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Heaven-and-Hell expert Miriam Van Scott on the ups and downs of 'End of Days'
Writer David Templeton takes interesting people to interesting movies in his ongoing quest for the ultimate post-film conversation. This is not a review; rather, it's a freewheeling, tangential discussion of life, alternative ideas, and popular culture.
"I'M BACK from Hell, " laughs author Miriam Van Scott, grabbing her notes and heading for a quiet corner of her home in Manassas, Va. The "hell" from which she's so recently returned was in the form of a new film: End of Days, starring a surprisingly seedy-looking Arnold Schwarzenegger as a suicidal, alcoholic ex-cop duking it out with the Devil (nicely played by Gabriel Byrne) in New York City on New Year's Eve.
The plot involves an unwitting 20-year-old woman marked from birth as the future mother of Satan's baby, the conception of which must take place between 11 p.m. and midnight, Eastern Standard Time, on the edge of the year 2000, an event that will somehow bring about the end of life on Earth. It's all ludicrous, to say the least, and gory--see Arnold spraying bullets at an army of devil worshippers! see Arnold crucified to the side of a church! see Lucifer ram a crucifix into a priest's forehead!--to the point of being offensive. It is, in other words, a bad film.
At least, that's my opinion.
"I didn't think it was as bad as everyone said it was," Van Scott confesses. "And believe me, I've watched so many really, really, really bad Devil movies. I can say that this was far from the worst of them."
Well, if not exactly the highest of praise, it's certainly authoritative. Miriam Van Scott knows her Devil movies.
As the author of the informative and oddly charming Encyclopedia of Hell (Thomas Dunne Books; $16.95) and the just-released Encyclopedia of Heaven (St. Martin's Press; $25.95), Van Scott has--in the interest of research, of course--viewed enough movies about Heaven and Hell to last most of us for an eternity. Scholarly and richly entertaining, the encyclopedias are nicely crammed with nifty netherworld info, pulling examples from the worlds of literature, music, theater, art, and film, and from numerous cultures and religions. Imaginatively compiled, each volume contains references to everything from the Hell's Angels, heavy-metal music, Faust, and the exact acreage of Hell itself to angels, saints, collectible Heaven plates, and of course, the legendary Pearly Gates.
There are also scads of references to plays and films, with mentions of Heaven Can Wait, Ghost, Hellraiser, Our Town, Don Giovanni, and even Monty Python's the Meaning of Life .
It seems certain that End of Days will one day end up with a mention of future editions of the Encyclopedia of Hell, if only for its imaginative uses of standard religious icons.
"Though if you didn't already know an awful lot about Christian iconography, you would have missed a lot of those references," Van Scott remarks. "They kept flashing the omega symbol--the last letter in the Greek alphabet--but never explained what it was. When Arnold goes into the church at the end, there's this big statue of St. Michael, who, of course, in the Bible is the one who drove the rebel angels into Hell--but they never tell you it's St. Michael."
Or why the Devil might be a little bit pissed off at that particular icon.
Speaking of which, "There's nothing in your encyclopedia about demonic combustible urine, is there?" I ask, referencing the whimsical moment when Gabriel Byrne relieves himself in the street, then lights a match to the voluminous puddle, thereby blowing up a bevy of interfering police cars.
"That was a first," she laughs. "Even in New York."
It certainly gives new meaning the phrase "Lake of Fire."
Van Scott, who admits to a fondness for "strange, creepy things," points out that Hell--metaphorically hinted at in the movie by numerous scenes in underground lairs and eerie subway tunnels--is a universally accepted concept, showing up in different forms, in most of the world's religions.
"The Chinese Buddhists believe in a place of suffering," she says. "Even religions that teach reincarnation hold the idea of a place where you go and are tormented and punished before being reincarnated. It's most familiar, obviously, in Judeo-Christian beliefs. In Christianity, it's central. It's in all the literature.
"But strangely, in a lot of the world's religions, the idea of what happens to souls in the afterlife is really almost an afterthought. It's like, 'Oh, and then when you die this other stuff happens. . . .' It's not the main event.
"But in Christianity," she adds, "Heaven and Hell are really the basis of the religion."
"So then," I am compelled to ask, "as the author books about Heaven and Hell, which place is your favorite?"
"Hell was more interesting to write about, that's for sure," she says. "Hell is sensual, and fascinating, and packed with forbiddenness. Heaven is fun too, but it's so . . . I don't know. In movies, there's always something annoying about Heaven. I've seen dozens of Heaven movies, but I can't think of one that made it look really appealing, like something that I'd actually like to do for millions of years.
"Let's just put it this way," Van Scott concludes. "Not that I ever want to actually go to Hell or anything, but to me, between Heaven and Hell, Hell would definitely make the better ride at Disneyland. Know what I mean?"
From the December 9-15, 1999 issue of the Sonoma County Independent.
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The Shanghai Sharks' backroom staff just got a little bit bigger after the club announced the appointment of Rory White as the team's new assistant coach.
White, who played five season in the NBA in the 1980's, was a fourth round draft pick in 1982 by the Phoenix Suns before playing for the Milwaukee Bucks and the LA Clippers. The power forward ended his playing days with stints in the American Continental Basketball Association (CBA), Belgium, Italy, Argentina and Spain.
Having moved into coaching, White then had spells in various lower level American basketball leagues before being getting a gig back with the Clippers as an assistant coach in 2003 and staying there for a further six years.
In 2009, he was appointed head coach of the Dakota Wizards, then the NBA D-League affiliate of the Memphis Grizzlies. Two years and a 48-52 record later, his contract was terminated by the Wizard's new affiliate owners, the Golden State Warriors a day after the latter had bought the club.
This will mark the first time that the head coach Daniel Panaggio and White will be sitting on the same technical bench although they coached against the other in the CBA (Panaggio with the Quad City Thunder, White with the Idaho Stampede) as well as the D-League (Panaggio was with the LA D-Fenders until 2010).


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After a number of false alarms, Simplocker, the first true file-encrypting ransomware app, has now landed on Android and it is a nasty one.
Recent pseudo-malware apps that landed on Android had hitherto been fake ones, betting on the user's gullibility to extract a ransom.
Android defender for example threatened to encrypt files but only managed to display a lockscreen.
Security vendor ESET recently discovered this one and hides its location by using a C&C (command and control) server hosted on a TOR domain.
