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After defeating the Leviathan, Sam and Dean set off on an epic quest to seal the Gates of Hell last season. Facing a series of trials, the Winchesters soon found themselves in the middle of an age-old power struggle between the King of Hell and legions of warrior angels. But with the angels cast out of heaven and walking the earth, things just got very unpredictable.
Ep.1 I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here
While Sam hangs on the edge of life and death, Dean appeals to the fallen angels for help. Unfortunately, most of them only see Dean as a means to get to Castiel and exact bloody vengeance on the one who caused them to Fall. Meanwhile, Sam wrestles with his inner demons and Castiel learns what it means to be human.
Ep.2 Devil May Care
Dean and Sam take a captive Crowley to the Men of Letters base in the hopes that he will give up the names and host bodies of his minion demons. However, they are called away to investigate the disappearance of three soldiers, which leads them to Abaddon, the Knight of Hell... and forces Ezekiel to take control of Sam's body to save his life.
Ep.3 I'm No Angel
Castiel makes his way to the Winchesters but discovers a band of angels are hunting him, intent on making him pay for what they believe is his role in banishing them from Heaven. Meanwhile, Ezekiel continues to repair Sam's price, but informs Dean that there is a cost to be paid.
Ep.4 Slumber Party
With some help from Charlie, Sam and Dean inadvertently release two individuals contained inside of the Men of Letters bunker: an evil witch, and a young woman, both imprisoned since 1935. They soon discover that the woman is Dorothy of Oz, and she is hot on the trail of the Wicked Witch, who plans to summon her evil army to Earth and conquer the planet.
Ep.5 Dog Dean Afternoon
To track down a killer, Dean uses a spell to talk to a German Sheppard that was at both murders. However, he soon discovers that everything is going to the dogs when the spell starts making him act like a canine as well.
Ep.6 Heaven Can't Wait
Castiel is working as a convenience store clerk and learns of a series of local disappearances. He call the Winchesters, but Dean insists on Sam staying with Kevin to research the Tablet while he investigates.
Ep.7 Bad Boys
Sonny, a man who runs a boy's home, calls Dean in after a mysterious death occurs. When Sam wonders how his brother knows Sonny, Dean explains that he spent two months there when he was 16 after being arrested for theft.
Ep.8 Rock and a Hard Place
When a mysterious abductor targets members of a virgin chastity group, Sam and Dean go undercover to track down the killer when Sheriff Jody Mills asks them for help. However, Dean disappears and Sam and Jody end up tracking him down.
Ep.9 Holy Terror
The angels fight each other in bloody civil war, and Castiel is swept up in the conflict. Meanwhile, Dean realizes that Ezekiel is not who he claims to be and tries to warn Sam with dire results.
Ep.10 Road Trip
Dean and Castiel make a deal with Crowley to contact Sam's consciousness so he can expel the angel Gadreel from his body. However, Abaddon is hot on their trail and Crowley has plans of his own.
Ep.11 First Born
Crowley turns to Dean for help to locate the First Blade, the only weapon that can kill Abaddon. However, they soon discover that the trail leads to Cain... the Father of Murder and the most powerful demon of all time. Meanwhile, Sam asks Castiel for help when they need to extract the remaining grace from Sam's body to track Gadreel.
Ep.12 Sharp Teeth
Six months after his disappearance, Garth turns up injured in a hospital. Sam and Dean arrive separately to investigate and soon discover that their friend has undergone a startling transformation... and found others who share his condition.
Ep.13 The Purge
Two victims die and the fat is stolen from their bodies. Dean and Sam investigate a local spa and go undercover, and discover that a monster is preying on the overweight.
Ep.14 Captives
While Sam and Dean try to track down Kevin's mother, Castiel is captured by an old battle-comrade and learns more about the factions of angels.
Ep.15 #THINMAN
The brothers investigate a mysterious murder that was apparently caused by a ghost, and discovers that the Ghostfacers, Ed and Harry, are already on the case. However, the facts don't add up and the Winchesters realize that something more is going on.
Ep.16 Blade Runners
Sam and Dean track down the missing Crowley and discover that he's now thoroughly addicted to human blood. Once they get him sober, the brothers go seeking the First Blade and find it in the possession of a former Man of Letters... who plans to add Dean to his collection.
Ep.17 Mother's Little Helper
When Dean chooses to stay in the bunker and try and locate Abaddon, Sam goes to a small Illinois town to investigate a string of vicious murders committed by seemingly harmless individuals. He's unaware that Dean has actually gone out drinking to deal with the strain of unleashing the Mark of Cain.
Ep.18 Meta Fiction
Castriel investigates the mass slaughter of angels and finds a lone survivor... and an old friend. Meanwhile, Sam and Dean capture Gadreel, and Metatron begins the ending of his story.
Ep.19 Alex Annie Alexis Ann
Sheriff Jody befriends a young girl on the run from vampires. When she's forced to kill one of the monsters, Jody calls in Sam and Dean for help. However, they discover that everything isn't at it seems when the girl wants to go back to the vampires.
Ep.20 Bloodlines
Sam and Dean learn about a monster killing in Chicago and head there to investigate. What they find is a young cop whose girlfriend was killed by the same creature, and who is caught between five powerful clans of monsters who jointly control the city. However, war is about to break out and the sides are drawn as the Winchesters discover that the original victim belonged to one of the clans.
Ep.21 King of the Damned
Abaddon finally gets something that she can use as leverage against Crowley to force him to lure the Winchesters. Meanwhile, Castiel rallies his forces and asks Sam and Dean to come in and help him interrogate a captive angel with ties to Metatron.
Ep.22 Stairway to Heaven
After a suicide angel takes out an ice cream shop to kill one enemy angel, Sam and Dean investigate and discover that the target was one of Metatron's angels... and that Castiel may be responsible. Meanwhile, Metatron tries to consolidate his hold over the angel factions with promises that he will restore them to Heaven.
Ep.23 Do You Believe in Miracles?
After attacking Gadreel, Dean leaves with Crowley to track down Metatron and kill him. Meanwhile, Gadreel takes Castiel into Heaven to try and break Metatron's connection to the angel tablet, stripping him of his powers.


