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First Look: Mercedes-Benz F125! Concept
Ben Timminswriter
The Mercedes-Benz F125! Concept may be a sneak-peak at a future S-Class, but not one that'll hit roads in the next few years. Instead, the so-called research vehicle, which debuted at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, is the company's vision of what an S-Class sedan could look like in model year 2025.
If that's the case, expect the S-Class of the future to be a sleek, low-slung sedan -- albeit one that's slightly smaller than today's luxo-barge. The F125! Is about four inches shorter and two inches lower than today's S-Class, but passengers won't likely notice -- the concept's cabin is pushed far forward in order to eke additional interior room. A wide grille encompasses most of the F125!'s front fascia, while thin, triangular LED headlamps are tucked into the space between the front bumper and upper front fender. Gullwing doors have been used on a number of legendary Mercedes-Benz sports cars in the past, but designers apparently believe they could be ideal for luxury sedans of the future. The F125! uses a single gullwing door -- which runs almost the entire length of the cabin -- on each side.
Mechanically speaking, the body structure itself is as advanced as the styling. The F125! Is built primarily from a mixture of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP), aluminum, and high-strength steel in order to keep weight low. Mercedes-Benz says the entire body shell tips the scales at 551 pounds, which is reportedly 40 percent less than a contemporary S350.
Engineers also worked to encompass a hydrogen storage tank into the floor structure of the F125! -- important, since a hydrogen plays a large part in the concept's powertrain. Daimler built the sedan largely as an extended-range electric vehicle. A lithium-sulfur battery pack provides a pure electric range of 31 miles, perfect for jaunts within urban environments. For longer trips, a hydrogen fuel cell comes online to serve as a generator, charging the battery while simultaneously powering the car.
Four electric motors -- one for each wheel -- physically propel the F125!, albeit in a novel manner. By pairing more powerful motors with the rear wheels, engineers biased power to the rear wheels. Front motors are rated at 67 hp and 55 lb-ft of torque, while those fitted in back provide 134 hp and 148 lb-ft of torque. Mercedes' so-called e4Matic system promises to provide electronic control over each motor's output; on slippery surfaces, power will only be provided motors and wheels that have the most traction.
Mercedes-Benz claims the entire system provides a net output of 308 hp, allowing the car to sprint from 0-60 mph in 4.8 seconds, and reach a top speed of 138 mph. When factoring in the hydrogen fuel cell, range is estimated to be in the neighborhood of 621 miles. Better yet, the car reportedly delivers the equivalent of 87 mpg, and, says Mercedes, produces no emissions.
Advanced technology isn't relegated to the car's construction and driveline. Inside, the F125! Uses a next-generation infotainment system, which can be linked to a driver's home computer to access music, movies, and other media feeds. Each car has its own web access portal, allowing users to remotely configure vehicle settings, entertainment options, and climate controls for each seat. Daimler also touts its new Natural Handling voice recognition system, which reportedly allows the driver to interact and control the vehicle's subsystems with conversational English -- not a list of memorized commands. Natural Handling is also "mood-based," which means it can cater information like weather, traffic, or news to the driver's every whim. Speaking of handling, Mercedes-Benz claims the F 125! can autonomously perform some driving maneuvers, including lane changes and overtaking, and will communicate with other cars to alert the driver of approaching emergency vehicles or traffic jams well ahead of time.
The F125! May sound like the greatest thing since sliced bread, but there are many hurdles preventing it from suddenly appearing at your local dealer. First, the battery pack used much be roughly twice as efficient as today's battery packs, yet not much more expensive. In order to achieve this, the car's lithium-sulfur battery packs -- which Daimler views next step after today's lithium-ion battery standard -- must be perfected and become cost efficient. Furthermore, Mercedes must figure a way to store hydrogen at low pressures in order for the thin, floor-mounted tank to be feasible. Today's hydrogen vehicles largely utilize high-pressure cylindrical tanks, which eat up valuable packaging space.
Impossible? No, says Mercedes, but these developments won't happen over night. The company thinks these two pieces of technology -- to say nothing of CFRP production and electric motor assembly -- could become less expensive and more mainstream over the next 14 years. Until that happens, expect the F 125! to mostly inspire the shape -- if not the substance -- of future Mercedes cars, including the next-generation S-Class.


