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UPDATE: Ecovacs Robotics now has a brand-new app to control its autonomous vacuums cleaners. Called EcovacsHome, it's available for download from both the App Store and the Google Play Store. If you are an existing Ecovacs user, the original app will display a pop-up asking you to update to the new one. Head to page 3 of our review to find out more.
We might be living in the midst of the digital age, where you can switch on your lights with a voice command and keep tabs on your home from basically anywhere in the world, but when it comes to household cleaning, getting the best results often still require you to get your hands dirty and go elbow deep.
Robot vacuums have offered to make that job easier for over a decade – with varying success – but by-and-large they have improved (or at least gotten a bit cheaper) over the last few years. The technology powering these newer robot vacuum cleaners is smarter and more efficient, and the best models can genuinely make easy work of keeping your floors clean, even if you're not actually at home.
While they still can't compete with the likes of a good upright or canister vacuum cleaner – corded or otherwise – robovac manufacturers are trying to figure out ways to make the little droids powerful enough to pick up even heavier dust and dirt.
To date, robot vacuums were best used on hard floors as most of them don't have the power to produce sufficient suction to clean homes with wall-to-wall carpets. That's where Ecovacs Robotics latest robot vacuum cleaner comes in.
Officially launched in July this year, the Deebot 900 comes with a setting specifically for households with small children, pets or carpet floors – in other words, something to tackle the tough jobs with. But can a robot vacuum truly get hair off a carpet floor?
Price and availability
The Ecovacs Deebot 900 isn't available in the UK yet, but it's already on shelves in the US and Australia for $400 and AU$799 respectively. In Singapore, this helpful droid is priced at SG$599.
While it's by no means cheap, the Deebot 900 is, perhaps, one of the cheaper Ecovacs robot vacuums available today. The Deebot Ozmo 930, on the other hand, costs $599 / £549 / AU$1,299 but comes with a mopping functionality built in.
Compared to the competition, the Deebot 900 sits at a more affordable price point. iRobot's flagship Roomba 980, which is currently the best single-function droid for homes with wall-to-wall carpets, will set you back $900 / £800 / AU$1,499, while the premium Electrolux PUREi9 costs a whopping AU$1,699 (about $1,325 / £954) for something that's a tad erratic on carpet floors and doesn't mop either.
Design and build
Ecovacs Robotics' latest autonomous floor cleaner looks pretty much like most other Deebots in the Chinese company's cleaning arsenal. It's a generic-looking, yet smart, round robot with a distinct circular protrusion on the top that houses the Deebot 900's laser mapping sensors.
Like most round robot vacuums, including the Deebot Ozmo 930 and the Deebot N79S, the Deebot 900 has a front bumper that protects the droid when it's bumping into walls and furniture. The bumper, like the other Deebot models, has a little give, providing ample shock absorption. Although we have to say that the sensors on the Deebot 900 are excellent – more often than not, the robot slows down as it approaches an obstacle while doing its rounds and the bump barely has any force to cause any damage.
On the top face of the droid is a single Auto button which, when pressed, begins a standard clean (more about the types of cleaning later). This button sits beside the Wi-Fi indicator LED, and both pulse gently with a soft blue light when charging, exactly the way it is on the more expensive Deebot Ozmo 930.
Like the older model, the Deebot 900 has a top lid which protects the rather small 350ml dustbin, which is easy to slip in and out using a plastic handle. The removable HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) filter attached to one wall of the bin is washable, but you'll need to make sure it's completely dry before using it again. An additional filter and bin are provided in the box.
The undercarriage of the Deebot 900 is nearly identical to the Deebot Ozmo 930 as well, with the exception of the latter's mopping plate of course. There are two detachable circular, three-pronged side brushes which push dirt from the edges of the room towards the central long bar brush under the droid.
The bar brush is meant to be used when vacuuming carpets – it sweeps up dirt but is also good for brushing hair and pet fluff off the fibres of a carpet. This, however, leads to plenty of tangles on the brush, but thankfully the brush can be removed for a clean. In fact, Ecovacs recommends the droid to be used without it (called direct suction) when used for dry spills on hard floors.
Speaking of tangles, the Deebot 900 comes with the same little cleaning tool that the Ozmo 930 did. The difference here is it's hidden away in one of the accessory boxes, so you'll need to dig around to find it. It would have been great if Ecovacs had created a niche under the lid for the tool, like in the older Ozmo 930.
In terms of its, well, vital statistics, the Deebot 900 measures 33.7cm (13.27 inches) in diameter and 9.5cm (3.74 inches) in height, and weighs 3.5kg.
The Deebot 900 is, on paper, able to get across thresholds or barriers up to 18mm (0.17 inches) in height. So if you've got thresholds around the house that are about an inch (25mm) high – like we did in our test space (described below) – the Deebot won't enter and the room won't get mapped. Picking up the droid and placing it back on the ground is an absolute no-no; it will result in the droid getting confused and the map resetting or producing errors. The Electrolux PUREi9, on the other hand, is able to climb up to 22mm in height, clearing most thresholds and easily making a beeline for the garden if your backdoor is open.
Like most robot vacuums available today, the Deebot 900 also comes with a charging base in the box, which you'll need place near a power socket with 0.5m free space on either side of it. It's a simple dock with two charging plates, a front wall that keeps the Deebot's bumper in place, with cable management hidden behind the wall.
Initial setup
It took all of 10 minutes to get the Deebot 900 out of its box, get it set up in place on its charging station, download the app, connect it via Wi-Fi and link it to our Google Home. It was a seamless process, with not a single hiccup.
Before the Deebot can have its first run of the place, you'll need to give it a charge. While this is happening, you can download the Ecovacs app available for both Android and iOS and complete the setup.
The app is the droid's control center, so you won't ever need to use the Auto button to start it. In fact, the only time you need to go anywhere near the robot vacuum would be to empty the bin or give the main brush a clean.
