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by admin on Oct.16, 2020, under Happenings
The beautiful fall leaves at Wedgewood are dropping fast due to the recent windy days. Proshop, clubhouse and restrooms will close November 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021. Golfers will need to use the on-course facility near #6 tee box. Course will remain open daily from daylight till dusk and golfers should use the green fee mail slot located on the east side of the proshop. Fees and instructions are located above the mail slot.
A big thank you to the 2020 proshop volunteer staff — Trevin Brill, Dallas Nicholson, Mackenzie Payne and Jason and Debbie Slack. These helpers were all new this season and were awesome. Also, thank you to the league participants and organizers for 2020. Golfers were very understanding of the health care crisis and followed the rules for safe golfing. The daily game will continue to play as weather permits and with the time change will start play at noon.
The Wedgewood fall membership special is available. New members can join for full family membership of $525 that includes membership through March 31, 2022. For additional information leave a message at the proshop — 417.926.5374 — or contact a board member.
National Mulligan Day was observed on October 17th. In golf, a mulligan happens when a player gets a second chance to perform a specific move or action. The day offers an opportunity for giving yourself a second chance or, as some people call it, a "do-over." According to the United States Golf Association (USGA), three different stories explain the origin of the term. The first derives from the name of a Canadian golfer, David Mulligan, a manager of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, who played golf in the 1920s. Another source gives credit to John A. "Buddy" Mulligan, a locker room attendant at Essex Fells C.C., New Jersey, in the 1930s. Another story states that the term comes from Thomas Mulligan, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and a passionate golfer who was born in 1793. According to the United States Golf Association (USGA), the term first achieved widespread use in the 1940s. Source: nationalcalendarday.com
A note from a Wedgewood golfer in 2018. "Please consider WWCC when choosing your next golf outing. Wedgewood is definitely worth supporting and preserving for future area golfers." June Szody-Gantner, LPGA Class "A", Life Member Retired. Many long-time members stated "Wedgewood grounds are in the best condition they have ever seen." Thank you to Dave Davis and Chuck Vance, grounds keepers, along with several volunteers throughout the season.
Enjoy this beautiful fall weather.
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by admin on Sep.14, 2020, under Happenings
Congratulations to Tod Rose, West Plains, the Wedgewood 2020 Club Champion shooting a 135 playing 36 holes (9 under par). Randy Emery, Mtn. Grove, is the senior champion with a score of 148.
Bev Hicks and Michele Myers, Willow Springs, were the Championship Flight winners in the Kathy Noirfalise Memorial Lady Scramble held Saturday, September 12 at Wedgewood Country Club. A- Flight winners were Linda Benyo, Willow Springs, and Linda LeBaron, Mtn. Grove. Linda Benyo also won CTP on 2/11 with 12′ 6″. Michele Myers won straightest drive on hole 4/13. Jody Jarrett, Cabool, won CTP on hole 5/15 with 8'8″ and Jackie Smith, Houston, won CTP on 7/16 with 10'2″. Donna Jones, Cabool, won longest putt on hole 9/18 with 5'9″. Brenda (Boyce) Priester, St. Louis, and Vicki (Woods) Bady, Vienna, won sportsmanship award donated by Ted Noirfalise. A big thank you to the hole sponsors Amy Moore, ANPAC Insurance; Sarah Honeycutt, Cabool Lease; Michele's U-Lock U-Store, Willow Springs; Donna and Doug Jones, Cabool; and Jody and Randy Jarrett, Cabool. Texas County Health Department provided hand sanitizer and Justin Shelby, State Farm Insurance Houston and West Plains, provided sunscreen, chap stick and golf tees for the players. Lunch was provided by Mary Auen, Jody Jarrett, Donna Jones and Michele Myers.
Fall membership special is now available which provides full family membership through March 31, 2022 for $525. For more information call the proshop at 417.926.5374.
The course is green and beautiful and the weather is great golfing temperatures. The proshop is open Thursday, Friday and Sunday noon till 6 and Saturday 8 a.m. till 6 p.m. For advance cart reservations call 417.254.1079.
by admin on Aug.27, 2020, under Happenings
Mark your calendar for the upcoming Kathy Noirfalise 2-Lady Scramble September 12, 2020. Start time is 9 a.m. and cost is $80 a team. Rental carts are available. Flights will be based on number of entries and cash hole prizes will be provided by sponsors. A silent auction is being planned. The Noirfalise family will provide on-course games during the tournament. Lunch and tournament results will follow play. To register contact Michele at 417.252.9444 or Donna at 417.254.1079.
Congratulations to Jim Perry the winner in men's league August 18. Skin winners were Richard Nelson, hole 1; and Jim Perry holes 3 and 9. Closest to the pins winners were Jim Perry, hole 2 and Jeremy Hannaford, hole 5.
Cat & Dog league winners Friday the 21st were Bob and Jackie Nevels. Men's league and the Friday Cat & Dog league are starting at 5:45 to finish play before dark.
During women's league August 10 the bingo, bango, bongo winners were 1st place Mary Beth Kaps; 2nd place Sharon Adler and 3rd place Mary Auen. Monday the 17th the Wedgewood team of Mary Beth Kaps and Donna Jones won over the Randal team of Sharon Adler and Linda Young. Jones had CTP on holes 2 and 5 and Kaps hole 7. August 24th the team of Sharon Adler and Mary Beth Kaps won 1st place. Sharon had CTP on holes 2 and 5 and Donna, hole 7. The women's league plays Mondays and Wednesdays at 9 a.m.
Hope everyone is finding time to get outdoors and enjoy the end of summer weather.
by admin on Jul.30, 2020, under Happenings
Wedgewood hosted their first 2020 tournament Saturday and Sunday, July 25-26. Thank you to all that braved the heat and competed in the annual Cat & Dog Tournament. Congratulations to the Championship winners Doug and Kristi Landsdown, West Plains with a score of 64. Championship 2nd place Derrick Shelton, Houston and Barbara Tate, Cabool and 3rd place Randy Emery, Mtn. Grove and Jody Jarrett, Cabool. A-Flight winners were Jim Moore, Houston and Jody Jarrett, Cabool; 2nd place Lee and Jackie Smith, Houston and 3rd place Jim Taylor and Michele Myers, Willow Springs. B-Flight winners were Danny Landsdown, Bucyrus and Linda Benyo, Willow Springs; 2nd place Amber and Jeremy Raney, Mountain Grove and 3rd place Doug and Donna Jones, Cabool. Closest to the pin men's winners included hole 2/11 and 5/14 Lee Smith, Houston and hole 7/16 Ted Noirfalise, Cabool. Women's winners were hole 2/11 Jackie Smith, Houston and holes 5/14 and 7/16 Jody Jarrett, Cabool. A big thank you to our CTP sponsors Legacy Bank and Trust, Mtn. Grove; McGownd Auto Sales, Mtn. Grove; Peoples Community Bank, Cabool and WD Logistics, Cabool.
Thank you to Ted Noirfalise for installing the fairway yardage markers. This was a big job due to the heat and dry conditions. These in-ground colored markers should survive the mowings indefinitely.
Congratulations to Jackie Smith with three birdies during a recent Monday women's league. League times are women's Monday and Wednesday at 9 a.m.; men's Tuesday at 6 p.m. and Cat & Dog Friday at 6 p.m. Non members can play for $5 league fees and rental carts are available. The Daily game plays at 1:30 with the exception of Mondays. Cost to non members to play in this game is $16 weekdays and $18 weekends.
Upcoming tournaments include the Cabool Education Foundation August 8; Cabool Kiwanis August 22 and the Kathy Noirfalise Memorial Lady Scramble September 12.