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Q: How to pass sql row id into into a class (PHP) The script below processes form data (multiple text fields, a radio button value and 2 file uploads). I have two sql statements within the script, one outside the php class CropAvatar that inserts the text fields to sql, another sql statement within the CropAvatar class that inserts the two file URL's to sql. I can't seem to make both sql statements work at the same time. I don't think I'm fully grasping how php classes work.
What is the best way to get both of these sql INSERT statements to function?
Additionally, both statements will need to insert into the same row in sql. I'm guessing I will need to define the id (which is auto increment) of the row and 'pass' it into the class. Incredibly confused.
Here's the script, thank you in advance:
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Razer Shakes Things Up Big Time With Their First Every Desktop Gaming PC
PC gaming hardware company Razer announced in early 2014 a concept art showing a modular approach to build gaming PCs, however it did not materialize until they showed the Razer Tomahawk at the Consumer Electronics Showcase (CES) 2020 in Las Vegas.
In early 2014, PC gaming hardware company Razer made some pretty big waves when they released concept art showing a brand-new modular approach to building gaming PCs.
The design was very futuristic, very "Razer", and had plenty of attitude with PC gaming outlets around the world excited about the new potential that this easy approach to DIYing gaming PCs was going to usher in.
Unfortunately, for reasons no one really understands except the higher ups at Razer, that concept never came to fruition.
Until today (well, sort of).
At the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Showcase (CES) 2020 The folks from Razer unveiled their brand-new modular take on gaming PC hardware – a brand-new desktop PC with the codename "Tomahawk".
Taking full advantage of the brand-new Intel NUC Element modular computers (another major announcement at CES 2020), the Tomahawk will moves completely away from the traditional motherboard and desktop CPU system for a more integrated and "all-in-one" approach pioneered by Intel.
This move away from traditional motherboards (the foundation of every gaming PC) and traditional CPU modules is a major shift in the industry. There aren't a lot of companies out there like Razer willing to take this kind of risk right now, but that's what makes the Tomahawk so exciting.
All of the essential components for the Tomahawk will be housed within the Intel NUC Element enclosure, a new project from the company that's already starting to gain quite a bit of traction both inside and out of the gaming industry.
A more modularized approach to building a gaming PC, the NUC contains the latest Intel CPUs, integrated motherboard components, onboard Wi-Fi, and an almost unlimited amount of headers and ports that allow for individuals to add different components to the NUC and almost "drag and drop" kind of approach.
All of this modularization helps to shrink the footprint of the Tomahawk significantly, to The display unit that Razer had at CES 2020 takes up just 10 L of volume in total (about as big as a shoebox), making this one of the smallest and yet most powerful gaming PCs ever created.
Razer is definitely the company to shake things up like this, though. All of the PC gaming hardware and accessories they've developed – from their gaming mice to their gaming laptops and everything in between – have taken huge swings for the fences. Almost all of them have been home runs, too.
It's too early to tell what the overall reception to the Tomahawk is going to be right now (hasn't even officially launched yet), but the excitement at CES 2020 was palpable. They were definitely one of the exhibitors that had lines building just to get a peek at the new design and the new modular system.
The new modular approach to building gaming PCs could change the game completely. A lot of people interested in the PC gaming hobby are turned off by the complexity of having to build a PC from scratch, all while being disappointed with the "built for you" options that are either underpowered or a lot more expensive than what you get with a DIY approach.
The PC gaming world is going to have to wait a little while until we get our first look at the Tomahawk, though. It isn't expected to be released for sale until the end of the first quarter or the beginning of the second quarter of 2020. Estimated price tags from representatives at Razer announced at CES sit anywhere between $2000 and $2500 (US).
Industry insiders expect this to be a huge hit with plenty of preorders well before its official launch date.
Read the complete story here: https://www.fifthgeek.com/razer-launches-first-gaming-pc/
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Contact Person: Marvin
Website: https://www.fifthgeek.com/
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Challengers To Watch XII
This one's a tough one.
I know J.P. Boutros. I've chatted with J.P. Boutros. Had drinks with J.P. I like J.P.
It's going to be difficult to be seen maintaining any sense of unbiased perspective here. So be it. Take it into consideration as you read on.
J.P. Boutros is running for city council in Ward 16 Eglinton-Lawrence. He was an advisor on transit for the former Ward 16 councillor, former TTC chair and former mayoral candidate, Karen Stintz. To say he had a fiery baptism in the heated cauldron of city politics would be whatever's under an understatement. Rob Ford. Public transit. Subways, subways, subways. Let's get rid of streetcars.
The death of Transit City. Service cuts. Fare hikes. Gary Webster. The coup against the mayor to take back control of the file, put the Eglinton Crosstown LRT back on track. One City.
This kind of turmoil might've put off public life for some people, apparently not J.P. He cites "loving city politics" as one reason for deciding to enter the race. The second, and probably more important reason?
Well, it starts with the Scarborough subway.
We all know this story, pretty much by heart now. The mayor's dream of the Sheppard subway extension dead, reborn in the form of a subway extension of the Bloor-Danforth line instead of the planned LRT line. How'd that happen? Well, your guess is as good as mine but it was probably a toxic mix of both political ambition and cravenness at a couple levels of government.
Its appearance as an item at the TTC commission meeting caught J.P Boutros by surprise. When he expressed a WTF after the fact, he was pulled to the side (not by his then boss, I'm assured) and told to know his place. "You're an advisor not an elected official."
Correcting that situation is reason #2 Boutros is running for city council.
Since announcing, he's been stridently hitting that anti-Scarborough subway note, specifically the property tax increase needed to pay the city's portion of it. It's absolutely unnecessary since the proposed Scarborough LRT extension of the Bloor-Danforth subway was going to be paid for entirely by the province. A better transit option, as he sees it, with none of the costs.
If we're fine with a bump in our property taxes, why not use it instead for things the city actually needs? Which Boutros has pledged to do if elected, and if he's able to help put council back on the LRT track in Scarborough. Yes. As city councillor for Ward 16, J.P. Boutros would push to have that debate opened up again.
"We have something on the books that's signed right now [the city's Master Agreement with Metrolinx to build a Scarborough LRT], that's good to go," he told the Globe and Mail's Oliver Moore. "Let's do it."
Instead, the city could spend some of the additional revenue in the wider community, better and more parks and green spaces, for example. Boutros has proposed that the city buy some school land the Toronto District School Board is trying to sell off, Bannockburn, keep it as a park for Ward 16 residents. Spending money where you need to rather than where you don't.
This would put J.P. Boutros at odds on a couple of important levels with the ward's outgoing councillor and his former boss. Even more so than on the TTC file, Karen Stintz stands as a rabid penny-pinching conservative of the most extreme kind. Not for nothing was she regarded as one of the leaders of the Miller era Responsible Government Group, a de facto opposition band of councillors including the likes of Mike Del Grande, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Frances Nunziata and Case Ootes.
Is that the kind of representation Ward 16 expects from its city councillor?
Boutros doesn't think so. At the doors he's been knocking on, taxes haven't really been much of a talking point he's hearing. Development, and the proper managing of it, is always a big issue in Ward 16. Traffic and congestion. Minimizing the impact on the community as the Eglinton crosstown makes its way through. Parks. Ward 16 loves its parks.