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ST Paul's by-election part 4
Ten polls reporting:
Lib - 48%
PC - 24%
NDP - 21%
Green - 5%
Back to the drawing board for Mr. Hudak and pals.
If the NDP gets over 20% I'll be happy and coming in second would be really sweet!
BTW: remember all the hype there was about the Green Party? They are at 5% so far!
38 polls: Lib 48.48, PC 23.86, NDP 20.57, GP 5.18.
Somehow, my hunch was that PC and NDP would be closer than anyone anticipated...
Well done adma!
With the PCs framing the ballot question on their anti-tax turf, and all the media attention Sue-Ann Levy was getting, I thought that the Tories would pull it off. Missed it by that much...
45 polls, opening up: Lib 47.97, PC 25.38, NDP 19.37, GP 5.29...
71 polls out of 238: Lib 47.87, PC 26.81, NDP 18.35, GP 5.34. At this rate, it's looking like 2007 all over again, except with shavings from Green going back to Lib and NDP...
The Tories and Greens have to be seen as the big losers.
Bookish Agrarian
And the Toronto Sun
91 polls: 47.38 Lib, 26.04 PC, 18.80 NDP, 5.99 GP...
Lord Palmerston wrote:
I predict:
Hoskins 45%
Levy 27%
Heller 19%
Greens and others 9%
I'm just the outside observer here, but it looks to me that LP's prediction is by far the best so far... Cigar is on the way....
111 polls (nearly halfway):
Liberal 5380 (47.82)
PC 3044 (27.06)
NDP 1978 (17.58)
GP 659 (5.86)
Seems like distance is opening btw/PC and NDP.
133 polls:
170 polls
GP 1007 (5.48)
Wilf Day
21,280 47.43% L MICHAEL BRYANT, Toronto
11,910 26.54% PC LILLYANN GOLDSTEIN, Toronto
7,061 15.74% ND JULIAN HELLER, Toronto
3,744 8.34% GP STEVEN D'SA, Toronto
328 0.73% IND CHARLES DE KERCKHOVE, Toronto
240 0.53% LTN JOHN KITTREDGE, Toronto
190 0.42% FCP BLAISE THOMPSON, Toronto
115 0.26% FP CAROL LEBORG, Toronto
Tonight, with 170 of 238 polls reporting:
46.41% Liberal
29.03% PC
17.40% NDP
5.48% Green
Minor shifts.
Considering that government usually do badly in byelections and all the bad publicity about McGuinty's regime lately - the Liberals have to be quite satisfied. I don't think the NDP ever expected much in this riding, but for the Tories this has to be a rebuke since they actually held this seat as recently at the late 90s.
The one piece of good news is that the so-called Green party had such a derisory showing that hopefully the media will ignore them even more.
Lord Palmerston
So much for the anti-tax revolt.
224 out of 238 polls
LIB: 47.56%
PC: 28.82%
NDP: 16.50%
Both the OLP and the federal Libs should be pleased by these results.
I watched the polls called in, one by one. Julian doubled the number of polls won over last time, according to some. And he came second at least as often as Levy in the others.
What was striking was the polls that Levy won. No more in number than Julian, but in those small enclaves, she won huge, overwhelming majorities - like 0 Green, 0 NDP, 8 Lib, 91 Con.
It is class war, and the seriously wealthy are very much united against us.
Let's hope someone is listening.
Mr.Canada_ts
Truly sad that a Liberal has won again. That's the second wealthiest riding in the country what did we expect really
NorthReport
so when is the next federal by-election, or do we know that yet?
Lost in Bruce County
Someone told me during scrutineering tonight that the NDP was hoping to get 15% of the vote because it meant a lot of money. I think that in this riding 16.3% (4290 votes as of 11:30 PM) is huge and should be celebrated. However, a lot of recourses were poured into this riding. A beautiful office fully staffed with our best. Indeed, one volunteer told me this was the best run NDP campaign she had ever been on! And good on us! But I'd like to point out that in the last Federal election Huron-Bruce pulled 15% of the vote at 7426 votes with practically zero resources - like we didn't even have signs! I think the NDP could benefit to rethink its priority ridings or at least rethink rural, traditionally ignored ridings for their returns on investment.
Final count:
13,192 47.60%; 21,280 47.43% L
7,851 28.33%; 11,910 26.54% PC
4,677 16.88%; 7,061 15.74% NDP
1,515 5.47%; 3,744 8.34% GP
Hard to prove much from that turnout.
peterjcassidy
Looks like voter turnout not much over 30%, so we assume apathy and indifference won over anger?
peterjcassidy wrote:
It's quite rational not to vote in a safe seat. So 33.6% of voters did their civic duty, while 66.4% of voters saw no point.
As Elections Alberta said in classic bureaucratese after their last election:
"In an election where there appears to be a clear front runner, electors may be less motivated to vote since the outcome is perceived to be predetermined and their vote may not be needed or may not make a difference."
Some voters told me that they were not voting because they were angry at the Liberals, but they were Liberal through and through... but I think perceived predeterminence is also a strong factor because I always here "what difference does my vote make."
Lost in Bruce County wrote:
If you think the NDP poured on the resources, you'd be flabbergasted at what the Liberals spent to hang on to the seat. The Liberals out-pamphlet-ed and out-canvassed the other parties by a long-shot.
janfromthebruce
And I think that lost in the Bruce has a good point about where we put our resources. Think about what LIB (really got change that handle because the short form is well ... says it all), but I digress, in Huron-Bruce with no resources, the NDP pulls off 15% of the vote. Think about what could be if resources were actually put in there.
Being from the riding, it is an opportunity that the urban centric party misses at its peril. Remember it may be rural but it has Bruce power and is where the CAW education centre is. It has the salt mine - unionized in Goderich. It has engaged farmers who are about "farmers feed cities."
In the Bruce part and particularly around Kincardine and Port Elgin it is becoming very multicultural in demographics. I think the NDP could win this riding if they put the resources in, crafted and tailored their agricultural policy, along with the other high priority NDP programs.
There is a strong environmental plus running through these 2 countries. Thanks for letting me drift.
SCB4
Wow. I honestly thought it would be closer, even taking the 'Liberal stronghold' factor into consideration. McGuinty seems to be blessed with some kind of Reaganesque teflon coating. None of the scandals and HST outrage seems to stick.
Maybe an anti-HST campaign can't gather traction in a relatively affluent riding. But I think it will in places like Chatham, Kitchener and Brantford that have had their manufacturing bases hollowed out by the recession. The challenge for the NDP is to oppose the HST in a way that puts some deep blue ocean (no pun intended) between itself and the Tories and identifies some more progressive means of generating needed revenue.
Two points:
1. As has been said, I think that the HST will be more of an issue in less affluent ridings and especially once it actually gets imposed next summer. St. Paul's was probably not a good riding in which to make it a central issue since its the second richest riding in Ontario. The HST is a regressive tax, but if you're rich then its regressive in your favour - so what's not to like!
2. I don't think you can compare what the NDP got in Huron-Bruce in a general election, with a byelection result. In a general election, every riding benefits to some extent from there being a province wide air war etc...and campaign coverage of the leaders tours etc...In a byelection, you are totally on your own. What I've noticed in Ontario byelections over the last few years is that when the NDP chooses to really target a seat (ie: Hamilton East, Danforth, York-South Weston, Parkdale and to a lesser extent St. Paul's) the NDP vote goes up or at least is retained compared to the preceding election. But when the party chooses NOT to pour resources in - as was the case in byelections in Markham, Burlington, Victoria-Haliburton (or whatever its called) - then the vote tends to drop.
BTW: I know that its not fashionable here to ever say anything nice about any Liberal, but I did have some dealings with Hoskins a few years ago on something work related and he actually is very nice and quite impressive. - doesn't mean I would vote for him - but I think that the more all the parties get progressive people in them - the better.
Scott Piatkowski
What these results mean is that Sue-Ann Levy won't have any credibility as a commentator on the issues of the day.
In other words, not much has changed.
If Levy still has a taste for the political life she could always do an Adam Vaughn and offer herself up as a municipal candidate in some centre-right suburban ward.
Polunatic2
Wish I could say my earlier prediction had come true although Julian did beat Levy in the poll where I observed the count. The overall results were not much different from '07 even with party volunteers flooding into the campaign from across the city. Perhaps all parties had that opportunity and so it was evened out? I'm not sure that any particular message from the NDP would have changed the results in this by-election.
Since both opposition parties ran their campaigns with the line that it was a mini-referendum on the HST, can the liberals now use that to say that this referendum was lost and that there is broad support for the HST?
Well, could've been worse. A lot worse. But, could've been better too. To those who worked on Heller's campaign, good try and better luck next election. :)
Even the Greens opposed the HST, so it would be dangerous for them to claim this as a referendum - the Liberals received less than 50% of the vote.
Good point LTJ although my point is that it was the opposition parties that framed it as a referendum on the HST - not the libs. I suppose the opposition could claim a victory - that 52% of the 33% who turned out voted against the HST - but it's a pretty specious argument. Best to move on I suppose.
Odd that the Greens were the one party to drop in their percentage of the vote. The Liberals, PCs and NDP all went up marginally.
Stockholm - the HST is progressive, not regressive. When the new Ontario Sales Tax Credits kick in, $260 per person per year in the household, lower income families gain income through the HST. Middle to upper income families are the ones who lose. The HST should be counted as an anti-poverty measure!
StarSuburb
The poll I was working on (in Forest Hill, so admittedly not a great area) the breakdown was like PC 102 Liberal 53 NDP 2 Green 0.
I also have to admit I got a laugh out of the facebook status of a Liberal friend of mine; "Yo Eric Hoskins, I'm really happy for you and I'll let you finish, but Rick Johnson had one of the best by-election victories of all time!"
Scott Piatkowski wrote:
Its not actually all that odd. Its just further evidence that the quixotic little green mini-boomlet that got them 8% of the vote in the last Ontario election is OVER. There was a brief period where Elizabeth may was seen as the latest new thing, everyone was talking "green shift", "green plan" etc... the word "green" whether linked to that party - or more often NOT - was being bandied about constantly. That's all passe - and on top of that environmental issues have fallen off that map compared to a year or two ago. St. Paul's should have been an ideal riding for them to do well in - its full of exactly the kinds of anti-union Tories with composters and "techies in condos" that shoudl be their natural constituency. Yet they wound up with 5%. A year and a half ago the Greens finsihed ahead of the NDP in a federal byelection in Willowdale and almost did the same in Toronto Centre. That was last years story. This year's story is Green Party RIP!
A bit of thread drift on voter turnout - just saw some stats over here - check out the last page:
In 1975, there were 4.7 million voters of whom 3.3 million voted. That's about 67% according to elections ontario.
In 2007, there were 8.5 million voters of whom 4.4 million voted (52%)
Of the 3.6 million additional voters in the last 35 years, there was only a gain of 1.1 million active voters. (I realize it's not that cut and dried but it does show the growing apathy with electoral politics.
Stockholm wrote:
St. Paul's should have been an ideal riding for them to do well in - its full of exactly the kinds of anti-union Tories with composters and "techies in condos" that shoudl be their natural constituency. Yet they wound up with 5%.
And Chris Chopik was actually a reasonably good candidate - young, personable, sensible, and somewhat successful in business. This was clearly their best shot at breaking through to a double digit result, and it went nowhere.
I think we should have a policy similar to Australia - compulsory voting or you receive fines and community service!
I think we should have a voting system where every vote counts, and voting is never a waste of time or gasoline or both.
As has been said, I think that the HST will be more of an issue in less affluent ridings and especially once it actually gets imposed next summer. St. Paul's was probably not a good riding in which to make it a central issue since its the second richest riding in Ontario. The HST is a regressive tax, but if you're rich then its regressive in your favour - so what's not to like!
Except that the Tories - who ran a single-issue campaign against the "Dalton Sales Tax" - did best in the wealthiest polls in the riding.
I know that its not fashionable here to ever say anything nice about any Liberal, but I did have some dealings with Hoskins a few years ago on something work related and he actually is very nice and quite impressive. - doesn't mean I would vote for him - but I think that the more all the parties get progressive people in them - the better.
I'm sure if Hoskins had wanted to run for the NDP - they would have been ecstatic.
We have no way of knowing whether those people voted Tory in response to their anti-HST campaign or whether its just an area that always has a lot of Conservatives in it.
the HST was always a difficult issue for the Tories since it is largely a brainchild of the federal Tories.
Stuart_Parker
Not really. The Greens have no machine to pull their vote. Nobody was engaged with the election so basically the fraction of the voters who turned up were overwhelmingly propelled to the polls by party machines. The Greens didn't have much of a machine and so, even though they campaigned okay and canvassed and leafleted more than they would in a general election, they didn't have their vote identified and were ineffective at turning them out.
It also doesn't help that they are currently leaderless.
We can expect their vote to rise back to 8% for the general election here but I do breathe a sigh of relief that they have really hurt their relevance in the media, etc. They got little, perfunctory coverage and the media can now feel quite justified in their decisions to say little about them.
Let me just add that gaining in vote share during a period when polls show our fortunes declining federally and provincially is impressive, especially in a campaign where the only apparent narrative was opposition to taxation and government waste.

