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ConsenSys Space Launches TruSat, An Open-source Space Sustainability System
ConsenSys Space Launches TruSat System Following its acquisition of Planetary Resources, the leader in blockchain development releases open-source, citizen-powered space sustainability system.
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On the opening day of the week-long International Astronautical Congress held last week in Washington D.C, ConsenSys founder and Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin announced ConsenSys Space alongside Chris Lewicki and Brian Israel, co-founders of ConsenSys Space and the former CEO and General Counsel of Planetary Resources respectively, which was acquired by ConsenSys last October. At a launch event attended by space industry leaders, government officials, and scholars from around the world, Lubin, Lewicki and Israel shared the mission and vision of ConsenSys Space, and unveiled TruSat, an open-source, citizen-powered space sustainability system.
As our societal dependence on space technologies grows, so grows the number of satellites in orbit, and the urgency of addressing the long-term sustainability of the space environment.
Amid projections of a tenfold increase in the number of satellites in low Earth orbit, avoiding collisions between satellites is essential to space sustainability. Across the world, enlightened satellite operators, governments, and NGOs are working to define guidelines, best practices, and standards for sustainable orbital operations. Translating these efforts into sustainable outcomes, however, will require enhanced transparency, predictability, and accountability for orbital operations.
In a bold step toward transparency, predictability, and accountability in orbit, ConsenSys Space introduced TruSat as a platform-led initiative with its partners, the Secure World Foundation, Professor Moriba Jah of the University of Texas at Austin, and the Society of Women in Space Exploration (SWISE).
TruSat is an experimental open-source, open-sensor system for creating a globally-accessible, trusted record of satellite orbital positions. TruSat is primarily designed to enable the assessment of satellite operations in the context of space sustainability standards, but may well illuminate new solutions to broader space traffic management challenges.
"Defining what constitutes sustainable orbital operations in a measurable, verifiable way is vital," said Dr. Peter Martinez, Executive Director of the Secure World Foundation, who previously chaired the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS)'s Working Group that produced the Guidelines for the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities. "But the rules of the road are only half of the equation. Transparency about who is following the rules, and the accountability it engenders, is the other half."
"Consider how adherence to rules of the road varies when no one is watching—on a deserted highway in the middle of the night, versus when there is a conspicuous speed camera or police car," reasoned Professor Jah, an astrodynamicist and creator of the ASTRIAGraph system for space traffic monitoring. "The deterrent effect of both space laws and standards will be greatly enhanced by a global public eyewitness capability. Our goal? Nihil arcanum est (nothing hides)."
The few governments that track satellites do so primarily for national security purposes and only share a limited subset of that data with the public. Data controlled by a single government is not well-suited for an independent assessment of space sustainability practices, whose legitimacy rests on trust by a multinational set of stakeholders. "We must eliminate the possibility of any single source of information to bias or uniquely determine our conclusions and opinions about what and how objects behave in space," added Professor Jah. "And governments don't share the underlying sensor data or algorithms that would enable consumers of the data to draw their own conclusions. Evidence, at its strongest, must allow for independently corroborated conclusions."
TruSat is designed to crowdsource and verify data about the orbital positions of satellites, enabling free access to globally-trusted information that can be used to measure orbital conduct against emerging sustainability standards. TruSat's open-sensor architecture will accept visual satellite observation data from any individual or organization—from citizen satellite observers with binoculars and a smartphone app to university observatories—and autonomously assemble observations of a satellite from multiple points around Earth into an orbital prediction.
TruSat's decentralized, autonomous architecture is engineered for trust by placing its data beyond the control of any institution. In place of an institutional arbiter between sensor data and orbit predictions, TruSat substitutes transparent, verifiable algorithms, which automate the process of determining and refining orbits. Unlike existing sources of orbital location data, the entirety of the algorithms that translate individual observations of a satellite into an orbit prediction with a confidence assessment is transparent, allowing any orbit prediction to be independently assessed.
"Designing a system that is at once open, autonomous, and resistant to malicious and erroneous inputs presents considerable engineering challenges," according to ConsenSys Space Co-Founder Chris Lewicki, an aerospace systems engineer who led the system's design. "A big part of what makes this possible—what allows users to have confidence that neither the algorithms nor the output have been tampered with—is the Ethereum blockchain technology integrated throughout our roadmap."
"We have barely scratched the surface of what Web3 technology will enable in this system," added Lewicki. "Right now, the system depends on the intrinsic motivations of satellite observers to participate. As we progress along with our Web3 technology roadmap, we will be able to introduce extrinsic incentives to contribute to the system."
Version 0.1 of the TruSat software is a feature-limited engineering prototype for validation of the core software engine for autonomously fitting an
orbit from observations of a satellite from multiple points on Earth. "This first release is primarily for testing by the dedicated community of hobbyists already active in tracking satellites, " explained Lewicki.
The software powering TruSat is released under an open-source license. "We developed this prototype in-house, but progressing from a prototype to TruSat's full potential will depend on the creative contributions of an active open source community," explained Lewicki. "To catalyze developer and space enthusiasts to participate in building out TruSat's software roadmap, ConsenSys Space will host hackathons and post bounties in the months ahead."
Among the priorities in the TruSat roadmap are features that ease the process of making and reporting satellite observations, empowering a diverse range of people to participate, and allowing the system to scale. The roadmap likewise contemplates a progressive decentralization of the system and its governance, enabled by a migration to the Ethereum mainnet.
