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From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 14 October 1810
N. 7.
St: Petersburg 2-14 October. 1810.
Mrs Abigail Adams . Quincy.
Captain Smith, who was the bearer of your kind letter of 7. May, has met with the same misfortune which has befallen so many others of our Countrymen—On his passage to Gottenburg he was taken by a Danish Privateer and carried into Norway—From Christiansand he enclosed his letters for me to our Consul at Copenhagen, and he forwarded them to me by Captain Bainbridge, who came with a furlough in a merchant vessel from Philadelphia, and after a detention of several weeks at Copenhagen, at length arrived here a few days ago. We had received, a month since letters from you two months later than these; but the greediness of appetite which we have for letters from America, makes them always highly acceptable, however remote their dates.—I believe there are still intermediate letters from you, and from my brother which I have not received. As all mine, both to you and to him are numbered, you will always know whether there are any from me missing.
The opportunities for writing since the first of June have been so frequent, that it has not been possible to avail ourselves of them all. But the Season is now fast drawing to a close; and a flight of Snow, nearly a week ago, gave us notice sufficiently clear of what was coming. We hope to have opportunities of writing by direct conveyance about a month longer. And then we must expect again to be locked up six or seven months.
Your elections for the House of Representatives in Congress will now soon discover, whether the voice of the People, in New England continues to favour the general policy pursued by the National Government, or not. The measures of the last Session of Congress appear to have given some dissatisfaction to the friends of the Administration; but their effect in Europe has been good. Neither Mr. Macon's bill as it went from the House of Representatives, nor the amended Bill, as pass'd by the Senate, would have produced a result so advantageous, on the measures of France and England, as the Law which actually pass'd both houses—Our Countrymen must remember that manifestation of Spirit is not always exertion of energy; and that to mistake the one for the other is a very dangerous error in politicks.
General Armstrong has left Paris to embark for America, and I presume is by this time far advanced on his passage home—He carries with him it is said some new modifications of the System of French Decrees, favourable to the Commerce of the United States. His letter of 10. March to the French Minister of foreign Affairs, is universally admired here, and has done great credit to our Country, by supporting its estimation and maintaining its dignity in the face of Europe as well as of America—But while France is holding to us now the language of friendship and concliation she is playing us all the Sly tricks in her power elsewhere.
I was very glad to receive the number of the Anthology containing the Critique upon my Lectures. I had more than once heard of it, and my curiosity had naturally been excited—The author may say what he will, about his political antipathy to me, I take him to have had even while he was disclaiming my friendship, a sneaking kindness for me—As a critic he would doubtless object to this expression as coarse, and in an "excessively bad taste." But on the other hand it is the only word suited to the thing—He may take comfort that he is not alone—I had great numbers of these secret friends among my dear fellow-townsmen of Boston, who in defiance of their own Consciences were joining in the hue and cry, and making themselves the tools of my real Enemies—If the day should ever come when they shall think, there is any thing to be got by my friendship, I have no doubt they will all be as officious in boasting of their attachment to me as they have been and yet are in disavowing it—I have had so many of these amiable friends that I can almost say in the language of Shakespear "I have kept of them tame."—It is not magnanimous, and certainly not wise, to quarrel with human Nature for being weak. That a man should be deserted by his friends in the time of trial, is so uniform an experience in the history of mankind, that I never had the folly to suppose, that my case would prove an exception to it. Admiral Berkley brought on my time of trial; the only real one that has yet happened to me in the course of my life. And most completely was I deserted by my friends—I mean in Boston, and in the State Legislature. I can never be sufficiently grateful to Providence, that my father and my brother, did not join in this general desertion. There were exceptions in the town of Boston; which I trust I shall never forget. In the Legislature, not one. But as to political friends, the loss of one was the gain of another quite as trusty, and quite as honest—The Junto-men, whose pretended friendship had never been any thing but disguised hatred, I considered it fortunate to have strip'd of their masks, and at open enmity. But these half faced fellowships, these prudent politicians who would have been my friends if they had dared, but whose credits at the Banks—advertising Custom, or Corporation favour depended upon their disclaiming me, have made their friendship sit as easy upon me as it did upon themselves.
The principal fault which I have to find with the Anthology Critique, is for its excessive Praise. Heaven knows that I was not formed of materials insensible to the praise of my fellow-men; but I cannot relish praise from a quarter which I do not esteem, and I cannot esteem the man who can degrade himelf, by such Servile Sacrifices to popular prejudices, as the Anthology Critic has gone out of his way to make in reviewing a merely literary work—If he has no sympathy with my Politicks, it is at his own peril. If he believes what he says of my high character, great talents, and private virtues, what call was there upon him for his declaration of War against my Politicks?—"Was it to sooth the subscribers to the Anthology; and atone for the commendation of an heretic? yes! this motive is sufficiently discovered; and almost openly avowed—and in my scale of morality, it is a motive so despicable, that I would not give a straw for all the commendation that such a panegyrist will bestow.
His censure, having relation to the work is partly just and partly erroneous. For a book of Instruction the Lectures are in a style too oratorical, or if you please too declamatory—I purposely indulged myself, and my hearers in some excess of this kind, for the sake of riveting their attention to the subject, and because I knew that superfluous luxuriance might easily be pruned; and that barrenness could never be made to flourish— This was the very reason which mad me reluctant at the premature publication of the Lectures; for I knew that I must abide by the blame which they would bear for this original sin. My recollection of Cicero's Oration for Archias, as he States, was inaccurate, and that was one of the passages which I should have altered, if I had had only time to read them over once after the call for publication and before they were published—Incorrect metaphors as he says, abound in every part of the book—I do not set so high a value upon perfect correctness in the use of figures as Dr: Blair or Mr Addison did, and their correctness is much more perfect in theory than in practice—Blair has shewn by minute analysis that Addison's pleasures of the Imagination, and Swifts proposal for improving the English language, abound in every part of them in incorrect figures—And I think I have shewn, that Blair had no distinct idea of the difference between figurative and literal language—insomuch that he quotes two of the most figurative passages in all Virgil, as examples of pure simplicity without figures—Correctness is always cold, and tame—And although I never write incorrectly on purpose, I suffer a multitude of incorrectnesses to escape me, and sometimes let them pass even after detecting them myself.—These are crumbs for small critics to feed upon. The passage attempting to illustrate the different modes of reasoning by ratiocination and induction is perhaps as he objects still somewhat obscure—I think I understand it myself, but that Lecture was one of those with which I was most dissatisfied, and it is probably one of the worst in the Book—I could easily defend most of the other passages with which he finds fault; but as a whole the Work must defend itself, or fall—if it should ever go to a Second Edition, it can doubtless be made more correct; but it must live or die by the soundness or defects of its vital parts; and they mus stand the test of sterner judges than the Critic of the Anthology.
To return to my Politicks—I find that of all of the American Newspapers, the Boston Centinel is that, which most frequently gives me tokens of remembrance in my absence. Among other obliging notices I find the Editor has informed the world "how ill-calculated, our townsman is for the Splendid and intriguing Court of St. Petersburg."—As a Commentary to Shew you how accurately his Correspondents have been acquainted with my condition here, and how justly they have represented it, I must give you in the original language, which my father or my brother will translate for you, an extract from a dispatch of the Chancellor of the Russian Empire, to Mr. Daschkoff, which that Gentleman has communicated to the President of the United States.
"L'accueil qu'a fait l'Empereur à Mr: Adams a du le convaincre que si sa destination étoit agréable à Sa Majesté, le choix de sa personne n'y contribuait pas moins. Recommandable par le nom qu'il porte, ainsi que par ses qualités personnelles ces titre ont [été] justement appreciés par sa Majesté Impériale. Je ne doute pas Monsieur que Son Excellence le Président des Etats-Unis n'en ressente une satisfaction personelle de l'attention de sa Majesté l'Empereur à son choix."
I intreat you however that this may not go out of our own family—I see how ungraciously it comes from myself, and I should not have given it even to you, but for the compliment which it contains to my father, which he and you, ought to know, and which to my heart gives to the whole testimonial its most precious value. This despatch was dated 10-22 November 1809. just about the time when the Correspondent of the Centinel was making the discovery how "insignificant a figure" our townsman was making at St. Petersburg. From that day to this the Emperor has treated me with the same kindness and attention—And what us much more important he still gives a welcome reception to my Countrymen, while all his neighbours have excluded them from their Ports.
I remain ever affectionately yours
MHi: Adams Papers.
Adams, Abigail Smith
"From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 14 October 1810," Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-03-02-1864. [This is an Early Access document from The Adams Papers. It is not an authoritative final version.]
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Middle school students teamed up with the pre-K classes to organize activity stations related to their unit on Pets. The pre-K students listened to a story about "Joe", made animals out of Play-doh, identified and counted sea animals in the squishy aquariums, made a paper dog and found animals in the mud and gave them baths. The pre-K students ended the day with high fives from their middle school buddies. They will team up again, before spring break, for their unit on buildings.


