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Posts Tagged 'Adam Savage'
Adam Savage Talks to Wearable Robot Maker Jorvon Moss
This fascinating little video comes from Adam Savage's Tested channel on YouTube. Savage is an SF fan, who himself makes science fiction costumes and props, and who also interviews professional modellers and costume and special effects technicians. In this video he talks to Black maker Jorvon Moss, who makes wearable robots and technology. Moss states that he started making these machines after a friend died during the Covid pandemic. It was his way of processing and getting through the grief. The first of Moss' machines they look at is a pair of enormous SF goggles, whose lenses go in and out and which sports eyebrows that go up and down. Moss says at one point it was inspired by Steampunk, which he considers to be the perfect synthesis of art and technology. This really didn't surprise me, as one essential element of steampunk costumes, it appears, is a set of suitably retro-futuristic goggles. They then go on to a model robot spider. Moss, unlike just about the rest of humanity, likes spiders and was inspired to make it by the west African legends about the spider god, Anansi. He's made the robot to sit on his head. The gadget's own head moves and its eyes light up, so that it gives the impression that it's watching you. The last robot is partly made from a backpack designed for transporting cats. This is connected via a pipe or flex to the robot, which sits on the wearer's shoulder. This actually has a computer and a pattern recognition system so that it recognises faces. It also speaks. If it sees someone, it utters one or more of three phrases, including 'Carbon dioxide detected' and 'Alcohol detected'. Moss also shows Savage his robot bird, now somewhat delapidated. He was inspired by Archimedes the robot owl in the Ray Harryhausen '80s film, Clash of the Titans. The robot has cogwheel eyes that spin round, and a pair of wings that open.
Moss states that he's really an artist and taught himself about the technology used in his machines. He also says that he was aware there were no other people who looked like him who were making robots and other technological models. He's therefore keen to inspire other Black people to join in. He also wants other people generally to follow his ideas and become inspired in their turn to take them further. All his ideas are open source, and the details of how they're built can be found on his website. I think they're made using a 3D printer, which most of us don't have access to. But more and more people are acquiring them, and so have the technology to make some of the gadgets and machines he has.
With his background in art Moss sort of reminds me of a 21st century Black Wilf Lunn from Vision On. This was the 1960s-70s BBC programme for deaf children which launched the careers of Aardman Animations, the mischievous plasticene man, Morph, and the artist Tony Hart. After Vision On was cancelled, Hart went on to have his own TV show, Take Hart. Also on Vision On was future Dr. Who Sylvester McCoy as the Professor. Wilf Lunn was the programme's inventor, who created little toy automatons. It struck me thinking about the series a little while ago that Lunn was probably an artist taking an artistic approach to invention, rather than a scientist or engineer like those on the popular science programme, Tomorrow's World.
Moss is clearly a talented inventor himself with a great enthusiasm for his robots. He's an excellent ambassador for technology, and I've no doubt that if he went round a few schools, he'd inspired many more kids, particularly Blacks, to take an interest in the STEM subjects.
Tags:Aardman Animations, Adam Savage, Anansi, Blacks, Class of the Titans, Coronavirus, Dr Who, Jorvon Moss, Ray Harryhausen, Robots, Schools, Science Fiction, Steampunk, Sylvester McCoy, Tony Hart, Vision On, Wilf Lunn
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Adam Savage Hitches Rickshaw to Four-Legged Spot Robot
This is another video which has absolutely nothing to do with politics, but I'm putting it up simply because it's fun. In it, Adam Savage, the engineer and Science Fiction fan behind Mythbusters, builds a joint for Boston Dynamics' Spot robot so he can hitch a rickshaw he built for himself to it. Boston Dynamics have developed a series of robots, some of which are humanoid and bipedal. They produced another quadrupedal robot, Big Dog, as a carrier for the American army. However, the programme was cancelled because the robot's electric motors produced too much noise for it to be used in combat, as this would have alerted the enemy to the soldiers' approach.
Savage says of the rickshaw he built, that it was originally going to be very brightly coloured after the Indian vehicles. When he came to build it, it became darker, and much more European so that it had a Steampunk look. Steampunk is the type of Science Fiction that imagines what would have happened if the Victorians had really developed the kind of technology in the early SF of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne, and had space and time travel and computers. One of the founding books of this genre was William Gibson's and Bruce Sterling's The Difference Engine, which is set in a Britain where Lord Byron has led a revolution and is now the head of government and Charles Babbage's pioneering early mechanical computer, the Difference Engine of the title, has been built.
The Spot robot itself is semi-autonomous. As Savage has shown in previous videos, it can be operated by remote control. However, it recognises and avoids obstacles, and so it's impossible to steer it into a brick wall. It will just stop, or try to go round it. When Savage and two other engineers and technicians are testing how it performs with the rickshaw attached, the robot comes to a halt on a slope. This is because it doesn't realise that it needs to put in more power to pull the rickshaw up it, and so the two technicians work on its software so that it can correctly assess the force it needs and perform accordingly.
The robot and rickshaw together really do look like something out of Steampunk SF, or the 19th century SF art of the French author, Jacques Robida. Or even a scene from the Star Wars' galaxy, which similarly mixes high technology – spaceships, robots and landspeeders with very low-tech forms of transport like animals. The fact that this is reality in 2020 shows that we are living in an age of SF.
Tags:'The Difference Engine', Adam Savage, Armed Forces, Boston Dynamics, Bruce Sterling, Charles Babbage, Computers, H.G. Wells, Jacques Robida, Jules Verne, Lord Byron, Robots, Science Fiction, Space Travel, Star Wars, Time Travel, William Gibson
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Adam Savage and Guest Engineer Build Refrigerated Cooling Suit
Adam Savage is a Science Fiction fan and engineer/special effects technician on YouTube. I think he was also one half of Mythbusters, a cable/satellite TV series in which he and his co-host put to the test various popular myths. Such as whether a car door really could shield you from bullets as shown in any number of cop shows and films.
In his YouTube channel, Savage goes off to various SF conventions and gatherings, talking to stars, special effects people and fans. He also builds replica movie props and effects. In this video, he and his guest, biomedical engineer Kipp Bradford, build a refrigerated suit.
Savage says that he's building it because a few years ago, he went to a convention wearing a replica of the spacesuits worn in the classic SF/horror movie Alien. Wearing its quilted material in such a hot environment, however, nearly gave him heatstroke. He went to another convention after that wearing a copy of the silver space suites from Kubrick's 2001. This had a type of cooling system built into it to stop him becoming too hot, but it seems to have just circulated water around without being a refrigerator. The refrigerated cooling suit he and Bradford build uses the same kind of technology used in domestic fridges to keep food and drink cool. It works by pumping a refrigerated fluid around which takes heat from the objects to be cooled and radiates it away. In this case, the suit uses a miniature compressor and two heat exchangers. The miniature compressor was made by DARPA for the American armed forces. Nearly two decades ago after Gulf War II the American government called for a similar refrigerated suit to be developed to keep its squaddies cool in the desert heat. The project was abandoned when it was realised that if something went wrong with the suits, the soldiers would be seriously compromised.
The suit the two use for the device is an RAF cooling suit from c. 1975. It's designed for the British air forces high altitude pilots, and Savage says he picked it up a few years ago at an auction. I have an idea it was a similar suit with tubes for circulating fluid that the costume/make up department of Dr. Who used for the Cybermen seen in the 1980s Peter Davison story Earthshock.
I don't think this is something that can be built at home by your average SF fan or DIY enthusiast. Obviously one of the issues is simply getting hold of the components. They mention that one of the compressors is available from a company that will provide single units. All the other companies providing refrigerator components will only supply them in bulk, so unless you order 10,000 of them, they won't give you anything. They also use a proper, industrial refrigerant as the coolant. There's a lot of joking about using alcohol, including vodka as the coolant, and they state that this is a viable option. But I really don't think that is the stuff they eventually use. They do say, on the other hand, that it isn't the freon used in older fridges in the 1970s, for example, that was one of the gases that put a hole in the ozone layer. That's been replaced by more ecofriendly chemicals, so that the hole is actually now closing. Which is clearly a win for the environment, even if the planet is still suffering from massive pollution and the destruction of the natural environment and extinction of millions of endangered species.
For all the light, jokey tone, it's clear that Bradford is an incredibly intelligent man. While Savage jokes that he's only got honorary degrees, which aren't worth anything, Bradford has a string of higher qualifications. He's a biomechanical engineer, who has designed similar cooling units for medevac for injured American troopers.
The two manage to construct a small refrigerator and connect it to the suit. And it works! Through an infrared app on a mobile phone camera they show it lowering Savage's temperature as he's wearing it down to quite a cold level. The only drawback for this viewer is that they don't create any kind of backpack for it enabling Savage to wear it with the suit. Wearing it, Savage remarks that it's given him an insight into the achievement of the NASA scientists and engineers, who built the spacesuits. Not only did these include similar cooling systems, but they also had to include other vital systems like air.
I found this video particularly interesting as a fan of Dune. In Frank Herbert's classic novel, the Fremen and other people survive the harsh conditions on the desert planet Arakis by wearing still suits. These reclaim the body's moisture from sweat and wastes through semi-permeable membranes, treating it so that it becomes drinkable water. Fans of the Australian-American '90s SF show, Farscape, will also remember the cooling suit worn by the villain Scorpius. Scorpius is half-Skaren, half-Sebatian. The Skarens are tough, reptile-like creatures with a high body temperature and craving for heat. The Sebatians, by contrast, are identical to humans but lack human's ability to regulate their body temperature. They're therefore vulnerable to overheating and falling into an incurable coma. In order to stop this, Scorpius wears a refrigerated suit specially designed for him, and has had surgery performed so that he can insert cooling rods into his skull to lower the temperature of his brain. Mercifully, no-one has suggested doing anything like that yet, although some extreme conditions are treated by placing the patient in a coma and lowering their body temperature. This nifty little piece of engineering shows that while we haven't quite reached the ability to produce a still suit like Dune's, we're not far off it.
As you can also see from the video, Kipp Bradford's Black or mixed-race. There's a move to make science and engineering more diverse, with more women and Blacks and people from ethnic minorities. I therefore thought the video might also be of interest, as it clearly shows that Blacks are also capable of doing great, awesome science and engineering. Not that there should be any doubt of it. The 'McCoy' of the phrase 'It's the real McCoy!', said of any great invention or clever device, was apparently an American naval engineer around about World War II, who became famous for the marvels he could work on board ships.
Tags:'Farscape', 'Mythbusters', 2001, Adam Savage, Air Force, Alien, Armed Forces, Blacks, DARPA, Dr. Who, Dune, Engineering, Ethnic Minorities, Horror, Kipp Bradford, NASA, RAF, Science Fiction, Stanley Kubrick
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Prof Simon on the Technology of Blade Runner that Exists Today
This is another fascinating video from Professor Simon Holland. As I said in an earlier blog piece, November 2019 is the date Ridley Scott's SF classic Blade Runner is set, based on the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick. Prof Simon here examines some of the technology that has now been developed, which is similar to that of the movie. This includes robots, flying cars and 'a polaroid which allows you to see round corners'.
He begins with robots, stating that most of them have been developed by the pornography industry. These are the Real Dolls, androids which have been designed to look like real women. There's a few photographs of these, shown with their owners or manufacturers. Mercifully, both have their clothes on. But some have also been developed by the military, and these, Prof Simon says, comparing them to Blade Runner's replicants, are scarier. The robots shown at this point are the humanoid – roughly – and quadrupedal machines developed by the American firm, Boston Dynamics. A gun-toting humanoid robot shows its shooting skills in a range out in the deserts. Despite being repeatedly struck and pushed over by a man with a hockey stick, the robot manages to hit its target. When the pistol it's using runs out of ammo, they throw it a rifle, which it catches with both hands and then proceeds to use. Another humanoid robot is shown carefully walking along a stony path simulating rough terrain, while one is also shown trying to pick up a box while another man with a hockey stick knocks the box away and tries to knock the robot over. The quadrupedal robots include the Big Dog machine and related robots, which got their name because they look somewhat like headless mechanical dogs. Big Dog was designed for carrying equipment, and one is shown with four saddlebags walking around trying not to be forced over. Two lines of similar machines are shown pulling a truck.
The 'polaroid that sees round corners' is also shown, and it appears to be a mobile app. He also shows photographs of a number of flying cars that have been developed. As for the taxis on demand that appear in the movie, he quips that he'll just call Uber.
But he also raises the important point about why our expectations of the future are inaccurate. He argues that it's because we've forgotten how very different the world was back in the 1960s when the book was written. This is shown through another set of photographs of the fashion of the period, though I think they come more from the 1970s. Certain the pic of John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John from Saturday Night Fever does. He goes on to point out how we have technology that was unknown when he was growing up – computers are everywhere and cursive handwriting a thing of the past. We evolve into the future, rather than making quantum leaps into it. He also cheerfully observes that he shares a Blade Runner obsession with his younger, near-lookalike, Adam Savage.
At the end of the video he examines an interesting photo he's been sent by a viewer. This is a photo of the Earth from space, with a mark that looks like a UFO. But it isn't. Unlike today's digital cameras, those used by the astronauts used photosensitive film, which could get marked and spoiled by dust. This is what's happened to the photo here.
Prof Simon is a genial, entertaining host, and it's fascinating that some of the technology featured in Blade Runner is being developed. Scientists and engineers have been working on the flying cars since the 1990s, and one of the tech firms has said that they intend to put them into service as flying taxis next year. This seems unlikely. Critics have pointed out that the noise generated by their engines would be colossal, making their use very unpopular. Living in a city in which they were in general operation would be like living in an airport. The SF artist and book illustrator, Jim Burns, also comments on one of his paintings, which show such cars in use, that there are prohibitive safety aspects. What about accidents? Nobody would like to be around when it starts raining bits of aircar and body parts.
The robots we've developed are different from Blade Runner's replicants, which are artificial, genetically engineered creatures, and therefore biological rather than simply technological. We're nowhere near creating anything that complex. The military robots instead remind me of the machines from Robocop and the ABC Warrior from the '90s movie, Judge Dredd, in which Megacity 1's toughest lawman was played by Sylvester Stallone, as well as the robots in Chappie, which came out a few years ago. Despite the very impressive sophistication of these machines, however, they mercifully aren't as intelligent as humans. This means we don't have to worry about the world of 2000 AD's 'ABC Warriors' or the Terminator movies becoming reality quite yet. But even so, watching these machines walk, move and shoot is disturbing, demonstrating their lethal potential and efficiency as fighting machines. Looking at them, I think the fears many scientists and members of the lay public have about them as a potential threat to the human race are justified.
Tags:'Chappie', ABC Warriors, Adam Savage, Aircraft, Armed Forces, Blade Runner, Boston Dynamics, Cars, Computers, genetic engineering, Jim Burns, Judge Dredd, Philip K. Dick, Photograph, Robocop, Robots, Simon Holland, Sylvester Stallone, The Terminator, Uber
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Arteta Hails Eddie Nketiah's Maturity And Personality
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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has described the personality with which Eddie Nketiah plays as "incredible". The forward, of Ghanaian descent, found the net as the Gunners...