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Is useful if you want to improve the involvement level and capture live followers. This application defines who of your followers are spam accounts or simply inactive. Additionally, the service helps you find new subscribers and notifies you on unsubscriptions.
A free service whose object is to increase the number of followers and likes. It gives information about hashtags and followers which is useful in target audience analysis.
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I need to focus... this morning Lil Red wanted to drop by McDonald's to bring her teacher a coffee. Busy needed snacks for a class that the final was going to be major short in.
Must pass the time with snacks right?
I needed to pick up a few things since I try not to leave the house. So we were off - all after we got Lil Man on the bus and before they went to school.
Flying through town like a crazy woman on crack. We got everything done and everyone is safely distributed into their locations of responsibility and I am now in a chair swallowed by a rare silence.
I need to get on track. I feel lost lately. I need to just write those lists I so love to make and scratch items off one by one, then grin at what I've done.
I need a deeply hued sky over a ranch of miles and miles of land - clouds that loom with pending rain and grass beneath my bare feet.
I need to list the things I've made for the shop. Turns out my mind powers aren't as strong as I had hoped. My items still linger on the desk not listed.
I need to laugh more and play and smile so that its familiar again. My babies bring that out in me. There's a freedom and crumbling of walls and a nonsensical wave of silliness that they quilt me with.
They're getting older. I'm still enjoying every moment with them. Even when they're awful. Even when I'm awful.
I really... don't need much at all.
I think, I already have everything I need; including the cookies. The sky here will suit me just fine for now.
Thanks so much for taking the time to comment. I heart them oh so much!
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Q: Loading modules from different server at runtime Is it somehow possible to load different modules in my angular 2 app runtime, from different servers and if so, how can I achieve this?
I would like to have my app load different components from the overall application from isolated servers (A, B, C), so they can be taken down and updated independently from the main app and any components which are included in A, B or C won't be loaded. The 3 modules shown on the bottom would have the Components, but the Main App would declare in it's HTML where it should load the component.

UPDATE
Lazy loading through routes is not what I'm looking for, the 3 modules should be completely independent modules which have their own repository, project, hosting, enz.

A: A little late, but you can use the lazy-loading mechanism in routes to do exactly what you want.
This article states on how to load a webpack module from another source:
Solution: load independently compiled Webpack 2 bundles dynamically
In the routes you define a callback in the loadchildren section:
const appRoutes: Routes = [
    {path: '', component: MainComponent},
    {path: 'modulea', loadchildren: loadModuleA}
]

the loadModuleA method would look like:
export function loadModuleA() {

    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {

        // the method from the article
        loadPlugin('path/to/server/of/moduleA', (exports) => {
            // The Submodule must export ModuleA
            resolve(exports.ModuleA);
        });

    });

}

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During a robbery, one of the robbers mask slid down.
He looked at a man and asked." Did you see my face?"
The man said "Yes!" The robber shot him.
Then he asked a woman. "Did you see my face? "
She said "No, but my husband over there did."


