My daughter absolutely loves YouTube, and most nights she will tune in to her favourite you-tubers and catch up on their latest videos. Therefore, when I spotted an online advertisement for the Digital Kids Show that also happened to coincide with her birthday weekend, I knew that we would have to visit, and make sure that she would have a day to remember.
The show itself was being held at Event City in Manchester which is located adjacent to the Trafford Centre. As we live in North Wales, we had to do a bit of planning to get there as my husband and son needed the car on the same day and so our journey ended up involving two trains and a bus, and took nearly 3 hours in total to get there, but I made sure that I had all the timings written down and so despite being a bit nervous about catching the wrong train, it all turned out to be relatively easy and we got there and back without any issues.
In terms of my own opinion, I paid £21.59 each for tickets including booking fee. I was happy with this price, as I feel it is the average price for a day out per person. The price paid included all attractions, and shows inside the event and so it was nice to know that there would be no extra charges whilst attending. The only extra thing I would have liked to have seen in regards to the tickets, would have been a family ticket option, but I believe from speaking to staff at the event that this is something that they will be looking to do in the future.
The event was due to start at 10am, however we did not arrive until just after 10:30am which meant that we missed the queue to get in, and simply walked straight in on arrival. Brochures were available to purchase at a cost of £2 per person. I did hear a few people grumble about having to pay extra for this, but this is standard practice at most events, and I was more than happy to pay the additional £2 given that at some events we have had to spend an extra £10 on brochures alone only to find them just full of advertising, therefore I felt that £2 was very reasonable and it certainly wasn't forced on you to purchase this. Maps were also provided free of charge, so if anything the brochure was simply a nice memento of the day with some fun facts about all the you-tubers inside and it wasn't something that you HAD to purchase. Unfortunately this was the only actual "Digital Kids Show" merchandise available for sale, and I would have liked the opportunity to have purchased tshirts/hats/keyrings etc as my daughter often likes to buy memories of our day out. However, there was some individual youtubers merchandise available such as EthanGamerTV tshirts and hoodies, Ashdubh tops, and Amy Lee books and all of these were very reasonably priced. I was very impressed with the Amy Lee book which at only £5 for a large hardback book, had plenty inside to keep my daughter interested and was of a really good quality.
Once we were inside and brochure purchased, we checked out the plan for the day, and worked out all our timings so we knew where we had to be and when. The first show was due to start at 11am, and so we headed straight over to the seating area to get good seats. Boogie Storm were the opening act, and despite there being a few issues with the sound system they put on a great show to start the event. Following this was the YouTube Q&A session, though my daughter only opted to watch part of this, as she cleverly realised that whilst everyone else was watching the show, it meant that she could try out the other attractions without much of a wait.
We headed over to the total wipeout zone, where she had great fun playing on "The Sweeper" she went on this a couple of times, waiting no longer than 5 minutes for each go, and then she spotted a VR headset stand a short distance away and so she went on this and played minecraft for about ten minutes.
This then took us to just before noon, and the meet and greet was due to start at 12:45 so we headed straight over to the queue for AshDubh, Tomohawk and Inthelittlewood. In doing this, it meant that we would only have a 45 minute wait and we were only 3rd in the queue, so my daughter was more than excited about being so close to meeting Ashdubh (There were other queues available for the other YouTube stars). I had expected to queue, so the queuing really wasn't an issue for us, and I've always found when attending events like this, that queuing is just part and parcel of it. Also if you make the effort to talk to the people around you then this can make the time go so much quicker. It was lovely getting to know some of the others in the queue and finding out where they had travelled from. I thought we had done a bit of a trek from Wales, but the lady next to me had driven all the way from Essex and was just as excited about meeting Ashdubh as her son! Brilliant!
When the moment came to meet the YouTubers, AshDubh actually came over slightly earlier and walked the line. He couldn't have been any nicer and took the time to speak to everyone, pose for photos and much to my daughters delight he even wished her a Happy Birthday and wrote it on the back cover of her brochure. She was absolutely over the moon with this, and said that she thought she was going to faint. My daughters dream birthday present was to meet AshDubh, and being able to witness the happiness on her face when not only did she meet him, but he also made the effort to chat with her and wish her a happy birthday, absolutely made her day and mine. This was really the only thing that she had 100% wanted to do at the show and so the rest was just a bonus.
We then continued to queue to meet Tomohawk and InTheLittlewood who came and sat down about 10 minutes later, and they were just as nice. Once our meet and greet had taken place we decided to have a good look around with the intention of heading back to join the queue for the Amy Lee book signing towards the end.
We checked out all the trade stands, visited the Alopecia and Dog's Trust Stands and then had a look around some of the game stands such as Scalextric and Beasts of Balance. My daughter enjoyed visiting the PopJam stand and designed a phone case. She loves art and so it was nice to also have a few art & craft stalls. We were starting to get hungry by this point, so decided to tuck into some sausage rolls & drinks we had bought from Greggs earlier. Unfortunately the shows caterers had been changed at the last minute by the venue and so the organisers had put out a message on Facebook and via email the night before stating that you could bring your own food. Our lunch cost £5.60 and we sat on one of the hay bales around the craft area to eat our food. There were plenty of bins dotted around so we didn't need to worry about disposing of our packaging.
After lunch my daughter continued to visit the various other stands around the venue. We may have just been lucky with timing but for most areas the queues moved fast and we rarely waited longer than 10 minutes. Excluded from this was the Young Driver Experience which seemed to have a lengthy queue the whole time we were there, but I can understand why this was so popular. I spoke to a couple of people in the queue and the average wait time for this seemed to be 45 minutes to an hour. Still far less than you would queue at other attractions in the UK though and worth it for a unique experience of driving at a young age. As we wanted to head back to the book signing, we decided not to join the queue, but this was my daughters decision and she was still more than happy with everything that she had tried so far.
Once we had reached the queue for the book signing again, it was much larger that when we had left. We were due to leave at 2:45pm which at this point gave us just over an hour so we joined the queue, again happy to wait as the meet and greets had always been the main draw of the attraction for my daughter. As we were queuing a lady came over and explained that she was really sorry but they were going to have to cut the queue off as they had not yet even had a break, my daughter said that she understood and although it was shame as she had wanted her book signed for her birthday she didn't want them to go without a break. The lady suggested that we went and enjoyed the rest of the attractions and to pop over again just as we were leaving to see if there was any chance of being an add on just before we left. We took her advice, and headed off to the CBBC area where my daughter enjoyed a CBBC presenting experience with Hacker. She absolutely loved this, and had previously took part in a presenting workshop in London with Ben Shires and Katy last year prior to the Children's Bafta Awards, and so to have the chance to stand in a replica of the CBBC studio in front of the camera was fantastic, and definitely an added bonus that she hadn't been expecting.
Following this, she made some speakers for her phone in the Blue Peter zone and was given some cards of the presenters. This was almost the end of our experience at the Digital Kids Show, so we made sure we had all our things and made our way towards the exit. The meet and greet area was by the exit, and so we found the lady we had spoken to previously and tried our luck to see if we could quickly get our book signed before we left. Despite having being signing for nearly 4 hours at this point, Amy Lee was more than happy to oblige and due to being sat with NettyPlays and SalemsLady they also all signed her book and wished her a Happy Birthday too. I then left as an extremely happy parent of one very happy daughter whose birthday day out had been everything she had hoped it would be.
Overall we had a fantastic day out, it was exactly how I had expected it to be, and I believe that the event offered great value for money. Being the very first day of the event, which is also in its first year, there were of course some minor teething problems, but the promoters know this, they know what worked and what didn't and I am sure that next year it will be back even bigger and better.
1) Make the most of the space: Whilst there was plenty to see and do, there was also still plenty of space that could have been filled with even more which would have helped to have reduce the queues in other areas. More tech/gaming stalls for example Playstation, Nintendo, Drones etc.
2) Free Wifi: This is probably more to do with the venue than the promoters, but it was frustrating to not be able to share pictures, videos, check in etc until after we had left due to there being no wifi available and limited signal indoors.
3) Charging points: There were so many photo opportunities that this quickly killed my battery and my phone was flat by lunchtime. It would have been great to have just been able to charge my phone for 20 minutes whilst my daughter enjoyed one of the attractions.
For a first time event I think that it was great and the positives of the event far outweighed any of the negatives. Yes there are some small improvements to be made if this is to be held again in future years, but the main draw of the show was the ability to meet and greet your favourite youtubers, and this is exactly what they delivered. Both my daughter and I would definitely return.
*Disclaimer - I purchased tickets to this event and chose to write this review of my own accord.


