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Mumbai, Delhi property prices to fall 15-20% by year end
However, tier II and III cities have been stable and likely to see increase
Property prices in Mumbai and New Delhi are set to decline by almost 15 to 20 per cent in the next couple of months, according to an Indian real estate consultancy.
"A correction is likely to happen in Mumbai and New Delhi property prices. We believe the fall could be in the range of 15 to 20 per cent in the next few months. However, property prices in the tier II and III cities have been stable and likely to increase over the years," Santosh Naik, Managing Director, Disha Direct, told Emirates 24|7.
Godrej Properties Managing Director Milind Korde was also quoted recently in the Indian media that realty prices in Mumbai and Delhi were overheated, but prices were recovering in cities such as Bangalore and Pune since the fall in October 2008.
Disha Direct, which has taken a brokerage license in Dubai, will be selling "affordable" properties, ranging from Rs300,000 (Dh23,000) onwards, to the Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) based in the UAE.
Following the opening of the Dubai branch, the company will be soon expanding its reach to New York. Prasan Thakkar, Business Head – UAE Operations, Disha Direct, told this website the company was looking to enter other Gulf Cooperation Council countries as well.
Wikipedia website figures reveal the estimated population of Indians in the UAE as of 2009 to be close to two million, which constitutes 35 per cent of total UAE population.
"There is a lot of potential in the Indian market. A lot of US- and Australia-based Indians buying properties back home. We now expect a number of Indians here to invest back home in real estate," Naik added.
Although there are lot of queries from Indians who are looking to invest in the Dubai realty market, most seek advice on whether the price floor has been reached or not in the emirate.
"The rental returns are really good in Dubai and this will drive people to invest in properties. We believe the market will pick some steam in the coming few months," he added.
This website had reported last week that Indians are on the top of the list of expat real estate buyers in Dubai, having purchased properties worth Dh9.3 billion, 19 per cent to the total investment which stands at Dh48.9bn, in the first eight months of 2010.
Fonte: Arabian247.com
http://www.emirates247.com/property/real-estate/mumbai-delhi-property-prices-to-fall-15-20-by-year-end-2010-11-07-1.314412
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Ferrari World to bring boost to Yas Island real estate
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Tag: Australia, Bangalore, Delhi, Dubai, India, Indian, indians, Mumbai, New York, property, Pune, Real Estate, Uae, Us
The new Ferrari World theme park could boost real estate prices on Abu Dhabi's Yas Island by as much as 25 percent, real estate agents and analysts told Arabian Business.
"Ferrari World is certainly going to impact Abu Dhabi's property market in that the areas surrounding Yas Island such as Al Raha Beach and others will attract more visitors enabling these new communities to receive greater attention," Loshini Lawrence, operations manager at the Better Homes real estate agency in Abu Dhabi told Arabian Business.
"Property in these popular locations will no doubt appreciate in time, especially once the communities are fully-developed," he said.
Lawrence believes that, depending on the location, the impact on prices for properties close to the world's first Ferrari-branded theme park could be "at least 20 to 25 percent higher than similar properties that do not offer the same."
However, Jesse Downs, director of research and advisory at Landmark Advisory, was slightly more conservative about the short-term impact the park would have but believed the unique attraction would have a positive influence in the medium to long term.
"Based on our analysis, the opening of Ferrari World is not expected to have a short term impact on sale prices and sales volumes or rents and rental volumes. Assuming development plans proceed as expected, we could foresee a premium emerging in the medium to long term."
The Ferrari-branded 200,000 square metre attraction, which was unveiled to the world's media on Wednesday at Yas Island, will be the world's largest indoor theme park and will contain around twenty rides, including the world's fastest rollercoaster, the region's first dueling roller coaster and a 4-D experience called 'Speed of Magic'.
By: Shane McGinley
From: ArabianBusiness.com
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/ferrari-world-bring-boost-yas-island-real-estate-359044.html
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Tag: Abu Dhabi, Ferrari, property, Real Estate, Yas Island
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There's a half-off sale in the world's tallest building.
Even with an address at the iconic Burj Khalifa, rents for residences in the tower are not immune from Dubai's real estate crash. Indeed, nearly a year after it was inaugurated with a massive water-and-fireworks display, about 825 of the tower's 900 ultra-luxury apartments remain unoccupied, according to Better Homes, a real estate brokerage in Dubai.
The cost of renting a studio with floor-to-ceiling windows, marble fixtures and wooden floors has dropped to $1,815 a month from $3,025, while a one-bedroom apartment is available for $2,722 (it used to be $4,536), the brokerage says. Two-bedroom residences are expected to get $4,310, down from $7,183. Interested parties "call every few days and go for a viewing," says Imad Ben Khadra, a Moroccan expatriate who owns two 1,000-sq.-ft. one-bedroom apartments he purchased in late 2008 for about $950,000, both of which he is trying to rent out. "We got some offers [from prospective tenants], but nobody confirms.
Varun Chaudhary bought two two-bedroom residences in the Burj for about $1.5 million in 2005 even before construction began. He saw the value leap from $762 per sq. ft. to $3,811 per sq. ft. at the heights of the boom. Today, those values hover just above his purchase price. But he says he isn't worried about his investment. "These properties will recuperate faster than other properties because it's an icon, because it's only one in the world," he says. "You just have to say 'Burj Khalifa.' That's the address; you don't have to explain. It's a style statement in itself."
Still, the Burj, with its one-of-a-kind address and amenities like the first-ever Armani Hotel, is only the most high-profile example how Dubai's once flying real estate market has crashed. Overall in the emirate, property prices have dropped an average of 50%. Some half-built projects, located away from the main highway that runs through the city, may never be completed because their values have dropped too much, analysts say.
But it's the units that will be completed that are looming as a problem. The Dubai economy must still digest a flood of housing units coming on line or soon to be opened, which will further dampen prices. Through September, 27,000 residential units have been put on the market, and another 9,000 are expected to be completed by the end of the year, according to real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle. For 2011, the firm forecasts that about 30,000 new units will come on line. A glut in commercial property has forced landlords to offer previously unheard-of incentives such as free rent and allowances to finish out shell construction space. "They built the infrastructure for a much larger economy than it can [now] attract," says Wissam Haroun, a Syrian expatriate who owns entertainment and technology companies in Dubai.
Worried about the glut, Dubai's Real Estate Regulatory Agency recently said it was canceling or in the process of canceling about half of all projects registered with the authority. Of about 980 developments, 495 are on the chopping block, according to a Dubai sovereign-bond prospectus made public last week.
Some, however, see opportunity in the depressed prices. "It's a massive change in terms that it's no longer the man on the street or the lady on the street buying property on spec or off plan," says Paul Devonshire, a director with Pramerica Real Estate Investors who specializes in the Middle East and North Africa region. Now, he explains, institutions or more savvy investors are moving in, eyeing distressed or repriced assets.
But the buzz was decidedly subdued at the recent Cityscape Global, the annual real estate exhibition that in the past
featured the launch of glitzy projects like the Palm Trilogy, the world's largest man-made islands. The name of the event itself had been changed from Cityscape Dubai in order to expand the focus beyond the city-state. Only a fraction of exhibitors — 200, down from around 1,000 during the boom — showed up to participate.
With speculators gone and credit still tight, Dubai is going about the hard work of adjusting to its new economic reality.Top of the list is paying back creditors that helped finance the boom. Over the past decade, Dubai amassed $109 billion in debt, with about $15.5 billion due this year, the International Monetary Fund estimates. Dubai World, one of the three main holding companies controlled by Dubai's ruler, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, said last month that 99% of its creditors had agreed to alter the terms on $24.9 billion of its debt. Last November, Dubai World sent stock markets around the world tumbling when it announced it wanted a moratorium of its debts. "We are back. Of course we are back," Sheik Mohammed said in a Bloomberg TV interview last month while attending the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Ky.
But, having been through the financial volatility, few seem to want to part with their cash just yet. The Syrian expatriate Haroun, who has lived in Dubai most of his life and plans to raise his family there, says he would like to buy a home. But his forays into the market so far have left him unsatisfied. "People got stupid rich and stupid poor at the same time," he says. "I'm glad I stayed out of it."
From: Times.com
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2026934,00.html?xid=rss-topstories-polar
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RP Dan
Location: East Coast USA
Small moments can make the best stories
(This was a half-hour exercise based on a phrase AmyMartin used in a note to me. There are stories everywhere. If you have comments, I would be glad to know them.)
Amy stood alone in the warm summer night on the back patio of her friends' home. It was a big house and at the moment it was full of people, Suzi and Tom's summer cocktail party. Servers carried trays of hors d'oeuvres and flutes of Champagne and a 12-piece band played on the large sun porch. The music needed no amplification to fill the house. Amy could hear it outside.
She looked down at her dress, the reason she stood alone facing the party, watching the mingling and dancing. She moved her hands down the sides of the garment, a silver satin affair. It was short but not too short, and high-necked. But it had no back at all, open all the way down to her tail bone. Suzi had been with her when she'd bought it a week ago and had been wild for it.
"It's so lovely!" she gushed. "It's so graceful, the way it shows the curve of your beautiful back. If you don't buy it yourself, I'm buying it for you. It's daring, but sometimes you should be daring."
Amy was anything but daring. Her clothes were all careful classics. But she had bought the backless dress and had worn it to the party for Suzi's benefit. She had come alone, having no one to invite, and now she stood in the new dress, too afraid to go inside the house where people could see her.
She hated the dress; she felt naked. And in fact she was naked under the light garment, whose completely open back permitted nothing underneath. She felt like the girl in the yellow polka-dot bikini from the ancient popular song, the girl who wouldn't get out of the water.
Amy stood on silver high-heeled sandals in the light of the full moon, dark hair falling on the pale skin of her bare shoulders, outside looking in. She had pasted a light smile on her lips but inside she was a tortured, miserable mess. She'd have to stand out there until the party ended and everyone left; only then would she have the nerve to go through the house and out to her car. She couldn't believe she had actually had it in her to come into the house; she had almost immediately escaped to the patio.
Presently Amy saw a man walk through the crowd and pluck two flutes of Champagne from a server's tray. He was trim and handsome, with dark hair, in a dark suit with a white shirt and a red tie. He came out to the patio holding the two glasses and Amy looked up at him wanting to flee but unwilling to turn her back to run. Instead, she took the glass he offered her and smiled and looked up into very kind eyes. She didn't know what to say, so she didn't say anything, just took a long sip of the Champagne and looked up into his eyes with a silent plea to leave her alone.
He did not leave. Instead, he told her his name was David, and when he heard the band play its next song he took her glass and put it with his on a table next to them. Then he took her right hand in his left and put his warm right hand at the small of her bare back and started to lead her in a foxtrot.
His hand burned where he touched her, but she followed him in the dance, anyway. It was better than standing there, mute. He was a good dancer and he made her a better one than she was. When he pulled her a little closer after a while she complied, and placed her head on his chest. When the music stopped, he didn't. They kept dancing to a melody only he could hear, to the beat of her own heart.
Pressed against him in their dance she was aware of the satin rubbing against her, soft at her breasts and hips. She was more aware than ever that she was naked beneath the fabric, but now she liked it. She felt free and unencumbered by all the things of which she had been frightened. She and David spoke of the party, and of Tom and Suzi, and wasn't the moon bright? And didn't it seem so close?
The night-blooming heliotrope opened, releasing its vanilla scent and Amy closed her eyes as the music resumed and their dance continued. David felt strong and solid in her arms, she felt safe and happy and protected in his. They danced miles on obedient feet and talked of nothing and everything and it seemed like only a few minutes later that the band finished its evening and the party was over.
They made a date for the following Monday, sharing shy smiles of anticipation of pleasure to come. He did not kiss her as they parted for the evening, but he grazed his right hand, the one that had held her in the dance, from her shoulder blades to the base of her spine. Just once, a sweet, delicious stroke that made her shiver even later when she remembered it.
Hugs and kisses for Tom and Suzi and then Amy drove herself home. In her bedroom she carefully stepped out of the dress and hung it in her closet.
Goodness, she thought, how I love this dress.
« Last Edit: August 18, 2018, 09:36:10 PM by RP Dan »
Re: Dance in the Moonlight
Updates with the song they danced to, light edits to clean.
Updated to fix a phrase that has vexed me since I wrote the piece.
Updated to fix a dead link in a song (and it's a great song!).
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Very nice imagery. Thank you for the story.