TruSat's autonomous, decentralized trust architecture is not its only experimental element. "Our decision to build citizen satellite observers into the system is part of a larger set of experiments exploring the potential of Ethereum technology to enable bottom-up, collective action on an unprecedented scale," explained ConsenSys Space Co-Founder Brian Israel.
Israel spent much of his career as a State Department lawyer forging international cooperation to address global challenges, from governing the space domain to mitigating climate change. "At the intergovernmental level, the ambition of cooperative solutions tends to be constrained to the political will of the least ambitious government involved. That leaves many concerned citizens disenfranchised, and their contributions on the table. What if my individual will to be part of the solution is higher than my government's? What can I do?"
Adds Israel, "Ethereum technology offers new tools for individuals who want to be a part of the solution to organize, across borders, and to pool their resources into solutions on a scale only governments have managed. At least in theory. TruSat is our first experiment in putting this theory into practice."
If SWISE's experience is any indication, the demand for opportunities to be involved in space endeavours is strong and distributed far from the traditional centres of space activities. Founded in January of 2019, SWISE has grown to 43 chapters in the U.S. and four international chapters. "One attribute of TruSat that will create opportunities for people not generally represented in space endeavours is that observing satellites favours relatively rural, less-developed locales where light pollution is lower. That turns the traditional opportunity structure of the space industry on its head," said SWISE Founder Bianca Vasquez.
Placing TruSat in the context of the broader mission and vision of ConsenSys Space, Joseph Lubin said, "ConsenSys believes that enabling large-scale, global collective action is among the most transformative potential applications of Ethereum blockchain technology, and is investing in solving space-related collective action challenges as R&D to accelerate the realization of this potential." Added Lubin, "What could we achieve if we could harness the ideas and talents of every person wishing to contribute to space endeavours? We intend to find out. That's why ConsenSys Space exists."
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Ever since the 1980s, when Gerd Binnig of IBM first heard that "beautiful noise" made by the tip of the first scanning tunneling microscope (STM) dragging across the surface of an atom and later developed the atomic force microscope (AFM), these microscopy tools have been the bedrock of nanotechnology research and development.
AFMs have continued to evolve over the years, and at one time, IBM even looked into using them as the basis of a memory technology in the company's Millipede project. Despite all this development, AFMs have remained bulky and expensive devices, costing as much as US $50,000.
Now, researchers at the University of Texas (UT) Dallas have turned this paradigm on its ear by developing an AFM that uses microelectromechanical (MEMS) technology. The upshot: The entire AFM fits onto a computer chip about one square centimeter in size.
In research described in the journal IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, the scientists connected the MEMS-based AFM to a small printed circuit board containing all the circuitry, sensors, and other miniaturized components that control the device's movements.
While the reduced size, and the likely lower cost associated with the economies of scale for MEMS devices look to be the clearest benefits, it is in how these AFMs take their measurements that truly sets them apart from previous AFM technology. AFMs have always mapped the surface of a material by recording the vertical displacement necessary to maintain a constant force on the cantilevered probe tip as it scans a sample's surface.
Instead of depending on a constant force or distance, the tip of the device developed by the UT scientists oscillates up and down perpendicular to the sample, touching and then lifting off of the surface—a mode known in AFM circles as the "tapping mode". This technique stands in stark contrast to the widely used contact-mode AFM. The UT researchers have developed a novel approach to implementing the tapping mode in an AFM by using a single piezoelectric transducer simultaneously for actuation and sensing, which removes the need for using an optical sensor.
Since the amplitude of the oscillation wants to change as it interacts with sample, this atomic force microscope creates an image by maintaining the amplitude of oscillation.
"Performing the measurement in tapping mode reduces the forces applied to the sample, which is important when scanning fragile samples such as biological specimens," explained Reza Moheimani, professor of mechanical engineering at UT Dallas and coauthor of the research, in an email interview with IEEE Spectrum.
In tests of the prototype MEMS AFM, the UT Dallas researchers introduced samples into the AFM using the same approach mechanism of a commercial macroscale AFM. The printed circuit board containing the MEMS device was lowered onto the samples using a stepper motor.
"We imagine that a final version of the system would use a similar approach, with a compact motorized mechanism being used to bring the MEMS die in contact with the sample from above," says Moheimani.
Because the sample would have to be prepared in a similar way as current AFM imaging, the setup would not need to be in a vacuum, Moheimani says. "At this stage, imaging within a liquid environment is not feasible with this device. However, future iterations of the MEMS AFM may be designed with this capability in mind," Moheimani adds.
The prototype MEMS AFM was designed so that it could be fabricated using a straightforward MEMS process, with all mechanical scanning and sensing components contained in a single silicon-on-insulator MEMS die.
"There were significant challenges in designing the device to comply with the requirements of the fabrication process while obtaining the desired characteristics in terms of mechanical bandwidth, displacement range, and cross coupling," says Moheimani.
The UT Dallas researchers had to employ an iterative design process in which the testing and characterization of an earlier fabricated version of the device allowed them to better exploit the capabilities of the fabrication process and significantly improve performance in areas such as cross-coupling reduction and reliability of signal routing.
Moheimani and his colleagues already have their sights set on the next engineering challenges for the MEMS AFM. For instance, the sharp probe at the end of the MEMS AFM's cantilever is fabricated in a postprocessing step using electron beam deposition. The researchers are currently working to integrate the fabrication of the probe into the MEMS fabrication process. This will simplify the fabrication of the device and improve its durability.
Additionally, the researchers are looking to miniaturize the supporting electronics and control systems. They're trying out prototype hardware in conjunction with an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) that interfaces with the MEMS die. This would make it possible to connect with the end user's PC via a single USB connection.


