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February 10, 2021 / 8:45 AM / CW69 Atlanta
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (CW69 News at 10) -- COVID-19's deadly domino effect on the economy is putting more people on the brink of homelessness. DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond announced a $21 million federal grant to keep some renters from facing evictions and to resume the revenue stream for landlords.
"This may well be our finest hour here in DeKalb County, where we rose above bureaucracies," Thurmond said. "What brings us together, the glue, is that we all want to do what's best for the citizens of DeKalb County, Georgia."
The county will distribute the funds through a Tenant-Landlord Assistance Coalition involving several agencies. Super District 7 Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson says it will help her landlord constituents who haven't received rent payments in months. "I've had many say, 'We're in a very adverse position, because we have to care for the tenant, but at the same time, we feel that we've been made public housing,'" she said.
The review process involves the magistrate courts, legal aid and agency referrals, and the process varies based on the status of the eviction case. Families earning 80% of the annual median income for the county can apply. Income limits range from about $46,000 a year for a family of one to just over $66,000 for a family of four. "We're going to stand in the gap at the most critical time in the nation," said Thurmond.
The online application at will go live at 9 a.m. Friday, Feb. 12. Eligible applicants, both tenants and landlords, are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
For the full press release, click here.
First published on February 10, 2021 / 8:45 AM
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Q: STM32F4 Timer accuracy I'm working with an STM32F4 Discovery board and I've come across a bit of unusual behavior that I'm hoping someone can explain the cause of to me. My goal is to configure a timer to trigger an interrupt at 100 Hz (i.e. 10 ms period). It's important for my project to have this value be as close to 10 ms as possible. My system clock is configured at 168 MHz, and the timer I'm using is clocked on the APB2 bus, which is clocked at 84 MHz, but since timers operate at double their bus's clock speed, my timer's clock is effectively also at 168 MHz.
To get my period of 10 ms, I would have to configure my prescaler and period values in the TIM_TimeBaseInitTypeDef struct to 16-bit integer values. The initial values I chose were 60000 for the prescaler, and 28 for the period. 168 MHz / 60K = 2800 Hz. Then setting my period to 28 should give me an update event at 100 Hz.
I'm fairly positive that my math checks out, however, when I measured out the time when my interrupt was firing, my period was something closer to 10.33 ms, rather than the expected 10 ms. After playing around with other settings, I decided to try and change the prescaler and period values to see if the timing settings changed. To my surprise, they did. For the period values that I did try, I plotted them out in this plot below:
Two main observations that I see:
1) Swapping the period for the prescaler and vice versa results in the same measured period
2) The closer the period and prescaler values are to each other, the closer the measured time is to the desired period.
Does anyone know why this is? It seems to me there's no difference between the pair (60000,28) and (1344,1250) in terms of calculating the period (i.e. they both multiply to 1680000)
Edit: I've added a link to my code here.
Edit2: I feel like the comments are deviating from my intended question. My issue isn't that I can't get a 10 ms period. My question is WHY setting the prescaler and period to values further apart from each other results in a less accurate period?

A: As Tut was first to suggest, the observed error arrises from the fact that the total number of cycles in these dividers is one more than the value loaded into the corresponding register.
You took this into account in the prescaler register, but not in the period register.
When you apportion the net division equitably between the two stages, each has a moderately large value and so the effect of "off-by-one" is small.
But when you apportion the division unequally such that one value is only 28, the difference between 29 counts (28+1) vs the correct 28 (27+1) is responsible for the 1-part-in-28 error you see.

A: It actually divide frequency as:
$$ f = \frac{168~MHz}{(60000+1)\cdot(28+1)} = 96.55~Hz \\ T = 10.36~ms $$
If you want 10Hz, please try to set prescaler = 59999, period = 27;
then the timer will work as
$$ f = \frac{168~MHz}{(59999+1)\cdot(27+1)} = 100~Hz $$
It's a rule from STM specification.

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Highway and bridge contractors added 15,500 workers to their payroll in July 2017 compared to July 2016, according to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
June 2017 highway and bridge contractor employment is up 4.3 percent from July 2016, but is still down 2.3 percent from 2007 pre-recession levels.
General construction employment follows a similar trend. Employment in this sector also increased year over year; in July and August, construction employment rose 3 percent compared to July and August 2016. However, construction employment in July and August is still down significantly when compared to 2007 pre-recession levels.


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// Copyright (c) DotSpatial Team. All rights reserved.
// Licensed under the MIT license. See License.txt file in the project root for full license information.

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Reflection;

namespace DotSpatial.Positioning.Design
{
    ///
    /// Provides functionality to converting values to and from Position
    /// objects.
    ///
    /// <remarks>
    /// <para>This class allows any Position object to be converted
    /// between other data types, such as String. This class is used
    /// primarily during the Windows Forms designer to give detailed information about
    /// properties of type Position, and also allows developers to type in
    /// string values such as "29N, 42W" (for 29°North by 42°West) and have them converted
    /// to Position objects automatically. Finally, this class controls
    /// design-time serialization of Position object properties. UTM
    /// coordinates such as "13S 12345E 12345N" are also accepted.</para>
    /// <para>In most situations this class is used by the Visual Studio.NET IDE and is
    /// rarely created at run-time.</para>
    /// </remarks>
    // The Original Code is from http://geoframework.codeplex.com/ version 2.0
    public sealed class PositionConverter : PositioningObjectConverter
    {
        /// <inheritdoc />
        protected override string HandledTypeName => "GeoFramework.Position";

        /// <inheritdoc />
        public override object ConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, object value, Type destinationType)
        {
            if (destinationType == typeof(InstanceDescriptor))
            {
                // Instance descriptor.  Used during Windows Forms serialization.

                // Get the type of the object (probably an Position)
                Type positionType = value.GetType();

                // Build the parameters for the type converter
                object[] constructorParameters =
                    {
                        positionType.GetProperty("Latitude").GetValue(value, null),
                        positionType.GetProperty("Longitude").GetValue(value, null)
                    };
                Type[] constructorTypes = { Type.GetType("GeoFramework.Latitude"), Type.GetType("GeoFramework.Longitude") };

                // Now activate the constructor
                ConstructorInfo constructor = positionType.GetConstructor(constructorTypes);
                return new InstanceDescriptor(constructor, constructorParameters);
            }

            // Defer to the base class
            return base.ConvertTo(context, culture, value, destinationType);
        }

        /// <inheritdoc />
        public override bool GetStandardValuesSupported(ITypeDescriptorContext context)
        {
            return true;
        }

        /// <inheritdoc />
        public override StandardValuesCollection GetStandardValues(ITypeDescriptorContext context)
        {
            return new StandardValuesCollection(new[] { "Empty", "Maximum", "Minimum" });
        }

        /// <inheritdoc />
        public override bool GetStandardValuesExclusive(ITypeDescriptorContext context)
        {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