The app will lead you through the step-by-step process of connecting the Deebot 900 to your home's Wi-Fi network and, then, to the app itself. Once connected, you'll see that the Deebot 900 shows up as 'online' on the app. Tapping the name of the droid will take you into the main page from where you can pretty much do everything.
If your Deebot has finished charging, you can either press the physical button on top of the droid or tap the Auto option on the app's home page to begin the bot's first mapping run. As the Deebot moves along, a live map will appear on the main page with the real-time position of the droid clearly marked. Ecovacs says that each clean will update the map, so if you've got something (like a bag or box) lying on the floor the first time round, the bot may move around it then, adding an obstacle to the map, which will disappear if the item has been moved the next time it does a clean.
Ecovacs has never disappointed us with its navigation technology. Where the Electrolux PUREi9 moved around like a lost puppy, the Deebot Ozmo 930 and the Deebot 900 both impress in the precise way they move through a space.
Before the Deebot 900 begins its first (or any subsequent clean), you will hear a "I'm started to clean" voice notification from the droid. Similar notifications can also be heard when the vacuum has finished a clean and heading back to its dock, or when it needs a recharge.
Our test space consisted of a two bedroom, two bathroom plus study apartment and open-plan living, dining and kitchen, and the first clean was enough for the Deebot 900 to precisely map the area. However, the threshold to each bathroom is about an inch high, and the robot vacuum was unable to enter, although it did recognise there was another room beyond the door, adding those spaces to the live map.
Cleaning performance
Our test space had wall-to-wall carpets in each room, with the exception of the kitchen's tiled floor, and in both areas the Deebot 900 did an admirable job, even on a standard clean.
To handle tough jobs like carpets and pet hair, Ecovacs has added a Max setting in the app which increases the suction power of the droid. This, however, eats into the Deebot's battery life.
There's a 3,000mAh battery in the Deebot 900, giving it a maximum run time of just 90 minutes as compared to the Deebot Ozmo 930's 110 minutes. On the Max setting, the Deebot 900 runs out of juice in about 45 minutes. That was just about enough to finish a clean on the Max setting in our test space, with barely another square meter left to go. If you have a large home, however, you'll need to keep Continuous Clean switched on in the app to make sure the droid recharges and picks up where it left off, which it does with nary a mistake.
And although it will finish what it started, the Deebot 900 takes about four hours to refuel so, depending on what time it finished its first clean, you could potentially be looking at a second run in the evening or at night.
If you'd like to avoid being disturbed at those hours, just enable the Do Not Disturb feature on the app. This ensures no cleans – including scheduled ones – take place during that time period, and will also turn off the blue lights and voice notifications.
In case you've forgotten to enable Do Not Disturb and the Deebot 900 does start its next round of cleaning when you're least expecting it to, it's quiet. We thought the Deebot Ozmo 930 was quiet enough to continue watching telly while it did its thing. We hadn't heard nothing yet. The Deebot 900 is quieter still, with a hum that's got a 67dB noise level. That hum, however, does get significantly louder on the Max setting.
We were a bit sceptical about the robot's ability to clean a carpet, even on its Max setting, as most other droids we've tested haven't performed well when running over fibre. While its rubber wheels move smoothly over a medium-pile carpet, we'd highly recommend the Deebot 900 for low-pile carpets. Deep-seated dirt, hair and fibres that are sticking to fibres of a medium-pile carpet don't always get sucked up in a single pass, but you'll still get a decent enough clean. That means it's not going to be much help on high-pile rugs.
If you aren't happy with the clean it's done on a carpet or rug, all you need to do is set up an area clean and let the Deebot do the job again. This is, perhaps, a bit of a cheat, but it's not as though you need to do anything more than just lift a finger to set it up on the app.
But before you decide the bot isn't cleaning well, take a look at the bin. The amount of gunk in it will convince you that this little droid is doing everything it says on the tin.
Given its round shape, keep in mind the Deebot 900 is going to miss some corners around the house. These are typically tight spaces between pieces of furniture where it's able to enter, do a small 360-degree clean and roll out. However, the two side brushes do a decent enough job along all edges.
Like any other robot vacuum, you'll need to give your home a preliminary clean, though, making sure there aren't any cables or socks lying around on the floor. The droid can get entangled in these and stop. If this happens, you'll hear a voice notification asking for help. You'll then need to physically disentangle the robot vac, after which it will let you know it's "relocating" and continue with its chores.
Unlike the Deebot Ozmo 930, the Deebot 900 is able to map new spaces. Given the map updates with each clean, additional rooms it may have missed the first time round (due to a closed door perhaps) will get added and vacuumed.
And, with a height of 9.5cm, the Deebot 900 is able to slide under most tables and cabinets, but the top sensor housing may cause it to get stuck under some shelves with low clearing. A small nudge with the foot rescues it easily enough and the droid carries on like nothing ever happened.
The Deebot 900 has a 'drop detector' on the front, so if you've got stairs in your home and the Deebot finds its way to the edge, it will detect there's a fall coming up and stop. Unfortunately our test space was all on a single floor, so we couldn't test the feature but if Ecovacs can ace practically every aspect of the robot vacuum, we don't see why this feature won't jump in to rescue the droid from a nasty tumble.
App control
UPDATE: Ecovacs has a new app that will control your Deebot from now on. It's available for both iOS and Android and will need to be downloaded and set up from scratch. That means you'll need to reset the robot vacuum and you will lose any saved data, including maps. However, the first run of the droid after you've paired with the new app will recreate the map for you.
Pairing the droid is exactly the same process as before, but the overall look of the app has been given a small makeover. The new app also adds a firmware update that improves edge cleaning, virtual boundaries and navigation. Like the original app, the EcovacsHome app is also easy to use and gives you full control of the droid.
