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Lens speed
A fast prime (fixed focal length) lens, the Canon 50mm f/1.4 (left), and a slower zoom lens, the Canon 18–55mm f/3.5–5.6 (right); this lens is faster at 18mm than it is at 55mm.
Lens speed refers to the maximum aperture diameter, or minimum f-number, of a photographic lens. A lens with a larger maximum aperture (that is, a smaller minimum f-number) is called a "fast lens" because it can achieve the same exposure with a faster shutter speed. Conversely, a smaller maximum aperture (larger minimum f-number) is "slow" because it delivers less light intensity and requires a slower (longer) shutter speed.
A fast lens speed is desirable in taking pictures in dim light, or with long telephoto lenses and for controlling depth of field and bokeh, especially in portrait photography,[1] and for sports photography and photojournalism.
Lenses may also be referred to as being "faster" or "slower" than one another; so an f/3.5 lens can be described as faster than an f/5.6.
1 Tradeoffs
2 Fast lenses
2.1 Maximum possible speed
2.2 List of ultrafast lenses
Tradeoffs[edit]
Attaining maximum lens speed requires engineering tradeoffs, and as such, "prime" (fixed focal length) lenses are generally faster than zoom lenses, and modern manual-focus lenses are generally faster than their autofocus counterparts.[2]
With 35mm cameras, the fastest lenses are typically in the "normal lens" range near 50mm and there are several high-quality fast lenses available that are relatively inexpensive. For example, the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II or Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D are very inexpensive, but quite fast and optically well-regarded. Old fast manual focus lenses, just as the Nikkor-S(C) or Nikkor AI-S 50mm f/1.4, were historically produced abundantly, and are thus sold relatively inexpensively on the used lens market.
Especially outside of the "normal lenses", lens speed also tends to correlate with the price and/or quality of the lens. This is because lenses with larger maximum apertures require greater care with regard to design, precision of manufacture, special coatings and quality of glass. At wide apertures, spherical aberration becomes more significant and must be corrected. Faster telephoto and wide-angle retrofocus designs tend to be much more expensive.
Fast lenses[edit]
The fastest lenses in general production now are f/1.2 or f/1.4, with more at f/1.8 and f/2.0, and many at f/2.8 or slower. What is considered "fast" has evolved to lower f-numbers over the years, due to advances in lens design, optical manufacturing, quality of glass, optical coatings, and the move toward smaller imaging formats. For example, the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica states that "...[Lenses] are also sometimes classified according to their rapidity, as expressed by their effective apertures, into extra rapid, with apertures larger than f/6; rapid, with apertures from f/6 to f/8; slow, with apertures less than f/11."
Canon 85mm f/1.8 and f/1.2 showing their large entrance pupils
For scale, note that f/0.5, f/0.7, f/1.0, f/1.4, and f/2.0 are each 1 f-stop apart (2× as fast), as an f-stop corresponds to a factor of square root of 2, about 1.4. Thus around f/1.0, a change of 0.1 corresponds to about 1/4 of an f-stop (by linear approximation): f/1.0 is about 50% faster than f/1.2, which is about 50% faster than f/1.4.
As of 2017[update], Canon, Nikon, Pentax and Sony all make an autofocus 50mm f/1.4 lens. These are not unusual lenses and are relatively inexpensive. Canon also makes autofocus 50mm and 85mm f/1.2 lenses, while Nikon makes a manual focus 50mm f/1.2 lens and an autofocus 85mm f/1.4; see Canon EF 50mm lenses and Canon EF 85mm lenses for details. Pentax makes a 50mm f/1.4 lens and 55mm f/1.4 lens for APS-C cameras; see Pentax lenses. Sony makes a 50mm f/1.4 lens which is a continuation of the Minolta AF 50mm f/1.4 lens, and two lenses with Carl Zeiss: a 50mm f/1.4 and 85mm f/1.4.
The maximum exposure time in free-hand photography can be enhanced even more also for fast lenses, if the camera is equipped with an image stabilisation system. In 2014 Panasonic introduced the fastest lens with in-built stabilisation, the Leica Nocticron 42.5 mm f/1.2, which in the meantime even can be operated with dual image stabilisation (Dual I.S.), provided that the camera body has an additional stabilising system at the image sensor, too.
In the mid 60s there was something of a fad for fast lenses among the major manufacturers.[3] In 1966 in response to the trend Carl Zeiss displayed a prop lens christened the Super-Q-Gigantar 40mm f/0.33 at photokina.[3] Made from various parts found around the factory (the lenses came from a darkroom condenser enlarger), the claimed speed and focal lengths were purely nominal and it wasn't usable for photography.[3][4]
Maximum possible speed[edit]
Ultimately, the speed of a lens is limited by mechanical constraints of the camera system (shutter or mirror clearance, mount diameter). The smallest possible working f-number is
N min = 1 2 N A max = 1 2 n sin  θ {\displaystyle N_{\text{min}}={\frac {1}{2\;\mathrm {NA} _{\text{max}}}}={\frac {1}{2\,n\sin \theta }}}
NAmax is the largest possible numerical aperture,
n is the index of refraction of the medium behind the lens, most often air where n = 1,
θ is the half-angle of the maximum cone of light that can reach the film or sensor.
This sets a limit close to f/1.0 to f/1.2 for most SLR mounts, whereas lenses for rangefinder and mirrorless cameras can be faster, as they can be brought closer to the image plane. Reproduction lenses incapable of infinity focus can have nominal f-numbers smaller than this limit, as the limit applies to the working f-number (the f-number corrected by the bellows factor), not to the nominal f-number. Only the working f-number correctly assesses the light gathering power of the lens.
Since sin θ < 1, it follows that no lens can be faster than f/0.5 if it operates in air. Lenses can be made faster than this by requiring the film emulsion to be in physical contact with the rear element, thus eliminating the air gap between the lens and the emulsion. Another option is to use oil immersion techniques.
List of ultrafast lenses[edit]
Some of the fastest camera lenses in production as of 2017[update] were as follows:
Handevision Ibelux 40mm f/0.85, Made for multiple camera mounts including Micro 4/3, Sony E-Mount and Fujifilm X-Mount
Fujinon 43mm f/0.85
ExperimentalOptics 50mm f/0.75[5]
Cosina Voigtländer Nokton 17.5mm f/0.95 Aspherical Micro Four Thirds mount[6][7][8]
Cosina Voigtländer Nokton 25mm f/0.95 Micro Four Thirds mount[7][9]
Cosina Voigtländer Nokton 42.5mm f/0.95 Micro Four Thirds mount[7][10]
Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH announced on September 15, 2008, it is one of the fastest aspherical lens to have ever reached mass production, with a MSRP of £6290 (approximately US$10,000).[11]
SLR Magic HyperPrime LM 50mm T0.95 (f/0.92)
Noktor 50mm f/0.95 'HyperPrime'[12] a fast CCTV lens design adapted for the Micro Four Thirds system[13]
SLR Magic 25mm T/0.95
Mitakon 50mm and 35mm f/0.95
Vantage One T/1.0 Cine lenses - 17.5mm to 120mm Super35mm Spherical Primes.
Metabones 0.58x BMPCC Speed Booster (for Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera) combined with an f/1.2 SLR lens to yield f/0.74 or combined with an f/1.4 SLR lens to yield f/0.80 [14]
Metabones 0.64x Speed Booster XL (for Micro Four Thirds format) combined with an f/1.2 SLR lens to yield f/0.80 or combined with an f/1.4 SLR lens to yield f/0.90[15]
Metabones 0.71x Speed Booster ULTRA (for either Micro Four Thirds or APS-C formats) combined with an f/1.2 SLR lens to yield f/0.90 or combined with an f/1.4 SLR lens to yield f/1.0[16][17]
The following camera lenses are no longer in production as of 2010[update]:
American Optical 81mm f/0.38 Solid Schmidt Mirror lens. Designed for aerial reconnaissance[18]
GOI CV 20mm f/0.5 Mirror lens
Signal Corps Engineering 33mm f/0.66
GOI Iskra-3 72mm f/0.65 Mirror lens
Fujinon-IDEAX 125mm f/0.67
Zeiss Planar 50mm f/0.7 Limited production lens built for the NASA space program, used on 35mm movie cameras by Stanley Kubrick for some candlelit scenes in Barry Lyndon[19]
Tokyo Kogaku Similar 50mm f/0.7, 8 elements in 4 groups, limited produced in 1944 for Japanese Army. (In 1951 another three were produced, two of which were used on a South Pole expedition)
Kinoptik Lynxar 60mm f/0.7 Reproduction lens, not for photography.
Wray 64mm f/0.71 Reproduction lens, not for photography.
LOMO 60mm f/0.75 Reproduction lens, not for photography.
Aerojet Delft Rayxar 105mm f/0.75 Full Frame aerial photography lens
Aerojet Delft Rayxar 150mm f/0.75 Medium Format aerial photography lens
Aerojet Delft Rayxar 250mm f/0.75 Large Format aerial photography lens
American Optical 43mm f/0.8
JML Optical 64mm f/0.85
Leica Summar 75mm f/0.85 Reproduction lens, not for photography.
Leica Leitz-IR 150mm f/0.85 Reproduction lens, not for photography.
Farrand Super Farron 76mm f/0.87
Farrand Super Farron 150mm f/0.87 Medium Format aerial photography lens
Рекорд-4 52mm f/0.9 Prototype
Nikon TV-Nikkor 35mm f/0.9 Fastest Nikon lens ever made. (TV lens in M39 lens mount, 12.6 mm diameter image circle)[20]
Noktor HyperPrime CINE 50mm f/0.92 T0.95, Fastest cinema lens made for 35mm interchangeable lens camera
Canon 50mm f/0.95 Available in TV (C-Mount) and Canon 7 Rangefinder Version
Astro Berlin 52mm f/0.95
Perkin Elmer 114mm f/0.95 Medium Format aerial photography lens
Pacific Optical 25mm f/1.0 Medium Format Fish-eye lens. Only 3 were ever made for the Canadian Government for aurora borealis research in the late 60s/early 70s. One of these lenses was used in the production of the IMAX movie Solarmax
Leica Noctilux 50mm f/1.0 Leica M mount, discontinued and replaced 2008 with a new Noctilux, see above
Canon EF 50mm f/1.0 for Canon autofocus SLR, now out of production
Panavision 50mm f/1.0
Nikkor-O 50mm f/1.0 Prototype lens for Nikkor-S Rangefinder camera
Leica ELCAN 90mm f/1.0
Wild Heerbrugg Reconar 98mm f/1.0 Medium Format aerial photography lens
Kollmorgen 153mm f/1.0
Zeiss UR 250mm f/1.0
Canon 8.5–25.5mm f/1.0 zoom lens, made 1975–1983 for the 310XL Super 8mm silent and sound camera series, fastest lens ever made in Super8, was originally advertised as facilitating "shooting at candlelight" in combination with 160-ASA films.[21]
Many very fast lenses exist in C-mount (such as used by 16mm film cameras, CCTV, medical & scientific imaging systems), including:
Fujinon 50mm f/0.7
Canon 'TV-16' 25mm f/0.78
Apollo 25mm f/0.85
Ernitec 25mm f/0.85
