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Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta
Port. Electrochim. Acta vol.34 no.4 Coimbra July 2016
http://dx.doi.org/10.4152/pea.201604277
Alternative Electrocoagulation for Livestock Wastewater Treatment
Jose Pinedo-Hernandez* , Roberth Paternina-Uribe and Jose Marrugo-Negrete
University of Cordoba, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Water, Applied and Environmental Chemistry Group, Monteria, Colombia
This project assessed the technical feasibility of organic matter (COD) removal in livestock effluents, by electrocoagulation. An experimental design was used to block two factors at three levels, to evaluate the effect of the variables distance between electrodes and pH, using aluminum sacrificial electrodes. Maximum removal (90.16%) was obtained at 7 units pH, and 2.0 cm distance between electrodes. This study demonstrated the technical feasibility of electrocoagulation (EC) for the removal of organic matter as COD, present in wastewater from the livestock industry.
Keywords: Livestock effluents, Electrocoagulation, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD).
Colombian livestock represents a very important sector for the economy's main axis of the Caribbean region, especially in the department of Cordoba, due to certain geographical conditions characteristic of the area [1]. In livestock industry, the wastewater generated as cattle bath product represents a great threat to the environment; it contains traces of recalcitrant pesticides, toxic compounds and high levels of organic matter [2]. Electrocoagulation (EC) may be used as an alternative system of wastewater treatment, because it is inexpensive, the equipment used is simple and of easy operation, compared to the conventional methods (chemical coagulation), no chemical substances are used, and produces large and more stable flocs than those formed by chemical coagulation [3, 4]. Electrocoagulation is receiving an increasing acceptance by industry, in view of its advantages compared to other methods. The method is based on anodic dissolution of metallic aluminium and the formation of aluminium ions in the vicinity of the anode, these ions being immediately converted to the corresponding hydroxides. The hydroxide, in the process of coagulation and flocculation, has highly adsorptive and adherent qualities, and is colloidally dispersed. When a current is passed through Al anodic dissolution, it takes place according to the following reaction:
Simultaneously, water is reduced at the cathode to hydrogen gas and hydroxyl ion (OH-)
Thus, electrocoagulation introduces metal cations in situ, electrochemically, using sacrificial anodes. Al3+ hydrolyzes in water, forming the corresponding hydroxide; Eqs. (3) - (5) illustrate this, in the case of aluminium anode charge on the organic matter, which is responsible for the stability:
The main objective of this study was to evaluate the removal of organic matter (COD) in livestock effluents by electrocoagulation, controlling pH and distance variables between electrodes.
On this basis, it was expected that using Al anode would improve the process of electrocoagulation, through enhancing the rate of mass transfer of Al3+ from the anode surface to the bulk solution, to be applied to continuous flow process. This would reduce the concentration of polarization, and hence, reduce the passivation tendency of the anode, which adversely affects the process of electrocoagulation.
Wastewater sample under study was taken from a cattle farm in the town of Monteria, Cordoba -Colombia, in a day of cattle bath. Effluents were collected in plastic tanks, sufficient for processing in the EC system. The processing was performed before and after pH treatment, and the COD analysis was based on Standard Methods 4500H B and 5220 D [5] procedures references. Initial pH and COD were 6.5 units and 680 mg L-1.
Electrocoagulation cell
Fig. 1 shows the experimental scheme of the EC process.
Volume was used for each 4.0 L test sample. Six iron electrodes in the reactor were used as cathodes, and three aluminium anodes with effective dimensions of 18 × 2.5 × 0.5 cm were connected to DC -PHYWE 0-50 V fluent potential. The entire submerged surface of every electrode was 25 cm2.
Statgraphics Centurion 15.2.06 software was used for the statistical design of experiments and data analysis. The two most important operating variables, initial wastewater pH (x1) and distance (x2), were optimized for both wastewaters. Their range and levels are shown in Table 1.
Levels of every factor were evaluated in triplicate; there were 27 essays in the whole process. Percentage of COD removal was established as the response variable. Time and potential were 30 min and 50 V. Aluminium was used as sacrificial electrode. Fixed variables sets were selected based on tests conducted by Mestra and Pineda [6].
The data were submitted to ANOVA test, and mean comparisons were performed when needed using Tukey tests. Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was applied to evaluate the simple and combined effects of three independent parameters on removal and optimizing of the operating conditions. Statgraphics Centurion 15.2.06 statistical software was used for all analysis. A significance level of 0.05 was selected.
COD removal function of pH and distance
The removal of COD in function of pH and distance between electrodes is shown in Fig. 2.
Removal values are higher than 80% at initial pH of 4 and 7, independently of distance. However, initial pH of 8 and 5 cm distance show 67.21% removal (Fig. 2c). It is observed that decreasing the distance between electrodes increases the removal of COD, reaching maximum values (> 80%) at a distance of 2 cm for different pH values. This is possibly due to the electrostatic field formed during the electrocoagulation process, which depends on the distance between electrodes [7-8], and causes the metal ions production by the anode (sacrificial electrode): its function is to destabilize loads possessing contaminant particles present in water, neutralize the systems that keep the particles in suspension - allowing the formation of aggregates of contaminants, and initiating the coagulation process in less time, with higher removal [9].
Fig. 2b shows that, at pH 7, COD removal decreases according to the distance, with no statistically significant difference (p > 0.05), unlike pH 4 and 8, which have a statistically major difference (p < 0.05). This can be attributed to pH < 7, because the formed hydroxides are not stable enough to react with the aluminum cation, not allowing coagulant formation [10-12]. A pH near 7 facilitates the generation of hydroxyl radicals and, in its turn, the formation of agglomerates, which are ultimately removed from the solution [13]. With pH values > 7 the oxidative potential in question decreases; this justifies the reduction in the removal of reactions involved in the process, and therefore, a decrease in pollutant removal [14].
Optimization of the treatment conditions
The application of RSM based on the parameters estimation generates the second order regression model, where the removal percentage of COD (y) and the independent variables studied are related (Eq. 6).
The coefficient of determination (r2) was 0.843, which implies that 84.3 % of the variations in COD removal are explained through independent variables, and 15.7 % of variations cannot be explained by the model. According to Montgomery [15], it is satisfactory that (r2) is at least 75%, when considering proceeding with the methodology. The model generates the optimum values for the maximum COD removal, as a function of pH and distance. The response surface calculated on the basis of the model (Fig. 3) allows visualizing the behavior of the response variable, and clearly indicates the factors levels combination that leads to a maximum value.
In this study, it is observed that the best results are in the orange region, where factors interaction leads to results between 92.5 and 95 %.
Significant differences were not observed (p < 0.05) when the response was compared to the corresponding experimental value, which confirms that RSM can be used to optimize the process parameters (Table 2).
Additionally, it is observed that the results of the second order regression model present significant correlations with the experimentally obtained results (r=0.996, p=0.01, n=27; Fig. 4).
The variance analysis is shown in Table 3.
It is observed that the independent variables are not statistically significant (p > 0.05). However, the distance factor has a value close to 0.05, which can reveal the removal difference based on this factor.
To assess the adequacy of the developed model, the difference between Experiment and Predicted (waste) response is used to graphically analyze the effectiveness of the model. Waste is considered as unexplained variations by the model, and they will have a normal distribution if the model accurately predicts normal residue probability graph and normal distribution. This should give a linear fashion, and graphic of residuals versus predicted values should represent a random pattern of residues around zero [16]. Fig. 5a shows the normal probability graph waste for use as Al anode electrode in the optimization model for COD removal from effluents of livestock industry, where it meets the criteria of statistical normality by its linear trend.
Fig. 5b shows the graph of actual versus predicted residuals for the removal of COD, exhibiting a random pattern around zero waste, which represents a normal distribution.
The electrical energy consumption was calculated in terms of KHz. E (kWh) = U × I × t /1000, where U is cell voltage (V), I is current (A), t is the time of EC (h). The implementation of EC unit in large scale level mainly depends on the treatment process cost. In order to find out the economy of the proposed treatment method, the economic evaluation was made in optimum operating conditions. It was found that the energy supplied to wastewater treatment by EC is 0.03 KHz, given that KHz price in Colombia ($ 349.7; $US 0.13) is $ 4.37 for volume of solution (0.004 m3), i.e., 1092.8 $/m3 (0.39 $US/m3). Related to the consumption of Al per test (0.0643 g / L) by m3 (64.25 g / m3), the A1 material price ($ 4313.7 / kg) is obtained by m3 ($ 277.2 / m3; $ 0.11 US / m3). This result illustrates the economical feasibility of the proposed treatment in the on-field implementation, i.e., wastewater treatment plants (WTP's). pH and temperature should be taken into account to develop processes to improve electrocoagulation process. It has been determined in some cases that greater removal of a contaminant occurs within a specific pH range. This range can be even wider. In general, the literature indicates that the best removals were obtained for pH values close to 7, which improves electrocoagulation process [18].
The pre treatment temperature was 28 °C, and post treatment temperature increased 2 °C. Chen [19] indicates that the system temperature must be lower than or equal to 60 °C, to achieve greater removal.
