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De : Ovid
Lu par : David Horovitch
The Metamorphoses by Publius Ovidius Naso (43 B.C. - A.D. 17) has, over the centuries, been the most popular and influential work from our classical tradition. This extraordinary collection of some 250 Greek and Roman myths and folk tales has always been a popular favorite, and has decisively shaped western art and literature from the moment it was completed in A.D. 8.
The stories are particularly vivid when read by David Horovitch, in this new lively verse translation by Ian Johnston.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.
Public Domain (P)2012 Naxos AudioBooks
Daphne and Apollo
Liebeskunst
Ovid - Liebeskunst
The Leopard
The Buried Giant
The Perfect Translation for Audio
Like most 50-something professional types who went to college before computers, I first encountered Ovid's masterpiece in a paperback edition of Rolfe Humphries' free verse translation (1955). Admittedly, I never finished it (even without the Internet, I had a short attention span) but much later I tackled Arthur Golding's much earlier (1567) metrical, rhymed rendition. Golding's use of a 14 beat / 7 stress line degenerates too easily into the singsong of ballad meter but was saved (for me) by the delightful invention of his language and the continuity of rhyme.
My callow youth aside, I suspect the lack of rhyme and regular meter to be at the heart of my lack of interest in Humphries' translation. When reading I need the handholds of form, especially with extended poetic ventures.
Listening, however, is a completely different experience. Intricate poetic invention, the completely unexpected (but absolutely perfect) word or phrase, the inverted syntax that adds grandeur or emphasis, is easier to take in with the eye. What the ear needs is a coherent story that skims along. Ian Johnston's translation does just that; it is straightforward and unadorned. Don't get me wrong; I'm not saying it's simple-minded. After all, this is Ovid's Metamorphoses. There is enough invention here even without conscious poetic craft to dazzle the imagination.
One example will suffice. As in every printed version I'm familiar with, this epic of transformations is itself one continuous transformation. You're listening to one story and then realize with a start that you're in the middle of the next one. By the slightest of slight-of-hand, Ovid has used one character or location or detail in the first tale to segue into the next. Like the stones rising into men and women or Arachne's shrinking into a spider, the poem is in a constant state of flux. It is a technique that, irony of ironies, gives the work its permanence and coherence.
David Horovitch's performance is simply superb. His pacing is as easy on the ear as Johnston's translation. His voice is a treat to listen to. And he understands the shape of sentences and ideas, presenting them with just the right edge of humor, horror or wonder.
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Tad Davis
I put off reading Ovid for far too long; this outstanding audio version from Naxos finally pulled me in. Metamorphoses is a wide-ranging account of Greek mythology, focusing on changes. Sometimes the changes are simple changes in fortune, "from good fortune to bad," as Aristotle put it, but often they are changes in physical form: a rape victim is transformed into a bird, a self-obsessed youth is transformed into a flower. Jason and Medea are here; so are Achilles, Ulysses, Aeneas, and many of the Roman gods. The versions of myths given here underlie many of the references in Shakespeare and Dante. Listening to this audiobook is like finally getting past the footnotes to a rich primary source.
It doesn't hurt that David Horovitz's voice is wonderful - almost a physical pleasure to listen to. The translation is by Ian Johnston, who has provided, both online and through Naxos, wonderful versions of Homer.
Ovid's poem is famous for the subtle transitions from one story to the next. They are, at times, almost imperceptible; you start out listening to a story about Orpheus and Eurydice and suddenly realize Orpheus is now telling a story about Venus and Adonis. (And maybe within that story, Venus in turn tells a story about Atalanta.) It sounds more confusing than it is, but you do have to pay careful attention. I recommend keeping a table of contents handy. The PDF that comes with the audiobook provides a useful track listing, and there are other outlines of the structure available on the Internet.
"Oh, Venus, how powerful is your hold over us!"
From the creation of Earth out of Chaos to the fall of Troy and beyond, in Metamorphoses (AD 8) Ovid retells the Greek myths, filtering them through his Roman sensibility and unifying them around metamorphosis: "My purpose is to tell of bodies which have been transformed into shapes of different kinds." Most of the stories feature some such change, punishment or reward, involuntary or voluntary, terrifying or transcendent, permanent or temporary. People, gods, and objects turn into flowers, trees, animals, birds, fish, statues, mountains, and stars, and some humans change gender. Ovid includes all the famous myths that have inspired countless paintings, statues, and stories, as well as many less well-known ones and some more "recent" legendary histories featuring things like the founding of Rome.
Even though we usually know what will happen in the stories, either because we've read them before or because Ovid foreshadows some doom, his book is still absorbing because of his psychological insights, smooth transitions from one myth to the next, nesting of stories one inside the other, sudden shifts to present tense or to second person (e.g., "They wept for you, Orpheus"), humor, irony, and sympathy. And Ovid regularly surprises with some extra touch, as when, after concluding the story of Narcissus with the youth wasting away and entering "the houses of the dead," he says that Narcissus is still trying to find his reflection in the "waters of the Styx."
A common cause or theme of the changes is love or its opposite, especially when transgressive: "By gods above, how much hidden darkness/ the human heart contains!" If some god isn't lusting after some maiden, a daughter is falling in love with her father, a sister with her brother, a brother-in-law with his sister-in-law, or a princess with the enemy of her people. Among the many illicit loves appear a few cases of conjugal loyalty and affection. Ovid also depicts much hate-fueled violence: patricide, homicide, infanticide, fratricide--and is there a word for the murder of an uncle? Almost as often as he depicts detailed metamorphoses, he shows graphic violence, as when during a wedding feast melee a disemboweled centaur entangles his feet in his entrails and runs them unspooling completely out of his body. There is cannibalism. And there is plenty of rape; at one point a girl ravished by Neptune asks to be turned into a man so that she may never be ravished again.
Indeed, many of the myths reveal a bias towards men, as when female-female love is depicted as more abnormal than female-bull love while post-Eurydice Orpheus' preference for boys is taken in stride. Nevertheless, Ovid writes many strong female characters, and his most compelling monologues are those of conflicted women.
In addition to love and violence, Ovid is interested in things like self-destructive pride (e.g., the fate of Niobe mother of fourteen children), heroic ego (e.g., the debate between Ajax and Ulysses over Achilles' armor), and vegetarianism (e.g., the diatribe against our bloody consumption of other living creatures). He also tosses off pithy lines about life, like "No pleasure ever lasts." It all returns to change: whether fantastically as in the myths or naturally as in Pythagoras' "scientific" account of the world, from earth to water or air to fire, from life to death and death to life, everything changes from one form to another.
At times I experienced metamorphosis fatigue (aNOTHer tree?), but mostly his book is a joy, largely due to its wonderful writing. Ovid writes wonderful epic similes, as when Apollo gives
a cry of grief and pain
just like a young cow makes when she beholds
the slaughterer raise his murderous axe
to his right ear and, with a splintering sound,
smash in the temples of her suckling calf.
He offers memorable cameos to personifications of things like Sleep, Hunger, and, here, Envy: "Wherever she goes, she tramples down fields full of flowers, burns the grass, plucks the tops of growing plants, and with her breath pollutes cities and homes, entire communities."
And in Ian Johnston's lively, readable translation, Ovid's rich descriptions and vivid imagination are transporting, like his vision of a post-flood world in which survivors sail boats over the roofs of sunken villas and dolphins race through submerged woods, or his depiction of Medea's magical concoction, including hoarfrost scraped up by moonlight and "the cut up entrails of the ambiguous werewolf," or his beautiful, terrible account of Daphne changing into a tree:
Scarcely had she made this plea, when she feels
A heavy numbness move across her limbs,
her soft breasts are enclosed by slender bark,
her hair is changed to leaves, her arms to branches,
her feet, so swift a moment before, stick fast
in sluggish roots, a covering of foliage
spreads across her face. All that remains of her
is her shining beauty.
Phoebus loved her
in this form as well. He set his right hand
on her trunk and felt her heart still trembling
under the new bark and with his own arms
hugged the branches as if they were her limbs.
He kissed the wood, but it shrank back from his kiss.
The god spoke:
"Since you cannot be my wife,
you shall surely be my tree."
David Horovitch reads the audiobook marvelously. For pastoral scenes his voice wafts pollen, for spiteful ones it drips poison, for sensual ones it caresses flesh, for brutal ones it gouges eyeballs, and for fantastic ones it stirs wonder. He doesn't strain for female voices. He doesn't change his voice drastically for different characters, but modulates it to suit different moods (his love-sick Cyclops is splendid!). It is a pleasure to listen to him.
Ovid ended his magnum opus confident it would last: "Here I end my work,/ which neither Jupiter's rage, nor fire, nor sword,/ nor gnawing time can ever wipe away." He was right to say, "Men will celebrate my fame/ for all the ages, and, if there is truth/ in poet's prophecies, I will live on."
Excellent, Engrossing Narration of Classic Mythology
Before listening, print a list mapping Greek gods to their Roman equivalents to avoid confusion.
Taylor Britton
really changed me
this book really changed the way I see the transition of greek into roman cultural dominance. just as our spines are known to morph into snakes when we die, this read really evolved my perspective
Surprisingly insightful for a book written in 8A.D
But dont zone out for more than a few second or else all the names, locations, and action will change and you'll have no idea what's happening anymore.
Kurt M. Douglass
There are several readings of this work to choose from on Audible, but this is the best one. Horovitch captures Ovid's tone and mood perfectly.
Emilee Hatch
I assume if you are reading this, you have already read it or have to for a class so for me the rating was about the narrator. I thought it was a great performance. I read it in a college course and enjoyed it but we only read pieces from it. it was fun to listen to it all the way through
had to read it for school
For those whom love myths
If you could sum up Metamorphoses in three words, what would they be?
Important, because this is one of the only remaining primary sources of Greco-Roman mythology
Consistent, because it has a constant theme of change through out the work
Propaganda, because the last book is so obviously that. The Roman Empire was changing from a republic to a Pricipate and Augusts used propaganda to cement his newly created position.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Metamorphoses?
Ariadne making Athena look at the crimes the male gods of mount Olympus had committed against innocent mortal women
Have you listened to any of David Horovitch's other performances before? How does this one compare?
No, but he did a wonderful job
This will be a confusing listen for anyone who is not familiar with the many names of the characters (i.e. Apollo, Phoebus), their backgrounds (i.e. The Delian God = born on the island of Delos = Apollo) and their family tree (i.e. Son of Latona, brother of Diana)
I suggest it to people who are willing to use some sort of reference or those who are already familiar with these stories
This is a very easy to understand translation otherwise and I would highly recommend to those who love mythology
Good to help you gain familiarity with the myths
Reading the Arthur Golding edition of Metamorphoses cannot be replaced with this audiobook; however, if you (like me) were looking for a copy to listen to in order to gain familiarity and recall with Greek/Roman mythology then I highly recommend this book.