We have to give credit where credit is deserved. Ecovacs has a very well-designed app that's easy to use and is the best way to control the Deebot 900. The different cleaning types are neatly laid down on the app's main page, which also shows you the live map, and whether the droid is cleaning or sleeping (there are animated zees for that). It also depicts the battery life, displays an icon for scheduled and continuous cleans, and for the Do Not Disturb mode. All the information you need is right there.
Once the map of your home has been created, tapping on Map Management will let you select specific areas to be cleaned (if you don't want a full clean) or you can set up virtual boundaries if there's a spot you don't want the Deebot to get to.
Unlike the map created by the Deebot Ozmo 930, there are no textured differences to depict carpets from hard floors, but that's explained by the fact that the Ozmo 930 has a mopping function which automatically begins if water is in the vacuum's reservoir and needs to know where the hard floors and/or carpets are.
Tapping on the menu option (the ellipses symbol) gives you more settings. This is where you choose the power level of the vacuum – standard or max. This is also where you choose to switch on continuous cleaning and the Do Not Disturb feature.
On this same settings pane you'll be able to set up a cleaning schedule – choose a day, time and frequency and all you need do is come home to a clean home. To keep with the 'returning to a clean home' theme, the app also lets you start a clean remotely as well. So if you haven't got a cleaning scheduled and you're expecting unexpected guests who called in the last minute, just use the app to start the vacuuming.
If you doubt whether the Deebot has done a clean while you were away, you can check the cleaning logs. You can even keep tabs on the life of the accessories – there is an extra set of side brushes and an additional filter in the box in case the first set begins to wear out. The app doesn't require you to monitor the accessory life at all – when it's time for a change, you'll get a notification on the homepage, which will show up every time you open the app till the change has been made and the life of the brushes reset.
Smart home integration
Smart home integration has become common amongst the newer robot vacuums, and the Deebot 900 is no exception. It works seamlessly with both Google Assistant and Amazon's Alexa.
To set up smart home integration, you'll need to make sure your robot is online on the app and that you're signed into your Ecovacs account, which you would need to set up if you're a first-time Ecovacs user.
To link the Deebot 900 to Alexa, you just need to enable the Ecovacs Skill on the Alexa app, then sign into your Ecovacs account. After that you can control the droid by saying, "Alexa, ask Deebot to start cleaning," or "Alexa, ask Deebot to stop cleaning." If you want the droid to head off for time between the mains, the command is "Alexa, ask Deebot to start charging".
With Google Assistant, it's much the same process; make sure the droid is connected and online, then open the Google Home app and add 'Deebot' by heading to Home Control. You'll need to sign into your Ecovacs account and then you're ready to say, "Hey Google, start the Deebot," or "OK Google, stop the clean".
For us, the setup process was easy-breezy and the robot vacuum responds to voice commands instantaneously. However, HomeKit support is not yet available, so iOS users won't be able to use Siri to control the droid.
As we mentioned earlier, the Deebot 900 comes with a little cleaning tool that's hidden away in an accessories box. It's a thoughtful addition from Ecovacs, especially given the use case for the new droid is carpet cleaning and pet hair. This handy addition comes with a sharp edge to cut away tangles, which you'll need to do regularly for the droid to function optimally. If the tangles are too much to handle, a small pen knife or scissors will do the trick.
Moreover, the bin has a capacity of only 350ml. That's not very much, so you'll find yourself emptying it after every clean if you have a large home with wall-to-wall carpets, or after every two cleans if you have a medium-sized home (evidence to how well the Deebot actually performs). Emptying the bin is as easy as lifting the handle to release the lock, then lifting out and unclipping one side to drop the dirt out.
When you've pulled out the bin, you'll find a bit of dirt or small clumps of fibre in the bin cavity within the droid. That's because the mouth of the bin, which sits behind the main bar brush, is large enough for a smattering of dust fallout when moving the bin. The cavity is easy to clean with a dry cloth, and it really doesn't need constant attention.
The filter lining the bin is washable, but you'll have to make sure it's completely dry before you use it again. Thankfully you won't need to give it a rinse too often.
If you're the finicky type, you can, on occasion, give the entire Deebot a bit of a wipedown just to keep it looking shiny and new.
There was a niche that needed filling and Ecovacs decided to take a stab at it. Unless you're willing to pay top money for the iRobot Roomba 980 – the only robot vacuum we've tested that comes with a carpet agitator – there aren't very many autonomous vacuums that can deal with carpets.
While the Deebot 900 does a good job on a low- to medium-pile carpet, it struggles on high-pile rugs. The fibres impede movement and dirt is often so deep-seated that there's not enough suction, even on the Max setting, for a good clean. Moreover, with a limited battery life of 45 minutes on Max, a large home will always require a double run. On hard floors, however, there's absolutely nothing you can fault the Deebot 900 for – it's works like a charm.
Ecovacs has, once again, aced both the hardware and the software. Our only complaint would be the droid's inability to clamber over obstacles and thresholds more than 18mm high, but that's us nitpicking, really.
The droid moves exactly as you'd expect with practically perfect mapping, and the evidence of its cleaning performance will be there for you to see every time you empty the bin. And it's all done quietly and at a relatively affordable price. Need we say more?


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South Africa: Companies Will Go on Trial for their Support of Apartheid
Last week a court in New York gave the green light for class actions against US and German corporations who dealt with South Africa's apartheid regime in defiance of UN sanctions. The case could help to expose some of the international backers of white minority rule before 1994.
It took the initiators of the lawsuit seven years to finally get the go-ahead for their action against companies like Ford, General Motors, IBM, Daimler and Rheinmetall. In the case of a conviction, these corporations could be ordered to pay millions of dollars in compensation to the victims of apartheid. Several thousand of them signed the suit, claiming that these international businesses supported the violent and racist politics of the white minority regime in South Africa in the 70s and 80s.