Electrocoagulation (EC) and effluent treatment bath livestock is a technically viable alternative for the removal of organic matter as COD. The results showed that, for a distance between electrodes of 2 cm, COD removal percentage was significantly higher. The applied electrochemical treatment allowed the removal of COD in 90.16%, under conditions of optimal electrocoagulation: pH (7.0), distance (2 cm), voltage (50 V), time (30 min). These results indicated that electrochemical treatment process is an effective treatment method, in terms of removal efficiency, with reasonable operating costs.
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The authors wish to thank the Water, Applied and Environmental Chemistry Group, Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Management, University of Cordoba, Monteria-Colombia.
*Corresponding author. E-mail address: josejph@hotmail.com
Received May 17, 2016; accepted August 23, 2016
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Departamento de Química da Universidade de Coimbra
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INDIANAPOLIS - Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health has once again been distinguished as Indiana's only nationally ranked children's hospital by U.S.News & World Report, which released its 2018-19 Best Children's Hospitals rankings today. Riley at IU Health achieved national ranking in 8 pediatric specialties, with its urology program ranking in the top 10 in the country and both pulmonology and diabetes & endocrinology ranking in the nation's top 20 programs.
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Charles Davis says he wasn't surprised by Antonio Richardson's NFL draft slide (video)
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee — Former Tennessee player and current television analyst Charles Davis was one of the first to raise concerns about the health of Vol lineman Antonio "Tiny" Richardson back in February.
But after Richardson was not drafted last month and signed a free-agent contract with the Minnesota Vikings, Davis said he took no pleasure in being right.
"I saw that coming early in the process," Davis said during a visit to Knoxville for a benefit honoring the memory of former Vol Harry Galbreath. "We saw him in the Combine, and I think it was my big mouth that said, 'Something doesn't look right…He doesn't look totally healthy.' A lot of buzz got created out of that, and I felt badly, because I wasn't trying to denigrate the kid. He just didn't look right.
"I followed up on it and I actually had three or four teams tell me, 'He's not clear on our board medically.' So I knew there was something going on. So it didn't surprise me when he slipped. He's got to get healthy. When he does, we'll see that talent come out."
In more positive draft news, Vols lineman Ja'Wuan James was selected in the first round by the Miami Dolphins. Davis said he believes James impressed teams with his character and work ethic, which helped him move up draft boards.
"Ja'Wuan James I figured would go before Tiny. But I don't think anyone saw him in the first round. That was a major surprise, but I'm very happy for him," Davis said. "He was rising as we went on. He went from being considered a third, fourth round guy to a solid second round guy going into the draft. The Dolphins had a heavy need, really liked his character. After the troubles they've had, he's the perfect antidote to that."
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Ja'Wuan James says Miami Dolphins' pick fulfilled his wish
Ja'Wuan James at Tennessee's pro day this spring (photos by Evan Woodbery)
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee — Miami Dolphins officials said several times on Friday that they had "targeted" Tennessee offensive tackle Ja'Wuan James for a long time.
The feeling was apparently mutual.
James said after his visit to Miami for a pre-draft interview, he knew he wanted to play for the Dolphins and he was overjoyed when the team selected him in the first round on Thursday.
"God definitely blessed me," James said during a press conference in Miami. "He heard my prayers and answered them…I wanted to be a part of this team."
James said he felt comfortable with the coaches, executives and players on the Dolphins — including former teammate Dallas Thomas, who he called one of his best friends.
James sidestepped questions about the Dolphins' locker room drama from a year ago, when offensive lineman Richie Incognito was suspended for allegedly bullying teammate Jonathan Martin.
"That's last year," James said. "I'm comfortable with this environment."
James said he based that on his "interaction with everyone on the coaching staff and everyone in the organization. Talking to some of the guys on the team, I just felt it was the right atmosphere."
James also shrugged off a tweet from new teammate Mike Pouncey that seemed to make light of last year's bullying scandal.
"It's all part of the process of being a rookie," James said.
James was a leader at Tennessee and one of the most media-friendly players at the team. He won his first press conference at Miami by displaying a similar charisma.
Asked if he expected to be a starter on opening day, he had a reply ready.
"I don't expect anything," he said. "I expect to come in and work hard. That's how I was raised my whole life. You've got to earn what you're given."
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WASHINGTON, May 18, 2015—The oil industry has launched a misleading advertising campaign against stronger air quality standards. Touting the success of clean air standards that they consistently opposed, the American Petroleum Institute ads ignore the fact that new scientific research shows that today's weak standards are not strict enough to protect the health of young children, the elderly, and those with asthma or respiratory problems. In fact, over 206 million Americans in 46 states now breathe air that scientists say is harmful to human health.
"We've made great strides in cleaning up dirty air since the Clean Air Act was passed nearly 45 years ago," said Katherine McFate, president and CEO of the Center for Effective Government. "But that doesn't mean the job is done, especially when it comes to dangerous pollution like ozone."
The American Petroleum Institute ads insist that the current ozone standard (set at 75 parts per billion) is just fine, but scientists disagree. Scores of public health and children's health professionals have urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to bring ozone levels down to 60 parts per billion.
"The American people need cleaner air," said Ronald White, director of regulatory policy at the Center for Effective Government. "It's unconscionable for the American Petroleum Institute to raise false flags on this matter of life and death."
As a Center for Effective Government report and interactive map, Gasping for Support, show, over 206 million Americans would breathe cleaner air under an ozone standard of 60 parts per billion. This would save thousands of lives each year.
Compared to current levels, an ozone standard of 60 parts per billion would prevent:
Up to 5,800 premature deaths every year
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Reducing today's ozone levels to meet this stricter standard would produce $12-20 billion in health benefits annually by 2025. And these estimates do not include the additional $2.1-3.6 billion in health benefits that would occur when California meets a stricter standard years later.
"Polluters objected to stricter ozone protections back in the mid-1990s and warned of dire economic consequences, but the American Petroleum Institute's own ad campaign shows those predictions didn't come true," White said. "Polluters complained again in the late 2000s when EPA set the current standard. Now they're objecting again. How many times will the American Petroleum Institute have to cry wolf before we stop taking them seriously?"
"EPA should base air quality standards on what scientists and public health researchers tell us is necessary to prevent disease, not on industry's discredited economic estimates," said White. "Do you want to trust the health of your kids to public health professionals, or to the PR department at the American Petroleum Institute?"
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A Make-A-Wish reveal celebration for 10-year-old Cailen Rundles of Gainesville, Georgia, who signed a one-day contract to play with the UNG Nighthawks baseball team in 2015.
For the second year in a row, the University of North Georgia (UNG) athletic teams raised more money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation in 2016-17 than any other NCAA Division II school, the NCAA released earlier this week.
UNG donated its second-highest amount to date, sending $26,000.05 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Founded in the United States in 1980, Make-A-Wish is a nonprofit that arranges experiences described as "wishes" to children with life-threatening medical conditions.
Division II schools raised more than $634,000 for Make-A-Wish during the 2016-17 academic year. The amount raised sets a new Division II fundraising record for the sixth consecutive year and exceeds last year's total by $26,000.
UNG is currently in the early stages of its 2017-18 Make-A-Wish fundraising campaign that will culminate with the third annual Nigel the Nighthawk's Run with Superheroes Run/Walk at Memorial Hall on Monday, April 16, at the UNG Dahlonega Campus..
Since 2010, UNG has raised more than $133,000 for Make-A-Wish, including at least $10,000 every year since 2010-2011. That means more than 13 wishes have been granted from the efforts of the Nighthawk Nation. The Nighthawks have finished in the top five NCAA Division II donors for seven consecutive years, including being the top donor on five different occasions.UNG has won the PBC's Make-A-Wish Award, named after former UNG student-athlete LeeAnn Noble, for eight consecutive years.
The Peach Belt Conference finished in third at the conference level behind the Pennsylvania State Athletic and Gulf South Conferences.
Since the Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) established the partnership with Make-A-Wish in 2003, the division has raised more than $5.3 million for the nonprofit organization. Those funds have been used to grant wishes to more than 660 children across the country with life-threatening medical conditions.
The alliance with Make-A-Wish provides student-athletes with the opportunity to see their hard work pay off. SAAC continued a model adopted two years ago in which money collected from championship and enforcement fines are added to institutional fundraising in order for institutions to have the opportunity to host a wish reveal party on campus.
In 2016-17, eight institutions raised more than $10,000 — the national average cost of a wish reveal — and automatically earned a wish reveal party. UNG has hosted five consecutive make-A-Wish events on campus.


