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What are Accounts Receivable?
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Accounts Receivable are funds owed to a company by customers who purchased goods or services on credit.
🤔 Understanding Accounts Receivable
Accounts Receivable (A/R) is kind of like a pile of IOUs stacking up from credit customers. Companies can sell more products or services if they offer them on credit instead of forcing the customer to pay upfront in cash. Customers get the goods now, get an invoice from the company, and pay later. Good news for the company — Even though they don't have the cash yet, they can add this transaction to their balance sheet as an asset, just like they add cash. These accounts receivable are assets because companies believe they can turn them into cash soon. A company's accounts receivable can help give investors a better sense of the company's financial health.
Apple's iPhone helped power its revenues over the last decade. In step with its revenue, Apple's A/R also increased from $2.4B on September 27th, 2019, to $14.1B as of June 29th, 2019. This shows us that many iPhones sales were most likely credit purchases. (Source: DiscoverCI)
An IOU is cash in your pocket tomorrow...
And that's how companies consider accounts receivable (A/R) – It's like a collection of IOUs from customers. Companies list them as assets in their financial statements because they're expecting the cash soon. But cash is king – Companies would rather have the cash in their pockets now than cash that comes later from accounts receivable. A/R may not be as desirable as cash because of the order of liquidity, aka the amount of time it takes to turn an asset or security into cash.
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What's the importance of accounts receivable?
How are accounts receivable calculated?
What is the difference between a direct write-off and a bad debt allowance?
What's the difference between accounts receivable and accounts payable?
What's an accounts receivable turnover ratio?
What's an accounts receivable-to-sales ratio?
Investors study accounts receivable in a company's financial statement to find out more about a company's total assets.
Companies that offer credit to their customers can reach a wider customer base, which could help them be more competitive in their marketplace. Accounts receivable is the way that a company tracks the amount of money its customers owe them for products and services it sold on credit.
A company keeps track of unpaid invoices on an "Accounts Receivable Aging Report," or schedule of accounts receivable. It shows how many customers have paid for the product or service, and how many customers' outstanding invoices are late by periods of 30 days, 60 days, or 90 plus days.
Investors can check accounts receivable aging reports to get a feel for a company's financial strength and liquidity. For example, a company may appear to have plenty of current assets (aka items that it can turn into cash in less than a year). But if its aging report shows that a lot of those assets are old unpaid accounts receivable, that is a sign that a company may be struggling in some areas:
It may be taking on too much credit risk
It may not be screening its credit customers enough
It may not have strong credit and collection policies
Its industry may be declining
There could be issues with its products or services
Accounts receivable play a key role in the accounting department of a company. Companies calculate accounts receivable as an increase in a company's revenue. A company's revenue is what it earns by selling products and services even if cash isn't received at the time of the sale or service. A company lists a credit transaction as an account receivable instead of a cash asset on its balance sheet.
Companies list accounts receivable as a current asset because they think they can collect it over the short-term. When customers pay their bill, the company subtracts it from accounts receivable, and then adds it to cash. The amount of revenue stays the same.
Of course, not all debts are good debts. Companies have two ways of accounting for customers who don't pay. If a company is certain that a customer won't pay, they can write-off the amount owed as a bad debt (direct write-off). But it must do this within the accounting period that the sale happened, according to the rules of accrual accounting.
If a company isn't sure whether customers who owe money will pay in the future, it has to account for this somehow on its financial statements. So, it creates a negative account called a bad debt allowance that estimates what might not be collectible in its accounts receivable. The company also creates a bad expense account of the same amount to offset its revenues. This helps it stay honest about its true profitability.
If a customer doesn't pay, a company has to either perform a direct write-off or create a bad debt allowance. It can't carry an unpaid account receivable over to the next accounting period and continue to record the revenue in the previous accounting period.
Why? In an accrual accounting system, a company has to match the bad debt expense with the revenue it helped generate in the same accounting period. If a company doesn't do this, it risks lying to its investors about its equity in three ways:
Overstating assets for the previous year
Understating expenses for the previous year
Overstating expenses for the current year
If a company is certain that it won't collect on a debt, it can write the debt off. To do this, it subtracts a customer's account from accounts receivable and adjusts the revenue by including the bad debt as an expense. Companies have different criteria for deciding when they should write-off bad debt.
But what if a company thinks some customers might pay later, though it's not sure which ones? It wants to try and be as honest as possible about the profitability of sales on its balance sheets and income statements.
First, the company has to estimate the percentage of its accounts receivable that it believes customers won't pay in the future.
Then it creates a negative account that sort of acts like a deduction from the accounts receivable assets. This is a type of "contra asset account" (against asset). Accounting calls this an Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (ADFA) or "allowance account."
Finally, the company has to create a bad debt expense account in the amount of its estimate of the unpaid debt to show a potential change in its total revenue.
For a visual of what this looks like in action, let's check out an imaginary company, Bodacious Robots.
Bodacious Robotics has an accounts receivable balance of $100K and thinks that about 2% of its customers won't pay for their bots. It creates an allowance for doubtful accounts of $2K (2% of $100K) and a bad debt expense of $2K.
The Bodacious Robotics' income statement for the end of that accounting period will show a net accounts receivable balance of $98K ($100K - $2K). It will also show a bad debt expense of -$2K, which reflects the potential change in its revenue.
Investors can study the change in a company's bad debt allowance account over time. If a company's bad debt allowance has increased a lot over time, it may mean that a company doesn't have strong credit and collection policies. But if a company's bad debt allowance has decreased a lot, it may mean that it has had to write off a large part of its debt. This could show a problem with its financial condition.
People can owe companies money, but businesses can owe debts to others, too.
Companies can extend credit to both customers and businesses for the sale of products and services. When Company A sells something to Company B on credit, Company A records its sale as an account receivable asset. But Company B records the amount it owes to Company A as an account payable liability. Current liabilities are a company's short-term credit obligations. They are usually amounts owed by a company that has an ongoing relationship with its suppliers.
Let's imagine that Tom's Pizza Temple orders its pizza dough from Bill's Dough & Mo' (both made up companies). It's much easier for Tom to be able to pay for the dough a few times a year than to have to pay up every time he needs to make a bunch of pizzas. Bill records the sale of the pizza dough in his accounts receivable, and Tom records what he owes for the pizza dough in his accounts payable. Bill sends an invoice to Tom, and Tom pays it so people can keep eating pizza, and his business can keep running.
The Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio (ART) measures how fast and how often a company collects cash owed by its customers. You can calculate the accounts receivable turnover ratio in three steps.
Add the accounts receivable amount at the beginning of the year to the amount of the accounts receivable at the end of the year.
Divide the total by two to get the average accounts receivable.
Divide the total net credit sales (total credit sales minus any returns or refunds) by the average accounts receivable.
Let's figure out the accounts receivable turnover ratio of the imaginary company Tiger Lilly Tea for 2018:
January 1st accounts receivable $90K + December 31st accounts receivable $100K = $190K.
$190K/2 = $95K average accounts receivable.
Total net credit sales $700K/$95K = 7.4.
Tiger Lilly Tea collected its accounts receivable average 7.4 times in 2018, or approximately every 49 days (365 * $95K/$700K). When shown in days, it's called Days of Sales Outstanding (DSO), or the "average collection period."
Investors can track a company's accounts receivable turnover ratios to look for trends.
If there is a high turnover ratio, a company may be good at turning its outstanding accounts into cash.
If there is a low turnover ratio, a company may need better credit policies or debt collection processes.
If the turnover ratio is too high, a company might not offer customers enough credit options.
An accounts receivable-to-sales ratio (A/R to sales ratio) is the percentage of a company's sales that are credit transactions. To figure the A/R to sales ratio:
Yearly total accounts receivable/total sales (cash and credit) = A/R to sales ratio
For example, suppose Parcelplow Farms — an imaginary company — had total accounts receivable of $5K in 2018 and total sales of $25K for the same year. You can figure its A/R to sales ratio by dividing $5K by $25K, which would give you 20%. So, Parcelplow has 20% credit sales to 80% cash sales in 2018.
Accounts receivable-to-sales ratios can give investors insight into a company's cash flow. For example, a company with an A/R to sales ratio that is too high may run out of the cash it needs for day-to-day operations during slow sales periods.
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The Use of Renaming in Composing General Programs
Most modern computing systems consist of large numbers of software components that interact with each other. Correspondingly, the capability of re-using and composing existing software components is of primary importance in this scenario. In this paper we analyse the role of renaming as a key ingredient of component-based programming. More precisely, a meta-level renaming operation is introduced in the context of a logic-based program composition setting which features a number of other composition operations over general logic programs, that is, logic programs possibly containing negative premises. Several examples are presented to illustrate the increased knowledge representation capabilities of logic programming for non-monotonic reasoning. The semantics of programs and program compositions is defined in terms of three-valued logic by extending the three-valued semantics for logic programs proposed by Fitting [10]. A computational interpretation of program compositions is formalised by means of an equivalence preserving transformation of arbitrary program compositions into standard general programs.