Human rights campaigners welcomed the decision of judge Shira Scheindlin who allowed the case to continue against Daimler, Ford and GM 'for aiding and abetting torture … extrajudicial killing, and apartheid'. Some of the supporters of the lawsuit in addition demand a review and cancellation of the international debt in Southern Africa originating from the racial suppression under the National Party. 'Even 15 years after the end of the regime, the burden of debt imperils the democratic reconstruction in South Africa and the whole region', says Anne Jung of medico international, a human rights and aid NGO based in Frankfurt (Main).
You can find the statement of Khulumani, a South African lobby organisation of the survivors and families of victims of apartheid, in response to the judgement here.

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Virtual installation «Homo Virtualis» by the Recycle group can be seen before entering the arena, it was created for the Pushkin Museum Pushkin, as the work of «the View» Irina Nahimova showing with new technologies, how the visitor looks at paintings at the Museum.
In the project «ARTерия — 7 floors of art at the hospital of the XXI century» group of artists have transformed the space Morozov children's hospital. Gallery «Emergency communication» has transformed the entrance of a house to the exhibition hall. Group project students «Visible Committee» dedicated to the city space.
Moscow international Biennale for young art in the exhibition are four works — «Tactile sculpture» Elena Artemenko, «Born gorgeous» Thomas Sinkevicius and Vilte Braunite, «Balance» Peter Urbanec and «Nonsense» Ilya Grishaeva.
The exhibition will take place a concert «I love you» Vladislav Nastassia (Theatre of Nations), reading of «the proof of the existence of the Lord God» (Workshop Dmitry Brusnikina), the performance by Fyodor Pavlov Andrievich «the Tale of the clock» based on the works of Ludmila Petrushevskaya.
The exhibition «Here and now» runs from August 1 to August 20 with the informational support of RIA Novosti – the flagship of the resource media group «Russia today». The Agency is the most quoted mass media of the Russian media and in social networks. The website RIA.ru read about four and a half million users daily, which puts the resource in the leading news portals of the Runet. The correspondent network of the Agency covers over 100 cities in the world.


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April 20/18: S-300s' Syria, Russia & Israeli Spin
As stated then: " Israel is presenting the idea that S-300's are headed to Syria as a reality. As if it's guaranteed. From what I've seen/read so far this is NOT the case That said Israel's claim gets me thinking about why Israeli talking heads may be presenting this transfer as a statement of fact?"April 23/2018 : Russia: No Decision Yet on S300's
As stated for a second time: All promotion of the S300's being present in Syria or being a sure thing at this time is speculation that plays into the Usrael propaganda machine- Spreading incorrect information, seems to me, is doing the work of the global tyranny, witting or unwitting. Lavrov made clear if Russia makes this decision it will be made public.
The fruit of the Israeli propaganda meme has come to bear. Israel told Russia, Netanyahu directly to Putin, said do not send them and Israel is having it's way.
Typical Israeli propaganda.
Reuters: Russia, after Netanyahu visit, backs off Syria S-300 missile supplies
Russia is not in talks with the Syrian government about supplying advanced S-300 ground-to-air missiles and does not think they are needed, the Izvestia daily cited a top Kremlin aide as saying on Friday, in an apparent U-turn by Moscow.
The comments, by Vladimir Kozhin, an aide to President Vladimir Putin who oversees Russian military assistance to other countries, follow a visit to Moscow by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week, who has been lobbying Putin hard not to transfer the missiles.
haaretz After Netanyahu Visit, Russia 'Not in Talks' With Syria to Supply S-300 System
The comments follow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Moscow this week, who presented to Putin "Israel's obligation and right to defend itself against Iranian aggression, from Syrian territory"
You see Israel worked their magic and now Russia is not sending the S-300's to Syria?
That's how liars tell lies! - It's so easy to do because truth exists and lies have to be made up, and since there was no decision made, no agreement on sending the S-300 to Syria anyway..... It's very easy for Israel to claim they stopped something that wasn't about to happen!
Particularly easy when Israel's media originated the lie in the first place!
TASS is reporting: Nixing delivery of S-300's Unrelated to Israeli Visit
Obviously it's unrelated, since there was no agreement to provide the s-300's this last little while. No decision was made. Lavrov had stated had one been made it would be announced to the public.
Now the spin will be that Russia is just 'face saving' by denying the Israeli visit is connected to the S-300's not going to Syria- When the reality is-THERE WAS NO PROOF THAT THE S-300'S WERE GOING TO SYRIA


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tudents create a chart to help them analyze the ways in which characters develop and are revealed.
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aNow that the class has finished Anna Karenina, the students should have completed the "character chart" that they started on Day 1. Instruct the students to use their charts to answer the following questions in a class discussion:
- Look at your descriptions of each character on Day...
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Work is underway on Building C of the Lakewood Logistics Center. This project includes the construction of a speculative 205,030 square foot warehouse with 3,160 square feet of office space. The completed building will have a 36′ clear height, (4) 12'x14' drive in doors and (41) 9'x10' dock position doors. The truck court will be concrete from dock to back of trailer stalls, spanning 180′. Sierra began sitework for this project at the end of this summer and it is due for completion in the Spring of 2020.


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Great :) you finally get a shot with Barry Meguiar's. Legend :P
Nice picture bro..wondered who took it for you. You used a tripod and timer?
Thanks Sher Ren and anonymous. Johan took it for me, thanks to him. :)
Wow man that tech art Porsche looks awesome! How big were those wheels?
Wonderful pictures and a great photo of you with Barry. I only had the opportunity to meet him once while working with Dick Koeth on the Car Crazy site. Barry's an interesting man.
Keep up the great detailing and car photography!
Hi David, thanks alot for dropping by my blog. I started to get serious in detailing more than 10 years ago by purchasing your Guide to Detailing and joining Autopia forum. Back then, it was the only useful resources in the internet and most people have not got a clear idea on what's detailing all about. I truly appreciate your hardwork and I see your tremendous contribution to the detailing world of today. Once again, thanks alot!