Tarcus 25mm f/0.85
Kern Switar 18mm f/0.9 built for NASA for Apollo Moon landing[22]
Ampex 'LE610 Television Lens' 25mm f/0.95
Angenieux 'M1' and 'M2' 25mm f/0.95 (M1 was a consumer product, while M2 was aimed at the professional cine market)
Angenieux 'M2' 28mm f/1.1
Angenieux 35mm f/0.95
Angenieux 50mm f/0.95 Type M1 (original more common), and Type M2 (better corrected for aberrations and distortions, designed for NASA, very rare and hard to find)
AstroScope 25mm f/0.95
Avenir 25mm f/0.95
Century 'Nighthawk' 25mm f/0.95
Carl Meyer 25mm f/0.95
Cinetar 25mm f/0.95
Goyo Optical 17mm, 25mm, and 50mm f/0.95
JML 25mm and 50mm f/0.95
Navitar 25mm and 50mm f/0.95
Navitron 25mm and 50mm f/0.95
Schneider Kreuznach 'Xenon' 17mm, 25mm, and 50mm f/0.95
Senko 25mm and 50mm f/0.95
Soligor 'Super Elitar' 25mm f/0.95
Som Berthiot 'Cinor' 25mm and 50mm f/0.95
Tarcus 'I.T.V. Lens' 50mm f/0.95
Precise Optics 50mm f/0.95
Kowa 50mm f/0.95
Yakumo 25mm and 50mm f/0.95
Zeika 'Nominar' 25mm f/0.95
Kaligar 'Nominar' 25mm f/0.95
Dallmeyer 25mm f/0.99 (1930)
Astro Berlin 25mm f/1.0
Bausch & Lomb 29mm f/1.0
Astro Berlin 'Tachonar' 35mm and 75mm f/1.0
Carl Meyer 38mm f/1.0
RTH (Rank/Taylor Hobson) Monital 130mm f/1.0 made by SOPELEM in France
Very fast lenses in D-mount for 8mm movie use on H8 cameras:
Kern Switar 13mm f/0.9
Cinetor 'TELE-PHOTO' 37.5mm f/1.0
Walz 'TELEPHOTO' 37.5mm f/1.0
Amitar 'Telephoto' 38.1mm f/1.0
Rexer 'TELE' 38mm f/1.0
Manon 'Telephoto' 37.5mm f/1.0
Very fast lenses used in x-ray machines:
Zeiss R-Biotar 100mm f/0.73
LOMO 100mm f/0.73
Canon 50mm/65mm f/0.75
Leitz 50mm/65mm f/0.75
Rayxar 50mm/65mm/150mm f/0.75
Rayxar 90mm f/1.0
Tachon Astro-Berlin 65mm f/0.75
Rodenstock XR-Heligon 42mm/50mm f/0.75
Rodenstock XR-Heligon 68mm f/0.95 etc.
Kowa 42mm/65mm f/0.75
Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm f/0.77
Kowa 55mm f/0.8
Zeiss R-Biotar 55mm f/0.85
Lenzar Optics 184.6mm f/0.9 (Photographic lens made by Lenzar Optics Corp., Riviera Beach FL, f0.9–f8)
Kowa 33.5mm f/0.95
Rodenstock Heligon 68mm f/1.0
Canon 65mm/90mm f/1.0
Fuji 90mm f/1.0
Leitz 90mm f/1.0
Mt Prospect 90mm f/1.0
Zeiss R-Biotar 120mm f/1.0
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By Nicholas Fondacaro | June 28, 2019 2:13 AM EDT
In addition to all but agreeing with President Trump's "Sleepy Joe" nickname, CNN's exclusively liberal panel thought Thursday was a terrible debate night for Vice President Joe Biden because of a heated exchange he had with Senator Kamala Harris (CA) over federal busing in the south during the civil rights movement. According to the panel, the idea that states had the right to make laws for themselves that differed from one another was a travesty with its roots in racism.
Despite the fact that federalism was something liberals embraced during the age of President Trump, especially regarding climate change regulation and late-term abortion laws, liberal commentator Van Jones decried "states' rights" as something racists wanted (Click "expand"):
Let me just say as an African-American, why that was just unacceptable. That very argument was the argument that was used that the federal government should leave us, to abandon us to the good graces of racists all across the country. And if the local racists want to abuse us, leave us out, not educate our kids. not let us vote, that's the local decision.So, he just took the heart out of the civil rights movement with that argument. Our plea was that we are one country. The constitution applies to all of us, and we want the federal government to stand with us and against the local racists. And so for him not to understand that -- and here's the other thing. My heart breaks about it at a personal level because all he had to do was say, "you know what? I think I was wrong there." If he had just said, "you know what, kamala? I think I was wrong then, and I've learned something, and I've learned something from talking to people like you." It would have been a beautiful moment for him and for the country, and he threw it down the toilet based on egotism and nonsense and it was a heartbreaking moment.
In an interview 18 minutes later with Biden surrogate and Congressman Cedric Richmond (LA), host Anderson Cooper pressed the point that Biden was arguing in support of a racist policy. "[Y]ou called Vice President Biden a statesman. He was a statesman in the sense he was supporting states' rights in busing," Cooper prefaced. "Is that something you -- I mean is that something he should still be supporting?"
Senior political reporter Nia-Malika Henderson didn't let up and grilled Richmond on Biden's support for a supposed racist form of government, suggesting it was a problem for the Congressional Black Caucus. "Cedric, it just seems like this is going to put the Congressional Black Caucus in a very difficult position where you're having to essentially defend somebody who presently is arguing for states' rights."
"I mean, are you worried about members of the CBC -- you're of course one of the leaders of the CBC -- carrying this mantle for Joe Biden if he's continuing to defend states' rights," she wondered. When Richmond disagreed with the idea that Biden supported states' rights, she snapped at him: "But he did. He did. I mean, that's exactly what he did do."
Liberal commentator and former Hillary Clinton campaign staffer Jess McIntosh thought the states' right question with Biden put a tarnish on an otherwise stellar Democratic debate:
And in a moment where we are so polarized in this country, where your access to rights that should be fundamental, like abortion rights, are based on zip codes and states, when you can get arrested and jailed for a very long time for doing something in one state that is perfectly legal in another, to have Joe Biden make that argument today, it just shows that it's not the forward-looking thing he wanted to do when he started this debate.
In the wee hours of Thursday morning, CNN managed to have Harris herself on the program live from the debate spin room. Of course, Cooper had to question her about Biden's supposed states' rights support (click "expand"):
COOPER: You know, one of the things one of our panelists, Van Jones, said earlier tonight about that moment was just -- and I don't want to get him wrong. I'm paraphrasing him. But just that in a Democratic primary debate to have one of, you know, if you look at the polls, the leading Democratic candidate defending a states' rights argument when it comes to civil rights and federal busing is just extraordinary.
SEN. KAMALA HARRIS: Yeah, I mean, I have to confess I was surprised.
COOPER: Do you expect him to -- The other option he could have done is just said, you know what, "I was wrong and I'm moved by what you said." Do you expect him to, you know, kind of get to that place or do you expect him to stick with this states' rights argument? Because this is obviously going to be something that's talked about and it's going to be asked of him.
Every CNN analyst and commentator approached the topic of federalism as a radioactive policy position to support. Meanwhile, it allowed states to form their own laws when it came to things their residents had different opinions on. In reality, it was something blue states benefited from as well.
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
CNN's DNC Debate Post Analysis
11:11:39 p.m. Eastern
ANDERSON COOPER: He is -- for those who maybe are not following the debate, he is arguing for states' rights.
[Crosstalk]
VAN JONES: Let me just say as an African-American, why that was just unacceptable. That very argument was the argument that was used that the federal government should leave us, to abandon us to the good graces of racists all across the country. And if the local racists want to abuse us, leave us out, not educate our kids. not let us vote, that's the local decision.
So, he just took the heart out of the civil rights movement with that argument. Our plea was that we are one country. The constitution applies to all of us, and we want the federal government to stand with us and against the local racists. And so for him not to understand that -- and here's the other thing. My heart breaks about it at a personal level because all he had to do was say, "you know what? I think I was wrong there."
If he had just said, "you know what, kamala? I think I was wrong then, and I've learned something, and I've learned something from talking to people like you." It would have been a beautiful moment for him and for the country, and he threw it down the toilet based on egotism and nonsense and it was a heartbreaking moment.
COOPER (to Rep. Cedric Richmond): He certainly looked pained while Kamala Harris was talking. I'm not sure if he looked like he felt her pain. You're the former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. That exchange with Senator Harris on busing, you called Vice President Biden a statesman. He was a statesman in the sense he was supporting states' rights in busing. He was against federal busing and supporting that it should be up to the states. Is that something you -- I mean is that something he should still be supporting?
NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON: Cedric, it just seems like this is going to put the Congressional Black Caucus in a very difficult position where you're having to essentially defend somebody who presently is arguing for states' rights. And these are positions that people like Jim Clyburn. I mean, he marched against these sorts of issues in states like South Carolina, where I'm from, for instance. I mean, are you worried about members of the CBC -- you're of course one of the leaders of the CBC -- carrying this mantle for Joe Biden if he's continuing to defend states' rights?
REP. CEDRIC RICHMOND: Well, look, I don't think he was trying to defend states' rights.
HENDERSON: But he did. He did. I mean, that's exactly what he did do.
RICHMOND: Okay. In your opinion he tried to defend states' rights.
JESS MCINTOSH: I don't want to say this is a bad night for Democrats, though. I think we saw some really exciting things happen onstage. I think black women are the base of the Democratic Party. They have been looking for a reason to get really excited about Kamala Harris, and she gave it to them tonight.
12:13:25 a.m. Eastern
NB Daily Campaigns & Elections 2020 Presidential Debates Conspiracy Theories Double Standards Political Groups Liberals & Democrats Cable Television CNN Other CNN Video Cedric Richmond Nia-Malika Henderson Anderson Cooper Joe Biden Kamala Harris
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Nicholas C. Fondacaro is a News Analyst for the Media Research Center