Titolo: The Use of Renaming in Composing General Programs
BROGI, ANTONIO
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TURINI, FRANCO
Abstract: Most modern computing systems consist of large numbers of software components that interact with each other. Correspondingly, the capability of re-using and composing existing software components is of primary importance in this scenario. In this paper we analyse the role of renaming as a key ingredient of component-based programming. More precisely, a meta-level renaming operation is introduced in the context of a logic-based program composition setting which features a number of other composition operations over general logic programs, that is, logic programs possibly containing negative premises. Several examples are presented to illustrate the increased knowledge representation capabilities of logic programming for non-monotonic reasoning. The semantics of programs and program compositions is defined in terms of three-valued logic by extending the three-valued semantics for logic programs proposed by Fitting [10]. A computational interpretation of program compositions is formalised by means of an equivalence preserving transformation of arbitrary program compositions into standard general programs.

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Choosing the Best Sacramento Hospital for Your Needs
I'm Ed Smith, a Sacramento Personal Injury Lawyer. When my office meets with new clients, they often tell us about the quality of care they're receiving from local hospitals, doctors, and other healthcare providers. They also frequently voice concerns about where they must go next to obtain further surgical or rehabilitative care after their doctors tell them that their initial hospital may not be the best one suited for their needs. In some cases, clients simply want to obtain care closer to their homes.
To provide my clients and others with more information about the highest ranked hospitals in the Sacramento area, I've put together the following summaries. I chose these specific hospitals because they've recently been ranked the highest by U. S. News & World Reports. You should be able to obtain treatment for every major medical need at any of them.
Hospital Ranked # 1 in Sacramento Area: UC Davis Medical Center
The University of California, Davis Medical Center in Sacramento garnered the top ranking. U. S. News & World Report states that the UC Davis Medical Center is nationally ranked in 11 adult specialties. According to the hospital's website, those specialties include: cancer and oncology; cardiology and heart surgery; ear, nose and throat; endocrinology and diabetes; gynecology; geriatrics; neurology and neurosurgery; nephrology; pulmonology; orthopedics; and urology.
This medical center was also highly ranked in five pediatric specialties: nephrology; neonatology; endocrinology and diabetes -- and along with its partner Shriners Hospital for Children – urology and orthopedics. UC Davis Medical has been recognized as a high-performing medical provider in other categories as well.
This medical center also operates the only Level One Trauma Center for both pediatric and adult emergencies in the inland northern California area. Founded in 1973, this hospital currently offers 627 licensed beds. The facility's research and annual funding are among the highest in California. Its current address in Sacramento is 2315 Stockton Boulevard.
Sutter Medical Center is Ranked #2 in the Sacramento Area
Located at 2825 Capitol Avenue in Sacramento, this downtown medical center is comprised of the Anderson Lucchetti Women's & Children's Center and the Ose Adams Medical Pavilion. Other specialized facilities, including the Sutter Center for Psychiatry, are located elsewhere in the city.
This medical center is part of Sutter Health -- Northern California's largest network of acute-care hospitals. In one of its online fact sheets, the facility states that its high ranking is based largely on its attention to patient safety, mortality rates, nurse staffing practices, general reputation, and advanced use of technology.
Sutter Medical has been recognized as a "high performer" in four specialties: cancer, orthopedics, neurology/neurosurgery, and gynecology. It also provides a very considerable amount of charity care to the community. Its Comprehensive Epilepsy Center has been recognized as a Level 4 Center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers.
This facility began first serving the Sacramento community back in 1923.
Sacramento's "Number Three" Ranked Hospital is Shared by Two Area Facilities
S. News & World Report decided that two Sacramento hospitals should share the rank of "Number Three" in this part of the state. Those two facilities are Mercy General Hospital and Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center
A. Mercy General Hospital
This facility currently offers 342 beds to the public and may be best known for its Stroke Center that's been fully certified by the Joint Commission. It has been recognized as one of the nation's 100 best hospitals for the past two years in a row.
Mercy General is proud to offer patients treatment in its CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitative Facilities) Acute Rehab Unit. This hospital is run by Dignity Health (headquartered in San Francisco) – the nation's fifth largest health system and California's largest hospital provider. Among other special programs, it runs a fully certified Chest Pain Center with PCI.
The hospital is especially proud of its treatment offerings for cancer, nephrology, pulmonology, geriatrics, and cardiology. Mercy General also acts as a strong advocate and provider for the poor and underserved in the larger Sacramento area. It has been serving the community at its current location since 1925. Its address is 4001 "J" Street in Sacramento – at the intersection of "J" Street and 39th Street.
B. Kaiser Permanente Roseville
Although this hospital has not been nationally ranked in any specialties, its website notes that it provides patients with specialty care in the following medical areas: cancer, nephrology, orthopedics, pulmonology, gastroenterology & GI surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, and urology.
Kaiser Permanente Roseville is also fully equipped to offer patients surgical care for both lung and colon cancer. It also treats individuals suffering from heart failure, who need knee and hip replacements, are battling COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and have other general medical conditions. This facility is located at 1600 Eureka Road in Roseville, California. (At present, the opening date for this facility and its number of beds are not noted on its website.)
Sacramento Personal Injury Lawyer
I'm Ed Smith, a Sacramento Personal Injury Lawyer. Those currently interested in learning more about the quality hospitals in the general Sacramento and northern California area should either contact their own doctors or visit the U. S. News & World Report's Healthcare ranking website. You can conduct searches using a specific physician's name, a hospital name, or look for facilities in a specific metropolitan area.
If you or someone you love has been injured in an accident, please call me at 916.921.6400 for no obligation, free and friendly advice. You can also contact me online here.
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Friedrich Christian Delius was born in Rome in 1943 and grew up in Hessen. He is one of Germany's most prolific, decorated, and distinguished authors and intellectuals. He has published more than a dozen novels and a number of poetry collections. His work has been translated into seventeen languages. He has won numerous German literary prizes including the Joseph Breitbach Prize, the Georg Büchner Prize, and the Critics Prize. He is a member of the Freie Akademie Hamburg, the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung and the Akademie der Künste Berlin. In addition to studying and teaching at numerous universities in Germany, he has lived, studied, worked, and taught in the Netherlands, London, and the US.
From 2002 until 2013 he lived mainly in Rome. Since then he has lived in Berlin.


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We're back from our vacation to Hawaii. It was great! Warm weather, warm water beaches. Seriously why can't California's beaches ever get that warm? We returned to the same location as last time, even the same hotel since it was just a stone's throw from the beach.
We were there for a week, flying back on Saturday. We got to the hotel early Thursday night (around 8ish). We wanted to get up early the next day to drive to the valley of the temples. Domingo had his Droid and was checking the news when I was putting together our final plans for our final day. Earthquake! A 9.0 had rocked Japan. We immediately turned on the news, which was already talking about a possible Tsunami for Hawaii. The watch turned into a warning, and we were instructed to stay put in the high rise hotel.
We had five hours to prepare. We knew we were safe in the hotel, the tsunami that hit Hawaii would be no where near the size of the one in Japan. The news had emphasized that the hotels in the popular tourist areas were we were were well equipped and preformed drills to prepare for Tsunami. Still, I think it would be foolish to stay Domingo and I weren't at least a little nervous about the Tsunami. The video from Japan was heartbreaking, and the same geological event that caused their tsunami was sending another one towards on. The civilian defense sirens were going off every hour, and the police bull hard telling people to seek shelter were not exactly settling.
The Tsunami ended up bouncing between the islands, so even though the main wave was gone we weren't aloud out of our hotel until about 7:40am, and not in the water until 11:56. Once the adrenaline had passed, we enjoyed a peaceful final day, even if it meant we didn't get to visit the valley of the temples.
It's a general rule in photography that the more light you have, the less of a difference you'll notice between a sophisticated camera and a simple one. Since there's generally a good amount of light when snorkeling, a simple underwater disposable camera would be all that we need. Right? At least that's what we were told.
The benefit for a disposable camera is the cost. I thought I would be saving money when we purchased the two disposable cameras for our Hawaii trip two years ago. The cameras were only $15.99 a camera, much better than a digital camera. (They were even cheaper in Hawaii, at only $12.99 a camera, hello Californian High Cost of Living!) Turns out I forgot about the cost to have the film developed for the two cameras, an extra $20 dollars. In total I ended up paying about $52 plus tax. That's about half the cost of a cheap underwater digital camera. Below is the best photo I took using one.
The underwater photos have a bit of a grainy texture, but that could have been the way they were developed. It also might be possible to have the photo developed at a higher resolution. I didn't include the above water shots in my total counts, (although I didn't factor them out of the costs). I didn't want to bring my normal camera and leave it on the beach, so I took a few pictures of the bay top side using the disposable camera.
We enjoyed snorkeling so much, I figured we would do it often. I purchased a FugiFilm Underwater XP10 (for $110), since it was only twice the cost – just two trips and it's paid for itself. Another option would be an underwater carrying case for my old point and shoot, but the camera wasn't a particularly popular model, so the cases were rare and nearly twice as expensive as the new camera. Below is a comparable picture from 2011 using the FugiFilm to the "best" 2009 disposable picture.
It took a little while to get into the groove with the digital underwater camera, the first dozen were almost all bad. I had to point the camera lower than where it looked like the fish were. But once I hit a groove, they were turning out much better, and I got so many more of them. I could also stop to look at the photos, determine if I got "the shot" and move on to other areas of the reef. For this trip I was limited by the battery life, rather than the number of exposures. As you can see, I got nearly 9 times the photos!