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Building the capacity to have an effective work-life-balance is a legitimate issue for many working women. Managing it can be difficult but there's a common theme amongst the women who succeed: supportive partners. Supportive partners are the ones who go beyond sporadically picking the kids up from school and instead play an active role every week.
Being able to juggle a family and work, and everything else in between, is still considered a feat for women while it's more expected for men. One of the dynamics which influences this is the way men perceive the success of women; many men do feel threatened by women's empowerment. The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology outlines that men's self-esteem suffers when partners succeed. This tension creates a scenario where women feel guilty and then choose not to propel themselves at work because they don't enjoy their partner's support in doing so.
In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg highlights the importance of finding a partner that lets you put your career first. And that means a lot more than paying lip service to a woman's job. It revolves around men's understanding of the importance of this issue and requires them being empowered to take time off for family and seek out flexible work arrangements.
Men and women have a vested interest in improving the opportunities for women to thrive at work. KPMG research estimates the Australian economy could expand by $93 billion if we close the gender pay gap. That represents a lot of jobs and opportunities for all Australians and it starts at home.
When it comes to effectively mixing a career with a family a supportive partner isn't merely desirable, it's vital. And whilst in some respects this is a soft issue about the way individuals make their personal relationships work there is a public element too. Because it impacts how all of us can participate at work which impacts the economy and society.
It's the reason we need to start having open conversations about how supportive relationships work to ensure men and women work together to make both of their careers work. We hear too often about inspiring and competent women being forced to take unwanted and prolonged breaks from their career for the benefit of their partner or their family. But that decision doesn't benefit anyone in the long run; it limits careers and stifles financial independence. It's a sacrifice men need to stop expecting anyone – let alone their partner – to make.
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Den elektriske ål (latin Electrophorus electricus) er ikke i familie med ål, men i Gymnotidae. De lever i floder i Sydamerika, og kan blive op til 2,4 meter lange og have en omkreds på næsten en halv meter. Alle dens vitale organer befinder sig i den forreste femtedel af dyret, fra gællespalten og frem – selv gattet sidder hér, lidt foran gællespalten.
Resten – bortset fra svømmeblære – er kun elektriske organer. Den er rapporteret at have en god hørelse.

Elektriske ål jager mest alene, men det er også dokumenteret, at de jager i flok.

Elektriske organer

Den elektriske ål er en af de fisk, som er berømt/kendt for sin produktion af bioelektricitet i form af både høje spændinger og kraftig strømstyrke. De bagved liggende mekanismer er ikke til fulde forstået/undersøgt, idet man godt kan forklare produktionen af bioelektriciteten af det enkelte elektriske element, men styringen af processen er lidt af en gåde.

Ålen er overordnet set udstyret med tre elektriske organer – muligvis med hver sin funktion:
 Et mindre organ på oversiden af bagenden er Sachs organ. Det anvendes til navigation.
 Et større organ på det meste af undersiden er Hunters organ.
 Elektrisk højspændingsorgan på en større del af oversiden. Organet til at levere lammende (eller dræbende) elektriske stød til byttedyr.

Sachs organ
Et mindre organ på oversiden af bagenden er Sachs organ. Sachs organ formodes at have til formål at udsende elektromagnetiske impulser til orientering og kommunikation.

Ålen lever i ret usigtbart flodvand, og da den menes at have et dårligt syn, har den brug for denne form for hjælpemiddel. Navigationsimpulserne er typisk 10 V med varierende pulssekvens (typisk ca. 25 Hz), dog har den dominerende han i området et kraftigere og længerevarende impulssekvens, hvor imod hunnerne har svagere signaler og en anden impulssekvens. Det ses hyppigt i litteraturen at der bruges betegnelsen radar for "ålens" navigation, men det må bero på misforståelser, idet man ikke kan anvende radar under vandet. Radar er kraftige, højfrekvens elektromagnetiske impulstog, og er af typen ekkolokalisation – ligesom sonar i luft og under vand. Det må antages at den bruger måle forstyrrelser – deformationer – i det magnetiske felt, som den selv genererer via impulserne. Det er karakteristisk for disse elektriske fisk at de er hypersensitive over for magnetiske felter- selv stationære felter !

Hunters organ
Et langstrakt Hunters organ langs hele bugsiden er et stort mysterium. Organet er delt i 2 – et på hver side.

Elektrisk højspændingsorgan
Det, der har gjort ålen berømt, er to meget større elektriske organer, som ligger på langs i dyrets åleagtige krop, – et på hver side og som har forbindelse til det omgivende vand via hver sine 2 poler – én bag gællespalten og én ved halen. Disse store organer har evnen at producere en anseelig spænding og strømstyrke.

Spændingen er afhængig af dyrets alder, idet hovedorganerne består af en række serieforbundne skiveformede strøm- og spændingsproducerende celler – såkaldte elektroplagues. Hver elektroplague producerer sin lille spændingsdel, og kan levere en vis mængde strøm. Ved at parallelforbinde flere sådanne søjler – ca. 70 søjler – kan den øge den samlede strømmængde til 1 Ampere!. I takt med at dyret vokser, vokser også antallet af elektroplagues hvilket betyder at en velvoksen "ål" kan have f.eks 10.000 elektroplagues i hver søjle.

Det smarte er, at alle elektroplagues er spændingsløse så længe organet ikke aktiveres, og det skyldes at disse elektroplagues består af 2 ombyggede muskelceller, der vender imod hinanden. Hver celles intracellulære potential på ca. 80 mV giver således elektroplaguen en nettospænding på 0 V. Elektroplaguen er bygget på den måde at den ene celles udadvendende cellevæg kan exciteres på normal vis via synapsekobling fra dyrets centralnervesystem. Når dette sker depolariseres membranpotentialet, og ikke alene således at membranpotentialet bliver nul, men bliver nærmest reverseret, hvilket resulterer i at spændingen over elektroplaguen bliver ca. 150 mV ! Dette aktionspotential er tidsmæssigt lidt længere end et klassisk aktionpotential på ca. 1 msec, idet i "ålen" varer det ca. 2 msec.
Impulserne kommer typisk i 100 Hz-sekvenser.

Dette indebærer, at når alle elektroplagues aktiveres simultant, så er der over hele hovedorganet pludselig en 2 msec spændingsimpuls – tomgangsspænding – på 1500 V (ved 10.000 elektroplagues).
Dette ville man kunne måle hvis man lagde ålen i demineraliseret vand.
En bedre metode ville være at tage den op af vandet og måle direkte på den – dog skal man sikre sig at der ikke er fugtig hud mellem polerne til at give en fejlstrøm. Den kan sagtens tåle at være ude af vandet i længere tid, idet den er en såkaldt "air breather", dvs. at den i naturen ikke kan klare sig med den iltoptagelse, som dens gæller kan levere. Den skal derfor op og tage en mundfuld luft ca. hvert 10. minut.

Når hovedorganet aktiveres er der tale om et meget stort cellemembranareal, der på én gang skal depolariseres. Hertil anvender naturen acetylcholinesterase. Efter sigende er den elektriske ål det dyr, der har den største koncentration af dette stof.

Hvor stor spændingen og strømstyrken er ved en vis ledningsevne i det omgivende vand er helt afhængig af almindelige elektriske love. Man kan defor ikke sige noget om hvor stor en spænding en elektrisk ål giver, idet det er helt afhængig af størrelse/alder og vandets beskaffenhed (konduktans). Men ved en konduktans svarende til den elektriske modstand i det elektriske organ vil man få en polspænding på den halve tomgangsspænding f.eks. 750 Volt og en strømstyrke på ca. 1 Ampere. Strømstyrken under udladningen er dog betinget af den resulterende modstand mellem polerne, idet det afhænger af hvor meget den krummer sig om byttet (Afstanden mellem polerne) samt egentlig også byttets størrelse.

Det virker som om den trives bedst i vandforhold, der har en konduktans svarende til at der opstår impedanstilpasning (det elektriske organs modstand er lig vandets elektriske modstand) hvorved der afsættes maksimal energi i vandet (i byttet).
Den effekt, der afsættes i selve det elektriske organ under udladningen, sætter grænser for hvor mange gange den kan tåle at fortage udladningen, idet den ellers bliver for varm. Det skal dog tilføjes, at den har den evne at kunne variere udladningseffekten! og kan vedblive at "skyde" i op til en time. Der er rapporteret at der fortsat kan forkomme udladninger op til 10-12 timer efter at den er død.

Taksonomi
I september 2019, publicerede C. David de Santana et al. forskning, som stærkt indikerer at Electrophorus electricus skal inddeles i tre arter, baseret på DNA divergens, økologi og habitat, anatomi, fysiologi - og elektrisk formåen. De foreslåede tre arter er Electrophorus electricus, Electrophorus voltai (species nova) - og Electrophorus varii (species nova).

Uafklarede spørgsmål
Der er flere uafklarede elektrofysiologiske spørgsmål m.h.t. hvordan "ålen" selv undgår at blive skadet af den kraftige udladning:
 -	det store elektriske organ er elektrisk isoleret, men er dog stadig styret af centralnervesystemet ?
 -	det er uforståeligt hvordan det er muligt at depolarisere samtlige elektroplagues simultant når man tænker på den lange og forskellige nervesignalvandring ?
 -	hvordan overlever centralnervesystemet at der over første og sidste synapsekoblinger er en potentialforskel på f.eks 800 V under impulsudladningen ?
 – hvordan kan den variere udladningens styrke ?

