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Q: CocoaPods arm64 issue When using Podfile for developing iOS 7 app with Xcode5, we always got this issue.
After some searching, seems like no final resolve from CocoaPods ?  Maybe resolved at this moment when you see this.
How to resolve such issues right now ?
The issue was:
Pods was rejected as an implicit dependency for 'libPods.a' because its architectures 'armv7 armv7s' didn't contain all required architectures 'armv7 armv7s arm64'

A: Just to chip in to the "possible solutions"-pool and because a lot of people with CocoaPods issues are finding this page from Google:
I tried pretty much all suggested solutions, but the thing that did it for me was: In the Pods project in your workspace, go to Build Settings -> Base-SDK. This should be stated in bold. Press backspace to set it to default and set it back to your preferences again (in my case Latest iOS(iOSx.x)).
This oddly solved all my invalid architecture errors. Might help others.

A: First, try updating cocoapods in your terminal: gem update cocoapods
If it doesn't work after that, go into your workspace, click on the Pod project, select all Pod targets and set Architectures to (armv7 armv7s arm64).
Still nothing? Try switching it all back to (armv7 armv7s).

A: *

*Select the Pods project

*Change Build Active Architecture Only from Yes to No.

That worked for me.
Note:
CocoaPods Troubleshooting Guide recommends matching the Debug setting in your Xcode project, rather than changing the Pod's Build Active Architecture Only. As long as they match it seems to fix the problem.

A: I had similar issues on XCode 6.1 wherepod install would frequently re-introduce linking errors. Adding $(OTHER_LDFLAGS) to the my target's "Other Linker Flags" got me through this. Please see if this helps.


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Q: Sharepoint 2013 JavaScript get multiple list urls from array using List Title I have the below code which is looping through list names and trying to get the URL. However the code only returns the last list name url as it skips over the
"currentcontext.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, result), Function.createDelegate(this, oncListQueryFailed));" the first and second time.
I'm getting the following JS Error:
Error: The property or field 'ServerRelativeUrl' has not been initialized. It has not been requested or the request has not been executed. It may need to be  explicitly requested.

Not sure why?
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">

var list;
var listRootFolder;

ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(init, "sp.js");

function init() {

    var Lists = ["List 1", "List 2", "List 3"];
    //load site
    Lists.forEach(function(listTitle) {

        console.log(listTitle);
        var currentcontext = new SP.ClientContext('/StrategicProjectOffice');
        list = currentcontext.get_web().get_lists().getByTitle(listTitle);
        listRootFolder = list.get_rootFolder();

        currentcontext.load(listRootFolder);
        currentcontext.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, result), Function.createDelegate(this, oncListQueryFailed));
    });
}

function result() {
    var listURL  = listRootFolder.get_serverRelativeUrl();
    console.log(listURL);

    var fullUrl = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/SitePages/Project Page - " + listRootFolder.get_name() + ".aspx";
    console.log(fullUrl);
}

function oncListQueryFailed(sender, args) {
    alert('Request failed. ' + args.get_message() + '\n' + args.get_stackTrace());
}

</script>

A: You can try this rest api call to fetch all List ServerRelativeURL with single call. whereas your code was making multiple calls to fetch server relative URL.
var listURLArray=[];
var listTitleArray=["Site Pages","Site Assets"];
$.ajax({
url: _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl +"/_api/Web?$expand=Lists/RootFolder&$select=Lists/RootFolder/ServerRelativeURL,Lists/Title",
type: "GET",
//async:false,
headers: {
    "accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
},
success: function (data) {
    $.each(data.d.Lists.results,function(ind,val){
    if(listTitleArray.indexOf(val.Title)>-1){
       listURLArray.push(val.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl);
    }
    })
},
error: function (error) {
    alert(JSON.stringify(error));
}
});

Also if you need the same to be synchronous then uncomment the part async:false

A: I think part of the problem is you are making multiple async calls and referencing the same variable (listRootFolder) and callback function in an outer scope.
Meaning - the reason the third one works is not that it is skipping over the executeQueryAsync the first and second time, it does call it, but then the third iteration of your forEach loop executes and steals ownership of the listRootFolder and success callback from the first two queries.
I see from your initial script tags that you are using jQuery.  I would recommend using jQuery Deferreds to more explicitly manage the results of the async calls.
// set up a placeholder in the global scope to hold the results
var rootFoldersArray = [];

ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(init, "sp.js");

function init() {

    var Lists = ["List 1", "List 2", "List 3"];

    // collect the async requests
    var listRequests = Lists.map(function (listTitle) {

        var dfd = $.Deferred();

        // list and listRootFolder now exist within the scope
        // of the anonymous function executing on each list title,
        // so there is one "copy" of each variable for each list title
        var list;
        var listRootFolder;

        console.log(listTitle);
        var currentcontext = new SP.ClientContext('/StrategicProjectOffice');
        list = currentcontext.get_web().get_lists().getByTitle(listTitle);
        listRootFolder = list.get_rootFolder();

        currentcontext.load(listRootFolder);
        currentcontext.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, result), Function.createDelegate(this, oncListQueryFailed));

        // the callbacks are now also nested within the map anonymous function,
        // which should give them access to each of the relative "local" copies
        // of 'list' and 'listRootFolder'

        function result() {
            // on a successful result, store the result where we can access it later
            // and resolve the Deferred so we can keep track of which are done
            rootFoldersArray.push(listRootFolder);
            dfd.resolve();
        }

        function oncListQueryFailed(sender, args) {
            alert('Request failed. ' + args.get_message() + '\n' + args.get_stackTrace());

            // there is a way to tell your code that an
            // individual request failed by calling dfd.reject()
            // however that means you will have to set up error handling
            // further up the chain.  we're not getting into that complexity
            // here so just resolve the Deferred as if it were success so that we know
            // that at least all of the queries have come back and we are not
            // waiting on anything
            dfd.resolve();
        }

        // return the promise
        return dfd.promise();
    });

    $.when.apply($, listRequests).done(function () {
        // this will not get executed until all three `executeQueryAsync` calls have completed
        logResults();
    });
}

function logResults() {
    // by the time this is called, 'rootFoldersArray' will have all the successful results
    rootFoldersArray.forEach(function (rootFolder) {

        var listURL = rootFolder.get_serverRelativeUrl();
        console.log(listURL);

        var fullUrl = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/SitePages/Project Page - " + rootFolder.get_name() + ".aspx";
        console.log(fullUrl);

    });
}

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Copywriting: Copywriting and SEO go hand-in-hand (remember when we talked about the importance of quality content?). Copy that may have the most advertising or marketing appeal may not be what scores the best in search engine page rank. When we consider that over 50% of all site traffic should arrive organically, there is a trade-off to make when opting for standard brochure copy or long-form, optimized copy written to achieve keyword density, keyword popularity and keyword prominence.
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Komin je naselje na Hrvaškem, ki upravno spada pod mesto Ploče; le-ta pa spada pod Dubrovniško-neretvansko županijo.

Komin je naselje in pristanišče v Južni Dalmaciji na desnem bregu reke Neretve nekaj kilometrov pred njenim izlivom v Jadransko morje. Leži ob vznožju 303 m visoke Donje Gore nasproti državne ceste D8 Split-Dubrovnik in elektrificirani železniški progi Ploče-Sarajevo okoli 9 km vzhodno od Ploč in okoli 13 km jugozahodno od Metkovićev. Ustanovljeno je bilo v začetku 18. stoletja. V naselju stoji iz belega kamna zgrajena župnijska cerkev sv. Ante Padovanski postavljena v začetku 20. stoletja.