People want to believe their money is being spent wisely. It's a constant refrain I'm hearing from candidates. If that's not what you'd call fiscal conservatism, then the phrase is utterly meaningless.
In what is now an open ward, J.P. Boutros brings some actual City Hall experience to the table. Some serious City Hall experience. I asked him if there was any baggage that comes with it especially given how acrimonious the transit debates were. Did he make it on many councillors' shit list?
He shrugged. Not that he knew of. Thought he was able to talk cordially with all the councillors, regardless of political stripe. This time around, if he gets elected in October, he'll be able to do so as a colleague not as someone's assistant.
Again, let me re-iterate here. I know J.P. Boutros. I like J.P. Boutros. So, I'm very biased when I say this but it would represent a notable shift at City Hall if Ward 16 elects him as city councillor. Karen Stintz was something of a polarizing figure during her time in office, even before she became TTC chair. I think Boutros brings less ideological division with him. The tone will be different.
"If you can't run on your own beliefs," he tells me, "you're doing it all wrong."
I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt with that statement and take him at his word. I hope voters in Ward 16 do too.
— hopefully and helpfully submitted by Cityslikr
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4 Responses to Challengers To Watch XII
G Man says:
"Its appearance as an item at the TTC commission meeting caught J.P Boutros by surprise. When he expressed a WTF after the fact, he was pulled to the side (not by his then boss, I'm assured) and told to know his place."
Slick, this totally stretches credulity. The item didn't just appear before the commission; it was on the agenda, with materials available in advance. All the staff materials were in favour of sticking with the LRT.
I find the last sentence interesting too, since, as a political staff, he saw fit to corner me and lie to my face about the subway. He should apologize. More importantly, once he's elected, I hope he tells his staff to leave the lying to the elected officials.
JP Boutros says:
As you have decided to not reveal yourself, G Man, I can't respond in the familar. But you are wrong.
On October 24, 2012, I was focused on the DRL (DRTES) study. Andy was, too. The item you question me on publicly DID just appear before the commission.
The motion by then-Vice Chair Glenn de Baeremaeker for a Scarborough Subway feasibility study was NOT on the agenda. For the record, was I not aware of its possibility at any time prior to it happening. That was the day Commissioner Parker, my friend, became rightfully upset. I was as shocked as he was.
As GdB's motion came forward, Commissioner Milczyn turned to me and said, "Well, since he can ask, everyone can ask." His motion asked for Sheppard, knowing that it would result in a negative response from TTC Staff, as happened in March, 2012.
As for subway, you will not find a defense of the Scarborough Subway by me once CC39.5 was on the floor for a vote. CC37.17 had conditions; they were not met, specifically the $1.8B from the province instead of $1.48B. I never liked the play for the Subway from the start. A deal is a deal, but defending my boss is part of the job, to a point. The conditions were not me, and I was out.
As Slikr said so eloquently, "This time around, if he gets elected in October, he'll be able to do so as a colleague not as someone's assistant."
Below is the Commission item highlight on Glenn's play, which you won't find in the agenda for October 24, 2012. Thank you, and if you wish to reveal yourself to me to answer your rather strong accusation, I'd appreciate it.
Glad to clear the record and your misinformation. JP
http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Commission_reports_and_information/Commission_meetings/2012/October_24/Highlights/index.jsp
"Commission requests feasibility studies
Commissioners approved motions by Vice-Chair Glen De Baeremaker and Commissioner Peter Milczyn requesting that TTC staff report back at the January 2013 Commission meeting on the merits and feasibility of converting the Scarborough RT to a subway — instead of the currently-approved light rail — from Kennedy Station, north through the Scarborough Town Centre, continuing on to Sheppard and McCowan, and the further extension of such a subway from Sheppard and McCowan to Sheppard and Don Mills."
Mr. Boutros,
I apologize for my misstatement regarding you being taken surprise. I was not aware, or had forgotten, about the manner in which staff were requested to undertake the feasibility study and was thinking only of the report they produced, which obviously was not a surprise.
I had thought the impetus for that report was proceedings at council and, as I said, was not aware or had forgotten there were shenanigans also at the Commission.
Sadly, I cannot retract the other part of my complaint, which is that you directed a too-vigorous defense of the subway, based in non-truths, at me after a town hall meeting in Ward 6 in February.
I sincerely hope you win your election and have spread word about your candidacy among my own, admittedly small, networks. I just hope, as I wrote in my third paragraph, you've learned from your own experience and won't expect your staff to publicly defend or promote wrong positions you may take as a councillor.
Dear JP,
And with Duguid's announcement today, I may indeed owe you an apology. It sure does feel like the Provincial government is going to force Scarborough subway upon us. Ugh.
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Governor signs extradition papers for well-known FQ street performer
Updated: 6:11 PM CDT Jul 11, 2017
WEBVTT NEWS.SCOTT: POLICE IN JACKSONVILLE,FLORIDA ARE CREDITINGIMPROVEMENTS TO A FINGERIDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, TO THEARREST OF A FRENCH QUARTERSTREET PERFORMER IN A COLD CASEMURDER.JACKSONVILLE POLICE SAID THATTHE 1974 KILLING IS THE OLDESTCOLD CASE IN THEIR DEPARMENT'SHISTORY.60-YEAR-OLD JOHNIE MILLER, WHOHAS PERFORMED IN THE QUARTER FORDECADES, IS BEING HELD IN THEORLEANS JUSTICE CENTER.POLICE SAY MILLER, WHO WAS 17 ATTHE TIME, WALKED UP TO THECOUNTER OF A FOOD STORE WITHSOME ITEMS AND A GUN, DEMANDINGMONEY.THE VICTIM, 34-YEAR-OLD FREDDIEFARRAH, SWIPED AT THE GUN ANDTHAT'S WHEN INVESTIGATORS SAYMILLER SHOT HIM AND RAN OUT OFTHE STORE.>> SO OUR EVIDENCE TECHNICIANSPROCESSED THAT SCENE BACK IN1974 AND LIFTED LATENT PRINTSFROM ITEMS THAT WERE THAT WERELEFT BEHIND ON THE COUNTER BYOUR SUSPECT, MILLER AT THE SCENE, OF THE CRIME.THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE AFISTECHNOLOGY OVER THE YEARS SINCETHAT TIME HAD OCCURREDCONTRIBUTED TO OUR ABILITY TOREEXAMINE THE PRINTS AND GET AHIT WHERE THESE PRINTS WEREPREVIOUSLY NOT IDENTIFIABLE.SCOTT: MILLER'S NEXT HEARING ISON JUNE 26.HE HAS REFUSED TO WAIVEEXTRADITION BACK TO
A New Orleans street performer known as Uncle Louie will be extradited to face charges in a deadly convenience store robbery that occurred 43 years ago in Jacksonville, Florida.Online records show Orleans Parish Magistrate Judge Harry Cantrell was presented Tuesday with extradition papers signed by Gov. John Bel Edwards, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune reported. Cantrell then ordered Uncle Louie, whose real name is Johnie Miller, to be transported to face second-degree murder and armed robbery charges.Edwards' order was necessary after Miller refused to voluntarily return to face the charges stemming from a 1974 case involving the death of 34-year-old Freddie Farah. The 60-year-old Miller was linked to the slaying after evidence matched an FBI profile.Miller performed in the French Quarter as a human statue for more than two decades.Keep up with local news, weather and current events with the WDSU app here. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news right in your inbox. Click here to sign up!
BATON ROUGE, La. —
A New Orleans street performer known as Uncle Louie will be extradited to face charges in a deadly convenience store robbery that occurred 43 years ago in Jacksonville, Florida.
Online records show Orleans Parish Magistrate Judge Harry Cantrell was presented Tuesday with extradition papers signed by Gov. John Bel Edwards, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune reported. Cantrell then ordered Uncle Louie, whose real name is Johnie Miller, to be transported to face second-degree murder and armed robbery charges.
Edwards' order was necessary after Miller refused to voluntarily return to face the charges stemming from a 1974 case involving the death of 34-year-old Freddie Farah. The 60-year-old Miller was linked to the slaying after evidence matched an FBI profile.
Miller performed in the French Quarter as a human statue for more than two decades.
Keep up with local news, weather and current events with the WDSU app here. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news right in your inbox. Click here to sign up!


