the royalty payments for Victory Records found that Spotify paid royalties to the label only 79% of the time.
This isn't a problem unique to Spotify. And it's not that streaming platforms want to avoid payments.
Song metadata provided to streaming platforms can be inaccurate and outdated. Sales reporting from streaming services to royalty collection societies differs by each platform, and can range from quarterly to half-yearly and yearly. Data formats also differ across each platform.
So not only are there revenue black boxes due to inaccurate data, but there are inconsistencies in the timings of payments and a lack of standardisation in the data provided.
As the facilitators of royalty collection payments, we can use royalty collection societies (APRA AMCOS, ASCAP, BMI) as proxies for a source of truth when it comes to song metadata. But there is currently no mechanism to validate streaming platform metadata for any given song to the metadata stored within a royalty collection society's database.
Paperchain is standardised song metadata collection, storage and reporting platform for the music industry using blockchain technology.
Utilising smart contracts on the Ethereum platform, Paperchain becomes a mechanism for data validation between the metadata records held by streaming services and royalty collection societies.
We ingest the song database of the royalty collection societies, and this data is used to create a smart contract. The contract hash is appended to the royalty collection society database. We then ingest, match and append the contract hash to the streaming service metadata.
The validation happens at the point of the song stream. Using the contract hash, the app makes a call to the contract to validate the app's metadata against the contract's metadata. If the validation is successful, the song is played. If the validation is unsuccessful, the stream is not allowed and an alert sent to the streaming service and royalty collection societies.
The ledger logs are then made available to the collection societies through their login to the Paperchain app, providing real-time sales reporting.
We're focused at Paperchain on metadata validation because we see it as the core challenge to the issue of misallocated and unpaid royalties. It allows to build a solution that can realistically solve the challenge, as we're dealing with .txt and .csv files, not media files. We're not trying to build a digital library. We can avoid the high costs of running a compute engine required to run blockchain networks that need to store media files. Integration doesn't hinge on the adoption of a new codec or re-wrapping existing media into a new codec.
Paperchain is a solution that directly addresses the needs of royalty societies to better service their members and expand their revenue opportunities.
After initially publishing a proof of concept Dapp on our testnet running an EC2 instance on AWS, we are in the process of migrating the POC Dapp to Google Compute Engine. The reasoning is mainly financial—as a bootstrapping startup we need to find the greatest efficiencies in running our early technology implementations.
While we finish this migration over the next two weeks, we will be finalising the standard data format that all incoming data will be transformed to match on ingestion into the Paperchain app.
A detailed Trello board will soon be made public.
We're particularly interested in working with royalty collection society in our early release. If you work for a collection society, we'd love to hear from you. You can contact us on info [at] paperchain [dot] io or sign up to the platform on the Paperchain website.


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Trix Rails
==================

Trix Rails allows you to easily incorporate the [Trix Editor](https://github.com/basecamp/trix "Trix Editor") from Basecamp into your Rails projects.

Install
-------

Trix Rails is a Rails engine tested against Rails >= 4.1 and Ruby >= 2.0.0. To get started, add Trix Rails to your Gemfile and bundle install.

`gem 'trix_rails'`

Make sure you then add the assets to your application's stylesheets:

```scss
@import 'trix';
```

And add the Javascript library:

```javascript
//= require trix
```

Use
---

### Basic Use

In your form simply use the `#trix_editor` method on your form builder.

```
<%= form_for @entry do |f| %>
  <%= f.trix_editor(:body, placeholder: 'Once upon a time...') %>
  <%= f.submit(t('.submit')) %>
<% end %>
```

Contributing
------------

Please make sure you have passing tests. Run `rake test` to run the test suite.