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Samsung goes for the pro market with the stunning NX1
By Rod Lawton 2014-09-15T10:00:00.257Z Cameras
Can a compact system camera really tackle professional systems head-on? This has the makings of a real upset...
Samsung's launched a new pro 50-150mm f/2.8 telephoto lens alongside the NX1.
Samsung clearly means business with the NX1. It's a D-SLR style compact system camera, so it handles just like a regular D-SLR but it's a little smaller, a little lighter and has an electronic viewfinder.
These devices used to look grainy and sluggish compared to an optical viewfinder, but the technology is changing fast, and the super-high resolution 2,260k-dot OLED (organic light-emitting diode) display in the Samsung NX1 is state of the art.
That's not all. The NX1 uses a new APS-C format CMOS sensor using the back-illumination technology first introduced in the compact camera market. The electronic circuitry is at the back of the sensor so that the light-sensitive photodiodes can capture more light.
With 28 million pixels, this sensor offers the highest resolution yet for an APS-C format camera, but the improved light efficient should mean it can still deliver good image quality even at the upper end of its ISO 100-25,600 sensitivity range (it even offers an 'expanded' ISO 51,200 setting).
Faster, faster
Even this isn't the main story, though, because the Samsung NX1 can shoot continuously at an amazing 15 frames per second, with continuous autofocus enabled. That's almost 50% faster than Canon and Nikon's professional sports/action D-SLRs.
It also has a 205-point autofocus system which combines the speed advantages of phase-detection focus technology with the convenience of live view – you can use either the electronic viewfinder or the 3-inch Super AMOLED, 1,036k-dot touch screen on the back.
There's even a status LCD on the top of the camera, a feature never seen before on a compact system camera and confined only to the more advanced models in the digital SLR market.
Pro appeal
Samsung clearly wants this camera to appeal to professionals and serious enthusiasts. The body is made from magnesium alloy, the buttons and dials have water and dust-resistant seals and you can get an optional battery grip which extends the shooting time and offers vertical controls for extended portrait photography sessions, for example.
The Samsung NX1 can also shoot 4K UHD (ultra high definition) movies at speeds up to 30fps, saving them using the H.265 codec, which Samsung says is twice as efficient for file size and bit rate as the H.264 format currently used for HD movies.
To top it off, Samsung has also announced a new 50-150mm f/2.8 S ED OIS lens, a premium professional zoom optic equivalent to 75-225mm on a full frame camera. A professional lens system is essential if this camera is to make serious inroads into the professional market.
There are lots of new cameras arriving at the moment, but the Samsung NX1 looks like it could be the biggest scene-stealer of all, because it's exciting, powerful and unexpected.
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Malign Interiors Book Club at The Soane
Session 1 – Friday 11th December. Reading The Haunting of Hill House (1959), by Shirley Jackson
Session 2 will take place in January.
Will Wiles, author and architecture and design critic leads a third instalment of the Malign Interiors book club series.
To coincide with the current exhibition Death and Memory: Soane and the Architecture of Legacy Book Club will settle into Soane's library dining room for the evening to discuss Shirley Jackson's classic novel The Haunting of Hill House.
As the current exhibition explores, Soane was preoccupied with memory and legacy. Throughout both his professional and personal life he speculated on the loss and resurrection of memory through an obsession with permanence and ruin. He created memorials that would haunt future generations through his architecture, his avid collecting, and not least the creation and preservation of his own home, which he bequeathed to the nation.
In the third season of the Malign Interiors Book Club we will explore the phenomenon of the haunted house, its lingering in the landscape, in literature and in the minds of those possessed by its architecture and discuss how this literary trope might reflect on wider economic and urban issues.
About AA Night School Book Club
Book Club is a series of informal discussions open to all about writing and architecture drawing on fiction, essays and journalism. Read about previous instalments of the Malign Interiors Book Club here.
About Will Wiles
Will Wiles is an architecture and design journalist and was formerly deputy editor of Icon magazine. He is the author of two novels: Care of Wooden Floors, which won a Betty Trask Award, and The Way Inn, published by Fourth Estate in June 2014.
Read Will Wiles on the haunted house in Architects Journal here.
About Crude Hints
In the 1813 text Crude Hints towards an history of my house John Soane wrote a description of his unique house-museum. In this text the architect, collector, and Professor of Architecture presented his home as a future ruin and speculated on how these remains might be interpreted upon their future discovery. Soane himself would offer tours of his home to his guests, students and apprentices; performing inside what had come to be described as his 'academy of architecture'.
Crude Hints is the title given to an ongoing series of talks, tours, workshops and other events developed between the Architectural Association Night School and the Sir John Soane Museum. Crude Hints is an opportunity to re-activate Soane's academy of architecture through contemporary engagement with his ideas and works as manifested in his home and collections.
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Wow – I love the NS family as it is and however it will be – and LOVE to you all!!!
@Andrea, Thanks, A. Lots of love to you too.
It may be morbid and irrational but its also quite compelling. I had never thought about it in that way before – oh god you actually made me consider a third and I thought that was IMPOSSIBLE!!!!
Maybe now I've externalised it the idea will vanish for me too.
You know what makes me really jealous? That you two actually have these sensible conversations. I just seem to get drunk, flail a few limbs around and get pregnant. You guys are so grown up.
@Troutie, Oh, believe me, this was the first time we'd actually sat down and talked about it like grown-ups. Our first two were conceived in much the way to which you refer.
Realistically, the chances of something happening to one of them are very small, even though it happened to your family.
As mom to three kids – 18, 15 and 7, let me give you some things to think about. You're right, you don't want to leave it too long, because the little one ends up doing things on his/her own; you will be older with a teen; you will be knackered by the time the child is a teen; the other two will be off to college when the youngest one is a teen (if not before); – my little guy will be 8 and 10 when his sibs leave, and he's devastated already. If there's too big a gap, the older ones sometimes resent the fact that there are things we can't do because of their little sib. We rarely go to the movies together anymore because they don't want to see cartoons. He does a lot of things on his own with me, which the other two didn't have to. They had each other.
Also, you have another baby to have a third child, not to have a baby in the house, lovely as that may be. It need not set you back in your career if you make your career more of a prioroty than perhaps you're used to. You can do it but you have to have the help in place.
Another thing to think about is that you'll have to schlepp a baby around to all the activities you currently take your kiddies to. I remember the first winter, when little guy was 5 months and the other two were swimming. We were there for hours; I had to take his food, tons of diapers, etc etc. Lot of work.
@Expat Mum, Thank you Expat Mum, lots of food for thought. Excellent points. It does sound like a lot of work to have a big gap! I don't think I'd do a gap of more than 5 years. If I haven't decided by the time NB starts reception then the decision will be made for me!
I'm glad it's not just me. I have very similar feelings to you – down to the morbid thoughts (although it was my husband who had that idea first, not me). I feel as if I'm just emerging from the mists of babyhood into a more balanced life where I can work and have my own life. Yet, I don't want to end up regretting not having a third baby – and I don't want to leave it too late, as I'm now heading into the late 30s. What a decision!
@nappyvalleygirl, It's such a tricky one isn't it? I'm exactly the same. But I'm just feeling far too settled and selfish now to even consider it, though it's a nice idea in theory.
And don't forget, the older you get the more likely you are to double ovulate……resulting in TWINS!!! Yay!
@Expat Mum, I think my ovaries actually shrank away in terror just then.
I can totally understand where that came from, I am so pleased that my children have each other to support them through whatever the future holds for them. Good luck with your decision.
First Expat Mum mentions twins and now you're talking about triplets?! NH, get that Big V and a bag of peas, stat!
Having just gone for the third (having had a similar thought process to you) I have to say that I am loving it. Bigger age gap this time (a sensible one). He does seem to have just slotted straight into the family and is already diluting some of the intense sibling rivalry/clashes between his 2 older brothers.
The PhD is up the spout, we really have even less cash and I do feel as if I'm never going to have any time to myself ever again!
@PantsWithNames, How big is the age gap between your second and third, if you don't mind me asking? Nice to hear that number 3 has slotted in so nicely!
Similarish to you now. 19 months between 1 and 2, and then nearly 4 years between 2 and 3.
I don't think we'll be having a number 4.
Wow, what an open, honest post. Naming a fear is often the first step to dealing with it. Sometimes saying it out loud is really important.
Good luck with your ponderings.
Wow, your reasoning makes perfect sense given the tragedy in your family. Three is a nice number, I'm one of three (20 months between my sister and I then 3 years between my sister and brother) I think everyone does just know what is right for them. My sister has three (2 and a half years between them all), and she teaches part time, has done since the first one. Its right for her, but man, it is busy! I am completely done with my two, but partly because I'm 40. I don't want to risk having a disabled child, or a difficult birth. And also because my DH is snipped now!
You have the advantage of youth, so you don't have to decide right away (even though your DH maybe doesn't want to wait so long, that's understandable). I have a good friend whose kids are 19, 17 and 10. It works really well, the younger one (they are all boys) has a great relationship with his big brothers, and she just adores her littlest one.
Thanks for sharing all this..and a lot of good comments. I'd LOVE to have another..in fact I've always wanted four, but some days I think "can I even cope with the two I have??" When i'm having melt downs during half term over the stupidest things??
However DH is doing the whole "we've got one of each…we're sorted" thing…and he is in his early 40′s now…and he is sort of playing catch up with life, and I think he'd see a third baby a step backwards…because we're now just getting to the point where it's "getting easier" and I'm starting to become more available to bring in a bit of income, or getting closer all the time….and I think he'd be happier if that responsibility was shared.
I hope that if you decide you want three you will consider adoption. There are so many, many lonely, lost children in the world who could benefit so much from a caring, loving, committed mother like you.
This is so hard isn't it? I ended up having four as a result of my first marriage imploding and eventually marrying someone who had two of this own. I always felt it was sort of cheating. I loved having more kids but I was crap at pregnancy and not great with small babies. Earth mother I was not. But I was good with older children and this way I ended up with a big family without ever having had to give birth to them all! Not a route I would recommend to others though.
It is hugely important in my view to look after your marriage. That is the rock on which everything else is based.