TOP SHELF POLO: First Friday at the Harrison Center!
Another great night of polo at the Harrison Center! Everyone from Indy, i love you all! And the Harrison Center so nice and hospitable. You guys are getting really good, we should play together again before Midwesterns. Competitive play is sooo much more fun than pickup. But next time, let's play on a court that's at least a little bigger than 70' x 45'.
Oh, and by the end of the night my shirt had been ruined thanks to generous helpings of blood from Doug and red wine from Keith. Guess i'll have to make that one my official Indy bike polo shirt. Thanks again for a great time!


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Does ROCKSOLAR Offer Free Shipping?
We offer free standard shipping across the USA mainland, and Canada. We also offer free expedited charge shipping. We will ship within two business days once we receive the order, and customers can expect their shipment within 2-7 days. All products are shipped by ground, as battery products can not be shipped by air.
What About a Warranty Period?
ROCKSOLAR LLC. provides a non-transferable warranty to the purchaser of ROCKSOLAR products purchased from an authorized ROCKSOLAR reseller. ROCKSOLAR LLC. warrants to the original consumer purchaser that the ROCKSOLAR product will be free from defects in workmanship and material under normal consumer use during the applicable warranty period identified in the 'Warranty Period' section below, subject to the exclusions set forth below. This warranty statement sets forth ROCKSOLAR's total and exclusive warranty obligation. We will not assume nor authorize any person to assume any other liability for the sale of our products.
The warranty period is 12 months. In each case, the warranty period is measured starting on the date of purchase by the original consumer purchaser. The sales receipt from the first consumer purchase, or other reasonable documentary proof, is required in order to establish the start date of the warranty period.
ROCKSOLAR's entire liability and your exclusive remedy for any ROCKSOLAR product that is not operating in accordance with its published technical specifications are at ROCKSOLAR's discretion: replace the product at ROCKSOLAR's expense. This warranty obligation is conditioned upon the hardware being returned to the original place of purchase or another place as directed by ROCKSOLAR, with the original sales receipt attached. You may be required to pay shipping and handling charges, as well as any applicable tariffs, duties, taxes, or other fees. ROCKSOLAR may, at its discretion, provide new or refurbished products.
Limited to Original Consumer Buyer
The warranty on ROCKSOLAR's product is limited to the original consumer purchaser and to any subsequent owner.
ROCKSOLAR shall not be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to loss of profits, revenue, or data (whether direct or indirect) or commercial loss for breach of any express or implied warranty on your product even if ROCKSOLAR has been advised previously of the possibility of such damages. Some local laws do not allow the exclusion or limitation of special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, so this limitation or exclusion may not apply in your jurisdiction.
The warranty does not cover failures resulting from incorrect handling, product modifications, installation, conversion or additions, supplements, operation, natural elements (weather), excessive or deficient energy supply, chemicals, the effect of solid bodies, or deliberate damage. If the Warrantor determines that the problem with the ROCKSOLAR product(s) is not due to a manufacturing defect in the Warrantor's workmanship or materials, or otherwise does not qualify for warranty repair, then the Purchaser will be responsible for all costs incurred by the Warrantor necessary to repair, replace and transport the ROCKSOLAR product(s). ROCKSOLAR's warranty does not apply to the battery cell unless the battery cell is fully charged by you within seven days after you purchase the product and at least every three months thereafter.
How to Receive Service
To obtain warranty service, contact our customer service team at services@rocksolars.com
Portable Power Stations FAQ's
How Long Does a Power Station Last?
The amount of time you'll be able to use your portable power station depends on many factors.
The average portable power station can last three to thirteen hours on a fully charged battery. The longevity of a battery is determined by its age, kind of battery, size, and the number of gadgets utilized with the power station.
How Can I Charge a Power Station?
You can charge your power station using the supplied cable to connect to a USB port or USB-A wall charger, or car charger. You can also charge the power station AC battery while connected to a USB-C laptop that is connected to a wall charger.
Can I Leave a ROCKSOLAR Power Station Plugged in All the Time?
Since power stations have similar charging characteristics to a laptop, it is okay to keep your power station plugged in all the time, as it will stop charging on its own once the battery is full. A battery cannot be overcharged, but a severely undercharged battery can cause damage.
Can You Charge and Use a Power Station at the Same Time?
Yes, you can charge your power station while also using it to charge other devices and appliances at the same time.
How Many Hours Will a ROCKSOLAR Power Station Last?
The amount of time you'll be able to use your portable power station depends on many factors, including which power station you purchase. The average portable power station can last three to thirteen hours on a fully charged battery.
How Many Times Can I Recharge My Power Station?
It depends on which power station you choose, but ROCKSOLAR power stations can be recharged between 500 and 1,000 full cycles.
How Do ROCKSOLAR Products Provide Power for DC 12V Devices (Like a Headlamp, Fan, or Air Compressor) With a Portable Power Supply?
The 5.5mm 12V DC output is plug-and-play. Plug devices into the DC output port to gain power.
Which Devices or Home Appliances Can My Power Station Handle?
There is a wattage rating for each of our power stations (for example, the Nomad is 400W). Lower-wattage power stations can power devices like phones and laptops, while larger-wattage power stations can power car batteries and mini-fridges.
Click here for a list of average wattage of most home appliance.
How Do ROCKSOLAR Products Provide Power for AC Appliances With a Portable Power Supply?
Connect the power cable plug of the electrical device to the AC outlet of the product, switch on the power button, and the unit will start providing power to your devices.
Warning: The AC outlets, AC voltage, and frequency are different in different countries; please carefully check whether the product specifications are consistent with the device specifications before use; otherwise, this could be dangerous.
How Do ROCKSOLAR Products Charge From Your Car with a 12V Car Port?
Using the included car charger (all units excluding the Weekender RS81), plug the unit into your car's 12V car port (cigarette lighter port ).
You will know the unit is charging when the blue LED Battery Indicator lights up and blinks. The unit is fully charged when all battery indicators stop blinking and remain solid.
I Left My ROCKSOLAR Power Station On When I Stored it Away, and Now It's Not Working. What Should I Do?
This happens, don't worry. The battery has completely drained and will take a long time to replenish its charge. Plug your charger in using the AC wall adapter and leave it charging for 24+ hours.
The power station has overcharge protection, so this will not damage your battery. After charging for a day or two, check the battery; it should be working again. If not, please contact services@rocksolars.com for additional troubleshooting support.
What Should You Pay Attention To When Using a Portable Power Supply?
Do not short-circuit the unit. To avoid short-circuiting, keep the unit away from all metal objects (e.g., coins, hair-pins, keys, etc.).
Do not heat the unit or dispose of it in fire, water, or other liquids. Keep away from high temperatures. Do not expose the unit to direct sunlight. Avoid using the power station in freezing temperatures, as the battery capacity would decrease.
Keep away from high humidity and dusty places.
Do not disassemble or reassemble this unit.
Do not drop, place heavy objects on, or allow a strong impact on this unit.
This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge unless they have been given supervision or instruction concerning the use of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.
Children should be supervised to ensure they do not play with the appliance.
Do not cover the device with towels, clothing, and other items.
The unit may become hot when charging. This is normal. Use caution when handling.
Do not charge the unit over the required time.
Disconnect the unit when fully charged.
Use the unit properly to avoid electric shock.
Please deal with scrap products in accordance with the regulations, and do not treat the built-in battery as household garbage so as not to cause explosion and pollution.
The product is only used for emergencies; it cannot replace the standard DC or AC power of household appliances or digital products.
What is the Difference Between a Modified Sine Wave And a Pure Sine Wave Output?
The primary job of an inverter is to convert the DC (Direct Current) power from the battery bank or solar panels to AC (Alternating Current) power needed for most appliances. It must take the constant DC voltage and change it to a sine wave curve above and below 0 volts.
When inverters first came out, the most common way to do this was to make the voltage go straight up and down, creating a blocky signal. This is called a modified sine wave, seen in orange in the image below. More advanced modified sine waves make multiple steps to come close to a pure sine wave.
Will a Modified Sine Wave Affect My Device's Performance or Damage My Device?
If the device you want to power uses a rectifier to change the AC into DC (A power brick), it's extremely unlikely that you'll have any issues. That means your laptop is going to be fine.
The full list of electronics that work just fine with a modified sine wave is far too long to get into here. Suffice it to say that if it doesn't use an AC motor and isn't a delicate piece of medical equipment, you will be in the clear.
When I Use My Multimeter to Test the AC Output, the Reading is Not 110V and Is Jumping Around. Why Would This Happen?
If you are trying to measure Modified Sine Wave output with a multimeter that is not rated "True RMS multimeter," this would happen. It does not mean that AC output is malfunctional. For more details, please refer to the following YouTube video.
Solar Panel FAQs
Solar Panel Ratings And Efficiency Explained
Rated Output / Power Output Capacity. This is the amount of power a solar panel can generate. Power is measured in watts (W) or kilowatts (kwh). A 100W solar panel can produce 100W per hour under ideal weather conditions, a 300W solar can produce 300 watts an hour and so on.
Efficiency. The efficiency rating measures the amount of energy the panel is converting into energy. Most solar panels have an efficiency rating between 17%-23%. A solar panel with a 21% efficiency rating means it converts 21% of the sun's energy striking it into electricity.
Do not confuse the efficiency rating with the rated output. A 23% efficiency rating does not mean the panel will only produce 23% of its rated output in watts.
What Happens to a Solar Panel When the Battery is at Full Capacity?
When a solar panel battery is at full capacity, it simply becomes 100% charged. The built-in battery management system will ensure no fire concerns arise if it uses modern lithium batteries.
When the battery bank becomes full, it stops absorbing power from the solar system. The solar panels will continue to generate a voltage that will not be used or stored unless there is an energy demand or more battery space.
Can a Solar Panel be Left Disconnected?
Yes, a solar panel can be left disconnected since there is nowhere for the voltage to go when the sunlight strikes the surface. The panels' temperature may increase, but the panels are large enough that this heat will not affect the solar panels.
How Long Do Solar Panels Last?
Solar panels are made to last more than 25 years. However, solar panel life expectancy doesn't mean constant electricity production - energy production will decrease over the years, but their lifespan remains remarkable.