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Q: How to run method after every NUnit test (even failure within teardown) I am working on a test library using NUnit, and am generating a custom report while the tests run.
In the TearDown of my tests I call a method that will report the result of the test. It works just fine if the test passes, but is never reached if the test fails, is ignored, or inconclusive.
To make things more difficult, the "//do stuff" in the TearDown can also cause the test to fail in which case it would still need to be logged. BUT Assert throws an exception which means it leaves the block and never reaches the reporting code.
[SetUp]
public void ExampleSetup()
{
    //whatever
}

[Test]
public void ExampleTest()
{
    //whatever
}

[TearDown]
public void ExampleTearDown()
{
    //do stuff
    someObject.ReportTestResult();
}

More Info
 - Using NUnit 3.2.0

A: By looking up the NUnit documentation's Framework Extensibility chapter we can see that you need to use the Action Attribute.
The Action Attribute extension point is:

designed to better enable composability of test logic by creating
  attributes that encapsulate specific actions to be taken before or
  after a test is run.

Summary of a basic implementation of this extension point
You need to implement the ITestAction interface in your given say FooBarActionAttribute() class.
Given this you implement BeforeTest(), AfterTest() and Targets property.
For a basic scenario you need to perform your custom operations in the above two methods.
The final thing you need to do is to use this attribute, for example as:
[Test][FooBarActionAttribute()]
public void Should_Baz_a_FooBar() {
    ...
}

This will get executed right before and after the test method run.
For more advanced techniques please consult the linked documentation, it's pretty straightforward.

A: Frankly, this is just a bad idea. TearDown is part of your test. That's why it can fail. (But note that NUnit treats an assert failure in teardown as an error rather than a failure)
Since a test can do anything - good or bad, right or wrong - putting your logging into the test code is unreliable. You should be logging in the code that runs tests, not in the tests themselves. As stated above, the TearDown is a part of your test. So is any ActionAttribute you may define, as suggested in another answer. Don't do logging there.
Unfortunately, there is a history of doing logging within the tests because NUnit either didn't supply an alternative - at least not one that was easy to use. For NUnit V2, you could create a test event listener addin for exactly this purpose. You still can if that's the version of NUnit you are using.
For NUnit 3.0 and higher, you should create a listener extension that works with the TestEngine. The TestEngine and its extensions are completely separate from your tests. Once you have a well-tested extension, you will be able to use it with all your tests and the tests won't be cluttered with logging code.