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Woody Allen and Nobel winners demand Syria resolution
UNITED NATIONS, June 23, 2011 (AFP)
Oscar-winning film director Woody Allen on Thursday joined two Nobel prize winners in a petition demanding that the UN Security Council condemn the Syrian government crackdown on opposition protests, organizers said Thursday.
Allen, Nobel literature prize winners Wole Soyinka of Nigeria and Orhan Pamuk of Turkey and leading writers such as Salman Rushdie, Umberto Eco and Bernard-Henri Levy are all calling for a UN resolution.
An open letter on Syria was started by Levy on his Regle du Jeu (Rules of the Game) web site. The letter says demonstrators in Syria have "faced a death machine aware of the heavy price they would pay."
The signatories say it would be "tragic and morally inacceptable" for the Security Council to do nothing.
Britain, France, Germany and Portugal have proposed a resolution condemning the crackdown by President Bashar al-Assad's government. Russia and China are strongly opposed and Brazil, South Africa and India have raised strong objections.


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If things go as planned, locals and tourists visiting the much-thronged Tshachu (hot spring) in Gasa would have to pay certain fee for availing services and facilities at the Tshachu.
An initial service called "Pay and Use" service has in fact already been piloted at the Tshachu. A fee of Nu 500 is charged per individual per session with the session duration depending on demand and situation. This means that if there are clients waiting, each session is of two hours long, while the session duration can be extended if one likes provided there are no clients waiting.
Gasa Dzongdag, Dorji Dhradhul said the objective behind commercialization of the Tshachu is a part of the 'Good to Great Gasa' initiative that envisions achievement of "self-reliance" by the Dzongkhag.
"We have already started to pilot "Pay and Use" service at the Tshachu. The facilities are enclosed with toilet and rest space facility," he added.
Describing the commercialization of the Tshachu as part of the Dzongkhag Development activity, Dorji Dhradhul explained that the people will be the major owners of the venture as the commercial venture is expected to be operated as "Community Owned Company" (CoC).
He added that the CoC with people of four gewogs of the Dzongkhag would have a minimum of 50% of the company's share, while the remaining 50% will be floated for business. The CoC will fix the rates for Tshachu bathing timing.
"The Tshachu will be operated on a "resort mode", but there will be always a separate facility like just know where Bhutanese can still avail free services. The whole Tshachu area will be developed. This facility is open to everyone as long as they are willing to pay," the Dzongdag said, adding that the move is Gasa's vision and dream.
Meanwhile, the Gasa Tshachu, which is about two hours drive downhill from the road point and beside the Mochhu, is famous for its healing powers. It attracts more than 5,000 visitors a year, with majority of the people visiting the hot spring in winter. Services and infrastructure at Gasa Tshachu include four main ponds of about four feet deep, all roofed, and each meant for different illnesses with a carrying capacity of about more than ten people. There is also a pond bigger than the present pond constructed in an open space, guest houses that are available for rent. The Dzongkhag has also introduced special dedicated resting place facility that is located near to the Tshachu ponds.
Meanwhile, some people that Business Bhutan talked to say that it might be a good initiative to commercialize the Tshachu given the possibility of bringing developments for the Dzongkhag, however, they are skeptical whether the ordinary people could afford it. They say there are people who stay at the Tshachu for months. Total commercialization, though not decided when, might happen anytime soon.