Congratulations to the Fourth of July Wedgewood Horserace winners. Doug Cook, Winner; Kevin Clary, Place (2nd) and Dustin Hunter, Show (3rd). Thank you to all for participating and thank you to the winners for donating to the club. Thank you to Mary Auen, Mary Beth Kaps and Donna Jones for providing lunch.
The annual Wedgewood Cat & Dog Tournament will be Saturday and Sunday July 25-26. Saturday sessions will be 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and Sunday at 1:00 p.m. Cost is $90 per team and flights and prizes will be based on the number of entries. CTP cash prizes on holes 2, 5 and 7 for both men and women. Rental carts are available. Sign up sheets are in the proshop or call 417.926.5374 to enter the tournament. Lunch will be provided both days.
Leagues are playing as schedules and weather permit — Women's Monday at 9:00 a.m.; Tuesday Men's at 6:00 p.m.; Wednesday Ladies at 9:00 a.m. (notice this is a change) and Friday Cat & Dog at 6:00 p.m. Daily game plays at 1:30 except Mondays.
Wedgewood proshop hours are Thursday, Friday and Sunday noon till 7 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. till 7 p.m. The course and driving range are open daily and will operate on the honor system all other times. For advance cart reservations call 417.254.1079.
As I continue to search for Wedgewood news from 1968, I found an interesting local newspaper article — Saturday morning, November 9, 1968, local residents got all shook up when earth tremors were felt over a 22 state area. The quake occurred shortly after 11 a.m. and lasted 5 minutes. The quake was centered in southern Illinois about 120 miles east of St. Louis and measured 5.5 on the 10 point Richter scale.
by admin on Jun.17, 2020, under Happenings
Mark your calendar for the member Horserace game July 4th at 10 a.m. Sign up in the proshop and plan to stay for food after the event.
The course is in great shape and we invite green fee golfers to visit and play at Wedgewood. Summer proshop hours are Thursday, Friday and Sunday noon till 7 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. till 7 p.m. All other times will be on the honor system (see instructions on the east side proshop door). Range balls are available daily and prices are posted. For advance cart reservations, please call 417.254.1079.
Leagues are playing as weather and schedules permit. Ladies Monday mornings at 9:30 a.m.; Tuesday evening men's 6 p.m.; Wednesday evening Ladies 6 p.m. and Cat and Dog Fridays at 6 p.m. The daily game plays at 1:30 p.m. except Mondays.
From the Wedgewood history file — June 12, 1969 Ladies Day will be held each Wednesday at 9 a.m. All ladies who are members and would like to play golf are invited to participate. Beginners are especially encouraged to attend Ladies Day. Arrangement have been made for free instructions to be given. Last week, eleven ladies met for coffee and donuts before tee time. "We have a lot of fun and encourage many more to join us." Mrs. Clyde Matherly, Publicity Chairman. The following are from local newspaper ads also on June 12, 1969 — Munsingwear Knit Golf Shirts $5.00 and up. Metal gates 8 ft 5 panel $15.60 and 6 panel $16.95.
Next Wedgewood event will be the annual Cat & Dog Tournament Saturday and Sunday July 25-26.
Wedgewood is bringing back a fun tradition the July 4th Horserace game. Any member can participate with a start time at 10 a.m. and the entry fee is $20 per person. If enough sign up, play will be teams and alternate shot. Participants will be divided into A and B groups and teams will draw for partners. Partners can be male/female, male/male and female/female. Payback will be 50/30/20. Plan to join the fun and play or be a part of the gallery (spectators). Food will be provided after the event in the dining room. Charlie and Ted will lead the activity.
Next event will be the annual Cat & Dog Tournament July 25 and 26th.
Leagues are playing as schedules and weather permit.
by admin on May.22, 2020, under Happenings
Between Covid-19 and the weather it has been a slow opening at the proshop this season. The proshop hours will be Friday noon till 7 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m. till 7 p.m. and Sundays noon till 7 p.m. (weather permitting). All other times the course will operate on the honor system.
League play will begin shortly (weather permitting). Monday morning ladies at 9:30 June 1st; Tuesday evening men's at 6:00 May 26th; Wednesday evening ladies at 6:00 May 27th and Friday evening Cat & Dog at 6:00 May 29th. The daily game plays at 1:30 with the exception of Mondays. To maintain social distancing and practice good sanitation all players will play their own ball with the exception of the Cat and Dog league.
Happy Memorial Day weekend! Hopefully the weather cooperates for some outdoor activity.
The golf course is open daily and is in great shape other than a few wet spots. The Wedgewood proshop will be open Fridays noon till 7 p.m.; Saturdays 8 a.m. till 7 p.m. and Sundays noon till 7 p.m. The course will operate all other times on the honor system. Prices and instructions are posted at the East proshop door.
Wedgewood welcomes new members the Kody and Kayla Johnson Family, and the Randy and Ashley Garner Family.
Happy 90th birthday to Wedgewood member Clifford Wingo (May 4th). Clifford started golfing at age 39. He is self taught and never had a lesson. He said, "This is why I do some things I do." Clifford beats his age almost every round he plays. Today, May 10th, he shot a 76. His best Wedgewood score is 64. He has a career record of 9 hole-in-ones (8 at Wedgewood and 1 at Randal). May 18, 2019 was his last hole-in-one and in July of 2017, he had three hole-in-ones during the month. Clifford remembers playing at Wedgewood Country Club in 1970 when the fairways were fescue and dirt (hay fields). Clifford won the Wedgewood 1985 Club Championship in bracket play which means he won several rounds to advance and win the championship. He has Wedgewood trophies for senior and super senior club championships. He was playing with Marty Stigal August 1996 when Marty shot the course record of 61. Clifford keeps signed score cards and golf balls. He said "Golf is good rounds and bad rounds and that is what I like." Clifford plays in the daily game during summers and he travels from Mansfield to Wedgewood to golf.
by admin on Apr.21, 2020, under Happenings
Due to the latest Missouri Stay In Place Order, the upcoming May 2nd tournament is cancelled. When playing, please continue to practice staying safe — social distancing; not touching flagsticks, others golf ball, racks, etc; no cart sharing unless it is a family member and sanitize your hands, clubs and carts often.
Greens are looking awesome. They have been aerated and verticut. Thank Dave and Chuck when you see them for all their hard work. Please repair divots in the fairways and ball marks on the greens. Repair yours and one more. Thank you!
Wedgewood is in need of proshop workers. If you know someone that would be interested in working for membership, let a board member know.
Thank goodness for Wedgewood during this trying time. It is wonderful to have an outdoor area to enjoy while still being able to practice safe procedures.
From the Wedgewood History Files July 25, 1968 — Beginner swim lessons for members started this week and will continue for the next two weeks. The swimming pool heater is now installed with many people enjoying the use of the pool, playground and picnic facilities. Golf and tennis lessons also started this week. The golf course work is continuing with the Bermuda grass coming in well on the tees and the greens to be finished with the planting of bentgrass at the best time in August. Families interested in joining the club are asked to see one of the board members as a few memberships are available at this time. Initiation fee $100 with annual dues $100. Stock Car Races Cabool Speedway Every Friday Night Admission $1.00 – 50 cents.