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After an overview of the origin of the urogenital system and urinary system development, this animation illustrates the development of the pronephros and the mesonephros in 3D under low and high magnification. The fate of the pronephros and mesonephros in males and females is also animated. High magnification of the metanephros reveals the development of the collecting and excretory systems. The formation of the renal corpuscles is simultaneously animated in 2D and in 3D. The ascent of kidneys is also shown. Most of the renal and ureteral malformations mentioned are animated.
The sequence starts with an animated diagram showing the overlap of pronephros, mesonephros and metanephros during pregnancy.
The next sequence deals with the origin of the urogenital system. The development of the intermediate mesoderm is shown in an approximately 19-day-old embryo, cut transversally. The diagram details the extraembryonic and intraembryonic mesoderms as well as the amniotic cavity and yolk sac.... (more)
The next sequence deals with the origin of the urogenital system. The development of the intermediate mesoderm is shown in an approximately 19-day-old embryo, cut transversally. The diagram details the extraembryonic and intraembryonic mesoderms as well as the amniotic cavity and yolk sac. From the 19th to 21st day, the intermediate mesoderm proliferates and forms two unsegmented strands of tissue anteromedially from the somites (i.e. future nephrogenic tissue cords). Numerous legends accompany the last diagram of this sequence. The separation of the intermediate mesoderm (i.e. the nephrogenic tissue cords from the dermomyotomes) into the celomic cavity as the urogenital ridges is shown in an approximately 23-day-old embryo.
To provide an overview of the development of the urinary system, a histologic section of the embryo at the level of the urogenital ridge is viewed as transparent for an entire embryo of the same age. All derivatives of the nephrogenic tissue cord, such as pronephros, mesonephros and metanephros, are detailed. In the next sequence, the embryo continues to grow, and the pronephros becomes segmented.
The umbilical cord is sectioned during the course of the 4th week. The pronephros, nephrotomes, mesonephros and metanephros are shown, among other details. At the end of the 4th week, the pronephros disappears, and the pronephric and mesonephric ducts develop. The afferent arterioles, renal corpuscles and mesonephric tubules appear in the urogenital ridge at the level of the future mesonephroi. In addition, the gonocytes migrate, and the mesonephric ducts connect with the primitive urogenital sinus. The mesonephroi, genital ridges, renal corpuscles and mesonephric tubules develop within the mesonephroi, while the ureteric buds penetrate the metanephroi. During the 6th week, the paramesonephric ducts and gonads form, and the kidneys ascend. In a 6-week-old embryo, the paramesonephric ducts fuse to form the uterine canal, and the kidneys continue their ascent.
After this introduction, the animations continue with the development of the pronephros. An embryo at the beginning of the 4th week shows the nephrogenic tissue cord, which subdivides into the pronephros, mesonephros and metanephros. In the next sequence, the embryo is cut horizontally at the level of the heart bulge, while another oblique section is made through the vitelline duct, allantois and cloaca. The remaining posterior part of the embryo is rotated toward the spectator and shown in 3D.
The diagram shows the future segmented part of the nephrogenis tissue cord and the nonsegmented urogenital ridges. The opened cloaca is highlighted along with the urorectal septum, sectioned allantois and vitelline duct. Early in the 4th week, the pronephros and its nephrotomes form.
During the course of the 4th week, the nephroceles appear within the nephrotomes, and the pronephric duct forms. At the end of the 4th week, the nephrotomes degenerates, and the pronephric duct grows along the urogenital ridge. The gradual constitution of the undifferentiated gonad is also shown. The near-total degeneration of the nephrotomes, appearance of the mesonephros and transformation of the pronephric duct into mesonephric duct are animated in a 4-week-old embryo.
The next sequence shows the development of the mesonephros. Starting from an embryo early in the 5th week, the first excretory mesonephric tubules appear and connect with the mesonephric ducts. In the same animation, the S-shaped bodies and afferent arterioles form. In the second half of the 5th week, the renal corpuscles appear with glomeruli and Bowman's capsules along the mesonephros. In addition, afferent and efferent arterioles connect with the aorta and primary venous system. The mesonephric duct passes near the metanephric blastema. The next sequence shows the openings of the mesonephric ducts into the cloaca, the full development of the mesonephros and the appearance of the paramesonephric ducts in a 5-week-old embryo. The ureteric buds reach the metanephric blastemata. The presence of the indifferent gonad is indicated.
In a 7-week-old embryo, the following events are animated: ascent of the kidneys, development of the paramesonephric ducts and their fusion to form the uterine canal, division of the cloaca by the urorectal septum, opening of the ureters and mesonephric ducts into the primitive urogenital sinus and appearance of the paramesonephric tubercle.
The gonads are still in the indifferent stage.
The next sequences show the fate of the mesonephros in a male 7-week-old embryo. The degeneration of the mesonephric tubules, with the exception of those at the level of the male gonad, is shown. In addition, the degeneration of the renal corpuscles and the obliteration of the paramesonephric ducts (except some vestiges) are animated with the future formation of the efferent ductules, ductus epididymidss, ductus deferentes and ejaculatory ducts. The ureter orifices and mesonephric ducts migrate within the bladder, its trigone appears, and the venous drainage of the kidneys and testes forms in an 8-week-old male fetus. In a 9-week-old male fetus, the kidneys further ascend, while the testes descend and the scrotum develops.
Several sequences depict the fate of the mesonephros in a female 7-week-old embryo. The total obliteration of the mesonephroi and the mesonephric ducts (except for some vestigial organs) is animated in an 8-week-old fetus. The paramesonephric ducts differentiate into the uterine tubes, uterus and cranial portion of the vagina. The venous drainage of the ovaries is shown with the formation of the urinary bladder and the migration of the ureteral orifices. In addition, the obliteration of the orifices of the mesonephric ducts is illustrated, and the derivatives of the paramesonephric ducts and uterine canal are explained. From the 8th to 20th week, the ovaries descend, the uterine tubes, uterus and labia majora form, and the venous drainage of the ovaries develops.
The development of the kidney is viewed under moderate magnification in 3D, beginning with the development of the pronephros. Although the pronephros in humans is a transitory and functionless organ, it induces the formation of the pronephric duct. The development of this organ is animated for its evolutionary history. The first diagram details the still unsegmented nephrogenic cord, midgut, mesentery, dorsal aortae, posterior cardinal veins and other structures in an embryo at the beginning of the 4th week. During the course of the 4th week, the nephrogenic tissue cord is segmented into the nephrotome. A nephrocele forms in each nephrotome, and the nephric tubules and nephrostomata form. Later, the nephric tubules fuse into the pronephric duct, external glomeruli appear, and afferent arterioles for the external and internal glomeruli develop. The next sequence animates the caudal growth of the paired pronephric ducts and the bulging of the internal glomeruli into the nephoceles. Blood circulates between the dorsal aortae and posterior cardinal veins through external and internal glomeruli.
At the end of the 4th week, the pronephroi and cranial portions of the pronephric ducts disappear, and two dorsal aortae fuse.
The development of the mesonephros is presented under moderate magnification.
A 4-week-old embryo is shown under low magnification after the disappearance of the pronephros. The embryo is the sectioned at the cranial level of the mesonephros and then magnified. The diagram shows the mesonephric duct at the lateral edges of the urogenital ridges, which are dorsally situated between the subcardinal and posterior cardinal veins. The aorta lies between the veins. The next sequence shows the caudal growth of the mesonephric duct at the beginning of the 5th week and the simultaneous appearance of vesicles within both urogenital ridges. Early in the 5th week, the vesicles transform into S-shaped loops and mesonephric tubules. Glomerular capillaries appear in the concavity of the S-shaped loops. The mesonephric tubules connect with the mesonephric ducts, and the glomerular capillary network forms during the 5th week. In addition, the afferent and efferent arterioles develop and connect with the aorta and veins. Renal corpusles form from the S-shaped loops, i.e. Bowman's capsules and glomeruli. In a 5-week-old embryo, the composition of a nephron is explained, and two more nephrons appear in each mesonephros.
The next sequence deals with the fate of the mesonephros at the level of the male gonad. For this purpose, a male embryo during the course of the 5th week is cut at the level of the future testis and observed under moderate magnification. The mesonephric and genital ridges reveal the nephrons and primitive sex cords with gonocytes. From the 5th to 8th week, the mesonephric tubules connect with the rete testis to form the renal segment of the vena cava. The left subcardinal vein becomes the left gonadal vein. In a 4-month-old male fetus, the mesonephric tubules differentiate into efferent ductules, and the mesonephric ducts become the ductus epididymides.
(Since the mesonephros and the mesonephric ducts obliterate and disappear in the female, the fate of the mesonephros in the female is not shown.)
The next sequence presents the development of the metanephros. The animation starts with the frontal view of the mesonephroi, mesonephric ducts, ureteric buds connected with the metanephric blastemata, primitive urogenital sinus, orifices of the mesonephric ducts into the primitive urogenital sinus, indifferent gonad and paramesonephric ducts in a 5-week-old embryo. In a 7-week-old embryo, the metanephroi give rise to the kidneys, which continue their ascent, while the ureters, paramesonephric ducts and uterine canal develop.
The development of the collecting system of the kidney is shown under moderate magnification. The caudal portion of an embryo in the second half of the 5th week is presented in 3D along with the mesonephric ducts and metanephroi. Under moderate magnification, all of the above structures are visible together with the future primitive urogenital sinus, cloaca, urorectal septum, orifices of mesonephric ducts and primordia of ureteric buds. The first sequence of this chapter shows the penetration of the ureteric buds into the metanephric blastemata of a 5-week-old embryo and thus the formation of common excretory ducts as segments of mesonephric ducts. The next sequence animates the incorporation of the common excretory duct into the wall of the primitive urogenital sinus, so that the ureters and the mesonephric ducts have common orifices. In a 6-week-old embryo, the ureteric buds expand within the metanephric blastemata, and the primitive renal pelvis and future major and minor calyces form. In a 7-week-old embryo, the ureteral orifices and mesonephric ducts form the trigone of the bladder. At the same time, the ureteric bud continues its ascent and division within the metanephric blastema. To illustrate the dichotomous branching of the growing ureteric bud, a segment of the future kidney is observed under higher magnification from the 9th to 26th week. The ureteric bud divides within the metanephric blastema into the collecting tubules in one of the renal pyramids. A collecting tubule nearest to the metanephric blastema is framed and magnified. The diagram shows a group of cells in the metanephric blastema over a collecting duct.
The next sequence deals with the development of the excretory system. The tip of the collecting tubule enlarges, and the cells of the metanephric blastema condensate to form the metanephric tissue cap. The collecting tubule branches, and the metanephric tissue cap divides into overlapping metanephric cell clusters. The chapter ends with the formation of the renal vesicles near the branches of the collecting tubules. The last diagram shows all structures in 3D on the left and their profiles on the right.
The formation of the renal corpuscle includes the same details as well as some precursors of vascular endothelial cells near the renal vesicles, which transform into S-shaped loops while the vascular endothelial cells enter the concavity of the S-shaped loops. The metanephric tissue caps further develop. Later, the S-shaped loops connect with the collecting tubules, and the blood capillaries develop from the vascular endothelial cells. A growing interlobular artery also appears.
The next sequence animates the constitution of the Bowman's capsules and the beginning of the proximal and distal convoluted tubule development. The afferent arterioles grow from the interlobular artery toward the future glomerular capillaries. Their contact is animated in 3D and in profile. In the same sequence, Henle's loop begins to grow toward the renal medulla.
In the following sequence, the glomerular capillaries form, and the visceral wall of Bowman's capsule splits into podocytes. In addition, the renal corpuscles formed along with the proximal convoluted tubules and distal and proximal straight tubules. The primordia of the maculae densae appear on the distal tubules, which eventual lies between the afferent and efferent arterioles.
The final diagram of this sequence details nephron composition.
The formation of the Henle's loop and the thin segment illustrates the renal cortex and the renal medulla under low magnification. The cortex shows the nephron with a Henle's loop at the beginning of its development. The blood supply of the nephron is indicated along with the origins of the nephron and blood vessels. The collecting tubules reach the papillary ducts, which open at the renal papilla. Henle's loop grows into the medulla, and its deepest segment differentiates. The final diagram details the composition of the collecting and the excretory systems of the kidney. In addition, the origins of each system are specified.
The ascent of the kidneys shows the aorta, inferior mesenteric artery, bladder, and ureteric bud connected with the metanephric blastema in a 5-week-old embryo. The lateral stem arteries penetrate the metanephric blastema. Over the next three weeks, the kidneys ascend, and new lateral stem arteries form as their blood supply. The same animation shows the regression of the lateral stem arteries. The ascent ends in the 9th week with the formation of the renal arteries.
Almost all of following renal malformations are animated: renal agenesis, renal hypoplasia, duplication of the ureter, duplication of the kidney, ectopic ureteral orifices, pelvic kidney, horseshoe kidney and polycystic kidney.
The last sequence animates the function of the kidneys in a 2-year-old boy.
(This animation is essential for students of medicine and veterinary medicine as well as for departments of anatomy, histology, embryology, physiology and cell biology; it is also recommended for students of biology and stomatology as well as for departments or clinics of nephrology and research institutes of nephrology.)
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE KIDNEY
Origin of the urogenital system
Overview of the development of the urinary system
Development of the pronephros
Development of the mesonephros
Fate of the mesonephros in the male
Fate of the mesonephros in the female
1) Pronephros
Development of the kidney viewed under moderate magnification
Fate of the pronephros
2) Mesonephros
Fate of the mesonephros at the level of the male gonad
3) Metanephros
Development of the collecting system
Development of the excretory system
Formation of the renal corpuscle
Formation of Henle's loop
and the thin segment
Ascent of kidneys
Renal agenesis
Duplication of the ureter
Duplication of the kidney
Ectopic ureteral orifices
"Horseshoe kidney" or ren arcuatus
Congenital polycystic kidney
Macroscopic view of the formation of a polycystic kidney
Function of the kidneys
Chromosomal anomalies, Cloaca, Descent of sexual organs, Gametogenesis, Gonads,
Mesoderm, Placenta, Prostate, Somites, Urinary bladder, Veins.

