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ED launches money laundering probe against Rhea Chakraborty in Sushant Singh Rajput case
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Sneha Shah | Mumbai
Sushant Singh Rajput and Rhea Chakraborty
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), on July 31, launched a probe against actor Sushant Singh Rajputs former girlfriend and others in connection with the death of the actor. The probe was launched following a FIR filed by Bihar Police on July 28 on the basis of a complaint filed by Sushants father Krishna Kishore Singh.
Singh filed an FIR against Rhea, her family and six others in Patna, claiming they abetted Rajputs commit suicide. Charges of cheating, theft and wrongful confinement have also been levied against the accused by Bihar police.
Following the FIR, Rhea recently released a brief video statement through her lawyers, in which she said that she has immense faith in God and the judiciary. The Bihar Police team, which is investigating the FIR registered in Patna against Chakraborty in Mumbai, also recorded the statement of Rajputs former girlfriend Ankita Lokhande, in which she reportedly commented on Rajputs mental health. According to reports, Lokhande also informed Bihar Police that the late actor was quite unhappy because Chakraborty had harassed him.
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Salim Khan was one of those few friends who encouraged me to become a screenwriter: Javed Akhtar
Be it 'Sholay', 'Don', 'Zanjeer' or 'Deewaar', Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar have worked together in many such iconic films. And lyricist Javed Akhtar revealed how it was writer Salim who encouraged him to become a screenwriter.
In an interview recently, the lyricist revealed that he wanted to become a director before becoming a writer and a lyricist. Talking about his friendship with Salim Khan, Javed said, "Salim saab was one of those few friends who encouraged me to become a writer. The plus point was I used to live in a room which was close to his home, hence I would visit him often. Had I been living somewhere else, I doubt if I would be able to meet him regularly."
Adding more about his years-long association with Salim Khan and why they stopped working together, Javed added, "In our struggling days, we were like 'one team'. We didn't have any friends, hence we would be together from morning till evening and even work together. Even our dinners would be together, in fact, out of 24 hours, we would be together for at least 15-16 hours a day. But once we tasted success, new people entered our lives and gradually our circle changed. Hence, the rapport we had broke and we couldn't work together further."
Also read: On the sets of 'My Name Is Khan', I couldn't speak in front of SRK sir: Sidharth Malhotra
On the sets of 'My Name Is Khan', I couldn't speak in front of SRK sir: Sidharth Malhotra
Sidharth Malhotra
Today, Sidharth Malhotra has many fans. But the 'Student Of The Year' actor remembers those days when he used to work as an assistant director on Shah Rukh Khan's 'My Name Is Khan'. Being an SRK fan, he remembers about his first interaction with his idol.
"I still remember my first day of the shoot on the sets of 'My Name Is Khan' in LA. I had rehearsed for the clap so I wouldn't fumble in front of SRK sir. But he was so warm and sweet, for sure it's because of his upbringing. He just made everyone around him so comfortable. Trust me, on the first day of the shoot, I couldn't speak at all in front of SRK sir."
Sidharth even remembers how while working on one scene, Shah Rukh gave him some acting tips. "We were shooting a scene and only Shah Rukh sir and I were at that location. It was somewhere on a road. And suddenly he started talking to me and said, 'You know, you should always come first and see if you can use anything on location as a prop'. I was like, 'It's just two of us here, who is he talking to?' But he knew that I wanted to be an actor. He continued telling me, 'You've to see if you can use anything.' He's so sharp that he creates many things on the spot. And from then, my respect and my love for him grew even more," expressed Sidharth who's seen in 'Mission Majnu' currently.
Also read: For a very long time I believed that the 'left side of my brain had a short circuit': Ranveer Singh


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Woke up this morning - and had this idea in my head about when people meet the crossroad - and have to decide whether or not to fall in love again.
I like the idea of this song but I need to hear how it goes. I wasn't able to get it right when I tried.
Another lovely ballad, TIG ... you certainly have a knack for these. As I read it, the tune for "I'll Give You a Daisy a Day, Dear" came to mind, and I can hear your song going something like that with a waltz rhythm ... maybe I'm way off. Very nice work!
I went to a different progression and modified it to fit.
It's easier to play and sing.
Thanks again for your help this version really works for me.
Thanks for this Jim....thanks?, Yes, it took me back to my teenage years, where you'd find pretty young girls breaking their heart over some fool that dumped them, makes me wonder where they are now and did they ever get over that traumatic experience?
As has been mentioned above, you have a master's degree in writing stunning observational songs, heavily influenced by country music. Another winner my friend.
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Q: How to use aliases for catalogs for file creation navigation if I have some aliases like Catalog1 (/home/ed/1), Catalog2 (/home/ed/2)
I have scripts in Catalog1, and Catalog2 is for output saving, f.e. :
 python /home/ed/1/one.py > /home/ed/2/log1.txt

i need to do this:
 python Catalog1/one.py > Catalog2/log1.txt

How can I do it?
using ubuntu

A: You can't do this with aliases, however, you could use variables:
In your .bashrc, add:
Catalog1='/home/ed/1'
Catalog2='/home/ed/2'

Reload your shell and you will be able to use it like:
python $Catalog1/one.py $Catalog2/log1.txt

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Content warning: mentions of suicide, depression, anxiety, self-harm and eating disorders, but no detailed or graphic descriptions.
Although UCLove was created as a space for calling out library crushes, it has attracted an increasing number of worrying posts that highlight growing student mental health problems at UCL. The anonymous Facebook confessions page has become the largest university confessions page in the UK.
Since September 2018, over 30 posts referencing suicide and self-harm have been shared on the page. UCLove publishes significantly more posts discussing suicide, depression and self-harm than other UK universities' confession pages.
A UCLove administrator told The Cheese Grater that they are struggling to process the high volume of submissions, which can mean looser oversight of potentially harmful posts. 'We try to post self-harm/suicide content as quickly as possible,' the admin explained, 'so that people can get a response ASAP'.
The National Suicide Prevention Alliance's guidelines for responding to suicidal content urge moderators to remove what it terms 'unsafe' discussions of suicide that could dangerously impact others. Admins have previously allowed suicide notes to be disseminated to the page's 13,000 followers.
Since September 2018, UCLove has shared over 30 posts referencing suicide and self-harm on their Facebook page.
There is currently no legal prohibition against this 'unsafe' content, but the government may soon introduce legislation against it. Since the death of 14-year-old Molly Russell, whose parents found she had been viewing a lot of dangerous content on social media, the government has moved towards mandating social media platforms moderate content related to suicide and self-harm.
Admins commented below a post raising concerns over the publication of potentially triggering content, saying 'I would personally feel accountable if someone suffered more because they didn't get advice or support', and called those who said the page should not be sharing suicide notes 'selfish'. However, publishing this content places the responsibility for preventing suicide in the hands of students, rather than trained professionals.
Page admins want to provide an outlet for people struggling with suicidal thoughts or self-harming tendencies, but in doing so they fail to account for the impact this has on readers struggling themselves. Moreover, comments on these posts are not uniformly supportive. Even those who mean well might give unhelpful or dangerous advice.
