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The European Magazine Media Association (formerly the European Federation of Magazine Publishers, FAEP) is a non-profit organization based in Brussels, Belgium that represents 15,000 publishers throughout Europe (mostly small- and medium-sized enterprises) publishing over 50,000 magazine titles in Europe.
Overview
EMMA's mission is to protect and promote the interests of European magazine publishers vis-à-vis the Institutions of the European Union: the European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Council. The main aim of EMMA is to ensure a long-term survival and prosperity of a plural, diverse and economically successful magazine publishing industry in the EU.
EMMA defends freedom of expression, promotes pluralism and diversity, and ensures that Europe's periodical press industry remains competitive and vibrant. It supports self-regulatory mechanisms, backed up by an equitable and balanced legal framework. EMMA points out that the freedom of commercial communication is an integral part of the overall principle of freedom of expression. Commercial communications are the life-blood of the majority of periodical publications.
, EMMA's membership is composed of 21 national associations of magazine publishers and 16 corporate publishing companies in Europe. Altogether EMMA represents over 15,000 publishers (mostly small- and medium-sized enterprises) publishing over 50,000 magazine titles throughout Europe.
Mission statement
EMMA's mission is "to promote and protect the interests of publishers of the periodical press within the European Union thus ensuring the long-term survival and prosperity of a plural, diverse and economically successful magazine publishing industry in the EU".
History
The European representation of magazine publishers was founded in 1988 in Brussels under the French name "Federation des associations d'editeurs de periodiques de la C.E.E." (Federation of Associations of Periodical Publishers in the European Economic Community), which originally was abbreviated to FAEP. The goal of the association was, in close collaboration with its members and the authorities of the EEC, to study the regulations governing the activity of periodical publishers, mediate the relations between publishers, the EEC and member states, and to work to maintain the freedom to disseminate information, ideas and knowledge.
The name changed to European Federation of Magazine Publishers around 1993, when the EEC became the EU.
In October 2011, FAEP transitioned to EMMA, the European Magazine Media Association. However, despite the change in name and aesthetics, the main goals set down in 1988 remain. Today, EMMA defends freedom of expression, thus promoting pluralism and diversity, and ensures that Europe's periodical press industry remains competitive and vibrant. Moreover, EMMA supports self-regulatory mechanisms, backed by an equitable and balanced legal framework. EMMA also consistently points out that the freedom of commercial communication is an integral part of the overall principle of freedom of expression, since commercial communications are the life-blood of the majority of periodical publications.
President
Xavier Bouckaert is President of EMMA and has held the position since September 2017. Xavier has been actively involved in EMMA as the Chairman of its Corporate Advisory Group and as EMMA Board Member between 2013 and 2017.
Xavier has been CEO at Roularta Media Group IV since January 7, 2016. Before, he has been the Chief Operating Officer for Roularta Media Group NV since December 2009 and serves as Director of Magazines since 2009. Mr. Bouckaert joined RMG in 2005 as a Company Lawyer and Coordinator of Controlling. He is a Licentiate in Law and Civil-Law Notary.
Secretariat
Executive Director
Ilias Konteas is the Executive Director of the European Magazine Media Association, as of October 2018. Ilias has a legal background with a specialization in European law, including European media law. Before joining EMMA he spent 16 years at BUSINESSEUROPE, in charge of intellectual property issues.
EU Affairs Senior Manager
Joy De Looz-Corswarem joined EMMA in September 2016 as EU Affairs Manager. She holds an LL.M. degree in European law from Maastricht University (The Netherlands) and has been working in the copyright field before joining EMMA.
Head of Legal and Policy
Ariane joined EMMA in January 2020 as Head of Legal and Policy. Prior to joining the publishing sector, Ariane worked for the European organisation representing groups and cooperatives of independent retailers, following inter alia digital, internal market, consumer law dossiers with a focus on competition issues, her passion. She holds a Master's degree in European law from Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (France).
Junior European Affairs Manager
Vanessa De Palma joined EMMA in September 2019 and has been working as Junior European Affairs Manager for the association since March 2020. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in International Studies and Diplomacy from the University of Trieste and a Master's Degree in Political Economy of European Integration at HWR Berlin.
Relevant EU Policy Initiatives
Advertising
Freedom to communicate commercially is a part of freedom of speech. It is often claimed that consumers must be protected through regulation on advertising for food, alcohol, medicines, toys, cars, etc.; bans and restrictions on the advertising of everyday products that every consumer can access freely in the EU will not be accepted by publishers.
Applicable law
Publishers require legal certainty, as regards defamation and private rights issues, in an age of more cross-border sales and the global nature of the internet. Country of origin is the only solution.
Freedom of expression
Freedom of Expression is the basis for Freedom of the Press, and consequently a central pillar of a publisher's raison d'être. FAEP defends the freedom of expression, thus promoting pluralism and diversity and ensuring that Europe's periodical press sector remains free.
Intellectual Property
Publishers encourage adequate protection and reward for those who invest in creativity. Therefore, the enforcement of copyright and strong enforcement of anti-piracy laws and introduction of the work for hire principle across the EU is supported by the periodical press.
Information society
Regulation that promotes the development of the digital economy, and does not thwart innovation, provides the right framework for a prospering publishing sector in the EU. Publishers demand technology neutral and level playing field as regards data use and protection.
VAT (EU VAT)
Publishers reject the taxation of reading. A literate and informed population is vital to a "knowledge society". The costs of illiteracy outweighs the revenues raised by taxing reading.
EMMA publication
EMMA published a biennial magazine entitled Empowering Citizens, no longer mentioned on the FIPP Web site, with articles about the role of magazines in society.
Awards
In 2008, European Federation of Magazine Publishers won the European Public Affairs Award.
See also
European Newspaper Publishers Association
References
Journalism organizations in Europe
Pan-European trade and professional organizations
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So lively, so fluid, so rich – these are some of the words that best describe Auguste Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party. This painting allows the viewers to time travel and see the charming atmosphere of the time for themselves.
In choosing to portray the characters in the setting that he did, the artist presented the new Parisian social environment in a fascinating way. How, you ask? Placed against the backdrop of the Seine, at the Maison Fournaise restaurant in Chatou, he has included a former mayor, an actress, a seamstress (Aline Charigot, in the foreground with the dog), a bureaucrat and an Italian journalist – all within the same frame!
If you look closely, you will see the finesse with which Renoir has painted each of his friends, and how he has shown precise expressions of the moment. For example, the trio on the right side – actress Angèle, the Italian journalist Maggiolo and fellow artist, close friend, and wealthy patron, Gustave Caillebotte (seated) – are engaged in a separate conversation, which is apparent both by their stance and positioning. Simultaneously, the woman at the railing (Alphonsine Fournaise, the proprietor's daughter) is in a separate exchange of sorts with the man turned towards her (Baron Raoul Barbier, former mayor of colonial Saigon).
None of the elements in the painting are isolated, as Renoir created a fluid interactive motion through clever use of light and brush strokes. Look at the light source – beginning at the top left of the painting, it travels diagonally up to the seated man (Caillebotte) and lends a sparkle to everything on its way. A perfect Sunday brunch!
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PLEASE NOTE: THE CITIZEN'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY WILL NOT HOLD A SUMMER SESSION THIS YEAR. OUR FALL SESSION WILL BEGIN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021. PLEASE CHECK HERE IN AUGUST FOR REGISTRATION DETAILS.
The Citizen's Criminal Justice Academy (CCJA), is an 11-week program for Palm Beach County residents, including a 6-week program for residents of the Glades areas. It offers an exclusive, behind the scenes look at the criminal justice system in Palm Beach County. Classes are held on Monday evenings from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm. The program is free of charge and includes a meal on most nights of class.
Participants will have the opportunity to:
Meet Senior staff at Sheriff's Department
Overview of the Criminal Justice Commission
Tour the Palm Beach County Jail
Check out Special Operations including the K-9 Unit, Swat Team, and others
Learn about the Court System; meet Judges and hear about specialty courts
Learn about the Clerk's Office and the function of the Clerk of Courts
Learn about the State of Florida's Law Enforcement agencies
Hear from Federal Agencies, DEA, FBI, ATF, and US Marshalls
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Learn about Cyber-bullying and Internet Crimes
Learn about Body worn cameras\
Climb behind the wheel of a police cruiser
Hear about innovation in officer training/Shoot Don't Shoot
Learn about Use of Force, and why it is used
Learn about Florida Department of Corrections
Learn about Narcotics, Gangs, and Violent Crimes
Applicants must be at least 16 years of age, live or work in Palm Beach County, and be willing to undergo a criminal background check.
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This Press Photographer didn't need pictures!
Posted on April 17, 2011 by Bob Stepno
… because he was on radio. The show began as "Flashgun Casey, Press Photographer," although its later name "Crime Photographer" was a better description of its typical plotlines — more detective stories than journalism-procedurals.
However, I love the film "Meet Flash Casey" that preceded the radio series by a few years. Both were based on a pulp-fiction character by the same name. (For some of you, this will look awfully familiar — I posted the film clip at my Other Journalism blog last year because this one wasn't up and running yet. With the semester coming to a close, I think the opening graduation scene makes the fim timely again.)
Like his first boss, a crusty editor who greets him with "Not THE Flash Casey!… Never heard of you," you should get to know Flash Casey, radio's best news photographer. For a dozen years on radio, plus film, comic book and TV incarnations, Casey was the classic wise-cracking, fedora-wearing newspaper cameraman. In this 1938 film clip, he's right out of college, hat-in-hand looking for his first job.
Casey in the comics
Message for graduates: Finding a job may be rough today, but it has rarely been easy. Still, like Casey, you never know whom you might run into. (Watch the clip, or the full-length Here's Flash Casey, at Archive.org.) His attitude, camera and sense of a humor already show promise, even if it is only a B-movie. Notice, too, how the newspaper's spin-off magazine and competition between the two editors add plot twists and opportunities for young Casey..
Also, if you're interested in "new technology," watch for the appearance of a pre-war Leica 35mm camera later in the film, along with several scenes worth discussing in a media-ethics class.
During his long run on radio, Casey was the old pro, not the young graduate in the movie. In the series called "Casey, Crime Photographer" or just "Crime Photographer," he was the "ace cameraman who covers the crime news of a great city," usually with the help of reporter Ann Williams and the regulars at the Blue Note Cafe. Most of the plots involved more crime-solving than crime-reporting, but often had very good jazz piano in the background. And the original intro must have warmed the hearts of news photographers in the audience:
"Out of a big city's roaring life, out of a great newspaper's pounding heart, come the exciting adventures of a man with a camera, Flashgun Casey, Press Photographer…
Tough, daring, typical of the men who often risk their lives so that you may see the news as well as read it. Their salaries are not large and they seldom get much credit but their lives are packed with danger and thrills."
Casey entered the radio world in 1943 carrying a case full of breakable Speed Graphic photo plates after grudgingly covering a movie star's wedding for the Morning Express. As he put it, "I was knee deep in celebrities… white satin and orchids fairly drip from the lens." But in the darkroom, he discovered that wasn't true — because this was The Case of the Switched Plates. (click the title to play or download the program if no player icon is visible below) http://www.archive.org/download/OTRR_Casey_Crime_Photographer_Singles/Casey_43-07-07001_The_Case_of_the_Switched_Plates_Flash-Gun_Casey.mp3
Casey's they-all-look-alike press camera and plate case lead to a plot about a mixup, "developing" evidence of a crime, and a discussion of press reporters lifestyles, including their need to moonlight and the temptations of hanging around with nightclub entertainers and fashion models with expensive tastes.
There's also a classic bit of old technology — Casey gets a lead by overhearing a call from the next phone booth, which also provides some good banter with his editor:
Casey: "I just got some shots for the morning paper and if I were you I'd leave plenty of space on the front page…"
Burt: "Well you better get back with something soon or I'll hold a four line spread in the obituaries for you…"
If you like what you hear on this page, see the Old Time Radio Researchers Group collection — which is huge, divided into several zip archive files, some of which include comic books as well as the radio shows. There's a separate page of single episodes, including the ones below. Perhaps not coincidentally, the actor who played Casey, Staats Cotsworth, also was among the actors who played another radio journalist, the title role in the daytime drama, "Front Page Farrell," which I'll get to some other day.
Two more Casey radio episodes:
http://www.archive.org/download/OTRR_Casey_Crime_Photographer_Singles/Casey_47-07-31_196_Bright_New_Star.mp3 For further exploration of journalism issues, this 1947 tale is "Bright New Star," in which Casey and Annie present some time-honored skepticism about press-agentry and publicity-seekers.
http://www.archive.org/download/OTRR_Casey_Crime_Photographer_Singles/Casey_54-01-20_369_Source_of_Information.mp3 Finally, this third episode, from 1954, is "Source of Information," in which Casey has a visit from a down-on-his-luck former reporter who has been sitting on a big expose for, perhaps, too long.
Sources: For a terrific illustrated exploration of all things Casey, see DigitalDeliToo's Definitive Casey Guide.
There's also a book, by J. Randolph Cox and David S. Siegel, Flashgun Casey, Crime Photographer: From the Pulps to Radio And Beyond, published by William F Nolan, Yorktown Heights, NY: Book Hunter Press.
More: See Casey on Wikipedia
About Bob Stepno
mild-mannered reporter who fell deeper into computers and the Web during three trips through graduate school in the 1980s and 1990s, then began teaching journalism, media studies and Web production, most recently as a faculty member at Radford University.
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On Tuesday, April 16th, 2013, the City of Boulder will be holding a public hearing to decide whether to move forward on a municipal utility. The hearing will be held at the Council Chambers, 1777 Broadway Street at 6pm.
Boulder City Council released a report on February 21st, 2013 updating the progress on research devoted to the creation of a municipal electric utility. The report concluded that a shift from a private to a municipal utility company could: lower utility rates (for residential, commercial, and industrial sectors) projected over an estimated 20 year span, maintain levels of system reliability, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 percent through an increase in renewable energy production (by more than 54 percent).
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Unbeaten Pierce boys basketball pulls away, moves into Great Northeast NE Shootout semis
Former Nebraska commit and now Iowa State signee, Ben Brahmer led all scorers with 27 points. Abram Scholting hit three shots from beyond the arch and finished his day with 17 points.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022, 6:19 PM CST
Thursday, December 29th 2022, 7:16 AM CST
By Nolan Hoffman
WAYNE, Neb. -- Wednesday marked the first day of the Great Northeast Nebraska Shootout at Wayne State College.
On the boys side of things, the Pierce Bluejays were squaring off against the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Bears.
Going into halftime, both the Bluejays and Bears were in a tight, competitive game with Pierce leading at the break 23-19.
In the second half, it was all Bluejays. They used a great defense and efficient offense to pull away with a final score of 58-37 and stay undefeated at 7-0.
Former Nebraska football commit, and now Iowa State signee, Ben Brahmer led all scorers with 27 points. Abram Scholting hit three shots from beyond the arch and finished his day with 17 points.
Head Coach Mike Emory said when everyone is making plays, that's when the Bluejays are at their best.
"Obviously Ben and Abram are two big guns and they're going to get theirs but it's when other people contribute when we're equally tough to stop offensively," Emory said.
With the Pierce football team making a deep run to win a state championship back in November, Emory added the team only had five practices before their first game and with the Christmas break, he said it could take a little bit to shake off some rust during the time off.
"The moratorium is always scary as a coach because you don't touch a basketball as a group for five or six days this year actually," Emory said. "Our kids needed a mental break. They've been going at it since July with football and didn't get any break between football and basketball. "
Since Brahmer officially signed with Iowa State, there was a lot of speculation around northeast Nebraska whether he was going to play his final basketball season but Emory said it wasn't even a question.
"There was never really any talk with them of him leaving early," Emory said. "He wants to see it through with these kids and he wants to graduate from Pierce High School." | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 508 |
HAIR The Musical
Randolph Theatre 736 Bathurst St Toronto, ON, M5S 2R4 Canada (map)
Presented by Lower Ossington Theatre
Randolph Theatre, 736 Bathurst Street, Toronto
Information: 416-915-6747 or lowerossingtontheatre.com
Tickets: ticketwise.ca
The musical that introduced rock 'n' roll to the theatrical stage, HAIR examines a group of '60s-era youth struggling for generational and personal identity, dealing with the Vietnam War, and exploring drugs and the sexual revolution.
With a score including enduring musical numbers like Let the Sun Shine In, Aquarius, Hair and Good Morning Starshine, HAIR depicts the birth of a cultural movement in the '60s as told through a tribe of hopeful hippies living in New York City while war rages in Vietnam.
Suggested age: 14+
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Gilles Sebhan, né le , est un écrivain et peintre français d'origine juive marocaine. Il est également professeur de français en région parisienne. Il vit et travaille à Paris.
Biographie
Œuvre
Écriture
En grande partie autobiographiques, ses quatre premiers romans sont, selon René de Ceccatty,
Haut risque décrit ainsi la relation amoureuse d'un professeur de collège avec l'un de ses élèves, tandis que Presque gentil explore les frontières persistantes entre hétérosexualité et homosexualité pour un jeune ouvrier égyptien.
Avec La Dette, publié en 2006, Sebhan s'interroge sur son père qui a porté l'étoile jaune pendant l'Occupation et a participé à la guerre d'Algérie dans l'armée française. Il y établit un parallèle entre la vérité sur le père et la vérité sur soi. La figure du père est à nouveau sollicitée dans son roman suivant, Fête des pères, qui brosse le portrait d'un tueur en série.
En 2010, Sebhan rend hommage à l'écrivain Tony Duvert, célébré dans les années 1970 avant de tomber dans un silence et un isolement que tente de comprendre Sebhan. Son ouvrage suivant traite à nouveau d'un écrivain, Jean Genet, l'un de ses « maîtres d'écriture et de vie », mettant en parallèle le suicide, en 1964, de l'amant de Genet, Abdallah Bentaga, et l'abandon par lui-même de son jeune amant Majed.
Peinture
Parallèlement à son œuvre d'écrivain, Gilles Sebhan explore ce même univers dans la peinture. Une œuvre picturale célébrée par Arthur Dreyfus (« Écrivain du mystère des garçons, Gilles Sebhan devient peintre et ne change pas de sujet. Gueules de coulisses, visages brûlants, décombres d'enfance : le moindre de ses yeux provoque la stupéfaction ») ou par Alain Blottière (« C'est ainsi que je vois les portraits des garçons de Gilles Sebhan. Nimbés de leur propre lumière, ce sont des dieux, ou des saints. Et ces portraits sont des icônes »).
Publications
Haut risque, PARC, 2003
Presque gentil, Denoël, , 2005
La Dette, Éditions Gallimard, , 2006
Fête des pères Denoël, , 2009
Tony Duvert, l'enfant silencieux, Denoël, 2010
Domodossola, le suicide de Jean Genet, Denoël, 2010
London WC2, Les Impressions nouvelles, 2013
Salamandre, Le Dilettante, 2014
Mandelbaum ou le rêve d'Auschwitz, Les Impressions nouvelles, 2014
Retour à Duvert, Le Dilettante, 2015
La Semaine des martyrs, Les Impressions nouvelles, 2016
Cirque mort, Éditions du Rouergue, , 2018
La Folie Tristan, Éditions du Rouergue, , 2019
Feu le royaume, Éditions du Rouergue, , 2020
Noir Diadème, Éditions du Rouergue, , 2021
Tigre obscur, Éditions du Rouergue, , 2022
Exposition
« Gilles Sebhan, peintures », galerie Frédéric Moisan (Paris), 2015
Notes et références
Liens externes
Le site personnel de Gilles Sebhan (écrivain)
Le site personnel de Gilles Sebhan (peintre)
Haut Risque, chroniqué par Pascal Sevran sur Pink Tv (2005)
Écrivain français du XXIe siècle
Romancier français du XXIe siècle
Biographe français
Romancier français dont l'œuvre est marquée par les thèmes LGBT
Peintre portraitiste français
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Today is the first Monday of Autumn and I cannot miss our weekly appointment to administer you the "Monday's Pill" with a sweet, delicate and naturally Autumnal flavour.
For the top, I propose a light blue cotton sweater (DKNY), bought in London on a typical cloudy London day; a pair of pants (Armani Junior) light gray chino model; to make the outfit a bit more simple, I decide to wear a pair of blue sports shoes (Timberland). I've put together classic black-style (D&G) glasses to make my day's look georgous.
This early week I am suggesting a casual style, I am leaving the t-shirts apart and I am using an outfit that will protect you from the outcoming cold weather 😉.
Boys, that's all for this Monday!
NB: Read the leaflet carefully, its prolonged usage may create dependency; in case the problem persists please do not hesitate to contact your trusted fashion blogger 😁.
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At the end of August 2014 Pakistan stands much more polarized, confused and divided. And perhaps after the 2013 elections for the first time even families stand divided on which side to support. Usual trajectory of the action of support lie however around mostly the scale of age. If you are above 50, you are more likely to oppose what Imran Khan is doing then those below that psychological line. But why?
Before going ahead let's see what exactly their grievances are. In no particular order they revolve around: (a) Imran Khan and PTI has led in street/mob politics. (b) Imran Khan has no respect for the institutions of the country. (c) Imran Khan has introduced bad language in to the politics. (d) Imran Khan is full of ego. (e) Imran Khan cannot bring in any change and is only fooling the people because he is getting old to become a Prime Minister.
Instead of straight away addressing all these points let's try to first understand the Generation actually opposing him and the people in streets for him. We are talking about a Generation which never actually saw democracy. They have lived through Ayub Khan's dictatorship, then through a bitter political spectacle of division of Pakistan where two politicians' ego clashed and resulted in literal massacre of innocent Bangalis and Pakistanis, then through another round of dictatorship under Zia-ul-Haq followed by short-lived democratic experiments between two large political dynasties with sprinkles of more military adventures and dictatorship of Musharaf. Truth is that our previous generation didn't just lose International Reputation, Business and Economy but also the very much civics of the society and the principles of democracy. These are the people who willingly let go of student politics which was a Montessori of future politicians who actually could understand and relate to the people they are about to represent. This is the Generation which themselves enjoyed watching films at Cinema but put us in such a miserable cycle of radicalization and cultural decay that it has been only in this last decades that multiplexes have revived the dead industry and general freethinking art – escaping the other social evils they showered on us will however take at least another generation. When their female colleagues in Colleges and Universities rode bicycle to University, it has been only last decade or so that parents have started to take keener interest in educating their girls.
So yes, this is what the fight is all about – it is not about what Imran Khan a 60+ year old man is saying. It is the problem of those 20-30 year olds standing in front of him and giving him support which are a cause of concern for the Generation in power. Let's not be fooled that they don't know how to control the situation – they will eventually, but they are scared when confronted with this new idea which does not involve their promised Bhuttos, Mians, Butts, Sardars and Makhdooms.
Now briefly to the points they keep on raising. Street and mob politics has always being there. Many of us have seen firebombing of newspaper offices, murder of political opponents, ransacking of political offices and even attack on the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 90s. Those who were not there or too young now remember the recent politics at Minar-e-Pakistan on every weekend. Street/Mob politics is not a recent discovery of Imran Khan and his supporters.
What is a country without its people? What are institutions if they cannot even protect the people who put them there and keep them there with their blood and money? No ordinary citizen of Pakistan can even easily access the Constitutional Avenue for last decade now. Those growing up in Islamabad in 90s remember spending night time at the seats in front of Parliament house – no one could do that until these protesters stormed in. What sort of respect do we need to have for institutions which get sold or at least rented to the highest payer?
Language, ego and dream of becoming PM are the next problems with Imran Khan according to the Generation in question. But does anyone remember the speeches in Parliament house, what sort of language they have used? Does anyone remember threat of people in power in Punjab to a sitting President that they will grab him from collar, drag him in street and worse hang him publicly? Does anyone remember the famous Punjabi mudslinging on political opponents? What has so drastically changed now? What is different this time is just that it is a different person saying all the things in the same tone you were used to hearing from your favorite administrator.
Yes I am willing to concede one thing and I will try to discuss it in detail in next article; Imran Khan will probably not become Prime Minister – and if he does become Prime Minister he will probably be not able to deliver what he promised. But that will only be partially Imran Khan's faults and mostly on the system the Generation now criticizing it all gave us. It is your system which is killing people on streets as we speak, and it is your system which will try to survive desperately for a very long time to come. Thank you for giving us a dysfunctional Pakistan, you have done enormous amount of labor to let all that happen.
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Die Opernbesetzungen der Salzburger Festspiele 1945 bis 1947 umfassen alle Opernaufführungen der Salzburger Festspiele in diesen Jahren. Diese Jahre wurden insbesondere von den Dirigenten Josef Krips, Felix Prohaska und Hans Swarowsky geprägt, sie brachten aber auch die Rückkehr von Otto Klemperer und das Debüt von Ferenc Fricsay.
Erlesene Sängerensembles sicherten die sofortige Rückkehr der Festspiele an die Weltspitze der Opernkunst.
Konzept
Als am 12. März 1945 die Wiener Staatsoper und am 11. April 1945 der Stephansdom bei Bombenangriffen zerstört wurden, traf dies die Österreicher in Mark und Herz. Plötzlich wurde den Menschen im Lande klar, dass Anschlussbegeisterung, Führerjubel und Kriegstaumel nichts als Zerstörung bewirkt hatten, Zerstörung des Gemeinwesens, der Infrastruktur und der Kultur, Zerstörung auch der Reputation und der Moral. Die Österreicher froren und hungerten. In seiner berühmten Weihnachtsansprache von 1945 flehte Leopold Figl die Bürger seines Landes an, "glaubt an dieses Österreich". Er sagte ihnen aber auch klipp und klar, dass er, der Bundeskanzler, kein Essen, kein Holz und kein Glas zum Einschneiden versprechen könne. In diesem Panorama der Hoffnungslosigkeit waren Mozart, das Wiener Mozart-Ensemble und die Salzburger Festspiele für viele Menschen die letzten Strohhalme zum Anklammern. Im nicht geheizten Ausweichquartier der Staatsoper, dem Theater an der Wien, saßen die Wiener in ihren Mänteln, mit langen Unterhosen und Handschuhen und lauschten Così fan tutte, Zauberflöte und Fidelio.
Innerhalb Österreichs zu reisen war aufgrund der verschiedenen Besatzungszonen beschwerlich, aber möglich. Das Land zu verlassen oder nach Österreich einzureisen war in der unmittelbaren Nachkriegszeit nahezu unmöglich. Diese äußeren Umstände begünstigten den Aufbau und die Kontinuität des Mozart-Ensembles, dessen Künstler in Wien und Salzburg einen hohen Grad an Perfektion bewiesen und ab 1947 auch auf Gastspielreisen in ganz Europa bejubelt wurden.
Staatsoper und Salzburger Festspiele hatten nach dem Untergang des NS-Regimes alle Hände zu tun, Unbelastete oder Minderbelastete für die Leitungsfunktionen zu finden. Die Emigrierten konnte man so schnell nicht zurückholen. Es schlug die Stunde der Anständigen. Josef Krips war der Mann der Stunde, Garant des Neuanfangs. Er rettete das Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker in die neue demokratische Zeit, und er ermöglichte einen unbeschwerten Neuanfang in Wien und Salzburg. Ihm zur Seite standen Felix Prohaska und Hans Swarowsky, der Heimkehrer Otto Klemperer, der leider nicht für Salzburg gehalten wurde, und der junge Ferenc Fricsay.
