Since 2009, students at the Nanyang Technology University School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) have been designing efficient, economical and ecologically friendly vehicles for entry into the annual Shell Eco Marathon contest with their Nanyang Venture (NV) series of vehicles. The first incarnation, NV-1, resembled a low-riding recumbent tricycle with spoked wheels. As you will see, thanks to the magic of CAD, the NV vehicles have evolved a lot since 2009!
The most recent iterations, dubbed NV-8 and NV-9, were designed specifically to be entered into the 2015 Shell Eco-Marathon Asia heat, which was held in 2015 in Manila, Philippines.
Both cars were originally designed to be battery-powered with the option to charge from solar panels. However, due to a last-minute change of regulation by Shell which excluded use of solar power, both cars were switched over to run exclusively on battery power. Each car has a top speed of over 24 mph (40 km/h). Because they're designed specifically for the Eco Marathon track, the cars are optimized in terms of weight, speed and power tradeoff to allow the car to complete the 7.5-mile (12-km) circuit on a single charge.
NV-8 has created quite a stir in the media, for good reason. Many of the car's parts, including the upper body shell (cockpit area), scissor doors and other hardware parts were manufactured using 3D printing. All in all, the car featured over 150 3D-printed components, which were printed mainly on-site with some components printed at the Stratasys office in Singapore.
It is Singapore's first 3D-printed electric car.
Designed using SOLIDWORKS, the NV-8's upper body shell is made from over 100 individual ABS plastic segments, which fit together to make a single component much like a huge three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle. Stiffeners are printed within the panels in-situ, providing a honeycomb-like interior and adding strength to the structure while keeping weight down. The entire car weighs in at just over 264 lbs (120 kg), making it lighter than most motorcycles. The chassis is made from carbon fiber and contains all of the car's motors, the individual suspension systems and running gear.
While NV-8 is a radical departure from the evolution of the other NV vehicle lineage, the carbon fiber composite NV-9 bears a much closer resemblance to preceding entries over the years.
It has a tricycle design, with two wheels at the front and one at the rear for greater stability. The two front wheels also tilt, allowing for more efficient cornering—just like a motorcyclist would lean when rounding a corner. The rear wheel is driven by a 1-kW DC motor.
The panoramic canopy is made from clear polycarbonate and is tinted to protect the driver from the sun's rays when racing at the track. Load-bearing structures are made from aluminum. In addition to all the cool mechanical innovations, NV-9 also features a computerized image recognition system for increased situational awareness.
One thing that stands out even to the casual observer is that NV-9 was designed very much with aerodynamics in mind. The overall shape is that of an aerodynamically efficient teardrop. Additionally, the interior of the vehicle uses NACA ducts, which circulate exterior air around the cabin, to keep the driver cool. NV-9 is incredibly light, weighing in at around 93 lbs (42 kg). making it weigh only slightly less than its diminutive test driver!
Both cars managed to scoop up a cumulative score of six awards for Singapore at last year's Eco Marathon, a record haul for the university. NV-8 was also selected by judges at the event to compete with five other teams in the Shell Drivers' World Championship in London in July 2016.
The design of both vehicles took only six months, with a further four months to build and test. This rapid turnaround time was made possible due to the usage of CAD and SOLIDWORKS in particular.
In addition to modeling the car components in SOLIDWORKS, the team subjected both the NV-8 and NV-9 designs to flow and stress analysis within SOLIDWORKS Simulation. This allowed the students to determine the best shape to minimize drag and weight within allowable stresses respectively. Even at relatively low speeds of 25 to 30 mph (40 to 50 km), drag force is quadratic (meaning that drag force increases with the square of the velocity), so it helps to have some form of CFD simulation to get a more accurate view of the vehicle aerodynamics before committing to the manufacturing process.
The multiple components were mated together within SOLIDWORKS Assembly. Once the assembly was complete, the motion study and animation features were used in order to show that moving components were free from collisions.
You can see the evolution of all of the Nanyang Venture vehicles at this link and given the success of the school in previous Eco Marathons, you can be sure that there will be plenty more iterations over the next few years.


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Walden Schmidt and Alan Harper have spent another year searching for the ideal life.
Alan thought he'd found his soulmate in Lyndsey's future sister-in-law, but it wasn't meant to be. An attempt to restart his chiropractic business led Alan to disappointment as well. On the plus side, he met his niece, Jenny, who turned out to be just like her father – a partier and a womanizer. Walden also had his share of ups and downs. Just when an old flame returned and he decided she was "The One," someone else turned up and he was sure she was "The One." In the end, neither one was "The One." Berta remained at their sides all along, keeping them grounded. Meanwhile, Evelyn reached contentment, having gained a granddaughter, Jenny, and a 90-year-old billionaire husband.
In this final season, Alan and Walden will continue their search for true love, contentment and the meaning of life. And they may actually find a couple of those things!
Two And A Half Men - Season 11 (DVD)
Ashton Kutcher, Jon Cryer, Amber Tamblyn 1
The Malibu beach house has become an empty nest for billionaire entrepreneur Walden Schmidt and his freeloading housemate, Alan Harper. But not for long. Alan's previously unknown niece Jenny staggers onto the scene with a parade of luscious partying ladies in tow, bringing hilarious new high jinks and hookups.
Plus, there are improvements in Walden's love life, an alter ego for Alan, temporary retirement for Berta and wedding bells for Evelyn Harper.