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Home News Motocross Yamaha Motor Europe confirms 2020 line-up
Ben Watson
Yamaha Motor Europe confirms 2020 line-up
Following the announcement of Yamaha Motor Europe's reformed Racing Strategy that will see the Monster Energy Wilvo Yamaha MXGP and Monster Energy Kemea Yamaha MX2 take on Factory status in 2020, it is with great pleasure that Yamaha Motor Europe N.V. can confirm that next season's rider rostrum will consist of Jeremy Seewer, Gautier Paulin, Arnaud Tonus, Jago Geerts and Ben Watson.
Currently making up the top-four in the 2019 MXGP World Championship with four rounds remaining, Seewer, Paulin and Tonus have put in some outstanding performances this season where between them they have accumulated 14 podium finishes in as many rounds.
Seewer has enjoyed a second full season with Yamaha inside the premier class, where he has taken his YZ450FM to four podium finishes and is currently second position in the Championship Standings with a 37-points advantage over Paulin.
Paulin is currently third and has also accumulated four podium successes onboard his YZ450F, while teammate Tonus is 6-points further adrift in fourth position and has crested the podium on six occasions this season.
All three riders will make up the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP team where they will line up on YZ450FM machinery determined to challenge the MXGP crown in 2020.
Strengthening Yamaha's 2020 Strategy, the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 team has retained its strong contingent of MX2 riders for yet another season, Jago Geerts and Ben Watson.
Widely recognized as one of the most promising young talents in the world, Geerts is one of only three race winners this season. The 19-year-old is in his second full MX2 season and has managed to celebrate five podium finishes this year. He is currently 3-points from securing a place inside the top-three in the 2019 MX2 World Championship with four rounds remaining.
Fresh off a maiden podium in 2019, Watson has proven he still has what it takes to challenge the crown despite facing some adversity this season. The 22-year-old is currently seventh in the championship standings after suffering from a broken hand that required surgical repair.
Both riders are looking forward to the 2020 season where they aim to challenge a place on the top step of the podium on Yamaha's cutting edge YZ250FM.
Jeremy Seewer: "It feels really good to stay with Yamaha for another season, especially after what happened to me at the end of 2017, I really feel like Yamaha helped me out of that situation and gave me an opportunity to grow into the MXGP class, and also to grow with a Factory team again. I really enjoyed my time with the Rinaldi team where I had a really good relationship with everyone there and we've had a good season. Going into 2020, I am happy to remain on the Factory team even though the team will be different. It will be a new chapter and I look forward to building on it."
Gautier Paulin: "Already this season, Yamaha and I have made some really big goals and have put together a big testing plan that we feel will get me back to the top. We have worked hard to have a good feeling on the motorcycle, which I have, and I am now third position in the championship. There have been many races where my Yamaha has been up front, and I have a lot of confidence in the brand and in my team. It feels really good to continue with Yamaha. One year moves quickly, and it is always a positive feeling to sign another year where we can improve the plan by making it stronger. Yamaha have put in a huge amount of effort to restructure the strategy for 2020, and I am very excited to move in this direction with them, and I am excited for what is yet to come."
Arnaud Tonus: "It feels amazing to stay with Yamaha. We have been through a lot together, many highs, many lows. Yamaha supported me at my lowest, and this year we were rewarded with many good times and a lot of success too. I am so happy to continue with the team for another season. It feels like home to me. I feel it's very important to have the Yamaha Family behind me, and with extra support in 2020 as a Factory team. This will mean we have access to even better material, and extra technical support which will help us evolve the bike further. I am super excited for the 2020 season!"
2020 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Team Owner Louis Vosters: "I am really really happy with our line-up for 2020. Gautier brings a lot of experience with an amazing attitude. This season he has achieved four podiums and is third in the championship, which has been good, and what is more exciting is that we believe he can achieve even more. Arnaud has been unbelievable this year with six podium finishes and is fourth in the standings. I think in the years to come he will bring even more success. And joining Gautier and Arnaud, Jeremy who is the current runner-up in the MXGP championship will be welcomed back to our team as an exciting young rider that is constantly growing and improving. For me, having these three riders on Factory bikes will be one of the best teams in the world."
Jago Geerts: "I am happy to sign with Yamaha for another season. I really look forward to 2020 where we will receive extra support from Yamaha as the Factory MX2 team, which will mean we will receive special material and added technical support. This will make a big difference in the development of the bike. I can't wait to ride the Factory bike, and I look forward to seeing what we can achieve next season."
Ben Watson: "It's great to sign a new contract with Yamaha for next season, and that they still believe in me. I have always dreamed of being a factory rider, and next year I will have the opportunity. I am already looking forward to 2020 where I hope to achieve what I know I am capable of achieving. Perhaps the most exciting thing about the new deal is that we will have Factory support and I look forward to developing the YZ250FM and taking the bike to the next level. I am really grateful for this opportunity, and I hope to make the most of it."
2020 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team Owner Hans Corvers: "We are happy to continue with Jago for another year, he is obviously an enormous talent and a rider that is more than capable of challenging for victories, and we are also happy to reach a new agreement with Ben for 2020. I feel both of these riders have potential to do well next season and myself, and the whole team, is happy support them in 2020."
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S'all about the flashmob, Gosford, XC and the parkrun over the jump!
Yesterday, Monday, was supposed to be one of the most depressing days of the year. There was no sign of the January blues effecting our intrepid crew of Dubbers this week – with some magic performances at the various events. The missus told me she wanted to see The Monkees tribute band in Switzerland – then I saw her face, now I'm in Geneva. Right then, it's roundup time!
3 John Close 00:18:13 3rd Place!
19 Claire Tontry 00:20:49 1st Place!
44 Catherine Baillie 00:22:10 3rd Place! New PB!
85 Maire McCaughey 00:23:25 New PB!
92 Ronan McCaughey 00:23:39 Newbie PB!
99 Judith McManus 00:23:49 Newbie PB!
109 Valerie Maguire 00:24:05 New PB!
136 Kathy Mayhew 00:24:51 New PB!
142 Julia Orr 00:25:12 New PB!
244 Brona Shaw 00:28:33 New PB!
277 Lynn Donnelly 00:29:40 Newbie PB!
Outstanding – it was a joy to watch so many Dubs kitted up, pushing hard and enjoying themselves in the park. It might be a flashmob but we have some Dubs to celebrate nonetheless! Three Dubbers placed on the podium: Claire took the top step for the women, newbie John C took the final step for the men's, while Catherine grabbed the final step of the women's with both hands. We had five stunning new course PBs set by Catherine, Marie Mc, Val, Kathy and Brona. Some January tourism was the order of the day for Ronan Mc, Judith and Lynn as they all set newbie PBs on Saturday morning! For the second week in a row, newcomer Julia managed to smash her all-time 5k personal best time by swiping another 30 seconds off it this week! A few group photos in the slider below, check out the full gallery here. A reminder our next flashmob is on February 2nd at the first running of Stranmillis parkrun!
Flashmob: 19 Dubs ready for the start!
Flashmob: 19 Dub safely home and accounted for!
Nice running Katherine – a last minute change of plans to the 5k didn't effect your times at all! Great running in some lovely scenery, along trail paths – how else would you want to spend a Saturday morning?! If you'd like to spend one of your Saturday's like that, then the next race in the series is in Antrim Castle Gardens on February 2nd.
Gosford: A relieved Katherine snaps the money shot!
Oh Deer: The Gosford bling!
Fantastic – three Dubs in the top 20, that sounds like a job well done to all of us here in Roundup Towers. A nice yet undeniably hellish course – impressive times posted by our tremendous trio! While the weather building up the day might not have been the best – thankfully the weather held out for the duration of the race, it is almost like we're having a mild winter so far!
Comber: Nessa, Val, Claire & Roisin look happy before the XC!
Comber: Roisin gives it her all in the mud!
Comber: Nessa somehow manages a smile!
Niall MCCRORY 00:20:11 Newbie PB!
January Blues?! More like Dubs Rules! We stuck those blues in the bin this week – phew. These months are always about setting the foundation for the year ahead – and by the looks of things we're in for a cracker 2019! I took my dog to the lake over the weekend and noticed he floats very well – he's a good buoy.


ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA – Morton & Gettys senior counsel Joseph L. Raad is included in the 2016 Best Lawyers in America, a publication widely regarded as one of the country's leading directories of legal professionals.
Raad is listed in the just-released edition in the practice area of Trust and Estates, the fifth consecutive year he has been so recognized.
Best Lawyers is widely regarded as among the leading peer-review publications covering the legal profession. Inclusion is selective and must begin with a nomination from a fellow attorney or someone in the community. Nominees then undergo an exhaustive examination by peers before final selections are determined.
The guide is released in print in partnership with US News, and the directory is online at bestlawyers.com.
One of only two certified specialists in Estate Planning and Probate law in the Rock Hill area, Raad's practice at Morton & Gettys also includes business and corporate law and fiduciary services. He also advises clients in areas such as business succession planning and trust creation that can help preserve assets and let their heirs avoid a lengthy and expensive probate process. He's handled complicated cases that have crossed state and county lines.
He's a member of the South Carolina Bar Estate Planning and Probate Law Section Committee and he often shares his professional knowledge with others, speaking to groups on the topics of probate law and estate planning.


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Public Release: 5-Jul-2017
In the egg, American bullfrogs learn how to avoid becoming lunch
CORVALLIS, Ore. - When exposed to potential predators as an embryo, the invasive American bullfrog becomes harder to kill when it becomes a tadpole, according to a new study by Oregon State University researchers.
Tadpoles that hide more and develop faster when predators are present have better chances at survival, and the study sheds light on the frog's capacity to proliferate across the Pacific Northwest, said Tiffany Garcia, an aquatic ecologist in OSU's College of Agricultural Sciences and lead author of the study.
The findings were published this week in the journal Oecologia.
Bullfrogs are strong competitors for food and highly invasive in many environments. They are implicated in the decline in many native species, Garcia said.
"These embryos can learn about new predators while they are still in the egg, and they behave and develop differently after they hatch based on that learning," she said. "If these frogs can learn about predators before they are even vulnerable to them, it makes it that much harder to limit their spread."
In the study, the researchers collected bullfrog eggs from a seasonal, fish-less pond in Oregon's Willamette Valley. The researchers exposed one group of eggs to signals that predators were close by, in this case fish odor. They exposed another group to the smells of fish and injured tadpoles. The control group wasn't exposed to any smell.
The tadpoles that hatched from the predator-exposed eggs avoided predators more than the ones that hatched from the unexposed eggs. They hid behind a small piece of black plastic, and they also grew into slightly longer tadpoles.
"When that predator smell was around in the tadpole phase, they knew what to do to be safe," she said. "They learn about the identity of predators that will pose a threat for them later in life."
It is the second known study of embryonic learning in amphibians, after the wood frog, and the only one that focused on an invasive species, Garcia said.
Mature bullfrogs can tip the scales at nearly two pounds and be as long as eight inches. They eat anything they can fit in their mouths, including other frogs, bugs, fish, birds and turtle hatchlings.
"They are what we call gape-limited predators," Garcia said. "That means their diet is only limited by their size. That's why they can have such a strong impact in invaded ponds and why we are looking for ways to control their spread. It turns out they have more weapons than we originally thought that make them very good invaders."
American bullfrogs are native to the eastern United States. Although some were observed in Oregon prior to 1900, most of the frogs were brought to the state in the early 20th century to be harvested as food - frog legs are sold at restaurants around the world. Most of those farms went belly up during the Great Depression, and the frogs were either released or they escaped.
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This guide has been produced to explain the concept of "reasonably practicable" in a simple way for HSE staff and incorporates guidance currently held on HSE's website. It's aimed mainly at staff new to HSE and those new to decision making.
"ALARP" is short for "as low as reasonably practicable". "SFAIRP" is short for "so far as is reasonably practicable". The two terms mean essentially the same thing and at their core is the concept of "reasonably practicable"; this involves weighing a risk against the trouble, time and money needed to control it. Thus, ALARP describes the level to which we expect to see workplace risks controlled.
Using "reasonably practicable" allows us to set goals for duty-holders, rather than being prescriptive. This flexibility is a great advantage but it has its drawbacks, too. Deciding whether a risk is ALARP can be challenging because it requires duty-holders and us to exercise judgement. In the great majority of cases, we can decide by referring to existing 'good practice' that has been established by a process of discussion with stakeholders to achieve a consensus about what is ALARP. For high hazards, complex or novel situations, we build on good practice, using more formal decision making techniques, including cost-benefit analysis, to inform our judgement.
The concept of "reasonably practicable" lies at the heart of the British health and safety system. It is a key part of the general duties of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and many sets of health and safety regulations that we and Local Authorities enforce. HSC's policy is that any proposed regulatory action (Regulations, ACOPs, guidance, campaigns, etc.) should be based on what is reasonably practicable. In some cases, however, this may not be possible because the Regulations implement a European directive or other international measure that adopt a risk control standard different from "reasonably practicable" (i.e. different from what is ALARP).
What is meant by reasonably practicable?
You may come across it as SFAIRP ("so far as is reasonably practicable") or ALARP ("as low as reasonably practicable"). SFAIRP is the term most often used in the Health and Safety at Work etc Act and in Regulations. ALARP is the term used by risk specialists, and duty-holders are more likely to know it. We use ALARP in this guidance. In HSE's view, the two terms are interchangeable except if you are drafting formal legal documents when you must use the correct legal phrase.
It can get very complicated. More detailed ALARP suite of guidance and your Directorate/Divisional ALARP guidance (where available) explains how to deal with some of these complications.
Using "reasonably practicable" allows us to set goals for duty-holders, rather than being prescriptive. This flexibility is a great advantage. It allows duty-holders to choose the method that is best for them and so it supports innovation, but it has its drawbacks, too. Deciding whether a risk is ALARP can be challenging because it requires duty-holders and us to exercise judgment.
In most situations, deciding whether the risks are ALARP involves a comparison between the control measures a duty-holder has in place or is proposing and the measures we would normally expect to see in such circumstances i.e. relevant good practice. "Good practice" is defined in the general ALARP guidance as "those standards for controlling risk that HSE has judged and recognised as satisfying the law, when applied to a particular relevant case, in an appropriate manner." We decide by consensus what is good practice through a process of discussion with stakeholders, such as employers, trade associations, other Government departments, trade unions, health and safety professionals and suppliers.