'We are very concerned to read some of the anonymous comments made on the UCLove Facebook page,' said Denise Long, Director of Student Support and Wellbeing at UCL. 'We want to ensure all of our community know that we have dedicated teams on hand to support students and encourage anyone going through difficulties to contact us.' UCL offers in-person as well as online and telephone counselling and therapy services.
If you or someone you know is suffering from mental health issues or suicidal thoughts, please call UK Samaritans Hotline on 116123, get in touch with your GP, and/or contact mental health services available at UCL.


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Betty Jean Murray Merritt
Published 11:25 am Monday, January 4, 2021
By Janie McKinney
Betty Jean Murray Merritt, 90, Elizabethton, passed away Friday, January 1, 2021, at Hillview Health Center.
A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Andrew and Eva Pierce Murray.
Betty was a graduate of Elizabethton High School and attended Steed College. She retired as a secretary from West Minister School in Atlanta, Ga. Prior to that she was employed at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and Milligan College and Immanuel School of Religion. She returned to Elizabethton in 2000. She loved to read and sew.
Betty was an active member of First Christian Church, Elizabethton.
Survivors include three daughters, two grandsons, one brother and several nieces and nephews.
It was her wish to be cremated and a memorial service will be held at a later date.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Merritt family.
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First look–Latest trailer for Ender's Game
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Ender's Game has long been on borg.com's list of books we'd like to see adapted to film. We've been waiting nearly a year now for the November 2013 release of Ender's Game, starring Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford and Ben Kingsley, since we included Ender's Game as one of the 24 coming movies to see in 2013. We featured the first trailer for Ender's Game here at borg.com as well as a ton of the videos released this past July at San Diego Comic-Con International, where Summit Entertainment featured a great exhibit for the movie.
What is probably the final trailer leading up to the release is here. Check it out:
Tags: Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Comic-Con, Ender's Game, Harrison Ford, Summit Entertainment
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Room 237–New documentary about The Shining highlights the dark side of fandom
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More so than Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, or The Shining, writer/director Rodney Ascher's documentary Room 237 seeks and finds the heart of obsession and insanity.
But that's not necessarily a good thing.
Documentaries often feature thought-provoking, intelligent, smart people with some appropriate credentials espousing new theories. You will likely walk away from Room 237 thinking your own descriptive words about the participants in the film. These may include: Eccentrics. Crackpots. Batshit crazy. Although the film gives these participants ample opportunity to prove their theories, and despite some obvious effort on their part, no rational person would likely use these words to describe them by film's end: Geniuses. Visionaries. Lucid.
The title Room 237 comes from the numbered hotel room in the Kubrick film adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining, where a lot of the terrifying horror plot is centered. (King reportedly hated Kubrick's adaptation of his book). The documentary is predominantly the voices of five fanatics who have watched The Shining far too many times for their own good, who we never actually see in the film. The voices are carried over clips of a variety of Kubrick movies that serve to attempt to prove the theories being discussed. Room 237 was acclaimed by a number of critics and was named an official selection at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and nominated for several other awards.
Tags: 2001: A Space Odyssey, conspiracy theories, documentaries, fandom, hidden meanings, Room 237, Room 237 review, Stanley Kubrick, The Shining
Hiddleston's Loki rules in latest trailer for Thor: The Dark World
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Each new preview of the November 2013 release Thor: The Dark World gets us that much more anxious for its release. Earlier this year we previewed a teaser here and trailer here at borg.com for the follow-up to The Avengers and the 2011 Thor starring Chris Hemsworth and Anthony Hopkins. The first full trailer was pretty extensive, maybe revealing a little too much, but this newer version is a bit more fun, showing up in theaters and on TV screens since Wednesday. It focuses on Natalie Portman's character Jane Foster and Tom Hiddleston's superbly played, villain-we-can't-get-enough-of, Loki.
After The Avengers, fans of the Marvel Comics characters are waiting for the next movie to rival that blockbuster. Iron Man 3 didn't seem to be that movie, so maybe this one will deliver the goods?
Tags: Anthony Hopkins, Chris Hemsworth, Marvel Comics, Marvel Studios, Natalie Portman, Thor, Thor: The Dark World, Thor: The Dark World preview, Thor: The Dark World trailer, Tom Hiddleston
Review–Michael J. Fox helms his own new comedy series
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What would it take to get me to watch a family-centered network sitcom? Apparently, Michael J. Fox.
When I previewed the new NBC series The Michael J. Fox Show this May here at borg.com I was worried the show about a "TV personality who left TV when he got Parkinson's disease and was making a comeback" would be cringeworthy. Lucky for fans of Fox, the series pilot wasn't cringeworthy at all, but just plain funny.
If you're going to be risky, if you're going to blatantly mirror reality and poke fun at every aspect of what you're trying to do with a series, from "a very special" appearance on a morning show, to characters laughing out loud at the daily trials of the family of a guy with a disability, to that NBC promo showing the heroic slow motion return of a celebrity named Mike, well you damned well better nail it. The tight writing and comic timing of the writers for The Michael J. Fox Show as well as Fox himself and a strong supporting cast of fresh new faces accomplished all they needed to: Get the audience to stay around for Episode 2, which aired immediately after the pilot. Last night's two half-hour episodes are a case study in the rewards of walking a tightrope and the big payoff you can get from that success with so much at stake.
When Michael J. Fox left Spin City it was a major downer for everyone–beyond our compassion for him as a person for his rough road ahead–it was like the guy was being snuffed out from entertaining us anymore, way too soon, like when Christopher Reeve was injured in his horse riding accident. Fox, Canada's number one gift to the world, defines what it means to be loved by audiences. I don't think it's about Family Ties or Spin City so much as that quirky kid Marty McFly in Back to the Future. We lost Fox to some disease, but now we get him back, and more than just as a guest character on someone else's show.
Tags: American President, Back to the Future, Family Ties, Michael J. Fox, Michael J. Fox Show, Michael J. Fox Show review, NBC, Spin City
Artist spotlight–Retro sci-fi is alive and well with filmmaker Michael Prestage
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I was lucky to catch up with an aspiring creator of short films who has a love for the sci-fi vision of the future as seen through the viewfinder of the past–U.S. filmmaker Michael Prestage. His films harken back to everything from 1950s serials and commercials to 1960s cartoons like Fractured Fairy Tales, old NASA films, and even the live-action series Tales of the Riverbank. Michael has a great eye for styles of the past and you could easily see his work used in modern marketing and commercials or to help create the setting for motion pictures taking place in decades past.
I interviewed Michael about three short films, which I am posting in their entirety here. First, check out Michael's recent competition entry in the 2013 Firefox Flicks contest:
CB: Michael, thanks for sharing your work with us today. Please tell us about your work on Tale of the Firefox.
MP: Tale of the Firefox was a project that came ridiculously close to never happening. It was past midnight when I remembered I'd left my PC on in the other room and went to go shut it down. I got there and there was this little blurb that had popped up sometime in the interim, imploring Firefox users to enter their short film contest proclaiming the virtues of Firefox. I like Firefox as much as the next person, I've been using since the 56k days, but I ran the prospect over my brain cells and I came up dead empty. I said to hell with it, shut the PC down and forgot about it… or, so I thought. Lo and behold, I wake up the next morning, grab a scrap of paper and start madly scratching out this offbeat story about a cherubic little kid suddenly finding himself tossed into this creepy netherworld.