The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it would continue buying bonds at an $85 billion monthly pace for now, expressing concerns that a sharp rise in borrowing costs in recent months could weigh on the economy.
The decision surprised financial markets, which were braced for a modest cut in the central bank's economic stimulus, and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke refused to commit to a tapering of purchases later this year, as he had previously suggested.
"There is no fixed calendar schedule. I really have to emphasize that," he told a news conference. "If the data confirm our basic outlook, if we gain more confidence in that outlook ... then we could move later this year."
Stocks rallied on the U.S. central bank's decision, with the S&P 500 index hitting a record high. The dollar fell to a seven-month low against the euro, while prices for U.S. government bonds rose sharply. The price of gold, a traditional inflation hedge, also shot higher.
"The Federal Reserve remains quite concerned about the overall sluggishness of the economy, preferring to take the risk of being too loose for too long as opposed to tighten prematurely," said Mohamed El-Erian, co-chief investment officer at Pimco, which manages the world's largest mutual fund.
In fresh quarterly projections, the Fed cut its forecast for 2013 economic growth to a 2 percent to 2.3 percent range from a June estimate of 2.3 percent to 2.6 percent. The downgrade for next year was even sharper.
It cited strains in the economy from tight fiscal policy and higher mortgage rates as it explained why it decided to maintain asset purchases at the current pace.
"The tightening of financial conditions observed in recent months, if sustained, could slow the pace of improvement in the economy and labor market," it said in a statement.
Nevertheless, the Fed said the economy was still making progress despite tax hikes and budget cuts in Washington.
"Taking into account the extent of federal fiscal retrenchment, the committee sees the improvement in economic activity and labor market conditions since it began its asset purchase program a year ago as consistent with growing underlying strength in the broader economy," it said.
And policymakers made clear they were still mulling exactly when to ratchet back their bond-buying stimulus.
adjusting the pace of its purchases," the Fed added.
Bernanke had stated in June that officials expected to begin slowing the pace of purchases later this year and end the program by mid-2014, at which point the central bank expected unemployment to be around 7 percent.
In his less committal statement on Wednesday, he said a jobless rate of 7 percent was not a "magic number" that policymakers were shooting for as they figure out when to halt the buying.
"We could begin later this year. But even if we do that, the subsequent steps will be dependent on continued progress in the economy," Bernanke said. "We don't have a fixed calendar schedule. But we do have the same basic framework that I described in June."
The decision faced a single dissent, from Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Esther George, who again voted against her colleagues, saying she was worried about financial bubbles due to the Fed's low rate policy. Fed Governor Sarah Raskin, who has been nominated to take a top job at the U.S. Treasury, did not participate in the meeting.
The Fed has held rates near zero since late 2008 and has more than tripled its balanced sheet to more than $3.6 trillion through three rounds of massive bond purchases aimed at holding borrowing costs down.
The Fed reiterated that it will not start to raise rates at least until unemployment falls to 6.5 percent, so long as inflation does not threaten to go above 2.5 percent. The U.S. jobless rate in August was 7.3 percent.
Most policymakers, 12 out of 17, projected the first hike in overnight interest rates would not come until 2015, even though the forecasts suggested they would likely hit their threshold for considering a rate hike as early as next year.