Once what is good practice has been determined, much of the discussion with duty-holders about whether a risk is or will be ALARP is likely to be concerned with the relevance of the good practice, and how appropriately it has been (or will be) implemented.. Where there is relevant, recognised good practice, we expect duty-holders to follow it. If they want to do something different, they must be able to demonstrate to our satisfaction that the measures they propose to use are at least as effective in controlling the risk.
Where the situation is complex, it may be difficult to reach a decision on the basis of good practice alone. There may also be some cases (for example, a new technology) where there is no relevant good practice. In such cases, good practice should be followed as far as it can be, and then consideration given to whether there is any more that can be done to reduce the risk. If there is more, the presumption is that duty-holders will implement these further measures but this needs to be confirmed by going back to first principles to compare the risk with the sacrifice involved in further reducing it.
Often such "first principles" comparisons can be done qualitatively, i.e. by applying common sense and/or exercising professional judgment. or experience. For example if the costs are clearly very high and the reduction in risk is only marginal, then it is likely that the situation is already ALARP and further improvements are not required. In other circumstances the improvements may be relatively simple or cheap to implement and the risk reduction significant: here the existing situation is unlikely to be ALARP and the improvement is required. In many of these cases a decision can be reached without further analysis.
But there are some instances (often in high hazard industries or where there is a new technology with potentially serious consequences) where the situation is less clear-cut. In such cases, a more detailed comparison has to be undertaken. The trouble is that risk and sacrifice are not usually measured in the same units, so it's a bit like comparing apples and pears. In these instances, a more formal Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) may provide additional insight to help come to a judgment.
Risk , in so far as it is being reduced, as a benefit.
There's more detail (such as which costs to take into account and which risks to consider) in the 'CBA checklist' and Directorates' own guidance.
We then compare the sacrifice (cost) and the risk reduction (benefits). In a standard CBA, the usual rule applied is that the measure should be adopted only if benefits outweigh costs. However, in ALARP judgments, the rule is that the measure must be adopted unless the sacrifice is grossly disproportionate to the risk. So, the costs can outweigh benefits and the measure could still be reasonably practicable to introduce. How much costs can outweigh benefits before being judged grossly disproportionate depends on factors such as how big the risk is to begin with (the larger the risk, the greater can be the disproportion between the cost and risk).
This looks straightforward, but it is worth noting that there are many assumptions and uncertainties involved in CBA – further discussion can be found in 'HSE principles for Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) in support of ALARP decisions' - and indeed in many aspects of risk analysis. In any case, the outcome of a CBA is only one of several considerations that go towards the judgment that a risk has been reduced ALARP. For example, in policy work and in those parts of operational work dealing with high hazards you may also need to consider how the public feel about the risk. There is more detail about taking account of such "societal concerns" in "Reducing Risks, Protecting People".
It is part of HSC/E's philosophy that we seek continual improvements in health and safety standards. That philosophy is widely shared in HSE and because of it, Britain has one of the best records for occupational health and safety in the world. HSE is rightly respected for this. However, we need to make sure that we encourage improvements in a responsible way.
Deciding whether something is safe enough (i.e. the risk is reduced ALARP) is a separate exercise from seeking a continual improvement in standards. Of course, as technology develops, new and better methods of risk control become available. Duty-holders should review what is available from time to time and consider whether they need to implement new controls. But that doesn't mean that the best risk controls available are necessarily reasonably practicable. It is only if the cost of implementing these new methods of control is not grossly disproportionate to the reduction in risk they achieve that their implementation is reasonably practicable. For that reason, we accept that it may not be reasonably practicable to upgrade older plant and equipment to modern standards. However, there may still be other measures that are required to reduce the risk ALARP: for example, partial upgrades or alternative measures.
Our decision about what is ALARP will also be affected by changes in knowledge about the size or nature of the risk presented by a hazard. If there is sound evidence to show that a hazard presents significantly greater risks than previously thought, then of course we should press for stronger controls to tackle the new situation. However, if the evidence shows the hazard presents significantly lesser risks than previously thought, then we should accept a relaxation in control provided the new arrangements ensure the risks are ALARP.
Some organisations implement standards of risk control that are more stringent than good practice. They may do this for a number of reasons, such as meeting corporate social responsibility goals, or because they strive to be the best at all they do, or because they have reached an agreement with their staff to provide additional controls. It does not follow that these risk control standards are reasonably practicable, just because a few organisations have adopted them. Until such practices are evaluated and recognised by HSE as representing good practice, you should not seek to enforce them (whether at a policy level or an operational one). It is also acceptable for a duty holder to choose to relax from a self-imposed higher standard to one which is accepted as ALARP (e.g. just meeting the requirements of a relevant ACOP).
ALARP does not mean that every measure that could possibly be taken (however theoretical) to reduce risk must be taken. Sometimes, there is more than one way of controlling a risk. These controls can be thought of as barriers that prevent the risk being realised and there is a temptation to require more and more of these protective barriers, to reduce the risk as low as possible. (The so-called "belt and braces" approach.) You must remember that ALARP means that a barrier can be required only if its introduction does not involve grossly disproportionate cost.
ALARP does not represent zero risk. We have to expect the risk arising from a hazard to be realised sometimes, and so for harm to occur, even though the risk is ALARP. This is an uncomfortable thought for many people, but it is inescapable. Of course we should strive to make sure that duty-holders reduce and maintain the risks ALARP, and we should never be complacent but, nevertheless, we have to accept that risk from an activity can never be entirely eliminated unless the activity is stopped. This relates to the issue of the "tolerability" of a risk, which is covered in detail in Reducing Risks, Protecting People (88 pages). It also goes some way to explaining why risk assessments feed into contingency planning.