1945
1946
Besetzungswechsel in Folgevorstellungen:
Der Rosenkavalier. Faninal: Karl Schmidt, Valzacchi: Hermann Gallos
1947
Besetzungswechsel in Folgevorstellungen:
Dantons Tod. Georg Danton: Mathieu Ahlersmeyer, Camille Desmoulins: Horst Taubmann, Simon: Karl Dönch
Siehe auch
Opernproduktionen der Salzburger Festspiele
Quelle
Einzelnachweise
Salzburger Festspiele
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Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra
for solo euphonium and full orchestra
Instrumentation: solo euphonium; 2222; 2231; timp., perc.; harp, celesta; strings | (Perc: bs.dr, 2 cym, tam-tam, tenor drum., sn.dr, susp. cym, glock., 5 roto-toms)
Instrumentation solo euphonium; 2222; 2231;...
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Second 2012 NZSO-SOUNZ-RNZC Recordings
During my teenage years I was a member of the National Youth Brass Band. One of the long-standing friendships I have maintained since then is with Riki McDonnell who is New Zealand's most successful soloist in the brass band movement. He has also played many different instruments during the years, but in recent times has settled firmly on the euphonium; an instrument I used to play myself and which is certainly my favourite brass instrument.
Riki would occasionally join me in the ranks of the NZSO performing the tenor tuba parts of works such as Holst's The Planets and Strauss's Ein Heldenleben. The first work I wrote for him was a short piece for eupho and piano, Reverie. However, I'd always harboured a desire to write a full concerto with orchestra.
Riki was aware of this and so when he was invited to perform at a Tuba and Euphonium Symposium in Budapest in 2004 he commissioned me to write him a concerto for the occasion. It is in four movements, unashamedly lyrical and a work with which I am both fond and proud of.
Notes by Kenneth Young.
Dedication note
for Riki McDonnell
Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra by Kenneth Young was performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and conducted by the composer, at the Michael Fowler Center, in Wellington.
An interview with Kenneth Young about his Euphonium Concerto
for tuba and orchestra
Eventide (Abide with Me)
arranged for brass band
Suite for Violin and Guitar
for violin and guitar
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Ben Ditto
BY TYLER ALEXANDER
ANIMATION BY TYLER ALEXANDER
Ben Ditto is a London-based creative director who is responsible for some of the most boundary-pushing creative work of the last few years, as well as the founder of Ditto Press - an independent publishing house that has redefined DIY printed media. We sat down with Ben in August 2020 to talk about his process, the future of DIY, and the joy of transgression.
BLOAT:
How did you get into creative direction and publishing in the first place?
BEN DITTO:
I started publishing magazines when I was a kid, in 1990. I was at school and there were these subversive comics around at the time. I started producing one with my friends and we did a few issues. In my teenage years I produced a few zines because I was into the hardcore techno scene, like gabber and that kind of thing, I had a zine called the Recovery Position and another couple. It was a really small thing, I would print 50 and sell them at a raves and record stores or whatever.
I worked in the fetish industry and ran some club nights in my free time then ended up living in a nightclub and running it, and I did the flier designs and stuff like that throughout. I left school when I was 16 so I hadn't studied anything, it was all just made up as I went along. I kind of fucked around for a few years doing dodgy things, going to raves, and being a mess. When I was 23 I had sorted myself out and was working as a cook in a deli and delivering Dominos Pizzas in the evenings and I thought I would do an evening class to do something for a hobby. It was either going to be psychiatry or graphic design, and I don't know why I chose graphic design but I did. I took an evening class and it became a foundation degree, then a bachelors, and then I studied visual communications at the Royal College. The BA was broader than graphics, we didn't get taught much about typography or anything like that it was much more conceptual so we did a lot of filmmaking and at the time there was a lot of talk about interactivity.
I published a magazine called Fun Magazine, I was working for Vice part time when it started in the UK so this was like 12, 13 years ago and it used to be really funny but there was stuff that they couldn't do because of their advertisers, so Fun Magazine was the stuff you couldn't get away with anywhere else. We printed like 5-6000 copies of each issue and we gave them all away for free because I subsidized it by doing commercial work. I did some art direction for fashion at the time, and some stuff for VICE, Sony, Levis and stuff like that and just used the money to subsidize my independent publishing projects.
I also wrote a book about mass graves in the Balkans "Grobišče", I couldn't really decide… it had previously been a choice between psychiatry or graphics, at this point it was like do I become a serious investigative journalist reporter type person or do I do much more fantastical, weird, subversive trollish type things. Fun Magazine was that and then the book about mass graves was a lot more serious. I self-published that book, so the common theme going through all of it was publishing, self-publishing, DIY, but then there were these different directions.
I started a print company (Ditto Press) during the last recession, which was a stupid idea, fucking idiotic idea. At the time there was a thing called a Risograph which is a very colorful printer and nobody was using it so we had this idea like, it's a very aesthetically fun thing to print a zine in florescent pink and blue, it's more fun than photocopying it. There was one other company in Holland that had been around for a long time and that was it. We started this Riso independent publishing trend and it became this global DIY scene for a while. There was just us, then there was us and two other companies, then there were hundreds and hundreds of them, and then that market was oversaturated and nobody could charge a decent amount for printing. That served as a really good platform to get to know people, we printed commercially like 3500 jobs and they went really well but in that time I also published a lot of my own projects. We did a very successful book on skinhead subculture "Skinhead, An Archive", one called "Ninja Turtles Sex Museum": a gay necrophilic re-imagining of Ninja Turtles which was really popular. We published dozens of books, but then got introduced to the fashion world in the UK, I had already been doing a bit of art direction for fashion before I started my company, but there was a moment in the UK where people like Claire Barrow, Grace Wales Bonner, Liam Hodges, all of these very good young designers appeared in the UK and I started working with them and doing bits and pieces and I hadn't realized how fashion can be what you want it to be to a great extent.
It's a bit like independent filmmaking in that there are some very talented and really interesting people working. There's also some twats but there's a lot of really decent people, some of the most free rein you can be given for imagination is in fashion editorials so you can literally have some fucking crazy idea and someone will give you some money to go and do it which is really nice. It's not like advertising where brands complain about stuff and have to have their input. There wasn't a lot of money working with young designers, but it was really exciting and fun. I also had a gallery and we did exhibitions and events every week for about 3 years, and I generally kind of built up my network and got to know more people.
I was doing all that stuff and I decided that printing was too stressful and I stopped doing it, I literally sold my apartment to subsidize this fucking printing company – such a bad idea. When I cut all of that off and started to focus on art direction and creative direction, I met Isamaya Ffrench who had been asked to creative direct Dazed Beauty. Me, her and the editor, a guy called Bunny Kinney, worked on the whole launch for that and it was amazing.
And through doing that work, I hesitate to say we created an aesthetic but we kind of rode the zeitgeist in a very major way and took stuff that was happening and did it with celebrities, really high quality production, and really slick art direction and it just kind of had a moment. That launched my career in a much bigger way, I got an agent at Concrete Rep and started working with a lot more brands and bands. Off the back of that I now work with The 1975, they saw the Dazed Beauty stuff I'd been doing and brought me on for one project and then that developed in to an ongoing relationship, I guess I still have a DIY ethos for sure in that it doesn't really make a difference if somebody's paying me a fortune or not I'll still do the stuff I do, but I'm much older now and I think the attraction to doing just really, really independent DIY stuff all the time went away and I started to think actually, there's a way of doing this with integrity and getting paid what it's worth by bigger companies as well. When I work with people like Maison Margiela, Nike, or whoever we haven't had to sacrifice any of the creative integrity. They see what I do and what my friends do and we get to do that, which is great.
How do you think coming to creative direction through subculture influences the kind of work you do?
I think that there are some things that existed when I was younger in the early 90's, there was a whole strata of culture that was quite apocalyptic. There were things like Feral House Publishing and Answer Me magazine and very early Vice stuff and it was kind of, I don't like the term politically incorrect but there was stuff that was… it's like if you watch a film about a serial killer it's not like you approve of serial killers. Stuff like Whitehouse, Peter Sotos (who wrote Tool), there were lots of people doing seriously transgressive stuff because transgression is interesting. And it wasn't them saying oh yes, I approve of mass murder or hatred or whatever but there was a real raw kind of transgressiveness to it, and that's not really possible at the moment for obvious reasons, you know, because everything just gets cancelled. Because I'm older that was the stuff lots of people were interested in the 90's I guess, it was a very common currency and I've kind of held onto that with some fondness.
When it comes to zines, I think they are just an expression of the counter culture and like, counter culture to me like… I've lived in squats with vegan hunt-saboteur anarchists and I always was kind of on the edge of it, like I don't really place myself anywhere on that political spectrum do you know what I mean? And I think bits of all of it can be useful and interesting and I think because I'm not ready to put a pin in it anywhere and I'm very open to listening to everything, it's always left me in this position of being… it's not even neutrality it's just openness to all of it tinged with trollishness. I think we call it trolling now but it's always existed. Fucking around with people has always existed and it's always been fun. There was a series called Brass Eye and another series called Day to Day and they were these British mock-documentary series and they were so good, they left a massive impression on everyone in my generation, and it was just sort of fucking around with culture in a really sort of trollish way before the internet.
Now, some people kind of get that and understand it and understand that trolling is not you know… I'm going to be careful about what I say now because as you well know… (laughs) There's a film called TFW No GF and there's some internet trolls on there talking about what motivates them and I get it, being disenfranchised, not feeling like you have a voice and finding it through being just a bit of a cunt really and it's funny, like ultimately this stuff is funny.
Another theme going through everything I've done is I like funny things, most of my current affairs understanding has come from satire in a very broad sense. I think that satire is very important, I think that trolling is very important, I think that interrogating stuff through – not like mean spiritedness – but not just accepting everything at face value because people tell you to is vital. Before that used to come from religion and authority, and now it doesn't come from religion or authority it comes from within our own culture and it's the same thing, like in the 90's we would have been trolling politicians and the media and now those people are almost irrelevant, we need to troll ourselves more. Same thing though.
Do you use your Instagram presence as as a sort of moodboard to help visually digest things that are happening? I can kind of see a correlation between your posting and professional work.
I spend very little time thinking about what I put on Instagram, it's literally like if I think it's interesting or funny or beautiful it goes on there. But I'm very very rigid about that, like, if I have a tiny thing in my mind that says "this isn't quite beautiful enough, this isn't funny enough" it doesn't go on. So I don't give it lots of thought but that's the way my mind works, like I absorb a huge amount and then a bunch of stuff comes out. And I think it's, like, I don't want to get too metaphysical about this, but I don't think any of us create culture, I think it's like in Dune where culture is this huge worm that you ride, you can sort of harness it, and if people are successful they can kind of steer it a bit or have a fun ride on it or whatever but really I'm just kind of absorbing zeitgeist-y stuff and then putting out my filter of it. That might turn into something a brand wants or that might turn into an interesting project or whatever. But the more I think about it the harder it is and the less I think about it… you know (Instagram) stories especially, I post stuff all the time and it's literally like *snaps fingers* if it comes into my head I'll write it and put it out there. It's actually just publishing, like this is 2020 zine publishing, really, and if we'd had the speed of communication back when I was a kid, we'd have done the same thing.
I don't know if I actually answered you about moodboard though, I'll be a little bit more clear about that because I know this is about creative direction. I think what goes on behind the scenes if I do a commercial project is that myself and a bunch of researchers I work with will do absolutely fucking tons of research, and I'll sit with it for days or weeks and I'll go through it and think about it and separate things and make boards until it makes sense in my head, and then I'll refine it and refine it, and I write short scripts for anything even if it's like a single page image for a magazine I write scripts and then I just keep kind of refining stuff until it clicks. I don't sit there for ages thinking of ideas, they just happen, because I've spent a lifetime, you know, absorbing culture. I guess the stuff that is happening on my Instagram is a bit of a reflection on that, like if I've spent a month researching a fucking mechanistic military AI or whatever, of course some of that will show up on my Instagram, but it's like the fringes of what I'm doing professionally.
Going back to the idea of "riding the Dune worm of culture," It kind of feels like we're in this weird culture loop where people are taking a really surface level influence from older things but not a lot of new stuff is really being created. When I look at DAZED Beauty and your work more generally, it's clear that you're influenced by older things, but it doesn't feel like a 1 to 1. How do you take inspiration from older work without just regurgitating it?
I can't speak about the quality of my work because I don't have any objectivity, but I will say that firstly: this is nothing new. What's really interesting is, being my age like, when I was a kid people were being like this about the 60's and the 70's, people were like "oh, the 60's are so cool" and it was fucking boring, you're like "shut up about the 60's." So nostalgia is nothing new. I think that now there's more of a marketing incentive to harness nostalgia quickly, so like the more that Netflix can make like the early 2000's cool then they can commission a load of early 2000's nostalgia series, whatever.
This is my problem with the use of the term "cultural appropriation," is that all of culture is hybridized and all of it builds on previous human culture, all of it - absolutely everything. I do understand being respectful as well I'm not advocating for, you know, blackface pancake mix or whatever, that's not my point, I think you can still be sensitive and not be a dick about stuff. I think that absolutely everything builds on previous human endeavors. For example, Japanese culture is far more ready to accept that, you can see a lineage from woodblock prints, to early lithograph, straight through anime and manga, all of it. There's a very direct line of thought, and there's no shame in that, there's also no shame in that culture of things looking similar, do you know what I mean? Everyone draws eyes similarly and so forth. I think that we have this kind of fallacy in the west where we think that absolutely everything needs to be completely unique and original and that's bullshit, like nothing is… well that's not true, I think everything builds on everything else and the thing that makes something original is your unique voice. So you could make an anime or release a manga, for example, that looks really similar to others and draws on this lineage, but the way that the story is told or the way that all those parts come together is original. That's what I'd hope to do myself is put my voice into this accumulation of culture and try to progress it somewhere. Anyone that tries to claim that anything anyone does is anything other than that is fucking lying! But that doesn't mean that things have to be derivative at all, you know, all of us can put our own voice into that accumulation of culture and do something fresh.
Do you think DIY means something different in 2020 than previously?
Absolutely, when I was running Ditto Press, (which is the name of my publishing company which is why I'm now called Ben Ditto) my whole ethos when we were doing that is that DIY doesn't have to look like DIY. When I was growing up, if you said DIY hardcore show, DIY zine, DIY whatever, you KNEW it was going to be photocopied, shit drawings, fucking typos, blah blah blah. And I remember, not this person is… whatever, but Jim Goad, he used to do Answer Me, there was an interview with him and he said "look, read Answer Me, you will not find a typo in it." I really liked that fact that he'd taken pride in proofreading it, you know what I mean? Like absolutely, thoroughly proofreading it, and I think that's a small thing but it really inspired me to think like, "DIY" does not have to mean "shit". You can have DIY culture and it can stand head to head, shoulder to shoulder with mainstream culture and even be better. Especially now that technology has taken over, it's caught up so much that I see people who are in their teens maybe, producing stuff that is of a highly professional quality and that just wasn't possible when I was a kid, do you know what I mean? We didn't have the money, we didn't have the technology, resources, whatever. Stuff looked cheap because that's what it had to be.
That's what I've tried to push more than anything else, it's not about DIY as an anarchist aesthetic, it's DIY like, don't wait for somebody else to subsidize your ideas just fucking do it yourself. That's the difference.
For sure, growing up in hardcore punk people still do the photocopy thing to this day. It's rough.
I still love hardcore, you know, I love all of that stuff. But whenever I see something truly progressive in that, I like it, but a lot of the scene fucking hates it. I remember when Blood Incantation came out, I was like "oh, someone's doing like kind of spacey void metal, that's nice" and then they get fucking rinsed on metal forums for not being exactly the same as Morbid Angel or whatever.
Totally, the orthodoxy of the DIY aesthetic is a funny thing.
I know this is kind of a meme and sort of cringe, but like "the intersection of art and technology"… I feel like the work that you do definitely seems to marry those things well, but in a way that's not like a sanitized Silicon Valley neoliberal aesthetic. I wondering if you have any advice for people for facilitating those sort of relationships between artists and technologists, especially in DIY situations.
I've always been super interested in technology which is why it was weird I started a print company. On the one hand I think: it's just a tool, so if you find out about some new piece of code, or you understand GAN technology, or some weird new Python script that does amazing machine learning - that's great, but how can you use that as a tool for your idea to construct something? The issue a lot of the time with artists and technologists is they see the tool and they're like "well, there's the tool" and that's actually not art, that's just you presenting the tool to a bunch of people who haven't seen it. I think that really good and effective use of art and technology is just using it the same way you'd use a pen or anything else, but you know, appreciating what that does when you use it in the time and context when it's used.
The other side of technology is that it can be an inspiration in itself, for example, people constructing new life forms or making hybrid life forms out of bits of circuitry and nanotechnology and bits of DNA that they've taken from worms, just the fact that exists, that's a subject matter unto itself. So there's technology as a tool and technology as a subject matter and I think that people kind of lost in those places you know what I mean? They'll sort of find the subject matter interesting but not harness the tool and not put it in a context and I guess. I'm far from the only person to do this, but whenever I see a new technology I just think oh, how can I fit that into my world of the stuff I produce? So, for example, with GAN technology - I've known about it for a long time, we used it with Kylie Jenner for a magazine cover and it was a very big thing, but in the back of my head I was thinking "what would it be like to train it on meat?" and then "what would it be like to then use that meat to draw porn?" That's something that if you'd shown it to me 10, 15 years ago I would've thought that immediately because that where my brain goes, like what happens if you draw angels using coral, or what happens when you draw sea slugs using fire, you know, all of these things like, using it to draw. But then they're also my areas of interest anyway, do you see what I mean? Whenever a new technology comes out, it'll just slot into my existing interests. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 515 |
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Just got back from Lungta, at 46th and NE Sandy. It has a wonderful hole-in-the-wall ambiance (seriously, we love the casual places), with Tibetan music and many examples of the restaurant's namesake, "windhorses"--colorful flags flown outside Tibetan homes.
We ordered the Tsel Momo, a vegetable dumpling that can be ordered steamed or fried, and Tsel Balab (I think--I didn't write it down. #13), a vegetable turnover.
If you like cilantro, the Balab is for you, as it's positively packed with the demon weed stuff. We ordered the momos steamed, and they were mild and delicious. The meal also came with a lovely lentil soup, which the Spousal Unit gleefully used for dipping.
We'll definitely be back to try the rest of their vegetarian fare. Though we'll ask about cilantro next time.
I've started drinking wine again, and the Spousal Unit recommended keeping notes here so as not to lose track of what I've tried. (It takes me a month to get through a bottle, so these reviews will be sporadic at best.) Because what little I know about wine is about white wines, I thought I'd try some reds. I was originally going to stick to Oregon wines, but then I decided to go with "local" instead, mainly because it lets me include Columbia Valley WA, which contains lots of good vineyards -- including Barnard Griffin. Their 2004 Syrah is, in my terms, yummy. In winewanker terms, it's not particularly acid and it's nice and light on the tannins -- this is a good one for newbie palates like mine. It is rich though, with a nice full feeling on the tongue, and it has a fruity, slightly floral aftertaste. I'm drinking it right now with vegetable samosas, and it's coping very nicely with the spice -- though I have a feeling the combination might not be to everyone's taste. It's more than good enough to drink on its own, anyway. At about $14 it's at the upper end of my tightwad range, but worth it.
One other thing, about taking a month to get through a bottle -- I heartily recommend a Zyliss bottle stopper (I have the "bell" kind but the other one should work as well). This has also led to the discovery that I am a horrible philistine and quite enjoy some red wines cold; the BG 2004 Syrah is one of these, though I must say it's better at room temp; it gets a little thin and bitter in the cold. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 517 |
Charlie48
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Crookes, Sheffield
Walking, Reading, Thinking
Jo Brand - Hate Speech vs Free Speech
Charlie48 replied to Robin-H's topic in General Discussions
She'd probably agree herself with your description so far - but an 'elite luvvie'? Your having a laffa, Jaffa ! She was a mental health nurse. The best comedy threatens power and the abuse of power. It wasn't so long ago that Mr Farage was threatening to take up arms and march on Parliament if Brexit wasn't delivered. Although the outrageous milkshake attack did lead to him waving to his supporters from the safety of the top floor of a bus for a couple of hours.
Tents on Park Sq Roundabout
Charlie48 replied to NicDan&Oz's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
:huh:Deaf ears!? Hardly. Lots of supporters online. Been a couple of court cases re Tent City 1 and 2. Politicians , police, housing charities, business people, etc involved/expressing views. Maybe those with the deaf ears just don't care. The homeless law in England involves several "tests" - being homeless just entitles you to a bit of advice. If you don't have "priority need" (ie. children, serious health issues, etc ) you may end up on the streets. Though there is a bill currently in Westminster that, if it became law, would entitle all homeless people temp accommodation for a month and help to sort longer term housing out. Which you currently get in Scotland and Wales but not England! In my experience most homeless officers really care and try to help these vulnerable people. They don't make the law or have the power or control what resources are available to help homeless people. If you want to be informed on the subject, check out Shelter or Crisis' websites. Expert view also says the majority of people are only a couple of month's salary away from homelessness (ie redundancy, health issues, etc). Scary stuff. Learn and resist.
Why are Leeds disliked by other football clubs?
Charlie48 replied to rogets's topic in General Sports Chat
;)Think they are the only family who are allowed out of Leeds and that only after years of therapy. Leeds is different. People are colder and don't seem to have a great sense of humour. Maybe because it has a big service/financial sector. Sheffield city of makers...more creative? Great book (and film) about Brian Clough's 44 days as Leeds Utd manager - called Damned United. Work of genius by David Peace. And of course the Great Alan Bennet comes from Leeds - but soon got out.
:hihi:You guys sound like the proverbial pair of pensioners on the park bench: Oo, it is windy! No, I'm sure it's Thursday. So am I, lets go and get a drink. :confused:Wake up! Yes, it's Tent City 3. Battle between Council and Anthony C, leader of LIFE charity. Been going on all winter. In your city! Anthony is trying to help street homeless people/rough sleepers - though he does like a few expletives. but his heart is in the right place, I think. Council keep evicting him and the people he helps. Search for Tent City, Sheffield - loads online and Anthony is a very passionate speaker. Thousands of followers. Lots of support from young people, I think, who understand the housing crisis on a personal level. Rough sleeping has increased massively all over the UK in the last few years - and this includes Govt figures. Property ownership still seems to come before people, hence why squatting was made a criminal offence a few years ago. But should the homeless have "new" tents? Mmmm....interesting. Bless
£1 houses in East Durham?
Charlie48 replied to poppet2's topic in General Discussions
[/b] Where? Down the back of the sofa? HAs get most of their income from rents so if they have empty prperties their income will go down. And if demand (the market) has declined they are not going to attract Govt funding or lending from a bank.
Why does the Guardian expect its readers to fork out even more?
Charlie48 replied to Happ Hazzard's topic in General Discussions
If you wouldn't read it if they paid you, how do you know so much about it to make such a razor sharp analysis? Bet you read it tucked inside your Daily Mail.
SCC Blasted For Spending £700K On Translation In 3 Years
Charlie48 replied to Penistone999's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
Yes it was much better in the good old days with all that warm and friendly racism, domestic violence, class distinction, homophobia, etc. I really miss having a 4 year old child to stuff up the chimney when it needs cleaning. Political correctness does have some miss-guided interpretations but that is the sharp end of a whole raft of measures that have allowed people fair opportunities and to be judged on their abilities, not just how they appear. As the Royal British Legion has often pointed out, we'd all be speaking German if it wasn't for the millions of non-white soldiers from the British Empire who fought alongside us in both world wars. But I suppose you would have wanted to check they could speak English before you'd let them fight for us. There was even Indian and Guarkha regiments base in Sheffield for a period in WWII. Lucky they didn't learn about some of the yellow bellies on here they were fighting for.
Like you are too lazy to think beyond your initial reactionary thought. What expertise do you have to make your statement. It's all guesses. For example, I might think the rumours about people from Penistone and sheep are true. But I wouldn't state it without doing a bit of field observation first. Don't we give droves of old codgers in the House of Lords £300 a day to snooze away of the plush leather. Now that is a shocking waste of money compared to helping someone understand a service or a legal notification. Bahhh...
They are not exactly coming here in sunglasses and shorts for a two week holiday. Many of the people SCC are assisting will be refugees who have fled persecution and violence. Do you ever watch the news? When do you expect them to learn English? Between the water-boarding sessions? I used to work with Kurdish refugees in London who had fled Iraq. Several of them had disabilities and visible injuries from torture. Ironically most of them were incredibly keen to learn English and find work and were very grateful for the safe haven this country offered them. What do you and your jack-boots think of that?
Walkies Pet Services S6 and surrounding areas
Charlie48 replied to acutting82's topic in Sheffield Pet Owners
Hi Ali, Do you cover the Crookes area? Depending on work changes, I may need a dog walker in April/May. Thanks
Why is blacklist not racist?
Charlie48 replied to Rotherham1's topic in General Discussions
Who's the moron? You are so angry.....You need to take a pill or start getting some... or getting some more. Are you the language police or something? Chalkboard seems perfectly descriptive to me (your own definition). Anyway, I thought all the blackboards were green in the '70's! And I think you would find it would be an offence to use that word in certain circumstances or contexts - you could be charged with inciting racial hatred. Switch your brain on, Penistone. There's no such thing as an "illegal" word. You can't even be arrested for calling someone STUPID. Why don't you come into the 21st century. It's lovely and warm.
What's wrong with Staffordshire Bull Terriers?
Charlie48 posted a topic in Sheffield Pet Owners
We have a staffy aged around 7. Got him from the dog pound 18 months ago. He's a big softy and loves people and very friendly with other dogs. But so many other dog owners get out of the way (dragging their dog with them) when they see us walking towards them. What's the problem? Any views?
Serious assault on nurse at NGH
Charlie48 replied to Daven's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
What! So it was preferable to lock up thousands of people with even mild learning disabilities in secure units? You are havin' a laugh. Assaults by people with mental health issues are rare. Such a person is much more likely to be the victim of an assault. But guess which stories the media tends to follow.
Sorry! Are you seriously asking me? Local authorities are obliged by various laws to provide certain services. Housing applications are governed by law. Health and safety puts legal duties on local authorities. Social services - care provision, to both vulnerable adults and children. etc. These are just a few examples that spring to mind. Our legal system requires that any legal notifications are reasonably understood by an applicant/client. The Govt makes law. Or do you think it reasonable that you provide, say, a refugee who makes a homeless application a legal notification they are unable to understand? I think it's great that people have and express opinions but when they are so uninformed and outside of the real-life context it becomes rather pointless. ---------- Post added 20-02-2015 at 22:23 ---------- Derrrr.... Perhaps if you are so grown up Mossdog you would like to support your statement with a bit of reasoned argument. Or maybe you have yet to reach that evolutionary stage. What do you disagree with? Why?
Not sure why I decided to re-join this forum. Still full of reactionary big-mouths. Small hearted and even smaller brains. SCC has legal duties and will have to use translation services, sometimes, to meet these. You would have to see the details to sustain many negative views on here. But don't let that stop you sounding off. Personally I'd rather live in a country that provides a safe haven for people who have had to flee persecution, even if it means a few bad 'uns sneak through. And immigration does provide a net financial gain to the country - and that came from a Tory administration. So what's the problem?