Malware researcher Robert Lipovsky wrote in a post on ESET's blog that the malware is likely to be a proof-of-concept and "doesn't come close to Cryptolocker on Windows".
Once on the victim's device, it scans the SD card for a number of file types, encrypts them and demand a ransom to decrypt them again.
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1. Donald Trump makes his March Madness picks in Colbert cartoon
Stephen Colbert used some hilarious illustrations to depict Donald Trump's NCAA Tournament picks as March Madness kicked off on Thursday. And it was especially funny as Trump had rejected to continue Barack Obama's tradition of filling out a bracket for men's and women's basketball live on camera. "Don't like their chances," Cartoon Trump said. "In fact, the country of Gonzaga is next in line for the travel ban. Those Gonzagans are bad hombres."
2. Matthew Perry and Justin Trudeau were never friends
Who do you think would win in a fight, Chandler Bing or Justin Trudeau? It turns out there's a real-life answer to that question. Matthew Perry visited Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday and explained that he actually beat up the Prime Minister when they were kids. "My friend Chris Murray, who was also in the fifth grade in Canada, reminded me that we actually beat up Justin Trudeau," he shared on the late night show. "I think he was excelling in a sport that we weren't as [good at], so, it was pure jealousy."
3. James Corden dresses as Belle in crosswalk spoof
Fans of The Late Late Show know that one of James Corden's funniest sketches is Crosswalk the Musical. So when Beauty and the Beast stars Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, and Josh Gad arrived on set, it was only right that the musically inclined performers attempted to deliver a rendition of songs from the movie like 'Be Our Guest' in the middle of an actual crosswalk. "To be invited by James to perform at the crosswalk outside of CBS, that's what we call a dream come true," Gad said. But for those watching at home, it was Corden dressed as Belle that made it all worthwhile.
4. Bachelor couple plays Newly engaged game on Jimmy Kimmel
Nick Viall found his happily-ever after on Monday night when he got down on one knee and proposed to 29-year-old Montreal-based beauty, Vanessa Grimaldi. Immediately after the Bachelor finale, the pair appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, where they played an edited version of The Newlywed Game (aptly named The Newly Engaged Game) to show off how much they really know about each other. The pair were tested on their astrology signs, celebrity crushes and where they first had sex. And they didn't do too bad.
5. Ewan McGregor says to get over Beauty and the Beast gay character controversy
People are boycotting Beauty and the Beast over a character's "gay moment." But Ewan McGregor had some choice words for those critical of the film, during a chat at Stephen Colbert's The Late Show. "It's just like, he's a gay character and it's 2017 for f— sake," he said. "There's a lot of gay sex in this cartoon and I think if you live anywhere near Alabama you should not go and see this film. What would Jesus think?"
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In addition to the OECD guidelines, there are a series of further reference texts and guidelines which serve as a guidance framework for responsible action by companies in their day-to-day practice. The main ones to be mentioned are the tripartite declaration of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the UN Global Compact. Implementation of the guidelines is voluntary. But this does not mean that implementation is arbitrary. On the contrary, many companies develop their own in-house rules in order to ensure that this guidance framework is implemented effectively around the world. Networks and initiatives – such as regional Global Compact networks, national contact points for OECD guidelines and ILO activities – also promote the dissemination and implementation of this guidance framework.
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Documentary films are a popular way to examine real life that often rivals Hollywood. Combining the methods of film-making with the lens of anthropology offers students the perspective of visual anthropology. This field broadens your horizons by analyzing films from around the world and delving into the history, methods, and theories of the industry. Experiential learning through production of documentaries. Recommended: ANTH& 100.
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1. Val d'Isere, France
Val d'Isere is situated in the French Alps, near the Italian border and the resort is open from the end of November until the beginning of May each year. The area offers optimum conditions for skiing with great snow and subzero temperatures. There is 300km of prepared pistes and easily accessible off-piste opportunities with great views across the alps and of the village below. The village has plenty of bars and clubs too – perfect for winding down after a day on the slopes.
2. Meribel, France
Meribel has been a favourite ski resort amongst the celebs since Brigitte Bardot in the 60s skied there and so I think I'd be in pretty good company here. The Middletons and the Beckhams are regulars to Meribel and Emma Watson even owns a chalet here. To go along with its celebrity pedigree, Meribel also offers some of the best skiing in the world and is a much more relaxed resort where visitors usually stay in private chalets.
3. Whistler, Canada
Whistler in Canada topped Conde Nast Traveller's list of the best ski resorts in the world in 2017. Whistler is full of amazing restaurants offering delicious seafood, game and sushi and the snow's not bad either – more than 33 metres per year drifts on to the hills here and the pistes are fluffy and soft.
4. St Moritz, Switzerland
Located in the Swiss Alps, St Moritz is another ski resort whose reputation precedes it. For a winter activity holiday there's nowhere better as there's not just skiing on offer here. Visitors to St Moritz can also take part in ballooning, hang-gliding, heli-skiing and ice polo. Although you may need to remortgage your house to visit here!
5. St Anton, Austria
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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe would have a discussion with the Indian authorities on the alleged plot to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena, a Spokesman from the Prime Minister's office said yesterday.
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Aisling wrote:The suspects have been identified as Moscow-born A.B. (34) and Grozny-born Russian citizen of Chechen nationality M.Z. (27).
When descriptors get that long, English-speakers don't like to insert them before the modified noun. More natural would be "...and M.Z. (27), a Russian citizen of Chechen nationality who was born in Grozny."
Aisling wrote:It is reported that an inquiry has been instituted about the two people who reportedly didn't take their passports with which they entered Turkey with them for the crime of being members of a terrorist organisation.
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Turkish police have arrested 21 people suspected of being members of Isis, according to state media reports.
Authorities seized hunting rifles and ammunition in the simultaneous operations which took place at dawn.
It is reported that police seized nine firearms as well as homemade explosives in the raids.
Three of the detainees were foreign nationals, who authorities believe were planning on entering Syria to fight for the militant group.
Nato has been putting pressure on Turkey to do more to prevent foreign fights from crossing into Syria to join Isis.
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Wait for life-changing surgery 'toughest part'
BEFORE receiving a kidney and pancreas transplant last year, Megan Jonas spent nine hours a night hooked up to a machine and was sick every morning for eight months.
But after the life-changing surgery, she feels like a new woman.
Ms Jonas said waiting for the phone call to let her know a kidney was available was the toughest part.
"I had to carry my phone everywhere with me in case it was that call," she said.