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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is set to name a former pharmaceutical executive to lead his administration's all-out effort to produce and distribute a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year.
Moncef Slaoui, a former GlaxoSmithKline executive, will lead "Operation Warp Speed," Trump's push to accelerate the vaccine development process for COVID-19, according to an administration official. Slaoui is to serve in a volunteer capacity and will be assisted by Army Gen. Gustave Perna, the commander of Army Materiel Command.
The move comes as the president and White House aides hope to produce vaccines for the coronavirus faster than what many scientists believe is realistic. The administration aims to have 300 million doses to distribute to Americans by the end of the year, believing a reliable vaccine is the only way to promote an economic rebound.
Operation Warp Speed is operating largely independently of the existing White House coronavirus task force, which is also shifting its focus toward vaccine development.
The initiative is being promoted by White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and involves officials from the Defense Department as well as the Department of Health and Human Services.
On Tuesday, Anthony Fauci, the government's top infectious disease expert, said a vaccine would not be available by the beginning of the next academic year.
"The idea of having treatments available or a vaccine to facilitate reentry of students into the fall term would be something that would be a bit of a bridge too far," he said, "even at the top speed we're going."
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Q: Disable CSS transition when phone changes orientation (landscape/portrait) On my page I have a:

that is between a modal login window and a background image. It's task is to (a) blur the background image once the modal login window is shown and (b) dismantle the blur when modal login window is closed.
In order for the blur to look nice it needs transition time of 1s, which is set in CSS like this:
#id_modal_background{
    z-index: 2;
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100vw;
    height: 100vh;
    transition: 1s;
}

But this transition time gives me side effects on phones where change of the orientation from landscape to portrait (but not vice versa) needs 1s to redraw the blur. And it doesn't looks nice.

I am using this function to draw (id_modal_background_visibility(1)) or dismantle (id_modal_background_visibility(0)) the blur:
function id_modal_background_visibility(a){

    let r = '';
    let m = document.getElementById('id_modal_background');

    switch(a){
        case 0:
            r = 'OFF';
            // In order to reference "backdrop-filter" we camelcase it!
            m.style.backdropFilter = 'blur(0px) grayscale(0)';
            m.style.visibility = 'hidden';
            break;
        case 1:
            r = 'ON';
            // In order to reference "backdrop-filter" we camelcase it!
            m.style.visibility = 'visible';
            m.style.backdropFilter = 'blur(15px) grayscale(0.25)';
            break;
        default:
            r = 'ERROR';
            m.style.visibility = 'hidden';
            break;
    }

    console.log('Modal background visibility: ' + r);
}

If anyone can help me to remove the transition time that happens at any kind of orientation change, but keep the transition time otherwise, I would be more than happy.

A: You can make use of css media queries
@media (orientation: landscape) {

}

Read more here How to set portrait and landscape media queries in css?

A: You can manage your code like below :
window.addEventListener("orientationchange", function() {
    if(window.innerHeight > window.innerWidth){
        console.log("Portrait");
    } else {
        console.log("Landscape");
    }
}, true);

And you can apply CSS class accordingly. Also media query CSS is a possible way for your problem.

