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NASA attaches Helicopter to Perseverance Rover in preparation for July mission
by Evelyn Arevalo April 21, 2020
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NASA's next mission to the Red Planet will launch the first Mars Helicopter in July. Scientists and engineers have been developing the spacecraft since 2016. The Mars Helicopter was tested one last time as teams attached the helicopter to the Perseverance rover this week. It is a new experimental technology, NASA will assess if it will be capable of safely flying through the rough Martian environment. The Mars Helicopter will help the Perseverance rover search for locations to study; it is solar-powered, equipped to provide overhead images with ten times higher resolution of orbital images. Aerial exploration of Mars will provide more data to map the planet's surface and plan astronauts' future travel routes. It carries no scientific instruments, only cameras. Perseverance will carry seven scientific instruments to analyze terrain. It also features 23 cameras and two microphones. The microphones will be used upon landing, also while collecting samples. Its initial mission will be to explore a crater called, Jezero.
Working to send a robot to Mars has been challenging for my team in the time of #COVID19. By pushing forward, together, they're finding a path to get me to the launchpad come July. https://t.co/XFZOHnoxb0 pic.twitter.com/sZUmi4B6TG
— NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) April 21, 2020
The majority of the Mars team is currently working from home amid the coronavirus pandemic. The agency is striving to have the rover and helicopter ready in 87 days. "Based at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the project has transitioned 90% of the team to telework. In this new mode, the team has continued to mature its software, mission planning and operations procedures, and systems engineering readiness for launch. Like many Americans, they are persevering from home." The agency wrote in a statement:
"The mission has not paused because Mars won't, either. Owing to planetary alignment, the only time to launch a large payload to Earth's second-closest planetary neighbor occurs just three weeks out of every 26 months. If Perseverance doesn't make it off the launch pad before the end of this launch opportunity, the project will have to wait until September 2022 to try again. Perseverance is the only NASA mission in the next several months with such an orbital constraint. The women and men of Perseverance will tell you that their efforts pale in comparison to the inspiring work being performed by our frontline healthcare workers and first responders fighting COVID-19 across the globe. Like all of us, they worry about their families and communities."
It's all in the details. To keep me on track for a safe flight and landing on Mars, my team carefully measured and balanced out my weight distribution. Check out what it takes to get it right as we move persistently toward launch. Just 87 days to go: https://t.co/EWmkeM3yMY pic.twitter.com/Bt1WL8OBA8
The Perseverance Rover and Mars Helicopter are currently undergoing final prelaunch preparations at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. NASA states, about 80 "mission-critical team members" are working on-site operations, and are wearing personal protective equipment. "These are people with a very special skillset — they know how to put all the pieces together," said JPL's Matt Wallace, deputy project manager for Perseverance. "While this team has done a remarkable job in a very difficult time for our nation and the world, we would not have been able to continue through this global emergency without the support of colleagues across the agency."
Last weekend, Perseverance's descent stage was filled with propellant before the helicopter integration. The descent stage is a spacecraft that works like a crane to lower Perseverance onto the Martian soil with cables, as it conducts a landing. "The last hundred days before any Mars launch is chock-full of significant milestones," David Gruel, the Mars 2020 [Perseverance Rover] assembly, test and launch operations manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said in a statement. "Fueling the descent stage is a big step," Gruel added. "While we will continue to test and evaluate its performance as we move forward with launch preparations, it is now ready to fulfill its mission of placing Perseverance on the surface on Mars." NASA announced yesterday, Perseverance will launch sometime between July 17 and August 5. The time frame will enable it to land on Mars' Jezero Crater by February 18, 2021.
Evelyn Arevalo
SpaceX Boca Chica correspondent. Writer specialized in spaceflight and space exploration. Rocket connoisseur.
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Announcing: Strings Students France Trip 2019
La Madeleine, where the concert will be on April 23, 2019.
Brooklyn Music School (BMS) will be performing in Paris on April 23 at the Parish of La Madeleine at 4 pm, and on April 24 at the Town Hall of the 5th Arrondissement at 5pm. In preparation for the trip, BMS will be holding a concert on April 13 at the Brooklyn Music School as a chance for the students to perform their repertoire for the BMS community, and as a fundraiser to cover some of the costs of the upcoming trip.
Exchange Concert with Ecold d'Art Musical on the BMS Theater Stage in April 2018.
Following a successful concert with students from the acclaimed Ecole d'Art Musical - a Suzuki Strings School in Paris, France, in April 2018, BMS will be sending students to Paris for a series of concerts during Spring Break in April.
"BMS has had a tradition of presenting students abroad during the 1950s and 1960s," says Piruz Partow, BMS Executive Director, "and our trip to Belgium in 2015 really ignited our school and community. Our string program is the strongest that it's ever been thanks to Michael Vanonni and I am proud that he and his students will represent the school, the borough, the city, state, and our country."
Throughout the years, the Brooklyn Music School has participated in several musical exchanges with schools in Europe, including music schools in Belgium and France. Part of the Mission of BMS is to create unique and memorable performance opportunities for our students, and opportunities such as traveling abroad to perform are special, life-changing experiences where our students have the opportunity to forge new friendships and broaden their horizons, which is especially relevant for the inner city population that attends BMS.
The strings department in the Brooklyn Music School has grown significantly over the past few years under the leadership of Michael Vanonni, BMS Strings Department Chair. What started as a small chamber orchestra has blossomed into a full youth orchestra and two adult orchestras.
When asked about how the preparations are going for the trip, Michael Vannoni, Strings Department Chair, said, "The students are working very hard to prepare and you can tangibly feel the excitement growing as the date of the trip gets closer. We had a very successful exchange concert with the Ecole d'Art Musical last year, and we are delighted to have the chance to visit them in their hometown and perform together again in Paris."
BMS students and students from Ecole d'Art Musical will be performing in two exceptional venues in Paris including, the Parish of La Madeleine, whose history dates back to the 13th century, and the Town Hall of the 5th Arrondissement, also known as Panthéon. It is one of the central arrondissements of the capital and is notable for being the location of the Latin Quarter, a district dominated by universities, colleges, and prestigious high schools since the 12th century when the Sorbonne University was created. The 5th arrondissement is also one of the oldest districts of the city, dating back to ancient times.
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What you must know is that the residential electrician is one person who is specializing in those machines, equipment and buildings. Since the electrical equipment is definitely dangerous and sensitive, then such residential electricians are often needed for those emergencies as well as to address the electrical problems too. You can surely rely on the electricians to work on the commercial jobs, the residential projects as well as those private electrician jobs.
Those residential jobs can involve work like fitting the home for such electrical wiring as well as investigating and repairing of such electrical issues at home. Such commercial electrical work can also include fitting those buildings for the electrical wiring and doing the electrical work for huge corporations and working on the ships or the planes. Such electrician may also do various electrical jobs or they may choose to specialize certain areas of such electrical management. For example, some of those electricians would work in installation as well as repair of electrical infrastructures such as the lines and generators. The other electricians would actually specialize in the electrical wiring of the airplanes, the ships, automobiles or other places. Such electricians are quite important component of the present workforce since there are a lot of businesses out there and residential homes and various daily activities which are depending on electricity.
The two really common types of electricians are actually the residential electricians as well as the commercial electricians. There are those who are going to choose to specialize in only one area but there are so many of those who would are trained in dealing with a lot of jobs in the commercial or the residential areas.
Those residential electricians should have license and training prior to being able to work on such residential assignments all by themselves. The duties of those residential electricians are different. The homeowners can certainly call for everything such as an outlet repair in their house or to a total rewiring. You can definitely rely on those residential electricians for repairs, upgrades and also for installations.
Know that upgrading is really a big aspect in their daily work. Upgrading in such residential setting would basically involve changing that electrical infrastructure of the house so that this can accommodate the needs of the homeowner. This would involve installing such new outlets or wiring such high voltage outlets so the home owner may relocate the big appliances or run wire behind those walls for setting up the home theater appliances.
Moreover, the residential electrician would also deal with the repairs of electrical wiring. Some electricians would work primarily in the repairs though every electrician should have at least a basic knowledge of problem troubleshooting.


The Fracture table was designed as an experiment in both form and structure. The table is constructed entirely of uniform lengths of steel rod which has then been welded together in an entirely random pattern. In maximizing the spacing between the metal elements an efficient structure is created which is both lightweight and strong.