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"I like people. Usually. There are a few that are not nice, but that's to be expected. I usually just put the items on display and they sell themselves. Take this potion, for example." She pulled put of her bear backpack a flask of some red liquid. The center of which fire burned steadily. "THIS is a potion of fire-ball. You drink it and you can cast fire-ball even if you've never studied magic, or wasn't born with the gift. This bad boy helps people decide if magic is for them before they run off to some expensive academy or apprentice for years under some wizard."


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Enterprise 2.0 (Предприятие 2.0) — система веб-технологий, обеспечивающих возможность оперативной совместной работы, обмена информацией и совместного принятия решений на предприятии.

История

Термин Enterprise 2.0 был впервые употреблен профессором Гарвардской школы бизнеса Эндрю МакАфи в 2006 году.

Общие возможности бизнеса

Выявление экспертов

Способность выявить экспертов дает корпорациям возможность для решения бизнес-проблем с участием высококвалифицированных специалистов, которые трудно сформулировать или сообщить в явном виде. Динамичные анкеты и поисковые запросы пользователей могут стать неотъемлемым компонентом инфраструктуры, которая поощряет незапланированное сотрудничество и неформальные взаимодействия в качестве эффективного средства для решения проблем бизнеса. Выявление экспертов повышает производительность и успех организации путём определения статуса и места человеческого опыта в глобально распределенных и все более виртуальных организациях. Таким образом, включение в бизнес процессы инструментов социальных сетей, размещение анкет сотрудников и поиск по ним, облегчит руководителям возможность найти нужного человека или группу людей для выполнения соответствующих задач.

Корпоративные блоги

Как и личные блоги, корпоративные блоги используют одинаковые технологии, в данном случае для посланий руководства, электронных журналов и форумов управления знаниями. Корпорации Google и Facebook — пионеры этой практики в рамках собственных организаций. Вместо показушного запуска или пресс-конференций, организации приступили к использованию внутренних и внешних корпоративных блогов. Корпоративные блоги становятся частью стандартного набора корпоративных средств коммуникации и новым портфелем социально-медийных средств. Такие возможности, как теги и рейтинг помогают сотрудникам найти информацию и делится мнением о политике и процедурах организации.