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In 2010, the World Challenge Championship kicked off at St. Petersburg, Florida in March as a support event for the IndyCar series. In previous years, the series shared race weekends with the American Le Mans Series but in 2010 World Challenge began sharing more events with IndyCar. The season ended mid-September at Miller Motorsports Park. In all, there were a total of twelve races at eight different venues (Streets of St. Petersburg, Long Beach, Mosport, Watkins Glen, Toronto, Mid-Ohio, Virginia International Raceway and Miller Motorsports Park).
The series also introduced a new class in 2010 – Grand Touring Sport. The additional category resulted in changes to the rules for Touring Cars. The three classes were:
Grand Touring (GT) – This group included the series quickest cars: Porsche 911 GT3, Chevrolet Corvette, Dodge Viper, Nissan GT-R and Volvo S60. The preparation rules remained unchanged from the previous year for these vehicles.
Grand Touring Sport (GTS) – These were many of the cars that competed in last year's Touring Car class (Acura TSX, Honda Civic, BMW 325i and Mazda 6). Competitors from the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge were also able to participate using the Ford Mustang FR500S.
Touring Car (TC) – Touring Cars were not allowed many of the modifications permitted by the 2009 rules. The preparation of the vehicles was more closely aligned with Grand-Am Cup and the Sports Car Club of America's Improved Touring classes. Makes competing in the category included the Scion tC, Mazda RX-8, Honda Civic, Mazda Speed 3, Volkswagen Jetta and Golf.
2010 also marked the end of races for each class. In the new season, all classes competed in the same contest – 1996 was the last time that categories competed together.
Round six of the 2010 World Challenge championship was conducted at Watkins Glen International. Competitors in the Grand Touring, Grand Touring Sport and Touring Car classes would race in a forty-minute contest around the eleven-turn 3.40-mile road course.
Pole-sitter, Randy Pobst driving the K-PAX Racing Volvo S60 leads the field of twenty-seven starters into Watkins Glen International's first corner. Sharing the front row with Pobst was Ron Fellows in the CRP Chevrolet Corvette. Unfortunately, Fellows had a problem leaving the starting line and was passed by four Grand Touring class competitors - Patrick Lindsey, Kuno Wittmer, Jason Daskalos and James Sofronas.
RealTime Racing team principal, Peter Cunningham won the first two races of the 2010 season at Saint Petersburg. Since then, Cunningham had gone winless but that would change at Watkins Glen International. Driving the Acura RealTime Racing Acura TSX, he qualified first in the Grand Touring Sport category and went unchallenged for the victory. This was Cunningham's thirty-fifth World Challenge win.
K-PAX Racing's, Randy Pobst entered race six with victories at Saint Petersburg and Mosport. After qualifying on the pole at Watkins Glen International, it appeared that he was well positioned to earn his third win of the season. When Ron Fellows had difficulty at the start, Pobst shot into the lead. On lap-6, Fellows passed him in corner one and then he lost a position to Kuno Wittmer – eventually finishing third.
The Touring Car class podium for round six at Watkins Glen International. To the left is the runner-up, Dan Gardner who delivered his best result to date. And, on the right competing in his World Challenge event is the third-place finisher, Alexander Lvov from Russia. In the center, is the victor Robert Stout. This was Stout's third win of the 2010 season.
In practice and qualifying, Robert Stout and his team struggled with the No. 18 Lucas Oil sponsored Scion tC. Despite the problems, Stout qualified the Scion fourth quickest in the Touring Car class. With the issues sorted for the race, he moved into first place on the second lap and went unchallenged for the remainder of the contest. Stout's efforts during the event earned him the 'Sunoco Hard Charger of the Race'.
Eric Meyer was the quickest Touring Car competitor at Watkins Glen International and qualified on the class pole. Unfortunately for Meyer, an accident on lap-4 damaged the XOWii / Samaritan's Feet / Delvira sponsored Mazda RX-8. Although he fell off out of contention, Meyer was able to continue and finished twenty-third overall and seventh in the Touring Car category.
The World Challenge Grand Touring podium for round six at Watkins Glen International. In the center is Corvette Racing's, Ron Fellows who competed in three World Challenge events and earned his second consecutive victory of the 2010 season. To Fellows' right is fellow Canadian and the runner-up, Kuno Wittmer. Completing the podium is the point's leader and the driver of the No. 6 K-PAX Racing Volvo, Randy Pobst.
In 2010, Ron Fellows signed with CRP Racing to compete in three World Challenge events. Fellow's first race was at Long Beach where he started seventh but retired with a mechanical issue. At Mosport, he qualified on the outside of the front row and won the race. Trouble leaving the starting line at Watkins Glen dropped Fellows down the order but by lap-6, he was in the lead and scored his second consecutive victory.
Long Beach winner, Kuno Wittmer crashed on the first lap of the second practice session. The team was unable to repair his car at the track, so Wittmer stepped into the Dodge Viper raced by Jeff Courtney – Courtney drove Tony Gables back-up Corvette. Wittmer qualified fourth quickest and passed Randy Pobst's Volvo S60 on lap-8 to take second place – he maintained the position until the end of the contest.
The Grand Touring Sport podium for round six at Watkins Glen International. In the center is the class winner and RealTime Racing team principal, Peter Cunningham. To Cunningham's left is his teammate and the runner-up, Nick Esayian. Completing the podium is Ernie Jakubowski who was making his World Challenge debut.
The Touring Car class winner, Robert Stout's teammate, Dan Gardner drove the No. 36 DG-Spec / Scion / TRD / Lepper & Associates sponsored Scion tC. Gardner shared the driving duties with Tom Lepper who participated in the previous event at Mosport. Gardner's best result to date was a third in the first race at Saint Petersburg. At Watkins Glen International, he went one better and captured the runner-up spot.
The second member of the RealTime Racing team was Nick Esayian who drove the No. 34 Acura / RealTime Racing Acura TSX. Esayian qualified behind his teammate, Peter Cunningham – sixteenth overall and second in the Grand Touring Sport category. At the conclusion of forty-minutes of competition, he was second in class. This was Esayian's fourth podium and second runner-up finish of the year.
Making his first appearance in the series was, Alexander Lvov from Saint Petersburg, Russia. Lvov had two Russian Touring Car championships two his credit and had also competed in the FIA World Touring Car Championship. At Watkin Glens, he drove the Honda GMS Honda Civic Si and qualified twenty-first overall and third in the Touring Car category. Lvov maintained his position and finished third in class.
Unfortunately, only four Grand Touring Sport competitors were entered in round six at Watkins Glen International. The No. 91 Porsche Cayman S was driven by Canadian, Ernie Jakubowski. Jakubowski was gridded third in the Grand Touring Sport category for the start of the race. He was unable to maintain the pace of the Acuras and finished sixteenth overall and third in class.
1 1 GT Ron Fellows Chevrolet Corvette 22 -
2 2 GT Kuno Wittmer Dodge Viper 22 -
3 3 GT Randy Pobst Volvo S60 22 -
4 4 GT Jason Daskalos Dodge Viper 22 -
5 5 GT Patrick Lindsey Porsche 911 GT3 22 -
6 6 GT Dino Crescentini Porsche 911 GT3 22 -
7 7 GT James Sofronas Porsche 911 GT3 22 -
8 8 GT Tony Gaples Chevrolet Corvette 22 -
9 9 GT Charles Morgan Porsche 911 GT3 22 -
10 10 GT Rob Morgan Porsche 911 GT3 22 -
11 11 GT Fred Roberts Dodge Viper 22 -
12 12 GT Jeff Courtney Dodge Viper 22 -
13 13 GT William Ziegler Porsche 911 GT3 21 -
14 1 GTS Peter Cunningham Acura TSX 21 -
15 2 GTS Nick Esayian Acura TSX 20 -
16 3 GTS Ernie Jakubowski Porsche Cayman S 20 -
17 1 TC Robert Stout Scion tC 20 -
18 2 TC Dan Gardner Honda Civic Si 20 -
19 3 TC Alexander Lvov Honda Civic Si 20 -
20 4 TC Brett Sandberg Acura TSX 19 -
21 5 TC Colin Cohn Volkswagen GTI 19 -
22 6 TC Don Istook Audi 17 -
23 7 TC Eric Meyer Mazda RX-8 17 -
24 8 TC Shea Holbrook Honda Civic Si 16 -
25 9 TC Al Ratcliffe Lexus IS300 15 Mechanical
26 14 GT Andy Pilgrim Volvo S60 10 Mechanical
27 4 TC Aaron Poveledo Acura TSX 1 Retired | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 519 |
Journal of Magnetics
The Korean Magnetics Society (KMS)
1226-1750(pISSN)
2233-6656(eISSN)
Physics > Particle Physics/Field Theory
The JOURNAL OF MAGNETICS provides a forum for the discussion of articles covering the magnetic theory, magnetic materials and their properties, magnetic recording materials and technology, spin electronics, measurements and applications and other relevant topics. The articles are classified into three categories; academic research articles, academic review articles, and technical reviews. The JOURNAL OF MAGNETICS is indexed in both the Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE) in the Web of Science and the SCOPUS, which provide quick and powerful access to the bibliographic and citation information.
http://www.jmagnetics.org KSCI KCI SCOPUS SCIE
Effect of Interface Roughness on Exchange Bias of an Uncompensated Interface: Monte Carlo Simulation
Li, Ying;Moon, Jung-Hwan;Lee, Kyung-Jin 323
https://doi.org/10.4283/JMAG.2011.16.4.323 PDF KSCI
By means of Monte Carlo simulation, we investigate the effects of interface roughness and temperature on the exchange bias and coercivity in ferromagnetic (FM)/antiferromagnetic (AFM) bilayers. Both exchange bias and coercivity are strongly dependent on interface roughness. For a perfect uncompensated interface a domain wall is formed in the AFM system during FM reversal, which results in a very small exchange bias. However, a finite interface roughness leads to a finite value of the exchange bias due to the existence of pinned spins at the AFM surface adjacent to the mixed interface. It is observed that the exchange bias decreases with increasing temperature, consistent with the experimental results. It is also observed that a bump in coercivity occurs around the blocking temperature.
Multilevel Magnetization Switching in a Dual Spin Valve Structure
Chun, B.S.;Jeong, J.S. 328
Here, we describe a dual spin valve structure with distinct switching fields for two pinned layers. A device with this structure has a staircase of three distinct magnetoresistive states. The multiple resistance states are achieved by controlling the exchange coupling between two ferromagnetic pinned layers and two adjacent anti-ferromagnetic pinning layers. The maximum magnetoresistance ratio is 7.9% for the current-perpendicular-to-plane and 7.2% for the current-in-plane geometries, with intermediate magnetoresistance ratios of 3.9% and 3.3%, respectively. The requirements for using this exchange-biased stack as a three-state memory device are also discussed.
Effect on N Defect in Cu-doped III-nitride Semiconductors
Kang, Byung-Sub;Lee, Jae-Kwang;Lim, Yong-Sik;Song, Kie-Moon;Chae, Kwang-Pyo 332
We studied the effect on the electronic and magnetic properties of the N defect in clean and Cu-doped wurtzite III-nitrides by using the first-principles calculations. When it is doped two Cu atoms in the nearest neighboring sites, the system of AlN, GaN, or InN with the N vacancy is energetically more favorable than that without the N vacancy site. When the Cu concentration increases, the total magnetic moment of a supercell becomes small. The ferromagnetism of Cu atom is very low due to the weak 3d-3d coupling. It is noticeable that the spin-exchange interaction between the Cu-3d and N defect states is important.
Magnetic and Magnetocaloric Properties of (Gd1-xCex)Al2(x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75) Compounds
Gencer, H.;Izgi, T.;Kolat, V.S.;Kaya, A.O.;Atalay, S. 337
The magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of $Gd_{1-x}Ce_xAl_2$ (x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75) intermetallic compounds alloys have been investigated in detail for the first time. XRD patterns indicated that all the samples were crystallized in a single phase with $MgCu_2$-type structure (Laves phase). Ce substitution for Gd increased the lattice parameters and decreased the Curie temperature from 163 K for x = 0 to 37 K for x = 0.75. A maximum entropy change of 3.82 J/kg K was observed when a 2 T magnetic field was applied to the x = 0 sample. This entropy change decreased with increasing Ce content to 2.04 J/kg K for the x = 0.75 sample.
Coercivity Enhancement in Nd2Fe14B Permanent Magnetic Powders through Rotating Diffusion Process with DyHx Powders
Choi, Moon-Hee;Yu, Ji-Hun;Kim, Dong-Hwan;Kim, In-Bae;Kim, Yang-Do 342
[ $Nd_2Fe_{14}B$ ]permanent magnetic powders ($_iH_c$ = 9.2 kOe, $B_r$ = 12.2 kG) were produced by HDDR process. Their coercivity was enhanced to 12.6 kOe through the grain boundary diffusion process with dysprosium hydride ($DyH_x$). $DyH_x$ diffusion process was optimized through rotating diffusion process, resulting in distinct phases rich in Nd and Dy observable by field emission scanning microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The mechanism of coercivity enhancement that resulted in restrain the coupling effect between $Nd_2Fe_{14}B$ grains is also discussed.
Development of MRI Scanning Technique that is Comfortable for Patients with Anxiety Disorder
Cho, Moo-Seong;Cho, Jae-Hwan;Chang, Yong-Min;Cho, Yong-Ho;Zeon, Seok-Kil;Dong, Kyung-Rae;Chung, Woon-Kwan;Lee, Hae-Kag;Kim, Hyun-Ju;Bae, Jae-Young;Ahn, Jae-Ouk;Lee, Sang-Jeong 350
The principal objective of this study was to develop a scanning technique that helps patients reduce their anxiety and relax their physical tension in the MRI system. The study targeted 10 healthy persons with no medical history of anxiety disorder in the past and with no current clinically diagnosed anxiety disorder, as well as 10 patients who were currently experiencing an anxiety disorder during the MRI scanning. The focusing board assembly was self-manufactured to conduct a clinical experiment via MRI scans. As a method to confirm the efficacy of the experiment, the bio meter was used to measure brainwaves from the study targets that were divided into the normal person group (A), who felt no anxiety in the MRI system and the experimental group, (B) who did experience anxiety in the MRI system. The two groups were compared between the cases in which the focusing board assembly was used and not used after measurements were conducted using the model MRI system and the bio meter. According to the comparison and analysis results, low measurements of the ${\alpha}$ wave indicate highly effective relaxation of tension. In the normal person group, the ${\alpha}$ wave measurement showed almost no difference between cases in which the focusing board assembly was used and cases in which it was not used. In the experimental group, the $\acute{a}$ wave measurements were lower in cases in which the focusing board assembly was used than in cases in which the focusing board assembly was not used; this was indicative of a profound relaxation effect.
Programmable Magnetic Actuation of Biomolecule Carriers using NiFe Stepping Stones
Lim, Byung-Hwa;Jeong, Il-Gyo;Anandakumar, S.;Kim, K.W.;Kim, Cheol-Gi 363
We have designed, fabricated and demonstrated a novel micro-system for programmable magnetic actuation using magnetic elliptical pathways on Si substrates. Lithographically patterned soft NiFe ellipses are arranged sequentially perpendicular to each other as stepping stones for the transport of magnetic beads. We have measured the magnetization curve of the ellipsoid ($9\;{\mu}m{\times}4\;{\mu}m{\times}0.1\;{\mu}m$) elements with respect to the long and short axes of the ellipse. We found that the magnetization in the long axis direction is larger than that in the short axis direction for an applied field of ${\leq}$ 1,000 Oe, causing a force on carriers that causes them to move from one element to another. We have successfully demonstrated a micro-system for the magnetic actuation of biomolecule carriers of superparamagnetic beads (Dynabead$^{(R)}$ 2.8 ${\mu}m$) by rotating the external magnetic field. This novel concept of magnetic actuation is useful for future integrated lab-on-a-chip systems for biomolecule manipulation, separation and analysis.
Determination of the Size Distribution of Magnetite Nanoparticles from Magnetic Measurements
Yoon, Sung-Hyun 368
Particle size distributions in 10 nm magnetite ferrofluids are analyzed based on both dc and ac magnetic measurements. Modified log-normal distributions are used for fitting the experimental results, which allows for a proper account of the narrow distributions. The calculated average particle sizes are in good agreement with the TEM results. However the ac method gives a much narrower distribution width than that of the dc magnetization curve fit. The proposed measurements combined with the analysis methods are useful for the characterization of ferrofluids being considered for biomedical applications.
Electromagnetic Structural Design Analysis and Performance Improvement of AFPM Generator for Small Wind Turbine
Jung, Tae-Uk;Cho, Jun-Seok 374
Axial Field Permanent Magnet (AFPM) generators are widely applied for the small wind turbine because of the higher power density per unit weight than that of the conventional radial field generator. It is caused by the disc shaped rotor and the stator structures. The generally used AFPM generator, AFER-NS generator, is composed of the two side's external rotors and non-slotted stator without stator core. However, the output voltage and the output power are limited by the large reluctance by the long air-gap flux paths. In this paper, the design study of AFIR-S generator having double side's slotted stator core is accomplished to improve the output generation characteristics. The electromagnetic design analysis and the design improvement of the suggested AFIR-S generator are studied. Firstly, the electromagnetic design analysis was done to increase the power density. Secondly, the design optimizations of the rotor pole-arc ratio of permanent magnet are accomplished to increase the output power and to reduce the cogging torque. Finally, the output performances of AFER-NS and AFIR-S generator are compared with each other. For this study, 3D FEA is applied for the design analysis because of three dimensional electromagnetic structures.
Optimal Design of a Direct-Drive Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator for Small-Scale Wind Energy Conversion Systems
Abbasian, Mohammadali;Isfahani, Arash Hassanpour 379
This paper presents an optimal design of a direct-drive permanent magnet synchronous generator for a small-scale wind energy conversion system. An analytical model of a small-scale grid-connected wind energy conversion system is presented, and the effects of generator design parameters on the payback period of the system are investigated. An optimization procedure based on genetic algorithm method is then employed to optimize four design parameters of the generator for use in a region with relatively low wind-speed. The aim of optimization is minimizing the payback period of the initial investment on wind energy conversion systems for residential applications. This makes the use of these systems more economical and appealing. Finite element method is employed to evaluate the performance of the optimized generator. The results obtained from finite element analysis are close to those achieved by analytical model.
Magnetization Characteristics Analysis in a Pole Changing Memory Motor Using Coupled FEM and Preisach Modeling
Lee, Jung-Ho;Lee, Seung-Chul 386
This paper deals with the magnetic equivalent circuit modeling and permanent magnet (PM) performance evaluations of a pole changing memory motor (PCMM). We use a coupled transient finite element method (FEM) and Preisach modeling, which is presented to analyze the magnetic characteristics of the permanent magnets. The focus of this paper is on the evaluation of characteristics such as the magnetizing direction and the pole number of the machine under re- and de-magnetization conditions.
Inductance Measurement of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor in Stationary Frame of Reference
Lee, Geun-Ho;Choi, Woong-chul;Lee, Byeong-Hwa;Jung, Jae-Woo;Hong, Jung-Pyo 391
An inductance measurement method for interior permanent magnet synchronous machine (IPMSM) is proposed in this paper. In this method, the motor is measured at standstill condition, and only a 3-phase voltage source, an oscilloscope and a DC voltage source are required. Depending on the deductive dq-axis voltage equations in the stationary frame of reference, the dq-axis inductances at different current magnitude and vector angle can be calculated by the measured 3-phase voltages and currents. And hence, the saturation and cross-magnetizing effect of the inductances are measurable. This paper introduces the principle equations, experiment setup, data processing, and results comparison on the concentrated-winding and distributed-winding IPMSMs.
Enhanced Giant Magnetoelectric Effect in Laminate Composites of FeCuNbSiB/FeNi/PZT
Wen, Yumei;Wang, Dong;Li, Ping 398
A novel laminate composite of FeCuNbSiB/FeNi /PZT is proposed, where FeCuNbSiB has a permeability of around 100000, which is much larger than that of FeNi. The high-permeability FeCuNbSiB was laminated with piezomagnetic FeNi rather than attached to its ends. It is expected that the effect produced by the high permeability will act on the whole of the piezomagnetic layer. While a FeNi layer was laminated with a FeCuNbSiB layer, the strong demagnetization produced by the latter was expected to be imposed on the FeNi layer as well as the applied fields. The distribution of applied fields was altered by the high-permeability material (both bias and ac field) and the field variation positively contributed to the ME effect in piezomagnetic/piezoelectric composites. Thus the ME voltage coefficient along with the field sensitivity were improved.
Properties and Structure of High Frequency Soft Magnetic Nano-composite Films
Ohnuma, Shigehiro;Masumoto, Hiroshi 403
Metal-insulator type, nano-granular soft magnetic films have been reviewed from the viewpoint of high frequency magnetic materials. The formation of nano-granular structure is related to the magnitude of heat of formation of intergranule materials. Variation of the ratio of granule phase to intergranule phase in the film is found to produce various characteristics in the magnetic properties of the film. The HRTEM observation reveals that neighboring granules in the film with above 60 at.% Co, contact at considerable points and the films show soft magnetic properties which are explainable in terms of the random anisotropy model for nano-crystalline materials. Addition of Ni group elements in Co-O based films enhances their anisotropy field up to 400 Oe and they exhibit excellent frequency response of permeability. Also, large electromagnetic noise suppression effect is demonstrated as one of their potential applications.
The Magnetic Field Dependence Properties of Quasi Two Dimensional Electron-piezoelectric Potential Interacting System in GaN and ZnO
Lee, S.H.;Sug, J.Y.;Lee, J.H.;Lee, J.T. 408
We investigated theoretically the magnetic field dependence of the quantum optical transition of qusi 2-Dimensional Landau splitting system, in GaN and ZnO. We apply the Quantum Transport theory (QTR) to the system in the confinement of electrons by square well confinement potential. We use the projected Liouville equation method with Equilibrium Average Projection Scheme (EAPS). Through the analysis of this work, we found the increasing properties of the optical Quantum Transition Line Shapes(QTLSs) which show the absorption power and the Quantum Transition Line Widths(QTLWs) with the magnetic-field in GaN and ZnO. We also found that QTLW, ${\gamma}(B)_{total}$ of GaN < ${\gamma}(B)_{total}$ of ZnO in the magnetic field region B < 25 Tesla.
Magnetic Interaction in FeCo Alloy Nanotube Array
Zhou, D.;Wang, T.;Zhu, M.G.;Guo, Z.H.;Li, W.;Li, F.S. 413
An array of FeCo nanotubes has been successfully fabricated in the pores of porous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) templates by wetting templates method. The morphology and structure of the nanotube array were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction. The average diameter of the nanotubes was about 200 nm, and the length was more than 10 ${\mu}m$. Vibrating sample magnetometer and superconducting quantum interference device were used to investigate the magnetic properties of the nanotube array. Interaction between the nanotubes has been found to be demagnetizing as expected and the switching field distribution is broad.
Numerical Investigation on Permanent-Magnet Eddy Current Loss and Harmonic Iron Loss for PM Skewed IPMSM
Lim, Jin-Woo;Kim, Yong-Jae;Jung, Sang-Yong 417
This paper presents the characteristics of PM eddy current loss and harmonic iron loss for PM step-skewed Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (IPMSM) with concentrated windings and multi-layered PM under the running condition of maximum torque per ampere (MTPA) and flux-weakening control. In particular, PM eddy current loss and harmonic iron loss in IPMSM have been numerically computed with three-dimensional Finite Element Analysis (3D FEA), whereby IPMSM with concentrated windings and multi-layered PM has been designed to identify the optimized skew angle contributing to the reduced PM eddy current loss and torque ripples, while maintaining the required average torque. Furthermore, numerical investigation on PM eddy current loss and iron loss at MTPA and flux-weakening control has been carried-out in terms of PM step-skew.
Numerical Analysis and Design of Moving Contactless High Power Transformer
Lee, Dong-Su;Jang, Dong-Uk;Kim, Hyung-Chul;Jung, Sang-Yong 423
This paper presents numerical analysis and design of high power contactless transformer with a large air-gap for moving on a guided linear track which is appropriate for high-speed train or MAGLEV. The system has the typical characteristics of large leakage inductance, small magnetizing inductance, and low coupling coefficients giving rise to lower power transfer efficiency, which have been compensated by the purposely-designed contactless transformer coupled with the resonant converter modulating with high switching frequency. In particular, the best model selected from the generated six design candidates has been applied for 3D Finite Element Analysis (FEA) investigating on iron loss to evaluate the overall system efficiency.
Characteristics of Barkhausen Noise Properties and Hysteresis Loop on Tensile Stressed Rolled Steels
Kikuchi, Hiroaki;Ara, Katsuyuki;Kamada, Yasuhiro;Kobayashi, Satoru 427
The rolled steels for welded structure applied tensile stress have been examined by means of magnetic Barkhausen noise (MBN) method and of a physical parameter obtained from a hysteresis loop. The behaviors of MBN parameters and coercive force with tensile stress were discussed in relation to microstructure changes. There is no change in MBN parameters and coercive force below yield strength. The coercive force rises rapidly with tensile stress above yield strength. On the other hand, the rms voltage and the peak in averaged rms voltage take a maximum around yield strength and then decreases. The magnetomotive force at peak in the averaged rms voltage shows a minimum around yield strength. These phenomena are attributed to the combined effects of cell texture and dislocation density. In addition, the behaviors of MBN parameters around yield strength may be reflected by the localized changes in strain field due to the formation of dislocation tangles.
Soft Magnetic Properties of Ring-Shaped Fe-Co-B-Si-Nb Bulk Metallic Glasses
Ishikawa, Takayuki;Tsubota, Takahiro;Bitoh, Teruo 431
The reduction of the Nb content in the $(Fe_{0.75}B_{0.20}Si_{0.05})_{96}Nb_4$ bulk metallic glass (BMG) has been studied. The glass-forming ability (GFA) is reduced by decreasing the Nb content, but it can be enhanced by replacing partially Fe by Co. Furthermore, the saturation magnetization of the $(Fe_{0.8}Co_{0.2})_{76}B_{18}Si_3Nb_3$ BMG is 1.35 T, being with 13% larger than that of the base alloy $(Fe_{0.75}B_{0.20}Si_{0.05})_{96}Nb_4$. $(Fe_{0.8}Co_{0.2})_{76}B_{18}Si_3Nb_3$ BMG exhibits slightly larger $B_{800}$ (the magnetic flux density at 800 A/m) and smaller core losses (20%-30%) compared with the commercial Fe-6.5 mass% Si steel.
Characteristics of Fe-Ni Nanopowders Prepared by Electrical Explosion of Wire in Water and Ethanol
Bac, L.H.;Kim, B.K.;Kim, J.S.;Kim, J.C. 435
In this work, we prepared Fe-Ni alloy nanopowders by wire electrical explosion in deionized water and ethanol. Particles size and morphology of the as-synthesized nanoparticles prepared in water and ethanol were observed by transmission electron microscopy. In both cases, the as-synthesized nanoparticles were in nearly spherical shape and their size distribution was broad. The particles prepared in the water were in core-shell structure due to the oxidation of Fe element. X-ray diffraction was used to analyze the phase of the nanopowders. It showed that the nanopowders prepared in water had ${\gamma}$-Fe-Ni solid solution and FeO phase. The samples obtained in ethanol were in two phases of Fe-Ni solid solution, ${\gamma}$-Fe-Ni and ${\alpha}$-Fe-Ni. Bulk samples were made from the as-synthesized nanopowders by spark plasma sintering at $1000^{\circ}C$ for 10 min. Structure of the bulk sample was observed by scanning electron microscope. Magnetic properties of the as-synthesized nanopowders and the bulk samples were investigated by vibrating sample magnetometer. The hysteresis loop of the assynthesized nanopowders and the sintered bulk samples revealed a ferromagnetic characteristic.