CB: I love the narration that sounds just like someone out of the 1960s. Was that you or someone else's voice?
MP: I'd hit upon the idea of placing my pocket voice recorder inside this old NASA floodlight that I'd been noticing for some time to have unusual resonating properties. I spent the rest of an afternoon reciting my narration into the amphitheater-shaped lamp, and by that night I had my narrative track laid down exactly as it plays in the completed short.
CB: How long did Tale of the Firefox take to create?
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Review–Star Trek: The Visual Dictionary, a thin volume packed with high-quality images
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Most people would think twice before buying a book that only contained 96 pages. No matter the subject, it's a low page count, and unless you're looking at books for little kids most adults would pass. You'd be missing a gem of a compilation were you to pass up the photo-packed Star Trek: The Visual Dictionary . Published by DK, the publishing house known for over-sized hardcovers full of lavish, detailed photography on a variety of subjects, Star Trek: The Visual Dictionary delivers where recent Star Trek books have come up short.
As we discussed in past reviews here at borg.com, the Star Trek Vault and Star Trek: The Next Generation 365 both suffered from poor quality photographs and images featured in their book design that were simply too small to glean much detail. Star Trek: The Visual Dictionary delivers exactly what it promises, rare imagery and props from the studio archives, including material from all five live-action TV series and the first ten Star Trek movies. DK's high-quality, many over-sized, images provide fans with a unique opportunity to see Star Trek characters, aliens, and technology in a level of detail that hasn't been achieved in a full-color Star Trek volume since the Michael Westmore and Alan Sims book Star Trek: Aliens & Artifacts released 13 years ago.
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Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. premieres tonight on ABC
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Tonight, at last, ABC premieres Joss Whedon's new TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Expanding from the mega-hit movie series of superhero flicks that led up to last year's The Avengers, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is taking a queue from the CW's DC Comics series Arrow: It will focus on the non-superhero aspects of the comic book universe, introducing a new team of characters to help explain this shadow organization called S.H.I.E.L.D.
We work the cases S.H.I.E.L.D. hasn't classified. We investigate the bizarre. The strange. The unknown. To protect the ordinary from the extraordinary. Welcome to Level 7.
Don't look for Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury or Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor, or any of the other major Marvel superheroes, at least in the initial episodes, although there may be known Marvel villains in the first season. But look for two major links to the Marvel movies in tonight's premiere. First is a visit from Agent Maria Hill, played by Cobie Smulders. Smulders' performance as Hill elevated the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent to near-superhero status in The Avengers. Her major role and performance left us all begging for more, so we hope we get to see her more than in just the series pilot.
Tags: Agent Coulson, Agent Maria Hill, Agent Phil Coulson, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agents of SHIELD, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Joss Whedon, Marvel Studios, The Avengers
On Blu-ray and DVD–Revisit the best acting performance of 2013 in "Orphan Black"
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With the snoozefest that is the annual Emmy Awards, what better time than to recognize the best acting performance and series of 2013 with a review of the DVD/Blu-ray release of BBC America's Orphan Black? It's a shame that there is not one major award show that praises the best acting of the year–pitting the best of films against the best of TV and best actors against actresses. Our win for 2013 "all-around, male or female" would be easily handed to Tatiana Maslany for her too-many-to-count characterizations on Orphan Black's inaugural season. If you watch the garden variety of shows and performers that were nominated for Emmys this year (and every year ineptly seem to be nominated for Emmys ad nauseam) and you don't know what we mean, then now is the time to review for yourself this ground-breaking dramatic science fiction series on DVD and Blu-ray.
We previously reviewed here at borg.com at the beginning of the season here and at the end of season one here. In the latter we listed the five major roles played by Maslany. For our "best performance, male or female" of the year award we would nominate first, "Maslany as Sarah Manning," along with "Maslany as Alison Hendrix," and "Maslany as Cosima Niehaus." For our "best supporting performance of the year, male or female" award we'd nominate "Maslany as Helena," but then we'd add some other roles we hadn't mentioned earlier that would help cinch the "best all around, male or female" award for Maslany.
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The excitement doesn't let up in The Star Wars #2
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If you picked up the first issue to J.W. Rinzler and Mike Mayhew's The Star Wars then you already have probably added The Star Wars to your pull list at your local comic book store. If you think all the good stuff was included in the first issue, then you'll be happy to know the action and excitement doesn't wane with Issue #2. In fact, after Issue #1 required adequate room for the introduction of characters, Issue #2 beams forward with non-stop action. If you missed Issue #1 check out our earlier review here then run to your comic book store now to get a copy and see what all the buzz is about.
Middle-aged Jedi General Luke Skywalker has a heightened sense that everything is wrong on the planet Aquilae. Appealing to the king for a declaration of war against the Empire, he draws trepidation from the peace-loving royals. What does the future hold for Skywalker, his new padawan, and his protectees? Luke Skywalker never looked better and Annikin Starkiller may very well be your next favorite Star Wars character.
Ralph McQuarrie variant cover The Star Wars Issue #2.
Tags: Dark Horse Comics, J.W. Rinzler, Mike Mayhew, Mike Mayhew Star Wars, The Star Wars issue 2 review
Because You've Never Really Seen "The Wizard of Oz"
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By Elizabeth C. Bunce
When I was little, they showed The Wizard of Oz on TV once or twice a year, usually at holidays. Back then, genre fan that I have been since birth, I was fascinated and baffled by the change from black & white to Technicolor. I knew it was an old movie–what I didn't understand was that it hadn't always been shown on TV.
And if that's the only way you've seen it, you haven't.
If you're a diehard Oz fan, feel free to skip this and come back tomorrow. You don't need it. You're already in the theater. But if you're just a casual fan, an admirer in theory… or even if you think you couldn't care less about the 75-year-old film classic, do yourself a favor and clear two hours some evening this week. Get thee to a SPECIAL ONE WEEK-ONLY FIRST-EVER IMAX 3D THEATER SHOWING and don your IMAX 3-D glasses. I promise you'll be glad you did.
What have we missed, all these years of cramming Victor Fleming's vision onto the small screen?
The special effects that stand up to any modern CGI. It starts with a tornado more terrifying and realistic than anything in Twister and continues with the appearances and disappearances of the witches in a plume of red smoke and ethereal bubble, flawlessly woven into the film. The matte painting backdrops throughout the film convey a sense of scale and scope to make Oz seem like a complete world, far bigger than just the parts Dorothy visits.
Tags: Best of the Best retro review, Elizabeth C. Bunce, fantasy films, Frank Morgan, Retro review, The Wizard of Oz, Wizard of Oz 3D IMAX review, Wizard of Oz IMAX 3D
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:: Industry Leading Sulfite Gold Manufacturer Technic Introduces Elevate Gold 7990 NBV
Technic is pleased to announce the release of an improved sulfite gold plating process, Elevate Gold 7990 NBV. An enhanced version of the company's industry-leading Elevate Gold 7990, the NBV version provides greater adaptability with a full range of deposit thicknesses, across diverse applications.