Referencer

 Membrane Potentials In The Electroplates Of The Electric Eel,The Journal of Physiology, Vol. 119, 315-351,1953, R.D. Keynes and H.Martins-Ferreira, Instituto de Biofisiea, Universidade do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro

Eksterne henvisninger

 Se sjov undervisningsfilm om den elektriske ål (1954)

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Antonio Conte has confirmed that winger Juan Cuadrado will be given a second chance at Chelsea following his loan spell at Juventus.
Cuadrado joined the Blues for £23m from Fiorentina after an impressive 2014 World Cup campaign with Colombia, but failed to establish himself in the first-team under former boss Jose Mourinho.
Conte admits he's been a long-term admirer of the 28-year-old and revealed the player would be joining the squad for pre-season.
"Juan Cuadrado is a Chelsea player. He will come back very soon. He's in our squad, I'm very happy to have him and train him," said the former Italy boss.
"Now, he's a Chelsea player and he'll stay with us. If something changes you'll know."


Music as therapy and 16 tracks for the blues.
Does music therapy work? And if so, how? Music boosts levels of dopamine, a feel-good chemical messenger in the brain. Many people use music to power through a workout. Beyond distracting from discomfort, music triggers the release of opioid hormones that relieve physical and psychological pain. But forget the workout, just dance to the music! Dancing is the best exercise because it involves start-stop movement in all directions and engages the mind on multiple levels. Music also boosts the immune system, notably by increasing antibodies and decreasing stress hormones, which can depress the immune system. Techno and heavy metal aside, music lowers heart rate and blood pressure, and even reduces recovery time following a heart episode or surgery.
For the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, the progression of musical notes, and especially the melody on top, mirrors the progress of our own inner striving. Music replicates the structures of emotions without however furnishing their contents, enabling us to feel the emotions without feeling or fearing the pain that they are normally associated with.
I don't think that music has to sound uplifting to be uplifting, so long as it helps us to work with our feelings. In the Poetics, Aristotle compared the purifying or cleansing effects of tragedy on the mind of the spectator to the effect of a cathartic on the body, and called this purging of the emotions catharsis. In that much, tragedy is more comforting, because more true, than comedy, which so often rings hollow.
I remember as a teenager, lying in the blackness of the night and listening to Beethoven on my portable CD player. I could swear that these experiences completely transformed the makeup of my mind.
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I have a playlist on specify that I call Track Chills. From Ravel's Bolero to REM's Everybody Hurts I have a list of 52 songs that send chills up my spine when I hear them.
My secret weapon for the blues is Frank Zappa's recording of Stairway to Heaven.
No matter how bad I feel, that will always put a large grin on my face.
Just visualizing the brilliance (and quirkiness) of the performance is a useful tool for me when I have to deal with BS situations that are out of my control.
I also use this performance visualization technique if I get siezure auras, however (if it's an option) I am more comfortable using recorded music to calm myself in these instenses.
I've just shared 'Why' on my facebook page.
Excellent article! My "go to" for music therapy since 1976 has been Steve Halpern's "Spectrum Suite" and Charlie Musslewhite's "Christo Redemptor"


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Recently, in the laboratory by the Shaanxi Provincial Committee, Provincial Science and Technology Department, Department of Commerce, the provincial Trade and Industry Bureau, the Provincial Technical Supervision, Provincial Intellectual Property Office organized in 12 bureau of Shaanxi in 2006 the annual summit of economic development brand, "Taurus" Forging Machine won the first such license in Shaanxi Top Ten Brands Award electromechanical industry.
Shaanxi Province, better to strengthen independent innovation and the development of independent brand construction, set up a typical brand of Shaanxi, and promote overall economic development of Shaanxi Province, January 20, Harmony Shaanxi, Brand Festival Brand ----- 2006 Annual Economic Development Summit in Shaanxi held in Xi'an, Shaanxi, more than 200 industry leading brands won the first top ten brands in Shaanxi, the first people in Shaanxi Ten Outstanding Brand Award six of 13 industry awards. Our company was awarded the gold level of economic development in Shaanxi brand unit, concentrating on promoting the brand of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Province, ten brands electromechanical industry honor.
Yang Yongmao deputy secretary of Shaanxi Province, the Provincial People's Congress, deputy director of Deng Li, Chen regeneration, Shaanxi Economic Development Association president, former vice governor Wang Shuangxi, Shaanxi Province, Deputy Director of Policy Advisory Committee, the provincial CPPCC Vice-Chairman Tian Yuan and other former leaders attended the event. At the summit, a grand meeting a number of Shaanxi Province and the representative of the outstanding representatives of well-known brand, has greatly enhanced the ability of independent innovation and brand awareness. From ten cities in Shaanxi, including high technology, oil, roads, communications, electricity, water, construction real estate, industrial and commercial agriculture, forestry, finance and investment, education, food and other industries focused on state-owned enterprises, private business elite on behalf of three hundred people attended this summit. Our development and production as one of the earliest shearing bending machine forging equipment production base was the second annual summit of Shaanxi's economic development unit of Gold brand was awarded the key to promote the brand in Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi, the honorary title of Top Ten Brands. Luo Anping, general manager at the General Assembly, and to "adhere to independent innovation, leading the forging machine tool industry" as its theme the General Assembly.
The summit of "independent innovation, brand building", which is a whole different industries in Shaanxi review, establish a number of benchmark companies and leaders of the brand, leading the healthy development of various industries in Shaanxi, improved enterprise visibility, reputation and brand value. The event was organized by the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Policy Research, School of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee, Provincial Science and Technology Department, Ministry of Economic Development Association, the provincial Trade and Industry Bureau, Department of Commerce and other 12 units organized by the Economic Daily, Shaanxi Daily, Shaanxi Television, China Daily and other major media cover this meeting were reported. The summit also launched the brand alliance set up in Shaanxi, the community made a solemn declaration the brand alliance.


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Hint to Hawaii: Google Abandons Concentrating Solar Power Project
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by Mark Halper, Smart Planet, November 24, 2011
Concentrated solar thermal uses mirrors to focus sunlight on a fluid that heats up, creates steam and drives a turbine. It's also known as "concentrating solar power" (CSP).
Even when you have all the money of Google, you should spend it wisely. The search giant, which invests heavily in renewable energy initiatives, backed off of at least one of them yesterday. Google said it is dropping development of "solar thermal" electricity because solar thermal cannot keep pace with the rapid price decline of another solar technology – photovoltaics. The solar thermal cut came as part of Google's decision to axe its 4-year old Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal initiative, although other renewable programs remained intact.
"The installed cost of solar photovoltaic technology has declined dramatically over the past few years, making solar photovoltaic technology a compelling choice for consumers," Google Fellow and senior vice president of operations Urs Hölzle said in a blog post.
Photovoltaics use solar cells embedded in panels to directly generate electricity. Concentrated solar thermal uses mirrors to focus sunlight on a fluid that heats up, creates steam and drives a turbine. It's also known as "concentrating solar power" (CSP).
Google's investments in solar thermal have included $168 million in a giant solar farm that Brightsource Energy Inc. is building Ivanpah, Calif., and a $10 million infusion in Burbank, Calif.-based eSolar.
Solar thermal makes a spectacular picture, especially the sort that reflects sunlight up to a tower (some solar thermal plants reflect the light onto pipes that run past parabolic mirrors). But several energy companies have started to back off the technology in favor of photovoltaics, such as at California's huge Blythe installation. The chairman of Spanish utility giant Iberdrola recently blasted solar thermal as senseless.
Still, other companies are standing by it, noting that it makes sense under certain conditions. It is the centerpiece technology in the Desertec Industrial Initiative's overarching long term scheme to provide 15 percent of Europe's electricity from solar farms scattered across N. Africa and the Middle East.
Construction is set to begin on the first of Desertec's solar thermal plants next year in Morocco, with a $297 million loan from the World Bank.
A third approach to solar, called concentrated photovoltaics (CPV), borrows from both PV and solar thermal, in that it magnifies sunlight onto solar cells.
In canning its solar thermal work, Google is reigning in what some critics have argued was a push too far afield of its core business of Internet search and advertising. As SmartPlanet's Larry Dignan wrote when Google launched Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal in 2007, "Unless Google is putting ads on windmills it looks like a detour that could make shareholders squirm."
Google has freely published results of its research in the solar thermal on the web.
Google's now defunct Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal (RE<C) also invested in Potter Drilling in an effort to advance geothermal power, and financed a recent geothermal map of the U.S.
This is not the first time that a Google energy investment has run aground. Two years ago, Google-backed AltaRock Energy abandoned a geothermal project in California after hitting "geological anomalies."
Although Google is retiring its solar thermal and RE<C program, Hölzle said the company remains committed to other renewable energy initiatives.
"We will continue our work to generate cleaner, more efficient energy—including our on-campus efforts, procuring renewable energy for our data centers, making our data centers even more efficient and investing more than $850 million in renewable energy technologies," he said.
Some of Google's others renewables investments have included $280 million and $75 million respectively in residential PV firms Solar City and Clean Power Finance; $157 million in a Mojave wind power project called Alta Wind Energy Center; $100 million in Oregon's Shepherd's Flat wind project; . It has also taken a 37.5 percent equity stake in the Atlantic Wind Connection project in the U.S.'s mid-Atlantic region, has backed the Peace Gardens wind farms in N. Dakota, and has help to fund Makani Power, an Alameda, Calif. startup that aims to harness electricity from wind turbines mounted on kites.
"In addition to investing in renewable energy for our own operations, we're investing in renewable power projects to grow the industry as a whole," the company said on a web page. "Specifically, we've invested hundreds of millions of dollars in renewable energy projects such as large-scale wind energy and rooftop solar. When added up, these projects represent a total capacity of over 1.7 GW, which is far more electricity than we use. To put this in context, this electricity is equivalent to that consumed by more than 350,000 homes."
Halper: Shock technology shift at huge California solar plant (CSP dumped for PV)
Spain: Iberdrola's Galán declares war on 'inefficient' CSP sector
Panos: Is Sopogy Hawaii's Solyndra?
Panos: DHHL and PUC Should be Cautious with Proposed Solar Power Plant on Oahu
2007: Google's big green energy goal: A distraction?