Large Glass-forming Ability and Magnetocaloric Effect in Gd55Co20Al23Si2 Bulk Metallic Glass
Li, Qian;Cai, Pingping;Shen, Baolong;Akihiro, Makino;Akihisa, Inoue 440
In this study, we investigated the glass-forming ability (GFA) and magnetocaloric effect (MCE) of $Gd_{55}Co_{20}Al_{23}Si_2$ bulk glassy alloy. It is found that the addition of 2 at% Si is effective for extension of the supercooled liquid region (${\Delta}T_x$), the ${\Delta}T_x$ is 55 K for the $Gd_{55}Co_{20}Al_{25}$ glassy alloy, and increases to 79 K for the $Gd_{55}Co_{20}Al_{23}Si_2$ alloy. As a result, $Gd_{55}Co_{20}Al_{23}Si_2$ glassy alloys with diameters up to 5 mm were successfully synthesized. The alloys also exhibit large MCE, i.e., the magnetic entropy change (${\Delta}S_m$) of 8.9 J $kg^{-1}\;K^{-1}$, the full width at half maximum of the ${\Delta}S_m$ (${\delta}T_{FWHM}$) of 87 K, and the refrigerant capacity (RC) of 774 J $kg^{-1}$.
Evaluation of Electrokinetic Flow Mobility Using Isotacho-Electrophoresis Techniques
An, J.H.;Joo, Y.H.;Lee, C.Y.;Lee, Y.J.;Park, C.W. 444
In the present study, we separated the marker particles from the suspending particle mixture solution using isotacho-electrophoresis technique, a novel quantitative ionic particle separation method, in the microchannel. A multiple stacking zone of the suspending particle was visualized with variations in electric field strength, pH value and concentration of the ionic solution. In particular, the electrophoretic mobility of ionic particle (fluorescein) was estimated based on the electrophoretic velocity value measured by the particle image velocimetry. As a result, isotacho-electrophoresis zones were clearly visualized as going downstream in the electric field. The particle migration velocity increased proportional to the applied voltage increase; it was also affected by the pH value variations in the ionic solution.
Fabrication and Characterization of a Wrist Wearable Cuffless Pulsimeter by Using the Hall Effect Device
Lee, Sang-Suk;Choi, Jong-Gu;Son, Il-Ho;Kim, Keun-Ho;Nam, Dong-Hyun;Hong, You-Sik;Lee, Woo-Beom;Hwang, Do-Guwn;Rhee, Jang-Roh 449
A wrist wearable cuffless pulsimeter with a portable and small size apparatus using Hall effect is fabricated. The analysis of the pulse wave measured by the testing product of pulsimeter is done to measure the pulse rate and blood pressure. The blood pressure obtained by the puslimeter is compared with the practical values measured by electronic or mercury liquid blood pressure meters. The detail analysis of a pulse wave measured by a wrist wearable cuffless pulsimeter detecting the changes of the magnetic field can be used to develop a new diagnostic algorithm of blood pressure applying for oriental medical apparatus.
Demagnetization Performance According to Vertical and Horizontal Magnetic Bias Fields
Kim, Young-Hak;Kim, Ki-Chan;Shin, Kwang-Ho;Yoon, Kwan-Seob;Yang, Chang-Seob 453
Demagnetization for a tube sample which was made of a galvanized steel sheet was performed by applying a magnetic field with a decrement to remove the remanent magnetization of the material. An orthogonal fluxgate magnetic field sensor was used to measure a magnetic field created from a ferromagnetic material. To evaluate the remanent magnetization, the measured magnetic fields were separated into two magnetic field components by the remnant magnetization and the induced one. The horizontal and the vertical bias fields should be controlled separately during demagnetization to remove the horizontal and the vertical components of the remanent magnetization of the tube sample.
Large Magnetic Entropy Change in La0.55Ce0.2Ca0.25MnO3 Perovskite
Anwar, M.S.;Kumar, Shalendra;Ahmed, Faheem;Arshi, Nishat;Kim, G.W.;Lee, C.G.;Koo, Bon-Heun 457
In this paper, magnetic property and magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in perovskite manganites of the type $La_{(0.75-X)}Ce_XCa_{0.25}MnO_3$ (x = 0.0, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.5) synthesized by using the standard solid state reaction method have been reported. From the magnetic measurements as a function of temperature and applied magnetic field, we have observed that the Curie temperature ($T_C$) of the prepared samples strongly dependent on Ce content and was found to be 255, 213 and 150 K for x = 0.0, 0.2 and 0.3, respectively. A large magnetocaloric effect in vicinity of $T_C$ has been observed with a maximum magnetic entropy change (${\mid}{\Delta}S_M{\mid}_{max}$) of 3.31 and 6.40 J/kgK at 1.5 and 4 T, respectively, for $La_{0.55}Ce_{0.2}Ca_{0.25}MnO_3$. In addition, relative cooling power (RCP) of the sample under the magnetic field variation of 1.5 T reaches 59 J/kg. These results suggest that $La_{0.55}Ce_{0.2}Ca_{0.25}MnO_3$ compound could be a suitable candidate as working substance in magnetic refrigeration at 213 K.
The Dumb-bell Shaped Magnetostrictive/Piezoelectric Transducer
Li, Jianzhong;Wen, Yumei;Li, Ping 461
Traditional magnetostrictive/piezoelectric laminate composites are generally in the regular geometries such as rectangles or disks. To explore properties of the irregular geometry magnetostrictive/piezoelectric transducer in the fundamental resonant frequency, a step dumb-bell shaped Magnetoelectric (ME) transducer is presented in this study. Both analytical and experimental investigations are carried out for the dumb-bell shaped transducer in the fundamental frequency. Comparing with the traditional rectangular transducer, the theory shows the resonant frequency of dumb-bell shaped transducer is reduced 31%, and the experiment gives the result of that is 37% which is independent of dc magnetic fields. The ratio of magnetoelectric voltage coefficient (MEVC) between the dumb-bell shaped and rectangular shaped transducers in theory is 66% comparing with that of in experiment is varying from 140% to 33% when the dc field is increased from 0 Oe to 118 Oe. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 520 |
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Pounds Of Marijuana Lead To Deadly Shooting On Amtrak Train In Arizona
Author James Jones
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A fatal shooting occurred on an Amtrak train at a Tucson, Arizona train station on Monday morning, October 5, following a search for cannabis by law enforcement officers. According to court reports, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agent Michael Garbo and a suspect identified as D.T. parished. Two other agents sustained injuries from the shooting.
According to a criminal complaint filed in the case in Arizona district court the following day, the agents boarded the train after it arrived at the station to search for drug contraband, cash, and weapons. The train originally left from New Orleans and was bound for Los Angeles, arriving in Tucson at 7:40 A.M. DEA agents and other officers with the Pima County Counter Narcotics Alliance were investigating intel from Amtrak about a list of individuals traveling frequently from Los Angeles to Texas.
Agents surveyed the two men on the list, D.T. and Devonte Okeith Mathis, sitting by each other on the train. They observed as Mathis transported multiple bags approximately three or four rows away from where they were seated before returning to his seat, per the criminal complaint. When officers asked Mathis if the bags were his, he declined ownership, and the agents removed the bags from the Amtrak. Upon opening the bags, agents found two packages of cannabis, including over five pounds of marijuana flower, 50 packs of cannabis edibles, and a medley of other marijuana items.
As reported by azcentral, agents reboarded the train and attempted to detain Mathis on the upper deck on the double-decker train, during which D.T. pulled a firearm out and began shooting, striking multiple DEA agents. The shooter then ran downstairs and barricaded himself in the bathroom. The suspect was later found deceased in the lavatory. The Tuscon Police Department has told the Arizona Republic that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) took over the investigation into the shooting
Brooke Brennan, the spokesperson for the agency, revealed that the FBI is processing the shooting scene with the assistance of the Tuscon police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The DEA administrator, Anne Milgram, gave a heartfelt update about agent Garbo, saying, "The DEA is deeply saddened to report that DEA Group Supervisor Michael G. Garbo died as a result of injuries sustained during the shooting." She continued, "Group Supervisor Garbo joined DEA in 2005 and served honorably for more than 16 years as a Special Agent and Group Supervisor combating criminal drug traffickers from the Nogales corridor to Kabul, Afghanistan."
According to CNN, over 100 passengers and 11 crew members were aboard the Amtrak at the time of the shooting. No injuries were reported among passengers and crew, as reported by Jason Abrams, Amtrak's spokesperson, and they were all safely evacuated out of the train. Per High Times, "Mathis is accused of possessing with the intent to distribute less than 50 kilograms of a mixture or substance containing marijuana." Horrific situations such as crimes like these show a broader perspective on what actions should go into effect in marijuana legalization.
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package com.qtagile.message;
import com.qtagile.kafka.EmbeddedKafkaServer;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
import javax.annotation.PreDestroy;
import java.util.Optional;
@Component
public class MessageProviderImpl implements MessageProvider {
private static final String TOPIC = "test";
private final EmbeddedKafkaServer embeddedKafkaServer = new EmbeddedKafkaServer();
@PostConstruct
public void init(){
embeddedKafkaServer.start();
}
@PreDestroy
public void shutdown(){
embeddedKafkaServer.stop();
}
@Override
public void send(String key, String value) {
embeddedKafkaServer.send(TOPIC, key, value);
}
@Override
public Optional<String> read() {
return embeddedKafkaServer.read(TOPIC);
}
}
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Celebrating Julius Caesar's life and death
By Laura Egan
March 15 marks the anniversary of the death of one of the world's most renowned leaders: Julius Caesar.
It's no secret that Julius Caesar changed the course of history decisively and irreversibly
Every year, the Italian capital of Rome celebrates the life of one of its greatest legends, who met his death on March 15, 44 BC.
Many cultural events are held in Rome on the day, including a re-enactment of Caesar's death at the very site where he was assassinated more than 2,000 years ago.
Locals lay flowers at the ruins of the Temple of Caesar, on the eastern side of the main square of the Roman Forum, which was erected at the site of Caesar's cremation a few years after his death.
It's no secret that Caesar changed the course of history decisively and irreversibly.
The Greco-Roman society has been extinct for so long that most of the names of its notable figures mean little to the average person today.
But Caesar's name is one of the very few which everyone still knows and has gone on to influence words describing leaders in many other languages, such as Kaiser in German, tsar in the Slavonic languages, and qayṣar in the languages of the Islamic world.
But who was Julius Caesar and what made him an unforgettable historic figure?
Julius Caesar was cremated in the Roman Forum
Julius Caesar was a Roman politician, military general, and historian who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.
Born Gaius Julius Caesar on July 12 or 13, 100 BC, he grew up in Rome in a noble family, the Julian clan.
The family claimed descent from Iulus, son of the legendary Trojan prince Aeneas, supposedly the son of the goddess Venus.
Caesar progressed through the Roman political system and, when the civil war broke out, he defeated the republican forces and seized power over Rome.
Caeser made himself dictator of Rome and ruled from October 49 BC to his death in 44 BC.
During this time, he paved the way for the imperial system.
After assuming control of government, Caesar began a program of social and governmental reforms, including the creation of the Julian calendar.
He gave citizenship to many residents of far regions of the Roman Empire and initiated land reform and support for veterans.
He also centralised the bureaucracy of the Republic and was eventually proclaimed "dictator for life".
Caesar's populist and authoritarian reforms angered the elites, who began to conspire against him.
On March 15, 44 BC, Caesar was assassinated by a group of rebellious senators led by Gaius Cassius Longinus, Marcus Junius Brutus and Decimus Junius Brutus, who stabbed him to death.
A new series of five civil wars broke out and Caesar's adopted heir Octavian, later known as Augustus, rose to sole power after defeating his opponents.
Octavian set about solidifying his power, and so the era of the Roman Empire was formed.
Julius Caesar was the first historical Roman to be officially deified.
He was posthumously granted the title Divus Iulius (the divine/deified Julius) by decree of the Roman Senate on January 1, 42 BC.
The appearance of a comet during games in his honour was taken as confirmation of his divinity.
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This was another opportunity for all the women from different sectors of Science, Engineering and Technology field to come together and have a Chit chat with tea and biscuits. It was also a great opportunity for them to bring up any research they have done and talk about it.
The programme was scheduled to start at 2 and guests arrived right on time. Professional time!!!!. There were around 13 guests altogether and they were all very friendly. I saw some familiar faces from last dinner. It was like another friends reunion as they recognized me from last time.
games they organised called '14 days in Manchester'. It was really fun and I am looking forward to joining it soon.
The second speaker was a Sound System Engineer and talked about what could have happened to today's technology if we never knew about how to increase or decrease the TV volume and how these technologies have been advanced as time goes on.
The third speaker spoke about very interesting thing that made me realise that this is needed if I am geeky, The Kindle and ebooks. If you need lots of book to study, you don't need to spend pounds and pounds buying books from Amazon or any book store. You can just get eBooks for free. Amazon has this hidden treasure for those who know well. eBooks can be free orin cheap price compared to hard copy found in Amazon.
The fourth Speaker talked about how Germany has increased the Engineering job opportunities to encourage more females into this field. She also mentioned that they are organising 'the girls day' in April in different parts of Germany for the encouragement of the girls.
The event was scheduled till 4 pm but we were enjoying so much that wedidn't realise it was already quarter past 4 but there were still lotsof things to talk about. After the talk, everyone went for a 3rd round of tea and had a chat with each other. The event made me realised how important it is to organise this kind of events. I could see guests enjoyed the most and of course took lots of knowledge from this productive day.
Thanks so much to our guest reviewer and current Manchester Girl Geeks volunteer, Parva Hiran for the write up.
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Burglar who broke into restaurant found passed out after helping himself to bar
A bungling burglar was nabbed after breaking into a bar and then falling asleep after helping himself to drinks from the bar.
Samuel Mulligan broke into Las Iguanas in Cardiff in the early hours of December 7 and was found fast asleep on a settee in the morning.
When the supervisor arrived at 8am, there were two tills open and Mulligan, 31, was lying face down on the settee, reports Wales Online.
The supervisor locked Mulligan inside and he was still passed out when the cops arrived.
He had been drinking bottles of spirits from behind the bar of the Latin American-themed restaurant.
Mulligan was jailed for 12 months at Newport Crown Court yesterday.
Prosecutor Laurence Jones told the court: "CCTV showed he had entered the restaurant at 3.15am, gone behind the bar, removed the tills and then gone to sleep in the premises. He had gained access via a fire door.
"He had worn a cap and hood, with gloves and a torch. When police attended he was arrested for burglary and the defendant replied 'OK'."
Mulligan, still tired, was interviewed by police from his bed in a cell. He admitted he had been on a shoplifting spree in Cardiff's John Lewis over the past couple of weeks.
He had stolen £80-worth of Tommy Hilfiger shirts on November 26, a £90 Tommy Hilfiger hoodie the next day, a £280 Calvin Klein coat on December 3 and a £200 North Face coat the day after that.
Mulligan, of Tresillian Terrace, Cardiff, had pleaded guilty to one count of burglary and three of theft at an earlier hearing.
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Peter Wormald, in mitigation, described the "repetitive tale" of Mulligan spending time in jail and being released homeless. Although he had been staying in a homeless hostel at night, he was "drifting around in the course of the day" and taking drugs.
"He accepts he moved the tills in Las Iguanas with the intention to smash them open but he didn't do this and there was no damage," Mr Wormald said.
Judge Richard Williams told Mulligan: "I accept that in your stupor you did not offer any resistance either to staff or police."
But he added: "You are a recidivist with a history of not complying with court orders. I consider the likelihood of reoffending high and prospects of rehabilitation low."
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John McGuinness showed he is back to his best after injury ruined his 2014 season as the Honda Racing rider secured a front row start for Saturday's two premier Superbike races at the North West 200.
McGuinness qualified third fastest behind Alastair Seeley and Lee Johnston and could be a dark horse on the CBR1000RR Fireblade SP in the blue riband class.
The Morecambe man, who last won a Superbike race at the North West in 2012, said: "We've got a really solid package with the Superbike and probably one of the best bikes out there.
"I'm really happy to be starting from the front row of the grid on Saturday. I'm feeling great this year; last year was tough with my wrist injury but all that's behind me now and it's not causing me any problems.
His team-mate, Conor Cummins, will start from the third row after posting the ninth quickest time.
The Manx rider was back to his best last season as he finished on the rostrum in the Superbike and Senior TT races. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 528 |
Betraying Us
PETRAEUS BETRAYS US
by Jack Random
The lies to launch war have been supplanted by the lies of war itself. The trail of lies is as long as the trail of Iraqi blood and tears. The lies of weapons of mass destruction, Al Qaeda connections and Middle East democracy have given way to the lies of civilian massacres, the lies of military heroism, the lies of Abu Ghraib, the lies of the Samarra mosque bombing and the lies of progress in securing Baghdad.
When former DCI George Tenet accuses vice president Dick Cheney of misleading the nation to war, he is sculpting the truth to his own benefit. The vice president did not have the power to declare war and he could not have succeeded without the ascent of a feckless commander and the silent complicity of those in the White House who should have spoken out. That evasion of responsibility continues to this day with the newly appointed field commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus.
"Policy makers have a right to their own opinions but not their own set of facts." - Former DCI George Tenet, At the Center of the Storm (2007)
"In the push to war with Iraq, something extraordinary happened in the world of Intelligence. All the king's agents…silent partners in former crimes against humanity… refused to provide false information to support the administration's claims. Even in the last minute of the last hour, Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet flatly stated there was no documented link between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein." - Jack Random, The War Chronicles (2004)
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The General claims there is measurable progress in Iraq if you do not count car bombs or sensational attacks or attacks outside of Baghdad. Just as the White House cherry picked evidence to justify war, the military will select facts to prove the security plan is working when the soldiers on the ground know otherwise.
Like George Tenet, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice and Donald Rumsfeld before him, General Petraeus has betrayed us, along with every soldier under his command. His mission is not to secure victory in Iraq – a "victory" that would only further secure America's place in the annals of infamy. His mission is to continue the chain of lies to perpetuate an illusion of success that will enable the worst president in history to pass his catastrophic war along to a new president.
In a spirit of unbridled cynicism, the neocons that launched this campaign of never-ending war are counting on a party of opposition so inept that it will parlay almost certain victory into electoral defeat by stammering, stumbling and falling on the word "peace."
As witnessed by the recent group debate-a-thon, the Democrats have become so conditioned to aggressive posturing that they cannot oppose an unqualified disaster and wholesale waste of life without ceaseless qualifications and pontificating on the virtues of aggression in lesser wars (Afghanistan, the Balkans) and potentially greater calamities (Iran).
General Petraeus, the anointed savior of the Bush war strategy, betrayed us from the moment he ascended to his post as director of the Baghdad theatre of blood. He is not so much a commander as an illusionist, not so much a strategist as a front man for a magic act.
Watch the right hand while the left covers over a pile of fresh corpses, the latest yield in an orgy of sectarian conflict, resistance and revenge. Poof, the war is manageable! Poof, the violence has ebbed! Poof, the Iraqi government is taking charge! Poof, the war is winnable!
It is a dog and pony show (rated R for blood) but the players only come out at night. It would be too easy to see through their masks and detect their slight of hand in the light of day.
We started the wrong war for the wrong reasons and we continue to fight only to cover the lies and the greed that placed us in the center of a sinking hole.
Nothing could have empowered our enemies more than a dim witted, poorly planned and poorly executed war of attrition on foreign terrain and nothing will continue to empower our enemies more than a march of lemmings over the Arabian cliff.
As the surprisingly frank Senator from Alaska suggested in the presidential debate, Osama bin Laden must greet every dawn with a prayer of thanks to George W. Bush.
The warlords, who have never faced an enemy on the field of battle, think it amusing to throw accusations of betrayal and treason at those who acknowledge the reality of defeat but who was more loyal to the troops: the officers who advised General Robert E. Lee that the war was lost after the slaughter of Gettysburg or those who advised him to press on?
To those obstinate holdouts that still support this cowboy commander and his calamitous war, wake up and smell the battlefield. The air is filled with deadly fire, toxic smoke and the scent of scorched flesh. It is filled with foreboding and a promise of further horrors beyond our immediate view.
Wake up because it is you that enable the horror to go on. Your blind allegiance and false patriotism is all that stands between the lies of victory and the beginning of reparations. Your irrational support is all that props up a failed war president.
The Democrats, with their pandering and posturing front-runners, will not stop this war or the wars to come unless the people demand it with one voice.
Jazz.
JACK RANDOM IS THE AUTHOR OF THE JAZZMAN CHRONICLES (CROW DOG PRESS) AND GHOST DANCE INSURRECTION (DRY BONES PRESS). THE CHRONICLES HAVE APPEARED ON THE ALBION MONITOR, PEACE-EARTH-JUSTICE, THE NATIONAL FREE PRESS, PACIFIC FREE PRESS, LEFTWARD, DISSIDENT VOICE AND COUNTERPUNCH. SEE RANDOM JACK: WWW.JAZZMANCHRONICLES.BLOGSPOT.COM | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 529 |
GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Matilda Lynn Prince has been sentenced to federal prison, after a jury convicted her of twenty-nine counts of healthcare fraud for filing fraudulent claims with Medicare and the Georgia Medicaid program for optometry and ophthalmology services that were never provided to patients.
"Our Medicaid Fraud Control Unit remains committed to working with our federal partners to investigate and prosecute providers who attempt to steal from healthcare programs designed to provide treatment and care for those most in need," said Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr.
According to U.S. Attorney Pak, the charges and other information presented in court: Prince owned Pickens Eye Clinic in Jasper, Georgia and operated Eye Gallery 20/20 in Calhoun, Georgia. From September 2011 to February 2014, Prince submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for optometry and ophthalmology services that were never rendered to patients.
Despite being previously excluded from the Medicare and Medicaid programs in September 2011 and informed of her ineligibility to be employed or involved with any entity that received Medicare or Medicaid funds, Prince operated under a company named Eye Gallery 20/20 to bill Medicare and Medicaid for services that were not rendered. As part of the scheme, Prince targeted her advertising towards senior citizens and disabled populations in housing complexes and community centers, offering on-site eye exams and prescription glasses at no charge to patients on Medicare and Medicaid. Prince contracted with two licensed optometrists to provide basic eye exams. The optometrists would sometimes travel with Prince to perform these exams.
Although the patients received only basic eye exams and measurements for prescription glasses, Prince often billed for complex ophthalmological procedures involving the surgical insertion of medical devices called "punctal plugs" into patients' tear ducts to treat dry eye conditions. Prince then used the identities of the two licensed optometrists to bill Medicare and Medicaid repeatedly for this procedure. On some occasions, she billed for the same patient as many as seven times on the same claimed date of service, even though the procedures were never performed. Prince fraudulently submitted over $1.2 million in insurance claims to Medicare and Medicaid for services never rendered.
Matilda Lynn Prince, 42, of Mineral Bluff, Georgia was sentenced to three years, four months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release on August 22, 2018. She was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $609,000. Prince was found guilty by a jury on January 9, 2018.
This case was investigated by the Department of Health and Human Services - Office of the Inspector General, and the Georgia Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Bernita B. Malloy and Randy S. Chartash prosecuted the case. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 530 |
Ho Chi Minh City: Property paradise for ASEAN
The ASEAN Post Team
A photo taken on 25 February 2009 shows residential buildings under construction at the fast-growing southern part of Ho Chi Minh City. (Hoang Dinh Nam / AFP Photo)
Massive infrastructure projects and ample growth prospects have positioned ASEAN as a prime real estate investment destination globally, with properties in regional capitals typically offering higher rental yields and capital appreciation than assets in more developed areas.
The region also leverages on an upsurge of interest across Asia as a whole, which saw total transactions of completed properties rising 19 percent year-on-year to US$61 billion in the first half of 2017 alone, according to Toronto-based real estate firm Colliers International.
While Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Jakarta have traditionally vied for the lion's share of inbound investment, Vietnam has come into its own as a real estate market in recent years, with the introduction of friendlier foreign ownership laws in 2015 seen as a major catalyst.
Amid hotspots such as the coastal metropolis of Da Nang and national capital Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City has emerged as Vietnam's most attractive investment draw, driven by rapid urbanisation, a planned mass rapid transit system, and expansion of its central business district, as well as an influx of regional developers.
Unlike properties in regional capitals such as Kuala Lumpur, which have become increasingly skewed towards luxury launches as developers capitalise on higher profit margins in the segment, Ho Chi Minh City's real estate landscape showcases a real estate market in near-perfect balance.
Out of 201,862 condominium units launched in Ho Chi Minh City since 1999, 30 percent represented high-end offerings, with mid-range and affordable units accounting for 37 and 31 percent of launches respectively, according to real estate consultancy CBRE Vietnam. Luxury units accounted for just 2 percent of condominium launches over this period.
In terms of new launches, the mid-range segment accounted for 64 percent of total new supply in 2017, pointing to a shift in the market towards end-user demand and essentially laying the foundation for sustainable future growth in the city's residential market.
This market focus also exerts downward pressure on selling prices, serving to keep Ho Chi Minh City properties affordable on a regional basis, offering value to investors from Hong Kong and China as prices in their respective home markets climb to historic heights.
The average selling price for developers in Q4 2017 was US$1,564 per square meter (psm), with top-tier projects reported to fetch up to US$5,000 psm. This compares to prices of up to US$9,000 psm in Bangkok, while a waterfront house in Repulse Road Bay, Hong Kong fetched a record of over US$228,000 psm in the same year.
"The Ho Chi Minh City market has seen a strong recovery over the past four years, particularly in the residential sector, following a sustained downturn up to 2014 caused by the global financial crisis of 2009," says CBRE Vietnam senior director Dung Thuy Duong.
Residential growth in Ho Chi Minh City and Vietnam as a whole has been driven by rapid urbanisation, with 50 percent of the country's projected population of 100 million slated to live in cities by 2020, according to the World Bank. This translates to an estimated 374,000 additional housing units needed annually to keep up with demand.
Source: Various sources
Policy factors
The recent relaxation of foreign ownership guidelines, which amended existing regulations to be more conducive to international investment, has opened Vietnam up to a wider range of regional purchasers.
Taking effect on 1 July 2015, the current framework allows the majority of foreigners granted a visa to purchase properties in the country, which had previously been restricted by conditions such as marriage to Vietnamese citizens, possession of specific skillsets and more.
International buyers are now allowed to purchase landed properties in addition to apartments, which they can sub-let, trade, inherit and utilise as collateral as well, where they were limited to owner-occupation before.
Foreigners can also own up to 30 percent of the units in an apartment building, 10 percent of the landed units in a residential complex, or 250 landed units in an administrative ward, up from the single apartment unit they were entitled to under the previous guidelines. While ownership for purchasers not married to Vietnamese citizens was formerly limited to 50-year terms, these can now be renewed on a leasehold basis.
"Since these changes took place, there has been an increase in the number of international investors, with the majority of them coming from countries in Asia, primarily Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore, with interest from Hong Kong and China as well," says Dung.
"These purchasers are often individuals who have lived and worked in Ho Chi Minh City for extended periods and are well-versed in what its real estate market has to offer," added Dung.
Other major growth drivers in Ho Chi Minh City include an upcoming eco-tourism hub in the coastal suburban district of Can Gio, known for its UNESCO Mangrove Biosphere Reserve Forest, Vam Sat Ecological Tourist Zone. Spanning 1,080 hectares, plans for the integrated development include more than 21,000 condominium units, as well as villa, office, retail and hospitality components.