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Svetlana Lápina (Rusia, 12 de abril de 1978) es una atleta rusa, especializada en la prueba de salto de altura, en la que llegó a ser medallista de bronce mundial en 1999.

Carrera deportiva
En el Mundial de Sevilla 1999 ganó la medalla de bronce en salto de altura, con un salto de 1,99 metros que fue su mejor marca personal, quedando tras la ucraniana Inga Babakova y su compatriota la también rusa Yelena Yelésina.

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Atletas de Rusia
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The Rock Art of Nevada, America
LAGOMARSINO CANYON PETROGLYPH SITE
Previous estimates of the quantity of rock art at Lagomarsino ranged from 600-1,000 panels of prehistoric art (Baumhoff et al. 1958; Quinlan and Woody 2001). During the Nevada Rock Art Foundation's 5-year recording project at the site, an area of 86,000 m2 was surveyed and 2,219 prehistoric rock art panels identified, as well as a signifi cant quantity of graffiti and other vandalism. In general rock art is distributed throughout the talus and cliff face, with some prominent high density areas of rock art discernible. Sections 7(19.6%), 8(39%), and 9(23.6%) contain over 80% of the site's rock art. The highest concentrations of rock art are discernible on the cliff-face (Sections 7RR, 8RR, and 9RR) and at the base of the talus slope (Sections 8A, 8A2, 8B2, 8C2, 9B2, 9C1, 9D2, 7D1, 7D2, 7E1). Mid-slope areas of the site also have significant numbers of rock art panels, but across the site there is a general trend that areas high on the talus slope leading to the intersection of the cliff face area (6RR-12RR) have low numbers of panels.
PETROGLYPH PANELS LOCATED ON
THE RIMROCKAREA AT LAGOMARSION
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Rock art in the rim rock sections is particularly notable for its prominent landscape position, with commanding views of the canyon and site, size, and quality of execution. The designs in these sections are highly visible from the canyon bottom and appear to have been made in such a way as to enhance their visibility. Their designs are deeply pecked with wide lines and are large in size and the largest panels (in terms of surface area covered) are located in sections high on the talus slope or on the cliff face. E.g., panels in 8RR on average cover a surface area of 1.03 m, in 9RR, 0.86m; in 7RR, 0.8 m; but in 8A and 8A2 at the bottom of the talus, panels on average cover a surface area 0.24-0.27m. Rock art in Sections 8A and 8A2 is prominent by virtue of its abundance and proximity to the base of the talus slope, readily apparent to a casual passerby and near the occupation area of the site (see the Other Archaeological Features section on the next page for more information about the occupation area).
All the rock art at Lagomarsino is petroglyphic in method of production, with over half (1,334 panels) containing design elements made by solid pecking as the primary technique, with stipple pecking (703 panels) the second most common technique. Other petroglyph techniques observed include abrasion and scratching. The motifs (n=4,600) present run the full range of Basin and Range Tradition types and are dominated by abstract designs. Representational or naturalistic designs account for only 2.6% of the total motifs present at the site. Zoomorphs (19) are strikingly rare and bighorn sheep motifs, which are often regarded as one of the characteristic motif types of Great Basin rock art, are very rare (just five and only two of these are classic specimens of the stylistic treatment of this animal in Great Basin rock art). No other large or medium-sized mammals are represented in the site's art; the only other animal type portrayed in any frequency is lizards (7). Portrayals of the human form are largely variants of Basin and Range Tradition stick figures, though naturalistic representations of feet (29) are a significant component of the site's corpus of anthropomorphs.
REPRESENTATIONAL DESIGNS
AT LAGOMARSION
Possible schematic portrayals of objects of everyday life are present at the site. Most signifi cant are geometric and linear designs identified by Washoe elders as traditional basket designs or textiles (55) that include hunting nets. One panel contains naturalistic treatments of Elko series projectile points. There are also schematic designs conventionally regarded by rock art researchers as referring to atlatls.
Abstract imagery includes motifs that are characteristic of Basin and Range Tradition art: circles, dot rows, arcs, rakes, wavy lines, perpendicular linear designs, grids, and a range of geometric forms. Rectilinear and curvilinear forms (2,129) outnumber circular designs (1,206). Many linear forms, particularly simple vertical and horizontal lines that occur singly, appear to be more expedient or performative in the way that they were made; i.e., the act of marking a mark was probably the primary motivation in their production. The site's very well-made, deeply pecked, large, imposing abstract designs, concentrated on the cliff face and high up the talus slope, comprise rakes, schematic representations of textiles, fields of dots, circles with long trailing lines, one anthropomorph with outstretched arms, etc., and were probably made by master artists. The quality of much of the art, its design types, and style of execution make Lagomarsino a particularly good example of Basin and Range Tradition. The site's dominant emphasis on abstract imagery is somewhat unusual for Great Basin rock art sites, and the size of many of the site's designs are among the largest in Nevada.
Some spatial patterning in the relative balance between representational, linear, and circular motif types is discernible. Linear forms predominate in nearly all sections, as would be expected given their abundance at the site. Representational forms are rare but appear to avoid locations high up the talus slope and are never numerically the most prominent design type in a section (with the exception of Section 6E2). Circular forms occur in conspicuously low percentages in Sections 7RR, 8RR, and 9RR on the cliff face, and tend only to be a signifi cant component of motif assemblages in sections that have less than 40 panels. More detailed analysis of the spatial relationships among the different motif types may be able to identify whether there is any chronological patterning underlying these basic spatial patterns.
PROJECTILE POINT DESIGN AT LAGOMARSION
Although currently there is no scientific way of dating petroglyphs, a few designs described above give clues to the age of some the site's art. There are a small number of circles bisected by a vertical line that may be schematic treatments of atlatls, as well as a panel with naturalistic portrayals of Elko series points, indicating a Middle Archaic date for some of the rock art at the site. The naturalistic textile designs identified by Washoe elders as traditional basket designs (Quinlan and Woody 2001), indicate that some of the site's rock art may have been made into the late Prehistoric and ethnohistoric times. The sheer quantity of Lagomarsino's rock art indicates that it was probably made over a long period of repeated use. The presence of representations of objects used in everyday life other than just atlatls or bow-and-arrows is distinctive-few rock art sites are known elsewhere in Nevada that contain representations of equipment used for resource processing and storage.
Although the site contains a significant quantity of graffiti and other vandalism, the frequency of vandalism is proportionate to a rock art site of this scale and is generally not visually intrusive to the site's setting. Some vandalism does directly impact prehistoric art, but the most serious case of vandalism (to Panel 7RR-13, described above) was mitigated by Nevada Rock Art Foundation in 2003 (Dean 2003). Most graffiti and other vandalism is only visible when up close to it, and much of this takes the form of lightly scratched initials and other marks, though some attempts at imitating prehistoric design elements are present. Vandalism is generally found in areas of the site that have the most prominent designs (the cliff face and at the base of the talus slope) and natural routes across the site. This suggests that much vandalism can be related to casual site visitation and is directed at those areas of the site that attract the most attention. Natural destructive agents include surface spalling, lichen growth, and exposure to the elements. In addition, some boulders bearing rock art have tumbled down the talus slope from their original position. Despite these impacts the site is in good condition.
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Elvis Presley died on this date in 1977. STAR WARS was released earlier that summer.
So the big pop culture question is: did Elvis see STAR WARS?
Sadly, the answer from every source is no, he didn't, but he wanted to. The day before he passed he was trying to obtain a print of the movie so he could watch it with his daughter, Lisa Marie. Three days before that, he had taken her, and his girlfriend Ginger Alden to see the then latest James Bond movie, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, the last film he saw at the cinema (the picture above is of them in his 1973 Stutz Blackhawk III coming back from the movie).
As far back as 2005, the site everything2.com, also speculated about it, and pondered if the movie's director, George Lucas, ever saw Presley in concert.
It's too bad that one of the biggest films of all time wasn't seen by one of the biggest performers of all time. I, of course, can't (or don't want to) speculate on whether if it would've saved him, but I bet he would've loved it.