"Every time an unknown or blocked number came up my heart sunk a little."
When the phone call came through from the Wide Bay co-ordinator Ms Jonas could not believe it.
"He said: 'I have a kidney and pancreas for you,' and about four times I said: 'Are you serious?'"
She has returned to university to study nursing and works part time.
Organ and tissue donation nurse consultant Ian Rogers said the number of donations was increasing and reminded the community to discuss the issue.
"We don't really like to talk about death in Australia," he said.
"After you pass it is up to your family to decide what to do so have that talk with them and let them know what you want."
About 1600 people are on Australian organ transplant waiting lists. For more information, visit www.donatelife.gov.au.


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An end-to-end solution makes sure that the communication between the customer, client and the contractor happens precisely and effortlessly.
Hence, an end-to-end software aims at automating your company's processes via web dashboards and mobile apps that measure and control each stage with real time information from the field.


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Yesterday Owen called needing a job. He is age 6. He wants a Mario Brothers game for his WII. I put him to work organizing the woodpile, mostly breaking sticks from downed limbs to put in the kindling pile.Why, he must be a whole 10 percent of the way to his goal! But Noah came too and used the chain saw to break the big pieces down to burnable size. I now have a tidy woodpile all ready for the first fire.
I've had the dogs to the field two mornings in a row. The walking is good for all of us. Here is Em passing into Fall, right before my eyes. Soon the grass and trees will be as golden as she is. It will be hard to find her.


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Jamie Fortescue, born 1966, dual British and Belgian nationality, joined Starch Europe as Managing Director in January 2012. From 2004-2011, Jamie was the Director General of the European Spirits Organisation, CEPS. Prior to joining CEPS, he was the director for international corporate affairs at the employment agency, Randstad, based in Amsterdam (1997-2004) and an account director at the public affairs consultancy, EPPA, based mainly from their offices in London and Brussels, but also Madrid and Warsaw (1992-1997). Before becoming involved in EU public affairs, Jamie worked in third world development (at London based Planco Consulting from 1989-91, and as a trainee at DG Development of the European Commission from 1988-89). Jamie was educated at Eton College and the University of East Anglia, and has a degree in French and Economics.
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The hip hop scene just gained a new up-and-coming sensation with rapper iAMPDZ, who brings us his awakend beats all the way from Nigeria by way of Tampa, Florida. iAMPDZ, or as his mama would call him, Oluwafemi Sanya, was able to give an exclusive interview to Tha Fly Nation to talk about his upcoming track releases, his newly-founded record label, the Tampa Bay hip hop scene, and his vision of creating a world of possibility through love and magnetic lyricism. Check out the interview below.
TFN: Okay, the first and obvious question is what does your name, "iAMPDZ" stand for, and what does it mean to you?
iAMPDZ: It means "I am paradise". The words "I" and "am" are the two most powerful words in the English dictionary, because everything you put after "I am," you become. I don't want to wait until I die to be in paradise. I want to live a great life right now. I want my heaven today. That's where it really comes from. I also like when other people recite my name, because they end up calling themselves "paradise".
TFN: Then where does iAMPDZ hail from?
iAMPDZ: I was born in Lagos, Nigeria to immigrant parents and moved to the US in 1994 to Tampa, Florida. I ended up going to an outreach Christian school--only black student, mind you.
TFN: Did Tampa have an influence on you as a hip hop artist? Would you say that there even is a real hip hop scene in Tampa?
iAMPDZ: I wouldn't say so yet. I think it's been bubbling, but it needs a spark.
TFN: Are you that spark?
iAMPDZ: I might have to be. I have a song called "Clearwater" on Soundcloud. I wrote it with somebody named Aaron Little and it's great; majestic. it'll be released around summertime.
Demo track. Unfinished song.
TFN: What are your thoughts on the current direction hip hop seems to be taking with genres like mumble rap?
iAMPDZ: Oh man, we've been in such a dire state with a lack of lyricism for a while. As far as my vision for the future and what direction I'd like to see hip hop take, I believe Afro beats are the future. All the beats coming from Africa, like Yung6ix--there's just so much talent in Nigeria waiting to come out.
TFN: How would you say you separate yourself from Nigerian or American rappers?
iAMPDZ: I just come with my real experiences and things I've imagined. That's what you're gonna get when you listen to the Paradise record--my thoughts, my reactions. If I'm talking about something negative, it's always gonna end up positive. I don't want it to end in doom. The written word is powerful and I believe what you write down becomes real life. I speak my life into existence, but I also write my life into existence.
TFN: You talk a lot about heaven and manifesting paradise. Does spirituality have any influence your music?
iAMPDZ: Yeah it does. As of right now, I don't consider myself Christian--I just believe the universe works in mysterious ways. I don't have a problem with any other religion. Just be good, do good, and in due time karma will manifest. We all have one mind, one thought.
TFN: It sounds like you fall into another emerging genre, which is 'conscious rapping'.
iAMPDZ: I don't want to think in a categories. It's just real life. It's dream making. Dream makers and doers will make this next century because they manifest their desires. Like Puff said, "Our generation will be the greatest generation the world has ever seen."
Demo track. Unfinished song.
TFN: We heard you're working on your first album. Can you tell us a little more about it?
iAMPDZ: The album doesn't have a title yet, but honestly I think I'm going to work on pushing the album of one of the artists I've signed to my label, Devie Ferrado, first before I continue with my own.
TFN: Wait, so you have a label as well? What's it called?
iAMPDZ: El Dorado Rekordz
TFN: What made you want to start your own record label?
iAMPDZ: It's always something that's been in me. I have a lot of different projects going on. When I was still going to UCF, I told my friend at the time, "I'm gonna make it big in music" and he was like, "I think you really will." It boosted my confidence. I was contemplating dropping out of school and the label came around when I was developing myself. I wanted to be like a Jay Z or Puff, who signed a lot of people and made people's lives better. Those are some of my idols. As of recent, the new Nas song says "Start a label, sign yourself," and I knew when I heard it that I was on the right path. it was an affirmation of what was already in my head..
TFN: What are your immediate plans for the future?
iAMPDZ: I need to find where my record company is gonna hail, whether that be Brooklyn or Queens. I may go to Queens to find my queen (laughs).
TFN: Any shoutouts?
iAMPDZ: Yes, my mom who I love. That's my sacred heart. My dad. My boy, AB, my family in Nigeria, and a shoutout to everybody because I believe we're all distant relatives. I love the world and I hope y'all will love me back.