Congratulations and keep up the work.. hope you're doing well! If you love the best car care products, you should check out Dr. Beasley's Car Care Products.
Cool, looks like you wore the right t-shirt for the occasion! - I have one of the same. It must have been great to meet such a car care legend, I'm not sure what I would have asked him if it had been me though...
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As predicted last week, Godzilla could only hold on to the top spot for one week as it has been knocked off by the might of the X-Men in X-Men: Days of Future Past.
In more good news for the X-Men, the film has become the highest grossing debut weekend film this year beating The Amazing Spider-Man 2 into second place.
Elsewhere in the chart, we have two other new entries in the form of terrible comedy Blended starring Adam Sandler which went in at number five and the animated adventures of Postman Pat in his first movie which went in at number four.
New Releases – It's a big week for new films as there is three huge movies to choose from, firstly thriller Edge of Tomorrow starring Tom Cruise, your second choices is Disney's dark telling of the witch Maleficent from Sleeping beauty and your final choice is comedy A Million Ways to Die in the West starring, written and directed by Seth MacFarlane.
10. The Lego Movie – £185,087 – £33,512,593
9. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – £255,482 – £23,642,745
8. The Two Faces of January – £303,637 – £907,494
7. The Other Woman – £335,059 – £8,681,688
6. Rio 2 – £341,785 – £13,936,487
5. Blended – (NE) – £688,547
4. Postman Pat: The Movie – (NE) – £774,750
3. Bad Neighbours – £1,222,235 – £13,511,060
2. Godzilla – £2,731,355 – £11,828,213
1. X-Men: Days of Future Past – (NE) – £9,144,971
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Educating Latino students in an age of uncertainty
Because Latinos comprise the largest minority group in the United States, our country's socioeconomic well-being is tied to their educational success. In the cover story of the Spring 2017 issue of American Educator, Patricia Gándara explains that while the challenges related to Latino students often dominate education discussions, we must also focus on the many assets these young people bring with them if we are serious about helping them achieve.
Building on Gándara's article are two essays by AFT Vice Presidents Evelyn DeJesus and Catalina R. Fortino. DeJesus reassures Latino children, who, historically, have had no voice, and undocumented students and educators, who fear deportation, that they can all count on the AFT to support them, while Fortino discusses the creation and promise of an AFT resolution on improving outcomes for Latino youth and addressing the needs of the Latino community.
The next article focuses on the benefits of recess. Researchers explain why unstructured play, with adult supervision, gives children the opportunity to develop social and emotional skills that are critical to a well-rounded education.
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The complete Spring 2017 issue is available online.
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The Capa Vineyard is on the Napa side of northern Carneros with a southwestern exposure that can be challenging in warmer vintages but is sublime in cooler ones, like we had in 2012.
Capa Vineyard
Los Carneros, Napa Valley
Tasting Notes
Only produced in cooler vintages when this southwestern facing parcel can take full advantage of all-day sun exposure without getting too ripe. It shows ripe, red-berry notes with dried rose, hard cherry candy and a touch of tea or tobacco. It is a bridge between the Old and New World styles of Pinot Noir. It is a mouthful of yum now, but will age gracefully for years to come.
If you're looking for a different vintage, please click here for availability.
The Capa Vineyard is on the Napa side of northern Carneros with a southwestern exposure that can be challenging in warmer vintages but is sublime in cooler ones, like we had in 2012.
Pinot Noir, The Next Generation… A Cycle of Death and Renewal!
The anti-hero of my teen years killed Captain Kirk - and it wasn't his most significant role. In his youth, he was the ultimate everyman rebel in "If…", the prescient 60's film about a bullied British school boy who stages an armed revolt against the establishment. Then, in the early '70's, he played the sociopathic leader of a violent gang of "droogs" in Clockwork Orange - who is arrested and "cured" only to be released into a society that relishes victimizing their now defenseless attacker. As iconic as these roles were, it's ironic that Malcolm McDowell is probably best known as the man who killed Captain Kirk in "Star Trek Generations" - serving as the vehicle to finally hand the torch to the "new" Captain. Though it was a painful transition to some, it had to be done. Kirk was getting old and paunchy, no longer convincingly seducing the gorgeous alien or throwing an effective right hook.
Now, we are killing off selected blocks of our Pinot Noir before the fruit gets paunchy and can no longer seduce… at least until we can pass the torch to the next generation. These just might be the last two releases of Capa and Vandal Pinots for awhile.
A healthy vine has an effective life span. It possesses an exuberance of youth that matures into stable predictability at about age ten, hits its stride and gains complexity into the 20's and then, when wisest, around 25 years old, begins to lose productivity. The Capa and Vandal Vineyards were planted in the late eighties and early nineties to a mix of French clones and heirloom massal selections. They've served us well but certain blocks, though producing incredibly complex fruit, are no longer achieving viable yields. It is time for a generational revolution.
The Capa vineyard is a sentimental favorite, even if a royal pain in some years. It is my home and was named after my loyal Border Collie who, after 16 years, rests amongst the trees on the hillside. The vineyard has four selections of Pinot Noir: two French Clones, Dijon and Pommard, and two massal heirlooms that we refer to as the C and H selections. When young, this vineyard produced big jammy Pinot Noir but, as we learned its eccentricities and as the vines lost some vitality with age, the wines became more complex. However, it gets to a point that no matter how good the fruit is, if there isn't enough to support the cost and effort to farm it, we need to move on. The two blocks of C and H selections are slated for removal this year.
The Vandal Vineyard is a diverse vineyard with not only Pinot Noir, but Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel. However, the Pinot Noir has always been special here with massal cuttings from our first plantings, known as the "S" selection, as well as the Pommard clone. The earthy, cranberry like "S" selection Pinot combined with the plum-like character of the Pommard created some immediately likable, yet incredibly complex Pinot that aged gracefully, but like the heirloom blocks from Capa, the "S" selection is ready for retirement. It's time for the torch to be passed to the next generation.