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Q: how to find a specific word from table using Like in sql server how to search word in SQL server.
I am working on search bar module.
When I search women in a search bar it will show all women listing and that is correct. But when I search men It shows all listing of men and women.
I have used this below query:
select * from product where title like '%shirt%for%men%'

I want to search for word not for characters.
How can write a query to search only particular word from the tables?

A: You should use LIKE operator as below :
 select * from product where title like '%shirt%for% men%'

Easy solution is to add space. You could also use regex

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Before you begin, let's look at some important issues that will provide you with the answers and the steps that will make your journey a pleasant and rewarding experience.
Keep in mind, home buyers – you – need to search for a realtor the same way that home sellers do.
You see, there are two "sides" to every sale. The seller's side is represented by the listing agent. The buyer's side is represented by the selling agent. The selling agent also is referred to as the buyer's agent. Usually, real estate commissions are paid by the seller. For this reason, the selling agent, although representing the buyer, has certain duties to the seller. If you, as the homebuyer, want to have a real estate agent represent only your interests, you will need to hire and pay commission to your own real estate agent.
These real estate agents are generally referred to as buyer's agents.If you call on a single classified advertisement in a newspaper, an ad in a home selling magazines or a listing on the Internet, you most likely are calling the listing agent.
With this kind of mortgage, the interest rate you pay rises and falls along with other rates charged throughout the economy. Therefore, you, the borrower, assume the risk of rising rates, and you stand to benefit should rates fall.An essential question to ask about an ARM is whether there are limits on how much your rate can be raised, both at each review and over the whole term of the loan. Without limits, known as "caps," you'll have no way to predict how much your rate (and thus your monthly payments) might change.
FRM and ARM represent the primary options available to homebuyers today. The convertible mortgage represents something of a compromise between the two. It is designed for those who want the advantages of the ARM, but also want to limit the risk of rising rates.Under this arrangement, the buyer starts out with an ARM, but has the option of converting to an FRM at specified points during the loan term. You may want to ask the lender these questions: When can you convert? How often can you consider the option? Are there any up-front fees involved? Will you have to pay more for an ARM with the conversion feature than for an ARM without it? Are there additional fees due if and when you decide to convert? Find out the lender's conversion rate. Graduated Payment Mortgage (GPM)A fixed-rate GPM starts out with low payments, usually below that of a fixed-rate and possibly that of an ARM, but rise gradually (usually over five to ten years), then level off for the remaining years of the loan.
Is the home in an area that floods when it rains. How fast does the water drain from the streets and yard? Slope and the soil's ability to absorb water will determine where and how fast water drains away from the house. You can check out local flood information through Stewart's Flood Information Division to find out if the house is in a flood plain.
You've finally found the home of your dreams. You're ready to put your money where your mouth is – but wait – before you sign on the dotted line, before you spend the money your lender has provided and before you start thinking about interior and exterior design, find out a few things first. Those things may help you negotiate a better, lower price than what the owner is asking.
As with practically everything in real estate, there are exceptions to this rule, too. During a hot market, there may be multiple offers on the property that interests you. A large deposit may impress a seller enough so they will accept your offer instead of someone else's, even when your unknown competitor is offering the same price or slightly higher.
You're almost at the end of your journey. Soon, your dream will be a reality and you can begin living in the home of your choice. And, now that you and your seller have come to a mutual agreement, you are ready to sign the contract and put down your earnest money (money indicating the seriousness of your offer). There are all kinds of people and services involved behind the scenes to make this happen before you put the key in the lock.
First, you'll want to close the deal. The road to closing is short, with only six major steps. These steps generally are handled at your title company office. Participants at this meeting are you, the buyer, the seller, your attorneys – if you have them, your real estate agent, escrow agents and anyone else who may have an interest in the transfer of title.
And of course, the final step – moving in! Congratulations – you have now accomplished the American dream of owning your own home! Live long and prosper!


 Mark 14:24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.
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And He said to them, This is My blood [which ratifies] the new covenant, [the blood] which is being poured out for (on account of) many.
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and he said to them, this represents the effusion of my blood (the sanction of the new covenant) for mankind.
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And he said unto them - This, is, my blood of the covenant, that is to be poured out in behalf of many.
"This is my Covenant-blood," he said, "which is poured out on behalf of many.
"This is my blood," He said, "which is to be poured out on behalf of many--the blood which makes the Covenant sure.
Then He said to them, "This is my blood which ratifies the covenant, the blood which is to be poured out for many.
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23 And taking the cup, when he had given thanks, he gave it to them; and they all drank out of it. 24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. 25 Verily I say unto you, That I will henceforth no more drink of the produce of the vine, until that day when I shall drink it new in the kingdom of God.
For the Son of man came not to be waited upon, but to be a servant, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves.
In like manner also he took the cup, after they had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that, death being suffered for the redemption of transgressions committed against the first testament, they who are called might receive the promise of an eternal inheritance.
And when he had taken the book, the four living beings and the four and twenty presbyters prostrated themselves before the lamb, having each harps, and vases of gold, full of perfumes smoaking, which are the prayers of the saints.


Today's track comes from fellow Australian, Kim Churchill. He has an impressive six albums, but I've only stumbled across his music recently with his latest, Weight Falls. The album features a bunch of great bluesy rock tracks, but the one that's currently stuck in my head is Secondhand Car.
Writing is an ordinary super power.
A drawing teacher who's blog I follow wrote that recently, and it resonated with me as a nice distillation of my my own thoughts on the matter.
Writing, like any form of communication, is simply trying to cram the mess of thoughts and ideas and stories that are in our heads into someone else's. A type of telepathy that requires an interpreter in the form of paper and pen, or pencil, or crayon, or the blood of your enemies…or, I suppose, a laptop would work too. Professor X is basically just a guy who skips the middle ground, and imessages right into your skull.
I think the difference with writing as a form of communication, as opposed to speaking, or film, or music, or art, is that it requires more from the receiver. With writing — while story, content, and word choice all comes from the writer — the world the reader ends up envisioning comes mostly from their own imagination. I would argue at least fifty percent (if not more) of the world comes from the reader. It has to. Unless a writer describes every element within a scenario, every movement through every moment of time, then the reader has to fill in a hell of a lot of blanks. And a good writer will take advantage of this fact.
She passed through the wire door into the kitchen that had been such an integral part of her childhood. The room not only looked smaller than she remembered, but duller too. Without the bustle of her mother creating meals and singing songs, bringing life into the space, it seemed like a taxidermied animal; whole in all appearances, but whose glass eyes gave away the lie.
What did the kitchen look like to you? Because, all I really told you was that it's small and has a wire door. But, unless you just pictured a small white space with a wire door, chances are you filled in all the rest. What was the colour of the walls? What was the layout of the benches? What side of the room was the wire door on? Each of us pictured our own kitchen, each one different, and the one in my head different again. You probably had at least a basic idea of how the character looked as well, even though all you knew was that she was an adult woman. Does it matter? Of course not. How the kitchen looks isn't important, what's important is the character's feelings towards the room and how it influences her actions within the story; that's the one element we all share, and the element I put more time in communicating.
As a form of communication writing is undeniably flawed. No matter how much I wrote, an exact copy of what's in my head will never enter yours. It will always be muddled in the translation, influenced by the reader's imagination, experiences, and subconscious; but I think that just adds to the magic. As a reader I love getting lost in other people's worlds and I think part of that is because, while I'm experiencing something new, there's also always something familiar there as well; whatever I'm adding to fill in the blanks. We want a window into a different world but a mirror into our own one as well.
It takes two to communicate a written story, and so I think that earlier statement needs an amendment, and that's that reading is an ordinary super power too.
Also, I did a Q and A with my good friend Sean Carney for Movie Maintenance Presents about my short story The Fox's Beard. You can check it out here.