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ASU Graduate College announces first-ever Staff Awards for Excellence winners
The Graduate College has announced the recipients of its inaugural Graduate College Staff Awards for Excellence. Established to recognize the prodigious role Arizona State University staff members play in the success of graduate students at ASU, the awards are one way the Graduate College can shine a spotlight on the tireless work of ASU staff members who play a critical role in the college's mission.
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ASU school renames Alumni Scholar Award for retired Professor John R. Hepburn
ASU's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice has renamed the annual Alumni Scholar Award for a distinguished member of its faculty who retired this spring.
The Dr. John R. Hepburn Alumni Scholar Award was renamed at the request of the faculty. It is an annual award presented for outstanding scholarly contributions to the discipline of criminology and criminal justice by a recipient of a MA, MS, or PhD degree from the school.
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ASU Foundation awarded $250,000 grant to conduct Sentinel Event Review of police use of force
The ASU Foundation has been awarded a $250,000 grant by the American Arbitration Association – International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA-ICDR) Foundation to explore the development of a statewide system for conducting Sentinel Event Reviews (SER) of police use of force, particularly among vulnerable populations. The award will also fund several actual SERs to demonstrate the concept.
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New Regents Professor Cassia Spohn returns to full-time research, teaching
Her office bookcases were half empty, with dozens of volumes already in boxes on a table in her soon-to-be former office, as Cassia Spohn completed her time as director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and reflected on the next phase of her career journey during the waning days of 2019.
Read more about New Regents Professor Cassia Spohn returns to full-time research, teaching
ASU researchers receive federal funding for new and existing police training programs
Arizona State University's Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety received a new grant to evaluate a program that will train police in the emergency treatment of opioid overdoses, and secured ongoing funding for an existing program that educates officers in the use of body-worn cameras.
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School of Criminology and Criminal Justice recognizes community-engaged alumni
The School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University has announced its 2019 alumni awards, which this year included three categories.
Alumni Scholar Award
Presented to Associate Professor Scott Wolfe, Michigan State
For outstanding scholarly contributions to the discipline of criminology and criminal justice by a person who has received the MA, MS, or PhD from the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at ASU.
Read more about School of Criminology and Criminal Justice recognizes community-engaged alumni
ASU criminal justice scholars recognized by Western Society of Criminology
A leading criminology association recognized the work of two Arizona State University criminology professors and the research of an ASU doctoral student.
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Lady Huang, also known in fiction and folklore as Huang Yueying, was the wife of Zhuge Liang, the chancellor and regent of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Her name was not recorded in history; "Huang Yueying" is simply a fictional name. In tales, Lady Huang was, however, remarkable for her erudition, being learned in strategy, geography, astronomy, and divination. Zhuge Liang heard of her intelligence, and courted and married her.

In historical records
The only mention of Lady Huang in historical sources was in the Xiangyang Ji (襄陽記; Records of Xiangyang). In the fifth century, the account was added as an annotation by Pei Songzhi to Zhuge Liang's biography in the historical text Records of the Three Kingdoms, which was written by Chen Shou two centuries earlier.

The account stated that Huang Chengyan once told Zhuge Liang: "I heard you are looking for a wife. I have an ugly daughter with yellow hair and dark skin, but her talent matches yours." Zhuge Liang then married Huang Chengyan's daughter. At the time, there was a saying in their village: "Don't be like Kongming when you choose a wife. He ended up with A-cheng's (referring to Huang Chengyan) ugly daughter."

In folklore

A story tells that Huang Yueying challenged her suitors to visit her personally by claiming that she was ugly. In the event that a suitor would visit her, she would hide herself under veils as a quiet dare to test their resolve. When Zhuge Liang came to her, her figure was silhouetted by moonlight and her head was covered with two red veils. Unlike other men, Zhuge Liang entered her room alone and did not hesitate in removing her disguises. As he removed the first veil from her face, he calmly stated that her ugliness was a misunderstanding by her father. Zhuge Liang was then rewarded by Huang Yueying's joyful visage and gratification.

Folktales ascribe to her the creation of not only Zhuge Liang's wooden ox and flowing horse but fantastic inventions, including cooking robots. Lady Huang did not long survive her husband, who died in 234 A.D. On her deathbed, she instructed her son Zhuge Zhan to "be loyal and filial."

A memorial for her exists in her supposed hometown of Huangjiawan () in Yao'an Village () outside Xiangyang.

In popular culture

Huang Yueying is featured as a playable character in Koei's Dynasty Warriors and Warriors Orochi video game series. She is referred to as "Yue Ying" in the games up to Dynasty Warriors 7. Since Dynasty Warriors Next (on PS Vita) and Warriors Orochi 3, she is referred to as "Yueying" instead. She also appears in other games produced by Koei, such as Kessen II and all instalments of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms strategy game series.

She also appears in various other video games, such as Hou Feng San Guo Online, Zong Heng San Guo Online, Meng Jiang Zhuan Online, and Qun Ying Fu Online.

She is portrayed by Gui Gui in the Taiwanese television drama K.O.3an Guo, which spoofs the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms in a modern high school setting.

See also
 Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms

References

 Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
 Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).