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L'autorail FS ALn 880 est un autorail à moteur Diesel des Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane - FS, les chemins de fer italiens. Cette série a été conçue au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et produite de 1950 à 1953, elle est restée en service jusqu'en 1985. Un seul exemplaire d'une motrice est conservé.

Histoire
Après la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le réseau ferré italien est en très mauvais état à la suite des bombardements massifs de l'armée américaine. Beaucoup de matériels roulants ont été détruits et la compagnie nationale, les FS, ont hâte de pouvoir relancer le transport des voyageurs à travers le pays.

Cet autorail, qui fait suite à la fameuse série des Fiat Littorine d'avant guerre, a été conçu pour traîner une remorque mais aussi pour former une rame par couplage de plusieurs éléments, 3 au maximum. La motrice comme la remorque bénéficient d'une cabine de conduite à chaque extrémité et des soufflets sont prévus pour assurer la circulation des voyageurs entre les éléments.

L'ALn 880 est un autorail qui bénéficie de toute l'expérience du constructeur milanais Breda C.F. qui a toujours travaillé en collaboration avec le concepteur du premier autorail au monde, la fameuse Fiat Littorina mais aussi les rames automotrices rapides, les ATR.100, les FS ALn 56 et FS ALn 556.

Cet autorail a été conçu, comme toujours en Italie, par le service ingénierie des FS et adapté par le constructeur désigné à la suite d'un appel d'offres. Il s'agit d'un réel défi qu'à voulu relever Breda costruzioni ferroviarie qui a accepté une commande ferme de 40 motrices et 10 remorques plus habituée à recevoir une partie de commande partagée avec au moins un autre constructeur. La série, motrices et remorques a été fabriquée de 1950 à 1953.

Les premières unités fabriquées ont été attribuées en été 1950 aux dépôts des FS de Naples Campi Flegrei et Trévise et mises en service en automne de la même année. Les lignes desservies à l'origine, étaient :
 Rome-Cassino-Naples
 Naples Campi Flegrei - Tarente via Salerne-Battipaglia-Metaponto

jusqu'en 1964, date à laquelle les ALn 880 furent remplacées par les rames ETR 250 et ETR 300 également l'œuvre de Breda C.F.. Les autorails ALn 880 du dépôt de Naples ont été répartis entre celui de Trévise et de Bologne Centrale.

Les derniers voyages commerciaux des ALn 880 ont été effectués le 1er juin 1985 sur la ligne Bologne-Faenza-Ravenne, et sur la ligne Faentina. Les autorails assurant d'autres liaisons ont été radiés peu avant. Seul l'ALn 880.2018 a été préservé et est exposé au Musée national ferroviaire de Pietrarsa à Naples.

Ces autorails, comme tous ses prédécesseurs comportaient une isolation intérieure avec des composés d'amiante, incompatibles avec les règles de sécurité italiennes, obligeant dès 1981 à décontaminer les caisses où à les détruire avant la fin d'année 1985.

Caractéristiques techniques
La principale caractéristique de ces autorails était la présence d'un seul moteur par motrice. Jusqu'alors, tous les autorails italiens étaient dotés d'au moins deux moteurs, un à chaque extrémité.

Pour la première fois sur ce type de matériel, on avait donc un seul moteur Breda type D19/SA12P, un moteur 12 cylindres opposés à plat et suralimenté, placé sous la caisse et non pas sur un bogie. D'une puissance de 338 kW à 1.500 tours par minute, la transmission était assurée par une boîte de vitesse épicycloïdale, solution que l'on trouve souvent sur les matériels Breda. La traction était assurée par un seul bogie. La puissance du moteur a été ramenée à 315 kW afin de diminuer le niveau sonore un peu trop élevé à l'origine.

Modèles dérivés de l'ALn 880 Breda
Le moteur et la transmission de l'ALn 880 ont été utilisés sur l'Autorail M2 série 120, pour les voies métriques de la compagnie ferroviaire Mediterranea Calabro-Lucane (MCL). Des autorails strictement dérivés de ceux réalisés pour MCL furent réalisés par Breda C.F. aux compagnies grecques de Thessalia et Chemins de fer grecs Nord-Ouest.

Unités préservées
Seule la motrice ALn 880.2018 est conservées au Musée national ferroviaire de Pietrarsa à Naples.

Notes et références

Bibliographie en italien
 Automotrici Aln 880, Nico Molino, editrice Elledi
 Nico Molino. Littorina. Mondo Ferroviario, 1991. Editoriale del Garda, Rivoltella. NoISBN
 Nico Molino e Sergio Pautasso. Le automotrici della prima generazione. Torino, Elledi, 1983. .
 Automotrici ALn 880 ALn 990 e Rimorchi de S. Garzaro, A. Nascimbene - Edizioni Elledi - 1986.

Liens externes
 Livrées des matériels roulants FS
 Fiches techniques FS Aln 880 & Ln 880

ALn 880
Matériel roulant des chemins de fer grecs
Matériel roulant des chemins de fer italiens
Autorail Breda
Matériel roulant des FS
Breda costruzioni ferroviarie
E. Breda


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This car sculpture is influenced by the sculptor Alberto Giacometti and the thirties. It has a top chassis like a bridge. While driving in a glass cockpit like in an helicopter, you can see all the structural external parts of the car body as well as the environment.


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Sydney gunman was 'wanted in Iran'
Iran says it requested 14 years ago the extradition of Man Haron Monis - the gunman behind the Sydney siege - but Australia refused to hand him over.
The head of Iran's police, Gen Ismail Ahmadi Moghaddam, told reporters that Monis was wanted for fraud at the time.
He said Monis had fled to Australia via Malaysia in the late 1990s.
Monis and two hostages were shot dead on Tuesday morning, when commandos stormed the Sydney cafe where he had been holding captives for 16 hours.
Gen Moghaddam said Monis was known in Iran as "Manteqi".
"In 1996, he was the manager of a travel agency and committed fraud," the general told reporters. "He then fled to Malaysia and from there, to Australia under a fake name."
He added that "since we did not have an agreement on the extradition of criminals with Australia, the Australian police refused to extradite him".
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Australian PM Tony Abbott: "We do have to ask ourselves the question - could it have been prevented?"
Monis applied for political asylum to obtain refugee status in Australia, Gen Moghaddam said, describing the incident as "a play".
Meanwhile the Australian government has announced it is investigating why Monis was released on bail on separate charges.
He had a history of religiously inspired activism, but officials say there is as yet no evidence his actions were linked to international Islamist movements.
In 2009 he was convicted of sending offensive letters to the families of fallen Australian soldiers.
In 2013, he was charged with being an accessory to the murder of his ex-wife, and given bail.
He also faced more than 40 sexual and indecent assault charges.
Monis had "vehemently denied" the assault and accessory to murder charges, his former lawyer told the BBC.
How the 16-hour Sydney siege unfolded
Map and timeline of the Sydney siege
1. At 09:45 on Monday local time (22:45 GMT Sunday) police are called to the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Sydney following reports of an armed robbery. It soon emerges a gunman is holding a number of people hostage.
2. Between 16:00-17:00, three men, then two women, sprint to safety from the cafe's side door - a fire exit.
3. Just after 02:00 on Tuesday, a loud bang is heard from the cafe and special operations officers advance towards the side door.
4. More hostages escape, running to safety on Elizabeth Street.
5. Moments later, commandos storm the cafe via a number of entrances. The remaining hostages escape.
6. Police officially confirm the end of the siege at 02:45 local time. They later report the deaths of three people, including the gunman.