On drawback to the underwater digital camera, the waterproofing supposedly doesn't last forever. The instructions say to send it back in to the factory about once a year to be re-coated. I've owned it a little under a year, so I have no notion of how necessary this step is.
Which is better? It depends on what you want. If you're only going to go snorkeling once, and want a few pictures to remember it by, the disposable camera works great. Otherwise, my advice would be to go with a digital underwater camera above the disposables, despite the general rule of light. You can also use it any time you go swimming, really and if you go snorkeling twice, it's the same cost.


Having diabetes certainly changes the way people view their health and overall lifestyle, as the condition often means eating better and exercising regularly. Yet it's not just your blood sugar that diabetes affects, as it can play a huge role in the development of a variety of eye issues.
Termed diabetic eye disease, individuals can develop one of severalproblems with their vision simplybecausethey have diabetes. Let's learn a bit more about what can occur and how you can actively help to protect your eyesight for years to come.
Diabetes can impact the health of your retina, macula, optic nerve, and lens and typically manifests itself in one of two ways: diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema. Neither of these conditions iscompletely curable, although they can be managed with regular treatment and early detection.
Diabetic retinopathy occurs when uncontrolled blood sugar levels affect the blood vessels in the eyes and can cause leakage and blurred vision. The disease typically progresses through four distinct stages and can be triggered by both type 1 and type 2 diabetes as well as gestational diabetes.
Also called DME, diabetic macular edema is one of the more common conditions that relate to vision loss in diabetics. With this issue, fluid builds up in the macula and can distort one's ability to see. DME can occur during any stage of diabetic eye disease but oftentimesmanifests in the later portions of the condition.
Similar to the condition included in its namesake, diabetic eye disease cannot be completely cured, although through various types of procedures can be managed to ensure a lifetime of functional vision. One such option is called anti-VEGF injection therapy which helps to reduce blood vessel leakage and can help to manage diabetic retinopathy.
DME's impact can be lessened by undergoing focal/grid macular laser surgery and this is often done in conjunction with anti-VEGF injection therapy. Still, others choose to use corticosteroids or other pharmaceuticals to help reduce the effects of diabetic eye disease.
Keep in mind that you should partner closely with your ophthalmologist to determine the best course of treatment and that while some of these options may work to dramatically reduce your symptoms, just like diabetes, the disease will never completely go away.
First and foremost, individuals with diabetes are typically more aware of certain changes to their well-being than others, as their basic health and wellness depends on being in tune with their bodies. However, it's helpful to be extra aware of changes to your vision including an increase in blurriness or floaters.
Your ophthalmologist can screen you for diabetic eye disease and the earlier it is detected, the better chance you have in managing this condition. Unfortunately, the issue cannot really be prevented except for the careful control of one's blood sugar, so making sure you visit your eye care provider regularly is of paramount importance.
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Samsung may be running on a Star Wars-themed Galaxy Note8
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Samsung has carried out superhero-themed telephones but with the Galaxy Note8, it may department out into space opera. The BB-8 bot had a cameo in promo materials centered on upcoming improvements to the Bixby AI assistant.
Before you get too excited, the telephone does now not appear modified in any manner. No Batman logo, no Avengers color schemes. At best it looks like a topic.
Last week we heard approximately another Star Wars-themed cellphone – a OnePlus 5T. Seems like a famous preference, even though we assume both of these will watch for the most appropriate of The Last Jedi (December 15), if these devices exist in any respect.
Still, Samsung does make a vacuum but with typhoon trooper and even Darth Vader skins, so why no longer a Galaxy Note8?
Is Samsung about to launch a Star Wars: The Last Jedi-themed Note 8?
Hollywood's iciness blockbuster season is almost upon us and this yr's slate is dominated by the next installment in a certain sci-fi franchise set in a galaxy a long way, a long way away.
As anticipated, Disney is already lining shop shelves with Star Wars: The Last Jedi merchandise in time for the vacations (really although, who may want to probably say no to a Borg cuddly toy?), and now it seems like Samsung is also trying to cash-in on the hype with a restricted edition Galaxy Note 8 with unique Star Wars-themed functions.
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ph shared by using Chinese leaker "Ice Universe" which shows a widespread-looking Note eight sporting wallpaper providing the collection' spherical droid, BB-eight. Other than that, there's little or no to head on and the alleged tool doesn't seem to carry another Star Wars-associated branding or design quirks.
While we'll need to watch for a legitimate assertion to be sure, it wouldn't be that sudden to see Samsung embracing the methods of the pressure with a special edition smartphone, because the South Korean giant has worked with Disney on some of the comparable tasks in recent years.
Most currently, Samsung launched a reasonably bland Pirates of the Caribbean-themed Galaxy S8 in China, however, its partnership with the House of Mouse become at its nice in 2015 with the launch of the stunning Iron Man Galaxy S6 Edge.
If there's a Star Wars Note 8 on the horizon I genuinely desire it isn't as stupid as just an ordinary Note eight with a bunch of branded wallpapers and ringtones. There's an S-Pen right there that's simply begging to become a sparkling lightsaber. Come on, Samsung.
As the oldsters at SamMobile word though, the advent of BB-8 can also just have been Samsung's cheeky manner of advertising its new synthetic intelligence platform because the logo for Bixby may be spotted alongside the render. Little is know about the device, which appears to be dubbed Galaxy AI UX, early speculation suggests it may make its debut at the Galaxy S9.
Star Wars is one of the most a hit franchises of all time, and it is no wonder that there is a lot of video games to pick from. The problem is, how do you know which ones to play? Of path, you may play them all, but that is not genuinely practical considering the truth that there are over 50 specific titles spanning various one of a kind consoles within the ultimate decade by myself. This guide is designed to introduce you to the six nice titles from the last ten years. The number six become selected because it correlates with the six films in the franchise.
#6: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (2008) — Windows, Mac OS, PS3, PS2, Xbox360, Wii
This is a totally popular identify because of latest advertising campaigns with the aid of LucasArts (the creators of the sport, and based via Star Wars creator George Lucas). It is a third-individual movement game and capabilities the use of modern era. The participant assumes the position of Darth Vader's apprentice and have to use their Lightsaber and force strategies to defeat enemies all through the universe.
#five: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader (2001) — Nintendo GameCube
One of the most exceedingly praised Star Wars games and one of the first-class standard on the GameCube console. This is a flight action game in which the player assumes manipulate of diverse spacecraft to complete the missions at some stage in the game. The recreation covers the unique trilogy length which consists of Episodes four-6 so there will be many familiar locations to those who are fanatics of the movies.
#four: Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (2007) — Windows, PS3, Xbox360, Wii
This sport takes a exceptional approach and depicts the Star Wars universe using Lego created characters and places. It includes splendid humor and gameplay and is one of the most entertaining Star Wars experiences you may get on any platform. The Complete Saga will take the player from Episode 1 all of the way thru Episode 6.
#three: Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2005) — Windows, PS2, Xbox
Battlefront II builds upon its tremendously a success predecessor, Star Wars Battlefront, with progressed gameplay, campaigns, and pics. Additionally, Battlefront 2 provides new features such as permitting the player to play as Jedi and to take part in space battles. This is a top-notch unmarried player game, however is even extra a laugh with a chum. Whether you pick out to play because the Empire or Republic, you may have a blast.
#2: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 — The Sith Lords (2003) – Windows, Xbox
Commonly referred to as KOTOR 2, that is one of the most in-depth Star Wars reviews you'll locate. With a campaign lasting 40+ hours, there's plenty on the way to discover and enjoy in this great game. Classified as a 3rd individual RPG (function-gambling recreation), the participant assumes the position of an exiled Jedi Knight and need to complete various quests and objectives to transport at the side of the tale. The selections you make will affect the final results of the story and whether you represent the light facet of the force, or give into the dark aspect.
#1: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003) — Windows, Xbox, Mac OS
Set 4000 years before the events of A New Hope, this took Star Wars and RPG games into a new path. Using the identical mechanics as its sequel KOTOR 2, Knights of the Old Republic slightly edges it out for the Number 1 sport based totally on the extra storyline and the innovation contained within. It has gained many awards such as Game of the Year, and acted as the muse for the future of Star Wars video games at the time. If you are to best play one Star Wars game, it's miles quite advocated which you choose Knights of the Old Republic.
If you revel in these games, make certain to keep an eye out for Star Wars: The Old Republic that's scheduled for a 2011 release. From the creators of Knights of the Old Republic, this new sport is an MMORPG (Massively multiplayer on-line function-playing game) much like video games along with World of Warcraft but takes the region in the Star Wars universe.
Star Wars started from a small budget film in 1977 and grew in fulfillment as sci-fi enthusiasts have become more suitable by using how out of this global it definitely become, from the set, characters to the remarkable costumes. Star Wars has enthralled the world for over three many years without signs of stopping as it expands to the whole lot from toys, books, TV series and video games and of a path, Star Wars costumes.