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Q: labeling images to recognize in SURF object detector i am trying to implement a SURF object recognition software, so, i found this code in the internet that implements SURF and it works great (slow, but works), with this i can compare the template image to objects in a scene from my webcam and find them, what i am seeking now is how can i label this template so when the code finds it in the camera feed, the software would return the name of the object appearing., here is the code i have, sorry for no source, could not remember it.
Edit: I have been reading about Bag of Words, but it seems rather complicated to implement, i would like to know if there is a simpler way to do this.
Thank You All.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>
#include "opencv2/core/core.hpp"
#include "opencv2/features2d/features2d.hpp"
#include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp"
#include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp"
#include "opencv2/calib3d/calib3d.hpp"
#include "opencv2/nonfree/nonfree.hpp"

using namespace cv;

int main()
{
Mat object = imread("C:\\teste.png", CV_LOAD_IMAGE_GRAYSCALE);

if (!object.data)
{
    std::cout << "Error reading object " << std::endl;
    return -1;
}

//Detect the keypoints using SURF Detector
int minHessian = 400;

SurfFeatureDetector detector(minHessian);
std::vector<KeyPoint> kp_object;

detector.detect(object, kp_object);

//Calculate descriptors (feature vectors)
SurfDescriptorExtractor extractor;
Mat des_object;

extractor.compute(object, kp_object, des_object);

FlannBasedMatcher matcher;

CvCapture* cap = cvCreateCameraCapture(0);
cvSetCaptureProperty(cap, CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH, 320);
cvSetCaptureProperty(cap, CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT, 240);

namedWindow("Good Matches");

std::vector<Point2f> obj_corners(4);

//Get the corners from the object
obj_corners[0] = cvPoint(0, 0);
obj_corners[1] = cvPoint(object.cols, 0);
obj_corners[2] = cvPoint(object.cols, object.rows);
obj_corners[3] = cvPoint(0, object.rows);

char key = 'a';
int framecount = 0;
while (key != 27)
{
    Mat frame;
    frame = cvQueryFrame(cap);

    if (framecount < 5)
    {
        framecount++;
        continue;
    }

    Mat des_image, img_matches;
    std::vector<KeyPoint> kp_image;
    std::vector<vector<DMatch > > matches;
    std::vector<DMatch > good_matches;
    std::vector<Point2f> obj;
    std::vector<Point2f> scene;
    std::vector<Point2f> scene_corners(4);
    Mat H;
    Mat image;

    cvtColor(frame, image, CV_RGB2GRAY);

    detector.detect(image, kp_image);
    extractor.compute(image, kp_image, des_image);

    matcher.knnMatch(des_object, des_image, matches, 2);

    for (int i = 0; i < min(des_image.rows - 1, (int)matches.size()); i++) //THIS LOOP IS SENSITIVE TO SEGFAULTS
    {
        if ((matches[i][0].distance < 0.6*(matches[i][1].distance)) && ((int)matches[i].size() <= 2 && (int)matches[i].size()>0))
        {
            good_matches.push_back(matches[i][0]);
        }
    }

    //Draw only "good" matches
    drawMatches(object, kp_object, image, kp_image, good_matches, img_matches, Scalar::all(-1), Scalar::all(-1), vector<char>(), DrawMatchesFlags::NOT_DRAW_SINGLE_POINTS);

    if (good_matches.size() >= 4)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < good_matches.size(); i++)
        {
            //Get the keypoints from the good matches
            obj.push_back(kp_object[good_matches[i].queryIdx].pt);
            scene.push_back(kp_image[good_matches[i].trainIdx].pt);
        }

        H = findHomography(obj, scene, CV_RANSAC);

        perspectiveTransform(obj_corners, scene_corners, H);

        //Draw lines between the corners (the mapped object in the scene image )
        line(img_matches, scene_corners[0] + Point2f(object.cols, 0), scene_corners[1] + Point2f(object.cols, 0), Scalar(0, 255, 0), 4);
        line(img_matches, scene_corners[1] + Point2f(object.cols, 0), scene_corners[2] + Point2f(object.cols, 0), Scalar(0, 255, 0), 4);
        line(img_matches, scene_corners[2] + Point2f(object.cols, 0), scene_corners[3] + Point2f(object.cols, 0), Scalar(0, 255, 0), 4);
        line(img_matches, scene_corners[3] + Point2f(object.cols, 0), scene_corners[0] + Point2f(object.cols, 0), Scalar(0, 255, 0), 4);
    }

    //Show detected matches
    imshow("Good Matches", img_matches);

    key = waitKey(1);
}
return 0;
}


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//
// Created by Andrey Kozlov on 01/12/2013.
// Copyright (c) 2013 QuickBlox. All rights reserved.
//

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

typedef enum QBConnectionZoneType{
    QBConnectionZoneTypeAutomatic = 1, //Default. Endpoints are loaded from QuickBlox
    QBConnectionZoneTypeProduction      = 2,
    QBConnectionZoneTypeDevelopment     = 3,
    QBConnectionZoneTypeStage           = 4
} QBConnectionZoneType;

@class QBRequest;

@interface QBConnection : NSObject

#pragma mark - Settings methods
/**
* Setting API Key for Quickblox API
*
* @param serviceKey - NSString value of API Key.
*/
+ (void)registerServiceKey:(NSString *)serviceKey;

/**
* Setting API Secret for Quickblox API
*
* @param serviceSecret - NSString value of API Secret.
*/
+ (void)registerServiceSecret:(NSString *)serviceSecret;

/**
* Allow to change Services Zone to work with Development and Staging environments
*
* @param serviceZone - Service Zone. One from QBConnectionZoneType. Default - QBConnectionZoneTypeProduction
*/
+ (void)setServiceZone:(QBConnectionZoneType)serviceZone;

/**
* Allow to set custom domain for specific zone.
*
* @param apiDomain - Domain for service i.e. http://my_custom_domain.com. Possible to pass nil to return to default settings
* @param zone - Service Zone. One from QBConnectionZoneType. Default - QBConnectionZoneTypeProduction
*/
+ (void)setApiDomain:(NSString *)apiDomain forServiceZone:(enum QBConnectionZoneType)zone;