While there was a whole lot of volatility around the ECB meeting, can we really say that the policies or the statements from Draghi were surprising? The thing that moved the markets hardest was Draghi's admission that there were no plans to take further action, and there was a limit to how far the ECB were prepared to cut rates into negative territory. But it is bizarre that the markets should think that the ECB, having announced a wide ranging package of aggressive stimulus measures, largely unconventional, should already be contemplating more. To do so would be to admit that failure is likely, which they are hardly going to do (even if the market probably thinks it is). That there is a downside limit to the usefulness of negative rates is also hardly news. Without tiering – which would mitigate the effect of more negative rates on banks and allow them to avoid passing negative rates on to retail customers for longer – the ability of the public to hold cash in preference to a negative yielding bank account provides an obvious downside limit for rates.
So what are we to make of the huge EUR/USD rally? One view is that it provides a massive opportunity for EUR bears. The T-note/bund spread that has been the best guide to EUR/USD over the last year or so has risen further and at 170bps suggests scope to move back down to around 1.0750 (see chart). However, after another bruising encounter with the ECB, the USD bulls may be starting to lose some confidence, so I doubt we will see a rapid move back down to test 1.08, at least until we see some more compelling evidence that the US economy is flourishing and the Fed are set to hike again in June.
However, there may also be some concern that the underlying drivers of EUR/USD may be starting to change a little. The massive Eurozone current account surplus has, for much of the last year, been overwhelmed by the capital outflow from the Eurozone. But even though yields in the Eurozone are unattractive, any loss of confidence in the likelihood of further EUR weakness will limit the enthusiasm of Eurozone investors to put money abroad, especially when there isn't a huge amount of confidence in growth elsewhere. The lack of any real enthusiasm from Draghi to force the EUR down (illustrated by the lack of tiering which would have allowed still more negative rates, and the highlighting of the "solemn" G20 agreement) will probably further undermine investors' belief in future EUR weakness.
Nevertheless, I would favour the EUR drifting lower for now, back toward the 1.10 area which is essentially the middle of the current 1.08-1.12 range (1.05-1.15 on the wide). But there is a feel that a sea change may be in the offing in the FX markets , so I wouldn't get too committed to EUR shorts here. Big picture, you have to remember that these are cheap levels to buy EUR if the ECB's policies prove successful.
A simpler trade for the USD bulls here may be to sell GBP/USD. Considerations about the Eurozone's current account surplus don't apply to the UK – indeed the opposite is true give the big UK deficit. At current yield spreads there also doesn't look to be any Brexit premium in GBP/USD – so any poll movement in favour of the leave camp in the coming months (and I'm pretty sure there will be one, even though I suspect that in the end the UK will vote to stay) could cause a sharp GBP decline. Even without it, the uncertainty surrounding to issue seems to limit the upside for GBP now the majority of the short GBP positions have probably been squared. Additionally, the upcoming Budget may see more fiscal tightening that further reduces the chance of any monetary tightening this year. GBP/USD is in any case likely to decline if EUR/USD slips back. And while the risk positive market tone and the strong oil price have helped give GBP some support in recent sessions, the big picture truth is that the oil price is still very low here and there is in any case no real risk premium in GBP to account for the decline in oil. Commodity producers listed on FTSE may attract some capital inflow if commodity prices continue to recover, but I wouldn't see this as the basis for a sustainable GBP recovery. Finally, it is important to remember that while GBP/USD looks low by recent standards, in real terms 1.44 now is equivalent to about 1.58 in 2008 because of high UK inflation in the intervening period.
This entry was posted in Economics, EUR, FX on March 14, 2016 by FX Economics.


Some other projects are preventing me from having the time to write much this week, so I'll be posting a few more manuals before we get back to some more photo sets. Today, I've got one for the Swedish Carl Gustaf submachine gun. Also known as the m/45 or Swedish K, this piece was developed during WWII based on observation of the other similar submachineguns of the day (Sten, MP40, PPSh, PPS). It was a simple and effective blowback design that fired only in fully automatic. Thanks to some US use in Vietnam, it has gained a bit more recognition than other similar SMGs of the era. It was also licensed to Egypt (produced as the Port Said) and copied by Smith & Wesson as the Model 76.
Copies and clones of it are the MK 760, the S&W 76 and the MK 45/76 all made in America.
FCA man , seems the IRA were some of the first to appreciate the 1921 Thompson. Recall seeing a non go area in northern Ireland and the masked IRA guys had '21 guns with 50 round drums ! So much for British "gun control" . Even James Bond has to carry a German gun.
i once owned a pre 1968 transferable k-gun. it was found in the interarms warehouse by a friend of mine that was employed there. super sweet to shoot. i wish i had her back now. that was in the year 1979. there were also two nib pre 68 uzi,s there but i wanted the k-gun. oh well.


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Set in the fictional realm of Deltora, a land not unlike that of Middle Earth, Deltora Quest follows the Frodo-esque attempts of Leif, a humble blacksmith's son, to locate seven fabled gems and restore them to their rightful place within the magic Belt of Deltora ('One belt to rule them all'). This will end the tyranny of the evil Shadow Lord, who resides on Dread Mountain, and allow the rightful ruler of Deltora to take their place on the throne.
Based on the million-selling series of children's fantasy books written by Australian Emily Rodda, the anime version of Rodda's tale makes such a laughably cursory attempt to disguise the parallels with Lord of the Rings that it's astonishing the tetchy Tolkien clan hasn't come a–knocking, lawyers in tow. Dark Lord/Shadow Lord, Mount Doom/Dread Mountain – Deltora's Shadow Lord even takes the form of a giant flaming eye. Before he sets out on his quest Lief is adorned with a magical sword and a cloak of invisibility, and is joined on the journey by his trusted companion Samwise, I mean Barda, and the mysterious Jasmine, who has the ability to communicate with trees.
At one point in the final episode Jasmine laments 'It just feels like this flatland goes on forever.' I initially thought she said 'It feels like this plotline goes on forever,' and by that point I couldn't have agreed more. Derivative, flashy but ultimately empty, Deltora Quest has some enjoyable moments, but it's nothing Tolkien didn't do infinitely better half a century ago.
Another big oversight is the lack of Japanese audio. I know the source material is Western, but so what? It wouldn't break the bank to include two audio tracks, and though the voicework is decent enough an English two-channel audio track is hardly the ideal way to experience an anime series.
On a more positive note the animation is excellent. Character designs are nicely varied, backgrounds are lush and the attention to detail impressive. Aside from some oddly jittery motion sequences, visually the series can't be faulted.
A smattering of trailers for other animated fare such as Ben 10 and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.


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Cobie Smulders To Reprise As Maria Hill In 'Secret Invasion'
Derek Cornell December 1, 2021 2 min read
Deadline has reported that Cobie Smulders will reprise as Maria Hill in Marvel's upcoming series Secret Invasion starring Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn.
No word on how substantial her role is but if Nick Fury is at the head, then she'll have a larger role.
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The crossover comic event series showcases a faction of shape-shifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years. The project will be a sequel to Captain Marvel and Spider-Man: Far From Home. It will be an installment of Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. series is produced by Marvel Studios and will be released on Disney+.
Secret Invasion is also set to star Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Mendelson, who will reprise their Captain Marvel roles as Nick Fury and the Skrull, Talos. Also set to appear is Emilia Clarke (Solo: A Star Wars Story), Olivia Coleman, Killian Scott (The Commuter), Ben-Adir Kingsley (Noelle), and Christopher McDonald (Happy Gilmore). homas Bezucha and Ali Selim will helm the series, with Kyle Bradstreet showrunnning, writing and executive producing.
There is no release date set for the series, but one could expect a Fall 2022 release on Disney+.
Source: DEADLINE
Derek Cornell
Derek is an entertainment journalist based out of Los Angeles, California. For the last six years, he has been covering everything in film and television and has written for various news outlets, such as The Cinema Insider, That Hashtag Show, Full Circle Cinema, and is now the Co-Editor-in-Chief of The DisInsider. You can him on Twitter @derekcorneii.
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 Science centers and museums

Projects
Ride & Show's first project was to redesign and rehabilitate the chassis and install new bodies for the Disneyland Mark V monorails for Messerchmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) of Germany.  Shortly thereafter Disney contracted Ride & Show to design and supply the Maelstrom boat ride system for the Norway Pavilion attraction at Epcot.

The company has created and developed a number entertainment and specialty projects in a variety of forms.