It's been an exciting 30 days, but I'm happy to report I have yet another NaNo win under my belt. I admit that there were days when I had serious doubts about finishing, but I was blessed with some hefty word counts towards the end there.
But winning NaNo did not come without a price. Save for my daily babysitting, I became a virtual hermit for the last couple of weeks of November. And I missed my sister's birthday (sorry sis! There'll be a little something extra in your Christmas parcel). And suddenly it's December and I'm totally unprepared for Christmas.
One of the biggies was that we got a new (to us) car. The old car had a few problems - okay, a lot of problems, one of which was how it would shudder when you came to a stop and often times stalled - but we were hoping it would last at least until the spring. So we took it into the car place and they had a look to see what needed to be fixed immediately and what could wait. AND they finally identified the shuddering/stalling problem.
The problem was, it was going to cost more to fix everything than the car was worth. So in less time than it takes for you to say "It's going to cost how much?" we found ourselves the proud owners of a 2012 GMC Terrain. It has six cylinders, low mileage, and is fully loaded. And I mean fully. You need to take a course to operate this thing properly.
You can control the volume of the radio - and change stations - from the steering wheel. It has heated seats; a remote starter; memory settings for the driver's seat. The guy at the car dealership even synced my phone to it - if I want make a call while I'm driving I just press the phone button on the steering wheel and I can call using a voice command. But best of all, it has electronic windows that work! I don't have to get out of the car to get the ticket in parking lots. I can go through drive-thrus now! It's awesome.
We also bought a car seat for it so now the grandbaby and I get to go on road trips. Mostly to Walmart and the Dollarama, but we've also started going to a drop-in play group. Good times are had by all.
The other big thing that happened was the hubby gave me a surprise early Christmas present - tickets for us to see Loreena McKennitt at Massey Hall in Toronto. It was an awesome evening.
Unfortunately, the brownie points hubby earned from that were short-lived. It was after this that he decided to use an electric sander on the walls of the bathroom. To be fair, had he continued to do it by hand he'd probably still be sanding, but still ... even with the door closed we have drywall dust everywhere.
For those of you unfamiliar with the dry wall dust phenomena, let me explain. Imagine, if you will, powerful fans blowing throughout your house. Now imagine someone emptying a bag of flour in front of those fans. I think you get the idea.
One of the worst hit rooms with the dust was my office, which is almost right across the hall from the bathroom. Since the danger of more dust is now past, I started the cleanup in there today. I managed to clean the curtains, window, window wall, the top of my bank of three bookcases, and the top shelf of said bookcases. That was it. Have I mentioned I have a lot of knick knacks on those bookcases?
I'm thinking this is a job that can wait until I get some time off between Christmas and New Year's.


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Three things website owners want? Traffic, traffic , and traffic. Thousands of internet marketers and entrepreneurs have been struggling every single day to boost the traffic, which becomes the conversion. Traffic tool has no longer been a fresh idea, yet their performance is highly questionable. Social Traffic Jacker; however, seems to redefine the standard of a traffic generator. This Social Traffic Jacker Review will thus provide an honest evaluation of this software's worth.
Social Traffic Jacker is really a web site tool that automates targeted prospects campaigns. Also it'll be just like any other traffic tool if it does not need this premium feature. It allows for ever-green traffic generation, which set the campaigns running forever on user's requirement.
This software focuses on generating such traffic which could turn into the high-value conversion. In other words, its purpose is always to optimize any traffic effort and offer massive exposure for any online business. This Social Traffic Jacker Review will later specify just what it is capable of.
What Is Social Traffic Jacker?
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Which Type OF CTA's Could Be Used?
How Can It Be Used To Build Business Growth?
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Together with CTAs for split testing, users can set their effort in just a matter of minutes. More importantly, Social Traffic Jacker utilizes the authentic statistics to analyze and tweak the campaign. It offers a bird-eye perspective of how the effort is currently going on.
As this Social Traffic Jacker Review already stated this software is an internet traffic tool which set the traffic campaigns on autopilot. It keeps the traffic stream flowing permanently, reducing manual participation in to the technical process.
In reality, Social Traffic Jacker does not restrict to any marketing niche or some other advertising purpose. It may be a marketer, a business owner, a website developer, or even anybody who wants a boost in traffic. As long as there is definitely an interest in enhancing the traffic and improving the website performance, there is a need for using this software.
Social Traffic Jacker is just a straightforward and cost-effective application for traffic generation. It is thus especially suitable for those who do not wish to join up with any technical procedure. It's fair this application significantly saves time and effort.
What I like the most about this traffic tool is the fact that it provides a long-term price of this traffic. It keeps the traffic flowing 100% automatically, relieving most of the stress and frustration once otherwise getting the traffic.
1 thing which I actually don't enjoy about this software? It's probably the price increase after seven days from the launch day. Andrew will give you just a limited amount of early bird discounts for those who simply take fast action.