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The teens at the head of tomorrow's unicorns
June 30, 2022 - Updated 09:30 pm IST | Thiruvananthapuram, June 30
Hurun India index names the 'gazelles' and 'cheetahs' of 2022
By Vinson Kurian
There are 18 founders under 30 and 19 above 50 in the Hurun India Future Unicorn index (file image) | Photo Credit: akuzone
The Hurun Research Institute has unveiled the ASK Private Wealth Hurun India Future Unicorn Index 2022, a ranking of Indian start-ups founded in the 2000s and valued $200 million at least, but not listed on a public exchange. It classified companies as would-be unicorns (those founded after 2000 and valued $1 billion at least); gazelles (most likely to become unicorns in the following two years); and cheetahs (start-ups that could turn unicorn in the next four years).
The gazelle in the wild is capable of outrunning the cheetah due to its agility and speed. The 'gazelles' on the index are projected to be worth between $500 million and $1bn. The gazelle pack is led by Shiprocket, a five-year-old logistics-tech start-up, followed by Zepto, Turtlemint, Ather Energy and Vivriti Capital.
The age factor
The Hurun classification has been validated by this year's report, as six cheetahs from the previous index 'skipped' the gazelle-stage and entered the unicorn club, a spokesman said. This year, the cheetah pack is led by Pepperfry, followed by Bengaluru-based Juspay and Ratan Tata-backed fintech Mswipe Technologies. The youngest start-up founders are Kaivalya Vohra (19) and Aadit Palicha (20) of Zepto, a 10-minute grocery delivery company based out of Mumbai. The oldest founder in the index is K Satyanarayana, aged 61, of Ecom Express. The average age of start-up founders is 38. There are 18 founders aged under 30 and 19 aged above 50. Fifteen companies have a woman co-founder.
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The fintech magnet
Among sectors, fintech contributed the most start-ups to the index at 27, followed by e-commerce at 14, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) at, with 11. Approximately half of the firms in the index are involved in fintech, e-commerce, SaaS, and edtech. Other potential fields in the start-up ecosystem include agri-tech, artificial intelligence, health-tech, and shared economy. The prospective unicorns were founded, on average, in 2015, with the great majority selling software and services and only 17 per cent selling physical goods. At least 37 per cent are business-to-business sellers, and 63 per cent are consumer-facing. The future unicorns have disrupted the financial services, logistics, healthcare, and education sectors.
Rising stars of tomorrow
Hurun Research identified 122 future unicorns in India from 25 cities. Bengaluru continues to be the unicorn capital with 46, and Delhi NCR and Mumbai follow with 25 and 16, respectively. Rajesh Saluja, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, ASK Wealth Advisors, said India has emerged as the third largest ecosystem for start-ups after the US and China, and saw a record 44 unicorns in 2021.
"The ASK Private Wealth Hurun India Future Unicorn list showcases the leaders of tomorrow today. We shine the spotlight on gazelles and cheetahs, the rising stars of the start-up ecosystem, and, possibly, future unicorns. As many as 17 gazelles and seven cheetahs from last year's list hit unicorn valuation this year," Saluja said.
Pandemic drives diruption
Anas Rahman Junaid, Managing Director and Chief Researcher, Hurun India, said the country's start-up ecosystem is expanding at an unprecedented rate. In just one year, the number of unicorns has increased by 65 per cent, the number of gazelles by 59 per cent to 51, and cheetahs, 31 per cent to 71. "Probably, the pandemic has accelerated the disruption of traditional businesses and fostered the emergence of start-ups. The ecosystem is gradually attaining the requisite maturity and resilience," he added.
'Short-term blips'
Junaid, however, said global economic concerns could affect the valuations and capital-raising abilities of Indian start-ups. Additionally, some of them are seeing layoffs and cost-cutting measures, fuelling speculation of a downturn. "We believe there could be a short-term blip in the growth story, but the Indian start-up ecosystem's long-term potential remains excellent and resilient. The pressure felt during the valuation process and the increased inspection of deliverables could help broaden the system's foundation," he added.
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Shares of the Market Vectors Egypt ETF (NYSE:EGPT), the lone ETF devoted exclusively to the North African nation, surged nearly two percent today on volume more than triple the daily average. The catalyst for EGPT's bullish ways appears to be clear.
In an effort to help Egypt's fledgling democracy, the U.S. is close to a deal to forgive $1 billion in Egyptian debt. The pending debt relief package would come from earlier aid funds to Egypt that were not spent, the New York Times reported.
For EGPT, the debt relief headlines are the latest in a long line of successes this year. EGPT, which is not cheap with a net annual expense ratio of 0.94 percent, has had its detractors. The fund also struggled a bit earlier this year as it appeared Egyptians were not pleased with their choices in the country's first democratic elections following the end of the Mubarak regime.
To its credit, EGPT has been able to shake off political volatility and concerns about Egypt's fragile to be one of the year's top-performing country-specific ETFs. The fund is up 55.3 percent year-to-date and though still small in terms of assets under management, EGPT is attracting new capital. In late May, the fund had less than $44 million in AUM. That number rested at $51.6 million as of August 31.
Overall, Egypt owes the U.S. $3 billion and the U.S. has donated some $30 billion in aid to modernize Egypt's economy over the past 30 years, according to the United Press International.
The Obama Administration has made clear that bringing stability to Egypt and its economy is a priority and is in the process of negotiating loan guarantees for American businesses that invest in Egypt. If those ventures are successful, the volatile EGPT could make for a valid long-term bet. At the very least, the ETF appears to be one that would benefit should the President win reelection in November.
There are risks to the Egypt investment thesis beyond the country's frontier market status and the recent history of political volatility. As PIMCO's Mohammed El-Erian noted in August, Egyptian unemployment is rampant. El-Erian said that Egypt's official jobless number is 12.6 percent, but among the nation's youth, the figure is closer to 25 percent.
Egypt has also burned through its foreign reserves over the past 18 months, reducing the number to $15 billion, El-Erian noted.
EGPT is heavily focused on Egypt's domestic economy as diversified financials and bank stocks combine for about 30 percent of the ETF's weight. Adding to the fund's domestic bias is a 12.8 percent allocation to real estate names and a 4.6 percent weight to food and beverage stocks.
Considering that the current environment is unfavorable to emerging markets ETFs equities and ETFs and that EGPT has already run quite a bit this year, it might be hard for investors to envision further near-term upside in the ETF. On the other hand, it is worth noting EGPT is still more than 20 percent its pre-Arab Spring highs.