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L'International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO, , ) est une organisation caritative créée en 1978 et dont le siège est à Jeddah en Arabie saoudite. Son secrétaire général est, en 2011, Adnan Khalil Basha.

La branche indonésienne de l'organisation est placée sur la liste officielle des organisations et personnes considérées par l'ONU comme proches d'Al-Qaïda ou des talibans depuis le  et des organisations considérées comme terroristes par les États-Unis et la branche Philippine est classée comme organisation terroriste par les États-Unis en .

À ne pas confondre avec le Secours islamique (Islamic Relief Worldwide), autre organisation humanitaire.

Dénominations
Cette organisation est connue sous les noms suivant : هيئة الإغاثة الإسلامية العالمية, al-Ighata al-Islamiya al-'alamiya, Al Igatha Al-Islamiya, Hayat al-Aghatha al-Islamia al-Alamiya, Organisation internationale islamique de secours, International Islamic Relief Agency, International Islamic Relief Organization, International Relief Organization, Islamic Relief Organization, Islamic World Relief, International Islamic Aid Organization, Islamic Salvation Committee, The Human Relief Committee of the Muslim World League, World Islamic Relief Organization.

Historique
L'IIRO fut fondée par un décret royal du . Farid Yasin al-Qurashi la mit en place et en fut le directeur jusqu'en 1993.

Cette structure est directement placée sous la tutelle de la Ligue islamique mondiale, elle-même considérée comme l'instrument politique des oulémas d'Arabie saoudite.

Cela lui permet d'échapper au contrôle budgétaire du ministère des Affaires religieuses et du waqf en Arabie saoudite.

Les fonds que rapportent la zakat et les dons sont gérés par la Fondation Sanabil Al Khair.

De 1991 à 1996, l'IIRO a publié quelques rapports d'activités. Jusqu'en 1998, elle distribuait également un bulletin trimestriel en anglais. Depuis, l'opacité de l'organisation a beaucoup contribué à sa mauvaise réputation. Sur son site Internet réactualisé en 2007, l'IIRO donnait simplement des informations sur le montant de ses dépenses et non sur l'origine de ses ressources. Les chiffres publiés en rials saoudiens porté la somme peu vraisemblable de 1,9 milliard d'euros en 2005-2006.

Activités humanitaires
À partir de 1982, l'organisation s'implante au Pakistan pour aider les réfugiés victimes de la guerre d'Afghanistan.

À partir de 1987, elle travaille en Somalie, plongée depuis l'année précédente dans la guerre civile.

L'organisation a également versé des fonds aux acteurs de l'intifada palestinienne et des indemnités aux victimes des opérations militaires israéliennes dans les territoires palestiniens.

L'IIRO a envoyé de la nourriture aux victimes du tremblement de terre du 26 décembre 2004 dans l'océan Indien et des colis à celles du tremblement de terre du 8 octobre 2005 dans le Cachemire.

En 2010, selon son directeur, l'IIRO a aidé certains 2,9 millions de personnes dans 58 pays,  orphelins parrainés par 21 pays asiatiques, africains et européens, et administré 30 orphelinats et ses activités ont généré 45 millions de rials saoudiens de revenus (~ 5 millions d'euros).

Mais ces activités sont couplées avec un prosélytisme militant d'un islam wahhabite.

Activités politiques et soutien au terrorisme présumé
Cependant, les branches indonésiennes et philippines de l'IIRO sont aussi accusée par les Nations unies, les États-Unis d'Amérique et d'autres pays comme les Philippines, l'Indonésie et la Croatie, de faire davantage de politique que d'humanitaire, et même de soutenir le terrorisme islamiste.

Présent aux Philippines depuis , le beau-frère d'Oussama ben Laden et directeur de l'IIRO à Manille, Mohamed Jamal Khalifah, est expulsé par les autorités en novembre 1994 après avoir été accusé d'avoir financé des camps d'entraînement du groupe Abu Sayyaf. Sur la cinquantaine d'orphelinats prétendument construits par cet organisme dans ce pays, un seul le fut effectivement.

Durant les guerres de Bosnie et du Kosovo, l'IIRO a contribué au financement des forces musulmanes.

Une note de la DGSE du  mentionne notamment un virement de 4,5 millions de dollars au profit du chef d'Al-Qaïda, Oussama ben Laden. Un livre consacré au mouvement terroriste, Al-Qaïda vaincra, reproduit une autre note de la DGSE, cette fois datée du , décrivant le camp de Darunta en Afghanistan, où étaient formés les jihadistes jusqu'en 2001. La note indique, que ce camp a été édifié grâce à des fonds provenant notamment de l'IIRO.

Le bureau américain de l'IIRO a été perquisitionné en 2002 sur la base de soupçons d'apports financiers importants à l'organisation Al-Qaida.

Le , un juge fédéral new-yorkais, Richard Casey, reçoit la plainte déposée contre l'IIRO par des victimes des attentats du .

Depuis le , les branches indonésiennes et philippines l'IIRO figurent sur la liste officielle des organisations de financement du terrorisme du département du Trésor et un de ses directeurs exécutifs, Abdul al Hamid al Mujil, considéré un des financiers du terrorisme et impliqué dans l'opération Bojinka est sur la liste des personnes sujettes aux sanctions de l'ONU.

Une résolution du Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies classe les branches philippine et indonésienne de l'IIRO comme faisant partie des organisations soutenant Al-Qaïda en 2006  et elle depuis sur la liste du Comité créé par la résolution 1267 (1999).

L'auteur Abdel-Rahman Gandour écrit dans son enquête Jihad humanitaire que l'IIRO semble accorder davantage d'importance à la diffusion du wahhabisme qu'à l'apport effectif de secours.