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Q: React particles not interacting on hover after adding an image in background? I have the normal react particle code which works fine but after adding an image to the background the particles are not interacting on hover anymore. Image is in y.js file which is loaded in x.js file where react particles code exists
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The Human Share. By John R. Gillis. Chicago, Illinois: University Press of Chicago, 235p. $27.50 paperback. ISSN 0749-0208.
The Human Shore is a history of human use and occupation of seacoasts with special emphasis on Europe and NE United States. Written by an acclaimed historian and professor emeritus, this book traces Homo sapiens from Eden to high-rise condominiums built at the water's edge. I learned quite a bit from reading this book and recommend it to anyone who is interested in the evolution of our relationship with seacoasts.
The Human Shore consists of six chapters and concluding comments about how to live with coasts. I found the early chapters more difficult to navigate and the latter chapters easier to read and more suited to my interest. Gillis makes the point that the sea has long been considered an alien and dangerous environment in western culture with Noah's flood being a prime example. Our descendants migrated from the interior of Africa (the landlocked Garden of Eden) and left that continent 50,000 years ago. A major turning point in the development of Homo sapiens was reaching the seacoasts where the availability of salt-water shellfish and fish containing fatty acids led to large brain development. The coast is also where the weather was warmer and food sources more abundant in temperate climates. In addition, the coast was the staging point for exploration and settlement of the rest of the world. Seventy percent of the earth is covered by oceans, and today 80% of the population lives in coastal areas and 90% of commerce is accomplished by ships.
Ancient mariners paddled or sailed the Mediterranean sea, which is more like a lake than an ocean compared to the Atlantic and the Pacific—the largest of the great oceans. In Greek times there were vigorous trading networks in the Mediterranean wherein land was often in sight. Most navigators stayed close to shore as the sea was considered a dangerous place. Legends of mermaids and sirens date back at least 5000 years to Babylonian mythology. Belief in mermaids reached a crescendo in the late 18th century as what had been considered sirens were actually the Atlantic manatee and the Pacific dugong.
Coastal civilizations that predate Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids were found in the Scottish Orkney Islands along the North Sea. An intact Stone Age Village in Skara Brae was a fully developed community five millennia ago; houses had stone furniture and drains to remove human waste. The Romans built a number of fortress cities, including Dunwich on the English cliffs of the North Sea. It is said that seven churches disappeared in seven centuries as erosion toppled sediments and structures along this high-energy seacoast. Today Dunwich is less than half its original size and only occupied by a few hundred people.
Another story of coastal change recounted in this book involves the most northern point of Denmark where the resort town of Skagen is located. The tower of a church built in 1400 was unexpectedly exposed in recent years. The Buried Church was abandoned in 1591 when deforestation and overgrazing caused massive dune migration, and old Skagen was flooded with sand. Similar problems occurred at Provincetown, Massachusetts, in the 1700s when their school house was buried by a migrating sand dune primarily attributable to overgrazing by farm animals, especially sheep and goats, in the Provincelands—the first common lands in the United States.
People who lived on the edge of the sea in Europe were largely uncontrolled and untaxed, and there was free movement of trade and peoples without government interference. This mentality of coastal peoples, especially on islands, continued into recent history with the Florida Keys still being called the Conch Republic by some locals. Rum smuggling was considered ordinary commerce, and goods were often not taxed until the 1950s. It has been difficult to rein in the free spirit of coastal dwellers. Even today, there are small islands in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, where people drive cars without license plates or insurance because the arrival of the state police by boat is well known and cars are then parked.
Historically, poorer people have concentrated in coastal areas. Peasants learned to fish as the seas were rich and the land poor. Shipwrecks and beached whales were considered a blessing, and later whaling became a way of life for many New Englanders at seaports such as Nantucket and Provincetown. Farmers shunned barrier beaches as the soil was sandy and infertile. About half of Delaware's oceanic coastline is state parks because no one in the 1930s wanted to pay the taxes for land that could not grow potatoes and hence was considered virtually worthless. Today, North Bethany Beach in Delaware is called the quiet Gold Coast with beachfront houses costing more than a million dollars.
Gillis points out that when the English settled New Jersey in the 17th century, they completely ignored the beaches, which now define the state and compose its most prized real estate. Coastal people knew about the big waves and surge produced by storms and built their houses far back from the sea. The original villages along the Outer Banks of North Carolina, such as Salvo and Rodanthe, were built on the sound side of the island. It was not until after World War II that beachfront development became popular, first with the construction of beach shacks and later mansions along the shore.
The noted writer Henry Thoreau left Walden Pond and made two trips to Cape Cod. He walked along the shore from which he made all his observations, making him America's pioneer beachcomber. On Outer Cape Cod, he encountered high sea cliffs wherein a large slab of claylike sediment collapsed near the Highlands Lighthouse during a fierce coastal storm. This lighthouse was moved inland in the mid-1990s to save it from toppling over the edge because of progressive erosion. The community of Wellfleet-by-the-Sea is sometimes called Wellfleet-in-the-Sea as many houses and coastal roads have disappeared in historical times. The sediments left by the last glaciers some 15,000 years ago to form this spectacular foreland continue to erode on both sides. Cape Cod is literally shrinking.
Once scorned as a place to live, coasts took on a new identity by the end of the 19th century. In fact, Gillis aptly states that coasts had come to define America as the land "from sea to shining sea." Mariners were harbingers of new trends in dress and speech with their houses adorned with exotic items from distant shores.
The earliest beachfront developments occurred along Coney Island, New York, and the New Jersey shore for city people trying to escape for pleasures of the beach and therapeutic reasons. Philadelphia in the summer was unbearable as the coal-cooking stoves produced considerable soot in the air. Because of thermal inversion, polluted air in the city was trapped close to the ground; it was said that the sky was dark even on a sunny day. The New Jersey shore air was clean and clear because of daily sea breezes. Cities on the beach arose with names like Atlantic City and Ocean City along the Jersey shore. Wooden boardwalks were constructed to promote coastal tourism, which, according to Gillis, also served the purpose of keeping nature literally at bay. Bathing costumes kept people fully clothed, and swimming in the ocean was not common in these early days. The sexuality of the beach did not fully develop until later times when bikinis became popular.
In seamen's jargon, being on the beach once meant being unemployed and destitute, which is far from the appeal of the three S's—sun, sea, and sand. The word "vacation" originally meant an involuntary suspension or loss of work. After World War II, working class people had more leisure time and money, and new roads and bridges opened up the oceanic seashore, making beach vacations the primary summertime activity for Americans. Swimming came late to the beach, and surfing only gained popularity in the 1960s, brought to the mainland from Hawaii. Now it is common to build houses as close to the shore as possible. Once the least populated area in America, the coast is now one of the most densely populated areas. The majority of the 18 million Floridians live along the coast with coastal real estate valued in the trillions of dollars.
Beaches are always changing, but newcomers to the coast seem to believe that all land is permanent and all borders (e.g., lot boundaries) fixed. Intensive beachfront development has occurred along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts in the last half century. At Ocean City, Maryland, the protective sand dunes were bulldozed in the 1970s to allow construction closer to the sea and to better sell the first-floor condominiums whose view of the beach was blocked. Inlets were stabilized with rock jetties to allow fishing and pleasure boats easy access from the bay to the ocean. These massive shore-perpendicular coastal engineering structures also promoted wholesale beach erosion that extended miles downdrift. For instance, construction of the mile-long jetties in the 1900s at the entrance to Charleston harbor in South Carolina resulted in rapid erosion of Morris Island to the south so that the lighthouse now stands in the Atlantic Ocean more than 460 m offshore.
Bulkheads and seawalls were constructed by individuals and towns, respectively, to prevent beach erosion that threatened the buildings and infrastructure. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers played a major role in construction of hard structures on the shore, which were later shown to have mixed results—often promoting stability or accretion in one section of the shore and accelerated erosion elsewhere. The placement of groins is akin to "robbing Peter to pay Paul" because no new sand is created; that is, the sand is simply redistributed along the shore. In the last three decades, beach nourishment has become the predominant means of dealing with erosion problems.
John Gillis did an excellent job of portraying the people's evolving relationship with the shore and their eventual love affair with beaches, which was the last part of the shore to be settled. While his history is sound, the coastal science is not exact. For instance, he implies on p. 173 that damming of rivers causes beach erosion universally. While it is a problem along the California coast, dams are rarely an erosion factor along the U.S. East and Gulf barrier island coasts. Here the sediments are naturally deposited and trapped in bays and estuaries so that sand and other coarse-grained material never reaches the outer coast.
Gillis also states that it is well known that "restored beaches are twice as likely to erode as those that are left alone" (p. 173). Therefore, it follows that nourished beaches are doomed. Actually, the sand obtained from offshore is usually coarser than the native sand and hence less erodible. Material is pumped ashore and piled up on the dry beach where it is sculpted by bulldozers. It must be understood that beaches are like icebergs in that 90% of their extent is under water, and an equilibrium profile (e.g., a particular slope) is maintained in response to different wave energies and sand size. Therefore, sand pumped only onto the dry beach will be spread by the waves and currents to a considerable distance offshore, which appears to the casual observer as accelerated beach erosion. The real question involving beach nourishment is the issue of who profits and who pays because the lion's share of the cost of restoring beaches is borne by the American taxpayers as a whole, most all of who will never visit those beaches.
The Hawaiian kings and queens understood that the higher energy waves of the winter coastal storms caused beach erosion, moving sand from the beach berm to the near-to-shore sand bars. This presented a problem to the descendants of the seafaring Polynesians because beaches were primarily used for launching their fishing boats and canoes. The royal families would "magically" make the beaches return each summer where they were merely thin veneers of sand above volcanic rock. This is one reason that the common people bowed to the kings and queens: The people did not understand the natural rhythm of beaches, the widening and eroding in response to seasonal changes in wave energy.
The concluding chapter in The Human Shore presents an overview of the beach erosion problem but does not provide scientific clarity. Living with coasts requires an understanding of coastal processes, which involves coastal storms, especially hurricanes in the SE United States, waves and currents, and long-term changes in sea level.
The human wave continues to roll seaward, requiring more coastal construction. Poorly constructed buildings can be overpowered during major events, as Super Storm Sandy graphically illustrated in northern New Jersey. Wooden houses built at ground level were easily swept away by the large waves riding on a 3–4-m storm surge. If Sandy had made landfall in South Florida, it would have largely been a nonevent because most houses are well fortified against hurricane-force winds and are elevated above the surge level. In addition, the storm surge would have been much lower because the shoreline is relatively straight in contrast to the juncture of the New York and New Jersey seacoasts, which form a funnel so that water is bunched up and rises higher, just like the normal tide entering the Bay of Fundy in Canada increases several fold as it travels upstream. As shown in the previous example, beaches are not as simple as some people seem to think, and clearly all beaches are not alike, as tacitly assumed by the author.