Whether you are a fan of the recent Clone Wars film, the prequel, or the unique trilogy days, you can get nearly any Star Wars costume you need for any fancy dress occasion, convention, Halloween celebration or Sci-fi subject night and they're all sure to make you a hit. Most costume shops offer each Star Wars dress you may think of. The six films and its characters have their personal inimitable components so make extraordinary costumes for adults and children alike.
Darth Vader Costumes
Very few matters define Star Wars like Darth Vader, that's why it is the maximum famous Star Wars gown and it is easy to get hold of costumes that make it smooth to mimic the evil Dark Lord of the Sith. You should buy Darth Vader face mask, black cloth capes, jumpsuits, boot tops, and Darth Vader belts. You can also include Darth Vader´s lightsaber, gloves, and a breathing device so you're the ideal imitation.
Jedi Costumes
As the remaining hero, dressing up like Luke Skywalker is likewise popular alongside different Jedi's. Tunics are widely available alongside belts, boots, and capes. Of route, being a Jedi offers you an extraordinary excuse to get a lightsaber and re-enact the combat scenes from the movies.
This is a popular Star Wars costume and one for the ladies. A Princess Leia dress is each unique and stylish. You can effortlessly get maintain the long white dress and belt. If you're not able to get the notorious coiffure then it is well worth getting a wig.
Yoda Costumes
Yoda the clever and powerful Jedi Master inside the universe of Star Wars additionally makes an excellent Star Wars costume all even though a touch extra hard to drag off. It is a bit more minimal even though as you most effective want an extended beige robe and a mask.
The most hanging part of a Stormtrooper dress is the white struggle armor along with the helmet. You can get leap suits with the body armor connected together with matching masks. You also can purchase extra accessories such as guns for this Star Wars Costume
Although I even have named simplest the maximum famous of the Star Wars costumes, there are numerous others to be had. You also can buy complete Chewbacca costumes with realistic fake fur functions from head to toe. There also are Emperor Palpatine costumes with complete period crimson gowns, masks and latex fingers. You can attain almost any Star Wars costume that your coronary heart desires to be sure that you imitate your favored individual flawlessly. So be sure to show up to your subsequent fancy dress wearing one of the Star Wars costumes. You'll appearance out of this international.
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Residents of Clarence-Rockland and city staff learned some hard but valuable lessons from the Ottawa River spring floods, last year and in 2017. Everyone hopes there will not be a repeat of spring flooding this year or any time soon in the future, but city officials say that Clarence-Rockland is better prepared now to deal with such a situation if it happens.
Will the City be ready if there is another flood?
If the Ottawa River floods again this spring, will the City of Clarence-Rockland be ready?
"We hope we don't get another one," said Mayor Guy Desjardins during an interview January 10, but he noted that city staff and residents have learned some valuable lessons the hard way from the 2017 and 2019 spring floods. "We, at the City, are now looking closely at the location of flood areas," said the mayor. "We are trying to discourage people from building in floodplain areas, especially now that we have proof that there is a problem."
Any landowner who does insist on building in one of the local floodplains along the river will get a reminder from city officials that there are specific building design conditions that must be followed. Current municipal guidelines for any new construction in a floodplain area require a higher minimum elevation for building foundations in an effort to keep a house or cottage or other structure out of reach of rising floodwater.
Last year's flood saw the Pago Road and Voisin Street neighbourhoods in Rockland inundated. But Desjardins noted that a couple of new houses built in those areas last year were "not affected", because the owners followed the municipal floodplain construction guidelines.
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Two regional conservation authorities, the provincial and federal governments, Ontario and Québec hydro outfits, the City of Ottawa, and others monitor water-level conditions for the Ottawa River. Mayor Desjardins noted that even with all that monitoring, a flood can and will happen if conditions are right.
"One thing I learned last year is that the basin of the Ottawa River is the size of England," he said. "Mother Nature is the one in control. You can put in all the dams you want, but you can't hold back all the water."
What Clarence-Rockland and other riverside municipalities can do, noted both Desjardins and Fire Chief Brian Wilson, emergency services director for the city, is to make sure they are as prepared as possible if a flood should occur. The city's emergency plan was revised after the 2017 flooding, and some of the recommendations like the purchase of new portable generators and a new fire rescue boat, helped the municipality better deal with last year's spring flood.
"We have gained a lot of information," said Desjardins. "We have gained a lot of experience that is beneficial."
"We are well poised to be able to deal with situations," said Chief Wilson, adding that revising the emergency plan was a critical part of success in dealing with last year's flood situation. "It really focuses on an all-hazards approach to emergencies. It's more flexible and allows us to address all plans and situations."
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Sweet treats proving a success for Dunfermline's first vegan bakery
Veganuary: Sweet treats proving a success for Dunfermline's first vegan bakery
By Clare Buchanan Reporter
Rebecca Greenhorn who set up Wee Vegan Bakery from her Duloch home. Pic: Julia Fraser
A FLEDGLING Dunfermline business is rising high in popularity despite just setting up shop in November.
Rebecca Greenhorn created The Vegan Bakery from her Duloch home and her sweet offerings have been providing tasty treats to her growing number of customers.
The mum-of-three – who is now installing a second kitchen to cope with demand – wanted her business to be environmentally-friendly and has already secured a Plastic-Free Champion award from Plastic-Free Dunfermline for her efforts.
"I've always had a keen interest in running my own business and I really enjoy baking," she explained. "I've always been creative and having my own business gives me the flexibility to design and change things as and when I want.
"After watching David Attenborough's new documentary, we wanted a business that was sustainable and kind to the planet so we decided to go with vegan. All our packaging is also biodegradable."
Building on her own experiences, Rebecca was keen to provide something she believed was missing for those with special food requirements.
"When I had my first child, I had to go dairy-free and there wasn't much out there in the way of fresh treats – we've noticed some of our customers aren't necessarily vegan but have an intolerance to dairy.
"Most vegan food I've tried isn't as good as the non-vegan version so I really wanted to create bakes that didn't compromise on taste or texture.
"Having many years of trying things, there's a lot more products on the market. A few years ago, there were not so many but I think with things like veganuary kicking off, the industry has boomed."
For Rebecca, who is married to Neil and has a daughter Isla, five, and two-year-old twin boys Ben and Lewis, setting up her own business was a perfect way of allowing her to work while bringing up her family.
"I have been a stay-at-home mum since 2016 so it has been quite a number of years and I was at that crossroads. I wanted to set something up and never expected it to be so popular.
"We started off by delivering some samples and the feedback we got was fantastic. We began taking orders through Facebook then quickly realised we needed a website to co-ordinate it all.
"Thankfully, my husband works in IT so managed to get weeveganbakery.com live which allows our customers to order and choose a pick-up slot. This also helps with keeping everyone safe during COVID."
With delights such as sugared dough balls, doughnuts, cookies and gooey millionaire shortbread, the Wee Vegan Bakery is becoming the go-to place for vegan treats.
"We've been overwhelmed with the amount of orders we've had," said Rebecca. "At the moment, the most popular is definitely dough balls. They are dipped in sugar and they are just flying out. They, for sure, are the favourite but just to keep things fresh, we are going to be revamping the flavours.
"We're always interested in changing up our flavours and providing different bakes so our menu doesn't stay the same for long. We've got some exciting things planned for early 2021."


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Joy Division / Closer reissued on clear vinyl for its 40th anniversary
May 13, 2020 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1980s, coloured vinyl, joy division, thesdeshop
Second LP reissued along with non-album 12-inch singles
Joy Division's second studio album Closer will be reissued as a limited edition 'crystal clear' vinyl LP in July, for its 40th anniversary.
Closer was of course the band's last album. It was issued two months after Ian Curtis' suicide (he died on 18 May 1980).
There were no singles from Closer, but three non-album singles – 'Transmission', 'Atmosphere' and 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' – are also being reissued at the same time as the album, with '2020 remastered audio'. These are pressed on 180g vinyl and feature original artwork ('Transmission' has an embossed sleeve). The Closer album isn't remastered and uses the same mastering as on the 2015 vinyl reissues (which is from 2007).
Closer and the 12-inch singles will be reissued on 18 July 2020. Townsend Music have a special four-record bundle of album and the three 12-inch records for £54.
closer - limited edition crystal clear vinyl
Amazon usa 53.48 Order
Amazon jp 10021.00 Order
the SDE shop uk 23.99 order
Rough Trade uk 23.99 order
Rough Trade usa 25.99 order
Townsend Music uk 22.00 order
Transmission vinyl - 2020 remaster
Love will tear us apart vinyl - 2020 remaster
Atmosphere vinyl - 2020 remaster
Closer vinyl LP
A Means To An End
Transmission 12-inch
A: Transmission
B: Novelty
Love Will Tear Us Apart 12-inch
A: Love Will Tear Us Apart
B: These Days
Atmosphere 12-inch
A: Atmosphere
B: She's Lost Control
52 responses to Joy Division / Closer reissued on clear vinyl for its 40th anniversary
Cédric says:
The official New Order store cancelled my pre-order for no reason!? Now the bundle costs GBP 5 more! Will therefore not place a new order.