Completed entertainment projects

Completed performance stage projects

Completed specialized engineering projects

Patents
Ride & Show Engineering has been assigned four patents in the entertainment industry.
 Amusement ride car system with multiple axis rotation, which pairs ride car systems with programmable controllers to direct patrons view of the show sets and scenery within an attraction.  The invention was a significant improvement over previous mechanical cam systems utilized to achieve this result.
 Flight simulator which provides for independent control of rotation about the pitch and roll axis including the capability for complete inversion of an occupant in the cockpit.
 Flight simulator with full 360 degree rotation capability about the roll axis.
 Inverted simulation attraction where the ride cars are suspended from the track and the cars are pointed in various directions to view specific portions of the attraction and a motion base allows for simulated movement

References

Sources

 McNARY, Dave (July 26, 1987). "Fantasies make San Dimas firm boom". Tribune/News. p. H1
 McNARY, Dave (July 26, 1987). "Disneyland monorails getting a major facelift". Tribune/News. p. H1
 Parisi, Paula (November 18, 1993). "IAAPA event a thrill a minute". The Hollywood Reporter.
 Dreyer, Evan (December 20, 1993). "Theme Park in Oceanside considered". The North County Times. p. A-1
 Shaer, Ruth (April 1999). "San Dimas Engineering Company Specializes in Theme Attractions". San Gabriel Valley Business Journal. p. 1, 3, 4
 Benson, Don and Drummer, Randyl (May 15, 2000). "Inland Empire Focus:  Exporters win honors for globalizing trade". The Business Press/California.
 Luna, Rene (October 11, 2000). "Design firm has some magic of its own". Inland Valley Times. p. 2
 Bradvica, David (May 20, 2002). "Cardinal Mahony blesses doors for L.A. cathedral". Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. p. A3
 Miles, Jack (2002). "The Great Bronze Doors for the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels". Wave Publishing. p. 108-125

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LG V20 has reportedly started receiving Android 8.0 Oreo via an over-the-air (OTA) update. The update, which is initially said to debut on the models F800L, F800K, and F800S in South Korea, brings build number V20c-JUL-06-2018. Notably, the handset debuted launched globally in September 2016 as the first smartphone to ship with Android 7.0 Nougat out-of-the-box. It was launched in India in December 2016 with a price tag of Rs. 54,999. Earlier this month, LG was in the news for releasing Android 8.0 Oreo update for the Q6. That update was also brought first in South Korea.
In addition to major new integrations, the Android Oreo update is reported to bring battery and performance optimisations that limits background apps. There is also the notification badge on the app icons to display the number of new notifications. Similarly, users can manage notifications from each of their apps directly from one place. Sony's LDAC codec is now also said to be supported for Bluetooth headsets. Besides, there is an option to view more options by pressing and holding app icons.
It is unclear when the new update will reach the LG V20 units outside South Korea. However, since the update is said to be live for the South Korean users, it is expected to soon reach wider audiences.
You can check the availability of the Android Oreo update on your LG V20 by going to Software updates section from the Settings menu. Since the update is sized at over 1.6GB, users are recommended to use a Wi-Fi or stable data connection to download the update.
To recall, the LG V20 was launched in September 2016 with a 5.7-inch QHD (1440×2560 pixels) IPS Quantum Display panel and a secondary display, similar to the V10. The handset has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC under the hood, coupled with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage that is expandable via microSD card (up to 2TB). It has a dual rear camera setup with a 16-megapixel primary sensor and an 8-megapixel secondary sensor. On the front, there is a 5-megapixel sensor with a 120-degree wide-angle lens and an f/1.9 aperture. The handset packs a 3200mAh battery and measures 159.70×78.10×7.60mm.


The world is in a true state of crisis and this will lead to the Great War – The Book of Daniel and St John's Apocalypse, will unfold before man. The U.S. has to now decide to bring forth the destruction of a Nation, to set My children free from the tyrant – Let God's Teaching from the Old Testament bring you to an understanding. Therefore, there is a Just War, in special circumstances – The eclipse is one like it was when I was Crucified. The alignment of the Planets, that will be seen in the coming months.
WILLIAM: Jesus spoke to me about many other things.
1. And Samuel said to Saul, "The Lord sent me to anoint you King over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the Lord.
2. Thus says the Lord of Hosts, 'I will punish what Amalek did to Israel in opposing them on the way, when they came up out of Egypt.
4. So Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand men on foot, and ten thousand men of Judah.
5. And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and lay in wait in the valley.
6. And Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up out of Egypt." So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
7. And Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.
9. But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them; all that was despised and worthless they utterly destroyed.
11. "I repent that I have made Saul king; for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments." And Samuel was angry; and he cried to the Lord all night.
17. And Samuel said, "Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.
20. And Saul said to Samuel, "I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, I have gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me, I have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
22. And Samuel said, "Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
24. And Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
27. As Samuel turned to go away, Saul laid hold upon the skirt of his robe, and it tore.
28. And Samuel said to him, "The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbour of yours, who is better than you.
31. So Samuel turned back after Saul; and Saul worshiped the Lord.
33. And Samuel said, "As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women." And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
34.Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house in Gibe-ah of Saul.
35. And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul. And the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.