Join the exceptionally eccentric Walden, Alan and Jenny as they create affectionate bonds and occasional bondage in all 22 episodes of the hit comedy that celebrates the opposite sex, the same sex, life, love, computer startups, family dustups.... oh, and men.
Open Season (English, Dutch, DVD)
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CGI animated adventure. When a domesticated grizzly bear called Boog gets lured into leaving the creature comforts of home by a fast-talking mule deer named Elliott, he finds himself lost in the woods just three days before hunting season begins. Forced to rough it in the great outdoors, Boog goes native, rallying all the forest animals to take back their home and send the hunters packing.
Love and Other Drugs / What Happens in Vegas (English & Foreign language, DVD)
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A double-bill of romantic comedies. In 'Love and Other Drugs' (2010) Jamie (Jake Gyllenhaal) is an ambitious and promiscuous pharmaceutical salesman who has always kept his emotions firmly in check as he uses his infallible charm to get his way in his job and in his encounters with women. But when he meets free-spirited artist Maggie (Anne Hathaway), he is perplexed to find that his usual box of tricks has little effect. Before long, he has become hopelessly infatuated with her but there is a reason why she won't let him get close, as Jamie is about to discover. In 'What Happens in Vegas' (2008) strangers Joy (Cameron Diaz) and Jack (Ashton Kutcher) spend a drunken night together in Las Vegas only to wake up the next morning and discover that they've married each other. To make matters worse, Jack wins the $3 million jackpot on a slot machine after playing Joy's quarter. Unwilling to come to an agreement over the money, they go to court where the judge freezes the cash and orders them to work on their marriage for six months. The newlyweds begin devising schemes to undermine each other and get their hands on the money, only to find themselves falling in love despite the mutual backstabbing.
Jobs (DVD)
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Ashton Kutcher is Steve Jobs, the iconic Apple innovator and groundbreaking entrepreneur.
This inspiring and entertaining film chronicles Jobs' early days as a college dropout to his rise as the co-founder of Apple Computer Inc. and forced departure from the company.
More than a decade later, Jobs returns and single-handedly sets a course that will turn the once-tiny startup into one of the world's most valuable companies. His epic journey blazes a trail that changes technology - and the world - forever.
Jobs is a riveting story of a true American visionary, a man who let nothing stand in the way of greatness.
Two And A Half Men - Season 9 (DVD, Boxed set)
Ashton Kutcher, Jon Cryer
Ashton Kutcher joins the cast of the Emmy Award-nominated Two and a Half Men as the hit comedy series returns for its ninth season, continuing the laughs about men, women, sex, dating, divorce, mothers, single parenthood, surrogate families, money and, most importantly, love.
A Lot Like Love (DVD)
Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Peet; Directed by Nigel Coleman
Emily and Oliver seem destined to be together but don't seem to get the timing right. But after gaining life experiences and becoming more mature, will they realize that they are right for each other? Don't let Ashton Kutcher's typecast roles from the past influence you. In this film he is not the obnoxious kid we all know so well. Directed by Nigel Coleman's - a delightful touch you will recognize from his previous Calender Girls.
New Year's Eve (DVD)
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Director/producer Garry Marshall brings together a stellar ensemble cast to celebrate love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and fresh starts, in intertwining stories told amidst the pulse and promise of New York City on the most dazzling night of the year.
The Guardian (DVD)
Andrew Davis; Starring Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher 1
The US Coast Guard version of "Top Gun" with a little "An Officer and A Gentleman" thrown in: an aging USCG rescue swimmer's team is killed in a horrific rescue mission. Immediately prior to this terrible event, his wife also announced that she cannot take anymore. His first love is always the rescue mission. This leaves him an obviously emotional wreck. His commender gives him a choice - quit or take a position as an instructor at the USCG training facility in Louisiana. Reluctantly he takes the position. Moving into the school, he immediately increases the 18 week curriculum that routinely fails half of the people that attend. Here he meets a young man with unlimited potential, but with some secret that seems to hold him back as a team player. Delving into his past, links are found that make him a psychic twin to the older man. Thrown into the midst of the story is a romance with a local girl. Rescue missions punctuate the beginning and end of the story with the training sessions the center of the film.
The Guardian (English, Spanish, Blu-ray disc)
Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher
Reeling with grief in the wake of a mission gone tragically wrong, legendary Rescue Swimmer Ben Randall is given a mission he doesn't want - training raw recruits. Once there, he knocks heads with cocky Jake Fischer, a swimming champ driven by a painful secret, who's more interested in breaking Ben's records than saving lives.
But Ben also sees Jake has what it takes to be the best of the best. Filled with spectacular rescues in the lethal waters of the Bering Sea, The Guardian is a riveting and compelling story that dives straight into the heart and soul of real heroes, the unsung guardians of the sea.
No Strings Attached (DVD)
Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher 1
Emma and Adam are life-long friends who almost ruin everything by having sex one morning. In order to protect their friendship, they make a pact to keep their relationship strictly "no strings attached."
"No strings" means no jealousy, no expectations, no fighting, no flowers, no baby voices. It means they can do whatever they want, whenever they want, in whatever public place they want, as long as they don't fall in love.
The question becomes who's going to fall first? And can their friendship survive?
What Happens In Vegas (DVD)
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After a wild night of partying, two mismatched strangers, Jack and Joy, wake up in Las Vegas to discover they've gotten married!