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From week six to now, I have been very busy (mainly with school but also philanthrophy) and was not able to blog. However, I now have time now to catch up. Our group has gone through a lot of changes since my last post. Our biggest change was changing our group's focuss. We originally wanted to do something with organizations that focussed on social justice and civil rights. However, due to my friend's recent passing, we decided to switch our focuss to organizations that assist in preventing suicide. In this way, we can show love towards our friend as well as help others. During this thanksgiving break, we were also able to finalize our mission statement and vision statement. We also started planning our fundraising. We decided we wanted to at least raise 300 dollars but our goal is 1,000. We decided to approach our fundraising by seekig out the assistance of local businessess. We were able to set up a donation box at Jupiter donuts (a great place to get delicious donuts) and I called seven businesses in a row for the same effort. The calls were great practice and I felt my communication skills improved through the repititious calling. In addition to the donation box, we also plan to have a meeting with Pelican carwash tomorrow to see if they can assist us as well. Besides, these efforts, I am going to set up a facebook page to spread awareness to our cause and see if we can get donations. One of our teachers, also suggested that we do a letter campaign: I think we are going to try that as well and see how successful it is.
During week seven, we had another panel of organizations enter our classroom. In this run, one of the organizations I emailed was present: it was a member of the Florida Suicide Prevention Coalition. We really liked her presentation and are seriously thinking about picking her organization for our project.
In reflection of these last few weeks, I feel I had grown. Through having to make many calls and organize meetings for our philanthropic efforts, I feel I am gaining more confidence and security with communicating to business (which is a skill I never had to use before). In addition, I learned in important lesson. I originally thought that these business would not be so willing to help out and I had a fear of being rejected (afterall its a weird thing to ask others to give money when they do not know who you are). However, after I made my calls, I realized how supportive these business are. I learned in important lesson in the dangers of coming to conclusions to soon.


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If you are looking to add a little culture to your life or to your family's life, here's a suggestion. And the best part is that you can do it while sitting under the stars of a summer sky on the grounds of a historic country estate. Just make plans to attend a performance of the Ohio Shakespeare Festival being held at Stan Hywet Hall in Akron, Ohio starting July 3. Akron is approximately a 45 minute drive from Cleveland.
Ohio Shakespeare Festival The first play being offered at the 14th annual Ohio Shakespeare Festival is "Twelfth Night." Presented July 3 – 6, July 10-13 and July 17-20, this Shakespeare comedy tells the story of a cross-dressing, ship-wreck surviving, poetry-loving girl who finds herself at the center of an unusual love triangle.
Shakespeare's historic play "Henry IV, Part I" about the reign of King Henry IV will be presented July 31-August 3, August 7-10 and August 14-17.
All performances will take place in an outdoor theater in the Lagoon area of Stan Hywet Hall. Chairs are provided for guests. Feel free to arrive early (Gates open at 6 p.m.) and walk the grounds to see the spectacular gardens of the estate or to have a picnic.
Visitors are not permitted to bring alcohol to Stan Hywet but you will be able to purchase beer, wine, soft drinks, coffee and tea in addition to sandwiches and snacks at the concession stand near the Lagoon.
Reserved seats for the performances are $30 per person. Open seats are $25 per person and seats for students are $15. All ticket sales are being handled by the Ohio Shakespeare Festival. Get online at www.ohioshakespeare.com to purchase tickets. It is recommended that you purchase the tickets in advance as this is a very popular event.
The estate grounds open at 6 p.m. for picnics. Make sure you arrive before 7:30 p.m. when the front gate closes. Greenshow (a pre-performance opening act) starts at 7:30 p.m. and the show begins at 8 p.m.
Be sure to dress appropriately for weather as this is an outdoor theater.
A Bit About Stan Hywet Hall Named for the Old English words for "hewn stone,"this 65-room Tutor style mansion was built in 1912 by Goodyear Rubber Company founder F.A. Seiberling and his wife, Gertrude. Designed after several British mansions by Cleveland architect Charles Sumner Schneider, the mansion took 4 years to complete at a cost of $150,000. Today, Stan Hywet Hall is a National Historic Landmark.
For more information about the Ohio Shakespeare Festival or about Stan Hywet Hall you can get online at www.stanhywet.org or www.ohioshakespeare.com.
Stan Hywet Hall is located at 714 N. Portage Path in Akron, Ohio. It is approximately a 45 minute drive from Cleveland.


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Connie Close Up takes you on the flightdeck of not one but two Lockheed Constellations which many consider the most graceful propeller-driven airplane ever built.
Start with an explanation of the engineer's panel, then we see startup, taxiing and take off from both inside the aircraft and airside. You are riding in the MATS Connie, owned by the Constellation Group, restored and doing the show circuit. For today's flight, it's check ride time for pilots of the Swiss Super Constellation Group, and we shoot an approach at Tucson International (TUS). You'll see the landing from both inside and airside.
Then it's on to the Dutch Connie, now at the Aviodome in the Netherlands. Again, you'll see startup, taxiing, and takeoff from both inside the aircraft and airside. This is a test flight after the long restoration project, there are two engineers and the pilot is the legendary Frank Lang. You'll see the landing, again both from inside the aircraft and airside. There's even a landing looking into the front wheelwell from the front baggage compartment.
Run time is about 60 minutes. Format is NTSC DVD and region-free.
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Vinyl LP pressing. Formidable psychic warriors, channelers of the mystic and proponents of a spiritual quest that transcends this realm, Goat remain a band shrouded in mystery. Travelling from their inscrutable origins in the Swedish village of Korpilombo across the stages and festivals of the world in the last decade, this band has created their incendiary music entirely according to their own co-ordinates. With all this in mind, the casual observer might have guessed from it's title that 'Requiem', their beatific and melancholic album of 2016, was to be their last. Yet the ancestral spirits summoned by their art are always restless. Thus the eternal cycles of rebirth have triumphantly produced 'Oh Death' - a ceremonial conflagration as powerful as any this band has made. Invigorated by forces we can only guess at the origins of, 'Oh Death' is a party to which all are welcome. Blithely waving away easy classification, these heat-hazed serenades are just as comfortable in the headspace of vicious '70s funk as they are in zesty ZE records post-punk. Folk-haunted incantations and free jazz skronk here find common ground, buoyed by relentless forward motion and raucous energy. Yet all of the above is locked into a delirious gnostic groove that threatens to throw the whole shebang spiraling into orbit. 'Oh Death' is driven by a supernatural charge that unifies, invigorates and transcends borders, whether geographical, musical, or between this world and the next. In the hands of these sages and soothsayers, this is just the beginning. Goat Is 'Oh Death', Long Live Goat.
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Il participe aux Jeux olympiques de 2016. C'est le fils du nageur Yevgeny Petrashov.