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How Expertise Dies: of Character, Credentials, and Crap
David Katz 23/10/2018 6
Perhaps no topic better illustrates the enormous gap between knowledge and ignorance, and its profound importance to the ambient understanding of all humanity vital to advancement at the most basic level, than evolution. The story of evolution by natural selection is, effectively, written, in vivid detail, in the language of molecular genetics. If you can read this language, the tale it tells is clear, decisive, and irrefutable; the facts presented about as prone to denial as sunrise.
Nor need you be literate in molecular genetics per se, any more than you need learn Russian to read Crime and Punishment. There are highly proficient translators in both cases. A bounty of books on evolutionary biology have been written by the unassailably erudite for the decidedly less so among us. Complex science has been translated into the lingua franca.
What, then, is the basis for denial in all its shades of gray, from intelligent design, to young earth creationism? In a word, ignorance. But not ignorance of the traditional "I really wish I knew, but alas, I don't" variety. Rather, this is generally ignorance of the "my eyes are covered and my ears are plugged, so you must be wrong" variety.
The only way to dispute the evidence for evolution is never to look at it in the first place. The fossil record is itself almost astonishingly replete, given what is required to preserve the faint impressions of fleeting life in dust and mud over millions of years. But the fossil record is all but irrelevant, mere icing on the cake. The cake is baked of our DNA, which provides an encyclopedic account of life's recipe.
So, permit me to reiterate: the only way to dispute so incontrovertible a case is to ignore it. Now, of course, you cannot ignore the content of an entire domain and achieve any recognition by peers, credentials, expertise, or even rudimentary understanding. Ignoring leads only to ignorance. Actual experts can and do, of course, disagree in their interpretations. But those interpretations require knowledge and understanding. Knowing is prerequisite to interpreting. Disagreements born of expertise are interesting, and resolving such tensions is in the service of progress.
Not so the dissent of non-experts. Asserting the deficiencies of a field one has never mastered is tantamount to the claim that any language you don't speak is just gibberish.
The problem is indeed acute for evolutionary biology, but by no means unique to it. In every field, from evolutionary biology, to biomedicine, to political science, the cries of non-experts populate cyberspace: listen to us, too! We've only ever read what we already decided to believe- if we've read anything at all- but listen to us just the same.
The long-standing tendency to repudiate understanding not on the basis of alternative understanding, but on utter lack of understanding and, for that matter, never attempting to learn, is massively amplified by the Internet, the ultimate leveler. Nobel laureates, and consummate nincompoops, have recourse to the same megaphone. This is where expertise goes to die.
But how does it die? There is famous concern about ending with a whimper rather than a bang. Sadly, we are well into the realm of a demise more tiresome still.
Non-experts routinely assert their opinions to refute the views of experts they simply don't like (this may refer to the views, the experts, or both). If challenged for want of expertise, they label it an attempt at character assassination. They allege that their legitimate, alternative view is being suppressed. In other words, they whine- 140 characters at a time.
But credentials are not character; that's a load of crap. Credentials, whether formal or informal, are the price of entry into any legitimate debate. Expert debate actually requires expertise on both sides. Two literary scholars might differ in their interpretations of Crime and Punishment, or War and Peace, and an interested audience might benefit from the exchange. But the audience is forgiven for restricting its interest to debaters who have actually read the works in question. Participation in the vein of, "I never read it, but I know it stinks," would be reliably less illuminating.
Confront the pretenders for what they are, and you find yourself in the morass where credentials are conflated with character. They may also charge at you under an anti-elitist banner, implying that expertise is really just prissy privilege in disguise. But that campaign reeks of hypocrisy. Find me the anti-elitist willing to let any untrained, highly opinionated stooge perform neurosurgery on their child, and I will give up my day job for hula dancing.
So, yes, our culture seems tolerant to the substitution of fatuous hearsay for genuine knowledge, earned the hard way (is there any other?). Yes, our culture is implicated in the death of expertise.
It dies neither with a bang, nor a whimper. It dies silently, drowned in the endless echoes of incessant cyberspatial whining by those conspiring, ignorantly, to kill it.
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Powerful post. You're clearly a dedicated physician who cares about people and wants to help us live better, healthier and happier lives.
Stephen Archbold
The constant strive for new knowledge is what we should be working towards, not becoming complacent 'experts' in the fields we are about to pursue.
You are so right
Dave Pearce
Thank you, Dr. Katz, amazing article......
John Storton
Oh my! This was absolutely incredible. Well thought out with great ideas and concepts, and the delivery was on point point.
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You are a profound human!
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David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, FACLM, is the Founding Director (1998) of Yale University's Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, and former President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He has published roughly 200 scientific articles and textbook chapters, and 15 books to date, including multiple editions of leading textbooks in both preventive medicine, and nutrition. He has made important contributions in the areas of lifestyle interventions for health promotion; nutrient profiling; behavior modification; holistic care; and evidence-based medicine. David earned his BA degree from Dartmouth College (1984); his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1988); and his MPH from the Yale University School of Public Health (1993). He completed sequential residency training in Internal Medicine, and Preventive Medicine/Public Health. He is a two-time diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, and a board-certified specialist in Preventive Medicine/Public Health. He has received two Honorary Doctorates.
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Lori Smith
Corporate and Securities
Chancery Court Clarifies DGCL Section 204 Cannot be Invoked to Ratify Deliberately Unauthorized Corporate Acts
DGCL Section 204 Is Not a Time Machine
Corporate and Securities Alert | June 14, 2017
By: Lori Smith and Bridget Henwood
In a memorandum opinion issued on June 6, 2017, the Delaware Court of Chancery (the Court) addressed an issue of first impression: whether an act that the majority common stockholder entitled to vote thereon declined to authorize, but that the corporation nevertheless pursued, may be deemed a "defective corporate act" subject to ratification under Section 204 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL).[1] The Court in Nguyen v. View, Inc. denied relief to the defendant corporation, distinguishing between ratifying mistakes and rewinding the clock to rewrite history.
The opinion provides a helpful discussion of the scope of statutory ratification under Section 204 and clarifies the difference between a "defective corporate act" resulting from a "failure of authorization" and a prior deliberate disapproval or rejection of a corporate action.
In 2007, Defendant View, Inc. (View), a smart glass manufacturer, accepted a Series A investment from two venture capital funds, Sigma Partners Ventures (Sigma) and Khosla Ventures (KV). As a result of the financing, Sigma and KV held 50% of View's equity on a fully-diluted basis and 62% of View's outstanding shares. After the Series A financing, Plaintiff Paul Nguyen (Nguyen), View's founder, President, Chief Technology Officer, and member and Chairman of the Board of Directors (the Board), held approximately 70% of View's outstanding common stock, which represented about 30% of View's equity on a fully-diluted basis. Nine months later, KV and Sigma increased their ownership to 56% of the fully-diluted equity and 68% of the outstanding shares. Under the new governance scheme in place after the closing of the Series A financing, KV and Sigma were entitled to approval and veto rights for many corporate acts. Nguyen retained just a few protections, including entitlement to a seat on the Board and class vote protection under Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL requiring the approval of the holders of the majority of common stock for any amendment to View's certificate of incorporation changing the number of authorized shares, par value or rights and preferences of the company's common stock. Additionally, Nguyen was to retain certain rights under View's voting agreement, including the ability to approve changes to the size of the Board and fill a Board seat.
In December 2008, View hired a new CEO who was also granted the right to a Board seat under a newly adopted voting agreement. Following this hiring, View began excluding Nguyen from Board meetings. In January 2009, View removed Nguyen as Chief Technology Officer and, shortly thereafter, terminated his employment completely. Subsequently, he was removed as a member and Chairman of the Board. View seemingly made every effort to separate Nguyen from the company without either a Board or stockholder vote. However, under the operative voting agreement and current certificate of incorporation of the company, Nguyen remained entitled to a seat on the Board. Nguyen challenged View's actions in terminating him.
Several months later, as the termination dispute remained pending, Sigma and KV caused View to amend its charter to authorize the issuance of convertible notes to Sigma and KV and increase the number of authorized shares of common stock. Nguyen did not consent to these amendments on either occasion, either as a Board member or the majority holder of common stock as required by Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL.
In the fall of 2009, View sought its stockholders' consent to pursue a Series B preferred stock financing round (the Financing). This time, the company sought Nguyen's consent to the Financing and related documents as part of settlement negotiations relating to the termination dispute. Although Nguyen expressed concerns regarding the Financing, View conditioned the settlement on Nguyen's consent to the Financing, and Nguyen and View ultimately entered into a settlement agreement (the Settlement Agreement), which allowed for rescission by either party within seven days of execution. After a closer review of the Financing transaction documents, Nguyen determined that the restated governance documents would result in a significant diminution of his rights as a stockholder. Among other things, the Financing documents eliminated the class vote right under DGCL Section 242(b)(2), the rights of the common stockholders to elect any Board member and Nguyen's only Board seat along with his position as Chairman. Upon becoming aware of these issues, Nguyen formally rescinded the Settlement Agreement, thereby revoking his consent to the Financing prior to its closing (and within the rescission period). During this period, however, View had already proceeded with closing the Financing as if Nguyen had consented.
In January 2010, Nguyen responded by filing claims against View in California state court. The parties subsequently moved the dispute to binding arbitration. As the arbitration was proceeding, View closed several additional rounds of financing, raising over $500 million in additional capital. Nguyen sought a declaration that his revocation of consent was valid and that the closing of the Financing was void and invalid, and the arbitrator ruled in his favor. Because each of the subsequent financing rounds rested on the Financing, the invalidation of the Financing effectively "blew up" View's capital structure.
In an attempt to turn back the clock and restore the Financing, View took a series of corrective steps. View's Series A preferred stockholders converted their shares to common stock, displacing Nguyen as majority holder of common stock, thereby rendering his consent unnecessary to effect the Financing and subsequent rounds. The conversion also terminated View's voting agreement. View then filed multiple certificates of correction and certificates of validation with the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 204. In these certificates, View purported to ratify various charter amendments that increased the number of authorized shares and other corporate acts in connection with the Financing and the subsequent financing rounds. Through termination of the voting agreement, View reconstituted its Board and removed Nguyen from the Board. View soon realized that even these steps were taken improperly, and in April 2016, purportedly corrected its prior ratifications. Subsequently, Nguyen filed an amended complaint in which he challenged the certifications of validation under Section 205 and the validity of various corporate acts and transactions related to the financing rounds. View moved to dismiss the complaint.[2]
THE COURT'S ANALYSIS
The Court held that Section 204 was inapplicable because the Financing was not a "defective corporate act" subject to ratification under Section 204. Rather, it was an unauthorized corporate act because Nguyen had effectively revoked his consent to the Financing before the transaction had closed.
The Court began its analysis with a discussion of Section 204's legislative history. The Court explained that the Section was adopted as a "safe harbor procedure" to allow corporations to validate acts that would otherwise be void or voidable. As the legislative synopsis to Section 204 had articulated, the Section was "intended to overturn the holdings in case law . . . that corporate acts or transactions and stock found to be 'void' due to failure to comply with the applicable provisions of the [DGCL] or the corporation's organizational documents may not be ratified or otherwise validated on equitable grounds." The Section was a legislative response to prior case law that had treated statutory formalities for the issuance of stock as a necessary prerequisite for such stock to be deemed validly issued. This had created a statutory inconsistency between the DGCL and provisions of the Delaware UCC that were designed to validate defective stock in the hands of a purchaser for value. Legislative intervention, therefore, became necessary to resolve the inconsistency and provide a practical solution to allow corporations and their counsel to correct "mistakes made in the context of a corporate act without disproportionally disruptive consequences."
The heart of the Court's analysis is in its statutory interpretation exercise. The Court first examined the plain language of Section 204, focusing on the Section's definitions of "defective corporate act"[3] and "failure of authorization."[4] The Court emphasized that based on the definition of "defective corporate act," "to be captured within the remedial purposes of the statute," the ratifications in question must have been directed at acts that at the time such acts were purportedly taken, would have been within the power of the corporation but were void or voidable due to a failure of authorization. The Court held that at the time View acted, it did not have the power to do so because the majority common stockholder had declined to approve such acts. Moreover, Nguyen's revocation of consent was more than a mere "failure of authorization"—it was a rejection of a corporate proposal, the "classic exercise of the stockholder franchise to say 'no' to a Board-endorsed proposal." A failure of authorization is distinct from a deliberate "no" vote or outright rejection or refusal of a proposal by the majority of stockholders entitled to vote thereon. The Financing was declared void not due to any failure by View to comply with the law or its governing documents, but rather because the majority common stockholder had deliberately rejected it. To further drive home the distinction between a failure to authorize and a rejection of a corporate proposal, the Court examined the dictionary definitions of "failure" and "rejection" and noted that failure is an omission or deficiency while reject means to refuse to accept or consider.
The Court also emphasized that nothing in the text of the statute or its legislative history suggested the General Assembly had intended to facilitate a corporation's efforts to ratify acts that stockholders had expressly voted against years prior or certify such acts as effective on the date of the stockholders' rejection. The Court then rejected View's argument that because it had the right to convert its Series A preferred stock into common stock prior to the Financing, the Court should view the conversion as if it had occurred at that time (rather than well after the Financing had closed). The Court stated that Section 204 is not a "license to cure just any defect" and cannot be used to retroactively authorize an act that was never taken or to backdate an act that the corporation wishes had occurred as of an earlier date.
Finally, the Court noted that no decision of the Chancery Court or Delaware Supreme Court has ever applied Sections 204 or 205 in a circumstance in which a board of directors sought to use statutory ratification to alter a stockholder vote. Such an interpretation would significantly diminish stockholders' rights. The Delaware courts have "blessed" ratification efforts where the failure of authorization was the product of a board failure to adhere to formalities related to stock issuances, technical dating discrepancies in stockholder consents, improper notices to stockholders, missing records and timing issues or failure to properly seek a required approval from the board or stockholders.
This decision provides useful clarification on the limits of Section 204's applicability and highlights an important distinction between acts that are defective due to a failure of authorization, such as where a corporation inadvertently fails to comply with its governing documents or the DGCL, and those that are deliberately rejected by the stockholders entitled to vote thereon. Corporations should take note that Section 204 does not grant a broad license to cure all conceivable defects or work around necessary stockholder approvals to board-recommended transactions.
If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact Lori Smith (smithl@whiteandwilliams.com; 212.714.3075 ), Bridget Henwood (henwoodb@whiteandwilliams.com; 212.631.4421 ) or another member of our Corporate and Securities Group.
[1] Section 204 generally provides that "no defective corporate act or putative stock shall be void or voidable solely as a result of a failure of authorization if ratified as provided in this section or validated by the Court of Chancery in a proceeding brought under § 205 of this title." It also sets forth the requirements and procedures for ratifying defective corporate acts.
[2] The Court noted that, in articulating their positions, the parties relied on Section 205 (which allows parties to petition the Chancery Court to determine the effectiveness and validity of any corporate act, including defective corporate acts ratified pursuant to Section 204). However, the Court focused on Section 204, explaining that the parties' dispute actually raised the issue of whether View's attempted ratification comported with Section 204.
[3] Section 204 defines "defective corporate acts" as: "an overissue, an election or appointment of directors that is void or voidable due to a failure of authorization, or any act or transaction purportedly taken by or on behalf of the corporation that is, and at the time such act or transaction was purportedly taken would have been, within the power of a corporation under subchapter II of this chapter, but is void or voidable due to a failure of authorization."
[4] Section 204 defines "failure of authorization" as: "(i) the failure to authorize or effect an act or transaction in compliance with the provisions of this title, the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the corporation, or any plan or agreement to which the corporation is a party, if and to the extent such failure would render such act or transaction void or voidable; or (ii) the failure of the board of directors or any officer of the corporation to authorize or approve any act or transaction taken by or on behalf of the corporation that would have required for its due authorization the approval of the board of directors or such officer."