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Virtual simulation and 3D modeling assure high performance of projects
In order to evaluate processes or environments and reduce costs for clients, Brazilian tech startup Tau Flow designs prototyping solutions using computational fluid dynamics data
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Tau Flow, a computational engineering startup based in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil, offers the market customized mathematical solutions for the optimization of project performance. It uses 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to develop "virtual prototypes" of any process or environment that involves flows of liquids or gases (defined in physics as fluids).
"Our prototyping solutions use data such as fluid velocity, pressure, temperature, concentration, and turbulence. All these data are analyzed by means of mathematical models based on the principle of the conservation of mass, energy, and momentum in space-time," says Marcílio José Caetano, one of the firm's partners.
CFD and virtual prototyping replace conventional engineering methods and the old technique of "trial and error", which consumes time and money. "We do simulations," Caetano explains. "The process is fed into a 3D model, and we identify flaws using mathematical calculations. We then offer a solution that saves time and money, improving the client's profitability."
Makers of Formula 1 race cars, for example, use CFD to improve aerodynamics and boost performance while reducing fuel consumption and cost. "Our idea from the start was reducing the cost and expanding the market for CFD," Caetano says.
Tau Flow has clients in the cosmetics industry, in petrochemicals, in metalworking and machine tools, in logistics, and in food. It recently used its technology to evaluate a warehouse complex installation project for Amazon in Cajamar, São Paulo State, and to assess plant performance for mining equipment manufacturer Haver & Boecker in Canada.
"We pursue the 'milliseconds' clients need to operate as high-performance players in their market segment. We seek to understand, diagnose, create scenarios and develop solutions for process and project optimization," Caetano says.
Mathematics of animal breeding
Tau Flow was founded in late 2015 by an electrical engineer, a civil engineer and a chemical engineer at INCAMP, the University of Campinas's incubator for tech startups. The partners developed a methodology based on CFD software but also had plans to create a tool to collect the data to be prototyped. That same year, they applied to PIPE - Innovative Research in Small Business Program, a São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) initiative. The purpose was obtaining funding for a project involving thermodynamic analysis to boost productivity in animal breeding facilities.
The idea was to produce a kit containing not only CFD software but also a multichannel anemometer (an instrument used to measure the speed of fluids) with the capacity to collect air speed and temperature data. Computational numerical simulation would be used to analyze the best layout for a breeding facility climate control system, ensuring more efficient air circulation and more precise thermal control, Caetano recalls.
The idea was tested in a PIPE Phase 1 project that was completed in August 2017. While the research was in progress, the project was one of 15 selected for the Leaders in Innovation Fellowships (LIF) training program held in the UK on October 16-27, 2017, under a partnership agreement between FAPESP and the Royal Academy of Engineering within the framework of the Newton Fund, a UK government initiative to foster research and innovation in developing countries.
"The training was extremely useful," Caetano says. "It gave us a new perception of our own business, a more commercial and less academic vision of what we do, enabling us to improve the structure of our sales process."
Among other activities, the LIF program provided consulting by Oxford University. "They advised us for three months," Caetano recalls. "During that period, they mapped out the European, North American and Asian markets for the solution we'd developed with project funding from FAPESP. The same consultants will assist us in our internationalization process."
Pricing challenge
Even before completing its PIPE Phase 1 project, the firm had two projects selected for the first edition of Mining Lab, an initiative of Nexa (formerly Votorantim Metais). One is a nanotechnology solution to increase the rate of zinc nanoparticle recovery using CFD. The other uses CFD to model and simulate a zinc oxide kiln with the aim of identifying the factors that generate process losses and proposing solutions to enhance energy efficiency.
Tau Flow is currently preparing for the true development stage, in which it will finalize the development of the animal breeding monitoring and management solution recently approved for PIPE Phase 2.
Meanwhile, Tau Flow proprietors keep monitoring the prospects for marketing their CFD technology. According to Caetano, CFD'	s low accessibility in Brazil - due to its high cost and its demand for a highly trained workforce - represents the company's greatest challenge. He believes that bold pricing strategies can deliver the differential advantage he needs. "We operate with a fixed price plus a success fee. The risk is borne by Tau Flow, and if implemented, the improvement will increase the client's profitability, so remuneration by the success fee is appropriate," he says.
About São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) is a public institution with the mission of supporting scientific research in all fields of knowledge by awarding scholarships, fellowships and grants to investigators linked with higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. FAPESP is aware that the very best research can only be done by working with the best researchers internationally. Therefore, it has established partnerships with funding agencies, higher education, private companies, and research organizations in other countries known for the quality of their research and has been encouraging scientists funded by its grants to further develop their international collaboration. For more information: http://www.fapesp.br/en.
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Hi, before 3 days i catched my new queen. Today I saw that the queen has 5 eggs. She is very small - 5 mm. Please help me to determine her spiece.
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Vox is one of the longest established names in Rock - with a history stretching right back to the 1950s, when its original AC series of guitar amps first appeared. Vox was also one of the very first to enter the FX market, with a version of the original Gary Hurst Tonebender in the 1960s, followed by with the classic Vox wah wah. Today, the company is still very successful with its amps and is also no stranger to the pedal market, including multi effects units such as the ToneLab LE, which at one time could be found in most of the London West End theatre pits!
You would be forgiven for thinking that the company's new "Tone Garage" is a new multi effects unit, but it's actually a new range of pedals, consisting of five all-analogue stomp boxes, featuring three with real tube circuits and one (the Trike Fuzz) which does without a tube. In this review I will be looking at four of them; the aforementioned Trike Fuzz plus the Flat 4 Boost, Straight 6 Drive, and V8 Distortion. The fifth one in the series is a Double Deca Delay, which we may well look at another time but here we are just concentrating on the Drive/Boost side of things.
First a little more about the series. Vox claims to have captured the pure essence of analogue in these compact effects units by pairing carefully selected components with a unique design philosophy. All the pedals feature all-analogue circuitry and three of them use Vox's newly developed Hi-Volt technology, that should provide not only the warm tone expected from a tube but also the all-important feel and dynamic. Let's see what all four have in common.
The internal structure of the Tone Garage series contains no integrated circuits, such as op-amp ICs; it consists only of individual parts such as transistors, resistors, capacitors, and coils. All the pedals are True Bypass in operation and come with sturdy aluminium die cast bodies, which should deliver outstanding durability. They look great too, with their striking colours and valves/circuitry lighting up and on view.
While many manufactures these days are making pedals as small as possible to use up less pedal board space, Vox is very defiantly going against this trend: these pedals are big. As you can see from the video, we just manage to get four alongside each other on our music stand. If pedal board space is an issue for you then these may cause you a headache. There are good reasons why they are so big, however. The individual circuitry (as mentioned above), takes up room, as does adding a valve. Here's the real space killer though: if you wish to run these pedals with battery power, then be prepared to shell out some money, as each one takes SIX, AA size batteries... This is to power Vox's new Hi-Volt power technology and valve. They will run off normal pedal chain power, however, so that would be the better option. Let's have a look at each one in a little more detail.
This is an octave fuzz with three types of octave settings. Utilising specially selected diodes, it covers not only a range of one octave up, but also two octaves down. You can choose three types of octave settings: +1 or -1 and -2, or all upward and downward octaves to obtain think vintage fuzz sounds. In addition, there's a tone control for +1 octave and volume control for -2 octave, allowing you to create a diverse range of sounds. The higher octave setting sounded awesome - warm tone with bell like clarity, as did the mix of upper and lower octave. The lower one wasn't my cup of tea, as it seemed a little weak and lost in the mix. It may just be a case of playing around with the EQ on the amp alongside that of the pedal to get the most from that setting. Hours of fun can be had with this pedal: it truly does hit the "vintage" spot!
As the name would suggest this is a high gain distortion pedal that boasts an awe inspiring tone. In addition to the distortion sounds that are ideal for heavy riffs or soloing, you can also attain cutting high-gain lead sounds. It also provides a mid-shift switch that lets you change the band where the mid-range peaks. Turning this off gives you a broad range with an emphasized attack. Turning it on will shift the band to be more suitable for lead playing, giving a more scooped sound. This is one of the pedals that contains a valve and Hi-Volt technology, which enables the vacuum tube to operate at 200V while still running on a battery (well six...). The aim is give you a true tube driven sound, which it does achieve: you get the feeling of real power from this pedal, along with the response and dynamics that a tube amp gives you. A wide range of gain control gives you plenty of tone options alongside the EQ and mid shift controls. No sense of harsh, messy, muddy distortion here, just usable tones right through the spectrum.
This vacuum tube booster can be used for mid/treble boost, and overdrive, in addition to a full range of boost. Like the V8, this pedal also features Vox's Hi-Volt technology plus an independent mid-boost switch that allows you to change the response of the mid-range. Many manufactures in my opinion get a boost pedal very wrong: either they do very little, or way too much ending up with a poor distortion pedal as a result. I have my personal favourite that I use and comparing this to that particular one, Vox has got it spot on. The gain control does not simply change the amplitude, but also changes the character in a subtle way. From zero to max, it yields an array of highly usable and natural overdrive tones. This is a perfect pedal for giving you that little bit of boost and crunch for rhythm work, and enough gain for bluesy Rock lead.
This pedal is designed to give you the traditional Vox British overdrive and it overflows with the wide dynamic range of Vox's signature flavoured distortion. Turning the bright switch on gives you a sparkling British sound with defined highs, that should even suit humbucker equipped guitars. Once again Hi-Volt technology is adopted in this pedal, as well as a heater current slow start circuit that ensures vacuum tube longevity. This is a great classic Rock drive pedal that delivers a little more than just a boost but not so much that makes it a full on gain fest. A gain control that allows you to vary the character of your sound, with EQ and Bright switch controls makes it possible to achieve all those classic Vox tones in spades.
At first glance you would be forgiven for thinking that we have reviewed three fairly similar distortion pedals and one fuzz pedal, but each of these stomp boxes offers such different tones and levels of attack that they warrant individual attention. Guitarists are constantly on a quest to find the "right" boost/drive/distortion pedal and Vox have managed to cover most people's needs with this latest series. The valve idea works really well, as it did in their ToneLab boards giving that warm, powerful, natural sound that some modern pedals lack.
These pedals also work really well together, complementing each other and could be worth a pedal board all to themselves. If there is a downside it's their size. Even if you don't think they are worth having on their own separate board, they may well actually need one, as trying to squeeze any of these onto your existing board could prove a problem. As could the battery issue if you plan on powering them that way. On the other hand, if you have been hunting for great sounding, well made, unique pedals then these could well be the answer for you. I would urge every guitarist to go check them out asap.