But all is not lost. Like a good sci-fi story, we've come up with an improbable solution to connect the past with the future. A few years ago, we took cuttings from the heirloom "S" selection of Pinot Noir and began the process of microshoot tip culturing to create our very own disease-free "Sinskey" clone of Pinot Noir… a clone we feel ideally suited to become the next generation of elegant, balanced Carneros Pinot Noir.
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The Art of Fermentation
Wine and cheese are born from fermentation. When the art of fermentation was discovered everyone exclaimed hallelujah! Finally a method was found to preserve or prolong the life of foods that would otherwise decay. Good cheese reflects its sense of place in the same way as carefully grown wine. Artisan wine and cheese reveal their true character and many facets as they age. They achieve greater complexity the longer they are left on their own. It is no cliché that they are meant for one another. Presented together, simply or more elaborately, they are pure pleasure.
After the big plates have been cleared, I love to enjoy the remaining wine in my glass with a little cheese. The Perfect Circle Pinots are far too good to waste, so a little cheese with the last few drops makes sure everything comes out even. Personally, I'd rather have cheese than dessert. When dining out, once I have spied the cheese cart, I am impatient throughout the meal until it is presented. I'd rather skip the courses that came before and feast solely on cheese.
I've included my recipe for baked Brie below. The addition of a bit of rosemary and ground black pepper tames the mold of the velvety rind and makes the cheese wine friendly, as does encasing the soft buttery cheese in flaky puff pastry dough. The golden puffed orb makes a decadent appetizer or grand finale to a fine meal. I oppose the addition of any sweet element to the Brie, such as dried fruit, as this tends to clash with dry wines of any sort.
Whether I serve cheese before, after, or in place of a meal, it is an important part of our wine culture and our lives. Life is too short to drink bad wine and eat bad cheese. Always stick to your standards and never dip below unless life and limb necessitate.
Until the Next Wine....
The Capa Vineyard is on the Napa side of northern Carneros with a southwestern exposure that can be challenging in warmer vintages but is sublime in cooler ones, like we had in 2012. The combination of French clones and heirlooms provide a complexity rarely found in New World Pinot Noir.
RSV's Carneros Estate vineyards are picked in the cool of night and delivered to the cellar door before the sun rises for a crack-of-dawn crush. The grapes are de-stemmed and each lot is fermented separately. Some see open-box fermenters and others open-top stainless fermenters. All of the lots kick off fermentation on native yeast and see a combination of punch down and/or cap irrigation.
The wines are then aged in 100% French Oak barrels (of which about 30% are new) for one year in the caves before bottling and continued cellar aging before release.
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This database contains information about more than 6,000 publications on autism and related issues.
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Double-blind placebo controlled trial of pentoxifylline added to risperidone: Effects on aberrant behavior in children with autism.
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
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Omega-3 fatty acids supplementation in children with autism: a double-blind randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study.
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The effectiveness of naltrexone in treating task attending, aggression, self-injury, and stereotypic mannerisms of six young males with autism or pervasive developmental disorders.
Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
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An analysis of vocal stereotypy and therapist fading.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
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Improvement in children with autism treated with intravenous gamma globulin.
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Constructing a designer Solid Wood China Cabinet home lets you design a dwelling that accommodates all your requirements. Implement these guidelines to design a reliable Ruby Hernandez house layout.
Define the central living spaces needed by your whole family. Assuming you happen to be an introvert then you might want to have a not so big yet convenient living room. Then again, in case you are an extrovert, choosing a big room that brings together dining room and living room is going to be the right choice to welcome your visitors April 16, 2016 at 6:14 pm.
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Greece is perfectly situated at the intersection of Europe, Asia and Africa. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsular, it has common borders with Albania on the northwest, Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria directly to the north, and Turkey on the furthest eastern point. The geographical diversity of where Greece stands is not just by land, but also by sea. Exploring the Greek coast will mean renting a sailboat or motorboat and when doing so, you will have the choice to see Greece by water on the Aegean Sea on the eastern part, the Ionian Sea on the western shore, and the Sea of Crete and Mediterranean directly to the south.
Palmaris of Greek coast
It is obvious why Greece is one of the most desirable vacation destinations. Rent a boat in Greece and discover unspoiled beaches on one of the several islands, or spend time absorbing the local culture on the mainland. With its diversity, there is something to be found by everyone.
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Sailing in Greece is an amazing opportunity to discover the Greek islands. Leave the mainland and set sail to the Cyclades islands or the Dodecanese islands. You won't be disappointed. Once again, depending on your criteria, with yacht charter greece , you can find a skippered yacht or a bareboat one. For example, if you want to have complete freedom on your sailing yachts then, bareboat is the way to go. On the opposite, if you are more looking for a stress-free boating experience, planning absolutely nothing and just enjoy the sun on the dock of you hired boat, then renting a boat with a Greek skipper will be the best solution. One of the main benefits of hiring a boat with a local skipper is that they know the sailing area the best.
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It goes without saying that Greece is a sailing hub in the Mediterranean. With hundred years of sailing history, Greece and the Ionian sea is a popular destination for everyone looking for an adrenaline rush or just a stress-free day out on the water with their family. Charters in Greece are numerous and during the summer months, between July and August, the surrounding can be a little bit crowded. However, the coastline abounds with unspoiled harbours and bay which will give you a better sense of solitude and adventure.


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Energy & Natural Resources Croatia
Exploration history
Production sharing and fees
On April 2 2014 the long-awaited first offshore licensing round for the exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the Adriatic Sea was opened.(1) The bid round closing date is 14:00 on November 3 2014. The offshore licensing round comprises approximately 36,823 square kilometres divided into 29 blocks of between 1,000 and 1,600 square kilometres each.