The pinnacle of Romulan starship evolution in the late 24th Century, the Romulan Warbird Valdore was a sleek, powerful and intimidating hunter that would keep their already-mighty fleet a force to be reckoned with. Ironically, who would figure that two of these ships would help save the Romulan Star Empire, as well as one of their most hated enemies, the Federation?
The drones had extraordinary maneuverability and firepower for ships of their size. Despite this, they were eventually defeated by a combined alliance led by the Enterprise NX-01. Ironically, the chaos and war the Romulans hoped to start helped pave the way for the Federation. Admiral Valdore failed in his gambit. Nevertheless, he was still remembered in the Romulan Empire with the namesake of this 24th-century warbird.
At 603 meters in length, the Valdore was not a small vessel. Its sleek design carried familiar characteristics that were a staple of Romulan design. The feather-like patterns that adorned the hull could trace their lineage back to the 22nd-century Romulan Bird of Prey, as well as the 23rd. The previous warbird, the D'deridex Class, featured a similar outstretched neck with large wings containing warp nacelles at their edge. The D'deridex however, featured a bottom wing span with a large open space in between the two halves. The Valdore streamlined that design into a much leaner and sharper swooping bird.
The ship sported disruptor cannons and torpedoes for weapons with implacements all over the hull. It also featured a cloaking device, which had been a key piece of technology for the Romulans for more than 100 years. Unfortunately, the Treaty of Algeron prevented the Federation from using or even researching cloaking technology. This would leave them at a significant disadvantage for many years. But, of course, there are always those who ignore the rules.
The Valdore was a dark green color, typical of Romulan vessels. However, a brown version also exists. Whether that is a base materials difference, another type/mission-specific ship, or is simply an aesthetic choice by the shipyard or designer is unknown at this time. Nevertheless, it is worth noting.
The Valdore, along with another ship of its type, took part in a battle that could have led to the end of both the Romulan Empire and the Federation. Shinzon of Remus instigated a takeover of the Senate by eliminating those who opposed him with the use of a thalaron radiation device. Thalaron radiation destroys all organic matter within seconds, and he would choose to make this technology the basis for his flagship, the Reman warbird Scimitar.
Shinzon was a human, a clone of Federation Captain Jean-Luc Picard, that the Romulans created in the hopes of replacing the real Picard with their agent clone. Ultimately, the plan was cancelled and he was sent to the slave mines on Remus. The Remans took him in as one of their own, identifying with him as another being cast away by the Romulan Star Empire, forced against his will to mine for the Romulans.
Shinzon somehow managed to gain considerable power, despite his rough youth. The Scimitar was constructed at a secret base without the knowledge of the Romulans. He plotted his revenge carefully, also setting his sights on Captain Picard, wanting to make his own mark on the face of the galaxy. He lured the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E to Romulus under the guise of peace talks, only to spring his trap shortly thereafter. The Enterprise narrowly escaped and attempted to rendezvous with a fleet that could stop Shinzon and the Scimitar from laying waste to the Federation. The Enterprise would never reach them.
Fortunately for the Romulans and Federation, one of Shinzon's co-conspirators had second thoughts. Commander Donatra, who had originally supported Shinzon's coup, turned when she learned of the thalaron weapon and the devastation it could cause.
Shinzon followed the Enterprise and found the perfect spot for an ambush inside a nebula. This cut off all contact with the waiting Federation fleet and the Enterprise was nearly crippled. Commander Donatra, commanding the Valdore, caught up. They were joined with another Valdore-type ship and the odds seemed more in the Enterprise's favor.
Another key component of the Scimitar was its ability to fire with its perfect cloak. The only way for the Enterprise or Valdore to find the Scimitar was to fire blindly and hope the weapons fire would make contact. The group managed to get a few hits on the Scimitar before it nearly obliterated the other Valdore-type ship, blasting off one of its wings. The fierce battle continued and it looked like the Enterprise and Valdore had damaged the Scimitar. Unfortunately for them, Shinzon feigned a cloak failure in order to lure in the Valdore and hit them in their vulnerable ventral section. The Valdore was out for the count, but Commander Donatra and some of her crew survived.
The Enterprise continued the fight to an old-fashioned showdown. Picard gambled that Shinzon would predict how he would react and Shinzon failed to consider ramming speed." Shinzon panicked, but it was too late. The Enterprise collided with the Scimitar, locking the two ships together. In the end, only with the heroic self-sacrifice of humanoid android Lt. Commander Data, was Shinzon and his twisted plot for revenge finally stopped.
The Valdore only appeared on screen one time, in Star Trek Nemesis. Its outstanding design and look are the work of Trek veteran John Eaves. Hopefully, sometime in the future, the Valdore will return as friend or foe to fight for the Romulan Star Empire once again.


Show two cups to be empty. Suddenly, one cup becomes full of salt. You display the salt by pouring it from cup to cup. All of the salt vanishes without a trace, and changes into a white silk handkerchief.
Real salt magically appears from an empty cup. The salt then vanishes completely and transforms into a bright white handkerchief, making this the perfect trick to perform at a party or for large groups.
Most props used in magic illusions capitalize on making maximum use of a secret space that is hidden by means of an optical illusion. Body parts (or entire bodies) can be hidden inside of such secret compartments that go unnoticed by the audience, enabling magicians to perform many types of effects. By minimizing the appearance of a secret compartment, it is possible to produce a multitude of objects from an apparently empty location, and also to vanish objects in the same way. "Salt Cups" is a form of 'production magic' that was developed while contemplating how many secret compartments could possible be built into a simple-looking object.
This handling was created by professional magician Mr. Shiomi, a former magic dealer. Secretly palm a sugar cube in your right hand. Hold one of the Salt Cups in your left hand, and display to your audience that the interior of the cup is empty. Grasp the mouth of the cup with your right hand and place the cup onto the table, simultaneously dropping the sugar cube inside of the cup. If you time it properly, the sound of the cup contacting the table will cover the sound of the sugar cube as it hits the inside of the cup. Using a spoon, scoop some granulated sugar out of a nearby sugar bowl, and pour it into the Salt Cup. Rotate the Salt Cup in a circular motion several times, and then tilt the cup forwards. Instead of granulated sugar pouring out, your audience will be surprised to see a sugar cube fall out instead.


Established in 1984 to mark the company's 50th anniversary, the Tobin Brothers Foundation makes annual grants to organisations and individuals whose work can be shown to have meaningful "community benefit".
The Tobin Brothers Foundation underscores the company's long term philanthropic commitment to assisting community projects in the Melbourne area.
Since its establishment, the Foundation has made over 300 separate monetary awards totalling over $545,000.00 to an array of worthy community groups.
Click Here to view the list of previous recipients.
Grants from the Foundation are limited to organisations that are Deductible Gift Recipients (DGR) under Division 30 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
In 2008, the Tobin Brothers Foundation, took on the annual (and perpetual) Dr Aubrey Moss Grant which is directed towards applicants with an educational purpose, particularly assisting youth and the disadvantaged. Since 2008, an annual Dr Aubrey Moss Educational Trust grant has been awarded along with the many other Tobin Brothers Foundation grants.
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ChangeInEx CEO Dr. Stephen Hollingshead has worked on economic development in Iraq, Mexico, and Libya. He brings his knowledge as a former financial regulator and economic advisor to solving the global derisking crisis–banks pulling back from developing markets because of post-9/11 regulation. His work to address genocide and the refugee crisis informs the ChangeInEx model: Only extending basic property rights–to buy and sell, prove your identity, and hold title–can solve this great humanitarian crisis and give families the dignity of productive work.
Dr. Hollingshead served in the Bush Administration as the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement. He has also served on the Compliance & Risk Management and Audit Committees of the board of MERSCorp Holdings, Inc.


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Q: How to manually position a barcode in tcpdf I'm trying to add some barcodes programmatically in a pdf file but I think I'm not understanding something correctly regarding positioning.Here's my code
    $pdf = new TCPDF("L", "mm", array(80, 40), true, 'UTF-8', false);
    $pdf->SetMargins(3, 3, 3);

    // remove default header/footer
    $pdf->setPrintHeader(false);
    $pdf->setPrintFooter(false);

    $pdf->setFontSubsetting(true);
    $pdf->SetFont('freeserif', '', 12);

    foreach ($barcodes as $barcode){

        $pdf->AddPage();

        $x = $pdf->GetX();
        $y = $pdf->GetY();

        $style = array(
            'border' => true,
            'hpadding' => 'auto',
            'vpadding' => 'auto',
            'fgcolor' => array(0,0,0),
            'bgcolor' => false, //array(255,255,255),
            'text' => true,
            'font' => 'helvetica',
            'fontsize' => 8,
            'stretchtext' => 4
        );
        //$pdf->Cell(30, 1, 'EAN 13', 0, 1);
        $pdf->write1DBarcode($barcode, 'EAN13', '5', '6', '60', 14, 0.4, $style, 'N');

 }

The result I get is like the image or in any way not even close to outputting the barcode where I'd like it to be and I have no clue why. I'd appreciate any help

if i use
    $pdf->write1DBarcode($barcode, 'EAN13', '5', '5', '60', 14, 0.4, $style, 'N');

There is no empty pdf page but the barcode is still really high. I'd like it to go like 1/3 from top around 14mm that's why I was trying to fiddle with the y variable in write1DBarcode

A: After lots of fiddling around I found it.
Adding
$pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(TRUE, 0);

Made the autobreak behave correctly
My guess is that a bottom margin set by default that was messing around the alignment vertically that can't be set using $pdf->SetMargins. In any case problem solved for me. Thanks for trying to help

A: Use Below code
<?php $params = $pdf->serializeTCPDFtagParameters(array('5027010247321', 'C39', '', '', 80, 30, 0.4, array('position'=>'S', 'border'=>true, 'padding'=>4, 'fgcolor'=>array(0,0,0), 'bgcolor'=>array(255,255,255), 'text'=>true, 'font'=>'helvetica', 'fontsize'=>8, 'stretchtext'=>4), 'N'));
?>