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dis/appear: Blurring Image between Cultural Hierarchy and Reality, No. 2
Taweesak Molsawat, dis/appear: Blurring Image between Cultural Hierarchy and Reality No. 2, 2014, coloured ice, magnet, transparent acrylic, artist's body, feeling and memory
1-6 September
Tue-Sun 12.30-2pm & 5-6.30pm
Thai artist Taweesak Molsawat's work raises questions of jewellery as a cultural, social and commercial constructed signifier in today's society. The artist aims to investigate and explore the new conceptual approaches regarding functions, roles and definitions of jewellery related to the human body. This performance acts as a catalyst in the paradoxical and ambiguous world of visual and conceptual jewellery. It seeks to question and provoke new endless interpretations of jewellery through the disappearance of physical forms, and the appearance of wearing memory as jewellery.
Artist Taweesak Molsawat
Taweesak Molsawat is an artist and instructor of Jewelry Design Department, Silpakorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Mr. Molsawat's work has been featured internationally including Unexpected Pleasures: The Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery, England and Australia; COLLECT Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, England; SOFA Chicago, USA. Additionally, his work is in private and corporate collections as well as major various publications.
Mr. Taweesak has received numerous awards and honors, including Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award, The Edges of Grace: Provocative, Uncommon Craft, San Diego State University, USA; SNAG Cultural Diversity Award, Society of North America Goldsmith, USA.


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An 'evergreen' threat returns
Like a painful rash that keeps returning, the idea of "evergreen contracts" is back before the Rhode Island General Assembly. Year after year, union leaders who want even more taxpayer money revive this campaign.
Under this special-interest measure, police, fire and teacher contracts would remain in effect indefinitely after they have expired. The idea is to weaken the bargaining position of local cities and towns and pry more money out of the taxpayers, already burdened with some of America's most crushing property taxes.
"You knew what to do last year. Do it again,″ the lead sponsor, Rep. Camille Vella-Wilkinson, D-Warwick, instructed the House Labor Committee this month.
Recognizing that these unions hold great power and can sway elections, legislators indeed "knew what to do" in 2017 when issued similar orders. They passed the legislation. That put Rhode Island taxpayers on a white-knuckled flight through the end of the legislative session.
Fortunately, Gov. Gina Raimondo, a Democrat, stood with the people and bravely vetoed the measure, which was not overridden.
Would she do the same this year — under the pressures of winning reelection? Her press spokesmen say yes. Let us hope it does not get that far.
Last year, seven of the state's top local officials — Lincoln town administrator T. Joseph Almond and mayors Scott Avedisian of Warwick, Allan Fung of Cranston, Donald Grebien of Pawtucket, Charles Lombardi of North Providence, William Murray of Cumberland, and Joseph Polisena of Johnston — spelled out the dangers of evergreen contracts.
Such a law would "lead to greater costs to local government and higher property taxes for our residents," they warned. It is easy to understand why. The expiration of contracts "motivates us all to come together and resolve our issues," the leaders wrote.
"Employees would have no incentive to make concessions on wages, health care or work conditions. Our cities and towns have all experienced rising health-care costs in recent years. If perpetual contracts were in place, what motivation would employees have to absorb any of those cost increases — particularly if the previous contract limited their premium co-shares to a fixed dollar amount? The perpetual contracts bill would tie local officials' hands and limit our ability to control the costs of government."
In addition, local leaders would lose their ability to make government more efficient, stretching taxpayer dollars further. "Perpetual contracts would force cities and towns to preserve outdated contract provisions that prevent the use of modern technology, more efficient staffing levels, or best practices from other municipalities," they warned.
This is not theoretical. In New York, evergreen contracts dissuaded unions from coming to the table or making concessions. "That led municipalities to cut services and to raise taxes," said Brian Daniels, execute director of the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns.
The unions have complained they were burned in the past when contracts expired and communities made unilateral changes. In most cases, though, communities have simply continued the old contracts. But the end of the contract has provided an incentive to negotiate.
Clearly, Rhode Island's uncompetitive taxes and poor business climate have badly damaged the state. It cannot afford that approach much longer. If the state is to have anything but a bleak future, the legislature will have to stop giving away the store to special interests.


Why is it O.K. for Facebook to force users to watch ads?
Facebook announced recently that it's forcing users to watch ads even if they have ad-blockers installed in their web browsers by disabling the blocking.
The social media giant is stirring controversy by saying that it will serve ads to Facebook.com users with ad-blockers turned on. It's estimated that about 20% of U.S. web browser users have added an ad-blocker to their browsers. That's starting to look like a lot of lost revenue.
Even with this recent announcement, there is some Facebook advertising technology people can– and still should– block, which Facebook can't really do anything about. The heart of what is concerning about the data that Facebook is secretly gathering about our browsing behavior is extremely confusing. It is hidden in the differences between a bunch of overly-complicated advertising technologies and terms like first-party, third-party, tracking, re-targeting, fingerprinting, etc.
Tracker blockers (like Ghostery and Blur) are designed to try and block third-party tracking (though they also end up blocking ads). It's not even close to perfect, but the tracker blocker ideal is sites like Facebook could advertise their own ad inventory when you are on Facebook.com but not collect and use data about your web browsing history collected about you when you visit other sites. (e.g. hidden tracking companies following you around from site to site).
At Abine, we agree that Facebook, using its own information and ad inventory, has every right to target you and every right to evade consumers ad-blocking technologies when on Facebook.com.
Using an ad-blocker or tracker blocker will stop Facebook from tracking you across other web sites, and make it harder for them to work with the third party advertising technologies collecting data about people in secret about their web browsing.
Abine's Blur, designed to add better protection for Passwords, Payments, and Privacy to all popular web browsers, actively blocks trackers (and some tracker-based ads) as part of protecting people's privacy.


In "Raincouver," April showers don't always bring May flowers. However, wet weather represents a golden opportunity to find solitude in the rainforests around Vancouver. Why not don waterproof-breathable gear and ever-so-fashionable gaiters, pack the 10 essentials, leave a trip plan with a reliable person, and get outside?
Here are 5 rainy day picks from my new guidebook, 105 Hikes in and around Southwestern British Columbia, published by Greystone Books.
Gold Creek bridge on the East-West Canyon Connector. Photo by Stephen Hui.
A bridge over Gold Creek makes possible an attractive loop at Golden Ears Provincial Park in Katzie First Nation territory. This outing includes visits to the scenic backcountry campsites at Viewpoint Beach and Alder Flats.
The East Canyon Trail starts at the Gold Creek parking lot. Stay with the old logging road as it descends to Gold Creek and intersects the East-West Canyon Connector. Before crossing the Gold Creek footbridge, continue upstream to Viewpoint Beach.
Back at the bridge, go west on the East-West Canyon Connector. Turn right on the watery, rooty (and snowy in spring) West Canyon Trail. Turn around at Alder Flats, and stick with the West Canyon Trail. Turn left on the Menzies Trail and cross the bridge on the Golden Ears Parkway to return to the parking lot.
Round trip: 14km, 4.5 hours. Elevation gain: 340m. Access: Dewdney Trunk Road and 232 Street, Maple Ridge.
At Lynn Headwaters Regional Park — in Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territories — you're likely to encounter various fungi and rusty logging relics. From the park entrance, cross Lynn Creek, and fill out a form at the hiker registration kiosk. Go north on the Lynn Loop Trail and continue onto the pretty Cedars Mill Trail.
Upstream at Norvan Falls, signs warn hikers to keep back from the cliff. After lunch, retrace your steps to the entrance.
Round trip: 14km, 5 hours. Elevation gain: 210m. Access: Trans-Canada Highway 1 and Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver.
One of many teapots in Cultus Lake Provincial Park. Photo by Stephen Hui.
The ceramic scenery of the Teapot Hill Trail offers cupfuls of fun for kids and adults alike. Add in the old-growth Seven Sisters for a sweet all-season outing. Both points of interest lie in Cultus Lake Provincial Park, outside Chilliwack in Soowahlie territory.
Distance: 13km, 5 hours. Elevation gain: 255m. Access: Trans-Canada Highway 1, No. 3 Road, and Cultus Lake Road, Abbotsford.
Whyte Lake and the West Knob are found in Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territories. From the Westport Road trailhead, head under the Nelson Canyon Bridge. Go right on the Trans Canada Trail.
Soon the Whyte Lake Trail leaves to the left. Visit the dock and turn right at the outhouse to join the Baden-Powell Trail in the woods above the lake. Where an old metal plate indicates "Eagle Ridge" lies farther on the B-P, go left on the rough Donut Rock Trail.
At the next junction, head left and up to the West Knob viewpoint. Look out over Howe Sound (Atl'Kitsem to the Squamish Nation). Return the way you came. Dogs must be on-leash at Whyte Lake.
Distance: 12km, 5 hours. Elevation gain: 610m. Access: Trans-Canada Highway 1 and Westport Road, West Vancouver.
Located in Sargeant Bay Provincial Park, Triangle Lake is a bog known as s-ch'ewk' (a reference to frybread) to the shíshálh Nation. From Redrooffs Road, go right on the Colvin Creek Trail. Cross a bridge by a waterfall and head north into the mossy forest.
Stay right for the Triangle Lake Trail. Keep right to reach Triangle Lake. Head counterclockwise on the Triangle Lake Circle Trail. The wetland flora include bog cranberry, Labrador tea, and shore pine. Retrace your steps to the trailhead.
Round trip: 8km, 3 hours. Elevation gain: 185m. Access: Highway 101 and Redrooffs Road, Sechelt.
Stephen Hui is the author of 105 Hikes in and around Southwestern British Columbia, a new guide from Greystone Books.
Thanks for sharing, Rebecca! Happy trails.
Thank you so much for acknowledging the First Nations territories of these trails!