A simple blood test is being developed by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Soroka University Medical Center in Beer-Sheva, Israel that may provide early detection of many types of cancer.
A towering $60,000 bill, a year of fierce, flu-like symptoms and a running risk of depression are among the possible costs of two new hepatitis C treatments. But according to Stanford University health policy researchers, they might be worth it.
The American Academy of Neurology is issuing an updated guideline that recommends monitoring the spinal cord during spinal surgery and certain chest surgeries to help prevent paralysis, or loss of muscle function, related to the surgeries.


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Breaking Bias: Pendo's view of International Women's Day
Written by Kenrica Sands | March 8, 2022
International Women's Day honors the diversity of women and their contributions to the world. With so much devastation occurring around the world, we're viewing this year's International Women's Day through a lens of empathy. An empathetic lens empowers us to create space for each other and recognize our common humanity. In that spirit, we honor the contributions of so many courageous women and forge ahead to break the biases that continue to hinder women from advancement.
For Pendo, diversity is about celebrating the uniqueness of our individual identities and experiences. Equity is about providing equal access and opportunities. Inclusion is about creating a space where employees feel they are empowered, can thrive, and are valued. However, unchecked biases can impact how diversity, equity, and inclusion lives in our Pendo culture. Bias impacts individuals or systems at large, often appearing as if one person or group is favored over another.
We recognize that confronting biases with empathy builds an inclusive environment where Pendozers can be authentic, do their best work, and thrive together. By focusing on #breakingbias, we are able to impact the nearly 60 percent of women who experience bias at work—typically in the recruiting, hiring, and promotion processes.
Three of our affinity groups—Women of Pendo, Femmegineers, and Gender, Sexual, and Romantic Minorities (GSRM)—are tackling bias head on by promoting gender diversity through research-based solutions. These solutions also create opportunities for collaboration, mentorship, and development, in a safe space of understanding.
Here are some of the ways that we #breakbias at Pendo:
Promoting open conversation: In January, our affinity groups led a company-wide conversation on the State of Women in the Workplace with Kathryn Kuhn, partner at McKinsey, and Gina Cardazone of Lean In. We discussed breaking bias in the performance review process and other challenges facing women in the workplace.
Discussing mental health and wellness: Breaking bias also requires a level of understanding that diverse lived experiences are rich with value and add to our culture. Last month, we celebrated the intersectionality of women at Pendo with a conversation on mental health and wellness with Dr. Joy, founder of Therapy for Black Girls.
Here's how we plan to #breakbias as we celebrate International Women's Day throughout the month of March:
Supporting aspiring managers: To build a diverse pipeline of managers, we must invest in our women looking to become managers and address historical bias that assumes management roles are best suited for men. The first Aspiring Manager Forum was hosted on March 7th to support Pendozers who are interested or curious about management and leadership roles. This program is designed to give every Pendozer a window into people management and to help them build core leadership skills that can be put into practice right away wherever they are in the organization.
Building community: On International Women's Day, observed on March 8th, our Femmegineers affinity group will host an art expression session where members will create a 3D portrait of a woman who represents #breakingbias. This session builds community, and engages women and allies in a roundtable conversation that centers on the courageous, positive impact of women who #breakbias daily.
Providing financial education: Our Women of Pendo affinity group will champion Equal Pay for Women by hosting Mary Ann Best, Kim Davis, and Tara Thompson Popernik of Alliance Bernstein. Alliance Bernstein is a global investment firm that fosters diverse perspectives and embraces innovation to help clients navigate the uncertainty of capital markets.
Building up female leaders: To further address the barriers preventing women from reaching roles in leadership, Pendo is partnering with Divhersity—a tight knit community of female engineers and engineer leaders that provide women with the support and access they need to achieve VP Engineering and CTO roles. On March 24th, Divhersity will lead a session for women who are growing their careers and families simultaneously. This event is open to the public—you can sign up for this event, The Mythical Work-Baby Balance, via Eventbrite.
Promoting the contributions of transgender women: GSRM will continue #breakingbias this month through daily Slack messages that educate Pendozers on notable transgender women in tech.
Learn more about how we are breaking biases in recruiting, hiring, and promotion processes by checking out our DEI page.

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Liberals redefine key transparency promise in new bill
By Alex BoutilierOttawa Bureau Reporter
Tues., June 20, 2017timer2 min. read
OTTAWA—The federal Liberals are breaking with the spirit of one of their promises to increase government transparency and declining to extend the access to information system to cabinet ministers' offices.
Instead, Treasury Board President Scott Brison said ministers' offices, including the Prime Minister's Office, will "proactively disclose" certain information under new access to information rules. That redefines a Liberals' 2015 election promise that they would extend existing access to information law to the ministers' offices, allowing any Canadian to request documents for a $5 fee.
"Canadians should not have to go through a request-based system for information that should be proactively disclosed," Brison told reporters at a press conference Monday afternoon.
"We are strengthening both proactive disclosure, expanding it across government. (and) investing to strengthen the request-based system. Both are important in a modern access-to-information regime."
So instead of being able to access documents cabinet ministers would rather keep secret, Canadians will be allowed to request documents the government knows in advance will be made public.
But because the Liberals have added a new proactive disclosure section to the Access to Information Act, Brison claimed they were making good on their promise to "extend" the legislation.
The Liberals are, however, making significant changes to the access-to-information regime — a 34-year-old system that has not been substantially updated since most government business was conducted with pen and paper.
Most significantly, Brison is granting the system's watchdog the power to compel government departments to release information. Currently, information commissioner Suzanne Legault's office can only recommend a department or agency release documents. The change has long been sought by Legault, who is to leave the watchdog's office later this year.
The Liberals' proposal also calls for a review of the system every five years, in hopes that future governments will not allow it to become as badly out of date as it currently is.
Theoretically, a number of criticisms of the system not addressed by Brison's bill could be handled by a future parliamentary committee.
"These are important steps forward," Brison said.
Access to information can be used by lawyers seeking records on behalf of their clients, researchers to unearth historical documents, citizens looking for information about government operations in their town and journalists poking their nose into the machinations of Ottawa.
At least in theory. In practice, the system has been overwhelmed by a dramatic increase in requests, is beset with delays and often spits out heavily censored documents.
According to Legault's most recent report, requests under ATIP have increased 81 per cent over the last five years, to 75,400 requests in 2015-16. Only 64 per cent of requests that year were completed within 30 days — less than that if you exclude Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, the largest recipient of requests.
Access to information, according to Legault, has become a "shield against transparency."
Brison said the government will provide more training and resources for departments to handle access to information requests and is committed to providing Legault's office with more resources to handle a greater number of complaints and litigation.


