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EVEX 910e roundabout: information, dates, prices, market launch
Kreisel - Peter Scherb
Gyroscope EVEX 910e
V or almost 50 years ago, Porsche entered with the 910 Le Mans on. Now the electromobility specialist Kreisel has converted a replica of the sports car into an electric racer.
Kreisel sports car with a range of 350 km
EVEX Fahrzeugbau GmbH, which produces the Porsche, provides the basis for the new old electric racing car 910 in the 1970s. However, at that time only 4 copies were made with street approval. With Kreisel's commitment, the EVEX 910 is back on track. Propulsion is provided by two electric motors with a total of 360 kW (490 PS) and 770 Nm, which accelerate the EVEX 910e gyro, which weighs just 1,100 kg, from zero to 100 km /h in 2.5 seconds and enable a top speed of over 300 km /h. To enable breathtaking acceleration and maximum speed, Kreisel developed an automated 2-speed gearbox. A limited slip differential is also used. The gyro stores the energy in a lithium-ion battery pack with a capacity of 53 kWh. This should enable a realistic range of 350 kilometers.
In order to accommodate the battery system together with the drive train in the rear, the frame of the original vehicle was slightly modified. In addition, Kreisel developed a new cooling system for the high-performance drive, which replaces the previous air cooling.
The storage system can be charged quickly with up to 100 kilowatts and even enables intelligent energy management in conjunction with the photovoltaic system of a single-family house.
The EVEX 910e gyro is legal on the road due to its age and an H license plate. Before the first exit, however, the builders have set the purchase price hurdle of one million euros. In addition, the 910e, which has a removable Targa roof, will only be built in very limited numbers.
EVEX is building the Porsche 910
EVEX has 2016 with the SILAG Group as the new owner revive the sales of the EVEX 910. The result was a variant with a 3.2 liter internal combustion engine with an output of 320 hp and an empty weight of just 800 kilograms. The EVEX variant has - in contrast to the original Porsche, which was used exclusively for races, a street legal with H-plate.
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It's the "How did Alito Rule?" Game!
By Dan on January 25, 2006
Alito passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote. Thus, even if you know very little about the guy, there's a pretty good chance that somebody has told you what to think about him. In order to give you a better reason to feel however you feel, I've pulled facts from a few of Alito's opinions. Is Alito the sort of guy you think he is?
All of the following come from various opinions by Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. Your job is 1) to guess how he ruled on them, and 2) state how your ideal Supreme Court nominee would have ruled. I've skipped over most of the cases that turn on an obscure bit of the law for the less legally inclined. I've included citations for the legally inclined. Write your answers in this forum thread. When people have a few days to guess/weigh in, I'll post the answers.
1) Mr. Abdul-Aziz and Mr. Mustafa are Sunni Muslims and police officers. The police department has a regulation that says you cannot wear a beard except for medical reasons (e.g. a skin condition). As Sunni Muslims, the two men are required to grow beards. They claim that the police department should be required to make an exception in their case. How did Alito rule?
(See 170 F.3d 359)
2) Mr. Oyebanji was driving recklessly, killed somebody, and was convicted of vehicular homicide. He came from Nigeria but now is a lawful permanent resident of the United States. At least he was. The Board of Immigration Appeals has determined that the vehicular homicide is a "crime of violence," and thus ground for deportation. Mr. Oyebanji argues that the law allowing deportation for "crimes of violence" shouldn't apply to him because he didn't intend to hurt anybody. Is vehicular homicide a "crime of violence"? How did Alito rule?
3) In Stafford, community organizations are allowed to distribute fliers to teachers who distribute them to students, so long as the fliers relate to "school matters or pupil-related activities," are not partisan or otherwise political, do not come from the school staff, and are approved by the superintendent. The superintendent's is usually a rubber-stamp and there have been no problem with fliers from the Boy Scouts, 4-H, etc.. There are similar rules regarding having informational tables at "Back to School Night" or posting materials on the school walls. Now the Child Evangelism Fellowship, a "Bible-centered, worldwide organization composed of born-again believers whose purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and to establish (disciple) them in the Word of God and in a local church for Christian living" wants to send a flier about it's "Good News Club." The flier clearly states that it is not a school sponsored activity. The superintendent rejects this request. Child Evangelism sues saying that its free speech rights are violated. Is Child Evangelism likely to succeed on its claim? How did Alito Rule?
4) Xiu Ling Zhang, a Chinese citizen, has three children. Unsurprisingly, this does not sit well with China's one child policy. Zhang sought asylum in the United States. She brought with her records of 1) a fine for the unauthorized removal of an IUD, 2) a fine for "attempt to give birth secretly", 3) a record of an (allegedly forced) "Abortion Operation and IUD installation", and 4) a notice that she was required to pay another large fine and appear for a sterilization procedure or "[we] will be force[d] to complete the sterilization operation, and punish severely as well." These documents were not authenticated by the U.S. Consulate in China because, as the immigration judge said, "it's almost impossible to get that actually done." The immigration judge later denied her application for asylum because her testimony was "unbelievable". Zhang now claims that the immigration judge did not properly consider her documentary evidence. There is no stated reason for doubting the authenticity of the records. Should Zhang have another hearing where her documents will be considered? How did Alito rule?
5) Cai Luan Chen is the fiancé of a woman who was treated similarly to Xia Ling Zhang above. Here, the immigration judge granted the asylum request for his fiancé but rejected it for him because they were not actually married. Mr. Chen argues that he would have married her, except that China had denied his marriage application because he was younger than 25. The Board of Immigration Appeals rejected his application for asylum. Was it reasonable for the BIA to deny his petition? How did Alito rule?
6) Dennis Blackhawk owns two black bears, which he uses in Lakota religious ceremonies. Pennsylvania law says that you must have a "menagerie" or "exotic wildlife dealer" permit to keep the bears on his properties. This permit costs $200 a year, although the fee is waved for most zoos and "where hardship or extraordinary circumstance warrants." Blackhawk pays the fee under protest one year. When his request for waiver is denied, the Game Commission filed charges and Blackhawk was fined $178,400 (which was later reduced to $6,442. The bears were taken away, but in the process one of them managed to bite a Game Commission official. The Game Commission tried to have the bears decapitated for a rabies test, but a court stopped them and ordered the bears return. Blackhawk has sued asking for 1) a waiver of the permit fee and 2) damages from the people who took the bears away. Does the permit fee violate free exercise of religion? Is Blackhawk entitled to damages from the Game Commission officials? How did Alito rule?
7) A Pennsylvania law bans alcohol advertisements in college publications. The Pitt News, a University of Pittsburgh student newspaper, lost a lot of revenue because of this. They claim this ban violates their free speech rights. Does it? How did Alito rule?
(See 379 F.3d 96)
8) Phillip Reardon was an alcoholic. For some reason he abducted a 79-year-old woman. He duct-taped her mouth shut. She died of asphyxiation. He dumped her body somewhere, and stole her watch, wallet, and diamond ring, partially severing her finger in the process. He pawned the ring and went shopping. Police arrested him and read him his rights. Police were not satisfied with whatever story he made up. Reardon said, "If I tell you the truth, can I have a drink?" The police agreed and Reardon told them the full story. Reardon was convicted. On the appeal, Reardon claimed his confession was involuntary. Was his confession involuntary? How did Alito rule?
(See 82 Fed. Appx. 273)
9) A man was murdered at a bus stop. One witness first claimed that the he saw a blue car with a white driver fleeing the scene but later decided it was a gray car with a black driver. This witness identified Ronald Williams, a black man. During jury selection, all jurors testified essentially that their judgment would not be clouded by racial bias. After he was convicted, he presented evidence that members of the jury had called another member of the jury "a n----- lover" an told her "I hope your daughter marries one of them." Additionally, she was told by an alternate that Williams was "wanted in other states and if we don't get them another state would ...[Williams] was going to die anyway ... his black ass was cooked anyway." The state court didn't accept this evidence. In this appeal, Williams claims that the jurors perjured themselves during voire dire and he should be entitled to a hearing on whether this harmed his case. Should it be? How did Alito rule?
10) Pauline Thomas worked as a housekeeper until she had a heart attack. She then worked as an elevator operator for seven years until her job was eliminated. She applied for social security disability benefits based on cardiac problems, back problems, and a fractured right ankle. The Commissioner of Social Security determined that she was not disabled (and thus not eligible for benefits) because she could still perform her past work as an elevator operator. Thus, the administrative judge did not reach the question of whether she would be able to obtain other work. Thomas argued that she could not continue work as an elevator operator because the job "elevator operator" had essentially vanished from the national economy. Was she properly denied benefits? How did Alito rule?
Post your guesses on how Alito would rule and how Alito should have ruled!