The road to annulment takes a hilarious turn after Jack wins a huge jackpot with Joy's quarter, prompting an all-out battle of the sexes as the lucky newlyweds try to cheat each other out of the money.
The Malibu beach house men have matrimony on the brain in Season Ten. But where the heart (or other body part) is concerned, even the most honorable dude can screw up.
Billionaire entrepreneur Walden Schmidt extends an extravagant proposal only to indulge in a fling with a stalker before finding true love under an assumed identity. Nebbish housemate Alan Harper decides life with his longtime girlfriend is better with her than without, then gets caught in an internet scandal with his super hot ex-wife. And newly enlisted man Jake pops the Big Q to a tattoo queen twice his age, then decides he likes her daughter better!
It's just what dudes do while under the influence of testosterone, women's wiles, and Berta's occasional pot brownies. Catch the hilarious contact high on all 23 manful episodes.
Just Married (English, Russian, DVD)
Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy; Directed by Shawn Levy 1
Sarah is a happy-go-lucky rich girl whose meddling family is as snobbish as it is wealthy. Tom is a hope-l-get-lucky party guy who prefers sports bars over fancy cars.
But opposites attract sidesplitting fun when these two young newtyweds embark on their perfectly-planned honeymoon with disastrous - and hilarious results!
Valentine's Day (DVD)
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An all-star ensemble cast comes together in Valentine's Day, which follows the intertwining storylines of a diverse group of Los Angelenos as they navigate their way through romance and heartbreak over the course of one Valentine's Day.
Couples and singles experience the pinnacles and pitfalls of finding, keeping or ending relationships in a day in the life of love.
No Strings Attached/Morning Glory (DVD)
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Collection of two comedies. In 'No Strings Attached' (2011), when long-time friends Emma (Natalie Portman) and Adam (Ashton Kutcher) decide to add a physical dimension to their relationship and move into 'friends with benefits' territory, they agree to keep things strictly casual and on a 'no strings' basis. But before long both of them find things becoming more complicated than planned as those pesky emotions get in the way. In 'Morning Glory' (2010), a sparky, ambitious young television producer spies an opportunity to claw her way up the career ladder when she is offered a job on 'Daybreak', the worst-performing morning chat show in the ratings. Her decision to hire veteran newscaster Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford) to host the show meets with scepticism from network executive Jerry (Jeff Goldblum) and co-host Colleen Peck (Diane Keaton), and with little enthusiasm from Pomeroy himself, who is obliged by his contract to take this less-than-promising gig. Can Becky overcome the poor ratings and in-fighting to bring the team together and transform the show into something to be proud of?
The Butterfly Effect Trilogy (Blu-ray disc)
Eric Lively, Erica Durance, J.R. Bourne, Gina Holden, Caeli MacAulay, …
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All three films in the psychological sci-fi thriller franchise. In 'The Butterfly Effect (2004), Ashton Kutcher stars as Evan Treborn, a young man who, from an early age, has struggled with his disturbing childhood memories. As a boy, Evan was encouraged by a psychologist to keep a journal detailing the events of his day-to-day life, and now, as a young adult, he revisits these journals to figure out the truth about events that ended in tragedy for his childhood friends Lenny (Elden Henson) and Tommy (William Lee Scott), and the childhood sweetheart Kayleigh (Amy Smart) with whom he is still in love. After making the incredible discovery that he can use the notebooks as a vehicle enabling him to journey back into the past so that his adult mind occupies the body of his childhood self, he begins a series of attempts to redirect history with the aim of saving his friends and loved ones from the traumas that have befallen them. But every time Evan changes something in the past, however small, he finds when he returns to the present that his actions have had unexpected and disastrous consequences. In the action-packed sequel, Nick (Eric Lively) and Julie (Erica Durance) are deeply in love, but when Julie dies in a tragic car accident, Nick isn't willing to say goodbye to his soulmate without a fight. Soon discovering that he has the ability to travel into the past to a point before the time of Julie's untimely death, Nick struggles to find a means of saving his one true love despite the increasingly troubling results that his well-intended heroics seem to have on the future. Finally, in 'The Butterfly Effect 3' (2009), Sam Reide (Chris Carmack) has the ability to jump through time, helping police to identify killers. But after agreeing to help an old friend track down her sister's murderer, Sam breaks his golden rule of non-interference with history, and consequently discovers that his actions have created a terrifying serial killer. As the grizzly headcount rises with each passing day, it's now up to Sam to revisit the past in an effort to identify the murderer before he strikes again.
Personal Effects (DVD)
Michelle Pfeiffer, Ashton Kutcher
Walter is a rising star in the NCAA wrestling world until his life is ripped apart by the brutal murder of his sister.
Returning home to console his mother Gloria he seeks vengeance on the man who is accused of the crime, but then a chance meeting with a beautiful mature woman gives him solace to the situation.
Will this unlikely pairing bloom into a romance and heal a wound the world cannot see or will the loss of his sister push him over the edge?