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Dr. Mark R. Ayres
at Akonia Holographics LLC
Proceedings Article | 26 August 2015
High dynamic range holographic data storage media
Fred Askham,	Mark Ayres,	Adam Urness
Proc. SPIE. 9587, Optical Data Storage 2015
KEYWORDS: Diffraction, Refractive index, Holograms, Holography, Data storage, Polymers, Diffusion, Physics, High dynamic range imaging, Photopolymer media
Holographic data storage (HDS) employs the physics of holography to record digital data in three dimensions in a highly stable photopolymer medium. The photopolymer medium must provide the essential characteristics of low scatter and high dynamic range while maintaining low recording induced physical shrinkage and long archival lifetimes. In this article, we report on media advancements employing Akonia's DREDTM technology which provide a 5x increase in media dynamic range with unchanged media shrinkage. We also discuss the implications of these results for photopolymer media mechanistic models.
Multi-terabit/in2 holographic data storage demonstration
Mark Ayres,	Ken Anderson,	Fred Askham,	Brad Sissom,	Adam Urness
KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Holograms, Holography, Data storage, Wavefronts, Multiplexing, Demodulation, Objectives, Homodyne detection, Optical storage
We report on the demonstration of holographic data storage (HDS) at a raw areal bit density of 2.2 Tbit/in2. The demonstration was performed on a platform incorporating several new technical innovations. One key innovation – the coherent data channel – was successfully introduced ahead of schedule following encouraging early results. Issues of media recording efficiency and carrier wavefront demodulation for homodyne detection are discussed.
Proceedings Article | 10 March 2015
Holographic data storage at 2+ Tbit/in2
Proc. SPIE. 9386, Practical Holography XXIX: Materials and Applications
KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Holograms, Holography, Modulation, Sensors, Data storage, Multiplexing, Wave plates, Spatial light modulators, Homodyne detection
The onslaught of big data continues even as growth in data storage density tapers off. Meanwhile, the physics of holography continues to suggest the possibility of digital data storage at densities far exceeding those of today's technologies. We report on recent results achieved with a demonstrator platform incorporating several new secondgeneration techniques for increasing holographic data storage (HDS) recording density and speed.
Since the highest reported areal densities for hard disk drive products currently hover in the 1 Tbit/in2 range, we have adopted 2 Tbit/in2 as a milestone likely to generate interest in the technology. The demonstrator is based on an advanced pre-production prototype, and so inherits highly functional electronic, mechanical, and optical subsystems. It employs a high-NA monocular architecture with proven angle-polytopic multiplexing.
The demonstrator design includes several second-generation innovations. The first, dynamic aperture multiplexing, greatly increases the number of multiplexed holograms. The second, the DREDTM medium formulation, provides dramatically higher dynamic range to record these holograms. These two features alone theoretically allow the demonstrator to exceed 2 Tbit/in2. Additionally, it is equipped with the capability of quadrature homodyne detection, permitting phase quadrature multiplexing (QPSK modulation), and the potential to further increase user capacity by a factor of four or more. The demonstrator has thus been designed to achieve densities supporting the multi-terabyte storage capacities required for competitive products, and to demonstrate the potential for Moore's-Law growth for years to come.
Homodyne detection of holographic memory systems
Adam Urness,	William Wilson,	Mark Ayres
KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Holograms, Holography, Oscillators, Modulation, Sensors, Phase shift keying, Homodyne detection, Signal detection, Amplitude shift keying
We present a homodyne detection system implemented for a page-wise holographic memory architecture. Homodyne detection by holographic memory systems enables phase quadrature multiplexing (doubling address space), and lower exposure times (increasing read transfer rates). It also enables phase modulation, which improves signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) to further increase data capacity. We believe this is the first experimental demonstration of homodyne detection for a page-wise holographic memory system suitable for a commercial design.
Proceedings Article | 5 September 2014
Holographic data storage: science fiction or science fact?
Ken Anderson,	Mark Ayres,	Fred Askham,	Brad Sissom
KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Holograms, Holography, Data storage, Multiplexing, Semiconductor lasers, Spatial light modulators, Objectives, Homodyne detection, Signal detection
To compete in the archive and backup industries, holographic data storage must be highly competitive in four critical areas: total cost of ownership (TCO), cost/TB, capacity/footprint, and transfer rate. New holographic technology advancements by Akonia Holographics have enabled the potential for ultra-high capacity holographic storage devices that are capable of world record bit densities of over 2-4Tbit/in2, up to 200MB/s transfer rates, and media costs less than $10/TB in the next few years. Additional advantages include more than a 3x lower TCO than LTO, a 3.5x decrease in volumetric footprint, 30ms random access times, and 50 year archive life. At these bit densities, 4.5 Petabytes of uncompressed user data could be stored in a 19" rack system. A demonstration platform based on these new advances has been designed and built by Akonia to progressively demonstrate bit densities of 2Tb/in2, 4Tb/in2, and 8Tb/in2 over the next year. Keywords: holographic
Progress in second-generation holographic data storage
Mark Ayres,	Ken Anderson,	Fred Askham,	Brad Sissom
KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Holograms, Holography, Data storage, Phase shift keying, Multiplexing, Spatial light modulators, Homodyne detection, Signal detection, Prototyping
Holographic data storage (HDS) remains an attractive technology for big data. We report on recent results achieved with a demonstrator platform incorporating several new second-generation techniques for increasing HDS recording density and speed. This demonstrator has been designed to achieve densities that support the multi-terabyte storage capacities required for a competitive product. It leverages technology from an existing state-of-the-art pre-production prototype, while incorporating a new optical head designed to demonstrate several new technical advances. The demonstrator employs the new technique of dynamic aperture multiplexing in a monocular architecture. In a previous report, a monocular system employing angle-polytopic multiplexing achieved a recording density over 700 Gbit/in2, exceeding that of contemporaneously shipping hard drives [1]. Dynamic aperture multiplexing represents an evolutionary improvement with the potential to increase this figure by over 200%, while still using proven anglepolytopic multiplexing in a monocular architecture. Additionally, the demonstrator is capable of two revolutionary advances in HDS technology. The first, quadrature homodyne detection, enables the use of phase shift keying (PSK) for signal encoding, which dramatically improves recording intensity homogeneity and increases SNR. The second, phase quadrature holographic multiplexing, further doubles density by recording pairs of holograms in quadrature (QPSK encoding). We report on the design and construction of the demonstrator, and on the results of current recording experiments.
Proceedings Article | 25 February 2014
Holographic data storage: rebirthing a commercialization effort
Ken Anderson,	Mark Ayres,	Brad Sissom,	Fred Askham
Proc. SPIE. 9006, Practical Holography XXVIII: Materials and Applications
KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Holograms, Holography, Data storage, Multiplexing, Semiconductor lasers, Spatial light modulators, Objectives, Erbium, Signal detection
The realization of a commercial holographic data storage device has remained elusive for many decades. The most recent efforts were by InPhase Technologies between 2001 and 2009 resulting in 52 functioning prototypes capable of 300GB/disk and 20MB/s transfer rates. Despite being the world's first fully functional holographic drives, the primary competitor to holographic archive storage at that time, LTO, had already achieved 800GB and 120MB/in 2008; and by 2010, LTO had achieved 1.5TB and 140MB/s. This left InPhase at a competitive disadvantage to LTO archive solutions despite other strengths such as robustness, random access, and longer-term archive lifetime.
Looking into the future, holographic data storage must be highly competitive with tape in three critical areas: cost/TB, capacity/footprint, and transfer rate. If this can be achieved, holographic data storage would become a superior solution given the low latencies and overall robustness to propel it into being the archive storage front-runner. New technology advancements by Akonia Holographics have enabled the potential for ultra-high capacity holographic storage devices that are capable of world record bit densities of over 2Tbit/in2, 200-300MB/s transfer rates, and a media cost less than $10/TB in the next 5 years. A demonstration platform based on these new advances has been designed and is currently being built by Akonia to progressively demonstrate bit densities of 2Tb/in2, 4Tb/in2, and 8Tb/in2 over the next year.
Proceedings Article | 11 July 2007
Localized recording approaches and phase metrology for holographic storage
Robert McLeod,	Matthew Grabowski,	Mark Ayres,	Amy Sullivan
KEYWORDS: Diffraction, Holograms, Holography, Metrology, Phase contrast, Modulation, Data storage, Polymers, Wavefront aberrations, 3D metrology
The number of layers of a micro-holographic disk is limited by wavefront aberration which is strongly dependent on the photopolymer initiation, termination and inhibition kinetics. 3D metrology is used to validate predicted index profiles.
Phase and absorption metrology for thick photopolymer devices
Amy Sullivan,	Mark Ayres,	Robert McLeod
Proc. SPIE. 6335, Organic Holographic Materials and Applications IV
KEYWORDS: Microscopes, Diffraction, Holography, Metrology, Spatial frequencies, Sensors, Microscopy, Fourier transforms, 3D metrology, Absorption
Studies of development kinetics in volume photopolymers typically use transmission holography to quantify the index distribution. This method has advantages including simplicity, quantitative index data and natural mapping onto theories using harmonic expansion of the material response. A particular disadvantage is that the low spatialfrequency response corresponding to the intensity of the writing beams can never be Bragg matched and thus remains invisible. In configurations where the exposure is not primarily sinusoidal, the holographic method is not applicable. Important examples include bit-oriented data storage, direct-write lithography, and the object beam of page-based holography. In these cases the exposure intensity is essentially arbitrary and there is a need for metrology tools that can quantitatively measure the real and imaginary parts of the weak 3D index perturbation. Images produced by bright-field and phase-contrast microscopes are generally not quantitative and are corrupted by objects out of the focal plane. We have developed two methods, a form of optical diffraction tomography and a scanning transmission microscope, that are specifically designed to measure the 3D index response of holographic materials. Both are optimized to measure the extremely weak absorption and phase structures typical of photopolymers and have passbands that match the expected spatial frequencies.
Proceedings Article | 8 December 2003
Realization of high-performance holographic data storage: the InPhase Technologies demonstration platform
William Wilson,	Kevin Curtis,	Ken Anderson,	Michael Tackitt,	Adrian Hill,	M. Pane,	C. Stanhope,	T. Earhart,	W. Loechel,	C. Bergman,	K. Wolfgang,	C. Shuman,	G. Hertrich,	K. Pharris,	K. Malang,	B. Riley,	M. Ayres
Proc. SPIE. 5216, Organic Holographic Materials and Applications
KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Electronics, Holograms, Holography, Data storage, Video, Multiplexing, Control systems, Modulators, Optics manufacturing
An overview of the InPhase Technologies holographic demonstration platform is presented. This compact, mobile system is a fully functional holographic recordable drive complete with custom optics and custom control and channel electronics. The development of this device paves the way for the commercialization of this technology.
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What's Happening in the Wild – Monday, April 14
April 14, 2014 by iwff
Showing Today
5:00 pm: Path of the Pronghorn & Hunt for the Super Predator
5:15 pm: Invasion of the Giant Tortoise and Szigetkoz- The Delta of the Danube
7:00 pm: GMO OMG
7:15 pm: Valley of the Sharks
8:30 pm: Grizzly Man
IWFF Registration at The Roxy, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Filmmaker's Welcome Party : 6:00 pm
Path of the Pronghorn
Jake Willers, USA, 8 min.
Since 2003, Wildlife Conservation Society conservation scientists have been involved in a long-term study of the Path of the Pronghorn, an age-old migration route that connects summer range in Grand Teton National Park with winter range far to the south in the western Wyoming's Green River Valley.
Hunt for the Super Predator
Michael Lynch, Smithsonian, Australia, 58 min.
In the depths of Australia's Southern Ocean a Great White Shark is savagely attacked by a far larger mystery predator. An electronic tracking device attached to its fin records a high speed underwater chase before the shark and its tag are devoured. Two weeks later, after being carried in the belly of the unknown killer, the still functioning tag is excreted and washed ashore, withholding clues that could reveal the identity of the sharks super predator. This is a story of a super predator's underwater attack that leads investigators to a mysterious natural phenomenon that attracts the ocean's most fearsome predators.
Invasion of the Giant Tortoise
Theo Lipfert, USA, 27 min.
Invasion of the Giant Tortoises explores the controversial introduction of a non-native species to the African island of Mauritius. Once home to the dodo, Mauritius was teeming with giant tortoises until the arrival of man. The introduction of predators and habitat loss doomed these majestic creatures to extinction. Now biologists have embarked on a radical plan: to replace the extinct Mauritian tortoise with a close relative: the giant tortoise from Aldabra, a deserted atoll near the Seychelles. How will the island's ecosystem respond? And how do the results of this experiment change how we thing about biodiversity?
Szigetkoz- The Inland Delta of the Danube
Szabolcs Mosonyi, Hungary, 51min
In the Western access areas to Hungary life had speeded up – there are wind-mills, motorways, big cities and industrial parks all over the place. Yet, something is hiding between them. This is an enormous cone-shaped alluvial deposit with tiny villages, forests, and river branches. On one side of this region is today's Szigetköz.
Flowing out of the Alps and Carpathians the Danube River created this land delta unique in Europe. Arriving at the plain the river broke into wide branches where unparalleled fauna developed. These days the river cannot change its course as freely as it used to in the old days. The decisive change came about some twenty years ago with the diversion of the river and the building of the hydroelectric plant of Gabcikovo. Seeing the grip of the built in surroundings the question is obvious: can the fauna preserve its former abundance?
GMO OMG
Jeremy Seifert, USA, 2013, 90 min
The documentary explores the systematic corporate takeover and potential loss of humanity's most precious and ancient inheritance: seeds. Director Jeremy Seifert investigates how loss of seed diversity and corresponding laboratory assisted genetic alteration of food affects his young children, the health of our planet, and freedom of choice everywhere. GMO OMG follows one family's struggle to live and eat without participating in an unhealthy, unjust, and destructive food system. In GMO OMG, the encroaching darkness of unknown health and environmental risks, chemical toxins, and food monopoly meets with the light of a growing global movement to take back what we have lost. Has the global food system been irrevocably hijacked?
Valley of the Sharks
John Ruthven, USA, 57 min.
"In the heart of the Pacific Ocean the sea around the Tuamotu islands is coursing with life. Hundreds of shards cruise though underwater canyons above a seabed carpeted with coral. Scientists often cite the relationship between healthy reefs and top predators, but they don't really know how it works. Time and again as top predators disappear entire ecosystems below them fail. This film will find out why corals need sharks, just as much as sharks need corals. It uncovers how two of the most threatened groups of animals in the ocean are truly dependent on one another, and therefore must be protected if either of them are to survive into the future.
Grizzly Man
Werner Herzog, 2005, USA, 103 min.
Grizzly Man documents the life and death of amateur grizzly bear expert and wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell. Treadwell lived unarmed among the bears for thirteen summers, and filmed his adventures in the wild during his final five seasons. In October 2003, Treadwell's remains, along with those of his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, were discovered near their campsite in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Reserve. They had been mauled and devoured by a grizzly, the first known victims of a bear attack in the park. (The bear suspected of the killings was later shot by park officials.) Was Timothy Treadwell a passionate and fearless environmentalist who devoted his life to living peacefully among Alaskan grizzly bears in order to save them? Or was he a deluded misanthrope whose reckless actions resulted in his own death, as well as those of his girlfriend and one of the bears he swore to protect?
Categories IWFF 2014
What's Happening in the Wild – Sunday, April 13
What's Happening in the Wild – Tuesday, April 15
2 DAYS Final Deadline alert. The International