Once your circuit is built, Logicly Crack enables you to test it out by running a simulation. The virtual signal is propagated along the connected components and if the circuit contains clocks, they begin to oscillate. To make things easier to understand when something goes wrong, Logicly Crack uses colors to show when pins change state or in the event that a connection is added or removed.
It display colors for signal in high or low state, as well as when this is unknown. You also get a color which tells you that the signal is in the high impedance state. The colors that the application uses by default can be changed according to your taste.
In closing, if you're looking for a practical and fun to use application that can aid you in explaining how circuits are built and work, you can definitely try Logicly.
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2-3ft Waist high waves with poor to fair shape.
Pavones, Costa Rica – The waves picked up a bit today! Clean, glassy conditions this morning, with light variable onshore winds the remainder of the day. Looks like the waves will be picking up the next couple days. Nothing big, but at least we are getting some decent surf.
We had an early morning high tide of 8.99 ft @ 5:41am, dropping down to a low tide of −0.31 ft @ 11:45am, then moving back in for a high tide of 9.32ft @ 6:07pm this evening.
The weather in Pavones, Costa Rica was clear and sunny. It's another beautiful day in Pavones, Costa Rica.


Sold for $907,500 at 2015 Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction.
In the wake of World War II, Germany's automobile industry would be both hemorrhaging and restricted. This reality, however, presented opportunity. Opportunity fostered smaller manufacturers with big dreams. One of those would be the singular thought of three German soldiers—Veritas.
Ernst Loof, Georg Meier and Lorenz Dietrich would be the men with the dream. The three would bear the burden of bringing the dream to reality. However, having been an engineer with BMW before the war, Loof would shoulder the vast majority of the technical burden. Loof had knowledge of BMW's pre-war masterpiece, the 328. He knew it would be a great design from which the men could establish the foundation of Veritas.
Not surprisingly, using and tweaking components at the heart of the 328, success would come swiftly. Perhaps the crowning achievement would come in 1947 when, at the Hockenheimring, Karl Kling drove a Veritas to victory. The company had only just come into existence, and yet, here it was scoring victory.
Veritas did like what so many other small car companies did at the time. The company's major focus would be on auto racing. Then, from those designs derived for the track, the company could look to fashion road-going automobiles that would excite the population. Veritas started out with its successful RS. This competitive little sports car would serve as the basis for the company's first regular production automobile.
The Komet Coupe would be one of Veritas' first road-going examples. However, it would be followed quickly by the Saturn Coupe and also the cabriolet known as the Scorpion.
In 1948, the company had relocated and began to focus on making road-going automobiles. The Scorpion would be one of those the company would design and build. Still drawing from the RS, the Scorpion would certainly be sporty with its independent front suspension and de Dion rear axle utilizing telescopic shock absorbers and longitudinal torsion bars. However, the car was a little more reserved and was elegant in its simplicity.
Utilizing a 12-volt electric system, a five-speed transmission of their own design and 2.0-liter engine derived from the BMW 328, Veritas produced an amazingly advanced car for the time and circumstances. It would be little wonder as to why the company would become quite so popular so quickly.
Before ceasing operations and being absorbed by BMW in 1953, Veritas would produce a mere 75+ automobiles. Considering just how few cars Veritas produced over the course of its short lifetime it is easy to surmise the exclusivity, and therefore, value of its simple, elegant Scorpion. In fact, only a handful are known to exist in all of Europe. In the United States it would be less than that. Just two examples are believed known to exist in the United States. Chassis 5218 is one of those two.
The first decade or so of this car's life is speculative. What is known is that in 1963 the car was registered to a Mr. Shipman of Seattle, Washington. Over the next decade the car would remain in the Washington state area. One of the car's owners during this period would be Burt Laborette. Laborette enjoyed a nice collection of automobiles and would retain the Veritas for a couple of years before it was purchased by its current owner.
Purchased by the current owner in 1974, the Veritas Scorpion has enjoyed a period of ownership stretching more than forty years. Stored away in a barn for a number of years, the car would undergo restoration beginning in 1989. Greg Soter of Phantom Restoration would be given the commission and the three-year restoration effort would result in an invitation to the 1992 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
Soter would go to great lengths to restore the Scorpion. This meant rebuilding the BMW engine and transmission, reupholstering the interior, fabricating steel panels, restoring the interior and topping-off all of the minute details with a Gunmetal Grey finish. All of the hard work would be rewarded though as the Veritas would earn a third-in-class trophy at Pebble Beach.
Accented with such touches as an English-language factory brochure, restoration invoices and an album photographically documenting the entire restoration process, the Scorpion remains one of the best examples of the brand.
Showing some signs of years of use since its restoration, the Scorpion remains a quintessential example of the post-war Veritas.
Offered via Bonhams' 2015 Quail Lodge auction, the award-winning 1949 Veritas Scorpion Cabriolet would sell for an impressive $907,500 inclusive of the buyer's premium.
1949 Veritas Scorpion's that have appeared at auction but did not sell.
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CANASTOTA . . .
Yunmi Roy, 54, of 412 High Street, Canastota, passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2019, at her home following a lengthy illness.
She was born on December 12, 1964 in Chonpuk-Do, South Korea, the daughter of Sang-Ahk Seo and Soon-Duk Woo.
Yunmi lived in S. Korea until 1994, when she moved to Liverpool, NY, later moving to Canastota in 2003. She proudly became a citizen of the United States in 1999.
She worked as a chef at Ichiban Steakhouse in Liverpool for more than 20 years, retiring on September 1, 2019. She was the first woman Hibachi Chef in New York State, and was featured in an article about the Women of Syracuse.
Yunmi was a member of the YMCA in Oneida, and Believers' Chapel in Canastota.
She enjoyed gardening, bicycling, and playing and learning music.
Yunmi married Jeffery S. Roy on June 26, 1991, in Seoul, Korea.
Surviving besides her husband, Jeffery, are: one daughter, Andrea D. Roy of Canastota; her parents of South Korea; and three brothers and three sisters, all of South Korea; her in-laws; as well as several nieces, nephews, cousins; and her three rescue dogs, Bada, Yookji, and Baram.
Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 23, 2019, at the J. Homer Ball Funereal Home, Inc., 201 James Street, Canastota, with a reception to follow at the Canastota VFW, 3835 Canal Road, Canastota. Pastor David Allen of Believers' Chapel will officiate. At Yunmi's request there will be no calling hours. Spring burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Canastota.
In her memory, contributions may be made to Wanderers' Rest Humane Association, Inc., PO Box 535, Canastota, NY 13032, or to the Greater Lenox Ambulance Service, Inc. (GLAS), PO Box 382, Canastota, NY 13032, with envelopes available at the funeral home.
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I feel a tremendous sense of identification with Adam. Through him, I am reliving my own youth, and at the same time shining a light on my life now, wondering what I may have let go along the way.
Beth was the ultimate for me, with his twinkling eyes (rhinestones!) and eyebrow twitch. Totally beautiful. Totally camp. I think it's the tension between gorgeousness and outrageousness that is causing my insides to churn so delightfully.
I'm sure I'm projecting from my own youthful experiences hanging out in gay clubs, but for many of my friends, beneath the flamboyance, fun and FY attitude, there was a lot of loneliness and pain. I hear that pain in Adam's voice. This man stretches my emotions in ways that bemuse and astonish me.
…he has stripped himself bare for you and revealed much more about himself than anyone else ever has, with candor, honesty, humour and devoid of guile. He is a blessing and a curse, since those very experiences that might make some cringe, have contributed to making him the almost ethereal creature he is now.
He's soft and powerful at the same time. And then he soars way beyond the boundaries of the average. He takes you on a ride to places you never thought or dared to go. Then there are his song choices. He has taken iconic songs from our youth, and then amazingly made them even better…So what does this do? It yanks us out of our nostalgia for our youth and says, look, this is happening NOW. It's not all over. Amazing things are still to come!!
His honesty is so naked we want to wrap him in soft velvet and silk to protect him from the dangers of being so candid. It seems that he not only survives, but thrives on the invasive questions, the gossip and the innuendo, making it work for him. We hope so anyway, because some of us have nurturing instincts so powerful, we just can't turn off our protective mechanism and will worry about him.
No Xena don't settle down, that's exactly what you can't do! We all depend upon it. And I for one will join you on this quest. This is a quest into ourselves. Adam is just a person, C.B., but wow what is "just a person" – if you have the eyes to see, then they are infinite mystery, and broken shard of the divine. And some of them are channeling it so strong like waterfalls. What I am exploring as I read Xena's words is my own love energy, my own freedom, the deep core in me.
The plangent keyboard opening of "Feelin' Good" comes on. I settle into the groove of Adam's angel voice and ride along, barely feeling the blood dripping down my leg and the pressure being applied to stop it…I soar as Adam's voice climbs. I'm in awe of how he shapes that climbing melody line, holds that high note, rises higher still, and then gently, with exquisite tenderness and care, sets us down on the earth again.
He's returned in front of me – I want to reach, to jump, to scream like the girls, but if he looks at me, I need to be dignified, I must be looking at his eyes, not anywhere else, to treat him like a human being, a beloved man, and not objectify him. Besides I am rooted, I can barely breathe, let alone move – what am I supposed to look at again? But try as I will, my eyes won't be pulled any lower – I can see individual rhinestones around his eyes, like runway lights leading to his core and now I just want to look at his eyes, in my mind. Just as we knew, there's plenty behind them.
Many women have said that Adam "filled a hole in their lives", i.e. they were missing something, while I said that he blasted a hole in mine. Last night and this morning, I realized that indeed there was an empty place in my life that I had been trying to complete and that is – friendships with women like all of you. Women with whom I could have wonderful conversations and discussions, open to any and all topics.
But then out of this Babylon emerges this wonderful human being, so gifted and yet so normal, decent, and approachable. He connects Earth to the Heavens, and invites us to climb that ladder with him. This is the transformative magic of Art.
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var path = require('path');
var https = require('https');
var assert = require('assert');
var Proxy = require('../../../src/server');
var testServer = require('../../testServer');