Surf's Up/Open Season/Monster House (English, Dutch, DVD, Limited Edition)
Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder, James Woods, …
Triple-bill of CGI animated adventures. In 'Surf's Up' (2007), Cody Maverick (voice of Shia LeBeouf) is a young penguin who dreams of winning the biggest penguin surfing competition of the year: the Penguin World Surfing Championship. His pursuit of this goal becomes the chosen subject of a team of documentary makers that goes behind the scenes of the competition and interviews Cody, his friends and surfing fans along the way. Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel and James Woods are among the actors who lend their voices to the characters in the film. In 'Open Season' (2006), a domesticated grizzly bear called Boog (voice of Martin Lawrence) gets lured into leaving the creature comforts of home by a fast-talking mule deer named Elliott (voice of Ashton Kutcher), and finds himself lost in the woods just three days before hunting season begins. Forced to rough it in the great outdoors, Boog goes native, rallying all the forest animals to take back their home and send the hunters packing. Finally, in 'Monster House' (2006), DJ Harvard (voice of Mitchel Musso) lives directly across the street from a most unusual house. A malevolent entity that longs to feed on the energy of the living, the once peaceful house that looms ominously outside of DJ's bedroom window would like nothing more than the chance to feast on the children of the neighborhood. As Halloween begins to draw near and the children of the neighbourhood prepare for another long night of trick-or-treating, it appears as if it may be the house that is in for the biggest treat of all.
Open Season (DVD)
Martin Lawrence, Gary Sinise, Ashton Kutcher, Jon Favreau, Georgia Engel, …
Animated adventure comedy featuring the voice talents of Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher and Gary Sinise. When a domesticated grizzly bear called Boog (Lawrence) gets lured into leaving the creature comforts of home by a fast-talking mule deer named Elliott (Kutcher), he finds himself lost in the woods just three days before hunting season begins. Forced to rough it in the great outdoors, Boog goes native, rallying all the forest animals to take back their home and send the hunters packing.
Spread (Blu-ray disc)
Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche, Margarita Levieva, Sebastian Stan, Sonia Rockwell, …
Sex comedy starring Ashton Kutcher as Nicki, a serial womaniser who has slept his way to the top and spends his days lounging around and partying at the luxurious Hollywood Hills home of middle-aged female attorney Samantha (Anne Heche). However, Nicki's world is about to come crashing down... When he meets beautiful waitress Heather (Margarita Levieva) he realises too late that she is playing the same game that he is - and for the first time in his life is forced to choose between love and money.
Open Season 1-3 (English & Foreign language, DVD)
Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Jon Favreau, Gary Sinise, Joel McHale, …
Triple bill of CGI-animated family comedy adventures. In 'Open Season' (2006), domesticated grizzly bear Boog (voiced by Martin Lawrence) gets lured into leaving the creature comforts of home by fast-talking mule deer Elliott (Ashton Kutcher) - and soon finds himself lost in the woods just three days before hunting season begins. Forced to rough it in the great outdoors, Boog goes native, rallying all the forest animals to take back their home and send the hunters packing. In 'Open Season 2' (2008), after falling head over hooves in love with fellow deer Giselle (Jane Krakowski), Elliot (Joel McHale)'s road to the altar takes a slight detour when Mr Weenie (Cody Cameron) is kidnapped by a group of pampered pets led by petulant poodle Fifi (Crispin Glover). In 'Open Season 3' (2010), Boog (Mike Epps), feeling let down by his friends who are all busy with their families, decides to run away with a Russian travelling circus. There he makes some interesting new friends and falls in love with Ursa (Gina Torres), a Russian-born grizzly bear. But when Boog's friends discover that he has dropped out of their circle, they mount a rescue mission to bring him home and show him just how much he matters to them.
My Boss's Daughter (DVD)
Ashton Kutcher, Tara Reid, Jeffrey Tambor, Andy Richter, Michael Madsen, …
New to his job, Tom Stansfield (Ashton Kutcher) desperately wants to impress his boss, Jack Taylor (Terence Stamp). He is also smitten by Jack's beautiful daughter, Lisa (Tara Reid), and in order to impress them both, Tom agrees to housesit at their mansion for one night... But things don't quite go according to plan, as Tom has to deal with a steady stream of uninvited guests.
Spread (DVD)
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Deutsche Bank targeted by Dems over Trump ties
By Sylvan Lane - 12/19/18 06:00 AM EST
Deutsche Bank is facing a perilous 2019 with fresh scrutiny from Democratic lawmakers over the German financial titan's dealings with President Trump Donald TrumpFacebook temporarily bans ads for weapons accessories following Capitol riots Sasse, in fiery op-ed, says QAnon is destroying GOP Section 230 worked after the insurrection, but not before: How to regulate social media MORE.
Democrats are eager to probe the bank's relationship with Trump when they take control of the House, hoping to expose potential financial crimes and connections to Russian oligarchs.
California Democratic Reps. Maxine Waters Maxine Moore WatersCapitol Police report warned that Congress could be targeted three days before riot Democrats point fingers on whether Capitol rioters had inside help Lawmakers warned police of possible attack ahead of siege MORE and Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffWhat our kids should know after the Capitol Hill riot Pelosi names 9 impeachment managers Democrats, GOP face defining moments after Capitol riot MORE both plan to subpoena Deutsche Bank for Trump's financial records when they likely take over the House Financial Services and House Intelligence committees, respectively, in January.
The bank has reportedly already provided such records to special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerWhy a special counsel is guaranteed if Biden chooses Yates, Cuomo or Jones as AG Barr taps attorney investigating Russia probe origins as special counsel CNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump MORE, who is investigating the Trump Organization's business activities in Russia as part of his broader probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Schiff told The New Yorker last week that he plans to obtain Trump's records to see if there is anything in Trump's business dealings that could raise questions about undue Russian influence. Trump owes the bank hundreds of millions for loans.
"Is that why Trump is so pro-Russian? Is his financial interest guiding his foreign policy?" Schiff asked.