And paste these below line where you want tcpdf baarcode

<tcpdf method="write1DBarcode" params="<?php echo $params; ?>" />

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In financial terms, pro-rata rights allow an investor to maintain their portion of ownership in a company when the company takes on new investors.
If you now need a sizable investment to keep your business going, you will seek out financing from an angel investor. Now company valuation comes into play. Let's assume for a moment that an angel investor believes your company is worth $1,000,000. Then they decide they are willing to invest $200,000 into your company.
To determine the investor's "share" of equity, you divide what they invested into the new company value: +200,000/1,200,000 = 0.016667 or 16.7 percent. Going forward, the investor's share is based on their "pro-rated" investment of 16.7 percent (not the original 20 percent you had set aside).
Each time a new investor invests, they increase the valuation, thereby diluting the original investor's percentage. For example, let's say another investor adds $200,000 in capital to your company at the $1,200,000 valuation. The new company valuation would be $1,400,000, and their investment would net them 14.3 percent of the company (0.142857).
At this point, the original investor's pro-rata rights would kick in. They would have the option to buy enough shares from the company to bring their percentage back up to 16.7 percent of the company. Though the company will receive extra cash, this will inevitably dilute the founders' percentage of ownership.
Investors are interested in pro-rata rights because as your company grows, they do not want their equity diluted. Simply put, the more successful you are, the more involved investors wish to be in the company. Keep in mind, as you take on additional investors, your business value grows. The more investors involved, the lower the percentage the initial investors own, unless they exercise their pro-rata rights.
One of the good things about pro-rata rights is you may be holding early investors long-term. While not every investor will exercise those rights, you may be able to use the fact you have investors, who have these rights, as a negotiating tool for future financing (see the markup game). As a founder, you may also be able to sell portions of your equity to an investor who wishes to exercise their rights. You will be diluting your ownership portion, but you have an increase in personal wealth nearly immediately.
If you are seeking out angel investors, chances are they are investing in only a few companies they think are going to prosper. In most cases, they will want to have a pro-rata agreement. This is because they do not want to miss out on future rounds of financing.
When negotiating with an investor about pro-rata rights make sure you are not boxing yourself into a corner. If you go through multiple stages of financing and give pro-rata rights at each stage, you could find yourself with a host of problems. Larger investors often want a bigger piece of equity; if you have promised to keep early investors involved in funding, you could face challenges with new financing.
Angel investors and venture capital companies often wish to have a say in your company's management. This often involves putting a qualified person on your board of directors. As you give up equity in the company, you could have minority investors who hold board positions.
Keep in mind pro-rata rights may also hamper your ability when it comes to securing future financing. Investors who hold those rights have the option (but not the requirement) to invest more money. Should they decide to exercise their rights, your freedom of action in securing new financing could be limited.
Many people wonder if investors always exercise their pro-rata rights in later investment rounds. An investor's decision to exercise their rights will almost always depend on the amount of an investment round. Imagine an investor paid $500,000 for a 10 percent ownership stake in a company. If the company later raises $20 million, the investor may not be able to afford the $2 million required to maintain their ownership percentage.
An investor's strategy will depend on how much risk they are willing to assume. In some cases, the investor may choose to take up their pro-rata rights and other times they may decide not to exercise these rights. It's also possible the investor will decide only to take a portion of their pro-rata rights.
Additionally, be aware that many early company investors prefer lower initial prices because it means they won't need to invest as much in a later round to maintain their ownership stake. In later funding rounds, new investors may want initial investors to put in money to prove the early investors still have faith in the company. On the other hand, some new investors may want the early investors not to exercise their pro-rata rights, as this will allow the new investor to take a larger portion of the investment round.
Because pro-rata rights really come down to the individual investor, it's common to be confused by the process. For instance, pro-rata rights can easily result in conflicts, as early investors that insist on having pro-rata rights will often do everything they can to maintain these rights. Certain investors might decide not to take these rights because they believe the company has been incorrectly valued.
Certain early investors choose not to take-up their rights for a specific reason. Depending on when you invest your money, you can increase your average price to a tremendous degree. In some cases, you may be able to own a large percentage of the company with a high valuation without needing to invest the same amount of money as later investors.
Do Angel Investors Prefer Pro-Rata Rights?
In the past, it was uncommon for angel investors to insist on pro-rata rights. The main reason for this was that angel investors believed that writing a large check in later financing rounds in order to maintain pro-rata rights didn't make financial sense. Generally, only large investors were granted pro-rata rights.
Today, more and more angel investors are insisting on pro-rata rights. For starters, there are many more wealthy angel investors than there used to be and these people want to make sure that their investment is protected. Also, the value of pro-rata rights has increased from what they once were. Tech companies now grow much more quickly than in times past, and companies are now able to raise much more money in later financing rounds. Because so much money is involved, angel investors are increasingly requesting pro-rata rights so that they don't miss out on a big return on investment.
It was not always common for groups such as these to make direct investments in venture capital funds. A direct investment strategy usually means that you would invest in a venture capital fund and then later diversify. At that time, you would directly invest in one of the individual companies in the venture capital fund's portfolio.
In the past, it was hard for limited partners to determine whether it was worthwhile to invest in a given venture capital fund. Thanks to the explosion of seed funds in the modern era, and the value of pro-rata rights, limited partners can now find beneficial investments across multiple industries.
Entrepreneurs have not been historically concerned with how investors exercised their pro-rata rights. Between investment rounds, there is often some sort of give and take between early investors and new investors. It was common practice for new investors to insist early investors provide more money to prove the company was financially sound.
Modern investors care more about acquiring large ownership percentages than they do verifying the confidence of early investors. It is this desire for large ownership percentages that now causes conflict between early-stage and late-stage investors.
In the option of early investors, large later round investors are interfering with the early investor's pro-rata rights. On the other hand, large investors believe early investors should refrain from taking up their pro-rata rights because of the large amount of money being provided in later investment rounds. Every company must decide how to negotiate these issues so that both groups of investors are pleased.
The disagreement over pro-rata rights between early investors and late-stage investors often puts entrepreneurs at a disadvantage. For example, in order to keep all investors satisfied, an entrepreneur may inadvertently sell too much of their company, diluting their ownership stake and eliminating the benefits of seeking investments.
With the right strategy, you can use the investor's desire for pro-rata rights to your advantage. For example, it has now become common practice for company owners to sell off some of their personal stock to decrease their personal risk. Selling personal stock in this manner is a direct result of the increased desire for pro-rata rights.
Entrepreneurs should be sure they are treating investors as investors. At one time, angel investors were known for keeping the interests of the company's founder in mind. Now that angel investment is a big business, the only concern of investors is getting a big return. While it's important to balance the needs of investors, entrepreneurs also need to be certain seeking financing for their company isn't hurting their long-term interests.
If you need help with pro-rata rights, you can post your legal need on UpCounsel's marketplace. UpCounsel accepts only the top 5 percent of lawyers to its site. Lawyers on UpCounsel come from law schools such as Harvard Law and Yale Law and average 14 years of legal experience, including work with or on behalf of companies like Google, Menlo Ventures, and Airbnb.


The Home Instead Senior Care® office serving the Davis, Woodland and Vacaville area is launching a new campaign designed to make the community more Alzheimer's friendly. Through the Alzheimer's Friendly BusinessSM program, the Home Instead Senior Care office will provide free training to local businesses to help equip employees with information and resources needed to welcome families who are caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease.
"For many caregivers, the unpredictable nature of the disease can make going out in public with their loved one intimidating," said Tom Suharik, owner of the Home Instead Senior Care office serving Yolo and Vacaville area. "Our research shows that family caregivers might be reluctant to frequent public places because of the behaviors that could be associated with the disease."
"Given the statistics, most businesses that deal with the public will be serving people with Alzheimer's and their families," said Suharik. "It's critical that local businesses start working now to build Alzheimer's friendly communities to better serve their customers with Alzheimer's and other dementias."
Local businesses can work directly with the local Home Instead Senior Care office to coordinate an in-person training. An interactive, online version of the training also is available at Alzheimers Friendly Business Website. Once the training is successfully completed, businesses will receive a window cling with the Alzheimer's Friendly Business designation. The designation will be valid for two years.
For more information about the Home Instead Senior Care network's Alzheimer's Friendly Business program and to access additional resources, please visit Alzheimers Friendly Business Website or call 530-758-4159.