People of Shu Han
People from Hubei
3rd-century Chinese women

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1 dead, more than 20 injured in snowy conditions on Friday
There were hundreds of crashes around the state.
Declan Desmond
MNDOT
The heavy snowfall that Minnesota saw on Friday took a toll on the state's roads, with hundreds of crashes and one fatality reported.
The State Patrol announced the tally of road incidents Saturday morning, reporting 286 crashes, 266 vehicles off the road, 21 jackknifed semi trucks and 21 injuries around the state:
The sole fatality occurred shortly before midnight in Maplewood, where a 1999 Toyota Corolla "jumped the curb" while traveling north on Highway 61, entering the southbound lane and striking a Ford F-150 head on, according to a State Patrol incident report.
The collision killed a passenger in the Toyota, identified as a 52-year-old man from Fresno, California, who was not wearing his seatbelt. The vehicle's two other occupants were hurt as well, but their injuries were described as non-life threatening.
The incident report indicates that all three had been drinking, but no further details have been made available.
Meanwhile, the driver of the F-150, a 22-year-old Minneapolis man, was not injured.
Southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities experienced the region's biggest snowstorm of the season by far on Friday, with the biggest snow totals found in East St. Paul — which got 21 inches.
The snowstorm caused significant travel problems not only on the roads, but also at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, where dozens of flights both inbound and outbound were canceled or rerouted.
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Snowy Saturday brings hundreds of crashes, spinouts across MN
Three semis also jackknifed.
Minnesota's deadly motorcycle season continues with 3 weekend fatalities
Weekend crashes in central Minnesota injure 12, kill 79-year-old woman
Snowy Saturday causes nearly 500 crashes, 1 fatality on MN roads
And some areas are still under a no-travel advisory.
With a month to go, MN has had more road deaths in 2015 than all of last year
MN woman exits car after crash, fatally struck by suspected hit-and-run driver
Fatal crash in Maple Grove latest in deadly weekend on MN roads
This has been an especially deadly summer for road deaths in Minnesota.
Crash near Alexandria leaves pickup driver dead, passenger injured
It happened Saturday afternoon in Douglas County.


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Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Awards 2018 Natasha L. S. Jeffrey
Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Awards
Natasha L. S. Jeffrey
ST Solar-Terrestrial Sciences
The 2018 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Natasha L. S. Jeffrey for her outstanding achievements in improving the standard model of fast electrons produced in solar flares, thereby eliminating the long-standing low-energy cut-off uncertainty.
X-ray observations are a direct diagnostic of fast electrons produced in solar flares, energised during the energy release process and directed towards the Sun. A cold thick target model has been ubiquitously used for this task, since it provides a simple analytic relationship between the accelerated and the emitting electron spectra, with the latter quantity readily obtained from X-ray spectrum. However, due to the low-energy cut-off uncertainty, the total electron acceleration rate or flare power has not been possible to infer from X-ray spectra for about fifty years. The use of a more realistic model, properly accounting for the properties of the flaring plasma, and the collisional diffusion of electrons eliminates the long-standing low-energy cut-off problem of the cold thick target model. Natasha Jeffrey's simulations were instrumental to show how the new model solves the challenge and to constrain the electron acceleration energetics in flares.
Although Jeffrey obtained her PhD degree in December 2014, her work has already achieved unprecedented respect in the scientific community. She was invited to present tutorials at international meetings for experts and to give several invited/plenary talks.
Her illustrious work to popularise solar plasma physics is of special note. Jeffrey organised six workshops talking about how astrophysicists learn about stars from their light. Over the past 4 years she gave an impressive number of interactive presentations to encourage young people to study physics and astronomy.


where during the war in heaven he defeats Satan.
The Holy Scripture describes St. Michael as "one of the chief princes,"
and leader of the forces of heaven in their triumph over the powers of hell.
over all the angels - as Prince of the Seraphim.
in a beautiful jewelry box.


Creating awareness about these beautiful birds has played a major role in bringing the Bald Eagle, the US National Bird, back from the brink of extinction.
The Bald Eagle is no longer listed on the endangered species list, but they are still protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
Once on the brink of extinction, the majestic bald eagle is now flourishing across the nation.
A friend of mine was lucky enough to see one in the wild at Snoqualmie Falls, WA and captured this beautiful photograph.
To learn more about the Bald Eagle you can visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife website.


What some of the passionate Book Readers, Bloggers and Reviewers say about Durriya Kapasi's debut novel "Once Upon a Genie, here are some of the interesting reviews. Thank You All bloggers & reviewers.
Emotions as soon as I kept down the book? – Sweet melancholy.


We've decided to join the 21st century.
Our generation is often criticized that we're too attached to electronics and the internet. And while we're all for real human contact and enjoying the outdoors, we think that the internet is great for connecting and building communities with other IBDers.
That said, all you've got to see (or rather read) of us are words we write and the occasional picture we post. But you don't know what we really look like or talk (sound like?) like and we think that's important too!
And so - deep breath - we have ventured into the world of vlogging and YouTube. Here are our two first videos with some introductions (we're so progressive, we even have a channel!). We can't wait to hear what you think about our new adventure into the world of technology, and we'd love to know about topics you want to hear about!
PS Don't judge the thumbnails... we're not tech-savvy enough to change them!


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Q: Send REST response on data using CakePhp Hello Im having trouble with a service Im building. Right now I can see the body of the response in json and everything. But a friend who is getting the response on angular using $http.get('url'); seems to be having a hard time getting the data. Im not familiar with angular, so Im not sure how that call works and Im not sure why he cant get the data Im sending him. Here is the code:
                    $jsonResponse = array(
                        'success' => 'Llamada exitosa.',
                        'producto' => $responseproducts
                    );

                    $this->response->type('json');

                    $this->set('data', $jsonResponse);
                    $this->set('_serialize', 'data');

                    $json = json_encode($jsonResponse);
                    $this->response->body($json);

The $responseproducts is the array with the response I want him to get. The URL does return the array on the body when I try it on postman. And I can use the data on a ajax I build on a simple html to see if I could use the url. But for some reason my friend cant get the array on the data of the response. Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

A: Hehe I found the answer. Digging a little bit more, it seems he had a problem with CORS availability. I just use the next code I found to let CORS on my service:
//Enabling CORS for CakePHP
    public function beforeFilter() {
        parent::beforeFilter();
            $this->response->header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin','*');
            $this->response->header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods','*');
            $this->response->header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers','X-Requested-With');
            $this->response->header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers','Content-Type, x-xsrf-token');
            $this->response->header('Access-Control-Max-Age','172800');
    }

As I read on the page where I found this code, not all 5 are necessary. Most of the time it works only with the first one, but test for the rest if necessary. Hope this helps soemone :P