Thanks for nothing…
Spiral Scar says:
I was up all night playing Joy Division, until I should have been eating breakfast. Even though every bit of their studio work is now perhaps overly-familiar, I never tire of it. I was into New Order first (likely due to my age and exposure to them during high school in the 80s.) I hadn't even heard LWTUA (or any JD songs) when I confidently bought the (JD) LP of "Substance" based on all I had read about them. Despite being a little too avid of a New Order fan, I have to be honest; I absorbed the Joy Division material more deeply.
I caught Peter Hook and the Light in NYC two years ago (how I miss that life already…) and they played both NO and JD "Substance" albums in full. Maybe some might feel that would be sacrilegious, but I'd never seen either band before and it was as close as I was ever going to get. The JD set was the second set, and it was spectacular. The already amped-up audience nearly doubled its enthusiasm and energy. I was also thrilled to realize that this packed venue was full of fans who knew this wonderful music. It still holds up all these years later.
I hope Ian Curtis is at peace. He gave us something special.
kid992 says:
Today is the 40th anniversary of the death of Ian Curtis. John Peel announced on the 19th that he had heard that Ian Curtis had died. I think it was the next day when he played both Joy Division sessions in full, I dug out a C60 and recorded them both. It was only after he was gone that many of us looked at the lyrics in a different light.
LWTUA, Closer and Atmosphere(on 12″) were all posthumous releases. Although Closer is very dark George Michael described side 2 of closer as a beautiful piece of music, and it is and beautiful music endures.
Paul…thank you for including the information about the mastering. That's extremely helpful!
Krafty says:
As this is my all time favourite album, I too bought the bundle which had gone up by a fiver on the NO store but it's still a good deal as I need to replace the worn out singles! Shame you don't get the free flexi Komikano with the album!
Ordered from New Order Store. Thanks for the tip! i still remember the first time i heard Unknown Pleasures in a store in Antwerp, Belgium. It changed my life forever. i was 14 at the time. Now my son (19) turns the red vinyl almost every day. He will get his next 4 Joy Division records as a present after his exams. i just bought new copies for myself too.
Steven Campbell says:
Note to anybody buying this great set, you get the whole lot ie the album plus the 3 12″ singles for £45 including postage at a special discounted rate from New Order's website.
I ordered it for my german address.
Incl registerded p&p for less than GBP 47!
Very nice from the guys!
RDNZL says:
£45 but shipping is additional £4.79 from the New Order website (orders below £50)
John 79 says:
Good to know that the New Order / Joy Division webstore isn't ripping off their fans,I've just purchased the full bundle 1xLp (clear vinyl) & 3 X 12″ all for £44.75 including postage costs in the UK,I think that is quite good personally !,I don't think I've seen it any cheaper…
Yep thats where I got it from as Amazon hadn't published their prices at that point but even at that they're still dearer if you factor in the album at £21.99 and the 12″ singles at £9.99 each.
I don't like Joy Division, but I do hope New Order conti ue this aort of reissue campaign to get more into their pop years.
Matthew McKinnon says:
They will.
Retirement fund.
Noel Fitzsimons says:
Cheers Darren – £39.99 for the bundle including the LP + 3 x 12″ singles from Warner Music UK. You can still order them there. Clear vinyl is my preference to black coloured or the dreaded picture disc – so I was thrilled when Closer was going to get this treatment – although last years UP red vinyl with the white sleeve was a real treat.
The big question is….what delights will be done with Still? A replication of that hessian cloth cover with the white satin ribbon? I wonder.
Michael Kelly says:
I can find it in warners uk shop
MichaelM says:
I had this, and one of the hessian covers I got from a rep in the record shop I worked in in the early 80s. Some bastard nicked them on me, along with most of the rest of my record collection.
As I remember factory pressings were pretty poor, Factory spent all the money on the sleeves! Apart from a proper replica of A Factory Sample and Licht und Blindheit. I'd like to see a re release of Live At The Electric Circus 10″ on blue vinyl
Albert says:
I hope the 12's of Blue Monday (with original sleeve) and Confusion eventually follow the reissues of Ceremony, Everything's Gone Green and Temptation. My 83 Blue Monday is pretty knackered now…
There are some copies of the reissues of Blue Monday & Confusion 12″s already out in the wild, ie on Discogs. It was due to a distributor mix up in Hungary over release dates when the Power Corruption & Lies box set was postponed. And yes, you'll be glad to know Blue Monday is in a die cut sleeve.
Just so you know, both Blue Monday & Confusion 12″ reissues were blocked from the discogs marketplace due to a legal notice received by Discogs from the rights holder…
Jozek says:
The pressing of the Unknown Pleasures fortieth anniversary is excellent so hopefully this will be the same. Nice that they have re-pressed the singles also, both Closer and my factory singles have seen better days, so very welcome, is very good value.
Albert,
You give me hope. I had no idea that clear live television video existed, beyond the 3 or 4 videos we've all seen before. The sight of him disjointedly flailing his arms on stage, along with his stream of consciousness lyrics is unlike anything back in 1979, to now in 2020.
Brent G says:
Any idea who has done the "remastering"?
Steve F says:
If this is the same as the 2015 vinyl, it'll be Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road. He's good.
This is a great set and well priced, ordered.
Ordered from the Warner Music site in Canada. Got the album and the three singles set for $69.99 CDN. I thought it was a pretty good deal, many others must have as it is now sold out.
Be nice to replace my original 12's. I still have the 12′ of Atmosphere that was pressed in the very dark red clear vinyl.
It would also be great if – finally – an official DVD featuring JD's appearances on Granada Reports, Something Else, What's On and any other TV stuff was included as a bonus disc.
Erik Verzijl says:
Not really exciting…I d rather see a nicely packaged COMPLETE PAradiso concert on CD/LP. I mean this was their longest 2 setter gig ever….
Christopher Merritt says:
THIS. I'd love to have a legitimate Paradiso on vinyl. I purchased the Unknown Pleasures in white sleeve repress last year, and it is fine – but I'm always going to go with my original pressings for quality. I wish they'd give us something new – there's a lot of material out there…
MASSIVE bundle saving if you buy from the band's own store. £39.99 plus shipping all in. Twenty quid cheaper than Record Store…
Thanks for the tip Darren – as you say, £20 saved right there!
That's what I went for, and added in the LWTUA t-shirt so that i got "free" shipping ;-)
thanks Darren, ordered, I precise for the others it's on New Order's webshop ;-)
Fernando Silva says:
Hi, It will be interesting if SDE could sell it all as a bundle.
Rupe says:
Any idea whether these will be available beyond the 2 initial stores listed?
Should be on Amazon in the UK soon…
Davey Sussex says:
Would have been nice to have these all bundled together in a box (Or at least the 12″s as a set) I can't see myself purchasing them all individually.
Does the repress of Love Will Tear Us Apart not include the Pennine version as track B2?
My wife and I were watching Normal People and Nerina Pallot's version of LWTUA came up on the soundtrack. Which was nice.
On the NO/JD online forum, a guy who's involved with the reissue programme has confirmed that the Pennine version of LWTUA is included on the b-side, despite not being listing anywhere yet.
You can see the B-side label on the Amazon view, and it shows "The" above "Love Will"
Excellent news on the 12″ reissues, I'd been hoping they'd do the same as they had for the NO singles. My copy of LWTUA is rather tatty & the prices for the other two (no pun intended) have been rather prohibitive to my wallet.
The band's music retains a timeless, transcendental quality but these depressingly all too regular cash ins offering nothing new but different coloured/heavier (so what?) pressings are tiresome and pointless. The exact antipathy of the music, in fact.
The timeless and transcendental surviving members of JD/NO lost every penny they made from those records on keeping the Haçienda afloat, so I think anything they make now is a just reward. They have bills to pay like the rest of us mere mortals.
Love the use of the word 'Limited' once again, just like UP it'll be limited to how ever many they can shift
Rick Marino says:
Will this see a US release as well?
Been expecting it, but clear vinyl is not really a huge selling point (compared to the inverted sleeve red vinyl UP last year). Thought they might have reinstated the rounded corner inners and the matte textured sleeve of the original, but from the pictures it seems not. Can't see this being a massive seller given that the the excellent 180gm 2015 vinyl remaster is still widely available at a better price. As they are using that 2015 master, literally the only difference is that this one has clear (and no dount inferior sounding) vinyl
Not sure (i don't really have audiophile quality hearing!) how true this is but it has been held that clear vinyl – if done right – offers better sound quality than black as it has no pigment and fewer impurities in it as a result. Legend had it the reason why Ultravox singles in the 80s often had a limited run of clear vinyl copies was because the band themselves insisted on it [not simply the label's marketing department] as they felt it offered a chance to hear their output in superior quality.
johneffay says:
Vinyl is naturally clear(ish). The additives used to turn it into black vinyl are supposed to improve the audio quality &, crucially, the longevity of a record. If those clear Ultravox copies really were better quality, that quality would quickly have degraded.
Supposedly, the quality & robustness of clear vinyl these days is much improved from the '80s. I recently bought a clear Cosi Fan Tutti LP & it certainly sounds okay. However, I'm not planning on playing it very often, just in case (it came with a digital copy).
'Time To Tell'? I was planning to purchase this one day, but "okay" rather sounds like a reason not to. I've got the cassette and the deluxe CD with book already. Should I better stick to those? Thanks
Hi Stefan
Yes, it is 'Time To Tell'. I mainly bought it because I wanted the LP booklet. I don't think that the vinyl is anything special. Also, there are a couple of tracks which have been shortened to fit on (although you get them digitally). If I already had the CD with the book, I wouldn't have bothered with the LP.