Exploration offshore Croatia started in the northern Adriatic in 1968, with the acquisition of two-dimensional seismic data. Traditionally, the former Croatian national oil and gas company INA dd (which today is only partially state owned) was the sole holder of exploration and exploitation licences and concessions (for further details please see "Oil and gas exploration update"). Once the current government took office in December 2011, preparations for encouraging activity in the upstream hydrocarbon sector began, with the introduction of the necessary legal framework and conditions to attract foreign investment (for further details please see "New hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation regime" and "Hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation tenders in the Adriatic").
A licence is required for the exploration and exploitation of petroleum in Croatia. Licences are granted by the government to selected applicants for a 30-year period, which comprises both the exploration period (five years, which may be extended twice for a further six months) and the exploitation period. The licensee is entitled to the direct grant of a concession if it makes a commercial discovery and all contractual commitments have been met. A draft of the product sharing agreement forms part of the tender documents.
A contractor which enters into a production sharing agreement with the government is entitled to a share of the profit petroleum, calculated in accordance with the factor specified in the production sharing agreement. It is also obliged to pay the following fees and bonuses:
Application procedure and timeframe
Tenderers must prove their financial and technical capacity - in particular, their operating experience. The minimum work programme, likely monetary spend and health, safety and environmental framework should also be provided. A bid guarantee in the form of a first-class bank guarantee of €500,000 must be submitted with the tender.
A decision on the tender and the grant of licences is expected by December 3 2014. Between December 2014 and March 2015, the government and the licensees should negotiate draft production sharing agreements. Conclusion of the production sharing agreements is expected by March 3 2015.
Strategic projects
Following the enactment of the Strategic Investment Act (for further details please see "Hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation tenders in the Adriatic"), the government received 29 applications for the award of strategic project status (13 public investment projects and 16 private investments). Five projects have been awarded such status thus far, including:
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Protection against digital gold diggers—software blocks crypto mining
Cryptojacking describes the creation of cryptocurrencies by a website that executes background mining software on a visitor's computer. Since mining is a very computing-intensive process, this can lead to reduced battery life on mobile devices. The cryptojacked computer runs at full speed, the battery drains quickly, and the profit goes to the attackers. The St. Pölten UAS has now developed the free app CoinEater, which recognises online crypto mining and blocks its execution.
"Usually, high-performance hardware is used to generate cryptocurrencies. Cryptojacking distributes mining between many, less powerful devices and poses a new form of threat on the internet," explains Sebastian Schrittwieser, head of the Institute for IT Security Research at the St. Pölten UAS, who helped develop the software.
Ongoing Search for New Threats
A scanner developed at the Institute for IT Security Research automatically searches the Internet for cryptojacking at regular intervals. The results are then integrated into the CoinEater software. To do this, the researchers went through over 1 million of the most popular websites and uncovered that more than 3,000 sites were digging for cryptocurrencies without their users' knowledge. The researchers' programme also provides a technical analysis of the methods used by these websites.
"The use of such techniques is legitimate if website users agree to them, for instance, in order to hide advertisements," says Schrittwieser. Cryptojacking, on the other hand, is a misuse of the users' devices.
"Even though Coinhive, the largest provider of online mining software today, is going to discontinue its services soon, the problem will not be completely eradicated, and mining could become more worthwhile once again later on," says Schrittwieser. The scanner can also detect other providers of crypto mining.
Protection against Pop Ups
The scanner also recognises another new phenomenon on the Internet: the pop-up scam. When visiting websites, users are confronted with pop-up windows containing ads or short messages that link them to fee-based offers or malware and which have to be tediously clicked away.
The software is updated constantly. It scans about 100,000 pages every day and runs a software update for the one million pages once every ten days.
Download of the add-on for protection from crypto mining https://www.coineater.io.


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Last week, we talked about how to begin creating your schedules. This post will go into a bit more detail on a daily schedule. This schedule just covers what it is you'll be doing regularly during each day. I gave you a introduction of my weekly schedule last week, and some tips on how to start your own.
I set up my weekly schedule to work on a room or area of my house each day, as well as fitting in extra things. These include such things as rebates on Mondays, filing and paperwork on Thursdays, and emptying all trash baskets on Sundays. As I've said, I am not organized by nature. If you fit in this category with me, my suggestion to you is to simple: try to make a schedule that includes everything you will be doing. Otherwise, the recycling will build up, the sheets won't get washed, and your windows will be so dirty you'll start to think they just came with fingerprints imprinted on them originally.
Every schedule is, and should be, different- customized for you, created around however your household is best run. The thing I hear the most is that people just can't actually do it- get up and get started with their duties every day. This is why the daily schedule is the basis, the blueprint, for your day. Monday might be for cleaning bedrooms, and Thursdays for kitchens, but each day will still unfold much the same way. When I first started my daily schedules, I worked from Flylady's system of AM/PM. Basically, it calls for creating a morning schedule and evening schedule, specifying what tasks need to be done.
This is a good system, and worked well for me for awhile. You might want to try this way when first making your schedule. However, one of the most important aspects of any plan is flexibility. Your plan has to be ready to change, and you have to be willing to change it. Any schedule might work at a time in your life, and then not work as well when new times or events occur. For me, after my second child, my daily schedule stopped working for me. It just wasn't structured enough. So I took a page from how many work-out-of-home people schedule their days: hour by hour.
Now, this might seem too complicated, but it can actually provide a great way to stay on track. Just knowing I have to clean the bathroom, and do my menu planning on Fridays isn't exactly a motivation for me. But when I set up a schedule with set "work times" at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. it kept me working. I started this schedule by just writing down each hour on a line of notebook paper. I started with 7 a.m., when we are up by, and went through 9:00 p.m., right before we put the children to bed. I put in even the most basic, everyday tasks, such as meals and cleaning the kitchen afterwards. For me, (lazy as I am!) it really helps to be accountable to my schedule. I leave between a half-hour and an hour for each main task, as to allow flexibility. The baby will have to be fed, someone will need a diaper change, the phone will ring... Something will always come up, so don't make your schedule too tight or tasks will run into each other.