The use of non-cyanide gold continues to proliferate within the semiconductor industry, its growth spurred by the development of challenging applications in plating processes. Deposits ranging from 10 microns to as much as 100 microns are being sought after in a variety of toolsets, from benchtop lab equipment to wet benches and mass production fountain tools. To address these diverse requirements across such a broad range of tools, Technic has made modifications to its Elevate Gold 7990, releasing an updated formulation under the name Elevate Gold 7990 NBV.
Elevate Gold 7990 NBV performs well with optimum deposits of 0.5 microns to 100 microns in virtually any toolset. The new formulation operates at a slightly acidic pH, which is advantageous with almost all photoresists.
"Elevate Gold 7990 NBV is proven to meet the diverse demands of current industry trends with exceptional performance and no harmful metallic grain refiners such as thallium, arsenic, or lead. NBV is free of cyanide and other toxic additives, making it the ideal choice for optimum safety in the work environment as well as eliminating any concerns regarding codeposition in the finished product."
Anthony Gallegos, Global Product Manager, Semiconductor Technology
Elevate Gold 7990 NBV is available for demo testing in our Cranston, RI Applications Lab or a demo can be set up at a customer site with support by Technic's technical staff.
About Technic
Technic Inc. is a Rhode Island based corporation with over 950 employees worldwide. For over 75 years, Technic has been a global supplier of specialty chemicals, custom finishing equipment, engineered powders, and analytical control systems to the semiconductor, electronic component, printed circuit board, industrial finishing, and decorative industries. Technic is also a major supplier of engineered metal powders to the solar industry.
:: News from Indium Corporation
Indium Corporation Expert to Present at IMAPS New England
Indium Corporation's Tim Jensen, Product Manager for Engineered Solder Materials, will present on liquid metal interface technology during IMAPS New England 46th Symposium & Expo, May 7, Boxboro, Massachusetts, USA.
Jensen's presentation, Liquid Metal Innovations for High-Performance TIMs, will examine how the thermal conductivity values of metals make them highly sought after as a thermal interface material (TIM). While the hardness of metals limits their effectiveness due to high interfacial resistance, liquid metal alloys maintain the same high thermal conductivity without the limiting factors of solid alloys. His presentation will explore the methodologies and techniques that can overcome process challenges and enable liquid metal to be used in a wider array of TIM1 and TIM2 applications.
Jensen is an SMTA-certified process engineer. He has more than 20 years of experience working with customers to troubleshoot and optimize SMT process lines and solving defects, such as head-in-pillow, graping, and QFN voiding. Jensen has worked directly on hundreds of surface mount lines and developed a number of different products. Using that direct knowledge and expertise, he works closely with Indium Corporation's technical service, sales, and research and development teams to develop cutting-edge products that address the unique challenges faced by the electronics assembly industry. As senior product manager, Jensen is responsible for Indium Corporation's most diverse product group, which includes solder preforms, wire, ribbon and foil, and thermal interface materials. He earned his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Clarkson University and his master's in business administration from Syracuse University.
Indium Corporation Earns International Automotive Quality Recognition at Solder Manufacturing Facilities
Indium Corporation has earned IATF 16949:2016 management system certificates for five of its solder manufacturing facilities in Clinton and Utica, NY, USA; Singapore; Milton Keynes, UK; and China. The company's headquarters in Clinton, NY, USA has also achieved IATF 16949 certification.
Indium Corporation has demonstrated effective implementation of a management system that satisfies the tough global auto supply chain standard recognized by automotive industry leaders worldwide. Designed to improve customer satisfaction by meeting customer requirements and needs with high-quality products, IATF 16949 provides a critical guiding framework for the industry and encourages an internal culture focused on ongoing improvement.
According to Ross Berntson, President and Chief Operating Officer, "These certifications reaffirm to all of our customers worldwide that Indium Corporation's soldering materials are produced with the utmost quality to ensure the reliability of our customers' finished goods."
The IATF 16949:2016 is an international Automotive Quality Management System Standard aimed at continuous improvement, emphasizing defect prevention, and reducing variation and waste in the automotive industry supply chain.
Indium Corporation Launches IndiTri™—High-Purity Indium Trichloride
IndiTri™ is Indium Corporation's proven high-purity indium trichloride (InCl3) compound that delivers a consistent percentage of indium with a wide range of applications.
IndiTri™ is used as a starting compound for the synthesis of other inorganic and organic indium compounds, making it ideal for research and development projects. It is also commonly used in the production of alkaline batteries, and in compound semiconductors, such as LEDs and lasers.
Indium Corporation's IndiTri™ is developed to deliver controlled, low moisture content with low- and high-density options to suit application needs.
For more information about IndiTriTM, visit www.indium.com/inorganic-compounds/indium-compounds/indium-trichloride/.
About Indium
Indium Corporation is a premier materials manufacturer and supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, thin-film, and thermal management markets. Products include solders and fluxes; brazes; thermal interface materials; sputtering targets; indium, gallium, germanium, and tin metals and inorganic compounds; and NanoFoil®. Founded in 1934, the company has global technical support and factories located in China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the USA.
For more information about Indium Corporation, visit www.indium.com or email abrown@indium.com. You can also follow our experts, From One Engineer To Another® (#FOETA), at www.facebook.com/indium or @IndiumCorp.
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I've had three that i can recall. The second one I was walking down a road and it just came upon me that i was dreaming. I then said alright, lets have a lamborghini come down the road and i'll race it, BAM one came and i literally flew next to it and was racing it...on the straight aways i was beating it, but upon the curves in the road, i kept going off course and it beat me...kinda weird i was not creating the road, it was already there, a kind of curvy road with a sea next to it...maybe a flash back from my trips to the italian coast. i woke up soon after.
next one i was walking in a strange neighborhood i didnt recognize...realization came upon i remembered i fell asleep and i must be dreaming... I then instantly propelled myself in to the air and was flying around at tremendous speeds. was intense...I then felt myself starting to get nervous and slowed down so as not to awake myself...Then i said screw it, and decided to fly straight up as high as i would go...i was racing upwards literally like superman and it was getting cold and dark and then i broke through the atmosphere and was in space still going at tremendous speeds. I got so far and realized i didnt know where i was but i couldnt get back down to earth...my heart started pounding and i woke up.
im waiting for my next one to come and i'm not going to fly anymore instead im going to remain calm and try to explore and talk to my subconscious. see what it has to say!!!
Re: Flying like a jet.
Great.... Next time fly slower and try to enjoy the view. have some fun first and learn to stebalize dream , i am waiting for ur next ld.
Try flapping your arms like a bird, i find that the most realistic and beautifoul way to fly.


Recently, our family was featured on the HGTV show House Hunters International. If you are an expat living outside of the United States, then you would not have been able to see it when it aired last Thursday on HGTV. I am working on figuring out how you can watch it from outside of the US. If you have unblocked access, you can currently see our episode on the HGTV iPad app.
I've been asked a lot by friends on details of how the show was made. Even though it is a well known secret how the show is made and in fact there is no attempt at keeping the process a secret, I don't feel comfortable spelling out the nitty gritty in fear that it does violate my agreement with Leopard Films. One thing on the show that I wanted to talk more about though was one of the final scenes when I opened the box of bae-chu also known as Chinese or Napa cabbage. It's funny because that was the first time I had ordered it instead of buying it locally. If I recall correctly (this was back in July), I was making a big order to Shinhan – my first time using them. I was probably ordering more white and brown rice and a few other staples and noticed that they were selling bae-chu at a reduced price. Well, as we know, when vendors are selling their goods at a discount, it probably means that they have an abundance or that it's really gotta go, i.e., not so fresh. I think this box fell in that latter category.