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Xiaomi Mi A3 – FIRST LOOK!!!
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Xiaomi Mi A3: best smartphone with 48MP camera and advanced features The farther into the future, the more advanced in all respects the new mobile devices entering to the market Soon, the long-awaited novelty in the face of the Xiaomi Mi A3, which will be able to please customers with a lot of features, will go on sale, due to a combination of factors, this device will shock all users
Welcome to Science and Knowledge, My name is M Shahbaz Ali, keep watching and don't forget to subscribe our channel for our future videos The well-known insider SlashLeaks published information about this phone, which relates to its technical equipment and capabilities that anyone can use It is alleged that the smartphone Xiaomi Mi A3 has a model number M1906F9SH, under which it will be sold throughout the world outside of China As always, the phone will become part of the Android One line, a characteristic feature of which is the "bare" operating system from Google without any additions from the Chinese corporation
As it was found out, the novelty can boast an eight-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 processor with a clock frequency of 22 GHz, as well as a 4000 mAh rechargeable battery with support for the Quick Charge 40 technology of 18 W The main camera will be triple, having received a resolution of 48 megapixels, and the main sensor will be the Sony IMX582 The front camera on the phone will be one of its main features because its resolution will be as much as 32 megapixels
To recharge the smartphone will have to use a USB Type-C connection, but this model definitely will not get the usual 35 mm headphone jack The display itself, most likely, will be made by OLED-technology while receiving a fingerprint scanner built into the screen, and this is guaranteed to please many users According to an insider, the presentation of the Xiaomi Mi A3 will take place in the next few months, but when it is unknown With the release of such a novelty, one of the most interesting Android One phones will appear in the market, and the Android 9
0 Pie operating system will be installed right out of the box It remains to believe that the new product will receive an NFC chip, which will allow it to be used to pay for goods and services using the Google Pay payment system There is no exact release date yet, but we can assume that the smartphone will launch at the end of this summer That's it for now, for more updates please subscribe to our channel Science and knowledge or visit our website wwwTargetYouTube
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The Korean giant LG announced the launch of it's flagship gaming device LG Optimus 3D in Korea, along with the phone it also launched 17 Stereoscopic games whcih have been developed by Gameloft.
The Optimus 3D comes pre-installed with 3 games, and 14 others can be downloaded at discounted rates for Optimus 3D owners. Titles such as: Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles, James Cameron's Avatar, Ultimate Spider Man: Total Mayhem, GT Racing: Motor Academy, Shrek Kart, Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus, Real Football 2011, Star Battalion, N.O.V.A. 2 -- Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance, Dungeon Hunter 2, Fishing Kings, BackStab, Eternal Legacy and Shadow Guardian will be offered to Optimus 3D owners at half price for the first three months. Archer Craft, an LG produced S-3D game, will also be available as a free download.
Special software available only on Optimus 3D allows for real-time conversion of 2D photo and video content into 3D. Furthermore, LG is taking content creation to a new level with a free software that can convert 2D games to 3D, available for download to all Optimus 3D owners in the third quarter.
The LG Optimus 3D, the world's first smartphone with full 3D and Tri-Dual (dual-core, dual-channel, dual-memory) architecture. The LG Optimus 3D is currently being introduced in over 60 markets around the world. The main and the only competition at the moment for the Optimus 3D is already very popular HTC EVO 3D. The 3D market is certainly getting hotter.


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Amity Bestowed with National Blue Ribbon
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On the heels of being ranked one of the best high schools in the state by Newsweek last month, Amity Regional High School received an even higher honor on Oct. 1 as the high school was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School for 2014. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recognized 337 schools (including only 48 high schools) as National Blue Ribbon Schools based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.
The Department will honor 287 public and 50 private schools at a recognition ceremony on Nov. 10-11 in Washington, D.C. In its 32-year history, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program has bestowed this coveted award on just under 7,900 of America's schools. According to Amity Regional High School Principal Charles Britton, Amity was last recognized as a Blue Ribbon school in 1982.
"I'm over the moon," Britton admitted, quickly adding that 100% of the credit for the award should go to the students and teachers not only at Amity, but at all of the BOW schools.
"It's a reflection of all of the schools—the K-12 continuum of excellence that we have here," Britton says. "It really is an award for the whole BOW region."
Charles Dumais, Superintendent of Schools agrees, adding, "It is a testament to the support that Amity receives from its three member towns – Bethany, Orange, & Woodbridge- as well as the tremendous work of the students, teachers, staff, and administration."
"These great schools are fulfilling the promise of American education—that all students, no matter their name or zip code, can flourish when schools provide safe, creative, and challenging learning environments," Secretary Duncan said. "National Blue Ribbon Schools are models of consistent excellence and a resource for other schools and districts. We celebrate them for their tireless effort and boundless creativity in reaching and teaching every student."
The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and private elementary, middle, and high schools where students either achieve very high learning standards or are making notable improvements in closing the achievement gap. The award affirms the hard work of students, educators, families and communities in creating safe and welcoming schools where students master challenging content.
Amity Regional High School is one of only two public high schools in the State of Connecticut to be recognized this year by the Federal Department of Education as a "Blue Ribbon School." Amity has also been recognized by the State Department of Education as a "School of Distinction for Highest Overall Achievement." Schools that have earned the distinction of being identified as Exemplary High Performing Schools are among the state's highest performing schools as measured by state assessments or nationally normed tests. Student subgroup performance and high school graduation rates are also at the highest levels. Specifically, for the 2013-2014 award year, the Department strengthened the focus of both categories' performance criteria around subgroups within a school and improving graduation rates for all students.
"We are extremely proud of the Amity students and staff. The Blue Ribbon Award is recognition of the great teaching and learning that takes place in this school and throughout the district," noted Britton.
The Department invites National Blue Ribbon School nominations from the top education official in every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Department of Defense Education Activity and the Bureau of Indian Education. The Council for American Private Education (CAPE) nominates private schools. A total of 420 schools nationwide may be nominated, with allocations determined by the numbers of K-12 students and schools in each jurisdiction. The U.S. Secretary of Education invites nominated schools to submit an application for possible recognition as a National Blue Ribbon School.
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All Women Crew Land in Bengaluru After Historic 17-Hr-Long Flight
Depending on the route it takes, the flight may also traverse 16,000 kilometres.
Updated: 11 Jan 2021, 11:47 AM IST
An all-women team on Saturday, 9 January, piloted the longest non-stop commercial flight from the United States to India. This feat is set to create history, as the inaugural flight left San Francisco on Saturday at 8.30 pm (local time). It went over the North Pole and took the Atlantic route to Bengaluru. The flight landed at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport at 3:45 am (local time) on Monday, 11 January.
The Air India flight in question was the first direct non-stop flight between the United States and southern India. It is reportedly being operated on a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft and it flew for over 17 hours from San Francisco to Bengaluru, traversing approximately 16,000 kilometers, reported ANI.
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"Today, we created world history by not only flying over the North Pole but also by having all women pilots who successfully did it. We are extremely happy and proud to be part of it. This route has saved 10 tonnes of fuel,"
Captain Zoya Aggarwal, who is the lead pilot on the flight told ANI after landing.
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri celebrated the women's historical achievement and tweeted, "Air India's woman power flies high around the world, our Nari Shakti achieves a historic first."
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri celebrated the women's historical achievement.
Photo Courtesy: Screenshot / Twitter / Minister Hardeep Singh Puri
Congress' Rahul Gandhi also took to twitter to congratulate the all-women cockpit crew and said they 'made the country proud'.
Congress' Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to congratulate the all-women crew.
Photo Courtesy: Screenshot / Twitter
Captain Zoya Aggarwal, reportedly told NDTV before boarding the flight,
"It's 16,000-odd km. So, we are looking at world's longest flight and, yes, we are going to try and fly the polar route (over the North Pole). However, it depends on a multitude of factors like solar radiations and the turbulence. So, we are going to sit tight and hope that we will go polar and break all sorts of records."
Air India Executive Director of Flight Safety, Captain Nivedita Bhasin was also onboard, reported NDTV, citing a statement from Air India.
(With inputs from NDTV and ANI)
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The titular year in question is 1981, and for the city of New York, it was the most violent year in history. Ah, yes. The good old days of NYC, when Times Square was teeming with the sick and venal! When the plot of a movie like Escape From New York didn't seem that far-fetched!
You wouldn't know it from A Most Violent Year, however, even though the movie is set in 1981 New York. Oscar Isaac stars as Abel Morales, an entrepreneur in the exciting and cut-throat world of home heating oil. OK. I lied a little. It's not an exciting business, but it is cutthroat, and he's dealing with a series of truck-jackings that are costing him money and drivers, while also trying to close a deal that would help him to expand his business. Oh, and the DA is investigating him and the entire industry for fraud.
Morales is an honest man in a corrupt industry–or at least a slightly more honest man. And he wants to stay that way. His wife (Jessica Chastain), the daughter of a mobster, sees things a little differently, and he soon learns hiring your mob-connected wife to be your bookkeeper is probably not the best path to incorruptibility.
A Most Violent Year is a most unusual movie because it isn't particularly violent, or exciting. Not a lot happens. It's also weirdly devoid of people; it feels like it was filmed in a ghost town, no doubt a result of its low budget. The director, J.C. Chandor, gave us last year's All Is Lost, which featured one guy on a boat, so he's obviously into minimalism and making the most out of a low budget. But in this case, it just doesn't add up to much.
Clint Eastwood turns a military hero and legend into an even bigger legend in this Golden Globes-snubbed but Oscar-nominated drama. Read my full review here.
Julianne Moore just got an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role as a linguistics professor who develops early onset Alzheimer's. Alec Baldwin costars as her husband. No way I'm seeing this in a theater. I prefer to do my sobbing in the privacy of my own home.
Master Crowley voices the famous British bear in this live action/CGI hybrid. When I was a kid, all I wanted in life was this tiny little Paddington Bear that a friend had. It was about three inches tall, and had the hat, and the tiny suitcase, and it was everything. I never did get one; I think it was only available for sale in the UK. And to this day I'm amazed that I didn't just steal it from her.
This year's film noir movie festival kicks off tonight with two movies filmed in San Francisco: Woman on the Run, and Born to Be Bad, both made in 1950. The theme of this year's fest is "unholy matrimony," so expect a lot of lying, cheating, and murder. Ten whole days of it, in fact! Ah, l'amour!