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Peter Thiel Backs New Blockchain-Based Crypto Exchange that Some View as Coinbase Competitor
By Yaёl Bizouati-Kennedy
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Blockchain company Block.one, which has been backed by prominent investors such as billionaire Peter Thiel, announced it will launch a new blockchain-based crypto exchange that experts view as a potential competitor to Coinbase.
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The newly formed arm, Bullish Global, has been capitalized with more than $10 billion in cash and digital assets following an initial injection by Block.one of $100 million, 164,000 Bitcoin and 20 million EOS, and through the completion of an additional $300 million strategic investment round, according to a press release.
"Bullish's balance sheet is strong, and its vertical integration offers stability and liquidity to the cryptocurrency space. I'm happy to join Bullish as an investor and advisor as it gets started on a long and fruitful journey," Thiel said in the statement.
Bloomberg reports that the price of EOS surged almost 50% following the announcement to around $12.72, according to CoinMarketCap data.
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Additional prominent investors include Alan Howard, Louis Bacon, Richard Li, Christian Angermayer, Michael Novogratz's Galaxy Digital and global investment bank Nomura.
The new crypto exchange aims to combine the performance, user privacy and compliance offered by central order book technology with the vertically integrated user benefits of decentralized finance (DeFi) market architecture, according to the statement.
"The Bullish exchange will offer new automated market making, lending, and portfolio management tools to its users to deliver functionality that has previously been monopolized by incumbent players in traditional finance, while driving deeper liquidity to digital assets," according to the statement.
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"The cryptocurrency market continues to benefit from institutional adoption, and Bullish is well positioned to leverage blockchain-based market structures that will play an important role in further improving access for institutional and retail investors," Louis Bacon, chairman and principal investment manager of Moore Capital Management, said in the statement.
Coinbase, which had a blockbuster IPO in April, will release its first earnings today.
Yaёl Bizouati-Kennedy
Yaël Bizouati-Kennedy is a former full-time financial journalist and has written for several publications, including Dow Jones, The Financial Times Group, Bloomberg and Business Insider. She also worked as a vice president/senior content writer for major NYC-based financial companies, including New York Life and MSCI. Yaël is now freelancing and most recently, she co-authored the book "Blockchain for Medical Research: Accelerating Trust in Healthcare," with Dr. Sean Manion. (CRC Press, April 2020) She holds two master's degrees, including one in Journalism from New York University and one in Russian Studies from Université Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, France.
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A new survey reveals that 18 percent of Americans think they'll be saddled with debt for the rest of their lives.
In what may be one of the most depressing statistics you'll read this year, nearly 1 in 5 Americans expect their debt to accompany them to their grave.
That's according to a new survey by CreditCards.com, which revealed that 18 percent of Americans with debt think it's forever, double the 9 percent who shared the same bleak outlook in last year's survey.
Matt Schulz, senior analyst at CreditCards.com, told Time that consumers likely factored in a number of issues, including student loans and credit card balances, to come up with their pessimistic viewpoint on debt.
"Underemployment is still a problem as is wage growth, even though unemployment is lower," he says. This malaise stretches across the economic spectrum. The survey found that higher incomes don't translate to optimism. Households who earn more than $75,000 aren't much more confident about their ability to shed their debt than less well-off families.
Free and clear. On average, Americans expect to be debt-free by the time they're 53. But 11 percent of respondents said they'll be paying on credit cards, a mortgage or some other debt until they're in their 70s.
Holiday debt. Already this holiday season, 38 percent of consumers reported making holiday purchases with their credit cards. More than half of those with holiday credit card debt said they'll have it paid off in a month.
According to Time, there could be consequences if consumers' pessimistic views end up becoming reality.
"Continuous debt can mean indefinitely postponing retirement and that can cause a host of issues," [Schulz] says. "It can also cause great economic stress on those people's children." This "sandwich generation" are often caught in the middle trying to support both their grown children and their parents.
What happens to your debt after you die? Money Talks News' Stacy Johnson explains in this video.


Soundboard recording, MP3 (320 kbps). Dmitri Koev, bass; Simon Meilleur, drums; Terry Calder, guitar, b. vocal; Wayne K. Spear, guitar, vocal.
Westfest is a yearly Ottawa music festival started by Elaina Martin. In 2010, I had the privilege of being invited by Elaina to play on the Saturday night slot, with Sloan headlining. The weather was perfect and the sound was great, although with this recording (taken from the soundboard) the instruments are a bit unbalanced and you can't hear the audience. We didn't get a sound check, so on the first song the engineer is figuring out the levels. Hang in, it gets better. For what it's worth, on stage the sound was a great, big stadium sound.
By this point To Be had been out for around 8 months and we had a well-established set list drawn from 6 albums and a bunch of other, unreleased material. We rotated songs in and out to keep it fresh. I think we had about 30 songs in total that were stage-ready, plus a few rarities that we threw in on special nights like this. For Westfest we played Hook & Eye, a song we hardly ever played. I think we may have even rehearsed it specifically for this show.
It was a great day, and one of the Bloomistry highlights of 2010. Enjoy.


Lovely Lisbon, how I enjoyed discovering the streets of your beautiful city! Your steep hills within skinny streets paired with the slippery limestone that covers sidewalks is definitely what stands out most in my mind.
From the slippery sidewalks of Lisbon to the seaside cliffs of the Algarve, Portugal totally satisfied my senses and filled my adventurous soul! The gorgeous views that the Algarve offered up left me speechless and in complete awe of this beautiful planet. My goodness, there sure is a lot to discover out there!!
Sharing all of this beauty with my main squeeze was the most fulfilling part of it all! 10 days full of adventure, getting lost, and discovering new places. There's no one else I would have enjoyed this trip with more!


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WIND POWER Both the government and private companies are investing in opportunities that green energy can provide to a country that is energy-poor
By Jessie Ho / STAFF REPORTER
The government is accelerating efforts to develop renewable energy, mainly wind power, to guard against a sustained rise in fuel costs, government officials said yesterday.
Taiwan is an energy-dependent nation that imports 98 percent of its fuel each year.
As a result, skyrocketing prices for oil and coal have weighed on the state-run Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電).
Taipower, the nation's sole power supplier, is now paying more than double what it paid for coal a year ago, while the possibility of an impending energy crisis appears to have prompted the government to accelerate efforts to develop homegrown energy sources.
"We hope that by 2010 renewable power will account for 10 percent of the nation's electrical capacity, up from 5.4 percent now," Wang Yunn-ming (王運銘), deputy director of the Bureau of Energy, said yesterday.
Wang said the Cabinet last month asked Taipower to raise its electricity purchase quota from 30,000 kilowatt per year to 600,000 kilowatt per year at a purchase price of NT$2 per kilowatt hour. The measure will mostly benefit wind-power developers, he added.
As a form of renewable and clean energy that has higher cost efficiency than other renewable power sources such as solar energy and hydraulic power, wind power has been chosen by Taipower, as well as various private companies, as a major energy source to exploit, Wang said.
"We estimate that wind power will make up 80 percent of our 10 percent renewable-energy capacity by 2010," Wang said.
Taipower has already set up four windmills in Penghu County that generate 2,400 kilowatts of electricity per year, and is establishing wind-power stations in Taipei County, Taoyuan County and Hsinchu County, which in total are expected to generate about 100,000 kilowatts of electricity per year, said Yu Sheng-hsiung (余勝雄), director of Taipower's department of power development.
Private companies have been showing high interest in exploiting the nation's rich wind-power resources. Last year, German power company Infra Vest Windpower Corp started to build the nation's largest wind-powered electricity plant in Chiayi County. Under the plan, the company will build 70 wind-turbine generators at the plant, which will be capable of generating 200 million kilowatts per year. The company is scheduled to launch the power plant next year. The company plans to build additional plants in Taoyuan and Changhwa.
One independent power company based in Hsinchu, called Hsin Feng (新豐), is also in the process of signing a deal with Taipower, Yu said. The company is constructing windmills in Hsinchu and Miaoli, which have the capacity to generate 124,300 kilowatts of electricity per year, Yu said.
Formosa Heavy Industries Corp (台塑重工), a unit of Formosa Plastics Group (台塑集團), which has wind-power systems in Yunlin County to supply power to its factories nearby, is seeking to build more facilities in order to be able to sell electricity to Taipower, said a company public relations official who requested anonymity.
Overall, there will be 200 wind turbines scattered along the west coast of Taiwan within five years, Yu said.
However, wind power still holds risks -- if there's no wind, there's no power.
Therefore, the government will still develop other renewable resources, such as hydraulic power, said Taipower Spokesman Lee Jiin-tyan (李錦田).