Silkskin silk pillowcases have been reviewed by magazines such as Vogue, Eve, Top Sante, Grazia, Tatler, You, Cosmopolitan and many, many, more. That said, we like to make our own opinions about things so let's take a look at one of the world's best selling pillowcases.
There is a world of difference between real silk, synthetic and cotton pillowcases. Properties we tested included smoothness (of course!), moisture-wicking and durability. Durability is obviously a difficult test since we can't do this over a five year period, but we were rough, tough and downright nasty with the Silkskin pillowcase and it stood up to everything we threw at it.
Silkskin developed the original silk pillowcase that the others later tried to copy. Unfortunately, none of the others seem to have the dermatological pedigree of Silkskin's specially developed silk.
The owner of the company, Linda, tells us that it's a silk that has been specially developed (over a few years) for its dermatological properties. Skin care is such an important thing these days, it seems everything is out to attack us from a dying ozone layer to pollutants, chemicals… even our water supply. If we finish our day off with an 8-hour 'face rub' with a cotton pillowcase, then no expensive cream is going to withstand that. It makes absolute sense to have a pillowcase that's kind to your skin, doesn't remove cream and fights against those wrinkles and dreaded facial 'tram lines' that appear overnight.
Bizarrely, sleeping on this pillow can reduce the amount of frizz that your hair suffers from during the night. Often called an 'anti-frizz' pillow (why do I always think of anti-freeze?) the silk does an amazing job of keeping the frizz demons at bay. Reviews in Black Hair and Beauty, Your Hair and Hairflair and Beauty testify to this.
Silkskin's client list includes major celebrities and multi-millionaires who often come back to purchase more silk items. Shouldn't you be on that list?
Silkskin's online shop can be found at https://www.silkskin.co.uk and you can look in the Press section there for other reviews too.
This vintage industrial set of seven stacking chairs form one of our large range of stacking chairs that we currently have for sale; ideal for any retro interior, restaurant, cafe etc. The tubular steel frame is in its original paint work which has naturally distressed over the years, this adds to their industrial appeal and character. The seats are all in good condition, they are solid and sturdy throughout and would blend easily with many other interiors. Easily stackable these sought after original vintage stacking chairs would add charm to any vintage retro or industrial interior.
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With Yoga Asana Champion and Senior Bikram Yoga teacher Afton Carraway and certified Inferno Hot Pilates teacher Brooke Davis. We are back in Mexico – come join fellow Bikram Hot Yogis from around the world for an unforgettable 7 days/ 6 nights Bikram Yoga & Inferno Hot Pilates holiday on our 8th Retreat at the stunning Casa Om in Puerto Morelos, Mexico.
Enjoy daily Bikram Yoga classes / Posture Clinics and Workshops to deepen your understanding of the 26 Bikram Yoga Postures. We will also be offering advanced classes for those who wish to attend during the week. Whether you are new to Bikram Yoga or have been practicing for years you will after this week surely come back home with a much more improved practice.. and a sun tan as well.
Casa Om is situated right across of one of the most beautiful beaches at the Riviera Maya, with crystal clear waters. Just how you would imagine the Caribbean at its best. We have been running 7 retreats here and are every time excited to be coming back to this premier Hot Yoga Retreat Centre. Casa Om boasts a private swimming pool, rooftop deck with stunning ocean views (where we will be having our meals), a fully equipped and heated yoga room, ample space for relaxation and some turtles as well.
Most classes will be held in the heated Yoga studio right in the villa so no need to walk anywhere with the exception of a couple outside classes on the pier overlooking the ocean. An experience not to be missed. The Inferno Hot Pilates classes will be all held at the Yoga studio.
All rooms in the villa are beautifully decorated in Balinese style and feature daily fresh towels, aircon, mini fridge, own en-suite bathroom, ceiling fans, mosquito nets over each bed and organic toiletries. Further – yoga clothes will be washed once a day which is also included. There is also unlimited fresh drinking water available throughout the villa. The villa is a short 10 – 15 minutes walk from the centre of Puerto Morelos with its shops, supermarkets, bank, restaurants and bars.
Puerto Morelos is a laid back fishing village just 20 minutes south of Cancun. What visitors love about 'Puerto' are lower prices and a slower pace of life than its larger, busier neighbours like Cancun or Playa del Carmen. It's the perfect spot for relaxation – a place to get away from it all and experience the simple Caribbean life, while still being centrally located to the surrounding attractions of the Riviera Maya. And there are some great restaurants and cocktail bars too which we will visit. The weather is hot and humid with a bit of wind in May with little chance of rain so THE best time to come visit Mexico.
Optional activities that can be organised directly once you are there as as follows: Onsite massages and healing therapies, snorkeling trips, diving ( right outside our door is the 2nd largest reef in the world so there are plenty of opportunities to experience the amazing worl in the water), sailing trips, mexican cooking classes (this is a favourite of previous guests), spa treatments, shopping trips to cancun and playa del carmen, waterpark adventures, horse riding, Stand up paddle boarding and much more.
4* Dinner – a choice of vegetarian, vegan, raw and fish options – we have our own private chef!