Корпоративные Вики порталы

Wiki, как и блоги, выполняют роль платформы для сотрудничества и общения. Корпоративный wiki дает экспертам предметных областей простой в использовании инструмент для публикации их объяснения по любому вопросу. Например, корпоративный wiki может содержать словарь сокращений и терминов, используемых в организации. Крупные корпорации создают многоуровневые wiki так, чтобы каждое подразделение имело возможность добавлять элементы в свои wiki и затем принимать решение о том, какие элементы должны быть распространены до обще корпоративного уровня.

Платформы внутренних сообществ

Платформы внутренних сообществ дают возможность сотрудникам организации создание виртуальных форумов для обмена мнениями, знаниями и опытом в предметных областях по интересующим вопросам. Часто сообщества участвуют в обменах неструктурированных идей, некоторые из которых выделяются в зрелые идеи вследствие зарождения интереса со стороны сообщества.

Формирование идеи

Способность к формированию и восприятию идей, может включать в себя структурированную методологию бизнеса по сбору и инкубированию инновационных идей, которые могут созреть с участием сообщества. Страничка для обратной связи на веб сайте компании может быть одним из простых примеров системы управления взаимосвязи организации для получения идей от своих клиентов и сотрудников.

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Available on-demand 20-25 October.
Ai Weiwei's Coronation is the first feature-length documentary about the coronavirus in Wuhan. As the first city hit in the global pandemic, the Chinese metropolis with a population of 11 million was placed under an unprecedented lockdown. The film showcases the incredible speed and power of China's state machinery with its construction of massive coronavirus hospitals, deployment of roving sanitation-fogging robots, implementation of an exhaustive testing and contact-tracing protocol, and punctiliously engineered protective measures for health workers. On the other side of the scale is the crushing bureaucracy of that same machine, its totalitarian decision-making, clear deception of ordinary citizens, the absence of civic communication, and perhaps, worst of all, a cold-eyed lack of empathy for those suffering loss and kept away from home.
Ai Weiwei paints a moving and revelatory portrait not just of China's response to the pandemic but also of ordinary people in Wuhan, showing how they personally cope with the disaster.
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About Martin
The Fit EffectAbout Martin
Martin Moylan is the head coach, lead author and owner of The Fit Effect. Martin has been working as a self-employed trainer and coach for a number of years for himself, in a well-known city centre gym as well as with a company named Wellness At Work providing corporate health and wellness. The Fit Effect, delivers professional personal training and coaching for people who are serious about their health and fitness. We're dedicated to helping you achieve your goals and providing you with long lasting results.
When I was about to leave school I knew I wanted to do something that allowed me to help people. I decided to do the sports physiotherapy course in DCU as it was new and through playing sports, physiotherapists had helped me over the years with different injuries. It was only after I graduated that I felt I wanted to do something that really made a difference. I had a keen interest in health and fitness so I went to the National Training Centre and qualified as an instructor and trainer. I then went on to further my knowledge in strength and conditioning.
Martin's story
Martin graduated from Dublin City University with an honours degree in Athletic Therapy and Training. During that time he also worked abroad in the United States on the medical staff for a college American football team. After completing his studies in DCU, Martin then went on to qualify as a personal trainer in the National Training Centre and also added the national certificate in strength and conditioning (NCSC) through KG Elite Performance. As an athlete himself, Martin has been involved in a wide variety of sports, ranging from athletics to gaelic games to competing internationally in Taekwon Do winning a gold and two bronze European medals along the way. Martin lives in Dublin, Ireland.
Qualifications and Certification
Here is a list of Martin's qualifications;
Bachelors Honours Degree in Athletic Therapy and Training (DCU)
Fully qualified Sports First Aid, Basic First Aid (Defibrillator, CPR)
National Certificate in Strength and Conditioning (NCSC)
National Qualification in Exercise, Health Studies and Personal Training from the National Training Centre (NCEHS) including certifications to teach;
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Obituary: Harry Clay Hoffman III Lt. Col. U.S. Army (retired)
Mount Vernon — Harry Clay Hoffman III, 81, died peacefully of natural causes in Richmond on July 26, 2012.
He was born in Pittsburgh, Pa. to Harry and Mary Jane Hoffman of Pottsville, Pa. He served proudly in the U.S. Army for 25 years. He was a dedicated civil engineer in the Army Corps of Engineers and had an MSA from George Washington University. He was a highly decorated veteran, a Green Beret and a true patriot.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Lou (nee Nuss) Hoffman; five childern, Jane Ann Hoffman, Debra Hoffman-Pahl (husband Richard Pahl) Patty Hoffman, Harry Clay (Mike) Hoffman IV, Barbara Hoffman Nolte (husband Robert Nolte); 7 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
Memorial service will be held Aug 2 at 2 p.m., at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Alexandria. Internment at Arlington National Cemetary at a future date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675.