You can follow iAMPDZ on Instagram, Twitter, and Soundcloud.


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Julio Grondona's son admits to selling FIFA World Cup tickets
A day after Brazilian police confirmed they were investigating a ticket scam involving a FIFA official, Humberto Grondona revealed he sold tickets to a friend on the Argentinian TV station TyC.
While Grondona Jr is understood not to be the individual under investigation by Brazilian police in Operation Jules Rimet, the revelations again call into question the ethics of FIFA officials.
"I bought all of them for more than $9,000, I have a friend that is someone very well known in Argentina who wanted to come and I sold to him some of these tickets," Humberto Grondona said on Friday.
"He on his part gave the tickets to another friend, what they then did with the tickets I have no idea."
According to reports, FIFA reminded all employees and affiliates before the tournament via email that they were not allowed to on-sell tickets, which can be traced due to an embedded electronic chip.
Grondona Jr refused to reveal who he sold tickets to.
"I cannot tell you," he said.
"But do you think I would dirty my hands for $220? The truth is that I have no idea where these tickets went to."
Julio Grondona has been a part of FIFA's executive committee since 1988 and is the president of the Argentine Football Association, while his son is a technical advisor for football's global governing body.


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Geeh The Band is a collection of cartoon-style costumed characters that dress up to bring upbeat, positive music to children everywhere. Their appearances at music conventions, shows and other venues have launched them into the public eye, and their music has made it onto the Billboard charts as well as Mediabase and other lists. Now, the creator has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to pay for the development of an app and video games to allow children everywhere to enjoy the music and message of this positive, kid-friendly group.
According to the creator, "This has been the greatest adventure I have ever had. Parents everywhere understand that it is important for our kids to have music to listen to and sing along with that is suitable for their age and understanding. This is why I created Geeh, a group that sings upbeat music with positive lyrics."
The band will soon record its third album titled EVOLVE that will contain 10 songs and 10 videos. The creator hopes to market this album in a much greater way than previous albums as well as to develop the group's first mobile game. In order to do so, the creator has contacted developers in both the United States and China who are ready to create an app that will allow children to move through the levels, unlocking videos, songs and exclusive content as they go. One level even allows them to unlock a golden ticket for an upcoming audition for the next album, encouraging them to vocalize and develop their own singing talents.
"Recording the new album and making the new videos is something we are very confident we can do, as we have done it with the last two albums and got both in very important charts," says the creator. "As for developing the new app, we will partner with one of the biggest app development companies in the world. This will ensure us a great mobile game with the same quality of graphics and adventures as we deliver our songs and videos."
The Kickstarter campaign, located at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803084251/geeh-the-band-always-thinking-about-children, will offer a number of pledge levels and prizes such as CDs, digital downloads and even music equipment. For more information, see the Kickstarter page.
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ISP (Internet Service Provider) is a company that provides internet and other related services such as website building and virtual hosting to individuals and other companies. The ISP has access to the line of goods and telecommunications lines, which have an outlook for the services based geographical area. Big ISPs have their own fastest lenses so that the telecommunication provider can be less dependent on and provide better service to their customers. Among the largest, national and regional ISPs is AT and T WorldNet, IBM Global Network, MCI, Net Work, Unite, and PSINET.
The ISPs include Regional Providers such as New England's NEARNet and San Francisco Bay BARNet. These include thousands of local suppliers. In addition, users of the Internet may also have access to online service providers (OSP) such as America Online and Compressor.
Big ISPs connect together (ISI switching centers running by MIE World Work) or similar centers. Transfer management arrangements are known as a pearing agreement. There are many comprehensive listings of ISPs available on the web.
An ISP is ever sent as an IAP (Internet access provider). ISP is sometimes used for an independent service provider, which separates a service provider, a separate company from a telephone company.
Types of the Internet service provider
Cross Connect
Cross-connect products promote access to customer networks's vibrant ecosystem, facilitate traffic exchange, promote network stability, and promote recovery of destruction within the data center.
Dedicated internet access (DIA)
Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) is one of the best forms of internet access. With a break plan, your business is only subscribed to a specific bandwidth – bandwidth is for allocated use. Unlike a joint venture, your access is not monitored, and speed is guaranteed, "not even." Performance is continuous and guaranteed at least and uptime. Download speeds and uploads are usually synchronized, meaning they are the same.
Blended Internet
Interconnection is a strategy to make businesses directly change personal, secure, and digital information. The approach made by the efforts of solving Internet-related scheduling is involved in transferring data to geographical beneficial exchange points, in which career-neutral data centers are hosted. Is. One of the main objectives of interconnect is the lowest possible bandwidth exchange, at the lowest price.
Cloud direct connect service provider define
Cloud Direct Connect is a connection between a private network and a public cloud. In the past, all cloud connections were publicly public from the public network, but with the addition of new technologies, public, private, and hybrid, variety of clouds are available. Direct Connect allows you to interact with a private, dedicated network with these clouds.
Private line (point to point)
A private line or tie line is a service that includes dedicated circuits, private switching arrangements, and/or predefined transmission paths, whether communication between virtual or physical, specific places. Maximum private lines are connected to just two places, though they can eventually be converted into or both. There are several drop-down points.
Private line services provide high bandwidth, secure and reliable point-point options through a wide range of international and metropolitan bakbone fiber systems throughout the country.
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5G Mobile Communication Network is for the fifth generation. The data transfer speed will be approximately 10 times higher than 4G compared to 4G. This means fast transmission speed. 5G reduces delay, for example, for example, to transfer data with a delay or spoon. 5G technology-equipped cell towers will have more than 4G / LTE capacity. This means that more and more people and more devices should be able to communicate at the same time.


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Switzerland is well-known for its picturesque landscape. Based on a desire to protect the ecosystem, Switzerland was the first European country to enact an environmental protection law. Switzerland has also been a pioneer in environmental innovation for almost a century. Not only is its railway network one of the densest in the world, it also has the world's longest railway tunnel and drinking-quality water everywhere. This pioneering spirit has helped forge Switzerland's national identity, enabling the country to achieve outstanding performance in areas as diverse as the management and recycling of waste, public transport, energy efficiency and land management.