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" As part of a deep retrofit of a 1950s bungalow in coastal Sligo, we fitted the ProAir Mechanical Heat Recovery Ventilation System. We were so happy to have a warm, fresh air filled home in time for the arrival of our daughter, knowing what a healthy physical environment our home now provided. Annual chest infections have never recurred since living in this environment. Even on days when the weather would prevent us from opening a window, our home is filled with a constant supply of fresh air. In addition, our under floor heating system rarely turns on as the MHRV system seems to work so well with the passive features of the house, to provide a constant approximate 20 degrees throughout the house.
" We had the ProAir HRV system installed in our house during a major renovation 2 years ago. We had purchased the house a year earlier. It is a 3,000 square feet house in the countryside. It used to suffer from dampness, particularly in the rooms located on the northern side of the house. We also used to get a lot of insects in the house as windows had to be kept open during the day. The HRV system has completely removed both problems. The house feels fresh at all times and is insect-free as we no longer open the windows.
" Our home was a total renovation project last year on a 1960s built house in the city centre. As part of the refurbishment works we decided to include the installation of a HRV system. Having extensively researched the market we opted for ProAir. Their vast knowledge, excellent customer service and quality of materials used made the decision easy for us. Furthermore ProAir made the installation of their HRV system quick and easy despite it being a retrofit project.
Even when the windows are closed for security when no one is within the house, there is still a constant supply of fresh air circulating throughout the house. In addition, the provision of a booster switch allows air within the bathroom to be extracted faster to help clear the bathroom of steam after someone takes a shower.
"From the initial call to ProAir to dealing with design, installation, operation and servicing, I must say it has been the most pleasant relationship that I have had with a company in Ireland.
"I bought a heat recovery ventilation system from ProAir back in January 2014. The house is an old stone cottage, which suffered from condensation on a cold winters day. The cottage is in east Galway and on a personal note I have noticed a marked difference in the comfort level. The cottage now remains warm, but most importantly there is no condensation or a smell associated with condensation.
"David McHugh fitted a ProAir system in our house over 16 years ago. We were very pleased with the system as it offered a number of benefits, mainly clean fresh filtered air and a degree of control without having to open windows and deal with draughts. It has eliminated flies, no open windows equal no flies. Before we fitted the unit we had a small condensation problem in the bedrooms and sitting room. This vanished with the fitting of the unit. Recently we upgraded the air handling unit to the latest model. The new unit is more efficient with a lower running cost and a longer maintenance interval. I would recommend this unit to anyone".
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From a dental health workshop for pets to a meet-up for caregivers of young children, there's plenty to do when it comes to holistic activities to enrich your week. Read on for a rundown.
In honor of National Pet Dental Health Month in February, learn the ins and outs of one of the most common dental conditions in dogs and cats: periodontal disease.
Guests at tonight's workshop will learn how to keep their pets healthy with tips for at-home prevention and early detection. Participants will also take home dental products and be entered to win an $150 off a dental cleaning.
When: Wednesday, Jan. 30, 6-7 p.m.
Where: Red Dog Pet Resort & Spa Boston, 274 Southampton St.
This Thursday, dive into a health and wellness fair hosted by Sister 2 Sister, a publicly funded HIV/STD risk-reduction program for local young women. There will be a wellness panel and resource tables on site, along with free HIV and STI screenings.
Guests are also invited to create individual and community vision boards, plus enjoy a free dinner and giveaways.
When: Thursday, Jan. 31, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Where: Thelma D. Burns Building, 575 Warren St.
If you're a caregiver of a child up to age 8, join a meeting of the Boston Alliance for Young Children's Social Emotional Wellness on Friday. The meeting is an opportunity to network, share resources and information, and discuss early childhood and family-related topics.
Disctopics will include mental health, early education and care, grandparents, foster care and more. Snacks will be provided.
When: Friday, Feb. 1, noon-1:30 p.m.
Where: First Church in Roxbury, 10 Putnam St.