The value of bacteria in saltwater aquariums is one of the most underappreciated water quality parameters by aquarists. Planktonic bacteria provide corals with nutrients necessary for optimal growth and color.
ZEObak contains various types of bacteria and when used in combination with ZEOfood, corals are able to take up the planktonic bacteria. Experimental studies have shown that ZEObak and ZEOfood provide more intense coral colors immediately after dosing.
THE essential microorganism solution for a healthy, well-balanced and efficient bacterial fauna in a tank. ZEObak contains several bacterial strains, used in combination with ZEOfood and ZEOstart building up bacteria plankton.
If possible switch off the skimmer briefly.
Dosing: 1 drop per 25 gallons/100 liters once or twice a week, depending on tank stocking.
MICROBE-LIFT/ Nite-Out II is designed specifically for aquarium waters that contain marine life. Its highly-specialized microbial consortium of nitrifying cultures are specially formulated to eliminate ammonia via a natural biological process termed nitrification. The cultures contain in MICROBE-LIFT/ Nite-Out II will establish, promote or stabilize and maintain nitrification in aquarium waters, eliminating the toxic effect of ammonia. MICROBE-LIFT/ Nite-Out II liquid nitrifying bacteria contains select strains of Nitrosomonas, Nitrospira and Nitrobacter. Nitrosomonas oxidize ammonia to nitrite and Nitrobacter and Nitrospira oxidize nitrite to nitrate.
MICROBE-LIFT/ Nite-Out II comprises select microorganisms that are autotrophic - able to use carbon dioxide as the sole source of carbon - and are relatively slow growing, requiring specific conditions for optimum growth with typical cell divisions rates from 8 to 16 hours. Their performance and rate growth is impacted by the environmental parameters required for nitrification.
For optimum nitrification and ammonia removal, first treat your aquarium with MICROBE-LIFT/ Special Blend, with select cultures to reduce organic levels that may inhibit the natural nitrifications process. Because nitrification requires adequate levels of alkalinity, check the aquarium water's pH level.
Note: Saltwater slows down bacterial action. For faster results add 25%-50% more product.
Use for tanks up to 236gal (893L).
Bacter Clean•M is a unique marine microbial culture and enzyme product specifically designed to target and clean surfaces of live rock, coral decorations and tank walls, removing stains, loosening and softening debris for easy vacuuming and providing a cleaner, more pristine environment. It will outcompete unwanted substances and loosen the grip of ugly accumulations and coatings making their removal by scraping or vacuuming easy. Its exclusive bacterial formula does much of the work for you, to help provide the beautiful reef or marine aquarium you have always wanted. It will also rapidly breakdown organic waste, leftover food, debris and detritus in marine aquariums, providing essential water quality improvement.
Continuum recommends that you filter tap makeup water by reverse osmosis, distillation or deionization along with carbon pre-filtration to prevent adding phosphates and silicates to your aquarium. Continuum recommends a phosphate level of less than .02 mg/l (ppm). If you have high phosphate or silicate levels, you can lower them rapidly by using Continuum Captiv•Phos W or Captiv•Phos Fe or liquid Phos•Correx prior to or while using this product. The use of nerite snails, turbo snails, emerald crabs and other grazers is also recommended. Although not required, it would be advantageous to first use Continuum Redox Plus to lower the organic load of the aquarium and to raise the ORP (Oxidation Reduction Potential) and then wait 2 hours before using this product for the first time. Continuum also recommends that you consider using Reef Micro•Fuel, along with the Bacter Clean•M, as an organic carbon source to accelerate the growth and increase the effectiveness of the bacteria in this product. Bacter Clean•M can be used simultaneously with BacterGen•M and BacterGen•MD. If using simultaneously, cut the dosage of each of the other bacterial products in half, and use on different days.
Place 1 cup (250 ml) of marine aquarium water into a container. Shake product well. Add the recommended amount (see below) of capfuls or ml of Bacter Clean•M to the container of aquarium water. Stir and allow to stand for a few minutes. Add to aquarium in desired location. If also using with BacterGen•M and/or BacterGen•MD, stop their use during the initial two weeks, then cut the addition of those products in half, and use them on different days.
To rapidly clean aquariums: 6 capfuls (30 ml or one ounce) initially on the first day, then add 1 capful (5 ml) of Bacter Clean•M for every 25 US gallons (100 L) of aquarium volume, daily for 2 weeks or longer, as necessary to achieve your goals. It is important to do a 10-20% water change, using a quality salt mix, after each 2 weeks of high dosage use, vacuuming all debris and undesirable materials from the live rocks and decorations. At this time, unwanted substances should begin to loosen and come off the rocks easily. Daily use may be continued as long as needed, if desired.
Maintenance Dosage: 4 capfuls (20 ml) of Bacter Clean•M for every 25 US gallons (200 L) of aquarium volume once a week or 3 ml per day.
Caution: Keep out of reach of children. Not for human consumption. Contains non-pathogenic microbes and enzymes. If in eyes flush with water, if irritation continues, seek medical attention.
A newly setup filter in which nitrifying bacteria has not yet colonized, does not have proper functioning to maintain the water quality. Green Bacter serves to nurture filtration bacteria and stimulates their activity. Effective not only when a filter is newly setup, but also when the bacterial activity declines.
Green Bacter promotes the propagation and growth of microorganisms in both the filter and substrate.
For the newly set-up aquarium: add 1 drop of Green Bacter for every 10 liters (2.5 gallons) everyday for 1 week.
After water change: add 1 drop for every 10 liters (2.5 gallons).
With the occurrence of cloudy/hazy water: add 1 drop for every 10 liters (2.5 gallons) until water clears.
Virtually all bacteria products sold around the world contain Heterotrophic bacteria. These bacteria are responsible for the digestion and breakdown of solid organic waste in the aquarium.
This breakdown of solid waste results in the production of Ammonia, and other soluble Nitrogen compounds, which can then be broken down by the filtration system.
MICROBE-LIFT/ Special Blend can not neutralize chlorine, chloramine or heavy metals.
MICROBE-LIFT/ Special Blend works well with activated carbon and is compatible with copper based products.
*Saltwater environments - the bacteria in this product will remain effective when used in marine environments with a specific gravity of 1.017 to 1.025. In marine tanks, add the aquarium salt mix and allow the water to circulate for 24 hours, then check and adjust the density. Add the bacteria after the new water has circulated for the 24-hour period.
Add the bacteria directly to your tank or filter.
The size of your aquarium, as well as water temperatures, affects the oxygen content. The oxygen content and surface area of the tank will determine the proper number of fish for your tank. Higher oxygen levels support more stocking capacity. Before introducing any other life form, your tank should be adequately aerated to provide the oxygen needed by your fish and the aerobic bacteria contained in MICROBE-LIFT/Special Blend.
Wait 72 hours after adding medications (antibiotics) before adding the bacteria.
All MICROBE-LIFT bacterial products may be used together. However when using multiple MICROBE-LIFT products, reduce the dosage rate of the 2nd product by 50%.
After administrating the bacteria, monitor your pH.
The bacteria in this bottle must remain in this original bottle or it may lose its effectiveness if transferred to another container.
Caution: Keep out of reach of children. Do not use internally. If contact is made with open wounds, wash with soap and water.