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Honor V30 Pro Camera, Specs, Antutu Score – Chinese companies and the US have yet to come to an agreement that would allow honor and Huawei to continue releasing devices with google services on them. However, that hasn't stopped them from releasing devices at all. The latest phone from honor has flagship-grade internals. However, is it more than the sum of its parts, and if it ever does come to the west, should you get it. And this is our honor of the V30 Pro review.
Honor V30 Pro Design
The honor V30 Pro is a glass sandwich with an aluminum frame. And back with a pretty but not uncommon blue gradient. The frosted texture feels velvety, and the phone picks up fingerprints a little slower than most other glass phones. However, it's also incredibly slippery, and the camera bump sticks out a little bit. So I'd recommend that you use the case in the box.
Honor also hasn't said anything about an IP rating or alterative glass they're using. So the extra protection wouldn't be a mess. Whether you use it or decide to forego it. This phone is a bit of a mammoth. It's wide thick and heavy, and one-handed use can be a bit difficult even with magic you eye gestures.
Both the V30 pro and the regular V30 are these sizes. So if you like compact devices better, you should keep this in mind. As far as biometrics, however, the V30 Pro has one of the fastest fingerprint readers I've ever used. On its side and if you use it, you'll probably forget your phone has a lock screen.
As for the screen itself, this one is a nearly six-point six-inch IPS LCD. This phone comes with a hole punch in the corner and some pretty thin bezels. Wow, this looks modern and fashionable. It wasn't the best choice for a display. Because there are some really noticeable halos next to the top and bottom bezels around the punch hole. If you can ignore that, the screen is good but not amazing.
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Whites tend to skew towards blue, and color stood to be oversaturated in vivid mode. And in normal mode, while color accuracy is significantly better, brightness fell from 534 nets to 494 nits. Honestly, the color accuracy is forgivable.
Whether you like the screen depends on whether you can forgive the halos next to the bezels. As far as the other side of media consumption goes. This phone includes a headphone jack adapter in the box. and sound with wired headphones is average. Surprisingly while the V30 Pro has Bluetooth 5.1. It doesn't support most hi-fi audio codecs.
Honor V30 Pro Specs
The Honor V30 Pro is quite fast, it sports a cure in 995 G chipset. Which is an improved variant of the vanilla cure in 990 found in 4G phones like the main 30 Pro? As a result of V30 Pro outperform, the Mate 30 Pro in multiple benchmarks. It's also one of the only chipsets that have an integrated 5G modem embedded. So if you happen to have a 5G plan, you'll probably have better battery life and nonintegrated solutions.
Honor V30 Pro Google Play
The honor of V30 Pro has Android 10 with magic UI 3.0. But as I mentioned, it has no official support for Google Services. All the same, we did manage to get the Play Store up and running. Although the loophole which we use might be patched in future releases by either honor of Google. Magic UI hasn't changed much from previous versions.
Honor V30 Pro Android
Mostly the visuals have been freshened up. The navigation menu looks a little more modern. And less cramped and the gesture-based navigation seems to be the same as before. The biggest change seems to be a new system-wide dark mode. while the dark theme looks cool and reduces the strain on your eyes. The battery life won't benefit from this feature since it is an LCD.
Where the honor of V30 Pro really shines is battery life. With the 4100 milliamp-hour battery, it scored an excellent 102 hours hour endurance test. Charging was even more impressive because a phone got from zero to 100% in 50 minutes. Making it one of the fastest charging solutions around.
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Honor V30 Pro Camera
Moving on to the turbo camera set up. This phone packs quite the punch. The main cam has an F 1.6 aperture and a 40-megapixel sensor. That's the same one that you'll find on a Mate 30 Pro. It uses the standard RGB matrix, which is supposed to help with light sensitivity.
Unsurprisingly daylight photos from this camera or nothing short of flagship worthy. With excellent colors, dynamic range, nice contrast, and plenty of detail. The 8-megapixel telephoto camp offers 3 times optical zoom and is optically stabilized. Photos taken with a telephoto look fuzzier than the main cams and have a narrow dynamic range.
Otherwise, color reproduction is similar, and there's plenty of detail. The ultra-wide camera uses a more standard 12-megapixel sensor with an F 2.2 aperture. Sadly, in contrast to the main cam, ultra-wide photos are much softer. And have an unspectacular dynamic range. In low-light, the 40-megapixel camera has an impressive dynamic range even without resorting to night mode. And good detail sharpness and colors.
Night mode brightens shadows and makes objects pop out more. It's not very aggressive in comparison to some rival implementations. And we recommend that you use it in almost every low-light situation. The telephoto is more of a mixed bag, and here you've really shouldn't rely on it without night mode. In general, photos look good, but getting a proper shot is challenging. Because you have to stand still for five or more seconds. So this software can take enough images to stack.
The ultra-wide camera was a mess. While colors and dynamic range were okay. Photos were soft and lacking detail. Night mode doesn't help as much, and we recommend sticking to the main cam in the evenings.
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Selfie Cameras
On the front of the phone, our two selfie cameras. A 32-megapixel main shooter and an 8 megapixel one for ultra-wide shots. Selfies in the main cam were particularly sharp. We're happy with the overall quality. And lowlights are much softer, but at least there's a dedicated night mode for really dark environments. The ultra-wide snapper offers similar renditions. But it offers less detail, and it's a bit on the soft side.
Honor V30 Pro Videos
As far as videos are concerned, you can shoot 4K at 30fps of a V30 Pro. And unlike many phones, you can use both the main and the ultra-wide camera. Sadly you still can't take 4K video with this telle photo. In general 4K footage from the main camp looks sharp with no noise and good dynamic range.
Strangely enough, moving objects in the distance like color. And as they get closer, its colors progressively start to pop up. This was the same in both 4k and 1080p. So we theorized that it has something to do with the phone's noise suppression algorithm.
Honor is marketing the ultra-wide camera as a single. But while the lens itself is ultra-wide, it's not as wide as other such cameras in the market. Still, it performed quite well with nice color, dynamic range, and no noise. We didn't see the decolorization issue. But the footage was softer, and the autofocus seemed to be failing at times.
Honor V30 Pro Release Date
Even if the Honor V30 pro were to hit stores outside of China. It needs to be released really soon for it to stand a chance. Because it's facing some pretty tough competition. It has a good battery life, a good chipset, and amazing camera performance. But the screen is a little lacking. And the lack of Google services for the foreseeable future. Well, that's a huge problem unless you're in China and you don't need Google and the Play Store. This is not a phone that you should or even can buy. Hopefully, the political situation involves. But until then, this is a phone that's probably not gonna get a lot of Western attention.
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Q: Perlin noise problem: clearly visible lines in result I have been implementing a perlin noice generator in python.
It works pretty well except for clearly visible lines in the result.
The problem seems to be related to where i switch between gradients in X-direction.
Here is the code:
from random import randint, seed
from PIL import Image
from numpy import asarray, interp, uint8

seed(1)
gradients = []
for x in range(20):
    gradients.append([])
    for y in range(20):
        gradients[x].append([randint(-1,1), randint(-1,1)])

def getInfluenceValue(x,y,Xgrad,Ygrad):
    return ((gradients[Xgrad][Ygrad][0] * (x-Xgrad)) + (gradients[Xgrad][Ygrad][1]*(y-Ygrad)))

def lerp(v0,v1,t):
    return (1 - t) * v0 + t * v1;

def fade(t):
    return 3*pow(t,2) - 2*pow(t,3)

def perlin(x, y):
    X0 = int(x)
    Y0 = int(y)
    X1 = X0+1
    Y1 = Y0+1
    sx = fade(float(x) - float(X0));
    sy = fade(float(y) - float(Y0));
    topLeftDot = getInfluenceValue(x,y,X0,Y1)
    topRightDot = getInfluenceValue(x,y,X1,Y1)
    bottomLeftDot = getInfluenceValue(x,y,X0,Y0)
    bottomRightDot = getInfluenceValue(x,y,X1,Y0)

    return lerp(lerp(topLeftDot, topRightDot, sx), lerp(bottomLeftDot, bottomRightDot, sx), sy)

tmp_list = []
for x in range(1000):
    tmp_list.append([])
    for y in range(1000):
        tmp_list[x].append(perlin(x/100.0, y/100.0))

data = asarray(tmp_list)
rescaled = interp(data, (data.min(), data.max()), (0, 255)).astype(uint8)
Image.fromarray(rescaled).save('test.png')

Here is the result:

I have tried replacing the lerp function and i have used other fade functions. But the problem remains. What's going on here?
PS. I have seen other questions on stackoverflow regarding "blocky" results in perlin noise generation, but since this result only seem to be "blocky" in 1 direction/dimension, i think the problem is unrelated to those questions.