Plusieurs de ses membres ou anciens employés ont été soupçonnés d'être en rapport direct avec des activités terroristes :

 Les opérations de l'IIRO à Peshawar ont été dirigées par Talaat Fouad Abdul Qasim, un membre du Gamaa al-Islamiya, un groupe islamique égyptien, qui, condamné à mort par contumace dans son pays, sera capturé par les États-Unis en Croatie en  et exécuté au Caire en 1998.

 le Bangladais Syed Abou Nasir, qui travailla pour l'IIRO jusqu'en 1992, est arrêté en Inde le  avec des explosifs alors qu'il s'apprêtait à poser des bombes devant trois représentations diplomatiques américaines;

 l´Égyptien Mahmoud Jaballah arrêté au Canada sous un certificat de sécurité depuis .

 l'Émirati Fayez Banihammad qui se trouvait à bord du vol 175 United Airlines qui s'écrasa contre la Tour sud du World Trade Center lors des attentats du 11 septembre 2001;

 l'Algérien Mustafa Ahmed Hamlily, qui a été arrêté par la police pakistanaise le , incarcéré à la prison de Guantanamo et rapatrié le

Sources
 Fiche et historique sur l'Observatoire de l'Action Humanitaire
 Abdel-Rahman Ghandour, Jihad humanitaire : Enquête sur les ONG islamiques, Paris, Flammarion, 2002.
 Jürgen Elsässer, Comment le djihad est arrivé en Europe, Xenia, 2006.
 Globalterrorwatch Fiche Gama'ah al-Islamiyyah

Références

Liens externes
  Site de l'IIROSA
  Profil de l'IIRO sur Cooperative Research

Association ou organisme d'aide humanitaire
Association ou organisme lié à l'islam
Organisation considérée comme terroriste
Organisme fondé en 1979
Al-Qaïda
Politique en Arabie saoudite

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US Department of Justice to investigate Louisville police practices
Updated: 7:07 PM EDT Apr 26, 2021
ANNOUNCED THE INVESTIGATION INTO LMPD BY ITS CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION. RICK: STEPHON DINGLE JOINS US LIVE WITH DETAILS ON WHAT THE INVESTIGATION WILL COVER. STEPHON: BIG NEWS OUT OF WASHINGTON, D.C. TONIGHT. ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND, ANNOUNCING THAT HIS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND INVESTIGATE THE LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT. DURING THIS PROBE, THEY WILL LOOK FOR ANY VIOLATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION OR FEDERAL LAW BY WAY OF LMPD'S POLICIES. THIS COMES MORE THAN 13 MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH OF BREONNA TAYLOR. OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED TAYLOR DURING A SEARCH AT HER HOME. HER DEATH SPARKED MONTHS OF PROTESTS HERE IN LOUISVILLE THE PAST SUMMER. GARLAND SAYS THEY WILL ALSO ASSESS THE USE OF FORCE, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO PEOPLE INVOLVED IN PEACEFUL PROTESTS. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BELIEVES THIS INVESTIGATION IS NEEDED TO BUILD TRUST BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND POLICE. >> THOSE INVESTIGATIONS AND THE RECCOMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS THAT ENSUE, DO NOT ONLY PROTECT INDIVIDUAL CIVIL RIGHTS, THEY ALSO ASSIST POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN DEVELOPING MEASURES TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THOSE QUALITIES ARE NECESSARY TO BUILDING TRUST BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. AND COMMUNITY TRUST IS ESSENTIAL TO MAKING POLICING MORE EFFECTIVE AND LESS DANGEROUS FOR OFFICERS ON THE STREET. STEPHON: THIS INVESTIGATION OF LMPD WILL ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT OFFICER TRAINING, SUPERVISION , AND ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH IS SOMETHING ACTIVISTS ARE STILL CALLING FOR FROM THE DEPARTMENT IN LIGHT OF VIDEO THAT WENT VIRAL LAST WEEK SHOWING AN LMPD OFFICER PUNCHING A PROTESTOR THAT THEY WERE TAKING INTO CUSTODY. INVESTIGATIONS LIKE THIS ARE NOT UNIQUE TO LOUISVILLE. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LAUNCHED A SIMILAR INVESTIGATION JUST LAST WEEK INTO THE MINNE
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Monday that there will be a civil investigation launched into the Louisville Metro police department and government more than a year after the death of Breonna Taylor.The U.S. Department of Justice will investigate whether they have violated the constitution or federal law. "The investigation will assess whether LMPD engages in discriminatory policing, and also whether it conducts unreasonable stops, searches, seizures, and arrests, both during patrol activities and in obtaining and executing search warrants for private homes," a DOJ news release said. The investigation will include officer training, supervision and accountability, Garland said. If violations are found, the justice department will issue goals for LMPD and Louisville to meet. If the city doesn't agree, a civil lawsuit could follow, Garland said.Merrick said the goal is to ensure everything LMPD does is "constitutional and lawful." He said Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and LMPD Chief Erika Shields have already pledged to cooperate. "I strongly welcome the investigation," Fischer said shortly after Garland spoke.This announcement comes less than a week after Garland said the U.S. Department of Justice would be investigating the police in Minneapolis, where George Floyd was killed by Derek Chauvin.Then, he said there could be more departments coming under investigation.LMPD has been in the national spotlight since the death of Taylor, who was killed during a raid on her apartment in March 2020. No drugs or money were found in her home. Officers fired more than 30 shots. Taylor was hit multiple times and died in her hallways.Only one of the three officers who discharged their guns during the raid faces charges, and none of them are for her death. Brett Hankison was charged with wanton endangerment for shots that went into a neighboring unit. His trial is scheduled for next year.The man behind the original warrant, Joshua Jaynes, was released from the department in January. Issues with how he obtained that warrant were raised during a Public Integrity Unit investigation. Concerns were also raised surrounding the department's handling of the protests that followed Taylor's death. Just earlier this month, video surfaced showing LMPD repeatedly punching a man during an arrest, someone who is considered a regular figure at Jefferson Square Park.Shields immediately responded saying an internal investigation into the incident was underway.Louisville and Kentucky have made some reforms in the past year, including banning no-knock warrants in the city, and limiting them across the state. Merrick noted the reforms in his address.Fischer said they've been building toward this audit for months.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Monday that there will be a civil investigation launched into the Louisville Metro police department and government more than a year after the death of Breonna Taylor.
The U.S. Department of Justice will investigate whether they have violated the constitution or federal law.
"The investigation will assess whether LMPD engages in discriminatory policing, and also whether it conducts unreasonable stops, searches, seizures, and arrests, both during patrol activities and in obtaining and executing search warrants for private homes," a DOJ news release said.
The investigation will include officer training, supervision and accountability, Garland said. If violations are found, the justice department will issue goals for LMPD and Louisville to meet. If the city doesn't agree, a civil lawsuit could follow, Garland said.
Merrick said the goal is to ensure everything LMPD does is "constitutional and lawful." He said Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and LMPD Chief Erika Shields have already pledged to cooperate.
"I strongly welcome the investigation," Fischer said shortly after Garland spoke.
Louisville leaders 'strongly welcome' DOJ's investigation into policing
This announcement comes less than a week after Garland said the U.S. Department of Justice would be investigating the police in Minneapolis, where George Floyd was killed by Derek Chauvin.
Then, he said there could be more departments coming under investigation.
LMPD has been in the national spotlight since the death of Taylor, who was killed during a raid on her apartment in March 2020. No drugs or money were found in her home.
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Officers fired more than 30 shots. Taylor was hit multiple times and died in her hallways.
Only one of the three officers who discharged their guns during the raid faces charges, and none of them are for her death. Brett Hankison was charged with wanton endangerment for shots that went into a neighboring unit. His trial is scheduled for next year.
The man behind the original warrant, Joshua Jaynes, was released from the department in January. Issues with how he obtained that warrant were raised during a Public Integrity Unit investigation.
Concerns were also raised surrounding the department's handling of the protests that followed Taylor's death.
Just earlier this month, video surfaced showing LMPD repeatedly punching a man during an arrest, someone who is considered a regular figure at Jefferson Square Park.
Shields immediately responded saying an internal investigation into the incident was underway.
'I'm going to get justice': Protester punched during LMPD arrest vows to keep pushing for change
Louisville and Kentucky have made some reforms in the past year, including banning no-knock warrants in the city, and limiting them across the state. Merrick noted the reforms in his address.
Fischer said they've been building toward this audit for months.