When I was a kid, my mom took my sister and me to different farms to pick all kinds of fruits and vegetables. At the time, this was not a family outing I appreciated. I was born and raised in the city, and the idea of crawling around in the dirt to dig up food was not my idea of fun. Every summer without fail, we were knee deep in collard greens, bell peppers and green beans.
And picking peaches was the worst! I learned quickly that snakes REALLY like peaches. I was 9-years-old, and he was 9-feet long. I dropped my basket and spent the rest of the morning sitting in a hot car.
Needless to say, farming was traumatic for me.
Now that I'm an adult and a vendor at the Matthews Community Farmers Market, I have a profound appreciation for the work farmers do to feed me and my family. There's something inspiring about people who cultivate tiny seeds into enormous crops. I'm fortunate to have the opportunity to spend my Saturdays in the company of some really cool area farmers. Each week I learn something new about the latest crops, and I get to leave the market with a basket filled with fresh produce.
As a mother, I understand why my mom wanted her children to know where our food came from and to take part in harvesting that food. I've also dragged my kids to fields and orchards to pick fruits and vegetables, and they actually enjoyed the experience once they got into the process—more so than I ever did at their age. Picking fruits and vegetables is fun for me now, but as soon as I see a snake I'm out!
This recipe is an easy-assemble dinner with a variety of vegetables. Most of the ingredients can be found at your local farmers market, and depending on the market, you might be able to get the bacon, eggs, bread, and blue cheese for the salad.
Let me know when you make this recipe. Take a picture and share a picture on Instagram with the hashtag it #QUEENCITYKITCHEN. I can't wait to see what you post!
Cook the bacon in a medium skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the bacon to a paper-towel-lined plate to drain.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Place the corn in the pot and boil for 5 minutes. Transfer the corn to a large bowl of ice water to stop the cooking process. Drain and set aside.
Add the lettuce to a large bowl, top with bacon, corn, cucumber, bell pepper, onion, tomatoes, eggs, chicken, and croutons.
Whisk the mayonnaise, sour cream, ¼ cup blue cheese, buttermilk, lemon juice, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper until smooth. Stir in the remaining ¼ cup blue cheese. Spoon some of the dressing over the salad and toss to combine. Divide the salad among 4 plates and serve.
This entry was posted in 30-Minute Meals, Dinner, Recipes, Salad, Vegetable and tagged chicken. croutons, corn, fresh produce, lettuce, salad, vegetables on August 15, 2017 by Andria Gaskins.


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Workers at 25 hotels in downtown Chicago went on strike recently to demand year-round health care as they negotiate new contracts, marking the first time their union has called a citywide hotel strike.
UNITE HERE Local 1, which represents more than 15,000 hospitality workers across the Chicago area, said "thousands" of housekeepers, doormen, cooks and other hotel employees have stopped working. They will be picketing around-the-clock at all 25 hotels until an agreement is reached, said spokeswoman Sarah Lyons.


After Google announce their cloud service – Google Drive, Facebook also join the game as confirm by the Facebook spokeswomen Meredith Chin. The world largest social networking web site confirm on Friday it was rolling out a storage service for the users to share files within groups.
"We first introduced this feature a few months ago with Groups at Schools. Now, we're making it more widely available. It'll roll out to more groups over the course of the coming days and all groups should have it soon." spokeswomen Meredith Chin said.
With the launch of the new services, Facebook will limit the file sizes up to 25 megabytes and certain file such as music will not allow to share over the service due to the copyright issue. Besides that, other potentially "malicious" file type will also be excluded from the service.
With the booming grow of the mobile computing such as smart phone and tablet, the cloud storage become more important to the user. Many of the cloud storage providers only offer a limited amount of storage for free and allow the user to upgrade to paid service with more space available.


Appreciate if you can advise Where Chinese with surname "LIM" comes from in China & in present day Chian, where can we go to the "LIM" province / location / city??
Please advise details, address & contact details if possible.
: Appreciate if you can advise Where Chinese with surname "LIM" comes from in China & in present day Chian, where can we go to the "LIM" province / location / city?? : Please advise details, address & contact details if possible. : Thank you.