Autopilot, Compass, Depth Sounder, GPS, Log, Plotter with GPS antenna, VHF Radio.
Anchor, Batteries, Battery charger, Bow Thruster (Retrattile Max Power), Deck Shower, Electric Bilge Pump, Electric Windlass, Gangway, Life Raft, Manual Bilge Pump, Platform, Rod rigging (Navtec Nitronic 50), Shorepower connector, swimming ladder, Teak Cockpit, Teak Side Decks, Tender (Con Motore FB), Water pressure pump, Winch (Lewmar maggiorati).
12V Outlets, 220V Outlets, 2 x Electric Toilet, Heater, Inverter, Warm Water System, Waste Water Plant, Watermaker (Shenker 100 lt).
Hi-Fi (Dentro e fuori), TV Ready.
Gennaker equipment, Jib Furling System (Harken), Spi Equipment (Dyneema con Tangone in carbonio).
Burner, Galley, Microwave Oven, Oven, 2 x Refrigerator.


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DOT pays too much for private contractors
March 22, 2009 By WRN Contributor
A lawmaker questions the quality, accountability, and cost of work done for the DOT.
State Senator Julie Lassa (D-Stevens Point) says independent consultants are being paid too much money to do the work Transportation Department employees used to do for much less.
"It is a problem because I think that we are continuing to rely more and more on private contractors and consultants – especially at DOT."
DOT Secretary Frank Busalacchi is sympathetic to Lassa's concern about quality and cost, but considering the budget deficit, he's stuck between a rock and a hard place. He says it's difficult to "deliver the program" when the agency simply has not hired any new employees.
"We've had, I believe, over 500 positions, because of budgetary constraints and you know whatever, that we haven't filled. And in order for us to embark on this building program that we've had the past number of years, we've had to consult out."
Lassa says it's problematic when talented staffers leave the department to do private contract work for twice as much money. Busalacchi says he doesn't have the answer.
"You know the governor's had to make some really tough decisions. Not just this budget but the last budget. And I don't know … I don't know where, you know, where we go from here to be perfectly honest with you."
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Bichard, E 2009, 'The application of sustainable behaviour change strategies in three built environment companies' , Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 7 (1) , pp. 7-20.
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the effect of methods derived from the study of social psychology to motive better sustainable behaviour in the workforces of built environment companies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper outlines the multi-methodological approach used to obtain the conclusions about the use of social psychological techniques. It also describes why case studies were the most appropriate framework for the study, based on the complex nature of both the companies that participated in the research, and the complex nature of sustainable development. Findings – The study shows that the application of motivational methods based on social psychology are effective in raising awareness of sustainability issues and, in one case, had a marked effect on the future path of the company. Leaders of built environment companies that are interested in improving sustainable performance should study these techniques and, in particular, consider their leadership style and method of message transmission. The juxtaposition of hard evidence about the effects the company is having on the environment and on society, combined with the use of theatre and role play to make this serious message palatable and even enjoyable has a significant effect on the way the messages are received, and the ability to receive positive support from the workforce in the future. Originality/value – The techniques used in the study are based on an understanding that fact-based motivation alone is insufficient to create lasting sustainable change. The use of techniques that involve more intuitive or emotional methods is unusual in a predominantly conservative sector, and the application of certain theatre-based techniques, and Forum Theatre in particular is an original approach. The value of showing the efficacy of these techniques may be to accelerate the adaptation of those built environment organisations that have been slowed to adopt a whole company approach (including employee engagement) to sustainable performance.


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Raptors finish as top seed in Las Vegas Summer League, get first round bye
Toronto gets set to play again tomorrow in the second round of the Las Vegas Summer League.
By Daniel Reynolds@aka_Reynolds Jul 15, 2015, 9:06am EDT
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Well look at that: the Raptors are the number one seed. It's the Summer League number one seed, but still, being number one has to feel nice.
After finishing 3-0 in the round robin portion of the Las Vegas Summer League, the Raptors prepare to face the first round winner of the Chicago Bulls vs. Cleveland Cavaliers game. Take note that the Raptors already dismantled the Bulls once before in Vegas, winning 81-66.
Regardless of their opponent, the Raptors play their next game tomorrow on Thursday at 10pm. At the very least, you'll be able to watch it on League Pass.
And before you ask: no, there's no word yet whether it will be on NBA TV. Though, I hope someone responsible for programming over there realizes they may have a full scale riot on their hands if Raps fans don't get to see more Norman Powell.
Who's getting ready?


This little girl was just shy of one month old when we took these last week. Her mama is a longtime friend of mine and Abigail is baby number three, and girl number one to join this amazing family. Photographing these two amazing and beautiful ladies was a blessing. Kelli, you're beaming with joy. Abigail is a precious jewel.
This was also one of the first sessions photographed in my new STUDIO! I'm just a little excited. I'd love to photograph you in it. Be on the lookout for open house info in the coming weeks!


Agar.io app provides the same wonderful gameplay as millions of people have enjoyed on computers. Play online with other users all around the world.
Gang Beasts is a physics-focused party game played on computers with cartoon-like colorful characters, brutal fight scenes, and hazardous environments. Players need to beat down the opponents by punching or kicking and dispose of them by throwing them into one of the stage hazards.
Have the best experience of visceral fighting in Mortal Kombat X! Bring the visually groundbreaking game to your mobile and tablet devices. Create a strong team of Mortal Kombat warriors and fight against the enemies on Earth.
Developed by Hipster Whale, Crossy Road is a mobile action game launched on November 20, 2014. In this game, players have to run as far as possible to cross the roads, rivers and other obstacles.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the fourth revise of the Counter-Strike series developed by Valve Corporation is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has aimed to promote itself to be strong for more than a decade creating the challenging atmosphere for its fans.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - an action game with role-playing components set in an open world environment. Developed by Rockstar Games, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has the biggest release on mobile games featuring San Andreas and three major cities.
Welcome to the Marvel: Contest of Champions! Developed by Kabam, the app is a kind of free-to-play mobile fighting game published on December 10, 2014. Set in the Marvel universe, users can enjoy the greatest battles in the history of Marvel.
As Nintendo's first real foray into the mobile game market, Super Mario Run lets you controls Mario, an automatic runner, to jump, collect coins, clear small gaps, and other actions by utilizing some simple touches. The game was released for iOS in late 2016 and Android in March 2017.
Kill Shot Bravo is a first-person shooting game for mobile phones released by the Hothead Games. This game is named one of the most successful sniper games on mobiles.
As a redefined mobile game, Temple Run has gained millions of downloads. And now the brand new Temple Run 2 is ready for you to explore. Get more energy here, have fun running and jumping in Temple Run 2! This app gives much more beautiful graphics and organic environments.
Devil Eater gives you the chance to punish the devils and clear up the city into peace. By training your hunter and upgrading their skills and speed, you can have a level up and select large amounts of weapons.
Deer Hunter 2016 comes from the great game of Deer Hunter 2014, with which you can have the most significant experience in hunting across the wild world.
Alto's Adventure: Best looking video games in 2015. Join Alto and his friends in the journey on an endless snowboarding odyssey. You will encounter and walk across beautiful hills, ancient wonderlands, native villages and more.
Shadow Fight 2 is an online action game which provides you opportunities to equip your character with lethal weapons. Its users have reached 40 million.
Banana Kong is a thrilling game in which a monkey rides through the jungle, caves, and treetops. Players will face different challenges at different levels.
As a meticulously- designed, engaging, and free action movie tie-in game, Suicide Squad is an endless survival high-marker chaser in which users play as three main characters from the movie: Deadshot, El Diablo, and Harley Quinn.
Bowmasters enables users to battle against an AI opponent, each lobbying various projectiles at each other in turn until one of you runs out of life.
Developed by Most Played Games, Flippy Bottle Extreme! is a game in which players flip the bottle to land it right on next platform. Unlike other bottle flipping games, this game offers an excellent selection of variety and some fun bottles for you to unlock.
The famous Super Lame Games Company released a super not-lame mobile game - Smile Inc in which players are required to get through the dangerous work they accepted for money by dodging various obstacles and traps like electric gates, chainsaws and so on.
Sniper 3D Gun Shooter can be regarded as the best first-person shooting action game where players can confront with the criminals on different scenarios. Here in this game, players can enjoy the great gameplay, finish their missions and get impressive visuals.