BBLTranslation again partners with TTC to open up English-language theatre to Catalan and Spanish speakers in Barcelona. BBLTranslation provides Eng/Cat and Eng/Cas translations of the vocabulary in TTC's latest show: "Thelma and Louise – and Karen". The trilingual vocabulary list makes the play accessible to a wider audience while also allowing audience members to learn more English – and especially more colloquial phrases. The list provides the words and phrases used in the play alongside definitions that aid understanding next to Catalan and Spanish translations. BBLTranslation ensures that viewers can immerse themselves in the story without any language barriers to enjoy a great evening of entertainment – AND for a good cause.
Proceeds from "Thelma and Louise – and Karen" go to [i] support Spanish children (Celeste and Anael) who have been denied financial support from the government since their mother died, and [ii] TTC's flights to perform the play in London in August.
What's the PLAY ABOUT? THELMA (believed dead) and LOUISE (believed to be in China) meet by chance after twenty-five years apart. They rekindle their friendship but their versions of the past don't match (e.g. the thing with the ukulele, and the car crash, and the… well…). Their delight at meeting again soon turns to annoyance and disgust but, as they shun each other, a voice offstage joins in the conversation and convinces them to stick around to show them how their lives can be better than ever before. "Thelma and Louise – and Karen" is a new play (a black comedy) that tests the limits of friendship – and what happens next. It blends onstage acting with offstage voicework that is reminiscent of a mildly helpful Greek chorus.
Click to download BBLTranslation's Vocabulary list and view full details of the show. BARCELONA 2016 performance dates: JULY: Friday 22., Saturday 23. Monday 25 . Tuesday 26.
TICKET RESERVATIONS secured by emailing with Subject "TLK" to georginatremayne@gmail.com – please add the date you want, your name, # of tickets. Tickets €10 (pay in cash on the night). Reservations are essential. Limited seating.
WHERE is the play being performed? At a private venue in Plaça Reail. Your ticket reservation includes a map showing where to meet at the building's street-level entrance –you'll then be taken to the performance space. Venue/bar opens from 8:30pm. Last admittance to the venue 8:55pm. Showtime 9pm.
HOW LONG is the play? 90 minutes (including one intermission). Is the play SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN? Yes (and for adults too) as long as they like "slightly surreal" themes and can handle a couple of swear words. RANDOM important points: There are no strobe effects but we'll add some if there is enough demand. Gluten-free. No gunfire.
Thelma and Louise – and Karen (2016) is new play by Georgina Tremayne. In 2015 she won the New Writing Award at the Leatherhead Drama Festival for Marie's Crisis Café, and she won selection and performance at the 24:7 Big Theatre Festival in Manchester for her play Madness Sweet Madness. Madness Sweet Madness then transferred to Liverpool's Shiny New Theatre Festival, also in 2015. BBLTranslation provided translation lists for all of these shows too.


It may seem an unlikely alliance - a worldwide advertising and communications company, and an international organization dedicated to solving the world's problems - but it is one that seems to be progressing rather nicely.
This year's State of the World Forum has taken a giant leap forward in terms of profile, with advertisements in many of the world's largest newspapers and magazines, and a live website donated by Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide.
A 90-minute meeting between Saatchi & Saatchi chief executive, Kevin Roberts, a New Zealand marketing and communications company, State of the World Forum president, Jim Garrison, and the Forum's financial and communications advisor, Tom Rautenberg, started a four-month process in which the relationship between the two organizations was formalized.
Mr. Garrison describes that meeting as exhilarating. "We just discovered mutuality…. You know most corporate people you talk to are guarded, they're bottom-line driven, they're not going to give you anything unless they're going to take ten times more, but we just talked…it was an amazing conversation."
"Kevin Roberts is a unique businessman. Every one of my dealings with him shows him to be a deeply caring man. He's very engaging, but unlike most businessmen he's deeply caring, about community, social justice, and about the future," he said.
Saatchi & Saatchi were keen to come on board because the association with the forum is a tangible step towards their transformation from a traditional advertising agency to a "hothouse of world-changing ideas," says the Saatchi executive in charge of the State of the World Forum, Alfa Tate-O'Neill.
"The Forum is about world-changing ideas, and it's not just concerned with politics or economics, but is looking at the big picture. Through us, the Forum has been able to reach out to audiences it hadn't reached before."
Most of Saatchi & Saatchi's advertising of the Forum has been on a pro bono basis - advertising that is estimated to be worth between a half and one million dollars.
"So far, it's been it's been a wonderful, wonderful relationship from top to bottom," Mr. Garrison said, even though he concedes there were some reservations among the Forum's board at the start. "But as soon as I met Kevin and Alfa, I was just totally convinced that we were dealing with the right people at the right time for the right reasons."
"We would like to see it [our relationship] continued and expanded on in the coming years. Saatchi & Saatchi and the Forum share the motto 'nothing is impossible'. This combination is allowing the incredible expansion of both corporate possibility and altruistic possibility."
Saatchi and Saatchi are equally committed to keeping the relationship as a going concern. Alfa Tate-O'Neill has already been working on some long term radio, television and Internet programs to keep the Forum's issues on the boil, especially two of the Forum's initiatives, The Whole Child and Empowering Women. "This is just the beginning," she said.