However, the prime catalyst in the city's forward momentum is the Ho Chi Minh City Metro, comprising six planned underground metro routes with a total length of 107 kilometres, and three monorail/tramway routes totalling 37 kilometres, extending to neighbouring provinces.
First proposed in 2001 to address mounting traffic congestion, the initiative is primarily funded by foreign capital sources, with international conglomerations also taking the lead in the engineering and construction of the project. It mirrors the ongoing Hanoi Metro in the national capital, slated to incorporate 229 stations along eight lines.
Line 1 of the Ho Chi Minh City project, running 20 kilometres northeast from the Ben Thanh market hub to Suoi Tien with a reported total cost of US$2.5 billion to date, is partially financed by Japan's Official Development Assistance programme, with the Tokyo-based Sumitomo Corporation and a joint venture vehicle between the Shimizu Corporation and Maeda Corporation as major contractors. Originally due for completion this year, its launch has been postponed to November 2020.
Meanwhile, construction on Line 2, extending 11 kilometres southeast from Tham Luong to Ben Thanh, commenced in 2010, and was projected to end in 2020. That date has been pushed back to 2024, as estimated costs for the line has risen from US$1.4 billion to US$2.2 billion. It is financed by the German Bank for Reconstruction, the Asian Development Bank and the European Investment Bank.
While Ho Chi Minh City is booming as an investment destination both domestically and regionally, its municipal authorities and city planners must ensure that development continues at a steady and sustainable pace, with full transparency.
Aside from the Ho Chi Minh City Metro's regrettable delays and funding issues, reports arose in April this year that the city's land registration office had stopped issuing ownership certificates to international purchasers who bought homes after 10 December 2015.
"There were a few pending ownership issues, mostly revolving around projects in specific areas, such as military zones or near government land. However, the government has compiled a list of projects which can be sold to international purchasers, and in my point of view, this is no longer a concern," explained Dung.
Though issues such as foreign ownership papers, delays in public transport development and capital shortages are being resolved, each has had a cooling effect on Ho Chi Minh City's appeal to regional investors. Moving forward, such issues must be minimised, for while Vietnam's fundamentals and pull factors remain compelling, it is entirely possible to play a strong hand very badly on the international stage resulting in a negative effect on the property sector in the country.
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Because I grew up with Hunt's and Speedy grew up with Libby's, we wanted to do a Hunt's versus Libby's pork and beans face off. But we were unable to find Libby's in the groceries that we visited so we decided to pit Hunt's against the brand that was just as widely available as Hunt's.
Ram (Ramfoods, Inc.) is a domestic company established in 1962 and is based in Cabuyao, Laguna.
Canned pork and beans come in many sizes but for purposes of this face off, we used the 165-gram size.
Pay attention to the photos in the labels because actual contents of the cans are a far cry from the amount of beans shown in them.
So, I already mentioned that both cans weighed 165 grams. Hunt's cost PHP18.25; Ram cost PHP16.00.
Those are the entire contents of the cans. Obviously, the ratio between sauce and beans is nowhere near as the labels represented. Ram has even less beans than Hunt's.
The two pieces of fat constitute the pork in Ram's pork and beans.
For Hunt's, it's one large and two smaller pieces of pork fat with rind.
Now, let's talk about the quality.
Hunt's beans are creamier. Ram's beans retain a certain amount of crispiness in the skin so that there is a small pop when you bite into one. I like Hunt's creamier beans; Speedy prefers the small pop in the beans of Ram.
As to the taste, Speedy and I both agreed that Ram's tomato sauce has a better balance of saltiness and sweetness. Hunt's sauce was way too sweet. In Speedy's words, he could eat the contents of Ram's pork and beans with nothing else but, with Hunt's, after a few spoonfuls, he found it cloying already.
Personally, I can't eat canned pork and beans by itself. I pan fried bacon and ham, threw in chopped onions, poured in the pork and beans from both bowls, seasoned everything with salt and pepper, and… well, that looked more like real food than canned mush.
have you tried Permex Tuna & Beans? really good! I love Permex tuna.
I love Permex tuna too but I don't think I've seen Permex tuna and beans. I'll remember that though. Thanks for the tip!
Good reviews Connie. Too bad you couldn't find Libby's. Never tried RAM before, it's always just either Hunt's or Libby's. This reminds me of a recipe you came up with that required a can of pork and beans added at the end. I must've cooked that twice a month for several months!
Naku, connie na-adik ako dyan! haha I'd cook 2 kilos of beef pang baon araw araw! Na miss ko tuloy!
Ram's product inspired me to make my own from scratch. I cannot comment on how other brands are better from Ram's since that's the only brand I've ever tried and we rarely buy it.
But thanks for the entry.
Ms. Connie, try mo po yung nasa pouch na hunts pork and beans, meat po talaga nakalagay hindi taba, mas gusto po ito ng mga anak ko than yung nakalata.
i am surprised that hunts have 2 (3) pieces of pork! i thought that is why it is called pork and beans coz it has 1 pc only otherwise it will be porks and beans. hehe.
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package org.hisp.dhis.period;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
/**
* @author Lars Helge Overland
*/
public class PeriodHierarchy
{
private Map<Integer, Set<Integer>> intersectingPeriods = new HashMap<>();
private Map<Integer, Set<Integer>> periodsBetween = new HashMap<>();
public Map<Integer, Set<Integer>> getIntersectingPeriods()
{
return intersectingPeriods;
}
public Set<Integer> getIntersectingPeriods( Period period )
{
return new HashSet<>( intersectingPeriods.get( period.getId() ) );
}
public Set<Integer> getIntersectingPeriods( Collection<Period> periods )
{
periods = new HashSet<>( periods );
Set<Integer> set = new HashSet<>();
for ( Period period : periods )
{
if ( intersectingPeriods.containsKey( period.getId() ) )
{
set.addAll( intersectingPeriods.get( period.getId() ) );
}
}
return set;
}
public Map<Integer, Set<Integer>> getPeriodsBetween()
{
return periodsBetween;
}
public Set<Integer> getPeriodsBetween( Period period )
{
return new HashSet<>( periodsBetween.get( period.getId() ) );
}
public Set<Integer> getPeriodsBetween( Collection<Period> periods )
{
periods = new HashSet<>( periods );
Set<Integer> set = new HashSet<>();
for ( Period period : periods )
{
if ( periodsBetween.containsKey( period.getId() ) )
{
set.addAll( periodsBetween.get( period.getId() ) );
}
}
return set;
}
}
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Located in northern Sichuan and some 117 kilometers from Chengdu, Mianyang is centered on Deyang in the south and Guangyuan in the north, forming a tourism route that retraces travel along the Shudao (Sichuan Roads) of the Three Kingdoms Period. Numerous scenic resorts along the route offer visitors a glimpse of local customs and folklore. The main attractions are Jianmen Pass, the Old Plank Road, Huangze Temple, the Thousand-Buddha Cliff, Li Bai Memorial Hall, and Mount Douchui.
A key pass along the old Shudao, Jianmen was known as an impregnable pass. The natural pass is formed by cliffs set among 72 steep peaks along a 100-kilometer stretch of mountains.
Located in Jiangyou City, the Li Bai Memorial Hall is bordered by water on three sides and shaded by stands of bamboo and willow. The main buildings are the Taibai Hall. Taibai Library, Xiaoya Room. Huaixie Hall, and Linjiangxian Hall. The memorial hall is a depository for the treasured possessions of the famed poet Li Bai, as well as Song Dynasty tablets, a ,tapir of Li Bai, Valuable carvings, and a portrait of Li Bai.
Sanxingdui was once the capital of the Kingdom of Shu. The ruins of the once-grand city lie to the west of Guanghan City. In 1986, much of the 4,000year-old ruins were excavated. Six State-level treasures were unearthed. The relics reflect the height of the bronze age in China. The Sanxingdui Museum was completed in 1997 and now displays over 1.000 cultural relics.
Douchui Mountain is located m the Wudu District, 15 kilometers from Jiangyou City. Xiangyue, Feixian, and Shenfu peaks rise about 100 meters from the summit and are only 30 to 40 meters from each other. When viewed from a distance, they form a majestic crown on the mountain's summit. Three holy sites were built on the peaks, Dongyue Shrine on Xiangyue, Douzhen Palace on Feixian, and Luban Palace on Shenfu. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 537 |
Episode 251 - Free In-Flight WiFi? Yes Please!
Join Carlos, Nev and Matt for this week's show.
In today's episode we discover that 'Everyone's Favourite Low-Cost Airline' is rated the worse airline for the 6th year in a row, one Chinese captain raises security concerns as he seats his wife in the cockpit and an Indonesian carrier offers in-flight 'LIVE' music.
Episode 250 - "The one with the Memes"
Join Carlos, Nev, Liz and Matt for their first show of 2019.
In this week's programme we're discussing that drone incident, yet more strike woes are on the cards for everyone's favourite low cost airline and there is good news for the environment as Hi-Fly ban single use plastics. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 538 |
Overall the North East Florida market, listings are steadily climbing. While it may not be the 26% rise in new listings we had in 2013, so far this year we have a 10% increase in new listings over last year. This is good news for Buyers and a great time to get into a new home before the beginning of the next school year.
For specific information regarding any community at the beaches, call the Jack McCarthy Team for a complementary Market Analysis. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 539 |
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The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis), an invasive, wood-boring beetle that attacks ash trees, was positively identified for the first time in Wisconsin in Ozaukee and Washington Counties in August 2008. Since then, a second infestation has been identified in Vernon County in April 2009. This exotic insect, native to Asia, was first detected in North American in Detroit, Michigan in 2002. Since this initial detection, the emerald ash borer has killed tens of millions of ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) in the Great Lakes region and beyond.
Emerald Ash Borer's Effects
The emerald ash borer belongs to a group of insects known as metallic wood-boring beetles (Buprestidae). The beetle's immature or larval form spends its life feeding beneath the bark of ash trees. As a result, the ash tree host suffers extensive damage to its vascular system, depriving the tree's crown of water and nutrients. Research conducted by Michigan State University and the USDA Forest Service has shown the emerald ash borer attacks both stressed and healthy ash trees, typically killing its host in three to five years. All ash species in Wisconsin are attacked, including white, green black and blue ash. Mountain ash (Sorbus spp.), not a true ash, is unaffected.
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Emerald ash borer is a slow-moving insect, dispersing just one-half to two miles annually on its own. However, this rate of dispersal can be greatly accelerated by humans transporting ash firewood, nursery stock and other wood products long distances. This inadvertent transportation of emerald ash borer larvae in infested materials by people has greatly increased the distribution of emerald ash borer across the country. Since the detection of emerald ash borer, firewood and quarantine regulations have been put in place to try to slow the spread of this pest. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 541 |
Q: closed-form or recursion solution to combinatorial couting? Mr. Fushi is now working in a telecom company in Paris, responsible for generating the daily assignment of technicians to particular tasks, such as repairing and installation procedures. In principle, every technician can do every task but for timing reasons, he can only perform a fixed number of tasks per day. For regulamentation reasons, each task requires a fixed number of technicians.
The following picture shows a possible assignment of 4 technicians to 4 tasks, with the requirement that two technicians must be assigned to each task and each technician must perform two tasks.
Josh 1, 4
Bruce 1, 2
Newton 2, 3
Curie 3, 4
Since there may be different possible assignments, Mr. Fushi would like to show all possibilities to the director so that he can choose the best assignment. However, there may be too many and, in that case, Mr. Fushi has to choose a sample of it. For that reason, Mr. Fushi needs to count how many possible assignments exist. Could you help him?
Given the number of technicians (M), the number of tasks (N), the required number of tasks per technician (P) and the required number of technicians per task (Q) find the number of all distinct assignments.
For example, for M = 6, N = 6, Q = 1 and P = 1 the solution is 720.
For M = 6, N = 6, Q = 2 and P = 2 the solution is 67950.
Is there a closed-form solution to this problem? If not how is this solvable? Maybe with recursion?
I've come to conclusion that the condition P * M == N * Q must be met for the solution to be > 0. Am I right?
A: The teacher that assigned this graded homework also denoted that he couldn't conceive of an immediate formula nor was he certain that one even existed for all cases (∀ M, N, P, Q).
A solution:
You should start off with a recursive function which makes every possible combination; those that assigning Q technicians to the N Tasks whilst every technician having P distinct tasks assigned to him are considered valid.
When this is done you can ponder on how backtracking would be ever so helpful in discarding redundant or repetitive calls but, alas, it's not that obvious how you can infer that you've arrived at that combination already. So in order to make the most of memoization you could perhaps transform the combination (number of technicians in each task or number of tasks each technician has) into an unique number (perhaps an already implemented hashtable, counting the numbers that make up this combination or even treating it as a whole number in base Q).
This will greatly cut down your time, from years to fractions of a second. For instance, one of the case tests will generate around 10^7 combinations and your final answer should be able to deal with that and more in less than 0.5 seconds ;-)
A: This is a partial answer. Assume $M=N$.
Suppose $Q=P=1$. The number of distinct assignments should be $M!$, since anyone can have any task and no task is repeated.
Suppose $Q=P=2$. Distribute tasks 1 through $M$ as before. We now want to distribute these tasks again, but we don't want anyone to get the same task as before. This is the same as finding a derangement of $\{1, 2, \dots, M\}$. This can be done in $\left[\frac{n!}{e}\right]$ ways, where the $[~~]$ denotes rounding to the nearest integer. The order that the jobs are received doesn't matter, so we divide by 2. Then the number of distinct arrangements should be $\frac{M!}{2} \cdot \left[\frac{n!}{e}\right]$.
When $M=6$, this gives 95400, which is not the same as the answer that you provided. The mistake could be mine, but where did your answer come from?
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The South African Macadamia Association (SAMAC) which is comprised of macadamia nut growers, processors and marketers, recently launched its annual bursary at the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) career fair at the University of Pretoria.
Over 2 000 students that attended this year's PMA Agri-Food Career Fair held in conjunction with the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. Different industries within the agricultural sector including Fruit SA, were at the event. Students had the opportunity to learn and gain insight into the different sectors of the industry and career choices available to them.
SAMAC also contributed to the sponsorship of a school tour arranged by Fruit SA for students from Limpopo to visit the University which was followed by a presentation by, Derek Donkin CEO of the SA Subtropical Growers' Association, about the different careers in agriculture.
The PMA Agri-Food career fair also provides a platform for the different industries to provide internship and bursaries to previously disadvantaged students. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 543 |
This book is a good guide to some of the wares that the King's Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4) has to offer.
Johansson begins by looking at various ways by which Black can decline the gambit (e.g. 2…Bc5 and 2…Qh4+) or go onto the offensive (with Falkbeer's 2…d5 or 2…Nc6 3.Nf3 f5!?) at move two. His focus then shifts towards the intricacies of the King's Gambit proper, where Black accepts the pawn (2…exf4 3.Nf3), including Fischer's supposed 'bust' (3…d6) and the various tendrils that make up the Kieseritzky Gambit (3…g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 or 5.Nd4!? – the latter move an interesting, original product of Johansson's own noggin). Note also that Johansson considers both the King Knight's Gambit (3.Nf3) and the King's Bishop Gambit (3. Bc4), a line favoured by Fischer. Some books, for example Joe Gallagher's Winning with the King's Gambit (1993), look only at the knight's move.
One practical advantage to playing the King's Gambit is that you cannot get sidetracked into other open games. If you play the Spanish or the Scotch, for example, you have to reckon with encountering the Philidor or the Petroff (amongst others) instead. There's none of that here: with 2.f4 White sets out his stall and determines the future course of the play.
The many complex positions that the King's Gambit gives rise to present an ideal opportunity for learning how to exploit an initiative or a lead in development, and of course for learning how to attack. Whilst Johansson's recommended repertoire is quite narrow and focused, as he himself concedes in the introduction, it is thorough with regard to those lines that he does recommend.
If you are seeking enterprising play right from the start, then why not try the King's Gambit? A venerable opening still nowhere near to being refuted, it is an excellent choice for an attack-minded player. Johansson's book provides a useful survey of what the opening offers.
The publisher's website is here.
Adam Hunt's excellent introduction to chess strategy uses the 'move by move' format pioneered by Everyman Chess. What this means is that the exercises are hard wired into the exposition: on every page, below the diagram of a crucial position, there is a question or two for you to attempt, with the answer occurring a little later in the annotations.
There is a well thought out mix of classic and recent games, including games by Hunt (by no means all wins by the author) and some of his students. Just to illustrate and underline the point that, in chess, strategic principles apply universally.
The book is comprehensive, covering topics ranging from the centre and king safety to prophylaxis and overprotection; from the relatively straightforward to the more advanced and (in the case of overprotection, perhaps) the problematic. As well as knowledge and concepts, Hunt touches on the skills involved in strategic play. You will learn how to evaluate a position and form a plan, how to be more resilient in defence. A final chapter looks at psychology and practical play.
I was impressed by the book and also surprised to learn that it is apparently Hunt's first. Surprised, since he is such an accomplished and engaging writer. As an IM he clearly knows what he's talking about, equally importantly he puts across the ideas very well indeed. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 544 |
Top 15 Universities In London: 2022 London Colleges Rankings
December 9, 2022 by ASG Editor
London is one of the most popular study abroad destinations in Europe for students across the globe. It is the capital and largest city in England. London attracts more foreign students than any other city and has a good number of universities.
Do you wish to study in London? If YES, then learn about the top Universities in London. It will help you get started on a good note.
There is an amazing range of Universities and courses international students can choose from. Most of the oldest universities in the world can be found in London. By deciding to study in London, you'll have the chance to see the world in an entirely different way. This is due to the fact that the study pattern in London is actually more top-notch than many other universities.
This article promises to provide you with all the essential information that pertains to universities in London.
Why Study In London
Explore Museums and Art Galleries
It is a Great Location That Connects with Other Popular Destinations
History and Lots of Touring Locations
Best 15 Colleges In London: Universities in London Ranking
#1. University of Oxford
#3. London University College
University College London Rankings
#4. Imperial College London
#5. University of Edinburgh
#6. King's College London
#7. University of Manchester
#8. University of Bristol
#9. Glasgow University
#10. University of Birmingham
#11. University of Southampton
#12. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
#13. Queen Mary, University of London
#14. University of Sheffield
#15. University of Warwick
Universities in London For Psychology
Top Universities In the UK
Best Law Universities In London
Top universities in London for computer Science
Best Universities in the World
one of the reasons for doing your study in London is that you get to meet and connect to new people and collect contacts in your chosen field. There is also the opportunity of getting acquainted with professionals in your course of study or even your chosen field. However to achieve this requires you to be deliberate about it, building the right relationships can boost your chances of getting employment after study.
London is known for its tons of free museums and art galleries; hence, as a student in London, you must definitely find the ones that interest you. For instance, if you are concerned about science, you can dedicate your spare time to visiting the science museum, where you will see a lot of science-related works of history. Some examples are the popular model for a blue whale, the skeletons of dinosaurs, and a long list of others.
The system of train transportation in the United Kingdom is fantastic, which has made London a central travel hub. You can easily travel around London, but you also have the option of touring outside of the city. Some of the countries that are just a ride away are – France, Switzerland, Belgium, and many others.
London is home to a lot of historical facts and places. Some of these historical facts may include, Historical Palaces, Houses, and even Landmarks. In addition, there are also other wonderful sites to behold and experience, you can visit Buckingham Palace to get a little experience of how the royals live, You can also have a close eye view of the London Tower. When you study abroad, you will experience all these and even more.
Following the fact that London is a huge city, it attracts people with different cultures, religions, and even political views. As a matter of fact, It is said that you will find little of everything in London.
London is the number destination that hosts international students from all over the world, which simply implies there are various different cultures in the city. It makes no difference the location you are, as long as you are in London you will have the chance to experience other different cultures. This helps you to be more exposed to other cultures. You can learn to accommodate and respect other cultures.
Below is a list of the top 15 colleges in London. We selected these schools based on their global rankings, accreditation, academic reputations, graduate employability rates, tuition, acceptance & graduation rates.
London University College
Glasgow University
Acceptance/graduation rates
9,250 GBP Privy Council 17.5%/70.9%
The University of Oxford traces its roots back to 1096, however, the actual founding date of the school is not known. More than half of graduates from the institution conduct research as a requirement for their studies. College housing is guaranteed for undergraduates in their freshman year and by choice can decide to remain there throughout their studies.
#5 in Best Global Universities
#1 in Best Global Universities in Europe
#1 in Best Global Universities in the United Kingdom
9,250 GBP; 21,732 GBP(International students) New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) 21%/30.8%
The University of Cambridge was founded in 1209 and is sited around 60 miles north of London. It used a three-term based academic calendar – Lent(Winter), Easter (Spring), and Michaelmas (fall) Nevertheless, English is the chosen language of instruction in the university.
Cambridge University has a student population of over 19,000 and has more than 7000 international students.
9,250 GBP; 17,710 GBP(International students) Privy Council 63%/94.8%
The university college London (UCL) was established in 1826. It is a public research-intensive institution that is one of the best colleges in London, England. It is one of the oldest universities in England, in fact, the university is the third that was established in England. The institution has two main campuses, one in Australia and the other in Qatar. Additionally, the university engages in research exchange agreements with other universities around the world.
#19 in Best Global Universities
9,250 GBP BCS – Chartered Institute for IT 14.3%/64%
Imperial College London is a public higher education institution that was established in 1907. It is one of the best colleges in London and has several campuses situated in and around London. Its main campuses are located in Kensington South.
The university is made up of four major academic divisions(Business, Medicine, Natural Science, and Engineering).
9,250 GBP; 23,200 GBP(International students) Privy Council 10%/ 87.7%
The University of Edinburgh is one of the top London universities and was founded in 1583. It has 5 campuses situated in strategic locations in Scotland. The University has three colleges which are – Science and Engineering; Art, Humanities and Social Sciences; Medicine, and Veterinary Medicine.
The primary language of communication in the University is English and it uses a semester-based academic calendar.
9,000 GBP; 18,100 GBP(International students) The Middle States Commission on Higher Education 13%/ 87.7%
King's College London is a public research higher education university located in the United Kingdom, London. It is among the top colleges and universities in London and was founded in 1829. The university has a total of nine faculties and offers over 4000 undergraduate degree programs and more than 5,000 masters' degree programs.
The institution's total student population is about 27,000 with more than 5,000 international students.
#34 in Best Global Universities (tie)
#7 in Best Global Universities in Europe (tie)
9,250 GBP; 21,000 GBP(International students) The Higher Learning Commission 56.1%/ 46.2%
The university was established as the Mechanic's institute in 1824. It is a public higher education institution, it is one of the best universities in London, England. The institution is one of the best in the United Kingdom and is based in the North of England with over 38,000 students.
It is ranked top because it is one of the most prestigious and globally recognized universities in the world.
#18 in Best Global Universities in Europe
10,500 GBP; 18,300 GBP(International students) Privy Council 67.3%/ 95%
The University of Bristol was founded in 1876 and is one of the top universities in London. The higher education institution is both postgraduate and undergraduate programs and is classified into five faculties namely: Engineering, Law, Science, Health Science, and Life Science.
In recent years, it has had more than 23,000 students with about 6,000 foreign students.
#26 in Best Global Universities in Europe (tie)
#8 in Best Global Universities in the United Kingdom (tie)
9,000 GBP; 16,350 GBP(International students) AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS 74.3%/ 80%
The University of Glasgow is a public research-intensive university that was founded in 1451. It is ranked among the top 100 best universities in the world. It is the fourth-largest city that is based In Scotland and also the university is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of United Kingdom Research Universities. The Institution is located in western Glasgow which is three miles from the center of the city.
The university offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs and has over 9,000 international students from all around the world.
9,000 GBP; 14,550 GBP(International students) AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB 79%/ 56%
The University of Birmingham is a public research-focused higher education institution. It is a Successor of the Queens College Birmingham and is the first English red-brick university to receive its royal charter. The primary language for communication in the institution is English, making it easy for international students to blend into its system.
It has over 8,000 international students and more than 31,000 students in total.
#10 in Best Global Universities in the United Kingdom
9,000 GBP Privy Council 75%/ 80.92
The University of Southampton is located in Southampton, England. It was established in 1862 and is a founding member of the Rusell Group in the united kingdom. The institution is among the best colleges in London and has seven campuses in total with its main campus situated in Highfield. It offers undergraduate and also postgraduate degrees.
92,375 GBP APHEA 65%/ 61%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine was established in 1899 and is a college that is a part of the University of London. It is also a public research-intensive university that is situated in Bloomsbury in London central. The college is majorly concerned about public health and tropical medicine and is also a global leading destination for postgraduate studies.
#114 in Best Global Universities (tie)
#12 in Best Global Universities in the United Kingdom (tie)
9,250 GBP Privy Council 43.6%/ 90.16%
Queen Mary, University of London was established in 1887 and is a college from the University of London. It is a public research-intensive university situated in London, England. The institution has a strong world reputation and has the world's largest academic health centers.
In addition, the university has over 16,000 students with more than 4,000 international students.
9,000 GBP; 17,625 GBP(International students) Privy Council 13.18%/ 72%
The University of Sheffield was established following the merger of three colleges in 1905. The university is one of the famous higher education institutions in London and is located in Northern England. It is actually the best university system engineering, stem cell technology, and smart material. Currently, the university has an enrollment base of 28,000 foreign students from more than 120 countries.
9,000 GBP; 18,480 GBP(International students) Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business 14%/ 90.26%
As part of the initiative of government to expand education, this institution was established in 1965. It is a public research-intensive institution that is located in the outskirt country. Additionally, The university is among the Rusell research group research of universities.
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
UCL (University College London)
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
When you think of studying in London, think of the cost; the specialization; the research facilities; and, most importantly, the accreditation. Colleges in London have a high international reputation. Take advantage of our list of the best schools.
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Alarming Rise in Rate of Bacterial Infections at Hospitals
Bacterial infections are a huge concern in the field of medicine today. For example, in 2005 approximately 19,000 people were killed in the United States due to bacterial infections. Data from the same year shows that 100,000 people were infected with MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), a type of bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics like penicillin. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have also revealed that the proportion of hospital or healthcare-related staphylococcal infections that are due to MRSA has been steadily increasing. Approximately 85% of all infections were contracted in healthcare facilities.
All of these numbers are quite alarming, considering that patients and their family members put their trust and faith in these hospitals to protect their health and well-being. Bacterial infections worsen the condition of patients and put them at risk even inside a healthcare institution. The epidemic of hospital-acquired bacterial infections is prevalent across the entire country and throughout the world. Making things worse is the fact that these infections are usually caused by the healthcare provider's fault or negligence.
Hospitals are required to maintain sanitary facilities and equipment, and to ensure that staff, devices and everything used in the hospitals are properly sanitized. Patient exposure to all kinds of different diseases while in the hospital is not an excuse for the prevalence of such bacterial infections in our hospitals. While the public needs a definitive response that will address this concern directly through the development of antibiotics and better facilities, hospitals need to comply with the standards that are expected of them.
Once a patient is infected, their hospital stay is extended, sometimes for weeks or months. Of the 1.7 million Americans who are infected in hospitals each year, at least 99,000 of them die from those infections. In fact, because many of these infections are preventable by the hospital, and because there are so many of them, Medicare has determined they would no longer pay hospitals for treating patients who had acquired infections during their hospital stay. Many insurers have followed suit.