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Economics Macroeconomics
What is general equilibrium theory in macroeconomics?
By Investopedia
General equilibrium theory is a macroeconomic theory that explains how supply and demand in an economy with many markets interact dynamically and eventually culminate in an equilibrium of prices. The theory assumes that there is a gap between actual prices and equilibrium prices. The goal of general equilibrium theory is to identify the precise set of circumstances under which the equilibrium price is likely to achieve stability. The theory is most closely associated with Léon Walras, who wrote "Elements of Pure Economics" in 1874. While the idea had been vaguely hinted at by earlier economists, he was the first one to articulate the idea thoroughly.
Walras started his explanation of general equilibrium theory by describing the simplest economy imaginable. In this economy, there were only two goods that could be exchanged, referred to as x and y. Everyone in the economy was presumed to be a buyer of one of these products and a seller of the other. Under this model, supply and demand would be interdependent, because the consumption of each of the goods would be dependent on the wages derived from selling each of the goods.
The price of each of the goods would be decided by a bidding process, which Walras referred to as "tâtonnement" (or "groping" in English). He described this in terms of an individual seller calling out the price of a good in the market and consumers responding by either buying or declining to pay. Through a trial and error process, the seller would adjust the price to suit demand – the equilibrium price. Walras believed that there would be no exchange of goods until the equilibrium price was reached, an assumption which has been criticized by others.
When describing equilibrium on a grander scale, Walras applied this principle to multi-market settings, which are much more intricate. He introduced a third good to his model – referred to as z. From this, three price ratios could be determined, one of which would be redundant as it would not give any information that could not be identified from the others. This redundant good could be identified as the standard by which all other price ratios could be expressed – the standard would provide a guide to currency rates.
Theoretically, Walras's theory had transformational effects. Economics, formerly a literary and philosophical discipline, was now viewed as a determinist science. His insistence that economics could be reduced to disciplined mathematical analysis persists today. In more recent terms, it can also be said that Walras' general equilibrium theory has long-lasting effects. It blurs the lines between microeconomics and macroeconomics, as the economics that relate to individual households and companies cannot be viewed as existing separately from the macroeconomy.
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Microeconomics vs. Macroeconomics: What's the Difference?
Introduction to Supply and Demand
Who Created Economics?
Who discovered the law of supply and demand?
How General Equilibrium Theory Works
General equilibrium theory studies supply and demand fundamentals in an economy with multiple markets, showing that all prices are at equilibrium.
Macroeconomics Definition
Macroeconomics is the study of how the aggregate economy behaves.
Microeconomics Definition
Microeconomics is the branch of economics that analyzes market behavior of individuals and firms in order to understand their decision-making processes.
Ceteris Paribus
Ceteris paribus is a Latin phrase usually rendered as "all other things being equal."
IS-LM Model Definition
The IS-LM model is a macroeconomic model that graphically represents the interaction of the real economy with financial markets to produce equilibrium interest rates and macroeconomic output.
Exploring How an Economy Works and the Various Types of Economies
An economy is the large set of interrelated economic production and consumption activities which aid in determining how scarce resources are allocated.


← What's this about taking control?
Apparently, for a princely (or perhaps regal) sum, the "privilege" of lunching with Theresa May during the Conservative Party Conference is For Sale. Not sure whether it includes the price of the meal.
Is this the next phase, after proposing the use of the Royal Prerogative, where Mrs May continues her "royal progression" by requiring her "subjects" to pay for the privilege of her company?
Of course, if she were a true mediaeval monarch on a royal progression, she would invite herself to your place with all her hangers-on, and stay as long as she wanted while you footed the bill.
Perhaps we're getting off lightly so far, but I'm sure that a long stay by her in the Palace of Westminster will cost the whole country very dearly.


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Christine MacDonald
Preserving Mexico City's Ecologically Vital Urban Forest
A massive nature preserve exists inside one of the world's largest megacities, and it's continued existence is vital to the urban area's water supplies and ecosystems.
By Christine MacDonald
Alcoa and Corporate Social Responsibility — Rhetoric vs. Reality
Alcoa has made "Fortune" magazine's list of Most Admired Companies and the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Index, but the aluminum company's rhetoric doesn't always match its performance.
Corporate Social Responsibility, Meet Transparency
Most major companies around the world have embraced the linked ideas of sustainability and responsibility. More of them need to embrace a sustainable and responsible reality.
DuPont and Corporate Social Responsibility — Rhetoric vs. Reality
DuPont is proud of its "publicly established environmental goals," but the company has also faced lawsuits over allegations of contamination, and it's associated with 103 Superfund sites.
Companies Meeting Corporate Responsibility With Sincerity
Patagonia, Honest Tea, The Timberland Company and Seventh Generation Inc. talk the talk of corporate social responsibility and appear to walk the walk.
Cargill and Corporate Social Responsibility — Rhetoric vs. Reality
Cargill has also endured food recalls, environmental lawsuits and deforestation claims despite claiming that "corporate responsibility is part of everything we do."


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Pausing sets the player to be hidden, paralyzed, frozen, and blessed (cannot be harmed).
It will also stable any pets and dispel any summons.
Pausing brings up a gump to act as a Pause screen in the game. It's overly big but (hopefully) not too ugly. It's simply meant to prevent players from taking advantage of the feature and jump back in the game when it's to their advantage.
Added CanPause function for Staff. This allows you to prevent a player from pausing.
Drop in your files and restart.
In game you can use the command [xmlgetatt and target a player, then select the Pause attachment.


It was such a great year getting to see everyone again and hear some of crazy stories. We would like to congratulate this year's inductees: Diehl Wilson, Jon Breen, Michael Vaters, Andy Brass, and Kirk Dabney. Thank you everyone for showing your support and joining in on all the fun.


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Written by John Phelan	| January 28, 2019
Higher tax rates on the rich won't mean more tax revenues for the nation
This op ed appeared in the Duluth News Tribune on January 25th, 2019
One of the great myths of public finance is that politicians can help themselves to more of their citizens' income simply by raising tax rates. The historical record shows that ain't necessarily so.
The fiscal history of Minnesota provides a good example. Since 1974, the top rate of state income tax has been as high as 17 percent in the 1970s and early 1980s and as low as 7.85 percent in the 2000s. Over those periods, state income tax revenues were a very stable share of state GDP; the mean average was 2.8 percent and the median was 2.7 percent. The same was true of revenue more broadly. Both the mean average and the median of state tax revenues as a share of Minnesota's GDP came in at 6.6 percent.
National developments make it more important than ever to see through this myth. Freshman U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has called for a "Green New Deal" amounting to nothing less than "a wartime-level, just economic mobilization plan to get to 100 percent renewable energy ASAP." Sounds expensive. Fortunately, it will be "the rich" who will pay for this with a proposed increased top marginal income tax bracket of 70 percent.
Again, this assumes that higher tax rates will be followed by proportionately higher tax revenues. And, just as this hasn't been the case in Minnesota, it hasn't been the case in the U.S. generally, either.
According to the Tax Policy Center, since 1946, the top rate of federal income tax has ranged from 92 percent in the early 1950s to 28 percent in the late 1980s. And yet, over the same periods, federal income tax receipts were a pretty stable share of U.S. GDP; the mean average was 16.8 percent and the median 16.9 percent. Indeed, in the two years when the top tax rate topped 92 percent (1952 and 1953), tax revenues as a share of GDP were, on average, 17.9 percent of U.S. GDP. In the three years when the top tax rate was 28 percent (1988-1990), that figure was 17.4 percent.
There is, in short, very little relationship between changes in tax rates and changes in tax revenues as a share of the nation's income. Whatever the top rate of federal income tax, the citizens of America seem to have decided in some mysterious, collective, yet uncoordinated way that 16.8 percent of their income is all the federal government is going to get.
This shouldn't be surprising. Taxes are incentives. That is one reason why politicians levy them in the first place. When tax rates change, so do people's incentives. And when their taxable behavior changes so, in result, does the tax revenue received.
If Rep. Ocasio-Cortez is serious about her "Green New Deal," she is going to have to get serious about paying for it. She will have to find the money somewhere in that fixed, 16.8 percent allowance that the American public gives to its politicians. This will mean cuts — heavy cuts — in other areas of federal spending. Until she can tell us what these cuts will be, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez's dreams will remain just that.