Switzerland is a cleantech nation
Following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the Federal Council decided that Switzerland should withdraw completely from nuclear energy by 2050. Hand in hand with this strategy goes the Cleantech Masterplan, a political instrument to strengthen the development of cleantech productions and services in Switzerland. The capacity of the Swiss for innovation and high-tech manufacturing further ensures that the country leads the way with its transport networks, production of electricity from renewable sources, waste processing and recycling of materials, and energy efficiency. It is therefore not surprising that Switzerland has become a leading nation in patents for wastewater treatment technologies and waste management including recycling. The country ranks first in cleantech patents per capita, which illustrates that Switzerland is on the right track with increasing investments in clean technologies.
Cleantech is also a relevant factor for the Swiss economy. The number of jobs in the sector has grown by 25% over the last five years, which represents almost 5% of Switzerland's GDP.
Swiss SMEs are innovation leaders
The new edition of the Swiss Cleantech Report presents a wide range of technologies, products and projects developed by Swiss SMEs, scientific institutions and start-ups. It showcases the implementation of pioneering developments in water treatment, mobility, materials, reduction of CO2 emissions, photovoltaics, energy efficiency and smart grids. "Switzerland is ready to take innovation to higher levels," says Doris Leuthard, President of the Swiss Confederation, in the Report's editorial.
In July last year, the Swiss adventurer-scientists Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg went down in history when they circumnavigated the world with clean energy for the first time. The idea of their Solar Impulse was born in Switzerland. Its feasibility studies were also carried out in Switzerland. A large number of Swiss SMEs were involved in its design. This is a telling example of Switzerland's credibility in innovative clean technologies. "Switzerland has everything needed to be successful," Piccard and Borschberg are cited in the brochure.
Facts about cleantech in Switzerland:
The cleantech sector currently employs 5.5% of the total workforce.
The sector has grown by 25% over the last five years and represents almost 5% of Switzerland's GDP.
The majority of cleantech companies in Switzerland are SMEs that are well integrated into the global supply chains.
Innovative start-ups such as L.E.S.S or Designergy are spun off every year from top-notch research institutes like ETH and Empa in Zurich and EPFL in Lausanne.
The estimated public expenditure on supporting cleantech R&D in Switzerland was over 0.5 billion dollars in 2014, additionally the R&D expenditure of Swiss cleantech companies far exceed the public R&D expenditure.
About the Swiss Cleantech Report 2017
The Swiss Cleantech Report is a reference work for the cleantech sector in Switzerland. It is published by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE, the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property IPI, Switzerland Global Enterprise and CleantechAlps, with the support of various private and public sponsors.
It is available in English and can be obtained free of charge from CleantechAlps (firstname.lastname@example.com). An electronic version is available at www.swisscleantechreport.ch or via the interactive mobile app (Swiss Cleantech Report).


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Julia Bell is a writer and Senior Lecturer at Birkbeck and Course Director of the Creative Writing MA. She is the author of three novels, most recently The Dark Light to be published in May 2015 by Macmillan, the co editor of the Creative Writing Coursebook, as well as three volumes of short stories most recently The Sea In Birmingham. She also takes photographs, writes poetry, short stories, occasional essays and journalism, and is the co-curator of spoken word night @InYerEarLondon. Twitter: @juliabell.
I read a lot of stuff in 2012 - here are some of the highlights (and one lowlight). The most memorable novel has to be Train Dreams by Denis Johnson, surprising that this searing poetic novel didn't win the Pulitzer (even though it was nominated the judges didn't award this year). A short, resonant piece, written with a kind of oblique poetry that could easily pall were it not for the fact that it is so tightly constructed and cleverly achieved. The huge, competitive tomes of David Foster Wallace and Jonathan Franzen seem like lumbering hulks compared to the elegance and elegy of this book. Loved it so much I read it twice.
Kevin Barry - Dark Lies The Island – this is the second collection from the Irish writer. His first, There Are Little Kingdoms, was a hit for the small Dublin-based Stinging Fly Press and brought Barry to the attention of the bigger publishers. His novel – The City of Bohane – felt a bit like an Irish in-joke – a dystopia set in a Sci-Fi version of West Cork. But his short stories are marvellous things. They switch between funny and disturbing sometimes within paragraphs and the characters are pin sharp. Beer Trip to Llandudno won the Sunday Times Short Story Prize – an elegy for aging alcoholics done in gently funny, naturalistic dialogue. Other highlights – Doctor Sot and The Fijord of Killary (find it on the New Yorker site here) but they're all good really. Buy two copies – one to read and one to give away. The earlier collection There Are Little Kingdoms is just as good too.
Sort Of Books are one of my favourite small publishers - as well as republishing the work of the inimitable Jane Bowles they publish the nature writing of poet Kathleen Jamie. Her 2005 book Findings which takes in trips to the Orkneys and the Highlands is not just about the landscapes of Scotland but about our relationship with the wild and the domestic. Her new book Sightlines is no less beautiful. Her work shows the reader how to look at the natural world with the curiosity of a poet. I love her writing. For those who have never encountered her work – buy them both. This is work is to be treasured.
Deborah Levy's novel Swimming Home is another triumph for the small press – increasingly important in vitalizing a tired publishing culture. And Other Stories publishes new literature in translation as well as some of the most interesting new English language fiction. Ironically the success of Swimming Home means it was republished by Faber and Faber. But this is one of the triumphs of this years' Booker shortlist. A short psychological thriller of great depth and insight from a writer who is never less than interesting. This is the kind of book that editors at the big houses tend to miss in their hurry to follow the next trend – and the kind of novel that real readers tend to love. Like a clever, taut British film, the story is of the cuckoo in the nest – Kitty Finch – the stranger in the swimming pool who disturbs a middle-class holiday abroad.
My poetry this year mostly came from the States – both Sharon Olds – Stag's Leap – a devastating collection that deals with the breakdown of a long marriage with great honesty and poignancy, and Dorriane Laux – The Book of Men – who looks at her life through the prism of the men that she has known – including the ones she has admired from a distance like Bob Dylan – but the triumph of the collection is one poem called Antilamentation – which could serve as a blueprint for this writers' life – is worth the cover price alone. Closer to home Martina Evans' prose poetry – Petrol – shows a new and exciting way to write memoir. Concerned with her childhood in a petrol station in West Cork – these pieces are like a series of polaroid snapshots from a strange and now-distant childhood and is an exciting way of tackling form. These pieces are neither prose nor poetry but a genuinely exciting hybrid between the two, with narrative as the glue which pins them to the page.