Collector coins are minted from precious metals with the aim of celebrating very important persons and events. Collector coins are not intended for circulation and they are legal tender only in the country that has issued them. As a rule, the selling price of collector coins minted from precious metal exceeds the nominal value.
Users must be able to easily distinguish between collector coins and circulation coins. Collector coins must comply with the established requirements.
The nominal value of collector coins must differ from the nominal value of circulation coins.
The design of collector coins must not resemble the common side of euro circulation coins. Where the design resembles the national side of a euro circulation coin, users must be able to easily distinguish between the collector coin and the circulation coin.
The colour, diameter and weight of collector must significantly differ from circulation coins by at least two or three features.
The edge of collector coins must not be milled, or come in the Spanish flower shape.
The numismatic-bonistic products are on sale in the Eesti Pank Museum Shop. Visit the Museum Shop website for price and product information.
In addition to the Eesti Pank Museum Shop, the numismatic-bonistic products can also be purchased from the E-shop of Estonian Post. Estonian Post is the official reseller of Eesti Pank's numismatic-bonistic products. You can place E-shop orders via the bank link (Swedbank, SEB), with a credit card (Visa, MasterCard) or by invoice. Ordered products will be posted after receipt of payment by Estonian Post.


Turmeric is rich in antioxidants and is anti-inflammatory. Lindsey lists 28 different health conditions that turmeric may help prevent or treat.
Indian women have used turmeric traditionally in their beauty regimens for beautiful, radiant skin. Turmeric facial masks are used to nourish the skin, and smooth lines.
Lindsey shares a recipe for a radiant facial skin mask made with turmeric. There's also a very helpful list of beneficial oils you can add to the facial mask. It's a very easy recipe to make and apply.
Click on the Turmeric Mask Recipe: The Eastern Secret To Youthful Skin link below to see the complete article and recipe.


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HomeFeatured'MY World' Survey – first results – half a million citizens tell the United Nations their priorities
'MY World' Survey – first results – half a million citizens tell the United Nations their priorities
Featured / Global
New York, 16 May 2013 – Over 560,000 citizens from 194 countries have already voted for the issues that would make the most difference to their lives, providing, for the first time ever, real-time and real-world intelligence on what people think about the biggest challenges facing them and their families.
"A good education", "better health care" and "an honest and responsive government" are the top trending issues to date.
MY World is the United Nations global survey to hear people´s priorities for the future development agenda after the Millennium Development Goals expire in 2015.
MY World, the United Nations global survey for a better world (www.myworld2015.org) is a groundbreaking initiative inviting citizens to virtually take their seat at the UN and participate in the global conversation on the next development agenda by voting in an option-based survey.
From Rwanda to Philippines and Mexico City to Amman and Madrid; across schools, mosques, offices and refugee camps, citizens have been turning out in their hundreds of thousands to vote and help define a better world for all.
In India, Laila Sein, of MY World partner AFRC INDIA, remarked: "The best thing I found about the survey is that our students have started thinking beyond cricket and mobile phones. They have begun thinking about critical issues that affect them."
Initial results from this survey have been released this week as the UN Secretary-General's High Level Panel for the post-2015 dialogue meets in New York to submit their recommendations on the future international development agenda. Real time results from MY World are also being presented on a regular basis to the UN Secretary-General and the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development.
To date, 57% of the votes have been collected offline, 35% though the website and around the 8% have come through mobile phone.
"We are using mobile phone and web technology as well as conducting surveys face to face to directly connect with people. This is allowing us for the first time to see in real time who is voting, from where, and what their priorities are"- highlighted Corinne Woods, Global Director of the UN Millennium Campaign – "MY World is a powerful tool for national as well as global decision making. These half a million votes are just a start – we have until 2015 and beyond to continue gathering people´s views and maintain this conversation flow between policy makers and citizens around the world."
'Crowdsourcing' the future development agenda.
MY World demonstrates the UN's commitment to an open and inclusive dialogue on the post-2015 agenda and harnessing the full power of technology and social media. MY World is supported by over 400 civil society organizations, youth groups, faith organizations, corporations and global personalities.
"We are getting a rich mix of data that is generating important information not only on global priorities, but also how these differ by characteristics: gender, age, location and education level. So far there seems to be a strong overlap of priorities among regions. Education, health, water, food, "an honest and responsive government" and "protection against crime and violence" feature amongst the top ten for every region of the world"– said Claire Melamed, from the Overseas Development Institute.
What are global citizens saying?
Participants in MY World are asked to select which six out of sixteen issues are most important for them and their families. Results to date reveal that voters' top three priorities are "a good education", "better healthcare" and "an honest and responsive government". "Access to water and sanitation" and "nutritious and affordable food" are also perceived by people as being of key importance to improving their lives.
Citizens voting predominantly for health and education reveal the continuing relevance of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which recently observed the 1000 day milestone to their 2015 target date. MY World represents an entry point for people to build on MDG achievements and help define an ambitious development agenda after 2015 that has poverty eradication and sustainable development at its core.
However, results also indicate that people are pointing to new issues to be addressed, such as "an honest and responsive government", "better job opportunities" and "protection against crime and violence", which also rank within the top seven priorities.
MY World has generated extremely positive and powerful responses across the world, as demonstrated by Oyebola Folajimi Kehinde, one of the thousands who participated in the offline representative survey in Nigeria: "The final statements most of the grassroots people kept hammering on was that "let's all hope they do something tangible with the newly collated data."
Until 2015, the UN and partners continue to invite men and women everywhere to vote in MY World and contribute to shaping a better world together.
About MY World voters so far:
Over three-quarters of participants are from developing countries™ — nearly half (48%) from low human development countries; another 29% from medium human development countries (according to Human Development Index http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/ ).
There is a roughly equal gender split for participants: 52% male, 48% female. The top seven choices are identical for men and women.
Nearly two-thirds (64%) of participants are under the age of 30.
57% of participants completed the survey offline and are likely to be amongst the poorest (without internet access, mobile phones). Of those, 67% were from rural areas.
45% of participants have low education levels and are likely to be poor (education is used as a proxy for income in most surveys) — 21% of participants did not finish primary school; another 24% only finished primary school.
To view the results to date, visit results.myworld2015.org To access the raw open data, visit dataset.myworld2015.org .
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In the case of Ho Tack Sien & Ors v Rotta Research Laboratorium SpA & Anor, the respondent manufactured a drug called Viartril-S (glucosamine sulphate) used in the treatment of osteoarthritis.
The respondent had registered the 'Viartril-S' mark in Malaysia for pharmaceutical products in 1976.
The first two appellants were ex-employees of the respondent's authorised distributor in Malaysia. During their employment, the appellants were privy to confidential information relating to the distribution network, customer lists, sales figures and marketing strategy of Viartril-S and its manufacturing process.
One of the appellants and her father-in-law subsequently set up the third appellant, a company which dealt largely in the sale of pharmaceutical products. The third appellant registered the trademark 'Artril 250' in 2002 for pharmaceutical products, and distributed and sold that product in Malaysia.


After crisscrossing the country, Ian joined Walker Macy from Virginia Polytechnic and State University with his Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture. While working on his undergraduate degree in marine Biology, he first learned about landscape, by studying the land-sea interface and documenting consequences of urban runoff. His design approach is contextual and ecological, thinking about people, nature, and atmosphere as unique, site specific entities that may be brought together in mutually beneficial relationships through thoughtful site design. Ian looks forward to the opportunity to create beautiful places where people, nature, and design coexist in complementary ways. In his free time, Ian remains a student of the craft, visiting parks, attending lectures, reading theory, and entering design competitions with friends.


The Cork Centre for Architectural Education (UCC/CIT) invites you to their Summer Show 2016. This is an exhibition of project and works carried out during the year 2015 and 2016 at CCAE. The official opening by Tod Wakefield will take place on Friday 3 June from 6pm at 9-10 Copley Street, Cork.
Viewing from 7-10 June from 10am to 4pm, and until 13-24 June (excluding weekend) by appointment.
This year the MArch students have been considering Athens under the title 'ENDLESS[C]ITY'. The design thesis projects have reached a defining period of development and are compelling in the way that have had to contend with a range of emerging and complex problems across a wide spectrum of discourse. There is a sense that the projects carry something vital about the contemporary crises that effect Greece, the Middle-East, and the EU. Each project in its own way has configured a thoughtful and imaginative response to these challenges, and to visitors who find these design responses to be of interest, all are encouraged to approach individual students on the night to find out more.