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Q: Pandas read_sql function produces binary column names I have access to a MS SQL SERVER database from which I retrieve data for analysis. I use a Mac and so can access the database with Navicat Essentials for SQL Server. That works really well. However, I would like to access the database using Python. I have installed a virtual environment for Python 3.4 and have installed various libraries including Numpy, Pandas, Pypyodbc and some others. I configured a DNS connection in ODBC Manager app and I can access a table called 'Category' in the database using Python as follows:
import pandas as pd
import pypyodbc

connectionName = pypyodbc.connect('DNS=myDNSName')

queryName 'SELECT ID, CategoryName FROM Category'

retrievedDataDF = pd.io.sql.read_sql(queryName, con=connectionName)

connectionName.close()

print(retrieveDataDF.head())
print(retrieveDataDF.columns)

This seems to work fine except the column headings in the returned dataframe seem to be represented in some form of binary format, in this case, the column headings in the dataframe are b'i' and b'c'. The outputs from the print functions are:
   b'i'     b'c'
0     1  missing
1     2     blue
2     3      red
3     4    green
4     5   yellow

Index([b'i', b'c'], dtype='object')

I don't recall having this problem previously and I can't find any reference to similar issues online. As a result, I can't work out what is going on.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
EDIT: Following comments by Joris, the following may be useful:
connectionName.cursor().execute(queryName).description

[(b'i', int, 11, 10, 10, 0, False), (b'c', str, 100, 100, 100, 0, True)]
Versions of all installed libraries are given below:
From Terminal
$ env/bin/pip list

appnope (0.1.0) decorator (4.0.4) gnureadline (6.3.3) ipykernel
  (4.1.1) ipython (4.0.0) ipython-genutils (0.1.0) ipywidgets (4.1.1)
  jdcal (1.0) Jinja2 (2.8) jsonschema (2.5.1) jupyter (1.0.0)
  jupyter-client (4.1.1) jupyter-console (4.0.3) jupyter-core (4.0.6)
  MarkupSafe (0.23) matplotlib (1.4.3) mistune (0.7.1) nbconvert (4.0.0)
  nbformat (4.0.1) nose (1.3.7) notebook (4.0.6) numexpr (2.4.3) numpy
  (1.10.1) openpyxl (2.2.4) pandas (0.17.0) pandastable (0.4.0) path.py
  (8.1.2) pexpect (4.0.1) pickleshare (0.5) pip (1.5.6) ptyprocess (0.5)
  Pygments (2.0.2) pyparsing (2.0.3) pypyodbc (1.3.3) python-dateutil
  (2.4.2) pytz (2015.6) pyzmq (14.7.0) qtconsole (4.1.0) scipy (0.16.1)
  setuptools (3.6) simplegeneric (0.8.1) six (1.9.0) terminado (0.5)
  tornado (4.2.1) traitlets (4.0.0) xlrd (0.9.3)

From within virtual environment
import pandas as pd
pd.show_versions(as_json=False)

INSTALLED VERSIONS
commit: None python: 3.4.1.final.0 python-bits: 64 OS: Darwin
  OS-release: 15.2.0 machine: x86_64 processor: i386 byteorder: little
  LC_ALL: None LANG: en_GB.UTF-8
pandas: 0.17.0 nose: 1.3.7 pip: 1.5.6 setuptools: 3.6 Cython: None
  numpy: 1.10.1 scipy: 0.16.1 statsmodels: None IPython: 4.0.0 sphinx:
  None patsy: None dateutil: 2.4.2 pytz: 2015.6 blosc: None bottleneck:
  None tables: None numexpr: 2.4.3 matplotlib: 1.4.3 openpyxl: 2.2.4
  xlrd: 0.9.3 xlwt: None xlsxwriter: None lxml: None bs4: None html5lib:
  None httplib2: None apiclient: None sqlalchemy: None pymysql: None
  psycopg2: None