I also very much enjoyed John Jeremiah Sullivan's collection of essays Pulphead – which take in everything from a Christian rock festival to the death of Michael Jackson and a visit with Bunny Wailer in Jamaica. Sullivan is funny and intelligent company and resists the cynicism and relentless irony of some of his peers. He is also very aware of his Southern roots and his political essays on the Tea Party provided a fascinating insight into something we often find hard to comprehend in the UK – the divisive culture wars which at times seem almost destined to split the US in two.
And the book I most hated . . . well . . . I have to confess I threw this at the wall after about 50 pages but . . . Lionel Asbo – Martin Amis. In light of all of the above largely Irish and American Writers – the offerings from the UK look pretty rubbish in comparison - is fusty old Amis really the best the English have to offer? Embarrassingly out of date, irrelevant to women, obsessed with the working classes he doesn't understand. I rather just wish he would shut up for a bit. He was good once, when he was young and angry and the times were more monied and more cynical but the cutting edge is really somewhere else – it is partly the fault of the publishers and reviewers who carry on promoting this guff. But if this was a first novel by a new writer I very much doubt it would see the light of day. There is a fundamental lack of honesty in his work which has always troubled me – the truth is always sacrificed for the fancy prose style – which in the end makes for a tone of sneering misapprehension. I rather wish he would write a satire of the privileged international intelligentsia of which he is a part, but that might be asking for a bit too much self knowledge – this to me read like a fusty old granddad still trying to be cool.
There were many others worthy of honourable mentions – especially John Fowles The Magus which I read properly for the first time – I tried as a teenager but it gave me a haircut as it flew over my adolescent head. This time I appreciated what a work of genius this book is – and although probably still hugely unfashionable – but what a clever writer Fowles was - an essay on exactly what, why and how, forthcoming on the Hub in the New Year. Also in the rediscovered pile – Brigid Brophy's King of a Rainy Country – recently republished by the Coelacanth Press. A funny and still hugely contemporary book which deserves to be as well-known as some of her contemporaries – Highsmith, Duffy, Spark –there are some real laugh-out-loud moments and a sense of the free spirit that Brophy evidently was, riven through the work.
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2 cups strawberries
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After about 15 minutes, most of the liquid should be cooked off. When you reach your desired consistency, let it cool and pour into a container to refrigerate.
Each tablespoon serving contains about 18 calories, 0 g fat, 0 g cholesterol, 0 g sodium, 5 g carbohydrate, less than 1 g dietary fiber, 4 g sugars, and 0 g protein.
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Ten Original Video Games To Look Forward To In 2017
Dan is an expert contributor to ComiConverse. His interests mainly lie in video games, but he has previously written articles on film and tv. He can be found on Twitter @dangoad
As with every year there has been some debate over whether 2016 was a "good" year for gaming. Regardless of where you fall on this, it's hard to deny that there was certainly something missing when it came to original games. Here our Daniel Goad counts down what he's looking forward to in 2017.
Ten Original Video Games to Look Forward to in 2017
The indie scene was as strong as always, Overwatch was huge and the Division sold well, but most games from the big publishers and developers came and went with a whimper. Hugely anticipated titles like No Man's Sky and The Last Guardian had a mixed reaction critically and really failed to make a splash with the public. The bulk of the AAA games that sold well this year were all part of existing franchises: Dishonoured, Forza Horizon, Uncharted, Watch Dogs, Battlefield and the usual suspects of CoD and FIFA.
But whilst 2017 will have its fair share of new titles in existing series - like Resident Evil, Mass Effect, God of War - there will certainly be no shortage of brand new worlds to explore. All of the games listed here are expected to come out in 2017, though the industry being what it is I can't make any promises. We've recently lost the exciting looking Scalebound, and Microsoft especially have shown they are not against taking a knife to games late in the development cycle.
First a small disclaimer: I'm not making a judgement on if these games are "original" in the sense of whether they are derivative of or inspired by an existing franchise (some of them clearly are). What I mean by original here are new characters telling a new story in a new world.


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(Editor's Note: I've been wanting to write this for a while. This post has been sitting in my "drafts" for literally months, largely because I've been trying to figure out how to start it. Any performer, artist, writer would readily tell you that starting is among the scariest, most difficult parts of any creative endeavor.
For me, that makes it also the most fun part. Enjoy, as I try and struggle my way into elegance.)
A Close Reading of Gilbert's "Trying To Have Something Left Over".
If you're into poetry at all, or even if you're not and you just like neat, beautiful ideas, one poem you need to read is "Trying to have something left over" by Jack Gilbert.
Plenty has been written about the final lines of this poem, which you can buy as part of Gilbert's collection "The Great Fires" on Amazon. I'd encourage you to. I've read enough poetry at this point in my young life to know that this collection is something special. Not because of how it speaks to me, because Gilbert had a mind and life much different from mine. His life, his views on love all were more realistic, more honest, more complete than mine are.
Maybe that was because he wrote these poems starting when he was 57. Maybe he was just less stubborn than I was, a better steward of a tougher life's lessons than myself.
But I digress. Whatever the many causes for the beauty of his work, especially this collection, and even more especially this poem, Gilbert wrote something in it I wish to analyze, and imagine with you for just a moment.
The last nine lines go like this, as he talks about playing with the baby of a woman he had an extramarital affair with:
"I would say Pittsburg softly each time before
throwing him up. Whisper Pittsburg with
my mouth against the tiny ear and throw
him higher. Pittsburg and happiness high up.
The only way to leave even the smallest trace.
So that all his life her son would feel gladness
unaccountably when anyone spoke of the ruined
city of steel in America. Each time almost
remembering something maybe important that got lost."
-from "Trying To Have Something Left Over" by Jack Gilbert.
These lines have been burned in my brain since I read them. I like other poems in the collection more, (or at least, so I've always thought). But what strikes me most in this poem is something marvelous that's happening.
Gilbert, in the events above, is taking care of a child of a woman he can never have a relationship with (per the rest of the poem before these lines) and a child who is not, in my understanding, his. Yet he cares so much about that child and that city that he wants that child to feel happiness forever on the mention of its name.
That in itself is beautiful.
The idea he'd care so much about a place, and an idea behind it, to engrain that in the mind of a small child. Something mattered deeply to Gilbert about Pittsburg. Sure, it was his hometown, but the final lines of the poem suggest more than just nostalgia. They suggest a bigger idea. An idea Gilbert was desperate to pass on, desperate to keep alive in any way possible or necessary because whatever it was, it was something beautiful, good, important.