"We are going to be looking at the issue of possible money laundering by the Trump Organization, and Deutsche Bank is one obvious place to start," he continued.
Germany's largest bank is already reeling from a slew of financial and legal troubles in the U.S. and Europe. The firm has paid billions of dollars in fines to settle allegations of money laundering, sanctions violations, market manipulation and risky sales practices.
The bank faces massive legal consequences from those actions and now faces the prospect of being dragged into a fierce political fight in the U.S. over its ties to Trump.
Top Democrats say investigating the bank is simply basic congressional oversight, but the probes are certain to give potent political ammunition to some of Trump's most prominent critics.
"Typically, these investigations rarely unearth new information (especially if there are already other federal cases open by career prosecutors)," Brandon Barford, partner at Beacon Policy Advisors, told The Hill. "But they are a conduit by which certain facts can be emphasized and politicized."
The company says it is cooperating with all probes.
"Deutsche Bank takes its legal obligations seriously and remains committed to cooperating with authorized investigations," said spokesman Troy Gravitt in a statement. "Our recent record of cooperating with such investigations has been widely recognized by regulators. We intend to keep working in this spirit."
Deutsche Bank has fallen dramatically from its perch among the most powerful global investment banks. Mounting costs from years of litigation and mismanagement have eviscerated its profits, and the firm is shrinking its investment wing in a pivot away from Wall Street.
Deutsche Bank was deeply involved in the risky mortgage-backed securities market and in 2017 paid the Justice Department $7.2 billion to settle fraud charges related to their role in the 2008 financial crisis.
The bank has also paid billions to settle both civil and government lawsuits alleging interest-rate manipulation, violations of U.S. financial sanctions and money laundering in Russia.
Its Frankfurt headquarters was raided last month as European Union prosecutors probe Deutsche Bank's involvement in a tax-avoidance and money-laundering scheme detailed in the so-called Panama Papers.
Its business dealings with Trump, though, will take center stage in the U.S. House Democrats want to look for any potential connections between the bank's questionable financial practices and its significant outstanding loans to Trump and his business empire.
Trump owes Deutsche Bank hundreds of millions of dollars on construction loans issued in the 1990s and 2000s through the firm's wealth management unit. The bank was one of the few willing to deal with Trump, who was shunned by the rest of Wall Street after several bankruptcies. The Washington Post reported in 2016, shortly before Trump's election, that he had debts totaling $360 million through his companies to Deutsche Bank.
"The Democrats have something of a target on Deutsche because of the bank's relationship with the president," said Ian Katz, director at analytics firm Capital Alpha Partners.
Trump has warned that investigating his personal finances would cross a red line. Waters, the incoming chairwoman of the Financial Services panel, though, has already sought information from Deutsche Bank about its relationship with Trump.
The bank has so far declined her requests, but once she takes the committee gavel, Waters can subpoena the company. That will force Deutsche Bank to comply or fight the subpoena in court.
"Deutsche Bank is key to understanding the relationship between the president and members of the president's family and money laundering and all of that," Waters told The Hill in a November interview.
Across the Capitol, Senate Democrats are also calling for more scrutiny on the bank.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenPorter loses seat on House panel overseeing financial sector OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Nine, including former Michigan governor, charged over Flint water crisis | Regulator finalizes rule forcing banks to serve oil, gun companies | Trump admin adds hurdle to increase efficiency standards for furnaces, water heaters DeVos mulled unilateral student loan forgiveness as COVID-19 wracked economy: memo MORE (D-Mass.) and Chris Van Hollen Christopher (Chris) Van Hollen'I saw my life flash before my eyes': An oral history of the Capitol attack Trump administration finalizes rollback of migratory bird protections David Sirota: Democrats gave away leverage in forcing vote on ,000 checks MORE (D-Md.) have called on Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo Michael (Mike) Dean CrapoSweeping COVID-19, spending deal hits speed bumps McConnell in tough position as House eyes earmark return Mnuchin to put 5B in COVID-19 relief funds beyond successor's reach MORE (R-Idaho) to open a bipartisan investigation into Deutsche Bank.
"The compliance history of this institution raises serious questions about the national security and criminal risks posed by its U.S. operations," they wrote.
Crapo told Politico this week that he didn't plan on opening an investigation into "specific companies."
But he acknowledged the bank's troubles and said some of those problems could be addressed by work his committee is undertaking on money laundering laws.
The pressure Deutsche Bank is facing is likely to grow over its Trump ties and compliance with U.S. and European laws.
"They're in a tough spot right now," said Katz.
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Johnston Press is looking to create five different design templates to be rolled out across its portfolio of titles as it prepares to relaunch all 170 paid-for daily and weekly newspapers and news websites by the end of the year.
Renowned international design firm Cases I Associats has been awarded the contract to create the new designs. The new templates are being created following research by Experian into the types of markets Johnston Press serves.
Press Gazette understands that some editors are concerned about the new system because it will create strict templates within the Atex content management system which they will have limited ability to alter at a local level.
Editors are in negotiation with management over a limited amount of access to Indesign licences to enable them to create page designs locally.
One well-placed source told Press Gazette: 'Restrictive use of InDesign will still see things like story, pics and headlines not leading presentation – ie. we'll now use headlines that fit rather than the best one, pics as they come in rather than cropped.
"One thing is clear, there'll be no, or very little, room for designing our own pages. They don't trust editors not to mess the design up. In fact they seem to treat editors as an obstacle to change.