describe('#directives - ssl_certificate | ssl_certificate_key', function () {
  var proxyServer;
  var rewriteFile = path.join(__dirname, 'conf', 'cert.rewrite');

  before(function () {
    testServer.listen(6789);
    proxyServer = new Proxy(8848, 8849);
    global.log = proxyServer.logger;

    proxyServer.addRewriteFile(rewriteFile);
    proxyServer.start();
  });

  after(function () {
    testServer.close();
    proxyServer.stop();
  });

  it('should use the specitied certificate', function () {
    // ssl_certificate     ../cert/hiproxy.org.pem;
    // ssl_certificate_key ../cert/hiproxy.org.key;
    return requestCertAndBody('https://doc.hiproxy.org/', 8849, 'doc.hiproxy.org').then(function (res) {
      var cert = res.cert;
      var body = JSON.parse(res.body);

      checkCert(cert);

      assert.ok('/doc/', body.url);
    });
  });

  it('should works when use absolute path', function () {
    var rewrite = [
      'domain test.hiproxy.org {',
      '  ssl_certificate     ' + path.join(__dirname, 'cert', 'hiproxy.org.crt'),
      '  ssl_certificate_key ' + path.join(__dirname, 'cert', 'hiproxy.org.key'),
      '  location / {',
      '    alias ' + path.join(__dirname, 'files', '/'),
      '  }',
      '}'
    ];

    proxyServer.addRule('rewrite', rewrite.join('\n'));

    return requestCertAndBody('https://test.hiproxy.org/data.json', 8849, 'test.hiproxy.org').then(function (res) {
      var cert = res.cert;
      var body = JSON.parse(res.body);

      checkCert(cert);

      assert.deepEqual({
        'ret': true,
        'data': {
          'users': [
            {'name': 'zdying', 'location': 'beijing'},
            {'name': 'tom', 'location': 'wuhan'}
          ]
        }
      }, body);
    });
  });

  it('should work with `echo`', function () {
    return requestCertAndBody('https://doc.hiproxy.org/echo/', 8849, 'doc.hiproxy.org').then(function (res) {
      var cert = res.cert;
      var body = res.body;

      checkCert(cert);

      assert.equal('echo content', body);
    });
  });

  it('should work with `send_file`', function () {
    return requestCertAndBody('https://doc.hiproxy.org/send_file/', 8849, 'doc.hiproxy.org').then(function (res) {
      var cert = res.cert;
      var body = JSON.parse(res.body);

      checkCert(cert);

      assert.deepEqual({
        'ret': true,
        'data': {
          'users': [
            {'name': 'zdying', 'location': 'beijing'},
            {'name': 'tom', 'location': 'wuhan'}
          ]
        }
      }, body);
    });
  });

  it('should work with `alias`', function () {
    return requestCertAndBody('https://doc.hiproxy.org/alias/data.json', 8849, 'doc.hiproxy.org').then(function (res) {
      var cert = res.cert;
      var body = JSON.parse(res.body);

      checkCert(cert);

      assert.deepEqual({
        'ret': true,
        'data': {
          'users': [
            {'name': 'zdying', 'location': 'beijing'},
            {'name': 'tom', 'location': 'wuhan'}
          ]
        }
      }, body);
    });
  });
});

function requestCertAndBody (url, proxyPort, host) {
  var options = {
    host: '127.0.0.1',
    port: proxyPort,
    path: url,
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
      'Host': host
    },
    agent: false,
    rejectUnauthorized: false
  };

  return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
    var req = https.request(options, function (res) {
      var certInfo = res.connection.getPeerCertificate(true);

      var data = '';

      res.on('data', function (chunk) {
        data += chunk.toString();
      });

      res.on('end', function (chunk) {
        resolve({
          body: data,
          cert: certInfo
        });
      });

      res.on('error', function (err) {
        reject(err);
      });
    });

    req.on('error', function (err) {
      reject(err);
    });

    req.end();
  });
}

function checkCert (cert) {
  // subject:
  // { C: 'CN',
  //   ST: 'BeiJing',
  //   L: 'HaiDian',
  //   O: 'hiproxy dev',
  //   emailAddress: 'zdying@live.com' },
  // issuer:
  // { C: 'CN',
  //   ST: 'BeiJing',
  //   L: 'BeiJing',
  //   O: 'hiproxy dev',
  //   OU: 'dev',
  //   CN: 'hiproxy.org',
  //   emailAddress: 'zdying@live.com' },
  // subjectaltname: 'DNS:*.hiproxy.org, DNS:localhost',