(Since then, I've installed sqlalchemy 1.0.10 but I'm still working on trying to connect using SQLAlchemy.)
EDIT 2
Have failed to connect using sqlalchemy to create engine because I couldn't get pyodbc to install on a Mac running El Capitan (pip install fails with fatal error caused by missing sql.h header file) and sqlalchemy seems to require pyodbc to be installed. Instead, I generally use pypyodbc but sqlalchemy can't use pypyodbc instead of pyodbc. I have, however, successfully connected to the database using the following:
phjConnection = pypyodbc.connect(driver="{Actual SQL Server}",server="myServerName",uid="myUserName",pwd="myPassword",db="myDBName",port="1433")
phjQuery = '''SELECT ID, Catagory_Name FROM Catagory'''
phjLatestData = pd.io.sql.read_sql(phjQuery, con=phjConnection)

Not sure if that achieves the same goal suggested by Joris but the problem still exists , namely:
print(phjLatestData.head())

   b'i'     b'c'
0     1  missing
1     2     blue
2     3      red
3     4    green
4     5   yellow

A: This seems a problem with the pypyodbc driver itself. Pandas constructs the column names for the resulting dataframe from information it gets from the query result, and more in particular its description attribute.
If you run this manually, you get (copied from your edit):
>>> connectionName.cursor().execute(queryName).description
[(b'i', int, 11, 10, 10, 0, False), (b'c', str, 100, 100, 100, 0, True)]

Normally, the first value in each tuple should be the column name. But here, it gives you only its first character as a byte.
This seems a known problem for some environments (specifically Python 3 I think), at least it has already been reported: https://code.google.com/p/pypyodbc/issues/detail?id=43

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1. They are tough. Our experience has been that people who have had little luck with African violets can successfully grow streps. They are a great flowering houseplant for people without "green thumbs"–which is true for many of the customers who come to our shop.
2. They do equally well under natural and artificial light. We grow under both, and they don't seem to care. We place them in the worst areas of the greenhouse, where we wouldn't think of putting violets. They do well in almost any window of the house, making them great for windowsill gardeners.
3. Ease of grooming. Since they grow multicrowned, there's no nee to remove suckers. Have a discolored leaf, or the plant's too big? Just trim it to any shape or size with scissors.
4. Flowering potential. Unlike violets that usually only produce one bloom stalk per leaf axil, streps will produce 6-10 bloom stalks in succession from each leaf. A mature plant with lots of healthy leaves can produce lots of bloom.
5. Ease of propagation. A 2″ length of leaf, rooted in a 2 1/4″ pot, can produce 20-60 plantlets, far more than a single violet leaf.
6. Fewer pest problems. They are susceptible to the same pests as are violets–mites, thrips, and the like. Mealy bug is the most likely problem but, from our experience, they are less likely to attract mite and thrip.
7. They are spectacular. There are few things more spectacular than a mature plant in full bloom (and they mature quickly). Most visitors to our shop come with the intention of buying violets. Many leave with a strep–and at least as many of our return customers are strep buyers.
To propagate, cut a length of leaf, then remove the center vein (or rib). Place the two remaining halves, or sides of the leaf, center (or vein) side down into the rooting mix. It will look just like "two slices of bread in a toaster". Younger, more heavily veined leaves will produce more plantlets. Unlike violet plantlets, which produce pairs of leaves, each leaf that appears from a rooted strep cutting is a plant–you needn't wait for pairs of leaves to appear. Plant each of these into its own 2″ pot.
The plantlet will produce its first bloom in 1-3 months, depending upon variety and conditions. At this point in time, we pot the plant into a 3″ pot, where it should continue to grow and bloom. Unless it is a small, or compact, growing variety, most streps will then need repotting into a 5″ pot in another 6-10 weeks. Shallow (azalea) pots are best. Except for the largest growing varieties, or those grown large or for exhibition, this is the largest pot necessary. About every 5-6 months, repot the plant, dividing it if needed, removing some of the old soil and rootball, and adding fresh soil.
Generally speaking, streps are harder to kill than are violets, being more tolerant of neglect. This is especially true of the better modern hybrids. There are, however, some potential problems that you may encounter.
1. Species and many older hybrids. It is true that these can be intolerant of warm temperatures. A prolonged period of temperatures much above 80f degrees can be the beginning of the end for some of the species.
2. Unifoliate and/or "annual" species. Some of the species are "unifoliate", meaning that they produce only one mature leaf. Though not necessarily difficult, these are not recommended for novices–i.e. if the leaf dies, the plant dies. Many other species are "annuals" in that they will bloom, set seed, and then expire. These are best kept growing by continually sowing seed and/or rooting leaves.
3. Overwatering and/or too dense a soil mix. This is really the only way one can kill most modern streptocarpus hybrids, and is the most common problem of novice growers. Streps almost always will recover from lack of water, even when almost totally limp, but can be killed by continual overwatering. For this same reason, a lighter soil mix is always preferred over a heavy one.
4. "Browned or yellowed" leaf tips or margins. This can be caused by many kinds of stress, but the most common causes are infrequent or improper repotting and/or lack of grooming. Sometimes that leaf is yellow simply because it's old and should be removed! These symptoms may also appear if the strep is very rootbound.
5. Crowded and/or deformed center growth. Streps are very fast, vigorous growers, and need to be divided and repotted into fresh soil at least every 6 months. When very rootbound, especially in very old soil, center growth may show these symptoms. In extreme cases, it can be mistaken for a mite infestation.
6. Lack of bloom. This is rarely a problem for us–we have had some plants that have been in bloom (or about to) every day of the year for four and five years running. If it does stop blooming, and culture (i.e. feeding, light, etc.) is good, it may be because there is too much "old" growth. Each leaf will produce 6-10 bloom stalks but, after that, will stop producing more buds. Unless there are new, healthy, leaves being produced, blooming will eventually cease. Dividing and repotting, giving the plant a fresh start, usually solves this problem.
Here are a few, simple, "rules of thumb" in growing streps that should increase your chances for success.
1. Use very light soil mixes. Especially true if you wick-water or otherwise plan to keep your plants constantly moist. If wicking, we would suggest using a mix of at least 50% perlite. It's also a good idea to let the reservoir go dry occasionally before refilling (this goes for violets, too). Keeping too-dense a soil, too wet, is the most common problem growers have. Keep those roots happy!
2. Use a balanced fertilizer. "Bloom boosting", or high phosphorus, fertilizers are not necessary for good blooming. If you have healthy roots and leaves, blooms will come. Streps are very vigorous growers and need to be fed regularly and adequately.
3. Regular grooming and pruning. Don't be afraid to remove old leaves, especially if they've already produced a number of bloom stalks. Also remove leaves that seem to be "competing" for the same space, or getting in each other's way. Remember, also, that leaves can be trimmed with virtually no effect on blooming–we've had pots of "stubble" in heavy bloom!
4. Regular repotting. If a strep has healthy roots, it's happy. If it doesn't, it won't be. Proper pot size, and fresh soil, are needed for new, healthy, root development. Neglect here is the second most common problem. Be sure to water more sparingly until new roots have begun to grow into the added soil.
5. Don't overcrowd. This goes for violets (and all plants) too. Don't create a "jungle-like" environment. Threat them like weeds, and they'll grow and look like weeds.
1. Plants that are tolerant of neglect and adverse growing conditions.
2. Small, compact growers preferred. So that they can fit on a windowsill, and more can be fit onto a light garden shelf. Glossy leaves, sometimes with dark and/or red-backing, growing in a flat (not upright) manner, preferably in a rounded (even rosette) form.
3. Long lasting blooms that are stick-tite and will hold up to mailing, transportation to shows, and handling. Double, or triple, blossoms are preferred for this reason. So that plants can easily fit onto light stand shelves, short, stiff, bloom stalks, with five or more blooms per stem, are desirable.
4. Unusual colors, like fantasies, multicolors, and edges. The possible colors, and combination of colors, are nearly limitless. Unusual shapes and textures, such as frilled or velvety blooms.
5. Even better, how about variegated leaves and fragrant blooms? Such hybrids are just now making their way into the hobby. They presently leave much to be desired with respect to growing ease and performance, but the possibilities for something really spectacular is there.
Many of these have already been achieved, by us and other hybridizers, to a degree. The future is exciting!
Do you recommend spraying streps before you bring them indoors if they have been outside for the summer? If so, what should they be sprayed with?
Yes, depending upon what you're spraying with. A better practice is, "what goes outside, stays outside". Even with spraying, you're likely at some point to bring problems into the house with your "outside" plants. If you have a substantial number of "inside" plants, this is a policy worth following–we've gotten more than a few phone calls from growers who wish they had. If you must, wash the plants thoroughly (mild dish soap and water), and repot–best to decrown (remove all roots and soil) and reroot plant…basically restart a fresh, clean plant.
Water when surface of soil is dry to touch. Fertilize every watering with recommended dilution shown on fertilizer package for every watering feeding.