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Apps and Partners
Provide Solutions for Home Office Team Collaboration
Nico Gulden
Apps and Partners, Brief Introduction, Univention Blog
In recent days and weeks, many employees retreated to home office to break chains of infection, others plan or would like to do so. But not everyone has the tools to continue working productively and together with colleagues in as many areas as possible. Working remotely and the collaboration of several people from the home office place special demands on the way a team works and on the tools it uses.
As an open hyperintegration platform and with the Univention App Center, Univention Corporate Server (UCS) offers a whole range of different applications which enable effective and collaborative working from the home office. Among the more than 90 applications in the App Center are solutions for file sharing (Nextcloud, ownCloud or Seafile), for project management (OpenProject and the Kanban solution Wekan), video conference (Kopano Meet), real-time communication (Rocket.Chat) or knowledge transfer (MediaWiki Bluespice). All these solutions are also available as virtual appliances with a pre-configured UCS, which you can put into operation with a very manageable effort and make available to your colleagues for the home office.
In this article I will explain how you get an appliance running in just a few steps and briefly present a selection of solutions that I believe support working from the home office very well.
Pre-configured Virtual Machines
For almost 20 apps in the Univention App Center, pre-configured virtual machines are available in the Univention App Catalog. These Univention App Appliances provide UCS as operating system and a specific app pre-installed on it. These appliances can be downloaded and tested from the Univention App Catalog free of charge, and some of them can be operated free of charge for a longer period of time.
Commissioning a UCS Appliance in just a Few Steps
Using the OpenProject appliance as an example, I'll show you how to configure and commission an appliance. First download the appliance for the virtualization solution you are using (VMware, VirtualBox or KVM) from the App Catalog, import and start it. A description of how to import the appliances can be found linked directly under the download buttons of the appliance. I waive the explanation at this point in order not to go beyond the scope of this article.
System Setup Wizard
When the appliance starts, the UCS System Setup Wizard will appear and guide you step-by-step through the basic configuration to set the time zone, language, keyboard layout, network configuration, domain setting, administrator password, and machine name.
If you want to run the appliance on its own, select the first item under Domain setup.
If you want the appliance to be part of an existing UCS or AD environment, select the appropriate option here.
The configuration is complete as soon as you see the three-step path (see screenshot) for accessing the appliance.
Open your web browser and enter the address shown in the address bar. You can define an exception for the UCS SSL certificate for Chrome/Chromium and Firefox.
When the appliance is first accessed via the browser, you are prompted to activate the appliance. Please follow the instructions in the browser. After importing the license file, you will see the portal page of the appliance and instructions on how to proceed with the respective app.
Creating Users and Activating them for the App
In order for users to be able to log on to OpenProject, for example, they must first be created in the UCS management system. Important are a user name, a primary e-mail address and the activation for the app under the "Apps" tab.
The user can then log on to the app with their credentials and test the software solution. Depending on hardware resources and app appliance, the setup takes between 10 and 20 minutes to complete. With the subsequent activation and creation of a first user, a system administrator has a running system that is fully integrated with the identity management in just 30 minutes with the app appliance. If multiple apps are to be evaluated, they can even be combined into one UCS domain by selecting the option to join an existing UCS domain in the System Setup Wizard under Domain Settings for the next appliance.
Solutions for Home Office Teams
Working with colleagues in the home office is different from the usual work at the same location. Spontaneous conversations at the coffee machine, meetings in the hallway or conversations in the same office are no longer possible and must work on digital ways – even for several people at the same time.
In the Univention App Center you will find a range of communication tools:
Kopano Meet offers card-based task and to-do management, boards, lists, swimlanes, labels, templates and archiving possibilities based on Kanban Boards. Teams can display upcoming tasks clearly in their own Kanban Boards and overview the progress of work quickly.
Rocket.Chat for messaging in the company. Messaging occupies the middle ground between synchronous communication such as conversations, phone calls, or video conferences and asynchronous communication such as e-mail. Especially for remote teams, chat rooms are a good way to keep colleagues up to date on specific topics and get direct feedback without creating long mail threads.
The App Center has the following solutions in its portfolio for the coordination of tasks:
Wekan bietet auf der Grundlage von Kanban Boards ein kartenbasiertes Task- und To-do-Management, Boards, Listen, Swimlanes, Label, Vorlagen und Archivierungsmöglichkeiten. Teams können in eigenen Kanban Boards anstehende Aufgaben übersichtlich darstellen und den Arbeitsfortschritt schnell ablesen.
OpenProject is a project management solution for working together on projects via work packages and the coordination of teams, and served already as an example for the commissioning of an appliance in this article (read above).
App Appliances in the App Catalog
You find all appliances in the Univention App Catalog. From there you can download and test the appliances for free.
To the App Catalog
The following solutions for collaborative work on documents can be found in the App Center:
Collabora and Collabora Online are so-called online office solutions, with which documents are created and edited collaboratively in the browser. They are based on the powerful LibreOffice Online Office solution, which supports all major document, spreadsheet and presentation file formats. Several users can work simultaneously on a text or spreadsheet document, for example.
ONLYOFFICE is also an online office solution for processing documents, spreadsheets and presentations, which is highly compatible with Microsoft Office and OpenDocument file formats.
BlueSpice is an open source corporate wiki for professional knowledge and information management. It is based on the Wikipedia software MediaWiki.
The following solutions are available for storing and sharing documents:
Nextcloud is a file sync and share service that combines the ease of use of public cloud services with security, privacy and control features.
ownCloud is a secure file sharing platform for enterprises that provides transparency, control and integration capabilities in complex and secure environments, allowing users to access files simultaneously from anywhere and any device.
Seafile as a file collaboration solution ensures that employees and teams are able to share, collaborate and organize files efficiently and securely with just a few clicks.
If the solution convinces you after the evaluation, the question of long-term operation arises. Univention App Appliances are a complete UCS system that is regularly updated. The app appliance you install also receives all updates that are provided by the app provider via the App Center. For continuous operation, however, there arise a few questions that I would like to answer briefly in the following.
How many users will work with the solution and how high will the expected volume of data be?
The appliances are pre-configured with a 50 GB virtual hard drive and offer only limited storage space. This storage can be extended for the virtual machine, as is exemplary described for Nextcloud and ownCloud, and the same steps can be applied to other appliances.
Where can I purchase subscriptions and support?
The question of support and software maintenance often arises for long-term productive operation, especially in larger organizations or for critical IT processes. UCS appliance – with UCS as the operating platform and the app – involves two software solutions from different manufacturers usually.
For UCS there are enterprise subscriptions that include support. For most apps there are also corresponding offers from the providers. Further information can be found on the websites of the app providers, which are linked directly on the respective app's detail page in the app catalog.
Most apps in the Univention App catalog allow for a free evaluation, i. e. unlimited or limited to 30 days or to a certain number of users. Each app provider has it's own individual policy and the information can usually be found in the app description. Many apps require a contract for productive operation, which may include a maintenance contract or support, or both, depending on the model.
I hope, you have gotten a brief overview of how Appliances can help to make Home Office possible and give you a little help in these turbulent times.
Nico Gulden studied applied computer science and works for Univention since 2010. As technical editor he is responsible for maintenance and expansion of the product documentation. His spare time is dedicated to his family, reading, outdoor activities like cycling, photography, Geocaching and voluntary work with children and young people.
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Bringing the kids with you to this little Paradise called Zanzibar is an idea you'll not regret. Our island has plenty of places and activities that will delight the children, and in the Swahili culture, kids are strongly beloved.
Here you have some cool experiences you can live with your children when visiting Zanzibar.
Let's not forget the basics. Any kid loves the beach. And any kid falls in love with the Indian Sea. The warm and crystal clear waters; the white and soft sand, and the incredibly exotic look of the beaches, turn a regular beach day into a tropical experience thoroughly enjoyable for all the family.
You will have plenty of time to relax, play and bath in front of your room on Paje Beach, or in any other of the beautiful Zanzibari beaches.
Children love underwater life. Visiting Zanzibar brings you the opportunity to make them live it in a way no aquarium can do. Practice snorkelling on the Blue Lagoon or any other diving spots, and get amazed by thousands of colourful fishes around you. Meet the clownfish, the angelfish, the moray eel, the starfish, and many other species living in our coral reefs.
However, underwater life does not finish here. Would you like going for a boat trip to spot dolphins? Sure! They love our waters and use them to dwell and play in different spots of Zanzibar coast. We'll get you and your family to them, and the kids will have the rare opportunity to see dolphins, and even whales, free in the nature playing next to them.
The trip to Jozani Forest is another excursion your children will genuinely enjoy. A lush tropical forest with wooden walkways between the mangroves, which makes you feel you are in an adventure, surrounded by astonishing biodiversity: butterflies, reptiles, 40 different species of birds, antelopes, and… monkeys! Is there any child that does not love monkeys? But here in Zanzibar, we don't have ordinary monkeys. Meet the red colobus, a Zanzibari endemic monkey with just a few thousands of specimens remaining. They all live at the Jozani Forest! And they're so used to human presence that your kids will spot them for sure.
Let us finish with a little trip that always delights children. It's a tiny island called Prison Island, right in front of Stone Town. Some time ago, this place was used to isolate the sick people and avoid illness from being spread. Today, there is a colony of giant turtles, many of which are centenary specimens. All kids love those venerable, slow, and ancient creatures.
As you see, there are lots of experiences here in Zanzibar to create an indelible mark in the memory of your children.
Grant them with the trip of their lives. Come to Zanzibar.