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Australia gets a new bank, Alex, for Christmas
Digital challenger bank Alex has been granted its full banking license by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA).
The approval authorised deposit-taking institution (ADI) comes 18 months after the fintech, founded in 2018 by CEO Simon Beitz, a former Suncorp exec, and Chief Financial Officer Craig Fenwick, was granted its Restricted ADI licence amid a torrid time for the neobank sector.
Alex has been operating as a rapid personal lender, processing tens of thousands of loan applications over the last two years. It's targeting around 3% of the prime consumer lending market with fast credit before scaling to offer a broader range of banking services.
The bank offers personal loans of up to $50,000 via brokers and white-labelled digital channels, with a 3 minute application and an answer in 60 seconds.
The lender keen to tackle the small business market, which has been fertile ground for fellow neobank Judo, and plans to launch new products, including digital overdrafts and term deposits
It currently offers an invite only savings account offering a 3.40% interest rate.
Beitz, Alex's CEO, said the ADI licence was a proud moment for the team.
"It represents the culmination of several years of hard work and enables Alex Bank to accept deposits and scale our business leveraging our investment in new generation technology that enables fast and efficient straight-through processing," he said
"We're excited to expand our suite of products including term deposits, adding to our award-winning personal loan and savings account."
Beitz said the bank has had a strong focus on developing its broker partnerships during 2022 and now has access to the majority of brokers in the market.
The bank has offices in Brisbane and Sydney and more than 2500 customer accounts.
"This is only the beginning for Alex Bank. During the past three financial years we have grown our revenue by a compounding annual growth rate of 717% and are grateful to have been recognised as one of Australia's fastest growing companies," Beitz said.
In September last year, Alex raised $20 million in a series C that valued the neobank at more than $120 million. That raise came from existing shareholders and new investors, including Washington H. Soul Pattinson, Regal Funds Management, Wunala Capital, and SG Hiscock & Company, topping up the $34 million already raised.
But amid the ongoing success of Alex, the neobank sector has proved to be an insurmountable challenge for some over the last two years
In December 2020, neobank Xinja shut up shop, and June this year, Volt closed down after failing to find fresh capital. Fellow digital bank 86 400 announced its sale to NAB in January 2021.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. – A Babe Scout who was beggared while affairs accolade led badge beeline to a 12-year-old doubtable — who wrote her name and abode on a cookie adjustment anatomy afore the theft.
The Babe Scout, 10-year-old Nicole Grant, told badge she was affairs accolade with a acquaintance Sunday back a babe ordered accolade from her, again snatched Nicole's zip-top bag, absolute $28 in cookie money, and fled on a bicycle.
"She's still a little befuddled up, but she's fine," said Chris Grant, the Babe Scout's father.
Savannah-Chatham County badge said they tracked bottomward the doubtable application the adjustment anatomy the babe had abounding out. The Babe Scout after articular her as the thief.
According to a badge report, the adolescent doubtable denied burglary the money back questioned by police. However, she was arrested and she faces a adolescent allegation of robbery, Savannah Badge Department agent Sgt. Mike Wilson said Tuesday.
The girl's mother beneath to animadversion back accomplished by buzz Tuesday.
Susan Reefer, administrator of armamentarium development for the bounded Babe Scout Council, said it's the aboriginal time a Babe Scout has been beggared while affairs accolade in Savannah — area Juliette Gordon Low founded the alignment in 1912.
According to Babe Scout policy, Nicole should accept had a ancestor or added developed with her. Grant said he didn't apperceive his babe had larboard home to accomplish sales, which she had been told not to do after supervision.