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Be warned, you're not going to like this.
Shut down Conklin Farms.
UPDATE: Now this is just plain rich:
During the hearing in which his bond was set at $100,000, [the abuser] appealed to the judge that he could not go to jail because he is studying for exams to become a police officer and that he had animals at home to look after.
By Anonymous - May 28, 2010
We need a full on war with North Korea and a full on draft and assholes like that need a one way ticket to the front line with a fucking rifle and one clip. Want to act like an asshole that is less noble than the god damned cow being abused - no fucking problem. That is total fucking bullshit. Those types are always the "big fucking man" blow hard types - when confronted will bust out crying to the judge making excuses or hiding behind their families, etc. Sub-fucking-human. I like meat. I like dairy and eggs and have worked on a farm. The man I worked for (and yeah, Jimbo Long was a man with a capital M - not a wretched asshat like the dickweed in the video) treated the livestock with the care and respect it deserved. If he ever caught someone doing anything near what was pictured, the first thing he'd do would be to show them the verse that tells the reader God expects them to be a good steward. Then he'd ask God to make him his instrument to show them the folly of their way. Then he'd proceed to give them the total physical ass kicking they so richly deserved. I hope that judge throws his ass in jail and fines his sorry ass into perpetuity. Take all his fucking money and all his fucking freedom. I watched to the point of the pitchfork - how the fuck does someone do that to a calf???? There used to be parts of farming I didn't care for including the castration of the piglets and calves - Long used to pick the person most skilled with a blade and who could do the job quickest with the smallest cut but I still didn't like it - I just understood it was necessary. How someone could do that to a calf for no good fucking reason is beyond me. Sub fucking human. I know one dairy farmer in Illinois. He's been doing since he was a kid - if he caught someone doing that to his herd, their ass would be grass. Those kinds of assholes are the types that if they were dealing with cattle, they'd be running some jack-off puppy mill out in the sticks. Same type of idiot.
Conklin has issued a statement saying, "Our family takes the care of our cows and calves very seriously. The video shows animal care that is clearly inconsistent with the high standards we set for our farm and its workers."
Where I grew up in French Camp, Mississippi, families such as the Conklins are viewed as being even more wretched than the god damned cow shit that they shovel. What'd I tell you - the big man with "the family" statement - hiding behind the "family" - I know bullshit when I see it, hear it and read it. That family is shit.
Wants to be a fucking cop!?!?!
Looks like a god damned serial killer in the making to me. People who will do something like that to an animal are not too far away from doing it to a human being - fucking sub human.
cdnprairiedog said...
These days when people ask me why I don't eat meat, I just tell them it's because it is repugnant to me. I don't hear much arguing after that.
If some judges would start laying down some Old Testament style justice on these pansy assed bastards, they would stop. They abuse the animals because they are helpless to defend themselves. They're nothing but fucking bullies that need their asses kicked by the legal system. Take that fucker's money, farm (and a few others like him) and his freedom via jail time for an extended period of time, put him up as an example to the other asshats who have that sort of attitude and it would stop in large part. Farming life is a privlege, not a right - fucker should be banned from it - should be digging ditches by hand for a living. Lousy prick.


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Battle of Megiddo (609 BC)
Ed note: There was a previous Battle of Megiddo, which was waged between Egyptian forces (led by Pharaoh Thutmose III) and a rebellious coalition of Canaanite vassal states. While Middle Chronology places the date of this conflict as 1457 BC, other sources record it as having occurred in either 1482 BC or 1479 BC.
CONFLICT: Battle of Megiddo
YEAR: 609 BC
COMBATANTS: Southern Kingdom of Judah (1); Egypt (2)
BIBLICAL REFERENCES: 2 Kings 23:29–30; 2 Chronicles 35:20-27
PROPHECY FULFILLED: The prophetess (3) Huldah (4) (2 Kings 22:8-20)
In 609 BC, Egyptian Pharoah (5) Necho II (6) gathered his army to rendezvous at Carchemish (7) with the last remnants of the once mighty Assyrian Empire (8), who had suffered a devastating defeat in 612 BC at the Battle of Nineveh (9). Together at Carchemish, the Egyptians and the Assyrians were to battle the army of the Babylonian Empire (10), led by their King (11) Nebuchadnezzar II (12). The objective was to halt the Babylonians' expansion.
While en route, Necho was stopped at Megiddo (13) by King (14) Josiah (15) of the Southern Kingdom of Judah, who told Necho he was not permitted to travel through Judah to reach Carchemish. A battle ensued, with Josiah being mortally wounded by Necho's archers. Josiah was brought back to Jerusalem (16), where he died from injuries sustained in battle.
The Egyptian army was victorious over the Judean forces, resulting in Judah becoming a vassal/client state under Egypt.
Necho went onto Carchemish, where the Medes (17) aided Babylonian forces in soundly defeating the Egyptian and Assyrian alliance.
Some biblical scholars believe that Megiddo is related to Armageddon (18) as recorded in Revelation 16:16. It is thought that the word Armageddon is derived from Megiddo, since the prefix har means "hill" in Hebrew; hence, Armageddon means "Hill of Megiddo." (a)
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(8) https://www.marionmannaproject.com/assyrians
(9) https://www.marionmannaproject.com/battle-of-nineveh
(10) https://www.marionmannaproject.com/babylonians
(11) https://www.marionmannaproject.com/kings-of-babylon
(12) https://www.marionmannaproject.com/nebuchadnezzar
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(23) https://www.marionmannaproject.com/discipleship
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(a) Megiddo, Encyclopaedia Brittanica, accessed February 27, 2020
https://www.britannica.com/place/Megiddo
(b) How Do I Convert to Christianity?, Got Questions Ministries, accessed January 12, 2020
https://www.gotquestions.org/convert-to-Christianity.html