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Du enhances data security with new technologies developed by Thales
du, a subsidiary of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, announced yesterday that it has signed a partnership agreement with Thales Group, a global leader in data protection, under which du will obtain a set of new solutions and technologies developed by Thales to support and enhance the operations of the data center. "do"
du, a subsidiary of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, announced yesterday that it has signed a partnership agreement with Thales Group, a global leader in data protection, under which du will obtain a set of new solutions and technologies developed by Thales to support and enhance the operations of the data center. Du is the company's digital defense and security platform and solutions portfolio.
This partnership, which was expected on the sidelines of GITEX Global 2021, which concluded today, comes as part of du's efforts to meet the requirements of companies and government agencies in the UAE, with regard to data security, especially with the increasing frequency of attacks and cyber threats. Data breaches as a result of the shifts in the digital world, as well as the evolution of regulatory compliance requirements.
Du said in a statement that, through the new partnership, it seeks to strengthen and enhance its integrated portfolio of data security solutions to help its customers ensure a high level of security and protection for their data internally and in cloud environments.
"The fields of information and communication technology currently require advanced solutions that keep pace with the transformations witnessed by the digital space and provide the best possible level of protection for data security," said Salim Al Balooshi, chief technology officer at du.
Sebastian Pavey, Vice President of Sales, Thales Group, Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa, said: "Thales is proud to continue to support businesses, providing them with integrated solutions and services, and enhancing their capabilities to protect and manage essential data through encryption platforms, and data management solutions. Advanced keys, encryption, and authentication and access management.
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"du" enhances the digital trust platform portfolio
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"Identity and Nationality" launches the new generation of the Emirates ID card
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Debit cards: Are Merchants Allowed to Set Minimum Transaction Amounts?
Some Swiss merchants only accept payment via debit card for transactions above a certain minimum amount – 10 or 20 francs for example. This article takes an in depth look at the reasons behind this practice.
Debit cards work very differently to credit cards because when you use a debit card to pay for a purchase, the amount is immediately debited from your bank account. They provide direct access to your account. Examples of debit cards, which are often referred to simply as "bank cards" in Switzerland, include Maestro and V-Pay cards and the Debit Direct Card from PostFinance.
In Switzerland, you can use debit cards to quickly and cheaply pay for purchases and make cash withdrawals in Swiss francs. Depending on the debit card you use, you may not pay anything at all. Debit card comparison tools are included in the private account comparison.
Stores, restaurants, hotels and other merchants which accept debit cards have to pay fees to card transaction service providers known as acquirers (and to the card issuer, either directly or indirectly) every time a customer uses a debit card to pay. In exchange, acquirers handle the administration involved with processing the transaction. Swiss merchant acquirers include SIX Payment Services and Aduno, among others.
Unlike the fees which merchants pay when they accept credit card payments, which are usually based on a percentage of the amount transacted (2 or 3 percent of a purchase, for example), the acquirer fees for debit cards are normally charged to merchants on a per-transaction basis. Merchants pay a maximum of 23-centimes in acquirer fees when they accept a payment via a PostFinance debit card and up to 30 centimes per transaction ordered via a Maestro debit card. When cards are used to pay for small purchases, the acquirer fees add a significant cost for merchants.
Acquirers like Aduno and SIX Payments Services impose guidelines which discourage merchants from setting a minimum transaction amount for debit card payments. However, merchants are not legally obligated to accept payments made via third-party service providers from customers – and in practice a fair number of merchants set these requirements. Merchants are also free to charge additional fees based on how customers choose to settle their payments. For example, merchants can add markups to cover the cost of payments made using checks, credit cards, money orders or installment payment schemes.


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The Mysterious Stranger
Written by Mark Twain
Narrated by Luke Cardy
The Mysterious Stranger is Mark Twain's final novel. It was worked on periodically from roughly 1890 up until 1910. The body of work is a serious social commentary by Twain addressing his ideas of the Moral Sense and the "damned human race".
The story tells of the adventures of Satan, the sinless nephew of the biblical Satan, in an Austrian village in the Middle Ages. Classic storytelling. A very interesting side of Twain's writings.
Publisher: FrontPage Publishing AudioReleased: Nov 22, 2018ISBN: 9782291052036Format: audiobook
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The best company cultures have a great balance of being high support and high challenge. I discussed this topic recently with my team, and the further we delved into the conversation, the more I realized that this phenomenon applies to almost every area of life. However, it's often identified by different terms—enabling and empowering.
When you look up the definition of each word, enable and empower, you find that both have positive definitions. However, enabling has taken on a more negative connotation which people associate with supporting someone so much that it ends up being detrimental to them. Empowering means almost the exact same thing, but we associate this more positively. We empower someone when we encourage and equip but also challenge them to play their part.
The best environments balance enabling and empowering; they offer high support with high challenge, which produces the best results in their people and for their people. Let's look at a few examples of how this plays out in the world around us.
There are government models that are high support but not high challenge—we call this socialism. They want everybody to get something, but they don't challenge them to earn anything for themselves. It doesn't work. On the other hand, governments that are high challenge without being high support are dictatorships. These governments drive and force action without any positive incentives. The best governments enable and empower—true capitalism works in this way. It's high support in that it creates an environment that is great for people to do business, but it's high challenge because it is up to the people to make it work. When individuals succeed, they reap the benefits.
Let's apply the same thinking to raising kids. If you are a parent that is only enabling, you are always encouraging, but you never make your child earn anything. In its worst form, you produce a dependent individual, completely lost and unable to function as a responsible adult. Dr. Tim Elmore, president and founder of Growing Leaders, says to these parents, "A lot of times, we want to prepare the road for our children, but we need to prepare our children for the road." Other parents are high challenge without high support. These parents push their kids and want them to achieve in the classroom, on the field, and among their peers, but they don't provide the love they need. It's clear that the best parenting is both high support and high challenge. It's not easy, but when parents find this balance, they raise kids who live well in their years at home and beyond.
If this is true in government and in family life, it is equally as true and applicable to work environments. It's incredibly challenging to create a company culture that enables and empowers its people. Chick-fil-A would say it this way: We value results and relationships. A high challenge work environment is what most people traditionally expect. It's the high pressure, corporate environment that's only about results and does not care about the individual, which leads to burnout and disengagement. The flipside is a high support environment that isn't high challenge. This often happens on non-profit or church staffs where people feel cared for and loved, but the organization doesn't always get the results it needs because it fails to hold people accountable.
At different points in leading an organization, I feel like I've swung to either end of this spectrum. There are times when I've been good at loving people but haven't been good at holding them accountable. Then I see the budget or the deadline approaching, and I swing to being high challenge without the support that people need.
This blog is a challenge to both me and you. We must support and challenge, valuing both results and relationships. Don't get caught in the extremes of being an enabler or an enforcer, but focus on empowering and equipping individuals to succeed.