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Physics is the study of science that deals with matter, energy, motion, and force through time and space.
Physics in nanotechnology embodies segments such as quantum computing, laser technology, photonics as some examples.
Further Improvement of Qubit Lifetime for Quantum Computers
New Technique Removes Quasiparticles from Superconducting Quantum Circuits - An international team of scientists has succeeded in making further improvements to the lifetime of superconducting quantum circuits. An important prerequisite for the realization of high-performance quantum computers is that the stored data should remain intact for as long as possible. The researchers, including Jülich physicist Dr. Gianluigi Catelani, have developed and tested a technique that removes unpaired electrons from the circuits. These are known to shorten the qubit lifetime (to be published online by the journal Science today.
Fusible and Printable Elastomer Sensors for e-textiles
Integrating sensoric functions into textiles or elastomers is way more difficult than equipping machines because it requires movable or extensible sensors. The Center Smart Materials CeSMa of the Fraunhofer ISC with its experience in the field of adaptive elastomers has developed highly elastic sensors and actuators based on silicone. They provide a wide range of sensoric and actoric functions for smart electronic textiles (e-textiles) with a broad application potential in medical technology, in sports, in furniture, vehicles or in transport safety. CeSMa will be presenting its developments from May 14-17 at TechTextil 2019 in Frankfurt.
Future Work Lab makes Work 4.0 tangible
Innovation laboratory for work, people and technology opens at Fraunhofer Campus in Stuttgart
What is work becoming? In what directions is it developing? How can we best harness the potential of new technologies for our work? As digitalization transforms processes and services as well as factory floors, many new questions arise. The Future Work Lab, which was officially opened today, offers answers and innovative approaches to these issues.
Giant Magnetic Fields in the Universe
Astronomers from Bonn and Tautenburg in Thuringia (Germany) used the 100-m radio telescope at Effelsberg to observe several galaxy clusters. At the edges of these large accumulations of dark matter, stellar systems (galaxies), hot gas, and charged particles, they found magnetic fields that are exceptionally ordered over distances of many million light years. This makes them the most extended magnetic fields in the universe known so far.
The results will be published on March 22 in the journal "Astronomy & Astrophysics".
Glasbildung durch amorphe Ordnung
In einem soeben erschienenen Beitrag im führenden naturwissenschaftlichen Fachjournal "Science" lösen Forscher der Universitäten Augsburg und Paris einen lang anhaltenden Streit über die wahre Natur des Übergangs von der Flüssigkeit in das feste Glas und bestätigen die Theorie, wonach es sich um einen - wenngleich unkonventionellen - Phasenübergang handelt.
Goettingen Researchers Combine Light and X-ray Microscopy for Comprehensive Insights
Researchers at the University of Goettingen have used a novel microscopy method. In doing so they were able to show both the illuminated and the "dark side" of the cell. The results of the study were published in the journal Nature Communications. (pug) The team led by Prof. Dr. Tim Salditt and Prof. Dr. Sarah Köster from the Institute of X-Ray Physics "attached" small fluorescent markers to the molecules of interest, for example proteins or DNA. The controlled switching of the fluorescent dye in the so-called STED (Stimulated Emission Depletion) microscope then enables highest resolution down to a few billionth of a meter.
Going green with nanotechnology
Reducing the environmental impact of organic solar cell production, building more efficient energy storage: Würzburg-based research institutes have provided for progress in the Bavarian project association UMWELTnanoTECH. Below, we will present their outstanding results.
Nanotechnology offers many chances to benefit the environment and health. It can be applied to save raw materials and energy, develop enhanced solar cells and more efficient rechargeable batteries and replace harmful substances with eco-compatible solutions.
Good Vibrations Feel the Force
A group of researchers led by Andrea Cavalleri at the Max Planck Institute for Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) in Hamburg has demonstrated a new method enabling precise measurements of the interatomic forces that hold crystalline solids together. The paper Probing the Interatomic Potential of Solids by Strong-Field Nonlinear Phononics, published online in Nature, explains how a terahertz-frequency laser pulse can drive very large deformations of the crystal.
Goodbye, Silicon? On the Way to New Electronic Materials with Metal-organic Networks
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) in Mainz (Germany) together with scientists from Dresden, Leipzig, Sofia (Bulgaria) and Madrid (Spain) have now developed and characterized a novel, metal-organic material which displays electrical properties mimicking those of highly crystalline silicon. The material which can easily be fabricated at room temperature could serve as a replacement for expensive conventional inorganic materials used in optoelectronics.
Graphene aids optical study of dye molecules
By using graphene as substrate, dye molecules self-assemble and form monolayers of high regularity. This increases their optical properties significantly.
Graphene Enables Clock Rates in the Terahertz Range
Graphene is considered a promising candidate for the nanoelectronics of the future. In theory, it should allow clock rates up to a thousand times faster than today's silicon-based electronics. Scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P), have now shown for the first time that graphene can actually convert electronic signals with frequencies in the gigahertz range – which correspond to today's clock rates – extremely efficiently into signals with several times higher frequency. The researchers present their results in the scientific journal "Nature".
GSI Scientists Participate in Top 10 Discovery
Scientists from GSI are participants in one of the ten most important discoveries of 2016. A publication by a team of researchers led by the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) and including scientists and engineers from GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM), and the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) is among the most important breakthroughs in physics in 2016. The team's work is featured as one of the "2016 Top Ten Breakthroughs of the Year" announced recently in Physics World — the magazine of the British Institute of Physics.
Gum metals pave the way for new applications
Max Planck scientists discover peculiarities in crystal structure of titanium alloy
Metals which can be bent as gum pave the way for new industrial applications for example in the aerospace industry. These so-called gum metals exist but the mechanism behind this behaviour was still unsettled and thus difficult to be used for applications. Scientists from the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (MPIE) in Düsseldorf have observed a new phase transformation in a titanium alloy that could further our understanding of exactly this behaviour whereby the term "phase" refers to the crystal structure in which the atoms are arranged.
Hannover Messe 2019: BAM Conducts Research on 3D-printed Concrete Components
Hannover, 01/04/2019. The Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) will present their research on additive manufacturing methods for complex concrete components at the Hannover Messe 2019. These methods could be used to produce tailor-made components for sewage systems quickly and economically in the future. Prototypes of various 3D printed components will be on display for those attending the trade fair.
Hannover Messe: Improved Corrosion Protection with Flake-type Particles of Metal-phosphates
Research scientists at INM developed a special type of flake-type-shaped metal-phosphate particles: They show improved passivation ability and improved diffusion barrier against corrosive substances. Besides zinc phosphate also newly developed manganese phosphate flakes are available.
Hannover Messe: Low Haze Structures for Transparent Flexible Electrodes by Electrospinning Processes
Flexible, transparent, and conductive electrodes (FTCEs) are a key enabling technology for the new generation of flexible, printable and wearable electronics. The touchscreens and displays of the future will be curved and flexible and integrated into cars, phones, or medical technology. Tapping and wiping can only work on flexible devices, when flexible materials are used for touchscreens and electric circuits, but not brittle materials like indium tin oxide or silicon. For this purpose, INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials is working with the process of electrospinning, a technique that produces ultra-fine fibers that are up to 100 times thinner than a human hair.
Hannover Messe: Successful Small-scale Production of New Hybrid Inks
Research scientists at INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials have developed a sinter-free conductive ink based on gold and silver nanoparticles coated with conductive polymers. INM's hybrid inks enable inkjet printing of conductive structures without any thermal or UV treatments. The inks can be prepared in polar solvents such as water and alcohols, and many of their properties such as their density or viscosity can be customized. Testing samples will be available upon request.
Harder 3D-printed tools – Researchers from Dresden Introduce new Process for Hardmetal Industry
Extremely hard tools are required in forming technology, metal-cutting and process engineering. They are conventionally made by powder pressing. Although this achieves a high degree of hardness, it is often necessary to carry out a complex and therefore expensive post-processing. Additive manufacturing enables complex geometries, but has been limited in terms of hardness and component size so far. Researchers at the Fraunhofer IKTS in Dresden have now adapted the 3D printing process Fused Filament Fabrication for hardmetals. The development meets all requirements for the first time.
Heart examinations: Miniature particle accelerator saves on contrast agents
The most prevalent method for obtaining images of clogged coronary vessels is coronary angiography. For some patients, however, the contrast agents used in this process can cause health problems. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now demonstrated that the required quantity of these substances can be significantly reduced if monoenergetic X-rays from a miniature particle accelerator are used.
Soft tissues such as organs and blood vessels are nearly impossible to examine in X-ray images. To detect a narrowing or other changes in coronary blood vessels, patients are therefore usually injected with an iodinated contrast agent.
High Resolution Without Particle Accelerator
A first for physics – University of Jena physicists are first to achieve optical coherence tomography with XUV radiation at laboratory scale.
A visit to the optometrist often involves optical coherence tomography. This imaging process uses infrared radiation to penetrate the layers of the retina and examine it more closely in three dimensions, without having to touch the eye at all. This allows eye specialists to diagnose diseases such as glaucoma without any physical intervention.