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HomePS Vita'Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag' presented. Ubisoft still holds an AC surprise. (Updated: Debut Trailer Leaked)
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Update: We were supposed to see the debut trailer on Monday, but thanks to an accident in Gamesradar Youtube Channel, we have this leak.
Here you have 'Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag' Debut CGI Trailer two days before its official release:
Yesterday Ubisoft held the Assassin's Creed event we mentioned a few days ago.
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag was presented yesterday and it's coming to Playstation 3, Xbox 360, WiiU an PC, featuring 60 minutes of exclusive gameplay to the PS3 version (that also happened with AC: Brotherhood and AC3 on this system).
'Black Flag' tell us enough about the scenario of this new entry on the AC world: Battle ships and Pirates!!
Many rumors point to a set on 1715 and Connor's grandfather (or even father) as the main character. Monday at 5pm GMT we will know more details about this killer-pirates.
But that's not all. As we titled, Ubi holds a surprise regarding the franchise. We can confirm there's another game in development that has not been announced. Weird thing is 'Black Flag" not coming for Playstation 4 and Durango (for the moment) so… could we see that rumored WWII scenario coming true at next gen systems this year? Nah, too hasty. Bet for a Vita one in 2013.
We'll have to wait a little more, but this year we'll see two AC games, that's for sure.
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I first heard of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I believe, in the summer of 1985. They were being used as art on a flyer for that year's Mid-Ohio-Con and I remember thinking, "You have GOT to be kidding! How does that make ANY sense?" The art was actually an early drawing of them, too, where they were still all lanky and a little goofy looking prior to their actual publication as a comic. (The following year, Mid-Ohio-Con was all about John Byrne and his then-recent revamp of Superman.) I don't recall if either Kevin Eastman or Peter Laird were at the show as I was very preoccupied with the Fantastic Four at the time, pretty much to exclusion of everything else.
At some point in the next couple of years, my father had begun buying comics here and there, and eventually picked up the four TMNT paperbacks that First Comics started putting out in 1986. By that point, I had more or less exhausted my own comic reading material, as well as my funds for obtaining any more, so I started reading Dad's comics. Including those TMNT books. So by the time the cartoon came around in late '87, I was pretty well-versed in the characters. I watched the cartoon, read all four TPBs my dad got, bought the action figures, got the role-playing game and played the arcade game.
And then I went off to college.
I don't think I've read, heard or watched a single Turtles story since then. They were just interesting enough for me to hold my attention at that time, but I think it was largely predicated off the momentum Eastman and Laird generated in their first dozen issues of the comic. So that's me coming to Eastman's Teenage Mutant Turtles Artobiography, which I won earlier this year.
The book is a history of Eastman's creative work on the Turtles. There is LOADS of artwork. Lots of sketches, pencil layouts, pre- and post-toned comic pages, paintings... the works. Much of it is annotated with notes about what this piece was used for, and how that piece was developed. There's also something of an introduction that explains how Eastman and Laird got started, and a bit about their work process for those early issues.
The book focuses mostly Eastman and Laird's collaborative efforts. There's a few pieces about Eastman's solo stories, and almost nothing regarding the cartoon or the movies or the action figures. I think a passing mention or two of each, but that's about it. The book is really about Kevin Eastman's Turtles.
With that in mind, it's an interesting look at Eastman's early development as a comic book artist. There's a very clear progression in his methodology and technique. (The book is arranged chronologically, so this the progression is easily apparent.) Eastman makes note, from time to time, too, of changes in style or direction.
As I said, there's tons of art and much of it is annotated. If I had a complaint about the book, though, is that it's JUST annotated. There's not a lot of substantive text. Eastman does a sufficient enough job of explaining what we're looking at, but I would certainly be interested in hearing more. But if you want to study Eastman's art in detail, I can't imagine a better tome.
Talk about an interesting progression, when I think on my own association.
At some point I got hold of the four squarebound paperbacks of the original Eastman/Laird stories, which were of course quite different but enjoyable all the same.
And then eventually the Turtles were just "over," and in one or other of my collection purges, pretty much everything went.
Probably a bit of an overreaction, at least somewhat driven by an idea that ninja turtles were "for kids" (while, obviously, Spider-Man or the X-Men were mature works of literature), but ah well.
What a fun stroll down memory lane.