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Q: Bash script to check for new e-mails doesn't recognize new messages I wrote a little bash script I want to start automatically when I log in to my desktop.
The script shall always run in background and periodically check for new incoming mail messages. When a new message arrives, the script shall pop up a notification via notify-send, and display its content.
However, if I send myself an email (from another address) to check if it's working, it seems that the message has already been consumed, even if in the Gmail's web interface (that I keep closed) the message is marked as unread. Obviously, since even the new message is not marked as new, the script doesn't fetch it.
I also switched off my android phone, because I think that it could interfere, and I'm sure I have no other mail clients running.
The output of the script is the following; note that between these two lines I send myself a message:
254 messages, 0 new
255 messages, 0 new

The code follows:
#!/bin/bash
SERVER="imap.gmail.com"
while :
do
    echo "1 login myusername mypassword" > /tmp/checkmail
    echo "2 select inbox" >> /tmp/checkmail
    echo "3 logout" >> /tmp/checkmail

    response=$(openssl s_client -crlf -connect $SERVER:993 -quiet 2> /dev/null < /tmp/checkmail)
    rm /tmp/checkmail

    news=$(echo "$response" | grep RECENT | awk '{print $2}')
    last=$(echo "$response" | grep EXISTS | awk '{print $2}')

    echo "$last messages, $news new"

    if [ "$news" != "0" ]
    then
        for (( i=0; i<$news; i++))
        do
            echo "fetching $i° message"
            echo "1 login myusername mypassword" > /tmp/getmail
            echo "2 select inbox" >> /tmp/getmail
            echo "3 fetch $((last-i)) (body[1])" >> /tmp/getmail
            echo "4 logout" >> /tmp/getmail
            response=$(openssl s_client -crlf -connect $SERVER:993 -quiet 2> /dev/null < /tmp/getmail)
            rm /tmp/getmail

            content=$(echo "$response" | awk '/FETCH/{flag=1;next}/3 OK Success/{flag=0}flag')
            notify-send -t 0 "New message" "$content"
        done
    fi
    sleep 60
done

Thank you in advance

A: I experienced the very same problem, with the gmail imap server. I have therefore resorted to modify your script adding one extra IMAP command:
    echo "1 login $myusername $mypassword" > /tmp/checkmail
    echo "2 select inbox" >> /tmp/checkmail
    echo "3 STATUS inbox (UNSEEN)" >> /tmp/checkmail
    echo "4 logout" >> /tmp/checkmail

and then replacing your definition of $news with the one below
    news=$(echo "$response" | grep UNSEEN | awk '{print $5}' | sed 's/)//' | tr -d '\r')

Note that the removal of '\r' was required for the forthcoming script to work.
I am nonetheless still struggling to make the next steps of your original script working on my setup.


B'ZEOS – a seaweed-based straw is just the beginning!
We met B'ZEOS last year during the BioMarine Business Convention 2018 and we quickly saw their potential. Moved by the clear passion of its Founder and CEO, Guy Maurice, and a multidisciplinary young team, this Norwegian startup is creating a seaweed-based material capable of replacing plastic pellets that can be used by manufacturers to produce single-use plastics.
Making the most of the right momentum for blue bioplastics, B'ZEOS is now getting ready to start exciting projects and we couldn't be more excited to know all about it!
Guy Maurice has worked in many different environments, from Panama, Madagascar to Congo and Burundi, where he was involved in waste management projects. Despite the undeniable beauty and biodiversity richness of such places, there was an ever-increasing challenge of waste management. As Guy explained "I was working with waste management, helping municipalities to define better and more efficient strategies and put them into practice, which was a major challenge. During one of my Projects, I realized that despite all efforts, the waste was still being redirected to a burning landfill and all our efforts were going to waste". Feeling like a mere spectator, and unable to push local governments to act, Guy took a life turning decision: "I decided it was time for me to make real changes…before the waste was even created!".
The plastic straws were the final trigger!
Meanwhile, a quick stop in NYC gave him the final boost – "Being served a plastic straw, in a so-alleged organic and sustainable bar was the last drop for me. It made absolutely no sense!". After searching for biodegradable alternatives to straws, and realizing no solutions existed so far…B'ZEOS was created! A few months later, Guy was looking at (and trying) the first straw prototypes made from seaweed- "The idea was possible, and we started to chase it!".
B'ZEOS developed versatile seaweed-based pellets that could be transformed in a wide variety of products and, in the end, be completely biodegradable. Also, and as Guy explained – "We wanted to develop a material that could not only be (really!) biodegradable, despite the environmental conditions, but could also be versatile enough to be used by the current plastic industry without major changes in the production processes and further investment in machinery". This, Guy believes, "will be key to keep matching prices with current plastic solutions and a quicker adoption from the industry. Also, by developing solutions that are adaptable to current practices, we make sure our business is socially responsible. We absolutely believe this is the right path".
B'ZEOS just started a partnership to develop the first industrial tests of the B'ZEOS seaweed-based pellets for the production of… straws! As Guy explained – "Straws are one of the most difficult products to make, and we want not only to strengthen the material (in terms of rigidity and solubility), but also to make the final product more price competitive by testing different seaweeds and production processes". In the end, the goal is very well-defined - "If we can develop biodegradable seaweed-based pellets to produce straws that, in the end, can be adaptable to the current industry (with minimal changes), we are able to do so much more!".
The results will determine what future products B'ZEOS will develop, and we are excited to know them!
B'ZEOS is now giving important steps towards their goals – "With the first pilot project, we will be able to know how to best produce our material at an industrial scale. This is crucial because we already have many industry partners waiting for this material to be tested for different products". Also, B'ZEOS aims to be a truly sustainable company, so another important goal is "to make sure all our processes are as sustainable as possible, even in a long-term perspective. It doesn't make sense to us to produce something that will not be sustainable in the end. We know it's a long process, but sustainability will have to be there in the short and long-term".
Want to know more info about B'ZEOS?
Click HERE or contact the team through the BioMarine Community!


For those who weren't aware, today is the 20th anniversary of the original PlayStation.
In celebration of that fact, Sony Europe has created a survey that asks fans to vote for their favourite PSOne, PS2, PS3, PSP and PS Vita games. Sadly, no PS4 games made the list.
The poll, which you can check out here, will be open for about a week, ending 6th October, following which the results will be announced.
You can pick from a range of classic PlayStation games, including Wipeout, Socom II, Gran Turismo, Spyro and Jak & Dexter.
Just make a selection in each of the categories and choose your favourite games for each PlayStation console, with the exception of the PS4 of course. This is your chance to make your voices heard, and we strongly suggest you go right ahead.
Sony has published similar surveys before. In April last year, they asked for PlayStation fans' opinions on several chat features and a player rating system.
Most noteworthy is that polls like the above are commonly used in the gaming industry to measure interest in a game, franchise and even features for consoles.
In all likelihood, Sony is probably using the survey to gauge fan interest in sequels and remasters for the PS4.
However, we would have loved to see games like the Legend of Dragoon, Vagrant Story, and so on, on the list of PlayStation games. The number of titles feels a tad restricted for our liking.
It's likely a last minute idea by Sony. It's either that, or those are the licenses Sony knows they can most easily rekindle or throw money at.


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Monkey Business: The Oregon Zoo Foundation Education Campaign
Live a richer life ® Examples Within our Community
Of all the things Deborah Mrazek values, educating children and making a difference in her community are near the very top of the list.
A design strategy and management consultant from the Portland area, Deborah is a co-chair of the Oregon Zoo Foundation Education Campaign, which supports program expansion, a new education center and seeks to protect one of the City of Roses' most popular attractions for future generations.
With more than 1.5 million children and adults visiting the zoo each year, and thousands more attending zoo programs offered at schools, community centers, senior centers and regional natural areas, Deborah believes that this is an initiative that the Portland metro community can get behind in a big way.
"I've always had a passion for education and firmly believe that through education, everything is possible for individuals and communities," Deborah, a member of the Brighton Jones community, said this week. "I believe the future of our region, and the world at large, depends on our ability to offer kids that spark of curiosity in the outdoors – and the tools to make a meaningful impact. I'm proud to support the Oregon Zoo's education efforts."
The Oregon Zoo Foundation's $1.5 million education campaign provides funding in the following areas:
Reaching Tomorrow's Conservation Leaders
Gifts to the educational campaign help provide new classrooms with science education tools and resources. STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) labs create exciting opportunities to engage high school and college students, while scholarships for camps and classes allow children and families to experience wildlife like never before.
Funding also supports the Zoo Animal Presenters (ZAP) program, which employs 30 teens from historically underrepresented communities in the Portland metro area to serve as conservation educators.
Small Things Matter
While many visitors know the zoo for its largest animals – from elephants to lions – the new education center highlights insects and other small wildlife to demonstrate the intricate connections we share with nature. Through interpretive displays and dynamic activity stations, the center's Natural Exploration Station, or NESt, educates visitors on how our everyday decisions can help protect wildlife worldwide.
The educational campaign strives to develop an understanding and appreciation of conservation in an evolving global ecosystem.
Each year the Oregon Zoo Foundation contributes between $4-5 million to help fund the zoo's work in conservation, education and animal welfare. Learn more about the Oregon Zoo Foundation at their website, or call Susan Daigle (503.914.6029) to learn more about the foundation's educational campaign that helps provide a more meaningful education experience to members of the Portland metro community!
Information in this post is courtesy of www.oregonzoo.com.