The different types of bronchial response to Albuterol (Alb), Fenoterol (Fen), Formoterol (Frm) and epinephrine (Epi) resulted after their consecutive inhalation and interaction in patients' airways were discovered in blind study in 850 subjects. 590 females and 260 males aged 16-45 years were examined. The examination program consisted of the pulmonary function (PF) investigation, pharmacological testing using Alb, Fen, Frm and Epi. 286 patients were testing with Alb, 280 patients — with Fen and 284 patients — with Frm.
The PF investigation and pharmacological testing were carried out according to the following scheme:1) initial evaluation of the PF; 2) inhalation of beta-2-agonist: 400 mcg of Alb, or 400 mcg of Fen, or 24 mcg of Frm; 3) repeated evaluation of the PF 20 min later; 4) inhalation of 0.1% solution of epinephrine hydrochloride (0.5 ml) by means of nebulizer generating particles with size less than 5.0 mcm; 5) repeated evaluation of the PF 10 min later. Distribution of the patients into groups for investigation and the choice of beta-2-agonist for every person were carried out with blind method by two non-contacting investigators. It was found that interaction of all these beta-2-agonists with Epi causes in some cases a severe bronchoconstriction and it seems to be the proven cause of asthmatics' sudden death.
In some retrospective investigations it was reported that high doses of fenoterol inhalations may be responsible for sudden death epidemic in asthmatics , . Later these reports were cited in the workshop report «Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention» . This is in agreement with our earlier data that the cause of sudden death is probably connected with asthmatics' epinephrine interaction with inhaled beta-2-agonists (in particular, with fenoterol) . And this interaction causes a severe bronchoconstriction which can lead to a fatal asthmatic attack. With this in mind we decided to study the results of interaction of different beta-2-agonists and epinephrine in patients' airways.
We examined 850 severe asthmatic patients with daily persisting symptoms aged 16-45 years and analyzed their clinical records. There were 590 women (mean age±SEM 36.9±0.89 years) and 260 men (mean age ± SEM 37.1 ± 0.93 years). Allergological investigation (skin of RAST tests) was positive in 350 patients. 97 patients had intolerance to aspirin and other non-steroid antiinflammatory drugs (NSAID); 748 patients were given inhaled steroid therapy equivalent on average to 800-1500 mcg of beclomethasone dipropionate and 102 subjects — peroral (5-20 mg/day of prednisolone).
The examination program consisted of the pulmonary function (PF) investigation and pharmacological testing using Alb, Fen, Frm and Epi. Investigation of the PF was carried out with the patients having an empty stomach. Twelve hours prior to the PF investigation, sympathomimetics were not administrated. The scheme of the pharmacological testing differed from the generally accepted in clinical practice. The main difference was in the sequence of the testing: 1) initial evaluation of the PF; 2) inhalation of beta-2-agonist (400 mcg of Alb, or 400 mcg of Fen, or 24 mcg of Frm); 3) repeated evaluation of the PF 20 min later; 4) inhalation of 0.1% solution of epinephrine hydrochloride (0.5 ml) by means of nebulizer generating particles with size less than 5.0 mcm; 5) repeated evaluation of the PF 10 min later. 286 patients were testing with Alb, 280 patients — with Fen and 284 patients — with Frm. The distribution of the patients into groups for investigation and the choice of beta-2-agonist for every person were carried out with blind method by two non-contacting investigators.
The idea of using such sequence of pharmacological testing consisted in observing the result of epinephrine interaction with its synthetic analogues in asthmatics' airways.
Evaluation of the PF indices was carried out by means of computer spirometer and the results were expressed as a percent of predicted values . All the changes of the PF indices during the pharmacological testing: «+» — increasing or «-» — decreasing were also calculated as a percent of predicted values since it permits to estimate more objectively a reversibility of airflow obstruction . The changes exceeding 10% of predicted values were accepted as reliable.
Statistical analysis of the obtained results was performed by applying the methods of variation statistic. Taking into account the normal distribution of signs Student's unpaired and paired t-tests were used. .
Initially all the investigated patients were divided into 4 groups: a, b, c and d, depending not on the type of the beta-2-agonist but on the response to epinephrine (table 1).
FEV1 – forced expiratory volume per the 1st sec;DFEV1 beta-2 – response to beta-2-agonist; DFEV1epi – response to epinephrine; ** – Student's test (p<0.01): groups b), c) and d) vs. group a), NS – non significant.
This table shows that these groups comprised the patients with different response to all the pharmacological agents: groups a) and b) were presented by subjects with the lack of reaction to epinephrine. They differed one from the other only by the response to the beta-2-agonists: in the group b) it exceeded and in the group a) it did not exceeded 10% of predicted values. The patients of groups c) and d) had the absolutely contrary response to epinephrine: in the first case it was positive and in the second case – negative.
Thus in 151 patients the result of interaction of beta-2-bronchodilator with epinephrine was positive and in 138 patients – expressively negative. In the "positive group" lung function index (FEV1) increased by 19.6±0.78% (as a percent of predicted values). But in the "negative group" it decreased by 23.5±1.08% (as a percent of predicted values). The clinical manifestations of this interaction in patients was quite different. The subjects of the "positive group" felt an additional relief in their breathe. In patients of the "negative group" this interaction caused intensive cough with expiratory dyspnea and widespread rhonchi were heard through out the chest. Then in 48 subjects of this group epinephrine inhalation and performing repeated spirometric measurement resulted in severe breathlessness which was abolished only by the intensive care management. In other patients of this group this inhalation test stimulated cough and in some time all the subjects felt dyspnea. So it is proved that interaction of synthetic bronchodilators and epinephrine in asthmatics' organism can manifest not only as an bronchodilation but as a severe bronchoconstriction.
Then we compare the value of induced bronchoconstriction depending on the type of preinhaled beta-2-agonist (table2). One can see that in spite of the selected drug type the value of the bronchoconstriction after "beta-2-agonist – epinephrine" interaction is the same.
Firstly, the obtained data (tables 1 and 2) show that bronchial obstruction in asthmatics can manifest not only by a decrease of the PF indices but also by a change in bronchial response to pharmacological agents, as well as by an appearance of severe bronchoconstriction to epinephrine inhaled after beta-2-agonists. Secondly, one can see that the bronchoconstrictive action of epinephrine after preliminary inhalation of beta-2-agonists does not depend essentially on the type of the bronchodilator used: the value of Epi-induced bronchoconstriction on average is identical in all three groups.
Thus the result of "beta-2-agonist – epinephrine" interaction in asthmatics' airways was dangerous in 138 subjects (16% of the investigated population) despite the beta-2-bronchodilator type. One can see on average more high frequency of bronchoconstriction in "Albuterol" and "Formoterol" groups, but it needs more wide investigations.
Under consideration of these findings it is understandable showing up some cases of so called «unstable» or «emotional» («nervous-psychic» – in the Russian literature) asthma: a release of great amounts of endogenous epinephrine (or norepinephrine) due to stress or emotional unstability associated with an excessive use of beta-sympathomimetics provokes the development of bronchoconstriction and its clinical manifestations (cough, dyspnea, wheezing and breathlessness). Just among the emotionally unstable asthmatics frequent cases of sudden death are observed despite an active corticosteroid treatment .
And one of the most probable causes of sudden death is bronchoconstriction associated with an interaction of bronchodilator drugs with endogenous catecholamines released in the asthmatics' blood stream. One can see that all the asthmatics differ one from the another by the results of "beta-2-agonist – epinephrine interaction". And a severe bronchoconstriction to beta-2-agonists acted together with epinephrine in asthmatics' organism may cause a fatal asthmatic attack and their sudden death.
Summarizing the above discussion of the investigation we may rightfully state that airflow obstruction in asthmatics is characterized not only by quantitative (a decrease of the PF indices) but qualitative changes in the respiratory tract (bronchial response) to different farmacological agents. All the asthmatics differ one from the another by the response to beta-2-agonists and epinephrine which may cause a severe bronchoconstriction leading to a fatal asthmatic attack and sudden death. And the main cause of sudden death in asthmatics is truelly connected with the use of different beta-2-agonists.
So we conclude that all the publications concerning mutual relations of bronchodilating drugs and asthmatics' sudden death are not fantastic. And the main cause of sudden death in asthmatics is connected with "beta-2-agonist – epinephrine interaction".
The author would like to express his gratitude to company «VITALOGRAPH Ltd.» for the help in supplying «VITALOGRAPH COMPACT» spirometer, used in carrying out this investigation.
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2. Spitzer WO, Suissa S, Ernst P, Horwitz RI, Habbick B, Cockcroft D, et al. The use of beta-agonists and the risk of death and near death from asthma. N Engl J Med 1992; 326: 501-506.
3. Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention. National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Revised 2002. Updated from NHLBI/WHO Workshop Report: Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Preven-tion Issued January, 1995. NIH Publication No 02-3659.
4. Solopov VN. Evolution in asthma: epinephrine healer versus epinephrine killer. Moscow, 1992 (rus). English version is available in Internet on https://www.solopov.ru/eng/main.htm .
5. Morris JF, Koski A, Breese JD: Normal values and Evaluation of Forced End-Expiratory Flow. Amer Rev Resp Dis 1975; 111: 755-762.
6. Brown RD, Grattan G: Reversibility of airflow obstruction. Lancet 1988; 1: 586-587.
7. Glantz SA. Primer of biostatistics. NY, McGraw-Hill Inc., 1994.
8. Picado C, Montserrat JM, Pablo J, Augusti-Vival A: Predisposing factor to death after recovery from a life-threatening asthmatic attack. J Asthma 1989; 26: 231-236.