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with an infection that was contracted in a hospital or another medical care facility, contact the Rhode Island hospital infection attorneys at the law offices of d'Oliveira & Associates at 1-800-992-6878.
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The Food Corporation of India has updated the website with the FCI Recruitment 2017, issued on the website is aiming to fill for Watchman Posts. Candidates can get further details of the FCI Recruitment 2017 on the official website at www.fci.gov.in.
The Food Corporation of India has issued with the Job openings for Watchman Posts through the FCI Recruitment 2017 that will be updated on the website on 22nd July 2017. The application mode for the posts is through the online method on the official website at www.fci.gov.in. The candidates are selected through a Written test and Physical Endurance Test processes and are placed in Andhra Pradesh.For more information about the FCI Recruitment 2017, candidates are advised to refer the Official Website of the Food Corporation of India at www.fci.gov.in.
FCI Recruitment 2017 will be issued on the official website of the Food Corporation of India on 22nd July 2017. The Food Corporation of India is aiming to fill 271 Vacancies for Watchman Posts. Candidates should note the last date of submission of the application form which until 21st August 2017 and can be applied through online method at www.fci.gov.in.
Applicants applying for the Watchman posts at Food Corporation of India must have completed 8th standard or more from a recognised Board or University.
The Age limit for the Watchman Posts should not be from 18 to 25 years as per the official website.
Visit the Food Corporation of India page at www.fci.gov.in.
Click "FCI Recruitment2017″ link and select the "Apply" link.
Enter the form with correct details and upload the required documents.
Submit the application form before the last date of submission.
Take a print out of the same for further use.
For detailed specification of the FCI Recruitment 2017. Click here.
Check UPSC Recruitment 2017 for Indian Military Academy & Other Posts of 414 Vacancies at www.upsc.gov.in.
Union Public Service Commission issued the UPSC Recruitment 2017 with 414 Job Vacancies for Indian Military Academy & Other Posts on the website on 9th August 2017. Candidates who qualify the required qualifications can apply for the UPSC Recruitment 2017 on the official website at www.upsc.gov.in.
The Union Public Service Commission has released with the openings for Indian Military Academy & Other Posts through the UPSC Recruitment 2017 on 9th August 2017.The Commission aiming to fill 414 Vacancies for Indian Military Academy & Other Posts can be applied online on the official website at www.upsc.gov.in. To apply for the UPSC Recruitment 2017 candidates should note the last date of submission of the application form which until 8th September 2017. Candidates who are willing to apply for the posts are advised to keep themselves updated on the website.
The Union Public Service Commission is a central recruiting agency of India and has its headquarters at Dholpur House, in New Delhi. They conduct examinations for All India services and group A & group B of Central services. The Union Public Service Commission has recently released the UPSC Recruitment 2017 Notification on the website to recruit candidates for Indian Military Academy & Other Posts. The candidates at Union Public Service Commission are selected through a Written Examination Interview processes.
Applicants applying for the Indian Military Academy & Other posts at Union Public Service Commission must hold a degree from the recognised university or equivalent.
The Age limit for the Indian Military Academy & Other Posts should be satisfied as per the official website.
Go to the official website at www.upsc.gov.in.
Click the UPSC Recruitment 2017 link.
Download and enter the information as required.
Submit the application before the last date and take a print out for further use.
The Railway Protection Force has released the latest Job Openings for Constables Posts on the website. The RPF Recruitment 2017 has been issued on the website aiming to fill for19,952 Vacancies Constables Posts. Candidates can get more updates of the RPF Recruitment 2017 on the official website at www.indianrailways.gov.in.
The Railway Protection Force has released with the openings for Constables Posts through the RPF Recruitment 2017 that was updated on the website.The Railway Protection Force is aiming to fill 19,952 Vacancies for Constables Posts through RPF Recruitment 2017. Candidates should note the last date of submission of the application form which until 14th October 2017. The application mode to apply for the posts is through the offline method. The application form is to be sent before the last date to the postal address given on the official website at www.indianrailways.gov.in. For more information candidates can refer to the Official Website.
The Railway Protection Force is a security force of India. The RPF aims at protecting railway passengers, passenger area and railway property of the Indian Railways. The Railway Protection Force has recently released the RPF Recruitment 2017 Notification on the website to recruit candidates for Constables Posts. The candidates at Railway Protection Force are selected through a Written Examination, Physical Efficiency Test, Physical Measurement Test, Viva-Voce Test, Bonus Marks, Verification of Documents, Medical Examination, Training processes.
Applicants applying for the Constables posts at Railway Protection Force must have completed 10th or equivalent from a Central or State Govt recognised Board/Institution.
The Age limit for the Constables Posts should be from 18 to 25 years as per the official website.
Open the official website at www.indianrailways.gov.in.
Download the application form from the RPF Recruitment 2017 link.
Fill the form with the required details.
Send it to the postal address given on the website.
The OICL Previous Papers 2017 has been released by Oriental Insurance Corporation Limited on the official website at www.orientalinsurance.org.in. The Oriental Insurance Corporation Limited issued OICL Sample Papers 2017 for candidates applying for the Administrative Officer Posts.
The Oriental Insurance Corporation Limited has released the notification of OICL Recruitment 2017 for aspirers looking for the Government Jobs. The candidates who are willing to work at Oriental Insurance Corporation Limited and are preparing for the examination can get the OICL Previous Papers Papers 2017 being updated on the official website at www.orientalinsurance.org.in. The candidates have to submit their application form through online before the last date of submission before 21st August 2017.
It is important for candidates to get updated with the OICL Previous Papers Papers 2017 available on the website. OICL Previous Papers Papers 2017 allows the applicant to get an idea about the question paper pattern and the syllabus required to crack the examination. Candidates aspiring for the Administrative Officer Posts at Oriental Insurance Corporation Limited can practice with the solved papers as this would enable the applicants to dedicate their time upon the frequently asked questions and to get a clear idea about the examination.
The Board is aiming to fill 300 vacancies for the Administrative Officer Posts. Applicants at Oriental Insurance Corporation Limited are selected through Prelim and Main Examination processes. Candidates who are interested in the Administrative Officer Posts can start preparing for the exams through the OICL Previous Papers Papers 2017 available on the website.
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Click 'Download' option available on the screen.
Take Print out of the same for further use.
Click here to get further details about the exam and the OICL Previous Papers Papers 2017.
Check BHEL Recruitment 2017 of 301 vacancies for Conservator of Technical Apprentice Posts at www.bhel.in.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has released the latest Job Openings of 301 vacancies for Conservator of Technical Apprentice Posts. The Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited is aiming to recruit candidates through BHEL Recruitment 2017. Further information can be obtained from the official website at www.bhel.in.
The BHEL Recruitment 2017 has issued the Job openings for Technical Apprentice Posts on 18th August 2017. Candidates can apply for the BHEL Recruitment 2017 through the offline method, and send the same to the postal address given on the website at www.bhel.in. Interested Candidates can appear for the Walk-in-Interview on 21st August 2017 to 31st August 2017 to the address provided on the site. The applicants who have applied for the posts through the BHEL Recruitment 2017 are selected through Interview processes.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited is an engineering and manufacturing company based in New Delhi, India. The company was founded in 1964 and is considered to be India's largest power plant equipment manufacturer. The Organisation conducts BHEL Recruitment 2017 to select candidates for Various Posts. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has recently issued the BHEL Recruitment 2017 for Technical Apprentice Jobs of 301 vacancies on the official website. For more information about the Recruitment Procedure candidates can refer to the official website.
Applicants applying for the Technical Apprentice Posts should have the degree in Diploma in the respective discipline from a recognised University.
The Age limit Criteria should be from 18 to 27 years as per the official website at www.bhel.in.
Age Relaxation is given for candidates of OBC and Other Categories.
Visit the official website at www.bhel.in.
Click on the "Engagement of Apprentice Trainee" link under the career section.
Download the Notification and fill the BHEL Apprentice Training Application Form.
Lastly, appear for the Walk-in-Interview on the address given on the official website.
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Q: IOS - animation not responding I want to create an animated menu.
*
*first it's hidden outside screen
*when user taps the screen, it will slide in
*user can tap it and it do something
*then after 3s it will slide outside screen
But problem is it not response when I tap it. Why?
example code: All code is in my UIView class.
showing = NO;
box = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(500,-200,200,200)];
box.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
UITapGestureRecognizer *tapBox = [[[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(tapMenuHandler:)] autorelease];
[box addGestureRecognizer:tapBox];
[self addSubView:box];
and:
-(void) tapMenuHandler: (UIView *)obj {
//Do something
NSLog(@"tap box");
}
and:
-(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
if (!showing) {
box.frame = CGRectMake(500, -200, 200, 200);
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.5f delay:0.3f options:(UIViewAnimationOptionAllowUserInteraction) animations:^{
box.frame = CGRectMake(500, 200, 200, 200);
} completion:^(BOOL finished) {
showing = YES;
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.5f delay:3.0f options:(UIViewAnimationOptionAllowUserInteraction) animations:^{
box.frame = CGRectMake(500, -200, 200,200);
} completion:^(BOOL finished) {
showing = NO;
}];
}];
}
}
Thank for your help and sorry for my English :)
Edit: more detail
I tried set start my box's origin in screen (ex. 500,600), It still always response when tap at start point (500,600) even though my box move to another position.
Update:
I changed my way to move box outside screen by use NSTimer then it's work!
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.5f delay:0.3f options:UIViewAnimationOptionAllowUserInteraction animations:^{
box.frame = CGRectMake(500,200,200,200);
} completion:^(BOOL finished) {
isShowMenubar = YES;
//use NSTimer instead of delay
[NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:3.0f target:self selector:@selector(hideBox) userInfo:nil repeats:NO];
}];
and
-(void)hideBox {
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.5f delay:0.0f options:UIViewAnimationOptionAllowUserInteraction animations:^{
box.frame = CGRectMake(500,-200,200,200);} completion:^(BOOL finished) {
isShowMenubar = NO;
}];
}
A: The reason why the box is not receiving touches has to do with how animation works. Your box is actually offscreen, but visually, it's going through the animation.
Even though you set the delay as 3.0, it still moves the box beforehand (due to the animation method still being called). So in your current code, if you tapped on the box at (500, -200) then it will receive the touch.
To fix this, either use an NSTimer or Grand Central Dispatch to delay.
NSTimer:
[NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:3.0 target:self action:@selector(dismissBox) userInfo:nil repeats:NO];
The problem with NSTimer is that you'll have to put that animation code in a separate method.
Grand Central Dispatch:
double delayInSeconds = 3.0;
dispatch_time_t popTime = dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, delayInSeconds * NSEC_PER_SEC);
dispatch_after(popTime, dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(void){
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.5f animations:^{
box.frame = CGRectMake(box.frame.origin.x, -200, 200,200);
}completion:^(BOOL finished) {
showing = NO;
}];
});
A: I ran the code and didn't see the red view either. Then playing around for a bit, I got that your view is animating but is still out of bounds so you never see it. try changing the animation block to something like (the origin of the frame is at the left bottom corner)
box.frame = CGRectMake(100, 100, 200, 200);
and hopefully it will come animating.
Also, assuming that you run these in your view controller, the correct method should be
[self.view addSubview:box];
hope this helps
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#Bumblescratch is a new family #musical by @RobbieSherman about a London plague rat! Premieres in star-studded concert at #WestEnd's Adelphi Theatre 4 Sep 2016.
BUMBLESCRATCH has music, lyrics and book by Robert J. Sherman, continuing the enduring legacy of his father and uncle, Robert B. and Richard M. Sherman, a.k.a The Sherman Brothers, the songwriting duo behind childhood classics including Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book. It is directed by Stewart Nicholls, who also collaborated with Robbie Sherman on the critically acclaimed Love Birds and A Spoonful of Sherman.
Robert J. Sherman stems from a long, illustrious line of songwriters spanning more than four generations. At 16 Sherman joined BMI and is an alum of BMI's Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Theatre: Love Birds (Pleasance, Edinburgh), A Spoonful of Sherman (St. James Theatre), Bumblescratch (Network Theatre) and A Christmas Held Captive (Beverly Hills Playhouse). Other credits include: The Adventures of Amazon Jack (Columbia TriStar) and The Magic 7 (Pulse Entertainment). Books: Moose: Chapters From My Life (as Editor). Notable Song: "Disneyana!" (The Official Theme Song of the Disneyana Fan Club), "Mondays" (from Ms: A Song Cycle). Sherman is the CEO/President of Music World LLC and MusicWorld UK and is the trustee of the Robert B. Sherman Family Estate and Archives which includes one half of The Sherman Brothers and Al Sherman estates. Sherman resides in London, England.
Official Bumblescratch Website http://www.bumblescratch.com Twitter: @Bumblescratch1 Facebook: /Bumblescratch Bumblescratch, a new, sung-through musical comedy written by Robert J. Sherman, received its West End premiere in a gala concert presentation held in aid of Variety (The Children's Charity) on Sunday 4 September 2016 at the Adelphi Theatre in London. Bumblescratch is set in London during the Great Plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of 1666 and told from the perspective of a demented, lascivious plague rat named Melbourne Bumblescratch, who demonstrates his unique and twisted love affair with the ancient city through the telling of his marvelously gruesome tales. Cast: Darren Day (Melbourne Bumblescratch), Jessica Martin (Bethesda/Widow), Michael Xavier (Hookbeard), Ilan Galkoff (Perry), Jacob Chapman (Socrates), Cathy Read (Thamesa), Alastair Barron (Fats), Dickie Wood (Charmer), Teddy Moynihan (Squabbler), Katie Kerr (Rolanda), Jessie May (Lascivia) Emma Harrold (Squeaker) and James Dangerfield (Rufus). Creatives: Stewart Nicholls (Director/Choreographer), Robert J. Sherman (Book, Music & Lyrics), Tom Kelly (Music Supervisor/Director), Rowland Lee (Orchestrator & Vocal Arranger), Gabriella Slade (Designer), David W Kidd (LX Lighting Designer), Miles Fisher (LX Programmer/Operator), Tony Gayle (Head Sound Engineer), Marcus Wadland for White Light (Sound System Designer/Operator), Daniel Denton (Video/Projection Designer), Justin Allin (Costume Supervisor), Kimberley Moses (Assistant Director/Choreographer), James Church (Assistant Musical Director), Nick Norton-Smith (Orchestral Contractor), Paul Benzing (Fight Director), Jane Deitch (Casting Director), Leigh Porter (Production Manager), Jude Cound (Company Stage Manager), Xanthe Parker (Deputy Stage Manager), Norma Bonnell (Costume Maker), Alice Brown (Costume Maker), Amy Addison (Hair, Make Up and Prop Costumes. The London Concert Cast Recording was released by SimG Records and is available through Amazon and iTunes. Amazon (USA) https://www.amazon.com/Bumblescratch-London-Cast-Recording/dp/B01MS84YAR/ Amazon (UK) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06XKYNVKN/ iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/bumblescratch-london-concert-cast-recording/id1215117370 This Video was filmed and edited by Matt Titterton at AdVision TV http://www.advisiontv.co.uk/ Footage from the September 4, 2016 production at The Adelphi Theatre, London. ©2017 MusicWorld (UK) Ltd. International copyrights secured. All rights reserved.
From the 2013 workshop production.
Game of Thrones star Sebastian Croft reunites with Robert J (Robbie) Sherman to discuss his past work in musical theatre, including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, with music by his father and uncle (The Sherman Brothers), and a workshop production of Robbie's own musical Bumblescratch, which - as the pair announce - will have a West End gala premiere on 4 September 2016. The concert presentation coincides with the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, during which Bumblescratch is set.
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Ammo Bomma ( My God! Toy!) is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language horror comedy film, produced by D. Lata Mahesh under the Sirisha Productions banner and directed by Relangi Narasimha Rao. It stars Rajendra Prasad, Suman, Seema, Uma and music composed by Shanmuk. The film is a remake of the Marathi movie Zapatlela (1993) which itself was inspired by 1988 Hollywood movie Child's Play. The film was an average grosser at the box office.
Plot
The film begins on Gangaram (Satya Prakash) a deadly gangster, as his life is a blank wall, he approaches a powerful wizard Malabar Baba and acquires the knowledge of Parakaya Pravesha, which means one's own soul entering into another's body. Thereafter, Inspector Mahesh (Suman) a powerful police officer onslaughts on him. Severely injured Gangaram lands at a post office and transfers his soul into a doll nearby. Aside, Rambabu (Rajendra Prasad) a ventriloquist at Eluru, whom the doll holding Gangaram's soul is delivered, presented by his cousin Sowmya (Seema), from the USA. Here, Rambabu amours a girl Lakshmi (Uma) which is rejected by her father Constable Nukka Raju (Mallikarjuna Rao) as he aspires to couple up his daughter with his subordinate Cola (Sudhakar). Meanwhile, Sowmya returns for pursuing a Ph.D. in Criminal Psychology. Accordingly, she is acquainted with Mahesh and they fall in love. Once Rambabu insults his house owner Janardhan Seth (Tanikella Bharani) in the show for which he seals his belongings including the Gangaram doll. Thereupon, Gangaram slays out Janardhan Seth, perceiving the dirty deed angered Rambabu reaches Janardhan Seth's house where he spots him dead. Just after, Mahesh arrives, judges Rambabu as the culprit and arrests him. In jail, Rambabu desperately tries to explain reality but fails. Thereafter, Gangaram absconds to Hyderabad, the post-mortem report proves the innocence of Rambabu and he is freed. At present, Gangaram contacts Malabar Baba and seeks transformation into a mortal human body. Affrightened Baba reveals that he can attain the mortal body of the 1st person who knows his secret i.e. Rambabu. Soon, Gangaram backs up with his henchman Deva (Jeeva). During the interval, Mahesh finds whereabouts of Malabar Baba, learns the truth and the only way for relieving Gangaram's soul is to shoot in between his eyebrows before he enters into Rambabu's body. Immediately, Mahesh flees when Gangaram attempts to possess Rambabu's body. At last, Mahesh successfully eliminates Gangaram. Finally, the movie ends with the marriages of Rambabu & Lakshmi and Mahesh & Sowmya.
Cast
Rajendra Prasad as Rambabu
Suman as Mahesh
Seema as Sowmya
Uma as Lakshmi
Satya Prakash as Gangaram
Sudhakar as Constable Cola
Tanikella Bharani as Janardhan Seth
Annapurna as Parvatamma
M. S. Narayana as Principal
Mallikarjuna Rao as Constable Nukkaraju
Maganthi Sudhakar as S.P.
Tirupati Prakash
KK Sarma
Sattibabu
Jeeva as Deva
Jenny as Priest
Soundtrack
Music composed by Shanmuk. Lyrics were written by Kula Shekar. Music released on Mayuri Audio Company.
Other
VCDs and DVDs on - VOLGA Videos, Hyderabad
References
External links
2000s Telugu-language films
Indian horror film remakes
Indian comedy horror films
Telugu remakes of Marathi films
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(The Root) — UPDATED Wednesday, July 4, at 9:45 a.m. EDT: When it comes to the fine line between privacy and hiding, public figures are usually the first to be pushed one way or the other by everyone else's pounding expectations. Should this actress admit to Botox? Should that one fess up about past drug use?
Rarely is any debate too small or too big to be dissected. "Putting someone's business out on the street" is just par for the course. Then, of course, there's "the gay question," a personal topic that has grown so increasingly political over the last few months, it's practically unpatriotic not to weigh in on it.
Enter Anderson Cooper.
In not-so-breaking news this week, Cooper, the CNN news anchor and syndicated talk-show host, came out of a closet that many people never thought he was in. "The fact is," Cooper wrote in an email on the subject of public figures coming out, "I'm gay."
But in a society where gay teens remain at a higher risk of being bullied, homeless or suicidal or of abusing drugs — among many of the other ills that disproportionately affect the marginalized — Cooper's coming out (despite a general lack of public surprise) isn't a "Who cares?" moment. Neither was fellow CNN anchor Don Lemon's declaration of his sexuality in May 2011.
But there was one difference: Lemon is black.
Like Cooper, Lemon was praised for being open about his private life, but he also received criticism, telling the New York Times, "It's quite different for an African-American male. It's about the worst thing you can be in black culture."
Plenty of people would argue with Lemon's assertion, which very clearly purports that the black community is somehow more homophobic than most. Michael Arceneaux put it best when he wrote in The Root last year, "homophobia is a collective American societal ill."
Still, for better or worse, when it comes to putting your business out on the street, black celebrities don't necessarily have the best track record. As in most cases of "the Internet said/she said," the gay question remains just that — a question — in the seemingly silly game of who's gay.
Just this week, Odd Future crooner Frank Ocean has been at the center of rumors swirling around his sexuality. In a review of his new album, Channel Orange, which drops in the U.S. on July 17, a British writer at This Is Max praised Ocean for being brave enough to open up about his sexuality: "On the songs 'Bad Religion,' 'Pink Matter and 'Forrest Gump,' you can hear him sing about being in love, and there are quite obvious words used, like 'him' and not 'her'."
The singer has remained mum on the subject. [UPDATE: Ocean has since posted an essay to his Tumblr revealing that his first love was a man.] But that, of course, hasn't halted plans for his coming-out party. AllHipHop.com asked its readers if the singer's sexuality made one bit of difference to them: "Would this stop you from buying or listening to his music?" One commenter replied, "Do whatever you want in your private life, but if you make being gay the focal point of your music I'll have no use for it."
In May the National Enquirer — that shining pillar of responsible journalism — quoted several anonymous sources in a story entitled "Raven-Symone Gay Shocker!" that claimed the 26-year-old former child star was shacking up in a "love-nest apartment with her 24-year-old girlfriend."
Raven-Symoné addressed the rumors via Twitter, sending two pointed missives in 140 characters or less: "My sexual orientation is mine, and the person I'm datings to know. I'm not one for a public display of my life" and "However that is my right as a HUMAN BEing whether straight or gay. To tell or not to tell. As long as I'm not harming anyone."
She's right, of course. Her life, her business. But as Cooper pointed out in his public coming-out letter, remaining silent on a hot-button but very personal political issue can (and will) solidify unspoken shame and the sanctioned discrimination that comes with it.
What's a celebrity (gay or straight) beset by such rumors to do? Deny, deny, deny. Ignore, ignore, ignore. Or should that person offer up his or her personal life for public consumption, regardless of the possible dangerous consequences for his or her career, family and friends?
Queen Latifah, whose private love life is constantly making headlines, performed last month at the annual Long Beach Pride festival. The crowd was so hungry for an announcement that when Latifah called them "her people" and referred to "unity," the coming-out rumors almost felt real.
For her part, Latifah immediately set things sort of straight by telling Entertainment Weekly, "I've never dealt with the question of my personal life in public. It's just not gonna happen." It was a line she's repeated several times. In 2008 she told the New York Times that her sexual orientation is simply off limits. In 2007 she told People magazine the same thing. The list goes on.
And yet people still sift through every innuendo for some clue to the 42-year-old's "secret life," which could also be defined as simply her life. Why? Are some of us just annoyingly nosy, or is there something more serious going on? A search for self-acceptance, self-reflection?
Dragging anyone out of a closet isn't the answer to increase mainstream visibility of non-heteronormative living. But it is one answer. Just as African Americans call for more positive depictions of themselves in film and television, the doubly or triply ostracized groups that represent LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning or queer) people of color are crying out for the same thing.
The difference being that there is a way to be invisible (or, more insidiously, to hide) when it comes to one's sexuality — a chameleon's trick that can't be played out with race in most cases. A black public figure can't suddenly become a white public figure, but a black and gay public figure can easily be presumed black and straight. It's a face-value fact that is both protective and harmful.
In Cooper's case, it's true that none of his close friends, family or colleagues were taken aback by his "news." But now, for him, instead of a question mark, there's an exclamation point, or even a period. A final word.
What does all this mean when it comes to the multiplied politics of coming out as a black celebrity? Perhaps that, for him or her, there is a measure of responsibility — extremely unfair, but inescapable — to underrepresented LGBTQ people of color, which adds weight to the decision.
Helena Andrews is a contributing editor at The Root and author of Bitch Is the New Black, a memoir in essays. Follow her on Twitter.
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As an artist its important to get your work "out there". I have been creating work on a full time basis since September 2012, when I moved into a beautiful studio space at Second Floor Studios and arts in London. It has been a bit of struggle in terms of seeing myself as a "full time artist" and in terms of money. The words explain it all really, it IS full time. If your intention is to become a full time artist, it has to become your full time job and you have to treat it like a business. You just need some patience, perseverance, knowledge (or access to it eg :internet) and a SCHEDULE- which was the most important one for me and the one I'm just beginning to grasp on my path to being a successful full time artist.
Galleries are great but the amazing thing about technology is that it allows us as artists to cut out the middle man and go straight to our collectors and future collectors.
So we can give them a custom experience for less money and focus all our energy on giving them an inspiring experience with art they love! But to get to this point they have to find you first! And how they will do that is by you "getting out there"
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This is the first time Jefferson County has received the 3-star award. We have been 2-star the past 2 years. The National Chapter Award is only available to those chapters that are rated as a State Superior Chapter and is based on the prior year's activities including classroom instruction, FFA competitions, and student Supervised Agricultural Experience programs. Only the top 10 percent of state superior chapter applications are submitted to the National judging. Three star is the highest level of the National Chapter awards and goes to those chapters that display a high level of achievement in each of the three quality areas: Growing Leaders, building communities, and strengthening agriculture. In Tennessee, 17 FFA chapters were recognized as 3-star with Jefferson County being one of only 2 from the East Tennessee Region. The efforts of our chapter officers and other involved members are what made this award possible. Watch the video on the CTE Jefferson County Facebook Page.
FFA Advisors: Mike Maples, Katie Arnold and Adam Martin
Article submitted by Adam Martin, JCHS Agriculture Education/FFA
JCHS Boys Cross Country: State Champions
The Jefferson County Boys' Cross-Country team won the IMAC championship for the first time since 2002. It is the program's second district title in school history. The team qualified for and competed in the TSSAA State Cross-Country meet for the first time in school history as well. Previously, only three individuals had qualified for the state meet. At the state meet, the boys were projected to finish 19th yet came through with a 14th place finish. Four individual runners placed in the top 100 runners overall as well.
The Cross-Country Teams is coached by Adam Shockley and Bill DeLozier
Article submitted by Bill DeLozier, Head Coach, JCHS Track and Field/Cross-Country
Middle School Ladies Soccer
The Jefferson County Middle school soccer team is a county wide team representing all the middle schools.
The 2022 Team was composed of players from Jefferson Middle School, Maury Middle School and White Pine School.
Kate Burdine and Maisy Golden served as team captains. Kate Burdine led the team in scoring with 10 goals and Maisy Golden as the second leading scorer.
After a rocky start in league play with injuries to key players, the Jefferson Middle school soccer team finished the season strong with only 2 losses in their last 6 games. The team placed second in the end of season premier division of the GSL.
The 2022 team was coached by Chris Knight, Dharma Fawbush, and Hope Doyle.