@end

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Bank of Ireland announces range of supports for businesses affected by coronavirus
Supports include emergency working capital and payment flexibility
Trade finance and foreign currency assistance also available to help businesses source products from new suppliers internationally
6 March 2020: Bank of Ireland has today announced a range of supports available to businesses impacted by the outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19).
The impact of coronavirus is being felt in many ways across different business sectors. This includes weaker trading as a result of a reduction in business and tourist travel, supply chain interruption due to the knock on impacts of a slowdown of production in China, and reduced orders from international customers as the global economy starts to deal with the impact of the virus.
These impacts are leading to a number of financial needs for our business customers, and Bank of Ireland is today announcing a number of supports for business affected by coronavirus.
These include the provision of emergency working capital, payment flexibility on loan facilities, and the provision of trade finance and foreign currency products to support sourcing products from new suppliers internationally. The Bank will also be making proactive contact with businesses that may be impacted by the virus.
Given the fast-moving nature of the ongoing issue, the Bank will prioritise loan decisions for impacted businesses, and will also review the supports required for all of our customers as the impact of the virus on both our business and personal customers is further understood over the coming weeks.
Customers who are concerned about the impact of coronavirus on their business are encouraged to make contact with their Business Relationship Manager or ring 0818 200 348.
Bank of Ireland sectoral experts – in agriculture, manufacturing, hospitality, health, food and beverage and retail convenience – are also available to support customers.
Gavin Kelly, CEO Retail Ireland, said:
"Bank of Ireland is committed to providing support to businesses across the island of Ireland. We will be making extra resources available during this period of uncertainty, and I would encourage any business owner with concerns on how to deal with the impact of the coronavirus to contact us. We will work with them to identify what supports they need, including options such as emergency working capital and payment flexibility."


The Journal of Sufi Studies is published two times a year and an open access. It is a publication of MEDAR (Mevlana Düşüncesi Araştırmaları Derneği).
Sufi studies will publish the theoretical and research papers about the influence of mistical thougts on the daily life, arts and rituals. It also accept research based and high quality articles on related subjects. The scope of the journal encompasses also reviews of the related scientific papers and books.


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Rhymes in rooms is een livealbum van Al Stewart en Peter White. Het album is opgenomen in onder andere de gitaarwinkel McGabes Guitar Shop in Santa Monica (Californië). Andere opname plaatsen waren The Birchmere in Alexandria (Virginia) en Osaka.

Musici
Al Stewart – slaggitaar en zang
Peter White – alle andere gitaren, toetsinstrumenten, accordeon

Muziek

Leave it is de alternatieve titel voor If it doesn't come naturally, leave it.

Muziekalbum uit 1992
Muziekalbum van Al Stewart
Livealbum

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text:
/*jshint esnext:true*/
/*globals module:true, require:true, process:true*/

/**
 * Module dependencies.
 */

// Core
var util = require('util');
var crypto = require('crypto');
var fs = require('fs');
var path = require('path');
var url = require('url');
var zlib = require('zlib');

// Npm
var aws = require('aws-sdk');   // http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/latest/frames.html
var mime = require('mime');
var deferred = require('underscore.deferred');
var Tempfile = require('temporary/lib/file');

// Local
var common = require('./common');

// Avoid warnings
var existsSync = ('existsSync' in fs) ? fs.existsSync : path.existsSync;

// Success/error messages
var MSG_UPLOAD_SUCCESS = '↗'.blue + ' Uploaded: %s (%s)';
var MSG_DOWNLOAD_SUCCESS = '↙'.yellow + ' Downloaded: %s (%s)';
var MSG_DELETE_SUCCESS = '✗'.red + ' Deleted: %s';
var MSG_COPY_SUCCESS = '→'.cyan + ' Copied: %s to %s';
var MSG_SKIP_SUCCESS = '→'.cyan + ' File Exists, skipped: %s';
var MSG_SKIP_MATCHES = '→'.cyan + ' File Matches, skipped: %s';
var MSG_SKIP_OLDER = '→'.cyan + ' File is Old, skipped: %s';

var MSG_UPLOAD_DEBUG = '↗'.blue + ' Upload: ' + '%s'.grey + ' to ' + '%s:%s'.cyan;
var MSG_DOWNLOAD_DEBUG = '↙'.yellow + ' Download: ' + '%s:%s'.cyan + ' to ' + '%s'.grey;
var MSG_DELETE_DEBUG = '✗'.red + ' Delete: ' + '%s:%s'.cyan;
var MSG_COPY_DEBUG = '→'.cyan + ' Copy: ' + '%s'.cyan + ' to ' + '%s:%s'.cyan;
var MSG_SKIP_DEBUG = '→'.cyan + ' Sync: ' + '%s:%s'.cyan;

var MSG_ERR_NOT_FOUND = '¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ File not found: %s';
var MSG_ERR_UPLOAD = 'Upload error: %s (%s)';
var MSG_ERR_DOWNLOAD = 'Download error: %s (%s)';
var MSG_ERR_DELETE = 'Delete error: %s (%s)';
var MSG_ERR_COPY = 'Copy error: %s to %s';
var MSG_ERR_CHECKSUM = '%s error: expected hash: %s but found %s for %s';

function updateAmazonConfig (key, secret, secure) {
  // set the configuration options on the Amazon S3 object
  aws.config.update({
    accessKeyId : key,
    secretAccessKey : secret,
    sslEnabled : secure
  });
}

function generateAmazonParams(dest, body, headers, options) {
  // Get an md5 of the local file so we can set the MD5 on upload
  //var localHash = crypto.createHash('md5').update(body).digest('hex');
  //localHash = new Buffer(localHash).toString('base64');
  //localHash = '"' + localHash + '"';

  var params = {
    ACL        : options.access,
    Body       : body,
    Bucket     : options.bucket,
    // TODO: why does this cause S3 upload failure?   https://github.com/fog/fog/issues/928
    //ContentMD5 : localHash,
    Key        : dest
  };

  // insert headers into the parameter list
  var header, value;
   for (header in headers) {
    value = headers[header];
    // Amazon doesn't have any dashes in header params (e.g.,Content-Type becomes ContentType)
    params[header.replace('-', '')] = value;
  }

  return params;
}

exports.init = function (grunt) {
  var async = grunt.util.async;
  var _ = grunt.util._;

  _.mixin(deferred);

  var exports = {};

  /**
   * Create an Error object based off of a formatted message. Arguments
   * are identical to those of util.format.
   *
   * @param {String} Format.
   * @param {...string|number} Values to insert into Format.
   * @returns {Error}
   */
  var makeError = exports.makeError = function () {
    var msg = util.format.apply(util, _.toArray(arguments));
    return new Error(msg);
  };

  /**
   * Publishes the local file at src to the s3 dest.
   *
   * Verifies that the upload was successful by comparing an md5 checksum of
   * the local and remote versions.
   *
   * @param {String} src The local path to the file to upload.
   * @param {String} dest The s3 path, relative to the bucket, to which the src
   *     is uploaded.
   * @param {Object} [options] An object containing options which override any
   *     option declared in the global s3 config.
   */
  exports.put = exports.upload = function (src, dest, opts) {
    var dfd = new _.Deferred();
    var options = _.clone(opts, true);

    // Make sure the local file exists.
    if (!existsSync(src)) {
      return dfd.reject(makeError(MSG_ERR_NOT_FOUND, src));
    }

    var headers = options.headers || {};