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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Five local residents have worked for 18 months in near anonymity to craft a future for St. Louis that is unified in government, devoid of geographic barriers, consolidated in policing and equitable from south to north.
They were hand-picked by politicos and executives for their brains, commitment and diversity, and placed on a task force with one mission: Craft a plan to streamline and improve the web of governments in St. Louis and St. Louis County. They have held public forums and listened to thousands of residents.
No vote elected them to their position. And they haven't made a single decision in public.
But the future of St. Louis may rely on their work. The five — an engineer, a lawyer, a doctor, a venture capitalist and a CEO — share a common belief: The region's fragmented government is holding it back. St. Louis has to change.
Now, the task force appointed by the private advocacy group Better Together is on the verge of releasing its recommendations. At 10 a.m. Monday at the Cheshire hotel — which straddles St. Louis and St. Louis County — it will call for a constitutional amendment to be placed on the statewide ballot in November 2020 that would turn the city and county into a single, new type of government: a metro city.
The measure doesn't touch fire and school districts. And it allows local mayors and councils to remain. New "municipal districts" would replace municipalities from Eureka to Black Jack, and could continue to raise utility and property taxes, operate parks and recreational facilities, collect trash and recycling, and direct building and zoning. But they would lose their authority over roads, courts, police, sales taxes and economic development.