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L&R has over 160 years' expertise in medical devices around the world, focusing on providing products that meet clinician and patients' needs. Lohmann Medical, a German company founded in 1851, and Rauscher, an Austrian company founded in 1899, successfully merged in 1998 to form the L&R of today. This proud history is reflected in L&R's products, concepts and services.
In 2017 L&R established direct operations in Australia and New Zealand, and is continuing to build strong partnerships with clinicians, distributors and their patients.
L&R have representatives in all major cities in Australia and New Zealand. Please contact our Customer Service team (AU: 1300 572 869 or NZ: 0800 572 869) who will happily assist you with any queries.


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To be eligible to enlist in the U.S. Navy, candidates must be between the ages of 18-34
From shallow rivers to distant shores, the United States depends on an elite defense force known as Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen, or SWCC. You may have never heard of them, and that's on purpose—their missions are the kind the Navy keeps quiet because of how vitally important they are. As the Sailors who insert and extract Navy SEALs from classified locations around the world, they are true warriors—highly trained, disciplined and distinguished. Their motto is "On Time, On Target, Never Quit," and they live up to every word.
SWCC are extensively trained to execute high-risk warfare and reconnaissance missions in river and coastline settings. As a member of this tightly-knit community, you may:
Insert and extract SEALs and other Special Operations personnel from a variety of Naval Surface Warfare vessels
Collect important data about enemy military installations and shipping traffic in coastal areas
Assist other military and civilian law enforcement agencies
Operate and maintain ordnance systems, communications, electronics, small boats and other equipment associated with SWCC and other special operations missions
Perform direct action raids against enemy shipping and waterborne traffic
Provide rapid mobility in shallow water areas where larger ships cannot operate
Integrate with other U.S. Special Operations forces or within U.S. Navy carrier and expeditionary strike groups to accomplish operational tasks
SWCC operators may be deployed anywhere in the world and operate day or night in cold weather, desert, tropical or jungle environments. Many operations will take place along river or coastline settings. Though much of your time will be spent training or in the field on missions, you may work in an office on administration duties from time to time.
TRAINING AND ADVANCEMENT
As a SWCC operator, you will undergo some of the most demanding physical and mental training in the world. While qualifying for SWCC in the Delayed Entry Program is preferred, you may also volunteer any time during your enlistment after completing boot camp and prior to your 31st birthday.
While at the 10-week Recruit Training Command (RTC), also known as Boot Camp, you will take part in a rigorous physical examination and medical screening. Upon review of your entrance medical examinations, further physical screening tests will be given at RTC. Following completion of boot camp, you will begin specialized training, including:
Naval Special Warfare Orientation (7 weeks) in Coronado, CA, for physical and psychological preparation for SWCC Assessment and Selection.
Basic Crewman Selection (BCS) (7 weeks) in Coronado, CA, for physical training and aquatic skills.
Basic Crewmen Training (BCT) (7 weeks) in Coronado, CA, for training in basic seamanship, boat handling, teamwork and mental tenacity.
Crewman Qualification Training (CQT) (10 weeks) in Coronado, CA, for advanced tactical knowledge and warfare skills training.
Get the full details on SWCC training.
Promotion opportunities are regularly available but competitive and based on performance.
Post-Service Opportunities
It's also important to note that specialized training received and work experience gained in the course of service can lead to valuable credentialing and occupational opportunities in related fields.
Members of the Naval Special Warfare community have any number of unique opportunities to advance their education. Navy training provides everything from the fundamentals of explosive ordnance disposal, to knowledge of chemical and biological warfare, military tactics, deep-sea diving or a number of other tactical military procedures.
Beyond offering access to professional credentials and certifications, Navy training in the NSW field can translate to credit hours toward a bachelor's or associate degree through the American Council on Education.
You may also continue your education through undergraduate degree opportunities like the Navy College Program and Tuition Assistance and the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
A high school degree or equivalent is required to become an Enlisted Navy SWCC operator, but the standards of qualification require the kind of mental and physical fortitude that few possess. For those making the cut, immense challenges and constant training are a way of life.
To qualify for SWCC training, you must:
Meet specific eyesight requirements: 20/40 best eye; 20/70 worst eye; correctable to 20/25 with no color blindness
Meet the minimum Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) score: AR+VE=103, MC=51
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Adam F.C. Fletcher trains, speaks, and consults with individuals, organizations and communities to intentionally address issues many white people are uncomfortable acknowledging, including white supremacy, white privilege, white fragility, and racism. We're uncomfortable addressing these issues because we all benefit from them, we all uphold them, and we all need to confront them in our own lives and beyond.
Whether you're with a nonprofit organization, government agency, K-12 school, or other space that is led by white people for people of color, I can help you begin unraveling racism.
Whether conducted as training workshops, speeches, or other activities, conversations Adam facilitates can engage white people in consciously and consistently identifying racism, addressing and taking action through personal commitments to address white privilege, challenge racism, combat white supremacy, and more.
These are hard conversations meant to unravel the individual attitudes, shared cultures, and structural systems that uphold, enforce, and demand white supremacy in order to exist.
Adam's goals for offering Unraveling Racism include:
Deepening white peoples' awareness of white supremacy throughout society, including schools, communities, and government; and seeing the role they, as white people, play in perpetuating white supremacy.
Equipping white people with tools and support to identify and respond to racist actions, words, and policies throughout their lives.
Growing white peoples' capacity to support, lift up, and act in solidarity with people of color in their communities.
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"Unraveling Racism with Adam Fletcher Sasse" by KMTV Channel 3 in Omaha, Nebraska, on December 14, 2021
(Start at 54:00) "White Supremacy: Unraveling What We Don't Know" guest sermon at Temple Israel in Omaha, Nebraska, by Adam Fletcher Sasse in December 2021
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Captain U is a sponsor of the NIKE Academy Showcase event and will complete the Team/Player Profile Book.
Start by clicking link below to get started.
Team/Player Profile Books will be at main tent for College Coaches to pick up.
College Coaches list will be updates every 3-4 days as the response start to come in for the event.
IMPORTANT - REMEMBER TEAMS (ALL) may start as early as 1:00pm on Friday March 22rd, 2019. So please plan accordingly – NO Thursday night stays will be needed by any club.
You must send separate email to bailey@sockersfc.net – by EOD Friday – February 15th - do not assume coaching request will be read in gotsoccer!
Click on the "Team Coaches/Managers" link.
Find your team from the dropdown menu or add your team name.
Fill out your team's information and click "add team".
Fill out your team's roster (and hit "save team members!" Those players will be added to the player profile book automatically.
Click on the "Athletes" link above.
Hit "Get Started" after filling out your basic profile information.
Complete your profile and start reaching out to college coaches.
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The Nike Academy Showcase Division is for Boys 16U thru 19U teams. USA and Canadian teams registered with their National organizations, including USYS state associations and US Club Soccer are eligible to apply.
The team's record and individual player's qualities and achievements will be considered for the team selection and brackets placement. Each team will play 3 games of 70 minutes, teams may roster up to 22 players per the US Youth Soccer rules and regulations. However, no more than 18 players may dress for each game.
MRL Brackets welcome-email bailey@sockersfc.net prior to submitting application.
The Academy Division provides the top level teams around the region an opportunity to prepare for the demands of Spring season. Teams looking to get ready early on for Regional Leagues and State competitions should seriously consider this event.
Each team will play a minimum of 3 games of 70 minutes, all age groups will be divided into flights of 6 or 8 teams accordingly. Age brackets will be formed with the best competition in mind and selection is based on team's records and Club's reputation.
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Babcock, Jim Lites, and Motivation
Guest appearance from Alec Baldwin.
By Acting the Fulemin Dec 29, 2018, 11:51am EST