A: To answer your question, I am not certain if this is the entire issue, but I do see one error. In X, you lerp along sx from X0 to X1. But in Y, you lerp along sy from Y1 to Y0. Swapping Y1/Y0 in the topLeftDot-bottomRightDot vars should fix that. Alternatively, switch which variables are in which parts of the lerp return line. If this doesn't solve it, try reversing X0/X1 instead. I am wondering why your image shows the discontinuities breaking up the X axis instead of breaking up the Y axis.
To add, I see that you are using an integer cast to turn x,y into X0 and Y0. This will work fine for postive numbers, but might not work for negative numbers. See this question and its answers for more info.
Finally, my general recommendation: Perlin is an old method for noise that tends to produce very grid-aligned looking results. Once you get your noise working, or if you look at other images of Perlin noise, it may become apparent that a lot of the parts of the noise are aligned 45 or 90 degrees (Perlin is top row). This can be a rewarding programming exercise, but if you're going further than a programming exercise then I would suggest coding or using a good Simplex or Simplex-related noise implementation. See this post for an elaboration on implementing 2D simplex noise out of Perlin, or this if you want an easy-to-import Simplex-related noise to use in your project.

A: It looks like the only problem is that bottom-top are reversed in Y-interpolation.
This results in vertical bands because with the way the code is set up, Y is the horizontal axis.
Switching the return statement to have "bottom" first "top" second:
return lerp(lerp(bottomLeftDot, bottomRightDot, sx), lerp(topLeftDot, topRightDot, sx), sy)

produces the following Perlin noise image:


Matt Moran visits the beautiful Riverland Region in SA and jumps on board one of the iconic Paddle Steamers on the Murray River.
The Riverland is one of Australia's major horticultural producing regions. Paddle steamers were used to carry produce and goods between stations and towns. The first paddle steamer was launched on the Murray River and in the Murray-Darling Basin in 1953 by William Randell, who launched the P.S Mary Ann.
• In the 1920's the Riverland used paddle steamers mainly to deliver fruit and vegetables. Further upstream paddle steamers were used to tow barges and pick up wool clips from stations along the River.
• The P.S Industry paddle steamer was commissioned in 1911 and worked for South Australian Engineering and Water Supply department, assisting in the maintenance of locks and weirs along the Murray, before retiring in 1969.
• It was also a work boat for the water works, pulling out snags to clear the river for boats, as well as assisting in the contraction of the locks and wheels and bridges.
• In 1995, the P.S Industry was recommissioned as a historic passenger vessel and is still operating on the Murray River today in Renmark.
• Captain Paul has been driving the P.S Industry for ten years.
• Steam horns on paddle steamers were used frequently. Each paddle steamer had a unique whistle; people could determine which paddle steamer was approaching by the distinctive sound of it. They were also used as they approached sharp river bends to advise oncoming boats.
• Australia has a large collection of active paddle steamers.


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Lance Ellington – Strictly Come Dancing
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Mercury Main Theatre
Please note this performance has been rescheduled for 29 October
Join the nation's favourite TV singer, BBC Strictly Come Dancing's star vocalist, Lance Ellington, for his exciting new show for 2017.
The show features all our favourite Broadway hits, performed in a way we've never heard them before – from Guys and Dolls, The Lion King, Les Misérables, Singin' in the Rain and many more, with an all-star musical line up led by George Michael's sax soloist, international sax star, Ed Barker.
Lance is one of the UK's most prominent male vocalists. His regular appearances on the BBC's globally successful Strictly Come Dancing have endeared him to millions of UK dance and music fans and his charismatic style and sultry tones have entertained more than 30 million people worldwide.
The son of legendary 1950's bandleader Ray Ellington, Lance's elegant vocal style has been in great demand from the world's top recording artists, and he has worked with artists such as Sting, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, Freddie Mercury, Lionel Richie, George Michael, Paul Carrack, Take That and Robbie Williams.
Lance has also worked in concert alongside George Benson, Natalie Cole, James Brown, Gary Barlow, Susan Boyle and Anton du Beke.
Aside from being heard on numerous film and TV projects like X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and Grease is the Word, Lance also appeared as his father in the movie The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, alongside Geoffrey Rush and Charlize Theron. This inspired him to record his first two albums, Lessons In Love and There Comes A Time.
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Talk of health care reform on a federal level has been on a roller coaster ride in the Washington, D.C. swamp since President Trump took office.
The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, has put insurance companies in a precarious but profitable situation. The millions of people who work, pay taxes and have employer-provided health care are carrying the weight of the many who abuse the system. It's the number one issue that people care about in almost every poll.
It raises a question I'd like to ask Bernie Sanders when he visits this area about universal health care. It is not only unreasonable, it's not affordable and a complete overreach of government power. Not to mention the people who have gainful employment that have significant amounts of their paychecks deducted that goes to their care and to the government, which pays for care of others.
So I ask: If everyone is entitled to free care, who pays for it?
I think the answer would have to be the millions of Americans who work and don't need the government's assistance.


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Lost my MySQL database. OpenCart has current product data, can I restore Opencart?
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The BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone is the stylish way to get things done. It's the first CDMA BlackBerry smartphone capable of roaming globally on GSM/GPRS networks. So you can travel the world with full mobile voice and data coverage, without having to change smartphones, phone numbers or email addresses.The BlackBerry 8830 World Edition gives you phone, email, organizer, web browsing and instant messaging. And then it goes a step further, providing GPS, BlackBerry Maps, a media player for your video clips and music, and expandable memory to ensure you've got the room you need for your media files.