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Boston Public Schools' reopening plans paused as city's COVID-19 rate climbs
SERA: THE AVERAGE POSITIVE TEST RATE IS NOW ABOVE 4% AND THAT IS PROMPTING THE MAYOR TO PUT WHAT HE CALLS A PAUSE ON THE SCHOOL REOPENING PLAN. IT WAS LAST WEEK THAT BOSTON SCHOOLS OPENED ITS DOORS TO HIGH NEEDS STUDENTS, THEY RETURNED LAST WEEK. KINDERGARTNERS WERE SCHEDULED TO START HYBRID LEARNING NEXT THURSDAY BUT NOW THE CITY IS DELAYING THAT START DATE UNTIL OCTOBER 22 BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF POSITIVE COVID TESTS IS ON THE RISE. THE TIMELINE FOR OTHER STUDENTS TO RETURN MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED. >> WE WILL REEVALUATE WHERE WE ARE BASED ON THE DAY THAT WE SEE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN AND THERE ARE MANY OTHER DATES WE WILL BE LOOKING AT YOU SEE WHERE OUR POSITIVITY RATE IS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SERA: THE MAYOR SAYS SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO ATTEND SCHOOL IN PERSON, HE IS HOPING THE CITY CAN REVERSE THIS DIRECTION OF THE TEST THE MAYOR SAYS FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW, THE CITY WILL BE IN THE RED CATEGORY 4 HIGH-RISK
Boston Public Schools' reopening plans were paused Wednesday after the city's COVID-19 positive test rate climbed over 4%.The district began its first full week of hybrid learning Monday for students with special needs, English language learners and those who are homeless. Another round of students were set to begin hybrid-learning next week."The citywide positive rate puts us just over the 4% threshold that we established for moving forward with our phased-in, hybrid learning plan for Boston Public Schools, so we believe it is prudent at this time to pause the school reopening plan," Walsh said. Preschoolers and kindergartners were set to report to school the week of Oct. 15, but that will be pushed back to Oct. 22 at the earliest."We will reevaluate where we are based on the data that we see between now and then, and there are many other dates that we will be looking at to see where our positivity rate is in the city of Boston," Walsh said.Grades four through eight were set to transition to a hybrid model the week of Nov. 5, and grades nine through 12 the week of Nov. 16, however, the start dates are now to be determined."The average number of positive tests increased from 65.6 to 73 positive tests per day, and that has created a seven-day moving average of positive test rate of 4.1%. That is up from our previous seven-day average that we had," Boston Health and Human Services Chief Marty Martinez said.In the past week, Hyde Park saw a significant increase in its positive test rate, Martinez said. The city will continue in-person classes for the 1,300 high-needs students who returned to class last week, Walsh said."This decision is based on the guidance of our public health experts and in consultation with state officials in public health and education. It is consistent with our decision to prioritize our highest-needs students in this plan," Walsh said.The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 509 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the statewide total to 133,868.State health officials also confirmed 19 new COVID-19-related deaths across Massachusetts, bringing the state's confirmed coronavirus death toll to 9,342.More than 4.47 million molecular tests for COVID-19 have now been administered in the state to more than 2.34 million individuals.
BOSTON —
Boston Public Schools' reopening plans were paused Wednesday after the city's COVID-19 positive test rate climbed over 4%.
The district began its first full week of hybrid learning Monday for students with special needs, English language learners and those who are homeless. Another round of students were set to begin hybrid-learning next week.
"The citywide positive rate puts us just over the 4% threshold that we established for moving forward with our phased-in, hybrid learning plan for Boston Public Schools, so we believe it is prudent at this time to pause the school reopening plan," Walsh said.
Preschoolers and kindergartners were set to report to school the week of Oct. 15, but that will be pushed back to Oct. 22 at the earliest.
"We will reevaluate where we are based on the data that we see between now and then, and there are many other dates that we will be looking at to see where our positivity rate is in the city of Boston," Walsh said.
Boston Public Schools delays reopening as city's positive test rate increases.
Grades four through eight were set to transition to a hybrid model the week of Nov. 5, and grades nine through 12 the week of Nov. 16, however, the start dates are now to be determined.
"The average number of positive tests increased from 65.6 to 73 positive tests per day, and that has created a seven-day moving average of positive test rate of 4.1%. That is up from our previous seven-day average that we had," Boston Health and Human Services Chief Marty Martinez said.
In the past week, Hyde Park saw a significant increase in its positive test rate, Martinez said.
The city will continue in-person classes for the 1,300 high-needs students who returned to class last week, Walsh said.
"This decision is based on the guidance of our public health experts and in consultation with state officials in public health and education. It is consistent with our decision to prioritize our highest-needs students in this plan," Walsh said.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 509 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the statewide total to 133,868.
State health officials also confirmed 19 new COVID-19-related deaths across Massachusetts, bringing the state's confirmed coronavirus death toll to 9,342.
More than 4.47 million molecular tests for COVID-19 have now been administered in the state to more than 2.34 million individuals.


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Health centres to have 100% piped oxygen supply, says DC
Jalandhar, July 5
To meet the demand of adequate infrastructure amid rising Covid cases, the administration has ensured adequate Covid facilities, including 100 per cent oxygen supply at three urban community health centres, in the district.
DC Ghanshyam Thori on Sunday said: "100 per cent piped oxygen supply would be ensured for 100 beds in three urban CHCs, including Basti Guzan, Dada Colony and Khambra, for which necessary arrangements would be made." He said the facility would be provided to these CHCs by using corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds.
Presently, level 1 Covid centre is available at the 500-bedded Meritorious School in Jalandhar whereas the 340-bedded Civil Hospital in Jalandhar acts as a level 2 and 3 Covid facility. In addition to this, patients under isolation are also being housed at the IMA facility at Shahkot and at NIT Jalandhar.
The district administration is also deliberating upon making use of DAV institutions and universities in case of any contingency. With 645 people testing positive in the past 35 days, the district administration is gearing up to meet any sort of Covid exigency. The DC had also recently floated tenders for additional beds and other Covid services required in the district.
Presiding over a meeting here at his office in the District Administrative Complex, the Deputy Commissioner said the move was aimed at meeting any sort of urgency in the coming times. Thori said the local Sub Divisional Magistrates would visit these CHCs and make the necessary arrangements for the completion of work.


Melanochyla tomentosa (non Hook.f.) Engl.
Semecarpus albescens (non Kurz) K. & V.
Semecarpus anacardium (non L.f.) Bl.
Semecarpus heterophyllus var. angusta Bl.
Semecarpus heterophyllus var. major Bl.
Semecarpus heterophylla var. recurva Bl.
Sub-canopy tree up to 22 m tall and 60 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined. Flowers ca. 6 mm in diameter, white, placed in panicles. Fruits ca. 19 mm long, orange fleshy drupe with cupule.
Undisturbed forests up to 2000 m altitude. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah and East-Kalimantan) and Celebes.


Police Supplies | Cars, SUVs, Tactical Gear, Boots, Apparel...You Name It...We Have It!
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As I sit here waiting to go on Centre Court I thought it would be nice for you to hear from Me. My week has gone very well so far. I have played once.
What an interesting week we have had in the sport. We have the new kid on the blocks, Nick Kyrgios who just beat Richard Gasquet in what seems to be a pleasant career ahead of him. Shaquilly O'Neal was in the Royal Box on Monday and was so tall they had to hyper extend the roof open every time he stood up.
Off the court Tomas Berdych showed us all his bottoms for the photo shoots. It was quite a pose and one which I tried to emulate in front of the mirror at homes. I didn't achieve quite the same effect but to be fair as I was trying to perfect the position a staff member walked in and I had to quickly grab a Wimbledon towel to cover My achievements.
Outside of tennis Luis Suarez hit the headlines for using his teeth ahead of his feet. Suffice to say, do not repeat this kids.
Rafaello has just beaten Lukas Rosol and there is one more match before I make everybody smile with My presence so I had better go and make the preparations.
As always, thank you for all the support, the pleasure is all yours.
P.S. Happy Birthday to Mrs McEnroe for today from Me and staff.