I somehow mentioned this order to my show producer, Ethan, probably when talking about one of my main activities – cooking Korean food. One of his jobs was to get to know us better and tease out our hobbies and passions which could be woven into the story line of the show. Of course the question of where I got most of my ingredients came up, and in addition to talking about buying whatever I could at the market or in grocery stores, I mentioned ordering some things online recently. Ethan, who was a real hoot to work with, got into the idea of shooting me opening this box of cabbage and incorporating this into our episode.
So the box of cabbage came a few days before taping and sat waiting in the basement. Then I opened the box and pulled out a head of cabbage for the camera. "Tada!" Then away back into the basement it went. When I finally unwrapped the rest of the cabbage after we recovered from the intensity of filming a reality TV show episode over three days, it was not a big surprise that at least half of the cabbage had started to rot. This is a shameful confession of food waste. We salvaged what we could, but the annoying thing to realise was that I liked the sweeter German Napa cabbage that I usually bought at the market or even at Netto better than these giant discounted Korean cabbage heads that were a lot tougher. I also didn't like the idea that I had been caught on camera shipping in an ingredient that I normally and easily get locally. Especially since I go around glorifying how one of the best things about living in southwest Germany is how fresh and delicious the local produce is. Oops.
That's the only regret I really have about making our show. It was otherwise a fun and amazingly memorable experience. My husband and I were surprised by how "amazing" we found the process. We loved being able to spend some intense time together, and it was really neat to learn how to make a TV show. In fact, that was challenging at first – to have to repeat scenes for different camera angles with the same amount of sincerity and emotion and not get caught up feeling fake about it. I think the other reason why our show worked so well was that we really hit it off with our film crew. We got to know each other over the course of that intense weekend and genuinely like each other. They did a great job in trying to bring out the best in us.
I joked a lot about becoming the Korean Khardashians after that positive experience, but although we were told that "the network loved us," I think we'd be better off focusing that kind of intensity on other endeavors, like actually cooking Korean food.
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They also asked me to do one last year, but alas, I live in a WG so I didn't qualify. I hope I can see your episode on YouTube or something! It must have been so exciting to make!
I recommend doing it actually! Maybe on your next move??? If I figure out a way to post our episode, I will definitely post it here.


If you want to know how to get your used car dealers auction license in Florida, look no further!
Your Florida used car dealers license is within your reach if you understand what the state of Florida requires.
I'm James and I'm a real car dealer and have been for the past 17 years. I can help you get your Florida Car Dealer's License.
A Florida Car Dealer's License is the way to go. If you want to make money buying and selling cars in Florida, or simply buy wholesale cars for your friends, family or yourself, you've come to the right place. Used cars are in high demand and Florida has more car dealer auctions than any other state!
I'll show you everything you need to know, from getting your Florida dealer's license to being successful as a licensed used car dealer. I know the business from the inside-out.
I'M THE REAL DEAL - IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT, CALL OR TEXT ME ON MY PERSONAL CELL PHONE AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUICK QUESTIONS YOU HAVE WITH A FREE 5-MINUTE CONSULTATION. ASK FOR ME, JAMES. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BUY ANYTHING. IN FACT, I HAVE MUCH MORE FREE INFORMATION ON MY MAIN SITE: www.dealerlicense.com - Just click on "Free 12 E-Book Study Course".
After you get your Florida Car Dealer's License, WHO will teach you the business?
There are many programs online where you can "rent" a dealer license or get licensed out-of-state. If you are wholesaling from auction-to-auction, it's difficult for your state to bust you. However, these programs can be problematic, especially if you are advertising to the retail public in your state, even if you are a wholesaler who sells "through" a network of local dealers. Even if you have a wholesale license in another state, by advertising to the retail public in your state, you are purporting to be a retailer and since you do NOT have a retail license in your state, the state considers it "unlicensed auto sales", which is usually a misdemeanor crime. If you don't believe me, simply call your local DMV investigator and they will certainly tell you the same thing.
Florida DMV Investigations is Cracking Down on Out-of-State Car Dealer Licenses!
Recently someone called me about advice because they were busted in their state for unlicensed auto sales. What happened was they lived in Florida and had a dealer license based in another state. They advertised a car on Craigslist.com and an undercover DMV investigator pretended to be a customer. Even though he had a dealer license in another state, when the Investigator found out that the dealer did NOT have a Florida dealer license, the DMV slammed the guy with a civil injunction lawsuit against him and if he continues to sell cars in Florida with an out-of-state license, he will be prosecuted as well. That unlicensed dealer has had to pay thousands in attorney fees for his defense. The investigator was nice enough to give him a "slap on the wrist" with a civil suit only, but not all investigators are that nice - you can be prosecuted. Do you want to take that chance?
Why pay monthly fees to an out-of-state company when the same monthly fees can be applied towards your OWN in-state car dealer license. I talk to dealers all day and many tell me that it ended up being CHEAPER getting licensed in their own state. If you know what the MINIMUM requirements are, it can be done. Your state will tell you the requirements, but they will NOT tell you the easiest, fastest and cheapest way to get your Car Dealer's license. You can learn the easy, fast and cheap way here.
"OUT OF STATE DEALERS: If you purchase a vehicle, it MUST be exported outside of this state."
Not all auctions have this policy, but the trend is for more and more auctions to follow this rule. The auction does this per the state's request because the state knows most out of state dealers who buy, will try to sell that car in the state the car was purchased in. This is a back-door method that the state is using to further crack down on unlicensed auto dealers.
What this means is that the dealer auction will NOT release the car to you because you have an out of state license - you need to show the auction a bill of lading from a trucking company that says the car is going to be transported out of state. This can be MAJOR problem if you have an out of state license! Do it the right way - get a dealer license in your OWN state in your OWN name.
When I got my license I realized it takes a little patience, but it is NOT difficult if you are aware of what to expect and what the minimum requirements are . In fact, the vast majority of licensed dealers don't have huge lots and fancy signs - they do the minimum required to get licensed. The minimum requirements can be quite simple.
I WILL SHOW YOU EXACTLY HOW TO MEET MINIMUM STATE-LICENSING REQUIREMENTS!
Do you really need my help for your Florida Car Auction License? How can my program help you?
I'm sometimes asked, can't I get the requirements online? How can your program help me?
2. The state will NOT hold your hand and guide you through the process step-by-step - That's my job!
3. The state will NOT show you the easiest and cheapest way to get licensed - Again, that's my job!
4. The state will NOT show you how to succeed and make money in the car business - My job again!
5. The state will NOT take your emails and phone calls if you need help along the way and after you get licensed - I will!
WILL THIS Florida Car Dealer's License Program WORK IN ALL STATES?
Requirements do vary slightly from state to state, but most states have certain requirements in common with each other. For example, most states require a bond, but vary in the amount of the bond. One of the books available, called "Secrets of Licensed Car Dealers" contains the requirements of all 50 states in the appendix! In my "Dealer License" manual, I discuss the easiest and cheapest ways to acquire the bond.