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iHeartMedia's future in doubt following submission to SEC
By Poppy Reid
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America's biggest radio network, which launched locally through a partnership with ARN in 2013, may collapse before the year is out.
According to an 8K submission to the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commssion) on Thursday April 20, its debt has lead to "substantial doubt as to our ability to continue."
The filing, obtained by MBW which broke the story, includes the line:
"[…] management anticipates that our financial statements to be issued for the three months ended March 31, 2017 will include disclosure indicating there will be substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern for a period of 12 months following the date the first quarter 2017 financial statements are issued as a result of uncertainty around our ability to refinance or extend the maturity of our receivables based credit facility, to achieve our forecasted results, and to achieve sufficient cash interest savings from the pending Exchange Offers and Term Loan Offers."
According to MBW, iHeartMedia is carrying a debt of around US$20 billion. Much of this is care of its buy-out previous parent company Clear Channel Communications Inc in 2008.
The SEC filing notes iHeartMedia's consolidated revenue for the three months ending March 31 was US$1.33 billion, with a consolidated operating income of US$114.1 million. However, around US$350 million of its debt is due this year, and a further US$8.3 billion is due in 2019.
Further compounding the issue is an article by corporate restructuring reporter Jessica DiNapoli for Reuters. The article notes a group of iHeartMedia Inc's lenders have signed a cooperation agreement to oppose the company's push to restructure its debt.
MBW believes that should lenders force iHeartMedia to significantly change its loan swap offer it could result in the company filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this year.
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One-North Run: Why you shouldn't organise a race in November
There's a reason the Guns N Roses song is called November Rain, and not, say, October Rain or December Rain.
I remember it rained during the first Hello Kitty Run in 2014. What month was it held? November.
Yesterday morning, the One-North Run 10km race was cancelled because of the weather.
The flag-off was supposed to be at 6:30am. It didn't happen.
So instead, I joined the 5km race, which was delayed from 7:30am to 8am.
I signed up for this race because this is a part of Singapore I've never been before.
Not a particularly scenic route. It's all just office buildings, albeit with some interesting architecture. I doubt I would want to run here again.
Dig my yellow-and-black race ensemble.
The event area was at the new Mediacorp campus at Mediapolis. The only celebrity I saw and recognised was Felicia Chin.
Remind me not to join any more November races in the future.
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Buying white people's shoes on Black Friday: New Balance not down with TPP (Yeah, you know me)
Do white supremacists celebrate Black Friday?
I'm asking this because I was at Suntec City Mall two days ago, which happened to be Black Friday, and noticed that the New Balance store was having a Black Friday sale.
Wait a minute, I thought to myself.
Didn't I just read recently that New Balance has become the footwear of choice for white supremacy?
And it's not because Hitler wore New Balance. (Or did he?)
As with many unsettling things happening in the world right now, it started after Mr Donald Trump was elected US president.
Welcoming the outcome, the New Balance vice president of public affairs said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal:
"The Obama administration turned a deaf ear to us and frankly, with President-elect Trump, we feel things are going to move in the right direction."
This upset a number of anti-Trump New Balance shoe owners so much that they shared videos of themselves throwing their New Balance retro kicks into the rubbish or setting the shoes on fire in protest.
Meanwhile, I still can't bear to throw my old shoes away even though they're so worn out that they look like they have already been set on fire.
The New Balance guy has since clarified that the company doesn't support Mr Trump per se, but is against the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) which Mr Trump opposes — and Singapore die-die must have.
Wait, does this mean as a Singaporean, I should burn my New Balance shoes too? Nah, why bother? They look burnt anyway.
The reason New Balance opposes the TPP is that the US company manufactures parts of its shoes in the US and believes the TPP would doom American factories.
The shoemaker released this statement on Twitter: "Since 1906, we have carved our own path in being passionately committed to making things at our five factories in New England, even when nobody else did. New Balance and our thousands of employees around the world constantly strive to better our local communities."
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— New Balance (@newbalance) November 10, 2016
Praising New Balance, a US blogger called The Daily Stormer wrote:
"New Balance is making a gesture to support white people and to support US manufacturing. We need to support that.
"I see New Balances now becoming the official shoes of white people...
"This will be fantastic. We will be able to recognise one another by our sportswear."
Uh... can't white people already recognise one another just by, you know, being white?
Perhaps worried that something like this might turn off non-white people (which constitutes quite a bit of the world's population) from buying its shoes, New Balance released another statement on Twitter: "New Balance does not tolerate bigotry or hate in any form…
"As a 110-year-old company with five factories in the US and thousands of employees worldwide from all races, genders, cultures and sexual orientations, New Balance is a values-driven organisation and culture that believes in humanity, integrity, community and mutual respect for people around the world."
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This is probably why despite being the "official shoes of white people", New Balance didn't have a White Friday sale.
But why is it called Black Friday anyway?
It's not because it's the day after the PSLE results are released and parents' faces turn black.
You know how I know PSLE doesn't matter?
Because when you apply for probably the best job in the world, Carlsberg doesn't ask for your T-score.
You just need to be over 18, have zero experience and really, really like Carlsberg beer.
Black Friday is also not the day when retailers go from being "in the red" to being "in the black" even though this is a popular explanation.
According to History.com, the term "Black Friday" was first used in the 60s to describe the day after Thanksgiving (every last Thursday of November in the US) because of the chaos created by the hordes of shoppers.
Then "in the late 1980s… retailers found a way to reinvent Black Friday and turn it into something that reflected positively, rather than negatively, on them and their customers".
And voila, the "red to black" nonsense.
Even though Thanksgiving still hasn't quite caught on in Singapore yet (and why should it? Turkey just tastes like bad chicken), Black Friday is becoming like the year's third coming of the Great Singapore Sale two weeks after Singles' Day on Nov 11, the Orchard Road Business Association's resistance notwithstanding.
Which is why the New Balance store at Suntec is offering 20 per cent off storewide (including sale items) from Friday until today.
I may not be a white person, but I bought a pair of New Balance Zante V2 running shoes for $79 (down from $169) just to be ironic.
What colour are they? Black and white, of course.
- Published in The New Paper, 27 November 2016
Tags: shopping, The New Paper
No, MRT lines did not 'show best performance in 29-year history'
Last week, Oxford Dictionaries named its Word of the Year 2016 and it's "Chinese helicopter".
No, that's a lie because "Chinese helicopter" is two words.
Actually, it's not a lie. It's "post-truth".
And "post-truth" is Oxford's true Word of the Year.
But isn't "post-truth" also two words?
No, the hyphen joins the two words to make it a compound word, which is counted as one word.
But ironically, in a post-truth world which we live in now, "post-truth" feels like two words.
What does it mean anyway?
You want the meaning of "post-truth"? You can't handle the meaning of "post-truth"!
Oxford defines it as an adjective "relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief".
I told you that you couldn't handle it.
To cut all that verbiage, Oxford could've just used a picture of US President-elect Donald Trump.
"Post-truth" was chosen because "Oxford Dictionaries has seen a spike in frequency this year in the context of the EU (European Union) referendum in the United Kingdom and the presidential election in the United States".
But can "post-truth" apply to Singapore too?
Take, for example, this online Straits Times headline that appeared on Friday: "North-South, East-West MRT lines show best performance in 29-year history."
I don't know about you, but I take everything I read from The Straits Times as an objective fact.
However, in a post-truth world, this online headline went against my personal belief.
It's right up there with other dubious public transport-related headlines like "Bus fares will be affordable if raised" and "Rise in major breakdowns but MRT gets more reliable".
And I wasn't the only one who felt that way, judging by the reactions on social media like "You're kidding??!!!" and "Hahahahaahaa".
On The Straits Times' own Facebook page, the report was greeted with some incredulity. One person commented: "Joke of the day. I laughed till I almost hit the car in front!"
Another: "I smell breakdowns coming... they always have a way to jinx the MRT."
The latter comment was rather prescient as later that day, SMRT tweeted:
[EWL]: Due to a track fault, pls add 10 mins travel time from #Tanah Merah to #Bugis towards #Joo Koon. Train service is still available.
— SMRT Corporation (@SMRT_Singapore) November 18, 2016
Then 14 minutes later:
[EWL]UPDATE:Pls add 5 mins travel time from #TanahMerah towards #JooKoon,due to a track fault at #Lavender. Train svc is still available
Yes, it seems that every time SMRT blows its own horn, the MRT just blows.
In February last year, SMRT patted itself on the back for receiving the award for Delivering Value Through Risk Management in London.
Almost immediately after that, the train delays started with four incidents over five days, including a fire that shut down the entire Bukit Panjang LRT system.
Five months later at the SMRT annual general meeting, CEO Desmond Kuek bragged about winning that risk management award and another one for Best Public Sector Campaign given by the Singapore Institute of Public Relations.
Hours later, both the North-South Line and East-West Line were shut down during evening rush hour. The breakdown was so epic, songs were written about it.
A month later, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew quit.
So was SMRT tempting fate again last week? Is history repeating itself like another NKF CEO scandal?
As it turned out, the online Straits Times headline was wrong.
What the online report actually said was:
"The North-South and East-West MRT lines achieved 144,000 train-km before breakdown in the first 10 months of this year, the best recorded performance for the two lines in recent years."
"The North-South and East-West lines started operating 29 years ago."
Somehow, the headline writer conflated the facts and the result was "North-South, East-West MRT lines show best performance in 29-year history".
The headline on The Straits Times website has since been corrected to read: "North-South, East-West MRT lines show best performance for first 10 months of 2016."
Unfortunately, the error is preserved in the web page's URL itself: www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/north-south-east-west-mrt-lines-show-best-performance-in-29-year-history.
And I have the screengrab.
As they say, the Internet is forever. Unlike today's newspaper, which will be tomorrow's recyclable.
Speaking of which, in yesterday's print edition of The Straits Times, the headline for the same report went a totally different route: "Rail reliability target ambitious, says SMRT chief."
This illustrates how the projection of a report can change drastically from online to print. The online version is pretty much just the rough draft.