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New Nodes, Materials, Memories
What chips will look like at 5nm and beyond, and why the semiconductor industry is heading there.
February 15th, 2018 - By: Ed Sperling
Ellie Yieh, vice president and general manager of Advanced Product Technology Development at Applied Materials, and head of the company's Maydan Technology Center, sat down with Semiconductor Engineering to talk about challenges, changes and solutions at advanced nodes and with new applications. What follows are excerpts of that conversation.
SE: How far can we push device scaling and what sorts of problems are you seeing?
Yieh: There are traditional Moore's Law scaling issues at the
most advanced nodes, and now we have new challenges with the expansion of device types. For example, there is fragmentation of memory technologies with the emergence of STT-MRAM and 3D XPoint memory. So there is no shortage of challenges in enabling advanced performance, and all of them require new materials.
SE: Where does ruthenium fit in?
Yieh: That's one of the many materials we're investigating.
SE: Why is that being looked at for interconnects?
Yieh: We're working to improve the resistivity and gap fill. But the interconnect is only one piece of the scaling challenge. The contact and metal gate in the transistor area are also problematic with the move to smaller CDs (critical dimensions). A challenge the industry is dealing with is how to continue scaling the resistance and capacitance in various areas. From the transistor standpoint there are also many materials being investigated to improve the gate stack metal work function, or the channel mobility performance. And on top of that, with the EUV delay, different patterning schemes are needed to shrink small feature CDs. But alignment and overlay errors need to be overcome. New patterning material deposition schemes combined with selective etching are required to solve these issues. And the ultimate solution to reducing edge placement error issues is selective deposition, where materials are deposited precisely where they are needed to simplify and enable self-alignment.
SE: What kinds of issues are you seeing with selective deposition?
Yieh: Selective deposition is very challenging. It's like trying to control where each snowflake should land during a blizzard. How do you make sure the snow only covers the rooftop and not the street? The ability to use materials engineering to define the different features is critical, and something that we are focused on at Applied.
SE: Logic seems comparatively straightforward, even though it's difficult. But there are a lot of other variables that aren't so obvious, right?
Yieh: Yes, scaling is not just about shrinking the CD. It's also about the design and materials engineering techniques. An example of design for scaling is bringing the gate contact on top of the active gate. New materials and integration schemes are being developed for both performance and scaling. An example is scaling SRAM. At 5nm we see STT-MRAM being integrated for large cache to reduce chip size. That requires significant materials engineering attention to form the magnetic-tunnel-junction stacks by PVD, and then you need to etch those nonvolatile materials into pillars. So now a memory component is adding new materials to enable logic chip scaling.
SE: Memory constitutes a huge portion of these chips. How much can you reduce that area?
Yieh: Using STT-MRAM to replace large cache SRAM can shrink the area by 40% and free up a lot of valuable chip real estate. And being a nonvolatile memory in close proximity to the logic, it results in faster computation and energy savings.
SE: Let's step back a bit. The markets for technology are fragmenting by application. We're seeing growth at older nodes for things like IoT. But some of the huge growth markets will be in different areas such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, which require leading-edge logic. What are the issues there and how do they fit into your world?
Yieh: New compute and memory architectures and system-level design schemes are creating different types of challenges, which impact processing and memory. What's important is to make sure the latency is improved. We're focused on enabling these inflections. In the past, we only looked at logic, DRAM and NAND. Now there is storage-class memory. And now there are all these sensors–in particular, growing demand for image sensors for mobile devices, cars and surveillance applications. Image sensors used to be legacy technology without much innovation. Today, customers are trying to figure out new ways to improve the image quality and efficiency.
SE: Let's switch to DRAM. Isn't this is the ultimate plumbing problem?
Yieh: Yes, and customers are talking about further extending DRAM with different materials to improve bit-line resistance and parasitic capacitance. Similarly, in other memory devices such as phase-change memories, challenges in optimizing material systems for enhanced performance are critical.
SE: Phase-change technology can be used in neuromorphic computing, as well, right?
Yieh: Yes, we see people looking at different types of memory, including phase-change memory technology, to do neuromorphic computing.
SE: So what happens when you scale some of these new materials?
Yieh: New materials will have new performance metrics. For example, low-thermal-budget processing is a growing requirement that needs innovation because temperature directly impacts how all of these new materials behave. If the temperature for the materials system is too high, you may not get the switching you want. You have to get the film structure to where you want it, and then make sure it continues to behave in the desired way with subsequent processing.
SE: That doesn't sound easy.
Yieh: It's a very interesting time for materials and materials engineering. For instance, there are a couple different ways to do a vertical channel. One way is to put it down and etch it. Another is figuring out how to fill or grow it. Which way is better? Using ALD to fill or PVD and etch? Applied has the full equipment toolbox to investigate which path is better. At the Maydan Technology Center (MTC), we work to test and optimize various methods and validate them through physical and electrical testing. We build short-loop test vehicles. So we can build 14nm finFET test vehicles and can go down to 5nm with dual damascene to do electrical testing. We have a STT-MRAM test vehicle at 130nm pitch going down to 80nm, just to name a few. These capabilities allow extensive in-house learning.
SE: How many companies are going to be able to stay on this road map for device scaling? It's getting very expensive.
Yieh: Agreed, but if you look at what is coming, it isn't necessarily about small geometries. It's about managing increasing complexities. Mobile phones still need small geometries for high performance and low leakage. Many people thought DRAM scaling would stop, too, but it continues to scale. These advancements don't just happen, either. People keep at it. It's amazing how many smart people are in this industry.
SE: Are there any other materials we haven't heard about, other than some of the III-V classes?
Yieh: The number of elements in the periodic table being investigated and used today continues to expand. Each element and combinations of elements have specific properties that can enable new devices—for example, germanium-antimony-tellurium.
SE: You also want to know what will be needed in terms of equipment, right?
Yieh: We always have to look ahead. A few years ago, our customers discovered edge placement error would be a challenge. Alignment and overlay are difficult. We started looking at selective deposition and multi-color patterning as solutions to these challenges. Selective deposition uses different process technologies. Patterning schemes may require dielectric on dielectric, or dielectric on metal, or metal on metal. Multi-color is about different types of gap-fill materials. These new processes drive new equipment requirements, which give us many opportunities to provide value to our customers. Our equipment portfolio and capabilities give us an advantage in speed of learning.
SE: Is industry consolidation affecting R&D for you?
Yieh: No. Overall if you look at what's occupying chipmakers, they're ramping many new devices. There's a considerable amount of activity taking place with companies designing AI and high-performance computing chips for specific workloads and different types of applications. Some of these require innovation breakthroughs that offer opportunities for new disruptive products. We see incredible opportunity in the emerging material and device inflections.
SE: Is it possible to get improvements in power and performance without shrinking, where instead you just change the materials?
Yieh: People are trying different things and focusing on the materials that have been investigated in the past. Many new ideas are being investigated and the speed of learning is accelerating.
SE: So what are you finding are the really tough nuts to crack, where maybe you're heading down the wrong path?
Yieh: Every day we solve problems and find ways forward. Sometimes a solution will reach a point where a new approach is needed and that drives innovation. Solving complex challenges and doing what others think can't be done is what inspires us. It's a lot of fun.
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Hollywood 2017: Meryl Streep Condemns Harvey's Disgraceful Behavior
October 9, 2017 by EmanuelLevy
On Monday morning, three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep issued a strong statement condemning Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein for allegedly sexually harassing multiple women over several decades.
"The disgraceful news about Harvey Weinstein has appalled those of us whose work he championed, and those whose good and worthy causes he supported," Streep said. "The intrepid women who raised their voices to expose this abuse are our heroes."
Streep won an Oscar for "The Iron Lady" and picked up a nomination for "August: Osage County," both of which were distributed by the Weinstein Company. She also played a supporting role in "The Giver."
On Sunday, the board of the indie studio that Weinstein co-founded voted to terminate him with cause. He's denied parts of a report published in the New York Times last week that detailed his alleged harassment towards women, including the actresses Ashley Judd and Rose McGowan.


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