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The Most Realistic Psychopath In Movie History
Carson Wells: "Do you have any idea how crazy you are?"
Anton Chigurh: "You mean the nature of this conversation?"
Carson Wells: "I mean the nature of you." —No Country for Old Men (2005)
Everybody loves a psychopath . . . as long as he's on the movie screen. Some of cinema's greatest villains are psychos, but just how accurate are those characters? Forensic psychiatrist Samuel Leistedt decided to find out. Leistedt spent years watching hundreds of films and classifying movie psychopaths, ranking them from least realistic to terrifyingly accurate. Anton Chigurh, of No Country for Old Men, came out on top.
Cinema is full of psychopaths, from Alex DeLarge to Alex Forrest, but they're not all created equal. In fact, some are downright unrealistic. Psychos have been manipulating their way across the silver screen since the silent era, and as our understanding of psychology evolves, so does the onscreen portrayal of these manipulative monsters.
So which of these baddies are true-to-life and which are nothing more than Hollywood hooey? That's a question forensic psychiatrist Samuel Leistedt wanted to answer. Originally, Leistedt planned on using movies to teach students about the traits of psychopaths, but over time, his quest turned into a full-fledged study. The good doctor teamed up with 10 other psychiatrists, and the group watched 400 movies over three years, analyzing antagonists and looking for emotionless villains who showed little remorse, controlled others, and showed no sympathy for their prey.
Unfortunately for fans of sci-fi and fantasy, Leistedt barred ghosts, gods, and evil wizards from consideration. (After all, this is supposed to be realistic.) Eventually, the team got down to 126 baddies: 105 men and 21 women. The scientists classified them according to various subtypes (as defined by Hugues Herve and Benjamin Karpman) and ranked the characters as accurate or inaccurate depictions.
For example, Michael Corleone from The Godfather movies is a secondary, macho psychopath which means he's been shaped by his environment and intimidates others into doing his bidding. Gordon Gekko from Wall Street is a successful (or corporate) psychopath and manipulates poor Charlie Sheen into making his millions. And then there's Annie Wilkes (of Misery) who's actually a pseudopsychopath. This means she's really a sociopath who displays antisocial behavior by tying up writers and doing very, very bad things to them.
However, the study concluded the most realistic psychopath of all time is none other than that cattle gun–carrying, bowl cut–sporting, coin-tossing hitman Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men. According to Leistedt, Chigurh is a merciless killer who feels absolutely no remorse for blowing his victims apart with a shotgun. He's very determined, has no empathy for his victims, and is incapable of emotions like love or shame. Leistedt wrote that Chigurh reminded of him actual contract killers he'd interviewed, and even compared Javier Bardem's character to murderer Richard Kuklinski, the infamous "Ice Man." Other extremely realistic psychos are Peter Lorre's Hans Beckert from M and Michael Rooker's Henry from Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer.
The study did offer a few surprises. For example, Norman Bates from Psycho isn't actually a psychopath. Based on well-known serial killer Ed Gein, Bates is actually a psychotic—someone out of touch with reality. Most shockingly, Leistedt declared that Hannibal Lecter is actually quite unrealistic. The majority of psychopaths are nowhere near as intelligent as the liver-eating psychiatrist. While Hopkin's Academy Award–winning performance is fantastic, the character just isn't an accurate portrayal, especially when you factor in Hannibal's fine taste and calm demeanor. But despite the Lecter letdown, Leistedt's research is pretty interesting for profilers and cinephiles alike. Now if someone ever did some research on how many movie produces are psychopaths, that would be a truly terrifying study.
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Performa AFTERHOURS is a post-show get-together featuring a range of exciting emerging artists. During the biennial, audiences can join the artists, curators, and organizers of Performa 17 for drinks, conversation, performance, and dancing at New York's newest quintessential late night space: Public Arts. Evenings draw loosely on Performa 17's historical anchor, Dada, with artists who are invested in art's revolutionary possibilities. AFTERHOURS includes collaborations by musicians, visual artists, music producers, dancers, and club hosts creating a lively program that draws on the vitality of New York City in the middle of a very international biennial. Co-organized with New York-based feminist music booking agency DISCWOMAN.
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BEARCAT is a London-born, Brooklyn-based artist. Internationally known for work as a DJ/Producer, Audio Engineer and Pro MUA, BEARCAT began touring with various artists in 2005 providing backing vocals and creative direction for live festivals such as Afropunk, Glastonbury, Reading and Lovebox. Since launching her solo career in 2008 she has performed across the world at venues in Egypt, Paris, Lyon, Berlin, Leipzig, Barcelona, Mexico City, Oakland and Chicago. Never afraid to delve deeply, she uses her emotive musical selections as a form of therapy. Drawing from personal experiences and diasporic roots, she creates uncompromising, bass-heavy mixes that harness the symbiotic energy between the music and the crowd. In 2016, BEARCAT undertook a two-month European tour, played sets at Boiler Room (NYC) MoMa PS1 (Warm Up / Sunday Sessions), MFA (Boston), RinseFM (Paris), Radar Radio (London), Slake, Flavorpill, scored a documentary that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. BEARCAT is the #rappersdj for acts including 21 Savage, CupcakKe and Caleborate.
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Sixers-Nets Playoff Schedule Announced
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By Sean Kennedy@PhillyFastBreak Apr 11, 2019, 6:50am EDT
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Minutes after the Sixers' 125-109 victory over the Chicago Bulls concluded, the Nets finished off the Heat in their own regular season finale, locking us in for a Philadelphia-Brooklyn first-round playoff series. So we knew the who, but still needed to know the when. It took a few hours, but the NBA made sure we would all wake up Thursday morning knowing when to tell our loved ones we'd need to be by a television.
Here are the dates for the first round between the Sixers and Nets, with times known for the initial four games:
Game 1: Saturday, 4/13, 2:30pm EST, in Philadelphia (ESPN; NBCSP)
Game 2: Monday, 4/15, 8:00pm EST, in Philadelphia (TNT; NBCSP)
Game 3: Thursday, 4/18, 8:00pm EST, in Brooklyn (TNT; NBCSP)
Game 4: Saturday, 4/20, 3:00pm EST, in Brooklyn (TNT; NBCSP)
Game 5: Tuesday, 4/23, time TBD, in Philadelphia, (TBD; NBCSP) - if necessary
Game 6: Thursday, 4/25, time TBD, in Brooklyn, (TBD; NBCSP) - if necessary
Game 7: Saturday, 4/27, time TBD, in Philadelphia, (TNT; NBCSP) - if necessary
As a reminder, the Sixers split the season series with Brooklyn, 2-2, but destroyed the Nets recently at home in the only game with rosters as currently constructed.
11/4/18: Brooklyn 122, Philadelphia 97, away game
11/25/18: Philadelphia 127, Brooklyn 125, away game
12/12/18: Brooklyn 127, Philadelphia 124, home game
3/28/19: Philadelphia 123, Brooklyn 110, home game
We'll have a ton of coverage in the couple days leading up to Saturday afternoon's opener. For now, the major open question concerns the health of Joel Embiid. Last night, Elton Brand said he was "optimistic" that Embiid would be ready for this weekend, but conceded it was "possible" he would not be available. After the Bulls game, Brett Brown reiterated that he expected to have all his starters available, and after growing a bit frustrated with multiple versions of essentially the same question regarding Joel's availability, said the team would provide the information via the normal injury report.
My personal feeling (and again, this is pure conjecture) is that Embiid will play, but the team knows the extent of the knee soreness and he is clearly not 100 percent. For a Sixers club that has looked the part of a true contender when Embiid is available, and average, at best, otherwise, Joel not firing on all cylinders is the surest way to ensure they fail to reach the lofty goals they have set for themselves. We'll know more in the days to come.