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Q: How to create an array with associative subarrays from a one-dimensional array? I have the following array.
Array(
[1041] => 30
[1046] => 10
[1047] => 10
)

and I want to store it like following.
Array([0] => Array
(
    [material_name] => 1041
    [material_qty] => 30
)
[1] => Array
(
    [material_name] => 1046
    [material_qty] => 10
)
[2] => Array
(
    [material_name] => 1047
    [material_qty] => 10
) )

now i am trying to store key values but it stores only last one.
for($i=0; $i<count($materials); $i++){
              foreach($materials as $key => $value){
                 $dataArrMaterial[$i] = array(
                        'material_name' => $key,
              'material_qty' => $value
                         );
              } }
              _print($dataArrMaterial);

my output is follwoing.
Array(
[0] => Array
    (
        [material_name] => 1047
        [material_qty] => 10
    )

[1] => Array
    (
        [material_name] => 1047
        [material_qty] => 10
    )

[2] => Array
    (
        [material_name] => 1047
        [material_qty] => 10
    ) )

now please help me do to that.
thanks in advance.

A: You can simplify this quite a lot:
<?php
// ...
$dataArrMaterial = [];
foreach ($materials as $materialName => $materialQty) {
    $dataArrMaterial[] = [
        "material_name" => $materialName ,
        "material_qty" => $materialQty
    ];
}

A: Since it wasn't explained to you why, I will.
for($i=0; $i<count($materials); $i++){
    foreach($materials as $key => $value){
        // the value of $i is not changed within this loop
        $dataArrMaterial[$i] = array('material_name' => $key, 'material_qty' => $value);
    }
    // when the for() loop starts again, $i is incremented
}

So, on the first iteration of the foreach loop, you are assigning all subarrays to the same $i key (0). After 1041 is looped, your output array looks like this:
[0 => ["material_name" => 1041, "material_qty" => 30]];

After 1046, the first pushed subarray is overwritten because keys on the same level must be unique.
[0 => ["material_name" => 1046, "material_qty" => 10]];

Then the third element overwrites the second in the output array:
[0 => ["material_name" => 1047, "material_qty" => 10]];

Once the inner loop (foreach) is finished, the outer loop (for) increments $i and the "overwriting" process repeats for the 1 key of the output array.  And then again because count($materials) = 3 (three iterations).
This is why you are getting the final set of values repeated like this:
[0 => ["material_name" => 1047, "material_qty" => 10]];
[1 => ["material_name" => 1047, "material_qty" => 10]];
[2 => ["material_name" => 1047, "material_qty" => 10]];

As for the best way to perform this task, you can use a solution from my duplicate link or do it as Arkascha has demonstrated.