3SL is proud to announce the launch schedule for Cradle-7.0. An early release of the program will be available the end of October. This release is to be considered stable and ready for use with live data. Some documentation is lacking and fine tuning may occur. This would be a good version to review if you have an internal acceptance process or to familiarize yourselves with the new user interface (UI). The formal release of Cradle-7.0 will be the end of November.
Cradle-7.0 contains a number of significant updates and performance improvements. We will continue to provide newsletter articles and LinkedIn conversations highlighting these changes. Full Release Notes will be available for download and review by October 31st. 3SL has been working on enhancements to our modelling capabilities in relation to SysML. Unfortunately these additions will not be available in the initial release of Cradle-7.0. As we finalize this functionality, updates on timing for a Cradle release to include SysML will be made.


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As it dragged on, the hearing repeatedly gave way to bickering among Whitaker and Democratic lawmakers, and among members of the committee, over whether Whitaker was properly answering questions. At one point, he tussled with Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, when she pressed on whether he's appeared before for an oversight hearing.


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Fort Davis Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Fort Davis in unincorporated Jeff Davis County, Texas (USA).

Fort Davis, like other Texas communities, formerly had racially segregated schools, with the "white" school on the site of the present-day Fort Davis High School. The "Mexican school" was located at the current site of Dirks-Anderson Elementary School in Fort Davis.

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.

Schools
Fort Davis High School (Grades 6-12)
Dirks-Anderson Elementary (Grades PK-5)
High Frontier School (Serves the students enrolled in the High Frontier Treatment Center)

References

External links

Fort Davis Independent School District. Official site.

School districts in Jeff Davis County, Texas