(1) What these films have in common is a quiet power, a sense of humor, and an ungrudging respect for their teens in the difficult double transition from ÔÇÿstraightÔÇÖ children into gay adults.(2) What he gives is gracious, whereas what we give is dutiful - which is not to deny that it is enjoyable, heartfelt and ungrudging .(3) Moreover, if the compassionate person is an ideal, she must be someone whose concern for another is ungrudging and noninstrumental.(4) If a man foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my ungrudging love; the more evil comes from him, the more good shall go from me.(5) No one will ever again be as knowledgeable about every bird species across all of Canada, nor offer such ungrudging and unselfish assistance.(6) Rather, the first generation of Knights equated American manhood directly with Catholic religious faith and, by extension, the ungrudging performance of familial obligations.(7) Katie looked up at the ungrudging , caring eyes staring back at her.(8) Certainly, the situation worked perfectly against Wales, the pair instantly striking an ungrudging rapport.(9) I think we're going to have to go to our allies in an ungrudging way and say, what is it going to take to get you guys in this thing.(10) Dragila, who has won every honour possible in her event, also earned the ungrudging respect of the six times men's champion, who had previously been dismissive of the fledgling women's event.(11) Yet in the wake of his greatest disappointment, losing the World Cup final at home in 2003, he delivered a speech to the press full of pride for his own team and honest, ungrudging admiration for the victors.(12) A real screamer, so long as it is a safe distance from goal, will be ungrudgingly applauded by opposition fans.(13) Finely carved brass metal items are comparatively costlier, but connoisseurs of art can ungrudgingly pay for it considering the amount of effort that goes into making these artefacts and the cost of the metal.(14) We have to accept the fact ungrudgingly that English continues to be the bridge of understanding between different communities of the country.(15) She ungrudgingly accepts her fate without a whisper of frustration.(16) We must be prepared to make heroic sacrifices for the cause of peace that we make ungrudgingly for the cause of war.
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1. Argentina on Kirchner's Time
Author: Mark Falcoff
Institution: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Abstract: Since its financial crisis six years ago, Argentina has faded somewhat from the headlines. This is no doubt due in large part to the disproportionate space our media outlets now devote to Iraq and Iran, but also to the fact that other Latin American news stories—particularly Fidel Castro's surgery and the antics of Venezuela's clownish president Hugo Chávez—have dominated coverage of the area. Argentina is not, however, a negligent regional actor.
Topic: International Relations, Economics, Government
Political Geography: Iraq, Iran, Argentina, South America, Latin America, Venezuela
2. Legacy Agenda: The Future of the Bush Doctrine, Part I
Author: Thomas Donnelly
Abstract: With the recent announcements of a new strategy for Iraq and a commitment to begin increasing the size of U.S. land forces, the White House has taken two important steps to ensure that the tenets of the Bush Doctrine endure beyond the end of President George W. Bush's administration. Since 9/11 and indeed since the beginning of this administration, strategy has been made by an odd combination of ad hoc improvisation and expansive rhetoric. The day-to-day business of fitting means to ends and filling in the policy blanks has either been delegated to subordinates, left to the bureaucracy, or put in the "too hard" box. As time grows short, Bush needs to attend closely to three further matters. The first is as obvious and pressing as Iraq and an important factor in the need to rebuild land forces, especially the Army: a surge in U.S. efforts in Afghanistan. The second and third factors are less frequently discussed but essential for the long-term viability of the Bush Doctrine and the continuity of the Pax Americana: articulate a strategy for the "long war" in the greater Middle East and devise a genuinely global response to the rise of China. This issue of National Security Outlook begins a series devoted to these three measures of the enduring meaning of the Bush Doctrine.
Topic: International Relations, Government, National Security
Political Geography: Afghanistan, United States, China, Iraq, America, Asia
3. No Way to Win a War
Author: Eliot A. Cohen
Abstract: There is little realism in the report of the Iraq Study Group, a consensus group dominated by so-called foreign policy realists. It offers diplomatic pablum instead of serious discussion of what has gone wrong in Iraq. Our difficulties in Iraq are not a result of having the wrong strategy, but of failing to implement the choices we have made.
Topic: International Relations, Foreign Policy, War
Political Geography: Iraq, Middle East
4. A Window of Opportunity - The War against the Terror Masters Redux
Author: Michael A. Ledeen
Abstract: September 11 happened when Osama bin Laden looked at us and thought we were ready to be had. We were politically divided and squabbling over everything. We clearly were not prepared to take casualties in direct combat. The newly elected president seemed unable to make a tough decision. And so bin Laden attacked, expecting to deliver a decisive blow to our national will, expecting that we would turn tail and run as we had in Somalia and that he would then be free to concentrate his energies on the defeat of local apostates, the creation of his caliphate, and the organization of Muslim revenge for the catastrophes of past centuries. Within a few months he was driven out of Afghanistan, his organization was shattered, the Arab street he had hoped to mobilize was silenced by the shock and awe of the total victory of the Americans, and he became an instrument of forces greater than himself. If he still lives, he is the servant of the Shiite mullahs, making propaganda movies and audiotapes to bolster the morale of the constantly shrinking number of his admirers, while the mullahs order his followers to martyr themselves against Iraqi civilians.
Topic: International Relations, Terrorism, War
Political Geography: Afghanistan, Iraq, America, Middle East
5. Fighting to Win
Author: Frederick W. Kagan
Abstract: Is retreat from, withdrawal from, or defeat in Iraq inevitable? Almost all opponents of the Bush administration say it is. As Representative John Murtha (D-Pa.) put it in mid-November, when demanding the "immediate redeployment of U.S. troops" consistent with their safety, "The United States cannot accomplish anything further in Iraq militarily. It is time to bring the troops home." This was echoed more recently by Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean: "The idea that we're going to win this war is an idea that, unfortunately, is just plain wrong." Advocates of withdrawal point to continuing attacks on coalition and Iraqi targets and to the steady, somber flow of U.S. casualties, as well as the increasing fear that our army will break under the strain of prolonged occupation. Administration supporters of course share these concerns, and some seem (privately) to share the view that the war may be unwinnable. Even a few inside the administration may have their doubts. In any case, the administration clearly believes that it has to promise a significant reduction of U.S. forces in Iraq—"conditions permitting"—in 2006. Reports are circulating that preparations for troop reductions have already begun.
Topic: International Relations, War
Political Geography: United States, Iraq, Middle East
6. Beware the Arafat Model in Iraq
Author: Michael Rubin
Abstract: Iraqis gathered around television sets as midnight approached on August 22. They watched as constitutional-drafting committee members and political elites whispered among themselves. When the speaker of the national assembly, Hachim al-Hasani, declared, "We have received a draft of the constitution," the assembly erupted in applause. "But," he added, "there are some points that are still outstanding and need to be addressed in the next three days." Late into the night, politicians and activists continued to meet in the Baghdad homes of the major powerbrokers, grappling with the roles of federalism and Islam in the new Iraq. While U.S. diplomats and Washington advisers continue to facilitate compromise among Iraq's disparate sectarian, ethnic, and political groups, the reality emerging outside Baghdad is directly challenging Iraq's aspirations to constitutionalism. The U.S. government has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring outside experts to Baghdad for a period of a few days or a few weeks, but Iraqi powerbrokers dismiss their advice as naive or irrelevant. Massoud Barzani in the Kurdish north and Abdul Aziz al-Hakim and Muqtada al-Sadr in the Shiite south have rejected the experts' academic proposals, and have chosen instead a model perfected by Yasser Arafat, the late chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Topic: International Relations, Politics
Political Geography: United States, Iraq, Washington, Middle East, Baghdad
7. A Comedy of Errors: U.S.-Turkish Diplomacy and the Iraq War
Abstract: Although the mistakes of the past two years in relations between the United States and Turkey cannot be undone, Washington and Ankara stand to lose a great deal if relations continue to deteriorate. If differences can be overcome, however, this partnership could help to resolve important regional issues such as the status of Kirkuk and Iraqi constitutional debates, and to ensure Iraqi stability and Turkish security.
Topic: International Relations, Foreign Policy, Democratization, Economics
Political Geography: United States, Iraq, Turkey
8. Birth of a Democracy
Author: Reuel Marc Gerecht
Abstract: The Iraqi election demonstrated for the first time in Arab history that national sovereignty can be achieved without tyranny. The pictures of courageous Iraqi voters and of the images to follow of the incipient democratic government of Iraq can inspire popular desire to open up regimes throughout the Arab world.
Topic: International Relations, Democratization, Government
Political Geography: Iraq, Middle East, Arabia
9. Iraq Has Voted
Abstract: Millions of Iraqis went to the polls on January 30 and demonstrated, under extreme duress, that they are prepared for freedom and for the responsibility of transforming their nation from tyranny to democracy.
Topic: International Relations, Foreign Policy, Democratization, Economics, National Security
Political Geography: Iraq
10. A Defeat for the Forces of Fear
Author: David Frum
Abstract: Radical Islamic terrorists across the Middle East have thus far claimed to represent a global Islamic nation, yet millions of Iraqis risked their lives on January 30 to reject that claim with their ballots.


LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, released the following statement on Wednesday in reaction to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's State of the State address.
"I look forward to hearing more details about Governor Whitmer's proposals that she shared during her speech. My hope is that the executive and legislative branches can work together, not to grow government, but to have government serve our citizens and truly be responsive to their needs.
"I have repeatedly heard from the people of the Upper Peninsula that we need to work on state regulations to ensure they are common sense and reasonable, not burdensome. We need to make a difference for people, by lowering auto insurance rates, and ensuring that they remain healthy and happy in the state they love, and that their kids can do the same.
Editor's note: McBroom also released video remarks, which may be viewed on his website at visiting https://www.senatoredmcbroom.com/video/.


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SEDD takes measures to protect Sharjah markets amid COVID-19 concerns
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The Sharjah Economic Development Department, SEDD, has announced that it has intensified health and safety control campaigns on business establishments within the emirate to ensure the general public's safety.
According to a statement issued by the department, all cinemas, amusement parks, amusement and electronic games centres, bodybuilding and fitness gyms are to close from 16th to 31st March 2020.
The SEDD noted that the decision was made issued in line with federal and local authorities' advise to take all necessary precautions to contain the spread of coronavirus, COVID-19.
Commenting on the announcement, Salem Al Suwaidi, Deputy Director of Commercial Control and Protection Department at SEDD, said that the department is prepared to deal with various situations and emerging developments as part of its working framework to monitor and regulate markets.
Commercial officers at SEDD are carrying out inspection campaigns, visiting the emirate's markets, sales outlets, societies and pharmacies in the country, he noted.
"These campaigns are meant to address any manipulation in raising the prices of medical masks, disinfectants and other personal and safety equipment in the country. Likely, it works to prevent exploitation by raising prices, and works to inform merchants and sellers in those markets of the need to develop lists that clarify the prices of products to consumers," Al Suwaidi explained.
He called on all consumers to communicate with the Department via its toll free number, its social media accounts, or consumer protection website to report any consumer protection violations or product price hikes.