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Radio Bilkent Welcomes One of Its Favorite Listeners to the Studio
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OPINION: Industry a necessary evil?
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Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Aug 06 2019 04:34 AM
Suralaya is one of the largest power plant complexes in Indonesia. The new and the old plants combined have a capacity to produce 4,025-megawatts. Unit 9 and 10 will be constructed in the near future, adding another 2000-megawatts to the plant's capacity. Ceritalah ASEAN
Industry can be both magnificent and awful.
While it can transform lives, create jobs and churn out vital products, we are becoming increasingly aware of the pollution and destruction that it leaves in its wake. Moreover technological and digital innovation could easily decimate what we once considered to be immutable and enduring industries.
Indonesia's Cilegon region (some 102 kilometers to the west of Jakarta) is one of Southeast Asia's largest industrial hubs— comparable with Malaysia's Southern Johor, Vietnam's Vung Tau, Singapore's Jurong and Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor (centerd principally around Rayong province).
Krakatau-Posco's rust-red blast furnace—located in Cilegon—is as tall as a 10-storey building. It towers over a dusty, dystopian landscape of foundries and mills. There is a constant, low hum and a procession of huge transporters, as the gargantuan structure spews out some 8,300 tons of molten steel every day.
Blast furnaces lie at the heart of manufacturing. First developed by the Chinese during the Han Dynasty and later modified by the Persians, the Swedes and the English, the process has grown increasingly sophisticated. However, at its core, it is basically the transformation of iron ore into pig iron and steel using metallurgical coke, lime and literal blasts of air or oxygen.
What is now the Krakatau Steel cluster (with a total capacity of 10 million tons) was first conceived by President Sukarno in the early 1960s as the Trikora Steel Project, employing Russian technology. It was also the largest steel making facility in Southeast Asia until the commissioning last year of the second blast furnace of Vietnam's Formosa Ha Tinh Steel (FHS) plant.
The 110-meter tall blast furnace structure is the centerpiece of Krakatau POSCO's steel plant. It is capable of producing 8,300 tons of molten steel a day. A blast furnace is a centerpiece of any steel mill, responsible for the primary steelmaking process. Ceritalah ASEAN
Why Cilegon? Well, in Sundanese, the name is a combination of 2 words: "cai" and "legon," meaning "water" and "around." As its name suggests, Cilegon was a small coastal community that served as a vital crossing point between Java and Sumatra. Proximity to the larger, resource-rich island of Sumatra, also provided easy access to critical supplies of coal and iron ore.
The infamous Krakatau volcano (the steel mill's namesake) and perhaps the largest "natural" furnace in the world, especially given its cataclysmic 1883 eruption, is just 60 kilometers to the southwest.
The steel making cluster has grown exponentially. It now churns out a wide range of products: from the slabs (mattress-like steel blocks, which can go up to 12 meters and weigh 35 tons), to plates, pipes and rebars (used in construction) as well as car chassis', supplying Indonesia's expanding auto industry. In 2018 alone the predominantly Japanese car manufacturers and assemblers produced over 1.35 million units with growth at 5 percent per annum.
Meanwhile, other industries—from petroleum storage to petrochemicals and power generation—have gravitated to Cilegon, drawn by its strategic location on the edge of the Sunda Straits.
Indonesia's petrochemical titans—including Chandra Asri, Asahimas and Lotte Chemical—are all based nearby, drawn by the cluster of petroleum terminals in Merak. The area also has a capacity of producing 5,605 MW of electricity, mostly from its coal-fired power plants such as the Suralaya. A further 6,220 MW of capacity will be added soon.
Most products from Cilegon are shipped to the light-industry intensive areas of Bekasi and Karawang to the east of Jakarta—creating an inevitable logistical headache as goods and raw materials are transported across one of world's most densely populated conurbations.
Diversification is a difficult prospect. Property in Cilegon has become prohibitively expensive, as prices per square meter surpass those in Karawang. At the same time many bureaucratic problems still remain unresolved.
Molten steel is pouring out of Krakatau POSCO's secondary steel making facility - the secondary steel making process removes excess carbon and impurities from the material in order to produce steel with ideal ductility. Ceritalah ASEAN
And then there's the environmental angle.
Back at Cilegon, Team Ceritalah met 31-year old Mas Teguh. A local, he works in the Krakatau facility as an equipment operator. Sitting at a coconut water stall by the main road that was constantly filled with brightly colored cargo trucks heading to or from the various factories, Teguh could recall a less hectic time in Cilegon.
"I still remember that the residential complex here used to be a rice field. Now, all the farmers have become steel workers".
Industrialization has definitely changed lives: "Now we can raise children and buy a house here without migrating to bigger cities."
But there has been a downside. According to Pak Teguh, Cilegon's air quality has deteriorated significantly.
There are also deeper, existential questions facing Indonesia's push into heavy industry. The "Fourth Industrial Revolution"—an era of automation and data exchange in which networked machines respond intuitively to our needs—as well as the ever-present threat of global economic headwinds loom.
Goats stroll along the expansion site of Lotte Chemical's petrochemical plant. The city is also home to most of Indonesia's petrochemical giants like Lotte that are constantly expanding. Ceritalah ASEAN
Can places like Cilegon survive? As it is steel can be produced far more cheaply and efficiently elsewhere. Chinese producers can produce at USD400 per ton of steel, compared to USD600 by their Indonesian competitors. Industry have called for tariffs. However, as Indonesia's Vice-President Jusuf Kalla has pointed out, part of the problem is antiquated technology.
Indeed, just last month, it was reported that thousands of workers protested after Krakatau Steel announced plans to cut 30 percent of its 6,264-strong workforce in stages by 2020.
Such are the dilemmas facing Indonesia's industrial cities like Cilegon—and the people who live and work in them like Mas Teguh. Resolving them will be key if Indonesia is to fulfil its long-standing dream of being an Asian manufacturing powerhouse.
Of course in the Trumpian era of looming trade wars, Indonesia may well be buoyed up by its huge domestic market. So whilst there are those who would question the longevity of Cilegon's towering chimneys and blast furnaces, I suspect they'll be billowing for many years to come.
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2017 Tour: Beautiful Midnight Revisited
By gursky, November 14, 2016 in Matthew Good
Sound of Reason
NF Contributors
Name: Tips
She's someone who's pretty active in the fb group, but isn't a member on here. She's also pretty well connected. I met her during the chaotic neutral tour cause we both went to a lot of the same shows. she knows Rich and was talking to him about it. He said (in September) that this was the first he had heard about it (so yeah, probably not) but also said it's up to Matt, and still seemed open to the idea of doing it.
Ah I see! Thanks for the info! :)
emmit643 64
Haven't Slept In Years
Name: Emma
I'm sitting bass-side front row for the NAC, so I hope it's someone fun!
Guest girl
According to my friend who just graduated from McMaster the Hammer actually has an emerging night scene, music scene, arts and restaurants kind of thing going for it right now. But I cannot confirm this, as I have never been there lol. Only passing through to London.
It's just the truth ahaha
I've been there several times to see shows (mostly Matt) and if you need to/want to get a drink, Hess Village is pretty popular (even if at times populated by McMaster bruhs) ...there's also a place right around the corner that looks like a dive, but is more like a family restaurant that has like 100+ beers of the world. They predated Bier Markt and West 50 by decades haha
Good to know. I missed out then. I think I went to the burger place that Emma recommended long time ago and checked out a used record store that another guy from here recommended. Cool place. There was no Matthew Good/Band stuff there though.
Nice guy. But very boring to watch. So stoic. I'm gonna miss Bones he was hilarious and fun.
Kelly said Rich would be open to doing it. But as of yet, he has not been asked so I dunno.
Milos is busy doing a lot of like producing and stuff though isn't he? He's always posting his projects on his insta. Dunno if he's available either.
Rich Priske? That would be very cool. When Matt foreshadowed that the Beautiful Midnight tour was coming, I remember he said there was more to it and he couldn't give everything away. Perhaps Rich is playing on this tour too? Who knows... only time will tell.
Yeah. That's the one.
I feel like he was probably more talking about the EP in his mysterious foreshadowing. But as you said, only time will tell.
Or maybe Blake or Stu will haha. Dunno if they know yet either though.
Edited November 30, 2016 by emmit643
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Name: julz
I think it'd be more likely to get Ian back on drums like Matt did for the LOES tour than seeing Rich back, although either/or would be amazing. Don't get me wrong, Blake is amazing at everything he does, but Ian's got that bounce that I find uncomparable. Though we'd then be missing out on backing vocals, as there will obviously be no Dave.
Edited November 30, 2016 by AnythingYouWant
andydanger85 35
All dressed up to match
Name: Andrew
mmm I highly doubt Rich would do it (who's Kelly?). Last I heard Matt and him didn't end on good terms. But of course, after 10 years, maybe that's all sorted out.
Yeah, I agree. If I remember correctly, he was trying to peddle an "Unofficial History of MGB" book that had some pretty incendiary stuff in it. I want to say Matt had to sue to avoid it being published...long time ago, though, don't remember the details clearly.
Yeah there was that story floating around, it was supposed to be called "The Revisionist History Teacher" or something like that as I recall. I can't remember if it was just a thing going around or if there was any truth to it though.