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PIA01295: Europa Global Views in Natural and Enhanced Colors
Target Name:  Europa
Is a satellite of:  Jupiter
Mission:  Galileo
Spacecraft:  Galileo Orbiter
Instrument:  Solid-State Imaging
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Addition Date:  1998-05-08
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This color composite view combines violet, green, and infrared images of Jupiter's intriguing moon, Europa, for a view of the moon in natural color (left) and in enhanced color designed to bring out subtle color differences in the surface (right). The bright white and bluish part of Europa's surface is composed mostly of water ice, with very few non-ice materials. In contrast, the brownish mottled regions on the right side of the image may be covered by hydrated salts and an unknown red component. The yellowish mottled terrain on the left side of the image is caused by some other unknown component. Long, dark lines are fractures in the crust, some of which are more than 3,000 kilometers (1,850 miles) long.
North is to the top of the picture and the sun fully illuminates the surface. Europa is about 3,160 kilometers (1,950 miles) in diameter, or about the size of Earth's moon. The finest details that can be discerned are 25 kilometers across. The images in this global view were taken in June 1997 at a range of 1.25 million kilometers by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft, during its ninth orbit of Jupiter.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the Galileo mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. JPL is an operating division of California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
This image and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the World Wide Web, on the Galileo mission home page at URL http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov. Background information and educational context for the images can be found at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo.
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Tag Archives for wind energy
Up to 90% of electricity from solar and wind the cheapest option by 2030: CSIRO analysis
Paul Graham, CSIRO
With the cost of energy generated from wind and solar now less than coal, the share of Australia's electricity coming from renewables has reached 23%. The federal government projects the share will reach 50% by 2030.
It is at this point that integrating renewables into the energy system becomes more costly.
We can add wind and solar farms at little extra cost when their share is low and other sources – such as coal and gas generators now – can compensate for their variability. At a certain point, however, there comes a need to invest in supporting infrastructure to ensure supply from mostly renewable generation can meet demand.
But by 2030, even with these extra costs, adding new variable renewable generation (solar and wind) to as high as a 90% share of the grid will still be cheaper than non-renewable options, according to new estimates from the CSIRO and Australian Energy Market Operator.
Calculating energy costs
International research, including from the International Renewable Energy Agency, suggests solar and wind power are now the cheapest new sources of electricity in most parts of the world.
Our estimates, made for the third annual "GenCost" report (short for generation cost), confirm this is also now the case in Australia.
We compare the cost of new-build coal, gas, solar photovoltaics (both small and large scale), solar-thermal, wind and a number of speculative options (such as nuclear).
What we've been able to more accurately estimate in the new report is the cost of integrating more and more renewable energy into the energy system, as coal and gas generators are retired.
The two key extra integration costs are energy storage and more transmission lines.
Sure, no-one likes a blackout. But keeping the lights on is about to get expensive
Storage costs
For any system dominated by renewables, storing energy is essential.
Storage means renewable energy can be saved when it is overproducing relative to demand – for example, in the middle of the day for solar, or during extended windy conditions. Stored energy can then be used when renewables cannot meet demand – such as overcast days or at night for solar.
Among options being considered for large-scale investment in Australia are batteries and pumped hydro energy storage (using excess renewable power to pump water back up to dams to again drive hydroelectric turbines).
Capital costs of storage technologies in $/kWh (total cost basis). Aurecon and Entura are engingeering businesses who publish project cost estimates. AEMO ISP is the Australian Energy Market Operator's Integrated System Plan, which also includes technology cost estimates.
Pumped hydro sites can provide storage for hours or days. There are three schemes in Australia: Talbingo and Shoalhaven in New South Wales, and Wivenhoe near Brisbane.
Battery costs have been falling steadily and tend to be most competitive for storage electricity for less than eight hours. South Australia's big battery (officially known as the Hornsdale Power Reserve) is the most obvious example.
Transmission costs
The other key cost to integrate more renewable energy generation into the electricity grid is building more transmission lines. Right now those lines mostly run from coal and gas power stations near coal mines.
But this not where new large-scale renewable generation will be. Solar farms are best placed inland, where there is less cloud cover, and in the mid to northern regions of Australia. Wind farms are generally better located in elevated areas and in the southern regions. We'll need to build new transmission links to these "renewable energy zones".
Transmission links between the states in the National Electricity Market (Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia) will need to be improved so they can better support each other if one or more are experiencing low renewable energy output.
After two decades, the national electricity market is on its way out, and that's alright
Total integration costs
So how much extra will it cost for Australia to have a higher share (up to 90%) of electricity from wind and solar (variable renewable energy)? The following graph summarises our findings based on 2030 cost projections.
Projected renewable energy generation and integration costs by variable renewable energy share in 2030.
The cost of generating energy from wind and solar (shown in light blue) is about A$40 per megawatt-hour (MWh). This is is slightly below current average market prices.
A higher share of renewable energy adds storage costs (in black) and transmission costs (grey and dark blue). These integration costs increase from A$4/MWh to A$20/MWh as the variable renewable energy share increases from 50% to 90%.
At 90% renewable energy, the total cost is A$63/MWh. But that's still cheaper than the cost of new coal and gas-fired electricity generation, which is in the range of A$70 to A$90/MWh (under ideal assumptions of low fuel pricing and no climate policy risk).
The 2020-21 GenCost report is now in the formal consultation period with stakeholders including industry, government, regulators and academia. The final report is due to be published in March 2021.
Paul Graham, Chief economist, CSIRO energy, CSIRO
December 13, 2020 by particularkev	Categories: Australia, Electricity, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind Power	| Tags: 2030, Australia, cheapest, electricity, Renewable Energy, renewables, solar energy, wind energy
Why is the Australian energy regulator suing wind farms – and why now?
Michael Coghlan/Flickr, CC BY-SA
Samantha Hepburn, Deakin University
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) is suing four of the wind farms involved in the 2016 South Australian blackout – run by AGL Energy, Neoen Australia, Pacific Hydro, and Tilt Renewables – alleging they breached generator performance standards and the national electricity rules.
These proceedings appear to contradict the conclusions of a 2018 report which said while the AER had found some "administrative non-compliance", it did not intend to take formal action given the "unprecedented circumstances".
What caused South Australia's state-wide blackout?
However the AER has since said this report focused on the lead-up and aftermath of the blackout, not the event itself. The case hinges on whether the wind farms failed to provide crucial information during the blackout which hindered recovery.
In particular, the AER is arguing the software protecting the wind farms should have been able to cope with voltage disturbances and provide continuous energy supply. On the face of it, however, this will be extremely difficult to prove.
Rehashing the 2016 blackout
The 2016 South Australian blackout was triggered by a severe storm that hit the state on September 28. Tornadoes with wind speeds up to 260 km/h raced through SA, and a single-circuit 275-kilovolt transmission line was struck down.
Baffled by baseload? Dumbfounded by dispatchables?
Here's a glossary of the energy debate
After this, 170km away, a double-circuit 275kV transmission line was lost. This transmission damage caused the lines to trip and a series of subsequent faults resulted in six voltage dips on the South Australian grid at 4.16pm.
As the faults escalated, eight wind farms in SA had their protection settings activated. This allowed them to withstand the voltage dip by automatically reducing power. Over a period of 7 seconds, 456 megawatts of power was removed. This reduction caused an increase in power to flow through the Heywood interconnector. This in turn triggered a protection mechanism for the interconnecter that tripped it offline.
Once this happened, SA became separated from the rest of the National Energy Market (NEM), leaving far too little power to meet demand and blacking out 850,000 homes and businesses. A 2017 report found once SA was separated from the NEM, the blackout was "inevitable".