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Awards / World Illustration Awards 2021 / WIA2021: Professional Editorial Category longlist highlights, sponsored by Procreate
WIA2021: Professional Editorial Category longlist highlights, sponsored by Procreate
Explore just some of the highlights from the WIA2021 Professional longlist of the Editorial category in this curated list featuring illustration created to inspire the next generation of readers. For use in publications for readers under 16 years old including inside illustrations, whole book design or entire publications.
The World Illustration Awards 2021 Longlist features 500 projects by New Talent and Professional illustrators from all over the world across ten categories. This year, the awards celebrate great illustration! Read on to see our Professional Editorial Category Highlights – and if you'd like to learn more, click through to see the full project and contact information!
This series was created to be used alongside the financial journalist, Alvin Hall's, columns in Waitrose Weekend Magazine.
UK based Alex Green has been working as an illustrator for more than 20 years, creating rich and thoughtful pieces with a combination of hand drawing, collage and digital techniques.
Lady Liberty in Waiting, was first published in Air Mail, but then also published as a cover for the New Statesman depicting the uncertainty after the US elections in 2020.
André Carrilho has worked for 30 years as an illustrator, cartoonist and animator. His work has been shown in exhibits in the USA, France, UK, China, Brasil and Portugal, where he lives.
Commissioned for print and web by Scientific American for a lead article on The Five Most Pressing Science Priorities for the New White House.
Egle Plytnikaite is a freelance illustrator and creative based in Vilnius, Lithuania. Her works are minimal, colourful and conceptually driven.
Animated collaboration with the Life and Letter magazine on a featured article about how to reboot our lives after COVID-19.
Yulong Lli is a Shanghai-based freelance illustrator. He studied Visual Communication in the UK and received his MFA from the China Academy of Art in 2020.
The series was created as a reaction on events to Belarus' election. "Vyzhyvanka" is the name for traditional belarusian embroidering; "vyshyvat" means to embroider, while "vyzhyvat" means to survive.
Rufina Bazlova is a Prague-based Belarusian artist who works in illustration, comics, art books, puppet making, scenography, performance, and costume design.
A series of illustrations for the article: "Fake News" & erroneous information: What success? What dangers? What solutions? for the French magazine Les Echos Week-End.
Juanjo Gasull is a young illustrator from Valencia, Spain. He studied illustration at the Superior School of Arts and Design in Alcoy, Spain.
Cover illustration for The Economist celebrating the advent of the first covid vaccine.
Luca D'Urbino works from his studio in Milano, Italy. He creates images that convey complex concepts with a synthetic and direct language.
Editorial illustration for the Science section of L'Express, a weekly news magazine in France, about what happens in our brains when we pass from life to death and exploring the possibility of being able to re-animate it.
Patrick George studied illustration at Falmouth University in the UK. His illustrations are concept-driven, with the simplicity of an idea and its execution being at the core of his work.
Used on the cover of TIME magazine throughout Asia and the South Pacific, in addition to the opener of the lead story around the world bout the race for a Covid Vaccine.
Peter Greenwood is originally from Hull and studied at Brighton University on the Illustration degree course. He lives and works in Brighton, UK.
New York Times Holiday Book Review illustrations for the entire issue, which involved illustrating the printed and digital cover and 11 interior spots.
Roberts Rurans is a freelance illustrator based out of Riga, Latvia. His style is a mix of the modern aesthetics of visual simplicity and traditional painting technique, influenced by modernist and medieval painters.


A will is a written document that tells the court how to divide your property at the time of your death. It also tells the court who should be the guardian for your minor children and your personal representative. Wills are filed with the court at time of death, and the court oversees the administration of the will through a process known as probate.


Unless you've been living under a rock for the last year, you'll know there's been significant investment ploughed into Eldon Square's 'Grey's Quarter' – two (and a bit!) storeys of restaurants, predominantly large chains, providing enough variety to suit your every foodie desire. I've mostly avoided it so far, due to the Christmas rush, but we had heard great things about the newly-opened George's Great British Kitchen, so ventured into town for a lazy, boozy lunch on a rare day off work.
Now there's a lot of snobbery – within the blogging community especially – when it comes to chain restaurants, so before I get into how good the food was, I just want to put my two pennies in. For decades, Newcastle was the forgotten corner of the map, with few national brands daring to head up the A1 to set up shop here. We were hardly a culinary destination, but over the last ten years or so, that all changed. I have absolutely no beef with chains. There, I said it. These businesses invest into our area, clean up our once-dour shopping malls and most importantly, provide opportunities for the people in our region.
Sure, they're not completely "independent" (whatever your definition of that is!), but so what? I wholeheartedly support our independent restaurants, but sometimes, I just fancy a Nando's. Sue me. There'll be no snobbery on this blog when it comes to chains who are delivering tasty food at a reasonable price – and variety, after all, is the spice of life.
The Newcastle restaurant is actually only the second in the George's empire, so a relatively new "chain", if you insist on calling it that. The restaurant is situated at the Clayton Street end of Eldon Square, and the first thing you see is their cute little indoor garden area and their huge light-up sign. Our visit was on a Friday afternoon amongst a sea of Christmas shoppers, so it was pretty packed, but we managed to walk in and get a table for two.
The interior of the restaurant is quirky and very well finished. In some areas it kind of reminded me of an old-school ice cream parlour, with marble and brass finishings dotted everywhere. Then there's the beach hut tables (GUTTED we didn't get one of those bad boys!) and huge chandeliers and lots of colour. It's really very pretty. The company has won accolades for their restaurant design, and it's not hard to see why.
We were seated in the outside-inside *heated* garden, which was a little on the noisy side, but aesthetically rather pleasing. Think beach umbrellas, astroturf and cute little picnic tables. They also supply little blankets in case you're chilly, which is a nice touch. The designers have certainly ticked the box that reads 'Quintessentially British seaside' with success!
Unfortunately, you have the problem of "nosy neighbours" walking past literally every 2 seconds and peering over the hedge, so there's always someone gawping at you while you chow down on your food. Not ideal, but comes with the territory of a 'garden' in the middle of a shopping centre. Given our time again we would have opted to wait for a table inside, because if I'm honest, the seats outside aren't too comfortable either and the tables are a little on the small side, especially when you consider how large their fish platters are.
The service is super friendly. Like, American friendly. I always make a point of asking for recommendations, and our waitress was happy to share her views on both drinks and food. She failed to mention the portion size, mind you, but I'll get to that bit later… I'm afraid I don't remember her name, but she was very canny and attentive throughout our visit. I think I may recall she was Scottish, but who knows – I was too busy thinking about what we were going to order.
Their drinks menu is packed with good quality cocktails made using British-brewed spirits, along with some of the usual suspects. I went for the 'English Wild Garden' (£8.50), a concoction of Brecon gin, creme de mure, apple juice, their home-made apple compote, shaken together with rosemary and cucumber. Very refreshing!
As with everywhere that's super trendy, George's Great British Kitchen makes quite the big deal about gin, so expect an array of tipples to choose from with more accompaniments than you can shake a sprig of rosemary at. My boyfriend went for a pint of Crafty Seagull (£4.95) which was smooth and light – the perfect partner for the multitude of batter he was about to consume!
To start, he opted for the George's Scotch Egg (£5.95). A scotch egg is always a good test of skill in the kitchen, and I'm pleased to report this one had a nice runny yolk, and the sausage meat was full of flavour thanks to the inclusion of ginger which gave it a little extra bite. The star of the show was their tangy and chunky piccalilli, which was seriously addictive.
I went for the Katsu Chicken Goujons (£5.55) which were totally delicious. Crunchy mini-fillets of succulent chicken coated in a smoky-flavoured batter and lathered in a home-made Katsu curry sauce. This is a unique take on the classic Chip Shop curry sauce, and I'm a big fan.
Piled on top was plenty of coriander and spring onions which added a much-needed dimension of freshness amongst that sweet curry sauce. If we return to George's Great British Kitchen, I'll definitely be ordering this again.
After a short wait, it was main course time, and our waitress brought out two MONSTER SIZED platters laden with err, far too much food after those starters! I'd opted for the Scottish Haddock in Paprika batter (£12.95) that was drizzled with chipotle mayonnaise, coriander and plenty of fresh chopped spring onion.
In perhaps an ill-advised move, I'd also chosen the Stilton Chips (£2.75) to go with it, which were totally delicious, but after a while the combination got a bit sickly. In hindsight, I should have gone for the good old classic chips, but after hearing so much about the Stilton variety, I just had to.
My boyfriend went for the classic: Wild Ocean Cod (£12.50), again with the stilton chips. The fish was fleshy and gloriously fresh, and the batter light but crunchy. His main course certainly paired better with the stilton chips, and he also had some chunky mushy peas, pickles and tartare sauce to enjoy with it. Should we visit George's Great British Kitchen again, I'd opt for this main course. Proof that you just can't quibble with a well-done classic of cod and chips.
After ploughing through as much as we could, it was game over. I'd love to say I had room for dessert, but I could barely stand up after all of that food (and we didn't even make that big a dent in it!), so no chance. I did notice a few people enjoying the much-hyped 'Famous Dessert Sharer' which is bulging with doughnuts, various dipping sauces and candy floss.
George's has a knack of serving everything so beautifully that you think you've just gotta have it – and their desserts are a sight to behold. If you're into sweet things, I suggest you save a little room.
We'd pondered getting more drinks, but as the restaurant continued to fill up, service got a little more stretched and we headed on to the Botanist to continue the gin drinking. The bill at George's came to a rather reasonable £62, and when you consider how much food we actually got – it's not bad value at all. We both have quite impressive appetites, but I've got to admit, we were defeated for quite some time due to the sheer magnitude of food.
Absolutely. I'd love to experience the buzz of the restaurant inside and I'm definitely keen to try out more of their cocktails, ideally now the Christmas rush has died down. One thing I definitely won't be doing is ordering two courses, but that's just me… if you're keen for your fill of Great British classics, then you could really go to town at George's! Avoid sitting outside, that would be my only advice to you, other than that, we had a rather splendid visit.
Oh, and one more thing: George's Great British Kitchen will be participating in NE1 Restaurant Week! You can find out more about their offer RIGHT HERE.
Prior to visiting George's, we were sent a £50 gift card to be redeemed at a time of our choosing. This was to be used against our final bill, however the restaurant had no idea when we were coming or who we were, so you be assured this review is true to experience. You can find George's Great British Kitchen at Grey's Quarter, Eldon Square, or check out their website for more information on the venue and what they have to offer!
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Would be awesome to read one of your reviews where you didn't get comped in some form. You know, like the rest of us. That and the fact that all your reviews seem overwhelmingly positive completely invalidates any integrity regardless of whether its genuine or not.
Hi Matthew, thanks for your feedback.
If you look through all of my reviews, you'll see that many of them are uncomped. Regardless, however, the complimentary element does not have any impact on how positive the review is. If you're in doubt of this, read my recent Marco Pierre White review. I always give constructive criticism and I visit many places on complimentary visits that don't make it to the blog because the experience is not good enough. If you'd like to contact me further about my sponsored post policy, you can do so here.