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We will be exploring counting-type problems, building up to factorial, permutation, and combination situations.
When messages are being sent in every day life, errors could occur and affect the accuracies of the messages. In this session, we will look at the how one can mathematically detect and correct these errors automatically.
First, we will finish discussing the previous handout, from Problem 12 on. Be prepared to present your solutions of Problems 12 - 16 at the board! Next, we will begin learning coordinates on lines and surfaces, from a segment of a straight line to a sphere. Also, come ready for a great naval battle. A good understanding of coordinates will be needed to win!
We will be delving a bit deeper into combinatorics, including combination and permutation-type problems, and deriving general formulas for combinations and permutations (n choose k).
In this session, we will continue to talk about particular examples of error-correcting codes and study their properties using matrices.
Today we will study Planar graphs, including Euler's formula for planar graphs.
This week, we will continue with projections and ciphers. We will be focusing on projections that do indeed have multiple solid representations.
Today we will look at some problems in geometry, focusing on inequalities and areas.
We will study the most elementary, and the most important, functions of one variable, linear, affine, absolute value, and quadratic.
We will be spending one more week on combinatorics: permutations and combination-style problems, and will be discovering some important identities of combinations.
In this session, we will explore different kinds of "shapes" one can obtain by "gluing" together polygons.
This week we look at division and modular arithmetic, as well as solve some problems with a sleepwalking Bishop.
This week we continue with projections but add levels to the mix. Instead of just looking at 2D projections of the front, top, and left sides of a solid, students will not imagine their solid sliced into levels. They will learn how to interchange between the two.
We will continue the study of functions and graphs.
We will be learning about the pigeon hole principle and how to use it to solve problems. Combinatorics knowledge will be necessary for parts of the handout, so please make sure you've solved as much of the previous weeks' handouts as possible before Sunday. Problems 14 and 15 of Combinatorics III were assigned as homework on 10/15.
A cipher is an algorithm to encode or decode information. This week we will explore different ciphers used throughout history. The children will learn not only how they work, but how to encode and decode fun messages!
Today we look at take-away games and game strategies.
This week we will start the study of number bases.
This week we will attempt to explain what all the possible surfaces are, discussing the notions of orientation and Euler characteristic.
At the beginning of the class, we will solve a Halloween cryptarithm. Then we will continue working through the fourth handout starting from Problem 8. If time remains, we will prove the Pythagoras' theorem and use it as a tool for figuring out distances between points.
This week, we will continue our study of the pigeonhole principle, delving into more challenging problems than last week. There may be a short quiz at the end of class. HOMEWORK DUE (at the beginning of class!): Problems 1-12 and 16 from last week's handout, Pigeonhole I.
Today we will continue our study of number bases, focusing on the binary, ternary, and hexadecimal number systems.
This week we will investigate solving quadratic equations mod p, and the interesting questions that arise.
We look at how to form logical negations properly, contraposition, and proof by contradiction.
Today we will be doing a Halloween themed worksheet with a variety of different problems.
This week we will continue last week's discussion of quadratic residues, and look at some problem-solving type exercises.
We will have a quiz at the beginning of the class. Once finished, we will learn two different proofs of the Pythagoras Theorem and apply the theorem to figuring out distances between points in the Euclidean plane, see Handout 5 from page 7 on.
After finishing up our study of the pigeonhole principle, we'll begin to dive into divisibility. To make sure we're all on the same page, we'll also be doing a quiz/individual problem solving check-in. HOMEWORK DUE: Pigeonhole II handout, Problems 7-8, 13-16. Please bring a pencil, scratch paper, and all previous handouts in a 3-ring binder to class.
Today we will solve problems involving inequalities.
Today we will introduce coordinate planes and number lines.
An introduction to graph theory, and an introduction to how to catch runaway students.
For the first hour, we will solve a variety of problems, including taking roots of numbers, drawing a graph of a function, constructing a right angle by means of a rope, and figuring out the winners of a fencing competition. In the second part of the class, we will prove the triangle inequality for the Euclidean plane. We will further use it as a tool for finding the shortest paths between points in the Euclidean plane and on a cylinder.
We will be delving further into divisibility this week, learning to solve a variety of wonderful problems!
Today we will study arithmetic and geometric means, and the famous inequality relating the two.
Today we continued with coordinate planes. Children expanded on their ability to identify and plot points by continuing for directions, learning how to reflect across the x and y axis, as well as finding the locations of points based of given information.
This week we will investigate finding probabilities by comparing areas, discussing certain paradoxes that arise.
We will learn that there are infinitely many geodesic lines ("straight lines") connecting two points in general position on a cylinder. We will use this information to construct triangles on a cylinder. We will also learn that there exist two types of circles on a cylinder. One of them is just like a circle in the Euclidean plane, the other looks more like the number 8.
Today we will study how to analyse games, and introduce the concept of P and N positions.
Intermediate Circle: No meeting ~ Happy Thanksgiving!
In this talk, we will look at generating functions, lattices paths and random walks.
We will be solving fun problems where a group of people must cross a river with certain restrictions in place! We'll also review the major things we've learned this quarter and maybe even tie it all together with a great magic trick to impress your friends with.
We will continue our study of games, focusing on the famous game of Nim.
We will come up with a strategy to defeat a dragon with several heads and tails in the Magic Land.
During the first hour, we will try to find a winning strategy for a game they sometimes use for starters in a game theory course. During the second hour, we will learn what the average value is and apply the knowledge to solving various problems.
High School Circle: Math Relays!
We will have and end-of-quarter problem solving competition. There will be prizes for the top scoring teams.
Returning students typically say this is their favorite Math Circle of the quarter...and we're sure new ones will enjoy it just as much! We'll put you in a team of approximately five people and you will be solving as many problems as you can...as quickly as you can...for real prizes! Have a great winter holiday break!
Today we will end the Fall quarter by having a relay.
Junior Circle: Quarter-end problem solving session.
The students will be given a test on all the topics covered during the quarter. The duration of the test is an hour and a half. Then, the test will be quickly graded and the highest-scoring students will be given awards.
Early Elementary Circle: Cylinders, Mobius strips, and more!
We will work on some interesting AMC problems from the past.
We will begin this quarter with a few classes on probability theory. The probability of an event is a number in between zero and one, ends included, so the working knowledge of fractions is a necessity. We will give the students a 15-min-long diagnostic quiz at the beginning of the first class to estimate how good they are with fractions. The degree of their success will tell us how to split the class time between learning fractions and using them to compute probabilities. Since the results of the quiz will only be available after the first class, we will study fractions till the end of the first hour. We will begin learning the probability theory during the second half of the class.
Welcome back, everyone! Hope you had a wonderful winter break and holiday season. We will begin the quarter by looking at graphs!
Today we will review various counting techniques. This is to prepare for learning probability, which will be a focus this quarter.
We will work out some of the mathematics behind Einstein's theory of relativity, including the concept of a spacetime diagram, the theory of Doppler shifts, and Einstein's famous equation E=mc^2. Very little prior knowledge of physics will be required (but we will assume some familiarity with high school algebra).
We will finish our discussion from last week, as well as look at some more challenging problems.
After a small number of participants, we delayed the due date for the first contest. The new due date is Jan. 20. There will be prizes to the top participants.
We will be continuing our study of graph theory this week, with topics such as connectedness and Eulerian graphs.
For the first 70 min. of the class, the students will be given a Math Kangaroo test for 5th and 6th graders from one of the years passed. Even if your child doesn't plan to take part in the actual Math Kangaroo competition this year, it's very beneficial to solve the problems, they are non-trivial and fun! After a 5 min. break, we will run a simulation of the Monty Hall Paradox. Please see the following URL for more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem It is possibly the most famous paradox of elementary probability theory. To make it more striking, we will use ten doors (or rather playing cards) instead of only three from the original version.
This week we look at more identities with Pascal's triangle, and choice with repetition.
This week in the High School group we will investigate graphs colorings, planar graphs, and Eulerian and Hamiltonian circuits.
We will be continuing our study of graphs this week! Note that we will be picking up from the previous handout, so please make sure you have completed problems 1-4 from Graphs II and bring the handout to class!
We will solve a few word problems on fractions at the beginning of the class. Then we will continue our study of probabilities, learning the properties of complementary, mutually exclusive, and independent random events.
Today we will begin our study of probability.
We will study permutations and combinations and then apply them to counting probabilities.