    // Pick out the configuration options we need for the client.
    options = _.pick(options, [ 'region', 'endpoint', 'port', 'key', 'secret', 'access', 'bucket', 'secure', 'gzip', 'gzipExclude', 'debug' ]);

    options.access = options.access || 'private';  // set the default ACL

    updateAmazonConfig(options.key, options.secret, options.secure);

    var client = new aws.S3(options);

    if (options.debug) {
      return dfd.resolve(util.format(MSG_UPLOAD_DEBUG, path.relative(process.cwd(), src), client.bucket, dest)).promise();
    }

    // Encapsulate this logic to make it easier to gzip the file first if necesssary
    var upload = function (cb) {
      cb = cb || function () {};

      // Read the local file so we can get its md5 hash.
      fs.readFile(src, function (err, data) {
        if (err) {
          cb(makeError(MSG_ERR_UPLOAD, src, err));
        }
        else {
          params = generateAmazonParams(dest, data, headers, options);

          // Upload the file to s3.
          client.putObject(params, function(err, res){
              // If there was an upload error or no RequestId, assume something went wrong.
              if (err || !res.RequestId) {
                cb(makeError(MSG_ERR_UPLOAD, src, err || res));
              }
              else {
                // The etag head in the response from s3 has double quotes around
                // it. Strip them out.
                var remoteHash = res.ETag.replace(/"/g, '');

                // Get an md5 of the local file so we can verify the upload.
                var localHash = crypto.createHash('md5').update(data).digest('hex');

                if (remoteHash === localHash) {
                  var msg = util.format(MSG_UPLOAD_SUCCESS, src, localHash);
                  cb(null, msg);
                }
                else {
                  cb(makeError(MSG_ERR_CHECKSUM, 'Upload', localHash, remoteHash, src));
                }
              }
            }
          );
        }
      });
    };

    // prepare gzip exclude option
    var gzipExclude = options.gzipExclude || [];
    if (!_.isArray(gzipExclude)) {
      gzipExclude = [];
    }

    headers['Content-Type'] = headers['Content-Type'] || mime.lookup(src);
    var charset = mime.charsets.lookup(headers['Content-Type'], null);
    if (charset) {
      headers['Content-Type'] += '; charset=' + charset;
    }

    // If gzip is enabled and file not in gzip exclude array,
    // gzip the file into a temp file and then perform the upload.
    if (options.gzip && gzipExclude.indexOf(path.extname(src)) === -1) {
      headers['Content-Encoding'] = 'gzip';

      var tmp = new Tempfile();
      var input = fs.createReadStream(src);
      var output = fs.createWriteStream(tmp.path);

      // Gzip the file and upload when done.
      input.pipe(zlib.createGzip()).pipe(output)
        .on('error', function (err) {
          dfd.reject(makeError(MSG_ERR_UPLOAD, src, err));
        })
        .on('close', function () {
          // Update the src to point to the newly created .gz file.
          src = tmp.path;
          upload(function (err, msg) {
            // Clean up the temp file.
            tmp.unlinkSync();

            if (err) {
              dfd.reject(err);
            }
            else {
              dfd.resolve(msg);
            }
          });
        });
    }
    else {
      // No need to gzip so go ahead and upload the file.
      upload(function (err, msg) {
        if (err) {
          dfd.reject(err);
        }
        else {
          dfd.resolve(msg);
        }
      });
    }

    return dfd.promise();
  };

  /**
   * Download a file from s3.
   *
   * Verifies that the download was successful by downloading the file and
   * comparing an md5 checksum of the local and remote versions.
   *
   * @param {String} src The s3 path, relative to the bucket, of the file being
   *     downloaded.
   * @param {String} dest The local path where the download will be saved.
   * @param {Object} [options] An object containing options which override any
   *     option declared in the global s3 config.
   */
  exports.pull = exports.download = function (src, dest, opts) {
    var dfd = new _.Deferred();
    var options = _.clone(opts);

    // Pick out the configuration options we need for the client.
    options = _.pick(options, [ 'region', 'endpoint', 'port', 'key', 'secret', 'access', 'bucket', 'debug' ]);

    updateAmazonConfig(options.key, options.secret);

    var client = new aws.S3(options);

    if (options.debug) {
      return dfd.resolve(util.format(MSG_DOWNLOAD_DEBUG, client.bucket, src, path.relative(process.cwd(), dest))).promise();
    }

    // Create a local stream we can write the downloaded file to.
    var file = fs.createWriteStream(dest);

    // get the file from s3
    client.getObject({ Bucket: options.bucket, Key: src }, function(err, res) {
      // If there was a download error or no RequestId, assume something went wrong.
      if (err || !res.RequestId) {
        return dfd.reject(makeError(MSG_ERR_DOWNLOAD, src, err || res.statusCode));
      }

      // The etag head in the response from s3 has double quotes around it.
      // Strip them out.
      var remoteHash = res.ETag.replace(/"/g, '');

      // Get an md5 of the local file so we can verify the download.
      var localHash = crypto.createHash('md5').update(res.Body).digest('hex');

      if (remoteHash !== localHash) {
        return dfd.reject(makeError(MSG_ERR_CHECKSUM, 'Download', localHash, remoteHash, src));
      }

      if(res.ContentEncoding == 'gzip') {
        zlib.gunzip(res.Body, function(err, data){
          if(err) {
            dfd.reject(makeError(MSG_ERR_DOWNLOAD, src, err));
          }
          else {
            fs.writeFile(dest, data, function(err){
              if (err) {
                dfd.reject(err);
              }
              else {
                var msg = util.format(MSG_DOWNLOAD_SUCCESS, src, localHash);
                dfd.resolve(msg);
              }
            });
          }
        });
      }
      else {
        fs.writeFile(dest, res.Body, function(err){
          if (err) {
            dfd.reject(err);
          }
          else {
            var msg = util.format(MSG_DOWNLOAD_SUCCESS, src, localHash);
            dfd.resolve(msg);
          }
        });
      }

    });

    return dfd.promise();
  };

  /**
   * Copy a file from s3 to s3.
   *
   * @param {String} src The s3 path, including the bucket, to the file to
   *     copy.
   * @param {String} dest The s3 path, relative to the bucket, to the file to
   *     create.
   * @param {Object} [options] An object containing options which override any
   *     option declared in the global s3 config.
   */
  exports.copy = function (src, dest, opts) {
    var dfd = new _.Deferred();
    var options = _.clone(opts);

    // Pick out the configuration options we need for the client.
    options = _.pick(options, [ 'region', 'endpoint', 'port', 'key', 'secret', 'access', 'bucket', 'debug' ]);

    updateAmazonConfig(options.key, options.secret);

    var client = new aws.S3(options);

    if (options.debug) {
      return dfd.resolve(util.format(MSG_COPY_DEBUG, src, client.bucket, dest)).promise();
    }