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Packers preparing for Teddy Bridgewater
Forecast for rain one of the issues for game against Vikings
GREEN BAY—The Packers can only guess. Will it be rookie Teddy Bridgewater or veteran Christian Ponder at quarterback for the Vikings on Thursday night?
"You prepare for Bridgewater," Defensive Coordinator Dom Capers said.
Bridgewater made his first NFL start last Sunday and led the Vikings to a 41-28 win over Atlanta. Late in the game, however, Bridgewater sustained an ankle injury that has kept him out of practice this week and clouds his status for Thursday's game.
The Vikings, of course, are doing their best not to tip their hand, which they did successfully two years ago for a playoff game at Lambeau Field. Ponder was coyly listed as questionable, and the Vikings surprised everyone when they made him a scratch 90 minutes before kickoff. It left Capers to shift gears and prepare for a completely different type of quarterback, runner Joe Webb.
"That offense was in sync," Capers said of the Vikings' performance against the Falcons. "They had over 500 yards. I thought Bridgewater played with a lot of poise. It helps when you have the ability to run or throw."
Bridgewater threw for 317 yards and a 98.9 passer rating. He has new-age ability, but prefers to stay in the pocket.
The Vikings' running game might be an even bigger concern for Capers. The Vikings are No. 8 in the league in rushing; the Packers are last against the run.
"We're not happy with the yards we gave up," Capers said of the 235 yards rushing the Packers allowed the Bears this past Sunday.
The Packers only allowed 17 points; that was the saving grace of the defense's performance in Chicago.
"It shows what a great equalizer turnovers are. I've always felt you measure a defense by how many points it gives up. Our No. 1 goal is to give up the fewest points. If you give up 17 or less, your chances of winning are pretty good," Capers said.
Through four weeks of the season, the Packers are 17th in the league in points allowed.
The issue on offense this week could be ball security, as stormy weather is forecast for Thursday night.
"I don't think it'll affect us. We've handled the ball well in the rain," Offensive Coordinator Tom Clements said.
Under new Head Coach Mike Zimmer, the Vikings are a blitzing defense.
"It's a different style from what we faced last week. They give you a number of different looks and you have to be ready for the various pressures they give you. They're very good in their disguises when they blitz," Clements said.
Time of possession is another issue. Only the Eagles, another up-tempo offense, have a worse time of possession average than the Packers. What does it mean?
"You like to possess the ball more, but the bottom line is you want to be productive and score points. Would you rather hold it for six (minutes) and get a field goal, or hold it for two (minutes) and get a touchdown?" Clements said.
Special teams could be a major player on Thursday, especially considering the weather forecast and Vikings kickoff returner Cordarrelle Patterson, who returned the opening kickoff of last year's game in Minnesota 109 yards for a touchdown.
"Great player. Hard to tackle. Runs with confidence," Special Teams Coordinator Shawn Slocum said of Patterson.
Rain?
"It just heightens the sense of awareness of ball security," Slocum said.
ADDITIONAL COVERAGE - OCT. 1
One last look: Vikings ground game impressive without its star
Packers vs. Vikings: Five key matchups


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Юрий Дмитриевич Колпинский (26 июня 1909 года, Кави, Италия — 1 мая 1976, Москва, РСФСР, СССР) — советский , член-корреспондент Академии художеств СССР (1958).

Биография
Родился 26 июня 1909 года в местечке Кави в Италии, жил и работал в Москве.

В 1931 году — окончил МГУ, в 1937 году — аспирантуру Московского института философии, литературы и истории (МИФЛИ).

С 1937 по 1939 годы — научный сотрудник Музея нового западного искусства, с 1940 по 1941 годы — заместитель директора по научной части ГМИИ имени А. С. Пушкина, с 1942 по 1943 годы — редактор «Окон ТАСС» в Узбекистане (в эвакуации).

С 1937 по 1965 годы — преподавал на искусствоведческом отделении МИФЛИ, МГУ, с 1965 по 1976 годы — преподавал в МГХИ.

С 1954 по 1976 годы — работал в НИИ теории и истории изобразительных искусств Академии художеств, руководитель сектора стран народной демократии, руководитель сектора зарубежного искусства (с 1959), заместитель директора по научной части.

В 1958 году — избран членом-корреспондентом Академии художеств СССР.

В 1971 году — присвоено учёное звание профессора.

В 1974 году — защитил докторскую диссертацию.

Юрий Дмитриевич Колпинский умер 1 мая 1976 года в Москве, похоронен на Донском кладбище.

Творческая деятельность
Некоторые научные труды: «Образ человека в искусстве эпохи Возрождения в Италии» (М.-Л., 1941), «И. Д. Шадр» (М., 1951), «Иван Дмитриевич Шадр. 1887—1941» (М., 1954, 1964), «По Греции и Италии» (М., 1960), «Искусство Древней Греции» (М., 1961), «Карел Покорни» (М., 1961), «Франсиско Гойя» (М., 1965), «Искусство Эгейского мира и Древней Греции». (М., 1970), «Искусство Венеции XVI в.» (М., 1970), «Великое наследие античной Эллады и его значение для современности» (М., 1977, 1988), «Искусство этрусков и Древнего Рима» (М., 1982).

Руководитель и один из авторов фундаментальных изданий: «Всеобщая история искусств», (М., 1956-66, редактор т. 2-6), «Памятники мирового искусства» (М., 1967); «Борьба за прогрессивное реалистическое искусство в зарубежных странах». (М., 1975, редактор, автор «Введения» и гл. «Искусство Италии»).

Награды
 Заслуженный деятель искусств РСФСР (1968)
 Золотая медаль АХ (1967)

Литература
 Московская энциклопедия. Том I. Лица Москвы. Книга 2: И—М. — М.: Фонд «Моск. энциклопедии», 2008. — 623 с. : портр.

Ссылки

Выпускники МГУ
Выпускники МИФЛИ
Преподаватели МИФЛИ
Преподаватели МГХИ им. Сурикова
Сотрудники Государственного музея изобразительных искусств имени А. С. Пушкина
Преподаватели отделения истории и теории искусства исторического факультета МГУ
Члены-корреспонденты Академии художеств СССР
Награждённые медалями Академии искусств СССР
Похороненные на Донском кладбище

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Q: Fastest Gun + Answering (Generally) Same Question Twice I've encountered a situation here where the poster of that answer has not only posted rather quickly (before the OP has had a chance to clarify their question), but has also posted two answers back-to-back within barely a minute of each other.
Confident in my belief of the (typically) avoidable multiple answer scenario, and thinking the poster was relatively new and perhaps thought SO was like a forum with conversation threads, I posted a note on the second answer indicating they can simply edit their original post. The OP replied, and I was all set to put fingers to the keyboard in reply when I realized they appeared to be making a fair point with their statement:

...If both of my answers are similar i could have edited, but here 1 is with GSON and another is without GSON...

In other words, they feel that since their two answers are distinct enough, they should be separated in to two individual answers.
I went searching around Meta for some related documentation to support either my or his point, and according to this post, it seems there is a significant amount of agreement to the idea of multiple distinct answers.
Fair enough, maybe I was wrong. But my internal conflict in this case is that since the OP's question is extremely general and has not yet been clarified (at the time of this post), the user's answers are similarly general. The poster is technically not wrong with their answers, but neither are they "correct" in terms of the question at hand, because we simply do not have enough information to give a single direct or concise answer.
Ultimately, I do not know how to respond to that user's question to me. Am I incorrect in this matter, that double-posting "general" answers should not be allowed?
Update
It looks like the poster in question has deleted their first answer (or maybe a moderator did, I cannot tell as I'm not a 10k user yet), so this question might be a bit of a moot point. However, I am still curious about how a situation like this can be handled, and what sort of policies there might be on this (admittedly edge-case) situation to support either his position or mine.

A: If the question is vague enough that one person thinks two such drastically different answers are both appropriate, there's a very good chance the question is not a good SO question and should be closed.
People will occasionally post what are essentially guesses as answers (I'm sure I've done this myself a few times), but that's not really ideal. At the very least, once the asker has identified the correct answer, the question should be edited to make it more specific, and more clearly matching that answer. But this is one of the things closing is for: we want questions where a future searcher can clearly identify the problem as the same as the one she has, and can therefore move directly to using the accepted answer with a fair degree of confidence.
This is not a great practice on the answerer's part. Responding like this to an unclear question is not really contributing to a high-quality Q&A pair. There's also not a lot to be done about it, aside from commenting as you have. It's controversial to downvote answers that are "trying to help" and are "not wrong". I would say, however, that it might be justified if it's possible for you to pick one or the other that is more clearly off-track.