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Linked projects and initiatives
Stakeholder advisory group
Barcelona Metropolitan Area
Barcelona metropolitan area (AMB) counts 3,2 million people and is one of the largest metropolitan areas in Europe in terms of population.
AMB is the global administration, and it comprises Barcelona city and 35 municipalities.
The metropolitan system of linked cities around the city of Barcelona -surrounded by open spaces- brings with it benefits for the environment, the economy and leisure, making it a liveable, efficient, and healthy city.
Barcelona is considered an attractive place to work, as well as a good place for investing and developing new business projects. Barcelona is perceived as an innovative and creative metropolis, linked to the areas of culture, fashion, architecture, art, modernity, and sport.
The metropolitan area of Barcelona is one of southern Europe's chief economic engines, a hub for logistics and a magnet for talent, a place that is open to business.
Barcelona, and its metropolitan area, is an urban node of the Mediterranean corridor, with a first level port and airport also included in the TEN-T.
The metropolitan area of Barcelona is a demonstrator city within USER-CHI.
Modern electromobility was introduced in Barcelona by the former MOVELE project (2011-2012), a partnership between the Barcelona City Council, the IDAE (Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de Energía, linked to the Spanish central government) and ENDESA (the main electric power supplier in the metropolitan area of Barcelona). The project foresaw the instalment of more than seventy normal charging point in the streets (the first ones in the city) for electric motorcycles and cars.
The MOVELE project aimed to reduce pollution, however, did not reach its scope due to the lack of electric vehicles and users, the lack of technical maintenance and as an effect of vandalism.
The next step was then the creation of the LIVE Consortium in 2011, a public-private partnership open to all the bodies and organizations in the area of Barcelona and Catalonia region related to electromobility promotion. In the last years, LIVE has clearly worked as a network for knowledge sharing, dissemination and information related to electric cars.
Thanks to the relationship established in the LIVE consortium between the Barcelona City Council, AMB and the electric car makers NISSAN, RENAULT and BMW, a new project was launched to introduce public quick charging points in the whole metropolitan area.
More than twenty quick charging points were introduced in the streets of the city of Barcelona and other ten metropolitan big cities since then. This public-private funded project coincided in time with the launch of the NISSAN LEAF car, the NISSAN e-NV200 van (made in Barcelona in the NISSAN factory), the RENAULT KANGOO van and the BMW i3 car.
After the completion of the quick charging network, the local administrations (including AMB and the city of Barcelona) implemented several initiatives to promote electric cars, such as car purchase subsidies, reduced car taxes, reduced parking hourly rates, reduced fares in toll roads, etc… Therefore, electromobility began to take-up in Barcelona.
In 2020, before the Covid-19 crisis, even though the public administration continues to expand the public charging network and to ban the petrol or diesel cars in city centres as a manner to reduce pollution, the leadership must be transferred to the private sector (car makers, energy suppliers, charging point operators, investors, etc…) to scale-up the electromobility sector.
Partners involved: Area Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB)
Learning from Barcelona and Turku's charging habits
EXTENDED – Join the USER-CHI peer learning programme now!
Will 2021 be the 'tipping point' year for electric mobility?
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I'm setting up a site at http://www.mickeyopolis.com.
When I use the Adsense option in the theme controls, it places banner ads on the front page with no problem. But as soon as I hard code other ads into the left side banner, those previous ads disappear.
Can't figure out why. Any suggestions?
Are you using the exact same code as the ones in your graphene options? I'm not sure, but I think you can only display one "set" of code per webpage. So, once you have your code, you can insert it in multiple places.. but it must be the same code.
Josh, after I posted that, I saw another post that Google only allows three boxes per page. The program had been putting in three on the primary page. I suspect my manual coding overrode those.
Hmmm.. first I've heard of this. If it's true, you can always hide one of the adsense blocks on the main page (although I'm not sure how adsense would "see" this).
If you want to re-add them to your main page, I can give you the code to hide one of them… and we can give it a test.
(I'm taking my 3-year-old to Disney this year for her first time).
Yes, it's true: Google will only populate the first three Adsense slots it runs into, for the simple reason that they want their ads at the top of the page. If you want ads on the sidebar on the front, try using the alternate front page widgets.
So if we were to hide on of the three adsense blocks inserted on the main page via css; would adsense see this as three, or two blocks?
Probably three, if you're talking about using display:none, because the code for the ad is technically still there. It just doesn't display.
You'd really want to use the widget logic plugin or a PHP if is_home() + echo to properly hide it.
You've got me on this one guys. I'm a novice at php, but can cut and paste with the best of them. I liked the blocks the theme was inserting, especially when you go to the individual pages on the site, and they disappear as well. This isn't a major deal, but at least I'm learning the ropes.
Do you have any suggestions for a widget to use? I didn't see one in the program itself.
Josh, you guys will have a great time in Disney. My primary blog is on cruises, but Disney is my first love. If you're new to it as well, let me know if you need any help.
Okay, scratch my idea above… and listen to Ken!


Institute (NRI) of the University of Greenwich, England.
• Entered into an MOU with the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Has a link with Aalborg University, Denmark.
of Queens, Canada since 2008 and ongoing. Eight universities of Southern Africa are part of the project. The focus is research on urban food security and surveys have been done. The project has given birth to the Urban Security Food Network which publishes and organizes workshops.
Field Measurement and Testing; and Field work in water resources. It has components of field work, where staff and students exchanges have occurred.
Whilst there is no formal link with regard to the Geophagia Project on Human and Enzootic Geophagia in South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland, staff members have been working with colleagues from the Universities of Sisulu and Botswana since 2007. Research work on Swaziland has been undertaken.
The department is also a full and paying member of WATERNET, which is a body that empowers and capacitates members on water resources management in Southern Africa.


I stumbled across this talk on Innovation that I was asked to give at a company Innovation Focused retreat back in 2015, I put a bit of effort into making it so thought it was worth sharing. I wasn't able to be there in person so recorded this for them instead.
It is just my thoughts on Innovation and how having an innovative approach has helped me throughout my career.


On 11 October 1988, the birthday of the original Janata coalition's spiritual leader Jayaprakash Narayan, the Janata Dal was formed by merger of Jan Morcha, Janata Party, Lok Dal and Congress (S), in order to bring together all the centrist parties opposed to the Rajiv Gandhi government, and V. P. Singh was elected the President of the Janata Dal. A federation of the Janata Dal with various regional parties including the DMK, TDP, and AGP, came into being, called the National Front (India), with V. P. Singh as convener and N. T. Rama Rao as President.
The National Front, with its allies, earned a simple majority in the Lok Sabha and decided to form a government. The Communists and the BJP declined to serve in the government, preferring to support it from outside.
In a dramatic meeting in the Central Hall of Parliament on 1 December, V. P. Singh proposed the name of Devi Lal as Prime Minister, in spite of the fact that he himself had been clearly projected by the anti-Congress forces as the 'clean' alternative to Rajiv and their Prime Ministerial candidate. Devi Lal, a Jat leader from Haryana stood up and refused the nomination, and said that he would prefer to be an 'elder uncle' to the Government, and that Singh should be PM.
V.P. Singh held office for slightly less than a year, from 2 December 1989 to 10 November 1990.
V. P. Singh died after a long struggle with multiple myeloma/cancer of the bone marrow and renal failure at Apollo Hospital in Delhi on 27 November 2008.He was cremated at Allahabad on the banks of the River Ganga on 29 November 2008.