    // Copy the src file to dest.
    client.copyObject({ Bucket: options.bucket, Key: dest, MetadataDirective: 'REPLACE', CopySource: src }, function(err, res) {
      // If there was a copy error or no RequestId, assume something went wrong.
      if (err || !res.RequestId) {
        dfd.reject(makeError(MSG_ERR_COPY, src, dest));
      }
      else {
        dfd.resolve(util.format(MSG_COPY_SUCCESS, src, dest));
      }

    });

    return dfd.promise();
  };

  /**
   * Delete a file from s3.
   *
   * @param {String} src The s3 path, relative to the bucket, to the file to
   *     delete.
   * @param {Object} [options] An object containing options which override any
   *     option declared in the global s3 config.
   */
  exports.del = function (src, opts) {
    var dfd = new _.Deferred();
    var options = _.clone(opts);

    // Pick out the configuration options we need for the client.
    options = _.pick(options, [ 'region', 'endpoint', 'port', 'key', 'secret', 'access', 'bucket', 'debug' ]);

    updateAmazonConfig(options.key, options.secret);

    var client = new aws.S3(options);

    if (options.debug) {
      return dfd.resolve(util.format(MSG_DELETE_DEBUG, client.bucket, src)).promise();
    }

    // Upload the file to this endpoint.
    client.deleteObject({ Bucket: options.bucket, Key: src}, function (err, res) {
      // If there was a deletion error or no RequestId, assume something went wrong.
      if (err || !res.RequestId) {
        dfd.reject(makeError(MSG_ERR_DELETE, src, err || res.statusCode));
      }
      else {
        dfd.resolve(util.format(MSG_DELETE_SUCCESS, src));
      }
    });

    return dfd.promise();
  };

  /**
   * Publishes the local file at src to the s3 dest, but only after checking if the file exists or doesn't match.
   *
   * Verifies that the upload was successful by comparing an md5 checksum of
   * the local and remote versions. Also checks if the file exists first, both by filename or by hash and mtime
   *
   * @param {String} src The local path to the file to upload.
   * @param {String} dest The s3 path, relative to the bucket, to which the src
   *     is uploaded.
   * @param {Object} [options] An object containing options which override any
   *     option declared in the global s3 config.
   */
  exports.sync = function (src, dest, opts) {
    var dfd = new _.Deferred();
    var options = _.clone(opts);

    // Pick out the configuration options we need for the client.
    options = _.pick(options, [ 'region', 'endpoint', 'port', 'key', 'secret', 'access', 'bucket', 'verify', 'debug' ]);

    updateAmazonConfig(options.key, options.secret);

    var client = new aws.S3(options);

    if (options.debug) {
      return dfd.resolve(util.format(MSG_SKIP_DEBUG, client.bucket, src)).promise();
    }

    // Check for the file on s3
    if( !options.verify ) {
      client.headObject({ Bucket: options.bucket, Key: dest }, function (err, res) {
        var upload;

        // If the file was not found, then we should be able to continue with a normal upload procedure
        if (err && err.statusCode === 404) {
          upload = exports.upload( src, dest, opts);
          // pass through the dfd state
          upload.then( dfd.resolve, dfd.reject );
        } else if (!res || err ) {
          dfd.reject(makeError(MSG_ERR_DOWNLOAD, src, err || res.statusCode));
        } else {
          // the file exists so do nothing with that
          dfd.resolve(util.format(MSG_SKIP_SUCCESS, src));
        }
      });
    } else {
      // verify was truthy, so we need to make sure that this file is actually the file it thinks it is
      client.getObject({ Bucket: options.bucket, Key: dest }, function(err, res) {
        var upload;

        // If the file was not found, then we should be able to continue with a normal upload procedure
        if (err && err.statusCode === 404) {
          upload = exports.upload( src, dest, opts);
          // pass through the dfd state
          upload.then( dfd.resolve, dfd.reject );
        }
        else if (!res || err) {
          dfd.reject(makeError(MSG_ERR_DOWNLOAD, src, err || res.statusCode));
        }
        else {
          // the file exists so let's check to make sure it's the right file, if not, we'll update it
          // Read the local file so we can get its md5 hash.
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            if (err) {
              dfd.reject(makeError(MSG_ERR_UPLOAD, src, err));
            }
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              // The etag head in the response from s3 has double quotes around
              // it. Strip them out.
              remoteHash = res.ETag.replace(/"/g, '');

              // Get an md5 of the local file so we can verify the upload.
              localHash = crypto.createHash('md5').update(data).digest('hex');

              if (remoteHash === localHash) {
                // the file exists and is the same so do nothing with that
                dfd.resolve(util.format(MSG_SKIP_MATCHES, src));
              }
              else {
                fs.stat( src, function(err, stats) {
                  var remoteWhen, localWhen, upload;

                  if (err) {
                    dfd.reject(makeError(MSG_ERR_UPLOAD, src, err));
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                    localWhen = new Date(stats.mtime || "1"); // make second earliest date possible if mtime isn't set

                    if( localWhen > remoteWhen ) {
                      // default is that local is newer, only upload when it is
                      upload = exports.upload( src, dest, opts);
                      // pass through the dfd state
                      upload.then( dfd.resolve, dfd.reject );
                    } else {
                      dfd.resolve(util.format(MSG_SKIP_OLDER, src));
                    }
                  }
                });
              }
            }
          });
        }
      });
    }

    return dfd.promise();
  };

  return exports;
};


1- Ph.D. Student of Educational Management, Department of Education and Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Branch Khorasgan, Isfahan, Iran.
3- Associate Professor of Educational Management, Department of Education and Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Branch Khorasgan, Isfahan, Iran.
The purpose of this study was to present an educational justice model for education in Iran. The researchers used exploratory mixed methods. At first, by using inductive content analysis method, and on the basis of the entire field of research that was available in the database from 2001 to 2017, the themes of educational justice in education were identified and were purposively studied and analysed by using analytical method. As a result, based on the analysis, 82 main themes, 12 themes for organizing collective participation, fair decision-making, all-round vision curriculum, meritocracy, covering all audiences, paying attention to the health status of the learners, optimal management of resources, empowerment of learners, improving the evaluation process, improving the quality of education, and fair interaction, as well as three categories of inclusive theme, including facilitating fair allocation of resources, fair use of resources, and decent meritocracy. According to the identified themes, an 82-item questionnaire was designed to validate the model. The reliability of the questionnaire was assessed using Cronbach's alpha (0.76) and its validity was assessed using factor analysis. In the quantitative part, the research community included all school principals and assistants from across the country with a total of 170,645, from whom 384 people were selected by multi-stage random sampling. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to validate the model of the research. All the themes were confirmed with high factor load that indicated the high validity of the model.
Keywords: educational justice, learners, education, facilitating fair distribution of resources, fair use of resources.