The materials we provide will help you get a dealer's license in all the following states: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois. Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New. Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode. Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming.


As a sort of "last adventure" I decided to go visit the Pere Lachaise Cemetery yesterday. For those of you who aren't familiar with the cemetery, it's absolutely beautiful and known for having the graves of celebrities such as Edith Piaf, Oscar Wilde, Balzac, Moliere and Delacroix. But what really too my breath away were the tombs of people who I had no idea who they were. There were some absolutely beautiful sculptures and a serious lack of weeping angels. But overall I spent a good 3 hours there and it was absolutely beautiful.
Versailles is such a massive residence that I split the gardens and the palace into two days! Today was day 2 and well, the only pictures I have (of me) I had to beg from disgruntled tourists, so they're both a little abstract. Walking through Versailles palace is a pretty incredible experience, and takes French artistic and architectural beauty to an entirely new level.
But it also allows you to understand why there were disgruntled citizens during the French Revolution. So much beauty, so much splendor, but at what price? The sheer enormity of rooms that were used for little more than show, the amount of art and gold and crystal chandeliers shining from the ceilings! But I couldn't help but feel like it was an overdone beauty, a beauty screaming for attention rather than allowing it to speak for itself. It's such a contrast to some of the most beautiful (in my opinion) places I've traveled this year.
Yes, you can melt all the gold in the world onto pillars of marble, but give be the beauty of a mountain river or a salt winded beach any day over the pomp of kings.
There has always been something beautifully captivating, to me, about Marie Antoinette. Aside from the political issues, I've just always been a fan of hers. I'm pretty sure I spent an entire year of my childhood just studying her, her life and history (for fun. Nerd alert.). This whole year, while living in Paris, I've been about 15 minutes away from Versailles palace (by train) but I'd never gone because I wanted the experience to be perfect. I wanted the gardens to be beautiful, and the palace gold to be glistening in the sun. Sounds amazing, right?
Well, that wasn't quite how things happened. See, it would appear that Paris is on a cloudy, rainy and cold stint that we can't seem to shake, and the weeks are winding down quickly until I'll be returning to the U.S. So, yesterday one of my friends and I decided to just hop on the train and go. It was cold. It was cloudy. But the beauty of the gardens still shone through the experience and I'm very happy to say that overall it was pretty magical.
The gardens are absolutely huge. And I know you might think that's a given, but until you start to walk around them, you don't really realize just how enormous 'huge' actually means. After two hours we still hadn't seen everything, and trying to fit in the palace on the same day would have been exhausting, so Part 2 of this adventure will be happening (hopefully!) this Tuesday! So excited! I'm going to go eat some cake.
This past weekend was so filled with goodness that it's hard for me to even put together a blog post, but here are some of the highlights! Saturday was such a whirlwind of awesome. We started off visiting The Catacombs, which I've decided is one of the creepiest tourist attractions I've ever experienced.
Why waiting for an hour to see the skulls and bones of dead people is a thing, I may never know, but it's one of those experiences that you'll never forget (and can always brag about – which is a win! 😉 ) The experience itself consists of walking down down down into the depths of the earth and then coming out on piles and piles of bones, murky lighting and extremely humid recycled air. I wouldn't suggest this attraction for anyone who experiences fear of being underground or claustrophobia. The key, though, is to not think about how far you are underground…or the fact that you're walking through a tomb of millions of dead people.
After the Catacombs we jumped over to the Luxembourg gardens (after devouring some crepes, which are pretty much my Paris addiction) and hung out there a while. The steps up and down into the pit of The Catacombs was definitely a workout, so it was nice to sit down for a bit. The only danger of three American girls in the gardens, though, is French guys thinking the "nice American girls" are the perfect target for potential kisses and practical jokes. " But we took it in stride. Maybe American girls are just really nice.
Our next stop was the home of Ernest Hemingway, and I would be lying if I said it was anyone's "fault" other than mine that we went there. Hemingway is kind of a literary crush of mine (the geek in me is showing) so being able to stand outside his old apartment, in the neighborhood he called home was pretty incredible. There was even a cafe underneath the apartment which he wrote about in his book A Moveable Feast! Definitely worth the extra trek over there from the gardens.
Overall the day was just jam packed with fun and awesome memories. I'm so excited for the days to start getting warmer as spring arrives in Paris. We've all been a little cooped up over the winter months since it has been absolutely frigid, but now we can go out and see more of the city! More adventures to come!
As we were walking through we just kept saying "Whose idea was this?" …it was mine. Oops.
We were walking so far down under Paris. Not saying I was a little bit scared, but I'm not saying that I wasn't.
Being in Paris can feel REALLY isolating, sometimes. You would think, in a city with 7 million people, that it would be easier than a lot of places to make new friends, but living in such a huge city means having a lot of other obstacles, as well (not to mention a language barrier). One of my goals, since being here, has been to make more Parisian friends, though, so I've really been trying to be intentional about going out and meeting some new people, despite my desire to sit inside all day and read.
Last Friday I took up the challenge, though and headed over to Coutume Cafe. It was such a fun time because I got the opportunity to meet up with some absolutely delightful women (and one guy!) who all live in Paris, all through our mutual Twitter followings! I know, I know, you're all thinking it's weird that I went and hung out with random people from Twitter – but it wasn't! It was so much fun, and already having the basis of being travelers, Twitter peeps and bloggers (some of us) made it even more fun to meet up!
I went by myself, so it was a little bit intimating at first, but I ended up meeting some amazing people and finally making some new friends in this enormous city. It just goes to show you, stubbornness is a key factor in getting things done when you're living the expat life. Here are some of the lovelies I met, so you all can follow them too!


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Shifting Focus, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art Rebrands as Indianapolis Contemporary
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Goodbye, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art. Hello, Indianapolis Contemporary.
Today, iMOCA's leadership said that the museum would rebrand as I/C, and commit to staging exhibitions and other programming in nonpermanent spaces around the city through various partnerships.
"We realized that the market didn't necessarily call out for, and I also didn't perceive that the market could support, more square footage, more wall space," I/C's consulting director, Michael Kaufmann, said in an interview. "That didn't seem to be what the demand was."
The shift in name and mission resulted from a feasibility study by iMOCA leadership that involved speaking with donors, local funders, and other members of the public.
It comes as some smaller arts organizations are struggling to stay in business beyond the nation's largest urban centers. In late 2017, the Contemporary in Baltimore went on hiatus, the New Orleans–based Pelican Bomb ended an eight-year run last year, and the Soap Factory in Minneapolis suspended operations for two years before finding a new home in March.
The announcement follows a semi-hiatus for the group over the past couple years. Founded in 2001 as a nomadic program, iMOCA called the Murphy Art Center home from 2009 to 2016. It has since regularly organized shows at the Alexander Hotel, where a handsome print show is on view through June 23. In January, it said it was abandoning plans to move to a large space in a former Ford factory in town.
I/C will continue organizing exhibitions at the Alexander space, while teaming with the local art group Hoy Polloy to do shows at a location called Re:Public on the east side of the city and curating another space at the Ash & Elm Cider Company, also to the east.