  assert.equal(undefined, cert.subject.CN);
  assert.equal('hiproxy.org', cert.issuer.CN);
  assert.equal('DNS:*.hiproxy.org, DNS:localhost', cert.subjectaltname);
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Cuban Television: Mr Putin, first of all I would like to say what an honour it is for us to meet with you. Thank you for kindly agreeing to give this interview. You are doing it in spite of being busy and having an intensive work schedule. We hope it will be an interesting interview.
Let us now pass on to questions and answers.
Question: You will be the first Russian President to visit Cuba and Latin America. We would like to hear your views on the development of relations between Russia and Cuba, particularly in the economic sphere.
Vladimir Putin: Cuba is our traditional, long-time and reliable partner. There was a time when relations with Cuba were totally ideological. Ideology underpinned the relations between our states. After the events in the Soviet Union, in Russia 10 years ago, unfortunately, after much of the ideological basis of our relations was lost, the relations between our states were damaged. And it spilled over into the sphere of interstate relations.
I don't think that was the right thing to do. Cuba, I repeat, is our traditional partner in the world, in the first place, of course, in Latin America. Russia is paying more and more attention to its Latin America policy. Cuba's role is very important for us because its position has always been independent and interesting, and has always contributed to promoting democratic principles in international relations.
It has to be said that in recent years, which saw a decline in our economic relations, many priority areas of joint activities have unfortunately disappeared and the place of Russian companies has been taken over by our foreign rivals.
Canadian companies and businesses from France, Spain and more recently Germany are very active in the Cuban market. And it is heartening that in 1999 our mutual trade reached what to us is a significant level of $1 billion, and in the first 10 months of this year it has already amounted to $700 million. That is a good indicator and it shows that both sides are positive in developing economic contacts. We have every reason to believe that our cooperation in the economic field will develop in the same way and at the same rate in the future.
Question: What are the main reasons for the fact that in recent years Russia has tended to draw closer to Cuba in various areas, including bilateral economic and other relations?
Vladimir Putin: I have already said that unfortunately our place has to a large extent been occupied by businesses from other countries. But there is one obvious circumstance which Cuba and Russia must take full advantage of.
Many companies and a large part of the Cuban economy were created with direct economic and technical assistance of the Soviet Union. And who else but us should take part in the reconstruction of these companies and jointly plan their future? I am absolutely convinced that significant results can be achieved by following that path.
Question: The UN General Assembly recently passed by a huge majority of 167 votes, including Russia's vote, a resolution condemning the US blockade of Cuba.
Do you believe that Russia as a permanent member of the UN Security Council could propose a similar resolution at the Security Council so that the blockade of Cuba is lifted?
Vladimir Putin: While there has been some decline in the economic field (which was, by the way, caused by negative trends in the Russian economy), our position on the issue of the blockade of Cuba has always been consistent and principled.
We believe and we still maintain that the blockade of Cuba has no justification, not in terms of international law, not in terms of expediency, and not in terms of justice and democratic principles of world order. Not only have we backed the UN resolution, we are going to continue to promote that point of view.
We believe that uni-lateral sanctions against Cuba should be lifted as quickly as possible. I don't think such a policy has any chance of success or will bring any political or economic dividends to anyone.
Question: You recently sent greetings to the 10th Ibero-American Meeting in Panama. You called on Latin American countries to lend a more social character to globalisation in the world. Our country largely shares that position.
Could you say in what other areas of international life and international politics can Russia and Cuba have similar positions?
Vladimir Putin: First, on the problems of globalisation. We absolutely agree with the view of President Fidel Castro that the processes of globalisation should take into account the present world order, which is not, to put it mildly, quite just. The processes of globalisation should not perpetuate the current state of poverty of some states and excessive wealth of other countries.
By the way, this position is shared by many in Western countries as well because the gap in wealth is the cause of instability in the world.
As for other aspects and issues on which Cuba and Russia could hold similar positions and on which we could back each other, they include the problem of disarmament, the problems of the democratic world order and arms control problems.
Cuba plays a very important role in Latin America. And we count on Cuba's active role and active position on a whole range of international problems on which we have to look for allies. Cuba's active position on these issues, including the problems of security, can be very useful and very constructive.
Question: Mr Putin, do you believe that Russia has achieved social stability? Do you believe that Russia has achieved a healthy economy?
Vladimir Putin: There are signs of stabilisation in the social sphere and in the economic sphere. But we cannot claim that we have achieved a satisfactory situation.
A lot has yet to be done to consolidate society. A great deal needs to be done before positive trends in the economy – and they are undeniably there – acquire a stable character. The Government, the President, the State Duma and the whole Federal Assembly have to do a great deal to create the necessary legal framework and the necessary social conditions for carrying out the tasks facing the state.
Question: Russia is a key factor of international stability. How will you go about ensuring the stability considering that the United States is harbouring plans to create a national missile defence system?
Vladimir Putin: A new administration is being formed in the United States. And we wouldn't like to suspect our American partners a priori of an intent to behave in a destructive manner and take things as far as demolishing the existing system of international security.
We very much hope that the new American Administration, whoever heads it, will take on board all the positive achievements of the Russian-American relations over the past years, including in the sphere of international security and arms control.
Our position is well known. We favour the preservation of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972. Our position on the issue has not changed.
We still insist that this system of international security has an intrinsic value. And if some countries or groups of countries are concerned about their individual security, all these problems can be solved without destroying the existing basis through international consultations and agreed international decisions. Such decisions exist. They can be finalised in political terms and in military-technical terms.
Question: Mr Putin, in some political circles in Russia you are thought to be a left-leaning leader. Others consider you to be a right-wing leader. How do you describe yourself? And in general if I could ask you this question: which way is Russia moving?
Vladimir Putin: As for what various people think about who I am and what I am, the Russians have a saying: "You can call me a pot as long as you don't put me in the oven." I think it is not by chance that left-wing political leaders today come out for market reforms. And the advocates of the liberal economy support the President's measures aimed at strengthening the Russian state. This is not accidental. Because over a number of years it has become evident that one cannot exist without the other.
So I think the pragmatic approach oriented towards the interests of the overwhelming majority of the population is the right approach today. Through market reform and the broadest democracy in the direct meaning of that word, I am sure that Russia, the new Russia, can achieve the goals that we have set ourselves for a number of years.
My position on these conceptual issues of state development is set down in the State of the Nation Address to the Federal Assembly. And judging from what has been happening in our economy in the last year and a half, one has to agree that the goals and tasks set before the country, not only by the President, but by other political leaders, are well grounded.
Question: When the Cuban Revolution happened you, Mr Putin, were at school and you surely have heard a lot about our revolution in Cuba. With a few hours to go before the start of your official visit to Cuba, could you say how you see Cuba?
Vladimir Putin: When the revolution took place in Cuba I hadn't started school yet. But I remember that time very well. Those were memorable events in the life of your country and indeed in the life of my country. Cuba was always thought of a something very distant and heroic.
We were all impressed by the courage of the Cuban people, their commitment to achieving results and solving ambitious tasks. What was particularly amazing and still is amazing is how the Cuban people manage to solve many of these problems in spite of the difficult situation in which Cuba has found itself.
So I was glad to accept the invitation from President Castro to visit your country and I will do it with pleasure.
Cuban Television: At the start of the interview I said I hoped it would be interesting. To make it truly interesting we would like to give Svetlana Kolosova a chance to ask you an interesting question.
Question: Mr Putin, in the past 10 years Russian diplomacy and the Russian leadership have somewhat neglected not only Cuba but the whole region of Latin America. Contacts were maintained mainly at the parliamentary level.
Can your visit to Cuba be seen as marking a new stage in Russia's attitude to the whole region and as a sign of new trends in your foreign policy? After all, Latin America is a centre of the emerging multi-polar world.
Vladimir Putin: Yes, I agree with you.
Of course, Latin America is a centre of the new world which is emerging and rapidly developing. It is a very active part of the world. I think there is an explanation why Russia has not paid due attention to this area in its foreign policy in recent years. It has to do with the social, economic and domestic problems in Russia. An old Russian proverb comes to mind: "Things may be cheap overseas, but bringing them home is expensive." So, it is clear why there was a certain decline.
But obviously, the time has come not just to renew our interest in that region of the world but to restore our positions there, because it meets our economic interests, it meets the national interests of the Russian Federation. It will strengthen Russia's international position.
Many countries in the region would like Russia to pursue an active foreign policy. They want to cooperate with us in achieving common goals in the international arena. And it is reasonable and practicable that economic normalisation is accompanied by increased Russian foreign economic activity.
Question: So in fact, it attests that the country is growing stronger.
Vladimir Putin: Yes, of course. And not only politically but also economically. We have already discussed with your Cuban colleagues that even in Cuba – I say "even" because it has been our closest partner and closest ally for many years, and much of the Cuban economy was built with Soviet technical and economic assistance – even in Cuba, let alone other Latin American countries, other countries have outstripped us. Canadians occupy up to 80% of certain sectors of the Cuban economy. So it is not surprising, one can merely regret that we are doing it today and not two, three, four or five years ago.
Cuban Television: Mr Putin, during the course of this interview we have touched upon issues of bilateral relations and also some important international topics.
We think it was a very interesting interview. And we, representatives of the Cuban media, my colleague from Prensa Latina and I, are grateful to you. The interview has indeed cleared up many questions connected with Russian-Cuban relations.
We look forward to your visit to Cuba. We wish you all the best. And thank you for kindly agreeing to give this interview.
Vladimir Putin: I would also like to thank you, your colleague and all the Cuban people for the interest in our country.