I am SO in for all these.
Ron Marrs says:
This looks like a nice set and it's reasonably priced. Probably going to pick this up! Thanks for the head's up!


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Proton-M carries secretive Satellite to Orbit in Successful Return to Flight
September 27/28, 2014
A Russian Proton-M rocket blasted off from Site 81/24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Saturday, embarking on its Return to Flight Mission, carrying a clandestine satellite only known by its enigmatic name of Olymp, sometimes also called Luch. It was indeed a long flight for the Proton-M/Briz-M that started with a successful liftoff at 20:23 UTC and continued for more than nine hours to maneuver the Briz-M Upper Stage to the correct orbit for Olymp separation at 5:26 UTC on Sunday.
Saturday's Proton-M mission marks the first flight of the Russian workhorse after May's launch failure that was caused by a fault within Proton's third stage engines. Coming back from last year's spectacular launch failure of Proton and two Briz-M failures the year before, it was hoped that Proton could keep up a streak of successful missions to be able to handle its planned launch manifest for the year that included a series of government-contracted launches plus several commercial launches contracted by ILS.
In May, Proton carried the replacement satellite for Ekspress AM-4 that was stranded in a useless orbit due to a Briz-M malfunction in 2011. After good performance during first and second stage flight, the Proton seemed to be on-course with its third stage firing cleanly for the majority of its burn. However, 40 seconds before the planned shutdown time, the engines were cut off by emergency commands when attitude control was lost.
The mishap was traced back to the failure of the steering engine of the third stage indicated by a loss in outlet pressure. The investigation found that the root cause was likely the destruction of the steering engine turbopump bearing mounting.
*File Image* Photo: Roscosmos
After the implementation of more stringent quality control and additional inspections of existing hardware, Proton was cleared for flight again - the first mission on its manifest being the launch of a secretive satellite for the Russian Ministry of Defence.
Only known about the Olymp satellite its its manufacturer, ISS Reshetnev, and a late change to its name, now referred to as Luch Satellite, possibly in an attempt to camouflage its military role since Luch is the name used for civilian data relay satellites operating from Geostationary Orbit. Unconfirmed details on Olymp indicate that the spacecraft is based on the Ekspress-2000 satellite platform carrying a multi-purpose payload to provide secure communications to the Russian Government and will possibly test out electronic intelligence systems. After launch, Olymp will be tracked in orbit to confirm its secret destination that likely is a direct insertion into a Geosynchronous Orbit.
Countdown Operations for Saturday's Proton launch commenced as planned 11 hours and 30 minutes ahead of launch to prepare the Proton-M, the Briz-M and the Olymp payload for liftoff. Briz-M upper stage activation was the first step in the countdown to start detailed checkouts of the upper stage's Guidance, Navigation and Control System. The Briz-M countdown sequence started at that point as the Upper Stage went through preparations for its long mission.
The Russian State Commission convened late on Saturday to review the status of launch preparations, confirm the launch time and provide the official GO for propellant loading. No issues were identified and the green light for fueling was given. Teams at the pad put final propellant loading preparations in motion shortly thereafter. The pad was cleared by non-essential personnel at about T-7 hours for the hazardous fueling operation.
The Proton Launcher was powered up at T-6 hours and 10 minutes and the Guidance System started verifications and the Spacecraft Abort Unit was activated. At T-5 hours, Proton began propellant loading as a total of 622,075 Kilograms of Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine Fuel and Nitrogen Tetroxide Oxidizer were loaded into the three stages of the rocket. The Briz-M upper stage had been fueled prior to the rollout of the Proton.
The Proton Service Structure was rolled back to its launch position at a safe distance to the rocket as the countdown entered its final hour. When the retraction of the Service Structure was complete, teams began to depart the launch pad and reported to their respective support positions for final countdown operations.
After final verifications on the payload side, the satellite was switched to battery power and transitioned to flight mode with a final GO being given by the payload team, allowing the countdown to enter its Automated Sequence.
Proton's Terminal Countdown Sequence commenced at T-5 minutes and included the final reconfigurations required to prepare the rocket for liftoff. The Proton-M and Briz-M aligned their respective Flight Control Systems and the master sequencer assumed control of the countdown. Briz-M started its transfer to internal power and all sequencers on the ground, the rocket & its upper stage were synchronized.
At T-2 Minutes, the Proton began pressurizing the tanks of its three stages to flight level. At the same time, the rocket switched to onboard power and ground power was disabled.
Briz-M started its Master Sequence and sent a GO signal to the Launch vehicle. A final automatic launch vehicle readiness check occurred at T-3.1 seconds and upon completion of the poll, the ignition sequence was started by the Launch Vehicle.
Engine ignition was commanded at T-2.5 seconds and the six RD-275M engines of the rocket came to life, soaring up to a collective liftoff thrust of over one million Kilogram-force to lift the 712,000-Kilogram Proton. After a clean ignition was verified by computers, the Contact Liftoff command was issued and Proton blasted off.
Due to the secretive nature of this mission, no live broadcast was provided and launch confirmation came through Russian media and Roscosmos. Details on mission progress will not be released with the exception of confirmation of Briz-M separation and spacecraft release, expected in the early hours on Sunday.
Using Proton's standard ascent profile, the rocket rose vertically for a few seconds before initiating a roll maneuver to align itself with its ascent-path, taking it to the North-East, toward the Russian-Kazakh border.
Consuming 3,600 Kilograms of propellants per second, Proton's six engines quickly accelerated the heavy launch vehicle, passing Maximum Dynamic Pressure one minute and two seconds after liftoff. Proton's first stage measures 21.2 meters in length and 7.4 meters in diameter consisting of a large oxidizer tank and six outboard fuel tanks holding a total of 419,000 Kilograms of propellants that were consumed in the first two minutes of flight.
Staging between the first and second stage of Proton was completed in hot staging mode – the ignition command to the four engines of the second stage was sent at T+1:58 followed split seconds later by the shutdown of the first stage engines. At the same time, the pyrotechnic stage separation mechanism fired to push the first stage away using the engine exhaust of the second stage.
Equipped with four RD-0210/0211 engines, Proton's second stage is 14.5 meters long and 4 meters in diameter, launching with a propellant load of 176,800 Kilograms. The engines deliver a total thrust of 244,600 Kilograms to boost the vehicle out of the atmosphere as part of a 3-minute and 26-second burn. Second stage shutdown was planned at T+5:24.
Also using hot staging, the second stage was jettisoned as the third stage ignited its vernier engine at T+5:27. Three seconds after staging, the powerful RD-0213 main engine of the third stage ignited and achieved its full thrust level of 59,450 Kilogram-force. Proton's third stage uses 46,600 Kilograms of propellant and is 6.5 meters long and 4.14 meters in diameter.
Twenty seconds into the third stage burn, the protective payload fairing was jettisoned as the rocket had left the dense atmosphere. With its payload exposed for the remainder of the ride to orbit, Proton's third stage continued to fire until T+9:30 when its main engine was shut down followed 11 seconds later by vernier shutdown.
*File Image* - Photo: Khrunichev
Nine minutes and 42 seconds into the mission, the orbital unit was separated – being placed in a sub-orbital trajectory for a coast of around 90 seconds. This short coast allowed Briz-M to gain altitude so that its first burn could circularize the orbit at the desired altitude of a little under 200 Kilometers at an inclination of 51.5 degrees.
Assuming control of the flight, Briz-M embarked on a flight of nine hours using a four-burn profile for a direct Geosynchronous Insertion of the Olymp spacecraft at T+9:03:00.
Briz-M has a liftoff weight of 22,170kg carrying nearly 20,000kg of propellants. The S5.98 engine of the Briz-M supports multiple ignitions to reach a variety of orbits including Geostationary Transfer Orbit, GSO and Escape Trajectories. S5.98 provides two metric tons of thrust.
Using the four-burn mission profile, Briz-M would make a first burn of about four minutes to enter a circular Parking Orbit in which it coasts for 53 minutes. This coast allows Briz-M to conduct its second burn at the ascending node of its orbit to keep the perigee/apogee position close to the equator.
Centering the ascending node, the burn would have a duration of about 19 minutes, starting over the Atlantic Ocean and continuing until Briz-M overflies the Mediterranean. This burn is targeting an orbit with an apogee around 5,000 Kilometers, sightly reducing the orbit's inclination as well.
After the second burn, the vehicle would enter a coast phase of nearly one orbit to conduct the third burn on the next ascending node to further raise the apogee and keep the position of perigee and apogee near the equator. The coast is about two hours in duration and would set up for the third burn of around 18 minutes stretching from the Pacific Ocean, over South America and to the Atlantic in order to raise the apogee to Geostationary Altitude, above 35,000 Kilometers.
The apogee raising has to be performed in two separate burns due to the low-performance of the Briz-M main engine as a single burn design would not be effective from an orbital mechanics standpoint.
At the conclusion of the third burn, Briz-M would release its Auxiliary Propellant Tank that surrounds the core structure of the Briz-M and carries 14,600kg of hypergolics while the core tanks can hold 5,200kg.