South Australian blackout: renewables aren't a threat to energy security, they're the future
What went wrong at the wind farms?
The question then becomes, is there any action the wind farms could reasonably have taken to stay online, thus preventing the overloading of the Heywood interconnector?
The regulator is arguing the operators should have let the market operator know they could not handle the disruption caused by the storms, so the operator could make the best decisions to keep the grid functioning.
Wind farms, like all energy generators in Australia, have a legal requirement to meet specific performance standards. If they fall short in a way that can materially harm energy security, they have a further duty to inform the operator immediately, with a plan to remedy the problem.
To determine whether a generator has complied with these risk management standards, a range of factors are considered. These include:
the technology of the plant,
whether its performance is likely to drift or degrade over a particular time frame,
experience with the particular generation technology,
the connection point arrangement that is in place. A generator will have an arrangement with a transmission network service provider (TNSP) that operates the networks that carry electricity between generators and distribution networks. TNSP's advise the NEM of the capacity of their transmission assets so that they can be operated without being overloaded.
the risk and costs of different testing methods given the relative size of the plant.
Plenty of blame to go around
The series of events leading up to the 2016 blackout was extremely difficult to anticipate. There were many factors, and arguably all participants were involved in different ways.
The Heywood interconnector was running at full capacity at the time, so any overload may have triggered its protective mechanism.
The transmission lines were damaged by an unprecedented 263 lightning strikes in five minutes.
The market operator itself did not adopt precautionary measures such as reducing the load on the interconnector, or providing a clearer warning to electricity generators.
Bearing this in mind, the federal court will be asked to determine whether the wind farms complied with their generator performance standards and if not, whether this breach had a "material adverse effect" on power security.
This will be difficult to prove, because even if the generator standards require the wind farms to evaluate the point at which their protective triggers activated, it is unlikely the number of faults, the severity of the voltage dip, and the impact of the increased power flow on the Heywood interconnector could have been anticipated.
FactCheck: does South Australia have the 'highest energy prices' in the nation and 'the least reliable grid'?
The idea AEMO could have prevented the blackout if the wind farms had alerted it to the disruptive potential of their protective triggers is probably a little remote.
None of the participants could have foreseen the series of interconnected events leading to the blackout. Whilst lessons can be learned, laying blame is more complex. And while compliance with standards and rules is important, in this instance, it is unlikely that it would have changed the outcome.
Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
August 10, 2019 by particularkev	Categories: Australia, Electricity, Renewable Energy, South Australia, Wind Power	| Tags: 2016, article, Australia, Australian, electricity, Energy Regulator, power, Renewable Energy, renewables, South Australia, storm, suing, wind, wind energy, wind farms | Leave a comment
Taller, faster, better, stronger: wind towers are only getting bigger
Wind towers are getting taller.
Con Doolan, UNSW
Former Australian Greens leader Bob Brown made headlines this week after he objected to a proposed wind farm on Tasmania's Robbins Island. The development would see 200 towers built, each standing 270 metres from base to the tip of their blades.
Leaving aside the question of the Robbins Island development, these will be extraordinarily tall towers. However, they fit right in with the current trend for wind turbines.
Wind and solar cut rather than boost Australia's wholesale electricity prices
Wind turbines come in many designs, but the most common is the so-called "horizontal axis" kind, which look like giant fans on poles. This type of turbine is highly efficient at turning the energy in the wind into electrical energy.
Keen observers will have noticed that these turbines have been gaining in size over the years. In the 1990s, wind turbines typically had hub heights and rotor diameters of the order of 30m. Today, hub heights and rotor diameters are pushing well past 100m.
Shutterstock/The Conversation
When it comes to wind turbines, bigger is definitely better. The bigger the radius of the rotor blades (or diameter of the "rotor disc"), the more wind the blades can use to turn into torque that drives the electrical generators in the hub. More torque means more power. Increasing the diameter means that not only more power can be extracted, but it can be done so more efficiently.
Larger and longer turbine blades mean greater aerodynamic efficiency. Creating more power in one turbine means less energy is lost as it is moved into the transmission system, and from there into the electrical generator. The economies of scale provide an overwhelming push for wind energy companies to develop larger rotor blades.
Are public objections to wind farms overblown?
Wind turbines are also growing taller because of the way wind travels around the world. Because air is viscous (like very thin honey) and "sticks" to the ground, the wind velocity at higher altitudes can be many times higher than at ground level.
Hence it is advantageous to put the turbine high in the sky where there is more energy to extract. Hilly terrain (like a mountain ridge) may also distort the wind, requiring engineers to design the wind turbines to be even taller to catch the wind. Wind turbines used offshore are generally larger and taller because of the higher levels of wind energy available at sea.
Typically, onshore turbines (most common in Australia) have blades between 40m and 90m long. Tower heights are usually in the range of 150m. Offshore turbines (those situated at sea and common in Europe) are much larger.
Offshore turbines are typically much larger than onshore towers.
One of the largest wind turbine designs in the world, General Electric's offshore 12-megawatt Haliade-X, has 107m blades and a total height of 260m. As a comparison, Sydney's Centrepoint tower is 309m tall.
If the Robbins Island turbines are indeed built to 270m, as reported in the media, they would eclipse General Electric's behemoths. I cannot speak to the likelihood of this, but I would assume engineers will have to select the best turbine for the prevailing wind conditions and existing infrastructure.
Challenging heights
The quest for bigger and taller turbines comes with its fair share of engineering challenges.
Longer blades are more flexible than shorter ones, which can create vibration. If not controlled, this vibration affects performance and reduces the life of the blades and anything they are attached to, such as the gearbox or generator.
Materials and manufacturing techniques are constantly being refined to create longer, and longer-lasting, turbine blades.
The longer the turbine's blades, the more pressure is put on internal mechanisms.
Taller turbines generate more power, which puts greater loads on the gearbox and transmission system, requiring mechanical engineers to develop new ways of converting the ever-increasing torque into electrical power. Taller wind turbines also need stronger support towers and foundations. The list of challenges is long.
As turbines grow, so too does the noise they make. The dominant source of noise occurs at the outer edge of the blades. Here, turbulence caused by the blade itself creates a "hissing" sound as it passes over the trailing edge. More noise is created when the blade chops through atmospheric turbulence in the wind as it blows into the tower.
Noise isn't just a matter of size. If one turbine is placed in the wake of another, the sound of its blades passing through the highly turbulent air created by the upstream turbine will be very loud.
Keeping noise under control requires inventive solutions, such as borrowing ideas from nature: the silent-flying owl uses serrated feathers to control noise and these are now being used to make noisy turbines quieter.
Wind turbines aren't quite 'apex predators', but the truth is far more interesting
Of course, engineering challenges are not the only considerations for creating wind farms. Environmental effects, noise, visual impacts and other community concerns all need to be considered, as with any large infrastructure project. But wind turbines are one of the most cost-effective and technologically sophisticated forms of renewable energy, and as the developed world comes to grips with climate change we will only see more of them.
Con Doolan, Professor, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW
July 20, 2019 by particularkev	Categories: Australia, Electricity, Renewable Energy, Wind Power	| Tags: article, Australia, electricity, faster, Renewable Energy, renewables, stronger, towers, wind, wind energy, windmills | Leave a comment
Australia: Anti-Wind Power Forces in Government
December 14, 2015 by particularkev	Categories: Australia, video, Wind Power	| Tags: anti, Australia, government, video, wind energy, wind power | 1 Comment
Wind Energy: Cost Benefits
The link below is to an article that claims wind energy is half the cost of coal.
http://reneweconomy.com.au/2012/the-true-cost-of-electricity-why-wind-is-half-price-of-coal-73416
October 4, 2012 by particularkev	Categories: coal industry, Electricity, Wind Power	| Tags: article, Coal, cost, electricity, energy, half, power, wind, wind energy | Leave a comment