The boy will never know what it was. He'll never know why the utterance of the word "Pittsburg" brings him joy, having never been able to remember his infant laughs as Gilbert threw him up each time when he was a baby. All he'll know is that there's something wonderful there. But he'll never know what it was. And the most beautiful part of this concept?
Neither will we as readers.
That's why I write you today. I read this poem and I see the marvelous, poetic beauty Gilbert has engineered with these lines.
We see Gilbert throwing up the small infant. We hear his laughter, see his smile, maybe we evenimagine his mother standing in the doorway looking with a sad smile at all of this, perhaps seeing Gilbert's potential as a father and wishing they could have a future, even while knowing that they couldn't.
But what we never hear Gilbert do is actually explain what he was trying to convey. We never learn what was so vital it needed to be etched in the memory of an infant. Gilbert never tells the baby, and also never tells us as readers.
That's where the true beauty in these poems comes in: we as readers are the infant to this poet.
Gilbert can never have an individual relationship with any of us any more than he can with the young woman or her son. Gilbert the man has a wife whom he loves, precluding him from staying with her or the boy.
Gilbert the poet has a mortal life, unable to converse with most of those who will read his work. In each case, with the infant as the boy and the infant as the reader, Gilbert can only have a one-way relationship. All he can do is try to teach. Never ask, just tell.
So he does. He tells us about the beauty of trying to convey an idea through emotion because he lacks the ability of just explain it. Gilbert does not tell us why Pittsburg is so important to him. He does not tell us what idea he must pass through even just a partial memory. He does not tell us why he wants the baby, be it the child in the poem or the reader of the poetry, to feel joy every time they think of the "ruined city of steel in America."
All any of us knows is that there's some idea there that is worth celebrating, worth cherishing, worth holding a beer up to whenever we think of that place.
Too often, becoming an adult teaches us to ask "why" when invited to celebrate something. Adulthood teaches us not to celebrate unless we understand the whole reason for celebrating.
This poem asks us not to.


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President Obama to Meet With Big-City School Leaders
The rewrite of the No Child Left Behind Act, Title 1 portability, early childhood education, college- and career-ready standards, and educating minority males and other urban students are some of the issues that representatives from the nation's largest school districts are expected to discuss in a meeting with President Obama on Monday.
At the heart of the White House meeting, though, will be the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and the president's vision of what the latest iteration of the law should entail.
The urban educators, who are superintendents, CEOs, chancellors, and school board members from districts that are part of the Council of the Great City Schools, are also expected to discuss what the administration says are the positive results from its increased investments in K-12, including higher reading and math scores and record-high graduation rates, including among African-American, Hispanic, Native- American, low-income, English-learners and other traditionally underserved groups.
In the past two years, the nation's four-year graduation rate has increased to 81.4 percent, up by 2.4 percent, according to the White House. For African-American, American Indian, Hispanic, low-income and English-language learners, graduation rates increased by 3 percent.
The Department of Education is expected to release additional information on graduation rates on Monday; however, on Sunday, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke about some of those successes during a speech to superintendents and school board members from the Council of the Great City Schools, who are in Washington for the group's annual legislative conference.
According to Duncan, African-American dropouts reduced by 45 percent over the last decade, while Hispanic dropout rates were cut in half from 28 percent to 14 percent during that period.
Higher graduation rates and lower dropout rates have led to 1.1 million additional students of color graduating from high school and enrolling in college between 2008 and 2012, Duncan said.
A great percentage of these students were first-generation college-goers, Duncan said, a trend that has helped transform families and communities and lift generations of traditionally under-served populations out of poverty.
Duncan told the members gathered in The Mayflower Renaissance Hotel—a supportive crowd that he called the "home team"—that the rising graduation rates and corresponding decline in dropouts were due in part to their efforts, along with raising the bar on the national level with a push for higher standards, new assessments, and new teacher and principal evaluation systems.
"This team, this group is leading that effort," Duncan said. "...You could have said 'stop, this is too hard... our kids can't do this' for whatever reason. You hear that, sadly, from other groups. [You] never hear that from here. And if we can continue to accelerate the pace of change, think what that means for our kids, and our families, and our communities, and our cities, and, ultimately, for our nation."
And he urged them to continue those efforts.
"Lots of folks keep saying 'slow down, slow down, stop,' and I want to urge you to continue to work with a real sense of urgency," Duncan said.
During the nearly hour-long session, which included a question-and-answer period, Duncan delved into the ongoing challenges in Congress to rewrite the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, currently known as the No Child Left Behind Act, the topic that is likely going to dominate the discussions today at the White House.
Duncan gave the group a preview of sorts, highlighting the key points and areas that he says an acceptable bill should emphasize and seek to address.
The first, according to Duncan, is equity, by including a focus on early childhood education, with more funding for pre-K and a "significant increase" in Title 1 dollars to help level the playing field for disadvantaged students.
Excellence: High expectations that include college-and-career ready-standards for everyone and increased funding to support teachers and principals.
Innovation: The ability to share best practices and scale successful programs, whether they are "Promise Neighborhoods," "Investing in Innovation" (or i3, which provided funds to local school districts to fund and expand programs that are successful in areas such as boosting graduation rates or closing the achievement gap) or other programs that districts have demonstrated are successful in tackling intractable problems.
Duncan said it was still uncertain what the final bill emerging from Congress might look like. A bill that does not have these tenets—equity, excellence, and innovation—is not likely to be signed by the president, he said.
In the best-case scenario, a bi-partisan bill that covers all three areas will pass, and the president will sign it. A second alternative includes one that is not bi-partisan, which the president will veto, he said. Third is that "it falls apart, and we keep going to the waiver."
"That has never been our plan A," he said of the waivers from provisions of NCLB that he has granted to many states. "That would be absolutely less than ideal for us. Folks have said 'don't you want to maintain control? Isn't that good for the Department of Education?' It's not. We want to fix this law—fix it for the nation, for every single child."
But there are clear lines in the sand on what will be acceptable to the administration.
"If [we] end up with bill that takes huge amounts of resources from you guys and move them to the wealthier areas, if we have a bill that doesn't emphasize accountability or has high expectations or support innovation, that would be, for me, a travesty for children around this nation," he said.