In its changed format, I/C has a number of new initiatives on tap, including Network, a professional development fellowship program for artists, and Abstract, an arts writing program that will involve both digital and print publications.
"What we thought was missing was really a critical discourse around contemporary art and culture," Kaufmann said, "not only looking introspectively at what we're doing but also looking externally at the conversations that are being had regionally, nationally, and internationally."
First up at the cider factory is a two-person outing by Victoria Manganiello and Lauren Zoll, opening July 17. Exhibitions at the Re:Public space are still being finalized, but Artur Silva is on tap to create a mural this summer.
"When possible, we're commissioning new work," Kaufmann said, "and the work that's being commissioned isn't necessarily work that translates well into a gallery sale. We are using this as a chance for both local and non-local artists to experiment with scale, materials, and approach."
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In today's modern world, every major industry makes use of complex equipment. From the healthcare sector to the business world, contaminants in industrial equipment are a concern for all. However, the positive impact of technological advancement has paved a workaround for this problem as well.
Ultrasonic cleaning aids are a safe and efficient method to cleanse heavy duty industrial equipment in a non-toxic manner. Along with an industrial degreaser from standardindustrial.co.uk, it's one of the easiest ways to keep your workplace clean.
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Before the advent of aqueous cleaning machines and ultrasonic cleaners, chemical cleaners took care of the cleaning requirements of industrial machinery. The use of chemical cleansers is still not obsolete, but has reduced by a great amount. It is because such cleansers consist of harmful compounds that cause a toxic effect on groundwater reservoirs.
Moreover, chemical cleaners release toxins into the air that force workers to wear gas masks to stay safe. However, instead of being composed of chemicals, the type of industrial degreaser used in ultrasonic cleaners is water soluble. Simply put, ultrasonic cleaning aids do not harm the environment in any manner. They are eco-friendly industrial cleaning solutions.
Typically, cutting edge aqueous spray wash systems make use of biodegradable detergents, rotating nozzles, and ultrasonics. It's of great use, just like a metal degreaser from http://www.standardindustrial.co.uk/about/.
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However, that probability is completely eliminated in the case of ultrasonic cleaning aids. Furthermore, the industrial cleaning solutions created by companies like Standard Industrial Cleaning Systems don't require workers to engage in any hand-cleaning methods.
All the workers need to do is place the instrument that requires cleaning at the desired position. The ultrasonic cleaner will take care of the rest.
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By Nancy Myers If the grandchildren of my granddaughter and her second cousins one day make maple syrup in a small patch of woods in northern Indiana, we will have carried on a family tradition for seven generations. It seems possible.
If you have done a thing you love for five generations, then you can surely do it for seven, or more, if someone in every generation takes responsibility. Someone must be the perpetrator. Someone must be the caretaker, the guardian.
In my family the maple syrup tradition started with my Amish grandfather, Tobias T. Eash. The patch of woods belonged to him, then to our father, and now to my brother Loren. My older brothers remember how Grandpa Eash used to boil sap in a crude setup in an outbuilding on his farm a short distance from the wooded acreage. All I remember is Grandma Eash's maple taffy, so sweet it almost made your teeth fall out just to bite into it. This is where the love began.
We all remember coming over to the sap shack our dad built in the woods itself when we were children. He installed a proper wood-fired evaporator but it was also a crude setup, the dirt-floored shack. We would come over after school to help empty the sap buckets into the tank pulled by a small tractor over increasingly muddy tracks. Then Mom, who always tended the fire, would open the fire door and roast hot dogs in the inferno. Or we would make a bonfire outside. The hunger, the chill, the burned salty dogs, the mud, and, wafting through it all, the maple-scented steam: these anchored the drab days of early March in our family year as firmly as Christmas and Easter.
Although we lived on a farm and worked a lot together, making maple syrup was the only thing we all really loved doing together. The rest of it was just work. Chores. Production—not fun. Perhaps we could have made it fun but that was not in our parents' nature. But making maple syrup was entirely frivolous, unnecessary work. All it produced was way more maple syrup than we needed. I got tired of maple syrup when I was a kid but I never got tired of the spring ritual.
After the shack was destroyed in a fire the woods stood empty for many years. Mom and Dad passed away. And then, not long ago, Loren took possession of the stand of maples and built a sap shack in it. The setup was better than the old system, but not too much better. Crudeness is part of the flavor of real maple syrup. He enlisted brother Dale, who lives nearby, to help him renew the tradition. And there are usually members of the fourth and fifth generation on hand to get in on the fun.
And so it seems possible that we could carry on this tradition for seven generations. What would it take, though, for this legacy of sweetness to endure to the 10,000th generation? I do not pull this outlandish figure out of my hat. 250,000 years is the duration of certain radioactive elements and certain substances like arsenic, which are concentrated, perpetrated, and left behind by human activities like power generation and mining.
Maple syrup and arsenic. As forthright a representation of good and evil as you can imagine. One is carried on by love and the other is a legacy of a whole collection of love's opposites—heedlessness, ignorance, greed.
To reclaim, restore, and protect the earth; to prevent more 10,000-generation legacies of poison seems like a huge task. Perhaps the only way to take it on is to break it down into small acts. Designate the guardians and the caretakers. Make it fun. Pass it down, and down, and down. Pass the love down, too, because the love will multiply the deeds.


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IRVINE, Calif., February 9, 2018 – The Kia Stinger has been named as Best of the Year in MotorWeek's 2018 Drivers' Choice Awards, the top honor given amongst the 14-category program. The accolade is just the latest in a long string of acknowledgments for Stinger, which went on sale late last year and is redefining a staid sport sedan segment previously occupied by more expensive offerings from Germany. The awards, now in their 36th year, recognize vehicles for bringing innovation and value to the car-buying public.
"What's innovative about Stinger isn't its extraordinary handling, drop-dead style or eye-popping performance; that's expected in this segment and Stinger delivers on every front," said Orth Hedrick, vice president, product planning, Kia Motors America (KMA). "What's innovative is that we brought this car to market at such a tremendous value and it's an honor to be recognized by the MotorWeek editorial staff for this accomplishment." The Stinger has a base price of just $31,900 (not including destination charges of $900).1
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Video discovery app Fanhattan for iPad has received a major update, bringing a host of new features and a social dimension. The central update in Fanhattan 1.1 is tight integration with social networks.
Signing into Facebook, for example, will bring recommendations of movies and TV shows 'Liked' by your friends in the form of a social graph. Whenever you 'Like' something in the app, Fanhattan logs the information with the purpose of building your own personalized recommendations system.
Integration with Twitter, though less advanced, allows users to follow conversations that others are having about particular episodes and movies. The commentary is supposed to serve as an enhancement of the multimedia experience. Fanhattan also added support for Vudu, which is a source for streaming content directly to the iPad's Safari browser. Vudu is the latest member of Fanhattan's partners, which include Netflix, Hulu Plus, ABC and iTunes.
Fanhattan's wide acclaim is attributed to its innovative universal search capability for finding both film and TV content from various websites. The recent update is designed to make it even more easy to use, with the inclusion of a 'back' button, as well as the social integration and added content source.