I was actually referring to a question someone had on Matt's official forum years ago (2010 maybe, I believe it was the M+). That person asked why he stopped working with Rich and he answered. But given it's no longer online, I'm not going to go into details and let Matt explain if he wants to.
I was searching around the forum for the book thing and found an answer from Matt (from 2012)
As for a band reunion – Ian and I joked about it on the last tour. I don't think the problem is that Rich and Dave wouldn't consider it were there substantial money to be made – I've never know two people more inclined to do things for money – but that there isn't significant money to be made, nor, despite what some might believe, are there secret masses just waiting for it to happen that would pay through the nose for tickets en mass. First and foremost it would be a lie. Second, it would be nothing more than an obvious cash grab were there money to be made – and there isn't. Lastly, I would have a very hard time seriously considering it without Geoff – and that's an obvious impossibility now.
I realize it's fun to speculate on these things. I know that disusing the perception of who did what and how that impacted what happened at the time can also be fun. There's no question that the ugliness and tension that existed produced what it did. But having said that – make no mistake, ugliness and tension and backstabbing and conniving were constant realities.
https://www.nearfantastica.com/bored/topic/13921-mgb-reunion-how-likely-is-this/?hl=rich&do=findComment&comment=400488
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Location:Buffalo, NY
Name: Steve
Very interesting, always wondered why Priske was dismissed. A lot of interviews around Hospital Music that I remember seemed to indicate Matt wanted to just freshen up the lineup. Maybe he didn't want to slam anyone in the press but gave us a bit more on here.
I've been vibing to Pledge of Allegiance a lot, so I wanna amend my previous encore list to include it. I'd be super into getting to hear that one.
I know there's an understandable moratorium on here with regards to personal matters (so believe me when I say I am not bringing it up to engage in idle speculation), but if I recall correctly there was also something about Rich siding with his ex-wife on some matters when they divorced. I don't recall whether that came from Matt himself or whether that was conjecture, but I do remember that being mentioned as a factor. For those reasons and the ones I've listed above, I don't think Rich is coming back haha.
That said, time does have a way of giving people perspective on things -- if Guns N' Roses can reunite after everybody sleeping with each other's girlfriends and Eric Clapton and George Harrison still be friends after being in a love triangle with the same woman, anything can happen.
I think the lineup freshening was with regards to the In A Coma songs ...Big City Life and Oh Be Joyful ...seemed like Matt's bromance with Ryan Dahle was at its' peak then.
Name: dadada
does anyone know if Matt played bass on the new recordings?
Bones did
Moonlight_Graham 25
Rock n' roll God.
Name: its not Graham
It would be cool to hear Fall of Man or Under The Influence live from AOB. I don't think I've ever personally heard them live, and they'd be good live in a full band setting, lots of energy.
Edited December 1, 2016 by Moonlight_Graham
jjazz 34
I always love seeing the rehashing and speculation of the old members and their stories, but I'm sure there's a lot of dirty laundry up in there too.
I always enjoyed Milos, though he wasn't all that exciting to watch. But he served the songs really well, especially towards the end.
It would be super cool to see Ian back. His take on the live stuff was so interesting. Great drummer, and you could really hear the little nuances in his playing that remind me of the mgb days.
Having said that, Blake has been the man for a while now, and Ian and Pat have only ever filled in for him when he had scheduling conflicts. Also, he is a fucking phenomenal singer. His range is incredible as is his pitch. He doesn't get enough credit for that.
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Name: Adam MacGregor
I'm interested to know who the band will be as well. Last tours line up was definitely my favourite live line up Matt has had since I attended my first show in 2008.
Well, thus far it is Stu and Blake.
Bones replacement is the only real question here.
Milos is indeed somewhat boring to watch but so is Stu sometimes. But that's not what matters most. Their talent and versatility make up for their lack of showmanship. Blake is just awesome all around. Talented, versatile and you can see he's having fun.
I hope Matt can afford to bring Anthony on tour too. Not just because he'd need some keyboards but also because I hope he doesn't sing Running For Home over playback.
Hmm. I've never had that experience with Stu. I find he always looks so into it. And he sways around and like his whole body is in it haha.
But it's true, it's not the most important thing. Though I feel like if they're into, you're more into it too. Mutual into it-ness.
And yeah Blake is great. I agree with you and Jesse whole-heartedly. His voice and range is top notch. He also is hella into playing and fun to watch. Also at TURF he played while smoking a cigarette and I really enjoyed the hilarity of that.
I guess I have kind of just assumed a keyboard player would be present because of Strange Days and Running For Home being in the set nightly. I think it'd be unfortunate if Anthony or someone else couldn't be employed in that position on this tour. Also, since the band already knows Police Cars from last tour, it could probably easily be incorporated into the encore some nights and I always felt the piano part really enhanced this song. Listen to the Cayuga show from '02 in the Lounge, it really adds to the chorus and the outro of this song with the presence of a piano player.
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I didn't even consider those songs. I wonder if he'll change them around for different instruments for this tour.
I enjoyed that sound on the last couple tours. It adds another layer to a lot of the songs.
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Kid Down the Well
Hey, everyone. I just wanted to let anyone who didn't see my original post that I still have two tickets for the Enoch (Edmonton) show available. They're front row. I bought them, because I was worried a particular person wouldn't get a chance to buy them when the original presale opened up. However, it turned out to be all good. I will gladly sell them at face value (or even below to the fans of this forum.)
Send me a message if you need a couple front row tickets.
if you fly me out from Ottawa i'll buy the tickets ;) haha
I was just in Ottawa in May. Keep that Kayak or Hopper app going, and maybe you'll find a great deal!
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Location:Chicago, IL
I googled Matthew Good forums and ended up here. I was gifted a couple of Canadian mix CD's in 2001 and there were 2 Matthew Good tracks on there. Since then I re-discovered MG in 2014 on Sirius XM Iceberg (now The Verge) and ended up purchasing ALL of his CD's (band, solo, live etc. from his website.) It was the soundtrack in a critical time of my life for about 2 years.
I will be driving up to Canada for the London and Hamilton show, looking very forward to revisiting Ontario (haven't been there since one time in 2007.) I spent a lot of time around Stoney Creek Ontario (near Hamilton) in 2001-2006. Looking forward to a brief return, Tim Hortons, Molson Canadian, and of course my now favorite musician/artist - Matthew Good!
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Posted on October 17, 2013 by Hannes Smarason
Lower-cost genome sequencing, genomic analysis tools, and reference databases for human genomes are the "3-legged stool" that will help the world reach personalized medicine.
Genome sequencing technology available today can accurately sequence a whole genome from an individual's test sample for a surprisingly low cost—a few thousand dollars (and dropping fast). As a result, the adoption of this technology is rapidly expanding as medical centers around the world embrace its utility in informing healthcare decisions—an emerging reality of personalized medicine.
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These three technology domains represent the "3-legged stool" that will help the world reach personalized medicine. The technology is in place, and the corresponding insights and uses are expanding every day. Yet there are challenges to be resolved before implementing these tools on a universal basis.
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One important part of the solution: we must turn to "big data" solutions to manage and make use of the enormous amounts of data produced through sequencing. The whole-genome sequence of a single human is roughly 100GB—that's the entire storage capacity of a single Macbook Air®.
The progress to date has been amazing. Yet the opportunities ahead are even more extraordinary to improve the speed, accuracy, and accessibility of genomic information to improve human health.
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Joel reclaims championship lead with lights-to-flag victory
FIA F3 European Championship: Hungaroring
Joel controlled the third and final F3 race of the weekend from start to finish, converting pole position into his fourth win of the season as he reclaimed the FIA F3 European Championship lead.
Joel rocketed away from pole to maintain his lead into Turn 1, and then kept second-placed Callum Ilott at bay throughout 22 uneventful laps, pushing when he needed to and setting the fastest lap of the race to underline his control.
Guan Yu Zhou was third on the road, but was handed a five-second post-race penalty for having cut the chicane as he battled with Lando Norris, promoting the Englishman to the final podium position.
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of a shocking murder Sunday at about four o'clock in the afternoon. Geo.
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his hip pocket and fired two or three shots.
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formerly engaged in blacksmithing at Sioux City and was a popular citizen.
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Bonn in Hungerford township, on the afternoon of Sunday, April 26, 1891.
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Mrs. P. Gasper Jr., John Gaspar and Fred Gaspar.
Monday morning except those in the Reifsteck case.
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