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There is a very well-loved movie from 1992, that stars half the big name white male actors who were working at the time, called Glengarry Glen Ross. The movie is a hell of a study of desperation among salesmen, but it is most remembered for a spectacularly obscene, really offensive motivational speech that Alec Baldwin gives early in the film.
If you can't watch that, here's a quote. You'll get the idea.
Always be closing! A-I-D-A. Attention, Interest, Decision, Action. Attention -- do I have your attention? Interest -- are you interested? I know you are, 'cause it's fuck or walk. You close, or you hit the bricks! Decision -- have you made your decision for Christ?! And action. A-I-D-A. Get out there! You got the prospects coming in; you think they came in to get outta the rain? A guy don't walk on the lot lest he wants to buy. They're sitting out there waiting to give you their money! Are you gonna take it? Are you man enough to take it?
On Friday afternoon, Sean Shapiro of the Athletic reported a truly spectacular rant from the CEO of the Dallas Stars, Jim Lites. You can read the whole thing here, and it's worth it. But the thrust of it was that Lites and team owner Tom Gaglardi were frustrated to madness with their franchise centrepiece players, Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin. Again, choice quotes:
"They are fucking horse-shit, I don't know how else to put it," Lites said. "The team was ok. But (Tyler) Seguin and (Jamie) Benn were terrible....We are a stars-driven league, and our stars aren't getting it done. It's embarrassing, and no one writes it. Write it!
The Stars, at the time of writing, were in the eighth playoff spot in the Western Conference and had actually come off a win against Nashville. But Gaglardi was not impressed with the work of his two team-leading scorers, whose play, compete level and production Lites absolutely savaged in a profane rant.
It's worth noting something off the top: this was obviously deliberate. Lites told reporters the conversation was on the record at the beginning, and unless he has a professional death wish, no CEO is going to blast his core in print without approval from above. The Stars' ownership decided that the way to get the best out of their best players was to have them read online that they're fucking horseshit.
Lites and Gaglardi are businessmen with long experience. I can't speak to the management style of either up close, and I don't want to caricature them. But the style of the interview—loud, denigrating and obscene—is awfully reminiscent of Alec Baldwin's character above. Plenty of people who have worked in high-pressure jobs will recognize the style (I know I do.) And even though the movie isn't endorsing him (watch it and see what happens to the salesmen) there are a hell of a lot of executives or wannabes who revere it. They'd say that this is the way business in the real world works. When you're disappointed with your employees, you let them know who's boss, and you let them know in no uncertain fucking terms that you want more for them or you'll give them their walking papers. It feels empowering for the boss and sometimes it does get results.
And more than a few Dallas fans, frustrated with a team that appears to be stagnantly mediocre, were onside with some of what Lites said, whether or not they liked how he chose to say it. This is the way a business works, right?
Except, well, that isn't the way this real world works.
Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn are both signed for at least six years after this one, with some trade protection and guaranteed contracts. The fact is that Gaglardi, Lites, or GM Jim Nill can't fire them, they can only trade them. And the Stars (who are a top-heavy team at best) really need those guys, as Lites acknowledged—his best players have to be his best players. There's also the glaring fact that by just about any way we can measure things, Seguin and Benn are playing quite well, actually.
It's worth recognizing why the hardass motivation technique (sometimes) works. It's because it's backed by threats. Throughout his whole speech up there, Baldwin is reminding the salesmen if they don't deliver, they're fired. It's fuck or walk. Seguin and Benn don't have to choose, and Lites can't make them. Without that leverage, the Lites rant doesn't show power; it shows powerlessness, and the fact he's misapprehending the cause of his team's problems only makes it worse. It looks less like the work of an elite leading executive and more like a two-year-old throwing a tantrum. It's not any more mature just because it got somebody elected president.
Babcock and Nylander
Leafs winger William Nylander, as you probably heard, had a very long contract negotiation. He held out until literally the last hour before signing a very nice deal that will pay him more in two months than most people make in a lifetime. Since coming back, Nylander has two points in ten games.
A lot of people, a lot of coaches, might flip on Nylander and try to bag skate him in into the ground until he straightened up and started producing. Show him who's fucking boss. He wants to get paid like a star, tell him he'd better score like a star or he'll be doing suicide sprints every practice until he shapes up.
Here's what Mike Babcock did:
When I talk to Willy, we never talk about production. You never, ever talk to players about production. You talk to players about the process and working hard and competing and doing the little things in the game that allow you to be successful. When I met with Willy today, and I did meet with Willy, all I showed him was all of the battles he won last game. I thought that was his best effort and it's important to understand that it was a good effort for him. We want him to just continue to work hard and compete. When he gets his feel back, the rest of it will come.
Which quote—Babcock's or Lites'—do you think makes a player play better? Which makes them want to stay in your organization, or feel glad to have signed there? If you were a free agent, what would you rather your team's people say to the press?
The thing here is that Mike Babcock has criticized William Nylander publicly, and at times it's been effective. When he's needed more from William, he said so. He's used ice time as a prod and has been willing to emphasize when he needed more effort. He doesn't just walk around telling Nylander how great he is.
The difference is it's measured, and it's done with an eye on the relationship. And it doesn't entail openly blasting Bill Nye as "fucking horseshit".
I have a bias, obviously, as one of those softies who thinks treating people like garbage in public is bad. But in the Stars' case, it's worse than mean, it's stupid. Mike Babcock knows William Nylander is going to be in his organization for a long time and he values that relationship. He can, has, and will use more forceful methods to get more out of players, but he's not burning bridges he knows he's going to have to cross time and again. That's a recognition of leverage as much as it is common courtesy on his part.
Running A Hockey Team
When things aren't going well, frustration is natural. Executives and fans both get mad and demand change, or at least that the players be punished for daring to lose.
But the truth is, running a team like the Stars seem to be doing is self-indulgent. It's a willingness to vent your spleen because it feels good to express your anger. Some people will see Lites' choice to swear out loud to a news outlet as a bold drive to demand better.
What it really is is short-sighted. Maybe Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn will go into fuck-you mode and light up their next opponent. Will they never have another slump for six seasons? If they do, will Lites keep giving interviews calling them horseshit and embarrassing them publicly? Even in the best-case scenario it's hard to see this as a reliable measure to motivate.
If the Leafs, Stars or any other team want to win, it'll take more than repeated use of the F-word at the best players on the team. It'll take brains, better drafting, better depth. And it'll take self-control not to do what you feel like because slamming your players makes you feel empowered in the face of a sport that is often going to go against you.
And if you can't keep a cool head and handle people, well, hit the bricks, pal, cause you're going out.


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Q: How to check if there exists a key in an array that contains a certain string in php? I am working on a webapp right now in PHP. So far there is a defined array with the following structure:
$array = array("check_first" => true, "check_second" => false)

There are also much other arrays with default numerical structure with keys: 0, 1,2,3 etc.
I want now to make a difference between the arrays with keys of numerical and arrays with keys of strings that starts with "check_".
So I would like to search through all my defined arrays if there is a array with keys that contains the string "check_". I would prefer a simple if-statement for this.
I hope this makes sense. Thanks for all your comments!

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*Step 1: loop through the array with foreach

*Step2 for each entry, check if the key starts with your string using strpos($key, 'check_')!==false

A: One approach is to get all the array keys, concatenate them into a single string, then use strpos to test if athere are any instances of 'check_'.
if (strpos(implode('',array_keys($arr)),'check_') !== false) {
    echo 'This array has "check_" keys!';
}

Although this is coded concisely it includes three function calls, two of which are applied to all of the array elements. A foreach loop that breaks on the first match may be faster.


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