The school leaders expected to meet with President Obama on Monday include Superintendent Richard Carranza of San Francisco; Chancellor Kaya Henderson of the District of Columbia school system, Superintendent Valeria Silva of St. Paul public schools in Minnesota, Superintendent Barbara Jenkins of Orange County, Fla; Superintendent Eric Gordon of Cleveland; Darienne Driver of Milwaukee; and Juan Cabrera of El Paso. School board members include Jumoke Hinton Hodge of the Oakland Unified district in California and Airick West of the Kansas City, Mo., school district.
Michael Casserly, the council's executive director, who will also be present, said that in addition to the NCLB rewrite, discussions about the expansion of early-childhood education and Title 1 portability—a Republican proposal that would allow Title 1 funds to follow disadvantaged students to whatever school they choose to attend—the group is expected to speak to the president about other "mutually shared" goals, including the council's work on the President "My Brother's Keeper" program.
The council, whose members have pledged to take concrete steps to advance educational and career opportunities for boys of color as well as break down barriers that stand in the way of their success, has been a key partner in the president's initiative.


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Bike tours and E-Bikes
Next to hiking, biking has become one of the most important trends for the tourism. Therefore the tourist destination NordHessen will become model region for the use of modern electric-bikes. This comfortable means of locomotion is called "Pedelec or E-Bike". It is based on the idea from Austria and Switzerland, to make popular holiday regions through the means of soft mobility more attractive for guests. The same applies to untypical biking regions, such as the mountain and low mountain range landscapes or for the maritime region, although with flat territory but strong headwinds.
Combining the existing touristic infrastructure with the thousandfold approved "Movelo Swiss Flyer" we get a complete new dimension of biking. "Whoever has used this bike at least once, knows: Only flying is better", explains Movelo-Managing Director Andreas Senger. No wonder, since this bike with its smart electronic turns biking into pure pleasure. It recognizes in every situation, how strong the user is pedaling and is supporting him useful with its clean and soft electric engine power. The handling is as easy as the use: lend it, sit down and start. Easily you will cycle your way, you will climb every mountain and you will even enjoy headwinds. The elderly, as well as completely untrained users or hospitalised patients with restrictions on movement are now able to experience the beautiful landscape, the many sights of the region Edersee and Kellerwald on their own.
One accumulator filling reaches approx. 40 km, so that you will be able to do longer tours as well. For the guests in Nordhessen a wide network of rental-stations and accumulator changing places will be at their disposal soon. The new bikes, regularly maintained, are available for rent (per day approx. 18 €). You will find rental stations e.g. in Bad Wildungen-Reinhardshausen (Wandelhalle), Bad Zwesten, Frankenau, at the Nationalpark-facilities and along the Edersee.
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European DEM (EU-DEM)
Title (Product name): European DEM (EU-DEM) v1.0
Owner: Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry (DG-ENTR) / European Commission (EC).
Geographical scope: European.
The Digital Elevation Model over Europe from the GMES RDA project (EU-DEM) is a Digital Surface Model (DSM) representing the first surface as illuminated by the sensors.
The EU-DEM is a 3D raster dataset with elevations captured at 1 arc second postings (2.78E-4 degrees) or about every 30 meters. It is a hybrid product based on SRTM and ASTER GDEM data fused by a weighted averaging approach. The EU-DEM has been generated as a contiguous dataset divided into 1 degree by 1 degree tiles corresponding to the SRTM naming convention. The spatial reference system is geographic, latitude / longitude with horizontal datum ETRS89, ellipsoid GRS80 and vertical datum EVRS2000 with geoid EGG08. The vertical unit of this DSM is metres. These tiles have then been aggregated into 5°x5° tiles which have been projected to ETRS-LAEA.
EU-DEM covers the 39 member and cooperating countries of EEA and has been produced by a consortium formed by Indra, Intermap and AGI. The dataset is a realisation of the Copernicus programme, managed by the European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry.
The EU-DEM is complemented by an integrated hydrographic network at scale 1:100, 000.
Provide a harmonized, seamless elevation and hydrography reference data set across Europe to cover a wide range of applications, mainly to cover the needs of the European Commission.
Themes: Elevation / Hydrography.
Resource language: English
Metadata date: February 2014.
Hi Jordi,
thanks for the help on this topic. It's been very interesting and informative. I wanted to continue the discussion about the EU-DEM because it is a type of product (EU wide) that will become more and more important in the coming years.
What I wanted to find out was whether the EU-DEM metadata is INSPIRE compliant. And if it is, whether this could/should be used as a best practice for metadata discovery? As you know, part of the usefulness of geospatial data today is being able to find it and so I would love to hear about how to make INSPIRE compliant metadata available so that it can be discovered especially Copernicus downstream data (i.e. new information products derived from Copernicus data).
Dear Conrad,
Feel free to ask your questions in the following discussion topic, in the Elevation sub-group:


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Last Week: Nailed It! Saturday was a great day. The only thing is up north it took a little longer for the wind to switch from S to SW. Didn't matter really. Hopefully you had a chance to check out the Snowy Stearns Park post
Tally So Far: Nailed It! – 15, Close – 20, Way Off – 2
I think I'm going to declare the water riding season over. This weekend is looking too cold and the long term forecasts are trending cold as well. If the weather does take a dramatic turn and a weekend is shaping up to look rideable, I will make a post. Hopefully this was a helpful resource for kiteboarding in the west and northern Michigan areas. It was interesting for me to really study the weather forecasts and try to make educated guesses. I'd say the first half of summer was the most difficult for me. Cool waters and warm air don't always produce great conditions and thermals are hard to predict, especially the strength of the wind. I also got a better feel for wind at LSP and the best times and directions for it. Next year I'll probably start back up with these on a regular basis sometime in March and I'll have to make it a goal to improve the tally line. Until then, good luck snow kiting and check back in from time to time for new posts, pictures and videos.


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1. Knowledge of representing instructions in the computer: addressing modes; control instruction; procedure call instructions, RISC vs. CISC instruction; pointers vs. arrays; recursive procedures.
2. Knowledge of SIMD instructions/performance; reverse engineering (disassembling) binary executable code into assembly.
3. Ability to optimize compiler-generated assembly code to achieve best performance.
4. Knowledge of timing analysis of compiler-generated code vs. the optimized assembly code.
5. Ability to use CPU ID to obtain information on the processor and the features it supports.
6. Ability to compare architecture of MIPS, Intel, and Spark processors.
7. Knowledge of design and verification in simulation of various computer blocks such as ALU, IO, controller, registers and memory.