"We don't know how or if we'll be able to incorporate our individual local quirks, columnists, etc."
But Portsmouth News editor Mark Waldron, who is helping to coordinate the project, told Press Gazette: 'We've got the opportunity to get an international design agency on board and look at all our newspapers. It's an exciting project. That's not something we could do if we working at an individual level."
He said that most Johnston Press newspapers are already templated so operate under some design constraints.
He added: 'With templates you still have the freedom to create different pages…that process will still be there under the new system."
Johnston chief executive Ashley Highfield said in an email to last week staff: 'I want to help you make your titles the best they can be; titles you're ever more proud of (across all media); titles our readers and audiences buy in to (literally and metaphorically) and remain loyal to; and products that our advertisers – both locally and nationally – find indispensible as the most relevant and cost effective way of reaching their target audiences.
'To this end, I am genuinely delighted by the overwhelming positive feedback to the re-launch proposals. There are a number of minor issues that we can work together to overcome, and one big one – the proposed removal of InDesign.
'I understand your concerns. I do not want to make anyone's life harder. If we are going to improve the look of our titles, it must not come at the expense of total inflexibility."
Johnston Press is currently surveying editors to look at ways to address any concerns raised about the changes.
Under the current proposals, Highfield has said that Indesign will only be used to alter set design templates 'in extremis'and he suggested in his email to staff that: 'Editors who are unjustifiably in breach of the guidelines will need to account for them at local management meetings/business review sessions."
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Squash, winter, butternut, cooked, baked, with salt Minerals
Minerals in Squash, winter, butternut, cooked, baked, with salt
Minerals are inorganic elements that come from the soil and water and are absorbed by plants or eaten by animals. Your body requires different amounts of each mineral. People have different requirements according to they age, sex, and sometimes their state of health (pregnancy).
Potassium (284 mg), Sodium (240 mg) and Calcium (41 mg) are some of the minerals present in Squash, winter, butternut, cooked, baked, with salt.
Calcium is a very important mineral in human metabolism, making up about 2% of an adult human's body weight. In 100 grams of Squash, winter, butternut, cooked, baked, with salt, you can find 41 milligrams of calcium. It provides the 4% of the daily recommended value for the average adult.
The best known nutrition fact about iron is that meats and plant foods are rich in iron. More human health problems worldwide are caused by iron deficiency than by lack of any other nutrient. 100 grams of Squash, winter, butternut, cooked, baked, with salt contains 0.6 milligrams of iron, that's the 3% of the daily recommended value for an adult.
Vegetables, especially green leafy varieties, are generally our richest sources of potassium. But this mineral can also be found in varying amounts in almost all foods. 284 milligrams of potassium can be found on every 100 grams of Squash, winter, butternut, cooked, baked, with salt, the 6% of the total daily recommended potassium intake.
Magnesium is a key mineral in human metabolism. In fact, magnesium is necessary for more than 300 chemical reactions in the human body. In 100 grams of Squash, winter, butternut, cooked, baked, with salt, you can find 29 milligrams of magnesium. It provides the 7% of the daily recommended value for the average adult.
Phosphorus is the second most abundant inorganic element in the human body and is a port of many important compounds, including ribonucleic acid (RNA), deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and sugar phosphates. Phosphate helps to protect blood systemic acid-base balance, and acts as a transport mechanism for energy. 27 milligrams of phosphorus can be found on every 100 grams of Squash, winter, butternut, cooked, baked, with salt, the 3% of the total daily recommended phosphorus intake.
Sodium is needed for muscle contractions, nerve transmissions, maintaining pH balance and hydration. Sodium also regulates the fluid outside of the cells and is needed to pump fluid into the cells as potassium carries by-products out. 100 grams of Squash, winter, butternut, cooked, baked, with salt contains 240 milligrams of sodium, that's the 16% of the daily recommended value for an adult.
Zinc is used as a cofactor by a number of critical enzymes. In fact, more than 300 zinc-dependent enzymes are currently known. Even a mild dietary deficiency of zinc can have far-reaching health implications. 100 grams of Squash, winter, butternut, cooked, baked, with salt contains 0.13 milligrams of zinc, that's the 1% of the daily recommended value for an adult.
Copper is a key mineral in many different body systems. It is central to building strong tissue, maintaining blood volume, and producing energy in your cells. 0.06 milligrams of copper can be found on every 100 grams of Squash, winter, butternut, cooked, baked, with salt, the 3% of the total daily recommended copper intake.
A very low intake of manganese is associated with poor bone formation. This phenomenon is thought to be due to altered formation of the protein matrix that keeps minerals like calcium in place. 0.17 milligrams of manganese can be found on every 100 grams of Squash, winter, butternut, cooked, baked, with salt, the 9% of the total daily recommended manganese intake.
Selenium is one of many important dietary minerals, and we require a small amount of selenium in our daily diet. Selenium is incorporated in a small cluster of important proteins (called "selenoproteins"), each of which plays a critical role in our health. In 100 grams of Squash, winter, butternut, cooked, baked, with salt, you can find 0.5 micrograms of selenium. It provides the 1% of the daily recommended value for the average adult.
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Windsor-area real estate market 'feeding frenzy'
Windsor's hot real estate market is experiencing the kind of "feeding frenzy" common in such high-priced locales as Toronto and Vancouver, say local agents.