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Alter Bridge announce sixth full-length, Walk The Sky; reveal tour with Shinedown, The Raven Age, and Sevendust
Photo by: Dan Sturgess
Official press release:
For over 15 years, Alter Bridge has been a band known for blurring the line between hard rock and heavy metal. Building upon the sound that has won the band worldwide critical acclaim and a devoted global fan base, the band returns with their sixth studio album, Walk The Sky. The album is scheduled for worldwide release on October 18th via Napalm Records. The fourteen-track opus marks a creative highpoint for the quartet comprised of Myles Kennedy on vocals/guitars, Mark Tremonti on guitars/vocals, Brian Marshall on bass and Scott Phillips on drums. Walk The Sky is a complete career retrospective drawing upon elements from each of the band's previous releases to create something new from the band.
Recorded in a way never done before, the album was born from complete song ideas created by Kennedy and Tremonti. These songs would then be worked on by the entire band to create the fourteen songs that would make Walk The Sky the listening experience it is. This varies from the band's previous method going back to their sophomore release Blackbird where Kennedy and Tremonti would combine individual ideas and riffs alongside producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette to form some of the band's most revered songs. From the opening vocal melody on "One Life" to the moving finale of "Dying Light", Alter Bridge have created a formidable addition to their music catalog. Songs like "Godspeed", "Native Son" and "Walking On The Sky" are sure to be early additions to the live set. "Forever Falling" also marks a lead vocal return from Tremonti with Kennedy taking the chorus as done previously on the Fortress favorite "Waters Rising". The first single "Wouldn't You Rather" is quintessential Alter Bridge and will released in two weeks.
The album is now available for pre-order at this location.
Alter Bridge will be heading out on a worldwide tour beginning in September. The tour will begin in the United States before heading over to Europe to close out 2019. The European headline dates scheduled for November and December will feature Shinedown, Sevendust and The Raven Age. The North American dates will be announced in the near future. The band has also been announced as part of the inaugural Exit 111 festival in October and as a headliner of the sold-out 2020 sailing of Shiprocked.
Walk The Sky track listing:
"Wouldn't You Rather"
"In The Deep"
"Native Son"
"Take The Crown"
"Forever Falling"
"Clear Horizon"
"Walking On The Sky"
"Tear Us Apart"
11/12 – Copenhagen, DK | KB Hall
11/14 – Helsinki, FI | Ice Hall Black Box
11/16 – Stockholm, SE | Hovet
11/17 – Oslo, NO | Sentrum Scene
11/19 – Hamburg, DE | Sporthalle
11/20 – Berlin, DE | Columbiahalle
11/22 – Leipzig, DE | Hause Auensee
11/23 – Warsaw, PL | Hala Kolo
11/26 – Cologne, DE | Palladium
11/27 – Munich, DE | Zenith
11/29 – Vienna, AT | Gasometer
12/01 – Zurich, CH | Halle 622
12/02 – Milan, IT | Mediolanum Forum
12/04 – Barcelona, ES | St. Jordi Club
12/06 – Lisbon, PT | Sala Tejo
12/07 – Madrid, ES | Vistalegre
12/09 – Paris, FR | Olympia
12/10 – Amsterdam, NL | AFAS LIve
12/12 – Brussels, BE | Cirque Royal
12/14 – Nottingham, UK | Motorpoint Arena
12/15 – Manchester, UK | Manchester Arena
12/17 – Glasgow, UK | Hydro Arena
12/18 – Birmingham, UK | Birmingham Arena
12/20 – Cardiff, UK | Motorpoint Arena
12/21 – London, UK | 02 Arena
Alter Bridge is:
Myles Kennedy – vocals/guitars
Mark Tremonti – guitars/vocals
Brian Marshall – bass
Scott Phillips – drums
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Last week ended with a downward revision to US Q2 GDP. The data clarified that growth momentum going into Q3 was indeed quite weak though it probably didn't take the GDP revision to tell us this nugget of information, something that has been evident from the run of weak data over recent months.
Softer growth in Q2 placed particular attention on the Jackson Hole speech by Fed Chairman Bernanke in which he acknowledged the slowing in the pace of growth, but also forecast a moderate economic recovery in H2 2010. Importantly if the Fed is proven wrong he noted the FOMC would undertake unconventional (quantitative easing) QE II measures if needed.
The net impact on Bernanke's speech and the smaller than expected downward revision to US Q2 GDP was to provide a boost to risk appetite. Sentiment will at least begin this week on a positive note in the knowledge that the Fed stands ready to act although double dip fears are far from over.
One trigger for Fed action will be a further deterioration in job market conditions and markets will pay close attention to the August US jobs report at the end of the week. Bloomberg consensus estimates forecast a 100 drop in payrolls, with private payrolls up 47k and the unemployment rate edging higher to 9.6%. Such an outcome would do little to boost confidence in a jobs market recovery.
The week begins with all eyes on Japan however, with an emergency Bank of Japan (BoJ) meeting in focus. USD/JPY has already jumped higher on the belief that concrete action will emerge to weaken the JPY. The risk of disappointment is high and at most the BoJ will announce measures to extend loans to banks. A lack of other action especially in the form of FX intervention alongside a likely increase in risk aversion once the Bernanke bounce wares off, will result in a renewed USD/JPY move lower, with a breach of 85.00 likely. As seen in the chart below a decisive turn in the Japanese stocks will be a key factor in helping to eventually drive USD/JPY higher.
Two other central bank meetings of note this week are the European Central Bank (ECB) and Sweden's Riksbank meetings on Thursday. No change in policy by the ECB will be of little surprise but the release of new staff projections, with growth likely to be revised up in 2010 but left unchanged for 2011, will be of interest. Developments regarding open market operations will also be of attention. In contrast, the Riksbank is widely expected to hike rates by 25bps on the back of a firming economy and house price inflation.
A UK holiday today will likely keep liquidity thin and as noted above risk currencies including AUD, NZD and CAD as well as Asian currencies will start the week firmer but will struggle to hold gains as the week progresses. EUR/USD has benefited little from improved risk appetite and will have a hard time this week making much any headway although potential EUR/CHF buying from the SNB may give some, albeit limited support.
A renewed downside move to support around EUR/USD 1.2455 remains on the cards in the short term. Overall USD sentiment has become less negative as reflected in the CFTC IMM positioning data in contrast to a renewed deterioration in EUR speculative sentiment. We look for more of the same.
The market mood can be characterised as uncertain and somewhat downbeat, as reflected by the downdraft in US equity markets which posted their second weekly loss last week. Conversely, there has been a bullish run in government bonds, with the notable exception of peripheral debt. Over the last week markets had to contend with more data disappointment, in the wake of soft Japanese Q2 GDP, and a plunge in the August Philly Fed into negative territory, its first contraction since July 2009. Additionally a jump in jobless claims, which hit 500k highlighted the slow improvement in US job market conditions currently underway.
Despite all of this, the USD proved resilient and instead of the usual sell-off in the wake of soft data it benefited instead from increased risk aversion. The USD is set to retain some of this resilience though range-trading is likely to dominate over much of the weak. Reflecting the USD's firmer stance, speculative positioning in the form of the CFTC IMM data revealed a reduction in aggregate USD short positioning in the latest week and although positioning is well below the three-month average, the improvement over the latest week and current magnitude of short positioning, highlights the potential and scope for further short-covering.
Negative data surprises have forced many to downgrade their forecasts for growth and policy implications, especially in the US. Markets will look for further clarity on the economic outlook this week but it is not clear that anything conclusive will be delivered. At the end of the week Q2 GDP will be revised sharply lower and whilst the data is backward looking it will reveal the weaker momentum of growth going into the second half of the year.
US Housing data will be mixed, with existing home sales set to drop in July as the impact of the expiration of home buyers tax credits continues to sink in whilst new home sales will likely increase but only marginally and will remain well below the April levels. Overall the picture of housing market activity remains bleak and this week's data will do little to shake this off. On a more positive note July durable goods orders and August Michigan confidence will rise, the latter only marginally though. There will be plenty of attention on Fed Chairman Bernanke's speech at the Jackson Hole Fed conference at the end of the week, especially given speculation of more quantitative easing in the pipeline.
Japan releases its slate of month end releases including jobs data, household spending and CPI. A slight improvement in job market conditions and increased spending will be insufficient to allay growth and deflation concerns, especially with CPI remaining firmly in negative territory. The onus will remain on the authorities to try to engineer a weaker JPY, which remains stubbornly around the 85.00 level versus USD. Talk of a BoJ / MoF meeting today has been dismissed, suggesting the prospect of imminent action is small. Meanwhile, speculative JPY positioning has dropped slightly in the last week but remain close to historical highs.
Aside from various data releases this week markets will digest the outcome of Australia's federal elections. From the point of view of markets the outcome was the worst possible, with no clear winner as both the incumbent Prime Minister of the ruling Labour Party and opposition Liberal-National Party leader Tony Abbot failed to gain an outright majority. The outcome of a hung parliament will likely keep the AUD on the back foot, with trading in the currency likely be somewhat volatile until a clear outcome is established as both candidates try to garner the support of a handful of independents. However, it is notable that apart from an initial drop the AUD has managed to hold its ground. Nonetheless, the given the fluidity of the political situation there will be few investors wanted to take long positions at current levels around 0.8900 versus USD.
It appears that there is a bit of a sea change taking place in currency markets. Since early June the trend in currency markets would have looked like a one way bet to most casual observers. For instance, the USD index was declining fairly steadily and predictability as US growth worries intensified and markets anticipated a resumption of quantitative easing by the Fed. This changed quite dramatically over recent days, with a significant degree of two-way risk re-entering the market as the USD shook off worries about Fed quantitative easing and instead rallied in the wake of higher risk aversion.
The introduction of two-way risk into the market will cause a rethink of the increasingly fashionable view that the USD was about to embark on a renewed negative trend. This change in market perspective has coincided with renewed concerns about European sovereign risks, even as European growth has come in much stronger than expected over Q2. Other currencies have also lost ground against the USD more recently, with the notable exception of the JPY which remains close to the psychological level of 85.00.
Until recently the move in FX markets since early June contrasted with my view that Q3 would be a period of uncertainty and volatility. Improved risk appetite reflected a decline in uncertainty but whilst I now believe that Q3 will see less of an increase in risk aversion than previously anticipated, my core views remain unchanged. I see the USD resuming an appreciation trend against the EUR and funding currencies (JPY and CHF) whilst weakening against higher yielding risk currencies (AUD, NZD and CAD) over the medium term.
Although FX markets will likely gyrate between the influences of risk aversion on the one hand and growth/interest rates on the other, risk is likely to take the upper hand over the coming weeks. The influence of risk aversion has jumped sharply over the last few weeks for almost all currencies. As risk appetite was improving as it has done for much of the period since early June, it played negatively for the USD but the recent increase in risk aversion – brought about by renewed growth concerns, sovereign worries in the eurozone, with Ireland in particular coming under scrutiny – has managed to reverse this trend. The one-way bet for investors now appears to be over.
Only time will tell if the EUR's recent bull run has come to an end but there is sufficient evidence to suggest that plenty of good news has now been priced in and that further upside will be much more difficult to achieve. Even the recently strong growth data in the eurozone has thrown up potential problems including growing divergence as well as the potential for a slowdown over coming quarters. Further strengthening of the EUR will be a particular problem for eurozone growth, especially for exporting countries such as Germany. In any case, even the recent drop in the EUR leaves the currency at an overvalued level and susceptible to further falls. Over the coming weeks a period of consolidation is likely, with the EUR set to take a weaker tone.
The JPY in contrast has shown little sign of weakening and continues to flirt with the key psychological level of 85.00 much to the detriment of the Japanese economy, leading to growing frustration from Japanese officials. Much weaker than expected Q2 GDP data has given even more reason to engineer a weaker JPY but as yet the only intervention has come verbally and even this has not been particularly strong. In the absence of FX intervention, the Japanese authorities may be forced to consider other options such as increasing outright JGB purchases.
Like the EUR and JPY, GBP will find it tough to extend gains against the USD especially given that the doves at the Bank of England will likely remain in the ascendancy as growth moderates. GBP is also less undervalued than it was just a few weeks back suggesting that the argument for GBP strength has weakened. Nonetheless, GBP is likely to outperform against a generally weaker EUR ending 2010 around 0.78.
Similarly, CHF will likely maintain its strength against the EUR in the short term but unlike GBP this will likely give way to weakness and a gradual move higher in EUR/CHF to around 1.37 by year end. An eventual improvement in risk appetite and some relative economic underperformance will undermine the case for holding CHF.
Scandinavian currencies are likely to struggle in the short term due to market nervousness about a US double dip in an environment of elevated risk aversion. Interest rates will also play an important role in driving NOK and SEK as will be the case for most currencies eventually. Divergence in rate views for Norway and Sweden suggests holding a short SEK long NOK position. Overall, with two-way risk now much more evident as many investors return from their summer break the FX market will look far less predictable than it did before they left.