The last part is to write in your weekly tasks into your daily schedule. As I said, I have two times, one in the morning (during baby's nap/rest time and William's snack time) and in the afternoon (naptime for both.) I find myself doing more complicated/detailed tasks in the morning, when I am more alert (such as filing or schoolwork.) Afternoon naptime is for easy tasks like cleaning. I also make some of this time for my personal time, when I might read or work on this blog.
I find that irregardless of the system, having a daily schedule is so important to actually getting up and going every day. Do you feel like this might help you? Any tips of your own? Please share in the comments. Check back next week for more on creating task lists, and how to fit in those occasional duties into a monthly schedule.
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I'm loving your blog and tips!
I just started a new blog and would love it if you would stop by! Eliza's blog
- October 12, 2009 at 2:02 PM
- annies home said...
yes schedules are so important thanks for the wonderful schedule
- October 12, 2009 at 8:44 PM
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LeBron James And Kyrie Irving were two of the main reasons why the Cleveland Cavaliers have been one of the top teams in the NBA. The Cavaliers have faced the Golden State Warriors in the last three NBA Championship finals and the Cavaliers have won one NBA Championship in 2016.
Kyrie Irving caught Cleveland fans by surprise earlier this year when he made it very clear that he no longer wanted to be a part of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Irving was apparently not very happy being in the shadow of LeBron James and wanted to move to a new franchise where he can be top dog. The Cavaliers traded him to Boston Celtics and in exchange received Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder and Ante Zizic.
The Boston Celtics will travel to Cleveland on Tuesday to play the Cavaliers at the Quicken Loans Arena and Kyrie Irving will play against his former teammates for the first time. Irving has played at the Quicken Loans Arena for the last six years in a Cavaliers jersey and is used to having the support of the Cleveland fans. This time around when he takes the court, he knows only too well that they will be against him and be very loud with their boos.
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Irving is prepared for a hostile reception and played it down stating that he has been part of a number of high profile matches where the crowds did their best to throw him off his game. He said it was going to be a great season opener and he knew that it would be almost impossible to block out the boos and chants coming from the Cleveland fans. Tyronn Lue, coach of the Cavaliers has not sympathy for his former point guard and said Irving deserved whatever Cleveland fans dished out.
In a statement, Lue said
We've got the best fans in the world and they're going to do whatever they see best. Whatever decision they make, that's the right one. Because they've been behind us for three straight years, since I've been here, they've always made the right decisions. So whatever they decide to do, I embrace whatever they do
There have been rumours that LeBron James might not play on Tuesday and that would seriously disappoint Cleveland fans. However his teammate JR Smith said that James would not miss the season opener and stats show that James has played every opening game during the last 14 seasons.


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EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Any time President Barack Obama leaves the White House for another city in the United States, helicopters from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City serve as his eyes in the sky.
Following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the missions of the Coast Guard changed around the country and specifically at the Atlantic City air station. In addition to their traditional search-and-rescue work in the Atlantic Ocean, the air station at the William J. Hughes Technical Center also is responsible for protecting the airspace when the Commander in Chief leaves Washington, Capt. Pete Mingo, air station commander, told The Press of Atlantic City.
"Out of this unit we also support a component that protects restricted air space over the capital," Mingo said. "As a function of that mission, we also send teams of aircraft and people on the road for national security events."
As part of the station's ongoing homeland security mission, the station also provides aircraft and crews for security patrols in Washington. The Atlantic City station took on the mission in 2006, Mingo said.
Over the years, the station has performed 42 homeland security missions, as well as nine diverts/scrambles in the Washington area, records show.
"Since 9/11, they have taken on critical homeland security missions, on top of traditional search-and-rescue and drug interdiction," said US Rep. Frank LoBiondo, R-2nd. "Those duties have added substantially to their workload without the corresponding resources or funding to offset."
The facility opened in 1998 and is the product of a merger of Air Station Brooklyn, New York, and Group/Air Station Cape May. The facility is the newest and largest single airframe unit of the Coast Guard's air stations, according to the agency's website. The 69,200-square-foot facility is home to 10 MH-65D Dolphin Helicopters, which cost more than $9 million when purchased new.
The air station, which has a $7.5 million operating budget, is responsible for overseeing the coastlines of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, including interior bays and rivers such as the Chesapeake, Delaware, Hudson and Long Island Sound. Salaries there total about $10 million a year, according to a report on the economic impact of tenants at the Tech Center.
The more than 220 people who work at the facility answer about 120 calls for help per year from boaters in the Atlantic Ocean.
"Each year is a little different. After Sandy there was a downturn in the number of rescues," Mingo said. "Part of that is testament to the equipment that the Coast Guard and the boating public have. We've gotten a lot smarter about what we bring with us. Some of them are mysterious callouts over the radio, some of them are simple tows, and (others are) for sinking boats."
In October 2006, the Coast Guard was allocated $66.5 million for the National Capitol Region Air Defense mission, which allowed the Coast Guard to assist the Air National Guard in protecting the airspace over the nation's capital.
The funding also allowed the construction of additional hangar and office space at the facility, and covered relocation expenses for more than 70 additional air crew and support personnel.
"If the president goes to Palm Springs for a period of time, we will send a team of folks and we will grab a few folks from other regions," said Mingo, who is retiring in May. "We put together the team that will protect that location. This is the hub of it; we have three regional locations -- one in Detroit, one in Savannah and another in New Orleans."
During those missions, the station secures and patrols the airspace over the locations.
After each mission, Joey Abercrombie, of Norcross, Georgia, and the other mechanics inspect each helicopter.
"When a helicopter gets back, we wash it, do our inspections," Abercrombie said. "It takes about 35 to 40 minutes to turn it around for the next flight."
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