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Josephine B. Adamson, MD, MPH, CMT, is the Medical Director for Edgar Cayce's A.R.E. She received her MD from Duke University's School of Medicine and Master's degree in Public Health from the University of North Carolina and is a graduate of the Cayce/Reilly® School of Massage. A former co-owner of a medical device company, she has a wealth of experience creating and maintaining health-related non-profit and for-profit businesses. She joined A.R.E. as part of the organization's renewed focus on the health information, one of the most important, enduring legacies from the Edgar Cayce readings. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the health outreach and administration and interfacing with the stellar staff of the Cayce/Reilly School of Massage—which provides a comprehensive education in the art and science of therapeutic massage— and the holistic A.R.E. Health Center & Spa—which provides holistic therapies to clients from around the world in its oceanfront Virginia Beach, Va., setting complete with a Café.


The Atkins diet is protected by the First Amendment against the claims of a Florida man who said the low-carbohydrate meal plan was dangerous and to blame for his heart troubles, a federal judge in New York ruled this week.
U.S. District Judge Denny Chin made the finding as he tossed a lawsuit in which Jody Gorran, of Delray Beach, Fla., claimed his cholesterol level shot up from 146 six months before he began the diet to 230 afterward, leading to severe chest pain and an angioplasty treatment.
The judge said a book about the diet was not an advertisement for products but rather was a guide to leading a controlled carbohydrate lifestyle.
"It is well settled that the mere fact that there is an underlying economic motivation in one's activity does not turn that activity into commercial speech," he said.
In his lawsuit, Gorran, 53, sought unspecified damages, accusing Atkins Nutritionals Inc. and Paul D. Wolf, co-executor of the estate of Dr. Robert C. Atkins, of products liability, negligent misrepresentation and deceptive conduct.
A lawyer for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which represented Gorran, said he expected to file an appeal within days.
Kinburn said his client was a wealthy businessman who was seeking only nominal financial damages because he primarily wanted the judge to order warning labels be put on the Atkins books and other related merchandise.
Gorran said the Atkins system, calling for a high-fat, high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet, is dangerous because it increases the risk of coronary heart disease, diabetes, stroke and certain types of cancer.
The Atkins company did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment Monday.
The judge wrote that Gorran's claims were without merit because the company's books and food products are not defective or dangerous within the meaning of products liability law.
He noted that Gorran had admitted consuming large amounts of pastrami and cheesecake and that the Atkins diet merely consisted of advice and ideas.
"The concepts may be controversial and the subject of criticism, but they are protected by the First Amendment," he said.
The Atkins diet calls for restricting carbohydrates to achieve weight loss before gradually adding them back in. However, many people who say they're following the diet actually eat large amounts of protein and fat.
Before ruling, the judge said, he read passages of the 1999 and 2002 editions of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution," which explains the diet Atkins conceived of in the 1970s and the belief that it is safe for everyone, regardless of the amount of high-fat food the dieter consumes.
He said Atkins acknowledged in his book that risk factors for heart disease can worsen for some "fat-sensitive" people who follow the diet but that medical reports suggest that fewer than one person in three falls into that category.
It\'s a shame stupidity isn\'t painful. Don\'t need to euthanize the claimant and his attorney...just put them on the Atkins diet!!
Stupidity is dangerous, and we haven\'t seen any lawsuits about it. I think the claimant and his attorney should both be euthanized.


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5 Things We Need to See in Football in 2023
It's set to be another year of social change and cultural evolution for the beautiful game.
By VERSUS
Last year was one of the most momentous and newsworthy 12 months for football in our lifetimes – but every great story or success also came with a question that demonstrated how much change we still need to see.
Argentina and France might have given us the greatest game of football we've ever seen, but FIFA's silencing of protest in Qatar undermined so much of the social and cultural campaign work players have undertaken in recent years. The Lionesses gave us a historic summer and became European champions, but an all-white starting XI in every game raised overdue questions about diversity and inclusivity within the women's game. Off the pitch, AC Milan and Off-White linked up for one of the most exciting fashion collaborations in football but question marks remain around how this space evolves to deliver creative freedom to brands, and value to fans, hand-in-hand.
Culturally and socially, football continues to be a place of immense change – but that doesn't mean we should stop fighting for progress.
The VERSUS editorial team looks at five things we need to see from the game in 2023 to make the sport a better place for all.
1. Racial Equality in Women's Football
England named three mixed-Black heritage players in their Euros winning campaign last summer, but fielded an all-white starting XI in every single match they played. According to the PFA, just 9.7% of footballers in the elite women's game are from diverse ethnic backgrounds, compared to 43% in the Premier League. Some of the game's biggest names – including Eniola Aluko, Anita Asante and Ian Wright – have already called out the lack of ethnic diversity within women's football, but we should not depend on those with lived experience to shoulder the responsibility of pushing for change.
We must demand more from players, clubs, brands, media outlets and governing bodies if football is to become a truly representative and inclusive space. It starts by acknowledging there is a problem and engaging in conversations (something governing bodies have shied away from for too long) before enacting pragmatic, effective decisions that can evoke long lasting impact. It is no longer 'good enough' for comments and actions that stem from systemic racism to be deemed as 'ill informed' or 'uneducated'. Women's football has a diversity problem, and we need to change that.
Words: @amiloucri
2. Players Can't Lose the Desire to Create Change
The Qatar World Cup climaxed with one of the greatest games of football we've ever seen – but that doesn't make some scenes at the start of the tournament any less demoralising. The ease with which FIFA silenced the 'OneLove' protest in the opening round of fixtures, and the pace with which football associations backed away from their position of strength, undermined a lot of the positive work that football – and players in particular – has done in recent years to make the game a more inclusive space.
Between silencing protests and continuing to hand out ineffective punishments for acts such as racism, it continues to feel like those who run the game are discouraging positive change rather than promoting it. You don't have to look far to see this attitude echoed elsewhere, with Marcus Rashford on the receiving end of censure for his community work. The next year will be crucial for seeing whether the roadblocks that exist become too common and too tiring for players to fight through, or whether the experience of Qatar has taught them how to navigate the power structures in football that try to control their every step. We hope it's the latter.
Words: @coreypellatt
3. Football and Fashion Needs to Get Radical
2023 is the year that football and fashion needs to embrace difference. Over the past decade we've seen two pillars of culture begin to weave together, creating a raft of new sartorial ideas. From scarves and hats to boots and jackets – and so, so many football shirts – we've seen fashion interpret the ephemera of football in a million different ways. Some of them are amazing (remember when Palace made a kit with Juventus that they actually played in) but a lot of them, maybe even most of them, were not. Too often, we saw fashion brands shoehorned into the world of football, trying to design within strict visual codes for an audience they don't understand.
This year, fashion needs to stop trying to please football fans. No more ropey narratives around shirt releases, no more rehashing of the same tired stories around "history". Fashion is at its best when designers break rules, when they innovate. Weirdness is championed in the world of style, but we are yet to see that prized eccentricity transfer across to the beautiful game. Designers should look at what they are producing and think, "has anyone done this before?" instead of, "this is what people are used to". That's when the potential of fashion in football will really be discovered. When things are allowed to get radical.
Words: @morganallann
4. Women's Ballers Becoming Cultural Leaders
The World Cup takes centre stage this summer and will undoubtedly spark the next cultural shift for women's football. Since the last tournament in 2019, the game has evolved to be a ubiquitous presence in our lives with the biggest domestic and continental club competitions receiving coverage and exposure that's turned players into household names. This will be the first Women's World Cup tournament to take place in this new ecosystem of awareness and accessibility, providing a platform for the world's best players to do what the Lionesses did last summer: create moments that transcend the sport and take over culture.
England's Euros victory was the breakthrough moment the game needed in public consciousness. Leah Williamson graced the cover of GQ. Alessia Russo had her adidas boots placed in the Tower of London to commemorate her back-heel goal. Jill Scott was crowned 'Queen of the Jungle'. While this cultural takeover might be magnified in the UK, it's already gathering pace worldwide with Sam Kerr gracing the cover of FIFA and Alexia Putellas linking up with luxury watch brand Hublot. Expect the hype and exposure of this World Cup to manifest a tidal wave of brand deals, media appearances and philanthropic endeavours from a new generation of headline acts. The game will never be the same.
5. Mental Health Comes Back Into Focus
It feels like players are approaching breaking point. 2022 was a year like no other in terms of the football calendar, with fixture congestion across the game leaving many players feeling exasperated and questioning how much more can they really be squeezed? The answer is – according to FIFA – a lot more. Plans to expand the Club World Cup in the men's and women's games are already underway. While the physical effects of a packed calendar are often discussed, the mental consequences are just as important. More games means more high pressure situations, more media attention, and more social media criticism if things don't go to plan. En masse, players will be forced to deal with a lot behind the scenes than we'll ever see.
While most careers often allow employees to take time off at their own choosing, professional football has always been different – maybe it's time for that to change. Viv Miedema took time away from the game to "rest and recharge" at the end of last year, while Jadon Sancho has taken a break from social media to focus on his development. As the demands of football continue to increase for those at the highest level, these practises should be encouraged and standardised by clubs who have a responsibility to look after player welfare. Never forget athletes are humans, too.
Words: @mayowaquadri_
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