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Baltimore Museum of Art Reveals New Logo and Identity
By Editor May 7, 2021
Categories: Arts, Education, Social & People
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) has unveiled a new logo and identity as part of a major branding overhaul.
BMA's marketing bosses reportedly spent four months in 2019 interviewing colleagues, trustees, docents, volunteers, museum visitors, Baltimore residents, and tourists in an effort to understand how the BMA is perceived.
"We spent a lot of time in the neighbourhoods around the Museum, at our museum branch at Lexington Market, at the Inner Harbor, and at Penn Station talking to people about the BMA. We wanted to know what motivates people to visit and the pain points they experience when visiting, what compels them to seek out art, and what artistic encounters they remember most vividly," says the over 100 years old American institution. "We took everything we learned to develop a new framework for talking about the museum. At the heart of this framework is the museum's personality, defined in four traits: honest, vibrant, empathetic, and fearless."
BMA subsequently partnered with design studio Topos Graphics and Baltimore-based graphic designer Bruce Willen to create the new look, which represents the first significant change to the organisation's visual identity since 2005.
The refreshed logo is composed of two parts: At the bottom, the museum's name sits beneath a dashed line, which is claimed to set up the museum "as a stage for creativity"; and above it are the letters "B", "M", and "A", which are written by museum visitors and collaborators.
"The handwriting marks featured in Museum collateral will always change, drawing from a repository of submissions from visitors, staff, and anyone who interacts with the Museum. The number of handwriting marks will vary in each application, with some selected for recency and others because they resonate with a specific application," says the BMA. "We wanted not just to represent, but to create a means for a multiplicity of voices to come together. The logo celebrates the richness of the BMA community. The logo becomes more legible when the marks overlap and join together, and there is strength and beauty in the cacophony of hand marks."
Additional details include a new colour system said to have been inspired by a William Sergeant Kendall painting, Mischief, which was the first piece of artwork donated to the museum upon its founding in 1914.
"Topos calculated the average colour value of the work and the resultant tan hue became the starting point for our institutional colour system. From there, they developed a colour value for vibrant by fully saturating the honest hue. The orange-red is arrived at by relating to the mischief colour, and the orange-red colour became the colour equivalent for vibrant. Empathetic, a warm purple, is represented by an analogous region on the colour wheel to the vibrant colour. Finally, for fearless, a rich, brilliant blue," explains the BMA.
Another aspect of the identity are so-called "haptic backgrounds" that are claimed to represent a "visual interpretation of the BMA's haptic and collaborative approach to programming and interpretation".
The backgrounds provide a base for a range of collateral, from brochures to stationery to the new website.
Source: BMA
Tags: Baltimore Museum of Art, Bruce Willen, colourful, handwriting, identity design, logo design, logotype, painting, pink, purple, rebranding, scribble, Topos Graphics, William Sergeant Kendall, wordmark
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Home » Fantasia Net Worth 2021 is How Much her Earnings
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The appearance of Fantasia in American Idol's third season was the turning point of her life and she successfully won it. Consequently, she accumulated attention and boost up his income. Soon after, she did an agreement with J Records of worth $1 Million and launched her first album 'Free Yourself' that was selected for Grammy Awards for three times and was Platinum certified by RIAA. All in all, she has launched 5 studio albums and garnered massive sum from the selling and honors. Her single 'Bittersweet' let her win a Grammy Award for the category of Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
Fantasia Net Worth 2021:
About $6 Million is the Fantasia net worth 2021.
Barrino is also a promising actress. She worked in many movies like 'The Fantasia Barrino Story: Life is not a Fairy Tale'. She often gave her appearances in the theaters too and earned a lot. She has presented her talent in Broadway musical productions that mainly include 'After Midnight' and 'The Color Purple' which consequently enhance her net worth.
By 2012, VH1 added Barrino's name in '100 Greatest Women in Music'. Moreover, her name is included in North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. She is given the title of Queen of Rock Soul. She is given by several accolades throughout her career. It is reported that she is nominated for around 45 awards in her career span.
Barrino is also earning from performances at various festivals and tours. Singing, songwriting, and acting are her major source of wealth.
How much is Fantasia Earnings?
The amount of Fantasia net earnings will declare in near future.
Short Bio on Fantasia:
She is from a religious family and often sang a choir at a church and there she realized her hidden talent and then desire to be a known singer. She has explained every aspect of her life in autobiographical book 'Life Is Not a Fairy Tale' which depicts that she was depressed before gaining fame.
She had ups and downs in early life. Barrino studied at Andrews High School and became a victim of rap and then she intended to study not more. She welcomed a daughter at 17 and so it was difficult for an unmarried and uneducated mother to supplement her family for that purpose she did add jobs.
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Ruspidge-Dean Railway
Stuart Robinson's exhibition layout
In the later part of the nineteenth century there were plans to connect South Wales to the West Midlands via Pontypool, Monmouth, The Forest of Dean and Gloucester. Most of the railways for such a link existed. The exception was a short line from Elton to Cinderford and a spur at Coleford. In the Dean the line would have other advantages: it could tap the heavy and extractive industries, give better access to the county town of Gloucester and make the arrangement of the railways more logical. The line, as many in the Dean, would have been single track, steeply graded and tightly curved. Unsurprisingly the line was never built. I have assumed that it was brought to completion as the Dean Railway (DR). After a few years the Midland Railway took over the floundering DR, mostly for its running powers. In 1916 the Great Western Railway (GWR) withdrew passenger services and partly closed the line from Monmouth to Coleford, curtailing through services. Lines in the Dean were located to serve industry rather than the towns and villages and suffered an early withdrawal of passenger services, mostly in 1929 and 1930. By the 1930s curtailment of through and passenger services meant the DR, now owned by the LMSR, had to exist on local freight. This allowed closure of the section from Ruspidge to Cinderford, severing the connection to the Seven and Wye Railway (S&WR). Trains interchanged with the GWR at Elton and used running powers over the GWR to Gloucester to reach the main LMSR system.
[This layout has been retired. The exhibition details were as follows: "Name of layout: Ruspidge. Prototype and period: LMS/BR[LM] Branch Line (1948-56). Gauge: 16.5mm. Scale/modelling system: 1:87/HO. Layout details: The layout is HO (a scale of 3.5 mm to the foot on 16.5 mm gauge track). Peco code 70 track has been used throughout, using SEEP solenoids for the turnouts. Buildings are scratch built, while the trees come from a number of sources. Rolling stock and locomotives have been detailed and are from a number of manufacturers, such as Lima and Roco. Size (now): 48 inches by 15 inches, table sitter. Size (future): 7 ft by 5 ft. When complete, the Dean Railway will be seven feet long, five feet wide, viewable on four sides, and designed to sit on two 6 ft by 2 ft tables. No barriers required. 1 operator plus relief(s). Approximate value of exhibit for insurance purposes: £2000."]