Grace Macaluso • Windsor Star
Mar 31, 2016 • March 31, 2016 • 2 minute read
This home at 3760 Victoria Blvd. sold for $630,000 — more than $100,000 over over the asking price. Photo by Nick Brancaccio /Windsor Star
Earlier this week, a five-bedroom, four-bathroom home on Victoria Boulevard in South Windsor sold for $630,000 — more than $100,000 above the asking price of $528,800.
Windsor-area real estate market 'feeding frenzy' Back to video
"The market is going crazy," Tim Campbell, Remax real estate broker who negotiated the sale, said Thursday. "Thirty-eight years in this business and I have never seen a market like this; I've never seen a deal like this."
Campbell said the property, which was listed March 23, drew 15 showings and multiple offers. "Needless to say, the sellers are very pleased."
Bob Peters, sales representative at Remo Valente Real Estate, said housing selling 10 to 20 per cent above the asking price is becoming the norm.
While multiple offers are common for listings in South Windsor and parts of Riverside, the entire Windsor area is a seller's market, said Peters.
"Everything is selling," he said. "If you price anything fairly, it will sell, even in a not great area. It's a feeding frenzy."
Peters said the housing market is being fuelled by a number of factors, including a recovering economy, low interest rates, low inventory, consumer confidence and pent-up demand.
"We have a lot of buyers in the market, but not enough listings," he said. "For every 10 properties I am bidding on for my clients, nine are multiple offers."
Even a handyman's special will garner competitive bids, he said, citing a house in South Windsor that listed for $167,900 and sold for $182,500. "It was an older home with the original kitchen and bathroom, and needed to be revamped."
Norm Langlois, president of the Windsor-Essex County Association of Realtors, said the average price for resale homes has jumped to $208,000 from $150,000 three years ago.
"You have a lot of new buyers that are coming into the market, looking for a $150,000 home, but there's not a lot available," said Langlois. "The ones available are experiencing multiple offers."
Langlois said the pace of price increases could slow along with an increase in listings, expected during the prime selling months of April, May and June. As well, the Bank of Canada could dampen demand if it chooses to raise interest rates, he said.
For the time being, properties, depending on the neighbourhood, are selling like hotcakes. "Today, the turnaround could be two or three days," said Langlois. "We're not talking about months anymore."
Windsor also is drawing interest from out-of-town investors, said Peters. "Before, they would never look at Windsor. Now they're all looking at Windsor," he said.
In 2009, an apartment building in Windsor's Olde Sandwich Towne would sell for $30,000 a unit. Today, "you'd get double that," said Peters.
Those who are selling could find themselves on the other side of the fence, he noted.
"If you're trading up, you're going to get more for your house, but you're going to pay more," he said. "I have a lot of clients that would move if we could find a house that they want."
Campbell said after years of depressed housing prices, brought on by the boom-and-bust nature of the local economy, Windsor is finally catching up to the rest of Canada.
"This is Windsor's growth period," Campbell said. "We're catching up to the rest of the world."
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B&E | Snap's Older User Base Slowly Growing Ahead of IPO - Analyst
IndraStra Global Wednesday, February 08, 2017 Edit this post
Potential source of concern for Snapchat and its investors is the amount of time older users spend on the platform
By Tim Baysinger
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Feb 8 (Reuters) - Snap Inc's Snapchat lags far behind rival social media outlets Facebook Inc, Instagram and Twitter Inc in reaching older users, but the soon-to-be public company has been growing that crucial audience, analysis by MoffettNathanson of a regulatory filing showed.
As Snap prepares for its planned stock market debut in March, luring users older than 35 to the mobile app is known for user-generated photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours is seen as key to driving its overall growth. While advertisers covet younger consumers, those 18- to 24-year-olds can be notoriously fickle when it comes to social media preferences, often moving on to the next big thing.
Snap said in its S-1 filing on Thursday that its younger-skewing user base leaves the company more vulnerable than traditional media outlets to changing consumer tastes, and that it could have trouble reaching older demographics.
Snapchat reaches 35 percent of all Americans, according to research firm MoffettNathanson's report, but that reach is concentrated among younger users.
During the fourth quarter of 2016, Snapchat reached 70 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds, but just 23 percent of people over 35.
By comparison, Facebook reached 88 percent of people over 35 during the same period. Instagram reached 45 percent and Twitter 42 percent of that age group.
Still, Snapchat's reach for those older users is up from just 8 percent at the beginning of 2016, suggesting that segment is growing.
Meanwhile, 58 percent of Snapchat's daily active users, a key metric for advertisers, are between the ages of 13 and 24, according to the MoffettNathanson report.
"We think if anything, Snapchat is closest to Instagram today in terms of demographic breakdown and growth profile. We don't think it will ever reach the penetration or 35+ saturation of a Facebook, nor will its ascent be as fast, however, we also don't believe it will flame out and ultimately fail as spectacularly as Twitter either," analysts said in the report released on Tuesday.
Twitter's lack of user growth since it went public in 2013 has been a major reason for its falling stock price, which has tumbled from more than $69 a share at the end of 2013 to trade around $18 per share.
Another potential source of concern for Snapchat and its investors is the amount of time older users spend on the platform. During the fourth quarter, users over 35 spent just three minutes per day on Snapchat, down from five minutes per day in the second quarter, its high point for the year among that age group.
Since ads are placed between photos and videos that users scroll through, enticing them to stay on the mobile app for longer periods of time allows Snap to sell more to advertisers.