But erroneous online headline aside, SMRT should just stop trying to shape public opinion with stats about improved performance because no one is buying it.
And that's the post-truth and nothing but the post-truth.
Meanwhile, to avoid getting stuck in a train breakdown in the near future, I recommend you take a Chinese helicopter instead.
But remember to add a hyphen.
As Spandau Ballet sang, I know this much is post-true.
Tags: geek, language, newspapers, The New Paper, transport
Trumpocalypse now? I asked a friend if she voted for him & she said 'Yup'
Hello? Halloooo!
Are you there? Anyone still alive?
Has the world ended yet?
For supporters of US president wannabe Hillary Clinton, it might as well have.
We survived exploding Samsung phones and washing machines for this?
As US talk show host Stephen Colbert said on Tuesday night when America elected its first commander-in-chief to have ever sold steak: "It feels like we're trying to avoid the apocalypse, and half of the country is voting for the asteroid."
That asteroid is of course Mr Donald J Trump, the next president of the not so United States.
Where was Bruce Willis to blow up the crotch-grabbing space rock threatening to destroy the Earth when you needed him?
Instead of the Armageddon hero, who did Mrs Clinton get to endorse her? Beyonce? Katy Perry? Lady Gaga?
All of them were no match for Scott Baio.
But didn't the polls say the former First Lady would win the election?
As it turned out, it was a perfect illusion.
Thanks, Gaga.
I, too, was stunned by the outcome like I was groped by a 70-year-old real estate tycoon.
Former Nominated Member of Parliament Janice Koh pretty much described how I felt as the results came in when she tweeted:
"It's like watching a train wreck about to happen in slow motion, and you can't do nothin' about it."
Maybe we can blame the train wreck on a "rogue train", like the one blamed last week for the disruptions plaguing the MRT Circle Line.
Hey, that could be the next Star Wars movie — Rogue Train One: An SMRT Story.
I'm so traumatised by a Trump presidency being forced onto the world that I feel like writing to Teenage magazine's Dear Kelly for advice on how to cope.
Yes, maybe I'm naive, but I didn't ask for it — even though I sort of predicted the Republican's victory six months ago.
In May, I wrote in this column about Mr Trump:
"The former star of The Apprentice TV show is about as likely to beat Mrs Hillary Clinton as a football team that barely escaped relegation last season is to win the English Premier League."
Thanks, Leicester City.
To try and make sense of it all, I reached out to an American friend whom I suspected of being a Trump supporter, based on a Facebook post or two.
She lives in a rural part of Wisconsin, a state which has consistently voted for the Democratic presidential candidate since 1984 — until now.
She's Caucasian, 41, and is studying to be a nurse while working part-time. Married with three grown children including a daughter with Down Syndrome, she also volunteers with the Special Olympics.
On Thursday, I messaged her on Facebook: "Did you vote for Trump?"
She confirmed my suspicion with a quick "Yup".
I asked: "What do you like about him?"
She replied:
"I like the fact that he's not a career politician and I think that we need someone in who is going to work for the country.
"I like the fact that he wants to repeal Obamacare because the American people who are forced to have it can't afford the premium much less the deductible."
I then tried to ask as diplomatically as possible: "So all the negative character stuff wasn't a factor?"
"Was I happy about that? No. But everyone at some point has said stuff that he did, women included.
"Is everyone perfect? Hell no!
"I like the fact that he wants to go in and try to get rid of ISIS. Our military is in places that we should never have been in the first place."
Answering a question I didn't ask, she added: "You sure as heck know I'm far from racist, a bigot, uneducated, etc."
Rather undiplomatically, I countered: "Well, yeah, but Trump is."
She replied: "That's what the media portrays. He's done a lot of good things that people don't look at."
She went on to criticise president Barack Obama and Mrs Clinton, but claimed she is neither a Republican nor a Democrat: "I think too many people have blinders on because they are only Democratic or Republican and don't look at the broad picture of it all."
But she acknowledged:
"Trump is by no means someone who has the best character. But if he can implement changes and make things better, then great."
So for my friend and the 60 million Americans who voted for the man behind Trump University, it certainly wasn't the end of the world even as Lady Gaga and thousands of anti-Trump demonstrators protested around the country after the election.
I, for one, am glad that the world didn't literally end because then I would have missed out on all the great Singles Day sales on Friday.
I read that ex-California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is replacing the Donald on Celebrity Apprentice.
Could The Terminator star one day become the leader of the free world too?
I have seen T2: Judgment Day.
Never mind Trumpocalypse.
Will you be ready for Arniegeddon?
Tags: abroad, elections, The New Paper, Trump
Dante's Circle (Line) of Hell: No Internet access scarier than any killer clown
I called it.
No, I did not predict that the Chicago Cubs would win the World Series last week — although it did take some foresight for me not to throw away my dusty 28-year-old Cubs cap which my head outgrew.
I am not the movie Back To The Future Part II.
Unlike a US baseball team claiming its first championship in 108 years, what I anticipated was closer to home and has occurred before more recently than in 1908.
In September, I wrote in this column about a mysterious signal interference that plagued the MRT Circle Line, causing delays for five straight days.
Before the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and SMRT could find the cause of the problem, the problem disappeared as suddenly as it appeared.
"That was good for commuters, but not so good for LTA and SMRT because they couldn't solve the problem, which, in turn, may turn out to not be good for commuters after all."
Flash forward to last Wednesday.
"The mysterious signal interference which interrupted service on the Circle Line MRT two months ago is back," reported The Straits Times.
Thousands of commuters were affected during the morning rush hour. SMRT said that preliminary findings revealed a communications glitch similar to the one that disrupted service earlier.
What did I tell ya? Did I call it or what?
This time, it got even worse for commuters when LTA announced on Friday: "Due to continued ongoing tests, mobile services along the Circle Line will be temporarily suspended today."
No mobile services means no phone calls, no texting, no sexting, no Internet and no Pokemon Go.
So not only are you going to be late for your appointment due to the train delay, you can't inform anyone that you're going to be late.
You can't even kill time waiting for the train to move again by going to the SMRT Facebook page to complain about the lack of mobile services because of the lack of mobile services.
The Circle Line has pretty much become one of Dante's Circles of Hell.
Please excuse my atas literary reference. I just saw the Tom Hanks movie, Inferno.
LTA has apologised for "the inconvenience to passengers", which unfortunately, it has become very practised at.
But the Government agency wasn't the only organisation to appear contrite last week.
Supermarket chain Cold Storage also had to say sorry after someone tweeted a photo of a Cold Storage sign that said "Deepavali promotion: Beef less 38%" and commented sarcastically: "Cultural understanding eh?"
Cold Storage's #deepavali promotion was on beef!!! Cultural understanding eh? Pic courtesy of my friend Daphne #WTF #singapore pic.twitter.com/NHsgKraQUp
— Adam (@AdamFlinter) October 31, 2016
I didn't see that one coming.
Why the beef with Cold Storage's beef promotion?
The Straits Times helpfully explained: "Hindus generally abstain from eating beef as they regard the cow as sacred."
Plus, I would add, Deepavali is a Hindu festival.
Cold Storage was quick to throw under the bus (and not the train because it was delayed) a "junior staff member" who put up the sign and "overlooked the cultural sensitivity".
"We have since explained and coached him on the cultural sensitivity and he assured us that he had no intention to disrespect the Hindus.
"We also took this opportunity immediately to coach all our team members to be mindful of cultural sensitivities in Singapore."
One hopes this mean there won't be a pork promotion in the supermarket next Hari Raya.
At least no one was in blackface.
While promoting beef during Deepavali may not be the best idea, surely there isn't a better time than Halloween week to dress up as a scary clown and startle random strangers in public?
Apparently, the police didn't think so. Which led to probably the most unexpected apology of the week.
Mr Joel Wong, 19, said sorry after he and his friends were hauled up for questioning after posting videos of their killer clown prank.
Hey, if you really want to frighten Singaporeans, just tell them they can't access the Internet.
The horror, the horror.
While mobile services returned yesterday on the Circle Line, LTA chief executive officer Chew Men Leong is leaving. Friday will be the last day for the former Chief of Navy.
I'm sure if the MRT were built on water, Mr Chew would have solved all the problems.
So maybe his replacement, Mr Ngien Hoon Ping, a former army general, will have better luck.
Wait, didn't SMRT chief executive officer Desmond Kuek also used to be an army general?
Alamak.
Does this mean the MRT will be breaking down for another 108 years?
Don't ask me.
What am I? A fortune teller?
- Published in The New Paper, 6 November 2016
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GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 10: Feleipe Franks #13 of the Florida Gators attempts to run past Sherrod Greene #44 of the South Carolina Gamecocks during the game at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on November 10, 2018 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
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South Carolina Football: Gamecocks Blow 17 Lead, Lose to Florida
by Kyle Zartman 1 year ago Follow @redheadwonder6
In what was a stunning turn of events, South Carolina football lost to the Florida Gators, blowing a 17 point third quarter lead.
This one stung. It hurt, it hurt bad. The Gamecocks surrendered 21 points in the last 16 minutes of game play to lose to the Florida Gators 35-31. What looked like a for sure win for South Carolina football turned into utter heartbreak.
For the second game in a row, the South Carolina offense started the game on fire. The Gamecocks scored two touchdowns on their first two possessions of the ball game.
Once again, Jake Bentley was absolutely fantastic in the early stages of Saturday's game against the Gators. Bentley capped both of the Gamecocks' first quarter scoring drives with touchdown passes.
The Gamecocks took a 21-14 lead into the half. The Gamecocks looked like they may run away with the game as they put up 10 points in the third quarter taking a 31-14 lead. However, the game suddenly turned.
The Gators were able to cut the lead to 10 late in the third quarter following a 10 play, 75 yard drive. That is where the game turned.
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The fourth quarter saw the South Carolina offense stall and a gassed Gamecocks' defense continually get run over. Florida scored touchdowns on two drives in the fourth quarter, with the winning score coming on a Feleipe Franks one yard run on 4th and goal with 4:09 left in the game.
Jake Bentley threw an interception on the ensuing drive, which effectively ended the game. For as promising as the game started, it turned on a dime.
In what has become a bad trend, the South Carolina defense gave up over 350 rushing yards. It is hard to win in the SEC giving up that many yards on the ground. Frankly, it is hard to win any football game giving up that many rushing yards.
This one will sting for a while. It is not every day you have a chance to beat a top 15 team on the road. When those opportunities come, you have to take advantage of it. The Gamecocks couldn't and ended their chance of having a winning SEC record this season.
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Alberto René Methol Ferré (Montevideo, 31. ožujka 1929. – Montevideo, 15. studenog 2009.) bio je urugvajski mislilac, filozof, pisac, teolog, pravnik, novinar, povjesničar, učitelj i političar. Smatra se jednim od najvećih i najvažnijih južnoameričkih mislilaca i filozofa 20. stoljeća.