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Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite India launch date revealed
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Jan 11, 2020 at 11:00 GMT 1 week ago
In an effort to make its flagship smartphones the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 more affordable, Samsung announced Galaxy S10 Lite and Galaxy Note 10 Lite a few days ago, without giving us any details about the price and availability.
But that thanks to Flipkart, we now know when the Galaxy S10 Lite will be available for purchase in India. According to Flipkart's Galaxy S10 Lite landing page, the cheaper Galaxy S10 will be available for purchase in India from January 23. Unfortunately, we've no information on the price point of the smartphone.
If we go by rumors, the Galaxy S10 Lite will be available at a price point of INR 40,000, which translates to $565 or €505.
On the other hand, the Galaxy Note 10 Lite will cost 35,990 INR(€450) for the 6GB+128GB variant, while the 8GB+128GB variant will cost 39,990 INR(€500) in India. However, we don't know when the Galaxy Note 10 Lite will be available for purchase, but it's expected to be available soon.
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Uninterrupted Display: Galaxy S10 Lite and Galaxy Note10 Lite offer edge-to-edge Infinity-O displays. With a 6.7-inch screen size, the display provides an expansive and immersive experience, allowing you to fully enjoy and get lost in your favorite multimedia content.
Larger and Long-Lasting Battery: The Galaxy S10 Lite and Galaxy Note10 Lite are packed with a large 4,500mAh battery and super-fast charging capabilities, so you can stay connected longer and spend more time doing the things you love.
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WESTON—The Catholic Young Adults of Greater Danbury (CYAGD) organized and hosted the 3rd Annual "Summer Splash" on Sunday, August 5, at St. Francis of Assisi parish in Weston. Father John Connaughton of St. Thomas More parish in Darien celebrated the Mass accompanied by very moving live music provided by Caitlin McElroy and Ryan Moore, followed by a pizza party (with water fight) in the parish hall and backyard space.
The CYAGD organizers did an outstanding job of gathering their group for the event, as well as opening it up and promoting it to all CYAs in the diocese.
The young adults from CYAGD are a model faith community in action. Maria Mullen, a long-time advisor to the CYAGD group, has observed, "The CYAGD is an exemplary group of faithful young adults who attend Mass and have relationships with each other." They have become closely bonded, love one another as brothers and sisters, and truly enjoy being together.
Those gathered remarked on the genuine good time they were having whether it be when in prayer together or competing in a water gun fight. They were able to enjoy both at "Summer Splash." The success of this remarkable, close-knit faith community is worth celebrating.
Michelle Silverio, 23, attended Sunday's "Summer Splash" observed that while her peers in the greater world rely on texting to connect with others, she prefers being in person with friends and seeing their smiles.
CYA "Summer Splash" builds community. This year's event exemplified the model we all need right now: Love for one another, supporting one another during life's ups and downs, and surrounding one's self in a faith community. Showing up. Living as God intended, and enjoying life and the abundance He has given us. Living as Christ teaches, as brothers and sisters in a loving community of faith.