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Pilots Safety Fears As Government Votes Down High-Powered Laser Bill And Airways Proposes To Slash Air Traffic Control By A Third
June 18, 2020 136 136
The New Zealand Air Line Pilots' Association (NZALPA) fear even more safety downgrades for members and the travelling public with the voting down today of a private bill to deal with the dangerous menace of laser strikes on aircraft and control towers.
The High Power Laser Pointers Offences and Penalties Bill, introduced by Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker, proposed to double the term of imprisonment for the offence from three months to six months, and double the maximum fine from $2000 to $4000 for the possession of high-power laser pointers. Other amendments included allowing higher penalties under the Health Act 1956 for breaches around the supply of laser pointers.
Commercial pilot and NZALPA spokesperson Tim Robinson said that increasingly New Zealand was becoming an outlier internationally for its less enlightened regulatory stance on the use of these devices in aviation.
"Scandinavian countries prohibit or highly regulate their use; the United Kingdom has increased penalties and widened regulatory scope; and, in the United States, both the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) takes such offences very seriously, with fines of up to $250,000 and five years in jail.
"Meanwhile, in New Zealand it remains a summary offence and very unlikely to attract the harshest penalty under the Crimes Act," Tim Robinson said.
"This blow to aviation safety is compounded by the current proposal by state-owned Airways Corporation to slash air traffic management services from one-third of New Zealand's airports, including Rotorua, Napier, Gisborne, New Plymouth and Invercargill.
"In this post-Covid 19 economy there is urgent activity to rebuild both the aviation and tourism markets, so making safety cuts like these to our air traffic management infrastructure while also preventing stronger legislation to prevent aircraft accidents and potential fatalities to proceed doesn't make any sense, and is instead downright dangerous," Tim Robinson warned.
"Since 2014 there has been a 130 per cent increase in reported strikes on aircraft or into air traffic control towers. However, despite this continuing increase in the number of laser strikes on aircraft, the Government's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) constantly tells our pilots and air traffic controllers that there is no need to change legislation, or to look at increasing fines or custodial sentencing as a deterrent.
"Like other countries, the New Zealand Government needs to take the very real threat of laser attacks on aircraft and control towers seriously, even considering raising their status as an offence equivalent to such acts as high jacking and bomb threats, collectively known as 'acts of illegal interference'.
"Ironically New Zealand is a signatory to the UN Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons, specifically during times of conflict, but civil aviation at home is not afforded the same attention - making the Government's inaction almost as reckless as the laser-brandishing offenders themselves," Tim Robinson said.
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Works Under $25,000
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Sporting Art
Artistic Visionaries
ARTIST COLONIES / SCHOOLS
Woodstock Colony
Peconic / East End Colony
Old Lyme Colony
Taos Colony
Ashcan School
Cape Ann School
New Hope School
Still Life, 1959
by Fairfield Porter (1907–1975)
31 1/16 x 21 15/16 inches
Signed and dated lower left: Fairfield Porter 1959
View additional works by Fairfield Porter
Read more about Fairfield Porter
[With] Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, New York
Kenneth Wright
[With] Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, New York, by 1983
Ambassador and Mrs. Felix Rohatyn, acquired from above
Sale, Sotheby's, New York, New York, December 11, 2020, lot 46, from above
Fairfield Porter: Realist Painter in an Age of Abstraction, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, January 12–March 13, 1983, no. 28
American Still Life, 1945–1983, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, September 20–November 20, 1983; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, December 10, 1983–January 15, 1984; Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, April 7–May 20, 1984; Neuberger Museum of Art, State University of New York at Purchase, New York, June 7–September 15, 1984; Portland Art Museum, Oregon, October 9–December 9, 1984
American Art Today: Still Life, Art Museum of Florida International University, Miami, Florida, January 18–February 20, 1985
Fairfield Porter, 1907–1975, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, New York, September 5–28, 1985, no. 8
John Ashbery and Kenworth Moffet, Fairfield Porter: Realist Painter in an Age of Abstraction (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1982), 103, no. 28.
Linda L. Cathcart, American Still Life, 1945–1983 (Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum, 1983), 35, 93.
Carter Ratcliff, American Art Today: Still Life (Miami: Florida International University, 1984), n.p.
Fairfield Porter, 1907–1975 (New York: Hirschl & Adler Modern, 1985), n.p., no. 8.
Joan Ludman, "Checklist of Paintings by Fairfield Porter," in John T. Spike, Fairfield Porter: An American Classic (New York: Abrams, 1992), 289.
Joan Ludman, Fairfield Porter, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2001), 164, no. L273.
Chrysanthemums, 1958, oil on canvas, 40 x 32 inches, signed and dated lower left: Fairfield Porter 1958; Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut
Flowers by the Sea, 1965, oil on board, 20 x 19½ inches; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
By Nina Sangimino
The deepest order is not within the ability of the artist to create, instead it is something that he is able to find, whether within or outside himself, and only if he is open enough, unprejudiced enough and attentive enough.[1]
—Fairfield Porter
I. Biography
II. Chronology
III. Collections
IV. Exhibitions
V. Memberships
VI. Notes
VII. Suggested Resources
Fairfield Porter has been called both "the most important realist painter from 1949 until his death in 1975"[2] and "one of the most lucid and intelligent art critics and writers of the post 1945 period."[3] He continued to paint representationally throughout the height of Abstract Expressionism, yet
Fairfield Porter has been called both "the most important realist painter from 1949 until his death in 1975"[2] and "one of the most lucid and intelligent art critics and writers of the post 1945 period."[3] He continued to paint representationally throughout the height of Abstract Expressionism, yet he maintained abstract ideas about the physicality and sensuousness of paint, distinguishing himself from the realist genre. Further distancing himself from the realists, he considered the chosen subjects of his paintings to be less important than the paintings themselves. "The subject has the importance that the canvas has, it is a background for making a painting."[4]
Born in Winnetka, Illinois in 1907, Fairfield Porter was of the same generation of the New York School of Abstract Expressionists. He was born into a wealthy family with an architect father and college-educated mother. His introduction to art began at an early age through visits to the Art Institute of Chicago and the first of many trips to Europe at 15 years old. In his childhood his father built a family summer home on an island in Penobscot Bay, Maine that Porter would return to for the rest of his life. This family home would become the setting of many of his works.
Porter was an intelligent youth; he graduated early from high school and was accepted into Harvard at age 16. There, he studied art theory with Arthur Pope and philosophy with Alfred North Whitehead. Upon graduation in 1928, Porter listed his future profession as "Painter." He moved to New York to begin his studio training at the Art Students League under Thomas Hart Benton and Boardman Robinson. Unhappy with the lack of individualism taught at the school, Porter decided that he would have to teach himself how to paint and spent time traveling throughout Europe and living in Italy, copying masterpieces. His progress was slow, however, and he did not come into his mature style until 1949.
Two of Porter's most profound influences were his visit to an exhibition of Edouard Vuillard and Pierre Bonnard at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1938, and his meeting and subsequent friendship with Willem de Kooning in 1939. In describing his awe of Vuillard's works, Porter wrote, "what he's doing seems ordinary, but the extraordinary is everywhere."[5] Seeing Vuillard's ability to paint realistically yet still create a singular experience, to paint things familiar to him but to let the painting speak for itself, gave Porter the confidence he needed to pursue his own style. In Bonnard he found form to be "more complete and thorough than any abstract painter's."[6] Porter respected de Kooning's unique style and found in him the mentor he had been lacking at the Art Students League. De Kooning shared his methodology with Porter, further emphasizing that a successful painting should be objective, and that the artist must be open to the spontaneity and discovery inherent in the painting process.
The final steps toward Porter's mature style came in the late 1940s. In 1945, he took a painting class at Parsons with former Louvre restorer Jacques Maroger. Maroger taught his students to mix a specific type of oil medium which kept the paint fluid and flexible and allowed work to be changed with ease and rapidness. This medium fit perfectly with his new concept of finding—rather than creating—form in painting, and he adopted it for the rest of his life. In 1949, he settled with his family in Southampton, New York, where he lived and worked until his death. Living in close proximity to the de Koonings and other East End artists, and surrounded by the bright light that was often absent in the city, propelled him into his best years of painting. He enjoyed consistent improvement and success until the end of his life.