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Prodyut Mukherjee (Bengali: প্রদ্যুৎ মুখার্জি) (born 5 June 1975) is also known as a "Tabla Maestro" and world's premier tabla (Indian percussion) player. He won the Global India Music Academy Award ( GiMA Award  ) in 2016 for his album Rhythm Express-Moods with Padma Bhushan Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. He is a noted composer, soloist, fusion & classical musician with wide range of musical albums in his credit.

Rhythm Express
The Rhythm Express set-up is Prodyut Mukherjee's contribution towards a new form of fusion with depth and soul. Rhythm Express, encompasses a vast spectrum of musical genres, ranging from traditional Hindustani classical to South Indian classical notes and extending beyond the boundaries of India.

Performances
Prodyut has visited many counties round the globe to showcase his performances.The power pact performances of the Maestro is appreciated across the world.

National Performances

 Hand-shake concert at Kohima Raj Bhawan and organized by NEZCC, Govt. of India.
 Jai Jawan (A musical tribute to the Indian Army). The musical program was held at Indian Museum Kolkata.
 Swami Haridas Sangeet Sammelan Kolkata in collaboration with EZCC, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India.
 Airport Authority of India musical concert in collaboration with Spicmacay.
 Maha Shivratri concert at Kashi Vishwanath Temple Varanasi.
 Sankat Mochan Music Festival Varanasi.
West Bengal State Academy Music Conference.
Dover Lane Music Conference Kolkata.
Uttarpara Sangeet Chakra Music Conference.
Pandit Nikhil Banerjee Memorial Music Conference, Barrackpore, West Bengal.
Swami Vivekananda Music Festival, The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, Kolkata.
Lal Mati Utsav(Gaan Mela), Mumbai.
Banga Sanskriti Utsav, Mumbai.
One World Fusion musical concert organised by Sangitanjaly Foundation in association with Telangana Tourism Department, Hyderabad.
Music for World Peace concert supported by Kalyani Roy Memorial Trust and ICCR Kolkata.
Pancham Beats, Musical Tribute to legendary R.D.Burman on his 80th birth anniversary at Calcutta Club, Kolkata.
Spirit of Dance Festival, Delhi.
Mountain Music Festival, The Dreamers, Sikkim.
Bishnupur Utsav organised by Department of Tourism, Govt. of West Bengal.
Rajarani Music Festival at Bhubaneswar, organised by Department of Tourism, Govt. Of Odhisha.
Shani Sangeet Jayanti Festival at Indore.
Spicmacay State Convention at Rourkela.
200 Foundation Day celebration of Hindu School, Kolkata. This event was inaugurated by the former president of India Late Pranab Mukherjee.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, Kochi.
VIRASAT Festival by Spicmacay, National Institute of Technology Durgapur & MHRD, Govt. of India.

International Performances

 Celebrate Nashville Cultural Festival, USA.
 Indian Cultural Center in Memphis, hosted by Sai Baba Temple Tennessee, USA.
 India Fest Milwaukee, USA.
 Tookhar Tamasha Art's music festival (JHOOM CANADA JHOOM) held in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
 Bharat Sevasharam, Toronto, Canada.
 China National Orchestra, National Centre for the Performing Arts, China.
 Fes Festival in the Medina, Morocco.
 World Music Concert, Paris.
 International Art Festival, London.

Recognition
Mukherjee with his Tabla & Chic Drum(Mouth Percussion) brings various outstanding effects such as thunderstorm, rain drops, and movement of two trains on side by side track,noise made by the hooves of horses on the move, Shiva Tandava and many more and it creates a mesmerizing effect in the heart of the audience.

He was recognized by the former Indian cricket captain & current BCCI President Mr. Sourav Ganguly for his Rhythm Express Fusion project and Indian actor Mr. Anil Kapoor after receiving the GiMA award 2016 at Reliance Film City Mumbai. Mukherjee took part in the COVID-19 awareness program initiated by the Govt. of India(Ministry of Culture) for spreading positive harmonies among the people. This message was published on a social site maintained by Govt. of India.

Awards

 GIMA AWARDS in the year 2016 for his album MOODS in collaboration with the legendary maestro Padma Shri & Padma Bhushan Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.
 Pandit Manmohan Bhatt Memorial Award in 2019 at Jaipur for outstanding contribution in the field of Indian classical music and fusion music.

Collaborators
 Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
 Dona Ganguly
 Anup Jalota
 Suresh Wadker
 Kishore Sodha
 Shaan
and other eminent musicians and singers from all round the globe.

External links

Albums:
 gaana
Music apple
 wynk

References

1975 births
Living people
Tabla players
Indian composers
Indian producers


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Die World Cyber Games (WCG) sind ein ehemaliges E-Sport-Event, das jährlich stattfand. Ins Leben gerufen wurden sie mit Unterstützung des koreanischen Konzerns Samsung im Jahr 2000 unter dem Namen WCG Challenge. Zwischen 2001 und 2013 hieß die Veranstaltung World Cyber Games und fand jährlich im Oktober oder November an wechselnden Austragungsorten statt.

Auf dem Programm standen pro Jahr sechs bis neun PC-Spiele, die sich als E-Sport-Titel eignen. Dauerbrenner waren die beiden Spieleserien FIFA und StarCraft, die bei jeder Auflage der World Cyber Games auf dem Programm standen. Weitere beliebte E-Sport-Titel waren unter anderem Counter-Strike und Warcraft III. Als Gesamt-Preisgeld wurde pro Disziplin ein in der Regel fünfstelliger Dollar-Betrag ausgeschüttet. Zwischen 2003 und 2011 wurden jedoch auch Wettbewerbe auf der XBox bzw. XBox360-Konsole sowie auf dem Mobiltelefon ausgetragen.

Die Anzahl der Teilnehmer pro Land war limitiert und die Größe der jeweiligen Auswahl hing auch von den Sponsoren der einzelnen WCG-Organisationen ab. Die Anzahl der Nationalspieler einer Nation variierte etwa zwischen einer und 25 Personen. Deutschland war mit in der Regel über 20 Spielern regelmäßig eine der am stärksten vertretenden Nationen und ist Zweiter im ewigen Medaillenspiegel. Zuletzt waren 72 Nationen an den Vorausscheidungen zu den World Cyber Games beteiligt.

Seit 2005 existierte mit den WCG 2005 Samsung Euro Championship (SEC) auch eine europäische Version der WCG. Sie fand auf der CeBIT in Hannover statt. 2006 gesellten sich dazu ferner die WCG Asian Championship und die WCG Pan-American Championship.

In den Folgejahren fanden mehrere ähnlich konzipierte Veranstaltungen statt, die sich als Nachfolger der World Cyber Games verstanden, darunter die World Cyber Arena, die World Electronic Sports Games und die World eSports Championships. Allerdings konnte sich keine davon langfristig etablieren. 2019 kam es nach einigen Jahren Pause in Xi'an zu einer Neuauflage der World Cyber Games. 2020 wurde die Veranstaltung in Folge der COVID-19-Pandemie online ausgetragen.

Ergebnisse

Für eine Übersicht über alle Ergebnisse der World Cyber Games, siehe → World Cyber Games/Ergebnisliste

Chronologie

Disziplinen

*in Klammern: Promotions-Disziplinen neben den offiziellen Wettkampfsportarten

Hall of Fame
In die Hall of Fame der World Cyber Games werden die Spieler oder Teams aufgenommen, die zwei oder mehr Goldmedaillen gewonnen haben. Zusätzlich erhalten die Mitglieder der Hall of Fame den Status als WCG Legend.

Mitglieder der Hall of Fame:
  Team 3D (Sieger der WCG 2004 und WCG 2005 in Counter-Strike)
  Dennis "styla" Schellhase (Sieger der WCG 2003 und der WCG 2005 in FIFA)
  Daniel "hero" Schellhase (Sieger der WCG 2006 und der WCG 2007 in FIFA)
  Christian "GitzZz" Höck (Sieger der WCG 2001 und der WCG 2002 in Unreal Tournament)
  Lim "BoxeR" Yo-hwan (Sieger der WCG 2001 und der WCG 2002 in StarCraft)
  Matthew "Zyos" Leto (Sieger der WCG 2003 und der WCG 2004 in Halo)
  Li "Sky" Xiaofeng (Sieger der WCG 2005 und der WCG 2006 in Warcraft III)
  Byung "Grunt" Geon Kang (Sieger der WCG 2001 und der WCG 2007 in Age of Empires)
  Ryoo "SeleCT" Kyung Hyun (Sieger der WCG 2005 und der WCG 2006 in Dawn of War)
  Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen (Sieger der WCG 2004 und der WCG 2008 in Warcraft III)
  Wouter "Handewasser" van Someren (Sieger der WCG 2007 und der WCG 2008 in Project Gotham Racing 4)
  Again/PGS Gaming/ESC Gaming (Sieger der WCG 2006, WCG 2009 und WCG 2011 in Counter-Strike)

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

E-Sport-Wettbewerb


Pieter van den Boogert shows us the world of the clothing industry. He travelled to Bangladesh to photograph examples of production; he worked in The Netherlands and gives us an insight behind the scenes of fashion shows and big department stores. Because of the fact that people in the West want to by their clothes as cheap as possible, people in the production countries have to work for almost nothing. Finally Pieter followed the clothing to Ghana where it is sold as second hand goods but also showing us that more and more we in the West use Africa as our garbage dump.
The book is designed for Pieter van den Boogert's graduation at the KABK, The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. Printed in a limited edition of 500.