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Q: What area should be chosen for finding EMF induced when only magnetic field $B$ is changing? Suppose i have a region with uniform magnetic field which is changing with time.
For finding EMF induced in a conductor, we use $\frac{d\phi}{dt}$, where $\phi=B.A$ (as $B$ is uniform).
$$\implies EMF = A\frac{dB}{dt}$$
after reading some books and searching on internet, i concluded that if we have to find EMF through a closed circuit, then A is the area enclosed by closed circuit, as we need to find magnetic flux through it.
But what if we need to find EMF induced through an isolated conductor such as a rod.
NOTE: The rod is at rest

So far what i have got-
if we try to find out the reason for EMF induced, there is an induced circular(non-conservative) electric field in region of changing magnetic field. So it accelerates electrons in conductor. Magnetic force acts on these moving charges (electrons) which induces the EMF. But how to relate it with magnetic flux?

A: As soon as we connect a voltmeter to measure the voltage we form a loop. The voltage that we read will be for the loop as a whole and the voltmeter will read positively or negatively according to whether it is placed to the left or right of the rod.
But, you might ask, suppose that we connect nothing to the rod: will one end of the rod acquire positive charge and the other negative (as do the terminals of a battery)? Yes indeed. We can calculate the resulting potential difference in this way...
Call the centre of the circular patch (in which there is a magnetic field changing at a rate $\dot B$), 'O'. Call the ends of the rod 'P' and 'Q', and its midpoint, 'M'. Write PQ$=l$, OM$=h$. Then the emf induced around triangle OPQ will be:
$$\mathscr E = \text{area of triangle OPQ}\times \dot B= \tfrac 12 lh\dot B.$$
However, there is no emf in either OP or QO, the radial sides of the triangle. Such emfs and their associated electric fields would, by symmetry, have to be radially outwards for all radii or radially inwards for all radii, and that is ruled out by Gauss's law, as there is no 'central' charge.
So the emf we have calculated will be induced along PQ. The emf will cause charges to move in the rod until the pd due to the charges is equal in magnitude to the emf (so that there is no net electric field in the rod). So...
$$\text{pd between ends of rod} =\tfrac 12 lh\dot B.$$
Note: treating the rod as part of the triangle OPQ was done just for convenience of calculation. It is not essential to choose the closed loop OPQ, nor indeed any closed loop. A more physically direct method is to use the result (obtainable from $\vec \nabla \times \vec E=-\frac{d\vec B}{dt}$, Stokes's theorem and symmetry) that at distance $r$ from O the electric field is tangential to a circle centred on O and of magnitude $E=\tfrac 12 r\dot B$. It is easy to show that the component of this field parallel to PQ is $E_\text{PQ}=\tfrac 12 h\dot B$ all along PQ, giving the same value for the emf induced in PQ as calculated earlier!