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A warm weekend summers day – the African sun baking down relentlessly – a lush garden yearning for refreshment – time to water. Henk connects the hose, turns the tap, water pouring from the leaky cracked connector – again. Game over.
And so, through frustration, the quest to design a better garden hose connector began. The requirement simple: develop an easy to use, robust, non-leaking connector. Not long and the concept started taking shape – an entirely new approach to pipe connectors was born.
The Wedgit concept typifies its inventors' approach to design and to life: to keep it simple, practical, and robust while ensuring pleasing aesthetics. Henk and Alexis are experienced product innovators and designers who have developed a multitude of pioneering products over the past three decades. Many of these have found their way to the mass consumer market, including products that are marketed internationally under well-known brands. The innovators were joined in 2013 by Johan to assist with the commercialising, manufacturing and marketing of the Wedgit range of products internationally.
We enjoy crafting creative solutions and making a difference to the world and its people, whether through innovating new products, or finding solutions to business problems. However, there is more to life than products and profits. Hence, we value reaching out to less privileged individuals and communities. Water for Africa is a non-profit organisation that was created by the Wedgit team to serve as a vehicle for making a difference in the lives of needy individuals and communities in Africa, specifically focussing on the provision of running potable water to households and small farmers.
Water is seldom a much talked about topic, yet it stands central to life. Without it, life as we know it on our beautiful planet will cease. It's not only a source of life, but also of enjoyment. Gardens, whether for entertainment or for sustainment, bring joy all over the world. Our vision is to contribute to that joy by supplying a range of products that are beautiful to look at, a pleasure to use, and which offer unmatched performance.
Water is a precious resource. We want to facilitate the optimised distribution of this valuable resource through appropriate delivery systems, and plan to become a growing contributor in the world of responsible water management. We aim to make this resource accessible to a larger group of people.


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Scott Pulcini Wins First DerbyWars™ NHC Qualifier
It had been a frustrating weekend for Scott Pulcini as he found himself in Las Vegas contesting a large handicapping contest at the Wynn – with no luck.
"I spent a day and a half blanking, cashing no tickets," lamented Pulcini. "But you've got to stick with it."
Sticking with it would ultimately ensure Pulcini another chance to strike it rich in Las Vegas, as he would go on to secure a seat in next year's DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship by winning the first DerbyWars NHC Qualifier on Saturday evening.
Pulcini ('iceiam33') was forced to play in the DerbyWars NHC Qualifier from the confines of the handicapping contest epicenter of the Wynn Resort, which can be a loud and somewhat distracting environment in Pulcini's view.
That may have helped to explain the slow start Pulcini got off to in the DerbyWars NHC Qualifier. In a contest consisting of twelve races, Pulcini was sitting on a $0 bankroll through the first seven.
"Saratoga has been tough for me," Pulcini chuckled. "But the room was a little distracting too. That's why I like DerbyWars. There's no ruckus!"
That had Pulcini well behind Eric Moomey, who had occupied the top spot throughout all the early stages of the contest.
Moomey ('moomeyer') was the only player to have selected Assateague in the first race of the contest, which netted him $49 and a substantial lead. That lead would grow to $63.50 after just two more races, psyching some of his opponents out from the get-go.
"Merv can start writing the press release now," remarked at least one player, sardonically.
"There's still a long way to go!" replied the dashingly handsome chat moderator, encouragingly.
Things would pick up for Pulcini quickly as the contest shifted exclusively to Del Mar for the final five races, starting with Del Mar's fifth race (the eighth race of the contest). It was in that event that Pulcini selected You Know I Know, a 10-1 shot which would add a healthy $33 to the bankroll.
It was a start, but it wasn't enough to strike the front. Pulcini would still need one or two more salty selections to catch Moomey and the others. His hopes would be kept alive as Meinertzhageni finished second in Del Mar's 7th race, adding $11.40 to his bankroll and putting him within striking distance.
The separator came in Del Mar's 8th and featured race, the Clement Hirsch, when Lady of Fifty surged to the front coming into the stretch en route to a convincing victory at odds of 10-1. That filly would add $33.40 to Pulcini's kitty and give him a slight $3.90 edge over his closest competitor, Steven Simonovich ('stivo'). But he still had one more race in which he had to maintain that modest lead.
"The last race is where it got complicated," admitted Pulcini. "I knew everyone would play bombs. And I also had to try to determine what stivo would play."
Lady luck, despite having been an antagonizing jezebel toward Pulcini for most of the weekend, would smile on his fortunes in the finale. Not only would Pulcini's selection finish second and add a paltry sum to his bankroll, but the winner of the race – Chibita, who would have added $26.40 to any player's bank account, an amount sufficient for numerous players to have passed Pulcini – went unselected by all eleven contestants.
"I was shocked nobody picked her," gasped Pulcini in bewilderment. "She could have lifted a lot of players."
Pulcini will be attending the DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship for the first time next January as a result of this weekend's victory. He is excited about the opportunity and is bullish about his chances.
"My strategy will stay the same," said Pulcini when asked about how he would adapt to the NHC's tournament format. "You can't play horses under 10-1; you'd be wasting your picks. There's no point in playing the chalk."
Pulcini hasn't decided whether or not he will pursue a second NHC tournament entry, having recognized that he retains a sharper focus when playing with a single entry. That being said, he still plans to play in future DerbyWars NHC Qualifiers – just in case.
Pulcini was introduced to racing by his grandfather during his teenage years, frequenting Balmoral Park just outside of Chicago. He is a handicapping contest veteran, having honed his skills in the game of skill for roughly 20 years.
But some of the largest rewards Pulcini has reaped have come from the pari-mutuel windows, including a sensational week at Del Mar back in 2004 which saw him hit two Pick 4 tickets, each of which were well into the six-figure range.
Everyone at DerbyWars wishes Scott Pulcini the best of luck in Las Vegas!
Qualifiers Continue on DerbyWars
The next DerbyWars NHC Qualifier will be hosted on Saturday, August 10. Eight of the eleven spots in that tournament have already been filled, leaving only three remaining open seats.
To earn a chance to compete in Saturday's tournament, players must win a prequalifying tournament. Prequalifying tournaments are held daily on DerbyWars, including two scheduled for Thursday, August 8, and one for Friday, August 9.
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Epithermal Deposits of Central Nevada: Paradise Peak, Round Mountain/Gold Hill, Tonopah, Goldfield, Monte Cristo
Epithermal deposits have, and continue to significantly contribute to gold and silver production world-wide. In addition to gold and silver which are the major economic minerals found in these deposits, varying amounts of mercury, copper, lead, zinc and tin, may be present in these systems. Ore bodies can be made up of mineralized veins, stockworks, breccias and/or the mineralization can be disseminated. The classifications of high-, intermediate- and low-sulfidation (Einaudi, et al, 2003) have been used in the last couple of decades to describe the stability of sulfide minerals.
We will see a variety of these characteristics on this field trip, such as other minerals produced from the high-sulfidation systems at the Paradise Peak district and the Goldfield district were mercury, and copper and lead respectively. The Paradise Peak (high-sulfidation system) and Round Mountain (low-sulfidation system) districts have produced, and/or are producing gold-silver from disseminated ore bodies in tuffs. At the Goldfield district we will see the quartz-alunite veins typical of high-sulfidation systems, and at Monte Cristo (Gilbert district) we will see characteristics related to intermediate sulfidation systems.
The opportunity to observe a variety of characteristics associated with high-, intermediate- and low-sulfidation systems will hopefully give the participants some additional tools for exploring for more of these deposits in Nevada.
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