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In the last five years, Lisa Ranran Hu has made more than 10 short films even though she has never owned a single book about filmmaking.
When Lisa Ranran Hu set out to make a movie during her senior year of high school, she thought it would simply be shown at her school's annual film festival and perhaps, if she was lucky, earn an award.
Instead, her 75-minute film, "Escape," which had an unexpected and circuitous route to its onscreen debut, garnered unexpected attention in her home country of China, spurred public discussion, challenged the status quo in terms of her country's attitude toward LGBT topics and earned the self-taught filmmaker some impressive recognition.
The latest honor for Hu came Nov. 5. The 19-year-old UCLA sophomore, who is majoring in psychology and minoring in film, was selected from hundreds of nominees to become part of Teen Vogue's "21 Under 21" Class of 2018.
The honorees, wrote Teen Vogue, are activists, artists and revolutionaries who are making waves in their industry or passion of choice.
"They told me it was actually Emma Watson who nominated me, and that surprised me a lot," said Hu, adding that she has no idea how the actress who played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films heard about her.
Hu is no stranger to honors like this. She was named to Time magazine's "List of 30 Most Influential Teens of 2017" to Forbes "30 Under 30 Asia" earlier this year.
"I didn't expect any of this at all," Hu said.
Hu and the other honorees will be involved with a Teen Vogue Summit, which also features appearances by Serena Williams, actor Terry Crews, actress Storm Reid and Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, that will be held Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 in Los Angeles.
Hu started toying with filmmaking when she was about 13. She had been tasked with writing a short script based on a Chinese historical event for a class assignment and decided to take it a step further by producing the script into a 12-minute short. It took her two months. Later, she joined her high school's film club and made a couple of short films for fun.
Since then, Hu, who loves the work of award-winning Taiwanese film director, Ang Lee, has learned most of her skills and developed her style by watching movies and reading short articles posted to WeChat, a popular social media site she grew up with in China. During the past five years she has made more than 10 short films — without having ever owned a single film book — mainly focused on social issues.
Hu's film, which took one month to write and five months to film and edit, follows the story of a transgender teenager as she comes to gain acceptance and confidence in her emerging female identity.
"I knew I wanted to present a story about someone who was struggling with his identity and that he should be himself. At the time, self-acceptance was the general theme," she said. "We were also interested in exploring a topic related to the LGBT community, and we decided to try."
This message, said Hu, is not exclusive to transgender people. "It can be anyone."
In this clip from "Escape," the main character escapes the world of fixed gender stereotype and gains a short time being her true feminine self.
Hu researched the topic by going to Guangzhou Transgender Center's online discussion site and interviewing people who are transgender.
"Escape", which Hu produced with no budget, was shot at her high school and in her home using her Canon 5D Mark II camera. Nearly 40 of her schoolmates volunteered their time and talent to the project.
Although she had originally produced "Escape" to submit to her school's film festival, it was never shown. The school implemented a new rule that restricted seniors from participating, so that they could focus their attention solely on preparing for their university entrance exams.
"There were a lot of twists," Hu said.
Hu tried to have "Escape" shown at her school at a later date, but that was met with resistance. A representative from the Communist Youth League asked Hu for a copy of "Escape" before they would make a decision about reserving a room for her.
"They wanted to check to see if there was any inappropriate content," Hu said. "I was then informed that the transgender topic was too avant-garde and not appropriate to screen in a high school."
Instead, one of the film's actors arranged for the film to premier at the Bejing LGBT Center and invited a reporter from the Beijing Youth Newspaper to attend. The next day a story was published and this opened up a flurry of discussion and debate.
Articles began popping up in other Chinese newspapers and websites.
"It spread quickly," she said.
These articles focused on two distinct areas. One was the subject of visibility and acceptance of those who are transgender. The other highlighted educational access and school funding in China, Hu said.
"We're only seniors in high school and we've made a film, and there are youth in the countryside who can't even pay their tuition," Hu said.
In August 2017, the New York Times ran a story noting that subsequent attempts to screen "Escape" in China, a country "where gender identity remains a sensitive topic," wrote reporter Tang Yucheng, were met with resistance.
"Chinese law allows individuals to change their gender on personal identification cards, but only if they have undergone sex reassignment surgery, and this is illegal for people under 20," Yucheng wrote. "In June, the China Netcasting Services Association, a government-affiliated industry group, issued regulations to remove online videos that violate socialist values, including those 'demonstrating 'abnormal' sex relations or acts.' These did not mention transgender people, but included homosexuality, even though it was decriminalized in China in 1997 and removed from the official list of mental disorders in 2001."
The UCLA LGBT Resource Center screened "Escape" in November 2017.
Over the past two summers, Hu has been working on a documentary series that follows the personal and academic lives of students at a Buddhist primary school in Tibet. She is also a video production assistant at UCLA Studio 22, an on-campus multimedia training and resource center for students; director of video production for the Chinese Students and Scholars Association at UCLA; and a cinematography specialist for the Film and Photography Society at UCLA.
After graduation Hu said she'd like to work in the film industry, ideally in the United States, but may take some time away from her school once she earns her undergraduate degree.
"I feel that to be a director specifically, it requires technical skills, but more importantly it requires great life experience…," she said. "I want to explore life more before I go to grad school to learn the technical stuff."
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B Corporation had Income from continuing operations of $800,000 (after taxes) in 2010, unadjusted. In addition, the following information, which has not been considered, is as follows. 1. In 2010, the company adopted the double declining-balance method of amortizing equipment. Prior to 2010, Hauser had used the straight-line method. The change decreases income for 2010 by $50,000 (pre-tax) and the cumulative effect of the change on prior years' income was a $200,000 (pre-tax) decrease. 2. A machine was sold for $140,000 cash during the year at a time when its book value was $100,000. (Amortization has been properly recorded.) The company often sells machinery of this type. 3. B Corp decided to discontinue its stereo division in 2010. During the current year, the loss on the disposal of the segment of the business was $150,000 less applicable taxes. Instructions -Present in good form the Income Statement of the Corporation for 2010 starting with "income from continuing operations, unadjusted." ($800,000). Then deal with the 3 items above as required and complete the income statement. -tax rate is 20% and 100,000 shares of common stock were outstanding during the year. Show calculations separate from the Income Statement as your Income statement must be in Good Form which means it is to look as a formal statement would. Any calculations to arrive at these figures should be shown on a separate sheet, or on the bottom of the page and referenced to the Income Statement.
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A primary school has appealed to the Minister for Justice to prevent the deportation of a nine-year-old pupil.
Eric Zhi Ying Xue, a fourth class pupil at St Cronan's in Bray, Co Wicklow, was born in Ireland but does not have Irish citizenship.
His mother is Chinese and has had her application to remain in the State rejected and now faces deportation.
St Cronan's set up a public petition on Tuesday requesting that Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan revoke the deportation order. By Wednesday afternoon it had attracted more than 20,000 signatures.
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Ms Tierney said his classmates were "very upset and quite scared" that he could disappear from their lives.
She said the boy's mother arrived here illegally in 2006 and became pregnant in May 2009.
His mother has since exhausted all legal avenues to prevent deportation, which prompted the school to launch an online petition.
"The response has astonished us. We're overwhelmed and grateful for all the support," Ms Tierney said.
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