Now that Macau might finally be bouncing back, investors want to know which casino stock is the smarter play.
The past several years have been tough for casino companies, and both Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN) and Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) have felt the pressure of poor performance in Asia's largest gaming market in Macau. After suffering terrible stock-price performance, investors are finally looking for signs of potential improvement in Macau, and that has spurred new hope among Wynn and Sands shareholders that the future could finally look brighter. Nevertheless, before making an investment, it's useful to know which stock looks more attractive right now. Let's look more closely at Wynn Resorts and Las Vegas Sands to see how they compare on some vital measures of business success.
Wynn Resorts and Las Vegas Sands have bounced back from the worst of their stock declines in recent years, and increased optimism about the prospects for stronger results in Macau has lifted their share prices recently. Over the past 12 months, Las Vegas Sands shareholders have enjoyed a 17% return, making back much of their lost ground from the previous year. Wynn has rebounded even further, up 23% since August 2015, but it is still well below where it traded five years ago.
From a valuation standpoint, there are compelling reasons to buy either stock. When you look at trailing earnings, the greater challenges that Wynn has faced have had a larger impact on valuation metrics. Currently, Wynn trades at almost 28 times trailing earnings, compared to a more modest earnings multiple of between 24 and 25 for Las Vegas Sands. However, investors expect a bigger rebound in earnings from Wynn in the immediate future. Therefore, when you incorporate forward earnings estimates into the valuation equation, Wynn gains an edge, trading with a forward multiple of between 18 and 19 compared to Sands' figure above 20. Based solely on simple valuation metrics, Wynn and Sands don't appear to have markedly different attributes.
Dividend investors can see a much clearer advantage between the two stocks. Las Vegas Sands pays a dividend yield approaching 6%, while Wynn's yield is much lower at around 2.2%.
It wasn't that long ago that the companies' yields were much closer to each other. Wynn made a strategic decision in early 2015 to reduce the amount it paid in dividends, cutting its quarterly payout by two-thirds. Essentially, Wynn favors having the earnings and cash flow to back up its dividends, and with extensive capital spending anticipated for new projects in Macau and in the Boston metropolitan area, it no longer made sense to sustain the dividend at its previous high rate. What Wynn investors should expect is a return to the company's previous strategy of making special dividend payments periodically, supplementing the regular quarterly payment and boosting the effective yield. A special dividend probably won't happen in 2016, but future years could bring renewed vigor to the payout.
Las Vegas Sands has maintained a different strategy with respect to its dividends. It remains strongly committed to sustaining regular quarterly payouts, and the casino giant made another double-digit percentage increase late last year despite the tough environment. Even though its payout ratio is currently above its earnings, Sands apparently believes that the temporary troubles that have held back its earnings recently will reverse themselves and make the payout more sustainable.
For risk-averse investors, Wynn's dividend more accurately reflects current earnings power. However, Sands still looks like the better stock in terms of producing income for investors' portfolios.
The casino industry is still facing major pressures, and Las Vegas Sands and Wynn Resorts are both working hard to overcome the negative impact on their financials. In its most recent quarter, Las Vegas Sands suffered a 9% drop in revenue that sent net income downward by nearly a third. All four of the company's Macau properties posted even larger drops in revenue, with all but the Venetian Macau experiencing double-digit percentage drops on the top line. As a result, Sands has lost market share, and with new resorts set to open in the near future, competitive pressure will only increase. Las Vegas Sands needs to push harder to retain its leadership role in Macau if it wants to be able to keep delivering the performance that shareholders have come to expect.
Meanwhile, Wynn Resorts' most recent report gave investors somewhat more confidence than they had had previously. The company actually increased its revenue by 2% compared to the year-ago quarter, with gains in sales at the Wynn Macau resort bucking the industry's overall trend. Sluggish performance from Las Vegas held back solid profit gains in Asia, and the company remains optimistic about the Wynn Palace project, which just recently opened. The Boston Harbor project remains in its early stages and will have extensive capital costs, but the company is working hard to make sure that it makes the most of all of its opportunities worldwide.
Different investors will prefer each casino stock over the other. For income investors, Las Vegas Sands is a clear choice as long as you're comfortable that the sector will keep improving. Thanks to the opening of Wynn Palace, Wynn Resorts has greater immediate growth prospects, and that could appeal to investors looking for a bigger prospective payoff even with higher risk.


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What Is "Tunguska Explosion Tech?"
In the Tunguska region of Siberia in 1908, a mysterious beam of light shot down from the sky, destroying plots of land.
Some theorists believe the beam came from the brilliant electrical engineer Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower.
Tesla had grand ambitions to transmit electricity wirelessly.
Unfortunately for Tesla, he was never successful at harnessing wireless electricity.
However, his dream lives on today…
One tiny Silicon Valley company just received FCC approval on a device that could radically change the way you live.
Don't Miss This Shot at a $78,000 Windfall: This tiny firm is about to make the entire world wire-free. As its game-changing technology revolutionizes the global power structure, its stock could hand investors a massive return. Learn more…
The market for what we're calling "Tunguska Explosion Tech" could hit $37.2 billion in just the next few years alone, according to Allied Market Research.
And once this new technology gets incorporated into hotels, restaurants, airports, coffee shops, and even entire cities… it could be a trillion-dollar business.
The top minds in China already plan to introduce this technology into Shenzhen, a huge metropolis of 11 million people.
This device is the only one of its kind approved for sale by the FCC, and the company that invented it could see astronomical growth in a very short period of time.
Here's more on how "Tunguska Explosion Tech" is turning Tesla's dream technology into a reality…
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Poe Analysis: The Cask of Amontillado
Book Review, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
Left for dead, drunk, in the deep catacombs, surrounded by six million dead corpses, perfectly stacked for two hundred miles. No one would want to be in this claustrophobic situation which would frighten anyone to death, let alone read about it. It might be easy to write a short story that's a little scary, but one that leaves one on edge for the rest of the week? Now that skill is not as easily obtainable. Yet, that is exactly what Edgar Allan Poe did in "The Cask of Amontillado". In this short story, while the great Paris Carnival has people cheering, just below their noses, people watch on the edge of their seat as Montressor leads drunk Fortunado through the catacombs in search for Amontillado, and the sweet taste of revenge. Best yet, Edgar Allan Poe weaves his eerie thoughts through symbolism into his story. He shows us what one can do during Carnival, and in the depths of the catacombs, all while writing in symbolic word play.
Every February people all over dress in sparkling crazy costumes and parade around the city to celebrate carnival. In "…the supreme madness of the carnival season…" (1), people can enjoy dances, parades, and parties till ash Wednesday followed by lent. An extremely enjoyable festival followed by the less enjoyable lent. Just like in "The Cask of Amontillado" Fortunado's party and promise of amontillado followed by his last breath shows the symbolic setting while one sits on the edge of their seats waiting for the lent to follow the celebration.The reader watches Fortunato dressed as fool, just as Poe intended, travel down to the damp mysterious catacombs.
The Catacombs. A dark eerie place full of remains of innocence plagued corpses. One can only imagine that death lies ahead given the skulls which line the walls, for there were too many corpses and not enough caskets. But by the time of 1846, when the story took place, the plague was far gone, and caskets were back in style. Yet, for the poor Foutenato, "I forced the last stone into its position; I plastered it up." Poe left the reader uneasy as he left Fourtenato's "cask" in the title.
The story "The Cask of Amontillado" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's writings. Poe is famous for his eerie writings and poems, including: The Raven, Annabell Lee and The Black Cat. But in this particular story he coungered up is about a man named Montresor and his plan to murder Foutinado, in the Catacombs of Paris during Carnival. Doing so by dragging the drunk Fourtinado to the Catacombs and chaining him up and then burying him alive to die slowly, painfully, and alone. There are examples of symbolism, motif, and irony revolving the story "The Cask of Amontillado". Revolving around the place in where it takes, the motif of Amontillado and Fortunado's cough.
Symbolism is founded in the very beginning of the story. The setting of "The Cask of Amontillado". It takes place in the Catacombs of Paris. This is where Fourtinado meets his fate. "…stood together on the damp ground of the catacombs…" (2) This expresses symbolism because the Catacombs are a place in which the people in the 1340's and 1350's burried the recent desist, and in the story you know that Fourtinado will die in the catacombs and be buried just like the other thousands of plague stricken corpses. This creates suspense in the story because you don't know when or how he will die and it is dragged out in a damp eerie environment.
A motif in the story is "The Cask of Amontillado," so happens to be Amontillado, the meaning of this impressive whine is repeated over and over again and connect frequently to the story. This is mainly because it is the reason why Montesor could so easily get rid of Fortunato, "…I discovered that the intoxication of Fortunato had in a great measure worn off" (4). It made it a lot easier to chain him down because he was so drunk he didn't know what was going on, and by the time he was sober enough to realize what is happening, it was too late. This instance added sympathy aimed towards Fourtinado because he was not capable of fighting Montressor because his extreme state of drunkenness. Leaving poor Fourtinado to watch as his own murder unfolded infront of him.
Imagery in Literature
Imagery in The Cask of Amontillado
A Rose For Emily
Murders in Cask of Amontillado, Tell-tale Heart and A Rose For Emily
The Horror in "The Cask of Amontillado"
The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado, The Yellow Wallpaper, and The Story of An Hour: the Dark of the Mind
The Theme of Revenge in The Cask of Amontillado and the Count of Monte Cristo
The Friendship Between Fortunato and Montresor in The Cask of Amontillado
Analysis of Larry Laudan's "Demise of the Demarcation Problem"
The Modernist Narrative Technique in Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man