Article submitted by Dharma Fawbush, JCS Middle School Ladies Soccer Coach
JCHS TSSAA Award
The A.F. Bridges Awards are given in honor of the TSSAA's first executive secretary. He served as executive secretary from 1946 until his retirement in 1972. Under his leadership, athletics in the state of Tennessee reached a level of excellence and competence that earned the respect of all people. Bridges was a person of high principles who displayed firmness and fairness, as well as the high ideals of ethics and integrity as he and many other school people established the foundations of the TSSAA. The A.F. Bridges Awards program includes divisional awards for schools that have shown exemplary sportsmanship and awards for individuals in the categories of School System Administrator of the Year, Principal of the Year, Athletic Director of the Year, Female Coach of the Year, Male Coach of the Year, Official of the Year, and Contributor of the Year. In total, the awards recognize 63 individuals and as many as 27 schools from all parts of the state that represent what's best in high school athletics. Nominations were made by a Citizenship/Sportsmanship Committee and member schools in each athletic district and the final selection was made by a State Selection Committee.
Jefferson County's nomination for this past athletics calendar year marks the first time the school was tabbed as a finalist since 1993.
Article submitted by Randy Rogers, JCHS Principal
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Stalking is one of the most important skills an airsoft sniper must learn and here is how you can do it. In stalking you are locating your intended target then slowly moving towards him in an unassuming way before surprising him with a hit. The key to good stalking in airsoft is to constantly watch where and how your target moves so it will be easier to locate him and snipe. While doing this you'll also need to watch out for any traps your enemy may have set up and you should have...
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Here are some basics of jump starting an airsoft team. The first thing you should do research the history and basic rules of Airsoft because this is necessary if you're going to build a successful Airsoft team in your community. You can go to The Airsoft Society's website for starters to get an idea of what a solid Airsoft team should be like. The next step is to talk to friends in the community who have a shared interest in Airsoft and collaborate on ideas for a team name. Once you have...
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Your suspension system keeps your car up off the road. From there, it's responsible for a smooth and comfortable ride around Hawthorn, Glen Iris and Camberwell. It also keeps your vehicle's wheels firmly planted over bumps and through curves on Melbourne's many different roads and streets.
Your suspension system has many parts that do a big job. They should be inspected for damage and excessive wear at least once a year. A good time would be when you get your wheel alignment checked.
Here are some warning signs of suspension problems in your vehicle: pulling to one side, wandering, erratic steering, uneven tyre wear, leaning, shocks bottoming out, poor ride or handling, oil leaking from shock absorbers and excessive bouncing.
Now vehicle suspension parts just wear out over time. Shock absorbers and struts eventually lose their ability to control your ride. If you're in an accident, your vehicle suspension can be damaged or knocked out of alignment. Even a minor accident, like hitting a curb, pothole or large rock, can mess things up.
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What does Social Work Day Mean to Me?
As Chair of Public Relations (and having volunteered and supported Social Work Day (SWD) events for many years), I have always wondered what this day means to me. Is it a milestone event to mark a new year in my accumulating experience as a social worker in the field? Is it about experiencing euphoria at the end of t months of planning (and agonising)? Do I constantly fuss over the speakers we can bring in, and who can give the most impactful workshop or speech? How do I satisfy everyone - everyone meaning funders, participants, volunteers,etc? Is the venue too cold? Are the Sakura flowers at the Gardens by the bay (where we are holding the event) blooming? How can we create ideas that could kickstart collaborations? How in the world would I find 50 volunteers to support the event? These are just questions looming at the "tip of the iceberg" when I free associate about my experience in SWD.
I write this post two days after the event, after going through a process that parallels what we social workers do: give our all in supporting our clients, maintaining ourselves in top optimum condition to do case management, run programmes and community events. Just like us social workers, after engaging in "crisis intervention", we sort of become deflated, like the energizer bunny finally running out of battery.
I have organised Social Work Day four times now, investing my heart and soul, for the very belief of how this day brings like minded people together. This is a blessing I had been entrusted with - I hope to contribute to the sector within my own limited capacity, because I have received so much more from the sector, and my fellow social work comrades. I bear witness to how there is little need to organise too many deliberate ice breaker activities, as the energy for connection in the crowd of participants are ever at an all time high. Like attending a school reunion, these connections energise me.
The multicoloured interwoven fabric tying social workers together within a collaborative spirit is something so precious that I feel is unique to this profession I am family to.
I hope that with each passing year, SWD would continue to lay the path stones for the social work community. Last year, the theme of "Honouring Diversity" challenged the status quo and brought forth to the social worker the ethical imperative to acknowledge the mechanisms of power and privilege. It engaged social workers in difficult conversations and made us examine our own personal values, where we might have to endure controversy and do the right thing even when under pressure to conform. We cannot wait to honour diversity, not wait for society to be more "progressive".
Following last year's theme, this year's theme of "Fostering Innovation In Social Work Practice" discusses how diversity and innovation are entwined in an inseparable relationship. Dr Scott Page (a professor from the University of Michigan) had said, "If people think alike, then no matter how smart they are, they most likely will get stuck at the same locally optimal solutions. Finding new and better solutions, innovating, requires thinking differently. That's why diversity powers innovation".
Innovation excites us but at the same time, it comes from a place of vulnerability. Being vulnerable to allow courage to arise towards sharing a raw and unconventional idea. Being vulnerable to attempt outrageous ideas that might fail, then acknowledging failure to try again at the risk of looking the fool. To quote Mr Lee Poh Wah's sharing: "Be bold, be beautiful and be a butterfly to spread your wings".
When venturing out to innovate, always remember your first love. What was it that powered and motivated you to start this journey in the first place? Unchain yourself from the limitations you placed on yourself. If things are not working, can we take initiative instead of complaining and whining? If not me, then who? If not now, then when?
As we move forth, I also reflect on how SWD may need some innovating. As I reflect on practices of organising and taking care of every detail and need for our participants, I wonder whether they may instead be disabling the sector, hindering innovation and not fully harnessing the full potential of the sector's unity and strength. We want to return SWD back to the sector, and engage social worker to celebrate this special day - WHAT CAN WE BRING TO THE TABLE?
As we look to 2018, we hope that the next SWD would be planned from the ground up, so that we can hear our voices saying in unison: "Social Workers have the skills and passion to organise something together"!
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Georgia State Researchers Use Genomic Data To Map Webs Of COVID-19 Transmission, Forecast Peaks for Local Outbreaks
Anna Varela
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By Jill Neimark
ATLANTA—Researchers at Georgia State University are modeling the real-time global spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and their visualizations of COVID-19 outbreaks and transmission networks around the world reveal one key takeaway: we are truly interconnected, across all borders and oceans.
Dr. Pavel Skums, an assistant professor of computer science in the College of Arts & Sciences, and Dr. Gerardo Chowell, professor of mathematical epidemiology in the School of Public Health, teamed up to track the rapid global transmission of the new coronavirus, and published their findings in a preprint on medRxiv in late March.
Using viral genomes collected and shared by researchers from around the world, they found how shortly after the virus emerged in Wuhan, China in November 2019 it jumped to Asia, western Europe, Australia, Canada and the United States, and eventually South America and Africa.
Skums has applied similar bioinformatics techniques to track transmission and outbreaks of other infections such as Hepatitis C. He and Chowell now have new tools and extraordinary amounts of data at their disposal. Creating a global transmission network like this is possible because of advances in genomic sequencing technologies that have made sequencing rapid and affordable.
"The data on the virus is growing as fast as the virus," Skums said. "This is actually the first outbreak in history where we have so much data. It's the first global public health emergency for which next-generation sequencing technologies have been employed at such a vast scale. For Ebola, we had nothing of this magnitude."
Skums said he was working at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the time of Ebola, and "scientists were traveling to Africa to help produce and analyze the data."
Scientists can now access global data from their own "shelter-at-home" computers, working together to solve the challenges the coronavirus presents. Skums, Chowell and computer science doctoral students Pelin Icer Baykal and Fatemeh Mohebbi are mining freely available data from the GISAID database, a global database where researchers upload their virus sequences, as well as related clinical and epidemiological data.
The team's analysis allows them to determine where the virus has peaked, is peaking or is yet to peak.
"Right now we see that the hotspots like New York City, Italy and Spain, have reached their maximum incidence rate," Chowell said. "They are leveling off or just started to follow a downward trend, though at very high levels."
Atlanta is about a week from the peak, he said, because interventions were not implemented here until recently.
The first genome of the novel coronavirus was sequenced in January, but scientists around the globe have since sequenced more than 5,000 other genomes of the virus.
"Global modelling like this helps us understand that there was not one single introduction of the virus in each country," said Skums.
Almost every country had multiple introductions of the virus, depicted as multiple arcs across land and ocean. For example, strains of the virus landed in Hong Kong via Shanghai, and jumped to the United Kingdom, Italy, Norway, Portugal, France and even Iceland. France may have received the virus from multiple countries, ranging from Iceland to Switzerland, Finland, Portugal, Spain and Australia. Washington can be linked to Canada, Shanghai and Australia, among other places.
Multiple points of entry show that "it is not enough to try and find the single patient zero," Skums said. Epidemiologists try to determine that first patient, because they can use the information to help determine the ultimate curve of exponential growth that fans out from that first infection. They do this through mathematical models that include how contagious the virus is, how long the incubation period is, whether it can be transmitted while someone is asymptomatic and other factors.
This information is not enough in a global pandemic.
"Our model really shows that closing travel from one country, such as China, won't make enough of a difference," Skums said.
By the time a country or the world realizes we are in danger of a pandemic, the seeds have already been widely dispersed.
"An epidemic is formed by clusters, or local outbreaks, that are not entirely synchronous," said Chowell, who has studied the arc of outbreaks ranging from the so-called "Spanish flu" of 1918 to the Ebola epidemic of 2014. Chowell said one can create an overall picture of a pandemic across the world from those clusters, but one can also drill down to discover just how and where the virus is moving, find out where more severe outbreaks are occurring and predict what lies ahead for the next 2-3 weeks locally and globally.
The researchers' model shows multiple interconnected vertices across the world, and each vertex, they say, represents one distinct genome of the virus that has been sequenced. The model, which is updated weekly, shows where the most intense outbreaks are and the infectious arcs that branch out from them, like the fan of an immense spider web. Skums compares this to a person on Twitter who has a few million followers.
"Their social network is huge," Skums said. "But another person on Twitter may have only a few followers."
This kind of information is especially important as a new virus like this spreads rapidly through what is known as a "naïve population." Humans have never encountered this virus before, so the human immune system has no innate defenses against it.
Skums hopes that as researchers study the transmission networks in the coming weeks and months, they may be able to see where outbreaks are more intense, which strains are most prevalent and whether certain strains may have mutations responsible for higher infectivity or virulence. He and Chowell also have begun to model transmission networks at a state level, which will let individual states see when their peak has occurred and how many cases are forecast in the next few weeks.
Pavel Skums
Dr. Skums' research areas areas are computational biology, bioinformatics, and graph theory. In biology, my research focuses on studying epidemiology and the evolution of highly mutable RNA viruses, such as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Using analysis of molecular data and mathematical modelling, his research focuses on how viruses escape the immune system, acquire drug resistance, and spread through a population of susceptible individuals.
Gerardo Chowell
Mathematical Epidemiology
Dr. Chowell is professor of mathematical epidemiology in the concentration of Epidemiology & Biostatistics in the School of Public Health. He also holds an external affiliation as a Senior Research Fellow at the Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies at the Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health.
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SRGAP3 antibody (AA 201-300)
SRGAP3 Reactivity: Human ELISA, IF (cc), IF (p), IHC (fro), IHC (p), WB Host: Rabbit Polyclonal unconjugated
Catalog No. ABIN702265
Product Details anti-SRGAP3 Antibody (hide)
Target See all SRGAP3 Antibodies
SRGAP3 (SLIT-ROBO rho GTPase Activating Protein 3 (SRGAP3))
All epitopes for SRGAP3 antibodies
Middle Region
N-Term
All reactivities for SRGAP3 antibodies
Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
All hosts for SRGAP3 antibodies
All clonalities for SRGAP3 antibodies
All conjugates for SRGAP3 antibodies
This SRGAP3 antibody is un-conjugated
ELISA, Immunofluorescence (Cultured Cells) (IF (cc)), Immunofluorescence (Paraffin-embedded Sections) (IF (p)), Immunohistochemistry (Frozen Sections) (IHC (fro)), Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin-embedded Sections) (IHC (p)), Western Blotting (WB)
Predicted Reactivity
Human,Mouse,Rat,Dog,Cow,Horse,Rabbit
Purified by Protein A.
KLH conjugated synthetic peptide derived from human srGAP3
anti-SLIT-ROBO rho GTPase Activating Protein 3 (SRGAP3) antibody
SRGAP3 Reactivity: Human ELISA, IHC Host: Rabbit Polyclonal unconjugated
anti-SLIT-ROBO rho GTPase Activating Protein 3 (SRGAP3) (AA 709-955) antibody
SRGAP3 Reactivity: Human ELISA, IF Host: Rabbit Polyclonal unconjugated
SRGAP3 Reactivity: Human, Mouse ELISA, IHC Host: Rabbit Polyclonal unconjugated
anti-SLIT-ROBO rho GTPase Activating Protein 3 (SRGAP3) (N-Term) antibody
SRGAP3 Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat, Cow, Dog, Guinea Pig, Horse, Rabbit, Zebrafish (Danio rerio) WB Host: Rabbit Polyclonal unconjugated
anti-SLIT-ROBO rho GTPase Activating Protein 3 (SRGAP3) (AA 709-955) antibody (HRP)
SRGAP3 Reactivity: Human ELISA Host: Rabbit Polyclonal HRP
anti-SLIT-ROBO rho GTPase Activating Protein 3 (SRGAP3) (AA 709-955) antibody (FITC)
SRGAP3 Reactivity: Human Host: Rabbit Polyclonal FITC
anti-SLIT-ROBO rho GTPase Activating Protein 3 (SRGAP3) (AA 709-955) antibody (Biotin)
SRGAP3 Reactivity: Human ELISA Host: Rabbit Polyclonal Biotin
anti-SLIT-ROBO rho GTPase Activating Protein 3 (SRGAP3) (AA 956-989), (C-Term) antibody
SRGAP3 Reactivity: Human WB Host: Rabbit Polyclonal RB53248 unconjugated
SRGAP3 Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat, Bat, Chicken, Cow, Dog, Guinea Pig, Horse, Monkey, Pig, Rabbit, Zebrafish (Danio rerio) WB Host: Rabbit Polyclonal unconjugated
SRGAP3 Reactivity: Human ELISA, IHC, WB Host: Rabbit Polyclonal unconjugated
WB 1:300-5000
ELISA 1:500-1000
IHC-P 1:200-400
IHC-F 1:100-500
IF(IHC-P) 1:50-200
IF(IHC-F) 1:50-200
IF(ICC) 1:50-200
1 μg/μL
0.01M TBS( pH 7.4) with 1 % BSA, 0.03 % Proclin300 and 50 % Glycerol.
This product contains ProClin: a POISONOUS AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, which should be handled by trained staff only.
Store at -20°C for one year. Avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles.
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srGAP3 (SRGAP3 Products)
AI452337 antibody, Arhgap14 antibody, D130026O08Rik antibody, Gbi antibody, MEGAP antibody, WRP antibody, mKIAA0411 antibody, RGD1563152 antibody, ARHGAP14 antibody, SRGAP2 antibody, RGD1566016 antibody, srGAP2 antibody, fnbp2 antibody, srgap2 antibody, SLIT-ROBO Rho GTPase activating protein 3 antibody, SLIT-ROBO Rho GTPase activating protein 2 antibody, SLIT-ROBO Rho GTPase activating protein 2 L homeolog antibody, Srgap3 antibody, SRGAP3 antibody, Srgap2 antibody, srgap3 antibody, srgap2.L antibody
srGAP3 (SLIT ROBO Rho GTPase-activating protein 3) is a GTPase activating protein (GAP) for the small G protein Rac. It has a putative role in attenuating Rac1 signalling in neurons. srGAP3 is thought to act downstream of the Slit-Robo pathway, which regulates neuronal migration and axonal branching, and play an important role in axonal regeneration after axotomy. It also plays a putative role in severe mental retardation.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm
Synonyms: ARHGAP 14, ARHGAP14, Gbi, ME GAP, MEGAP, Mental disorder associated GAP, Rho GTPase activating protein 14, SLIT ROBO Rho GTPase activating protein 3, srGAP 2, srGAP 3, srGAP2, SRGP 2, SRGP2, WAVE associated Rac GTPase activating protein, WRP.
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Ms. Erica Hubbard is a SAG/AFTRA /EQUITY Actress and Philanthropist. Erica Hubbard attended Columbia College and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in three years. After graduating, Erica already had her own children's television show on WPWR (Chicago) called Up 'N Running. She has received a Regional Emmy and earned a Service To America Award from the National Association of Broadcasters. Erica's dynamic resume includes credits such as Save The Last Dance, A Cinderella Story, Light It Up, Akeelah and The Bee, and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants ( a New York Times Best Selling Novel). Erica also has lend her voice to the Disney Animation – The Replacements. Erica worked as a series regular on the critically acclaimed series Lincoln Heights for four seasons which originally aired on ABC Family and is currently syndicated. The Lincoln Heights television show won the NAACP Image Award for "Outstanding Best Drama Series." Erica Hubbard recently finished filming the third season of the BET/VIACOM comedy series "Lets's Stay Together" Ms. Hubbard also formed The Erica Hubbard Foundation and loves being involved in her charity work around the world. The Erica Hubbard Foundation mentors at risk youth in inner-cities. Part of the proceeds from her book, "You She Her Him and I" will go to benefit youth who suffer from poverty situations in at risk neighborhoods. Ms Erica Hubbard is committed to giving back to her community, motivating youth to respect each other, and teaching skills on how to be a success! | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 564 |
In this episode we talk with Eric Bricker who, along with co-producer Lisa Hughes, is producing a documentary on Airstream travel trailers.
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Although the true history of Shaolin Kungfu is soaked in both tradition and myth and is unlikely to be fully determined, Shaolin Kungfu is the greatest martial art in the world! It has the most extensive techniques, skills, and philosophy. It enriches people's life and leads people to the highest state of spiritual.
It is both an internal and external art. The internal focuses on breathing and the flow of Chi (energy) throughout your body. The external focuses on the punching and kicking aspects. In this way, it is both a "soft" and "hard" martial art. It places a large importance on the balance of Ying (阴) and Yang (阳) that is traditionally seen in Chinese philosophy. For example, instead of meeting force with force, a Kungfu practitioner will move or deflect the attack while simultaneously aiming their attack to an opponent's weak points. In this way, Kungfu uses the attacker's force against them, allowing for a smaller defender to defeat a larger attacker.
Well, Shaolin Kungfu is not principally meant for fighting. Instead, a Shaolin practitioner is trained to be courteous, considerate, brave, and righteous. True Shaolin followers can deal with problems and situations with calmness and clarity and attend to their duties with zest and loyalty. The Shaolin philosophy is compassion and wisdom.
Your kids are certainly welcome to come to our school for free trial class!
The art of Taiji, which was once a secret among the Chinese community, is now practiced all over the world. Also known as Taijiquan, it is a gentle martial art that facilitates the flow of qi, or "life energy," throughout the body.
Originating from Taoist Philosophy, Taiji is meant to sooth the mind and invigorate the sprit with its physical movements and breathing techniques. The ancient martial art includes both internal and external expressions. By combining mental concentration and graceful postures, practitioners balance the Yin and Yang life force energy.
Qigong (pronounced CHEE-GONG) is a collective term for a set of exercises that manipulate the form of qi, or vital life energy. Practiced by millions of people per day, Qigong literally means "energy practice." Qigong is a self-healing art that manipulates the flow of qi through a combination of meditation, visualization, breathing, and movement.
According to Chinese philosophy, qi flows continuously throughout the body. When the flow is irregular or disrupted due to physical injury or mental tension, this causes an imbalance in the system. Qigong students therefore strive to maintain a harmonious flow of qi for the purposes of promoting health.
The ancient art can be divided into soft Qigong (health purpose) and hard Qigong (martial arts and strength training). Practiced in the past by monks, intellectuals, scholars, and ordinary people, Qigong serves martial, medical, and menditative purpose.
For medical purpose, medical Qigong involves a mixture of qi exercises and meditation. The exercises bring about a state of tranquility, thus driving away anxiety and distress. By gaining control of the body and developing positive thinking, practitioners stimulate circulation of blood and qi.
The lion dance is a popular recreation for the Chinese and is usually exhibited during the New Year season. Surprisingly, there are no actual lions native to China, thus the lion dance is a ritualistic tradition based on a Chinese mythological animal. According to legend, the lion dance was developed to combat supernatural forces and has become a symbol of good luck.
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Q: Array in for loop gives array index out of range exception Here is my code:
ShopButton[] allButtons = FindObjectsOfType<ShopButton> ();
for (int i = 0; i < allButtons.Length; i++)
{
allButtons [i].UpdateButtonState ((GameDataManager.publicInstance.skinAvailability & 1 << allButtons [i - 1].ninjaNumber) == 1 << allButtons [i - 1].ninjaNumber);
}
When I run it this code gives me an IndexOutOfRangeException.
A: I think the reason is because of the first index that causes a problem.
if i starts with 1 then i-1 will be 0 and therefore the index 0 exists in array allbuttons.
Clearly : if starting i is 0, then i-1 will be -1; this will cause index out of range exception because all arrays start with index 0 and have no index -1. ;
Starting with i = 1 the error will be solved because then i-1 will be 0 which is in range of indexes of any array.
change part of loop to :
for (int i = 1; i < allButtons.Length; i++)
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The evolutionary dynamics of variant antigen genes in Babesia reveal a history of genomic innovation underlying host-parasite interaction
Jackson, A. P. et al. (2014) The evolutionary dynamics of variant antigen genes in Babesia reveal a history of genomic innovation underlying host-parasite interaction. Nucleic Acids Research, 42(11), pp. 7113-7131. (doi:10.1093/nar/gku322) (PMID:24799432) (PMCID:PMC4066756)
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Babesia spp. are tick-borne, intraerythrocytic hemoparasites that use antigenic variation to resist host immunity, through sequential modification of the parasite-derived variant erythrocyte surface antigen (VESA) expressed on the infected red blood cell surface. We identified the genomic processes driving antigenic diversity in genes encoding VESA (ves1) through comparative analysis within and between three Babesia species, (B. bigemina, B. divergens and B. bovis). Ves1 structure diverges rapidly after speciation, notably through the evolution of shortened forms (ves2) from 5′ ends of canonical ves1 genes. Phylogenetic analyses show that ves1 genes are transposed between loci routinely, whereas ves2 genes are not. Similarly, analysis of sequence mosaicism shows that recombination drives variation in ves1 sequences, but less so for ves2, indicating the adoption of different mechanisms for variation of the two families. Proteomic analysis of the B. bigemina PR isolate shows that two dominant VESA1 proteins are expressed in the population, whereas numerous VESA2 proteins are co-expressed, consistent with differential transcriptional regulation of each family. Hence, VESA2 proteins are abundant and previously unrecognized elements of Babesia biology, with evolutionary dynamics consistently different to those of VESA1, suggesting that their functions are distinct.
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Q: Difference between char** args and char* args char** args = (char**)malloc(MAX_ARGS*sizeof(char*));
and
char* args = (char*)malloc(MAX_ARGS*sizeof(char*));
Please explain the difference between these two types of declaration. Why do we need 2 stars and why 1 star?
A: In both cases, the cast is unnecessary and can mask errors; I'll delete the casts in the following. (malloc() returns a void*, which can be implicitly converted to a pointer-to-whatever.)
char **args = malloc(MAX_ARGS*sizeof(char*));
This defined args as a pointer-to-pointer-to-char, and initializes it to point to a chunk of memory big enough to hold MAX_ARGS elements, each of which is a char*. Once you've done this, you'll want to assign values to those char* elements, likely making them point to strings.
char *args = malloc(MAX_ARGS*sizeof(char*));
This is legal, but almost certainly a logical error. args is a pointer-to-char, which means it can point either to a single char object, or to the first element of an array of char elements. But you're allocating memory that can hold MAX_ARGS pointers.
A more likely thing to do is:
char *s = malloc(MAX_LEN);
which will cause s to point to a region of memory that can hold MAX_LEN char elements (a string of length up to MAX_LEN - 1). (Note that sizeof (char) == 1 by definition.)
There's a useful trick to avoid type mismatches. A pointer of type FOO*, for any type FOO, needs to point to a chunk of memory big enough to old one or more elements of type FOO. If you write:
ptr = malloc(count * sizeof *ptr);
and ptr is a FOO*, then sizeof *ptr is the same as sizeof (FOO) -- but you won't have to update the line if you later change ptr to be a pointer toBAR`.
In your case, the pointed-to type is itself a pointer, so you can write:
char **args = malloc(MAX_ARGS * sizeof *args);
And when you call malloc, you should always check whether it succeeded, and take some action if it failed -- even if that action is to terminate the program with an error message:
if (args == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "malloc failed\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
A: The two stars mean a pointer-to-a-pointer_type-to-data_type. So in the case of a char** this is saying create an array of char*[MAX_ARGS].
So for this case the following would be valid as args[n] is a char*:
args[0] = (char*)strdup("aaa");
args[1] = (char*)strdup("bbbb");
args[2] = (char*)strdup("ccccc");
NOTE: you should remember to free each member of the array prior to freeing args otherwise the pointers are lost.
With a single star it is just a pointer-to-data and essentially you are writing char[MAX_ARGS*sizeof(char*)]
For this args[n] is a char type:
args[0] = 'a';
args[1] = 'b';
args[2] = 'c';
With this char-array you are creating a simple array of characters, also known as a c-style string.
A: 2 stars are like matrix (or a two dimensional array). First malloc only gets memory for the first line (you have to iterave over its elements making the second malloc to reserve space for the other ones).
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Over 40 years ago, French architect Roger Taillibert made international history when he was chosen to design the primary venue for the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Today, the iconic facility is home to the Institut national du sport du Québec (INS Quebec) at Olympic Park and serves as a multisport training, scientific and medical facility for National Olympic and Paralympic high-performance athletes from across Canada.
World search for inspiration
INS Québec CEO Marc Gélinas began working with the organization in June 2008 and by September that year a working group was already making plans for its next steps. "We knew other countries were working on a sport institute concept so we researched how that could work for us," he says.
"We ran work sessions and focus groups with coaches, athletes – for both Olympic and Paralympic focuses – scientists and medical staff. We wanted to know what they had seen around the world and asked what we could do to provide athletes with a world-class environment."
To complement what they had heard from participants, the INS executive team visited Australia and England extensively as well as the USOC Training Centre in Colorado Springs.
"We've also had a lot of exchanges with Spain and locally, we went to several Canadian facilities as well as the Montreal Canadiens' hockey team training centre in Brossard, Quebec."
After all the research, construction for the INS Quebec began in January 2013 and by opening day in September 2014 the project was on track, on time and on budget.
Future Vision
During the construction of the Olympic Stadium in the mid-1970s, plans were already being drawn up for future use of the facility. "We found documents that talked about creating an Institute in the Olympic Stadium, even before the Games began. That shows that the architect always intended that a sport institute be built, and here we are now," says Gélinas.
"To me it is important to return to the original focus of a high performance facility – this is why this place was built," he says. "While that plan had less importance over the years, the Olympic Park people created several fantastic programs for the general population with activities for kids. But now we are allowing high performance sports to come back in and be far more present in the Olympic Park."
Gélinas says with the mixed use of the facilities, athletes have become great role models for the younger population. "While the athletes have priority use, the kids can enjoy watching people like Olympic diving medalist Alexandre Despatie. It's a great way to influence youth to do sports and to love sport."
Players of all ranges
So who will be the main participants in the state-of-the-art INS Quebec sports institute? "We will have approximately 475 high performance athletes supported by Sport Canada or the Équipe Québec Program, and 2,000 next generation athletes aspiring to a career in high performance sports," says Gélinas.