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Original contact print photograph of a Short Seaplane. 1917.
(c. 1917), 11 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches, Original, circa 1917, contact print photograph of a 240 HP (Renault Mercedes) Seaplane. A fine, clear image. Photo has been removed from a black paper backing and has paper residue.	More
Original contact print photograph of Short Seaplane. 1917.
print made 1931, 11 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches, Original contact print photograph of Short Seaplane, Type N2/B, with 275 HP Sunbeam Engine. A fine, sharp image. Verso of photo has rubber stamp: "Short Bros. Seaplane Works., Rochester 23 OCT 1931"	More
BARBER, Mark.
Royal Naval Air Service Pilot 1914-18.
(Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2010), First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 64pp. Osprey Publishing, In 1914 the Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps was subsumed into the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). With the bulk of the Royal Flying Corps engaged in France, the aircraft and seaplane pilots of..... More
BARTLETT, C. P. O.
In the Teeth of the Wind. The Story of a Naval Pilot on the Western Front 1916-1918.
(Barnsley): Pen & Sword, (2013), Reprint. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (viii), (160)pp. Pen & Sword, Illustrated with photographs. Philip Bartlett's account is a unique and fascinating record of a pilot's life in the dawn of aerial warfare and, as history, of the first use of the bomber in war..... More
BARTLETT, Squadron Leader C. P. O.
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, (1994), First American Edition. octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (viii), (160)pp. Naval Institute Press, Edited by his son, Nick Bartlett. Illustrated with photographs. Bartlett flew Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutters and D.H. 4s with No. 5 RNAS, (205 RAF) Squadron from September 1916 to April..... More
BICKERS, Richard Townsend.
The First Great Air War.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1988), First Edition. large octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xvi), (280)pp. Hodder & Stoughton, Illustrated with photographs. A detailed and highly readable text. A very fine copy.	More
CASTLE, Ian.
The Zeppelin Base Raids. Germany 1914.
(Oxford: Osprey, 2011), First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 88pp. Osprey, In the summer of 1914, as Europe teetered on the brink of war, the prospect of immediate Zeppelin raids on London and other major British towns and cities loomed large. Britain's aerial defenses were negligible, while German armed..... More
COLE, Christopher (editor).
Royal Air Force 1918.
[London]: William Kimber, (1968), First Edition. octavo, blue boards in dust jacket. 256pp. William Kimber, Extracts from official communiques issued by the RAF from its formation on April 1, 1918, to the end of the war on November 11, 1918. Daily communiques are arranged chronologically and each week's activities are..... More
[London]: William Kimber, (1968), First Edition, Proof Copy. octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. 256pp. William Kimber, Extracts from official communiques issued by the RAF from its formation on April 1, 1918, to the end of the war on November 11, 1918. Daily communiques are arranged chronologically and each week's activities..... More
CRONIN, Dick.
Royal Navy Shipboard Aircraft Developments 1912 - 1931.
(Tonbridge): Air-Britain Publication, (1990), First Edition. quarto, pictorial boards. 384pp. Air-Britain Publication, Extensively illustrated. Slight bump to base of spine, otherwise a very fine, clean copy.	More
DAVIES, Richard Bell, Vice Admiral.
Sailor in the Air. The Memoirs of the World's First Carrier Pilot.
(Barnsley): Seaforth Publishing, (2008), First Printing of this edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. x, (246)pp. Seaforth Publishing, Richard Bell Davies was one of the most important characters in the history of naval aviation. Despite a traditional naval education – he was among the last cadets to be trained under..... More
GARDINER, Ian.
The Flatpack Bombers. The Royal Navy and the 'Zeppelin Menace'.
(Barnsley): Pen & Sword, (2009), First Edition. octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. xii, (164)pp. Pen & Sword, Our vision of aviation in the First World War is dominated by images of gallant fighter pilots duelling with each other high over the Western Front. But it was the threat..... More
(Barnsley): Pen & Sword, (2009), First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. xii, (164)pp. Pen & Sword, Our vision of aviation in the First World War is dominated by images of gallant fighter pilots duelling with each other high over the Western Front. But it was the threat of the..... More
GUTTMAN, Jon.
Naval Aces of World War 1. Parts 1 and 2.
(Oxford): Osprey, (2011) and (2012), First Edition. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers. 96pp., each part. Osprey, Illustrated with photographs and with full color plates. Covers all of the naval fighter pilots to achieve ace status during World War I, author and artist Jon Guttman examines the elite members of the..... More
Naval Aces of World War I. Part 2.
(Oxford): Osprey, (2012), First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 96 pp. Osprey, This second Naval Aces of World War 1 book looks at the many flying naval heroes who served alongside or against those of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). While the RNAS operated its own formidable arsenal of Nieuport..... More
HELLWIG, Adrian.
Australian Hawk over the Western Front. A Biography of Major R S Dallas. DSO, DSC, C de Avec Palme.
London: Grub Street, (2006), First Edition. octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (222)pp. Grub Street, With a Foreword by Commodore Keith Eames, Commander Australian Navy Aviation Group. With 16pp. of photographs. Major Roderick Dallas is Australia's leading air ace of all time and, with fifty victories, also one of..... More
LAYMON, R. D.
Naval Aviation in the First World War. Its Impact and Influence.
(London): Caxton Editions, (2002), Reprint. octavo, pictorial boards in dust jacket. 224pp. Caxton Editions, Illustrated with photographs. A complete overeview of naval aviation in the First World War. Fine copy.	More
O'CONNOR, Mike.
Airfields and Airmen. The Channel Coast.
(Barnsley): Pen & Sword, (2005), First Edition. octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. 208pp. Pen & Sword, Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps. Mike O'Connor describes the dramatic air actions that took place along the Belgian and North France coastline during The Great War. In addition to the Royal Fighting Corps..... More
ROSHER, Harold.
In the Royal Naval Air Service. Being the war letters of the late Harold Rosher to his family. With an Introduction by Arnold Bennett.
(London): Greenhill, First Printing of this edition. octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. (viii), (152)pp. Greenhill, Rosher joined the RNAS in 1914, participated in a number of raids on the Belgian coast while a member of No. 1 Naval Aeroplane Squadron, BEF, and was killed at Dover while a member of..... More
With The Flying Squadron. Being the War Letters of the Late Harold Rosher to His Family.
New Haven: The Macmillan Company, 1916, First American Edition. octavo, black cloth with gilt decoration on front cover. (156)pp. The Macmillan Company, Introduction by Arnold Bennett. With 12 illustrations. Shelf wear.	More
THETFORD, Owen.
British Naval Aircraft since 1912.
(Annapolis): Naval Institute Press, (1971), Sixth Revised Edition. octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. 512pp. Naval Institute Press, The standard reference on the subject. Extensively illustrated with photographs and general arrangement drawings. As new condition, jacket not clipped.	More
WESTROP, Mike.
A History of No.6 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service in World War I.
Atglen, PA: Schiffer, (2006), First Edition. quarto, pictorial boards in pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Schiffer , The pilots' log books, and many previously unpublished photographs has enabled the author to produce the first in-depth look at the activities and accomplishments of this "forgotten" squadron that was the first British fighter..... More
WRAGG, David.
Royal Navy Handbook 1914-1918.
(Gloucestershire, England): Sutton Publishing, (2006), First Edition. quarto, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. (x); 310pp. Sutton Publishing, An account of how the Royal Navy adapted to the demands of war, the service through the war years, its command structure, major wartime engagements, and the role of the still young..... More