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Q: Issue exporting bash shell output to text file Below is my code:
#!/bin/bash
echo 1. date
date
echo -e "\n"
echo 2. hostname
hostname
echo -e "\n"
echo 3. arch
arch
echo -e "\n"
echo 4. uname -a
uname -a
echo -e "\n"
echo 5.uptime
uptime
echo -e "\n"
echo 6. whoami
whoami
echo -e "\n"
echo 7. who
who
echo -e "\n"
echo 8. last
last
echo -e "\n"
echo 9. finger
finger
echo -e "\n"
echo 10. w
w
echo -e "\n"
echo 11. top
top -n 1
echo -e "\n"
echo 12. history
tail -100 ${HOME}/.bash_history
echo -e "\n"
echo End of Script!

when I run it works fine and displays all the code on screen, however when I save to txt file using ./keithbrazill.sh > keithbrazill.txt, it does not show all the text output and only part output. Any advice? I tried a few different variations of output command such as &>, >> etc.

A: Here's an easier way to reproduce the problem:
echo "Hello"; whoami     # Shows output from both commands
echo "World"; top -n 1   # Shows output only from top

This happens because top is a ncurses program that outputs terminal control sequences to draw itself fullscreen, overwriting anything already on screen. While all the data does end up in the file, it'll show a lot of gibberish in a text editor, and if you cat it, the terminal sequences will overwrite the output of other commands.
You can use top -b -n 1 to instead get plaintext output.


Ahead of 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix, Scuderia Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen tried their hand at Beach Volleyball. In an event organised by long term team partner Santander the duo competed against each alongside banking customers who later took time out to explain the challenges of fitting training into a hectic life schedule.
Scuderia Ferrari and partners Santander, UPS, & Shell have gone to great lengths in 2016 to create accessible content for fans of the team to engage with their drivers in new and original ways. The approach is clearly paying off as Kimi, notorious for not enjoying the commerical aspect of F1 life, can be seen in this film actually smiling!
Formula One: Kimi & Seb race across the border!
Whilst some drivers in the F1 paddock will have spent the week between the United States and Mexico Grand Prix relaxing on a beach, Scuderia Ferrari drivers, Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen have been working hard on their very own "Top Gear" style race. Working with team partner UPS, drivers were challenged to deliver goods from Austin to Mexico city. Fastest delivery wins!
Dealing with customs, language barriers, and a distinct lack of humour, who will take the crown in the teams first race of the weekend?
Excellent piece of work from the UPS team!
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The Rev. Canon K. Dexter Cheney grew up in Ohio, Connecticut, and Vermont. He holds a BBA from Nichols College and an MBA from the University of Oregon. He left active duty as a Coast Guard officer to attend the Episcopal Divinity School in 1977. He graduated and was ordained in 1980. He served St. Columba Episcopal Church on Detroit's east side, first as assistant, then as rector, from 1980 to 1985. During his ministry there, Dexter co-founded People In Faith United and the People In Faith United Housing Corporation, interfaith groups working to respond to the needs of residents in the Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood on Detroit's east side. He was presented with a "Spirit of Detroit" award in recognition for his local work, and for responding to the needs of LGBT people in the city.
Dexter was called as the chief administrative officer of the Diocese of Michigan 1n 1985 and served in that capacity until moving to Connecticut in 1993. He was the home diocese coordinator of the 1988 General Convention, and deputation coordinator in support of deputations attending General Conventions away from home. He was involved in reconfiguring diocesan resources in response to changing needs and diminishing diocesan financial resources. He was active in the Cursillo movement and was elected honorary canon of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, a lifetime appointment.
Since moving to Connecticut with his spouse, The Rev. Canon Barbara Cheney, D.Min, Dexter has specialized in ministry with congregations in transition. He served a full term on the Standing Committee, serves on the diocesan insurance board, is a mentor to people in the ordination process, and does some spiritual direction. He was interim chaplain of St. Thomas's Day School in the spring of 2015 and serves on the Day School Board of Managers. While he has retired from interim ministry, he continues to serve as Sunday supply priest in congregations around the diocese. He was chairperson of the charter revision commission of the town of Hamden.
Dexter and Barbara live in Hamden. They have two grown children and three grandchildren.
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We believe Kazatomprom is fully on board with the Cameco-led production curtailments to generate a longer-term rebound in the uranium markets, particularly as it heads towards an IPO by year-end.
Additionally, our meeting with Uranium One suggested that Kazatomprom's production costs are closer to $25-$30/lb once reclamation costs are accounted for, meaning the company is by no means immune to the sustained weak uranium price over the last two years.
With Kazatomprom committed to tapering its supply to meet demand, more than 50% of global uranium supply (CCO+KAZ) is now actively working to drive spot prices higher.
Our time with Denison gave us further confidence that the company's upcoming PFS (by end-Q3) for the flagship Wheeler River project will dramatically improve the project production costs and improve economics. By revising the study's mining methods, we think the AISC at Wheeler could drop to $10-15/lb and, combined with the project's high-grade (59.9 MMlbs at 43.2%) core, we see Denison as the U name to own as the equities rally to catch-up to the continued spot price strength.
Recall that last week, Denison agreed to purchase Cameco's 24% stake in the Wheeler River project for 24.6 MM shares (transaction value of C$16 MM), and opportunistic move to take a larger stake in the project ahead of the PFS while Cameco focuses on keeping its own house in order. The acquisition was accretive to NAV and increased out NAVPS by 15% based on the Wheeler River PEA outputs.
MIT published a multi-disciplinary study that assesses nuclear power's place in global initiatives to "decarbonize" and reduce fossil fuel dependencies. The pro-nuclear study (link) highlights that nuclear power is essential to meeting growing global electricity demands while simultaneously addressing climate change. The study also proposes scenarios for reducing the exorbitant capex associated with opening new reactors, and suggests that government initiatives that reward nuclear power's emission-free power supply will be essential for maintaining the industry's competitiveness.
Duke Energy Corp, one of the largest US utilities and operator of 12 reactors, is no longer considering adding new reactors to its fleet in the long-term plans it filed to state regulators last week. While the company has no plans to close its current plants, and noted that its reactors are all candidates for license renewal, the longer-term loss of potential new plants is another negative for the US uranium industry that has seen a number of closures and construction projects abandoned over the last year.
We continue to highlight UPC as one way to play the rallying spot market, as the company has historically tracked in-line with the spot price vs. producing peers who trade off term pricing. As a result UPC should benefit if spot and term converge.
UPC's has the largest uranium inventory of any peer (now 17.08 MMlbs U3O8) and offers investors direct exposure to the commodity without any operational or mining risks, and still looks like a candidate for a takeout by a utility or producer looking to secure a large U supply in one shot.
UPC's main rival Yellow Cake (which holds ~8 MMlb) also pulled back last week, and is currently trading in line with UPC (1.00x NAV).
Cameco selected a supplier for the 500,000 lbs it requested towards the end of August. The material will be delivered between September 2018-March 2019, and provides only a small portion of 11-15 MMlbs we expect the company to purchase on the spot market by end-2019.
An unexpected RFP for 100,000 lbs U3O8 was issued this week by a US utility. The utility has already selected a supplier.