The Mead's new art show reveals a lost genre from the 1930s-40s: "Dimensionism," in which artists responded—wildly—to the era's game-changing scientific discoveries.
Curator Vanja Malloy gives a guided tour of the "Dimensionism" show for the students of Natasha Staller's class "The Modern World" (cross-listed under art and the history of art; European studies; and sexuality, women's and gender studies).
The early 20th century was a sensational time for being able to see and name, finally, much that had been hidden before.
The X-ray machine was invented in 1895, for instance, making the body dramatically more visible. Freud was kicking down the door to our subconscious. After 1915, Einstein's theory of relativity blew up old concepts for space and time.
This chain of scientific breakthroughs inspired the day's artists too. Cubists such as Picasso and Duchamp, thrilled by the new math of the fourth dimension, distilled art to geometric schemes. Surrealism gave us Dali's melting clock. There was Dadaism, Futurism.
Another art movement burst on the scene then, too—though this "ism" never quite made the cut.
It was called "Dimensionism." And it was also eclectic and fresh. Yet adverse circumstances—especially World War II—conspired to push it into obscurity.
Which is why "Dimensionism: Modern Art in the Age of Einstein," a new show at the Mead Art Museum, is an act of unveiling, homage and rescue.
It has also elevated the museum's profile because "Dimensionism" is the Mead's first-ever traveling show. The exhibit debuted at BAMPFA (the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive) and will later head to the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers. The middle run, at the Mead, goes from March 28 to July 28. A book on the exhibit, written by its Mead-based curator, is now out from MIT Press.
The show—which is supported by the Henry Luce Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art—features 70 works, mostly from the 1930s and 1940s, which explore this historic, explosive nexus of art and science.
There are famous names presented (Pablo Picasso, Henry Moore, Alexander Calder) and lesser-knowns that hit refresh on the canon. These include those from some historically underrepresented groups, such as American female painters Adeline Kent and Helen Lundeberg and the Hungarian trans male artist Anton Prinner.
You might say that Vanja Malloy, the Mead's curator of American art, was born to create this show. She has science street cred, for starters: her father is a physics professor and she began as a pre-med at Duke. But she ended up an art history major and, later, did her dissertation on American sculptor Alexander Calder.
Study for Lobster Trap and Fish Tail (1937–38). Calder was influenced by the biomorphic forms of Joan Miró and the choreography of Martha Graham. To make his sculptural mobiles move, early on, he generated them with small motors. Later he strung his mobiles, minus the motors, so that air currents supplied random motion. This study is built of painted sheet iron and wire: the finished Lobster Trap and Fish Tail, at MoMA, spans more than 9 feet. This video's accompanying music is by Luis Alvaz (Wikimedia Commons).
It dated from 1936, and was signed by 25 artists and writers, including Robert Delaunay, Marcel Duchamp, Wassily Kandinsky, Francis Picabia—and Calder himself.
Capricious Forms (1937). Wassily Kandinsky was held rapt by the microscopic view; many artists tied to the creation of the Dimensionist manifesto were influenced by ever-more-detailed microscopic and telescopic images, becoming available through photography. Kandinsky's curvilinear, biomorphic shapes here seem to signify the cellular structures and amorphous forms of single-cell organisms.
"I remember being just in disbelief, when I saw his name there because I'd never read anything about this manifesto in any text on Calder," says Malloy.
The manifesto's author was an avant-garde Hungarian poet named Charles Sirató, who'd befriended many of those signees at the Café du Dôme in Paris. In the text, Sirató lauded the "recent technical givens of our age," especially Einstein's theories.
The manifesto ran in an art journal, and Sirató hoped to stoke publicity, organize exhibits. But the space-time continuum was not in his favor: his health collapsed and, as war loomed, artists began leaving Europe. A subset settled in Roxbury, Conn., including Calder and Yves Tanguy, who re-seeded the ideas here in the U.S.
As Malloy began to seek out pieces for the show, she looked for works from the manifesto's signatories. But Sirató didn't feel that dimensionism was limited to these early adapters. Whoever exhibited the "dimensionist spirit" was welcome.
And so she added other artists reacting to the era's science. Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth were drawn to innovations in crystallography, for instance. Robert Delaunay tried to give visual form to radio waves. Kandinsky found inspiration under the microscope, whereas Wolfgang Paalen's work queried quantum theory.
Alongside the artworks, the show includes copies of the manifesto, relevant film footage, plus magazine articles and books that influenced the Dimensionists.
Slideshow of photos from "Dimensionism: Modern Art in the Age of Einstein" on display in the Mead Art Museum until July 28, 2019.


This clever animated documentary effectively dispels societal preconceptions about romance and older adults. A refreshingly candid group of 70, 80, and 90 something seniors in a retirement community share personal revelations on their continued need for love and intimacy. A multiple award-winner, Backseat Bingo draws its strength from the empowering honesty of the seniors who not only discuss their own romantic endeavors, but their own morality and the conscious choice they make to keep going on despite hardships, and the deaths of loved ones and friends.
A powerful reminder that love and desire (in their various forms) remain an integral part of healthy aging and personal well-being. Ideal as a discussion starter to help caregivers and family members broach the often overlooked subject of intimacy among older adults.


In the midst of heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, hackers are tapping into the frequencies used by Indian airlines to communicate with Air Traffic Control in Jammu, and they are playing Pakistani patriotic songs while flights are coming in for landing, The Times of India reported today.
"We are made to hear songs like 'Dil, dil Pakistan, jaan jaan Pakistan'," a senior pilot told TOI. "This is a big irritant as we are in final stage of landing," another pilot told the newspaper.
While commercial flights operate out of the airport in Jammu, only Air India flights chartered by the Indian army land in Thoise.
Once the frequency is hacked, pilots have to communicate with Northern Control in Udhampur, which then phones the Jammu ATC over the landline and gives them alternate frequencies, TOI reported. Pilots are then advised to get the new coordinates from the Jammu ATC.


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La Cena de las Cenizas es el primer diálogo filosófico que Giordano Bruno publica en Londres.

Historia
Estamos en el año 1584 y Bruno escribe en italiano, dedicándole el trabajo al embajador francés Michel de Castelnau, donde fue invitado después de dejar Francia en abril de 1583. La obra se encuentra en el marco de la filosofía de la naturaleza, en ella Bruno, conectando con la teoría copernicana, describe un universo infinito en el que lo divino es omnipresente, la materia eterna y en mutación o cambio permanente.

Bibliografía

Enlaces externos
Illustrations de La Cena de le Ceneri, 1584, en Gallica.

Obras literarias del siglo XVI
Obras filosóficas


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