With three of four burns complete, Briz-M would be in its Transfer Orbit with an apogee at geostationary altitude above 35,000 Kilometers. To finish its ascent to Geosynchronous Orbit, the upper stage would have to coast all the way to apogee for its final burn that will raise the perigee and circularize the orbit.
Image: International Launch Services
Typical 4-Burn GSO Profile
Image: Khrunichev
The coast phase will last for more than five hours.
When approaching apogee, Briz-M would ignite its S5.98 engine for the final time on a burn of 11 to 12 minutes to raise the perigee and also complete the plane change to achieve a circular orbit above the equator, reducing the inclination to near zero.
Following shutdown, Briz-M would conduct a re-orientation and release the Olymp satellite into a Geosynchronous Drift Orbit. Tracking will confirm Olymp's orbit which may lead to more information on its purpose.
Roscosmos confirmed mission success early on Sunday with Olymp being released into its planned orbit at 5:26 UTC, marking the successful conclusion of the Return to Flight mission of the Proton-M/Briz-M vehicle. It was the 398th Proton flight since its inauguration in 1965 and the fifth of this year with at least three more planned before year's end.
Olymp (Luch) Satellite
The payload of the Proton return to flight mission is known as Luch or Olymp (Olimp). It is known that the satellite was developed and manufactured by ISS Reshetnev for operation by the Russian Ministry of Defence. Like many MOD missions, details on the Olymp satellite are not made available to the public. In an article published by the Russian Newspaper "Kommersant," the actual operator of the satellite or at least part of its payload is the Russian intelligence agency FSB (Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation).
According to the same report, the satellite will fulfill two purposes – electronic intelligence (SIGINT) and providing secure communications for use by the Russian government. Additional information provided by Tsenki indicates that the Olymp satellite shares commonality with Yamal and Luch Geostationary Communications satellites manufactured by ISS Reshetnev.
Luch is the designation used for Russian Tracking and Data Satellites placed in Geostationary Orbit to relay communications to and from spacecraft in lower orbits, including the International Space Station. Three Luch-5 satellites were launched in 2011, 2012 and 2014 to achieve the operational constellation that provides coverage across the globe. The Luch-5 satellites are based on the Ekspress-1000A satellite platform developed by ISS Reshetnev
Yamal satellites are operated by Gazprom Space Systems to provide commercial communications services. A number of Yamal satellites have been produced by ISS Reshetnev based on the Ekspress-2000 and Ekspress-1000 spacecraft platforms.
Image: ЦНИИ/ISS Reshetnev/TSSonline.ru
ISS Reshetnev Design for a combined Communications - SIGINT Satellite
Olymp is most likely based on the Ekspress-2000 platform with a mass topping out at just over three metric tons based on Proton's payload capability for direct Geostationary injections.
Image: Andrzej Olchawa
Ekspress-2000 Satellite (Ekspress AM-5)
In a study conducted by the Central Scientific Research Institute, a multi-purpose satellite design of ISS Reshetnev is presented based on the Ekspress-2000 platform equipped with a communications payload and a large deployable antenna suited for signals intelligence purposes. This design is a very likely candidate for the Olymp mission.
Originally, the technology of large-size, unfurlable umbrella antennas was to be tested on a mission known as Yenisey A1. The Yenisey A1 project was adapted from the Luch 4 satellite that was originally planned to supplement the Luch-5A and 5B communications satellites. After Luch 4 was canceled in favor of the smaller Luch-5V satellite, the project was re-designated to become a pure technology demonstration mission.
The Yenisey A1 design calls for a 3,000-Kilogram satellite based on the Ekspress-2000 bus featuring several conventional deployable communication antennas and one large mesh antenna with a diameter of six to 18 meters. The current status of the Yenisey A1 project is unknown – whether the 2015 launch date still stands is doubtful.
A patent has been filed by ISS Reshetnev detailing the design of an umbrella-type parabolic mesh antenna with aperture sizes of 6 to 18 meters. Geostationary Signals Intelligence satellites are typically outfitted with large parabolic reflecting dishes to pick up radio emissions from ground-based targets.
The early U.S. SIGINT satellites known as Canyon (1968-1977) operated in near-geosynchronous orbits and were equipped with reflecting dishes ten meters in diameter. Over the years, more advanced satellites with even bigger antennas were launched (Jumpseat, Magnum) leading up to the current generation of U.S. SIGINT satellites in Geostationary Orbit known as Orion. The Orion satellites are known as the largest satellites ever launched based on the diameter of their antennas that exceeds 100 meters.
Russian ELINT satellites started out in the mid-1960 when the Tselina program was initiated, but to date, Russian Signals intelligence spacecraft were only operated from Low Earth Orbits. In its initial phase, Tselina satellites flew in two versions – Tselina-O for low-sensitivity measurements to provide an overview of radio activity and Tselina-D for high-sensitivity measurements. More than 100 Tselina-1 satellites were launched before being succeeded by the Tselina-R and Tselina-2 that were launched until 2009.
A new system known as Liana is currently under development to replace the Tselina satellites with Lotos spacecraft (the first experimental version launched in 2009) and also replace the naval US-PM satellites with Pion spacecraft.
An expansion of SIGINT systems into Geostationary Orbit has not been announced by the Russian Ministry of Defence, but the Olymp satellite could be the first test mission to evaluate the benefit of this type of SIGINT application.
Image: Yuzhnoye
Tselina-R
Proton set for Return to Flight on Saturday with classified Satellite
A Russian government-operated Proton-M/Briz-M is set for liftoff from Baikonur's Site 81/24 on Saturday to make its Return to Flight Mission, coming back from a third stage failure that occurred back in May. Liftoff is set for 20:23 UTC to mark the start of a standard ascent of the Proton that will deliver its Briz-M upper stage and the payload to a sub-orbital trajectory from where the Briz-M will be tasked with boosting the secret Olymp satellite into its classified orbit.
Not much is officially known about Olymp, also referred to as Luch. The satellite was developed by ISS Reshetnev for operation by the Russian Ministry of Defence. Likely based on Reshetnev's Ekspress-2000 satellite platform, headed to a Geosynchronous Orbit. Details emerged that indicate the satellite is a multi-purpose platform that will provide provide communication services to the Russian government and conduct electronic intelligence operations using a large deployable antenna.
Countdown Operations will get underway on Saturday about 11 hours and 30 minutes ahead of the planned launch time with the activation of the Briz-M upper stage for final testing activities. The three stages of the Proton will be loaded with 622,000 Kilograms of hypergolic propellants over the course of a three-hour sequence starting around L-6 Hours. When the pad is re-opened, final hands-on work will be completed including the removal of protective covers and the close-out of the rocket and Servicing Structure.
One hour ahead of liftoff, the Service Structure is rolled back to a safe position for launch, exposing the fully fueled Proton rocket. The Master Countdown Sequence gets underway a short time later and a set of reconfigurations is completed to prepare the rocket for the automated countdown sequence that starts at T-5 minutes. The terminal countdown includes the pressurization of propellant tanks, the transfer to onboard control and internal power as well as a final automated check ahead of engine ignition.
Soaring to life 2.5 seconds before blastoff, Proton's six engines will reach their liftoff thrust of more than one million Kilogram-force.
Lifting off at 20:23:00 UTC, Proton completes a quick initial ascent, rising vertically from its pad before executing a roll maneuver to achieve its precise ascent trajectory.
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Passing Maximum Dynamic Pressure 62 seconds after launch, Proton heads uphill as the first stage and its six RD-275M engines rapidly accelerate the vehicle. At T+1:59, the first stage will shut down its engines after consuming 419.4 metric tons of propellants. As part of hot-staging, the second stage ignites its four 599-Kilonewton RD-0210/0211 engines at the moment of stage separation to continue powered ascent. The second stage burns until T+5:27, consuming 156 tons of propellants.
To separate from the second stage, Proton's third stage will ignite its vernier engine before the large RD-0213 main engine starts its four-minute burn. Payload Fairing Jettison occurs at T+5:47 and the third stage main engine burns until T+9:31. After third stage vernier cutoff at T+9:42, the orbital unit is separated.
Starting out in a sub-orbital trajectory, the Briz-M will ignite its S5.98 engine a little over one minute after separation to perform its first burn that delivers the vehicle into a Low Earth Parking Orbit of a little under 200 Kilometers in altitude.
Assuming a direct insertion into Geosynchronous Orbit, the Briz-M will be tasked with a total of four burns - a five-burn profile would be used in case of a flight to Geostationary Transfer Orbit, however a direct insertion appears most likely. The mission duration will be on the order of nine to nine and a half hours for both, GSO and GTO missions.
The first Briz-M Burn delivers the stack to a Low Earth Parking Orbit. Burns two and three occur at perigee in the ascending node of the orbit in order to raise the apogee to geostationary altitude. The two burns are separated by a coast of about two hours and the Auxiliary Propellant Tank is separated after the third burn. What follows is a long coast phase all the way up to apogee for the fourth burn that raises the perigee and reduces the inclination in order to circularize the orbit at geosynchronous altitude for spacecraft separation.