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package com.openDams.skos.controller;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Analyzer;
import org.apache.lucene.document.Document;
import org.apache.lucene.queryParser.QueryParser;
import org.apache.lucene.search.BooleanClause;
import org.apache.lucene.search.BooleanQuery;
import org.apache.lucene.util.Version;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.Controller;

import com.openDams.index.factory.IndexManager;
import com.openDams.index.factory.LuceneFactory;
import com.openDams.index.searchers.Searcher;
import com.openDams.title.configuration.TitleManager;

public class AutocompleteController implements Controller{
	private Searcher searcher = null;
	private IndexManager indexManager = null;
	private  TitleManager titleManager ;

	public ModelAndView handleRequest(HttpServletRequest arg0, HttpServletResponse arg1) throws Exception {
		ModelAndView mav = null;
		Analyzer analyzer = LuceneFactory.getAnalyzer(indexManager.getAnalyzerClass());
        BooleanQuery query = new BooleanQuery();
        //System.out.println("arg0.getParameter(\"id_archive\")="+arg0.getParameter("id_archive"));
        //System.out.println("arg0.getParameter(\"searchinput\")="+arg0.getParameter("searchinput"));
        //System.out.println("arg0.getParameter(\"query\")="+arg0.getParameter("query"));
        String toSearch="";
        QueryParser parser = new QueryParser(Version.LUCENE_CURRENT,"contents", analyzer);
		Document[] hits = null;
		int totalCount = 0;
		int limit = 0;
        if(arg0.getParameter("searchinput")!=null){
        	toSearch=arg0.getParameter("searchinput");
        	System.out.println(">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>toSearch<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<"+toSearch);
        	query.add(parser.parse(toSearch), BooleanClause.Occur.MUST);
        	limit=50;
        	hits = searcher.singleSearchPaged(query,null,limit,0, arg0.getParameter("id_archive"), false);
        	totalCount = hits.length;
        }else{
        	if(arg0.getParameter("query")!=null){
	        	toSearch=arg0.getParameter("query");
	        	System.out.println(">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>toSearch<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<"+toSearch);
	        	query.add(parser.parse(toSearch), BooleanClause.Occur.MUST);
	        	System.out.println(">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>start<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<"+arg0.getParameter("start"));
	        	System.out.println(">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>limit<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<"+arg0.getParameter("limit"));
	        	System.out.println(">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>relation<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<"+arg0.getParameter("relation"));
	        	limit = new Integer(arg0.getParameter("limit"));
	        	hits = searcher.singleSearchPaged(query,null,limit, new Integer(arg0.getParameter("start")), arg0.getParameter("id_archive"), false);
	        	System.out.println(">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>totalCount<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<"+totalCount);
        	}

        }
		System.out.println(">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>hits<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<"+hits.length);
		mav = new ModelAndView("skos/autocomplete");
		mav.addObject("results", hits);
		mav.addObject("titleManager", titleManager);
		mav.addObject("limit", limit);
		return mav;
	}
	public void setSearcher(Searcher searcher) {
		this.searcher = searcher;
	}
	public void setIndexManager(IndexManager indexManager) {
		this.indexManager = indexManager;
	}
	public void setTitleManager(TitleManager titleManager) {
		this.titleManager = titleManager;
	}
}

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The Paris Université Club (PUC) is a French rugby union club based in Paris. As at January 2023 it was in the Fédérale 1 division.

It is the rugby section of the omnisport club (PUC).

In 2012–2013 it played in the Fédérale 2 championship (the fourth level of rugby union in France).

Palmarès
 Semifinal in  1954–55 French Rugby Union Championship and 1957–58 French Rugby Union Championship.
 Season 2011/2012: First of its pool in Fèderal 3, promoted to Federale 2.
 2011 : relegated in Fédérale 3
 2004 : champion of Fédérale 2
 1996 : champion of 2nd XV championship
 1987 : champion Junior (Crabos)
 1986 : champion of 2nd XV championship
 1983 : Finalist, first division (group B)
 1979 : champion Junior (Reichel)
 1969 : champion of 2nd division
 1966 : champion of 2nd XV championship

Famous players

 Éric Alabarbe
 David Aucagne
 Roger Blachon
 Antoine Burban
 Wesley Fofana
 André Fremaux
 Arthur Gomes
 Jean-François Gourdon
 Claude Haget
 André Haget
 Eddy Joliveau
 Gérard Krotoff
 Ewen McKenzie
 Donald Mac Donald
 Graham Mourie
 Andy Mulligan
 Nicolas Nadau
 Christian Orditz
 Max Starkey
 Chris Ralston
 Andy Ripley
 Guy Stener
 Ronnie Thompson
 John Wilcox
 Dimitri Yachvili
 Stephen Parez

Former coaches
 Clément Dupont
 René Deleplace
 Guy Boniface
 Robert Antonin
 André Haget
 André Siné
 Guy Malvezin
 Jacques Dury
 Daniel Herrero
 Vincent Moscato
 Xavier Blond
 Frédéric Saint-SardoS

See also
 Paris Université Club (baseball)

References

French rugby union clubs
Rugby union clubs in Paris
Rugby clubs established in 1906
1906 establishments in France

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Adult Seizure Drug Ganaxolone Flops in Late-Stage trial
GABA modulator is equivalent to placebo
The investigational compound ganaxolone (Marinus Pharmaceuticals), a central nervous system–selective gamma-aminobutyric acid A (GABAA) modulator, has failed to demonstrate a statistically significant difference from placebo (the primary endpoint) in a pivotal phase 3 study of adults with drug-resistant focal-onset seizures. Marinus plans to discontinue its program in adult focal-onset seizures and focus its efforts on evaluating ganaxolone in status epilepticus and in pediatric orphan indications.
The pivotal double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study was conducted at 61 sites in the United States and Europe. A total of 359 patients were randomly assigned to receive treatment with ganaxolone 1,800 mg per day (n = 179) or placebo (n = 180). The patients' mean age was 41 years, and 63% were female. Most of the patients (76%) were receiving two or more concomitant antiepileptic drugs, and 12% had been treated with a vagus nerve stimulator.
The study missed its primary endpoint of a percent change in the 28-day seizure frequency from baseline (P = 0.1537). The median percent reduction of focal-onset seizures in the ganaxolone group was 21.3% compared with 10.3% in the placebo group during the titration and 12-week treatment periods.
Serious adverse events were reported in 5.0% and 5.1% of the active-treatment and placebo groups, respectively. The most common adverse events reported in ganaxolone-treated patients compared with those given placebo included somnolence (23.5% vs. 4.5%, respectively), dizziness (19.6% vs. 4.5%), and fatigue (11.7% vs. 6.8%). Most of these adverse events were mild in severity. Forty-four patients (25%) in the ganaxolone group discontinued treatment compared with 26 patients (14%) in the placebo group. The most common reason for discontinuation was an adverse event.
Ganaxolone was being developed for adult and pediatric patients in both the acute and chronic-care settings. The compound acts on a synaptic and extrasynaptic GABAA target known for its antiseizure and antianxiety activity. Ganaxolone has been studied in more than 1,300 pediatric and adult subjects at therapeutically relevant dose levels for up to two years.
Source: Marinus Pharmaceuticals; June 13, 2016.
Lyrica Meets Key Efficacy Endpoint in Pediatric Epilepsy Trial December 2, 2016
Cannabis Drug Succeeds in Epilepsy Trial March 14, 2016
Sage Depression Drug Posts Strong Phase 2 Results December 9, 2017
Cannabis-Based Epilepsy Drug Epidiolex Meets Main Goal in Late-Stage Trial June 27, 2016
FDA Expands Label for Trokendi XR to Include Migraine Prophylaxis in Adults August 22, 2016


A yarn numbering system. The yarn's fineness is described by the mass in grams of a 10,000 meter length. No longer in use.
ASTM Standard D-123-03. Standard Terminology Relating to Textiles.
Edition approved 10 February 2003.


Jorge oversees and manages the implementation of the Open Government Project in Costa Rica. The project seeks to increase the innovation capacity, and the use of public services in 15 local governments through training.
Jorge holds a Bachelor Degree in Public Administration from the Actuary Sciences University of Costa Rica. He served as a National Coordinator of Open Data for the Open Government Team of the Republic Presidency of Costa Rica. Likewise, he was also a National Coordinator for the Viceminister in Citizen Dialogue.
Jorge also performs as a consultor in Open Data, Big Dara, and Public Innovation and Data Science.


Hey! We are James & Simone.
We are two best friends who share an office space in (not so sunny) England.
One thing that is obvious when you walk into our office space is that we are OBSESSED with stickers.
There are stickers stuck on things, piles of freshly printed stickers, drawers and boxes of stickers we have collected over the years.
After a lot of Instagramming, we realised that we weren't the only ones obsessed with stickers, so decided to collaborate and create the ultimate sticker subscription service.
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