Porter's style was his own and he did not belong to any single artistic movement. He was a firm believer in art for art's (and not ideology's) sake.[7] Philosophically, he related to the Abstract Expressionists' ideas about the physical qualities of paint on the surface of the canvas. He was extremely interested in the physical experiences of both the artist during creation and the viewer during interaction with the painting.[8] In subject matter, however, his figures and landscapes reflected the realists of the 1930s. In a 1966 essay titled "Art and Knowledge," Porter explains his unique marriage of realism and abstraction: "The realist thinks he knows ahead of time what reality is, and the abstract artist what art is, but it is in its formality that realist art excels, and the best abstract art communicates an overwhelming sense of reality."[9] Furthermore, he also had strong Impressionist sensibilities, including, his focus on capturing light, and his intimate scenes of interiors and family members in everyday activities. Porter painted the spacious living room of his Maine home numerous times, as well as repetitions of landscapes and seascapes in both Maine and Southampton, yet each was a different study in light and captured a specific time of day. Regardless of whether he set out to create a landscape, still life, or portrait, Porter remained objective in his work, always aiming to let the paint and the painting speak for itself.
In 1939, Porter began participating in group shows at the Art Institute of Chicago, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and Artists' Union Chicago. His major introduction, however, came with a solo show at Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York in 1952. Between 1959 and 1968 he exhibited in six Whitney Museum of American Art annuals, and in 1968 was chosen to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale. His first retrospective exhibition was in 1966 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Concurrent with his painting career, Porter was a successful writer. He regularly contributed to ARTnews and The Nation. In 1952, he became an editorial associate for ARTnews and later published a monograph on the American realist painter Thomas Eakins. He lectured at Maryland Institute College of Art, Queens College, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Southampton College of Long Island University, and Yale University. His paintings are currently held in numerous prestigious collections, including, the Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Parrish Art Museum, and Smithsonian American Art Museum.
1907 Born June 10 in Winnetka, Illinois
1919 Traveled to Canada with his family
1921 The entire Porter family took a trip to Europe
1923 Graduated from New Trier Township High School
1924–28 Studied at and graduated from Harvard University
1927 Returned to Europe during the summer; Porter took a walking tour of France, and then went on to Moscow, Russia, where he attended a lecture given by Trotsky
1928 After graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Science, Porter moved to New York, where he met Alfred Stieglitz
1928–30 Attended the Art Students league, worked with Thomas Hart Benton and Board Robinson
1931–32 Traveled to Italy, settling in Florence until January 1932
1932 In January, Porter visited Berlin, Munich, and Dresden
During the Spring, he traveled to Barcelona, Paris, and London
In September, he married Anne Channing and settled in New York
Enrolled in anatomy classes at Cornell University School of Medicine
1933 Joined Rebel Arts, a socialist art group
1935 Began writing critical articles for Arise, a socialist magazine
1936 After the death of his grandmother Porter returned to Hubbard Woods, moving in next door to his parents.
1938 Joined the Chicago Society of Artists
1939 Moved to Peekskill, New York
First one-man exhibition at North Shore Art Center in Winnetka, Illinois
1942 Enrolled in mechanical drawing classes at the Delehanty Institute
Hired as a draughtsman at Walter Dorwin Teague
Enrolled in night classes at Parsons School of Design
1951 Accepted the position of Associated Editor of ARTNews
1959 Wrote art criticism for The Nation
1966 Retrospective held at Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Began teaching painting at Southampton College
1968 Exhibited in the United States Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
1969 Received honorary degree from Colby College
1970 Received honorary degree from Maryland Institute, MD
1975 Passed away on September 18 in Southampton, NY
Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina, NC
Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, MO
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Art Students League, NY
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MA
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, ME
Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY
Chase Manhattan Corporation, NY
Chesebrough-Pond's USA, CT
Christian A. Johnson Memorial Museum, Middlebury College VT
Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences, WEST VIRGINIA
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
Colby College Museum of Art, ME
Columbia Museum of Art, SC
Commerce Bancshares, Inc., MO
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Corporate Art Collection, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., NY
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, AK
Currier Gallery of Art, NH
Exxon Corporation, NJ
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, NY
Guild Hall Museum, NY
Hallmark Fine Art Collections, MO
Hammer Museum, CA
Harvard University Art Museums, MA
Heckscher Museum of Art, NY
Henry Art Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Washington, WA
Heublein, Inc, CT
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C.
Honolulu Academy of Arts, HI
Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
Katonah Gallery, NY
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, MO
Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, MI
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, MS
Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages, NY
Maier Museum of Art at Randolph-Macon Woman's College, VA
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, MA
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, AL
Museum of Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, PA
Museum of Modern Art, NY
National Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, MO
New Britain Museum of American Art, CT
Parrish Art Museum, NY
Princeton University Art Museum, NJ
Prudential Insurance Company of America, NJ
Queens College Art Collection, NY
Rose Art Museum, MA
San Antonio Museum, TX
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, NE
Sheldon Swope Art Museum, IN
Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, IL
Smith College Museum of Art, MA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Tampa Museum of Art, FL
The Dayton Art Institute, OH
The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, NY
The Farnsworth Art Museum, ME
The Flint Institute of Arts, MI
The New Jersey State Museum, NJ
The Newark Museum, NJ
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
The Portland Art Museum, OR
The Portland Museum of Art, ME
The Saint Louis Art Museum, MO
The Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, IN
The Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, KA
The Toledo Museum of Art, OH
The University of New Mexico Art Museum, NM
The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, CT
UMB Financial Corporation, MO
Uniontown Public Library, PA
University of Iowa Museum of Art, IA
University of Nebraska, NE
Wadsworth Athenaeum, CT
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC
Whitney Museum of Art, NY
Wichita Art Museum, KS
Yale University Art Gallery, CT
IV. Exhibitions (+ indicates solo exhibition)
1934, 1962, 1966 PAFA Ann.
1935–39 Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1939 North Shore Art Center, IL
Artists' Union, IL
1951 +Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NY
1959–67 Whitney Museum of American Art (6 biennials)
1963 +University of Alabama, AL
1964 University of Ala.
University of Southern Illinois
1965 +Reed College, OR
1966 Purdue University, IN (purchase prize)
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH retrospective
1967 Cleveland Museum of Art
+Trinity College, CT
+Kent State University, OH
+Swarthmore College, PA
1968 United States Pavilion, Venice Biennale
1969 Colby Collection, ME Photographs by Eliot Porter, Paintings by Fairfield Porter
+Gross-McCleaf Gallery, PA
1970s M. Knoedler & Co., NYC
1971 +Parrish Art Museum, NY
1972 +Hirschl and Adler Galleries, NY
+Maryland Institute, MD
1973 +Harbor Gallery, NY
Randolph Macon Women's College, VA
Dayton Art Institute, OH
Harkus-Krakow Gallery, MA
1974 +Hirschl and Adler Galleries, NY retrospective
Kalamazoo Institute of Art, MI
Country Art Gallery, NY
Heckscher Museum, NY retrospective
1975 +University of Connecticut, CT
Carlton Gallery, NY
Ingber Gallery, NY
+Brooke Alexander Gallery, NY
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC America 1976
Artist's Choice Museum, NY
+Colby College Art Museum, ME
+Alpha Gallery, MA
+Harbor Gallery, NY
1978 +Esther Robles Gallery, CA
+Gross McCleaf Gallery, PA
1979 +Hirschl & Adler Galleries, NY
Barridof Galleries, ME
Gross McCleaf Gallery, PA
Hull Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Mickelson Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1980 The Parrish Art Museum, NY
The Chrysler Museum, VA
Suzanne Hilberry Gallery, MI
Art Students League, 1928
International association of Art Critics
1. Rackstraw Downes, "Fairfield Porter: The Thought behind the Painting," in Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels, Joan Ludman (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2001), 14.
2. "The Fairfield Porter Collection and Archives," Parrish Art Museum, accessed January 5, 2012, http://www.parrishart.org/parrish.asp?id=130.
3. William C. Agee, "Fairfield Porter: An American Painter 'Dense with Experience,'" in Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels, Joan Ludman (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2001), 22.
4. Downes, 14.
5. Agee, 25.
8. Justin Spring, Fairfield Porter: A Life in Art (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000), x.
Fairfield Porter papers, 1888–2001 (bulk 1924-1975). Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/fairfield-porter-papers-8946.
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