"An additional 20,000 younger athletes and those who are part of a sport-study network will also be in the building."
The age range of athletes span from 18 to 25 for the national team, and the junior team ranges from age 16 to 18.
As its capacity grows, INS Québec aims to play a central role in the delivery of services to forty-four distinctive sport disciplines throughout the province of Quebec. In addition, the Institute has eight resident sports. "Four aquatic sports started here in a concentrated effort in 2007 – swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming," says Gélinas.
"They were a pilot phase of the Institute concept. Then we added judo, fencing and gymnastics. We also have facilities for short track speed skating at the Olympic Park in the Maurice Richard arena. We consider these skaters a resident sport because they come in and train every day and they get their medical and scientific services here as well."
Half of the facilities at INS Quebec are within the Olympic Stadium, in deep right-centre field behind the scoreboard, and the other half are right next to the Olympic pool. "We've built the facility right into the stadium, and are creating a world-class environment to provide integrated support to high performance athletes."
The INS Quebec has over 150,000 square feet of floor space, with 92 percent of the space being to practice sport or other purposes, such as sport medicine clinic, scientific laboratories, locker rooms and other facilities. The INS Quebec also leads a network of seven regional multisport training facilities that operates for the benefit of next generation athletes, with more due to open soon. INS Quebec also provides support to 17 single sport training centres servicing high performance and next generation athletes.***
From state-of-the-art equipment to the cushioning effect of Mondo rubber flooring, the athletes are being given optimal training conditions. "For judo, fencing and gymnastics, they have one of the best facilities in the world," says Gélinas. "These sports are starting to get requests from other countries to come work out with athletes here. That is fantastic because now they are getting fighting partners in combat sports, which is critical."
At INS Quebec, sports science and sports medicine support are combined to further create a high-tech environment. The research team looked at some of the most successful athletic countries in the world to see what they are doing. In Barcelona, a sport Institute allows the coaches to collect data and measurements on their athletes. This approach will provide coaches with richer sets of information enabling them to fine tune their athletes' training.
"Every sport works with video data these days so our IT environment allows for collection of video footage. Our staff can also provide scientific analyses of video or force plate data, for example, for their subsequent use with their athletes," Gélinas notes.
An ounce of prevention …
One unique factor offered by INS Quebec is the ability to have an integrated system for sports medicine all in one place. "We really want to play a major role in the prevention aspect for athletes, says Dr. Suzanne Leclerc, medical director.
"We're trying to better understand what the risks for chronic injuries are for the sports and how we can help reduce the incidence of these types of injuries. For example, with swimmers there are a lot of shoulder injuries so we try to develop more functional evaluations and tests to simulate what they are doing in the water. This assists us in creating a program that will prevent future occurrences."
In order to have a full medical program in place for athletes, INS Quebec has multiple medical practitioners in one place. "We have sport medicine medical doctors, sport physiotherapists, massage therapists, sport nutritionists, neuropsychologists for concussion issues, and eye specialists for sport vision, which also addresses issues for people with concussions," says Leclerc.
"This particular area is very important to us as we want to enable prevention, detection and rehabilitation after a concussion incident has occurred." A cardiac screening program based on the international recommendation for elite athletes, done in collaboration with sport cardiologists, is also available at the INS Quebec.
"Being able to interact with the coaches daily, it's easier to talk to them right after the practice and discuss how to help the athletes better succeed in the future."
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Phunware Reports Record Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
August 11, 2022 By GlobeNewswire
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Phunware, Inc. (NASDAQ: PHUN) ("Phunware" or the "Company"), a fully-integrated enterprise cloud platform for mobile that provides products, solutions, data and services for brands worldwide, today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
"After previously guiding investors to an upwardly revised top-line revenue growth exceeding 275% year-over-year for Q2, we are thrilled to have outperformed that target with a new second quarter record for reported revenues as a public company, delivering actual revenues exceeding 282% growth to close the first half of our fiscal year," said Alan S. Knitowski, President, CEO and Co-Founder of Phunware. "We continue operating effectively at the intersection of mobile, cloud, big data and blockchain across all lines of business and continue to activate our MaaS Loyalty and Rewards ecosystem through PhunWallet, PhunToken, PhunCoin and PhunVerse, commercializing a truly decentralized global data economy in both the physical and virtual worlds. Importantly, and in tandem, we are reiterating our forward revenue guidance for 2022 of up roughly 250% year-over-year, or $25M. In parallel, we also expect that the back-end of 2022 will represent a new second half record for reported revenues as a public company for its comparable period."
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Net Revenues for the quarter totaled $5.5 million
Multiscreen-as-a-Service (MaaS) Platform Revenues were $1.6 million
Hardware Revenues were $3.9 million
Net Loss was $(17.1) million, inclusive of $(12.2) million impairment of digital assets
Net Loss per Share was $(0.17), inclusive of $(0.12) per Share impairment of digital assets
Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA Loss was $(6.6) million
"We continued to build on the momentum from Q1 by posting our largest revenue Q2 quarter as a public company," said Matt Aune, CFO of Phunware. "In addition to the outstanding top line growth of 282% year-over-year, we continued to invest in the business to further bolster our product offerings and enable us to deliver our solutions even faster and more efficiently. We are pleased with the sequential improvements made to our gross margins and expect to see continued improvement as we bring the new Lyte by Phunware facility online in Q3 in Austin. Rolling forward, we expect to close the third quarter strong sequentially, activate PhunCoin for trading on Securitize and continue to deliver dramatic year-over-year growth for the remainder of the fiscal year."
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Recent Business Highlights
Notable Corporate and Product Developments:
PhunToken Now Available on Uniswap
Appointed Christopher Olive as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer
Partnered with Accion Labs to Provide Mobile Solutions for Digital Transformation
Appointed Matt Lull as Executive Vice President & Chief Cryptocurrency Officer
Engaged Moneta Advisory Partners
Phunware's PhunToken to Co-Sponsored Consensus 2022 in Austin
Released PhunWallet Version 1.3 Mobile App Update
Announced Twitter Integration for Smart Advocacy Solution
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Phunware management will host a conference call today (August 11, 2022) at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (1:30 p.m. Pacific Time) to discuss its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Interested parties may access the conference call by dialing 888-506-0062 in the United States, or 973-528-0011 from international locations with access code: 575582. The conference call will be broadcast live and available for replay here and via the investor relations section of the Company's website at investors.phunware.com.
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About Phunware, Inc.
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(In thousands, except share and per share information)
Cash $ 2,705 $ 23,137
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $0 and $10 at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively 803 967
Digital assets, net 12,592 32,581
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 1,188 686
Total current assets 20,816 60,007
Property and equipment, net 145 —
Intangible assets, net 2,858 3,213
Deferred tax asset 1,278 1,278
Right-of-use asset 2,595 1,260
Total assets $ 61,236 $ 99,294
Accounts payable $ 7,510 $ 6,589
Accrued expenses 6,953 9,621
Lease liability 614 399
Deferred revenue 1,715 3,973
PhunCoin deposits 1,203 1,202
Current maturities of long-term debt, net 2,031 4,904
Warrant liability 1,136 3,605
Total current liabilities 21,162 30,293
Deferred tax liability 1,278 1,278
Deferred revenue 859 1,299
Lease liability 2,244 1,147
Total liabilities 25,543 34,017
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000,000 shares authorized at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021; 98,137,070 and 96,751,610 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively 10 10
Additional paid-in capital 267,465 264,944
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (469 ) (352 )
Accumulated deficit (231,313 ) (199,325 )
Total stockholders' equity 35,693 65,277
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 61,236 $ 99,294
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(In thousands, except per share information)
Net revenues $ 5,485 $ 1,436 $ 12,263 $ 3,082
Cost of revenues 3,965 1,124 8,972 1,816
Gross profit 1,520 312 3,291 1,266
Sales and marketing 1,928 639 3,413 1,195
General and administrative 5,251 3,021 9,556 5,779
Research and development 1,876 846 2,879 1,898
Total operating expenses 9,055 4,506 15,848 8,872
Operating loss (7,535 ) (4,194 ) (12,557 ) (7,606 )
Interest expense (273 ) (1,845 ) (654 ) (4,064 )
Loss on extinguishment of debt — (2,184 ) — (7,952 )
Impairment of digital assets (12,158 ) (776 ) (21,511 ) (776 )
Fair value adjustment of warrant liability 2,682 1,180 2,469 (1,649 )
Other income (expense), net 213 43 265 (36 )
Total other expense (9,536 ) (3,582 ) (19,431 ) (14,477 )
Loss before taxes (17,071 ) (7,776 ) (31,988 ) (22,083 )
Income tax expense — — — —
Net loss (17,071 ) (7,776 ) (31,988 ) (22,083 )
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Cumulative translation adjustment (85 ) 5 (117 ) 15
Comprehensive loss $ (17,156 ) $ (7,771 ) $ (32,105 ) $ (22,068 )
Net loss per share, basic and diluted $ (0.17 ) $ (0.11 ) $ (0.33 ) $ (0.32 )
Weighted-average common shares used to compute net loss per share, basic and diluted 97,742 71,620 97,293 68,103
Net loss $ (31,988 ) $ (22,083 )
Amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs 259 2,770
Loss on change in fair value of warrant liability (2,469 ) 1,649
Loss on extinguishment of debt — 7,952
Impairment of digital assets 21,511 776
Stock-based compensation 1,270 2,438
Other adjustments 284 142
Accounts receivable 178 237
Inventory (892 ) —
Prepaid expenses and other assets (631 ) (416 )
Accounts payable 920 (1,282 )
Accrued expenses (386 ) (3,334 )
Accrued legal settlement — (1,500 )
Lease liability payments (347 ) (434 )
Deferred revenue (2,698 ) (1,286 )
Net cash used in operating activities (14,989 ) (14,371 )
Acquisition payment (1,125 ) —
Purchase of digital assets (923 ) (1,497 )
Capital expenditures (158 ) —
Net cash used in investing activities (2,206 ) (1,497 )
Proceeds from borrowings, net of issuance costs — 9,981
Payments on borrowings (3,132 ) (25,095 )
Proceeds from exercise of options to purchase common stock 16 70
Proceeds from sales of common stock, net of issuance costs — 29,670
Net cash (used) provided by financing activities (3,116 ) 14,626
Effect of exchange rate on cash and restricted cash (121 ) 16
Net decrease in cash and restricted cash (20,432 ) (1,226 )
Cash and restricted cash at the beginning of the period 23,137 4,031
Cash and restricted cash at the end of the period $ 2,705 $ 2,805
Interest paid $ 408 $ 1,287
Income taxes paid $ — $ —
Supplemental disclosures of non-cash financing activities:
Issuance of common stock in connection with acquisition of Lyte Technology, Inc. $ 1,125 $ —
Proceeds not received related to sales of common stock $ — $ 867
Issuance of common stock for payment of board of director fees $ — $ 66
Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliation
Our non-GAAP financial measures include adjusted gross profit, adjusted gross margin and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") (our "non-GAAP financial measures"). Our non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. They are not measurements of our financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to revenue or net loss, as applicable, or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other businesses. Our non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our operating results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations include: (i) Non-cash compensation is and will remain a key element of our overall long-term incentive compensation package, although we exclude it as an expense when evaluating its ongoing operating performance for a particular period, (ii) Our non-GAAP financial measures do not reflect the impact of certain charges resulting from matters we consider not to be indicative of ongoing operations, and (iii) other companies in our industry may calculate our non-GAAP financial measures differently than we do, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures.
We compensate for these limitations to our non-GAAP financial measures by relying primarily on our GAAP results and using our non-GAAP financial measures only for supplemental purposes. Our non-GAAP financial measures include adjustments for items that may not occur in future periods. However, we believe these adjustments are appropriate because the amounts recognized can vary significantly from period to period, do not directly relate to the ongoing operations of our business and complicate comparisons of our internal operating results and operating results of other peer companies over time. Each of the normal recurring adjustments and other adjustments described in this paragraph help management with a measure of our operating performance over time by removing items that are not related to day-to-day operations or are non-cash expenses.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(In thousands, except percentages)
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
(in thousands) 2022 2021 2022 2021
Net loss $ (17,071 ) $ (7,776 ) $ (31,988 ) $ (22,083 )
Add back: Depreciation and amortization 182 25 368 58
Add back: Interest expense 273 1,845 654 4,064
EBITDA (16,616 ) (5,906 ) (30,966 ) (17,961 )
Add back: Stock-based compensation 706 1,383 1,270 2,438
Add back: Loss on extinguishment of debt — 2,184 — 7,952
Add back: Impairment of digital assets 12,158 776 21,511 776
(Less) Add back: Fair value adjustment of warrant liability (2,682 ) (1,180 ) (2,469 ) 1,649
Less: Gain on sale of digital asset (168 ) — (194 ) —
Adjusted EBITDA $ (6,602 ) $ (2,743 ) $ (10,848 ) $ (5,146 )
(in thousands, except percentages) 2022 2021 2022 2021
Gross profit $ 1,520 $ 312 $ 3,291 $ 1,266
Add back: Amortization of intangibles — 3 — 7
Add back: Stock-based compensation 49 323 95 532
Adjusted gross profit $ 1,569 $ 638 $ 3,386 $ 1,805
Adjusted gross margin 28.6 % 44.4 % 27.6 % 58.6 %
Three Months Ended June 30, Change
(in thousands, except percentages) 2022 2021 Amount %
Net Revenues
Platform revenue $ 1,628 $ 1,436 $ 192 13.4 %
Hardware revenue 3,857 — 3,857 100.0 %
Net revenues $ 5,485 $ 1,436 $ 4,049 282.0 %
Platform revenue as percentage of total revenue 29.7 % 100.0 %
Hardware revenue as percentage of total revenue 70.3 % — %
Six Months Ended June 30, Change
Platform revenue $ 4,120 $ 3,082 $ 1,038 33.7 %
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Letters: What are the decorative arts?
A criticism of the phrase
The Art Newspaper readers
1st November 2000 00:00 GMT
While agreeing with nearly everything you have to say (The Art Newspaper, No.107, October 2000, p.1) about the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), I feel that your choice of the phrase "decorative arts" to characterise the museum and its collections shed significant light on the multitude of problems facing that troubled institution.
It is not merely that the phrase fails to cover vast areas of the museum's sometimes confused and anomalous holdings. Much more importantly, the words "decorative arts" are virtually (and I would suggest sometimes wilfully) meaningless to the vast majority of the V&A's potential visitors, and nearly all of them under the age of 40. They are even less likely to say, "Let's go and look at the decorative arts" than they are, as you amusingly suggest, to say, "Let's go and look at the computer didactics".
Implicit in the continuing use of "decorative arts", I suspect, is the mistaken belief that things could be put right, and audiences would recover, if only curators were allowed to mount traditional exhibitions in their traditional areas of expertise. This may be true in the case of Art Deco, William Morris or contemporary fashion, but recent experience suggests that it is unlikely to work for earlier centuries. Furthermore, even during the recent and successful Art Nouveau show the permanent galleries remained as thinly populated as ever.
The vacuous Spiral is certainly not the answer to this dilemma, but nor is a misty-eyed appeal to the curatorial practices of yesteryear. How to sharpen the V&A's focus, how to regain and build on the goodwill and interest of a wider public beyond its loyal core of fans without abandoning the riches in its care—these will be the immense tasks facing any future director of the Old Lady of South Kensington.
Joe Earle
Keeper, Far Eastern Department
Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982-87
Originally appeared in The Art Newspaper as 'What are the decorative arts?'
Appeared in The Art Newspaper, 108 November 2000
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Gillum continues to mislead voters about the enormous costs of his radical agenda.
Florida Democrat gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum continues to mislead voters about the enormous costs of his radical agenda.
Over the weekend, Andrew Gillum was caught parroting a Socialist talking point that received a "Pants on Fire" rating from Politifact.
Now, Gillum is repeating a false claim about the breathtaking costs of his government takeover of health care – even though he's already been called out by fact checkers for misleading voters on the topic. In an interview with MSNBC's Morning Joe, Gillum claimed that his Single-Payer plan would "save us as much as $3 trillion."
But in August, TheWashington Post gave Gillum "Three Pinnochios" when he made the same claim. In reality, Gillum's government takeover of health care would cost over $32 trillion and would require more than DOUBLING income taxes.
Even after fact checkers called out his false claim, Gillum keeps misleading voters about the damage his radical plans would do to Florida. Gillum can't be trusted to be honest with voters.
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Mexican street musicians bring melodies to people stuck at home
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – After the coronavirus outbreak prompted the normally bustling streets of Mexico City to empty out, out-of-work musicians looking to make ends meet have been filling roadways with the melodies of their marimbas, trumpets and güiros.
With cantinas and bars shut and private events with live music practically non-existent, musicians strolling the streets of the capital and serenading people holed up at home have been become a common sight and sound.
"We should be at parties … but we had no choice but to adapt to the system, to realize that people are at home, so I say, you have to bring them music, right? You have to bring them joy," said Efrain Giron as he and three band mates carted around a marimba in the bohemian neighborhood of Condesa.
Giron, who prior to the pandemic used to play gigs on weekends and holidays, said he makes between $9 and $14 for eight hours of work.
Some pedestrians requested songs, while others danced on their balconies as the band played traditional Mexican songs like "Cielito Lindo" and "Bésame Mucho" as well as pop songs by bands including Coldplay.
"They come and ask for songs and give us tips," said Giron, donning a mask.
Giron said he yearns for a swift end to the coronavirus crisis, which has infected at least 155,000 people and killed more than 18,000, according to official government counts, as well as left millions unemployed in Mexico.
"I hope to resume the pace we had. If the restaurants where we were working aren't affected or don't close forever, we'll continue doing the same," said Giron, referring to the gradual reopening of businesses.
Reporting by Roberto Ramirez, Alberto Fajardo and Ana Isabel Martinez; Writing by Anthony Esposito; Editing by Richard Chang
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This class is designed for photography beginners and photo enthusiasts looking to learn the basics of digital photography. In both the art and the science of it.
During this fast paced 3 hour workshop I will share with you a comprehensive overview of the his 7 step method for creating amazing images.
All classes held, at Gaucho Collective. Limit 15 students per class.
Step One: Basic Function of Today's Modern Digital Camera!
You will learn and understand your camera! Whether you have a point & shoot, cell phone, or DSLR, I will make sure you get the most of your camera!
Step Two: The Technical Stuff!
When it comes to bettering your photography, it's all about refining the little things and looking for details. I will show you how to turn what would normally be a snapshot into a work of art!
You've created them…now what do you do with them??? I will demonstrate the latest ways to enjoy your images as fine art prints, albums, slideshows, and more!
Bottom-line, no matter what your skill level is or the type of camera you own, I will give you some of the best information regarding photography you will ever receive. You will leave the workshop knowing how to operate your camera and the inspiration to put that knowledge into practice!
Join me for his 7 Steps to Better Photography 4-hour Workshop. Space is limited, register today. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 595 |
I recently saw a beautiful video traveling around social media that addresses a very important, a very potent, and a very prudent question: What is it like to be you?
The beautiful video was created by Sustainable Human, and narrated by renowned philosopher Charles Eisenstein. It addresses the urgent need to switch our focus from dehumanization and projection, to asking ourselves how we can truly begin to address the causes of this world's current issues, rather than just attacking the symptoms. One must simply look to last year's presidential election to see the divisive tactics that have been adding to the tension in this world. I had a very challenging time seeing people turn on one another during that election, and in the days and months that followed. However I began to hear several respected speakers, authors, philosophers, etc., stating that this situation is exactly what we all needed to help us wake up. Change can only begin from within, and all the problems we see in the world are a reflection of things that we, as a whole, need to work out and solve. We are all responsible, and the issues are now getting too much exposure to be ignored any longer.
In his book "Education for Life," J. Donald Walters defines spiritual maturity as the ability to relate to another person's reality. This definition has taken deep root in my heart and mind. For me it refers to not only the ability to see, respect, and relate to another person's consciousness and reality- even if it appears completely opposite of my own – but also to understand how and why this being may have come to that particular place in life, and how, from that position, they relate to others in the ways that they do. No matter which side of an issue we feel we're on, the problems will only be perpetuated if we keep the hate and fighting going. If we keep blaming, projecting, and reactively defending our own stance, we fuel the fires of separateness. And separateness, as many people now know, is entirely an illusion.
This does not however, rationalize or justify any indifference on my part, or at all, or any blind denial of what is happening. Personally, I'm an over-the-top recycler, I am particularly passionate about the health of our soil, of our watersheds, and of our inner worlds. I do not bank with large banks. My husband and I try to vote with every dollar we spend, especially with the clothing and food we purchase. We grow organically. We believe in things, and take certain stances when it comes to politics and the environment. So I don't think this new movement is a call to avoid action; it's not that we shouldn't be called to activism, or to run for offices to make positive change, or to demonstrate or peacefully protest in ways that feel true to us, or to participate in the change in more subtle or inward ways. But whatever we feel our own path to be, flinging around more negativity, whether it's in small words to a few specific human beings, or on a large scale… it truly affects everyone, and reflects back to us the shadows of this world.
*Charles Eisenstein will be presenting at CCC19, Climate Change and Consciousness, held at Findhorn in April of 2019. This will be a unique conference about surviving and thriving in a climate changing world and post-carbon economy. The conference will be onsite and livestreamed- featuring some of our clearest and most passionate voices speaking of behalf of life.
The conference is an international, inter-generational and multi-disciplinary gathering- finding syntony among climate change scientists, wisdom keepers, entrepreneurs, activists, artists, community builders, movers and shakers- all who are working to create a culture capable of thriving on a climate changing planet. Awakening Arts Academy is a sponsor of CCC19 and Dana Lynne Andersen will be presenting at the conference. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 596 |
It has been a long time since Grand Theft Auto V was released, and Rockstar Games continues to support the game's online mode with new content packages. However, recent reports seem to agree that the "Grand Theft Auto VI" is in development.
It is reported that Rockstar has also begun to plan the content of "Grand Theft Auto VI" and the next title is expected to be larger and to be seen as "GTA" above. Although the fans should be a little more patient, because such a project would take several years.
The long wait for "Grand Theft Auto VI" might be worth it, according to the latest reports, since the title will include an even bigger world map covering all the popular cities of the United States.
Another strong point of "Grand Theft Auto VI" is the first female protagonist of the franchise. The previous titles still had a male leading role. This time, Rockstar could use "GTA VI" as an opportunity to demonstrate that a female character is just as effective in taking control of the city's crimes. However, it is not clear if the only female role will come into play.
At this point, "Grand Theft Auto VI" is not expected to arrive until 2022. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 597 |
The Impossible Orchestra
Andrew Jones, Montreal Mirror, May 3, 1990
Think of the fun Mozart would have had with a harpsichord retrofitted with MIDI ports. The musical instrument digital interface, with which one can score, arrange, and play any number of instruments from a lone trigger instrument — keyboard, drums, guitar — would have freed Mozart's lightning-fast mind to compose works that would make complex and brilliant operas like Cosi Fan Tutte seem like child's play.
Today, MIDI has become an inexpensive way to get an impossible orchestra sound from just a single instrument. Just ask Alain Thibault. A founding member of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community, the 34-year old Montréaler composes with a Macintosh mouse and music software rather than quill and quire. Thibault, who taught electroacoustic music at Université de Montréal for four years in the late '80s, has heard his music performed by the SMCQ, the Nouvelle Ensemble Moderne, Synthèse in France, and New Music Concerts in Toronto.
"While the syntesizers are programmed to play sounds which are familiar to orchestral ears — a harpsichord or a trumpet — the articulation is something that we couldn't accomplish with real musicians," says Thibault of his 1989 work Concerto a For MIDI Piano, which pits pianist Jacques Drouin against a MIDI-fied orchestra that he can control with his 88 keys.
"The advantage for Jacques is that he has the touch and feel of a real piano, and he can control an entire orchestra in real time. He doesn't play against or inside the computer, it's more like a dialogue between them.
"But it's not like performing with other musicians. When you perform a concerto with a symphonic orchestra, the conductor will adjust for individual tempos. Because the orchestra was generated with a computer, the tempo is unbelievably rigid. If you miss, you're finished."
Concerto For MIDI Piano appears on Thibault's new recording, Volt, the third compact disc to be released on the empreintes DIGITALes label, which has been offering recordings of consistently high quality by local composers working in the champs magnetiques of electroacoustic music.
The first release, Christian Calon's Ligne de Vie: Récits Électriques (Lifeline: Electric Stories) are gossamer sound sculptures with silence as perhaps the most important element. Although Calon thanks Bataille, Joyce, Baudelaire, and Artaud, the corruscating prose hallucinations of those famous literary pioneers are merely the inspiration for dreamy and terrifying sonic landscapes that sound like a possessed version of Brian Eno's ambient series.
Robert Normandeau's Lieux inouïs, (Unheard-of-Places), on the other hand, combines the playfulness of Carl Stone and the layered sound of Zoviet France. His brilliant Jeu begins with a chant that's split, phased, and processed until it's completely unrecognizable. Thematically working with metaphors of game and chance, Normandeau takes pure sounds, shifting and shaping them until a juke box resembles a shower of cobalt, and wobbly fragments of sound trigger deep memories.
Thibault parts company with his label mates is in his dynamic sensibility. While many electroacoustic composers steep their work in overlapping ambience and extended atmospheres, Thibault is more interested in rhythm, something he gotfrom growing up with the devil's music, rock'n'roll. It's no mistake that Concerto For MIDI Piano sounds like a cyberpunk Prokofiev.
"I come from the electroacoustic boom of the '70s," explains Thibault. "I was interested in the richness of the sounds I could get from tapes and synthesizers. The aesthetic at the time was to not use any parameters familiar to instrumental music, like notes or rhythm. But in the '80s I broke away from that, and went back to notes and rhythms. Rhythm is the most important parameter for me. I need rhythm, the propulsion of time."
Thibault's rhythmic arsenal is best heard in two multi-media works also found on Volt. E.L.V.I.S. (Electro-lux Vertige Illimité Synthétique) is a deliciously sly work that has the Montréal Saxophone Quartet exploring Timothy Leary's headspace and finding The King in a Henry Cow groove.
OUT, a science-fiction video opera composed on the Fairlight CMI, won Keyboard's Sound Page Competition for 1986. Taking place in the year 2084, OUT tells the story of hapless souls lost in the "psychic immigration spaces" of a world governed by a computer-generated simulacra of Ronald Reagan. "I was reading a lot of Philip K Dick books, and Reagan was still president at the time," confesses Thibault.
"I think Dick was one of the greatest writers in science fiction. His conception of the future was determined by the drugs he experimented with, the music he listened to, the religion and culture of the times he lived in. That's not science fiction that's reality."
… Volt, the third compact disc to be released on the empreintes DIGITALes label, which has been offering recordings of consistently high quality… | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 598 |
Last night I was sitting in my room getting bored of my own company. So I made a video! The sun was going down so most of the outdoor shots were too dark to include. But here's a quick tour of my home. I'll make a couple more about the school and about Tha Wang Pha. Here's Part One. Enjoy.
hi, am planning to visit this part of Nan some day…if you don't mind me asking you a few questions about the place, please drop me a mail at y_i_n_g at mailcity dot com. thank you!
OMG it was so wonderful to see you and hear your voice!! And thank you for sharing your home with us 🙂 So interesting, esp things like having a Western toilet being a big deal! | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 599 |
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