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REF 2014 results announced
The results of the Research Excellence Framework 2014 were announced just before Christmas and it made very good reading for Cardiff University.
Cardiff University achieved 5th place in the UK in terms of the grade point average GPA of its overall quality profile. Thus a key Way Forward target of being placed in the top ten in the UK in terms of GPA was surpassed. This is great news for all of us.The School of Mathematics made great improvements on its RAE 2008 performance and we can all be extremely proud of this achievement.
In RAE 2008, the School submitted to the Pure Mathematics Unit of Assessment and was ranked joint 32nd out of 38 submissions with a GPA of 2.30. In REF 2014 the School submitted to the Mathematical Sciences Unit of Assessment and was ranked joint 19th out of 53 submissions with a GPA of 3.08. In RAE 2008 40% of our submission was rated at 4/3 world leading/internationally excellent. In REF 2014 this increased to a magnificent 90%.
In fact, in terms of the proportion of our research at 4/3 we were ranked 9th overall and in terms of the GPA ranking of our outputs we were ranked 14th.Research impact was assessed for the first time in REF 2014. The School submitted three impact case studies which were assessed as 4, 3, 3. Everyone in the School has contributed to this success. We will undoubtedly benefit from this result when it is incorporated into the various league tables and together with the tremendous performance by the University should enable us to enhance our recruitment of the best staff and students.This year we will begin to make plans to build on this result so that we can continue our upward trajectory to REF 2020, but for now enjoy the success!
Cardiff School of Mathematics Newsletter January 2015


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Below I will checklist the schedule and the website that I used for the worksheets and articles. I will also break down every chapter and hyperlink extra resources, reminiscent of movies and articles, which might be used each Teacher Education week. When your pupil starts his or her examine, have them bookmark the vital hyperlinks that they will be utilizing commonly! The schedule cover 28 weeks, so their is time built in for breaks and overview.
Class Size: No greater than 18 college students. Must be 5 years previous by August 1st. Teaching assistant current in classroom. Geography Tools – Maps and atlases and the way they are made, map making and navigating instruments, modern-day tools akin to GPS and Google Maps. Beginning with the ideas of yesterday, in the present day and tomorrow, children Educational Math begin to understand the passage of time. The timeline, a elementary Montessori equipment, could be utilized for example any development of events. NOTICE Most of the fabric, including graphics, are derived from: Harm de Blij, Peter Muller, Jan Nijman (2014) Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts, 16th Edition, New York: Wiley. The above owns the copyrights of this material.


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Old Yeast Emerging in Invasive Health Care-Associated Infections
The CDC recently issued an alert warning health care facilities about Candida auris, an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast.
C. auris was first identified in 2009 in an external ear canal sample taken from an inpatient in a Japanese hospital. Since that first report, C. auris has been identified as the culprit of invasive candidiasis, mainly fungemia in a few Asian, African, and South American countries, though it has been reported in fungal pericarditis, otitis, and wound infections. The yeast has also been isolated from the urinary and respiratory tracts, but it's unknown whether these were pathogenic or colonization.
It appears that risk factors for C. auris are similar to what you'd expect for other invasive Candida species infections: residing in an intensive care unit, immunosuppression in HIV/AIDS and hematologic malignancies, presence of central venous catheters and other implantable prosthetic devices, and recent surgery or antibiotic use.
Retrospective studies of previously collected isolates suggest that infections with C. auris occurred as early as 1996, indicating this yeast may not necessarily be new, but rather rearing its head. Although the reason for the recent emergence of C. auris is unknown, the CDC suggests it may stem from new or increasing antifungal selection pressures.
There are 2 main concerns with the emergence of C. auris in hospitalized patients. First, C. auris is phylogenetically closely related to C. haemulonii. With the use of routine commercial testing kits and equipment, there have been cases where C. auris was misidentified as C. haemulonii, C. famata, Rhodotorula glutinis, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Second, C. auris presents with a unique susceptibility profile, rightfully being referred to as a multidrug-resistant pathogen. Similar to certain strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, C. auris has the potential for clonal transmission.
Additionally, C. auris has demonstrated resistance to many antifungals. Although there are no published minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) breakpoints for C. auris, most isolates have been deemed resistant to fluconazole based on other Candida species' MICs.
Many isolates have also shown reduced susceptibility to voriconazole, caspofungin, flucytosine, and amphotericin B. In some cases, C. auris isolates have had elevated MICs to azoles, echinocandins, and polyenes, leaving limited treatment options.
Because the CDC is concerned about the emergence of C. auris infection in new locations, including the United States, it recommended the following actions for health care facilities and laboratories:
Reporting: Any patients suspected to be infected with C. auris should be reported to public health agencies and the CDC for further evaluation.
Diagnosis: Facilities lacking instrumentation to identify C. auris, like matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight or molecular sequencing methods, should send samples to public health agencies and the CDC for identification.
Infection control: Patients suspected to be infected with C. auris should be placed on standard and contact precaution protocols.
Environmental cleaning: Thorough cleaning and disinfection of rooms and equipment housed near patients with C. auris infection or colonization should be performed daily.
Until we know more about C. auris, health care providers should be diligent in identifying patients at risk for infection, taking proper steps to identify infected patients, and encouraging proper infection control protocols to reduce transmission potential.
The views expressed in this article are those of the author and should not be attributed to Mayo Clinic.
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Dave Woetzel, illustrated by Richard Dobbs Jr.
Most "creationists" who have read or studied even a little regarding the origins debate have heard of the discovery of footprints of both humans and dinosaurs at the Paluxy River area of Glen Rose in Texas. Evolutionists claim to have disproven it. End of story? Not at all!
In Chronicles of Dinosauria, author Dave Woetzel lays out the evidence that dinosaurs and man have coexisted on earth, and that there might well be a few remaining dinosaurs alive even today. This is a very specialized topic within the origins debate, but one that is both fascinating and important.
Woetzel's goal is to present "the evidence that dinosaurs and man coexisted for the reader's consideration." That evidence comes from five different areas: biblical, historical, artistic, fossil, and cryptozoological (p.6). For those unfamiliar with the term, cryptozoology is research into "reports of animals that have yet to be proven to exist." The Loch Ness monster would be the most well-known example, but there are many other current cryptozoology investigations.
This is the sort of book that just begs for you to pick it up and explore it. The cover art is great, and it's full of gorgeous illustrations and photos. My first impression was that it was written for children because of the length of the book and the plentitude of illustrations. However, while it is only 84 pages long and can be read fairly quickly, the vocabulary as well as the need for some historical and scientific understanding makes it most appropriate for teens and adults.
I appreciate the scientific evidence, but I found the artistic and literary evidence surprisingly convincing. I didn't know that "there is a universal Flood belief in the traditions and language of every major nationality… (over 270 in all)…" ( p. 19). One has to wonder how 270 different cultures came up with a tale based on the same catastrophic event if there were not some basis in fact. This book reveals a similar situation in relation to dragons. Dragons show up in the literature, history, and art of countries all over the world, even up until the eighteenth century. And dragons are discussed in many written works as actual living creatures rather than mythical monsters.
The book does not try to address broader questions such as the origin of life, genetics, or Big Bang cosmology. Instead, it sticks fairly closely to its agenda of providing evidence for the coexistence of men and dinosaurs. It assumes a belief in the Bible as the inspired Word of God. While there is an invitation to accept Christ at the end of the book, I think it's most likely to appeal to Christians who have already done so and are trying to sort out all of the conflicting arguments and evidence regarding creation and evolution.
Even if you do not share Chronicles of Dinosauria's young-earth, creationist viewpoint, the material it presents deserves consideration on its own merits.


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