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The President outlined a number of priorities for the sector, including completing work on the Military Shipbuilding Development Programme, drafting a long-term comprehensive programme for developing the shipbuilding industry, and finalising state support measures for the sector. President Medvedev stressed that state support must be backed up by an increase in labour productivity, more effective use of assets, and cost-cutting efforts in the industry.
Mr Medvedev also said that setting the shipbuilding industry on an innovative development track requires closely coordinated efforts between the federal agencies and the integrated enterprises set up in the sector.
President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev: Colleagues, we are looking at shipbuilding today and are here to discuss our shipbuilding industry's development outlook. Given this sector's importance and the big role it has always played in this country, we are discussing it in the Security Council, precisely because we hope that Russia was and always will be a leading sea power. Having a modern navy is absolutely essential to our country's development. Of course, modern ships are essential not just to ensure our military security but also play an absolutely vital role in ensuring food and energy security too.
Today we will talk about the situation thus far and look at our future objectives. For many decades, especially in the twentieth century, our country had the extensive scientific and industrial base it needed to develop the shipbuilding industry. This included unique technology in the areas of nuclear-powered vessels and submarines. Unfortunately, we all know that the 1990s threw the industry into crisis, and now we are making strenuous efforts to get the sector back on its feet.
In terms of cost and quality it became more profitable to build civilian vessels abroad. Foreign shipyards secured multimillion-dollar contracts while our own shipyards stood idle. Thus deprived of funds, the sector lost experienced specialists and was unable to carry out modernisation. Some progress has been made over recent years. In 2007, the United Shipbuilding Corporation was established, integrating a number of enterprises in the sector. The corporation's CEO briefed me just before on the current state of affairs.
Over the crisis period almost 22 billion rubles [$700 million] in budget funds were allocated to the sector. This helped to keep many enterprises afloat. Last year, compared to 2008 (and remembering that 2009 was a difficult year) the sector's output increased by almost a quarter. The measures taken last year were mostly stabilisation measures. They were necessary steps, but they are not enough to get normal work in the sector underway, not to mention making real advances and restoring our possibilities in this industry.
Meeting our domestic market's demands and expanding our exports will require more intensive technological modernisation in the sector. We need to draft a clear and coherent long-term policy in this area, a policy resolving several priority objectives, which I will name now.
First, we need to complete work on the programme to develop naval shipbuilding. This programme must give a clear list of the promising models we will develop and outline the specific measures and deadlines for carrying out these projects. It must also provide for the necessary financing as part of the State Arms Procurement Programme for 2011–2020, and a number of Federal Targeted Programmes.
I remind you that I have already issued instructions on improving the procedures for carrying out state defence procurement programmes, setting prices for military goods, and concluding contracts for the production of these goods.
Second, by the end of this year we need to draft a long-term comprehensive programme for developing shipbuilding. This programme must take into account the whole combination of factors affecting the sector's development, including the international competition environment. There is no hiding here. In everything we do we will be in quite fierce market competition with other suppliers of these kinds of goods.
A separate issue to address is that of the recently toughening competition for Arctic resources. This programme therefore needs to have a strategic dimension and encompass not just the military but also civilian shipbuilding sectors. It should also set out the promising range of sea and river vessels that can be produced here in Russia. In other words, we need to work out exactly what we can and cannot do, and draw up the list of modern breakthrough technology the shipbuilding industry needs. We need to decide what we absolutely must produce here, for security reasons too, and what we can purchase abroad.
Of course, it is always better to have one's own know-how, but we realise that it is not always so easy to do everything ourselves. Often this can prove a long and costly process, and so we also need to engage in design and production cooperation with our partners abroad.
Third, our strategic planning also needs to finalise the state support measures for the sector. I want to stress that these support measures must be backed up by increasing labour productivity, as we have discussed before, more effective use of assets, and cost-cutting efforts in the sector. Excessive costs, unfortunately, are the bane that destroy even the best projects and make many production facilities simply uncompetitive. How can we possibly compete with foreigners when our shipyards are several times more labour-intensive than those abroad? We realise that this is the legacy of the years of collapse, but we must do something about it. Constantly repeating that we lost everything in the 1990s, and that's why it is such hard going now, and why we have such high costs, and so you have to help by buying our products, won't work anymore. We need our enterprises to be competitive in terms of cost and production deadlines. I want the reports to pay particular attention to these matters.
Finally, I note too that we cannot get the shipbuilding industry onto an innovative development track without closely coordinating the efforts of the federal agencies and the integrated enterprises we have established in this sector. Uncoordinated and ineffective use of budget funds and delays in carrying out decisions must be punished. We need to look at the way tenders are organised, and the way contracts for supply of ships and vessels for state needs are concluded, and we also need to check into cases of misappropriation of budget funds.