Životopis
Alberto Methol Ferré rođen je u Montevideu 1929. godine. Nakon završene gimnazije studirao je na Pravnom i Filozofskom fakultuetu Republičkog sveučilišta u Montevideu.

Isprva je radio kao naučavatelj povijesti Latinske Amerike i latinoameričke kulture. Bio je profesor opće povijesti i teorijske povijesti na Republičkom sveučilištu i na Likovnoj školi u Artigasu. Osnovao je i uređivao časopis Nexo (1955. – 1958., 1983. – 1989.), a pisao je i za tjednik Vispera između 1967. i 1975.

Bio je vrlo utjecajan političar u urugvajskim političkim krugovima. Surađivao je s vođom Narodne stranke Luisom Albertom de Herrerom i s urugvajskim predsjednikom Benitom Nardoneom na oblikovanju poljoprivrednog zakona. Ljevičarski političar Enrique Erro često ga je pitao za savjete prilikom iznošenja svojih stavova i političkih govora. Iako je bio član Narodne stranke, surađivao je sa svim strankama pa tako i sa Širokim frontom.

Poznat je kao snažni podupiratelj argentinskog predjsednika Juana Peróna te se smatrao i argentinskim i urugvajskim povjesničarem, jer obje države izlaze na La Platu, ušće dviju rijeka u kojem se smjstio njegov rodni grad (nazivao se i "laplatanskim" povjesničarem).

Između 1975. i 1992. bio je stalni član Urugvajske biskupske konferencije. U svojim teološkim raspravama istraživao je crkvenu povijest na području Kolumbije, te je jedno vrijeme (1977. – 1982.) radio u kolumbijskom gradu Medelinu.

Iako mu je otac bio agnostik, s 19 godina preobratio se na katoličanstvo. Veliki trag u njegovoj mladosti ostavila je Generacija '98.

Država Argentina odlikovala ga je Svibanjskim odlikovanjem (Svibanjskim redom) za rad na području argentinske povijesti.

2007. godine izdao je knjigu intervjua i razgovora s tadašnjim nadbiskupom Buenos Aiersa, kasnije papom Franjom. Papa je više puta pohvalio zagovor promjena u Rimskoj kuriji, a složio se i da je "liberalni ateizam", o kojem pisao i promišljao Methol, najveća opasnost tradicionalnim obiteljskim vrijednostima.

Umro je 2009. godine u rodnom Montevideu.

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Last week, the Brown administration released the widely disputed environmental documents that attempt to legitimize the controversial and costly Bay Delta Conservation Plan.
Farmers, homeowners, economists, water and ecological experts have been protesting for months about this ridiculously expensive project to dredge massive twin tunnels beneath the Delta to divert water to the south. However, their objections have fallen on deaf ears, because the 34,000-page document still appears to promote tunnels as the only solution to California's complex water problems.
County officials will be reviewing the environmental documents in detail over the coming weeks. We doubt, however, that the report will seriously address the concerns of the Delta. Throughout the seven-year BDCP planning process, Delta interests were never genuinely asked to provide input. As a critical stakeholder in this historic process, and despite numerous attempts to help craft a comprehensive statewide water plan, the priorities and concerns of our region continue to be ignored. BDCP proponents only want those in support of the project to have a say. I say BDCP proponents have a clear case of "tunnel vision."
The biggest losers in this sneaky water grab are California taxpayers who will be required to fund the BDCP but will have no say in the outcome of any tunnel project. That's because the law was written in a way that the BDCP won't be put up for a public vote. This 34,000-page report is the first time the public will have any real say in the process, and they only have 120 days to provide feedback.
How many people will actually read through thousands of pages of technical jargon and nonsense in order to figure out how the project will affect their communities in order to provide thoughtful public comment? Truth be told, this public comment period is really just a charade. Based on the experience of the Delta, it's unlikely that proponents will take into consideration any input from people who don't agree with them.
As Californians attempt to evaluate the environmental documents, they should be asking themselves two critical questions: Can we, as a state, afford this multibillion-dollar, tax- and ratepayer funded project that will clearly not produce a single drop of new water? Will the project actually restore the Delta's fragile ecosystem? Ultimately, the BDCP will fail in meeting the equal goals of improving both the state's water supply and the Delta ecosystem.
The environmental report exposes the administration's refusal to admit that a freshwater estuary can't be improved by having less fresh water run through it. California already exports more water from the system than is sustainable, and something's got to give. The fish in the Delta - the same fish protected under the Endangered Species Act - need water. So do Delta farmers and local economies. We grow 200 crop varieties in the Delta. If more water is diverted from the north Delta, it will never get to the south Delta or central Delta.
How can you sustain agriculture or restore fish species with less water and poorer water quality? It makes no sense.
It's December, with little rain to speak of in 2013. Precipitation for 2014 isn't expected to be much better. Our dams are in jeopardy of becoming dead pools, meaning they will be at such low levels they cannot pump water out for consumer use.
As communities throughout California struggle to find reliable water supplies, sustainability must be made a priority to ensure California's prosperity. Rather than reallocating water shortages, we should examine ways to sustainably create new water both locally and regionally. A sound water strategy for future generations must include conservation, groundwater recharge, recycling and reuse, desalination and an investment in a variety of water storage systems throughout California. The BDCP environmental documents fall short of providing a comprehensive statewide water solution. We need to move away from this inadequate plan by the administration and Southern California power brokers and get to real solutions for all Californians.
San Joaquin County Supervisor Larry Ruhstaller is a member of the Delta Counties Coalition composed of the five Delta Counties of San Joaquin, Sacramento, Contra Costa, Solano and Yolo and is chairman of the Delta Protection Commission and a member of the Delta Stewardship Council.