Proton Rocket rolls to Launch Pad for Return to Flight Mission this Weekend
A Proton launch vehicle topped with a secret satellite was rolled to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Tuesday in preparation for the Return to Flight mission of the Russian workhorse, currently set for liftoff on Saturday.
The payload of this mission is known as Luch or Olymp (Olimp). It is also known that the satellite was developed and manufactured by ISS Reshetnev for operation by the Russian Ministry of Defence. Like many MOD missions, details on the Olymp satellite are not made available to the public, however, details have emerged indicating that the satellite is most likely a multi-purpose spacecraft dedicated to electronic intelligence and providing secure communications for use by the Russian government.
This launch marks the first flight of the Proton since its most recent mission in May that failed to deliver the Ekspress AM-4R satellite to orbit when its third stage shut down prematurely, causing the vehicle to re-enter the atmosphere with debris being located in north-eastern China. Lifting off on May 15, Proton was embarking on the next in a series of launches for the Russian government, set to carry the Ekspress AM-4R satellite to orbit as the replacement for the original AM-4 satellite that was left in a useless orbit after the failure of Proton's Briz-M upper stage in 2011.
After a nominal performance of the first two stages of the Proton, its third stage ignited and operated as planned until 541 seconds into the flight when an emergency shutdown was triggered, 40 seconds ahead of the planned time. Telemetry showed that the shutdown was the result of the loss of attitude control during the third stage burn that was sensed by Proton's computers.
An inquiry into the failure determined that the cause of the mishap was the failure of the RD-0214 four-chamber steering engine indicated by a loss in outlet pressure on the engine's gas generator. The investigation identified a series of probable causes -contaminants in the propellant lines, foreign objects entering the fuel flow regulator, a breach in propellant lines or the destruction of the turbopump bearing mounting structure. The turbopump bearing failure was considered most likely.
Corrective measures that were recommended by the investigation commission included the improvement of quality control in engine manufacturing and detailed inspections of all existing Proton-M third stages.
As a result of May's launch failure, the next Proton flights were put on hold to facilitate the investigation into the mishap and additional inspections of the Proton rockets to conduct these missions. Several flights were pushed down the manifest and Proton is currently looking at up to four mission this year and at least ten launches in 2015 in order to catch up with its launch manifest.
Pushed back from June, the launch of the secret Luch satellite, also referred to as Olymp, was eventually pushed into late September. The satellite was kept in a safe storage mode while teams were working on establishing Proton's return to flight date. The first two stages of the rocket were stored at the Baikonur Cosmodrome while the third stage of the launcher was shipped back to Moscow in order to undergo inspections at the Khrunichev manufacturing plant. The third stage returned to Baikonur in late August.
The classified Olymp satellite completed its processing tasks throughout August that included final inspections and functional tests as well as propellant loading. Late in August, operations at Site 81/24 picked up to conduct testing of ground systems and prepare the launch pad to receive the Proton rocket after several months of downtime. Proton-M assembly commenced in early September as the three stages of the rocket were integrated for a set of detailed tests performed while the vehicle was still inside the MIK.
At the Spacecraft Processing Facility, the Briz-M upper stage for this mission completed its final tests, fueling of the high-pressure propellant tanks and a set of reconfigurations. The Olymp satellite was then installed on the upper stage and teams encapsulated the stack in the protective payload fairing. Last Thursday, the upper composite was installed on the Proton rocket and tests were completed
On Sunday, the launch vehicle was rolled out to the Briz-M fueling station where the vehicle spent two nights in order for Briz-M to receive is low-pressure fuel load. The upper stage was filled with a total of 19,800 Kilograms of storable propellants, namely Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine and Nitrogen Tetroxide. Operations at the fueling station were underway until Monday. The State Commission met to review to status of launch preparations in order to give permission for the rollout to the launch complex.
Before sunrise on Tuesday, two rockets departed their servicing stations to head to their respective launch pads - a Soyuz FG was rolled to Site 1/5 to boost three ISS crew members to orbit on Thursday while Proton-M was moved to Site 81/24 for liftoff on Saturday.
Riding on rails using the transporter-erector, Proton made slow but steady progress to reach its launch pad, seeing a colorful sunrise as it made its way to the launch complex. Once arriving at the Pad, Proton was raised to its vertical launch position and the Service Structure was moved in position to provide access platforms for the standard launch preparations. As part of On-Pad-Operations, the vehicle is put through extensive tests to ensure it is in proper condition and in readiness for its flight.
Liftoff is planned on Saturday at 20:24 UTC as Proton-M embarks on a nine-minute 42-second ascent mission to deliver the Briz-M to a sub-orbital trajectory from where the upper stage assumes control of the flight that will follow a classified mission profile.
From what is known about the payload and mission, it is likely that this mission is targeting a Geosynchronous Orbit with spacecraft separation about nine and a half hours after launch. Details on mission progress will not be available given the secretive nature of the payload.


These segments of iron wire melted incompletely before sudden cooling.
The cactus spines are most obvious when viewed in profile.
The wire on the right is covered with fine rows of "cactus spines".
The cactus spines tend to bifurcate, just like the dendrites on cobalt.
Tentative explanation: A strong electric field first folds surface graphite, then draws dendrites from the creases. Creases in surface graphene will concentrate electrostatic fields and facilitate the formation of compound curves.
Alternative explanation: A solid surface carbide phase may be present underneath the graphene layers on all metals investigated so far (iron, nickel and cobalt). Surface carbides will not generally have the same coefficients of thermal expansion as graphene, so differential thermal contraction--and, thus, spontaneous film curvature--should be expected.


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Claude Flight
Claude Flight (date and photographer unknown)
1912 Started studying at Heatherley's School of Art
1915 Married Clare James
1921 Exhibited at the Royal Academy, London
1922 Began a lasting romantic and working relationship with Edith Lawrence
1926-27 Edited 'The Arts and Crafts Quarterly'
1928 Joined the Grubb Group as a founding member
1926-30 Taught linocutting at the Grosvenor School
1928 Joint exhibition with Edith Lawrence at the Redfern Gallery, London
1929 Instigated the 'First Exhibition of British Linocuts' at the Redfern Gallery
1947 Suffered a stroke
1955 Died
1922 Walker's Galleries, London '3rd Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture by the 'Seven and Five' Society'
1923 Mr Wm B. Paterson's Gallery, London '4th Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture by the 'Seven and Five' Society'
1926 Beaux Arts Gallery, London '6th Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture by the 'Seven and Five' Society'
1927 Redfern Gallery, London (solo)
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Paris 'Exposition de la gravure moderne anglaise'
Beaux Arts Gallery, London '7th Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture by the 'Seven and Five' Society'
1929 Redfern Gallery, London 'First Exhibition of British Lino-Cuts'
1929-30 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago 'First International Exhibition of Lithography and Wood Engraving'
1930 Redfern Gallery, London 'British Linocuts'
1931 Albany Gallery, London 'Exhibition of Lino-Cuts by Claude Flight, R.B.A.'
Shanghai Art Club, Shanghai 'Exhibition of British Linocuts'
Redfern Gallery, London 'British Lino-Cuts 1931'
Redfern Gallery, London 'Claude Flight'
1932 Collins House, Melbourne (Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria) 'Modern Colour Prints and Wood Engravings from the Redfern Gallery, Old Bond Street, London'
Redfern Gallery, London 'Modern Colour Prints'
1933 Atelier E. Matter, Montreux, Switzerland
Ward Gallery, London 'Fourth Exhibition of British Lino-Cuts'
Redfern Gallery, London 'Colour Prints and Contemporary Oils'
1934 Ward Gallery, London 'Lino-Cuts 1934'
1934-35 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool 'The Sixtieth Autumn Exhibition'
1935-36 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa 'Exhibition of Modern Colour Prints'
County Borough of Hastings Public Museum and Art Gallery, Hastings 'Exhibition of British Lino-Cuts (Mostly in Colour)'
1938 Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Edinburgh 'The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture: The One Hundred and Twelfth'
1939 City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham 'Exhibition of Modern Lino-Cuts'
1947 British Institute of Adult Education (Arts Council of Great Britain), London 'Colour Lino-Cuts'
2008 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 'Machine Age: Rhythms of Modern Life 1914-1939'
'Claude Flight and His Circle', London: Parkin Fine Art, 1975 (ex cat)
'British colour linocuts of the 1920s & 1930s by Sybil Andrews, Claude Flight, Cyril E. Power and the artists of the Grosvenor School of Modern Art' London: Redfern Gallery, 1985 (ex cat)
Coppel, Stephen, 'Linocuts of the Machine Age: Claude Flight and the Grosvenor School', Farnham: Ashgate Pub Co., 1995
ed. Clifford S. Ackley, 'British Prints from the Machine Age: Rhythms of Modern Life 1914-1939', London: Thames and Hudson, 2008
Publications by the Artist
'Lino-Cuts. A Hand-Book of Linoleum-Cut Colour Printing', London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd, 1927
'The Art and Craft of Lino Cutting and Printing', London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1934
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
British Museum, London
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, San Francisco
Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
Mitchell Wolfson Jr Collection, The Wolfsonian Foundation, Miami Beach, Florida and Genoa, Italy
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
National Art Gallery, Wellington
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
New York Public Library, New York
V&A Museum, London