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Vogue's New Documentary Has Plenty of Met Gala Drama
By Erika Adams Feb 22, 2016, 3:18pm EST
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Have you reached that point where you can quote nearly every line of The September Issue, without shame? Same here — but hold up! Seven long years later, Vogue is ready to put forth another fashion documentary we can all quote into eternity.
Vogue.com announced this morning that The First Monday in May, a documentary chronicling last year's Met Gala extravaganza, will be opening at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 13. While that's exciting for the small population of people who will actually get to see the film on that day, the rest of us will have to make do with the two-and-a-half minute-long trailer that was also released today, in conjunction with the announcement.
While there's plenty of "fashion can create a dream" -type inspirational quotes woven together in the trailer, plus a juicy bit on whether Vogue can fit Rihanna's performance into its budget, what we're really here for are the 3.5 seconds where Anna Wintour looks at a seating chart, points to a blurred-out name on a Post-It tab and asks, "I thought he wasn't coming?"
When Vogue's director of special projects Sylvana Ward Durrett informs her that the mystery person is, in fact, attending, Anna sighs and asks, "Ok, can he not be on his cell phone the entire time then?"
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Getting Around Melbourne
This great city has often been ranked as one of the most liveable cities in the world and the ease of finding your way around is a part of what makes this city so appealing. The following is a brief overview of a variety of transportation you may use while on your stay in Melbourne.
Melbourne's public transport system is very easy to use and called "Metlink" offering tram, train and bus transport all on the one ticket. The system is divided into three zones, zone 1 (being the inner city area), zone 2 (the outer suburbs), or both. They are sold as a 2hr or a full day ticket and either full fare or concession (child tickets up to 16 y.o. are considered concession).There are also 10X2hr and 10X full day, weekly, monthly, and yearly tickets. Metlink's website provides a simple timetable, listing stations and stops, to guide you to your destination.
The city and inner suburbs are best viewed by tram, a unique Melbourne way to travel. Melbourne's city centre is built in a grid, which the trams cover extremely well. They will take you directly to the Queen Victoria Market, Fitzroy Gardens, Bridge Rd and Major sporting arenas to name a few. A great way to orientate yourself around Melbourne is to hop on one of the City Circle trams. They loop the city centre every 12 mins. in both directions (see the map below for stops). The entire circuit takes approx. 48 mins. These trams are restored old trams and are painted maroon with gold trim. It is a little hard to hear sometimes but listen carefully for the historical commentary as you travel. Best of all, these trams are free and take you close to many of Melbourne's tourist spots, i.e. Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne Gaol, Docklands.
Melbourne's train system is also very convenient. All Metlink Trains arrive and depart from Flinders St. Station and use the same met card as the trams and buses. The train network is extensive and includes lengthy suburban routes and an underground city loop.
The bus network generally fills in the gaps left between the tram and train services. Buses are a little more difficult but are easy when you use the online trip itinerary. They also use the same Metcards as trams and trains. There is also a Melbourne City Tourist Shuttle it operates every 30 mins. From 9:30am to 4:30pm excluding Christmas Day. On Labour Day and Anzac Day, the service does not start until 1 pm. The route takes in 13 stops which are hop on, hop off.
Melbourne's generally flat terrain renders cycling as a popular option for getting around. Melbourne has just introduced a new public bike share program throughout the city. Instructions and prices are listed at each bike dock. Remeber to watch out for those tram tracks (wheels can get caught). There are great bike tracks along the Yarra River to explore. Please note that bike helmets are required throughout Victoria when riding. Bike helmets can be purchased from most 7/11 stores closest to each bike dock and cost $5, but if you return them undamaged they wil give you back $3.
Taxis are numerous alas expensive. Melbourne Taxis are yellow in colour. It is always helpful to have your intended address written for the driver. Taxi ranks are clearly signposted and usually in obvious places such as outside major hotels or important locations like Flinders Street Station. You can hail a taxi in Melbourne. If the roof top light is on the taxi is available. Alternatively you can book a taxi by phone. After 10pm in Melbourne fares must be paid in advance.
Car-rental operators range from the usual international and nationally familiar names to the rent-a-bomb variety. You can find a lot of the major dealers at both the domestic and international arrival terminals as well as around town in the CBD and surrounding areas. As mentioned earlier driving in Melbourne is easy as it was laid out in a grid, however be aware of the hook turns necessary in a city with trams. Traffic turning right must often do so from the left lane to avoid blocking tram tracks. This is only necessary in the city centre and Clarendon Street in South Melbourne. All these turns are marked with over head signs. Make yourself aware of Victoria's road rules and obey all traffic signals. If you are an international traveller a helpful tip is that left turning traffic at an intersection with lights must wait for the lights to signal you to allow you to turn.
There is only one company that operates water taxis in Melbourne and it is a great way to travel to some of the cities events or games to avoid the traffic. It can also be a fun trip to docklands with a group of friends. They run a regular service between Southgate and Rod Laver Arena / Melbourne Park / MCG for events such as the Australian Open Tennis, concerts, and AFL matches.
A public transportation bus service, which runs between the airport and city center, making a loop through the city before terminating at Spencer Street Train Station. The trip takes 20 minutes. There are two airport pickup locations. The buses leave from outside terminal 1 & 3. The shuttle depart about every 15 minutes from 06:00 am to midnight, then every half hour afterward. Airport-bound buses depart from Spencer Street at half-hour intervals from 06:00 am to midnight then at hourly intervals after that. They also run a connection service between the terminal and central hotels throughout the day Monday to Friday 06:00 am to 08:00 pm, Saturday & Sunday 08:00 am to 06:00 pm. Book hotel pick-up three hours ahead. Bookings are not needed for travel from the airport to hotels. If there are more than three in your party it becomes more economic getting a taxi.
To book online transfers click here


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EVERY DAY 1,200 KIDS ENTER FOSTER CARE IN THE UNITED STATES.
Imagine for a moment being taken from your house by strangers and put into another house with strangers. You don't know where you are, what just happened, or who to trust. Everything moved so fast, your head is still spinning. You look around for something familiar, someone familiar and yet everything is oddly out of place. For 1,000 kids each day this is what they experience as they get taken from their home and placed in another. Many times, because of safety or the situation, kids are not given the time to collect their belongings except for a few things tossed in a trash bag. This is not a planned event where they have their bags packed and their things in order. For the last couple of months our youth and young adult groups have been partnering with an organization called Together We Rise to provide resources to foster kids. Each week we collected money, wrote cards of encouragement, and prayed for foster kids in our community. Through this process we learned a lot about foster care, the displacement kids feel in the process, and what God says about them. Below are a few thoughts on what God says about the orphan.
Justice is a core part of who God is. God seeks justice on our behalf even when we can't seek it for ourselves. It was amazing to hear about how many people work on the behalf of kids in foster care. Organizations like City Team and Together We Rise are gathering thousands of volunteers and resources in order to aide those kids in need. To God, that even one child does not know the love of a family is a great injustice, and there are millions of children living in this reality.
God promises protection and help for those who cannot protect themselves, and he redeems injustice through his mighty love. He also asks us to do something about it.
God is not passive nor absent from the situation. God is working on the behalf of the lost, the broken, the orphan to bring about redemption. And the crazy thing about God is that He invites to participate in what He is already doing. In another words, we were not meant to sit on the sidelines. As our hearts our cultivated towards God our hearts will be wrecked for His children.
Pray for the orphans, the lost, those in foster care.
Donate/serve at organizations that work with foster kids. There are local organizations in almost every city.
Pack a bag through Together We Rise or write letters of encouragement.


David Roesner is Professor for Theatre and Music-Theatre at the LMU Munich. He previously worked at the Universities of Hildesheim, Exeter and Kent and as theatre musician and facilitator. In 2003 he published his first monograph on 'Theatre as Music' and later won the Thurnau Award for Music-Theatre Studies for his article "The politics of the polyphony of performance" in 2007. Recent publications include Theatre Noise. The Sound of Performance (with Lynne Kendrick, CSP, 2011), Composed Theatre. Aesthetics, Practices, Processes (with Matthias Rebstock, Intellect, 2012) and his latest monograph Musicality in Theatre. Music as Model, Method and Metaphor in Theatre-Making (Ashgate 2014). For a full list of publications and projects see: http://mhn.academia.edu/DavidRoesner.


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