Snap declined to comment beyond the information in its regulatory filings.
When it comes to digital advertising, Facebook and Alphabet's Google dominate the market. Together, the two are expected to account for 60 percent of the U.S. market in 2017, according to eMarketer.
"We have to root for companies like Snapchat to bring alternatives," said Ian Schafer, founder, and chairman of ad agency Deep Focus, noting a lack of revenue growth in 2016 for companies other than Facebook or Google. "Everyone else was either flat or shrunk."
Victor Piñeiro, senior vice president of social media for digital agency Big Spaceship, compared Snapchat's ascendance among younger users to how Viacom Inc's MTV courted teens in the 1980s and 1990s
"They've so squarely nailed that demographic. I think there's plenty of space for Snapchat in this coming year," said Piñeiro. "What I'm curious to see is how it grows beyond the under-35 demographic"
(Additional reporting by Jessica Toonkel; Editing by Anna Driver and Meredith Mazzilli)
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Q: JSON encode array of objects I have an array of objects like so:
[{}, {}, {}]

I need to pass this array via Socket.io. Socket.io converts the array into JSON and I keep getting the circular structure to JSON error.
Heres my current code:
for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
    num = randRange(0, cards[type].length);
    playerCards.push(cards[type][num]);
}
socket.emit('updateCards', playerCards);

Does anyone know a way around this?
Thanks

A: You would see the same error if you tried to do the following:
for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {

    num = randRange(0, cards[type].length);
    playerCards.push(cards[type][num]);
    JSON.stringify(cards[type][num])
}

//socket.emit('updateCards', playerCards);

The tag attribute is likely the culprit.  In order for the JSON serializer to work you cannot have any circular references in the object being serialized.  One option would be to pull out the information needed from the tag object and create a custom object instead.

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Taylor Swift, an icon forever and always
by Sabriya Imami October 4, 2020 August 12, 2021
This article is a part of the Arts b-side on Icons. For a full look at our b-side pieces exploring this theme, click this link.
I was seven years old when "You Belong With Me" came out, and it still gives me an indescribable rush of sheer happiness. It's the song I play in the car with the windows down, letting everyone else on the road share my joy. It's the song that I dance around to in my pajamas, feeling like I'm at a concert. Every time I hear it, I have to stop what I'm doing to give it the devotion it deserves.
That's how I feel with every Taylor Swift song. That's how so many people feel with every Taylor Swift song.
Barbara Walters once said "Taylor Swift is the music industry." She said this in 2014, after Taylor's record-breaking album 1989 was released. Six years later, Taylor Swift is still the music industry. She's released eight albums since the beginning of her career, and they've nearly all broken records. From her self-titled debut album to her most recent, surprise release folklore, she has never let the world down.
It's a shame, though, because the world has let her down on more than one occasion. From accusing her of writing only about her ex-boyfriends to the #TaylorSwiftIsOverParty to losing her master license over her recordings to having beauty standards forced on her that led to an eating disorder, the world has let her down because the world wants to hate Taylor Swift.
What makes her amazing, though, what makes her a true icon, is that she rises above it all. She forgives, but never forgets. She proves the world wrong. When the world said that she relies on the talent of others to write her own songs, she released self-written Speak Now (my absolute favorite album of all time). When the world said she was "just" a country artist, she released 1989, for which she became the first female artist to win the Grammy's Album of the Year award twice. When the world turned on her and called her a snake, she embraced it and released reputation. When the world said that she could only ever be a cookie-cutter pop star, she released the indie folk album folklore, which has led her to surpass Whitney Houston's record for most weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 charts. Taylor Swift sits among the most revered stars.
She refuses to let herself be torn down by haters or the media. As she herself said during the 1989 World Tour before her performance of her song "Clean," "you are not the opinion of somebody who doesn't know you or care about you." And she's not. The number of haters Taylor Swift has is the same number of people who refuse to give her a chance. They see a talented, young female star and refuse to give her any of the credit she is due.
The people that do love her — her fans, her Swifties — have never just sat by and let the world tear her down. And in return, she loves them. Taylor Swift invites her fans to her house and plays them songs before an album's release. She bakes them cookies, sends them Christmas gifts, shares inside jokes on Tumblr. How many artists do that? How many artists let their fans into their homes, into their hearts, the way she does?
At the core of her being, Taylor Swift is an artist. Her songs, her words are, for lack of a better word, iconic. So many people have proposed to their significant others while "Love Story" was playing. So many people's 2014 and 2015 Instagram bios read "darling I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream." Everyone knows that when you turn 22, it's your "Taylor Swift Birthday." So many people declared 2020 saved when folklore came out.
She has proven time and time again that she doesn't need the flashy concerts, gorgeous music videos or vast number of awards to be successful. She needs her voice, her songs and her fans. Taylor Swift appeared at the (socially distant) 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards to perform the song "betty." That award show had more viewers than the 2020 VMAs despite the fact that country music isn't a widely-listened-to genre. The other performers played a part for sure, but it hardly seems a coincidence that the first time she showed up at the ACMs in seven years was the time that millions of people tuned in. She sat on a stage with her guitar, accompanied by a harmonica player in the background, and just sang. There was no audience, no light-up bracelets, no showmanship. It was just her, happily returning to her country roots. And she still managed to capture everyone's attention.
That's the power of Taylor Swift.
Daily Arts Writer Sabriya Imami can be reached at simami@umich.edu.
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