Today we will finish our handout from last time, as well as give students some time to work on the monthly contest.
We will be continuing our half-quarter-long study of graph theory, building up to, proving, and applying Euler's Formula this week. HOMEWORK: Graphs III handout (available on previous week's posting), #1-15, 20-21.
This week we will do a practice exam for the Math Kangaroo exam, and go over solutions for a few problems.
We will go over the AMC 10/12A from this year.
Today we will study conditional probability.
We will be finishing up our study of graphs this week, with a focus on directed graphs, and a bit of review on what we have done so far this quarter. There will be no meeting the following week (2.17) in honor of Presidents' Day.
We will continue learning combinatorial probability. In particular, we will finish studying the handout for the previous class.
In this lesson, we look at successive differences and sequences.
This week will be teaching the kids about what probability is and how to figure out some basic problems.
Happy President's long weekend. Math circle will resume the following week.
Intermediate Circle: NO MEETING ~ Happy Presidents' Day!
We will introduce some probability theory and then we will discuss how these ideas can be used to study networks in real life.
We will begin a study of geometry-type problems by learning about finding angles. These kinds of problems have traditionally been a favorite of contest writers.
Today we will continue our study of conditional probability (see last week for the handout). Also, the monthly contest is due (it is below). We expect everyone to attempt solutions to the contest.
In this week's lesson, we look at how induction can help solve problems involving the cutting of Pizza.
We will first recall the basic compass-and-ruler constructions we have done in the past. We will further move to proving the existence of an incircle, circumcircle, etc. for any triangle in the Euclidean plane.
This week, we will be teaching the kids how to develop good strategy to solving word problems through logic, numbers, and pictures.
This week we will discuss the diagonalization of quadratic forms in order to draw quadratic curves in the plane, and their relationship with bilinear forms.
We will be working on geometry problems, many of which have been taken directly from past Math Kangaroo contests. This week's lesson will be much less proof-based and will require much less prior knowledge of geometry than last week's.
We will begin with Problem 6 of the previous class handout and proceed to the end of it. The very few students who have worked the handout to the end during the previous class will be given a new one.
Today we will use what we have learned about probability to begin talking about random variables.
Here were cover more induction problems related to other topics from the year.
In this lecture, we will take a look at the murky surroundings of Euclid's 5th Postulate, possibly the most controversial scientific statement of all times. The Great Theorem of Fermat, a proverbial symbol of mathematical complexity, stood open for 358 years. Conjectured by Pierre de Fermat in 1637, it was proven by Andrew_Wiles with the help of his former student Richard Taylor in 1995. The Poincare Conjecture, another very hard math problem made famous outside of the scientific community by its conqueror Gregory Perelman's rejection of the $1,000,000 prize money, was proven in less than 100 years. It took humanity over 2,000 years to realize that the 5th Postulate is indeed a postulate and cannot be derived from other axioms of Euclidean geometry. The breakthrough can only be compared to the Copernican Revolution in astronomy that replaced the geocentric model of the universe with the heliocentric one. Both discoveries broke the millennia-long paradigms. The Copernican Revolution brought about Newtonian mechanics. The discovery of non-Euclidean geometry paved the way to the Relativity Theory of Einstein. In the lecture, we will derive from the axioms the formula for the sum of angles of a triangle in the Euclidean plane and on a sphere. We will see that the first formula, traditionally considered to be the more elementary of the two, is in fact much harder to prove. We will also visit a planet that has only one pole, figure out the shape of the Universe, and some more.
The students will solve a Math Kangaroo test from one of the years past and a few extra problems collected for us by Samir's mom, Sarita.
Today we will continue our study of random variables, including the ideas of expected value and variance.
Math Kangaroo practice with word problems.
Please join us for our last meeting of the Winter Quarter for a fun team problem-solving competition!
Today we will study probability questions that involve picking multiple numbers at random.
The class will be split into four teams competing against one another in solving the problems given by the instructors. The winning team will get some prizes.
We will be starting off the quarter with Math Relays!
At the end of the previous quarter, we considered the following problem. Prove that medians of any triangle in the Euclidean plane intersect at one point and that the intersection point divides them in the ratio 2:1 counting from the corresponding vertex. We will take time to give three different proofs to the theorem, each coming from a distinct, and very important, branch of mathematics. During this class, we will begin learning the geometry of weights that will take us from the workings of a lever to solving the original problem and beyond.
Pick's Theorem relates the area of a lattice polygon to the number of lattice points on its boundary and the number of lattice points in its interior. We prove this theorem from the ground up, by starting with rectangles, building up to general triangles, and then using triangulations. This is the first of two weeks, the second of which will discuss generalizations of this theory to higher dimensions (Ehrhart Theory).
This week we will review some geometry concepts in preparation for the coming weeks.
Today will be an introduction to understanding perimeters which will lead into a discussion about area for next week.
This time, we will finish the handout on geometry of masses we have started last time. We will use the geometry of masses to get the first proof of the medians theorem and then to generalize it to 3D and 4D. This will take us about an hour. In the second half of the class, we will solve some fun problems not requiring any special knowledge.
Today we will study transformations of the plane, leading to learning about inversions.
Today the kids will apply their knowledge of area for rectangles to different types of problems. They will also learn about the relationship that a rectangle and a parallelogram share with area.
Intermediate Circle: What is a Distance?
We will finish our first encounter with the geometry of masses by finally proving the medians theorem in 2D. We will further generalize it to 3D and 4D. To take a break from studying theoretical stuff, we will further solve a bunch of problems that require no special knowledge, but are a lot of fun! If time remains, we will switch back to theory and approach the median theorem from a different direction. It will be linear algebra this time.
Today we will continue our study of inversions, showing how the concept can be used to solve problems in geometry.
This week we will explore a new method to multiple 2 digit numbers called Egyptian Multiplication.
This week the High School Group will investigate writing integers as the sum of two squares.
We will look at decimal expansions and continued fraction expansions of rational, algebraic and transcendental numbers.
Some students will be called to the board to discuss their solutions to the problems from the second handout. Then we will learn a formal approach to proofs and use it to prove a few facts regarding medians of triangles in the Euclidean plane. Some students, as well as their parents, keep asking us to add more algebra to our classes. To cater to their needs, we will begin learning quadratic equations at the end of the session (if time permits).
Today we will start our study of infinite numbers, including examining the famous Hilbert's hotel 'paradox'.
This week will look at where the area of a triangle comes from as well as how that formula relates to the parallelogram. Please bring a straight edge and colored pencils to class.
In this section, we apply our knowledge from the previous two weeks to solve somewhat paradoxical probability problems.
This week the high school group will investigate a formula for estimating the size of the factorial of an integer.
This time we will finish the previous handout. We will prove a few more geometric statements before switching to algebra. Some parents have asked us to teach more algebra, so here it is. We will take a first look at quadratic equations at the end of the class.
Today we will continue our discussion of the different types of infinity by discussing cardinal numbers.
This week we will be studying perpendicular bisectors and circles using our new knowledge of distance.
We use origami and the ideas of scissor equivalence to describe geometric concepts.
This week we will be learning in more detail about altitudes as well as why a square represents a rectangle with the biggest area for a given perimeter.
This week our guest speaker will tell us about how to study geometry when the only thing you know is the distances between different points.
We will take another look at Problem 5 from the first handout, Problem 8 from the second handout, and solve a bunch of new problems.
We will be having fun with pi this week!
Today we'll finish our discussion of infinite numbers.
We will take two classes to review the material we have learned during this academic year. This is the first of the two.
We will be finishing up our look at circles and pi this week!
Today we will start a study of trigonometry from a geometric perspective.
We will investigate paths in geometric objects ("spaces") to answer the question: how many (essentially different) ways are there to get from point A to point B in the given object? It turns out that the best answer is not given by a number, but by algebraic structures called groups and groupoids that take into account how a given path can be broken down into pieces - and what happens when we go in circles. Our main examples of spaces will be graphs, and surfaces.
We will continue reviewing the material studied during this academic year.
We will be finishing up the year with some strategies for math games!
In this handout, we look how the pigeonhole principle can be applied in various mathematical situations.
Today we will continue studying trig, seeing how it is useful in problem solving.
Like Math Relays...but maybe even more fun!
We will end our year with relays.
We will meet at the lawn across the Math Science Building and take some pictures of the class. From there we will proceed to the classroom and take the year-end test.


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