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Greater Good
Hooray for the Underdog
Interview by Jennifer Acosta Scott
Sometimes, when you just can�t find the right words, it�s best to let a dog say it for you. That�s actually the concept for Hooray for the Underdog, a pet-centric line of stationery, greeting cards and gifts that was established several years ago by two Dallas photographers. One look at the cards, and it�s easy to see why they�re a notch above your typical �cute pet� card. Photos, feature subjects bathed in light, using elegant color schemes and clever concepts, while the messages convey subtle statements, often with a wry sense of humor.
Take their �George & Gracie� holiday greeting card, for example�its black and white photo features two Jack Russell terriers in felt hats, being cuddled by Santa�s white-gloved hand. The front simply reads �comfort & joy.�
Turn the card over, though, and you�ll discover the true meaning behind Hooray for the Underdog. The back features the terriers� names, along with a quick rundown of their background. �Two more Jack Russell terriers that were saved from certain demise.� Like so many of the card line�s other featured subjects, George and Gracie were rescue animals when their photographs were taken�dogs without a family, unexpectedly catapulted to greeting-card fame on their way to a forever home.
And how is it that two homeless dogs found their way into a photography studio and, eventually, into a national line of greeting cards? The story begins in 1999, when the husband-and-wife photography team of Janet Healey and Joe Grisham (known collectively as HealeyGrisham) took professional pictures of animals from a local rescue group at their downtown Dallas studio. The groups then posted the pictures on their websites to increase the chances of the animals being adopted. �We know the best way for animals to get a home is a beautiful photograph,� says Lori McPherson, who serves as spokesperson for Hooray for the Underdog. �They have a nice image to put on Petfinder and Facebook. It�s just a way to give back and help these animals find a home.�
Eventually, the photo shoots morphed into First Thursday, a monthly event where DFW area animal rescue groups bring their adoptable animals into the Healey Grisham studio for photos. Anywhere from 15 to 24 animals are photographed, and some are selected to appear on their greeting cards. When that happens, Healey and Grisham make a donation to the rescue organization in question as a �thank you.� Other times, pet owners contact the company offering their pet as a possible model.
�It�s pretty open,� McPherson says. �People sometimes email us on Facebook and ask if they can have their animals photographed.� (In fact, that�s exactly how McPherson came to work for the card company. An active volunteer with a rescue organization, she sent a note to Healey and Grisham praising their work. They photographed her Shih-Tzu mix, Presley, and this summer, McPherson came on board as their �communications guru.�)
Sometimes, McPherson says, potential pet owners will call asking how to adopt a dog featured on a card, but due to production time, the animal has usually been homed long before the card comes out. �A lot of times, they already have moms,� McPherson says. �For example, we found a dog we love that we wanted to do a promo with. She was homeless at the time. By the time we photographed her for the promo, she already had a home. The images of the animals we photograph go up immediately on the rescues� websites the next week, so they�re adopted quickly.�
Hooray for the Underdog began in 2006, and in 2009, it went big�it became part of Sunrise Greetings, a division of Hallmark Cards, Inc. However, the aim of the card line is animal welfare and hasn�t changed. Healey and Grisham are active in the DFW animal rescue community, and their First Thursday events have benefited many rescue organizations, including the National Brussels Griffon Rescue, Metroplex Mutts and Kritters Looking For Homes. In 2008, they also spearheaded the SPCA of Texas� �Find Your Best Friend� campaign, which involved placing banners on DART buses urging them to adopt from the SPCA. The project was underwritten entirely by private donations. In the DFW area, Hooray for the Underdog cards can be found at Hobby Lobby and Barnes & Noble. They�re also available at www.hoorayfortheunderdog.com. On this website customers can also purchase additional products, including journals, notepads, collars and handmade pewter pet tags. In the future, Healey and Grisham plan to expand their line of pet-related products to include more offerings. �We want to be a one-stop shop if you�re a dog lover,� McPherson says.
The couple has also collaborated with Dallas author Gayle Pruitt to create photographs for The Dog-Gone Good Cookbook: 100 Easy, Healthy Recipes for Dogs and Humans. Featuring meals edible by both dogs and their owners, the cookbook will be published by St. Martin�s Griffin in February. Healey and Grisham�s multifaceted commitment to animals is part of what fuels McPherson�s commitment to Hooray for the Underdog as well. �I have a true love for this line and the work they�re doing,� McPherson says.
Animal Welfare Statistics
5 to 7 million companion animals enter animal shelters every year, and 3 to 4 million of them are euthanized.
25 percent of dogs who enter animal shelters are purebred.
Only 10 percent of the animals received by local shelters have been spayed or neutered.
There are approximately 70 million stray cats in the United States.
The average cost of basic food, supplies, medical care and training for a dog or cat is $600 to $900 annually.
DFW Animal Rescue Groups | Want to help animals in the Metroplex? Listed here are just a few of the groups looking for volunteers, donations, and adopters:
City Pet Rescue: www.citypetrescue.com
Animal Rescue Klub: www.animalrescueklub.org
Kool Kats and Kanines:www.petfinder.com/shelters/koolkatskanines.html
Little Orphan Angels: www.littleorphanangels.org
Metroplex Mutts: www.metroplexmutts.org
Kritters Looking for Homes: www.kritterslookingforhomes.org
Facts From The Founders | �We�re Janet & Joe. We�ve been making pictures together since 1992. I (Janet) was working as a stylist and Joe as a photographer when we decided we wanted to do something for our community. Our �great� idea was to use our talents in advertising to make a difference in the way people looked at throw away dogs. I got on the phone and called all the local animal shelters and rescue organizations to see if we could help find homes for their dogs by taking photos of them. Just about everybody thought I was trying to sell them something. But one small group listened to our idea. They showed up at the studio that week with 11 Jack Russell Terriers (one of the most highly abandoned breeds in this country) in crates, on leash, off leash and with some being carried like babies. They completely took over the place. Not one dog stayed on set or cooperated in any way. But by the end of the day we were hooked. Exhausted, elated and in love with every one of them, this was the start of our rooting for the underdog, our greeting card line, and our pro bono work that is still going strong today. In fact, we have reserved the first Thursday of every month to shoot any and all �dogs needing homes� to be posted on various rescue organization�s websites, Petfinder.com and Facebook. Most every day you can find us working in our 100-year old, red-brick building in downtown Dallas, with our two dogs, a Jack Russell named Bibi (she�s around 16 and came from that very first rescue group we helped) and Murphy, a terrier mix, who likes to get everybody out of bed really early in the morning. If you�re ever in the neighborhood, we would love for you to stop by. All good dogs are welcome!